Announcer from abc news world headquarters, this is abc world news tonight. Reporting tonight am yo robach. Good evening on this thursday night. David muir will be here anchoring world news on monday. A surprise revelation from the white house in the battle against the brutal terror group isis. President obama said some air strikes in iraq have been effected not a solid strategy in place to fight the militants in syria. Abcs Martha Raddatz in woash tonight. Reporter an imminent threat to every interest we have, the group the secretary of state vows will be crushed. Yet today, president obamas language bore no resemblance to his cabinet secretaries. U. S. Military action in syria is not happening any time soon. Just days after authorizing u. S. Surveillance flights over syria to identify possible isis targets the president is now taking a step back. First of all, i want to make sure everybodys clear on what were doing now, because it is limited. The options that im asking for, from the joint chiefs, focuses primarily on making sure that isil is overrunning iraq. Reporter no strategy for isis. The primary focus now said the president is just protecting americans and infrastructure in iraq with a surprising acknowledgment that as of now, there are no concrete plans yet to take down isis in the region. The suggestion seems to be were about to go full scale on an elaborate strategy for defeating isil. I dont want to put the cart before the horse, we dont have a strategy yet. Reporter it was back in january that we saw an astonishing increase in violence in iraq, flooj ya fallen and concerns that isis would sweep through the north and thats exactly what happened. Mosul falling back in june. The iraqi army collapsing. Isis is one of the richest terrorist groups. Unlike traditional al qaeda, it is a real army, fighting for territory, not just terror. The president s cautious language today could be an attempt to signal congress he will not launch air strikes in syria without consultations. Martha, thank you. To the other Major Development overseas, russia accused of launching a fullscale invax of ukraine, the ukraine government saying that russian tanks have moved across the southeastern border. President obama saying that russia can no longer hide the fact that e theyre supporting separatists in that region. Reporter plumes of smoke, as shells rain down. Ukraines leaders are clear tonight this is a russian invasion. Russian military boots are on ukrainian ground. Reporter Ukrainian Forces today lost control of a border town, and nato says at least a thousand soldiers are inside the country fighting alongside and supporting prorussian separatists. But today, the kremlin was in full denial mode. This satellite imagery, though, is hard to dispute. Nato claims it shows Russian Artillery and troops moving inside ukraine. Whats clear is that there is now a war in europe. It has escalated far beyond those fiery protests we witnessed on the streets of kiev earlier this year. What happens here is they light a molotov cocktail, throw it in the direction of the police, and then scurry back for protection. Reporter those protestors wanted closer ties with europe, but Vladimir Putin never wanted any of that, and he is serious. Russia already annexed crimea back in march, and if rebel forces push further west, russia might secure a strategically important land corridor all the way to the black sea. Up until a few hours ago, the u. S. And allies had struggled to find a united voice, to confront putin directly over ukraine. Russia has to stop lying. The cost of inaction is unacceptable. Reporter today, perhaps, is a turning point. Hamish macdonald, abc news. Back here at home, those two monster storms are churning out at sea. Massive waves and powerful rip currents are battering shorelines with some beaches forced to close as the Labor Day Weekend approaches. Nick watt shows us the damage caused by two storms. Reporter the biggest southern swells since 1996 continue to pound the california coast. The iconic lifeguard station at Sycamore Cove north of l. A. Is no more, ripped from the cliffside by the waves. Its like watching a friend go down in the water. Reporter wednesday was dubbed big wednesday. L. A. County lifeguards rescued 172 people. Today, theyre pulling towers back from the water just in case, cleaning up the beaches and patrolling the waves. Slightly smaller thursday . Slightly smaller. But weve still got really big waves, strong currents. When the swell drops it looks more inviting, but we still have really big rip tides. Reporter foolhardy surfers are back in. Waves kicked up by Tropical Storm marie 800 miles offshore. I wanted to make the drop, but it didnt work out that well at all. Reporter in malibu, the famous pier still closed with damaged pilings. In long beach, makeshift coastal defenses are holding. Meanwhile, on the east coast, red flag warnings in new jersey. Beaches from new york to rhode island closed. Hurricane christobal will likely pass down the coast tonight and those beaches will likely open tomorrow in time for the holiday weekend. Amy, the surf is subsiding but l. A. County life guards so theyre getting all hands on deck for this holiday weekend. Because the waves are still big the weather is great and the crowds will be nor mouse. Amy . All right, nick watt in malibu, california, thank you. Making new waves of their own today the nfl with sweeping new changes to its policy against domestic violence, after the public outcry over the twogame suspension of Baltimore Ravens star ray rice caught on video dragging his wife at an Atlantic City casino. The league has set down harsh new rules. Lifetime ban after the second offense. It doesnt apply just to players but to all nfl personnel including owners. Now to a growing problem in the skies, for the second time this week a passenger jet forced to land because of a midair fight in the cabin, once again, the battle over seat space and a Flight Attendant caught in the middle, Abcs David Kerley tells us this time it took air marshals to break it up. Reporter the second air rage incident over reclining seats is now a federal case. Last night on the American Airlines jet from