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supreme court today. the document posted online for a time, revealing what appears to be a major decision tonight in an abortion rights case. and tonight, outside new york city, the tractor trailer right into multiple moments. first, nearly 0 mill80 mill americans under storm threats. major cities from washington, d.c., up through philly, new york city to boston. all in the coming hours. and ginger zee is standing by to time this out. also tonight, that supreme court mistake, posting a document online for a time appearing to reveal the just justices new decision in a major abortion rights case, involving women who are in need of an abortion in the er. what the justices appear to have decided. terry moran standing by. the presidential debate tomorrow night. we ll air it right here live on abc. president biden and donald trump set to take the cnn stage in atlanta. and the new poll just out tonight, and what it shows, who has the slight lead coming into this. toni ....
reporter: vice president biden went further in a fiery speech in new hampshire. we will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice. reporter: but exactly how or what the u.s. military will do against isis, on that, president obama was vague. this is not going to be a one week or one month or six month proposition. reporter: an urgent search for the remaining two u.s. and british hostages is being carried out by spy planes and satellites around an isis stronghold in syria. and investigators are scrambling to try and identify the man seen in these two videos, showing the executions of american journalist steven sotloff and james foley. i m back, obama. reporter: investigators are looking at isis fighters who make appearances. see how the camera pans and briefly catches a glimpse of one of the isis camera operators and another driving a truck, both ....
Messages saying, quote, his goal is to degrade and destroy isis. but then later suggesting it could be a manageable problem. members of congress and many world leaders gathered are looking to president obama to clarify strategy for isis in syria. as one democratic senator dianne feinstein put it, pressure saying if the u.s. doesn t take the fight to them, they ll bring the fight to our homeland. reena, tahman. devin dwyer in wales. thank you. turning to scrutiny for police in ferguson, missouri. nearly after a month of a shooting of an unarmed black teen. abc news learned that the justice department is launching a full-scale investigation of the ferguson police department. sources say it will look into whether officers used excessive force and the way they do stops and arrests. we are learning new details about the third american and second doctor infected with deadly ebola virus. 51-year-old rick sacra of boston is in isolation and in good spirits. ....
reporter: the urgent search for the remaining two u.s. and other western hostages is being carried out by spy planes and satellites over the isis stronghold of the syrian city of raqqah. this is where u.s. officials believe isis staged its barbaric murders of journalists steven sotloff and james foley. the president vowed isis will pay the price. we will not be intimidated. their horrific acts unite us as a country and stiffen the resolve to take the fight against these terrorists. reporter: the isis commander abu bakr al-baghdada are key, and so are the masked men in the videos and those not seen are part of the execution and video team. those who make the mistake of harming americans learn that well will not forget, our reach is long and justice will be served. reporter: in the search for clues, some gruesome isis videos offer unintended leads. here the camera pans and briefly ....
Catches a glimpse of one of the isis camera operators. then another isis fighter driving the truck. part of the all important propaganda team that records and distributes the brutal videos. the act of communication that follows the act of violence is almost as important if not more important than the act of violence itself. reporter: the family of steven sotloff said they were privately grieving for their 31-year-old journalist son. a friend speaking for the family said sotloff died as he lived, courageously. we will not allow our enemies to hold us hostage with the sole weapons they possess fear. reporter: now the goal is to find some way to save the remaining american and western hostages still in the hands of isis. veteran special forces operators say while it will be difficult to carry out a second mission after the failed mission july 4th. it would not be impossible. brian ross, abc news, new york. president obama today mentioned they re going after, they want to seek ....