Citizens are at risk we will take action. U. S. Air forces air dropping food and water to thousands of iraqis trapped by islamic militants on a mountain near the syrian border. Oh my baud. Tropical storm iselle battering the Hawaiian Islands this morning packing 70mileanhour winds. Right behind it hurricane julio promising to be even bigger. Lets be safe. The full brunt of the storm is still coming. Israel and hamas are battling again. The explosion has rocked gaza city. A 10yearold is reported to be the first casualty. The judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial has announced she will deliver her verdict september 11th. The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola Outbreak to be an International Health emergency. The director of the cdc says his agency is up to the task. It will be a long and hard fight, but we can stop ebola. The woman has apparently become some kind of serial stowaway arrested again at l. A. X. One day after a judge ordered her to stay away. 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American warplanes are unleashing air strikes in iraq. Navy fighter jets attacked isis also known as isil. Late last night president obama authorized the pentagon to carry out limited strikes to protect americans in the region. Lets get right to david martin at the pentagon. David, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. The first shots were fired at about 6 45 a. M. East coast time this morning when a pair of f18 jet fighters off the Aircraft Carrier george bush dropped 500pound laserguided bombs on an isis artillery piece that was being used to shell Kurdish Forces near the city of erbil in northern iraq. Last night the president authorized air strikes against any isis convoy advancing on erbil because there are scores of americans in that city operating out of the u. S. Consulate there. This was the first strike but almost certainly not the last because the president has authorized strikes not only to protect the city of erbil but also to break the siege around a mountain called sinjar, where these isis forces have thousands of iraqi refugees surrounded. Last night the u. S. Dropped food and water just to keep them from starving or dying of thirst but the only real longterm solution will be for those isis forces either to withdraw or for u. S. Air strikes to go in and try to break the siege. David what do we know about who is running this military campaign . Reporter well, this strike was ordered by general lloyd austin the head of the u. S. Central command and the authority to do this was delegated to him last night by president obama. General austin is a veteran of the iraq war. In fact he was the commander of American Forces in iraq at the time of the pullout of american troops in 2011. All right david martin at the pentagon thank you. And in last nights dramatic white house announcement, president obama said the u. S. Must step in to protect americans and prevent a civilian massacre. He insisted this is not a return to an allout u. S. Military involvement. Major garrett is at the white house where the president laid out the new policy. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning. The u. S. Military is back in iraq. For how long, no one here at the white house is prepared to say. The humanitarian mission has begun and advisers say it could last for days possibly longer. Hours ago the first air strike hit sunni militants threatening u. S. Personnel and Kurdish Forces near erbil. The president ordered u. S. Air drops of food and water for tens of thousands in a religious sect unarmed civilians huddled atop sinjar mountain in northwest iraq, surrounded by wellarmed militants known as isil. Theyre without food theyre without water. People are starving and children are dying of thirst. Meanwhile, isil forces below have called for the systematic destruction of the entire yezidi people, which would constitute genocide. Reporter u. S. Planes dropped food and water for 8,000. More air drops are coming. And if isil forces dont withdraw, u. S. Warplanes will launch air strikes to break the siege. When we have the unique capabilities to help avert a massacre, then i believe the United States of america cannot turn a blind eye. Reporter the president also authorized air strikes if isil forces converge on the city of erbil, where u. S. Diplomats were sent from baghdad weeks ago amid fears isil forces would overrun the capital. Dozens of u. S. Military advisers are there too. The stop the advance on erbil, ive directed our military to take targeted strikes against isil terrorist convoys should they move toward the city. Reporter the pentagon considers erbil crucial to the fight against isil. Congressional sources told us the administration vowed an aggressive military effort to protect it. Aerial surveillance of isil will be constant. Fighter jets are poised to strike. But no u. S. Combat forces are heading back to iraq. I will not allow the United States to be dragged into fighting another war in iraq. The only lasting solution is reconciliation among iraqi communities and stronger Iraqi Security forces. Reporter senior officials describe the isil forces as swift, effective and very well trained. So far the iraqi army and Kurdish Forces have been no match for them but the white house believes the Kurdish Forces will rebound with the help of u. S. Military air support. Even so senior advisers here predict a very long military campaign. All right major, thank you. Holly williams is in istanbul turkey where officials are watching isis very closely