the case of barbara walsh was virtually identical.he, too, was doing her laundry and had left the door open while she went downstairs. like the first crime, parker used materials he found inside the apartment. after the sexual assault and murder, he used the towels in the bathroom to clean up before setting the fire. in the folded towels, one hair with the root intact survived the intense heat, smoke, and flames. a tiny hair found with the help of an angry girlfriend intent on getting revenge. investigators think the motive for parker's crimes was, in part, his anger and resentment towards his girlfriend, princess gray. >> he had a lot of pent-up anger to princess, who was dominant, an extremely difficult person to deal with. and i suspected that contributed to the release of this sexual deviancy that we see in the murders. >> after a four-month trial, robert parker was convicted of two counts of aggravated murder and sentenced to life in prison. his crimes were planned, all the way down to his attempts to destroy the evidence. but sc

officer walsh is sent back to the seattle's p.d.it for a review of department policies, while the civilian office of accountability investigates the incident. they find walsh did not use excessive force, and he's returned to his normal patrol. >> we would hope that through community and policing you can figure out the right response. but i think that having this video has helped all communities learn from it. >> it was a situation that did end up being very ugly at the start. but i think some positive came out of it at the end. >>> coming up, a gunman hijacks an 18-wheeler, taking this grandma trucker on a three-hour hell ride. >> and he said, drive, bitch, or i'll kill you. >> when "caught on camera: wrong side of the law" continues. [touch tone] introducing freeze it, from discover. it allows you to prevent new purchases on your account in seconds if your card is misplaced. not here... ♪ and once you find your card, you can switch it right on again. hey...you're back! [touch tone] freeze it, only from discover. get it at discover.

nick paton walsh. >>> google opening the wallet to more women in technology. that is next. >>> i'm christine romans. let's get an early start on your money. stocks lower around the world. european shares are down a bit as the u.k. votes in the election. that is hurting the tone around the world. u.s. dow futures down a bit here. the dow dropped 86 points. oil prices climbing and comments from the fed chair saying stock values are quote quite high. >>> google committing $150 million this year to recruit more women and minority into tech. that means looking for talent at colleges and expanding computer science education for kids. it will fund internal training to make google more inclusive. 17% of tech workers are female. 2% are hispanic. 1% are african-american. >>> want to make a lot of money? major in electrical engineering. according to a new report nine of the ten highest college majors are engineers. petroleum engineers made $136,000. over a lifetime these grads will earn millions more than the lowest paid fields like education and social work. pay doesn't

i want to bring in nick paton walsh. it was only a matter of time before isis tried to claim some kind much direct connection to these attacks. >> reporter: absolutely. john what is clear here they do not have those kind of key details investigators would expect some details to have in planning of the particular attack. that doesn't preclude them of having knowledge of it. this is one of the factors about isis in the modern age of social media. they can simply never been in contact with the texas gunman before the attack. once that pledge of allegiance or claim to work on isis behalf is out there from the attackers in recordings or tweets beforehand they can say yes, that was one of our operations. chillingly in this they say there are potentially future attacks. i quote, we say for the defenders of the cross, the u.s. future attacks will be harsher and worse. the islamic state soldiers will inflict harm on you with the grace of god. the future is just around the corner. that is designed to instill fear. in the statement

a key spokesman. >> nick paton walsh. thank you so much.faty who is outside the white house. you've been listening to part of this conversation and some of the questions coming out about how significant sayyaf really was or perhaps was not. what is the white house saying? >> well i think we can learn, christi, a few things from what the national security council sent out in their lengthy statement. just picking out a few key things. really a defense of why president obama took his deliberate call to make this mission. they say in the statement that he was involved with the group's military operations. in reference to abu sayaff. and that he was overseeing the oil and gas operations. but we are also as we start asking these questions, was it worth the risk what more is there to this we are getting some push-back from a senior administration official who adds that it was likely that abu sayaff would have had interactions with al-baghdadi they say in some capacity. al-baghdadi a key isis leader that the u.s. has been chasing for a while. so st

we have nick paton walsh with us. that the jihadists are resonating with the sub sect of people and using the web to spread the message. >> reporter: many analysts have spoken of how it resonates among those who ideologically driven and feel that islamic faith resonates closely with them. there are others who are dysfunctional and disan-attached from the communities they are in. but, michael rogers, the director of the nsa speaking to a security conference did sound a stark warning saying that individuals in the u.s. are increasingly resonating with the ideology of isis and acting violently is clearly of great concern. it is a trend things suggest is increasing not decreasing. obviously, that is to state the obvious after the first attack in the u.s. which isis purportedly tried to latch themselves on to with the shootings in garland, texas. the two shooters seemed to pledge allegiance to isis. still unclear if there is prior communication at all. this is the key concern, christine. you are talking about an ideology w

