This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The president , who was all about getting the United States out of iraq, is sending more troops in. Late today, the white house announced that president obama has given the goahead for 1500 more troops to deal with the threat posed by the terrorist group known as isis. With this expansion, the number authorized has grown from 275 in june to 3100 tonight. David martin is at the pentagon for us this evening. David. Reporter scott, president obama is doubling down on his strategy to defeat isis, not only increasing the number of american troops in iraq, but also spreading them out to a half dozen locations across the country. Until now, u. S. Troops have been confined to baghdad and the city of erbil in the north. 630 will be sent as advisers to the headquarters of iraqi units fighting isis north and west of baghdad, including in anbar province, where some of the bloodiest battles of the iraq war took place. 830 of the a
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The president , who was all about getting the United States out of iraq, is sending more troops in. Late today the white house announced that president obama has given the goahead for 1500 more troops to deal with the threat posed by the terrorist group known as isis. With this expansion, the number authorized has grown from 275 in june to 3100 tonight. David martin is at the pentagon for us this evening. David. Reporter scott, president obama is doubling down on his strategy to defeat isis, not only increasing the number of american troops in iraq but also spreading them out to a half dozen locations across the country. Until now u. S. Troops have been confined to baghdad and the city of erbil in the north. 630 will be sent as advisers to the headquarters of iraqi units fighting isis north and west of baghdad, including in Anbar Province where some of the bloodiest battles of the iraq war
Town, at least two to be hit in the area last evening. Two women in their late 60s were killed in fairdale, about 80 miles west of chicago. They were friends. One was found today. Shed taken refuge in it her shower and was holding her purse. More than a dozen others were injured and anna werner is in fairdale for us this evening. Anna. Reporter scott, you can see how strong the winds still are at this hour, and the tornado that came through last night, literally tore the front off of the house behind me. And its not just here. This is the kind of damage we saw driving a 20mile radius all around us. The tornados path of destruction was clear homes flattened, wood splibterred and piled like matchsticks as far as the eye could see in the tiny farming town of fairdale. This tractor trailer was toppled like a toy. The twister struck around dinner time no sirens, little warning. Wow, you were right here. The tv was sitting there and we were watching the news. Reporter Earl Hagemeyer says he
Town, at least two to be hit in the area last evening. Two women in their late 60s were killed in fairdale, about 80 miles west of chicago. They were friends. One was found today. Shed taken refuge in it her shower and was holding her purse. More than a dozen others were injured and anna werner is in fairdale for us this evening. Anna. Reporter scott, you can see how strong the winds still are at this hour, and the tornado that came through last night, literally tore the front off of the house behind me. And its not just here. This is the kind of damage we saw driving a 20mile radius all around us. The tornados path of destruction was clear homes flattened, wood splibterred and piled like matchsticks as far as the eye could see in the tiny farming town of fairdale. This tractor trailer was toppled like a toy. The twister struck around dinner time no sirens, little warning. Wow, you were right here. The tv was sitting there and we were watching the news. Reporter Earl Hagemeyer says he
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. The president , who was all about getting the United States out of iraq, is sending more troops in. Late today, the white house announced that president obama has given the goahead for 1,500 more troops to deal with the threat posed by the terrorist group known as isis. With this expansion, the number authorized has grown from 275 in hene to 3,100 tonight. David martin is at the pentagon for us this evening. David. Reporter scott, president obama is doubling down on his strategy to defeat isis, not only increasing the number of american troops in iraq, but also spreading them out to a half dozen locations across the country. Until now, u. S. Troops have been confined to baghdad and the city of erbil in the north. 630 will be sent as advisers to the headquarters of iraqi units fighting isis north and west of baghdad, including in anbar province, where some of the bloodiest battles of the ir