this is baghdadi in the bunker. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence officials tell cnn they have no reason to doubt the tape's authenticity. the merge dossage does appear t been recorded recently. it references the nuclear threat from north korea. what's not clear is why the message was released now. could baghdadi be trying to regain command and control? >> we know he had delegated a lot of his efforts to his underlings. his successor has been trying to get things going in a lot of places. but as we've seen, pushing out for complex operations such as we saw in france and in the uk and elsewhere is extremely difficult. >> reporter: a u.s. official tells cnn the american-led coalition has tried to take several shots at baghdadi in recent months and thought they had their best shot at killing him in a recent air strike. but getting him has proven challenging. baghdadi is said to have an obsession with his own security. analysts say he covers his face, even when meeting with his most trusted lieutenants and makes them place cell phones in a

this is baghdadi in the bunker. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence tells cnn they have no reason to doubt the tape's authenticity. the message references current syrian peace talk us. what's not clear why the message was released now. could baghdadi be trying to regain command and control. >> we know he had delegated a lot of his efforts to underlings. his successors have been trying to get things going in a lot of places. but as we've seen pushing out operations like we saw in france and uk and elsewhere is extremely difficult. >> reporter: the american coalition has tried to take several shots at him in recent months and thought they had it their best shot at killing him in a recent air strike but getting to him has been challenging. analysts say he covers his face even when meeting with his most trusted lieutenants. and makes them place cell phones in a lead-lined box but experts say he's got an an achilles' heel. >> his personal proclivities might give the game away. for instance, baghdadi has kept a consortium of sex slaves. he's ke

so-called islamic state has released an audio recording it claims is from its leader abu bakr al baghdadi you know he says he will continue to fight just by recent setbacks baghdadi had been rumored to be dead this most recent recording released last year u.s. officials say they're working to verify the authenticity of the message. diesel gay investigators get closer and closer to the top of scandal ridden folks who are going to finding out who ordered the brigade of millions of vehicles worldwide also coming out why an ash as nosedive as investors come to terms with the cost of thousands more cancellations. and on the winter and this is your business update another diesel gauge arrest an allergy employee this time media reports saying the suspect is a former member of the comic board hats you can see here he was also on the board of porsche he is the first level arrest over the diesel gate missions test nip elations scandal by german authorities parent company fox fox and mitigate the scandal will cost over twenty two billion dollars. and it's not just the monetary cost small like that b

his name is not al-baghdadi but he thinks this is about more muslim that his name is al-baghdadi or somethingike that. so they're doing these things and purpose of the problem is that they take the things way out of context. if somebody gave me one of the things they are extremists, anything, jihad, anything, i'll give you the first and the prophetic text they are referring to. i can put in one column every single sunni-shia scholar in history of islam, how this commented on this verse. it will be one column and you'll find the interpretation isis, boko haram, all by themselves. they are beyond heresy. it created a new interpretation that is not even come no one has thought of those ways of understanding than before. >> when you point this out to someone who is at some point along this path toward radicalization, is it persuasi persuasive? is there a track where do people seeing this? there's another way to interpret this and then being persuaded, or is this something they are just flying headlong towards what you tell them that are not? >> it depends on what i'm wearing. if i'm dressed like

you know, up to $25 million on baghdadi's head.learning there was a drone strike over the summer. u.s. forces striking believing they had a location that might have been their best chance that baghdadi was on the ground. they conduct the mission. the problem was, we have learned, after the drone strike there was no confirming intelligence. no chatter on isis social media accounts, no intercepted phone conversations or internet chatter so they could never confirm in that summer drone strike that they actually did get him. there was another mission we've now learned about, a ground mission was planned. they had somebody at a location that they believe had the name baghda baghdadi, but that mission was called off because there was too much concern of collateral damage, civilians on the ground. that never happened. there have been drone strikes. right now the working assumption is that he is alive because they haven't found the proof that any of these missions did kill him. the best guess now they say is he's alive and he may be somewh

in june russia's military had said baghdadi was killed in an ass strike on the outskirts of the syrian city of raka the message. to increase their attacks and to include the targeting of the media is the first time baghdadi has been heard from since the on group lost control of the iraqi city of mosul in july. russia and turkey meanwhile have agreed to work more closely to end the war in syria despite backing opposing sides in the conflicts present to me a fourteen has been in a talks with the president typewriter want now the two leaders have agreed to push for deescalation zones in syria is it the province. you know used to use the machine what we're interested in is making sure that the terrorists are finally laid to rest and that we have a stable regime in syria these are principles and fundamental issues for russia and the region and indeed for the entire world what is absolutely fundamental is finding a long term political solution under the aegis of the united nations was up with al-jazeera as andrew symonds has more now from ankara it wasn't a long briefing but judging from wha

