>> tom foreman, good report. thanks very much. that's all the time i have today. thanks very much for joining us. i'm wolf blitzer at the united nations. stay with cnn for all the late breaking news. the news continues right now on cnn. "outfront" next, new air strikes in syria tonight, this time targeting oil refineries. plus the president makes his case to the united nations and the world saying the world is in a crossroads between war and peace. and one-on-one with president clinton and why the ray rice scandal is so deeply personal to him. let's go "outfront". a very good evening. i'm erin burnett at the united nations tonight. welcome to our viewers in the

united states and around the world. american warplanes with two arab partners hitting a dozen targets in syria, including oil refineries which have been a major source of isis revenue. this has president obama speaks to word leaders where we are live tonight making it clear that he is determined to finish that mission of destroying isis. >> there will be no reasoning, no negotiation with this brand of evil. the only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. >> the language of force. and using the words evil. good and evil. stark choice presented by here at the united nations as the threat of lone wolves attacked in the united states rises in the wake of the air strikes. what are the chances that those air strikes will even work? barbara starr is breaking this following news from the pentagon. and i want to start what you're hearing from your horses abosou

the new round of air strike. >> u.s. and coalition partners went right after isis's pocketbook. against a dozen target, small modular oil refinery, basically part of isis' oil smuggling operation in remote areas of eastern syria. they went after them to get after one of the sources of revenue that isis has for its operations, for paying its operatives, paying its troops. all the aircraft turned safely. they believe they hit the targets they aimed at. this is a very remote area of eastern syria where the small oil refinery plants were. so they weren't too worried about civilian casualties, civilian damage, environmental damage. they went after them, they knew they wanted to get to them. >> and there has been a lot of criticism that the coalition does not yet involve, commitment

for troops on the ground. however not the case on the air strikes. it was not just american planes that were striking successfully tonight. >> absolutely. this strike in particular, about two hours against about a dozen f targets was very interesting because you had both saudi arabia and united arab emirate emirateses, more coalition than the u.s. airplanes flying and that the coalition dropped more bombs than the u.s. dropped. so the strikes will ebb and flow, but in one that we're talking about tonight, certainly underscores what appears to be the growing commitment by arab nations in the region to deal with isis. >> barbara starr, thank you very much. and that is a very significant statement indeed that you have arab nations fighting another arab nation in the midst of u.s.

air strikes. president obama was here at the united nations making his case. jim acosta joins me now. you were here for the speech which was described as one of if not the most important policy speech of his presidency. >> this was not a leading from behind speech. you heard the president really go after isis today, describing this terror group as a network of death, at one point saying the fighters with isis should clear out from the battlefields, almost foreshadowing the air strikes that we saw later in the day. and he called for the world to join this coalition that by the way was carrying out the air strikes in eastern syria. and i think it was also interesting that later on in the day he was carrying this message in his later meetings. he met with the new iraq k iraq prime minister where he said this will go on for some time. and he tried the security council trying to halt the flow of foreign fighters from the

west to the battle fronts and back again. basically warning that it has to be stopped. >> and i think it's important to emphasize something, that is arab nations flying these planes dropping these bombs. not the united states fighting the war, but it actually was arab countries doing it. >> and a senior official noted that there was a female pilot flying one of the planes for the uae. so it is some sense a new day and you said heard the president talking about that, trying to reach out to heart and minds in the muslim community, challenging them to talk to their people to reject these hateful ideologies. some people saying was the president lecturing the communities, but a senior administration official says

they can work on changing hearts and minds. we'll have to see if it's effective. >> here in new york, united nations general assembly, the president of the united states and his secretary of state john kerry had some mixed messages over whether america's allies are the ones that are funding the terror groups that the united states is now fighting. listen in. >> that means cut off the funding. time to end the hypocrisy of those who accumulate wealth through the global economy and then siphon funds who teach children to tear it down. >> there has been a real focus on this financing and state sponsored support i believe has ended. >> "outfront" tonight, jen psaki. great to have you with us. why is the secretary of state so confident that state sponsored terror funding has stopped? >> well, first of all, he's talking about isil. and we don't have evidence that

