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in the faulken islands. strong words for the author now. good morning to you. so glad you're with us. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 out west during the "cnn newsroom" and we're starting with a strong statement from defense secretary ash carter. >> he says the obama administration still questions its plans to pull out almost all remaining 10,000 u.s. troops from afghanistan by the end of 2016 as scheduled. carter arrived in the afghan capital kabul this morning. >> it's his first overseas trip since he was sworn in a few days ago. in a news conference with the afghan president carter said he will assess the security situation against the taliban. >> president obama and i discussed in my first meeting in the oval office earlier this week just a few days ago, our priority now is to make sure this progress sticks.

that is why president obama is considering a number of options to reinforce our support for president gainey's security strategy including possible changes to the timeline for our draw down of u.s. troops. that could mean taking another look the at timing and sequencing of base closures to make sure we have the right array of coalition capabilities to support our afghan partners. the right array to ensure that hardline progress lasts and, of course the right force protection footprint for our remaining personnel. >> now the defense secretary is getting a chance to talk face to face with the american soldiers there in afghanistan. he's heading to bagram air base north of kabul tomorrow. secretary carter also said the success is more important than timing in grabbing back iraq's second largest city from isis. which have a new isis video of the militant making off with

scores of american-made weapons, assault rifles ak-47s. it appears they got them when they attacked an iraqi military post in anbar province brutally killing and burning iraqi soldiers there. cnn has not been able to confirm when this individual was shot. they also seized u.s. armored vehicles humvees as well. it's now common tactic by isis to overrun iraqi military posts and seize big quantities of u.s. weapons from them. iraq and the u.s. are planning a big spring offensive to take back iraq's second largest city from isis. this was last june when iraqi forces dropped their weapons and ran from their posts as isis militants arrived in mosul. cnn's erin mcpike is live at the white house for us. wondering what the pentagon is saying about where they stand in anticipation of this military campaign. good morning. >> good morning to you, christi. let me first point out that u.s. officials say by and large they

believe they are ahead of where they thought they would be in the overall military campaign against isis. now specifically when it comes to mosul, they're saying that this april or may tentative date is just that it's tentative, for when they are going to launch this mission to take back mosul. and that is important because the new secretary of defense, ash carter traveling overseas this weekend, kicks that decision largely to the iraqis. i want you to listen here to that comment. >> that is one that will be iraqi led and the u.s. supported and it's important that it be launched at a time when it can succeed and i think the important thing is that it will -- it will get done when it can be done successfully and i -- even if i knew exactly when that was going to be i wouldn't

tell you. >>. >> reporter: now that last comment that he made is important because we also heard from a senior defense official yesterday saying that they didn't know that u.s. central command was going to divulge so much detail about this april/may beginning to take back mosul. but yesterday, there was an official from u.s. central command who briefed reporters on some of the details of what they would be doing broadly speaking and that they are trying to train iraqi forces in five brigades to go too battle in april and may but still the president has to sign off on all of this. but i do want to point out that also broadly speaking some of what we're hearing from the pentagon about the success that they have had to date even though we're getting so much ambiguity right now and what they're saying about the military campaign against isis is isis losses in eight months are equivalent to u.s. losses in 14 years in iraq and afghanistan. they also say three quarters of

isis equipment, their infrastructure their forces on the battlefield, has been depleted and it would be hard for any organization to sustain itself with those kind of losses and say there are an estimation of 1,000 to 2,000 isis forces in mosul and that is compared to the 20,000 to 25,000 forces of iraqi security forces that they plan to send in in april and may, should that time frame hold christi and victor. so by and large, there's still some planning going on but they think they're having some success. >> yeah. in fact they just announced a little while ago that there had been air strikes this morning or in the last 24 hours over syria and iraq but i'm wondering if they're talking at all about how much confidence they do or do not have in the iraqi military there, because obviously they're saying that iraqi military is going to take front and center and take the lead? >> well that's right. and what we have heard from pentagon officials over time is they have come a long way since june since that video that you played there at the top, when

isis took mosul, that there has been so much training and that there has been a lot of success, they say that 2,000 iraqi security forces have gone through u.s. training and are prepared. they say another 3200 iraqi troops will be going through this training in the coming six to eight weeks, but they feel good about where that is. of course there has been a lot of skepticism about whether iraqi security forces are up to this task. >> all right. erin mcpike, good to see you this morning. thanks for the info. >> of course. as the u.s. plans this massive operation to reclaim mosul from isis big question is the iraqi army ready to fight? a part of the conversation that christi and erin were having. bring in military analyst lieutenant francona. good to have you this morning. >> good morning, victor. >> secretary carter has taken office and already in afghanistan. he said the operation to take mosuls this is a, quote will be iraq led and u.s. supported. do you think that support will likely include combat troops?

are the iraqi forces strong enough to do it? >> well i think erin hit the key right there, skepticism. there is a lot of skepticism in the u.s. military about the iraqis' ability in this short period of time to be ready to send five brigades into mosul. the numbers sound good looks good on paper, but when you talk to the people actually involved in this, they don't feel that the iraqis have grasped what they need to do and there isn't that real desire to get into an urban warfare situation in mosul. and the people in mosul, of course, need to be supportive of this. what we're hearing is that they don't want a shia army coming back into mosul. the iraqi army is largely made up of shia. in fact the most effective units in the iraqi force is not so much in the army but the iraqi forces rit large are the shia militias outside of the army structure. so they're going to be part of the mix. it's going to be u.s. supported. u.s. air power, u.s. intelligence but at some point,

we may want to consider putting u.s. special forces in to control the close air support. this is one of the most difficult things you can have militaries do is bring aircraft dropping bombs in proximity to your own troops. we're very good at this. training people to do that is very difficult. i think i'll go back to erin's word skepticism in the u.s. military. >> you mentioned that u.s. special forces likely being used for air support. ohio governor john kasich went further. let's listen to it now. >> i'm suggesting to you that at some point in dealing with isis mark my words whether john kasitch you ever hear from him again, it will require boots on the ground from the world to be able to deal with this problem. >> boots on the ground from the world, maybe not to retake mosul but to hold it at some point? >> of course you have to retake it. i think the governor's got a

good point. at some point, it's going to take more than just the iraqis to defeat isis. if you look at what's going on in iraq if they're successful at retaking mosul that's a big step. this is a city of 2 million people wide spread and it's a built up area. five brigades may not be enough to do this because they're going to have to fight this street by street house by house, block by block. it's going to be difficult. i'm not sure the iraqis are up to that. so if you augment these forces with american special forces what i would call the afghan model, embed them with the afghan units to control the american air power because american air power can be a force multiplier it's going to be required. but make no mistake, this is going to be a very difficult operation and i was a little surprised to hear that general that was giving part of this briefing saying he expects this to be wrapped up in six weeks. i don't think you will be able to clear mows until six weeks. >> we've heard estimates of how long certain operations will take. and they've taken exponentially

more time than often forecast. lieutenant colonel rick francona thank you so much. >> sure thing. still to come police are digging deep this morning into this road rage attack that ended with a murder of a las vegas mother. >> yeah. ana cabrera has more for us. >> the 19-year-old suspect, erich nowsch allegedly confided in a couple friends after this shooting and this morning we're starting to get a better idea of how the events unfolded and why the suspect may have opened fire. i'll have those details straight ahead. >> also freezing cold temperatures even snow i'm sorry to say. groundhog was right it's turning into a winter that won't quit. [engine revving] [engine revving] [engine revving] ♪ introducing the first-ever 306 horsepower lexus rc coupe with available all-wheel drive.

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. 14 minutes after the hour now. the manhunt continuing for another suspect in the so-called road rage killing of a las vegas mother. there are new details coming to us a about the 19-year-old suspect who is already in custody. >> police are now saying erich nowsch confided in friends about that deadly shoot-out. cnn's ana cabrera is live in las vegas for us. did he tell these friends specifically ana, that he shot somebody and what's the verbiage used? >> that's according to the arrest report and in that report he allegedly showed these friends the murder weapon, a .45 caliber handgun which apparently matches some of the shell casings found at one of the shooting scenes. he told these friends according to the arrest report that he believed that people in a green car were after him. he says he saw someone in that car point a gun at him and

that's why he opened fire. we're getting a better sense, too, of how events unfolded. there were apparently two shooting scenes according to the arrest report. first, shots were fired on the street during an encounter between those two vehicles and then apparently one of those vehicles the myers' family tried to leaves the scene, ended up back at their house, and that's where there was a second exchange of gunfire at that time and ultimately tammy meyers ended up dead. a reminder that their house, where the victim lives, is just one block away from where the suspect was arrested. now he told his friends, again, that he felt that he was being pursued by these people and in a quote within the arrest report he said got those kids they were after me i got them. victor christi? >> and there's a growing list of charges against him now, right? he's in court on monday? >> right.

he's being held here at the clark county detention center facing all kinds of charges from murder attempted murder deadly assault with a weapon also firing a gun in a vehicle in a prohibited area. now his hearing on monday is supposed to be an arraignment, which means that's when he'll officially be read those formal charges. victor and christi? >> ana cabrera, appreciate the update. still to come countering violent extremeism, the white house invites leaders from across the country and around the world to take part in this special summit. the question many people are asking is was there enough substance here? >> oh, talk about substance. how about subzero windchills freezing rain more snow. how much longer do we have to put up with this? you may not want to know the answer i'm sorry to tell you, but we will clue you in. ter who you are, if you have type 2 diabetes, you know it can be a struggle to keep your a1c down. so imagine ... what if there was

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this is cnn breaking news. no the breaking news coming to us -- the breaking news out of minneapolis, police are searching for the person or persons who ambushed and shot a police officer in his patrol car in that city. the officer is in stable condition at a hospital in the area. now officials say the officer was responding to a burglary call before 5:00 a.m. when he was shot. police department has released this statement. let me read it for you.

there is little doubt that an officer was the intended target of this shooting and that this officer just happened to be the one who was there. of course we'll continue to follow this but again an officer in minneapolis so the in stable condition at a hospital in that area. we'll bring you more when we know more. meanwhile check this out. deep freeze sweeping the nation. all kinds of problems it's causing not just on land. that's a freighter stuck in the middle of lake erie. u.s. and canadian coast guards are working together to try to break it free. it's been there several days battling ice. 8 to 10 feet of ice. 8 to 10 feet. >> no wonder it's stuck. >> you think. >> across the country more new video to show you of the winter blast that's closing down this massachusetts school. look at this. heavy snow forced the roof to collapse and crews are working around the clock to remove all that snow. >> speaking of removal, snow

removal in one new jersey town didn't quite happen the way it was supposed to. massive sinkhole swallowed up a plow truck. the driver thankfully is okay which is the most important thing. >> look at this. an ice cave formed on lake michigan. it's a pretty big winter attraction in that area although i do not know that i would go out on the lake to see this cave. >> with 8 to 10 feet of ice if that were the case in that area yeah. still wis about 125 und -- 125 million i should say under a windchill warning or advisory more than 300 flights canceled today, i know you're wondering, just give me a break. >> when is it coming? >> ivan cabrera, give us a break. the picture you have is something. >> there it is. here's the area. that's why we have a problem here if you see the blue there is no blue there. >> no. >> it's about 8 to 10 feet under ice that's the problem here. you get them when you get 20 to 30 degree temperatures below

zero. 85% of the great lakes are now frozen here. i do not recommend you ice skate on those, but nevertheless that's what we have going here. i'm going to start big picture this time around. more rounds of arctic air. this is through the first week of march. we have one after another after another after another and we'll take you into the early part of march. the first time i've seen an actual pattern change this comes into the second week of march. i know that's a long time to wait. second week of march a trough in the west and a ridge in the east and that means for you and me in the east is warmer temperatures. not right now. right now what we have is a mess on the roads. we have reports of an inch of ice in parts of northeastern tennessee, specifically to the border north of -- into kentucky. be careful out there as we wait for the temperatures to warm up. they will later this afternoon. there's warmer air that begin begins to push in. winter storm warnings posted for a chunk of the south. this storm will continue headed off to the northeast but temperatures below freezing at the surface. i think what will happen is we

will go from snow it will accumulate from 2 to 4 inches and then switch over by the time we get into late saturday too sunday as that push of warm airs comes in to an all rain situation. this is very unlike what we've had over the last several storms. this is not a coastal low. that's good news. i'll leave you with that and get ready for the next blast of arctic air which will take this below zero once again. >> well thank you for that. >> thanks ivan. >> there is mid-march coming. >> we look forward to mid-march. >> here's an important question. can teachers and police can they keep isis from luring young americans? that's the goal of a new pilot program launched in three major u.s. cities. i'll talk with the top police official from one of those cities. that's coming up just ahead. >> but first, this week's "ones to watch" series examines dance. >> beyonce's chief choreographer, now that i have your attention, frank gatsson

