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i'm kristi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. an al qaeda-related group is taking responsibility for this deadly attack. here's what we know this morning. 23 people all over the world were murdered at night. many at point blank range after a group of terrorists stormed hotel with terrorists. >> they have killed four attackers. two were women. we have understood, we are waiting to get a live story here from johannesburg. as soon as we get david mackenzie, we will certainly bring that to you. we are talking 23 dead from 18 different nationalities here. and that al qaeda group in the islamic maghreb has claimed responsibility. >> survivors are recounting the

carnage there. here's what we new. a man told us exactly what he saw there. watch. >> it's horrible because everyone was panicked and lying down on the floor. there was blood everywhere. they were shooting people at point blank. the sound of the detonation is so loud, we could hear them talking and they were walking around and kept shooting people that seemed alive. they set the cappuccino on fire on their way out t. smoke started to overcome us. then survivors started heading towards the door. i managed to make my way out through a broken window. >> he said he managed to escape through a broken window. david mackenzie is live with the very latest. good morning, what have you learned in. >> good morning, kristi, yes, this is a horrific terror attack

that occurred in west africa. now, it seems that the gunman was there dignitary day. at least some according to officials posing as tourists or business people. they were joined by further attackers and then pretence at using explosives of car bombs to create panic. piers, attacking that cafe. then moving across the road to that hotel often frequented by rescue. at least 23 dead, scores wounded and more than 120 hostages have been rescued by security official, helped by friends and assistants from the u.s. military. >> when you say they were helped, do we know in what capacity, the u.s. forces were helping. were they in an advisory position. were they there on the ground with them? what do we know? >> we do know at least one u.s. military personnel was on the

ground with the forces, but out of an advisory. a besiege to get those people out. according to officials, there was a request for a drone to gather intelligence on the scene by u.s., particularly france. now this area hasn't seen this level of attack in recent years. of course, if mali last year, we reported on that devastating attack. this attack appears to be by the same group affiliated with al qaeda and looking to it seems to strengthen their focus on the west african region and also make the biggest statement they can. at this teenage it is feared there tould could be americans involved in the actual attack. one hostage according to officials, they scrambled to get information on those dead and those that did survive. >> david mackenzie, thank you

very much. we appreciate it. >> let's go to a freelance journalist live there joining us by phone. what are you seeing and hearing right now? marita do you have us? >> reporter: yes, i do. >> tell us what you are seeing and hearing there. >> reporter: hang on. can you repeat the question? >> certainly, tell us what you are seeing and hearing right now. >> well, the experience this morning, i was very close to the site of the attack. i was about 300 metres from the home with the army, police force and french special forces and a few media, who have gathered on the site. the attacks finished just before

noon. we saw also the president of the country, the new president of iron and prime minister as well. they had a very brief 47 on the side. they have confirmed a number of casualties, which is 23. the extent of the casualties are from the cappuccino cafe. >> is the gun battle still going on? what is the level of -- >> reporter: no, no, no. the siege has finished and actually, this morning, there was a second siege going on. >> that is the one in terms of the hotel, after that one, another one started in an opposite hotel. >> a sec attack, a sec siege

there s. that one ongoing or has that ended as well? >> that's over as well. >> do you know if any, according to news conference from the president this morning, if there were any fatalities in that second siege? >> reporter: that, i cannot confirm that. >> is this same group responsible for the sec siege, if we know? >> reporter: in terms of, yeah, the same group. >> okay. at this moment, what is the scene there? edescribed what happened earlier, but what's the scene there right now? >> reporter: well, at this moment, aside from the site of the attack, it looked obviously not a lot of people on the street because they were not used to a second attack.

they were used to instable for a year first half. but they were not expecting that, especially people working are from extremitys of the people in africa. so it was a completely unexpected thing to them. a total surprise to them. what we know by the which, we know that last night an austrian doctor and his wife were kidnapped by rebel in the north of the country. >> all right. marina in the capital where that attack happened and now another report of a second siege. of course, we are working to get more and confirm details about that second hotel. marina, thank you so much. leiutenant general, thank you for being with us.

we know france requested u.s. intelligence, reconnaissance and support during this operation. we were talking to david mackenzie about the fact that u.s. troops may have been involv. the what capacity may they have been used in. >> this was a part of africa con -- africon force, the training and assistance. we have had u.s. forces in the area for several years now. it's been a mixed relationship as they have gotten rid of 30 years of dig theytorial rule. they just -- owe dictatorial rule. they are conducting operations in all of thesation thats in west africa. a runoff group, al mara bitume.

they have conducted operations like this in mali and niger just this year. but you are talking about a continuous effort to stamp out trivial terrorism you are finding a government trying to meet the needs of the people. this is disruptive for that. >> we just heard marina saying a second hotel is under siege. what do you make of the fact within hours you have two separate incidents at two hotels very closely together? >> yeah the coffee shop and the motel were where the primary emphasis attack. early intelligence says aqim were able to get some of their operatives inside the coffee shop and then the hotel, mentionling with the guests

yesterday, before they brought more forces in to conduct the attack. so this is one of those sorts of attacks that's considered complex. it indicates at least some level of training. and again, this is a city that has not been attacked recently, although, there have been some challenges with stamping out aqim. >> just to be clear, marina was talking about a second hotel. the cafe, a hotel and a sec hotel as well. what do you make of the ability for militants to take over these soft targets like this? >> reporter: well the security forces are being trained, but i have to candidly say they are not that food yet. they are a part of a wideing training effort for several nations. even though their counterterrorism force versus received a lot of training from both french and u.s. special operate o they are still putting together these forces. so when are you talking about a

relatively large city, which the capital is, you can't protect all facilities. these are hotels we have seen in the past that are visited and used by western sources. so they seem to be the targeted areas by aqim and really need some not only government security forces but also some contract security forces in these facilities. that's hard to do in west africa. >> we so appreciate you being with us. thank you. >> thank you, kristi. >> this morning, we got a cnn exclusive, a key piece of evidence against bill cosby could jeopardize the criminal case against him. find out how an agreement ten years ago could derail that case. also, did an act tres that met with joaquin el chapo guzman start a tequila business in the u.s.? cnn is live with the details on

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>> 15 minutes after the hour. new this morning, joaquin el chapo guzman's lawyer is talking out, speaking out, i should say. he is saying the drug kingpin should not be extra ditted to the u.s. >> i was not granted permission to see my client jocksen guzman. there was no explanation. they simply said, you can see him. mr. guzman should not be extradited to the usa or any other foreign country. why? because mexico has fair just laws that are reckoned by the constitution. >> okay. so this as senior mexican officials tell cnn they're investigating whether guzman

fund actress indicate decastillo's tequila venture. what is the status of that process right now, that you know of? >> reporter: good morning, kristi. this extradition process, it could be a lengthy one, as much as a year before we see el chapo in one of the several u.s. states that leveled charges against him. in the past, it took two years. you heard from the defense attorney and how many legal petitions that he's filed to keep his client inside mexico. the promising here, though, we haven't seen relations between the two countries, u.s. and mexico this close since the known '80s. >> that could help speed up the extradition process. soar that, those legal petitions have been filed. we hear they expect this fight to continue to the very end. >> what about this allegation

that kate decastillo's tequila venture was fundsed by el chapo. how does that play in? >> reporter: every single day, we're seeing a new threat in this dramatic plot here. it's turning out to be a dramatic novelle la for -- novella, we hear they are investigating a second actress in this meeting between penn, castillo and el chapo, plus her tequila venture has been set up in delaware for u.s. distribution. we are told by mexican officials they are looking to see if any cartel money, funds, went into that venture to get it up and running. kristi. >> i want to get quickly to sean

hen's ent penn's interview. let's listen. >> i have a regret the entire discussion of this article ignores its purpose which was to try to contribute to the policy on the war on drug. how much time have they spent in the last weeks since this article come out talking about that? 1%? >> are you seaing there is not much dialogue. >> my article failed. let me be clear, my article has failed. >> do you think -- he's saying his article failed because he wanted to have a conversation about how the government puts so much money into finding one person and that won't make a dent in what happens in the drug trade. in terms of sean penn, himself, do you get a sense that mexico is trying to save face so to speak by blaming this on sean hen in. >> well, this is really interesting. remember, last week, we were

told by a source close to the investigation that law enforcement didn't have an idea about this meeting between penn and el happen is po until that "rolling cell phostone" article see sean penn deflecting his role saying el chapo was not captured until three months later, not in the same place where they had the meting. penn is saying he is being used as a scapegoat. one from a source saying they didn't know, now public lynn a mexican official saying they did know. penn at amount he is being used as a scapegoat. >> thank you very much for king it a surprise. consider this, could bill cosby get out of the criminal case against him because of a secret deal his lawyers made more than a decade ago? cnn has details on this new

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this morning there are new revelations in the criminal case against bill cosby. this is a cnn exclusive. we are learning the case may have been doomed from the start. will you remember cosby was charged when a new attorney was elected in montgomery, pennsylvania. the former daechl d.a. didn't charge him when he admitted he gave women sedatives. watch why the cosby case may never go to trial. start there. >> and john, i'm holding in my hands an e-mail sent from the former daechl d.a. saying, hay, wait a minute, you remember. we had a deal, we were not going to prosecute this guy because we didn't think we could meet our burden beyond a reasonable doubt. we wanted to open the door so he kould would give testimony in a civil case. we wanted to help the accuser benefit from a civil judgment.

