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made. clergy members and others called for calm at the vigil for the wounded officers. they offered prayers for the officers their families and every victim of violence on the streets of ferguson. police say finding the person who shot those two officers is their top priority right now. let's get an update on the manhunt and the investigation. cnn's alina machado is joining us from ferguson. what can you tell us about these two people wanted for questioning by police? >> reporter: we know authorities here in missouri are doing everything they can to find the person responsible for this shooting. as you mentioned, a law enforcement source has told cnn that investigators believe they have identified two people they want to talk to and that one of those people could possibly be the shooter. we reached out to the st. louis county police department just a little while ago to get an update from them and also ask about the status of those two people. and a spokesperson denied having identified anyone.

that same spokesperson, wolf, did tell us again that no one is in custody. >> is the shooting of the two officers -- it's added to an already tense situation in ferguson. give us a little sense of the mood there on the streets where you are. >> reporter: it's interesting to note that things here seem to be business as usual, which is surprising because we would imagine that things would be very tense. we've noticed that there was a protest last night and that there were a few dozen people who showed up. both the protesters and the police officers who were there seemed very calm very relaxed. but we do know there is no doubt that the shooting is weighing very heavily on the minds of the officers here. >> we know last night they brought in state troopers, county police to replace really the local ferguson police department to take charge of the security around the protests. we saw a much smaller demonstration last night.

no arrests. what are police expecting later tonight? >> reporter: we haven't heard of any planned protests here for tonight. but that doesn't mean of course that there won't be. we could imagine that police will be prepared to respond to whatever ends up happeningn't. and it's worth noting the ground is wet, so weather could play a factor on how many people end up coming out here if there is a protest, wolf. >> thank you, alina, very much. the shooting of the two police officers adds to an already simmering amount of tensions in ferguson. religious leaders and others gathered to pray for the officers and for the community at a candlelight vigil. ♪ president obama spoke publicly about the shootings for the first time. here's what he said on abc's

jimmy kimmel last night. >> there was no excuse for criminal acts. and whoever fired those shots shouldn't detract from the issue. they're criminals. they need to be arrested. and then what we need to do is to make sure that like-minded, good-spirited people on both sides, law enforcement who have a terrifically tough job, and people who understandably don't want to be stopped and harassed just because of their race are able to work together and come up with some good answers. >> joining us now to talk about the president's response, the administration's response and what happens next in ferguson is april ryan the white house correspondent for american urban radio networks. and she's also the author of a brand-new and very important book "the presidency in black and white, my up-close view of three presidents and race in america." she's also a good friend of mine. april, thanks very much for

joining us. >> thanks for having me wolf. >> you think the president is striking the right tone right now? this whole issue of race relations. he's been the president for six years. >> he's striking the perfect tone. what happened recently with the shooting of these two police officers is despicable. he had to strike that tone. but he also has to let the community and the world know that we have to support the police. but at the same time still root out the bad policing. so he did indeed strike the right tone. >> a lot of his critics say he should never have gotten involved in ferguson. it was a local issue. he should never really have done what he did. >> i disagree. we have seen in the news what happened with eric garner tamir rice and so many others. we look back to what happened in l.a. with rodney king. so we have a pervasive issue that continues to happen. and now we're seeing visuals of it. that's really been put in the

president's lap more so than any other president. >> eric holder spoke out about these shootings of the police officers in ferguson. let me play this clip for you. >> this was not someone trying to bring healing to ferguson. this was a damn punk a punk who was trying to sow discord in an area that is trying to get its act together and trying to bring together a community that has been fractured for too long. >> he called him a damn punk. we think the suspect or suspects obviously they're still on the loose right now. how do you think eric holder's been dealing with this issue? >> i think eric holder did the right thing in going out and talking against the actions that happened against the police officers who were totally wrong. anytime you have anyone who goes up against law enforcement that means lawlessness. and you do not want that in any community.

