but the fact that turkey is allowing pershmerga forces in kobani and aiding the transit to kobani isself very significant. for four weeks turkey has resisted pressure to provide assistance apart from humanitarian assistance to provide assistance to the syrian kurds in kobani and somewhere some where an arm has been twisted and accept the u.s. has been flying dropped weapons over kobani and allowing pershmerga forces to join and provide support and reenforcements to the kurds in kobani so a real change of what is happening in kobani. >> you talked about an arm having been twisted, president obama spoke with his turkish counterpart at the weekend and of course that was a precursor to air drops we saw, resupply of arms and ammunition to fighters already in kobani. >> reporter: yes, and the turkish presidential sources are telling us that president obama said to one turkish president that the situation in kobani was desperate is how he described it to president erdawan and erdawan is said to have reservations about the air drop but we heard nothing more about that. we do know the kurds i

kobani is different. u.s. strikes have hit isil positions, but the kurds say the strikes aren't enough on their own. they want turkey to provide more weapons. turkey's president visiting a refugee camp for syrians, says he thinks kobani will fall to isil. erdogan says a ground operation is needed. >> translator: the problem of isil cannot be solved with air strikes alone. we had warned the west, no fly zone, a secure zone, and the training of moderate syrian rebels. >> reporter: there are some groups fighting eye long side the kurds. this video was posted online. erdogan wants the kurds to join with fsa to fight against bashar al-assad and isil. kurds protested along the border again on tuesday. there have been similar protests elsewhere in turkey. turkey's president believes assad's regime in syria is part of the problem, but the united states with its focus on isil have shown little enthusiasm erdogan's campaign. so for now it looks like all of the syrian kurder fighters in kobani can expect are some u.s. ai

the isis fighter quite casually walking up to kobani. >> hey, kobani, moving through fairly open spaces. >> isis tanks, isis vehicles freely roaming around the countryside for the last five days. >> jon: isis fighters saying yoo whoo, taking numerous sunbathing breaks. what happened to the all destroy and degrade plan? don't they realize if they take over kobani, our entire yogurt supply will be in jeopardy. [ applause ] kobani is apparently a kurdish town on the border of turkey. it does not have real blueberries. my point is this. you guys said isis is the most evil thing since hitler's sliced bread. for god's sake, you broke into dancing with the stars to tell us we're hunting down members of isis wherever they are. they're burning tank don uts do a hilltop. what's up. >> the kobani could fall, and united states is not concerned. >> u.s. officials saying it's not a top priority. broadly focused, not just on one city and one town. we have to stay broadly focused. >> it's important for the united states to step back and remember our strategic objective. >> it's not a key city strategic

but kobani is different.hese kurds really determined to defend that town, and the air strikes, as i say, seem to be helping. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: most of the syrian kurds involved in the fight for kobani had other norm alives. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: before they took up arms to defend their town. john was a musician. he is across the border now in turkey, getting shrapnel wound treated. >> translator: i didn't want to kill people. but we only had two choices, kill or be killed. >> reporter: john has seen friends and relatives killed as fighters from islamic state of iraq and levant pushed through to kobani town. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: despite their desperate circumstances, he like other kurdish fighters is suspicious of the turkish government's motives. >> translator: we are not going to let the turkish army enter kobani. we would fight them. we have sacrificed our martyrs we won't let them steal our victory. will turkey send its troops to kill us too? >> reporter: john has been trying to get back to k

fighting there in kobani.nd the kurds in turkey know this. and they believe turkey is holding back because it doesn't like the kurds in northern syria. >> thank you for that, jasper mortimer, reporting from ankara. income a suicide bomb has gone off -- next in yemen, a suicide bomb has gone off. as many as 40 people were killed with more hurt. >> bloodstains, torn up clothing and shoes, this is all that remains of a checkpoint where shiite threw two protesters had been queuing up to enter a demonstration. witnesses say a man wearing explosives blew himself up in the middle of the crowd. >> while we were going to square, we heard an explosion. we were just behind the bridge. when we arrived at the square we saw dead bodies everywhere. >> tutsi rebels took control of yemen's capital weeks ago. they say they will withdraw their men when a new power-sharing government is appointed. the hutus organized thursday's rally in -- the tuesday's organized thursday's rally in objection to the president. they decided to go

