U. S. , because today isis militants stormed iraqs Largest Oil Refinery, just north of baghdad in the city of beigy. At one point, terrorists controlled most of the site. Meantime, reuters is reporting that oil giant, exxon mobile, is carrying out a major evacuation of its staff with its Branch Offices further south in both baghdad and basra. Bp is also reportedly evacuated 20 of its staff. All of this here as isis is moving evercloser to baghdad. But the word from iraqs Prime Minister today, everything is under control. Lets take you straight to iraq to cnns anderson cooper, host of ac 360, hosting out of baghdad every night this week. When we talk about the advance of isis on baghdad, what do you know about that, a. . And youre on the ground. What are iraqis telling you about everything. Reporter well, certainly bakuba is the latest town theyre fighting, the closest to baghdad, as we talked about, some 37 or 40 miles or so from the capital. Thats obviously of great concern. Still, as
Repeating since last week options are being discussed. Now we know a little bit more about their thinking and what went on in that meeting with congressional leaders, an hour long closeddoor discussion. Now we know some top officials think that the iraqi Prime Minister has to go. Are we any closer to hearing a decision . Maybe. Americas four top lawmakers called to the white house on one of the several decisions facing this country now, what to do or not about iraq. But this was not, it turns out, a session for the president to lay each option on the table and start choosing but more an assessment. Nancy pelosi called it informative, interesting. Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell less enthused. The president briefed us on the approach hes taking towards developing a strategy. On a day that one analyst called iraq the start of the possibly the worst of both worlds, a deep division into two terror states, one dominated by al qaeda and the other by iran. The administration had to gra
It involves a mind controlled vest. Also i love spicy foods. Some of it can be quite good for your health, but how do you know which one . I decided to put together a guide today, spicy food as medicine. First earlier this week i was in pakistan where theres been this wave of awful violence. It started with a big attack in the airport in karachi and i was sleeping not far away. My crew and i were woken up at about 1 00 a. M. There doesnt appear to be the indication passengers themselves passengers waiting or arriving were targeted or any of them, of course, involved in the attack. Gunfights and grenades being launched, suicide bombers. At least 30 people were killed and it lasted more than five hours coming to a stop just around the time of morning prayers, and within a day, cnn was covering yet a second wave of attacks. Ive seen this type of violence in so many places around the world and ive also seen how harmful this type of instability can be on the health of a nation. Sometimes in
After another siege at the same airport claimed more than 30 lives. The Pakistani Taliban taking responsibility. Saima mohsin joining us now on the phone from the airport in karachi. Saima, explain to us, this is still an active scene, isnt it . Reporter it is, christine. This is very much under way right now. Weve seen sirens blaring, rushing past us, both paramilitary troops, the rangers here in karachi in pakistan. Weve seen the police. Weve seen dozens of vehicles and ambulances. We counted at least 30 ambulances coming through. They were rushing towards the Airport Security force academy, which is right next to Karachi Airport. They are the very people, the force that first confronted those ten militants that attacked Karachi Airport at terminal 1, an older terminal, overnight sunday here in karachi. They themselves may well be now under attack. Now, i must emphasize, christine, we havent been able to verify exactly what is happening there. We dont know how many attackers there ar
Now. This is new day with chris cuomo, kate baldwin, and michaela pereira. Good morning. Welcome to new day. Tuesday, june 10th. 6 00 in the east, miss Brooke Baldwin is here. I came back. In for kate baldwin. We didnt scare her away. We are following two breaking stories overseas. The deadliest day in months for the troops in afghanistan. Five americans killed along with one afghan soldier and kals of friend case of friendly fire. The Pakistani Taliban now claiming responsibility. We are going to track developments on both of these stores. First, to Cnns Barbara Starr at the pentagon. What do we know, barbara . Reporter good morning, chris. We are just getting confirmation from a u. S. Military official that five u. S. Forces were killed in southern afghanistan in a place called the argendone, a very violent area. Apparently they came into contact somehow with enemy forces but what the u. S. Believes happened is that when they called in support, somehow a helicopter, a friendly helico