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and president barack obama orders thousands into the fight against ebola in west africa. and making their case before scottish voters head to the polls. we begin with the fight against isis. just hours after a major international meeting on how to battle the sunni militants, we're learning the u.s. has begun a more aggressive air campaign in iraq. the pentagon says isis fighters were targeted as they fired on iraqi security forces. take a look at this map. those forces were in a sunni strong hold southwest of baghdad. this is apparently the closest strike yet to the capital and the first carried out as part of a u.s. plan to expand its attacks on isis. previous strikes were focused on humanitarian missions and protecting u.s. personnel. american fighter jets also destroyed an isis convoy close

to iraq's border with syria. we're told these latest strikes are not the start of a major offensive. u.s. central command has carried out 162 air strikes since august. dozens of countries, including ten arab state, are vowing to use any means necessary to stop isis. that does include military force. at the security summit in paris, they called isis a threat to the international community, but it's still not totally clear what role each country will play in the fight. however, france has already begun reconnaissance flights over iraq saying "there is no time to lose." >> the murderers say to the world, either you're with us or we kill you. and when you are facing a group like that, there is no other

possibility to you to defend yourself. >> make no mistake, despite this show of unity, two key players in the region weren't invited. iran was left out and so was syria, which isis uses as a safe haven. michelle kaczynski has a closer look at why the u.s. won't work with those countries and the complications that could come with building this coalition. >> the nation is grateful, and your commander in chief would not be prouder. >> reporter: while president obama honored military heroes of the past with the medal of honor, how the current strategy against isis is shaping up is front and center. isis beheading a british captive over the weekend and threatening another. but the american led effort to build a coalition to take the fight to isis is rife with complexity. >> isil being dug in, in a fight

against the united states. the international community is mobilizing. >> reporter: the administration says they need to fully coordinate the strategy first to see what will be needed from others, secretary of state kerry acknowledged there are real offers out there from arab countries. >> the answer is yes, there are some that said that. there are some that are prepared to take action in the air with the united states. and to do air strikes if that's what they're called on to do. >> reporter: he said offers not only of air strikes but troops on the ground. iraq says france has offered air strikes. one nation the u.s. will not cooperate with, iran. tehran just rejected what it called an offer to work with the u.s. iraq's president told christiane amanpour this month, iranian

worked with -- and the u.s. will fight a battle of sorts against isis inside the united states. the attorney general just announced this new initiative to try to target radicalism and extremist recruitment. >> the president of iraq's kurdistan region says iran should play a role in this fight. he has been appealing for more help for peshmerga forces battling isis and earlier spoke with anna coren. >> translator: i think the iranian role should not be disregarded and i believe their participation would be better because of the role of iran. and they have not participated because of some other problems they have between each other, that's something different. >> so what would be your appeal

to the united states, to iran on this particular matter? >> translator: my message to them, that whatever their differences is, that's left for them. but i do believe that my message, my appeal to them is to put aside their differences in fighting isis and not mix fighting ice which is their ongoing problem. >> anna joins me now with more on kurdish efforts to push back isis. anna, as we just let the news of these two u.s. air strikes sink in, you have special access to the peshmerga force there is in the north. give us the latest on what they're doing today on heels of your interview with the president saying iran and everybody should help because this is a desperate fight. >> reporter: at the moment, we

are with the peshmerga forces who have been fighting intensely with isis militants. just behind me is a township 30 kilometers east of mosul. you can probably see the smoke in the distance. that was a suicide bomber in an oil tanker packed with explosives that was hit by an rpg by the peshmerga. but there's been intense fighting for the last several hours. the u.s. fighter jets have been continuously circling. we've also seen and heard these air strikes, which are obviously taking out convoys of vehicles, of enemy positions. we understand the americans are refusing to strike the towns and villages which are close by, there's about five of them, saying they will only hit isis militants on the move. now, the reason we are here is

