coast. we welcome our viewers from around the world joining us. >> we're glad to have you as well. we begin this morning with the u.s. mission in iraq, warplanes and drones carrying out another series of airstrikes against isis fighters in the northern part of the country. >> the four strikes killed 16 members of the terror group firing on the yazidi group in the mountains. tens of thousands of refugees fled into the mountain range fear for their lives. on saturday, president obama made it clear that the military action could go on for months, that the u.s. needs to work with allies to help iraq create a unified government. >> we can connect airstrikes but ultimately there is not an american military solution to this problem. there's going to have to be an iraqi solution that america and other countries and allies support. >> so those are the military and the political responses and

action. let's talk about the humanitarian aid. 3 cargo planes dropped about 3800 gallons of water, more than 16,000 meals and a short time ago the british royal air force made its first drop. a u.n. official says that's not enough for the estimated 40,000 minority yazidis hiding there in sinjar. one of those refugees says -- it's a dire situation, most people considered a crisis. he says it's a catastrophe. he tells cnn he counted as many as 1,000 bodies a are as he fled trying to escape. >> anna coren joins us live from erbil, rake. what are you seeing in terms of the refugees and where they are able to go? >> reporter: here in erbil which is the capital of kurdistan in

northern iraq we have hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled here, religious minorities, christians who have come for safety. fleeing this advance very fast advance from isis. obviously, they have got word that they were coming to their town and that the isis extremists either said you convert to our form of islam or face slaughter. so there are hundreds of thousands of people in the capital living in abandoned construction sites, in churches, anywhere they can find some shelter. but for the people stuck on mt. sinjar, the yazidis, religious minority sect, they are, as you say, in a situation which was described as a catastrophe. they have been up there for days without food, without water, without shelter. you have to remember it's hot.

over 100 fahrenheit so these people are stuck, you know, out in the top of this mountain in this extremely brutal heat, and people are dying. dozens are dying. and as victor said, there is that firsthand account from someone saying that there were more than 1,000 bodies that he passed. what we understand from the airstrikes that have been taking place, is that has allowed these kurdish forces to access a road up to mt. sinjar so thousands managed to escape and flee toward syria. we understand that there are people getting off mt. sinjar. this is a big place. we believe there are 40,000 people trapped there who fled their homes with these militants coming. so, it's still dire, it's still a huge humanitarian problem. obviously, the u.s. has conducted three aid drops action

now the british air force has conducted another one. so, you know, this is continuing, this is an ongoing problem. but for now the crisis is still unfolding. >> the word desperate is used so often it becomes commonplace. you look at that video, that is true desperation. people falling to their death out of hunger and thirst. anna coren for us from erbil, thank you. >> let's talk about this with professor peter neumann, director of the international center for the study of radicalization at kings college in london. more about isis. >> and we're joined by lieutenant general mark hertling and he can tell us about the military response thus far. general, to you first. we heard over the recent weeks we heard it from president obama yesterday, no boots on the ground, no troops on the ground in iraq. but we heard from former british defense secretary liam fox that the u.s. and u.k. should not

rule out anything in responding to isis. is there a red line at which even you would say that most people who can make this decision would say we now have to go in? there have to be troops in iraq? >> well, i'm not going to be the political decision maker on this, victor, but it is a great question, it is certainly a humanitarian crisis. i think the options that the president has laid out right now are the best right now. we're continuing to observe, assess and he's decided a few things and that cycle will repeat itself and we'll act. but i think the actions of the last few days provided some relief to the yazidis on top of mt. sinjar. it has provided some ability for the peshmerga, the kurdish army in the north to regain balance and perhaps plan for ways forward in the near future. but we can't do this for the

iraqi government. we cannot insert ourselves again. this is their sovereign territory and they have asked us to leave, providing some help right now. that's exactly what we're doing. so, i think as the government understands that they have to care for all of their people and they get the right political leaders in, there may be options in the future but only time will tell. >> professor neumann as the general said, the iraqis, and the president said, the iraqis have to take care of this politically themselves and try to quell some of that unrest. they obviously aren't able to do it without u.s. or any other intervention. but how do you -- how do you form a government amid this kind of violence? how do you form a government in iraq as the president called for yesterday, that can be seen as legitimate if you don't have elections? >> well, there were elections in

