captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. today, nearly a week after a white police officer shot an unarmed black man to death in the suburbs of st. louis, we learned a lot more about both men. the ferguson police release video they say shows 18-year-old michael brown stealing cigars from a convenience store minutes before he was shot by the officer a few blocks away. the officer was identified today as 28-year-old darren wilson. he's been a cop for six years. the ferguson police chief described him today as a gentle, quiet man, and an excellent officer who never intended for any of this to happen. wilson is on leave while the investigations continue. vladimir duthiers is in ferguson. >> reporter: the video was recorded less than 15 minutes before michael brown was killed. ferguson police say the man in the red cap appears to be brown. he shoved the clerk, who tried to stop him from leaving without paying for a $48 box of cigars. police dispatch records indicate a description of the suspect was b

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western addition. two and a half years after president obama kept a promise to pull u.s. forces out of the war in iraq, he sent them back there, into a new war against sunni muslims known as isis. isis has been seizing territory in iraq and syria to form a new islamic state. today, u.s. fighters hit isis targets in northern iraq with the goal of stopping them from over-running a key kurdish city. earlier, the u.s. airdropped relief supplies to starving refugees surrounded by isis forces. we have a team of correspondents on this story. first, we'll go to david martin at the pentagon. >> reporter: it's not exactly shock and awe, but this is what the first american strike of the new battle for iraq looked like. 500-pound laser-guided bombs hit a field gun used to shell the city of erbil in northern iraq where scores of american military personnel and diplomats are based. the f-18 jet fighters which dropped the bombs returned to the carrier "george h.w. bush" in the persian g

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> i'm mau rice dubois. in france, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake was felt south of napa. over 200 injured and homes and businesses were damaged. >> reporter: engineers placed red tags on buildings too dangerous to enter. fema estimates this could be a billion-dollar disaster. cracks opened in roadways and walls. gas lines broke, six homes burned. a carport collapsed on a dozen vehicles at the apartment complex where cesar calderon lives. did you hear this come down? >> i did, i saw it, too >> reporter: what tid it feel like when the earthquake hit? >> so much adrenaline going through my body, i didn't know. i was scared. i was shaking. i wanted to make sure may family was okay >> reporter: this is wine country and plenty was spilled from broken bottles and tumbling barrels in storage cellulars, how much this will cost napa's $13 billion wine industry won't be known for days but individual wineries have put their losses in hundreds of thousands of dollars. the earthquake originated on the 20-mile to 30-mile-long

." >> scott pelley is in new york. scott? >> reporter: hi, ken and veronica. great to be with you in the bay area. we have learned a great deal this afternoon about the death

. >>> "cbs evening news" with scott pelley will have much more on today's developments in iraq at 6:30 right here after "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> new information, tonight, in the murder of a jogger near penny pack park and northeast philadelphia reward for information leading to connie maclean murray's killer is up to $50,000. the philadelphia parking authority and district council 21 added a combined $50,000 today. maclean murray's brother was a long time parking authority employees, and the group felt they needed to do something with the investigation. >> we have gotten a lot of tips, and we are running on those tips. none of and out yesterday but we will continue to work. >> reporter: maclean murray was found dead tuesday morning and police say she was strangled. so far police have no suspects, few leads and they are in need of the public's help. >>> suspect in the deadly shooting at mercy fitzgerald wellness center in darby is behind bars tonight. richard plots, was released from the hospital of the university of pennsylvania, on thursday and transferred to delaware county pri

scott pelley reports tonight from new york. >> pelley: tonight, news in the battle against ebola.s delegates arriving for the africa summit in washington. an american infected in liberia continues an experimental treatment in atlanta and a world bank pours $200 million into the emergency in west africa. dr. jon lapook has the latest. teri okita with nature at its worst. mid slides and wildfires drive californians from their homes. hundreds of thousands in the midwest are told it's finally safe to drink the water. adriana diaz is there. he gave his name and much of his life to the battle against gun violence. james brady gravely wounded in an assassination attempt 33 years ago has