the situation in kobani is grave.tense between the urd cannish forc isnis isnis in there and isis. we are hearing the coalition strikes have had an impact, have suddenly boosted the morale of the kurdish forces. but as some of your guests were saying earlier as well, they -- there needs to be more strikes for these strikes to be effective enough to drive isis out and to have the kurdish forces that are fighting this fight on the ground to not only push isis out of the city but out of the danger zone there. >> if isis were to take over this town of kobani, would there be a massacre of kurds, christians, arabs, others in the city? >> of course we're expecting a massacre. but primarily because the kurdish fighters there are not likely to leave their posts. they will fight until the last bullet. they've been in this fight for a long time, even before isis came into iraq, the kurdish fighters in syria have been fighting isis with success. so they know how to fight isis. but right now, the siege is significant. and they are

it's not just kobani. islamic state has taken control of a huge swathe of syria and iraq. >> what makes kobani so important for i.s., by also -- but also the u.s.-led alliance? >> kobani lies right in the middle of the swathe of control. they control a large stretch of the turkish-syrian border, and kobani is in the middle of the area of control. it is important for turkey, because what you have in kobani is a kurdish population. in turkey, there's tengion with the carrots, and turkey --kurds, and turkey's own kurds are getting angry they are not doing enough. ankara will be worried. >> we have to leave it there. thank you very much for your report from kobani. >> the german military has begun flying in aid to liberian capital fof monrovia. this comes as a second patient with ebola has arrived in germany for treatment at a special medical center. the ugandan dr. contracted the virus in sierra leone, where he was working for an italian aid organization. >> his condition is very serious , but stable. emergen

kobani is about to fall. this cannot be solved via air strikes without cooperating with those on the ground. >> recep tayyip erdogan vowed to retaliate, but refused to defend kobani or the kurds. the foreign minister implored turkey to act. >> reporter: for kobani we are -- in fact. >> translation: for kobani we are mobilizing. i called my french counterpampt they'll do the same. a tragedy is unfolding at kobani. we must react. >> reporter: the turks say they'll only get involved if the united states agrees to target syrian government forces and the bashar al-assad regime. they are loath to support the militia, linked to the p.k.k., branded a terrorist organization. seeking n independent kurdish tan. most of all the leaders feel their army could become the groups on the ground and taking all the risks that would mean. >>> turkey's arm folding while kurds fight caused outrage in that country and across the community. protesters occupied a terminal at london's health roe airport. a day after occupying the dutch

is doing in kobani. it initially appeared the u.s.would not act prevent kobani's fall to the islamic state. speaking earlier this month, secretary of state john kerry suggested protecting kobani is not a strategic u.s. objective. >> as horrific as it is to watch in real time, what is happening in kobani is also important to remember, you have to step back and understand the strategic objective and where we have begun over the course of the last weeks, notwithstanding the crisis in kobani, the original targets of our efforts have been the command-and-control centers, the infrastructure. we're trying to deprive isil of the overall ability to wage this, not just in kobani, but throughout syria and into iraq. >> john kerry come just a few weeks ago. on monday, secretary of state john kerry said it would be "irresponsible" and "morally very difficult" not to support the kurds fighting the islamic state in kobani. and also to allow kobani to fall. >> let me just say very allies, the to our turks, that we understand fully the fundamentals of

hanna joins us from kobani.t is indicated that the kurdish fighters are holding their ground right now against islamic state. just a few days ago it look like that would not be the case. what are you hearing? >> yesterday, it felt as if the tables were turning in the battle for kobani. there was a day of very heavy coalition airstrikes and that pushed the islamic state backed out of some of the neighborhoods that they control. but what fighters are telling me from today from inside the city, the islamic state set fire to a lot of houses and that sent smoke going over the western part of the city. that made it difficult for the coalition to hit targets effectively. >> what has been the reaction where you are among kurdish refugees to the reaction that turkey will not be joining the fight at all? >> people are very angry. we've seen large crowds gathered at the border everything -- every day since this began. kurds on both sides of the border you like the kurds in kobani -- there are familial ties and ethnic ties.

