the pentagon official tells cbs news the u.s.s not see this as a game changer in the fight go. >> jonathan, thank you. >>> this morning, secretary of state john kerry will help raise the u.s. flag over the u.s. embassy in havana, cuba. that's something that hasn't happened since the u.s. cut diplomatic relations with cuba in 1961. we have more from new york on this historic step. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the american flag has not flown over the embassy in cuba since 1961, at the height of the cold war. during today's historic trip, kerry will meet with cuba's foreign minister. the country's roman catholic archbishop, and a handpicked group of dissidents. ♪ >> reporter: in just a few hours, the american flag will fly over the u.s. embassy in havana for the first time in 54 years. three u.s. service members took part in a rehearsal ceremony at the embassy thursday as members of the community looked on. the change in diplomatic relations is something this 31-year-old cuban woman is looking forward to. when it comes t

pentagon officials say isis remains as strong as it was a year ago. the official says iraqi security forces and isis are in a stalemate. the good news says the official isis is no longer making rapid advances which the pentagon considers progress. >>> the first battle field fatal fatality fatality. the syrian fighter was killed with the al qaeda affiliate. it triggered the first air strike in the syrian backed force. it has faced challenges. only 60 recruits made it on to the field. >>> lobbyists will face off today over the iran nuclear deal in forums. opponents feel it is a threat to israel. others say this is the last best hope for iran for nuclear weapons. some previously expressed misgivings about potentially making iran a stronger rival. in tehran the stage is being set for the comeback of a hard liner. mahmoud ahmadinejad has launched a campaign ahead of parliamentary elections. >>> time for an early start on your money this morning. china stocks up. shanghai shanghai's benchmark up 4% over efforts to boost the market. u.s. stock futures are low

could we now former pentagon official k.t. mcfarland of. great to have you with us.rt with sanctions against individuals and companies for the actions of the chinese government? >> whenever obama puts on will not be effective and that is not tough but the other sanctions whether on russia or iran he did not want to do that but his hand was forced. i think the president is just as unlikely to put a pretty serious sanctions that would make us a difference and he will not do that to rule with a the party he is planning in september with the chinese president. lou: and they will share intelligence isn't that lovely? do suppose the obama national security apparatus if there is such a thing caught them by surprise? >> i'm sure it did but we have been trying to separate the chinese from the russians they made friends with china we still had russia in the cold war regins adjusted to take the matter of the equation now we have seen both countries get together and interestingly with the hillary clinton emails i have seen experts have said while the chinese and the russians att

one pentagon official described the defeat as the u.s.-trained troops as "a friggin mess." here's david martin. >> reporter: this video purporting to show u.s.-trained fighters captured in syria could c not be independently verified, but there's no doubt the pentagon's first attempt to insert fighters into syria met with what one official called "abject failure." nearly half the force was either killed, captured or missing. and they never even came in contact with isis. of officially called "the new," syrian force," the first contingent of 54 fighters was trained by the u.s. military at a base in turkey and sent across the border into northern syria. [explosion] but instead of fighting isis they unexpectedly came under attack by a different radical islamic group called al-nusra. the new syrian force called for american air strikes, and the al-nusra attack was repulsed. f only one member of the new syrian force was killed while the enemy lost an estimated 30 fighters, but what appeared to be a victory turned into a defeat when the rest of the new syrian force scattered. some

and turkey are calling this a significant step in the battle against i.s.i.l., privately pentagon officials concede it is more important. >> the agreement means turkish f-16s will join the daily air strikes targetting i.s.i.l. in syria, and perhaps in iraq as well. in ankara, turkey's foreign minister confirmed that talks were complete, and joint operations against i.s.i.l. will begin soon. >> in washington. it is limited to air strikes only. >> cooperation with turks, and the expansion that of that is in progress. it's a step forward for turkey and the united states to find what that cooperation looks like. >> what the u.s. wants is a major commitment to ground operations to sewcure the borde with syria and iraq, a 68 mile area, west of the river, reaching into aleppo. defense secretary last week pulled out turkey for failing to control the area. it is a boarder for which dehli are looking for them to do more in that regard. as well. >> the digs amounts so a small symbolic cribb use against i.s.i.l. they have a lot of air power, conducting 70%. the significant agreement was turkey said is

