good morning. it is thursday, september 11th 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." president obama vows to degrade and destroy isis. we'll ask cia insider mike morell if the plan can work. new accusations the nfl received a copy of the ray rice video months ago. we'll hear from the reporter who broke the story. and on the annivryersa of 9/11, john miller and his boss

return to studio 57. but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> i will not hesitate to take action in syria and iraq. you will findo n safe haven. >> the president lays out his testragy to fight isis. >> the plan is to deploy them to iraq iraq. >>co my py of the constitution says congress has the authority to declare war. >> they have hired mike llmore. >> this follows an "associated press" report saying a copy of the video showinge ric punching his then fiancee was sent to the nfl in april. >> the 13th anniver osaryf 9/11. a ceremony at the world trade center in new york. president obama with a ceremony at the peonntag. >> in pennsylvania flight 93 also being remembered.

the south african judge in the oscar pistorius trial says the -- >> not guilty to the second count of murder. a stormy night for millions across parts of the midwest with dangerous floods and fierce winds. >> the driveve oisr th truck may be facing charges after driving through the doors of the stratosphere casino. >> mike tyson. >> launched a tirade after they brought up his rape conviction. >> what is thatthere's a bat flying behind us. seriously. we're all jumping around. >> and all that matters. >> his name is jauss. he kills people. >> we say good-bye to richard kiel. >> he's passed away. >> here's to us. >> the dalai lama made a huge announcement. we need no future dalai lama.

he then dropped the karma and walked offstage. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs the ravens will host the steelers. hanging over tonight's game a big development. sharyn alfonsi, james brown and phil simms will all be with us here this morning. >> but first big developments in the case of blade runner oscar pistorius, the double amputee the olympic sprinter is clear of all murder charges. debora patta has been in the courtroom, she joins us now from pre tore pretoria, south africa. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the judge had harsh words for oscar pistorius. she said he was a pro witness who was often untruthful but she stressed the intention to shoot

did not necessarily mean intention to kill. >> the state clearly has not proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty of premeditated murder. >> reporter: the whole point of this case is whether the judge believes oscar pistorius's girlfriend that he shot her accidentally or if it was premeditated murder. the judge said the state did not provide enough evidence. >> the accused, therefore, cannot be found guilty of murder. that, however, is not the end of the matter as culpable homicide is a comparable verdict. >> after the reading of the verdict oscar pistorius broke

down sobbing uncontrollably through the lunch break. >> we'll talk about the verdict and what oscar could still face. that's ahead. president obama promised his administration will defeat any isis threat to the united states. in his address last night he said american warplanes will expand a bombing cam bane into syria for the first time. bill plante is at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president wanted to demonstrate to the nation he has a plan to destroy the terrorist group in syria as well as in iraq. senior officials tell us that air strikes against them will begin as soon as intelligence identifies targets. >> i will not hesitate to take action against isil in syria as well as iraq. this is the core principle of my presidency. if you threaten america, you will find no safe haven.

>> the president said his battle plan includes the expansion of air strikes, an increase in support for partner forces on the grounlt,d, counter-efforts and humanitarian support for victims of isis attacks. but he insisted the u.s. will not go it alone. >> america will lead a broad coalition to roll back this terrorist threat. already allies are flying planes with us over iraq sending arms and assistance to iraqi's security forces and opposition. sharing intelligence and providing billions of dollars in humanitarian aid. >> 475,000 will be going bringing the total number of u.s. troops there to more than 1,600. the president again promised no combat u.s. troops will be on the ground. air strikes will support iraqi

forces and the new iraqi formed government. >> we cannot do for iraqis what they can do for themselves. >> the president called on congress to authorize training and funding to support moderate syrian forces. >> i think that this should have been done obviously much more aggressively from the beginning. >> new hampshire republican kelly ayotte was among those skeptical. >> because often he's given speeches, but following up on the actions that need to be taken against this dangerous group i think is what is going to measure what he said today and in the following days. >> the administration officials say the president does not need any additional authorization to take the fight to isis that it can rely on existing law, but he does need congress to vote on funds to train syrian forces. the speech was in answer to the

critics who say he hasn't acted firmly enough or soon enough. >> mike morell is with us from aspen, colorado. he is a former iowa deputy director and was in a meeting with president obama about the isis threat. mike good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> what has to happen for the president's plan to degrade and destroy isis to make it work? >> so on the iraqi side of the border, charlie, i'm confident that we're going to be able to roll them back. what gives me that confidence is a new political deal that the united states deserves a lot of credit for, putting military advisers in to assist the iraqi army and the kurdish army and broader u.s. air strikes. i think all of those together will make a big difference in iraq. it's the serious side of the border that i'm worried about. we're going to double down.

