U. S. Taxpayers million was routedded in syria in its First Contact with the enemy. Both the cost and the stakes are high. The Obama Administration is depending on u. S. Trained syrians and iraqis to roll back the Islamic Extremist Group isis, which has dismembered both countries despite daily u. S. Air strikes. One pentagon official described the defeat as the u. S. Trained troops as a friggin mess. Heres david martin. Reporter this video purporting to show u. S. Trained fighters captured in syria could not be independently verified but theres no doubt the pentagons first attempt to insert fighters into syria met with what one official called abject failure. Nearly half the force was either killed, captured or missing. And they never even came in contact with isis. Officially called the new syrian force, first contingent of 54 fighters was trained by the u. S. Military at a base in turkey and sent across the border into northern syria. [explosion] but instead of fighting isis, they un
Routedded in syria in its First Contact with the enemy. Both the cost and the stakes are high. The Obama Administration is depending on u. S. Trained syrians and iraqis to roll back the Islamic Extremist Group isis, which has dismembered both countries despite daily u. S. Air strikes. One pentagon official described the defeat as the u. S. Trained troops as a friggin mess. Heres david martin. Reporter this video purporting to show u. S. Trained fighters captured in syria could not be independently verified, but theres no doubt the pentagons first attempt to insert fighters into syria met with what one official called abject failure. Nearly half the force was either killed, captured or missing. And they never even came in contact with isis. Officially called the new syrian force, first contingent of 54 fighters was trained by the u. S. Military at a base in turkey and sent across the border into northern syria. [explosion] but instead of fighting isis, they unexpectedly came under attac
Fuming over the idea. He says the city created the pedestrian plazas for safety reasons, because overcrowded sidewalks were forcing people into the streets. He says the solution is regulating the costumed characters and topless women with body paint. New yorker agrees. I dont think its a solution because this is what times square is. It brings these people to the stores and businesses. You sit down and have a good time. Especially at nighttime you get to see the lights and everything. Reporter but for drivers dealing with stopped traffic at the crossroads of the world, they want the plaza gone. The traffic is terrible. The mayor has to do something with this. Reporter as for the topless women in body paint who sparked this debate, as you can see, they are nowhere to be seen right now or today. Might be because their manager was arrested last night here in times square wanted on an outstanding warrant. It was drugrelated. Live in times square, matt kozar, cbs 2 news. Matt, thank you. Mo
Starts right now. Good morning, it is 6 00 on this saturday, april 2 pped. Im andrea grimes. Im dick brennan. Todays top stories are just ahead. First a wild round of weather. Take a look at this funnel clou over raritan bay, looking over the south shore of long island. Wow there goes my car. Also hail coming down in parts of the area. Thissed video was taken in nyack and wayne in new jersey. And then theres the cooldown. The wind anna chance for snow. Meteorologist Vanessa Murdoch is here with this crazy forecast. Crazy indeed. Yes, it is really all over the place. So today calmer than yesterday with regards to the storms, but we still have some showers. Temperatures will be in the 50s. Then tomorrow morning it is going to feel like single will be gusting as high as 60 Miles Per Hour and, of course, you know, theres still the little bit of snow to mention. Yeah, that happens overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. Not a whole lot, but certainly a significant change from severe
And im mary calvi. Well have traffic and weather on the 2s in a moment. First mourning a music icon from fans to fellow musicians. Tributes have been pouring in for grammy Award Winning pop star prince who died yesterday at the age of 57. He was found unresponsive in an elevator. We have Team Coverage on princes death including how fans in new york and around the world are sell britting his celebrating his life. Theres still no word on the cause of the Legendary Musicians death. Were learning more about the initial phone calls from medical assistance. Lets begin with jennifer merrily. Person down not breathing. Moments later police and paramedics arrived at the scene and found the 57yearold singer unresponsive in an elevator. They tried performing cpr but the grammy and oscar winner was pronounced dead. Prince had been battling illness forcing him to cancel two shows this month. He felt well enough to perform last thursday at atlantas fox theater but on the flight home princes plane wa