. >> pentagon officials are also expressing their hope that the relocation will be implemented as planned. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe says his government values legal stability in connection with proposed security legislation. one of his advisers apologized in the diet. abe rejected calls to dismiss him. >> translator: the government respects legal stability. i believe mr. isozaki fully understands that. he has retracted his remarks. he would never say something that could cause misunderstanding, and he will continue to carry out his duties. >> abe was responding to a question from a member of the opposition social democratic party at an upper house committee deliberating a set of security bills. the legislation would expand the role of the self-defense forces and allow japan to exercise its right to collective self-defense. a member of the ruling liberal democratic party asked about the participation of sdf personnel in u.n. peacekeeping operations. he said politicians are responsible for revising the law to enable sdf members to fulfill their peacekeeping duties. the prime m

pentagon officials say it was sophisticated yet simple. a phishing attack, meaning they dummied up either an e-mail or log in that looked so real a member of the staff was fooled. >>> taiwan is bracing for a direct hit from a powerful typhoon. it will bring damaging wind, flooding rain and powerful surf to the island before moving toward china. the obama administration is already sending federal aid to the hard hit island of saipan. it's a u.s. commonwealth declared a disaster area. no power or running water there since the storm hit sunday. >>> fire crews are hampered by newly issued red flag warnings. that means they can expect increasing wind and lightning that could spark new fires. governor jerry brown visited the crews and warned this is only the beginning for the drought ravaged state noting that historically august and september are much worse than july during fire season. across the country it's going to be very stormy in the mid-atlantic. the rain will be especially heavy in the carolinas where more than 3 inches could accumulate

. >> for now the two women will not be allowed to join the ranger regimen, but the pentagon officials this could change soon. the military has until october 1st to present their findings for review. >>> los angeles county sheriff's investigators plan to recommend a vehicular manslaughter charge against caitlyn jenner. jenner was hauling an off road vehicle on a trailer when she steered to avoid cars stopping for a traffic light. she pushed a lexus into oncoming traffic. that lexus was hit head on by a hummer killing the driver. >>> republican presidential candidate jeb bush is defending his use of the term anchor babies to describe children born to immigrants living illegally in this country. bush told reporters today he didn't think the term was offensive and said if he was given a better term, he'd use that. >> you're repeating the echo of the narrative. so look, if you went to the event, you would have found that there was a lot of enthusiasm and there's a big difference between donald trump and me. i'm a proven conservative with a record. he isn't. >> democratic candidate hillary

about a network of 2500 people on the pentagon's joint staff, war planners, decision makers, a pentagon officials tell us they have never seen an attack quite like this one. a phishing attack, meaning that the hackers dummied up either an e-mail or a log-in that looked so real that a member of the joint staff could have been fooled by it and clicked on a link that opened up all kinds of opportunities for the hackers who they do believe were from russia or china. >> we turn to the severe weather tonight, 20 million americans in the storm zone, flash flood watches in 7 states. in oklahoma, sheets of rain overnight and this super cell forming in the skies over arcadia, oklahoma. two very powerful pockets of weather and ginger zee tacking them. >> dozens of reports, especially in the southeast. the trees are down from south carolina back into georgia. that severe thunderstorm watch goes until 10:00 p.m. there's another area in pink. the primary threat is hail and even a reported tornado already. south, dallas, little rock, oklahoma city, the story is all heat. not only will you be hot in general but

