\s . happening right now in the "newsroom." >> if anyone is planning to go to the mall of america today, they've got to be particularly careful. homeland security secretary jeh johnson responding today to a terror group video calling for attacks on shopping malls in the united states canada and the uk. plus -- minnesota's battle as a recruiting ground for jihadis. >> we are still losing them. it's a terrorist hotbed here in the midwest? it is. there is a concern that the minority of -- that do come back become involved in terrorism are also the most dangerous terrorists.

and all of that snow and ice is making for dangerous conditioning from the rockies to the east coast, more bitter cold. "newsroom" starts right now. hello again. thanks so much for joining me. i'm friday rica wheat field. jeh johnson is reacting to new video today which he sets reflects a new phase of terror attacks. it aired this morning on "state of the union" here is what jeh johnson told gloria borger and you'll see some of the vitt i don't released by the al qaeda-linked group al shabaab, running on the right side of the screen as he talks. >> i'm very concerned about the serious potential threat of independent actors here in the united states. we've seen this now in europe. we've seen this in canada. >> but specifically against the mall of america. >> anytime a terrorist

organization calls for an attack on a specific place, we've got to take that seriously. so through our intelligence bulletins bulletins, through working with state and local law enforcement, through working with the fbi, we take this kind of thing seriously. >> i just want to read you within more thing. this is a statement from the mall of america -- mall of america is aware of a threatening video that was released, including a mention of and images of the mall. we take every threat seriously. we have implemented security precautions, some may be noticeable to guests and others won't. what are you telling americans who might be planning a trip to the mall this sunday? >> what we're telling the public in general is you've got to be vigilant. we just revamped our if you see something, say something campaign at the super bowl last month. so public engagement public awareness is critical. americans should still feel that

they are free to associate, they are free to go to public gatherings but it's critical that we have public awareness and public participation in our efforts. >> this latest terror video calls for attacks like the one carried on the at the westgate mall in kenya back in 2013 which killed more than 60 people. whose different about is it names specific malls like mall of america and west edmondton mall. not long after the interview aired fbi counterintelligence officials said quote -- there is no doubt that al shabaab would like to carry out an attack against a u.s. mall but they are in a pretty weakened state. the biggers danger is their ability to inspire home-grown violence within the united states. however, the mall of america and the west edmondton mall in alberta, canada both mentioned

in the video, say they have implemented extra security precautions. secretary johnson commented on all of this against at the national governor's associate winter meeting in washington, d.c. cnn's erin mcpike was at that meeting and cnn's will ripley has nor on what the law enforcement is saying. so erin let me begin with you. you talked to jeh johnson. what more did he say on this? fred i asked him to clarify hi remarks when sell said americans should be extra careful. i asked him exactly what does that mean? he explained it's important for the public to get ingauged. when you see some something, say something, that's not just a slogan. but some of what he said caused washington by surprise that maybe he sparked in unnecessary fear so i asked him about that. do you regret this comment? we have some law enforcement officials today walking that back a bit, saying there is no

specific credible threat. i know what you just said, but do you regret any of the comments you said this morning? >> no, no. >> and what makes all of this somewhat confusing is that a number of u.s. officials have said throughout the day that even though the mall of america was mentioned in that video, there's no known specific credible threat here. when you listen here you'll see that when secretary johnson was addressing that meeting of the country's governors this morning, he diminished that concept. >> i have issued statements in reaction to an event where we're enhancing homeland security federal protective service, or wee enhancing aviation security in response to an attack. i always put in there -- and there's no credible specific intelligence of a similar attack being planned here or something along those lines. given how the threat is evolving evolving, that is becoming a less and less relevant tame

because you and i won't necessarily know about when the next bad actor is going to strike. and try to murder several cops on the beat in brooklyn or some other place. >> it is scary to think that government officials are saying expect these lone wolf attacks to continue fred. >> all right, erin mcpike, thank you so much. let's bring in will ripley in new york. will we know that the mall of america, as well as the edmondton maul in canada they are briefing up security. what are law enforcement telling you about other malls in the u.s.? >> cnn is only choosing to name the malls that have publicly acknowledged that they were named in this video, but for malls across this country, security measures have certainly been stepped up because of the frightening number of mass shooter situation. the mall of america, though not only being a symbolic target because of its name but the

