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this is lisa ling, every one of these stories is different. maybe you have a strong opinion about sugar babies and sugar daddies, but i have to tell you lisa ling will make you look at it a different way. "ac360" starts right now. good evening, thank you for joining us, we begin with a terrible crime with isis beheading westerners on a regular basis. police in moore, oklahoma say this man beheaded a former co-worker and wounded another at the place he was just fired from. his name is alton nolen. this is an explosive story, we're taking care not to get ahead of the facts, local authorities are telling us this and turn to the fbi for help. they say today's horror ended when a company executive, seen
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here on the left, who is also an off-duty department, shot and wounded nolan. >> sounds like he is running around out here. and that -- that is a gunshot. >> horror in oklahoma. police say a knife-wielding man stormed the offices of vaughan foods in moore, stabbing his co-worker, colleen, and cut off her head. >> he did kill colleen and did sever her head. >> according to police, the suspect then began to attack a second woman when he was shot and stopped by an armed company executive. mark vaughan, son of the company's founder, is also a reserve sheriff's deputy. officials say his actions could have prevented more deaths. >> it definitely got a lot worse, this man did not stop
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until he was shot. >> initially the attack was described as a work place dispute. 33-year-old alton nolan, had red flags that some wonder could have been more related to the attack. police say that he converted to islam, and tried to get others to join him. >> after talking with co-workers, information was obtained that he started to try to convert some of his co-workers to the muslim religion. it had law enforcement agencies across the countries on alert looking for lone wolf threats. the fbi is now investigating the oklahoma social media footprint, trying to determine if this vicious deadly rage was inspired
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by islamic extremism. meanwhile, in moore, residents would rather focus on mark vaughan, the company executive who has put his life on the line for employee. he has been given an employee name of hero. >> so the suspect was shot, and survived. correct? >> he did survive and in fact is undergoing treatment at a hospital. we asked authorities if they had a chance to talk to him. he could answer questions immediately. authorities say he is sedated. only now or tomorrow will they be able to ask the questions of what motivated him. >> all right, marvin savidge. philip, i mean, you have looked at a lot of these kind of incidents with these kind of guys. what was your first impression on it? does it sound like a pattern of
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a lone wolf or does it simply seem like somebody who was deranged? >> it sounds like somebody who was deranged. what i think in the department is not relevant. you have to be able to look at his social media, e-mail, friends, who he called. what he was saying around the work place in the last week or two or month or two. you have to before you make an assumption determine what went on and prove it was just an emotionally deranged person or not somebody who had an ideological connection. >> even though he had no connection with any group, obviously he was a convert, apparently, according to others who worked with him and had been trying to convert people. it is very possible that he just watched videos or had seen videos. i mean, this is certainly in the
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news. the idea of beheadings. because it is a pretty bizarre way to end up killing somebody. >> well, it is very bizarre. and with crimes of violence there can be multiple motivation. so this could end up being a work place violence incident, but it is worked up with the recent news he has seen on the beheadings. but he was fired right before this happened. i think that is a very important point. the other important point is he has a history of violence. because he spent time in prison, which is where he converted to islam. so with all that said it could still be a crime of workplace violence but influenced by what he has seen recently on the news and his own maybe interests or -- yeah, interests with the beheadings. >> philip, to your earlier point, given all that has been in the news, given the reality of the war that is happening
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right now one cannot discount some sort of connection, some sort of -- whether it is ideological motivation or simply copycat incidents. >> i would virtually guarantee there has to be a connection to what we've seen overseas. i mean, this is such unique experience, that if there was not a connection between what he did and witnessed in the past few weeks in syria, would be to me, a surprise. if he was a member of a group or inspire inspired by a group or was he just a victim of a workplace incident and was inspired by what he saw. i agree with what i heard earlier, and that is, i saw a lot of terrorists who you would think were ideologically inspired but instead what you saw was emotion. they would see an image, for example, a child killed in palestine or iraq and that would set them off very quickly to an
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act of violence, just an image they saw on the internet. >> but mary ellen, there has to be something, whether it is this person or anybody who commits a crime like this. there has to be something. it is not just ideology. there has to be something pushing them towards doing this to where in their mind, they find it is an appropriate thing to do or an okay thing to do. >> no, i would agree with you. we know that there are people who really have these ideas and these thoughts of violence. in fact, violence is more of a coping behavior. but that kind of thinking in terms of "i'll use violence when i get fired." i'll use violence if i have a breakup in a relation, that type of ideology starts very early in life and evolves over time. this may appear that this individual snapped. but when you go back in his history i believe you will see overreactions of things that happened to him in his life.
