difficult financial literacy tasks. as your teen starts the school year, make sure that in addition to reading and math, they are developing the skills necessary to make sound financial decisions. according to this study, we all have a lot of work to do. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i'll see you next week. hello, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. thank you for spending your holiday weekend with us. first up, lawless in libya. new amateur video appears to show libyan militia fighters jumping into the swimming pool at the u.s. embassy compound in tripoli. what the u.s. ambassador to libya is saying about the bizarre scene and a siege broken in iraq. thousands of people freed from the brutal grip of isis. we'll tell you how the u.s. and its allies pulled together to push back the terrorist group.

a 5-year-old cancer patient is removed from a british hospital by his parents prompting a massive international search. the family is found and now the parents are under arrest. find out why this hour. first up, we begin with the threat of dangerous weather conditions for millions of americans today. people in the plains states and midwest in particular are facing a threat of hail and damaging winds and even a few tornadoes are possible. in the south, they've already seen some very nasty weather. there was flooding in louisiana especially around the lake charles area where they broke a rainfall record. streets, cars and even a bus were flooded. jennifer gray is in the cnn severe weather center. that's a lot of water. you warned of that yesterday. >> we were talking about it yesterday morning. they broke a daily rainfall record in lake charles. 7.87 inches of rain in one day. that's a lot of rain. this is how it played out.

the bulk of the rain fell over the lake charles area. we did see isolated amounts around central louisiana about three to five inches. isolated amounts even four inches and even right outside of new orleans picked up four inches. so depending on where you are, a lot of rain in south louisiana. already starting to fire up once again right around houston. this wall pushed to the east. we have a lot of moisture that's working its way up from the gulf of mexico. that is going to feed a lot of these showers and storms that we're going to be watching in the midwest. yes. that's where our main threat is this afternoon. we're going to be watching minneapolis, omaha, late afternoon hours into the evening hours. not much happening yet. a few showers right around omaha. lightning strikes there. we're also seeing some scattered showers in the northeast and not to d.c. and new york yet. still hanging back to the west but we are seeing some showers around pittsburgh and columbus earlier that are now starting to die off just a little bit. your main threat today is going to be in the midwest. that's large hail, damaging winds, slight possibility of an

isolated tornado. so places like minneapolis, des moines, omaha, you're included in that today. the threat moves to the east tomorrow including chicago, indianapolis, st. louis, kansas city and timing this all out late this evening we are going to see showers and storms fire up in the midwest like we mentioned some could be severe. it will move to the east tomorrow. by tomorrow afternoon and into the evening hours could see some of those storms pop up around chicago. we're also going to see those showers and storms possibly right around new york, boston area as well. just a quick peek at some of our cities for labor day monday. if you happen to have the day off, we'll see stormy weather in places like chicago, houston, and even in new york city and boston. we'll see nice weather in the west and even the pacific northwest. >> not too bad. let's contrast that if we can. if we head to the beach in some of these places, they're not seeing the kind of rain that you show everywhere else. let's go to seaside heights, new jersey, first. doesn't that look great. still as many people today as we saw yesterday, right?

>> it's been jam packed. same again tomorrow. watch out for showers. we could see some storms late today into tomorrow as well. >> santa monica, california, still sunny. look at that. >> can you beat it? i don't think so. gorgeous. >> earlier in the week they had serious waves. >> it's all died down now. rip currents have been a problem and some offshore seas high but nothing else. >> and then back to the east coast. the lovely myrtle beach, south carolina. >> a couple showers there but that's about it. looking good though right now. >> it's been a while since i've been to myrtle beach. i don't remember that kind of boardwalk structure. i guess that's an indicator of how long it's been for me. >> it's time. you should go back. >> i think so. thank you, jennifer. appreciate that. onto alaska now, the problem wasn't the weather but an earthquake that rumbled through overnight. a magnitude 5.1 quake was centered near the fairbanks area. it rattled for about ten seconds but then there were no reports

of injuries or serious damage thankfully. this follows a smaller earthquake that did hit the state earlier this month. and now new images overseas from libya. it appeared to show militia members inside the empty u.s. embassy compound. cnn cannot authenticate this video posted on youtube but it appears to show militia members diving into the embassy pool and having a good time doing it. the u.s. embassy was evacuated last month as militia fighting intensified. the u.s. ambassador to libya, deborah jones, says the images to appear to show a residential annex in the u.s. embassy compound. jones tweeting this. it's lawless in libya now. many evacuated homes have been looted by militias but the u.s. embassy compound is now being

