. >>> in other world news now, iraqi army soldiers are battling isil fighters for control of central iraqil forces were trying to establish an islamic state and have taken over large parts of iraq and syria. imran khan reports on the heavy fighting. >> reporter: this is a rare look at the fighting in the ambar province. for days the troops have been fighting against isil. helicopters fly overhead, launching attacks and providing much-needed air cover. the pro-governed forces are inching ever closer, and are confident of victory. >> translator: we are supporting the security forces and we will ready to defend our city with our lives. we challenge isil. the tribe alone has 9,000 fighters. i call on all of the other honorable tribes. enough silence and wake up. rise up and join us in the fight against isil. >> they have already made significant gains against al jazeera america. here the sunni troops show off captured isil equipment including mobile phones and foreign currency, which they say is hard evidence that many isil fighters are not iraqi. >> translator: they are foreign fighters who

are iraqi soldiers begging for their lives when it islamic state captured the big army base in central iraqe officers had abandoned them, and the men who surrendered, including these, were slaughtered by i.s. death squads . the general in charge stood his ground and survived. >> the great majority of your men ran away. >> that's an undeniable fact, but more row -- morale has started to come back gradually. it's not yet at the highest level, but there's progress. >> the worst setback in june was the capture by islamic state of third city, most of -- mosul. there, too, the officers simply ran forward and left their on theirto face i.s. own. is very high. we soldiers are now beckoning our brigadier. we want to go back. we cannot bear just sitting around at home. when will you take us back to liberate mosul?" >> on the front line, 20 miles from baghdad, it islamic state has retreated to the far side of the river. the iraqi officer corps is being sorted out, and a genuine national army is slowly being created. things could be changing here. >> as we've reported, the fight on the town of kobani b

the battle for central iraq, isil fighters lose ground to government backed troops. >>> defines in hong kong. thousands of protesters on the streets as beijing backs the leaders. and hundreds killed in violence in eastern libbia and bangladesh,. >>> iraq remains a country in turmoil with fighting raging on many fronts. a multinational group, isil, rebel fighters are trying to establish an islamic state in the region and have taken over parts of iraq and neighboring syria. now for the latest fighting in iraq. >> this is a rare look at the fighting in anbar press conference. for days now, iraqi army and pro government troops have been fighting against isil, entrenched. fighters fly overhead, providing much-needed air cover. the pro government forces are inching ever closer and are confident of victory. >> we are supporting the security forces and are ready to defend our city with our lives. we challenge isil, the tribe has 9,000 fighters, and i call on all of the other sunni honorable tribes, in mows ill cities, enough silence, and wake up, rise up and join us in the fight against isil. >

but isil controls much of northwest and central iraq, along with territory stretching well into syriathat's where forces will be air lifted through turkey air space to enter on the syrian side of the border. >> reporter: we have spoken to peshmerga spokes people here today, and they have indeed confirmed that there will be a continent of peshmerga and weapons being sent to kobani today. we have been told previously the weapons they will be taking would be described as heavy weapons. we have also heard from the peshmerga that they say these will not initially be front-line forces. they say if necessary they will push up to the front line, but initially no indication they will be front line forces. we have just come back from the airport where we hear reports that the plane is due to take f off. we did see a military plane in the air, but we have no confirmation that that had anything to do with the convoy. there are no police, check points or military in the area to suggest that they were moving the peshmerga to the airport. but certainly there is confirmation from the peshmerga that s

the battle for central iraq, isil fighters lose ground to government backed troops. >>> defines in hongkong. thousands of protesters on the streets as beijing backs the leaders. and hundreds killed in violence

in which syria would end up destabilizing iraq and iraq would end up destabilizing syria was surprising and in many ways unprecedented. here the centralactors of course isis. isis now referring to itself i asked was born in a the cauldron of the american invasion of ir iraq. originally banned of militant jihad is trained cut their teeth in afghanistan camps where they became al qaeda in iraq incredibly brutal and successful until they were quashed by a combination of factors significant among them of course the u.s. surge. although crushed they managed to regroup, reorganize and grow in strength by capitalizing on the chaos that was unfolding in neighboring syria. i think many of you will be familiar with the origins of vices but it can be helpful to take a step back and think about what makes the ice is unique. the first is their claim to establish a caliphate or reestablish a caliphate? the word caliphate is a major buzzword in her media today don't think the definition is per se widely known. the caliphate is the normative form of government established by the successors of prophet mohammed beginning and they successor and powerful