>> all right. cnn legal analyst joey jackson is here to talk about this case. joey, this deal with relearning, was related to this 2005 exchange. it's i guess a gentleman's agreement. does this hold up in court? >> good morning, victor, i this i the answer to that is two-fold t. first question is can a former prosecutor bind a new prosecutor? i think the answer to that specific case is. a new prosecutor is elected, based on their own decision, based on what they feel is appropriate to do and they'll do in the interest of justice what they deem appropriate. so, no, i believe, although attorneys, lawyers, judges will disagree and agree. i think that an old prosecutor can't bind a new prosecutor. however, the biggest issue for me is the event that you agree as a prosecutor to say we are

not going forward against bill cosby, but we based upon that will not prosecute you or use anything you say in a deposition against you. >> that raises thorny questions. to me, then, i do not believe that anything he said in that deposition could be used against him now. so the question is not really can an old prosecutor bind a new prosecutor t. real question is, could bill cosby be prosecuted based upon probably cause and that probably cause being the very deposition he gave because you said to give it and if i gave it, you wouldn't use anything i said against me. so that's really the issue in this case. >> so very complex here. one thing i wonder, how common it for a d.a. to say we won't use what you say in a cruise missile i criminal case to help the civil litigant. >> i think that's xhovenlt in fact, criminal and civil worlds

are difficult. net vent they don't get a case in civil, civil involves money. in this particular case, apparently, that was the agreement. go ahead and testify in the civil case. anything you say we will not use against you. that's very troubling here, victor, because we know in that 23-page probable cause affidavit that this new d.a. released, he uses that deposition to establish probable cause. if i'm cosby's attorney, i'm moving to suppress. how can you use a civil deposition and induce me to waive my right against self-incrimination then hit me over the head with it. that's problematic? quickly, i'm talking five, ten seconds here, joey, does the case fall apart now in. >> i think it discuss, based on the revelation, there are serious questions how he could be prosecuted. if they could independently prosecute him with information,

using after he waves his right to self-incrimination, those statements to me is suppressible and, therefore, that's going to be the issue. i think the case is in serious trouble inlight of these revelations. >> wow, a dramatic turn here. joey jackson. always good to have you. >> thank you, victor. >> coming up in the 8:00 hour. we will talk about this exclusive with michael smerconish. gunmen storm a hotel in west africa. dozens are dead. many have been taken hauvenlg we have new reports. also, donald trump renewing his fight against ted cruz calling him a liable. that's not all. trump cold cnn about cruz's birthing dilemma.

>> the security minister in burkina faso says the siege at the luxury hotel is over this hour. at least 23 people, though, you were murder overnight, many at point plank range. after a person stormed a west africa hotel. >> security forces say they killed four of the attackers. two of them were women. cnn's david mackenzie is live in johannesburg with the latest. david, good morning. >> reporter: victor, good morning. yes, this is a horrific terrorist attack that unfolded throughout the night.

signs of explosions, chaos. blood on the floor, witnesses saying the attackers went to a cafe, killing people, taking them as if they were alive, if they were, shooting them in the being of the head. eerily similar to an attack in mali by the alleged al qaeda-linked group to spread terror striking western assets and soft targets. now the latest from the security ministry is that 23 people dead from 18 nationalities. more missing, scores rescued by a combination of the burkina faso forces the french military and also assisted bety u.s. military. >> all right, david mackenzie, we'll check back throughout the morning. thanks very much. well, after more than three decade, crippleing sanctions against iran may be lifted. this could happen any minute.

the country's foreign minister is in vienna, austria, meeting with officials from the u.s. and the united nations. now, earlier this morning sharif offered praise for these lipp diplomatic talks. >> it is extremely important for diplomacy. if today is the day then we prove to the world that sanctions, intimidation, pressure don't work. respect works. through respect, through do i log, through negotiation, ewe can impact, reach mutually acceptable solutions. >> iran says it has complied with all terms laid out in the deal to scale back the nuclear program and really could prove to be a key legacy in the obama administration. chris. >> reporter: the deal the united states helped cut to curtail iran's nuclear program is a cornerstone of president obama's

legacy, one the white house is watching very carefully. >> there is ample reason to distrust what iran says about their nuclear program. their track record on this iss will than stellar. >> reporter: he says that's why they call for the international atomic energy to independently verify before economic sanctions are lifted and tens of billions of dollars flow back into the country. a and the independent oversight will continue to make sure iran doesn't cheat. progress comes after they detained ten navy sailors in the iranian waters trying to fix their ship's engine earlier this week. republicans used the incident to lam the president and the deal. >> i thought that was humiliating for united states to have these people on their knees with their hands up, guns at their head. then we have kerry saying wasn't it wonderful they let him go? i think it was disgraceful. remember this, if we weren't giving them a check in two,

three days for $150 billion, they would have never let them go. >> they credit the nuclear relation for the servicemen's quick relesion smr let's say we hadn't had the negotiation and we were in a much tired tension, it's utterly, completely conceivable, they would have held on to these people for a longer period of time. i have no doubt about that. >> reporter: despite progress, the relationship between iran and the u.s. is still tense. iran continues to detain americans, including a washington post reporter. the white house says there are plenty of reasons to distrust the company, it has not would out sanctions over the blifl ballistics program. >> thank you so much. fred, good morning to you, can you take us through the next step here if this deal goes intoesque, then what?

>> reporter: well, if this deal goes into effect, most people believe it will go in effect today. le we will have implementation day. iran will comply with all the things it needs to do and, therefore, the international community, including the u.s. will ease sanctions, considerably on iran. the iranian police almost immediately, they would be able to access about $50 become of froenz assets under the sanction almost immediately, they will be able to do business international lip. right now, few go to eastern you have to za take a suit the case of money and they'd be able to sell oil on the international market. the iranians are saying they want to pump about 500,000 barrels per day additionally into the international markets. of course, they have been waiting to sell their oil t. iranians hope to get a winfall very, very quickly. on the other hand, the u.s. says

this means the iranians will not be able make a nuclear weapon. it's substantial. they won't be able move that forward. so both sides believe they've got an good deal out of this. and then, the obama situation says in a long time, we have some sort of relation where the tehran k0ur9. the obama administration thinks to solve the problem in the middle east, it will node better relations with iran. >> we will watch to see if that does, indeed happen. thank you so much. teachers in one city are taking a stand against unsafe classrooms. cnn is going inside these picture. really hazardous conditions. the dilapidated school buildings that are forcing teachers to walk off the job. presidential candidates risk up ahead of the iowa caucus. does winning the caucus, though, translate into winning the election? take a look at how much really

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jake tapper. >> the issue about his constitutional eligible for the office, he brought up an extreme example, an extreme interpretation of natural born citizen, one that wouldn't even allow marco rubio to be president. i know you have been talking about this challenge that something legal democrats might invoke. what do you think? do you think that ted cruz is constitutionally eligible? do you think marco rubio? >> it's a simple subject in one way, when i say simple, it is a cloud. you can't have a cloud. you can't pick a candidate that may have a 5%, 10%, 25% chance. by the way, since that happened, there have been lawsuits fiechld you know. that i said, lawsuits will be file t. democrats will file lawsuits. they filed lawsuits him now, he's got a problem. he was born in canada. he was a canadian citizen until 15 months ago if you can beaver

that. >> dual citizenship. >> he was a canadian citizen. >> he says he didn't know? he didn't know about his financial papers either. how are you going to be president when you den know about a million dollar loan in gold man sax. now he doesn't know he was a canadian citizen? >> today is a big weekend on "state of the union" by donald traper. can you see that interview, hillary clinton, bernie sanders still on the show. "state of the union, by jake tapp tapper." . today ted cruz is offering up an apology of sorts by those of his criticism of new york value. in this week, donald trump accused trump of offended people when he said he embodies new york's values. >> here's thursday night's debate followed by reporters yesterday in south carolina.

>> everyone understands that the values in new york city are socially liberal or pro-abortion or pro-gay marriage focus around the money and the media. >> i apologize to the millions of new yorkers who have been let down by liberal politicians in that state. i apologize to the hard working men and women of the state of new york who have been denied jobs because governor cuomo won't allow trafficing, even though there have been jobs, the new yorkers have been denied the ability to provide for their family, i apologize to the pro second amendment new yorkers they were told by cuomo they have no place in new york because that's not who new yorkers are. >> joining us now. executive editor, mark preston, when is an apology not an apology? he gets on our screen, cruz

offers an apology to new york. he gets the headlines without apologizing for the comment about new york values. >> that's right. she in the apologizing. i have to tell you, victor, i am in the camp of the belief that ted cruz won this battle during that debate. coming out of the debate ashes lot of people said donald trump because he took the higher ground, he talked about 9/11, new yorker's resolve had won the tit for tat that went backth. however, i'm of the mind that ted cruz won that, he is appealing to voters in iowa, specifically social conservatives, who are pro guns, against gay marriage, very, very conservative, very evangelical in many ways. he is appealing to voters in south carolina. i think ted cruz, victor, did exactly what he wanted to do. in fact, we saw it last night, his wife heidi sent out a fund raising e-mail where again he

did not apologize, who did he go after? they went after the little i liberal media. >> which is something well received at these debates and on the campaign trail. let's go to the largest question of iowa an strategy. okay, we know donald trump is up nationally in all the polls. in most state polls as well, outside of iowa. if cruz loses iowa, is it over? i mean, essentially this one state tragedy, she waiting for a catapult out of iowa in. >> i don't think so. it depends on the margin of victory. ted cruz seems to have together a good ground game. meaning he has volunteers. he has people on the ground. the big question is, will donald trump supporters, those thousands who show up for rallies, will they come out on a cold night and support donald trump when he comes? i will say this, even if ted cruz comes in second place, it is very close, victor, i spent