individual countries are funding isil. but there are individuals and there is more that can be done. counter financing is a key part of the coalition building. >> so how do you find state sponsored is this becau sponsored? because if a country is allowing middle men to trade isis oil, a country knows that that's happening, does that count looking the other way? >> governments are not funding isil and that's an important thing for people to understand out there. there is a lot of misinformation and confusion about that. no, there is no question. there are still individuals in some of these countries and many need to do more. that's why it's so key that a lot of the countries signed on and agreed that they would do more. >> so on this issue, syrian ambassador spoke out. and i want to play what he lad to say because he talked about the coalition and he had kind of a valid point.hlad to say because he talked about

the coalition and he had kind of a valid point.ad to say because he talked about the coalition and he had kind of a valid point. >> usa needs reliable partiners. they don't need saudi arabia and turkey because these are the ones that funded terrorism in syria and iraq and all over the area. you cannot be a terrorist while fighting terrorists. >> he has a point. there are people in that country and other countries who are openly raising money for extremists, doing it on twitter and for weapons. it's in very small countries. in this case, someone had even worked with the ministry in the qatarry government. >> and it's pivotal you because there is an issue that is discussed, the secretary raises with countries as needed. it's a key part of our effort to build the coalition. people need to focus on the fact that we've done air strikes. those will continue. but what general allen is doing

is sx pandiexpanding the coalit crack done on foreign fighters. >> this is something we've done a lot of work organization but the united states treasury designated a man as a terrorist saying he raised millions to help kill americans. but he's living in qatar. others are. is that something that the united states is working on, the u.s. says designated a terrorist still living in countries that are allies of the united states in that. >> absolutely. counter financing and krcrackin down on individuals is a key objective. we won't be able to defeat isil if they're still funded as they are. and that's one of the reasons they have been strengthened over the past several months. >> a final question for you on this point. have you made a lot of progress recently? has there been pressure on these countries from the media, from other sources that has enabled you to make more progress on this issue? >> we feel we have.

i think a lot of these countries that have disagreements, i think we can all agree with a i think rafr issues, have really unified against isil. and there was a historic meeting in our view that you had shia iraqi prime minister standing with sunni leaders of other countries and saying we all agree we need to defeat isil. and we feel all of these countries will take more steps to crack down. >> jen psaki, thank you very much. "outfront" next, more on the new air strikes pounding syria tonight. we'll go live to the turkey/syrian border for an update. plus the threat of lone wolf attacks on the rides. what intelligence officials are saying in the united states. and my conversation with president clinton on how isis is trying to sucker the u.s. into a big one. "hello. you can go ahead and put your bag right here."

"have a nice flight." ♪ music plays ♪ music plays traveling can feel like one big mystery. you're never quite sure what is coming your way. but when you've got an entire company who knows that the fewest cancellations and the most on-time flights are nothing if we can't get your things there, too. it's no wonder more people choose delta than any other airline. this is kathleen. setting up the perfect wedding day

begins with arthritis pain and two pills. afternoon arrives and feeling good, but her knee pain returns... that's two more pills. the evening's event brings laughter, joy, and more pain... when jamie says... what's that like six pills today? yeah... i can take 2 aleve for all day relief. really, and... and that's it. this is kathleen... for my arthritis pain, i now choose aleve. get all day arthritis pain relief with an easy-open cap. ♪ want to change the world? create things that help people. design safer cars. faster computers. smarter grids and smarter phones. think up new ways to produce energy. ♪ be an engineer. solve problems the world needs solved. what are you waiting for? changing the world is part of the job description. [ male announcer ] join the scientists and engineers of exxonmobil in inspiring america's future engineers. energy lives here.

right here. with a control pad that can read your handwriting, a wide-screen multimedia center, and a head-up display for enhanced driver focus. all inside a newly redesigned cabin of unrivaled style and comfort. ♪ the all-new c-class. at the very touch point of performance and innovation. ♪

breaking news, american warplanes targeting rye fineries. oil is how isis gets a lot of its money. reportedly up to $2 million a day. military says it is still assessing the after math. also significant the fact that these strikes were primarily

carried out by american allies. arwa damon is near the border. are you not far from where the attacks are taking place. you have been talking to syrian opposition activists. what are they saying? >> reporter: well, when it comes to these most recent rounds of attacks given that they are predominantly targeting isis facilities, they're far away from residential populated area, one activist was saying this is exact aly what they need. this activist is from the city of rakka which saw the initial bombardment. he said, however, that there were concerns moving forward because isis had evacuated a lot of its main headquarters and entrenched itself within the civilian population. some two to three weeks ago in anticipation of these strikes. he was describing the mood as being quite conflicted. on the one hand very happy that