kilometers away, and that's about an eight hour drive, but isil controls much of northwest and central iraq, along with territory stretching well into syria, and this is why forces were reportedly be airlifted through turkey's air space, so that they can enter from the turkey syria border. charles stafford is in iraq. some of the vehicles hitted out with machine guns. wearing the traditional dress and carrying weapons. heading north towards the turkish border, now, the deployment of these forces is causing questions to be asked as to what kind of impact it will have on defending a border of over 1,000-kilometers with this region of iraq. the curds here, say that they are poorly equipped and have asks the coalition forces for more powerful weapons in their defense of that front line. it may be a small contingent of forces but it comes at quite an important time, as well. the beginning of winter where things like cloud cover quite easily have impact on the ability for air strikes to strike their targets. but yes, after more than a week since turkey gave the go ahead to go into turkey, and hea

here is what is coming up in the next 60 minutes - a battle for central iraq as sunni troops engage fighters on the run from u.s.-led air strikes. >>> protesters in hong kong gather outside the leaders office as their calls for him to step down. >>> u.s. slams israel's new sellement plan for -- settlement plan for eastern jerusalem. >>> how these trunks could build a supersmelling machine. >>> we begin the newshour in iraq, where we are getting reports of intense fighting in the center of the country between i.s.i.l., and sunni fighters. some of the worst fighting has been happening in the town of heath - that's in anbar province. and one provin shall council member there said that 90% of that city had been overrun by i.s.i.l. but sunni fighters, backed by the iraqi army have reportedly been trying to drive them out. imran khan is joining us from the capital to tell us how that effort is going, imran, to drive out the i.s.i.l. fighters. >> well, in the early hours of morning, i.s.i.l. fighters went into the town, taking over key government buildings. what happened afterwards is very quickly

coming up in the next 60 minutes, the fight for central iraq, sunni troops battle fighters on the run from u.s. led airstrikes. >> thousands of protestors on the streets of hong kong. it's been seven days, but their demands are not being met. >> five people infected with ebola every day, says one charity. britain calls for more help to fight the outbreak. >> uncovering the secrets of sniffer elephants. how these trunks could build and he super smelling machine. >> iraq remains in turmoil with fighting raging on multiple front. hitting isil targets from the area, another battle with sunni troops backed by the racki army. the reunderstood offensive in anbar province. >> this is a rare look at the fighting in anbar province. for days, racki army and pro government troops have been fighting isil entrenched. helicopters launch attacks and providing much-needed air cover. the pro government forces inching closer and are confident of victory. >> we are a supporting force for the security forces and ready to defend our city with our lives. we challenge isil as the tribe that has alone 9,000 f

here is what is coming up in the next 60 minutes - a battle for central iraq as sunni troops engage fighters on the run from u.s.-led air strikes. >>> protesters in hong kong gather outside the leaders office as their calls for him to step down. >>> u.s. slams

across central iraq, car bombings and other attacks killed at least 47 people today, most of them shiites. while to the west, iraqi and syrian kurds drove "islamic state" militants from a key border crossing into syria, with help from sunni fighters. in syria, kurdish fighters and their allies battled to hold kobani, near the turkish border. the conflict has sparked an exodus, as the united nations heard today. >> over the past two weeks isil forces have advanced in northern aleppo and over 160,000 people, mostly women and children, fled into turkey in just a few days. their fear was so great that many people crossed heavily mined fields to seek refuge. >> woodruff: also today, british jets launched their first attacks against islamic state targets in iraq. they joined the latest round of strikes by u.s. jets. the world has lost half its wildlife population since 1970. that stark finding today, from the world wildlife fund. it reported a 52% decline, centered in several thousands of species, and it said humans are largely to blame, through fishing, hunting and pollution. most of the new w

why are they fighting against the central government of iraq?qual distribution of wealth and economy amongst [indiscernible] the people felt bad that are fighting for different cause. they see the area dominated by the shia. main point i would one to make is, this is not war that stretches from the borders of iran all the way to lebanon to baghdad. this is a commendation of many different local wars. and if i want to go -- >> do you think there's a military solution here? >> to be honest, i don't think so. are that used solution. you can bomb the cities and i can assure you they will come back in the next three or four or five years and will bombs again. i was bombed for the first time in our six result by the iranians and bombed again by the americans. this is the same cycle. a redistribution of wealth, a social solution, solution that assures the sunnis of iraq, you know, you're part of this entity. you like it, you don't like it, you're part of it. otherwise, we will continue the cycle. the sunnis of iraq -- what i call it is a tragedy of the

