iraq. twenty knife years are bombing in iraq, we've been bombing them for 25 years and there's talk about bombing them or bombing general for the next 25 years, right? the idea beings that for 25 years, america has been bombing iraq, it hasn't been helping. it took care of different things at different times, sadaam, before sadaam, al-qaeda and so forth. collateral damage is huge. isil has been contained in some places but remains a formidable force. >> the meeting in paris, defense members from seven members of the coalition, which is 60 members, but the fact that russia and turkey are not invited, not participating in these talks, what do we make of that? >> sometimes strength is not in numbers, right? certainly a lot of the 60 members of the coalition are not serious members, just to be added so the lift looks impressive. at the core are two or three countries taking major action against isil, notably france, the united states and britain supported by germany, et cetera et cetera. clearly since the split between moscow and washington against the drop of moscow's intervention in syria, the idea

bush announced bombing iraq, the start of desert storm. in the effort to liberate the bombing of the troops. it lasted for 42 days before they called a cease fire. considered a major success for the international coalition. today governor pat mccory announced they will create the traveling exhibit to north carolina and their role in the war and that it could be finished by the late summer as they say that 75,000 service members from north carolina would serve during that war. >>governor pat mccrory and insley have placed a friendly wager during this seahawks game. they will send a variety of washington products including wine from two award-winning washington wine region. caramel corn and other item. now if the seahawks win, they north carolina products including peanut, bbq sauce, a case of cheer wine. >> they probably want to keep that for themselves. >> yes. and here in raleigh. wouldn't you say? >>> there are three winning powerball tickets for the record of $1.6 billion as we now know who owns one of them. >> they came forward with a c

the us-led coalition began bombing iraq and syria in late summer of 2014. since then they have launched over 6000 airstrikes in iraq and over 3000 in syria. the main cities targeted are ramadi.d baiji and france has stepped up its efforts, contributed to 20% of airstrikes. u.s. officials said last week that coalition airstrikes killed eight civilians in 2015, but air wars, a collective of independent journalists tracking the number of airstrikes and casualties, say that hundreds of people have died. military commanders are talking of a new phase with an emphasis on targeting infrastructure and supply lines. with a greater focus on syria. the islamic state group says two of the jihadists behind the paris attacks in november last year came from iraq. a photo in the latest issue of the group's english-language propaganda magazine identifies two iraqi men alongside the ledger planner of the attacks, killed in a shootout with french police. the islamic state group also confronted the death of the masked british militant known as jihadi john, who appeared in inclu

they began bombing iraq and syria in late summer of 2014. since then they have launched over 6,000 air strikes in iraq and over 3,000 in syria. the main cities targeted are mosul and several hours. here between 500 and 1,500 strikes have been launched. following november's attacks, france has septembered up its efforts, contributing to% of air strikes. .s. officials said coalition air strikes killed eight civilians in 2015. but another group said hundreds of people have died. military commanders are talking a new phase with an emphasis of targeting infrastructure and supply lines, with a greater focus on syria. >> now, the white house has condemned an attack on a university in pakistan today that has left at least 20 people dead. four men armed with assault the ns and grenades took university in charsadda. katherine has the latest. >> timed for the start of the school day, armed militants in bacha us wallace khan yoofert r- university. they described scenes of chaos. >> i saw three terrorists. one was on the roof. he was firing from there. i

two sunni mosques have been bombed in iraq. no one claimed responsibility for the attacks south of the capital ball dad. >>> billions of dollars wiped off the stock market shares worldwide after the latest signs of an economic slow down in china. that. >>> gunman attacked an indian consulate in northern afghanistan. they tried to storm the building in the city but were stopped by afghan security forces. the fighters then took over a house next door. victoria gattenby reports. >>> of a fan special forces target armed fighters near the indian consulate in the northern city. the gunmen try to enter the compound but failed. afghan army commanders say the fighters are now hiding in a house in a nearby street and at least one civilian has been wounded. >> our special forces and co hand doughs have been deployed in the area and i assure my country men they will eliminate the insurgence. india has long supported having a to become a stable democracy. they have given $300 million in aid. the support for afghanistan has made it a target

you were with us 25 years ago when the first bombs started falling on iraq. what is your most vivid memories of that time. >> the massive numbers of people and airplanes and ships and equipment we had. interestingly, we think about that might when they started bombing and the f-117 stealth fighter going in, but the department of defense new well in advance of that, because the first aircraft to be launched was a b-52 bomber from louisiana and it had made but that was just the air. the number of troops that we had involved, over 500,000. that was from the coalition of 31 countries. we had 12 countries involved with aviation, 100 aircraft involve in that. as i might have menned to you earlier, that first night, 24 hours bombing, we hit more distinct targets. >> it is amazing what we can do now. just getting over there logistically was a monumental challenge. talk about what had to happen if that to be successful. >> number one, you get a lot of people that went by air. you had people and things. the big things, the tanks and ammunition, all of that goes by this

