and one of the reasons it sits between the two isis strong iraq. it's not going to be easy. kurdish forces said they fear snipers. now the city may be life with booby trap, homemade bombs beneath the roads and inside the buildings. and there's also the concern of suicide bombers either on foot or in vehicles packed with exemployees is. cbs news -- with explosives. >> and kurdish forces have cut off a supply line that run us this the town. -- runs through the town. they are hoping to cut off the militants. >>> still much more to come here on cbs 2 news at noon. charges of police brutality after officers go after a suspect who tried to escape and then tazer him repeatedly. >>> plus this -- >> yo. >> oy. >> new yorkers caught in a byne, what do you see? this morning, people on medicaid who might otherwise be struggling to care for themselves won't have to. because homefirst, a product of elderplan, is there... helping them with bathing, dressing and meals so they can remain safely at home. homefirst, a product of elderplan continuing the work of the four brooklyn ladies caring

iraq. iraq.they're aiding kurdish troops who are trying to push out isis militants in the northern city of sinjar.sinjar sits between a pair of isis strong holds in iraq and syria. recapturing the city would cut isis off from supply routes. right now - a big concern is booby traps and isis snipers planted in the city. san francisco police are investigating a fatal officer- involved shooting. shooting.authorities say the suspect was pointing a rifle at a hospital from a construction site.officers arrived at the scene and the suspect opened fire on them so officers shot at him and he was killed.investigators believe the gunman stole his weapon and ammunition from a sporting goods store.nobody else was hurt in the shooting. there's still no word on any motive. newly released videos are sparking allegation of police brutality in rural virginia. virginia.they show officers times on linwood lambert two years ago.but instead of taking lambert to the hopital right away, the officers put him in a squad car and one of the officers threatened to shock him again.lambert died just hours later.an attorney for the his family says the videos clearly sho

strong holds, iraq, syria and northern iraq. 7000 troops are battling. sin gentleman fell to i.s.i.l. last year, tens of thousands of people from a religious minority were trapped after fleeing mount sinjar. what's the latest? >> reporter: i can tell you that the president of the region is in the sinjar area and monitoring operations there. this operation has been dubbed operation free sinjar. it is taking parts in the east, south and west. what they're trying to do is cut off a very key highway that links topel towards mosil. kurdish peshmerga were saying there were other political parties, it is not true, it is just them. they're in charge of this operation. they've already taken four key villages that they are now using. staging basis to mount an operation into sinjar town itself. things are moving rapidly. the game change is the air support. there is heavy bombing going on from the aircraft, fighters jets being used. that's very crucial because that allows them to weaken i.s.i.l. >>> what is going on here in the broader context of the battle? >> repo

a plan to retake a city in northern iraq now held by isis. 7500 kurdish troops are closing in on three sides trying to push isis rebels out. it sits between two strong hold, one in iraq, the other in syria. recapturing this area would cut off the key isis supply route. >>> a retired army captain grew up in montgomery county. he now wears the medal of honor. in 2012 he was leading a group of fellow soldiers across a bridge in afghanistan. he spotted a man with a bomb strapped to his chest. he tackled the suicide bomber so the explosion was forced into the ground. four americans lost their lives, but many others were saved. >> he did something extraordinary. he grabbed the bomber by his vest and kept pushing him away. >> this is what you do every soldier would have done the same thing >> he suffered severe injuries and undergone 33 surgeries. he says he shares i medal with four americans on his team who did not make it home alive. >>> anybody with any one of these things. master key magnetic card or master code can open this steel door and steal everything inside. >> think you're protected by putting stuff in hotel safes? think again. people who have

importance because it sits across the main road between raqqa and mosul, cities which are strong holds in syria and iraqe operation involves about 7.5 thousand special forces peshmerga and yazidis fighters, supported by u.s.-lead air strikes. when they took the town last year, they killed thousands of yazidis men and kidnapped the women and girls. those who lived fled to sinjar mountains. >> reporter: the operation began. overnight coalition air strikes hit isil targets. isil has controlled the area since last year. the operation is on three months. the iraqi kurds are confident they will prevail. >> translator: today it's our duty to liberate sinjar from injustice, and this is the duty of every kurdish citizen. we are fully prepared to attack and free it soon. goodwilling we will help the people return to their homes. >> reporter: this operation is far from easy, its importance as been underscored by this president on the front line to monitor progress. sinjar is considered kurdish territory, and success will be seen as victory against isil. but isil fighters have proved themselves resill jenth and hav