fact that it's one of the largest shopping centering in the u.s. is also significant because it's located in minneapolis, a city that al shabaab has recruiting mill tans from for years. their names means "the youth" al shabaab recruiting young men, luring them to east africa to large bloody attacks. the group blamed responsibility for 2013's assault on kenya's westgate mall. if the attack was to occur in the mall of america in minnesota. >> the new video reaches beyond the after kaj borders, targeting the west threatening westgate-style attacks in the u.s., canada and the uk. >> this is a drill, mall of america is going boo lockdown. >> the mall of america already has extensive security to protect more than 40 million annual visitors today they're adding new safety measures saying we take any potential threat seriously.

>> the mall in canada is also increasing security even as u.s. counterterrorism officials say there's no indication of an actual threat. an fbi spokesman says -- do we believe they're sending operatives to the u.s.? no. their propaganda is the bigger concern. the fbi thing that al shabaab is trying to use propaganda like isis and al qaeda to inspire new jihadists. they recruit heavily in minneapolis, home to the largest somali population in the u.s. >> we are still losing them. is it a terrorist hotbed in midwest? it is. >> reporter: cnn has been investigating terrorist recruitments in minneapolis for niv years. leaders say a small minority of disyou will liced young men are looking for a paths. >> most of torn between two cultures. they're american but don't feel totally accepted as americans. >> al shabaab recruited troy

cast garr and isis recruited his friend doug mccain. >> it is the hardest, the hardest loss that there is. >> his mother told cnn last year she believes her son was manipulated by propaganda the same propaganda now calling for bloody attacks on western malls, trying to strike fear in the heart of the west. >> fred what counter terrorism experts are telling me is perhaps even more deadly and dangerous than the wars on the ground is this propaganda, the information war. if these videos inspire just one person to act, as we know the results can really be devastating. fred? >> instead. thank you both. appreciate it. all right. still ahead, snow ice and subzero windchills are staring millions of americans in the face as we head into a new workweek. we'll show you who can expect

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between the windchill and winter weather advisories tens of million will have to hunker down. one family in new hampshire need a new roof after theirs simply slid off. fortunately no one was hurt. that heavy snow is in large part part of the cull perimeter. in fascial officials are warning about the dangers of roof collapses. let's bring in tom sater. i think we saw last year a lot of roofs collapse. earlier in the week a barn's roof collapsed. >> enough already. now the misery has spread into the tennessee valley now river

flooding. it continues now out west. the cold pattern we've been in in the last month, really was centered pretty much over the northern midwest. now not just sliding southward, but expanding itself out to the west. but first, not just one, but two rounds more of cold to go. maybe three storm systems this week, more on that. advisories for windchills just the thumb of michigan into western new york but still already international falls minus 27 a bit better than the minus 33 an hour ago, not that you could tell the difference. spring field 7 degrees, newark feels like 9. this will be an area where shovel now, because the black ice will really be forming. here's our problems. four corners area. about 6 1/2 in denver another 6 on the way, heavier -- it's central areas of texas, and

we're going to be dollars, which is in rain right now. we'll said the stage for, it's terrible. it is dropping southward. this will be a monday morn mess. even austin could see some issues,ite right on the line. so again, alexandria shreveport jackson, mississippi a bad mess. here's your heavier snowfall. they could use this in parts of the rockies, drinking water for the next couple months. they haven't seen a lot. skiers are loving it but here as the paerge we haven't seen. this buck the down here in the giemont is where low pressures will form not just this bun today, but maybe two more this week if it sets the stain this way, we're going to get this represent 'tis but where will they come out in the u.s.?

