arwa damon, cnn, nigeria. >> what a horrific story that is as well.rwa damon, a courageous journalist, for reporting that news. >>> that's it for me. i'll be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." for our international viewers, amanpour is coming up next. for viewers in north america, "newsroom with annaa cabrera" starts right now. >> i'm ana cabrera in for brooke today. keeping social security funded. this is getting down to the wire. if the political battle isn't resolved soon this agency that keeps america safe is set to run out of money at the end of the day. and this political showdown comes at a time when the terror threat as we all know is bigger than ever. now just a few short hours ago the senate passed a bill that would fund homeland security through this year. it was a clean bill. let's

arwa damon, cnn. >>> in southern california the driver of a truck involved in a crash with a commuterin has been arrested on suspicion of felony hit and run. >> no one died but at least 30 people were hurt. officials believe the truck driver mistook the train tracks for the road and tried to turn on them. a police officer spotted the driver about a mile from the crash after the accident. >> he was contacted act 1.62 miles south of the accident. he was taken into custody for a felony hit and run violation. the vehicle code section is 20001, which is basically a hit and run with injury. in this case, multiple injuries. >> that accident in california comes just three weeks after a deadly train wreck in new york at a rail crossing. our brian todd has been looking into this deadly problem. here he is. >> reporter: as crash investigators comb through the scene of another accident between a train and a motor vehicle, new concerns about the safety of rail crossings. in california it was the truck driver who took an inexplicable wrong turn. >> rather than make the right turn on west street the

let's go to our senior international correspondent, arwa damon.esident of syria acknowledging this indirect communication. you hear from the administration here and the pentagon not at all happening. what do you make of that? >> i think it's a very delicate situation on all sides. the u.s. does not want to seem as if it is in communication with a government whose president does want to see removed from power. but at the same time as is evident and was evident from that interview, you have both american and syrian fighter jets in the same air space. so presumably there would have to be at least some level of information passing. president bashar al assad is not saying the u.s. is giving him direct tactical information. the u.s. is saying it's not disclosing any sort of specifics whatsoever. but assad did also go on to say it's not just necessarily through iraq but through other nations, that there are indirect sort of messages being passed. this, again, is a very delicate situation for the united states. it's finding itself when it comes to syria a

joining me now arwa damon cnn's international correspondent.you tell us about this woman and the men who took her? >> well she'd been working in nigeria trying to educate children from the nomadic tribe. it's unclear exactly what the circumstances were behind the kidnapping whether or not this was a criminal activity as the police commissioner did come out and said or if there is another group that is perhaps ultimately behind it at this stage. the investigation is understandably still ongoing. the fbi also reportedly collaborating with the nigerian authorities to try to bring her back. the great concern at this stage, ana, is that this group, this criminal group, perhaps if that ransom is not paid, could capitalize on the opportunity, the fact they do now have a western hostage and sell her on to one of the key terrorist groups that is known to operate in nigeria, and that is boko haram. but this very much still an investigation under way at this stage. according to the police commissioner two of those men that were amongst the five involved i

cnn's arwa damon has her harrowing story in this report.d for her safety so we're keeping her real identity a secret. >> reporter: hahnaan apologizes for her tears but the depth of her pain the black fabric cannot mask. >> translator: even until now i can't grasp what i've been through. i've been destroyed. >> reporter: in syria, she said anyone suspected of fighting them was indiscriminately detained. >> translator: among those detained the reason for my marriage was my father. my brother died during the clashes and as a memory my father kept his ak. when isis memory of someone told them had a weapon so they detained them. >> reporter: hanan and her mother begged for police. >> translator: after a bit, my mother came and said we will release if you marry him. my father's life for my hand in marriage. >> reporter: she never even knew his real name. >> translator: every girl dreams of that white dress, the wedding night. i've been deprived of that. i was destroyed by this marriage. >> reporter: she speaks haltingly of their first night toget

let's turn to cnn international reporter arwa damon. know if sorter was specifically targeted in this raid? >> reporter: they haven't put that out definitively at this stage but that most certainly does seem to be the case, jake. this was the product of some sort of criminal gang one quite capable of carrying out a kidnapping that seems to have been preplanned to a certain degree. there were five men who were involved, two of them according to the police commissioner wearing masks. and, as they whisked her away they were firing their weapons into the air, disappearing into the nearby mountains. now there is that investigation under way in hopes of trying to locate her at this stage. again, the police commissioner is saying that they do believe this was a product of criminal activity. this is not an area where boekko haram are known to operate. quite surprising this kind of kidnapping would take place in this part of nigeria. there has been a demand for ransom, however, slightly upwards of $300,000. and the concern at that stage is that i

