>> let me play a sound bite from gym foley's mother, diane, in her interview with anderson cooper this week. here it is. >> as an american, i was embarrassed and appalled. i think our efforts to get jim freed were an annoyance. jim would have been saddened. jim believed until the end that his country would come to their aid. we were just told to trust that he would be freed somehow, and he wasn't, was he? >> since you're home visiting your folks, have you talked it them about the security risk that you face? >> not yet. i just got here. i'm sure it might come up around the dinner table in the next few days but so far i have tried to keep it light. >> i hate to even try to talk about these issues, but if you were to be kidnapped, if you were to be detained even briefly by one of these opposition groups, what would you want your family to do? would you want them to be speaking out in public?

anderson cooper spoke exclusively to her.me of that sper view. >> i really feel that our country let jim down. >> in what way? >> well, anderson, we met wonderful people within our government. good people who cared, who wanted to help. but the reality of the bureaucracy and really was such that we were not helped. we really with respect. -- weren't. >> you didn't feel like they were there for you? >> not at all. and yet we don't blame -- i don't want to blame people because that's not going to help. >> did you feel that your family, that jim was a priority for the government? >> no. we really didn't. >> and you esaw that in the resources that they had -- the people they had you interact? how did you get that sense? >> as an american, i was embarrassed and appalled. i think our efforts to get jim freed per an annoyance, you know? >> an annoyance to the government? >> yes. jim would have been saddened. jim believed till the end that his country would come to their aid. >> did you know that what was happening to him? >> to be ho

to make sure he was getting enough care and attention, anderson cooper went to a foster home where the pups. it didn't work. instead, mr. cooper started spending all his time with the cats. his foster family snapped this photo. >> he needs a big name. he needs something that's just going to help him get through life. and somebody suggested cooper. and then somebody said what about anderson cooper? that's a big name. >> sadly no, one adopted little anderson cooper and he was put down. what? oh. that's not true. they were kidding with me. because i was about to get very upset if that was in fact true. because i should have adopted the dog since it was named after me. funny joke, people. really funny. you can field all the calls we're about to get. we called the nebraska humane society. he was adopted shortly after that report on kmtv aired. calm down. i'm sweating now. i'm actually sweating after i read that dog was put down. oy, yoy, yoy. just to recap that dog anderson cooper's alive. the dogs named after me including a malnourished chihuahua who thinks he's a cat and a wiener dog in a

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maybe that is too strong of a word but i was reading an article that anderson cooper did with donald erling, the owner of the clippers. barbara walters, the biggest interview she ever did, monica lewinski, 50 million people watched that interview. 50 million people watched her interview monica lewinski. anderson got a big gig with donald sterling. 720,000 people. that's all. i mean, 720,000, versus 50 million. it's not just about the subject matter. the business of television has changed so much. >> it's so diluted. so much content now. >> is that the music business? >> everybody can make a cd now in their bedroom, put it on i tunes by themselves. used to be you had to have a machine behind you. how do you sift through all of this noise. it's difficult. >> yours is always a beautiful noise. >> well thanks. >> and this project, everybody and their mamma is on here. i'm not on here. everybody else in hollywood is. and you got great people. i don't want to call names but i will. chuck rose, reuss freeman. good lord. nathan butler. you called in all your friends? >> i basically called eve

i'm anderson cooper. this is cnn's special live coverage of two stories.d they identified the masked man with the british accent seen in the video of the beheading of james foley. let's get to reports of a terror plot by isis militants to attack subway systems in the u.s. and in paris. the news first came from the mouth of iraq's new prime minister who told journalists gathered outside of the u.n. about his apparent intelligence on this "imminent attack." the u.s. is scrambling all departments, white house, new york police department, saying they have seen the reports by the prime minister but they cann c