and turkey has difficult relations with the central government of iraq. >> here we are in the scene today is turkey forfeiting it's future influence in the deliberations over how the whole region gets settled by hanging back in the way that it is? >> well, this is precisely the question that the government ought to be grappling with, instead of whether it should or should not get involved in this war. in essence we're discussing washington and the mod dalties in which turkey may compensate to put ground forces in. but the question we should be looking at is whether turkey can, indeed, be the model and inspiration and the guiding light for these countries, and the at the moment the answer is no. >> stay with us, after this short break when we return we have some hard questions whether it will act like the regional power it is becoming. stay with us. >> welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. turkey, isil and the war on syria on this program. the turks have been cagey about their role and any isil coalition, yet the war is raging right on the border. is the country ready to step on th

situation is so desperate in anbar province right outside baghdad that leaders there are asking iraq's central government to request u.s. ground forces to intervene and save anbar right now. they claim isis has seized control of 80% of the province and without help they say collapse is imminent. if that happens isis will control a huge area from iraq into syria. where the city of kobani is also under siege and could fall. on the allied front u.s. and allied warplanes are hitting targets in syria and iraq since yesterday striking a command-and-control facility, a staging building, a fighting position and two small buildings north of kobani and warplanes killed more than 30 isis fighters west of ramadi earlier today. let's bring in erin mcpike who joins us live from the white house. anbar says it is being overwhelmed by 10,000 isis fighters. it is asking for american boots on the ground. the air strikes why aren't they targeting more forces, more troops, to try to stall their advance? what's the white house say? >> reporter: well, deb, again, these cries for american ground troops are coming fro

you use this air power without making it look like it is a sunni--you're siding why the central government of iraq as shia, and making it more of a sunni-shia issue, and you don't kill civilians. >> so i want to get back to what we were talking about earlier. even if the airstrikes worked and prevented isil from grabbing new territory, you have to control the groups' influence. >> you do. this is why it's critical to have ground forces. only ground forces control territory, and the iraqi forces simply don't have the capability right now. >> but are ground forces enough? >> this is a physical and a social phenomenon. and we have ways that we deal with the physical phenomenon which we're trying to come up with, but there is a social phenomenon that we're not coming up with. it's only part of that. what's going to happen on the ground socially among these populations of people that help to build resilience among them so they can push back against these people. that's really the only effective way you're going to marginalize these extremist. >> let me get the twitter community. >> they say they're wag

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coming up in the next 60 minutes, the fight for central iraq, sunni troops battle fighters on the runm u.s. led airstrikes. >> thousands of protestors on the streets of hong kong. it's been seven days, but their demands are not being met. >> five people infected with ebola every day, says one charity. britain calls for more help to fight the outbr

are nearly forty thousand third country nationals working on bases operated by us central command - in afghanistan, iraq, and elsewhere. but even as the united states winds down its wars, these workers remain critical to american facilities around the world. >> the problem doesn't go away because we are still going to have needs of support both for department of defense and department of state. now they're starting to use third country nationals for base support operations in djibouti and other parts of africa as well. . >> hello, welcome to the news hour. we're live in doha. the top stories on al jazeera. turkey's president demands a just government in syria, an warns he will not sit idle. car bombs in the syrian city of homs leaves 20 dead, half of them children. >>> protest rallies in hong con on china's national day. >>> and

. >> they've made some gains in both northern and central iraq.ir initial progress is encouraging, but these are just first steps, first steps in what we have said will be a long and difficult multiyear effort. >> reporter: the new call on social media from isis to its followers in the former soviet republic to carry out attacks at home, there now seem to be two clear battlefields, the one in iraq and syria, and one in the countries where these jihadists are traveling. bill: catherine, thank you, watching that today from washington. martha: another big story here this morning, the rise of isis helping to ease tensions between the u.s. and iran, and the obama administration planning to take advantage of the uneasy alliance by brokering a nuclear deal. an audio obtained by the washington free beacon, deputy national security adviser ben rhodes is heard several months back comparing this effort to bridge the gap with iran in its importance to obamacare to this administration. watch this. >> bottom line is this is the best opportunity we've had to res

iraq. starting with those in syria. six air strikes near kobani struck the three isis units and u.s. central command reports an additional 12 air strikes in iraq and on isis positions. vehicles and isis- controlled buildings and all in operation resolve. isis is pushing ahead on three different fronts. coalition air strikes helped the kurdish fighters, but the question remains, how long will they be able to hold off the isis militants. the turkish fighters will join in the battle but unclear whether those fighters have entered the point. u.s.- led coalition and french air strikes continue as the bloody and brutal tug-of-war in kobani continues. >> right now the deadly attack in canada is sparking concern about home grown terrorism in the states. some want border security and others say it needs to be dressed. the problem and the focus on canada right now. they have had two incidents in the last week. home grown radicalization of is slammic fanaticism, rick? >> it is clear, we have a growing problem with men and women going on line and embracing radical islam. it is hard to understand. it see