we're going go all in with the syrian opposition and that's how we're going to try to win this thing, but the syrian opposition is a very weak group. they're much weaker than they were two years ago. this is the long pole in the tent. >> is that what we're going to have to have go into syria? >> i think so unless you go with assad who butchered his own people. i think that's the best thing. >> the president said some have joined isis and could come home and try to carry out take. it's 9/11. how worried should we be here at home. >> intelligence does not give you a 100% clear picture into the plotting that a terrorist

group is doing, so the fact that we don't have credible reporting on the threat doesn't give me a lot of comfort. the fact that they have the capability to send fighters here and that they want to send fighters here is what should worry us. i think the threat of a foreign fighter coming here and doing something is real. >> mike the president's been meeting with some columnists yesterday and earlier with intelligence officials like you. what has he been trying to accomplish, as far as you know in these meetings. >> so i don't want to talk about the specifics. i don't think that's appropriate. i will say two things, charlie. one is he laid out his thinking. he laid out his policy. and he invited comments including critiques and i think he was really open to trying to think about ways to improve his chances of success here. the second thing i would say there were a lot of very senior

former officials in the room. there were differences of opinion on how to handle this because of the complexity. and i think that was the consensus. >> mike, thank you very much. of course on the 9/11 anniversary, he said there's no plans of attacking the united states. bob orr has more. good morning. >> good morning. in an interview with headquarters director john brennan told us isis is a terror group in his words with blood in its eyes. he called it's ville, incarnate and a cancer that must be eliminated before they have the plan to carry out the threat on its home land. they've established an islamic cal fat, straddling parts of iraq and syria. >> this group, the islamic state of iraq and levant, is not islamic, first of all, and it is

-- the cal fat that it's declared is a fraudulent one. it is not representative of the muslims in the area there at all. the sun and shiite muslims as well as others who have felt the violence of isil are determined to tear it apart, so i stand by my assertion that that type of extremist cal fat islamists is absurd. >> isis says they're an islamic state. do you buy that? >> nobody declares that. they've now garnered the attention of the world and the united states. >> brennan says the u.s. and its allies will use a robust intelligence effort to find and target isis leasers like baghdadi. brennan cautioned it could take a number of years to carry out the pledge and destroy the

terrorist group. he also worned there are ore al qaeda groups in syria and yemen still plotting to aim attacks at the homeland. >> bob thanks. minutes ago the pentagon unfurled the american flag. this morning they'll honor the victims from the 9/11 attacks. >> a moment of silence will be observed at 8:46 eastern, 7:46 central. that's when the world trade center was struck. we'll bring you a moment of silence live and shanksville pennsylvania will hold a anniversary for flight 93. that jet crashed on 9/11 as passengers fought with hijackers on board. this morning the nfl is asking a former fbi director to investigate the controversy. it will be at the request of commissioner roger goodell. a new report claims five months

ago the league receive add video showing the all pro punching his future wife. goodell denied that in his interview on tuesday. so did anyone in the nfl see this second videotape before monday? >> no. >> no one in the nfl. >> no one in the nfl to my knowledge and i've been asked the same question and the answer to that is no. we were not grachltnted that. we were told that was not something we would have access to. on multiple occasions we asked for it and on multiple occasions we were told no. >> you know people are saying they don't buy that that the nfl hadn't seen the tape. >> that's a fact. i think it's fact because the criminal justice system and law enforcement were following the laws and doing what they needed to do to make sure they followed the criminal activity. this is an ongoing criminal investigation and i think they were doing what they do. we are copkey operative and

supportive. we can't force them to provide any information. sharon is at the stadium. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a law enforcement official claimed he sent a dvd to nfl headquarters back in april even though he wasn't authorized to share the video. the official claimed he did so anyway in the hopes that the league would see it before rice was punished. this late investigation shows it. they had the video five months. a reporter said he listened to a voice mail on april 9let confirming the dvd arrived at headquarters in new york. >> it came from a league office.

the voice is from am unfeed woman saying she received the e-mail thanking the law enforcement official for sending it, telling him it's right, it's horrible. >> reporter: but the ap source cannot say whether they watched the video because they had no other contact with the league until after he arrived. >> i have complete dents in my source. he's very credible. this is a story we worked on for days and long hours and this is not something we would go with unless we were rock solid sure that this was a credible source. >> an nfl spokesman questions the accuracy of the ap report saying we are not aware of anyone in our office who possessed or saw the video before it was made public on monday. we will look into it. anger toward the nfl grew more intense on wednesday. members of congress are now openly questioning goodell's

leadership. >> if there is information that does come out that shows he had access to the situation, i think it puts at risk the current job that he has. >> the national organization for women is calling for good gel to step down. >> we need someone to go in there rngs do a top to bottom review that will really have teeth so the nfl can be about football again and not about trark women. >> they will have the full cooperation of the nfl and access to all league records but it will be overseen by two nfl owners jeanmar rah of the new york giants and art rooney of the pittsburgh steelers. >> john rhoden is with us again this morning, welcome. >> you can't make it up man. >> so we have this a.p. report. >> yes. >> what's the that?