a pentagon official says isis is as strong as it was a year ago. the official says iraqi forces and isis are in a stalemate. isis is no longer making rapid advances. >>> a new syrian force trained by the pentagon suffered the first fatality. u.s. officials believe the fighter was killed friday with a clash with the nusra front. that battle triggered the first air strike in defense of the syrian force. the program to fight isis has faced challenges with 60 recruit recruits. >>> lobbyists and officials will face off over the nuclear deal. opponents feel it is a threat to israel and chance for iran to export terror. officials say this is last best hope to develop nuclear weapons. the deal won the backing of gulf arab states. some previously expressed misgivings about making iran a stronger rival. in tehran debate could be setting the stage for the comeback of a hard liner. former president mahmoud ahmadinejad has launched a campaign ahead of parliamentary elections. >>> time for an early start on your money. china stocks bouncing here. shanghai is up c

we've asked pentagon officials about this, fbi officials about this.y say they're looking into it. here is what the outgoing army chief of staff, raymond odierno, had to say about this publication. >> this is the second or third time they've claimed that. the first two times whatever list they got were not taken by any cyber attack. they were kind of lists that were really off the site and right now so far i've not seen the list myself, but what i believe is this is no different than the other two times. but i take it seriously because it's clear what they're trying to do. >> reporter: and they take this serio seriously, dana, because this is what they try to do, send us a message know we're in your e-mails and computer systems and calling on our people to strike in your own lands. even if some of these are not legitimate e-mail addresses or phone numbers, the fact they're trying to do this is what really makes u.s. officials worry. they're trying to incite lone wolves to do their bidding, attack people where they live. this has been a huge issue just

united states and turkey are calling this a significant step in the battle against isil, but pentagon official say that it's more important symbolically than militaryry. it means that the f-16s will join the airstrikes in syria, and perhaps in iraq as well. in anchorra, turkey's operations said that it was complete. in washington, the pentagon explained that the agreement for now is limited to airstrikes only. >> the cooperation with the turks, we see it as a step forward. and there's an opportunity for turkey and the rest of the united states and the coalition to further refine what that looks like going forward. >> what the u.s. wants from turkey, syria and iraq, especially a 68-mile long air in syria, west of the euphrates river and reaching into aleppo. last week, the defense secretary called out ash carter for failing to control that area. >> it's a border of rich logistics for isil, and fighters. and cross, and so we're looking for them to do more in that regard as well. and we're in active discussion was them. >> the addition of turkish planes amounts to a mostly small and symbolic cont

i have to tell you that privately pentagon officials concede that this is more important symbolically than it is militarily. >> the agreement means turkey's f-16s will join the daily air strikes targetting i.s.i.l. in syria and in iraq as well. in ankara the foreign minister confirmed that technical talks were complete and joint operations against i.s.i.l. will begin soon. in washington pentagon explained the agreement now is limited to air strikes only. >> the cooperation with turks, and the expansion of that is a work in progress at this point. we see it as a step forward, and see it as an opportunity for turkey and the united states and the rest of the coalition to find exactly what that looks like going forward. >> reporter: what the u.s. wants from turkey is a major commitment securing a boarder with syria and iraq, especially a 68 mile long area in syria, west of the you crayedies river, reaching into aleppo. last week defense secretary ash carter called out turkey for failing to control the area. >> it is a border of a rich logistics for i.s.i.l., and dehli cross and so we are

pentagon. that official has now spoken about the situation on the korean peninsula. on publicly staying they are just monitoring the situation in north korea with the exchange of the artillery fire across the dmz. now in the last few minutes we are getting a very different picture. the pentagon disclosing for the first time earlier this week it suspended the ongoing war games it had with the republic of korea, with south korea so they could sit down and coordinate on this exchange of artillery fire. we have been told these are routine exercises that were under way. it's extraordinary for those exercises to be suspended. we are told the exercises are back on now but u.s. forces that were at an enhanced state of readiness for the exercises will remain in that enhanced state for the exercise which is will wrap up at the end of the month. we don't know if there are orders for u.s. forces to remain on an enhanced status beyond that. but what we are learning from the pentagon for the first time is that this exercise was suspended because of the concerns about the situation

