welcome back to those of you in the u.s. here with me and those of you watching from all around the world. i'm errol barnett with you for the next two hours on cnn. coming up right now. protests in new york, after another controversial grand jury decision. this one involving the death of an african-american man put in a chokehold by a white police officer. >> it is a very emotional day for our city. it is a very painful day for so many new yorkers. >> also coming up for you, a firsthand look at the fight for kobani. and it is all systems go for

orion, nasa's next step for its mission to some day visit the red planets. a lot of interesting stuff coming up this hour but we begin with a city so damaged by war that they cannot recognize the streets. destruction on every corner. now for months we have been reporting on the fighting in kobani from a safe distance from the turkish border. a cnn team has managed to get inside syria for a firsthand raw look at the situation right now. more on the exclusive report from the front lines. we have to give you a warning. some of what you're about to see is disturbing. >> reporter: from inside kobani, the day's ferocity gets for rest. the violence so tough, it grinds

the streets down to the bone. we head to the front line where daily, isis hoped to advance. a kurdish female fighter, this unit's commander. the coalition air power did this pushing isis back. they abandoned their dead as they retreat. the decaying smell haunts these front lines. some call it kobanigrad, they are 20 meters from isis. they see something in the rubble.

even after coalition support, desperately in need of better arms. it is the kind of exchanges that happen here hourly. isis literally meters behind the position, returning fire. this surely was not the death isis recruits were sold in their propaganda videos. mortars are often used so we pull back. this continues.

media is 22 and has been within five meters of isis. here, friends are made and lost. her best friend reban died saving others. >> there were very heavy clashes with isis. we were out numbered and out of ammunition. she herself was injured but she advanced to save the other injured with her. isis surrounded her because girls are very prized by them. she then blew herself up and killed a lot of them with her. i was near her then. her last words to me were, we will liberate our land with the last drop of blood in our body. >> the men bring us tea. this is the polar opposite of isis' world view. they cannot afford to stop the fight even if that means there is little left to live on when

they do. cnn, kobani. an incredibly eye-opening report there from our nick payton walsh. now, u.s. secretary of state said that the u.s.-led airstrikes are taking a toll on isis knocking out key leaders in syria and changing the way the militants move on the ground. kerry spoke wednesday with foreign ministers with some 60 coalition leaders in brussels. >> we have made already significant progress in two and a half months. but we also acknowledge there was a lot more work yet to be done. dash is still causing terrible crimes. but there was a consensus that the momentum which it had exhibited two and a half months ago has been halted.

>> you may be wondering what syrian president bashar al-assad thinks about what is taking place. he told the french magazine that there were no tangible signs that isis was weakened and said you cannot do that with airstrikes. and the terror group has just posted a video of an american hostage and threatens an inevitable fate unless the u.s. responds to its demands within three days. the hostage is a photojournalist kidnapped in yemen just over a year ago. >> my name is look hammers, i carry american citizenship and have lived in america for most of my life. >> just an excerpt there. all this information is coming into cnn so far. so far no details on the demands

made. as soon as we get more information we'll bring it back to you. all right now to the other big story, a sense of calm at this moment is returning to the streets of new york after what was a night of sprawling protests. take a look, scores of people filled the streets after a grand jury decided not to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed man. protesters packed into times square and marched right through manhattan and even stopped traffic right on the city's west highway. the demonstrations were peaceful. and for the most part the police let the protesters have their say. although at least 30 people by our count were arrested. you can see aerials of the scene that took place hours ago. what sparked all of this was a video in a case that goes back to july really when police try to arrest 43-year-old eric garner. they accused him at the time of selling cigarettes illegally. what you are watching is officer

pantaleo putting garner in a chokehold with other officers wrestling him to the ground. garner died later that day. pantaleo apologized saying it was never his intention to harm anyone and he feels very bad about his death. but garner's widow said she can never accept the apology. >> the time for remorse would have been when my husband was trying to breathe, or some type of care for another human being's life. when he was screaming 11 times that he cannot breathe. so there is nothing that him or his prayers or anything else will make me feel any different. no, i don't accept his apology. no, i could care less about his condolences. no, i could care less, he is still working and getting a paycheck. feeding his kids. and my husband is six feet under

