financesing of this terror group and clearly, wolf, that these air strikes hitting these oilfields in eastern syriar financing and it's been estimating that isis controls about 50% of the oil reserves in syria right now. something like 50,000 barrels per day and if the u.s. and this coalition will defeat isis militarily they'll have to any after the money as well, wolf. >> jim acosta traveling with the president as well. thanks very much. we're watching the breaking news. the new u.s. emirates and saudi air strikes in syria that have just wrapped up. the former president of the united states, bill clinton, he weighs in today on the u.s.-led air campaign on isis. stay with us. you used to sleep like a champ. then boom... what happened? stress, fun, bad habits kids, now what? let's build a new, smarter bed using the dualair chambers to sense your movement, heartbeat, breathing. introducing the sleep number bed with sleep iq™ technology. it tracks your sleep and tells you how to adjust for a good, better and an awesome night. the difference? try adjusting up or down. you'll know cuz sleep iq™ tells yo

-led warplanes hit grain silos and other targets in northern and eastern syria. according to the syrian observatory for human rights, attacks killed a number of civilians working at the silos. human rights watch is calling for an investigation of possible unlawful u.s.-led air strikes in syria. at least seven civilians, including including 5 children, in the early morning hours of september 23 in the village of kafr deryan in northern idlib province. local resident abu ossamah said the victims were displaced civilians who had fled the assad regime. >> the military headquarters a far from the city and the mountains. militaryno headquarters inside the city. all of the people who were killed today were displaced civilians from aleppo, fearing the bombs of bashar al-assad, the syrian president. >> local activists at the scene of the attack collected and videotaped the remnants from the weapons used in the strikes. human rights watch reviewed the footage and identified the remnants as debris of a turbofan engine from a tomahawk cruise missile, a weapon that only the u.

a very well known to be an oil area in eastern syria. i think the u.s.g very careful at this point to hit these smaller refineries. there is no interest, in causing an environmental disaster here. that would be very difficult for the u.s. to decide to do, but what you are seeing, jake, is the u.s. military and the coalition hitting a very unique target set, a terrorist target set, hitting these oil installations to cut off their cash flow. the other day, hitting buildings, but only a communications array to cut off their xuncaticommunications so can't talk amongst themselves and they can't pass orders back and forth and hitting staging areas and not where isis operations are, but hitting areas where they gather trucks, vehicles and personnel so they can get them before they cross the border into iraq and try and gain more territory. it's this goal of the coalition to cut off isis' ability to fund itself, to weaponize and get its people out in the field moving around. at least in iraq they say isis is already going to ground and we'll see how fast they do

amateur video in eastern syria claims to show several strikes from overnight. the u.s. military saying, as i've said, that saudi and the uae carried out seven of these 13 strikes. bahrain and zwror dan taking part in the first round of strikes, qatar, and i'll say it again, playing a supporting role. john? >> thank you, we appreciate that. becky anderson live for us there in abu dhabi. none of the original allies are taking part in this. is this a problem for the united states? we'll take a short break, but when we come back, we'll talk to a military analyst who mr. ask if the coalition can, can they win with this strategy? >> and chilling video. a french hostage is killed in algeria by a group believed to be tied to isis. hear what france's president has to say about it. beroccaaaaaaaaaaaa! [popping & fizzing sounds] support both mental sharpness and physical energy with berocca. proud sponsor of mind and body. to build something smarter. ♪ some come here to build something stronger. others come to build something faster... something safer... something greener. somethi

and arab war planes struck about one dozen small oil refineries that were being used by isis in eastern syria. these are facilities where they were producing about 300-500 barrels of oil, isis controlled six out of ten oilfields in syria prior to the strikes. the refined oil was used for fighterrers to fuel their vehicles as well as revenue for salaries. about $2 million per day, we're told. they tried to avoid destroying the facilities so that friendly forces could come in and occupy them. even the attorney general, eric holder, suggested yesterday in an interview that ground troops will be needed to take over these areas following the airstrikes. >> we're certainly going to have to look at the impact of these strikes that were taken. i also assume those are not the only strikes that we'll be taking against the khorasan group or the other strike that is we took in syria. it'll take a prolonged period of time for these strikes, and then, ultimately, for the ground troops that have have to -- that will have to come in and deal with these people. >> reporter: it's not clear which groups he was

