nick robertson, nick, i know you had a question you wanted to open to the group about the infrastructures, so what i'd like for us to do is this. look, we're talking here about camera getting more robust, possibly, bringing cooking further to this coalition, taking a more active position in syria. talking about possibly the timeline inside syria. but my question is this. so if isis has taken territory, they've got basis, they've got headquarters. if we the coalition target some of those locations, what is to stop president basher alasaad sweeping in to take action on the ground. how is that going to play out? >> representative scschick, why don't you take that? >> we can't let these axis provoke us into one of the production that is are counter productive. we don't have it to displace us from areas in syria. we don't want to clear out isil so that al-qaida, the actual franchise in syria can move in. i think initially, we may see strikes on derived oil revenues. but i think it may be a much more limited tar get set than iraq. the threat to americans from isil is not eminent. what that com

do keep with cnn because our nick robertson will be speaking with david cameron later this hour. we will bring you that interview live. >>> this summit in wales is one of the most closely watched. they need to ratchet up defense spending because russia already has. >> reporter: over the last five years, russia has increased its defense spending by 50% while on average, nato allies have decreased defense spending by 0%, and this is simply not sustainable. russia's illegal actions in ukraine are a wake up call, and it's time now to turn the corner, stop the cuts and gradually increase defense investments. >> nato member france is suspending delivery of two warships to russia. the prospects for the cease-fire, ukrainian president poroshenko said progress was being made just about the same time russian president putin unveiled a peace plan of his own. we have more from kiev. you are dealing with all sorts of different messages yesterday, resa. what's the conclusion about what was reached yesterday? >> reporter: the confusion was over a phone conversation yesterday between president p

nick robertson is live in scotland for thus morning, good morning, nick. >> good morning, carol, thatote close close to call. the leading politician from the south flocking to the north but can they sell their message. more after this. at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies, which is why we are supplying natural gas, to generate cleaner electricity, that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. and why with our partner in brazil, we are producing a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane to fuel cars. let's broaden the world's energy mix, let's go. >>> in just over a week, voters in scott land will decide whether to tend country's century-long union with england and wales. the countries are known as the united kingdom but if the yes vote is successful, scotland would become an independent nation of more than five million people. when the campaign began, many saw it as far-fetched but recent polls suggest the referendum could pass, leading british prime minister to deliver an impassioned plea against the separation. >> i care hugely about this extraordinary c

i want to bring in our former moscow expert and nick robertson and david gurgen and general mark hurtling. why is what he's doing in ukraine, jill, so popular within a huge, huge chunk of the russian population? >> i think you would have to say that they are tired of, as they would put it, you know, being kicked in the mouth by the west. a lot of russians long for the days when the soviet union was a major country. nuclear weapons, which of course they still have, and was respected or let's say feared, either way, that's what a lot of russians long for. however, it's another issue. i think it's very important to point out that phrase that the president talked about, that these baltic nations, which used to be part of the soviet union are not some part of post soviet space. they are independent countries. and the fear is that those small nations have very large percentages of russian speakers who were left after the end of the soviet union and the fear that the west has is that russia would try to do the same thing indirectly moving in, stirring up dissent and dissatisfaction among the rus

. >> let's go down to nick robertson. he's kov i recalling the latest isis murder from london. nick, a british sublt by any stand aurd has been brutally excuted. there's an expectation to commit british forces, perhaps air strikes to a coalition with the yietsds inside syria. that's something david cameron hasn't been able do do, hasn't been able to win that support yet. there's a potential here that the impact of this is going to have on the people of britain right now, in the morning here, he will hone a cobra meeting. that is a toch-level security meeting. >> he looked to be an aide worker. camera is another big crisis and filtered in as well as dealing with this. he has a reverend dumb coming um. this is going to be a huge challenge added in for him right now. >> doubly shocking. another threat against another british subject. but the execution, the masked man is infamous. all we know about hinl is that wemp introduced to him a number of weeks ago. how much does anyone noi about him? >> well, the british government has not been able to say that that i have can positively ide