because of a bridge, a strategic bridge not very far from us. that was destroyed by isis about a month ago and the peshmerga want to reclaim it. is it a massive link between erbil and moez lt. -- mosul. mosul, as we know, is iraq's second largest city and an isil strong hold. >> it's just fascinating to watch as you report from the front line with the smoke billowing in the distance, talk to us more about the strategies, specifically where you are along this main route in between mosul and irbil. talk to us about the importance of the route where you are and the task ahead for the peshmerga

forces there. >> errol, the focus very much is about taking back mosul. not yet. no one is prepared for that battle just yet. obviously that would cripple isis enormously. that is cause where the isis leader gave his address to the world. so if the peshmerga, working with the iraqis, were able to claim back mosul, it would certainly cripple these islamic extremists. it's going to be an intense battle. ten days ago, we were 40 kilometers away. so they are making advances along the way. the peshmerga have suffered casualties. this morning, one of their soldiers was killed we understand in one of these village where is they were fighting. there was intense fighting not very long ago. we could hear the mortars, the

artillery, the machine gunfire. we understand that the isis militants have many snipers in these towns and they're booby trapping the buildings, laying land mines and ieds on the roads. so it's making it very difficult for them to clear out these towns and villages. they're certainly doing it with the help of those u.s. strikes. errol? >> anna coren live for us in northern iraq. a suicide bomber taken out by peshmerga fighters. anna, thank you very much. we'll connect with her throughout the day here on cnn. now we want to bring you this developing story. nato-led forces say suicide attack in kabul has killed three members of their international force. the taliban have claimed responsibility. the interior ministry says

tuesday morning's bombing targeted a convoy of foreign forces along kabul's international airport road. the nearby u.s. embassy sounds its duck and cover alarm as soon as this happened. we've got some of the world's biggest stories still to come for you here on cnn. coming up, for scotland, it's yes or no. plus, another scandal hits professional football in the united states. we'll show you how the national football league is really struggling with the issue of domestic abuse. [ female announcer ] you change your style. why not your eye color? new air optix® colors prescription contact lenses enhance your eye color for a naturally beautiful look with consistent comfort. find your perfect color and get a free trial offer at airoptixcolors.com. find your perfect color and get a free trial offer wait, wait, wait, it's wait, wait, wait...whoa, does she have special powers when she has the shroud? no. guys?

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away of being clear. but the independence vote remains just too close to call right now. both sides have held a flurry of rallies ahead of thursday's big decision. on monday, british prime minister david cameron gave an empassioned plea with scottish voters warning of a "painful divorce." >> this is a decision that could break up our family of nations, and rip scotland from the rest of the united kingdom. and we must be very clear, there is no going back from this. no rerun. this is a once and for all decision. if scotland votes yes, the uk will split and we will go our separate ways forever. >> cnn's max foster joins me now live where the final outcome will be announced there in scotland. so max, getting close to the big day here. most polls have the populous

evenly split. do you get any sense of support moving in either direction over the past few days now with cameron there pushing on behalf of a no vote. is that making any difference? >> reporter: i think the two sides are firmly entrenched. you have this 10% to 20% of the voting population is still undecided. everyone is still trying to convince them. so the latest effort by david cameron is joining forces with the other uk party leaders and signing a pledge, basically a promise that if voters do reject independence, then they will be given more powers over taxation and spending, particularly more powers over the national health service, which is so important to scotts. so the two campaigns are out pounding the streets trying to

convince those undecided voters that this decision is historic and it needs to be decisive. she won't be voting in the referendum. but her dad's decision will design the scotland she grows up in. it's about convincing the undecided voters. >> hello, sir, are you voting in the referendum? >> yes. >> do you know how you feel about it yet. >> reporter: so what sort of conversation are you having with people? >> we get a lot of people already quite committed. so we have posters and badges and stickers. >> reporter: if someone is wavering, how do you try to convince them? >> some people have a variety of reasons. other people might be very worried about someone specific thing. sometimes there's specific facts and figures you can give back to them. oh, i'm worried that the oil

will run out, which you still hear even at this late stage. the arguments are so basic. >> absolute yes. >> reporter: just up the road, the better together campaigners have arguments for a no vote. >> we're trying to be true to as many voters as possible. >> reporter: what is yourself with them once you know they're undecided? >> our sell essentially is that we believe we get the both worlds with the united kingdom, we have a stronger to theish parliament with the prospect of more powers to come. >> i was out with one of my oldest friends yesterday who i haven't seen for several months. he was explaining to me that he and his wife are voting yes.