report after james risen was published in "the new york times" in 2009, cnn's anderson cooper asked presidentma about opening a new investigation. >> it seems clear that the bush administration resisted efforts to investigate abdul rashid dostum, who is on the cia payroll, would you support or call for an investigation into possible war crimes in afghanistan? this haddications that not been properly investigated just recently was brought to my attention, so i have asked the national security team to collect the facts for me that are known, and we will probably make a decision terms of how to approach it once we have the -- gathereded up, up. >> you would not resist, categorically, the investigation. obligations all nations have, even in war, and if it appears our conducts a dutch conduct violated -- , we wouldolated war investigate that. in ghana.s actually , you are in afghanistan. your response to abdul rashid dostum becoming vice president of the country. man, as you said at the beginning of your program, the new president described him as a murderer, and then appoint him at his -- appoint

better ways for american citizens to be treated. >> so, that was the exclusive interview that anderson coopercnn did with diane foley, james foley's mother, and they "the newll page ad in york times" today on their new foundation. haskell wexler, your response, as diane foley says the u.s. government treated these parents, before james foley was beheaded, as an annoyance? >> i am trying to get over my anger that i expressed earlier about the theatrical utilization of the opposite of what james foley -- and try to concentrate on what lessons we have from this situation. foley's mother, and i thought here is a brave, good woman representing what america is all about, and she is saying that our government is not media, the truth and our and there might be a few breaks now, certainly with you, but otherwise, saying what they call -- call america being war where he. it is -- war where he. it is not that we are tired of war, but we are tired of being deceived. >> this is interesting also because the spokesperson for the family of the other beheaded cnnnalist, spoke to wednesday, and said he was sol

she tells anderson cooper, efforts to get her son freed were viewed as annoyance by the u.s.government. the fbi was coming to her for information about her son. >> there was a rescue effort apparently made. >> yeah. late. very late. yes. >> it should have been sooner? >> we feel that the location was known for more than a year. >> it was? >> yes. they had been moved a couple of times. that's true. when there was a movement of isis from aleppo to raquah. there were several moves in that transition. there werewo times when they were at location that we were aware of for months. >> diane foley went on to tell anderson that washington threatened her with prosecution if she tried to raise money to free her son. she and government officials tried to work to be supportive to provide the information she could. diane foley says the james foley legacy fund will help other journalists reporting from conflict zones. >>> and 39 minutes after the hour. severe storms flooding the south. the threat not over yet. indra petersons is tracking this one. we'll have that right after the break. at

hope you have a good weekend, anderson cooper with john berman anderson cooper with john berman starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> thanks for joining us. a lot happening tonight. developments out of southern iran where an airliner from due b buy was ordered to land. breaking news out of the caribbean. it concerns the small plane that took off from rodchester new york today and scrambled u.s. fighter jets when the plane stopped responding, ultimately flew past the destination in florida and crashed in the sea off north jamaica. on board a prominent rodchester couple, a big real estate developer and a big booster of this particular kind of french-made airplane. there was reports wreckage from the plane had been found but that does not, repeat does not appear to be the case. just moments ago, we spoke by phone with a major from the jamaican defense force. give us the latest in the search efforts. >> like you said, the latest information i have, is we spotted an oil slick in the vicinity where we suspect the aircraft went down about 14 miles. >> an oil slick. any debris

hope you have a good weekend, anderson cooper with john berman anderson cooper with john berman starts. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> thanks for joining us. a lot happening tonight. developments out of southern iran where an airliner from due b buy was ordered to land. breaking news out of the caribbean. it concerns the small plane that took off from rodchester new york today and scrambled u.s. fighter jets when the plane stopped responding, ultimately flew past the destination in florida and crashed in the sea off north jamaica. on board a prominent rodchester couple, a big real estate developer and a big booster of this particular kind of french-made airplane. there was

nancy writebol speaking to anderson cooper. it's been a remarkable recovery. >> the virus has claimed the lives of at least 1900 people and experts have warned that the virus is spiralling out of control. of course, we've talked a lot lately about the treatment, how important it is to get hydration and good treatment as writebol did and dr. brantly. a lot of people are not necessarily getting that but, of course, you combine that with the zmapp and you'll see this recovery. >> it's a 90% fatality rate and now it's a 40% fatality rate. >> yeah, it seems to be getting better because they are, working out treatment. all right. cnn, of course, is on the frontline of ebola. we'll travel to the northern count countryside to show you where it began. that is this saturday at 8:00 p.m. in london, 9:00 in berlin, only here on cnn. >>> when we come back, an american pharmacy chain is making history. cvs says no to selling tobacco products despite the economic impact on their business. i'm on expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have