iraq in april and prime minister al maliki is tech incomely only the caretaker prime minister. it's important to understand that part of the reason why isis is so popular and why isis is able to hold onto territory in the sunni areas, is not because isis is isis, it's because isis stands against the shiites represented by prime minister al maliki who has systemically disenfranchised the sunnis so isis is riding on the tailcoats of this anti-shiite feeling in iraq. so the coup and the key to achieving victory over isis is to really create an inclusive government in iraq that is able to attract the sunnis again and that will loosen the alliance between the sunnis and isis, it's so important right now that the focus is on that political aspect, because ultimately, any

military effort will not be able to fix that political discrepancy that has given rise to isis. >> but how do you solidify that political regime amid the violence that's there? >> yeah, it's very, very difficult. and the american government has to bring all its influence and power to bear, it's very clear that even within al maliki's coalition they are now cracks, not everyone believes that he is a man of the future. and it would really be important as a symbol but also in terms of substance, for a new person to take over, who can reset relationships with the kurds and with the sunnis and make a new start in iraq which is really what is necessary. >> general, israel has faced international pushback because of the high number of civilian deaths and they say it's because their enemy is fighting amid densely populated areas, we know

1.8 million people there in gaza. is the u.s. facing the same proposition with its fight it's taking against isis? are they as well fighting from these densely populated areas or do we know that yet? >> there are certainly some densely populated areas in the north, victor. there are five of the largest iraqi cities are in the northern part where isis is gained control. five of the nine largest cities. one of the things i think is interesting we keep coming back to the requirements for the united states and as i heard one of your early reports talking about what is going to happen from europe. i'd like to bring a third source in. where are the islamic leaders, the moderate islamic leaders in this fight? this should not fall on the west to solve. and as the professor pointed out so ably there, this is a islamic challenge, and we need the leadership in that part of the world, too, because isis is a relatively small minority of

people. it's less than 10% of this extremist population which is even further lesser percentage of the entire islamic world. islam is a very peaceful religion yet we don't see isl islamic leaders stepping up saying we have to take care of our people. there are catastrophes, what can we do. this is going on all over the middle east as you pointed out, it's the same issue going on in gaza between gaza -- hamas and israel. >> peter, i want to put that question to you but something that we teased in the last hour, you've got about 45 seconds here, hopefully you can get them both in. my question is following up on something the president said on thursday night, is that the u.s. can also lead through diplomacy and through economic strength. help us understand that. are there governments that have direct influence over isis or is there another read of that suggestion from the president? >> well, i think diplomatically it's very important for the u.s.

to mobilize countries that are in the region, and to some extent are threatened by isis, countries like jordan for example, which is very strong ally of america, but also countries with money. countries in the gulf, countries like saudi who clearly feel threatened by isis now, who may have supported not the governments but individuals within these countries, may have supported isis in the past, not realizing the monster that they now have created. so it's important for these countries to really be very tough on some of the individuals within their countries, giving money to isis and groups like that. >> actually think you answered both of those there. peter, thank you so much. >> yes. and general, thank you to you as well. we appreciate you both, gentlemen. >> breaking news overnight a top nascar driver under investigation after running over a fellow driver on a dirt car

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statement from a spokesman for tony stewart saying quote a tragic accident took place last night during a sprint car race in which tony stewart was participating. a fellow com at the time ter lost his life. we're still attempting to sort through the details and we appreciate your understanding during this difficult time. >> bleacher report ra shan ali is here. there are two facts in it. tony was driving, he is unhurt. a driver was killed. >> no responsibility though. >> no connection but witnesses say tony stewart spun out kevin ward jr., then ward got out of his car and was walking toward tony stewart's car hen he was hit. now the car may have slid down the track and of course he was taken to the hospital via ambulance where he was pronounced dead. the ontario county new york sheriff says the driver was

taken to the hospital as stated. he was cooperative, tony stewart, but visibly upset. he was questioned and then released. so that is the update right now. >> and this driver, you lube at that face. how old is he? >> 20 years old. from his website said he started racing cars or go cars at 4 and had a passion for the sport. so more details of course will come out about kevin ward jr. so a very, very tragic situation. ongoing investigation. >> but he got -- do i understand right, he got out of the car and tried to flag tony down? >> right. to sort of confront him. that's what we're getting because he spun him out so he was upset like hey, what are you doing, why did you do that. then tony's car clipped him. >> there is some video, but you can't tell from the framing whether tony was on the inside and then went closer to him, or if he even tried to you know,

