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Whatever i could. >> the call his dad, cleve joiner, makes to 911 sets in motion a massive rescue operation. six national guard and air force helicopters are on their way, but theyre hours away. of the six people still alive in the crevasse, three are badly hurt and need medical attention. and then all of a sudden, the sound of chopper blades through the thin mountain air. >> when you hear a helicopter, you hang so much hope that your friend is going to get off the mountain and get to a trauma c...

Mountain climber who has performed multiple missions including on mt. everest. what he says is likely challenge number one in recovering bodies debris hopefully that cockpit data recorder. also any minute were expecting a live conference with president obama and the president of afghanistan. live pictures inside the white house on making his first visit to washington. one of the issues will the united states delay its planned troop withdrawal timeline there? my colleague wolf blitzer is standing...

Airspace. and what does president obama do, give them rewards. that is why i say at least the best i can say about president obama is that he is the appeaser in chief. >> congressman, always great to have you on board. thank you so much for joining us with your insights today. all the best. >> thank you, uma. now to the fight against islamic extremists in syria and iraq. kurdish fighters advanced in the contested northern syria town of kobani today after heavy clashes with isis militants. join...

All dead. >> 911, whats the location of your emergency? >> this is on mt. hood on the south side, about 800 feet from the peak. we have seven people down, possibly four injured. they fell into the crevasse. >> the news is more grim that cleave thinks. nine people, not seven, have fallen in. and if it only were just injuries. harry sledder, now deep in the crevasse, rolls on to his side and finds fellow climber john biggs lying next to him. >> i thought he was just unconscious. knocked unconsciou...

Three climbers dead. >> i had this wonderful trip where half an hour ago we were all smiling, go to the other extreme. >> cleve joiner doesnt know it, standing 30 feet above, but his son, cole, has survived. >> i didnt even get the wind knocked out of me when i landed. so i just got up and did whatever i could. >> the call his dad, cleve joiner, makes to 911 sets in motion a massive rescue operation. six national guard and air force helicopters are on their way, but theyre hours away. of the six...

Doesnt expect to authorize any u.s. evacuation operations. and it is unlikely the humanitarian aid drops will continue. president obama did leave the door open to future u.s. military action. president obama said the u.s. would still provide help to those who need it in northern iraq and also once again emfa sized that the u.s. military can effectively carry out missions like the one on mt. sinjar without adding combat troops on the ground. michelle, devin. >> thank you so much. karen. it is mid...

>> where he slept, where he ate, and what he did to avoid getting busted. its thursday, august 14th. happy thursday morning, surprising that no one in that walmart saw that kid camping out there. >> it will be interesting to find out all the details coming up later. >> thats right. more to come. serious news to get started. we begin with word from iraq that u.s. air strikes there have helped break a siege at mt. sinjar by militants. thousands of south dakotaies have been freed. >> air drops ...

Good morning on this very busy friday. im devin dwyer. >> im reena ninan. we really thought the hawaii storms would be the big story, but overnight, the president came out, addressed the nation in a televised speech about the situation in the middle east that seems to be getting worse. >> thats right. deepening action there. and lots of talk about that action tonight. we have a couple live reports coming up. stay with us for that. >> thats right. were going to begin with the news of the deepes...

Harry and his friend bill and several others are in one tangled mess heading right for selena. >> i put my head down because all the ice was coming down on us and just prayed that we didnt get hit. but i was fully expecting an impact. >> then the bodies just started sliding into the crevasse. you could hear them thump. >> selena is somehow spared from the fall, but her boyfriend, jeremiah, is not as lucky. cleves son cole, too, gone with several others. >> there was just dead silence. and i reme...

Whatever i could. >> the call his dad, cleve joiner, makes to 911 sets in motion a massive rescue operation. six national guard and air force helicopters are on their way, but theyre hours away. of the six people still alive in the crevasse, three are badly hurt and need medical attention. and then all of a sudden, the sound of chopper blades through the thin mountain air. >> when you hear a helicopter, you hang so much hope that your friend is going to get off the mountain and get to a trauma c...