nternational hunt. >> west gate style mall attacks in the u.s. this is a drill. mall of america is now going into lockdown. >> what we're telling the public in general you got to be vigilant. a "birdman's" eye view. >> of all the action. >> it's a noble profession. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and mikaela ferrara. >> good morning, it is monday february 23rd. 6:00 in the east. calling for a unified arab force, there actually is a combined arab force about 40,000 strong that could be ready to go right now. will that be the answer? >> this as isis releases a chilling new video showing fighters in cages. a new threat targeting western

shopping malls. we have all these angles covered the way only cnn can. we begin live in cairo. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, alisyn we heard from the egyptian president saying a united arab force is needed. it's more pressing. he didn't give us too many detailsant what that would look like although the united arab emirates around jordan have offered assistance in their battle against isis. libya is something for now egypt has turned down. the egyptian president also says the goal is to protect the country's borders but added that if there were needed in other parts of the region that that could be an option with cooperation from arab brothers. we also are following the categorying of those peshmurga fighters in iraq by isis. a gruesome video coming out, a

very telling video as well we are seeing these men are being paraded around this video intersupplies interspliced. we do not know the fate of these peshmurga. >> thank you very much w. le check back throughout the morning. we appreciate the report. there is however, a new threat from the al qaeda linked terror group al shabaab . they are calling for attacks on shopping malls here in the u.s. homeland security officials are giving shoppers an ominous warning to be particularly careful. nick have a lency joins us now from the mall of america in bloomington, minnesota with more. nick. >> good morning, chris. it was a chilling message from al shabaab ever every if weekend. they listed potential mall targets in the west including west edmonton mall in alberta,

canada and this mall in mens mince the mall of america. they are taking extra security precautions. since that video was released things have been business as usual. meanwhile, the security of homeland security urging this mall to remain extra vigilant. they say there is no working threat they know of. i also over the weekend spoke to members of the somali community who said this is a ruthless group, saying the community still here is traumatized after one of their own was a shooter in the kenya west gate mall attack saying the group al shabaab does not speak for the majority of somalis here in this community. >> nick valencia it's hard to fe if people will be going into this mall of america now this chilling warning has been given. the new secretary of defense in kuwait this morning talking about how to defeat isis. the unannounced trip comes as the terror group releases a new

propaganda video claiming to show captured kurdish peshmurga fighters into cages. ben wedeman will have more from us from iraq momentarily. we will bring from wlt lot colonel james reese and founder of tiger swann and manager editor of quarters, bobby goesch. i want to talk to you about this issue. we have two big headlines. okay. we will deal with these mall threats and what that means. it seems it's informing people more than informing them. the big issue, of course is this per accepted headline been by let's deal with the optics of it first. al sisi. a good start. can that happen? >> it's what you want to hear from arab leaders.

can it actually happen? it blames libya has striked a bomb. isis targets there. so they've already made some. troops on the ground well i'm skeptical. >> why? >> the egyptian army is great at beating up unarmed civilians at home but is not terrific at fighting a real armed threat. they've had very poor fighting with their own terrorism. perhaps, but that's a very very low part. so the idea that they will send egyptian military across, the other thing, the syrian army probably the strongest arab army in the world with no concern for human rights perfectly happy to flatten an entire cities killing as many civilians as they like. they haven't been able to defeat isis. i am not optimistic the egyptians. it's important to hear egyptian leaders take some responsibility. >> especially because we kep saying here in the united states it's the reason's responsibility for obvious reasons.

colonel, you taught me something i never heard of. egypt is not a part of this coalition of existing 40,000 strong fighters that are arab already that are there in defense of the arab area. tell us about them and why they're there and if they can be a part of the equation. >> so you have the gulf council countries. the gc state all based along the arabian peninsula. they have a force, a 40,000 man force made up of all those countries, saudi, ayman, uae. it's been in existence for lots of years. it's used small during desert storm, to liberate kuwait. it has been used at other times t. last time was used with bahrain when you had the shia uprising. they brought some of the forces over there to help in a police state in bahrain. but it shows me is there is a possible aspect or element or force that could be used. now again not the type that will

do maneuver work zmert and everything desert /* desert and everything. they can figure it out. we have to be the ones to consultant and coach and teach and mentor them along the way. >> they have a mechanism in place. usually you start at zero. two catches, the first one is as you told me all of the nations have to agree in order for the entire force to go. otherwise it goes piecemeal. you need everyone to sign on. the second point that's interesting is what egypt's motivation may be here. you believe, colonel, there may be a very opportunistic. it's not about isis it's about acquisition. >> if i'm sisi i you a plaud him for going in and striking and being proactive. if you look at libya failed

state. the oil sits on the egyptian border border. >> we have a force available. there is now a test of resolve. we will see what happens egypt not a part of that group, that standing force of arab fighters al shabaab we are hearing about isis let's make a big threat we can't pull off? >> there is certainly an element of al shabaab has been overshadowed by isis and by sort of we also seen recently al qaeda is making noise again. so sha bob feels perhaps they have lost relevance. there have been attacks recently in their home country in somalia. they are trying to mount a

counter attack. it costs them almost nothing putting out a video saying hey, young people jung young somali we know there is a large population. >> that's why they said mall of america specifically bus although it's in minnesota, there is a somali population there that might be something they reach out to? >> we know that more than 20 young american somalis have gone to fight in somali with al shabaab . we know at least 15 have gone to syria and iraq to fight with isis. so there is a community there they have been able to reach into and recruit from. very small numbers. they have a network, some kind of chain that allows them to bring these people out. now they say, you know what if you find it is hard to come out to us. you can do bad things in your neighborhood. >> now all you need is a jack [ bleep ] with a gun, we seen that other than with domestic very from the derangeed mind.

the women that we are hearing about going from increasingly cultivated backgrounds, good students going to syria to be with isis. what fate would they have there and what if anything would be the -- >> chris, i think they're going there, there is this delusion they can go there and be with theed be boys. they will end up going into slavery, getting married off. unfortunately, i don't think we will ever see them again. that's my fear. as a father fathers have to get involved with tear young kids in these issues talk to them. make sure they understand it's a father thing. >> are we cherry-picking examples or do you think there is something trending here? >> we seen examples before from france africa across the muslim world. lots of young men are being attracted and fortunately the number is very very small. you have to feel for them. they are clearly going in with a mixed up idea of what they expect to see and nothing good

is going to come of this. nothing good is going to come from it. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. alisyn. >> okay chris. a bomb blast shatters a peaceful protest in eastern ukraine. at least two people killed including a police officer and 15 hurt in the city. ukrainian officials arresting four suspects they say trained in russia. this protest came on the 1st anniversary of violent demonstrations in kiev. the mayor of jerusalem called a hero after helping take down a palestinian teenager who stabbed an orthodoxed jewish man in the stomach on a busy street. the whole thing caught on video t. mayor and body guards were in a car, noticed the attacker jumped out and took him down and held him until police got there. luckily the man stabbed was only slightly injured. >> the parents of kayla mueller are speaking out since their daughter an american aide worker was killed in syria. in an interview on the "today" show they accused the obama

policy to not pay for ransom in front of american's lives. >> these parents out there need to understand you would want anything and everything done to bring your child home. >> when asked if u.s. officials did enough to save kayla, her mother said i think they wanted to. . >> that's the big question do they want to? of course they want to save anybody they can. there is priority there is confusion. there seems to be a contradiction from this policy. >> also it sounds right, we never negotiate with terrorists. we don't pay ransom that and also what they say and what the parent we have spoken to here on the show say, it's not working. so that policy americans are still taken. do you think americans won't be taken? they're still taken and they're killed. >> we will discuss it more on the show coming up. because the continues to happen. so you want to be straight on your policy. to the good news the good events

last night. if you are a fan of ""birdman,"" they soared. "boyhood" not so much. the best picture while largelying e ignoring the family drama that took 12 years to make. that was the only surprise. i know i watched mikaela ferrara last night. she is joining us live from beverly hills hotel. you look beautiful. you kind of cover the rest of the show. >> well look a little bleary united states i am this morning. i am thinking of the people straggleing in from the parties, first, alisyn i think just ended a few minutes, even hours ago. some are coming in here to the montage hotel. moving performances moving emotional spoeshl speeches. but more than ever perhaps social issues really coming into the limelight in those speeches.

take a look. the evening's biggest honor awarded to the black comedy drama ""birdman."" lead actor michael keaton snubbed a best actor, instead, the prize going to "theory of everything" star eddie redmayne who highlighted neurological diseases. >> this guess to all of those people arnold the world battling als. >> reporter: it was a night full of purposeful and compassion fat speeches. >> the struggle for justice is right now. >> julian moore is taking home best actress for ""still alice"." >> people with alzheimer's need to find a cure. >> patricia arquette was a best supporting actress. the mother of two speaking out for rights. >> it's our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in

america. >> garnering thunderous applause from the crowd. >> savant neil patrick harris. >> tonight we honor tonight's best and whitest, sorry, brightest. >> a reference to this year's criticism that nominees lack diversity and beared it all. >> it's a noble profession. >> the over three-hour show ♪ hacked with criping performances lady go ga's "sound of music "medley received a standing ovation as the surprising julie andrews made an appearance and it was john legend that moved the a-list crowd to tears. a lot of emotion in the doll by

theater last night. as you know a lot of rain out on the red carpet. we will talk about that later coming up. ""selma"" not one of the big winners last night. all eight movies in the best picture category they all got an oscar. they all went home with an oscar. sometimes not necessarily the ones they were going home with. it shows there was a little wealth spread around to all of the film. so much to talk about. we have michelle turner who i think is out still at one of the parties. not that i'm judging. we will talk about some of the fashion and the big moments of the show. alisyn did you get a chance to see a little bit? >> just the first part. i had to be discipline and go to bed. i can't wait to see your highlights. >> it's great stuff. thank you very much. there is action behind her this hour. >> people going their own separate ways. >> we will need to know the back story. and on this story as well rudy guiliani clarifying his

