Video of his murder released yesterday. The white house today referred bizarrely all questions on the issue to the uae government. I did see the announcement from the emirates. I defer to you them for the latest update in terms of the military participation in the campaign. I dont think people should take away from the announcement that the commitment from the emirates and others in the region to the coalition has waned in any way. There is a very Important Role for the emirates to play in terms of the range to play of the other aspects of counterisil strategy. Lou mr. Ernest apparently did not understand that the issue is the white house misrepresentation of the uae participation, not reasons why theyre not participating in those strikes over syria. Also here tonight, the president s official schedule for today included a meeting with, quote, american Muslim Leaders. A meeting to be held on the east room. White house. It turns out it was closed to the press and equally bizarre decisio
Pilot burned to death and the video of his murder released yesterday. The white house today referred bizarrely all questions on the issue to the uae government. I did see the announcement from the emirates. I defer to you them for the latest update in terms of the military participation in the campaign. I dont think people should take away from the announcement that the commitment from the emirates and others in the region to the coalition has waned in any way. There is a very Important Role for the emirates to play in terms of the range to play of the other aspects of counterisil strategy. Lou mr. Ernest apparently did not understand that the issue is the white house misrepresentation of the uae participation, not reasons why theyre not participating in those strikes over syria. Also here tonight, the president s official schedule for today included a meeting with, quote, american Muslim Leaders. A meeting to be held on the east room. White house. It turns out it was closed to the pre
Most notorious warlords, Abdul Rashid Dostum. The village might be looted. Your family will be in danger. They will be killed. They will be ripped. Here will be no safety i am telling you straight. You must be honest. I am being honest with you here. In 2001 dostum was accused of in 2001 dostum was accused of orchestrating the killing of up to 2,000 taliban prisoners in what became known as the afghan massacre. On monday he was sworn in as afghanistans new Vice President. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Hong kong is facing its largest political unrest in decades as prodemocracy protesters have refused to leave the streets. Tens of thousands of people have defied a Police Crackdown to continue their calls for greater political freedom. The protests began last week over chinas recent rejection of free electns for hong kong. We will go to hong kong for more after headlines. Afghanistan is expected to sign
In the nation. The winter storm that moved up the east coast yesterday touched off mudslides today in west virginia. Some residents of mingo county had to evacuate. The state says it could take more than a month to clean it all up. But how do you get rid of the ice . Heres jim axelrod. Reporter they just cant wait any longer for nature to do the job in eastern michigan or many other parts of the country. Add today to the long, cold list of recordsetting temperatures. Baltimore, detroit birmingham, and waco, all set records for coldest march 6 ever. So did montpelier, vermont where it was minus 16. But given marchs trend from lion to lamb, forecasters say this month wont be anything like february, which saw monthly records set in cities like buffalo, toronto and cleveland. It wasnt the coldest february ever in boston, just the snow snowiest at nearly 65 inches and maybe the one with the most bad backs. My back hurts. My neighbors back hurts. Everybodys back hurts because theres none sto
It was the first time the troops had come to grips with the terrible loss signified by seven battlefield crosses. And we wondered whats become of them. We caught up with them on a field trip, part of their washington reunion. What do they think of their war . Was coming home the homecoming they hoped for . Simon when he made his comeback, levine, now in a wheelchair, before even lifting his baton, got a standing ovation. applause he would conduct mozarts cosi fan tutte, one of his favorites. If you could see music as well as hear it, you would see it in the face of james levine. Im steve kroft. Im scott pelley. Im anderson cooper. Im lara logan. Im bill whitaker. Im lesley stahl. Those stories, including one of the last completed by our colleague bob simon before he died, tonight on 60 minutes. And i didnt get here alone. There were people who listened along the way. People who gave me options. Kept me on track. And through it all my retirement never got left behind. So today, im prepa