this morning. Holly, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Iraqs top muslim cleric called on all iraqis to unite today to defeat isis and he blamed corrupt iraqi politicians for this crisis. Those islamic militants came within 30 minutes of erbil yesterday, and thats a city thats considered a strong hold of forces opposed to isis. Isis is on the move again, taking on kurdish fighters and extending the borders of what they call their islamic state. Yesterday after fierce clashes, isis militants seized 15 towns, an army base and iraqs biggest dam. Soldiers from the Iraqi Military fled the area two months ago, when isis first surged into mosul. Now the kurdish fighters who come from an autonomous region in the east are the only group doing battle with isis on the ground in northern iraq. But isis has won a string of victories over the kurdish soldiers. Several of the towns captured by isis yesterday were christian, including bartella which we visited in june. Captain jacob and his 600 local militiamen vowed to protect bartella from isis who at that point were just ten miles away. Thousands of Iraqi Christians have now fled the area fearful that isis will give them the same stark choice they have offered other religious minorities. Convert to sunni islam, leave, or face death. The most significant strategic gain made by isis yesterday was the capture of the mosul dam, iraqs biggest. And there are fears that isis could use the dam as a weapon inundating hundreds of square miles of land. Holly, thanks. Now to the mornings other big story. Tropical storm iselle is bashing hawaiis big island. Trees and power lines are down and flash flood warnings are out. Iselle was downgraded from a hurricane as top winds dropped to 70 miles an hour. Iselle will cross hawaiis other islands later today. In the eastern Pacific Julio has strengthened to a category 3. Its expected to brush by hawaii this weekend. Bigad shaban is in hilo hawaii where a storm has never hit this big. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Iselle is still hovering over us soaking the big island here. Once the storm clears the National Guard will help conduct damage assessments, but iselle is expected to dump as much as a foot of rainfall in some areas before moving on to the rest of the Hawaiian Islands. Water is coming in from everywhere. Reporter the storm made landfall just as high tide rolled in on the Eastern Shore of the big island. Oh my god. Reporter flash floodwaters raised down the streets of kapoho as wind gusts of 85 miles an hour pummeled hawaiis largest island. The National Guard is already moving planes to the mainland that could bring cargo. Reporter hawaiis governor neil abercrombie, is confident the state is prepared for the backtoback storms. I could go through ten different scenarios like this with you. Were ready. I can assure you were on the ball and ready to respond in any way necessary. Reporter despite dangerous waves and dire warnings some islanders still ventured out to ride the surf. Others went to one of 30 temporary red cross shelters, including Hilo High School where more than 100 people spent the night. We went across the river with our back packs on. We cant just walk normally. Reporter jessica and Eamon Andrews came with their 2yearold daughter, chloe, after wind gusts shook their home. Better to be safe than sorry. Reporter and the islands wont get much time to dry off, maurice, before hurricane julio is expected to move just to the north on sunday. Thank you. Now, this nasa picture from space shows how big these two storms are compared to hawaii. Meteorologist and hurricane expert craig setzer of our cbs station wfor is tracking these twin and unusual systems. Craig, good morning. Good morning. Iselle continues to bear down now on the big island of hawaii. It took a turn to the southwest overnight. Also slowed its speed but has now resumed more of a northwest coast. That slower speed is problematic, even though the wind is down to 60 Miles Per Hour. Slower speeds means torrential rainfall for the big island. Anywhere from one to two feet is possible. That means lifethreatening flash floods and possibly widespread flash floods. After that iselle moves to the west. The core should stay south of the other islands, especially honolulu and its on out into the pacific. Of course the other system were watching is category 3 major hurricane julio. Right now it looks like julio will pass to the north of the island but certainly something well have to watch. Norah . All right, thank you so much. One minute. Thats how long the sky remained free of rockets after the temporary truce between israel and hamas came to an end this morning, and a child is among the victims in the latest outbreak of violence. Clarissa ward is in gaza city. Clarissa, good morning. Reporter good morning. That ceasefire expired at 8 00 a. M. , and by 8 01 we heard a barrage of rockets being fired from here in gaza. There has been a steady stream ever since. Israel has responded with air strikes. One hit just near a mosque and killed a 10yearold boy. Israel has also now pulled its delegation from cairo, saying that there could be no negotiations and no talks while hamas continues to fire these rockets. But hamas did warn last night that they are willing to drag israel into a long and bloody war unless they get some real concessions. Theres a sense here politically that hamas cannot afford to walk away from this latest conflict without some big concession or some major victory that would somehow begin to justify the enormous