nick robertson is there. >> reporter: christiane, it's sort of the cleaning up after the party. the hangover beginning for some of the yes campaigners who kind of thronged to this square overnight. i was talking to them as they were leaving. they were deeply disappointed. there were some young campaigners, and you could really sense their frustration. they really believed that the yes campaign, the independence campaign had an opportunity to win. these were the young people among whom so many in this country supported independence. and these were people who've been out on the doorsteps, knocking on doors, trying to convince people sitting on the fence to jump to the yes side and trying to convince the people in the no camp to swing their vote over to the yes. they told me that they, they're d diggs illusioned by the process, dissolutioned by the people of scotland. they feel this is going to lead to a disengagement in the political process for many young people who saw this as an opportunity who walk away from it feeling they didn't get what they wanted. and others i talked to h

i'm joined now by nick robertson who is in london and eric, who is live at the white house. aaron, we're going to get to you in just a minute, but, nick, i want to start with you. what more do we know about prime minister cameron's plan to confront this group now that a british citizen has been executed? >> yeah. i think we listen to what he had to say, and he was talking there that british people cannot hide from this. he said that british people need to understand that this is an organization that has tried already, has planned already to attack britain, continues to plan attacks against britain. calls it a fanatical organization. really when you listen to that kind of language, this is david cameron trying to prepare the people for another effort, if you will, to go back to -- to go back to parliament and try and win political support for a stronger assistance for the wraits in the coalition to fight isis. we're already there. >> his words today say he is preparing the british people for such a kind of move. it has to be said right now he has got very big other issues on t

and right now, we're going to go to nick robertson, who's our senior international correspondent. in glasgow, they did vote yes, one of the few urban centers to do so. >> it really seems for the yes campaign, the party is coming to an end, and the party i'm talking about is the party right behind me at center of glasgow, a big open area by queen street station. a lot of young people have been gathered here through the night. there's been a sense of anticipation, a sense that something could be achieved. it reflects very much the whole aspirations of the yes campaign. but what we're seeing now is people beginning to drift away. really, the realization that this hasn't gone their way. there's disappointment, there seems to be a sense of anger among some people. as you can hear that, people are expressing their views very strongly. this is an evening here, it's been a party atmosphere. it's been fuelled by alcohol, but people mostly now beginning to drift away. we've seen people actually now coming into the center of glasgow on their way to work. i think a lot of people across glasgo

that's where nick robertson has been for the past 24 hours and more.what is the feeling there as the cold light of day brings the reality to the people of glasgow? >> reporter: the cold light of day and also bringing people into the center of the city. a few people have had a little bit too much to drink. but the vast majority of people here came here to celebrate. they're now disappointed. but they're also telling me that they want to get on with the people who voted no, that they worked together with them. there's been obviously, quite an amount of drinking through the night. and some people are a little the worse for wear this morning. very much the worse for wear, i would say. these other gentlemen behind me, the gentleman behind me with the flag, i was talking with them before. they really want to get on together with the no campaigners. they really want to build their relationship back together. what they do have is a concern about david cameron. there's a gentleman wearing a david cameron mask on his face. they want to see that commitment for de

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nick robertson, thank you very much. aaron joins us from the white house. erin, secretary carry, has he made any progress? are we hearing names of actual countries that will be part of this coalition? >> dep, we are. it's becoming a much longer list than the administration started talking about last weekend when there was a nebulous coalition forming of nine other countries and it wasn't very clear what the goals were at the time. senior state department officials are starting to lay out the longer list of countries and what each country is willing to do. a lot of progress has been made over the past week but really in the past couple of days and secretary terry has been in cairo. he is in paris today. he was also on cbs this morning and he addressed the progress that is being made. >> we have countries in this region, countries outside of this region. >> to the point that secretary kerry is saying, no american combat troops on the ground. there are, of course, security personnel this idea that there can be no american combat forces on the ground is lawing