finally after all of these months almost a year of horrors they have endured under isis, someone was coming to their assistance. that being said, though, in other parts of the country, the mood is much more wary in provinces that also saw air strikes in the initial round but not against isis targets. instead against other targets and other groups that the u.s. views as being terrorist organizations such as nusra. but they have a clear message saying that the u.s. and its allies need to be careful about which organizations they are targeting, focusing on isis, but also where that targeting is taking place. because a lot of these other groups if the intent is to go after them, as well, this re entrenched in civilian populations, headquarters is in civilian population, we've

already been hearing various reports about civilian casualties to include children. so the potential of blood shed moving forward among this population that has endured so much is one that is very real. >> thank you very much. and the pentagon says fighter jets flew long side american warplanes bombing at least 12 locations. i wanted to talk more about this you because this is crucial, this is at the heart of the entire crisis. tom foreman has been looking at this. where these strikes were goes at the heart and by the heart i mean the wallet. >> it really does. because you've heard us say over and over again here this is the most well funded terrorist group ever. those are strikes from two day ago, those from the overnight. the strikes we're talking about right now as you said do go at the wall list. this is the border with iraq and this is where these strikes are

occurring, right in this area where oil and gas are the name of the game. arwa mentioned rakka. this is a city of about a quarter million people. yeah, if you move through here, you can find oil facilities that are big and that would be big ripe targets for hitting. but among civilians, disrupting the infrastructure, creating environmental damage, a lot of reason not to hit big things like this. but when you move out more toward the rairaqi border, that where they're striking now. and this is great big open country. it is easy to pick your targets here. easy to hit them. and yet if you can cut into those $2 million a day, erin, you're hitting isis where it lives. because that money is absolutely critical for them establishing this islamic state that they say they want to have. without that money, many of the programs they're already building get into ten tinto dee

fast. >> and as one expert was telling me today, some fighters being paid $1,000 a day, that dries up, all of a sudden a lot of those people may not want to fight any more. i want to bring in david gergen. this issue -- tonight obviously there is a lot for the coalition to be happy about. you have strikes that did not appear to hit partners. however the u.s. embassy bombings, that was responded to by then president clinton with tomahawk attacks and missile strikes. three years later, 9/11. air strikes didn't work then. will they work now? >> depends on what you mean by work. if the goal is to defang isis so that it's hard for them to strike, they can have lone wolf strikes, yeah, i think we can get there through air strikes. we don't have that in syria.

that's the jackpot question, how do you get a ground force that cleans this thing up. but air strikes can have a major impact. the squeeze on the finances is very important. we don't know how much of a reserve they have. they stole millions upon millions of dollars from banks. we don't know how much cash they're sitting on. but the other thing about i think also this is a day for the united states to take some pride. because after such a rocky start, the president of the united states has now emerged as the dominant figure here at the u.n. to this general assembly. his speech -- >> and this is a man a couple weeks ago said i have no strategy. >> and he's getting a security council resolution passed. and of course the chinese and russian leaders skipped these meetings. so they're not represented. so the american voice -- now, we have a long road ahead, but at least the president is getting some traction.

if you're going to -- >> and another way you're getting leadership from the united states which people may love and they may loath. but they feel the lack when that leadership is not there. >> this is how they bring victory. but you can't start one of these things very successfully unless you get the country behind you. europe is starting to come, parliament being called back there. notice what europe is doing. they're saying bialwe'll work w you this iraq. nobody wants to go with us from europe in syria. >> and that's why it's incredible that you have the arab states now doing that. and coming down on some of the funding. david der agagergen, thank you much. earlier today i spoke to president bill clinton. and coming up, the president of the united states has warned the americans fighting with isis could be coming home. we have a special attack as well. and i'll talk to president clinton about the air strikes, whether he thinks they're a good

idea after the "new york times" today called them a bad decision. plus breaking new in his the case of the university of virginia missing student. police giving a major update at this hour. we'll have that coming up.

