p.m. in london and 8:00 p.m. in baghdad and wherever you are watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. right now, hillary clinton is back out there on the campaign trail after 11 hours of exhausting testimony up there on capitol hill. and in a moment, ash carter is going to address the military rescue operation in iraq that left one american soldier dead. both stories will be coming up ahead this hour. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. first, to the breaking news. mexico now bracing for the strongest hurricane ever e recorded by the national hurricane center with 200-mile-an-hour sustained winds, hurricane patricia has the potential to cause massive destruction and death. it is expected in mexico later today. and for more on tho, let's go to the meteorologist jennifer gray

at the severe weather center at the cnn center. and jennifer, what has the national hurricane center said in the very latest advisory? >> well, i can tell you, wolf, it is the first time that the national hillary clinton center has ever put winds as high as 200 miles per hour on the advisory and it happened with patricia, and right now the winds are 200 miles per hour, and the gusts of 245 and it is moving quickly at the north to 10 miles per hour, a it is going to continue that track over the next couple of hours, and it is expected to make landfall later this afternoon. i will have to get my producers to help to advance the map, because the button is not working, but if it is going to be continuing through the northern track it is going to be making landfall between puerto vallarta and manzanillo through time, and we are talking about dumping massive rain and inkr incredible winds and storm surge will be hitting the island and

folks have evacuated or found the strongest structure they can find. it could make the land possible category 4 or 5 and continue the track inland. lit weaken considerably once it makes landfall and a lot of the the reason for that is because of the terrain, it is mountainous, and the wind forecast is going to get up to 60 to 100 miles per hour in the next 24 hours, and the forecast of rain is from 10 to 20 inches across places along the coast, and because of that terrain mountainous, we are looking at the possibility of landslides and mudslides, wolf. >> will any of this have any effect on the u.s. mainland? >> well, we are going to be possibly, and we will see moisture from this storm. it is is not going to be, it is not going to be tropical anymore and we are not going to be seeing the tropical storm or hurricane-force wind, but because we will get the moisture from it, it will increase the rainfall amount in texas. we are are seeing the flooding

rains there, and as the moisture is pumped up into texas, we are going to be seeing additional rainfall, and so here is the rainfall toteles that we could see 20-plus inches of rain in h houston and dallas that could be hit hard with this and already seeing the flash flood warnings in that area. so in the next couple of days, we will see a lot more additional rainfall, wolf. >> and to give us some perspective, jenner, katrina did not have anything close to 200 miles per hour winds, right? >> yes, this storm is stronger than katrina and andrew and ka mill. if you lived through the storms, you have to imagine this is a stronger storm than that. there have only been three storms to make landfall as a category 5 in the u.s., and of course, this is goinging the to be stronger than that. and the other thing, wolf, the people had not a lot of time before this is a tropical storm, and within 24 hours, it is a

category 5. so, not a lot of time if you were maybe out hiking or camping, and you were away from the television set or social media, there is not a lot of time to prepare when a storm intensifies that rapidly, and this could be the the most a storm has intensified this quickly ever. so that is another thing that we are looking at. >> and we will stay obviously on top of this horrendous, horrendous hurricane, and the best of wishes to our friends in mexico, because they have a lot of work ahead of them. thank you very much, jennifer. let's get to presidential politics here in the united states. hillary clinton is back out there on the campaign trail a day after going through a marathon session of questions in front of the house of representatives select committee on benghazi. she is in virginia, northern virginia outside of washington, d.c., right now for a campaign event. earlier she spoke at the

democratic national committee's leadership forum, and listen to this. >> i am absolutely delighted to be here as some of you may know, i had a pretty long day yesterday. [ applause ] but i finally got to answer question, and something that i have been pushing for literally a year. after my experience yesterday, i am just amazed that they are even talking about setting up another special investigative committee, and this time to investigate planned parenthood. and i think that we all know that by now that is just code for a partisan witch hunt. >> most observers said that hillary clinton escaped the 11-hour grilling largely unscathed. though, there was a lot of questioning on the libya policy and obviously, her e-mails and the home address and friend, and she was still able to make a major political statement in the

course of it. and this is a little snippet from late in the hearing during the final hour. >> the answers have changed not at all since i appeared two years ago before the house and the senate. and i recognize that there are many currents at work in this committee, but i can only hope that the statesmanship overcomes the partisanship. at some point we have to do this. it is deeply unfoch nrtunate th something as serious as what happened in benghazi could ever be used for partisan political purposes. i'm hoping that we can move forward together.

