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this minute. his name is abu bakr al-baghdadi, the islamic state terror group head and demands all muslims pledge aliege generals to him. the iraqi government reportedded wounded al-baghdadi in an air strike. the pentagon officials can't confirm that. i'll have more on the confusion that led to this moment. even if a strike did hilt the leader this terror group appears to be gaining followers. not losing them, gaining them. egypt's most dangerous militant group today reportedly pledged its allegiance as a whole to isis. it could be a big boost for isis, marking an expansion of the group outside iraq and syria. we have team fox coverage. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon but let's begin with catherine herridge in d.c. officials say they see nothing to suggest that this isis leader, baghdadi, is either killed or wounded. >> defense and intelligence officials are still assessing the fallout but see nothing to

suggest al-baghdadi was critically injured or killed. with the death any major terrorist leader u.s. officials expect heightened chatter among the leader's followers and caters that the identification of a successor is underway. neither are true in the case. >> the department of defense and intelligence officials loor can into the reports certainly. don't have anything to confirm for you at this point in time. we have been working every single day to take on the threat of icele and the threat it poses to the united states, and this certainly falls into that but we don't have anything to confirm at this opinion in time. >> today even u.s. officials admit it's a confused picture with airstrikes targeting a heavily armed convoy friday near mosul, as the iraqi interior ministry and tribal leaders report that the isis leader was wounded in a different location, a border town, and transported to sierra for medical dream.

seasoned military an lists believe the strike shows the u.s. and its allies are slowly billing an intelligence gathering capacity on the ground in iraq. >> we have reported extensively that isis or islamic state militants have been big on social media. now an indication they may have gone dark? >> a counterterrorism source who tracks social media for government agencies told fox news there was a spike in chatter from isis immediately after the friday strike, including this tweet from an iraqi government account, describing the attack, location, and number injured. none of the details have been independently confirmed. other accounts allege the whole thing was a rumor designed by the u.s. government to force al baghdad to make a proof of life and reveal more information about his location. since many of these sites have gone dark because they're confused about al-baghdadi resident status at this time, but this kind of confusion in many ways is helpful to the u.s. and its allies because it can be

very destabilizing for that network. >> that's interesting. thank you very much. let's turn to d.c. and james, the dean of the school of international service. thank you. >> thank you. >> islamic state militants don't seem to know whether their leader is alive or dead is interesting to me. hough disthis play in the big picture? >> in the big picture we need to step back and remember that the president and our military leaders have all said this is a campaign that's going to take a number of years, in fact go into the next presidency. so, while it's a good sign that the united states seems to be able to target the leaders of isis and perhaps has been able to get mr. baghdadi -- we don't know that -- but even being able to gosgn-, good sign. but that doesn't mean that everything is going to change nor the better. it's still going to be a multiyear campaign. >> some leaders of the extremist

groups are really involved in the process, if you will. some are morphingheads. explain to our viewer about baghdadi and how important he is. >> well, i think this motion that the caliphate he called for rests on his person, makes him a big deal and -- >> at least to him. >> well to him, and to many of his followers. but i don't think that even if he has been killed or wounded, it doesn't mean that those members of isis who have been carrying out the attacks in both iraq and syria, are suddenly going to decide they don't want to do this anymore. they're going to continue on, as you mentioned, egyptian jihaddist group pledged allegiance to isis. >> he airstrikes have changed some things. we have video evidence of that. for instance, they used to travel in convoys. now they can't much do that.

so at least there's been some sort of disruption. right? >> well, we hope -- yes, there's been some disruption. it's also clear since president obama announced that he is send sag hundred -- sending 1500 more advisers into iraq, that this means that we still don't have enough good intelligence on the ground to direct the airstrikes, and so we need more intelligence, and a lot of that has to do with our difficulties in working with the iraqi government and ineptitude of the iraqi military. >> those two things, the government and the military, very much tied together, no question about it. nice to see you, thank you. >> thank you for having me back. >> now to the new soldiers president obama says his decision to send more troops to iraq is, quote, not a sign, unquote, that u.s. strategy is failing. remember, the president stated goal is to degrade and destroy the islamic state militant. there is no evidence that degradation has begun, and

