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Good evening. Im lester holt sitting in tonight for brian. Will syria soon be in play as the u. S. Steps up its attacks on isis militants . Just days after the execution murder of american journalist james foley, the Obama Administration acknowledged that the Islamic State militant group is more dangerous than it was just six months ago. And signalled the u. S. Will not be restricted by borders suggesting it is prepared to carry the fight from iraq next door into syria. Of course isis doesnt recognize borders either. But for now the u. S. Has only attacked a group inside iraq. More than 90 str...

Information worth noting on that county police report. It wasnt reviewed by a supervisor until tuesday. Ten days after Michael Brown was killed. We also learned today about the makeup of that grand jury that will ultimately decide whether to indict Darren Wilson. Its composed of three black people, two women, one man, and nine white people, three women, and six men. The county clerks county pointed out thats a higher pen sen taj of africanamericans than represented in the st. Louis county pop list. Now that the streets are calm, the National Guard has left town, focus here in ferguson now turn...

Congratulations. Thank you. Thanks to you as well. Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Thanks for being with us on a friday night. Were starting tonight with whats turning out to be a global manhunt. In the british press, the man who was seen this week on video murdering american journalist jim foley. The isis militant who speaks to the camera throughout that video in what sounds like a distinct london accent, and then he ultimately kills mr. Foley on tape, the same man then threatens to kill another american journalist, Steven Sotloff whos also being held in captivity by the same ...

Of justice and the fbi, and british Counterterrorism Forces and the british equivalent of the fbi which is an agency called mi5. Theres an International Manhunt for the man who killed jim foley on camera this week. In the british press, though, they have named the guy who did it, kind of named him. In the british press, theyre calling him jihadi john, or in the less tabloid press, just calling him john. There are conflicting reports whether or not the man called himself john in front of the morn hostages he and other isis militants have been holding captive in syria. There are conflicting repo...

General dempsey said the Islamic State can only be defeated if the fight is taken to them in syria. Does the president agree with that . If so, how does he intend to undertake it . And would it mean a significant change in the mission against Islamic State . We certainly agree that any strategy to deal with the isil organization has to deal with both sides of the border, iraq and syria. The strategy that we are already undertaking does address that in the sense that we are providing training and equipping and assistance to the Iraqi Security forces and kurdish Security Forces who are fighting ...