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Rescue james foley from isis. The pentagon has revealed that u. S. Commandos attempted a rescue mission inside syria this summer to free u. S. Citizens held by isis militants. Thats right and one u. S. Official tells cnn the kidnapped journalist james foley was among those to be freed but the Mission Failed because the captives were not at the location indicated by intelligence. Now, this revelation comes a day after news that isis beheaded foley as a warning to the u. S. To stop its air strikes against isis fighters in iraq. Barbara starr has details on the mission. Reporter one of the most D...

Allegations resurfaced. One thing hes not doing talking about those accusations. Im michaela pereira, john berman is off. We have those stories and more ahead at this hour. We start, unfortunately, with an act of pure evil. Thats what president obama is calling the beheading of u. S. Hostage peter kassig by isis terrorists. The inhumanity and brutality on this video posted by ie vision too much to take, frankly. I shows kassigs head, the feet of a man seen in previous videos whos become known as jihadi john. Peter kassig is now the fifth westerner to be killed by the terrorist group. This vide...

The shooting death of michael brown. Wilson had resigned from the force, hes turned in his badge, he is no longer a Police Officer. Were covering both angles of this story. Ed lavandera is live from ferguson. Jim acosta is at the white house. Jim, Tell White House will be in attendance. The president is wading back into the politics of ferguson after taking a long Holiday Weekend break. He will be meeting with members of his cabinet at around noon in just about an hour from now. And hes going to be talking about not only this issue of this lack of trust in minority communities in Police Depart...

California's drought is worsening. state officials say the current snow pack in the sierra nevada mountains will provide just 4% of the average water they see this time of year. cnn's steph elam is near tahoe. >> reporter: sierra nevada mountains where people come to enjoy the snow. this is taking the fun out of it. in california's last snow pack survey of the speciesen just 2.5 inches of snow measured containing om one inch of water pap mere 4% of the april 1st average. most of the seven readings on dirt and grass. >> april 1st where we should be, standing on roughly five feet of snow. >> rep...

Scott just told me there are eight miles of conveyance in this facility alone. it's fantastic to see. >> steph elam -- >> reporter: i should do some shopping for you guys. >> i'm going to e-mail you my list. you're right at the heart of it. that sim press sif. also, the amazing camera moves. >> tell marty he did a great job with the shoot. we'll get back to you in a second, steph. >> i want to go for a ride in one of the bins on the conveyor belt. >> we're talking about cyber monday today but they are talking about the orders being lower. i would assume it's because cyber monday isn't signific...