really it is amazing that he's a mayor of a united states major city. as the talk of the public about your impressions of the mayor. >> guest: what i love about his story he had almost a singular definition of success when he was growing up because he associated everything negative about his childhood with his hometown. he thought there was almost like an inherent flaw in the city. >> host: blaming of the community. >> guest: so as he then gets older, to think that he's the mayor of the city is amazing because what he did as he took his greatest hurt and pain and instead of spending all that time running away from them he actually turned into and did a 180 and ran right into it which goes to show not only the personal internal strength that he has has into the vision that he thought the only way i'm going to conquer this is by facing it on instead of turning away from it but the other thing i think that he realized is there are right now thousands growing up in my city. who would i be to turn my back on them. who would i be to know that i could make an

, thanks to companies like amazon and microsoft ranged at one of the fastest growing major cities in the united states, but is also the fifth whitest major city in the nation. the block population is shrinking. tanya looks at what this means for black families moving to seattle in search of opportunity and a sense of belonging. >> angelique has been thinking about the meaning of the word community. she and her family proofed from washington d.c. to seattle where she works for amazon. looking back, they remember someone making a joke as they boarded the plane to lee d.c., a city where half the population is black. >> they said to me it was pretty much wave bye-bye to black people this is the last you're going to see them. >> they knew what they were getting into but weren't prepared for how isolating it would feel to live in a city where one could go for days without seeing another person of color. >> it's not easy to do, i happen to be in seattle and i'll know exactly where to go to church, where i can get my hair done, where i can go for whatever, african-american movie theater books, and other cultu

raise he and along with his mother i mean really it is amazing, that he is a mayor of a major united states city. >> that is right. >> so about incredible talking about your impressions of mayor hancock. >> you talk about someone we have had so many lined against him one thing i love about his story was he really had you know, almost a singular dissatisfaction of success definition of success you associate everything negative with hometown denver like an inherent flaw in the city you know even when i think about it. >> in community. >> blaming the community for what happened. and then so i think he told us to think now he is mayor of that city amazing what he did he took his greatest hurt and his greatet pains, and instead of spending time running away from them, he actually turned and did a 180, ran right into it. >> right. >> when goes to show not only personal internal vision that he thought the only way i'm going to conquer this is actually by facing it on instead of turning away from it but the other thing i think he realized was there is michael hancock coming up behind me there are right

really it's amazing that he is the mayor of a major united states city. it's really incredible. tell me about your impressions of the mayor. >> guest: you talk about someone who has had so many stacks lined up against him. one thing i loved about a story if he had almost a singular definition of success when he was growing up. he associated everything negative about his childhood with his hometown. he thought there was almost like an inherent flaw. >> host: he was blaming the community. guess what he was blaming the community and now that he is the mayor of the city, what he did was he took his greatest hurt and his greatest pains instead of spending his time running away from them he actually turned and did a 180 and ran right into it which goes to show not only the person the strength that he has and the vision he had the only way i will conquer this is by facing it head-on. the other thing he realized is there are michael hancox coming up behind me. there are thousands growing up in my city. who would i be to turn my back on them? who would i be to know that i could make an i

jessica, thanks forgiving us an update on boston which has probably been the hardest hit major city in the united states during this long, cold freeze. >> the hypothermia is clearly a risk. >>> turning now to the fight against isis. u.s. president barack obama says the u.s. is not at war with islam, but with people who have perverted the religion. >> this has been very controversial. he spoke wednesday at a washington summit on countering violent extremism. he said muslim leaders need to do more to discredit the idea that the u.s. is trying to suppress islam. >> we all know that there is no one profile of a violent extremist or terrorist. there's no way to predict who will become radicalized. around the world and here in the united states, inexcuse about acts of violence have been committed by people of faith against other people of faith, which is a betrayal of all our faiths. >> an iraqi official claims the terror group recently burned alive as many as 40 people near the town of al baghdadi. >> and iraq's u.n. ambassador said isis is harvesting inging human organs to sell on the black market. jim sciu