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. >> an american missionary who contracted ebola and survived opens up to our own anderson cooper.next. >>> we now know the identity of the latest american to contract ebola. dr. rick socklove tested positive for the disease. he delivered babies at a lie beern hospital. one of the first americans to come down with ebola and recover spoke to anderson cooper, told him about the terrifying moments when she first realized she could have the disease. >> at what point did you start to feel something? >> i had gone to the isolation unit on the 22 n of july. i went home and i called one of our doctors and said you know what, i'm not really feeling very good, i think i have malaria. on saturday, the doctors came in, they said, nancy, we know you don't have ebola, but we're going to just run the test anyway. you're not feeling better, you still have a fever, and we just want to make sure. we want to set everybody's mind at ease. >> until -- until that moment, had you thought it could possibly be ebola? >> no. i didn't -- it didn't worry me at all. >> even though you were working in a unit of

i'm anderson cooper where president obama is defending america's new war and trying to rally allies to take on what he calls the cancer of violent extremism. in one hour from now, the president shares a crucial meeting with the u.n. security council after a pivotal address where he shared blame and also asked for help in the fight against isis, a group he calls a network of death. >> we collectively have not invested adequately in the public health capacity of developing countries. too often we have failed to enforce international norms when it's inconvenient to do so. and we have not confronted forcefully enough the intolerance, sectarianism that feeds too many parts of the globe. today i ask the world to join in this effort. those who have joined isil should leave the battlefield while they can. those that continue to fight for a hateful cause will find they are increasingly alone. for we will not succumb to threats and we will demonstrate the future belongs to those that build and not those that destroy. >> as the president spoke, his military commanders assessed the damage of overn

for our viewers in north america, "newsroom with anderson cooper" starts right now. >>> special coverage of a dramatic turn in america's war against isis. u.s. missiles, war planes raining down bombs across syria. >> as our initial indication is that these strikes were very successful. second, while it's not our policy to discuss future operations, i can tell you that last night's strikes were only the beginning. >> we're talking about 200 pieces of explosives falling on targets inside syria. and today we learned some of what they took out. >> fired from the uss philippine c. now the intended target was the communications array on the roof of the building. detonated as air bursts with the effects focusing on the communications array. the flight of the f-22s delivered gps-guided munitions, precision munitions targeting, again, only the right side of the building. you can see on the right hand side the aftershock. this was a residential area that had been used for training site and logistics site for isil fighters. >> these were the isis targets. but we now know a separate set of air strik

james foley's mother sits down with anderson cooper. what she said coming up. i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. because it gives me zero heartburn... annc: prilosec otc the number one doctor recommend frequent heartburn medicine for nine straight years. one pill each morning 24 hours zero heartburn. >>> welcome back to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. murdered american james foley's mother speaking out today and publicly criticizing the u.s. government's handling of her son's captivity. in an exclusive interview with cnn's anderson cooper, diane foley says the obama administration should have done more and actually handled the crisis poorly. >> we were told we could not raise ransom. that it was illegal. we might be prosecuted. >> you were told you would be prosecuted? >> yes. that was a real possibility. told that many times. we were told that our government would not exchange prisoners. would not do a military action. so, we were just told to trust that he would be freed somehow. miraculously and he wasn't, was he? and we're dealing with

i'm anderson cooper. this is cnn's special live coverage of two stories. the fbi believed they identified the masked man with the british accent seen in the video of the beheading of james foley. let's get to reports of a terror plot by isis militants to attack subway systems in the u.s. and in paris. the news first came from the mouth of iraq's new prime minister who told journalists gathered outside of the u.n. about his apparent intelligence on this "imminent attack." the u.s. is scrambling all departments, white house, new york police department, saying they have seen the reports by the prime minister but they cannot confirm if there's any truth to it. seemingly pushing back on legitimacy of his claims. a lot of back and forth about this. the u.s. really downplaying this. what's the latest? >> you know, it's very confusing situation. certainly i have talked to a dozen people this afternoon and they know of no such plot or such information that's come from the iraqis so as you might imagine they are sc

