comcast business. built for business. deadly advance. activists say half of syria's territory is now under isis control. >> under arrest, the suspect in a gruesome crime in the heart of washington, d.c. now in police custody after a massive manhunt. >> and ireland's choice. voters right now are deciding whether to legalize same-sex marriage. from world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers in the united states an around the world. >> i'm george howell. >> and i'm natalie allen. you're watching cnn newsroom. it is 10:00 a.m. in syria where isis militants are making

significant advances. in just the past day the terror group captured palmyra, another gas field and border crossings into iraq. >> there are some questioning whether or not the u.s. plan is working. >> reporter: in intense fighting near the 2,000-year-old ruins, activists say executions are under way. the ancient city of palmyra now firmly in the grip of isis. the world holding its breath, worrying isis may destroy these priceless ruins. it has already destroyed artifacts in iraq. isis now controls 50% of syrian territory, an activist group says. the state department and u.s. intelligence community now focussing on how to get ramadi back and save anbar province in iraq, a key approach to baghdad.

pressure is mounting after the administration's earlier somewhat unconcerned crews on the fall of ramadi. >> i'm absolutely confidence in days ahead that will be reversed. are we going to light our hair on fire every time there's a setback. >> republicans heavily disagree. >> isis victory gives the appearance of strength and boosts its ability to recruit for fighters p. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence is looking for new more attempts of isis assaulting baghdad. >> we have to do everything we he can to stop them from going forward. >> reporter: but ramadi's fall, another disturbing failure of iraqi forces, ripping holes in the u.s. assertion isis is on the defensive. >> there is no way that the reality of the battle form conforms with that world view. what we have is an isis very

much on the offensive. >> the chairman, general martin dempsey, says isf was not driven out of ramadi, they drove out of ramadi. in other words, quit despite a 10-1 troop advantage over isis. the pentagon believes iraqi troops had poor morale and thought u.s. air strikes were not coming through. u.s. officials say they were. the plan now, rush new weapons to iraqi forces including 1,084 shoulder fired tank rounds, capable of destroying isis suicide vehicle bombs. >> barbara starr reporting there for us from washington. rewe turn to cnn's ian lee. he is in cairo. there are so many advances on so many fronts, it is difficult to keep up, sadly.

ian? >> reporter: that's right, natalie. let's start with palmyra, first. the importance of that city. first of all, you have to look at civilian population. we are hering that there are tens of thousands of people still there. have you isis taking control of that, hearing that at least 17 people have been executed, some beheaded. isis militants going door to door looking for anyone they might see as a threat. so first have you that. also, pamyra is at a crossroads. than let's talk about the antiquities. first off, have you this deep rich history that dates back thousands of years. and isis is now in control of that. and they are -- as we have seen in other parts of sir wyria andq are more willing to destroy that and selling it off. this is one of the key sources of income that isis has.

i was at an antiquities conference where they talked about how much money isis gets from this. take a listen. >> one of the major sources of income for isis in iraq and syria. and they targeted the illicit ex port of antiquities as a fund-raising source for the terrorists. so it is significant. >> reporter: that was wendy cham berlin, president of the middle east institute talking to, former u.s. ambassador about how isis did get a lot of their funding from antiquities. what she told me, if you remember in, during civil wars these blood diamonds, she is calling them blood antiquities. they are sold on the international market and they help fund isis. to give you an idea of what they can bring in, one of these antiquities can bring in $1

million. that's enough to buy roughly 12,000 ak-47s and roughly 2.5 million round for that. that gives you a real idea of what this antiquity trade, what effect this has on the war. natalie? >> exactly. another sickening aspect of how isis is able to amass so much money to continue its rampage. also with palmyra, ian, people are saying why can't palmyra be rescued. that puts an awkward forcing the tous go into syria to try to run isis out because they are aiding the syrian government somewhat. it gets tricky trying to figure out who is on what side, where and how. >> that's right. as we've seen, isis has expanded in syria and iraq. the u.s. government has to be

