. >> the syrian army said that it's redeploying forces to take back a strategic city in the country's northwest from rebel control. the fighters captured large parts of the area after four days of fighting. the rebel group is also targeting towns nearby. at least four people are dead after three car bombs exposed in iraq. the blast took place at the crossing in the western part of the country. the victims were all members of iraq's security forces. it has been a month since iraq's government forces drove isil fighters out of tikrit. many residents are still scared to return fearing sectarian attacks. >> tikrit remains a ghost city. many parts of it destroyed. there was fierce fighting between government and forces, and there are also signs of looting and arson attacks carried out by the militias. the government admits some members of the mobilization forces committed these acts. it says that it will hold them accountable. security forces hearsay all have left the city and they're calling on the people to return home. >> i'm from tikrit, and i tell the people and families to return. we

rebel fighters have taken control of a strategic city in the country's northwest. after days of fating, the group are attacking areas nearby. >>> in egypt a blast at the border crossing in the western part of the country. the victims were all members of the iraqi military forces. >> i'm from tikrit, and i tell the people and the families to return. we are your brothers. the conditions are good and your neighbors are returning. >> in yemen houthies are targeting positions in aden. forces loyal to ali abdullah saleh have been trying to push themselves in a district northwest of aden. in aden fighters from popular resistence committee loyal to abd rabbuh mansur hadi are trying to defend the city from falling under houthi control. these men have never had military training, and for some it's the first time they're using a weapon. >> most of the men here have nothing but this gun. they've never had any kind of training but thank god the resilience has been heroic, and they weren't the ones to keep the houthies from controlling aden. >> on the outskirts of aden, local re

. >>> activists say rebel fighters have taken control of a strategic city in north western syria. [ gunfire ] >> images were captured after 48 hours of fighting. it had been named as the capital of the province after the full of ibb lick city. -- idlib city. the rebel group is continuing its advance in nearby towns. >>> demonstrators staged the biggest rally in baltimore after the death of a black man in police custody. freddie gray suffered a broken spine following his roast two weeks ago, his death intensifying a debate over the treatment of african-americans. >> reporter: high tensions >>> a wider cross-section of people are joining in. >> i think what happened with freddie gray and all over the country, it's not a new problem, it's a very old problem. as old as the country. as long as that problem existed, there's a movement against it. >> they have a thing where the pollition is to protect and serve. the only thing they are serving now is this disaster and death. >> reporter: they want the officers involved to be charged and an end to commonplace police brutality and racial profiling i

. >> now syrian activists say that rebel fighters have taken control of a strategic city in the country'sorthwest. it is in the idleb province that there have been days of fighting there. the group is targeting of the towns nearby. four people were killed when three car bombs went off in iraq close to the border with jordan. it was at the border crossing in the western part of the country. the victims are said to be all members of iraq's security forces. it's almost a month since iraqi government forces drove isil out of tikrit. many people who did live there are still to go back fearing sectarian attacks. some members of what we call the popular mobilization forces committed these acts. >> i'm from tikrit, i tell the people and the families to return. we are your brothers. the conditions are good and your neighbors are returning. >> in yemen saudi-led coalition airstrikes have been targeting houthi positions in the southern port city of aden. the rebels along with forces loyal to ali abdullah saleh have been trying it push their way through a district northwest of aden.. [ explosions ] >

. >> well, syrian activists say that rebel fighters have taken a strategic city in the northwest of the country. the fighters took control of the idleb province after days of fighting. the group calls itself gesh al fat at a and is targeting towns nearby. in yemen saudi led coalition's airstrikes in aden. >> rounds of artillery target houthi fighters along the coast. in aden fighters from popular resistence committees loyal to abd rabbuh mansur hadi try to prevent the city from falling under houthi control. the men have never had military training and some have never held weapons. >> they've never had any kind of training but thank god the resilience are heroic. they've kept the houthies from controlling aiden. >> on the outskirts of aden, battles continue and local resistence fighters were able to push back the houthis. and in the west of the capital army units of local fighters attack other positions. >> we call on help to do it. this is for yemen. >> fighters loyal to president hadi have been on the offensive for the last few days. they've been pushing forward in sanaa and areas larg