i was quite shocked. >> reporter: so you're wavering all the time? >> i am to some extent. i was much clearer in my mind until yesterday. >> reporter: estimates have a number of undecided voter vary greatly, as many will be voting for the first time. but what's indisputed is there will be a high turnout. >> it's such a historically important time. whatever happens, scotland and england, things will never be the same again. >> we cannot change it easily back again if we make the wrong decision. so people should get involved and vote. >> reporter: in the early hours of the 19th of september, the results of the referendum will be announced here. it will define scotland and potentially redefine the whole of the uk, once the most powerful empire in the world.

to think that scots have had two years of campaigning to consider this. i think, errol, as one of the guys there illustrated, undecided doesn't necessarily mean they haven't made up their mind, they just keep flipping from one side to the other. the arguments are so diverse and confusing for many people. >> it's quite astounding after decades or more of discussion of this and there being an interest in this, scotland could become independent with this referendum this week. we'll certainly see how the vote falls. the people that you just spoke with, those undecided voters, it's all in their hands. max foster live for us in scotland this morning. good to see you. still to come for you here on cnn, the national football league's commissioner announces new steps to deal with domestic violence. the latest in american football's difficult season.

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he has just before midnight tuesday to do so. roger goodell raised the suspension of just two games after the video game to light. also minnesota vikings' star adrian peterson is facing a charge of beating his son. and now he's denying a report from cnn affiliate khou that he abused another one of his children. peterson was deactivated for this past sunday's game but he will play for the vikings this upcoming sunday. team owners say they will "monitor the situation closely." ed lavandera shows us the photos that led to peterson's indictment. >> reporter: the pictures are startling. skin lacerations inflicted by adrian peterson on his 4-year-old son. he called it a whooping. using a thin free branch, 10 to 15 times. texas prosecutors say it's child

abuse. >> a grand jury looked at the injuries inflicted upon this child, and determined that that discipline was not reasonable and did not reflect the community standard of what was reasonable discipline. >> reporter: we've learned new details of text messages peterson allegedly sent the boy's mother in minnesota after the lashing. peterson wrote he felt bad after the fact. got him in the nuts once i noticed. but i felt so bad. i start putting them in time-out and saved the whooping nor needed memories. and peterson wrote, never do i go overboard, but all my kids will know, hey, daddy has the biggy heart but don't play no games when it comes to acting right. nick wright is familiar with the new and expensive police report.

the incident happened when the little boy pushed another little boy. >> he called it a standard whooping. he said the only parts that were different is when the switch wrapped around the front of the heg and the one that hit the child's genitals. he was asked by the police worse than usual? and he said on his butt, no. he said on his butt, that's what a whooping is. >> reporter: wright says the little boy told police he was scared of his father, that he was often punished in what the boy described as the whooping run and peterson had lots of belts. wright says peterson spoke with investigators in a 40-minute phone conversation where he justified disciplining his son with this kind of force. >> you listen to the audio of adrian peterson with the police, and he comes across honestly as a loving parent who truly

believes he was doing what was right for his son, who feels badly about two specific unintentional injuries. adrian peterson is very self-assured that he not only loves his children, but that this type of discipline, at least he sounded self-assured at the time, that this type of discipline was necessary and this type of discipline was more mild than the discipline he received that helped turn him into the man that he is today. >> reporter: in a statement, adrian peterson wrote that after meeting with a psychologist, there are other alternative ways of disciplining a child that may be more appropriate. i am, without a doubt, not a child abuser. and after missing only one game, the minnesota vikings announced that adrian peterson will be back on the football field this coming weekend. ed lavandera, cnn, dallas. and now to other stories. a typhoon is closing in on southern china right now. those watching from hong kong,

