but as holly williams reports, iraqi troops need more training and equipment before they can take on the extremists. >> reporter: an american military official says 10,000 iraqi soldiers have gone through training with the u.s. and its coalition partners and they will lead the push on isis this spring backed by u.s.-led air strikes. just outside of mosul, another 3,000 men, mostly policemen, are being trained to help retake iraq's second largest city. but very few have any fighting experience. and they have told us they're still short of weapons. also involved will be these kurdish soldiers known as the [ non-english language ] by far, the strongest fighting force in northern iraq. from a hilltop overlooking mosul in october they showed us territory they got back from

"everybody knows it." >> pelley: and holly williams is joining us now from northern iraq. holly, the badr brigades have always had strong ties to iran. what is the connection now? >> . >> reporter: well, scott iranian officials have admitted their quds special forces are fighting against isis here in iraq. that means that in iraq the u.s. is on the same side as both an infamously brutal militia and iran. and that really shows just how complicated the battle against isis has become. >> pelley: more intrepid reporting tonight from holly williams. holly, thanks so much. a prosecutor was set to blame iran in a deadly synagogue bombing. did that cost him his life? that story when the "cbs evening news" continues. jack's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today, his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before your begin an aspirin regimen. there's only one egg that gives you better taste and better nutrition in so many varieties. classic. cage free. and organic. only eg

holly williams in syria with a school teacher turned sniper. ben tracy at ground zero with the measles outbreak. pressure grows to make childhood vaccinations mandatory. and jamie yuccas with martha flynn. when it snows in the country she's in fat city. >> i've raced before with the starting temp at minus ten. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley, reporting tonight from washington. >> pelley: good evening. tonight, investigators from the national transportation safety board are on the scene of a horrifying rail disaster. it happened about 20 miles north of new york city at the end of the tuesday evening rush. a commuter train out of grand central terminal slammed into an suv that stopped on a crossing. the explosion lit up the night sky. the driver and five on the train were killed. several others were injured. vinita nair is in valhalla new york. >> reporter: investigators spent the day shifting through charred wreckage trying to figure out why the train plowed into an suv at 60 miles per hour. it was an

"everybody knows it." >> pelley: and holly williams is joining us now from northern iraq. holly, the badr brigades have always had strong ties to iran. what is the connection now? >> reporter: well, scott iranian officials have admitted their quds special forces are fighting against isis here in iraq. that means that in iraq the u.s. is on the same side as both an infamously brutal militia and iran. and that really shows just how complicated the battle against isis has become. >> pelley: more intrepid reporting tonight from holly williams. holly, thanks so much. a prosecutor was set to blame iran in a deadly synagogue bombing. did that cost him his life? that story, when the "cbs evening news" continues. to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before your begin an aspirin regimen. there's only one egg that gives you better taste and better nutrition in so many varieties. classic. cage free. and organic. only eggland's best. better taste. better nutrition. better eggs. [coughing] dave, i'm sorry to interrupt... i g

williams, in erbil holly, thank you very much. a journalist impraised in egypt for over a year is finally going home tonight. peter of al jazeera english had been sentenced to seven years in prison for his reporting on the muslim brotherhood. he is instead been deported to a, where his egyptian colleagues remain behind bars. president obama unveils $4 trillion budget tomorrow, here is julianna goldman. >> reporter: as part of his 2016 spending plan, president obama will ask for billions of dollars. to repair the nation's crumbling roads and bridges, a request the white house is banking on both parties rallying behind. but republicans, including the head of the house tax writing committee paul ryan are already blasting the budget's key details. >> what i think the president is trying to do here is to, again exploit envy economics. >> reporter: the president wants 478 $478 billion for infrastructure struck schurs, projects over the next six years, he wants half of that money, $238 billion to come from a one-time tax on overseas corp

holly williams in syria with a school teacher turned sniper. ben tracy at ground zero for the measles outbreak. pressure grows to make childhood vaccinations mandatory. and jamie yuccas with martha flynn. when it snows in the country she's in fat city. >> i've raced before with the starting temp at minus ten. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley, reporting tonight from washington. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. tonight, investigators from the national transportation safety board are on the scene of a horrifying rail disaster. it happened about 20 miles north of new york city at the end of the tuesday evening rush. a commuter train out of grand central terminal slammed into an suv that stopped on a crossing. the explosion lit up the night sky. the driver and five on the train were killed. several others were injured. vinita nair is in valhalla new york. >> reporter: investigators spent the day sifting through charred wreckage trying to figure out why this train, packed with more than

