News Wrap: CIA, Special Ops launch drone campaign against Islamic State

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• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  President Obama secured a major victory today on the Iran nuclear deal. A 34th Senate Democrat came out in favor, enough to uphold a presidential veto of any attempt to reject the agreement.

  Maryland's Barbara Mikulski provided the 34th vote, and called the deal — quote — "the best option available to block Iran from having a nuclear bomb."

  But on CNN's "Amanpour," Secretary of State John Kerry called for even more support.

  JOHN KERRY, Secretary of State: Well, obviously, 34 votes are enough votes for the president's veto to be able to be upheld. But we're not — that's not the way we're approaching this. We want anybody and everybody hopefully to be able to vote for it. We're going to continue to try to persuade people up until the last moment.

• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  It would take at least 41 senators to block a Republican resolution of disapproval from coming to a vote. Republican leaders said today that they will go ahead with the debate next week.

• GWEN IFILL:

  Another day, another swing for Wall Street, this time to the upside. Investors came to the market in a buying mood a day after the latest sell-off. The Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 290 points to close above 16350. The Nasdaq rose 114 points, and the S&P 500 added 35.

• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  The CIA and U.S. special operations forces have launched a drone campaign against Islamic State leaders. The Washington Post reports drones are being used for targeted killings inside Syria. The effort marks a substantial increase in the CIA's overall role in the Syrian conflict.

• GWEN IFILL:

  In Iraq, masked men dressed in military uniforms kidnapped 18 Turkish construction firm workers in Baghdad. The kidnappers stormed a site at a sports complex early this morning, as the workers were sleeping. Turkish officials said the Turkish workers were separated out from the rest and taken away.

• TANJU BILGIC, Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman (through interpreter):

  At this stage, it is difficult to comment on why this kidnapping happened or the motive behind it. We are in touch with the Turkish construction company. We have learned that, among the 18 people kidnapped, there were 14 workers, three engineers and one accountant. Of course we will continue to follow the issue.

• GWEN IFILL:

  There was no claim of responsibility, but suspicion fell on Islamic State forces. Turkey recently began airstrikes against the militants in Syria.

• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  The state of California moved today to post crucial data on police and the public online. A new Web site displays the number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, as well as suspects who die during arrests or in custody. According to the data, the state had 685 in-custody deaths annually between 2005 and 2014, and an average of 10 police officers were killed on the job every year from 1980 to 2014.

• GWEN IFILL:

  President Obama closed out his three-day visit to Alaska today by putting a spotlight on the lives of native groups. He visited a village where he got a firsthand look at local salmon fishing. He also hoped to highlight how the warming climate is destabilizing native communities.

• JUDY WOODRUFF:

  And one of the last two survivors of the great San Francisco Earthquake has died. Ruth Newman was just 5 years old, living on a ranch north of the city, when the quake hit in 1906. The violent shaking touched off fires that raged unchecked for days. Much of the city was destroyed, and more than 1,000 people died. Her family says that Ruth Newman passed away in late July. She was 113 years old.