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reports of massacres in mosul, scott, including the killing of 50 police officers >> pelley: holly williams on the battlefield for us tonight. holly, thank you. well, the u.s. is going to have to accept north korea as a nuclear power. that is what is the director of national intelligence james clapper told charlie rose today at the council on foreign relations. >> that is their ticket to survival, and i got a good taste of that when i was there about how the world looks from their vantage, and ey paranoid. >> pelley: clapper told charlie that the u.s. has to assume the north koreans could launch a nuclear missile that could reach alaska or hawaii. coming up next on the cbs evening news, glaring problems with headlights. put some distance between you and temptation with

holly williams is on the front lines. they had liberated the town of hamdaniya, we arrived to fine the streets ringing with gunfire. [ gunfire ] in some places isis launched surprise attacks even after iraqi forces think they're in control. and these troops now shoot at anything that moves. this used to be a christian town tough 50,000 people. but its residents all fled isis and now it's shattered and his soldiers were only fighting small pockets of resistance. that sound like quite a lot of resistance. i have to tell you. no, he said, this is the military way. they're just clearing the area. another nearby christian town, bartella has been retaken. we were thero just before isis seized the town. meeting the local men who were trying to protect it. and visiting the church, where we found them praying in the language spoken by jesus. this its the same church today. charred and desecrated. in hamdaniya, christian militiamen have come back to help secure their town. one of them is this man who told us he kissed the ground wh

elizabeth palmer is just back from syria, and holly williams is in northern iraq tonight. let's begin with what trump said about the white house announcing its mosul plan in advance. >> whatever happened to the element of surprise? okay? we announce we're going after mosul. i've been reading about going after mosul now for about -- how long is it, hillary, three months? these people have all left. they've all left. >> so holly, is trump right? >> well, scott, i think that secrecy would have been very, very difficult. this is a multinational effort, not just the u.s., and most of the thousands of fighters on the front lines here are from iraq, from different factions, ethnic and religious groups. remember also that making it public that the offensive was about to begin gave the residents of mosul, who are being used as human shields, a chance to try to escape or perhaps to prepare to rise up against isis. >> holly, trump also said advance warning gave the leaders of isis a chance to escape mosul. what of that? >> well, scott, we were on the front line today, and isis was de

holly williams reporting from iraq. holly, thank you. >>> today, russia said it will suspend bombing of syrian city of aleppo for eight hours thursday. as a humanitarian gesture. the city of 2 million is a ruin, five years after rebels roads rose against the syrian president. today the european union said russia's bombardment may constitute a war crime. in aleppo today, elizabeth palmer found what each side is willing to do to keep on killing. >> reporter: as day begins in aleppo, so does the battle. syrian soldiers and opposition fighters shoot at each other across a front line that runs right through the city center. soldiers offered to show us where rebels have manufactured one of their signature weapons. so this is -- an ordinary it's designed so that explosives would fit in the top part. perhaps shrapnel in the bottom. then reassembled with these make shift fins, which would help to guide it, like a -- very primitive kind of rocket. >> the rockets were launched and aimed sort of through an ordinary piece of steel pi

holly williams reporting from iraq. holly, thank you. today, russia said it will suspend bombing of the syrian city of aleppo for eight hours thursday as a humanitarian the city of two million is a ruin five years after rebels rose against the syrian president. today, the european union saidid russia's bombardment may constitute a war crime. in aleppo today, elizabeth palmer found what each side is willing to do to keep on killing. [explosion] >> reporter: as day begins in aleppo, so does the battle. syrian soldiers and opposition ch across a front line that runs right through the city center. soldiers offered to show us where rebels had manufactured one of their signature weapons. so this is an ordinary cooking gas canister sawed in half. it's designed so that explosives would fit in the top part, perhaps shrapnel in the bottom, and then it would be reassembled with these makeshift fins, which very primitive kind of rocket. the rockets were launched sort of through an ordinary piece of steel pipe. the syrian army has homemade arms, too,

