>> good evening, everyone. live in new york, thanks so much for joining us. more u.s. troops are headed to iraq. about 1500 more. the reason, of course, is isis, but president obama says he is not breaking his word. the commander in chief has gone on the record promises that american service men and women will not go there to fight. >> the notion that the united states should be putting boots on the ground would be a profound mistake. >> the american forces will not have is a combat mission. >> american forces have been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission.

>> i will not commit our troops. >> in an interview broadcast today, the president called his decision to deploy more trips a new phase in the american led strategy saying the air strikes are working and now the mission needs s iraqi ground troops to push back further. >> what has not changed is our troops are not engaged in combat. >> should we expect that more troops should be needed before this is over? >> as commander in chief, i'm never going to say never. >> never going to say never. joining me from dallas, a retired marine corps general, thank you for being with me, sir. >> thank you. >> i want to talk about what we heard the president say. what is your reaction to this escalation of u.s. forces?

is it the right move? is it enough? >> it's a correct move. whether it's going be enough will depend on how the missions start to develop. they're in an advisory roll. they're not in a combat role. that is relative. anybody that is an advisor in a combat area is going to not necessarily be in direct combat. but at some point they will have to defend themselves. so, i think when the president says never say never, i think he is becoming a little more flexible on the position that he took earlier. i would attribute that to the planners and joint chiefs of staff talking to the president about what the art of the possibility is of defeating this organization. >> when it comes to the point of

what if they are attacked. also need to be able to defend themselves if they are attacked. can you give us a sense of what they go over there with? >> essentially, i think the role is to be integrated with the forces training and educating. ultimately where the u.s. forces will be. they will have air support, obviously, which we are already using. now when you decide to become more offensive, you will need more forces for that. i believe the president's intend is that he would like to see the other members of that 60 member coalition contribute to ground forces. but our forces will be in this

educating and training roll. but essentially to say they're not going be in the combat role may be giving the american people a false impression of where they are. >> we had a former marine on yesterday who said to me look, it's semantics at this point. he feels we need to go all in and have more troops or not at all. >> isis leader, the pentagon cannot confirm some reports that he might have been wounded in this coalition air strike on friday. when you don't have u.s. boots on the ground kekically to go out into the field and see was this person injured or killed, how do you do that kind of battle damage assessment? >> typically in our intelligence network we would look at two or three resources to confirm

whether this has occurred or not. sometimes the first report may be a misperception but it could be reality. >> thank you very much for joining us sir. we appreciate it. good to have you on. >> two americans are reuniting with their families after terrifying detentions in north korea. kenneth pay and matthew meller hugged their families, finally free. he expressed gratitude to everyone who worked for his release. >> thank you everyone for supporting me and standing by me in this time. it has been amazing blessing to see so many people getting me released the last two years. not only mentioning for

thousands of people praying for me as well. i want to say thank you all for supporting me and lifting me up and not forgetting me. it's been an amazing two years. i learned a lot. lost a lot of weight. but, i say everything is strong becau because. >> you know what he did? he ordered pizza with his family. he endured excruciating pain. looks like he is doing a lot better. we know what kenneth bay ate, pizza. his sister spoke with us a few moments ago. >> we got home last night and none of us had eaten dinner. we thought about all of our favorite korean restaurants. he said i don't want korean food. that's all i have been eating

for the last two years. he said i want a burger or pizza. we saw papa johns and that was the first meal he had. he had papa johns. >> papa johns. david worked very hard with the family to help bring him home. he joked about losing weight. he had pizza when he went home. i know you just spoke with his sister. what did she tell you? >> they apparently spent a long time eating and catching up on the family. i also asked her a little more about his health. there were concerned about him dealing with diabetes and high blood pressure. she talked about that as well as sharing intimate details about

their reunion. >> okay. >> on the way home he is calling his children and we all cried again. we're thanks for that he seems to be in good spirits. his health had recovered some. he had spent some time in the hospital prior to being released. we're thankful for all of that. >> what are his plans moving forward? >> i don't think he knows yet. at this point it's just to catch up with family. i think he wants to talk with different people to reconnect with old friends. he also is very aware that so many people have been supporting him so he wants to be able to express his thanks and gratitude to all of those individuals as well.