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. >> 40 people have been killed in shootings and bombings across iraq. i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility for the killings at a shopping mall, at least 19 died there and almost 50 were hurt. seven people died in a separate car bomb, twin suicide bombs in diyalla left 18 dead. the situation at the mall is now under control. >> translator: there was april at a tack at the entrance to the mall in baghdad, and security forces killed two of terrorists at the location and another terrorist detonated his suicide vest at another location. security forces managed to control the area. in 15 minutes we were immediately on the spot and the situation is now under control. life is back to normal and we'll open the roads again. >> al jazeera's walid mahmoud joins us now from baghdad. the very fact that the police commander says the situation is back the normal, the roads are back open, is a bit of an understatement. it is something rather new isn't it? >> is it? is it? absolutely, we can say that what happened today is one of the bloodiest day, not only in the capital but diyalla,

. >> tomorrow marks a quarter century since the bombing of iraq the starting of operation desert storm and the effort to liberate from invading troops. they continue to operate on the front lines in the midst east today. the important event and retired robert springer. thank you for being here. you've been our military expert and announced it's been a long time. first of all walk us back through. how did we get to desert storm. >> as you know his troops invaded kuwait. the united nations to get those troops. they didn't respond. the time gave them an ultimate yum and a specific date and time to have the troops out of there or we would take action. president bush didn't wait very long after that red line pass. >> what i did they have for north carolina troops. >> obviously the first combat they had been in for quite some time. it's amazing when you look back at the young ones fighting in the war. some of them were officers as a consequence of time but we had over a half million troops inserted into that conflict. >> 430,000 of those were americans and many of those were fort bragg soldi

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more than 40 people died in shootings and bombings across iraq. i.s.i.l. said it was behind this attack on a shopping mall in the capital baghdad, at least 19 died, 48 others were injured. seven people died that separate car bomb in baghdad and in the city of diyalla, twin suicide attacks killed 18 people. >>> the commander of baghdad operations says the situation at the mall is under control now. >> translator: there was a terrorist attack at the entrance of the mall in baghdad suburb, and security force he killed two of the terrorists at the location and another terrorist detonated his suicide versus at another location. security forces managed to control the area in 15 minutes. we were immediately on the spot and the situation is now under control. can situation is back to normal and we'll open the roads again. >> al jazeera is on the spot. >> four armed people, some of them wearing suicide vest $, they succeeded in storming the mall and taking the people inside the mall as hostages. the security force he are saying that they send many security forces to

of civilian casualties, adding to the total that they concede 16 civilians have been killed in bombing in iraq or syria by u.s. and coalition planes. that's still a rather small number considering the united states has conducted and its coalition partners have conducted almost 10,000 air strikes to date. jamie mcintire, al jazeera, washington. >> the u.s. appears to be expanding an airstrip in northeastern syria. that's what satellite images seem to show. the expansion would make the runway usable for larger transport aircraft including the c-130 hercules cargo plane. the u.s. has not denied the report but has said u.s. forces have not taken control of the air field. central command has revealed that dying in iraq and syria, not everyone agrees with the number. rosiland jordan reports from washington. >> back in august 2014, 16 civilians have been killed in those strikes, nine more have been injured. that's a far cry from the estimate from a number of anti-war groups which say that as many as 2400 civilians may have been killed in those air strikes during the same period in both countries. now

first, more than 40 people have been killed in shootings and bombings across iraq. i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility for an attack on a shopping mall in the capital, baghdad, at least 19 people were killed and 48 others injured. seven people died in a separate car bomb attack in baghdad and in the city of diyalla, twin bomb attacks willed 12 people. rents of ramadi should leave within the next 48 hours, i.t. was warned. the announcement was made as coalition forces and the iraqi army prepared to target certain neighborhoods with air strikes and artillery. fight has resumed between the iraqi army and i.s.i.l. in the center of ramadi. dozens of soldiers have been killed in several i.s.i.l. attacks. >>> talks aimed at reviving the peace process in afghanistan have been had in pakistan. paving the way for talks with the taliban. omar al saleh has more details from kabul. >> the meeting in islamabad has been described as significant. delegates from afghanistan, pakistan, united states and china, but none from the taliban. they will be invited in the future if a framework is agreed.

