a u.s. air strike. >>> donald trump unloads in a profanity laced speech in iowa, the presidential contender has his sharpest words yet with ben carson, comparing his opponent to a child molester. >>> a child custody case in utah. a judge takes a stand against a lesbian couple carrying for a girl. >>> rex ryan gets revenge on a team who fired him. he beats the new york jets but one is angered over both teams' choices of uniforms. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good on to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> morning the pentagon is trying to determine if a u.s. air strike killed the infamous executioner known as jihadi john. a vehicle was targeted in the syrian city of rock ka, an islamic state stronghold. johnathan vigliotti is in london with the details on this this morning. >> reporter: jihadi john was the international symbol of the brutality that is isis. he first appeared on an islamic state video last year wearing a mask dressed in

i'm anne-marie green. >>> this morning, the pentagon is trying to determine if a u.s. air strike killed the infamous executioner known as jihadi john. thursday's air strike was carried out bay drone that targeted a vehicle in the syrian city of raqqa, an islamic state stronghold. johnathan vigliotti is in london with the details on this this morning. >> reporter: jihadi john was the international symbol of the brutality that is isis. he first appeared on an islamic mask, dressed in black, and holding a large knife. he spoke with a british accent. before executing american journalist james foley. the beheading video provoked outrage. it was the first of several brutal executions. british citizen, mohammed emwazi, last february. a former hostage described him he was born in kuwait and moved to england as a boy and it's believed he left syria in 2013. emwazi is known to help in executions of these journalists and a number of other western hostages. he had been on the rhine for years. the u.s. launched air strikes against isis and syria last year. a number of senior isis membe

a u.s. air strike in syria targeted terrorist jihadi john who participate in the isis video showing the execution of u.s. citizens and others. >>> republican presidential odd at rival ben carson. carson self-described his pathological temper when he was young to a child that can't be cured. >>> a stark result of climate change. a glacier in greenland is melting and warm temperatures are known for shing rinking the glacier known as zachariae isstrom. there is no estimate on how long that will take, though. >>> a former army captain who tackled a suicide bomber in afghanistan was awarded the nation's highest military honor. president obama presented the highest honor to captain groberg. he is known as flow, known as the man walking backward with a bomb strapped to his chest. >> no did anything extraordinary. he grabbed the bomber by his vest and kept pushing him away. >> the bomb killed four americans but groberg's actions saved many others. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning

they want to know whether this air strike by the u.s. on their facility constitutes war crimes under the geneva conscrengs. the strike on the hospital was a mistake. there were offers to compensate families of the victims. >> the decision to provide air support was a decision of the command. a hospital was mistakenly struck. we would never target a facility. >> an n.a.t.o. team is working with the government of afghanistan to identify victims. the u.s. military affecting the 15-6 investigations to determine who, if anyone should be held responsible. >> results will likely take months, and doctors without borders wants both the u.s. and afghan governments to give consent for the international humanitarian fact-finding commission to conduct its own probe. >> the u.s. government has more credibility if they were to assent to the commission. until then, the credibility is questioned. >> since the kunduz air strike, doctors without borders hospital has been struck by the saudi-led coalition. the hospitals in northern syria receive assistance,

are reports that the u.s. air strike did indeed get him but so far the pentagon is only officially saying it's assessing the results. >> if this strike was successful and we still await confirmation of that, it will be a strike at the heart of isil. >> reporter: david cameron went on to thank you the united states in his remarks, waiting with the rest of the world to see if u.s. air strikes did indeed kill mohammed emwazi, also known as jihadi john. >> this is james foley, an american citizen. >> reporter: the man with the mask and british accent showing the beheadings of isis hostages including two u.s. journalists. and now the tables have turned on mohammed emwazi with the pentagon confirming u.s. forces targeting him last night in an air strike in sir. why analysts describe him as grotesque and fond of sadistic torture techniques. he was born in kuwait but grew up in west london, studying computer science in college before traveling to syria around 2012. u.s. intelligence officials identify jihadi john as moham

a u.s. air strike targeting the notorious isis terrorist known as gentlemen hadi john. jihadi john is a kuwaitty born british mill tint seen in a number of propaganda videos that show the execution of westerners. right now a official tells nbc news there is no definitive proof yet he was killed. and moments ago british prime minister david cameron spoke to reporters. >> we cannot yet be certain if the strike was successful. but let me be clear. i've always said that we would do whatever was necessary. whatever it took to track down and stop him taking the lives of others. we have been working with the united states literally around the clock to track him down. this was a combined effort and the contribution of both our countries was essential. he is a barbaric murderer. he was shown in the sickening videos of the beheading of british aide workers. he posed an ongoing and serious threat to innocent civilians not only in syria but around the world and in the united kingdom too. he was isil's lead executioner. and let us never forget that he killed many, many muslims too.

