the question becomes did the nfl drop the ball or because the nfl willfully ignorant about what was on this tape? >> nfl commissioner roger goodell speaks about the rice scandal. he expresses rice's future and the handling of the investigation. >> we didn't get this right. that's my responsibility and i'm accountable for that. president obama takes on isis. in a prime time address to the american public tonight the president outlines his strategy to fight the islamic militant group in iraq and syria. >> this fight ain't over. it's just started. >> and anger in ferguson, missouri, city leaders meet for the first time since violent

riots last month and hear it from outraged citizens. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, september 10th, 2014. good morning. i'm marlie hall in for anne-marie green. the national football league is playing defense regarding the suspension of former baltimore ravens running back ray rice. the league's disciplinary action of rice for assaulting his then fiancee shifted this week after new video surfaced that showed the actual attack. his original two-game ban was replaced with an indefinite suspension. on tuesday nfl commissioner roger goodell spoke exclusively to "cbs this morning's" norah o'donnell about how that new video impacted the league's decision? >> what changed? on the first tape she was lying unconscious on the ground being

dragged out. did you really need to see a videotape of ray rice punching her in the face to make this decision? >> no, we certainly did. i would tell you that what we saw in the first videotape was troubling to us in and of itself. but what we saw yesterday was scleemly clear, extremely graphic, and it was sickening. that's why we took the action we took yesterday. >> but there are still questions about how much the commissioner and nfl knew and when. susan mcginnis is here in new york. susan, good morning. >> marlie, good morning. commissioner goodell admitted he didn't get it right when he originally suspended ray rice for two games, but now that the new video has been released, many are wondering if the nfl did enough during the early days of the investigation. roger goodell said he learned of the second videotape monday morning. it shows ray rice knocking out the woman who is now his wife inside an atlantic city hotel elevator. did you know that a second tape existed?

>> we had not seen any videotape of what occurred in the elevator. we assumed there was a video. we asked for video. but we were never granted that opportunity. >> goodell maintains no one to his knowledge in the nfl saw that tape before monday but that's opened the league to criticism for not gathering all of the evidence. the website tmz sports obtained both pieces of video showing the attack and its aftermath. >> i don't know how tmz or any other website gets their information. we're particularly reliable on the law enforcement. that's the most reliable, most incredible. >> norah o'donnell asked point blank if the nfl ignored the evidence. >> did the nfl drop the ball or was the nfl willfully ignorant about what was on the tape? >> we have certainly did not know about the tape. i acknowledged two weeks ago we did not get this right. >> that sentiment was echoed by

ravens owner steve bisciotti. he sent a letter to ticket owners tuesday saying, quote, we should have seen it earlier. we should have pursued our own investigation more vigorously. we didn't 'were were wrong. the team released rice leaving him without a job and suspended from the league. nor real o'donnell asked if rice had a future in the nfl i would. rule it out but we want to make sure he's addressing the issue clearly, he has paid a price for the actions that he's already taken. >> now, ray rice and his wife spoke publicly on tuesday. rice told espn the couple is in good spirits. his wife janay blasted the media for showing the attacks. marlie? >> susan mcginnis here in new york. susan, thank you so much. you can see more of norah o'donne o'donnell's interview with roger

goodell later this morning. president obama will lay out his new plan for going after isis in syria and iraq. he'll discuss security forces in iraq. secretary of state john kerry arrived in baghdad this morning to meet with iraq's new prime minister. mr. obama briefed congressional leaders yesterday. mark albert is in washington. mark, good morning. >> good morning, marlie. in his rare eechk address, the president will not lay out a timetable for defeating isis or the total cost to taxpayers, but he is expected to ask congress for $500 million to train syrian rebels. that would avoid american combat troops. in a prime-time speech from the white house tonight, president obama will tell the nation his strategy for degrading and ultimately destroying isis. so far the u.s. has carried out more than 150 air strikes against isis targets in iraq.

the president may announce that air campaign will now expand into syria, the terror group's stronghold. republican peter king thinks the president needs to have a comprehensive strategy. >> that would involve at the very least all out air attacks against isis in both iraq and syria. >> on tuesday the president briefed top congressional leaders. nancy pelosi called the meeting a valuable opportunity for consultation and republican house speaker john boehner said he would support the president targeting isis leadership. president obama told the leaders he has the authority to broaden the military campaign against isis without congressional approval, but some lawmakers here on capitol hill disagree. >> i don't believe that the president has the authority to, quote, go on offense and wage an open-ended war on isil without congressional approval. >> it would be to his advantage and all of our advantage for congress to be, in effect, approving a plan for defeating