hard to believe that it was ten years ago, that bob and david were badly injured by a roadside bomb in iraq. that morning after somewhat encouraging calls, i got a call saying that bob might not make it. just as i was heading into the program to deliver the news of the bombing. >> good morning, everyone. we have to begin today with some news that has hit close to home at abc news. bob woodruff and his cameraman were reporting today in iraq when their convoy was hit by an i.e.d. >> they were in a convoy with u.s. military from the 4th infantry division. the i.e.d. went off. both immediately injured. both have injuries to the head. we delivered just the facts. but at that moment n a small combat hospital so far away, military surgeons were removing part of bob's skull to relieve the pressure on his brain. once stabilize both bob and doug would begin the journey thousands and thousands of our wounded service members have taken through landstuhl, germany, then finally to home. for nearly 40 days bob lay in a coma, his wife lee, their four children and extended family at his side. then slowly an

. >>> isis is claiming responsibility for a deadly bombing in a mall in iraq. t off a car bomb. 15 people were killed, 50 were injured. isis says four of its fighters were behind the attack. no one has claimed responsibility for that attack. >> president obama is preparing for his final state of the union address tomorrow night. the white house says this year's speech will be unlike any other and will focus on special americans who have made a difference. sacramento spencer stone received an invitation to attend the event. he gained international notoriety for thwarting an attack on a paris train last year. stone is among several people that are going to be honored. >> i was told i was invited to sit in the first lady's box. i think it's cool that the white house called my phone directly. >> you can watch the president's state of the union address. >> that's pretty cool. pretty cool. >> yeah i think he picked up. you don't screen that. >> washington, d.c., yeah, better answer that. >> you keep that one on speed dial. you save that. president obama. >> as long as

visitors died and 10 others were wounded and on monday isis claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings in iraqas at a popular shopping mall in baghdad. two people were killed and 50 people were injured and they targeted a cafe where 25 people died and 46 were injured. >>> vice president, joe biden, says the u.s. government did not apologize to iran for the release of 10 u.s. sailors, that the u.s. had no reason to issue an apology and iran did not seek one, video here released by the iranian shows one of the americans apologizing and the pentagon may have been an effort to defuse an intense situation. all 10 sailors were released on tuesday. world news will have more on the release of the sailors from iran, following "action news" at 6:00. >>> fbi director, james comey is in philadelphia after the bureau announced they will investigate the shooting of a philadelphia police officer last week as an act of terrorism, that is when officer jessie hartnett was ambushed sitting in his patrol car and survived a barrage of bullets by allegedly edmond archer. he claimed he shot him in the name of islam

casualties adding to the total which now they now concede that 16 civilians have been killed in bombings in iraq and syria by u.s. or coalition planes. that's still a rather small number considering that the united states has conducted and its coalition partners have conducted almost 10,000 air strikes to date. jamie mcintire, al jazeera, washington. >> derrick harvey is a retired u.s. army colonel, university of south florida, he is in tampa tonight. derrick, is this a shift in policy? >> john, i don't think it's a shift in policy. you know, it is time for us to accelerate the campaign. many have been calling for that. but in point of fact i think secretary carter pointed out some real problems. there's no real coalition fighting this fight. except for a few countries. the resources really are not there. and the u.s. is unwilling to do more of the heavy lifting. so although there's been some progress it's going to take a lot more to accelerate the activities against i.s.i.s.. >> but ash carter's boss, the president of the united states has said for months and months and months, no boots on the

are you an advocate of the bombing in iraq and syria. >> they are different, diverse.n the one hand you have the russian regime siding with bashar al-assad, which is responsible for killing hundreds of thousands. russians are responsible, killing more than 2,000. in that sense there's a conflict of interest which is perpetuating the problem. and the regime does not want to get rid of i.s.i.s., if you don't have me, you have the likes of i.s.i.s. and others in opposition. we had that the opposition groups have been bombed by the russians, the result is that i.s.i.s. has taken turkey in various parts. there's a direct conflict of interest there with, i guess, what we would see as clearly people have said we are never doing to deal with i.s.i.s., that's a huge strategic issue. when the coalition comes together like this, if it doesn't focus on the primary cause, which is the bashar al-assad regime. we'll never deal with it. >> how much of a difference does it make that iran is back in the international fold. the fact that we had the historic deal, and that iran is now a c

