i stand here today proudly endorsed today by the united mine workers of america! they are standing shoulder to shoulder with me because they're tired of the hot air from senator mcconnell. they're ready for a senator that will fight for their jobs and their black lung benefits. >>> joining me now is joe girth, political writer for the "courier journal" and e.j. dionne. joe, tell us about this fancy farm event and is there a way of saying who won it? >> well, you know, it's a church picnic for st. jerome catholic church. it's been going on since 1880. it's gotten a event there, a political speaking event that i think is probably unique in this country. folks go there not necessarily to listen to the candidates be tow shout them down as best they can. [ laughter ] we try to show politicians as little respect at this event as we possibly can. and the goal generally for a politician is to simply make it through the event. i've never seen a politician win an election because of what they said or did at fancy farm but i think i've seen them lose them. so the idea is to

robert bailey is a retired coal miner and member of the united mine workers of america, with complicated black lung disease. he began working in the coal mines in july 1972. graduated -- after graduate from high school. he retired after 36 and a half years due to the to build taking effects of black lung disease. mr. bailey was born in bluefield, west virginia, and has been married for 41 years, three children and nine grandchildren. mr. bailey, thank you for being with us. our fourth witness on the panel is a prince one senior consultant with the new york office of the law firm. mr. bristow specializes in evaluation and cost determination of individual large and long-term workers compensation claims. particularly occupational disease. he worked on analysis and compensation for occupational lung disease since the early 70s. he's also director of the american society of worker's compensation professionals, new york worker's compensation policy institute. mr. briscoe, thank you very much. i ask ou ask our witnesses to kt just 25 minutes and we'll do around the questions after that. mr. kle

i do. , stand here today proudly endorsed by the united mine workers of america. they are standing shoulder to shoulder to -- with me because they are tired of the hot air from senator mcconnell. they are ready for a senator who will fight for their jobs. when it comes to the jobs that we so need in the commonwealth of kentucky, mitch mcconnell doesn't care. i do. while mitch mcconnell may not think it is his job to bring jobs to the commonwealth, as your u.s. senator, it will be my number one priority. kentuckians deserve to have a senator that will put them back to work. i wanted to put aside the and you willcks, see one of us represents the washington establishment. one of us represents the -- represents kentucky. one of us represents the past. one of us represents the future. we want six more years, yet another term? one of us knows kentucky deserves better. if youians are asking, are a woman who wants to be treated equally and paid fairly, who do you think speaks for you? asking, if youe dream big and don't want to settle for second best, who do you think wil

for example the teamsters were more apt to vote republican than say the united mine workers were. >>robby calling in from florida, independent line. how, robby. >> caller: hi, there. i want to thank you mr. brinkley on his hard work in putting out his book. i wanted to say one thing. nixon was the beginning of party against party. according to george washington in his fair well addresses when he was leaving office. our founder said that the spirit although inacceseneinaccepterab nature that without looking forward to an extremity of this kind which would never be entirely out-of-sight, the spirit of this party is sufficient to make the interested duty of wise people discouraged. it serves to distract the public counsel in favor of the public administration. agitate the community. >> all right robby. i think we got the point. president nixon was a source of party to party conflict. >> we've had party to party conflict since 1800 when thomas jefferson and john adams rip at each other. i think one of the important things is to always remind us that modern times aren't as uniquely oppres

in 1982, he was elected president of the united mine workers of america, the youngest in history. he served three terms as president and brought the mineworkers into the cio. he ran to be secretary-treasurer on the ticket led by john sweeney. he became the dentist person to hold that position as well and served for 15 years. he was elected president of the cio in september, two thousand nine, and reelected in 2013. thus ends the biographical portion of the program, now onto the recitation of ground rules. we are on the record. no live blogging retweeting, no filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway to give us time to listen to what our guest says. there is no embargo when the session ends. we will e-mail several pictures of the session to all the reporters here as soon as the breakfast ends. as regular attendees know, if you would like to ask a question, please do the traditional thing and send me a signal. i will happily call on one and all the time we have available. i will start by offering my guests the opportunity to make some opening comments. thanks again for doin

in 1982, he was elected president of the united mine workers of america, the youngest in history. he served three terms as president and brought the mineworkers into the cio. he ran to be secretary-treasurer on the ticket led by john sweeney. he became the dentist person to hold that position as well and served for 15 years. he was elected president of the cio in september, two thousand nine, and reelected in 2013. thus ends the biographical portion of the program, now onto the recitation of ground rules. we are on the record. no live blogging retweeting, no filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway to give us time to listen to what our guest says. th