she mentioned he does have a long road to recovery. a lot of stress that he will endure trying to reacclimate to a life here. she said it will be a very, very special thanksgiving, one the family will never forget. >> he has not been able to see his children. >> right, right. thank you so much. i also want to come to the conversation. you really led that campaign. you still haven't gotten to meet kenneth, but you have been very committed to all of this. you have been talking to his family throughout. what have they said? >> the events leading up to this have been, as we spoke about, it

has been hard on them. >> his health was a big question. we knew his health was deteriorating while he was in prison. he wassed asked about the press conference, how are you feeling? he said i'm recovering. he joked about losing weight. we saw that photo of him eating pizza with his family. >> i don't know. the current health, i don't know. i know what i was told which is what terry, his sister had told me and what i heard from the state department and whatnot which is that his health was not good. the weight loss, the heart problems. >> how do you feel to see him looking a bit better? >> last night for me personally, it was really moving. you know? a lot of people have put in a lot of time but there is still a

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>> a live look at the lanterns along the path where the berlin wall once stood. 8,000 to be precise, balloons are strung across 15 kilometers. ♪ >> you get the ground level view of the balloons flying off into the snigt sky. the balloons being released, sending hope into the night sky from a place that saw so much darkness for so many years. and one more to go. one final one is also in the

air. that is it from the east side gallery. all the balloons have been released. as you can see, cheering it on. there you go. >> wow. that was great to see. it was no doubt one of the most iconic moments, the fall of the berlin wall. and on today, the 25th anniversary of the collapse, we are looking back at the chaos and confusion surrounding it and the cold war in general. let's take a virtual look at the creation of that wall and what eventually brought it down. >> in the embers of world war ii, a defeated germany was carved up occupied by britain, france, and the united states to the west, the soviet union to theest. berlin was also divide.

the west an island of capitalism engulfed by a communist super block. many berliners could move freely within the city. that was until 1961. berliners awoke to a bashed wire fence, a barrier to contain the hunger for the lifestyles of the west. thousands of armed guards have flocked from 302 observation towers. now looking out from the east, past the outer wall is an area known as the death stone. a signal fence here sends a silent alarm when touched. next, metal spikes nicknamed sta lyn's lawn. then the wall as the west saw it.

3.6 meters tall, places to make scaling it almost impossible. more than 100,000 east germans attempted to escape the wall. at least 500 succeeded but more than 200 died trying. one of president kennedy's most rousing speeches was delivered here at the wall within earshot of the east. a message repeated years later by president reagan. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> in 1989, cracks began to show. guards were told not to shoot. thauzs rallied for freedom. on the ninth of november, east germans would be allowed to cross the border. thousands headed to the wall, tearful jup lent germans began to hack and rip down the

concrete, excited, welcoming hands reached over. east berliners soaked up the strange western wonderland, the things that they had so long been denied. less than a year the wall was in tatters. germany fractured for four decades was united once more. cnn. >> what a moment in history. thanks. thousands of berliners, dignitaries and visitors gathered near the city's gate today remembering a moment many thought would never come. let's go live to berlin. what has it been like there today, fred? >> reporter: it's been absolutely amazing. one of the reasons that people thought this moment would never come. i was there when the moment did come. many people never thought it would come in a peaceful way. many thought the wall would fall at this point. and it certainly wouldn't fall

without a single shot being fired. that is one of the things that was a theme today. the highlight was of course those 7,000 balloons getting released into the night sky. that of course to symbolize the border, the wall as it formerly was. lanterns put up along a ten mile stretch along what used to be the berlin wall. it was the part that ran through central berlin. and then there was a solemn part where people were remembered that didn't make it who tried to flee communist east germany and were shot or drown. their pictures were shown on a large screen. it was a great celebration. of course people were remembering that this was a time that communism started falling apart but there was that solemn moment when they remembered those who died along the way. >> it's amazing to think what an economic power house germany has

become in the last quarter century for them. you lived through this. what is it like for you? >> you're absolutely right. it's amazing that germany was able to shoulder all of this but it was not like that all the time. after unification, there was jubilation and people were happy that the two germanys were united. there were also people who were very unhappy. a lot of east germans who lost their jobs and west germans were not happy because they had to pay a lot of money to bring east germany back up to speed. the factories went bankrupt, there were no highways, the rail system was a disaster. germany paid more than a trillion dollars to get the east back up to speed. that's a huge sum of money for a country this size. many people were not happy with it but now people certainly will say, at least most of them will

say that it was worth it. the effort and money that was put into it were certainly worth it. now 25 years later, germany once again a very big economic power house doing very well at this point in time. >> we do have to go. really quickly, i can't our viewers not see the amazing car behind you. >> the car. all right. let's -- this is -- it is -- i know we have to go. i want to say this is a travant 601 station wagon. and the s stands for sport. what we have done is we had an artist paint all over it and today we let people who came here to these celebrations sign their name on it. their first and last name and the country or city that they're from. we had people from all over the world. israel, india, china, taiwan.

you name it they're on it. this is now a cnn mobile and a cnn car that is very international at the same time that little grungy looks with the dpra fgraffiti tags. >> do not let that go. thank you for being live for us this evening especially with the awesome car. thanks so much. >> from teased out mullets to overused neon, how about movies? honey i shrunk the kids, look who's talking, lethal weapon, indiana jones and the last crusade and the number one movie of 1989? >> don't kill me man rrks i'm not going to kill you. i want you to tell all your friends about me.