and then there was a third stage involving targets in eastern syria.n addition to the tempo and the pace, and the pentagon confirming that a preponderance of the munitions came from the u.s. and the most advanced fighter bomber that has ever been constructed finally did see combat last night. the f22 cost $67 billion to build. there are 188 planes that had been built. the pentagon had been reluctant to use it in the past, but it has a significant ability to avoid detection from surface to air missiles. so the decision was made to use the f22 for the first time. it can fly higher and faster than any other bombers in the u.s. arsenal. there are reports that this particular fighter bomber can drop a precision-guided bomb 15 miles away

for example, these decisions to bomb these oil facilities in eastern syria.ould he be involved in that kind of a decision? >> he wouldn't be involved in the specific target selection. but before he authorized the strikes in syria, he was briefed on the campaign plan by the centcom commander. and we did discuss the fact that we wanted to take action against not just the terror targets specifically, but the infrastructure, facilities like this they depend upon. but the other thing that the president gave in terms of guidance is, let's have a coalition. we we took a little extra time to bring along our arab partners. and it's very important, wolf, as you said today, that you have saudi and emirate planes that we are united against this threat. >> as someone who's covered the middle east for a long time, usually they want to stay behind the scenes. the u.s. has an air force base in qatar. it's a very important air force base. now they're talking about it. the emirateis, close ally for a long time. you were involved in helping to prepare the president's speech tod

the airstrikes hit positions and armored vehicles in eastern syria near the town which was across theom the iraqi town of al qaeda and to date the command talking much numbers conducted about 198 airstrikes against isis iraq and 20 in syria with the help of the arab coalition forces, but there's one country that's been noticeably absent and also airstrikes you the turkish border, and that is turkey. a growing humanitarian crisis along the turkey border, of course turkey borders syria with kurds pouring into turkey and since saturday actually more than 100 estimated more than 170,000 syrian kurds have flooded into turkey becoming such a problem, such a crisis u.n. refugee agency said it is making contingency plans in case all 400,000 i 400,000 the kurdid again flood into turkey. so far turkey helping with humanitarian aid has not joined in the fight with the arab coalition and partners, something that has been key, a big question of will turkey join the fight? discussing that with world leaders. jon: it would seem to be useful to get turkey on board. john huddy in jerusalem. heather: h

coalition of nato nations to combat the extremists that control now a large sway of northern iraq and eastern syria. absent, though -- i've got to say this, arthel -- very much are any middle eastern partners. >> perky is a nato member and it is threatened by isis. so, with only ten nato members aboard, i actually find that disturbing. >> president obama stressing that the announcement wednesday will not be about any u.s. ground troops, saying that that would be a profound mistake. very pointedly, he added, arthel, that this is not a repeat of the iraq war. back to you. >> a big meeting ahead, for sure. the president meeting with congressional leaders tuesday, addressing the american public wednesday. dominic did i in tallie, thank you very much for that report there in los angeles. >>> meanwhile, in a meeting of foreign ministers in cairo, the head of the arab league is calling on its 22 member states to face isis head on, both politically and militarily. he says the group must not fight amongst itself when it comes to confronting the terrorists. the league is expected to issue a resolution on the

-led air strikes overnight hit a dozen mobile oil refineries run by isis in eastern syria. part of an operation that earns the militants as much as $2 million a day. the impact is still being assessed. but the pentagon says it's confident that the air strikes were successful now meanwhile, britain appears to be on the verge of taking military action against isis in iraq. prime minister david cameron told the u.n. general assembly his recalling british lawmakers later this week to get their authorization on air strikes and our erin mclaughlin is live in london with details on that upcoming vote. prime minister david cameron reconvening parliament to get approval for air strikes on isis in iraq. can we assume that he's fairly confident then of getting the support he needs even after that failed vote on syria in parliament last year? >> reporter: i think so, rosemary. i think it is important to keep in mind that lawmakers in the uk are very wary not to repeat the mistakes of the iraq war so they'll want to see a proposal that last very clear objectives that's firmly rooted in

