Bomb hit is now dead. American officers who inspected the site reported no evidence of civilian casualties. Just a short distance south in the same valley close to afghanistans border with pakistan, several senior isis leaders were hiding out in a compound. When American Special Operations Forces along with afghan command ores conducted a Helicopter Assault on the compound, two u. S. Army rangers were killed and a third soldier wounded in a firefight which lasted about an hour. They were the second and third american servicemen to die in combat in afghanistan this year. The first, special forces Sergeant Mark de alencar, was killed when isis fighters popped out of a cave and ambushed his unit. In this latest raid several isis fighters were also killed. The u. S. Military is still trying to confirm whether they got the Senior Leaders they were after. Scott . David martin at the pentagon. Thanks. The president called his new tax cut plan the biggest in history, so we were curious about w
Curiosity. A 50yearold man an in a sixyearold body. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Oversight committee, said the documents released today, showed retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn may have broken the law by making a 2015 trip to moscow where he was paid nearly 34,000 to speak and was photographed at a dinner with russian president vladimir putin. The first document, a letter from october 2014, was sent from the Defense Intelligence agency, or d. I. A. , to flynn, shortly before his military retirement. It informed flynn, who once ran the d. I. A. , that the receipt of consulting fees from a Foreign Government was prohibited without advance approval. The pentagons warning to general flegeneral flynn was bo, italicized and could not have been clearer. Reporter but the second letter from the d. I. A. , to the house committee, said it found no record of flynn seeking permission. In a statement today, flynns attorney insisted flynn gave briefed the agency, both befor
Today two u. S. Army rangers were killed in eastern afghanistan during a raid on islamic militants linked to isis. Neither has been identified. David martin has more. Reporter the firetight took place just south of this isis cave complex where earlier this month the u. S. Dropped the largest nonnuclear bomb it has ever used in combat. This video, taken by local afghan police, represents the first confirmed pictures of the destruction caused by the 23,000pound Massive Ordnance Air blast bomb. U. S. Officials refused to release any estimate of the number of isis fighters killed, but say anyone above ground or hiding in the caves when the bomb hit is american officers who inspected the site reported no evidence of civilian casualties. Just a short distance south in the same valley close to afghanistans border with pakistan, several senior isis leaders were hiding out in a compound. When American Special Operations Forces along with afghan command ores conducted a Helicopter Assault on the
Plus, a big test for President Trump. Just two days away, a house race that a lot of folks see as a referendum on his presidency so far. Later, well catch up with Country Music star zac brown. This morning how his long road to stardom started in a restaurant kitchen. Plus his ode to dads everywhere, especially his own. My old man i finally got a dad song good enough to play it for him. I took him out to the car. Thanksgiving. At thanksgiving. And i played him just the demo of it, you know. A lot of tears. Lets begin with other news. That deadly Ship Collision off the coast of japan. The search and rescue mission for those seven missing u. S. Sailors now over after several bodies were recovered inside the damaged navy destroyer. Nbcs Janis Mackey Frayer is live in japan with more. Good morning. Reporter good morning, hallie. The uss fitzgerald took a huge hit and heavy damage to an area with berthing spaces where other 100 sailors were asleep at the time of the collision. There was a lo
For civil war history. Its just under 40 minutes. See if there is something from the audience first, and if there was not, we will pick it up from up here. If anyone has questions, just raise your hand. Here come the mike bearers. My question is really for anyone who feels compelled to answer it. Used theus sherman. Abor code and confiscation act im curious if sheridan did the same. Did he use any sort of legal justifications, or was it simply a soldier obeying orders from grant . And im curious if residents of chambersburg and western maryland have a sort of popular collective memory about their sort of tragedy. Ill talk about that part later. After my colleagues and the first question. One of the interesting things i think the significance of the lieber code is more postcivil war. Theres no reference in anything grant wrote or in any of the papers of ulysses s. Grant to the lieber code. Nothing. And i assure you, sherman did not care about it at all either. I think there was a kind o