past week. tornadoes devastating north texas. at least 11 died in the dallas area over the weekend. texas governor declaring a disaster in four counties, the threat is not over. a crippling blizzard is expected to follow those deadly storms. >> really unbelievable weather. winter storm warning stretching from texas to michigan. states of emergency are in effect in missouri because of flooding and in new mexico due to heavy snow. let's begin our coverage with nick valencia, in hard-hit garland, texas this morning. >> this is one of the hardest hit areas of garlin, texas. eight of the deaths happened in this city. behind me, you can see this apartment complex. several people inside. there were injuries. local police tell me everyone was barely able to escape alive. >> whoa, i just got a lightning

strike. >> reporter: overnight in eastern texas, blinding rain, lightning and strong winds in the city of marshall. downed trees and power lines, possibly the work of yet another tornado, touching down in the lone star state. last night, patrons inside a chili's restaurant huddling inside a freezer as tornado sirens sound off. it is now making its way eastward. >> it's ayou big tornado, big, big, strong tornado. >> reporter: over the christmas weekend, texas bearing the brunt of the storm, ravaged by nearly half a dozen deadly tornadoes. an airport passenger taking this stunning photo of the massive storm on a flight to dallas. two powerful twisters making a path of destruction, the death toll 11, making this the dead i left december for tornados in 60 years. justin schuler sifts of what

remains through his home in g ax rlin. >> i stepped out because i heard the roaring. that's when i saw it. >> willard jordan heard the tornado rip through his neighborhood in dallas. his family and home spared. >> buildings cracking, ripping stuff up. all we could do is run to the closet and pray. >> reporter: this woman rescued. >> i stayed in my closet all night long, shabing looing a leaf on a tree. >> reporter: flash floods and whiteout conditions and states of emergency in new mexico and missouri. in month many, more than 100 water rescues, at least six people in pulaski county, swept away by floodwaters saturday night. >> it's a small, dark highway. they probably didn't know what hit them until they hit the water. >> reporter: the massive system dumping more than 16 inches of snow in new mexico. icy roads backing up traffic and

shutting down route 40 in albuquerque. >> the sirens did go off about 10 to 12 minutes from the tornado hit. the strength, the force of this tornado was so strong that it actually muffled the sounds of the sirens. residents here tell me the fear and anxiety is very real. christine? >> nick valencia, thank you for that. nick. where is the severe weather heading next? and will parts of the northeast see their first winter storm of the season? let's turn to cnn meteorologist jennifer grey with the forecast. jennifer? >> reporter: this storm is on the move. you are right. the threat is not over. we could see snow in pars of new england in the coming days. look at all of the watches and warnings in place right now. winter storm warnings across the plains and midwest. we have the flooding threat across the middle part of the country and then that winter storm watch for portions of new england. for today we'll see that rain tune to push to the east, snow, freezing rain, even sleet across portions of oklahoma, texas and the midwest.

the icing is going to be a huge concern because we know that just a little bit of ice can take down those trees and power luns so we could possibly see power outages across those areas. the severe weather threat will be for portions of alabama, mississippi, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes. we do not think the risk will be as severe as it was in texas. this is weakening just a little bit. we could have a little bit of rotation and a couple of isolated tornadoes. keep those weather radios handy for today. look at the temperature difference. 37 in dallas, 29 in abilene. the east side of the mississippi, temperatures in the 70s. 71 in jackson, 73 in mobile. as that front comes through, the temperatures will continue to drop. look at this, watches, tornado watch in effect across portions of mississippi and we also have a tornado warning in effect for mississippi as well. that's in effect until 5:45 central time. we also have a severe thunderstorm warning just outside of new orleans. this line of showers and storms,

definitely a threat. we're going to see a possibility of large hail, damaging winds, cloud-to-ground lightning and we'll see the possibility of those isolated tornadoes. this continues to move to the east over the next couple of daus. could bring snow to new england. that's where we'll be watching for sure. we've had that lack of snowfall over the last couple of months. the season has been very dry as far as snowfall is concerned. so that's one of the things we'll be watching, michaela, as we go forward in time. we will be watching the severe weather threat today, possibility of isolated tornadoes once again, as we go through the morning and afternoon, michaela. >> thank you so much. we'll be getting updates thought the morning for you, jennifer. nine tornados are blamed for carving a deadly path of destruction, destroying hundreds of homes and buildings. joining us now is steven stanley. he's a member of the g ax rlin city council and mayor pro tem, b.j. williams. i'm sorry to talk to you under these circumstances but i wanted to get an update from you, maybe

you can tell us, mayor, if you have an update on the current search and rescue efforts going on there. >> search and rescue efforts are ongoing here in garland with our first respondents who are doing an outstanding job and moving forward to address the crisis we're now in. >> are you aware of any people missing at this point? >> no, i'm not. >> okay. we understand it was an e-4 category tornado. this is making december the deadliest tornado month in texas in some 60 years. we're hearing reports that there were just a few minutes notice. are you concerned about how much warning your residents were given before this happened? >> well, we only had a brief warning but our emergency management systems did work. the storm just arrived and moved so quickly and so fast, that the

response time was minimal. we don't have any issues with the response system and the response that we received. >> councilman stanley, have you ever seen anything like this in all your time in texas? >> no. i was born and raised right here in the garland area. and this is -- we were touched back around 1980 with a tornado in the area in south garland. but this is the first time we've had this type of devastation that's hit our community. it's unfathomable what everybody has gone through. and we're just very proud of our first responders and the citizens that have stepped up and come out to help everybody through this trying time. >> we're hearing stories of people riding out the storm in bathtubs and closets, terrifying. a woman describing shaking like a leaf on a tree. tell us some of the scenes you've seen councilman as you've driven around your area. >> well, fortunately, my wife and i, we were out of the area when it first happened just a

few miles just inside of dallas. but as soon as the storm had passed we were out here in the area within 30 minutes of the tornado passing and talking to the people. they were walking around, bewildered and dazed from what had just happened. many of them were at home when it happened. and they had seen notices on tv, some of them did report hearing the sirens. so as mayor pro tem williams was saying, our systems were active. they were -- everybody did what they were always instructed to do, got to a safe point in their house and hunkered down. >> mayor williams, now the part becomes as the search and rescue effort continues, also is housing the people who have been displaced. so many people have been, hundreds of homes destroyed, hundreds of buildings damaged. we also know it's terribly cold there now. we'll talk more about the weather that's coming. talk to me about the sheltering.

how is that system working? do people know exactly where they can go? and is there enough help for them? >> the outpouring of assistance has been tremendous. the mayor called for a disaster area for garland saturday night. dallas county judge clay jenkins did as well, so did the governor that night. that helped the ball rolling as far as state and federal assistance. we do have an emergency facility with approximately 50 people staying there currently. most folks were able to go to friends and family for the short term. but the outpouring of donations has been tremendous. one of our local high schools, their front lobby is literally stacked with hundreds of cases of water, food, clothing. it's been unbelievable the amount of donations that have been donated so far. you know, not just to that but

there's an operation barbecue rescue that will be in the area feeding for free. all of the first responders. it's just been a tremendous outpouring throughout the area. we cannot say enough about all of our first responders, all of our senior staff. that's been basically on scene and in our operations of emergency management since the event happened saturday night. >> that's the great thing in these situations how the community will group together and band together. mayor, what do you need right now? what does the community of garland know right now? obviously the cooperation of mother nature but what resources do you need most? >> that assessment is ongoing as councilman stanley has mention, we do have shelters. i just want to extend our prayers for those who have lost their lives in this tragedy and our prayers and support for the residents, the city of garland, north texas and texas as a whole

are pulling together and we just want to share our residents and victims on behalf of our mayor and council that all of our resources and as he's mentioned the declaration, and hope we'll get support from the state and federal level for resources. we will rebuild and restore this city. that's our total commitment and we're working together to get that done with our sister cities from across texas. >> we send you our best. we know you have the potential for snow and cold temperatures. mayor pro tem williams and councilman stanley, thank you for joining us on "new day." >> thank you. diminishing confidence about the u.s. fight against isis is shown in a poll. 60% of americans say they don't approve of how president barack obamais handling terrorism. jim acosta join is us from

honolulu, hawaii this morning. good morning to you, jim. >> reporter: good morning, john. this new cnn/orc poll show that americans have lost confidence. 18% of americans believe the u.s. is winning the war on isis while 40% believe the terrorists have the upper hand. 51% are confident the government can thwart a terrorist attack. that's way down from 65% back in 2010. but the public, don, appears to be uncertain about what to do about all of this. our poll finds americans are split right down the middle, 49% to 49% on whether to send in ground troops to battle isis. keep in mind, this poll was conducted before iraqi forces

succeeded in retaking the key city of ramadi. expect the obama administration to tout that success in ramadi in the coming days. a senior administration officials tells us the white house wants to sharpen the administrati administration's narrative on the war on isis so americans understand the president's strategy and gains made against the terrorist army. the white house, they're not exactly reconsidering the strategy but they are reconsidering how they're selling it at this point. christine? >> jim acosta in honolulu, thanks, jim. several european cities on high alert after being tipped off about possible terrorist attacks. there's no word on which cities might be targeted but this warning comes from the police in vienna. it indicates terrorists could strike anytime between now and new year's eve. cnn's robyn kriel live in london. clearly, all of europe on heightened alert after the paris terror attacks.

what is new in this vienna warning? >> i think what's new, christine, is the fact that it was issued by vienna. we have seen this mirrored across european cities. we do not know, so much is not known about this alert, although they have fight a bit of information. they said they did name specific individuals in this alert. so those individuals are being investigated by the vienna, the austrian police. a number of other things, such as the dateline of which these possible attacks could happen between christmas and new year, incredibly busy time given the holiday season. we also understand this has caused heightened surveillance of key areas and european cities. we know as well as that 48,000 police have been deployed in paris, not as a result of this exact alert but given the recent paris attacks on the 13th of november. >> 2,000 new french police recruits as well.

thank you for that, robyn kriel on high alert in the european capitals. iraq's military saying the city of ramadi is fully liberated, including a government compound long held by isis. an official says many isis fighters either fled or were killed in air strikes and fighting on the ground. ramadi fell to isis in may in an embarrassing defeat to the iraqi army. iraqi forces and coalition air strikes have been trying to retake that city ever since. the taliban claiming responsibility for a suicide attack in afghanistan that killed at least one person. more than a dozen were injured. afghan police say a terrorist in a white pickup struck outside a school near an airport in kabul. a taliban spokesman tweeted the attack. an official says the victims were all civilians. rahm emanuel demanding changes in officer training after two more police involved shooting deaths. it follows the weekend shooting of 19-year-old man and a

55-year-old woman as police responded to a domestic disturbance call. officials say the woman, betty jones was shot accidentally. we'll have more in a live report from chicago later this hour. a new cnn/orc poll released minutes ago, fresh off the press, reveals what americans think about the war on terror. we'll break down those numbers, some of them surprising, next. n i'll use a lot of detergent. dish issues? get cascade platinum. one pac cleans tough food better than 6 pacs of the bargain brand combined. cascade.

