. >> you don't want do that, do you, sport. >> reporter: al jazerra. >> iraq nominates a new prime minister. iraq's political crisis is the "inside story." >> hello, i'm libby casey. iraq's president has nominated a prime minister and it's not nouri al-maliki. maliki has been prime minister since 2006, and has consolidated power head of the armed force and defense minister. however his ruling power has isolated sunni, kurds. our inside story, iraq and the united states. just as american warplanes reenter the fight against islamic state insurgents in the north. >> reporter: on the battlefield the american objective is to stop the islamic state advances in the kurdish regio. prime minister maliki is clinging to the power even after the nomination of 9 now man for the job. they have adopted heider al abadi as the new prime minister. the news comes after maliki would take him to court. >> today i will file a legal complaint to the federal court for committing a clear constitutional violation for the sake of political goals and preferring narrow interests over the iraqi people. >> polic

united states is weighing taking him tear action in iraq, again. throughout the day today, president obama met with his national security team to consider authorizing american air strikes in iraq to protect iraqi citizens trapped by islamic militants in the northern part of that country. the united states has found itself in this position, has found itself once again considering a military operation in iraq tonight. it's helpful to go back to six months to february, february of this year, because it was in february of this year that serious fracturing among terrorist groups spilled into public view when al qaeda released a statement disavowing any association with isis. isis is not a branch of al qaeda, the statement red. isis does not have an organization organizational relationship with al qaeda. and perhaps more importantly, al qaeda is not responsible for the actions that isis takes. al qaeda and isis were once united together, it used to be called al qaeda in iraq. these two sunni islamic terrorist groups fought together side by side in syria against the ruling regime there. but

special forces to iraq, we will speak with longtime middle east correspondent patrick cockburn about isis and the new sunni uprising. his new book, "the jihadis return: isis and the new sunni uprising." >> iraq is really disintegrated already. it is still called iraq and america want being called iraq, but if you're in baghdad, particularly if -- anybody in baghdad, you cannot move from north or west of the city without being in isis-controlled territory or you might be killed. you can't move to baghdad or into the kurdish controlled expanded.h is just they really has expanded. >> pulitzer prize winning journalist glenn greenwald calls the was humanitarian arming of iraq a redundant presidential ritual. we will speak with greenwald about media coverage of the latest attacks as well as what the edward snowden documents reveal about u.s.-israeli nations. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the pentagon has confirmed it is deploying an additional 130 marines and special forces to iraq. chuck hagel made the from

. >> today i authorised two operations in iraq - targeted air strikes to protect our american personnel and a humanitarian effort to help save thousands of iraqian civilians. >> president obama orders rebels be targeted. >>> also - israel says hamas launches rockets from gaza with hours left in the ceasefire. >>> tonight - two very big stories unfolding rapidly. israel is accusing hamas of violating the truce. we get to that in a moment. first, a major announcement from the white house. the president addressed the american people from the state dining room saying he authorised targetted air strikes in iraq. a significant development after the group calling itself the islamic state attacked religious minority groups. to lisa in washington with more. >> the president met a number of times throughout the day. it's been a long day. met a number of times throughout the day with his security teems and authorised actions on two fronts, human tarely and humanitarian. >> today i authorised two operations in iraq. targeted air strikes to protect our personnel, and a humanitarian effort

the way. >>> i'm chris wallace. president obama says air strikes in iraq could go on for months. as he eks conin t >>> president obama seeks to contain the threat from isis saying it could go on for months. >> early this week. an iraqi cried to the world "no one is coming to help." today, america is coming to help. >> as the united states returns to the fight, we will get the latest on what is happening. retired four-star general breaks down the military operation and we will discuss whether president obama is doing too little or too much with senators graham and cardin. >> for a president who campaigned on getting out of iraq, how big is this reversal? >> as commander in chief i. not allow the united states to be involved in another war in iraq. >> we weigh in on whether he can limit our involvement in iraq. >> then, american companies renounce their corporate citizenship to save big money in taxes. ought head of the business roundtable debates whether that is unpatriotic with a senator. >> our power player of the week ivanka trump. >> i recognize the foam anyone voice of a masculi