. >>> and the united mine workers of america, initially big supporters of president obama, are now in full revolt over his climate agenda that could jeopardize their jobs. some even getting arrested at a march against the epa in pittsburgh. >>> tucker, over to you. >> thank you, anna. well, attorney general eric holder this week came out against certain statistical tools used in determining jail time. they have increasingly used large databases of information that include factors like law enforcement and substance abuse in order to determine sentences. but now holder says, quote, they should not be based, sentences should not be based on unchangeable factor that is a person cannot control or on the possibility of a future crime that has not yet taken place. should we change a method that has worked for so many years? here to weigh in is reverend jacques dubrat. why would we tamper with a formula that has worked? >> first of all, the formula has worked at the federal level, and everyone agrees with the crime rate dropping that the criminal justice system still is unfairly applied in ma

he worked his way through penn state university. 82, he was elected president of the united mine workers of america, the youngest in history. served three terms as president and brought the mineworkers into the cio. secretary-treasurer on the ticket led by john sweeney. he became the dentist person to hold that position as well and served for 15 years. he was elected president of the cio in september, two thousand nine, and reelected in 2013. the biographical portion of the program, now onto the recitation of ground rules. we are on the record. no live blogging retweeting, no filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway to give us time to listen to what our guest says. there is no embargo when the session ends. we will e-mail several pictures of the session to all the reporters here as soon as the breakfast ends. as regular attendees know, if you would like to ask a question, please do the traditional thing and send me a signal. i will happily call on one and all the time we have available. i will start by offering my guests the opportunity to make some opening comments. thanks aga

for example the teamsters were more apt to vote republican than say the united mine workers were. >>robby calling in from florida, independent line. how, robby. >> caller: hi, there. i want to thank you mr. brinkley on his hard work in putting out his book. i wanted to say one thing. nixon was the beginning of party against party. according to george washington in his fair well addresses when he was leaving office. our founder said that the spirit although inacceseneinaccepterab nature that without looking forward to an extremity of this kind which would never be entirely out-of-sight, the spirit of this party is sufficient to make the interested duty of wise people discouraged. it serves to distract the public counsel in favor of the public administration. agitate the community. >> all right robby. i think we got the point. president nixon was a source of party to party conflict. >> we've had party to party conflict since 1800 when thomas jefferson and john adams rip at each other. i think one of the important things is to always remind us that modern times aren't as uniquely oppres

in 1982 at age 33, he was elected president of the united mine workers of america, the youngest in history to hold that position. he served three terms as president and brought the mine workers into the afl-cio. in 1995, he ran to be secretary-treasurer of the afl-cio on a ticket led by john sweeney. he became the youngest person to hold that position as well when he served for 15 years. he was elected as president of the afl-cio in september of 2009 and reelected in 2013. that ends the biographical portrait the program now onto the compelling recitation of ground rules. we are on the record here as always. no live blogging or twitching and no filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway to give us time to listen to what our guest says but no embargo when the session ends. to help you curb that hers, we will you know several pictures of the session to all the reporters here assumes the breakfast ends. as regular attendees know, if you would like to ask a question, lee's send me a subtle nonthreatening signal and a raised eyebrow, finger wave and i will happily: one and all in the tim

united states. scholastic titles mine craft redstone handbook and mine craft essential hand book following second and third. fourth on the list is strength finder 2.0 and fifth is sarai young's jesus calling. retired neurosurgeon ben carson is next with his take on several issues facing the country in one nation. you can watch dr. ben carson discuss his book with choctaw on after words. check our web site for specific air time is. the first family detail by ronald kessler looking at the lives of u.s. presidents through information provided by secret service agents. in the kingdom of ice, a look at the 1879 u.s. naval expedition to the north pole. ninth is former secretary of state hillary clinton with her memoir hard choices. drebin the list is edward klein's blood feud, an examination of the personal and political relationships between the clintons and the obamas. that is a look at this month's list of nonfiction bestsellers according to wall street journal. >> john shiffman is next on booktv talking about a department of homeland security sting operation code-named "operation shakespeare" which was

