Well be right back. Defense secretary jim mattis flew to baghdad today. He told reporters the u. S. Does not intend to seize iraqs oil. Backing off from a suggestion made by President Trump. The u. S. Is working with the iraqis to flush isis out of western mosul, an operation that could take months. Charlie dagata shows why. [ gunfire ] reporter the new weapon in the isis arsenal isnt on the battlefield but above it. New propaganda videos from isis appear to show armed drones dropping explosives on iraqi troops with dead center accuracy. As the militant group loses ground in iraq, its been using drones with increasing levels of sophistication. Iraqi Tv Correspondent Abdul Hameen Zebari was wounded by an armed drone while traveling with iraqi forces in mosul. Was there a flash of light . Did you hear the explosion . It was a loud blast, he said. I fell down on my side. I knew what it was because seconds earlier the soldiers started shouting, drone, drone, drone. Isis drones have also be
Barricades, and scale the iconic red fort. Hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Almost a year after the first cases of coronavirus were diagnosed in the uk, the number of people whove died with the disease has passed 100,000. It is a grim moment in the countrys struggle against the pandemic, and britain is the first european nation to pass that landmark. Only the us, brazil, india and mexico have reported greater loss of life. In downing street, borisjohnson promised lessons would be learned. He said it was hard to compute the sorrow felt by the nation as a whole. On this day, i should just really repeat that i am deeply sorry for every life that has been lost and, of course, as Prime Minister, i take full responsibility for everything that the government has done. What i can tell you is that we truly did everything we could and continue to do everything that we can to minimise loss of life and minimise suffering in what has been a very, very difficu
Live with a lawyer who was arguing against this policy in court today. Who will update on us whether the Trump Administration is complying with the judges timetable to put these families back together again. We start tonight with Fredrick Vaughn stew ben. He was born in 1730 in the kingdom of presha. An air that is modern day germany. At 17 he joined the preshan army and fought in the seven years war. It was one of the most sophisticated and powerful armies in the world. He had a distinguished military career, eventually becoming a top aid to fredrick the great. He also believed to be a openly gay man. Back then, being gay was a crime. In 1753 he was dismissed from the army. He was rumored he was let go because he was gay. With no job and nowhere to go,
fredrick went to america. He arrived in the states in the throes of the Revolutionary War in 1777. The Continental Army was losing. They suffered through a bit l winter at valley forge. The troops were living in filth, untrained. George
Interviews with political figures and news updates. Public. And i think with giuliani and sekulow now, what theyre trying to do is trying to put pressure on mueller to wrap it up. Theyre putting this false deadline out there that he has to finish by September 1st because, you know, thats department of Justice Policy, to not come close to an election. Thats a great Ov Oversimplification of what the department of Justice Policy is. There is no absolute September 1st deadline, particularly when youre talking about the president , who is not even on the ballot in november. So its not even a clearcut connection to the elections. And even if it were, mueller does not have to stop investigating September 1st. He just might need to stay away from charging certain people or doing overt acts that might impact an election. So giuliani once again is just making stuff up and trying to put this false deadline and pressure on mueller. And youre right, it has an impact on the public. But i dont think
Pelley tonight the storybook ending. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. Rex tillerson will be the next secretary of state. The 64yearold texan is an engineer who spent more than 40 years at exxon, the last ten as c. E. O. Tillerson was attacked by democrats over his close business ties to russian president vladimir putin, but only four democrats joined the majority republicans in confirming him today. But that was four more democrats than any other Trump Nominee got today. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. I have been informed that no democrats will be in attendance this morning. Reporter for a second day democrats boycotted Committee Votes for several cabinet nominees. We are going to exercise on. Tever power we have through the constitution. R reporter their defiance drew anger from republicans. This is simply a senatorial temper tantrum. W reporter who decided to bypass the rules and vote without them. Mr. Grassley . Aye. Mr. Grassley.