david martin reports. >> reporter: the sharp spike in the number of american special forces in syria will begin within the next two weeks and should, if it goes according to plan, produce more of this. the liberation of this syrian crossroads town from isis accomplished by local fighters advised by americans on the ground and backed by air strikes from above. until now, small band of 50 u.s. special forces has been trying to coordinate 30,000 local fighters along a 300-mile front stretching across syria. by sending in another 250 americans, president obama is attempting to turn that rag tag force into an army that could push isis out of its capital of raqqah, which is defended by an estimated 5,000 to 8,000 fighters. announcing the decision during a speech in germany, the president vowed none of the americans, most of them green berets, would be engaged in combat. >> they're not going to be leading the fight on the ground, but they will be essential in providing the training and assisting local forces they continue to drive isil back. >> reporter: with orders to remain out of visual

we asked david martin to tell us why the russians are tempting fate. >> reporter: u.s.s.nald cook" pulled into port in lithuania for what was supposed to be a goodwill visit to a nato ally but turned into a press conference about its run-in with russian jets. commander charles hampton said he had seen them coming fr a >> we tracked them for a length of time. i had a track on both aircraft 100 nautical miles away. >> reporter: they kept coming, very fast, very low and very close. they were flying what appeared to be a mock attack, although they were not carrying any weapons under their wings. the "cook" was operating in the balanced budget baltic sea in international waters 75 miles off the russian enclave of kaliningrad. the fly-by seemed intended as a brushback to warn american forces not to get so close, but the ship's captain plans to ignore the warning. >> this u.s. navy will continue to operate forward, continue to operate with allies and partners. in doing, so we will not cede space. >> reporter: this map explains why russia is pushing back. since the end of the col

scott. >> pelley: david martin at the pentagon. david, thank you. well, tonight, the syrian dictatorship and russian forces are on the offensive to encircle the city of aleppo, the a stronghold of the rebels who rose against the government five years ago. a new partial cease-fire was agreed to today, but not for aleppo, where the dictatorship hopes to break the back of rebels, regardless of civilian suffering. holly williams reports. >> reporter: the latest attempt at a lasting cease-fire doesn't even mention aleppo, a bleeding wound of a city that used to be syria's commercial hub and is now again a killing field. rebel-held areas of aleppo is wait as more air strikes rain down on their neighborhoods. the syrian regime, along with its backers in russia and iran, is trying to recapture all of aleppo. the rebels are fighting back, and in this madhouse of a city, they're counting the cost in body bags and shouting their grief to the sky. while the outside world negotiates over syria's future. this internet video appears to show a survivor of air strik

>> pelley: david martin at the pentagon. david, thank you. well, those russian fighters may have come out of the blue, but the tension has been rising for years along the old borders of the soviet union. in 2014, russia took crimea from ukraine, which the u.s. supports. then the u.s. hilt russia's weak economy with economic sanctions, and the obama administration proved tax into the baltic states near today's incident. in syria, russian bombed rebels at -- that the u.s. supports, and recently the u.s. staged military maneuvers in latvia. the russian bombing campaign in syria has turned the tide for the syrian regime of bashar al-assad, who embroiled his country in a five-year civil war. well, today assad held elections, ignoring u.s. demands that he step down. >> reporter: more than 3,000 candidates vied for seats in syria's parliament, but none represented genuine opposition, so every vote was really an endorsement of president bashar al-assad, who, along with his wife, made a personal appearance today to cast his ballot. this election, with

>> pelley: david martin at the pentagon. david, thank you. today charlie rose asked president obama why he decided to commit more american troops. >> reporter: one of the challenges of mounting a fight against a group like isil that embeds itself with civilian forces, they're not isolated. they're not out in remote areas where we can just hit them on the run, so having people who develop relationships with local tribes, with people who may be going in and out of places like raqqa, us being able to distinguish between those who we can work with and those we can't, all that is really important. >> reporter: you will meet with heads of state from europe. how are you coming together on dealing with migration and refugees? >> well, what i said to them, this is not just a european problem. this is our problem,, too but more importantly, more putting on europe's politics, the way that it advances far-right nationalism, the degree to which it is encouraging a breakup of european unity. that in some cases is being expolited by somebody like mr. putin.