>> this uncle of mine was a country doctor with all of the fine attributes of the united states. i lived with him and his family parts of it for about seven years. during that time i got a job as an office boy. and on occasion a gentleman having some business with the firm came in and while he waited he talked with the office boy. he was inquiring what i wanted to do, so forth. he said, well, you ought to take up engineering. he was, himself, an engineer. we discussed it and he rather inspired my mind. soon i noticed that stanford university had announced the institution would be opened that autumn and the tuition would be free. that is more or less suited my necessities. they announced they would hold entrance examinations in portland, oregon. i went to the appointed place. i took the examinations as well as i could not ever having been at high school but having attended a night school where i had picked up some latin and some mathematics. i passed the mathematics examinations with such distinction that the professor conducting the examinations sparked a good bit of interest. in

but here's coal mining in the united states, which produces times as much co2 emissions as all of the oil sands in canada. and i know that they're targeting this down here, too. but that there looks like pretty good energy to me. here's a map of google earth showing the western half of canada, therefore, about half the arbor yal forest of canada. they are saying it's destroying the forest of canada. you can see it there barely. it's like a pimple on an elephant. and there's edmonton, where you can see edmonton down there, too. when are they going to reclaim edmonton or las vegas, for example? when are they going to turn this back into a desert ecosystem? every square inch of zrubbed land must by law been put back to a native ecosystem, which this tailings pond which looked ugly when the operations were going on. once they finished, they turned it into a bison pasture run by the first nations indian people, who live nearby, getting $85 million a year from the oil sands in first nations contracts. this is all reclaimed mining land, and so is this. as an eek gist and environmentalist, th

here's coal mining in the united states which produces 15 times as much co 2 emissions as all of the oil sands in canada. i know they're targeting this down here, too, but that there looks like pretty good energy to me. -- google p a google earth. they're saying the oil sands is destroying canada's forest. you can see it there barely. it's like a pimp pell on an elephant. there's edmonton where you can see edmonton can down there too. when are they going to reclaim edmonton or las vegas? when are they going to turn this back to a desert ecosystem. in the oil sand every inch of land must be put back to its native system. once they finished with that, they turned it into a biceyoon pasture run by the people who lived -- live nearby. this is all reclaimed mining land and so is this. and as an ecologist and environmentalist, this is good enough for me and it should be good enough for everybody. [applause] thank you very much for listening to me this morning. you can follow me on twitter at eco sense dot now. i have a big campaign going on around the world. i think you'll find it of inter

. >> kurdish fighters say isis fighters seen from early august have mined the roads around the dam. i raek military units with bomb disposal capabilities are en route to the dam now. u.s. officials were concerned the dam would be used as a weapon. if it floods, it would send a wall of water 50 feet high. u.s. officials have confirmed about 90 yezidi men were massacred in a village. hundreds of women and children from the area are said to have been kidnapped after isis fighters demanded they report to the local school and register their families. men were separated from women and marched away and killed according to eyewitnesses. u.s. air strikes could not halt that massacre, president obama will remain in martha's vineyard for most of today and return to washington today and tonight for meetings. >> jennifer griffin in washington with word on the humanitarian crisis and the key battle of infrastructure. thank you. >>> with more on the strategy of fighting these isis terrorists, let's bring in john bolton. a fox news contributor and senior fellow at the american interprize institute. we just heard from je

with the bovespa, through bpr, trades here in the united states, brazilian oil company, seen a fall in shares as a result of this crash. valet a big miningny that trades here in the united states as well as the etfs have been very, very active. volume has been almost double what we normally see in the etfs. we'll keep you up-to-date. big movement in the brazilian i shares and stock market and the brazilian adr, scott, because of this news. >> markets volatile around any event relate wlad so ever to the election even back to the world cup and brazil's untimely loss. >> absolutely. a lot of people have been investing in the brazilian market because they saw it similar to what happened in india over the last year. that if you got a new candidate, that believed a new leader, more open to market solutions for an economy rather than socialists solutions, far better. we saw the indian market start to take off and over and over again in analysts reports you could see a reference to a modie moment within brazil. see if this situation, this tragic situation, changes that at all. >> all right. michelle, thanks so much. >>> king digital is getting c

of these, you can claim it and then it will effectively become part of the united states at least temporarily so that you can mines down. john: going to take any furbearing animal buddies have been meant or other explosive compound. is that right? >> guess, that's right. this is for -- you thought caddy shack was fiction, but in fact, it happens. you have a category, the government not minding its own business. would you need to get a ridiculous law and an example quickly, go to any state federal criminal code and look under the section that is usually called offensive against decencies and morals and you're guaranteed to find something that is completely ridiculous. >> in the criminal code in the books in idaho, laws against fornication. >> yes, that's right. so no one fornicate cinemark. [laughter] >> these laws are harmless, right? >> are you confident that someone will not use one of these laws to such harassment? john: no, i am not confident. but there is one place where there is some hope that people are rising up and that is minnesota. minnesota last year, the governor had a program and they would go out a