isil. >> secretary of state john kerry is in the middle east today trying to build an international coalition to defeat isis. president obama is expected to stress that u.s. military action alone will not be enough to defeat isis and its support from allies will be crucial. marlie? >> mark albert in washington. thanks so much, mark. you can watch the president's address right here on cbs beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. this morning more severe weather including the threat of flash floods is expected from the great lakes to missouri. yesterday there were tornadoes and heavy rain and flooding in nebraska and missouri. people trapped in cars had to be rescued. meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz has more on the severe storms and some cold weather headed to the northern u.s. >> we've seen some tremendous rainfall rates especially across iowa into northern missouri

overnight, even reports of a couple of tornados. this rain could be a very serious and potentially life-threatening situation here as we head overnight into wednesday morn. a lot of flash flood watches headed out. many spots picking up 2 to 4 inches of rain. locally we've already seen 4 inches of rainfall and that's where you have the biggest issues. some of the heavier rainfall in the milwaukee and chicago areas. this is going to to be a big issue for the morning drive stretching back down toward st. louis. then more storms fire up in the afternoon. you're going have to keep a close eye out, especially from the indy area back down toward the ohio valley. this is where severe storms are likely as we head through the afternoon and eechk. very heavy rainfall and areas of flash flooding. behind all this, the cold coming in. winter storm warnings and wat watches are out. some of the higher peaks of the northern rockies, snow. albeit lighter down into the plains by friday morning.

i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. angry residents of ferguson, missouri, called on the mayor to resign during an emotional town hall meeting. it's been one month since michael brown, an unarmed black teenager was shot to dearth by a white police officer. as omar villafranca reports, protesters laid out a plan for a change. >> reporter: protesters shouted out at tuesday night's ferguson, missouri's city council. a black teenager was killed by a white officer exactly one month earlier. >> when are we going to get rid of ferguson city kocouncil, may, and police. >> reporter: he was shot six times by darryn wilson. wilson said he acted in self-defense. charges of racism and police brutality. last week the justice department announced it is opening a civil

rights investigation into the ferguson police. this is the first ferguson city council meeting since last month's shooting. city officials were expecting a large turnout so the meeting was moved to this church which holds about 1,300 people. some noted that for a town that is 70% black, its police force and government are overwhelmingly white. >> up there for me it's taxation without representation. >> reporter: they promised a police review board and grader transparency for the town's trufts in the police force. >> we need to get ready. this fight ain't over. it's just started. >> reporter: it's not going to be easy. omar villafranca, cbs news, st. louis. coming up on the "morning news," bigger better iphones. apple unwraps larger screen phones at its much hyped event

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in iraq it trigserred u.s. air strikes against isis targets last month. scott pelley is in erbil where he spoke with kurdish intelligence about the possibility of expanding those air strikes. >> reporter: barzani's intelligence service helps pick targets for the u.s. forces on the ground. are the u.s. forces enough to defeat isis? >> i think it's very useful and we are very thankful to everything that the u.s. is doing so far, but i don't think it's enough. we believe that the strikes should target the nerve system and the leadership of isis, wherever they may be. >> i think you're talking about

syria. >> even in syria. >> you would like to see u.s. air strikes in syria. >> we do, yes. >> reporter: barzani told us the kurds are talking to the white house about major support for the kurdish army known as the peshmerga. >> we're asking the united states to help the peshmergas with heavy armament. >> are we talking tanks and artillery? >> why not. tanks, heavy artillery, and mraps. >> reporter: they looked like they could use them. there was evidence of a battle one, but all the weapons they loaded were light. no artillery, no effective armor. you can imagine how they feel about the sound of american jets. >> thank you, america. thank you, obama. >> reporter: iraq had been building a future, but its aspirations are now occupied by a past it cannot escape.

we found families, what's left of them, running from isis's brand of religious extremism. nadia told us the men of her village were herded behind a school. there was shooting and a boy came to tell the women what he saw. >> what did the little boy say? >> all the men were being kill bud we didn't believe him because he was just a little boy. with the men, more than 100 in a mass grave, nadia told us the women were loaded into dump trucks and taken to a city to be given away as prizes to isis soldiers. she escaped. she told us, my friends are all cap active. i don't know anything about my brothers. but most of all, i want my mother. tell them i just want my mother. >> that was scott pelley reporting from iraq. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," more

of norah o'donnell's interview with nfl commissioner roger goodell. plus the parents of kidnapped american austin tice speak about their son who was taken in syria two years ago. and dr. holly phillips on the link between sleep and anxiety drugs and alzheimer's. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm marlie hall. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

good morning, everyone i'm ukee washington. i'm quarter von tiehl. here are stories we are following. what did he sianni when did he see it. nfl commissioner talks exclusively cbs news for first time since this newly released video of ex-ravens running back ray rice hitting his girlfriend. two kids attack and robbed a boy in the wheelchair and now he is telling "eyewitness news" what happened and how long boys had been picking on him. today is the day, president obama gets ready for a prime time address to outline his plans to combat isis in iraq and syria. lets check our forecast, it is hump day, wednesday. >> sure, preferably thursday. >> yes. >> weekend is almost here. >> we say