major breaking news stories in the middle east unfolding right now, u.s. air strikes in iraq, and the renewed exchange of rocket fire between israel and gaza. let's begin in iraq with the very latest. u.s. warplanes take to the skies over iraq today. the military escalation comes more than two years after president obama ended the iraq war for u.s. troops. pulling out all american troops from the country. the administration now responding to a vicious onslaught by islamic militants that have sparked a humanitarian crisis. the pentagon spokesman says two u.s. fighter jets bombed artillery used by the group isis which calls itself the islamic state. the batteries were based outside erbil in northern iraq. the faa here in washington restricted u.s. airlines from flying over iraqi airspace. president obama has authorized what he's calling targeted air strikes in iraq, but the president is trying to reassure americans that the u.s. will not be dragged into another ground war in iraq. he says no u.s. combat troops will return to iraq. he says no boots on the ground. u.s. military cargo

iraq, this morning, the u.s. launching air strikes to avoid what president obama and secretary of state john kerry have called a potential genocide. the goal to stop the advance of what's now being called the islamic state or isis, a group of sunni extremists spearheading a brutal campaign to take over the region and eliminate christians, other religious minorities who get in their way. >>> also, cease-fire ends. rockets are flying. an impasse right now, america watching with a laser focus on what happens next. let's 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. >> that's right. and i can tell you from talking to deputy national security adviser ben rhodes whn the last hour that the president did no

reporters on the situation in iraq. and then the court of appeals hears oral arguments on the same-sex average band -- marriage ban in michigan. after that, a debate in the virginia senate race. on the next "washington journal," the latest on u.s. military strike on isis forces in iraq. dave leventhal discusses his six-month-long investigation into the irs exempt organizations division, and a doctor from the association of american medical colleges talks about the doctor shortage in the u.s. and the impact it could have on patients. and we can take your calls and conversation on facebook and twitter. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> while congress is on break this month, c-span primetime features a wide range of political views and topics. this week, a debate on america's .reatness, veterans health care we visit the atlanta press club for the future of news, and we take a history tour looking at the civil war. c-span primetime, monday through friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us or e-mail us at -span.org. join the c

becomes the fourth u.s. president in a row to authorize amateur action in iraq as islamist militants seize more -- territory. the u.s. has already begun airdrops to a mountain in northwest iraq where 40,000 people, many religious minorities, are trapped. we will go to iraq for the latest and speak to phyllis bennis. gaza ise cease-fire in over and fighting resumes after talks between israel and palestinian officials and without a long-term deal. of refusingd israel to accept its key a man of missing the blockade. we will go to tel aviv to speak to reaffirming -- uri averny. all that and more coming up. ,"lcome to "democracy now!, democracy now dot org, the war and peace report. i am amy goodman. has authorized airstrikes in iraq to halt the sweeping advance of militants now known as the islamic state. the group has captured large swathes of northern iraq, including the country's largest dam near mosul, and its largest christian town. the militants have advanced to a half hour drive from the kurdish regional capital, air vo, where the united states has a consulate and military personn

, isis. the al qaeda splinter group that has seized control of territory inside both syria and iraq. isis last week beheaded an american journalist they had captured in syria, jim foley. they also threatened to kill another american journalist who they are holding. over the past month, the united states has responded to the advance of isis with air strikes in iraq. more than 700 u.s. service members have also been sent back into iraq. and president obama has now approved surveillance flights over syria. without the consent of the syrian regime. so the u.s. has boots on the ground in iraq right now and pilots at risk over iraq and syria right now. and now congress, again, faces the question of whether they're going to debate this and vote on the whether to authorize it. in the house, republican speaker john boehner has been saying it's not his job, it's not congress' job to tell the president what to do about something like isis. on the senate side we've now got anonymous democratic aides carping about calls from their own senator, tim kaine, that congress ought to vote on this issue. they

>> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. iraq's standoff. america backs the newly nominated prime minister but nouri al-maliki says he's standing put. >>> hundreds of thousands of iraqis are running from war. a look at long simmering religious divisions, our show in iraq, and the fbi investigates the police shooting of an unarmed man plus this: >> don't want to say i was suicidal, but i was thinking about it. >> how virtual reality is helping soldiers with.ptsd. a look back at an os oscar winn. the life and career of robin williams. a standoff tonight in iraq. a fight for control and power. the president of iraq has nominated a new prime minister but the current prime minister refuses to go. this evening president obama says he supports a change in leadership as the u.s. steps up its military there, jane arath reports from err bool. erbil. >> haider al-abadi is from prime minister nouri al-maliki's dower party. he has 30 days to form a new government but maliki isn't leaving without a fight. maliki now a care taker prime minister maintains

in the country tonight, today, this week. that is the renewed u.s. military action in iraq. where there have now been multiple rounds of u.s. strikes on isis targets near the city of irbil. two separate predator drone strikes on a mortar position, location from which mortars were being launched as well as a strike from navy fighter jets that dropped eight 500-pound bombs on a convoy of seven isis vehicles. u.s. military's first strikes came early this morning, about nine hours after president obama announced he had authorized them. when two u.s. f-18 fighter jets bombed a piece of isis artillery as well as the vehicle that was pulling it. according to the pentagon, isis has been using that artillery to shell kurdish forces fighting to save irbil, capital of kurdistan, which has found itself under siege by isis forces. u.s. has also dropped a second round of aid packages into the mountains. it's where thousands of yezidis, religious minority in iraq, are trapped without food and without water. isis cut the roads off trying to starve the fleeing civilians to death and threatening to

think this is going to take some time. >> u.s. fighter jets back in the skies over iraq, dropping bombs to protect american citizens and prevent a humanitarian castrophe. >>> an ebola emergency. are we prepared for a new virus threat? >>> plus, game-changer. the ncaa told it must allow athletes to be paid. will college sports ever be the same? this morning, an abc news exclusive, the president of the ncaa, here, live. >>> from abc news, "this week" with george stephanopoulos begins now. >>> good morning. great to have you with us. i'm martha raddatz. we begin with the latest on the new u.s. mission in iraq. this weekend, more u.s. air strikes against isis militants, plus new u.s. air drops of humanitarian aid to help thousands of civilians trapped on a mountain by isis fighters. and just over night, u.n. telling us at least 15,000 civilians have been able to escape. meanwhile, president obama is warning u.s. military action in iraq is a long-term project. chief white house correspondent jonathan karl has the very latest with the president on martha's vineyard. >> reporter: overnight the

you at this hour. jets strike an islamic state target in iraq. a briefing is this afternoon, and we'll bring those remarks to you when they happen. and talking about gaza, and the firing has resumed after rockets are fired into israeli and israelis respond. >>> and in hawaii, a second hurricane is gaining strength. we begin in northern iraq, where u.s. war planes conducted airstrikes earlier today against islamic state fighters, and according to the pentagon, two f-18 fighter jets guided a pair of laser guided bombs at an artillery piece in erbil. that after president barack obama talked weren't about a growing humanitarian crisis. >> they dried to the world, there is no one coming to help. today, america is coming to help. >> the united states is trying to help a religious group stranded on a mountain in northern iraq. 15,000 have taken refuge, and the u.n. said that islamic state have executed hundreds of people. and they are threatening to kill all of the rest of them if they don't convert to islam. tens of thousands of refugees fled their homes when kurdish defenses fell this

