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egypt retaliates after the group beheads more than a dozen coptic christians. >> more on a lone suspect after a pair of deadly shootings in copenhagen's capital. and record snowstorms in boston. now bone-chilling cold. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. this is "cnn newsroom." egyptian fighter planes have
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hit isis targets in libya. the egyptian military says their jets have all returned safely from their missions. >> these twoxattacks are in response to a video showing decapitations on a beach in libya. isis captured those christians this past december and january. >> cnn's ian lee joins us now live from cairo with the latest. egypt's president has condemned the beheadings and has already responded as we've reported with these air strikes conducted on isis territory? >> reporter: the president spoke in cover of dark. . f-16s were taking off and struck
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targets inside libya. this is according to the egyptian military. they hit warehouses and weapons depots in libya. local media on the ground there is saying that the targets were in the city of durna. a city that was taken over by isis a while ago. it has a long history of militant activity. we're waiting to see if this one a one-off or a continuous campaign against isis in libya. this video that we saw come out where they behead 21 egyptian coptic christians is gruesome. also shows that isis in libya has a very first place presence. that last month they also attacked a hotel in tripoli. this is showing that they're expanding their territory, they're consolidating, making sure they're a force to be reckoned with. for egypt, this now opens up a second front in the battle against isis.
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they have the fight in northern sinai now that has claimed hundreds of security forces members of the security forces' lives. now this in libya where we'll wait to see if this is a continuous attack by the ejepgz air force or if this -- egyptian air force or if this is a one-off message. >> as you said, that video is shocking and disturbing. and for that reason of course we are only showing that still shot. but talk to us about how this video is different from the isis videos that have come before it. and the message that isis is trying to send. >> reporter: well this video is very similar to the gruesome videos we've seen in iraq and syria, especially with the production value. it appears that there has been some collaboration between libya and isis in iraq and syria. we see the men paraded out. there's a speech by one of the militants, and he senz out
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multiple works -- sends out multiple warnings. one to the coptic christianity community and another to egypt's government and one for europe. libya is on europe's doorstep. it is going to be very concerning for the european union, for the governments in europe if isis can control libya. and elizabeth right now is a -- and libya right now is a political vacuum since the 2011 uprising that overthrew muammar gadhafi, an uprising backed by the west. with instability in the country, isis has been able to exploit that gain control. there are other factions inside libya that are fighting isis. but they are fractured right now. if they hope to defeat isis, they're going to have to unite. something that we have not seen yet. >> all right. we'll watch closely to see what happens next from egypt there. cnn's ian lee reporting. many thanks to you. we turn now to what was
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terror that unfolded in copenhagen just past 9:00 in the morning there now. police are maintaining a heavy presence in the danish capital for this weekend's deadly shootings. >> police killed the man they say was responsible for the murders of two people at a synagogue on sunday morning and a cafe on saturday. >> witnesses say they heard as many as 40 gunshots at the cafe during a free speech forum there. >> the bbc obtained an audio recording of the shooting. cnn, not independently confirm what you're about to hear. listen -- >> why do we still stay but when we -- [ gunfire ] conversation happening, and then gunshots ring out.
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in a moment we'll go live to karl penhaul for n copenhagen for details on the suspect and his criminal past. >> first, senior international correspondent nick wattson walks us through what happened hour after dramatic hour. when we -- [ gunfire ] >> reporter: bullets ripped across the air terrifying second caught on audio. chaos follows. one dead, throw injured. the suspect gunman seen here on security camera flees. police say he comes to an apartment building in a low-rent grim neighborhood. hours later he attacked this synagogue. shoots and kills a young guard, injures two policemen. the police say they were waiting outside this apartment from 11:00 on saturday night. at 4:50 in the morning, the suspect gunman came become here. they challenged him. they say he took out a gun and fired at them. they returned fire and killed
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him. right here. police say when he shot at them he was armed with pistols. later they discovered clothing and a weapon they believe used in the first attack. >> translator: we are working under the premise that he was inspired by events a few weeks ago in paris and inspired boy propaganda by isis and terrorist organizations. >> reporter: vowing stand behind the jewish community -- >> they belong in denmark. they are a strong part of our community, and we will do everything we can to protect the jewish community in our country. >> reporter: the man killed at the synagogue, 37-year-old dan uzan. a devoted member of the jewish community standing guard outside while others celebrated a party for a young girl indoors. at the freedom of speech event, a 55-year-old filmmaker, was the victim.