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so it is not going to be a simple a equals b, it will be evolutionary, and this is how he handles his anger. he did not really snap. this is a man who has been thank the past and has overreacted in this incident. >> phil, the more it is talked about in a way the more it becomes part of the language and perhaps other people will act out in this way. >> other people -- >> sorry, philip, go ahead. >> i'm sorry, this is what i would worry about in this case. i remember sitting at the white house and being evacuated 15 years ago in the anthrax attacks. and you know, you sit there, that was such a unique experience i was in the executive office of the white house and we had anthrax letters coming in. you're saying what is going on here? that was weeks after al qaeda that attacked the offices during
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9/11. i am an officer, detailed sitting on the morning of threat briefings, 2005, 2006, 2007. you know what we were getting regularly in the threat briefings? hoax anthrax, i worry about the uniqueness of beheadings in a country where we have a lot of emotionally damaged people. and over the course of years people saying hey, in the course of work place dismissal, the appropriate response is beheadings, i worry about copycats. >> thank you both, more on the back drop of the air campaign in syria. new updates to tell you about, what do we know about the latest airstrikes? >> reporter: well, anderson, i can tell you talking to a defense official in the last moments the strikes right now are happening in syria and iraq and are ongoing. they're not described as any major offensive.
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they're talking about targets of opportunity. they are racking up numbers, the defense secretary chuck hagel told the reporters now there are over 200 airstrikes as part of the u.s.-led coalition in iraq and 43 in syria. and yet the numbers we're seeing yet tonight, the toll is getting higher. >> the white house today, they were pressed on the earlier claims that core al qaeda has been decimated whether it was in fact true given the most recent threats. did they stand by the earlier threats that the core al qaeda has been decimated? >> they do, and they are splitting hairs. they're talking about al qaeda leaders who are basically stationed in afghanistan and pakistan, people like osama bin laden. they say that core of al qaeda has been decimated. they continue to say that but they do recognize, anderson, that offshoots and remnants of al qaeda do remain. keep in mind this khorasan group is an off shoot of al qaeda, they have relocated over to
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syria where they have found a safe haven. and as we know hearing from officials earlier today that group, the leaders of that group, it is not believed all of them were killed and airstrikes that targeted them earlier this week it seems some of them have survived. that is a worrying sign. because you heard the fbi director saying earlier this week this is at the top of his list of concerns right now. and they believed that that group was really on the verge of carrying out a major attack against the united states when the airstrikes were hit earlier this week. so they're going to be keeping an eye on this group. >> all right, jim acosta, appreciate the update. coming up necessary, the close look at the only vital ally in this invite. can the government of iraq be counted on? can iraq even hold together? we're keeping them honest with dexter philkins and analyst bob
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its adviser, haider al-abadi, that the obama administration at least publicly endorses loudly. >> let me congratulate you on the formation of the government and your assumption of the responsibilities as prime minister. >> i have been very impressed with the prime minister. >> we have commended prime minister haider al-abadi. >> we are also encouraged about his willingness to reach out and work with other countries in the region. >> we're delighted and looking very, very closely together. >> we're grateful for your willingness to take on this leadership mantle at such a critical time. >> he is off to a pretty shaky start. he projected his choices to head the defense and ministries, interior ministers in iraq run the police and intelligence agencies, crucial, obviously. so the top two important administrations, there is
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currently a vacuum and it certainly shows. soldiers who survived the recent isis attack outside fallujah told the commanders they were either unwilling or able to help answer their pleas for help. remember, all of this happened about a half hour's drive from baghdad. as for the prime minister, he spent a week in new york, meeting with president obama and setting off on the global stage. he's spoke about terror issues. he said his country received credible intelligence sources about isis attacks, quoting, they plan to have attacks on the metros of paris and the u.s. american officials first said they had no evidence to substantiate what he said, then spent the rest of the day doing damage control, including on this program. >> i think what the prime minister was discussing today information streams who are always out there and then we have to work very closely to assess the veracity, but he was
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quite clear with me and the president that there was no credible threat based upon the information. >> just to be clear, though, that is not what the prime minister of iraq said publicly. he said he received accurate reports from baghdad of arrests of french and americans who were plotting attacks on metros in paris and the united states. just to be accurate, you're just saying what he was saying was absolutely not true? >> what he told us was that the veracity of the information has to be as assessed. and i think the iraqis put out a statement in that regard. we're actively working with them as we do daily. what i think the prime minister was getting at is, of course, he will speak for himself but in the very detailed conversation we had, is here we are in new york and the entire world is uniting against isis. >> that gained credence when denmark and belgium joined the coalition. even russia joined in the fight. the big question is how
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committed is iraq committed to saving iraq? i spoke to admiral kirby a short while ago. admiral, a base close to baghdad has fallen to isis. more than 100 iraqi troops were killed perhaps at least as many as 300. and the iraqis who survived said their calls to their generalship, their leadership were basically not answered. that help was not there. basically yet abandoned. we heard this time and time again. at what point does something begin to change within the iraqi military, replacing these corrupt generals or these generals who for example frankl battlefield experience? >> one of the things we have been working on is getting up and going with the iraqi forces. no question since 2011 when we left, the iraqi army was not properly led, resourced, given supplies and trained.