morning on developing situation in iraq which more than two and a half years after u.s. troops withdrew, two and a half years after we handed over security to the country to iraq's military, two and a half years after president obama said our war in iraq was ending iraq is once again the focus of our military and our commander in chief. just hours after president obama announced we were returning to an active role in iraq, the u.s. launched two rounds of air strikes yesterday against isis fighters near erbil. the u.s. has a consulate in that northern iraqi city and thousands of americans live there. in addition to those military strikes the u.s. is trying to keep a humanitarian crisis from worsening. the u.s. military conducted a secondary drop of food and water late last night to thousands of members of the yazidi religious minority who have been trapped on mount sinjar for days and are surrounded by isis militants. the situation might be worse for hundreds of yazidi women. militants are holding them kapt of at schools in mosul. he told the a.p. by now consider them slaves and have vic

and are now trapped by the islamic state of iraq and syria militants. a small religious kurdish sect fled after isis threatened to execute anyone who didn't convert. to islam. isis blocked the roads. as many as 25,000 children now have no access to food or water. at least 40 have died so far from dehydration. and the extreme heat. president obama met with his national security team in the situation room earlier today and spoke just moments ago. >> today i authorized two operations in iraq. targeted air strikes to protect our american personnel, and a humanitarian effort to save thousands of iraqi civilians who are trapped on a mountain without food and water and facing almost certain death. let me explain the actions we're taking and why. first, i said in june, as the terrorist group isis began an advance across iraq that the united states would be prepared to take targeted military action in iraq if and when we determined that the situation required it. in recent days, these terrorists have continued to move across iraq and have neared the city of erbil, where american diplomat

two troubled parts of the world right now. one of them, iraq, where iraqi police officials tell cnn that special forces loyal to prime minister nouri al malaki are being deployed to strategic areas on the streets of baghdad. hours ago, maliki gave a defiant speech, accusing iraq's president of violating the constitution. also today, in northern iraq, more u.s. air strikes. they targeted positions held by the terrorist group isis. and also right now, the middle east, israel and hamas both agree to stop shooting at each other, at least for 72 hours. it is a temporary peace deal brokered again by egypt to allow negotiators on both sides to come to the table again. the agreement came after two days of rocket fire from gaza and air strikes from israel. >>> i guess they got that house. >> that was cnn's martin savidge hitting the floor just a short time ago in gaza city and watch, it's about to happen again. showing just how slim the margin of error is there. under fire, martin and his crew, thankfully, were not hurt. yet now is will this latest cease-fire that just began hold, even for 7

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now heading to iraq to deliver more aid. the united states trying to clear what they call a human karen corridor to help iraqis flee. >> president obama reiterated today in his weekly address, "american combat troops will not be returning to fight in iraq." victor said, we expect to hear from him in 20 minutes and will take you there live when it happens. aides say he's monitoring the situation, potential for more air strikes as he leaves today for vacation in martha's vineyard. >> here add cnn covering all angles of the develops story with ivan watson there in erbil in the kurdish area of iraq. a former u.s. ambassador to creak, christopher hill and cnn military anne lift major general spider marks. thanks for joining us. start with ivan. i want to get reaction there from the ground. what are iraqis saying about this round of u.s. air strikes? >> reporter: i think the kurds are very much relieved, victor. some of those air strikes were hitting just about 20 minutes drive west of erbil, the capital of the kurdistan region where i'm standing just past the kurdish-held town which gi

america american air strikes intensify in iraq. john dean will join us to mark the 40th anniversary of richard nixon's resignation. those stories and much more straight ahead. >> for anyone who needed a wakeup call, this is it. >> american war planes are once again striking inside iraq. >> trying to stop the advance of islamic state fighters. >> the government of iraq invited us to assist them. >> america is coming to help. >> nato called russia to withdraw their troops from the border. >> russia is trying obully a small country. >> step back from the border. >> fragile ceasefire has crumbled. >> israeli war pleans planes are aoverhead. >> far greater than what held us together. >> are international public emergency. >> i am declaring the current outbreak of ebola disease a public health emergency of greatest concern. >> we begin with return of u.s. combat operations to iraq. friday for the second time, f-18 hornet fighters from the george zimmerman h.w. bush struck the kurdish city of erbil. two fighters dropped bombs on a military could b convoy. aid and u.s. humanitarian air drop