safeguarded and has not been ransa ransacked. now to iraq where there have been some significant gains in the battle against isis terrorists. last night u.s. aircraft launched strikes against isis militants surrounding ethnic minorities and more than two months now this has been going on. a retired iraqi general says the attack helped iraqi troops and volunteer forces break the isis siege. it also allowed u.s., european and australian aircraft to carry out humanitarian aid drops to the town. about 20,000 civilians have been facing severe food and water shortages since the siege began back in june. anna coren joins us now from erbil. residents were evacuated and we saw dramatic imageses from the iraqi ministry of defense showing civilians rushing up to

the helicopters in desperation. describe the scene there. >> reporter: yeah. absolute desperation. that's been the case for the past couple of weeks if not months. as you say, that siege has been under way for two months. hard to really believe. then that call from the united nations special representative for iraq a week ago pleading for international assistance, pleading for iraqi military to really kick into gear and rescue these people. the turkmen shia less than 20,000 of them who have been living without water, power supplies now for weeks. we understand that food and medical supplies are extremely low. so really desperate scenes. obviously the iraqi military able to get in there late this afternoon thanks to u.s. air strikes overnight taking out those key isis positions. those humanitarian aid drops as well. a huge relief. certainly i think the iraqi

military getting in there and opening up the town, freeing them of the siege that they have been under for weeks now just such a huge relief for these people and testament of what can happen when the iraqis work together with the americans and international community to really try and get rid of isis. >> so i guess the hope is there are likely to be newer examples of this kind of cooperation as long as there are u.s. air strikes that will help embolden the iraqi troops? >> yeah, definitely. i think that this serves as a blueprint moving forward. the township is a small place in comparison with the city of mosul, iraq's second largest city which isis sieged back in june and same goes with tikrit.

it's going to be a lot harder to move isis out of these urban areas because of the people, because of just the makeup of the city. the united states just can't come along and conduct air strikes out in the open in these planes and deserts, it's a lot easier to take out vehicles, convoys, artillery. urban situations is a completely different story. they know that. that is why they need not just to get iraqi military involved, but they also need to get the sunni arabs and sunni tribes within these townships that allowed isis to come in to rise up against the isis militants. we're getting reports that people are getting sick and tired of isis. we hear that coming out of mosul. they are tired of the brutal conditions they are live under. we're getting reports that there's a shortage of food, of power. women obviously being forced to

wear the full veil. people are getting sick and tired. from the residents we've spoken to, it's one thing to be frustrated and sick and tired of this. it's another thing to rise up so they need to be that military support to push out isis. >> all right. anna coren, thanks so much in erbil. appreciate that. back in this country as ferguson, missouri, continues to cope with the shooting death of michael brown, another family and community are mourning a similar loss of yet another unarmed young black man. a funeral service was held in los angeles yesterday for a man shot and killed by police on august 11th after allegedly trying to grab an officer's gun. a witness says ford had his hands up and was wrestled to the ground by officers who then shot him. the family's lawyer says he plans to file a federal civil wrongful death lawsuit against

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before the team's home opener. the all-american defensive end made history when he was drafted by the team earlier in the year. the odds were against him from the start because the rams already had strong players at that position. rams head coach jeff fisher says he was pulling for sam but it just didn't work out. >> this is a football decision. mike fit in very, very well. he was fun to be around. he was a good teammate. there was no issue there. and again as i said earlier, i was pulling for him and it didn't work out. it just didn't work out. >> joining me right now on the phone, cnn's rachel nichols, host of "unguarded." rachel, this doesn't necessarily mean the end of sam's professional career, right? he could still be picked up by another team or end up on perhaps a practice squad soon? >> absolutely, fred. and he had until noon today to clear waivers so every team in

the nfl had a chance to pick him up but had to guarantee he would make the team. that didn't happen by noon. now he's a free agent. any team could sign him to their practice squad. that means if through the season a player gets hurt, often times teams will pull up players from the practice squad. an avenue to get more coaching and be with a team and get pulled up to that team during the season. you heard fisher say that he was pulling for sam and he also in the press conference made note and it wasn't for the media or for fans it was to other team gm's around the league, there was no distraction. if someone thought or perceived there was a distraction, they weren't in the building. you should give michael sam a chance if you think he can fit in with your team. don't worry about the other