very careful to be seen who they are supporting. quickly in iraq they don't want to be seen as supporting the shiite militias. they have used air strikes to aid advances. and the u.s. government doesn't want to be seen as aiding the syrian government. so it is a very sticky situation. but at the same time, isis is everyone's enemy. they do not have these allies in either side. everyone is trying to fight them. so when you do see isis's tentacles reaching across the region, a lot of people are wondering really what can be done to stop them. as we've seen in sir why and iraq, it doesn't look like anyone has been able to put up a fight to push them back. >> right. 22,000 fighters in isis coming from 100 countries. some kind of new plan has to be thought up. and the sooner the better. ian lee for us out of cairo. thank you, ian.

george? >> natalie, when it comes to the destruction of these antiquities. sir yn authorities are pleading with the international community. hoping to save palmyra's ancient treasures. it is listed as a world heritage site and contains priceless temples and monuments. mixing greeking with persian influences. >> i ask all of the community about it and it is schedule, it is for the -- how with can stop the groups do not destroy for mausoleum. >> to talk more about the destruction of the artifacts in palmyra, let's bring in erin from john jay justice. we have seen it in many

different cities, in aleppo, basra, we are seeing it in palmyra. what is the focus on these artifacts? >> first, isis is releasing recruitment videos, propaganda videos of the destruction claiming they are destroying polly theistic works. in forwarding of their vision of religion. but they also hypocritically sell and profit from an tick its from that he don't destroy. so if they he can smash a few large antiquities that they couldn't carry easily. and then the smaller antiquities in museums, under the ground, et cetera. >> a lot of times when they he go through this process and put video out they show destruction of these artifacts with the use

of sledge hammers through explosives answers firepower. is it more about the money or more about the message for thm? >> the message is very important. because what they are doing is showing that they won't tolerate any other view of the world but their own. they are moving against christian and other religious minorities. they won't tolerate even ancient views of other religions. >> who buys these artifacts or remnants thereof? what buys them? how does isis make the money? >> isis is very smart about this. to give them strangely, credit where it is due, they are charging the money you front. allowing looters to have sort after monopoly on certain areas or issuing official looking licenses to loot and they collect 20% of the value of the antiquities found, for the items

that the looters sell out of the country. we think they are going through turkey, lebanon, a number of other surrounding countries. some are seized. a lot more slow out and go under ground. it is extremely hard to track these but we know all around the world there are p em who want to hold a piece of the past and it is hard it prevent them from getting their hands on it. >> our thanks to erin thompson from john j. college in new york. once they are gone, natalie, they are gone. >> yes, they are. and as we know, they are selling them to make money. even they they don't believe in it, they are fine make money on. police have arrested the man wanted in connection with the quadruple murder in washington, d.c. daron wint was taken into custody a few hours ago in the capitol. no one was injured during the

arrest. winter is charged with first degree felony murder. >> and the bodies of prominent d.c. family and their housekeeper. all found by firefighters inside a burning mansion last week. pamela brown has more on the crime and the link between winter and the victims. >> reporter: a major break in the case came wednesday when atf forensic specialists recovered winter's dna on pizza crust. a nearby domino franchise says they delivered piazza why to the home that night, unaware the family was duct taped inside. >> it is brazen. it shows an element of calm that the person didn't feel rushed. >> phillip had stab wounds and

was killed before being burned to death. >> we are learning more about winter's past, serving briefly with marines but left before completing basic training. he has had numerous run-ins with police and recently worked at the construction company where savvas so vop louse was ceo. >> this is through the business of the suspect and the so vop louse family. >> and to add to the heart break, the family has two