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casualties at both locations could have been far higher had it not been for the armed police providing security. five were injured in the shootings. across the city security remains tight. concerns of an accomplice or copycat attack are high as arrests continue. nic robertson, cnn, copenhagen denmark. for the latest on the investigation in copenhagen we go to karl penhaul at the danish capital. you're next to one of the two shooting locations. what is happening there this morning? >> reporter: absolutely. this is the cafe that my colleague, nic robertson, was talking about in the package. he referenced a beefed up police presence. this is still being considered a crime scene there. that frightening audiotape of bullets going off, that is the
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effect across the glad front of the cafe. we've counted 24 bullet holes. it seems clear that the gun dsman walked along spraying bullets as people inside were taking part in the event on blasphemy and freedom of expression. what we're hearing this morning, additional details from the police about the identity of the gunman who was killed. they're saying he was a 22-year-old danish-born man of arab origin. and they're saying that he was on their radar. he was known to police but not because they suspected they suspected him of jihadist extremism, he hadn't gallon fight with factions. but he was recently released from prison where he'll served time for stabbing a fellow commuter on a commuter train and of also in the past had been charged with crimes of weapons violations and of a member of a
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gang -- and was a member of a gang because in denmark it is quite well known that there's an overlap between the muslim street gangs and some kind of extremist activity. this is something that police were looking into. what police have told us overnight is that yesterday afternoon they arrested three other men in an internet cafe near to the location where the gunman of shot. we're expecting to hear from police what connection any of those three may have had to the gunmen and if any will be charged with crimes. >> karl, let's spin that out a bit more when we compare this to the attacks in paris. it's believed that one of the suspects there was able to make his connections with other jihadis while in prison. interesting to note this 22-year-old believed to be behind this also served time. what do we know about the men arrested at an internet cafe and what their possible connection to all of this might be?
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>> reporter: right now from official sources, we know very little about the throw men who were arrested yesterday -- the three men who were arrested yesterday afternoon. we know the internet cafe was pretty close to the location in northern copenhagen where the gun was shot boy police sunday morning. the police have said that there is a connection between the throw men and the gun dsman but haven't spelled out precisely what the connection may be. we're waiting to hear whether they may have had any kind of a role in planning and carrying out this attack. so far what police have told us is that they believe that the 22-year-old was the only gunman involved in the attack. this wasn't a kind of paris scenario as far as we know so far at least where there were multiple gunmen in multiple locations. >> yeah and this investigation continues. the police want to hang on to the information they have if they looking for more suspects. our karl penhaul live in
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copenhagen. thanks. rosemary? lars vilks, the likely target of saturday's first attack is no stranger to death threats. the swedish cartoonist says the shooting was the worst incident he's been through. take a listen. >> i've been having the problem since 2007 and been through several incidents. this is the worst because i've never been up to this before. i have to say the protect was good in one way even if the police protection could have been better. they didn't really count on the strength of the terrorist's machine gun. they had difficulty in striking back. >> and vilks was not hurt in the attack. he told cnn he plans to keep speaking at these public events.
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>> all right. very defiant there. still to come on cnn, the brutal winter weather in the u.s. is moving south while the northeast remains buried in snow. enough is enough. thousands of people in athens send the message on austerity as the prime minister seeks new terms for the bailout. there are happier stories in the news. "saturday night live" marks a major milestone with its biggest lineup yet.
