six of those 11 times were as japan in 1941 against various countries during world war ii. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week, and i see you next week. state run media. it is in syria accusing them of air strikes near damascus. we'll go live for how israel is reacting to the claims and what it could mean. plus -- >> breaking windows, attacking police, and looting stores. choke hold protests take a violent turn in california, but will we see a repeat tonight. that's next. and a new look inside the failed rescue attempt of two hostages in yemen, including an american journalist. and why chuck hagel is being

forced to defend the mission. hello. i'm fredericka whitfield. welcome to the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with a violent turn to those protests playing out across the country. demonstrations in berkeley, california, getting out of control. it happened four days after a new york grand jury decision and 3,000 miles away from the place where eric garner died in a police choke hold. here now is dan simon. >> reporter: chaos on the streets of berkeley, california. protesters demanding to be heard after a grand jury decision not to indict police in ferguson, missouri, and new york turned violent.

there were hundreds of local police that donned full riot gear. police used tear gas to disburse the crowd. >> berkeley is mn for protests and the first amendment, and we do everything we can to insure that people can peacefully exercise their freedom to express themselves. in this case our response occurred because, you know, the group -- they did start throwing rocks and bricks and bottles. also small pipes were thrown at our officers. >> this -- >> reporter: the overnight violence follows several days of protests in the area and across the country.

in new york and in washington d.c. saturday hundreds of protesters conducted several die-ins taking over train stations in both cities as well as major department stores. cnn's nick valencia was on the scene. >> right now we're standing in front of toys "r" us building where this group has decided to walk in to stage another die-in. you can see some of these demonstrators behind me. it's been a very fluid night here in new york city. these demonstrators are determined, they say, to have police reform in new york city and to show them that the spotlight will continue to stay on the story for the days and weeks, they say, to come. >> reporter: back in berkeley it's unclear what tonight will bring, but for some the hope to be heard without violence elizabeth loudest voice of all. >> is it calm after that storm tonight or what?

>> pretty calm right now. life goes on here sunday morning here in berkeley, california. we're on the main drag, which is university avenue in berkeley. you talked about it. you can see these windows that have been boarded up. you can see some class fragments on the sidewalk, but this trader joe's where i'm standing, it's reopened today. the question, frederica, is whatting going to happen tonight? are there be more protests planned? we don't know. if there are, how might that affect the behavior of the protesters and police. fred? >> and then how about arrests? >> there were few arrests last night. we are told there were six people arrested. five adults. it certainly rookd like a lot more than six. >> thank you so much.

also, overseas we're following breaking news out of syria. israeli fighter jets have reportedly targeted a warehouse near the damascus airport. this is being reported by syria and state television and a hezbollah-backed tv station in lebanon. cnn international correspondent jim weedman joining us. what more can you tell us about these reported air strikes and why? >> there were two air strikes around dusk. one at a storage facility at damascus international airport, and another one which is on the highway between damascus and the lebanese capital. now, of course, the syrian media as well as the syrian army have accused israel of launching these air strikes. however, as is customary in these cases, they are declining any -- attacks on syria.

now, there have been a series of air strikes on damascus and other syrian cities since the beginning of 2013 that are widely attributed to israel. israel apparently is very worried about the possibility of advanced weapon systems being shipped from syria to hezbollah. >> what's the message, if any, from israel. >> certainly i think if you look at the way they look at the syrian conflict they want to stay out, but they're very concerned about the possibility of weapon systems, a, being sent from iran to syria and from syria to hezbollah, so those are really their primary concerns. for instance, they have -- the israeli forces are basically face-to-face with a front, which is an affiliate of al qaeda, along the line that separates

israeli controlled territory from syria, but they have stayed largely out of the conflict and only become involved when they feel that there are weapon systems being moved around that endanger israel itself. >> all right. ben, keep us posted. thank you so much. we continue overseas now where defense secretary chuck hagel is defending a u.s. special ops rescue mission in yemen that ended with the deaths of both hostages. american photojournalist look somers and south african teacher pierre korkie. it was the third attempted rescue mission in recent months, and today during his visit to afghanistan hagel was asked by a reporter if the pentagon needs to take a harder look at how it conducts these raids in light of these failures.