iraq. the bomb hit a building that contained a huge amount of cash that isis was collecting to pay its troops. defense officials estimate the amount of money destroyed was in the millions. they have not said what type of currency it was. 3 3 the mother of texas 'affluenza teen' ethan couch is out of jail. authorities reduced her bail from one million dollars to $75-thousand at a bond hearing yesterday. she will be released today after she is fitted with an electronic ankle monitor. couch is accused of helping her son flee the country in order to avoid a probation violation hearing. her lawyers say she is not competent to stand trial -- because of mental illness. 3 3 it was a surprise for motorists driving in southern california. a small plane landed on highway 23 in moorpark, north of los angeles. police say vehicles had to swerve to avoid hitting the plane. the f-a-a says two plane, but no one was hurt. it is still not clear why the plane landed, or where it was headed. 3 3 italian police are investigating the death of an american woman in the city of florence. 35-year-old ashley olsen was f

iraq. the bomb hit a building that contained a huge amount of cash that isis was collecting to pay its troops. defense officials estimate the amount ofofmoney destroyed was in the millions. they have not said what type of currency it was. 3 3 the mother of texas 'affluenza teen' ethan couch is out of jail. authorities reduced her bail from one million dollars to $75-thousand at a bond hearinin released today after she is fitted with an electronic ankle monitor. couch is accused of helping her son flee the country in order to avoid a probation violation hearing. her lawyers say she is not competent to stand trial -- because of mental illness. 3 3 a surprise for motorists driving in southern california. a small plane landed on highway 23 in moorpark, north of los angeles. police say vehicles hahato swerve to avoid hitting the plane. the f-a-a says two people were on board the plane, but no one was hurt. it is still not clear why the plane landed, or where it was headed. 3 3 italian police are investigating the death of an american woman in the city of florence. 35-year-old ashley olsen was foun

where it hurts, the pocketbook,ic the coalition released video from the aircraft bombing of the isis cash depot in iraq, after a large bomb strike in the striking the building you can see the cashmb blowing in the air, and they other cash storage sites in recent months . california department of transportation, blew up a large road that was blocking a busy part of the road near lake tahoe ,rt it was then knocked in two smaller pieces, it weighed 20 times, there were no injuries when the, rock fell onto on to the horribly. this is a picture of the new york daily news, it is a blurred picture, then message to ted cruz after criticizing the state values,te new yorker donald trump al responded by praising new york city's resilience after thehe terror attacks on 9/11. >> red bull lisa's video of a formula one race cars on a ski slope, it is fitted with chains on the tires has islamist on the course, at the famed austrian resort to getting ready to host and inviting the race car toea be a good way to promote the event if you watch her tonight on your tivo eye out for tank jackson bastinado was selected for t

iraq because we will. bring them all back we will stop dropping bombs on iraq. we drop all our forces all over the world and we will not pay any other countries to fight wars, either. they have to defend themselves with our own money and we will not be involved with all these wars all around the world. republicans want to drug bombs on iran, iraq, syria and afghanistan. a republican, that it wants to start a war with russia. 6 million americans have been adopted. i am an expert on finding the birth parents have been adopted. every day i find more parents of children who have been given away ford option. -- given away for adoption. there should be a law that anybody over the age of 21 should have a right to their own birth certificate, if they have been adopted. anyone who can drive a car legally -- i am out of time. >> thank you. another new yorker. >> hello. i'm an economics forecaster and portfolio manager who lives in new york. we need presidents with specific details, clearly workable solutions, not vague platforms and empty promises, which has generally bee

years ago, two iraqi refuse geese were arrested in kentucky after their fingerprints were found on bombs in iraqagainst u.s. soldiers. hundreds of thousands of refugees have been allowed into the u.s. since 2001 and only a handful have been arrested on terrorism charges. pamela brown, cnn, atlanta. >> joining me now is cnn national security correspondent julia. do these illustrate there's a law in the process of vetding for u.s. refugees? >> i think any case like this is going to require for us to ex -- ironically, most of the cases involve people who are already here and have been here for some time and even those who are not syrian refugees. last couple of weeks, there's no standard blueprint for these who guys are. obviously, an assessment of whether the refugee standards are strong enough needs to be taken by the administration, but the idea that this would justify closing our doors, the numbers are just not there yet. in fact, the reality is that this arrest occurred is a good sign the fbi is monitoring a lot of these people. >> juliette, if the argument is made like we heard from mike mcca