supplies in iraq. officials tell nbc news the military has not carried out air strikes in iraq but the military is standing ready to defend u.s. personnel and resources if necessary. that is our show. "all in" for this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts now with steve kornacki sitting in. good evening, steve. >>> good evening, ari. thanks for that. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. rachel has the night off. we're continuing to cover the breaking news tonight as at this hour, the united states is weighing taking military action in iraq again. throughout the day today, president obama met with his national security team to consider authorizing american air strikes in iraq to protect iraqi citizens, civilians trapped by islamic militants in the northwestern part of that country. for context into how the united states has found itself in this position, it's found itself once again considering a military operation in iraq tonight. it's helpful to two back six months to february, february of this year. it was in february of this year that serious fracturing among terr

>>> i'm chris wallace. president obama says air strikes in iraq could go on for months as he seeks to contain the threat from isis. >>> earlier this week, owhen irq cried to the world, there is no one coming to help, today america is coming to help. >> as the u.s. turns to the fight, we'll get the latest on what's happening. retired four-star general jack keane breaks down the military operation and we'll discuss whether president obama is doing too little or too much with senators lindsey graham and ben cardin. plus, for a president who campaigned on getting out of iraq, how big is this reversal of policy? >> as commander in chief, i will not allow the united states to be dragged into fighting another war in iraq. >> our sunday group weighs in on whether mr. obama can limit our involvement. >>> then american companies renounce their corporate citizenship to save big money in taxes. the head of the business roundtable, john engler, debates senator chris coons on whether that's unpatriotic. >>> and our power player of the week. ivanka trump, on taking the family empire to new height

. military conducts air strikes on militant targets in northern iraq as minorities flee islamic state fighters with a humanitarian disaster looming. >> and a truce in gaza expires and an extension is rejected, sparking an exchange of rocket fire between militants and the israeli army. >> the world health organization warns that the worst outbreak of ebola could go on for months and get even worse. we start with breaking developments in iraq where the u.s. has teard -- carried out air strikes to beat back islamic extremists who've unleashed a campaign of terror. >> fighters of the group that calls itself the islamic state made lightning advances capturing large parts of northern iraq and forcing thousands of iraqis to flee in fear of being massacred. >> the measures are stoking fears of genocide and regional instability, triggering president obama to give the go-ahead for u.s. military action. >> we'll go live to the city close to where the air strikes have hit as well as to washington. first, this report -- >> u.s. bombs are again falling on iraq. fighter jets struck artillery belongi

strike was carried out in iraq. the updates will come from them and the department of defense has a significant capability and will be prepared to use that in pursuit of the goals of president articulated last night. >> there are two ways the president described. described. what we say we would describe it in three different ways. the first and foremost is the protection of american personnel to me that there are military and diplomatic officials committee artillery position that was maintained by the isi and struck early this morning east coast time was focused on targets and that is why it struck it was authorized and occurred. the personnel is a top priority and one that merits the use of military force. but the second is related to the urgent humanitarian situation that exists and there is a religious and ethnic minority with thousands of people coming in womecome inand women and chid at the top of the mountain. that is an urgent human of terri and situation and the united states military last night upon the authorization the president carried out in the air drop of the supplies

and air strikes against isis militants in iraq. and not too far from there in gaza as fragile cease-fire has now crumbled with missiles and rockets flying once again between israel and hamas. but first, to the strikes on islamic extremists in iraq. these two jet fighters dropping 500-pound bombs on these isis targets in iraq, u.s. secretary of state john kerry speaking just before that happened. >> isol's campaign of terror against the innocent, including the christian minorities and its grotesque acts of targeted violence show all the warning signs of genocide. for anyone that needed a wake-up call, this is it. >> let me explain that wake-up call for washington. you see at map. isis right now near irbil. it is located in this formally stable kurdish region. and this is home to that conflict. the president of the united states says, of course, he's trying to protect the americans there. as far as the genocide, you heard secretary kerry and it was also a word the president used last night, tens of thousands of religious minorities forced out of their homes, many of whom are now stran

