good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning, a major offensive is under way to retake a strategic iraqi town held by isis force. overnight and into the morning, u.s. war plalas pounded isis targets near the n nthern city of sinjar. the u.s. jets are supported by some 7,500 iraqi kurdish iraqi fores on the ground. charlie d'agata joins you on the phone from sinjar. >> reporter: i'm looking over city of the sinjar, the mountainside, just above it. there is smoke rising from a series of air striris launched by u.s. aircraftnd coalition all night and throughout the morning, suspected isis targets. this morning, at dawn, we watched as thousands of kurdish peshmerga forces moving down the mountain and towards the city and the isis front lines. military officials say 7,500

three sides. they are trying to p ph isis militants back, using overwhelming force backed by the u.s. air strikes and artillery that is being fired from peshmerga positions here on the mountain. the key is really to recapture the city and choke off vital supply roots from syria. but it is slow going. the peshmerga soldiers we spoke to said they face sniper fire. they exaxane boobytraps all over the place since it's been held by isis for so long. homemade bombs on the roads and in the buildings. and there is always the risk of suicide, car bombs, and suicide bombers on foot. but they say they are making progress this morning, slow and steady progress, advancing from the east and west of the city where fierce gun battles are under way. >> charlie, can you tell me a little bit more abououthe significance of this city? >> it's significant for two reasons.

first of all, it sits essentially on a direct line between two isis strongholds in iraq and syria and mosul in iraq. and it's also a major highway that runs south of the city. so they are trying to advance and choke that place off essentially to drive a wedge between these two lands that are currently being heldy isis. symbolically, it is important. it is a kurdish city. it fell more than a year ago in august. this is the place where the this ethnic ezetia were driven out, tens of thousands of them. they found shelter here on sinjar mountain but the rest, there are reports that women and young girls were kidnapped and taken into custody. a number of memein the town locals w we executed and beheaded. so this is -- if it comes, a major victory for kurdish forces and kurdish peshmerga forces working hand in hand with the u.s. military and its allies. >> charlie d'agata in sinjar, thank you very much, charlie. what is left of a fast

moving storm system that hit the midwest with snow, rain and strong winds is s aded toward the greaealakes this morning.. winter weather and freeze advisories remain in effect for parts of oklahoma and texas. heavy snow fell in nebraska and kansas and colorado. some areas face blizzard-like conditions. there was heavy rain elsewhere and travel continues to be treacherous this morning. the storm dropped about 5 inches of snow in parts of denver. strong winds damaged homom and downed p per lines in southwest iowa. the gusts were song enough to flip semitrailers. folks there say it's some of the worst damage they have ever seen. >> petrified. your house shakes and you think it's going to come off. you hear glass breaking and things being thrown against your house. >> it started raining really, really harddnd then s srling ananwe saw a bunch of debris in n the air. >> no severe injuries are reported. meteorologist paul deanno of our san francisco station kpix is following the severe weather.

>> reporter: the same low pressure area that gave rainfall to san francisco and a blizzard to colorado is responsible for more than 140 different severe weather reports over the past 24 hours in the upper midwest. now, the front, itself, has cleared the city of chicago, but the sesere weather is not finished becauau behind the front with the strong area of low pressure, we will likely see wind gusts later today of 35 to 50 miles per hour in the city of chicago and for the entire upper midwest. everybody behind the front will have sunshine but will have also some very strong damaging winds. the hot spots later today for heavy rainfall include marquette, michigan, erie, pennsylvania, and watertown with heavy rain and thunderstorms kely. for cbs nene, i'm meteorologist ul deanno. in california, a wildfire burning simi valley, northwest of los angeles, has been burning. 40 acres have burned but fire officials say no buildings have been damaged.