three days in new hampshire earlier this woke. ted cruz is starting to gain the momentum in a state he shouldn't be doing quite well. six months ago, ted cruz could do well in new hampshire. where does it go then, it goes to south carolina t. evangelical vote, this important role in this primary process. that's who ted cruz is appealing to. >> let me put the question then, that really leads me into the area the conversation about how much iowa matters. we've seen, you know, 2012, rick san torium won iowa. in 2008, we saw huckabee there. in 2000, george w. bush went on to when the nomination and general election. if cruz wins, is that enough to catapult him beyond new hampshire, south carolina, in some of the other states in which they may not be as amenable to his message or his tactic. >> well, this is, you know, an

interesting question, if he does win iowa, he is neck and neck with donald trump in the polls. he is going to be going into new hampshire with a strong wind at his back. it means he could win new hampshire. where does he go from there in then he gets a message. there are now establishment republicans who do not like donald trump. they do not like ted cruz, now they're starting to come to grips with the fact that they're not going to have an establish. candidate as the gop nominee. they're going to have to pick sides, another reason why iowa is important. let's put a caffiate on rich santorum. that night of the iowa caucus, we declared that mitt romney won. so iowa was important. we spend a lot of time there. a lot of media attention. >> a couple of weeks. mark presss mark preston, excited about i. thank you very much. a lot of people are saying

if trump or cruz are the nominees, they won't vote for him. how about a third party candidate? we will introduce you to two third party candidates. at 10:00 a.m. we will hear from libertarian gary johnson. if you have questions, tweet them to us here at new day. we'll get them to them. >> i look forward to those conversations. would you let your child attend a school with rotting floors, molded zeal ceilings. theant traps. teachers saying enough is enough. >> look at this video. millions of dollars in isis cash reigning down after a u.s. airstrike in iraq.

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they sa i the children are suffering because of neglect. >> reporter: school conditions like this prompted detroit public school teachers to call a sick out. two-thirds of the city schools were closed monday, leaving thousands of students out of the classroom, sparking me's division of the occupational health and safety to launch an investigation. >> this is our gym. we have been toll this portion of the building is off littles to us, as of two months ago. it has been empty like this for six years. we have been banned from our own playgrounds, no gym, now no playgrounds. >> reporter: 20 minutes away, the principal told the national president of the american teachers federation, conditions at the school are intolerable. from a rodent infestation to

girl bathroom stalls having no doors. no access to the internet. >> i feel a lot of bad situations. this ranks about some of the worst. >> reporter: additionally, water leaks at the school fixed but never sealed. >> i have been in this billing about 40 minutes now, and i am hoarse. i wasn't hoarse when i walked in. are you concerned about that for the children this. >> absolutely. there is clearly environmental issues when you have leaks in building, when you have carpeting that has been leaked upon. >> reporter: darnell early appointed one year ago by the governor to handle the emergency management for the district says not all of detroit's 97 schools have these issues. with an accumulated debt of $515 million, that i have to make

improvements. >> for years, how best to use those limited resource, you have to really use a kind of a crystal ball to disguise what is the best way to spend these few dollars. >> reporter: teachers got across the board. not everyone agreed on the tactic of the sec out. >> i believe it's a bad thing for the children. i believe their education should have been really considered and thought about. >> although, the community is divided on what to do about very real challenges and until the district can get money the students will continue to bear the burden. >> what i worry about is losing the piecing. they are still closing down the school. >> the state senator tells me on friday, he and other lawmakers came here to detroit to see the

conditions for themselves. legislation has been introduced in lanceing, controversial, he says, which ultimately would allow detroit public schools to make the necessary repairs to schools where thousands of students attend each and every day. >> it's hard to hear that kid. he's a student worrying about his teacher and losing that, that's a big burden on students. we want to thank joan casarez for that. >> if the ceilingis leaking, there is mold, you don't have a door on the stall, there are obviously going to be some challenges. let's talk about this. the school system, the mayor and district's emergency management and governor have now pledged to inspect the schools and they say turn things around. so there are those search crews now still working to finds 12 marines. remember this story, missing since their helicopters collided off hawaii. this was late thursday. coming up, at the top of the hour, we'll have a live report

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have a person of interest in custody. authorities caution she not a suspect. the executive producer of digital operations at the abc station in chicago. a bad week for wall street. the stockmarket tanking again, yesterday's oil prices plummeted below $30 a barrel. tech stocks are taking a beating. too. we will speak with a financial expert about the market instability and how best to protect your money. and so much on the news, we have to tell you about this morning. >> next hour of your "new day" starts right now. [ music playing [ music playing ] >> there was blood everywhere, that's how one of the survivors is describing a scene on a luxury hotel in western africa. twmp people kill, we'll have the latest details on this breaking news is there we could be

moments away from decades long sanctions against iran. so what does this mean for the world? we are talking about that this hour. >> rescuers off the coast of hawaii battled rough weather as they search for 12 marines who disappeared after two military choppers collided midair. >> despite all of that, we do want to wish you a morning. i'm kristi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. >> 27 people were murdered overnight by terrorists in west africa. an al qaeda affiliate claimed responsibility for a deadly siege on a luxury health. for hours, mill at that points gunned down victims and fought off security forces that only recently were able retack that hotel. it may have been because of popularity with tourists. survivors are recounting the carnage that they saw. >> it's horrible, because

everyone was panicked and was laying down on the floor. there was blood everywhere. they were shooting at people at point blank t. sound of the detonation was so louchld. they were walking around shooting at people that seemed alive. two terrorists they say were women. cnn david mackenzie is live in johannesburg with the latest. david, it seems like the number of those murdered has gone up this past hour. what are you learning will? >> reporter: well, that is what we are learning, the death toll, unfortunately, has risen. there could be a sense even worst at this stage, they are going through the hotel, attacked by these gunmen, these attackers attacked first the cafe in the evening hours, causing mayhem as you heard from that witness. they were walking through there, seeing if people were alive, if they were, shooting them.

it seems thaik they were trying to attack foreigners, potentially americans in this attack. then moved across the street to the splendid hotel, creating a siege situation. forces from the burkina faso joined by french special forces from nearby mali as well as american intelligence help. they waited several hours, then went into the hotel to try to end the siege. the siege really ended just over an hour ago there in westing a, according to the presidential team. there could be further deaths. >> do we know if there were americans caught up in the siege and what role u.s. troops played in encountering this? >> reporter: well, there are signs of more americans might have been involved. one is in a hostage situation.

no official confirmation from burkina faso or the st. department. we do know though, there was a request for intelligence gathering using a drone as well as intelligence on the ground. they weren't involved in the actual rescue efforts. they were certainly military on the ground. there are scores of them there, assisting burkina faso in the fight against terrorism. this certainly is an escalation of what we believe is al qaeda in maghreb and an offshoot group operating in west affect. we have never seen an attack of this scale in the capital before. >> david mackenzie, we so appreciate the update, thank you. >> let's talk to the former assistant director tom fuentes joining us now. tom, we hurd that burkina faso has never seen anything on this

scale. do you suspect they pulled this smirnoff it was coordinated, not so sophisticated, that they can pull this off alone before? >> i think it's possible. it doesn't take much, if you have explosives and automatic when opinions, it doesn't take too many people, especially if there is little security to overcome on their part. these west african countries are starting to see where the islamic maghreb is spread down. originally it was formed maybe 15 years ago in algeria. and at the time to it formed, they were only attacking algerian force, police, military, political figures and at that time the number two to osama bin laden admonished them that you are not there to do local my algerian matters. you are to spread out and attack westerners. in the decade-and-a-half they

have spread into countries south of algeria in mali, like we saw recently. the interesting thing about this country is that it was already a little bit under siege by colombian drug traffickers who flew drug routes into that region, then from there took cocaine into europe. but that was a jumping off point and they've killed many, the drug cartels have killed many political figures and the security has had tot 'le them. so these countries in that part of west africa have had a great deal of difficulty first with drug traffickers, now with the spread of aqim. >> well, beyond aqim and west africa, this is another soft target that's been hit. we seen these targets hit around the world and here in the u.s. and across the globe. what, if anything, realistically can be done to protect kaevgs hoeshlgs for that matter theaters an grocery stores and

shopping malls, and isis? >> not much. as it turns out. we see very little ability to protect those types of venues, soft targets, even in well developed resourced companies like france, belgium, germany, the united states, for that case. these countries are extremely poor. i haven't been to that capital. i have been to others in the region. normally you have one or two western hotels that are even close to proper standards and having a little security. you don't have the am of security you would expect. but other hotels have none. so that's why most of the weren't diplomats and business people stay in a very few numbers of the hotels in africa in that region in there tom fuentes, our c this n law enforcement analyst, we appreciate it. thank you so much. i just received this statement

from john kir by spokesman here for the state dep. i want to read it out. the united states strongly condemns the attack, extends our deepest condolences for the families, during this senseless assault. the u.s. embassy if london is providing all possible assistancech we can conkirm all u all chief admissions personnel are accounted for. the embassy is making every effort to account for u.s. citizens. privacy situation would pre vent us from commenting on any specific case absent authorization. so that from john kirby, a spokesman there from united states state department and we'll continue to follow these colts throughout the morning. meanwhile, search crewing are searching for 12 marines from a hock that collided off hawaii. search crews are searching 12 miles off shore, with choppy weather, it makes it tougher.