rescue missions in iraq as more u.s. military advisers arrive in the country. it's part of the effort to help save thousands of iraqi civilians trapped by terrorist fighters. some members of iraqi's yazidi religious minority have made it out of the mt. sinjar area to a refugee camp near the border with syria. but according to latest estimates, 10,000 to 20,000, maybe even more, may still be stranded. just a little while ago, the deputy national security adviser to president obama, ben rhodes, said president obama should get options in the next few days on how best to help them. >> we don't believe it's sustainable to just have permanent air drops to this population on the mountain. some of them have been able to escape. again, we want to get options in place to move them to a safer place. there are a range of ways for doing that. again, we're going to be cooperating with kurdish forces who are also operating in the region, other international partners and, again, our goal here is to work with the iraqis and international partners so these people can get off the mountain to a safer pla

challenges to global peace and security it but thousands of extremists overtaking iraq's second largest city helped put things into perspective will the advance of isis in iraq change washington political calculus well to discuss that i'm now joined by christopher hill a former u.s. ambassador to iraq and the current dean of the joseph horrible school of international studies at the university of denver ambassador hill thank you very much for being on the show my pleasure now the ukrainian crisis if i could start with that was about security both for russia and the west and i think both sides want very far in defending their security interests and yet somehow despite the continuing blachford in ukraine you know the events in the arc really seem to preserve a security danger a security challenge of a totally different magnitude i wonder if he can be a sort of reality check for some of the decision makers in washington as far as what the real danger really is ok well let me first say that i think the ukrainian crisis is still with us and i think it's and everyone interests that ukraine em

we're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. top of the hour right now. let's home in on iraq. iraqi civilians are dying in an onslaught happening by jihadist isis militants. it has the u.s. now considering emergency air drops and even air strikes in iraq. fewer than three years after president barack obama declared iraq stable, the u.s. is weighing its military options. want you to take a listen to the white house response to cnn's questioning about what these military options may be. >> well, i'm not in a position to provide you a tactical assessment of the situation on the ground. what i can do is, i can give you some insight into the president's thinking in general about the kinds of principles that would apply to contemplated military action. that would include no combat boots being put on the ground in iraq. the president has been clear about that, and that principle continues to hold. the president has also been clear that any sort of military action that would be taken in iraq would be very limited in scope and very specific to addressing a core american objective. >> that wa

the events in the iraq really seem to preserve a security danger a security challenge of a totally different magnet if i wonder if he can be a sort of reality check for some of the decision makers in washington as far as what the real danger really is ok well let me first say that i think the ukrainian crisis is still with us and i think it's and everyone interests that ukraine emerge from this crisis with its sovereignty intact with its territorial integrity intact so my hope is that there's an understanding that it's necessary to work with the new ukrainian government and to encourage positive trends in ukraine so i think that's an issue that is still very much open but now let me turn if i could and i just wanted to mention that me and most american t.v. networks are leaving north with ukraine today but with iraq so that sort of shows if they can if it can solve that issue at least for the american public yes i think the issue with iraq has a special resonance with american audiences because so many thousands tens of thousands of americans have spent time in iraq so obviously th

crisis of iraq and syria spilling over into the region. they are both worried about a break of sectarian war to the whole region. they both want safe passage of oil and energy from the region. they both don't want to see the possession of terrorist on the oil resources of the region which can be a threat to international oil markets. and stability in iraq, and integrity prevents the collapse of iraq as a state and nation is a common in the between iran and the united states. and practically they have supported the same government in iraq and even in afghanistan for a decade. they have supported karzai despite the differences and supported al-maliki despite of problems and hostilities. this is one of the main problems and in order to build a future we need tehran and washington to begin to negotiate, to talk, to cooperate on the issues of common interest. from drug trafficking to organized crimes to stability in afghanistan, iraq and syria, to security of energy, stability in persian gulf and many other issues which are vital to the national interest of the u.s. and iran both. i

