This is our western edition. Were beginning with an ending and were doing this to give you a better idea of whats been lost. There was a car wreck in manhattan last night nothing remarkable, except the one person killed was bob simon. Simon was in his 19th season on 60 minutes, and before that, hed spent nearly 30 years on this program. He was among the most courageous and gifted reporters of our time, and he reminded us just how Good Journalism can be. Reporter im from the bronx. And in fact, it took a long time before cbs would put me on the air because i had such a thick bronx accent. Were going to pick up an american. Pelley the voice would become unmistakable, the perspective indispensable. Reporter they dont know how many communists theyre up against. They do know the enemy bunkers are less than 30 feet away. Pelley bob simon hurried to Southeast Asia in 1971 because as he put it, history was being made. Reporter civilian casualties were not announced, but it was another case of
Attacks across iraq and making progress. Militants attacking iraqi forces on the outskirts of a key town. You see it on the map. Up to 400 american troops are stationed there tonight. The americans are training iraqi pilots. We have information on isis making progress. Our coverage begins with phil black. Phil how much progress how significant is this news from isis today . Reporter it has been an basic tiffactive day for isis. The region where isis has maintained considerable momentum. Its a concern because its close to an air base where u. S. Military personnel are involved training the iraqi army. Five of their positions have crossed a wide area came under isis attack. Some are about suicide bombers. They say this fit a new tactic by isis. An attempt they believe to divert their attention, their resources from their main game their main strategy which is circling and choking off the isis strongholds. Thank you very much. Jim is in washington. This is fierce fighting tonight. Its a f
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