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one year after isil took control of the largest city, president barak obama administration is get ready to send in the trainers and, they will will send in additional coming from the prime minute center and they work alongside alongside the forces and our national curty jamie why is this push for more troops being made right now? well, you know, the president, when he said he didn't have a complete strategy for battling isil, this is what he was referring to, putting the piece together of ramping up the training of troops and it's interesting because these 400

additional trainers will be setting up a fifth training location in, iraq, at the military base, in anbar, that is located such south of where all the iraqi forces are massing to retake ramadi from isil and the interesting thing is, that's a sunni area, of iraq, and, these new advis source are supposed to work directly with some of the local tribal fighters there the sunni tribes got them into the fight, and the president's strategy has three points to it, training more troops, empowering the sunnies and get another anbar awake nening going and then, the third leg of the strategy is to cut off the flow of foreign fighters that has

been fighting isil with an unending supply of reinforcements. no matter how many get killed, so part of that strategy. so here's a question, the president referenced it, u.s. military commanders talk about the need for iraqi's government to be more embracing of the sunnies and, right now it isn't happening. is that part of the strategy at all here? yes, that's a key part of it there's two parts one is providing more trainners and that's what the u.s. government is providing today the 40 trainers and additional training site and other part is putting more train in knees in the pipeline and, they need sunni fighters who are going to feel like they are supported by the government in baghdad and that's why this location is so important, symbolically, because

it's in the heart of the sunni part of the iraq. that, the president said is more important than the military fight, this political agenda of inclusion is key to turning the tide of battle. so that's one the things that this initiative is aimed at addressing. what about the slippery slope that some of the critics talk about, which is, this additional commr.ment of troops could mean even more u.s. troops going forward is that possible. well, the punt take gone is making clear these troops will not be in a combat role, so yes as you noted there were 3100 troops already deployed to iraq. but not in a combat role and this will be about 3,500 but the u.s. the pentagon has really resist heed any need to put troops in a direct combat role in the role of combat spotters

on the ground to call in more accurate airstrikes, forward air controllers on the ground, and on the front lines and it's something that air power experts would increase the effectiveness of airstrikes, and put u.s. troops at risk and that's something that the pentagon is not willing to do. and then, this observation before you prepare for your next report which is this, we have been to iraq, ten years ago, the u.s. has been training troops for years spending billions of dollars and, what happened to all of those troops? well the prior training program produced a large iraqi army, and after they left, in 2011 pea exam riddled with corruption and conflicting loyalties and that's one of reasons it melted away in the

face of this o financive and this rebuilding effort, which is more modest is making sure that they are not just trained but motivated. the u.s. already trained over 9,000 troops and, they have 3,000 in the pipe hoin and they're going to need to keep it going because right now, all indications are that this war in iraq against isil is going to go on for sometime, well into the next year or so, and, in fact most of the estimates of when the troops might be prepared to retake mosul, the second largest city, most of the forecast is sometime next year. thank you. well it's been one year since isil took mosul and it has not sopped since and, last june, they took a third the country

within day and by december they lost territory in syria but expanded to baghdad and by march, they had reversed its marches and they were in control of a ma'amdy fallujah and mosul and now more. ramadi and, if a lougy is where the battle is being fought here now reasons for that is are many, you have a number, and security forces and air bases who are taking towns exvillages, and for this assault on ramadi and, isil in control the largest border crossings with syria coming in and they can rep force and bring in troops there and also, iraqis don't have control of the supply line, and youd in that, if you're going to try and take mosul because

there are number of fights along the way there. in the south and mosul hasn't been for got and there are plans and they revolve around doha signatures of airstrikes and they only go so far. great for cutting off supply lines, and in urban areas with civilians, they are not useful and, what they are sail, is they would like and this is not an official position, but they are beginning to note, and a lot of of dc people is the idea of embedding special forces, with the frontline fighting troops and, they can call in airstrikes much more quickly and accurately and effectively than any. iraqis can. that will be a game changer if they can get that close air support, they can go in quicker and, relief isil positions. in an attempted attack, in