for the syrian town of kobani. we understand that u.s. air strikes have taken place on kobani. we can talk to someone near kobani. what are you seeing and hearing on the ground? >> 20 minutes ago we saw air forces on kobani's zone. and we saw after, like, 10 minutes, after seeing or observing the situation in kobani, there were bombs in south-eastern part of kobani, and we saw, of course, black smoke coming out after a bomb attack. right now, we'll await the situation since yesterday. there were heavy clashes going on. right now, since this morning, it will be calmer, but some time we can hear the voices, especially kalashnikovs, and we'll await the situation, like there is cautious happening close to the turkish boarder. >> we understand that i.s.i.l. attacking the town on a number of scenes. what signs have you seen of the fighting in the town? >> right now, like, especially eastern part of kobani, there's two hl flags staying up there. one is a big hospital in kobani, and a small hill on the east side. we see the i.s.i.l. flags there. but main hill and kobani is under contro

kobani is a kurdish city. kurds here are watching their brothers across the border in syria being attacked and they're watching the turkish army not reacting. not doing anything with its tanks and troops. in some cases just a few hundred yards away. it's causing a lot of anger here, street protests, clashes more than 20 people dead in clashes over the last several days. >> nbc richard engel in turkey, thank you so much for your time. >>> let's bring in washington post correspondent. thank you for being with me. secretary john kerry was asked about the deer or teriorating situation in kobani. >> kobani is a tragedy. it represents the evil of isis. it is not the definition either of the strategy or of the full measure of what is happening with respect to isil. it is one town and there will be others where there will be conflicts with isil over the course of the next few months. >> what is he saying, ann? >> he's saying that kobani may be sacrificed in essence. i'm sure he would never put it in those terms. but t

if kobani falls there, will be no peace process.report from the syrian turkey bord border. >> this town not far from the border, they're burying more of their dead today. two men and one woman. kurdish fighter who is gave their lives defending kobani. today they're showing restraint. here the flag of the kurdistan party pkk outlawed here. some didn't want to be film med for fear of harassment from turkish intelligence services. it wasn't clear whether the death was syrian or turkish kurds. we are all kurds they told me. many here are enraged at turkish government for not helping fellow kurds on the other side of the border. at the offices of illegal kurdish party with representative in parliament, mood is angry. kurds constitute 20% of the population here and turkey is sitting on the fence watching kurds die in kobani has removed little trust there was. >> translator: peace process going on past two years are will end. we will go back to 15 years ago. >> even hosting so many refugees from syria including syrian kurds has not helped

at the syrian city of kobani, the u.s.-led coalition has carried out nine airstrikes on isis targets in and around kobani. meantime, the kurdish fighter tells cnn that the kurdish groups defending that syrian town are vastly outnumbered and outgunned by isis. cnn's nick peyton walsh has more on the battle ranging in kobani. >> reporter: noga period to be more difficult than kurds defending kobani. the front line still moving west, it seems, shrinking kurdish ground. some fleeing. these men's trucks stuck on the railway. some of the shots get closer. they duck. and then edge towards a largely closed turkish border. this, probably an isis truck, as it ran towards kurdish lines. one sight particularly important. two of these kurdish fighters were female and the fact they hold ground this far east means isis is yet to seize the official crossing into turkey which would mean they encircle the kurds. it will bring some relief to a world and locals anxiously watching hearing the u.n. suggest over 10,000 civilians could be trapped