>> is it imperfect, yes? is there risk? yes. but we start with the fact that we have an american that's being held hostage, and that american's life is in danger. that's where we start, and then we proceed from there. >> joining us now from the white house, cnn sunland. secretary hagel pushing back against suggestion that is there may be problems within the process of planning these raids, but what are you learning specifically about how this operation was carried out? >> well, fred, u.s. officials say that this operation ultimately failed. not because of operational error, but because the element of surprise was taken away. >> reporter: the mission? extremely risky and made urgent when u.s. intelligence shows american luke sommers would be murdered by saturday morning.

by mid-morning friday the president authorizes the rescue, giving no hint of the drama about to play out. just a few hours later according to u.s. officials, two b-22 ospreys under cover of darkness touched down where the hostages are held. about 40 special force commandos, mostly navy seals, move undetected over the rough terrain, but suddenly everything goes wrong when just 300 feet away they are exposed. maybe by a barking dog. a firefight breaks out, and as a u.s. drone watches overhead, one terrorist runs back inside and shoots both hostages. u.s. forces kill five aqap terrorists. the rest flee, and in one of the most dangerous parts of the mission, a combat medical team meets for a half hour on the ground trying to identify the two gravely wound the men. finally, they are flown back to the u.s.s. macon island off

yemen's coast, but one dies on the way, and another dies on the ship. >> you have to really look at this from a very surgery wal point just like a heart surgeon or brain surgeon. some will live. some will die. as word of the failed rescue mission leaks out, the president called luke somers' killing a barbaric murder. vice president biden promises the u.s. will be relentless in seeking justice. >> the women and men special forces who were engaged in these two rescue missions did an incredible job, and inflicted serious damage on the captors, but this time -- this time they were unable to save luke. >> we're told that president obama monitored this mission in real-time here at the white house, fred, following along every moment. then tell us about the

president's visit to the hospital for this irritation in his throat. what was that all about? >> the white house says that this is a sore throat they say is cassed by acid reflux. they tell us this is something president obama had been complaining about the last few weeks. he saw the white house doctor. they noticed inflammation and then did extra tests where he had a ct scan done. the white house tells us it's done out of an abundance of caution. they say the results of the scan were normal and that no biyopsy. his history as a past smoker could play into here. here's what cnn's sanjay gupta has to say. >> if he is still smoking -- we don't know, but if he is, that could be contributing to his

current symptoms of acid reflux. smoking definitely makes acid reflux more likely and worse. based on his past history, and, again, this is an abundance of caution. we hear the c.t. scan was normal, but you got the sort of history of smoking. you got the symptoms of acid reflux. a cat scan could be being performed to make sure there's no other mass or something that may represent cancer or swelling of the lymph nodes. the c.t. scan is read as being normal, but that is an abundance of caution. you want to look at that area very thoroughly. in just a few hours we'll hear from president obama for the first time since his diagnosis yesterday. he speaks at an event here at the white house at 5:00 p.m. that's for kennedy center honorees. we'll see if his voice is raspy and how he feels then. >> thank you so much. next, congressman adam schiff weighing in on the hostage rescue mission.

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>> a group of about 40 special force commandos hiked six miles from their dropoff point to the compound, but as they approached the compound, a firefight broke out. one of the militants killed sommers and korkie. joining me is adam schiff of california, member of the house permanent select committee on intelligence. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> we have to understand the

extraordinary risks involved. you can have helicopters go down. you can have enormous firefights. we could have lost many navy seals and had people taken hostage. if you look back at the iranian hostage effort, the rescue effort there, which was a catastrophic failure, it has to be in every president's mind that this could go terribly wrong. we obviously had good intelligence on the hostages' location, and we had good reason to believe that we didn't act now, that their lives would be taken. >> i talked with former navy seal yesterday who said even though the hostages were killed in this operation, no mission of this caliber is a failure, but in your view is this considered a failure because the hostages were not taken home alive. >> obviously we would have loved to be able to rescue these

hostages and preserve their lives, but i think it was the right decision to make. whether we label it a success or failure is less important to me that we tried to rescue americans that were at risk and the loss of this american, the loss of this south african are terrible tragedies, but it was the right call, and i'm proud the president made it, notwithstanding all the risks that it entailed, and i'm very proud of the personnel of those navy seals that went to such great lengths and heroic effort to rescue this american. >> how do you suppose the intelligence committee will ever know about this operation as to discern what could be done differently next time for a different outcome? >> well, we'll learn a lot, you know, potentially about what may have tipped off the militants, but you have to think that given we tried to rescue them once, given that they said they would kill the american on saturday, those militants had to be on high alert so we knew that we