syrian activists say rebel fighters have taken control of a strategic city in the country's northwestfighters took control in idlib prove incident after four days of fighting. the rebel group is targeting nearby towns. italy's coast guards rescued 238 migrants from the mediterranean sea. thousands risk their lives every year in the hope of reaching europe. they face smugglers, desert and sea crossings and of course the possibility of death. why are they so desperate to leave? >> almost every here knew least 5 young men killed alongside the migrants, by isil in idlib next week. they are headed through a well traveled smuggling route to italy. in the neighborhood where three of them grew-up, many joined their families in mourning. they were inconsoleable, their pain hard to describe. >> they were looking for a better life. many of their friends here are also desperate to leave. those we talked to say that life is difficult, staying in ethiopia is not an option. these are some of the childhood friends who saw them off. they hope to follow soon. even as they grief, they have not abandoned

one of the two most strategic cities in the country, along with the capital of sanaa. coming hours, yesterday you had the houthis, the shia allied and supposedly iranian backed movement making headway into the center of that city. the saudis have said, leading a coalition of countries trying to take the fight against the houthis. they said they control the waters around aden. if someone is going to wash ashore they would have to get past the saudis. if you take the saudis had their word. we also know that the saudi sorry, the yemeni foreign minister, who is now taking sanctuary in riyadh, along with the internationally recognized president, president hadi. he called yesterday for ground troops. ground troops to intervene in this conflict to the able to restore the president who went to aden before fleeing to saudi arabia to power. the pretext, he said, to avoid more civilian casualties from the airstrikes and to enable humanitarian aid to the civilian population. they are the ones taking the direct hits from the saudi-led coalition. they have been hit in the airstrikes.

leaders are claiming over islamic state militants, following a month-long battle for control of a strategic city. government troops have driven the insurgents out of tikrit. officials say they now want to launch an offensive to win back territory north of the city that is still held by the militants. troops have recaptured key facilities in central tikrit. the rebels have controlled the city since last june. state-run tv showed prime minister haider al abadi parading through the city, accompanied by the provincial governor and military leaders. abadi says they will work to have the thousands of people had fled the city return to their homes as soon as possible. >> translator: we are now in central tikrit. god willing, iraq will be liberated from the criminals and their atrocities. >> interior ministry officials say hundreds of rebel fighters are still holed up about 10 kilometers north of the city center. they say government forces are determined to flush them out. the iraqi troops launched the operation to recapture tikrit in early march with support from iranian forces and shia militiamen. the

and n >> syrian activists say that rebel fighters have now taken control of a strategic city in the country's northwest. in i said lib province, there has been days of fighting there. theat least four people died when three car bombs went off in iraq close to the border of jordan. it was reportedly at the crossing in the western part of the country. the victims are said to be members of iraq's security forces. isil said it was behind the explosions. >>> almost a month since iraq's government forces drove isil fighters out of tikrit. there are many people still scared to return. they're worried about sectarian attacks. >> tikrit remains a ghost city. many parts of it destroyed. there was fearless fighting between isil and government forces backed by shia militaries. battle scars are everywhere. there are signs of looting and arson attacks carried out by the militias. the government admits some members of the mobilization forces committed these acts. it says it will hold them accountable. many have left the city, and they're calling on the people to return. >> i'm from tikrit, and i tell the pe

another advance in the north and the more strategic city. >> i would much rather that ramani not fall but it will not be the end of the campaign. this is a more strategic target and that is where the focus right now is. >> these gains come in only three weeks after isis suffered a major blow, this iraqi prime minister is still in washington acknowledging that this will be elusive. >> littering a veiled criticism of the allies that promised support against isis but have been slow to deliver, a criticism that he also talked about with u.s. bombing missions. [inaudible] >> that is how they are. especially in this situation. >> in his first press conference, asked carter offered one possible explanation for the delays. >> but congressional critics say that we should be more hands-on. >> we are talking about having our people more engaged in helping the iraqis fight the fight. that means directing the targets, helping to access all access on the ground in terms of movement. >> others complained that u.s. airstrikes comprise only a small fraction of total is at the pentagon publicizes. >> r

