Prisoners in northern iraq, secretary carter promised there would be more raids like that, and todays move is an effort to make good on that promise. In more than three hours of testimony before the Armed Services committee, ashe carter and Joseph Dunford faced predictably sceptical questions. Are we winning, mr. Secretary . We will win. Are we winning now . Were going to win. Reporter have we currently contained isil . We have not contained isil. Both democrats and republicans seemed dissatisfied with the pentagon talking points, but theyre making progress, and gaining momentum. I can climb down from here and say that im making progress, and if i run the next 15 feet, im gaining momentum. Reporter carter unveiled one wrinkle to the plan, something that he called a special Expeditionary Targeting force, u. S. Comandos to be based in irbil, iraq, to conduct raids in both iraq and syria. Sometimes jointly with the iraqi forces and sometimes unilaterally. With a mission to free hostages,
Converts. Act of faith. Parents of 43 misterying mexican students dismantle their camp after a new screesive unit is to begin. Financial crisis, apuerto rico warns theres no money left for future loan payments. Good evening. This is Al Jazeera America. We begin in iraq where the special forces is based. The pentagon says the number of those forces is about to grow because it will deploy what it calls an attack to carry out strikes against iraq an syria. Another country, the German Cabinet proved a plan to provide support to the members of the u. S. Led coalition. That needs to be approved by law makeser. President obama is urging turkey and russia to redirect their energies towards i. S. I. L. He warned the kremlin against getting bogged down in civil war the way it did once in after afghanistan. Reporter the United States is intensifying the war in iraq and syria in the hope that it will eventually lead to talks of peace. Next, in full coordination with the government of iraq, were de
Of london. Lawmakers beginning 10. 5 hours of debate, over whether to take part in air strikes against i. S. I. L. In syria. Protesters are saying a resounding no. Good morning, welcome to your world, im del walters. Im stephanie sy. Parliament plans to vote on aggressive action against i. S. I. L. In syria. If the m. P. S vote yes, british fighter jets could be fighting within days. Dana lewis is in london. Good morning. The british Prime Minister David Cameron is pushing for military action. He has been defeated on the issue of syria and spoke a few minutes ago. What did he have to say . First of all, they are saying they could start the bombing within a matter of hours of vote being taken. Now its expected to be one. Around 10 oclock local time tonight. One of the first things the Prime Minister said, and you know that the British Parliament is about a lot of rhetoric and theatre. He says he has no longer going to refer to the group as other allies changed their term knollingy as we
Hospital to a longterm care facility. Coming up at 6 00, well explain more about the obstacles involved in doing that. Live in oakland. More details on dr. Fisher, who will be examining jahi mcmath. He has 20 years of experience. He went to ucsf for medical school and did his internship and residency at johns hopkins. You can follow any new developments on the website, www. Ktvu. Com, click on the top stories tab. A quality air alert is in effect. Another has been issued for tomorrow. This means no woodburning unless it is your own source of heat. This is the first spare the air day after a series of 11 consecutive alerts that ended last wednesday. The solution is expected to rise to unhealthy levels. Today is the start of a new series of spare the air days that could include christmas. For more on the latest stagnant weather pattern and how long it will last, lets check in with mark. This time of year, well have a spare the air alert. The area of High Pressure moving in, a stable weat
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