would probably not have a l. surprise and they were well fortfied. there was no way to make this operation risk-free, and we have to accept that there is a risk that they will not be successful, a risk not only to the hostages, but to our own personnel, but the president made the call. the tough call it was. that it was worth the risk, and i think he was xwbl right. >> some countries like france and italy, and we understand south africa was also negotiating with these hostage takers, and some countries are willing to pay ransoms in exchange for their citizens to come home. would this be a situation which the u.s. would ever reconsider its policy against doing that? >> i wouldn't say we would never reconsider, but i don't think we should change policy in terms of paying ransoms. i think you end up funding other hostage taking and the cycle just perpetuates itself, so i think our decision is the right one. rather, try to rescue our hostages than pay ransoms, and,

of course, prospectively trying to keep our people out of harm's way. i think that is really the right policy, as painful as it is, and as enormously agonizing as it is for the families of these hostages. i think it's the right policy for the country. >> all right. congressman, don't go away. we have more to talk about. six more dwanz have been released from gone notice bay. is it a good idea? we'll talk about that next.

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six long-time detainees have been released from guantanamo bay. one sear wran, and one palestinians arriving overnight in uruguay, and they're now undergoing medical evaluations. the united nations will eventually return them to their home countries. republican congressman mike rogers says it's short-sighted to set some of these people free. >> i mean, i have been opposed to this notion that we're going to farm out gitmo to places. by the way, a lot of them aren't from uruguay. they're from all over the rest of the world. some of the intelligence service that is do these agreements about agreeing to watch them or monitor them can't do it. what we have found in the past is it doesn't work very well. i don't think that surprises anybody. i argue that maybe we ought to rethink what we're doing here. >> back now with democratic

congressman adam schiff of california. do you agree with congressman rogers? >> well, i agree that there are risks, but i don't agree with them that we should keep guantanamo open indefinitely, and the problem i have with the critics of the president's actions is they don't offer any alternative. not only a military struggle with al qaeda and with isis, but also an idealogical war and guantanamo is a real setback for the united states in that idealogical fight, in that battle over ideas. ultimately we're not going to be able to kill our way out of this struggle. we have to defeat the underpinnings, the nar tiff, the ideology of al qaeda and isis, and so guantanamo really does need to be closed. i do have a concern here that uruguay isn't going to maintain any kind of monitoring these people, doesn't seem to have any intention of putting them through rehabilitation. that is something we have accomplished with other countries, and that does concern me, but at the end of the day we

can't keep this place open forever, but because uruguay doesn't appear ready to do very much, that will fall -- that obligation will fall on our intelligence agencies, which are already strained, i think, under a lot of the burdens they have. i do have concerns about it, but at the end of the day guantanamo really needs to be closed. >> as it pertains to these six, they got the clearance back in 2010, and almost a year ago uruguay said it would take them. what did take so long? >> i think there were a couple of things i think secretary hagel had some continued concerns over it. he wanted to make sure that he was satisfied that he could sign on the dotted line. it's his name on those release forms, but also there was an election taking place in uruguay, and i think the president who agreed to accept these detainees didn't want it to be an issue in the presidential campaign, and so it was stayed until after that election was over. his successor has also approved

the transfer, so that's why it has gone for, but it's also why it took so long. >> okay. then the senate intelligence committee is getting a lot of pushback on its investigation into harsh cia interrogation techniques, including sleep deprivation, waterboarding, tight confinement. all of those things. some are actually in the belief that releasing this kind of information will insight more violence against americans, even secretary of state john kerry says, you know, "consider the timing." where do you stand on the release of this kind of information? >> i think the report has to be released, and i certainly think that the secretary and senator feinstein should discuss the timing. it's hard for me to comment explicitly on the timing without having an opportunity to read the report. >> why should it be released? >> i think it has to be released as a part of our coming clean with our own country and what was done in our name, and as a way that we don't engage in those practices again.

there are risks -- >> does it potentially jeopardize the safety of americans, especially overseas? >> it does mean that there will be risks, risks to our facilities, risks to allied nations that are working with us because they will face the prospect of terrorist attacks on them as well as a reaction from the domestic public and there are going to be risks to americans that are held hostage now or maybe held hostage in the future that they may be treated with the same waterboarding that will be revealed in this report. i think that's a far more compelling argument not to engage in these practices liken handsed interrogation or torture rather than trying to conceal the results of this report, so i think it really needs to be as a part of our democratic process as a part of coming clean with our own country released, but i do think that we ought to make sure that not only our facilities are well prepared, but also that our allies are well prepared because the biggest fall-out may take place in those nations that may not be specifically identified, but

there will be a lot of sleuthing done. >> we'll leave it right there. congressman, good to see you this sunday. appreciate it. meantime, the british royals, well, they're just hours now away from arriving to the big apple. they're leaving little precious baby george at home. details on the visit to the u.s.