. >> to retake tikrit from i.s.i.l, the rebels are still present this certain parts of the strategic city north of baghdad but the iraqis are raising the national flag. last night the u.s. led the fight with air strikes now i.s.i.l. has reached deeper into the capital city than ever before. outside of damascus, they have now reportedly pulled out. video of smoke rising, clashes with syrian military. about 8,000 live in that refugee camp. >>> what you need to know about climate change. is the world's largest producer of nuclear injury but as sea levels continue to rise, there is concern that america's low level reactors could be at risk. coming up paul beban is live, to show you how rising sea levels could change the country's nuclear industry. around here, we're all about fast. that's why xfinity is perfect for me. with millions of wifi hotspots all over the place - including one right here at the shop - now we can stream all things fast and furious. you've done it again, carlos! ♪ with the fastest in-home wifi and millions of hotspots xfinity is perfect for people who love fast. don't mi

in yemen say al qaeda fighters stormed a risen in a coastal city and freed some 300 fellow militants. rebels are making advances on a strategic southern city despite attempts by the saudi led international coalition to force them to retreat. >> the coalition has been carrying out a writ -- in carrying out air raids, but they want ground troops deployed because air raids cause heavy civilian casualties. >> a russian trawler has sunk in icy waters off the east coast. at least 54 people have paris. >> search teams are still looking for survivors. it's unclear why the ship sank so suddenly. >> the search has an underway for hours for the sunken trawler. it went down in just minutes in the far east of russia. it had been sailing in relatively calm waters. officials suspect drifting ice could have punched a hole in the ships haul. another theory is it sank because it's fishing nets were overloaded. dozens of crew members were pulled to safety but there is no trace of several others will stop >> the rescue operation to recover the trawler is ongoing. 14 ships sent to the area to help. >> the city closest to the site of the accident

in the port city of aden the strategic city down south, there are areas where there is no water and no. one witness this morning, in the past hour or so describing the city as a ghost town. no one to be seen. the scale of destruction, he said clearer by the day. aid agencies have been struggling to get aid into the area. red cross is flying in today with staff and supplies. clearly, as things get worse on the ground in the country which is verging on a failed state if not one already, this cannot come quickly enough. as far as the war factions it seems the houthis backed by iran as far as the saudis are concerned, the idea was to degrade the militia on the ground. that doesn't seem to be happening here. the president here of yemen. president hadi. he is trying to form a new government of some sort. there are discussions going about a political solution to this as well. we seem to be a long way off. the saudis say any talks would go through the gcc and the houthis on the ground say they are prepared to talk but not to the aggressors. as far as a political solution lots of talk but no wa

trying to be the most strategic city. and the capital. they are strategic. and now having a lot of al qaeda supporters or loyalists or sympathizers. now they are in control, and they are dealing with all the officials there. dealing with their own creatures, and teaching the locals how to react when the houthis invade. >> all right. tell us about the situation in sanaa. what is happening in the capital? >> very tense. there were deaths from civilians. killing 16 civilians. other than that it's been quiet and focussed on the military compound and the weapons depot that the houthis and the ex-president has. the death toll is on the rise in the last couple of days. this is causing the saudis to go against. >> the editor-in-chief of the yemen post hakim al-masmari. with me in the studio is an advisor to the past three yemeni presidents. you take issue with something said about who it is that took over parts of the port city. before that i have taken issue about trying - hakim is trying to portray and says the fight is not only aden but all of the south. this is

