Im Lauren Lyster in for annemarie green. This morning federal investigators will try to figure out why the nose gear failed to deploy on a us airways commuter jet. Flight 1825 from philadelphia was forced to make an Emergency Landing monday at george bush airport in houston. The plane with 57 people on board came to a stop on its nose. They did a couple of turns around the airport airspace talked to the faa tower, tried to get visual confirmation that the nose gear was, in fact inoperable. Unfortunately it wasnt working properly. So the airline talked to the pilots and they made the determination to go ahead and do a landing without the benefit of the nose gear. Passengers exited the plane using emergency slides. One person was taken to the hospital. And fumes in the cockpit forced an American Airlines jet from dallas to iowa to make an Emergency Landing in tulsa. Fire trucks and hazmat crews met the plane on the runway monday. All 67 people aboard made it off safely. Its not clear wha
My heart because you got me four grammys. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Were beginning the broadcast tonight with a fullblown civil rights battle in alabama. Today most county offices there defied a federal court order allowing samesex marriage. Many couples were turned away, some marriage license offices simply did not open. Last night alabamas chief justice banned samesex marriage licenses. His ruling also in defiance of the federal court. Alabama would be the 37th state where samesex marriage is permitted, and counties today, the licenses were granted. Chip reid is sorting all of this out for us in montgomery. Reporter billy clark and kerry perez, both 26, have been waiting to get married for four years. Today they did it after an alabama judge issued their license. It feels really good to have people recognize what weve always known to be true. Uhhuh. I love you. Reporter last month a federal judge struck down alaba
Hello. Islamist militants who have overrun large areas of Northern Iraq are urging supporters to march on the capital baghdad. On tuesday they took control of mosel but there are conflicting reports about who holds the birthplace of saddam husain. There is a video which calls for the insurgents not to give up an inch of land they have liberated, as he put it. He urges them to advance to the capital describing it as the baghdad of the group. There is a score to settle. Hes speaking on behalf of the leader of isis. Who is he . The 42yearold is believed to have been born north of baghdad in samara. Nicknamed the invisible sheikh for wearing a mask when he addresses al qaeda. There are only a few photos of him and he doesnt appear in video messages. Reports suggest he was radicalized during years but hasnt sworn allegiance to the al qaeda murk. The u. S. Offered a 10 million reward for information leading to his capture or death. As Richard Lister explains. Reporter the sunni militants swe
We cannot just walk on by if we are to keep this country safe. We have to confront this menace. Step by step, we must drive back, dismantle, and ultimately destroy isil and what it stands for. Meantime, another u. S. Ally, austral australia, is offering not just air support, but a 600 strong force made up of air force personnel and special forces soldiers. Just a short time ago, the United Nations Security Council released its state on the brutal oncamera death of david haines. Council members express their bleach that isis members must be destroyed and said this, this crime is the tragic reminder of the increasing dangers humanitarian personnel face every day in syria and also once again demonstrates the brutality of isil responsible for thousands of abuse against the syrian and iraqi people. With me now, Cnn National Security analyst, peter bergen and military analyst, retired Lieutenant Colonel rick francona. Peter, let me start with you. The man beheaded by isis this weekend was a
International coalition against isis, just friday, kerry was in ankara where he urged turkey to do more in the fight against the islamist militants, turkey took part in the meeting thursday but so far did not sign a commitment. So far, kerry mustered a coalition with the gulf, saudi arabia, amman, qatar, and the united arab emirates. More on his mission to the middle east. Reporter secretary kerry came to turkey seeking support from a pivotal partner against isis. Within the coalition there are many ways in which turkey can help with this effort. And well continue our conversation with our military experts and others spending time to define the specific role that turkey will play. Reporter bordering iraq and syria, turkey would be an ideal place to base u. S. Strikes. But with isis holding 49 turkey Government Employees hostage, turkey talked only about threats in the region. On thursday, kerry ranked missions, saying they want a Global Coalition to go after isis. After the talks, the