pentagon officials say kmaernlds have been asking for more drone surveillance in places like iraq and syria. >>> it's a milestone for women in the armed forces. for the first time two women passed the army's grueling and elite ranger school and they're going to great alongside their classmates. 380 went in including 19 women. only 96 people are graduated. still the two women who earned their ranger patches this summer are still blocked from serving on the front line. >>> it's 5:58. it's now being called the death vote. the national labor relations board blocked a bid by northwestern universe football players to form a college players athlete union. part of the reason, potential chaos and the possibility of unequal standards. labor board decisions typically i do not allow for appeals. >>> coming up right now at 6:00 from on demand rides to on demand lunch, the new service debuting today courtesy of uber. >>> crews are doing something they haven't done in years to try to push back the flames. >>> yet another deadly shooting involved san jose police. now authorities say much of the recen

asserved for three decades an army special forces officer, and top pentagon official, he is well versed in special operations and cyber security as well as defense support to civil authority. he served as military assistant to don rumsfeld for 5.5 years. upon retirement, he continued at the department of defense. prior to heritage, he was a lead consultant to ibm on cyber security policy. please welcome steve. steve: i would like to add my welcome to everyone, both in the room and joining us either through tv or internet. group. a huge a testimony to the people we have on a panel but also to the subject. it is an awfully important discussion we are about to have. i hope everyone is here with an open mind. we tried to pick panelists who would really stir some thinking. we will give each of them about 12 minutes or so to give their presentations. then we will spend the bulk of our time answering your questions. i will give you additional instructions on questions when we get to that time after we get to opening remarks. the title is "assessing the iran placingagreement: sanctions in conte

pentagon officials say they have been asking for more drone surveillance in places like iraq and syrias well as eastern ukraine and china. >>> up today, jail examination is up for vote. they're scheduled to vote on plan to expand the county cense detention center. richmond leaders and many in the community are against the expansion chlg the supporters say it would provide treatment and programs for inmates. >>> meantime a group of workers in contra costa county are asking them to cut their benefits. protesters plan to hold a meeting. they're urging them. the protest starts at 8:30 this morning in martinez. >>> 6:4r5. they have find reached and agreement on wage and pension reform. they decided to postpone the final vote until next week. the police union approved a new deal with the city over the weekend. there's an overwhelming majority. the agreement includes raises and bonuses for officers as well as a replacement plan for the controversial measured b pension reform. the council is expected to give final approval on that deal next tuesday. >> now, this could be quite a catch for job

being donee, what is in ukraine to fight russian influence their -- there: pentagon officials talk about russian interference, but i do not hear what u.s. special operations is doing about it. they have spoken about the asymmetric warfare there. they do, what can they do? that will be here on friday, that could be a good question for him. the first word in private sector is private, so i will not go someplace i should not go. but i will say that it was a classic special operation and they had gone to school on special operations concepts and executing. but what specifically special operations forces might do is amenable no caps off. surprise it was no that russia is a good at unconventional warfare. we know that that is something they invest in homilies on them execute that in chechnya -- we execute that in chechnya. that is deathly not something i would have foreseen -- definitely not something i would have foreseen. so what the u.s. is doing about it, special operations is a good question. particularly interested in working with nato allies to shore up the ability of those baltic state

pentagon officials said while it is possible assad forces could come under air attack it's unlikely.ssad is in control of an ever-smaller part of his country. >> we have cautioned syrian forces in the past not to become engaged with aircraft. >>> on capitol hill john mccain had the opposite criticism, that the air strikes limited to supporting only the handful of troops directly trained by the u.s. don't go nearly far enough. in a statement mccain said it is disappointing that the support we provide appears limited only to northern syria, and will not extend to syrian troops righting isil in the south and other parts of the country. pentagon sources say as of now, all of the armed strikes carried out in syria have been done by drones, because the u.s. has not neutralized syrian air defenses. in addition the pentagon announced the first armed drones are flying out of the air base in turkey and in a few weeks man flights will be taking place out of there as well. but the plan now is for those manned flights to hit targets in iraq. >>> jamie mcentire thank you. >>> as we mentioned at th