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the weekend, rudy guiliani clarified his comments sort of about president obama's patriotism. >> let us break it down shall we? we have margaret hoover and cnn political analyst john avlon editor-in-chief of the daily boast. this topic so daunting they couldn't even be in studio with us together. >> they are together apparently. >> i start with you, margaret a rebuff of rudy guiliani now you feel it makes better sense? >> first, you may or may not know john and i wouldn't be here if it weren't for rudy guiliani we met on his campaign. i owe him my marriage. >> oh no. >> and the hard part for me as a republican who once scratched face with the republican party and one new wave of a form of republicans is rudy guiliani used to represent that wave of

republican an urban reformed republican and had different views on social issues and the hero of 9-11 and foraged the party and now retreated to what is essentially you know the same place as sarah palen in the sense that he's never going to run for office again. he is simply a caricature of himself but for comments like these which create a charade. i agree, republicans should have pushed back earlier. of course the president loves the country. it demonstrates sort of the wave of fear of the base permeates this early primary process. >> john for people who are just waking up let's recap. rudy guiliani said last week he does not believe president obama loves america then he just put out this clarification in the "wall street journal." i did not intend to question president obama's motives or the

content of his heart. my intended focus really was on his morale and how his actions may have damaged his performance. he wasn't expecting the backlash he got. >> he should have been. this op ed is definitely an attempt to walk back the comments to try to clarify what he said. what he said in that sentence is essentially he didn't mean to say the president didn't love america. rudy is saying he didn't mean to question what's in his heart or his motives. that's of course what that statement does. the initial doubling down i think compounded the problem. look rudy is was a great transformational mayor. i was proud to work for him. there is no question the last few days haven't been his hour. that's led to an attempt to clarify. sometimes these comments don't reflect the best in us in our politics or ourselves. i think this is one of those cases. >> here's the hope margaret. maybe, my favorite line in his

op ed is he is saying i am hoping what i said can be the basis of the confidence and optimism we need to move forward. obviously, the irony couldn't be more thick. he said that, he is talking about confidence and optimism. maybe it is a chance at least for your team to say, worry not going to do this at least for the future. this is ugly and cheap and nobody liked it. >> i hope are you right. i don't think it's a positive development when a former presidential candidate at the beginning of the presidential cycle these off what was essentially a tea party 20106789 it's not positive or constructive. >> it's interesting you say a wing not rift because there is not a new narrative. all sorts of conservative media from the heritage found aics to fox news have made the point that the president is always on an apoll tour. he thinks america is flawed.

rudy guiliani was just continuing that wave length that we've heard a lot. >> yeah if i may just as the author of a book called "wing nuts," you are right there is a deeper rift. that's one of the reason it caused such ripples. you had an area very much resuscitated by somebody who has commanded broad respect in the country. certainly in the make i wake of 9-11. this rift that the president is somehow anti-american or unamerican is a core wing nut narrative and it really had sort of proliferated fallen back. i think one of the reasons this conversation exploded again because it ripped off these earlier wounds from an unexpected source. >> few want to fight, there is a much different situation to fight on. >> that is the aumf. the main line criticism from your team is he doesn't have a

strategy. he laid it out. he wants statutory authority. it's time for congress. where is the action? >> congress should vote. they can't get a dhs vote through. you are right. it was republicans who are calling for the president to have a clear strategy and actually authorize military force. remember it was the president who was confused about whether to use the amf from 2001 and 2002 which you wanted to pull back last july. then in august suddenly scrambling saying we need to rely on that uamf. we should in order to support ongoing -- >> you got the numbers, you guys keep making the case we have to do more be stronger on this war. okay. where is it? >> it's a great plan. i don't know few noticed. they are tied up in knots on the department of homeland security right now. look this is hugely problematic for republicans. republicans said they were going to run and get things done. mitch o'connell had a good four weeks and have more votes on the

amendment than what happened under harry reid. there have been some progress. they have passed some method. there have been action from this congress so to suggest it's a do nothing congress but again it works against the manner that mitch mcconnell has to resolve this in order to not get pinned on being no better or no worse than this do nothing congress. >> what will ha happen? >> this deadline is a really big deal. every time in the last several congresses we have been assured by leaders, particularly republican leaders, there is no way we will go over the cliff? we are playing chicken with the cliff. we always end up going over the cliff. so here we are again. yet another deadline this one having to do with the funding of homeland security when we get threats from al shabaab on american targets when the cascading effects of this would be devastating to a lot of localities and states.

we are watching this. let me tell you, goes every time we had faith that congress could get out of its own way and not do something stupid they do. watch this deadline. it's coming up fast. it has huge implications. >> john margaret great to see you guys. see you soon. >> it's a deep freeze. people can't move. it seems like it will never end. by the way, i'm talking about the weather t. cold snap is from the rockies to the dep south t. temperatures keep plunging. so we got hundreds of flight cancellations to tell you about. how bad will it be? how long will it be. >> we have it for you right after the break. ensure active heart health. crowd: yayyyy! heart: i'm going to focus on the heart. .

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winter. 30 to 40 degrees below normal from buffalo to texas today. guess where that air is going? right to new york for tomorrow wind chill factors 25 degrees below zero. 39 at international falls. it just plofs to the east. it's warm in new york tomorrow it feels like minus 5 we had a one-day reprieve now it's icing in dallas some of that ice may get through huntsville and atlanta for tomorrow it is going to be moving across parts of the southeast into tomorrow afternoon. i will be telling you about how long this winter is going to last? punxsutawney phil and i are on a first name basis, but i might change his first or last name depending. i'm tired. >> you are not alone, chad.

when the 20s are tropical, we have a problem thanks so much. >> going after the whistle pigs. that's what they call the whistle chucks punxsutawney phil is a woodcluck? look at you guys qui e. always talking. back to the headline egypt's president is calling for a unified force in the battle against isis. jordan and the united arab emirates have responded to the plea offering troops. el-sisi, they are retaliating for the christians. >> the terror group al shabaab calling for mall attacks in america and canada and the u.k. homeland security chief warning shoppers to be on guard. u.s. administration officials making it clear, there are no specific threats but they're not

taking chances, consider d.c. recent lone wolf attacks in paris and copenhagen. >> fox news host bill o'reilly not backing down, even though colleagues come forward saying he is twisting his reporting. among them a former cbs correspondent in buenes aires, he was there in 1982 and said it was not a war zone as o'reilly describes it. he didn't recall a dangerous incident with a cameraman. he is accusing them of a smear campaign to ruin his reputation. >> we will talk about this new evidence on both sides. it sounds as bill o'reilly was in a dangerous riot where there were police military police firing on people. >> i don't know that any evidence has come out that he was in a combat situation. >> a war zone. that's the technical term that

is there. >> the question we are getting to is the so what factor of this? o'reilly is a man who survived scandal before. he is confident in his organization organization. >> ethics wants to know if they can trust their broadcasters. >> either you by them or don't buy them. >> meanwhile, u.s. and belgian special forces are on a mission to train elite military forces. cnn senior national correspondent was granted access to u.s. special forces on the ground in chad as she joins us live. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. take a look at this remote desert landscape. this is the world's most elite fighting forces have gathered. american special forces from european nations training africa's special forces. it's called exercise gridlock. it's been happening for a

decade. this year it's perhaps even more significant than it has given the global terror threat that exists throughout the entire work. what this operation focuses on is on a tactical level, teaching counterparts how to defend themselves if their vehicle comes under ambush. very specific tactical techniques specific to special forces. it's very strategic at this state at a regional level we are talking about fighting against boka haram. you also have al qaeda and the muslims to the northwest. you have isis making increasing inroads trying to gain a solid foothold in africa. we have been speaking to it is critical that they train up these african nations. they be i would that relationship because of the threat that exists in africa if it's not contained should very well end up being a threat that

is posed to europe and america. that's why this is so important, chris. >> we thank you so much for being there, bringing us the reporting. every tim it seems that the way to fight back expands, so does the threat. right now, a search is under way for three teenage girls intent on joining isis. they're not the only ones. we understand the pull of these radicalization efforts on young men. why the young women would want to get involved with something like isis? you can't predict the market. but at t. rowe price we've helped guide our clients through good times and bad. our experienced investment professionals are one reason over 85% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper averages. so in a variety of markets we can help you feel confident. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence.