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. after four nights of violence in ferguson, missour, and with no end in sight, the president and the governor today took action. governor jay nixon put state police in charge of security in the st. louis suburb, where local police have fought with demonstrators, protesting the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer. the president interrupted his vacation to call for calm. he said there is blame for the violence on both sides. >> there is never an excuse for violence against police or for those who would use this tragedy as a cover for vandalism or looting. there's also no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protests, or to throw protesters in jail for lawfully exercising their first amendment rights. >> pelley: we have two reports tonight on the small town that's become the focus of the nation. first, mark strassman in ferguson. mark. >> reporter: scott, you can see behind me about 75 protesters in front of ferguson police headquarters.

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> brown: good evening. scott is off tonight. i'm james brown. and this is our western addition. this was one of the worst days of the year for the stock market and the millions of americans invested in it. all three major indexes were sharply lower, including a 317- point drop for the dow. it has now given up all of its gains for the year. for the dow, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq the loss amounted to about 2% as rattled investors dumped their stock. anthony mason, our senior business correspondent is in chicago tonight. anthony, what's behind the sell- off? >> reporter: well, james, 96% of the stocks in the s&p 500 fell today, and there was no single catalyst. argentina's default was just one in a series of bad headlines, but traders are saying the market was really overdue for a sell-off. look at the dow, which is up nearly 7% in the past year, the s&p is up more than 14%, the nasdaq has soared more than 20% in a year. the rally traders were saying it's just getting tired. >> brown: anthony, what impact wil

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. the war in afghanistan may be winding down, but for u.s. forces, it can be as dangerous as ever. an american two-star general was shot dead today when an afghan soldier opened fire on a high- level delegation of officers visiting a secure military post outside kabul. major general harold greene the highest ranking officer killed in battle overseas in 44 years. david martin is working on the story at the pentagon. >> reporter: it happened at e dday at the military academy where afghans are trained to become officers. a delegation of u.s. and allied officers was mowed down by a man believed to be an afghan army soldier who opened fire with a machine gun from the window of a nearby building. before troops assigned to guard the visitors could return fire, an american general had been killed and eight u.s. soldiers wounded, four of them seriously. a german and an afghan general also were wounded. major general harold greene was deputy chief of the training and

was lived by me. ( laughter ) captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. it was fast and furious. today, parts of the new york metropolitan area got more rain more quickly than it had ever seen before, and heres of the result-- massive flooding, roadways disappeared drivers were stranded and had to be rescued. getting to work, a challenge on any day was next to irm possible today. don dahler is on long island, long and today deep in water. system in this part of long island is designed to handle five inches of rain over a 24-hour period. this morning it got almost three times that much in just a few hours. the storm hit at the worst possible time-- the beginning of the morning rush. commuters found themselves trapped in their cars by the rapidly rising floodwaters. bill o'brien was trying to get to work. >> everybody just they tried to get off as fast as they could and climb up the side of the road because the water was coming up thate than 13 inches of rain fell in hours. that is more than they get in a typical summer. tim harrin

robin williams kept from the public, here now with that and all of the days news from new york is scott pelley. >> pelley: tonight, after another night of protests in the st. louis suburbs, state police are moving in, and the president makes an appeal. >> now's the time for healing. now's the time for peace and calm on the street of ferguson. >> pelley: mark strassman is there. jim axelrod on how protesters are using social media. president obama declares america has broken the siege in northern iraq, but we found a humanitarian crisis continues. david martin and charlie d'agata report. john blackstone tells us robin williams was battling a disease the public never knew about. and elaine quijano with chicago's dream team, little leaguers with big ambitions. >> there are still positive things going on in chicago.