but eric holder has surprised us with many of the details of that scathing report that came out. and i was really surprised. if you close your eyes and don't look at the date, you would think this is something out of the '50s and '60s. he was right to detail it and talk about it but he was also right in condemning the actions of those police officers. >> in your new book you talk about president bill clinton, president bush and now president obama and the whole issue of race. our recent cnn poll it's very disturbing when you take a look race relations in america, have they gotten better or worse? you see, 32% of the american public thought race relations would be better under president obama. it's gone down now to 15%. 6% thought his being a president would make it worse. it's now gone up to 39%. 59% then thought it was about the same. 45% right now. but clearly more people think race relations in america are

worse than they were before he took office. you've studied this in your book. how do you explain that? >> this nation was on such a high when we elected the first black president. i remember being at the white house and you were the one who told me that president obama would be the next president of the united states. and there was a crowd that came to the white house, we did a shift in the fabric of this country and there was so much hope. but the reality of the day is issues of race is a problem that's centuries old. we have not gotten to the root and we were still a hypersensitive community that people sit on different spectrums of it and we are scared to talk about it. >> you went down to selma last weekend for the 50th anniversary of the commemoration of that bloody sunday. i know you spoke to the president down in selma as well. what do we need to do?

>> we need to have a civil conversation and put the facts on the table. many people like to talk about what they think. but there are facts, disproportionate numbers of african-americans who are at the lowest rung of any sector in this community. you have disproportionate numbers when it comes to unemployment housing, education, criminal justice. the facts are what is going to bear the truth for the conversation to begin. >> we have a lot of work to do as you point out in your new book. april, thanks very much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. just ahead, how could a shooter hit two officers from more than 300 feet away with a handgun? our law enforcement analyst tom fuentes will walk us through the crime scene. he's there. and the admiral in charge of protecting the u.s. from attack warn that is russian warplanes are showing more aggression now more than any time he says since the cold war. we'll assess what he says is a rising risk.

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got an officer down officer down. shots fired at the station. >> officer down. officer needs aid. >> that was part of the police dispatch traffic following the shooting of two police officers in ferguson, missouri. an intense manhunt now under way for the shooter or shooters a key part of the investigation is to determine where the shots came from. here's what the st. louis kroint police county police chief said about the initial counts of the shoot zblgs when they heard the shots and heard the bullets coming past, they saw muzzle flashes.

these muzzle flashes were probably about 125 yards away. >> that's about 375 feet farther than the length of a football field. could the shots have come from that far away? our cnn law enforcement analyst, former assistant fbi director, tom fuentes, joins us from ferguson. you're there on the scene where these shots apparently came from. walk us through the scene and what distance we're actually talking about. >> wolf i'm standing at about the distance that the shots were fired from, the location on the street where they were fired at the top of the hill. and looking down the hill and actually being here on site has changed my perspective on what i thought happened that night. initially i thought that the shooter had enough elevation to shoot over the top of the protesters and hit the police officers. but now having come out here i see that it's really not enough elevation. and talking to susan weech within the last few hours about what happened that night --

she's a "st. louis post dispatch" reporter she was on site that night and said before the shooting happened the police as the crowd was starting to dwindle, the police moved them out of the way. so some of the crowd was to my left in this parking lot. some were to the right in this parking lot over here by a tire store. and really there were no protesters in the street. so the shooter would have had a clear line of fire at the police officers without having to worry about hitting a protester in the way. as we're going down the hill -- >> -- towards the police station over there, the shooter may actually have been on the roof of a building. what makes you think that? >> well i had thought that initially, that it was a possibility simply because of the elevation. i thought that if the shooter had protesters creating a human shield between the shooting and the police that they might have needed more elevation. but susan weech, who was down

very close to where the officers were shot on site that night, looked up and she said that the flashes, the angle of these rooftops is too much to the side compared to looking straight up the street which is what the witnesses said that the shots were fired up the road, a muzzle flash from each shot was seen by a numb of witness behind me up this street at the top of the hill. and the angle of these two rooftops is too much that she's convinced that she and other witnesses would have seen the shooter if the shots came from the top of the buildings that are over here. we'll try to cross the street. >> be careful. >> we're crossing the street here. i'll show you where the officers with standing right on the other side of this fence near the fire hydrant in this grassy area here between the sidewalk and the police and fire station parking lot is where the two officers

