the white house moves to take cuba off its list of state terrorism sponsors. >> growing alarm after hundreds of migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of libya. >> new questions about police tactics after dash cam video shows an officer running over a suspect. >> hello welcome to viewers here in the united states of course all around the word. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. this is "cnn newsroom." we will have those stories in just a moment. but we begin with a developing situation in iraq. >> that's right. if you are watching you saw in

the last hour we received word the iraqi city of ramadi is in danger of falling to isis militants at any time. >> our arwa damon spoke with the city's deputy governor about the urgency of the situation and desperate need for reinforcements on the ground and in the air. >> reporter: isis forces, seen early this morning, managing to enter the outskirts of the city of ramadi from the east. this now means that isis is fighting on the east. isis is advanced from the north. staking over three towns on the outskirts there over the weekend. the routes to the south already blocked off. the city basically, under siege except for -- the western portion that it is still, controlled by forces, by government forces, but that is wavering as well. and sending out a dire warning. and this is something he has been repeating for quite some time now. beg for backup.

begging for more troops to be sent in his direction. begging for coalition air strikes. because he is warning, even more strongly today, that this city, is falling to isis. this is a very critical city. provincial capital of, the sunni heartland. >> arwa damon speaking to us on the phone. >> earlier. >> our arwa damon there, speaking to us on the final earlier. and of course, these still emerging developments or add surgeon see to the meeting with u.s. congressional leaders in the coming hours. al abadi met with president barack obama tuesday asked for air strikes. mr. obama acknowledged the need to defeat isis but made it clear u.s. forces will not be fighten iraq. >> it is important for us to coordinate activities, so not that the united states is moving back into the iraq.

but rather the united states is doing what, ultimately, best for the iraqi people. and we join in fighting a common enemy. >> meantime, paramilitary officials say hon drepdz undred reinforcements are heading to the refinery to defend it. >> one way washington is supporting iraq is training security forces. >> a familiar mission, as our arwa damon found out there are key differences this time around. >> remember when you get up and leach this position you need to spread out. >> reporter: the majority of american trainers have been here before. multiple times. and like lieutenant colonel john schwimmer did not think they would be back. this is now his sixth tour. >> he sees me. i am down.this exercise, how to maneuver under enemy fire.

>> on the left side. this was the element that came into contact with simulated enemy at the end of the lane. >> reporter: when the u.s. withdrew from iraq in december, 2011. am can leaders declared the iraqi security forces to hold on to the security gates at the time. it was not the case. today the americans insist things are different. [ indiscernible ] >> being on the job is one thing. when you have off to continue what you are doing. when you are out here, you can stop what you are doing. train and retrain those things. >> so if i came here in 2010 and saw a, unit going through its fifth week of training they would not be at this level. >> no. >> why not? >> because we would have rushed it. missed a lot of steps in between. >> making sure that does not happen again. this is one of the brigades of the iraqi army division.

among them a squad in mosul for two days when the men got orders to withdraw. we are supporting each other. learning to work as one unit. that is the most important thing. for us and our officers. he says. his brother was in the army and killed in 2009 in mosul. his cousin one of those training and motivation alone is not enough. the soldiers locked the guns they want. much equipment is tied up in iraqi failures and bureaucracy. if we get the weapons we want we can win. we want heavier wep pond. but right now i have some groups who say these are the guns i have. i can't fight. arwa damon, cnn. >> a potential hurdle for nuclear agreement, nuclear agreement with iran. the white house says, u.s.

president barack obama would sign a bill that gives congress a say in this deal. democrats and republicans raised objections to the agreement yet finalized. >> we are just learning that israel is pleased congress will get to ream vul any agreement. that report from reuters. chief u.n. security specialist reports. >> after months of fighting to keep i ran out of the nuclear negotiations today congress forcing its way in. >> more fully than ever, kong russ shoukong -- congress should play a role ensuring details are there. >> reporter: republicans, and democrats united behind a compromise bill giving lawmakers oversight of any agreement. >> i think it is congressional prerogative. we were the ones who imposed the sanctions. and under a compromise struck between, republican chairman,

