the u.s. is about to double the number of troops in iraq. 1500 is the magic number. they're headed there. but is this a mission sweep? then -- >> you only know what you're told in the room. fortunately, there's two in the room and one of us is dead. a navy seal says he's the one who shot osama bin laden but not everybody believes his story. plus, students riding a bus in mexico are abducted. the gang members are claiming that they did it, but you will not believe the mastermind said

to be behind this. all that and so much more on new day this saturday morning. i'm christy paul and. >> i'm martin savidge. the 2:00 a.m. wakeup call is brutal. >> i just stay up the whole time. >> then this should be a good show. we want to begin with a hefty expansion of the military campaign against isis. >> president obama is sending up to 1500 more troops to iraq. that will double the number there now to just under 3,000. their mission is to advise and train iraqi and kurdish forces to find isis. some will go into the most dangerous areas of iraq. jim chute owe is reporting that the president will ask congress for billions more to fund this fight. >> iraqi forces in battle

against isis. encouraged by recent iraqi successes against the terrorist group, including the retaking of a keyboarder with syria. the president is now authorizing 1500 more troops, doubling the number of u.s. forces on the ground. the orders will put them closer to the frontlines adding two operation's centers in more volatile areas beyond baghdad a and. their role is not changing. advise, assist and train but it is a major expansion of u.s. boots on the ground. >> there's no intent to put the trainers out in the field with these units once they're trained. >> to finance the expansion, the president is asking congress for nearly $6 billion to support the fight against isis. including $1.5 billion to train and equip iraqi and kurdish forces. the president was briefed on the pentagon's kr request ahead of

his meeting today with congressional leaders. >> we got to make sure that our efforts against isil are properly funded. that will be for secretary defense hagel to brief us on the progress in our progress against isil. >> the cost of the air campaign against isis has totaled more than $700 million. price tag of more than 800 air strikes and more than 2,000 bombs and rockets. top republicans still not ready to sign a check sight unseen. >> they said they were going to make a proposal. we'll have appropriations look at it and we'll see. >> cnn, washington. let's talk more about this with the director of the international study of radicalization and political violence and joined by retired lieutenant colonel bob mcginnis. colonel, let me start with you. should congress authorize the funds for this? >> the president has made a commitment and of course, you

have the prime minister in iraq that said please come and help us. so i think that we have to go ahead, martin. i heard the lead-in. i think there is legitimate concern about mission that -- our folks won't be in combat. >> peter, before i get to you to answer, let me have both of you listen to what the pentagon press secretary admiral john kirby said about the allegations of what we're talking about is this a case of mission creep? >> it's not mission creep at all. that's when the mission changes or morphs into something it didn't start out to be. this is very much in keeping with the missions that we've been performing in iraq since june, which is security assistance for our people and our facilities. advise and assist capability for the iraqi security forces to help them get better in the battlefield and the battle space. of course, supporting the humanitarian missions. these advisers are going to be doing exactly the same thing

that the advising teams on the ground are doing right now. they're going to be doing it in different places. >> peter neuman, the numbers are going up significantly. if not mission creep, what do we call this? >> i guess it is a change in quantity rather than quality as the press secretary said. they are not going to do anything different, but they're going to do more of it. i think it would be a big mistake to send in combat troops, which the white house may fear it isn't going to do. it would be a big mistake because that's the sort of fight isis is aching for. they want to kill american soldiers. put it frankly. and to give them the opportunity to do that would be a big mistake. i think that's being understood in the pentagon and in the white house. i don't think it's going to happen. >> colonel, let me ask you this, though. there are suggestions that the new forces are going to anbar province and that is certainly a focal point of unrest for isis. what are the troops going to do

there? why do they have to go into harm's way? >> we're talking about building partner capacity with more than half of these troops martin. what they're going to do and do weapons training, small tactical training. trying to build up the leadership and the capability to take on isis. that's essentially what they're going to do. there are going to be multiple sites and yes they're going back to familiar spots. to build up nine iraqi brigades, so that in the spring as it's been announced there's going to be an offensive against isis hopefully to push them out of anbar and northern iraq. >> peter, didn't we do this for ten years as far as building up forces and training troops? >> yes, the sad truth is in the case of the iraqi security forces, it didn't seem to have amounted to very much. in fact, when isis were taking mosul, a lot of the iraqi

security forces were basically running away. it's a little bit different now, though. now you have -- especially on the kurdish side -- very committed fighters. all the news i'm hearing is that they're very good. they need the capacity, they need the support and that they will fight. so i think there are glimmers of hope now. >> all right. peter neumann and lieutenant colonel bob maginnis thank you for joining us. >> thank you. well, there is, i don't know if you've heard about it, one monster storm into alaska. it's supposed to be more powerful than superstorm sandy. we'll look at that, plus an arctic blast hitting the east coast. then, more than 40 students disappear in mexico and police say the mayor ordered them dead. rafael romo is live. rafael? >> reporter: mexican authorities say three arrests over the last week provided crucial

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43 students kidnapped. now they're all believed to be dead. they disappeared in september in southern mexico. now mexican officials say three suspected gang members have confessed to killing them and burning their bodies. >> here's what i think had people shocked. the mayor and the police have been implicated in this crime. cnn's senior latin american affairs editor rafael romo joining us live from mexico

city. rafael, how is that connection being made? >> reporter: christi and marty, good morning from mexico city. what mexican authorities are telling us is that the local mayor in the town of iguala was under -- was in cahoots with organized crime and the details about this case we must warn our viewers are very gruesome and disturbing. what authorities are saying is that the students were stopped by police, fired on, they were handed over to a criminal gang who took them to a landfill where they were executed and then the bodies burned and finally their remains disposed of in a river and its banks. that's what the mexican attorney general said at a press conference yesterday. this is how he put the latest information on the case. let's take a listen. >> the mexican government has led a great endeavor in one of

the most complex operations carried out. 10,000 officers, marines, soldiers, public -- >> the attorney general said that there have been 74 arrests so far. 10 more arrest warrants pending. this case is still wide open, marty and christi and more arrests may come very soon. >> officials are identifying the remains. you say that could be very difficult. but they know that they might soon have results on that, right? >> reporter: it's going to be very difficult, marty. because what the attorney general was saying was that the remains are so badly burned that it's going to take weeks, perhaps months, before they can get dna results. they're working with a university in austria and also with a forensic team from

argentina as well as mexican forensic teams to try to find dna results as fast as possible. >> all right. rafael romo in mexico city. we appreciate it so much. thank you. now for your morning read. another team member shot in the rampage in washington state has died. andrew fryberg was hospitalized since the shooting in october. he was the cousin and the close friend of the shooter. his death now brings the total number of fatalities from that shooting to five, including the gunman. one victim survived the shooting. they were released from the hospital last week. another challenge to the affordable care act is headed for supreme court showdown. this latest lawsuit talks about federal subsidies that helped millions of americans buy health insurance. the challenge focuses on whether it should be available to all americans who qualify or only those who purchase insurance through state established

exchanges. president obama called missouri's governor last night to discuss the growing tension in ferguson. the white house says the president emphasized the administration's commitment to provide federal assistance as needed. this in its growing tension as a grand jury investigating the shooting of the black teenager michael brown by a white police officer gets closer to announcing its decision. let's talk about your weather. i don't know if you stepped outside yet. it is chilly and look at a live picture here from anchorage alaska. beautiful, right? they're waiting for one monster storm that could be the strongest ever in history in that region. jennifer gray is here for us. >> ever? >> yeah, ever. this could surpass superstorm sandy and could be the biggest one ever. >> this is super typhoon n uri. luckily it stayed off shore off

the coast of japan. it's continuing across and entering the bering sea off alaska. it's a monster storm. if you cut out this storm and lay it on top of the u.s., this would take up most of the lower 48. that's to give you perspective on how big this storm is. it's extremely powerful. looking at wave heights of 50 to 60 feet. of course, this area, the bering sea is no stranger to fierce weather. but still a monster storm off shore of alaska. 56 miles per hour gusts right now. sustained winds of about 36. now, wrap your brain around this. as the storm pushes on shore, it will cause a huge kink in the jet stream. a large trough will form. a very strong cold front and it will make temperatures plummet across much of the u.s. as we go into next week. that's about how cold the temperatures are going to get in the next half hour.

