-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com benjamin netanyahu opens his lead as the final votes are counted. >> and the u.s. air force veteran accused of trying to join isis. >> starbucks brews up a debate with its latest social experiment. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm zain asher. >> great to have you with us. i'm john vause. this is cnn newsroom. it is 7:00 a.m. right now in israel where new vote totals show prime minister benjamin netanyahu's likud party has

opened up a significant lead. >> i want to break down the numbers for you from israeli media. it shows likud with at least 29 seats in the knesset. the unionist party has 24 seats, a significant gain for likud. >> mr. netanyahu has already claimed victory. it was a surprising comeback from last week when he was trailing in opinion polls. analysts say his sharp turn to the right, which included his rejection of a palestinian state, helped him turn things around. he says he's already reached out to other party leaders on the right. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: i call upon them to join me and form a government for israel without delay. the reality does not take a time-out. citizens of israel expect us to create a responsible leadership

that works for them and that's what we're going to do. >> meantime herzog and the zionist left union are not giving up so easily. herzog said benjamin netanyahu is misleading the country by claiming victory. listen. >> translator: we don't know what the final result will be because some of the parties are just on the edge. they might clear the threshold or fall short. >> the results are still not time but exit polls show mr. netanyahu has a much easier pass to form a ruling coalition. we're joined now by malcolm from

new york. everyone is asking how did mr. netanyahu do it? and the turnout, more than 70%, the highest since 1999. it would seem a lot of those people broke for bibi and for the right. >> i think mr. netanyahu in the last days and last night, he started to close the gap already last friday and then the zionist camp responded. they noticed i guess the change in the polls. there was also very strong polling operations on all sides. for the zionist camp, as some of the newspapers reported there was an infusion of western funds to have a very heavy polling operation. the likud today also did a very heavy polling operation. people told me they got four or five phone calls during the

course of the day and mr. netanyahu made appeals during the day of the election. so it was not anticipated, but israelis are notorious for telling the truth to pollsters, then lying at the polls. >> if you look at the results and the exit results, it looks as likud has gone from 18 to 28 seats in the coming knesset. does that resolve some of the issues netanyahu had before the election making it much easier to control a future coalition government this >> not necessarily. i do think that this was an election about bibi. those who were against anybody but bibi was the campaign slow gar for some. this is his fourth victory as prime minister or supposedly a victory for him. we have to see how the coalition

negotiations go. i think in the last days he was able to sell the issues. the security issue was dominant on the social issues the other side had a stronger case. and people many people were saying they were going to vote on it. when they go to the polling booth, they have to consider who is it they want to head the government. all along, netanyahu always outpolled herzog on the choice of who should be prime minister not that they necessarily wanted to vote for him. >> if netanyahu is returned to this historic fourth term does anything actually change? >> in terms of the policies i don't anticipate a big shift. with the unity government you will see a change especially in terms of negotiations. i think the social agenda will take more prominence that they learned a lesson that people are looking for housing, and other issues of that kind. >> malcolm it was good speaking

with you. thank you for explaining some of what is going on in israel because it's fascinating to look at it from a distance. >> and very complicated for most americans to understand. and most israelis too. >> cheers. >> mr. netanyahu is clearly a survivor of israeli politics. but is he going to have to back pedal on his comment about saying no to a palestinian state in order to appease the international community? >> they say an election is not the reality of what happens afterwards. but one interesting thing is that joint ticket by israeli arabs. what has happened this time they came together and that joint ticket now will be the third biggest bloc in the knesset with about 14 seats. >> they're going to be a strong voice for the opposition. >> exactly. so what role they'll play in the coming days when there's talks of coalition building they will

not go into but arabs do make up 20% of the israeli population. >> inner netanyahu called the large turnout an urgent wakeup call and one israeli lawmaker suggested they could play a key role in forming the next government. reason. >> translator: our people never break a promise. we had an increase in the percentage of votes more than any time in the last 15 years. this is a big achievement for our people. we are the surprise of these elections. we will be the third power in the parliament. with our hands, we will prevent the right from forming the coming government. >> we'll have much more on the election later on this hour and we'll hear from a former adviser to the palestinian liberation organization. we shall move on to syria where the military claims to have shot down a u.s. drone. the u.s. is investigating the claims and admits it did lose contact with an unmanned aircraft.

