36 american air strikes, moved to retake the town of sinjar, and they cut a highway that is used by isis to carry supplies from raqqa, its stronghold in syria, to mosul, the largest city that isis holds in iraq with more than a million residents. charlie d'agata is with the kurdish peshmerga forces. >> reporter: the battle to reclaim sinjnj began in the air. u.s. air strikes pounded suspected isis targets throughout the day. thick smoke hung over the city as isis fighters lit banks of tires to try to block the bombers' visibility. dug in on the mountainside, kurdish peshmerga forces searched for targets, passing the coordinates to u.s. advisers. this is one of the forward fighting position where they're helping to pick targets for air strikes. soldiers here told us with aircraft overhead all the time, sometimes it's just five minutes from the moment they call it in, to the time it's delivered. kurdish fighters are so close to isis militants, they can hear their conversations on simple two-way radios. "there's an airplane in the air" the voice said. "stop, hide." sniper mazan maraq is watching. "they're inside houses," he told us. "they move from house to house. they're behind the rubble." maraq and his family fled sinjar when isis militants overran the city 15 months ago. tens of ththsands were uprooted in the terror that followed as isis murdered, raped, and enslaved members of the yazidi sect. today, the 22-mile stretch of highway that kurdish forces took control of, breaks a key isis supply route from syria. but the fight is only starting. as the day wore on, kurdish soldiers spotted more isis militants on the move and scrambled into position. maraq says he hopes isis will be defeated and his family can return home. and when do you think you will liberate sinjar? "hopefully tonight," he said. this fight is going to go house to house, scott. and peshmerga soldiers told us they expect to face snipers, car bombs, and booby traps, not only roadside bombs, but inside buildings, as they push further into the city. >> charlie d'agata on the battlefield tonight. charlie, thank you. an ohio man accused of being an isis supporter was arrested today and charged with trying to recruit people to kill u.s. service members. jeff pegues is following this. jeff. >> reporter: scott, based on what investigators say terrance mcneil posted online, he was the type of troubled soul that they are concerned about, someone easily influenced by isisi social media propaganda. prosecutors say 25-year-old hospital scrubs, got the fbi's attention this year when he promoted what was essentially an isis hit list of members of the u.s. military. isis' so-called "hacking division" published the list, complete with photographs, names, and addresses. prosecutors say in late september, using his tumblr account, mcneil reblogged the list and tried to solicit others to kill the service members, "wherever you find them." his twitter account was suspended numerous times but he off opened another account using the words "lone wolf." we reached out to his attorney for comment but we have not heard back. >> jeff, thank you. in an extraordinary move tonight, the secretary of defense has fired his top military adviser, a three-star general, over allegations of misconduct. ash carter fired lieutenant general ron lewis, who before his pentagon assignment, had been an attack helicopter pilot in iraq and afghanistan. carter did not spell out the allegations, but he said the defense department is investigating. today, the university of missouri appointed an african american as interim president. michael middleton takes over for tim wolfe, who resigned on monday after students protested that he was insensitive to racial complaints. as other campuses joined the protest today, police are now investigating a threat at howard university in washington, d.c., and here's anna werner. >> reporter: additional officers were sent to checkpoints into and out of howard university this afternoon after a threat to students was found on social media. this comes after a 19-year-old student at the university of missouri was arrested this week, charged with making terroristic threats after he posted d line he was going to shoot black students on campus. tensions are rising on campuses across the country after the student protests led to the president's resignation at mizzou. hundreds of students gathered today at syracuse and yale universities to stand in solidarity with those demonstrators. >> we stand with mizzou!! >> reporter: and just yesterday at ithaca college in upstate new york, students called for their school's president to step down due to a perceived lack of response to racial incidents. the department of education reports the number of racial complaints on college campuses has increased from 555 in 2009 to 939 last year. this video of racist chants by fraternity members of the university of oklahoma was widely reported last spring. but several students at yale told us the reason they're marching is what happens when there are no headlines. >> i definitely felt like there was no one to turn to, no one to talk to about it or nowhere to report it, which i think is one of the crucial problems that the university has. >> reporter: the young man arrested at the university of missouri for making those threats, scott, is facing up to seven years in prison. >> anna werner reporting. anna, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. almost sixty million americans are affected by mental illness. together we can help them with three simple words. my name is chris noth from maine to maui, thousands of high school students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. chris young: action teams of high school students are joining volunteers of america and major league baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. carlos pea: it's easy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. get in on the action at actionteam.org. 