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well. look at the list there, mcdonald's pepsi, budweiser all expressing concern about how the league is handling these issues. breaking also overnight, ray rice, formally appealing his indefinite suspension and asking that roger goodell, the commissioner, not be part of the proceedings. we're going to break all the developments down for you. let's begin with gisele turner. it's like one head-fake after another. >> you saw something coming monday during the vikings general managers press conference, people were peppering him. he did seem very unkmshl. you may have seen a change coming. we say the market will drive decisions by big corporations and companies. and we said when the sponsors start asking questions and stepping back, we could see the nfl change its tune. and this morning the song sounds a little different. it's a stunning reversal, star running back, adrian peterson benched again. the minnesota vikings announcing just hours ago that peterson will be required to remain away

from all team activities until his legal proceedings are resolved. the team had previously announced that peterson, who is facing a felony child abuse charge, would be allowed to practice this week and play on sunday's game against the new orleans saints. in a statement, the vikings ownership now says after further reflection, we have concluded that this resolution is the best for the vikings and for adrian. we want to be clear -- we have a strong stance regarding the protection and welfare of children, and we want to be sure we get this right. >> the first thing that comes to my mind is we need to get this process started immediately. >> this news coming shortly after peterson was dropped by one of his most significant sponsors, castrol motor oil and radisson also suspending its sponsorship of the vikings and anheuser busch weighing in saying it's kiss pointed and

concerned about the recent incidents involving players. and the nfl players association formally filing an appeal of ray rice's indefinite suspension. he was initially suspended for two games, but his penalty was increased once nfl commissioner roger goodell saw a video of rice knocking out his then-fiancee, the union arguing that rice cannot be punished twice for the same action when all the facts were available. the union also asking nfl commissioner, roger goodell, to recuse himself from the case. >> obviously there's an issue with player conduct like you've been referring to. and maybe it's time to take that out of the commissioner's hands and put it into a neutral arbitration process where there can be a fair process for everybody involved. >> now we should say going back to the peterson case, his attorney, rusty hardin, says quote adrian never intended to harm his son. and adrian peterson says i'm not

a perfect parent but i am without a doubt, not a child abuser. chris? >> a very twisted situation. you have a guy being punished more harshly in the eyes of the public. in a better situation, even though he's got a case against them. it's complicated. let's break it down. we have former nfl agent and professor of sports management and nyu, bob boleyn and george martin, a former president of the nfl players association. good perspective here. right off the bat, george, right move? >> right move. but in the wrong sequence, had they done this initially and let the legal system run its course, i think we would have had less controversy surrounding it. however they came out in support of adrian initially and reinstated him back on the team. now they're reversing it, and it seems eerily similar to what roger goodell has been done all along. >> new information from the sponsors? >> new information from the sponsors and that's the challenge here.

you want to be sensitive to your sponsors' concerns, but sitting peterson generate a grievance and that's another challenge. does it fix anything? the about-face is a challenge here. >> maybe too extreme. george any chance that adrian peterson has played his last game as a viking? >> i don't think there's any chance of that. i think they will reinstate him after the dust settles, but a process will have to play itself out. he's too valuable of a commodity for them to just jettison. >> adrian peterson indicted, facing a case here. could get probation, but it seems the public is more on his side, even though he's indicted for child abuse, than in the ray rice situation, how do you make sense of that in. >> i think the issue of the defense. i think he's saying he was being a parent disciplining his child, which a lot of parents believe is an appropriate response versus rice where there's really no justification for. >> and yet, ray rice, in better shape than adrian peterson probably in terms of his beef

with the league. what do you think happens in his appeal? >> i think he wins on appeal, i think he has the basis to say he had earned the right to be professional athlete with the ravens and that i think roger goodell, absolutely overstepped his bounds and just imposed a harsher penalty than was necessary under the circumstances because they had all the information to begin with. >> he set the policy, roger goodell, six games, but then he has ray rice indefinitely suspended. doesn't make any sense. he probably ends up getting the six games, right, bob? >> he gets paid and maybe he gets his cut reversed and gets paid by the ravens. >> you teach sports management of at nyu has this become the test case of what not to do in sports management? >> it's a case of what we should be looking at. how a league should react and the labor law issue, do you have due process concerns in all of this you have to observe and you can't just bow to pressure and

the moment. >> have you ever seen a worse situation for the nfl in terms of how they've handled drama? >> not in succession, this is a perfect storm. you've got so many cases that have converged at the beginning of this season, this nfl season, i think roger would prefer to have a reset button, but he can't. it's something i haven't seen in the likes of my 14 years as a professional athlete. that's for certain. >> is it on him? >> i think for the most part, yes. he didn't go out and create these situations but the way he mishandled them i think exacerbated them in the long run. >> you think he's in worse shape now? you think it's starting to get likely about whether or not he stays, bob or he gets pushed out? >> i think the only set of facts that push him out is if you watch the video and lied about it, or is that's proven. i think the question however is, the league is going to have to do some serious damage control in coverage. i don't know quite how do you that right now. >> if the money starts pulling out, what do you think the money is going to ask for?

get rid of the good players? that's not what the money wants. >> that's the challenge. if we look back at a lot of sponsorship cases, they pull back for a while and ultimately come back, or come back with a competitor. there's no damage to their stock price over any kind of crisis. >> george, this isn't the sexy angle, but it seems like it's fair. domestic violence, the cops didn't make a case, they gave a plea deal to ray rice, people don't have that right. he was indicted, he pleaded not guilty, they cut him a deal, okay? there's not the outrage against the system, there's the outrage for the nfl for how they handled it. what adrian peterson did is no question worthy of an indictment. he may get a simple penalty of probati probation, but that's not on the league, it's on the system that and our culture that says spanking is okay. the nfl getting too much heat for things that exist in larger society? >> i don't think so. i think the nfl appropriately because it's a high-visibility, high-profile institution, i think they have to set the lead, they have to set the standard.

they're not doing that right now. the other thing that's very important, there's three things we have to look at as a culture. our cultural indoctrination, being from the south, it's acceptable to discipline a person severely. and number two old school, discipline is something we should employ. and religious objections alike, spare the rod and spoil the child. those are three dynamics we have to put in the equation. >> we've been seeing it in responses to the story. a lot of people talk about how they were spanked as a kid and they're okay, almost as a badge of honor. no question the league is mishandling it. but we'll have to see where it goes, because adrian peterson, ray rice, you need them in the league if you want to make money, what's the league to do, bob boleyn thank you very much. i want to remind you about george, he's written a book you should check out, called "just around the bend: my journey for 9/11." probably has a new book in him because of what's happened here,

mick. >> let's get him writing. thanks so much. great conversation. let's look at your headlines now, nine minutes past the hour. the first public hearing is on tap today for the house committee investigating security lapses in the 2012 benghazi attack. former homeland security and secret service officials are among those set to testify. this committee will review how the state department implemented changes following a report that blames systemic failures and deficiencies for inadequate security. south korea's military have arrested an american who they say was trying to swim to north korea. the unidentified man reportedly told investigators that he wanted to meet with north korean leader, kim jong un. that man is now in custody, being interrogated by quote relevant south korean officials. american ebola survivor, dr. kent brantley will spend a second day testifying before congress about the ongoing ebola outbreak. dr. brantley contracted ebola

while working in liberia. in the meantime, president obama is declaring war on ebola, sending 3,000 u.s. military personnel to west africa. they will build clinics and help train medical staff, all in an effort to contain the spread of ebola. it is the last day of furious campaigning before an historic vote in scotland. people there heading to polls to answer yes or no to this question -- should scotland be an independent country? this is expected to be an incredibly tight race, with a huge, unprecedented turn-out. if the outcome is yes, the scottish government will start an 18-month process to final independence, expected to take effect in march of 2016. we'll watch this, a 307-year history would come to an end if they vote for independence. >> it's amazing to consider. >> and so many ramifications across the board. internationally, domestically. >> it's interesting how it's been kind of like bubbling below

the surface for a long time. everybody is paying attention to ukraine because it's violent. but essentially you have the same thing, you have somebody who wants to separate and say we're our own people. a new york man charged with aiding isis, if you can believe it. recruiting fighters to join the terror group. he was plotting to kill american soldiers himself. a live report on what is going on here straight ahead. and there's a manhunt under way right now in pennsylvania. look at your screen, this man wanted for last week's deadly ambush of the state police barracks and cons have good reason to believe he may strike again soon. the latest on the search for eric matthew frane.

breaking overnight, an upstate new york man is facing charges of providing support to isis. 30-year-old mufid elfgeeh, an american citizen, born in yemen, was indicted tuesday on charges that he tried to help three men travel to syria to join isis fighters and that he plotted himself to murder u.s. service members. this, as a top u.s. general

opens the door, seems to be opening the door to putting boots on the ground in iraq in order to fight isis. we're going to be covering every angle for you. let's begin this morning on this topic with evan perez on the ice ice charges facing the man in upstate new york. >> 30-year-old mufid elfgeeh tried to recruit three people to travel to syria to join isis terrorists and he plotted to kirry out attacks against u.s. soldiers returning home from iraq and against she gentleman musl shia muslims in the new york area. the fbi says two of the people he was trying to recruit were undercover informants for the fbi and another one was in yemen. the fbi noticed him last year, he was active on twitter, expressing support for al qaeda and isis. he sent tweets urging people to donate money to ice ice. he used a hash tag, $5,000 for

every household. two informants the government used are both on the fbi's payroll. one paid more than $21,000. and the other one is a former drug felon and he's been paid about $4,000 so far. now, elfgeeh spoke to one of the fbi informants in december 2013, about the kenyan mall attack carried out by al shabab. this is what he said, me myself i'm thinking about doing something to be honest you. i'm thinking about buying a big automatic gun from off the street and something and a lot of bullets and put on a vest or whatever and just walk around and start shooting. now kate, the, his lawyer says that he's going to enter a not guilty plea when he appears in court today. >> seems pretty brazen, some of the comments he's been putting out there. and it seems that the government has quite a case that they're lining up. amazing details you're uncovering, thanks so much. you've been told that there

will be no u.s. boots on the ground in the war against isis. the problem is, that doesn't make a lot of sense. the president is at macdill air force base in tampa, preparing to talk strategy and for weeks he has promised to get your support, because he knows the polls show, as do all the politicians, that you are war-weary. the promise is no u.s. combat troops except the thousands that are going over there as advisers. now comes a senate hearing tuesday, obama's top general, you're looking at him, martin dempsey, he tells congress he has not ruled it out. it being u.s. boots on the ground. what's going on here if jim acosta joining us live from the white house this morning. i don't think i'm overstating the proposition, jim, this was about a political fix to a military situation. and now is the reality, the practicalities come home, the message is in doubt, fair statement? >> they're not singing from the same shong sheet this morning. and white house officials say

general dempsey's prepared testimony was vetted, but he was engaging in hypotheticals, when he said u.s. ground troops could be directed into combat roles against isis, but the white house insists their pledge of no combat boots on the ground is not changing. as president obama landed in tampa to hear from u.s. central command leaders orchestrating the fight against isis, the white house was busy clarifying some surprising statements from the pentagon's top brass. on the role of u.s. military advisers in iraq. >> they are not participating in direct combat. there's no intention for them to do so. i've mentioned, though, that if i found that circumstance evolving, that i would of course change my recommendation. >> that comment, at a senate hearing from the chairman of the joint chiefs, martin dempsey, put him at odds with president obama. >> these american forces will not have a combat mission. we will not get dragged into another ground war in iraq. >> asked about that presidential pledge, dempsey suggested there was wiggle room. >> as the president ruled it

out? >> well, at this point he's, his stated policy is that we will not have u.s. ground forces in direct combat. but he has told me as well to come back to him on a case-by-case basis. >> white house officials tell cnn dempsey is free to make any recommendations he chooses. but it's the president who has the final say. aboard air force one, white house press secretary josh earnest told reporters, i'm confident if you asked general dempsey if he's on the same page as the commander-in-chief, he would say he is. >> combat situations could always arise and that the hundreds of u.s. military advisers already on the ground in iraq are authorized to defend themselves. which is why the president's critics say he's engaged in word games. >> well first of all, the president is flat not telling the truth. we already have boots on the ground there. he knows we're going to have boots on the ground. let's face it and admit -- we're in a war. >> the president is expected to make some remarks after his meeting with centcom officials.

