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and that morning we're working on two break stories. first look at these new images of isis freeing more of 200 members of the religious community in iraq. they were held captive more than six months. most of them elderly men and women in poor health.
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also another breaking news story. french authorities just released three women who were detained in paris as part of a terrorist investigation. nine others are still in custody right now. we're so grateful for your skpaen as well. >> we're going to start with pamela brown who is anchoring our coverage from our paris bureau. >> what is happening there right now? >> reporter: good morning to you. there are some major new developments in the deadly paris terrorists attacks. we're learning that french authorities have now released three women who were detained. nine other people remain in custody here in france. and we're also learning that secretary of state john kerry will cohost an emergency meeting on how to prevent what happened
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on thursday. the demonstrators that you see in this video are furious because "clairly hebdo"'s latest edition portrays the prophet muhammad on its cover. france is ready if there's another potential terror strike. we're going to have more on the breaking news about the three women who were released as we know here in paris. he's bring in senior international correspondent jim bitterman. i have noticed that more securities guards are on the streets. what you seeing in terms of the security measures? all right. it seems like we're having some technical issues that we're going to work out. in the meantime we're going to go to ivan watson because he's been following another breaking
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story, the terror cell that thaz been broken up in brussels. what are you hearing in regards to the greek investigation that's taking place right now? >> reporter: right, well authorities are keeping a lot of the details about suspects close and not revealing a lot because they do not want to endanger their investigation. but to recap, thursday night belgium police carried out a raid against a suspected jihadi cell in verviers. the suspect opened fire on police, two of them subsequently killed. a third captured. belgium authorities still haven't identifying the suspects. they say they now have, as a result of different raids, pressed charges against five belgium citizens accusing them of participation in a terrorist organization. they're also pressing some same
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charges against two more belgium citizens that were arrested by french authorities trying to cross the border from france into italy. the cell that they went over belgium authorities say were plotting imminently, we're told, an attack, some kind kof attack against belgium police. they were even found to have in their possession, not only weapons, guns, rifles and explosives but also police uniforms. now in addition to this, since that raid thursday night, we've learned that the belgium authorities have reached out to police in grease to kukts some kind of joint investigation there. both sides being very careful not to link this, not to confirm any links of this to the suspected jihadi cell in that belgium town of verviers. the timing is suspect and it's clear that the belgiums are
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looking across borders to some of their citizens that they believe have been moving across europe. pamela. >> reporter: when we spoke yesterday, ivan, we talked about the increased security measures there in belgium. could more soldiers be deployed since it's expect nd that other people part of the terrorist cell could still be on the run? >> reporter: definitely the belgium government has taken a very unusual step to -- and very symbolic step to deploy what is approaching, they say, 3,000 soldiers in two belgium cities. they're expected to have 3,000 soldiers deployed by tuesday. this hasn't been done in more than 30 years, we're told. it's a highly unusual step. but it's also pretty symbolic if you consider that france whereby where you are, has some 10,000
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soldiers deployed since the "charlie hebdo" attacks. but it does show that the belgium government is taking the threat very seriously since the raid thursday night. the soldiers being deployed outside the u.s. embassy, the european parliament. and outside a number of jewish institutions both here in brussels and in another city. this little country has the dubious distinction of having more suspected see haddy volunteers per capita that has gone to the middle east than any other country in europe. >> reporter: any idea of why that is, ivan? >> reporter: it says something, perhaps, about the alienation of immigrant communities here in belgium, that they do not feel connected, they don't feel part of belgium society as a minority
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here. and it says also something about the powerful magnetic pull that not only the syrian civil war has had for hundreds if not thousands of european citizens, but also in particular that militant group, the islamic state of iraq and syria. pamela. >> reporter: all right. ivan watson, thank you very much from brussel there. now we're going to turn to another breaking story. now we can bring in senior international correspondent jim bitterman. is there anything more that we know about these women and how long can france and these other countries detain people? >> reporter: well basically they can retain people for 24 hours without a lawyer present. and in terror cases which can go another 48 hours, they can go 48 hours without having the suspect
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in contact wir their lawyers. basically in this case, according to what one of the prosecutors told us was that they have breaked abroad path. they're going after anybody they know who had contact with ahmed coulibaly, one of the terrorists involved with the shootouts. he was the one who took over the kosher grocery store. anybody who had any contact with him is being taken in and questioned. we've still got nine people now that they're holding for questioning. eight men and a woman. and of those nine we are, according to reports out there, two left traces of dna in kul bali's affairs. for example, in his weapons cash, one of the pistols had the dna of one of the suspects that's been arrested.
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and another suspect left some traces of dna in a car that was used to take kul bali to the kosher supermarket. they've had contact with him. the question is what exactly was the contact? were they supplying logistics support. were they just friends. it will go on for a while yet. at the end of the 96-hour period here, the question will be will they be charged with anything. because at the end of that they have to be charged or they have to be released. we'll see what happens at that point. >> reporter: still very much a developing story there. in the meantime, john kerry will head to london on thursday to talk about the next phase on the war of isis. we're going to join up to 20 foreign ministers from the military coalition, the isis military coalition including members of the arab states. joining us now, peter norman,
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the director of the international center for the study of radicalization and political violence. what do you expect to come out of these talks? do you expect anything concrete to happen as a result? >> i think there's certainly a desire by certain european countries, especially france of course too step up the war against isis. the question is how exactly are you going to do that. i think it would be very dangerous for combat on the ground troops by western countries to become involved. so some extent isis is aching for that it pit wants to kill americans, french, british in muslim countries. it wants to be able to claim that western countries on the ground and quote unquote occupying muslim lands. so how can you step it up without crossing that red line
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of having on the ground combat troops. >> reporter: and in light of that, we know that officials want to train 5,000 rebels, the pentagon announced it's going to send 400 troops to train these syrian rebels. what do you think about that? do you think that's the right call? >> i'm a little pessimistic tear because we've heard these announcements so many times before over the past two years. if you consider there are literally tens of thousands of combat soldiers, if you want, or terrorists out there fighting on behalf of the islamic state and on behalf of other extremist groupsing with having 5,000 people train -- this is going to take perhaps one or two years. i wonder what difference that will make on the ground in the foreseeable future. i'm quite skeptical. >> as u.s. officialscy, this is
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a marathon, not a sprint. there's no quick fix to this. thank you very much for coming on to share your perspective. we appreciate it. christy and victor, back to you in atlanta. wondering, you might be who happened while you were sleeping, well the president announced a plan to change your taxes. yes, getting down to the kpik nitty-gritty. we've got detail for you. two fugitive teens who were the subject of a multistate manhunt are captured. just ahead, where police found them and what happened when they were arrested. as we mentioned at the top of the show, we're following breaking news, isis freeing hundreds of people held captive in iraq. why would they do this? this is against everything we know of them. we have new images of all of it coming up. discover card. how can i help you? oh, you're real? you know i'm real! at discover, we're always here to talk. good, 'cause i don't have time for machines.