williams, in erbil holly, thank you very much. a journalist impraised in egypt for over a year is finally going home tonight. peter of al jazeera english had been sentenced to seven years in prison for his reporting on the muslim brotherhood. he is instead been deported to a, where his egyptian colleagues remain behind bars. president obama unveils $4 trillion budget tomorrow, here is julianna goldman. >> reporter: as part of his 2016 spending plan, president obama will ask for billions of dollars. to repair the nation's crumbling roads and bridges, a request the white house is banking on both parties rallying behind. but republicans, including the head of the house tax writing committee paul ryan are already blasting the budget's key details. >> what i think the president is trying to do here is to, again exploit envy economics. >> reporter: the president wants 478 $478 billion for infrastructure struck schurs, projects over the next six years, he wants half of that money, $238 billion to come from a one-time tax on overseas corp

holly williams reporting for us from northern iraq. holly, thanks. jordan stepped up its air strikes against isis after the terroristed put out a video earlier this week showing them burning alive a captured jordanian pilot. charlie d'agata is in amman. >> reporter: for the second day in a row jordanian fighter jets pounded isis targets on the outskirts of raqqa but jordan dismissed the claim by the militants that one of the strikes killed american hostage kayla mueller. it's an old and sick trick used by terrorists, tweeted the foreign minister claiming human shields are killed by air raids. many jordanians had been reluctant to join the u.s.-led war against isis, but today thousand spilled out of the mosques, rallying to condemn the brutal execution of pilot muath al-kaseasbeh by the group. jordan's queen rania said the country was united in grief and pride. they've come to mourn their murdered pilot and show support for their military and their king but they've also come to express their anger aimed directly at isis. it's the first time an arab co

in particular if it could end up helping the syrian regime. >> schieffer: in trip i can holly williams reporting from northern iraq. turn to the house homeland security committee republican mike mccaul. he joins us from austin. mr. chairman, after hearing from spokesman for the jordanian government this morning, do you believe this administration, the obama administration is taking this threat seriously enough? >> not enough, they never have. they won't even define the enemy for what it is, radical islamist extremisms. the airstrikes have limited success, not policy to degrade. destroy the enemy. if anything the jordanian pilot will now galvanize i hope the arab nations to fight isis including on the ground, we heard in your segment piece earlier they say it's our fight also the united states fight because we don't want them to attack us here on the homeland security. i think that under u.s. leadership if we can galvanize these arab nation, sunni arabs against sunni extremist, isis in syria that would be the ideal. i think there's no ground force in syria, as you heard in your reportin

holly williams reporting for us from northern iraq. holly, thanks. jordan stepped up its air strikes against isis after the terrorists put out a video earlier this week showing them burning alive a captured jordanian pilot. charlie d'agata is in amman. >> reporter: for the second day in a row, jordanian fighter jets pounded isis targets on the outskirts of raqqa, but jordan dismissed the claim by the militants that one of the strikes killed american hostage kayla mueller. it's an old and sick trick used by terrorists, tweeted the foreign minister claiming human shields are killed by air raids. many jordanians had been reluctant to join the u.s.-led war against isis, but today thousands spilled out of the mosques, rallying to condemn the brutal execution of pilot moaz al-kaseasbeh by the group. jordan's queen rania said the country was united in grief and pride. they've come to mourn their murdered pilot and show support for their military and their king, but they've also come to express their anger aimed directly at isis. it's the first time an arab

holly williams with the latest. nancy cordes reports the measles virus has morphed into a political issue. >> i do believe that all children ought to be vaccinated. >> the state doesn't own your children. parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom. >> pelley: the long wait it over. after more than half a century jim axelrod tells us "to kill a mockingbird" author harper lee is publishing her second novel. and vinita nair with the man who has the worst commute we've ever heard of. >> i had no idea how long it was. to me it was just another commute. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. jordan's king abdullah ii hurried to the white house tonight after what appears to be the savage execution of a jordanian air force pilot who was might fooiting in the u.s.-led coalition against isis. jordanians had been holding vigils for the 26-year-old who fell into the hands of the islamic terrorist group when his plane went down in syria christmas eve. t

