Saved one from death row. And chip reid goes along on a Google Search for some of the planets oldest residents. And you think about what these things have seen. Its its mindboggling. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. After the beheading of a second american by sunni muslim terrorists, president obama said today whatever these murderers think they will achieve, they have already failed. The president said americas resolve has been stiffened by the horrific acts of the group known as the Islamic State of iraq and syria. The execution of reporter Steven Sotloff was shot on video and posted yesterday on the web, just like the beheading of journalist james foley last month. But mr. Obama, who was criticized for not having a strategy for attacking isis bases in syria, sent conflicting signals today. Major garrett was traveling with the president in estonia. Reporter president obama today called the beheading of Steven Sotloff bar
Regularlyem on tv pushing for war with isis. They are identified as former u. S. Generals. What is left out is who they work for now. Military contractors that stand to benefit from another war in the middle east. Then the ebola crisis deepens in west africa. In the hardest hit countries, guinea, liberia, sierra leone, the number of new cases is moving far faster than the capacity to manage them. Toll nears 2500, we will speak with laurie garrett. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. An International Summit on combating militants from the Islamic State has opened in france bringing together around 30 countries from the usled coalition. The Obama Administration says several Arab League Countries have signed on for airstrikes in iraq and syria but no sustained campaign is imminent. Speaking at the white house, josh earnest said the u. S. Is at war with isil. Way that we are at war with al qaeda and its affili
Should be bombing iraq and syria simultaneously. Holds a summit on combating islamic medalists militants, we will speak to Phyllis Bennis about expanding attacks in iraq. And who is paying the prowar pundits . Regularlyem on tv pushing for war with isis. They are identified as former u. S. Generals. What is left out is who they work for now. Military contractors that stand to benefit from another war in the middle east. Then the ebola crisis deepens in west africa. In the hardest hit countries, guinea, liberia, sierra leone, the number of new cases is moving far faster than the capacity to manage them. Toll nears 2500, we will speak with laurie garrett. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. An International Summit on combating militants from the Islamic State has opened in france bringing together around 30 countries from the usled coalition. The Obama Administration says several Arab League Countries have s
Rebels. The Syrian Government dismissed u. S. Intelligence on the use of chemical weapons. A shift in winds has carried smoke into several towns in Yosemite National park. The winds into the san joaquin valley. Regional authorities have issued a Health Control warning for residents in six counties while the fire is roughly 35 contained. Affects of the 333 square mile blaze will be felt throughout the weekend. Check out al jazeera. Com. Stay tuned for consider this. More fuel to those who want to attack the country. But consider this who will get helped and who will get hurt if america intervenes . Also, more than a million syrian children, most under 11 are now refugees. The major humanitarian crisis and whats next for a generation of kids left homeless by war. Plus, california losing big money off of the movie industry. Why is the entertainment business escaping hollywood . Google and the world brain, the internet giant plans to put every book in the world online but would that give g
In yemen, isis is warning that attacks on two shiite mosques are just the beginning. The terror group claimed responsible for the bombings friday which killed and wounded hundreds. That attack is just the latest sign that sectarian violence could be plunging yemen into civil war. Senior International Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh has our report. We warn you, this video is graphic. Reporter a staggering death toll over 130 dead over 300 injured. Sanaa, the capitals hospital struggling to cope with the influx of the wounded. The blasts hitting at the aboutest time of the week during friday prayer. What key shia mosque in sanaa frequented by members of the Houthi Movement senior clerics and leader wounded. One clerical leader killed by the two explosions. The first it each mosque hitting crowds of worshippers. Suggestions in some yemeni media and blaster casts used to smug in explosives by suicide bombers. After the first black struck and rescuer rushed in eric second device outside rush