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people who maybe stayed out all night -- that's something else. here in atlanta, in the 50 s today. but we told you what the arctic blast that's going to be hitting a lot of people, not just us. we'll tell you more about that in a bit. >> in fact, i was bringing in all my plants last night. >> it's necessary. i got to cover up the chickens. he had been a close family friend and police are now calling him a cold blooded and callous killer. charles merritt is accused of killing the mcstay family. that happened four years ago. police found the remains of joseph and summer mcstay along with their two small boys almost a year ago in shallow graves in the mojave desert. merritt appeared in court friday and has been charged with four counts of murder. earlier this year in an exclusive interview with cnn, he said he couldn't imagine why anyone who want to hurt the mcstays. >> good morning, martin and

christi. this was certainly not the way i expected this case to go. when i interviewed the suspect, chase merritt in january this year, he was polite, warm, friendly to our crew. he was soft-spoken. he really didn't show a lot of emotion, but he certainly never gave us any hint that he had allegedly killed the entire mcstay family. >> you were the last person who saw them. >> i'm definitely the last person who saw them. >> did joey have any enemies that you knew of? >> no. everybody loved joseph. >> any idea why someone would want to harm him and his family? >> no. there's nobody that i know of in his entire life that i'm aware of that would have any reason to hurt him. >> now police say chase merritt murdered the entire mcstay family and merritt may now face the death penalty. you may recall the family's remains were found last november in two shallow graves in the mojave desert now marked with giant crosses.

by then nearly four years had passed and all the while loved ones were wondering what happened and who could wipe out an entire family, including two beautiful small children. merritt told me about being questioned by authorities. >> you took a polygraph test. what did it show? >> i don't know. >> you passed the polygraph? >> apparently. i mean, i haven't -- after i took the polygraph test, law enforcement has not contacted me at all since. so i kind of simply assumed, well, apparently that resolved any issues that they may looking at with me. >> did detectives ask you if you killed joseph mcstay and his family? >> i don't recall them asking me that. >> nothing that direct? >> no. i don't recall them being that direct. >> during our interview, chase merritt seemed to point the

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i hope saturday has been good to you so far. 2828 minutes past the hour now. i'm christi paul. >> welcome back. i'm victor savidge in for victor blackwell. let's get you started this morning. number one, in england, british police disrupted an is ramik terror plot. four men were arrested in and around london on thursday night on suspicion of islamic-related terrorism offenses. scotland yard confirms to cnn that the four young men between 19 and 27 years old are still in custody. number two, president obama is doubling the number of american troops in iraq. he's sending 1500 more soldiers

there to train iraqi and kurdish forces to fight isis. the white house insists they will not be involved in combat. some may go to anbar province where isis has seized town after town. the pentagon insists they won't be involved in combat and this is not mission creep. >> it's not mission creep at all. mission creep is when the mission changes or morphs into something it didn't originally start out to be. this is in keeping with the missions we've been performing in iraq since june. >> more on the u.s. strategy in iraq at the top of the hour. number three, it's official, the white house confirmed president obama will nominate loretta lynch to become the next attorney general. she's currently an attorney general in brooklyn. evan perez was the first to report this yesterday. if lynch is confirmed, she'll be the first african-american woman to be held to that post and would replace attorney general eric holder, of course, who is stepping down. number 4, a former

university of north carolina student is suing. mike mcadoo says counselors steered him toward fake classes to stay eligible for football. an independent report reveals 33100 students took the so-called paper classes. their only requirement was to complete a single paper. mcadoo lost eligibility in 2011 when he was accused of cheating. he says unc didn't give him the education he was promised. number 5, autopsy results confirm comedian robin williams died of suicide. he was discovered inside his home in august. officials say drugs were not involved here. but according to his widow, williams was sober, yet he was battling depression, anxiety and early stages of parkinson's disease when he died. the killing of osama bin laden will go down in history. but a former navy seal is facing criticism for breaking the navy seal code of silence and publicly claiming that he is the one that killed america's most

wanted terrorist. >> talking about robert o'neill. he previously revealed details of the mission to esquire magazine but never attached his name to the high-profile story until speaking with freelance journalist alex quaid, a former cnn correspondent. cnn obtained the audio. listen here. >> so how do you feel about 9/11 today? >> i feel good about 9/11. i woke up early, which was 8:00 eastern time. so the first plane hit at 8:48. 8:47 and then 9:0 2. so i woke up about 4:00 and i was able to see them start reading the namgs. even on the helicopter ride in for the bin laden raid, when we knew we were going to do, we didn't do it for us. we did it for the people who didn't wants to die. >> we all talked about it. >> really, before the mission?

>> the three days before -- the three days between the time we were given a green light and -- those 22 1/2 days, whatever it was, we talked about it and we knew we were going to die. we knew we weren't coming back. maybe not die right away. maybe end up in prison and die soon after. we talked about that. it was me and a group of guys who knew their time was up. we all accepted it and nobody was afraid. it was real cool. >> mindfully, you all talked about 9/11? >> no. we talked about -- >> was this about -- >> the way we put it was the single mom who went to work on a tuesday morning and later -- a few minutes later decided to jump instead of burning to death at her last gesture of human dignity was straightening out her skirt. then she jumped. that's why we went. for her.

for all the people at cantore fitzgerald for scott brady who was on a golf trip and his entire office was lost. his brother was killed. >> but was all of this i mean mindfully talking about it? >> no. all of this -- >> we didn't -- we wanted the rejustification that this was it. we're going to die when the house blows up but knew that he blew up too. >> going around your -- to get your elbow answer is yeah 9/11 is very significant. >> why are you so happy? >> i was mad as hell when that came out. >> when the? >> esquire article. >> because that was time in your life. >> little things from shooting osama bin laden three weeks later, getting passed over for promotion.

just getting black balled for doing something -- even now, there are guys saying now -- you only know what you're told unless you're in the room. two people were in room and one of us is dead and that's osama bin laden. cnn's alex quade talked about interviewing o'neill. >> she said it was help to bring closure to the families of 9/11. >> he and i talked a little bit about maybe discussing more about transition and about prose traumatic stress. we agreed that we would never cover the exact same ground that phil brawn stein over at the esquire magazine had covered. we would not release techniques, procedures. we had discussions over the course of this year, year and a half. this was many discussions, very casual, very candid, very

friendly. but also, it was about being able to have some sort of a platform in the future working on the story or something that would help bring some closure to the families of 9/11, to the victims and to combat veterans overseas. >> you might be wondering why now? why did he come forward? stay with us. we'll have more.

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the former navy seal who broke his code of silence claiming he personally shot and killed 9/11 mastermind osama bin laden. you've seen the team 6 raid on the terrorist pakistani compound in animation, such as what you're seeing here and in movies such as zero dark thirty. it's never been publicly confirmed. retired colonel is back with us. colonel, thank you so much for being with us. wanted to ask you first and foremost, what would be his reasoning, do you think, to come forward? >> that is tough, christi. he said in that lead-in that he had to pump himself up to die. they didn't really know exactly what was going on, but they reminded themselves about 9/11. i suspect there's a desire because of the society we live in to take advantage of his place in history. a significant place, obviously

having killed osama bin laden. you know, he sees the movies out there, he sees others writing books. he hears about it. he does say he wanted to comfort and give closure to 9/11 to the victims of that. it's a mixed bag. but clearly, i think he wanted a spotlight in history and he wanted to perhaps make some money. after all, he did say as well, christi, that he was not promoted. so i think there's some bad feelings there as well against the military and of course, against his own seals. >> so i'm wondering how does something like this affect the camaraderie of current navy seals? >> that's a tough question. these people are sworn to silence. theire their ethos is we do what we do every day and we don't talk about it. that's very, very difficult. they're not going to be very sympathetic to mr. o'neill.

they're going to obviously say behind his back things that they wouldn't say to his face perhaps. but it's important that we have a cadre of people with great skill and great daring and courage are able to do the types of things we call on these people to do. but they cannot exploit it. that's significant for the type of society we live in where we have civilian leadership over our military. >> yeah. colonel, i'm wondering is this a written code of silence? is this an oral mandate? if so, regardless of what it is, is there any sort of repercussion for him? >> well, there's repercussion when you're excluded from the community of the seals or any type of fraternity that's very tight. keep in mind, very few people

qualify much less complete the training and go through a career. he clearly was one of those that made it through. but it's even after the fact, you know, once you left the uniform, once you've left the service, you have to keep that ethos. he's violated that, as well as others have. he's going to pay a price for the balance of his life. >> listen to what former cia said about the revelation here. >> it's baffling honestly. i know that when my identity was betrayed by senior officials in the bush administration, i was terribly concerned about the security repercussions to me, to my family. there's a lot of deranged people out there, not to mention terrorists that would take great pride in killing a member of the u.s. intelligence committee or certainly a navy seal. i don't understand the calculations that robert o'neill

made in his own mind. surely there is financial gain to be had. if you were known publicly as such a hero. on the other hand, at what cost truly to himself and his family. >> so colonel, i see you shaking your head, nodding your head up and down. do you believe o'neill and his family are a target now? >> absolutely. not only them, but those that are around them. their associations. people doing this sort of thing risk their own lives and those of their families and acquaintances. we have to be very careful. >> all right. colonel -- lieutenant colonel robert maginnis, we appreciate you being with us. a whole lot more coming up on new day. tweet us, we want to hear from you. we'll be right back.