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this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news out of minneapolis this hour. police are on the hunt for a suspect who ambushed an officer in his patrol car. that officer we know is in stable condition at a nearby hospital. officials say the officer was responding to a burglary call just before 5:00 a.m. when he was shot. let's talk to scott, the pio for the minneapolis police department. thank you for being with us. what first of all do you know about the suspect that might help to try to apprehend him? what can you tell us? >> i don't have too many details to releasen s suspect at this time. we are conducting an active search in the area and i have not released any information

about the person at this point. >> okay. we know that in a statement earlier, the police department said there's little doubt an officer was the intended target of the shooting and that this officer happened to be the one that was there. the indication is this particular officer was not targeted just any police officer would have been the target you believe? >> that's what we believe right now at this point in the investigation. the two officers have responded to a burglary call and they were getting back into their car when one of those officers was shot. the other officer immediately drove his partner to the hospital and right now that officer is in stable condition. >> is this a neighborhood that is a normal call for police that may have some problems there? >> well this was a burglary call they were responding to. i would probably be willing to say that we respond to burglary calls throughout the city. >> we understand that the

officer is in stable condition. can you give us any other information about him? >> not at this point. the chief has met with this officer. his family is with him as well. he's doing okay. folks at the minneapolis police department would like to thank a lot of folks who have sent well wishes thoughts and prayers. >> sure. >> i know we don't want to compromise the situation, but when you don't want to give out any more information on the suspect does that indicate that you have in mind who or where this person is or you just don't have that information on hand right now? >> it's just not information that we're willing to release at this point in the investigation. for that exact reason they did mention. >> i got you. scott seroka the pio for the minneapolis police department thank you for the update on what's happening there in your city. best of luck to you and the officers. >> thank you. we'll keep you posted. >> thank you so much. we appreciate it.

victor? >> president obama, he's calling for a united global effort to take on isis. he's also urging a grassroots effort involving everyone from teachers to counselors police officers local religious and community leaders, a three-day white house summit on countering violent extremism wrapped up in washington this week. let's talk about this. we have michael downing the deputy chief with the counterterrorism and special operations bureau the at happenedlapd and harris safar the spokesman for the spokesman for usa and author of "demist fiing islam tackling the tough questions." thank you for joining us. michael, i want to start with you, you attended the summit. some critics say this was a lot of talk question the substance. what do you believe? are there actionable items that came out of this that will be measurable over time? >> definitely so. i think there was a tremendous

value and it really raised this really sensitive subject to a national level. we've been doing this work since 2008 and i think the federal government recognizes that, you know law enforcement is only one little piece to this and we really need to create more partnerships more whole of community, and it's not just the muslim communities, it's jewish communities, christian communities, this is something that affects everybody. it really affects humanity and we need to step up and get more government involved and develop more strategieses including mental health. >> one thing we talked about this morning, it's not just extremism or some would call it islamic extremism, there are sovereign citizens that are mentioned and many other types of violent extremism. harris let me come to you, the president says that muslim communities have to take action in helping counter violent

extremism. let's play a bit of what the president said. >> the muslim communities, including scholars and clerics, therefore, have a responsibility to push back not just on twisted interpretations of islam, but also on the lie that we are somehow engaged in a clash of civilizations. the america and the west are somehow at war with islam. >> so how should muslim leaders do that and do you think they're doing it enough? >> well at the outset we in the community were happy to be active participants in this week's summit. for almost a century we've been civilically engaged including from our work back in president hoover's days. we have in our dna the fighting extremism, having paid the ultimate price with our lives being butchered at the hands of violent extremists and the summit was a health yeey conference.

the president talked about the role muslim leadership play in countering this violent extremism but you cannot type cast muslims with a broad stroke that isis is islamic and integrated within islam. it was refreshing for the president to echo the message of the community, as the leader of the largest organized international muslim community in the world, his holiness has not only condemned isis as unislamic, dismantled their ideology and has spoken both about the role that muslims have to play leaders especially in reaching out to the youth to counter the extremism, but also the role that governmental leaders have to play in identifying, for example the source and -- of the funding and cutting off the funding of groups of isis that's truly their fuel. so that's why we were really happy to see was president had to say and we are fully there with him, having done for several things for the past several years to counter the

acts of extremism. i'm happy to explain more about what's being done in that regard. >> let me get to michael. los angeles, the police department and as i've said michael, you're with the lapd l.a. is one of the three cities or one of three cities in a pilot program to counter violent extremists and some critics question their surveillance and if this opens the door to increased surveillance of muslim-americans. how do you counter that and tempers those concerns? >> so there will always be a need for intelligence for surveillance operations and diminished operational capability of the terrorists. that will always be there. however, the countering by extremism initiative is mot an intelligence exploitation platform. in fact if you make it part of your initiative on countering violent extremism you will fail because you will lose your legitimacy. this is about outreaching and engaging to all faiths all people, to -- especially those

on the fringe that have grievances that feel discontent or may be oppressed and actually educate them about access to government integrate them into societies, give these communities and individuals a voice so they can participate and then encourage civic engagement where law enforcement could step back from a secure tized relationship and let the community, whole of community take hold. putting on domestic violence workshops, putting on youth development workshops, outreaching to inner city youth doing all those type of things that inspire communities and make them feel like they're part of the community. there's a sense of belonging. >> it will take more than the happened and community leaders. it also takes family leadership and schools at well. michael -- >> absolutely. >> harris thank you so much. >> thank you very much. talk to you soon. bye-bye. >> bye. still ahead, bill o'reilly pulling no punches as he defends his reporting record on a war.

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covering the falkland islands war. the issue, of course is that you cooperate get to the falkland islands, no reporters could. o'reilly says he was covering a riot after the end of that war in argentina what he's referring to. some independent observers and mother jones are looking and saying actually that's not a war zone bill. here's what he said on his program last night. >> here's the truth. everything i've said about my career career everything is true. 33 years ago in june argentina surrendered to great britain ending the falkland war. i was covering the conflict from argentina for cbs news. after learning of the surrender angry mobs in buenos aires stormed the palace trying to overthrow the government. i was there on the street with my camera crews. the violence was horrific the soldiers fired into the crowd responding with acts of their own. my video of the combat led the cbs evening news with dan rather that evening and later on i

filed a report that ran nationwide. that's what happened. >> well you can hear o'reilly defending his record talking about the apparent harrowing situation he was in. the question is whether that was combat and should be called a war zone or a protest or riot. that's the see man tick dough bait happening here. there's conversation about whether people died in the riot as o'reilly once said or only injuries. meanwhile o'reilly is saying this is political, mother jones he says is out to get them he says i'm out to get them as well he said this is all a political issue and he's the victim of it. frankly i think it's more complicated than that. journalistic issues here that go to credibility. but is this like brian williams? a brian williams' situation i don't think it is. owe'reilly is a different kind of person point of view anchor as opposed to a nightly news anchor on nbc news. nonetheless, it is the kind of thing that makes bill o'reilly's

critics seem more critical and fans even more loyal. >> no question different approach by bill o'reilly. nbc has approached this saying very little and we hear so much from bill o'reilly at the top. >> i think i lost your ifb. i'm sorry. >> we'll have to move on to christi. brian, thank you. christi, to you. >> all right. still ahead, there are these disturbing interrogation tapes. why two teenage girls they say they stabbed their classmate 19 times. real transformations can happen as much inside a person as out. that's why you should take the listerine® 21 day challenge. use listerine® and over 21 days you'll experience a transformation. take the listerine® 21 day challenge and start your transformation today.

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. two girls now both 13 years old allegedly stabbed their classmate peyton lautner and left her in the woods. for the first time we are hearing their own account of the attack from police interrogation obtained. >> hours after this attack last may morgan geyser and anissa weier gave disturbing details to authorities. they say they stabbed peyton to impress an on-line fictional character named slenderman. listen to this. >> it was weird. i felt no remorse. i thought i would. >> how did you get the knife from anissa? >> she shortort of shoved it into my hand.

there it was. i didn't know what i did. it sort of just happened. it didn't feel like anything. it was like air. >> what do you think should happen to somebody who stabs somebody else? >> i expect to get put in some sort of a weird place or i expect i would get put in prison or insane asylum. i didn't know which to expect. i don't think i'm insane, though. >> my goodness. let's bring in legal an analyst dani sa valleys. dr. steve perry. thank you for being with us. steve, i want to go to you first. what's your reaction to that? >> it's disturbing but not surprising. we have so many children who are fractured, seen too much for them to completely understand and make sense of what it is that they see and this child, both these children in particular showed so many signs

they were troubled and they were missed. >> they were troubled but to think this character was real i think that's what is so hard for people to wrap their heads around. i want to play another clip for you, danny. as both of the girls describe their interactions with slenderman. >> when you guys were walking you thought you saw slender? >> it was after morgan stabbed her. >> very sharp. >> see him in your dreams or where do you see him at? >> i see him in my dreams. >> i see him in my dreams. danny, can insanity be part of this defense for these girls or no? >> it could be. wisconsin was one of the first states to have a juvenile insanity defense, but this case is not yet in juvenile court. the first order of business for defense, drag this case if you

can, back to juvenile court where jurisdiction ends at age 25. as it is now, this case because it's attempted murder is automatically in adult court. so it is -- the burden is on the juveniles to get it back. wisconsin has a permissive insanity defense. either the -- they lack substantial capacity to conform their conduct to the law or they weren't aware that what they were doing was wrong. that is considered among the states a very permissive in insanity defense as compared to states like texas. if they remain in adult court, if they can demonstrate those prongs, one of those two prongs they may avoid liability with an effective insanity defense. >> i know you help rehabilitate troubled kids in your experience as an educator. you hear the voices they're still little girls. you can hear it in their voice. why would they believe this character to be real? >> it seems that at least one of the children was dealing with

serious psychosisp. for them to have a cognitive dizzyssonance dissonance something they created on to a world unto themselves and they're children it's easy for children to believe in things whether santa claus or something else. these children believed in slenderman. the issue for me is not slenderman. the issue for me is that these are children who through their play with their barbie dolls and mutilation of a barbie doll and some of her writings 60 different images talking about what she wanted to do and how she wanted to harm we have to say parents we need you to go through your children's rooms and have a better understanding of what's going on in your child's lives and your intuition has to kick in at some point. too much evidence for this child to present to her family that there was something definitely troubling this chide or two children. >> your intuition will kick in if you're paying attention to it. some of the other disturbing evidence that's coming out? >> some of the other disturbing evidence is the barbies that

have been marked up with slenderman's marks, some of the scribblings, notes. juveniles, children they scribble in class, do art, sometimes it can be weird but this is particularly disturbing and it will be used by the defense as evidence not only that this case should be in juvenile court but maybe down the road that they are legally insane under wisconsin. >> danny sa val has and steve perry we appreciate your voices in this. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you so much for watching us and spending time with us today. >> yeah. so much more ahead in the next hour of the "cnn newsroom." fredricka witfield is up after the break. >> make good memories today. ohhhhh... whoa whoa whoa! who's responsible for this?!? if something goes wrong, you find a scapegoat. ...rick. it's what you do. ahhhhhhhh!