you've seen plenty of weather on tuesday morning. our meteorologist is tracking all this. this is having a knock-on effect with international fights. what's the latest you have? >> upwards of 600 fights are delayed or canceled. you look at the storm system. it's a category 1 equivalent of a storm. this only about 75, 80 miles per hour or 130 kilometers per hour. hong kong has 7 million people. so you do the math and we're talking over 20 million people being impacted by this storm system. the stock exchange shut down briefly in hong kong. that's the second largest stock exchange in asia behind tokyo. you take a look, the very few

people out and about. we know some 30,000 vessels called back to harbor because of powerful winds. look at these, some of the highest elevation points in hong kong. that is about 160 kilometers per hour. there goes the track of it, moving into northern portions of vietnam. pushing now into the gulf of tonkin. here's the perspective. rainfall going to be predominant here. the main pattern as far as weather is going to be the heavy rainfall. upwards of six inches or 150 millimeters coming across a very popular tourist destination point of china. it's not the only storm we're following. at this point, this storm is near guam and when you see these storm systems form near the island of guam, with a westward

track, the northern philippines becomes the next area of interest. this is something we'll have to watch very carefully as we know people in this region certainly don't need additional rainfall. >> absolutely right. pedro, thank you very much. the international community is shaping up a plan to fight isis. coming up, the challenges leaders will face in battle thing ruthful militant group. and answering urgent pleas for help. the u.s. plans to boost its effort to help with the west african ebola outbreak. equity es who work with regional experts who work with portfolio management experts that's when expertise happens.

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welcome back. to those of you watching here in the u.s. and around the world, i'm errol barnett. pleasure to have you here with us on cnn. here are the biggest stories we're following for you. the u.s. is stepping up its air campaign against isis.

u.s. central command says american fighters jets destroyed six isis vehicles here sinjar. and in afghanistan, three nato members have been killed by a suicide member in kabul. the bomber targeted a convoy on the road to kabul's international airport. u.s. president barack obama set to boost efforts to control west africa's ebola epidemic. measures are expected to include treatment centers with 1700 beds, stepping up training of local health workers and hundreds of thousands of treatment kits for at-risk homes. back to our top story now. some feel u.s. president barack obama may have made the battle against isis more difficult by giving away his plan to combat the militant group.

isis is just as perceptive as they are barbaric. >> reporter: the united states now has a strategy to deal with the terror group it described as a threat unlike the world has ever seen. but a leading iraqi expert believes president obama revealed more than he should have about the u.s.' plans to the leader of isis. >> translator: a mistake was announcing too much of the strategy, and this was a free gift to isis to prepare and counter what has been revealed. >> reporter: he says the high hi adaptable organization has already taken defensive measures. >> translator: they moved a lot of weapons and ammunition into valleys and the desert between iraq and syria and moved foreign fighters amongst the civilian populations, knowing the coalition air force cannot

target civilians. >> reporter: while he says a coalition is needed to fight isis, he says this alliance could bring more terrorist groups to join isis. but having egypt and saudi arabia on board he says is essential to countering isis' narrative. >> translator: help is needed, from saudi and egyptian religious scholars in fighting ideology with ideology. this is key to extracting isis from roots. >> reporter: excluding iran, arguably the most influential player in iraq from the coalition is dangerous, he says. >> translator: iran controls the shia militias in iraq and they could sabotage military operations when it comes to logistic support or threaten the safety of americans.

americans don't have to apply the afghanistan and iraq strategy in syria, and somalia and yemen strategy in iraq. >> reporter: tactics in iraq would include special forces operations, and air strikes. but syria is far more complex. air strikes alone, he says, would likely benefit the assad regime. arming and straining syrian web -- rebels will not do the job. isis is now preparing for the next phase and may be relying on sleeper cells. >> translator: they're now planning operations that would target countries within the coalition on their home soil. >> reporter: he says rallying the world against isis could defeat the group but the battle would be a long and bloody one.