price that the people here in gaza have paid over the last four weeks. So the situation here not looking good at all. Talks have stalled and the cycle of violence is starting again. For cbs this morning Clarissa Ward gaza. Now to the deadly Ebola Outbreak. Concerns around the globe as the number of victims continues to rise. New figures from the World Health Organization this morning show 961 deaths. That is up by 29, and part of the reason the virus is being called an International Public health emergency. Jeff pegues is in washington where the government is responding to claims the u. S. Is not doing enough to help. Jeff . Reporter good morning. The cdc is now at its highest state of alert and launching a team of 50 u. S. Health professionals into the regions of africa affected the most. The cdcs director warned that containing the deadly disease will be a long hard fight. West africans are waiting for the potentially lifesaving drug american patients Nancy Writebol and dr. Kent brantly have been given, leaving some African Leaders to criticize the american response to the outbreak. But dr. Tom frieden, director of the cdc, says there are virtually no doses of zmapp available, and there are still questions about whether it works. The plain fact is that we dont know whether that treatment is helpful, harmful or doesnt have any impact. Reporter he is confident there will not be a large outbreak here in the u. S. If ebola is contained in africa. The single most important thing we can do is to stop the outbreaks, to stop it at the source. Reporter increasingly that is proving difficult to do. The outbreak has spread to four countries across west africa. But according to the World Health Organization 60 of the nearly 1,000 people who have died since march have been in liberia and sierra leone. Ken issacs is with the Christian InternationalRelief Organization samaritans purse. I believe this is a very nasty, bloody disease. I could give you descriptions of people dying that you cannot even believe. Reporter in atlanta, american ebola patient Nancy Writebol is showing signs of improvement. Her husband, david, is optimistic. Im grateful and happy that shes in a place that enables her to receive the best care possible. And that will give her every opportunity to get better and to recover. Reporter a drug company now says that the fda lifted its hold on a drug that could treat people with ebola. That company had its trials on the drug tkm ebola stopped earlier this summer. Jeff thanks. The blade runner Oscar Pistorius, will learn his fate on september 11th. Thats when the judge in his murder troilial will issue a verdict. Closing arguments wrapped up this morning. Defense claimed primalin stipts caused him to shoot his girlfriend. Debora patta is at the courthouse in pretoria. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Its ironic that pistorius has spent his entire life downplaying his disability but is now emphasizing it in a bid to escape a murder charge. Defense attorney barry roux is trying to portray him as a tragic hero who is desperately vulnerable on his stumps. A little boy without legs you experience daily that disability and the effect of it. You experience daily that you cannot run away. Reporter whats happened now is that the defense maintains that Oscar Pistorius has an exaggerated response to danger and that is why he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp by accident thinking she was an intruder. The prosecution, however, argues it was coldblooded murder and that pistorius is a liar. Thank you. A michigan man faces life in prison this morning for the shooting of a 19yearold woman on his porch. 55yearold theerodore wafer claimed selfdefense when he shot a 19yearold. The jury disagreed. He was convicted of seconddegree murder and manslaughter. He said he feared for his life when the woman banged on his door early one morning after crashing her car. The case initially raised questions about race but that was never the focus of the trial. Mcbrides parents say they have finally found justice. We know as parents how we raised her. She was not violent. She was a regular teenager and she was well raised and brought up with a loving family. And her life mattered. And we showed that. Wafer heads back to court for his sentencing later this month. Did you hear about this story, a small boy caused a big security scare at the white house. Secret Service Agents scrambled after the toddler squeezed through the iron bars of the gate in front of the white house yesterday. Well, they issued a lockdown and the little boy was quickly caught, as you can see, but even the secret service had a sense of humor about it. Heres their statement. Quote, we were going to wait until he learned to talk to question him, but in lieu of that, he got a timeout and was sent on his way with his parents. Those bars are theyre quite narrow but he was a little kid and he managed to get stuck right in between them. Thats going to be a long timeout. A long timeout yes, indeed. Its 7 19. Ahead on cbs this morning well have much more including good morning, im Roberta Roberta in the kpix 5 weather center. Taking a look out the door, it is gray. But it will break up today and we will reveal some sunshine along the coast but right now, 57 degrees in pacifica to the upper 50s in our inland areas. 60 in san jose with a forecast high today there across the santa clara valley. Low 80s, low 80s to the north, as well. Outside number 93 degrees inland. Deeper marine layer on saturday. But mixing up a little earlier on your sunda