bob corker and ranking democrat, ben cardin, the 60 independence day review cut to 30 days. and ape pre vision requiring the president to certify every 90 days, the watered down to peer yotic reports on iran's terror and missile related activities. faces with what looks lock a veto proof majority in the senate today the white house said the changes appear to be enough to merit the president's signature. >> republican chairmen working with democratic ranking member, ben card-in have agreed to address a large number of the concerns weep have ravesed and appropriate vipd the clarity we need to give our negotiators the time and spaz to reach agreement. >> for iran, however. congressional infection, new doubts into all ready difficult nuclear. and highlights sanctions. >> as long as this instrument of coercion and pressure is kept. i think people will never have -- the peace of mind that

is needed in order to implement the good. >> the iran deal is an issue in the 2016 race to. dau, rubio agreed to remove his amendment that would require to recognize the state of israel. the senate foreign relations committee, passioned the bill. it will go to ape the full senate expected to get the support of a veto proof majority. i ran reacting to the vote. i spoke to a senior iranian diplomat. we only deem with the administration. and expect it to deliver by any method it deems appropriate. j >> we can point to yet another sign of warming relations between the united states and cuba. >> president obama asked congress to remove the country from the list of nations that support terrorism. he met last weekend with raul castro at summit of americas in

panama. >> congress has 45 days to try to mount a challenge to, barack obama's decision to remove cuba from the terror list. even if they were to do that though, we are not sure there is political will to do so. suppose they do. that resolution, to removal, block. it is all but assured. barring some unforeseen event. cuba will be taking off the terror list. then obama will tell the congress he wants to open an emfa see in havana. he will have 15 days to notify congress. then after that, it is really up to the diplomatic process, four months of negotiations. we are getting closer and closer to the american flag flying over havana after 50 years of broke

reason la relations. >> onn't streets of havana. they agree with the decisions. >> it's time. time that obama realize cuba. >> time to re-establish ties between cuba and the united states. >> i think a good intention by president obama. i don't think cuba should be on that list. cuba doesn't sponsor terrorism. on the contrary. it helps many countries. >> now, cuba says it welcomes mr. obama's recommendation and rejects, and condemns all acts of terrorism. >> italy is seeing a surge in migrants. risk their lives to reach europe from africa. >> on tuesday the aid group, save the chifrn spoke to survivors, a bet that capsized off the coast. they say 400 are missing. the italian coast guard

-- confirm that incident. >> we are joined by barbie. authorities can't confirm that. there are no passenger lists. so they only hatch the survivor accounts to go by. what efforts are under way to try to find these missing people. >> well, you know it really is a chaotic situation. between libya and italy. there has been bad weather for the last couple of week. with the calm in the seas, human traffickers are sending bolt after boat after boat. full of migrants trying to get to europe by way of italy. there are no passenger lists. all of the authorities have to rely on is really the test men by the survivors. these are people who have of course, maybe traveled, weeks, months before they get to the port to get on the boat. highly traumatized.

400 minors, 317 unaccompanied part of the onslaught over the weekend. right now on expecting boats to be arriving full of migranted tuesday. in terms of trying to find these boats that may have gone down at sea. these are deep walters. closer to the coast of libya. and the, the res coupers, people, italian coast guard are focusing on trying to find the living, not so much in trying to determine what happened to the potential people who died at sea. really chaotic though, rosemary. if talian authorities are doing everything they can. just to save any one that needs rescuing at sea right now. >> difficult problem isn't it. you have thousands of if grants arriving in it leap. nowhere to put these people. what is the country planning to do about the problem. not only italy's problem. it's europe's problem. >> it is europe's problem.

in the -- for years and years. it not a new phenomenon. iltly has for years, pleaded with the european government, european union type true tie help them at least take some most are applying for political asylum. that by law, you have to apply in the country where you land. and, they feel they're saddled with so many problems. there is high unemployment here as it is. they're trying to move up to germany, england, france. especially to join family members before them. it is a problemen europe though. the european union, border control. they reported yesterday that they were shot at human traffickers were desperate to take some of the fishing boats back to libya to try to get more migrants. so the situation is volatile right now. dangerous for everyone involved.