if convicted, scott, the maximum penalty is death. >> pelley: david martin reporting from the pentagon. david, thank you. a new poll out today shows donald trump with a huge lead, leading into next week's new york primary with more support than john kasich and ted cruz combined. and while trump is still the front-runner nationally, he is in danger of being outmaneuvered in the battle for delegates. here's major garrett. >> donald has been yelling and screaming. >> reporter: campaigning in irvine, california, ted cruz openly mocked donald trump's complaints about the g.o.p. nominating process. >> and the latest thing he seized upon is when people vote against him, they're stealing the election. >> reporter: more than a year ago, cruz's campaign built state-by-state organizations to fight for delegate support, a ground game that is now paying off. if this summer's convention goes to a second ball lot, cruz could pick up delegate supports in states like georgia, louisiana, massachusetts and south carolina, even though trump won the popular vote in those primaries. cruz claimed all 34 colo

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cbs 2's david martin has more. >> lower the bridge wing. below the bridge wing. >>reporter: the russian planes raced by the u.s. navy destroyer low and fast over and over, these pictures taken from on board the ship showed just how dangerously close they came during some of those passes. >> over the bow, right turn, over the bough. with the commander of the u.s.s. donald cook described as a simulated attack profile, although they carried no weapons under their wings. a total of 31 runs over two days. on monday the cook was preparing to conduct helicopter flight operations in the baltic sea, in international waters 70 miles off the coast of the russian enclave of kalinninggrad. this is a foreign policy expert for the pentagon. >> this is really dangerous behavior. they're prying with fire here. i'm sure that u.s. ships and other non-russian ships have been just as close in the past, and even if they hadn't, again, they're in international waters. there's nothing provacative about what we're doing, unlike the russians, we actually telegraph very transparently what

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david martin at the pentagon. >>> a cease fire took effect today in parts of syria.ighting continues around ale o aleppo. russian forces are trying to retake that rebel strong hold. holly williams is in near by istanbul. >> reporter: this latest attempt at a cease fire doesn't cover the city of aleppo which was syria's hub but is now a killing field. more than 200 people lost their lives this week. many of them children. the syrian regime along with backers in russia and iran is trying to recapture all of aleppo. an internet video appears to show the after math of air strikes on the city this past week is truly disturbing. it shows desperate attempts by medics to save lives, often in make shift clinics. rescue workers pulling survivors from the rebel and carrying the dead away in body bags. and some people just shouting out in despair. because while the world negotiates over syria's re strike. on friday, the muslim holy day, attacks in both rebel controls and regime held areas were reportedly around mosques. things could be about to get even worse for the people of a

were threeact, there other future four-star generals with you -- david petraeus, martin dempsey, walter. did you know they would be so powerful? your friends? general alexander: i knew marty well. i knew skip. and they knew me. if you had asked any of us the raid -- i thought i was going to stay for five years. i think everybody thought dave would be. but for me, i am as surprised as they are. emily: you went on from west point to rise quickly through the ranks. general alexander: did not feel so quick at the time. emily: if you intended to stay five years, what happened? general alexander: well, actually, as my five years were coming up -- i had a great mentor. at the time, he was a brigadier general, a kernel and then a brigadier general, and that had been at west point that talked about how do we take the future of our army? if we do not keep good people in the army, how do we change our army from where it was in the mid-1970's to where we needed it to be for the first desert storm, and what he convinced me was these are good people. you can go out and make money, or you can help the

david martin has more. >> reporter: the u.s.fficial calls this a serious case of espiona espionage. edward linis originally from taiwan and wbecame a citizen. documents accused edward linof espionage and attempted espionage and three counts of making false official statements and five counts of communicating defense information to a person not entitled to receive said information. specifically, the charging documents say lincommunicated secret service information to a foreign power and that was identified as china. linis charged with engaging in prostitution and of adultery. u.s. officials say lin's job gave him access to the details of that eavesdropping. information that could help adversaries develop counter measures. details of the information linallegedly gave china and for it is now up to a navy admiral to decide whether or not there is enough evidence against linto court-martial him. >>> donald trump is condemni ii how the republican party chooses its nominees. he spoke out after again losing to ted cruz who captured colo

