Yet, largely with the help of u. S. Air strikes, the militant group socalled caliphate has taken a beating in recent months. U. S. Defense department estimates isis has lost almost half territory controlled in iraq and more than a third of the area held in syria. Despite the battlefield setbacks, during the holy month of ramadan, isis managed to accelerate its global brand of terror by either directly organizing attacks or by inspiring suicide bombers and gunmen to kill at least 800 people around the globe. Cbs News Senior National security analyst, juan zurate. This uptick in foreign attacks is less a demonstration of reaction to losing territory in iraq and more a manifestation of longstanding plans and operations to use foreign operatives to attack in place. Reporter iraq itself has seen a surge in suicide bombings in baghdad and beyond that have left hundreds dead. As the isis held front lines move further back, theyre deploying guerrilla tactics and terrorism as their only means t
Which did have some low clouds. North bay temps from pet huge ya. Winds are a little cool for some but the fog, which is there at the coast will stay around. Coastal drizzle, maybe a little mist along highway 1. 90s in the interior. 60s, 70s and 20s as you head west. Sal, you got busy all of a sudden, didnt you . Yes, we did. Problems headed to the san mateo bridge in hayward. The crash is on the its eastbound crash but westbound a lot of slow traffic because people can clearly see this truck which is on its side. No serious injuries. San mateo bridge, once you get on it looks good. Eastbound traffic not affected by it. Just driving on by. Back to the bay bridge toll plaza. The time is 7 02. Back to the desk. Sal, thank you. We have an update. Breaking news in martinez. That Apartment Fire we have been telling you about, the fire is now under control. It started at an apartment on arnold drive just after 5 00. Look at the picture it is. Firefighters say at one point, four apartments we
If you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on if you dig your bones, protect them. All cbs cares today the nation honored its Fallen Servicemen and women. At Arlington National cemetery, president obama laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. Mr. Obama noted that 20 members of the armed forces have died in combat in the last year. There were plenty of parades from coast to coast, where the weather permitted. In livermore, california, military aircraft from past wars were on display. Today, Houston Police said they have no motive in sundays shooting rampage. Investigators say a man walked into an auto body shop and started shooting. One person was killed. Six others wounded. Including two police officers. The shooter was killed by police. Operations were back to normal today at new yorks jfk airport one day after a computer outage cre
This is your skin. This is your skin in the sun. The sun ages your skin and can cause skin cancer. Tonight a pentagon official is under investigation after pulling a gun on some young men outside his home. One of the men recorded the incident on his phone. David martin takes a look. Reporter the man pointing the gun is a senior navy official. Get in the car. Youre pointing a gun at my friend. This is a criminal offense. Please stop it. Reporter he is brandishing it at young men he says are drunk and making noise outside his house in the washington suburb. They taunt him while one of them records the incident. The woman talking on the phone is apparently his wife. Get in the car. Theyre like let go of me, bro. You have a gun. His name is karnig ohannessian. He is Deputy Assistant secretary of the navy for environment and recipient of two mare torous civilian service awards. Im on my property. Hes not. Im on my property. Let them leave. Reporter we dont know if the gun is loaded. He is t
Take a look at our video from earlier today. Emergency crews parked here and d. C. Fire and e. M. S. Told me their plan was to keep all crews in place until the package was thoroughly tested. They got the call to come out here around 12 30. Within the last half hour, as i said, secret service releasing a statement saying that it was a metal object thrown over the fence. And the person was apprehended immediately. We spoke to visitors here who say seeing the scene made them nervous. Its pretty shocking. Especially on today of all days to see something so terrifying and not know what is going on. Amy according to the secret service the white house has returned to normal operations. We will have more on the story coming up at 5 00. Live in northwest d. C. , amy aubert, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. Before the white house lockdown president obama was at arlington where he laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. During the memorial day observance ceremony the president called on