visibility was only about a mime. there was no mayday call before that collision. it happened during training flight. look at what the rescuers here are trying to deal with. witnesses did report seeing a fireball. they saw debris that has been found including an empty life vest, family members identified three of the marines, two from texas, one from massachusetts. we have our thoughts and prayers with those families. we will update the latest information on this search a little later this hour. coming up, talking politic, the texas senator is now offering up sort of an apologies related to his comments about new york values. >> that would be a good xarktization, wouldn't it? >> yes. >> plus, we could be moment ace way against decades long sanctions against iran. what does this mean for the rest of the world? >> plus in the u.s., chipotle

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zplmplts. new this morning, ted cruz is giving up an interesting apology to those who are offended by his criminal of what he calls "new york values." donald trump called those comments very insulting. now in a twist, trump is getting backup from new york democrats, including former new york senior hillary clinton. last night, cruz said this in response. >> i apologize to the millions of new yorkers let down by liberal politicians in that state. aapologize for the hard working men an women of the state of new york denied jobs because governor cuomo won't allow fracking even though there were many high paying jobs south of pennsylvania. new yorkers are denied the ability to provide for their families. i apologize for the pro-life and pro american and pro 2nd amendment new yorkers told by governor cuomo they have nola is in new york because that's not

who new yorkers are. >> all right. back with us now, cnn politics executive editor mark preston, mark, donald trump doesn't apologize for anything. let's start there. then we go to ted cruz getting flack for this comment for new york values. why is this et going so much traction. >> it's getting traction because it was an attack on new york and policies in, no. at the top we seen the likes of bill de blasio, andrew cuomo, hillary clinton agreeing with drumpl except they're all democrats. new york tends to be a democratic state. what we saw with ted cruz, he was trying to sen a specific miami to voters in iowa, in south carolina, in new hampshire for that matter, these are social conservative vieters. voters he needs to support him in droves in order for him to win the republican tom nation. so ted cruz was trying to send the message, donald trump was trying to send the message back that he is not going to being

down son defending new york. >> maybe no expectation that ted cruz will win new york in the primary or the general election, but we understand that after that apology of sorts that went on for three minutes last night with ted cruz, donald trump is now responding. >> he is responding, you know, the one thing about donald trump is that he doesn't mince his words. he certainly sticks by his krichls and even before 7:00 a.m. this morning, he was already on twitter sending out a message to ted cruz. let's take a quick look at them right now, i'll read them to you here. donald trump saying about ted cruz, ted cruz was born in canada and was a canadian citizen until 15 months ago. lawsuits have been filed, more to follow him i told you so. he goes on to say that ted cruz didn't know he was a canadian citizen. he forgot to file his gold man sax million dollar loan papers. not beliefable. so what donald trump is trying to do right now is cast some doubt, not only on ted cruz, if

he is eligible to run for president, to be elected president-se believable and trust worthy? ted cruz is really basing his campaign as an yooin anti-washington outside establishment person people can trust. we see donald trump trying to poke holes in that. >> these interparty primary feuds are fought unusual. in fact, they're quite common. i wonder, after donald trump made that comment during the debate, if i put him on the ticket and there is a problem, i'm sure he got a lot of people saying, hmm, is that possible? first, is that possible? and second, would the party go for a trump-cruz ticket? >> well, two things, one, anything is possible. who would have thought that donald trump would be leading in the polls right now? he had flirted with a president several times before. but his candidacy took fire and really was able gain traction. the reason why, of course, is

that americans are frustrated in washington and donald trump is preaching a very pop louse angry message to take back washington message. so who knows, maybe they would run towing. would the party accept it? victor, they'd have no choice if donald trump were to become the republican u republican presidential nominee, he chose ted cruz. guess what, the party has to embrace it. so there has been a lot of talk about what the republican establishment would do, would they walk away from donald trump, would they walk away from ted cruz, if they did so, they'd be handing the presidency to the democratic nominee. >> the previous head of the rnc says he is certain he can rally the party if trump become thes the nominee. let's talk about jeb burks had we had that endorsement yesterday from senator lindsey graham there in south carolina. what he said was this is going

to reset the race. now is the bush campaign realistically going to i guess lose iowa, lose new hampshire and then expect a win or a strong showing in south carolina, of all states? >> well, you know, we were talking about this in the past hour, i what was in new hampshire earlier this week. right now, that moderate cent ist lane is crowd. you have union kasich, the ohio governor, marco rubio chris christie the new jersey governor. they are all vying for votes right now t. problem is they're splitting it up. by doing so, they are essentially, if they were to continue on all four after new hampshire into south carolina, they will essentially hand the republican nomination to ted kriz or donald trump. jeb bush is hoping to do respectable in iowa, and to come out of new hampshire very strong. they think that south carolina is doing well.

his brother who has taken a lot of hits as president in this segment of the gop electorate. they think that south carolina could bring them back. after the new hampshire primary, talking to folks up there this past week. thatry hoping, that those four dpe who are all in that establishment lane will come together and you will start to see people drop off. if they don't, victor, ted cruz or donald trump will be the next republican nominee. a lot of the establishment folks do not want to see that happen. >> five seconds, do you expect bush will be on the campaign trail? >> no question. he's already raised money for his brother i do think at some point he has to come out and do things, that he wants to get out. they have to pick the right venue for him. >> mark preston, thanks so much.

>> kristi. >> when we come back we are awaiting a regard on the iaea on sanctions. what does this mean to the nuclear program? but for some, the world will be less safe. we're going to have that conversation. also, wal-mart is closing 250 of its stores nation wide. find out what is causing the suspici decision. 12k3w4r6r78g9s

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>> a developing story, searchview crews still searching for cruise lost off the coast in hawaii. there was no mayday call we want to point out. it happened before the training flight. witnesses reported seeing a fireball, though, debris has been found, including an empty life raft. choppy weather, though, is making the search, visibility yesterday was only about a mile. on the phone, we have sarah morris. thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. i'm wondering, what is the status right now of your search? >> reporter: good morning, kristi. we're continuing the search with assets from both the navy the coast guard and we are looking

for any of those 12 marines off shore in oahu. the coast guard cutters two, navy destroyers as well as a navy hock and coast guard, dolphin helicopter and the coast guard c-130, with morning breaks here, it's still quite dark outside, we will resume work with our shore team as well, that will likely include the fire department, police and oaks safety. >> help us understand, other than what i just se, is there any update in what you have found thus far? >> there is not. we're continuing to search. but we haven't found any significant development as far as that goes. the weather is still a bit of a challenge for us. we've got ten miles i-mile-per-hour winds and we have quite a big swell off the

north shore. >> chief morrison, are you surprised the fact that this happened thursday night, you have not been able to find anything more than you have up to this point? >> i have been in half now for approximately six months after having served in other parts of the country. what i've learned in that time with our search and rescue controllers, is that the current and the way the water moves around the island of oahu is very dynamic. it doesn't always follow the food el. so we have to be diligent in our searches. using all of our information for locateing any kind of object or person in the water. because it can move quite a good distance in a pretty rapid manner. so we're continuing that search using a large team of assets in a very coordinated manner to try to saturate it?

i'm just wondering how the families are holding uptive. i am sure you are having contact with them on a regular basis. >> the coast guard hasn't had a contact with the family. it is my understanding the marine corps has care teams working with them and contacted all the families to make sure they have the resources they need during this time. >> okay. well, we want to thank you very much. thank you for giving us an update. we will be checking in throughout the day, especially as the sun gets up there, you can get back to more definitive work. >> thank you, kristi. all right, 26 minutes after the hour now. do not plan on eating at chipotle on or after february 8th, because of the nearly 2,000 locations will close, at least that day, maybe longer, it's an opportunity to thank an train their employees, since last years ago hundreds of people in a dozen states have been

sickened by e. coli and norovirus outbreaks. the company's stock has been nearly cut in half. and they're facing several lawsuits. wal-mart announced it will close a total of 269 stores this year world wide as the company tries to revive its slumping finances. as many as 10,000 employees could be out of work here in the u.s. the retailer says it will try to transfer them to other wal-mart stars. >> it's been a bad week for wall street t. stockmarket tanking again because of oil and global markets. yesterday, oil plumed below $30 a barrel. tech stocks also taking a beating. we will talk in the next hour about the mark instable. how best to protect your money? >> when we come back.

