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they're up against the center of mass of isis. and secondly, the special forces will, i think, just as they have in iraq, make these fighters better strategically and better tactically, help them make better decisions militarily. >> pelley: now, the russians have troops on the ground at a military base in syria. does this increase the likelihood of a u.s.-russia confrontation? >> scott, i don't think so. i'm not concerned about that. these syrian forces, these kurdish force forces that we'reg to be supporting are focused entirely on isis. they're not focused on fighting the assad regime. so i think the chances of us butting up against the russians here is unlikely. >> pelley: michael morell, former number two at the c.i.a., michael, thank you. in another important story tonight, the largest mass release of federal prisoners began today. thousands of nonviolent drug offenders are walking free in a program to ease overcrowding. we have more now from our justice correspondent jeff pegues. >> this is about as far as i can go. >> repor
they're up against the center of mass of isis. and secondly, the special forces will, i think, just as they have in iraq, make these fighters better strategically and better tactically, help them make better decisions militarily. >> pelley: now, the russians have troops on the ground at a military base in syria. does this increase the likelihood of a u.s.-russia confrontation? >> scott, i don't think so. i'm not concerned about that. these syrian forces, these kurdish force forces...
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against isis in syria and iraq. here's david martin. >> reporter: aircraft continue to destroy isis targets every day, but the obama administration is frustrated by the glacial rate of progress and abt to ramp up the war in ways that could increase the risk of american combat casualties. one plan would use aapache helicopter gunships, which are much more vulnerable to ground fire than jet aircraft, to fly missions in support of iraqi troops trying to retake the city of ramadi. other proposals would incncase the n nber of american advisers in iraq and place them closer to the front lines. as defense secretary carter made clear in congressional testimony, there is a new sense of urgency about deeffect isis. >> i can't tell you how long it will take, but i think that it needs to be soon,hich is why 're so intent upon strengthening our effort. >> reporter: last week, master sergeant joshua wheeler became the first american killed in wounded in a raid on an isis prison. and carter said there would be more special operati
against isis in syria and iraq. here's david martin. >> reporter: aircraft continue to destroy isis targets every day, but the obama administration is frustrated by the glacial rate of progress and abt to ramp up the war in ways that could increase the risk of american combat casualties. one plan would use aapache helicopter gunships, which are much more vulnerable to ground fire than jet aircraft, to fly missions in support of iraqi troops trying to retake the city of ramadi. other...
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. >> pelley: but two years later, he's doing just that, as the war against isis esk laits. also tonight, severe storms. texas. the search for the cause of this near disaster. >> one interesting thing is that going inside the cabin, you can't tell there was a fire. >> pelley: and steve hartman are a high school football player going for the exclamation point in a coach's career. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: president obama is putting u.s. forces on the ground in syria, something he had vowed not to do. but after a year of american airstrikes and the failure of a u.s. program to build an army of syrian rebels, mr. obama is order, in about 50 special operations troops to step up the war against isis. u.s. forces have struck inside syria before in lightning raids, but these troops are in for the long haul. the white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harm's way. david martin is at the pentagon. >> reporter: a pentagon official said american special forces will spend up to 60 days at a tim
. >> pelley: but two years later, he's doing just that, as the war against isis esk laits. also tonight, severe storms. texas. the search for the cause of this near disaster. >> one interesting thing is that going inside the cabin, you can't tell there was a fire. >> pelley: and steve hartman are a high school football player going for the exclamation point in a coach's career. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >>...
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with this video the kurds want to underscore how with american help they are winning against isis. in contrast to the iraqi army which gets four times as much money from the u.s., but is struggling to take back the country from extremists. the fact is, though, scott, the kurds have p ptty well con sol datetemost of their territory in northern iraq whereas the iraqi army has thousands of square miles to take back from isis. they are making proess at least. but it is painfully slow. >> pelley: liz pawker in northern iraq for us tonight, thank you. >> we were struck today by pictures from a dre that captured the scope of the refugegecrisis in europe. a grim prosession of thousands walked through a field in slovenia after escaping the wars in syria an afghanistan. their march to freedom i in western europe was detoured by border closures, yet they marched on. joined each day by thousands more. >> doctors wananto change the way h hh school football is played after another tragedy. and what happened after part continues. >> today a medical panel urged high school football leagues to ban
with this video the kurds want to underscore how with american help they are winning against isis. in contrast to the iraqi army which gets four times as much money from the u.s., but is struggling to take back the country from extremists. the fact is, though, scott, the kurds have p ptty well con sol datetemost of their territory in northern iraq whereas the iraqi army has thousands of square miles to take back from isis. they are making proess at least. but it is painfully slow. >>...