war correspondent holly williams was outside mosul today when the first shots were fired. >> over the last few days we have seen video emerging from inside mosul of what appeared to inside the city. holly and her crew were fine. but it was the start of an eventful day. >> just after dawn they broke through the front line. a column of tanks and armored vehicles rolling into isis territory. these men are kurdish fighters, who have joined with the iraqi army and local militiamen to push isis out o a combined force thought to be more than 20,000 strong. these kurdish fighters are trying to move in that direction and retake the main road to mosul. but isis has lit fires in villages there and there. to try to shield themselves from air strikes. it didn't work. u.s. coalition strikes pounded isis today and the extremists lost more territory and more the outskirts of mosul, a handful of farming villages, long emptied of civilians, now an apocalyptic landscape. isis fought back with suicide bombers. one car laden with explosives drove close to where we were standing before it was blown up by a

holly williams, cbs news, just east of mosul. >> holly williams on the front line in iraq. >>> secretary of state john kerry warns that russia and syria's government could face new economic sanctions over the war in syria. air strikes continue to hit the city of aleppo. weekend cease-fire talks failed to reach an agreement. video shows a child being saved from a building yesterday. elizabeth palmer is in aleppo where she learned weaponry that is causing so much destruction. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the siege of eastern aleppo, which is slowly choking the life out of almost half the city, is so painfully drawn out because neither side is strong enough to win decisively, nor weak enough to be forced to capitulate. one missile has become a trademark, the opposition fighters in aleppo. in a neighborhood recently recaptured soldiers who didn't want to be identified took us into a basement of a ruined building. this is a factory? everywhere there were piles of parts to build a simple bomb. cooking gas canisters sawed in half were packed with explosives and mounted on

holly williams on the battlefield for us tonight. holly, thank you. well the u.s. is going to have to accept north korea as a nuclear power. that is what the director of national intelligence james clapper told charlie rose today. at the council on foreign relations. that is their ticket to survival. i got a good taste of that when i was there about how the world looks from their vantage. they are under siege and very paranoid. >> clapper told charlie the u.s. has to assume the north koreans could launch a nuclear missile that could reach alaska or hawaii. >>> the insurance industry recently began testing and it is not a pretty picture. here is transportation correspondent kris van cleave. researchers at insurance institute for highway safety say this is the type of headlight every car should have. potential obstacles and the fence are clearly visible. now, look below. you can barely see them. and this is the view many drivers get from their headlights. matthew brumbalo from iihs. >> reporter: the institute began testing headlights this year looking at glare and vi

holly williams is there. >> reporter: iraq's elite special forces are battle hardened, and american trained, and today, they moved into position for a new push towards mosul. lieutenant colonel ali hussein bragged that they'd be inside the city in a matter of hours. but isis has up to 5,000 you're going to defeat them in a few hours? of "we're the special forces qthe he told us. "we can do it." but the truth sthe mosul offensive has slowed to a crawl in the last 48 hours. today, these kurdish fighters built new defensive positions 15 miles east of the city. they recaptured this area on monday and now look like they're planning on staying put. can see one of the reasons it's such slow going. when isis fled the village two days ago, they left many of the houses here rigged with homemade bombs. they've detonated some and dismantled others. but mohammed sayeed satiq has come home to find his house still laced with explosives. he fled two years ago, along with all the other residents. why would isis put explosives in your "they're our enemy," he told us, "and they have no mercy." what they found

holly williams, cbs news, in northern iraq. >>> back here at home. another batch of mosquitoes carrying the zika virus has been detected in miami. the insects were in a trap in an area already designated as a transmission zone. a large portion of the city remains an active zika zone. more than a thousand people in florida have been affected, most while traveling outside of the u.s., though.

holly williams cbs news: >> reporting from the frontlines of the fight against isis is sometimes chaotic. we carried a go-pro camera with us on friday as we witnessed a local swat team. you can see our cameraman - abdi cadani - and producer - erin lyall - trying to capture the reality of this conflict.with out getting themselves hurt. the battle for mosul pits america and its allies - against a sadistic death cult. airstrikes and helicopter gunships, against suicide bombers. on the frontline north o these kurdish fighters spotted a small drone overhead.caus ing panic.and drawing a hail of bullets. it's not surprising they're nervous..an isis drone loaded with explosives killed two kurdish soldiers here earlier this month. the us military insists that its role here is only to advise and assist the iraqis. .but the line between seems a fine distinction. members of the us military are operating in this area, although we're not allowed to film them, and we've also seen troops from the coalition, from a european country, firing on isis. but even with america's help, this battle against barbar