>> there are a couple of things. number one, i always maintained if it comes out that roger goodell knew or his office he would have to step down. >> if he didn't know but the office did, he'll have to step down. >> somebody will have to take a hit on this. probably not him but somebody. the second thing is it has implications in terms of rice. if in fact they saw this tape and they gave him two games, now you can't come back you know, and just for public show. say now we're going to suspend you and ryan your life. there are a lot of consequences to this. >> let's be clear. the "associated press" report quotes an official saying this tape was delivered. and, of course there's a voice mail. it does not indicate whether a videotape was seen.

he said if there was a delivery found under the desk there will be consequences. how will they know if that tape ended up in their offices? >> we keep coming back to incompetence. you know, everybody -- the nfl league sets the standard the security. i mean that's what they're known for is great security department. so to come and say you had this kind of basic gaffe is basically indefensible. like we sachltd you can't have it both ways and now you're having to bring in a, quote/unquote independent investigator, that they're paying you. >> at some point they're going to have to make a decision about what you knew or should have known. >> absolutely. >> it's 7:19. ahead on "cbs this morning," the fda says yes

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what do you call that. baltimore ravens' ray rice caught on camera dragging his fiancee out of the elevator. >> did you really need to see a video of ray rice punching his wife in the video? >> no. i have to tell you the video we saw was in and of itself bad but what we saw yesterday was extremely clear, extremely sickening and that's why we took the action yesterday. >> so you did need to see ray rice -- >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour mid east region of terror funded at the gas pump. isis is getting rich selling oil and gas on the black market so

we'll follow the money trail of the financing jihad. big news just in this hour from south africa. oscar pistorius, the blade runner cleared of the charges. we'll ask the judge the reasoning. if he could still be blamed for the killing of his girlfriend. that's ahead. a new weight loss drug has been approved. contrave has been approved for obese peep. they lost 5% of their body weight but the fda says the drug may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts and may cause seizures. the milwaukee "journal sentinel" says criminals may have stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars. thieves reportedly reset p.i.n.

numbers on the cards. "usa today" says target is moving forward from its own data breach under a new leader. the retail giant says it's being more open with its employees and the public too. brian cornell, target's first ceo hired from outside the company. he laid out his plans for the future at yesterday's fall meeting. we'll speak with him tomorrow in an interview you'll see only on "cbs this morning." and "the dallas morning news" sass the faa is allowing a drone to search for a missing woman. dozen ofrs volunteers have been looking for 23-year-old christina morris. she disappeared from a shopping center last month. the faa is very strict about the use of drones by the public. and "the hill" says the treasury plans to take on isis. the treasury says it will undermine isis's finances in syria and iraq where isis controls vast areas. as isis is gaining ground it's

adding to its enormous wealth. wine andrews has more on how isis's finances have spiked. good morning. >> good morning. they've grown far richer and more organized than al qaeda ever dreamed. it involves oil and gas. the idea is to steal it and then trade it. after isis expanded into northern iraq sources say its earnings from oil and gas reached roughly $3 million a day by selling on the black market for cash. former u.s. intelligence analyst says energy profits give isis its edge. >> we've heard isis described as the wealthiest terror group ever. do you see them that way? >> that's absolutely right. isis is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. >> these photos taken from an isis social media page shows

some of the cash. drown in your envy hypocrites he posted in russian the caliphate is getting richer. isis is also getting rich through crime, looting buildings, extorting businesses and taking money. they're taken private donations to the groups from the citizens of gulf countries like saudi arabia, kuwait, and qatar. on this web posting a saudi sheikh says do jihad with your money. for 100 kuwaiti dinars. but the gulf states have internal reasons for allowing the donations to continue. >> in kuwait some of the terrorist fund-raisers are very powerful and popular and the government is very concerned

about upsetting this domestic con stinltd yhency. >> so in exchange for peace at home they tolerate the funding of jihadi groups outside the border. >> yes. the irony is that some of america's closest allies in the gulf allow their citizens to support terrorist groups. >> the u.s. has slapped sanction on several gulf citizens in recent months but by running it outside the banking system isis has made it harder for u.s. to disrupt its unprecedented financing. norah? >> wyatt, thank you. this morning oscar pistorius was cleared of murder charges in the death of his girlfriend. the olympian sonned in court while the judge read the verdict. he may not be off the convicted on the greater charge.

