i'm george howell. >> and i'm amara walker. we'll be right back after this. >>> the united states unleashes its fire power against isis militants in northern iraq. >>> jets targets fighters and convoys in an effort to stop the isis advance. meantime, humanitarian relief reaches the mountains where thousands of iraqi, trapped after going to militants. >>> and we're following more violence in the mideast after the cease-fire between hamas crumbles. several rockets were fired overnight

amara walker, cnn. >> don't think i'll be buying one of those. >> not going to put-in it alon.le that from pedram last hour, by the way. let's bring in pedram. i stole that joke from last hour, pedram, but it was so good. >> i appreciate the kudos. you're a good man. it rolls off the tongue, but it's a little hard. absolutely. we'll just talk weather. we'll take it from there. a lot of activity, of course, around japan in recent days. we've touched on so much wet weather and typhoon activity in recent weeks. six of them across east asia. three of them across japan. kochi prefecture across japan we had a landslide take place. remarkable rainfall totals we've touched on here, exceeding, almost quadrupling the average, wettest august on record. that is 47 inches. the 1200 millimeters. now the record heat taking a toll on this region. in fact, tab laith the last 18 days across tokyo, temperatures one to three celsius or about 2 to 5 degrees fahrenheit above average. july 1 celsius to 3 degrees above average. and look at the video coming out of portions of japan. we know nearly 10,0

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i'm amara walker. >> i'm george howell. we begin in iraq. american war planes have been pounding isis positions in the north. thoerchlths u.s. says four air strikes on saturday destroyed isis armored personnel carriers and armored trucks in the sinjar area. the strikes killed at least 16 islamic fighters who were attacking kurdish checkpoints. u.s. officials say the strikes were made to defend yazidi civilians stranded in iraq's sinjar mountains. >> u.s. president barack obama is warning of an extended air strike campaign against isis with no specific timetable spelled out. >>> meantime, cameras captured the desperate situation in northern iraq as kurdish troops delivered aid to members of the yazidi sect who are being persecuted by isis who are not adhering to fundamentalist islam. >> iraqi kurdish forces have opened a road to provide an escape route for those trapped on sinjar mountain. >> food and water are now getting through to some of the tens of thousands stranded there. cnn's ivan watson reports from the northern ci

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i'm amara walker. >> and i'm george howell. we begin in iraq where the u.s. has unleashed another round of targeted air strikes in iraq hoping to stop the momentum of u.s. militants. >> u.s.-guided bombers said to have targeted the positions along with the mortar system of erbil. isis reportedly has fought its way within 30 kilometers of that city. local leaders say 150 peshmerga troops will be killed after fighting in the last week. isis has seized many militaries that the peshmerga was protecting. this week, militants took over the mosul dam which is iraq largest hydroelectric dam. >> we also you want you to look at this video showing one of the humanitarian aid drops in iraq. aid drops have reached at least some civilians in the mountains there trying to escape the islamic militants who have vowed to kill them. meanwhile, militants have also threatened to eventually strike the united states, listen. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> the isis advantage in iraq has driven many people from their homes. kurdish officials say hundreds of thousands of iraqis h

i'm amara walker. why and i'm george howell. you're watching continuing coverage here on cnn. >>> the united states has unleashed more rounds of laser-guided bombs in northern iraq. >> want to show you this video now said to show one such attack. among those targets so far, a convoy of isis fighters and their mortar positions near the city of erbil. the u.s. is hoping to stop the momentum of the islamic militants. isis reportedly has fought its way to within 30 kilometers of erbil. local leaders say 150 kurdish troops have been killed in the militant offensive so far. >> we also have video showing one of the u.s. military's humanitarian aid drops in iraq. aid drops have reached at least some of the civilians trapped on a mountain trying to escape isis fighters who have vowed to kill them. >> religious minorities in iraq are being persecuted because they are not fundamentalist muslims. while some are trapped by isis, others are simply on the run. ivan watson explains how the refugees there fear for their families and are concerne

and i'm amara walker. we begin in iraq, where the united states has unleashed another round of targeted air strikes. zplt u.s. is hoping to stop the momentum of isis militants. you see this video here, said to show one such attack. u.s. laser-guided bombs are said to have targeted a convoy of isis fighters along with their mortar positions near the northern city of erbil. isis reportedly has fought its way to within 30 kilometers of that city. local leaders say 150 kurdish troops have been killed in the offensive so far. >> we also have video showing one of the u.s. military's humanitarian aid drops in iraq. aid drops have reached at least some of the civilians trapped on a mountain trying to escape isis fighters who have vowed to kill them. now, speaking in afghanistan, u.s. secretary of state john kerry repeated washington's concerns about potential for genocide in iraq. >> isis's campaign of terror against the innocent including the yazidi and christian minorities and its grotesque targeted acts of viol

and i'm amara walker. we begin in iraq, where the

. >> i'm amara walker.r air strikes destroyed armored personnel carriers in the sins is dare jar. officials in mosul say the strikes kill canned 16 islamic fighters attacking kurdish check points. u.s. officials say it was done to defend yazidi civilians stranded in the mountains. >>> two rockets were fired from gaza earlier today and landed in open areas. what you see there is israeli forces in action. they say they targeted about 20 locations with air strikes it's a relatively low number of attacks from both sides, compared to the past few weeks. however, it has been deadly on the palestinian side today. >> ukrainian troops have nearly surrounded the rebel-held eastern city of done nesk. the leader says separatists would consider a humanitarian cease fire but otherwise are ready to defend the city to the death if the army enters. >>> iranian news agencies say a small passenger plane crashed just outside of teheran. emergency crews saying some 40 passengers have been killed. witnesses say the plane crashed