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they've been luckyoris far but thing are about to change for u.s. states in the midwest and parts of the south. we're talking about it this brutal winter. a potent mix of snow ice, and rain. it's targeting areas from kansas to the carolinas. and it will eventually bring another round of nastiness to the northeast where millions are digging out from yet more snow and some of the coldest temperatures in a decade. >> you know that means cue pedram javaheri, our meteorologist, to somehow make this sound, i don't know positive? it looks painful. and -- it can be quite dangerous for folks. >> it is going to be dangerous. i think it is for parts of the south. areas not accustomed to it are going to get in on this. areas around little rock arkansas the ice accumulation will be so significant that widespread power outages a
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possibility. look at the radar imagery, and the color spectrum of the radar here the top of the screen. just about every color met as far as what's happening snow sleet to freezing rain to some regular rain and then you get to the heaviest variety. the northern areas of louisiana. this is all taking place this hour. this is moving off to the east. we do think that snow line stays just across the northern tier of say, alabama into georgia. that's why snow showers do not look like they're going to extend farther south beyond that. here's what's happening in oklahoma city. finally conditions tapering off. the i-40 corridor this is an area where we are seeing strong heavy freezing rain taking place at this hour. then it becomes more heavy snowfall around missouri and also around areas of indiana. take a look. 60-plus million people under a winter weather advisory or warning meaning conditions going to go downhill very fast in the next couple of hours. any time you get accumulations of ice exceeding quarter inch to a half inch, you begin to become concerned about tree limbs coming down and breaking and
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power outages, certainly a probability when you exceed a half inch of ice accumulations. that's exactly what's in the forecast right here around little rock arkansas. in fact look at the color contours, a half inch to 3/4 inch around little rock. it stretches across areas of knoxville, to western areas of north carolina that could see significant ice accumulations. snow showers going to be a problth north of the region -- probability north of the region. generally a foot north of nashville. this will impact people to the south, and the storm, guys moves up the eastern seaboard by tuesday. more snow around new england coming midweek. >> yikes. all right. thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thanks. now eurozone finance ministers are set to meet in brussels today consider greece's bailout. prime minister alexis tsipras says he's confident he will make progress on renegotiating the terms. he's got the backing of thousands of people in greece. check this out. they rallied against the austerity program sunday. greece's current bailout is due
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to run out at the end of this month. joining us with the latest on all of this from athens is journalist linda labrupalu. we can talk more about the details. the bailout program, austerity measures, have been painful for many. obviously those who protested feel that finally their voice is being heard in this new government. but the fact is greece is backed into a corner right now especially after that new economic information was released last week. so what options are on the table here? >> reporter: as you said greece is in a very tight spot at the moment. there are three possible scenarios that will be waiting to see today. the first is to have a deal to have a deal either extending the current bailout which is not what greece wants and it has said this so far it will not accept it. the other idea would be to go into a new deal possibly a bridge deal lasting for about six months to give greece enough breathing space and enough time to decide on its next moves. and then of course there's always the risk of reaching the
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end of the month where no deal has been found. and this is the most problematic of all scenarios simply because this would mean that greek funding would end from the ecb, the european central bank and greece would find itself without a program. the greek finance minister has said that even if it's a last-minute solution a solution will be found. the greek prime minister has also talked about a win/win situation where a solution is possibly found today. but from what we understand the two sides still have a huge distance to cover in order for a solution to be found. so hopes are not high for tonight, and this of course increases anxiety in greece especially at a time that we've had some bad news concerning the economy. we know the revenues have not been coming in as they should be. people are worried to bring their money in to greece and also they're not -- they're keeping a wait-and-see attitude
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toward what to do with their money. the economy is not -- is not really progressing at the moment. >> all right. it seems as though as all -- as is always the case finding consensus on this issue between the new greek government now and eurozone nations and bank is going to be very difficult. quickly, last few second here when is that meeting today? >> reporter: we're looking at upstarts in less than six hours from now. it's a very intense day for greece. people will be watching they'll be glued to their tv screens to see what happens. they just know that very very high stakes are inner for greece tonight. >> journalist in athens covering all the intensity. we'll certainly see what happens as the day unfolds. thank you very much. rosemary? we'll take a short break now. still to come the crucial next steps in the ukrainian cease-fire should be happening at any moment. a live report from one city
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still reeling from a shelling attack.