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works. that was a tearful plea from the sister of one of the three british girls believed to be headed to sir why to join isis. authorities fear they have already crossed the turkish border into syria. let's bring in a member of the british parliament. thanks so much for being on "new day" this morning. >> good morning. >> it's helpful to have you here so we can talk about why this is

happening and what authorities can do. these two 15-year-olds and a 16-year-old trying to get to syria to join isis. why on earth would they want to go to a violent, dangerous place to a group that beheads people? what is the possible appeal to teenage girls to that scenario? >> i say i share the appalling situation and my heart goes out for the family of the young girls. you are absolutely right. it belies belief that any young pen would want to go and join these types of groups. i think, however, few step back obviously from the violence of isis i think it's something about young people often they're vulnerable. often they do not show what they are doing and sometimes they seem to kind of get attracted by the thought of an adventure of

some excitement of sort of you know traveling and doing something considered to be probably very in their mind exciting but also i think there is this element of some of these young people mistakenly thinking they're actually going out there to do good and good in the sense that we hear about what's happening in syria. the war, the celebration t. crisis and for some reason in their wonderful minds because of what they read online. because of stuff that we do on social media, i think it has a lot to do with social media and internet. they believe erroneously they are going out to help. help people and they think isis. they don't think isis is doing anything wrong. they think isis is helping people in their sort of you know warped thinking. that's the rational behind it.

>> that's interesting and mind-boggling. here's another curious element. all three girls went to the same school in london and police had just been to that school in december to interview these very same three girls about another 15-year-old classmate who was believed to have gone to syria. they interviewed the girls. they found nothing suspicious. are authorities not asking teenage girls perhaps the right questions? >> well, i think it's quite hard at times to find out what is the right question. if you are speaking to a young dwirl, girl you ask them the question they say we don't see any problems. they ask a question about isis. i know they would have been probing questions, but if somebody is intent on defeating someone, they need to turn around and say, if we ask the question what do you think of isis? they could have said we think you are a bad group. if they said what do you think

of the conflict in syria? they may have been able to give quite sophisticated answers, therefore, kind ought not be detected as somebody or some people who may be potentially being able to. they're quite young girls according to everything we heard. >> supposedly a students. i want to ask you this is it time for airlines to start the calling the parents of unaccompanied teenagers when they see three girls trying to get to turkey? couldn't there have been some sort of intervention at the airport? >> well i think, perhaps, i think it may have been in the future. but when the airlines see young people traveling on their own, they may well want to ask them further questions about, you know why are you traveling? at the age of 15 or something traveling on your own, still to a far away place. however, you have to be careful. because there are quite young people who travel by themselves abroad and you could have a

situation where people could be randomly stopping. they stopped and searched as we know has happened sometime in the past when people have traveled not so much now i think perhaps years ago to the united states where there was a lot of checkings at the airport and a lot of people missed their flight and it turned out it was all innocuous. i think you have to be careful between disrupting the whole thing and at the same time perhaps looking at destinations where people are going? >> it sure seems as though the scales may have tipped to now asking a few more questions or making a few more phone calls, particularly for girls trying to travel to turkey. we sure appreciate you being on "new day." thank you for your insights. >> thank you. >> let's head to chris. >> all right. we will give you oscar's big night. the triumph, the beauty the agony of defeat. the first two apply and we have the inside drama from the hotel

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awards editor petehamm are on fumes. both were out at the shows literally. >> i'm on the party circuit here. >> i came in from vanity fair. literally changed my clothes and came on air. >> these people are legit. overall, what did you think of the show last night? >> i thought it was amazing. "glory" was a stunning number t. standing ovation, one i've ever seen at a show. i loved everything. i loved lady go ga. who knew she could sing. >> who knew she could sing like that? >> she had me saying destiny. i talked to the producers of the oscars they said to me that she practiced for six months for that. she hired a voice coach and worked with him every single day to do what she did. >> what a beautiful moment to have julie an drous. >> that was extraordinary. her coming out there. just watching that moment. that's what you want on an oscars show.

you want those kind of moments. we don't get that many. on this show i thought the first half was so flat. the cam di didn't play. >> you didn't think it was funny? >> no i wanted billy crystal, a comedian. >> so do you think nph will be mixed? >> i think number one i kept saying is he mispronounceing people's names on purpose? is this a part of the show? actually when we spoke with him afterwards i'm not sure he realized how many times he mispronounced people's names, i spoke with david oyellowo. he needs the brad pitt esay when brad pitt misplaced his name. >> i did not think the octavia spencer bit was the -- >> how about the underwear? he beard it. >> that worked for me. >> you don't know that was working middle america. i don't think they've seen ""birdman."" all of a sudden your oscar host

is walking out in his underwear. >> i think some of hills timing was off. a little of the jokes weren't great. let's talk about the winners. requested "birdman"" won big taking home best picture. >> it was interesting to see. early on it felt like "budapest" had a fair amount of momentum. >> they were the ones with multiple awards going through the first half of the show. on the big awards directing, writing, ""birdman"" came through as the guilt awards indicated it pate. >> we were saying hollywood loves this film. it reminds it of itself. >> i believe it's the lowest grossing best picture winner ever meaning not a lot of folks saw this. >> which obviously will see it back in theaters. >> it's still in theaters. it will get a bigger run.

it will benefit tremendously. because it's an acquired taste quite frankly, ""birdman"" beautifully done movie. >> it's also very poignant to note this year not many blockbusters were involved at all. >> "american sniper was nominated. >> the "lego" was not for best animated. so "big hero six" it was very good. it did do well at the bucs office. for the majority of the small indy films, a lot of actors said we have happy about this these are the films or passion projects we love w. rehappy to see them getting love. >> one of the things i think people will take away from last night's show is how much social issues plays into the entire show and, in fact, one of your favorite speeches which i agree is power. . graham poor who won for -- he

spoke frankly about an experience at 16. >> he tried to kill himself when he was 16. i interviewed him several times this season starting six months ago at te whether uride. he kept this on the circuit. it was a stunner to me watching it on the show. the audience you could feel around you was so moved by it. it was a standing ovation for this speech. it was the highlight of all the speeches. >> it is now trending. people are talking about. that i think that was a profound moment and you are right, people used that oscar stage at their platform last night. it was interesting to see patricia arquette. >> the whole ting was powerful. there was a lot of emotion in that room. we will talk about the red carpet a little later. >> hour held up. >> barely. >> look he brought me a

chocolate oscar. there is fantastic. i love me a chocolate oscar. let us know what you think of the winners. tweet us at "new day" have a conversation with us facebook.com/new day. chris, alisyn i want to thank the little people for getting me here to hollywood this year. it means a lot. i recognize the two of you for your outstanding efforts and mom and dad i love you. >> that's beautiful, mikaela. that's so touching. >> nothing, nothing? >> it's beautiful. >> you can eat it. >> thank you. >> all right. that's one big story. there is a lot of news this morning. so let's get to it. >> the egyptian leader calling for a unified arab force. >> this is what you want to hear from arab leaders? >> this is though the first time we have heard a president call for a pan am army.

>> in eastern ukraine an explosion killed at least two people including a police officer. >> they place the blame once again on russia. >> which psychiatrist will this jury believe? >> if he wants to go out and smoke pot or drink cholesterol, he can do that. he cannot use it as a defense. >> this is "new day," with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and mikaela ferrara. >> good morning, a new threat against the west to tell you about. this hits close to home. the terror group al shabaab calling for attacks at shopping malls here in the u.s. as well as the u.k. and canada. homeland security confirming the threat is real but fought imminent. they warn law enforcement and shoppers to be vigilant. >> there is not just any paul. there was one specific name. we have nick valencia for that part of the story.

nick, what do we know? >> reporter: good morning, chris. it was a chilling message posted online by the somali terror group al shabaab listing a handful of targets in the west including west edmonton mall in canada and this in minnesota. in response to that message the mall of america did release a statement over the weekend saying they are taking extra security measures some that will be visible. some that won't. they went on to say there was business as usual. meanwhile, the department of homeland security saying there is no working credible threat right now but they are urging shoppers specifically here at the mall of america to remain extra vigilant. also one more point to add, i spoke to leaders over the weekend, one leader saying this video was shocking and the community here is still traumatized. they called this group al shabaab a ruthless group. >> that does not speak to the majority of somalis.

they say they fear those younger vulnerable youths may be inspired be i there attack. that's of course also this threat i should say and that's of course what federal officials are also concerned about as well. chris, alisyn. >> nick a key move by you to go to the community. certainly their efforts to as top the radicalization will be a very important piece of this. so now to isis. they released a new propaganda video. this shows more than 20 peshmurga fighters locked up in cages drinks around a town in iraq. now, under obviously duress some urge their fellow peshmurga to give up the fight. we seen with ben wedeman, he has more from irbil, iraq. ben. >> reporter: this video came out over the weekend that shows 21 men in orange jump suits, their hands chained, they're led through cages where they're interview bid a plan with a microphone with an isis logo on it among other things one of the caged men calls on his

comrades to stop fighting isis, to stop fighting in his words on the side of the jews and the crusaders. if they want to avoid a similar fate. later in this nine minute video, we do see still photographs flashed on screen of the beheading of egyptians in libya last week. the video ends with just a tight shot on one of the prisoners. it's not clear whether they were executed or not. certainly the implication is that's a very good possibility. now, while this is going on down south from here it appears isis is on the defensive within it comes to the kurdish front lines. we understand over the weekend there were two attempted breakthroughs of the kurdish front lines, beth fortunately failures. we understand in one instance at least 50 isis fitters were killed when they approached the kurdish front lines.