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breaking news, a government compound in ramadi is back in the hands of iraqi forces, iraqi flag raised over it just minutes ago. there you're looking at the video there after the city spent months under isis control. this new cnn poll paints a sobering picture of how the american public feels about the war on terror, a growing majority dispelled overall. we'll go through the numbers in that new information coming out of ramadi in just moments. let's bring in a senior fellow at defense of democracies and a counterterrorism expert and lieutenant colonel mark hertling. he's an analyst and former commanding general in europe and the 7th army. i want to talk to you about ramadi. you know the landscape over there. how important is this victory in ramadi and raising that flag? >> a very important tactical battle, don. it's part of a awe much longer campaign. truthfully we've seen things

that are heartening.much longer campaign. truthfully we've seen things that are heartening. the iraqi forces have done this without the help of the shia militias. that proves to the people of anbar province. he's in consideration of all iraqi people, shia, sunni can be kurds, et cetera. what you're seeing is support for the government of an army that in the past under maliki had been destroyed. better leadership in the military, better training by the coalition forces, retraining i should say. they now realize they have to win it. that's some of the most important points. >> the question is, holding on to ramadi. >> yes. that's going to be tenuous. you realize all the americans are looking right now at the military force, the iraqi security forces. once they believe to go do other things you have to replace them by police. we had challenges with training

police when i was in iraq. i'm sure that's still the case, especially in ramadi where a lot of policemen were killed in the initial doonslaught of isis. not only police to provide security but turning on electricity, water, getting the government working again. they're ready to do that but it's still going to take a little bit of time. >> i wonder if that will change from americans think about this. look at this poll obviously taken before this, 18% of americans say we are winning the war on terrorism. is there any truth to that? is perception reality here? >> i think perception is accurate in this case. compared where we are now compared to five years ago, the signs are not positive in any way. five years ago, iraq was relatively stable. today, isis controls a broad swath of territory in iraq. syria has fallen apart. libya has fallen apart and jihadist groups are a large part of that landscape.

tunisia is fundamentally threatened in a way it wasn't then. yemen has fallen apart as a state. the trends are all in the wrong direction. this is a movement that's burgeoning as opposed to declining. >> i'll ask you the same question, general. do you think we're actually making grounds or we're doing better in the war on terrorism than the perception that's actually coming from americans? >> yes, i think we've got a long-term fight. david and i agree on this. this is a generational and perhaps several generational fight for islam to regain its heart and soul. i think the perception, it's very difficult from a military standpoint to use a short-term thing like a polling device which is helpful to politicians to drive long-term strategies. that's what concerns me most about this poll. americans now saying we have to have boots on the ground. no, we don't. the strategy has been solid so

far in trying to help iraqi government regain their security and it's starting to work. we're starting to see momentum in iraq and syria. there are certainly terrorist organizations all over the world. that's a much bigger problem than what we have in iraq and syria. >> to your point, let's put the numbers up. it's split, almost 50/50. 49% to 49% of people believe that troops on the ground should be deployed in the fight against isis. what do you make of that split? is that the right answer, in your opinion, general? >> it is not. we're talking about a strategy. i was rereading a book last night. it's always good to get a new idea from reading a book. t.e. lawrence said it's better that the arabs do it tolerably than we do it perfectly. we've made mistakes in the past in this part of the world. we have to engage the arabs in this area to regain security, regain the heart and soul of their government. >> david, before we go, i want

to turn to vienna. you heard about this attack by frernly advisers or at least people who are friendly to america warning of an attack there. is it a legitimate warning? and how concerned should folks be about this? >> it's a legitimate warning but it's not clear just how authentic the details are behind it. it's a warning that came from a friendly intelligence service. the austrian police are taking it seriously. wee not sure if the names they've handed out mount up to possible attackers. as we can see from events in paris and subsequent events in europe, it's a time of greater vigilance than normal. as to whether or not there will actually be an attack, that's one of those things that it's difficult to say. >> daveed, thank you very much. the latest police shooting

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outrage in chicago. the latest prompting the mayor to order changes in officer training after authorities said one of the victims, a 55-year-old grandmother was shot accidentally. cnn's rosa flores live in chicago with the latest. rosa? >> christine, good morning. here's what we know from authorities. they say that a domestic dispute call came into dispatch very early saturday morning. when police arrived on scene they say they were, quote, confronted by a combative

person, end quote, which resulted in the shooting and killing of two individuals. 19-year-old quinntonio lagreer and 55-year-old betty jones. here's what we know from the family. lagreer's mother telling cnn that her son was actually shot seven times. that the teen's father was the one who called police and she says that her son was not a combative person. >> i know my loving child. my child ran a marathon last year for charity. honor roll student. he never had combative behavior. for them to kill him and disrespect him and say his behavior was that way, no, it was not. >> the police officer is on administrative duty for 30 days. if the independent police review

authorities investigate this officer involved shooting like it investigates all officer-involved shootings and the mayor rahm emanuel has asked cpd to review crisis int intervention training. >> rosa flores in chicago. thank you for that, rosa. coming up in the next hour, we'll speak with the nephew of betty jones, the woman accidentally shot and killed by chicago police. michaela? donald trump upping the ante by targeting husband bill. is it fair? is it smart? our panel weighs in, next. mom ks a big solution: an antiviral. don't kid around with the flu, call your doctor within the first 48 hours of symptoms and ask about prescription tamiflu. attack the flu virus at its source with tamiflu, an antiviral that helps stop it from spreading in the body. tamiflu in liquid form is fda approved

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monday morning after christmas? donald trump is no average politician as we know. bill clinton is not your average political spouse. >> that is true. >> donald trump accuses bill of demonstrating a penchant for sexi sexism. we have nia-malika henderson with us. >> before we get to this, that's not all he's accused clinton of playing. he's accused her of playing the women's card. let's take a listen and then we'll take. >> she's playing the woman's car. it's like give me a break. i've had so many women come up to me, say you've got to keep her out, she is just terrible. she's playing that woman's card left and right and women are more upset about it than anybody else, including most men.

>> so ron, can this backfire, bringing in the family, marriage, past, that sort of thing? >> i think it is a hard argument to make that she's the guilty party in bill clinton's misbehavior, particularly in the white house. hard argument to make to swing voters. you're hearing from donald trump, it's something more about mobilizing the republican base than it is about dealing with the issues he faces among women himself. one thing we have seen, don, as you look at the latest cnn/orc poll, donald trump has a significant gender gap in perceptions about him. his numbers among men are pretty good. 45% of men and among women, it's only a third. what he's doing here is less likely to close that gap than mobilize conservative republicans. there's an indication that anybody who crosses him he will go after in personal terms which is a separate issue he faces in

terms of the questions about his temperament and whether it's appropriate for a president. >> in terms of appropriate, it's interesting. we were thinking about that, don and i were mentioning, it isn't as though this is a spouse just of a presidential campaign. this is a former president. but they always seem -- the clintons always seem to rise above the fray. do you think this is going to get to them? do you think it will bother them that this kind of discussion is being even brought into the discourse? >> yes, i think that's right. they seem to rise above the fray whenever this happens. it has happened from time to time. rand paul back in january of 2014 called bill clinton a sexual predator. in 2008, claire mccaskill said she wouldn't let her daughter be alone with bill clinton. she's endorsing hillary clinton this go around. the problem with this line of attack is not only what the clintons have to do, often it

actually helps hillary clinton. some of her highest approval ratings have come right around the height of the monica lewinsky scandal. it often backfires but does pose something of a challenge for them. they've been able to sidestep it and rise above the fray for the most part. >> is it fair, because it really is -- can be a house of cards, right? when you think about donald trump is no angel. what if people wanted to bring up his divorce, he had an affair, he wasn't married when he had -- >> glass houses. >> is it fair to bring those sorts of things in? >> we are so past the traditional definition. >> that's so true. >> i think in the modern era when you run for president, pretty much everything in your life is going to be raised at one point or another. what you're asking, i think, is whether voters will perceive it as fair. again, i think this is -- this is something where what donald trump is doing, the audience is

different than the language kind of suggests. i don't think this is an argument that is going to resonate with swing voters, particularly white collar, white women who are i think the critical swing constituency for hillary clinton. this is something that does resonate with the republican base who views hillary clinton and bill clinton fundamentally as illegitimate. >> quickly, how do you think you best use bill clinton on the campaign trail for hillary? it's not just using him out there but in response to donald trump. >> the 2012 model better than  the 2008 model in terms of sayre g -- surrogacy for his wife. i think he is there to explain the democratic way, right? explain why democrats in his view have been better at running the country than republicans. that was his role in 2012.

in terms of donald trump, i think he'll probably say something, probably dismissive and critical of him and turn to the larger issues and try to also brand republicans as the party of donald trump and why that's a problem. this is something that we've seen hillary clinton do. i think he underscores and echos what his wife has been doing so far in terms of donald trump. >> i want to talk about south carolina congressman trey gowdy. he's expected to endorse rubio this week. how significant would this be for rubio? >> not a big national resonance from any endorsement but this member of the house, his district is a key pivot point in presidential election. south carolina is absolutely essential in a republican race. he represents greenville, spartanburg area. which is a blend of evangelical voter and white collar professionals. those voters are voters that rubio needs.

rubio needs to emerge. a lot of republicans are thinking he is the last person standing in this race. he's got to win somewhere. iowa, new hampshire are both tough hauls for him. south carolina is a place where he has to show. given that, i think this gowdy endorsement is important. it comes in an area of the state which usually has been critical of the outcome of the result and the primary that has been critical to overall results. >> donald trump has already said terrible.azi hearings were - he doesn't care about the endorsement. he's one of the greatest quarterbacks in nfl history, guys but a new doping allegation has peyton manning playing furious defense. detalls in the "bleacher report," next.