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bottom of the hour. welcome back. here is a i look at some of the top stories making news right now. government of the philippines is blaming typhoon for two deaths. the slow-moving storm is losing strength as it moves northwest across the country and dumping heavy rain. that's increasing the risk of flooding. about 40 million people are in the path of that storm. this was a scene outside st. sabina church in chicago just minutes ago. parishioners from about 100 churches in the city planning peaceful protests today demanding justice and showing solidarity for the families of eric garner and michael brown. brace yourself, america. the royals are coming. less than three hours from now prince william and duchess catherine will have a whirlwind three-day visit. their schedule is packed. almost from the moment they arrive. it will include prince william meeting with president obama and both will and kate will be

attending an nba game in brooklyn. cnn's max foster has more on this high profile visit. >> fred, a lot of excitement, i have to say, in new york, and the whole world is watching. huge amounts of media from around the worldcom in here to capture the moment when they arrive. the duke and duchess haven't been to new york before. they're very keen to see it. they'll be staying in the carlisle hotel, which is where princess diana used to stay as well when she came here, and there's lots of reminiscent moments of the next couple of days about the moment that the biggest star in the world had here. many people seeing kate following in her footsteps, of course. prince william will head down to washington on to meet the president. he will then return back here to new york. a lot of the events will be about promoting british interest, about promoting the causes and the charities the couple are so involved in as well. it really be a whirlwind tour. more than ten events over two days before they lady back to the u.k. glam husband moments and also

moments in harlem, for example, where they're getting involved in a craft class with under privileged children. we'll keep you up-to-date with everything that's going on. we'll try to keep up with them. we think it will be a pretty high profile visit. lots of new yorkers very keen to have their moment as well with the duke and duchess. some crowds expected as well. >> we know, mack, you're about to be in the tloez of all it, and you'll keep us posted. thank you very much, max foster. "rolling stone magazine" kwooiltly changing its apology for the uva rape story. we take a look at the possible legal fall-out with our legal ladies next. >> roger federer is considered by many to be the best ever.

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rolling stone magazine has changed its apology for the article it published about an alleged rape university of virginia campus. a statement on their website said their trust in the accuser was misplaced. according to the magazine's article, a student named jackie claims she was raped by seven men at the phi kappa psi fraternity. now rolling stone has removed the line about its trust being

misplaced. its managing editor now says this. two apologies. this is the latest one now. saying this, "in the face of new information reported by the washington post, and other news outlets, there now appears to be discrepancies in jackie's account." oh, it continues on to say, "jackie herself is now unsure if the man she says lured her into the room where the rape occurred identified in the story as drew was a phi si brother." drew actually belongs to a different fraternity. we published the article with the fimpl belief that it was accurate given all of these reports, however, we have come to the conclusion that we were mistaken in honoring jackie's request to not contact the alleged assaulters to get their account. these mistakes are on rolling stone, not on jackie." all right. that's still a synopsis of what is a four-paragraph long apology. yesterday's apology was three paragraphs long, and there are a

few other changes in the language. joining me right now, defense attorney, tanya miller and judge glenda hatchet. good to see both of you. as you put, it you were all fired up about this. >> i was absolutely fired up, and -- >> how does this change the dynamics for you now, whether it be the believability of the story, of jackie's account, what it says about young ladies or anyone who is a slim of alleged sexual assault reporting? >> well, i think it's muddying the waters somewhat, but i am still very clear, fredericka, that is something is going on that needs a bigger focus than we saw. of course, i was speting fire last week on this issue. >> something bigger like what? >> something bigger like this is a pattern that too many women are really having to deal with. not just on uva's campus, but other college campuses. the fact that the guy who she says lured her into the room allegedly wasn't a member of

