>> welcome to our viewers in the united states. we're glad you're with us. oscar pistorius is due in court in the next few hours for day two of his verdict reading. what to expect now that he's been found not guilty of premeditated murder? but it may not be over for him yet. and on the heels of president obama's speech, the u.s. conducts surveillance flights over syria looking at possible targets. but officials say no air assault is imminent. also ahead -- >> as an american, i was embarrassed and appalled. i think the efforts to get him freed were an announce. >> the mother of journalist james foley speaks zlooufly to anderson cooper about her son's

kidnapping and murder by isis militants. >> thanks for joining us. we begin with a stunning estimate from the cia on the strength of isis in iraq and syria. the group may now be able to muster more than 31,000 fighters. that's about triple from last year. and it reflects a recruiting boom driven by battlefield success and the declaration of an islamic state. a cia source says it includes 15,000 foreign fighters. at least 2,000 of them from weste nations. an international coalition will seek out and destroy isis wherever it is. we have more on that from washington. >> the fight against isis is the latest chapter in a long american war against islamic extremists. but it brings its own particular

challenges. each of them problems that had kept the president from launching a broad campaign until now. with military action inside syria, the u.s. is plunging itself into a brutal and confusing civil war. isis is the enemy today, but so is isis' chief rival america's allies on the ground, both in syria, the moderate syrian rebels and in iraq, the iraqi army are unproven fighting forces. neither has made any significant headway against isis on its own. >> the moderate rebels in the past haven't been proven to be a cohesive fighting unit. in many cases, they're also not very moderate. and sometimes they make league with groups like al nusra which we're dedicated to fighting against. >> reporter: the president is sending an additional 475 military advisers to iraq, raising the total number of u.s. forces there to 1,700.

they won't be in combat, but they will face risk. in the air and on the ground. and the president's pledge to limit that risk by ruling out a combat role greatly limits the effectiveness of air strikes. >> an air campaign can be highly effective if you have targeters on the ground embedded with the combat units. >> on the home front, military action that many believe will last years will cost billions of dollars. disrupting if not destroys the president's attempt to shrink the pentagon budget. >> it will be up to congress to come up with the resources to make sure that the u.s. military is not encumbered by lack of funds, lack of resources. >> at stake, u.s. security at home and abroad. u.s. officials now estimate isis has anywhere from 20,000 to 31,500 fighters, up from an earlier estimate of just 10,000.

including 2,000 westerns, among them, about a dozen americans. the fear that those western fighters are being encouraged to carry out terror attacks when they return home. >> a u.s. official tells cnn that u.s. surveillance aircraft are now flying over syria. this to gather intelligence that the air strikes the president has ordered against isis. cnn, washington. >> the u.s. says the campaign against isis will be a coalition effort, but germany is ruling out its participation in any air strikes and the uk is still deciding whether it will. and the government of syrian president of bashar al-assad said it's ready to cooperate, but with a key condition. >> as i said, our foreign minister has made it very clear that we are ready to cooperate, but if any strike is done without our cooperation, we will

consider it an aggression. but we should talk about politics, not only about media. so therefore, probably in political channels, this would be discussed in political channels, rather than on television screen. >> syrian opposition groups welcome air strikes on isis, and despite the militants' growing ranks the syrian opposition coalition tells cnn the jihadist threat can be overcome. >> isis is not a ten-foot monster. they are vulnerable. just recently, we heard from tribes in eastern syrian, they're ready to rise up against isis. the federation that crosses the border into iraq those tribes are fighting isis. we' seen the free syrian army in the recent days go on the offensive against isis in the northern province. so this number is extremely

fluid and, you know, the thing about isis is that its worst enemy, its achilles heel is the local populous. >> john kerry is in the middle east to rally support for the u.s.-led coalition. he met with the saudi foreign minister thursday saying afterward the saudis are deeply committed to destroying isis. he spoke with us about what the battle against isis is and is not. >> is the united states at war with isis? it sounds like we are. >> i think that's the wrong analogy. what we're doing is engaging in a very significant counterterrorism operation. and it's going to go on for some period of time. if somebody wants to think about it as being a war with isil, they can do so. but the fact is it's a major counterterrorism operation that will have many different moving parts. >> from saudi arabia, kerry will

