. >> defense secretary michael fallon met. afterwards, they spoke with reporters for about 20 minutes. the united kingdom has been a strong member since the beginning of the campaign. making significant contributions to air operations including strikes against a sola targets at a rock. iraq.targets at and reconnaissance missions in both iraq and syria. british partners have provided robust support, advising, assisting, and building capacity of local forces taking the fight to isil in both iraq and syria. as we put a increased pressure and intensify airstrikes against isil's financial infrastructure across syria, we appreciate and to the world appreciates the uk's contribution to this necessary and critical mission. with strong allies like the united states and the united kingdom need to bear every instrument of power against this barbaric foe, we will defeat isil and we will ensure they stay defeated. of course our work together , extends far beyond the middle east. in europe we must continue , writing the new playbook. one th

defense secretary michael fallon, thank you very much for talking with us. >> good morning. >> woodruffericans who weren't following closely the vote in your parliament to authorize the expansion of airstrikes against i.s.i.s. from iraq into syria, what was it that led to the decision to go against what had seemed to be an anti-interventionist policy in your country? >> well, i think a growing recognition that this border between iraq and syria is not recognized by i.s.i.l itself and is completely artificial and rather odd to be carrying out airstrikes on one side of the border but the royal air force having to turn back and not following through the other side of the border. it was also response to france and the united states and other countries who wanted britain to step up its contribution to the campaign. i'm delighted to do that. we have doubled the number of strike aircraft in theater and upping the tempo of our missions. >> woodruff: you started the air campaign right after the vote. it happened within hours. what if been the main targets and how successful has bint so far? >> w

defense secretary michael fallon says the strikes hit oil fields in eastern syria controlled by the self-proclaimed islamic state. the strikes began after a 10-hour debate in parliament on wednesday, which divided the opposition labour party, led by jeremy corbyn. we'll have more on the vote and the airstrikes later in the broadcast. meanwhile, the pentagon says the new team of u.s. special operation forces to be deployed to iraq will likely include about 100 soldiers. army colonel steve warren announced the troop figure on wednesday. >> we don't want to go into exact numbers, i can tell you it will be probably around 100, maybe a little a's. in fact, really fewer actual trigger points come if you will, real commandos. it will be a majority of support personnel. amy: new afghan government documents show that an elite cia-trained afghan force has killed at least six civilians during recent home raids in khost province. in one raid on november 20, two u.s. advisers were present when two civilians, a woman and her husband, were killed. during another raid on november 7, the afghan forces killed two in

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joining us now from washington british defense secretary michael fallon.u on board this morning, sir. >> mr. secretary, the battle against isis has come to your doorstep. i was surprised to learn this morning that the current u.k. threat level is severe which means a terror attack is highly likely. you know, we feel like we're on the frontlines here. you all are actually closer to the threat, aren't you. >> yes, we have been for over a year now since we started striking in the campaign. air strikes over iraq is part of the coalition effort to degrade and destroy isil and just last week parliament gave us authority to extend those strikes to syria. we've been striking there, the infrastructure that supports isil over the last seven days and i'm here in washington to review with your defense secretary ash carter the current campaign across both theaters, iraq and syria. >> you know, mr. secretary it seems that your country has been able to do what leaders in our country have not been able to do and that's show more of a united front. if foreign chancellor, i

. >> today, defense secretary ashton carter met with michael fallon to discuss cooperation in and iraq against isis and syria. afterwards, they spoke with reporters for about 20 minutes. >> the united kingdom has been a strong member since the beginning of the campaign. significant contributions to air operations including strikes against isis in iraq. and reconnaissance missions in both iraq and syria. partners have provided robust support, advising, assisting, and building capacity of local forces taking the fight to isil in both iraq and syria. as we put a increased pressure and intensify airstrikes against isil's financial infrastructure across syria, we appreciate and to the world appreciates the uk's contribution to this necessary and critical mission. with strong allies like the united states and the united kingdom need to bear every instrument of power against this barbaric foe, we will defeat isil and we will ensure they stay defeated. our work together extends far the middle east. we must continue writing the new playbook. one that includes preparations to encounter new chall

. >> hi, david, well, a lot has changed since the british defense chief michael fallon last visited the u.s. in march. exactly one week ago the british parliament devoted for air strikes against isis in syria. for more than a year they resisted striking syria and now british tornadoes are flying from a base in cypress. they will soon to increase to five air strikes i day. secretary told me this morning that a quarter of all the precision strike fighters hitting isis are british. >> we have doubled strike force in cypress, moving aircraft there immediately after the vote last wednesday. we flew extra aircraft in on wednesday. those aircraft were on friday he think. >> five years ago britain flashed its defense budget by 8%. but britain has done an about-face in the past six months and britain will cressets defense budget for the next five years and has taken the lead among european nato partners in spending 2% on gdp in defense. meanwhile vladimir putin made news today while speaking to his top defense minister officials by suggesting russian war planes were flying cover for the american