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and said look what we did, we killed scores of marines, we forced the united states to commit these war crimes in a major arab city. this is going to be a global recruitment call for mujahadin to pour into iraq. i want to emphasize this sort of messiahic, we're talking about the 14-year-old boy with bad skin, that's the stuff we've all read about in the tabloids. these guys are fired by the radical component. that said. at the upper echelons, they are looking to restore the lost press seem of sunni islam. >> i want to come back to what would the islamic state be without the religious component. how would that work with the recruits? we'll be right back. d to use so many sheets per spill... the roll just disappeared. i knew i should've bought bounty. bounty is 2x more absorbent and strong when wet. just look how much longer bounty lasts versus one of those bargain brand towels. with bounty, the roll doesn't disappear and that's a good deal. bounty. the long lasting picker upper. >>> we're back with our guests discussing the islamic state. graham wood, he referred to islam as the marketing tool that gets you recruit

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united states. not only in rural areas like west virginia but also through major cities. the proponents of the keystone pipeline say that the pipeline itself would eliminate the need for many of these trains a number of which have crashed with deadly consequences in the past two years. opponents, of course say that this proves the point that crude is dangerous no matter how it is moved and that was one of the real concerns here. you're looking at a pristine river in west virginia that supplies much of the water to this part of the state and there was a fear crude oil leaked out of the cars and that which didn't burn would get in the river and contaminate the water supplies here. they've been able to do more testing and think they're now in a safe period but still, jon, there's a lot of folks here under boil water advisories a number who are still out of their house and all of whom are so thankful that the train derailed there and not up the tracks where it could have been so much worse. jon: just the size of that fire ball is absolutely astounding. thank you. jenna: the u

major event to multiply. there has been extreme whether from the mid west deep south to the north-east of the united states. cities where new lows have been met on friday morning. the cold was enough to break a 120 record low. an ice palace was created. ice caves have formed on lake michigan. the extreme cold is the result of a shift southwards part of the arctic weather, the polar vortex. researchers studying the effects say it may be linked. >> the challenge the polar ice cap of a planet to behave differently. >> snowy expanses are deceptive. this winter has been the sixth warmers since records in the u.s.a. began. as the east digs out of the snow. the western half is experiencing mild weather. some cities are on track >>> it's oscar times thousands are making their way to the biggest red carpet in hollywood. on the eve of the ceremony phil lavelle explains. >> reporter: you could say three file downloads starred it. you remember the industry. the down loads is the future. that teems to be giving hollywood a bit of a headache. here is something you do. you pay your monthly fee, download as much as you want. job

growth in the millennial population is significant, largest percentage growth of any major city in the united states>> what do you think it is. >> philly is becoming more noticed, some of the things we have tried to do over the past few years to raise it the is profile, make it more business friendly place, to make it more open to a wide variety of people, immigrant community is growing here in the city of philadelphia a. i spent a lot of time whether in new york, d.c. or other parts of the country through the u.s. conference of mayors talking about philadelphia, promoting philadelphia. some of the international business trips bring that kind of attention. it is something that has been building overtime. philadelphians are resilient. we have our ups and downs. we fight about different things. people are passionate here in the city of philadelphia inn a they are letting their friend know. that is making a difference. >> i like that we beat out new york. >> always a plus. >>> and to mayor deblasio in new york and mike coleman in columbus. i know those cities well. they deserve credit. this was a highl

direct the federal protective service increase its presence at federal buildings in major cities in the united states visa waiver program we offer to 38 nations is a valuable tool for international commerce and travel. it is a program that must continue, but there are ways in which security of the program can be improved. to enhance security while maintaining integrity of the program. last november, we identified added information fields to the electronic system to learn more about those who traveled to the united states and we are considering further enhancements to the program. we are engaging them to maintain and share travel information about individuals that station. we share information and training of state and local law and force meant given the manner in which the terrorist threat is evolving. the cop on the beat must be as vigilant as the intelligence analysts. our efforts must conclude public engagement. dhs along with the justice department are engaging communities, organizations institutions here at home that are themselves in a position to deter others who may be turning towards violenc

to expect major weather events to multiply, and niagara falls is a symbol of the extreme weather developing in the eastern half of the united states. washington, d.c. is just one of the cities where new lows have been set on friday morning the cold was enough to break a 120-year-old record low for the same date. new york pittsburgh, baltimore and miami have also surpassed previous lows. in philadelphia an ice palace was created after firefighters distinguished agiler. in lake michigan the extreme cold is part of a shift southwards called the polar vortex. researchers at rutgers university studying the effect of weather change say there may an everyone. >> you change the polar ice cap of a planet the planet behaves differently. this is deceptive because this is the sixth warmest winter in the u.s. while the east digs out of the snow, the west are tracking the warmest februaries on record. >> the countries opposition leader wants people there to renight and resist government plans to crackdown on dissidents. and they say that the mayor of caracas must be released. accused of plotting a coup with the help of the u.s. >> these are allegations we've seen with the maduro governme