daughters that were away at school. >>. the state department of public safety, dps said a hit had been ordered against texas troopers for shooting against what they call brothers, those bikers. >> dps warns that gangs are arming themselves with grenades and explosives. nine bikers were killed. it is too early to tell if police bullets struck any of them. a grand jury in the city of baltimore has indicted six police officers in the death of freddie gray. gray as you know died last month in police custody after suffering a severe spinal coward jury. >> and his death raised anger and allegations about police brutality and led to the protests and riots that we saw on the streets of balt baltimore. >> reporter: this is a corner in west baltimore. it is one of the places that has seen some of the violence erupting here in recent weeks

and months. out here tonight are the 300 men march. they he were instrumental in recent years and certainly in recent weeks in trying to keep the level of anger and frustration and the deaths of young black men in this city down. the news of what they heard today from marilyn mosby is starting to seep in and people are extremely supportive of what they have heard. the fact that a grand jury heard evidence and decided to indict all those offices is seen as a supporting their claim that mr. gray was treated improperly and that they deserve to go to jail over this. 28 charges were filed the first time around. 28 charges by the grand jury including the most serious of second degree murder. six assault charges. nine misconduct charges. and six reckless endangerment charges. the only difference from the original charges to now is that

there were false imprisonment charges previously but those have been removed in favor of reckless endangerment charges. the officers will go to a preliminary hearing. that short circuits having ms. mosby from recruising herself and trying the case because of what they said is conflicts of interest. miguel marcus, cnn, baltimore. california's coastline, as you know, is known for the scenic beauty. stunning. >> now there are parts covered in thick crude oil. the details of the story are hard to watch. straight ahead. plus, they call themselves the white helmets. we will meet the brave volunteers to risk their lives to save others in syria.

welcome back to cnn newsroom. there is a spill and workers are

skimming the water and trying to save waters that are in danger. so sad to see. >> it is. cnn's sarah tells us about their efforts and the company responsible for this mess. >> reporter: the efd evidence of the havoc the oil spill caused shown all over the animals. the magnitude yet to be assessed for the ocean's other beautiful creatures. the company responsible for this mess, planes all-american pipeline. >> skimming vessels so far have recovered 7,770 gallons of an oily water mixture. >> turns out the company has a checkered history when he it comes to its infrastructure np in 2010 the company and some of its subsidiaries agreed to spend $41 million to updwrad mito inc0 miles of pipeline.

there were 10 crude oil spills in texas, louisiana, oklahoma and kansas. and just last year, a rupture sent 10,000 gallons of oil flowing on to a los angeles street. its record in the top five worst for infractions compared to other similar companies. the spill affecting santa barbara's coastline, one of the worst here. what does the company say about all that? we asked. >> can you just answer one more question that public may want to know. 500 barrels, how much oil is that? >> approximately 42 gallons per barrel so 105,000 gallons. >> initially you said 21,000, why the huge jump in the amount? >> that is a worst case, 500 gallons would be 21,000 as you pointed out. >> what do you say to the public that is angry about this spill and the problems. >> we regret what happened. we will work with the agency to clean this as soon as possible.

>> in the lush city of santa barbara, the reaction loud and clear. >> what are your thoughts? what does that do to you? >> it's heart breaking. and the coast is a global ecological treasure. there's not many places like it throughout the globe and for it to happen there is extremely significant in the sense of what that could mean long-term in terms of impact. >> the beach is about a 30-minute drive outside santa barbara. the clean-up continues and we can still smell the putrid smell and you can see it is splashed all over the rocks. clean-up will take at least a week. >> there you have it. go ahead. >> just i mean, it is terrible to see. you think about the wildlife. you think about the coastline. it is just -- >> we have a lot of atrocious things on cnn international for sure. but oil spill -- >> add it to the list.