backed by u.s. air strikes taking control of the highway in iraq. iraqi kurds say the roadway was used only for weapon and other ammunition. >>> a secret service officer has been arrested for soliciting a child for sex. the investigators say lee rob either morris sent lewd messages and photos to himself never an undercover police officer posing on line as a 14- year-old girl. and messages he talked about being bored at an id check ponent. the secret service says he has been stripped of his badge, gun and cheerance. >> the jury nenew york found a mobster not guilty of helping to plan a major heist retold in the movie good fell las. the 80-year-old was a key member of the group that carried out a $6 million armed robbery back in 1978. but during the trial, the defense attorneys argued that he was framed by the mob. >>> right now we have an update on the dc bus fire we first reported at 5:30. that fire is now out. the double decker tour bus caught fire late this afternoon at 23rd and i-street northwest. thankfully nobody is injured. this video taken by

air. give us a sense of the u.s. role in the operation. >> reporter: predominately in the skies without a doubt. one canadian volunteer i spoke to fighting alongside the peshmerga as a medic, jason said if it wasn't for them, the air strikes, this would not have happen. he has seen soldiers die in front of them. he was fighting religious fascism. there are military advisers on the ground here. that is admitted by the pentagon. they are helping calling the air strikes and assisting with tactics. a swift victory here. some may say that is a victory for the obama administration in an advisory role in the fight against isis or it may be the peshmerga had finally the numbers to do the job. >> nick paton walsh on the outskirts of sinjar, nick, thank you. >>> the kurdish region counsel tweeting isil on the run. a lot of defensive positions and some concerns that there could be isis elements waiting to counter attack. joining us now from washington to break down the latest in the battle for sinjar is senior analyst is mr. lle

u.s. launched air tens of thousands fled and in respond to u.s. launched air joining the kurds to take back sheir homit urds to take back police say that the victim was sitting in a car in the parking lot and two men were trying to rob him when it happened. the victim is expected to survive. >>> police are looking for the man behind this violent holdup in north philadelphia, surveillance cameras captured the suspect coming into the family dollar store on west allegheny avenue. crews. >> reporter: able to get the blaze under control and fort fatally nobody was hurt. >>> still to come, some women claim a mistake in their birth control packaging, let to unwant said pregnancies, a lawsuit based against a company in montgomery county. a man with his weapon pointed toward them and police opened fire killing the suspect and police believe he just robbed a nearby sporting goods store. >>> a man gets a $20 million payout after being injured by a sliding door on a cruise ship, the door closed on james hoffman's head. the illinois native suffered a concussion

the u.s. air strike on the hospital in kunduz killed 30 civilian doctors and patients. today the top u.s. commander in afghanistan offered no excuses. >> this was a tragic but avoidable accident caused primarily by human error. >> reporter: an ac-130 gunship pounded the hospital run by doctors without borders with heavy artillery. 211 shells in 25 minutes. but it was the wrong target. the intended target was an afghan military headquarters seized by the taliban. but the hospital was more than 400 yards away. and nearly destroyed in the attack. it was a tragedy of errors. in violation of protocol a special operations commander called in the air-strikes without ever seeing the target. many of the electronics critical to combat operations were not working properly and the crew aboard the plane failed to correctly identify the target they were about to strike. >> the investigation found that some of the u.s. individuals involved did not follow the rules of engagement. >> reporter: officials here say that audio tapes from the plane show that the flight crew at first questione

a u.s. air strike targeting the isis terrorist, jihadi john. it happened last night in northern syria in the isis strong hold of raqqa. he's a british born militant in videos that show the execution of westerners. and right now a counterterrorism official says there's no definitive proof yet that he was killed. andd here's more. >> reporter: so, the man is mohammed emwazi and he's better known as jihadi john. he's known for his particularly brutal behavior against western hostages and hostages held by isis. they telll us a u.s. drone strike today, november 12th, near raqqa targeted jihadi john. what they don't know is whether they got him or not. it's one of the inderring problems they have with these strikes in places like syria, where there's no ground troops. there's no one on the ground that can do dna or after battle assessment to find out whether they've gotten him or not. they generally have to rely on intercepts or some sort of chatter amongst isis after the fact, talking about whether he's dead or not, whether he's been struck. so, we