we can start working together. we can start listening to each o other. and more of what is going on inside of the clinton campaign and the fallout of the benghazi hearing is lindsey pal mmairi w is out on the campaign trail with hillary clinton, and i have a chance to assume that you have spoken with secretary clinton today, and what is hr mood after those 11 hours of questioning? >> she was pretty tired, but she was in fine spirits. as you saw, as demonstrated in the clip that you just showed, wolf, she was a little bit disappointed and didn't feel that enough of the hearing was focused on preventing future tragedies like benghazi or what more could we do to protect the

diplomat diplomats that do go into the dangerous place, and it is important to have diplomats in the really hot zones, places like afghanistan and iraq and that is why she wanted to testify yesterday to honor the memory of the four americans that we did lose and to support the efforts that america has to protect the diplomats across the globe. that is really unfortunately not what happened. i thought that she managed the situation really well, and i think that people were able to see the depth of commitment that she brought to the job of secretary of state, and the kind of the strong character in the person that she is, and so, that was a useful thing for people to s see, but it was unfortunately as she noted that it did not focus enough on what more we can do to help prevent this in the future. >> did she feel that the questions were appropriate by some of the republican members? there was a lot of interruptions, and a lot of

anger and some screaming and stuff like that. did she feel like she was d disrespecte disrespected? >> no. she was secretary of state when this tragedy happened, and she is happy the to go before congress, and she is a big girl and she can handle the grilling whether it is the line of questioning is legitimate or not, and so it is not up to her to decide what questions the republicans asked of her, but it is her job to answer them to the best of her ability, and we felt that she did that. when she was sitting there herself going through the experience it was difficult. it wasn't that you were not sure when you were her to see how it was being received, but she did what she set out to do which is to answer all of the questions that they had and to talk as as long as possible and open and be as compelling and paint as

complete a picture as what it was like at that moment, and handling benghazi and what it was like as secretary of the state for the colleagues she was going to support. >> and now, there was new information that was released by the republican majority including the e-mail that hillary clinton sent to her daughter on the night of the attack september 11th, 2012, which read that two of our officers were killed in an attack on benghazi and one of the am bbassadors i handpicked d a young communications officer on temporary duty with a wife and two young children. and so then, the word went out days later that it was some video-inspired protest that was responsible for this, and why

the confusion if she knew that night that it was an al qaeda terror attack? >> well, i believe she spoke eloquently to the fog of war, and also in the ensuing days with president obama, and she was putting forth the best of information that was available at the time, and where we have ended up is ta it is a, you know, that there was not any one source or any one reason for why this happened, and it is a number of factors, and then in those days, all you can do is to deal with the information after co coming in and deal with the best intelligence at the time and that is what the public and the private statements reflected. >> jennifer palmieri, with the clinton campaign, thank you very much. >> thank you, wolf. >> by all accounts, it has been very good month for hillary clinton, she didn't lose her cool up there on capitol hill,

and did well with the live debates you saw here on cnn and vice president joe biden decided not to challenge her for the can democratic presidential nominee, and also received a big nod for 1.6 million members of one of the largest unions, and so let's bring in tara betsetter and donna brazile. and donna, we shoe had a couple of issues there in the hearing, as we just heard, but came out berter than people feared. >> well, she had a difficult summer and given the negative news and the poll number, and this and what if joe biden run. yesterday what i saw and i think that most americans is that someone who not only was somber, a nd she was stoic, and very stately and meaning presidential, and she requested this hearing so that she could

answer any other remain questions. for the four americans who died, and their families now, the loved ones who are still grieving they may not have heard all of the answers that they need to the know, but i think that for the 300 million plus americans we need to know that our country is now are ready to protect the public servant, and hillary clinton showed yesterday that she is committed to following through on all of the recommendations. >> tara, how did she do? >> well, given the circumstances, she did hold up pretty well. nobody would argue that given the length of time that the har haring took place that she remained very calm, cool, colle collected and completely different from the last time where she lost it and said, what difference does it make? and pounded the desk. nothing new there and no presidential snippet has the republicans could use, and she did maintain the cool, and there were interesting exchanges that we cannot gloss over consider ing the circumstances that she