and i'm looking for a way to feed my kids now. >> garner's other relatives are hopeful the federal government can do something. u.s. attorney general eric holder said the justice department will proceed with a federal civil rights investigation. take a listen. >> now, we've all seen the video of mr. garner's arrest. his death, of course, was a tragedy. all lives must be valued. all lives. mr. garner's death is one of several recent incidents across our great country that have tested the sense of trust that must exist between law enforcement and the communities they are charged to serve and to protect. this is not a new york issue. nor a ferguson issue alone. those who have protested peacefully across our great country following the grand jury's decision in ferguson have made that very clear. >> u.s. president obama said the garner case reflects a

long-running concern among minority communities that police are not working with them or being fair. he says he wants to see more trust and accountability for police. >> this is an issue we have been dealing with for too long and it is time to make more progress than we've made. and i'm not interested in talk or action. i am absolutely committed as president of the united states to making sure that we have a country in which everybody believes in the core principle that we are equal under the law. >> the police labor union in new york responded to the verdict saying quote, there are no winners today. no police officer starts a shift intending to take another human being's life. and we're all saddened by this tragedy. now new york mayor bill de blasio talked about the right for people to protest and justice for life. >> you've heard so many places,

people in backgrounds utter the same basic phrase. they say black lives matter. and they said it because it had to be said. it is a phrase that should never have to be said. it should be self-evident. but our history sadly requires us to say that black lives matter. because as i said the other day we're not just dealing with a problem in 2014. we're not dealing with years of racism leading up to it or decades of leading up to it. we're dealing with centuries that brought us to this day. >> now, it is just past 2:00 a.m. in new york city and many of the demonstrators have gone home leaving many police on the streets. but our producer has been among the crowds all night along the highway. things are much calmer where you are right now. but you know you've spent the day with these protesters.

for them, the motivation to come out and demonstrate, is it about eric garner or the nypd and their practices in general? >> errol, you know, the motivation was as you say much more widespread. and i spoke to someone earlier tonight who said that when the decision came down today they were disappointed. but they were not surprised. and that they were not going to be surprised if we saw the dig demonstrations that we saw today. because they said when this decision came down today it would make a lot of people feel like they wouldn't have a voice and the way they would have a voice would be to come out on the streets. that is why so many of them on the streets said it was about having a voice and an opinion, that is what they did. it was a very calculated decision that it looked like by most of the protesters. they wanted to disrupt, and have people notice them. they were blocking streets going on highways. but at the same time the vast majority of the people we spoke to, they do not want to be destructive. that is why we didn't see

windows getting smashed in or see any kinds of destruction or looting or anything like that. they were looking to be destructive. and looking to get their message out. but at the same time they were not looking as far as we could tell to cause anything more than that, errol? >> one thing we have to keep in mind is that new york residents have also dealt with stop and frisk. a police matter that is unconstitutional. since that policy or practice ended has the nypd made efforts to i don't know, do any outreach with the communities and help rebuild some of the trust that has been lost? president obama saying that is what is at the core of all of this. >> yeah, and you know, the police commissioner, commissioner brand has spoken about that in the past week. he said they were preparing for it for months when this decision came down. part of that was reaching out to the community, talking to the

community in staten island, to all the boroughs here in new york. he said that was a central part of what they're trying to do. they're trying to make inroads in the community and want people to see that the police are here to protect them. and for the most part people want to believe that and many people do believe that and recognize all the work the police do. and people here want to feel like they are more invested in the police. and the commissioner says that is what they want to do. i still feel like people here feel there is work that needs to be done. there were chants against the police, some of them pretty harsh. but they hope that is something they can reach. errol? >> all right, our cnn producer spending the day with the protesters in new york. thank you, and we'll have more on this issue later on in the program. the videotape may seem clear cut about what happened to eric garner. but coming up, we'll talk with