general campbell confirmed the u.s. airdoctors without borders medical facility was avoidable. >>> and time for an early start on your money. u.s. markets are closed for the thanksgiving holiday. happy thanksgiving. looking at stocks, little change. oil futures are volatile this morning as tensions continue. the price for crude oil under $43 a barrel. if you are traveling for thanksgiving. expect packed roads and airports. it is not just for the holidays. it is a record year for travel in the u.s. miles driven climbed 3% in the past year. air travel up 5% thanks to the improving economy and cheaper gas. if you are flying, expect longer lines because of the heightened security after the paris attacks. that is something that i think is a good thing. >> you have to be thankful for the low gas prices. >>> breaking overnight. new protests in the killing of the chicago teenager. the president now weighing in on the latest of the just released video next. people don't have to think about where their electricity comes from. they fl

counterterrorism officials tell nbc news that jihadi john was directly targeted by a u.s. air strike. >>> donald trump doubles down, talking about ben carson and a pathological temper and gets specific about fighting isis. >> i would just bomb those suckers and blow up the pipes. i'd blow up every single inch. there would be nothing left. >>> and acquittal for a good fella that leaves no convictions for one of the biggest cash heists in history. >>> plus breezy blasts around the nation. >>> and much, much more on a busy friday. show starts "early today" starts right now. >>> and good morning everybody. we start with breaking news from a u.s. air strike targeting the isis terrorist, jihadi john. it happened last night in northern syria in the isis strong hold of raqqa. he's a british born militant in videos that show the execution of westerners. and right now a counterterrorism official says there's no definitive proof yet that he was killed. andd here's more. >> reporter: so, the man is mohammed emwazi and he's better known as jihadi john. he's known for his particularly bruta

air strikes. you know, the u.s. has conducted more than eight thousand air strikes, u.s. coalition, since the beginning of this and as we've seen, i.s.i.l. hasn't been significantly diminished in its strength. it has lost some territory, it that is taken some nits. it calls into question the whole, you know, the limits of air power. one of the reasons why the united states argues that its strategy of working with local forces on the ground is going to be much more effective, but the response by both russia and france in having these more dramatic stepped up air strikes does give the impression that they're reacting strongly to what's going on. we have to see if it has any real effect on the ground >>> do you hear anything there at the pentagon? is there any notion of shifting strategy at all in the u.s. part of the campaign against i.s.i.l.? >> no. there isn't. you hear more of the same, maybe the echt s strategy on steroids, but that's causing a lot of consternation, critics of the owe be that as it may aadministration. there was the unwillingness of the obama administra

air. thanks, nick. >>> the u.s. e stepping up air strikes on oil fields controlled by isis in eastern syria. that is according to the new york times. the mission is to cut off the main source of revenue. new information about two deadly suicide bombings that killed more than 40 people and wounded more than 200 others in southern beirut. one would be bomber tells cnn that he was sent by isis. i want to go live to beirut and bring in cnn's ian lee for us. ian, it looks like -- are you in beirut or cairo? you're in cairo. give us an update on what we know right now. >> reporter: christine, this would-be attacker would provide most likely a lot of information that is desperately needed. of course, the area is cordoned off and investigators are looking for clues. they are looking to see who helped the attackers and how they were able to get the weapons and get to the target. this is an area that has military checkpoints and checkpoints from the militant group hezbollah who is a shi'ite group backed by iran fighting in syr

u.s. supported with air strikes. no u.s. boots on the ground, correct? >> no u.s.nd technically. special operation forces in the sinjar mountains above sinjar assisting according to u.s. officials the peshmerga fighters in calling in air strikes. now, latest reports are that those 7500 pesh fighters with dozens of u.s. air strikes, have in fact had some progress that parts of that critical highway 47, that secretary kerry was talking about a minute ago, have been retaken, seized, by those peshmerga fighters. that can hole, that would cut off a critical supply line from isis headquarters up in raqqah, syria, through iraq to mosul. it's very early in this campaign and seizing the highway does not mean they have taken the city. the isis fighters are heavily dug in there, they set up ied booby traps everywhere around the city. so that's going to be a more difficult part of the operation. but i guess you could call it a slight victory in the opening salvo, chuck. >> what are they doing, mik? i clear and hold situation? like the old surge and petraeus way of doing counte