issues that surround him. he won't cause you any kind of negative reaction inside or outside of the building. in fact, jeff fisher went so far to say what a positive impact michael sam had on their team. >> that's an interesting distinction. you know, i know you haven't had chance to talk with michael sam. nobody has right now. i'm wondering, you know, would this be a case where he would be devastated or is this the kind of likely scenario that all rookies are told could happen? >> absolutely. he knew what he was getting into. he knew that it would be hard to make a team. he knew when he was drafted the rams were stacked at his position and he was trying to break into a tough club there. i think also he is a guy who has been underestimated his entire career. he's gone out and accomplished things that a lot of people didn't think he could accomplish coming out of high school, coming out of college, he built himself into a better football player and people thought for his size he would be a leader that people didn't expect him to be. he's a doer in every sense of

the word. i think he knew this is something he could try to succeed at. after he was cut, he wrote on twitter "the most worthwhile things in life rarely come easy. this is a lesson i have always known. the journey continues." he's trying to get another job somewhere else and i expect him to succeed on other team. >> thank you for joining us. appreciate it. let's now talk nascar. in just a few hours, tony stewart will be back on the racetrack after striking and killing another driver during a dirt race through weeks ago. stewart said this tragedy will affect his life forever. >> this has been one of the toughest tragedies i've ever had to deal with both professionally and personally. this is something that will definitely affect my life forever. this is a sadness and pain that

i hope no one ever has to experience in their life. >> cnn's sports andy is at the speedway. why did tony stewart decide to return to racing this weekend and for nascar to give the green light for him to race this weekend before the investigation into kevin ward, jr.'s death is really even over? >> reporter: tony stewart said on friday that he took three weeks off out of respect for kevinwa kevinwa kevin ward, jr., and his family. he decided to come back in atlanta. he doesn't have a wife and kids. he and the entire stewart-haas family think getting back into a car for tony stewart would help him through this difficult time. >> how about fans and other drivers? how are they reacting? this has been a big race weekend. i see the stands behind you are still empty because racing starts hours from now. overall is there a reaction from

people? >> reporter: there definitely has been. during qualifying, tony stewart received a lot of cheers from fans and hugs from people he hasn't seen while away from the track and fellow drivers. when we heard from them, they were happy to see him back in the car. this is what they had to say. >> to have tony back obviously to be able to communicate with him and talk to him about racing and just seeing him start that first step of getting back to normal as his friend is exciting to me. >> i'm glad to see fans are happy. that's the most important thing. tony is a strong guy. he'll figure it out. >> reporter: and fredricka, tony stewart will start 12th in tonight's race. he needs to win either tonight or in next week's final regular race in the season to make nascar's version of the playoffs. all eyes tonight in atlanta will be on tony stewart. >> will indeed.

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iraqi security forces and volunteers have now broken the siege and retaken a town in central iraq between mosul to the north and baghdad to the south. isis militants had held the town for two months and the people there were desperate for food, water and medical supplies. american air strikes helped pave the way for iraqi troops to retake the town. global affairs analyst kimberly joins me now. does this strengthen power of the iraqi forces exemplify that maybe they can combat isis? >> you know, this is a win. this is a start. it's just that. this was a combination of iraqi military shiite groups backed by iran and kurdish peshmerga working together.

as a ground force they did well. they did have help of the u.s. air force, u.s. drones softening up the target before they went there. they also had u.s. intelligence. you can't underrate that. they have joint operation center in baghdad and up north in erbil and that feeds information to troops on the ground to focus their attacks. >> so certainly you're underscoring the difference here is there's been a coalition at play and that helps emboldened iraqi forces so then the question is for how long can the iraqi forces count on that? if that's what it takes for them to move onto the next town and try to defeat isis, they've got to have the cooperation of a lot of other forces including the u.s. and the peshmerga as you're putting it. >> you see a presence of troops

and intelligence that will be there for at least a year, probably more. you can see the white house trying to build a coalition with other european nations so that they don't bear the brunt of this alone but with isis operating in iraq and also in neighboring syria, which is hard for the u.s. to get into right now because they haven't even figured out the legal basis on which they could carry out air strikes in syria or anything else. this becomes the foundation for fighting a group that is sworn to carry out attacks in the u.s. even they they are preoccupied on the ground and it will be a while before they can do that. >> is that something the president has on his calendar this weeke as he heads to the na nato summit? >> he has got to get other

people willing to commit resources inside syria both intelligence and possibly eventually military resources. he also needs his european allies to put pressure on the free syrian army and other militia groups inside syria to try to really get them to build themselves into something that could effectively govern and fill gaps in isis gets defeated. many officials are worried about so we take out isis, what fills the gap? you can't just go into syria and have military operations there without an outcome in mind. >> all right. kimberly dozier, thank you for your insight. appreciate it from washington. when we come back, a live report from another global hot spot, ukraine. the country's president now warning the standoff with russia is getting closer to the point of no return.

