that's next >> little is known about america's most wanted terrorist, al bagdadi. he has a $10 million u.s. bounty on his head. in july, he made a rare public appearance in a mosque in mosul, iraq. wearing what appeared to be an expensive watch, he calmly cleaned his teeth before speaking to a captive audience. the self proclaimed leader of isis went on a 15-minute rant. >> he has proclaimed himself two different terms. the successor to mohammed, as political leader. >> when it was posted online, it was the first time many of his followers had ever laid eyes on him. >> al bagdadi was also known by another name, and another name that would have meant that part of iraq. he's an islamic scholar. even though some western scholars ridiculed his credential. >> he has been a shadowy presence for a very long time. >> as a u.s. army intelligence officer, kevin carol served three tours in iraq and afghanistan. after that he was a c.i.a. case officer in the middle east. >> there was questions as to whether or not he really existed. he was sometimes confused with another high

it's part of their effort, al bagdadi proclaimed himself to be the savior sunni islam from the shiites. the shiites predominant in iran. it's a 1,000 year war in which we're caught in the middle and they still kill fellow sunnies like the jordanian pilot. it's the most brutal terror organization we've ever seen on the planet earth. >> and underline all this, it's expanding. this is not in any way getting smaller or even staying as is. this is expanding. >> we heard right after the murder of the jordanian pilot that, quote, maybe they had gone too far. and that this was going to turn people against them. it's probably turned the kingdom against them in jordan. but it's a recruitment tool fort most vicious group of people on earth. al bagdadi not only goes out and kills people and they put it up as propaganda, he also puts out proclamation of he is the answer to the expansionism of shia islam. so they actually use that stuff, that horrific video, we've seen the rest of it. most thankfully have not -- that was broadcast all overt middle east, all over africa, all over parts of south asia.

details we are learning, not only did he pledge allegiance to al bagdadi in the hours before the attack we understand from the danish ambassador to the united states that he was released from jail only a couple of weeks before this attack and the danish authorities believe while he was in jail he was becoming radicalized by isis-type elements within the jail system. this is what we heard from the police before they believed one of the motives he may have had in this was a copy-cat type of attack for what we saw in paris last month, but he may have been inspired by radical propaganda. two men, 19 and 22 years old, charged with accomplice to murder and attempted murder for support and help of pre-arranging to hide him out between the attacks. >> what do they know about any other associations he made in prison? before this he was a violent gang member. are they making the connection with who he was close to in prison and any concern this is an ongoing problem for danish authorities? >> reporter: danish authorities are completely aware this is a potential of an ongoing problem. they probabl

then the tribute to al bagdadi. now we heard from the danish ambassador to the united states he may well have become radicalized in jail. >> he was just released a couple of weeks before the attacks this weekend from prison. it seems he might have been radicalized while in prison. >> reporter: so obviously what we are hearing from the danish intelligence services now, tying up if you will what could be seen as a failing on their part saying look we are aware of him, but not believing he was about to commit an attack. >> nic, danish officials are concerned about danish-born citizens going to the battle field in iraq and syria and coming back. how are they countering that threat? >> reporter: sure. the danish have an open policy here. in britain, for example, they talk about taking away people's passports, nationality from them if they go to iraq and syria for isis. the danish handle it in a different way. they have a program that says look come back. we will give you counselling and support. officially 110 young men

that is where last week they claimed the iraqi town of al bagdadi. from there, launched attacks to the nearby air base which is housing more than 300 u.s. military personnel at this time. now efforts to retake al bagdadi so far have not gone particularly well. the local sunni fighters on the ground helping the iraqi military need more international assistance to stop isis continuing its advance through the region. christine. >> phil black in erbil. thank you for that. >>> now to denmark. police are investigating the attacks that killed two people in copenhagen over the weekend. the first attack at a free speech forum. the other hours later at a jewish synagogue. the gunman killed in a shootout with police on sunday. we are learning more about the 22-year-old shooter who officials say was well known to police. cnn's karl penhaul is live in copenhagen. we are learning new information by the minute about the 22-year-old suspect. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well we just learned from reuters and tv 2 here. he is named omar hamid. the 22-year-old ha

the terrorists see this as one area. >> and al bagdadi was taken over the weekend. into the holy land of anbar province. >> if you recall, 20 to 25 terrorists attacked al assad air base in that part of anbar province. it's very important because of not only the dam but air base which is about the sides of boulder, colorado and has a large sunni population. >> let's look at iraq. as you see what we're looking at. the big complaint now is you see these air bases is they're saying in the sunnies and the tribal leaders who want to help us says they're not getting the arms from baghdad that we're giving back dad. >> there is a real challenge there in terms of the logistics. on the map you can see fallujah. fallujah has been out of the hands of the iraqi leadership for a while. ramadi is the capital of anbar province. a key area as well. assad air base a couple days ago was under attack. there is 400 american there is training the iraqi people. >> al assad air base. >> so this thing could be changing this week? >> it's fluid. again, think in terms of the isis in iraq is a

