who made it calvin clown? i like that shirt, does it come in men's? oh my god, jimmy, i love your hair, you have to tell me where you bought it. that's for you, joan. >> reporter: online, endless notes. christian chenowith -- you made us laugh and happy. bet mid der -- one of the bravest and funniest of all. laverne cox, you brought me a lifetime of laughter. rivers often acted as if her lifetime was no big deal, even in her final performance joking about death. >> like, i could go like that. do you understand how lucky you would be? do you understand you'd have something to talk about for the rest of your life? >> reporter: but she knew what she had done. as she wrote in 2012 for the hollywood reporter, what pleasure you feel when you've kept people happy? there's nothing like it in the world.

>> joan rivers deci died thurse was 81. more ahead straight in the newsroom and it all starts right now. hello again, i'm fredricka whitfield. topping the news, president obama announces he'll address the nation on the isis threat. and lay out his game plan to destroy the terror network. he revealed several key aspects of his strategy today. we'll have details this hour. and u.s. military is already taking action, striking isis targets in iraq. the goal to keep the militants away from a critical dam. the latest on that effort, straight ahead. plus -- the owner of the nba's atlanta hawks says he's selling the team. the reason? an e-mail he sent that he calls, quote/unquote, inappropriate and offensive. we'll tell you what it said coming up.

now to that major announcement from president obama. he's preparing to deliver a speech on wednesday where he'll outline his plan to defeat isis. ahead of that, he's also expected to speak to congress on tuesday. the president said he wants a buy-in from congress on the plan. earlier today on "meet the press" the president gave some idea of what we might hear from him. >> we're not looking at sending in hundred thousand american troops. we are going to be as part of an international coalition, carrying out air strikes in support of work on the ground by iraqi troops, kurdish troops. we are going to be helping to put together a plan for them so that they can start retaking territory that isil had taken over. what i want people to understand, though, over the course of months, we are going to be able to not just blunt the

momentum of isil, we are going to systemically degrade their capabilities, shrink the territory that they control, and ultimately we're going to defeat them. >> so how might this play out for the president this week? erin mcpike joining me from the white house. the president did face a lot of criticism when he said, there was no strategy yet in dealing with isis and syria. and now this announcement. what are the expectations? >> reporter: well, fredricka, one thing we expect to hear over the next week or so, perhaps in that speech, he seek congressional authorization for whatever the strategy becomes with respect to isis in syria? now, many of these members may not want to take a vote before the midterm elections, but president obama may need congressional authorization at least for funding, either way this will be very controversial over the next week. and listen to how he couched that in that interview. >> what i'm going to be asking the american people to understand is, number one, this

is a serious threat, new england two, we have the capacity to dole with. here's how we're going to deal with it. i am going to be asking congress to make sure that they understand and support what our plan is and it's going to require some resources, i suspect, above what we are currently doing. >> reporter: now, we also expect to hear a little bit more about the fine print of the strategy that he will undertake. and we have heard that he wants to put no boots on the ground, no u.s. troops inside syria, but will it require air strikes? also, it's trickier to undertake a mission in syria than iraq now. we have heard from the white house that there have been 143 air strikes in iraq but they have been successful. but little bit different in syria, and how will he couch that? we expect to hear that in a speech this week, fredricka. >> erin mcpike, thanks so much. as president obama said, the u.s. will continue to use air strikes against isis. and today it is doing just that.

the latest round was launched near the haditha dam. iraq's second largest. defense secretary chuck hagel talked about why the dam is so critical. >> if that dam would fall into isil's hands or if that dam would be destroyed, the damage that that would cause would be very significant. and it would put a significant additional and big risk into the mix in iraq, which would also would risk our interests as well. >> more now from baghdad. >> reporter: fred, backed by u.s. air cover and air trikes, iraqi ground forces launched an offensive on sunday morning to regain control of areas around the haditha dam. officials say this is an ongoing operation but they have made some advances, they say, clearing some isis positions in

the region. now, haditha dam is in anbar province, considered to be the sunni heart land, bordering sear yap that's where we saw isis make its first advances earlier in the year in january. it took control of large parts of anbar province, including key cities like fallujah. but the city of haditha and the haditha dam have remained under the control of the iraqi security forces and the sunni tribes in the area. but officials tell us, over recent weeks and months, there have been continuous aterms by isis to try to capture the key dam. trying to do that, they have been targeting the dam, according to officials, using an area, about ten kilometers or six miles west of haditha. and fishes have been really concerned about these attacks which have included more terror attacks, saying that they were worried it could damage the dam and cause flooding in anbar

