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Doesn't expect to authorize any u.s. evacuation operations. and it is unlikely the humanitarian aid drops will continue. president obama did leave the door open to future u.s. military action. president obama said the u.s. would still provide help to those who need it in northern iraq and also once again emfa sized that the u.s. military can effectively carry out missions like the one on mt. sinjar without adding combat troops on the ground. michelle, devin. >> thank you so much. karen. it is mid afternoon in south korea. where pope francis had a busy day, taking a high-speed train from seoul,...

>> where he slept, where he ate, and what he did to avoid getting busted. it's thursday, august 14th. happy thursday morning, surprising that no one in that walmart saw that kid camping out there. >> it will be interesting to find out all the details coming up later. >> that's right. more to come. serious news to get started. we begin with word from iraq that u.s. air strikes there have helped break a siege at mt. sinjar by militants. thousands of south dakotaies have been freed. >> air drops have also eased the crisis making a seventh delivery overnight to help remaining refugees. here's ...

Good morning on this very busy friday. i'm devin dwyer. >> i'm reena ninan. we really thought the hawaii storms would be the big story, but overnight, the president came out, addressed the nation in a televised speech about the situation in the middle east that seems to be getting worse. >> that's right. deepening action there. and lots of talk about that action tonight. we have a couple live reports coming up. stay with us for that. >> that's right. we're going to begin with the news of the deepest american engagement in iraq since the end of the war. president obama authorizing air strikes...

Harry and his friend bill and several others are in one tangled mess heading right for selena. >> i put my head down because all the ice was coming down on us and just prayed that we didn't get hit. but i was fully expecting an impact. >> then the bodies just started sliding into the crevasse. you could hear them thump. >> selena is somehow spared from the fall, but her boyfriend, jeremiah, is not as lucky. cleve's son cole, too, gone with several others. >> there was just dead silence. and i remember just sitting there looking and a thousand things went through my mind. the very first one was...

Whatever i could. >> the call his dad, cleve joiner, makes to 911 sets in motion a massive rescue operation. six national guard and air force helicopters are on their way, but they're hours away. of the six people still alive in the crevasse, three are badly hurt and need medical attention. and then all of a sudden, the sound of chopper blades through the thin mountain air. >> when you hear a helicopter, you hang so much hope that your friend is going to get off the mountain and get to a trauma center and be okay. >> but when they realize what the sound is, it's crushing news. >> breaking news...