holly williams with the latest. nancy cordes reports the measles virus has morphed into a political issue. >> i do believe that all children ought to be vaccinated. >> the state doesn't own your children. parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom. >> pelley: the long wait is over. after more than half a century jim axelrod tells us "to kill a mockingbird" author harper lee is publishing her second novel. and vinita nair with the man who has the worst commute we've ever heard of. >> i had no idea how long it was. to me it was just another commute. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. jordan's king abdullah ii hurried to the white house tonight after what appears to be the savage execution of a jordanian air force pilot who was fighting in the u.s.-led coalition against isis. jordanians had been holding vigils for the 26-year-old who fell into the hands of the islamic terrorist group when his plane went down in

holly williams, cbs news, istanbul. >> a senior u.s. military official says iraqi troops want to retake mosul in the spring before ramadan. >>> representatives from environmental agencies learned techniques for rescues birds in distress today. the san francisco event this morning was organized by the wildlife emergency services. they held specialized classes to train volunteers how to rescue sea birds like the ones that became sick off the hayward shoreline. all were coated in some mysterious goo. >> the birds matter. the public has spoken ages ago. that's why we have legislation that has demanded that we respond to oil spills and other emergencies that animals be saved. >> the organization hopes to have at least 100 trained volunteers ready to rescue birds in the event of an emergency like an oil spill. >>> well, we all see what happens in front of the camera during the academy awards in l.a. but today, we are getting a look behind the lens on what it takes to pull off the most glamorous night in hollywood. crews roll out 500 feet of r

holly williams caught up with the smugglers. >> reporter: the ghost ship's boat set off from the turkish port of mersin. they were rusted freighters, bought chiefly by the smugglers who made millions of dollars t stuffing the hulls with desperate syrians, and then leaving the ships on autopilot off the italian coast. in ports like mersin, the smugglers ferry their human cargo to bigger ships waiting offshore. the men, women, and children pay around $5,000 a head for a treacherous journey and the hope of a better life in europe. mohammad fled syria a year ago and now works for a smuggler in istanbul. he agreed to talk to us but only if we hid his identity. how dangerous is it to try tos cross to europe? "there are fights over food and water," he told us, "and when the smugglers leave the boat on autopilot, it could run aground." do the smugglers care whether the people that they're transporting live or die? "they don't care about them at all," he said. "they're traders in human lives."f millions of syrians have fled to neighboring countries like turkey, where many live in limbo without id

holly williams, reporting for us tonight. holly, thank you. well, the triple murder of three muslims last night in chapel hill, north carolina, looked like it might be revenge for the killing of americans by isis, but when a suspect turned himself in police found motive that even more senseless. vicente arenas is there. >> reporter: the killings of deah shaddy barakat, his wife user, and razz an were mourned across the world with the hashtag muslim lives matter. authorities say accused killer craig stephen hicks is cooperating in the triple investigation. >> i just heard gunshots. i don't know what building it came from but i heard kids screaming. >> reporter: police say gunfire broke out tuesday evening after a dispute over a parking space outside the condo where the three family members lived below the suspect. all three had earned undergrad honors at nc state. barakat was in his second year of dental school at the university of north carolina. suzanne barakat is his sister. >> we are still in a state of shock and will never be able to make

and russia since the cold war and holly williams is following the latest. >> reporter: the cease-fire is crumbling, and eastern ukraine is mired deeper than ever in bloodshed. pro-russian rebels seized the town of debaltseve on wednesday capturing government soldiers who suffered a humiliating defeat. the town is a prize for the separatists, a rail and highway hub that will link their strongholds. local residents survived seven months of shelling before the rebels claimed victory. but here on independence way... we witnessed the beginnings of ukraine's descent into violence a year ago when snipers opened fire on protesters who were demanding closer ties with europe killing more than 50 people. but in the end the protesters won the day forcing the country's pro-russian president to flee. russia responded by send, soldiers to crimea, annexing the peninsula for itself. a year oukraine is being torn apart, and russia is testing how far the west will go to back the new government in kiev. seven years ago in neighboring georgia, vladimir putin also supported separatist rebels and then recog