a white house official says the president is likely to repeat that pledge that u.s. combat troops or u.s. troops are not returning to combat roles in iraq. also expected later today, the house is set to vote to authorize the pentagon to train syrian rebels to battle isis. of course house votes are not always set in stone. we're waiting to see if that will happen later today, chris in. >> 0 no small irony, they're getting ready to vote, but not on what matters the most, the actual tactics of this military plan, the commitment to war and the decision of u.s. boots. let's talk about with democratic congressman with jim hines from connecticut. thank you so much for coming in this morning. what do you make of the comments coming from general dempsey yesterday? opening the door to a recommendation coming from him at some points that boots on the ground in iraq could be needed. what do you think? >> an awful lot of my colleagues sat up yesterday and said wait a second, it wasn't a surprise,

one of the reasons the vote today is so challenging is because once you have made a commitment, both to putting people on the ground in iraq, which we have, and increasing number of people on the ground. and funding a proxy group of syrian rebels who are acting in our name, you can't predict the outcome. the middle east, if it's one thing, it is unpredictable. so as people think about casting this vote today, i think they're understanding that really, we, there may be a presidential pledge, there may be an ability or there may not be an ability to vet syrian rebels, but once the pieces are in motion, unpredictable things can happen. >> it sounds to me like you're not trusting what you're hearing from the president over and over again, that there will be no combat troops on the ground. is that fair? >> first of all, as the senator pointed out, there already are troops on the ground. and you know, anybody who is cognizant of history, who looks at the history of vietnam or any number of other conflicts, things are unpredictable. if a couple of airmen are downed

over iraq and find themselves in the hands of ice ice, guess what, there will be a lot of american combat troops there to find and rescue them. it's an unpredictable thing. that's why the vote is so hard today. >> on boots on the ground, in order to defeat isis, many military experts, many former military guys are saying, that combat boots from someone are going to have needed. and often that means the united states is going to lead. are you at place where can you say, even though it is hypothetical at this point -- if the president requested and said he needed combat troops in order to take out isis, that you could support him? >> i personally would not support that. look the american people are well, well tired of having our troops exposed in places like afghanistan, and iraq and having military missions which don't end well. i of course referring not only to afghanistan and iraq, but to libya. where we made a substantial military commitment. i'm not sure anybody looks at libya and says we're an awful lot better off today than we were before we committed significant air power. look, this concept of defeating

isis, what can we do with air strikes? with air strigs we can disburse isis, they'll blend into the villages and stop sort of concentrating. with boots on the ground, you might, you might -- not defeat them, but at least be more aggressive of finding them in the villages. you don't defeat terrorism at the end of the day, and afghanistan and iraq have shown this until you get at the underlying conditions, the money flowing there from the persian gulf, the kinds of economic and political conditions that turn a 17-year-old into an isis monster. until we address those things, terrorism will not be quote-unquote defeated. >> general dempsey acknowledged that yesterday. in that hearing, he said no matter how you slice it, there is no military solution to taking out isis that involves diplomacy, it involves political. i want to ask you about the house vote. the house vote on arming and training syrian rebels. it's been tacked on to an essential bill as i well know from covering capitol hill for

years, to keep the government funded. where are you on this vote today? >> at this point i still have an awful lot of unanswered questions about exactly what arming the syrian rebels does or means. i, we're being asked to fund essentially a proxy army here that would be doing two things at once -- fighting assad, which of course is what these moderate rebels, we call them the opposition, that's opposition to assad, you know, but also, fighting isis. which by the way, is also fighting assad. that's a very, very complicated operational thing. there's questions about how well we can vet these guys. what kind of weapons they'll be provided. might we see those weapons again from the other end? there are a whole lot of questions here that i think an awful lot of members of congress have. i can't predict for you where the vote is going to go. this is something that the congress was not thinking much about two weeks ago. so a lot of people are being soevlized to very scary concepts and still unanswered questions. >> this is an approach, ha was advocated by president obama, vice president biden, by the white house, they wanted this

vote to be tacked on to this funding bill. they thought it would be more palatable if it was masked in a must-pass vote. but you still sound like you're a no. >> well, look, you get to the process by which this is all happening. here you've got a little bit of a mess, too, yes, this is being done as a separate amendment to a must-pass vote. we've got to keep the government open by passing a continuing resolution. but look, the more fundamental issue on the part of the congress is an awful lot of members of congress believe that the president needs a separate authorization for this set of hostilities. the president does not believe that and so now we're being asked to sort of go halfway and approve the money for a new, you can use the word war, certainly you know, a sest hostilities that involve arming the syrian moderates, without having actually authorized the war itself. >> are you a no vote on the syrian, on the amendment to arm

syrian rebels? >> at this point in time, remember the vote is later on today, there's a lot of information and questions being answered. at this point of time i'm a no vote. >> do you believe there should be a separate up or down vote on any authorization for further military force, use of military force? >> i do. look, this is an offensive action in the sense that we're -- >> where are the leaders on this? i'm sorry to cut you off. i feel like every member of congress we've had on, democrat or republican, rank and file have said the same thing, they believe an up or down vote should happen. but it's not happening, are you talking about your leaders about the need for an up or down vote? >> yeah, look, there's been an awful lot of advocacy. the president has said he does not think he needs the up or down vote. he said he has the authority. a lot of us disagree. this is a fight going on for 60 years between the white house and congress, about exactly where war-making authority lives. >> and this is a fight when you look overseas, even general martin dempsey. said it's a generational problem. is going to go far beyond the three years that have been

forecast in the fight against isis going forward. congressman jim himes, thanks so much for coming on this morning. >> thank you. the manhunt for a police killer is is under way in pennsylvania, we're live on the scene of the search. and also cnn has learned, while joan rivers was under anesthesia her personal physician was busy taking a selfie. that is from the room, one report. all of this is happening moments before rivers went into cardiac arrest. that's not all we're finding out this morning.

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>> what helped investigators with all this, chris, is a man out walking his dog this weekend, about two and a half miles from where we are now. he spotted an abandoned jeep. he called police. that was the tip that they needed to find their suspect. police searching through the night for eric matthew frein, a survivalist who spoke of mass murder. they also say he ambushed two pennsylvania state troopers friday night. >> frein is not in custody. he is at large and is considered armed and extremely dangerous. >> about 200 law enforcement officials, including members of the atf and fbi are searching a densely wooded area in northeastern pennsylvania for frein, who police say fired four shots at the blooming grove state police barracks, killing corporal brian dickson and critically injuring trooper allen douglass. and found his jeep two miles

from the shooting. inside it, investigators found shell casings that matched those at the crime scene, two empty rifle cases, military gear and camouflage makeup. >> what i want to emphasize to everyone is that this fellow is extremely dangerous. we have no idea where he is. >> officials say frein has expressed hatred toward law enforcement in the past. that he made statements about wanting to kill officers and committing mass murder. police caution that the 31-year-old pennsylvania native is very familiar with the area, he is suspected to be hiding in. authorities say they are confident they will eventually find him. >> we will find you and we will seek justice when we do. >> police were able to interview frein's father, he lived with his father and his mother. his father says that two weapons are missing, chris, an ak-47, also a rifle. in his bedroom they found a book titled "sniper training and

employment" a little more information about this man who is at large. his father says that he is well trained when it comes to guns. he was in the rifle club when he was in high school. and when asked about what type of shooter he is, he says he never misses. chris? >> our jason, obviously the concern is they're being baited by this man. keep us in the loop, thank you very much. mick? breaking news this morning, the minnesota vikings have reversed course, banned adrian peterson from all team activities until his child abuse case is resolved. andy scholes has more in this morning's "bleacher report." >> this new adrian peterson news this decision by the vikings, it comes hours after minnesota's governor called for adrian peterson to be suspended indefinitely. and one of the league's biggest sponsors, anheuser busch

released a statement criticizing the way the league has handled the situation. as more sponsors started to speak out, the team has banned adrian peterson from all team activities until his child abuse case is resolved. the owners released a statement this morning that says after further reflection, we have concluded that this resolution is best for the vikings and for adrian. we want to be clear -- we have a strong stance regarding the protection and welfare of children and we want to be sure we get this right. also breaking this morning, the nfl player association has appealed ray rice's indefinite suspension. in a statement the nfl p.a. says they are trying to protect the due process rights of all nfl players. and rice was not treated fairly by commissioner roger goodell. they've asked for an independent arbitrator to hear the case, since goodell and members of his office will be key witnesses. a hearing date will be set in the next ten days. the nfl p.a. calling this

double-jeopardy. they say rice can't be punished twice for the same action. when all of the available evidence was available the first time. >> i don't think we've seen a football season start so roughly as we have as this year's season. it's insane. >> it's probably ever. >> andy scholes, thanks for that. new details in the death of joan rivers, sources tell cnn imagine this -- one of the doctors snapped a selfie during her throat surgery before that procedure took a fatal turn. that's note the only shocking detail that cnn has uncovered, we'll talk about it, coming up. ♪ t-mobile's network has more data capacity than verizon or at&t. it's a network designed data strong.