the fighter jets targeting a refinery controlled by the terrorists in eastern syria. the u.s.hit two other oil refineries to stop isis from making $1 million to $3.1 million a day selling oil and gas on the black market. >>> here in the u.s., some congress questioned why lawmakers are not at work during this critical time. >> jennifer johnson has the story from washington. >> reporter: keith and rosemary, congress is off until after the nowumber elections. some are wondering if that gives the president too much freedom when it comes to the war against isis. >>> for a second day, u.s. warplanes bombed oil installations in eastern syria, those controlled by isis militants and used to fund their war of terror. secretary chuck hagel says the u.s. will not let up. >> this will not be an easy or brief effort. we are at the beginning, not the end. >> reporter: again, military officials won't commit to u.s. combat troops on the ground but will provide support for other countries soldiers. >> there's no air power alone solution to isil, either in iraq or syria. the answer is, yes, ther

this time, on oil facilities run by isis in eastern syria. let's get answers from david ross, senior fellow at the foundation for offensive democracies and senior fellow at george washington homeland security policy ens to the. thank you for being here. want to start with you. if you weaken isis, you strengthen al qaeda. how does that work? >> the two of them are competitor organizations. isis kicked out of al qaeda since beginning of february. since then it aggressively made bid to get affiliates of al qaeda and others within the organization to join it. by targeting isis it creates an incentive to go back to al qaeda. because moving forward the u.s. is going to their rely target isis. when isis is degrade, u.s. strikes will do. >> paul, what does that mean? we shouldn't beep h hitting isi. we don't want to strengthen al qaeda. in a sense it is weakening both. the degree of danger. strikes against both groups. and the groups could find some sort of common cause, they could at least stop fighting each other. a worrying prospect if they could

president we need help on fighting extremists in eastern syria the president said no, the terroristsut the size of indiana in eastern syria and iraq, poroshenko came to the united states and gave an inspirational speech about standing up for liberty, used our revolutionary motto live free or die the president said, no, the russians said yes. and so we got we have got to change this and get everybody at the table, i agree with dianne feinsten we need to deal with this comprehensive, stop saying no and start saying yes. let's get this taken care of. >> schieffer: thank you both very much and we will be back in one moment. >> schieffer: as i watch the documentary on pbs this week about franklin and eleanor roosevelt and their cousin teddy, i couldn't help but think about what set them apart from today's politicians. yes, they were very smart but there are still a lot of smart people in washington. yes, they saw wrongs that needed to be corrected but we still have those with good hearts, and, yes, they were good politicians, but we still have a few good politicians around here. what set

-led air strikes overnight hit a dozen mobile oil refineries run by isis in eastern syria.n that earns the militants as much as $2 million a day. the impact is still being assessed. but the pentagon says it's confident that the air strikes were successful now meanwhile, britain appears to be on the verge of taking military action against isis in iraq. prime minister david cameron told the u.n. general assembly his recalling british lawmakers later this week to get their authorization on air strikes and our erin mclaughlin is live in london with details on that upcoming vote. prime minister david cameron reconvening parliament to get approval for air strikes on isis in iraq. can we assume that h

militant positions in syria. 12 small scale oil refineries in three parts of eastern syria were attacked in a bid to damage the group's financial assets. here we are, one, two, three areas there. the u.s. department of defense estimates that those refineries have been making the militants something like $2 million a day. it also confirmed that war planes from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates were involved in the attacks, and reports suggest 14 jihadists along with five civilians have been killed. those u.s. air strikes have gained further international support at the u.n. general assembly in new york. and we will be bringing you all the latest in the course of the next 15 minutes here on "bbc world news." as clive murray joins us on the turkey-syria border. >> reporter: yes, hello to you. and welcome to the turkey-syria border. just behind me, beyond the razor wire there, and the railway line running in between is syria. one of those u.s. coalition led air strikes last night actually hit one of those oil refineries, only about 80 or so kilometers from our position here. david ca