old story in a new frontier. [ train whistle ] >>> isis milltance on the move seize the city of al bagdadi in iraq and threaten to to the same to a nearby air base. >>> also ahead, new fighting in ukraine ahead of a cease-fire set to go into effect in about 12 hours. >>> and the cold and snow just won't ease up on the northeast united states. welcome to our viewers in chilly boston the northeast united states and around the world. thank you for joining us for cnn's live coverage. i'm natalie allen. we begin with dangerous new gains by isis in iraq and the terror group's deceptive attack on a sistertegic air base housing -- strategic air base housing hundreds of troops. ality this time al bag hdadi is under isis control. iraqi forces were attacked from three directions. and just kilometers away u.s. and iraqi forces clashed with a group of isis fires who launched an soilt on the largest military base in western anbar province. jim sciutto respect the-- reports those stationed inside are ready to defend themselves if necessary. >> reporter: coalition warplanes flying over the western iraqi t

some efforts to take al bagdadi have made little progress.hters helping the iraqi military have appealed for greater assistance from the international community to help stop the isis advance. in the capital baghdad, the iraqi government is now also facing a political crisis tied into the long running sectarian tensions. the major sunni political blocks have boycott the parliament and government after a sunni tribal leader found dumped under a bridge in baghdad. the sunnis believe the shi'ite militia is responsible. the prime minister says whoever did this was trying to distract iraq from the efforts against the real enemy, isis and has promised to punish them. christine. >> phil black for us in iraq. thank you for that phil. >>> 37 minutes past the hour. kayla mueller's boyfriend speaking out for the first time describing efforts to free her. omar alkhani said he was face-to-face with her in a detention cell in syria. he saw her face for a few seconds to show it was the 26-year-old aid worker. he posed as her husband hoping captives would fre

old story in a new frontier. [ train whistle ] >>> isis milltance on the move seize the city of al bagdadio a nearby air base. >>> also ahead, new fighting in ukraine ahead of a cease-fire set to go into effect in about 12 hours. >>> and the cold and snow just won't ease up on the northeast united states. welcome to our viewers in chilly boston, the northeast united states, and around the world. thank you for joining us for cnn's live coverage. i'm natalie allen. we begin with dangerous new gains by isis in iraq and the terror group's deceptive attack on a

iraq security forces say they managed to retake most of the town of al-bagdadi and people have been killed.i.l. pushed on outskirts of the town and they took the town on thursday and attacked nearby u.s. base on friday. iraq government holding an urgent meeting to try and resolve a political crisis the main sunni alliance suspended participation in parliament on saturday, the move has protest over the killing of the senior sunni tribal leader and 11 members of his entourage in baghdad and represents a 5th of parliament of 78 seats out of 328 and all employ ens in control and has a majority with 173 members, the cured kurdish all -- alliance is the other group with 63 seats and we will go to the carnegie center from cambridge and thank you for being with us and sunni and the government and what are they hoping to achieve with this move? >> sunni block often relied on boycott as a form of protests and not very successful for them in the past the iraqi constitution of 2005 the reason why they view it so anti-sunni is they boycotted negotiations so this is a tactic they use to protest what is

the pentagon is careful to point out that while isis now controls the city of al-bagdadi. but there are concerns that americans in the area may not have the support they need to continue keeping the enemy at a safe distance. >> the reality is 320 surrounded by what -- you know, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 how quickly. it only takes about 20 to 30 minutes of these guys from al-baghdadi to get to this area. if the plans have not already been put into place, it is probably too late to start move things in quick order. >> and the former navy aviator captain chuck gnash thinks that americans will have a group of ground forces to gather at the state of the american installation, like the base that was attacked yesterday. >> peter thank you so much for the latest. >>> well, it was a dramatic first week in the american sniper murder trial potentially exposing a possible motive. new testimony claiming that the man accused of killing chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield. eddie ray routh did it because they didn't talk to him on the car ride to the shooting range. they were hanging out

. ♪ the iraqi government has now sent reenforcements to the town of al-bagdadi after i.s.i.l.surrounded and stormed it a day after the local government reported the fall of the area in anbar providence and five kilometers from assad air base where 320 u.s. soldiers are training iraqi forces and confirmed a group of fighters attacked the base on friday. gunmen who say they are loyal to i.s.i.l. reportedly taken over a state-run radio station in the city of cert and the radio station has been broadcasting speakers by bagdadi and the minister says the situation threatens his country which is only a few hundred kilometers away from cert. the former prime minister has made a rare visit to lebanon on the anniversary of his father's assassination, and he was killed ten years ago along with 21 others. the case has deeply affected the country. stephanie decker has more now from beirut. >> reporter: assassination that changed lebanon and prime minister killed in a car bomb in the heart of downtown beirut and led to the pull out of syrian troops and at the time a belief that it would les

those chilling words from the head of isis, al bagdadi, years ago when we had him in prison.g on gitmo yesterday. >> if we were to get one of these people that you mentioned and we could build an article 3 case, we would ultimately bring them to the united states for prosecution probably in new york or virginia where these kinds of national security cases are usually prosecuted. >> bringing him or al-qaeda head on to u.s. soil, is this really the direction we're heading? here with us is fox news legal analyst, peter johnson jr. >> how bagdadi promising to see us in new york. and according to president obama now, mr. mckeon, they may get their wish. this is a form of dementia. this is a form of insanity that we're hearing in congress now. our foreign policy with regard to terrorism, al-qaeda and isis is based on a couple of things shame, regret, and guilt. we need to demonstrate to the world that we've done something wrong. we're going to make amends for it. we're not going to show orange jump suits. we're going to close guantanamo bay and show the world how good the american