This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. The war president obama wanted so much to put behind him is is coming back with a vengeance and demanding his attention. Tonight, two and a half years after the last u. S. Troops left iraq, the country is in danger of falling apart. And hundreds of americans are being evacuated this evening. Government forces are battling militants who are taking back territory where thousands of american troops died, and theyre vowing to march on to baghdad. Mr. Obama said all options are open for helping the Iraqi Government, but his spokesman said that does not include boots on the ground. We have a series of reports on this important, breaking story. First, Holly Williams in iraq. Reporter thousands continue to flee the fighting, streaming across the to iraqi kurdistan, a region that enjoys relative peace amer riad hussein told us hes a soldier in the iraqi army who fought against the militants when they seized the city of mosul on tuesday. Theyre ter
President obama is back in town barely for a couple of days then he scoots off to Marthas Vineyard for his own vacation. But to the extent there is any news, well tell you about it and give you a chance to comment on it at 186655press. Join us on twitter at bpshow and on facebook at facebook. Com billpressshow. He goes up to Marthas Vineyard for vacation with his family, one person the president will not be playing golf with is Vladimir Putin. In fact, yesterday, the white house announced that the president was canceling his scheduled summit with Vladimir Putin before the g20 meeting in st. Petersburg because the president is pissed that Vladimir Putin gave a oneyear asylum to Edward Snowden. For that, Everything Else goes on the rocks. And rick scott in florida says hes going to try once again to prevent latinos and blacks from voting. Wow on current tv. Tell you all about it. Are you encouraged by what you we have a big, big hour and the iq will go way up. vo current tv gets the conv
Pelley good evening. This i our western edition. The war president obama wanted so much to put behind him is back with a vengeance and demanding his attention. Tonight, two and a half years after the last u. S. Troops left iraq, the country is in danger of falling apart. And hundreds of americans are being evacuated this evening. Government forces are battling militants who are taking back territory where thousands of american troops died, and theyre vowing to march on to baghdad. Mr. Obama said all options are open for helping the Iraqi Government, but his spokesman said that does not include boots on the ground. We have a series of reports on this important, breaking story. First, Holly Williams in iraq. Reporter thousands continue to flee the fighting, streaming across the to iraqi kurdistan, a region that enjoys relative peace. Amer riad hussein told us hes a soldier in the iraqi army who fought against the militants when they seized the city of mosul on tuesday. Theyre terrorists
Found near ground zero 13 years. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. For the third time in less than a month, the Islamic State of iraq and syria, the group of militants known as isis, has released a video purporting to show the execution of a western hostage. This time its a 44yearold from scotland by the name of david haines, who was apparently brutally killed. He was a relief worker, kidnapped in syria last year as he delivered humanitarian aid. The video looks very much like the ones showing two american journalists, james foley and stephesteven sotloff, being behd by an isis militant. Elizabeth palmer joins us in london. Good evening, liz. Reporter good evening, jim. The video purporting to show that execution of david haines was posted on social media today, and the executioner is, apparently, the same man who appeared in the two other execution videos you mentioned of the two americans. And the method of the same behead
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