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>> president obama arrived in

china, picking up a week long trip. he left late last night and there is a lot at stake. it is early monday morning in beijing. that's where we find our very well rested senior white house correspondent. jim, let's talk about this trip, especially the g-20 in australia. that has a lot of people asking any chance the president will have a face to face meeting with putin? >> yeah, i think that is one of the big questions of this trip. no question about it, the president is going to be on the road for about a week now. they have a lot to discuss, they had the protest going on in hong kong. the president has a whole slew of human rights and democratic rights issues that the president wants to bring up. we don't know whether or not the president of the united states would be allowed to have a news conference here with reporters

who are following him on this trip. they essentially have to go through the chinese. that is one interesting development that we are following. i get getting reacquainted with the mission there. he made a trip two years ago to check on democracy efforts. he does wrap things up in australia. of course we are all asking that question we have been told by administration officials that there is no formal bilateral meeting but that they could very possibly meet on the sidelines. that is something that we will be watching for. he had that domestic political s shellacing back in the united states.

there may not be many deliverables. he wants a trade partnership. he wants the president to agree to a whole slew of things including areas of cyber security and intellectual property rights. he may not get those items as well. so the president, while trying to get away from washington may end up with only one deliverable and that is delivering himself out of washington. >> we will be watching closely. appreciate the report very early for us. thank you. as jim was saying, president obama has seen his party lose more house seats than any president since truman but both sides say we're going to work together and get along. are they? political experts weigh in next. contract. r so you can get the samsung galaxy note 4 for zero down today.

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>> the midterms amounted to a big night for the republicans. but not everyone agrees on why the republicans did so well. first off i want to show you both about what mr. obama said today about the election results. >> another saying of harry truman is that the buck stops with me. it stops right here with my desk. as the head of the party, when it doesn't do well, i have got

to take responsibility for it. the message that i took from this election and we have seen this in a number of elections, is people want to see this city work and they feel as if it's not working. >> so the president said in this interview that the buck stops with him when the party doesn't do well and he repeated that argument that it had a lot to do with anger on both sides. let me begin with you. one thing that really stood out to me, harry reid's chief of staff saying the president's approval rating is barely 40%. what else more is there to say? he went on to say that i don't think that the political team was truly up to speed and up to par on doing what needed to get down. that is criticism to the president blaming him coming from a democrat. >> wow, you can tell when the president is in his last two years, everyone says what they

are really thinking and feeling all of the sudden. this is a really interesting now for the party and the president. i do think that the president's approval rating matters but i think it's also the party's failure to stand next to its own victories. i think this presidential administration might be the worst that i have seen in celebrating its achievements. republicans pump fake democrats into thinking that they can't win if they stand next to obama. yes, people are mad at washington. washington doesn't work. and somehow republicans trick people into thinking that putting them in charge will unlock the gridlock. >> i don't think that democrats are as dumb as mark is implying as they are. >> i don't think he is saying that. >> he is saying they were tricked and duped. who tricks and duped them.

if you're a democrat, you don't care what the republicans say. the point is he did not have a lot of successes. but ultimately i think one of the biggest reasons is because they did not run on obama care in this midterm. and they did not run on the economy in this mid determine because the reality is most people in the polls said they did not feel like the economy was good. more than that, the biggest issue was this. i think the white house is incredibly arrogant. i think they looked at congress as this place that they don't like dealing with, i'm talking about democrats on their own team. they look at people on capitol hill as beneath them. the only time he ever worked with them on was obama care and afterwards he said see ya. >> let me get to you, mark, with this question. this week the head of the nat n national senate committee said

democrats made a big mistake by not campaigning more with the president. do you agree with that? >> yes. i do to some extent. people are frustrated with the economy and opinion polls are really a proxy for people's sentiment about the economy or about isis or ebola. all the things that are frustrating us. but when the president hits the campaign trail, he campaigns very well. it's standing next to the victory. if you start -- >> they have them but they're not victories any more. >> but if you start from eight years ago and say look, we have grown and repaired this thing. we want to stay the course you have a different narrative. democrats didn't buy into it. and people are really mad at congress. >> it is more about obama than