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[ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: democratic voters are also worried about marco rubio and ben carson but not nearly as worried as they are about trump. and, scott, our politics may be polarized but a full three- quarters of the democratic voters we spoke to said they want a candidate who will compromise with republicans in congress. >> nancy cordes tonight. nancy, thank you. john dickerson will moderate that democratic presidential debate on saturday night. that's at 9:00 here on cbs. twitter is one of our partners for this debate, and so we invite you to tweet us your questions for the candidates using the hashtag #demdebate. donald trump's plan to deport 11 million illegal immigrants could never pass congress, according to the new republican speaker of the house. in an interview for "60 minutes," paul ryan said he couldn't imagine how that plan could ever happen. ryan told us that he's been in touch with the president often since he became speaker two weeks ago, and while he opposes mr. obama on many issues, they have found common ground. >> i think you can walk and chew gum at the same time. i think you can oppose the president on some issue that you fundamentally disagree with, but also work with the other party on issues you do agree with. that's what i've been doing. look, if we can find common ground, we can on highways, we will on funding the government. hopefully we can on tax policy. those are three things that will produce certainty in this country in the next few months. let's go do that. >> there was a time on capitol hill when the other guy had a bad idea. and now on capitol hill, the other guy's a bad guy. >> yeah, i think that's right. >> how do you heel that animosity? it's your job now? >> leadership by example is the way i look at it. i have friends on the other side of the aisle. i have shown we can negotiate and compromise without compromising principle, that people with different ideas aren't bad people. they just have different ideas. somewhere in this we got into impugning people's character and motives if we didn't like their ideas. we've got to get back to just debating ideas and not impugning people's motives and character. >> sunday on "60 minutes" speaker ryan will tell us how he'd like to change taxes and social security, and his wife, janet, explains why she didn't want him to take the job. there was an outbreak of laser strikes on aircraft across the country overnight. laser pointers, sold at sporting goods stores, were aimed at planes and helicopters in 16 cities. here's kris van cleave. >> the laser was pointed at the pilot. >> reporter: three new york city news choppers became the story last night as they were targeted by people on the ground with dangerously bright green lasers. the news crews directed new york police to the location of one of the incidents and two people were taken into custody. the faa says more than 20 aircraft were hit with lasers last night flying over cities from new york to california, michigan to kentucky. in dallas, three pilots reported laser sightings while on approach to land. last night is part of a record- setting surge of laser strikes on aircraft. as of the middle of october, pilots had reported more than 5,300 incidents. that's nearly a 40% increase over all of 2014. problem that the l.a. police department's air support division equips its 88 airborne officers with special protective glasses. >> it's incapacitating for a few moments. >> reporter: lapd pilot kevin cook has been hit at night while flying low over the city. >> you want to turn away from the light source. except when it illuminates the helicopter you can't turn away from the light source. >> reporter: no one was injured in last night's incident. and no accidents have ever been attributed to a laser strike. scott, it is a crime to shine a laser at an airplane punishable by a maximum of 20 years in prison. >> kris van cleave, kris, thanks. in utah tonight, a lesbian couple is fighting a judge's ruling to remove their foster baby. carter evans spoke with them. >> reporter: beckie pierce and april hoagland have just five days to hold on to the baby girl they've nurtured for months. >> knowing that, that's what we've done and it's been taken away from us is heartbreaking. >> reporter: the couple is to adopt the child. but tuesday, according to lawyers present in the courtroom for utah child welfare agency, judge scott johansen ordered the couple to give up the baby for just one reason. >> he said he's seen studies that say children do worse in homosexual homes than in heterosexual homes. >> reporter: the judge wouldn't tell you what studies he was referring to? >> no, he told the lawyers to do their own research. >> reporter: hoagland and pierce say the judge also ignored pleas from the baby's biological mother to grant them custody. they believe the judge, a bishop in the mormon church, is imposing his religious beliefs over the law. >> this is all about sexual orientation, not what is best for the child. >> he has no other grounds but that. >> reporter: child and family services say the couple passed rigorous background checks and state law is on their side, according to director brent platt. >> any legally married couple in utah can become licensed as foster parents, same-sex couples, heterosexual couples. it's very simple, very straightforward. >> reporter: there's not much >> there's not much time at all. she's happy, she bonded and now you're going to take that away from her. she has to start over. >> reporter: the couple is appealing the judge's decision, and child and family services is still trying to determine if it's even legal. we wanted to speak directly with judge johansen but the court told us he is not permitted to talk about pending cases. >> carter evans in salt lake city. carter, thanks. did a mix-up by the maker of birth control pills lead to unwanted pregnancies? 