. >> what's the situation in central baghdad right now, central iraq and baghdad.nother suicide bombing. >> 17 dead. >> 17 dead. appears to a lot of observers and i don't expect you to make any comment along these lines but people saying this iraqi government not much better than the last iraqi government. how do we up the ante in helping the kurds. what are we doing to help the kurds help themselves and help us in the process? >> there's a lot in there so let me break it down. >> one of these days i'll learn how to ask a simple question. how are you doing today, admiral. good, bad? how is your back stroke? let's start with the kurds. what are we doing to help the kurds. >> as you may have noticed last night we did an air drop of supplies to the kurdish forces inside kobani and trying to defend that city against isil. every indication we have the morning the bundles made to it the hand we want to make them to, at least the vast majority did. we're trying shore up their ability to defend that town. north of iraq, our partner nations, many coalition nations are resup

if you have the central government of iraq just concerned about surviving and protecting their capital city, it's going to be much tougher for them to generate the nonsectarian requirements that they need to get their army back on its feet to fight and conduct counterattacks. >> clearly air strikes aren't doing the job. they have not held back isis. they continue to advance. do you expect a change in strategy today? >> no, i don't, ana. i think the air strikes -- many will say they're not having their effects. i would beg to differ. i think they are putting isis on their heels, they are certainly destroying -- we've seen reports of what has been destroyed. but, remember, the real strategy of the obama administration has been to attempt to regain ground in iraq whereas at the same time you're attempting to go after targets in syria. so in one case it's a force-oriented approach, in the other place it's a terrain oriented approach. that's critically important as to how we look at this fight. >> let's focus on what's happening in the town of kobani where we know isis militants have taken

iraq, we had a multinational with severalters dozen countries. in afghanistan, we had 50 countries in the headquarters. ien i was at central command, said this worked well in iraq. why can't we replicate that in tampa with our headquarters? and we did. we had other countries that had robust liaison elements as well, several dozen. >> the canadians were making the ultimate to mimic to come down from canada to tampa -- ultimate commitment to come down from canada to tamp. [laughter] >> to come back on a serious note, canadians had the highest loss rate per capita of any of the coalition contingents in afghanistan. they did very heavy fighting. during the surge in afghanistan, the canadian contingent in kandahar was part of important offensive gains that helped hold the taliban where they were and even pushed them back in key districts to enable the time and space for accelerated development of afghan security forces, certain institutions of governance, and even to start the transition partnership to our afghan partners. >> on the 200th anniversary of 1812.d of the war of >> i remember seeing the signs of "thank you, canada"

let's go to one of the deputy heads there of the council said he made a request to the central government in iraq potentially indirectly to the united states that they need ground troops in order to stop isis and what's going on. has that formal recommendation made it to the president's desk or the pentagon. >> it came from an iraqi. >> to the iraqi government who wanted to ask the united states. >> there has been no -- no official -- >> that the united states put ground combat forces into iraq. that's not come up the chain to anybody at the white house. i don't anticipate that it will, chuck. let's be clear here. president has been very plain that this is not a campaign that requires or even would benefit from american ground troops in combat again. the iraqi prime minister, the government of iraq have said very plainly, they don't want american troops in combat. we are there to help build up the iraqi capacity to sustain their territory and to hold the ground. >> the implication is the iraqi troops aren't working. >> early days, chuck. as i said, they have atrophied over the years because the f

is making important gains in the fight against isil, they gained territory in northern and central parts of iraqovernment forces have been advancing to the city which is an isil command center 200 kilometers north of baghdad and on both sides is the oil refinery anti rack cherokee army controls parts of the facility but want to force isil out altogether and we have exclusive pictures of the fighting as we report. >> reporter: this is what most of the fighting against isil now looks like, street to street in deserted neighborhoods, isil fighters are a few hundred meters up the road. this is less than 20 kilometers south of one of iraq's largest oil refineries by the command center. offensive to take this has lost two weeks so far and this special forces unit in the iraqi army made gains and the commander speaks up. >> translator: as we advance we managed to have the town and bomb them, after securing these towns we will move to the nearby town of mezra and then the goal is to reach the city of baji and we are in sweet mode and handle the grounds in these areas and we have gained control in the te