is steadfast ly holding to the fact that the video had something to do with this is insulting to the american people based on the intelligence reports and the e-mails that we found and jim jordan did an e excellent breakdown of what she said in private compared to what was told publicly to the american people, and it is divergently different because of the 56 days away from the election and political thenarrae to stay consistent that al qaeda was dead, and so we could not ed a mitt that this is an al qaeda-inspired attack, and this is clear. >> she doesn't believe that video is responsible to today, but in the week that followed the fog and the confusion and as a result, there is conflicting information. >> and the intelligence. >> and there were intel documents that were clear and she was very clear -- >> this is why the republicans lost yesterday? >> no, it is parsing the words, and hillary is good at that. >> it looked like a charade. >> no, she wasn't. >> yes, she was.

>> and the republicans continue to play it back the old tapes of yesterday as if tomorrow matters on that score. this is -- >> words matter, donna, and i used her own words and she stood in front of the family and said -- >> tara, i don't want to relitigate it and again sit in front of my tv to listen to this kind of hearing unless it is "empire" or "scandal" or "how to get away with murder" or the football game. and that is the to take all of the questions and the e-mails and the materials and all of the information from the investigative committee and to be answering them to the best of her ability, and she was sworn n and now, wolf, she is going to the j.j. dinner, and she is -- >> jefferson jackson dinner iowa where the democrats go, and her husband, the former president is going to go with her on this campaign trip. >> and katy perry, and so there is going to be a little dancing. this is her moment, and if the

she can seize this moment, and we have a competitive race in the democratic party despite that we lost two candidates this week or they decided not to continue the bid, this is going to be a competitive season, but she is better shape today than before. >> and ladies, don't you go away, and donna and tara are going to stay with us. and now a look at the field, because the presidency lost another member, former rhode island governor and senator lincoln chafee has dropped out. listen to this. >> i look forward to success 2016, and that is what i want to dedicate my efforts to. >> why now? >> well, obviously, it is a good week for secretary clinton, and did well in the debates and then senator webb got out, and then did well in the benghazi hearing and governor chafee got out of

the race. >> he said that he made the decision to drop out days after the first presidential debate and the veteran lawmaker had been polling below 1% among the other democratic hopefuls and one less potential challenger for hillary clinton, and bernie sanders and martin om'malley remain in the democratic contest. ahead, ooh a new poll showing that ben carson is ahead of donald trump in the republican race in iowa, and what does that mean? and a first soldier killed in iraq since 2011. we have a picture of him there, and we will get a full report of the raid when we come back, sergeant wheeler.

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redistributing the resources. the moves come as bush struggles to break out of the pack in the republican race for president. according to the internal talking points, they are reducing cost by 40% this week, and gutting the salaries across the board and downsizing the head quarter staff and cutting the the travel cost and eliminating other overhead expenses. now, back to the commentators donna brazile and tara setmeyer, and what about signs that he is cutting back? >> well, donna and i were talking about this, and it is not good news, and it seems to have been in the works for a while, that reports were coming out after the burn rates and the money that the campaigns were spending versus what they were taking in, and jeb bush's burn rate is 866% which is really high. and they have been spending all of the money, and stay manage the five-star hotels and private jets and that, and they have had to cut a lot of that back, which means that the donors are not

sending the same amount of money at one point, and you can understand why, and jeb has been poll i polling in single digits, and he has not caught fire anywhere and the debate performances are mediocre, and the fach ral projection is that the dollars don't flow in, and now they have to tighten up the belt, and move forward to see people like ben car s carson and trump surge, and he is not. >> and at this stage of the campaign, you have to invest in the early state, and if you want to break out in iowa and south carolina and nevada, this is when you put more staff resources and ads, and if he does not have the hard dollars to compete nash, that is is a s that the campaign is in trouble. >> and he not doing well at all down there in the mid--level single digits. >> and south carolina either. >> and the new des moines register and bloomberg poll has dr. ben car sson at 28%, and no donald trump for the first time in second place for 19%. until now he has been ahead in

