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hand shooting at us. there s another arrest. reporter: police quickly moved in making one arrest. at the same time in dallas three aircraft were targeted near lafield. faa reports last night alone more than 20 aircraft were struck by lasers nationwide, from upstate new york to detroit, cincinnati to salt lake, sanan juan, puerto rico to los angeles. a number of attacks is growing. as of mid october, more than 5,300 strikes this year compared to 3,900 last year. at u.s. park police headquarters today where the s.w.a.t. team practiced repelling, they showed how the laser light can blind the pipit. they a a five milla watts or more. the eye damage can be irrersible. as we are coming in for a landing, the whole pock pit illuminates in almost like a green haze. reporter: no suspect was identified. pointing a laser at a plane is a felony punished by up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 fine. so far, at least 50 ople h he been convicicd. their sentences ranging from ....
lester holt. good eveving. we start with greig danger the sky which threatened nearly 2 dozen flights last night alone. the fbi is looking for potentially dozens of suspects who lit up the skies with laser pointers in 16 cities. oneargeted the helicopter of our nbc station here in new york city which aimed its camera lens at the source catching the alleged culprit in the act. tom costello now with a rare pilot s view of this alarming threat from the ground. it happened 1,500 feet over brooklyn. a bright green laser light suddenly lit up the nbc 4 helicopter cockpit. don t look, george. reporter: the reporter and his pilot nearly blinded as they hovered above the city. on the ground, a man who appeared to be targeting not only the nbc chopper but nypd chopper, too. we can see him standing outside the building in the back with the lacer in his there s another arrest. reporter: police quickly moved in making one arrest. at the same time in dallas three air ....
iraq today, opening an offensive that the pentagon hopes will be a breakthrough against the islamic extremists who are occupying much of syria and iraq. iraqi kurdish troops, backed by 36 american airstrikes, 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 sinjar 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 mountain side, kurdish peshmerga forces searched for targets, passing the coordinates to u.s. advisers. this is one of the forward fighting position where s they re helping to pick targets for air strikes. soldiers here told us with aircraft overhead ....
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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: u.s. warplanes hammered the forces of isis in iraq today, opening an offensive that the pentagon hopes will be a breakthrough against the islamic extremists who are occupying much of syria and iraq. iraqi kurdish troops, backed by 36 american airstrikes, 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 sinjar 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 dug in on the mountain side, kurdish peshmerga forces searched for targets, passing the coordinates to u.s. advisers. this is one of the forward fighti ....