continue his outreach to the coalition. the u.s. is trying to build. he goes next to turkey and then it's on to egypt, meeting with leaders of both countries. the state department says kerry will discuss security and stability for both syria and iraq. australia has just raised its terror threat level. it's gone from medium to high alert for the fist time in a decade. the new heightened state means a terrorist attack is likely. tony abbott met with reporters. >> last night, the director general of security raised the terror threat to high. consequently today, the government is raising the public alert level to high. i want to stress that this does not mean that a terror attack is

imminent. we have no specific intelligence of particular plots. what we do have is intelligence that there are people with the intent and the capability to mount attacks. >> french president francois hollande has arrived in iraq now. he'll hold talks in baghdad with iraqi leaders. his office earlier pledged to support iraq in its fight against isis. mr. hollande's visit comes before france hosted international conference on iraqi security next monday. are well, oscar pistorius has been cleared of murder charges in the death of his girlfriend ree va steenkamp, but the judge said the state did not bring intentional evidence of an intentional killing, but stated that she found his actions negligent. it points towards a possible

verdict of culpable homicide when court resumes in just a couple of hours. here's a look back at thursday's session. >> state council pointed to the fact that the deceased had a cell phone with him and locked himself inside the toilet. one of the possible reasons may be that the deceased needed to use the cell phone for lighting purposes. the state also had evidence of a relationship turned sour can assist this court to determine whether the accused had the intention to kill the deceased. it's not an exact science. it would be unwise for this court to give an attempt to figure out what the presence of

partially digested food might mean. the accused is not unique. women, children, the elderly and all those with limited mobility would fall under the same category. would it be reasonable if they armed themselves with a firearm when threatened with danger. i do not think so. there are indeed a number of aspects in the case which do not make sense. it makes no sense to say she did not hear him scream get out. these questions shall unfortunately remain a matter of conjecture. the state has not proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty of premedicated matter. it follows that the accused believed that his life was in

danger. the accused therefore cannot be found guilty of murder. that, however, is not the end of the matter as culpable homicide is a competent verdict. >> this case has been particularly divisive in his native south africa. he was a beloved sports hero before his girlfriend's death. we asked some onlookers what they thought. >> they should put him guilty. he's guilty. he should stay in jail. >> he was not there, i was not there, the judge was not there. they have to depend on the evidence whatsoever. >> i think it will be guilty. >> we will have live coverage of the verdict as it's being read when the court gets under way a little more than two hours from now.

well, school in ohio will be closed today after a teenager convicted of killing three classmates two years ago has escaped from prison. you may remember t.j. lane shown here smiling and smirking and wearing a shirt that said killer at his sentencing. lane was convicted of storming into his high school cafeteria and firing ten rounds from a .22 caliber rifle. well, the now 19-year-old got a life sentence for the murders, but police say he's out. somehow escaped prison and all available officers are apparently searching for lane and the other gentleman you see there, 45-year-old prisoner they believe escaped with him. we'll keep you posted on any developments in that search. the eu and u.s. prepare to slap new sanctions on roar. up next here, details of those sanctions and russia's response to them. also ahead, why residents of one war-torn city in eastern ukraine say they've had enough of the

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>> the u.s. says it will put new sanctions on russia over moscow's involvement in ukraine. they include a ban on eu loans to major banks, a ban on debt financing for defense and energy companies, and asset freezes and travel bans on 24 people. russia has warned it will respond to in i additional sanctions. >> this is an unfriendly policy that contradicts the eu's interests as well. the russian leadership made it clear to politicians of various levels we will take adequate measures in our response. it will be proportional to the damage which these sanctions caused to the economies of our state.

>> citizens and soldiers in eastern ukraine say they want nothing more to do with the kiev government. the grim clean-up of war-torn neighborhoods. and the grief of victims who feel betrayed by the western-backed government in kiev. how can you bomb your own people? a place with children and the elderly asks this woman. she blames ukraine forces for shelling her grocery store. that's why she wants a separate state. andre kozer wants a separate state, too.