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waukesha. all right. happening right now in the newsroom isis flaunting fire power in a new video. >> i counted at least 35 m-16 assault rifles made in the united states. >> what we can learn from the pictures and why it gives another insight into the challenges of battling isis. plus -- quote they were after me and i got them. friends tell police that's how the man accused of gunning down a las vegas mother in a road rage incident bragged about the shooting. plus -- >> i think it's a mistake to question people's motives. >> rand paul saying rudy giuliani's comments are a mistake. giuliani saying his secretary is now receiving death threats over

them. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." all right. new evidence today that american-made weapons are falling into the hands of isis fighters in iraq. the militants apparently attacked an iraqi military post in anbar province. they seized dozens of weapons, m-16s and heavy machine guns and even armored vehicles. isis fighters left the post but not before committing more horrific acts. they burned bodies of iraqi soldiers and cnn has not confirmed when the video was shot but this comes as the u.s. and iraq plan a major offensive to take back the isis stronghold of mosul. new u.s. defense secretary ash carter arriving in afghanistan this morning and he talked about the plan to retake mosul and any timetable that has been publicly discussed.

>> that is one that will be iraqi led and the u.s. supported and it's important that it be launched at a time when it can succeed and so i think the important thing is that it will -- it get done when it can be done successfully. even if i knew exactly when that was going to be i wouldn't tell you. >> all right. we're covering this for you with our senior international correspondent ben wedeman in erbil, iraq and cnn global affairs analyst, retired colonel james reese. ben, to you first, isis is adept at using videos like this as propaganda but is there a greater concern here being raised about their ability to seize u.s. supplied assets? >> well once again, we should stress we cannot confirm the

voracity of this video that was posted yesterday on facebook but we do know there was an incident early in the month similar to what is -- what you're seeing there. it really is more of the same. you know going back to last summer isis has overrun scores of iraqi army positions. the iraqi army, of course, has a lot of american-made, american-supplied weaponry. in this video, you see lots of m-16s, you see piles of ak-47 assault rifles mortars, ammunition magazine clips, you also see, as you mentioned, a humvees and armored personnel carrier, all appear to be american made. and really this has been the pattern. going back to last summer when isis took over mosul, a city of 2 million, and the iraqi army fled, they left millions and millions of dollars worth of very good american weaponry behind and every time isis takes

over one of these bases, their supply grows even more. of course, it contrasts starkly with, for instance the peshmerga, the kurdish forces in the north, what they have. yesterday we were spending the whole day with a senior kurdish commander who said that he believed that isis as a result of these victories over the iraqi army has more than a thousand american humvees compared to the peshmerga who have at best he says 100. some of those humvees, he said they had bought on the black market after they were sold by corrupt officials in the iraqi army. now, when the americans are talking about a possible move on mosul, in april or may, the whole question comes up is the iraqi army up to the task? now the americans are training giving a crash course to select units of the iraqi army 2,000

have already graduated from these courses, 3,200 are in it but the question is is that enough to retake a huge city like mosul, fredricka. >> let's find out more. ben wedeman, thanks so much. colonel reese, let me bring you in. how advantageous is it for the u.s. to make public that there will be this retaking of mosul, this attempt come april or may in the first place? >> well fred good morning. you know this wasn't a unilateral decision which centcom and the u.s. and the pentagon. as you recall the iraqis this is the iraqi fight and they have been talking about this several weeks now about how they're planning moving up the tigris river valley up north, they're making these attacks, the peshmerga have positions in the northeast of mosul, so this is nothing new and isis is prepared for this. they know it and at the end of the day, the iraqis are going to get positioned the peshmerga are going to get positioned and

the coalition air forces will help start to isis in mosul and when that day comes that could be a month from now, three months from now. >> we heard the new defense secretary say, you know, not long ago that the u.s. will be supporting iraqi troops in this operation. is this the case without the u.s. support iraqi troops just really don't have the capacity to hold on to mosul, to really fight isis? >> well i think the iraqis will -- they have some capability. you know all the reports we had in the past about when the forces just kind of left their stuff, a lot of them didn't have ammunition to help them fight and they just ran. right now, there's a big push to get them the supplies they need plus also if he are able to mass 25,000 soldiers a division's worth, and right now the intelligence coming out of mosul, there's about 3,000 isis that's a pretty good odds on

top. then you have the peshmerga in the northeast. so right now, we'll have to watch how the iraqis handle this. the u.s. and coalition is doing a great job trying to get their positions in and enabling them with the fires, the intelligence that we can bring to the table, over the next couple months it will be interesting to watch to see what the iraqis do. >> how will progress be gauged if i think it's difficult for most americans to try to understand what kind of dent is being made by the current strategy but what are the measurements of success? >> well right now, so your measurements of effects really and success, we're starting to see already. the iraqi forces have done very well right now at shutting down logistics and resupply lines from the west mount sinjar where isis has been trying to push additional assets in to mosul. we've gotten reports that isis has moved their families out of

mosul, prepared for this fight. the other aspects will be once the iraqis are set and their assault positions ready to go in mosul and that coalition surgical air strikes start in mosul it looks at how long before that air strike and the follow on ground assault happens. if that happens quickly that could show great success. if it shows weeks before they start going in that could mean that the air support in the mosul, which can be difficult in a city is not getting great success. the last piece, the best success will be to see how does the populace of mosul react to when the iraqi forces come in and do they help against isis or do they turn and fight with isis which will be a critical measure of effective ins. >> colonel reese, always great to see you. >> have a great ta. >> thank you. >> more new twists in the so-called road rage shooting case in las vegas. ana cabrera joining us live from

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this is cnn breaking news. all right. we're following this breaking news out of minneapolis. a manhunt is under way after a police officer was ambushed and then shot while sitting in his patrol car. here's what we know. the wounded officer was one of two who had just finished responding to a reported burglary. the incident took place around 6:00 a.m. eastern.

the wounded officer was taken to the hospital by his partner. he is now in stable condition. a short time ago a police spokesman talked to christi paul. >> the chief has met with this officer. his family is with him as well. he's doing okay. folks at the minneapolis police department would like to thank a lot of folks who have sent well wishes thoughts and prayers. >> we'll continue to monitor this story and bring you the latest developments as soon as we get them. now to a development in another shooting we're following. the man accused of gunning down a las vegas mother in her so-called road rage incident reportedly bragged about the shooting. his friends it telling police he said, quote, they were after me and i got them. end quote. 19-year-old erich nowsch is charged with murder. police say he gunned down tammy meyers in front of her home after a confrontation while she was giving her daughter a drive driving lesson. ana ka cabrera is in las

vegas for us. we know the mother knew the suspect who lived just a block away. tell us more about this relationship. >> well robert meyers the victim's husband, says his wife spent quite a bit of time at a nearby park with the suspect giving him food money, advice and says that makes this incident the shooting that much more shocking and heartbreaking. police are still investigating exactly what happened in this apparent road rage incident that turned deadly. we are learning a few more details today from a police arrest report. we're learning that nowsch apparently conit fided in a couple of friends that talked to detectives and the friends told detectives that nowsch told them that he was being followed by a green vehicle. he thought that the people in that green car and it was after one of those people pointed a gun at him that he opened fire.

he even showed them the murder weapon which was a .45 caliber handgun and that did, indeed, match shell casings found at two separate shooting scenes. they were 17 shell casings recovered by police detectives. nowsch is still here at the clark county detension center and have his first court appearance on monday. >> he's facing a growing list of charges? >> it is adding up. he's facing murder charges, attempted murder three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and another charge of firing a weapon in a vehicle in a prohibited area. keep in mind police are still looking for yet another suspect. they aren't giving us any details on this suspect's identity but nowsch did tell friends according to the arrest report he was a passenger in the vehicle that was involved and presumably police are looking for the driver of that car. but again no word just yet on whether they're close or who that person is.

fred? >> ana cabrera, thanks so much for the details out of las vegas. still ahead, one of the tallest buildings in the world engulfed in fire. hundreds of people are forced to run for their lives as debris just flies everywhere. we'll look at how investigators are trying to piece together how it all started. the bed reacts to your body. it hugs you. it's really cool to the touch. this zips off so i can wash it-yes, please. (vo) visit your local retailer and feel the tempur-pedic difference for yourself. meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. supporting millions of new jobs. billions in tax revenue... and a new century of american energy security. the new energy superpower? it's red, white and blue.

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checking our top stories right now. a labor dispute among west coast dock workers could finally be over. the workers have reached a tentative five-year deal but it still has to be approved by union members. the dispute caused a serious disruption in shipping at 29 u.s. ports. if the deal is approved it could take up to eight weeks for things to return to normal. scary images of a fire in a luxury skyscraper in dubai. it forced hundreds of people out of their homes overnight. john has details. >> reporter: the fire ripped

through one of the world's tallest residential towers early saturday morning. the blaze broke out just before 2:00 a.m. local time on the 50th floor of the building called the tore torch, 336 meters or over 1100 feet high housing 676 units. a dubai spokesperson told cnn the fire took more than 2 1/4 hours to put out due to high winds making conditions much more difficults to firefighters. there were no injuries. six fire engines were dispatched to fight the fire and hundreds of residents evacuated. witnesses described the scene with falling glass and building materials on fire hitting the ground. in a city full of sigh scrapers the torch is one of the best known due to its architecture height and position on the dubai marina a fashionable and densely populated residential area. occupants have been told anyone who lives on the 50th floor or above will not be allowed back in the building until a safety clearance has been made.

