Sinjar Border News Today

Probation carson wrote that those convicted of health care fraud should go to prison for at least ten years and forfeit all personal possessions. meanwhile, donald trump doubling down on his controversial plan to reinstate a tough crackdown on undocumented immigrants while the rest of the field splinters on immigration policy. cnns athena jones joins us from mr. trumps event in ft. dodge, iowa. athena. >> hi, jake. this fight over illegal immigration among the republican contenders doesnt look l...

Is embedded with kurdish forces along the sinjar border. what are troops doing to assist in this fight? is it limited to air strikes? >> reporter: we are told that they are not down on the ground in the front line. and that pretty much tallies what we saw ourselves. didnt see mysterious u.s. presence within the normal peshmerga troops we saw. they seem to be out in the hills actually directing the air strikes as far as we can tell. today at about 9:00 -- sorry, yesterday night at about 9:00 now ...

Islamic government covering all the areas where muslims live today in the world. so lebanon is just going to be seen as another battlefield. >> isis has sympathizers inside lebanon and has attempted other operations there before including kidnappings across the border from syria. these attacks today come on the same day of a renewed offensive against isis in iraq, that involving kurdish peshmerga but also with u.s. support. >> jim, should we view this as isis expanding into another country outsi...

Bombings today. >> jim sciutto, thanks. and joining me is republican congressman ryan zinki who serves on the house armed services committee, he was also a navy s.e.a.l. commander in iraq at s.e.a.l. team 6 completing more than 370 missions. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> always a pleasure. >> isis is claiming responsibility for these bombings in beirut. what is the significance of this? >> well, isis is not down and out. isis is flexing its muscle. if its true that isis brought down t...