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and we know that. prime minister nouri maliki squandered the opportunity he was given then. so getting more competence will take time, and good government in baghdad is needed. prime minister haider al-abadi is aware of that challenge, but this is basically their army. >> if they fail to do that short of u.s. ground forces in or some coalition ground forces in, or some other force unless the iraqi military itself is able to reform, is able to stand up and fight it is a lost cause. >> well, you're absolutely right. they have got to do this. they have got to make this their fight. it is their campaign. they have to step up to this real challenge they're facing. the commander-in-chief has to be clear there is not going to be a return on the ground of the u.s. forces. the ground forces that matter are the iraqi ground forces and in syria, the moderate syrian opposition that can fight. they have to take on that
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responsibility. we're willing to help them and advise them and try to rebuild some of the competence and ability that they lost, but they have to take responsibility. >> do you really have confidence in the new government? i know the prime minister said the right things publicly, and even disciplined one or two generals. but he is from the same party as nouri maliki. some say he is cut from the same cloth or same party. >> sure, we understand that but he has to be given the benefit of the doubt. everything he has done so far and said so far leads us to believe he is on the right path and wants an inclusive government that is representative of all iraqis. but look, he is just getting started. getting up and going. we're willing to help, we made it clear, we need to give it some time. >> admiral kirby, appreciate your time. i want to talk to dexter
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philkins, who just wrote a very powerful piece on iraq. and bob baier. so dexter, the people you talked to iraq, do they expect, i mean, the kurds you talked to, do they actually expect this prime minister to be able to accomplish what nouri maliki did not, or undo what nouri maliki did? >> well, that is a really big question. i think people hope he is not as sectarian as nouri maliki. but when you look at what he faces. i mean, he lost a third of the country. and the iraqi army is in no shape to go in there. >> they just lost a base 25 miles from baghdad that they could not re-supply. >> right, and you have tens of thousands of iraqis just disappearing. and they have not come back. the other thing they have to do is keep the kurds in the country
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and they want to leave. so just to kind of hold it together, like what he has inherited, that is going to be hard enough. >> bob, what about you? the people you have been talking to, this is the guy from the same party as nouri maliki. it is not as no he came from some other place. a lot of people say he is cut from the same cloth. >> anderson, i talk a lot to the sunnis, the tribes in anbar and a variety of provinces. the four major tribes there told me explicitly, they think that haider al-abadi is just as difficult as nouri maliki. they complain about the army, the civilian targets. >> and these are people -- you say you're talking to are the critical ones in order to get them to stop working with isis to really support the central government. i mean, if anything is going to change it is critical to get the sunnis on board. >> well, anderson, exactly.