this is a very remote area of eastern syria where the small oil refinery plants were. so they weren't too worried about civilian casualties, civilian damage, environmental damage. they went after them, they knew they wanted to get to them. >> and there has been a lot of criticism that the coalition does not yet involve, commitment for troops on the ground. however not the case on the air strikes. it was not just american planes that were striking successfully tonight. >> absolutely. this strike in particular, about two hours against about a dozen f targets was very interesting because you had both saudi arabia and united arab emirate emirateses, more coalition than the u.s. airplanes flying and that the coalition dropped more bombs than the u.s. dropped. so the strikes will ebb and flow, but in one that we're talking about tonight, certainly underscores what appears to be the growing commitment by arab nations in the region to deal with isis. >> barbara starr, thank you very much. and that is a very significant statement indeed that you have arab nations fighting anoth

in eastern syria today. more air strikes, jordanian fighter pilots dropping bombs against 8 isis vehicles around the iraqi border town. this area in eastern syria has been a staging area for foreign fighters and a base for isis for some time. u.s. war planes and navy vessels remain poised in the region for more strikes tonight and in the days to come in iraq and syria. today, the dutch government committed six f-16 warplanes to the fight against isis in iraq. the netherlands will send two reserve jets. and 2 auto pilots and support staff to support iraqi kurdish forces, australia also is sending warplanes to iraq. european countries have limited the use of their air power to iraq where the government asks for outside help, these countries do not believe that the u.s. and five arab partners have international mandate as of yet to fly over syria. that could pose a problem for the president, greta. the british parliament votes on friday as to whether to join the bombing campaign inside syria. >> jennifer, thank

their leadership is sitting comfortably in eastern syria, in places likes abu kamal just like back in008 when they were sending more fighters to kill iraqis and foreign soldiers. they have to go in in neighboring countries no the in syria to train and support the army. there is has to be a three prong approach. the how do you vet them how do you know who is the moderate who is that. we don't have time to run any kind of check on these people. do we have an idea of who the moderates are? >> we have an idea who they are. the united states has been working with the moderate forces on the ground that are fighting isis in the past year. you do not strike the united states. you do not strike the west. we support the united states can support forces on the ground that don't want to expand outside of syria. >> now the assad regime said look to the united states. you come to our airspace we are going to shoot you down. you have to give the assad regime, they took 190,000 people and they are still standing. every one has been fighting with them, although we have threatened with the red line our

-led coalition reportedly hit isis positions in northern and eastern syria, the targets included a grainilo and the entrance to syria's largest gas plants. >>> and taking the reigns of power in afghanistan. he was sworn in today to replace the other. it was the first democrat transfer of power since the first u.s. led invasion back in 2001. the new president will share power with his election challenger. he'll be chief executive after marathon negotiations. >>> wall street looking to keep the momentum going after a big rally on friday. >> jill wagner joins us now. good morning. >> good morning, investors are looking for a lot of economic data including a report that comes out on friday, they predict companies stepped up hiring after a weaker than expected august report. the unemployment rate they believe will likely stay the same at 6.1%. >> trading begins on a high note. they added 167-points on friday, the nasdaq gained 45. it is getting more expensive to use out of network atms. the average fee for going outside your atm network is now $4.35 per transaction. up 5% from last year, some

province, if you go further west from there, where you are after you cross a desert border is in eastern syria. when syria's civil war started simmering and boiling over in 2011, leader of the islamic state in iraq, this guy al baghdadi was very happy to send his fighters a little further west. send his fighters out of al anbar province in western iraq across the border so they're operating not only in western iraq but also in eastern syria. that is the thumbnail history of this group. they first split from al qaeda central in what is essentially a middle management style turf dispute. but where they come from is the same long-term strategic terrorist mindset that is designed to so outrage us, to so provoke us by their brutality and frankly by their evil that they cause us in anger to do somethings that ultimately in the long run hurt us and help them. yes, we killed the leader of al shabaab in 2008. today, literally today, we're still waiting on word about whether we killed the new leader of al shabaab. any doubts whether there will be a new leader after him? an air strike killed al zarqawi i