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>> we're talking politics with cnn political kmen tators. welcome back. let's focus on what the republican senate takeover means for the country, means for these two senators. you have harry reid and mitch mcconnel, who have been since the 80s. they may be grandfatherly types. interesting stories from both men. you have got reid turns 75 this year. he's a former amateur boxer and police officer who fought his way out of poverty in nevada. he won a senate seat in 1986. mcconnel, 72, he was elected to the senate in 1984. he was discipline focused and according to a democrat who has known him since the 1960s, he is always thinking about how to acquire or maintain political power. we know this is a position that he has wanted for a long time. are you hopeful, mark, that we

are going to see them working together? >> the fact that him being an amateur boxer is irrelevant. i think a fistfight is more likely than any kind of kpro kpro miz here. i'm very concerned. it was wishful thinking that electing republicans into the senate to take over the majority would end gridlock. at best they will set president obama up to be veto man. >> on election night, wolf blitzer asked will you support mcconnel as the leader of the senate and he wouldn't. he asked him a few times and he wouldn't endorse him. what did you make of that and how do you think he is going to be? >> you have got the old guard and the new guard and a lot of guys are not going to want to

look like they are hard core old school gop guys and let's be real honest. if there is any good news, with these guys, a late night on capital hill will be 8, 8:30. >> i thought everyone -- i thought everyone was going to have a bourbon party in washington. to you, mark, assuming they stay up later than 8:00. you have got guys who have been working in washington for decades, neither of them are going to want their legacy to be we couldn't get along and get anything done. >> there are two things that play to republicansment one,

mitch is legacy driven. two, they have got the senate now. they said if you give us the senate we will get things done. if they want to maintain and expand they're going to have to get stuff done. more gridlock probably means a return to democratic control. and to have president obama who likely does not want to have his legacy end without having more domestic legislation come through. all of these things speak to compromise. >> these guys understand that barack obama is gone in two years. he didn't help them any this time. there is a little bit of end fighting. they are probably still going to be around after barack obama is gone. they also have done deals in the past. they both have been around long enough to see when there were compromises that were successful. i think ultimately democrats and

republicans both realize if they don't work together now, a lot of them are going to be in trouble in two years. >> guys? >> and barack obama has already run his last election. >> really important breaking news? >> where are you going? what are you growing? >> i'm doing the no shave november for a kid that asked me to do it for the ronald mcdonald house. fighting for his life with cancer and he said i can't grow a beard so can you grow run for me? i said you better believe it. it's pretty exciting. for everybody out there fighting for cancer, god bless them. >> no kidding. >> i want to see you next week. guys, thank you. good to be with you. appreciate it as always. coming up next, remember the arctic blasts that made last winter so unbearable? guess what? they're back.

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all right. the official start of winter is still six weeks away, but frigid temperatures are expected to hit much of this country within days. some parts of montana could be below zero on tuesday. here to explain why. what's going on? it is so early for this to start. >> nothing like winter's first jab to be a real punch in the

gut. remember the term polar vortex last year? sounds like the title of a bad movie. not only will we have that movie and kind of calm down over the weekend, we have the polar vortex 2, the sequel next week. here's why. great explanation. this was a supertyphoon in the western pacific. here is japan. the korean peninsula. this had the equivalent strength of a category 5 hurricane. well, it missed japan but now it's in the bering sea and going to sit and spin for a while. it's been kicking wave heights up to near 50 feet. winds have been well over 70 kilometers per hour, or that would be around 50 to 60 miles per hour. this is going to sit and spin for a while. what's going to happen, as it does this, it creates a big ridge of warmth. alaska is going to be much warmer than we will. then a surge of cold air will plunge. again, this is the first of two of these polar air masses that will drop southward. this one's really going to have a bite to it and drop some snowfall. with enough leaves still on some of the oak trees to the north, we got power outages, it could

be cold enough we could have some pipes burst, so, again, nothing like the first hint of winter that gets to you, talking about 8, 10, 12 inches of snowfall in minneapolis. behind this snow is when it starts to really get cold, poppy. warnings are already in place and this is going to slide down to the entire eastern half of the country, get a break and do it again next week. hang in there. doesn't mean it's going to be a long winter. we'll have much more of poppy in the "newsroom" coming up. all right, we begin this hour with ferguson, missouri. with a grand jury decision may be imminent in the shooting death last august of unarmed african-american teenager michael brown. the 12-person panel has until january 7th to decide whether to indict police officer darren wilson for killing michael brown. prosecutesers say a decision is slykely by the middle of this month. protest organizers