in it he says he will continue to fight just by recent setbacks baghdadi had been rumored to be dead this most recent recording released last year u.s. officials say they're working to verify the authenticity of the message. currents in iraq vote yes for independence but iraq isn't going to let them go without a fight and turkey is threatening to get involved in the conflict as well i'm sorry i'm in berlin this is the day. so the people of kurdistan have made their decision and entered a new phase different from anything in the past. voice there's no way do you blame us for this but that they took advantage of the situation and broke the bounds of the constitution and i would put up with more than one i don't want to say they will use force. but if barzani and the northern iraq administration will go down in history bearing the shame of pushing our region into an endless sectarian war over here. that iraq after two thousand and three was a step list by american and coalition forces america has to mediate to save the blood of iraqis and avoid civil war between kurds and arabs. also on

iraq in syria the armed group has released an audio recording it says contains a message from al baghdadi this is the first time he's been heard from since i said lost control of the iraqi city of mosul in july in june russia's military said al baghdadi may have been killed in as strike but the u.s. believes he's still alive. now many are calling on the u.s. president donald trump to stop tweeting but for him it seems that twitter has emerged as his preferred method of communication uses the one hundred forty characters to promote and defend himself and to bypass traditional media to speak directly to americans and the world. looks at the history of how u.s. presidents chose to communicate. ladies and gentlemen the president of the united states when president franklin roosevelt wanted to urgently speak to the american people my fellow americans he took to the radio we are going to win. the power we welcome change and openness in one thousand nine hundred seven president ronald reagan harness the power of television to give a historic speech at the berlin wall mr gorbachev tear down this

it breaks -- it would break if confirmed ten month silence by al baghdadi.nd in did you hear a leader trying to urge on his troops. isis fighters who as you know and we've been reporting for months now have been under enormous pressure, their u.s. led coalition air strikes, loss of territory to iraqi forces, u.s. backed forces in both iraq and syria, so this you hear the al baghdadi urging on isis fighters to stand firm, stand strong in the face of this while at the same time taking some shots at the u.s. and this is one of the reasons why the u.s. intelligence community believes this may very well be authentic, that is because he makes references to events that have only taken place in the last few weeks. for instance he references north korean threats to the nus gentlem u.s. in japan, russia in ukraine in defiance of the west. so all these things because of that timely information giving some confidence that this is in fact the isis leader. in addition typically when you get an audio record willing like thi this, they ever other recordings and they look se

and i still has released and audio recording it says is from the leader abu bakr al baghdadi in june russia's military said baghdadi was killed in an airstrike on the outskirts of the syrian city of raka a message urged. i saw members to increase their attacks and to include the targeting of the media it's the first time baghdadi has been heard since the armed group lost control of the iraqi city of mosul in july. russia and turkey have agreed to work more closely in an effort to end the conflict in syria president very near putin has been in ankara for talks with the turkish the that reject tired after one they have backed opposing sides in the syrian conflict now the two leaders have agreed to push for deescalation zones in syria's province during the joint news conference turkey's president has again condemned the referendum in the kurdish region of northern iraq which has voted for secession if. the region is becoming more and more fragile the referendum has no legitimacy in terms of international law unfortunately the regional government despite all the friendly warnings has mad

islamic state group has released an audio recording that it claims is from its leader abu bakar al baghdadi and yet he says he'll continue to fight despite recent setbacks all that daddy had been rumored to be dead with his most recent recording released last year u.s. officials say they're working to verify the audio but they have no reason to doubt its authenticity. leaders of most of the twenty eight states have gathered dystonia for debate on the future of europe as they met for dinner at the risk auctions focused on a major speech two days ago by french president manuel micro-loan and it he proposed a series of changes to the including closer cooperation within the block on issues like migration defense and investment for the dinner got underway mccrone and german chancellor angela merkel met for face to face talks here some remarks now from the german chancellor. regarding the cost of proposals there's a high degree of agreement between germany and france of course you have to talk about the details. but i'm of a firm conviction that europe cannot simply stand still. europe needs to d