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here's a look at some developing stories. two kentucky teenages who were the subject of a multiple acts with were caught. police say the two were arrested without any incident. now the teens were wanted on several felony charges, including stealing three cars with guns inside. coming up, we'll people with the mother of the 13-year-old cheyenne phillips. hundreds of people gathered in washington to support the nation's police officers in what has been dubbed the sea of blue
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rally. organizers put together the event to counter what they call an anti-police sentiment expressed in the wake of several controversial police incidents, including the shooting of michael brown in ferguson, missouri. supporters process that every profession has its bad apings and most police officers are good people. this progolfer posted this selfie. he said this happened after he was kidnapped, beaten and rob. he said he was at a bar, thrown into a car and driven six and a half miles away. that's when the robbers took all of his money and cell phone and dumped him in a park. police are reviewing surveillance video hoping to find the people responsible. look at this photograph from oregon. this shows a man pinned between two semis after a 70-car pileup in the earn part of the state.
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if you can't tell, this is one semi. this is another. you see the man's head peeking out here in what's left of the cab of his pickup truck. this is remarkable this man survived the crash. witnesses say he escaped with only scrapes, just scrapes to his head. >> i can't believe that was a pickup truck at one point. >> yeah. >> thank you. listen. if you're still a little blurry eyed this morning, this is going to wake you up. president obama wants to make major changes to what you pay in you taxes. he's willing to fight a republican controlled congress to make this happen. as the president gets ready for tuesday's state of the union address, we've learned that he wants to raise the taxes on the top earns and offer for tax break to the middle class. that's likely not going to sit well with the g.o.p.
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erin pike joins us by telephone. what have you learned about the president's address? >> what we're learning now is he's going to propose a $500 tax credit for married couples who both have jobs. what the intention of that is basically to help with the cost of child care. and the idea is that both spouses who want to work should be able to. this is supposed to help them out. now he also wants to increase the top childcare credit to $3,000. but they're saying that the total cost for all of this is going to be $235 billion. and the way to pay for that, he is saying, is to raise the tax rate on capital gains from 20% to 28%. so raising the tax rate on the highest earning americans. but already we're hearing from republicans in congress who are very upset with this idea, brendan buck who is the
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spokesman for rand paul says this is not a serious proposal. this is going to meet with a lot of resistance from republicans in congress. but i have to tell you that there is this populous strange going on in both parties right now. we are talking about this yesterday with myth romney and his remarks, that he's saying that those changes need to be made. so in both parties we're seeing this populous strain. there may be some republicans that are open to this. but by and large, republicans are likely not going to be willing to pass this. >> we appreciate it so much. coming up next hour, we're explaining who would win, who could lose from the tax plan. a lot more discussion on that throughout the morning. victor ? pope francis is in the philippines and millions were there to celebrate mass with him this morning. plus, the breaking news out
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of france this morning, three women detained after the paris terror attacks now released. we'll bring you the latest on this increasing number of paris terror probes, not just in france but across europe. we've got the latest next. [ male announcer ] are you so stuffed up, you feel like you're underwater? try zyrtec-d® to powerfully clear your blocked nose and relieve your other allergy symptoms... so you can breathe easier all day. zyrtec-d®. find it at the pharmacy counter. ♪ carpenters:ec-d®. "rainy days and mondays" ♪ ♪ ac/dc: "back in black" ♪ ♪
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pope francis there in the philippines this morning. millions celebrating mass with him in manila. today is the last full day in the philippines concluding his six-day tour. ana is live in manila. i was reading that people were jumping other barricades and running towards the pope's streak just to try to get to him. help us understand what the mood is like with this visit? >> reporter: it's been incredible. he's received a rock star reception during his time here in the philippines. and as he came to celebrate mass in the park behind me, the crowds just went crazy. they just wanted to get as close to the pope as possible. he traveled in his popeville despite the rain. but he traveled around, stopped along the way, kissed abe by bs.
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and as i say, just got close with the people. he is pastor. he is a pope of the people. and we saw that when he went to tack love va jed meeting with the survivors and families and victims who lost their loved ones in typhoon haiyan in 2013. and when he delivered mass, the messages of looking out to the poverty, preserving family, looking out to children, that really range true to the parishioners that were here. the philippines is a deeply religious country, home to the third largest catholic population in the world. and while there has been a bit of a split as far as social issues are concerned, progressives wanted the catholic church to evolve to change so it doesn't become irrelevant, they're also big fans of the
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pope who message of inclusion, acceptance and love, who have brought the sheep, if you like, back into the flock. i read that his message was one of empathy, which is really becoming a theme of his legacy. and you mentioned it briefly. he has this message of how we need to focus on young people and guiding them and protecting them. were there a lot of young people in the audience and how did that resonate? >> reporter: look, the philippine has a huge young population. and that was a theme throughout this entire visit about nurturing the young and making sure they reach their full potential. 20 prs of the population here lives in poverty on less than $2 a day. while this country is going through incredible economic growth, the fruits are not trickling down to the poor.