one of egypts most important site one dead, and one officer was wounded. new develops today for the search of two convicted killers who escaped search teams are scouring the area around the clinton correctional facility and, they are retracing their steps five days after the men went missing and this comes a day after ex tennive search, and now more. with your partner. combing through fields and checking every building, by foot and helicopter, and police descended on in new york and for two convicted killers and they followed a tip from residents who say they saw two men walking in a rain storm. but on the fifth day of the search, there's concern david

sweat, and richard matt could become more dangerous. they are trying to figure out who may have helped with the esescape. they've been questioning outside contractors, and employees and joyce mitchell, she was in charge of overseeing work assignments. mitchell checked herself into a hospital the same day they escaped. and speaking to n. b. c news her son defended her mother. she definitely wouldn't have affair against my father and there's no true to that. they say two men add spot on the prefer's honor block allowing them to visit each other, and keep civilian clothing. the engineer operating the amtrak train was not using his sell known. eight people were killed, and dozens were injured. the rail safety efforts have not worked.

today, a senate transportation committee is holding a hearing and amtrak and federal officials are looking into safety recommendation, and the federal railroad administration says ail trains should include automatic breaking to prevent speeding. it was going more than 100-miles-per-hour. wherever expecting to hear more about a police officer who re signed of a video of his response went viral am a attorney will speak to the media, and, he was the corporate, in the video, putting his knees into a girl and shoving her into the ground, and pulled his gun on offers, and the police chief condemned the behavior. he has resigned from the police department, as the chief of police, i want to say to our community that the actions as

seen on the video, of the disturbance are indefensible. our policies, and our training, and our practice, do not support his actions. he came into the call out of control. and as the video shows he was out of control during the incident. he is as former texas state trooper and, he will keep his pension and benefits and could face criminal charges. they have approved a new tribunal to hear child sex aboast cases. they will hear it against bishops who fail to protect children. no bishop has ever been removed but in raped the pope did accept the resignation of the pitch shoop that failed to report a child abuser. his motor indicated pulled in and it's a visit getting a lot of attention in russia, and

in the west. now, how is the kremlin framing this visit. the second snub by the g-7 what the the kremlin is showing it it doesn't matter and, what better way to demonstrate that, than to travel to the heart of europe to discuss globe gal issue withs the pope. the pope has de ploird the loss of life, and he has not taken sides despite urging bayou crane knee encatholics and they are expected to discuss the plight of those in the middle east and each before putin touch had down in it takely it was playing well in russia. got tremendous amount of meaning because he canceled out

the fact that he was cut out of g-7, because it is just a club and, now he's meeting with the pope and they are decision the world fate that's what's more important. this is an opportunity to showcase his christian credentials, and the russian church filled the vacuum left by the collapse of communism and he has seized upon that. and he is the defender, and by championing anti-gay laws in russia. and he's playing the christian card on the global stage saying he's in the middle east, who are under attack. that's quite a head turn. becoming a defender of christian values, is that going to wash. well, it is. when you take a look at russia, they have embraced the church

and, putin who controls the media, and he never misses an opportunity, whether it be easter or christmas to be there in the main cathedral. it's also, obvious that pope francis is definitely going beyond religion. he's been involved in the deal with the u.s. and cuba, did he come up with something, with respect to ukraine. it's interesting that you mention cuba. because you see the pope moving into that speefer, and the pope has been treading a very fine line his goal, is to mend that thousand-year-old between the churches and chastising the most powerful layman is not going to get him to mend it. thank you.

president barak obama's sweeping immigration policy is on hold and that spells bad news. they are fed up with the backlog.

republicans are taking aim at the affordable care act, they are testifying before the house ways and main committee one is subsidies. the big question is, then what? what about the people who are going to lose their subsidies and their coverage, is the president going to dictate to us, how to fix this? or is the president is ad menstration going to work with us to give the families, greater freedom? the secretary testified that the administration is dedicating to insuring that they

receive coverage under the act and the supreme court is expected to rule by the end of the month. the president is considering its options, and the federal judge has put it on hold, and the system is broken, and they are overwhelmed with immigration cases. over the last few years, the cases have come in, and rarely go out and i'm approaching my 1,000th case and they're on hold. 445,000 cases waiting to be heard in immigration courts. it's the highest ever. since 2003. we're at at cries sit point in the immigration court system. there aren't enough judges and, not enough money to help the courts keep up.