that were hit were standing. and there was a line of officers basically side by side right across here when the shots rang out. those two officers went down. susan weech, the reporter was a little bit further beyond this brick wall and in fact was calling her people to tell them that the crowd was dissipating and it was going to be time to go home pretty soon and then the shots rang out. >> across the street going back you could see from this angle on the left side you have the tire store, on the right side, you have another strip mall. that's where the protesters had all been moved to by the police. so from here on the sidewalk looking back up the hill you can see that a shooter at the top of that hill with no protesters no pedestrians on the street would have had a clear shot down the hill directly at the police officers in the grass behind me. >> and you still believe, tom, as we discussed yesterday that shooter was using a pistol or a handgun as opposed to some sort

of rifle? because that's a pretty long distance to be that accurate. hit one police officer in the face in the cheek, another police officer in the shoulder from what 125 yards? >> no it's a tremendously difficult shot, wolf. i'm very skeptical of it. but many people here said the bullets sounded like firecrackers and that's very consistent with the sound of a pistol shot outdoors. it's not as powerful as a rifle and that the other side of that is the police have the bullet casings and they have said it's consistent with a handgun. so they believe the handgun was used. that's what they've been searching for as the murder -- the attempted murder weapon. and based on that and the fact also not to be too gruesome but getting shot in the face with a rifle, it's hard for me to believe that that would not have been fatal compared to a pistol shot which the officer did

survive. >> tom fuentes for us walking on the streets over there right near the police station with an excellent explanation of what happened. appreciate it very much, tom. still to come new footage emerging of those three british schoolgirls who allegedly ran away to join isis in syria. we're also learning more about the man who supposedly helped them. details just ahead. janet? cough if you can hear me. don't even think about it. i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. yeah...but what about mike? (cough!) it works on his cough too. mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs for 12 hours. let's end this. denver international is one of the busiest airports in the country. we operate just like a city and that takes a lot of energy. we use natural gas throughout the airport - for heating the entire terminal generating electricity on-site and fueling hundreds of vehicles. we're very focused on reducing our environmental impact. and natural gas is a big part of that commitment.

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john brennan is addressing the council on foreign relations in new york this afternoon. the director spoke about the international developments and the trends that concern the cia

the most including of course the terror attacks that have occurred especially most recently in copenhagen and paris. and he stressed the special challenges presented by terror groups like isis. >> these attacks underscore a disturbing trend that we have been monitoring for some time. the emergence of a terrorist threat that is increasingly decentralized, difficult to track and even more difficult to thwart. while it is true that the united states and its allies have had considerable success degrading the capabilities of core al qaeda, various al qaeda affiliates and other terrorist organizations have surged in other countries. countries such as libya, egypt, somalia, nigeria and especially yemen where al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has demonstrated a capability to plot attacks well beyond yemen's borders, including in our homeland. but no region has gained more of the world's attention than syria and iraq where isil is waging a campaign of unspeakable brutality against the local population and indeed against

anyone who does not share its ideology. isil is well-armed and well-financed. its fighters are disciplined, committed and battle-hardened. left unchecked, the group would pose a serious danger not only to syria and iraq but to the wider region and beyond including the threat of attacks in the homeland of the united states and the homelands of our partners. this will be a long-term struggle. isil will not be rolled back overnight. if there is one thing we have learned over the years, it is that success against terrorism requires patience and determination. clearly our country will be dealing with terrorism in one form or another for many years to come. >> this assessment from john brennan, the cia director. meantime there are brand-new developments regarding those missing british schoolgirls who ran away from their homes allegedly to join isis fighters in syria. these pictures that just fed in clearly show the girls grabbing their bags although unclear exactly where these pictures were taken.

this video is said to be from the turkish border area with syria. let's talk about all of this with cnn counterterrorism analyst phil mudd who's joining us right now. let's get back to brennan, very sober, no mission accomplished declarations. this is going to go on for years and years, you heard him say that. i assume you agree. >> i think you've got to look at where we started years ago. when we sat at the threat table in 2002 for example, we knew where the target was focused. we had been surprised by september 11th. but the focus of the operations we had were in the tribal areas of pakistan where most of the al qaeda's leadership has gone. where would you focus today? boko haram in nigeria, al shabaab in somalia, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula in yemen? i haven't even mentioned isis yet. you look at how successful the al qaeda revolution has been -- we don't have the strategic threat with al qaeda. >> these young schoolgirls, 15