cnn, abu dhabi. millions of americans continue to feel the wrath of a bitter winter that has been blamed for at least 23 deaths. this week alone, 18 of them in tennessee. the relentless ice, snow and bitter cold has been developing huge sections of the midwest and the southeast and all the way up to new england. in massachusetts, several horses had to be rescued by overworked emergency crews after a structure collapsed under the weight of the heavy snow and some 100 million people are under a windchill advisory and hundreds of flights already have been canceled. it's a bad situation. doesn't seem to be getting better any time soon. then take some live looks right now of the wintry conditions in our nation's capital. it's so beautiful outside the white house, and you can actually see a little bit of a shah shadow of the capitol building there. it's beautiful but i know

washington that is not a place where people drive that great when the snow covered roads can hinder things. be careful. stay indoors or do the metro. ivan cabrera with us now. >> it's saturday so it's a good thing. this is the shot. i would telestraight over it but i don't want to get in trouble with that because of the shape of the dome here but yes, indeed it is snowing in the nation's capital. we will be talking about one to three inches that will fall and then we'll be tog about warmer air pushing in. this is the way it's going to go. the stow with the cold air but we have the nose of warm air that's going to be coming in. the great thing right now is that kentucky where we've been seeing icing this morning has switched to plain old rain. that is excellent news for our friends in the mid south. nashville under an ice storm warning. that has been lifted. now it's plain old rain. we had flash flood warnings that's how heavy the rain is coming down. as we move further to the north and east that's when we're going to be talking about additional

snow accumulations that includes philly and boston as well. it will turn over to rain at some point. my concern is the transition between the snow and into the plain rain there's going to be a period of freezing rain. temperatures right at the ground at 32 and it's going to be coming down as rain. that could freeze on some of the highways or at least the untreated roads. we'll have to watch that closely. sunday morning lows not bad actually. with that warmer air pushing in. quote/unquote. upper 20s there. look at this getting ready for another arctic blast. we're not quite done. i'm sorry, it's going to be coming in. >> unbelievable winter or month really. >> coming in. there you see the rain going away. behind that temperatures below normal once again. >> oh, my goodness. okay. i have a feeling we're going to be talking about this again tomorrow. and the days to come. >> broken record. >> thanks so much. appreciate it. still ahead, a stunning new intelligence report from the department of homeland security on homegrown terror and the threat from right wing citizen extremists here in the u.s. they may be in some cases more

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all right. good morning again, everyone. thanks for joining me. i'm fredricka witfield. a stunning new intelligence report from the department of homeland security showing that threat of homegrown terror is growing. the report focuses on the threat from the so-called right wing sovereign citizens movement. it cites two dozen attacks against law enforcement or other government agencies since 2010. joining me right now, mark potak, a senior fellow the at sovereign poverty law center and

cnn law enforcement analyst tom fuentes former assistant director of the fbi. good to see both of you. tom, let me begin with you. hasn't the threat of homegrown terrorism been a primary concern, especially since oklahoma city and tim they mcveigh the unabomber, hate groups that have been in this country a long time what is different now? >> well they have been for a long time and i think just the rise of other organizations that they look at as enemies of them may be stirring increased membership but, you know, the fbi has been fighting kkk for about 100 years. >> right. >> and back in the '80s and '90s, fighting groups like, you know arian nation and a group called the order who were white supremacist groups and the interesting thing there is that in two months, will be the 070th anniversary of the death of adolf hitler and yet naziism is

alive and well in many places in the united states and in europe still, and that's without benefit of the nazis did not have the internet and hitler wrote one lousy book compared to what we're facing with other groups. in the modern era these new groups, domestic and international, are using the internet are using their connections and their ability to communicate and find followers through mass media and social media and that makes them increasingly dangerous now. >> and mark your center has been studying homegrown terrorism for a very long time. keeping track of supplying the information to the federal government. the department of homeland security classifying the threat from sovereign citizen groups that's how they're classifying it equal to a greater than threats from foreign groups. is that in sync with what the southern poverty center has been observed over the years or a new discovery? >> well i mean i'm not -- comparison are a little bit inindividuals you.

i mean, you know al qaeda murdered 3,000 americans in a single day. i'm not sure what we gain by saying one is a greater or lesser threat. the fact is is that they're both very real and substantial threats and i think that there are signs, particularly at this white house summit last week that the federal government has been taking to some extent its eye off the ball when it comes to domestic terrorism. it's a fact that more americans have been killed by domestic nonislamic terrorists since 9/11 than by jihadists of any strife. so stun none is to diminish the threat of jihadist terrorism which is very, very real but we have a substantial movement. when we talk about sovereign citizens we're talking about perhaps 300,000 people in this country. >> who are they? how do you describe -- i know there isn't some monolithic thinking but describe for us or help us understand, you know

who is being defined as a member of this sovereign group? >> well they're kind of a subset or a derivative of the old militia movement. they are bound up in all kinds of conspiracy theories about the ill legitimacy of the federal government. sovereign citizens have a bizarre set of beliefs which tells them that they do not need to respect virtually any of the laws especially of the federal government. that leads to a lot of conflict with law enforcement in particular because these people believe that police are enforcing totally illegitimate laws they are agents in effect of evil and so what we've seen happen quite a few times, is sovereign citizens being pulled over in normal traffic stops by police officers and opening fire. >> okay. mark and tom, thanks to both of you gentlemen. i appreciate it. >> thank you. coming up a significant development in the medical case

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all right. checking our top stories today secretary of state john kerry said the united states and its allies are discussing additional sanctions against russia over what he calls moscow's land

grabbing in eastern ukraine. >> we're not going to play this game we're not going to sit there and be part of this kind of extraordinarily craven behavior at the expense of the sovereignty and integrity of the nation. >> tomorrow kerry will head to geneva to address another pressing global issue. iran's disputed nuclear program. he is expected to hold two days of talks with senior iranian officials. and the first of three planned spacewalks is under way right now. nasa astronauts barry willmore and terry verts are outside the international space station working on installing new docking ports for future private space taxis. the taxis will ferry new crews to the orbiting lab starting in 2017. the astronauts are about halfway through their six-hour spacewalk spacewalk. and former mayor rudy

giuliani doubling down on remarks he made about president obama's patriotism. this week giuliani objected to the president's refusal to labor the terror problem an islamic extremist issue and says president obama doesn't love america. giuliani is standing by his comments telling cnn that he, quote, doesn't regret making the statement. but he is getting a lot of heat even from people in his own party. kentucky senator rand paul told cnn affiliate wave that he believes giuliani's comments were a mistake. >> i think it's a mistake to question people's motives. it's one thing to disagree on policy and i think it's one reason why like john yarmuth and i get along, the democrat congressman from louisville and we have a good friendship. we don't always agree. we agree on some things and we acknowledge our agreement but i don't question his motives and i try not to question the motives as being a good american or bad american. >> former mayor rudy giuliani

has received death threats according to his office after comments about the president, but giuliani says the majority of feedback to his office has been positive. all right sources tell cnn bobbi kristina brown has had her breathing tube removed but that's not necessarily good news. the daughter of the late whitney houston will now be ventilated through a hole in her throat. here's cnn's alina machado. >> reporter: two sources close to the houston family tell cnn doctors at emory university hospital in atlanta performed a tracheostomy on bobbi kristina this week. those same sources say doctors are slowly trying to bring her out of a medically induced copa. now the tracheostomy was done to replace a breathing tube that had been in bobbi kristina's mouth. she will be ventilated instead through a hole in her throat. according to cnn's chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta,

this is a standard procedure and it is often done to reduce the risk of infection. now, as you know bobbi kristina has been hospitalized since january 31st after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub at her home just outside of atlanta. the 21-year-old has been in intensive care and on a ventilator for three weeks now. we've also learned this week that her boyfriend, nick gordon has tattooed her name on his forearm. gordon's attorney says his client has been trying to see bobbi kristina but is staying away from the hospital to respect the family's wishes. alina machado, cnn, miami. and still ahead, the anti-resistant superbug the outbreak at a ucla hospital contributed to two deaths now there are growing concerns about the safety of certain endoscopes and whether the fda guidelines on sterilizing them go far enough.

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the centers for disease control says it has discovered a new potentially deadly virus, doctors call it the bourbon virus named for the county in kansas where a man died three days after becoming ill. the cdc says the virus is likely spread by tick or insect bites. no other cases are reported and the cdc advises everyone to protect themselves from tick bites. we're learning new information about what may have led to an outbreak of the antibiotic resistant superbug at

a ucled a hospital which contributed two deaths this week. reuters is reported the fda has known for more than five years that approved sterilization procedures for the medical scopes at the centers of this controversy are not adequate but the agency failed to recommend any new safety requirements. cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta talked to doctors who use this type of medical scope to find out more about the growing concerns. >> simply put, what went wrong? >> i think what exactly went wrong is yet to be determined but it appears that the tip of the scope has some places where it needs to be cleaned. >> you're talking about right here? >> in a special way. >> what are we looking at here? what's the purpose of this part of the piece? >> this is a special scope that we only use when we're doing a

procedure to look in the patient's bile duct pancreatic cancer and stones in the bowel, this particular scope looks out the side instead of the end compared to the usual colon scopes used in colons oscopies and upper ens do copies. the handle can move the whole tip up and down and then the force is here. so when a catheter comes through this part of the scope we want to, you know change the -- where we're putting the catheter we move this up and down. much more complicated area in here than with a typical scope. >> we got access to the cleaning room where the scopes are cleaned. keep in mind these are $30,000 scopes. sometimes a $1 toothbrush is part of the cleaning process. come take a look. >> we're going to put the scope into the water. the problem with these scopes is what's behind the elevator. go behind the scope right here. $1 disposable brush we're going

to do just to be on the safe side. we're going to take it under water and brush in here. it's ready to go. this is what you do. you do these procedures. i mean everything is risk/reward in life. how worried are you when you're trying to help somebody by doing this procedure, that you may inadvertently be infecting them? >> to me i've been doing this for 24 years, i've never had an infection in any procedure i've done with a scope we know of. i'm not worried about it. the people here do a really good job of getting the scopes cleaned out. i'm sure they have the same thing in california. that's not a big concern of mine. it just never happened. >> 100% sure that this scope is sterile. i would use it on my two sons. on my mom. on me. >> all right. that was dr. sanjay gupta. dr. fauci with me now the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases joining us from washington.

good to see you. this is unsettling even if you see how they try to clean and sterilize with the best efforts. tell me first, though, about this superbug which is the root of the problem here particularly at the ucla hospital. how common is this? >> it's not common but it certainly is not so rare that we almost never see it. this is not the first time that theres has been an outbreak of cre, which is shortened for the word carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae. which is a long way of saying it's a specific type of a bacteria that is quite resistant to antibiotics. and there have been other outbreaks related to other types of contamination. the contamination in question is pretty problematic it's pretty problematic right now, because you're talking about a procedure right now that can be life-saving and decrease the risks of other types of interventions like surgery. and yet there is a very small risk not zero small risk that you can get the kind of con

contamination of the type you described with sanjay. we have to figure out how to get the scopes better cleaned, even though the risk is still very low. you want it to be zero but it's not zero. >> and so before we get to the whole cleaning of it because i do want to ask about that help me understand this super bug or this virus, or is it a collection of bacteria? so if you're talking about an instrument that wasn't cleaned properly as it's inserted from one body to the next is an accumulation of bacteria and that's what makes it the super bug? >> no. it's a super bug in and of itself. regardless of the procedure. so it's a type of bacteria that we have known about for a while now. that is resistant to most antibiotics. so it's a tough problem if someone gets infected with it particularly people. and this is important to point out.

particularly people who have compromised immune systems. people who have immunodeficiencies people who have cancers, are particularly susceptible, in the hospital getting procedures getting infected with this. so the bug itself is resistant. the issue here is how it's getting into people and contaminating. and it is accidentally, as it were through this instrument that's used for good reason. i mean the instrument that's being used is in many respects a life-saving instrument. unfortunately, this microbe, this bacteria can get into the little crevices of the instrument that you showed on your piece that even with the toothbrush cleaning may not be able to 100% get it out. >> oh my goodness much and then if i could ask you to respond to -- reuters is reporting there have been complaints that the procedure that is fda approved has not been thorough enough. the sterilization procedure. if that is the case you know where is the -- where does the

fault lie? is it that hospitals are -- or the medical community is not reporting to the hospitals who report it to the manufacturer to the fda? where do you find the hole? >> i don't think you can point the finger at a fault here. it isn't as if there is a procedure that's easy to do that's not being recommended. even with the pretty stringent procedures there's still the rare situation where this bacteria can get through, as you have shown on your piece. the fda is struggling now about what to do regarding working with the company, working with the cdc, to see how they can address the problem to get the risk to approach zero. but i don't think you can point finger that someone was at fault here. this is just a very difficult situation. >> very bad situation. all right, dr. anthony fauci, thank you so much from washington. appreciate your time. >> good to be with you. still to come a former daytona 500 champion will not be racing in nascar's premier event

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and it will run tomorrow without one of its famed racers. kurt busch. he has been indefinitely suspended over allegations he attacked his former girlfriend. here's more on the former champion's suspension. >> fredricka, this is a crazy situation. and the -- nascar has suspended drivers before but busch is the first driver ever to be suspended by nascar for domestic violence. nascar made the decision yesterday after a family court judge ordered busch to stay away from his former girlfriend. pat rigs driscoll said he slammed her into an rv last fall. he's denying everything and says she's the one you should be concerned about here saying she portrayed herself to be an assassin. busch doesn't face charges in this situation. >> okay. so indefinitely suspended. clearly, he wants to get back on the track. what are his options? can he appeal will he appeal?