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police officers were among the two dead. 15 other people were wounded, four people have been arrested. officials say they belong to a group that received training in russia. officials are calling this a terrorist attack. a cnn's fred pleitgen is in kiev for us. coming on a very symbolic day. >> reporter: luteally. it was one year ago that then presidentian yanukovych was required to flee. there was a march to commemorate that day. one of the things they did, was they sent a message of defiance to moscow. here is what it looked like. ukraine's president and several upian leaders side by side leading a march to commemorate the revolution one year on. glory to utrain protesters

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hello again, everyone. thanks so much for joining me. i'm friday rica whitfield. isis has released another disturbing propaganda video. our ben wedeman takes us to the region. >> again another propaganda video. this one seems to show 21 mostly peshmerga fighters kurdish fighters in these orange jump jumpsuits. at one point they are shown inside cages being interviewed by a bearded militant with a

microphone with a logo of the islamic state. he's asking them their name where they come from and several of them expressed regret fighting for the peshmerga, and call upon their comrades to lay down their arms. clearly these are statements made under duress. later in the video you el seem they paraded what we believe is a town south of kirkuk. also during this video, their brief flash frames of the beheading of some of those 21 egyptian christians killed in libya last week. there's no indication from this video, however, that these 21 kurdish prisoners were executed. old battlefield it's much less rosy. we understand overnight there was an attempt by isis to break

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in just a few hours, the academy awards will be handed out, nominated for best picture is "american sniper" bradley cooper is also up for an oscar. all of this happening while the real-life story unfollows. here now is cnn's ed lavandera. >> fredricka, a battle of the medical experts. the question is which psychiatrist will this injure believe?

all those time he's seen rambling the prosecution's medical expert says these moments are examples of the personality disorders. >> a military age male watching the convoy. >> at the time he killed chris kyle and chad littlefield, the forensic psychologist said he was in a substance-infused scottic state and he knew what he was doing was wrong and he did it anyway. the judge is not allows courtroom auld use to be broadcast until the trial is over. >> if he wants to drink alcohol or he can do that, but can no not use it as a defense to a crime. >> we're talking about a -- there he was. >> the prosecution's psychologist even suggested that

seinfeld might have -- hesh inside the jail where he spent the last two years, and might have been -- where the character cramer is convinced he's seen a half pig/half man create terr roaming a hospital. >> i just saw a pig man, a pig man. he was sleeping, and then woke up and made this horrible sound. another says routh was intoxicated at the time of the murders. the prosecution expert says any time intoxication is present, game over means routh cannot be considered legally insane. but a test was not administered. testimony in the trial isn't over yet.

another witness is expected to be called on monday morn but it is possible that closing arguments could also starred on month. >> let's talk more about this with our legal experts. joining me is glenda hatchet, and esther pan itch criminal and civil trial attorney. judge, let me go to you first. how influential the seduction have been. but then how influential is oscar night potential to these jurors. would they be watching tonight? >> unless the judge banned and i never did see that. they're not sequestered. he just warned them not to talk about the case but to my knowledge never said don't watch the oscars tonight. >> is that even important or an aside to what is as issue here how well it was proving. >> what?

>>. >> this is a community that has revered chris, let's just say that. never was there a change of venue, so we have to start there. so we have to see a community, if you saw the foodage from the funeral, it's in the cowboys stadium. this man is very loved. i don't know that oscars tonight will really change the game on this either this guy was crazy insane at the time he shot them or he wasn't. that is a steep hill for the defense to overcome in this case. >> they have to be convinced that he was psychotic, whether it was, you know chemically induced or not he never got the treatment, whether indeed he

argument of being insane how do you see it? what would jurors buy based on what you've seen in the courtroom? of course it's the burt of the prosecutor to prove that mr. routh committed this crime to the exclusion of every reasonable doubt. >> i had a similar case not involving a murder but involving an asaul with the man spews of same rhetoric that we are hear with chris routh. end of days apocalypse souls being lost it's almost -- that's what people on psychotic breaks sometimes say. so the jury will need to see if the prosecutor cuss prove that he was seen at the time of the crime, and the problem he's going to have is that he appeared to be xwoxed. so -- because voluntary intoxication is not a legal defense -- >> that's very important.

>> you cannot tang a drug and say the drug made me do it. >> either way, you don't have your life anymore, so why is it important for his defense to nail down -- >> first of all, then he's eligible for treatment, and if the courts or the hospital believes he is no longer a threat or no longer insane or doesn't have the symptoms which require in-patient commitment they're going to make a recommend ailing to the judge that he be released. it has the hope that one day he might get out. >> this is a man who left the scene, who said that he shot them went to his sister's house in chris's truck, and so what

the prosecution did. >> that exemplifies the knowing right from wrong. >> right. the other thing that is very important in this case is that the prosecution i would argue you fled. you didn't seen out of touch, you went to your sister's outs and said i shot these men, and you fled. >> what are the greatest worries or concerns about how the outcome of this kay may potential impact other cases down the line where you have a similar defense or similar approach prosecutionwise. >> jurors do not like and they hardly work the not guilty by reason of insanity. >> very rare. >> when john hinckley was found not guilty at that point there was a big back lash so the laws became much tougher.

