Air just 24 hours ago. But not today because of the weather temperatures actually helped push the smoke out of the area with the change in the area and the drop in the temperature is it really did help us out a lot. We did not see a lot of actual fire and flames today we saw a lot of smoke and hot spots j. R. firefighters are monitoring those hot spots on the ground and you can see the helicopters that are being used as well to dont flame retardant and water on the hotspotsdump this fired jumped over highway 20 and threatened homes, but it has since gone to the northeast people say it is night and day compared to what it was go it looks way better today than it does best today yesterday today it looks way better it did make us kind of worried to want to leave but it looks better now j. R. in spite of everything that is good that has happened firefighters tell me that there is still much more to work on pam the rocky fire is currently the largest wildfire burning in california. It has n
U. S. Taxpayers million was routedded in syria in its First Contact with the enemy. Both the cost and the stakes are high. The Obama Administration is depending on u. S. Trained syrians and iraqis to roll back the Islamic Extremist Group isis, which has dismembered both countries despite daily u. S. Air strikes. One pentagon official described the defeat as the u. S. Trained troops as a friggin mess. Heres david martin. Reporter this video purporting to show u. S. Trained fighters captured in syria could not be independently verified but theres no doubt the pentagons first attempt to insert fighters into syria met with what one official called abject failure. Nearly half the force was either killed, captured or missing. And they never even came in contact with isis. Officially called the new syrian force, first contingent of 54 fighters was trained by the u. S. Military at a base in turkey and sent across the border into northern syria. [explosion] but instead of fighting isis, they un
Case in hopes it can solve one of tell worlds biggest art thefts. A powerful bomb killed eight and wounded 400 others in afghanistan. The bomb went off near an army compound in the capitol. Its the fourth attack in afghanistan in two days. In a moment we will go live to Jennifer Glasse in kabul but first her report. Reporter the explosion was so big it could be heard all around the afghan capitol. Windows shattered and buildings collapsed. Translator the ground was shaking when the explosion took place, i thought it was an earthquake. It was so horrible. Reporter while the target may have been a military compound the dead and injured were mainly civilians, hospitals were inundated. Translator all residents in the area were shocked. We are concerned about the securitiky is getting worse day by day and there is no guaranty how long we will live. Reporter civilian casualties are record high with nearly 5,000 afghans killed or injured in the First Six Months of this year. For Afghan Securi
Get a warrant. Let me tell you something. Get a judge to sign a warrant. Governor make your point. Reporter things heat up at republican contenders for the u. S. Presidency face off in the first debate. We will tell you about germanys Green Mission to help the Bee Population stay abuzz. A powerful truck bomb has killed at least eight people injured about 400 others in afghanistan. It happened near an army compound in the capitol kabul. This is the fourth attack in afghanistan in two days. Jennifer glasse has the latest. Reporter the explosion was so big it could be heard all around the afghan capitol. Windows shattered and buildings collapsed. Translator the ground was shaking when the explosion took place. I thought it was an earthquake. It was so horrible. Reporter while the target may have been a military compound the dead and injured were mainly civilians, hospitals were inundated. Translator all residence sents in the area were shocked and concerned about security which is getting
So long, jackass. This is the cbs morning news for friday, august 7th, 2015. Good morning and thanks for joining us. Im Alison Harmelin in for annemarie green. The republican president ial candidates will be back on the campaign trail this morning after last nights first debate. The ten Top White House hopefuls showed their combative sides. They traded barbs over hot button issues like immigration. Donald trump refused to rule out a third party run. Craig boss will in cleveland. Reporter fireworks at the start from the first primetime republican president ial debate of the 2016 election. Donald trump went after the moderators as well as the other republicans on the stage. The other republicans fired back and the tone remained testy. Billionaire Businessman Donald Trump was center stage in a debate on the Fox News Channel and he came out swinging. Mr. Trump reporter he was the only republican candidate who couldnt promise he wont run as an independent. Im talking about a lot of leverage