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so he had strong messages if are the government, the leadership of not just the government but also of the church to end corruption and make sure that the poor are also included, that they're lifted up as this country prospers. but certainly the message of inclusiveness just reaching out to everybody here reassuring them that they too belong. >> anna coren, reso appreciate you giving us a sense of what's going on there. thank you so much. victor? this morning europe is on high alert. how the troops are working side by side with the local police and why more could be on the way. breaking news out of iraq. isis has freed hundreds of people held captive for six months. we've got new images coming in here. cnn is on the ground in yemen. we're tracking the kouachi
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and breaking this morning, we've learned that three women
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who were detained as part of the paris terror investigation have been released. nine other people still remain in custody. one woman, nine men we're told. investigators are trying to figure out if the "charlie hebdo" attacks were part of a larger terror network. as more than 10,000 french troops are working alongside police officers to monitor potential terror threats. and in neighbors belgium, on guard and on alert. this is what it looks like on the streets of belgium where police are ramping up security. 150 troops have already been deployed. it's the first time in more than three decades the military has been called on to patrol belgium streets. also an alert this morning, greece where police launched their own terrorism investigation. good morning to you. i am pamela brown in paris with special live coverage on the
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massive terror alert across europe. but first more breaking news. this is about one of the most infamous terror groups. weave learned hundreds of yazidis who had been held captive for more than six months have now free. the group is being held by kurdish authorities. morning those released, children and the elderly. i want to bring in ivan watson for more on this. put this in a context for us. why now? how surprising is this release? >> reporter: it does come as a surprise. we're still trying to get more details. basically iraqi kurdish officials confirming to us that 250 more yazidis from this religious minority in iraq released in the area of a kurdish controlled city in iraq
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on saturday, being taken care of. the reports having concern that perhaps there could be isis agents infiltrated among what have been described as elderly individuals and children. why are they being released? that is a question we're trying to explore. the iraqi regional government, has in the past, tried to pay some ransoms to release some of the yazidi prisoners. it's important to note that since last summer isis has been ethically cleansing hundreds of thousands of religious minorities from territories that they've captured in northern iraq, this including chris chance, shiite muslims, as well as the yazidis. and they have reserved particular anger and violence for the yazidis. they have taken thousands, pamela, thousands of yazidi
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women and girls captive since august. and i reported on this from northern iraq. they have been selling these women and girls, some of them not even teenagers into slavery across borders into iraq. and they have been distributing these captive women and girls at effective markets to their supporters. this is something that's been happening over the course of the last six months. modern day slavery targeting religious minority. in this case we're hearing about more than 200 of these yazidis, mostly children and elderly who have been released. it's going to be a long road for them to reintegrate to their def straited communities. pamela. >> let's talk about that, ivan. can't forget the heroic rescue mission you went on several
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months ago when you were on the helicopter rescuing the yazidis. if you could tell us, what has come of the folks yous rescued, the 15-year-old girl who was crying in the helicopter. and in addition to that, the newly freed group how do they move on with their lives? where do they go now? >> reporter: well there's an enormous population of displaced people living in camps that have been put together over the course of the last six months. so again, hundreds of thousands of people who have been made homeless. when it comes to the people who are kidnapped and enslaved, some have been released in drips and drabs. there's been an effort in some case to ransom some of these people. i interviewed a teenage girl, she was 19 years old and she had been taken from her village. the men separated from the women
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and the men then so mayorly execut execut executed. be the women were separated by age and she was taken to a czar and then taken to a man's home and she described how a 13-year-old girl was raped by that man. she got out. she was in a shelter for about a half dozen other young women and girls who had been similarly imprisoned and it appears that they were made into sex slaves. her mother was still a captive of isis and her brother was as well. while the father and her elder brother had been executed. this girl was totally, totally psychological devastated by the experience that she had gone through. and we have to take into consideration that probably thousands of other women and girls like that still held
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captive are going through similar or deals right now. this is a modern day crime on a massive scale that is still unfolding in northern iraq. and some of the activists that i've talked to who are trying to help track down the thousands of women and girls who have been taken prisoner in the first weeks when this disaster was unfolding, they were getting text messages, they were getting messages online from some of the captive women. and one activist described to me in chilling detail that some 80 people she was getting contact with by day went down to zero as these people were taken away. we've heard cases of these women getting taken across the border to the isis strong hold in iraq and apparently being used as rewards to isis followers. this is an incredible, incredible crime against humanity that has been taking
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place unbelievably over the course of the last six months. >> just absolutely horrifying. thank you for bringing that very important story to our attention. and turn now the paris terror attack, al qaeda has claimed responsibility for the "charlie hebdo" massacre. we now know that said kouachi made several trips to yemen. and the big question here that investigators are trying to figure out, whether one or both of the brothers ever met with an war al awlaki, a former spokesman for the terror group. let's bring in seen correspondent nick payton walsh. he is live in yemen this morning. he has been on the ground several days. what are you learning there, nick? >> reporter: last night we heard a revelation from officials that
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two frerjmen were arrested a number of months ago, but arrested for offering support to al qaeda. they were trying to leave the country when they were picked up. still in custody and they're trying to figure out what the next move should be. it's clear that they were not arrested for an obvious connection to the paris attacks, we can't rule out they may have something to do with the networks. this is yemen. it is on top of the westerners leaving this country coming into this country and accusation that it simply hasn't been able to control the flow of people in and out of peer. yesterday the president's chief of staff was kidnapped from his car in the center of the city at the capital behind me. it is a country struggling to hold itself together. >> it's a huge concern for counterterrorism officials i've
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spoken to, the pipeline in yemen. as we said, the kouachi brothers are believed to have trained there. do we have any sense of whether there was a command and control element here? >> reporter: that is exactly what investigators needs to establish. we know they are from al qaeda and yemen. what we don't know is if it is true or what efl up to the moment of the attack logistical support was given by yemen. we have more clarity on the timeline of the brothers come in and out. said, we know from a database, first came here in august 2009. in and out of the next couple of years there is some uncertainty as to whether it was just said or his younger brother cherif or both of them. then in 2011 they could, at that
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time, potentially have met an war al awlaki. the question is then yes, he may have targeted the hebdo magazine. disassistance continue up to the attacks. they brought back with them tens of thousands of dollars from france. if the original connection stayed, there have other cells waiting to continue their attacks. questions investigators are struggling to answer right now. >> and it's very important to answer those questions to prevent further attacks. thank you for bringing us the latest there from yemen. stay safe. more on the hunt of potential terror cells across europe. we're going to have that conversation up next . stay with us.
