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Live near the trickysyrian border today. That is right. Seems to be in the crucial stages. We spent the day at the border and so the most intense fighting we have witnessed in the week we have been here. Take a look at what we saw. We have been witnessing several airstrikes isis today mostly on the southwestern side of the city. Its the black plumes of smoke coming up. That is outside the city. Today we have been seeing and hearing loud, intense fire coming on the very center of the city indicat...

Israeli artillery. One official says the world stands disgraced for not protecting children. A live report from the middle east is coming up. But first, a frightening warning to americans from u. S. Born jihadist fighting in syria. That battlefield is 6,000 miles away and feels even farther as the worlds attention is focused on the conflict in gaza. But there is a group of americans directly involved in the syrian civil war, and theyre vowing to spread jihad. Cnns jim sciutto has more. Reporter ...

President obama is trying hard to ease growing concerns with his plan to degrade and ultimately destroy isis will lead down a slippery slope interest a long, bloody ground war in iraq. The commander in chief said flatly the United States will not have a combat mission there. Secretary of state john kerry has been saying the same thing up on capitol hill where lawmakers are ready to approve and pay for the president s initial plan, and in a slick new video, isis is making clear it is ready for wh...

Good morning, im carol costel costello. Youre watching live coverage of the senate arm services committee. Testifying is chuck hagel, general Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff will also testify. So far, two major headlines. General Martin Dempsey will say he will send u. S. Military advisors into combat if he decides its necessary, which defies the president s promise of no ground troops. Second, the new mission is to destroy isis in iraq but only disrupt it in syria. Let...

Duncans longtime pam partner. A woman named louise. She is one of the four family members you should quarantine, by the way, inside that apartment here in dallas. Duncan came to texas from line ear wra to visit her. The statement reads, we want to put it up for you, in part, my family is in deep sadness and grief, but we leave him in the hands of god. Our deepest sympathies go out to his father and family in liberia and here in america. Eric was a wonderful man who showed compassion towards all....

Thousands of american troops back into iraq or afghanistan or anywhere else. Were not going to be spending trillions of dollars. I think it is going to take more hand air strikes to drive them out of there. At some point somebodys boots have to be on the ground. An american pastor imprisoned in iran coming up on two years in prison because of his faith. Isis and other extremists are threatening him. Well talk to his wife who stood before the white house this week to plead for help. Is the admini...

Them as close combat advisers. What does that mean, how might that evolve over time. Lets discuss with the chief National Security correspondent and cnn military analyst. Gentlemen, welcome, and jim to you. Just, okay. It gets complex. What are exactly these advisers trained to do, and at what point might their roles change. Might they have to go up to the front lines. Well, to this point, their role has been limited to being at these joint Operation Centers that have been set up in irbil and No...

This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Good evening. This is our western edition. Pelley good evening. The old Northern California logging town called weed rightfully brags about its natural beauty, but tonight much of it is up in flames. Trees turned into kindling, feeding a wildfire that has driven hundreds of people from their homes. And that is just one of a dozen major wildfires in the state 6,000 firefighters are battling flames that have burned well over 183,000 acres. Heres John...

Go after the Islamic State fiegers. Fighters. Theres a lot of news so lets get to it. Todays program is important. I need you for the next 15 minutes. Nearly three months after president obama ordered air strikes against the Islamic State militants, after he said he would guard against mission creep, no boots on the ground, the nations top military officer today said we may eventually need boots on the ground. That is the secretary of defense said in the same hearing there is no military solutio...

Less than a week ago president obama promised the United States would start hunting isis targets wherever they are. This time it meant south of baghdad where they destroyed an area where six isis vehicles were destroyed in a separate strike. There have been 162 airstrikes in iraq since isis started causing trouble. So far the strikes have been focused on protecting americans and humanitarian aid. Right now retired general john allens job is to figure out what the coalition needs in their fight a...