fire from fellow republicans, rather the former new york city major says that he's standing by his statements that the president of the united statesoes not love america because he did not be forceful enough against islamic extremist extremists extremists. axelrod says the comments feed in a negative undercurrent in our politics today. >> there's no doubt that race enters into the criticisms. no other president had his citizenship per sis tently challenged. no other president had a man stand up in the house of representatives, a member of the congress and shout, you lie. i think some of that is rooted in people's resistance to the notion we're a more diverse country and there's a president, african-american president named barack obama, i don't know whether he's up and down doring the point of view i don't know. >> i covered obama back in 2008 the campaign and what happened when people started to use this chorus of the guy is somebody other than not been raised like everybody else that it opened the door to some other racist comments that occurred during the campaign. we heard giuliani smack down and say, look it's not a racist thi

united states, wreaking havoc. and disrupting lives from chicago to the deep south. 185 million people are feeling the deep freeze. 30 states have wind chill warnings and advisories posted through friday. major citiesecording historic lows including chicago, cincinnati and louisville. single digit lows as far south as alabama and georgia, even florida is under a freeze warning and some crops there are in peril. farmers are watering their fields to serve as a protective layer. tennessee remains in a state of emergency. the weather-related death toll is highest there, including people who have died from hypothermia. advice from doctors across the country? >> kind of having a plan before you go outside will help anyone who is kind of exposed to this cold air. >> reporter: in massachusetts, it took a front loader a boat and emergency crews to rescue these two dogs and their owner. further south, residents of tangier and smith islands in the chesapeake bay trapped by the surrounding ice. >> she needed formula. she didn't have enough formula. she was just born a week and a half ago and didn't have enough. >> reporter: with the sustained frigid temps come incredible scenes like this. niagara falls frozen.

cities. the study found commute times in the bay area are more predictable than any other major united statest is what you call a silver lining. a mom and her five-month-old son were kicked off a frontier airlines flights after a dispute with a flight attendant. show was wearing a vest in front of her like a baby carrier and the flight attendant said she had to take it off because f.a.a. regulations do not permit then during take off and landing and the mom was struggling to put the vest and get into the seat with the baby and she kept pestering her and the airline says the mom was belligerent and argumentive and owes their staff and the passengers an apology. >> now the bombshell new book about prince charles making headlines call "the heart of a king," the biography is by "time" magazine's reporter and shines unflattering light on the heir claiming to spill secrets of rinse heart and his household revealing on the eve of the wedding to princess di he almost backed out. the future king is portrayed as a man with insecurities. and "good morning america" will have a full report coming up at 7:

city of tikrit from isil. they are preparing for a major operation there with the support of around 2,000 shia fighters. >>> the f bit. has arrested three men in the united statesrged them with conspiring to support isil. two men were take then to custody in new york while planning to fly to syria to join the group. the third man is believed to have helped organize the trip from florida. they are also accused of threats en to go launch attacks against u.s. president barack obama as well as law enforcement officials. >> it is alleged in the filing the idea that it was made quite plain based on their own statements that if they were not able to go, that they would seek to acquire weapons here, hand guns, machine gun and seek to attack very specifically police officers and so that those aspirations were made quite clear by their own statements. >>> egypt's state news agency says members of libya's u.n. recognized parliament are in cairo for talks on the future of their country. they are there with a high-level delegation. he's expect today meet egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi. the government is competing for power with a rival parliament in tripoli was rec

we're trying to as the united states to degrade and destroy isis, they have taken some very serious hits. they can't roll in with a ground force and take control of a major cityn iraq and syria. they are still, however, trying to attack major cities across iraq and syria today. they have actually been driven out of some of the cities that they've previously controlled but they still have the ability to launch attacks and to move across terrain to reinforce themselves. there clearly is still work to be done. >> another thing, they've been very strong at recruiting people from all over the world, including here in the united states. one wh a video comes out like this we saw just a few days ago of them burning and burying a man dead alive, it was so graphic, so detailed so hard to watch, what does that do to their efforts to motivate people? does it turn people off, or does that further encourage people to join? >> that was very clearly a message that was designed to warp and to disturb and to inspire fear. fear can be an extremely powerful motivator to cause people not to want to act or to incite not necessarily a perfectly coherent behavior. in that sense, i w