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string of anti-terror raids. the big question this morning, whether al qaeda and the arabian peninsula and isis have active terror cells in the west ready waiting to strike. this is really is big concern among folks i've been speaking 0 to, especially in the wake of the paris attacks. what's the latest you're hearing art the hunt for potential terror throats and the sleeper cells across europe? >> what we know for example for the paris atakes is this is a larger cell. there's nine people held. other are sought by the police. and we're also trying to determine if they were simply inspired, initiated by a foreign
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terrorist network or if they were inspired simply by these networks. it's very difficult at that stage to have a clear view of what happened exactly. >> and of course there could be a middle ground where they did have some connection with the terrorists groups but ultimately they decided the time and place. as we know, the international manhunt still underway for surviving members of the belgium terror cell that was taken down this week. do the chances of capturing go down because it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility for some of these suspects to be making their way to syria or already be there. >> yes, as we've seen in the paris case and the belgium case, several members of the cells have made their way to syria or iraq or they had just before taken action in recent weeks if
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not kays. obviously the main concern is to know whether these individuals are acting alone by themselves in small cells or if there's a major plan by any of these terrorists organizations, whether in syria or yemen or elsewhere, to target the west. and obviously there's probably a mix of both. as we've seen in france, these people have been traveling, entertained close contacts with the highest level of the terrorist attacks. in belgium it seems to be the same situation. so the investigations are pending and this will be, of course, determined in several days or weeks. >> jean charles, i want to get your perspective on this. i asked a anti-terrorism person what do you do about the broets who went to europe but yr years
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laid low. he said, you give them something they can bite and you take them down. we recently saw this in the u.s. with a ohio man who was arrested who had allegedly been platting to kill officials a the capitol build. do you think that is the solution for these people who are under surveillance in europe, given the manpower issues as well? >> exactly. well, the main issue is these individuals have learned, being in contact with terrorists organizations, how to go underground. so even if you put them under surveillance, and we did, as you know, someday they're disappearing, meaning they're not showing their intentions. and you can put them under surveillance for three, six or one year period.
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you won't see anything apparent about their intentions. this is the real issue tomorrow. what can we do? we have no -- not enough resources and we won't have enough resources we know because there's so many -- there are thousands of individuals concerned and there are civilians in the watch in the european countries. so to some extent we should use other techniques as those employed in the u.s. maybe, to have them triggered, their plot and to identify the offers. because again, to some extent we won't have the ability, the capacity to follow all of them. there are more than 4,000 individuals who went involved in syria and iraq since 2012. for all of the european union
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countries. sit a huge factor we need to deal with in the future years. >> yeah. very concerning. and it does take a lot of manpower to have just one person under surveillance. thank you so much. we appreciate it. christy and victor back to you in atlanta. bill cosby was greeted with love, with cheers and a standing ovation. this was after he took the stage in zen very. >> but the scene outside, very different. we've got the message from these protesters. they made very loudly and clear. that's next. at t-mobile you can hook up the whole family for $100 bucks. get 4 lines with unlimited talk and text and up to 10 gigabytes of 4g lte data. plus get the brand-new samsung galaxy note 4 for $0 down. hey! so i'm looking at my bill, and my fico® credit score's on here. we give you your fico® score each month for free!
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no more jokes! no more jokes! rape is not a joke. well, comedian bill cosby is still touring and drawing crowds of protests. >> some 50 protest rs marched outside a show in denver chanting things like "rape is
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not a joke" and "turn back cosby." the scene was very different inside. here's anna cabrera who was there. >> reporter: protesters greeting the ticket holders this weekend. you see them holding signs a chanting things like turn back cosby and rape is no joke. obviously referencing the accusations facing the 77-year-old comedian. allegations of drugging and sexual misconduct. at times we've seen about 50 protesters out here, including this woman named vickie. thanks for spending a minute to talk with us. what brought you here. why was it important for you toment can and protest? >> growing up in the '70s ie idolized bill cosby. i can't stand, the more an more women that come out and the more and more information that gets
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out. and we learned that he's settled out of court with three women. i believe the women. there's too many. >> reporter: what's the message you want to send by being here? >> we should not support a rapist. >> reporter: thanks for talking us with. important to know that bill cosby has not been charged with any crime. he and his lawyers continue to deny all of these allegations. we've been talking to fan aps supporters of bill cosby who believe hae's innocent. >> nobody has proof that he did anything and if these women were concerned about it, they should have come forward years and years ago. >> i don't believe any of this that's going on. it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: among the demonstrators who have been out here, famed attorney glorp ia allred who is representing eight of the women. cosby and his lawyers denying the allegations. now, it's important to note, there have been about two dozen women who have spoken out alleging they have victims of
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bill cosby. the latest in fact coming just this past week. and despite all of that, despite these protests, bill cosby's camp says the show must go on and he plans to continue with his scheduled performances. anna cabrera, cnn denver. all right ahead in our next hour, president obama wants to make changes to what you pay in taxes. and his legacy may be on the line. we'll tell you what change may be ahead and who's going to pay for them.
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work on a new conference center. the city will be a european capital in 2015. my 2050, 75% of the world population will live in cities. so the cities cannot build more boxes and more of the same -- >> in lower manhattan, he's dealing with one of the gratest challenges facing architects today. to build sensitively in a high density city. he is the master planner of the redevelopment of ground zero, a site devastated by the 9/11 attacks. >> 70,000 people have moved to lower manhattan since i started working on this project, which means families, people, schools, housing has been built. so there's a complete rebirth of this area that was so devastated
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by the attacks. >> catch the whole show at cnn.com/one to watch. two big developing stories this morning, president obama's new tax plan revealed. hiking taxes on the rich and giving more tax credits to the middle class. >> if he gets his way, we should say. and you're nook looking at new images of isis freeing about 250 members of the yazidi community. much of them held captive for more than six months. it's completely something that we would never suspect from isis, the release of so many people. good morning. i'm christy paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. president obama wants to make some major changes to what you, to what some people pay in taxes
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and he's willing to fight a republican controlled congress to make it happen. >> we've learned he wants to raise the taxes on the country's top earners in order to give tax breaks to the middle class. we're joined by cnn politics reporter alexandra jaf fi. >> it's very ambitious. there is a new tax credit that president obama wants to offer for dual income families when both spouses work for $500. he also wants to triple the child tax credit to 3,000 dollars. and then in order to pay for all of this, what he wants to do is raise tax rates on capital gains. right now that tax rate is 20%. he wants to raise it to 28%. now, obviously that's not sitting well with republicans.
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we have already heard from brendan buck, the spokesman for paul ryan and he says this is not a serious proposal. and you can expect that republicans will where very against it. but as we talked earlier this morning, there are populous strains developing in both parties right now. so there could be a little bit of republican support for something. but of course reps generally don't want to raise the tax rates. let's walk through some of the other proposals that he's going to be laying out. in addition to the tax credits, he also wants to offer two free years of community college, expand high speed internet and offer paid sick leave to more american workers. this is going to be an ambitious state of the union. we ale see him travel after the state of the union so he can sell for of his agenda. >> alexandra, there may be some
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republicans who will get behind him on this. how strong do you think that may be? >> it's unlikely, especially some of the pressures they've been facing from the right. we've seen conflict over immigration reform. can they concede ground on tax cuts or tax increases on the wealthy? i seriously doubt it. but this is more of a messaging effort for democrats to put them in a solid position for the 2016 elections. we're already seeing the growing distance between the classes shape up to be a defining issue of the coming political fight. this puts them in a good position, democrats in a good position to say they're on the side of the middle class. where republicans, you know, if they oppose this, it's going to put them in a tough spot. >> likely more than setting the stage for 2016, maybe as the president leaves the stage, this is a legacy document to say i fought for the middle class.