>> meantime, condolences are pouring in from around the world to the family of david haines, the latest western journalist killed by isis. the british aid worker's daughter is thanking the public for their support. she wrote on a facebook page that she appreciates all of the warm messages. she says he would be "really touched and grateful." isis is now threatening to murder another british hostage, allen henning. he's a taxi driver who volunteered to transport humanitarian supplies to syria. we offer just a glimpse into the minds of jihadi terrorist and how they often speak in code to deliver messages. >> reporter: the boston man wanted for questioning in connection with isis spoke frequently with friends about waging jihad against america and its troops.

culinary school was code for training camps. peanut butter and jelly, cold for jihad. listen as he talked to another english speaker. >> right now in culinary school, they're just making peanut butter and jelly. >> reporter: the phone calls were introduced at his trial. other phone calls show pack can was referred to as p-town. and the fbi was referred to as bob or brian. >> if you ever get an e-mail or something? >> i'm not even on the internet. trust me. not that there isn't some here, but here, no. >> reporter: prosecutors say they traveled to yemen together

in 2004. initially telling u.s. authorities they were going to check out schools. prumter e prosecutors say they were unable to find a training catch, but he traveled to fallujah in iraq in 2004. two years later, he was studying computer science at the university of massachusetts in boston when fbi agents questioned him about his travel. he left weeks later and fled to syria. his buddy never traveled there. though his other friend encouraged him to wage jihad. >> immediately. >> look, look, i'm going to give you advice and i have to let you go. dude, come now. >> reporter: deborah fairic, cnn, new york. now to the fight to contain ebola. the united nations security

council will hold an emergency meeting thursday on ways to step up the global fight against ebola in west africa. the united states expected to expand its response, as well. president barack obama will visit the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention on tuesday. u.s. military personnel could increase in the region by 3,000 and more doctors and nurses willing to go will be sent to west africa. and training of local medical teams may ramp up in addition to what we've just mentioned. the ebola outbreak killed an estimated 2400 people. the world health organization predicts as many as 20,000 cases in the region before it's brought under control. >> reporter: the world is losing

the battle to contain ebola. >> the international response to the disease has been a failure. >> reporter: despite dire warnings and international calls for action, ebola continues to overwhelm and spread in west africa. >> in the three hardest hit countries, the number of new cases is moving far faster than the capacity to manage them. >> reporter: dr. norton is part of an international team battling the outbreak in liberia. >> we're attempting to create 500 new beds. the demand is great, so the situation is difficult. we are behind the wave of the disease at the moment. >> reporter: according to unu.s. research team from leading universities, this is what that

wave could look like. if things improve in the areas of intervention and containment, the study estimates by october 12, there will be over 7800 ebola infections and over 4700 fatalities. but if things get worse, intervention and containment are less effective. and projections show over 54,000 infections and over 27,000 fatalities during the same time period. at the moment, researchers say all signs point to the situation becoming more serious. one of the biggest obstacles to battling the disease, recruiting enough medical staff to fight it. according to the w.h.o., at least 280 medical workers have been infected. half of them have died. >> it's certainly understanda e

able hesitancy to fight against ebola. but the risk to help personnel and logistic staff is minimized. >> to curve the epidemic, we need to deploy -- >> reporte still to come here on cnn, a look at businessman jack mar. the man behind who could be the largest ipo in history. stay with us. there's a gap out there. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe the gap will close when healthcare gets simpler. when frustration and paperwork decrease. when grandparents get to live at home

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welcome back. it is one of the most anticipated stock market debuts in recent memory. just days before it starts selling shares publicly, alibaba is raising the price range of each share to between $66 and 68. alibaba's founder started his asia ipo road show monday in hong kong. jim balden now takes a look at the visionary businessman who built the world's biggest e commerce website. >> reporter: he says he tested his vision for his enter set site 15 years ago on the streets of san francisco. when he asked strangers if they

knew the world alibaba. he got the answer he wanted. alibaba around open sesame. the ability to gain access to all kinds of treasure. today, alibaba is china's amazon, and pay pal all in one. in 2005, the world economic forum named him a young global leader. business week named him business person of the year in 2007. ma may only be 49, but he's already done a bill gates and retired as ceo of the company he helped found. taking on the role of executive chairman. >> the thing about jack ma and alibaba is they're not -- he's not particularly an inventor. what he's done is he's come in, used existing technologies and

