Captioning sponsored by cbs . This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening, israel has agreed today to whats called a humanitarian pause in its attacks on gaza. It will last four five hours tomorrow to allow Palestinian Civilians to restock food and suppliesment but it comes with a warning. That palestinian attacks on israel during that ceasefire will bring retaliation. Late today president obama had this to say. The israeli people and the Palestinian People dont want to live like this. They deserve to live in peace and security free from fear. Thats why were going to continue to encourage diplomatic efforts to restore the ceasefire and we support egypts continued efforts to bring this about. Pelley the israeli offer of a ceasefire comes after the deaths of four palestinian boys on a beach where they were struck by shells fired by the israeli navy. In the past nine days more than 200 palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed. One israeli has been kil
The second american infected with the deadly ebola virus is now in the hands of u. S. Doctors. Nancy writebol checked into Emory University hospital in atlanta yesterday. Shes being treated alongside her colleague. Writebol flew in from west africa where the disease has killed nearly 900 people and as ko im reports, there are new efforts by airports to try to stop the spread. Reporter american missionary Nancy Writebol is undergoing treatment for ebola in an isolated ward at atlantas Emory University hospital. The president of the aid group she worked in in liberia read a statement from writebols husband who said she is weak but showing signs of improvement. A week ago, he said, we were thinking about possible funeral arrangements. Yet we kept our faith. Writebol and her colleague kent brantly contracted the often deadly virus in liberia. They used a never before used on human serum. Its killed 9 hurricane of more than 1,600 people infected in africa. Now airports like this one in nige
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Up and a big cleanup job ahead. Arthur soaks the east coast. Before arthur and its rain swamped new england, it hit the outer banks of north carolina. The california Highway Patrol is investigating a Violent Arrest caught on camera. The chp placed that officer on administrative leave. Six people arrested outside a u. S. Border patrol in the san diego suburb. Protesters are waiting for arrival of bus loads of illegal immigrants. Its about time america took back their country. Pride and patriotism on full display. A big celebration of our nations 238th birthday. Amazing. Beautiful. Never seen anything like it. First daughter malia celebrates her sweet 16. Shes getting her license but she has to practice. All that. Brazil is through to the semifinal semifinals. And all that matters. The show is about nothing. Today marks 25 years since seinfeld premiered on cbs this morning saturday. The champion of the world, joey chestnut. Chestnut remained the top dog. The mustard yellow belt wasnt all
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. As the moon moves into a new phase, so does the war against isis. The United States and five arab allies took advantage of a dark, moonless night to expand attacks against the Sunni Terrorist Group into syria. President obama stressed this is just the beginning of a Long Campaign to destroy isis. The allied attacks overnight involved the u. S. , bahrain, jordan, saudi arabia, qatar, and the united arab emirates. 14 isis targets were hit. The u. S. , acting alone, launched eight strikes against another terror group, an offshoot of al qaeda called khorasan. We have a team of correspondents on the story. If well go to david martin at the pentagon. Reporter the desert bloomed with fireballs as Cruise Missiles and precisionguided weapons, some of them launched by arab aircraft, hit an isis Training Area in eastern syria. That strike took place near the end of a fourhour aerial assault which began with Cruise Missiles launc