. >> our senior international correspondent, arwa damon, joins us from istanbul. has covered this conflict extensively. intriguing to hear bashar al assad because he seems to be suggesting in the face of that questioning from jeremy bowen that the iraqis the iraqi government in baghdad which has of course relations with the united states but also has very good relations with the iranian government which is backing bashar al assad together with hezbollah in lebanon, that there's sort of an indirect dialogue going on about u.s. and coalition air strikes to make sure that there are no mistakes or miscalculations. that would be my interpretation of what we're hearing. but i'm anxious to get yours. >> reporter: well that definitely does seem to be the case wolf not just using iraq as a third-party country but other nations as well. there has to be a level of coordination at the end of the day. we're talking about fighter jets and shared airspace. there have been no significant incidences no planes being shot down other than the incident of course that included the one

cnn's arwa damon is joining us now from neighboring chad. arwa what do we know about this very disturbing development? >> reporter: well this woman, reverend phyllis sortor was running an ngo that helped nomadic fulani children. two of the five men who scaled the wall were mask md. they whisked her away to the nearby mountains firing into the air. at this stage, the police commissioner of kogi state says they believe this is a control act. however, the concern is because this group has demanded 300,000 in ransom they could end up selling her onto the highest bidder. >> do they suspect boko haram even though this is an area that is not necessarily in boko haram's reach? >> reporter: it's not in boko haram's reach, wolf at least not at this junction in time. this area is south of abuja, around 200 kilometers to the south, say over 100 miles. but it is an area where a few years ago, boko haram did manage to stage a massive prison breakout of their own fighters. since then the nigerian authorities have put checkpoints into place, making it quite

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. >> arwa damon shows what one istanbul airplane is doing to stop foreign fighters from slipping intoory. >> reporter: turkey is one of the top tourist destinations in the world. but at the same time it has become a major transit hub for foreign fighters. ing to get to syria. easily blending into the masses. the responsibility for screening the millions coming through falls mainly on the risk analysis center. we're given limited access to the process. at one of istanbul's airplanes, under strict guidelines ton disclose specifics or people's identities and none of the security agents will speak on camera. in cooperation with european and other nations, turkey has compiled what is being referred to as a pool list of about 10,000 names. the vast majority at this stage are suspected of wanting to transit through here and on to syria and iraq to be foreign fighters. those individual are immediately barred entry into the country flagged here at customs control. they are put on planes and the relevant authorities on the other end are identified. because they've broken no laws turkey cannot h

arwa damon reports. >> reporter: nighttime, and nigerian special navy forces gather around a campfire. the drop in temperature a much-needed break from the stifling heat and intense training. for the nigerian troop and their chadian counterparts this annual exercise flint lock, is a chance to train alongside american and british elite forces. and now is more important than ever. >> no one can do it alone. >> reporter: colonel george steebs a commaner in west africa. >> few have the resources to bring together to be successful. that's why we stress the regional and bringing it together. >> reporter: though chad and nigeria are at war with an extremist group intent on establishing its own islamic state in africa. boko haram already has ties to al qaeda and the islamic manage reco. logistics and training. but also it increasingly appears that boko haram is trying to model itself after isis. declaring its support but not yet its allegiance. and the u.s. wants to prevent the murky ties from further solidifying. >> obviously a near they would all kind of coalesce and kind of get -- right no

thanks to arwa damon, a courageous journalist, for reporting that news. >>> that's it for me. i'll be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." for our international viewers, amanpour is coming up next. for viewers in north america, "newsroom with annaa cabrera" starts right now. >> i'm ana cabrera in for brooke today. keeping social security funded. this is getting down to the wire. if the political battle isn't resolved soon this agency that keeps america safe is set to run out of money at the end of the day. and this political showdown comes at a time when the terror threat as we all know is bigger than ever. now just a few short hours ago the senate passed a bill that would fund homeland security through this year. it was a clean bill. let's take you live inside house chambers to the house floor. lawmakers are expected to vote on some kind of a bill and we're expecting it to be a short-term funding bill. just extending funding for a mere three weeks. yet, just a short time ago, you never know what's going to happen here. the house abruptly went into recess without vo