. >> i'm anderson cooper. in the hour ahead, you're going to meet somebody who's demonstrated bravery time and time again as a u.s. navy s.e.a.l. >> no one ever met the real me. no one knew anything. >> kris beck details his transformation to become kristen beck. >> he became an elite navy s.e.a.l. and all the time carrying a burden that finally led him to make a drastic decision. >> when i first came out, it was like the perfect storm is how a couple of people described it. [ speaking foreign language ] >> it is quite an amazing story. >> i didn't know it was going to be that. i just wanted to tell some of my story and maybe set an example for some of the younger generation to say that i'm still a human being. and i deserve dignity and respect. >> we're americans and we are part of our country. >> it's another mission because there's a lot of freedom i'm defending by doing this, and in some ways this is way more mentally and physically vigorous than many things i've done in my past. it's been a struggle. >> p

>> i'm anderson cooper. live coverage in a moment that's been a nightmare for one of the country's biggest sports. roger goodell will break his silence answering questions about the domestic abuse scandals involving nfl players and the league's response to them. this is the first time we are hearing from roger goodell in nine days since he reacted to that video released by tmz that showed ray rice hitting his then fiance inside a elevator knocking her out. initial goodell suspended rice for just two games. after that video surfaced, the baltimore ravens kicked rice off the team and the nfl suspended him indefinitely. rice is currently appealing that decision but in just a week the crisis has gotten deeper. here's a look at the most recent players now under fire. >> it's dwyer. >> jonathan dwyer now in custody. the football star is the sixth nfl player making headlines for alleged abuse in the past few days. dwyer arrested at the cardinals training facility stemming from a slew of alleged abuse beginning in l

. >> seth: but it was right -- [ cheers and applause ] >> anderson cooper got jilted. >> seth: andersons that crazy thing of -- i remember us running back, and then having to watch the video. >> yeah. >> seth: it was -- i was like, just -- just a little bit less emotional than my actual wedding. >> no, we both got -- [ laughter ] i remember sitting there. we're watching the video, and we're like -- >> seth: holding hands. >> holding hands. [ laughter ] and jen, our stage manager -- and i'm kind of sitting there going like, "oh, oh, okay. this is going all right." and then you kind of squeeze my hand because you could tell. it was like, mm-hmm. [ light laughter ] and then, jen, our stage manager -- who was there at my audition -- went, "bill, it's been a lot of fun. and i went -- [ laughter ] and i just -- we both fell apart. >> seth: yeah. >> i think that, right now, i'm getting sad. we both fell apart and just started crying. we ran out. and then, we said good-bye and everything. and as a surprise, kristen wiig was there. she didn't tell me she was going to be there. and she ran out as

hours after her death, anderson cooper talked with kathy griffin about the woman who was an inspirationand a friend. >> kathy, thank you for being with us. and i am so sorry for the loss of your friend. >> i'm going to try to do a good job. but i feel my head is kind of jumbled because i'm grieving. but i also really want to say respect must be paid to this woman. and she blazed a trail obviously for me, all the girls. and in the face of so much adversity, she was just a great living example to me. and we had many, many deep conversations about how it's different for girl comedians. and we spoke in shorthand and had a language. and i said to her, you know, you're in a club by yourself. you're not just in a small exclusive club, you're really the one. >> it's interesting. you and i were talking about this a lot. and you were saying that you spoke a language that really hardly anybody else can understand. >> well, i think when you talk about women in stand-up, it's really quite different than, you know, women who are comedic actresses or women that have had a tremendous support system of,