iraq because we will. bring them all back we will stop dropping bombs on iraq. we drop all our forces all over e will not payw any other countries to fight wars, either. they have to defend themselves with our own money and we will not be involved with all these wars all around the world. republicans want to drug bombs on iran, iraq, syria and afghanistan. a republican, that it wants to start a war with russia. 6 million americans have been adopted. i am an expert on finding the birth parents have been adopted. every day i find more parents of children who have been given away ford option. -- given away for adoption. there should be a law that anybody over the age of 21 should have a right to their own birth certificate, if they have been adopted. anyone who can drive a car legally -- i am out of time. >> thank you. another new yorker. >> hello. i'm an economics forecaster and portfolio manager who lives in new york. we need presidents with specific details, clearly workable solutions, not vague platforms and empty promises, which has generally been the case. th

delay of the penalty phase citing the publicity surrounding the second anniversary of this iraq -- of the bombing. they remain under seal. we should know more in the coming weeks. reporter: the owner of a popular pizza parlor accused of trying to convince a teenage girl to have sex with married men in exchange for money. the owner of liberty pizza told make up to $450 for six hours of work. our partners say detectives from lincoln investigated the case because many officers know him and often eat at his restaurant. anchor: we are hearing from a restaurant who missed being caught in the deadly freak accident on 128. they were killed yesterday by a tire that came off a passing pickup truck. one car in front of the victim saw the flying tire go over his truck and realizes how close he came to being killed. >> i' m 70 years old. he' s 26. believe me. i don' t take my life for granted. a 19-year-old from ames furred was driving that vehicle. >> your economy tonight and the fed declining to raise a key interest rate but acknowledging the economy lost momentum at the end of 2015. wall street giving up m

it wants a regime and bomb like iraq. >> and is there any evidence that they are trying to export anyf the nuclear technology? >> well, we know that they have in the past a little it bit. and that is what i am worried about and not so much of them putting a bomb on the top of the icb on the way to the united states. i nknow that from the american perspective, it is an aggressive act that is not going to be uncheck and we could consider that provocative and put the regime's survivability under risk. >> and i remember in 2007, the nuclear reactor back then is that the reactor was provided by north korea at the time. >> yes, that is correct. >> and is that your recollection as well? >> yeah, yeah, i worry that the regime has a history of selling every weapon they have is developed, and one of the greatest arm suppliers to the terrorist organizations in the world, and to the believe they would not share the nuclear technology is naive. you can deter them from doing that, and developing the technology the deliver the bomb to america and to our allies. i don't believe they are completely ir

isis where it hurts, their bank account. the bombing of an isis cash depot. a pair of large bombs hit mosul iraq. and according to the coalition, that highlighted coalition, that's a whole lot of money. they hit several other cash storage sites in recent months. >>> and sean penn sits down with charlie rose to talk about the with wanted drug lord joaquim el chapo guzman. a meeting that helped lead to el chapo's capture. kenneth craig has the preview. >> there's this myth about the visit that we made. >> sean penn tells 60 minutes, charlie rose, he doesn't believe his october interview with joaquim el chapo guzman led to the drug lord's capture last week. >> as far as you know, you had nothing to do and your visit had nothing to do with his recapture? >> the mexican government, they were clearly anil lated by the notion that someone found him before they did. nobody found him before they did. we're not smarter than the deaor mexican intelligence. we had a contact upon which we were able to facilitate an invitation. >> guzman escaped one of jul, by crawling in a hole in a shower and mile hole tunn

we just bombed iraq and afghanistan. the recipient , weest amount of gun sales provide them bombs there for the yemeni and bahrainis and the rest of the country. to role of the united states basically stay away from this thing and ignore the fact that a highseeing -- where amount of money from the petrol dollar. guest: saudi citizens, 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were from saudi arabia. saudi arabia's argument would be we have also been victims of al qaeda. we have cracked down and these executions saturday, virtually all of the 47 executed were convicted of acting on behalf of al qaeda. saudi arabia says we are fighting al qaeda, too. some al qaeda members have come from our country, osama bin laden most prominently among them. it is not as if we are somehow supporting al qaeda. we are trying to combat it. this is something they have been trying to deal with but there is also criticism that in syria they are supporting extreme islamist groups shared this is an ongoing issue with saudi arabia as to the role they are playi