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now violence to report out of eastern ukraine. five ukrainian security forces have been killed in fighting with pro-russian separatists in mariupol. the incident happened after the
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cease-fire went into effect. 22 ukrainians were also injured in the clashes. that's according to an army spokesman. >> that news comes as we approach the second day of what has already been a tense cease-fire. the ukrainian military and pro-russian rebel forces were supposed to pull heavy weapons back into a so-called buffer zone from the front lines starting today, monday. the ukrainian army says they still have plans to pull weapons out, but they will wait until it's quiet. for the very latest i want to bring in senior international correspondent frederick pleitgen live from mariupol, ukraine. let's talk about the latest violence because this is a concern that had been -- the cease-fire had been holding except for that scattered reports of gunshots earlier. and artillery fire. what sort of impact could this new violence possibly have on this very very shaky cease-fire? >> reporter: yeah. i think you're absolutely right. i not the cease-fire is shaky.
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i think we're at a point where the cease-fire could go either way. either it's going to work going to get more quiet or things could spiral out of control once again. on the one hand you have the situation in mariupol where, as you said five security forces were killed in fighting yesterday. those were actually four from the interior ministry and one from a battalion which is a volunteer force and 22 that were injured. we know that there are mar tar attacks on the out-- mortar attacks on the outskirts of mariupol. they started around 8:00 a.m. this morning. they say the firing comes from pro-russian separatists. of course, what you have on the ground is you have both sides blaming each other for any escalation that could take place. again, the ukrainian forces are saying they have plans to withdraw heavy weapons from the front line but they're not going do that as long the violations of the cease-fire continue. of course, both sides are saying that. you have the situation here in
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mariupol and then you have another situation which is even worse up in the town where it's unclear whether or not the cease-fire is holding there. and generally, whether or not both sides are adhering to the minsk grammy. the pro-russian separatists, of course saying they believe the town should be their territory. whereas the ukrainian military that's essentialed holed up there -- essentially holed up there say no this place should remain ours. and the russian separatists, pro-russian separatists have no right to be going in there. so it is right now a situation where things could go either way. by and large, the ukrainians are seeing that the cease-fire is still holding. it is more quiet here than it was, for instance on saturday. >> just very quickly, just on that because reuters had been reporting that russian-backed rebels in debaltseve said they won't honor the truce. what are you able to confirm on that? tripoli appears as though by and large the truce even there is --
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i wouldn't saying about honored. flael . there's military action, but apparently it's been a lot more quiet the past days, as well. it's another one where the situation could go either way in the coming hours. certainly from what we're hearing from people that we know who are on the ground they're saying that if anything it appears as though more military equipment is being moved into that area. certainly that is very much appears to be against the nature of the minsk agreement. and they have asked for withdrawing of military equipment starting today. it could go either way. there's fighting going on here. whether or not the fighting spiral out of control is something that presumarily we'll see in the come -- presumably we'll see in the coming hours and days. >> it was never going to be easy was it? that's a problem back in september. they tried, it failed that time. we're watching this closely in the second day very early. we will be watching it closely as will you.
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a warm welcome back to our viewers in the united states and, of course around the world. this is "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. in headlines, egypt's military
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has bombed isis targets in libya. the attacks are in response to the militant group's murder of 21 egyptian christians. isis released a gruesome video showing the decapitations on a beach in libya. before the killings took place, a jihadist in the video ranted against egypt and anyone opposed to isis. copenhagen police say the man behind this week's deadly attacks have been on their radar over guns and gang activity. officers killed him during a shoot-out at his home. police say he killed two people. a man at a cafe on saturday during a free speech forum, and another man at a synagogue on sunday. he wounded five police officers. there's uncertainty over the crucial next step in the ukrainian cease-fire. pro-russian separatists and ukranian troops are expected to start pulling back heavy weapons from the front lines today, but there appears to be no movement from either side. u
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after the cease-fire began, five ukrainian security forces were killed and 22 wounded in fighting with pro-russian separatists in mariupol. we want to return now to the murder of 21 egyptians by isis. the militant group has been active in iraq and syria for some time now. the killings in libya leave no doubt that isis is also thriving elsewhere. cnn military analyst rick francona explains isis' growing presence in libya. >> there's been a real radical islamist presence in libya for some time. what's worrying is now they are self-identifying with isis. you know before we had them identifying themselves as al qaeda or different extremist groups. but now we see them coalescing into this one big organization called isis and it presence a real problem because as this group expands the west united states has to figure out how do we counter this. while we can come up with a military solution or military