avoid him. because it's an ongoing race. >> and it's a dirt track. and that's not easy to maneuver. >> having driven on a dirt track they can be slippery. we don't know the weather conditions the evening before that track but it could have been slippery. so of course we're going to learn more once the sun comes up on the east coast and people start to investigate. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> the operation will continue. strong words and there are more today from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who warns the conflict is far from over. >> we're taking you live to jerusalem for the latest. ♪ nervous whitening will damage your teeth? introducing new listerine® healthy whitetm. it not only safely whitens teeth, but also restores enamel. lose the nerves, and get a healthier, whiter smile that you'll love. listerine® healthy whitetm. power to your mouthtm! hello! i'm a kid. and us kids have an important message for our grown ups.

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is warning the crisis is far from over. he says and i'm quoting here, the operation will continue, this will go on for a continuous period of time, we need to relate to this with steadfastness and unity until we completed the mission. unquote. >> benjamin netanyahu's words come as the clock ticks on hamas's ultimatum. they want israel to meet their demands or prepare for an escalation of violence and rocket attacks. sarah is monitoring the developments on the ground in jerusalem. sarah, we also heard from the defense minister that israel is not prepared to negotiate if these rockets don't stop coming

from gaza. does that also mean an end to even the humanitarian cease-fires of 24-48 hours we've seen? >> reporter: at this point, yes. i mean the 72-hour cease-fire has been over for some time now. and we have seen firing on both sides, initially the cease-fire broken by rockets coming out of gaza. a couple came out and then over the weekend about 100 rockets have been fired according to the israeli military. so at this point and we're hearing also from the palestinians, the head of the palestinian delegation who says that basically israel doesn't have a right to stop these negotiations with preconditions, and that if they do not come to cairo today to resume talks, that the palestinians will be leaving there, the negotiating team will leave and coming back to speak with leaders back here, so what you're really seeing is a breakdown of the cease-fire at this point, very bad news for the humanitarian situation there

in gaza. though i have to say that if you look at what we've been seeing from both sides as far as the number of rockets and the number of airstrikes happening there, in gaza, it feels like this war is going into a slow burn where you have a low intensity war, at least that's what we've been seeing over the weekend. but not a complete stoppage. about seven rockets according to the idf have been shot toward israel from gaza since midnight and they have hit the israeli military about 20 targets inside gaza today. >> so sara, how further equipped is hamas to continue this? is there any gauge? >> reporter: there is a gauge. the israeli military has initially said they believe there are probably had about the capability of about 10,000 rockets or so there. they believe that about 3,000 have been taken out while they were taking out the tunnels, and such from the strikes. and then if you look at the numbers also from hamas itself,

there have been more than 3,000, 3300 or so fired, so if you look at those numbers and believe those numbers, it appears they only have a few thousand left. three or four thousand left coming from israel's look at what they think. you have to remember that there are other factions in gaza like islamic jihad which also fires rockets though they seem to have some of the shorter range rockets, not the ability to attack tel aviv. but they have significantly been hit when it comes to the amount of munitions that they still have there in gaza. that is for sure. >> sara, so appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you. this has been a really tragic year for the aviation community. start with mh-370 through 17 now and now a plane crash in iran has left dozens dead and sending rescue workers to the hospital. we'll tell you what's happening there. >> plus, an unarmed teen in

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bottom of the hour. grateful for your company. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. five things you need to know. >> one, new airstrikes, air drops in iraq. the u.s. hitting isis militants four times yesterday. this group is also responsible for forcing tens of thousands of

yazidis to hide in the mountains near sinjar. the u.s. and british air force dropped food and water to the refugees. >> two, 48 people are dead in iran after a plane crashed at the tehran airport. local reports say the passenger plane crashed shortly after takeoff. everyone was killed and burned several people on the ground. five rescue workers had to be taken to a hospital. >> three, nascar driver tony stewart under investigation for a deadly crash during a dirt track race. this was instate new york. another competitor was walking on the track when he was hit. officials say stewart is fully cooperating with the ongoing crash investigation. >> let's go to missouri now. this is four, police are investigating the death of a teen there after he was shot and killed by police saturday. witnesses say 18-year-old mike brown was unarmed when he was