>> add it to the list. derek van dam is here to tell us more about it. >> guys, it is important we get this out there. any amount of oil that is spilled is bad enough. but it was a relatively small oil spill at first but it doesn't take much for that sheen of oil on the very top surface of the ocean to spread out in different directions. waves, winds, ocean currents. that's what we will discuss during particular weather bulletin. just on wednesday when the original oil spill occurred west of santa barbara, covering about 9 1/2 square miles. by thursday, which is yesterday, in terms of the west coast of the united states, mr. are multiple sightings of that oil slick on the top part of the ocean that was spotted by helicopters in various individuals right on the shore. so it is quickly spreading and covering a larger surface area. what are they doing to try and

combat this oil spill? they have deployed 4.5 thousand feet of boom. there is a 1 foot curtain that drags just under the surface of the water to help contain that sheen of oil. which by the way at this stage is about as thick as a layer of paint on a wall. there is three skimmers. those are basically oil sucking machines that deposit it back on to the boat and help contain that oil as well. 15 more are on their way to help contain this oil spill. originally, 2.5 thousand barrels spilled. that's about 105,000 gallons. so far they have only recovered about 10% of that oil spill. so that puts it all into perspective for you. by the way, just to give you an indication across the united

states, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration responds to about 100 different oil spill incidents in the course after year. that's in 2014. these things occur quite frequently. small or large. they are all serious and in many regards impacting wildlife and not only that, the beauty of southern california's beaches. i mean, it is just not something we want to see. and hopefully they can contain it as quickly as possible. >> all right, derek. thank you. >> derek, thank you. >> i want to take you to live pictures where voters in dublin are deciding now on the legality of same-sex marriage in ireland. we'll have that story in the next half hour. >> also -- >> a fire bomb dropping on your house is like a 7.6 magnitude earthquake 50 times a day. >> that guives you the idea. new alleged brutality in syria.

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welcome back to our viewers in the united states even around the world. you're watching cnn newsroom. glad to have you with us. i'm george howell. >> we sure are. i'm natalie allen. syria says isis controls more than half of that country. the terror group has also captured a major gas field in syria and the last border

crossing into iraq. the man wanted in connection with the quadruple murder in washington, d.c. has been arrested in washington. dir daron wint was take yn into custody a few hours ago. wint is suspected in the may 14th killings after prominent businessman, his wife, son and their housekeeper in the family's home in the u.s. capitol. >> we have an update on nut rage out of south korea. former korean air executive that's her shielding her face has been release from prison. the appeals court first reduced her one-year sent tones 10 months. that sentence was suspended entirely. cho was suspended after demanding her plane be turned around because her macadamia nuts weren't served appropriately. >> serve them appropriately or there will be trouble. >> the group posted video

on-line that claims it shows syrian forces dropping the oil drums filled with explosive and shrapnel out of helicopters. >> the u.n. called for the end to the use of barrel bombs which often kills civilians. the government, as always, denies using such bombs. >> estimated more than 300,000 people have been killed in the five-year civil war there. entire neighborhoods and cities have been reduced to rubble. >> not just by syrian government but by isis as well. a team of volunteers is risk their lives to save people and dr. sanjay gupta has that report. >> reporter: you're watching an extraordinary rescue in aleppo, syria. for 12 hours these men have been digging and drilling. and they are about to save the

life of a two-week-old baby. in a world bursting with too many men in black hats they are the calvary, white helmets. >> they have all chosen. they have all chosen to risk their lives to save others. and that makes every single one of them a hero. >> james when meseurer. >> there is no 911 system, nobody that you can call. you can't pick up a phone and call a fire service you can't call a local police department they don't exist. >> so the syrian men and a few women have organized themselves to fill that void. armansi was once a black smith. abraham, a barber.

ahmad, a detective. he is supposed to get married next week. for the time being they left their previous jobs. their previous lives and now volunteer to run toward when everyone else is running from. >> we're traveling along the border. they just got a call. we wanted to see what they do. >> this is intense training to become better. even faster. all of a sudden this area filled with smoke. there is concern that there may be another bomb or another attack coming so they've asked for all the lights to be kurn turned off. they don't want to be a target themselves but can you see how challenging that makes their job. the concern is that. the white helmets tell us this video is of a barrel bomb hurdled from a chopper by the syrian government. as you see, they can be wildly inaccurate.

