Hail hammers the plains. The search for answers after a beloved zookeeper is killed by a tiger. What triggered the attack . And a personal story from a member of the cbs news family with a lesson about healing that deifies science. Ill never forget one of the neurologists said to me, people only wake up from these kind of comas in the movies. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Im jim axelrod. Pope francis opened more than greece today. He opened his home inviting three muslim families fleeing the war in syria to come live at the vatican. They immediately boarded the papal plane and returned to rome with francis as nearly five million syrians are now refugees, pope francis called this gesture a drop of water in but he said he hopes it will lead to more refugees being welcomed in europe and beyond. More now from seth doane at the have the. Have the. Reporter the 12 Syrian Refugees appeared stunned they arrived to a warm welcome in a lively part of rome tonight. Has
New revelations on americas fight against terror. On 60 minutes president obama admitted the u. S. Underestimated the strength of isis. Tomorrow, in afghanistan, will sign an agreement that allows u. S. Troops to stay in that country beyond the end of this year. They expect more delays and cancellation because of the shutdown of a Radar Control Center near chicago. The faa says its going to take two weeks from the streets, by the government in hong kong. Calling on demonstrators to go home. Tear gas was used on them. Terror struck as a monster truck crashed head oninto a crowd. Three were kill and dozens injured. The yankees lead 30. 20 years of excellent. Hands on the field at fenway park. Thats the only thing i ever wanted to be was a shortstop for the new york yankees. So being remembered as a yankee is good enough for me. An american doctor who contracted ebola in sierra leone is brought to a u. S. Hospital. In maryland. Two swimmers got a once in a lifetime experience. They got a
Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. President obama says the u. S. Misjudged the threat from islamic militants in syria. During a frank interview on 60 minutes mr. Obama also acknowledged the campaign against isis in syria is helping bashar al assad. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Good morning. Good morning. President obama admitted on 60 minutes u. S. Security officials were caught by surprise by the strength of Islamic State militants and by the weakness of iraqi forces. Thats leading some here on capitol hill here to believe his resolve in keeping u. S. Combat groups off the ground there could also end up being a misjudgment. President obama admits u. S. Intelligence underestimated the threat from isis. During the chaos of the Syrian Civil War where essentially you have huge swaths of the country completely ungoverned, they were able to take advantage of that and attract foreign fighters. In an exclusive interview with 60 minutes, the president also said the u.
That really sparked a lot of the uproar which led to director julia piersons resignation. Plead notlez did guilty today to those accusations of getting all the way inside the white house with a knife, yelling that the atmosphere was collapsing and he had to warn the president. Today in court, the iraq war veteran, reportedly suffering from ptsd, waived a detention hearing. He is going to be held without bond until trial. The big argument today centered around should the judge be allowed to force him to undergo a Mental Health evaluation. The defense says no, the court does not have that right. I asked him on solidss attorney why he is fighting it. The screening is done, we would like to have the screening done by our experts. It is an intervention into the defense counsel that we do not think is worth it. You told the judge you have every reason to believe he is competent. Thats correct. Also toldzs attorney me he believes guns all as is completely competent to stand trial. Hes well aw
This is the cbs morning news for monday, september 29th, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. President obama says the u. S. Misjudged the threat from militants in syria. Mr. Obama also acknowledged the campaign is helping ba share al assad. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Good morning. Good morning. President obama admitted on 60 minutes u. S. Security officials were caught by surprise by the strength of Islamic State militants and by the weakness of iraqi forces. Thats leading some here on capitol hill here to believe his resolve in keeping u. S. Combat groups off the ground there could also end up being a misjudgment. President obama admits u. S. Intelligence underestimated the threat from isis. During the chaos of the syrian several war where essentially you have huge swaths of the country ungloved, they were able to tack advantage of that and attract foreign fighters. In an exclusive interwu with 60 minutes the u. S. Underestimated the fight. The iraqis ha