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good to have you back. violent weather claimed at least 43 lives in some seven states. people in the dallas area still reeling from devastating tornadoes. 11 were killed there. on the heels of all this warm weather, storms, freezing weather and snow is now expected. texas governor has declared a disaster in four counties and a state of emergency meanwhile is in effect in missouri where at least eight people have died in flash flooding. breaking news.

iraq's military saying the city of ramadi is fully liberated, including a government compound long held by isis. an iraqi military official says many isis fighters either fled or were killed in air strikes and fighting on the ground. ramadi called to isis in may in an embarrassing defeat foot iraqi army, iraqi forces and coalition air strikes have been trying to retake the city ever since. the new "star wars" film the fastest to hit the $1 billion mark in global sales. unbelievable. the force awakens hit that milestone in just 12 days, breaking the previous 13-day record set by "jurassic world" which debuted in june. all this without the help of china. peyton manning is furious. he says new allegations about him using performance-enhancing drugs are completely false.

andy scholes has more in the "bleacher report." what is going on? >> manning immediately came out and said that these allegations were complete garbage. he was one of several athletes accused of using pence ining p. al jazee al jazeera video. the hgh was supposedly sent to manning's wife ashley. when speaking with espn, manning called these allegations a complete joke. >> i can't speak for any other athlete. i know what i've done. i know how hard i've worked during my 18 years of playing in the nfl. there are no short cuts in the nfl. i've done it the long way, the hard way. to insinuate anything otherwise is a complete and total joke, defamation and it really ticks me off. >> sly has recanted his entire story. he posted this video on youtube saying he made everything up and

al jazeera should not run the documentary. the anti-aging clinic released an institute saying sly was never an employee and only had a three-month internship with them and it was in 2013 when manning was not even being treated there. manning says he's likely to sue al jazeera for defamation. the '72 miami dolphins can rest easy for another year as no one will be going undefeated this season in the nfl. the panthers losing to the falcons yesterday, 20-13. it was the first loss this season and their first since november of 2014. we had an odd ending to the patriots/jets game. it went to overtime. the patriots won the coin toss but they chose to kick off instead of receive. you never see anyone do that. the jets went right down the field and scored the

game-winning touchdown. after the game, patriots head coach bill belichick said it was his call to kick instead of receive. guys, chris cuomo definitely got his christmas wish, the jets beat the patriots. now the jets, all they need to do is win next week and they're headed to the playoffs. >> i think that's why he's not here today. he has to fully embrace what happened. >> celebrate. >> right, right? al jazeera has not responded as far as we know to the peyton manning -- that is just outrageous. >> we've not heard anything from them since. >> thank you, andy scholes. embattled chicago mayor rahm emanuel taking quick action after another deadly police-involved shooting. will it quiet the outrage among those who believe their mayor has failed them? we're digging deeper, next on "new day." when heartburn hits

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can also be catch-up-on-my-shows time. here i come! can't find you anywhere! don't settle for u-verse. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. no mother should have to bury her child. and especially under these circumstances. you call for help. the police are supposed to service and protect us. where do we get our help? when is the mayor going to step up? >> that was the mother of a 19-year-old fatally shot by chicago police this weekend as they responded to a domestic disturbance at his home. police are calling the death of a second victim, a 55-year-old grandmother, a mistake.

the mayor is now demanding changes to how officers are trained to respond to certain situations. let's bring in cnn law enforcement analyst and retired nypd detective harry houck and also, mark lamont hill. i hope you both had a wonderful christmas. we're back at it with another story. details are scarce right now about what exactly happened in those coming minutes but we do know a couple of things. domestic calls for police are the norm. they're regular. you get a lot of those calls. we also know they're dangerous and precarious. the situations unfold rapidly. there's a lot of tension going on. police have to diffuse a lot of emotion. what is the protocol, though, of when you arrive on scene and someone is swinging an aluminum bat, a teenager? >> listen, everything is different here. when police -- you have to remember, the father called the police based on reports that i've read, the father called police because he was afraid for

his own life, that his son threatened to hit him with a baseball bat. now you have police officers responding imagine what the police officers are thinking. now, if the police officers are responding and at the time when they got there, if -- like i said, we don't know yet, if this gentleman came at the police officers with a baseball bat, the officers have only one thing to do. if they have some time to tell him to drop the bat, they would do that. if not, and he's too close and the officers' lives are in danger, the police officers have to use force necessary to stop the attack. that's firing their weapons at them. >> that's the trouble here. they called for help for the police. they felt in danger. the young man is killed because he comes at police with this gun. the problem is also the fact that this woman, an innocent bystander, the neighbor that was called to open the door for police gets shot to death. >> part of why people are

reluctant to call police in certain communities, they're worried this is the outcome they're going to get, that they'll be shot rather than support it. one issue that's been raised is could a taser have been enough? could there have been other nonlethal use of force, particularly since this man c l called the police for help. >> could a taser have been effective? >> it might have if the officers had time to pull a taser. you know, the fact is, from some of the sketchy reports we're seeing, he came down the steps off the steps at the police officers. there wouldn't have been no time to pull your taser and fire it. the most effective way to take him down, prevent any injuries to the police officers would be pull their weapon, remember, sometimes the taser does not work. >> i want to read to you, mayor

emanuel, there have been a lot of calls in the chicago area for him to step down. kreinessing now. i want to read to you what he said over the weekend. this afternoon i directed the new acting chief administrator of the independent police review authority and the interim superintendent of police to meet with each other. the family has said this young man had mental health issues. the mother disputes that. regardless of all of that, training needs to be assess here in chicago as far as you're concerned? >> without a doubt. whether there's mental health issues or not, there's a need for new training. particularly when people are called for mental health issues, we need different training, there's a different left of sensitivity and tactic that's needed.

did the police follow the rules? did they break the law? that's more interesting set of questions is, is the law enough? do we need to change the law itself to respond to a different set of circumstances so people cone don't keep getting called. >> listen to the friend of this woman that was killed. i want you to hear this sound. it's emotional. >> why you got to shoot first and ask questions later? it's ridiculous. y'all, somebody needs to do something about this. this is ridiculous. what about the taser? taser them down. don't start shooting people, innocent people. >> a lot of emotion in that. you can hear that quickly, harry, how can you counteract that idea that a lot of people feel that police shoot first and ask questions later? >> well be with you know, i don't know how you can counteract that. right now, this woman are saying the police officers shot first and asked questions later. she wasn't there. she's making comments, you know,

of what she thinks happened here. she's assuming what happened because this is the hatred for the police. yes, there's a young man dead. we very might well have had a police officer killed getting hit in the head with a baseball bat. people have to remember, police officers are out there, they don't get paid to get hurt. they don't get paid to get killed. in the event somebody comes at them with a weapon, police officers can shoot. yes, they can use a taser but, you know, it's not often effective and you don't have the time to do that. >> we're all responding and we were not there. that's the nature of commentary. there's a general pattern, not just in the united states or illinois but in chicago we've been covering it for the last month. there's a warrant of skepticism. we can't operate from the assumption that the police were right until we prove otherwise. we need to operate from the assumption that everything has to be uncovered. we shouldn't assume anything, we

should investigate. we'll leave it there. we'll be talking a whole lot more about this, mark lamont hill, harry houck, we appreciate you. we're following a lot of news this morning. let's get right to it. >> oh, my god. >> that sound. >> there it is. >> i just can't get that sound out my head. it done something to me. >> we have our lives. i thank god for that. >> compared to our neighbors, i think we got pretty lucky. rishlg's military saying the city of ramadi is fully liberated. >> americans are very nervous about the possibility of another terrorist attack. >> 60% of americans saying they don't approve of how president barack obama is handling terrorism. she's playing the woman's card and it's like give me a break. >> the escalating feud between donald trump and hillary clinton. >> the billionaire attacking bill clinton for sexism. >> he's been an equal opportunity insulter. this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira.

>> good morning and welcome back to your "new day." as you can tell, chris and alisyn are off. but their stand-ins, don lemon and christine romans -- >> are not fight awake. >> they're almost awake. going on in america.vere weather 43 people have been killed in an outbreak of severe weather across the u.s. a series of tornadoes carving a path of destruction, claiming 11 lives in the dallas area. that state's governor declaring a disaster in four counties. now to make matters worse, they are bracing for snow and freezing temperatures. >> yep, in the midwest, missouri is under a state of emergency due to flooding from heavy rain, eight people killed there. and new mexico accumulating 16 inches of snow and 8-foot snow drifts triggering a state of emergency there as well. let's begin our coverage this morning with cnn's nick valencia in garland, texas. good morning, nick. >> reporter: you can see how bad the damage is in this apartment

complex behind me. residents telling me they only had a matter of minutes to prepare for this system. the force of this ef-4 tornado so powerful, it muffled the sound of the warning system. the mayor pro tem telling me it's a miracle there weren't even more deaths. >> i just got a lightning strike. >> reporter: blinding rain, lightning and strong winds in marshall. downed trees and power lines, possibly the work of yet another tornado, touching down in the lone star state. last night, patrons inside a chili's restaurant huddling inside a freezer as tornado sirens sound off. a tornado watch still in effect today. this morning, the monster storm system wreaking havoc across the southern states, making its way eastward. >> it's a big tornado, big, big, strong tornado. >> reporter: over the christmas weekend, texas bearing the brunt of the storm, ravaged by nearly half a dozen deadly tornadoes.

an airplane passenger snapping this stunning photo of the massive storm system on a flight to dallas. two powerful ef-3 and ef-4 twisters making a path of destruction, the death toll 11, making this the dead i left december for tornados in 60 years. justin schuler sifts of what remains through his home in garland. he and his dog survived by taking cover in a bathtub. >> i stepped out because i heard the roaring. that's when i saw it. >> reporter: willard jordan heard the tornado rip through his neighborhood in dallas. his family and home spared. >> buildings cracking, ripping stuff up. all we could do is run to the closet and pray. >> reporter: and this garland resident rescued by family. >> i stayed in my closet all night long, shaking like a leaf on a tree. >> reporter: the deadly storm also spawning flash floods, whiteout conditions and states of emergency in new mexico and missouri. in missouri, more than 100 water rescues. at least six people killed in

pulaski county, swept away by floodwaters saturday night. >> it's a small, dark highway. they probably didn't know what hit them until they hit the water. >> reporter: the massive system dumping more than 16 inches of snow in new mexico. icy roads backing up traffic and shutting down interstate 40 in albuquerque. back here in texas, we're in garland, probably the hardest hit area from the storm that swept through here over the weekend. out of the 11 deaths in the dallas area, 8 of them happened here. christine? >> thanks to are that, nick. where is the severe weather headed next and could winter be about to rear its head here in the northeast finally? jennifer grey has the forecast. >> we'll see more severe weather for today. that storm is on the move, pushing to the east. and then, yes, a winter storm watch in effect for new england. a lot of folks up here will see their first snow of the season, finally. winter storm warnings in effect as well for the plains and midwest. that flooding threat as well.