money going to border enforcement increased 105% in the last 12 years and immigration court spending has risen too but not as much it's up 74% to almost 30 million. and as border enforcement cons to beef up, immigration court judges are fed up. we've been asked to do more with less, over and over and over and when you do more with less, you get more. because you are just expected to do more and more. so it's just an incredible amount of burn out for the judges. the judge heads up a union representing the judges across the u.s. as much the 250 or so judges handle around 1,500 cases each a normal workload is 500 cases. there's been so little hiring that most of the jumps are eligible for retire men so,

we're concerned, that the court might implode she in the near future for lack of new hiring. the judge is speaking on paragraph of judge's union, not the department of justice but in a surprise interview, the head of the executive office for immigration review, told a local n.b.c. affiliate the same thing the immigration system is broken. the budget restrictions, resulting in the hiring freezes which for us were a disaster. but it stands to get only worse, with half of all immigration judges for retire men and no financial relief in sight. it is the perfect storm the numbers and the border crossings are lower and we're survivorring. if we get another huge number like that, it's

tough. a panel of experts bags a new drug and it could be a major breakthrough.

in san francisco lawmakers have passed the measure to ban sugary sodas os public property, the industry objects to say it will reduce customers choices. an fda panel is recommending, they approve a powerful class of medicines to protect against heart attacks and strokes and they said yes and it would be the first new treatment since that was released in 1987. for decades the tradition afl treatment is static.

lipitor, and now, they are looking at at new class of drugs called pcs k-9 inhibit tors. it makes it easier for of liver to remove the harmful co less tor ral from the drug. some doctors call this a new frontier, in finding off heart disease. this new class of drugs has moved from the scientific bench to the bedside very quickly because these drugs are able to lower the bad co collector roll by 50-7 50% and, they do so with everybody, and minimal side effects. he's involved, and he says it could help people who cannot tolerate statins or can't get the bad levels low enough. think of this as a added benefit, it's a new tool that let's people treat people, who

are difficult to treat- they are important for patients who have hyper collector roll, that's a rare disease. it increases the risk of heart disease because it causes an extreme spike in l. dl levels, and, they are being developed. they are scheduled to make a final decision this summer. nasa is out with the first look at the series, between mars and jupiter took 80 pictures and, compeople the images and created this 3d flyover and, it was 3-5,000 miles above giving them the closest view yet and they plan to get 1,000 miles closer, to take more detailed pictures and we use it as a tool, to learn and connect and most of the world has no access to the internet and now, two of the biggest online companies are trying to change that, using

drones. now, the story. more than 3.1 billion people are connected to the internet, and more people are signing up, 450 every minute, that's 65,000 new people each day. the trouble is, 40% of the people online, live in just three countries china, the u.s. and enarea, and contrast that with the hundred least connected countries and just 1.6% of those on the internet. many of these countries lack fiber, and other networks. that's why google has been testing the use of drones, and balloons and these were known over new zealand and declined an interview and said, the technology, could be cheaper and more flexible.

critics say google's search engine is a powerful force and any move, for saving infrastructure would give the company too much influence. drones and balloons and these are awesome but what are they being used for? or is it again a very small group of people, exerting their power and control over a much larger group? it starts up here, 60,000 pete. they have been looking at drones to enhance internet access to remote areas. our plan is to make internet services affordable, so everyone with a phone can join. internet.org has launched some ads and it can be access had by 1 billion offering free access. no coincidence one is facebook,

and,. they are doing it for themselves and, not because they're char trit, and they believe in ultras and they're doing it because of having more people on lien benefits them- google is working to improve the balloons and how it can keep them connected during flight and, it will scale up, its airborne network, and the question is, whether the people below will be ready to receive internet from the sky and accept the terms exconditions. well, this one goes under the cat gore of don't try this at home, the artists rise 40 feet above the soccer field and he became the first person to free climb. yes, he did have permission from the stun.

thanks for joining us. the news continues next. >> iraq fights against isil. more troops will be deprovide to anbar to train security personnel. >> hello there. this is felicity barr. we're live from london. also coming up. >> isil gains ground in libya. the u.n. envoy said that the two rival governments must come to an agreement and soon. south korea tries to contain an outbreak of mers that has killed