all of the key early state, and ahead nationally in all of the polls, and now for the first time another poll yesterday and this one today has carson ahead in iowa and trump second. what does that say to you? >> well, i think it is interesting. i'm not as surprised in iowa per se, because given the makeup of the iowa caucusgoers, and they are more evan gel ka and trump has not spent as much time in iowa and somebody like ben carson's disposition, and the personality, and the very strong evangelical christian roots and the authenticity with that resonates much more with the iowa voters than maybe some of the brash talk that has come are from trump, but you can see that trump is cozying up to the conservative leaders, because he recognizes that he needs them in the corner to continue to win in places like iowa. he was at the cnp, the council for the national policy meeting last week which is a tight knit conservative organization, and they are auditioning all of the candidates, and he was there and

doing his thing with them, and trying to garner that kind of support, and then maybe we will see if that translates into iowa, but i can see how ben car s carson and the background and the disposition s and his wife spends a lot of time there. >> and retail politics. all retail politic, wolf. i was out there at the iowa state fair and clearly out there for all of the great food. >> it is great. >> and ben carson, and small groups. he has gone into the counties and small group, and he has taken a chapter from mike huckabee and rick santorum page and meeting them where they are and going into the churches and the little small place, and that is why the poll numbers look like that. >> and one of the iowa caucus, and the republican campaign, rick santorum won it in 2012 and neither one of them got the presidential nomination, but it is nice to win, and i am sure that donald trump is think tag if he even wins the iowa caucuses, and he would not win

the nomination, and see how he does in some of the other states as well. >> losing in iowa can be problematic, because that is where hillary's demise happened in 2008, and so it started to go that way and so it has the significance and where you win or lose there in iowa has its sis nif kans. >> -- significance. >> and we have to remind people that he is on a book tour. >> yes, and the book signings, and people lining up block after block after block. >> and i want you to et get ege copy, because i know that you have pull. >> i will get you a copy. >> thank you, sir. >> and this week, marco rubio and donald trump and bernie sander, and they will all join jake tapper, and they will all be weighing in on hillary's big week at 9:00 a.m. eastern.

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there are now new details about a multi national military rescue operation in northern iraq that left one american soldier dead. it is a story first reported by cnn. today the department of defense identified the serviceman killed as 39-year-old master sergeant joshua wheeler of oklahoma. he is survived by his wife and four sons and his grand mother and grandfather and he was part of the special operations team that rescued 70 hostages from the isis controlled prison. yesterday, he is if first

american soldier to die on iraqi soil since 20 # 1. this is a mission that brings up many question ss about the u.s. role -- in 20 # 11, and this brings up many questions about the role of the u.s. in iraq, and we are joined by our experts jim sciutto and retired colonel rick francona. and jim, what is the latest being said there on the ground first american to have tied in iraq since 2011 >> he is a member of the delta force, and the inarguably the most elite team in the u.s. military. i am told by people on the ground they went in train, and vise and assist role, and they were behind commandos of the kurdish soldiers, and then the

fire was there on the ground, and there was then the decision to enter the compound and the firefight, and insooe of that compound that master sergeant wheeler was shot first and died later while being transported for medical care. >> i read the release of the special operations command in which they said that sergeant wheeler died from enemy gun fire while in combat near huisa, iraq. and so that combat mission is over, but this is listed combat. is there a discrepancy here? >> no, this is nothing but combat, and this is falling under the assist mission. when they went up there with the kurds they were to back them up, a nd that is what they did. this is falling technically within the assist mission, but you cannot escape that these are

young americans in combat. >> you can't escape it at all, and clearly, a major gun fire operation that was going on. in terms of signing off on this mission, jim, walk us through a little bit of how high the authority went. >> well sh, it is interesting, because yesterday an announcement quickly from the white house saying that the president, himself, he did not sign off on this igs many, although he was kept aware and include manage the presidential daily brief, and the briefing that he gets every morning with the latest intelligence and he did not sign off on this mission, but it was defense secretary ashton carter who is going to be briefing here at the pentagon in a few minutes who signed off on this. that is the protocol for a mission like this, because it falls under that train, and vise and assist mission. it is not something new, something outside of that mission where the president might have to pipe-in, but it does show to echo rick's point, how quickly the advise and assist missions can become something very differently, and