united states. scholastic titles 9 craft, redstone handbook and mine craft essential hand book following second and third. fourth on the list is strengthfind a 2.0 and fifth is sarah young's jesus calling. retired neurosurgeon ben carson is next with his take on several issues facing the country in one nation. you can watch dr. ben carson discuss his book with chuck todd this weekend on afterwards. check our web site for specific airtime is. the first family detail by ronald kessler is seventh looking at the lives of u.s. presidents for information provided by their secret service agents. in the kingdom of ice, a look at the 1879 u.s. naval expedition to the north pole. ninth is for secretary of state hillary clinton with her memoir hard joyces and wrapping up the list is blood feud, an examination of the personal and political relationships between the clintons and the obamas. that is a look at this month's list of nonfiction bestsellers according to the wall street journal. >> of next, hisham aidi looks at the connection between music and political activism in the muslim world. this program from

but here's coal mining in the united states, which produces times as much co2 emissions as all of the oil sands in canada. and i know that they're targeting this down here, too. but that there looks like pretty good energy to me. here's a map of google earth showing the western half of canada, therefore, about half the arbor yal forest of canada. they are saying it's destroying the forest of canada. you can see it there barely. it's like a pimple on an elephant. and there's edmonton, where you can see edmonton down there, too. when are they going to reclaim edmonton or las vegas, for example? when are they going to turn this back into a desert ecosystem? every square inch of zrubbed land must by law been put back to a native ecosystem, which this tailings pond which looked ugly when the operations were going on. once they finished, they turned it into a bison pasture run by the first nations indian people, who live nearby, getting $85 million a year from the oil sands in first nations contracts. this is all reclaimed mining land, and so is this. as an eek gist and environmentalist, th

mining industry. it will separate aluminum, coal, and silver. in new unitl operate five countries from australia to south africa. finally, a manhattan tavern that has kept its dive bar atmosphere. .hey have won a court order a court order stop worldwide -- evenom a victory in eating the watering hole. -- evicting the waterhole. lost nine cents a share in the last quarter. down 6%. the former chief executive says he has seen a law a big news in the report. it will reflect well on him. trish regan spoke exclusively within yesterday. you had a busy 24 hours. >> we had a chat on the phone. he looked at this past quarter as approval for himself. .e said, this is my report card there were only 12 days i was not there. this is my work. i organized payroll in the stores and organized efficiency. he is trying to do all he can to stay involved with this company. is besides the board having ousted him. >> is he just a shareholder? >> he is a shareholder. he does not have an official title. he has been kept on as a consultant. when i talked to him in the past, he said

i tkpwra the united states 1975 ry academy along in with a great friend of mine of many, many years.est point and hen my service as an airborne ranger in the 82nd airborne division instilled in me a duty to sense of country. four decades later, the words of which president obama referred to earlier, still guide helped me choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong. experience at the proctor and gamble company a great deal about strong company values and about great i believe i can use those lessons learned to help change and move forward the v.a. unlike png, v.a. might not be concerned by quarterly loss statements or shareholder value, but the v.a. does have a bottom line, and that bottom line is care for veterans. [applause] v.a. is in the important business of making positive difference in their lives. and i'm here to promise you to the that the v.a. will go beyond its present difficulties and be stronger for it. there are two reasons for that. mission and values. first, v.a. has a great mission. it doesn't matter whether you are a gs one or senior executive, everyone want

mine collapse. >>> hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm isa soares. it is 11:00 a.m. in russia. now russia continues to insist the troops are not operating inside ukraine. the west insists the satellite images show russian equipment there. they stopped short of calling the images a smoking gun. take a listen. >> despite moscow's hollow denials, it is now clear that russian troops and equipment have illegally crossed the border into eastern and southeastern ukraine. this is not an isolated action but part of a dangerous pattern over many months to destabilize ukraine as a sovereign nation. >> russian foreign minister lavrov is not only denying the images, he says they are simply made up. >> translator: from the very beginning of the crisis, we have been blamed for everything. there have been reports there are photographs from space showing movements of russian troops. as it turns out, it was computer games and the images are taken from there. >> matthew chance is in moscow at this hour. reza is in kiev. let's start with matthew chance. matthew, we have