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now to ukraine where leaders are giving an ominous assessment of where the standoff with russia is heading. ukrainian president says the crisis inching closer to a full scale war with russia and warns the situation has gotten worse and claims thousands of russian troops have moved into eastern ukrainian towns to back pro-russian rebels in their fight against ukrainian forces. our reza sayah joins us from kiev. some ukrainian troops abandoned their positions in one embattled town all in the effort to protect that southern port city that we talked about yesterday. so tell us more about this. >> reporter: yeah, fred, another sign that pro-russian rebels and separatists are gaining

significant momentum in territory and another sign that ukrainian troops are in deep trouble. the focal point of this conflict is shifting to this very important port city along the coast line where you have just to the east pro-russian rebels bearing down ready to move west and take this town although they haven't decided to do that yet. it was on thursday when in a very surprising and sudden move pro-russian rebels opened up a new front in this region and started moving west. at this hour they're about 10 to 15 miles east of the city and the outskirts of the city you have ukrainian troops that are building fortifications, hunkering down preparing for the fight and behind that line you have the city itself where you have residents very scared, very concerned, hunkering down. some have left the city. if indeed the rebels move west and take this city, the next stop along the coastline is the crimean peninsula.

this is the territory that russia annexed back in march. if they make it all of the way there, the rebels will have established a contiguous land link from the russian border to the crimea peninsula and north of this region you have rebels making progress pushing down and taking territory and ukrainian troops retreating. 28 retreated yesterday. 16 today. our cnn crews in that region saw more ukrainian troops retreat seemingly looking defeated and dejected. >> reza sayah, thank you so much. have you been to the movies lately? if your answer is no, guess what? you're not alone. a lot of folks have not been to the theaters all summer long and it's reportedly costing the movie industry billions. you do a lot of things great.

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why aren't people going to the movies anymore? that's exactly what movie execs are asking. this summer reportedly has been the worst for the industry in 17 years. >> i'm not afraid. >> then come out. >> then you'll be afraid. >> even with the success of this movie, which is on the top ten summer movies list, ticket sales

in the u.s. and canada still dropped 15%. let's look at some of movies on the top ten list. "guardians of the galaxy" number one. "transformers age of extinction" brought in 243 million and then you have "dawn of the planet of the apes" that brought in big numbers but the industry fell short this summer. joining me to discuss this is gill robertson, co-founder and president of the african-american film critics association. there was some expectation there might be a drop in movie going because of online streaming, big tv events like the world cup, but this was a really big dent in movie going. what happened? >> well, like you said, fredricka, there certainly was a

lot more competition that studios have to contend with domestically. you had world cup this year which was an enormous event that took a lot of people away from the theaters. you also have things like online streaming. you have netflix. you have hulu. people are reconsidering where they'll spend their money. there are a number of factors that contributed to the decline in ticket sales this year. >> are some of those factors the content of the movies that are available? too much fantasy? too many sequels this summer? >> you know, perhaps that's a good point. perhaps it's time for the studio system to recognize the baby boomer generation and begin to show more diversity in the types of stories that they are platforming out there and more pictures with women's.

the "twilight" franchise and "frozen" have done well. you know, that would be something that studio executives should consider. >> how concerned is the movie industry? not really. not in a significant way. i mean, this is real cyclical. you have good years and you have bad. all in all -- >> this is just a bad year and not a new trend? this isn't the new reality that people don't want to go to the theater? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. of course, when you factor in international, you know, a lot of films that you mentioned did phenomenal business. for example, the transformers although it only did 250 million domestically, it grossed over 800 million overseas. >> it says something about the american audience then? >> the american audience is dealing with more. there's more competition. there's a lot more coming at the

american consumer. hollywood is going to have to get more creative in terms of delivering product that americans want to consume and want to pay big dollars for. the average price for a movie ticket is almost $15 in some markets. that's a lot of money when you factor in popcorn and everything that comes with going to the movies. >> i know. it's tough for families to go to a movie and experience it all together because you go to a movie and you want snacks. the kids want snacks. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> it all tallies up. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you, fredricka. do parents have the right to choose where their children get medical care? one couple is arrested after moving their cancer stricken son from one hospital to another out of country. that's next in the "newsroom."