miami to paris, a man fought with the passenger seated in front of him. He says because his legs hurt from diabetes. They tried the can calm the man. Air marshals broke their cover. The flight was diverted to boston. This, just days after, a man on a united flight used these knee defenders to keep the seat in front of him from reclining. The woman in front was not happy, threw a cup in his face, leading to that flight being diverted too. A month ago, it was a toronto s. W. A. T. Team bursting onto a jet to takeoff an unruly passenger. Whats going on . Travelers today are more stressed than theyve ever been before. When you finally do get to your seat, theres just less room than weve had in the past. Reporter last nights case, somewhat unique, because air marshals jumped in. The expert marksmen and highly trained air marshals work undercover. As i learned at their training center, their job is to take out a terrorist threat. But when it comes to an unruly passenger rather than a terrorist, the marshals on board have to make the call. We are tasked with protecting the flight deck, the flight crew, the passengers and then ourselves. Reporter an increase in number of incidents involving unruly passengers and airlines have plans to pack even more of us into their jet liners. Amy. All right, david kerley, thank you. To a possible new weapon against the ebola outbreak, for the first time a new vaccine being put to a crucial human test, today staggering new numbers in west africa, more than 3,000 confirmed cases the disease blamed for at least 1,552 deaths. Abcs chief medical editor, dr. Richard besser, is back in the hot zone. Reporter today as doctors cdc director on the ground here, monitoring the outbreak. If we dont stop it here, well be dealing with it for years around the world. But we can still stop it. Reporter in the capital, quarantines are in place. We traveled to a vast slum. This is part of the city that has been quarantined, its the poorest part of the city, the most ebola. Violence has been escalating here as access to food and water has diminished. Abc has been reporting since the outbreak began. In some places, just a piece of rope marks the boundary of the quarantine zone. In this compound for seven days . Yes. Eight days . Why . Its like youre in prison . How many people have you lost from ebola . I have lost three person now. Reporter what is the solution . How will ebola end . I dont see ebola ending now. The best solution now, i think, for me, to let me out. Give me a way out. Reporter a call to the International Medical community is just hearing. It strikes how much work its going to take to get this thing under control. Right now the virus clearly is winning. There are signs that the International Community is gearing up for a fight. Amy . Abcs dr. Richard besser in the hot zone tonight, thank you. Turning now to a Health Crisis to one of americas most prolific comediennes, joan rivers, returned to the hospital. Shes listed in critical condition. Abcs linsey davis with the latest. Reporter joan rivers. The emmy winning, funnywoman and Fashion Authority is in a New York Hospital tonight in critical condition, after she stopped breathing during throat surgery. Returned there in an ambulance this morning after going in cardiac arrest. No word on what that throat surgery was for. Melissa rivers rushing to her mothers son. Just last year, joan documented a health scare for her reality show, revealing that a persistent cough led doctors to find a spot on an xray. Eager to laugh through her pain, rivers is constantly in motion. At 81, shes shown no signs of slowing down. Her upcoming schedule, 26 appearances between now and november 22nd, living up to her promise that she will never retire. You never retire. Never. Never. Ill go anywhere. Ill get on any plane. To do any part, the writing the directing, the acting, the standup. I love editing. So, this is it. Reporter she told our david muir that living life on stage is just what she does. Im swimming upstream. Look at me, im 75 years old. I dont know where its gone. Reporter tonight, a serious turn for the woman who made a name for herself by making us all laugh. Somebody told me, every laugh is like a small vacation for someone. Every time you laugh you have given someone a small vacation. Amy, joan rivers is here at this hospital, tonight, a hospital spokesman saying her family would like to thank everyone for their outpouring of live and support. Our thoughts are with the rivers family. Still ahead on world news that frightening scene. S. W. A. T. Team storming into an Office Complex, the hoax that had them rushing through the door. And busted. The scam this panda was apparently running that got her into so much trouble with her trainer. [announcer] at waggin train we take a 100 real egg. Hatch it into a 100 real chicken. And thats what goes into our 100 real tasty treats. 100 real simple ingredients dogs love. Purina waggintrain. Real dogs. Real treats. [ male announcer ] thats why theres ocuvite to help replenish key eye nutrients. Ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. Ocuvite. 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The caller stated that he had just shot multiple people. Reporter but police say the 911 call was a hoax. Its called s. W. A. T. ing. Someone using software to disguise phone numbers, identity and location, triggering s. W. A. T. Teams that swarm in on innocent people. First it was hollywood. Justin bieber, Ryan Seacrest and miley cyrus have been victims. But s. W. A. T. ing is spreading. Seatlle in june i shot my dad with a liceed ar15 reporter a few days ago near orlando i shot my mom reporter now he says a new trend is for players online in video games i think were getting they really like the anonymity of being online and being able to get away with stuff and they like to test that sometimes. Reporter the fbi estimates in are roughly 400 s. W. A. T. ing calls every year. It is a situation thats causing departments who are already strapped financially to spend thousands of dollars every time they have one of these swat callouts. Reporter the consequences serious. 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