last of those air strikes had been ordered and executed in iraq. >> two f-18s sent off the aircraft carrier "george bush." no small irony that the aircraft carrier named after president bush, that's how long we've been in this situation in iraq. stay with cnn for the breaking news and how effective it is. we'll get you to "the newsroom" right now carol costello. carol? >> thanks, chris and kate. "newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning, everyone. i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. we start this hour with breaking news out of iraq. the air strikes president obama authorized just hours ago have now begun. let's begin with white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, what can you tell us? >> well, carol, what we can tell you is that in just the last several minutes the pentagon press secretary, rear admiral kirby announced on twitter basically announcing on behalf of the u.s. government that the air strikes have begun in iraq, rear admiral john kirby saying on twitter "u.s. military aircraft conduct air strike on isis, artillery was used ag

iraq so that sort of shows yes they can the pickens of that issue at least for the american public yes i think the issue with iraq has a special resonance with american audiences because so many thousands tens of thousands of americans have spent time in iraq so obviously this is going to be the number one issue for some time the real question is how do we come out in iraq certainly i think this i.c.e.'s group which is essentially a group dedicated to the proposition of creating a sort of caliphate between syria and iraq and clearly this is a major attack against the current order in the middle east and so i think it is in everybody's interests united states. russia and many other countries to calm the situation down and for now i think it's going to be difficult if difficult to disagree with you on that you mentioned tens of thousands of americans serving in iraq and i just want to mention that four in the have thousand americans lost their lives there but the question is what for i mean president obama takes credit for winding down these two very unpopular wars one in afghanistan

. >> we're closely monitoring the situation in iraq where fighter jets hit targets and cargo planes dropping humanitarian aid. we'll get a live report from inside erbil, iraq, where dozen of american forces are standing by at a joint operations center. a look at why the u.s. is doing this. what is at stake and where we good from here. but we have just gotten breaking news so let's get to it. >> good friday afternoon. we just got very disturbing information into the fox news deck in the last 45 seconds or so. dateline baghdad from the "associated press." iraqi -- i should say -- isis militants have just taken captive hundreds of yazidi women. we talk about christians and other religious minorities in iraq who are being targeted by these islamic state militants. the larger group of religious minorities there are yazidis. there are tens of thousands of them who have been on top of the mountain, about which we have spoken so often. now we have just been informed by "associated press" that hundreds of yazidi women have just been taken captive. a one-line statement from "associated press.

summer have turned into a new phase of america's war in iraq. u.s. air strikes targeting isis militants. how does the u.s. avoid mission creep in a country president obama said was stable and self-reliant when u.s. troops left. we'll speak with influential voices from congress this morning. >>> plus, hillary clinton weighs in. we'll have exclusive new details on how she's distancing herself from president obama's foreign policy. >>> impeachment talk is here in d.c. once again. two key players in the fight over the impeachment of president clinton, newt gingrich, and former clinton lawyer greg craig will discuss whether the legal maneuvering against president obama will work or whether it's all politics. >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press." >>> and good sunday morning. with president obama warning against a quick fix, limited u.s. air strikes have yet to solve the critical situation in northern iraq for thousands offy i diddy christians who remain surrounded and in fear of their lives. this morning the iraqi government claim at least 500 have been killed b

operations in iraq. air strikes on multiple isis positions in northern iraq. this is the first direct u.s. military action in the country since 2011. now, in a moment we'll hear directly from a top obama administration official about theest plus reaction from senator chris murphy and former democratic party chair, howard dean. first, though, let me give you a rundown of what we have. shortly after 10:00 a.m. according to the pentagon, dropped missiles on an artillery position that isis was using near irbil, key u.s. area that houses the u.s. consulate and some of the last americans in iraq. a little over an hour later, fighter jets took off from a u.s. aircraft carrier in the persian gulf and hit an isis convoy of seven cars. the four planes circled back and launched another round of air strikes, hitting eight targets total and leading to estimated significant casualties. earlier in the day, two fa-1015 jets dropped mortar bombs near irbil. president obama also launched a new diplomatic squeeze on iraq's embattled prime minister. the white house is trying to oust nuri al maliki