baghdadi died tomorrow clearly they thought this one through. josh, had you to deal with this to the extent can you talk about it publicly what, can you say? joshua: just on the wmd issue. this strikes me as one of the reasons why addressing safe safe havens remains important. you can never please everyone category. over the past couple months some commentary, how much does it matter isis helped held mosul anyway? it matters for various reasons. including. so message something more credible if you have territory to hold and point to. another is because wmd work doesn't necessarily take a certain amount of space, it sure is easier if you are insulate interested law enforcement, intelligence collection, etc. as a problem i admit seems not thankfully to have been acted on in any of the plots -- peter: the university of mosul became an expertise in both bio and chem? for example with the plot the expertise that migrate from syria? peter: if it became an expertise it was not big because in the university of mosul they had materials they could have de

islamic state group has released an audio recording of what it claims is its leader, abu boxer al-baghdadithe message is not a company by video or pictures. washington says it has yet to verify the recording, but has no reason to doubt the authenticity. u.s. congressman steve scalise was given a standing ovation as he returned to capitol hill for the first time since he was seriously wounded by a gun man in june. republicans and democrats united in cheering him as he entered the chamber on crutches. venezuela, where the political turmoil is causing hundreds of thousands to flee across the border into neighboring countries. colombia is taking people in search of basic supplies and a better life for their families. our south american correspondent katy watson has been to the colombian border town and has this report. katy: it is one-way traffic at this time of day. a short walk across the bridge into colombia, into a different world. dozens of mothers were taking their babies to get vaccination. many more had empty bags to stock up on food. others are leaving for good. she is saying goodbye

people ask me often, what's the difference between bin laden, al qaeda, and al baghdadi and isis? i think the answer is simple but profound, it's the reach and bandwidth they have over the internet to recruit, train, and radicalize. and what we're seeing, we have had military access in mosul, and raqqa, we know what's coming out of there. as we squeeze that, the messages we're hearing from sheik adnani, who influenced and inspired the new york bomber, the message no longer is come to syria, it's stay where you are, and kill by me means necessary. by vehicle, by knife, by any means necessary. and we're seeing this playing out in the streets of europe. almost on a weekly basis, i get these reports. barcelona just had one of these major events as well. i've been so proud, and yet surprised, at how we've been able to stop this from happening in the united states, given the fact of how difficult it is to detect and deter these plots when you're seeing these messages every day on the internet. how do we stop this and better protect americans? i've sat down with google, facebook, twitter

itself islamic state has released an audio recording of what it says is its leader, abu bakr al—baghdadiveral claims that he'd been killed. the recording includes references to recent events, including the tension between north korea and the united states. president trump has defended his administration's response to the hurricanes in the us territory of puerto rico, insisting first responders are doing a greatjob. he's been under pressure to lift shipping restrictions, to help get supplies to the island, and has now done so. nearly 3.5 million people are struggling with fuel, water and medical shortages eight days after hurricane maria. the uk's aviation regulator has told the low—cost carrier ryanair it has less than 2a hours to sort out compensation for hundreds of thousands of passengers hit by mass flight cancellations. the dublin—based airline has been told it must make clear to customers they are entitled to be re—routed using another carrier. here's richard westcott. it is europe's biggest and busiest airline. but ryanair has been made to look a little small today. accused of per

so—called islamic state has released an audio recording of what it says is its leader, abu bakr al—baghdadithe is leader might have been killed. the recording contains references to recent events, including tension between north korea and the united states. conservationists have warned that laos is the fastest growing ivory market in the world, undermining international efforts to stop the illegal trade. a kenya—based charity, save the elephants, says lax enforcement of laws on the sale of smuggled ivory is to blame, along with increased demand from chinese visitors. north korea has accused president trump of using the death, earlier this year of the us student, 0tto warmbier, to whip up hostility against it. pyongyang again denied that mr warmbier had been mistreated during more than a year of detention. his parents and mr trump have asserted that he was tortured. but a us coroner who examined the student's body said there was no evidence of this. ryanair has been told to correct its compensation policy for hundreds of thousands of passengers whose flights have been cancelled. the uk's avi

has released an auditor recording that it claims is from is a leader, -- its leader, abu bakr al-baghdadin it, he says he will continue to fight despite recent setbacks. he had been rumored to be dead, with his most recent recording released last year. u.s. officials say they are working to verify the audio but , they say they have no reason to doubt it is authentic. leaders of most of the 28 states of the european union have gathered in estonia for a debate on the future of europe. the dinner meeting comes two days after a major speech by french president emmanuel macron, in which he proposed a series of changes to the eu. the suggestions up for debate focus on closer cooperation within the bloc on issues including migration, defense and investment. before the dinner got underway, macron and in german chancellor -- and german chancellor angela merkel met for face-to-face talks. here is the german chancellor making remarks before the meeting with macron. >> regarding the proposals, there is a high degree of agreement between germany and france. we of course have to talk about the details,