>> we can't be a part of the yoo ukraine anymore. when you travelaround eastern ukraine, they hear people say they don't want to be part of ukraine anymore. and that brings into focus what could be the next obstacle in this conflict. how do you resolve this crisis when many here still demand a separate state. the president of ukraine promises a bill to give eastern ukraine great special status an greater autonomy. how much is unclear. those here say too little too

late. ukraine crossed the loon when they targeted areas without regard for civilian lives. shelling hit just steps away from residential buildings. people here say the ukrainian army did this. this one missed. others did not. in shaktar, entire buildings were destroyed. civilians were killed, many injured and displaced. it's not clear how many. the government denies shelling residential neighborhoods. rebel fighters are accused of hitting civilian areas, too. but there are growing calls in this area for independence. how kiev responds will either resolve or deepen the crisis. >> an american doctor battling ebola has received blood transfusions from a colleague

who has already survived it. medical officials say dr. rick sakra has received plasma on at least two occasions from dr. kent bradley. both were infected while doing relief work in liberia. after brantley was treated and released, he apparently traveled to nebraska where sakra is battling the virus. the pakistani army is working surgically to rescue thousands of people in the path of dangerous floodwaters. many of them had to be pulled to safety. look at this shot here. by helicopter because they live in regions too remote to access by boat. more than 400 people have been killed in flooding across india and pakistan just this past week. and hundreds of thousands more have been forced to evacuate. our meteorologist has got this map up and what a story this has been and continues to be, ivan.

>> an incredible story. if you're seeing them on cnn, those are the lucky ones that were able to get out. we understand that upwards of as many as 200,000 people are still in need to be rescued here in some areas, which are just very difficult to get to because of the flooding that's been ongoing. just completely marooned. so think about that. you're in your house. you've got water and food for how long? a week? a couple of weeks? it's been that long now. and so you are not able to get to the store because the store is gone. so this is what we're dealing with here. a couple of rivers to the north. all feeding into the indus river. so if you are in the north, conditions are actually improves. the crest is going downstream here. this is where it currently resides. and as we head into the weekend, this is where we'll be, so we have a ways to go. in fact, this is going to go into next week. so to the north right now is where we have the warpings. the areas are going to be impacted next. and then further down, we have a watch for the early part of the week. and so anyone living across this

region here of course is going to be evacuated. but i must say, if you are downstream, you know this is coming. so if you are able to get out of the way, you will. it's to the north, we were really caught off-guard in the flash flood and coming down the mountainside. people were stuck in their homes. we'll show you pictures and set the scene for you of what's been going on, not just in pakistan, but of course, in india as well. upwards of 2,000 villages just completely submerged here. again when we talk about that, those are areas that are just marooned. you can't get to them. you have to fly in. and the beginning of this crisis here, what we had, of course, is the rain that just continued. that hampered efforts. and my goodness whrk yoen talk about upwards of a million people being impacted here, going to take a while to get them all hout.

it's just a matter of time before all that water which was dry just a few weeks ago has been completely covered by water here. we'll continue to watch it. at least it's not continuing to rain. that's a good thing. iv ivan, thanks. we should have live pictures for you. francois hollande arriving in baghdad with to have talk requests iraqi leaders. his office pledged to support iraq in the fight against isis. his visit comes before france hosts an international conference on iraqi security that happens next monday. so again, french president just now arriving in iraq. the 13th anniversary of 9/11 was marked across the united states thursday. solemn ceremonies in lower manhattan at the pentagon, and in shanksville, pennsylvania. we'll tell you more about it ahead here.

