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Shields. this same source also said that isis was forced out of the southern part of the city where coalition forces have launched a major offensive. senior international correspondent ben wedeman is in nearby irbil, iraq. ben, what can you tell us about today's fighting? >> well, the day's fighting, fredericka, is focused around this town of, predominantly christian town just to the east of the city where iraqi forces initially encircled it and now have gone inside. now, there are very few civilians because they fled more than two years ago when isis took over the city. but they are experienc...

Supermarket last year. just moments ago, in fact, french president hollande unveiled a plaque in their memory. >> dozens turned out to honor those that were killed. aaron mclaughlin joins us live from paris. this is a remind ter attacks in january, 2015, did it not end with the shooting of "charlie hebdo." tell us about today's ceremony. >> reporter: hi, kristi, victor, well, it was a somber, emotional ceremony to remember a fallen police officer. he was just 25 years old within she stopped him in the paris suburb. she stopped him after a near accident. >> that is when he opened fire on her, k...

Video of the shooting went public setding off weeks of demonstrations in chicago. let's go out to sarah dallof in chicago for us. sarah, what can you tell us about today's proceedings? >> reporter: it was brief, ayman. officer vandyke stood silently in the courtroom while his attorney entered the plea on his behalf and assigned a judge and set the next court hearing for january 29th at 9:00 a.m. chicago time. after it was all done, he was rushed out into a waiting car flanked by supporters unlike the first appearance, however, no demonstrators present during that first court appearance. suppor...

And testifying together on capitol hill making the case for the president to have expanded war powers in the fight with isis. it comes as we get word iraqi soldiers entered the isis-held city of tikrit. nbc's kelly o'donnell is at the white house for us. kelly, good morning. what more can you tell us about today's hearing? >> reporter: this is going to be a really important opportunity, jose, for these top leaders in foreign policy for the u.s. to help flush out what the ambitions for the white house and the administration are for this kind of military operation against isis and to get some of...

Located, we are sending it down. this is sensitive equipment. it's towed behind at slow speeds on a commercial vessel, down to depths about -- it can listen down to about 20,000 feet, lynning for the ping coming up from the black box, which is going to be critical. >> another question for you, since we have you here, what can you tell us about today's search? >> right now, the p-8 and the p-3, are actually probably arrived on station right now. and are conducting the searches. but as of now, there's been no reports of any findings or anything from the debris field. >> christine, if the u.s. we...