And that set them off and they vowed to get revenge no matter what. Investigators say that a series of unthinkable acts happened here and robert banks, a known drug dealer, was the target. They kicked him, they strangled him with a cord, they beat him with a pipe. With their fists, they beat him with a stick. He was assaulted. I think he is innocent. Why . Because i dont think he would do anything to hurt anybody. Investigators say that they have confessed and are behind bars because banks is dead. They say banks invited a woman to get high. She said she was raped. Their friend, brutalized and killed banks and burned his body. They called their father brian johnson, senior, he dumped the body in the green swamp where it was discovered by a couple in their jeep. There is a lot of evidence against them. Confessions and the photos they took with their cell phones of the body which they used for bragging rights. That helps when you are going around showing pictures saying dont worry about
This is the cbs morning news for friday, august 8th, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Three years after the withdrawal of u. S. Troops from iraq, military aircraft are making a return. American cargo planes escorted by fighter jets dropped humanitarian aid to tens of thousands of iraqi religious minorities. The president says its an effort to prevent a genocide. Its happening in the sinjar mountains in the northwestern area of iraq. They were forced into the area as the takeover of iraqi resources continues to expand. Tara mergener reports from washington. Reporter president obama authorized the targeted air strikes on iraq but he was quick to say they that does not mean war. Reporter the militant group known as isis is said to be advancing toward the city of erbil where american diplomats and civilians are serving. We are prepared to take action if they threaten our personnel or facilities anywhere in iraq. Reporter the president also confirmed humanitarian
2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Three years after t withdrawal of u. S. Troops from iraq, military aircraft are making a return. American cargo planes escorted by fighter jets dropped humanitarian aid to tens of thousands of iraqi religious minorities. The president says its an effort to prevent a genocide. Its happening in the sinjar mountains in the northwestern area of iraq. They were foed aa as the takeover of iraqi resources continues to expand. Tara mergener reports from washington. Reporter president obama authorized the targeted air strikes on iraq but he was quick to say they that does not mean war. Reporter the militant group known as isis is said to be advancing toward the city of erbil where american diplomats and civilians are serving. We are prepared to take action if they threaten our personnel or facilities anywhere in iraq. Reporter the president also confirmed humanitarian air drops of food and water near sinjar mountain where thousands of
We begin with encouraging jobs news out today. Weekly unemployment claims fell below 3300,000. But still 11 million americans remain out of work. Lets find out what lawmakers are doing about benefits. Libby good morning, what is on the table . Well, democrats are pushing for an extension of these longterm unemployment ben fitteds. These were created during the recession to help americans who were out of a job more than six months. So now the federal government allows them for about 18 months. That expires on december 28th just a couple of days before christmas. Some democrats held a hearing to hear from americans who benefited from these benefits. One is lisa floyd. She shared her personal story. She worked for a hospice organization. She couldnt find a job and was unemployed, and she said Unemployment Insurance got her through. I have spent the majority of my waking hours looking for work. During this time, i was able to support myself because i received those vital Unemployment Insur
Yesterday germany had 279 cases, denmark had 10. We had to squeeze this in to show how u. S. Compared. Sweden 283, america, 60,021. Heres what Vice President pence said. I think what the president was saying this morning is that if there are aspects of the cdcs recommendations that are prescriptive or serve as a barrier to kids getting back to school, we want governors and local officials and education leaders to know were here to work with them to support the measures theyre putting into place. I think every american, every american knows that you can safely reopen our schools. And we want, as the president said this morning too, make sure what were doing doesnt stand in the way of doing that. Cnn pchs erica hill is join us. The city laid out its plans to start classes this Upcoming School year. Tell us about this. Reporter so, theyre looking at a few different models. And parents have about a month to say they would like their kids to go online. What theyre looking at is a hybrid mod