>> the u.s. airs to veteran is now in custody after being accused of trying to join isis. >> he was arrested after traveling to turkey where he was trying to slip into syria undetected. >> reporter: a u.s. air force veteran from new jersey stopped in turkey for allegedly trying to join isis in syria, according to unsealed court documents. he flew from egypt to turkey to attempt to enter syria january 10th according to authorities. but officials stopped him at the airport. pugh who served four years as an air force mechanic was carrying an ipod and cell phone. a search of his laptop found information on borders controlled by islamic state and a chart of crossing points between turkey and syria.

he was denied entry into syria. he worked on airplane maintenance for years, in the air force from 1986 to 1990 he received training in the maintenance of weapons systems and aircraft maintenance. he then worked as a mechanic for american arables. -- american airlines. >> he would have had access to private american and european made aircraft and he could have learned the security weak points on those aircraft where he could stash weapons and bombs, how to get past security. >> reporter: he landed on the fbi's radar more than a decade ago. according to the complaint pugh converted to islam and become more radical during that time. >> thanks to pamela brown for that report.

okay. we will move on now. turkish government officials say authorities have detained a 21-year-old british woman trying to travel to syria. she was stopped at a bus terminal late monday. >> and now we have surveillance video that shows the three british teens who allegedly tried to go to syria to join isis. they were detained at the istanbul airport friday. the three young men are now back in london facing terror charges. a letter sent to the white house is being tested now for cyanide. the envelope received at the white house mail facility on tuesday. >> testing showed a possible presence of cyanide. there were no exposure concerns for the person who opened the letter. we'll take a short break. when we come back a cnn crew is

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the third day on iran's nuclear talks have produced some progress but tough issues are still unresolved. six world powers are trying to reach a deal where iran will scale back its nuclear programs. >> the main sticking points how much nuclear infrastructure iran will be allowed to keep how fast the sanction also be lifted. negotiators hope to reach a frame work agreement by the end of this month. >> people in vanuatu are in need of clean water and food. a storm cut off communication lines between many of the islands. ivan watson traveled to one of the hardest hit areas to look at the destruction. listen.

>> reporter: jacob waits and worries, wondering what we'll find when he lands back home on the island of tanna. this is one of the islands that make up the nation of vanuatu. the scene here isn't pretty. tanna has been all but cut off from the outside world since cyclone pam struck four days ago. have you ever seen damage like this before? >> in my life no. i've never seen damage like this and i've never experienced a cyclone like this in my life. very scary. terrible. terrible. >> reporter: his top priority is to find out whether his son clovis is still alive. >> this is my son clovis. >> reporter: thankfully the 21-year-old is unharmed. >> this one is down. >> reporter: his house is still standing but most of the other

residents here aren't so lucky. all the houses destroyed in your community? >> yes, completely destroyed. but we don't lose hope. we can rebuild again. >> reporter: but these proud people could clearly use some help. at the hospital the maternity ward is flooded. patients wounded in the storm moved to one of the only dry rooms. among them 9-year-old jacabeth. her mother and brother were killed by a falling roof. is this little girl's life in danger the 9-year-old? >> i would say pretty much. she's severely injured. she may die in a couple of days. she needs operation. >> reporter: but the phones are down but the only hospital on the island can't get a message to the outside world calling for help. that's forced him to improvise.

that is how december frat the situation has gotten. having to write a note by hand to send to the authorities to call for help. we lend him a satellite phone to request an airplane medevac for the little girl. the trouble is there are other parts of this storm struck island that are still inaccessible. 15 minutes away we find the roadblocked by fallen trees. hello. for now, this is the end of the road. there's no way our vehicle can get past and jacob, there are a lot of people that live further down this road, right? >> yes. >> reporter: paralyzed telecommunications and distant islands, part of what's made recovery from this monster storm such a logistical nightmare. ivan watson tanna island in

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of killing a sheriff's deputy in the usa was executed. the supreme court rejected arguments that he should be spared because he had a brain injury. in fact he was missing his frontal lobe. >> his attorneys asked the justices to consider his case since he had an intellectual disability. police in texas raided the home of a real estate heir facing murder charges. >> robert durst is waiting transfer to los angeles for the killing of his friend.

we have details now from jean casarez. >> reporter: he may be facing murder charges in california but robert durst was in a new orleans courtroom today facing drug and weapons charging after waiving his right to fight extradition to los angeles, where he's been charged with the murder of his long-time friend susan burman. the 71-year-old durst was shackled dressed in an orange jump suit. at one point, even smiling and laughing to himself. prosecutors say a.38 caliber hand gun and marijuana was found in his hotel room. >> he did not kill susan burman. >> reporter: he was successfully defended in texas in 2003. >> robert durst, not guilty. >> reporter: when he was acquitted of murdering his neighbor morris black.

he admitted he shot and killed him, but claims self-defense. susan burman was shot in december of 2000. >> my concern is the warm that was issued in california was issued because of a television show not because of facts. >> reporter: that television show is an hbo documentary about durst's bizarre life. burman was killed just before investigators planned to question her about the 1982 disappearance of durst's wife. visibly rattled, durst stepped away to the bathroom, his microphone still alive. >> reporter: the same weekend the finale aired, durst was arrested. authorities believe he was preparing to flee to cuba.