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department, they say we act like a bunch of thugs. so we dress like this. i dress like this, i still get stopped and frisked. no matter what i do. what do you guys want us to do? >> just one story there, and a sampling of the widespread anger and frustration on the streets of new york. now, the city's police commissioner says at least 30 people have been arrested after wednesday's demonstrations that went late into the evening. cnn's don lemon talked with the commissioner bratton and asked if he will fire the police officer who used the chokehold. >> the process will now move into an administrative review to see if the officer or officers involved in the death of my garner were in violation of the procedures of the department. and based on the finding if there is a finding of guilt,

there will be a appropriate plan for discipline. now paul, you have said yourself that the video of eric garner being choked is disturbing. it is questionable and it raises so many concerns about why the grand jury wouldn't indict the police officer. what other information that the grand jury saw do you think would justify this non-indictment? >> it is really hard to justify when you look at the video. it is such a graphic demonstration to many of excessive use of police force and power. i think it gets harder though when you try to sort out which police officer caused specific damage to eric garner. and i think this is where it gets tricky. the medical examiner in the case said that eric garner was killed by a combination of factors. he described the chokehold, which was the grabbing around the neck. but he also said because he was in the prone position on the

ground and he had pressure on his chest, which affected a previous condition he had, pulmonary condition and asthma, and he was obese. you have all of these factors. the grand jury in trying to figure it out would say well, did the chokehold cause him to die? and the other grand jurors said well, maybe, no, it was because he was on the ground in the prone position. one officer you know may have been responsible for one thing and other officers may be responsible for other things. this is hardly a defense of the police. however, from a legal standpoint you have to demonstrate two things. one, that you engaged in a criminal act and two that the criminal act caused the serious injury or death of the individual. and i think when they got down to brass tacks and looked at the law, they probably had

difficulty. >> and we'll see if the evidence shown to the grand jury will get released to the public. paul cowen, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> and other stories here on cnn, reports say several police officers have died in clashes with militants in the chechen capit capital. russian officials say the officers were killed when they stormed the traffic post. then they stormed the media. this comes after president putin is supposed to make his address. an american couple left qatar after they were cleared of starving their daughter to death. they fought the system for nearly two years before an appellate court cleared them of killing their 8-year-old daughter. the family lived there. a travel ban was lifted on the

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another day, another bill cosby sexual abuse allegation. i mean, they are really adding

up against the comedian. three more women accusing him of assault. in an emotional meeting, with the attorney gloria allred, the women told their stories. >> he approached me from behind. reached over my shoulder from behind and grabbed my right breast. i was stunned and angry, because he had no right to do that. >> mr. cosby walked me to the bedroom after a second shot of amaretto. he said it would help my cold. i laid down. he laid next to me on the bed and began -- pinching my left nipple. humping on my leg while he was grunting. i could not open my eyes. >> allred is urging cosby to weigh the statute of limitations so the matter can be settled in

court. >> the public deserves to know if mr. cosby is a saint or a sexual predator. this can best be accomplished by providing a window of opportunity so that all alleged victims can come forward and have their day in court. mr. cosby should have an opportunity to defend himself. a judge and jury should decide. everyone's rights are protected and in this way the truth will emerge. >> and another woman has filed a civil lawsuit, judy huff claims cosby sexually assaulted her back at the play boy mansion when she was just 15. there has been no response from the cosby camp. now, a super typhoon is moving towards the philippines. you can see the size of it and

intensity on the map behind you there. derek. and the problem is it is heading to a place that has been hammered so many times by this type of storm before. >> yeah, errol, i know they have been hammered before by these types of storms. i wish i had better news but this storm is moving into the area. we still have a brief window roughly from now to the next 24 hours where the weather will be calm enough where all the necessary preparations for this major super typhoon can be completed. of course, if you recall a year ago, tacloban being impacted by super typhoon haiyan. this is equivalent to a category 5 hurricane. i want to point something out to you. the path still uncertain. we're leaning close to the european model. look at how quickly the storm

intensified. you can see the eye becoming very well defined. it was up until the last few images, moving in a north-northwesterly direction. but i believe it is starting to flatten out. that is not great. it is precarious for the tacloban area. we here at the cnn weather center believe it will take a more westerly path with the exception of maybe a slight northeasterly turn. let's talk about the difference in the computer models. the global models showing it is running parallel with the east coast, then moving in late saturday and impacting places like manila, impacting tacloban. either way you look at it, this is a major storm and all preparations need to be under way across the philippines. >> generally speaking, would we expect it to hit saturday if it hits the philippines?

