Brilliant street photographer finally gets her moment to shine. We begin tonight with the president s choice to replace attorney general eric holder. If confirmed, Loretta Lynch would be the first African American woman to hold that job. Lets go to the white house and senior washington reporter Mike Viqueria for this, mike. Her name leaked out in news records this morning. The president wasnt planning to name a new attorney general nominee, until after he returns from asia, but tomorrow at 11 00 a. M. , the president will appear with lore lorett Loretta Lynch. She has deep experience in corporate fraud prosecutions. Her bu biographical is informat. 55 years old, a greensboro North Carolina native, first nominated as a prosecutor in 1999 by bill clinton. Left the Prosecutors Office for a while and reinstalled by president obama in 2010. Now you talk about the civil rights experience for ms. Lynch. She was involved in the prosecution of new York City Police officers who were involved in
Accidentally kills her instructor, learning to fire a usi submachine gun. Situation could be getting worse. We begin tonight with a painful plea from the mother of an american journalist held by the Islamic State group. Shirley sotloff released this desperate video today, begging the groups leader, abu bakr albaghdadi, to let her son go. She addresses him as caliph. Roxana saberi has more. I am Shirley Sotloff. My son stephen is in your hands. Reporter in this emotional plea, Shirley Sotloff addresses the leader by his preferred title. Asking him to let him to come home. You as the caliph can grant amnesty. I ask you to please release my son. Stephen is a journalist, who covered the suffering of muslims at the hand of tirants. The sotloffs kept his captivity secret. They thought if they publicized his case his captors in the Islamic State group would kill him. Last tuesday the Group Released a video showing the execution of another american journalist, james foley and threatened to kil
Pulling out of ferguson, missouri as the calm seems to be taking hold, there are new calls for justice. It started with the weekend and the Biggest Bands in the world, hee mormon and he Just Announced hes gay. Well hear from tyler glen of neotrees. Neon trees. After two years of saying the United States military would not get drawn into the civil war in syria the white house indicated today the calculus may be changing. This afternoon president obamas Deputy National security advisor addressed a growing threat from the Islamic State group and said the United States will not be restricted by borders. That comment came just a day after the highest ranking u. S. Military officer the chairman of the joint chiefs said the only way to defeat Islamic State is to fight the group inside syria. The Islamic State is responsible for the gruesome beheading of u. S. Journalist james foley which the white house calls a terrorist attack. More air strikes against the i. S. In iraq, threats the Islamic
Game changer for industry. Plus eyes wide shut. Kids in sleep and getting the right amount of rest is essential for everyone. And we begin tonight with the latest on u. S. Plans to fight the Islamic State group. According to the New York Times the white house has approved the use of drones over syria. Both manned and unmanned vehicles, kill Senior Leaders there. So far the u. S. Has only conducted air strikes against the Islamic State inside iraq. U. S. Officials said the drones might fly into syrian air space without approval from the assad regime. Jim walsh is a Research Studies associate at the mit program. What do you make of this move . Well john im not surprised because you had the president of the United States come out and remark to the American People saying, essentially, speaking with a new tone and a new emphasis, a new priority for the Islamic State. And then the day after, you have secretary of defense hagel and a top ranked uniformed officer come out with even more aggres
In ferguson trying to get back to life as usual. Plus App Developers want to help drivers find parking but theres a catch. Prompting cities to put on the break. And the fate of wild horses in wyoming. There are new allegations the federal government is now causing more harm than good. We begin this hour in washington where leaders weighing the threat of the Islamic State group and how far the u. S. Military should go to stop it. The group is responsible for the grizzly murder of american journalist james foley. In less than a year fighters have taken huge chunks of iraq and syria by force, trying to establish their own country. And warnings by the pentagon, over the strength of the Islamic State, and the president S National Security advisor today, also tried to down play growing concerns about another 9 11. To date we have not seen them focus on that type of planning. But that doesnt mean were not going to be very mindful that they could quickly aim to pivot to astack against western