Schieffer tonight, planning for a u. S. Military strike against syria. As the death toll rises, the pentagon makes preparations for action, but will the president give the goahead . David martin that has story. The fastestgrowing wildfire in the country now covers 165 square miles and it is just entered Yosemite National park. Theresa garcia is on the scene. Something is killing dolphins along the east coast. Terrell brown has the latest on the search for clues. And on the road, Steve Hartman catches motorists smiling in a nosmiling zone. Never so happy to get a ticket in my life. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Schieffer good evening,
scotts off tonight, im Bob Schieffer. Cbs news has learned that the pentagon is making the initial preparations for a Cruise Missile attack on Syrian Government forces. We say initial preparations because such an attack wont happen unless and until the president gives the green light, and it was clear during an
Weapons for any price because that was his self defense. He needed those firearms for his own sense of security. He never for any price would he have sold those guns. He doesnt have the profiler of someone who needs to sell their weapons. His first court date is next wednesday. They have shown a commitment to veterans. But new reports show the president knew about the problems years ago and did nothing. Peter doocy is live in washington with what the white house is saying now. Now the white house is saying president obama learned about the spefkt stories of the schedules at va hospital. At the same time Many Americans did when they started popping up on the news. Still, though ethe press secretary jay carney says the president has worked toward improving care for veterans for years. Candidate obama, then senator
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Allowed access to the white house. Thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. Fair, balanced and unafraid, greta goes on the record right now. This is a fox news alert. An Al Qaeda Group ready to strike the u. S. A u. S. Intelligence officer says khorasan was operational and in the final stages of plans to attack the u. S. Homeland or europe. And last less than 24 hours ago, the u. S. Launched air strikes in syria, bombing eisis targets inside syria first, john kirby, just moments ago, we spoke with him about the latest u. S. Military action. Admiral, thank you for join being us, sir. Thanks for having me. What did khorasan have 24 hours ago that it doesnt have right now . Were still assessing the effects of the strikes that we took against the Khorasan Group in syria. We do know we hit what we were aiming at. Some of it was their weaponsmaking capabilities and commandandcontrol. Were still assessing the effectiveness, the thoroughness of those strikes, and well know probably in th
The park. One wrote i have no idea how a law could protect them. John says the world is no longer a safe place but i doubt a lot that prosecutes parents can be helpful. Thanks for watching. Fox friends starts now. Good morning. It is tuesday, august 26. They told us the irs targeting emails were gone. There has been a hard drive crash and some may have been lost. No emails could be retrieved. Now the big bombshell, those emails do exist. It is just too much work for the government to find them. That explains it. That does. Then this. A flight forced to be diverted mid air because of a battle over leg room. Somebody tried to put their seat down and wouldnt go. We are going to tell you about a new device that led to an epic mid air melt down and why you probably dont want to install it next time you go for a flight. Last nights emmys got pretty steamy. Previous wins have been for seinfeld. More hot moments for one of hollywoods biggest nights straight ahead. Because mornings are better a
Officers after attacking a california woman outside a pizza parlor. The monkey will be kept in quarantine for six months to make sure it doesnt have rabies. No word on why a mon key was hanging out at a pizza parlor. Thank you for joining us. Fox friends starts now. Hello everyone. Good morning. Today is wednesday, the 6th of august, 2014. Im anna kooiman in for elisabeth hasselbeck. A fox news alert. A wife and mother missing for two weeks found dead. This morning the latest details from the investigation. Meanwhile, remember when our president declared the war in afghanistan over . The bottom line is its time to turn the page after a decade in which so much of our Foreign Policy was focused on the wars in afghanistan and iraq. Really . Now it looks like the terrorists heard him loud and clearly and attacked the victim, a u. S. Army general. What this says about president obamas foreign
policy. Straight ahead. In a few hours a man accused of deserting the military will face questions