united states. it comes as the northeast digs out from the season's fourth major snowstorm. parts of new england saw more than 2 feet fall. boston dealing with another 16 inches of snow. the city had its snowiest month on record. 45.5 inches. cnn's will ripley has more. >> reporter: christine, we are turning on to i-95 north. we are about 35 miles outside of boston. we have been checking out the activities of road crews which have stayed out overnight and early morning hours. including this plow here making sure the roads are clear of any blowing snow and also trying to make sure the roads are free of ice. particularly black ice, which as you know, can be very dangerous. a lot of drivers are on the roads although it is presidents day and schools and government offices are closed. the fear of first responders and police is that they will be overconfident and assume the roads because they are dark, that they are safe. perhaps black ice could be hidden along here which could cause cars to slide out of control. it is what we saw i-95 southbound near boston yesterday when there was a huge pile up. more than 20 vehicles involved. minor injuries. again, just another example of a dang

united states, wreaking havoc. and disrupting lives from chicago to the deep south. 185 million people are feeling the deep freeze. 30 dates have windchill warnings and advisories posted through friday. major cities are recording historic lows including chicago, cincinnati and louisville. single digit lows as far south as alabama and georgia. even florida is under a freeze warning and some crops there are in peril. farmers are watering their fields to serve as a protective layer. tennessee remains in a state of emergency. the weather related death toll is highest there, including people who have died from hypothermia. advice from doctors across the country -- >> have a plan before you go outside will help anyone who is exposed to the cold air. >> reporter: in massachusetts, it took a front loader a boat and emergency crew to rescue these two dogs and owner. further south, residents in the chesapeake bay trapped by the surrounding ice. >> she needed formula. she was just born a week and a half ago and didn't have enough. >> reporter: with the sustained frigid temps come incredible scenes like this. niagara falls, frozen. with schools closed, many children are making the best of it. and the ice fis

united states government. >> the cia admitted it. >> "freeway - crack in the system". only on al jazeera america. >> we are in the farthest north reaches of wisconsin, in america's midwest, 200 miles from the nearest major city. it's home to the chippewa people, native american tribes who've lived here for generations alongside farmers and miners. but today, tourism is among the primary industries. >> right now we are on the coast of lake superior, which is frozen over solid.

to the northeast where there's several major cities along the border with the united states and that brings a different problem. in the northern district over the last 16 years, we've dedicated several individual prosecute dwrors deal with nothing but alien smuggling, illegal entry cases and major league drug cases on the northern border. we have well worn smuggling routes in our district, well-worn alien smuggling routes and in addition to aliens smuggling, we have major drug trafficing from the north coming down south, that being hydrouponic marijuana a multibillion dollar a year industry in canada. now cocaine is going north. the canadian drug traffickers hooked up with mexican cartels and cocaine is coming north through our district, guns are going north, cigarettes, contraband cigarettes are going north. like i said many ethnically based alien smuggling rings in our district. so i say all that to point out the fact that there is a problem on the northern border as well and everything that's being prescribed in this bill for the southwest border and southern boarder is being pres

united states announced a agreement with turkey. meanwhile, senior pentagon officials are confirming there are major plans for offensive to regain control of the second largest city in iraq. officials are now saying battle for mosul will likely begin in the spring and involve up to 25,000 iraqi fighters. here at home 19-year-old man from minneapolis has been indicted for allegedly trying to help isis. he's pulled off a plane in november while trying to fly to turkey. with us now former supreme allied commander at nato retired u.s. navy admiral james stravitis, the dean of the fletcher school of law and diplomacy and live from istanbul turkey richard engel, and as i said we also have david ignatius. richard, let me begin with you. you're there. we've got a lot of motion but do you see positive movement forward over the past couple of weeks a lot of different announcements from the white house talking about sending drones to other country, arming syrian rebels now training syrian rebels. aren't these the same rebels that have had trouble over the past couple of years making any gains? >> well, first on the syrian rebels piece. turkey and the u.s. finally signed a d