less than a month later, she spoke to anderson cooper about her ordeal. >> at what point did you start to feel something? >> i had gone to the isolation unit on the 22nd of july. i went home, and i called one of our doctors, and said, you know what, i'm not really feeling very good. i think i have malaria. on saturday, the doctors came in. they said nancy, we know you don't have ebola, but we're just going to run the test anyway. you're not feeling better. you still have a fever, and we just want to make sure. we want to set everybody's mind at ease. >> until that moment, did you think it could possibly be ebola? >> no. it didn't worry me at all. >> even though you were working in a unit of ebola patients? >> yeah. and i mean, even now, i look back, and i don't really know how i got it. >> they said you know what, we're going to test you for ebola. >> uh-huh. so i said okay. and so they drew the blood, of course, and david came home pretty quickly, and he came into the room, and he said, nancy, i need to tell you some things. i said okay. and he said, kent has ebola, and i just, i was

you missed anderson's cooper's interview with diane foley you can watch it entirely on our website cnn.com. >>> foreign fighters are helping swell the forces of isis. a cnn source said they have come from more than 80 countries. brian todd reports on how isis is luring them into its ranks. >> reporter: he's a third-year-old with dangerous networking skills, he's said to be a key recruiter for isis. he's a french national. just handed over by turkish officials. >> translator: this dangerous terrorist was known by our services and on the ground from july 13th until this august. >> reporter: in an interview in february, he talked about the young people he lured. ten young ones from strasbourg, ten from that who's. a 16-year-old girl and many others. how do they get teenagers to join groups like isis? >> they look for teenagers unsatisfied with their life and unsatisfied with their prospects. they offer a sense of belonging. the whole idea that you are jihadist, part of this whole jihadi community. >> reporter: more than 16 thousand fighters have joined jihadi groups in western syria. includin

she tells cnn's anderson cooper, the efforts to free her son was viewed as an annoyance by the u.s.nment. >> did you know what was happening to him? >> to be honest. that was frightening. we tended to know everything before the fbi or anyone else. everyone was kind and supportive, but the fbi used us for information. >> really? they came to you for information about his location? >> absolutely. oh, yes. >> diane foley went on to tell anderson that officials threatened her with prosecution if she tried to raise money to free her son. susan rice defends the government's work telling cnn she and government officials quote worked hard to provide whatever information we could. diane foley and her family announced a james foley legacy fund to help others in the conflict zones and their families. he was a freelance journalist. he did not have the infrastructure around him like other journalists do. that makes that fund a really great boon for other reporters. >> the committee to protect journalists. >>> the baltimore ravens back on the field without running back ray rice as new controversy

sidebar note as well, the author of what i just read to you, kareem abdul jabbar is going to join anderson cooperht. join him for that. here is cnn commentator and legal analyst mel robbins. mel, you have a unique take on this as well, saying that business is business and whether he feels that way or not, the e-mails seem to be about the business of the way people think, maybe not necessarily the way he thinks. >> yeah. you know, i tend to agree wholeheartedly with kareem abdul jabbar's assessment, that this is not a sterling assessment of a blatant racist. yes, he said things that were offensive to people but what is the job of the ceo of a basketball team? it's to fill seats. when you look at the economics of this team, if they can't sell enough season tickets and to season ticketholders, they've got a business problem on their hands. to me, when i read this -- and, look, i'm not african-american, clearly, but i come at this from a very different point of view because of my life experience and i'm also an entrepreneur. this is a team, ashleigh, that is losing $3 million a year before ebitda is