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let me come to you, erin. are there any bargaining chips that the president has? it's unlikely anything will get done. >> i think that's right. and already he has threatened to veto a number of things that republicans want to see. chief among those is the keystone xl pipeline. he's already said that he will likely veto that if that passes through senate as we expect that it will. also he's said that he will veto sanctions, more sanctions on iran as we talked about yesterday. there are negotiations underway with iran and he thinks more sanctions on iran will threaten the negotiations that are under way. he's also said that he will veto a reversal on immigration action. so as far as bargaining chips are concerned, really what we're looking at is something on tax reform. maybe not this. but also more trade packs. the president and mitch mcconnell, the senate majority
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leader have talked about how they can get somewhere on trade. >> i want to ask you about joni earnest, selected to deliver the republican response. he's a war vet. obviously a woman. she's from a very swing state. we're talking about iowa of course. she's only been in washington 12 days. what do you make of the decision to have her in that kind of a job? >> you know, that's true. but she's been a rising star on the campaign trail for months. she kind of orchestrated this very impressive win in iowa despite the fact that we were expecting the democrat to win. she draws big crowds in matter where she is. i saw her in louisiana shane was the biggest start there. republicans have looked to her and her charisma as a new fresh face as they've been branded the party of older white men. this joni earnest is the exact
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opposite of that. >> thank you both so much. we appreciate it. i want to talk to you about some breaking news this morning regarding isis. the terror group has released 250 prisoners in iraq nlts most of those released were children and the elderly, all yazidis. one of iraq's smallest 3450i e minorities. >> they're now under the care of kurdish authorities. also breaking develops on the hunt for isis trained terrorists in europe. >> let's go to pamela brawn. >> reporter: a lot we are following. three belgium nationals are in custody right now. two have been released under strict conditions. belgium's federal prosecutor says all five have been charged with taking part in a terrorist organization and this follows sweeping terrorist raids in
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belgium, germany and france. we're also learning that french authorities have released three people who were detained. nine other people remain in custody. all of this as american's top diplomat is rounding up fellow minister to take on isis. secretary of state john kerry will cohost an emergency meeting in london on thursday, we have learned. let's get more now on the breaking news on the release of hundreds of yazidi captives in iraq, many of them children and elderly people by isis. cnn's senior international correspondent ivan watson joins me from brussels for more on this. hard to believe that isis militants would do anything out of the goodness of their hearts. why do you think they released these people? >> reporter: we got to speculate at this point. we don't have a statement from isis for why kurdish, iraqi kurdish officials say more than 200, mostly elderly or infant yazidis released in the area of
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the kurdish controlled northern city of keir cook on saturday. if i was to speculate, the isis has lost some ground to the kurdish pesh merg ga over the course of the two months, in some cases that have been armed by an international coalition of governments, including the u.s. and backed by coalition air strikes as well. you recall that mountain shin gar mountain where yazidis were trapped last summer. that was recaptured by the peshmerga forces. it could be that there is pressure there to give up the prisoners. there is no mistaking, however, that since they went on the offensive in the summer in northern iraq, that isis have ethically cleansed hundreds of thousands f members of iraqi minorities, they're chris chance, shiite muslims and
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members of the yazidi sect. and they have also taken public responsibility for the enslavement of thousands of kidnapped yazidi women and girls. isis, as recently as december, were distributing pamphlets in mosque in the isis controlled city of mos l describing the rules for keeping a yazidi woman as your slave, explaining, for example, whether or not you can have sex with a yazidi girl or whether or not you can allow your friend to have sex with your yazidi female slave. isis has been very public how it considers it legal and fair to have a yazidi slave. presumably the release of 200 elderly and child yazidis is because they don't see a value of keeping them as they would
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keeping women and girls, which they can distribute among their supporters basically as rewards, as the kurdish government alleges they have done over the course of the past six months. pamela. >> reporter: former modern day slavery trieth there. so disturbing to learn about that. you have seen firsthand, ivan, the conditions that these yazidis have been having to live under as isis continues to gain ground. even though these 200 people are freed, where will they go? i can imagine they still have a lot of challenges and struggles ahead of them. >> reporter: if you can imagine being a prisoner for months and now your future is basically to go to a refugee camp. the iraqi kurds have been under immense pressure. not only are they fighting isis on the front lines day to day for months now, but they're also having to host hundreds of thousands of refugees. not on yazidis but, again,
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members of other religious minorities, christians, muslims, opponents of isis that have been pushed from their homes. there has been some international assistance, the united nations and other organizations have helped with the construction of sprawling refugee kampts for the massive humanity who have been pushed from their homes. when it comes to the former slaves who have escaped or in some cases people have paid ransom to get them back. i've seen small informal shelters being set up. i know that the kurdish authorities have provided some medical assistance, psychological assistance to these poem who have been terribly traumatized. but they don't get to go back to their homes for the most part. they are part of the masses of people who have been uprooted and pushed away from their homes. and when it comes to the yazidi
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community who allege that they are basically the victims of genocide by isis over the course of the last six months, almost everybody you talk to says they want to get asylum in europe, in north america because many of them feel there is no future for them among their former predominantly muse lick neighbors. in many cases, the refugees i've talked to say it's their own neighbors from neighboring villages who have joined side by side along with isis to expel them from their homes, to cap tur ap chur them or to execute the men from their communities. >> reporter: ivan, watson, thank you. of course we will keep following that developing situation. right now i'm going the send it back to victor and christy in atlanta. you know, pope francis is in
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the philippines this morning. millions of people came out to celebrate mass with him. we're taking you live to manila. plus, 7 million countries of the latest "charlie hebdo" are being printed. seven million. we'll discuss what this means for the publication and protests around the world. thanks. ♪ [ male announcer ] fedex® has solutions to enable global commerce that can help your company grow steadily and quickly. great job. (mandarin) ♪ cut it out. >>see you tomorrow. ♪
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mope francis is in the philippines and this morning, millions celebrated mass with him in manila. today is the pope's final full day in the philippines. >> he's concluding his six-day tour. anna coren is live there. anna, was reading that some people were jumping over barricades and trying to run off the pope mobile when he was in it. is that indicative of the mood that you're seeing there? >> reporter: christy, the people here in the philippines just love this pope. that's why they want to get as
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close to him as possible. obviously security was at an all-time high. up to 40,000 police and mull tear were here. there were barricades, fences. i was very well orchestrated and run. but yes, people were trying to get over, trying to get to the pope in his pope mobile as he traveled throughout the path behind me. he would stop the pope mobile every, you know, 50, 100 meters. he knelt down and hit a button and the pope mobile would stop and he would pick up a baby and kiss up. it was remarkable scenes. as you can imagine, the crowd erupted. it was 19-minute mass. the culmination of his visit here. his message was to the poor, to society to take care of the poor, to take care of children, nurture and protect children and to preserve the family unit. family is very important here. this is a deeply religious
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country. 80 million catholics. the third largest catholic population in the world. and pope francis obviously making this a priority as he gets his message out to the people. >> and i understand that the pope also visited tech lo ban, the area destroyed by typhoon haiyan last year. i imagine there would be a different message there as people trying to rebuild their lives and communities. >> reporter: yeah, victor. it was incredible. he had been warned not to go because of an oncoming typhoon. so they decided to leave early. they flew down early yesterday and and they conducted another mass. and he had notes that he was going to read. and he just set them aside and he broke into his native spanish which is when he speaks from the heart. he said to the people, i don't know what to say to you.