ground troops should be deployed. >> pelley: holly williams reporting for us tonight in istanbul. holly, thank you. now, moving to another important story, it did stop snowing in boston today but not before the city was buried again. nearly 72 inches in 17 days. if folks are not climbing the walls, they're climbing ladders to clear snow from roofs. train service stopped so commuters had no choice but to dig their cars out. jericka duncan is in boston. >> reporter: seven-foot snow drifts piled on the roof of this piano store caused it bourque buck expel break. it happened early this morning when the store was closed. if wasn't, owner rob norris said the outcome could have been much worse. >> i'm sure there would have been deaths, you know. >> reporter: more than two dozen roofs have collapsed across state. we experienced how dangerous conditions can be. >> we have--. >> reporter: we just heard something. >> that's the ceiling, yeah. that's the roof. >> reporter: so far the city has had more than 40 inches of snowfall this month making it the third snowiest february on record with m

and russia since the cold war, and holly williams is following the latest. >> reporter: the cease-fire is u crumbling, and eastern ukraine is is mired deeper than ever in bloodshed. pro-russian rebels seized the town of debaltseve on wednesday, capturing government soldiers who suffered a humiliating defeat. the town is a prize for the separatists, a rail and highway hub that will link theirs. strongholds. local residents survived seven months of shelling before the rebels claimed victory. but here on independence way... we witnessed the beginnings of ukraine's descent into violence a year ago, when snipers opened fire on protesters who were demanding closer ties with europe, killing more than 50 people. but in the end, the protesters won the day, forcing the country's pro-russian president to flee. russia responded by sending soldiers to crimea, annexing the peninsula for itself. a year on, ukraine is being torn apart, and russia is testing how far the west will go to back the new government in kiev. seven years ago in neighboring georgia, vladimir putin also supported separatist rebe

and russia since the cold war and holly williams is following the latest. >> reporter: the cease-fire is crumbling, and eastern ukraine is mired deeper than ever in bloodshed. pro-russian rebels seized the town of debaltseve on wednesday capturing government soldiers who suffered a humiliating defeat. the town is a prize for the separatists, a rail and highway hub that will link their strongholds. local residents survived seven months of shelling before the rebels claimed victory. but here on independence way... we witnessed the beginnings of ukraine's descent into violence a year ago when snipers opened fire on protesters who were demanding closer ties with europe killing more than 50 people. but in the end the protesters won the day forcing the country's pro-russian president to flee. russia responded by send, soldiers to crimea, annexing the peninsula for itself. a year oukraine is being torn apart, and rus isias testing how far the west will go to back the new government in kiev. seven years ago in neighboring georgia, vladimir putin also supported separatist rebels and then recog

holly williams our correspondent covering isis from syria and iraq reporting tonight from istanbul. thank you both very much. in teixeira the defense opened the case at the "american sniper" trial. the exgirlfriend of the man charged with murdering former navy seal chris kyle testified. she said that two weeks before shooting kyle eddie ray routh grabbed a sword and a knife and blocked her from leaving her apartment. the defense is trying to prove that routh is not competent. the story of chris kyle the deadliest sniper in american history, made us wonder how real american snipers are made, and our david martin found out. >> reporter: you can't see it at first but you're look at a deadly weapon-- two, in fact-- marine snipers stalking their prey. this is a scout sniper school at quantico virginia, where, says brigadier general austin renforth stalking skills are every bit as important as marksmanship. >> to be able to infiltrate through unimaginable distance that most civilians wouldn't understand. >> reporter: "unimaginable distances" what are you talking about here? >> miles, four

ground troops should be deployed. >> pelley: holly williams reporting for us tonight in istanbul. holly, thank you. now, moving to another important story, it did stop snowing in boston today, but not before the city was buried again. nearly 72 inches in 17 days. if folks are not climbing the walls, they're climbing ladders to clear snow from roofs. train service stopped, so commuters had no choice but to dig their cars out. jericka duncan is in boston. >> reporter: seven-foot snow drifts piled on the roof of this piano store caused it to break. it happened early this morning when the store was closed. if it wasn't, owner rob norris said the outcome could have been much worse. >> i'm sure there would have been deaths, you know. >> reporter: more than two dozen roofs have collapsed across state. we experienced how dangerous conditions can be. >> we have. >> reporter: we just heard something. >> that's the ceiling, yeah. that's the roof. >> reporter: so far, the city has had more than 40 inches of snowfall this month, making it the third snowiest february on record with more than tw