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now, this is video posted a very short time ago online by isis, which they say shows the aftermath of this raid. the mission was originally set in motion when the kurds told the americans that they thought some of their fighters who had been paraded as prisoners by isis were inside that compound. we now know they weren't there, but 70 other prisoners were, some of them believed to be it isis fighters and the secretary said that they will provide valuable information about how the group works. he added that there are going to be more raids like this one because they are so very purposes. >> pelley: veteran war correspondent elizabeth palmer in northern iraq. liz, thank you. david martin, our pentagon correspondent, has gone inside the command center for the u.s. air war on isis, and you can see his report this sunday on "60 minutes." 101 days until the iowa caucuses, and republican donald trump has fallen out of first place. a new poll shows him trailing ben carson by nine points. one-time national front-runner in iowa, and now he's laying off some staff and cutting salaries. democrat
now, this is video posted a very short time ago online by isis, which they say shows the aftermath of this raid. the mission was originally set in motion when the kurds told the americans that they thought some of their fighters who had been paraded as prisoners by isis were inside that compound. we now know they weren't there, but 70 other prisoners were, some of them believed to be it isis fighters and the secretary said that they will provide valuable information about how the group works....
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. >> pelley: also tonight, the first american combat death in the war against isis. gun violence claims another child. police say a suspect has confessed to a road rage killing. and high honors today for world war ii heroes immortalized by hollywood. >> want to get into the war? >> monuments men. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: house republicans have been planning this day for over a year. former secretary of state and now presidential candidate hillary clinton is testifying under oath before the benghazi committee. the panel is investigating the 2012 attack on u.s. diplomatic buildings in benghazi, libya. four americans were killed. ambassador chris steven, sean smith, glen doherty and tyrone woods. republicans are searching for any mistakes made on secretary clinton's watch. democrats say benghazi has been thoroughly investigated and the hearing is only designed to damage her. this is a live picture of her returning. her testimony began more than eight hours ago. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. >> reporter: the hearing started out c
. >> pelley: also tonight, the first american combat death in the war against isis. gun violence claims another child. police say a suspect has confessed to a road rage killing. and high honors today for world war ii heroes immortalized by hollywood. >> want to get into the war? >> monuments men. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: house republicans have been planning this day for over a year. former secretary of state and now...
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is targeting the terrorist army known as isis. now two of the world's largest air forces are fighting on different sides and keeping them separated is the job of u.s. commanders in the persian gulf. david martin has a rare look. >> reporter: scott, this is the nerve center for the air campaign against isis, and through this window is the operations floor where all the missions are being tracked, including the ones over syria where russian aircraft are also operating. you can see it on the screen, the yellow aircraft are russian, the green, american. u.s. pilots flying f-16s out of turkey first picked up the russian planes on radar. the russians closed to within 20 miles, at which point the american pilots could visually identify them on their targeting cameras. lieutenant general charles brown, commander of the air campaign, says the russians have come even closer than that to his unmanned drones. >> the closest has been within a handful of miles into some of our remotely piloted aircraft, but for our manned aircraft, not closer t
is targeting the terrorist army known as isis. now two of the world's largest air forces are fighting on different sides and keeping them separated is the job of u.s. commanders in the persian gulf. david martin has a rare look. >> reporter: scott, this is the nerve center for the air campaign against isis, and through this window is the operations floor where all the missions are being tracked, including the ones over syria where russian aircraft are also operating. you can see it on the...
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is bombing isis. david martin tells us who russia is fighting for. >> reporter: the pentagon counted eight russian aircraft attacking two areas in western syria, well away from where u.s. aircraft normally operate, but also well away from territory controlled by isis. the targets, which russia said were weapons, ammunition and other military equipment belonging to terrorists, were in areas controlled by groups fighting to overthrow the regime of bashar al assad. in other words, russia is not joining the u.s. in the fight against isis but instead intervening on the side of assad, a brutal dictator president obama has repeatedly said must go. defense secretary carter said it amounts to throwing gasoline on a fire. >> the result of this kind of action will inevitably simply be to inflame the civil war in syria. >> reporter: carter was also miffed by the way russia notified the u.s. of the strikes, one hour ahead of time, a russian general walked up to the u.s. embassy in baghdad and announced russian air
is bombing isis. david martin tells us who russia is fighting for. >> reporter: the pentagon counted eight russian aircraft attacking two areas in western syria, well away from where u.s. aircraft normally operate, but also well away from territory controlled by isis. the targets, which russia said were weapons, ammunition and other military equipment belonging to terrorists, were in areas controlled by groups fighting to overthrow the regime of bashar al assad. in other words, russia is...
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spent half a billion dollars only to discover that the rebels don't want to fight isis. they want to fight the assad dictatorship. in another setback for the united states today, isis captured a number of syrian towns, moving in after russian warplanes bombed other rebels backed by the united states. in an interview for "60 minutes," steve kroft asked president obama whether russia's vladimir putin is challenging american leadership. >> reporter: a year ago, when we did this interview, there was some saber-rattling between the united states and russia on the ukrainian border. now, it's also going on in syria. you said a year ago that the united states-- america leads. "we're the indispensable nation." mr. putin seems to be challenging that leadership. >> in what way? let's think about this -- >> reporter: well, he's moved troops into-- into syria, for one. >> yeah. >> reporter: he's got people on the ground. >> yeah. >> reporter: two, the russians are conducting military operations in the middle east for the first time since world war ii. >> so that's -- >> reporter: bom
spent half a billion dollars only to discover that the rebels don't want to fight isis. they want to fight the assad dictatorship. in another setback for the united states today, isis captured a number of syrian towns, moving in after russian warplanes bombed other rebels backed by the united states. in an interview for "60 minutes," steve kroft asked president obama whether russia's vladimir putin is challenging american leadership. >> reporter: a year ago, when we did this...