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but these people led isis into anbar province, or at least set it out. but they say they're not going back. it is partition or nothing. they say isis will be gone in a year or two. it will collapse under its own weight. but they will not work with the government in baghdad. >> and dexter, i just read your article, it is fascinating. it is essential reading, you spent a lot of time in the kurdish north. and when we look at this from the west we think oh, everybody is on the same page. it is all about defeating isis. but when you talk toed kurds, actually, they want to defeat them but break away. they want their own country. they see themselves now in a prime position to do that. they're not about rescuing the central government in baghdad, a government which has basically cheated them out of billions of dollars of oil revenues. >> look, they will fight isis insofar as it is necessary to keep them out of the kurdish
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areas, but they're not going to push them into the other areas. look, this is one of the great ironies of the war. you have this area, right in the middle is this island that is pro-western, reasonably democratic and reasonably prosperous. >> right, the kurds have done everything that has been asked of and more -- >> including doing a lot of fighting for americans and helping out. >> you read your article and it is very hard to see how iraq stays together. bob's point, iraq being finished as one country. >> it seems that way. you know, the trouble for the kurds is they're sitting on a lot of oil, but it is a land-locked country. so they have to get that oil out and they're basically surrounded by a lot of countries that don't want them to be independent. >> and bob, i know you have been advising a lot of people in the u.s. government and i know you have been talking to i guess as
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many people as you comfoan. i mean, you told the administration they're talking to the wrong people, the sunnis, who should they be talking to? >> yes, well, anderson, i sent letters to the government, one on president obama's desk. i don't know that he read it. but the sunnis, some of them close to nouri maliki. some of them with the first a wakening. but there is a second generation of them who repudiated that. and the administration, we're just talking to the wrong people. >> i just don't understand, dexter, where the iraqi soldiers are. there were supposed to be 250,000, and i heard estimates that maybe half of that force was viable. where are the viable troops if 25 miles from baghdad they cannot re-supply hundreds of troops who are being besieged
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and ultimately get killed. >> you know, the thing about baghdad, this was during saddam's time, it is basically a shiite city but is surrounded by towns which are sunni. so isis has supporters very, very close to baghdad. and they basically run the city. >> it is good to have you here, your article on baghdad is fantastic. and capturing an incredible fight between the turkish army along the border, coming up. ...which eyes? eyes that pivot with the road... ...that can see what light misses... ...eyes designed to warn when yours wander... or ones that can automatically bring the ls to a complete stop. all help make the unseen... ...seen. and make the ls perhaps the most visionary vehicle on the road. this is the pursuit of perfection.
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breaking news tonight, new airstrikes on targets in iraq and syria, in the meantime, on the ground we have pretty remarkable video to show you about a firefight on the iraqi/syrian border today. take a look. >> an extraordinary scene, dusk is falling here on the syrian border, isis fighters in action with a trace of fire moving across the skyline there. something of an ooh and an ahhh
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with the crowd of turkish and kurdish brothers fighting. they will be cheering them on the other side. we can see they are still receiving the in-coming fire. and it is that position, that the photojournalist has seen the isis fighters take casualties, take hits. isis has been making progress, a few miles each day. what you're seeing is traces of fire moving into that line that is currently occupied by isis forces. and around me, the kurdish crowd is cheering. take a listen. >> and phil black joins us. now, it is remarkable that you were that close to the fight. was there any sign of u.s. or coalition aircraft in that area?
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>> reporter: no, anderson, there was not. nor has there been throughout the last week or so. isis forces have been making an advance through that northern region of syria, and it has been noted by the kurdish fighters who are resisting them on the ground and the many tens of thousands, almost hundreds of thousands of refugees that this advance has triggered. these are the big hordes, the exodus, if you like, of northern kurds from syria that moved into turkey because of this progress that isis is making through this region. they have all been asking us where are the coalition airstrikes. they believe the coalition must strike to stop what they very strongly believe is an imminent massacre by isis of the remaining kurds in this region. >> how secure is that border area? >> reporter: well, it is about as secure as a border can be given that syrian refugees
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constantly move back wards and forwards. it is strongly believed that most of the foreign fighters in syria have made their way by turkey, as well. despite that, the fact that it is very porous. you have the humanitarian traffic going one way, the fighters going another way. there is a very strong military presence by the turkish military all the way along the border. regular patrols, a lot of armed, well dug in, well fortified locations, as well. so there is a strong security presence. but it is not in any way focused on the conflict that is taking place just across the border. and really, it is getting closer to the border by the day. >> phil black, appreciate the reporting, thank you. it has been a year since the al qaeda-linked military force targeted a shopping center in nairobi. it has now been made into a compelling documentary. cnn presents "terror at the mall" right at the top of the
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welcome back, ferguson's police chief tried to walk and talk with protesters last night and let's just say it kind of went side ways. earlier in the day, chief thomas issued an apology to the parents of michael brown for the fact that his body had not been moved out of the street for hours after he was killed. things got tense after he went out to talk to them. >> what do you mean? >> i mean, what do you want? talk to me. >> it was supposed to be the ferguson's police chief's so-called apology tour. >> i have been wanting to apologize. >> a time to say sorry to the community for how his department handled the aftermath after the
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shooting of michael brown by the officer. but instead, chief thomas jackson was outside of police headquarters defending himself against calls for his resignation. >> all i have to say is this is a [ bleep ] tragedy, we all know that. and i'm sorry, and i said it from my heart. you don't have to accept it. that came from my heart. i had to get that off my chest. that has been sitting there for two months. we have increased training and awareness. we have to get out in the community and change our court system and our ticketing system. we have to change our fine system. no, i'm seriously -- this is where the mistrust is coming from. [ bleep ], isn't that right? >> that is coming from your department. >> and all of those things [ bleep ]. >> causing mistrust. >> up until yesterday -- >> change. >> and then, considering all that has gone on in this town during recent weeks, jackson said the nearly unthinkable.
