Pelley good evening, this is our western edition. We learn tonight of a tremendous amount of drugs, mostly heroin that was found in the new york city apartment of Philip Seymour hoffman. Today, the medical examiner did an autopsy on the body of the Academy Award winning actor who was found dead yesterday in that apartment. Hoffman had long battled drug addiction and it appears he died of an overdose. Don dahler has the latest on the investigation. Se. Don dahler has the latest on the investigation. Reporter Police Sources tell us they found hoffman unconscious on the bathroom floor of his apartment in new yorks Greenwich Village with a needle in his arm and roughly 70 glassine pacts in the apartment. Today, sources concerned say some of the pacts tested positive for heroin. Several were labeled ace of spades or ace of hearts. Further tests will be conducted to determine will the heroin contained additives. Investigators say they found syringes and five different Prescription Medication
Handle on how many extremists may be preparing Violent Attacks across europe. Intelligence sources do tell cnn that sleeper cells may now be activated. A number of them especially in belgium and in holland. Lets get overseas straight to phil black joining us from brussels. Pamela brown also joins us from paris. Phil you have new information regarding some potential terrorrelated arrests in greece. What can you tell us . Reporter thats right, poppy. It is further indication i think, of the international certainly pan European Nature the investigation that has been going on here in brussels. Just a short time ago, greek Police Confirmed to cnn that they are conducting an investigation based upon information that has been provided by belgian authorities here. Belgian investigators. Asked by cnn if they had taken people into custody as a result of this information, the greek police said they could neither confirm nor deny that. Interestingly, the greek minister for public order has also re
A mocking bird and one down ton abbey themed office. Good evening from new york. Amid the worst u. S. Measles outbreak in 20 years, the question of whether or not vaccinations should be mandatory has somewhat remarkably emerged as the first major controversy of the republican president ial primary. It started when kacie hunt asked about something that has sickenned children across the United States. That sentiment was later echoed by another perspective 2016 candidate, rand paul a former eye dot who brought out questionable science in an interview on cnbc. I have heard of many tragic indication f of walking, talking, normal children that wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines. Im not saying theyre a bad idea, i think theyre a good thing but i think the parent should have some input. The state doesnt own your children, parents own the children and it is an issue of freedom. I did not say that vaccines caused disorders, just that they were related. Today i received a boos
Trying to overtakal baghdad ee. Theyre trying to take over the entire area. Not only there, theyre also fighting in the north against kurdish fighters. It is raising questions about efficiency and effectiveness of Coalition Air strikes. Now we are at a point as i mentioned, nbc news confirming the u. S. Will provide equipment and training for moderate Syrian Rebels. What will that mean . The u. S. Hopes to get Syrian Rebels on the ground to fight isis and the syrian government. The u. S. Is not going to put Ground Troops there. There are very few allies the u. S. Has that can fight on the ground, including Iraqi Government and military which is struggling now, Kurdish Forces doing well but need a lot of help from the United States. The u. S. Is trying to create one more front where syrian moderate rebels can fight isis. Why now, ayman. This has been debated for some time. Senators john mccain, Lindsey Graham have been calling for this for awhile. I would also say this is not particular
He kind of sort of acted like a semihemi demi normal president ial candidate, holding an event in manchester, New Hampshire where he delivered a scripted speech about manufacturing job loss, unemployment and trade policy. As trump read his remarks, the email inboxes of reporters like us were flooded with press releases from the campaign filled with facts and figures to bolster the message and reinforce his remarks. When you have large numbers of unemployed blue collar workers, incomes go down across the entire country. When you force workers in america to compete with workers earning 1 a day overseas, our whole standard of living goes down. So our middle class is around ten Percentage Points since 1970 and share of gdp controlled by workers has steadily declined and shifted to corporations. So we became the richest economy in the world with the biggest middle class in the world by becoming the biggest producer, the biggest producer in the world. Unlike what was once cable news standard