History captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Congress that he is doubling the number of u. S. Forces headed to iraq. These new troops are being sent in with helicopters and will be equipped for combat. It was just 11 days ago that president obama announced that 300 advisors were headed to baghdad to help iraq fight an extremist insurgency that threatens to tear the country apart. But he insisted at that time that u. S. Forces will not be returning to combat. Apparently now the mission is growing. Major garrett is at the white house for us tonight. Major . Scott, white house officials insist this is not a signal of Mission Creep in iraq. They do acknowledge this means more forces with combat capability will be in baghdad but argue their only mission will be to protect u. S. Embassy personnel, secure baghdads airport and if necessary beef up military escorts in the event that the security situation in baghdad worsens to the point where large scale evacuations of u. S. Personnel are required. These news fors, we are told, scott, will not participate in any way in the intelligence gathering or battlefield advising that the 300 green barretts the president ordered to iraq are now providing. Pelley we mentioned 121 11 days ago the president said we were sending in 300 advisors, now that number is doubling to troops equipped for combat. What has changed in that period of time . Well, those 11 days ago the white house was concerned whether or not baghdad would fall completely to these insurgents. Thats no longer the concern but there is rising concern about the security of u. S. Personnel and officials here tell us the president wants to be positioned militarily to protect u. S. Personnel in the embassy and if necessary if they are moved anywhere outside baghdad or out of the country entirely because the situation in baghdad has deteriorated rapidly. Pelley major garrett, thank you very much. The u. S. Forces are helping iraqs government battle islamic extremists known as isis who have taken over about a third of iraq. Isis has now declared a new Islamic State that it says covers part of iraq and syria. It has called on all muslims around the world to pledge their allegiance. This war is largely between the two branches of islam, the sunnis and the shia. Charlie dagata is in baghdad. Reporter Iraqi Army Soldiers joined forces with shiite melisha volunteers against a sunni extremists in a fierce gun battle northeast of the capitol. The soldiers wave the isis flag as proof they had overrun the militants. With the guidance of u. S. Military advisors, iraqi forces have now secured a crucial highway about 100 miles away from the capitol. The u. S. Also sent 75 hellfire missiles. The iraqies had run out. At the moment iraqi forces are launching the missiles from the only airplanes they have, two cessna propeller planes. Iraq has repeatedly criticized the u. S. For not providing help fast enough. And so over the weekend the iraqis showed off the delivery of five warplanes from russia. Major general saad maan said iraqis couldnt afford to wait for the u. S. To provide planes. It is personal to end any war f you do not have enough is that your biggest problem. Of course. Yes. The Major General also told us theres been a recent uptick in suspicious terrorist activity in the capitol including at rest today of suspects are seven suicide vests, maybe one more reason for beefing up security at the u. S. Embassy, the airport and elsewhere. Pelley Charlie Dagata in baghdad for us tonight, charlie, thank you very much. In a major ruling today the Supreme Court said that some employers cannot be forced to cover Birth Control in their health plans if that violates their religious beliefs. Contraceptive coverage had been mandated for employers under obamacare. The decision was 54 with chief Justice John Roberts providing the swing vote and you may recall he was the swing vote in the ruling two years ago that upheld most of bamacare. Jan crawford has more about todays decision and what it will mean. The political firestorm pitting womens rights against religious freedom. Inside the court the justices also were deeply divided and sharply at odds in their approach to the case. The majority decision by Justice Samuel alito emphasized religious rights and marked the first time the court has allowed a Forprofit Corporation this type of religious exemption. It was a victory for familyowned Companies Like the hobby lobby chain of arts and Crafts Stores whose owners david and barbara green challenged the law. The court said the Health Care Law clearly imposes a substantial burden on the greens religious beliefs because it requires them to offer coverage for specific forms of Birth Control like the morning after pill and the iud which the greens believe facilitate abortion it is said there are other ways the government could ensure that every woman has costfree access to the particular con extra contraceptives making the impact on women employed by the companies precisely zero. Lori windam is an attorney with the beckett fund which represented the greens. What the Supreme Court said is that families do not give up their religious freedom when they open a family business. But liberal just iss led by Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg frame the issue as one of womens rights saying the court discounts the disadvantages to those who do not share the Corporation Owners religious faith. Lucille richards is president of planned parenthood. The Supreme Court is saying that a forprofit company has the same rights as a church, that somehow the particular religious views of a c. E. O. Trump the right of the employees of that company to have access to Family Planning services. Reporter now the court insisted that its decision was focused only on closely held businesses whose owners have sincere religious beliefs and not the large publicly traded corporations. But scott, opponents said this decision nonetheless is going to open the door for many other legal challenges. Pelley and its Census Bureau tells us about half of americans work for those companies. Jan, thanks very much. For General Motors it is a growing crisis. Today just hours after gm announced its plan for compensating victims of crashes linked to an ignition defect, the carmaker recalled still more cars, in fact 7. 