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If you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on if you dig your bones, protect them. All cbs cares mike morell is the former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence agency. He is now a cbs news Senior Security contributor. Mike, everybody wants to know, and theyre all being cautious. What happened . So charlie, im being cautious too. I have not...

This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Rose good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im charlie rose. And we beginre begin with a mystery. What happened to egypt air flight 804. The air bus a320 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea some time after 8 00 eastern time last night between the greek isle of crete and the egyptian coast. There were 56 passengers and a crew of 10 on board, none of them american. The United States has joand the search for the plane, and the National Transportation safe...

This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Its normal cruising altitude over greek air space over the eastern mediterranean, when some time after 2 00 a. M. Local time, something catastrophic happened. Greek radar showed the plane going into a series of violent, irregular maneuvers, first turning abruptly 90 degrees to the left, then swinging through a tight 360degree circle to the right, all while dropping like a roarke one official said, down to 15,000 feet. And then, at 10,000 feet, disa...

The cbs overnight news will be right back. The military is more than a career, its a journey. And every step along the way, the uso is there. Its an experience that soldier will never forget. Thats what the uso does. [announcer] from the time they join, to the time they transition out of the military, the uso is there, offering programs and support along the way. Its way more than a free phone call for us, its that opportunity to stay mom, and the uso makes it all possible. [announcer] be a part...

August. Tensions between russia and the ukraine have reached their highest level since russia annexed crimea in 2014. With ukraine ordering troops to be on the highest level of readiness. Russia accusedr the ukraine of watching military attack in crimea. To find out more on the state of tension, i spoke to the Ukraine Ambassador to the u. S. , and i asked him, how has the conflict. Nvolved in the last two years Valeriy Chaly we approach it the attempt to maintain the international border. Anynt ...

Military nominations, none of which are controversial. Is there any objection to that . If not, since a quorum is not present, but i asked committee to consider the 4,158 pending nominations, of these nominations, 503 nominations are two days short of the committees requirement. The nominations be in committee for seven days, i recommend the committee waive the sevenday rule to permit the nomination of these officers before the senate goes out for the october recess. Is there a motion to favorab...

The senate arm theed Services Committee that he didnt think they should be separate. This starts off with john mccain talking about military nominations. How are you, admiral . I would, since the quorum is not present, but we have pending military nominations, i would ask unanimous consent to waive the requirement for two more members to conduct the routine business for the 4,158 pending military nominations, none of which are controversial. Is there any objection to that . If not, since a quoru...

Also become a normal fact of planning and programming. Thank you. Just in the last few days the issue of torture has arisen again. General David Petraeus made a statement that id like to quote to you. He says our nation has paid a high price in recent decade for the information gained by the use of techniques beyond those in the field manual and in my view that price far outweighed the value of the information gained through the use of techniques, i. E. , waterboarding. Beyond those in the manua...

We are starting to see some success with the Iraqi Government in reducing payments to iraqi citizens who were living in isil controlled area. There is a downside to that. When they do that, that alley and eights them further from the Central Government in baghdad. To me, the important aspect here and the important theme would be to sustain the pressure. One of the sources that has been surprisingly consequential is blackmarket antiquity sales from the looting that has occurred. Its my understand...

When they do that it alienates potentially the Central Government in baghdad but to me the important aspect here and the important theme would be to sustain the pressure. One of the sources that has been surprisingly consequential is blackmarket antiquities sales for the looting. It is my understanding that the u. S. Has sanctions it can impose on anyone who imports antiquities stolen by isis but it doesnt have separate abilities to sanction individuals who purchase looted syrian antiquities. Wo...