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about her mother's condition. thank you for your continued love and support. we're keeping our finger crossed. joan rivers suffered cardiac arrest at a clinic on thursday. melissa rivers says her mother remains in serious condition. do parents have the right to move their sick children from one hospital to another? it might sound like a simple situation but for a british couple, it has turned into something a lot more complicated. they are now under arrest. brett king and his wife took their 5-year-old son who has brain cancer from the u.k. to france and then to a hospital in spain. then interpol issued a missing person notice. the father then posted a message on youtube. >> we are most disturbed today to find that his face is all over the internet and newspapers

and we've been labeled as kidnappers and putting his life at risk, neglect. >> so cnn's international desk editor is here. so the parents, they were arrested after that video was picked up. because charges are allegation is they shouldn't be moving a terminally sick child from one hospital to another without the doctor's consent. is that what it boils down to? >> it's a lot of he said/she said. the investigators are looking into this. the medical professionals have their perspective and the parents have as much say in this. the people working on the case, medical professionals and detectives say the kid is ill. he has a medical condition. he can't be moved and he requires constant care and doing this -- >> is this a case where the parents say we don't like the

attention, medical attention he's getting so we want to move to another place to get what they are hoping is going to be better medical attention? >> that's exactly what they're saying. they wanted their son to receive a treatment that wasn't allowed to them or granted to them at that hospital according to what parents are saying. they felt they needed to move their son outside of the country to receive that treatment though medical professionals in britain say we went through some of the options. we just didn't think that treatment would have been helpful given the kind of cancer that this 5-year-old child had. >> so now what? parents under arrest. are they in custody? are they with their child? are they facing charges? what's happening? >> right now according to what we've heard from spain, the british police are in spain about to question the parents and then also the spanish news agency has come out saying that the parents are set to appear before spain's high court

tomorrow. on monday. so in terms of the specific charges, authorities have not detailed those as of yet but there could be anything according to what the spanish news agency is saying potentially cruelty but who knows. at this point it's speculation. we don't have those specific facts to go off of. >> it's a remarkable story. i think a lot of people can relate and put themselves in the family's shoes to figure out what's the right thing to do here. >> absolutely. if you look at it from both sides, both sides are trying to help and that's the thing. it's for the good of the child but they have two different ways of wanting to do that. >> all right. thank you for bringing that to us. appreciate it. several other big stories that we're watching that are crossing the cnn news desk right now. a tragic start to the labor day weekend at a beach in oregon. a 9-year-old girl was killed when a hole she was digging caved in.

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an 8-year-old boy might well be called brother and athlete of the year for finishing a triathlon with his disabled brother. this inspiring story of brotherly has taken off on twitter and youtube with more than 72,000 views. our affiliate has more. >> we're a very active family. we love to run and bike and stuff and we want him to be a part of that. >> the family heard about the ymca kids club program and a kids triathlon and that's when noah had an idea. >> can i do that? he said i want to do this with

my brother. that's where the idea was born and after that i think the next day we started training. >> we're in the triathlon club. >> running, biking and swimming together to get ready. 8-year-old noah pushing and pulling his brother with him. >> he's going to be happy that he did the race. >> when the big day game, team lucas house was ready to roll. noah was nervous. >> they'll start with a 200 meter swim. >> we have this cord thing that goes around me and snaps to a raft that lucas is in and i just swim. >> and swim he did as hard as he could with his brother in tow. >> then we bike and i'm going to be pulling lucas.

>> noah pulled his brother for three miles. no easy feat for an 8-year-old. >> they'll transition to the run. >> i'll be pushing lucas. >> it was exhausting. an incredible show of strength and love for his little brother and then it the part everyone was waiting for. the finish line. >> extraordinary! >> noah and lucas felt the thrill of that finish. and so did this emotional mom and dad. >> good job, noah. i'm so proud of you. >> wow. he is a brother and athlete of the year. our thanks to our affiliate ktvb for that story. our next hour of the "cnn newsroom" starts right now. hello, again. i'm fredricka whitfield. thank you so much for sharing your holiday weekend with us.

scenes of relief and joy after the isis grip on an iraqi town is broken. troops rushed in to rescue people who feared they could be slaughtered at any moment. we're live in iraq next. plus, we're waiting to see if the first openly gay player drafted into the nfl will actually play. michael sam was dropped by the st. louis rams yesterday. will another team pick him up? and it's the challenge that's taken social media by storm. dump a bucket of freezing cold water onto your head in the name of als research. the staggering amount of money raised coming up. first up, fighting isis from the air and ground. the u.s. and its allies pull together to end more than two months of terror for thousands of civilians trapped by isis militants in the town of