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>> do we have a lynch mob? >> a lynch mob? with the temperature then raised a scuffle broke out behind him. >> stop it, i was walking next to the chief. he knocked me down. we're not doing anything. >> in the end, several people were arrested. but there is one man who was not there. devin james, the man behind the ferguson police department's recent public relations out reach. up until yesterday when he was fired by the st. louis development partnership which had hired him to handle community relations. his firing came after allegations he was convicted in 2006 for killing an unarmed man. james said he acted in self defense as the victim broke into his home. >> being a government contractor, there is a high level of scrutiny, they
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typically do background checks. we always disclose this, this risk is that you will get fired if you don't disclose it. we had those conversations initially and that is one of the things they thought was beneficial. >> ferguson mayor james knowles stands by hiring him, even as some argue that the optics are flawed from a town already in turmoil. >> we learn that the department of justice sent the ferguson chief two letters this week. what did they say? >> right, two letters addressing two different issues. but the things we heard about here in ferguson, the first one addressing complaints that some police officers were not wearing name tags. and this letter, basically saying remaining anonymous undermines their ability to do the job with the community. the other letter also talked a bit about those arm bands that we've heard about. the i am officer darrin wilson, obviously that is the officer who shot and killed mike brown. they say they're suggesting
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those arm bands not be allowed for police officers to wear while they're in uniform. and now they would like to see that happen as they work to repair relationships here in ferguson, and obviously, anderson, they still have a road to go. >> stephanie elam, thank you. and earlier i spoke to the general counsel for the st. louis police officer's association. >> antonio, you were in ferguson last night when the police chief addressed the public there. what did you make of his comments. >> so i thought his comments were heartfelt. i think the chief thought he was doing the right thing by coming out and talking to the protesters directly. but i think it is another example of how he misread the situation and then didn't convey the information to his officers when he went out into the crowd. and as a result, we saw a confrontation and violence when there did not need to be some. >> what about that? it seems as though the chief's presence did make the already
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difficult situation worse. >> the problem is, there is a mea culpa made, sawiying there s a mistake. the interesting thing is, and i'm not casting an opinion on his sincerity. really since always 9th, he has almost had no role. i know he has been the focus of a lot of attention, he has almost had no role. >> well, if he has had no role since the early beginning why did it take him several weeks to come forward with an apology? he has been saying, he had been incredibly busy, a new challenge going on every day. essentially he has been side lined. did it really take seven weeks, to come out and address people? >> i have to wonder about the timing question, anderson. i agree with you. why now? i don't know the answer. but i will tell you and i'm sure
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antonio will agree with me when i say this, the attitude in the region is one, there is a pall over the region. people are thinking about this every day. i mean, it is part of our everyday lives. and it takes a toll on a lot of different levels. is it perhaps now just to the point where in the weariness now that is created in the situations, has it now gotten to the point where they think it is now time for an apology? i don't know. >> and the chief's misreading of the timing, the question is why now? this is the second time he has misread the timing. the first, of course, is when he chose the unfortunate time of when he released darren wilson's name to also release an unrelated video of a reported theft by mike brown. that timing led to a riot that night. and again, his timing led to another act of violence last night. >> anderson, let me if i could, let me chime in on that.
