In a wartorn syria. Andrew spencer reports. Reporter an isis stronghold in syria raqqa has been the scene of parades and celebrations of the terror groups conquests in the middle east. Overnight, raqqa became the target of an intense military operation which started with a launch of tomahawk cruise missiles. These are big, expensive and typically only fired at fairly heavy static targets. So apparently, isis had some air defenses that the u. S. War planners were worried about. Reporter it was over raqqa that isis claimed to have taken down syrian warplane. With isis controlling syria and iraq, nearly half dozen arab countries teamed up with the United States for the strikes. That is something that the u. S. Administration, the obama administration, was intent on building here making this not yet another relatively lone American Intervention in the middle east but one that was joined by local partners and you have those local partners. Reporter jordan, bahrain, saudi arabia, can tack an
Including raqqa, the groups stronghold. Targets are command and control centers, training and logistics, known targets. Reporter the Campaign Comes after weeks of air strikes targeting isis in iraq. The president will join leaders at the United Nations General Assembly today. He is expected to discuss the International Coalition being formed to defeat isis in an address wednesday. Secretary of state john kerry has been in new york working to strengthen the coalition. Isil has savagely raped and kidnapped countly iraqi and syrian women. We must hold those who commit these acts and those who connen to them accountable. Reporter former british Prime Minister tony blair says Ground Troops may be needed. You cant rule it out. Reporter president obama has ruled out putting u. S. Combat troops on the ground in iraq and syria but is moving to arm and train rebels to battle isis in syria. Marlie hall, cbs news, new york. Francisco. Lets check the roads with elizabeth. Thank you, lawrence. Out t
Undisputed lightweight champion. He is now 48. After years of negotiation and months of hype, this fight is over. Floyd is the winner and the undisputed champion. Brad does the does the mgm grand was packed with celebrities who came to see the fight. Actors, rappers, and former champions. It was sold out, with 17,000 people. We traveled from hong kong one visitor traveled from hong kong. Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are the boxing best. The match the years was years in the making and he got three tickets in the third row. Its my hometown. How much are you putting down . Fans who could not get a ticket came just to be close to the action. This is a deal, Something Like where were you . I was in vegas, baby. These fighters got a lot more, they are expected to split a purse of 300 million. Manny pacquiao actually thought he won the fight, but he had him beat in height, read, reach and ao did not have the speed that he needed to beat Floyd Mayweather. What a night, thank you. And we watch
Cloud storage space. Yes stand by for another title wave of earnings coming after the bell tonight. This time its facebook ebay qualcomm and at t, some of the many big names set to report results tonight. Well, of course have the numbers as soon as they hit the tape and the market responds and the guideance and all the good stuff that comes out. Another big story, another big name set to report its results, petrobras had to delay numbers for months because of an enormous scandal. Michelle carusocabrera is in rio de janeiro. Ten years of corruption. What an incredible story. May have robbed them of billions of dollars in assets. Well get to that story coming up in a little bit here. Lets show you how were doing on wall street today. S p is up 10 and the nasdaq continues higher. This would be another close above 5,000 today. And i know you were noting kelly, that the nikkei hit a milestone last night as well. Thats right. Closed above 20,000 for the first time in 15 years. Notably japans
Berkeley after she talked with one victim. Amber. Reporter julie, tomorrows event will be held here at Trinity United Methodist church. Organizers says the an important first step preventing Sexual Assault and improving services for women. College life often is the first time away from home for students. The University Environment a safe haven but complaints from students who have been victimized have lead to a state audit of uc berkeleys Sexual Assault cases. I was really scared because i felt like it was my fault. Reporter 19yearold aerial butler tells me she was sexually assaulted twice by a man with ties to the university. She didnt report the incidents to police because in part she was ashamed but turned to a School Official for help. In the end she told me there was nothing the university could do. Reporter she recently testified at a hearing to get uc to do more to protect victims. A lot of Sexual Assaults that occur, they are acquaintance assaults. People you know. Reporter how