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back. >> the fact of the matter is houthi rebels control much of the country including the capital, sanaa. >> nick paton walsh went there. here is our exclusive report. >> reporter: well this plane landed in a san of devastation frankly here. the areas around the run way still intact. pockmarked. hangars destroyed. lot of devastation in the last few days alone. >> one ufrp the last planes taking civilians out of here now. cargo planes continue to land.

the key question is how calm the situation is for this kind of work to continue. and also, quite whether this delivers enough of the aid that people need. country of millions on the brink. this a drop in the ocean. badly needed from unicef. so much more has to come. nick paton walsh, cnn, sanaa. >> nick paton walsh, live from abu dhabi. i have one taken a unicef flight, air lifting aid into mogadishu. dropping the aid. getting it out. flying out because of the danger russian si dangerous situation there. how difficult is it to get air lifted in. >> the unicef, a bureaucratic challenge, they have a need over a dozen permissions to land that particular plane.

so the two sides had to agree as to which hours they would allow unicef and cargo planes and passenger planes we saw on the tarmac during that brief win deto come in unimpeded. the pilots, the window was closing as was the airport. the scene there was one of, extraordinary activity. many civilians you saw in the flight fleeing. cargo planes coming in. aviation planes coming in. bear in mind those 75 metric tons you saw being unloaded there is a tiny amount.

so, for flight like that. unicef, represents the best chance to get emergency aid in. an incredibly small amount given millions unneed of food, water and bombardment, injured who need medical supplies. a tiny action of the amount needed. >> this civil war is nowhere near over. the u.n. security council approved an embargo on houthi rebels its that likely to change anything? >> the key take away from that its that while russia would have a veto at the u.n. security council. and strong backer of iran who are a strong backer of the houthis. they abstained. there was semblance of international unity. but symbolic gesture towards the

houthis, the council, consistent approach they should withdraw from the areas according to the resolution. cease their violence. this arms barringo won't change much on the ground. a lot of the fighting is small arms or in possession of of a people for a while. a lot of it its using yemene military equipment. in the longer term poe ten shame dissuade the houthis blink them towards political solution. what was not in the resolution though was a clear timetable or series of windows as moscow called for before, humanitarian pauses to allow the flights in. it did allow, the u.n. secretary-general to negotiate windows for aid flights like that. they're so badly needed so. many of the ports of entry dangerous, impeded. causing of course, civilian life to slip further.

into the abyss, errol. we have seen, people desperately in need of assistance. >> errol. >> the conflict likely to last some time. aid need to get in. awe joining us from abu dabby, approaching 11:30. >> china released gdp numbers for the first quarter of this year. the news is not good. china's economy grew 7%. well below the 7.3% expansion at the last year. the slowest growth since 2009. real estate sector. lower consumer demand abrought. and local government debt, key factors in the slowdown. markets across asia were down on the news. you can see there, all of the air rose heading south. >> the big party is taking place in north korea. as it celebrates the birthday of its founder kim il sung. the late leader would have turned 103 this year.

his birthday is a holiday in north korea. known as the day of the sun. >> since his death occasion has been marked. military displays. exhibition and sports. kim il sung ruled from 1948 to his death the current leader, kim junk un visit itted the mausoleum. but his embalmed remains lie. >> and cnn's paula hancocks is closely following this event. she joins us with details. it is important day in north korea. with saying lots of heavy snaps from kim junk un and first lady. worth pointing out. the first lady seen in public this year. what are we to make of senate. >> well you know interesting, no other country on earth where the journalists would focus quite so carefully on exactly when a first lady was seen or when ape

leader was seen as we saw. he had a disappearance last year. it shows how isolated this country is. the fact thament the receive sold shoe wasn't seen since 17th. that is making news and generating interest among observers. we saw her on september 17. the anniversary of kim junk un's father. his death. that of course we do see her just ahead of this very important day. commemoration of the birth date of the founder of north korea. she is being brought out for the main event. when it comes to members of the elite. when they go, disappear for weeks, on end, or months on end. or not noted. mentioned in state run media. that's noticed because observers the way you find out they have been purged, fired, that's how secretive, pyongyang is. rosemary. >> talk to us about the