province and other part of the country and that's why they requested the air support from the u.s. military to try and regain control of that area. it is -- this is really an expansion of the u.s. military operations here as we saw, they've been focused in the northern part of the country and they are now moved to the western part of iraq. yet again, really shifting that balance on the ground in favor of iraqi ground troops. fred? >> thank you so much. back in this country, another nba owner making controversial comments and now losing his team. what the owner of the atlanta hawks said, coming up next. when your favorite food starts a fight fight back fast with tums. relief that neutralizes acid on contact... ...and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum tums! try great tasting tums chewy delights. yummy.

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levenson announced he's voluntarily selling his controlling stake in the team. levenson's self-reported an e-mail he sent to co-owners in 20127 he said he was grappling with low attendance at hawks games and needed to attract more season ticket holders and corporate sponsors. here's part of what he said. saying, quote, i start looking around our arena during games and notice the following, it's 70% black, the cheerleaders are black, the music is hip-hop, at the bars it's 90% black, few fathers and sons at games. my theory is the black crowd scared away the whites and there are not enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base. please don't get me wrong, there was nothing threatening going on in the arena back then. i never felt uncomfortable but i think southern whites simply were not comfortable being in an arena or at a bar where they were in the minority. levenson said, he sent an

unintentional and hurtful message that the hawks' white fans are more valuable than black fans. during the donald sterling scandal in may, levenson tulle told wolf blitzer he cannot be partners with someone who shares views like sterling. listen. >> donald sterling, what he said, i'm his partner, i can't be partners with somebody who shares those views. i was voted into this league by my partners. i can be voted out of this league by my partners. i think i speak for all of my partners when i say, we were all deeply offended, we all quickly spoke out against these words that we heard on that tape. >> rachel nichols, most of "unguarded" has more. >> reporter: well, fred, there's a lot of shock, first of all. i mean, bruce levenson has never publicly been accused of any racist behavior the way donald

sterling repeatedly has been throughout his tenure. you heard him on wolf's show, one of most vocal owners in advocating zero tolerance policy and the need to get sterling out of the league. the idea ta he would be the one in this position now is a big surprise. but regardless, there's no question, that zero tolerance policy is where the nba is right now and this post-donald sterling world. and this e-mail and the way of thinking it represents are completely unacceptable. we don't know at this point the events that led up to levenson's self-reporting the e-mail, but i am told that after he did that, once the nba launched an independent investigation, levenson decided he didn't want to put himself or family through the public scandal that he feared was eventually coming. that's why he called adam silver last night, before that investigation had even wrapped and said, he thought it would be better for everyone if he sold the team. and there's a lot of relief around the league right now that he decided to go that route. you remember with the clippers, the team's players threatened to

boycott their own games if donald sterling remained the owner. no one knows whether the hawks players would consider boycotting, whether the league would have lost sponsors orphans over this, but now we'll never have to find out. it's the opposite. the nba is telling fans, any kind of racism is just completely unacceptable and the league will hold its owners to the highest standard of anyone. >> rachel nichols, thank you so much. joining me on the phone, espn's stephen a. smith. how did this news strike you? >> i think what you first look at it, this is steve smith from the hawks, it's unacceptable, reading e-mail and hearing comments and obviously being a former hawk fan living here, to me the word that sums it up, you know, capital underline on the word is unacceptable. >> so, is this a sign of the post-sterling era that you would

have an owner, of this caliber, who would say let me review and reflect and let me go ahead and remove myself because my behavior is unacceptable? >> well, i think you know, bruce can't speak for him, but i throughout it was the right thing to do. obviously what we just experienced with donald sterling, the ramifications of this and it was the right thing to do because it's all in writing, he owned up to. i know there's reports that he'd do this to sell the team, maybe try to get a higher bid, obviously i don't know that. but i would say no because the e-mail was, you know, posted in 2012. it's unacceptable we have a community like atlanta and as an owner, when you sign your name on the dotted line, what your main job is your only job to put a winning product out there and people will come out and show support. >> so this example of kind of a self-reflection, you know, do you think that there is more to