. >> i'm joined by senior international correspondent nick robertson in london and erin mcpike who is live at the white house. erin, we're going to come to you straight away, but, nick, i want to ask you first, what more do we know about prime minister cameron's plan? he was very forceful. he was tackling terrorism at home. now it seems that he is willing to go one step farther. >> he says david haine is a british hero, and his family should be proud of him and his humanitarian work. david cameron seems to be building a case here for british people to realize that something must be done. that britain needs to be involved. he said they cannot hide from this. he really seems to be framing an argument and a case that britain is going to have to be more involved. he has ruled out boots on the ground, but he still has a way open here to join the united states in air strikes in syria. he is not there yet. he doesn't have the political support, though i think we were hearing the leanings towards that in what he had to say about this brutal murder. >> he there issed there are 500 known citize

nick robertson is in newport, wales, the president headed in that direction right now. nick, we knew the president would have to respond to the execution of steven sotloff. we got on that plane yesterday headed for europe before talking about it. he landed in this morning and he did final discuss it. >> reporter: he did, and certainly the message is a very cloud -- loud and clear one to those members of isis. he says that the united states will seek justice and get justice. he said that this will not put the united states off its course. those people of isis who think that this is going to change the united states. it's not going to happen. that -- those sentiments also echoed by british prime minister david cameron here today as well saying a country like ours will not be cowed by this. britain will not waver and certainly when president obama arrives here later tonight, he will be looking to those other nato nations and their leaders to help and assist in that fight, some sort of coalition to degrade and take down isis, which is what president obama says he is intent t

nick robertson, cnn, london. >>> a former u.s.you for being with us. i read your article and you think this is a defining moment. they need to draw a line in the sand when it comes to ukraine and they need to stand up to russia and vladimir putin. does this mean nato must be prepared to go to war with russia over ukraine? >> i wouldn't quite put it that way, but i do agree it is a defining moment. i think that russia has drawn a line in the sand, which is that it is willing to use military force to break away part of ukraine, if not the heart of ukraine and bring that back into a russian or bit and the question for nato is, do you care? are you willing to stop this? are you willing to let this just happen? and if we want to stop it, sanctions and all the other steps that we're taking reinforcing the states, creating response, those are good steps but they will not address the immediate crisis. if the problem is russia inviting ukraine, nato needs to do something about russia inviting ukraine. so far, that's not on the books but th

. >> nick robertson. stand by. it's the top of the hour, i want to reset to our viewers in the states, president obama just delivered a major national security speech in estonia. trying to assure the other nato allies the u.s. is committed to their security. he also issued tough words against russia. and he promised that the united states and the other nato allies will strengthen the defense capabilities of the ukrainian military. david gurgen is watching what's going on, our senior political analyst. david, if it weren't just ukraine and russia, what's going on there, that would be a huge problem. the president is also dealing with another enormous problem, namely what isis, the terrorist group is doing in syria and iraq. it seems that so many parts of the world right now are on fire and the president has got a lot on his agenda. >> he sure does, and nato, when he arrives there this week, he's going to be talking about isis, trying to round up a coalition of nato countries and then having his secretary of defense

nick robertson, cnn, newport, wales. >> now as of this point we are about 16 hours into the cease-fire in ukraine. and from all accounts, it appears to be holding. so many western countries are skeptical about this cease-fire. are these sides any closer to seeing eye to eye on the future of that region? >> reporter: i think when it comes to the big issues, the cor core demands that have caused this impasse, they haven't addressed them yet, but the cease-fire seems to be holding, and that is significant because presumably it's going to set the stage for these sides to tackle those issues. the cease-fire went into effect 6:00 last night. it is a little after 10:00 kiev time. when the cease-fire went into effect there were some reports of explosions and shellings in southeastern ukraine. it's not clear if the explosions and the shelling happened right before the cease-fire went into effect or right after, but whatever the case, since that time, no reports of fighting during the overnight hours. this agreement was signed yesterday in the city of mensk, belarus. first it was the pro-russian

