this year it includes one special middle school student, malik bryant.on with a lr he wrote to santa, he is from one of the most vi leapt neighborhoods in chicago. for christmas he didn't have for video games or clothes. he had one simple question all i ask for is safety. i just want to be safe. malik joins me now. thank you so much for taking the time. tonight is the big night. are you excited? how do you feel? >> i'm thrill the to meet the president and michelle. >> do you have a message you're going to deliver to the president? what are you going to say to him? >> that we need to find a better way to make chicago safer. >> and what do you think malik would make chicago safer? >> like people need jobs so they won't be on corners with dope and all that. >> people need jobs and that's going to be one of the big messages of the speech tonight. tell me about the moment when you learned you were going to be a guest of the first family at the state of the union. where were you when you first heard? was it a phone call letter? tell me about learning about thi

malik got a response from president obama and here's msnbc's jermaine lee with how he touched the firstreporter: when 13-year-old malik bryant wrote a letter to santa this year he only asked for one thing. it wasn't a new x box or ipad or bicycle. >> i would like to ask you something but first i'll tell you about me. i'm a black african-american and stand 5 foot 10. my favorite subject is math. i have two siblings. all i ask for is for safety. i just want to be safe. >> of all of the things you could have asked for, safety. it was safety in his hard neighborhood in the south side of chicago. >> that's the part where two people had got shot at. >> reporter: 13 people blocks from here. >> two hours before the shooting i was up there. >> reporter: does it feel like you literally dodged a bullet? >> yeah. i'm worried about losing my life for nothing. >> reporter: his letter never made it to santa but did land in the hands of another famous figure, president barack obama. after leading the letter president obama wrote back. >> i want to offer you a few words of encouragement this holiday sea

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said malik was killed near mosul on january 24 and goes on to say he was chemical weapons engineer under former iraq president hussein and joined them in 2005. the town of kobane returning to the homes and town and infrastructure is damaged and they pushed i.s.i.l. out but the battle to rebuilt is only beginning. >> reporter: a few days since the streets of kobane quiet, four months of combat have taken a huge toll on the town and those who remain here throughout. >> translator: i was terrified. i'll never forget those moments and they will stay with me until i die. we live near the front lines. our fighters gave us food and water. there was no electricity. the children were very scared. >> reporter: it's been months since she and her children have been able to walk around their hometown. and she stays in kobane moving around as the fighting spreads from one area to the next. this is the first time he sees his family home. >> translator: they destroy people's lives before there were people traffic, they all fled to turkey lebanon and iraq all gone it's sad. >> reporter: it's a war that c

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. >> this building was programmed -- >> malik green lived here and ran oyouth program.in 2006 after a change in ownership and or the problems, everyone was e evicted. >> there is also a tribute to george carter, a popular teen whose murder remains unsolved. >> what was meant to be a two week exhibit is still here. >> i was happy because someone remembered these people in their lines. >> i guess the corner over here is the popular corner. >> developers have plans for a sports complex and hotel on the property. graffiti is hardly ever permanent but brandon feels that he and the other artists did what they sought to do. leave this place better than they found it. jonathan martin, al jazeera, new orleans. >> coming up next, a surprising find on the red planet. a robot that's been missing for more than ten years. plus actor cheyenne jackson on coming out in hollywood even if it meant losing roals. roals. losing roles. . >> dramatic new video tonight it shows the spacex falcon rocket exploding on impact as it attempted to touchdown on a barge in the atlantic ocean last week.

. >> malik dpraim wasik graham was proud to see his fame among the paintings.n 2006 after a change in ownership and increasing crime problems he says everyone was evicted from the property. >> there was a a real community. you had real god-fearing people. you know, living here, just by chance. and by politics poor. >> there is also a tribute to george carter, a popular teen whose murder remains unsolved. >> yes, he was murdered, and look what happened. >> what was supposed to be a one weekend exhibit is still open two months later attracting several thousand visitors including many school groups. >> i cried a couple of sometimes. i felt happiness and i also felt sadness. i was happy because someone remembered these people and their lives and what they have done throughout history. >> most would consider this an eyesore just a couple of months ago. what do you call it now? >> from the surface i call it beautiful. >> but soon the buildings and the art will come down. developers have plans for a sports complex and hotel on the property. >> it's not temporary becau