>> we want to contest the basis for his arrest because i think it's not based on facts, it's based on ratings. >> reporter: jean ka sarcasarez, cnn. passengers quickly jumped into action and tackled a man. gary tuchman has more now on how this unfolded. >> reporter: an image like this exists because airline passengers took matters in their own hands. and ended a potentially dangerous situation. the unidentified man now in custody. flight 1074 with 33 passengers and six crew members, had just taken off from dulles airport on its way to denver. less than 30 minutes after takeoff, this is what the pilots told the tower. >> declaring an emergency due to a passenger distu bans.

>> reporter: the disturbance was a man running up the aisle shouting jihad, jihad, according to some aboard the plane. another said the man was shouting the plane was going to go down. >> he ran forward towards the cockpit and is being restrained by other passengers. >> reporter: those other passengers and one male flight attendant made sure the man was done with whatever rampage he was planning. he had bruises on his face appeared to be crying and was apologizing. >> i'm sorry, i'm so sorry. >> don't move. we're going to get you off this plane. >> reporter: the captain and first officer let the tower know this. >> the cockpit is secure and we would just like to return to the airport and have the authorities meet us. >> reporter: the cockpit door was never breached keeping the door locked is the rule in this post 9/11 era. in reality, the perpetrator

never had a chance to get to that door. >> passengers feel empowered, and they should to keep themselves and their aircraft safe. and they are protected from suit by the person they have to subdue because u.s. law says if passengers do that they're immune from prosecution. >> reporter: passengers held the man down until the plane landed. >> relax, don't move. >> reporter: and he's now in the hospital for observation. no weapons found, and no charges filed as of yet. gary tuchman, cnn, atlanta. starbucks executives are encouraging both employees and customers to talk about race relations. it's interest because the issue of race is a bit of a taboo in corporate settings in the united states. >> but the company has held open forums to talk about it encouraging baristas to talk

about it with customers. >> i think it can be a primary vehicle to get people to understand that we need a new level of sensitivity around these issues and perhaps we can really create and elevate a conversation in our stores that can go well beyond our stores and perhaps convince other businesses and business leaders to join was as a result of what we're going to do. >> it's an interesting move, but a panel debated starbucks's decision. >> i think the danger here is it reduces race talk to a quick conversation at starbucks. we can't fix the race problem in america in the 20 minutes it takes new yorkers to get a starbucks coffee. someone can't be talked into race talks. it's unclear what the boundaries of that conversation are. when i walked in starbucks, are

we talking about wealth inequality or what? >> i think they're just planting a seed or a coffee bean. they know it's not going to be solved or spoken in depth at starbucks, but let's begin the process. >> i would like to order a black coffee. speaking of black, how do you feel about black people. i don't know if this is going to work that well. >> very good point. >> some people just want their coffee. more details are expected to be revealed a few hours from now at the shareholder meeting. after the break, a stunning turn around for benjamin netanyahu and his likud party. and iraqi forces free a town from isis control. coming up very grateful residents as they return home.

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welcome back everybody, wherever you are in the united states all around the world. you're watching cnn newsroom. i'm john vause. >> and i'm zain asher. the latest results from israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu's likud party has opened up a significant lead in the elections there. israeli media reporting with 99% of the vote counted, likud will win at least 29 seats in the knesset. the rival party is expected to take 24. syria has said it's shot down a u.s. drone. the u.s. admits it did lose

contact with a drone over syria. it was believed to be conducting a reconnaissance mission. to reach the outer islands of vanuatu and communication lines are still down. the comments on in vitro fertilization sparks outrage, but italian designers have told cnn they respect how all people lived. this comes after the designers were quoted referring to the babies as synthetic children born from rented wombs.

