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The centers for Disease Control reports nearly 500 kids were treated at a single hospital in kansas city and many required intensive care. Symptoms can include heavy coughing, fever and asthmalike breathing trouble. In ukraine, the ceasefire between Government Forces and rebels appeared to be holding after sporadic violations over the weekend. That word came as president Petro Poroshenko made a surprise visit to mariupol. Rebel forces have moved close to the coastal city, but in a speech, poroshenko declared it will stay ukrainian. translated we are ready to defend our state. Our armed forces, national guard, border guards. Keep the powder dry. But speaking of political decisions, we will do all we can for a process of a peaceful settlement. Woodruff the ukrainian president said also that nearly 1,200 prisonersofwar have been released by the rebels under the ceasefire. Nigerisa military reported today it has recaptured a key town from islamist militants of boko haram. A seniour official said the Government Forces took back the town of bam, in northeast borno state, and blocked the militants advance toward the state capital. Over the weekend, however, boko haram captured several other towns. The Iraqi Parliament took a giant step this evening toward putting a functioning government in place. Lawmaker officially named Haider Alabadi as Prime Minister and approved most of a new cabinet. Abadi asked for another week to fill the key security posts of defense and interior ministers. The goal is a more inclusive government to bring sunnis back into the fold. Rescuers in india and pakistan labored today to save thousands of people trapped by flooding. More than 320 have died in the disaster, across the divided territory of kashmir and northern and eastern pakistan. Today, Indian Air Force helicopters airlifted more people to safety. Residents in the main city of srinagar waded through flooding streets over the weekend with cattle and belongings, waiting to be rescued. From the second half of yesterday we started focussing over the srinagar city where the water level has been continuously rising and it has risen up to a considerable level, almost up to the second floor, and people are stranded on rooftops. Woodruff the disaster has put tensions between the two countries on hold, at least temporarily. The indian and pakistani Prime Ministers offered sunday to assist each other in relief efforts. Widespread thunderstorms from the remnants of hurricane norbert sparked flash flooding in parts of arizona this morning. In phoenix, a record breaking three inches of rain fell by daybreak. Wreaking havoc on the morning commute. Portions of major interstates were closed and dozens of vehicles lay stalled in window high water. The storm also triggered flooding in Southern California over the weekend. On wall street today, the Dow Jones Industrial average lost nearly 26 points to close at 17,111; the nasdaq rose nine points to close at 4,592; and the s p 500 slipped six to finish 2,0001. And some happy news this evening from the British Royal family. Prince william and the duchess of cambridge are expecting a second child. He had not wanted the world to know so soon but Prince William had no choice. Kate should have been with him in oxford today but a bout of severe morning sickness kept her at home and forced him to approve the announcement that they have another child on the way. Congratulations. Hows kate feeling . Shes had a few days but its great news. Early days. Shell feel better. Kate hasnt been seen in public since the world war i commemoration in the tower of london last month. The announcement of her first pregnancy also had to be brought forward. On that occasion, morning sickness was so severe, she was take ton the hospital. Prince george, now one, was born seven months later. Today, it was confirmed he will have a brother or sister by next spring. On behalf of the whole country, im sure the house will want to join me in congratulations. So as he was greeted by a small wellwisher today, Prince Williams thoughts were very much with his own family and the wife he was forced to leave at home. Woodruff the baby will be fourth in line to the thrown behind prince charles, Prince William and prince george. Woodruff still to come on the newshour. What the u. S. And its allies can do to destroy the Islamic State group. Why politicians arent talking about immigration before novembers elections. Deep political divides over fracking for oil and gas in colorado. And the n. F. L. Suspends running back ray rice indefinitely for Domestic Violence. Woodruff now to the next phase for the United States and partners in going after the Islamic State group. Many in the region and this county are anxiously awaiting more details as the president prepares for a National Address wednesday on his strategy in dealing with the militant group that has brought death and destruction to large swaths of iraq and syria. We are going to systematically degrade their capabilities, were going shrink the territory that they control and ultimately were going to defeat them. Woodruff the president outlined a multistep campaign in a lengthy interview seen sunday on nbc. It elaborated on his Statement Last