command said there were a dozen strikes on sites in eastern syria. those facilities make up to $2 million every day for i.s.i.l. the pentagon said saudi arabia and the united arab emirates were part of the strikes. there are more air strikes on iraq today and at the united nations the primary focus was i.s.i.l, the u.n. security council voted to crack down on the flow of foreign fighters to i.s.i.l, that came after a sweeping and at times blunt address from the president, warning i.s.i.l. fighters to leave the battlefield while they still can. correspondent mike viqueria is here tonight. mike. >> a persistent unease, and asking the minister to reject, later on his activities in new york was billed on the international coalition and assured everyone who was listening that the united states is in this or the the long haul. as the u.s. led coalition kept up the strikes president obama was talking tough at the united nations. >> the only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. >> reporter: the aggressive tone carried over even

led air strikes hit mobile refineries in eastern syria and iraq. french war planes hit near fallujah. still on the sidelines in this war against isis the united kingdom for now. prime minister david cameron convening parliament today for a vote that would authorize britain to get involved in the air strikes in iraq. a big day in london. standing by live now for us is cnn's isa soares. >> reporter: good morning, john. it is a very big day here in the u.k. in about an hour or so from now, mps will meet behind me in the commons. they will debate whether to agree to air strikes in iraq. it is important we make that distinction. that is just iraq. prime minister cameron will begin his speech. his speech will be along the lines of what we heard on thursday. he was outlining the legal parameters for air strikes in iraq. saying it is based on international law and legitimate. after that mps will get into debate. many expecting they will get heated. the foreign secretary philip hammond whom i'll speak to in a moment will support the motion but there will be

casualties, but it's almost inevitable in a situation like this the latest count after air strikes in eastern syrialians in this offensive against isis is only beginning. >> overnight in syria, another wave of air strikes targeting isis headquarters, a training camp, oil refineries and checkpoints in

in eastern syria. coalition forces destroyed four tanks today. this is the first time they targeted the oil- producing facilities and infrastructure that isis use to generate millions of dollars a day. fighters ha check points fearing more flights and allowing the exodus of civilians from syria and the u.s. air force deployed four stealth fighter jets when it started the bombing raids over syria today. this is the first video of the strikes and u.s. defense officials say the f- 22 was used because they were concerned about syria air defense systems and anti- assad rebels said there was a chemical attack on the rebels on wednesday. and u.s. defense officials show the after effects of bombs that the assad used recently. moderate syrian rebels are critizing the u.s. for not targeting the assad regime. the reason there is no air support for the kurds holding off the isis fighters. without spotters on the ground it is unlikely they could help them because of fears of friendly casulties. no ground forces as of yet. >> understood. jennifer thank you. >>

they are, as you said, in eastern syria and remote areas.re still doing a battle damage assessment to see how well the strikes went, but all the aircraft performed as expected and landed safely after it was over. >> and how many militants were killed and indeed how many civilians? >> well, we don't know about how many militants might have been killed in those strikes. i want to stress the purpose of the strikes was not to kill militants necessarily so much as it was to destroy their ability to use these refineries and the capabilities that go with them and to make money from them. we don't have any indications from these strikes of civilian casualties, but we take that very seriously and we'll investigate thoroughly. >> a sudden flurry of activity diplomatically. shouldn't you have done this two years ago? >> well, look, in the pentagon here, we don't do a lot of what we call monday morn quarterbacking here in america. we're focused on the task at hand, the mission we've been given and the mission we've been given is to put the pressure on i

there's progress tonight in efforts to destroy isil targets in eastern syria.ut top leaders at the pentagon caution the fight could be a long one. abc's karen reports, another american ally has decided to join the battle. >> more than 40 air strikes this week against isis targets in syria. over the past month, more than 200 in iraq. the pentagon says so far, the be working.ks to >> our targeted actions are disrupting isil's command in their logistics capabilities and their infrastructure in syria, while iraq, we're empowering our powers to go back on the offensive. news's alex is there. 160,000.n. says around syrian kurds have now crossed into turkey. biggest single exodus of refugees since this war began than three and a half years ago. >> british prime minister david case forade a fiery his nation to join air strikes in iraq. >> this is about psychopathic that are trying to kill us. we do have to realize that whether we like it or not, they war on us.y declared >> the british parliament overwhelmingly approved request. >> 524. no's to the left, 43. >> but no

