Not a regional war. Tonight evidence of syria launching air strikes inside iraq. A u. S. Official saying iran is flying drones over iraq and providing guns to the iraqi government. Then Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki thumbing his nose for the United States request to share power today. Barbara starr at the pentagon. Reporter as Iraqi Forces Battle militants west of baghdad theres disturbing evidence the war is now not limited by borders. In the iraqi town of al qaim, the carnage of syrian air strikes inside iraq. 57 iraqis killed, more than 120 wound up and down iraqs border with syria after syria launched air strikes inside iraq. The u. S. Doesnt know yet if syrian president bashar al assad, who fights isis inside syria, has formally joined forces with iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Malikis regime. Iran also deepening its involvement, flying Surveillance Drones over iraq, sending in its own military advisers, just as the u. S. Does the same. With the iranians now trying to mobilize thous
Warrant before searching the cell phone of a criminal suspect upon an arrest. Before this, police used great discretion to search cell phones without search warrants. In fact the two defendants in this case were convicted in part because of information taken from their cell phones without a search warrant. They argued that cell phones should be treated differently than other items on a person, such as a wallet or a purse, and today the justices in a 90 decision agreed with the defendants and heres what they said. Our answer to the question of what police must do before searching a cell phone seized incident to an arrest is accordingly simple. Get a warrant. The justice goes obto say justice roberts, modern cell phones as a category implicate privacy concerns far beyond those of a wallet or a purse. Of course, this brings into question the larger question of whats going to happen to all of those people behind bars right now that were convicted based on information taken from their cell
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Good evening, scott is off tonight, i am james brown. And this is our western edition. The deadly Ebola Outbreak has now touched americans who put their lives on the line every day as peace corps workers. Two of them in liberia have been exposed to the disease, now blamed for 672 deaths there, and in guinea and sierra leone. The peace corps said it is pulling more than 300 volunteers out of those countries temporarily. Dr. Jon lapook has more on the worst Ebola Outbreak on record. Reporter the peace corps said the two volunteers had contact with a person who later died from ebola. They have no symptoms and are currently isolated and under observation. 340 peace corps volunteers are being removed from liberia, sierra leone, and guinea out of an abundance of caution. The outbreak has infected at least 1,200 people and killed nearly 700. Dr. Stephen monroe of the c. D. C. Almost certainly those numbers will increase in the coming days, and t
Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following the breaking news. An unusual joint warning by the fbi and the department of Homeland Security. Theyre telling Law Enforcement agencies nationwide to be on alert right now for a possible terrorist response to the Senate Report on cia interrogation. That report released today. The blistering document five years in the making details interrogation techniques adopted after the 9 11 terror attacks that are described as cruel, inhumane and degrading. Were covering all angles of the breaking news with our correspondents and our guests, including two members of the Senate Intelligence committee, the democratic chair, Dianne Feinstein and republican senator james risch. Lets begin with Barbara Starr who has more on the disturbing findings. What are you learning . Reporter the cia says today some mistakes were made but that what they did was legal and that it did gain the country valuable intelligence that prevented additional attacks
Teethchattering, facenumbing bonechilling cold. Its no joke. Its winter and its supposed to be cold and snow is not uncommon in the northeast this time of year. But this . This relentless stretch of Winter Weather is something else. The air mass responsible for much of it arrived from siberia. Were talking really cold. We can try to embrace it like these red pandas at the zoo, but lets face it were not equipped like they are. The bushy tails are used as wrap around blankets. These are natives of the himalayas. We humans are left to deal with the brutal cold in other ways like in kentucky where the Harland City Police Department tried to arrest elsa from frozen. And this character from freezing cold misery. Both cases were attempts to make the situation a little more bearable. Its our human nature. Were trying to find the Silver Lining because the reality is this series of winter storms has been merciless. Meteorologists say this week ranks among the most intense Arctic Arctic outbreaks