. >> reporter: american war ship launched the tomahawk cruise missiles in western yemen before dawn. the white house approved the so- called self-defense strikes. the pentagon said the strikes were conducted to protect our personnel, our ships and our freedom of navigation. on sunday and again wednesday, while sailing in international waters between yemen and east africa. state department spokesman john kirby. >> we're going to continue to urge all parties and we're going to do this by and through the u.n. special envoy to stop the violence. >> reporter: this marks the first u.s. military action targeting the rebels who are trying to over throw the government of yemen. the real measure of success will be whether it puts an end to attacks on ships. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >>> denver broncos preparing to take on the chargers with an interim coach tonight. the advice he's received. >>> the denver broncos are in san diego ready to take on the san diego chargers. but head coach gary kubiak is here at home as you know recovering from that complex migraine that sent him to the

most security officers and coalition dropped bombs in western yemen. dozens more were injured and the death toll could rise. the country has been stuck in conflict since 2014. earlier this month, secretary of state john kerry called for negotiations. >>> several people were killed when a car bomb detonated in benghazi, including the head of an anti- corruption group. it exploded yesterday in a busy area. those are the remains of the hurt. the activist was a supporter of the libyan national army. no one has claimed responsibility for this attack so far. >>> a tragedy in italy was caught on video when a highway overpass collapsed. a truck with an oversized load brought the overpass down. one person was killed and several others hurt. firefighters worked into the night searching for victims. local officials failed to close in san francisco bay is gone. a support pier that held the bridge over san francisco bay was demolished this weekend. there were 12,000 pounds of explosives to demolish that part of the bridge. the eastern part of the bridge was replace

at least 18 people are dead after a saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a war-torn city in western yemen. officials said that the airstrike targeted the house of a citizen named abdullah abdo. the fighting between the two sides intensified in this district in recent days... and many families have fled their homes. a father and daug a killed in texas when a driver that was street racing struck them after a collision.police say two drivers in ford mustangs were racing when one clipped a minivan and pushed it onto the sidewalk... killing the father and daughter. the two passengers in the mustang and three people in the minivan were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening many coastal towns are still struggling.. four years after hurricane sandy struck.the deadly superstorm made landfall october 29th, 20-12. new york and new jersey.. officials say some areas may never recover. the storm surge from sandy caused much of the damage. a buoy in the new york harbor measured a wave 32-and-a-half feet a nasa astronaut and two other crew members on the international space station are back on ea

the american warship "uss nitze" launched the tom hawk cruise missiles into western yemen before dawn. the white house approved the so-called self-defense strikes on the three remote radar sites and territory controlled by iranian backed houthi rebels. the pentagon said the strike which appeared to have destroyed the radar sites were to protect our personnel our ships and our freedom of navigation. the destroyer "uss mason" had been targeted twice on sunday and again on wednesday while sailing in international waters between yemen and east africa. state department spokesman john kirby. >> we're going to continue to encourage and urge all parties and we're going to do this by and through the u.n. special envoy to cease hostilities, stop the violence, reduce the tensions and return -- >> this marks the first u.s. houthi rebels who are trying to overthrow the government of yemen. the pentagon says the targets, which were located in remote areas away from civilians, were destroyed. but the real measure of success will be whether it puts an end to attacks on ships. gayle? >> all right. tha

westerners captive. she is not the first french citizen to be kidnapped in yemen. french aid workers were abducted and held for several months. a 30-year-old was released after spending five months held captive. genie: pope francis has made an emotionally charged visit to a much richer today. the pontiff stopped and prayed there and to two other villages devastated by the earthquake in central italy last august. in keeping with his desire to make a relatively low-key visit to the area, where nearly 300 people are killed, his trip was only announced to the media after he had arrived. he blessed the crowd before giving them a message of hope to the area that is still struggling to come to terms with the scale of italy's deadliest quake since like we love in 2009. thousands of women took to the streets of poland monday to support abortion rights. that nationwide strike was against a bill that would put a total ban on abortion across the country. many men also joined the walkout in warsaw and major cities. poland is largely a catholic country and already has some of th

yemen. >> the nuclear agreement gave iran a free hand to continue with its bad behavior in the region unchecked and balanced by the americans and the western world. >> this iran nuke deal has so roiled the middle east. >> they see the rise of iran, iran's more powerful than they've ever been since the 1979 revolution... >> saudis in essence are telling the president, "we've had enough. we don't believe in your coalition. we're going to have our own coalition in the middle east. we are going to be the leaders of the sunni world. we are going to bring everyone together and fight terrorism the way that we think it should be done." >> yesterday, the saudis executed 47 people, including a prominent shiite cleric. >> smith: shortly after announcing their coalition, saudi arabia executed shiite cleric, nimr al-nimr. the saudis were sending a shot across iran's bow. >> the u.s. says it's worried the execution of nimr al-nimr will exacerbate tensions. >> smith: you knew that you'd get a pretty bad reaction from the rest of the world and from iran. that must've been in your calculation that you were sending some kind of strong message abroad. >> i h