. >> john terret in washington. john. >> good evening john. the pentagon put up an operation is director in the form of lieutenant general bill mayville, over four nights the following has happened. 14 successful missions he said, 15 targeted air strikes, 310 bundles sent down to the stranded yazidis on mount sinjar. 75,000 meals ready to eat and 15,000 gallons of water. every day there are between 50 and 60 aircraft sorties. helicopters to aircraft to even drone. lieutenant mayville is speaking to what the mission is going to achieve. >> we're going to do what we need to do to protect our facilities, protect our embassy. to protect our american citizens and to reduce the siege as well as protect those aircraft that are providing support to mount sinjar. >> and john late word this evening from cen centcom, add 1, 3 and 4:30 eastern daylight time according to u.s. jets, attacks on multiple checkpoints in defense of the internally displaced yazidi people on mt. sinjar, according to centcom, all aircraft returned safely to control. >> a look at a

john terret is in washington with more on that story. . >> good afternoon, john, you're right, we heard that the slawblght grouislamicstate grouh of a threat, perfectly capable of regrouping itself elsewhere in the region. this according to lieutenant general bill mayville, he had some interesting statistics which they've accrued since this operation began last thursday. for example according to the general there have been 14 successful missions, 15 targeted air strikes and the numbers go on. 310 bundles of supplies have been dropped for yazidi people on mt. sinjar clugd we are told -- including 17,000 gallons of water, 73,000 meals ready to eat and according to the lieutenant general there are 50 to 60 sorties a day, a transport aircraft, helicopter or even a drone. here is the lieutenant general putting more bones on the story now about what is behind this operation. >> we're going to do what we need to do, to protect our facilities, protect our embassy, to protect our american citizens, and to reduce this siege as well as protect those

no sign of that happening any time soon in the middle east. >> john terret from washington. for nearly a month our correspondents have been on the ground in the middle east covering this latest conflict between israel and hamas. they've seen the violence firsthand. tonight a look at this best reporting during this 25-day conflict. gaza witness to war, airs at 11:00 eastern, 8:00 pacific. >>> the first victim of ebola from the united states arrived in atlanta today, he was able to walk into the building on his own power. dr. ken brantley, is quarn teend in emory university. robert ray picks up the toy from there. >> a private chartered jet landed at dobbins air force, base just outside atlanta carrying one of the american aid workers infected with ebola. dr. kent brantley got out of the airplane in his own, got out of the ambulance walked into this isolation unit that the cdc and emory built 12 years ago, where he will be treated over the next weeks to stabilize his condition even more. yesterday a press conference at emory university, one of the infectious disease doctors ex

john terret joins me with more on that. john. >> yes, they seem to be edging closer now to getting a government of national unity in iraq which might go some way to beginning the process of sorting out this i.s. problem. we shall see. good afternoon. the iraqi ministry of defense has released footage of what they call air strikes carried out by iraqi and u.s. military planes against islamic state fighters in the northern city of mowms. anof -- mosul. footage of takeoffs and landing from the aircraft carrier george h.w. bush. over the weekend, 42 people were killed in car bombings, another nine died on nonat a shiite mosque in the capitol, baghdad and scores were also injured today as well. iraq's new prime minister designate is predicting a unity government by the end of the week and he says then groups like i.s. will not be tolerated. >> translator: weapons should be in the hands of the state. there will be no place for armed groups be they militias tribes or civilian volunteers. we will never allow any armed group to opera

more from john terret in washington. john, what's the latest? >> john, good evening. the thinking in the house is that they come back with some bill that they take back to their constituents during the long summer recess and say, add least we did something. the republican caucus in the house has come up with not only one but two bills they are voiting on this evening. -- they are voting on this evening. the trouble is, it's very unlikely these two bills will ever leave the chamber. they certainly will never leave the senate and if they ever did the president would veto them. we have a graphic for the screen for the borders bill that is being voted on right now. border security. department of homeland security, customs and border protection. in central america there's funding on assistance programs. on screening procedures there will be changes to the methods of processing unaccompanied children. as we come back let's take you to the floor of the house where did voting is now taking -- where the voiting is now ataking place for this bill. that reason, it's actually qui

. >> john terret is in washington for us. john, the political developments would have to be welcome news for the united states government. the vice president weighed in on it. >> he sure did. nothing from the president, he's on holiday. although we're getting word that we might hear from him in the next 60 minutes or so. we shall see. it's important to understand the prime minister maliki in iraq no longer has the support of the leaders in iraq nor the man who lives behind him. favoring his own sect in iraq, the shias over the others that live there. so the sunnies and can kurds he's been hemorrhaging support from them. the iranians suggest he is no longer the man to take the country forward. we have a new leader, haider al-abadi. secretary kerry spoke to him this morning are. summing up that call now. >> vice president biden spoke to him today congratulating him on his appointment and called him very quickly as soon as possible to form anew government and develop a new program. the prime minister delegate expressed his intent

john terret, tell us what he had to say. >> the president is not here in martha's vineyard, broke into his holiday o ostensibly to maka political statement on the outcome in iraq. some of the yazidi people who are camped out on the top of mount sinjar at the moment fleeing the islamic state forces, some of them have begun to escape. and the president says the united states is presently working with their international partners to try to lead them to safety. iraq having a new prime minister elect, haider al-abadi, president obama spoke to the prime minister elect on the telephone. at the course of the conversation president obama pledged support, and says it's very important for iraqi people to regain trust in their political process which at the moment they have lost. take a look. >> today iraq took a promising step forward in this critical effort. last month, the iraqi people named a new president. today, president massoum named a new prime minister december ig necessitate, haider al-abadi -- december i designate, haider al-abadi. >> the designated prime minister, they are by the very

. >> i'm john terret in new york.ho would have thought the film festival aos ice bucket challenge has caught the imagination of people the world over, willing to drench themselves for the lou gehrig's disease. i took the plunge and a small crowd gathered to cheer me on. raising cash this way is not new but according to the als website the charity's pulled in $94.3 million since the fun began in late july. compared to 2.7 million over the same period last year. >> i do this for als. >> like the rubble challenge in gaza to rebuild after the war. some complain it's a waste of water when so many people in the world go without. >> others say no need to make a spectacle of yourself. jut donate quietly. wherever you stand on this you can't deny: the als ice bucket challenge won't easily be forgotten. >> happy -- oh, okay. >> well normally a glamorous event, the venice film festival is taking a darker turn. horror and war, phil lavell has more. >> was this genocide, some say yes, turkey hassalities said no. the deaths of arme

john terret explains. >> if you have been you online in the last few weeks, there is a good chance youave seen someone taking the als ice bucket challenge. people dumping ice cold water on their heads and nighttiming others to do the same. two cold few? well, you can make a donation. als stands for aiomytropic. >> after the baseball great who was diagnosed with it in the late 30s. it's a degenerative disease that kills off motor neurons that ends the brain ability to control room muscles. a viral campaign is thrusting the fatal disease into the spotlight. according to the als association, 15 new cases of als are diagnosed each day and as many as 30,000 americans have the disease at any given time. als abbying ants 20% more men than women and the life expectancy of an als patient averages about two to five years after diagnosis. there is currently no cure, which is why money for research is so important. ice bucket challenges are not new but 29-year-old als patient peter frates who can no longer talk or walk decided to use it to call attention to the disease. he and a friend are respons