. >>> the first syrian activists say rebel fighters have taken control of a strategic city in the country the's northwest. the fighters took over in idlib prove incident. the group is targeting towns nearby. at least four people are dead after three car bombs exploded in iraq close to the border with jordan. the blast reportedly happened in the western part of the country. the victims all were members of iraq's security forces. isil said it carried out the attack. >> it's been almost a month since iraqi government forces drove isil out of tikrit but many residents are still too scared to return fearing sectarian attacks. there are also signs of looting and arson. the government says some members of the popular mobilization forces are responsible. >> i am from tikrit. i tell the people and the families to return. we are your brothers. the conditions are good and your neighbors are returning. >> to yemen where saudi-led airstrikes have tafrtd houthi positions in aden. the forces loyal to the former president have been trying to push their way into a district northwest of aden. here is the l

syrian activists say rebel fighters have taken control of a strategic city in the country's northwest. fighters in iglib prove incident after 4 days of fighting the rebel group is targeting nearby towns. meanwhile the united nations has urged the security council to impose an arms embargo on syria. they have invited the syrian government for talks in geneva supposed to take place next month. the u.n. envoy says there is a slim chance those talks will succeed. our ouratic edit james bays reports. >> reporter: breached about the humanitarian situation every month, and every month, things get worse. it was told more than 220,000 people are dead. 7.6 million forced from their homes. this was the last briefing buy out going humanitarian chief valerie amos. she used it to criticize the divisions. >> the failure to stop the violence has undermined the credibility of this council and eroded confidence in the international community to take its responsibility seriously. >> she covered for an arms embargo, targeted sanctions and a referral of the situation in syria to the international criminal

aid that is a strategically important port city in the south. they are being supplied in weapons and airstrikes carried out by the saudi air force. in an expansion of the united states role, the pentagon agreed to give refueling support. turkey is willing to provide logistical support to the mission and china says that it's helped 225 people from 10 countries to leave yemen. that's the first time beijing has evacuated foreign nationals from an international crisis. >> there are not diplomatic negotiations taking operation to the ousted president saleh for his group. it's not any type of communication with them, as they have waged war against all the yemeni people. i believe with recent developments, everyone has come to realize it is gravely dangerous to involve any of those parties in any political settlement or the future of yemen. >> the editor in chief of the yemen post said that the continued airstrikes could create resentment to saudi arabia in yemen. >> right now if we don't sit together and discuss this on the table, no side, whoever it

those that are allied to the former president is said to be in control of the strategic port city of mukala. the streets of aden have ball a battle ground. large parts of the street have become dessert. supported by saudi air strikes, they hope to push the houthis back. for now the united nations security council will meet later to discuss a humanitarian aspect of the air strikes. >> joining me in doha is an advisor to the past three yemeni matters. i want to talk about the fighting in mooukala and who they are loyal to. >> we have to remember the 1994 war. when ali abdullah saleh, waged war against the sutherlands. at that time the spear head of his attack against the islamist. they are now headed by al qaeda. they are linked to those people. they are a fringe group of terrorists working with ali abdullah saleh. he has been growing them or the past 10 years, because al qaeda qaedabecause it's a fundraiser. >> it's a balancing act if he has these guys and the houthis on his side. >> he has been threatening the whole area. he tells them you move on. this was quoted two weeks ago, and

importance is not necessarily the most productive way of al and bar province because it is a strategic citythe fighting is taking. when we look at ramadi's importance this is the capital of iraq's sunni heartland, al and bar province. if the u.s.-led coalition do not do their upmost best to try to help save that city it is going to send a very negative mention to the sunni population that the shia-dominated government at this stage cannot afford to alien alien alienate further and it is critical that the government be able to reach out to the sunni population. and the first stage to doing that is helping them to drive isis out of ramadi. >> as you point out, you were there. this is not just the city of bricks and mortar. there are a lot of people there. you've told us what 150,000 ref squeeze already are fleeing their homes because isis is moving into this area? skra what you saw. >> reporter: it's absolutely heartbreaking and it's a tragedy that unfolds over and over and over again. you see refugees fleeing on isis onslaught, grabbing their children by their hands. we saw an old woman in t