iraq has taken the northern town of sinjar. recapturing this town will effective cut off the supply line between the i.s.i.l. strong holds of raqqa, which is in syria, and mosul in northern iraq, backed by the u.s. air led campaign over 7000 troops are battling the fighters. when sinjar fell to i.s.i.l. last year, tens of thousands of people from the religious minority were trapped after fleeing up mount sinjar. going live to the correspondant. this operation started in the early hours of the morning. >> reporter: that is absolutely right. that's when the ground troops began to move in. now, the operation is called operation free sinjar and it is taking place on three fronts, the south, the west and the east. the ofd is that they push towards the town of injar where i.s.i.l. are embedded. we've seen air strikes over night and heavy shelling going on from the kurdish peshmerga troops. they say they've taken at least four villages around the town of sinjar. they will use those village as a staging post to go into the town itself. now, the president of the region is on the front lines, he is monitoring. this is how se

strong hold in raqqa, syria. it is part of the territory syria and iraq under its control. the group was born in the aftermath of the iraq water. sun sunnis had been factional identified. they had ties with al-qaeda but split. in 2014 it declared itself an caliphat as one leaders and no national boundaries. it has used media to spread around the globe. how many members there are is unknown, but estimates range from 30 to 100,000. they bank rolled themselves by seizing oil and natural gas fields in iraq and syria and have made millions in ransom money from kidnappings. the question is how to crush them. mary snow >>> i want to talk more about the motivations of i.s.i.l. graham wood is a fellow with the council on foreign relations also a contributing editor to the at lon kick. - shall did atlantic. he wrote an article called what i.s.i.s. really wants. i have re-tweeted the article, post on media, facebook. you have taken a good amount of criticism for this article. i've even taken criticism for posting the article on your behalf, but i think it's important that people read

. >> and the coalition fighting isis has targeted strong holds in iraq and syria with 8,000 air strikes so far. >>> in chicago police are expecting more protests and outrage after releasing a video of a police shooting. dash-cam shows the moment that the officer opened fire on 17-year-old laquan mcdonald. we are freezing the video here, but after mcdonald collapses, prosecutors say that vandyke kept shooting, 16 bullets in 15 seconds and protesters are angry it took them this long to charge him with first degree murder. >> this video is not only shocking and sad but infuriating so i can't help but think of my son when i see the video, a child walking away from police officers. >> than is the reaction there from officials in chicago today and the city has reached a $5 million settlement with mcdonald's family. >> alicia thank you. >>> two dozen people in fishtown spent the day dealing with damage after someone vandalized their cars overnight, the action cam was on memphis street where we found smashed windows up and down the block. we found victims cleaning up this morning as they got re

# people killed and many other injuries in a neighborhood that has long been a hess strong strolled. in northern iraq the u.s. led coalition has launched air strikes in i.s.i.l. positions in sinjar. forces are preparing to retake a city that has been held by i.s.i.l. since last year. john cary says the country is committed. from buy route on friday, lebanon will observe a national day of mourning for those killed in the twin bomb attacks. >> reporter: a popular marketplace became a scene of carnage. some were killed and injured and the ones that were targeted. this is a mainly shia neighborhood. the movement lived. suicide bombers who arrived on motorcycles debt onnatured their bombs minutes apart. it went off right outside an shia shrine. >> translation: a large number of those injured were severely wounded and a number died in hospital. i also know body parts of the two suspected suicide bombers have found. we may have escaped another catastrophe because the belt of a third suicide bomber didn't go off. >> reporter: people here have seen scenes like this before. there was a time when similar attack

iraq. then: dissecting strong language from donald trump, anticipating tomorrow's democratic debate, and moremark shields and michael gerson analyze the week's news. and investigative journalism on the silver screen: we look at the new movie "spotlight." >> there's something about the blue collar approach to this work, a kind of boots on the ground journalism that's more or

cities which are isil strong holds in syria and iraq.peration is said to involve about 7500 forces. when isil captured sinjar in august last year, they killed thousands of men and kidnapped women and children. >> reporter: in the early hours of thursday morning any operation to take back sinjar began. coalition air strikes hit isil targets in and around sinjar town which isil has controlled since august last year. the operation is on three months. the iraqi kurds are confident they will prevail. >> translator: today it's our duty to liberate sinjar from injustice and this is the duty of every kurdish citizen. we are fully prepared to attack and liberate it soon. god willing we will help itself people return to their homes. >> reporter: it's importance as been unz skoers by the rife of the kurdish regional president to monitor progress on the front line. success here will be seen as victory against isil. but isil fighters have proved themselves resilient and booby trapped houses and rigged car bombs. sinjar is also home to the yazidis com

