jeff: good evening, everyone, i m jeff glor with a western edition of the broadcast. the before almost anyone heard of al qaeda he was well into planning attacks on america. what became known as the terror manual was first found on his laptop. but in libya u.s. forces successfully picked him up on the streets of typically. in somalia a second team targeting an al shabaab leader was forced to withdraw under fire. we begin tonight with david martin who has more on both american raids. reporter: it took 15 years but the trail ended here. in front of the house with abu anas al labi lived in the libyan capitol of tripoli. commandos from the delta force surrounded his car, smashed in the windows and carried him away. eventually to stand trial for his role in the 1998 bombings of two american embassies in africa. abu anas was one of the original members of al qaeda. and one of the few still at large. counterterrorism experts are likely to interrogate him for days before he is ha
inspiring hundreds to forge their own path. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. it was a risky call and a daring military rescue mission, but sadly it ended in failure for a young american journalist held hostage by al qaeda gunmen in yemen. killed as u.s. military commandos closed in on the terrorist hideout in an overnight raid. believing time was running out for 33-year-old luke somers, it was president obama who gave the green light for the rescue attempt. it was the second attempt to rescue somers in less than two weeks. tonight, we ve learned more details of last night s mission and the difficult choices that white house and military planners faced. we re covering several angles of this story. we begin with our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim, good evening. reporter: good evening, lester. this was in fact the second time the u.s. military launched a mission to try to rescue american
this is the cbs evening news. axelrod: good evening. i m jim axelrod. and this is a western edition of the broadcast. after the grand jury in staten island chose not to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of eric garner, civil rights leaders, also disturbed by the events in ferguson, missouri, called for a national day of protest. from new york to oakland and dozens of places in between today came the response. thousands of protesters demanding better treatments for minorities from police. it was mostly peaceful on the streets today, though demonstrators and police did clash in boston where state police arrested 23 people on a highway onramp. we have two reports beginning with juliana goldman in washington. reporter: jim, organizers say tens of thousands of people gathered here today. they came from all walks of life to protest the deaths of unarmed black men and boys at the hands of law enforcement. their message for the nation s leaders that the status quo
but will use selfie sticks to sell his signature health care law get anyone to sign up? good afternoon. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin with our world lead today. the widow at the center of a worldwide terror dragnet reappeared in a cover story on an isis magazine. there are no pictures but an isis affiliated journal says it interviewed hayat boumeddiene and she is now protected by the terrorists who are deep inside syria. barely more than a month ago, as you might recall boumeddiene s husband rampaged through the kosher supermarket in france killing four innocent men after having killed a female police officer. it s unclear what role she played in those terrorist attacks and the burqa-wearing extremist remains cloaked in mystery as well. but a video unearthed since then shows her and her husband casing jewish sites in paris, hinting at her deadly intentions. this interview, assuming it is legitimate sends a clear and chilling message to would-be terrorists
airports from coast to coast look up at the departure boards and hope and pray their flight has not been waylaid by this wintry blitz. plus the money lead. speaking of blitzes, another super bowl another record number of eyeballs glued to tv sets. this year s game unlike last year s, was actually worth watching. but some of those commercials, man. downright depressing. which ones worked and which ad makers might have been fired this morning? good afternoon. i m jake tapper. welcome to the lead. we are going to begin today with our world lead. the isis campaign to establish a brutal caliphate in iraq and syria continues, seemingly undeterred with four western hostages including an american woman, an aid worker in their deadly grip. today the terrorist group released new pictures showing an assault on an iraqi army base just about 30 miles west of baghdad. overnight the u.s.-led coalition hitting isis 17 more times in iraq 10 more in syria, this after the terror group kil