come, that especially given this post-sterling era may have encouraged, you know, some owners or some people who are involved in the nba to rethink their philosophy or what they've been saying or review kind of their past behavior? >> well, i think this -- this is way bigger than just the nba. but i commend adam silver, his approach in the zero tolerance to this issue. but i think this is more -- this is, you know, this is our nation of problem -- a problem for our nation. i think if you start to look at what transpired with donald sterling, with bruce levenson, this has to be taken serious and understand, you know, when you play a sport it has to come down of winning and losing games. but obviously you can see right now it's more than that. and bruce levenson stepping down, you have to get owner or owners that come in with the mind-set of you're all one, you have to understand, you know,

it's about wing games and putting out a great product. >> how do you suppose this, steve, strikes the players? of the hawks? >> well, i would think it strikes not just the players of the hawks, all nba players, you know, all races and citizens. you know it's unacceptable when you have, obviously if you read through the e-mail of going all the way through it basically, you know, having a perception of, you know, of race of people that has, you know, someone's opinion definitely not true. i think it strikes more than current players. it strikes former players, the community, it strikes everybody. >> steve smith, nba tv. thanks for your thoughts, views, appreciate it. >> thank you. star-studded good-bye to joan rivers today. her funeral was just the way she wanted it, hollywood all the way. we share some memories of rivers from her longtime friend carol burnett, next.

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a star-studded funeral, exactly the service she would have wanted and in many respects the kind of service that she had really planned. it was filled with famous faces, the new york city police department's bagpipes and drums came out. they saluted joan river by playing new york, new york, give my regards to broadway. a native new yorker, plenty of friends from hollywood, though, filling the new york city temple. everyone from howard stern, who was cracking jokes inside during the ceremony to deborah norville who spoke about her friend. also speaking cindy adams, a longtime friend, people inside by invitation only say the ceremony was upbeat, it was uplifting that there were plenty of opportunities to laugh and that that is really the way to honor joan rivers. >> joan went through life believing that people who laugh are happy. her mission in life to make people happy. i've got to tell you, i don't

know how many blocks it goes down here, but she would be so thrilled to see how many blocks are filled with people who wish her well. she's up there, she's loving every minute of it. >> reporter: another request of her, according to friends, always that hugh jackman would perform at her funeral and the people in the temple tell us he did in fact, perform "smile" something that put a smile on everyone's face during what would have been a very sad occasion but certainly a time to remember a great comedy legend. in new york, alexandra field, cnn. >> as we just saw, the comedian had many close friends in hollywood including fellow cometic and actress, carol burnett. i got a chance to talk to burnett today about their friendship and rivers' remarkable sense of humor. >> she was back on my show in the day three times and killed every time. i mean, the audience just loved

her and we loved having her on. we did also on my show when we would have a standup comedian or a singer or a dancer, we would incorporate them into some of our sketches so it wasn't just like, okay, they're going to go do their thing. we put them to work and joan was terrific in the sketches and very funny because she was a good actress. she was a poster child for the energizer bunny. >> keeps going and going. >> never stopped. because she loved what she was doing. and that's the key. you know. we weren't setting out to set examples or anything like that. luckily, you know, we -- we got work. >> oh, yeah. i know you don't want to consider yourself a trail blaze, but you know you are, you know, as is joan rivers. even with the variety show, you

know, you being the first woman to have this variety show, so when you fast forward, you hear that joan rivers is going to have her own late night, you know, show, she would be the first woman to do it. at the time, what were your thoughts? what did you think she was feeling about that opportunity? we know it caused a rift between she and her mentor, johnny carson what happen were your thoughts and feelings. >> i'm not privy to what went on between joan and johnny, only what i've heard, you know, heard what joan said and so forth. so i'm not involved with that. but when she got that job, i thought, well, terrific because she was so great on carson's show when she guest hosted. and so why not? that would have been the next obvious step for her. >> yeah. >> i -- i thought it was terrific. i thought it was great that she was going to have that opportunity. >> the legendary carol burnett

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president barack obama will address the nation wednesday to explain the game plan on fighting the terrorist group isis. >> i just want the american people to understand the nature of the threat and how we're going to deal with it and have confidence we'll be able to deal with it. >> let's bring in anchor of "state of the union," candy crowley. the president's speech will come one day after scheduled to meet with congressional leaders and a day of before the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in 2001.