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schools in the community where the crime occurred will be closed today while they search for him. the cia says isis may now be able muster more than 31,000 fighters in iraq and syria. that's about triple from a year ago. and a cia source that includes more than 15,000 foreign fighters. at least 2,000 them from western nations. a u.s. official tells cnn surveillance flights are now searching for isis targets in syria, part of the president obama's new plan to destroy the militant group wherever it is. officials say air strikes in syria are not imminent but could come at anytime. the mother of journalist james foley is speaking out a few weeks after isis released gruesome video of her son's beheading. diane foley has a message she wants to share. anderson cooper spoke exclusively to her. here's some of that sper view. >> i really feel that our

country let jim down. >> in what way? >> well, anderson, we met wonderful people within our government. good people who cared, who wanted to help. but the reality of the bureaucracy and really was such that we were not helped. we really with respect. -- weren't. >> you didn't feel like they were there for you? >> not at all. and yet we don't blame -- i don't want to blame people because that's not going to help. >> did you feel that your family, that jim was a priority for the government? >> no. we really didn't. >> and you esaw that in the resources that they had -- the people they had you interact? how did you get that sense? >> as an american, i was

embarrassed and appalled. i think our efforts to get jim freed per an annoyance, you know? >> an annoyance to the government? >> yes. jim would have been saddened. jim believed till the end that his country would come to their aid. >> did you know that what was happening to him? >> to be honest, that part was rather frightening. we tended to know everything before the fbi or anyone else. >> how so? >> because we did everything we could. i went to europe several times to interview the european freed hostages. just so i could find out how jim was, what's going on, where are they, what are the chances of this or that? it was a frightening thing. and the fbi was -- everyone was

kind and supportive. but the fbi used us for information. >> really? they came to you for information. >> absolutely. >> about his location? >> absolute, oh, y e. >> it's amazing to me that you flew overseas to actually interview hostages. >> no, it's not, anderson. as a mother. i was frantic. >> you would do anything? >> anderson, jim was an incredible human being. he was very courageous and he had a heart. anyone who knew jim loved him. jimmed ha an ability to be present, to listen, unlike so many in our world. jim had many gifts, anderson. i did all i could. i was unable to do enough. >> what did you learn from the hostages who had been with him and who had been released. >> that he continued to have that compassion and goodness to the very end. that he continued to believe that our country would find a

way to free them. he passionately believed in america. and our goodness. and that he was valuable as a citizen. and i also found out that the prayers of people from all over the world gave him an incredible courage. >> he felt that? >> oh, without a doubt, anderson. >> i understand he actually got a letter to you through one of the other hostages. >> he did, anderson. >> which is an extraordinary thing. it wasn't a physical letter. the other hostage memorized the letter. >> exactly. >> i have an excerpt, can i read part of it? it's really extraordinarily moving. >> dream family and friends, take me away and happiness fills many i heart. such a sign of resilience that in the midst of this -- >> jim knew, anderson, that he was privileged. privileged in a very ordinary, american sense.

he was very loved. he grew up in a community of love, crazy family. he was the oldest of five children. we has wonderful memories. he was privileged. he was privileged as many of us americans are. >> james foley's mother talking with cnn's anderson cooper. and his parents are honoring their son's life and legacy and setting up a foundation in his name. you can learn more about the foundation by visiting jamesfoleyfund.org. you can also watch the rest of diane foley's interview by going to our website, cnn.com. national football league commissioner roger goodell facing even more scrutiny over the ray rice case. just days after goodell told cbs he initially wasn't aware rice hit his then fiancee in an elevator, espn cited four sources who say rice told him about the punch when they met

back in june. well, after video surfaced on tmz this week of what happened in that elevator, goodell suspended rice indefinitely and the baltimore ravens, as you know, released him. but the associated press reports the league had a copy of the video back in april. and ap reporter says a law enforcement official played him a voice mail of a woman at the nfl offices, acknowledging the video was received. he talked about it with cnn's erin burnett. >> my law enforcement official said unsolicited through the executive. and it was an unauthorized copy. he could not do this. so that's why this is a very sticky situation. and let's be clear here, we have never said that roger goodell viewed it. and there may never be proof roger goodell viewed any video. all that we know and all my source knows is that this unidentified woman, and everybody is trying to figure out who's the woman who is the woman who saw it and has the voice on that voicemail that i heard.