with the growing expertise comes a growing reach, the ability to strike far from the strong holds in syria and iraq. deadly bombings in paris, beirut and in sinai, confirmation it that russian plane killing all 224 people on board. so the question remains, how can isis be defeated. here is our chief foreign correspondent, richard engel. >> reporter: russia says it now knows unequivocally that a two-pound, home-made bomb brought down the plane over sinai late last month. president putin promised a harsh response. >> wherever they are hiding, we will find them on any spot on the planet and punish them, he said. and russia started the punishment against isis who claimed responsibility for the attack by bombing its capital in syria, the city of raqqah. raqqah is now in the cross-hairs of three different air forces, the russians who stepped up attacks today, and the french with ten aircraft carrying out air-strikes today in reprisal for paris and the u.s. which has been bombing for a year. last week to kill isis executioner jihadi john. but will these combined air-strikes bring isis down? >> everybody i

occasional soon to become more frequent special forces raid, isis has spread far beyond its strong holds in syria and iraq. in fact, u.s. military officials tell nbc news they worry about the growing signs of half dozen other places. afghanistan, west africa, libya and in the sinai peninsula where the egyptian military has been battling isis for months. why is isis spreading so rapidly? with its mountains of cash and savvy online recruitment, isis is more open to newcomers than al qaeda ever was. terrorists have always targeted planes, but in the post 9/11 world, increased security has made them more difficult to attack in the u.s. and many other places. that is one possible reason why isis would target the low-cost russian charter, flying out of a small egyptian airport. the other reason -- russia has declared war on isis in syria. a senior u.s. official told me a short while ago, that quote, the confidence is there that a bomb brought down the russian plane. and he expects russia to retaliate heavily and milt airily against isis in syria. >> richard, thank you. >>> let's bring in the former director of

to shut down the entire route to stop isis from moving fighters and weapons to the strong holds in syria and northern iraq. >>> a military hero with local roots is searching for the perfect spot in his home to display his medal of honor given to him today by president barack obama. >> what an honor it was. retired u.s. army captain flo groberg tackled a suicide bomber during a tour in afghanistan in 2012. the a account nearly killed him but saved many fellow soldiers. we caught up with the hero after the ceremony. >> this medal belongs to the true heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice and didn't come home. it also belongs to their families, the true heroes who live with that day everyday. >> captain groberg is the 10th living recipient to be rewarded for actions in afghanistan an we are lucky to have servicemen and women like him serving our country. >> what an honor. he is a local guy. i am so anxious to see what he will be doing in five to ten years. >> remarkable. >> a hero. >>> fan dual and draft kings are in jeopardy in maryland. we'll explain the actions state officials are now taking. >> next, a

a vacant government, an afghanistan like situation an iraq like situation in which there is no strong central government proves to be remarkable breeding ground for groups that want to launch terror attacks against the u.s. does the u.s. have to make syria -- does it have to bring syria into its sphere of influence considering it has a weak central government now? >> i think we have to try and resolve the syrian conflict and i think even senior u.s. policy makers even john kerry is saying they don't want the assad regime to collapse. i think this is the flaw of the u.s. strategy for last several years, they've been saying assad wants to go, kind of want to get rid of assad but we are concerned with instability. you can't have both. >> the united states has never actually -- i think there are a few tiny little countries where the u.s. has succeeded in advocating for regime change and the then successfully seeing a government govern. you heard barnaby phillips story. what about assad must go? >> the alternative is assad must go eventually. we negotiate a position, to move assad personal

officials say there's strong links between the killers and isis members in iraq and syria. french authorities have not iden bodies. at least three were french. and new images have emerged from friday chaos. this is the moment when the deadly massacre began. a band is performing at then suddenly gunfire is heard. by the time police stormed the hall seen in time imaging video people. >> security experts say the number ofmen and women who have become radicalized and have intent on hurting innocent people is so large that law enforcement and intelligence agency simply don't have the resources to keep up with them all. that's the latest live from the newsroom. kris anderson, 7news "today in new england." world leader are promising to step up their fight against isis following the tragedy in paris. president obama had what meeting with russian president vladimir putin with other. the two leaders agreed there's a need for political transition in syria. and the president in the mean time ordered u.s. flags all of them to be lowered to half-staff at federal building across the count