they ask me often, what's the difference between bin laden, al qaeda and al baghdadi and isis? i think it's simple, it's the reach and bandwidth that they have globally over the internet to recruit training and rod -- radicalize. as we're collapsing the caliphate we're having military success with delta forces and raqqa, syria to bring them down and stop the threat to the homeland we know is coming out of there. and as we squeeze that, the messages that we're hearing from the sheik, the guy who influenced and inspired the new york bomber, with the two bombs he tried to detonate. the message no longer is coming from syria. the message is now stay where you are and kill by any means necessary, by vehicle, by knife, by any means necessary and we're seeing this playing out in the streets of europe almost on a weekly basis i did the reports, barcelona just had one of these major events as well. i've been so proud and, yet, surprised how we have been able to stop this from happening in the united states, different the fact how difficult it is to dete detect, deter and disrupt the plo

islamic state group has released a lengthy audio recording of what it says is its leader, abu bakr al—baghdadiot accompanied by any video or pictures but includes references to recent events. there have been repeated rumours that the is leader might have been killed — his last audio statement was made nearly a year ago. a british climber who died after a rock fall in yosemite national park has been named as andrew foster, who was 32 and from wales. his wife, who was also injured, is undergoing medical treatment at a california hospital. roads around the base of the el capitan granite formation have been re—routed after eight rock falls in two days. the united nations‘ nuclear watchdog has warned that north korea's latest missile test proved that it has made rapid progress on weapons development. tensions on the korean peninsula have increased since the test, which led to a new round of sanctions against the north. the head of the international atomic energy agency said the isolated country now poses a real threat. it is obvious that it is much bigger than the previous one and it means that nor

used to call it the same sure that you go the road to baghdad it used to be called the road twelve baghdadi after you know the founder of isis so-called so-called self-appointed and there's a lot of theater told you the they were worried that they might get killed so they said can you tell it down so i changed it to the confessions made me do it so now they've got the kardashians after them which is a lot more serious but you know any of the comedy shows in the plus fifty years that have had this problem i do yeah i think reginald d. hunter had a lot of controversy with his the titles of his shows and people because they use the n. word in some of the titles of his shows so he got a lot of stick from people you call with. that because everyone knows the jewish contribution to humor is disproportionate then in comedy and you said the it's about loving your dr james and it's the most beautiful girl in the jewish contribution to terrorism i was to give up to do you want to retire a little bit what do you read about that globally during dark times in that way well obviously we're living in a da

iraq and syria the armed group has released an audiotape cording it says contains a message from al baghdadi it's the first time he's been heard from since i saw lost control of the iraqi city of mosul in july. a european union leaders are in a stonier to discuss the digital future of the block and if you're going to have a digital discussion well then where better than the birthplace of skype roy hallums reports now on how estonia became one of the world's most network nations. coding kids these are stony and children haven't started high school yet but already they're programming robots you can really like. teach people. it's really love to learn. but. the aim is to create a generation with a smarter relationship with technology digital skills for everyone and if all goes well someday one of those kids might be able to build another skype this is easily estonia's biggest tech success story the company has to make video and voice calls over the internet and was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven for eight point five billion dollars startup entrepreneurship is a natural fit for a

a terrorist run news outlet releasing audio of al baghdady.entagon never able to confirm his death. >> white house opening an internal investigation by the use of private emails by administration staff. jared kushner is at the center of the probe along with his wife ivanka trump. his lawyer says his emails were very limited and not classified and forwarded to other accounts to be preserved. other former and current officials reportedly being investigated are steve bannon, reince priebus, gary cohn and steven miller. heather: meantime health and human services coming clean and paying up for using taxpayer funded private jets for government and personal use. he plans to pay back he says $52,000 of his share of the 400 total travel bill accumulated just since may. he will now fly commercial. >> clearly, we're sensitive to the taxpayer on these instances, which is why i have taken the actions that i have taken today. heather: president trump says he is not happy with price. this as treasury secretary steve mnuchin and environmental protection agen

his name is not baghdadi but he thanks.inaudible] there doing these things on purpose, but the problem is they take these things way out of context. if someone gave me a theme, anything, i'll give you the verse and the text that they are referring too. i can put in one column every single sunni, shiite scholar in the history of islam. you will find interpretation all by themselves. they're beyond heresy. they've created a new interpretation. >> when you point this out to someone who's on this path toward radicalization, is it persuasive? is there a track record of people seeing this but there's another way to interpret this or is this something they are just flying headlong toward whether you tell them that are not. >> it depends on what i'm wearing. if i'm dressed like this, probably not. if i was in washington probably not. if i was wearing my regalia, maybe, if i had some street credit with them, maybe a little bit more. it depends. but the problem i found is that a high level, i can convince people of what i just said.