together in relative peace, just like we hear only about the negative things that happen in iraq and the bombings in afghanistan. what they see on the media is the shootings and the police brutality. so that is their image of the united states. so oftentimes when we have visitors, young women who is, well, i'm not allowed to go outside of the hotel because i'm going to be robbed. but that is one of the biggest changes that we see that people really get to know americans and who we really are as a society. . >> and, you know, it's interesting you point this out because if someone would just pay attention to the election cycle, they would have a completely wrong impression of the united states in general. >> right. right. most is how much i learn about our political system. we have experts who tell people about, for example, the federalism and how messy our state, local, and federal policies are and how the interaction is so complex and sometimes combative. so they are surprised that within this system, there is some sort of functioning working system that actually -- actually has been established.

roadside bomb killed 16 civilians fleeing ramadi in iraq and fighting continues against i.s.i.l.mber of areas there days after the glove claims to recapture the city. the u.n. says 7500 people were killed across the country last year. rwanda president announced he will seek a third term in office following his last month's constitutional referendum where they approved extending presidential terms. security forces have been on high alert in several major cities during new year's celebrations and vigilant since paris attacks in november and germany a terror alert in munich after they shut down to train stations just before midnight and had a concrete tip off from a foreign intelligence service indicating i.s.i.l. was planning a suicide attack and munich police chief say syrians and iraqis are believed to is been planning the attack but doesn't know where the potential attackers are. the train stations have since reopened. authorities also on alert in belgium where celebrations were muted and fireworks displace in brussels was cancelled over security concerns and three people with a

. >> hollande also said france will continue with its bombing campaigns in syria and iraq against the islamic state militant group. he pledged the government will review the structure and operations of police, military and intelligence organizations. he also stressed constitutional changes to track down on terrorists. in 2015 france saw a series of attacks including bun against the satirical newspaper charlie hebdo in january and multiple deadly bombings in paris in november. people in paris have running in the new year under heavy security. countdown festivities along the champs-elysees and the arc de triomphe drew large crowds of local residents and tourists, but the celebrations rt shortened and an annual fireworks display at the rifle tower was canceled. >> translator: i hope another terrible attack like last year's never happens. i pray for a peaceful new year with solidarity of all people. >> translator: no matter what religion you believe in the most important thing is that all the people live in peace. >> over 100,000 troops and police were deployed around the country in new y

. >>> the dutch air force is to start bombing the islamic state of iraq and the levant in syria afterovernment decided to boost its role in the u.s.-lead coalition. a squadron of six jets are currently targeting isil in iraq. four planes will now be deployed to syria until at least july 1st. >>> there has been a setback for refugees children wanting to be reunited with their families in the u.k. from the french refugees camp in calais. last week the judge ruled that three children and a disabled man could go to the u.k. because their safety was at risk. it was thought the initial ruling would set a precedent, but the most recent decision will now slow down anymore cases. >> we believe there are a few young people that fit the bill that have the same criteria as the ones who have been given access to appeal in the same way. so we will continue to do that with a handful of children that this applies to. >>> republican presidential contenders in the u.s. have squared off in their last debate before monday's vote in iowa state. that is the first contest in what is expected to be a drawn-o

an isis cash depot in mosul, iraq, being bombed by the u.s. earlier this month. pentagon officials say that is cash that you see fluttering in the air. they did not say exactly how much money was there in that explosion. they describe it as millions. the strike was to deprive isis of its massive resources. >>> this weekend marks 25 years since the start of the persian gulf war. apart from the geopolitical fallout from the conflict, it was a major turning point in media coverage from conflict zones. cnn led the coverage reporting from the front lines, and now the journalists who were there reflect on the historic events. [ gunfire ] >>> well, i knew that it would be unprecedented and that we were the only news organization that saddam was allowing back into baghdad to cover the war from his back yard. that weighed upon me. i knew it was a tremendous responsibility. certainly one that impacted me tremendously was whether we cover covered a bombing by the allies on what we thought was a command post. from the best we could tell once we got there was being used as a