[ siri] hello. what's your name? [cortana] hello siri. i'm cortana. we've already met. i'm sorry. i don't remember. that's ok. i can remember lots of things. like your favorite kinds of restaurants. i cannot remember that. i can remember appointments and help you get there on time. or that. or remember favorite news topics. or that either. siri, what can you remember? i remember when i was the only phone that talked. ♪

(vo)solver of the slice.pro. teacher of the un-teachable. you lower handicaps... and raise hopes. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. (pro) nice drive. (vo) well played, business pro. well played. go national. go like a pro.

it makes me happy to i like feeling smart. internet essentials from comcast has brought low-cost internet access to over 1.4 million low-income people at home. internet essentials helped me progress in my schoolwork. it helped my grades move higher. today it's the largest broadband adoption program in america. it helped me a lot. comcast. helping to bridge the digital divide.

welcome back to the viewers in the united states and around the world watching our special coverage tonight. we have breaking news. american-led air strikes targeting isis oil facilities inside syria tonight. on the second day of the american-lead war, president obama made his case to the world to join united states efforts against isis in syria and iraq and he made it broader. he the taalso talked about figh extremist around the world. jim sciutto is "outfront". >> the air strikes is a reminder that the u.s. is at war and today the president making in effect the case for war and calling the world to join this whether by joining the military action or stopping the flow of foreign fighters to syria, money, but also at home fighting the ideology, as well. and the president even extending the conflict beyond isis, beyond

islamic extremism to the many challenges he sees now to the world international order. spi leaders of 193 country, he called for action. >> we can renew the international system or allow ourselves to be pulled back by an undertow of instability. >> reporter: for the president, the sources of that fear extend from isis in al qaeda to russian aggression in ukraine. to the outbreak of ebola. but little more than a day after he took the u.s. and its coalition partners to war against isis in syria, the president identified the central challenge as the cancer of violent extremism. >> there will can be no reasoning, no negotiation with this brand of evil.

only language you said stood by killers like this is the language of force. >> reporter:stood by killers like this is the language of force. >> reporter: military action however is only part of his solution. he demanded muslims themselves stand up to the root causes of terrorism. >> it is time for the world, especially in muslim communities, to explicitly, forcefully and consistently reject the ideology of organizations like al qaeda and isil. >> reporter: together it is a new and more aggressive foreign policy for a president now defined by his decisions to end wars in iraq and afghanistan. and avoid military action in others, including until now, in syria. this was president obama at the g-20 last year in russia. >> i was elected to end wars, not start them. >> reporter: and this was mr. obama today. >> those who have joined isil should leave the battle filed

while they can. those who continue to fate for a hateful cause will find they're increasingly alone. >> this is a president who has started to sound a lot like the president who proceed preceded him. and there was also a up resolution but a lot of people roll their eyes. >> this piece of paper is actually pretty tough. normally you'll see it urges people to do this or encourages them to do that. this requires all member nations to stop the flow of money, stop the flow of fighters and different steps like they have to make it a criminal act now to send money to for fighters. that's not the case in foreign fighters and that's aimed at particular countries that are u.s. allies like qatar that is on the fence. there are a lot of things masquerading as charities and they're funneling aid. so now you have a document that

requires countries to stop that. >> it's important for people to know that when you get a designation as terrorist, the united states designation requires countries to do more. >> reporter: >> and the ban ki-moon and the president says it's not just an american problem. we know americans are there. it's a france, a british problem. so they have to confront it. >> jim sciutto, thank you very much. at the united nations today, president obama made it clear that he considers the destruction of isis the top priority in a bigger fight against terrorism. i talked to president clinton about the threat of isis earlier today. president clinton, the question this moment for this country is a very important moment and a momentous moment as we're dealing with the threat from terrorism.

do you think the risk from isis is as significant a threat as al qaeda under osama bin laden? >> i think it's quite significant. and it certainly threatens to change the whole landscape in the middle east, redraw national boundaries, crash national governments and we know they're killing a lot of innocent people who don't agree with them. they ran the christians out of iraq who had been there since the dawn of christiandom. they butchered syrian soldiers. and we don't agree with the syrian government, but the soldiers were entitled to the rules of war. and of course they like for decapitate people on the internet. so i think that this strategy that the president has adopted has a chance to succeed. i support what they're doing. >> and the president today just speaking at the u.n. said that he thinks in the strongest words

he's used yet spoke about the need for force. and i wanted to play a brief clip of what he just said at the united nations thor s this morn. >> no god condone this is terror. no grievance justifies these actions. there can be no reasoning, no negotiation with this brand of evil. the only language understand stood by killers like this is the language of force. >> the president said that this morning. the "new york times" in a large full page op-ed has said that the strikes in syria are a, quote, bhad decision. are they right? >> no, i don't think so. i don't think they are right. i think that success is not guaranteed. i think what isis is trying to do was to sucker us into putting a lot of soldiers on the ground so they could shift the blame from themselves to us for all