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>> and you are looking at rescue crews. they haven't seen the marines sense their hock collided last thursday during a training flight. >> rescue teams are looking about seven miles from oahu's north shore. there was no mayday call. collision has been found, including an empty life raft. at least 27 people were killed when terrorists stormed a luxury hotel in west africa and opened fire on unexpecting victims. >> that number went up in just the last two minutes. an al qaeda affiliated group is claiming responsible. survivors describe a scene, they say there was quote blood everywhere. officials who only until recently put an end to the carnage. they say that they killed four terrorists in a counterassault. two of those attackers were women. >> we could be moments away from the end of decades long sanctions against iran.

officials from the u.s., the occupations and iran, gathered in vienna has we speak here. as the international atomic energy is set to release its point. detailing here whether it has complied with terms laid out in the iran deal, significantly, scaleing back the country's nuclear program, in an effort so unlock tens of billions of dollars in frozen oil money. that's what iran wants. senior international press correspondent is following this story live from berlin. fred, i'm wondering if you are getting any indication as to a time line when we will hear a final decision on this today. >> well, kristi the iranian foreign minister has said he will believe it will happen some time today. there is a lot of movement in the press pool we expect this announcement will be made shortly from now. however, one set of announcements he has made, it will have implementation day, which means the sanctions at

that point, at least pertaining to iraq's nuclear program will be lifted almost immediately. they hope to get tens of becomes if frozen assets almost immediately. they hope to be able to be a part of the international banking system, electronic banking, over the past years, when they had the sanctions making it much easier to do business with iran and, of course, they want to sell additional oil on the international markets. they're talking about some 500,000 additional barrels per day. of course, that comes as the oil surprise already very weak. the iranians looking to sell that oil. again, you think a announcement is going to happen very soon, afterwards, we will hear from the foreign minsters and secretary of state kerry. we expect to see him as well, kristi. >> well, we know, josh earnest the press secretary, he said there is ample reason to trust iran. there are trust issues here, besides the fact of the ten u.s. sailors, who were detained by

iranian forces earlier this week and then we have american journalist who is still being held. is there any wiggle room, any possibly that once this goes through, there will be some new diplomatic opportunities to talk about bringing it back to the u.s.? >> reporter: well, there certainly is. up with of the things we saw in the episode with the ten u.s. sailors, is that there are now channels between the u.s. an iran. secretary of state kerry said, look, we wouldn't have been able solve this in 24 hours if we didn't have a direct line of communication between himself and the foreign. so there are possibilities to further enhance that. more people or the other americans who are still being held by the iranians, on the other hand, the ierpians have a group of har looners who are very, very, powerful, that don't like this nuclear agreement and who constantly are saying this

is something iran has got an bad deem. they want to stay out of a confrontation course with the u.n. there are dangers, but there are certainly the possibilities of enhanced diplomacy in the future. >> fred fligpleitgen, we apprec the analogy. thank you. >> the release of those ten sailors, we heard from the state department that because of those renewed communications, direct communication through the forem sharif. iran would have held these sailors, from your perspective, a retired leiutenant general, what role did one play in the other? >> i look at it, victor, from a longer perspective.

historically the relationship has been you the mulltuous over the -- tumultuous over the last centuries. we have severed diplomatic relationships with this country. rightfully so. this is an attempt at regarnering those relationships. i think that's always a good thing, especially now with what's going on in the greater middle east, with sectarian violence, with what appears to be countries moving into proxy camps to fight each other, it's always good to have communications with everyone, to try and tamp down violence, so you don't have to use the military option. that's what i think the current administration is attempting to do, perhaps build a few strategy in the middle east and certainly pre vent future wars. but i know there are a lot of people sprishs about that. the view with other countries, it's always better

communications as opposed to shutting them out. >> we know that after the attack on the saudi embassy in tehran, saudi arabia severed ties diplomatically, bahrain and others have as well him there have been editorials and op eds written that eastern is not taking the debate of their arch enemy, saudi arabia. do you expect after implement day, after we learn they have lived up to the promises made in july to get to this point, to get access to sell the oil. that that relationship and their response to saudi arabia will change? that wwill see something more intense? smr yeah, i just don't know, that's where you can't judge intent, victor. you don't know what's going to happen next. but there appears to be a more moderate regime and again this has been tampd down by many middle east watchers that you never trust iran. well, you know, you have to trust, but also be in a position

of strength within these kind of things happen. again, you know, when you're talking about diplomatic relationships between countries. not just the u.s. and other country, between countries and the region that seem to be braking down into sectarian secretaries between sunni-led countries and shia-led countries. you need some mediators in this regard as opposed to folks who are joining the various sides. i think the u.s. can play a part in tamping down the violence and hopefully bring people along with them. this acts more than the iranian-saudi arabian relationshipch you are also talking about iran's connection with syria, the head boll la. certainly threatened -- hezbollah, certainly threatened israel. >> all right. general mark hertling, always good to have your insight. we are expecting any minute an

announcement that iran has reached those bars, this threshold to move forward with this deem. thanks so much. >> great to be with you, victor. >> now to the high security at the at then no prison. we have foot only of el chapo after he was captured. now his lawyer insists he should not be extradited to the u.s. nick valencia joins us. nick, help us understand the extradition process for guzman right now. >> reporter: we expect it to be a lengthy one, perhaps up to a year. in similar cases, it's taken more than two years for cartel operatives to be extradited to the united states. all of this, of course, dependent on legal petitions filed by defense attorneys. yesterday, he was being held after his recapture.

the lawyer talked about why he feels his client should thought be extradited to the u.s. >> i was not granted permission to see my client, joaquin cuzman. there was no explanation. they simply said, you can't see him. mr. guzman should not be extradited to the usa or any other foreign country. why? because mexico has fair just laws that are reckoned by the constitution. perhaps most promising is the relation between u.s. and mexico have never been closer. the last time we saw this was the 1980s. meanwhile the investigation is ongoing and we are learning new dramatic threats every single day. the latest, a second actress being investigated for her relevant in setting up this meeting with el chapo. also, a tequila companied owned

akate dell castillo. they still me they are specifically looking at the funds from the drug cartel kingpin el chapo. kristi. >> it is just bizarre the twists and turns of this story every day. nick valencia, we appreciate it. thank you. all right. when we come back, candidates have a little more than two weeks until the iowa caucus. it's the first step in nominating and eventually electing a new president. so how much weight does the minority vote carry in a state that is predominantly white? we will talk about that next. after months of action, plint's governor asking for help for the flint water crisis. so what does that mean? ♪ (cell phone rings) where are you? well the squirrels are back in the attic.

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>> all right. about two-and-a-half weeks now from the iowa caucus in the first contest in the race for the white house. it could be obviously a make or break moment for some candidates

him contradiction argue, iowa's early position position in the primaries, it's not a new argument. let's expand the conversation, looking at the minority population compared to the rest of the country. iowa is black, hispanic, latino an asian population sits at 12% collectively. compare that to about 36% across the country. let's talk about this with the co-founder of iowa's black forum and iowa state representative and the political director of the league of the united latin american citizens of iowa and good to have both of you. christian, i want to start with you and a tweet from you that really interested me. you said i think critical of the clinton campaign in iowa for lack of latino outreach. i do that as a supporter in hopes to make them a better cane. what are you seeing that you think you should? >> i think this is a dynamic

conversation we need to have about all campaigns, not just the clinton campaign. when they come to iowa, the growing latino community t. growing minority community in iowa still need to have a voice. we need to have access to the candidates. we're working to make sure all candidates have a chance to have a conversation with our community. that's what we have been no cushion on here in iowa, to macsure folks are participating in the caucuses, have access to the candidates and really make it a part of their culture in iwatch that's what the caucuses are. it's a part of our culture, our being as iowans to participate and be aware of the caucus. that was if reference to the type i want all candidates. i'm a supporter of secretary clinton's campaign. i'm a precinct captain here in iowa. i want to make sure all candidates are working twoudz that, there will be things as an outsider, not knowing the inner works of the campaign, i'd like to see more involvement.

but, you know, they have been good outreach to us for sure, sending secretary clinton to meet with activists if iowa, with laity nos there. we had congressmen, the most powerful latino in the house democratic caucus to talk to us in our community. >> let's try to put this into context. we come to you, representative ford. we reached out to the secretary of state's office and both state parties about the number of percentage of minority was are registered there to participate in the caucus. they don't keep those numbers. do you have any numbers to tell us of the percentage? >> no, i do not. we have been doing the brown and black forums since 1984. we were a fan first of all to the white house. i don't have the exact numbers him what i can tell you, since 1984, we have increased education and knowledge not only to ours but people all over the

country. we have minorities involved in the political processle. i'm very proud of that. >> i want to come back to that fifth widest state stat in a moment. let me ask you about this year's forum. there was one for the democrats we know happened. the forum for the republicans we understand was cancelled because of conflicting schedules. is that the full story or was there a lack of interest on either part? >> from my perspective, that itself full story. i deal with fred kauffman the iowa republican party. and we've started working on this a long time ago, working together, crossing that line. we want to keep our football one status. so farce i know from my information, it was a scheduling conflict. >> kristen, you mentioned a moment ago, you want to get more latinos involved in the process. how do you do that? beyond the campaign representatives and surrogates, how do you get people involved? >> so we have ten councils,

chapters here in iowa. we are a state organization affiliated with the national lulac foundation founded in 1929 t. first chapter was founded in 1959 in davenport. we are in ten different locations. we have leadership in the state of iowa, from the east part of the state to the west part of the state. so we're hosting caucus trainings throughout the entire month of january. we had them. we will have them in iowa city, west liberty, des moines. we are working on several more to make sure that people are educated about what the caucuses are. it's a complicated process and there is a republican difference and a democratic difference. so we go into the communities. we're knocking on doors, talking to latino voters. we have about 50,000 registered voters in the state of iowa. we are focusing to turn out about 250,000 caucus-goers.

