Police say that Darren Wilson stopped Michael Brown and his friend for walking in the middle of the police. According to the police, brown reached into the police car and shot the officer several times in the street. We have more breaking news. Weve also learned that eric holder is ordering a federal autopsy of Michael Browns body, this at the request of Michael Browns body. This will be performed by a medical examiner as soon as possible. Meantime, there is some calm now. For the most part, it was a peaceful protest but several people were ordered after the curfew took effect. Police said they had to act to get protesters off the street. We have the right to assemble peacefully. It is our right. Reporter police fired smoke canisters and tear gas into the crowds to clear them. Today, the governor of missouri responded to criticism about his handling of the situation. Its been a horrific week and appropriate energy and angst. With a dual investigation going on, with the Justice Departme
President obama is trying hard to ease growing concerns with his plan to degrade and ultimately destroy isis will lead down a slippery slope interest a long, bloody ground war in iraq. The commander in chief said flatly the United States will not have a combat mission there. Secretary of state john kerry has been saying the same thing up on capitol hill where lawmakers are ready to approve and pay for the president s initial plan, and in a slick new video, isis is making clear it is ready for whatever the the u. S. Military has in mind. Our correspondents and analysts and guests including the White House Press secretary josh ernest are all standing by and lets begin with our chief National Correspondent jim sciutto. Jim . From the president today from secretary kerry it arc peers the administration has settled on its message about the war against isis, what it will be and what it will not be. It will not be a grand Ground Invasion like you had in iraq in 2003 and that u. S. Troops will
Were following two breaking stories right now. Air strikes set off shattering blasts on isis targets in kobani today while u. S. Planes were also dropping Something Else on the Syrian Border town, desperately needed arms and supplies for kurdish defenders. But the terror group has now struck back with some 15 simultaneous attacks on Kurdish Forces in Northern Iraq. That as authorities await for forensic results in the investigation case of Hannah Graham. President obamas Deputy National security adviser ben rhodes is standing by along with our correspondents, our analysts and all of our newsmakers. Kurdish forces backed by u. S. Air strikes and now air drops of supplies blocking a brutal isis onslaught against the Syrian Border town of kobani. Suddenly isis has launched a massive new offensive in a twopronged assault in iraq. Kurdish officials report 15 nearly simultaneous attacks against their forces including an attempt to retake the critically important mosul dam. Lets get the lati
Kurdish troops were able to bush isis back. The battle unfolded southwest of erbil, thats the kurdish capital. Our Senior International correspondent ben wedeman is in erbil with the latest. Ben, give us a sense of how intense this battle was. We know the kurdish fighters maintained their positions. Reporter they maintained their positions but it was touch and go for a while, wolf. This fighting began at 9 00 p. M. Yesterday and went on for about 5 1 2 hours. And it was very dark obviously. But it was foggy as well. The Kurdish Forces dont have, for instance much night vision capability. So it was intense fighting. We saw on kurdish Television Pictures of a kurdish position where it appeared that there were empty shell casings more than ankle deep. So the fighting was intense. And even though there were Coalition Aircraft in the area the two forces were so close together they could not afford to hit the isis fighters because of the danger of hitting Kurdish Forces as well. Eventually t
Parallel to the ongoing Israeli-Palestine war (and the Iranian-Israeli conflict), the last weeks saw several incidents both in the Levant and in Southwest