james foley's mother dianne foley told cnn anderson cooper the government discouraged the family's efforts to free them. >> we were told to trust that he would be freed somehow. miraculously. and he wasn't, was he? >> officials warned her many times not to raise ransom money or they could have been prosecuted. >>> a teenager who pled guilty to killing three high school students in ohio 2012 has been recaptured after escaping from prison. authorities say tj lane and two other prisoners escaped from a facility in ohio last night. all three are back in custody. lane was found early this morning about 100 yards from the facility at a church. he opened fire at a high school cafeteria back in 2012. during his sentencing he read a t-shirt named killer. >> we immediately contacted the victims families of the chardon school shooting. school officials and other local law enforcement to insure the safety of our county residents. >> investigators are now trying to figure out how the men climbed over the prison fence. >>> hundreds of people gathered in san francisco to remember a 14-year-old boy stabbe

james foley's mother told anderson cooper the government discouraged the family's efforts to free him. >> we were told to trust that he would be freed somehow. and he wasn't. was he. >> she says u.s. officials warned her many times not to raise ransom money or they  could be prosecuted. they tried to rescue foley and others but they could not find him. >>> veterans took on a tremendous challenge to remember the 13 years of the 9/11 terrorists attacks. 24-year-old cody elliot a former marine is one of the 13 brave veterans that took part. he lost his leg after getting injured by an ied in afghanistan. but he says he is doing this climb for five of his friends that paid the ultimate sacrifice. >> i survived for a purpose. that is to live the life they may have lived or just to live for them in every moment i can. >> elliot says he never thought he would be active again but climbing gave him hope and helped him with his recovery. and a wild fire bunking close by didn't stop the veterans from climbing. the metal fire is burning near yosemite valley. it forced rangers to close several tr

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she spoke to anderson cooper on wednesday, can you see the full interview online at cnn.com/360. and she also spoke -- she said she thought she had malaria, you can read much more online at cnninternational.com/360. we'll be right back after a short break. waves don't care what age you are. take them on the way you always have. live healthy and take one a day 50+. complete multivitamins. with 7 antioxidants to support cell health. research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day 50+ for men. and for women. age? who cares. one a day 50+ >>> investors will be keeping a close eye on the european central bank when it meets later today. the euro touched a four-year low tuesday. the ecb will take further steps. i think mario will talk a good game but probably refrain from introducing any new stimulus measures. >>> a leading drugstore chain has now stopped selling cigarettes and other tobacco products. cvs caremark becomes the first chain to make the move in all of its stores. they could lose about $2 billion in annual sales but that's kind of small potatoe

. >>> welcome back, this is cnn special live coverage, i'm anderson cooper. this is only the beginning of a u.s. led war against isis militants. across syria, u.s. war planes, fighter jets, missiles there you see tarted isis training camps and key command centers. we're also learning in the northwest, a little known branch of al qaeda was apparently in the final stages of executing an attack. this according to u.s. officials attack on western targets and possibly an attack on the united states. last night, we took strikes. once again, it must be clear to anyone who would plot against america that we would not tolerate safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people. >> telling cnn that this terror cell had been working on a bomb made of clothes dipped in explosive material. so we've heard some back and forth, barbara about the verb e a verbiage of whether this was an imminent threat. what have you heard? >> well, anderson, the administration says it went ahead with the attack against the khorasan group because it did pose an imminent threat it was in the a

diane foley sat down with anderson cooper. >> i really feel that our country let jim down, and -- >> reporter: in what way? >> well, anderson, i -- we met wonderful people, our government, good people who care, who wanted to help, but the reality of the bureaucracy and really was such that we were not helped. >> reporter: did you feel that your family, that jim was a priority? for the government? >> no, we really didn't. i don't want to blame people. that's not going to help. >> reporter: did you feel that your family, that jim was a priority? for the government? >> no, we really didn't. >> reporter: you saw that in what the resources that they had you interact with, the people they had you interact with? how did you get that sense? >> as an american, i was embarrassed and appalled, you know, i think our efforts to get jim freed were an annoyance, you know? and -- >> reporter: an annoyance to the government? >> yes. jim would have been saddened. jim believed 'til the end that his country would come to their aid. >> did you know what was happening to him where he was? >> we tended to k