david martin is at the pentagon. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the u.s.ntends to file a diplomatic protest but russia made its point. it resents american forces operating close to russian territory and intends to push back. >> the bridge wing! below the bridge wing! >> reporter: russian planes rush by the u.s. navy destroyer low and fast over and over. pictures taken from on board the ship showed just how dangerously close they came during some of those passes. >> over the bow. right turn. over the bow. >> reporter: they were flying with the "uss donald cook" described as a simulated attack profile, although they carried no weapons under their wings. a total of 31 runs over two days. on monday, the cook was preparing to conduct helicopter flight operations in the baltic sea in international waters 70 miles off the coast of the russian enclave of kaliningrad. evelyn farkas is a former policy expert for the pentagon. >> this is dangerous behavior. they are playing with fire here. i'm sure the u.s. ships and other nonrussian ships have been just as close in

david martin at the pentagon confirms lynn has been in custody since last year. david joins us with details from the highly secretive case. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a u.s. official calls this a serious case of espionage. edward lynn is originally from taiwan. he became a naturalized american citizen in 2008 and served aboard a navy spy plane, which among other things eves dropped on chinese communications. heavily redacted charges documents accuse edward lin of five counts of espionage and attempted espionage. three counts of making false official statements and five counts of communicating defense information to a person not entitled to receive said information. specifically, the charging documents say lynn communicated secret u.s. defense information to a foreign power. u.s. officials identified that foreign power as china. lynn is also charged with engaging in prostitution and adultery while on active duty, also violations of military law. he worked as a flight officer on the navy's ep 3 e ash craft conducted eavesdropping operations. lyn

david martin at the pentagon on what is behind it. >> look at the guy to port.> reporter: coming so low and fast at first you can't make them out. >> below the deck. below the bridge wing. >> reporter: the russian planes carried no weapons under their wings, but they were flying what the commander of the "uss donald cook, "a sim late e simulated a profile. not once or twice, 31 times over two days. it started monday. the cook was preparing to conduct helicopter flight operations in the baltic sea in international waters 70 miles off the coast of the russian enclave. a pairru flew 20 close passes on the ship coming as close as 1,000 yards at altitude of 100 feet. ignoring radio calls from "the cook" and forcing the ship to cancel flight operations. on tuesday, a russian helicopter circled "the cook" seven times taking photographs. another pair of attack jets showed up and buzzed "the cook" 11 times this time coming within an estimated 30 feet of the ship and again ignoring attempts to contact them. the latest in a series of incidents over the past two years in wh

. >> david martin with cbs. >> still on this knock operation is this the same operation that was listedn a press release by last week as having produced one civilian casualty, is this the operation for which video of an airstrike against a cash storage site in mosul has been released the money being stored in the house of this a mere of finance and what happened to the emir of finance, was he killed by the strike? >> david, we have run -- >> we are going to leave this briefing to return to live coverage of the senate. bill setting 2017 spending on federal energy and water projects. justice sandra day o'connor in 1981. in fact, 75% of all supreme court

davids. quakertown, 60. martins creek, 61. chester, 61. glass borough up to 66 degrees. 61 in hammonton, vineland anne woodbine. 58 in atlantic city. 59 in surf city. satellite and radar, upper level low pressure system spin across the mason dixon line. we have to get that through before the skies begin to clear. that will takes place around the midday area. once it hits the coast west to east we'll see the cloud deck swing out to sea and the sunshine returns. double scan live, most of south jersey and delaware are in the clear. city of philadelphia, a couple of spritzes and sprinkles nothing heavy. western suburbs picking up showers. every now and then we pick up an embedded downpour. you see that in berks and lancaster counties. the afternoon will look much, much better. the day planner, 67 degrees by 11:00 a.m., mostly cloudy, leftover showers. 1:00 p.m., same thing. 2:00 p.m. you'll notice peeks of sunshine and temperatures climbing into the low to mid 70s. 73 is the forecasted high for philadelphia today. much cooler i should say, exc

david: we are joined by gina martin adams from wells fargo.stion for you is really surrounding that global growth commentary. recovereds have substantially since the fed started talking about global growth as a concern. upl the fed note that em is and the dollar is down and global risks have eased substantially? in so many ways, you are preaching to the choir. i agree with everything you said. financial conditions blowing out, look at high-yield edx. you are back to where they were when they were hiking rates in december. there are these uncertainties that are lingering out on the global landscape. we've heard a number of fed officials highlighting brexit is something that is a real concern for the fed. weekrexit vote occurs one after the june fomc meeting. is a real concern, how will they be able to raise rates in june? these are just the known things, right? it is the fear of the unknown that spooks the fed. think about when china devalued back in august. the fed had a holy cow moment. that is why the hike in december was derailed. always th

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