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vocal chords, was begun on the comedian while she was sedated. staffers found no signed concept form. if so, one ethicist says that's a red flag. >> knowing what's going to happen to you is crucial to any care interaction. >> the morning began like this -- our source says rivers was undergoing a scheduled endoscopy by the clinic's gastroenterologist. dr. lawrence cohen. inserting a camera down her throat, looking for possible digestive issues when staffers say cohen saw something. while rivers was still under anesthesia staffers told authorities rivers' personal ear, nose and throat specialist examined rivers' vocal chords and began a biopsy. and in addition to the fact the procedure was unauthorized, our source says the ent doctor was not certified to operate there. >> even though you are a

licensed physician, you still should have, if you will, the checks and balances to get you approval to practice in a particular place. >> and there's more. in a statement, the clinic flatly says a biopsy of the vocal chords quote has never been performed at the clinic. while technically true, it doesn't appear to be the whole story. the ent doctor may not have completed the biopsy, but our source says it was started. our source says as the unauthorized biopsy got under way, rivers' vocal chords began to swell. cutting off her oxygen, putting her into cardiac arrest. doctor, if there were oxygen deprivation to the brain, what particular impact might that have, if someone is elderly, in this case, 81 years old? >> the effect of having no oxygen to the brain is damage to the nerve cells which can precipitate coma, paralysis. but in the elderly, you have

less reserve, you have less of a window to correct it. >> when rivers' heart stops beating, seconds count. it's 9:40 a.m. the clinic calls 911. the call gets the highest code. five minutes later, new york fire rescue arrives, cpr is under way. a defibrillator is attached, a breathing tube inserted, fire rescue takes over cpr. 9:47, a mount sinai ambulance team arrives and joins the effort. a minute later, a second fire rescue unit arrives. by 9:50 a.m., ten emergency personnel are on the scene. one week later, joan rivers is dead. as new york's medical examiner and the state's health department continue to investigate, the clinic announcing a shake-up. in a statement saying dr. cohen is not currently performing procedures, nor is he currently

serving as medical director. at this time a source says neither dr. cohen nor the ent is being accused of wrongdoing. citing federal privacy laws, the clinic declines comment on whether rivers' personal doctor was there and performed a biopsy. this head-shaking news, while rivers was under anesthesia, staffers tell investigators the ent, rivers' personal doctor, was taking a selfie while she was in the room under anesthe a anesthesia. susan candiotti, cnn, new york. >> that sure is a disturbing detail to come out. >> that's a very ghoulish thing because of obviously what wound up happening to joan rivers. but the concern here is if this could happen to joan rivers, what about everybody else? this is a big part of emerging medicine, these clinics. and this investigation is the state, but also the feds. because there are a lot of unanswered questions that we'll keep trying to unpack as the

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breaking news, both on the threat of isis and the planned response, first the threat -- you're looking at it, isis has released a new video in direct response to president obama's plan to quote degrade and ultimately destroy the terror group. slickly produced video seems to dare american troops to come after isis in iraq. take a look. >> combat troops will not be returning to fight. >> they should be careful what they ask for, because this comes a day after the president and one of his top generals appear to get their wires crossed on the strategy specifically involving u.s. troops on the ground. as you know, the president has said for weeks that there will be no american boots on the ground in iraq. on tuesday, chairman of the joint chiefs, martin dempsey, told congress he has not ruled out the possibility of combat troops. listen. >> my view at this point is that

this coalition is the appropriate way forward. i believe that will prove true. but if it fails to be true and if there are threats to the united states, then i of course would go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use of u.s. military ground forces. >> what you are seeing play out in real-time is the difference between politics and practicality. let's get perspective now with retired u.s. army major general james spider marks. senior military analyst and mark lamont hill, host of huff post live. mark, i start with you. both of you gentlemen thank you for being with us this morning. no u.s. boots on the ground. is one thing and one thing only. this is president obama responding to the polls that say we're war-weary. this is a man who has as a senator was against the war. his whole campaign platform was to get us out of iraq and his pledge is not to do it again. that's what it's about. >> that's what it's about to a

certain extent. but conditions do change. oxs after we drew down in iraq, security forces remained and there remained the need for intervention. the president isn't just responding to the polls saying we're a war-weary nation and community. although that's true. there's a practical reason says u.s. boots on the ground have a negative impact on the area. it's much better to include regional forces to get sunni buy-in, to get pkk troops, to get shia militia, it creates a different atmosphere on the ground and it stops new death spots from emerging. it's been puzzling to me, i'm going to announce that ground troops are off the table. it seems like bad strategy. >> it's about politics. and to you, general, when you hear this information, this is one of main frustrations of being a military man. you're at war with isis, they don't like the word in government because they know what it means. but isn't it time to just tell the truth, can this get done if u.s. troops aren't on the

ground? >> i'm confident that it can get done. but the key issue is, at the end of the day, if you want to do what the president has described in his strategy, which is to defeat isis, that by itself is a very broad and very descriptive term. that means something to military folks. you're going to have to have forces on the ground. you're going to have to have troops on the ground. whether those are u.s. troops or coalition troops, at the end of the day, it's a necessity to get that accomplished. >> now if you want to degrade them, push them out of iraq, give baghdad an opportunity to reestablish its borders and to establish governance with its new government going forward. to try to get some distance between what the challenges have been right now and where they need to go, moving forward, can you do that. but at the end of the day, if it's about defeating and had is what general dempsey said, my obligation as the joint chiefs of staff is to come back and say mr. president, i've got a

mismatch of ends and means if this isn't working out. i need to reduce what you're asking me to do, or i may have to increase the resources necessary to get it done. that could be soldiers, that could be air power. it could be time. and i think that's the key issue moving forward. >> but general, isn't it fair to say it's not an if, it's a when. you know that the coalition in that region, the arab countries as well as turkey, don't want to put men in the fight. you know the syrian free syrian army isn't doing well as it is. and is not showing an inclination to fight isis, they want to take on assad. isn't this just about waiting until there's no other option, except u.s. troops? >> if, yeah, chris, i would agree with you completely. the issue is, if you've got the problem, you're sitting at that inflection point, we're not going to get this done unless we put u.s. soldiers and service members on the ground. and if the president is adamant that that will not happen beyond what he already has in iraq, in the form of advisers, then you

reduce the mission. he's going to have to come back to the american population and international partners and say, look, guys, i've got to change what it is we're trying to do, we can't get there from here. >> no sitting president is going to say, we changed the mission, you talk about something that's politically unacceptable, that's probably the worst thing that could happen. the question is are there other ways of doing this. i'm not necessarily convinced, neither are any of the international community, that this cannot happen without putting american troops on the ground. one issue is the funding, we have to get at the saudi qatari, kuwaiti relationship. if we get at the funding of isis and regional buy-in and we have coalition forces, now all of a sudden we can move in that direction. that doesn't mean that there aren't problems, the problem is not the willingness of the arab community, it's the capacity of the arab community. it's whether the fsa can do this. it's whether shiite militia groups create more problems in iraq than they do solutions. >> the general can attempt to

this, they can fight, mark, they can fight for good reason, bad reason, no reason. they don't want to fight here. and that's the problem with this plan right now. the bigger problem politically, this is what i want to end with with both of you. is the president, you could argue, is getting way too much criticism here. although he's the commander-in-chief, all of these members of congress are saying everything they need to say to trigger their constitutional responsibility to declare war and take a vote. and they're avoiding it like scared children because of the mid-terms. what's going to happen with that? >> ultimately their hand is going to be forc. it with the p speech a few weeks ago. >> they're voting today about whether or not to arm the rebels, the least of the concerns. >> it's the easiest thing to fund, because it makes people feel like we're not engaging in war. although quite frankly we are as we move down the road, congress will have it take more votes around funding, authorizing what's going to be a war. that puts everybody's cards on the table. right now it's the president taking ought the heat. once congress has bought in,

you'll see a different type of narrative about what's going on here. >> and general, the reason we wind up bringing you back on this as we go forward, is everybody in congress agrees on one thing, right? boy, they support the troops. our fighting men and women. by not voting in this situation right now, not having a clear plan -- >> they're undermining the military. >> they're undermining the military and i hope people understand that at home. general marks, thank you very much. mark lamont hill, thank you very much. this is a big story for you about what happens as you start your "new day," a lot of other news as well, so let's get to it. the vikings banning adrian peterson from all team activities. >> he has admitted what he has done. this man has no place on the field. a rochester new york man indicted on charges of trying to recruit for isis. >> this underscores the problem, that's a growing problem here in the united states. police searching through the night for eric matthew frein, he ambushed two pennsylvania state troopers. >> he is at large and is considered armed and extremely

dangerous. >> we will find you, we will seek justice. this is a once and for all decision. if scotland votes yes, the uk will split and we will go our separate ways forever. good morning, welcome to "new day," we're following breaking news this morning -- the minnesota vikings reversing course on the future of star running back, adrian peterson. the team announced overnight that peterson is exempt -- what does that mean? that means he's banned from all team activities until his child abuse case is resolved. this just a day after peterson was reinstated and cleared to play this sunday. >> the nfl continuing to feel the heat from a rash of domestic violence cases. which are starting to hit the league in its pocketbook. look at what, look at the list of sponsors, budweiser, pepsi, nike, just to name a few, all expressing concerns over their handling of the situations. and the cases we're talking

about, include ex-baltimore ravens ray rice, who beat a midnight deadline and formally appealed his indefinite suspension. we'll have complete coverage for you, cnn's nichelle turner is following all the developments. every day there's new developments. >> yeah, there definitely is. ray rice's appeal didn't surprise us, we expected him to do it by midnight last night. but adrian peterson being redeactivated -- that was a bit of a shock. however, on monday, the vikings gm rick spielman did parse his words during a press conference when he repeatedly said quote based on the facts we currently have we are making the decision to reinstate him. once again, their decision to get adrian peterson back, has. it's a stunning reversareversal running back adrian peterson benched again. the minnesota vikings announcing just hours ago, that peterson will be required to remain away

from all team activities until his legal proceedings are resolved. the team had previously announced that peterson, who is facing a felony child abuse charge, would be allowed to practice this week and play on sunday's game against the new orleans saints. in a statement, the vikings ownership now says after further reflection, we have concluded that this resolution is the best for the vikings and for adrian. we want to be clear. we have a strong stance regarding the protection and welfare of children. and we want to be sure we get this right. >> first thing that comes to my mind is we need to get this process started immediately. >> this news coming shortly after peterson was dropped by one of his most significant sponsors -- castrol motor oil. the hotel chain radisson also suspending its sponsorship of the vikings and advertising giant anheuser busch weighing in saying it is quote disappointed and increasingly concerned by the recent incidents involving

players. also breaking this morning, the nfl players association formally filing its appeal of embattled running back ray rice's indefinite suspension. rice was initially suspended for two games, but his penalty was increased once nfl commissioner roger goodell saw a video of rice knocking out his then-fiancee. the union arguing that rice cannot be punished twice for the same action when all the facts were available. the union also asking nfl commissioner roger goodell to recuse himself from the case. >> obviously there's an issue with player conduct like you've been referring to. and maybe it's time to take that out of the commissioner's hands and put it into a neutral arbitration process where there can be a fair process for everybody involved. >> now we should say that in the peterson case the vikings said on monday they were aware of the other set of child abuse allegations that were leveled more than a year ago. and about the current accusations peterson's attorney says quote, adrian never intended to harm his son and

deeply regrets the unintentional injury. adrian has also defended himself saying he is quote not a perfect parent, but i am without a doubt, not a child abuser. chris? >> all right, nischelle, thank you very much. very complex situation, let's bring in mel robbins, cnn commentator and legal analyst and kavitha davidson, sports columnist with bloomberg view. let's start with the obvious proposition -- do you like this move in is it the right thing? >> it's absolutely the right thing, it's a shame it took sponsor pressure to make it happen. the vikings face a severe backlash yesterday in public opinion and it really just seemed it was the move by radisson that forced their hand to deactivate him finally. so yes, it's absolutely the right move, but maybe the wrong motivation. >> does it matter, mel? does it matter why they did it. this is the nfl, not congress. money talks to them. and they've got a little bit of a culture conflict going on,

right? as you've lamented on many shows here on cnn, people all think that adrian peterson may have gone too far. but they're not against hitting kids. >> yeah, that's true, chris. good morning, chris, good morning kavitha. here's my take on this, chris. what we're see something actually what happens when a conversation doesn't have a very clear stance on particular matters. if the nfl, chris, for example had a no tolerance policy where at the moment you're arrested for either domestic violence or child abuse, you are suspended for six games. if they did that at the outset, that would create a situation where sponsors, where players and where the public knows exactly where the nfl stands. but when they go back and forth in their wishy-washy and one day -- >> if you put your lawyer hat on, if you're representing me and i'm arrested for one of those things, what do you say? you say due process, how are you going to deny this person of

