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
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
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Mason good evening, for those of you just joining us, this is a special expanded edition, im anthony mason. Scott pelley had been reporting from the new jersey shore but the hurricane has knocked out our link to him. Hurricane sandy is about to make landfall near Atlantic City, but the impact of this storm is being felt all along the east coast. The governors of 14 states from North Carolina to maine have declared states of emergency. Lets get the latest now from cbs news hurricane consultant David Bernard. David . Good evening, anthony. A lot of trouble up and down the east coast tonight. Sandy is basically not a drop cam system anymore, but the effects are all going to be the same. Lets start with where the storm is right now and, again, we are looking at very strong waves occurring all across ptions of the jersey and also Long Island Sound. Notice just offshore were seeing some of these wave heights still indicated near 45 feet, maybe higher. And even though the storm is here, antho