we are getting more detail from the defense secretary that michael fallon in the u.k. he described the oil fields is a key targets. he said that 10% of i.s.i.l.'s oil revenue comes from this oil field. so he said that this was a key target. their aim is to cut off the oil flow for i.s.i.s. and try to basically cut their funding. he said their initial analysis showed that the attacks were a tuck osuccess. -- success. he gave more of a time frame. the bombings will continue in the next days or weeks. and we know that reinforcements come from the u.k. from what we understand, two tornado jet fighters that were the planes used in the attacks, and six typhoons are on their way from the u.k. to that base, the base in cyprus from which a lot of attacks come from. almost 12 hours after the vote in the hoyses of parliament. it is under way. >> i realise that it's early that the strikes started. before the vote there was a segment in the u.k. this expressed displeasure. how is this playing out, from what you can tell. >> here the u.k. lives under the spectre of the war in iraq,

defense secretary michael fallon.een talking about the progress in the fight against isis, new collaboration opportunities in the battle and this, of course, after u.k.'s parliament voted last thursday to authorize airstrikes in syria. i believe last thursday as soon as they voted, it was, i don't know, four minutes later they were bombing in syria. i'm exaggerating, of course, but the u.k. got to it pretty quickly. >>> closing bell, we're 29 minutes away. we have the dow jones industrials really stress fracturing here, and the s&p is down 39. look at that dow, down 306 points. low of the session more like a loss of 325, so we're off that bottom at the moment. we are watching it second by second. we're also looking at what is, obviously, this year's hottest holiday item. virtually every teenager in america, preteens too -- my 11-year-old wanted one. we're talking to the man who makes that top shelf hoverboard that justin bieber rides. not the knockoffs, the fancy pants one. he's going to tell us why his ride shouldn't

let's ask someone who knows, michael fallon, the defense secretary for the united kingdom. mr.tary, thank you for joining us. what can you tell us about the progress of uk bombings and why you believe it is important to coordinate with russia? >> first of all, the uk is stepping up to the fight against isil. we've already been flying strike missions in iraq for over a year now, providing surveillance and reconnaissance. parliament decided last week to include syria in the strikes because it is syria where isil is headquartered from where their terrorism is directed and inspired. now, our prime minister recently met mr. putin to review the position in syria. we've had official level talks since then. yesterday in moscow to try and persuade russia to exercise a more constructive role in syria, to stop attacking those groups that are opposed to assad and the assad regime and start working with everybody else to a future for a new syria without the dictator assad. >> what do you make of concerns about coordinating with russia that it may do more harm than good? >> that it may be wh

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michael buble is hosting is annual t-v christmas show. we'll have all the details >> jimmy fallon had amy poehler on his show last night. on the show tonight, chris hemsworth, jim gaffigan, and jamie lawson. you can catch the tonight show with jimmy fallon right here on ktiv at 10:35 after news 4. away... and michael buble looks to kick start the holiday spirit with a christmas special tonight on nbc. his "christmas in hollywood" special is his fifth one for the network... each one has been in a different city. this time around, he'll have celine dion, sharon jones and the dap kings and tori kelly joining him for special performances . buble says becoming a dad has made the specials even more meaningful to him. there are only eight days left until the force literally awakens in star wars fans across the nation, and some moviegoers in california have decided to wait out the time at the theater. a tent city has gone up in front the tcl chinese theatre in hollywood as fans are hoping to get a chance at seeing the december 17 early showing of the film. the people already in line are e

she has reinvented this song with everyone from jimmy fallon to michael buble. >> justin bieber dancingve a bunch of -- i just listen to the radio all the time during christmas. i love "white christmas." sometimes it's a little sad. one that makes me happiest, though, even though it doesn't mention christmas, is dean martin's version of this particular song, swinging dean on christmas day. what do you say about this one? ♪ when the snow comes a tumbling down ♪ ♪ it's a time to play it's a whipped cream day i wait for it the whole year round ♪ ♪ in the arms of the evergreen tree ♪ >> why don't you girls dance like that? they refuse. this holiday standard has been sung by many artists, but dean martin's version continues to place on the billboard top 100 holiday charts. i love that song. makes me so happy. what do you say, veronica? >> fantastic. >> we hope you enjoy your christmas favorites as much as we enjoy ours. so from our family to yours, we wish you a merry, merry christmas. i leave you with the most important christmas memories that i have. the girls think they're a little hokey.

fallon. >> feel the burn. good feel the burn! >> organization is now something bernie sanders can count on. >> al jazeera's political contributor michael shure joins us. explain how much sanders voters will be getting from cwa in getting ready for caucuses. >> that's what it's all about. this union endorsement endorsement is big. the microcosm of what the sanders campaign wants to be but it's all about organizing. hillary clinton has a good strong organization in iowa, a lot of offices a lot of volunteers a lot of staff members there. bernie sanders has a lot of volunteers and he has a lot of grass roots support. what this does is this sends people from that union into iowa, allows for some organization. it cannot be understated how important it is. you know going into this debate tomorrow night this is exactly the kind of news that they wanted to bring. they had a little bit of a hiccup today with what happened between the dnc and the sanders campaign. >> it would seem according to the sanders campaign that the clinton campaign fingerprints are all over this, given the sanders campaign said they were the ones that told the dnc earlier

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