the report is from cnn's nick robertson. it will run about three minutes. when it's over, we're going to discuss nic's reporting. >> reporter: the more isis grows, the more it fights like a regular army. like infantry backed up by artillery. tactics that have landed them heavy weapons, but don't be fooled. these fighters are barbaric in a way no fighting force has ever been before. cataloging and posting in near realtime their war crimes. last week pictures emerged from human rights groups showing more than 100 captured syrian soldiers paraded in their underwear. then images of those same men dead. but isis wanted to make sure the world knew it was responsible. wasting little time posting this video. showing commanders giving the orders to fire, then the nauseating hail of bullets, confirmation of how those soldiers were brutally executed. its propaganda. like me, you want to turn away. but when we do, we give in. we are terrorized and their goal is achieved. almost a decade ago, al qaeda in iraq, which ultimately morphed into isis, was led by this violent

senior international correspondent nick robertson joins me from scotland, haines' hometown. what do we know at this point about the killer and what do we know the government knows about the killer, nick? >> reporter: the government's not saying anything. none of the other british media outlets are reporting a name. the government is not giving away any information it has at the moment. they asked david cameron this very same question just about eight days ago, he told me they weren't prepared to say. that britain is sharing information with its allies. so at the moment, it does seem that they have information, they are sharing it, but they won't say publicly what it is. there is a thought here in britain that -- that while this killer is still -- is still at large, if you will, that there is the potential to get more information rather than swooping in on his family and alerting them. that is one school of thought at the moment. what the british government knows and what it's saying perhaps two different things. >> president obama for his part says his strategy will degrade a

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nick robertson went to track the progress of those trying to convince voters that the countries are better together. here's what he found. >> thank you. >> reporter: pressure is on. get out the no vote. how worried are you that the yes vote is surging? >> very worried about it. it's prompted us to come along today. >> come along to hear from politicians they hope will save them from independence. >> this is a tight referendum race. it really is game on. >> reporter: big guns. wales first minister making a case to keep the country together. >> an independent wales would make me more welsh. >> most here, older, relatively well off, already buying the message. >> i think britain is much the strongest place to be. scotland will be a much stronger economysa part of the british economy. and i think being part of britain creates an opportunity for scottish people to make their way in the world. >> better together has become a vote no campaign slogan. but it's proving a hard sell in some places. come paired to the yes camp's aspirational message of change, vote no has sounded negative and had diff

nick robertson reporting live from from scotland. thank you. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts now. >>> good morning, i'm carol costello, huang for joining me. we begin with breaking news. as i said at the top of the last hour, secretary of state john kerry is in baghdad shoring up support to defeat and destroy isis. he was talking to the iraqi prime minister just about an hour ago. well, finally he came out of the american embassy in baghdad and made some official remarks, let's listen to what he had to say. >> the fact that the iraqis were able to overcome such deep sectarian and ethnic divides and approve a new and inclusive government is really a great accomplishment. they're able to do this -- the fact that they were able to do this peacefully in the midst of unspeakable terror and violence and bloodshed is nothing short of historic. and it's a true signal that iraq and the leaders they've chosen are committed at this moment to the democratic future that so many iraqis have sacrificed everything to bring about. obviously, the hard work

i want to go to nick robertson, he's join is us at the summit.t you expect the president to say specifically about the isis threat in iraq and syria. >> reporter: well, i think we're going to hear him talk about whavenled agreed and the way forward, you know, those ten nations we talk about, australia, denmark, italy, france, germany, portugal, turkey, britain, among them, are all very important nations, with a lot to contribute and what has been discussed here at nato is what those nations can contribute and how they can contribute, and the idea is that there's a focus on isolating and destroying isis. how do they do it? what's agreed upon what far? well we know there's an agreement to stop isis fighters, foreign fighters getting into iraq and syria. that is going to be done by sharing information, sharing intelligence among those nations, and other nations, to stop those fighters getting in. cutting their finances. targeting their ideology, humanitarian assistance, and importantly supporting the governments on the ground that are fighting isis