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the white house will have a new attorney general soon. president obama is expected to nominate loretta lynch to take over for eric holder. lynch is currently the u.s. attorney in brooklyn. she would be the second woman to serve as attorney general and second african-american. the change, as you know, is also in the wind when it comes to congress. after a big republican victory tuesday night. obama sat down with congressional leaders over lunch

yesterday. here's cnn's erin mcpike. late friday the white house put out this photo of a rare moment between the president and mitch mcconnell. the republican will will run the senate. it wasn't quite sharing a kentucky bourbon but it showed they were talking. >> the american people want to see work done here in washington. >> how to read the election results topped the menu for a power lunch as mr. obama sat down with mcconnell and other congressional leaders. >> the one thing i've committed to both speaker boehner and leader mcconnell is that i am not going to judge ideas based on whether they're democratic or republican. i'm going to be judging them based on whether or not they work. and i'm confident that they want to produce results as well on behalf of the american people. >> but the two sides stayed on a collision course over immigration reform. boehner warned the president not

to take executive action he calls amnesty. the white house administration repeated his to do so. congressional leaders kept the confrontation going afterward. >> if more executive actions are taken, that would make it difficult for us to always work together. >> the president has the authority to act by executive order on immigration. it's in the law. but it's also in the precedence of other presidents. >> but maybe some hope for bipartisanship as an olive branch, the white house sent everyone home with bags of white house beer. erin mcpike, cnn, the white house. president obama is expected to nominate lynch as attorney general this morning. we'll bring that to you live. >> looking forward to it, martin. we have a cold snap coming. purple means it's really

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all right. let's talk about super typhoon nuri which will hit alaska. even though it's way out there, actually way up north in alaska, it's going to have a huge impact across the u.s. jennifer gray is in the weather center to tell us what's coming their way. >> you are right, martin. it's going to cause a huge dip in the jet stream. basically a very strong cold front. we're going to be talking about very, very cold temperatures. we're going to see temperatures in the 20s across minneapolis. those are high temperatures as we go into the middle part of next week. chicago, your high temperature barely reaching freezing by wednesday. >> by wednesday. all right, jen. thank you. >> i would say every one of the coats to put on. let's look at the other stories making top news. there's an earthquake warning,

that's right warning in northern nevada. that's after a swarm of hundreds of earthquakes has been shaking up the area the past few months. the tremors intensified in the last few days and experts say it increases the probability that a larger earthquake may occur. the activity is being monitored closely by seismologists. a story coming to us out of britain. british police say they have disrupted and islamic terror plot. according to a statement from london's metropolitan police, four men were arrested in and around london on thursday night on suspicion of islamic-related terrorism offenses. scotland yard confirms to cnn the four men who are between 19 and 27 years old are still in custody. a father in salt lake city, utah, that area, hailed as a hero. he thwarted his own daughter's alleged kidnapping. listen to what police say happened. >> came across the 5-year-old girl sleeping in her room. woke her up. and subsequently took her from the house.

carried her right out the front door. while doing so, the parents heard noises at the door, woke up to investigate what was going on. and the father found this individual carrying his daughter across the front lawn. >> the father then demanded that he give back his daughter and the alleged kidnapper just that without so much as a fight. police later arrested the suspect. troy morely, just blocks away. >> thank goodness. the next hour of "new day" starts right now. on new day, more troops on the ground. president obama doubling the number of soldiers in iraq, sending up to 1500 new troops to the region. in just a few hours, the president will officially name loretta lynch his nominee for attorney general. who is this woman and will she be a slam-dunk for approval? we've already been talking about it. are you ready for january in

november? an arctic blast pushing across the country. some places could see temperatures 30 degrees below normal. all right. it's just 7:00 on the dot right now. in case you got places to be, people to see, we're glad that you're spending time with us. i'm christi paul. >> i want to be here. i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. thanks for being here martin. >> nice to be here. first thing, we have to talk about the military campaign in iraq. president obama is doubling the number of troops in iraq. the president sending more than 1500 or 1500 more, i should say, american troops to iraq bringing the total number there to just under 3,000. >> we know they're going to fan out to bases outside the capital

baghdad and irbil and northern iraq. it's expected some will be in anbar province. >> that is where isis seized town after town. the pentagon insists they won't be involved in combat and this is not mission creep. >> it's not mission creep at all. that's when the mission changes or morphs into something it didn't start out to be. this is very much in keeping with the missions that we've been performing in iraq since june. >> president obama also plans to ask congress for $5.5 billion to help fund the military campaign against isis. >> want to bring in correspondent from turkey. what are you hearing on the ground about the decision to send more troops iraq? >> reporter: well, the hope is that it is somehow going to alter the balance of power in the battlefield despite the recent efforts by the u.s. to try to bolster the iraqi security forces at this stage. they have not been able to make significant gains against isis.

yes, they have managed to recapture a handful of key locations but not able to push isis out of key territory which is one of the main reasons why these additional troops, doubling the number of u.s. troops in country, are going to be most likely finding themselves in more forward positions and potentially bases located in anbar province to the west and taji it the north of the capital baghdad. anbar is key in all of this as is the effort to try to bring the sunni tribes back into the fold. this is something we've heard president obama talking about. this is something that both the united states and other coalition allies want to see this new government in baghdad make an effort to do. you have to look back at the country's history. the sunni tribes that back in the day allied themselves with al qaeda did eventually turn on al qaeda and were key in changing the tide when it came to the battle in iraq. those tribes, by and large, are

currently helping isis or at the very least not fighting alongside them, not fighting against isis. so bringing those sunni tribal leaders, especially in key locations like anbar is going to be critical in trying to alter the tide in iraq, especially when it comes to ultimately defeating isis. unless that effort is under way, quite frankly, it's not going to matter how many u.s. troops are on the ground. >> arwa, i wanted to ask you, they're going to operate from bases outside irbil and anbar. it has been very dangerous there. do we know how secure the bases are where u.s. troops will be stationed? >> reporter: and that is going to be the key question. people keep talking about categorizing the troops as not having a combat role but at the end of the day they're in a war zone. in irbil, the likelier they are

to find themselves in potentially dangerous situations even if they're not on the frontlines alongside iraqi security forces. when it comes to advising them, from a secure base, that doesn't necessarily mean they would be immune to say a car bomb, suicide car bomber trying to penetrate that base, any sort of indirect fire. they may not combat troops, but they most certainly will be finding themselves in a war zone. >> in a defensive position. arwa damon, we appreciate the update. thank you so much. i also want to bring in christopher harmer. >> the pentagon insists that this is not mission creep. let's start up by asking the very question. if it's not mission creep, what exactly is it? >> thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to be with you. to the layman, this seems like mission creep. we're morning doubling the number of troops in iraq. pushing them closer to the fight, at increased risk. by any standard definition, any layman's definition, it looks

like mission creep. if you look at it from a purely technical point of view, this technically, isn't mission creep. it's resource creep to meet the mission that we previously established. in june, when president obama started talking about destroying or defeating isis in iraq, i think almost every professional military analyst that i knew said overwhelmingly, what we've got is not enough to do the job against isis. currently the iraqi army is not capable of doing it. so if we want to defeat isis, we need to put more forces into the battle. no way around that. >> is this an indication then that the air campaign isn't working? >> it wasn't works was there from day one. you can't defeat an insurgency by a using air power. i remember 9/11 as if it were yesterday but that's 13 years ago. it's hard to believe. but the reality is, we have been bombing the taliban continuously for 13 years. they're in no way ready to give up the fight. the taliban is still? the fight.

they're still consequential and able to conduct spectacular attacks both in afghanistan and pakistan. we cannot defeat isis from the air. we can help defeat isis from the air. but in order for the air strikes to be effective, we have to have men on the ground who can call in the air strikes accurately. the problem with isis, they have melded back into the population, intermixed with the population and as such, it's difficult, if not impossible for a pilot flying at 30,000 feet to differentiate them from the civilian population. the only way to accurately call in air strikes is if you have trained air controllers on the ground controlling those aircraft. right now, we don't have that, so the air campaign has been at best irrelevant. >> why do you think now -- bringing up timing. i know so much militarily. but after the midterm elections, do you think there was a relationship between the two? >> i don't do political analysis. i do strategic analysis. but that's a big coincidence in my opinion. as a strategic guy, all i want

is the mission to succeed. i don't care who gets the blame or the credit. we've got to get to the point where mission failure is no longer on the table and mission success is. in order for this mission to succeed, we have to have the right resources in place. i think president obama has made the right call to increase the resources available to train and assist the iraqi security forces. i think that there is at least a plausible outcome that they will succeed. >> you know, they're expected to go into some of the most dangerous areas of iraq. i would presume next spring we're getting ready to move into mosul, is that on the table? >> if the iraqi security forces are not getting ready to move into mosul, there's no way to defeat isis. we have to defeat them in mosul, in syria. as long as we're just plinging away on the periphery, nothing consequence will happen. so far air power has done a good job in protecting the kurdish homeland. in helping stop the isis advance

on baghdad and keeping kobani for the time being free from isis. that's are all good outcomes. that's merely stopping their expansion. at some point we have to roll these guys back and in order to do that, we need more u.s. advisers hon. the ground who can get the iraqi army back up to speed. >> christopher harmer, thank you for your insights and for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you. in just a few hours, president obama said to officially announce his choice on the next attorney general. more on the woman up for the job just ahead. we heard it in a tweet. the makers ever the new star wars movie revealed the title. no it's not the return of jar jar binks. we'll reveal the title in a few moments. i tell them aveeno®. because beautiful skin goes with everything. [ female announcer ] aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion has active naturals® oat with five vital nutrients naturally found in healthy skin.