that's on the high ends. so we're turning them out, knocking on doors, talking on the phone, mailing them questions about caucuses. >> the old fashioned way. let me come to you finally, we head in the "new york times" today, bernie sanders is reaching out to the african immunity if south carolina. going to black colleges and universities there. how does he get over this threshold that many said is his weakness? he may do well in iowa. he may do well in new hampshire. beyond that, it's the clinton's game who have the long histories inside minority communities. >> well, i want to make the record straight. as the individual, i personally have endorsed miss to make the straight. as an individual, i've personally endorsed mrs. clinton. i gave my support as an individual which has nothing to do with the brown and black. going back to make sure all

candidates are increasing minority participation. jesse jackson, when he first ran in '84, instead of going to the black community, he went first to the white community. bottom line to you is people have been recognized, some candidates wait until the last minute. some are there already. that's something you need to ask any organization who runs. here in iowa, we don't have that many minorities, but many have been very aggressive. that's an individual presidential candidate question. jesse said, wayne, when i run, i'll go to the community and begin working with them first. i think other candidates with learn from that. >> representative ford, mr. ucles, thank you very much. >> thank you. if you don't like any of the republican or democratic candidates, you have more options than you think. beginning next hour, we'll talk with two third-party candidates,

candidates who say they can do a better job as president than any of the front-runners coming up at 8:00 eastern. christi? >> as michigan's governor is asking for aid to deal with the flint water crisis, the attorney general is beginning an investigation into that situation. we'll tell you more about that. also a cnn exclusive for you. a newly revealed e-mail could get bill cosby off the hook here. find out why a decades-old agreement between cosby's lawyers and a former district attorney could derail the criminal case against him now. and walked a daughter down the aisle. but i couldn't bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. so i talked to my doctor and he prescribed lyrica. nerve damage from diabetes causes diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is fda approved to treat this pain from moderate to even severe diabetic nerve pain. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression,

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55 minutes past the hour. new from flint michigan's attorney general, he's taking steps to see if any laws were violated leading up to this current water crisis we've been talking about. the city's water supply has been contaminated with toxic lead after what was considered to be a cost saving measure. the national guard is delivering clean water.

cnn's sara gannon walks us through. >> reporter: as the national guard walks through with clean bottled water, they're looking to see if anyone is criminally responsible for the water crisis in int. almost immediately after the city switched its water source two years ago, brown water came out of the tap and children developed rashes. >> this is ridiculous. it's killing us slowly. >> reporter: the water is tainted with lead because it wasn't treated properly. now allegations that state government officials were not only slow to react, but that they may have hidden the truth. >> i think that is the biggest trauma that our community feels right now. they were told for 18 months to relax, that there's no problems, we're meaning all guidelines, and they've been lied to for 18 months. >> dr. mona hanna-attisha took it upon herself to look at the

blood lead levels in children. she found the levels had doubled, even tripled in some case, even though the state insisted the water was safe. >> why do you think their information was flawed? >> that's a good question. their information wasn't flawed. they had the data and had even looked at it back in july and had seen these abnormal spikes. >> a leaked draft memo shows as far back as june, the epa knew flint water had high levels of lead and the city's testing was skewing the results by pre flushing before samples were taken. no action was taken for months. the epa says it was urging the state to fix the problem. what's more, mark edwards, the researcher who shed light on these documents says the test not only tested the wrong ohms, but altered reports in eliminating reports from two flint homes that would have shown toxic levels of lead. >> in essence, the state took an

f grade waters report on lead and made it into an a grade. >> reporter: the state says it was legitimate. e-mails show state officials determined to prove the wart was safe. one official writing, i would like to make a strong statement with a demonstration of proof that lead blood levels seen are not out of the ordinary. >> let down by this city and this county and the state, let down by the government that's supposed to keep us safe. >> reporter: christie, the problems continue to pile up. this week the governor announced they're now looking into a possible link between a spike in legionnaire's disease in flint which is a water-borne bacterial disease and the water switched. during the two years in which the water with was coming from the flint river which is highly corrosive, cases of legionnaire's went from the

teens into the 40s in both years. ten people died and they're looking to see if they can make a definitive link. christi? >> sara ganim, appreciate the update, thank you so much. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com starting with breaking news, terrorists hit a luxury hotel in africa killing at least 27 people. the lives of more than 100 hostages were saved. security forces are storming in. a training mission apparently goes horribly wrong. we're tracking the search for 12 u.s. marines lost at sea this morning. also a cnn exclusive. information that could have huge implications in a case against bill cosby. good morning to you. i hope saturday has been good to you so far as we edge towards the 8:00 hour. i'm christi paul.

>> i'm victor blackwell. a lot to get to, starting with the breaking news. we'll start in california where the fbi now believes the san bernardino terrorists, syed rezwan farook and his wife tashfeen malik planned to detonate a bomb at the inland regional center. >> the same day they shot and killed 14 people in december. the two were killed in a dramatic shootout with police last month. police believe they could have been planning a wave of attacks. still a lot of unanswered questions. let's bring in cnn law enforcement analyst, tom fuentes. tom, the fbi saying they planned on detonating a bomb that was plapted inside the building earlier in the day. >> we think they had other targets intended. the fact there were more bombs in the building, i don't think it's a surprise. it's just now it's been confirmed by the fbi. >> do you think the -- do you think their plan was to detonate

something later once first responders got there so they could inflict more pain, more possible casualties? >> that's often the plan, is to do that. in this situation, it's hard to tell because we don't have anybody else that's still alive to tell us what they were planning. that seems to be the plan, that that bomb would have gone off later and possibly the rescuers and first responders would have been killed by the second bomb planted. >> tom, what do you know about where this investigation stands right now? what more do you think has to be done from this point forward? >> well, christi, there's probably aspects of this that we still don't know and may never know. that's -- that would concern whether a new cell or multiple cells were identified even from the limited information they have and the cooperation of marquez who has since been charged. that's the friend who acquired

the weapons and was making explosive devices a couple years ago with farook and claims he changed his mind and backed out. he knew people they were talking to at that time and may be able to shed some light if others were involved. if spin-off investigations have resulted, we would not know about that. the fbi would not tell us, we are now looking at a cell in such and such city and it has so many members. that would still remain a secret while they conduct that investigation. >> tom fuentes, always so grateful to have your insight. thank you. >> thank you, christie. another breaking story we're following. an al qaeda affiliate is claiming responsibility for an ak attack at a luxury hotel. this was in last night's bloody siege. >> it went on for hours. in addition to the doensz killed, more than 100 killed as hostages. listen to the survivors here, a

recount of what happened as the hours went on. >> translator: it's horrible because everyone was panicked and was laying down on the floor. there was blood everywhere. they were shooting at people at point-blank. the sound of the detonation was so loud, we could hear them talking, and they were walking around and kept shooting at people that seemed alive. >> officials recently reclaimed that hotel from the terrorists, they killed four terrorists in their counterassault. we're told two of them were women. cnn's david mackenzie is live in johannesburg with the latest. we understand the siege is over, they had retaken the hotel. we heard about a second hotel that was also under siege. that has been retaken as well? >> reporter: it's unclear how many people were involved in that second siege. one attacker was killed at that second hotel that was close to the original location of the

devastating scenes that unfolded overnight as the attackers pushed in first to a cafe where more than 100 people were, according to authorities, and across the road to a hotel. we're learning the attackers may have had some of their members there during the day hours mask reading as tourists people and joining the attackers in the assault. there were burkina faso forces that went in that waited several hours before ending the siege. they were supported actively by french special forces. at least one american soldier was on the ground monitoring and there was an american drone in the sky. >> do we have any idea as to whether there were any americans in that hotel at the time? >> reporter: earlier one hostage was confirmed by the authorities as being an american. no word if they are safe. the u.s. embassy in burkina faso

says they're trying desperately to account for u.s. citizens in the country or certainly in the capital. they say none of their embassy staff were involved in that in terms of being hostages. but there are indications there might be more news on american hostages or casualties, nothing confirmed at this stage. but 18 nationalities according to the security administration in burkina faso were amongst those kills and the death toll has been rising in the fast hour. >> david mckenzie, thank you so much. cnn contributor michael wyche is joining us now. michael, this is a group that has also claimed responsibility for the november attack, similar m.o. at the radisson blue in o mali. what can you tell us about this cell and this leader? >> they gained a lot of steam since the intervention in libya,

the aftermath in libya. this is what we're seeing unfold is what i would call both a cold and hot war between al queda and its former subsidiary, what we now call isis or the islamic state. you mentioned the attack in mali. that followed quickly on the heels of this paris attack that isis claimed credit for. every time isis strikes, be it in the region or the west, it's soon followed by an al qaeda-linked spectacular. that's not a coincidence. they're both trying to steal each other's thunder in terms of being the vanguard or the leading jihadist organization on the planet. the leader is known as the sheikh of the sahara. they've got a lot of weaponry, a lot of funding. africa is going to be a major battleground for this cold war. you've got boka haram which

pledged allegiance to isis last year, giving that terror franchise about 27 square miles in west africa. of course you're going to see this, essentially what's playing out on the battlefield in syria, is bleeding out throughout the rest of the world. it's going to start in the middle east, move to north africa and then western central africa. as we've seen -- and this is only the beginning -- europe is a major staging ground. we keep saying this is a worse period now than after 9/11, because now you have two organizations. the way they compete is by killing innocent people. >> from that point i want to move to the second point of tactics. we have seen, as it relates to isis, that they empty their clips and kill as many people as possible. in these two cases from this al qaeda affiliated group, they take hostages. can you explain why that difference is, at least to me, standing out here between al

qaeda and the isis-affiliated groups. >> i never thought i would say any organization would make al qaeda look like the softer brand. this is similar to what nusra does in syria. they recently took a hostage, but unlike isis they don't try to kill them right away. they try to bartter and negotiate. qatar has been a chief interlocutor between syria and the united nations or any foreign country taken hostage by nusra. isis prefers to kill everybody they detain. it is true in the early periods before the establishment of the. hundreds of millions were spent by eu countries trying to get citizens taken by isis back. we saw this most recently with

the jordanian they burnt alive in a cage. they were negotiating with the jordanian mon far i can after he had already been killed. people ask why were they bothering to do this. one of the thing isis wants to do is force the international legitization of their movement and organization. they call themselves a state and want to be treated as such. al qaeda going back to 2004 when czar ka which founded isis, there's been a conflict between the two brans. they thought he was too willing and ready to go after fellow muslims which is another major dividing point. >> michael weiss, as we see, thousands of people being killed around the world. we thank you for helping us understand exactly what we're watching week after week on

television. >> sure. >> thanks, michael. first on cnn, the department of defense has released new video of coalition air strike blowing up -- you whoa what that is? millions of dollars of isis cash. you can see clouds of money fluttering through the air. this is at least the second time the u.s. has bombed isis cash stockpiles. coming up, e explosive real investigations regarding bill cosby. we're tracking search efforts off hawaii. 12 marines are still missing at sea this morning. >> donald trump said the bromance is over. trump attacking ted cruz's eligibility to run for president. >> how are you going to be president if you don't know about a million dollar loan from

