Night, that that troubled Training Program is now on hold. Holly williams found out why when she met a rebel commander who asked us not to show his face, for fear of assassination. Reporter colonel mustafa is a commander. Why have so few syrians been trained by the americans so far . Translator we gave the americans the names of more than 1,200 fighters he told us, and they only accepted just over 100 of them for training. But the strict vetting process is not his only complaint with america. When the first group of 54 u. S. Trained fighters entered syria in july, several of them were captured by islamic militants. Colonel mustafa told us america left his men vulnerable giving them too few weapons and too little ammunition. But the commander of the second group of 70 u. S. Trained fighters admitted to us that he gave half of his american weapons to alnusra, al qaedas syrian affiliate. He should face a military court, colonel mustafa told us, those weapons belonged to the syrian people.
Virginia. Today, it suddenly turned into a raging river. Streets floode flooded in desti, florida. Cars were abandoned. A mudslide blocked roads in montgomery county, virginia. These storms are part of a double threat. A hurricane could be on the way over the weekend. Eric fisher is our chief meteorologist at the cbs station wbz. Eric, how bad will this get . Scott, very stormy times ahead here all the way through this week and into the weekend. This began last weekend and yesterday with those big rainfall totals, double dinlitz in the Florida Panhandle and flash flooding in virginia. We have flood watches from North Carolina up into new england. This is the same area we will watch all the way through this week into sunday, perhaps into next week. It is a classic setup to funnel in a lot of tropical moisture. We have a dip in the jetstream drawing in a lot of moisture. It has nowhere to go. Its trapped on the east coast. Scott, this is the type of setup we want people to take note of a
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Woman scheduled to be executed this evening. Francis said there should be justice, but mercy as well. In the end though, his plea was rejected. Here is Mark Strassmann. Last minute, last ditch appeals has put the execution on hold. In 1998 a jury convicted the now47yearold Kelly Gissendaner of plotting the murder of her husband, douglas. Gregory owens, her lover, pleaded guilty to the stabbing death and received a life sentence. But the mother of three went to trial and got the Death Penalty. Through a representative, pope francis wrote to georgias board of pardons and paroles today, asking that gissendaners life be spared. That letter came after the pontiff addressed a joint meeting of Congress Last thursday, pleading for an end to the Death Penalty. Reporter todays letter on behalf of the pope read in part, while not wishing to minimize the gravity of the crime, i nonetheless implore you to commute the sentence to one that would better express both justice and mercy. Atlanta archbish
Somerset County has a new trail director.And commissioners also approved three contracts that will get planning – and a boat rental business – underway at the Somerset Lake Nature Park.