here's where the storm is now. you can see all the rain pushing up to the north and east, even snowfall across portions of oklahoma and texas. the ice is going to be a huge concern today through the plains and the midwest as well. we don't think it will be fight as severe as it was in texas see the damaging winds and to - possibility of isolated tornadoes. that includes mobile, birmingham, huntsville, even memphis. you are included in that as well. we have a tornado watch in effect for portions of louisiana and mississippi. new orleans you are included in that. the future radar shows the rain pushing to the east. look at the ice and even the snow. this is tuesday morning, tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. we are going to see the possibility of sleet, freezing rain and change over to rain around the new york city area and then boston could pick up 2 to 4 inches in the boston area. a lot of the folks will see their first snowfall of the season. we'll get a lot of the freezing

rain and sleet as well and it changes over to rain by the time we get into tuesday afternoon and wednesday morning. for today, that ice will be a huge concern. it can down those trees and power lines. oklahoma city, kansas city be on the lookout for that. don? >> thank you very much, jennifer. appreciate that. now to a brand new cnn poll on the war on terror. it paints a stark picture of growing fears and waning confidence. 60% of americans saying they don't approve of how president barack obama is handling terrorism. our senior white house correspondent is mr. jim acosta. he's traveling with the vacationing first family in honolulu, hawaii this morning. he johns us with new information on this new poll. good morning to you, jim. >> good morning, don. these are troubling numbers for the white house. this new cnn/orc poll finds americans are nervous about the possibility of another terrorist attack in the u.s. after what happened in paris and san bernardino. it appears the public has simply lost confidence in the obama

administration's ability to stop a terrorist attack and defeat isis. here it is, our latest cnn poll finds only 18% of americans believe the u.s. is winning the war on isis while 40% believe that terrorists have the upper hand. get this, just 51% of americans are confident the government can't thwart a terrorist attack. that is way down from 65% for president obama's administration back in 2010. but the public appears to be uncertain about what to do about this. our poll finds americans are split right down the middle, 49% to 49% on whether to send in ground troops to battle isis and keep in mind, this poll was conducted before iraqi security forces apparently succeeded in retaking the key city of ramadi over the weekend. that's a crucial development as it is in line with the president's strategy to use local forces on the ground with air support to go aftdo that. the white house also wants to sharpen the administration's

narrative on the war on isis so that americans understand the president's strategy and these gains that are being made against the terrorist army. for now, the white house is not reconsidering the strategy, just how they're selling it this morning. michaela? >> all right, jim, to that end, breaking news out of iraq. the iraqi military declaring this morning that the city of ramadi is fully liberated. ramadi fell to isis in may in an embarrassing defeat to the iraqi army. cnn's becky anderson is live with breaking details. what do we know? >> michaela, liberation is how the iraqi military spokesman described the result of their much touted offensive against isis militants in the city of ramadi. he spoke on iraqi television within the last hour. now, exactly how much of the city is cleared, whether it's just the government compound in the center and whether it can actually be contained is a very big question. it carefully worded statement from the spokesman for coalition

forces who congratulated the iraqis on what he called their continued success against isis in ramadi. he called the clearance of the government compound a significant accomplishment and the result of many months of hard work by a number of stakeholders, not least the iraqi army, the counterterrorism service, the iraqi air force, local and federal police and tribal fighters. and he also said the coalition support included more than 630 air strikes, training, advice and engineering equipment to clear what were those explosives left by isis on the city streets. and as i say, the iraqi military spokesman went so far as to use the word liberation, the coalition forces went on to say they continue to support the government of iraq as it moves to make ramadi safe for civilians to return. we can't independently confirm exactly what is going on on the

ground. reports, though, do suggest, guys, it is likely xis mi lly i militants have moved from the government compound to the north of the stay and could conceivably regroup. this may not be as sweeping a victory as the iraqi government would have us believe. don? >> that's a good question. that's where we're going to start. let's talk about this now with retired general spider marks. phillip mudd is a cnn corporate terrorism analyst and former cia counterterrorism official. so general marks, that is a good question, right? if they're hiding, regrouping, i know this is a big deal, right? does this necessarily mean, though, that they're on the run? >> no, it doesn't mean they're on the run. it means that ramadi has been stabilized to a certain agree. what is really important is the next couple of weeks is to whether the iraqi security forces on the ground can hold this great victory they've been able to achieve. clearly this is just doing their job but it's a significant victory for the iraqi

government, certainly baghdad needed to have a victory here over isis. and it really indicates that the iraqi military training is taking hold and they're executing tasks in a professional tactical way. so long term, they've got to be able to hold this victory. >> that's the question. can they hold it? as he said, phillip mudd, they may be regrouping. can they hold it? >> they can hold it militarily. i think the long-term question is fundamentally different. iraq is about two-thirds shia and you're in sunni territory with sunni tribal leaders and sunni towns and villages that do not trust this new shia government. the long term question is beyond whether the city that's cleared have to do with things like sanitation, electricity, education, general governance that the local people don't trust the central government to deliver. the real question, which nobody in this country wants to hear, is whether we'll willing to support the government over

course of years to reinstitute governance that people trust, not to just take a city, don. >> you mention this country. let's talk about this new cnn/orc poll. it shows that 18%, only 18% of americans say we are winning the war on terror. i see you sort of have a smile on your face. do you agree with these numbers? or do you think it's just perception? >> i must have crawled out from under a rock. i am out of touch with the american people. look, the american people want speed and simplicity. they want a sound bite that says you can bomb this organization into oblivion and they want to know why we can't do it in a month. let me tell you something, don, a counterinsurgency operation takes a couple of things, a local security service and military to run the operation. it doesn't take a foreign power like americans. we have to build up the iraqis and find a partner in syria. >> you're fighting an idea. that's different.

>> that's correct. that's right. i think the american people keep saying why can't you defeat isis? we're not fighting isis. we're fighting an idea that was originated with al qaeda, the time frame to fight this is a generation or two. typically this kind of operation takes 15, 20, 25 years, don. >> does that mean putting boots on the ground? americans are deeply divided. if you look at this, 50/50, 49/49 on whether ground troops should be deployed. >> ground presence is necessary, clearly. what's happening from the air campaign is necessary but it's not sufficient. so there must be a ground presence. when you look at what happened in ramadi just recently, the success that occurred against isis include ground forces. as phil indicated, those were local ground forces, clearly bolstered by the united states and other coalition powers. it's an absolute necessity to

have ground forces on the ground. now, is that doesn't mean we have to drop the 82nd air bohn division in raqqah to clear from the center out. there are strategies that could be put in place and operational impacts that could be achieved with the presence on the ground that allows us to have persistence there, the ability to strike when we went,en crease special forces. more importantly, special forces allows us a tipping force capability. they can strike and create precise, very episodic successes but that has to be followed up by mass. >> let's talk about ground forces on the ground that let you achieve and multiply on that success. >> the obama administration said they want local ground forces like sunni tribes, kurdish fighters to handle the ground part of the battle, not american troops. but can they handle that? is that feasible? >> it is not feasible in certain areas. other areas, obviously the force is maturity and capabilities

they've demonstrated they can handle certain tactical tasks. the key issue is how can you sustain that over the life of this engagement as phil indicated and we've discussed for the longest time, this fight against this ideology is intergenerational. i think this administration is now getting the message clearly that the american people do not trust what they are demonstrating that they can do against this thing and that it's going to take time. we have to square it with the american population, say, look, we're going to achieve success but it's going to take us this amount of time in order for us to do that. >> phillip mudd, i want to talk to the american people, obviously. this new warning from vienna police, they are saying several european cities warn of potential terror threats between christmas and new year's which could involve explosives or guns. how concerning is this warning to you? >> we should be concerned because of of the extent of isis penetration in europe and the united states that we've seen over the past couple years. it's not just san bernardino or

paris. it's the fact that isis has now been around after the fall of its predecessor in iraq for years. it's had time to consolidate its terror apparatus in a place like syria. it's shown that it's interesting in sending operatives in western europe and the united states. as the months pass, don, the likelihood that isis can conduct a successful operation is by definition going to increase. they've had the time and space to operate. given what we've seen in europe and the united states, we should expect this as the pressure in isis increases in iraq and syria and they attempt to lash out. >> gentlemen, thank you. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> thanks, don. europe on high alert again because of those terror alert there. let's go to chicago now. chicago's embattled mayor rahm emanuel calling for changes in officer training after the latest police involved shooting that left two people dead. a 19-year-old man and 55-year-old grandmother were fatally shot as police responded to a domestic disturbance.

police say betty jones was shot accidentally. the teenager was charging toward officers, police say, with a bat when he was killed. the deal include a heartfelt apology from japanese prime minister shinzo abe as well as $8 million aid fund being set up for the vicks still alive. however, a group representing the women calls the settlement almost humiliating. china doing away with its infamous one-child policy. a new law will allow every couple to have two children. the move was spurred by concerns that china's economy could be hurt by the country's largely aging population. the communist party instituted the one child policy that was back in the 1970s. officials started unofficially relaxing that rule last year. >> there's also a big gender gap there. a lot more boys than girls. they are facing a crisis of

demographics changing that. imagine you your government telling you you could have two kids. >> strange concept. >>. four dallas area counties are under states of disaster after tornadoes killed dozens of people there. more dangerous weather could be moving in. ahead, we'll speak with congressman pete sessions who represents the area on the latest search and rescue efforts. of my parents and my grandparents. and as soon as i did that, literally it was like you're getting 7, 9, 10, 15 leaves that are just popping up all over the place. yeah, it was amazing. just with a little bit of information, you can take leaps and bounds. it's an awesome experience.

the governor of texas, greg abbott declared a state of disaster in four dallas area counties after deadly and destructive tornadoes tore through that state. 43 are dead across the country including 11 in texas, 8 alone in garland. texas congressman pete sessions represents the hard-hit areas of garland and rollette. thank you so much for joining us. i can imagine you are just getting a sense of what has happened in these districts that you cover. your congressional districts. what can you tell us about the latest in terms of ongoing search and recovery efforts there? >> in fact, as you suggest it is

an ongoing effort, over 600 structures in garland alone. the other damage was to homes, apartment complexes and a lot of people are still being looked after, treated, a huge number of people injured. it's a good effort. >> i want to give you statistics because it's crazy how fast this storm moved. going through garland it killed eight people, an ef-4, category 4 hurricane, winds up to 200 miles per hour and then it hit some 15 minutes later in rollette. are you hearing stories from some of your constituents how violent the impact of the storm was? >> well, in fact, this tornadic effort spawned off of the storm spawned off 11 tornadoes which was a record since 1927. here we are in late december,

terribly destructive storm and then the change of 32 degrees and weather in one day. what has happened is these communities, rollette, texas and garland, texas might be called bedroom communities but they are cities within cities of proud people who are coming together at christmastime and trying to work for the best interest of their community. there's search and rescue going on, still people being held out from these areas because it's very dou very dangerous. >> the danger still lurks right now. do you have a sense of how many are displaced in garland and rollette? >> as best we know it's hundreds of people. the communities have set up areas where people can go and churches are hand-to-hand to help people. it's still very dangerous. there's a lot of debris, a lot of trees. there's a lot of the things that would cause injury to children and other people.