there's evidence they islamic state is getting stronger. still, president obama, who promised we would see no u.s. boots on the ground in the fight, says the factsek we're doubling the number of u.s. boots on the ground in the fight, is actually part of a new phase in this fight against the islamic state. one that puts our soldiers on the offensive. noncombat soldiers on the offensive. obviously. they are advisers returning to anbar province, obviousliment jennifer griffin with the news at the pentagon. does this troop commitment mean combat role?ell be move what is an offensive role if not that? >> it's interesting because they talk about some of these training bases as being -- but not according to pentagon official is have spoken to or the commander in chief himself. >> it signals a new phase. first of all, let's be clear, isil is a threat not only to iraq but also the region, and

ultimately over the long term could be a threat to the united states. >> so the troops will not be combat troops. the u.s. strategy until now has been to carry out airstrikes, averaging about five targets a day according to released provided by u.s. central command. there are currently 1400 u.s. troops on the ground. the white house announcement last week will more than double that number. the additional 1500 u.s. troops will be trainers and advisers, as you mentioned. the pentagon explained it will need $5.6 billion for more training. the u.s. spent an estimated $20.2 billion to train the iraqi forces before leaving in 2011. two of the training bases will be expeditionary in nature. >> i wonder what it mean wed got the word we're doubling the number of troops on the ground in iraq in what amounts to the minutes after the mid-term election loss. there is any connection there? >> well, both the white house and the pentagon officially are denying that the political

calendar had anything to do with the timing of the announcement. >> it's being done now, quite frankly, because the iraqis have reached a -- they have demonstrated the willingness and so they reached a point where they need additional help and guidance, particularly in areas like anbar. >> in an unusual move the president invited centcom commander general lloyd austin to the white house to have lunch with topu republican democrat congressional leaders on friday to explain the strategy in iraq and syria. a sign the administration knows it's going to need a lot of support on capitol hill to fund the next phase of the strategy. >> jennifer griffin on our advisers in this conflict. thank you so much. the syrian dictatear bashar al-assad said the cease fire plan of the united nation is worth studying. the regime lash out at the

proposal when a u.n. official brought it up last month. that official is proposing a small scaled truce in aleppo, the last major city where rebels control some areas. it's not clear whether assad has any intention of actually following through with any peace deal at all. the u.s. postal service announced it's -- the latest victim of a cyber athere's word the hackers have links to the chinese government. this is as president obama traveled to china to talk to that country's president. what aomo. mess. we'll be back in just a moment.

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the two leaders will discuss the more sensitive issues between the united states and china, including cybernet. a report said theft prod chinese hackers cost the united states economy some $200 billion a year. the president also working on a major trade agreement. right? >> well, yes, but it's not the one the chinese are pushing. the deal is actually closest to becoming reality involves the u.s. and 11 other pacific rim nations whose leaders are also at the summit. calls the traps pacific partnership and at least part of its goal is to cut into the surplus that china maintains by exporting more than importing. the tpp group includes the u.s., japan, australia, canada, mexico, and other countries. mr. obama told their leaders more trade between their economies has the potential to create a lot of new jobs. >> the fastest growing, most

dynamic region in the world economically, our teams have made good progress in resolving several outstanding issues. today is an opportunity at the political level for us to break some of the remaining logjams. >> despite the progress no final agreement is expected on the trip because of long-standing differences over how widely japan will open its doors to u.s. farm exports. >> i mentioned the cyber security issue. are they getting into that? >> timing is everything. as the president arrived the postal service announced it had been hacked this year, and the "washington post" quoted unnamed administration officials saying the chinese are suspected. the office office statement doesn't blame china but does say the hacking may have compromised the personal data of employees. out unclear if president obama and xi discussed the latest report on this visit but chinese computer hacking was reportedly a very uncomfortable sticking

point when they leaders met in california last year. the chinese may in fact be looking past mr. obama. the beijing newspaper global times says the democrat losses in the mid-term elections show the american people have, quote, downgraded it. >> thank you. just one day before veterans day and we're learning some more about the big changes happening at the va. fallout from the scandal involving long wait times at health facilities, and the efforts to cover up potentially deadly delays. now we're getting word it could cost hundreds of people their jobs. plus, some veterans injured in iraq are now reportedly suing a group of banks. the vets claim the banks processed money that wound up in the hands of throw -- the terrorists. details straight away.

