defense chiefs from around 20 countries are due in washington as patty culhane reports. >> reporter:maed administration's entire strategy in iraq is dependent on iraqi soldiers fighting and within the war against the islamic state in iraq and the levants. but as isil fighters continue to march across iraq the obama administration is facing questions can it work? the top u.s. general just admitted that military helicopters had to be called in to stop isil from taking the baghdad airport. >> they were within, you know, 20 or 25-kilometers. >> reporter: of baghdad airport? >> sure. and had they over run the iraqi unit it was a straight shot to the ai airport. so we are not going to allow that to happen. we need that airport. >> reporter: the united states spent more than seven years training the iraqi military the general who once led the mission says they need better leadership and even more train to go do the job. >> the air strikes are helping it's helping slowing down the advance. it's buying us time, so we can continue and begin to train iraqi security forces in order to do the thi

is doing 80%, it doesn't look like that will change soon. >> patty culhane reporting >>> late last month 43 students vanished in mexico, officials tested remains from a mass graves. bodies were discovered near the site of where the students disappeared. rachel has more. >> preliminary as a result of the d.n.a. samples taken from the 28 bodies found near the site of where the students went missing in mexico are not matches, according to the attorney-general who made the statement on tuesday in the capital. however, the news was not yet received mere in guerrero, where the families gather and march on tuesday they had a peaceful march through the state capital. again, frustration, anger and demanding answers from the government as to where their missing loved ones may be. the searches continued daily by federal authorities in the area of iguala, an area where the student were last seen before being attacked by local press. the president made a statement saying and vowing he'd bring to justice any and all of those who have been involved in this terrible tragedy that continues here in mexico

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patti culhane, al jazeera, washington. >>> india has been commemorating the 30th anniversary of riotsd thousands of people. the riot victims blamed the government for failing to resolve their long fight for justice. >> reporter: this woman was 16 years old when rioters attacked her family. about 300 people were killed in the neighborhood that she used to call home. one of them was her father. >> translator: our makes pored kerosine over my father and a local policeman gave them matches to set him alight. he ran, but they found them again. a priest called them shouting he is still alive. >> reporter: in 1984, new delhi and parts of northern india were gripped by violence. it all started after two sikh bodyguards assassinated the prime minister. and 3,000 people were killed in new delhi alone. this is up with of the neighborhoods where the violence took place. life has returned to normal here, but what happened 30 years ago, and who should be held responsibility has been a political sensitive subject and an issue of unresolve justice for the minority sikh community. this man represents

let's go to our correspondent patty culhane. there is quite a distinct difference isn't there, between those joining the united states in air strike against isil operations in syria, and those joining the operations against isil in iraq? >> reporter: and we believe that those are going to be part of the discussions, the disparity between all of these different coalition partners, but quite frankly we don't know much about this meeting. this is about as close as the media has been able to get. somewhere in the gigantic base the meeting is being held. the department of defense is trying to down play expectations. that doesn't mean they aren't going to make news. sometimes they have announcements, but they can't be sure going into the meeting that they will come to an agreement. all of this on the backdrop of the pressure being put on president obama to show some signs that his strategy can work. >> reporter: the entire strategy is dependent on iraqi soldiers fighting and winning the war against islamic state of iraq and the levant

patty culhane reports. >> reporter: the white house with fences, snipers and top secret security, its supposed to be one of the safest places on earth. it clearly is not. the secret service tried to conceal the evidence of that. less than two weeks ago, this person jumped the offense pt the dogs are not released. officers did not stop him at the front door. the secret service said they stopped him inside the door. they didn't. we know an alarm had been turned off, the guard unaware of what happened was tackled by gonzalez. he made it back the first stairway, bast the first family's living quartiers, and through the east room. an off-duty officer stopped him at the door to the green room. he was unarmed they said. he had a knife. the director of the secret service julia pearson was asked did the secret service put out false information. >> i can't speak for conversations i was not a part of or the presses interest in this. >> reporter: did you read the press release before it went out? >> i read the press release before it went out. >> we know about an incident in 2011. seven shots we

