Ninan good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im reena ninan. Vladimir putin had a surprise for the u. S. Today. Not long after his foreign minister recommended that russia expel dozens of u. S. Diplomats, putin went a different way. There will be no immediate retaliation for american sanctions over the hacking scandal. Putin said hell wait to see what happens when donald trump becomes president. Mr. Trump tweeted his approval, and yet again, praised the russian leader. Jan crawford begins our coverage. Reporter within hours of Vladimir Putins announcement that u. S. Diplomats would not be expelled, a convoy of russians from one of the compounds closed by the administration arrived at the Russian Embassy in washington. As part of sanctions, the administration closedly the compound in maryland and another in new york, and ordered 35 officials from the embassy and the russian consulate in San Francisco to leave the country. The only thing i can say is that i think its quite scandalous that t
This is captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today president obama revealed that the dozens of special operations commandos he ordered into syria are now on the ground and have begun to work with local forces fighting isis, or as he prefers to call the group, isil. Here was the president at the pentagon today. The point is isil lead kearse leaders cannot hide, and our next message to them is simple you are next. Pelley mr. Obama said he is accelerating the war in syria and iraq after isis bombed a russian jetliner, directed the attack in paris and inspired another in san bernardino. Tonight we have a rare look at what u. S. Forces are facing. Charlie dagata linked up with americas kurdish allies. His story begins in iraq. Reporter even when colonel face isis attacks every day, we didnt expect this would be one of them, until he showed us where three suicide car bombers tried to charge their outpost at dawn. His soldiers shot the drivers dea
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Forces well wipe them out. Since this summer, isil has not had a single successful major offensive operation on the ground in either syria or iraq. In recent weeks, weve destroyed hundreds of their tanker trucks, wells, and refineries. And were going to keep on hammering those. Isil also continues to lose territory in iraq. Isil had already lost across kircut province and in tikrit and more recently, isil lost at sinjar, losing a sategic highway. Isil lost t baiji with its oil refinery. We saw during the daring raid supported by our special forces, which rescued dozens of prisoners from il, which Master Sergeant Joshua Wheeler made the ultimate sacrifice. So far isil has lost about 40 of the Populated Areas it more. Aqi forces are now f fhting deeper into ramadi and working to circle fallujah and cut off supply routes into mosul. Mr. Obama said he is accelerating the war in syria and iraq after isis bombed a russian jetliner, directed the attack in paris and inspired another in san ber
His story begins in iraq. Eporter evenn when colonel badal bandi told us his forces face isis attacks every day, we didnt expect this would be one of them, until he showed us where threeee suicide car bombers tried to charge their outpost at dawn. His soldiers shot the drivers dead before they detonated their bomb, but the car bombs remained no more thann 50 yards away. [explosion] here on the front line, the bomb squad is a 50caliber gunner. First went up in a plume of smoke. He then opened up on the car in the ditch, the one much closer to us. We watched until he finally made a direct hit. [explosion] the massive explosion blew filled a bunker with choking dust. That noiseses debrisrom the bomb and wreckage from the car that came crashing down. Everybodys ears were ringing, but no one was hurt. Hours later, we crossed into syria where rebel commander Talal Ali Selo gave us a grim picture of just how many Suicide Missions theyve seen. Can you give me an idea, how many have you had to