i published a piece in new york times in 1998 doing what every pentagon official thinks is the most fundamentalnd wonderful and important thing to do. i introduced a new acronym. i was very proud of it. i thought it was very cleverly designed. it was called new. and it stood for nonexplosive warfare. the notion was there were a lot nothings cyber that do explode. hade's just this characteristic success or nobody talks about it. to tryonetheless wanted and revive it by reviewing it here. 1999, and they advanced the notion of unrestricted warfare and you can read it right up here. the basic notion was we coming into an era of technological violence, that there is no distinction between the battlefields, and the new concepts, which you are hopefully reading, the new concept enables us to do a new kind of warfare. on to talk about weapons. we're not trying to kill and destroy so much as control. his 1999. -- this is 1999. stock market crash, a single computer virus, can affect these are what we're trying to achieve this is to control and not to kill. entering an era of political, economic, and tech

i hear pentagon officials talking about russian interference, but i'm not hearing what u.s. special operations is doing about it. and the head of special operations command speaks very openly about russia's asymmetric warfare there. that they have put their troops inside ukraine to direct rebel forces against the ukrainian government. what is the u.s. doing or can it do in return? mr. olson: so, he will be here on friday and i think that would be a good question for him. as you pointed out, i have been in the private sector, but the first word in private sector is private. and they had gone to school on special operations sort of concepts in executing that. but what specifically special operation forces might be doing is something that i won't talk about. ms. hicks: i will jump in. it is no surprise that russians are good at unconventional warfare. we have long known that that is something they have continued to invest in and be good at. we have certainly seen them operate in chechnya and elsewhere. the surprise of course is that they chose politically to do this invasion. d

pentagon officials say they believe isis is using chemical weapons. >> they say they have proof, victims of the isis latest battle against kurdish fighters in northern iraq. some of those blister symptoms synonymous with mustard gas. u.s. intelligence officials say isis obtain a small amounts of this gas from syria. mustard gas is, mostly deadly in large quantities. it was first used back in world war two. the you had is also up investigating the bombing of the shiite market that happened on that same day, isis militant killed at least 76 people. >>> for the first time in more than half a century look at that, the american flag is flying at newly reopened havana a embassy in cuba secretary of state john kerry is in cuba for the event. last month, u.s. and cuban officials restored diplomatic relations. several key issues remain between the two governments including counter terrorism efforts, drug smuggling and, of course, trade between the two countries. >>> the white house is under fire for using a meme in reference to the iran new jersey clear deal. >> somebody is in trouble or embarras

but as a pentagon official told me today, bret, dealing with the kremlin is sort of like shaking hands with someone when they hold a knife behind their back with the other hand. bret? >> kevin docorke, thank you. >>> still ahead, the plague isn't just for the history books. it's back. we'll tell you where. >>> up next, the first female army >>> officials in france say three people were wounded today when a gunman opened fire in a high-speed train traveling from amsterdam to paris. two american passengers are being credited with subduing the gunmen. there is a report they are off duty u.s. military personnel. the pentagon so far is not confirming that. one of the americans is said to have sustained serious wounds. the suspect is a 26-year-old moroccan. he's said to have had an automatic weapon and a knife. >>> the american military looks a lot different tonight than it did a day ago, a year ago, or 50 years ago. today history was made as the first females were ushered into one of the armed forces most prestigious units. correspondent jonathan serry has the story from fort benning, georg

i hear pentagon officials talking about russian interference, but i'm not hearing what u.s. special operations is doing about it. the general speaks quite openly, the head of special operations command now, about russia's asymmetric warfare there. what can -- that they've put their troops inside ukraine to direct rebel forces against the ukrainian government. what is is u.s. doing or can it do in return? >> so the general will be here on friday, and i think that'd be a good question for him. >> okay, got it. [laughter] >> and as you pointed out, we -- at least i've been in the private sector, but the first one in private sector is private, and so i'm not going to go someplace i shouldn't go. but i will say that the -- i mean, obviously, it was a classic special operation in annexing crimea. and they had gone to school on special operations sort of concepts in executing that. but what specifically special operations forces might be doing is something that i won't talk about. >> i'll jump in. >> okay. >> we, it was no surprise that the russians are really good at unconventiona