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operation in a restricted area like syria and iraq, what do we do in expanse to -- when it ex-pansion to north africa? >> in the iraqi town of sinjar, fires are engaged in gun battles with isis militants. isis has maintained a strong hole over sinjar over the border here. >> many refugee are in the neighboring mountains. phil black spoke to two women about their experiences at the hands of isis. >> reporter: sinjar is now mostly empty. blackened and battered by war. isis holds this town firmly. from a peshmerga position above, we hear fast-moving aircraft followed by explosions below. from this position overlooking sinjar, you could see this smoke rising above the town. there is the occasional burst of small arms fire from down within its streets. and there is a surprising amount of traffic coming in to the main road from the west, from the direction of the syrian border toward sinjar and
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isis-controlled territory. cars and heavy trucks an endless stream moving at high speed. proof the coalition has not achieved its goal of stopping isis from moving fires and supplies across the syrian border. the arrival of isis last august triggered a panicked stampede. much of the population, hundreds of thousands, fled up the slopes of neighboring mt. sinjar. they found safety but no food and water no shelter from the scorching heat. some remain on the mountain. most have moved. on main, have disappeared -- many others have disappeared. there man hasn't seen his brothers since isis entered the town. at a large refugee camp in kurdish iraq, full of people from sinjar, we hear stories that help explain the disappearances. wahida and her niece dima. captured by isis. she says they killed the men. she saw her cousin beheaded.
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both say they were moved repeatedly with other sinjar women first to syria then back to other isis areas in iraq. wahida saw women being raped again and again. dima just 13 says she was kept with other young girls who were told embrace islam and marry isis fighters. she tells me one girl refused, and they cut off her hand. aunt and niece were held separately but both escape at different times while their guards slept. like almost everyone from sinjar they follow the yazidi faith. a religion especially loathed by isis. yazidis are scattered across northern iraq in camps like this waiting for isis to be driven from their towns and villages. wahida and dima say they will never go back to sinjar because they will never forget what they saw and will never feel safe there again. now another arab nation is joining the coalition air strikes targeting isis.
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a number of bahraini warplanes have landed in jordan to help in the ongoing fight. we have more live from aman jordan with more on that. good morning to you. while the peshmerga continued the fight on the ground in northern iraq the bahrainis joining this air campaign what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: well, bahrain is one of the few arab countries that is part of the u.s.-led coalition. but now what they're doing is they have moved fighter jets to jordan. they say that this is part of the bilateral military cooperation between both countries, but it's also part of its effort to support jordan in these -- in this fight against isis. this comes after a week when we saw the united arab emirates do the same. they moved a squadron of f-1 fighter jets also to jordan. they have carried out air strikes on isis targets out of this country. now this comes after we saw jordan saying it was stepping up its military campaign against isis following the killing of
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the jordanian pilot that seems to at this point at least for the time being have galvanized the arab and muslim members of the coalition to fight isis. we have heard from jordanian officials saying whatever we heard before from people, saying that this is not jordan's war, jordanian officials say this is the war of muslims and arabs, and that they need to be going after isis and the ordarns with all the support they can get. this is bordering two countries with the isis presence and the fight against isis in syria and iraq. and they want to see as much support as they can get whether from arab countries or also from the international community. >> and meantime we're seeing another front open up in the fight against isis. we're seeing the horrors have reached libya a militia loyal to them appeared to behead 21 ejipg christians on the beach. you spent a lot of time in libya, documented how the sun and falling apart. what can you tell us about the
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latest development? >> reporter: errol, you remember become in 2012 when the world was shocked to see that attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that killed the ambassador at the time and three other americans, that was a wake-up call to many that there is that extremist presence. the radical extremist presence that has been in libya for decades. since 2012, hundreds of libyans have joined the fight in syria either with the al qaeda affiliate or with isis there. and there have been concerns about them becoming moreeral cadized and coming back to the country. we have seen since then that radical groups extremist groups with various links, have set up camp in libya. they've been training and used the country as a logistics base. if you look at what's going on there's a serious security and political vacuum in the country. fertile ground perfect for extremist groups to thrive and grow there. and there's this real feeling
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that errol, little has been done boy the international community -- by the international community, the same international community that helped libya four years ago overthrow the muammar gadhafi regime to help libya gets back on its feet. there's been a feeling amongst many libyans that the international community has known about the presence and threat of groups like isis now as we are seeing the group becoming more emboldened becoming more public in that country and threatening europe right now. that the international community has ignored that threat, something that they feel now cannot be ignored any longer. >> and it's interesting because if we think back to the u.s.-led invasion of iraq when it started to fall to pieces that was the fear then that a failed state in iraq would lead to groups like isis. that's what's happened here. we're seeing they're benefiting, taking advantage of other failed states in the world. live for us in amman, jordan this morning 20 to 11:00 there. thank you very much. speaking of these failed states the united nations city