. >> when you do something in a narrative form using somebody like wendy malik, a recognizable actressd you do it with this clever theme, as you said, that looks like a horror movie it is very, very effective so the people that are pushing the environmental agenda have a tremendous resource with celebrities who are willing to do this kind of video. >> one final example of it. america's biggest recent environmental and economic success, i would say fracking for natural gas. fracturing has allowed power people to heat their homes for less, and it reduced america's carbon output. many celebrities like john lennon's wife and son trash it. >> don't frack my mother. >> don't frack me. >> and when the celebrities speak, the crowd follows. >> oh they certainly do. they actually powerfully sway not only their followers, but others. when some celebrity like george clooney who recently spouted off on global warming says something, it goes global. non-celebrities can't get the word out quite effect tily, so they are a resource. they are a great power. snoo thank you james. by the way, ed bagley jr

. >> malik rahim was honored to see his face in the exhibit. he ran a program called common ground.in 2006 after a change in ownership, and increasing crime problems he says everyone was evicted from the property. >> there was a real community. you had real god fearing people you know that was living here. and just by chance and by politics happened to be poor. >> reporter: there's also a tribute to george carter, a popular teen whose murder remains unsolved. >> young kids could see, yes he was a model teen, we respect him show he's larger than life now. >> what was supposed to be a one weekend exhibit is still open two months later attracting several thousand visitors including several school groups. >> i cried several times i felt happiness and also sadness. i felt happy because someone remembered these people and what they've done in history. >> most people would consider this an eyesore a couple of months ago. what do you say what do you call it? have. >> from the surface i call it beautiful, it is like a possibility. this is the popular corner. >> soon the buildings and the art

the finance chair fred malik says he doesn't have much doubt 8% chance that mitt romney is going to runme. we're back with the panel. tucker? thoughts? >> i don't think, a this was the plan as of late last week according to the people i was talking to then. i think this is a decision they made in the last couple days. b, i think it's going to be pretty tough. called around today and it's hard to find donors outside of utah, outside of the core who are really excited about this. that may change. seems to me the most direct effect of this announcement and he i think it looks real, is that it makes it tougher for jeb. that may be part of the reason. there is no love loss between jeb bush and mitt romney as everybody knows. i'm back and we are going to raise 100 million in the first quarter of 2015. it raised the expectations pretty high. this, in effect, tell as lot of g.o.p. donors just put it on pause. not necessarily giving to mitt right now if you are going to give to jeb slow down for a minute. it freezes the race for a little bit. and i think bush is hurt more than anyone by that. >>

and 13-year-old malik bryant wrote a letter to santa saying all i ask is for safety.eat message. >>> staff sergeant jason gibson was also among the guests. he survived devastating wounds to return home and start a new chapter of his hear. >> jake tapper reports it is his spirit that invited the president to invite him to the state of the union speech. >> reporter: in battle staff sergeant jason gibson was courageous. a decorated soldier serving in iraq and afghanistan in the worst of time. an army combat engineer from ohio gibson's job was to clear the rod of any improvised explosive devices or ieds. >> one guy had the metal detector. >> a selfness job. we wanted to make sure the rest of the troops were safe. we wanted to make sure it was us first i guess. >> reporter: gibson enlisted in 2005 hoping for a long career in the military following if the footstep of his two grandfathers. >> i've always had an interest in the jets and tank. >> reporter: all that changed on a spring day in 2012 during gibson's third tour. while on patrol near kandahar in afghanistan. >> i kn

joining me knee a malik henderson. let me start with you, the notion it is a hail mary for the president. we look at what has been accomplished and what has not. the clock is not on his side as the government is supposed to layout he doesn't have another term left. >> the expectation in some ways especially after that mid term campaign, that shellacking that the democrats got, that this would be a lame duck president. he has done something differently. he will go on the offense. tonight in this speech has been on the offense since the november election. and you've seen a correlation with the pulse, his poll numbers are certainly up. one of the things i think he is doing is not only laying out a legacy document in this speech tonight in the way that he laid out sort of a road map for the election in 2014 this is about his own legacies. it is also about hillary clinton, right. i don't think we should forget that in that white house working on this speech is a man named john poe did he say tow who in a few weeks will go t