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now, today the first american was killed in combat in the war against isis. he died in a daring raid in northern iraq to free dozens of prisoners who were about to be executed by the islamic terror group. margaret brennan is following this. >> reporter: just after 2:00 a.m. five american helicopters with 30 u.s. special operations forces along with iraqi kurd commandos landed outside a heavily guarded isis prison in northern iraq. the troops stormed the compound and in an exchange of gunfire killed around two dozen isis fighters. the u.s. servicemen was fatally wounded. the commandos rescued 70 hostages who were about to be executed, including more than 20 iraqi soldiers. the raid raised questions about president obama's vow not to put u.s. soldiers into combat in iraq. but pentagon spokesperson peter cook said the special operations forces were only assisting the kurdish fighters. >> in that support role, they are allowed to defend themselves and also defend partner forces and to protect against the loss of innocent life. >> reporter: the raid was launched a
now, today the first american was killed in combat in the war against isis. he died in a daring raid in northern iraq to free dozens of prisoners who were about to be executed by the islamic terror group. margaret brennan is following this. >> reporter: just after 2:00 a.m. five american helicopters with 30 u.s. special operations forces along with iraqi kurd commandos landed outside a heavily guarded isis prison in northern iraq. the troops stormed the compound and in an exchange of...
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terror war against isis. and the driverless car, driven to please. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: extreme weather is to blame tonight for deaths on land and at sea. the coast guard says a cargo ship caught in hurricane joaquin sank in the bermuda triangle with 28 americans on board. more about that in a moment. but first the worst flooding on record in the carolinas killed 11. ironically it left 40,000 in south carolina without drinking water and shut down more than 500 roads and bridges. cainhoy, south carolina, got nearly 27 inches of rain. the biblical deluge was enough to raise the dead. floodwaters limited caskets from their graves. here's david begnaud. >> reporter: these are some of the catastrophic images that we flew with the national guard over the state capital of columbia, this dam one of nine breeched. dozens of aerial rescues throughout the state, including this woman and her child earlier nud charleston. more than 150 people have been plucked from flooded homes and stranded cars
terror war against isis. and the driverless car, driven to please. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: extreme weather is to blame tonight for deaths on land and at sea. the coast guard says a cargo ship caught in hurricane joaquin sank in the bermuda triangle with 28 americans on board. more about that in a moment. but first the worst flooding on record in the carolinas killed 11. ironically it left 40,000 in south carolina...
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holly williams reports that today, russian pilots added the isis terrorist group to their targets. >> reporter: russia said its air strikes destroyed an isis command center and a training camp near the group's stronghold of iraqa. but russian airstrikes have also targeted so-called moderate rebels, some of them backed by the u.s. this video seems to show the aftermath of a russian air strike just outside the syrian capital of damascus. syria's civil war has already cost more than a quarter of a million lives, many of them taken by the syrian regime's bombing of civilian areas. russia supports the regime with weapons and money, but now it's also giving syrian government forces an even more critical advantage. "russian aviation is helping us a lot," said this commander in the syrian army. but for those syrians who oppose the regime, russian air strikes will only strengthen government forces and worsen their agony. in the suburbs of damascus today, emergency workers rescued children from the aftermath of a bombing, though it's not known whether it was the work of russian or regime forces
holly williams reports that today, russian pilots added the isis terrorist group to their targets. >> reporter: russia said its air strikes destroyed an isis command center and a training camp near the group's stronghold of iraqa. but russian airstrikes have also targeted so-called moderate rebels, some of them backed by the u.s. this video seems to show the aftermath of a russian air strike just outside the syrian capital of damascus. syria's civil war has already cost more than a...
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30 miles from isis control. colonel abdul jabbar al-akaidi is a rebel commander in syria's u.s.-backed opposition and told us russia could easily strike isis if it wanted to but that its real intention is to defend the syrian regime "they can destroy our cities but in the end we'll send them home in coffins." they're defiant words, but the rebels are under-equipd and vulnerable to russian attack. yet colonel alac told us he's given up hoping for help from the u.s. "i don't think president obama is sincere, "he told us. "the americans let us down, and i don't trust them." u.s. and russian officials spoke today in an effort to reduce the risk of an accidental collision in syrian airspace, but, scott, the bigger problem is that russian airstrikes on u.s.-backed rebels have made the syrian civil war more complicated and even deadlier. >> pelley: holly williams for us tonight, hole, thanks. the husband of one of the newtown victims shares with us his despair over today's school shooting in oregon when we come back.me
30 miles from isis control. colonel abdul jabbar al-akaidi is a rebel commander in syria's u.s.-backed opposition and told us russia could easily strike isis if it wanted to but that its real intention is to defend the syrian regime "they can destroy our cities but in the end we'll send them home in coffins." they're defiant words, but the rebels are under-equipd and vulnerable to russian attack. yet colonel alac told us he's given up hoping for help from the u.s. "i don't think...