16 17 years old, come from britain, go to turkey and all of a sudden they're joining isis inside syria. how does this kind of stuff happen? don't they have security along that border? >> i think this is the real effect of social media. and these girls were recruited partly through social media. years ago, you'd have to get face to face to a terrorist to get connected. now on social media, these girls were told i'm sure, that they could have an easy time and a place where they could practice their faith in a different way. >> the turkish foreign minister said the man who actually helped these three young british schoolgirls get across is a syrian national. they know who he is. but the foreign minister said he was working for an intelligence agency within the coalition, the u.s.-led coalition. didn't say which intelligence

agency or which country. if that's true that's pretty alarming someone who's working for a member of the u.s. coalition and intelligence agency is actually helping these girls unique into syria. >> that's right. you look at this as an intelligence professional, helping someone get into syria, in my world, this is where you make your money. somebody like this has contacts in both directions into europe to bring somebody in into syria and iraq to get them across the border. he's important because he might be able to lead you to a web of people who help -- we call these people facilitators. who help facilitate the travel of europeans into the war zone. >> these three young girls, will we ever see them again or are they gone? >> i want to say yes. my guess would be no. the british have announced if the girls come home, there will be no charges. i think we should do the same thing in the united states. if they're not involved in

activities like beheadings telling the families if you can get your children back home, they're welcome. if the girls get a chance i would bet in a month or two or three, they're saying, i made a mistake. which is not what i was promised on social media. >> they're promised a lot on social media. the young men are promised a lot, including young girls, one of the reasons they presumably want to head over to syria to join up with isisened a it turns out to be awful for everyone. >> thank you. >> thank you. iraqi troops gang ground in their fight against isis. ben wedeman is on the front lines of the battle. >> reporter: iraqi police soldiers and paramilitaries flashed the sign but there is no fanfare for the victors in the newly conquered town of adur outside of tikrit.

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welcome back to our viewers "n" united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. secretary of state john kerry is in egypt. egypt is one of america's most important strategic partners in the middle east. recently the country's president called on washington to increase its aid to combat isis terrorists. last year the obama administration froze part of the money in military assistance to egypt over concerns of political repression. iraqi joint forces are attempting to take back the strategic city of tikrit.

best known to westerners as the birthplace of the former dictator, saddam hussein. but retaking tikrit is an important step for the iraqi government and the iraqi military. isis has occupied that city since last year. its close proximity to baghdad threatens iraq's security. cnn's ben wedeman shows us what it's like to be on the front lines of the fighting. >> reporter: this is what victory looks like in the war against isis. iraqi police soldiers and paramilitaries flash the sign but there is no fanfare for the victors in the newly conquered town of al dour outside of tikrit. a drive through al dour passing by isis' logos painted on the walls is an eerie experience. isis has been driven out of this town and probably will soon be driven out of tikrit but what they leave behind are ghost towns, almost all of the local inhabitants have left. it's dangerous.

there are hundreds of ieds left behind. civilians have been told to stay away. in one day, says this brigadier, we found 511 improvised explosive devices, an unbelievable number. he was injured by shrapnel from one of those ieds. they describe the isis fighters as sewer rats and say they are hiding out. but taking prisoners doesn't seem to be in the cards. they won't get away this soldier tells me, we'll kill them. shia troops have flooded into this sunni-dominated area raising fears of sectarian tensions and reveeng killings. there are, however, sunnis who have joined the fight against isis. last spring isis fighters attacked the home of a sunni

tribal leader. they killed his wife two sons and two grandsons. he soon took up arms against the group. i know the people who killed my family, he says. we want to fight these terrorists drive them out of this area and never see them again. in another location outside tikrit an isis flag flutters atop a communications tower in the distance. these sunni fighters have made common cause with shia troops to retake tikrit. proudly showing me his new iranian sniper rifle, this fighter is confident isis' days are numbered. now they're trying to escape, but they can't, he says. this will be their graveyard. with no crowds to cheer them on the soldiers cheer themselves. they may be winning this battle but the war is far from over.