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what's in your wallet? this could be a game changer in the criminal case against

bill cosby. >> in a cnn exclusive, we're learning the case may have been essentially doomed from the start by a secret deal. we understand cosby was charged when a new district attorney was elected in montgomery county, pennsylvania. cosby's deposition from several years ago was a cornerstone in this case. in it he admitted to giving sedatives to women he wanted to have sex with. you remember this. the old d.a., the former d.a. never charged him criminally. michael smerconish says that is because there was a secret deal. let's hear from michael smerconish himself. michael, this is your ex-clue suv, your deal. lau did you uncover this e-mail and what was in it that stuck with you most? >> christi, what has come to light now is an e-mail i'm holding in my hands, in september of 2015, this past

september, sent from the former d.a. to the former d.a. who said, remember, we struck a bargain here in an effort to try to assist the alleged victim in this case in her civil case, we agreed not to prosecute bill cosby in his criminal circumstances because we didn't think we could meet our burden beyond a reasonable doubt. we're not going to pros kurt you in the criminal case, but he needs to give full testimony in the civil deposition. cosby testifies in a civil deposition. it remains secret for ten or so years, only recently came to light. it's on the strength of that deposition that he's now been charged. picture this. on february 2nd or whenever it is that they hold their next hearing, there is now the prospect that cosby's attorneys will call the former prosecutor, he will take the stand. in accord with this e-mail, he will say i promised bill cosby

he would never face this criminal prosecution. if that happens, the deposition that cosby did sit for and have all that testimony theoretically goes out the window. i'll have all the details at 9:00 a.m. >> yes, everybody please watch, 9:00 a.m. here on cnn. michael, thank you so much. >> thank you. let's bring in cnn legal analyst joey jackson. joey, when i listen to what michael is saying, it sounds to me as though, without this deposition there is no case and, therefore, this is a get out of jail free card for bill cosby. >> that's absolutely right, the way i read it. good morning to you. just parsing it out for one moment, the first question becomes can a former d.a. bind a new d.a. who makes an agreement not to prosecute. i think the answer is no. if i'm the newly' healthed d.a., i do what is my prerogative.

i've been elected by the public and will enforce the laws in the manner i feel appropriate. this raises a separate question. the separate question is to what extent now -- it's the only reason we have cosby in a deposition and on record is because of a commitment that was made to say, you know what? i'm not going to prosecute you, so because i want the victim to have some measure of justice, i don't believe i can prove a criminal case bibeyond a reasonable doubt which deals with people's liberty and cosby's freedom. civilly, is he liable to you for money damages? ? have at it. the only reason we have the deposition is because the prosecutor said anything you say i won't use against you. that's the question here. so can this new d.a., if he wants to prosecute, use those statements in the deposition. remember this, christi, two things. in the probable cause affidavit that led to cosby's arrest and is now leading to his prosecution, the deposition is all in that.

that means the probable cause was buttressed and supported by that deposition. the actual press release that the d.a. did, the new d.a. steel has that deposition. the big question, can cosby be prosecuted on a deposition that he would not have given but for that agreement? i think the answer to that question is no, because you're talking about a constitutional waiver of my right not to testify and my right to a fair trial, both of which would be implicated if a judge allowed this to move forward based on a prior agreement. this is big news. >> two things. one, as i understand it, there was just a verbal agreement. if not for this e-mail, there's no written documentation of it. number two, i'm just wondering how common this kind of tactic is. >> number one, in terms of a verbal agreement, you had a verbal agreement by a district attorney who now is going to come in and testify -- i saw

michael smerconish's great work in terms of the e-mail and giving his incited on it. you have a e-mail who is going to testify under oath i had this agreement. based upon that, verbal or not, agreements are given on the intentions of the party. that's step number one. number two, in terms of the commonality of it, it may not be that common, but understand that the d.a. is going to say, based on information i had then, we could not prove our case beyond a reasonable doubt. i wanted and i very much believed that the victim deserved justice. i wanted her to go to civil court. she would not have been able to have her day in civil court had i not entered into this agreement and cosby had never testified had i not entered into this agreement. based upon me, i allowed the victim to have justice by having cosby open up and give remarks.

therefore, now you can't use these remarks against him based upon what i promised, which is that i would never use them at all. they weren't used. ten years went by and, boom, all of a sudden they're revealed. this is fascinating stuff. it will be up to a judge to decide. >> interesting to see what they do decide there. joey jackson, always appreciate your insight. thank you. >> thank you. if you didn't see it during the debate on tuesday, it's pretty clear that this love-fest between donald trump and ted cruz, it's over. trump and cruz fighting over cruz's eligibility to be elected president. >> how are you going to be president if you don't know about a million dollar loan from goldman sachs and you said it's something you don't know about. now he doesn't know he was a canadian citizen? we're on the cusp of a major landmark in american-iranian relations. iran's foreign minister saying

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developing story we're following now. search crews are still working this morning to find 12 marines who have been missing since their helicopters kol vied off

the coast of hawaii thursday night. rescuers are searching about seven miles off oahu's shores. witnesses did report seeing a fireball. >> debris has been found by search crews including an empty life raft. rough surf is making the search tough. visibility yesterday was only about a mile. cnn analyst lieutenant general mike herting is with us. health us understand the challenge these rescue crews are undergoing. >> i tell you, victor, whenever you hear of an accident like this, being a former military guy, it gives you a tight feeling in your gut. what a lot of americans need to understand is we often hear about soldiers giving their life and sacrificing their life in combat. in order to go to combat, you have to train under difficult conditions. you should never do anything in

combat for the first time. you have to prepare for it. the things these young marines in hawaii we wdoing in hawaii w training. it's tough, very difficult on the families when something like this happens. the number of marines involved in this accident is really unfortunate. i would bet we're now talking two days into it, the hope is starting to wane that we'll see any survivors given the conditions the night it happened and the rough seas since. >> it's still a rescue operation, not a recovery operation. there will be an investigation, but from what we've learned so far, about seven miles offshore, no mayday call, happened during a training flight. is there any element here that leads you to believe that this is -- hat the culprit is, what caused this crash? >> i would guess -- when you're talking helicopters, victor, you're always talking about

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29 minutes past the hour. this morning ted cruz is offering an apology, of sorts -- i saw that nod there -- of sorts, to those offended by his

recent criticism of new york values. this week donald trump accused cruz of offending 20 million people when he said trump embodies new york values. what did he mean? this is his explanation from thursday night's debated followed by what he told reporters in south carolina. >> everyone understands that the values in new york city are socially liberal, pro abortion, pro gay marriage, focus around money and the media. >> i apologize to the millions of new yorkers who have been let down by liberal politicians in that state, i apologize to the hard working men and women in the state of new york who have been denied jobs because governor cuomo won't allow fracking even though there have been high paying jobs in pennsylvania. new yorkers are denied the ability to provide for their families. i apologize to the pro second

amendment supporters who are told they don't have a place in new york because that's not who new yorkers are. >> donald trump has three campaign events in two states today beginning with a stop in portsmouth, new hampshire. that's where we find cnn's phil mattingly. phil, i don't believe there's anyone who believes new york will be cruz country. it's a safe democratic state once you get to the general. is this resonating in iowa, this criticism of new york values? >> reporter: the cruz campaign sees this as something that's going to benefit them, no question about it. the relationship to ted cruz, donald trump analogous to what you see behind me in new hampshire, dark, cold, all the way up to this point. here is why. they each think this helps their campaign.

ted cruz fund-raising off the "new york daily news" cover that had the not-so-settle gesture from the statue of liberty, trying to raise cash outside of new york where they think they have the most support. donald trump taking to twitter this morning attacking ted cruz on this issue, the unreported goldman sachs loan to his senate campaign, on his canadian citizenship. both men think this benefits their campaign. donald trump asked by jake tapper in an interview airing tomorrow on "state of the union" what he thought ted cruz was trying to say. take a listen. >> what do you think, he was going after a dog whistle of sorts? >> probably. you'd have to ask him. i don't know what he was thinking about. i think he came across badly. some people gave him good reviews in the debate. i think he came across as strident and not a nice person.