the elections in israel. comical it a stunning comeback frr prime minister benjamin netanyahu. last week opinion polls showed him trailing but the latest results show the likud party will come out way ahead with 29 seats in the knesset. maybe more. mr. netanyahu has reached out to the leaders of other parties asking them to join him in a coalition government. >> earlier tuesday, isaac herzog warned the election results are not time. he says everything is wide open and thinks he still could be the one to form a coalition. diana is a political analyst and human rights attorney. i spoke with her earlier about the israeli vote. previously benjamin netanyahu was behind in the opinion polls and now doing a lot better than expected. he made those comments about

there never being a palestinian state under his watch. how much do you think that helped him in the end? >> i think it helped him a great deal. we're talking about a country that has premised on the idea that palestinians don't have rights whether that's equal rights or the right to freedom. so i think the fact that he was saying that something that he's already been talking about for a long period of time he doesn't believe there should be a palestinian state, as well as his claims that arabs were voting in droves, as he put it are the two things that ended up working in his favor. it's racism and it's this idea that palestinians are not equals and this is what israel is founded upon and what they believe in. >> how skeptical are israeli i palestinians are of this election? >> i think there's a great deal of skepticism that herzog will

be able to change anything or it will be any different. netanyahu's packaging is better. he seems kinder softer gentler, but at his core he's supported the israeli settlement activity and military rule over the palestinians. he himself has come on record as saying there will be continued settlement expansion and he's voted in favor of the blockade in the gaza strip. even if he is himself different, which i don't think he is the coalition that he's going to be forming is a coalition of the right, and it's a coalition that brings fundamentally that the occasion must continue and that believes in the denial of freedom. this will only change when the international community steps in and places sanctions on israel. >> i want to talk to you about the joint list. because it looks as though they are going to have a strong voice

in the knesset. how much change can they bring for arab israelis? >> these are not miracle workers. this is a country that is as i said founded upon racism and there's been a wave of racist legislation, everything from discriminatory laws and employment to where palestinians can buy houses to the different privileges and benefits. so they're going to have to push back against that tide of racist legislation. but at the end oh of the day, they eastern not miracle workers. so they will be pushing back against this legislation. they will not be joining a coalition with herzog because that means you want to be collectively responsible for the occupation. they're going to have their work cut out for them at the end oh of the day. >> and a lot of people are worried, i guess, regardless of the outcome of this election, what changes in terms of the peace process. diana, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. the iraqi mission to retake tikrit from isis militants has

stalled. heavy casualties are reported in what's turned out to be a tougher than expected battle. even though the area is far from secure many residents are returning to their homes after packing up and leaving months ago. here's cnn's ben wedeman. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: fresh recruits for tikrit heading into battle. [ horns honking ] the offensive to retake the city has been temporarily suspended, ostensibly to allow civilians to flee amid reports of stiff resistance by isis. the battle has raged more than two weeks. but that isn't stopping hundreds of civilians from streaming back to the nearby town, seized from isis a week ago. this is the first group of civilians we've seen returning to this area. most of them have been in the town of kircut. they ran away when isis came to town.

home at last after eight months. cars packed with people strucks piled high with mattresses. thank god, we're home. we've been freed from isis. may god curse them until judgment day, she says. it's enough to see our land just sit on our land. we won't leave ever again she says. this is a sunni town but the biggest tribe here have a long history of emnitty with al qaeda, then isis. their behavior he says was awful, with civilians, women, children. so we had to leave. they were ruthless. this 23-year-old returned a few days ago and was reunited with his horse.

daish, as they call isis came with you they had no backing. they pretended to be revolutionaries. but all they did was destroy. the reign of isis seems to have crumbled quickly. fruit was left to rot in the stalls. the isis fighters fled or fell. this car was hit in an air strike charred body parts shown off by a pro government fighter. it was liberated by iraqi army and police shia paramilitaries and sunni tribesman. although sunni, he's part of shia militia and learned how to fight from foreign advisers. we were trained by hezbollah, he says. lebanese or iraqi i ask? lebanese he says. their training was very good. the returning townspeople throwing candy out the car

window such details seem immaterial. what matters most is they're coming home at last. ben wedeman, cnn, near tikrit. >> many thanks to our ben wedeman for that. ahead here on cnn, his rise in politics war star studded. but a u.s. congressman's time in office comes to a swift end. stay with us. if you're taking multiple medications does your mouth often feel dry? a dry mouth can be a side effect of many medications. but it can also lead to tooth decay and bad breath. that's why there's biotene available as an oral rinse toothpaste, spray or gel. biotene can provide soothing relief and it helps keep your mouth healthy too. remember, while your medication is doing you good a dry mouth isn't biotene, for people who suffer from a dry mouth.