the fighters known as peshmerga were backed by u.s. air campaign. in the last hours, they raised a huge kurdish flag in the town to signal their victory. it is a significant win for them. sinjar was captured by isil last year, the group killed and enslaved thousands of minority yazidis. the town links two isil strong holds, is a major supply route between mosul in iraq and isil's self declared capital raqqa in syria. northern iraq along one of the industry routes for the sinjar offensive comes this report. >> without facing stiff competition, kurdish forces have gone into the center of the town and declared they control the whole talk about. they came in through the north. the north was controlled by them before the north of the mountain. they took that in an operation in september where they allowed yazidi's trapped in the mountain to flee. since december, they have mounted attacks on sinjar, but this last final push seemingly quite easy for the kurdish peshmerga fighters. there is something quite strange. isil social media accounts are on blackout

u.s. forces targeted the infamous jihadi john during an air strike in raqqa, syria. mo ham emwazi has appeared in isis videos showing the murders of hostages. he is a british citizen believed to have been born in kuwait. the pentagon has not publicly confirmed his death. new video appears to show the surviving suicide bomber from thursday's attack in beirut. two suicide blasts killed more than 40 people and left more than 200 people wounded. a lebanese national apparently shown here was taken into custody, but cnn cannot independently confirm that videos's authenticity. kurdish officials say pesh merger fighters will be inside iraq, inside the town of sinjar soon to clear explosives and seize it from isis control. they launched a new offensive late wednesday to retake the key city and to cut militants supply lines. russia is trying to awe thent cat an alleged isis video,er threatening attacking inside that country, quote, very soon. the five-minute video was released thursday. it shows russian cities with chants in russian, promising, that, quote, blood will spill li

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u.s. led calista wassing itting them with air strikes. the key supply route runs through sinjar. >> isis may have extended its reach now into lebanon with a deadly attack, the group claiming responsibility for twin suicide bombings in beirut that killed at least 43 people. that death toll expected to rise. until now isis had not had a recognized affiliation in lebanon but its forces are fighting in neighboring syria as well as iraq. >>> back here at home we'll switch gears to the race for the white house which is heating up as donald trump steps up his attacks. campus protesters and the university of missouri administrators who stepped down and his fellow candidates were also in the crosshairs. it's "your voice, your vote." here's abc's jonathan karl. this morning, donald trump unplugged. >> i'm telling carly whatever the hell her name is fiorina i'm in? from this guy. >> reporter: at a late night rally in iowa going after the rest of gop candidates especially ben carson. >> if you're pathological there's no cure for that, folks. if you'r

>> pelley: today, u.s. air strikes and kurdish troops pound isis in iraq, while at home, an alleged isis sympathizer is charged in a plot to murder u.s. servicemembers. also tonight, a judge orders a baby removed because the foster parents are lesbians. tornadoes ripped through the midwest. >> seeing that we have nothing, it's scary. >> pelley: and an army captain is awarded the medal of honor heroism. >> i would turn that right back in, right now, and say, no thank you, bring my guys back. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: u.s. warplanes hammered the forces of isis in iraq today, opening an offensive that the pentagon hopes will be a breakthrough against the islamic extremists who are occupying much of syria and iraq. iraqi kurdish troops, backed by 36 american airstrikes, moved to retake the town of sinjar, and they cut a highway that is used by isis to carry supplies from raqqa, its stronghold in syria, to mosul, the largest city that isis holds in iraq

>> >>> the battle for sinjar, u.s. air power backing a strike. trying to take a town controlled by i.s.i.l. >> you never know if it really will happen >>> campus on edge - faculty and student moving ahead despite racial violence threats >>> look at the storm slamming the mid west. heavy rain, high winds and snow. millions in the path of this powerful storm system as it moves east >>> medal of honour - he tackled a suicide bomber in afghanistan. the army captain today receives the highest military award. >>> this morning u.s. air strikes are pounding the iraqi town of sinjar. they are there helping kurdish forces in their battle to retake the key northern iraqi city from i.s.i.l. good morning, welcome to "your world", i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. more than 7,000 peshmerga fighters are closing in on sinjar on three fronts. sinjar is important. sitting on highway 47. a key resupply route for i.s.i.s. force. >> by seizing sinjar, we believe it will restrict the supply route. >> we go to jamie mcintyre, national security correspondent. >> wha