>> he can, and it's expected he will. matter of fact, in moments, actually at noon he's supposed to meet with nascar there will be a hearing and it's expected he will appeal. here's the problem, though. his team stuart haas racing already decided to put regan smith in to drive for him in the daytona 500. so the damage is already done here. these are just allegations, no criminal charges, but he's suspended indefinitely. starting off the season about the biggest race the daytona 500, the super bowl of them all, he's not going to be there. >> i guess his appeal process will take some time. somewhere mid season he'll be able to race again. meantime what is everyone out there, particularly on social media, saying about this him, the situation? >> you're seeing two ends of the spectrum. no doubt people are livid about it some people mad at busch. they're not giving him the benefit of the doubt. some people are mad at nascar. let's take a look. someone left the driver a message on the window of his

garage. it has busch's number 41 but you see written ray rice. we know he's the former ravens running back suspended by the nfl. after punching his then fiancee in an elevator. his fans are rallying to support him. look at scott and karen kissler posted on his facebook page nascar has sadly underestimated the fans you have to support you. this will be the first 500 i have missed in 20 years, if you're not in it. nascar has made a bad mistake. >> wow. all right. some very strong feelings there. we will see. because this is far from over. >> just getting started. >> thanks so much. good to see you. appreciate it. so much more straight ahead in the news room. and it all starts right now. happening right now in the "newsroom," isis flaunting fire power in a new video. >> i counted at least 35 m-16

assault rifles made in the united states. >> what we can learn from these pictures and why it gives another insight into the challenges of battling isis. plus quote, they were after me, and i got them. end quote. friends tell police that's how the man accused of gunning down a las vegas mother and a so-called road rage incident bragged about the shooting. plus -- >> i think it's a mistake to question people's motives. >> rand paul is saying rudy guiliani's comments were a mistake. of but guiliani not backing down. we'll talk about the sticky mess republicans are now in. you're live in the cnn "newsroom." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello again, everyone. and thanks so much for joining me i'm fredricka whitfield. american-made weapons appear to be falling right into the hands of isis fighters in iraq.

newly released video apparently showing militants attacking an iraqi military post in anbar province, seizing dozens of weapons, m-6 s and heavy machine guns. also new this week the u.s. and iraqi army are planning a big offensive. last june iraqi forces abandoned their post as isis militants landed in mosul. there was a battle for a nearby strategic dam that involved dozens of air strikes from the u.s.-led coalition forces. cnn's erin mcpike is live from a very snowy white house with the very latest. so erin what is the pentagon saying about this military campaign? >> reporter: fred overall, u.s. officials think that they are ahead of where they anticipated they would be in the larger military effort against isis. now, specifically, with mosul. this target date of trying to

take back mosul starting in april or may is tentative. and it is dependent largely on how prepared they think that iraqi security forces are. that is a critical point to make because the new defense secretary, ash carter is traveling overseas this weekend. he is in afghanistan and largely kicked this decision to the iraqis. listen here. >> that is one that will be iraqi-led. and the u.s. supported. and it's important that it be launched at a time when it can succeed, and so i think the important thing is that it will -- it get done when it can be done successfully. and i -- even if i knew exactly when this was going to be i wouldn't tell you. >> just keep in mind, fred that even though there is no doubt that the iraqis are improving, there is still deep skepticism about how much they can handle and how quickly.

>> all right. erin mcpike, thank you so much from a very snowy washington. we'll talk more about the snow as well that is going to be hitting a good part of the country with our ivan cabrera, next. also a new government intelligence report warns of armed extremists in the u.s. ready to attack police and go after government buildings. but the danger has nothing to do with foreign terror groups like isis. rather the concern is over more attacks like one at a courthouse north of atlanta last year. look at this map from the department of homeland security. there have been at least 24 of these attacks in the u.s. since 2010. and some federal and local law enforcement groups view the threat as equal to and in some cases greater than isis and al qaeda. cnn's nick valencia with us now. so you covered that shootout last year. >> yeah i was there. >> and when we hear the department of homeland security talk about domestic terrorism growing, who are they talking about? >> they're talking about a myriad of groups people that

adhere to militant ideology hate ideology and say the department of homeland security says there could be hundreds of thousands of sovereign citizens in the united states ready to attack. >> reporter: from california to florida, all across the united states sporadic attacks on law enforcement by sovereign citizen extremists. a new intelligence estimate circulated this month at the department of homeland security puts a focus on domestic terror threats. >> and unfortunately, there's a number of those throughout the united states that we have to be concerned about. >> reporter: deadly plots like this one last year in coupling georgia, armed with several explosives smoke grenades and plenty of ammunition. police said dennis marks showed up ready to kill. deputies shot and killed marks after he tried to drive his suv into the courthouse. the assistant director tells cnn there may be thousands of others out there like marx ready to

attack. >> we have been talking about the international terrorism threat but there is also domestic groups that are just concerning that we worry about here in the united states. >> reporter: a recent survey of state and local law enforcement officers listed sovereign citizen terrorists ahead of foreign islamic terror groups like isis and domestic militia groups as the top domestic threat. mark poetack from the southern law center says by some estimates there are 300 sovereign citizens in the united states today. >> their beliefs go back 20 25 years, or even further. and essentially, they believe that the federal government has no jurisdiction over them. >> reporter: the latest dhs report counted 24 violence sovereign citizen related attacks since 2010 with law enforcement officers as the primary target. >> they have no basis in reality. they often basically are telling people they can get something for nothing. they don't have to pay their taxes. they don't have to pay their credit card debt. you know so there is that kind of teaching going on all around

the country, and that's what's really driving this movement. >> and it's not just violence authorities are worried about, according to mark potok with the southern poverty law center. it's also so-called paper terrorism, the process of burying court officials with nonsensical filings. many court officials are required by a matter of law, to file documents and track them even though they may have no idea exactly what they're looking at. >> just to bog things down? >> yeah. and in one sentence i talked to mark potok, he says there was a filing for a sovereign citizen that the filing was six feet high of this gibberish rambleing, but because the clerks are required to process it it's this paper terrorism of bogging down the system with this gibberish paperwork. >> nick valencia thank you for that. an update now to a developing story we've been following this morning. right now a manhunt is underway in minneapolis after a police officer was ambushed and then shot while sitting in his patrol car. here's what we know right now. the wounded officer was one of two who had just finished

responding to a reported burglary. the incident took place around 6:00 a.m. eastern time. the wounded officer was then taken to the hospital by his partner, and he's now believed to be in stable condition. earlier today, the city's police chief held a press conference after visiting the officer in the hospital. >> i just left the hospital. i was with the officer and his wife. i am pleased to report that he is currently in stable condition. i would ask the public however, to continue to have the officer and his family in their thoughts and prayers. >> we'll continue to monitor this story and bring you the very latest developments as soon as we get them. also coming up former new york mayor rudy guiliani says he and his office are receiving death threats after he said president obama doesn't love america. and guiliani not backing down. cnn's will ripley joins us live from new york. and fred here front painful news. another shocking claim from the former mayor that has a lot of people wondering when is he going to stop.

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all right. former new york mayor, rudy guiliani is doubling down on controversial comments he made about president barack obama. earlier this week during a private political event, guiliani said quote, i know this is a horrible thing to say, but i do not believe that the president loves america. end quote. guiliani says he and his office have since received death threats over those remarks. let's bring in cnn's will ripley in new york. but at the same time the mayor is standing by his comments right? >> and, fred long-time guiliani watchers who i'm talking to here in new york say that's not surprising. they expected the former mayor to double down triple down quad rup he will down which is exactly what he is doing as he has been making the rounds appearing repeatedly on fox news standing by his words. in fact adding more information to his statements that he doesn't feel that the president

loves his country, talking about other presidents like ronald reagan bill clinton, saying that their rhetoric was much different than president obama's rhetoric. and even though this firestorm continues to grow he's getting criticism from all sides here. he is standing firm and even talking about the fact that -- as you mentioned, he is claiming he has received death threats. i want to read a quote he gave to cnn's jim acosta in a brief phone conversation. quote, my secretary has received some death threats. i don't regret making the statement. i believe it. i don't know if he loves america. i don't feel the same enthusiasm from him for america. and now, fred even people in the republican party, including senator rand paul who is believed to be very likely republican contender in 2016 for the presidency even he's now speaking out against the former mayor. >> i think it's a mistake to question people's moat 'tis.

it's one thing to disagree on policy. and i think it's one reason why, like john yarmuth and i get along. he's the democrat congressman from louisville but we have a good friendship because i don't question his motives. we don't always agree. we agree on some things though and we acknowledge our agreement. but i don't question his motives and i try not to question the president's motives as being a good american or bad american. >> you know fred it's remarkable to think about how far rudy guiliani has fallen as far as his public image goes. we remember him all right around 9/11 when he inspired the nation with his calm leadership. people were so impressed back then and for many americans who maybe even didn't follow some of his rhetoric during ferguson where he made inflammatory statements about race and law enforcement, people are now being reintroduced to this new rudy guiliani who appears to be very eager to attack the president repeatedly and say very controversial statements. it really is changing his legacy. >> and also provoking a lot of

questions, especially around his motivation why. and what is the point here. we're actually going to explore that in the 2:00 eastern hour. so hopefully folks stick around for that. whip riply thank you so much from new york appreciate it. still ahead, controversy over a popular high school history course. why some say what is being taught is biased and unpatriotic unpatriotic. [ kevin ] this is connolly cameron, zach, and clementine. we have a serious hairball issue. we clean it up, turn