the violence in the area. and what we learned repeatedly is that when the sunni tribal leaders who are not militant and not twisting iz wlam for their political objectives are willing to fight, they can reclaim their country. and we should help them do it. but it's not a fight we can win for them. >> i'm curious. the air strikes in syria weren't just against isis, they were against a group that the american public hasndn't even heard will of until last week, a group called khorasan. and some members include people part of the core group plotting the 9/11 attacks. you have a group that is part of core al qaeda, are we still fighting the same people? >> some of them survived. nobody said we ever had 100% kill rate on that. we're living in a time when

information technology and other forms of technology have led to a big dispersal of power. and we're basically in a race in the world to define how we will relate to each other. and it's the contest of our time. and we can't expect total victory through any military means which is why if governments are required to spend more time to stop bad things from happening, the rest of us have to spend more time and money and effort to make good things happen. >> so isis obviously you have supported arming the rebels in syria. your wife support this had. the president actually now saying he will do that. the question i have for you, is it worth the riskthis had. the president actually now saying he will do that. the question i have for you, is it worth the risk as every admits that some of the weapons will end up in the arms of people who want to kill americans? >> well, they have reached the judgment that it is and one thing we know will happen. if we don't help people who

trying to create an open and inclusive secular society, they will lose. if we do help them and they lose anyway, somebody will get their weapons. but i don't think that will measurably change the balance of power. anytime you do anything, it might not work. we don't have 100% control. you just make a judgment over whether it's more likely than not to work. president's make that judgment in the case of trying to arm the syrians. syrians like iraq and lebanon is a very diverse country. and they're either going to live and work together or be dominated by somebody like isis. it's worth the gamble i think for tto try to make it work. >> and i want to bring in lieutenant colonel francona. thank you for being with us. the issue that president clinton raised of isis trying to sucker

the united states in, that this was intentional to get the united states in a ground war and then pin the civilian a t s trosities on the united states, is he right? >> i think so. and isis has constantly talked about getting the jund into a ground war because that gives them the opportunity to what level the playing the field. they know that they will suffer with the air strikes. and they know there is not a whole lot they can do about the air strike. but in a fwroupd wground war, t take a high toll on the american troops. so yeah, they would like to get us into a ground war and we'd be smart not to take the bait. >> not to take the bait. but then the question is, will the air strikes alone be enough. back to this issue of the embassy bhombings in east afric. three years later, 9/11 happened. air strike did not work then.

will they work now? >> in the long run, they won't. and air strikes are never meant to be the only thing that would work. air strikes are meant to be part of an overall campaign strategy. it's usually the first part and carried out throughout. but air strikes usually are preparing the battlefield for a follow-on ground war. now, i know isis is trying to goad us into a are war and we'd be smart not to get into it, but somewhere some day someone will have to engage these people on the ground. in the end we may have to actually put american troops there and take the bait. but at some point, someone has to defeat these people on the ground. in iraq, and in syria. and the syria part is the more important one because that is where they're unchallenged right now. >> and again it comes town to this question of whose boots, whose lives will be on the line.

thank you very much. "outfront" next, the president says it's an immediate threat, foreigners fighting with isis returning home, lone womans ready to attack. bus police just announcing the man wanted in connection with the disappearance of a university of virginia student is in custody. that is a huge break in the story. we'll go to charlottesville for the latest. and more of my interview with president clinton on why the ray rice scandal is very deeply personal to him. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ mom ] with life insurance, we're not just insuring our lives... we're helping protect his. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. transamerica. transform tomorrow. transamerica. "hello. you can go ahead and "have a nice flight."re." ♪ music plays ♪ music plays

traveling can feel like one big mystery. you're never quite sure what is coming your way. but when you've got an entire company who knows that the fewest cancellations and the most on-time flights are nothing if we can't get your things there, too. it's no wonder more people choose delta than any other airline. ameriprise asked people a simple question: in retirement, will you have enough money to live life on your terms? i sure hope so. with healthcare costs, who knows. umm... everyone has retirement questions.