5 million of them, including chevy malibus and pontiac grand prix, some as old as 1997. Here is transportation correspondent jeff pegues. Reporter the latest recall is because of another ignition switch problem. The key moves out of the on position shutting the car off and disabling its safety systems. General motors says that resulted in 7 crashes, 3 deaths and 8 injuries. The recall comes on the same day gm announced it could start paying tens of millions of dollars to victims of crashes related to its first recall which also dealt with faulty ignition switches. Good morning. Ken fineburg, the compensation expert hired by feinberg is in charge of approving those claims. Those eligible under his plan are driver, passengers or pedestrians involved in an accident due to a faulty ignition switch. Feinberg is expecting thousands of claims with compensation for fatallities starting at 1 million. How high do you think the damage amount will go . In the worstcase scenario double digit millions. Its speculative. I would have to see the form, the claim. I would have to see what the claimant is saying. Could it reach that number. Sure, sure it could. Feinberg says gms c. E. O. Mary barra signed off on the numbers in a statement referring to the victims and their families, she said, we are taking responsibility for what has happened by treating them with compassion, decency and fairness. I think its a little late for compassion. And fairness and decency. Doorel johnsuetut 25yearold daughter was killed in 2009. The family says they later learned the car she was driving had a faulty ignition switch. How do you compensate for the unrealized potential of that person. And my daughter was someone who had an extraordinary amount of potential. She settled with gm but is now considering whether to file a claim. Scott, the center for auto safety said today it may be tough to prove a claim has merit. They expect that most claims filed will be on older crashes that occurred before 2012. Evidence of ignition switch failure may not still be available. Pelley jeff, thanks very much. We called this a crisis and so far gm has issued 54 recalls involving more than 25 million vehicles and defects linked to 16 deaths. We have a list of all the recalled cars on our web site cbsnews. Com. In the largest case of its kind today, early this evening frances Flagship Bank pleaded guilty to u. S. Criminal charges and agreed to pay nearly 9 billion in forfeitures and fines. Bnp paribas admitted that it was secretly doing business with sudan, cuba and iran in violation of american trade sanctions. The transactions were run through the banks new york offices. Attorney general eric holder said bnp paribas went to elaborate lengths to cover its tracks and deceive u. S. Authorities. Late today the bank said it deeply regrets the misconduct. Three bodies were discovered today in israel, and appear to be those of three israeli teenagers kidnapped a little over two weeks ago. They were actually found in the occupied west bank after a massive search by Israeli Forces and Holly Williams has details. Reporter the bodies were discovered under a pile of rocks north of the town here hebron in the west bank. The three teenagers all of them seminary students went missing while hitchhiking from the jewish settlement. One of them Naftali Frenkel was a dual u. S. Citizen whose mother made a plea for their return. We love you, we miss you, please be strong, hold on, be strong. We love you, we want to hug you again. Reporter the disappearance sparked one of the biggest security crackdowns in a decade as Israeli Forces went housetohouse in areas around hebron, and arrested more than 4 400. That lead to clashes with palestinians which left five dead. Israeli officials blame hamas, the militant group that controls the gaza strip and named two of its members as suspects. Hamas has never claimed responsibility but it did praise the abductions as a heroic act. Pelley and Holly Williams is joining us from istanbul, what happens next . Well, scott, the fear is that this will lead inevitably to more bloodletting. Israeli israel looks poised to launch a large scale attack on its gaza strip, the Prime Minister netanyahu held a meeting of his security cabinet tonight and said hamas is responsible and hamas will pay. But a spokesman for hamas warned today that if israel attacks gaza, it will open the gates of hell on itself. Pelley holly, thanks very much. The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius was back on today after psychiatrists determined that he was not suffering from Mental Illness the night he shot his girlfriend to death. Pistorius ran in the olympics on carbon blades after losing both legs as a child. Deborah patta is covering the trial in south africa for us. Deborah, how did this decision woman about . Reporter pistorius had undergone a rigorous series of daily tests during his 30 day psychiatric evaluation including ones to determine whether he was faking Mental Illness. Now we saw during the trial he was often emotional and distraught on the witness stand. But todays hearing determined that he could tell right from wrong and further more that he was not suffering any Mental Illness when he shot his girlfriend on valentines day last year. Now this is bad news for the defense. They were hoping that a diagnosis of a mental disorder would but its back to business as usual and with more wit witnesses. Pelley deborah, thank you very much. President obama today lashed out at Congressional Republicans for failing to pass immigration reform. So he said that he will do what he can by executive order, though he gave few specifics. Here was the president. I dont prefer taking administrative action. I would rather see peferm nent fixes to the issue we face. Certainly thats true on immigration. 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Chief dale hutchinsen is with call fire, nearly a third of his state is now experiencing exceptional drought conditions. Youve got extremely dry fuels in both the live vegetation still out there but also a lot of dead material mixed in. Reporter nationwide there have been more than 26,000 wildfires just since january, thats compared to 22,000 for all of last year. And 2013 was one of the deadliest years ever for firefighters. One year ago today 19 members of the Granite Mountain hot shots were kimmed when they were overrun but a by a fast moving wildfire in arizona. Recommendations were made including a gps system to keep track of where hot shots are located. But so far that has not been implemented. People are on the ground,. Shawna legarza was a hot shot for nearly 20 years now a director for the u. S. Forest service which is also considering Gps Technology for its 85 hot shot crews across the country. 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Pelley in brazil today team usa practiced for its next world cup match coming tomorrow against belgium. Mark phillips tells us it could be one for the books and for the bookies. Jones, oh, yes reporter the unlikely run of the u. S. Soccer team at the world cup hasnt just been welcomes by fans at home. A lot of people are rooting for the u. S. , not least the worlds bookmakers who see american fans as a rich untapped market. This is the single biggest betting event in history. Reporter the world cup is a bookie bonanza according to jon ivanduke of britials william hill bookmakers. 200 Million Pounds will be turned over at this world cup. Pelley that is pushing 350 Million Dollars and thats without the u. S. Where betting is only legal in a few states. If those laws were to be relaxed across the state. Youre ready. Then were ready and raring to go, really. Reporter and in a statisticsmad country like the u. S. The bookies think their newest fad has america written all over it. 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