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general. cnn's amman perez was the first to report. she was a u.s. attorney in new york. it's a job she's held twice, in fact. if confirmed, she would be the second woman and second african-american to serve as the nation's top prosecutor. cnn's senior correspondent joe jon will -- >> the harvard educated loretta lynch has flown under the radar. >> you're regretting these mike placements about now, aren't you? >> she was a junior prosecutor in brooklyn in 1990. she has made her name as a work horse, not a show horse. she is someone who tried cases as a junior prosecutor, ran the long island office and then was promoted to be the u.s. attorney for all of the eastern district of new york. it's a job that is not terribly glamorous, especially compared to the u.s. attorney in manhattan. but it's a job that she has done

twice. >> that's right. she's held her current job twice. first appointed by president bill clinton in 1999. at that time she presided over the infamous case involving a haitian immigrant victim sexually assaulted by a new york police officer. one of her first hires in the united states attorney's office doesn't see lynch as a prosecutor with a partisan agenda. >> absolutely not a partisan lawyer. i am a republican. but she doesn't care if people are republicans or democrats. she cares about getting the job done. >> she did a brief stint at the new york office of the power law firm hogan and heart son, the same firm chief roberts left when he was appointed to the supreme court. she served on the board of the federal reserve bank before returning to the u.s. attorney's office appointed this time by president obama. what she's best known for recently is the indictment of new york congressman michael grimm. >> he made the choice to go from upholding the law to breaking it. in so doing, he turned his back

on every oath he had ever taken. >> joe johns, cnn, washington. keep it here on cnn. we'll bring you the president's announcement a little later this morning. >> as soon as it happens. meanwhile, busy day and we want to get you your morning read. >> in weather the story is amazing. alaska bracing for what may be or end up being the biggest storm, i don't like to play it up, but it's supposedly the biggest storm to hit the region. >> jennifer gray, please walk us through this. this is a monster thing. >> it's going down in the record books as the biggest storm ever. so, of course, we're going to be updating you on that all morning. it's going to have indirect impacts on the u.s. it's going to cause a large dip in the jet stream, bring temperatures way down into next week. highs in the 20s in minneapolis, highs in chicago only in the 30s. east coast, not as chilly.

the fronts lose a lot as they travel. keep highs in the 40s. that's as low as you'll go on the east coast. right now, we're starting out cool. 41 degrees in atlanta. temperatures 42 in chicago. 37 in minneapolis. in fact, we do have freeze advisories for portions of the south, including atlanta, birmingham and may con. temperatures for the weekend, comfortable, especially in the south. the northern areas seeing chilly temperatures still. as we go through sunday and monday, those temperatures really start to fall in the north and then temperatures will be catching up as we go down to the south as we get into tuesday, wednesday, thursday time frame, guys. >> talking to my best friend yesterday in ohio. she was driving and said oh, it's snowing now. >> it's here. >> there it is. >> jennifer gray, thank you so much. other stories that we are following right now. another teen shot during the rampage last month in washington state at a high school has died. 15-year-old andrew fryberg was

hospitalized since the shooting. he was the cousin and close friend of the shooter. his death brings the total number of fatality to five. one was released from the hospital last week. kurt bush is being investigated for domestic violence according to police. nascar races were held in dover on september 27th and 28th. how about this. in entertainment, you no longer have to refer to the upcoming new star wars movie as star wars 7. it has now a title. the force awakens. >> your voice could -- you could do that. they need to hire you. >> the force awakens. >> i love it. >> in keeping with current social media standards, the new title is announced in a tweet. the film hits theaters december 2015. listen to this. more than 40 students disappear in mexico. police say the mayor ordered

them killed. cnn's rafael romo is live in mexico city. rafael? >> reporter: christi, for more than a month. the parents of the missing have been wondering about their children's whereabouts. now mexican authorities know what might have happened to them. back to you in just a moment.

the story is absolutely shocking. families in mexico are calling for justice after 43 college

students disappeared in september. now, the mexican government is saying that they have all been murdered. >> on top of that, they're saying three suspected gang members confessed to killing them and burning their bodies. the families, though, they are not buying this story. cnn's senior latin american affairs editor rafael romo is live from mexico city for us. what are they saying this morning? >> reporter: christi and marty, good morning. the mexican president is calling this case abominable. for more than a month students were missing. now mexican authorities say they know what might have happened to them, and it's not the news their parents were expecting. badly burnt human remains, teeth and bone fragments, a gruesome discovery in a river located in southern mexico. the mexican attorney general says authorities are dealing with a massive homicide, the victims he said could be 43 students who disappeared in late september in the city of iguala.

the students from a rural teachers college are in their late teens or early 20s. an order of the city's mayor, the top official said friday, police abducted the students and turned them over to a gang. the gang, which allegedly has deep ties to the mayor, reportedly killed the students and burnt their bodies before throwing the remains in a river. identifying the bodies, he said, will be a huge challenge. he said the remains are so badly burnt that obtaining reliable dna samples to identify the victims will be extremely difficult. as a result, he said, officials have not been able to determine for certain that those are the students' remains. >> the mexican attorney general said so far 74 suspects have been arrested and police are looking for at least ten more. this investigation, he said, it's still wide open and no effort will be spared to punish those responsible.

among those arrested are the iguala mayor and his wife. authorities suspect he ordered it because they would disrupt an event led by his wife. the mexican president promised swift justice. >> translator: the findings presented outrage and offend all of mexican society. with firm determination, the government will continue a full accounting of the incident. the capture of those who ordered it isn't enough. we will arrest everyone who participated in these abominable crimes. >> but the parents of the missing told cnn in espanol, they don't trust the government's investigation. to publish that kind of news without any scientific proof is highly irresponsible, the parents said by phone. the mexican government said dna samples will be sent to a university in austria in an effort to identify the remains. >> reporter: there's also a forensic team from argentina helping the mexican experts and expected to take weeks, perhaps

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28 minutes past the hour. so grateful for your company as always. i'm christi paul. i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. let's get started. tensions are erupting in northern israel after a young man was shot dead by police. we have to warn you, the video you're about to see is is graphic. it may be hard to watch. >> give you a heads-up here. here we go. here's the video. you see the man approaching the police car. apparently he starts to bang on the roof. officials say he was threatening them with a knife and that's when one officer steps out of

that police car and shoots him dead. he's 22 years old and died later at that hospital. >> the region has been on edge after a week of series of violent attacks. this one when a palestinian motorist plowed his van into a group of israeli border guards at a jerusalem tram stop. >> want to bring in correspondent nic robertson in jerusalem. nic, what's the reaction to this video? >> this is growing out of what appears, what we're told was a domestic dispute in a town north of israel. police say they're investigating. that they have moved reinforcements into that area. they say that this incident happened in the early hours of the morning. what they describe as happening, the policeman gets out of the vehicle, fires a warning shot and then fires another shot into the body of this young 22-year-old man. there are four police officers seen in total on that video.

they, within seconds, put the man into their vehicle and take him to hospital. the reaction the town itself, there's already been demonstrations this morning. about 50 people gathered on the edge of the town, burned tires. another demonstration is expected later this afternoon. the incident tont appear to have been initiated, per se, by the current tensions escalating over access to temple mountain known as the noble sanctuary. it appears to show a heightened sense by the police that out on the streets they could be in danger. they say that they're investigating this. but undoubtedly at this time of heightened tensions. the fact that this incident has been caught on videotape and shows this man being shot by the police, certainly there will be an awareness that this is something that could potentially escalate. not seeing that across israel at the moment so far.