mining industry. a companyill have value of $16 million. it will unit in five countries and south africa.ly, some way in. in manhattan, the dive bar atmosphere in neighborhoods surrounding the office towers -- a court order temporarily blocking. stopped atroups were the bars are located at watering holes in august. back to you. american apparel lost four cents a share. the shares are down 6% of the former chief executive says he sees a lot of good news in the report. he says will select well on him. trish regan spoke exclusively to win yesterday. you had a busy 24 hours. >> we had a chat on the phone. he looked at this past quarter as really a sample of approval. there areo me -- only 12 days and i was not there. closing a distribution center in canada and organize payroll in the stores putting a efficiency. trying to do all he can to stay involved -- as involved as you can with the company despite the board having ousted him as ceo. >> is he a shareholder now? collects ga -- >>. he is a consultant. when i talk to him, he said this is me. i am the one running this business on a day-to-day

kurdish fighters say that isis fitters seen in this video from early august have mined the roads around the dam. iraqi military units with bomb disposal capabilities en route now to the dam. u.s. officials were concerned the dam would be used as a weapon. if it floods, it would send a wall of water 60 feet high toward mosul 30 miles away and flood the capital, baghdad, including the u.s. embassy there. there are -- and as doug mentioned, there are new reports of 300 yazidi men being slaughtered by isis fighters in the village near sinjar. u.s. officials have confirmed about 90 yazidi men were massacred on friday. hundreds of women and children from the area are said to have been kidnapped after isis fighters demanded they report to the local school and register their families. men were separated from women and marched away and killed. u.s. air strikes could not halt that massacre. the usa.s. air force to will to protect iraq's infrastructure according to u.s. defense officials. doug? >> thank you, jennifer. >>> for more insight on the situation in iraq, let's turn now to congressman ed royce, chairman of the house f

the united states is approaching that threshold. those words are not mine, those words appear in a powerful new report on income inequality by the wall street rating firm standard and poor's. s&p's warning to us all is that extreme income inequality hurts everyone eventually, including even the super rich. in a report entitled how income inequality is damping u.s. economic growth and possible ways to change the tide, s&p's global credit portal says, standard and poor's sees extreme income inequality as a drag on long run economic growth. we have reduced our ten-year force. here's a chart who benefits most from economic growth. since the '80s, the top 10% of income earners enjoy most of the income growth during expansions if the economy. the s&p report says, we see a narrowing of the income gap, as beneficial to the economy. benefit also extend across income levels, boosting purchasing power among those in the middle and lower levels of the pay scale, while the richest americans enjoy increased spending power in a sustained economic expansion. joining me now

mine collapse. >>> hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm isa

and that mines more passivity in the middle east for the united states. >> mark murray, congressionaltarting to really trickle out. we just heard from senator harry reid who says, quote, i support president obama's decision to send humanitarian air drops to the thousands of stranded iraqi civilians who have been forced to flee their homes and are at risk of dying. i also support the president's decision to launch air strikes as long as no combat forces are on the ground. these air strikes are the correct action for our national security. they will protect american interests and save lives in iraq. and on top of that, house speaker john boehner supporting the president's decision to authorize air strikes. but criticizing what he called the ongoing absence of a strategy for countering the grave threat that isis poses in the region. that's the quote from him. what are the political implications of all of this for president obama? >> right now the president seems to have some breathing room. it's not a surprise that senate majority leader harry reid supports him. he's a democrat. it would

mine is totally engulfed in flames. >> you can see the damage that remains. the fire was concentrated to the end unit for the most part. firefighters were able to minimize it from spreading there's smoke damage and other damage in the apartments. in a all 8 units are affected in one way or another with up to 25 people. the red cross is trying to determine exactly how many people are in need of their assistance. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thanks for the details, katherine. >>> new from the overnight a fast-moving fire damaged a house in philadelphia. it broke out ain the kensington section. firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke pouring from the second floor of the two story house. they were able to get the fire under control in 15 minutes. the house appears to be vacant. no word on the cause. >>> homicide detectives are searching for the killer of a 19-year-old who was driving in the philadelphia. he was shot in the chest while driving by 10th an york streets and ended up crashing is car at 10th and dauphin streets. >>> keith belajonas went into a jealous rage when he stabbed his w