their economic rights and their ability to do what they do to take care of their family when the system hasn't even spoken about whether or not they're guilty? >> well it's a great question, chris, but you're talking about two systems. one is the criminal justice system that's deciding whether or not you're guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. and the second one is the constitution and the by-laws under which the nfl operates. and there's a player conduct policy that's specifically says if you engage in any kind of conduct that can you know, infringe on the nfl brand, then you have violated the player, the players' conduct policy and you can be punished for that there's no reason why the nfl from a public relations standpoint can't take a much clearer stance. because ray rice wouldn't be appealing if he got a six-game suspension. this, the sponsors wouldn't be pulling their dollars and writing all kinds of statements if peterson had gotten a six-game suspension. and that also gives the players time and the nfl time to let the

situation take a deep breath, let the investigation go on parallel tracks and also more importantly, get these guys the services that they clearly need. and get the public out of the conversation, chris. >> kavitha, what happens, does ray rice play again? does adrian peterson play again? >> it's really easy to say who would touch these players after everything that has happened. it's a huge public relations liability. it's a huge moral liability. but michael vick is still in a uniform and that hasn't really changed very much. i can definitely see ray rice winning his suspension. frankly the nfl players association has an obligation to appeal this suspension. because of just the very inconsistency in the way that roger goodell has levied his punishment. >> he should have gotten six games, not been suspended indefinitely. that's how it's going to come out. >> absolutely. >> no case hanging over his head. he was indicted, pleaded not guilty and the prosecutor cut him a deal which nobody seems outraged by.

but ray rice could have had a case against him, doesn't. so it looks like he gets back in, yes? >> i think he'll be reinstated. i think in the immediate future, i can't see who signs him. but you know, later down the line -- >> what about forgiveness, what about redemption? >> well football fans have very short memories, so i'm sure we'll get over this in a couple of months. >> mel, adrian peterson, indicted. probably will be a deal involved. it is not unusual for someone in his circumstances as a first-time offender with these kinds of charges to get probation. that means that case is going to be over and it's going to be over fast. now what? >> you know, chris, first of all, think these cases do deserve probation and counseling, the first-time offenders, what you want to see is somebody rehabilitated. and i don't think either of these guys deserve the death penalty. i think a six-game suspension, counseling, and you go back to business. and if they do something elsewhere they violate the players' conduct policy, get arrested for something else -- you're out. it's simple, actually. >> it's simple if you do it

right. that gets us to the biggest unknown, which is the presumption in the beginning was, roger goodell is untouched by this. now with the money moving, i think the needle on him is starting to move, too. we all know somebody's got to go, it's not going to be the players making the money. >> and roger goodell will be the scapegoat frankly if this happens. he deserves to be punished, but nothing would change if he goes, 32 owners who only respond to changes in their bottom line. as the money changes, and it needs to not just be radisson, it needs to be a national sponsor that will actually affect the other owners as well. >> some big logos putting up this morning. when a man calls himself judge, juriy and executioner, he's not a scapegoat. thank you very much. now coming up later, we'll speak with famed wide receiver keyshawn johnson for his take on what's going on in the league. we're also watching this breaking news overnight, a

rochester, new york man accused of providing support to isis. a grand jury indicted yemen-born mufid elfgeeh on seven charges that include trying to help three other men travel to join isis fighters. he's also accused of the attempted murder of u.s. service members. evan perez joining us with more details on the charges. so what is he up against now, evan? what details have you uncovered? >> good morning, kate. mufid elfgeeh is a naturalized american citizen from yemen. he ran a convenience store in rochester, new york. federal prosecutors say he tried to recruit three people to travel to syria to join isis terrorists and he plotted to carry out shooting attacks against u.s. soldiers returning home from iraq and against shia muslims in the area. fbi said two people he tried to recruit were paid undercover informants and another one was in yemen. the fbi noticed him last year because he was active on twitter, expressing support for al qaeda and isis. and he sent tweets urging people to donate money to isis to buy weapons. the fbi says they recorded his

conversations with these informants and last december, elfgy talked to one informant about the kenyan mall attack. he said me myself, i'm thinking about doing something here to be honest with you, i'm thinking about going to buy a big automatic gun from off the streest or something and a lot of bullets and put on a vest or whatever and walk around and start shooting. now elfgeeh is due in court today and his lawyer says he's going to plead not guilty. kate? >> hopefully we'll learn even more about what he is indicted on doing. evan perez, great to see you, thank you so much. a lot of other headlines we're watching this morning. let's get to michaela. president obama will be briefed on the fight against isis during his visit to u.s. central command in tampa today. he has been insisting for weeks there will be no u.s. combat forces in iraq. however, tuesday general martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs told congress boots on the ground are still an option.

the white house claims the general was only speaking hypothetically. a big vote in the house today, where lawmakers are expected to approve president obama's plan to train and equip syrian rebels in the fight against isis. republicans plan to offer up the measure as part of a broader bill to keep the government funded into december. it is expected to pass. the senate could approve it before the end of the week. house lawmakers today will hear again from dr. kent brantley, he contracted ebola while working in liberia. on tuesday, dr. brantley told members of congress that there's no time to waste in dealing with the outbreak that's already killed thousands in west africa. today the white house will formally request some $500 million to fight ebola. the president has already sending 3,000 military personnel to the region, to help build field hospitals and train medical staff. the mexican government now air-lifting stranded tourists out as people who live in the

resort areas of los cab 0s or cabo san lucas pick up the pieces after hurricane odile. they expect it will take two days to ferry out the 30,000 tourists in shelters there. authorities were working to restore utilities to thousands in the state of baja california. real lay mess there in cabo, such a beautiful area. so many people flock there year-round. 30,000 people have to be taken out of the area. >> not in my travel plans. >> it's sounding like it's over there. but it isn't. let's get to meteorologist indira peterson. this is not an "over" situation, they needed aid. what's coming their way? >> i can tell you firsthand, my family is there. we have not heard from them since the storm has impacted the region and keep in mind, another storm right on its heels, here's the path of odile and now

tropical storm polo heading right for cabo. looking for landfall around sunday. that's a concern as another storm is making its way into the region. also, not done with odile just yet either. still expecting to make more landfall in mexico and bringing all the tropical moisture into the desert southwest. this is a huge concern, we're talking about massive flooding, up to about six inches of rain over the next several days. in the southeast still looking for scattered showers here into the northeast. a calmer picture, we're looking at more high pressure, so calmer conditions building in and cool air just being reinforced. you can see the difference across the country. record-breaking heat in the southwest yesterday. temperatures in l.a. were record-breaking at 100 degrees, meanwhile into the northeast, seeing 60s and 70s. it's only going to get cooler as the cold front makes its way through and we'll see highs in the 50s by friday, that would be out towards boston. so scary, you talk about cabo, people trying to get out of there, little do they know, another storm on its heels. >> and all of the other rain you're pointing out.

>> this is one of those moments, indra and i will get calls from people in california say you don't wish were you here. your weather in the east is nicer right now. >> how many times do you get that call? >> very rare. >> you get nicer weather out there, but more extremes out there you get more extremes, the fires, the -- >> winter. winter is known as a season. you know. a wildfire is you know an extreme event. >> i think you said it. >> wow. did you hear that? mommy sided with me. she's influencing you for the better. speaking of things that are not seeming to end, another investigation, the eighth now into the attack in benghazi, what do lawmakers hope to accomplish this time around? what could actually come out that you haven't heard? we're going to talk to one of the congressmen who will be asking the questions. and a statewide manhunt in pennsylvania for the survivalist who allegedly killed a state trooper in cold blood. police say he's armed and very dangerous and he is on his home

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it's been two years skins the attack on the consulate in benghazi, which killed four americans, including ambassador chris stevens. in that time there have been seven investigations into what went wrong. one independent review at the state department as well, and with all of that in mind, no one in the administration has technically lost their job in the fallout. and republicans continue to accuse the white house of with holding information. this has all led up to what is supposed to be the definitive probe into the attacks, a bipartisan house committee set to hold its first public hearing today. joining us now with more on this, a top democrat on benghazi select committee. congressman elijah cummings of maryland, thanks for coming in. >> good morning, kate. good to be with you. >> i want to ask you all along, when we, you and i have talked about this a while back. you've been critical of the

process, you had said it was important that you were on this committee. but you've been critical of the fact that the committee was even really put together. but i look back at our most recent polling, though, congressman on the benghazi attacks. americans still have a lot of questions about what happened in 2012. 61% of those polled back in june, they said that they didn't think the administration had been honest about benghazi. with that in mind, do you think this committee will come up with the, be able to provide the definitive account of what happened in, at the consulate? >> i think we will, but i think we are coming to largely, a lot of us have an answer, the republicans heard about a lot of investigations, as a matter of fact the nine exhaustive investigations with regard to benghazi. but a lot of the public don't know what these reports say. and so, that's why we, we released on our website

yesterday, benghazi on the record, which provides answers to the 13, 13 questions that have been most asked. and the public will have this, this tool. basically what we've done, kate, is we have without very little rhetoric, we have basically asked those questions, and then put in one place, transcript, transcripts from interviews, the various reports. and live testimony that was done in interviews, that answers the major questions that have been asked. and so again, you know, we, it's hard to say where we go from here. because we believe that a lot of the questions have already been answered and many of them are coming out of bipartisan reports. >> well, i want to ask you, kind of about that. you talk about this website you guys have, that the democrats on the committee have released, about providing answers, that's clearly what the american public wants. throughout this, i know that you

have been skeptical of the motivations of republicans. i mean let's be quite honest. this has been a strong rallying point for republicans. the attacks, misinformation, with holding information. has been a strong rallying point for republicans since the attacks happened. do you think in your view, do you think this is a dog-and-pony show? >> i wouldn't say it's necessarily a dog-and-pony show. because there's something that's so important that we will get out of this. no matter what. and that is that we'll make sure that the security of our personnel is tightened all over the world. and we will reveal more about what has already been learned. i think if we accomplish those two things, we've done a lot. but we cannot step out of this committee and end our work without making sure that our people diplomatic folks throughout the world are more secure. >> how have things been going behind closed doors, if you will? i've been reading a lot about a lot of folks saying republicans

included saying a lot of the work going on in this committee is not happening in public hearings, a lot of it is going on behind the scenes, how do you think trey gaudy has been handling it so far? >> i think trey has treated us quite well. i am concerned that we don't have a scope of work and that we still do not have a plan as to how we're going to proceed. and we still have not had an organizational meeting. and by the way -- >> have you met? did i go too far on that? have you met? do you think there is an actual work going on behind the scenes? >> there's definitely work going on behind the scenes. of course we had to staff up. we had to find space to have our offices, hiring personnel. and do our research and that's what this benghazi on the record, we've spent a lot of time on that. i think it's so far, so good. but i think we, we've got to make sure that we maintain transparency and fairness. and so i, i say the jury is