. >> and a notorious terrorist may have become a victim of a u.s. air strike. how the military was tracking jihadi john. >> and google's self-driving car gets pulled over. the warning from the cop that few drivers ever hear. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, from a lesbian cou >>> developing news out of utah. a judge reversed his decision to take a foster child away from lesbians. the 9-month-old baby will stay with the women. they are already foster parents. they filed a court challenge widespread criticism and even the governor condemned that judge's decision. it's been reversed. >>> new at noon a pennsylvania court has ordered the state to restore the pension of former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. he is serving 30 to 60 years for sexually abusing boys. a panel found the state retirement board wrongly concluded he was a penn state employee when he committed the crimes. they have been ordered to pay his wife retroactively with interest. >>> the pentagon is working to confirm if a u.s. air strike has killed jihadi john one of the most recognizable figure

with the backing of u.s. air power kurdish fighters launched a ground offensive on multiple fronts to retake the western iraqi town of sinjar from the militants. the plan is to cut off a major supply line link to major isis strongholds. >> okay, also breaking overnight lasers directed at pilots over two major cities in new york. news helicopters operated by cbs and nbc stations were the at least one person was arrested there in that burrow. >>> a helicopter for our new york city station w abc was hit with a green laser near newark airport. the crew notified police and one suspect was arrested. >> if we can get the cops over here, it would be awesome because we got them. >> the suspect taken into custody in brooklyn is a 20-year-old man charged with reckless endangerment, convictions for pointing lasers at aircraft carry hefty fines as well as prison imtoo. >>> also last night, three planes were hit by lasers while approves love field in dallas. two were passenger jets. the other was a private business plane, all

terrorist known n jihadi john targeted in a u.s. air strike. the knife-wielding masked man, a symbol of isis, believed to be dead. live team coverage with the late breaking details. >>> trump's tirade. the republican candidate going off mocking ben carson, his book and stabbing incncent, plus the candidates weighing in on the university of missouri protest, critical of the protesters. >>> caller rush. the nfl debuting new uniforms for thursday night football and a t of fans are not happy with them. >>> and pull over, google's driverless car getting a lesson in the rules of the road. >>> on this friday morning we begin with that breaking news, the targetinof one of the most despised figures on the planet. >> we're talking about isis terrorist jihadi john believed to have been killed in a u.s. drone strike. his real name, mohamed emwazi. he's a masked executioner seen on video beheaeang hostages. the cia has been tracking emwazi for more than a year. >> he was killed in a drone strike in the syrian city of raqqah, an isis stronghold and though th

air power was a major victory. in the days leading up to the offensive u.s.-led coalition air strikes hit several targetses. >> translation: we cut the road into sinjar in the days before and coordinated efforts with our partners, we didn't see resistance from i.s.i.l. air strikes played a crucial role. a local journalist we spoke to said i.s.i.l. fighters were perhaps retreating to reinforce the city of mosul which they controlled. what gave the advantage was u.s. led coalition air strikes. the building was likely to have been hit by an air strike, you can tell because it's almost constantina said in. what the peshmerga are saying is they need to go around. taking over the town was a first step. that first step took months of planning. peshmerga commander says the air strikes would be a useful tool in future operations. the coalition air strikes are the most important factor, the coalition bomb the main roads or supply lines between raqqa and mosul. without air strikes, a ground offensive would stop. thirdly, it's made a difference in sinjar. these soldiers

u.s. has led air strikes against i.s.i.l. targets in the region and finally we have the syrian kurds fighting for autonomy, but at all times they are taking the fight to i.s.i.l. making syria's kurds a national ally for the united states. and complicating that is the hostility that the kurds receive from turkey also a u.s. ally. that's because some kurds fighting the government from turkey have crossed intro syria to fight i.s.i.l. if you are confused you're not alone. with so much at stake in terms of regional stability in the middle east should the u.s. be doing more in syria? emma ashford says absolutely not. she's a research foal i fellow at the cato institute. you say the u.s. made a big syria. what is your biggest concern? >> my biggest concern is this is the first iteration of continuing u.s. presence in syria. this is a classic example of mission creep. those troops even if they are successful in their limited mission, can only pave the way for more troops. that can be bad for all involved. >> the fact that it wasn't

we're joined by brandon bryant , both formeraas sensor operators for the u.s. airrce predator program. stephen lewis, a veteran of the united states air force, is also a former sensor operator for the air force predator program, and this week is speaking out for the first time. also going public for the first time is cian westmoreland, a former air force technician who helped build a station in afghanistan used to relay drone data. but first, i want to turn to jesselyn radack , national security and him and writes director the government accountability project, former ethics adviser to the united states department of justice. as an attorney, she is representing several former drone operators including this , group of four youngman speaking out today. jesselyn radack , how much do they risk in speaking out on democracy now! today? >> they're taking a very enormous and public risk in speaking out. i have clients and the national security and intelligence communities who have done nothing more than tell the truth about some of america's darkest secrets like torture an