This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. An american journalist has become the First Casualty in a new war against the United States. The war was declared by the sunni Muslim Terrorist Group known as isis in retaliation for u. S. Air strikes against isis targets in iraq. Yesterday, isis posted online video of the coldblooded beheading of 40yearold james foley, who was abducted in syria nearly two years ago. Today, president obama interrupted his Marthas Vineyard vacation to honor foley and condemn his killers as a cancer. The president rarely shows anger in public, but he made no attempt to hide it today. Jim was a journalist, a son, a brother, and a friend. He reported from difficult and dangerous places, bearing witness to the lives of people a world away. Jim foleys life stands in stark contrast to his killers. Lets be clear about isil. They have ram paneled across cities and villages killing innocent unarmed civilians in cowardly acts of violence. No jus
At least 15 others were captured that walked free because her governments, all but one european, have negotiated and paid millions of dollars to win the release. Today, the unique roundtable. Well speak with Philip Balboni president and ceo of globalpost, where james foley was a freelance reporter when he was taken hostage in 2012, and who u. S. Threatened his family with prosecution if they attempted to pay ransom. Foley was beheaded. We will also speak with the former chief of the fbis crisis negotiation unit, gary noesner and with sarah shourd held prisoner by iran for or 10 days and released through negotiation with a third country which facilitated half 1 million each for her and her two friends josh for tall and shane bauer. And we will be joined by new York Attorney Stanley Cohen directly involved in secret talks with the freedom of u. S. Aid worker peter kassig held by isis in syria when u. S. Ally the talks collapsed and kassig was beheaded soon after. All that and more, comin
That walked free because her governments, all but one european, have negotiated and paid millions of dollars to win the release. Today, the unique roundtable. Well speak with Philip Balboni president and ceo of globalpost, where james foley was a freelance reporter when he was taken hostage in 2012, and who u. S. Threatened his family with prosecution if they attempted to pay ransom. Foley was beheaded. We will also speak with the former chief of the fbis crisis negotiation unit, gary noesner and with sarah shourd held prisoner by iran for or 10 days and released through negotiation with a third country which facilitated half 1 million each for her and her two friends josh for tall and shane bauer. And we will be joined by new York Attorney Stanley Cohen directly involved in secret talks with the freedom of u. S. Aid worker peter kassig held by isis in syria when u. S. Ally the talks collapsed and kassig was beheaded soon after. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now de
Along our constitutional lines between the executive branch and outside of that. Host is there a spectrum crunch . Guest theres certainly a lot of demand for spectrum and we stopped making spectrum a long time ago. There isnt any more so were having to come up with ways of accommodating all the various uses. Certainly, the growth of cellular has been astronomical. Were continuing to look for ways to provide that portion of our community more spectrum. Unlicensed use has grown tremendously. The advent, for instance of wifi was a huge expansion in the amount of consumer use and so on of unlicensed operations. But the federal government use is i growing also is growing also. The federal agencies have are lots of different kinds of operations so while in a cell phone band everything in that band is basically cell phones, maybe at some different point of their evolution and technology standpoint, but theyre basically all cell phonesment they pack them together, its very uniform. On the fede
Sure, gary. My name is Lindsay Hamilton and i was wondering since you worked on the government side of this and the private side of this, um is there a difference in your success rate in the different roles and if you are in the situation would you go to the fbi or private sector first . That is a tough question. My answer is i would go to both. There are things that the government can do that no one else can do. Clearly. And we sort have been bashing the government a little bit. And these are difficult times but they are handling it with a class. I want to thank you, it was very well done. Thank you for having me. [applause] okay. I will give you one too. The congressional series concludes with republican. The former navy seal reflects on his military service and new role as an elected official. That is the clock p. M. Eastern on cspan and the look at the legacy of former first lady laura bush. Anita mcbride served as chief of staff tonight 9. 30. Eastern and also on cspan. Reporter j