as you hear, they are incredibly vicious. >> a barrel bomb dropping on your house is like a 7.6 order of magnitude earthquake 50 times a day. >> these bombs are so malignant, full of explosives, rebar, wire, nails, everything else that can brutally maim and kill. but now the white helmets are concerned about a new enemy, chlorine gas. they were able to save these children but believe the gas led to the death of a family of six and it gets even worse. >> helicopters normally carry two barrel bombs. they he drop the first barrel bomb which then explode and the pilot then remains in the sky circling where the explosion took place. waiting for a crowd to gather and waiting for rescuers to come to the scene. when a crowd gathers, they

release the second bomb and that is a double attack. >> 84 white helmets have been killed. mostly by double taps. it is why syria is one of the most dangerous places in the world an why being a white helmet might be the most dangerous job in the world. and yet they go on. 2600 have saved the lives of 18,000 p. >> how long more does it go on, do you think? >> one day at a time. >> for the white helmets, another day is another chance. to save a life. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, southern turkey.

>> in neighboring iraq, isis extremists are tightening their grip over ramad i and pushing east to the road down to baghdad. we turn now to a bridge just outside baghdad and residents are fleeing anbar province. what are you seeing? >>. >> reporter: george, this is the only safe route. the main safe route for refugees to cross from anbar province from the other side of the bridge into baghdad. it is closed right now because of friday prayers. it will be opening very shortly but already we did see some of the elderly pushed across on wheel chairs. some people that seem to be ill being brut brought and cross on ambulances.

[ inaudible ] >> we are having trouble with arwa's signal. but she is near a bridge near the city of baghdad. given it is so close to the capitol city, you get a sense of what is happening. we'll be right back after this. bulldog: mattress discounters memorial day sale ends monday?

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welcome back. the polls have opened in ireland and they will decide whether to change the laws on same-sex marriage. >> it would be the first country in the world to pass by popular vote. joining us from a polling station in ireland and we know that people were asked not to wear a t-shirt or anything to show what side they are on because this is highly contentious. >> reporter: that's right,

natalie. the poles are open, people are voting. taking part to their role in what could be a hugely significant day for this country, one that could transform from traditionally being one of europe's most conservative to one of its most liberal. this is a country where only 22 years ago where gay male sexual activity was illegal. now it is inshrining equal rights. everyone is engaged. anyone has a view. the yes campaign says this is about equality, fairness, the idea of giving gay couples the same right to commit and love each other in the same way as het troe sexual couples. as everyone else. the no campaign focused on parenthood and pro creation, even though there is already legislation that allows gay people to be parents.

this campaign said it is more serious buzz they are talking about enshrining riots within the constitution. they have a lot to say about the role of family within irish society p. it has been a heated debate for a long time now. today everyone gets to have their say. the polls will be open until late tonight but the counting doesn't start until tomorrow. it will be late sunday evening and the rest of the world learns this is the latest country to adopt guy marriage officially. >> started first reading about this story i had to check to see that i had right country. it was so real that ireland may be leading here. who is pushing for change there who are going to vote? >> the people pushing for change here obviously the gay community, certainly. but it is not exclusive to them

by any means. there is considerable support for a change, for the yes vote. opinion polls consistently put the campaign ahead but no one really buys that entirely. no one believes those opinion polls because as you think you touching on there, traditionally conservative country. one where they plead a key roll. the abs absolute. the mistreatment to where it is diminished. it is a quiter voice and making secular arguments. anyone that opposes this move. but it is a conservative country. the opinion polls are in some

doubt because the believe is that many of twhoels vote no has simply been unable to declare that publicly up until this point. >> it'll be a very telling vote there in ireland. we appreciate your reporting. phil black live there m dublin. thank you. >> robert gates president of boy scouts of america and former u.s. secretary of defense is call og for the organization to end its ban on state leaders. if rs. >> gates said the current ban cannot be sustained in the u.s. here is a quote. the country is changing and we are inkraedingly at odds with the legal landscape at both the state and federal levels and as a movement we fupd ourselves with the policy more than a few of our church sponsors reject. thus placing scouting between a boy and his church. >> the organization allowed gay ruth sense 2013.