martin and christi? >> nic, you have alluded to it. give us more detail. what exactly is the circumstance going on around temple mountain. >> reporter: what we have seen over the past week or so is an escalation over an old dispute. and this is that some right wing jews have been pushing for access to temple mountain as you know it, the noble sanctuary as muslims here know it, pushing access to go and pray there. inside the noble sanctuary, there is the dome on the rock. this is a place that muslims can go and pray, that christians and jews and others can go and visit but cannot pray. a rabbi speaking out very strongly about access for prayers on the temple mount noble sanctuary was shot about a week and a half ago. he's beginning to recover in hospital according to his family. but this has led to an escalation in tensions to some

scenes there. it was followed immediately by a palestinian man, a member of hamas driving his van into border guards at a stop in jerusalem. two people were killed in that attack. the driver himself shot and killed by police when he tried to attack them after that incident with an iron bar. all of these things are feeding into it. but it is that access on the right to pray that's being pushed by right wing jews at the moment. the government here says they're not going to change the status quo. they're not going to allow access for prayer there. and this is something that continues at the moment to lead to this heightened state of tensions, whereby, incidents seen in northern israel can potentially escalate further. >> nic robertson, thank you very much for that report from jerusalem. meanwhile, the u.s. is

beefing up its military cam tan to degrade and destroy isis. >> president obama authorizing the deployment of up to 1500 more military personnel to iraq. their mission is to train and advise iraqi and kurdish forces battling the militants. the white house and the pentagon insist the troops will not be involved in combat. >> but it is expected that some will go into one of the most dangerous parts of iraq right now. that is anbar province where isis has seized multiple towns. >> the white house is also asking congress for more money for the u.s.-led war on isis. we're talking about $5.6 billion. the killing of osama bin laden, and obviously it goes down in the history books. but a former navy seal is facing criticism for breaking the seal code of silence. publicly claiming that he killed america's most wanted terrorist. >> 38-year-old robert o'neill previously revealed details of the mission to esquire magazine but never attached his name to the story until speaking with

freelance journalist alex quaid. cnn did obtain the audio. take a listen. >> going around to get your -- yeah not a -- >> you stound like a very happy person coming from that? >> i am. >> i was mad as hell when the esquire article came out. >> why? because that was a time in your life or -- >> i mean, little things. from shooting osama bin laden three weeks later getting passed over for promotion. just getting back balled for doing something that everyone was so close to doing. even now, there are guys saying i'm [ bleep ]. but you only know what you're told unless you're in the room. unfortunately for me there was two people in the room and one of us is dead, osama bin laden. >> getting back to your role with helping closure. everyone says closure. >> i don't think the vets need closure.

i think the people need closure. i mean, i'll be honest here. you can quote me on this. this is [ bleep ]. every time i'm not -- i have to be careful how i say this. when i'm not speaking i never mentioned the bin laden mission. but any time they say my brother died or my mom. one thing i tell them is osama bin laden died like a [ bleep ] he died afraid and you knew that. that's a closure. vets don't need closure. vets need to sack up. we will bash each other for no [ bleep ] reason. every ranger that gets out, every army guy that writes a book, they're a hero. do it as a seal, you're a villain. >> you're -- >> delta force is like we don't say anything. you know what, you don't [ bleep ] do anything. sorry that we did everything. >> okay. >> why do they send seal team 6.

>> i call that the interservice rivalry but very friendly. >> why did it take seal team 6 -- >> they wanted them dead. >> and just by the way, you can see the entire interview on cnn.com. reading from the other top stories we're following this morning. in england, british police say they've disrupted a islamic plot there. four men were arrested in and around the city on thursday on suspicion of islamic-related terrorism offenses. scotland yard confirms that the four mean between 19 and 27 years old are still in custody. in a few hours, president obama will nominate loretta lynch as the next attorney general. she's currently a u.s. attorney general in brooklyn. we were the first to report this news yesterday. if confirmed, she will be the first african-american woman to hold the post. and would replace attorney general eric holder who plans to step down. another teen shot during

last month's rampage in a washington state high school has died. 15-year-old andrew fryberg, here's his picture, he was hospitalized since the october 24th shooting. he was the cousin and close friend of the shooter. his death brings the total number of fatalities to five, including the gunman. one victim survived the shooting and was released from the hospital just last week. autopsy results confirm that comedian robin williams died of suicide. the 63-year-old was disoffered covered in his home. drugs were not involved. according to his widow, he was sober but battling depression and in the early stages of parkinson's disease at the time of his death. there's a father being hailed a hero after he saved his daughter from an alleged kidnapping. the suspect broke into their utah home almost abducted a 5-year-old. the father thankfully caught the suspect on his front yard with the girl.

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washington. erin, i guess the big question is, did they accomplish anything at that meeting? this lunch was about breaking bread. both sides both seems to have their backs up. late friday, the white house put out this photo of a rare private moment between the president and mitch mcconnell, the republican who will run the senate. it wasn't quite sharing a kentucky bourbon but it did show the two men were at least talking. >> the american people just want to see work done here in washington. >> how to read the election results topped the menu for a power lunch, as mr. obama sat down with mcconnell and other congressional leaders. >> the one thing i've committed to both speaker boehner and leader mcconnell is that i am not going to judge ideas based on whether they're democratic or republican. i'm going to be judging them based on whether or not they

work. and i'm confident that they want to produce results as well on behalf of the american people. >> but the two sides stayed on a collision course over immigration reform. boehner's office said he warned the president again not to take executive action he calls amnesty. and the white house said obama repeated his promise to do so because boehner's house republicans have failed to act. congressional leaders kept the confrontation going afterward. >> if more executive actions are taken, that would make it difficult for us to always work together. >> the president has the authority to act by executive order on immigration. it's in the law. but it's also in the precedence of other presidents. >> but maybe some hope for bipartisanship as an olive branch, the white house sent everyone home with bags of white house beer. in just a few hours, president obama will name loretta lynch, who is the u.s. attorney in

brooklyn, as his choice to be the next attorney general. but already, we've heard from several republican senators, including ted cruz and mitch mcconnell who you saw there who said they want to wait until the next congress convenes in january before they hold confirmation hearings and then the vote to confirm her, martin. >> erin, real quick. that lunch, it had been set up ahead of time. did it feel like they got something done or was it just for show? >> martin, this scene, like it was for show, they do have to figure out what they can do legislatively in the next two years so americans can feel like the government is functioning. but they still seem like they're both mad at each other. >> they definitely do. >> erin mcpike. thank you very much. reporting from the white house. so, will running back ray rice be able to play another snap in the nfl this year? well, the latest on this suspended star's future and his new battle. this is with the league's

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he can play again. he testified at an appeals hearing this week after he was suspended indefinitely over graphic video that surfaced of rice punching his then fiancee while they were in an elevator. rice says he was forthcoming to goodell all along. >> let's bring in our sports analyst. about hitting his fiancee, do you think the original two-game suspension should stand? >> it's a lot more complicated than that. i wish i could give you a two-word answer. it's wrapped up in a larger process. there was a report that roger goodell authorized by former fbi director muller who discusses when the tape came into the nfl in april, who had it, who got it, who sent it to roger. did he get it? did he not get it? a lot of that is the linchpin that this is separate action. i have a more global view.

this is really important. wrap this into the larger process. it needs to be consistent, transparent around proactive. roger goodell's press conference, got the text here. will implement a new conduct policy, we say that everybody deserves a fair let's see what the larger domestic abuse and on and off-field policy is, and reserve judgment on that entire issue. both factually and policy wise. >> so you know that you know, goodell a lot of people saying he should be held accountable for this. this is about goodell because he penalized him twice. you talked about making an example of the nfl's poor policy some saxt shouldn't he have known from the video how bad the case was or is this a case of possibly goodell saying i didn't see it? >> well, it's an absolute case of him saying i didn't really see it. that's why the muller report is

important. he did say in the press conference, i did wrong, the buck starts with me. this is not about contrition, it's what the policy is going forward. the nfl, $8 billion. the top prime time shows are nfl games. everybody's watching, 45% of the jersey sales are women purchase and the average nfl value is $1.4 billion per franchise up 23%. my point is only this. the nfl is a juggernaut, expect $25 billion a year in reeve new, got l labor peace. roger say g give me time to implement this domestic abuse policy but i'll have it by the super bowl. so this is not an issue about one player as visible as that player is. >> let me ask you this, turning to the adrian peterson case and his plea deal over whipping his son. the nfl reviews this what do you think the discipline should be? should he be allowed to play the remainder of the season? >> as you go, that is an

incredibly complex issue for a number of reasons. it involves discipline of children, it's a cross cultural issue, the plea deal changed the dynamic because he originally said i'm going to challenge all of this even if it takes the entire season and sit out. he's been the face after very popular franchise, it is extremely divisive in minneapolis, a super bowl's coming in minnesota in two years and they are negotiating naming rights for a new stadium. all of the sponsors are on watch. i'm not answering that only because it's complex, and it needs again to be wrapped into this comprehensive off-field policy. this is not about punching your wife or not or fiancee in the elevator. this is how you raise children and it is, again, extremely divisive but it's in this overall umbrella of off-field behavior. >> thank you, rick. we appreciate it as always. >> see you soon. so first glance, this, take