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all right. british police are still searching for three teenage girls missing from london who may be on their way to syria, possibly to join isis. here's a look at the route officials believe the girls are taking. investigators are asking anyone for information to help. jim sciutto has more. jim. >> reporter: the senior british diplomat tells me that the recruitment by isis of women and girls is quote, a clear and disturbing trend, and warns the girls involved in this particular case are at risk of sexual and other exploitation if they make it to the war zone in syria. these three young british school girls are believed to be the newest foreign recruits to isis. caught on surveillance cameras

at london's got wick airport with their luggage in tow, police fear they have fled britain for syria to join jihad. >> we don't know how these three girls have come up with this plan. we don't know what has enticed them, what has encouraged them to go out to syria, but we obviously believe that they're heading towards syria. but we just don't know how it's happened. and the parents themselves are mystified. >> reporter: the muslim girls have been missing since tuesday when they boarded a flight headed to istanbul turkey. this is the same airport huh i can't tell boumeddiene used. she is wanted by french police and now believed inside syria. turkey has been the key transit point into syria for recruits to isis and other extremist groups. turkish and european authorities are still struggling to stem the flow. dhs secretary jeh johnson told

wolf blitzer thursday the u.s. is tracking these movements as best it can. >> we have systems in place to track these individuals as they come and go. it's difficult to pick up so-called broken travel. >> what is that word broken travel. >> where you fly to country a., and then you go to country b. on the ground saying we don't know that fact. >> reporter: senior british diplomat tells cnn that women are a new and growing target for isis recruiterses. the terrorism research group track estimates that nearly one in six isis foreign recruits are women. and that isis recruiting network extends all the way to the u.s. homeland. in october, three teenage girls from colorado were intercepted at frankfurt airport in germany, trying to make their way to syria to join isis. it was their parents who tipped off the fbi. another american 19-year-old shannon maureen conley, was arrested at denver international

airport in april last year on her way to the turkish syrian border. she was sentenced to four years in prison after confessing she wanted to become an isis bride. the three british girls are friends with another girl who traveled to syria in december. police interviewed them at the time but did not consider them to be likely isis recruits. >> jim sciutto, thanks so much reporting from washington. so many militants fighting with isis are young men, some in their teens who have been recruited from around the world. but they're not all angry or feeling disenfranchised, like they can't fit in. "new york times" reporter alimonia al flyinger captures a story about one young man from egypt who was middle class, went to private school and had everything seemingly going for him. but then he gave it all up to join jihad. >> reporter: when you're browsing through the usual isis propaganda rpgs, black flags,

mayhem you might also stumble on this. it is a workout video for jihadis. featuring a young man who introduces himself as islamek islamek ekken. but it turns out this was not his first exercise video. before the jihad in syria, there was the gym in egypt. back then islam was religious, but his interests were far from extreme. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: we wanted to find out how someone could change so dramatically so we spoke to his friends in cairo. this man talked about feeling alienated in egypt. this man who went to school said they struggled for balance in a society that's modern yet

deeply defined by religion. all three are were young, middle class and torn but only islam joined isis. >> sa mona really powerful stuff. you know just to see that these three young men were close friends and one was sucked into this other world. help us better understand this kind of conflicted feelings that the two friends would talk about their devotion to the religion but at the same time trying to resist these temptations and somehow isis comes around recruiting. how is it is that isis is so powerful and able to convince say in the case of islam, to come to the other side. what is being promised as far as you understand to these young men as to why they would leave their homes, their lives as they know it? >> reporter: well i think it's important to recognize that the

isis recruitment or joining isis is not happening overnight. there are stages to the transformation. of course issues of identity and just -- which are prevalent among young people. these issues do not necessarily lead directly to isis. but it's to shed sort of light on the sort of issues that many young men are grappling with and that can create a sort of confusion, and if you combine that with the sort of political and economic context, and region that's really sort of fired in conflict i mean you can kind of come to a situation where over time certain young men could see an appeal in joining isis. >> so help us better understand. what are these issues they're grappling with that you're talking about that really are the openings? >> reporter: well i mean just sort of many young men all over it's they're young and trying to find who they want to be what

they want to do. you know within that sort of social context. there are sort of layers to their identity. they're raised as muslim. they want to embrace that. the at the same time you know they're sort of influenced by everything that's happening around them. they're young, they want to have fun. they want to enjoy their lives, they're ambitious. they also want to feel like they have a say in how their lives turn out. and this is sort of some of the issues and to sort of find or strike a perfect balance between these different forces in their lives, that's not always easy. >> and you convey in your video and even in your writing, these friends saw the transformation. people saw the transformation particularly in the young men, islam. is it that no one said anything? is it that no one could kind of penetrate, you know getting a message to him asking questioning him about the transformation? how is it that he essentially

escaped them? >> reporter: well, again, this is part of the reason. the transformation is sort of gradual. and initially, he turns to religion, and this is not necessarily something that is seen as a bad thing. his friends are actually encouraged. they sort of admire his strong will. it's a lot of people can be religious and not radical. and so in the beginning, they're not necessarily suspicious that he's actually being radicalized. i think there is one point where they do take it to another level level and not necessarily aware of the degree of his personal ideology as it evolves. and the other thing to note is that you know again, he travels to syria. once he's there -- a

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fox news bill o'reilly is firing back after a report on "mother jones" magazine claiming he exaggerated his reporting experience while covering the 1982 war in argentina. here is what o'reilly has said about some of his war experience in argentina. >> i was in a situation one time in a war zone in argentina in the falklands, where my photographer got run down and hit his head and was bleeding from the ear on the concrete and the army was chasing us. i had to make a decision and i dragged him off. at the same time i'm looking around and trying to do my job, but i figured i had to get this guy out of there. because that was more important. >> "mother jones" magazine claims o'reilly was hundreds of miles away and not near combat. in an interview with howard kurtz, o'reilly said this about

the report's author saying quote, david corn quote, is a liar a smear merchant and will do anything he can to injure me and the network. host of reliable sources, brian stelter, this is what frank says now. actually said this week to our own don lemon. >> we never got anywhere near it. i covered the war from buenos aires. there were demonstrations some of the disturbances he talked about. i never saw troops open fire in a big way on crowds. so this can be scrutinized, don, but i just don't think that this is on a par of the -- the issues the exaggerations, and the trouble that brian williams is in. >> all right. brian, you weigh in.

should there be any parallels made between what o'reilly did or didn't say, and what brian williams has said? >> well that's certainly why these issues are coming up fred. the issues of brian williams the real crisis that enveloped nbc news as a result of the exaggerations in brian williams' iraq war story from 2003 created a crisis that continues at that news division. and this is a very different situation. but "mother jones" invoked the brian williams crisis in reporting on bill o'reilly the other day. and ever since then we have seen, as you mentioned, willow riley sharply criticizing mother jones. and really trying to use kind of a scorched earth response and focusing on the messenger rather than the message. let's talk about the message for a moment. because it was very clear, reporters could not get to the falkland islands in 1982 everyone was covering from argentina, more than 1,000 miles away. and o'reilly has made that clear. you heard him say in the falkland islands, in argentina,

so pairing the two as if they were the same when in fact the islands were more than a thousand miles away. there was this achaotic situation he was in some have called it a riot,ers riot, others a protest, in that case sounds like a hairy situation for bill o'reilly. was that a war zone a combat situation? that's part of what is being debated, whether you can call a protest or riot like that a war zone experience. the other issue, fred is whether people died in this riot or protest. that's what o'reilly has claimed in the past. there has been other media outlets trying to confirm that and have been unable to. a couple discrepancies here that o'reilly doesn't address. >> and so has o'reilly said and is it -- i guess has it been verified he has some proof behind his story? that there is some real corroboration from cbs? >> we have been trying to get ahold of other people he worked with at cbs at the time.

bob schaeffer was quoted by "mother jones" by saying none of us got to the falkland islands, we all tried. there are some details in o'reilly's story that do need to be corroborated. for example, this idea of an injury that one of the cameramen apparently suffered. those sorts of details need to be checked out. that. >> would seem to be easy. >> sorry, what's that? >> wouldn't it seem that would be an easy one to flush out? >> i think eventually all of those will come out and o'reilly is not going to be able -- you know o'reilly last night spent the first part of his program saying the media is corrupt and the press is out to get him and he's the victim of this. and i understand why he feels that way. he talks oftentimes about victim hood and about the president being out to get him and out to get fox news. the reality is more complicated. this is a journalistic issue, not a political issue. and o'reilly whether he wants to or not, may have to answer further questions about the message here and not just the messenger, which happens to be "mother jones," which is a left-leaning magazine. >> we shall see.

just the beginning of this. >> i think so. >> brian, appreciate it. we'll watch tomorrow morning, as well. all right. up next we are finding out the woman killed in that so-called road rage incident knew the young man accused of killing her. how will that impact the prosecution's case? our legal guys weighing in after this. [engine revving] [engine revving] [engine revving] ♪

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the so-called las vegas road rage shooting that left a mother of four dead is not as simple as first reported. as new details come out, new questions are being raised about what really happened. cnn's sara sidner reports from las vegas. >> reporter: husband and father robert myers embraces family members near the driveway where his wife was murdered. the travelsing businessman, still blaming himself. the myers family is also struggling with the backlash from some in the public and media who have called his son, brandon myers, a vigilante, for being armed and going out with his mother to find the road rage suspects. >> every day you guys go there, i've got people threatening to kill my son. because of things you guys have said. >> reporter: but there are now two different versions of events emerging. the family says after the first confrontation on the road tammy myers picked up her son, who was a concealed weapons permit and routinely carries his gun with him. they found the road rage suspect

in the neighborhood and the myers family tells us one of the suspects fired at them. but a newly released police report tells a slightly different story. one of the suspect's friends telling police it was one of the myers who brandished a gun first at the suspects before anyone fired. ultimately the police say the suspect did go to tammy myers' home and killed her. according to the police report he fired 22 times outside the home. and in another twist, police were unaware that the family knew the suspect until the day of the arrest. >> we did not know that. >> reporter: robert myers did suspect that eric had something to do with it, telling us his wife used to council the young man down the street where neighbors tell us drug dealers hang around. >> he was at the park a lot. >> reporter: his instagram account showing pictures of what looks like pot. to give an idea how closely they

lived to one another this is the home where tammy myers was shot and killed. and this is where the suspect lives. less than a two to three-minute walk from the home. sara sidner cnn, las vegas. >> so now how hard will it be for prosecutors to prove their case against eric nausch. let's bring in our legal guys richard herman law professor joining from las vegas. good to see you. >> hi fred. >> so now that everyone is learning that tammy myers' family knew the suspected killer how much does this complicate the case or is it the sequence of events that further complicates the case and not necessarily the relationship? >> yeah. you just nailed it. i mean, this is no more a road rage case than the man on the moon. the fact is it's a case where these parties and for some

reason they decided we're going to have a shootout here which is perfectly fine if you're wyatt earp and the ok corral. we don't do things this way. we have two people brandishing guns. there are counts charges, i think, involving brandon myers, as well as eric that relate to murder and attempted murder and i think we have a long way to go to get to the truth. >> eric this is confusing. we're talking about, you know tammy myers and her son. she went to get her son, who has this concealed weapons permit. and now we're going to go out and look for the suspect or look for somebody who caused problems. that puts a whole new dynamic on the case. we're not just talking about a murder investigation now. but it's almost as though now the myers' family will be looked into right, as inciting potentially this end result of a murder? >> well that's real interesting, fred. i'll tell you.