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you know, i don't think it is fair to blame the violence on him. if he is coming out and saying, i'm sorry and that somehow results in people causing violence -- >> that is not what i'm saying. >> it is not how it happened last night. again, he went out in the crowd in an effort to talk to him. the crowd responded. and some people responded violently. and again i can't put that -- say that that is his fault. >> what happened is he decided to come out with the crowd and engage them. and they asked him to march with them. he did, he agreed. they asked for him alone to march. he agreed, came out and marched and apparently he did not convey those orders or that conversation to his hofficers, and when his officers tried to come into the crowd with him that is when the pushing and shoving started and the situation got violent. >> it does seem on the other hand, antonio, it does seem as if the police chief is damned if he does or doesn't, goes out and
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addresses the crowd, altercations result. he gets criticized if he chooses to go out or not go out and march with the crowd. and people say look, he is not communicating with us. he is not reaching out to us. >> yeah, i agree. i think it is a case where he is damned if he does or doesn't. i think the relationship with this particular chief and the community is irreparable, which is why i think he should resign. i don't think he can continue as chief. >> coming up, two weeks into the search for the suspected cop killer in rural pennsylvania. what police believe about the objects as well as on the computer. also a stranded passenger in o'hare, seeing chaos, more than a thousand flights cancelled. we'll tell you what caused the massive traffic jam.
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police believe eric frein is in the wooded areas, and they are getting clues from the computers as well as what they find in the woods as they search for him. >> well, anderson, while the physical search is still going on out here tonight there is also a parallel investigation that is helping us understand a little more about eric frein, as for the hard drive, they're getting a lot of answers. it shows that frein researched a great deal on police and manhunt and survival technologies. they are looking into purchases that eric frein made before going on the run. they wonder if any of the purchases could be made to find the bunker, more alarmingly, they show that frein had been experimenting with developing homemade explosives. it is one reason as the police conduct a search they're told to
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approach with caution. they believe there could be booby traps behind them. >> we also heard that frein called his parents, do we know when that happened? >> yes, that is a pivotal moment, where frein phoned his parents but that he hung up after it rang just one time. what is not clear is whether or not he made that phone call with the hopes of luring police here to his position or whether he decided to hang up fearing it would do just that. >> the police were very clear today and addressed frein saying they will find him. i mean, are they any closer? >> reporter: yeah, they continue to insist they have every confidence he is in this area based on a few things they have seen. the repeated reported sightings of frein, on top of this they tell us as they go through the wooded areas they're finding structures. there are a lot of abandoned structures here, they're now seeing signs the structures have been tampered with.
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when you put the pieces together along with supplies left out in the woods it is enough for police to believe they're in the right location. but if you talk to police in the community nobody thought it would take this amount of time to find somebody hiding in the woods. >> and they already found the ak-47 they believed he had with him. but they believe he has another rifle? >> reporter: right, they believe he is armed and dangerous and found the ak-47. they found cigarettes, and they also say they found adult diapers, and he was studying techniques so that he could stay stationary for a long time. they really believe this is a subject who wanted to engage in some sort of game with law enforcement and that the running and hiding are a part of this game. but everyone wants to see it come to an end. all right, thank you very much. the suspect in the disappearance of missing uva student hannah graham is no longer in texas. we'll tell you where he is and
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chicago today all starting when a fire broke out at an air traffic control center, shutting down operations. police say the contractor set the fire and then tried to kill himself. he now faces federal charges. and the suspect in the disappearance of a university of virginia student. jesse matthews was arrested in galveston county on wednesday. hannah graham vanished nearly two weeks ago. investigators say the search zone could expand to cover 1300 mi miles, the distance between virginia and texas. and a former high school teacher convicted of raping a student, was re-sentenced today for nearly ten years in prison. you may recall the judge caused chaos for making it seem like the victim was a part of the attack, the victim committed suicide. state television reports kim jong-un is suffering from
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discomfort, no more specifics were given. and tonight, retiring new york yankees shortstop derek jeter, playing for the last time last night. in the ninth, a single, story book ending, a lot of folks are going to miss seeing him play, that is for sure. >> randi kaye, thank you, that does it for us. and the hbo documentary "terror at the mall" starts now.
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