patty culhane from washington, d.c. >>> the u.n.nvoy for syria has called on turkey to allow free movement for kurdish fighters to assist in the fight for kobani. and there have been fresh u.s. air strikes on key isil positions in the town. >> reporter: the coalition has been active in the skies above kobani on friday are various air strikes to the east and also the center of the town, but it is still a very active battle with isil and kurdish fighters standing off street to street, building to building, building a guerrilla war far that is difficult to predict. isil did make some advancements, so that is a concern for the kurds. it's quite surreal for some sitting up on the hill watching their town being attacked. we have heard from the u.n. s l sebl -- special envoy to syria, saying turkey could regret not doing enough, and if the town fell, isil would control almost 400 kilometers of the border. >>> inside turkey 31 people have been killed this week in violent protests linked to kobani. kurds are unhappy with turkey's inaction. d

let's go to patty culhane live for us from washington, d.c. the message from the u.n.asically that the disease is moving faster than the international community. >> reporter: and the message all week has been from the world bank, the imf, now the u.n., that time is running out. that they need more than words. the countries are now taking their terns expressing their support. and the message from the u.n. is that is great but we need it right now. they say they need a billion dollars. $700 million has been pledged, but very little has been delivered. so the message from the man leading the mission from the united nations is, we have to act fast. >> this outbreak has moved out of rural areas. it's affecting a whole region, and it's now also impacting on the whole world. and this outbreak is advancing quite rapidly ahead of the control effort, and the rest of us are having to work really hard to catch up and overtake it. but we know what has got to be done, and together we're going to do it. and hour commitment to all of you is to achieve it within a matter of months -- a

discussing tactics with defense commanders from 20 nation that his have joined the military coalition, patty culhanee from andrews air force base in the u.s. state of maryland. >> reporter: two days of meetings have wrapped up a at andrews air bas air force base. president obama spent 90 minutes and briefly spoke about afterwards and defended the coalition siting sieges and taking the it dam back from fighters and keeping erbil face but that was at the very beginning of the coalition strikes, here is what he had to say about the progress that isil has been making in the past few weeks. >> it this will be a long-term campaign. there are not quick fixes involved. we are still at the early stages. as with any military effort, there will be days of progress and there are going to be periods of setback. >> reporter: the meeting wrapped up without any sort of additional announcements about strategy or the coalition doing more. right now it's estimated that u.s. air strikes account for about 90% of the bombs falling in iraq and syria. after this meeting it doesn't look like that's going to change any time

patty culhane reports. >> reporter: at least 3,742 decide from ebola in west africa. in the united states all the focus is on one man, thomas eric duncan, the first to day from the disease ideas the united states. so now the white house announced increase measures to stop the spread of the disease. participation patients from sierra leone, guinea and liberia, who fly in will be questioned, temperatures checked. anyone with a fever or signs of the disease will be quarantined. that didn't stop thomas eric duncan, he didn't have symptoms until four days after arriving and was turned away from the hospital. doctors nought thee had a treatable virus. raising question about how prepared the u.s. it. the white house response. >> they should not be worried. >> the doctor in charge of the effort sounded more cautious. >> as long as ebola continues in west africa, we can't make the risk zero here. >> reporter: the pentagon announced 100 marines will arrive in senegal and liberia. the mission is clear. >> our military is building an infrastructure that does not exist. in order t

patty culhane there in washington, d.c. >>> well there's growing fear that ebola is spreading outsidewest africa. seven people have taken themselves to a hospital in spain to be monitored as they have been in contact with the nurse who was infected her. >> reporter: the countries stricken by ebola say it is a tragedy unforeseen in modern times. liberia, sierra leone, and guinea, want international assistance, money, medicine, equipment, and training. the world bank and the imf have pledged more than $500 million, but the u.n. says it could cost $1 billion to stop the outbreak. the first u.s. mission to liberia has arrived in monrovia. more are undergoing final training at their base in kentucky. these soldiers will help construct additional treatment centers and not have direct contact with ebola patients themselves. but they are still worried. >> any time you send 3,000 guys and gals into a country that is infected with a disease like ebola, there is a chance the soldiers can become infected. >> reporter: enhanced screening is being introduced at five airports in the united states an