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20 minutes past the hour. three crew members from the space station came back to earth today. a capsule carrying an american and a german and russian landed. they were on the iss for five months doing research and repairs and other things. some pictures to show you here in our slide. she you can see the area where they landed. quickly -- a recovery team quickly surrounded them for treatment. kind of cold. three men wrapped in sleeping bags. temperatures below freezing the morning. russian rescuers carry the men away and said they were looking forward to getting home. here's a shot of the three men taking off from kazakhstan in may of this year.

on the russians had been to space before. back in october crew members did repairs outside the space station. look at this picture. one of the said it was the complex machine humans have built. >> veterans and relatives of soldiers who died in iraq are suing a handful of banks in europe. they claim the banks helped iran get around u.s. penalties to process money, and that the cash ultimately paid for terror attacks. reuters reporting that these are the banks now facing the lawsuit. barclay's. credit swiss, hsbc, standard charter, and royal back of scotland. we reached out to all five. so far no response from hsbc. lawyer says the banks work with iran to hide millions in wire transsections and thousand iran funneled more than $100 million to militant groups. as a result lawyers claim the

banks are partly responsible for a series of deadly shootings and roadside bombings. >> the head of the veterans affairs department is promising to clean house in the wake of the scandal leaving tens of thousands veterans waiting months to see doctors. secretary robert mcdonald said dozens of people could soon get the axe and hundreds more could soon follow because, as the secretary puts it, they violated the agency's values. >> how many employee does you think should be fired? based on what you know. >> from the report we passed up to the senate committee, about 35 names on it. i've got another report that has over a thousand. >> over a thousand who could be fired. that's the secretary on "60 minutes" yesterday. the secretary took over a job a few months ago that was after his predecessor, eric centerline second can -- eric shinseki resigned. we reported on accusations so

delays and waits. especially in phoenix, where a doctor accused officials of cooking the books, hiding wait times for pointments and treatments and says dozen0s of veterans may have died in august the inspector general said his office could not find evidence of a link between deaths and delayed treatment. president obama call the whole thing outrageous and inexcusable. today the secretary announced what he called the biggest ever restructuring in the department's history, including plans to hire a chief customer service officer and streamline the approach to make it easier for veterans to get the help they badly need. right now he says there's at -- there least a dozen web sites that may require different user names and passwords. they'll fix that. kevin is with us, reporter for "the hill" newspaper. they're trying to get this down to one web site and streamline the whole thing. >> thank you for having me. you're absolutely right. we heard from secretary mcdonald, unveiling his comprehensive plan that he says is going to give the agency the

reforms it needs to move past its horrific and tragic scandal. i if you're a va you have to go through multiple web sites, fill out paperwork, after you just fought in a war. and so he wants to streamline this process, making it easier for our troops, once they come home to get the benefits they deserve. >> we're told there's no quick fix here. he's not suggesting there is now, is he? >> no. i think there's a lot of political pressure on the administration, and particularly secretary mcdonald to get something done. we just heard in his interview that he could fire as many as 1,000 individuals for that scandal that just rocked the agency. there's a lot of momentum to get something through, to reform the agency. we'll see what he can do. >> he mentioned firing up to a thousand and also mentioned hiring up to 28,000 people. how do you do that? >> that's remarkable. >> how about hiring two? >> shep, he is out there across

the country going to the medical schools, college campuses, looking for folks to bring into the agency, injecting it with new blood, after he cleans house, and so what we're seeing is he wants to have 2500 folks working on the issue of mental health. we heard a lot about issues like ptsd and our troops opposite they come back, and he wants to tackle this problem head on. >> he adds to that, though, as you reported, we need these people to be physically fit. we need them to be physically ready to take over life in the civilian war. >> that absolutely right and not just physical fitness, it's s

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just left a party when a black suv approached them on the sidewalk, cops say a guy jumped out of the suv, smashed a beer bolt on the ground and started shooting, then drove away. emergency workers say garcia was dead when they got there nobody else hurt in the attack. trace gallagher is live. is there evidence that the shooter was targeting this particular victim or somebody else? >> reporter: at first police said yes, he might have been targeted. now they're not sure. right before the shooting happened, the victim, francisco garcia, was standing outside with five or six other guys, and police now tell us some of the other guys belong to what they call a tagging group, where you spray graffiti, and that group was threatened by a rival tagging group. right before the shooter opened fire, witnesses say he stood up and yelled, are you ready for this? and then he opened fire with a

semi-automatic handgun. police do not know if garcia had any connection at all to the taggers, but now his buddies, who we was standing outside with, are not being very cooperative. >> what more do we know about franky garcia? >> by all conditions a great guy. he was honorably discharged from the military this summer because of an unknown injury help was planning to get married and have children and reportedly his application to the california highway patrol was just accepted. for him that as a life-long dream. people were so touched the story they came from all around southern california to this makeshift memorial, including fellow military veterans. listen. >> the day before to know you're talking to him and then he's not there anymore, it's heartbreaking. he risked his life for our country, and to come back and die by someone in the country he protected, it's sad. >> we should note that funeral arrangements are still pending at this hour.

