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troops that you served alongside? i don t i believe i still believe they re going to come and save us. reporter: while talking with 21-year-old hafai nyez she receives a phone call from a relative she says is now held captive by isis. she hears of unspeakable horrors. here at this camp there are people who know they re lucky to be alive. muhammad lila, abc news, at the refugee camp in iraq. our thanks to muhammad for that. three men strandeded in a sailboat off the hawaiian islands during hurricane julio have been rescued. the sailboat was hit by 30-foot seas with winds up to 115 miles an hour. the rough conditions broke the boat s mast, tossed its life rafts overboard and blew off one of the hatches. a huge container ship dropped a lifeboat to the stranded sailors bringing them to safety.
while a major new deployment is not expected, 700 u.s. service members are already in iraq to secure american facilities and to help train iraqi security forces. stay with abc news as we cover the crisis in iraq all morning long. you ll find instant updates on abcnews.com. our other big story. classes are canceled today in hawaii and people are being urged to stay inside, as the islands brace for two major storms. the outer edges of iselle are bringing rain and wind to the big island overnight. it s the first hurricane or tropical storm to hit hawaii in more than 20 years. some residents, as you can imagine, are anxious. we re on the waterfront. nothing to block the wind. roof damage. older homes could have structural issues. flying debris for windows potential, as well. the biggest threat is heavy rainfall, up to a foot. possible mudslides as well, rock slides, even flash flooding in mountain areas. in addition, waves up to 20 feet along the coast are also possible. meantime,
julio approaches and looks like it will miss to the north but likely bring another burst of heavy rain. back to you. thanks, jim. here s the forecast for american mainland. showers and thunderstorms in the northern rockies and western plains. also in the lower midwest and ohio valley. most of the south will get rain, too. sunny and pleasant from the great lakes across to new england. phoenix s high temperature will break 100 today. but dallas will be up there, too. it will be in the mid-80s for denver. the low 80s for kansas city and minneapolis. memphis and new orleans will be in the low 90s. also breaking overnight, u.s. troops back on the move in iraq, air-dropping aid to stranded iraqi civilians. president obama also poised to protect americans from sunni militants known as isis. he authorized targeted air strikes in that country. here s more from abc s martha raddatz. reporter: american military strikes are a very real option. we intend to stay vigilant and take action i
neutralizing pet odors. don t just vacuum clean . resolve clean. recapping our top stories. recapping our top stories. the crisis in iraq heating up. president obama authorized u.s. air strikes in northern iraq to defend both american soldiers and civilians from advancing sunni militants known as isis. it follows a u.s. military mission to drop humanitarian aid to iraq s refugees. and our other top story hawaii bracing for a one-two punch. its first major storms in 22 years. iselle s outer edges are lashing the island chain with torrential rain and gusty winds. on its heels, julio, an even stronger storm. it s been quite a week for headline-making news. aside from murder and mayhem there are quite a few bright spots. here are the friday reruns. the loss of any life is tragic. no life is worth any more than another life. but the symbolism of a loss of a