how much is this president likely to detail? >> well, i don't think we're going to hear, hey, u.s. jets will bomb here while iraqi troops do this and here in syria we'll use these guys and they're going to be our people on the ground. but it's not about the detail. this is about the overall feel of this story. this is the president saying, in effect, i got this, i think it started today in his appearance on nbc. i think then moves on to his meeting with congress. and then to his speech with the american people. why? he's been behind this story the whole time. we're watching his numbers tumble, when you ask people, is the president being too weak or too strong, most of them say too weak. he's being beaten about the head by republicans and democrats on the threat. he needs to take a hold of this story and say, i do have a plan, you know, forget that whole, you know, maybe we can make this workable or forget the whole strategy thing.

i -- he wants to take a hold of it. i can tell you, from the folks that i talked to today, the president, by saying that what we need to do is destroy isiser has gone a long, long way to ease some of these concerns. >> begin to use special operations, more isr, crackdown on where they're getting their money, and taking aggressive action against this terrorist group. it is overdue, but the president is now there and i think it's the right thing for america and hopefully our partners will be aggressive with us. >> this is the toughest talk that we've heard from the president. and i agree with senator feinstein. that's a good thing because they are a threat. the senator and i see all of this intelligence and that's been very, very concerning for us. so this is important that he lays out the case to the united states why it is a threat. >> and another big issue, the

reaction from the president stalling action on immigration reform. what's behind the delay until november? >> the date november with midterms. if we came out and said following classes of people will not be subject to deportation, folks without papers, and we can't do that now, it would be too political, and, yes, it would. but the question here is, why not do what the president originally said he would do, by the end of the summer, i'm going to take executive action? why not? honestly he had democrats in tough races in the south who said, please do not do this now. you know, these races are like this. and let's remember what's at stake for this president -- no, he's not on the ballot -- but if he gets a republican senate, he'll and a republican senate and a republican house the last two year of his administration. he doesn't want that. the fact is that the upcoming midterms, it just didn't seem

like a good time. the president wanted to not harm democratic candidates and he didn't want to arouse tea party republicans to go to the polls. so it was about the november midterm elections because he already said, i'll do it after the elections, so it's not about the issue. >> a lot to watch this week. candy crowley in washington, thank you. >> thanks, fred. here are some of the top stories we're following today. the u.s. coast guard called off sent for a private plane which crashed off jamaica. crews found the debris field but not survivors. the aircraft plunged into the caribbean friday, hours after air traffic controllers could not make contact with the pilot. doctors in colorado suspect a rare respiratory virus making hundreds of children sick. many of them are now in intensive care. health officials in nine other states from north carolina to oklahoma have also reported suspected outbreaks. young people with asthma and children under the age of 3 are at the greatest risk. and intense flooding in

south asia has left more than 250 people dead and dozens more injured or missing. one of the hardest hit countries is india. at least 2,000 villages have been affected. officials say homes are destroyed, bridges and roads have been washed away, and power and water systems are crippled. deadly fighting in southeastern ukraine is threatening a fragile cease-fire between the government and pro-russian rebels. cnn's diana magnay has the latest from the port city of mariupol. >> reporter: it should have been quiet. it wasn't. around midnight on saturday, a massive artillery bombardment targets mariupol's eastern outskirts shattering any notion of a truce. as we drive east, we hear machine gunfire. at the side of the road, shot to pieces through the back and sides. the family inside, terribly injured. too many for this tiny car. children in shock. this man also bandaged already

but covered in fresh blood. the women inside, barely conscious. one of them died later. the first known civilian casualty of the cease-fire. it's hard to make sense of it. why a civilian car fleeing the shelling should have been sprayed with bullets on its way into town behind ukrainian lines. police say they're investigating. the rebels clearly targeted the ukrainian check point on the road east out of mariupol. it's still there, but the surroundings are trashed, helpers lift damaged fuel pumps. the smell of propane gas, thick in the air. the shelling, closer to the city than it's come before. i live one kilometer from here, this man says, and i hard a lot of shelling and bombing. first artillery, and then mortars because there was much less time between launch and when it landed, and then lots of shooting. ukrainian forces on edge, scared of a fresh onslaught which comes soon enough.