city. through a series of strategic it sessions koit has recognized two major opportunities for the city and these are a shared strategies for the city and as well as the public strategies for the city and thinking about all the ways that the city engages with the public. major components through the plan and through the annual process koit makes recommendations annually to the next 2 fiscal years. all projects are evaluated based on their impact and supportive it plans strategical that are out lined here and goal one was established as the highest priority for us to be focused on which is support, maintain and secure critical infrastructure. followed by increased sufficiency and effectiveness and improved access and transparency. through the budgeting process koits provides funding for a number of sources. the annual allocation to address all of general fund needs. one of the biggest highlights is the i guess of major project funding for several major legacy systems. so the addition of this allocation has increased the general fund sources the in this plan by $91 million and approximately 2

laila: kiev is warning that the separatists could be on the verge to try and capture the strategically important port city of mariupol. brian: our correspondent filed this report from there for us. reporter: these soldiers are a vital part of mariupol's defense. they belong to the volunteer battalion fighting on behalf of the ukrainian government. with funding from private donors , they are better trained and equipped than the regular army. the government in kiev has come to depend on their expertise. >> we are heavily fortified here. we can hold on until reinforcements arrive. reporter: the two sides still exchange fire almost daily from the frontline. pro-government forces are now getting ready for that fight to come closer. these are new positions and freshly dug trenches just a few kilometers east of the city. the troops here are busy shoring up the defenses. this battalion patrolled the area surrounding its power base of mary opel -- this battalion patrols the area surrounding its power base of mariupol. >> if you listen to russian propaganda, then the main criticism is about our unit. that's because

. >> houthi fighters and allies have withdrawn from a strategic hill top complex in the city of aidending to saudi arabia. the coalition carried out more overnight air rides and u.s. military has been given authority to provide aerial refueling support to saudi war planes and turkey said it too will provide logistic support to the operation. u.n. estimates 519 people have been killed over the past two weeks. more than 90 of those were children and tens of thousands have been forced from their homes and are living with friends and relatives all in temporary shelters and we have the editor and chief of the yemen post and joins me from sanaa, good to have you. can you confirm houthi forces have pulled out of that part of aiden, the complex? >> it's not that simple. saudi arabia was only seeing half of the troops. the houthis did evacuate because of the air strikes but that does not mean they lost control of it. it's not taken over by the southern militants and they did evacuate or leave because of the strikes but is not out of their control so i cannot confirm that and that's not true as

city. through a series of strategic it sessions koit has recognized two major opportunities for the city and these are a shared strategies for the city and as well as the public strategies for the city and thinking about all the ways that the city engages with the public. major components through the plan and through the annual process koit

city. we have our people strategically located throughout the city to ensure and minimize any type of incidentt may occur. >> colonel, what are you told the national guards men and women under your command about what their response should be if there is violence this evening? >> well as any situation that we're involved in they want to use the minimal amount of force necessary to control the situation. that's really what we do in anything. we're trying to minimize any type of you know, level of force that we'll use to try and control it. >> so they'll being told the use the minimum amount of force nest. >> minimum amount of force necessary to control the situation. obviously they have to protect themselves as well. >> right. the national guard of course supposed to provide backup for baltimore police for maryland state troopers. could that role change if the situation escalates? >> yes, it could change. but that would be you know a very extreme situation. i think the general made it very clear last night during the press conference that we want to reiterate that the military is not taking over

isis is now advancing on the city of 500,000 and has captured three of its suburbs. another isis advance to the north in the more strategic oil rich city of baiji. >> i would much rather than that ra head not fall, but it won't be the end of a campaign should it fall, we've got to get it back. baiji is a more strategic target and that's why the focus is on baiji. >> reporter: these surprising gains coming three weeks after isis suffered a major below in tikrit. iraqi prime minister al abadi still in washington acknowledged defeating the islamic state will be elusive. >> this is a war and a war you can win in a place and lose somewhere somewhere else. >> reporter: abadi delivered a veil krit is sichl of his veiled allies. a criticism which he also leveled at u.s. bombing missions. >> we're talking about time scale between asking for a mission and actually getting the mission. that's especially when our people are on the ground. >> reporter: ash carter in his first press conference at the pentagon today offered one possible explanation for those delays. >> we're not using our own forward controllers to do that in tikrit or