and its allies are launching air strikes on even more isis targets in iraq and syria central command u.s. forces hit militant trucks an fighters in iraq friday. the latest strikes there targeted isis near fallujah and sinjar. separately u.s., saudi and united arab emirate forces ca y carried out strikes and returned safely. british aid volunteer alan henning has become the fourth western captive beheaded by isis since august. let's bring in peter newmann with the international study of caddalization and joins us live from london. thank you for being with us. first of all, yet another horror and a sickening video defight pleas from muslims in the uk and dozens of imams making video plea, as well, isis went ahead and killed a taxi driver. what do you make of this? >> here in britain over the past few weeks there has been a massive campaign from almost every facet of the british muslim community, even elements of the community that would be considered to be quite radical if not extremist. it was ex-for example, one preacher who was deported from uk as a hate preacher who did come out an

so far today the united states has conducted four air strikes in syria and seven in iraq according to centralhile images of mushroom clouds and violent clashes have become the expected in northern syria, ivan watson crossed into the war attorney country to speak to jordan mathson. he's an american and former u.s. soldier from a small town ins with -- town in wisconsin. ivan joins me now from iraq. good morning. >> reporter: good morning carol. there's been so much attention on stories of westerners who flocked to join the isis jihadi movement. the civil war has been attracting westerners to other groups fighting in this civil war. we travelled to kurdish controlled northern syria the to meet one american who has joined along side a kurdish militia. take a look. >> armed men are a common site in kurdish controlled northern syria, a country embroiled in a vicious civil war. one of the men in this truck is not like the others. >> what do people say when they realize you're from the u.s.? >> they ask me to come over for dinner and stay at their house. >> jordan is a 28-year-old former u.s. army s

central command operations. some of those operations included operations in iraq and syria. there's no question this marine's death is related to the operations going on in some form or fashion. this is so important of course for his family as to how his passing will be classified by military in this mission. most military members do get some sort of hazard pay, hazardous duty pay in this region. >> all right. reporting live from the pentagon this morning. thanks. >>> this video just in to cnn. isis flags being flown over a building over on the eastern side of kobane. that's a critical town on the syrian border. this follows a nasty weekend of fighting. our phil black was caught up in the thick of it. >> reporter: let's move back. you can see the turkish security forces vehicle coming under rock fire from local kurds watching the fight go across the border on in syria. >> we are live on the turkey syrian border with more on isis raising its flag in the eastern part of kobani. tell the us more. >> reporter: because of the intensity of the battles, the turkish security forces

. >> just to name a few: the needs for ebola, what's happening in syria, in iraq, in central african republic, in sudan. i mean all of those emergencies of course are all having a toll on the capacity of the donors to provide afghanistan and word from the white house today >> ifill: back in this country, word from the white house today is that president obama will hxword from the whitehouse today is that president obama will wait until after next month's election to announce his pick for attorney general. a number of senate democrats fought the delays to avoid making the nomination a campaign issue. attorney general eric holder announced last month that he's stepping down after six years. >> woodruff: wall street's day was less volatile, but stocks struggled again, amid continuing concerns about the global economy. the dow jones industrial average lost about six points to close below 16,315. the nasdaq rose 13 points to close at 4227. the s-and-p 500 added just three, to finish at 1877. and on the oil market, crude prices in new york dropped below $82 a barrel for the first time in m

the united states has conducted four air strikes in syria and seven in iraq, that's according to centrallitants are also getting rocked from the air and ground in iraq as u.s. warplanes conducted those seven more air strikes against the terror group from sunday into this morning. iraqi soldiers beat back isis force in a battle south of baghdad on the ground. you see them celebrating there. but some question just how big of a role they actually played in this victory and whether or not they'll be able to hold on to the territory for long. cnn's ben wedeman joins me live from baghdad to tell us more. hi, ben. >> hi, carol. yes, the area we're talking about is about 45 minutes south of baghdad. this is an area where until recently isis was in control after a two-day battle. the iraqi military and significantly shi'a militias as well managed to move them out, push them out of that area we've been seeing on iraqi tv celebrating iraqi troops and militiamen, also pictures of what they allege are dead isis fighters and other isis prisoners. now, we were in that area yesterday and what becomes ap