so once again, then we had five inches of rain yesterday. and then it got colder. it's a little bit more misery poured on top of injury. >> just to make matters worse, mother nature still has more tricks up her sleeve. the temperatures are expected to drop. they're talking about freezing temperatures, potential for an ice storm. what is being done in preparation for that on top of this already looming disaster? >> well, you spoke about it and the bottom line is the red cross is there. community organizations have spun into action. and actually, these two cities are being run well by the cities, the mayors and city managers, not only jumped right into action but the people responded accordingly. it's a community effort. >> we're hearing some reports that the dallas-ft. worth service office of the national weather service was dealing with a staffing shortage. i wonder if you have heard

anything about this. they were down three front line forecasters. they had to rely on volunteer meteorologists to come in and help staff during this storm. is that a concern to you? you think about the fact that people there, residents would be waiting with bated breath to find out the development of this storm, to get the latest info on how the storm is tracking. what do you know is being done to get this fully staffed again? >> well, as best i can toll you, i was unaware of that. the national weather bureau in fact was providing, i think, great information. there were lots of people whose phones went off, cell phones went off, identifying there is a tornado in your immediate area. there were a lot of activities of guesses about where this storm could be. no one could guess 11 tornadoes and where they might come. we'll look at that as part of not only the evaluation that i will do but overall from our emergency preparedness position of north texas.

we're in the midst of playing out that plan now. i believe it is working very, very well. we really have much to be thankful for from a perspective of working well together. >> some 8,000 power outages reported. mostly in rollette. what would you want your message to be to your twunts in garland and rollette? >> local communities are doing their job. our governor, greg abbott will and has in fact declared these disaster areas. we'll move that directly through once his request is made through the federal government, i will work actively to get that done. what does that do? it empowers lots of money that can become available for people to immediately gain the footing of money to get their things all put back together. what my message would be is, be careful what you put back together. do not go for the first

immediate thing, make sure you plan, replan your home, do it well. and don't fall victim to someone who will just show up to do work. >> yes. >> you need to be careful what you rebuild. >> unfortunately scammers, sometimes the first ones out after these disasters. congressman pete sessions, great opportunity to talk to you. give our best to the people in your area. >> i'll do that. thank you. donald trump taking on bill clinton for questionable behavior in his past. but is attacking the former president a smart move? the latest on trump versus clinton, next. i'd like to make a dep-- vo: it happens so often, you almost get used to it. we got this. vo: which is why being put first takes some getting used to. ♪ nationwide is on your side

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numbers showing confidence sliding in the u.s. war on terror. a clear majority, 60% saying they disapprove of how president barack obama is handling terrorism. also following the terror attacks in paris and san bernardino, polls are showing that americans are now more likely to say terrorists are winning than they have been at any point in conflict. >> a strong denial from peyton manning to a report by al jazeera america that he was given a human growth hormone from an indiana doctor in the mail. manning calling the allegation to complete garbage. to that end, the source that initially made the claim now says it is false. the star quarterback says he's considering filing a lawsuit against al jazeera. let's discuss this, though. attacks on bill clinton have come at a cost for many of his political opponents over the years. that's not stopping donald trump

who says clinton's past is fair game, especially after donald trump calling out him for having a penchant for sexism. matt lewis, the author of "too dumb to fail." how the gop betrayed the reagan revolution to win elections. >> he's not used to these hours. >> i'm usually just going to bed right now. >> that's true. >> there's chris and michaela and alisyn at work right now. the biggest problem with trump's attack on clinton is it makes no sense. what do you mean? >> what bill clinton did in the 1990s, the whole sordid mess, that's adultery, not sexism. he may have mistreated individual women in private

relationships. he paid a heavy price. the man was impeached for god's sake. he's also paid financially. to somehow say this reflects negatively on hillary clinton a decade later doesn't make sense to me. >> when you're running for president, we always say everything is fair game. this is also how you talk about it. >> tone. >> the words you use if you discuss it. if you say the concern might be that she sat there as he was womanizing. is that a reflection on her and her priorities. >> even there, i try to follow the threat of this. we all know people who put up with all kinds of things in our marriages that some of us wouldn't put up with. >> donald trump had an affair. >> we can ask him about each of his three marriages and find out what he thinks about these things. what does it say about her ability to be commander in chief, to deal with the economy and domestic issues? he has to make that case or in

my opinion, this whole thing falls flat. those of us who remember it are sick of the whole clinton issue. >> donald trump, i don't think his affairs have anything to do with his ability to govern, as i think bill clinton's affairs has nothing to do with hillary clinton's ability to govern. >> i think you're right about that. that's rational, logical, this is politics. this does make sense. donald trump is running to win the republican nomination. we're about a month out now from the iowa caucuses. trump wants to be perceived as someone who's strong, can take the fight to the left, not like marco rub mitt romney that trump will be aggressive, he's going to go after the clintons. he's pushing buttons that republicans love to see pushed. 23 there's a republican who gets busted for drinking and driving,

we'll take yes, but what about ch chappaquittic? so donald trump right now by going after the clintons is sending a message to republican primary voters that he will not let them get him. he's going to go on the offensive. >> i want you to hear also what else mr. trump accused clinton of. he accused hillary of playing the woman's card. listen to this sound. >> she's playing the woman's card. it's like give me a break. i've had so many woman come up to me, say you've got to keep her out. she's just terrible. she's playing that woman's card left and right. and women are more upset about it than anybody else, including most men. >> i enjoy watching the reaction of errol while this is airing. for his sporers, is this going to work or is this going to backfire overall?

>> it will probably work with his supporters. you presume that's why he said it. we know what the next step is going to be. hillary clinton steps up to the podium, points out that a majority of minimum wage workers in this country are women. and that donald trump does not support an increase in the minimum wage. and it's a body blow. this is where the war on women rhetoric turns into political reality. this is how the democrats won with unmarried women in 2012, the democrats had a 36-point advantage over the republicans in the presidential race. the republicans can't not afford to see that repeated. donald trump may be walking into a trap that was probably foreseeable. that's why i sort of flinched a little bit. >> do the clintons ignore this? >> do you think they'll respond? >> i think they will absolutely will respond. i think that they will play the victim card. i think hillary will play the woman card. the question is can they get away with it? can they do it? can they turn this on trump?

he's the first post modern, post truth candidate. bill clinton is -- >> really? is that a thing now? >> post modern, post true. >> bill clinton is one of the best sort of traditional political candidates. we'll maybe have a clash now between the best of the old paradigm and trump who represents something completely new. >> you have to give trump this, he's shaken it all up and brought in new phrases like post-truth for us. even if he didn't coin it, he certainly inspires it. matt, errol, pleasure to have you. >> thank you. two more people killed in an officer-involved shooting in chicago. we'll speak with the nephew of one of the victims and what changes he wants to see. oh remotes, you've had it tough.

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disturbance over the weekend. joining us now from chicago is the nephew of bettie jones and he is serving as the family spokesman, jamaul coyle. our condolences to you and your family. what a shocking turn of events for you over the christmas weekend. you referred to this woman bettie jones as your aunt, you're married to her niece. tell us about aunt bettie. tell us about who this woman was to you. >> bettie was a loving chicagoan, a loving mother, mother of five. teesh sha, tanya, toyia, tasha and runn. she loved church, music and the people in her community. >> you apparently saw her last friday night. tell us about your time with her and what state of mind she was in. >> she was great. it was a great chris mace. everybody was playing cards. they were enjoying christmas with the family. they were having a lot of fun. it's just a tragic event to wake up to this kind of news.

>> how is the family doing? >> they're grieving. it's going to be a while. everybody still has to go to work and things like that. there's a lot of lawyers calling. we're going to pull through, hold it together. >> one of these things that does get you through is togetherness. sticking together. it sounds like the family is doing just that. i found it interesting, you spoke at a press conference yesterday. in that you pled for compassion which we understand. compassion for the victims, the families of the victims but you also asked for compassion for the police. that might surprise some. why was that important to you? >> i mean, chicago is a great city. we have people of all different colors, genders, religions, opinions, ethnicities and occupations. we have our fair share of problem, albeit police problems, yim and poverty. i feel like right now is not a time for hatred. right now is not a time for throwing stones at people. right now is an opportunity for us to get past this difficult time together.

you just said about togetherness, to be the most interconnected city in the world. we'll have to work together and include everybody in the conversation to move forward. >> you've also asked for swift justice in this case. there's a lot of pressure, obviously, for this case to be handled correctly. we also know there's a whole lot of scrutiny on your city of chicago and on the police department there. do you think justice will come? >> yes, i think what you're seeing in chicago is a lot of activism. i think these young activists deserve the right to grieve and express their agony towards the suffering they're going through. i think the entire city's integrity is in question when institutions fail to respond responsibly. i think that, you know, right now is not a time for politics. i think right now is a time for to us remember that we're all chicagoans and we all share this short moment of life together. we want to be happy together. >> that's a powerful statement. dipping into politics a little bit, we know that, you know,

what happens in a city starts with leadership. the leader of chicago is your mayor, rahm emanuel. there have been a lot of calls, even some demonstrations and protests recently for him to step down. what is your thought? what do you think needs to happen with the mayor. >> abraham lincoln said you can't judge a politician unless you've sat in their desk. first mayor daly said it's easy to criticize but where are your programs and ideas? i tend to view democracy from a community outward as opposed to a big city inward. i don't expect rahm emanuel to cut my lawn, i put the responsibility on myself. i want to know who my neighbors are. i want to join the community organizations in the sixth ward. what can we do as people to fix our city? i think rahm emanuel needs help. he needs to be shown some love and compassion right now. i think that if he is humbled and empathetic, he will include

these young activists and business lead nears the conversation moving forward. >> well, to that end, the hoody you're wearing says my block, my hood, my city. you're the founder of that organization, taking young people from your neighborhood who have never been to downtown chicago seen outside of their own neighborhood and exposing them to the greater world around them. that's a really powerful thing you're doing, jahmal. i salute you for that. >> thank you. >> what is your message to those very young people you're serving today and how do you talk to them about the loss of your own aunt? >> to truly make our city a better place we need people like themselves to visit communities outside of their own. when most people hear about something negative that's happening in another chicago community, especially where people are different from them, it might as well happen in another country. visiting different communities and interacting with the residents can change all that. i tell these teenagers to step outside of their comfort zone and experience different

cultures, perspectives, ideas and through that, having this appetite for adventure, they'll develop a sense of empathy towards the suffering of people from north lawndale, river north, people from all over the city. >> this is only my hummen opinion but i think we might have a civic leader right here in our midst. you have pragmatic and reasonable thoughts and you have a heart of compassion. that's lovely to see you. thanks so much for joining us. continue your good work and please give our best to your family. okay? >> thank you, michaela. have a good day. >> you too, dear. tweet us at "new day," or post comments facebook.com/newday. there's a family in mourning over the loss of their family member right now. what were the top trending moments of the past 12 months? a look back at 2015, next.