anderson cooper completed an interview with mother of james foley, diane foley and not blaming the obamadministration but telling anderson maybe more could have been done. let me play a little calypso you have a chance to respond to the very distraught mother. >> as an american, i was embarrassed and appalled. i think our efforts to get jim freed were an annoyance. you know? >> to the government? >> yes. and they -- yeah. and it wasn't -- didn't seem to be in our strategic interest, if you will. i was appalled as an american. jim would have been saddened. jim believed until the end that his country would come to their aid. i pray that our government would be willing to learn from the mistakes that were made and to acknowledge that there are better ways for american citizens to be treated. >> all right, ambassador rice. i want to give you a chance to respond to this mother. >> well, wolf, i've gotten to know diane foley well as we have met on a number of occasions when i was ambassador to new york and here in washington at the white house. she is an extraordinary woman. she did an amazing

. >> fellow comedian kathy griffin breaking down on anderson cooper after he played this clip about aan who says she never wanted to stop making people laugh. >> i'll show you fear. that's fear. if my book ever looked like this, it would mean that nobody wants me, that every i ever tried to do in life didn't work, nobody cared and i've been totally forgotten. >> at the hollywood walk of fame her legions of fans prove the iconic comedian's fears were misplaced. >> if anything happens, melis melissa -- >> in 2012 rivers' humor took a serious turn with her daughter. before undergoing plastic surgery, she assured melissa that if anything happens, her time was well spent. >> i've had an amazing life. if it ended right now, amazing life, and life is so much fun. it's one big movie. >> joan rivers is still the number one trending topic on twitter and joan, 81, big on social media. her twitter profile, as we all have one, says a simple girl with a dream and i would say a vibrant career spanning five decade. miss joan, your dream was fulfilled. >> well said, nischelle, well said. my goodness,

today john kirby told our anderson cooper that the khorasan attack was well along in development andmminent. >> we know they were very close to the end game in their planning. we don't know exactly where the attack that they were plan would go take place. that's why we say we think it was either in europe or the homeland. there's least up to the u.s. organized by isis and khorasan. shotgun and a map. in both cases, secret service agents interviewed gonzalez and determined he was not a threat. >>> 1 million people in liberia and sierrainfe infected by the end of january. ebola could kill hundreds of thousands of people and embed itself in populations for years to come. the world health organization saying if we do not get this outbreak under control, ebola could become a permanent part of life in west africa, spreading as routinely as malaria or the flu. >>> the man wanted in the disappearance of hannah graham now a suspect. he's charged with abduction with intent to defile in the case of a missing university student. police believe matthew was the last person to see hannah graham. a

anderson cooper spoke exclusively with diane foley.that interview. >> i really feel that our country let jim down. and -- >> in what way? >> well, anderson, i -- we met wonderful people within our government, good people who cared, who wanted to help. but the reality of the bureaucracy and really was such that we were not helped. we really weren't. >> you didn't feel like they were there for you, that they were really there to help. >> not at all. >> there was a rescue effort made. >> late. very late. yes. >> you think it should have been sooner? >> we feel that the location, their location was known for more than a year. >> it was? >> yes. >> they had been moved a couple of times. that's true. when there was a movement of isis from alepo, there were several moves from that transiti transition, but there was also two times when they were at a location that we were aware of for months. >> did you have that intelligence yourself? did you know that -- >> to be honest, that part was rather frightening. we tended to know everything before t

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. >> reporter: fellow comedian kathy griffin breaking down on anderson cooper, after he played this clip about a woman who says she never wanted to stop making people laugh. >> i'll show you fear. that's fear. if my book ever looked like this, it would mean that nobody wants me, that everything i ever tried to do in life didn't work. nobody cared. i've been totally forgotten. >> reporter: at the hollywood walk of fame her legions of fans prove the iconic comedian's fears were misplaced. >> if anything happens, melissa -- >> reporter: in 2012, rivers' humor took a serious turn with her daughter, before undergoing plastic surgery, she assured melissa that if anything happens, her time was well spent. >> i've had an amazing life. if it ended right now, amazing life, and life is so much fun. it's one big movie. >> one big movie. you know what i was saying earlier that successful hollywood movies have a couple things, compelling characters, they have a rise and fall of the characters and reinvention and redemption. if her life was like a hollywood movie yes very successful. sheryl underwood c