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it's all because or partly because of the storm out here. this was super typhoon nuri. now part of the remnants entering into the bering sea of alaska. this has gone down as the strongest storm ever in the bering sea, and it could become the strongest non-tropical storm ever. so, we're going to watch this. we do have very powerful winds out there in the bering sea off the coast of alaska. of course the storm will continue to push to the east, it's going to eventually cause a strong kink in that jet stream, a strong cold front is going to come through with very, very cold air behind it. those temperatures are going to be in the teens and 20s, we're talking about with high temperatures in the teens and 20s across the upper plains, the midwest, we're going to see temperatures only 28 degrees. your high temperature on thursday, 27 on wednesday. minneapolis, chicago, barely hitting freezing by the time we get to wednesday, of course as we know with these fronts they

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and then look at these areas to the north. 40 today, 39 on sunday, 30 on monday in minneapolis. we're going to have very chilly football games this weekend. >> good point. enjoy the 40s while you have them. >> yes. it's only going down from there. >> that doesn't sound promising. thank you, jennifer. >> a lesson of life. i don't know, have you seen this? obviously we take pictures all the time. think of them back in the 1800s been photography was in the early stages. >> look closely. what do you see? this is believed the first known photograph featuring a person. the person is on the bottom left. it appears it's a man getting his boots cleaned. taken back in 1838 in the city of paris. >> what's interesting here is that the man even if he appears to be alone, that's not the case. there were other people and

horse-drawn care rajs but they were moving too fast. >> wow. wait for my first selfie. >> thank you. lots more news to tell you about this morning. >> next hour of "new day" is going to start right now. the u.s. is about to double the number of troops in iraq. 1500 more are headed there. is this mission creep? >> and new tension in israel after violent clashs on the streets of jerusalem. >> this morning president obama street nominate his choice for the next attorney general to replace eric holder. >> monster storm targeting alaska bringing an arctic blast across much of the nation as well. 8:00 on the dot. if you haven't peeked out the window or opened the door i hope

this is not what you're seeing. certainly yet. but we're so glad to have your company. i'm christi paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell as you heard, we are at the top of the hour. iraqi and kurdish forces battling isis about to get a boost from the u.s., up to 1500 more american forces will be deployed to iraq where vast regions of that country are now under control of militants. the white house and the pentagon insist american forces won't be going into combat. cnn correspondent jim sciutto is following developments for us. >> reporter: iraqi forces in battle against isis. encouraged by recent iraqi successes against the terrorist group, including the retaking of a key border crossing with syria, now the president is authorizing another 1500 troop, doubling the number of u.s. forces on the ground and the orders will put them closer to the front line, adding two operation centers in more volatile areas beyond baghdad and erbil.

and in several more sites around the country to train iraqi and kurdish brigades. the role is not changing. advise, assist and train, but it is a major expansion of u.s. boots on the ground. >> there is no intent to put the trainers out in the field with these units once they are trained. >> reporter: to finance the expansion the president is asking congress for nearly $6 billion to support the fight against isis including $1.5 billion to train and equip iraqi and kurdish forces. the president was briefed on the pentagon's request ahead of his meeting today with congressional leaders. >> we've got to make sure that our efforts against isil are funded sue there will be an opportunity for secretary of defense hagel to brief us on the campai campaign. >> reporter: the cost of the air campaign totaled more than $700 million. the pricing the of more than 800 air strikes and more than 2,000 bombs and rockets.

top republicans still not ready to sign a check sight unseen. >> they said they were going to make a proposal so we'll have appropriations look at it and present to members so we'll see. >> all right. that was jim sciutto. thank you. let's bring in our senior international correspondent arwa damon. what are you hearing on the ground about this decision to send more u.s. troops into iraq? >> reporter: well, look, on the one hand they most certainly are going to be needed on the battlefield. it's clear that whatever troops have been in country up until now, whatever effort has been under way with the air strikes and the advisory role that those current troops have been undertaking has not been sufficient to athrow iraqi security forces t kurdish forces, to make the types of gains that would really bring about the demise of isis and loosen it is ever strengthening grip on power. on the other hand, there are key

issues that need to be addressed here if this strategy is going to have real genuine long term success, that is going to be addressing the grievances of iraq's sunni population. in all of this it's going to be key and this is something that president obama, the coalition and its allies have been pressuring iraq's new government to do, but bring in those sunni tribes, especially in areas like anbar, like mosul, where it is by and large the sunni tribes who are if not fighting along side isis, at least allowing isis to operate from their territories. this goes back to iraq's history that have to be taken into consideration. back in the day the sunni tribes played a key role when they turned against al qaeda and were fighting along side their former enemy, the u.s., in terms of bringing about the defeat of al qaeda and other extremist organizations. they felt disenchanted, abandoned, alienated and targeted, in fact action by the

then government of nuri al maliki. we have a new government but it's going to be critical that the stage that this government reach out to those tribes and bring them on board because unless those sunni tribes are on board in this effort, at this stage it's not going to necessarily matter how many u.s. troops are on the ground if those core grievances are not addressed. >> okay, arwa damon, we so appreciate it. thank you. let's bring in douglas, a senior national security fellow with the new america foundation. and first let me ask you, why do you think this increase is happening at this particular time? i presume it's because those troops already there said hey, we need more help. >> right. we just got the u.s. division headquarters that was sent over to provide a permanent command and control presence for the next year or so. they just got themselves set and ready. i suspect they are the ones that then sent this request. they assessed the situation and

told we need another 1,000 or 1,500 more troops to provide the training we need to get the iraqis and the kurdish forces read the take the fight to isis. >> we know that the president has repeatedly insisted that these u.s. forces will not be involved in combat. let's take a listen. >> the notion that the united states should be putting boots on the ground i think would be a profound mistake. these american forces will not have a combat mission. we will not get dragged into another ground war in iraq. the american forces that have been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. i won't commit our troops to fighting another ground war in iraq or syria. >> and as any one know who is has been on a battlefield, i can tell you, it's a dynamic place. and it is possible that those troops could be caught in combat. correct? >> very unlikely. i think the president's plan and

as admiral kirby made claim these troops are going to stay on their bases. could they find themselves having to defend from behind that base, perhaps. but they are not going out into the field where their real risk of being killed or captured by the islamic state or isis. >> but isis has shown a propensity to attack bases. it isn't the fact that they stay outside the wire. >> no. it's iraq, it's a dangerous place, people can get killed. but they are not going to be out -- there is a risk of them being killed but i don't think there is a risk of them being captured let's say and showing up in orange jump suit. they will be safe with other americans, under american control, inside these relatively secure military bases. >> much has been made about the role of these could be former air controllers helping to call in air strikes done by any number of nations. you think that's their primary role? >> i think that's been very much

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erupting in northern israel after a young palestinian man was shot dead by police. we're going to warn you that the video you are about to see is very graphic. you may want to have a moment either turn down the audio or get the kids out of the room. you see the man approaching the police car. he then starts banging on the roof. officials say he was threatening them with a knife. one officer stepped out and shot him. the 22-year-old died later at the hospital. the region has been on edge all week after a series of violent attacks like this one, when a palestinian driver plowed his van into a group of israeli border guards at tram stop. cnn's correspondent nic robertson is live in jerusalem.

nic, how are things this morning? >> reporter: there has been a protest already this morning in the village in the north of israel where this took place. there is a protest scheduled to be under way right at this minute. about 50 palestinian youths according to the police gathered and burned tires. police say they are investigating this. it doesn't seem to be immediately linked to the current tensions here at the moment about the right to pray, the temple sanctuary as it's known to muslims. what happened here according to police, there was a domestic incident in the night, police were called out to that. this man then approached the police car, attacked the police car, a policeman got out. according to the police account, they say that the police fired a warning shot, then shot the man. you can see four police officers in the video eventually picking him up, putting him into their vehicle, taking him away to

hospital. that's where he subsequently died. certainly at the moment give at any current tensions here, the fact that this incident was caught on videotape, the fact that the israeli police shoot this man who was at best armed with a knife, certainly has the potential to inflame tensions, at the moment the protests waited for this isolated as far as we know to this one town in northern israel where the incident took place in the early hours of this morning. >> i was in jerusalem earlier this year, this issue of what's going on at temple noble sanctuary explain that so people understand why this is creating the violence it has. >> reporter: what we're seeing over recent weeks and months is an increased push by right wing jews to have the right to pray on the temple mount t noble sanctuary, this is an area where there's the dome on the rock, the mosque, these are -- this is

the third holiest site for muslims. and they have the right to pray there. in the mosque. christians, jews have the right to visit but not pray. right wing jews are pushing for the right to get access. one rabbi was shot and seriously wounded about a week and a half ago, his family says yesterday it's beginning to recover and is communicating with them. but this has led to an escalation intentions and outbreak of tubl around the mosque, the jordanian king has recalled his ambassador from tel aviv. there have been high level talks about this but it's theft tension situation into which a palestinian driver belonging to hamas drove his vehicle on wednesday after one incident at the mosque, nearby drove his vehicle into some israeli border guards, killing two people.