that fraternity and may have been a member of another fraternity, it doesn't matter. it does not matter. >> it matters if you are, i guess, the legal team or you're in the hierarchy of this phi kappa si fraternity. >> it doesn't in terms of broader issues. was there a violation? what happened? was it properly handled? >> tanya. >> i think -- >> you're chomping at the bit. snoo my problem with the way that these things have been handled all across the country and on all of these different campuses is they are not being investigated by law enforcement. they are not being reported. you know, it is critical if you are investigating a sexual assault that you move quickly to gather evidence and to get the victim in the appropriate counseling. it's a daunting task to coming

front your accuser. you are hoping that your story is conveyed the way you want it to be conveyed. loo in an inappropriate forum. there's nothing wrong with telling a news article or magazine about your story, but if you want to hold people who commit sexual assaults accountable, you have to do it in an appropriate way, and telling your story to a newspaper isn't necessarily going to make that happen. >> now two years later -- dmroo now it's really become more of an issue about "rolling stone" as well, and so you have to wonder -- one has to wonder if this apology has been adapted as a result of any kind of pressure, whether it be from the attorneys of uva or from that frat esht. >> absolutely. >> what's going on here? i see a whole other legal map being laid out here.

>> fert the university or the fraternity decides to bring suit against them, you're going to see different kinds of responses. >> it's very difficult to deal with people who have been sexually assaulted. you don't really know how to handle it, and i think they were trying to honor her by giving some sense of an nit nimty, but they really kind of failed to do their job as reporters and has to get both sides. >> she couldn't give their names necessarily. >> right. >> and maybe legally that's probably smart that she didn't? >> maybe. >> we'll have to leave it there. now i'm trying to be an attorney. i'm learning. >> tanya, glenda, thank you so much. good to see you, ladies. >> appreciate it. all right. coming up, just four college football teams left standing for the first ever college playoffs. who is in? who is out? next. but, first, in december's one to watch series, we're exploring street art. legendary artist shepherd ferry the man behind the obama hope poster and, steve lazaridis.

once partner to the notorious british art -- explained how the subculture has turned a corner and which artists are leading the way. ♪ >> one image is enough to make a statement. street art, it's the universal language of images which speaks out in the most unexpected corners of our cities. the lines capture our history. the colors cap vat. they decorate. they provoke. >> i see street art as a metaphor for courageous expression in any venue. >> this subculture is turning into a multimillion-dollar business. last year street art worth an 12i789d $80 million was traded globally. it was once associated with vandalism, but it now holds a prime position in the

contemporary art market. >>. >> by buying it they're taking part of the act of it. >> we've consulting two experts. a view from the street, and a view from the gallery to discover which three artists they would consider the ones to watch. >> i like art that functions as a piece that's pleasing to the eye, but then there are also layers to peel back, and i think pose's work achieves that. >>. >> you have that one iconic thing that people can link. it's part the political tradition of graffiti. >> bill's has chartered a new course, and he is the best at it so far. >> all right. you can watch the entire ones to watch show on street art at

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with a college football playoffs selection committee. they made its decision today. six teams definitely worthy. only four could be invited, and now we know the teams. let the second guessing begin. here's kristen ludlow. >> after months of debate and arguments we finally know which four teams will make up the inaugural college football playoff field. in one of the semifinals alabama will be the top seed playing number four ohio state in the sugar bowl. the criminalson tooird locked april spot in the playoffs after cruising past missouri in the s.e.c. title game. that's alabama's third conference crown under head coach nick saban. ohio state moved up the rankings to fourth after dismantling wisconsin 59-0 in the big ten title game. the buckeyes have won 11 games in a row and keep on winning despite having lost two star quarterbacks to injury this season.

and the other semifinal number two oregon at third ranked florida state in the rose bowl. the ducks won their fourth pac-12 championship in six years avenging their only regular season loss to arizona. oregon's high-powered offense is led by the heisman trophy frontrunner, quarterback marcus mariott a. the ducks were behind just once at halftime and never in the fourth quarter. the florida state seminoles are now the only undefeated team in major college football. the defending national champs just keep on winning. extending their streak to 29 straight games after beating georgia tech in the acc championship. they have struggled at times, trailing in the first half in had ten games this season, but it's not how you start. it's how you finish. the winners of those two games will meet in arlington, texas, on january 12th, with the national championship on the line. >> thanks so much. straight ahead, we'll have more on that change of tune from "rolling stone." why did the magazine edit its

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