become something if not close to combat as this started right in the middle of combat, and anybody who has seen it knows that when you are in a firefight that is a combat role even if it is called the assist role. >> it is. colonel, i want you to listen to what the white house press secretary peter cook said about this mission. >> this is within the national security of the united states because it is a larger effort against aisic isil and those wh with us to stop them, and this is a successful operation, and regrettab regrettably, it did result in the loss of life for one u.s. service member. >> and when he says, colonel, a unique situation, and does that mean it is not going to be happening again, but it potentially could, obviously? >> well, it could happen again, and i the they everybody is very kerped about, you know, what we call "mission creep" and where

this is the norm rather than the the exception. the fact that it went up to the s secretary of defense indicates it was an exceptional circumstance, and normally these decisions would be made at a much lower level. if they are out assisting in a mission, and they get into some fight i fighting, that is one thing, but this is an actual operation that the u.s. was involved in from takeoff to return. >> quickly -- >> we have to be very careful with that. >> and jim, what are they saying at the pentagon about the fears of mission creep? >> well, they are saying it is not mission creep, but it is part of the mission. it does show you that on missions like this, that involve assist, if a commander on the ground, and i'm told those are the circumstance, a commander on the ground made the decision when his partners came under fire to go in to enter that firefig firefight, the rules of engagement allow that in certain circumstances, so if the that is the case, a you have other train and assist missions like this going forward, you are have that possibility, and may not happen every time, but that po

possibility, and the u.s. forces are in danger, and in what anyone else would call combat in those circumstances. >> and our deepest, deepest condolences to the family of master sergeant joshua l. wheeler. our deepest cone doe lenses to the -- condolences to the family. and also, this weekend don't miss fareed zakaria's "road to hell" that will double air monday night at 9:00 p.m. and this is france's worst road accident in 30 years. it happened this morning when a truck and bus carrying elderly people collided head-on, on a narrow road and caught fire. two victims inside of the truck is believed to be the son of the driver. france's president called it a great tragedy and assured the victims of the tragedy's family,

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fluctuate, but it is expected to remain a category 5 once it hits land later today, and in the past, some of mexico's most popular tourist spots, including puerto vallarta where the flights in and out have been suspended. we are joined by jennifer gray from the national weather center, and show us the possible trajectory here of the hurricane. >> it is starting to wobble to the east and the west, but these storms do that and it has winds of 200 miles per hour, and gusts of 245 miles per hour, and this is the strongest storm the national weather center has ever had to deal with. they have never put 200-mile-an-hour winds on an advisory, and they had to do it today. this storm as you said could make landfall category 5, and strong category 4. this is a fastest that a storm has ever intensfied to this

magnitude, and once it makes landfall, it will weaken considerably. we have mountainous terrain here in mexico, and that is going to share red the stor-- shred the the forecast as we go forward, 160 to 200-mile-an-hour wind gusts easily. and at the eye of the storm, we will see 150 to 175-mile-an-hour winds as it travels inward, we will see the winds die down as we go into saturday and sunday. the moisture will be pumped in through portions of mexico, and the forecasts we could see 15 to 20 inches of rain along the coast, and the storm surge is a huge concern as well. let me show you here on the floor, that we could see record-setting storm surge with the storm. to put it in perspective, katrina had 27 feet of storm surge, wolf, a nd when you add that on top toch rain that is

going to be falling down the mountain mountains, it is going to be a major flooding concern, and not only that, but the winds are are going to be a huge concern as well, wolf. >> i hope that all of the folks are going to be okay over there, and thank you so much, jennifer gray. we will stay on top of the breaking news. >> other news that we are following, congressman paul r n ryan's hat in the ring to take on the speaker of the house, and will his conservative views work? want bladder leak underwear that moves like you do? try always discreet underwear and wiggle, giggle, swerve and curve.

