Is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. In an interview tonight, president obama is acknowledging that isis is a lot more capable than u. S. Intelligence estimated and the willingness to fight them was weaker than thought. Against that back drop, the agency is trying to build a Multi National force on the air and on the ground capable of destroying the militant group. That job on the ground has largely rested in the hands of kurdish fighters. Well hear from the president in a moment, but first Richard Engel takes us into a battle long on emotion and short on results. Reporter the presbyterian released footage of a new air strike against isis this weekend. To defend the only allies there, the kurdish people. For weeks isis have been using heavy military to drive home kurds. There is a field overlooking the area where many kurds come to watch the fighting. They bring binoculars to see the action. This is what they are looking at. Down below are homes controlled by isis. When
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Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. In an interview tonight, president obama is acknowledging that isis is a lot more capable than u. S. Intelligence estimated and the willingness to fight them was weaker than thought. Against that back drop, the agency is trying to build a Multi National force on the air and on the ground capable of destroying the militant group. That job on the ground has largely rested in the hands of kurdish fighters. Well hear from the president in a moment, but first Richard Engel takes us into a battle long on emotion and short on results. Reporter the presbyterian released footage of a new air strike against isis this weekend. To defend the only allies there, the kurdish people. For weeks isis have been using heavy military to drive home kurds. There is a field overlooking the area where many kurds come to watch the fighting. They bring binoculars to see the action. This is what they are looking at. Down below are
Of the social event of the season. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. 768 flights were canceled in chicago today between the two major airports, and that was actually a bit of an improvement. Yesterday, it was just under 2,000 after what appears to have been sabotage by someone who worked at an air Traffic Control center near chicago created air travel chaos. A man named brian howard is alleged to have set fire in the control center before attempting to slit his own throat. Hes in a hospital right now. No court date is set, but the incident raises troubling questions about how so much disruption was so easy to create. Heres our trorlz correspondent jeff pegues. Reporter at chicagos ohare airport, the lines werent as long as yesterday, only because passengers werent showing up. Airlines have been cancelling flights and giving travelers notice, but those who are here are frustrated. Sanjay returned from a business trip in a ren