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>> it feels like something that you don't deserve. >> reporter: we asked army captain florent groberg. >> the army and the government and the president decided to award me this medal for the worst day of my life. >> reporter: so how does that feel? >> overwhelming, confusing, not exciting. >> reporter: on august 8, 2012, in afghanistan, groberg was in charge of protecting his brigade commander and a couple other vips as they made a short march to the provincial governor's compound. >> it's just one of those weird moments that you get in combat where as soon as you get on the ground, things just don't feel >> reporter: groberg would normally have been at the rear of a protective diamond around the vips. this time, he went to the front. >> i wanted to see where we were walking. i wanted to have eyes on. >> reporter: grororg spotted a man coming towards them from the left. >> he's a threat, and my only thing in the world i have to do that's that specific moment is eliminate the threat, no matter what it takes. >> reporter: why don't you shoot him? >> you can't just start shooting anyone. didn't see a weapoon him. you know, i can't pick up my rifle and shoot him. >> reporter: so groberg, followed by sergeant andrew mahoney, rushed him. >> i dropped my rifle, grabbed him, and realized that at this point, he's got plates on his chest. >> reporter: a suicide bomber. groberg and mahoney threw him to the ground. >> when he blew up, his chest first blew up into the ground and took the impact, which is probably the reason why i'm here talking to you here today. >> reporter: and why so many were in the audience today. but moments later, a second suicide bomber hiding inside a nearby building detonated his vest, and between them, the bombers killed four men, which made it the worst day of groberg's life. >> this medal that i will be receiving, i'd-- i'd turn it right back in right now, say no thank you. bring my guys back right here. >> reporter: that's what it feels like to be a war hero. david martin, cbs news, washington. and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us just a little later for the morning news. of course, "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new it's friday, november 13th, 2015. this is the "cbs morning news." the united states goes after one of the most recognizable figures within isis. the executioner known as jihadi john is targeted in a u.s. air strike. donald trump unloads in a profanity laced stump speech in iowa, the presidential contender has his sharpest words yet with ben carson, comparing his opponent to a child molester. >> a child custody controversy in utah. the state takes a stand against a judge who ordered a foster child be taken from the lesbian couple carrying for her. rex ryan gets revenge on the team who fired him. he beats the new york jets but group of fans is angered over good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning, the pentbgon is trying to determine if a u.s. air strike killed the infamous executioner known as jihadi john. thursday's air strike was carried out bay drone that targeted a vehicle in the syrian city of raqqa, an islamic state stronghold. johnathan vigliotti is in london with the details on this this morning. >> reporter: jihadi john was the international symbol of the brutality that is isis. he first appeared on an islamic state video last year wearing a mask, dressed in black, and holding a large knife. he spoke with a british accent. before executing american journalist james foley. the beheading video provoked outrage. it was the first of several brutal executions. jihadi john was identified as a british citizen, mohammed emwazi, last february. a former hostage described him as a psychopath. he was born in kuwait and moved to england as a boy and it's believed he left syria in 2013. emwazi is known to help in executions of these journalists and a number of other western hostages. he had been on the rhine for years. the u.s. launched air strikes against isis and syria last year. a number of senior isis members have been killed, but if jihadi's john's death is confirmed, he would be the best known. >> johnathan vigliotti in london, thank you. this morning in iraq, kurdish forces entered the isis-held town of sinjar. it began yesterday supported by u.s. air strikes. charlie d'agata is with the kurdish troops and joins us on the phone from sinjar. charlie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i'm actually standing inside sinjar city. it happened a couple of hours ago. people on foot and kurdish forces started sneaking down the mountainside into the city itself and then dozens more followed, followed by hundreds after that. there is sporadic gunfire that rang out in several neighborhoods, especially to the west and east of the city. we are to the north. now, as i speak, now they are walking through the streets. hundreds of them are celebrating a victory. they are claiming a victory. they say sinjar is now cleared. this morning, we heard a lot of gunfire, but that may have been celebratory gunfire. you can see the level of destruction as we walk around here. several neighbors have been pinpointed by the u.s. air strikes to the north, specifically where whole neighborhoods have just been leveled. the same situation off to the east where isis is suspectct to be holding out. now, it is still tense, because there's so much destruction, so much debris in the roads and in the streets, the concern now is that there may be trip wires and there may be ieds. we heard one controlled explosion at one of these homemade bombs. the job now will be to clear out the city of these homemade bombs and boobytraps inside the buildings for the residents to be able to return. >> charlie, can you remind us about why this city is so strategically significant? >> reporter: yes. for two reasons. it's a strategic significance to the city because it sits essentially sits on a direct line between the two isis strongholds of raqqa and mosul in iraq. is there a highway that it straddles. now the kurdish forces have essentially cut off the crucial supply lines between those two big cities and driven a wedge. symbolically, it's important because this is the city where a group was driven out and their horrible stories about massacres and rapes going on inside the many people fled to a mountain in sinjar, where we were. and this is where the u.s. military, 