stopped by a cop car and told to walk on the sidewalk. after a heated exchange brown was reportedly shot even after he showed his hands to the officer. investigators are expected to release more details about the case later today. >> five, fire crews say residents near the -- in oregon i guess i should say, can return to their homes after the rowana was brought to 60% containment. across the south today there's a lot of rain in the forecast. including some flood watches across the carolinas, into georgia. it's going to get nasty. jennifer gray sin the cnn weather center with the rest of your forecast. good morning. >> good morning to you. we are going to see a lot of rain again in the southeast. from savannah, georgia all the way up to the carolinas, just as you said including raleigh. we have flood watches in effect for today. so do expect heavy rain, the occasional thunderstorm as well.

we're looking at anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of rain around nashville, from 2 to 4 inches of rain along the coast in south carolina, and isolated amounts even higher, we're even looking at 2 fo to 4 inches of rain in the florida panhandle. so nasty weather across portions of the southeast for today. we're going to be dealing with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the southeast, very nice weather, though, on the other hand in the northeast, pleasant weather in the pacific northwest. however, that is not good news for the fires you were just speaking of. we are still going to be dealing with that very dry, very hot air, so firefighters up in that region still battling those blazes, still very hot and dry of course in the southwest as well. we are going to see some of the scattered showers continue, though, across portions of the rockies. >> impacting a lot of people here in the u.s. jennifer gray, thank you so much.

the big story we're watching from the middle east this cries is in iraq. we now about airstrikes from the u.s. iraqi officials tell cnn that isis is ramping up recruiting efforts to build up forces. >> the primary target is young sunni men. isis is also trying, though, to get western women to join the fight. not just for martyrdom but for marriage. cnn's stephanie elam has more. >> reporter: there's leaning in and then there's arming up. >> the idea that women can be involved in jihad is something that people still don't take as seriously as they should. >> reporter: women around the world are now taking part in jihad, in nigeria, syria, and now in america. the number of women willing to give their lives to terrorist extremists experts say increasing over the last ten

years. >> we've seen western women going to jihad in syria for about a year and a half now. >> why now? experts believe terror group organizers count on women from europe, canada and the u.s. to get past terrorism intelligence agencies. >> it's western women, they come with their western passports, they are going to fall under a radar screen. majority of the women are going to go to be traditional wives. >> reporter: that's not always the case. take shannon conolly. the 19-year-old is charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. she reportedly fell in love with an isis fighter on line and allegedly was on her way to join him in syria before officials picked her up in april. >> she was interviewed, no fewer than nine times before her arrest by the fbi because she was scoping out a local church. >> reporter: her attorney had no comment. many of these women are radicalized at home, seduced on the internet. >> how are they appealing to western women? >> you don't have to convince that many if somebody spams

millions of people, you only need a certain number that are going to respond to that. >> reporter: the scariest of prospects are the lone wolves, people acting on their own like in england. the king's college student dropped out of school just before graduation and tried to assassinate a member of the british parliament for supporting the iraq war. >> she was not radical. she didn't talk about jihad. she downloaded 100 sermons. >> women some well known are also using twitter to recruit new members from the west. >> like one of the premiere female jihadis. she is british and the one that keeps calling to women around the world especially women in the western countries to come and join the global jihad. >> they think they are doing something good for their community or people. >> a darker side of the fairer sex now wanted around the world. stephanie elam, cnn,

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leanna harris since a judge denied bond for her husband justin ross harris. he's pleaded not guilty charges for the death of their son cooper. cooper died in june after being left in this sweltering suv for seven hours, both parents say it was an accident. however, in this victim impact questionnaire sent to leanna harris by the district attorney and released by her attorney, harris listed herself as the victim. >> she's a victim of -- she lost a child, she is a victim of public perception thinking that she had smog smg to do with it. >> lawrence zimmerman says accusations she plotted to kill her son based on her perceived lack of emotion left her with no confidence in society. >> is she supposed to be publicly emotional? is that how people are supposed to react to tragedy in their life? i don't think there is a right way to react to tragedy. >> what about the testimony from

