美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-09-18(在线收听

 1. President Barack Obama will take to the airways Wednesday night in a prime time address to the nation. Aides say he will outline specific details what steps the US will take to defeat the Islamic State group which has overrun parts of the northern Iraq and Syria. The plan is expected to call for arming Syrian opposition forces and potentially launching airstrikes in both countries.

 
2. Meanwhile, Secretary of State, John Kerry made a surprise visit to Baghdad to meet with Iraq’s new leaders. In a news conference there, Kerry said neither the US nor the world will stand by and watch the militant groups spread its evil. 
 
3. A South Carolina man confessed Wednesday to killing his five children, ages one to eight, then dumping their bodies wrapped in trash bags in a secluded clearing along a rural road in Alabama. Authorities say 32-year-old Timothy Ray Jones Jr. will be charged with 5 counts of murder. They are not yet sure of the motive.
 
4. And morning show anchors in Knoxville, Tennessee, got an early Halloween Scare Wednesday, when a flying bat made a surprise live appearance onset.
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