people to give suggestions and my hope is this is only a first step as we look more strategically to what the the city can do to take advantage of a municipal fiber network and other ways to reduce the digital divide the 1 are 150 thousand people and i'd like to ask m my colleague christiansen wants to make any remarks. >> i think it's also important that we have familiarities with technology and i know there's a number of good programs in both the public and private sectors in the in the city that tend to that. in my district we have a lot of seniors many of whom benefit from programs like that and while a great deal of advance has been made in making technology more available, i support supervisor mar and look more deeply into this and it's especially an equity issue at this point and i'm tremendously interested in ideas about how we can provide more equitable services not only to the school children and adults but to our senior population as well. >> thank you and now i'd like to ask mr. fred r u.s. so to present the report. >> thank you supervisor mar and supervisor christiansen. excuse me. i have

dempsey said at the news conference at the pentagon that the baiji oil refinery is strategically more important than the citythat if ramadi fell it would be a setback. but it wouldn't be as bad, necessarily strategically as the oil fields. listen to this. >> the issue here is not, is not brick and mortar it's about defeating isil. so as i said you know i would much rather that ramadi not fall. but it won't be the end of a campaign should it fall. we've got to get it back. >> there's been a lot of criticism of him for saying that. including from your republican colleague, john mccain, the chairman of the armed services committee. what do you think? >> well you know i think what john was complaining about, or at least putting john's comments into context, i think he's more upset with the fact that the administration keeps spinning the story that oh you know it's not so bad. oh yes, it is you listen to these news stories that go on and on there's just no good news coming out of there. with the one exception today which you've already mentioned that is that is the king of clubs was finally caught. that's about t

it is a strategic care base. 35km away interest the port city of aden which is the second important city and also the eyes of the government in exile, saudi arabia are on the city to be liberated. they want to government to shift to it. it's strategic for every party in the war. elsewhere in yemen fighting is raging on. in aden in hore mix street to treat fighting as you mentioned, and several dying, civilians and others. and tiaz, in the center and between aden and sanaa. the houthis and loyalists have been on the outskirts in the military bases. because of the heavy bombardment they have adopted a new strategy going into the center of the town and occupying places buildings, and trying to mix with the population even though the population of tiaz is no good host for them. it is a majority sunni population and they are pro-abd-rabbu mansour hadi. that is understandably the support of the air strikes. more and more people are joining those popular committees to try to defeat the houthis and the ali abdullah saleh loyalists. >> thank you mohammed adow reporting from jizan >>> the united n

, america's top general joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey dismissed ramadi as strategically insignificant. >> the city itself it's not symbolic in any way. it's not been declared you know part of the caliphate on one hand or central to the future of iraq. >> reporter: today senator john mccain fired back calling general dempsey's remarks a "gross mischaracterization" and "denial of reality." not in dispute, the importance of the oil refinery. >> once iraqis have full control of baiji, they will control all oil infrastructure, both north and south and deny isil the ability to generate revenue through oil. ♪ >> reporter: with all eyes on the terror group, killed in an iraqi operation, saddam hussein's former number two, known as the king of clubs in the u.s. most-wanted deck of cards. aced out of the picture. tonight the pentagon tells us ra mauledy is still contested that is iraqi forces haven't lost it. s prospect general dempsey conceded was very possible and iraqi security forces continue to push against isis fighters. in baiji, told the refinery itself remains under iraqi control but isis penetrate

the houthi fighters have already taken control of the city's port and other strategic sites. 16 million are now living in areas under houthi control. >>> israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, appeared on the major u.s. tv network sunday to blast the pending agreement on iran's nuclear program. >> iran and six world powers reached the framework deal tlods lift sanctions. in exchange, tehran would limit its uranium enrichment and allow more inspections. mr. netanyahu said this agreement doesn't go far enough. >> i think the alternatives are not either this bad deal war. i think there's a third alternative, standing firm, ratcheting up the pressure on a better deal. a better deal would roll back iran's vast nuclear infrastructure and require iran to stop its aggression in the region, its terror worldwide and cause and actions to annihilate the state of israel. that's a better deal. it's achievable. >> u.s. president barack obama says he understands mr. netanyahu's warning but insists negotiation is the best approach. the president addressed israel's concerns in an interview with "th