14 months ago, decided enough is enough and started their air campaign because of what happened here in sinjar. >> charlie d'agata in sinjar, iraq, thank you very much. today is a national day of mourning in lebanon. islamic militants say they are responsible for two suicide bombings that killed at least 43 people yesterday and over 200 others were wounded. the bombers struck a hezbollah stronghold in southern beirut. speaking in iowa, donald trump reluctantly divulged his plan for taking care of isis. >> isis is making a tremendous amount of money because they have certain oil caps, right? they are certain areas of oil they took away. they have some in syria, some in iraq. i would bomb the -- from them. >> trump said he had to reveal his strategy because people didn't believe he had a plan to trump also ramped up his attacks against rival ben carson and the three democratic candidates are getting ready for tomorrow's debate. don champion is in new york with more on that. good morning, don. >> good morning. >> reporter: for more than 90 minutes, trump railed against his rivals in the race yesterday. his harshest criticism was for fellow front-runner ben carson. trump basically equated carson's childhood temper to the illness of a child molester. >> if you're a child molester, there is no cure. pathological, there is no cure. >> reporter: donald trump pulled no punches on the campaign trail thursday as he continued to pick apart ben carson's personal story. >> he went after his mother with a hammer! he hits a friend of his in the face with a padlock. he took a knife and he went after a friend and he lunged! how stupid are the people of iowa? how stupid are the people of the country to believe this crap? >> reporter: carson has called the questions over his past, quote, ridiculous. this late thursday, gop contender carly fiorina came to the neurosurgeon's defense on social media saying anyone can turn a multimillion dollar inheritance into more money, but all of the money in the world won't make is as smart as ben carson. trump's comments come as republican candidates continue to spar over immigration. florida senator marco rubio has called for a sensible approach. >> i don't think it's reasonable to say you're going to round up and deport 11 million people. >> reporter: hoping to counter rube's rise, ted cruz seized on the issue. >> i'm the only candidate standing on that debate stage who has never supported amnesty and, in fact, who led the fight to defeat amnesty in congress. >> reporter: on the democratic side, the stakes are high for bernie sanders and martin o'malley as they gd into saturday's debate in iowa. polls show hillary clinton far ahead of both contenders in the race. most democratic voters believe trump would be the hardest to beat come november. now, sanders did pick up a key endorsement thursday. he secured the support of the 200,000 member american postal workers union. it is the largest labor union to back him. a big boost he needs going into tomorrow night's debate. >> don champion in new york, thank you. 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who knew? undercover swifties everywhere. >> exactly. you know what. a little humor in court never hurt anybody, right? >> yeah, exactly. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, jill. on "thursday night football," it was rex ryan's return to metlife stadium. ryan was fired by the new york jets after last season. well, now he is coaching their division rivals the buffalo bills and, in his return, ryan exacts revenge. buffalo bills 19-point lead. then hold on to win 22-17. a stoked ryan talked after the game. >> you know, it doesn't feel that good. hell yeah, how do you think it feels? dang right. it feels great! >> a lot is being made this morning about those new nike uniforms that the teams wore. turns out that if you're colorblind, it was next to impossible to tell the teams apart! that is a little christmassy to me. ahead on the morning newsstand, a fun way to buy a car. we will show you the first fully automated vending machine that will give you a new ride in just minutes. coughing...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in bed all day. when your cold is this bad... ...you need new theraflu expressmax. theraflu expressmax combines... maximum strength medicines available without a prescription... ...to fight your worst cold and flu symptoms... ...so you can feel better fast and get back to the job at hand. new theraflu expressmax. here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. students from hundreds of colleges and universities took part in the million student march yesterday. demonstrators called for free tuition, a 15 dollar minimum wage for campus workers and the cancellation of student loan debt. a gangster goes free in a case of a "goodfellas" heist and why to where to buy your next car from a vending machine. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the "los angeles times" reports the dean of students at california's claremont mckenna resigned. saying they won't doing enough to help students who felt marginalized. mary spelman wrote in an e-mail that she believes stepping down is the best way to end the division. the "new york daily news" reports on the acquittal of reputed mobster vincent asaro in the "goodfellas" case. a federal jury reached the surprise verdict thursday at his racketeering trial. prosecutors accused asaro of helping to plan the 1978 lufthansa heist retold in the hit movie "goodfellas." the 6 million dollar armed robbery was called the largest in u.s. history. >> what are you going to do? >> what am i planning to do? have a good meal and see my family. >> evidence included secret recordings of asaro complaining he didn't get his share of the heist money. the "austin american statesmen," reports that a 18-year-old committed suicide using cobra bites. his body was found in july. an autopsy found that the man had several bites on each arm and no evidence he tried to defend himself. the report says the man had a history of suicidal thoughts. 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