this is a working nickel mine, and it's also a cutting edge particlecal physics lab. >> the united nations says the number of people killed in eastern ukraine has doubled in the last two weeks. this comes as officials in kiev say they will only accept the convoy of aid from russia if the red cross distributes it. emma hayward is in eastern ukraine and spoke to some of those who badly need the help. >> reporter: under canvas they can finally feel safe baby is only nine months old and her mom is trying to keep her cool in the stifling heat. nadia is a teenager keen on her gadgets put but she's suffering from cancer and she came here with her grandmother because it was too dangerous to get the help that she needed. >> we could only get treatment in luhansk. the last time we were there it was getting sheffield united. he managed to grab our medical papers. >> reporter: this is a temporary shelter for people fleeing the fighting in eastern ukraine. more than two and a half thousand people have passed through here in a month. for some it's been a difficult journey. >> separatists would not let u

units. and 3 thousand people that have a second home they own the affordable housing. also people talked about insurance i want to address that i should rent mine i called my broker and there are brokers that create policies for people and gets insurance and it's easy they need to call it's a whole new market the taxes will create more jobs and keep the money in the city and create affordable housing that's the most important thing. thank you. >> hello, i'm greg i'm a long term retained in san francisco thirty years i've owned my house for 20 years i'm a host are home sharing. i'm in support of the protective i don't think what's on the board really works. i want to pay tax on my property that i rent. i once owned a pyritic property in florida and i was a issued a yourselves permit they have portals on line i paid every quarter the insurance was held up to you was insured for one million dollars i was an owner in a multiple you unit building so i know it can work it's possible. i just think this need more work and there's so many benefits i can go illness, show you the receipts from mirror my guests i hope it didn't get killed in san francisco.

united states has supplied humanitarian aid and support. >>> california police have found the body of a missing pregnant woman at the bottom of a mine shafte mojave desert. 19-year-old erin corwin was reported missing by her husbands a u.s. marine back on june 28th. they have charged her lover in that murder. corwin was last seen headed to joshua national park where police believe she was going to meet lee. lee was recently honorably discharged from the marines and moved with his family to alaska. >>> the phillies are back home and they opened a three game series against the mariners at the bank last night. take a look. third inning, two on for marlon byrd who then sends a shot deep left. turns out to be a rbi double which gave the phils a one-nothing lead and jimmy rollins not in the lineup but the phils did not need him. in the fifth andreas blanco filling in. a three run home run is how it turned out and the phillies actually win four to one. >> 5:17 now and new research shows drug use to treat a rare type of cancer may also show some promise to restore hair loss. >> and then huge flames get too close for comfort to homes out west forc

>> mine is actually quite a songbird. the vast majority of the unitedve been threatened with a -- have been told that they are threatened by islamic terrorists. eight out of 10 believe there is a domestic threat. 40% of those polled say they isisto join in bombings on soames. >> we have a guest who says they risk is exactly that. china's credit plunges to be lowest since before the financial crisis. ♪ . . >> standoff at the border. ukraine blocks a convoy of 280 trucks that russians say are carrying humanitarian aid. japan contracts. most since 2011 as consumption and investment plunges after the sales tax hike. clue. rate rise the bank of england will reach -- will release its quarterly inflation report, giving us insight into mark carney's next move. ♪ >> welcome back to "countdown." i am mark barton, joined by manus kick -- joined by manus cranny. saysrucks which russians are loaded with food and water are poised to enter ukraine. ryan chilcote is here. or are they? towe are certainly poised see a standoff when they get close to the border. ukraine s

units have crossed that border. they have crossed over iranian fighters on friday and saturday. they brought artillery with them to counter shelling by the islamic state group. because of mines and bombs laid by islamic state fighters they will try to push opposite and retake that count. helicopters have backed them but not u.s. airstrikes. the u.s. has limited its response here and has focused on u.s. interests to protect u.s. citizens and other assets here in the north. there are reports of at least one bomb, in baghdad, meanwhile. this one a suicide car bomb near a police station that also house as unit of iraqi intelligence attached to the interior ministry. several civilians and at least two police officers have died in that one. security forces and police stations are frequent targets of attacks claimed by islamic state groups. >> and we're now joined by the national iranian american couple. he joins us live from washington, d.c. it's worth reporting hundreds of iranian troops have joined the fight. they're backed by the kurdish fighters pill tel. tell me about the significance of the bombing in iraq. >> isis makes for strange bedfellows. the current government of iraq