. >> we talk about the fighting in and around the southern port city of aden. how strategic is that significant is that strategically. >> the water ways, which are some of the most important water ways in the region, and also because it being south and abd rabbuh mansur hadi declared it the temporary capital. his forces lost sanaa. that's very significant. the fighting was concentrateed concentrateed where. >> how important is it for the saudis to get pakistan on board in this coalition a non-gulf country. >> that would be a huge boost. first the diversity would give them the coalition but also because pakistan is a superpower. nuclear power that has many more ground troops than the gulf has on. it would give more balance of power if you look at the houthis in iran and having someone on pakistan would be a huge boost for this coalition indeed. >> thanks very much. >>> now turkey's president erdogan has arrived in iran for high level meetings said to hold talks with his president rouhani . his visit comes despite tensions of the saudi-led operations in yemen. bernard smith is

city. >> i think he's right. ramadi has somewhat of an iconic value because of the number of battles that we fought in ramadi and fallujah over the years. but it is no a strategic location. as general dempsey said it's bricks and mortars. >> what does he mean by that by the way? >> what he means is that it's a city. it's just buildings. now, as he noted, it has a lot of people that live there, but it's not a strategic location. winning ramadi is not going to change the tide of battle. it's unfortunate what's happen to be the civilians, and it gets them a little closer to baghdad, but it really doesn't change the nature of the battle. strategically, though baiji, with its oil refinery which is responsible for a significant output of the iraqi oil, that's a strategic target that if taken by isil and there's little chance it would happen but that would cut oil production significantly in a country that's already suffering from low oil prices. so the amount of oil that they're pumping and the price they get for that is reduced even more and will have an impact on the military and on the civilians inside of iraq. >> i want to continue the conversation. i see arwa da

now declaring a major victory over isis saying it's driven the terror group out of the strategically important city of tikrit. isis captured the city last june amid reports of horrific massacres. while isis left behind snipers and traps and explosions can still be heard. the iraqi prime minister today visited tikrit to put the exclamation point on its liberation. the battle took a month. government troops were aided by iranian backed shiite militias and u.s. air strikes and now if religious tensions don't tear the iraqi forces apart, tikrit may be the jumping-off point for the next iraqi military offensive. i'll speak live this hour with senator tom cotton of the intelligence and armed services committee. he's standing by. also our correspondents and analysts they're standing by with full coverage. we'll take you inside tikrit in just a few moments. but let's begin with our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. she has the very latest. >> reporter: wolf when iraqi prime minister abadi showed up in tikrit today, it was a message to the world he was trying to send that iraqi forces have their victory

missile sites strategically located around the city. fighter planes at the ready, poised to intercept airborne intruders, special orange helicopters that circle the city with warning message boards to tell stray aircraft to turn back. yet, with all of this, yesterday 61-year-old man on what he described as a flying bicycle penetrates the restricted air space of our city and lands smack-dab on the lawn of the capitol capitol. did he fly under the radar? did the radar not pick him up? norad said it didn't know this flying lawnchair was there until after it was there. by phone today i talked to major jamie humphreys of norad. >> i can tell you that we didn't send up any of our air assets, but, as far as take pick being it up on radar, i can't tell you yes or no whether we did or didn't. >> our radar coverage isn't good enough or somebody was asleep at the switch. that's what it tells me. >> reporter: that's michael owe han lan, a homeland security expert associated with the brookings institution. >> this is not something that you just sort