they are trained to kill and taught suicide if they are captured. >> now one of them is speaking with cnn about agents he says are in the u.s. right few. our paul why hancocks has that. >> reporter: 1983 an assassination attempt on a south korea president. the president survives but 21 others are killed. 1987 a korean air plight floeds? midair killing everyone on board a bomb planted in the overhead locker. both carried out by spoo spies who confessed. >>. >> translator: i went to special university for four years, he says. they went through special training similar to navy s.e.a.l.straining in the u.s.

i trained in cross country, scuba diving, too many, too many to lift. you learn to be happy to give up your life for the he he regime he said, to show loyalty, he was shot in 1995 so was unable to fulfill fis defendant nie. he said he later learned the entire family was executed in north korea as punishment. a few years ago this man was caught trying to assassinate a well known person in korea. there were guns and torches. kim says spies are on equal foot chg generals in north korea. a sign of how highly valued that work is.

he worked in unification advancement devision in the 80 as and was involved in senting agents to the u.s., south cree why and japan. he estimates there could be hundreds of agents working in the united states at any time. to concentrate on korean americans but then they try to recruit people by offering free reesas allowing them do business there or by using people would entice them. >> it may sound like a tle back but north korea hasn't movond from that time and with limited resources and ways of in states, it is vital. >> and earthquake hit the dover area in southeast britain. the 3.7 quake was feld as far as france across the english channel. that's unusual.

>> very. there are only about 20% of earthquakes felt by people. scrabble's official democraticry. >> coming up with new words they are adding and what these new -- are they adding that? >> oh my gosh. really? >> scrabble dictionary is getting a little bit. how about it next.

if the term triple word score means anything to you, you'll enjoy our next story. for the first time in almost 10 years skacrabble is adding new words to its dictionary. 6500 words. and not all of them may make sense to you right away. there will be some unusual challenges whoe people start using these words. >> yes. let's start with the first word. twerking. miley cyrus is known for, well can you see her moves.

>> she made twerking a household name. >> yes, she did. >> cake hole. that haemeans mouth. insulting to our friends here in the uk. and dench, for the great actress judy dench. >> and then shizzle. my twerking is really dench for shizzle. all right. another one. lolz. if you are hearing these words you are probably getting plenty of lolz right now. that means laughing out loud. and a shorter version of ridiculous, anyone knows that

place scrabble knows that the scrabble dictionary is very lenient. now there are 6500 more words to work with. >> and twerking is one of them. that's it for this evening. i'm george howell. >> one more thing for you. we went out on the streets of london quiz people on the games, expanded vocabulary. take a look before we go. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> twerking. >> twerking. >> yeah. >> dancing and -- >> it's like -- >> your bottom goes up and down. >> cake hole. >> a hole in the cake. >> shut your cake hole. >> something dirty? >> defrmg. dench.

>> dench? >> something with your teeth? >> something gross. >> judi dench. >> people are using that now? >> redic. >> think. >> that is something a 10-year-old would use. >> ridiculous, short for it. as in daft p. >> lolz. >> laughing out loud but extra funny. >> lots of lolz on friday. >> people on the streets know all about these words. >> happy playing. it's a great game. >> thanks for being with us. >> i'm natalie allen. early start is coming up for viewers in the u.s. for others, stay with us here in the newsroom. bulldog: get a queen serta set for just $397.

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breaking news this morning. police arrest the man they say murdered a washington d.c. family and then set their home on fire. the dramatic details of the capture ahead. happening now, police on alert. warned that biker gangs may be planning a revenge attack against police officers. isis makes critical gains across the middle east. in syria and iraq. now many question the president's strategy against isis. we'll have all the details ahead. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> nice to see you. i'm christine romans. it is friday, may 22nd. 4:00 a.m. in the