. >> reporter: france continued its assault on isis strong holds launching the first air strikes into iraq from the aircraft carrier. this as 2 victims of the paris a tacks were laid to rest. sisters eating dinner together in a restaurant nine days ago. back to you. >>> tonight, we are hearing that belgium's prime minister plans to reopen the subway and schools on wednesday. >>> a 27-year-old father of two who arrived in the u.s. with his family just four days ago is one of 2 syrian refugees who tried to meet with the governor today. hogan is among the republican governors asking the u.s. to keep refugees out of their states. we have the story from a annapolis. >>> the two recent syrian refugees tried to meet with the mayor were not successful. he and his cousin are typical of the refugees that are admetted to the u.s. according to reset element experts. >> reporter: they have been in the u.s. for just four days and he is resetelled in baltimore. he has a wife and two kids including a seriously ill 3- year-old son. he and his family walked from the war-torn city of holmes to the border wit

strong suit. the entire segment was wisdom of the iraq war. what bernie proved he was judgment to be commander in chief but has the result to not only defend this country but bring people together to find solutions, terrorism. >> also free college got a lot of play tonight from all of the candidates. where did the idea come from? >> it's been his core belief. as he was saying, it's 2015, a college degree especially for young kids may have economic reasons why they might not even achieve that dream. it's a big difference between the plans. he believes public college should be free and people that opportunity. and it's one of the turning points here tonight. >> you have been working on the iowa sanders campaign for quite some time now. how are the iowans receiving your message? >> the more they hear from bernie sanders the more they like him. we've gone from zero to 40 in a short time the last four, five months. we have another 80 days to go. we'll keep talking to iowans, taking question and sharing bernie's vision for the future of this country

s strong hold in syria to its territories in iraq. >> we've carried out several thousand, almost 10,000 air strikes in the last 14 months against i.s.i.s. we have degraded ice's combat-- i.s.i.s. combat strategy. judge what once looked like a civil war now resemmes a world war that obama always envisioned. >> i.s.i.s. is just the fifth generation of al-qaeda because they're all idea logically the same. it was decided that bin mrchlt aden's timetable to be pressed for the cali p.m. ate. he has energisd a base. anyone can be a member of i.s.i.s. anyone at any time and anywhere who carries out an attack could call themself i.s.i.s. >> reporter: the greatest thing is a conflict marked by so much blood sthed on all sides. the solution may ultimately be found on a battle field that no bomb can touch. >> we are not taking on i.s.i.s.'s ideology. the ideology of this group can only be described simply as an apocolyptic cult. the tenets that they breach to the point that they're anti-islamic. what we need to do is assist them in going after this belief system that motivates these young men to sa

iraq, it remains to be seen. but no doubt over the last 15 months that isis has had a strong hold, you have had thousands of peoplel to join the fight in iraq and sy a syria. they've gotten battlefield experience. they have learned how it fight. what happens to the folks if isis begins to break up and -- and these fighters melt away as we've seen in the past. >> all right, ayman mohyeddin. thank for joining me, that was great. >> and the paris attackers, some interesting details just ahead. >>> all right, tonight we are learning more about the identities of the paris attackers. we know as many as three of them are french zints. one of the attackers was in possession after syrian passport. a french source close to the investigation confirming to nbc news, the syrian passport found by authorities was in fact on the body of one of the attackers. that passport was used to travel through greece early last month where it was registered on the greek island of leros. the person that held that document, one of thousands of refugees and migrants that arrived on the greek island everyday. we don't know if that passport was r

because, barack obama gave a strong speech opposing the iraq war won the progressive vote in iowa. >> from the time she had been considering the run for the senate, did she have her eye on the presidency? our was that an evolution? >> she was asked in early 2000 if she thought -- when we would have a woman president. she said 2008. i heard her say that. well, we did not have a woman president, but she tried as hard as she could to be >> she one. thought she would be the one. >> here is 2008 in new hampshire. this is a pretty familiar piece of video. >> it is not easy. i could not do it if i did not passionately believe it was the right thing to do. i have so many opportunities from this country and i do not want to see us fall backwards. [applause] >> why did that campaign fail? >> it was a mess. as tight as her white house operation was the campaign , itself had all of these different factions of hillary people and bill clinton people and a lot of disagreements and tactical errors. all of that had to do with it in terms of whether they were focused on caucus states. in the end, it al