>> they do know very well that kobani will fall.his is exactly what the turkish government wants to see achieved. they want the kurds to suffer a major defeat. so all striving for a town he of kurdish citizens in turkey will come to an end. that is their philosophy. on the second hope of the turkish government is that this conflict will evolve into a larger one. the turks do hope that the international community will then way -- then wage war against bashar assad, the syrian president, and then the turks can open up a second front. at this time, it's not a realistic option. >> what about the role that the assad regime plays in all of this? they are a major adversaries. what would happen if turkey gets drawn into syria? with that boost us on -- boost assad in any way? >> if you look at things realistically, as a sunni more or less, assad is the only one capable of fighting the militias of the islamic state in theory a proper. it would not make sense to fight the syrian government now. the american approach is to fight the islamic sta

five in iraq, 18 in syria near kobani today. richard engel has been following this in northern iraq. thank you so much. first off, a simple question, are these air strikes working? >> reporter: if you're inside kobani, yes, they are making a difference. they are working. a week ago, it looked like kobani was lost. that the militants from isis, all of the city. they control about a third of the city now. and the intensified air strikes have slowed the isis assault. according to the militants inside kobani, the defenders of the city, the kurdish forces are

how are people reacting to this help for kobani? there must be some mixed feelings. quick certainly, among the large kurdish population there will be widespread jubilation, calling for this kind of action. among turkish supporters of the government and turkish nationalist, there will be concerns, particularly for the u.s. allies. they have delivered weapons to syrian kurdish groups which the syrian president only this week called terrorist. this led to a great deal of concern and accusations that an kara's policies are in disarray. >> thank you very much. neighboring iraq, a series of attacks on shia holy sites has killed at least 43 people. three car bombs exploded in one city and in the capital baghdad. a suicide attack on a mosque killed 17 people and wounded at least 25 others. the explosion happened as people were leaving the mosque in the commercial area after noon prayers. german foreign minister has said du needs to go on the offensive against ebola. while only a few cases have reached europe, ebola has killed more than 4500 in west africa, and it continues t

this is the seen right now towards kobani.hin the last half hour it has been confirmed that the u.s. and the uae both conducts air strikes. we're crossing over to the border where bernard smith is there to talk about the fight in kobani. what effects are the air strikes as well as the kurds on the ground having on isil? >> reporter: the u.s. central command has confirmed at least six air strikes in and around kobani on isil positions as you mentioned. we believe according to syrian kurdish fighters in kobani that those air strikes have helped them seize the initiative and push back isil forces back towards the edge of the town, back towards the sort of defenses that isil forces breached on monday night. isil forces say they are managing to push them back. of course they still want weapons, that's the sort of help they are looking for. but so far they have pushed them back, and those air strikes are making a difference. >> and isil continuing to fire on kurdish positions in that town. what exactly do the kurds want in terms of

we've been telling you this hour about kobani., we'll take you to the pentagon for the latest intelligence on the fight. >>>s also, the u.s. government secretly spying on twitter users. now twitter is going to court to try to release details of how often that happens. the feds argue the secret practice helps keep us safe. how much of your freedom are you willing to give up in the name of security? judge andrew napolitano with me here live. >>> a fox report. more headlines. more than 330 people have died since the start of the so-called cease-fire in ukraine according to the united nations. it reports more than 25,000 people have left their homes and are living in shelters that are not equipped to handle the harsh winter that is coming. >>> in kentucky a powerful line of storms flattened trees and homes north of lexington. yesterday was the second straight day of severe weather there after a twister touched down monday night with wind gusts up to 100 miles per hour. no reports of anyone hurt. >>> you could pick up your ups delivery

the pentagon predicted kobani will probably fall. but baghdad is stable, at least for now, we are reassured. peter doocy watching all of this from washington. hi, peter. >> reporter: hi. there have been 274 anti-isis air strikes in iraq since august 8. 133 anti-isis air strikes in syria since september 23. while there is little debate the strikes are degrading some isis capabilities, it's unclear now if air strikes alone will be enough to destroy isis and permanently eliminate the threat they pose. >> i think the level of effort on the part of the air strikes, i don't know the reasons behind it. i've been told the rules of engagement are too restrictive. i've been told we don't have enough isr that, is to help eye phi targets. but all i can say is looking at what you're looking at, come to the conclusion that our level of effort of air strikes is inadequate. >> reporter: just across the border, the turkish military has not been helping keep isis out of kobani, the key city apparently about to fall. so defense secretary chuck hagel is