they were also coalition airstrikes that drove them back in a similar incident to the west of here more than 30 isis fighters were killed. now this is as people are talking more and more about the possibility of an offensive to retake the city of mosul from isis. but we're hearing from the iraqi defense minister that they're very unhappy that american officials are talking numbers and talking dates. they say that this is an operation that should be secret. back to you. >> thanks, so much. let's bring in cnn military analyst and retired u.s. army major general james marks and former fbi assistant tom fuentes. gentleman, we have a lot of development in the war on terror to talk about this morning. general, i want to start with what the president of egypt talked about. he's calling for an arab coles to fight isis. let me read to you exactly what president el-sisi has said.

he says the need for a unified arab force is growing. the challenges in the region and facing our countries are huge chals. we can overcome those challenges once we are together. clearly, that is the answer. is there any possibility of that happening, general? >> well it's about time. i mean frankly this is what we have been calling for, for the longest time. with the acknowledgement that if bother on the ground were to be used and clearly there is a need for soldiers on the ground that it would probably have to be led by somebody other than the united states and for presidentel-sisi to come on board and say enough is enough. let me let egypt be the central core point and join a force around it and physical out how to use that force. details to be determined. strategically for the region there is a big deal. it's absolutely the right first step. >> tom, another reason it's a big dell if you just look at the numbers of how the coalition

so-called is fighting isis obviously the u.s. is doing the lion's share. according to set-com, 80% conducted be i the u.s., 20% conducted by the rest of the coalition, but is there an appetite among arab countries to get involved in a meaningful way, tom? >> alisyn i think if there is we're not going to succeed t. airstrikes aren't going to get the job done. everybody knows that no matter not everybody, a few people think it will. but it won't and we feed bother on the ground. but if it's american bother on the ground it plays into the isis narrative to the sunnis that they're, you know in the area where they're operating in homeland that the u.s. is undecided. the shias undecided. the baghdad government which they hate backed by iran you know, encouraging the shia militia groups to continue their campaigns of violence against sunnis. it will not have a good outcome. we might succeed if we put

enough boots and american boots on the ground and retake much of that land. we certainly won't win the political war over the long run. we need the arab states to be the ones to eventually put the boots on the ground. whether they actually end up doing it and being dedicated to this we'll have to see. but we need that because they're sunni muslims. they can take away the isis narratives that only the shias and jews and infidels and all their enemies are against them and take away break up the alignment of sunnis with isis. >> general, back here at home let's talk about this chilling warning that is coming out from al shabaab targeting the mall of america in minnesota. they have a history of mall attacks. they did this in nairobi. how seriously should americans be taking this this morning? >> well very seriously. certainly. and the department of homeland security has indicated that there is a concern, but it's not imminent. so the real point is is that

when we see proclamations like this, we need to take them seriously and the beginning point of any investigation or into what we think might be a network or what might unfold needs to start with the presumption that this might be very bad. there might be terrorist links and through the investigation as tom can describe as he's done most of his life is you can then eliminate possibilities from there. but we can't start with there as the asumtion of petty crime. t it's very very important that we view this at its worst possible outcome and take it from there. >> tom, you do have a long history with these types of investigations. this is the very thing, this strikes the heart, strikes fear into the heart of americans because it's so easy. malls are soft targets as we have been taught. so what's happening today to make sure that people can still go about their business at the mall of america? >> well first of all at the mall itself you have obviously, tremendous security and all of these malls have you

know literally hundreds of security cameras out in the parking lot at the entryways down the main walkways the stores themselves have it. often times, you know standard security would be one or two people in a control room checking all the different screens, you know for what they see. so when you beef up security you bring in more people so you can look at more cameras simultaneously and react in a more quick fashion. also you would have more plain clothes police officers walking around, uniform police officers squad cars the tactical teams from the fbi and the local police would be on high alert, you know on short fly to to respond and they already train together. they already have response plans to address an incident at a mall or movie theaters or stadiums. any place where a large number of people would be congregating and be considered a soft target because there are so many entrances.

so all of that security you know will be in place. but don't forget al sha been the attack they did at west gate mall kenya is right across their border. they have no trouble going across the poorest border in kenya. they have safe houses to stage for their weapons to bring people in. then they dispatched to poor kids. but the reason west gate was such a disaster i mean yes, they went in and started shooting people. but the kenyan authorities could not get their act together and many of the more than 60 that died bled to death because the authorities didn't even try to enter that mall for something like ten hours after the attack started. >> that would never happen here. we have law enforcement that are trained, prepared. have the discipline the training and leader scholarship to respond. it won't be ten hours of standing outside scratching their heads of what to do. >> let's hope it never happens or comes to that. tom fuentes, general marks,

thanks so much nor joining us. >> all right, alisyn. let's go to ukraine. there has been a lot of qualifying about this here's the truth. there is no cease-fire in effect. a bomb blast at a protest in eastern ukraine just killed two people. ukrainian military officials are refusing to pull back their heavy weapons. they say pro-russian forces are shelling them. >> that is the reality. we are live with in donetsk, ukraine, a place that has become a hub of the violence what is the situation on the ground there? >> reporter: chris, that is the bottom line. there is no literal cease-fire in place. it is not as heavy the fighting in any sense as 23 saw early last week around the town. but there are still is still shelling in various areas, three areas, really including here in the city of donetsk. earlier this morning, round about 7:00 a.m. some shelling on the outskirts of the city. are you right, the ukrainian

military said they have not pulled back their weaponry which is the part of the minsk agreement until there is an absolute cease-fire. the militias meant to be overseeing the cease-fire and then the withdrawal of heavy weaponry. i have been speaking to them on the phone. they sayitative requested from both sides an infantry of heavy weapons to be removed. the routes they will be taking to move them out and how they intend beth side to keep those pieces of artillery and tanks and the rest of it they will be taking out. they've received nothing from either side, chris. >> please, stay safe there. it's interesting to note those osc monitor, they haven't been able to fully lock down the crash scene yet. who knows, there still could be the dignitary at play there because of the war they can't deal with it. thank you for the report. alisyn. >> four days and counting until

funding runs dry. today the senate expected to vote for a fourth time on a bill to fund the department. but it will almost certainly reject it again. that's bus it's tied to the president's executive action on immigration. if a deal is not reached by friday, dls will run out of cash. we could be from for another partial government shutdown. 11 students at wesleyan university in connecticut sent to the hospital for possible drug overdoses, police say the students took a bad batch of mdma known on the street as molly. talk to your kids about the drug t. sell on it is it is a gentleer form of meth. two students in critical condition. police are trying to figure out where the drugs came from? >> terrible. rudy guiliani trying to clarify his message. guiliani writes in the "wall street journal," quote, obviously, i cannot read president obama's mind or heart and to the extent my words

suggested otherwise, it was not my intention, but i can only be disheartened when i hear him claim as he did last august that our response to 9-11 betrayed the ideals of this country when he interjected we tortured some folks. he undermined those who managed to protect us from further attack. a number of republicans distanced themselves because of lou's remarks. he's caught in a situation, rudy guiliani. he didn't want to apologize overtly. everybody is going to say he should have. those two statements don't go together. you can't say that about me and not be saying you know what's in the content of my character and in my heart and all those others. >> again, he is continuing a narrative we talked for many years. we talked with john and margaret about how conservatives often say if the president is on the apology tour. he doesn't support america. he doesn't love america. there is more of the same. it's interesting now republicans

are coming out and saying it's no fair that's a foul ball by rudy guiliani. >> there was a time if you questioned the loyalty of the country it was wired as treason, let's hope we move on. did youee the oscars? i tell you, she stole the show. her look her poise, even made up for her co-starring in the production. we are talking about mikaela, mikaela ferrara joins us for the montage, beverly hills ohio i have to say, you look grit. you guys did a great job. >> thanks. we had fun me and that othergy. we lad a really good time despite the rain. i got to tell you, it was a great show last night. let's talk about the winners right off the bat. ""birdman"" winning for best picture. interesting to note it's the lowest grossing film to ever win best picture. not a lot of people saw it. the critics loved it. they voted for it last night. at least the people at the academy did.

also moving speeches last night. i will play for you the speech from graham moore. he won for best adapted screen play he shared an emotional experience he had at 16-years-old. take a listen to this. >> when i was 16-years-old i tried to kill myself because i felt weird and i felt different and i felt like i did not belong. now i'm standing here and so i would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who peels like cease weird or cease different or she doesn't fit in anywhere yes, you do. >> baby do you belong. in fact back stage he says he realized he had a rare moment to have the spotlight to say something important and meaning. . boy, did he. let's talk about the show t. producers promised a magic show with a lot of song. they delivered at least on the song. arguably somebody might think it's reminiscent with the tony's lady go ga and julie andrews with that terrific

terrific rendition and, of course john legend and common from "glory" a beautiful night of music for sure t. rain didn't get in our way. can i show you a quick picture? we had to get inventive where we were on the bridge. we had to get the umbrella out. literally, the rain was coming in our area fought just pouring down on top of us. so funny they say it never rains in l.a. we know that to be true. it only rains on oscar night, two years in a row. it's not my fault. >> you still looked glamorous. >> a lot of hair spray. >> got it. thanks so much. we'll check back in. back to one of the stories we are following, kayla mueller's grieving father takes out his anger on u.s. policy. did his father die in captivity because the white house was more concerned with policy than her life. >> a flash point in politics. if i said i don't think you love america. is there any chance i can say

