Midday Brief for Wednesday, May 15th

The U.S. orders nonemergency diplomatic personnel to leave Iraq immediately over heightened tensions with Iran. Facebook will stop users who post terrorist propaganda from broadcasting live video. Microsoft says a computer bug that it has patched could be used as a cyber weapon. J.R. Whalen reports.

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