The female bomber that the Islamic State wanted to trade. President obama saying the murder will only encourage the coalition in its fight against the Islamic State. I think well redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of a Global Coalition to make sure that they are degraded and ultimately defeated. That is also just indicates the degree to which whatever ideology theyre operating off of, its bankrupt. Lou well take up the debate about how much we should be doing in the fight against the Islamic Statement well be talking with general jack keane. Senate democrats successfully blocked the bill that would have funded the department of Homeland Security and gutted the president s amnesty fiat for Illegal Immigrants. And if its not the president asking for more taxpayer dollars, its the bureaucrats who worked for him. Irs commissioner John Koskinen asking congress for more money as the irs continues to make billions in improper payments to Illegal Immigrants. Senate finance Co
Francisco, michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. Michelle thank you. At least three other americans have been killed by isis in the last year. James foley was killed last august. Isis then beheaded Steve Sotloff who worked for time magazine. Another american, peter kassig is believed to have been killed last october. Our coverage of this story continues on nightly news. The latest on the action that jordan is taking plus the problem that isis is running into. Lester holt joins us at 5 30. Just in to our newsroom the teenager accused of attacking a pizza Delivery Driver will be charged as an adult. That announcement from the Contra Costa County district attorneys office. The Victim Told Police the 17yearold suspect approached her with a gun as she was making a pizza delivery in antioch on sunday. She says the teen ordered her to drive to another location where he sexually assaulted her. He then robbed her before taking off. Police arrested him a short time later. New at 5 00 you see peop
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Dubois good evening scott is off tonight. Im maurice dubois. We begin with two american journalists abducted by islamic terrorists in saudi arabia. Steve sotloff disappeared two years ago. Today his mother made a dramatic appeal for his release and 35yearold theo curtis, freed over the weekend after nearly two years in captivity is back home tonight. Heres Margaret Brennan. Reporter it had been 22 months since writer Peter Theo Curtis saw his mother. Last night they were reunited at bostons logan airport. Today outside his mothsers house in cambridge, massachusetts, an emotional curtis told reporters how thankful he was to be free. I remember how good the American People are and what kindness they have in their hearts and to all those people i say a huge thank you from the bottom of my heart. Reporter curtises was held captive by jubhat alnusra jubhatagokids wing in syria until his release was negotiated sunday
Clouds moving in. Our scan shows all the precipitation off to the south. The leading edge of moisture moving into spots like roanoke and charlottesville now and i think by the time we get into the latter half of the evening commute, well start to see some of that precipitation make its way into our area. So a Winter Weather advisory remains in effect for d. C. And the metro area until noon saturday. However, the National Weather service has just upgraded Washington County in maryland berkeley jefferson, frederick counties in virginia until noon a winter storm warning in effect and those are the areas that are going to see higher snow accumulations and the storm watch weather 7 team will be pulling together our fans and weve updated this snow total map a bit. Were seeing more of a shift in the snow totals farther northwest. Here in d. C. I think its going to be very wet. Mainly rain. Now, we will have the potential of a little sleet and maybe wet snow mixing in. But the ground temperatu
Bonnie hello, im bonnie erbe. Welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, women and terrorists. As terrorists from the group known as isis or isil threatened to behead more american journalists, the world reacted in horror. To its beheading of journalist jim foley. Less known is isils equally horrendous history of extreme Violence Toward women. The group recently kidnapped some 500 women and girls in territories isil controls in iraq, condemning them to a life of sexual slavery, all in the name of islam. Theyre going to impose on these women wha or marriage in e cause of gi had or whatever that is. Isil members claim to be defenders of islam, but according to noted islamic jurist dr. Azizah alhibri, their acts completely violate the faith. This is not as only contrary to the corn but the prophet himself said that when you enter a city or a village or laned in war, leave the women and the elderly and the children aside and only