major military offense to retake the northern city of mosul from isis. some military analyst say they should have kept these plans a secret. >> it is mystifying the united statesuld release the who, what and when of a pending operation. that is unprecedented. we do that prior to the operation and embargo the media. but maybe we could pull back the valeil a little. it is known there is a clachlt clamp on talking to the media. >> we have a former navy seal here. you have first hand experience in this specific area. you had, what, three different times you were deployed to iraq. you were specifically involved in the battle for ramadi and took a key part in that attack. and 25,000 will be prepared in this amount of time frame, april or may, is that possible? >> i am concept -- unsure of the plan certainly. i share the same sentiments about why it is being aired as well. but when you look at the hard fighting done in iraq and i was with a group of seals that played a role with the first armor division to take the areas back with what is the same enemy but more capability. iraqi troops were brought in to help secure the area afterwards. but it wasn't until the level

major cities the streets are pretty much littered with homeless syrian children. it's a horrendous sight. bill: this is the number we are given now for near the united states.hey put it at least 360. that may seem like a big number here at home. you can look at lebanon and turkey and jordan, they are upwards of the millions. what else your view on our obligation to help harbor these refugees who need safe haven. >> i believe the united states has an obligation to accept these people, harboring refugees fleeing wars across the globe is literally part of our nation's psychological and moral fiber. but at the the same time the government has a real obligation to protect the merit can people from imported terrorism. the key will be our intelligence community. bill: having spend time under two different administrations is it good or not? >> on the intelligence collection our intelligence community continues to do a fantastic job the limited resources they have. remember a massively slashed budget this year. particularly cia under the directorship of john brennan and nick rasmussen. these are some of our nation's best and brightest career non-intelligence officia

city hotel made accused him of sexual assault. if convicted, he could face up to ten years in prison. >>> a new terror warning about the chances of another major attack on the united statesenator lindsay graham says isis' strength is growing and he believes if the united states doesn't defeat isis another large scale attack could be eminent eminent. >> we have more terrorist capability to strike the homeland than any time since 9/11. isis is in syria, iraq and foreign fighters have passports so they can penetrate the united states. you will see a paris on steroids soon if you don't disrupt the organization and take the fight on the ground. >> pete hex is the ceo of concerned veterans of america and fought in the military as well. pete graham says he could see paris on steroids if isis isn't defeated. put this into context for us. >> he is recognizing the longer you let the epicenter of the beating heart of isis the more likely they will continue to send fighters to europe or god forbid the united states. the longer they are simply not defeated. airstrikes have stopped them from gaining ground but they hold significant amounts of ground and haven in iraq and syria and are

iraq is planning to launch a major offense to retake the city of mosul and according it a u.s. official the united states will back thosests with air strikes and possibly ground troops. as many as 20,000 military and kurdish forces could be involved in the operation this spring and if needed ground forces including special operations could be involved. president obama has said in recent weeks, he would be willing to authorize the move if necessary. new details on the super bug outbreak at ucla medical center linked to the deaths of two people. one was a 48-year-old transplant patient and the other an 18-year-old man. doctors have notified nearly 200 patients about the possible explosion posure to the bacteria after an investigation connected the infections to instruments used in a special endoscopy. the nature of the endoscopes said they are adding more education materials to the decontamination guidelines. >>> we have good news. seven dogs when were inside a minivan when it was stolen from a chicago neighborhood have been found and all of them reunited with their owners. police say on wednesday, a dog d

developments, iraq now planning to launch a major offensive to retake the city of mosul from islamic state militants. according to a senior official the united states will back those evidents with air strikes and possibly ground troops, as many as 20,000 iraqi military and kurdish forces could be involved in the operation this spring and if the needed, u.s. ground forces including special operations, could be involved. president obama has said in recent weeks he would be willing to authorize such a move if necessary. >> new details on the super bug outbreak at ucla medical center that has been linked to the death of two people. one of the victims was a 48-year-old transplant patient. doctors notified 200 patients about possible exposure to the bacteria cre after an investigation connected the bacterial infections to instruments used in a special kind of endoscopy. in a statement the maker of the scope says it is adding more education materials to its decontamination guidelines and it's monitoring concerns closely. >> we have good news on a story we told you about on thursday. seven dogs in a minivan when it was stolen from a chicago neighbor