so ameriprise created the exclusive confident retirement approach. now you and your ameripise advisor.... can get the real answers you need. start building your confident retirement today.

iwith something terrible to admit. i treated thousands of patients, risked their lives, while high on prescription drugs. i was an addict. i'm recovered now, but an estimated 500,000 medical professionals are still out there, abusing drugs or alcohol. police, airline pilots, bus drivers... they're randomly tested for drugs and alcohol... but not us doctors. you can change that: vote yes on proposition 46. your lives are in our hands.

we're back following breaking news tonight for viewers in the united states and around the world here on cnn tonight. american led air strikes are targeting isis oil facilities in syria now as a major source of funding for the terror group. this as the white house says dozens, that's the number, dozens of americans are now among the terrorist fighters in syria fighting alongside isis and other terror groups. president obama warning the united nations security council where we are tonight that these foreign fighters are a serious threat. >> these terrorists exacerbate

conflicts. they pose an immediate threat to people in these regions. and as we've already seen in several cases, they may try to return to their home countries to carry out deadly attacks. >> now more on who these foreign fighters are. >> reporter: across the nation, it is one of the top security concerns. foreign fighters currently in syria and iraq returning home to america to launch a lone wolf attack. >> the minds of these young men and women are poisoned by terrorists who blairainwash the. >> reporter: interpol helping border control agents better identify terrorists and more effectively share that information globally. >> working closely with interpol in order to prioritize the information that they keep on foreign terrorist fighters and to have a system so that they can put notices so that when

individuals from one country or another and interpol have identify as a for terrorist fighter cross borders, that they hit and you can share the information. >> reporter: the alert system can help countries identify suspected terrorists quickly and get the data to other officials. red notices or wanted identify terrorists for arrest and prosecution this u.s. courts. blue notices or be on the lookout flag possible terrorist suspects. and groeen notices are hundreds of foreign nal nationals who have been to iraq or afghanistan. >> we need to identify them before they cause harm. >> reporter: this week america's top national security prosecutor john carlin has been mounting a full press with 30 global counter parts to use the interpol system to shut down foreign fighters. how do you think this will help stem the flow? >> one of the most critical aspects to stemming float of foreign terrorist fighters is

making sure each country as they gather information has a mechanism for sharing it and sharing it quickly. >> reporter: countries including turkey, canada and the u.s. will continue to have access to interpol data and biometrics to identify jihadi fighters before it's too late. and another thing e's trying to push, going after the young men before they set foot out of the country by charging them with material support of terrorism. erin. >> deborah feyerick, thank you very much. "outfront" next, breaking news. man wanted in the disappearance of a university of virginia student, hannah graham. huge breaking development. he's now under arrest and we will go live to charlottesville. and president clinton on the ray rice scandal. . >> i know a lot about this

subject. i grew up in a home with domestic violence. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired.

i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. whether you're just starting your 401(k) or you are ready for retirement, we'll help you get there. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tomorrow, sam. just another day at norfolk southern. ♪ who's going to do it? who's going to make it happen? discover a new energy source. turn ocean waves into power. design cars that capture their emissions. build bridges that fix themselves. get more clean water to everyone.

who's going to take the leap? who's going to write the code? who's going to do it? engineers. that's who. that's what i want to do. be an engineer. ♪ [ male announcer ] join the scientists and engineers of exxonmobil in inspiring america's future engineers. energy lives here. introducing a pm pain reliever that dares to work all the way until the am. new aleve pm the only one with a safe sleep aid. plus the 12 hour strength of aleve.

breaking news, in the disappearance of hannah graham. the university of virginia student has been missing for

almost two weeks tonight. police announce just moments ago, a major, major break in this case. they're saying jesse matthew, the man accused of kidnapping the student is now in custody. >> we're here tonight to announce that because of the collaborative efforts of the fbi and the state and local law enforcement across this nation, jesse matthew is in custody in galveston, texas, the extradition process is currently under way. >> jean casarez is out front live. what more did you learn about the arrest, jean? >> reporter: well, he was arrested and it was the local deputy at the galveston county sheriff's department that actually found him and arrested him. they say extradition is on its way now. we don't know if he will fight the extradition or just