week in estonia, regarding the Islamic State group, also known as isil. The bottom line is this our objective is clear, and that is to degrade and destroy isil so it is no longer a threat, not just to iraq, but also to the region and to the United States. Woodruff it was widely reported today that the president s expanded air offensive could last years. But in the nbc interview, he again made clear the effort wont include combat troops. Were not looking at sending a hundred thousand america troops. We are going to be, as part of an international coalition, carrying out air strikes in support of work on the ground of iraqi troops, kurdish troops, we are going to be helping to put together a plan for them so they can start retaking territory that isil had taken over. Woodruff air strikes have already been under way for four weeks nearly 150 to date. Theyve helped kurdish forces, plus iraqi troops and iranian backed shiite militia, push back the sunni extremists of Islamic State. Over the weekend, the air campaign reached into anbar province, striking targets around haditha dam. The predominantly sunni region west of baghdad is largely under Islamic State control. It remained unclear if an expanded air war would extend into syria. General martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs, has said any move to destroy the militants would also mean strikes in syria, where they are strongest. Just ten days ago, at a white house news conference, mr. Obama said there was no strategy yet on that question. He did not address that point directly in his nbc interview, but he did say its essential for majority sunni states in the region to step up. Not just saudi arabia but our partners like jordan, united arab emirates, turkey, they need to be involved. This is their neighborhood. The dangers that are posed are more directed at them right now then at us, and the good news is i think for perhaps for the first time you have absolute clarity that the problem for sunni states in the region, many of whom are our allies, its not simply iran, it is not simply a sunnishia issue. Woodruff to that end, secretary of defense hagel was in turkey today, one of the ten nato nations committed to the socalled Core Coalition against the Islamic State group. It was also announced that secretary of state kerry will leave tomorrow for the region. And a two day meeting of the arab league in cairo ended today, with the group urging members to confront the Islamic State. The leagues secretary general is nabil alaraby. translated what is happening in iraq is a threat of a terrorist organization. That is not just defying the state but threatens its existence and the existence of other countries. This terrorist organization represents all forms of tyranny, oppression and terror. Its working to divide the social structure of the region. Woodruff back in washington, president obama begins consulting congressional leaders tomorrow. He plans to present the full strategy to the nation, in a speech on wednesday. So can the Islamic State group be destroyed and degraded as president obama laid out . For that, we get three views. Feisal istrabadi was iraqs deputy ambassador to the United Nations from 2004 to 2007. Hes now a professor of International Law and diplomacy at indiana university. Frederic wehrey is a former u. S. Air force officer who served in and around the middle east, including in iraq. Hes now at the Carnegie Endowment for international peace. And Hussein Ibish is a senior fellow on the American Task force on palestine who writes extensively on mideast issues. We welcome all three of you back to the program. Im going to start with you, Feisal Istrabadi. Is it realistic to say that the u. S. Or anyone can destroy the Islamic State . Well, i think that i mean, you obviously cant destroy an ideology, but you can go after the individuals who have signed up for this ideology and who have taken the field. So, yes, i think you can because they have they represent a very small minority of the populations of the countries that they are in the midst of. There is a rising consensus amongst all the countries of the region and the peoples of the region that these people represent a direct threat in the region and internationally, and i think that an appropriate response by the countriess of te region in coordination with the United States and n. A. T. O. Allies can and must result indeed, it doesnt seem to me we have must haveo a choice in defeat of these people. Reporter Frederic Wehrey . Youre talking about a hybrid military force sweeping across territories, so you can restrain that capability. But undercutting this movements ideology is going to be a longterm, perhaps even generational process. Youre really talking about removing a cancer from a region and undercut that ideology. Woodruff Hussein Ibish. I like that analogy. It is a cancer. Sit a cancer thats metastasized into iraq and its more doable to degrade them to a pointy theyre a nuisance and problem in iraq. Going after the strong hold where they are dug in where they are running what amounts to a ministate in sir. In syr. Its a state that posits itself as a alternative not to syria or iraq but the whole system. Its a threat to the International Structure as weve known it for