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test. test. el-sisi. so we have two situations to unpack. first three british teenaged girls are feared to be headed to syria to join isis. second the parents of kayla mueller who was just killed in isis captivity blasting the u.s. no ransom policy saying the nation is putting this policy ahead of american lives. let's break these two down. we have phil mudd analyst and

counterterrorism official. and a former national security member under presidents bush and clinton. also the author of going to tehran. mr. mudd let's start with these girls. young angry men this affected uneducated. we get it. young women super educated. listen to what the sister of one of these girls has to say in describing them and what's being didn't to the family? >> we convince such young girls at that age are so vulnerable and so it's just wrong. it's evil an evil thing to do. to break up an entire family. >> the cost is obvious. what is the cell that would work on a sophisticated educated young woman. >> let's start with the target here and i use that word advisedly, the target chris, is not a young woman, a child a. 15-year-old in my world whether

it's a boy or a girl is not a man or a woman. it's a child vulnerable to that message. that message is not about joining isis. it's about an impressionable young person. why don't you come to a world where you can live to an islamic ideal. we are not about murdering people beheading people. we are about heading to a better place where the ideals you learn about in mosque are the ideals you learn here. we will give you a 15-year-old does not have the capacity if they're listening to someone whom they respect to respond in an adult way to that message. so i look at this and see a headline that says someone is recruited by isis i don't boy it. someone is persuaded they can have a better life somewhere. >> that someone is a child. >> okay. what about the real analytic principle? hillary, what do we do about it? >> i think there is an analytic difference. i don't think there is data to support the assertion these are all uneducated child, children being recruited.

there are a lot of very sophisticated well educated people whether in the islamic state today or al qaeda of yesterday. ayman al zawahii is educated. >> it's the girls. >> girls are targeted because the islamic state holds itself out as the strongest most formidable sunni islamist resistant organizations that can resist the united states and are so-called as they see it topic governments in the middle east. so it's men and women. girls and boys are attracted to that kind of resistance organization as they see it. they're not playing on some people that are stupid or ill lit. >> reporter: they're actually playing to people who are extremely literate. who know how to use the internet and can use lots of sophisticated arguments and weigh for themselves what they want to do. >> look as you say there is a contradiction and a premise, there is a contradiction in what we are seeing in the performance also there are plenty of

disaffected uneducated young men dragged into this. they are playing on that sophistication in sending them to a death sentence but there is something that they're going to have to fwk out how to countermessage because when you start having women brought into this. when they have to know their faith is a horrible one that's something that has to be counterred very aggressively. let me ask you something else though while you have you here. you have kayla mueller's parents come out and say no negotiating with terrorists except when we do we will do it for the military. there are all these civilians taken. basically, you are out of luck. is that policy good enough? >> well, it certainly isn't good enough for the familys or the millions of americans whose heart goes out to the family or from a policy perspective. clearly, for example, the obama administration was willing last year to trade bo bergdahl five senior taliban officials from gitmo. it's not just the obama

administration. it was other administrations before it. when it suits a political accommodation with a group like the obama looking to do that last year they do that. when they forward a narrative, that's when you get this fact free assertion that delling with terrorists yields nothing but your bad behavior. >> my final thought on this what the u.s. will say, is no no no when it's military it's no men left behind. we do what we have to do maybe they haven't adapted to the civilian component of this yet. what's your take? >> i think that's right. there are two quick questions you got to answer here if you are in the white house t. president did order a review of hostage policy last fall. the question one as hillary said we traded taliban for bo bergdahl. why do you tell a family you can't negotiate with isis? i don't think they're huge distinctions for a family that's grieving. second and final. if you go into that family's

living room. you say we can't talk to you bus you will potentially give money, blood money to bring your daughter home. that's a federal violation. i don't think that's good policy. i realize giving money to a terror group is a violation of federal law. i do not think the department of justice and the white house can legitimately go to a grieving family trying to bring the daughter home and say we can't talk to you, because you might be breaking law. >> thank you very much for impacting these two situations. alisyn. >> wis wes governor scott walker rocketing to the top tier of potential republicans, presidential candidates in recent weeks. he's finding out being in the media spotlight has a price. he is now using twitter to say enough is enough. john king whether sort it all out for us on "inside politics." i wanted to fix it right away. my dentist recommended pronamel. he said pronamel can make my teeth stronger. pronamel is helping me lead the life that i want to live.

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others egypt resolving a series of airstrikes targeting isis in libya. this in retaliation they say for the beheading of 21 egyptian christians. al shabaab is posting a video calling on attacks on the malls in canada and the u.k. jay johnson warning shoppers to be on gard so u.s. administration officials make it clear there are no specific threats. still they are on guard considering the lone wolf attack in paris and copenhagen. >> another tragedy on a river in bangladesh. 70 people reported dead after a cargo vessel hit a passenger ferry. authorities believe passengers jumped to safety. many on the lower deck trapped. i said another because a ferry accident last summer on the same river left 45 people dead. >> terrible. all right. we want to go now to "inside politics" on new day. a lot to talk about. >> alisyn happy monday. happy monday to you as well. there is a lot to talk about.

rudy guiliani gets a rewrite. with me to share the reporting, jonathan martin of the "new york times." we talked a lot last week about mayor guiliani the former mayor of new york city who said at a private fundraiser he didn't think president obama doesn't love america. in the "wall street journal," he is trying to clean it up a bit. it was controversy. i cannot read president obama's mind or heart and to the extent that my words suggested otherwise, it was in the my intention, but i can only be disheartened when i hear him claim as he did last august that our response to 1-11 betrayed this country. when he interjected that we tortured some folks, he undermined those a managed successfully to protect us from them. making it about his post-9-11 response, why is he theing this? >> he's created a huge issue for another members of his party. rudy guiliani conceded he doesn't have a path to the white

house. if you look days wex ahead, every other person from his party who is considering running for president, dips their toe in the water is tlut thrustt into the fray it's about race the president's religion. >> that is in the where any republican has wanted to be. he's created quite a trap for others who have been not supportive. >> has he closed the trap? maybe i could have been more articulate is what he's trying to say? >> if we're talking still by the end of the week i guess we will know. i'm debating the question is he going to say anything else? there op-educates he is probably done speaking about this. he feels this is his last effort to do what he says half walk being, half platform. more about the views. it's what it seems. >> one of the guys at the table, the reason this became a big national story, scott walker the governor of wisconsin running for the nomination, not

officially yet. he's in the race was there. that's what's started this. governor walker do you agree? people ask, do you agree? governor walker is here the nation's governments are here for the bigage meeting. he was asked over the weekend be i the washington post about the guiliani controversy. he is asking he thought the president was a christian. he said look here's what's scott walker tweeted out on saturday. enough what the media's got you game. his tact to talk about big, bold ideas, to a degree candidates are right. we asked, they get asked just about anything. if you run for president, you want to be president? >> i think government walker has a point. if the question is one you don't like you can always not answer. here's what's interesting about scott walker i think he is incredibly successful to the med why. if you look at the comments guiliani made he gave a slew of interviews that he kind of changed tactic and change the president's religion and say i will steer away from that.

i think that shows how different running for governor he wanted a high profile recall in the election. it comes with the presidential race. that's something he and his advisers have to keep in mind. there is nothing like the media attention you get in 2012. he is not as road tested as he probably was. that's what we are seeing here. >> in the right t. conservative media, the blogisphere. they pretend obama is a christian. he's getting a good ride. >> tough affair. i'm kidding. >> what do you make of it? >> scott walker is nobody's fool. he doesn't want to answer these kind of questions, which is problematic. it also gives him an opportunity on the right, which by posting a link to his pact to sort of get some pop out of this, he is taking advantage of. it's all commenting on the press and exercise frankly bus you

know walker doesn't want to play the gym and by fought playing in the game he then ends up sympathy on the right against the media, which enables him to raise more money. it's all a very circular deal. >> also he was at the white house last night. if you never met scott walker's son, a selfie with his son. he posts this stuff. this is on his government's account. the first was sent from his personal account. this is his son alex at the white house. at that dinner there are 31 governors. we have a democratic president. now president obama said we disagreement i'm sure he's saying some of you want to move into this house. let's try to get some business. >> we are not going to agree on everything. but i am committed to working with each and every one of you over the next two years to keep making progress. >> is there anything they agree on? i guess these 31 republican donors would like to do that.

can he dobusiness with these guys? >> probably more so with congress a. lot of these governors want to keep this opened. you know for the burn of their economy and certain public safety. but look if you just, the health care for example, you got a lot of governors who want to address that and you have a lot of governors worried about losing the exchange under the affordable care act that the supreme court knocks that out. so there is much incentives in common when it comes to the congress. >> the question is maybe we do have by friday the department of homeland security is supposed to run out of money. now the president used mortgages powers to keep the border patrol. the most important functions of that there was a court ruling. some republicans think that's the way to do this. look let's give the president money and fight this in the court. listen to john mccain and lindsey graham. they're begging them not to shut down the party.