>> well, thursday night, the ravens played their first game since these latest revelations defeating the pittsburgh steelers. some fans attending the game wore their ray rice jerseys. reaction is mixed but fans we spoke with are more critical with how the league handled the case than of rice himself. >> i would like to have seen a six-game suspension and maybe not necessarily release him. but i come from the fire service and we're reactive and i think that's unfortunately a lot of things have happened here. instead of being proactive. >> the media has definitely overblown this thing. we have other players that have done just as many things if not worse. and i think we're getting a poers child made an example out of ray rice right now. >> i think there has to be consequences for things like that but in the beginning they should have taken it more seriously. people are upset that the first thing that they did wasn't as serious as it show been. >> meantime, the song "run this

town" which features the vocals of rhianna was removed from the pregame tv show for thursday's matchup featuring rice's former team. according to news report, the chairman of cbs sports said the program needed to have appropriate tone and coverage. rihanna was a victim in a well publicized 2009 domestic assault incident where she was assaulted by her then boyfriend fwellow singer chris brown. t.j. lane is back in police custody in ohio. he was sentenced for killing three students. we're awaiting more details about lane's apprehension and how he got out of the prison. he escaped hours ago. the 19-year-old who you may remember wore a t-shirt that said killer at his sentencing last year escaped from the prison a few hours ago. he's serving a life sentence, as

i mentioned, for killing three fellow students and wounding three others in his school cafeteria in 2012. another prisoner, a 45-year-old man escaped along with lane. officials closed schools for today in the community where the crime occurred. >> more to come here on cnn. australia raises its terror alert. i'll speak with a counterterrorism expert from sydney about what this means. wait, wait, wait, it's wait, wait, wait...whoa, does she have special powers when she has the shroud? no. guys? it's the woven one the woven one. oh, oh that gives her invincibility. guys? no, no, no... the scarlet king is lord victor's son!! no don't. i told you! you guys are gonna be so surprised

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our meteorologist ivan cabrera is back with more flooding over the world. >> yes, places that have just had unbelievable amounts. in fact, especially in western japan and now the northern part of japan as well. aikado specifically has been seeing the heaviest rain over the last several day. of course, we had a couple of

typhoons, then we had a front that stalled out for several weeks here. that was in western japan, getting a bit of a break now. but in the north is where the action has been over the last few days. take a look at the record rain that's fallen here in some areas now. look at this. they picked up 272 millimeters of hateful. that's over 11 inches now. thursday, making it the wettest september day on record for them there. and notice to all the bullets here, everything happening up in the north. not much action down the south where they don't need it. that's where we've had the heaviest rain. the area that need a break is not going to get it. i think we'll still have some moisture left over so that we'll have some hateful for the weekend. if it had not rained incredibly over the last few days, we could take a few drops of water, but at this point, any bit is going to hurt and more is coming. tv 15, this is our next tropical storm, likely to become a typhoon before it makes land fall across luzan. it looks like it's about to get

in there, but steering currents are going to slow this down a little bit here so it will allow for some time of development here. we're talking about a typhoon as opposed to a blob of weather right now. really not well organized at all. but there's the forecast, about 24 hours, 100 kilometres per hour winds. and this would be about sunday afternoon local time. as it would make land fall as a typhoon and then headed out towards the south china sea. i think the big story here is going to be the rain. the wind decor is going to hit a sparsely populated area in the mountains to the north. and they're going to take care of the winfield. going to break it up a little bit here. but the rain is coming and it's going to be heavy. notice two areas here. the main area where the storm is, and then because of the flow out of the south and west, manila and points to the west will be getting on some additional heavy hateful. anywhere from 100 to 200 millimeters, certainly possible. on the other side of the

pacific, we have tropical storm odil. this one also kind of paralleling, not as close as the last one in the coast of mexico here. we would be talking about very heavy hateful over the mountains of western mexico, which also could lead, of course, to flash floods. and landslide threat as well. naturally. >> thank you. >> well, oscar pistorius was cleared of the most serious charge against him thursday. the judge found him not guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. but experts say a verdict of culpable homicide is highly likely when court resumes less than two hours from now. >> the accused therefore cannot be found guilty of murder. >> not guilty of murder, but still not free to go. oscar pistorius sobbed and heaved looking exhausted and broken. >> relationships are dynamic and unpredictable. >> reporter: as the judge