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you have been through so much. but i'm with you, i walk with you with a silent heart. and i think that was his message, one of solidarity, one of support. he's a pastor at the end of the day. he said that from the outset. i'm a pastor on this trip to the philippines. i want to show my love and compassion for the people. this community was hit, devastated by typhoon haiyan back in 2013, in which more than 7,000 people were killed. message of the pope, one of solidari solidarity. >> thank you so much. another big story we wear following, two fugitive teenagers, 18 and 13 who led police on a multistate manhunt. they've been captured. just ahead, how police busted them and what happened during their arrest. >> and on top of that, we're talking to the mother of one of those teens. that's coming up a little later in this hour. stay close.
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dangers of texts and driving. but one woman critical injured, her story in today's human factor. >> being stub bourn may have saved her life. >> my mom didn't appreciate it very much. >> in 2008 on the day she
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graduated from college, j.c. and her parents were in a car accident caused by a teenager talking on a cell phone. her mom and dad were killed. jaycee was given a 10% chance of survival. >> my pelvis was shat ared, my lungs were collapsed and i had a traumatic brain injury. >> she fought back refusing to give in. >> i had the reputation in college that i was the one who was going to save the world. >> her call to action came avenue the driver who caused the accident was convicted. there was no law against the use of cell phones. >> i spoke trying to get a handheld ban and texting ban. finally it went into effect that texting and driving is illegal. >> now the 28-year-old also speaks around the country to raise awareness of the dangers
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of using a phone behind the wheel. >> i'm glad i have so much despite having lost so much. none of us escape unscathed. i survived for a reason and with the purpose top to use my time on this planet to make some other lives better. >> dr. sanjay gupta cnn reporting.
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24 minutes after the hour now. let's take a look at other stories developing this morning. two kentucky teens who were the subject of a massive manhunt across several southern states, they've been caught. 18-year-old dalton hayes and his 13-year-old girlfriend cheyenne phillips. they were found sleeping in a stolen pickup truck in panama city, florida. >> the teens were wanted on several felony charges, including stealing several cars. coming up in a few minute, we're
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talking to the mother of that 13-year-old. two people are dead, a third injured after a shooting at a central florida mall. police say a man shot his wife and then another man in the mall's food court before turning the gun on himself. the woman survived. she's in good condition. the motive for the shooting is not yet known. take a look at this selfie. pro golfer posted after he said he was kidnapped, beaten and robbed. he said he was at a bar when we was abducted, thrown into a car and driven six and a half miles away. that's when robbering took all of his money, cell phone and then dumped him in a park. police are reviewing surveillance video now hoping to find potential suspects. more protests against bill cosby. this time it was in denver. 50 protesters led by famed
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lawyer gloria allred outside the treater whether he performed yesterday. inside, fans greeted the comedian with cheers and a standing ovation. cosby did not mention anything about the allegations of sexual assault that have been made against him by more than two dozen women. this morning the president is preparing for a fight over what some people will pay in taxing. >> mr. obama wants to raise billion obil raise taxes on the wealthy and use them as cuts for the middle class. details just ahead. (woman) caring for someone with alzheimer's means
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this morning, a heightened terror alert in europe. the military joining police on the streets in belgium and france to counter any potential threats. >> we want to get you right to cnn's pamela brown in paris who is leading our coverage of the terror threat around the world. what have you learned? >> reporter: good morning to you. we begin with breaking news right here in paris. we're learning three women detained have been released but nine people are still in custody. let's bring in jim bitterman with the latest. what are you learning, jim? >> reporter: these three women have not shown to be any connection with the terrorists that police thought they were involved in, amedy coulibaly, the one who died in a shootout with police at the kosher sushl market last week. police started picking up
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overnight thursday about a dozen people from around the neighborhood where dual bali grew up. they have held those people for 48 hours now. this morning under french law they've been to release them or charge them, or in the case of terrorism cases they can hold them another 48 hours. they're holding nine of them for another 48 hours. they'll be undergoing questioning without lawyers and the police will be trying to find out exactly how they were contacted to coulibaly and what they may have done to support his terrorists actions. pamela? >> reporter: i know since i've been here, jim, there have been a number of security measures. even in my hotel they did a security check with a metal detecter. what are you seeing in terms of other security measures in
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franceary elsewhere? >>. >> reporter: the most effective things are the things we're not seeing. the 10,000 police on the street, they're there. they can prevent attacks. they may be reassuring for the public. the question is how are they going to prevent the attacks? that's more of the jobs of the people we're not seeing, working on internet sites. the interior minister said earlier this week he's goings to increase internet security and monitor sites that with used for recruiting jihadis, as well as increasing the number of phone taps they're doing. i think that's really where the real effectiveness of any of this crackdown is going to take place. it's led to a controversy here in the sense that you can talk about freedom of the press and freedom of compression in the case of "charlie hebdo" and whether or not they can produce these cartoons of muhammad. but then you have to take a look
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at the same philosophical question and say what about the freedom of expression on the internet. can you crack down on the internet sites? it's going to lead to a big debate here. >> thank you so much. and as you were talking about, we want to continue on that subject of free expression. 7 million, that's how many copies of the latest "charlie hebdo" cover are being printed. the controversial cover show as picture of a tearful prophet muhammad holding a said that says je suis charlie. first it was win million, three three million, now seven million. is it possible more copies could be sold?