what is the military situation in kobani right now? >> the situation on the ground is relatively calm, but that does not mean there was no fighting at all. we saw several explosions today. they attacked military cars of the islamic state, which led to the deaths of 14 of their fighters. most of the battles at the moment take place in the east of kobani. from this direction, the islamic state brings in new weapons and fighters. >> over the next few hours, defenders are about to get reinforcements from those pe shmurga fighters. to people think this will help turn the tide? >> they tell me they are more than happy to get the support, but for them, more important than the writers -- than the fighters are the heavy weapons they are bringing in. i told them we have enough people to defend the city, but we are in urgent need of heavy weapons like artillery and machine guns. now, there's a very big hope this will give the kurdish fighters the momentum which could maybe help to finally stop the advance of the people. >> with winter setting in

but kobani still burns.c change in kobani, and perhaps generally in the war against isis. that move to arm the syrian kurds in kobani, despite turkey viewing them as terrorists, a very stark choice made there, followed by turkey recalibrating its position. still calling the kurds terrorists, but saying they'll allow peshmerga through their territory to assist the fight, that could open another front against isis. washington always saying they haven't got the ground forces to back up the air strikes. if the peshmerga show up, that could change things. >> congressman ed royce joins us now. mr. chairman, thank you very much for joining us. you heard about these 15 simultaneous assaults by isis on various parts of northern iraq, kurdish territory. but they seem to be going after that mosul dam. here's the question -- could that be lost? >> well, i think the kurds will probably be able to hold along the line. but i think also the reason for the full-scale assault on the kurds in iraq is probably to try to pin the

patrick, can you talk about the significance of kobani? place that most people in the united states are probably never heard of until at least this week. >> what is happening there is immensely significant in a number of respects. first of all, despite what president obama was saying, that if is the islamic state take kobani, this will be a victory for them. and this will be the response to obama saying he was going to degrade and destroy isis. i think what is coming out of washington saying somehow it doesn't matter and going to attack the infrastructure and the control headquarters of isis, is really a diversion. guerrilla organization. it doesn't have many pentagon scattered over iraq and syria of which it controls its operations. it does fall, this will be a symptom of a pretty massive military failure. it is not just in syria this is happening. but in iraq as well. it is very little reported because it is so dangerous to go there. thatuch of anbar province wasn't under isis control has fallen since an offensive began october 2. so the

this, thiss where you can see the battle of kobani going on in the distance.is is where we are witnessed, through the course of this morning, a very heavy shelling and bombardment into the southeastern pocket of the city. now, we've been watching the shells fall. there is constant smoke, constant explosions coming from that direction. people still in the city, officials and fighters tell us, this is where we believe they are coming from isis tanks maneuvering around that eastern-southeastern approach and they are still able to -- >> we're going to continue to monitor this behind the scenes. that's phil black there. remember, if kobani is taken, that's 50 miles in syria that isis has now secured. >> to explain exactly in the 15 seconds what is happening there, these smoke bombs, these tear gas bombs and sometimes water cannons, as phil mentioned, is used by the turkish forces to keep the kurds out of that area. a lot of people are trying to help the fellow kurds to fight against the isis militants. that's what is happening there. we understand that those tear g

kobani has become a symbol for the kurds. we have to say the leader of the pkk jailed here in turkey is expected to give a statement tomorrow from his prison cell. his narrative over the past week has been one of calm. so we'll have to see how this plays out. i think turkey certainly doesn't want to see a kurdish uprising here in turkey. kurds have come to watch from across turkey, and many kurds have come from germany to observe it. so there's a real commitment by the kurds. they say if kobani falls there will be a huge a backlash in turkey. and nobody wants to see that. so we'll see what message we receive tomorrow. >>> well, who are the pkk, the kurdistan workers party. they have confirmed that its southeastern positions have been hit by turkish war a planes. this is the first significant attack against the pkk since the peace process started two years ago. they fought against the turkish government for around 30 years. it wants more autonomy for the kurdish minority within turkey's borders. but in early 2013 a ceasefire w