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paul ryan has officially entered the race to become the next speeaker of the house.

paul ryan released this quote, i never thought i would be speaker, but i said that if i could be a unifying figure, i will go all in. the one-time presidential nominee made the statement after facing three factions. he has secured enough votes to be voted the speaker of joining us now with more on what's going on, dana bash. this is certainly not an easy decision for paul ryan, but he has enough of the 247 republicans to get many more votes than the 218 he'll need on the house floor. >> this is one rare situation when you have one of the most important jobs in the country that somebody doesn't want, still doesn't want, but is going to do reluctantly. he said very strict conditions. we have been reporting it all week. he actually was even a bit surprised that those conditions were met, in particular by the

conservative freedom caucus that helped push out john boehner and helped make sure that kevin mccarthy didn't get the votes to succeed. they voted to say at least enough of them were going to support him that he didn't really have a choice. we'll have the official vote next week, but it's all but sure he's going to be the next speaker. >> the other republicans that were running is he going to drop out? >> we haven't gotten word officially that he's dropped out. there are a couple members of the freedom caucus that are not thrilled with paul ryan and still say theyback daniel webster. so he might be a nominee. we have seen a lot of crazy things with house republicans over the past couple weeks. it looks like he's got the votes. >> the benghazi hearing, there are seven republicans, the majority on that committee, five democrats. some of those democrats going into the hearing yesterday that hillary clinton testimony threatened to boycott after the hearing because they said it was

so partisan, simply a political witch hunt. you're getting new information on what the democrats plan on doing. >> they had a meeting with the democratic leader nancy pelosi. the congressional producer and i got some sources to tell us that they are going to officially say that they are not going to boycott. they are going to stay in this at least for now. maybe leave the door open a little bit to down the road say we're not going to take this road all the way down until there's a final report because who knows how long that's going to last. i think adam schiff was threaten ing to boycott last night, but in the hearing he said he didn't want democrats to participate in the first place but now he sees politically how important it was for democrats to be there to have hillary clinton's back. they should be sending the republicans on that committee roses this morning because it made their candidate for president look is so good.

i'm not just saying that as an analyst. i have heard a lot of republicans say that as well. >> some democratic supporters of hillary clinton are backing saying he gave hillary clinton an inkind contribution to her campaign by holding that hearing, which she emerged in strong shape. thank you for that. still ahead, chilling video of a deadly airstrike on a syrian hospital. the group that took the video claims they were targeted by russian jets. russia says it would not go after civilians in syria. we'll have details. this is my body of proof.

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a syrian humanitarian organization has posted video of what it say ises aftermath of the city. the video shows the impact of the second of what appears to be

two strikes on a hospital. the organization running the hospital the syrian american medical society says the strikes were launched by russian war planes. . russia denies the claims and says they are not targeting civilians in their strikes on syria. e we should warn you the images you're about to see may be disturbing to some viewers. ni nick paton walsh reports. >> reporter: war planes have just struck and missed. run, the plane is coming back. this aid worker from the syrian civil defense unit runs inside the hospital. one of his colleagues dead, five injured. a dozen total dead. the syrian american medical association who run this hospital told cnn it was targeted by russian jets in a double tab. one strike and then another to catch the first responders.

russia denies targeting civilians. in a first attack this local man says thank god there were no injuries. then the war plane turned around and that time all the people were gathered and shot two missiles again. not far west of aleppo, the same rescue group is an unexploded cluster bomb. russia denied thursday using those emissions but two have crashed through this roof into this home making the holes benoot this boy's feet. it came and hit for the first time, the war plane shot a misill this that had cluster bombs. none of us were injured but our neighbor was injured and two women were culled.

ni nick paton walsh, turkey. >> that's it for me. i'll be back at 5:00 p.m. in the situation room. the news continues next on cnn. here we go. top of the hour. i'm brooke baldwin. breaking news as we come to you live here. hurricane barrelling toward mexico and this hurricane is not just big, this is record breaking. this is the strongest storm ever measured. let me repeat the strongest storm ever measured. this is bringing 200 miles an hour sustained winds. just for perspective that's an f-5 tornado, the most deadly there is. except this it hurricane will turn and move. slowly, span some 60 mile. s and bring with it a huge wal