group says an air campaign killed at least 14 islamic state fighters but an opposition activist in eastern syria says an air strike on a village killed nine civilians. he said the residents there are angry. >>> a pentagon spokesperson says arab nations played a major role in the air strikes on oil refineries held by the islamic state militant group. press secretary john kirby said 10 of the 16 fighters jets were from u.s. allies saudi arabia and and united emirates. >> i'm not announcing future operations but will look at isil in syria and on the civilian casualty issue we take that seriously and will assess that as we work through the damage assessment process. >> kirby denied that syrian government forces invaded facilities attacked by the u.s. military. he did not confirm media reports that the air strike also killed the leader of the al qaeda affiliated extremist group khorasan. >>> china supported a u.n. security council resolution aimed at stemming the flow of foreign fighters joining extremist groups abroad but the country takes a difference stance than the u.s. on the air strikes against

-led air strikes hit mobile refineries in eastern syria.raq, french war planes hit warehouses near fallujah. no relief in sight for the hundreds of thousands of kurdish refugees making the trip through the syrian desert. they are fleeing in advance of isis troops. they arrive at the border and find themselves trapped. turkey is prepared to accept more refugees, but resources are stretched thin. cnn's phil black is live on the border with syria. phil. >> reporter: john, forgive me. audio problems this morning. what i would like to show you here is the latest wave of refugees to come through and cross from the syrian border. the gates opened at the point at the last hour. this is the result. these several hundred people stumbled through carrying what they can. belongings stuffed in sacks and wrapped up in blankets. they are given the basics. water and biscuits to eat and medical attention for those who need it. what goes on in the holding area, this is where they are processed. they are given the basic needs while the men line up to register

to defense officials the united states and its arab partners targeted islamic state assets in eastern syria, right about here, in abu kamal. the officials say the bombing took out eight islamic state vehicles. this is in syria's oil rich region, of course, where the terror group reportedly rakes in millions of dollars each day selling crude. before the united nations terrorism meeting about to get started, president obama addressed all u.n. members or member nations at least at the general assembly. and the president is gaveling things in right now. let's listen. >> the second meeting of the security council called to order. the provisional agenda for this meeting is, threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts, foreign terrorist fighters. the agenda is adopted. i wish to warmly welcome the distinguished heads of state and government, secretary general, ministers and other distinguished representatives present in the security council chamber. your presence today underscores the importance of this subject matter under discussion. before each of you is a list of speak

and they have taken over the oil facilities in eastern syria, selling the oil and making $2 million a day off of it. so one of the coalitions main goals is to choke off that money supply that's funding isis operations. as this point we have seen the spectrum of targets that the coalition is going after from the isis control centers to weapons depots to fighters themselves. and now their oil assets. >> and, alex, what are you seeing from your vantage point there? the response being to the strikes inside syria? >> reporter: well, it's been a mixed bag. even though the u.s. isn't working with the assad regime, coordinating with them, the regime gave approval of the strikes. because isis is a mutual enemy for the u.s. and the regime. and the rebels are angry because the coalition strikes are not targeting the regime as well. those rebels saying the regime is taking advantage to intensify its attacks on rebels and civilians. but there are some civilians very much in favor of the strikes. the syria/kurds flooding across the border by the tens of thousands because isis is surrounding their v

eastern standard time against targets in north ern syria. isis head quarters, training camps, barracks and combat vehicles. the final wave was shortly after midnight standard time. regionally based f-16 attacked targets in eastern syria to include isis training camps. coalition partners participated in the second and third waves supporting with a range of combat capabilities that began with combat air patrols to actually strikes on targets. 96% of all of the delivered munitions were precision guided. i would like to show you several before and after pictures that highlight the affects of the mission. if i can go to the next slide. next slide, please. this is showing an isis finance center. it is a before and after. on the left is the before and on the right as you look at it is the after. it was engaged with tomahawk fired from the uss philippine sea. the intended target was the communication array on the roof of the building. they detonated with focusing on the communication array. you can see the after picture. the roof top communication i