detective during her husband's hearing. >> in front of witnesses all of a sudden she states ross must have left him in the car. she had him sit down and she starts going through this and looksal at him like well, did you say too much. >> in a statement harris writes ross was a wonderful father and loved cooper with all of his heart. because i know how he treasured that little boy for 22 months i know without a doubt he would never have knowingly allowed harm to come to our son. i want you to know what a loving father he was to cooper. and then there are those accusations ross harris was septembering messages as cooper suffered in the heat. >> he was having up to six different conversations with different women. the most common term would be sexting. photos of his exposed penis being sent. >> leanna harris writes whatever issues that transpired in our marriage is between god and us, for he will judge those moral sins. >> eventually there willing the

right time and the right place for her to possibly speak publicly if that's what she wants to do. but certainly not yet. >> is it something she wants to do? does she want to speak out and say here is the truth? >> i think anybody who is being cast in a false light or negative light maybe that's the better word, but always want to defend themselves. someone called you out on something you would want to defend yourself. because she is in the public eye this way, you know, it's hard for her to do that. >> why is it now the time? if the truth is the truth today it will be the truth during a trial or after trial why not tell the truth now? >> because she is not only dealing with the loss of her child, her husband, and grieving and trying to get her life back in order, she's also concerned that district attorney's office may try to level a charge

against her. >> does your client expect charges? er. >> hoping that the district attorney office is looking at her as a victim of a crime since she lost her child, that that's a sign that they are not going to charge her. >> but in a statement to cnn a spokeswoman writes we are required by the crime victims bill of rights to send those forms to all victims or victims' next of kin and it's standard procedure in the cobb county district attorney's office to do so. regardless of charges zimmerman says harris is holding on to at least one long term plan. >> she wanted to have another child i think. anybody who loves children would want more children. of course. >> and we know that cooper would have turned two years old on august 2nd. and lawrence zimmerman tells me that leanna harris went to the cemetery there to mourn her child. >> at the end of the day that child, i mean, as a parent you

cannot help but mourn regardless of anything that's out there, regardless of what anybody is saying, you love your child. >> she says in that survey that -- the questionnaire, that she now is in grief counseling and she expects it to last the rest of her life. we'll continue to follow that story. >> we will. also this morning following the violence in ukraine. it appears to be getting worse. vie president joe biden has a stern warning for russia. in new york state, we're changing the way we do business, with startup ny. we've created tax free zones throughout the state. and startup ny companies will be investing hundreds of millions of dollars in jobs and infrastructure. thanks to startup ny, businesses can operate tax free for 10 years. no property tax. no business tax. and no sales tax. which means more growth for your business, and more jobs. it's not just business as usual. see how new york can help your business grow, at startup.ny.gov

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the ukrainian president say any russian action even for humanitarian purposes would be a violation of international law, unless russia gets the formal authorization of the ukraine government first. >> those words come as a pro-russian rebel leader says they are ready for humanitarian cease-fire to bring aid but would quote fight to the death to protect their territory. cnn's will ripley is live from kiev. good to see you today. what can you tell us about the situation on the ground there right now? >> reporter: good morning, christi and victor. the situation on the ground is not good for the people who are caught in the middle of all of this. the people of eastern ukraine who had to deal with days of very intense fighting. in luhansk, 12 1/2 miles from the border with russia, people have been cut off for eight days

completely so you're talking no power, no water, no communications, their cell phones aren't working. food and medical supplies can't get in. very critical situation. those people are going to be in need of some help in the coming days, but getting help to them, that seems to be the key question here in kiev where everybody acknowledges that the people need help but they can't seem to agree how to get it to them. you talked about russia and john kerry's stern warning to the russian foreign minister saying if russia were to cross into ukrainian soil you der the guise of a peacekeeping mission there is concern here that peace keeping could mean russia trying to keep a piece. so then again you have the ukrainian forces saying they are open to an international humanitarian aid convoy but insisting that the convoy would have to be escorted by the ukrainian military and rebels would have to allow the ukrainian military into their territory and lay down arms,

something the rebel forces are saying they are not willing to do, so you have all of this back and forth and you have days now where these people don't have access to their basic human needs. a very critical situation on the ground. >> part of what we do essentially is taking these world events and putting them into something we can relate to. i relate this to someone saying to another person, don't cross that line, and then they cross it, and then you say well, don't cross the next line and they cross it again. because you didn't do anything when they crossed the first time. so john kerry's words, even samantha powers saying at the u.n. it would be invasion of ukraine. you put up that map, crimea's already gone. donetsk gone. so what is the reception there in ukraine to these stern warnings from the u.s. to russia? >> well, you know victor, just by talking to people who live in this country, there is a lot of uncertainty and a lot of fear. people are afraid for their