this mission coming as kurdish fighters have now taken back a strong hold in iraq.residential candidate and senator lindsey graham, also a member of the house armed services committee joins us with this thoughts and more. good morning, senator. good to have you here. >> good morning, thank you. bill: your thoughts on this strike of "jihadi john." >> i'm glad if this happened, that is a good thing. like bin laden was killed, but al qaeda has not been decimated but they're stronger. jihad john may be dead but isis alive an well and what is happening in sinjar will not change the equation much at all. isil is growing in influence. there is no ground component to go after them in syria. so it is just a matter of time they will hit us or hit europe if we don't go in on the ground in syria. martha: obviously you have made this, this a centerpiece of your attempt, at the nomination, for your party, for the presidency. you know it is interesting to watch, sort of the response, and we've sort of been watching this whole 93 minute speech that donald trump ad-libbed. i want to

this american approach to isis, with the different shading a little bit, having a strong strategy against isis in iraq, a losing strategy over syria, probably have to change. this is probably what hollande would say. let us do together the things on syria. we have the program to do it. this will be the message to our -- to the french western partners. with russia -- i think that this is probably the most important part of his tour, the first day in russia, the message will be more difficult to convey. you are fighting isis since the first of september. so far we all know that your strikes have had very little to do with isis. you have hit 85% of non-isis targets. if you really want us to build a large coalition that you want us to build, let us focus on isis and not on other things also. focus on isis and call the mutual bluff, in a way. also, the second point, which will be much more difficult, is to focus on the political component. by saying that we all know that handling isis, vanquishing isis, eliminating isis, it will never work if we still put aside the question of the rebuilding of political h

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the town links two isil strong holds, is a major supply route between mosul in iraq and isil's self declared capital raqqa in syria. northern iraq along one of the industry routes for the sinjar offensive comes this report. >> without facing stiff competition, kurdish forces have gone into the center of the town and declared they control the whole talk about. they came in through the north. the north was controlled by them before the north of the mountain. they took that in an operation in september where they allowed yazidi's trapped in the mountain to flee. since december, they have mounted attacks on sinjar, but this last final push seemingly quite easy for the kurdish peshmerga fighters. there is something quite strange. isil social media accounts are on blackout, no information coming out from them. normally they're quite active. i've spoken to a pro isil journalist who said a lot of fighters left on the 11th. what we are told is they were monitoring radio transmissions where isil commanders were telling fighters they needed to stay or they would be executed. seemingly that hasn't happe

iraq backed by air power liberate d sinjar. iraqi forces are fighting to take back ramadi. we have stepped up our support of opposition forces working to cut off supply lines to isis strong holdsoth in iraq and syria, isil controls less territory than it did before. i made the point to my fellow leaders, that if we want this progress to be sustained, more people need to step up with the resources this fight demands. the attacks in paris remind us it will not be enough to defeat isil in syria and iraq alone. here in antalya, we've committed to sharing more information and stepping up efforts to stem the flow of foreign fighters in and out of syria and iraq. as the united states showed in libya, isil leaders will have no safe haven anywhere. the best voices to discredit isil's warped ideology. on the humanitarian front, our nations agreed we have to do more individually and collectively to address the agony of the syrian people. the united states is the largest do donor of aid to the syrian people. we're donating additional supplies including clothing and generators through the united nations. the u.n. appeal for syria has less than half the funds needed. today, i'm again callin

up support of opposition forces working to cut back supply lines to isil strong holds in and around raqqa. in short, both in iraqnd syria, isil controls less territory than it does before. i made the point to my fellow leaders that if we want this progress sustained, more nations need to step up with the resources that this fight demands. of course, the attacks in paris remind us that it will not be enough to defeat isil in syria and iraq alone. here, our nations therefore committed to strengthening border controls, sharing more of course information and stepping up efforts to control the flow of fighters in and out of syria and iraq. as the united states have just shown in libya, isil leaders will have no safe haven everywhere and will continue to stand with faith leaders who are the best voices to discredit isil's warped ideology. on the humanitarian front, our nations agree that we have to do even more individually and collectively to address the agony of the syrian people. the united states is already the largest donor of humanitarian aid to the syrian people, some $4.5 billion in aid so far. as winder appro

officials before any refugee, could come here, from iraq, or syria. the strong vote in the the house could mean passage for the bill in the senate where it head next but the president has threatened to veto. >>> back here in our area parents of the three philadelphia a public schools are outraged over decision to make their child's school a charter school. steve keeley live outside spring garden district headquarters, with the latest, steve, good morning. >> reporter: school headquarters has been shouting headquarters for the the last several years and it was again last night when changing in the charter schools from public school district, run elementary school last year was put to a parent's vote at two schools, parent voted against going to charters a at both and vote were not enclose. this year changing three to charters is all but a done deal parents complain without any vote or input from the parents at these three public elementary being converted to charters. >> you can do well in the public schools. he has been on the honor roll since the the first grad