>> it is very rare that -- if you look statistically around the nation it is very rare that you see this work. >> andrea yates is one that comes to mind. >> not initially. it was reversed and then went -- >> thank you both so much. good to see both of you. we'll be watching. all right. a war of words between bobbi kristina brown's boyfriend and her father. they are having a feud about hospital visits now. we'll have details, next. they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived...

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all right. checking today's top stories, a minneapolis police officers who are shot after responding to a burglary is doing well today. the police chief says he is in fair conditions. a suspect has been arrested in connection with the burglar, and authorities are investigating whether there is a link with the shooting. federal prison officials in south texas will relocate near her a thousand inmates after a majority of them were able to break out during a lockdown and set several small fires. the correction center says the

inmates refuse to participate in work duties and some are unhappy about the medical services. 2,000 of them broke out and wen to the recreational center. none breached the outer fences. new secretary of defense ash carter is in kuwait today visiting u.s. troops. carter is scheduled to leave the country tuesday morning. and tensions between bobbi kristina's family members, as brown fights for her life. gordon is accusing the brown family of preventing hem from visiting bobbi kristina when is the daughter of singers whitney houston and bobby brown. the family fired back saying gordon did not meet their conditions for a visit. today gordon's lawyers insisted bobby brown has rejected the multiple attempts to meet with him to discuss those unspecified

conditionses. bobbi kristina remains in an induced comma joining us is radio and television entertainment report kendra gillance. what more do you know about this relationship or lack thereof? >> we those nick gordon was her husband, but now we're finding out they were never truly married. nick gordon wit on twitter, and said if he can guarantee 24/7 visitations, he will meet the conditions. this is the woman you claim you love. i would do anything to be next to that person so i'm wondering what are these conditions he's so hesitant on agrees to. >> wasn't there some sort of restraining order?

is that what is at issue, one of the visiting family members who was at bobbi kristina's side but there's a restraining order that prevents him from being in the proximity of that person? >> one thing we do now is there's a criminal investigation currently going on and nick gordon is the tart. that's what we know factual. also there are family members that are claiming that nick gordon was abusive to bobbi kristina throughout their relationship. we all know that nick gordon does not have a good relationship with the brown or houston family. >> do you know anything more about her medical condition apparently she was taken offer a ventilator instead a tube has been put directly in her throat in large part being on a ventilator too long could run the risk of other infection also. what do we know about her medical condition? what's the prognosis even? >> you know there were so many different stories going on throughout the internet.

the family finally came to speak and said she is doing better. she still is in a medically induced coma. it is great that she's her condition hasn't changed. this is a very serious situation. >> i don't want to choose sides, by gordon doesn't look too good in this whole situation. to try to get the public opinion to me doesn't make things any better. if you love this woman, commit to the terms. you claim you have the power to maybe her wake up. if that's the case, then prove it.

>> we know this. there were injuries to her face that has sparked a criminal investigation. as we all know whitney houston was found in a bathtub in l.a. or in beverly hills. it appeared to be like a suicide attempt, but the criminal investigation is because they found injuries on her face. that's where things are not adding up. right now i do feel like he has a lot of information that the police need. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. hundreds of people gathered in harlem to mark the 50th years the civil rights advocate is known for yesterday his daughter

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right now. \s . hello again, everyone. thanks so much for joining me. a warning from the homeland security chief on cnn's "state of union today." jeh johnson tells american shoppers to be careful. the comments reacting to new video that you'll see in a moment pull out by al shabaab, and calls for attacks on shops mauls in the uk canada and the united states. what is different is that it names specific sites lice the west edmondton mall in canada and the mall of america in minnesota. >> i am very concerned about the serious potential threat of independent actors here in the united states. we've seen this in europe in canada. >> but specifically against