war planes bombed oil installations in eastern syria. those controlled by isis militants and used to fund their war of terror. secretary chuck hagel says the u.s. will not let up. >> this will not be an easy or brief effort. we are at the beginning. >> reporter: officials won't commit to u.s. combat troops on the ground but will provide support for other country soldiers. >> there is no air power alone solution to isil, either in iraq or in syria. and so the answer is yes, there has to be a ground component to the campaign against isil and syria. and we believe that the path to develop that is the syrian moderate opposition. >> reporter: as the u.s.-led coalition grows, denmark and belgium are the latest to sign on. british politicians finally decided to commit their own war planes for strikes in iraq. >> this is about psychopathic terrorists that are trying to kill us. and we do have to realize that whether we like it or not, they have already declared war on us. >> reporter: action in london as congress is away. lawmakers are off until

stronghold for months and as we know, isis controls the large swath of northern and northeastern and eastern syria along with northern iraq, so again, syria has really been hitting and ratcheting up its air strikes in its locations in the northeastern part of the country for a couple of days now and in iraq today, kurdish forces have reportedly made gains on pushing isis back from the mosul dam. this has been another main battle front in iraq. in northern iraq. they also according to the military, received help from u.s. air strikes. in fact, u.s. central command says that it carried out more than 130 air strikes across iraq. still, kurdish forces, a lot of kurdish fighters say they need more help from the united states, including more weapons and that's why president obama has called on the international community to also join in the fight and as mentioned, coalition of international allies have promised to help fight isis as well. but again, what america's role will be going forward in dismantling isis' both financial and military capabilities remains unknown. whether that means increased air st

air strikes hitting refineries, oil fields, kpoupdz, check points and military vehicles out in eastern syria. that is the latest from the live de >>> it is now 4:34. we should hear today what led a police officer to shoot a teen in may. the officer said he shot the team while he was lung at with the knife. the teen was suicidal. tonight georgetown university pride board plans to talk about a student assault two weeks ago on m street. a student was walking at 1:30 in the morning. a man came up to him, made a derogatory remark approximate his perceived sexual orientation. the meeting is at 7:00 p.m. on campus >> a man is facing charges for murdering this young mother with four children. conyers was found dead 10 days ago. two of her children were in the apartment at the same time. police are not saying whether the two knew each other >> the trial for the accused boston marathon bomber will not come here to d.c. a judge says there's no reason to believe that tsarnaev can't get a fair trial in massachusetts. the defense attorneys wanted it to be moved saying he couldn't get a fair trial in bosto

and fire arab nations took aim at the islamic group's headquarters in eastern syria. u.s. aircraft took part in the raid and nearby u.s. navy ships also fired missiles targeting the militant storage facilities, military vehicles and a training compound. >> our initial indication is these strikes were very successful. >> reporter: the president also authorized strikes on the corazon group another terror organization made up of al qaeda veterans. officials say they were planning an attack on the u.s. the president praised saudi arabia, qatar, jordan and others for their participation to fight isis saying 40 others nations are offering to help. >> america is proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with these nations on behalf of our common security. the strength of this coalition makes it clear to the world that this is not america's fight alone. >> reporter: while the u.s. government warns syria the attacks were coming, it didn't give information on when or where they would strike. craig boswell cbs news, the white house. >> the u.s. military has been targeting isis targets in i

we begin with the breaking news from eastern syria, missile strikes and air strikes thought to be led by u.s. forces hit isis targets this morning. >> there were earlier assaults on oil refineries, sending giant plumes of smoke into the air. those had been providing as much as $2 million a day to fund isis operations. >>> the fbi has identified the isis militant behind the mask in the gruesome beheading videos. tahman bradley joins us. >> reporter: good morning. several developments. more u.s. air strikes, this time against the isis money source. and the manhunt is heating up for the masked killer of western hostages. this morning the fbi believes investigators have identified the masked man seen in the chilling videos. they declined to name the suspect but vowed to bring him to justice. he's known as jihadi john, speaking with a british accent. they are using voice and facial analysis and studying the back drop. computer illustrations are constructing a composite of his face. they believe he's somewhere in syria, so finding him could be difficult. >> i think it's going to be in the s

the real key is engage with the tribes in eastern syria. the tribes there subscribe to a very different ideology than isis and we are already seeing fundamental dissatisfaction with what the islamic state is doing. >>> i think the two most powerful forces in siria are isis, which controls the northern half of the country and assad which controls the southern half. in my judgment in the near future one of the other is going to be us. assad is a bad man but he does not trust the united states. isis is an evil force if we have to to work with the iranians and others to crush it we should do it. >> we worked with them in the past, in afghanistan. i don't think that is an issue. we have a common interest here and i think that is going to be pursued. >>> we have dealt with a lot of other bad men. if assad is as bad as you say he is. >> if isis is as bad as we think it is, we put all the forces there and deal with the problems of iran's ambitions. >> are you prepared to demonize assad. >> i think they are understating assad in so many ways. >> wha