is his message strong enough and how will the united states respond now? former u.s. ambassador to iraq chris hill joins us live and presidential candidates with lots of different id yeas how t take down isis. john kasich tells us what he would do as we look ahead on "sunday morning futures" right now. >>> hundreds of people today holding vigil, laying out flowers outside pariss bataclan concert hall, the site of friday ease attacks where more than 120 people died, many slaughtered execution style. meanwhile, a wave of arrests this morning in neighboring b l belgium aiming to scoop up co-conspirato co-conspirators. mr. chairman, thanks for your time this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> characterize our ability to get our arms around this. i was just thinking about the fact that assault weapons were used here in paris. assault weapons cannot even be purchased in france. how is it possible that assault weapons got to france and investigators missed it? >> well, the european union is a big entity. of course, weapons can come in at the most vulnerable point and transfer across those bo

iraq war. we all want to be strong, i not necessarily without cost. >> there's a cost involved here, but nobody has mentioned -- nobody at this table wants to see just the americans go ought it. but what if the french president comes here this weeks and asking for american support, with the french, with the germans, with the nato allies, what if he does that what will reporters and candidates -- how will an invasion take place? >> and conservative commentators and mainstream media faulting the president. some are saying he seems tone-deaf to the fear and concern. >> when you look at the polling, obviously people are concerned. he's not willing to acknowledge those concerns. he's talking about this is un-american, before he talks about this is how we're vetting the concern. >> what is the media's role here in terms of holding the president accountable? >> one is to drill down how we do this vetting and how he expects people to -- >> how about a question to the president or to the candidates? is the president just marking time until the next, you know, to the next administration? >> you know the

intelligence officials say there are strong links between the kill and herers and isis members in iraq and syria. paris this morning is a haunted place. >> it's a hell. it's a nightmare. people were hidden in the dead bodies. >> reporter: among the dead, nohemi gonzalez, a california student. >> she wanted to have a career and a family. >> reporter: the faces of some of the 129 dead stare out at the places where they died. many here can't putheir grief into words. >> some of my best friends died here. >> reporter: the sight of a massacre has become a shre of tears. but also of a fierce determination here, that the killers who did this will not win. almost a hundred victims are still critically ill. paris is in shock, so on edge that the noise of fire crackers sent hundreds fleeing in terror. police with guns drawn. the bells tolled for the victims. paris tonight in mourning. and just a few hours ago, french war planes bombed the isis stronghold of raqqah, syria. 12 war planes involved, hitting multiple targets. the biggest french attack on isiso far. u.s. forces also involved. france h

strong hold, u.s. forces helping kurdish troops in a new offensive in iraq. >>> a powerful storm moving east. millions of americans could feel the effects. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live in new york city. i'm del walters. one of the heros of the war in afghanistan receiving the nation's highest military honors. it happened just a short while ago at the white house. president obama honoring captain florent groberg at the white house. he spotted and tackled a suicide bomber. as you can see, then the tears began to flow. al jazeera's jamie mcintyre is live at the pentagon. good morning, jamie, tell us more about flo groberg. >> reporter: an interesting story. is flo groberg was born in paris. he lived there until he was 11 years old. he moved to the united states with his family. he attended high school here outside of washington where he ran track and was a track star at the university of maryland. i had a chance to talk to him a little bit yesterday and along with his mother, and his mother told me that he called her after the september 11th attacks, and said he wanted to serve his coun

strong holds. so in short, both in iraq and syria, iraq controls lester tori than it did before.the point to my fellow lead that's if we want this progress to be sustained, more nations need to step up with the resources that this fight demands. >> of course, the attacks in paris remind us that it will not be enough to defeat isil in syria and iraq alone. our nations, therefore, committed this strengthening border controls, sharing more information, and stepping up our efforts to prevent the flow of foreign fighters and out of syria and iraq. the united states showed in libya, will have no safe haven anywhere and will continue to stands with leaders in muslim communities including safe leaders who are the best voices to discredit isil's warped ideology. on the humanitarian front, we have to do even more individually and collectively to address the agony of the syrian people. the united states is already the largest donor of humanitarian aid to the syrian people. some $4.5 billion in aid so far as winter approaches donating additional supplies including generators through the unit