>> right. and if he's son ees's sobbing in court, there may be a reason why. i think we would be surprise or the legal experts and namts would be surprised if he's also acquitted of culpable homicide. >> what's interesting is she said he was a poor witness. >> oh he was a poor witness. what we find in his need is someone who justifies his own actions. he's making up the story as he goes. he does not have a coherent story. he wu just taken apart by the prosecutor? and she seems to dismiss which she said in her own written statements that she raid a cell phone conversation about her being scared. >> i think she dismisses great deal of the evidence both in pistorius's favor but also not in his fash because much of the discover

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border i'm confident. it's the syrian side of the border that i'm worried about. >> law enforcement official claimed he sent a dvd to nfl ad hequarters bac k inl.apri >> if it comes out that goodell knew or his office knew, i think he may have to step down. >> how are they mining this data. >> >> millions of americans are leaving crumbs of information. >> i'm 64. >> 64. i'm 67. it's essentially -- once we hit 60, who the hell cares. >> we're a lot closer to the end than the beginning and when you get there, you're kind of like [ bleep ] it. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. president obama is laying out his battle plan against the terror group panthers' owner jerry richardson to tears last night. one of his players is appealing

his conviction in a domestic violence case. critics accuse the panthers of being too lenient with defensive back hardy. richardson asked people not to judge too quickly. >> when it comes to domestic violence violence, my stance is not one of indifference. i stand firmly against domestic violence, plain and simple. >> now, roger goodell was supposed to attend that event last night to honor richardson but he canceled. the baltimore ravens return to the field for fer the first time since the team cut ray rice. sharyn alfonsi is in baltimore with a preview. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, gayle. "thu

at the national 9/11 museum a shirt is on exhibit. that's next on "cbs this morning." ♪ pair of challenge coins commemorating the day he died. >> these two coins came to us through the cia agent who most

of us know because of "zero dark thirty" as miya. >> bin laden is there and you're going to kill them for me. >> she donated the coins to the collection. >> what did these two artifacts at this museum bring to the museum? >> i think they are a reminder of several things one, that there are men and women out there doing extraordinarily difficult work on our behalf and it is a recognition of the tremendous sacrifice and courage of people in so many different agencies who are literally on the front lines of fighting the war on terror. >> reporter: nearly a million people have visited the 9/11 museum since it opened in may, but today it will only be open for the families of those killed 13 years ago devices. >> the ecollar -- that's a perfect example.

i pressed the button. the scientists think they're the experts but this guy's the expert, right? he tells me what works and what doesn't and if he was a stressed out wreck, i would know that we've got a problem. >> reporter: if used correctly by a good trainer, is there any benefit to a shock collar? >> well, the thing is in the logic of what you asked is by a good trainer. a good trainer wouldn't need to use a tool that uses severe pain to teach an animal. while they are a last resort for some pet owners others use them for basic training. clearly there is disagreement among dog trainers and owner as like they have banned in parts of the uk and canada but no sign. >> you've used it. >> i have used it to keep them from running into in fairfax county we had to cut a lot of waste.

we consolidated offices. started sharing printers. we can walk a few feet. replaced computers, but kept the monitors. they still work fine. overcharged us by three million dollars! i approve this message because congress doesn't need another right winger. they need someone who can balance a budget. oh, and we definitely didn't need so many government studies. no reason why they can't go on a ten-game win streak but you hate to say this early, not even mid-september, it's a crucial

guam. it really is. >> charlie, do you have a question? >> what kinds of things will make a different tonight. >> you might be shocked for me to say this charlie and i looks at both teams. >> no, it's not. >> no it's not but i'll say that. we have two premier franchise:s, two of the best in the nfl. last year they were not protected. both teams rebuilt these offensive lines during the off southbound so i expect the quarterbacks to show off a little while. >> sharyn? what about the coaching?

this morning america is remembering the 911 attacks 13 years ago. in just a few minutes we'll bring yu a moment of silence marking the first moment the first plane struck the north tower of the world trade center. on the eve of the tragedy president obama laid out his plan of attack for isis in iraq and syria. we want to talk the man who works on it every day. welcome back to studio 57. >> good to be here. good morning. >> happy to be ♪ banner yet wave

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eastern. 7:25 central. it's ironic that it's on 9/11. it's one of those days you automatically reflect where you were all those years ago that. was a beautiful tribute a moment ago. >> and the ongoing one. >> 9/11 is an important time to think about those who perish thad day and the loss that it was and the shock to the country. >> you know what's so great? no politicians are speaking. it's all dedicates to remembering the people and their families on this day. >> we will never forget. >> no we won't. >> that does it for us. be sure to tune in to the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley tonight. we'll see you tomorrow on "cbs this morning."

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