we're following a lot of news. let's get to it. 2015 provided some memorable moments, many gaining steam because of a presence on social media. brook baldwin has a look at the top ten trending stories of the last year. social media's role in breaking news is undeniable, but sometimes hash tags start a moving. here are the top trending hash tags for 2015. number ten, guacamole with peas. people jumped on twitter, not showing love, even the president of the united states jumped in.

i have to tell you, i did a taste test. it was kind of delicious. >> really good, huh? >> number nine, a little girl's body washed ashore in the boston harbor. the massachusetts state police tried to get help in identifying this baby doe. more than 50 million people viewed this composite image of this little girl. after 85 days, she was identified as bella bond. >> this child, whose name means beauty, was murdered. >> her mother was charged as an accessory to murder and her boyfriend, charged with murder. ahmed mohamed was charged at police because teachers thought his clock was a bomb. #i stand with ahm hered. a tweet by president obama himself invited ahmed to the white house.

number seven, welcome kate rica jenner. >> formerly bruce jenner. >> the reality tv star in june, introducing herself on the cover of "vanity fair" and with a new twitter handle. reached one million followers in world record time. 4 hours and 3 minutes. number six, a refugee crisis spread through europe in 2015, as people from syria and other countries fled war and persecution. >> people reach such a point where they physically, emotionally, mentally can't take it anymore. so they eventually end up deciding to take matters into their own hands. >> thousands of people used the #refugees welcome, to call for european countries to grant them sanctuary. number five, pluto may no longer be a full size planet, but as nasa released these close-up images of the dwarf planet from

its new horizon spacecraft, twitter users took notice. the hashtag pluto fly by generated one million tweets as the images were transmitted back to earth. number four, what color is this dress? is it #blue and black, or #white and gold? the dress debougate of 2015 stad when a woman posted this polarizing garment to tumblr. it ranged on twitter. 2.2 million tweets in four days. social media celebrated same sex marriage, with rainbow color profile pictures and the #love wins. >> no state can bangui marriage after the decision passed today. >> twitter registered more than 6.2 million tweets and counting. number two, the #black lives matter. it started in 2014, but it became an equal rights movement

in 2015. other hashtags were used alongside black lives matter to bring other controversial race incidents to light. one being #assault at spring valley high. where a video showed a school resource officer violently removing a student out of her desk. number one, 2015 started eed a ended in the shadow of horrific attacks in paris. after rissris terrorists attack charl "charlie hebdo." >> thousands proclaiming, i am charlie. >> ten months later, people united on twitter with the #t hashtag, pray for paris. >> it's remarkable to see how much we went through. >> blue and black. >> white and gold.

>> there's one moment we didn't get to, but it has new day talking. did you see what happened in baton rouge over the weekend? >> you are not going to do this. >> yes, we are. don lemon with his new christmas toy. >> that's my nephew's christmas toy. >> you took your nephew's toy! >> did you hear my family. >> i haven't seen a shimmy shake like that on a hoverboard in a santa suit. >> he's always on the naughty list. >> i got my great nephew a hoverboard because i had one and he wanted one. they were like, you can't ride it. i was playing santa. i forgot my belt. they said i needed a little pillow for the santa. anyway -- >> we can't unsee that. sorry. we're following a lot of news this morning. let's get right to it. >> oh, my gosh, it's big! >> i heard the roaring and that's when i saw it. >> had a tornado. i saw it coming.

>> buildings cracking. i mean, ripping stuff up. all we could do was run to the closet and pray. >> separate weather events all across the south central united states. >> iraq's military saying the city of ramadi is fully liberated. >> americans are nervous about the possibility of another terrorist attack. 18% of americans believe the u.s. is winning the war on isis. $1 billion at light speed, faster than any movie in history, in 12 days. >> announcer: this is new day with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> minus alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> one of three. the first day of the last week of 2015. it is 8:00 in the east. chris and alisyn are off, and don and christine are with us.

we're looking at the deadly weather. 43 deaths in seven states in days. north texas picking up the pieces from a series of weekend tornadoes that killed 11 people in the dallas area. the governor there declaring a disaster in four counties. the threat from severe weather is not over. snow and freezing conditions are expected to follow those deadly storms. >> that's right. winter storm warnings stretching from texas to michigan. states of emergency in missouri because of deadly flooding. in new mexico due to heavy snow. state of emergency there, as well. let's begin with nick valencia in hard-hit garland, texas, this morning. hi, nick. >> good morning, don. we're standing directy in the path of the ef-4 tornado, when it hit garland texas over the weekend. this apartment complex behind me suffering the brunt of the damage. we're told the winds from the force of the tornado were up to 200 miles per hour.

>> whoa, i got a lightning strike. >> reporter: overnight in eastern texas, blinding rain, lightning and strong winds in the city of marshall. downed trees and power lines possibly the work of another tornado, touching down in the lone star state. last night, patrons inside a chili's restaurant, huddling inside a freezing, as tornado sirens sound off. a tornado watch still in effect today. the monster storm system wreaking rwrea wreaking havoc across the southern states, moving east ward. >> it's a big, strong tornado. >> reporter: over the christmas weekend, texas bearing the brunt of the storm. r deadly tornadoes. a passenger snapping this photo on a flight to dallas. two powerful ef-3 and ef-4 tornadoes carving a path of destruction in garland and rowlett on saturday. the death toll, 11, making this the deadliest december for tornadoes in 60 years.

justin sifts through what remains of his home in garland. him and his dog survived by taking cover in a bathtub. >> i heard the roaring and that's when i saw it. >> reporter: a family and home spared. >> buildings cracking. ripping stuff up. all we could do was run to the closet and pray. >> reporter: this garland resident, rescued by family. >> i stayed in my closet all night long, shaking like a leaf on a tree. >> reporter: the deadly storm spawning flash floods, white out conditions and states of emergency in new mexico and missouri. in missouri, more than 100 water rescue. at least six people killed in a pulaski county. >> it was a small, dark highway. they probably didn't know what hit them until they hit the water. >> reporter: dumping more than 16 inches of snow in new mexico. icy roads backing up traffic, shutting down interstate 40?

albuquerque. >> there's countless numbers of people in this area. without power, we're also told by the mayor that dozens of families stayed the night in shelters. many people here still d displaced. >> frightening. thanks for that, nick. where is the severe weather heading next and will parts of the northeast see their first winter storm of the season? hi, jennifer. >> this is far from over. we have winter storm warnings in place across the plains in the midwest. we have flood advisories and warnings all across the south. we also have the winter storm watch for portions of new england. you're right, getting their first snowfall for a lot of people this season. we'll zoom down on the storm, where it is now. all of this heavy rain continuing to push to the east. the thunderstorm threat still alive for today. we also have that snow, freezing rain and sleet across portions of oklahoma. that's going to pull into portions of kansas, missouri.

the ice threat is serious. it only takes less than 1/2 inch of ice to take down trees, power lines. we are going to see possible power outages there. the main threat today is damaging winds, isolated tornadoes. cities like mobile, montgomery, birmingham. we have watches in effect for southern louisiana, and portions of mississippi, including new orleans and jackson. another tornado warning issued to include birmingham and montgomery. we are going to be on the lookout for the isolated tornadoes once again for today. as this pushes to the east, snow, freezing rain, ice pushing into new england as early as tomorrow morning. it's going to make travel difficult. much of new england will see freezing rain and sleet. we're also going to see that changeover into rain around the boston area. we could get two to four inches of snow, and then that will quickly be changing over to freezing rain and eventually

just rain. it's going to be in and out of here quickly. we are going to see a small accumulation. it's been so warm. we don't look like we're going to see huge accumulations, but be aware of the ice threat for today. especially oklahoma city, kansas city. 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch of ice. >> you'll have a lot of people watching in the airport. folks are trying to travel home from the holidays, trying to get somewhere for new year's, and they can stay with cnn to get those alerts. thank you, jennifer. this is a tale to tell. our next guest came face-to-face with the powerful ef-4 tornado that barrelled through garland, texas. the 200-mile-per-hour winds lifted mr. gary tucker's truck with him and his girlfriend inside. he joins us to tell us about his story of survival. first, how are you today? >> i'm great.

tha thank you. >> how is your girlfriend? >> we came out lucky. really good. >> you and your girlfriend were at a bass fishing shop, saw it was raining, headed outside and things took a turn. when did you know trouble was upon you? >> well, we got in the truck and we were headed down the service road, and basically, the apartments behind us were spinning around at a couple hundred miles an hour. i looked up and put the truck into park. we could hear, again, all of this debris spinning around, hitting the truck. it was just, boom, boom, boom. the truck was shaking. you know, we knew at that point that all we could do was get down. i kept hollering, get down, get down, stay down, stay down. the debris was shaking the truck back and forth. it was at that point, literally, i could feel the truck lifting up out of the air. i thought, i'm gone. i'm dead. i don't really remember anything. that's kind of the good news, i think. if i could say anything, it's at

that point, i just -- i don't remember anything. we literally lifted up off the ground. the truck rolled and, you know, god saved us. my toyota tundra saved us at that point. we just rolled and went over into the median. we came up on the side, on the driver's side of the truck. >> we're looking at the pictures of your truck. my goodness. it's over on its side, looks like it went through a storm. have you had a chance to look at it now, and what does that do to your tummy? must make it turn flip-flops. >> it's amazing. i actually went to the wrecking yard where the truck was, and there were other cars there. again, it's -- that thing is a tank. it stood out among the other broken metal, literally, oat th

wrecking yard. it was nauseating. i know people weren't as lucky, within feet of us. they weren't as lucky as we were. >> what a sobering thought, to see you were spared and others weren't. how quickly was help able to get to you? >> so, again, i don't know because when the truck started lu lifting up, we totally blacked out. we came up and looked at each other and realized we were both okay. we had our seat belts on. she undid her seat belt and climbed out the top, and someone was standing there talking to us. i suspect it probably wasn't long. we climbed out of the vehicle. when we came out, there were literally cars that had flown off of the highway and were within feet of us. there was debris everywhere. literally, a riding lawn mower was over there. parts of the guardrail, ten foot of it, stabbed five or six feet in the ground. when i went to the wrecking yard, there was a piece of two

by four, something like that, just a big raarrow in the backst of the truck. >> i want to talk about the warning system. you in texas get a lot of them with the extreme weather you get on the regular. i understand the first warning you heard was when you were in the store, in the fishing shop. you probably had about two to three minutes warning. you were saying to us in our preinterview that you sort of feel that the warning system needs to change. you guys get so many of them, you tend to sort of disregard them. >> i guess that's really my whole point of coming here this morning. that's exactly right. you know, i live in wiley, texas, which is probably 20, 30 miles up the road. i hear -- i've lived there 13 years and probably heard the exact same warning. when i got into my truck, we walked out of bass pro shops and it was the eerie death feeling.