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council now calling on huth -- security council now calling on houthi rebels to withdraw from yemen's government buildings. the council unanimously passed a resolution urging all sides to end armed hostilities. >> the shia muslim rebels surrournded the presidential palace last month. the u.s.-backed president and cabinet resigned days later. last week houthi rebels seized all vehicles as the ambassador and diplomats left the country. we want to get you this information just in to cnn. turkey and japan now suspending operations at their embassies in yemen. the turkish foreign ministry says fighting between the rival faction poses a serious security risk. says when public order and security is restored in sanaa and the rest of the country, a legitimate -- and a legitimate government authority is established there, the embassy will reopen. the american british, and french embassies suspended operations in yemen last week. a 22-year-old danish man
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with ties to gangs and a criminal background is thought to be the only shooter in this weekend's deadly attacks in copenhagen. police presence is still high in the city as they investigate what may have driven this man to murder. i do want to bring in a reporter with tv 2. thank you, sir, for speaking with us. let's start by getting an idea of the mood there across copenhagen in the aftermath of this deadly and shackocking attack. >> reporter: the effects of the shooting are still visible. people are still laying flowers at the two scenes of the shootings. i've just been driving through coyne copenhagen from one side to the other, and on all public buildings you see flags flying at half -- even the local football stadium a couple of meters to the left of me flying at half. you have a bit more of police in the street than you would
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normally have on a machine morning. security has tightened a bit. but i must also say this it's a morning that in many ways looks like any other morning. i mean people are taking their kids to kindergarten, they're driving through work. i mean the traffic is every bit as bad as it is normally. i think this speaks a bit to how people will react here in copenhagen. a lot of people have said that the most important thing we can to now is to act in the same way as we always have, and think in the same way and say the same things. >> yeah. very good advice. it's interesting, a lot of people there in denmark have said that they would expect something like this. but still, there was a great deal of shock. talk to us why there was this expectation and explain to us too, the shock this people felt when they heard eventually about these two attacks. >> reporter: i think it's important to remember that here in denmark we have this debate
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on the possible terror attacks that could have happened for a long time. since 2005 denmark being the country of the -- the drawings of the prophet that stirred up in parts of the world. then we have been active for wars in afghanistan. in iraq part of the anti-isil coalition now bombing in iraq. so people here in denmark have been expecting something to happen. i sat in the studio last night talking to a lot of people politicians and also just more normal people and they all said that they were shocked when they heard about the shootings. then the mixed reaction was, okay but we were expecting this. and i'm not sure that this is not the last time we'll see a shooting in copenhagen. many are fearing this could happen again. this is a very peaceful neighborhood in denmark. it's a high-income area i'm
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standing in here in copenhagen. people are not expecting that someone would just go out and shoot someone on a saturday afternoon, so they were shocked. they were also very much expecting this to happen at some point. >> what more are you learning about the lead up to this attack? what details do you have on that? >> reporter: we have quite a few details coming in late last night and also this morning on the alleged shooter the 22-year-old male born here in denmark. one of the interesting details that came out very late last senate how he approached -- last night is how he approached the second shooting, the one at the jewish center at the synagogue. a spokesperson for the jewish community has said to several media that the alleged shooter appeared to be drunk. he was faking to be drunk, and he walked up to the center and actually vomited just next to the security guard. then he stood up and shot him in
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the head and then shot at the two police officers. and he was actually just fooling them by pretending to be drunk. and people have been talking about this. more information on his background where he lived, and on some of the people who might have helped him know that as we also said teamwork people are in custody. -- two people are in custody and are charged with helping him, getting weapons for the shootings and also hiding him during the eight hours in the afternoon. so a bit more information coming in. many thanks to you. errol? we've got some breaking news this hour as it relates to the two attacks in copenhagen. police releasing a statement in which they say on sunday police arrested two men suspected of being complicit with the gunmen who carried out the two attacks. thatting in just in now -- that
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information just in now. unclear if it's likely to be different from the suspects already detained. we had our karl penhaul talk about that earlier this hour. now two additional spokes two men -- suspects, two men suspected of being complicit with the 22-year-old gunman taken into custody. they'll number court we understand for preliminary questioning monday morning which is now. that again, is according to a police statement. we'll continue to follow breaking leads this story. stay with us.