. >>> and overnight more oil refineries in eastern syria were targeted in air strikes likely carried out by the u.s.-led coalition and while the united states continues its campaign against islamic extremists in iraq and syria, skurpt gets tight. it comes after iraq's prime minister said they plan to attack subways in new york and france. >> yeah, he made the announcement earlier this week. he said this is what isis militants said there was this plan to attack subways here and in frachbls right now officials in new york and washington are telling us what they know. new york city's major says the country's largest subway system is safe. >> there is no immediate credible threat to our subway system. i say that with confidence. people should go about their business as they normally would. >> on thursday at the united nations, iraq's prime minister said they warned iraqi agents about a terror plot against u.s. subways. >> it's very unreliable in terms of how it was gotten. prisoners say anything to get out of any situation they're in. >> reporter: new york's major and governor rode the su

military has launched airstrikes against oil refineries controlled by islamic state militants in eastern syrian a bid to shut down its funding. >> the raid started 12 refineries -- targeted 12 refineries. >> sales of smuggled crude oil have helped finance is operations in both iraq and syria. >> the pentagon released this video of a strike on a refinery. military analysts say the u.s. is targeting oil facilities because it's the most efficient way to hit the finances of is, also known as is -- isis. >> when they are looking for isis targets to hit, it's difficult to pin down and get an exact target and the solo refineries -- these oil refineries have become the best one. i think a large part of their income does come from oil. >> the pentagon estimates [no audio] >> what we are conducting in syria is that strategic level. we are trying to remove the means for which they sustain themselves. that is the goal. >> washington says it is too early to evaluate the success of the strategy. >> how do you know you know you're going to win? what i'm telling you is that it's going to take us a while to be

over night a fresh round of air strikes pounded isis targets in northern and eastern syria. first time british war planes joined the u.s. attacks on isis targets in iraq. less than 24 hours after getting the green light from parliament. isis is far from retreating in syria. it's advancing on cities closer to tushish border. in iraq the terror group is reportedly on the edge of baghdad. on 60 minute s president obama said the u.s. f

-led coalition were in eastern syria where most of the first wave targets are thought to remain.aid he worried that while the iraqi army would try to occupy the vacuum left after attacks on islamic state forces in iraq. in syria no one knew who would benefit. in the case of iraq, it is the iraqi army and the kurds that conduct those operations. outstanding question about who would perform that function in syria. >> reporter: one minister said, over time, the british public would be won over to the idea of attacking syrian targets. the truth is no one truly knows what military efforts will be needed, how much time it will take to defeat this very unconventional enemy. >> ifill: belgium and denmark also approved contributions to the air strikes in iraq. belgium will contribute six fighter jets. the danes will send seven planes. >> woodruff: the state department is telling americans to leave yemen amid fears of all-out civil war. the announcement today also says the u.s. diplomatic staff in the country will be reduced. shiite rebels have been battling sunni militias for control of t

and five arab nations took aim at the islamic group's headquarters in eastern syria. u.s. aircraft took part in the raid and nearby u.s. navy ships also fired missiles. they targeted the militants' storage facilities, military vehicles and a training compound. >> our initial indication is that these strikes were very successful. >> reporter: the president also authorized strikes on another terrorism organize -- organization made up of former al qaeda members. the president thanked the nations for their help and 40 other nations are offering to help. >> america is proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with these nations on above of our common security. the -- on behalf of our common security. the strength of the mission makes it clear that this is not america's fight alone. >> reporter: while the u.s. government warns syria the attacks were coming, it did not give specific information on when or where they would strike. craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >> the u.s. military has been targeting isis targets in iraq since august. this is the first time the united states