here's cnn senior international correspondent nick robertson. >> reporter: the more isis grows, the moregular army. infantry backed up by artillery. tactics that have landed them heavy weapons but don't be fooled. these fighters are bar baric in a way no force has been before. cataloging and posting in near realtime their war crimes. last week pictures emerged from human rights groups showing more than 100 captured syrian soldiers paraded in their underwear. then images of those same men dead. but isis wanted to make sure the world knew it was responsible wasting little time posting this video. showing commanders giving the order to fire. then the nauseating hail of bullets, confirmation of how those soldiers were brutally executed. you want to turn away, but when we do, we give in. we are terror rised and their goal is achieved. almost a decade ago al qaeda in iraq which ultimately morphed into isis was led by this violent jihadist. he sprung to fame beheading american businessman nicholas berg. bin laden's deputy wrote him criticizing his tactics. the beheadings stopped. but when isis

beheading of david haines and erin mcpike joins us from the white house and colonel nick fran francona here with me and nic robertson will be joining us shortly. what is coming out of the white house in response to the third beheading? >> deb, simply the president issued a short statement just last night, but largely deferring to the the uk, however, what we are hearing from the administration is that they are forging ahead with the fight against isis. secretary of state john kerry was on cbs this morning and he was asked directly if the u.s. government would work with the syrian government as it begins a likely campaign of air strikes, and john kerry said no. now, that is an open question, but now he has made clear that they will not coordinate with the syrian government, and as you know, the u.s. does not support the syrian government. he also talked about the international coalition that he has been talking about for the past week, and that he has been working hard over the last few days to build. and to that end, he did not specify which countries are willing to do what, but he said that the momentum is growing.

nick, thank you. senior international correspondent nic robertson, we appreciate it. >> it won't just be ukraine or president obama's or world leader's minds, the threat of isis and how to deal with it will enter into the discussion. jimana, as leaders talk, there's new evidence according to the human rights watch, that isis have committed one of the worst atrocities ever. this took place in june near tikrit, what more can you tell us. >> well, this happened. it was recruits from camps. this is a military air force base, a former u.s. military base north of baghdad, as you mentioned near tikrit. what we know is, in june, when isis made those advances and it took over the city of tikrit after it took over moos you will, the next day it claimed it had executed 1,000 shiite recruits, who were based at camp spiker. it released images afterwards showing extreme -- hundreds of young men in civilian clothing who were led by gunmen in those areas, and then other images that came up showing them in some of them -- said to be these recruits, lying in trenches with their hands bound. now, there's been no official figur

our shall international correspondent nic robertson is live in london with the latest. nickscenes are shock. what do we really know who these guys are and when this video was shot? >> well, there's an understanding that if they werent in fact the guards who were left to guard the embassy after the pullout of embassy staff at the end of jewel, they certainly allowed those same guards allowed these people to come in. the militia that will pretty much controls tripoli right now and fighting for it and took control of the international airport over the past few weeks is an islamist militia, the dawn of libya. them comprise of a group known as the central libya shield. there are fighters from misrata along sort of halfway along the 800 mile long libyan coast. that doesn't tell us a lot about them, fundamentally what we know is they're islamist fighters. they've let people into the pool and abused the embassy. we're told windows are broken. u.s. ambassador deborah jones tweeted these guys are not in the main embassiable, that they haven't ransacked it. a government official said t

cnn's nic robertson is there in glasgow. good morning, nick. >> reporter: good morning, john. more than two hours of polls and it is busy in glasgow. people coming on the way in business suits and people coming in jogging gear. mothers with children on the way to school. taking them to drop them off at school. it has been busy and certainly that's what has been predicted here. 4.25 million people registered to vote. more than 5,000 polling stations. by this time tomorrow, the result should be clear. whether it is a yes or no, john. >> the issue here, the polls have shown those who are against independence with a very, very flight le slight lead. all the enthusiasm and all the outward displays and demonstrations, they seem to be coming from those who want to split. it is very hard to gauge right now. >> reporter: it certainly is. it is too close to call. just a couple of percentage points with a nose ahead in the latest surveys. that excludes 5% to 10% of the electorate who are undecided. i used to live in scotland. i have talked to friends here. i have friends who are sitting

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