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in another developing story, five ukrainian security forces killed if clashes with pro-russian rebels in mariupol. 22 others wounded in the violence that happened after a cease-fire agreement went into effect. >> cnn's nick paton walsh has more on how the shaky strus looking from another heavily contested city. >> reporter: here the cease-fire didn't stop the fighting or even freeze it much. we went as far down the road as the ukrainians seemed to hold. other by separatists, indeed encircled in the city a few kilometers further. here they say the bridge is target ed targeted. shelling rings out for hours. the troops trapped inside the road, hundreds if not thousands iran using the supposed pause in
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the fighting to escape. instead the deathly silence is broken by the sound of shelling and, at times, civilians still fleeing now for their lives. "the shelling," she says "not as bad as it was, but there are still people there." see monitors said they were blocked from traveling down this road earlier, but that the cease-fire was just about holding. here the pause is just a time to take stock of how much you've lost. it is the separatists pushing forward here but in the crossfire of heavy weapons when even nursery schools have been hit. many locals feel anger at their government in kiev the most. natalia's home is here and she feels her russian roots are also under attack. who did this? "ukraine did this," she says
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"pair shank oh kiev. -- pairoroshenko, kiev. don't film me. they'll kill me. there is no rest, no calm." "what are they doing here with automatic weapons," she says "what are they doing here? we only have the elderly here." "they knock on the door," anton says, "take a guy in shorts and sandals, take him away. the ukrainian national guard, that is. where, i don't know." the snow has settled along with new anger and hatred. still, the sound of a war not yet resolved to peace. nick paton walsh, eastern ukraine. coming up next here on senior citizen "saturday night live" proves it's still -- on cnn, "saturday night live" privacy it's still just as relevant. stay with us.
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a relative unknown rooky in the nba is now a slam-dunk champ. >> 19-year-old zach levine won the competition with some pretty impressive moves earning two perfect scores and becoming only the second teen to win the dunk contest since kobe bryant. he was feeling pretty confident afterwards. he told reporters he could beat lebron james in a dunking contest. >> wow! i mean that's awesome stuff. very bold given some of the
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monster jams lebron threw down during the all-star game sunday. check it out. james scored 30 points in a losing effort against the west. james, though is the second highest scorer in the nba's all-star game history. somehow stuff there. also "saturday night live" celebrated its 40th anniversary in new york on sunday night. nbc hosted the 3.5-hour special along with a huge red carpet event before hand. and many big names were there to help celebrate. >> everyone who has ever worked on the show including regular guest hosts, writers, and more were invited. here's a look at some of the night's best moments. [ applause ] >> live from new york, it's saturday night! >> sean you control the board. >> i'll take -- for 200. ♪ ♪ get away from me ♪
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[ applause ] >> there he is. a special moment at the end of that clip you saw, that was eddie murphy of course taking the "snl" stage for the first time in over 30 years. he received, as you heard, a standing ovation. >> very awesome stuff there. that is it for us. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. thanks for joining our revamped show. "earl willy start" is next for -- "early start" is next for those of you in the u.s. have a great day. thanks for the ride around norfolk! and i just wanted to say geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years! roger that. captain's waiting to give you a tour of the wisconsin now.
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breaking overnight. egypt launching air strikes against isis after the terror group beheaded egyptian christians. egypt's president vowed to avenge the murders. terror in copenhagen. what caused a man to go on a shooting spree in denmark. a look at what authorities are looking at ahead. bundle up. a deep freeze slamming the northeast. is there any relief?