people don't like that. >> reporter: trump thinking he can seize on that and move forward. emotionally beneficial during the debate related to 9/11. ted cruz's folks saying they will attack more this. don't think this specific argument is going to end any time soon. >> phil, as we look at thor stay state polls and the national polls and the debate on tuesday, aside from a little noise coming from the marco rubio camp, is this essentially a two-man race as we look at cruz and trump dominate? >> reporter: what's been interesting, victor, after the debate, you start to talk to establishment republican operatives unaffiliated with any of the current campaigns, and they're starting to think that is the new reality. keep in mind, new hampshire, where i'm standing right now, donald trump has a major lead in the state polls that we've seen. but there's a very real race for

the second place position, all fighting for that position. there's still a sense among those campaigns that there's a lane for an establishment candidate to take on the current ted cruz-donald trump battle. in iowa it's a two-man race, baugh lot more campaigning to go, victor. >> phil mattingly in portsmouth, new hampshire, the first of three events hosted by the trump campaign today across two states. phil, thanks so much. so if the current presidential front runners hold on here, you'll be choosing between donald trump and hillary clinton in november. way too early to tell, of course. writing in "the new york times" opinion pages, republican peter winters said this about that decision, quote, if mr. trump or mrs. clinton were the republican and democratic nominees, i would prefer to vote for a responsible third party alternative. absent that option, i would not cast a ballot for president.

a lot of republicans, i suspect, would do the same. there are other options, such as the green party. let's talk to jill stein. you're part of the lawsuit you've brought against the commission on presidential debates. i'll get to that in a minute. let's look at some of the issues right off the bat. stocks are tanking, stock market down 8% in the first couple weeks of 2016. how do you fix the economy? dr. stein, can you hear me? >> sorry. i couldn't hear you for a second. can you repeat that question? >> i'm wondering, with stocks tanking right now, how would you address the economy, how would you fix it if you were president? >> yes, thank you. the economy is not working for most americans now. we've had a huge surge in

part-time and temporary jobs. wages average for workers are barely above the poverty level. household wealth has crashed by 40%. racial disparities make all this much worse. we have an entire generation of young people who are locked in to debt. so we really need an economy that works for everyday people, and we have two political parties who have been managing that economy that are basically controlled by corporate interests and the super wealthy. so my priority is to create an economy that works for everyone, that puts people over profit instead of profit over people which is the way it's going. so specifically, i will create a green new deal which is an emergency program like the new deal that got us out of the great depression. the green new deal would create 20 million new jobs that would green our economy, green our energy, our food and our transportation systems. by creating 20 million jobs,

these are full-time living wage jobs, it would revive our economy. it would turn the tide on climate change and make wars for oil obsolete. in addition, i would bail out the students. we bailed out the bankers. we need to bail out the students who are the victims of that waste, fraud and abuse on wall street. >> who had student loans at the time -- >> yes, to basically cancel their loans, exactly. >> i want to move in to national security. obviously isis has been in the news and it's frightening an awful lot of people. how would you move forward militarily and how would you landal the national security? >> that's a great question. because what we see the other two parties and virtually all their candidates doing is essentially repeating the mistakes of the past and, in fact, intensifying them. for 14 years we've been conducting a war on terror.

it's cost us $6 trillion which turns out to be $75,000 per household. we have lost tens of thousands of american soldiers either killed or maimed and we have killed over a million people in iraq alone. it's no wonder this has been throwing gasoline on the fires in the middle east. we need to really change direction here because it has only made terrorism far worse. all of the terrorist forces, al qaeda, taliban and now ice sis and their spinoffs. we're calling for a peace offensive to stop the flow of money and weapons and to focus on what are truly the threats to american lives and well-being, and that is deaths from poverty, from lack of health insurance, homelessness and gun violence. >> real quickly, i want to ask you about this lawsuit brought against the commission on

presidential debates, seeking fair and equal debate time for all candidates, not just democrats an republicans. what is the biggest obstacle you find being in a third party? what do you want the lawsuit to gain? >> exactly. i think you put your finger on it. as third parties, it's not just the candidates that are locked out, it's really the voters who are locked out. polls show now that 50% of voters don't identify anymore with either republicans or democrats. way more of them than democrats or republicans. we need to open up the debates. that's what we're looking the do through this lawsuit. i encourage people to go to my website and become a part of this because it's up to us as citizens to open up our democracy so it represents us, and we have more choices and more voices. >> dr. jill stein, we appreciate it. thank you for taking the time to be with us today. >> by the way, coming up at

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today is a day when we prove to the world that threats, sanctions, intim day, pressure, don't work. >> iran says it has now complied with all terms laid out in the deal to scale back its nuclear program which could prove to be a key moment in the legacy of the obama administration. chris frates is following the story from washington. chris, what is the u.s. doing to make sure the deal goes through? we know the conversations are happening at this moment. >> good morning, victor. a little breaking news. secretary of state john kerry is meeting with the iranian foreign minister and expected to meet with a representative from the european union. all signs saying good progress has been made, but all eyes are on the international atomic watch dog as the world waits to hear whether iran has held up its end of the bargain. >> thank you. >> reporter: the deal the united states helped cut to curtail iran's nuclear program is a

cornerstone of president obama's legacy, one that the white house is watching very carefully. >> there's ample reason to distrust what iran says about their nuclear program. the track record on this is less than stellar. >> reporter: ernest says that's why they've called for an independent verification before economic sanctions are lifted and tens of billions follow back into the country. the independent oversight will continue to ensure iran doesn't cheat. progress on the nuclear deal comes after iran detained ten navy sailors when they drifted into iranian waters while trying the fix their ship's engine earlier this week. republicans used the incident to slam the president and the deal. >> i thought that was humiliating pour the united states, to have these people on their knees with their hands up and guns at their head, and then we have kerry saying wasn't it wonderful that they let them go? i think it was disgraceful. remember this, if we weren't giving them a check in two,

three days, for $150 billion, they would have never let them go. they would have kept them. >> would the white house and others credit the relationships they've built with iran during the nuclear negotiations for the servicemen's quick release? >> let's say we hadn't had the negotiations and were still in a relationship of much higher tension, it's completely conceivable they would have held on to this peas people for a longer amount of time. i have no doubt about that. >> reporter: despite progress on the nuclear deal, the relationship between iran and the u.s. is still very tense. iran continues to detain americans, including "washington post" reporter jason rez zion. the white house says there's still reasons to distrust a. >> chris, if we understand from the iaea and officials in austria that iran has reached the benchmarks, how soon will the money begin to flow, the tens of millions that will be

thawed, in essence and returned to iran. >> reporter: we expect that money will almost immediately be back in iran's banking account, victor. there won't be a lot of lag time. these accounts had been frozen. once unfrozen, iran will be able to get to it. >> chris frates in washington, thank you so much. >> thank you. when we come back, do you need to gather up your nerves of steel to jump into the markets? should you buy, sell, do nothing at all? we'll find out if there are any safe places left to put your money, aside from under the mattress.

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meaning they've fallen 20% from a recent high. that spooked u.s. markets right off the bat. also, oil prices falling also rattled the markets. oil prices hit levels we haven't seen in 12 years. oil prices falling below $30 a barrel for the first time since 2003. after that, a drum beat of disappointing economic data coming out of the u.s. retail sales data coming from december showing a fall in retail sales numbers. that's not good because that's the crucial holiday shopping period when retailers are hoping the have a win. that clearly didn't happen. also a regional manufacturing report falling to a level we haven't seen since march 2009. that was during the recession. bottom line here, not a lot of reasons for investors to buy into the market, especially because it's friday and it's a weekend, but not just a weekend, it's a long weekend. we're seeing investors not want to hold on to positions because monday, the u.s. stock market will be closed and investors are

reticent hold on to shares knowing china's stock market will open sunday night. i'm alison kosik in new york. >> alison, thank you. take a look at this week's losses, if you dare. >> yeah. the dow you see there. each down more than 2%, s&p 500 down as well. nasdaq down about 3.3%. let's bring in jim lacamp with ubs wealth management. he's on the phone with us. we had him in front of the camera, a bit of technical difficulty. we want to get you the information anyway. jim, let me get to the question, what should people do? should they invest now because there are some deals to be made, or should they sit tight and just ride this out? >> that's a great question. if you look back at the previous market downturns, the ones we saw in 2008 and from 2000 to 20002. from those in a 401(k) or a

similar program, buying during those downturns was a good position. a lot of people are worried about the market. if you have your 401(k), you can take your balance and switch it out of the market, but keep buying at these low levels. i think investors also need to remember that the u.s. economy, even though it's soft, it's not in a recession. interest rates will remain low. i would be shocked if the federal reserve board raised rates because of what's going on in this economy and with oil. interest rates remain low. people don't need to panic, remember their long-term plan. probably stocks will find a bid once the dust settles a little bit. >> certainly short-term good news there, low gas prices if you're correct with this prediction that rates won't go up again for people borrowing money. jim lacamp joining us from ubs wealth management.

thank you for the advice. i'm sure people are breathing a bit of a sigh of relief hearing things will be okay. thanks, jim. walmart, meanwhile, has announced it's closing 269 stores worldwide this year. 154 of those in the states alone as the company tries to revive its slumping finances. as many as 10,000 employees could be out of work here in the u.s. the retailer does say it's going to try to transfer many of them to other wall marts. this has come to good news to workers at the small cash saver chain of groceries in texas. they closing down locations because of the competition from walmart, but have now decided not to do so. when we come back, you've got to see this moment that an explosion ripped through a cafe in mexico city. nine people were hurt. you'll see more of this video. david bowie's final album released days before his death soars to the top of the charts.

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