. 60 bombs in four days may, for now, have ground isis to a halt in kobani. but to the city's west lies another trauma for those kurds still inside, at a hole poked by the desperate in the border fence. that's now policed by the turkish army. they won't let us film up close, yet daily we've seen dozens of kurds caught on dangerous other side of the fence. but strangely, even though the turkish army will let them across, many still don't. why do they stay there? there are still fighting inside kobani and this is a volatile place to be stranded on other side of that border. we're told those there though don't want to leave their city, to leave their possessions because they're worried if they cross into turkey, they won't be able to return home. we filmed discreetly, closer when bread was delivered. the men there said there were thousands still inside. many we spoke to said they were not leaving their treasured homes and cars as they knew the army would not let them back in. this man came out two days ago to bring back food but can't cross. "where do you think

now controls 40% of kobani. there are other kobani recent gains and now controls territory from the syrian border to baghdad's western suburbs. meanwhile the u.n. special envoy to syria, compared it to 1995 srebrenica massacre. >> you remember srebrenica? we never forgot. when the reason for imminent threat to civilians we cannot we should not be silence. >> derek harry served as spell envoy at u.s. central command. arcolonel, real pleasure to have you with us. the u.n. special envoy to syria has suggested that 10,000 could be killed if kobani falls to i.s.i.l. as they appear to be too little too late? late. at this point i really do worry about the situation there, and the impact on the people there, in that town. the strikes that we've conducted to date have been very minimal. there's really been no effort, no intensity in the kobani area or for that point, throughout the rest of syria. it's been a minimalist campaign to date. >> and could a really intensive air campaign drive i.s.i.l. from kobani? i know you

defending kobani saturday. the front line still moving west, it seems, shrinking kurdish ground. some fleeing. these men's trucks stuck on the railway. some of the shots get closer. they duck. and then edge towards a largely closed turkish border. this probably an isis truck hit as it ran towards kurdish lines. one site teparticularly importa. two fighters were female, and the fact that they hold ground this far east means isis has yet to get here. which means they circle the kurds. there are many anxiously watching. over 10,000 civilians could be trapped by the fighting. there's no question the conflict inside kobani is moving quickly, but the big doubt is how many people still remain inside the city. civilians, will the turkish army sat on this hilltop watching the scene unfold. will they intervene? two the west, turkish allowing some people to congress into turkey. they shouted to us. they knew of hundreds trapped just across from the official crosses with turkey, faces that speak of the savagery looming lar

with regard to aid to kobani, we are helping kurdish forces to enter kobani to give support. >> but warning, he doesn't believe the kurds in kobani are fighting for a unified syria. >> translator: we should not forget that the only army that is fighting for the freedom of syria is the frearms. free syriy should be the only one supported. >> in from the islamic state of iraq and the levant they say the weapons dropped by the u.s. are very, very good but they will need more to push i.s.i.l. from the area. >> the weapons will help but we still need more heavy weapons to push out i.s.i.l. completely. the fighting won't be over soon. with just these weapons. no one has asked us about peshmerga crossing over into kobani. if we get them and enough weapons the fighting in kobani will be over very soon. >> reporter: u.s. air two strikes have flattened the i.s.i.l. fighting. but not allowed weapons into kobani. now u.s. secretary of state john kerry said it would be irresponsible and morldly difficult nomorallydifficult no. thkurds. damaging psychological condition were that kobani would fall. bernar

. >>> meanwhile in kobani, isil fighters are being pounded from the air and their advance into the syrianown is now said to be slowing. >>> police in hong kong are investigating claims its officers used excessive force against protesters. >>> and just a few hundred protesters remain on the streets. >>> nuns on a bus, the american sisters taking on big money in politics. ♪ >>> al jazeera has gained rare access to isil fighters as they battle iraqi forces. the group has killed a number of journalists over the past few months, but does occasionally allow a select number to join them and film their activities. the video you are about to see was filmed in the north of iraq, and provides an incite into their tactics and to how well they are equipped as imran khan reports. >> reporter: this is a previously unseen look inside an isil assault. on sunday the group hoisted their bullet ridden flag above a village in northern iraq. the iraqi army sent in helicopters that dropped bombs on the group. isil fight back using anti-aircraft guns. the assault beginning at midday and isil fighters are confide

