Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The United States is checking an unconfirmed report that a second American Fighting with islamic militants in syria has been killed. Meanwhile, the mother of an american journalist held hostage by isis is pleading for his life. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Good morning, susan. Reporter good morning, annemarie. A member of the free syrian army, thats the u. S. Backed group that is said to have killed american douglas mccain, now says there were two americans killed fighting alongside the militants. And this word comes as the life of another freelance journalist could be in danger. A second american from the minneapolis area was killed fighting for the Islamic Jihadist Group isis. Friends and family of the victim tell cbs news. U. S. Officials say they are trying to confirm the report. The news comes following confirmation another u. S. Citizen, Douglas Mcarthur mccain died fighting alongside the terrorists over the weekend. Militant groups ar
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Dubois good evening scott is off tonight. Im maurice dubois. We begin with two american journalists abducted by islamic terrorists in saudi arabia. Steve sotloff disappeared two years ago. Today his mother made a dramatic appeal for his release and 35yearold theo curtis, freed over the weekend after nearly two years in captivity is back home tonight. Heres Margaret Brennan. Reporter it had been 22 months since writer Peter Theo Curtis saw his mother. Last night they were reunited at bostons logan airport. Today outside his mothsers house in cambridge, massachusetts, an emotional curtis told reporters how thankful he was to be free. I remember how good the American People are and what kindness they have in their hearts and to all those people i say a huge thank you from the bottom of my heart. Reporter curtises was held captive by jubhat alnusra jubhatagokids wing in syria until his release was negotiated sunday
The United States is checking an unconfirmed report that a second American Fighting with islamic militants in syria has been killed. Meanwhile, the mother of an american journalist held hostage by isis is pleading for his life. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Good morning, susan. Reporter good morning, annemarie. A member of the free syrian army, thats the u. S. Backed group that is said to have killed american douglas mccain, says there were two americans killed fighting alongside the militants. This comes as the life of another freelance journalist could be in danger. A second american from the minneapolis area was killed fighting for the Islamic Jihadist Group isis. Friends and family of the victim tell cbs news. U. S. Officials say they are trying to confirm the report. The news comes following confirmation another u. S. Citizen, Douglas Mcarthur mccain died fighting alongside the terrorists over the weekend. Militant groups are said to be using Facebook Twitter and all other soci
cheering there she goes dubois and Elaine Quijano with the amazing cici bellis. Talking about the match. Dubois her racquet did the talking at the u. S. Open. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Dubois good evening, scott is off tonight. Im maurice dubois. We begin with two american journalists abducted by islamic terrorists in saudi arabia. Steve sotloff disappeared two years ago. Today his mother made a dramatic appeal for his release and 35yearold theo curtis, freed over the weekend after nearly two years in captivity is back home tonight. Heres Margaret Brennan. Reporter it had been 22 months since writer Peter Theo Curtis saw his mother. Last night they were reunited at bostons logan airport. Today outside his mothsers house in cambridge, massachusetts, an emotional curtis told reporters how thankful he was to be free. I remember how good the American People are and what kindness they have in their hearts and to all those people i say a huge
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Good evening, scott is off tonight, im ma ross. Two american journalists abducted by islamic terrorists in syria. 31yearold Steve Sotloff disappeared a year ago. And 45yearold theo curtis was freed over the weekend after nearly two years in captivity is back home. Heres Margaret Brennan. Reporter it had been 22 months since writer Peter Theo Curtis saw his mother. Last night, they were reunited at bostons logan airport. Today, outside his mothers house in cambridge, massachusetts, an emotional circus told reporters how thankful he was to be free. I remember how good the American People are and what kindness they have in their hearts and to all those people i say a huge thank you from my heart, from the bottom of my heart. Reporter curtis was held captive by alnusra, al quaidas official wing in syria, until his release was negotiated sunday. The more extreme terror group mos. I. S. Has also taken american hostages but so far not responded