. >> just to name a few: the needs for ebola, what's happening in syria, in iraq, in central african republic, in sudan. i mean all of those emergencies of course are all having a toll on the capacity of the donors to >> woodruff: the world food program feeds about 3.7 million afghans 10% of the population back in this country, a federal grand jury in washington indicted an accused ringleader in the benghazi attack, on 17 new charges. some carry the death penalty. ahmed abu khattala was captured and brought to the u.s. in june on a single conspiracy count. the attack in benghazi in 2012 killed the u.s. ambassador and three other americans. word from the white house today is that president obama will wait until after next month's elections to announce his pick for attorney general. a number of senate democrats sought the delay, to avoid making the nomination a campaign issue. attorney general eric holder announced last month that he's stepping down after six years. >> woodruff: wall street's day was less volatile, but stocks struggled again, amid continuing concerns about the global e

iraq and syria have cost more than $62 million according to defense department data. the information was released inaadvertently to the pentagon's press contacts. it also discloses the total number of air strikes by centralmand in syria and iraq locations of targets, and the costs of weapons used. >>> there are new concerns about the spread of ebola now that health experts have announced the first known case of a person contracting the virus outside of west africa. as cbs news' susan mcginnis reports, airline passengers could be subject to more screening as the u.s. tries to stop the outbreak from spreading. >>> reporter: health officials in spain are tackling the first known case of ebola contracted outside west africa. crews transported an infected nurse to a hospital in madrid for treatment monday night. they believe she caught the virus last month while treating this spanish priest who came to madrid from sierra leone for care but later died. >> we all try to practice universal precautions when we put the gowns on and take them off but unfortunately, there was probably a break in the procedure. >> reporter: to help contain the disease, president obama has promised to send up to 4,000 u.s. troops to w

you do not see sunnis in anbar and elsewhere in iraq, rallying around the central government, saying e're going to put our forces in with the national forces to go against isis. still just a scatter-shot, unorganized defense of iraq against isis. and the defense of baghdad -- they're now close enough to baghdad where you saw over the weekend, bombs going off, civilians getting killed, where the destabilization of the cappal -- capital of walk underway. >> i don't noah they got the evidence the iraqi forces will stand up again. it seemed that the president once said, sort of like a fantasy. >> they've been reporting on this in "the wall street journal." the other area of concern, there's disarray in iraq. the other area of concern is what is happening in syria. you do not see the turkish forces beginning to take on isis. they are too concerned about their own battle against ethnic kurds who are fighting isis in syria. they still have not somehow bridged their differences where they can align with each other to fight their common enemy. >> there's really no sort of -- what they call the

central command in this battle against isis in iraq and syria. basically the headliner there is he believes that the air strikes are having an impact and the proof of that is in that isis is changing its tactics. ultimately the goal here in this first at least strategic point here is to give more control to iraqi forces, more control to the leadership? iraq. so that country can become stable. we have breaking news right now on the ebola crisis. president obama now we know has named an ebola czar, ron plain, we believe. chief washington correspondent, host of cnn's "the lead" jake tapper is joining me now. jake, tell us more about it. >> sources tell me that president obama will appoint ron clain to be the ebola czar. that's the one individual coordinating the federal response to ebola. ron clain first came to national prominence as the chief of staff for vice president al gore. he headed mr. gore's effort in florida during the recount. he's gone on to be a successful investment banker and also he's very well regarded in the obama white house for

in iraq government troops stand guard in and around booked baghdad as car bombings continue. anbar's provincial council asking the centralgovernment to intervein immediately and for u.s. ground forces to be deployed there. the iraq government has pan adamant it doesn't want u.s. forces on the ground and president obama has said he has no intention of sending troops in. >>> new at 10. >> a 24-year-old sick yu county man is behind bars accused of arson in connection with the weed fire that destroyed 150 homes. ronald marshall was arrested this morning at his home north weed. police say marshal was a person of interest from start of their investigation. the so-called boles fired destroyed 150 home and also burned eight businesses and forced thousands to evacuation from the small city for several days. firefighters are making progress on the applegate fire burning east of the sacramento in placer county. the fire which started wednesday has burned 59 acres and 67% contained cal cal fires says six homes and utility buildings have been destroyed and 400 homes remain threatened. cause of this fire is still under investigation.