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city. tikrit is an important strategic spot because it is along the main supply link to mosul. iraq's second largest city which is still under isis' control. tikrit is also saddam hussein's hometown. >>> and today the heads of lufthansa and its budget airline germanwings visited the site of last week's crash in the french alps that killed 150 people. they arrived by helicopt they are morning and laid a wreath at a monument to the crash victims. however, they refused to answer questions about how much they knew about the mental health of co-pilot andreas lubitz who investigators believe deliberately brought down the jet. >>> in south korea prosecutors have officially charged a man with attempted murder for allegedly trying to kill the u.s. ambassador there. authorities say the suspect slashed ambassador mark lippert at a breakfast forum earlier this month in seoul. he had to be treated for deep gashes on his face and arm. >>> closing arguments monday in the boston marathon bombing trial. defense lawyers for dzhokhar tsarnaev rested their case yesterday. they only called four witn

www.vitac.com >>> here in the cnn newsroom joining you at 4:00 eastern and we begin in iraq and the strategically key cityw days ago. what happened after that, though, iraqi officials say was completely out of control. iraqi troops and military forces that liberated that city apparently nearly burn. ed it down. fires, lootings, lynchings and senseless violence. remember these iraqi forces have the support of the united states and if what iraqi officials is saying is true, these are the same groups that triggered the violence chaos. arwa damon is hearing how much damage these liberators have done in saddam hussein's hometown. >> a senior official in tikrit said hours after the city was liberated it was, quote, out of control. he confirmed that at least 20 homes were set on fire and around 50 shops were looted and destroyed saying that iraq's security apparatus was unable to stop trucks from flee inging the scene. mostly to blame were the mobilization units, the fighting force that is largely made up of militias and volunteers and also said a few members of iraq's security forces were complicit in the destr

we have a map to show you have the strategic value of this city. it's a microcosm of the administration's policies in iraq. let the iraqi military have the dirty work on the ground and the coalition air power help from above. that hasn't gone well in ramadi. right now they say their hope is they are going to try and cut off some of isis' supply lines. that was the same strategy that the u.s. and iraqis used when it came tomorrow tikrit. it took them weeks to try to kick isis out. we are told there is to fighting there. so things do not bode very well. martha: what's the plan in terms of ramadi? do we have a strategy there? >> the administration is doubling down in terms of how they view going off isis. the iraqi prime minister was here this week with the president, went up to capitol hill. you hear the same thing people are getting along the fight's going well. those kinds of things. the picture on the glownld ramadi and other places paint a bleaker picture. isis is supposed to be on the run. they are gaining ground in some places particularly rama

district heads, and community members to develop a strategic plan on how we will retain families in san francisco and hopefully attract more families in our cities. over the past several months my office worked closely with the mayor's office. department of children and family. broad group of community members to create the initial structure for this council. the council will not only create a strategic plan but also be tasked with coordinating services to maximize support for children, youth, and families in san francisco development and accessible transit. we have so much to lose when families leave the city. families of all backgrounds add to the city's unique character welcome culture, diversity and vibrancy. so we need to act now to help shape the future generations of our city. i am proud that our mayor and superintendent are committed to this long-term vision and are ready to lead this council. i will also wanted to thank supervisor avalos, kim, christenen camp pos and mar for cosponsoring this legislation. i also want to thank my legislative aid jen lo who is always working tirelessly on this legislation. i want to thank the staff at the

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digital future especially those that don't have access now should be a key strategic goal for any technology for a plan and a city like ours and the failed earth link planning with the city and even other efforts with looking at other options to me, i hope we don't ignore a lot of the work done by many community advocates as we try to think about digital inclusion strategies. i know we have a hearing coming up tomorrow too on a greatest budget and legislative analyst report on the city and other cities and what they are doing as well. i appreciate your comments as well. >> supervisor tang? >>supervisor katy tang: thank you, i had a question because it looks that the presentation that major allocation that they increase by 10% annually as well as the annual project allocation by 6% and the plan on 24 there is a chart that shows some of the request coming in to fiscal year 20. as those are submitted it will go up. it looks like those are decreasing. no. 1 i wanted to see if increasing, i'm sure there is a lot of who, to do but increasing those allocations by 10%. you know how the capital plan shows the nexus betwee