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at the u.s. open, serena williams is going for her third consecutive women's title. cnn's sports andy scholes at the open in flushing meadows, new york. you've got the best ticket in town. how do things look for serena and her good friend, caroline wozniacki, too. >> a pretty good match. serena and caroline wozniacki might be enemies on the court but in real life they're really good friends. golf superstar rory mcilroy broke off his engagement to wozniacki serena was planning

her bachelorette story. she helped wozniacki through a tough time is she going to take it easy on wozniacki tonight in the match? of course not. serena, she looks like she's on a mission in the u.s. open hasn't lost a set thus far. looking to win her third straight. it would be her 18th grand slam title tie her with chris evert and martina navratilova. she's hard to beat when she looks like she's on a mission. wozniacki looking for her first grand slam but it's going to be tough. >> giving you an idea of what the crowd is like this evening, highly anticipated, great the finals. but when you have a williams sister in the mix, too, people get particularly excited. >> reporter: yeah, definitely a lot of excitement. thousands filing. most have gotten in, got to the seats because they don't want to miss a second of the match. fireworks just went off. should be getting under way shortly the men's coming up, an

unusual final. not the one predicting with usually a nadal, federer, but not this time. >> yesterday everyone saying it's going to be federer versus djokovic, everybody pencilled that in. the opposite ended up happening. kei nishikori, he just shocked the world, beating djokovic, a top seed. he's the first asian-born player to make to a grand slam final. incredible. playing amazing tennis. beat the fifth-seeded, third-seeded, top-seeded tournament. he'll be take on another surprise, chill itch who beat federer. not the anyone saw. cilic versus. not nadal, federer or jodjokovi in the final. >> i'm living vicariously through you. wish i were there but this will

work just fine. >> i've got to go get inside. >> i'm sure you do. good. have fun, andy. appreciate it. >> see ya. all right. so as we just heard, the japanese player made the men's final at u.s. open the reserved japanese fans have been going crazy. will ripley has more on this emerging tennis star. >> reporter: remarkable to see japanese fans respond in this way to their 24-year-old homegrown tennis sensation. first of all, it's remarkable because japanese people are very refined, relaxed, they never talk on the phone on the subway, stand to the left side of the escalator to let people pass on the right. when you see a room of people explode like there is with applause, enthusiasm, you know what it's a huge deal. it's especially a big deal considering the fact that tennis is not a major sport here in japan. in fact, none of the major networks were broadcasting this match which ended around 4:00 a.m. local time. so people had to watch on live

stream. so they watched, one pay network broadcasting this. they found a way. there were lots of people around the country watching with enthusiasm. even though it was not the type of sport that gets a lot of attention normally, such as soccer or such as baseball. so that's significant in itself. not to mention the fact that you have this young man, who moved away from japan age 14, but has continued to come back, continued to connect with his fans here, and now he's getting that back in dividends from them as well. front page news on local papers, you can see, fred, headline after headline, kei nishikori all over the place here. really, really remarkable the attention he's getting which will translate into lucrative sponsorships, one might imagine. he's represented by the major clothing retailer uniclow. and after the match, likely many more companies will seek to have him as a bran representative for them. you can bet a lot of people here

in japan will be watching tuesday morning, 6:00 a.m. local time, kei nishikori, hoping they can go all the way. fred? >> that's a fun story. thank you so much, will ripley. hurricane norbert just a tropical storm but could cause a lot of flooding in the southwest. don't miss our forecast, next. i have moderate to severe crohn's disease. it's tough, but i've managed. ♪ in fact, i became pretty good at managing my symptoms, but managing my symptoms was all i was doing. ♪ so when i finally told my doctor, he said my crohn's was not under control. ♪ he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. and that in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief. and many achieved remission. [ female announcer ] humira can lower your ability

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hurricane norbert is no more. downgraded to a tropical storm. but norbert could still cause trouble for the southwest. meteorologist jennifer grey explains. jennifer? >> fred, though norbert is weakening, we are going to see a lot of moisture pumped into the southwest because of this storm. in fact, could bring flooding rains to portions of the southwest, including flagstaff in that, 2 to 4 inches possibly. this is through monday. even extreme portions of southern california, 3 to 5 inches and that includes las vegas, as well. so we're going to see a possibility of flooding in the southwest, in fact, look what happened just yesterday across portions of phoenix. a huge wall of dust also known as a haboob went through the area, reduced visibility to