>> it's an extremely passionate place for a number of faiths. thanks very much. i want to look at your morning read and get meteorologist jennifer gray in on this. she is monitoring this monster storm that could be bigger than hurricane sandy. but it could impact the weather over a huge chunk of our country here. >> large part of the country. exactly right. it's gone down in the record books as the strongest storm ever in the bering sea, and if the pressure lowers a little bit more it could surpass superstorm sandy. this could become the biggest non-tropical storm ever, so we are watching for that. this was super typhoon nuri. it did pass offshore off the coast of japan, and you can see the remnants kind of reorganizing and now becoming the monster storm in the bering sea. we're talking about wave heights of 40 and 50 feet, right around the aleutian islands and

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22 minutes past the hour. this morning there is a major break in the case of the family that disappeared four years ago. police are calling this man, you'll see, there he is, a cold and calous killer. police found the remains of joseph, his wife and their two small boys last year in shallow

graves in the desert. i want to bring in nick on this. >> so sad to look at the family. the two boys, 4 and 3. their life ended so soon. we know that they poured over 4,000 pages of documents, 200 interviews, 60 search warrants and nair you >> narrator:owed down to this. he told police he was the last person to see them. he even started talking to the media in the last year giving cnn's randy kay an exclusive tv interview. she asked him about the case earlier this year. >> the standard questions, you know, just do i know anything about them disappearing. did i have anything to do with it. just the standard questions. probably they asked everybody >> as far as you know you were the last person or at least one of the last people to see him.

>> yeah. when he left nobody else, although i think somebody, there was another person or two that he talked to, i'm not sure. >> but you were the last person he saw. >> i'm definitely the last person he saw. >> he went on to say that joseph mcstay was not -- didn't have enemies, that no one really would have a reason to do this. we now know that police are considering him the prime suspect. at one point he took a polygraph test. we don't know the results but randy kay asked him about that. and heed is he doesn't know the results but law enforcement never contacted him after that polygraph test. so he assumed it was -- that he was in the clear. >> interesting to say i am definitely the last person he saw. how would you know that? >> it's chilling. for randy to have sat down with somebody who police are alleging lied to her. now four counts of murder and perhaps the death penalty. >> any indication what led them to him in the end? >> police were asked about that

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time this morning. i'm christi paul. >> welcome back. i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. the five things you need to know to start your new day. one, a fourth victim shot during last month's rampage in washington state at a high school has died. 15-year-old andrew fryberg has been hospitalized since that october 24 shooting. he was the cousin and close friend of the shooter. his death brings the total number of fatalities to five including the gunman who shot himself. one victim survived and was released from the hospital last week. >> two, autopsy results confirm comedian robin williams died of suicide. the 62-year-old was discovered in his home in august. officials say drugs were not involved here. according to his widow, williams was sober but battling early stages of parkinson's disease. >> three a challenge to the affordable care act is headed for a supreme court showdown.

the latest suit targets the subsidies that helps millions buy health insurance. the challenge focuses on whether the subsidies should be available to all americans who qualify or only those who purchase insurance through state established exchanges. >> four, in england, british police say they have destructed an islamic terror plot. four men were arrested and around london thursday night on suspicion of islamist-related terrorism offenses. scotland yard confirms that the four men who are between 19 and 27 years old, are still in custody. number five, dr. ben carson is a rising star for conservatives, flirting with running for president. he may be a step closer. fox news won't allow him on the air as a paid contributor. carson says fox wants thyme remain independent if he becomes a candidate. >> in a few hours from now

president obama is expected to nominate loretta lynch as attorney general. i want to give you a little about what we know about her. she is a u.s. attorney in new york, this is a job she's held twice, if confirmed, loretta lynch would be the second woman and second african-american to serve as the nation's top prosecutor. sarah is live from new york. so sarah, what else do we know about her? >> reporter: good morning, martin and christi. we know friends and colleagues have been reacting to the news saying she is really much more of a work horse than she ever was a show horse. cnn's own jeff steuben said yesterday that she's not that well known here in new york but she has been solidly building a -- quietly building a solid and good reputation in washington. we also know that she has southern roots, she was raised in greensboro, north carolina, then went to harvard and then harvard law school. she served two terms here under

two different presidents here as assistant u.s. attorney in the eastern district of new york. under president clinton, and then under president obama where she currently serves now. we spoke to one of the prosecutors who actually works for her here when she served under president clinton. take a listen to what that woman has to say. >> i think that coming from brooklyn that's one of the best offices in the country, it's one of the offices that handles some of the most sophisticated cases as well as a huge number of the high volume cases. so she's really seen it all being in brooklyn. >> reporter: she also has a strong civil rights background. prosecuting civil rights cases which could come in handy now with the very relevant as we -- as that office continues to take on high profile cases like potentially the one in ferguson, missouri. another interesting thing. if the she's nominated and approved she would be following in the foot steps of attorney

general eric holder who had backed off a federal prosecutions of low level narcotics cases, such as marijuana type cases and it would be interesting to see if she follows in those footsteps and she has prosecuted many of those types of cases in brooklyn. >> you mentioned it. she has to be confirmed as well. do we expect that to be a tough battle? >> reporter: you know, she's been relatively scandal-free. we talked about her low profile. when she was nominated in 2010 she was overwhelmingly approved but that's different when you're being approved as an assistant u.s. attorney versus the united states attorney general. so, it remains to be seen whether or not some of her more more recent cases are brought up. she did recently started the prosecution of michael grimm here in new york and he accused that prosecution of being a partisan attack.

so whether or not that comes up remains to be seen. >> sarah, so good to see you. thank you. now again, president obama will announce his nomination for attorney general formally in a couple of hours, we'll have that live for you from washington right here. >> and the president is said to be sending some 1,500 u.s. troops to iraq. they will help train iraqis and kurdish forces as they fight off isis. erin mcpike is in washington. let me ask you this. combat, that comes up. you send troops that way, is it possible they could end up in combat roles? >> reporter: martin, that question does keep coming up. but president obama has said consistently that american troops are not going there for that purpose. admiral john kirby, the pentagon spokesman yesterday was addressing this on "the situation room" and he said once again american troops are going specifically for training purposes, they will not be there

for combat roles. he was asked about mission creep and said -- this always comes up as an issue but again, there will not be mission creep and again, we've always, always planned that more americans will go for training roles. >> this is almost double, though t the number there. how much is all of this going to cost? >> reporter: so far the white house is saying about $5 billion. that's what they plan to ask congress for. $1.6 billion specifically for the training purposes, but $5 billion overall. and p president obama will be asking congress, he wants congress to address this in the lame duck session over the next two months. >> another thing i haven't heard ajsed, how long will the troops stay in iraq? >> reporter: in all of these cases it's about a year, but they are not putting an end point on this. there is supposed to be a big mission, a big offensive beginning in the spring, so it could be another year or so. but what we have heard from the white house is that they expect

this to go on for a couple of years. and into the next president's term, martin. >> lastly, we know the republicans now hold both the house and the senate. what are they saying about these additional troops and the money spent? >> reporter: as you may remember, republicans have been pushing president obama on this, they have been saying that more americans need to go over to the region and that america is not doing enough at this point. now, republicans do want to be on the record, they do want to have votes on this but republicans are very supportive of this mission. >> erin mcpike joining us from white house. thanks very much. 43 college students disappeared in mexico, obviously their families want to know what is going on. mexican officials say they were kidnapped and they have been killed. who took them? why? we have details for you next. sir, we're going to need you on the runway. (vo) theraflu starts to get to work in your body in just 5 minutes.