future, for their family's future, afraid for the future of their country because they don't know what's going to happen. that's how volatile things are on the ground right now. and imagine that just less than a year ago ukraine where i'm standing now was a quiet, relatively peaceful eastern european country where people went about their lives. there were some concerns about government corruption but for the most part people could go to work, come home, westbound their families, turn on the lights, the television, just like a family would do in the u.s. or many countries in the world. they can't do that now because of what is happening on the ground. very frightening, very sad for these people. >> will, thank you for letting us know. >> thank you, will. let's talk about this heartbreaking choice in iraq. you stay and risk being killed, or run off and possibly face the same fate of death. we'll have a deeper look at the people here, the yazidi minoritity who rushed into the

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group now, isis. who are the yazidis and why are they targeted. we are joined by producer for more. this is something i think a lot of people, a sect that a lot of people are hearing about for the first time with this ascent to sinjar. what do we know? >> the yazidis is a complex religion. as somewhat of a secretive sect passed on. you can't convert to become yazidi. you have to be born into a family. you cannot even marry into a yazidi family. it means worshiper of god so they worship one god but also seven angels. and they -- the enemies call them devil worshipers which is why they haven't been give at any choice to say would you rather convert or pay a tax. there is only one choice. we want you dead. and just to hear how dire their

plight is, let's listen to this. >> isis is looking for the christians, yazidis and all of the sects. we're in a poor situation. we're sleeping in streets. >> we're living in tragic conditions. no one is opening a door for us. we have no food and nothing to drink. we are displaced people. people are ill. elderly man died yesterday. i don't know what else to say. >> as you put it what is the choice? you stay on top of sinjar, and you die of dehydration, they say it's maybe one meal a day. some kind of aid. or, you risk going down and death. it really is horrific for these people and historically the yazidi have been persecuted. it's christians, and what we're hearing from the pope saying i am sending a group of people

under the cardinal to see what's happening. just to at least show some solidarity. the sector of christians are in community with the russian orthodox church. >> how big, when we talk about the yazidis how big is that population? >> we're looking at under a million, and around 500,000 in iraq. and continuing, and you know again, we're seeing aid and by the way i said the russian orthodox church i mean the roman catholic church. and the syrians have been persecuted. the the cheldians, have been persecuted so what happens now, does the pope's visit do something? i want to read you a tweet from the pope. what he's saying is that those driven from their hopes in iraq depend on us, i ask all to pray and for those who are able to

give material assistance. so i can only be certain that people all around will be praying in churches today. and interesting enough, sinjar mountain is the resting place or supposedly the resting place of noah, so let us hope it doesn't become the resting place for too many more yazidis. >> thank you so much. >> next hour of your "new day" starts now. good morning to you. i hope the day has been good to you so far. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. this is "new day sunday." >> we want to start with you in iraq. we were just talking, u.s. war drones, warplanes rather and drones i should say, carried out another series of airstrikes against isis fighters in the northern part of the country. >> 16 members of the terror group were killed. isis has been targeting members of the yazidi religious group

forcing tens of thousands into the mountains in fear for their lives. on saturday president obama made it clear the military action could go on for months. >> let's talk about the humanitarian aid. three cargo planes escorted by fighter jets dropped about 3800 gallons of water and more than 16,000 ready to eat meals last night. a short time ago as well the british royal air force made its first drop but a u.n. official says that's not enough for the estimated 40,000 minority yazidis hiding from isis fighters on that mountain. >> let's talk more about this crisis with lieutenant general mark hertling. >> we're also joined by global affairs analyst and writer for the daily beast kimberly dozier. kimberly, i want to bring up an article that you wrote recently or co-wrote in the daily beast last month. you said that isis is emerging as such a major draw for the new generation of jihadis that it's

challenging the old al qaeda leadership for prestige, personnel and funding. how strong do you believe isis truly is? >> well, intelligence officials say it is one of the scariest developments they have seen in a decade. isis is becoming a major draw for militants across the region, and now that the u.s. is targeting them with airstrikes unfortunately this means they graduated to the militant big leagues. they have become powerful enough to be a threat to the great satan as the u.s. is referred to by jihadist groups, we're seeing the results of that. they are becoming a draw for more and more young men across the area. >> general, we heard -- we have heard, rather, over the past couple days concerns about mission creep, actually since the advisers were sent in. congressman ellis articulated that moments ago. we had an expert on this morning