it's hard for a lot of people to fathom that las vegas is much different than cities like new york city and atlanta and san francisco, where it's very difficult to get a conceal/carry license. and in las vegas or nevada it's open license. you can walk around with a handgun without a license and in order to conceal it you have to get a license. so these people had guns, and they were legally able to carry the guns. the issue, fred you just raised and avery discussed briefly, is this. we don't know really who shot the first shot here. we don't know. we know -- we know a shooting took place at the house. and the poor woman was killed by a shot. we know that the shooter from the vehicle, the man arrested shot 22 rounds. that means that's two clips, and a .9 millimeter gun about 12 rounds each. so almost emptied two magazines in the shootout. we don't know however, if her son shot first, because if he shot first, fred the shooting may be justifiable.

i don't know. >> even if it's 22 rounds? >> no way. no way. this isn't the ok corral. >> don't say no way. because if he got shot at he can defend himself, force with force. you can defend yourself. it's a defense to the case. that's what i'm saying. >> i guess -- i guess it's okay, you don't have to call the consequence when cops when you face these threats. doesn't make sense to me richard. >> if you get shot at, you're not going to call the police, you're going to react. and the reaction is to pull your gun and open and return fire. that's what happened here. why this escalated to this level, i don't know. why the individual found her home and opened fire on her front lawn i don't know why everybody is pointing guns at everybody. it's not right. >> yeah lots more questions, i think, just hearing the two of you. >> a lot more. >> even more thoughts. now we know exactly what prosecutors and, of course you know shall the defense attorneys are up against. avery freeman, richard her man, thank you for sticking around. you guys are so patient, so

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time to roll out the red carpet. we are just one day away now from the oscars and this year the competition is expected to be quite fierce. among the movies making the most buzz "birdman" and "boyhood," both considered front runners for best picture. as for best actor, all eyes will be on bradley cooper for his role as chris kyle in "american sniper" and michael keaton nominated for "birdman". and be sure to watch tomorrow evening, right here because cnn has special live red carpet coverage of the oscars hosted by our very own don lemon and michaela pereira, tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. we have so much more straight ahead in the "newsroom"and it all starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello again, everyone. and thanks so much for joining me i'm fredricka whitfield. american-made weapons appear to

be fauglling into the hands of isis fighters in iraq. the militants apparently attacked an iraqi militants post in anbar province. they seized dozens of weapons, including machine guns and armored vehicles. cnn has not confirmed when the video was shot but this comes as the u.s. and iraq plan a major offensive to take back the isis stronghold of mosul. new u.s. defense secretary, ash carter arriving in afghanistan this morning. and he talked about the plan to retake mosul and the timetable that is being talked about publicly. >> that is one that will be iraqi-led. and u.s. supported. and it's important that it be launched at a time when it can succeed, and so i think the important thing is that it will -- it get done when it can be done successfully. and i -- even if i knew exactly

when that was going to be i wouldn't tell you. >> senior international correspondent, ben wedeman, is in irbil, iraq. ben, even though we don't know when this video was shot, it is raising concerns about the ability of isis to get hands on the u.s.-made heavy artillery. >> reporter: yes, it certainly does. but this is really the latest installment going back to last july, when mosul -- when isil -- isis took over the city of mosul, and the iraqi army simply threw down their arms, and left their tanks and humvees and heavy artillery behind. we have seen time after time isis forces have been able to drive the iraqi army away and pick up all this booty along the way. and, of course if you look at that -- this latest video and we do understand that an incident paralleling what you're seeing in that video took place in early february. they have got their hands on some very good-looking

american-made m-16s. i counted 35 piles of ak-47 assault rifles. mortars, ammunition ammunition clips. humvees and armored personnel carriers. and all of this clearly indicates that the iraqi army which is supposed to play the lead role in liberating mosul from isis sometime in late april and early may, barely can hold its own territory, let alone retake any. fredricka? >> oh my goodness. all right. very grim scenario. ben wiedeman thank you so much from irbil. so the push for retaking mosul was talked about openly in washington this week. during a briefing for reporters, a government official said the total iraqi force could reap 20 to 25,000 including five iraqi army brigades that will be trained by the u.s. cnn's phil black is outside mosul and talked to a kurdish military commander who says they will need help from the iraqi

army to win this battle. >> so we have to drive them out of this entire region. >> reporter: the head of kurdistan security council says the peshmerga have taken back almost all of the ground they can until the new retrained iraqi army is ready to take the field. >> there is some limitations of how far we can go because we don't want to create any political sensitivities with the arabs. and for the rest of the region we need cooperation and the iraqi army to participate. >> all right. so why would the pentagon announce an attack before it actually happens? joining me now from washington is cnn global affairs analyst and contributing writer for the daily beast, kimberly dozier. good to see you. so customarily, the pentagon doesn't want to announce operations before it happens. what might be the strategy here? >> customarily. but it depends. this is straight out of the playbook for the battles of

fallujah in iraq in 2004 when the u.s. was leading that fight. they did message ahead of time we're going to be attacking. and one of the reasons they did, because it was pretty visible to the forces they would be fighting that both u.s. and at that point iraqi partners were massing for a fight. again, here in this situation, you're talking about moving 20 to 25,000 iraqi troops plus kurdish forces. this is going to be a big footprint. it's going to telegraph they're on their way, way before anyone makes an official announcement. so from the point of u.s. commanders why not announce it now. it's -- it becomes a bit of psychological operations actually. because they're also telling the fighters inside mosul, we're on our way. >> and does it seem that they are, you know shakeable? you know that this kind of psychological ops would make an impact on a group of people that is already showing they are, you

know relentless and quite heartless? >> well when you look at the numbers, the u.s. military estimates there are between 1 to 2,000 isis fighters inside mosul. this means that they're having to consider facing a force that is ten times their size backed by the u.s. air force and other allied air forces. so that's a lot to consider. they can either lay in their supplies and get ready for the fight, or they might think about a strategic defeat -- strategic retreat, as in kobani. when isis really got hammered in kobani that town just inside the syrian border eventually they withdrew. the other thing that's going on is that some of those fighters are beginning to suffer from irregular payments from the isis commanders. there have been some supply problems with the town of mosul. they'll be thinking about this over the next several weeks. do we want to stay -- stand and fight against a superior force

when isis commanders aren't keeping up with their side of the bargain, keeping us paid and keeping us well-supplied with what we need to defeat this force. >> and then kim, remember when we would hear the u.s. military and, you know the administration at the time say, you know winning the hearts and minds was really important, particularly in a war in that region. and does it seem that the u.s. is winning hearts and minds, or does it seem as though isis ends up having -- gaining some advantage as it pertains to that? >> well what you do have at this point is if you are a civilian inside mosul, you are hearing from the largest power in the region that the u.s. is planning to back iraq in retaking the city. so you might start to consider well should i reach out to kurdish allies should i try to reach out to u.s. or iraqi intelligence and say, hey, we're

in here. we're on your side. we'll fight with you. so that's the kind of thing that u.s. intelligence will be watching for. the other thing they'll be watching is what is isis going to do? if approximate omar al baghdadi is anywhere inside the confines of mosul, maybe he's going to move and can catch him as he leaves. >> kimberly dozier thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you. back in this country, he was america's mayor. but rudy guiliani is creating quite the mess for republicans as he doubles down on his controversial comments about president barack obama. will ripley is joining from us new york. will. >> his legacy of strong leadership after 9/11 now in jeopardy as rudy guiliani makes headlines yet again for more attacks on president obama. the bed reacts to your body. it hugs you. it's really cool to the touch. this zips off so i can wash it-yes, please. (vo) visit your local retailer and feel the tempur-pedic

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love america, telling cnn, quote, i don't regret making the statement, i believe it end quote. guiliani made the remarks at a private political event this week. he was taking aim at the president's refusal to label the recent terror problem an islamic extreme issue. it started a firestorm of criticism, including from inside his own party. >> i think it's a mistake to question people's motives. it is one thing to disagree on policy. and i think it's one reason why, like john yarmuth and i get along. the democratic congressman from louisville. we have a good friendship because i don't question his motives. we don't always agree. we agree on some things though and we acknowledge our agreement. but i don't question his motives and i try not to question the president's motives as being a good american or a bad american. >> all right. let's talk more about cnn's will ripley. so what is guiliani's motivation or at least what is the thinking behind his motivation here as to why he keeps re you know

iterating his view? >> long-time guiliani watchers say, first of all, this is a page out of his classic playbook where he does not back down and is proving that in this case. and not only is he not backing down fred but he's also amplifying his charges. this is the front page of the "new york daily news," where it says there is a shocking new rudy spin that obama grew up a communist. now, these are, of course references that are not new. even as far back as when obama was running for president, 2007 there was talk about his childhood in indonesian the fact his grandfather introduced him to frank marshal davis a member of the communist party. guiliani talked about that talked about other influences, including the reverend jeremiah wright, who as you know the obamas distanced themselves from him after some pretty defensive remarks he made during the president -- in the years laegd up to obama's presidential run. and yet nonetheless, the mayor continues to talk about this. and former obama senior adviser

david axelrod speaking on cnn today says he believes this is at least partially motivated by really a deep-rooted racial divide in this country. >> there's no doubt that race enters into some of the -- these criticisms. no other president has had his citizenship persistently challenged. no other president has had a man stand up in the house of representatives, a member of the congress and shout "you lie." and i do think some of that is rooted in people's resistance to the notion that we're a more diverse country, and there is a president, african-american president named barack obama. now, whether that motivated mayor guiliani or whether he was simply pandering to that point of view i don't know. >> so now, fred people are speculating, is this a push by guiliani to stay in the headlines, to somehow stay relevant by becoming a far right essentially bulldog commentator. certainly far different from his image that a lot of americans held after 9/11 when they saw how he led new york through the crisis. >> we're going to explore all of that in the next hour.

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they were after me and i got them. police say 19-year-old erich nowsch killed tammy meyer in front of her home last week after a confrontation while she was giving her daughter a driving lesson. ana cabrera is live in las vegas. until the arrest they didn't know the suspect and mother knew each other. how does that change the dynamic here? >> reporter: well we don't really understand that aspect exactly. the time line in terms of them finding out that he and myers had a relationship. the detective does mention they were tipped to erich nowsch early in the investigation without saying specifically who gave them erich nowsch's name. now, on the day of the arrest the father or the husband of the victim in this case he came forward and he told the press that erich nowsch was somebody

his wife knew pretty well. that in fact she would go to a park to meet him, to give him money to give him food, and offer advice. and that made this whole situation that much more heartbreaking or devastating for the family. police are still investigating exactly what happened in this so-called road rage incident that turned deadly. but we are learning a few more details from that police report. and apparently erich nowsch allegedly confided in a couple friends after the shooting. he admitted to his involvement. he told them that he believed there were some people in a green car, tammy meyer's car, after him, following him. and he says one of those people showed a gun and pointed it at him. and that's when he opened fire. he even allegedly showed these two friends the murder weapon along with some additional ammunition. and, again, said they were after me and i got them. he is currently being held here at the clark county detention center. he's facing a number of different charges, including murder and attempted murder. he'll have his first court

hearing on monday. fred? >> are there other potential suspects? >> reporter: that's right. police say they are still looking for at least one more person who was involved. they won't say the identity or if they have even identified that individual. however, we know that erich nowsch told his friends, according to the arrest report that he was a passenger in the vehicle, that was involved in the shooting. so presumably they may be looking for the driver fred. >> oh my goodness. all right. ana cabrera, keep us posted. thank you so much. all right. when you get your car fixed, how do you know if they're repairing it correctly, unless you're a mechanic you probably don't. and now there are claims that some insurance companies are steering you toward body shops that skimp on repairs. drew griffin investigates, next. people with type 2 diabetes come from all walks of life. if you have high blood sugar, ask your doctor about farxiga.