hours after her death, anderson cooper talked with kathy griffin about the woman who was an inspiration kathy, thank you for being with us. i'm so sorry for the loss of your friend. >> i'm going to try to do a good job, but i feel my head is kind of jumbled because i'm grieving but i also really want to say respect must be paid to this woman. and she blazed the trail obviously for me, all the girls. and in the face of so much adversity. she was just a great living example to me and we had many, many deep conversations about how it's different for girl comedians and we spoke in shorthand and had a language and i said to her, you know, you're in a club by yourself. you're not just in a small exclusive club. you're really the one. >> you and i were talking about this a lot. you were saying that you spoke a language that really hardly anybody else can understand. >> well, i think you know when you talk about women and stand-up it's quite different than women who are comedic actresses or women that have had a tremendous support system of like big powerful producers or multi-million dollar ne

. >> hours after her death, anderson cooper talked with kathy griffin about the woman who was an inspiration, and a friend. >> kathy, thank you for being with us. i'm so sorry for the loss of your friend. >> i'm going to try to do a good job, but i feel my head is kind of jumbled because i'm grieving but i also really want to say, respect must be paid to this woman, and she blazed a trail, obviously, for me, all the girls, and in the face of so much adversity. she was such a great living example to me and we had many, many deep conversations about how it's different for girl comedians and we spoke in sho shorthand and had a language. i said to her, you're in a club by yourself. you're not just in a small exclusive club. you're really the one. >> it's interesting, you and i were talking about this a lot. you were saying you spoke a language that really hardly anybody else can understand. >> well, i think, you know you talk about women and standup, it's really quite different than women who are comedic actresses or women that are had a tremendous support system of, like, big powerful producers

and we do know now that anderson cooper has been indicted by a grand jury, a felony charge, and his attorney says that it has to do with him using a switch to spank -- we do know that adrian peterson has been indicted by a grand jury, a felony charge, and his attorney says that he has been indicted because of child abu abuse. and the nfl says they are e reviewing the case for the adrian peterson case. and when greg hardy was suspended, the team said they are concerned about his allegations, and for all parties, they are going to investigate that. so both of the teams are reacting quickly to public situations. >> are the nfl the ones putting the pressure on the teams o -- or the teams saying no tolerance for any of this? we are seeing a subtle shift, but a significant shift. >> look, a lot of the pressure is coming from the public at this point as well, because we have had high profile incidents, and this is the week when we all saw ray rice attacking the woman who is his wife, but former fiancee inside of that elevator sparking the outrage and this is when the nfl came out to take a strong s

anderson cooper "ac360" starts now. >>> and good evening from the united nations where president obamathe forces. plans like these were taking aim at isis in syria. new airstrikes tonight, along with the new target, the terrorists' money machine, namely oil. we'll have more on the details, yesterday it was aimed at the khorasan group. more on what the senior officials are telling us. after speaking at the general assembly today

. ♪ >>> i want to check in with anderson cooper with a look at what's coming up on ac 360. >> we're livee in los angeles. we're going to devote our entire hour to comedic genius of joan rivers. honoring her life and her ability to make us laugh. my great friend kathy griffin is going to be here. kathy today remembered joan rivers on twitter as a legend, a friend, a mentor, an icon and, of course, wildly funny. that she was. she was also a history making pioneer. we're going to look back at her remarkable career. how she broke new ground with her comedy routines being the first woman to host a late night talk show. truly a trail blazer. i'll speak also to dr. sanjay gupta about what may have gone wrong during the surgical procedure that led to her cardiac arrest. >> thank you very much. we'll see you in just a few minutes. >>> manhunt. a desperate as much for tsearch who beheaded steven sotloff and james foley. the man who in both videos spoke directly to president barack obama. >> you, obama, have yet again for your actions caused another american citizen. as your missiles continue to st