still out. but so far, so good. >> the fact that no one has really lost their job, fallen on the sword that we don't have a name of someone who really was the one person that did not answer the call when needed to get additional security into benghazi. the fact that that has not happened -- that has been a major criticism of those who are skeptical and question that the administration has been forthright and forthcoming with information surrounding this. does that concern you? >> first of all, i believe in excellen excellence. and i believe in effectiveness and efficiency in government and i think most of our, vast majority of our personnel in the state department have done an outstanding job. as far as those who may have not operated properly, there have been some demotions, some transfers. and so, no, it does not bother me. think as we listen to the various testimony from admiral mullen and ambassador pickering, who led the accountability review board, they laid out

reasons why they thought that the actions that had already been taken were appropriate. >> and remember the two words that stick with me from that independent review are systemic failure. and that's what they, that's what they really concluded. if i can just very briefly, we'll follow this committee this is the first of many committee hearings we're going to follow on benghazi, a very important day in the house, i do want to get your take on the vote that is expected on arming and training syrian rebels. that's this vote also be tacked on to must-pass bill, piece of legislation to keep the government funded. where are you on this? and where are you on the fact that this is being tacked on to something that needs to pass? >> well, i wish that it had been a separate vote. and i think if we are going to go to war, we're going to even do what that is making sure that we train the syrian rebels. i think that that should have been a separate vote. as far as how i will vote, i

have not decided yet. i'm still mulling over it there's information coming to us, almost seems by the moment. so i'm going to do what i believe is the right thing for the american people. and i know that a lot of people are concerned, this is a very complicated issue. i want to make sure that we're not into mission creep and i want to make sure, i want to know what it's going to cost. and exactly how we plan to if things go awry, how the president plans to deal with that. and so there are a lot of questions here and it's not a simple yes-or-no answer. but by this evening i'll have figured it out. >> when you talk about mission creep, the question of that there could be combat boots on the ground. more in iraq. or do you still have big questions on the reliability of the rebels in syria? >> both. i'm concerned about boots on the ground. but i'm also concerned about the vetting process that we'll use with regard to the syrian rebels. i don't want to see us put arms

in the hands of folk that we've trained, that then turn around and are against us. so again, we have to be very, i think this is one of the most important votes that we'll take. because we don't know exactly where it's going to lead. so we have to use our best judgment and that's what i'm going to do as i've always done in my 17 years in congress. >> absolutely, congressman, always great to have you on. thanks very much for your time this morning. >> thank you. the desperate search for a killer in pennsylvania. police say he's a survivalist and expert marksman who gunned down a state trooper last week. could he strike again? he's very dangerous. and also breaking this morning -- new video coming from isis, essentially challenging u.s. troops to come after them. this as we learn more about how the terror groups recruit. hear the audio tapes obtained by cnn that reveal an american jihadist, his hard-sell to would-be terrorists.

breaking this morning, isis releasing this new video, responding to president obama's vow to destroy and degrade the terror group. this video resembles a hollywood movie trailer. in it it promises there's more to come. it appears to indicate isis would kill u.s. ground forces if they were deployed into iraq. and it finishes with sound from president obama and the words "flames of war, fighting has just begun." reversal of fortune for adrian peterson.

the mcinnesota vikings banning him. it comes a day after the vikings decided to reinstate him. a day after ray rice is appealing his nfl suspension. claiming the league punished him twice for the same infraction. protesters packed a county council meeting in ferguson, missouri, calling for the immediate arrest of officer darren wilson. ♪ arrest him hands >> you can hear the crowd shouting, arrest him now and please doe shoot me dead. they want the prosecutor to recuse himself from the ferguson investigation, they believe he can't be impartial because of his ties to the police force. a grand jury will decide whether to charge nascar driver tony stewart for the death of fellow driver kevin ward junior. prosecutors in upstate new york could have dropped the case but

say they decided to present it instead to a grand jury after carefully reviewing all of the evidence. stewart says he respects the decision and will continue to fully cooperate. you'll recall ward was killed when he stepped out of his wrecked race car, walked on to the track and was struck and killed by stewart's car. the world of nascar still reeling from that loss. chris? >> absolutely. we'll be following that one. we have a big story this morning, a huge manhunt escalating for eric frein, a survivalist suspected of ambushing two state troopers. please take a look at your screen. this man is accused of killing one officer and wounding another. so hundreds of law enforcement officers are scouring the northern pennsylvania woods where frein is most comfortable by the way. and warning the public he may not be finished with his attacks. joining us now is cnn law enforcement analyst and former fbi assistant director mr. tom fuentes. this is no joke, not the average man, this is not the average threat. you have said in your thinking

about this case, reminds you of chris attorney dorner, in the west coast, l.a., highly trained, highly deranged and capable of more violence, tell us. >> that's right, chris, and i think in the dorner case, he abandoned his vehicle in the san bernardino mountains and the authorities thought well maybe he's fled the state. he could be in mexico. because the search for him went on and on for several days. well it turns out he never really left the area. and my fear, and concerns raised at that time as this time, are that the subject may do a home invasion. he may go into somebody's house, and if it's unoccupied, just you know look for food and shelter in that location. or if it is occupied, take hostages. and you know, we don't know if he fled the area. if he was able to steal another car. or do a carjacking, you know originally after he shot the officers. or whether he is still there or still on foot in the woods. so he is, he is armed, dangerous

and very good possibility in that area. >> and so there are two key components here. there are his capabilities and then there is the issue of what his motivation is. and as often as we can you see his picture behind me, we should have his picture up. because the people who probably give some leads here. so want to keep the picture up of frein as much as we can. tom, let's start with the first one. what are his capabilities, what does that mean in terms of potential weaponry and skill level? >> we know at least he has two weapons from the statements of the father. he has the .308 sniper rifle he used to kill the officer. and believed to have also have an ak-47. we don't know how much ammunition. we don't know if he had another vehicle, he obviously planned this attack. it wasn't a spontaneous killing like at a traffic stop or something like that. an unexpected encounter with a police officer. he ambushed them. he was there at that time, at shift change at 11:00 at night friday night. so this was something he planned

to some extent. we don't know to what extent. did he have another vehicle parked near where he buried the car in the pond? or tried to hide the car? does he have another driver's license or cash or credit cards or weapons, ammunition? that we don't know at this point. of how far he went in his planning to do this event. >> troubling facts, he left his license and his social security cards in the car that he abandoned. was that some message to let them know who he is? or was it him just trying to make an escape? the father says he is an expert marksman, that he never misses. that's very troubling for law enforcement especially when they're dealing with him in terrain where he is comfortable and law enforcement is not usually used to doing a manhunt in these types of rural environments. that takes us to the most troubling aspect, tom. motivation, what are we thinking here? is this a mentally ill guy? just a really bad guy? does he have a specific

greechbegreech grievance? >> we know what he's stated about anti-government thoughts. and you know, the most obvious sign of the government anywhere is a uniformed police officer. so that could have been the motivation. and not specifically hating the police, but just the police as a symbol of the government. you know, we had this militia case in 2010, the fbi had in michigan, the hooderie militia was their intent to kill a police officer and ambush the police funeral parade and kill hundreds more in their mind. that's a possibility here. that maybe he left his license, not just so he got credit for this killing, but maybe he doesn't think he's going to go too far and he's going to die in a blaze of glory here at some point in the next few days. >> well it's a mixed bag, right. the hope for law enforcement is that he doesn't take to deep flight. he does stay somewhat available. but of course that brings the risk of more bloodshed to the officers, they're the obvious target. tom fuentes, thank you so much for the analysis.

>> thank you, chris. you take a situation like frein and you times it by 30 to 70,000 people. and you have what the concern is with isis. and i want you to hear the raw enthusiasm for terror that cnn has in this audio of a jihadist convincing others to join the cause. you're going to hear it for yourself and you'll get to judge what this threat is all about. now, will the united kingdom be a little bit less united tomorrow? this is really becoming something that could happen. scotland is about to vote on independence. the numbers are very even, about people wanting it and not wanting it. will that follow through at the polls? we'll take you through it.

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a new isis video call "flames of war" has surfaced on the internet. a direct response it seems to president obama's vow to quote degrade and destroy the terror group. and it appears to threaten u.s. troops. this, as a new york man now faces charges of providing support to the terror group. mufid elfgeeh, a naturalized u.s. citizen from yemen is now being charged with trying to help people travel to join isis fighters. and plotting to murder u.s. service members. so what could possibly lure american citizens to travel to dangerous war-torn countries to fight against the u.s. in the name of terror? debra ferrick obtained eye-openle tapes that show how terror groups recruit their followers. >> when it comes to jihad and

recruitment, the conversation between two americans. one in boston, the other in somalia. is as relevant today as it was eight years ago when it was initially recorded. >> come with ahmed, come with daniel, come with everybody, come now, though, now. >> an american in somalia, aggressively trying to recruit boston grad student mehanna, in 2006. referring to him as brother or effi, in arabic. >> i'm telling you, this is the life, there's no other life except for this. >> it's good, though? >> it's 100%. it's 100%, akhi. it's more than you even think it is. >> dude, i just want to be somewhere whereky pray five times a day. >> akhi, pray five times a day, do you know where i am? you can't even smoke sill rhetts, it's illegal. >> the hard sell is laced with religious words and ideas, intended to reel in the potential recruit. what we're hearing so far, does this sound like the same kind of message that's being put out by

recruiters today? >> this is exactly the same message that isis recruiters over social media, other 0 forums are putting out today. you have to join, it's your religious duty. >> the friend turned recruiter makes clear everything will be arranged once mehanna lands. >> check this out, come here, you don't have to have a dime in your pocket, i will set you up with everything. i'll have people to pick you up, and a place for you to stay and heck if you want i could have a wife waiting for you. >> that's what i want, that's what i'm there for. >> the recruiter recruits him, refers to fighting a as making sandwiches. >> once you see the brothers, you're not going to want to get married. you're going to make sandwiches all day and hang with us. >> and getting there is easy, promises the recruiter. travel first to dubai. meet a handler. then buy a ticket to somalia. >> don't make your flight until you get to dubai. because once you get to dubai --

>> then arrange it from there? >> yeah. we're going to also set you up with some people so you get, you got somewhat of a visa. there's really no such thing as a visa. >> the eager recruiter is being coached by another american from alabama, named omar. >> what was that, omar? >> tell him -- >> you're coming as a tourist. so bring tourist clothes and money to buy stuff. but don't bring anything huge, don't bring anything too small. you're a tourist. >> federal officials say omar hamammi is an al shabab operative and key prop gandist for the somali terror group killed in action in 2013. >> he said you should make your intention now and know you get your edger, even if you were to die along the way. >> he's talking if you can leave tomorrow, do it. >> often the dreams turn to nightmares, the reality there is this brutal civil war where you have different islamist factions killing each other. a lot of them become disillusioned. >> in the end, tariq mahanna was

convicted on terror charges, the recruiter returned to the united states and testified against mehanna at trial and then officials say he allegedly turned his life around. debra feyrick, cnn, new york. >> we were commenting throughout the piece. thank you so much. >> hopefully they work as an anti-propaganda tool. hear how much stupidity is coming out of that man's mouth. now serious situation, the kingdom has been united for centuries, but that could all change tomorrow. scotland is up for grabs, will voters there declare their own independence? we're going to have a live report for you right after the break. r accounting firm's mobile plan. and "minus" our expenses. perfect timing. we're offering our best-ever pricing on mobile plans for business. run the numbers on that. well, unlimited talk and text, and ten gigs of data for the five of you would be... one-seventy-five a month. good calculating kyle. good job kyle. you just made partner. our best-ever pricing on mobile share value plans for business.