celebrations under way in pyongyang. >> we saw the pyongyang marathon sunday. we have seen events. pyongyang marathon, sunday. we have seen the happy couple that the football match. sporting events have been prevalent. we are seeing festivities in the streets and many musical events. to mark the, the birth date, 103rd birth daytona of a very important day on north korean calendar. they would be expected to pay their respects to the eternal president, as he is known, kim jung-un, visited the mausoleum wheres they father and grandfather lay in statement. at the streak of mid night. he came into today. of course there is samba celebrations, commemorations

from the family. but an important day in the calendar. we have been hearing from other sectors, human rights watch, for exam pull this shouldn't be remembered at the day. he should be remembered, similar to his grandson, kim jung-un. being cruel to his people. >> reporting there from seoul, watching events and monitoring them in north korea. many thanks to you. >> well, rammed by a police car. ahead, we will show you the controversial tactic officers used to stop an armed suspect in arizona.

welcome back to viewers in the u.s. and all around the world. it is your last half-hour of cnn newsroom with us today. i'm errol barnett. >> i'm rosemary church. let's check the headlines. tracking fast moving developments in iraq where ramadi is in danger of falling to isis militants perhaps within hours. the militants have made significant advances from the east and north. government forces on the western side of the city are faltering. he is pleading for air and ground support. >> havana praising barack obama's wreck men daerecommenda. the white house has writ in a letter to congress saying cuba has not supported terrorist activity in six months. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry is confident president barack obama can win approval for a nuclear deal with iran. comments come on the second day

of a g-7 foreign minister summit in germany. >> yesterday there was a compromise reached in washington, regarding congressional input. we are confident about our ability for the president to negotiate an agreement. and to do so to make the world saf safer. every partner has been critical to our ability to get where we are today. >> the compromise kerry mentioned would give congress up to 52 days to review any deal with iran. during that time, mr. obama would not be allowed to waive every congressional sanctions against iran. >> now, a big story we are following. police in arizona released video of a controversial takedown. we have to say something, i feel like we say each and every week, it comes to police video what you are about to see is graphic.

it happened this past february. suspect mario valencia was spotted after allege lead stealing a rifle from a store. >> man is down. >> it is, it is shocking and horrifying. here is what it looked from the police car that crashed into valencia who survived by the way. he spent two days in hospital before police took him into custody. all right, well the local police chief is praising the officer who plowed into valencia. i spoke to him a short time ago. chief of police, tony rosama, thank you for joining us from marana, in arizona. i want to start with your rinse to the dash-cam video first. and what, what we see of course, is this police officer driving

his car at great speed, right at that suspect, and arizona police claim that by intentionally using a car to run into the suspect, mario valencia, that they saved his life. how does that argument work and your reaction to tha video? >> i think my reaction to the video is very similar to most people's initial reaction to the video. it's very graphic and very violent. you know as far the use of force, saving his life, i think that is probably a comment that has been taken out of context. but, certainly as we, look at the, the totality of of the situation, a deadly use of force was, would have been an authorized use of force in this situation. >> certainly understand that. it is the amount of force that's used isn't it. the big question now. this question of excessive force. and the suspect's lawyer disagrees with, what police are saying. it says that the video here, is

excessive use of force, it is a miracle her client isn't dead. what do you say to that? >> well, it certainly would expect, his defense attorney to disagree with us. the fact of the matter is, he is walking with a loaded 3030 rifle into an area heavily populated. and, lethal force with a firearm would have been justified in that situation. so, an officer used unorthodox and perhaps outside of the box, certainly thinking to put an end to the situation. the fact of the matter its, the individual is alive today. and so are all the officers and all the citizens in the vicinity. >> with the ben president of hindsight when you look back over the dash-cam individually do you consider maybe, you could have used or the officer involved could have used a different way to bring this to a close? >> if, you or any one else can

provide different options in si situation lake that, we would want to evaluate those and talk about those so we can put those into practice. i think given the circumstances, given the situation as it unfolded i'm not sure there were a whole lot of other options. there wasn't time to call for a s.w.a.t. team. there wasn't time to call for hostage negotiation. crisis intervention person knelt. this individual was bent on doing harm. and to say he is suicidal. i don't know that's the case at all. this is an individual who had committed multiple felonious acts, a person who, again, continued to disobey, orders to put the gun down. and walk right into an area where he could have, shot somebody. if we hadn't acted we would be answering the question, why didn't you do something sooner? >> all right. chief of police, terry rosama, thank you so much for talk with