and the situation in kobani itself which is angering many kurds.the language out of him is the peace deal was over. the leader of the pkk was jailed here in turkey, and his language has been more one of calm. he is expected to give a statement tomorrow, so that will be significant. but many of the kurds we have been speaking to here who have been coming to offer solidarity, they will tell you if kobani falls, that that peace deal will absolutely be over. >> remind us about who the pkk are, the kurdish workers party of turkey, and how they relate to the kurdish commune fee in syria, the ypg fighting to defend kobani. how are they related ? >> the ypg, the people's protection unit. they are seen to be the syrian wing of the pkk, and the ypg did go into iraq to help save the agency -- zitis, the pkk has fought an almost 30-year war against the government. in 2013 a ceasefire was reached and they agreed to withdraw to northern iraq. >> okay. thank you very much for reminding us of that, stephanie. stephanie decker there live on the border between turke

this is where the kurdish reinforcements are going --kobani. for weeks, it has been the focal point of a fierce struggle between islam and state militants and kurdish defenders. the situation is so confused, it's not even clear who launched this attack. the entire region is in chaos. these images show a u.s. airstrike on an i.s. logistics base. as ever more civilians are fleeing and dying, here in syria , government helicopters reportedly dropped barrel bombs on makeshift refugee caps on. human rights observers released these images, saying at least 10 people were killed. >> is the battle against i.s., especially in kobani, entering a new phase now? turkey has been allowing kurdish peshmerga and free syrian army fighters across its border. is this temporary or the beginning of a larger operation to relieve kobani? >> it is very unclear. what is clear -- this current reinforcing came after massive pressure on ankara, firstly from turkey's large kurdish minority, which held nationwide protests across the country, claiming more than 40 people's li

because kobani is not the big picture. >> and yet the administration continues to focus on kobani, citing it as a success to a degree because of the fight that they have isis fighters in somewhat of a retreat. >> well, you got to remember, this was the distraction. the main effort is anbar province and the three approaches around baghdad. isis fighters have already invested, literally, surrounding three sides of baghdad and running those suicide ieds. they're rehearsals. they're practicing. they want to get the routes down, the techniques down, for how to get these enormous bombs into the city. if one of those goes off right next to the wall of the american embassy, you're going to have isis fighters following up in a complex attack, getting inside the green zone. >> what do we know about the protection for the embassy in that area? >> there's a significant increase in the number of u.s. marines guarding the embassy. we've got special operators inside to call in air strikes. you've got aircraft parked out at baghdad international airport. and a whole host of them just outside the region.

this could cause them to pull back from kobani altogether.nd they do not have the supply line to continue the operation. >> reporter: isis's hi-tech weapon, social media, has been more muted on kobani, he said. claiming they could fly warplanes near aleppo, aimed at restoring confidence. >> the reason they have that plane take off is to raise morale, that's started to collapse, in a very clear way, especially in their media. right now they're looking for revenge operations against the coalition countries to restore their big image. >> reporter: with a full cabinet in place in baghdad, washington may hope the win of kobani could bolster iraq's lackluster forces. yet the u.s. knows its strategy has limitations. >> the idea isn't just to put a warhead on a forehead every single day. the idea is to try to get at their ability to sustain themselves and to disrupt their strategy. >> isis, al qaeda, the taliban, they're all adapted in the past. and these bombs may not be enough to prevent isis from doing so again. nick paton walsh, cnn, turkey. >>>

out of kobani town. and while the u.s. led coalition gave those air drops, a complete change also in turkish policy, having resisted for four weeks, opposition from coalition be partners, now the turkish foreign minister saying that turkey will allow kurdish peshmerga forces to transit through turkey to help to fight for that town. >> translator: we are actually assisting the peshmerga forces to transit into kobani. we want the people who have escaped from kobani to be able to move back into their town and live peacefully. >> street fightings building to building, street to street, but only managed to take two buildings from i.s.i.l. fighters overnight, showing how much they are relying on these new weapons to help them make a decisive break against i.s.i.l. forces. >> for more on those air drops and that turkey announcement we have more from zena hoder in erbil. tom ackerman, what are they saying about what they're doing in the future from the pentagon? >> the pentagon c-130s dropped 27 bundles as they described them of a