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welcome back. for more than 300 years, scotland has been a part of britain, but that could really all change, starting tomorrow, because that's when the scots head to the polls to vote on breaking away. it is expected to be an incredibly tight race and the turnout is expected to be huge. erin mclauck lip is tracking the referendum from london. what do you hear, my friend? >> reporter: well, chris, this race is looking so close. way too close to call. now anyone aged 16 and older and a scottish resident is eligible to vote and just a simple majority is required to win this rev dumb. just this morning, british prime minister, david cameron, acknowledging that he is sweating the very real

possibility that scotland could become an independent country. >> 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. [ bagpipes ] >> reporter: will scotland soon be an independent country in the latest poll of polls shows a race too close to call with 51% voting no and 49% voting yes. the leader of the yes campaign argues as part of a union, scott land has not about getting a fair deal. >> a universal law that the best people to govern the nation are going to make the best decision. >> reporter: no campaign says the uk needs to stick together to maintain its global standing. >> it would be the end of a country that launched entight litenment that abolished slavely, that drove the industrial revolution that defeated fascism, the end of a

country that people around the world respect and as mire. >> reporter: the historic vote could have major repercussions. the yes campaign says britain will have to share the pound with an independent scotland. the british government says it won't. the two camps are also divided about how much oil actually exists in the north sea. the yes campaign is optimistic there's enough there to drive the scottish economy and some say scott land would have to reapply to be a member of the european union. a yes vote would mean a new flag for scotland and possibly for britain. the iconic union jack, which signifies the combining of england, ireland and scotland's croups, could look much different if scotland's blue and white flag is removed. the scottish capital is likely to remain edinboro. as for britain's fleet of nuclear-armed submarines, they are currently based in scottish waters. the yes campaign promises to kick them out, but it's not clear where they would go. a winning yes vote would mean scotland would be a commonwealth, much like canada and australia. the queen likely will remain the

head of state. still, some historians say her role would have to be written into an independent scotland's new constitution. even if a no vote wins tomorrow, the referendum in scotland remains a part of the unite kingdom, britain will be a changed country. the government has already promised more powers to the scottish parliament, which has implications for countries else where with strong separatist movements such as spain and belgium, even ukraine is going to be watching what happens tomorrow very closely. chris? >> true, good point, erin, it has larger implication and see what happens in this final frenzy what give there is on the part of britain to try to keep scotland as part of the uk. keep us in the loop. thank you very much for this, erin mclaughlin. now the president pledged very clearly to the american people again and again and again, this will not be like the last time this is a different kind of war in iraq.

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breaking overnight, benched again. adrian peterson now out indefinitely. the vikings reversing course. and ray rice appeals and asks that roger goodell stay out of it. big advertisers starting to complain. we have what happens next. also breaking, a new york man charged with aiding isis, recruiting fighters to join the terror group, even plotting to kill u.s. troops himself. this as isis releases this new video, essentially goading u.s. troops to come attack them. we have the latest. shocking new details in the death of joan rivers. sources say her doctors added on

a procedure she did not sign off on. and get this did one of her doctors take a selfie with her while she was under? your new day continues, right now. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> welcome to "new day," it is wednesday, september 17, 8:00 in the east right now. breaking overnight, a major about fair, i guess, is about all you can call it by the minneapolis vikings, the team announcing its star running back, adrian peterson, is banned from all team ac pending the outcome of his child abuse case. he had been deactivated when it became public and reinstated by the vikings monday, obviously now, not so much, all of this as major sponsors are now weighing in. look at this list, mcdonald's, pep circumstance budweiser, all expressing concern about how the league is handling these cases involving violence. mean time, ray rice, former

baltimore raven, formally appealed his indefinite suspension and requested that commissioner roger goodell not be part of the proceedings. cnn's nichelle turner has been following this for us. a lot to keep track of. a to digest, everything keeps breaking, something new keeps happening every single day. ray rice's appeal didn't surprise us, expected him to do that by midnight last night, but adrian peterson being redeactivated, that one was a built of a shock. however, on monday, the vikings gm, rick spielman did parse his words during his press conference when he said "based on the facts we currently have we are making this decision to reinstate him." not sure what facts have changed today but their decision to bring adrian peterson back has. it's a stunning reversal, star running back, adrian peterson, benched again. the minnesota vikings announcing just hours ago that peterson will be required to remain away from all team activities until his legal proceedings are

resolved. the team had previous announced that peterson, who is facing a felony child abuse charge, would be allowed to practice this week and play on sunday's game against the new orleans saints. >> what he is up a, man? >> what's up? >> reporter: in a statement, the vikings ownership said after further reflection, we concluded this resolution is the best for the vikings and for adrian. we want to be clear. we have a strong stance regarding the protection and welfare of children and we want to be sure we get this right. >> the first thing that come moss my mind is we need to get this process started immediately. >> reporter: this news coming shortly after peterson was dropped by one of his most significant sponsors, cast troll motorism the hotel chain, radisson, also suspending its sponsorship of the vikings and advertising giant, anheuser busch, weighing in saying it is "disappointed and increasingly concerned by the recent incid t incidents involving players. "also break morning, the nfl

players association filing its appeal of embattled running back ray rice's indefinite suspension. rice was initially suspended for two games but his penalty was increased once nfl commissioner roger goodell saw a video of rice knocking out his then-fiancee. the union, arguing that rice cannot be punished twice for the same action, when all the facts were available. the union also asking nfl commissioner roger goodell to recuse himself from the case. >> obviously, there's an i shall would you player conduct, like you've been referring to and maybe it's time to take that out of the commissioners a hands and put it into a neutral arbitration process where there can be a fair process for everybody involved. >> reporter: now, we should say in the peterson case, the vikes said on monday that they were aware of the other set of child abuse allegations that were leveled more than a year ago and about the current accusations peterson's attorney says "adrian never intended to harm his son and deeply regret the unintentional injury. "adrian has defended himself

saying he is "not a perfect parent, but i am, without a doubt, not a child abuser." so, there is still a lot to be sorted out here. the courts are going to do a lot of it in his case. >> when talking about court, the court of public opinion, needs to be a lot sorted out there as well. >> where everybody might have a problem that is affiliated with the nfl right now. >> exactly right. nichelle, thank you so much. reminder to all vires, coming up in a few moments, speaking with famed wide receiver, keyshawn johnson to get his take on all of this. chris? also breaking this morning, isis has released a new video in direct response to president obama's plan to "degrade and ultimately destroy the terror group." the video seems to dare american troops to come after isis in iraq. take a look. be care half they asked for because this comes a day after a top general raised new concerns about the president's pledge not

to send u.s. combat troops into iraq. general martin dempsey is the joint chiefs chairman. he is not a politician. and is thus telling a different truth. he is not ruling out u.s. troops on the ground. the white house insisting the jeep was only speaking hypothetically, this as the president prepares for a military briefing in tampa on the campaign to fight isis. let's get to jim acosta, who is joining us live from the white house this morning. got the politics and you've got the practicality, my friend, and the message lies somewhere betwix it. it seems. >> always tough in this town, chris. that's right. white house officials say general dempsey's prepared testimony was vetted but that he was engaging, as you said, hypotheticals when he said he could recommend that u.s. ground troops be directed into combat roles against isis, but the white house insists the president's pledge of no combat troops is not changing. as president obama landed in tampa to hear from u.s. central command leaders, orchestrating the fight against isis, the white house was busy clarifying

some surprise statements from the pentagon's top brass on the role of u.s. military advisers in iraq. >> they are not participating in direct combat. there's no inten information them to do so i mentioned though if i found that circumstance evolving i would, of course, change my recommendation. >> reporter: that comment at a senate hearing from the chairman of the joint chiefs, martin dempsey, put him at odds with president obama. >> these american forces will not have a combat mission. we will not get dragged another ground war in iraq. >> reporter: asked about that presidential pledge, dempsey suggested there was wiggle room. >> has the president ruled it out? >> well, at this point, he's -- his stated policy that we will not have u.s. ground forces in direct combat. but he has told me as well to come back him on a case-by-case basis. >> reporter: white house officials tell cnn dempsey is free to make any recommendations he chooses but it's the president who has the final say. aboard air force one, white house press secretary josh

earnest told reporters, i'm confident if you ask general dempsey if he is on the same page as the commander in chief, he would say that he is. sometime administration officials acknowledge combat situations could always arise and that the hundreds of u.s. military advisers already on the ground in iraq are authorized to defend themselves, which is why the president's critics say he is engaged in word games. >> well, first of all, the president's just flat not telling the truth. we already have boots on the ground there he knows we are going to have to have boots on the ground. let's just go ahead and face and admit, we are in a war. >> reporter: remarks after his meeting with cent com officials but a white house official says the president is likely to repeat his pledge that u.s. troops are not returning to combat in iraq. also expected later today, the house is set to vote to authorize the pentagon to train syrian rebels to battle isis but of course, up on capitol hill, nothing is a sure thing, chris. >> that's for sure. have to figure out who's going to be doing the fighting because the ground will become relevant. that is for sure. jim acosta, thank you very much.

kate? let's talk about all of this, bring in the former speaker of the house, host of cnn's "crossfire," new england. what do you make of general dempsey's comments they clearly lit a fir in washington yesterday. are they -- is he -- is he being realistic or is he different from the president? >> look, general dempsey has a professional obligation under our constitution. if he is asked a question about his professional judgment by the senate or the house, he has an absolute duty to tell them what he professionally believes. now, he is clearly going to obey the commander and chief, he should, that is the constitutional system, but any time a house or senate member can phrase a question cleverly enough, any honest professional is going to have to give them an answer, even if it makes the president uncomfortable. and look at dempsey's position. his job as the leading soldier, leading military figure in the united states is to think about

the military requirements of the task he's been given. and he is not gonna rule out circumstances where he has to recommend that we send ground troops and you can imagine circumstances of an isis offensive genuinely threatening to overrun some place and the only solution being a specific landing of american forces capable of defeating him. so, dempsey is trying to tell the truth within the framework of being loyal to the commander in chief. the commander in chief i believe is following a policy that verges on utterly irrational and was -- >> why? >> well, illustrated by secretarier can right other day who got on in this very convoluted conversation about whether or not we are at war and we are not at war because we are doing this. look, either isis is so terrible because they behead people, because they represent a threat of terrorism that we have to defeat them, or what are we doing there? now this idea, look, only gonna engage to the point we get

allies and not gonna do this if they don't do that. this is nonsense. either this is a direct mortal threat and we have to defeat them or this is not a direct threat and what -- why are we wasting time and energy? >> seems secretary hagel seemed to clear that up yesterday, though you make a valid point about what secretary kerry said previously, said clearly, we are at war with isil as we are with al qaeda. but when it comes down to it you talk about do you -- do you think dempsey's forecasting the inevitab inevitable? >> no. >> do you think that u.s. combat troops are going to be needed to defeat isis? >> well, i wish this morning that the president of cent com was asking the question you just asked. look, we can -- we can basically pay for, train and equip 30 or 40 local soldiers for every american. i mean, american forces are very expensive and they respect a real risk to our young men and women. if we don't want to send ground troops, we better design a plan