hundreds of years. Woodruff so the president is talking about a staged approach here. Does that make sense . We assume he talks about starting in iraq. I think thats essential. Iraq gives you the opportunity to build the coalition and especially with local forces on the ground, sunni forces, sunni tribal forces, anyone who will join the campaign against i. S. I. S. Will be welcome, and then from there you can see how it could present new opportunities in syria and change the dynamics in syria. Woodruff mr. Istrabadi, back to iraq, the parliament has now signed off on mr. Abadi as a new Prime Minister. Are the pieces coming into place in iraq for this to be a cooperative effort between the u. S. , the iraqis, the kurds to go after i. S. I. S. . Yes, and, of course, the kurds are iraqis and are participating in the government and the peshmerga are iraqi forces provided for in the iraqi constitution. I think we are seeing the beginning of pieces falling into place. I think, although iraqis have been optimistic over the past eleven years only to have their high hopes dashed, i think most of us realize this may well be a last chance to keep our country together. We have to do a number of things at the same time, including fighting i. S. I. S. Or i. S. I. L. , but we also have to make a compact that allows us to live with each other in peace and confront mutual enemies. Woodruff Frederic Wehrey, building on that, when the president said a minute ago these other countries need to be involved and named jordan, the uae, turkey, what can we look for from these countries because they all relate to this in very different ways. They do, they ally links to iraq and sir. I cant i think well look at certain capabilities that are leveraged. They wont all apply military power to the problems. They will leverage tribal links and tackling finances. Woodruff what do you mean leveraging tribal they have linkage as that straddle the border between these countries and they will probably try tone gauge the sunni tribes in the country to peel them away from i. S. I. S. Through cash, incentives. They have excellent intelligence networks. They will tackle the refugee problem, but we shouldnt expect them to be sending jet in with a massive military coalition. Woodruff so youre saying its mainly a u. S. Military . In terms of actual value added, i dont think many of the countries have the capability, perhaps the united arab emrapts or turkey. But were talking for the precision campaign you need to avoid Collateral Damage and go after the key leadership, youre talking about perhaps the u. S. And perhaps n. A. T. O. Countries. I think there have to be boots on the ground to replace i. S. I. L. Fighters when they are defeated and i think that cant be sec tarn forces in either iraq or syria, perceived se sectarian forces. Its got to come from the people i. S. I. S. Is claiming to represent and they have to be flipped. One thing Coalition Partners can bring to the table beyond the military, Law Enforcement and financial crackdown is the sunni arab credibility that this is not an attack on soon requests, that this is not shelling for sectarianism or iran or shiites or anything like that, but this is essential for arab sunnis as a collective and local arab sunnis in iraq and ultimately syria as well. Woodruff you bring up something i want to turn to Feisal Istrabadi and this is assuming this gets done and however long it takes, who will be in place to hold the situation stable and to keep it from falling apart again . Whose boots are they going to be . Look, you cannot say on the one hand we should not have sectarian forces in iraq, a proposition with which i agree, and then on the other hand say but there need to be sunnis in these areas. What we need to do is build institutions of the state. Unfortunately, we have wasted the last eight years, so we have to build state institutions at the same time that we are doing this work. Its going to be extremely difficult, but this is the challenge of the new Prime Minister has before him to build truly iraqi an Iraqi Security force that all groups and sects and nas nationalities that constitute iraq buy into. If not were talking about the de facto and perhaps the division of iraq and if that happens we have a true pandoras box in which iraq looks like somalia. What i am saying th is that y force that is on the ground that takes the place of i. S. I. S. Has to have credibility with the local population. Thats essential. Thats another story. I agree with. Woodruff Frederic Wehrey, how does the u. S. Help manage or oversee all this ensure the things happen the three of you are describing. Its going to be very shaky. We know many of the states compete with one another within the gulf. To say theres a unified sunni block with s a bit of a misnomer. Theres a bit of a sunni cold war going on right now. So its going to be a very delicate task. But i think much hinges on what goes on in baghdad itself and the actions the Iraqi Government takes toward its own population. Woodruff and its moving from one president in this country to the next one. The president already said its going to go beyond his term inoffs. We thank you, Frederic Wehrey, Hussein Ibish, Feisal Istrabadi. We appreciate it. Thank you. Woodruff as t