beat some people at their own game. so that's really what his genius is. >> reporter: estimates of his wealth vary widely. one ranks him as china's 29th richest man at $4 billion. forbes says $9 billion. bloomberg says $13 billion. no matter, his ranking could change by the price of the shares and options over the long run. >> you have to work very hard. >> reporter: he's also noted for his charitable endeavors. he's established a charitable trust fund worth an estimated 2% of his shares of alibaba, which could fund the trust north of $3 billion. with the rest of the money he and alibaba raise from this ipo, expansion of the economy is certainly on the cards. jim boldin, cnn, london. now we want to show you some fascinating video out of taiwan.

annual military drills are now under way in the country as it sim laulates an attack from chi. this is all a simulation, but this is an unusual sight on the country's highway. pilots practicing emergency takeoffs and landings on the number one national freeway. this would be something that would make your work commute something to remember, don't you think? more of the day's biggest stories after this. denver international is one of the busiest airports in the country. we operate just like a city, and that takes a lot of energy. we use natural gas throughout the airport - for heating the entire terminal, generating electricity on-site, and fueling hundreds of vehicles. we're very focused on reducing our environmental impact. and natural gas is a big part of that commitment.

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hurricane planned through the resort town of cabo san lucas. the storm trapped some tourists in their hotels. the potential trouble from tropical storm is far from over. i understand it's dumping some rain on arizona and the region. >> it looks like a similar scenario to what played out here about a week and a half ago when we had norbert and remnants that brought historic rainfall to the city of phoenix. about three inches in seven hours. here's what's heft of the hurricane. it's quite a strong tropical storm, about seven or eight miles per hour shy of being a hurricane. again, the long-range outlook for this is a lot of water for a

lot of the southwest. in fact, the national weather service across this region has issued flash flood watches to 9.5 million people from phoenix to albuquerque. the storm system pushes into eastern arizona the next 24 hours. and with it, you're watch thing from tucson from green valley, arizona, from douglas, arizona, across the southeastern corner of the state where three to five inches of rain is possible. notice across western new mexico, quite a bit of rainfall. notice where they need it the most across california. scattered and minimal to say the least. not much in the way of help there. this storm system will begin to lose all of its tropical characteristics. unfortunately that's going to happen over portions of the southwest in quite a dramatic

fashion. here is the airport for cabo san lucas. notice the aircraft damage. wind speeds topping 116 miles per hour in cabo. looting a major issue, as well. kind of leave you with some of the images, bringing out the worst in people. sometimes you see this happen all around the world. but police officers put an end to this quickly. but this was the scene early on monday morning across that region. errol? >> pedro, thank you very much for the update. appreciate that. life for death surgery, on a goldfish? yes, it is unusual. still, a fish that was suffering from a tumor is now, wait for it, good as gold after it was treated by a veterinary an. >> reporter: deceased goldfish

get no respect. >> my daughter comes home, why did he die, dad! come on, what? because who gives a [ bleep ], that's the reason. >> reporter: but the owners of george the goldfish did give a [ bleep ]. cared so much, they paid for george to have surgery. >> the fish was having trouble eating, getting bullied. >> reporter: dr. tristan in australia performed the surgery. it took about 45 minutes. first, george was put in a bucket of water laced with anesthetic. then more water was trickled on the gills to keep him sedated. the owners were given the choice. either operate or put the goldfish to sleep. they considered the 10-year-old fish a family pet. >> they bring a lot of pressure,

these fish in this pond. >> that's george, back in his pond, doing well after surgery. the vet says the tiny stitches didn't take, so he had to seal george up with tissue goal. so how much was the bill? a couple hundred bucks. of course, if the decision to operate had been left up to george -- >> the fish is talking. >> stop this right now. >> reporter: george should be saying thanks. even at age 10, he could live another 20 plus years. but don't try this at home unless you want to practice on the kind of goldfish that feed you instead of you feeding them. >> scalpel. nurse, this isn't a scalpel. >> very nice. i'm errol barnett. i'll be back after the break with rosemary. more of the day's biggest stories, including a live report from iraq. stay with us.

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