to be training pretty substantial number of local people and not just in syria and iraq. >> you don't think 500 million is substantial -- will train and arm a substantial enough force in syria? >> no. i think this is the beginning and again, the president ought to be honest. we are going to be in this campaign and i think hagel's trying to to be honest about this, we are going to be in this campaign as long as it takes. it is a real war. and remember, the first time you use air power effectively, all of the forces of the islamic state are gonna hide in cities. going to be right back in the same mess and the first time that we hate mox or hit a hospital or hit a school, you're going to have all sorts of public relations problems. these people aren't stupid. and they are gonna react in a modulated way to what we do and you've got to plan this campaign to last, i think, a long time, well beyond barack obama's presidency. >> newt, put your former speaker hat on on this one because this is an important vote that could be happening, likely going to be happening later today in the house. this, of course is to

authorize -- authorize to arm and train the moderate rebel -- rebel forces in syria. do you -- what do you make of this vote, because there is clearly a lot of politics at play when they are trying to tack it on to a must-pass bill to keep the government funded. >> sure. i suspect speaker john boehner is going to do everything he can to make sure the bill passes. i think he is also going to say to the white house, you had better deliver a pretty good number of democrats on this bill because there will going to be some republicans who vote no. but i think boehner understands fullism i mean, he has been much tougher and much more direct than the president. and if i were -- if i were speaker, i'd be pretty close to where john boehnersome >> also really tough on the fact he thinks the president has overstepped his constitutional bound in what the president has kind of gone it alone on doing and now, you see the exact opposite. gloria borger pointed this out in her column, makes an absolute valid point, the exact opposite situation here, we are not going to hold a stand-alone vote

because we are waiting for the president to ask for it it seems absolutely counter to what boehner believes. >> first of all, today, there is a stand-alone vote and going to be a vote on whether or not to send the $500 million and authorize the development -- >> what about the future use of authorization? >> i think there should be one. but here's part of the challenge you have and i went through this with the bush administration in 2001 because their lawyers did not want a declaration of war against the taliban and against al qaeda. and i thought at the time we should have a declaration of war for a lot of reasons. you got to get the executive branch, the president, and the secretary of state, to tell you what they want. do they want a declaration of war against isis? do they want an authorization of force? i mean, what's the thing that they believe they need? and this is where you're not going to get to solve before the election. >> you don't think boehner's being too cute on this one and hiding behind? >> i think this is historic a lot of thing goes in the city

are politics. this issue of how we go about defeating radical islamism is about history, it's about our civilization, it's a big, big serious thing. i would hope when they come back after the election that the president and the congressional leadership will have found a formula and i would hope that they would vote this fall on an explicit authorization that commits the congress, not just the president, but the congress to winning this war. >> newt, great to see you, have you on. >> great to be with you. >> all right. talk to you soon. also have new details on a new york man accused of recruiting fighters for isis and plotting to kill u.s. service members. also this ahead, adrian peterson benched once again while ray rice is fighting. he is appealing his suspension. advertisers are responding to the turmoil in the nfl. we are going to speak with nfl veteran, keyshawn johnson about what this all means for the players and the league. [ female announcer ] you get sick, you can't breathe through your nose...

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this is this morning against an american citizen accused of providing material support to isis. a grand jury in upstate new york brought a seven-count indictment against this young man, 30-year-old, accusing of plotting to kill u.s. service members. i want to discuss it all with cnn law enforcement analyst and former fbi assistant director tom fuentes. tom, thanks so much for joining me to talk about this. this is a shocking and upsetting development to a lot of people. feds say he was plotting and

supporting this 30-year-old yemeni-born shop owner. seven counts. this is a bad dude. >> yes, michaela, exactly what the authorities have been worried about and this has been happening, actually, for more than a decade, where people are trying to recruit others to go join jihad in some country or other. we have had this already happening in the somali communities, going to somalia, going to other countries and seen it with al qaeda in the past, seeing it with isis now. the problem is you cannot contain the ideology, so as long as these guys can use the internet. and now add social media on top of that, it makes it quite easy for them to use these techniques for recruiting. >> but it also makes it easy, that tweet footprint, the guy was sending out tweets, as you mentioned, makes it easier for law enforcement to follow, mon to et cetera. i want to talk about something i found particularly interesting. this indictment alleges that,

you know, he paid for passport costs, coordinated travel, connected his recruits with isis contacts there. this guy kind of had some juice. this is a big get. >> well, it s and you know, this is the fear, that guys like this in our country are able to not just get people to decide to join isis but actually assist in helping them get there. >> correct. >> and the problem with trying to track who goes and when they come back is that if he can get them into a country in this case, going to fly them to dubai, but if he gets them into, let's say eastern europe -- >> yeah. >> greece even, it's not just across the land border of turkey into syria but they cn arrange for boat travel to sneak them into syria across the water and their passports will never show anything other than maybe they flew to paris or frankfurt or somewhere in europe and then flew back from that location. and it won't show if they went

by boat or land into syria, joined the cause, fought, became trained terrorist and then returned to the u.s. or western europe. that's the biggest fear. >> you know, it's interesting you talk about borderser, as we have been watching congress debate this isis strategy, the president's laying out, some lawmakers have sort of said we have to look at our own borders, canada and mexico, and sort of let's say, look, they could get over the border here, those isis fighters, but this story, this case points to the fact that there could be a threat here or could grow here. >> that's exactly what everybody's worried about. and is somebody in rochester, new york, it's not in the heart of new york city, where we think that you know, recruiting could go on in one of the mosques there. you know this is in a different part of the country, it can happen in the midwest, it can happen in the west coast. so, that's the problem with it. you know, we have this effort to contain ebola and try and

quarantine people who have the disease and quarantine the doctors who treat it but you can't quarantine an ideology and that's what we are fighting. this whole debate about isis is two things, one is isis has a war machine, much like a conventional army, an occupying territory around that can have a military outcome, a military effort to defeat that but the ideology that these people are being recruited to go all over the world to join one group or another, whether it's -- whether it's al qaeda affiliates in yemen or nigeria or somalia or in this case, in the middle east. >> so tom, here, speaking to your point of ideology and another tool they have in their arsenal, i want to show you this video that has surfaced overnight, put out by isis, take look and i want to talk to and you get your gut reaction on it. >> combat troops will not be returning to fight in iraq.

>> this is a slickly produced, almost like hollywood-type trailer. obviously, propaganda. you see more to come at the end of it. what is your reaction when you see this? it's far cry from those grainy al qaeda videos that we saw years ago, getting a little more sophisticated in their propaganda. >> oh, absolutely. and we as adults are shocked and outrage and oh this is terrible. kids see this every day, the war game video, if you have seen any of these videos, there's nothing more graphic or violent or slickly produced that, you know, so they are completely desensitized to this and to many young men that looks like an exciting way to go, join the cause go over there, be a war fighter, be a hero. you know, they look at this as a great opportunity. >> thus the concern. tom fuentes, always great to have you on our air. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. adrian peterson banned by the vikings, advertisers responding to all the turmoil

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we are following breaking news for you this morning about the minnesota vikings reversing course on star player, adrian peterson. they have now banned him indefinitely, calling it exempting him from team activities, but it's the sthanlg and it's going to be bending the outcome of his child abuse case. the team, remember, had just reinstated peterson for this sunday's game. meanwhile, former baltimore raven, ray rice, filed an appeal with the nfl over his suspension, hoping to get back in the game. he has probably got a good case for that as well. joining us is 11-year nfl veteran and super bowl champion, keyshawn johnson. keyshawn currently an analyst on espn's nfl count down, most notably, former jet, that's what matters most, keyshawn. so let's put the game aside there are bigger issues. adrian peterson, did the team make the right move? >> morning, chris. i think the team definitely maid

the right move. when you look at this situation, when it first started, doesn't know the seriousness of it until you actually got a visual of those pictures. so the team definitely responded in a manner think will make people -- most people very happy. >> what about the usual pushback from the players association and lawyers who say he hasn't been convicted of anything yet york are you depriving him of his ability to take care of his family, pending due process? >> you know what, chris, due process, a i'm a firm believer in due process but how much evidence do you need when there's pictures sitting right in front of your face? and when you're talking about a 4-year-old child here, i mean, you know, i understand to a degrees, what adrian peterson was trying to do, but yet sometime, it's a beating, there's lacerations, there's bleeding. as a child myself, i got the switch. i got the lesson. but i did not bleed. my parents, my grandmother, nor

my aunt went that far with it. so when you look at this i think when you speak to most american people or in particular males that i've spoken to, they've all pretty much gotten some sort of discipline less, but not to this degree. i think this is a little bit overboard for adrian. i think the minnesota vikings did the right thing. when you look at it as a whole, you have to -- the national football league as well as the minnesota vikings, they have to get ahold of this. they cannot allow this thing to continue to operate this way, get out of in front of it exactly what they did. >> what's your means to players like reggie bush who say, hey, i got a 1-year-old and i hit my 1-year-old if i have to discipline them. what do you want players to start doing? should they be supporting this type of behave or, should they be shutting up? what do you think they should do? >> i don't think you support this type of behavior. you think about it i'm 42 years old. at 35 years ago, yes, discipline your children by getting a switch or a belt, that may have been the way.

we are in a totally different society now. and society's not gonna put up with that. i have kids. i have four. i have a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old. whenever i want to get their attenti attention, i raise my voice. stern. i give them a look. and they understand. i don't need to yank them, grab them, spank them, do anything like that every now and then, yes, you may pop them on the hand and get their attention if they go to touch a hot stove or something along those lines, but you do not do what adrian peterson did. >> does the league need to have a new policy that if you are arrested for domestic violence, including violence against a child, we don't care what happens with the process, we're suspending you pending it, we live by a higher standard in the nfl? >> you know, i'm torn between that, chris, as you know. i think when you look at the zero tolerance, i think you have to gather certain evidence because a lot of times, you know, people are convicted in the form of public opinion and

you really don't have all the evidence in place. when you look at the domestic violence situation with ray rice, yes, there's a video. you look at adrian peterson and child abuse, there's pictures. but a lot of times, here in particular, in the state of california, because every state has a different law. back in the springtime myself, i was accused of misdemeanor domestic violence because i took then my fiancee's cell phone and threw it on the ground. but because of the o.j. simpson laws that i would say the o.j. ohm law, because back in the day, they came to o.j.'s house they can didn't do anything and then later on, his wife was murdered. so, when you look at that you say, okay, in my case, i was accused of something, but nothing even close to that even happened. so you have to kind of figure out due process, but yet still what it's evidence in the ray rice situation? there's a video. and adrian peterson situation,

there's the pictures. so, it's kind of fickle for me in terms of that but i would definitely say you go zero tolerance, you suspend the guy, you gather all the information, you spend him with pay and if you hire your team of people, much like disney did with me, they hire third own investigators, along with the sheriff department here in los angeles, and they found nothing after their investigation and i went on and continued working. >> respect you bringing up your own situation. and last question, does ray rice get back in and get picked up and does roger goodell now face real risk of being on the way out? >> i think when you look at the ray rice situation, because of the -- because of the beginning with roger goodell and giving him the two-game suspension and coming back and suspending him indefinitely, i think it's wrong because he's getting double punishment. that's why the nflpa is stepping in in this situation but yet

still, i think had they got it right in the beginning. this isn't the first domestic violence situation in the national football league by no stretch of the imagination. it's been going on for a very long time. but again, we wouldn't be sitting here talking about this on espn or on cnn if the commissioner's office got it right from the beginning many years ago. now, they have an opportunity to get it right, so i believe you allow them to get it right and see what happens from there. in terms of roger goodell's career and if he should be fired, if he is lying to us, and he actually saw those videos and actually, ray rice told him the truth, then i would say something has to happen to him. i don't know if it's a $5 million fine of the $44 million that he makes to pay to some sort of domestic violence initiative, but i thinking? needs happen to the league office. >> remember what he said to sean

paint when he suspended him, if you didn't know, you should have known. keyshawn johnson, thank you very much for joining us. make me a promise you will come back on "new day." we need your insight and your intelligence when these stories come back. make me the promise you will come back. >> hopefully, chris, these stories won't come back. >> there's plenty others. >> done with this for quite some time. >> i'm taking that as a yes. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you very much. another story for you this morning, alarming new details in the investigation into joan rivers' death. listen to this. sources tell cnn, the doctor stopped to take a selfie with rivers while she was under anesthesia. that is only part of what we are finding out. you're gonna want to hear it, coming up. i thought it'd be bigger. ♪ ♪

