It was where we were doing this. This is the cbs evening news. This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. The highestranking u. S. Military officer took questions today on the deadly ambush in the african nation of niger 19 days ago. But he had few answers on what went wrong in what was supposed to be a lowrisk operation. Four american soldiers were killed, and among the Unanswered Questions why it took two days to recover one of the fallen americans. Nancy cordes begins our coverage. The perception is the department of defense has not been forth coming. Reporter the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff tried to dispel that perception today. The assessment was that contact with the enemy was unlikely. Reporter general Joseph Dunford said a group of u. S. Soldiers and 30 may jeerians had been on a reconnaissance patrol 35 kilometers from nigers capital city. They came under attack from approximately 50 enemy using small arms fired, rocketpropelled grenades and
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One of them, bill shine was ousted. Jack abernathy remains as president of the company. Today the nations highest military honor awarded to mike gary rose for extraordinary acts of heroism. His love for fellow soldiers and devotion to the country inspires us all. David martin introduces us. Mike gary rose was a Green Beret Medic in 1970 when he and 15 other americans, were sent on a Top Secret Mission inside laos. This was a relatively cleared area. Helps explain why it took so long to award him the medal of honor. It wasnt what we were doing, where we were doing this why it was classified. Laos was officially a neutral country where the u. S. Military could not go. But the north vietnamese were using it as base camp from which to launch attacks into south vietnam. The u. S. Military went in secret. All rose was told was to bring extra medical supplies. What does that tell you about the mission . Going to be a tough one. Proved to be. Helicopters carried the americans and company of 12
Crash tomorrow afternoon. Visibility improved in some spots. Worse in others. Wrightstown only a mile visible and you can see in Atlantic City down to a quarter mile. So this evening, cloudy skies at 7 00 p. M. But the rain returns a few storms possible around the 9 00 oclock hour. Mostly cloudy skies at 11 00. Tt the rain and storms to come this evening. Plus what to look for for the month of december. It begins tomorrow you know. Isnt it amazing yes. [ laughter ] all right. Thank you very much, kathy. You can always stay dry with our fox 29 weather app. Get live radar the extended forecast at the touch of a button its available on apple and on android. To developing story now out of philadelphias kensington neighborhood. Right now investigators are trying to figure out how twoyearold boy died. Somebody called police to the boy home this morning we rushed him to the hospital where he died. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser live at Philadelphia Police headquarters. Dave. Lucy the autopsy on tw
Sides and i appreciate his openness to understanding our concerns here. And i specifically am happy about two amendments that supervisor farrell, the department of Public Health and my office have developed. The first would require the department of Public Health to create a team of advocates to work with an individual to attempt to convince him or her to accept voluntary Services Every time a petition for assisted outpatient treatment is requested. This team would consist of a forensic psychologist, a Family Member, and a peer advocate, and the law would actually prescribe the specificity of what the department of Public Health would be required to do. This team would work with the individual to attempt to convince him or her to engage in voluntary treatment at 3 stages during the department of Public Healths investigation to determine whether the individual fits the criteria for courtordered treatment, when the Court Petition is filed and after the petition is filed but before the Co