pentagon officials say no secrets were revealed but that the information was not intended to be made e attack was carried out weekend of july 25th and 26th. defense officials soon realized it was so sophisticated it could only have been a work of china and or russia. cbs news has learned a two week investigation has pointed a finger at russia. the attack highlighted a possible vulnerability of the u.s. military. >> the u.s. is very well not prepared for a cyber war. we're very prepared for traditional war. >> reporter: russia was blamed for sign's tax of unclassified networks used by white house and state department in the past year. mark albert for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> pat gallon joins us. eagles training camp continues at novacare complex in south philadelphia. >> there are some new faces pat it seems like a lot of new faces and that is usually the case when there is a major shake up at the most important position, people take notice. it is no surprise that everyone is keeping a close eye on what sam bradford and eagles quarterbacks are doing in the early stages of the camp.

. >> secretary john lehman said he wants to get a job in industry and pentagon officials say his successorbe james webb, a best-selling novelist, vietnam veteran and until a few days ago, an assistant secretary of defense. >> james webb, otherwise known as jim webb. jim webb has been involved in politics in government in some form or another since the 1980s, since he was ronald reagan's navy secretary. he came to that job as a decorated vietnam war veteran. jim webb had a hard war in vietnam as a u.s. marine. when he came home and he wrote about it, his vietnam books were really, really good and really well received. his novel "fields of fire" i will tell you is a masterpiece. really, if you have not read it, you should read it, it is worth it. it is an amazing book. jim webb came home from vietnam. he became a prolific and very accomplished career as a novelist. but in 1987, jim webb was tapped by ronald reagan to become secretary of the navy. and for jim webb, that lasted all of about a year. >> good evening. who would have believed it. president reagan's defense secretary being criticiz

. >> privately pentagon officials say something has to change. >> this breaks every train, advise, and assist rule that special operations forces have learned. >> and isis still grabbing territory. activists say in this western syrian town more than 200 people have been abducted. up to 500 unaccounted for. cnn cannot independently verify those claims. >> today is the anniversary of the one year engaging of syria. >> here, where there is a critical oil refinery, u.s. officials privately acknowledge that isis is now massing forces, gearing up for a new counterattack. one year after the u.s. bombing campaign against isis began, still, the same question, what will it take to roll back the momentum that isis still has? >>>. >> that was our barbara starr reporting there. a lot of people don't believe the air strikes will make a difference in the fight. how effective are they? >> we travelled to damascus to see how people are copes with that war in the capital city. >> reporter: as america ramps up its air campaign against isis with jets taking off from a turkish air base, many people that we

pentagon officials believe isis used chemical weapons against kurdish fighters in northern iraq. there are reports of victims with blisters that match the symptoms of mustard gas exposure. the first reported incident of isis using chemical weapons. >>> an historic move, the u.s. has officially reopened embassy in cuba more than 54 years after it was closed. john kerry presided over the ceremony making him the first u.s. secretary of state to visit the country in 70 years. >>> colorado governor trying to calm residents about water quality concerns from the animas river. to prove his point. he guzzled a glass from the bright orange river after an epa administrator said it is back to prevent condition. >>> samsung revealed the world's biggest hard drive two years of video. at capacity, more than 10,000 two-hour movies or 3.8 million songs could be stored. >>> candy crush creator says bookings may fall. the monthly of new users fell to 40 million and the stock was down 11% today. >>> in political news, donald trump doesn't have the right temperament to be president. that is exactly w

