CNNW CNN Newsroom With Carol Costello August 8, 2014
Rockets are flying. An impasse right now, america watching with a laser focus on what happens next. Lets begin our coverage first in iraq from the pentagon to the white house, to the center of the crisis in iraq and beyond, cnn is covering this story like no other network can. Our senior White House Correspondent jim acosta is at the white house, Barbara Starr is at the pentagon. Jim, let me start with you, the president authorized u. S. Air strikes. Today the air strikes against these isis targets in iraq began. Tell us what we know. Thats right. And i can tell you from talking to Deputy Nati...