., and our correspondent holly williams, who is one of the most experienced reporters on isis in both iraq and in syria. michael, let me start with you. with all of the air strikes that the united states and its coalition partners have been launching since august, are we winning? >> i'm absolutely convinced that if it weren't for the air strikes, they would have taken baghdad. but we haven't rolled them back. we haven't taken any territory back. they've actually consolidated some of their territory, and we haven't done anything againstg them in syria. and on top of that, we've seen the spread of their brand acrossss a very wide number of countries. >> pelley: holly, what role hass the internet played in recruiting people, particularly from the west, to go to iraq and syria? >> reporter: i think it's been transformative. let's remember that just a few years ago, radicalization was one extremist preacher sitting in a mosque with 10 or 20 men. now it's thousands of people p tens of thousands of people reaching out to each other online finding out about how to go to syria, how to go to ir

holly williams in syria with a school teacher turned sniper. ben tracy at ground zero with the measles outbreak. pressure grows to make childhood vaccinations mandatory. and jamie yuccas with martha flynn. when it snows in the country she's in fat city. >> i've raced before with the starting temp at minus ten.

holly williams with the latest. nancy cordes reports the measles virus has morphed into a political issue. >> i do believe that all children ought to be vaccinated. >> the state doesn't own your children. parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom. >> pelley: the long wait it over. after more than half a century jim axelrod tells us "to kill a mockingbird" author harper lee is publishing her second novel. and vinita nair with the man who has the worst commute we've ever heard of. >> i had no idea how long it was. to me it was just another commute.

williams is in iraq. julianna goldman on president obama's new plan to fix crumbling highways, bridges and transit systems, paid for with a corporate tax hike. survivors off the coast of cape cod, kristine johnson says endangered turtles are getting a second chance down south. and super frenchy, the pioneer of a sport called ski base jumping.

we have reports from holly williams and charlie d'agata. carter evans on a w storm bringing strong winds, heavy rain and flooding to the west. meteorologist eric fisher reports more snow is coming to the northeast. anna werner has the improving economy numbers, more jobs, more job seekers and for the first time in a long time, higher wages. and steve hartman "on the road"" with an extraordinary mother and child reunion. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

holly williams in syria with a school teacher turned sniper. ben tracy at ground zero with the measles outbreak. pressure grows to make childhood vaccinations mandatory. and jamie yuccas with martha flynn. when it snows in the country she's in fat city. >> i've raced before with the starting temp at minus ten.

holly williams with the latest. nancy cordes reports the measles virus has morphed into a political issue. >> i do believe that all children ought to be vaccinated. >> the state doesn't own your children. parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom. >> pelley: the long wait is over. after more than half a century jim axelrod tells us "to kill a mockingbird" author harper lee is publishing her second novel. and vinita nair with the man who has the worst commute we've ever heard of. >> i had no idea how long it was. to me it was just another commute.

holly williams with the latest. nancy cordes reports the measles virus has morphed into a political issue. >> i do believe that all children ought to be vaccinated. >> the state doesn't own your children. parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom. >> pelley: the long wait it over. after more than half a century jim axelrod tells us "to kill a mockingbird" author harper lee is publishing her second novel. and vinita nair with the man who has the worst commute we've ever heard of. >> i had no idea how long it was. to me it was just another commute.

we have reports from holly williams and charlie d'agata. carter evans on a winter storm bringing strong winds, heavy rain and flooding to the west. meteorologist eric fisher reports more snow is coming to the northeast. anna werner has the improving economy numbers, more jobs, more job seekers and for the first time in a long time, higher wages. and steve hartman "on the road"" with an extraordinary mother and child reunion. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good

holly williams in syria with a school teacher turned sniper. ben tracy at ground zero for the measles outbreak. pressure grows to make childhood vaccinations mandatory. and jamie yuccas with martha flynn. when it snows in the country she's in fat city. >> i've raced before with the starting temp at minus ten.

we have reports from holly williams and charlie d'agata. carter evans on a winter storm bringing strong winds, heavy rain and flooding to the west. meteorologist eric fisher reports more snow is coming to the northeast. anna werner has the improving economy numbers, more jobs, more job seekers, and for the first time in a long time, higher wages. and steve hartman "on the road"" with an extraordinary mother and child reunion. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

holly williams is in erbil with the latest. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. after isis swept across iraq last year the country's army which was trained and equipped in the u.s. by $20 billion, was left in disarray. the iraqi government is relying on a militia group to defeat isis. just north of baghdad, the general took us to see villages his men clawed back from isis last week. this was the front line and this is isis terrorist. the general told us 80 of his men died here in a four-day battle. in this village, they launched the attack through the amuse many park long deserted by locals. after isis was defeated the fighters fled over the hills. before they left they blew up the bridge and left the village littered with roadside bombs. the iraqi national army did not take on isis alone. it relied on hundreds of volunteers with a shi'ite muslim militia known as the fighter brigades. we want peace for our children and families said their commander. he ran a grocery store until he signed up six months ago. the brigade has the best track record defeating isis in c

