i'm fredricka whitfield. and syria. 26 air strikes, according to central command. isis releasing these images it says are from raqqa, syria, supposedly showing the aftermath of the strikes. cnn cannot confirm the authenticity of these pictures. more than a dozen air strikes targeted isis stronghold in iraq's second largest city of mosul. cnn's phil black is one of the few western journalists there. >> reporter: behind me is the most important piece of territory that isis still controls in northern iraq. mosul. it is iraq's second-biggest city and you can see it here from the top of mt. czar tech one of the closest positions occupied by the kurdish fighters the peshmerga who have drawn a line around that city. and from up here a commanding view into mosul from the south and the towns and villages which surround it and still occupied by isis as well. on this day, overhead has been the constant sound of aircraft. fast-moving aircraft. we have seen what appears to be a slower-moving, larger reconnaissance aircraf

i'm fredricka whitfield. a murder in the shadow of the kremlin. boris nemtsov, russian opposition leader and critic of president vladimir putin, was shot to death last night as he walked across a bridge barely 100 yards from the seat of russian government. a manhunt is now on for the killer or killers, and today russia's state media released this video of a car they say could be -- could have been used in this shooting. investigators say nemtsov's shooting was carefully planned. opposition leaders call it a direct message from the kremlin. earlier this month, in a chilling premonition of his death, nemtsov said this quote, i'm afraid putin will kill me. i believe that he was the one who unleashed the war in ukraine. i couldn't dislike him more. end quote. last year nemtsov told cnn's anthony bourdain he knew of the risk involved in criticizing russia's leadership. >> you were supposed to be dining at another restaurant this evening. and when they heard that you would be joining me we were uninvited. should i

it will be with us and this is not the only one this week fredricka fredricka. >> stop it already. >> i know. sorry. >> tom, that's the way it is. we'll have to deal with it. thanks so much. >>> still ahead, while bobbi kristina brown is in a medically induced coma at a hose her family and boyfriend remain caught in a twitter fight. what her boyfriend now says about not being allowed toss her. to see her. >>> all right. checking our top story, bobbi kristina brown's boyfriend is responding to her father's accusations that he hasn't tried hard enough to see her at the hospital. earlier this week bobby brown said nick gordon could see bobbi kristina but only if he met certain conditions. the conditions were not disclosed to the public. this morning gordon's lawyers released this statement -- bobby brown has consistently prohibited nick who bobbi kristina would want by her seed. nick has repeatedly offered to meet privately to discuss the request in person rather than through lawyers. the offers have also been rejected. the 21-year-old daughter of whitney houston remains in an induced co

death of boris, and so things have changed, but one of the things that i want to hit on as well fredricka, the model, playing a pivotal role. i spoked to one of his friends yesterday, and what happened was after this incident here is that she called this friend and he was over here in about ten minutes and saw flying here on the ground dead and said before she was then taken in for questioning by the police that she was able to talk to him to give him a quick run down of what happened. she said the two of them were walking here along this bridge where all this happened and all the sudden a car stopped next to them. as you said several people were in the car. she says that immediately someone from the car opened fire and that then shortly afterwards the car sped away, fred fredr fredricka. >> oh, my goodness. putin is promising punishment in the investigation. do people believe that will take place? >> reporter: well of course there's certain people who have serious doubts that will take place or whether or not anyone will be found. however, the russian authorities are saying they are maki

. >> and fredricka, that uncertainly continues. at the real sill is unclear, whether it will in fact take hold. there are still regular infringements and fighting the u.s. says it's fed up with what it says is -- and secretary of state kerry has said that there are going to be new sanctions, most probably in the cards for russia coming very soon. >> fred pleitgen, thank you so much. we'll be right back in a moment. yes, a raise. i'm letting you go. i knew that. you see, this is my amerivest managed... balances. no. portfolio. and if doesn't perform well for two consecutive gold. quarters. quarters...yup. then amerivest gives me back their advisory... stocks. fees. fees. fees for those quarters. yeah. so, i'm confident i'm in good hands. for all the confidence you need. td ameritrade. you got this. >>> mortgage rates are mostly up this past week. take a look. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ abe! get in! punch it! let quicken loans help you save your money. with a mortgage that's engineered to amaze! thanks, g. hello again, everyone. thanks so much for joi

i'm fredricka witfield.om the department of homeland security showing that threat of homegrown terror is growing. the report focuses on the threat from the so-called right wing sovereign citizens movement. it cites two dozen attacks against law enforcement or other government agencies since 2010. joining me right now, mark potak, a senior fellow the at sovereign poverty law center and cnn law enforcement analyst tom fuentes former assistant director of the fbi. good to see both of you. tom, let me begin with you. hasn't the threat of homegrown terrorism been a primary concern, especially since oklahoma city and tim they mcveigh the unabomber, hate groups that have been in this country a long time what is different now? >> well they have been for a long time and i think just the rise of other organizations that they look at as enemies of them may be stirring increased membership but, you know, the fbi has been fighting kkk for about 100 years. >> right. >> and back in the '80s and '90s, fighting groups like,

. >> fredricka, this could be the last chance for a diplomatic solution, which is pitched russia against the west. the french and german leaders are set todown their russian and ukrainian counterparts for a crucial sum mutt on wednesday to try to bring the bloodshed to an end. the leaders spoke by telephone over the weekend. german officials say a package of measures you are to try to reach a comprehensive settlement was discussed. the next a face-to-face meeting, to putin hinted it was not a done deal. i want to start my conversation today, that -- in the normandy format. we agreed that we will try to organ i'd a summit meetings in this same format. we are planning for wednesday if we succeed in settle so intensively over these last days. >> reporter: on friday the french and german leaders were in moscow for what the kremlin described as meaningful and constructive talks. details are sketchy, with the new peace plan on the table. a truce between the warring sides was all right agreed last september also in minsk, it calls the heavy weapons to be pulled back self-rule in eastern regions

. >> here is the pattern right now, fredricka. now that the jet stream is diving out here more to the southwest. believe it or not, this is going to set the stage for after this storm, not just one, but maybe two more this week to take the same pathogen rate in the south, and move across the south. where they develop in the gulf and if they come off in the carolinas could mean more not just frigid cold for the great lakes in the northeast, but more snow into piedmont the carolinas, into the d.c. area maybe up to new york and of course boston which has now reached 100. >> yeah, 100 inches. >> that's amazing for me to hear it. is that far above their average? >> 32 inches okay they only need 7 1/2 for the all-time snowiest season. >> something tells me they're going to make it. >> i think they will. >> tom, thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> here's a question for you, why are terrorists calling for an tack on this place here. will ripley gives us some context, next. >>> and fred we are learning that al shabab is very familiar with m

i'm fredricka whitfield. right now. >>> this breaking news we continue to follow that we'll get to in a moment happening in the newsroom isis forces making stunning advances in iraq seizing large chunks of territory. hundreds of u.s. troops are in harm's way. >> we know there were 20 to 25 mill tants that moved on the base as many as 8 were suicide bombers. >> plus fierce fighting continues in ukraine hours before a cease-fire is set to begin and another blizzard here we go again, a blizzard warning yet again in effect for parts of the northeast. hurricane-force winds, dangerously cold temperatures and nowhere to put all of that snow. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." >>> breaking news this hour we are hearing reports from danish media that there has been a shooting incident in copenhagen. three police officers were shot and wounded at a panel discussion about freedom of speech. that event was organized by the lars villics committee, a swedish artist attacked a few years ago after drawing the prophet mohamme