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>> i have a feeling there could be. it's too early to know how much money is being made off of this. but clearly this magazine, through the most traumatic of circumstances has suddenly become sensationally popular in frns, jeremy and in the u.s. a few copies have arrived here in new york where one copy was on display oef the weekend. there's a waiting list for customers who want to be able to buy copies. some of the proceeds will go to the families of the victims. but i asked the head of the american magazine destruction and said, is there anything that compares to this in the u.s.? >> he said no. this would be like if "people "magazine suddenly sold 30 million copies. nothing to compare. >> i'm curious, has the price gone up? >> it has not. and in fact one of the other book stores that is trying to get copies here in new york said they will sell them at cost. they will not take any profits.
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as i said, some donations will go to families as well. there are copies of exbay going way above costs. and of course some people are buying these copies up because they believe they'll be collectors items. but not universally are we seeing support for these cover. there were protests for two days in a row. and now we hear reports of several people dying amid these protests. the president of the country said five people died over the weekend and a number of different churches were burned by protesters who really object to the depiction of the muhammad. sew with can see the opt sigs to the cover, the opt sigs to any depiction of the prophet muhammad very evident. >> what's really interesting,
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and i'm sure you saw this, here in paris as you walk around the cover is on display at a lot of different places throughout the city, despite what he saw here with the terrorists attacks. really interesting to see the different reaction around the world. thank you so much for share your perspective. make sure to stay with cnn throughout the morning because you can catch brian tell zer's show today at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. president obama, he's ready to change possibly how much you pay in taxes. >> yeah, he's planning to offer up new tax credits to the middle class. but you know somebody has got to pay for that. we're digging into the details next. startup-ny. it's working for new york state. already 55 companies are investing over $98 million dollars, and creating over 2100 jobs. from long island to all across upstate new york,
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38 minutes past the hour right now. the president wants to make some major changes for middle class taxpayers and he wants to wealthy to pay for them. >> we've learned that the
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president will make his po proposal at tuesday night's state of the union address. it includes plans to raise the capital gains tax, close what will be called the trust fund loophole. >> that money would help pay for middle class tax breaks, including credits for families where both parents work. >> let's talk about it with maria cardona. also lisa booth is with us, the senior director at the black rock group and republican strategist. good to have both of you this morning. i want to start with you, maria. washington just doesn't pass bumts anymore. is this a document that is about legacy, about setting the stage for 2016? what are we looking at? >> i think it's partly that. but i also think it's this president's mission to continue to fight for middle class families and working class voters who are the ones who have
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been left behind by the resurgence we're seen and the economy. and his hope is that republicans will finally be able to understand that they have a responsibility to govern. and part of that responsibility is to ensure that middle class families are able to take a part in that resurgence. when you have an economy right now, victor, where the top 5. -- top 0.01% are paying very little taxes, it is not an economy that is working for everybody. and so if the g.o.p. like some presidential candidates have started to talk about, really want to attack the income gap, then this is something that they should be a working with the president to achief. >> do you think this is forces republicans into another narrative of democrats stand up for the working poor and middle class and republicans are for the rich guy? or do you think the republicans in congress will be able to
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shift this narrative? >> i think it's a false narrative from the president. he's robbing from peter to pay paul. it's going the take money away from private businesses that could otherwise expand and grow which ultimately hurts the economy. taxes have increased by trillions of dollars under this president. obama care is the largest tax increase in history in terms of raw dollars. what he wants to do is tax americans more so he can spend more of their money. hes's also questions a 7% increase in spending under his budget. if you look, the national debt has increased by $7 trillion under president obama and we've seen the three largest deficits since world war ii ushd president obama. and what he's doing is making faulty investments for the americans. it costs $280,000 per job. that's not a good investment. if you look at obama care, we're spending over $2 trillion to help 5% of voters. if you look at free community
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college which he's also going to call for, it's going to cost taxpayers $60 billion when a lot of individuals have access to pell grants. it may make for good sound bytes, but it wasn't help the economy and it's not good for the americans. >> we at least have to say that the president -- the country has made considerable head way in the deficit in the last couple of year. >> because of attrition. >> absolutely. i think this is where the republican talking points really run into a wall. because this economy is resur , resurging. we've had major job creation, more than since 1997. 56 straight months of private sector job creation. more americans have been insured under obamacare than we've ever had. and frankly this economy is resurging. the stock market is at record high levels.
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here's the problem, victor. the ceos in today's economy are making 936 times more than workers are making. that's how much their salaries are increased in the last 30 years while the increase for workers has been less than 10%. that is where the president is really trying to focus his solutions. and again, this narrative about republicans really only wanting to fight for the top income earns is going to continue to solidify if they don't work with this president to try to solve some of these problems, which the president will lay out on tuesday night. >> we're awaiting the budget proposal from republicans to see what compare and contrast to the president's plan. but some of the things that are po posed, the new tax break for two earns in a family, the child tax credit increase. from what we know of the president's plan, is there anything that you see the republicans will, okay, we'll go with that one. we'll accept any of the plan the
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president is putting forward? >> i think there's a mutual shared interest to reform the tax code. at face value 88% of americans want to see the tax code reformed. and so i think there's a mutual shared sgres. how we go about that is going to be a point of contention between republicans and the president. here's my biggest concern with the president in what maria is saying. republicans want to help the middle class voters as well. but this is a faulty premise. if you look at the minimum wage debate, it will cost 500,000 to 1 million jobs. if you look at research, the majority of the individuals who are going to see a minimum wage increase are the ages of 16 to 23 and they're living in house holds that make above the national average. and two third will see an increase of pay within a year. my problem with democrats is their arguments make for good political talking point but they don't help the economy.