. it's a fox news sunday exclusive. >>> plus, iraq's prime minister steps down as the u.s. retaliates against violent isis attacks. >> we will continue air strikes to protect our people and facilities in iraq. perhaps most importantly, we're urging iraqis to come together. >> what does the formation of a new government mean for isis in iraq and u.s. engagement. we'll discuss with two members of congress. ron johnson and eliot engel. and hillary clinton sparks a political firestorm after criticizing president obama's foreign policy. our sunday panel weighs in on clinton's efforts to distance herself from the president. all right now on "fox news sunday." hello again >>> u.s. air strikes in iraq are ongoing. the current operation said to be a joint kurdish iraqi and u.s. campaign. aimed at freeing the mosul dam from isis control. we'll talk with two members of congress in just a moment, but first, fox news senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot from the city of erbil with the latest on the operation. greg? >> reporter: shannon, fox news has learned the u.s. jet fighters and un

kurdish militia in iraq which is struggling to push back heavily armed islamic state jihadists. britain's biggest pulling the plug on accounts belonging to syrian refugees and students. you're watching international we're coming to you live from moscow. in the russian capital it's good to have you with us a convoy of aid from russia is on its way to look after local officials declared a humanitarian disaster in the east ukrainian city here in moscow reached an agreement on the mission which will be led by the red cross. is on the russian ukrainian border. but here when you can clear on what has already started moving from a russian we expect to meet it here at the russian ukrainian border within the next thirty or thirty six hours i have to say this is a very big con which includes around three hundred cars and tons of humanitarian aid including food drinking water medicine blankets and some other things that people in troubled areas in ukraine may now need in this terrible hundred very hot situation the officials in charge told us that because it was a teen result just clear w

iraq unfolding right now. all of this, the result of a brutal march across iraq by terrorists associated with isis, the islamic state in iraq and syria. the group is targeting minority organizations, groups right now including iraqi christians as well as members of the yazidi minority. now the pentagon is considering emergency air drops to the thousands of stranded yazidis in the mountains of northern iraq. officials tell cnn the u.s. is considering, quote, other military options as well. our correspondents are covering this story from all angles. a huge, huge development unfolding. let's begin, though, with our global affairs correspondent, elise labott, at the state department. if i interrupt you, it's because the white house press secretary will be making a statement on u.s. options in iraq right now. go ahead and tell us what some of those possible options are. >> that's right, wolf. well, the president has been meeting with his national security team, i'm told, a lot of meetings this morning across the administration on how to help this group. we're talking about some 40,

news on the situation in iraq continues with ari melber in for chris hayes tonight. >>> tonight, we are all in. >> today i authorized two operations in iraq. targeted air strikes to protect our american personnel, and a humanitarian effort to help save thousands of iraqi civilians. >> breaking news. the president authorizes air strikes in iraq to protect u.s. personnel and to prevent genocide in iraq. we'll have the latest. >>> one man's mission. a california business owner is facing death threats after providing shelter to a family fleeing violence in guatemala. he'll join us live tonight. and the kansas city chiefs reach out to local native american tribes wild t-- while the washington redskins team owner double downs. >>> good evening. it is 11:00 p.m. in new york, 6:00 a.m. in baghdad. we are covering breaking news in the wake of the unusual white house address when the president announced he authorized potential air strikes against terror groups in iraq. >> today i authorized two operations in iraq. an air strike to protect american personnel and a humanitarian air drop. >> the fir

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