>> and ben is joining us now live from baghdad. ben, really an incredible story. you were there on the edge of tikrit in a hospital earlier. tell us what happened there. fortunately you got back safely to baghdad. >> reporter: what happened is we showed up at this hospital. it's just south of tikrit. as we came in we saw staff were mopping up blood from the entrance. we went inside and saw several doctors working on a man who had been wounded, shot in the head, shot in the chest, shot in the leg. they were doing everything they could to resuscitate him. but we saw that he was slowly fading away. they moved him to another room where they tried to pump air into his lungs, do cpr. but he died. the fact that we actually were there to catch with our camera his last moments apparently upset some of his comrades.

and shortly afterwards there was a very tense standoff between us and dozens of these militiamen many of them heavily armed and very angry at us. they wanted us to -- they basically wanted to take our camera away. after a really long and difficult negotiations eventually they said they would let us go if they could wipe off our cards where the pictures are stored, those scenes from the hospital. so we eventually got away. but it was very tense for a few moments. >> i'm sure it was. ben wedeman is one of our courageous cnn journalists on the scene for us. be careful over there. worries me a lot, all those ieds that have been planted throughout iraq. it's a serious, serious problem. ben, be careful. thank you. just ahead, a top u.s. military commander says russian warplanes are testing western defense more seriously than in

many, many decades. is north america at risk right now? our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, is standing by with the latest.

the russian military is probing western defenses to a level not seen since the end of the cold war. that according to u.s. navy admiral william gortney, commander of the u.s. northern command. in a written statement yesterday to the senate armed services committee, he said this -- let me read precisely. "russian heavy bombers flew more out-of-area patrols in 2014 than in any year since the cold war. we have also witnessed improved inoperability between russian long-range aviation and other elements of the russian military including air and maritime collection platforms, position to monitor norad responses."

i should say interoperability. let's bring in pentagon correspondent barbara starr. sober words from the norad chief. are we drifting closer to a new cold war? is that the assessment over there? >> reporter: i think that's definitely the worry, wolf. admiral gortney is a pretty cool, calm customer. he doesn't speak unless he knows what he's talking about. and what he's really saying here, is you think you're worried about these russian air patrols. marry that thought up with the fact that the russians are also modernizing the weapons that they are going to be carrying in the coming months and years on their aircraft an their submarines and surface warships. admiral gortney talking in detail about these advanced long-range cruise missiles that the russians are developing and talking about, those air patrols and what it all means. i want you to have a little listen to what he had to say.

>> the long-range aviation by the russians it's a pretty significant increase in numbers. and what concerns me more are two things it's the -- where they're flying even down the english channel, it's where they're flying that has not been what they've done in the past even back with the soviet union. and the development of the cruise missiles that they have that have a very long range. from eastern russia they can range critical infrastructure in alaska and canada that we rely on for homeland defense mission. >> reporter: what he is talking about is a new advanced russian cruise missile under development, could be in the field within months. it has a 2,000-mile-plus range. it flies low. it is difficult to detect. and it is very precise and very accurate. marry that up again, with the deployment of the bomber aircraft the submarines the warships that could carry this type of weaponry and this is the

concern. nobody thinks that vladimir putin's about to attack the united states. but you marry all of this up and you have a new conventional deterrent and an uncertainty about putin's intentions that is causing an awful lot of concern across washington. >> it has really escalated since the russian moves on ukraine and the very angry western response. barbara, thanks very much. still to come, you'd think that potential dui incident at the white house would attract attention from higher-ups. but it's importantly higher-ups didn't know about it for days. that's drawing a lot of attention. many wrinkle creams come with high hopes, but hope... doesn't work on wrinkles. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair

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we're getting more details and they're pretty disturbing regarding that incident at the white house involving two u.s. secret service agents. they're being investigated for allegedly driving under the influence near an active bomb investigation. but we have learned that someone who should have known what happened did not find out apparently for several days. let's go to our white house correspondent, michelle kosinski. she's standing by with more on this investigation. what's going on? what are you learning about the secret service director? was he kept in the dark? what happened? >> reporter: right. he is the new director. he was appointed to try to clean up problems within the secret service. but now it turns out, according to law enforcement sources who are familiar with the investigation, that he didn't know about this until about five days after the fact. our sources say that should not

have happened clearly. that there was communication up the chain of command but somewhere along the line that failed. it's also possible that white house staffers knew about what had happened even before he did. we're also getting some major pushback from our law enforcement sources on this about some of the details that have come out, that this was a crash into a white house gate or barrier that these agents crashed through crime scene tape and tore through this scene, maybe even running over evidence. they are telling us doesn't seemed to have happened quite like that. they say these two agents who were in the same government car drove under part of the scene, yes, under some crime tape but say they were going literally 1 mile an hour and nudged one of those barriers out of the way with their car a couple of feet so they could approach the first checkpoint. they showed their badges unrolled their window that lasted about 25 seconds and then went on to a second checkpoint and there was no incident.