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this just in to cnn. three people were killed in a shooting outside of a store in california. it happened in what we're told is a high crime area of the city of stockton. two women and one man are among the dead. at this point, the shooter has not been caught. a promising young american football player is calling it quits, retiring at the age of 24. the reason is he's worried about the long-term effects of concussions. >> chris borland had a great season with the 49ers. but he said the risks just are not worth it. >> i do think it's more well understood right now in the 2015 nfl than it was five, ten, 20 years ago. but it can be embarrassing.

it's an intimate discussion. no one wants to say their brain is not healthy or they're concerned about the health of their brain, especially with the nature of football and the sport. >> he's turning down a lot of money. at least four other nfl players have retired in recent weeks because of fears about head trauma. but borland is the youngest. >> and the most mature by the sound of things. >> a lot of money on the table he walked away from. okay. he was a rising star in the republican party in congress but as the ethic allegations piled up u.s. representtive aaronair aaron schock stepped down. >> reporter: sources tell cnn it was a pair of new revelations that cemented his decision to resign. a report that schock may have improperly benefitted from a political donor in a real estate

teal and another that he was reimbursed by taxpayers for tens of thousands of miles he never drove. by resigning from congress schock is no longer subjected to an ethics investigation, but he could still face legal troubles and even after announcing his resignation, he's trying to clean up his financial mess. a source close to schock tells cnn congressman schock has reimbursed all moneys received for official mileage since election to congress. >> i stand here as a nominee for congress at the age of 27. >> reporter: it's been a dramatic fall for the 33-year-old once rising star in the gop, starting six weeks ago when "the washington post" reported he decorated his congressional office to look like the set of "downtown abby." to the tune of $40,000. $15,000 was initially billed to taxpayers but then returned. he had hoped to shake scandal

off. >> as taylor swift said haters are going to hate. >> reporter: but his decor prompted an investigation. instagram pictures left a trail of questions how he financed his lifestyle, tangoing on the streets in buenes aires, and taking his staff to a katy perry concert. then came other revelations, like a $10,000 junket for his staff to new york city. it all kept him on the defensive. >> i take my compliance obligations seriously, and i'm conducting a full review of that. >> reporter: his decision to resign happened so fast gop leaders were shocked. >> i'm very surprised it happened. i'm sad it happened especially the way it did. i honestly didn't think it would cause him to resign.

but it's still sending a bad message to the constituents. >> reporter: dana bash cnn, capitol hill. we have another story out of washington. outraged lawmakers grilled the new secret service chief wanting to know why things keep going so wrong at that agency. they've had a lot of bad luck recently. >> two agents accused of hitting a white house barricade while driving under the influence. the director joe clancy said he did not learn about the incident until five days later, and he learned about it from an anonymous e-mail. he called that delay unacceptable. >> i brought my staff in on monday and we discussed why i didn't know prior to monday of this event, and we had a good stern talk about that. it's going to take time to change maybe some of this culture.

there's no excuse for this information not to come up the chain. >> if, in fact you are not aware that this kind of activity is inappropriate for a member of the secret service, you better get it now and go find another job. that's why i'm so -- i can't believe you said it will take time to change the culture. >> clancy used to be in charge of president barack obama's personal protection detail. he was tasked with reforming the secret service a month ago. another interesting headline. chancy outlined a plan to have agents train at a replica of the white house. it's going to cost $8 million, small detail. a pair of strong solar storms are creating a rare opportunity for millions of people around the world to see the northern lights at this hour. let's get the latest on this.

in terms of the solar storm, this is the strongest we've seen it since 2013. we're getting some interesting images out of alaska. >> this is one of the most disruptive potentially in the past decade. we had one in 2013 another in 2005. we'll show you the impacts where people will be impacted. the forces are going south over the next several hours or overnight into the early morgue hours. of course in the past several days sunday morning we have multiple solar flares traveling millions of miles per hour interacted with earth's magnets on tuesday morning, this charge particle that interact with our atmosphere you get these hues of greens and yellows in the

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sensuality. he even takes a little dance play from interpreting. how does it feel to be the most famous sign language interpreter in the world at the moment? he's getting rave reviews like i have no idea what either of these men are saying but i only have eyes for tommy. he's brilliant. >> i'm trying to be one -- >> reporter: the competition will send sweden's best to the euro zone song contest. the singer, magnus carlson didn't win. i wonder what magnus thought, because you kind of stole the show. >> he should be happy. his song is more famous now. >> and magnus seems smitten writing on facebook i can't even express my admiration for this guy when he interprets my song. he now joins other interpreters

who became famous. jonathan won praise signing with gusto for new york city's mayor, and tom got slammed for using signs that didn't make sense at nelson mandela's memorial. snl parodied his performance. >> i have been listening to what americans are saying. >> reporter: but no one is laughing at tommy. they're smiling with him. tommy, by the way, isn't speaking in american sign language, he's speaking swedish. >> this is the heart beat and the brain. >> reporter: put them together and what you get is heartfelt. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> this is the heart beat, john. thank you so much for watching everyone. i'm zain asher. >> this is us waving goodbye. i'm john vause.

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