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>> these volunteers prepare for a daunting task. they will travel from the uz tuesday west africa. to work on the front lines in the fight against ebola. >> we have a mock ebola treatment unit. we're training clinicians who are going to deploy to west africa to treat patients there. how to protect themselves. >> they learn skills like putting on and removing

protective equipment, drawing blood and disposing of hazardous waste. >> dr. lee is planning to take the skills he learns and help medical teams in liberia improve their protocols and hopefully limit infection. >> all of the infections of health care workers and the death of health care workers most of them probably preventible if they had sufficient staffing, the equipment. space. >> we're teaching them how the virus is transmitted so they know how to protect themselves so they feel safe taking care of patients. >> the training helps, the volunteers still face a formidable foe. >> whoever tells you that they are not anxious going to liberia and working in an ebola unit is delusional. it's a sense of wanting to be there for our nonprofit partners who don't have a choice but to

stay and work and contribute. >> if you want to learn more about how you can help in the fight against ebola visit cnn.com/impact. >> families in mexico calling for justice as you can imagine, after 43 college students disappeared back in september. now the mexican government is saying they have all been murdered. and three suspected gang members have confessed to killing them and burning their bodies. however, the families aren't buying that story. cnn's latin american affairs editor has more. >> reporter: badly burned human remains, teeth and bone fragments, a gruesome discovery in a river located in southern mexico. the mexican attorney general says authorities are dealing with a massive homicide, the victims he said, could be 43 students who disappeared in late september in the city of iguala. the students from a rural teachers college in the town are

in their late teens or early 20s. on order of the city's mayor the top official said friday, police abducted the students and turned them over to a gang. the gang which allegedly has deep ties to the mayor, reportedly killed the students and burned their bodies before throwing the remains in a river. identifying the bodies he said, will be a huge challenge. the remains are so badly burned that obtaining reliable dna samples to identify the victims will be extremely difficult. as a result he said, officials have not been able to determine for certain that those are the students' remains. the mexican attorney general said so far 74 suspects have been arrested and police are looking for at least ten more. this investigation he said, it's still wide open and no effort will be spared to punish those responsible. among those arrested are the iguala mayor and his wife. authorities suspect he ordered

because they would disrupt an event led by his wife. the mexican president promises justice. the findings presented outrage and offend all of mexican society. with firm determination the government will continue the efforts for a full accounting of the incident. the capture of those who ordered it. we will arrest everyone who participated in these crimes. >> reporter: but the parents of the missing told cnn that they don't trust the government's investigation. to publish that kind of news without any scientific proof is highly irresponsible, the parents said by phone. the mexican government said dna samples will be sent to a university in austria in effort to identify the remains. >> good to see you, rafael. we heard there from mexico's president and he has claimed so often the last year that mexico has become safer on his watch. wonder how people react to this.

>> reporter: christi, we have to look at the larger problem here and that is the fact that this case happened because two towns in the state were infiltrated by criminal organizations. let me explain that to you. they were so much in power that they were essentially in control of the police departments and that's the reason why these students were stopped by police officers and handed over to a criminal gang. critics of the government here say that is not an isolated case. there's infiltration of criminal organizations at the local and state level in different parts of mexico. and that a big, big challenge for mexico right now. >> rafael romo, we appreciate the report. thank you. now that he's caught in his alleged 22 victim alive some wonder why a suspect with a long

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there was a man in my home. and he took my 5-year-old daughter and my daughter outside and my husband ran out there and got him. >> a chilling 911 call from parents who saved their daughter from an alleged kidnapper. the suspect troy morely had broken into the home early in the morning according to authorities and almost abducted

their 5-year-old. the stepfather caught the suspect in the front yard. the cops later arrested him a few blocks away. >> thank goodness. a lot of people are wondering why a man accused of violent abductions of two women was on the streets. we're talking about delvin barnes, he is suspected of abducting a woman off of the street in philadelphia. i know you remember this video because it helped catch him. a month prior to that investigators say he hit a teen with a shovel. that happened in virginia. he then shoved her into a trunk, both of these women survived. since barnes' arrest we have learned so much more about his criminal history. let's talk about this with pat brown. so glad that you're with us. i want to get this background in. barnes apparently served eight years in prison for a brutal attack back in 2005. on his estranged wife and her family. so when these recent alleged attacks happened he was under community supervision in virginia. what does that say to you about

the system? >> well, first of all we don't take rape seriously enough. once a rapist, always a rapist. that's what we don't understand. these are psychopaths who will commit the crime again if they have the ability and opportunity. we can't let them out of prison. they should be in there for life. we don't do that. we let them out and we'll keep an eye on them. sflael unless you have them locked up you cannot keep an eye on somebody 24/7. if you did you might watch for a year and be boring because they will go to the video store and come home. you're not going to see anything. until one day they detied to do it. you can't supervise 24 hours a day outside of prison. they are going to attack at some point and we can't let them out there. >> pat, based on what we know do you believe that these two most recent abductions, you believe that he intended to kill snem. >> absolutely. this guy is a serial killer. we don't know if he killed women up until that, no, the point of

these two women being abducted we don't know because we don't have the information. i'm sure they are going to investigate to see if he is connected to more crimes but he was intending to kill the 16-year-old. he was digging a grave. he told her you're going in this grave and she bolted. she found a moment where she ran and saved her life. and i'm sure that with the next girl that he kidnapped he was not going to let her go once she knew where he lived and knew his car, his face. that girl was going to be killed as well if he had the opportunity. >> you know, with somebody that has this kind of criminal history, and violent history, would he be prone now that he's in custody, to talk? to fess up that there might be other victims? >> he might if it gives him a field trip some place, if it buys him some kind of fun. if he enjoys telling stories or if he is going to get some kind of deal, maybe from the prosecutor. he might do that. he's already -- he knows he's

cooked, going to prison for the rest of his life at this point. so he might play some games with them. and we see that happening with the last serial killer in indiana. saying i got all of these bodies all over. if you keep telling them that you can keep getting field trips and getting journalists to visit you and yeah, have all kinds of fun. i would think he might well do that if it's true we don't know until he gives us exact information we can prove. >> so when we look at what his defense might be, i have to assume he is going to claim some sort of mental dysfunction. >> he could try that. but usually serial killers are -- attempted serial killers don't get insanity plea. they know what they are doing and this is obviously, we see this in this case, we see him planning these crimes and carrying them out very methodically. now, he's sloppy which is why he got caught, but you know, there's no question he is not insane. he is psychopathic. >> good point. pat brown, we appreciate your insight. >> thanks.

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you don't hear this often. they don't warn you. there is an earthquake warning in northern nevada after a swarm of hundreds of earthquakes that has been shaking up the area the past few months or so. the tremors have intensified in the last days and experts say it increases the probability that a larger earthquake may occur. the activity is being monitored

by seismologists and i imagine a lot of people in nevada. is >> mercury is going to plunge. an arctic blast is edging toward us. jennifer gray is in the weather center. where's the epicenter? what's happening? >> you are right, we are going to see temperatures really fall as we get into next week. we've been talking about this storm, this monster storm that was once super typhoon nuri. it's not tropical anymore but it's a monster storm. it's gone in the record books as the strongest storm in the bering sea. aleutian islands getting 40 and 50 foot waves, around the center also getting about 100-mile-an-hour winds, this is a powerful storm. it's going to cause a huge kink in the jet stream, a large cold front is going to come through and it's going to bring very, very cold temperatures. look at this. minneapolis, not even getting above freezing as we go through the week. these are high temperatures. in the 20s. also seeing temperatures stay

right around freezing on wednesday in chicago, not getting above that. it's going to lose a little punch as it heads to the south so we're not going to see quite as chilly temperatures in the south as well as the northeast. temperatures will stay in the 50s, then drop into the 40s by the time we get to thursday. one other thing to note, it's not going to be a huge snowmaker. what we're going to look at is this swath of snow right here, very thin line. we could see quite a bit right outside of minneapolis, up to a foot. around 6 to 9 in portions of the dakotas. but if there's any wobble in this line with the forecast, you see chicago just on the south side, so that's why we have to be on the lookout in case there are adjustments to the forecast. right now looks like it's not a huge snowmaker at all. we're starting out with temperatures around 42 in atlanta, 39 new york. we're going to see temperatures warm up a little throughout day. it's going to be pretty comfortable across the south this weekend. >> we'll take it while we can. jennifer gray, thank you.

>> that's it for us. we'll see you back here at 10:00 eastern. >> "smerconish" is starting for you right now. welcome to the program. i'm michael smerconish. we have a great program today. digging down on some important stories with great guests. up first, a murder mystery with a shocking arrest. police say they have the man who killed an entire california family five years ago. how did they miss him when he was right in front of them? his interview with cnn and some of the bizarre things he told us. would a navy s.e.a.l. lie over the question of who killed osama bin laden. a former s.e.a.l. says it was him. why are others up in arms. the president is sending more troops to iraq with twice as many boots on the ground