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> dubois: good evening, scott is off tonight. i'm maurice dubois. we begin with two american journalists abducted by islamic terrorists in saudi arabia. steve sotloff disappeared two years ago. today his mother made a dramatic appeal for his release and 35-year-old theo curtis, freed over the weekend after nearly two years in captivity is back home tonight. here's margaret brennan. >> reporter: it had been 22 months since writer peter theo curtis saw his mother. last night they were reunited at boston's logan airport. today outside his mothser's house in cambridge, massachusetts, an emotional curtis told reporters how thankful he was to be free. >> i remember how good the american people are and what kindness they have in their hearts and to all those people i say a huge thank you from the bottom of my heart. >> reporter: curtises was held captive by jubhat al-nusra jubhaagokid's wing in syria, uns release was negotiated sunday. i.s.i.s. has also taken american hostages but so far has not responded to negot

scott pelley reports from new york. ♪ >> pelley: tonight, president obama angry and defiant. >> the uniteds of america will continue to do what we must do to protect our people. we will be vigilant, and we will be relentless. >> pelley: the president vows justice for the murder of an american by isis. >> we're truly humbled that jim was our son. we're so, so proud of jim. >> pelley: holly williams and jim axelrod on the first casualty of a new war on terror. the attorney general goes to ferguson as a grand jury hears evidence in the police killing of an unarmed teenager. vladimir duthiers and mark strassman are there. and she throws like a girl. elaine quijano with the the little league sensation throwing 70-mile-per-hour heat. captioning sponsored by cbs

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the use of deadly force by police is once again under investigation. this time in the suburbs of st. louis. today the f.b.i. entered the case of an officer in ferguson, missouri, who shot an unarmed black man to death over the weekend. that sparked rioting. fires were set. stores were looted. today there were peaceful protests along with calls for answers. dean reynolds is in ferguson. (crowd chanting) >> reporter: protesters in this largely black community were demanding to know why an unarmed 18-year-old who was supposed to start technical school today wound up in the morgue instead. >> enough is enough! >> reporter: police in riot gear stood by today's protest to guard against a repetition of what took place here overnight. looting, burning and 32 arrests. donald harry watched it all. >> it's like living in beirut. my house is under siege. >> reporter: ferguson police chief tom jackson waded into the protesters this morning and got an earful from sonny ford of st. louis. >> we kno

for scott pelley, i'm maurice dubois. thanks for joining us. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media acce now napa surveys the damagem the biggest quake in a quar century. "(noon cold open marked napa quake day after presse >>> first, the shock. >> everything flashes through your head at once. >> now napa surveys the damage from the biggest quake in a quarter century. >> been a very busy 30 hours. >> tonight, the clean up, the injuries. >> he was crawling away. >> what is next after a 6.0 wake up call. >>> i am allen martin. >> i am elizabeth cook. ken bastida and veronica de la cruz are aphthae ' -- off thiefening. 64-- this evening. 64 homes are red-tagged. 100 more are yellow-tagged, giving the owners limited access. inspectors are still van casing the city assessing the damage. it will be at least wednesday before schools reopen. all napa unified campuses will be closed again tomorrow for clean up and inspection so the district can determine whether i

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> dubois: good evening. scott is off tonight. i'm marr maurice dubois. president obama authorized military surveillance flights into syria to search for isis targets, and he had a warning today for the sunni muslim terrorists: >> our message to anyone who harms our people is simple-- america does not forget. our reach is long. we are patient. justice will be done. we have proved time and time again we will do what's necessary to capture those who harm americans. >> dubois: but we also learned today an american has been killed while fighting alongside the terrorist terrorists and ans where we begin tonight with homeland security correspondent bob orr. >> reporter: he grew up in minnesota, a basketball fan named douglas mcarthur mccain. he had minor scrapes with the law, but by the time he died last weekend fighting alongside isis in syria, mccain was an american terrorist known as duale. fighters seeking to expel isis from syria say mccain was killed during this battle near aleppo. a u.s. passport was report

scott pelley reports from new york. >> pelley: tonight, an american general gunned down in afghanistan. an assassin opens fire, many are wounded. david martin on the highest ranking u.s. matality of the war. anna werner has a cbs news investigation of a school that uses electric shock on student with autism. >> i felt like i was being punished for being born. that's what it feels like, because i was disabled, i was being punished. >> pelley: a harrowing ordeal for eight boaters stranded at sea, all captured on video. and ben tracy has a just-released interview of richard nixon talking about the tape that forced him to resign 40 years ago this week. >> this was the final blow, the final nail in the coffin, although you don't need another nail if you're already in the coffin, which we were.