delivered her verdict, calmly explaining why she thought the state did not prove why he intended to kill his girlfriend. >> the state clearly has not proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty of premeditated murder. >> reporter: the judge threw out much of the state's case against pistorius, but found his actions that night and on the witness stand questionable. >> what we are dealing with here is the fact that the accused was amongst other things an evasive witness. he failed to listen properly to questions put to him at the cross-examination. giving an impression that he was more worried. >> reporter: just before the judge adjourned for the day, she said that pistorius had time to act reasonably without firing four shots into the toilet cubic cubicle. >> i am of the view that the accused acted too hastily and used excessive force.

in it is clear that his conduct was negligent. >> reporter: experts say it points to a possible conviction of culpable homicide or manslaughter. leg >> legally, he has to be convicted of culpable homicide because the judge found he failed the reasonable man test for negligence. a reasonable man could have foreseen the thans r chance that someone would have been killed. a reasonable man would have taken steps to prevent that from occurring. and pistorius did not take those steps. >> pistorius exited through a gauntlet of photographers. friday, he'll make the same walk again, expecting to hear the judge's final verdict on all charges. and we'll have live coverage of the verdict as it's being read when the court gets understood way less than two hours from now. narrator: these are the skater kid: whoa narrator: that got torture tested by teenagers

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>> one week to go before scott land decides if it becomes an independent country. scotland's first minister and champion of the yes vote says concerns about independence have been overblown. the former uk foreign secretary makes a case for scotland staying in the united kingdom.

>> i passionately hope those voting realize that separating -- separation is what this is a discussion about, separation doesn't make sense in the modern world and actually the modern world is about connection, and the flexibility of the union that's been shown over the last 300 year is something that should be prized. and that speaking from a country that went through its own battle over separation in the civil war 150 years ago, there's no question you're better together in the united states, and i would argue better together in the uk as well. >> the uncertainty is also causing concern for one of scotland's most iconic industries. and one of its biggest exports. perhaps you've had it. max foster explain what is an independent scotland could mean for makers of scotch.

>> reporter: this is scotland's second biggest export. it brings in almost $7 billion a year. and 40 bottles are brewed every second. >> scotch whiskey is an international icon for scotland. our product has a great history, and great taste. and you'll find a scotch whiskey for every person. and for scotland, it's special because it's a corner stone of our economy. one pound in every five of scott exports is whiskey. and something that has a real place in scottish society. >> distilleries are stop-offs on the referendum campaign tour. the man leading the charge for the yes campaign says the drink will thrive under independence. >> scotch whiskey is going to sell in the world regardless of the constitutional status of scotland. great whiskey companies, they're big enough to look after

themselves. but the smaller companies will benefit from that additional profile, that additional push of scotland. >> reporter: but the industry doesn't buy it. scotch whiskey has protected status at the moment. it can only be made here. >> it's a product that has to be distilled and matured here in scotland for at least three years. and we take the protection of that definite very seriously. there's an uncertainty as to what might happen to that protection if there's any break in the continuity of scottish membership of the eu. >> and that's not the only thing worrying the industry. >> when the out of every 10 bottles of scotch whiskey are sold overseas, the ability to tackle trade barriers is important. at the moment, we have a uk government with embassies in 200 markets that does very well on those sorts of issues. the scottish government is proposing an embassy network of between 70 and 90 at the start. and of course, that is an issue,

a potential risk for us if we have issues in some of those market where is there will be no representation in the future. >> if there's. >> one thing that business hates it's uncertainty. and some industries like banking are making contingency plans to move. if there's a yes vote. but whiskey is intrinsically scottish and has no choice but to ride this one out. max foster, cnn edinboroughs. >> one of the best known bad dis from the james bond movies has died. >> who can forget those teeth. american actor richard peele died wednesday in a california hospital. he's best known for playing the medal-mouthed jaws in "the spy who loved me" opposite roger

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