voluntarily come back to the state virginia. this, in part was in assistance with the state police and the fbi. you know, galveston is really a remote part of texas. it is not connected to mexico at all but it is very, very remote and it is a long way away from virginia. >> absolutely, but what does all of this mean, jean, in terms of hannah graham herself, and in terms of the charges when they were trying to arrest him and looking for him. it was kidnapping, it was not for murder. so do they have any sense of whether or not she is alive? >> reporter: that is such an extremely important point because he was arrested alone. at least we didn't hear anything about hannah graham, there is an all points bulletin for hannah graham. what they're asking people to do, if you own large plots of land be the eyes and ears for

law enforcement. so that obviously would be a different charge, rather than abduction, kidnapping, if she is still alive. now, jesse graham may be on his way back here to charlottesville, virginia. >> jean casarez, thank you very much. i want to bring in our legal analyst. paul, obviously, you have the situation where they have arrested him but they do not know what happened to hannah graham. they don't have a girl or a body. >> reporter: it puts them in a horrible situation, erin, because on the one hand if they try to force the information out of him if he in fact knows where she is, because they think she is still alive they can jeopardize the prosecution subsequently. on the other hand, if they just sit back and treat it like an ordinary criminal case you may have her in a kidnap situation

and not being rescued. so law enforcement is in a difficult, difficult situation, better than it was before when they let the guy get away. >> so what can possibly happen to him now, you say the only person who knows is him. and they could jeopardize the ability to prosecute. >> there is only one way to have it happen. to cut a deal with him. he will have a lawyer present. i bet the evidence against him is very, very weak since they don't know where she is and they don't have eyewitnesss. so they probably will go to the lawyer and say we'll cut a deal if he tells us where she is and where she can be found. bear in mind, virginia has the death penalty and you can even cut a deal saying we'll take the death penalty off the table if he comes forward with information that helps us find the young student. >> so paul, i guess my other question is you're saying the evidence must be very weak.

but it doesn't seem like they have anybody else. back to this question her parents are hoping desperately that she still is alive, that she is alive tonight. are they even looking anywhere else now? >> well, we don't know what is going on behind the scenes. we have limited information. we do know that when he showed up at a police station, they let him leave when he asked for a lawyer. i suspect they probably decided to tail him and see where he was going. and then he started to speed up and he shook the tail. now of course, the police say they didn't have a right to engage in a high speed chase. we'll see what really happened with that, but they lost him. that says to me they didn't have enough evidence to arrest him before he started getting in the car and speeding off. obviously, they have an arrest warrant but it cannot be very strong at this point. >> thank you very much, paul cowlen. up next, bill clinton on

domestic violence and why it is a very personal subject for him. "hello. you can go ahead and put your bag right here." "have a nice flight." ♪ music plays ♪ music plays traveling can feel like one big mystery. you're never quite sure what is coming your way. but when you've got an entire company who knows that the fewest cancellations

and the most on-time flights are nothing if we can't get your things there, too. it's no wonder more people choose delta than any other airline.

everyone is looking for ways while to cut expenses.s unique, and that's where pg&e's online business energy checkup tool can really help. you can use it to track your actual energy use. find rebates that make equipment upgrades more affordable. even develop a customized energy plan for your company. think of it as a way to take more control over your operating costs. and yet another energy saving opportunity from pg&e. find new ways to save energy and money with pg&e's business energy check-up. welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. today, the nfl player's association hired a former federal prosecutor to conduct an independent investigation into the ray rice scandal. earlier this week i had a chance

to former president bill clinton and i asked him whether or not the scandal affected his view of the nfl. >> have you changed at all your viewing habits as a result of the ray rice scandal? >> no, but partly because i -- until the playoffs i'm always more of a college football fan than pro. but -- i know a lot about this subject. i grew up in a home with domestic violence. and god, i hope that it works out all right for -- i hope he really is okay and he never does it again. sometimes people don't, but it's rare. and -- i think what bothers everybody is that it seems that the nfl diminished the importance of it early on.

>> you are going to hear much more of what the president had to say about that issue. and i think you're going to be very surprised on whether he believes the nfl should have a zero tolerance policy on domestic violence or not. you will hear him talk about the syrian rebels tonight at 9:00. president bill clinton, town hall. anderson cooper "ac360" starts now. and good evening from the united nations where president obama called on others to join the forces. plans like these were taking aim at isis in syria. new airstrikes tonight, along with the new target, the terrorists' money machine, namely oil. we'll have more on the details, yesterday it was aimed at the khorasan group. more on what the senior officials are telling us. after speaking at the general assembly today