>> i don't believe we will. we now have an exit sign and that is that federal court decision saying that the president's actions, unilaterally are unconstitutional. >> our best bet is to challenge this in court, that if we don't fund the department of homeland security we'll get blamed as a party and the worst thing to do is add gasoline to the fire by having the republican party deep fund the department of homeland security. >> i translate that as the two guys from the senate begging the house to please back down. don't put us in this mess. from yeah no this was complicated. if you set up the mitch mcconnell. >> that they have control of both chamber. -se possibly presiding over the agency when you have all of these pop up. and if anything i think this has shown how little ease there with is among house republicans and how to go ahead.

they are pleading almost saying don't try to sound. other conservatives particularly in the house are saying the ruling actually emboldens our stance and proves our point we need to attack this legislation. >> that i sa i they sent the senate a bill t. senate needs to acts on it. senator mcconnell says the senate will act on that later today. not likely to gain enough votes to make it through. not a particularly good forecast from the department of homeland security. >> the best example of tension between the house and senate republicans, too. you can see there with those two clips how much the vast ma jertjority of the conference and the senate. they want to get this done t. house is a much more id logical bid. boehner who is the leader who is trying to keep the hard targets at bay seems to be simba thettic now. >> as we walk ue waum watch that,

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with us. yes, palm that's exactly what they said. they're not making this a joke about "seinfeld." the b role cramer believes there is some pig people out there. this went to contriveance. there is ha plan. tell us. >> it's so bizarre, chris the last high profile andrea yates, remember she killed her children. in that case the psychiatrist said she got it from a "law and order" episode. it was a mistake. she got a new trial. now, she was acquitted in the second trial, so bizarre now, another tv show comes up. yes, it shows planning. he is constantly making these pig references and the prosecution is saying this works into the he knew it was wrong, he planned the ill caning. bus he based it on this character. >> a second component, joey that played into it also if you are going to shoot it down. they said you know what he also once before when he threatened family members and

friends, he knew he got sent to a hospital for that. >> right. >> he knew if he made the same kind of plea he may get the same faith. >> very good argument. here's why, we all get thoughts from somewhere. we are constantly talking and debating the issue of whether our children should be playing video games. why? because they're violent? why, because they get into their heads and their mind t. argument from the prosecution is this was something that got into his mind. something of obsession. it didn't show contriveance. it shows his further paranoia his further schizophrenia, the fact that when he was exposed to this episode it so affected him he believed in reality men were half hybrid half pigs. >> so the prosecutors are saying this was it. it was a fake t. defendants say it's not a fake. thank you for helping us identify the source of his delusion. so then you have the big actor, the big factor here. "american sniper" all right we

can't forget for everything they are hearing in the jury box, these are human beings chris kyle is a huge figure he is been now and the question becomes, first of all, the simple question is was it okay for him to watch the oscars? and what do you think is going to weigh on them in terms of the influence of who was killed? >> i am shocked the judge allowed there emto watch the oscars. do you ever see somebody say something odd or weird at the oscars? like all the time. who is to say somebody wouldn't have commented on the trial? luckily, they don't think anybody did. but it's also focusing a lot on the victim in the xals by allowing them to watch the movie. so i really think it's bizarre the judge didn't been watching the oscars. >> that's a point well taken. it's certainly something that the judge shove done. with that being said here's the flipside the reality is the oscars are hollywood and there is real life. when you voir dire a jury that is you select the jurors appropriate for this particular case you question them chris. the question you ask, not

withstanding the fact that you watched "american sniper" and you enjoyed it. can you understand that that's the movies and this is real life and will you make the decision based on this case from what you hear from the witnesses on that stand and nothing you hear on tv or that you see in the movies. if the jurors say yes, you trust those jurors will do their job. that's what we have here. >> to my mind it's further confirmation this trial is about something even bigger than facts in law. it's about who thisgy was and what his mission was back home. so i think that can play either way as well. that said paul callan you go first. what does the prosecution argue in its closing today? >> will you see arguments on two things number one voluntary intoxication, he was smoking marijuana, doing alcohol. that exacerbated, made it worse the mental illness. under texas law, however, because he voluntarily did that he doesn't get if benefit of saying that's a defense in the

case. number two, he constantly makes reference to the fact that he knew what he did was wrong after the killing. texas has a very simple law. if you know it was wrong, it doesn't matter how mentally ill you are. you don't get the benefit of the insanity. >> not sick enough. >> so the reality is this. first let's look at the standard, it's by a preponderance of the evidence. obviously only is it more likely than not he was insane. we don't have to look at this particular case we have to go before that. a person described by his family as being happy go lucky a. person normal by all accounts goes to iraq. he comes back he is suicidal why? it doesn't matter you see things when you are over there. he guess on a humanitarian mission in haiti to help. he sees bodies all over the place. it changes who he is. look at the history of him being in and out of mental institutions the effect it had. look at the fact eight days prior to this killing his mother

begged the va don't let him out. he's not ready. you do a summation. >> jackson is doing a summation. this is supposed to be legal commentary is it you have struck a cord with me. i am saying right now. the prosecution, it's their case to lose. it would be nice if they said this is time to recognize mental illness for what it is. it's not an excuse. on these facts and situation the prosecution has a case it should not lose. we'll see. tune in for perspective, 9:00 eastern, "the story of the american sniper." thank you. gas prices rising 28 days in a row now. christine romans tells us if the relief at the pump is over.

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the egyptian leader calling for a unified arab force. >> this is what we've been calling for the longest time. >> this is the first time we have heard for aa president call for an army. >> west style attacks in the u.s. >> what you have to do is be vigilant. >> he said he saw troops fire in the crowd. i never saw that. >> i was out there pretty much by myself because the other u.s. news correspondents were hiding. >> what he just said was a fabdation,fab fabrication fabrication, a lie. >> tonight we honor hollywood's best and widest -- sorry, brightest. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and

michaela pereira. egypt calling for a united arab force, jordan ready with troops right now. and hostages held in cages. now another military threat to a shopping mall in the u.s. we begin coverage as only cnn can. we begin live in cairo. what's the latest ian? >> reporter: alisyn we heard the president calling for a united arab force is a pressing issue. he didn't give details what that would look like and we know egypt is already combatting isis in the east and sinai peninsula as well and libya and jordan has offered assistance for the fight and the u.s. the egyptian's role is

protecting the borders of the country, but that said if the need arose they would be need ed elsewhere in the region that could happen only with the close cooperation with their air rob brothers. jordan and the uae offering to send in help. this is the first time we're really hearing this sort of call again. presidency president sissy -- is si making it a threat and every other country has dealt with it directly. to see the formation of a large arab army would take a lot of work a lot of diplomatic work as arab leaders are not known to really come together and unify. >> thank you. >> thank you very much for that. and another sign of the terror threat homeland security officials are warning of a new

threat from al shabaab, another terror group, calling for attacks in the united states and canada. not just any mall. they named the mall of america in bloomington, mintsnesota. that's where we have nick valencia. what's going on on the ground? >> reporter: clearly a chilling message posted by the terror group, al shabaab over the weekend, calling for a handful of attacks on malls not just here in the united states but uk and canada. among them listed the west edmonton mall in canada and bloomington, minnesota, the famous mall in america. they issued a statement they are taking extra precautions some visible to people that might be showing up and others that might not be. they do encourage those coming to the malls to remain extra vigilant.

i reached out to members in the local community here and asked them to react to this message. they called it disgusting shocking. it was very traumatic and say the terror group al shabaab certainly does not speak for the majority of somalis in the community. >> they are essential to finding out what this threat is. i know it's cold out there. we welcome in these gentlemen. great to of have you with us on "new day." >> great to be here. >> this is in the district next to your district. how many sleepless nights are you having over this threat? >> it's a worrisome threat. we better pay close attention to this threat. we do know they attacked a mall and no reason to panic. we know they want to injector

ror and fear. they want to make us upset, their goal. and vigilance will keep us safe and secure. these people have attacked westgate mall in nairobi and are vicious murderous killers. it doesn't take a lot of people. you can harm with a few numbers. important to stay on our toes and keep our eyes open. they are attacking soft targets because they are under a lot of pressure in somali right now. the somali government after two decades in shambles has now began to form itself and stand on its feet. it's harder for them to attack inside because of the amazon and somali troops supported by the united states so looking for soft targets. >> address the phobia you have it specifically playing out in your town in minnesota. and these somalis and muslims are calling out to them. how do you address the phobia?