i could hear sirens in the air, but it's the same sirens i heard 50 or 60 times and there's never been a tornado in this area. follow your instincts. go back inside. i think most of the serious accidents were people in their vehicles. i don't know the solution. i don't know if it's a dedicated radio station. i know in talking to people on tv, we had a clear path of where it was. if i were able to get that clear path in my vehicle, because the announcement i got was a radius of five to six cities, 50, 60 miles. again, an alert i've heard -- >> over and over. >> -- a lot of times. >> gary, do you think you would do anything -- hindsight is 20/20. do you think you'd do something differently now? >> i would have never got in the car. i drove right into this. i put us in that situation. so i would have never got into

the car. if i would have got into the car, if i had a dedicated radio station or something that was painting that pattern, if the alert would have been, hey, there's a tornado near bass pro shop, or i-30 and 190. >> something more specific. >> i wouldn't have gotten in the car. >> we're glad you and your girlfriend are okay. you both need to take a couple days to hug each other and sit still and take a breath. thank you for sharing us to share your terrifying account. we're glad you're well. >> thank you. >> interesting that they all passed out and didn't really see -- >> guessing, inblessing, i thin >> unbelievable. the latest on the war on terror. a poll shows americans are losing confidence with the fight. 60% disapprove of how president obama is handling terrorism. cnn's senior white house correspondent, jim acosta, is live in honolulu, where the vacationing obamas are right now. good morning to you.

>> that's right. they're not going to be waking up to good poll numbers this morning, don. this new poll shows americans are very nervous about the possibility of another terrorist attack in the u.s. after what happened in paris and san bernardino. the public appears to be losing confidence in the obama administration's ability to stop a terrorist attack and defeat isis. our latest poll finds only 18% of americans believe the u.s. is winning the war on isis, while 40% believe the terrorists have the upper hand. get this, just 51% of americans are confident that the government can thwart a terrorist attack. that is way down from 65% under the obama administration back in 2010. the public appears to be uncertain what to do about this. our poll finds americans are split down the middle. 49%-49% on whether to send in ground troops to battle isis. keep in mind, this poll was conducted before iraqi security forces apparently succeeded in retaking the key city of ramadi.

that is a crucial development, as it's in line with the president's strategy, to use local forces on the ground with u.s. air support to go after isis terrorists. expect the obama administration to tout the success in ramadi in coming days. the white house wants to sharpen the administration's narrative on the war on isis. americans understand the president's strategy and the gains made against the terrorist army. right now, the white house is not reconsidering its strategy, just how they're selling it. again, michaela, this development in ramadi, it could shift the public's attitude about the war on isis. perhaps give people more confidence in the long run, the strategy may work out. >> jim, thank you so much for that. breaking this morning, iraqi forces raising iraq's flag at a government compound in ramadi, declaring the city fully liberated. the city had been under isis control since may. what is next in the battle against the terrorists? becky anderson is live with the latest for us in abu dhabi.

>> liberation is how the iraqi military describe the result of their much-touted offense over isis militants in the city of ramadi. exactly how much of the city is clear, whether or not it is just the government compound where isis were holed up in the center and whether it can be contained iscarefully worded statement from the spokesman for coalition forces. congratulating the iraqi soldiers on their continued success against isis in ramadi. coalition support included more than 630 air strikes, training, advice and explosives left by the militants on the street. the statement said they support the government of iraq as it moves to make ramadi safe for civilians to return. now, cnn cannot independently confirm exactly what is going on

on the ground. i have to say, reports suggest it is likely that isis militants simply moved from the government compound to the north of the city, and there is every chance they could regroup. reports in the past 24 hours that isis fighters used civilians as human shields, as they retreated from the complex. i think a symbolic victory, as it were, at this point. and one i think the obama administration will be pleased to see. given they haven't con seceded . boots on the ground. they've used air strikes and military advisers. definitely, this one will have to be watched, just to see exactly what happens in the days and weeks ahead. the compound liberated. what else is liberated in the city remains to be seen. >> becky anderson for us in abu dha dhabi. parts of europe on edge after getting word new terrorist attacks could be launched between now and new year's eve.

it's unclear what cities might be targeted. police in vienna seeing concerning details. robyn curnow is live with the details. >> more questions left by the alert than answers. what we don't know are which cities will be targeted. we don't know who the friendly intelligence agency is that reportedly told the vienna police and other european police services of this impending attack. we don't know who the names are. there were several names that came along with this alert. vienna police have investigated this but have not had any concrete results. we don't know why the austrians came forward with this information and not other european cities. what we do know is that the timeline is specific, from christmas day to new year's eve. we know they'll use guns or explosives. we know the fallout is increased security across europe.

firefighters in southern california now have the upper hand in their battle with a wildfire that charred more than 1,200 acres. the blaze sparked by downed power lines on christmas night. 75% contained. fire officials say it should be fully contained by tomorrow. the big fear now is a threat of landslides if the scorched area is hit by heavy rains. a suburban louisville, kentucky, mall is open for business after a weekend disturbance involving 2,000 teenagers forced it to close. dozens of repolisponded saturda night to disorderly contact at the mall st. matthews during the post-christmas rush. the teens were fighting one another and harassing shoppers and store employees. no arrests were made. an anxious american public unhappy with how the white house is raging the war on terror. next on "new day," the results of a brand-new cnn poll, and the

congressman who spent years working undercover with the cia shares his thoughts on the president's strategy to defeat isis.

ramadi is back in the hands of iraqi forces. including a government compound that spent months under isis control. this is a new cnn poll i want to show you. it paints a sobering picture of how the american public feels about the war on terror. a growing majority displeased overall with that. we're joined now by congressman will heard, a republican from texas. the homeland security committee. also a former cia undercover officer. thank you. this will be the first congressional response we've gotten on air to ramadi. does this feel like a big victory, or should we proceed with caution, even with what seems like a victory now?

>> it seems like a victory. we should proceed with caution. if we hold ramadi, it's a good thing for our strategy in that region and against isis. these are the types of things we should be doing more. this should have been -- this should have been happened 18 months ago. if we give the u.s. military the authority and the ability to go forward and do their job, they can. you see that with their role playing behind the scenes and training and equipping the iraqi forces. it shows the iraqi forces can do a lot of things. >> let's talk about the new poll. 50% of americans had little or no confidence according to this poll in the president's ability to protect the country against terror attacks. do you agree? >> i understand why people are frustrated and upset, and i do recognize and agree that people are worried about the posture that this administration is taking in fighting terrorism.

there's a long list of blunders. starts with calling isis the jv. we realize how big a mistake that was. it's also not just fighting isis, it's what are you doing with russia? right now, we're talking about winner ramadi, but you also have syrian forces bombing under bashar al assad, bombing rebel forces that we're supporting that are helping us in the fight against isis. the american people see this, they recognize this and they're upset with how this president is dealing with the issues. >> there appears to be movement when we look at ramadi. we've lost territory. isis, i should say, lost territory in iraq. what specifically could the president be doing to better the war on terror, at least the war against isis? >> well, it starts with, we need to increase our human intelligence collection on the ground. i think he should pick up the phone and call the director of

the cia and say, the next 45 days, double the amount of human intelligence coming out of there. that drives our military operation on the ground. we're working alongside the iraqi forces. it's going to drive our targeting from the skies, as well. we need to have stronger posture against russia, in saying, russia, stop attacking the forces that we're working with in the fight against isis. one area that we're definitely lacking is countering the message of isis. they're leveraging social media in a way no terrorist organization has up to this point. we're doing our efforts in order to counter that message, and more needs to be done. we need to be working closer with allies in the region. some allies are concerned because they feel this administration is pivoting toward iran. iran has a huge influence in this part of the region. they've had a long influence in

syria and our sunni-arab partners are concerned about that. this is a bad message being sent to the folks we're going to need in order to eliminate and eradicate isis in the region. >> your point about online, most terrorist experts say we're dealing with a war against ideas, not necessarily territory, though the territory is important. i wonder if you think the fears are -- it's almost 50%. 45% of americans believe they or their family members will be the victim of terrorism. is that justified? >> well, when you have events like san bernardino, and you look to what happened in paris, these types of things can happen. one of the -- i also served on a task force looking at foreign fighter travel to the united states. one of the things we found was that our european partners weren't sharing information the way they should, about suspected terrorists. so there is an information

sharing gap with our european partners that's putting us, making us more insecure. some of those feelings are justified, but i think in your poll, one of the interesting points was this is the highest level of folks that believe when the federal government puts their mind to it, they can stop terrorists. i think that's -- i agree with that concept, as well. >> let's put this up. a majority of people believe the u.s. is not at war with isis. do you think we're at war with isis? this one is who is winning. >> we're at war. >> this is who is winning. but are we at war with isis? >> we are at war with isis. they're trying to kill us. they're trying to attack our way of life. this is a war. we need to be doing everything we can to stop them and eradicate them. the best way to do that is stop them in iraq and syria.

as you said earlier, we have to also be countering the ideas. that's one area where we're falling very flat and need to be doing more. ptexas, we wish you luck with te weather system that's gone through texas, as well. thank you fordo joining us toda a fire at a houston mosque is being treated as suspicious. was it a religious attack? was it spurred by rhetoric-concerning muslims? we'll speak with the man who helps run the mosque next.

investigators say a fire at a houston mosque was intentionally set. the council on american islamic relations wants to know if the motives stem from anti-muslim sentiment following rhetoric on muslims in the u.s. joining me is the president of the the organization who runs a group of mosques in the houston area, including the one that caught fire. thank you so much for joining us this morning. first of all, you've sent us pictures that show the damage to the facility.