us weft us. we do appreciate it. >> now let's speak with michelle cohen metzger in tucson, wretch representing, mario valencia, we see in the video. thank you for your time. we heard from the police chief saying the response was appropriate. at the very least would-up agree that your client was disturbed. distressed and potential danger to the public and did need to be apprehende apprehended? >> i would agree that he was, definitely distressed. i would agree that he was in some kind of a crisis. i would not agree that he was a danger to the public. certainly not at the time the officer chose to take the action that he did. i think there were very clearly alternative actions that the officers could have taken. short of almost skilling my client. >> the video we see is only a portion of what happened that

day. police are saying he is suspected in committing a number of crimes earlier, rob a convenience store, setting fire to a church, stealing a car. how should officers have behaved considering at the time they an rehended him he was armed and acting irrationally. >> well, to be clear. the officers at the scene where you see the video, had not made any kind of conclusions about the fact that my client had participated in any of the alleged crimes previous to that. so, we are not talking about somebody that, they're certain has been going around and committing a crime spree. what they do know, at that point, my understanding of it, is that -- he, he was a gentleman in some kind of distress. with a -- with a rifle. in his hand. that was loaded. he had pointed that rifle at his

head. and made some kind of suicidal statements on multiple occasions. and then pointed the gun straight up in the air. shot it one time as officers were approaching him. >> so, let me jump in. >> even if, even just with that scenario, an individual firing a weapon into the air. how should have police responded? >> well, there its all sorts of, i mean the -- the purpose would be to -- de-escalate the situation. to try to have a conversation with him. at the very least, to say, put the gun down. get on the ground. perhaps call in a crisis response team. that's why we have those. nothing lick that wke that was considered. the first officer we hear talking. talks about stand off. stand off. everybody is backing off. to give him some room. to, to -- i assume, de-escalate

the situation which is the appropriate response. to have one officer -- who by the way calls himself robo cop. charge in there full speed ahead and plow into my client, while fully accelerating is excessive. >> sad unfortunate situation. all around. michelle metzger, public defender, representing mario valencia. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> so was the take down with the police car the best move? a lot depend on who you ask. >> that's right. earlier, a retired new york detective, criminal defense attorney both spoke to cnn. here are their opinions. >> we have got a man walking down the street, who has got a weapon. police are following him. could have dropped the weapon. he did not. what if that man walks into somebody, you know, maybe taking a potential hostage. make shooting somebody.

h fires the gun in the air. now when the officers are thinking what i got to do. surround him with raidy cars get in a gun battle. get a police officer killed. who else can get killed by bullets flying. this officer decided the best way to take the guy out, with the car. 100% behind what he did. >> i can't bleach what i am hearing. you've see what the officer did. you've see the windshield. crash. you see him drive straight into a wall. under any other circumstance, would look like "fast and furious 8" this know it a police actic, no tactic. you hear what the policeman says in the first camera. don't go there. don't go there. he has the got a gun. just as the easily the suspect could have turned around and started firing because he sees the car approach. this makes no sense whatsoever. you have no idea, the officer, the officer who is coming in, and hitting the brick wall here, doesn't know if there is kids playing on the other side of that wall or anything else. this is insanity.

>> whether you agree or disagree, difficult to see the video from the two vantage points again and again. really scary situation for everyone involved. >> there will be more debate. you are watching cnn newsroom. when we come back, him ear clinton hits the campaign trail in the u.s. state of iowa. just ahead how she is trying to, give her personal touch this time around. in our house, we do just about everything online.

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u.s. presidential candidate hillary clinton will be on the campaign trail in iowa for a second day today. she met with business leaders, students and educators in the town of monticello tuesday. >> yeah, it is part of her effort to appeal to middle-class voters. senior political correspondent breanna keeler reports. >> reporter: hillary clinton on the campaign trail. her first stop, a coffee shop in