>> the time frame is late saturday and into sunday evening, local. >> thank you derek. still to come, what happens when bitter rivals fight a common enemy. what the u.s. has to say about this iranian fighter jet seen over iraq. plus, we'll take a closer look at the eric garner chokehold video and another grand jury decision that sparked more protests in the u.s. you're watching cnn. financial noise financial noise financial noise i have a cold with terrible chest congestion. better take something. theraflu severe cold doesn't treat chest congestion.

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we're for net neutrality protection. now, here's some news you may find even more surprising. we're comcast. the only isp legally bound by full net neutrality rules. hey, thank you for joining us wherever you are in the world. i'm errol barnett, let's check the headlines for you. protesters in new york city have for the most part gone home after a night of sprawling demonstrations there. they're angry over a grand jury

decision not to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of a suspect. the unarmed man was accused of selling cigarettes illegally back in july. three more women have come forward accusing bill cosby of sexual misconduct. attorney gloria allred said that cosby should waive the statute of limitations and go to trial. alternatively, she says he should establish a million dollar fund there with the judges determining the awards. and looking at the front line in the battle against isis. the city has been under heavy siege for much now, much of it lying in ruins from isis shelling and coalition airstrike targeting the militants. >> and the u.s. now acknowledges that iranian war planes have been spotted over eastern iraq, likely targeting isis militants. but washington is adamant that the u.s. and iran are not working together here.

our jim sciutto has more from washington. >> reporter: kurdish forces locked in battle with isis fighters in eastern iraq, when in the air a jet swoops in to the rescue. u.s. war plane? no, this f-4 phantom jet is iranian, caught in action by al-jazeer. a spokesperson confirmed, we believe that iran has conducted airstrikes in eastern iraq in the last several days. fact is, this is the new normal in iraq. u.s. and iranian war planes both striking isis targets on the battle field. u.s. says they are conflicting the operations via the iranian military, acting as air traffic

controllers for iraq's decre increasingly busy air space. secretary of state john kerry says there is no u.s. coordination with iran. >> if attacks are taking place, it will be in effect positive. but it is not something we're coordinating. >> today, syria's president bashar al-assad insists the campaign has not weakened isis. although he didn't mention his view of iran's airstrikes. syria is running aground, and we have noticed no change. secretary of state john kerry gave a different view new t. >> the momentum it exhibited two and a half months ago has been halted. their hold on territory has been challenged already. and their finances have been strained. >> jim sciutto, cnn, washington. now back to one of our top stories. in new york, a grand jury has

decided not to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black man. 43-year-old eric garner died after being put in a chokehold back in july and all of this was caught on video. cnn's randi kaye has more on how the case unfolded on staten island. >> reporter: the video begins with eric garner already on the defensive. >> i didn't sell anything. i did nothing. you standing here the whole time, i have business. >> reporter: this is not the first time the 350-pound father of six has been accused of illegally selling cigarettes on the streets of staten island but it will be his last. 43 seconds into the video recorded by a bystander, garner is increasingly upset. but police don't back down. about 20 seconds later, garner is still trying to explain he had done nothing wrong.