walk me through what happened. thankfully, it was after prayers. there wasn't anybody in the p d building, but show us what damage there was. >> well, first of all, thank you so much for giving this opportunity. all praise be to the lord, the almighty, the most compasionate and most merciful. what happened friday on christmas day, we had our friday congregation prayers between 1:30 and 2:00 in the afternoon. after that, almost everybody left the premises, went about their businesses. 2:45, people in the shopping area, shopping center, noticed the smoke coming out and called 911. houston fire department promptly responded. it was a huge fire. there were about 80 firemen involved there. basically, it destroyed the facility, but we are optimistic

that, first of all, the investigation will be thorough and complete, and then we will be committed to reopen the facility as soon as possible. >> you are praying this was accidental. it was being treated now as something suspicious. why are you praying this was accidental? >> well, because we hope and pray that it is accidental because we don't want to get into a situation where people are attacking places of worship. nee these places are where people come for worship to find tranquility and peace. we want everybody to be welcome there. we still hope that it is -- it was accidental, but we'll wait to see what the authorities determine. >> you mentioned that the people in the mall smelled the smoke. it's a facility adjacent to or in a mall in the area. two alarms, 80 firefighters. had you had any threats? had there been any negative

rhetoric to your people who gather there or to you or the facility? >> well, if you know about houston, houston is a city which has the best inter community relationship, inter faith relationship, ethnicity relationship. no, we do not have any history of any threats or any kind of potential threats against any community. we enjoy harmony in the community. that's what we are hoping for, that this thing will be over soon and we'll reopen our mos e mosque. >> the council on american islamic relations says there's been an uptick in violence targeting muslims in the u.s., blaming the political environment. this is what the group said. because of the recent spike in hate incidents, targeting mosques nationnationwide, we ur

enforcement to investigate a bias motive for this fire. are you concerned about the rhetoric nation wwide on the campaign trail? are you concerned about an anti-muslim bias in the country now? >> well, first of all, we as muslims are required not to get into fear mongering or speculation. let authorities take care of whatever investigation they do. once the invest fwags igation i complete, we'll assure you if it was not accidental, the community will have the compassion in their heart to forgive the people behind the attack on the mosque. >> even if this was arson, your message would be to forgive the arsonists? >> yes. because we don't hold any grudges. if you look at the teachings of

the prophet mohammed, his life history, he has taught us that even if somebody attacks you or treats you with negativity, the only proper response is with kindness and mermercy. that's what the muslim community plans to do. we hope it was accidental, but if it is not, i think the muslim community will find compassion in their heart to forgive the person and welcome that person to come and find tranquility and peace in the place of worship. >> all right. we'll keep tabs on the investigation. thank you for joining us from houston. don? >> thank you. donald trump going after hillary clinton by pointing out her husband's indiscretions. is it wise for trump to take on bill clinton, given the former president's popularity? that debate is next, here on "new day." many sleep-aids have pain medicine but zzzquil is different because why would you take a pain medicine when all you want is good sleep?

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that music means it's time for politics. let's talk about it. is it smart for donald trump to go after one of the most popular politicians in america? he seems to think so. he's now targeting bill clinton's personal life, after hillary clinton said trump had a penchant for sexism. he tweeted this in response. when he asked if he thinks bill

clinton is fair game at all, he said this. there it is. hillary clinton has announced that she is -- >> i think he is fair game because his presidency was really considered to be very troubled to put it mildly because of all the things that she's talking to me about. i mean, she's mentioning sexism. i turned her exact words. i don't know if you saw the following tweet. i turned her exact words against her from that standpoint. >> you saw the tweet. we put the tweet up earlier. let's discuss this with former reagan white house political director. jeffrey lorde, a trump supporter. the stories of bill clinton's infidelity had been hashed and rehashed. personal problems. the impeachment, all of that. >> i do remember it. >> why would he even want to go there? >> well, he wants to go there because hillary clinton is out

there talking about sexism and bullying women, et cetera. there are women out there who are targeted by bill clinton, who are saying that they themselves were fubullied by hillary clinton. one woman was outspoken about this. yes, in fact, the issue is hillary clinton and her treatment of women. one of the things, don, that happens in politicians is people think a person candidate has a lot of strengths. mitt romney and his business record, et cetera. or michael and his environmental record. sometimes your strength is your weakness. one of mitt romney's companies denied health insurance to a steel worker's wife. the democrats picked up on that and used it against him. the bush campaign in 1988 ran a vote boat with a television camera to see how polluted it was, and it backfired. the clinton campaign tleeneeds e

careful here. >> richard, how do you think bill clinton will react? >> first of all, the american people realizes that hillary clinton is running for president, not bill clinton. they are different people, and she's not running for a third bill clinton term, nor is she running for a second obama -- third obama term. she's running, she's her own person and she'll have her own presidency. she has a great record to run on we're all proud of. i think with respect to this particular episode, i mean, bill clinton is probably one of the most respected and most popular public figures in america, if not the world. if the republicans, if mr. trump wants to make this campaign a referendum on the bill clinton presidency, and eight years of almost unparalleled peace and prosperity, i think that this will work well for democrats.

>> the question is though, i guess, is it appropriate? should they be talking about these issues? listen, everything is fair game. everything is fair fwgame in a presidential campaign, but does it behoove donald trump to go there? especially when 50% of the country sees bill clinton as a positive. he's known for his political prowess. do you think he's setting himself up for a takedown by going after bill clinton? >> i think so. he's appealing now to a narrow sector of the republican electora electorate, that crazy sector of the electorate that supports him. i think he's a little unhinged. you saw it a little in the last debate, when he was going back and forth with jeb bush. i think that the republican establishment right now are hoping that he becomes unhinged. to me, he seems like a howard figure in the movie "network." it's crazy. it was megyn kelly on fox news

who first accused him of sexism. he went right after her. that created quite a stir. >> it helped him. >> well, it helped him with a narrow portion of the republican primary electorate. i think in the general election, with the general electorate, this will hurt him a lot. >> jeffrey, trump also accused clinton of using the so-called women's card. i wasn't issued one of those, apparently. why is mentioning the possibility of sexism on the campaign trail tantamount to clinton using a gender card? >> well, i think she is going to play this card. it's an obvious card to play. let's be candid. >> is it a card? she is a woman. it's not really a card. >> right, she is a woman. so i mean, she's the one going around saying, isn't it time for a woman president? >> a lot of people would say amen to that. >> well, okay, that's the woman

card right there. she's not saying, i'm the democratic nominee for president. she's saying, i'm a woman. who is a nominee for president. there is a difference. >> listen, i think -- >> if that -- >> if it was the only thing she was running on, it'd be one thing. but she has an amazing record of decades of accomplishment, of fighting for women, yes, but fighting for kids and fighting for working people. she's run oning on a campaign based upon economics and helping the middle class, lowering taxes, returning prosperity, peace and abroad. to say she's running as a woman candidate -- >> she has a few other things going for her? >> i think if she's saying she's going to put her husband out there, they're going to use everything in their power to hit back. >> let's remember -- >> we have to leave it there. we can talk about this for days on end, and i'm sure we will. >> you're right. >> jeffrey lord and richard, great to have you.

>> christine? >> living up to the hype, guys. people coming out in record numbers to check out the new "star wars" movie. what new benchmark has been set by the force awakens? a look at the jaw dropping numbers, next on "new day." >> they're real.

they're real. >> the force, it's calling to you. >> "star wars." >> you have to see it. we can't keep the spoilers away from you forever. >> "star wars" t: the force awaken awakens", $1 billion in 12 days, faster than any film in history. why is this film all the rage? how high could it go? >> money talks with you. >> yeah. i love this movie, also. larry is former managing editor of "people" magazine. it's a good film. the theater i saw it in was full of people who had already seen it. that's why the box office numbers are big. >> absolutely. >> returning. >> you have people seeing it for the second, third time. inflation adjusted. "gone with the wind" is the most successful film in history. could this get up there? >> it's possible.

i mean, movie going was different then. there were more cinemas, cheaper. this movie has not opened in china yet. hundreds of millions of viewers there who clearly can't wait to see this. i think it's entirely possible t. numb and the numbers have been staggering. >> we remember 1977 vaguely. it brings us back. they managed to get this new crowd of people, too. >> i have this feeling, there's a lot of discussion about this, the idea, when we were young, you didn't listen to your parents' music. there's this idea that generationally, people don't -- i think it's over. the way culture is consumed right now, whether it's be dvd, spotify, whatever it is, people are going backwards and listening to these things. my kids were listening to the beetles over the weekend on spotify. >> another lucrative move. >> yup. >> let me ask you about this film. it's delivering on all the -- you be quiet for one second.

>> i haven't seen the original "star wars" in its entirety. i'm not -- >> people like you aren't going to go to the movie theater. will aren't many of you left. >> i was more into "airplane" than "star wars." >> the success goes back to the primal elements of the story. the good side, bad side, fathers and son, friendship, camaraderie, all that. the new movie has all of it in there. that predates 1977. that goes back to the campfire and people sitting around with togas on. >> nostalgia is a thing, considering the beetles releasing their entire soundtrack. >> it's nostalgic for people like us. for young people, the fact that it's old and your parents' entertainment, doesn't matter. they think, this is good and i want to discover it on my own. >> investment by disney. they bought lucasfilm for $4

million. this is the beginning of what will be more films, more video games and merchandise. it's almost endless ko lesless possibilities. >> head of sony said the summer of 2017, every summer weekend will be some studio mining their walls for wolverine, spiderman, another "star wars." batman and superman is coming. i think this is all we're going to see from the studios. >> think about it, it could have gone another way. "star wars" fans are so very particular. they know the story. it had to be perfect. they know the story better than anybody else. especially now with the technology the way it is, you can make things look really great. especially because they were taking it away from the legendary film maker and putting it in the hands of another. yet, they've managed to do it. >> three things. princess leia, han solo, luke skywalker, back in this movie. >> and chewbacca. come on, man. >> i don't want it to be seeming like it was easy. you could ruin it, but that's a huge part of the story. that's, i think, what makes it

work. >> let's talk about beetles quick. let's look at the top beetles songs on spotify. they held out a long time. >> they did. >> finally online now. >> on apple, they're always late adapters. >> they wanted to make sure this would -- it had to be lucrative for them and had to make sure it was worthy of the music. >> come together, let it be, hey jude. >> number one? >> come together. >> it says a time when technology is ubiquitous for everybody, talk cross generational, everybody is using it. original beetles fans will listen to it on these devices, as well. >> are you a beetles fan? >> no, i'm not. >> i'm a huge fan. it's fantastic. >> the average age of a big share of spotify -- >> i'm 34. >> older than i am. >> interesting to me when you look for certain artists on s t spotify, you can't find them and you get covers. >> madness. >> this is big. >> i love this. >> you find a particular album

and it's not there. why isn't the one album there? >> time, they are a changing. >> the problems we have right now sitting on the treadmill, why can't i get the album on spotify? >> hopefully we'll talk to you before the new year comes. thanks to the two of you. we'll wrap up "new day" now. newsroom with poppy harlow begins after a short break.

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