. >> malik bryant for us joining us from the north lawn. the president's state of the union address will begin here tonight at 7:00 eastern. that's it for me. for our international viewers, amanpour is next. "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. >>> here we go. i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. thank you so much for being with me. we have to start with this massive manhunt happening now for potential terrorists. terror raids and arrests in france belgium, greece germany, and the netherlands. look at this map here. all revealing this widening web of suspected terror cells across europe. and we're hearing that french police have arrested five chechens over a terror plot. also today, other suspected terrorists were in court. four of them being kept behind bars as investigators probe their links to the paris attacks. all of this as these two prime suspects are still on the run. and let's talk about this one man here believed to be the ring

command said malik was killed on mosul on january 24 and he was a chemical weapons engineer under theof former iraqi president saddam hussein and joined al-qaeda in 2005. peshmerga have driven fighters from islamic state of lavonte out of the state of kurkook after they attacked the city killing a commander and at least 25 of his soldiers and often has come under attack by i.s.i.l. fighters and hoping to get control of the oil fields near that city. across the border in syria people from the town of kobane are starting to return to their homes and the town and infrastructure devastated by four months of fighting and kurdish forces pushed i.s.i.l. out and al jazeera mohamed reports and the battle to rebuild the city is only just beginning. >> reporter: it's only been a few days since the streets of kobane went quiet, four months of combat have taken a huge toll on the town and those who remain throughout. >> translator: i was terrified, i'll never forget those moments and stay until i die and we lived near the front lines. >> translator: fighters gave us food and water, there was no el

malik, who worked under sad m hue san, is dead.ng steps to prevent lone wolf style attacks at the super bowl. more than 7,000 police and security personnel scouring the area around the stadium. on the lookout for nuclear bio hazard attacks. even katiey perry's costume has been prepped for explosives. >>> and don't have too much fun at that super bowl party tomorrow. your employer may decide to test your blood alcohol level on monday. it's actually happening in atlanta, folks. city workers are being warned they could face random drug screening the day after the big game. the decision comes after several problems with employees drinking on the job. >> this is why they should move it to saturday. all right. let's talk about guantanamo bay this morning because a new report on this morning about secretary of defense chuck hagel. we were curious why was he pushed out so quickly? what happened behind the scenes. we're getting insight into what happened and it came down to guantanamo bay. in a new interview with barbara starr, he reveals h

and malik johnson, a 14-year-old ninth grader. here. >> this is the commitment between you and your child. the child has to want to do it. if they don't want to do it and you're pushing them i don't care how cute your kid is it's pointless. >> reporter: everyone assumes it's pushy stage parents. >> half the time it's the kids pushing the parents. it's a lot of work for these parents. >> reporter: for violet and her mom, they are a whirlwind of fittings and auditions. >> i'm a chauffeur, i'm her entourage. right? >> reporter: but amidst the glitz and glamour, by law, a parent or garnd yan must set up a trust account. and the employer must ensure that 15% of the earnings go into the account. what co do your parents tell you what's going to happen? >> it's for college. >> college and a house. >> reporter: but how do the kids squeeze in the rest of their childhood? >> sometimes you have to miss out on certain activities like parties or practices with sports. and coaches are really serious about practice. >> i'm going to go back and th

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peter, abu malik is now dead. are the leaders easily replaced? >> i think isis has a great choice when it comes to former officers in saddam hussein's army. the entire leadership consists of former officers. and what is really concerning is the fact that, of course, isis is in syria now. we know that the syrian government has dismantled much of the chemical weapons program. some capability has fallen into the hands of isis. it is definitely something that intelligence and that military forces should be watching. >> victor, can i jump in? >> yeah, go ahead. from my perspective, job one for me was weapons of mass destruction, trying to get our arms around that. so the assumption has to be made in this effort to really get a precise picture of what the capabilities are, you have to draw some conclusions that lead you to preparations at the very far end. so you, again, we have to assume that this is the dismantling of syria's chemical capabilities now reside with isis. and they will be reassembled. >> all right. general marks and peter norman, stick