zero. frightening across phoenix. and then the rains came. what causes a haboob? what is it? well, we have downdrafts in the thunderstorms, these cold downdrafts, just kick up all the dust. as that storm moves closer and closer, it brings all of that dust over the city. so that's what we saw yesterday. frightening for folks in phoenix. but today they need to be careful with all of that rain. fred? >> thanks so much, jennifer grey. appreciate that. the third american missionary infected with the dead deadly ebola viruses improving. treated the nebraska medical center in omaha. his wife says he's very sick and weak but improved slightly, enough to ask for a little chicken soup. president barack obama told "meet the press" the u.s. mite must fight ebola now or face long-term risks. >> we have to get u.s. military assets to set up, for example, isolation units and equipment there to provide security for

public health workers surging from around the world. if we do that, it's still going to be months before this problem is controllable in africa. but it shouldn't reach our shores. if we don't make that effort now and this spreads, not just through africa but other parts of the world, there's the prospect then that the virus mutates, it becomes more easily transmittable, and then it could be a serious danger to the united states. >> according to the world health organization, this latest ebola outbreak has sickened more than 3600 people in 5 african countries since december. of those, 1800 have died. a story of lost and found and coming together. the son of a firefighter killed on 9/11 lost this bracelet honoring his father's memory nearly tenures ago. how it was found and who found it makes this a story worth telling.

first, millions of americans don't have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. and this week's cnn hero learned that many people have trouble finding healthy food and he took a small garden to the next level. >> this is a working-class neighborhood. it's difficult for a lot of us to afford fresh produce. we just have corner stores basically, and they don't have a large variety of fresh fruits and vegetables. >> awesome, aren't they? i started a farm with my daughter. the first year we were able to get 120 pounds of produce. with all of the extra produce we brought it down to the local food pantry. i realized that people are hungry for fresh fruits and vegetables. we grow, we clean and we give. when i first started the program it was basically my family. now we're around 4,000

volunteers. excellent. it's not just feeding people. our goal is to educate the folks who receive the produce. >> guys ready for some corn? >> yeah. >> when kids come out for the first time from the inner city, they immediately are struck by the fact that food grows out of the ground. >> there you go. >> for them to actually harvest it, bring it home to their families, that's huge. when was the first time you ate corn right off the stalk? look at that, huh? go to inner city areas and set up a free farm market. how are we doing? thank you, sir. >> i have diabetes and high blood pressure. some things that i need for my diet, a lot of times i can't afford. >> they like this corn, huh? this is good stuff. >> since i've been going to the farmer's market, i have lost some weight. my sugar is better controlled. and the food is delicious. >> i believe that everyone deserves to be able to eat healthy. there's no greater reward.

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all right. we are probably all in agreement on this, everyone wants to live healthy and happy lives, and where we live apparentlies a big part of that. cnn.com came up with a list of the ten healthiest cities based on various factors, like health care, clean air, access to parks, nutritious food and public transportation. number one, based on how happy people are there, copenhagen, denmark, or my friends would say copenhagen, denmark. 2% of people work 40 hours a week that gives everyone more time for families, sports or free community programs. the best city based on longevity is okinawa, japan. life expectancy for women there is 86. for men, 78. the people there exercise a whole lot and eat very lean diets. one doctor praises okinawa's low stress, strong family bond and optimism. and monte carlo in the european

couldn't interest of monaco has the lowest infant mortality rate in the world. officials make sure pregnant women get quality care before and after their babies are born. the air quality in vancouver, canada, british columbia, is a better than in most cities around the world. the city managers says vancouver is the most walkable city. and melbourne, australia, recognized for its excellent quality of life. one group calls it the most livable city in the world. all right. sounds like we need to start booking our flights. this first marks the 13th anniversary of 9/11 attacks and also marks the beginning of a very special bond between two long island families. it began last month, when marlene quinn found this bracelet in the surf at a state park in new york. she was at the beach, seeking comfort, after the sudden death of her firefighter brother. the bracelet she found belongs to the family of another

firefighter, michael ottin, the only person in quinn's town to die in the 9/11 attacks. quinn returned the bris let to otten's widow. thanks for joining me. the next hour of "cnn newsroom" begins right now with poppy harlow in new york. hi, everyone, you're in the "cnn newsroom." i'm poppy harlow joining you from new york. president obama will reveal his strategy to defeat isis this week. the president will outline his game plan in a speech to the nation on wednesday. he says that the u.s. is preparing to go on the offensive in the next phase of the fight against isis. and he also explained today, on nbc's "meet the press" what his plan does not include. >> this is not going to be an announcement about u.s. ground troops,