holly williams, cbs >>> now that the.s. and others are focused on recapturing is, what happens whe all over? yesterday, here in new york, at the counl on feign relations, charlie rose put that question to national intelligence director james clapper and clapper said he is concerned. >> what form doe i take after that? because it is probably not going to go away. else or other similar extremist groups will be spawned and i believe we are going to be in the business o suppressing these extremist movements for a long time to come. >> clapper also told rose, it's possible russia could shoot down a u.s. warlane in a no fly zone were imposed over syria. >>> speaker of the house paul ryan wants the pentagon to stop its effort to recover enlistment bonuses. cafornia is investigating. the pentagon says 6,500 california guard soldiers have been told to repaid the 15,000 or more they were promid if they reenlisted. most served in iraq and afghanistan. the pentagon has asked them to speed up their review but as of now, the president do

cbs' holly williams has the latest on the fight from northern iraq. >>>hamdaniya used to be a christian town of 50 thousand people.but after two years under isis, it's shattered and deserted..its crosses torn down by the extremists.this crucifix defaced. a day after iraqi forces entered the town, we returned with the mayor of hamdaniya, nisan karoomi, who fled in 2014 with the other residents. it used to be beautiful the streets still ring out with gunfire..in some places, isis has used tunnel networks to launch surprise attacks even after iraqi forces think they're in control. (christian miltiamen - singing and crossing themselves - erin cam has nice high wide shot, then tight when they are crossing themselves - nice nats) local christian militiamen have arrived to help secure the town. one of them is hussam kissed the ground when he returned the night before. thank god we're back, he told us, even if i die here now, it doesn't matter. (holly williams/cbs news/northern iraq) iraqi forces are edging closer to mosul city - where there are thought to be

holly williams reports from just outside the city. <<

holly williams, cbs news, northern iraq. >>> u.s. officials are trying to identify the gunman who shot and killed two american advisers in afghanistan. the gunmen attacked a gate of an afghan supply depot outside of kabul. three others were wounded. the dead americans including one soldier and one civilian. the gunman was also killed. >>> the united states says the latest north korean missile test failed. the missile was believed to be intermediate range and it failed almost immediately after lifting off thursday. the norm attempted, but was unable to successfully launch similar missiles saturday, just korea agreed to curb north korea's nuclear and missile threats. >>> the state of california launched a criminal investigation into wells fargo bank related to a massive sales practices scandal. wells fargo says it's cooperating. agents are seeking evidence that bank employees allegedly stole customer identities to create up to 2 million accounts without customers' approval. the bank fired more than 5,000 employees who engaged in fraudu

holly williams, cbs news, northern iraq. >>> u.s. officials are trying to identify the gunman who shot and killed two american advisers in afghanistan. the gunmen attacked a gate of an afghan supply depot outside kabul. the dead americans including one soldier and one civilian. the gunman was also killed. >>> the united states says the latest north korean missile test failed. the missile was believed to be intermediate range and it failed almost immediately after lifting off thursday. the north was unable to successfully launch similar missiles saturday just hours before, the -- north korea's nuclear and missile threats. a court victory for an nba star. los angeles times reports that derrick rose and two friends have been cleared of sexual assault allegations. the jury in the civil trial ruled unanimously yesterday that his accuser was not credible. the woman had sued for $21.5 million. >>> "the new york times" says the city's mayor condemned the killing of a mentally ill woman by police. the 66-year-old woman was shot twice tuesday

revenge, he said, for the mosul offensive. >> rose: joining me from northern iraq is holly williams ofs news. thank you, holly. what's happening in the battle against mosul as kurdish peshmerga troops march toward there and the prime minister of iraq says they're going faster than he expected. >> prime minister haider al- abadi said the offensive is progressing faster than expected. i don't know how fast he expected it to go, but i've spent most of this week on the front line and i can tell you it's going pretty slowly. both kurdish forces and iraqi forces are taking back villages and towns on the outskirts of mosul, but it is very slow going. they're up against roadside bombs. they're up against suicide car bombers, bombs, cars and trucks laden with explosives and driven at high speeds toward the front line. some of the i.s.i.s. fighters in these villages are willing to fight to the death. this, after all, is a death cult that many people join because, you know, they want to become a martyr. and even if i.s.i.s. runs away from some of those vegs, when the kurdish and iraqi forces get