holly williams. women with low sexual desire are trying for a third time to win fda approval the pill is sparking a debate about sexual health and sexism. jon, tell us about this drug. >> it's for someone with hyperactive sexual disorder and this is discreased libido and also a woman cares about it. it's distressing. this is the third time they're putting it out for approval and it works supposedly the makers say by rearranging the transmitters in your head. the idea is it would rearrange those and get them more in some sort of symphony where lub bee doe has to work correctly. >> i have to say to hear any drug has not passed twice and is up for a third time makes me nervous. what is the holdup on this? >> sure. there's certainly an outcry for women to have options to improve their libido like men do. we only want options that work. manufacturers say they have provided evidence on about 11,000 women that the drug may increase sexual desire increase the number of times women have sex each month and inc

we're going to have our people, holly williams, our correspondent who has been in iraq all week just 4 miles from the front lines with isis will be with us sunday for the latest in and charlie daggett, our correspondent in jordan, he will be there with the latest on the public move there. jan, one other thing we're going to talk about on sunday is this measles epidemic. dr. anthony fauci, director of national institutes for allergy and infectious diseases will be with us. we want to talk to him about is there a real danger of a nationwide epidemic here. this thing is very serious. >> good to see you. >>> january was another big month for job growth. the labor department says 257,000 jobs were created, but the unemployment rate is up from 5.6% to 5.7 and that means people are still looking for work, but there is some good news when it comes to paychecks. wages climbed in january by the largest amount since 2008. >>> always watching always tracking wusa9 first alert weather. >> he apparently didn't get the memo. >> but he got photo bombed. go to twitter, folks, check it out. >> i've be

cbs news correspondent holly williams. >> the video released by isis does appear to show the beheading of kenji goto a japanese journalists captured late last year. assessment of the japanese government. isis had offered to release goto in return for a failed female suicide bomber what who is on death row in jordan. the jordanian government said it would release the woman but only in exchange for one of its own citizens. a pilot who crashed in isis territory during bombing raid back in december. in the end however there was no prisoner swap, kenji gofo is dead and the fate of the pilot is unknown. isis was finally forced to retreat last week after more than 700 u.s. led airstrikes and four months of brutal street fighting against kurdish forces. the battle was a very public test of whether the airstrikes would be effective. here in the oil ritchie rack key city, isis killing a local commander and four of his men. extremist were back butconnecticut if i dent suggest isis still very long way from defeat. >> o'donnell: joining me by telephone from outside amman jordan is the foreign minis

williams is in syria where fighters want help holding back isis and jill schlesinger is in studio 57 with what the anthem hacking means for customers of the country's second largest health insurer. and this, 170 tons of equipment stuffed into 14 big rigs. grammy nominee eric church gives us rare back stage access for a look at what goes into an arena road show. that and more, the news is back in the morning, see you at 7:00. >> thank you. >>> time for business now. a slight increase is reported in jobless claims and there's a major buy-out this morning in the pharmaceutical industry and the market is up. here's kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, michelle. good morning, frank. a lot going on especially that big merger pfizer buying hespera for $17 billion in cash and debt. they make injectible drugs. that will be a big addition to pfizer. they like other big drug makers dealing with fall sales as patents expire on some key drugs and people are now buying generics which are cheaper. the jobless report shows an increase from the prior

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cbs news correspondent holly williams. >> the video released by isis does appear to show the beheading of kenji goto a japanese journalists captured late last year. assessment of the japanese government. isis had offered to release goto in return for a failed female suicide bomber what who is on death row in jordan. the jordanian government said it would release the woman but only in exchange for one of its own citizens. a pilot who crashed in isis territory during bombing raid back in december. in the end however there was no prisoner swap, kenji gofo is dead and the fate of the pilot is unknown. isis was finally forced to retreat last week after more than 700 u.s. led airstrikes and four months of brutal street fighting against kurdish forces. the battle was a very public test of whether the airstrikes would be effective. here in the oil ritchie rack key city, isis killing a local commander and four of his men. extremist were back but they're conifconnecticut if i dent suggest isis still very long way from defeat. >> o'donnell: joining me by telephone from outside amman jordan is the