and its allies say they are targeting rebels opposed to syrian president bashir al-assad.rabia says it has formed an islamic military alliance to fight terrorism. 34 coalition includes nations including pakistan, turkey, and egypt. say every muslim country is already fighting terrorism on an individual basis. republican presidential candidates debate tonight in las vegas. ted cruz is now in the lead in iowa. he and donald trump have been friendly for months, but now that he has the lead, trump may be more aggressive towards him tonight. you can get more and these on other stories at bloomberg.com. rami: u.s. futures are up this morning. numbers, s&pe futures and the dow jones futures are up .8%. we saw the markets do a little surprise rise yesterday to close higher after oil rallied. today and tomorrow all eyes are on the fed. and that possibility of an interest rate hike. wirp function.w.a.r 78% is the probability we are looking at of a rate hike of at least 25 basis points. that decision is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. treasuriesa look at going into a second day of

and its allies for president bashir al-assad to peaceown, as part of a deal president obama has made visit to the pentagon to discuss the fight against the militants. he says progress is being made, after some 9000 airstrikes. gray. officer william porter denies charges, including involuntary manslaughter. the 25-year-old died in april from a serious spinal injury suffered while he was shackled in the back of a police van. riots broke out on the day of his funeral, in the baltimore police department has been -- band officers from taking leave. the 2020roposals for tokyo olympic stadium, after the initial plan was scrapped because of cost blowout. two unnamed groups are currently -- competing for the lucrative contract. under $1.3geted at billion. the original design, by an iraqi british architect, was scrapped in july, when the cost sort of bug $2 billion. -- above $2 billion. pollution, transport and overcrowding are some of the big challenges for urban planners and residents. we hear plenty about smart sittings -- cities, but what is happen? way to make it in hong kong, and new pro