who said that that's something we should watch for as this mission changes. is mission creep inevitable here as this goes on for months? >> well, victor, we're going to have to continue to reassess over and over again. i keep hearing this term mission creep and i don't think it's been defined quite well. there's a lot of people who are afraid of it and they don't know what it is. but i think general austin has a very good view of what's going on in northern iraq. he has been the guy placed in charge of this. he is very familiar with the area. he spent many years of his life in iraq so i think the directives by the president now as he restated yesterday has very firm constraints and restraints on the military options, and again, this is a situation that cannot be won by the military alone. there's got to be other aspects of this, diplomatic piece, the economic piece, the international messaging piece, all of these things are part of the power which will eventually

resolve this situation. it cannot be military alone. so that's a long way around answering your question. i'm sorry for that but you can't define mission creep very easily in this situation. we'll continue to i'm sure the military and the government will continue to reassess on a daily basis what's going on and the protecting of american citizens and the stopping of humanitarian disasters are two things on the mind of the military commanders in the area. >> one of the things that has come up a lot in the last week or so a lot of people asking how much did president obama, the administration, the intelligence community, know about isis' strength early on? and the president addressed that yesterday when he was asked, did you underestimate this group and he said that isis did move more rapidly than they had expected so. my question to you is how much confidence do you put in the intelligence community moving forward based on what we know? >> you've got to look at it from

their perspective. they were studying isis in syria before isis crossed the border in an area of ungoverned space that was being pretty much unwatched, then they joined with members of the former iraqi military, their intelligence and top generals. so that has strengthened isis added to their ability to move like an army. they picked up weapons from iraqi army depots they have overrun. that's why you've got their strengthening force, getting stronger as the weeks go on. with u.s. airstrikes we hear that they are becoming one of the most popular groups in the area so getting new recruits among the sunnis in iraq and beyond. so, you're only going to see this pick up pace. one of the things that they may have made a mistake on is giving the u.s. this example of these yazidis, this ethnic group

caught on a mountaintop. that made it much easier for the white house to explain to the american people here's a black and white clear case of people in need that we can help. and now they put in place a situation of airstrikes that could go on for some time. we could be seeing this the next year or so and that will strengthen iraqi and kurdish forces on the ground. >> general, help us better understand the resources that isis has. we know these airstrikes are coming from the fa-18s. if additional resources are sent to iraq do they have anti-aircraft weaponry? what do they have? >> i don't want to go into the operational considerations for two reasons. we don't want to tip our hand and secondly i don't know them all. i think as kimberly mentioned we knew a lot of what was going on. recently retired last week lieutenant mike flynn briefed

congress on this back in january saying isis was growing in strength. i think talking to what kim perly said, their primary resource is people. they have co-opted a lot of the sunni tribesmen early on. you'll begin to see splits now that they have continued with such horrific actions. and it's not only against the yazidis but some of the films coming out showing multiple large scale genocide, murders of former iraqi security forces which they are very proud of. some of these young men that they are killing and putting on films are sons of the tribes of northern iraq. i think while it was a marriage of convenience early on, the former baathist, this group is even too rough for them. you're going to continue to see splits automatic a lot more dehaddies from other parts of the world. this is a complex situation.

the military part of this is only one way to involve it. there's got to be a formed government effort to address this and as i said during the last hour there's got to be some islamic leaders standing up and saying we have to stop this kind of violence. we need those leaders to stand up beyond the grand ayatollah, others that need say stop this. >> there's even allegations that cnn has not confirmed but allegations of some horrid brutality against children by isis as well. we thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you both. we need to get to some breaking news in the racing world this morning as well. popular driver tony stewart was in a deadly accident. this was on a dirt track in upstate new york. >> deputies say stewart hit a driver who exited his car during the race and there on the track.