hard line position on ump said he would humanely deport immigrants from the united states. don champion is here with more. >> reporter: trump likens his program to a controversial president dwight eisenhower carried out more than 60 years. rivals are using the idea as another opportunity to attack trump. republican front-rununr donald ump continues selling his controversial immigration plan on the campaign trail. wednesday, during an appearance on fox news, he, once again, invoked a program used by president dwight eisenhower in the 1950s. viewed as a dark time in american history, it ended with the dedertation of millions s mexicans. >> i've heard it both ways. >> reporter: trying to gain

during an event in iowa. >> is that the america that country? are those the values that people fought for? >> reporter: bush's chief rival marco rubio has been less vocal on the issue. the florida senator supported a 2013 bill that pavededhe way for amnesty, but later backed away from it. >> they are criminals. they have to leave. if they are not, they have to pay taxes and they have to pay a fine. they have to learn english and they get a work permit. >> reporter: pundits say the battle among the republican candidates over immigration could spell good news for democrats. >> the democrats benefit with minority voters when republicans boast about deporting undocumented workers. >> reporter: democratic front-runner hillary clinton tweeted a message about trump's plan wednesday, describing it as absurd and inhumane. now trump still has not said exactly how he plans to track down people living in the country illegally. clinton, in the meantime, will face bernie sanders and martin o'malley on saturday in the

will air right here on cbs and wiwi be moderated by "face the nation's" john dickerson. >> don champion in new york, thank you. coming up on "cbs this morning," a new poll on the race for the democratic presidential nomination. the cockpit voice recovereder from a private jet that crashed in akron, ohio, is being examined at a a a aboutlab in washington. surveillance video shows the plane coming in for a landing and crashing into an apartment house. the jet reportedly clipped utility wires. all nine people on board were killed, including the two pilots. the jet's owners say they were an experienced crew and did not report any problems. >> it's typical for them to give us a door's open and door's closed message. we got them all, with no -- no messages of anything being wrong. >> all of the papaengers worked for a florida real estate firm. no one on the ground was

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of the e.r. police tased him multiple times. then they put him in a patrol car to go to jail where he loses consciousness. his sister wants the officers fired and charged. >> very hard to watch it and to hear him plea for his life when he alerted them, his condition. and, you know, the things they were saying to him and how they ignored him when he asked for help. it was just shocking. >> lambert's family has filed a $25 million dollar wrongful death lawsuit. ththfaa is investigating laser strikes on three different planes wednesday night near dallas. the flights were headed for landing at dallas love field. two were southwest and virgin american jets and the third was a private business plane. a police helicopter sent to investigate came up empty. >> a laser strike hit close to home here at cbs. the helicopter for our new york station wcbs was hit tuesday by a green laser over brooklyn.

news choppers targeted. a nearby nypd chopper responded and police on the ground took two suspects into custody. in seattle, a small drone flew into a ferris wheel. the three-pound aircraft then crash landed on to a table at a restaurant below. no one was hurt and the ferris wheel was not damaged. a billionaire whe helicopter forced a new jersey youth soccer game to be cancelled is apologizing. josh harris says that he is sorry he parked his helicopter and blocked the field sunday preventing the 12-year-olds from playing. harris owns the nhl's new jersey devils. he was in new york to watch the team. harris says he will work with the e ivate school where he parkrk the chopper to prevent further mimiups. still to come, target's christmas controversy. the retailer is selling a holiday sweater that is accused of making light of mental illness. later, a victoria secret perfume that is designed to make you feel more attractive, while

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well-known locations, including its flagship store in new york city. the good news for shoppers is more markdowns. stocks ended lower on wall street again. the dow lost nearly 56 points, the s&p fell 6, the nasdaq finished 16 points lower. jcpenney's agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that alleges false advertising for $50 million. the lawsuit on behalf of california customers claimed jcpenney marked down products from fake inflated prices. jcpennnn denend the allegatn but they settled to end the expense of further legislation. tinder is beating up its profiles. the new algorithm look to jobs and education and changes how they influence ranking. tinder says the results will be more relevant and meaningful. the new profiles shows users exactly what they have in common with someone else.