region remains on edge, plus, inside the weather system that has been pounding the southwest, scott pelley reports, from new york. >> pelley: tonight, another police shooting in the st. louis area. officials appeal for peace. >> these criminal acts came from a tiny minority of lawbreakers. >> pelley: but there's another night of street violence in ferguson. vladimir duthiers and mark strassman are on the story. torrential rain and then raging floodwaters in the desert southwest. john blackstone with some dramatic rescues. holly williams on a warning that the african elfants' days are numbered. >> reporter: this is the trade that's killing elfants by the tens of thousands. >> pelley: and in a world of violence, don dahler finds folks planting the seeds of peace. >> i think we can solve this conflict. i believe there will be peace. >> reporter: you do have hope? >> yes.

. >> this captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> dubois: good evening. scott is off. i'm maurice dubois. this is the western edition. the white house wants you to know the pentagon is working on military options for dealing with terrorists operating inside syria. the terrorists, who beheaded an american journalist last week. the administration tried today to control the damage the president did yesterday when he seemed to imply he had no plan for confronting the threat from the islamic terror group known variously as isis and isil. major garrett is at the white house. >> reporter: the white house said today president obama was being candid when he said this about defeating isis in syria: >> but i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. >> reporter: spokesman josh earnest said mr. obama is reviewing options from the pentagon, but has deemed them insufficient. >> the president hasn't yet laid out a specific plan for military action in syria, and the reason for that is simply that the pentagon is still developing

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> dubois: good evening. scott is off tonight. i'm maurice dubois. president obama called his top national security advisers to a meeting at the white house this evening to talk about two unfolding crises. russia sent more troops into eastern ukraine today. more about that in just a moment. and the continuing threat from the sunni muslim terror group known as isis. if anyone thought the president was ready to order air strikes against isis targets in syria, he made it clear today he is not. major garrett is at the white house. >> i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. i think what i've seen in some of the news reports suggests that folks are getting a little further ahead of where we're at than we currently are. and i think that's not just my assessment but the assessment of our military as well. >> reporter: more than 100 u.s. air strikes have hit isis weapons and convoys in northern iraq, but the president said defeating the militants there is not enough. mr. obama wil

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scott pelley reports tonight from new york, with the "cbs evening news". >> pelley: tonight, callingin the national guard. the governor sends troops to ferguson, missouri, after another night of violence over the fatal police shooting of michael brown. the president is sending the attorney general with another appeal for calm. >> let's seek to heal rather than wound each other. >> pelley: vladimir duthiers is on the story. and other deadly police shootings by the border patrol. >> reporter: are you willing to say the numbers of shootings is too high? >> pelley: manuel bojorquez on veterans relying on food pantries. >> it's the difference between eating oatmeal three or four times a day or having something a little more substantial. >> pelley: and saving the control

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. an american journalist has become the first casualty in a new war against the united states. the war was declared by the sunni muslim terrorist group known as isis in retaliation for u.s. air strikes against isis targets in iraq. yesterday, isis posted online video of the cold-blooded beheading of 40-year-old james foley, who was abducted in syria nearly two years ago. today, president obama interrupted his martha's vineyard vacation to honor foley and condemn his killers as "a cancer." the president rarely shows anger in public, but he made no attempt to hide it today. >> jim was a journalist, a son, a brother, and a friend. he reported from difficult and dangerous places, bearing witness to the lives of people a world away. jim foley's life stands in stark contrast to his killers'. let's be clear about isil. they have ram paneled across cities and villages killing innocent unarmed civilians in cowardly acts of violence. no just god would stand for what they did yesterday and what t

scott pelley is off tonight here is maurice dubois. >> dubois: tonight, freedom for an american hostagetrangers have been coming up to me and saying, hey, we're glad you're home. welcome home. glad you're back and safe. >> dubois: and a mother's plea for her son still held by islamic terrorists. >> i ask you to please release my child. >> dubois: margaret brennan has details. john blackstone on a 9-year-old girl, a sub machine gun and shooting lesson. >> just like that. >> dubois: that went horribly wrong. holding back the ocean, teri okita reports a high surf warning is posted in southern california as the waters are churned up by a hurricane. (cheering) >> there she goes! >> dubois: and elaine quijano >> dubois:

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the crisis in iraq is worsening by the minute, and today, praub, who met with his national security team, ordered the u.s. military it to begin flying in humanitarian aid. u.s. airstrikes on the islamic militant group known as isis could be next. isis continues to seize territory in iraq and syria with the goal of creating an islamic state. in recent days, its fighters have been sweeping through the north of iraq, driving minority christians and yazidis from their homes. many yazidis are now surrounded on a mountaintop without food and water. today, the white house said the situation is nearing a catastrophe. david martin is at the pentagon tonight with the latest. david. >> reporter: scott a pentagon official said just a short time ago the effort has begun. transport planes loaded with palettes of food and water have taken off bound for iraq and american warplanes are poised to strike if the president gives the order. the airdrops are designed to rescue thousands of civilians in imm

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. the death toll from the worth ebola outbreak to date has grown to at least 887 in the african nations of guinea, sierra leone, liberia and nigeria. u.s. officials are downplaying the threat here in the united states but del cats to the africa summit in washington arriving from at-risk countries are being screened at the airport. the world bank announced today that as much as $200 million in aid will be provided to the affected countries. an american missionary who was infected in liberia is being treated tonight in atlanta and another is due there tomorrow. here's dr. jon lapook. >> reporter: today the m.i.h. revealed dr. kent brantly and nancy writebol received an experimental serum called zmapp, previously only tested in monkeys. they both received the serum in liberia before brantly was flown to atlanta in a specially equipped plan. the serum has antibodies that prevent the virus from entering cells in the body. >> unfortunately, by the time we use the

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. nothing has stopped the night time violence in ferguson, missouri, so today, city officials and the highway patrol captain in charge of security pleaded with residents to hold their protests only in the daytime. captain ron johnson said let the criminals come tonight so we can take them away and they can't hide behind peaceful protesters. there were more than 75 arrests last night. attorney general eric holder will be in ferguson tomorrow. in an opinion article in the "st. louis post dispatch" holder promises a full and fair investigation of the death of michael brown, an unarmed black man shot by darren wilson, a white police officer. we have a series of reports. first, we'll go to vladimir duthiers in ferguson. >> reporter: scott, the city of ferguson is pleading with residents to stay home tonight or to avoid this four-block area that's been the subject of so much unrest over the last nine days. >> stand down! >> reporter: the pattern of violence is the same-- a small number of de

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the curfew in ferguson, missouri, did not stop the violence, so governor jay nixon lifted it today and is sending in national guardsman to help keep order after another night of violence sparked by the shooting of miecialle brown, an unarmed black man by a white police officer darren wilson. one autopsy released today by st. louis and another by wilson's family shows he was shot at least six times, a third autopsy was performed today at the request of the justice department. president obama took a break from his martha's vineyard's vacation to get a briefing on ferguson and other issues. this was the president late this afternoon. >> well, i understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of michael brown. giving into that anger by looting or carrying guns and even attacking the police only serves to raise tensions and stir chaos. it undermines rather than advancing justice. >> pelley: the president also said he asked governor nixon today to makes sure the national gu

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the justice department calls it one of the greatest threats it our country-- cyber crime. and just as the f.b.i. began looking into one of the biggest cyber thefts ever by a russian crime ring, we learned today of another break-in, this time involving a company that does background checks for federal employees and contractors. jeff pegues is in washington. he's been looking into all of this. jeff. >> reporter: scott, late this afternoon, the f.b.i. said that it is investigating a cyber attack on u.s. is, that is the company that does background checks on federal employees, meaning that the personal and financial information of thousands of government workers could now be at risk. the federal government has suspended most background checks until investigators can assess the damage. the revelation comes on the heels of a separate report that said a russian gang stole the largest known amount of personal data on the internet ever. security analysts are concerned the russian crime ring b