we now have video of the actual incident. walk us through. >> so we do want to warn you that the video could be disturbing so we did edit it a little bit. tony stewart spun out and kevin ward jr. this on the 14th lap. kevin ward jr. was very upset about it and got out of his car, started walking toward tony stewart's car there and we stopped the video shortly before he was clipped. and he was then thrown down the track. he was taken via ambulance to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. just 20 years old. he started racing go carts when he was 4 years old. ontario county, new york sheriff had this to say. >> the driver of that sprint car exited the car, walked into the

track. came down into the racing area, this is while the race was under a yellow flag. a first sprint car swerved to avoid the driver of the car that had walked down into the track. a second sprint car operated by driver tony stewart age 43 of columbus, indiana, struck the operator of the sprint car that was on the track. >> so, as you can see from the video, kevin ward was walking toward tony stewart's car. a spokesman has released this following statement. a tragic accident took place last night, during a sprint car race in which tony stewart was participating, tony was unhurt

but a fellow competitor lost his life. our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends, we're attempting to sort through the details and we appreciate your support. so, that is where we are that the time. >> and you know it's difficult as the sheriff there said that the first car tried to avoid him. we don't know because of the framing of the shot about tony stewart -- >> did he even see him. >> it's night, wearing a black suit. also you see this is the video we're seeing again, that the car again slides out, he gets out of the vehicle. >> that alone is making me nervous watching this. >> and one car avoids. right. tony stewart you see is attempting to avoid? >> well -- >> we can't tell. because we don't see what happens before that. we can't see if he slid. so there are questions. hopefully there are other angles to get better answers about. the seconds before this accident. >> yes. the sheriff in this case is asking for video from anybody

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for the outside help to do that. >> goodness. thank you to corey stark from our affiliate for the report there. >> so, the mother of an 8-year-old who was tasered by police has filed a lawsuit now. officers were called to a home in pierre, south dakota after the child grabbed a knife and threatened to hurt herself. the lawsuit says when the officers arrived the girl refused to drop the blade. that's when the suit alleges that the officer fired a taser hitting the girl in the chest. the force filled her body with electricity, lifting her off the ground and throwing her against the wall. so mom is suing the city. the police chief at the time says the officer's moves actually helped save that girl's life. >> for the president who campaigned on getting us out of iraq, you cannot argue that president obama is now in a bit of a predicament. >> yeah. the u.s. has dropped bombs on

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22 minutes past the hour. you see the commander in chief took to the links on the first day of his two-week vacation here. the first family out in martha's vineyard for r and r. the golfing buddies and a cousin of valerie jarrett. >> the president also had some tough decisions about iraq last week despite his campaign promise he would end the war he ordered airstrikes against isis militants attacking re lijous minorities. >> erin mcpike has details. >> reporter: in a lengthy exchange with a press on saturday morning president obama made clear that the current situation in iraq will be a long term challenge. as the first family begins its

martha's vineyard vacation, president obama is refusing to set a time table for how long u.s. military action in iraq will need to continue. >> i don't think we're going to solve this problem in weeks, i think this is going to take time. >> reporter: u.s. airstrikes destroyed some isis arms and equipment hoping to stop the militants' advance on the northern iraqi city of erbil. the uss dropped food and water to thousands of a minority group stranded on mt. sinjar. >> the next step complicated low jisically is how do we give safe passage for people down from the mountain. >> reporter: the broader problem, how to contain or destroy the mounting terrorist threat from isis, complicating the issue concerns from some democrats such as congressman keith ellis. i'm weary of mission creep and possibility of being embroiled 18 situation that has no military solution urging the president to seek congressional authorization if military

operations continue. and others like house speaker john boehner approving the current actions but accusing him of lacking a long term strategy for handling the terrorist threat in the region. >> there is no doubt that their advance, their movement over the last several months has been more rapid than the intelligence estimates and i think the expectations of policymakers, both in and out -- outside of iraq. >> reporter: the president insists he won't send american troops to battle on the ground in iraq again and says a solution will only come when iraq form as government that shares power with minority groups. >> this is going to be a long term project. >> reporter: with no end in sight could this cost american taxpayers more in the future. >> we'll have to evaluate what happens over time. >> reporter: both the admission that isis presents a larger threat than the u.s. government and the iraqi government originally anticipated, and that

there is no time table here, could provide ample fodder for his critics in the coming weeks. >> erin mcpike, thank you. >> i want to let you know that we are still gathering information about that tragic death on the racetrack this morning. >> we'll have more for you at the top of the hour. first, sanjay gupta m.d. starts after this quick break.

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