one that s existed in the past and it s one that obviously this will only heighten the debate now. it s one thing if the nsa is e using the law to be able to collect on someone who is communicating with the individual in the middle east on how to carry out an isis terrorist attack here domestically. it s a whole other thing if you start collecting between conversations of say two u.s. citizens with no connection to terrorism. so the further you get away from that direct communication, from the civilian standpoint, that s an area of concern we ve heard about in the past and i don t think this will help as far as tempering the debate going forward. speaking about this debate, what we re getting on bad guys, or not getting, you re obviously familiar with the iranian rocket launch within just 1500 yards of the uss harry truman in the
several days. u.s. spies reportedly targeting israel and prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the wall street journal is intercepting this. this wall street journal report says despite president obama s pledge to curb such surveillance, u.s. spying on allies has continued with an emphasis on the israeli government. the white house declining to comment on this report. close call between a u.s. navy warship and iranian rockets, one coming within 1,500 yards of the uss harry truman in the strait of hormuz. u.s. military officials called the incident unnecessarily provocative and unsafe. all right. what do buster douglas and a hoverboard have in common? they both took down mike tyson. the former heavyweight champ posting this video on instagram, showing off his moves.
within 1,500 yards of an american ship last week. the iranian revolutionary guard gave only a few minutes warning before launching rockets in a very busy area patrolled by the u.s.s. truman. reporter: what makes this incident all the more concerning. it s the fourth time in the last 12 months the iranians have taken this provocative action. the u.s.s. harry truman and two other ships just exit the strait of hormuz when two ships came up and said they would be conducting live exercises and all other ships should move out of the waters.
targets, carrying out more than 8,600 air strikes. an estimated 23,000 isis supporters have been killed 3,000 in the last month alone. the uss harry truman is headed to the gulf and expected on station in the coming days. 3,500 american troops are currently on the ground in iraq. defense secretary ash carter announced last week he was sending a new special operations task force to erbil. we have the long reach that no one else has, and it puts everybody on notice in syria. you don t know at night who s going to be coming in the window. reporter: the u.s. has carried out nearly 80% of the air strikes over iraq and syria. in the wake of paris attacks, france sent its only aircraft carrier to the eastern mediterranean where three dozen war planes are now flying missions over syria. french president francois hollande visited the carrier on friday a day after the british parliament voted to allow
and has begun carrying out airstrikes. 26 fighters onboard are engaged in the fight. this triples french s ability to strike at isis targets and the french don t have to depend on the u.s. for refueling. the french aircraft care yell will augment u.s. efforts in the air campaign until the uss harry truman arrives. reports today from understand syria m suggest kurdish fights are 20 miles from the capital raqqa. the russians are writing on their missiles, for paris. thank you. people in mali are mourning the victims of a deadly terror attack at an upscale hotel there happened last friday. witnesses say terrorist stormed the radisson blue he tell with guns and grenades holding 170 guests and members of the staff hostage before government troops were able to free them. 19 people confirmed dead in the