. >>> breaking news pentagon officials now believe russia's the prime suspect behind a cyberattack onm used by joint chiefs. barbara starr at the pentagon with more. what are your sources telling you? >> anderson here at the pentagon they believe the leading theory is the russians were behind this cyberattack into the pentagon. it was an unclassified e-mail system that got the intrusion two weeks ago. they have been trying to clean it up ever since then. they immediately took it offline. they're trying to rebuild it. why do they say they think it's the russians? a very sophisticated spearfishing attack. very still thee. very difficult to detect. not the kind of thing the chinese typically do. they are more into draining data out of the system. this appeared to be very malicious but so sophisticated that they believe it was the russians. and they went after an e-mail system of about 4,000 users that work for the joint staff. even the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. you know unclassified system. the belief they were targeting the system. message from moscow just maybe the pentago

so as soon as that's lowered because, you know, some top pentagon official wants to have women withinranks and sort of create a quota, that's when problems are going to start. i don't think men in the military today are going to have any problem with women serving in those positions as long as they have worked just as hard as they have to get to those positions and passed the exact same tests. >> that's what happened this week. amber smith, thank you so much for being with us. really appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >>> moments ago one of donald trump's republican opponents responding to trump's suggestion that the 14th amendment, at least part of it, should be gone. we'll play you the response just ahead. >>> then, the king of shock tv, morton downey, jr. how the shock host changed the talk show format for better or worse. i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder... ...whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% o

joining us now discuss this is former pentagon official steve buchi, now the director of ari son centerindings surprise you at all and what kind of information did at&t provide? >> well, this really shouldn't surprise anybody. remember, the national security agency is one of our nation's spy organizations. it's their job to collect information that adds to our national security. the fact that they worked with allegedly at&t and maybe some of the other telecoms, also should be unsurprising. this is right after 9/11, all these things started. everybody was a little bit worried about terrorism. >> so, you're saying, i think you just heard you say maybe not just at&t we might find out other phone carriers did the same. >> it seems like at&t at least according to the analysis of these documents that are more snowden released revelations that at&t seems to have been the biggest but there's an indicator that some of the other telecoms also participated in these programs. >> what does it mean if you're an at&t cell phone customer? >> for american citizens very little. this is predominantly aime

. >> reporter: for now they will not be allowed to join a ranger regimen but pentagon official says thatld soon change. >> the department's policy is that all combat positions will be opened to women, unless rigorous analysis of factual data shows the positions must remain closed. >> reporter: the military has until october 1st to present the findings of their analysis to the pentagon for a review. craig boswell for cbs news, the pentagon. >>> well, wild fires in the the west have turned deadly now after flames in washington state kill three fire fighters, and injured four others. fire crews continue to fight the blaze that has consumed more than one and a half million acres. more than 1300 residents from several different communities were forced to leave their homes. state's governor has asked for emergency federal a assistance. >>> former president jimmy carter is opt mystic about his, cancer fight. ninety year-old appeared upbeat as he discussed the moment he found out there was now cancer in his brain after doctors removed the mass in the liver. >> would i say that night and the next

they say the group is more focused on setting up a so-called caliphate but pentagon officials are morerned about the threat of al qaeda. experts say it's tougher to pin down how many fighters that group has, since it's connected to multiple branches across the middle east and africa. but u.s. officials warn al qaeda militants are exploding war-torn countries like yemen and syria, exploiting those countries where they actively plan for large-scale attacks like bringing down airliners. so in summation, the top democrat says isis is more focused on quantity of attacks and al qaeda on quality. mike barrett is with us now, a former defense department intelligence official and he's currently the director of the center for security and resilience, which describes itself as a new nonpartisan think tank focusing on homeland security. nice to see you. >> good to see you, shep. >> where are we in this debate. >> there are lots of opinions but i think there's two things you want to keep in mind. one, this is the classic divide between homeland security and national security. national security is t