holly williams, cbs news, in northern iraq. >>> back here at home. another batch of mosquitoes carrying the zika virus has been detected in miami. the insects were in a trap in an area already designated as a transmission zone. a large portion of the city remains an active zika zone. more than a thousand people in florida have been affected, most >>> fire homes destroyed by a wildfire in southern colorado. more than 2,500 square miles have been burned and hundreds of other homes are threatened. a fire blew a outbuilding into a power line. as of last night, the fire remained out of control. >>> coming up on the "morning news." upgrading air travel. why airlines may need to pay up the next time your luggage arrives late. >>> and a lawsuit over the flint water crisis takes aim at the school system. this is the "cbs morning news." you can pick up cold & flu viruses from things in your home for up to 48 hours? it's like having a sick family member that you didn't even know was there. and we all know what happens when one family member gets sick. but lysol

holly williams, cbs news, on the kirkuk-mosul road. ((christianne klein)) >>> back here in the states... an 11th death in the u-s is now being blamed on a faulty takata year old woman was killed in a car crash last month in california... she was driving a 2001 honda civic... the air bags can inflate with too much force... sending shrapnel into the vehicle. the problem is behind the biggest auto recall in u-s history. honda says that multiple recall notices were sent to the owner, but its records indicate the car was never repaired./// ((christianne klein)) >>> a scary situation in atchison, kansas, after a major chemicali accidentally mixed together at the m-g-p sewage plant this morning --- the leak caused a reaction that formed a dark fog over the city. around 11-thousand atchison residents were urged to shelter in place, roads were closed and schools were evacuated. a hospital treated at least 52 people for respiratory discomfort-- officials say one person is in i-c-u. the fog has now lifted and the situation is improving./// ((dave

holly williams, cbs news, outside mosul. >> experts say those troops are ahead of schedule now. an international meeting about mosul is set for thursday and paris. >>> a cedar falls man is charged with attempted murder after police say he stabbed two people yesterday afternoon. this was at university avenue studios. police got to the scene just and found two victims that have been stabbed. 62-year-old jeffery miller and 47-year-old denice bennett were both taken to the hospital with multiple stab wounds. officers arrested 28-year-old adam jacobsen who is now charged with two counts of attempted murder. >>> an 18-year-old university of iowa student faces charges for falsely reporting an active shooter on campus. police arrested harrison to morris after the scare saturday night. police said he sent a text message to a friend saying there was residence hall. the friend then told police. when officers arrived and evacuated the building, he sent another text saying it was a joke. he is charged with filing a false report. >>> the director of the iowa flood center is coming to cedar ra

holly williams is on the front line. those trapped inside mosul. there are fears already that isis fighters could use the exodus to escape or launch terror attacks. at this camp, housing some refugees from mosul they separate the men on arrival to interrogate them. these men told us they welcome it. because they fled here to be safe. but ahmet has been accused of he admits that his father and two brothers, joined the extremists. but is adamant he did not. why did you flee now? why not before? we heard there was amnesty for people if they had family in isis. he said. so i cam to find out. he can only join the other refugees if he can prove he is innocent. a week into the mosul offensive. outgunned and outmanned. but fighting back with its trademark guerrilla tactics. digging networks of tunnels. and launching surprise assaults like this one in the town 200 miles west of baghdad. planting its fighters amongst desperate refugees to wreak more violence is a tactic that isis will find hard to resist. >>> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. >>>

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warplanes and special forces are in the fight, and holly williams is there. >> reporter: thousands ofilians are escaping from isis as the extremists retreat from their villages. this offensive has killed hundreds of isis fighters, according to the u.s. coalition, with over 300 square miles clawed back by iraqi and kurdish forces to the east and south. but they still haven't entered mosul itself. at the american base south of mosul, major chris parker told us protecting the city's one million civilians will make the fight more difficult. >> air strikes do become more complicated when you move into a major metropolitan area, and the fighting will be more complicated. this is a tough fight. they've been dug into mosul for two years now and had time to prepare. >> reporter: there are 50,000 iraqi ground forces compared to the 5,000 isis fighters thought to be in mosul. but the extremists have one terrifying weapon-- the suicide car bomb, a vehicle laden with explosives. isis has used dozens of them in this battle, and we've witnessed the panic they cause on the front line. they want to di