>> trace gallagher in los angeles, thank you. a suicide copper killed nearly 50 people at a high school in nigeria, according to witnesses there. police say it is still unclear who is behind the attack but terrorists with boca haram are apparently very active in that area. boca haram this terror group that has held more than 200 girls hostage since april. the militants say the girls converted to islam and they're married -- they've now married different extremist fightes. today's attack happened at a high school assembly. police say the bomber, dressed up like a student, hid the explosives in a back peak. jonathan hundred is here. >> this brutal. >> one of the worst we have seen from what is a very active terror group. seems to have been time to cause the maximum number of deaths and injuries. the bomber was dressed in a school uniform, walked into the assembly hall as all 2,000 kids, aged between 11 and 20, gather

thread, as well as the 48 confirmed kill, dozens more injured, some suffering horrific injuries. the u.n. secretary general condemned the bombing and his spokesman issued a statement. >> the secretary general is outraged by the frequency and brutality of attacks against educational institutions in the north of country and reiterates his demand for an immediate cessation to these abominable crimes. >> when the arm arrived at the school the soldiers were pelt it with stones, sign of the frustration that many nigerians feel that they feel powerless to stop boca haram. >> the kidnapped girls, anything new. >> they're still being held. there was talk among officials about a deal to free them, even a cease fire. but boca ha'm's leader says their -- the girls have con

virtued to lahm. there are reports it has been walked. they released a video. proputting to show residents cheering the boca haram fightes. the group's aim is to establish a hardline islamic state, one in whichfbv boys would only by ald to be educated, according to echos of the taliban, girls would be banned altogether from getting any kind of education. >> thank you very much. serious concerns about growing troubles in israel. officials in israel say at least two people are dead after a pair of stabbings today. one of the victims is a soldier. they say he died after an attack at a train station in tel aviv. officials say later today, an attacker killed a woman at a bus stop in the west bank. two otherw£+ñ people hurt in tht attack. police say they caught the suspects, both palestinians. these are but the late nest a string of violent incidents inside israel and now the prime minister there, benjamin netanyahu, says israel will use,

quote, the full extent of the law, unquote to stop any future attacks. connor powell is in our jerusalem newsroom. connor, this is just today. we have had day after day after day of violence, and a lot of concerns that we may be upon a third -- separate the facts from the rhetoric for us. >> we have seen a lot of bloodshed in recent weeks. there's a lot of talk about a third -- we know has been a bloody and violent two or three months since the summer. now, earlier today an israeli soldier was stabbed and then killed by a palestinian man at a downtown train stop in tell a vive. police arrested the attacker and say he was in israel illegally from the west bank. a few hours latary man jumped out of a car, stabbing three people outside a jewish settlement in the west bang. a 25-year-old israeli woman was killed two others were injured. this follows a weekend of riots after israeli employs shot and killed a young palestinian man

in the northern part of the country. security video appears to show the man hitting the police car and then backing away from police when he was shot, contradicting a police statement he was in fact attacking officers. there's an investigation into that incident. now, tensions between israelis and palestinians have been high since the summer's war in gaza and clashes and attacks happening regularly. some of these attacks have involved cars running down pedestrians by palestinian drivers, but in recent weeks the attacks have intensified as right-wing israelis pushed to gain access to the mosque to pray. the mosque is atop the temple mountain complex, chris the holeyest spot are in israeli law. they're not allowed to pray at the mosque. the groups want to extend the temple mount area into the mosque. there's a lot of,bx controversy here. prime minister benjamin

netanyahu has said they will not change the law but there is a lot of fighting and a lot of conflict and chaos over this policy in jerusalem right now, and you add into the overall israeli-palestinian con nick, this is not a good situation here. >> it is not. connor powell, thank you. a fox weather alert now. millions of americans are getting their first taste of real wintery weather, thanks to a powerful storm that hit alaska. more in a minute. this was the scene in minneapolis this morning. official says the snow caused dozen of car crashes. some schools gave kids the day off. even in minnesota. forecasters say the storm could dump more than a foot of snow in parts of minnesota, michigan, and wisconsin, and some cases they're going to get below the zero mark in parts of minnesota. very early in the season for that. this satellite photo -- man, that's a hurricane -- we call them hurricanes. there they're typhoons. i should say typhoon nuri

pounded islands in the bering sea between alaska and russia. it didn't go into full beast mode but forecasters say the leftovers are pushing frigid air south. that's the word on the prompter. full beast mode. they say the air is colder than usual and here's a look at current temperatures in the northern plains and upper midwest. bismarck, fargo, 23. and you see the line of demarcation. this is where the cold air is coming down from canada. over in madison, wisconsin, still pretty good, but that is headed over here, and i mentioned some areas in through here could reach zero. earlier zeros in a very long time, about 18 yours. there's word the release of two american prisoners from north korea could have happened sooner if not for some plane problems. that's coming up. here -- hear from the navy