pentagon officials say the united states has launched its first drone strike into syria from turkey's incirlik air base. turkey opened the airbase to u.s. strike aircrafts last month, following the deadly attack in the kurdish city of suruc. the airstrike comes as the u.s. and turkey are planning a joint campaign to push isil from a 60-mile-long strip of northern syria along the turkish border in hiroshima, japan, temple bells tolled this morning as a solemn crowd marked 70 years since the united states dropped the world's first atomic bomb on the city. shock waves, radiation and heat rays took the lives of some 140,000 people -- nearly half of the town's population. hiroshima mayor kazumi matsui marked the anniversary by calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. >> in order for us to live together, we need to end the use of all nuclear weapons, the ultimate in inhumane pure evil in the moment to get this done is now. amy: three days after the atomic bombing of hiroshima, the united states dropped a second atomic bomb on nagasaki, killing another 74,000 people. we'll have more on

pentagon officials say it was sophisticated yet simple.e-mail or a login that looked so real that a member of the staff was fooled. >>> taiwan bracing for what's expected to be a direct hit from a powerful typhoon over next day. the storm will bring damaging wind, flooding rain and powerful surf to the island before moving to china. the obama administration is sending federal aid to the already hard-hit island of saipan. it's a commonwealth declared a disaster area. there's no power or running water there since the storm hit sunday. >>> in northern california, firings are facing a new challenge now that red flag warnings are in effect. governor jerry brown visited crews on the front lines. he warned this is only the beginning for the drought-ravaged state, noting historically that august and september are much worse than july during fire season. >>> we look at the friday forecast, and in addition to the windy weather in northern california, showers and storms hit the rockies in the afternoon. heat warnings posted in dallas, little rock and

. >> reporter: the official pentagon word, the group is eager to fight and thwarted a recent attack. to half are missing, they may have desserted, fled after the attack or been captured. one defense official admitting to cnn, quote, they are no longer a coherent military unit. >> they are not accompanied by u.s. forces in the field. which means they are going to get limited training, no equipment and the vast majority of u.s. train, advise, assist missions require embedded forces in the field. >> privately pentagon officials say something has to change in how the u.s. aids the rebels. >> this breaks basically every train, advise, and assist rule that special operations forces have learned. >> reporter: and isis still grabbing territory. activists say in this western syrian town more than 200 people have been abducted. up to 500 unaccounted for. cnn cannot independently verify those claims. >> today marks the one-year anniversary of the commencement of air strikes in iraq against isil targets. >> reporter: there have been gains but iraqi forces still trying desperately to retake lost g

. >> the official pentagon word, the group is eager to fight and thwarted a recent al qaeda attack.he reality -- up to half are missing, they may have deserted early on, fled after the attack last week, or been captured. one officials admitting to cnn, quote, they are no longer a coherent military unit. >> they're not accompanied by u.s. forces in the field, which means they're going to get limited training, no equipment, but the vast majority of successful u.s. trained advise/assist mission require embedded forces in the field. >> privately pentagon officials say something has to change in how the u.s. aids the rebels. >> this breaks basically every train advise and assist rule that special operations forces have learned. >> and isis still grabbing territory. activists say in this western syrian town, more than 200 people have been abducted, up to 500 unaccounted for. cnn cannot independently verify those claims. >> today actually marks the one-year anniversary of the air strikes in iraq against isil targets. >> there have been gains, but iraqi forces still trying desperately to re

pentagon is quick to cite the number of air strikes or the area i.s.i.l. is losing. but there is a robust debate in the intelligence community about what it means. one official concluded after a year of bombing i.s.i.l. was essentially no weaker and the war was essentially a stalemate. u.s. central command says it welcomes the independent oversight of the peb pentagon inspector general. the guard against any one opinion or report will unduly influence officials. antonio. >> thank you jamie. >>> a man wearing a military uniform, opened fire. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. >>> he was one of the fbi's most wanted terrorists, the man suspected of being behind the 1996 khobar tower bombings has been apparently captured. one of three people blamed for a truck bombing at a u.s. air force dormitory in saudi arabia. it happened in june of 1996. 19 americans were killed and 500 other people were injured. at the time, mugasil allegedly led the saudi division of hezbollah. >>> police in a detroit suburb are hunting for whoever is responsible for racist political fliers that have started to circulate. bisi onile-ere reports. >> the headline is bold, le