they just went on. these sources are saying this whole thing lasted about one minute. there was no crash, no damage and that these two agents never got out of their car and they are now casting doubt on the part of the story that says that there was at the scene >> over where these go agents should have been given a sew bierty test and that a supervisor ordered that they be let go. they're not able to really say that from the scene. this is a question of really how bad was this and how much of the story up to this point might have been disgruntle people within the secret service and that's a problem talking about it after the fact wolf. >> i know that the secret service director is going testify, and they're asking them and upset about what happened. they want video tape and all sorts of evidence. we will see if they're able to

make that available to these concerned members of congress. michelle thankings very much. one of the men that exposed lapses is expected to take a plea deal in federal court today he is accused of jumping if white house fence with a knife before being stopped by secret service agents. it helped lead to the resignation of pearson. he is a u.s. army veteran from texas. the the election is four days away and the prime minister is is losing ground. is the party heading for defeat? we're going live to jerusalem for the very latest.

next tuesday in israel could be a stunning set back and the party. the most authority polls are being released and showing trailing with the rival labor party and expected to pick up four more seats than likud. we have more on the labor surprising surge. >> less than a week before the election benjamin is on the ropes. the polls show running behind a

little mannered politician. now the pos pekt of a major upset at the hands of -- >> there's a lot of disappointment from benjamin. i think the era is over. >> focused on his current job he has done little handing but quick to blame and today pointing to world wide effort to unset him. campaign officials say that money from around the world and much of it from the u.s. is funding a grass roots get out the the vote drive with one goal get rid of him. after six years the focus on security seems to be falling flat among many that want a leader to keep them safe but deal with rising food and house prizes and health care and are reform. >> in the encreasing in the equalities and the widening of the gulf between the haves and

have notes. there he is vulnerable. >> tens of thousands filled to drive home that message at a rally. in his final push before election day the prime minister has doubled down on the security platform with a major speech to the u.s. congress on the threat that they face from i ran. >> i feel an obligation to speak to you about an issue that could threaten the survival of my country and my people. >> and hedging on the commitment to a peace deal with the pal flin yens and leading to a solution. they say that he has an empty brand and warning about growing tensions with the u.s. and israel's closest ali with the leadership. >> i think that he failed and i am trying to call his bluff on it. >> now, joining us live from jer

jerusalem jerusalem. i know that the polls are out but it shows labor ahead. it does not look like the prime minister got a bounce from the visit to washington and the speech before congress and the critics were always saying that he was coming to washington to deliver the speech to try to score political points back home and now in a campaign he is referring to that and showing pictures of that speech before the joint meeting of congress. let me show the viewers a little bit of that. >> so a commercial campaign commercial like that says you know back in israel they're saying underscore is why he really came to washington not because he was concerned. if he is concerned about iran's nuclear program. >> well wolf his aide say that

he was going to washington to deliver the speech if he was running on not. campaign officials recognize that they kid not get the bump that they hoped for from the speech. he came back in the polls and maybe up another seat or too and then fell back down. what is interesting about these latest polls is that labor and the have not really surge in the polls. it's just that they continue to dip in the polls, and he is bleeding right now. those votes are going to a will the of different parties and a couple of them are going to the camp of this team and a couple are going to some center left and right parties and far left and far right. what you see here in the polls is a real disaffection and a growing frustration with prime minister and the focus on security to the expense of some of the economic issues but they have not really narrowed down

yet. i think that although he is doing well is vulnerable in the election. >> okay. we will be watching with you on tuesday. thanks very much. that's it for me and thanks for watching. cnn news center coming up next. news room with brook baldwin starts right now. ♪ all right wolf thank you sochlt here we go on a friday. i am brook baldwin and you're watching cnn. got to begin with a video that just surfaced. it's the three missing schoolgirls from britain on the way to join isis. let me warn you and play it for you. it's shaking and amateurish. the faces will come slowly into view. not just of these british girls but of the two men helping them. as you're watching this with me the video comes as the