retail target is taking some heat for a christmas-themed sweater. the rere green, and white sweater reads ocd, obsessive christmas disorder. critics say it makes light of a mental illness, obsessive compulsive disorder. so far, no word from target. >> i'm annoyed we are talking christmas before thanksgiving. i like my holidays one at a time in order. can't we hold off just a little bit? >> they haha been talking christmas since labor day, i'm thinking. >> i know. it's true. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, jill. coming up on our morning newsstand, birth control lawsuit. dozens of women blame the maker of a birth control pill for alleged faulty packaging that led to unplanned pregnancies. without it the virus spreads from cell to cell. only abreva penetrates deep and starts to work immediately

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"the hollywood reporter" is ending its annual ranking of the 100 most powerful women in entertainment after 23 years. it says the list contributed to the gender imbalance in an industry domated by men. instead, it will provide a power ranking that combines genders. "the houston chronicle" calls this the happiest mug shot in america. 19-year-old sara ferway was arrested on momoay and accused of running a drug operation out of h apartment. in a new study, researchers at new mexico state university found repellants contain the deet were the most effective in wardrdg off mosquitoes, but a few others, including a victoria secret's mbshell perfume, also worked for hours.

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job placement and training for people in your community. what i'm talking about. yeah. yeah. >> former president george w. bush surprising a group of veterans. they were touring the george w. bush presideial center in dallas on veterans day. he thanked them for their service and took pictures. mr. bush told them he misses saluting those who wear the uniform. today, president obama will give the nation's highest military award t tan army captain whose actions in afghanistan saved the lives of his fellow soldiers. florent groberg will become the tenth living person to be awarded the medal of honor. groberg was wounded when he tackled a suicide bomber. the bomb went off injuring groberg and killing four others nearby. groberg has undergone more than 30 surgeriri and three years of

herorom. a dog in taunton, massachusetts, is back home with his family this morning. he disappeared monday, triggering a frantic search. the next day, he was found at the bottom of a well. jim smith of our boston station wbz has the rescue. >> i was so happy that the dog was alive and okay. >> reporter: buddy the dog looks at a backyard well that nearly led to his doom. the dog had stumbled into the well and missing for hours and his loving family worried sick. >> all night long, we were calling for the dog and looking for the dog everywhere outside, down the street and we have an electrical fence. i didn't think he went past the fence so i thought somebody stole the dog. >> reporter: then buddy's canine ddy, the slighghy smaller one,, lelethe kids to the wellllnd there he was. >> i looked down and he wasn't moving. and i called his name and he started moving and he was in a foot of water.

>> reporter: we are not talking about a small well here. it's more than 20 feet deep and buddy was in trouble, stuck at the bottom. taunton firefighters rushed to the scene and, in the end, they made it look relatively easy. >> we wrapped this around the dog and once i get it wrapped around, we got a rope secured. >> reporter: firefight jared jackson put a ladder down and slipped a harness around buddy and up he came. not a scratch. >> kind of felt bad. poor thing looked like he was sad being down there. they said he was there all night and kind of felt sad for him. >> you made it, buddy. good boy! >> good boy, good boy, buddy! freezing to deatat hu you want to say thank you? >> i was worried and my sister was crying. we didn't know what to do. we were all upset. it was so scary. we are just lucky to have them get the dog out of the well. >> indeed. that was wbz's jim smith reporting. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," eliminating artificial ingredients in our food. we will show you how companies are making ovevesome popular oducts.

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have a great day. "siouxland news at sunrise starts now" 3 3 a lightning strike sparks a fire at a sioux city home. 3 they served in the "forgotten war." now... decades later... these veterans are being recognized for doing their duty.d... they're veterans *and* dogs on a mission. we'll show you a siouxland group that's helping match dogs with veterans "in need."good morning, and welcome to siouxland news at sunrise!it's 5 o'clock.i'm jacob heller.i'm meteorologist cat taylor.thanks for 3 waking up with us on this xxx morning. 3 for thursday and friday, look for mostly sunny skies but the winds will stay pretty strong, and the temperatures pretty cool in the low 50's.the weekend will be sunny and mild near 60.our next system will come through on monday bringing rain back to siouxland and cooler temperatures to near 50 once