>> the same way i address any phobia. we all know tiny groups that try to inject fear in the rest of us and try to play on our fears. if we are prepared and deal with it and do not buy into the prejudice, that this is security that will reward us. at the end of the day we should remember al shabaab kills more muslims than any else. there is no reason for a muslim or somali person to have any love for al shabaab. they spill more blood in that country for those people than anywhere else. america is a refuge for the somali community. america is where they came to escape the chaos. >> especially in your community. >> yes. >> isn't it also true there are members in the somali community that don't feel they're an integral part of the community and may be susceptible to the lure of isis and extremism? >> it certainly is possible and

there have been a few recruited back but we're talking tiny numbers compared to the whole. >> surely those are the people they are worried about. how do you give them purpose if they fear they don't fit in in the community. >> one of the things the somali community did very well said it helps us when we have community centers and helps us when we can open up jobs and summer employment for kids and helps us when we can open up opportunity and law enforcement and community can be in a dialogue and build trust, not suspicion. these things we're working on right now. we have an awesome u.s. attorney a guy named andy luger and working on countering violent extremeism at the white house. the white house is focusing on this and somali leaders are focusing on this problem. we have the imams and clergy. >> a little bit of test case you

had there. in my reporting experience i spent a little time up there. you have evolved and they were that they could stand on their own and now they've been integrated. has it made a difference? >> it has. we have a somali council member and somali school board member and elected by people who are not somali mostly. the somali community is opening businesses and making contributions. there's not one politician in minnesota who believes they can ignore the somali community. they're a potent political force and i believe the somali community is coming into the fold in the state. you're right. it doesn't take a lot. there are a few people who will be alienated because they're young and unemployed and they had a tough time getting on with their american dream and they might be susceptible to being lured. we have to be on the lookout and

the only thing we can do is be vigilant and inclusive as we can. we want to ask you about rudy guiliani saying he doesn't believe president obama loves america and today he issued a statement saying he can't get into the heart or mind of the president. what do you think? >> who knows. how do you judge love. the president made it so 11 million people through the affordable care act can get health care access and are safe from the attacks of osama bin laden. and the president made it so our economy has been improving, still a lot of people need to get livable wage jobs. we've been having private sector growth. the president has been demonstrating pragmatic love. >> he's playing to his record and the suspicion is if he's playing to the person this is a brown plan with muslim roots and

doesn't love the country the way we do because he was raised by people people -- >> i believe he was dog whistling. what i mean is he was signaling he's not one of us and that had to do with some factors that the former mayor should not be trying to play on. >> meaning race? >> and other things you know. is he an american? is he a muslim? is he a socialist, this that? i thought it was disgusting and very sad that the former mayor did that. this is a great city. he should dignify it by comporting himself accordingly. he can never forget he's representing this great city of new york city. how can he run around act like a -- somebody who -- you know like somebody who doesn't carry the dignity of this city. i think it's sad but he already knows he messed up because he's already back pedalling. i think we should just note there's a reason he never was able to catch on as a

presidential candidate, because that kind of stuff doesn't wash and the american people don't like it. >> speaking of presidential candidates at least three have come out and said they don't agree with rudy guiliani rand paul and marco rubio. >> it's slow. wasn't a flood. you think when somebody says something that is really out there and has implications that are out there you'd think it would be swifter. >> it's so silly and stupid and ridiculous i can see how somebody wouldn't take it seriously until asked. that's just how low those comments were. i don't fault them for not being real fast at denunciation. glad they did it. maybe we can move past this kind of thing. >> use it as an example? >> use it as an example of what not to do. it seemed like a desperate act of a man trying to stay relevant and having a hard time doing so. >> congressman keith ellison, we

appreciate you being here. >> rudy was the mayor of a city known all about diversity as its strength. >> strong point. in other news a bomb killing at least two people at a peaceful protest in eastern ukraine raises the question what cease-fire? 15 others hurt in another city. suspects trained in russia have been arrested a counter terror operation under way right now. this protest came under protests of ukraine's tie with russia. a man hailed as a hero after taking down a palestinian teenager who stabbed an orthodox. >> on a palestinian street. this whole thing was caught on video. the mayor says he and his guards were in his car and noticed the knife wielding attacker and jumped out and took him down until the police got there. the man who was stabbed was only slightly injured. the parents of slain

american aide worker kayla mueller are speaking out. she was killed by isis in syria. her parents say they believe the president put his policy not to negotiate with terrorists before their daughter's life. >> any parents out there would understand that you would want anything and everything done to writing your bring your child home. >> the muellers add they understand why the policy is what it is with the military. they still wanted anything and everything to be done to bring their daughter home. on a much lighter note let's talk about the oscars. this is a spoiler alert so if you dvr'd it just turn the volume down. birth"birdman" soars, and largely

ignoring the family drama that took 12 years to produce, not the only surprise. michaela pereira join us live from the montage beverly hills hotel with the best moments. good morning, michaela. >> reporter: good morning. is the spoiler alert over? can i uncover my ears? >> yes. >> good morning to the both of you. i am here in the lobby of the beautiful montage hotel. a few blery eye'd rebelers are coming through after last night's parties. the rain didn't dampen an excellent show and fantastic moving performances and moving emotional personal speeches. maybe for the first time in a long time social issues really were in the limelight. >> reporter: the evening's biggest honor awarded to the black comedy drama "birdman".." lead actor michael keaton snubbed of best actor, instead, the prize going to "theory of

everything" star edry redmaynedie redmayne. >> this belongs to all these people around the world battling als. >> reporter: it was a night of purposeful and passionate speeches. >> the struggle for justice right now. >> reporter: calling attention to the plight of alzheimer's. >> people with alzheimer's deserve to be seen so we can find a cure. >> reporter: 13 years after "boyhood" began its journey. patricia arquette best supporting actress. >> it's our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the united states of america. >> reporter: garnering thunderous applause from the a-list crowd. >> reporter: neil patrick harris. >> tonight we honor hollywood's best and widest -- sorry,

brightest. >> reporter: brought his quick-witted sarcasm to the criticism nominees lack diversity. and bared it all. >> acting is a noble profession. >> and the over three hour show packed with gripping performances. >> lady gaga's the sound of music medelee receiving a standing ovation as julie andrews made a surprising appearance. but it was common and john legend belting lyrics underscoring racial injustice and glory that moved the a-list crowd to tears. you remember that hashtag all white oscars she show was incredibly diverse. can i also say, tough competition in that best picture category but a really great

oscar year for independent film. i think that's something a lot of people will note as well. >> great stuff. so interesting to see the actors using their platform to talk about larger issues not just entertainment. >> in a responsible way this time. >> good point. >> michaela pereira, thanks so much. moving on fox news anchor bill o'reilly firing back against allegations he embellished his war reporting record. what he's saying as more journalists come forward to challenge his story. provocative question did "sin" "seinfield cause eddie ray routh to kill? more on this bizarre story. which is why usaa is honored to help our members with everything from investing for retirement

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so a big reason that the bill o'reilly situation isn't going away is because there's been a lot of ping-ponging back and forth about what was said and said by other people and he supposedly has his proof. let's do this the right way once and for all. bring in cnn correspondent director at the school of media public affairs at george washington university mr. frank sesno. cnn family. glad to have you here. let's play the piece of sound that got o'reilly in trouble and the cbs colleague that supposedly tells the truth of the context of the situation. first, o'reilly. let's go. >> that was 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. >> he's trying to build it up into a more frightening and deadly situation than it was. it wasn't a combat situation by any sense of the word that i know. there were no people killed. he said that he saw troops fire into the crowd. i never saw that. i don't know anybody who did. >> you are known for your fairness and known for how you do your job as a journalist. today, you present the perspective of what is wrong with this. i will push back from the perspective of what o'reilly's defense is of it. please begin, what is wrong here? >> first of all, what is wrong here we're in a season we're taking a look at what people have said thanks to brian

williams and a hard look at what mr. o'reilly said raises questions about whether he embellished the word in the falklands, may have been passing words on his part but were not where he and berg or i who followed that conflict ever were. we were in buenos aires. bill says that's where i was all along and do his embellishments indicate otherwise and on "reliable sources" talking about firing troops into the crowd and people dropping. we heard a moment ago, i can tell you, there were no stories of massacres in the streets of buenos aires. that was a difficult area sometimes tense, but ba was not a war zone itself. >> o'reilly says protests are very dynamic things. what i see where i am may not be what you see from where you are. these other guys from cbs didn't see it because they didn't

leave. only i did. i saw what i saw and my cameraman was hurt and it was combat by any other name because you had opposing force trying to kill one another. >> what we also have going on really interesting has not happened with the brian williams case we have an on the record food fight, where you have vary varying points of view from within the cbs family. what he told brian yesterday i was on the streets. when o'reilly came back he didn't want to share his tape and got slapped by the cbs producer at the time. there's a lot of stuff that can be tracked down. i would tell you the bottom line for this as far as the audience should be concerned as far as the industry should be concerned is what actually happened. it's not that hard to really pin it down. will people be held accountable to their words? >> you say varying accounts. from cbs' side i haven't heard anything that agrees with

o'reilly yet coming out from schieffer or mr. eveningngberg and i hear there are others that are being sourced. when it comes to accountability it comes to whether fox wants to feel this is something legitimate enough to take action. given what fokszx cultivates as its audience why should it care what you or anybody else thinks from the mainstream media? >> they probably don't. i think they care what their audience thinks. that's what should matter not what others necessarily in the media think. if part of bill o'reilly's platform is built on his credibility. he's a self-acknowledged bloviate bloviater and has some sense of humor about it. that's fine. when it comes to embellishing your own story and truth, forever that is what is happening here certainly seems to be if his own audience

becomes upset by it then fox has an issue. i don't think they're going to care very much what you and i think about this. we represent the mainstream media, which is what they and their base fox's base feels is so much part of the problem. >> right. >> chris, credibility matters. if you embellsh a resume and you're applying for a job, you're not going to get the job. if you plagiarize and that's a word bill o'reilly used with respect to who used his tapes, be careful how that word gets thrown around there are consequences there are consequences and should be consequences for our words. that's why the media writ large are in trouble with the public feel the media are not transparent enough, not accountable enough and winging it. that's what's at stake. >> they're seeing a big culture test. frank sesno, you'rethank you for being