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injuries. she walked out on her own. two americans are now enjoying their first week of freedom after north korea released them from custody. but we have learned now their ordeal dragged on almost two days longer than planned after the -- an air force play broke down to get them. kenneth bae walked off the plane and hugged members of his family. north korean authorities arrested him in 201, sentencing him to 15 years hard labor for supposed antigovernment activities. a few minutes later, matthew miller stepped off the jet, earlier this fall, the communist nation sentenced him to six years in jail, claiming he was secretly trying to investigate human rights violations in north korean prisons. a state department official says the north koreans released the individuals after james clapper traveled there as an envoy for president obama, escorting the prisoners out of the country. here's the thing. james clapper left washington

during the early morning hours on tuesday and account get to north korea until friday night. "associated press" reports there was a mechanical problem on the air force plane carrying him which forced him to spend a day and a half in hawai'i while crews worked to repair it. will carr is live. how did in the north koreans react when james clapper arrived two days late? >> well, doesn't seem to have had a huge impact because clapper made it back with both americans, but it is good that the plane did not break down in north korea. if that happened there would have beens' serious logistical issues. once clobber, ba and miller got on the play, they returned home safely, after which the obama administration was quick to say this was a trip to get both men back. not a task to open diplomatic relation with north korea. over the years we heard that bae was in bad health. he appeared to be in good spirits and his sister says he had no ill will against north

korea. >> i learn a lot. i grow a lot. lost a lot of weight, but i stand strong because of you. >> there's going to be, i think, a lot of emotional stress and other things he has to deal with. i'm thankful that for now he seems to be doing remarkably well. he is in good spirits. >> the first thing bae did, he had a hot piece of pizza with his family and his sister said there's only one thing he may never want again, that's korean food. >> what about matthew mill center. >> he appeared to be in pretty good spirits saturday night. he did not spend the same significant amount of time thaw h that bae did in north korea. saturday night he chose not to make a statement. we did get a statement from his high school principal today. he expressed extreme happiness that miller is now home.

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really good sign for all you drivers is the busy holiday season approaches. aaa reports the average price of gas in the united states has been dropping for more than 45 days. the longest consecutive decline since 2008. the average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded is now $2.93. i've never seen it that low. somewhere it's 2.93 on average. the lowest price since december of 2010. economists say the cheaper gas is increasing consumer spending, both in holiday sales and the economy. not that holiday sales have begun know. people have more money. >> here he equation that most people use. every penny drop in a gallon of gas equals a billion dollar in consumer spending. this could mean that people are going to open up their wallets

for holiday. we don't know yet. that's still to be found out. people might have at more cash in the pockets and might be willing to put it to work in holiday spending. >> before the gas prices started going down the word was, don't expect greatness from the holiday season. does this change that? >> the national retail federation says 4.1%. $617 billion. they've been a little too optimistic in the last two years and have overshot. this year what is going on, and i think is interesting, people have moved these sales way u. it's not black friday anymore. it's the week before thanksgiving where sales are going on and the retailers are trying to get out in front and get their share of the sales, you'll find the best prices starting now. >> last year, the holiday shopping season was shorter because of where the holidays lined up. this is a good way to artificial

lay add a week. why not? >> you know why they call it black friday. the retailers -- >> they go into the black. >> for many retailer, up until thanksgiving they're operating in the red and hoping for more sales. these are the weeks they make up the difference. >> let's hope they do it. we need good news. >> i like it. >> the folks at pizza hut have good news. you heard this? >> i want to hear it. >> they're trying to boost sales by spicing up their menu. but these are not about spice wes normally see in pizzas. i've seen peyton manning doing the one for papa john's and i figuredes pizza hut would be coming. >> pizza hut sales have been going down so i they're adding five new ingredients and changing old names, like black olives are mediterranean olives and red onions are fresh. >> premium salami as opposed tou

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