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authorities in pennsylvania have named their suspect in a deadly ambush on two state troopers. s here the alleged triggerman right here, eric matthew frein. cops say he is armed and dangerous still. and he is responsible, they say for killing one officer, injuring another. the pocono mountain school district is keepingmen student homes for the day as the search intensify. jason carle is live in pennsylvania with much, much more. good morning, jane. >> reporter: good morning to you, kate. you know, state police out here are working with the fbi to try and find frein. investigators called him a coward and they said they will find him. police searching through the night for eric matthew frein, a survivalist, who spoke of mass murder them also say he ambushed two pennsylvania state troopers

friday night. >> frein is not in custody. he is at large and is considered armed and extremely dangerous. >> reporter: about 200 law enforcement officials, including members of the atf and fbi, are searching a densely wooded area in northeastern pennsylvania for frein, who police say fired four shots at the blooming grove state police barracks, killing corporate bryan dickson and critically injuring trooper alec douglass. frein's jeep was discovered partially submerged in a pond two miles from the shooting. inside the vehicle, investigators found shell casings that match those at the crime scene, two empty rifle cases, military gear and camouflage makeup. >> what i want to emphasize to everyone is that this fella is extremely dangerous. we have no idea where he is. >> reporter: officials say frein has expressed hatred toward law enforcement in the past, that he made statements about wanting to kill officers and committing mass murder. police caution that the

31-year-old pennsylvania native is very familiar with the area he is suspected to be hiding in but authorities say they are confident they will eventually find him. >> we will find you and we will seek justice when we do. >> reporter: frein lived with his mother and his father, located about an hour from where we are right now. his father says an ak-47 and a rifle are missing from the home inside his bedroom. they also found a book, investigators say it was titled "sniper training and employ." . once again, this is a man who is armed and dangerous and already proven himself to be deadly. kate? >> absolutely. and terrorizing that town all the while, while they say the search conditions. jason carroll on it for us. thanks so much, jason. some stunning revelations this morning in the investigation into joan rivers' death. the new york outpatient clinic where rivers was being treated

has been under fire. now, there is word the comedienne's doctor was beginning to perform an unauthorized procedure at the facility and did something no doctor in any operating room should ever do. cnn's susan candiotti is all over this for us, following the developments. what do we know this morning? >> reporter: amazing developments, chris. a source is telling us one of the doctors involved in joan rivers' care was snapping a selfie while she was under anesthesia. cnn also learning that case is expanding. a source close to the investigation telling us, federal authorities also now looking at the clinic. a division of health and human service won't confirm or deny it. a source tells cnn, investigators are learning this, an unauthorized procedure, a biopsy on rivers' vocal chords, was begun on the comedienne while she was sedated. staffers told authorities they found no signed consent form

from rivers. if so, dr. kaplan says that is a red flag. >> knowing exactly what's going to happen to you is crucial to any care interaction. >> reporter: morning began like this. our source says rivers was undergoing a scheduled endoscopy by the clinic's gastroenterologist, dr. lawrence cohen. inserting a tiny camera down her throat, looking for possible digestive issues, when staffers say cohen saw something. while i have rivers was still under anesthesia, staffers told authorities that rivers' personal ear, nose and throat specialist examined rivers' vocal chords and began a biopsy. and in addtion to the fact the procedure was unauthorized, our source says the ent doctor was not certified to operate there. >> even though you are a licensed physician, you still should have, the checks and balances to get you approval to practice in a particular place.

>> reporter: and there's more. in a statement, the clinic flatly says a biopsy of the vocal chord "has never been performed at the clinic." while technically true, it doesn't appear to be the whole story. the ent doctor may not have completed the biopsy, but our source says it was started. our source says as the unauthorized biopsy got under way, rivers' vocal chords began to swell, cutting off her oxygen, putting her into cardiac arrest. >> doctor, if there were oxygen deprivation to the brain, what particular impact might that have if someone is elderly, in this case, 81 years old? >> the affect of having no oxygen on the brain, damage to the nerve cells, which can precipitation a coma, paralysis, but in the elderly, you have less reserve -- you have less of a window to correct it. >> reporter: when rivers' heart stops beating, seconds count.

it's 9:40 a.m., the clinic calls 911. the call gets the highest code. [ phone ringing ] five minutes later, new york fire rescue arrives. cpr is under way. a defibrillator is attached a breathing tube inserted. fire rescue takes over cpr. [ phone ringing ] 9:47, a mount sinai ambulance team arrives and joins the efforts. a minute later, a second fire rescue unit arrives. by 9:50 a.m., 10 emergency personnel are on the scene. one week later, joan rivers is dead. as new york's medical examiner and the state's health department continue to investigate, the clinic announcing a shakeup. in a statement saying dr. cohen is not currently performing procedures, nor is he currently serving as medical director. at this time, a source says neither dr. cohen nor the ent is being accused of wrongdoing.

citing federal privacy laws, the clinic declines comment on whether rivers' personal doctor was there and performed a biopsy. and now this, a company the clinic pays for accreditation not required by new york is telling the clinic to stop procedures pending an investigation, but we are told only the state has the power to do that and their investigation is still going on. all right, time for the five things we need to know for your new day. at number one, the minnesota vikings reversing course, announcing they have banned adrian peterson from all team activities pending the outcome of his child abuse case. the team had just reinstated peterson for their game sunday. president obama's in tampa this morning for a big military briefing on the campaign against isis. he will meet with top commanders at the macdill air force base. a rochester man -- a rochester, new york, man has been indicted on charges of

providing support to isis in syria. move fad elfgeeh accused of a plot to kill u.s. service members. the house investigate the 2012 benghazi attacks holds the first public hearing today. security officials are among those set to testify. and at number five, big days in scotland. voters there heading to the polls tomorrow to answer yes or no to the question, should scotland breakaway from the uk? it is expected to be an incredibly tight race. we will be watching. those are your five things to know for your new day. now, here are a few extras to help brighten your day.

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prosecutors describe bulger as the boss of the winter hill gang in boston, a man so dangerous, he joined osama bin laden at the top of the fbi's most wanted list. >> that was a look at the new cnn film "whitey" airs tomorrow. it takes a critical look at the trial of notorious boston gangster, james whitey bulger. in the '70s and '80s, he was one of the most well known and feared criminals in the organized crime world. he was on the run more than 16 years before that capture in santa monica, california in 2011. the film follows his 2013 trial through the perspective of the prosecutors, the victims' family, even whitey himself, which is really compelling. the director and producer of "whitey, united states of america versus james j. bulger," he is here with me now. nice to see you again. >> good sigh. thanks for having me. >> cnn, tomorrow, the film's

airing a lot of people, i think all of just kind of been obsessed with the story, i know it's not just me, but it's so interesting to see that this guy, a renowned criminal, skate, skates, skates for a long time, not even anything as much as a traffic ticket. spent 25 years on top of the criminal empire in south boston. didn't get arrested. no indictments. the million dollar question is why. some people think he was an fbi informant. at the trial this past summer, there's evidence to suggest that maybe he was not an informant, that there's a much deeper, uglier story as to why he was protected and why i made the film. the victims' family members deserve to know why whitey was not taken off the streets, they lost loved ones. >> so interesting to merck the way you present the film, you sort of present it for this question for you at home to sort of decide, long, is this guy, who he insists he was not a rat. that he didn't kill women. >> yeah. >> that he was not an informant, that he was an informant, but then on the other side of it he

is sort of claiming that he was, you know, showing how much corruption there was and you are sort of left to decide on your own. >> it's a very complicated case. >> a loft of twist and turns. >> i think that's what's fascinating for the viewer. what i want the audience to ask themselves whitey bulger just looking to kind of polish his image before he passes into the metaphoric criminals hall of fame, being a rat is the worst thing you can be or does he have something legitimate to say go government corruption, department of justice corruption? why was this guy allowed to operate? if he was an informant, still not an ex-coulds to let somebody stay on the streets and kill people. >> have you changed your view from the start of this project through the trial and now the release of the film? >> yeah, absolutely. you know, bulger is the subject of many, many books. you know, i'm not the first guy to tell his story, but the conventional wisdom is that he was a rat and i am not so sure. you know, i think there was a much more complex relationship

with the department of justice and the fbi and it's a relationship that really needs to be looked at more deeply. you know, when carmen ortiz, the u.s. attorney for massachusetts sat on the courthouse -- stood on the courthouse steps in front of the press and said that, you know, with the conviction of james whitey bulger the story is now over to merck it's not over until we really understand the accountability, why was this guy allowed to kill with impunity? >> families that didn't feel they got justice. >> absolutely. >> he was not found guilty of murdering their loved ones. >> absolutely. >> thanks so much for being here. thanks to for having me. >> set your dvr, watch it tomorrow night, "whitey" airs at 9 eastern right here on cnn. good to see you again. >> great to see you. we need good stuff after that now the good stuff today is about the nfl. yeah, i said the nfl. gonna give you an inspiring reason why, ahead. ...which eyes? eyes that pivot with the road... ...that can see what light misses...

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very, aggressive form of cancer. when it comes to my daughter, i'm not this big, tough guy. like i want to be there to protect my daughter. like i would do anything for her. and just seeing her fight for her life is -- i don't have no toughness for that. >> what he does have is a tough fight to pay and take care of her situation. and the bad news is devon was recently cut by the bengals. but here's the good stuff. the team immediately re-signed him to the practice squad just so he could keep paying for his daughter's care around the team decided to donate 100% of the sale of still's jersey to pediatric cancer research it has broken records, in part by the 1,000 jerseys bought personally by the saints' coach, sean paint. >> we wish them the best of luck. >> the harsh reality, he wants people to know this because of the fight for pediatric cancer, his daughter's chance of

survival is 50/50. the glimmer of hope is he was just reactivated. he got in the game. had three tackles and he says watching him on tv makes his daughter smile. >> all right. go ahead, dad. >> prayers and thoughts are with them. we will be watching you, mr. sometime and your little girl. a lot of news this morning. get doubt newsroom and ms. carol cost testimony low. >> thanks so much. have a great day. newsroom starts now. the fight against isis turns to american oil. a new york shop owner is indicted, accused of funding isis and plotting to kill american soldiers. just days after president obama stroud degrade and ultimately destroy eyes circumstance the terrorist group sends a chilling warning to the united states with a new hollywood-style propaganda video called "flames of war." it's released just hours after the nation's top military