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closing arguments could begin as early as today in the murder trial of american sniper chris kyle. 10 women and two men will decide the trial of eddie ray routh. will psychologists cast doubt about routh's state of mind

during the crime? on the stand is nancy grace prosecutor and host of hawaiianln's show "nancy grace. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> thanks for being here again. what do you think of the defense eddie ray routh's defense has put forward? >> i don't think much but you never know with a jury. the texas insane defense is unusual. for them to arrive at the level of insane under the law for post traumatic stress syndrome he basically has to be in a flashback, in an fuge stage caused by post traumatic defense syndrome. this guy never saw action. i kept waiting for the defense to put it on that he was embattled. the only time he got off the ship at hateiti was to collect

this is paycheck. he has a big problem. >> his mother says he did seem changed in earthquake relief there and seems thing to get under his psyche and made him unhinged. what if there is no ptsd can he still be found insane? >> yes he can if the jury buys into it. i thought the mother was a credible witness. it did hurt her testimony after the defense put up this fantastic photo of eddie ray routh in his fully kek rated outfit. the prosecution ruined that torpedoed that with them showing a giant bong in front of the jury. this is what it boils down to voluntary use of chol or drugs. if that comes into evidence it's game over. there's an extensive, extensive history of not only using

marijuana, but marijuana laced with formaldehyde. embalming fluid, called wet marijuana. i'm sure the jury was shocked by that. but he also has some mental episodes. the only question is does it rise to insanity. >> eddie ray routh reportedly told the psychologists hybrid pig people were trying to kill him, he believed. then the prosecution showed that that was one plot line on "seinfeld" and that that -- >> i know. >> what do you make of that? >> i can't believe that alisyn. not only was it a plot on "seinfeld," he had also been watching "boss hawg" reality show i guess on "investigation discovery" and overheard talking about it. the fact he was watching that possibly saw the cramer episode that dealt with the pig person it throws a real wrench in the defense case. the main thing about that the main strength for the state is

that he never ever discussed pig people before he was charged with this crime. >> so nancy, can you read the tea leaves at this point? what do you think is going to happen with the jury? >> i think they will come back with a guilty. if i thought that if he was found insane he could go to a mental facility get treatment as soon as he's stabilized go to jail it wouldn't be a big deal but the reality is you go to a mental facility you get stabilized they let you walk free. he can walk free after he's quote stabilized. >> nancy, let's switch gears for a second. we have to congratulate you on the 10 year run of your wildly successful hln show "nancy grace." television is a fickle world. to what do you credit your successful 10 years. >> thank you, number one. as much as i would like to take credit i really can't. any perceived success of our

show is grounded in the cases that we cover. the real cases of people involved in going through the criminal justice system unsolved homicide missing people especially missing children. it's what we're all about. our desire to help really keeps me and my whole staff going. >> nancy, it sounds like you're getting emotional thinking about your mission. >> i am a little bit. you know my mission hasn't changed since the murder of my fiance many many years ago. but what we do everyday is so vitally important to me. the fact we have been able to help solve some missing case help solve some unsolved homicides means the world to me. i could never do -- have done it without hln. i'm very very grateful to hln and to the viewers that make us possible. >> nancy, you're awfully modest because a lot of the success of

the show is your colorful personality. we have a little sample of some nancyisms. watch this. >> the devil is dancing tonight. unleash the lawyers. i'm having a little crow sandwich on the set tonight. >> don't make me cut your mike! >> rot in hell. hey, if you're listening, you can put that on your christmas tree. >> put that in your pipe and smoke it. >> that's putting perfume on the pig. >> why don't you pull out your ouija board? >> put that in your pipe and smoke it nancy grace. >> okay. i think that was me. i plead guilty. no. i plead the fifth. >> it's great. nancy, keep doing your special magic. great to have you with us and congratulations on those 10 years. >> thank you for inviting me. >> a pleasure.

don't forget to tune in tonight, a special of our own, cnn special report the blockbuster "the story of american sniper" at 9:00 p.m. where we look at the trial and so much more. tomorrow night at 9:00 tune in to hln for nancy grace's 10th anniversary special. all good stuff. >> chris. >> i feel like she said all of those things to me at some point. it took julianne five nominations but she is now an oscar winner. mikaela has the inside look from hollywood. okay...listen up. i'm here to get the lady of the 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. the complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals antioxidants and 9 grams of protein. i see you cupcake.

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♪ stay weird and stay different. when it's your turn and you are standing on the stage, please pass the same message to the next person that comes along. thank you so much! >> people with alzheimer's need to be seen so that we can find a cure. cure. >> acting is a noble profession. >> oh what a brave move. my goodness. just some of the highlights for you from last night's 87th academy awards.

"birdman" was the best winner and director winning as well. joining me here at the beautiful montage hotel in the heart of beverly hills, cnn contributor and entertainment tonight host michelle turner who looks fantastically awake and vanity"vanity fair" here also. the three of them have raged all night but they're here. we have to start, ladies with the big show and big winners. "birdman" collecting the big best picture right off the bat. not a surprise. it was down to the wire for a lot of people. were you pleased? >> i think theonce it won best original screen play i thought, oh boy, it feels like it has momentum. earlier we both picked "boyhood" to win. it was either/or and "birdman" got it.

>> the eyebrow raised was it won best director and picture and not best actor. conventional wisdom was michael keaton would have taken the oscar home as well. >> we knew best actor was likely to happen. speaking of "birdman" we have to talk about two years in a row, a mexican director winning for "birdman," terrific powerful direction. >> loved his speech. >> shout-out to mexico. >> there was a lot of shout-outs. last night was a night of people speaking very personally from the heart. >> we heard mention of stay weird from graham ward and racial inequality in the nation. >> we did see academy awards with a heart and message. patricia arquette having the ladies in the audience screaming and yelling. >> she was so good and graham was so touching. i saw that tape.

it was so touching >> when we saw john legend perform on stage and building that and the production of that when it was over, grown men crying in the audience. just literally weeping. >> we had emotion in there. we had real feeling. did we have the funny? do you think we had the fun 9 show last night? snoo>> patrick came out in his underwear. i thought it was great when he came out. i have to say the "sound of music," we didn't give lady gaga enough love. that was incredible. >> we knew she could sing. this was not an auto-tune gal. but i don't think we knew she could sing like that. >> i felt like she brought the house -- everybody stood up. it was like -- she looked gorgeous. she was just like this amazing singer. >> can we go back to neil patrick harris though for a second. kris started touching on it.

i think he will get very mixed reviews this morning. one of his best bits. i talked to cumberbatch about this. he thought the joke with him and john travolta was his favorite one of neil's best moments last night. a lot of his attempts fell kind of flat. i don't know if it was the timing of it? we know this is a tough gig. >> the toughest gig in hollywood. they have the recent memory of ellen degeneres a comedian in her element. she owned the stage and the moment and looked completely comfortable. there will be those kind of comparisons, no? >> always. a lose-lose and win-win. >> he said that going into it didn't they? >> i wish they wouldn't put pronouncements in his script. >> can we talk about the saggy red carpet. there's this whole rumor it never rains in l.a. i guess we should say except on oscar night. it did last year. it didn't seem to get in the way of the fashion.

that was amazing. >> a lot of the women had their hair back. it was very smart but it was elegant. everybody looked really beautiful and really elegant. >> who are some of your favorites last night? >> this is some of my favorites. >> la pitta looked beautiful. that was calvin klein. reece borowitz witherspoon looked classy. and ellen stone looked beautiful. a lot of old hollywood glamor. >> did you feel there was old hollywood glamor and i noticed that from some of the men and often the men get the short stick on the carpet. john legend looked amazing. >> and in prada with the mix of blue and black lapel. it looked great. a double breasted armani which was really cool. he wore it -- once you saw him, he wore it so elegantly.

i thought he owned it. >> you know what i noticed from the men last night. i did like this, too, i saw white dinner jackets. i thought it was clean and sophisticated. >> how do you think this year's oscars will be remembered? >> i think the speeches were excellent, the best in recent memory and i think people will remember it was going to be -- all the controversy in the beginning but during this show everyone came together. >> can i say the producers went out of their way to add diversity to presenters and performances. >> did you notice that? >> no more #all white oscars. >> thanks for being on the red carpet you did a great job. we love you. thanks to the three of you. go get some sleep. >> thanks for coming to see us in the west coast. >> we want to continue the conversation with you online. we know you've seenhaven't seen some of these films, some haven't had

a chance to see them yet. go to cnn doth kom.com/newday. we have our own opinions about which films should have won. are you happy? >> i'm happy. your talk was so provocative, you had alisyn and i discussing the role of women in hollywood and whether there's been enough progress and whether or not audreydrian brodie is a legitimate sex symbol and i was strong on the yes. i don't know how we get to it. >> you have changed your minds or no? >> we're not there yet. still deliberating. >> we'll take progress where we can. >> thanks michaela. here's a pitch for you. a cop puts down his ticket book and picks up a shovel for a vet who needs it. kind of gave away the whole story. it's such good stuff you'll still want to see it. what the cloud enables is computing to empower cancer researchers. it used to take two weeks to sequence and analyze a genome;

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