>> i'm minding my business, please just leave me alone, i told you the last time please just leave me alone. >> reporter: within seconds with garner's hands in the air, police officers make their move. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: just two seconds after they first grab him the officer in the green t-shirt with the number 99 on the back of it has his arm wrapped around garner's neck. that is officer daniel pantaleo. in all, it takes about four officers to bring him down, officer pantaleo's arm stays around garner's neck for nearly 20 seconds. when he removes his arm, the officer struggles to breathe. he uses his hand to firmly hold garner down into the pavement. he continue to cuff him. it has been a second since the officer's chokehold on garner's neck has been released. listen to him gasp for air. >> i can't breathe.

i can't breathe. >> reporter: bystanders react. >> once again, police beating up on people. >> reporter: within seconds, garner's body goes limp. do police realize something has gone very wrong? perhaps. listen closely as they try to talk to him. >> hey, buddy. >> something is wrong. >> reporter: as eric garner's body remains on the sidewalk the officer who put him in the chokehold calmly walks around talking to a growing crowd. >> reporter: eric garner is officially pronounced dead a short time later at the hospital. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> it is absolutely heartbreaking to watch that unfo unfold. and you see why so many people are angry from what took place. but the reverend al sharpton is calling for a national march in

u.s. cities on thursday. both he and garner's stepfather are urging protesters to be peaceful. >> this is our neighborhood. we have to live here. there is no sense in tearing up nothing. it ain't no sense -- >> thank you. >> outsiders come in causing problems here with us. the police is our problem. they're the ones that called up with the bad verdict on eric. so all we're doing is get along, no violence. that is all i ask. all right? thank you, no violence, please. >> and the response to the grand jury decision, was not just in new york city. demonstrators turned out in many places to protest what happened in philadelphia, example, atlanta, baltimore, los angeles, you're seeing video there from washington. now, the new york city medical examiner says the chokehold contributed to garner's death which he ruled a homicide. so will this lack of an

indictment now make it even more difficult for minority communities to deal with police and vice versa. we put that question to the president of the national organization of black law enforcement executives. >> well, you know, when you have a community who for historically in this country just have not had a great deal of faith in its police departments. and you will find that in many cities across this country. no matter how you try to explain it, it makes it very, very hard for citizens and people in the community to understand or grab and i think all of this at the end of the day we have a judicial system whether we agree with it or not, that is the system we have. and if there are parts of the system where there needs to be some changes made then we have to sit down and we have to talk about it. but we have to do it in an environment which is going to create dialogue.

but nothing is going to be resolved through any other method than us communicating with each other and of course us being the police and community and criminal justice and the department in its entirety. but we're really going to have to move in that direction. >> we have new information on a previous story that caused racial tensions to be exposed in the u.s. michael brown's stepfather is now apologizing for his emotional outburst in ferguson, missouri, after the grand jury there decided not to indict the officer who killed brown. police are investigating whether the comments you see right here led to rioting later that night. law enforcement officials tell cnn they don't expect any charges in this case. he issued a statement wednesday, saying quote, my emotions got the best of me. he went on to say this, take a look. it was wrong and i humbling apologize to all of those who read my pain and anger as a true

desire for what i want for our community. all right, some other stories for you now, an american teacher has died after being attacked in abu dhabi. condolences are pouring in. police say a fight broke out in a morgue bathroom when she was somehow stabbed. cnn, becky anderson has more on the alleged suspect and we have to warn you some of what you're about to see is disturbing. >> what i am about to show you is cctv footage of a person who police here in abu dhabi say happened in the facility. the person entered the facility from the underground car park sometime before the incident was full hy covered, wearing a face cover. it is a black full length gown

traditionally worn by the local women. now, the next images of the person identity and gender still unknown. and for now at least locally called the island ghost after the name of the area in which the mall is situated. next seen going into the rest rooms on the right. now, check the time on the right of your screens. 90 minutes or so later the footage shows the suspect running to the elevator followed by others before another clip shows the person leaving the morgue through the same underground parking lot. and before i show you the scene inside the rest room, i advise you these images are disturbing. it was here that a 47-year-old american mother of 11-year-old twins was stabbed apparently with what looks like a kitchen knife. she later died in a local hospital. the suspect is still at large. the husband of the victim is