reinforcements for kobani, a free syrian leader says forces are inside kobani and peshmerga troops areo heading towards the town. >>> disaster in virginia as nasa's unmanned rocket bound for the international space station explodes seconds after takeoff. >>> and alice is here to tell us the latest on winding down of quantitative easing a called tapering. >> absolutely right. we've talk sed so much about it. federal reserve looks to end the $4 trillion bond buying program on wednesday. it's known as quantitative easing or qe. it was originally a life support system for the world's biggest economy following the financial crisis. national outburst, employment and government debt are back to pre-crisis levels. analysts are speculating when the rise in cost of borrowing will come. >>> we're also looking at a pilot strike. air france, europe's biggest airline, made 247 million euros in three months ending in september. the dispute over retirement benefits has forced the carrier to cancel thousands of flights costing as much as 5 million euros a day. >>> video games giant nintendo could be on

they are the brother movements of those syrian kurds inside kobani now. when you talk to them, they try to suggest distance from that political process. everything is intertwined hear. there is the risk, i this i still, if kobani folds and there seems to be that the turkish did not intervene or implicitly assisted, that could spark fury here inside turkey. the kurds we talked to also accept frankly while there's no legal mechanism for them to cross back and forth, it is happening through smuggling channels. it's hard to fully read the situation here. a lot of what the turkish government does is below the surface. they may be permitting some type of cross-border traffic. at the end of the day they are public statements. that does suggest a wider policy to try and prohibit the full extent of re-supply the kurds would like to see. >> nick paton walsh, appreciate that report. >>> to iraq now. it has a new unity government to carry out the fight against isis and try to bring reconciliation in the country. ben wedeman has a report from baghdad. >> reporter: aft

has not been able to penetrate into kobani. we understand that the leader of the main syrian kurdish party, salaam muslim, out of that meeting according to turkish media report, asked for the movement weapons through turkish territory and into kobani. what we believe the syrian forces don't want is for the turkish military ogo into kobani, soil that the kurds consider theirs because they don't want the turks there. but what the syrian kurds want is help getting weapons through. >> the race for the is presidency, current president, roussef failed to win outright, 41% for her. neves just under 34% for him. which means this candidate's been dumped. marina. silver has now taken over. gabrielle reports from sao paulo. >> she did not get enough votes to avoid a runoff. >> this is a very simple message that i have to move forward, that i have continue in this fight together with each one of these voters to change brazil. >> reporter: but the story of the night was neves. his message to gain control again, the candidate from the associ

if kobani falls, it will be a victo victory. we have to make sure kobani doesn't fall and other areas are taken back. >> what about the morale of the fighters on the ground there, knowing that they really are outnumbered at this point? >> the air strikes is where the morale of these fighters is really kept. hopeful they'll increase the air strikes. anytime there are air strikes that takes place, the peshmerga fighters is really up. but we need to increase that. there's capability to increase that. we need to provide the heavy military equipment. you cannot fight a tank with an ak-47 or rpg. that doesn't pierce a tank that has a 50 cal on it. it takes anything in front of it by 2 kilometers. >> again, though, before i leave you, the question is, who is in charge here to make the decision to get this equipment into the kurdish forces' hands at this point? >> well, there's a u.s.-led coalition. >> what is stopping that from happening, i guess? have you been able to determine that yet? >> that's the question we have not found the an

traveling from northern iraq to turkey and kobani.e hearing that they could well be en route today or tomorrow. a lot of controversy about what they do. they could be on the move today from northern iraq into kobani and they will be fighting when they get there taking with them old, but heavy weapons to try to assist the fight for kobani. christine. >> thank you. interesting. breaking news there. thank you, nick. nick paton walsh. >>> time for an early start on money. u.s. stock futures are higher. stocks barely budged yesterday. energy stocks as crude oil fell. global demand is weak. falling oil prices is driving gas down. the national price is $3.02 right now. down more than 30 cents in the last month. the federal reserve starts the two-day policy meeting. expected to end the bond buying program this week. that's the big story. earnings and the fed. fed and figures this week. >>> all right. 39 minutes after the hour. targeted by text. police revealing details of how a high school shooter lured his victims. this as one victim shares