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American weapons. do you need help from the united states? >> not military, yes. >> reporter: what they do need is a completely revamped army. deep-rooted corruption and neglect meant that these men just got a few weeks of basic training before they were flung into this. and behind the lines, they say the army is failing. anton, a volunteer, tells us the men in his unit lack everything from clear orders to the right salary. his message is not for the u.s. but for ukraines president-- stop lying ...

A cloud of debris and 18 more strikes followed. >> it can penetrate deeper. >> reporter: the air campaign isnnin an impressive display of american firepower, but is it winning the war against isis? has the bombing campaign taken back any territory from isis? >> id say approximately 700 i square square kilometers have been regained. >> reporter: thats in iraq where isis still holds 55,000 square kilometers it seized from iraqi and kurdish forces. in syria, isis is still expanding. >> isil has gre...

Authorities say this was an active terror cell theyve been monitoring for weeks when they realized an attack was imminent. they were reportedly plotting to attack police buildings on a grand scale, according to belgian authorities. the gunfire in belgium comes just a week after the attacks in paris that killed 17 people. theres no link so far between the two, but the hunt for accomplices in the paris incidents has put a jittery europe on heightened alert. there are also reports that weapons used...

Jim axelrod in for scott pelley. see you in 30 minutes. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> axelrod: tonight, tears of a city. a sea of blue pays respect to a fallen officer, even as threats against cops pour in. jericka duncan reports. holiday joy urns into frustration when the video games dont work. >> kind of, like, blowing my mind. >> axelrod: ben tracy on how the hackers stole christmas. bad tires cause thousands of accidents each year. jeff pegues reports most dri...

He was born yesterday, which makes him a christmas baby, of course. but thats not the most memorable part of the young boys birth. no one who rides a subway anywhere likes a delay, but at least the one that stopped the subway in philadelphia yesterday had a reason no one was going to complain too loudly about. >> i had a patron just tell me a-- she believed somebody is going into labor. >> reporter: philadelphia transit police officer darrell james and sergeant daniel caban were on patrol just b...

>> axelrod: good evening. scotts off tonight. im jim axelrod. this is our western edition. the line of mourners stretches for blocks, and they are here from every corner of new york city and well beyond to pay their respects to officer rafael ramos, one of two cops murdered last weekend as they sat in their cruiser. an honor guard saluted as the casket was brought into the church. some of the mourners are carrying pictures of ramos and his partner wenjian liu. blue ribbons hang on a nearby fence...

Captain sergio centa was his commanding officer. >> nobody deserves to die the way he did, police officer or civilian, especially not a police officer, not the way it happened. >> reporter: georgia sheriffs deputy evin restos traveled 13 hours on christmas day to be here. he knows the ramos family. >> so it is personal, but as law enforcement, i think theres a bond between brothers in blue that we stick together. >> reporter: todays wake comes at a time when many officers are worried about their...

This happened? >> well, scott, the incident that flipped the switch, so to speak, may have been a court case here in sydney just on friday in which he was attempting to have charges relating to those offensive letters he sent to families of slain australian soldiers overturned. that appeal failed. what we saw occur here this morning was certainly a transformation from a man many considered an unapologetic menace certainly, but also frankly a crackpot into a violent terrorist and a killer. we saw...

Four cities to look at the impact of lower energy prices on domestic oil exploration, jobs, the auto industry and tonight air fares. heres manuel bojorquez with man who has a very long trip to and from work. who has a very long trip to and from work. >> reporter: ian bearce loves his job at a visual effects production company in manhattan. youd have to for the 1,204-mile commute. >> so from office door to the door of your house, how long is it? >> about six hours. >> six hours. >> yeah. >> repor...

Pelley is next. >> the latest news and weather always on kpix.com. >> pelley: tonight, a deadly end to the siege in sydney. police storm a café where a terrorist held more than a dozen hostages. ben tracy is in sydney. jericka duncan on a deadly shooting rampage in the philadelphia suburbs. oil prices fall again, but not air fares. manuel bojorquez on the airlines defying the laws of gravity and supply and demand. and michelle miller on report card day for high school dropouts getting a second ...