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on the vehicles. all so that the insurance companies can pad their profits. the lawsuits allege that it's a scheme that cannot only lead to rushed and minimal repairs, but repairs that include using recycled remanufactured or as one lawyer puts it junk parts to fix your car. connecticut's democrat u.s. senator richard blumenthal has written a letter to attorney general eric holder mentioning our report and asking him to take immediate federal action to investigate. saying this quote. i urge the department of justice to immediately investigate such practices by the auto insurance industry and act swiftly to protect the safety of consumers and preserve competition in the auto repair industry. insurance steering not only undermines a basic consumer right, but can also compromise the safety of vehicles on our nation's roads, endangering motorists and their passengers end quote. cnn's senior investigative

correspondent, drew griffin, reports. >> reporter: to see what's really going on you've got to do something you probably can't do at home. lift what you think is your repaired car, get out something called a boreoeoboroscope, and check inside the frame to see if the auto body shop actually fixed it. the auto body shop your insurance company most likely recommended. >> there is the rift in the rail here. >> reporter: this national auto repair expert testifies about faulty repairs and this he says is one of them. designed to save money for insurance companies. >> what they did was replaced the new end cap on there, and that covers that, so the consumer would never see this. that is unsafe. >> reporter: and yet they put it back on the road. >> correct. >> reporter: burn is now part of the major lawsuit involving more than 500 auto body shops in 36 states all suing dozens of

insurance companies across the country. the shops believe the insurance industry is involved in a deliberate system to send you and your car to shops that are preselected by insurers to do the absolute bare minimum to fix it even telling body shops to use used or recycled parts, because they're cheaper. matt parker is an auto shop owner in monroe louisiana, who says he sees the same problem. he says state farm told him to use a remanufactured headlight in a toyota coma. this is what he got. >> so it's got a hole in it here. and you can suh he where they screwed this bracket back on the vehicle. now you can see here, where all these parts where these were knocked off and glued back together. you can also see here where the top corner and lens is busted. and this part of the head light is broken. >> this came out of a box wrapped like it was supposed to be -- >> absolutely.

it's supposed to be like a new part. the insurance company wants us to put this stuff on their car. now, if we refuse to put it on the car, then they label us as a shop not willing to go along with their program. and then they try to steer their business -- steer our business away from us. >> reporter: attorneys general jim hood of mississippi and buddy caldwell of louisiana, they believe it too. mississippi is preparing a lawsuit. louisiana has filed, claiming state farm's practice is putting drivers in danger. >> and what is the practice? what's being put in their cars? >> well after-market parts, junkyard parts. and all of this without any communication with the consumer. and that's the main issue. the safety issues and the knowledge that their product is being devalued by the practices of the insurance company. >> i mean buddy has found numerous cases here in louisiana. we found them in mississippi. they would force a body shop to you know put junk parts and

weld and patch. >> reporter: and when auto shops don't go along, mississippi's attorney general says those auto shops business gets cut. it's called steering. insurance companies steering business elsewhere. >> and they're going to say we're going to blackball you. we won't put you on our select service list. and we're going to make you send us estimates five different times, just to aggravate you. that's what they do. they use their economic power to grind down working people. >> reporter: u.s. senator richard blumenthal who used to be connecticut's attorney general, says not only is there a potential for small businesses to be hurt he too believes cars repaired through insurance companies' preferred service centers pose a safety risk, and he's asked the u.s. department of justice to investigate. >> salvaged parts. inferior or even counterfeit parts. certainly raise safety concerns. and often, those kinds of parts are involved in this practice of steering. and that's why i have been

concerned for years about it. and why i think department of justice should be investigating. >> reporter: louisiana's attorney general chose to sue state farm insurance, because state farm is the biggest insurer in his state. and legal filings, the company denies all the allegations, including the allegation that state farm mandates using after-market parts. state farm would not grant an interview, but sent a statement instead. it says our customers choose where their vehicles are going to be repaired. we provide information about our select service program, while at the same time making it clear they can select which shop will do the work. state farm told us to bring our specific questions to neil oilrich with the national association of insurance companies. >> it's not in the economic interest of the insurer to have a car go in and out of a auto body shop three or four times to get it right. >> why would insurance companies require or recommend used parts,

fixed parts, off-market? >> sure. most companies don't require this. most companies offer a choice to consumer. most of the -- any sort of after-market part that you might hear about is -- are usually cosmetic parts. so they're nothing related to the safety the mechanical parts of the operation of the vehicle. there are laws in almost every state that require consumers to be told that they're -- if there are after-market parts will be used and what those parts are. >> reporter: we found that notice on page 4 of this estimate on page 6 of this one. >> in many cases, these parts are no different. they're made on the same -- in the same factories. one just comes out with an auto manufacturer's name on it. and others don't. >> that's not true. >> oh it is true. >> reporter: it certainly isn't true in the case of this replacement hood for a honda. it's made in taiwan but already coming apart. this after-market bumper straight out of the box not only doesn't fit, but the fasteners have been glued back together

and then there's the question about that broken and repaired toyota coma head lamp. >> it's obviously a repurposed park from a junkyard and you'll see how it was glued together snapped together and in some cases weld and had screwed together. and this is what the insurer told the preferred body shop to put on a car. i mean, look at this. you wouldn't want that in your car. i wouldn't want that in my car. >> yeah i really don't know the circumstances of the picture. so i really can't comment on it. >> so are the attorneys general wrong in saying that the insurance industry in a whole, state farm in particular is steering their customers to preferred body shops, preferred because they save the insurance company money, not the consumer? >> next you will hear from the insurance company representative and we'll talk to drew griffin about how you can protect yourself when you need a car repair.

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our cnn investigative report on auto body shops allegedly being forced by auto insurers to install used and repaired parts and rushing repairs, just to save has brought swift pushback from the insurance companies. state farm denies the allegations, but there is no denying more and more auto body shops say insurers are demanding they fix your cars with remanufactured or recycled

parts, instead of new ones. cnn's senior investigative correspondent, drew griffin, picks up his report by asking why auto insurers want you to go to their preferred auto body shops when you get into an accident. >> so are the attorneys general wrong in saying that the insurance industry in a whole, state farm in particular is steering their customers to preferred body shops, preferred because they save the insurance company money, not the consumer? >> the insurance company may provide a list of auto body shops, and the customer can say no, i want to go to joe's body shop around the corner. and that's their choice. >> reporter: that is certainly what progressive insurance told us happened for this car. remember it's the car we told you about earlier. with the ripped tail frame that you could only spot with the boroscope. it was hit from behind. repaired at a preferred insurance company shop and sent

back on the road with a ripped and hidden tail frame. turns out, the ripped tail frame isn't all that wasn't repaired. three of four tire rims are still damaged. the undercarriage has been pushed in according to auto expert bill bern and outside the paint job is filled with mock parks. progressive insurance says they didn't choose the body shop the owner did. well this is the owner, eugena randall, a single mom, who needs the car to carry around her 2-year-old son roman. and she remembers the conversation with progressive much differently. >> they didn't give me a choice as to where i wanted to take it. they just told me to take it to their preferred body shop. >> reporter: randall says she thought because it was a preferred shop it would actually be repaired to a higher standard. but when she picked it up she immediately knew something wasn't right. >> well cotstmetically to me it

loobsd fine but once i got in, down the street it started driving crazy and i immediately took it back. >> reporter: so how crazy was randall's car driving? i decided to find out for myself by getting behind the wheel. anything over 50 miles per hour this thing just shakes like a leaf. all right. this baby is really shaking now. not only was the tail section ripped and unrepaired three of four tire rims were damaged. and as i drove, the steering wheel was shaking so violently, hi to grip down to keep the car from veering to the right. the front left tire was just wobbling. i carefully drove this shaking car right back to the insurance company's preferred auto body shop. where the general manager promptly told us to leave. >> do me a favor, don't turn that on without service king's permission if you don't mind. >> drew given with me now in the news room. what did the body shop have to say? >> it's a national chain,

service king. they said they fixed that car just the way the insurance company told them to their repairs, lifetime warranty. and they claim they had no idea there was anything wrong with that car. >> huh. so then what's the advice to you know most people who own a car and have insurance? does it mean you have to challenge your insurance company, place demands on where you get your car repaired? >> the best thing to do is check your insurance policy before you need it ask your insurance agent what the rules are and what you can do to get out of these contracts where you basically are going to be stuck with used recycled or repaired parts. now, senator blumenthal is renewing his request for a national investigation. we'll see where it goes. but really you have to open communication with your insurance company. >> all right. drew griffin, thanks so much. e house back on her feet. ohhhh. okay veggies you're cool. mayo, corn dogs you are so out of here! ahh... 'cause i'm reworking the menu. keeping her healthy and you on your toes.

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north of atlanta last year. look at the map from the department of homeland security. there's been at least 24 of the attacks notin the u.s. since 2010. law enforcement groups knew the threat as equal to and in some cases greater than isis and al qaeda. cnn's nick valencia is here. these domestic terrorists the homeland security speaks of how prevalent are they? >> 24 incidents 234in five years. take that for what it's worth. the report is concerning for the federal government. they are looking at people who subscribe to militia ideologies and really overall hate. the department of homeland security did the report together saying right now on the united states soil there's hundreds of thousands of the so-called sovereign citizens. >> from california to florida, all across the united states

attacks on law enforcement by sovereign citizen extremists. a new intelligence estimate circulated this month at the department of homeland security puts a focus on domestic terrorist threats. >> unfortunately, there's a number of those throughout the united states that we have to be concerned about. deadly plots like this one last year in georgia, armed with several explosives smoke grenades and ammunition. dennis marks showed up ready to kill. he eventually was shot as he tried to drive his suv into the courthouse. the director says there may be thousands of others out there like marks ready to attack. >> we've been talking about the international terrorism threat, but there's domestic groups as concerns we worry about here in the united states. >> a recent survey of state and local law enforcement officers

listed sovereign citizens and isis groups as the top terrorist threat. the law center says by estimates there's 300,000 sovereign citizens in the united states today. >> their believes go back 20 25 years or further, and essentially they believe that the federal government has no jurisdiction over them. >> the latest dhs report counted 24 violent attacks since 2010 with law enforcement officers as the target. >> they have no basis in reality. they often are telling people they can get something for nothing. they don't have to pay their taxes. they don't have to pay their credit card debt. you know so there's that kind of teaching going on all around the country, and that's what's really driving the movement. >> it's not just violence authorities worry about, either with the southern poverty law center but paper terrorism, the process of bearing court officials with nonsensical

filings. many court officials are required by a matter of law to file documents and track them even though they have no idea what they are looking for. fred? >> it's time consuming and costly. >> and also there's reports if you go against something, what the sovereign citizens say, they put you into court. they file liens against your homes. it's this so-called paper terrorism that bogs down the court systems. >> all right. nick thank you so much appreciate it. astronauts aboard the international space station prepare for a few guests over the next few years. a mission happening right now, and we'll tell you what they are doing next. a meeting with beja johnson, author and protein known as the zero waste lifestyle. the aim of the zero waste lifestyle is to reduce as much solid waste as possible and send little to no trash at the enof the day to landfills or incinerators. since 2008 the family has been living the philosophy by sticking to the five rs.

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