leclaire, iowa. from there on to a roundtable conversation at a satellite campus of kirkwood community college in monticello. >> i am going to work hard to meet as many people, i will be rolling out ideas and policies about what i think will work. but i want it to be informed by what is actually working. and to build on what works. >> reporter: it is a far cry from the look and feel of her campaign eight years ago. marked by big rallies filled with thousand of cheering supporters. >> i'm in it to win it. [ applause ] >> reporter: and travel around the hawkeye state in what the campaign dubbed the hillicopter. they dealt a serious blow sending her to a third place finish in the caucuses. >> we are going to take the enthusiasm and go to new hampshire tonight. now she is looking for a second chance. >> i'm back! >> reporter: and going for a

more personal touch, putting the focus on who she is calling everyday americans. >> i'm running for president because i think that americans and their families need a champion. and i want to be that champion. i want to -- stand up and fight for people so that they cannot just get by, but they can get ahead and they can stay ahead. >> reporter: some iowa democratic operatives privately told cnn that the kind of appearance clinton had monday in ohio, went in to a restaurant and unnoticed and did was a missed opportunity and will not fly in iowa, a swing state in the general election. >> at least 23 people are dead and nearly 1,000 more injured after wildfires raged across parts of southern siberia. meteorologist pedron -- pedram

javaheri joins us. >> the area, a half million people call it home. in fact, footage to share with you. put it inner speck tiff. we know around the world. in the springtime, farmers begin burning dry grass to set up grounds to be fertile for the growing season ahead of them. unfortunately, the storm system wasn't on the horizon. set up dry grass on fire. wind picked up over a 24-hour period. and now thousands of people losing their homes there with fires and of course, as rosemary, 25 fatalities, 1,000 injuries, 900 quite significant. and thermal signatures across siberia, southeastern corner of it. see the fires scattered about this region. from satellite from a space perspective, you see smoke being blown from the southwest winds that were in place that really fanned the flames here. and they're really lacking watt r to put some flames out. because the of the situation here, we know that the ground,

the snow is melted why the farmers were burning the grass. but there is ice on the lakes. there is also, ice covering a lot of rivers. a lot of people using buckets or truck loads of water to try to bring melting abut for this region. certainly a slow go as it comes to the weather pattern. these are wind gusts here, indicated. 50, 60 kilometers per hour. enough off to fan the flames over the next couple days. so it is something we are watching for this portion of siberia, again, you typically think of as sparsely populated. 500,000 people reside where the fires are occurring. we'll have mr. news coming up shortly. you'll experience a transformation. take the listerine® 21 day challenge and start your transformation today.

r & b singer percy sledge has died. his first biggest hit was the 1966 number one "when a man loves a woman." ♪ when a man loves a woman ♪ can't keep his mind on nothing else ♪ >> one of the songs you know of. we have all heard of it. what you may not know is that sledge gave the songwriting credit to his band mates so he never saw a penny in royalties

from this hit. the coroner's office in baton rouge, louisiana, said sledge died of natural causes. he was 73. >> actress gwyneth paltrow probably had the best of intentions when she accepted the so-called food stamp challenge. >> the idea is to show how hard it is to live for a week on the budget of someone getting food stamps but she caused controversy with this image and the caption, "this is what $29 gets you at the grocery store." people on facebook immediately started ripping apart her choices and the fact that she is doing it at all. >> earlier we spoke with jim weill about paltrow's decision, president of the food research and action center. >> he says, hundreds of people including other celebrities have taken the challenge. >> what everybody learns is it is an incredibly difficult struggle to purchase a healthy diet on what the federal government gives people in a monthly food stamp allotment for

weekly food stamp allotment. and when people do it often they get criticized online. as everybody gets criticized online these days. the comment section on anything is never pretty sight anymore. but it is important that everybody try to do this in order to raise awareness to the fact that food stamp benefits need to be better for people to get a healthy diet that will carry them through the month. fame laetz should be buying, to the extent they can, the least expensive staples, the healthiest food. and the fact is that study after study shows people aren't buying steaks, they're not buying lobsters, they're doing the best they can, they're purchasing the same types of basics that other families do in our society. and doing a good job of it. and still running out of food, with five, six, seven days left in the month because the allotment is so small. >> jim weill talking to us.

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♪ this is hillary clinton's low-key listening tour. looks more like a stampede. in a small town iowa, a school into a circus. but she's not the only presidential hopeful making key moves today. new developments in the race for the white house ahead. a nuclear deal with iran facing a new critic, congress. president obama seceding from congressional