expected to collect the children who were initially in the care of local police. well, a spokesperson from the embassy has just told me that they are working with the relevant authorities here to seek further information. and while there was no information available about the nature of the crime, they said, he said they used this opportunity to remind u.s. citizens of the following. and he went on to list things like avoiding large crowds or gatherings of unknown original circumstances when traveling in public, for example, minimize your profile when in public, always carry a cell phone. this is fairly regular advice that you would find on the u.s. embassy's website here. but certainly pushing people to it once again, violent crime i have to say in abu dhabi is very rare. and eyewitnesss and residents have expressed their shock. >> well, becky anderson there in

abu dhabi. and still ahead, inside the mind of vladimir putin's address to parliament. plus, one of the biggest countdowns for nasa in years, why one man's space craft could lead us to mars.

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parliament. we'll have live coverage for you here on cnn. u.s. president obama is skeptical, though, that mr. putin will reveal any major policy changes despite western sanctions on russia over the ukraine crisis. now, vladimir putin has faced many challenges this year when you think about it. and he also has become much more isolated from the west than before. we'll walk you through key events, back in march, russia announced the annexation. in the meantime, the incidents with the separatists and the crash with the malaysian airline near the russian/ukraine border, a dramatic turn of events. most experts believe the aircraft was downed by the

separatists. and now, the economy is crumbling. the ruble is down 40% against the dollar this year and russia is expected to fall into a recession next year. you know, i have always thought that the best way to predict the future is to look at history. so can we expect president putin to deliver his most fiery nationalistic anti-west speech ever considering he is the most isolated he has ever been? >> well, i think it is a good guess. i was there in october when he delivered the last major harangeu criticizing the united states. we were researching. tomorrow is his chance to address all of the local and -- and regional and national politicians in russia.

and he is riding high on the one hand. his popularity is above 80% still with all the patriotic fervor about taking over crimea. on the other hand, the economy is in terrible shape and falling fast because oil prices are going down so fast and the rubble has lost a third of its value since july. this is a pivotal moment for him. >> and the high popularity at home in some ways is almost the problem. you know, the more support he has at home this year the more he has been isolated from other nations. what do you think was his biggest misstep or calculation? would you say crimea? >> no, i think probably if he had just taken crimea and stopped there. there would have been some sanctions. the west would have recognized it. but if you go back to georgia and 2008 probably the business

with them would have gone on as usual. and people would have explained it well, traditionally and historically crimea did belong to russia. i think the misstep was starting this hybrid war in ukraine, even though technically there was a cease-fire, hundreds of people are being killed. so i think that is a mistake and has unleashed forces and separatists and whoever the motley group of people are who are fuelling this war, i think that has increasingly frustrated the west and particularly the country that used to be russia's main advocate in europe and that is germany. >> now, german chancellor angela merkel says that putin is afraid of his own weakness when she was asked about that incident where he brought a dog into a room they were both meeting to intimidate her, knowing she was afraid of dogs.

i have to ask you the impossible question, what is going on inside putin's head? >> i think everybody would love to understand that. i think he genuinely believes the united states and the west is out to get him. and he is expressing the frustrations pent up over 22 years, and really he was in east germany when the wall came down. and i think he genuinely believes it and believes he has a mission to restore russian's greatness and be a global player in the raid against the u.s. to do that. i'm not sure how he is doing that, the more isolated russian becomes, the worse it is for the economy. in the long run i doubt the very high rates of popularity, and the patriot fervor will last if their standard of living falls appreciably. >> we'll see in the coming days,

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this? >> it is a great time because we have the design to put it into practice. >> reporter: the program manager says that thursday's launch will test critical technologies like the heat shield and re-entry system. orion may look a lot like the old capsule of old but it is hoped it will go to the moon, taking passengers to mars and beyond. united launch alliance is providing the rocket, lockheed martin designed the spacecraft. >> so we're trying to bring the best of both worlds together. >> are there any concerns about not having full control over the mission? >> well, we put the right people in the right place. >> reporter: the orion launch comes on the heels of two space flights that went very wrong. on october 28th, the rocket burst into flames after liftoff.

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