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let's look at helping -- >> they make for very good policy. >> no, they don't. >> every american -- >> then why it is in the last election you saw five republican -- >> that's what happened -- >> let's hear from maria. >> five republican states in the last election in 2014 raised the minimum wage by voters going to the polls saying this is what they wanted. most of what the president is going to be putting out there on tuesday, victor, is vastly supported by the american people pause they though -- >> they're all going to pay for it. >> -- the president is on their side. >> however, the most districts in the country voted republicans in both the senate and the house. so this is -- >> 36 -- >> no. >> -- tax increase in illinois history. they lost. >> i'll tell you this. if republicans -- if
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republicans -- >> tax increases on the quote unquote higher income earns, he lost. if republicans continue to fight for -- >> last word. >> 0.1% -- >> victor i'll be taking you to the inauguration of a democrat president in 2016. >> i'll accept the invitation. i thank you both for getting up this early for us. so overnight police captured two teens who have been called -- thaf eve been called a modern day bonnie and collide at the end of the day. >> how police managed to bring the manhunt to the end. >> the mother of one of the teens is joining us live in just a few minutes. stay close. when the flu hits, it's a really big deal. the aches. the chills. the fever. an even bigger deal? everything you miss out on... family pizza night. the big game. or date night.
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wrong. you need to step up and take the consequences of what you've done and come home. >> tammy martin pleaded with her sonary his 134-year-old girlfriend, cheyenne phillips. he it's really very stressful. i'm just worried that they're not safe anymore. >> reporter: officials say the two have been on a multi-state crime spree stretching from florida to kentucky. >> we want them to come in and talk with us. the longer they stay away, the worse it gets. >> reporter: police say it started in clarkson, kentucky, when cheyenne's father reported her missing. then they burglar rised a home, stole a truck and crashed it into a fence. later, police say the couple stole another truck which had a firearm inside. they drove to south carolina and were spotted on security camera at a walmart. then they traveled to georgia where they are accused of stealing a silver 2001 toyota tundra similar to this one. authorities say the truck had
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two hand guns inside. >> yes, the citizen has registered firearms that were kept in the vehicle. >> reporter: authorities worry the pair could become more brazen and desperate as the search stretches on. >> please come home. we can work through whatever that it is. >> sherry peters, the mother of 13-year-old cheyenne phillips is with us now by phone. sherry, we thank you so much for being with us. >> you're welcome. >> have you talked to your daughter yet since she's been found? >> no, ma'am. >> you haven't. what's the first thing that you want to say to her? >> what do i want to say to her? >> uh-huh. >> i'm happy that she's safe, i love her. i'm just ready for her to come home to see her. >> tell us about that moment that you realized she was missing. >> scary. you know, it's very awful
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feeling, you know. >> i read that she did text you once when she was on the run. what did that say and did you have any other contact with her during that time? >> no, ma'am. she texted me that day that they took off and said, we're just going to run and then it was after that dalton had her phone and of course dalton had texted me that one time wanting me to give them $100 and so i was trying to play along with it in order to get her, you know, in my car, but the authorities had contacted me and said they were at the store at the time. >> dalton, this is what's interesting to a lot of parents. dalton hayes, your daughter is 13. what did you know of this relationship and did you approve of it? >> no. no, i don't approve of it. like i said, i just reunited with my daughter after ten years. we started talking before
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christmas so i really didn't know much about the relationship, it's just a bunch of lies. >> they're suspected of stealing three cars, two with guns inside, now facing multiple felony charges, at least he is. i know you just reunited with her after ten years. is this the daughter you know? do you know her to be defiant? >> no, this is not something i would think cheyenne would do, no. >> sheriff chapin, i know dalton. dalton is known to have disciplinary and defiance issues at the high school. i know you didn't know a whole lot but did you know this much about him at the time? >> no, ma'am. no, ma'am. i knew that they were on the run and stuff. we're just finding out this stuff. >> dalton's mother told local media she thinks cheyenne was with him because she was
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infatuated with the 18-year-old? do you agree with that? why do you think she took off with him? >> yes. yes, i believe that is because she was, you know, infatuated over him and just in love. >> well, sherry peters, we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. so glad that they've been found and we're wishing the very best to your family. thank you. >> thank you very much. i'm just glad they're safe and thank god. >> we are, too. we are happy for that for you. certainly. thank you. best of luck. >> you're welcome. >> sure. we'll be right back. >> bye-bye.
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hour now. let's take a look at some of the other top stories. president obama wants to make major changes to what some people pay in taxes. >> in tuesday night's state of the union address president obama is expected to lay out a plan that will raise taxes on top earners and close loopholes on inherited money. that will fund tax credits for middle class families and reforming the education tax system. more protests against bill cosby. this time in denver.
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this time it's led by famed gloria allred chanting rape is not a joke outside the theater where he performed, that was saturday. that was a stark contrast to what went on inside where fans greeted the median with cheers, standing ovation, cosby did not mention anything about the allegations of sexual assault that have been made against him by more than two dozen women. pope francis is in the philippines. this morning millions of people, look at this scene, celebrating mass with him in manila. he convened his message of empathy and hope to the people and taking care of the young. today is the pope's final full day in the philippines including his six-day tour of asia. so glad that you're starting your morning with us. >> we've got a lot more coming up with us this morning. the next hour of your "new day" starts right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and the two big developing stories this morning, president obama's new tax plan revealed. hikes on taxes on the rich and giving more tax credits to the middle class. and you're looking at new
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images here of isis freeing about 250 members of the yazidi religious community in iraq, most of them children, the elderly as well. these folks have been held captive for more than six months. want to wish you a good morning on this sunday. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. 8:00 on the east coast, coming up to it. we're starting with pamela brown anchoring from paris. >> pamela, this isis story, what's interesting about it is this is a very surprising move. we wouldn't anticipate this from this group, would we? >> reporter: absolutely, we wouldn't anticipate this. it's interesting to note who was released and who wasn't released. isis, one of the most infamous terrorist groups right now has released hundreds of yazidis who have been held captive for more than six months in iraq. they are now free, children and elderly we're being told
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according to a local official. the group is being held by kurdish authorities we're told. children and elderly are those released, but as we know, isis has many more being held captive. we want to go to cnn senior international correspondent, ivan watson for more on that. ivan, what do you make of this latest development? >> reporter: well, initially a kurdish senior official told cnn that about 250 yazidi prisoners had been released on saturday near the kurdish-controlled northern iraqi city of kirkuk. i spoke with a yazidi activist traveling in a convoy with these released prisoners from kirkuk to the yazidi basically religious shrine called lalish. they're traveling by bus with a kurdish peshmerga guard unit. 196

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