flash point say the voice appears to be baghdadi, but when the recording was made was unclear.s against the u.s. and japan although those threats have been ongoing for months and also mentions international summit in s kazakhstan which took place in june. the british bay syrian observatory for human rights says it's confirmed his death although u.s. officials were skeptical of reports. last month townsend said we're looking for him every day. >>> in the middle east, it too has the option to abandon nuclear agreement if the united states pulls out. president trump who has called the deal a quote, embarrassment, end quote. worst deal ever negotiated has vowed to withdraw in the past. although so far his administration has recertified it multiple times. also comes after trump criticized iranian missile launch on twitter. although multiple reports question if that launch took place. iran is included in the the latest travel ban. let's go to london where lucy is joining us with more. besides the united states, five other world powers have signed on to iran nuclear agreement. how are

the militant group released an audio recording today, said to be abu bakr al-baghdadi. he urged followers to keep waging war in the face of military losses across iraq and syria. >> ( translated ): beware of retreat or feeling defeat, beware of negotiations or surrender. do not lay down your arms for islam rises above everything and a believer does not humiliate oneself, for god has blessed them with unification and jihad. >> woodruff: the recording also urged isis militants to target what it called "media centers of the infidels." the world health organization is warning that nearly half of all abortions worldwide, some 25 million, are done in unsafe conditions. the u.n. health agency blames limited contraception and safe abortion services in poorer nations. in a statement today, it says, there are serious consequences for the health of women and their families. it also says, president trump's renewed ban on u.s. funding for groups that provide abortions, will raise the risk. back in this country, the bruce roner signed a law permitting state health insurance and medic

al baghdadi in which he allegedly mocks the u.s.right now being that they do reference our problems with north korea? here to decode it is former cia station chief who served in iraq, iraq and pakistan daniel, what do you read from this? very much alive or are you hedging. >> all indications are that he is alive. it's a proof of life. he purposely used references to current events like north korea and syria to refute the allegation that russia had killed him in that air strike in raqqa back in may. brian: what do you look for him to do next that he lost his territory but he has an audience and that's a sunni audience because think a is beginning to run rampant through that region. >> even know he knows a femoral. he wants to libya. he knows cyberspace allows him to-to-do that. brian: you had him locked up in iraq and he was let go. >> i was actually in iraq that year when he was in camp bucca, yes. brian: must kill you to know he is out? >> well, it is certainly causing us great angst. obviously he is making a big impact. he will ca

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in it he says he will continue to fight just by recent setbacks baghdadi had been rumored to be dead this most recent recording released last year u.s. officials say they're working to verify the authenticity of the message. hugh heffner the founder of playboy magazine has died at the age of ninety one credited with helping assure in the one nine hundred sixty s. sexual revolution with his groundbreaking men's magazine hefner was also known for his hedonistic lifestyle which he kept up well into his eighty's his critics said he just peddled pornography and several of his female employees called bunnies said they were raped at parties in his hollywood home the playboy mansion. currents in iraq vote yes for independence but iraq isn't going to let them go without a fight and turkey is threatening to get involved in the conflict as well i'm sorry i'm in berlin this is the day.

in it he says he will continue to fight just by recent setbacks baghdadi had been rumored to be dead this most recent recording released last year u.s. officials say they're working to verify the authenticity of the message. currents in iraq vote yes for independence but iraq isn't going to let them go without a fight and turkey is threatening to get involved in the conflict as well i'm sorry i mean in berlin this is the day.

does it matter that we can't even tell if baghdadi is dead or alive? and third and most importantly, what do you think of wmd? is it on their menu and will we see it? thank you. >> so, in the paper that "the american" published today, we have quite a comprehensive answer to the wmd question, the weapons of mass destruction. you know, in all the jihadi terrorist plots in the west, one thing is quite striking, none involve weapons of mass destruction or even attempted them. weapons of mass destruction's a misnomer, right? there's only one weapon of mass destruction, really, it's a nuclear bomb. but radiological bombs, chemical bombs. so, in the 340 cases since 9/11 of jihadi terrorism in the united states, not one of them tried to use these weapons, tried to get precursors. so it's sort of a nonissue, which doesn't mean that it couldn't become an issue. in this country, 13 people motivated by extreme right-wing ideology, some with idiosyncratic motives have experimented with these weapons in a pretty kind of low-level way. these weapons are very hard to