we have more from nick paton walsh.of doctors tending to his injuries he received during a drone strike. this is trying to make it look like he is still in charge. >> reporter: we saw a similar audio recording after he was injured or killed some time ago. it was a recording they were using to dispel that. that previous recording had a specific date reference. it referred to extra u.s. advisers. troops sent to iraq. a recent white house announcement. a date made within the last week or so. there was less in this recording to specify when it was made. the saudi-led coalition striking the houthis in yemen right now and others dated to the past one to two months. no specific thing which makes you think totally confident when it had been made. yes, a lot of reporting to suggest he may have been injured, but most officials he had spoken to had no smoking gun. the u.s. is clear he has not been injured in an air strike which they carried out that hit him. you think they would shout from the rooftops had that been the case. this

nick payton walsh. >> thank you for that. i just wonder do you think the most critical thing this tells us is it's cayhaotic in terms of iraqi security forces trying to hold things together? >> well yeah. that announced they were going to do this which was taking as many of the prisoners as possible. the whole movement is coming out of prisons. the various iraqi riz breekprison breaks since the withdrawal. it makes sense. asked why did he rob banks. that's where the money is. they are breaking into prison because that's where their comrades are. >> we keep hearing about isis gaining more ground and you see this increase even fbi chief talked about it this week of devotees to isis here in the united states. you see what happened in texas with that attempted terror attack last weekend and tieing into isis. where's the disconnect? >> not sure it's a disconnect. in iraq they're losing ground. a serious operation of ramadi. they can be opportunistic. they have to control all of iraqi territory. in terms of what director comi said

nick paton walsh. >>> big night for britain. election results are in and we are breaking it all down live next. >>> breaking overnight. election night in the u.k. a big night for conservatives and good news for prime minister david cameron. we're breaking down results for you live. >>> tom brady speaks. a little. sort of. kind of responding to the deflate gate report that accuses some patriots personnel of more probably than not, cheating. what did he say? what did he not say? >>> nearly 20 million people in the path this morning of severe storms. we're breaking down damage done and what could come next. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. nice to see you. >> i'm john berman. 30 minutes after the hour. breaking news from the united kingdom. oh my goodness. they had said this was going to be a close election. the polls show everything tied going into election day. the results that are coming in show a landslide, just a stunner, for the incumbent conservative party and prime minister david cameron will keep his jo

for the latest on that, let's bring in nick paton walsh, good morning morning. >> reporter: the leader of isis and the reward out for capturing him or information leading to that. but this announcement by the state department gives a light on to the leaders also in the cross hairs now. four key names coming pup one of the first you haven't heard too publicly in the past. that's $7 million for al qaduli. he's been to afghanistan, pakistan an 11-year track record. so a lot of history there. the spokesperson for isis who pops up more frequently than their leader does on recordings or statements. now she is said to be a georgiaen national. and then rose to the fourth man in isis. a leader in the syrian-iraqi border area. these rewards, it come at a time where little is known about the whereabouts. he hasn't been seen in public since last year. few statements from him and now this large amount of money replicating the increasing information and rewards offered during the hunt for al qaeda a decade ago underway. the key question being now exactly what is isis's strength in the field and thos

. >> cnn senior international correspondent nick paton walsh is standing by in beirut. nick what is the preliminary word from overseas? >> according to the syrian who have been monitoring syria how this attack appeared to have left 19 isis militants dead. we're talking about one of the most closely guarded strongholds that isis has. a huge oil field, very well defended. so imagine taking the decision to send in to the heart of that dozens of america's special forces troops. very difficult, indeed. we heard from local witnesses after half past midnight local time a lot of airstrikes softening up the targets and perhaps the insertion of potential forces troops and there is still, despite what we're hearing from the pentagon much of a case to be made why why abu saythis level of risk and may have known that isis leadership don't give themselves up necessarily without a fight. the white house or pentagon and his full name abu sayyaf means the father of a child called sayyaf and um means the mother of a child called sayyaf. more details on who this man is and that may shed m

jennifer walsh. is the community connecter. in the community campaign will join me in this presentation. and i think we're almost there. i'm glad he's doing this. and not me. [laughter]. while we're waiting. i'm curious. how many people really use the internet to get information about what's happening at city hall or what's happening in the city? is that something that folks do on a general -- okay. and do you feel like there are places you want to learn more? yeah. and anybody's whose not ventured into this world. because it is new for many people anybody inching in. figuring out why it's worthwhile doing. that's what we try to reach. is folks who have not made that decision yet. because it seems too scary. they're afraid they will break the computer. they have something their family gave them. i don't know how to use them. they don't want to feel dumb or get stuck. whatever it is. so we try to over come that initial fear of technology. and learning these new things. so i think we're up. so i move it over here. is that what i

mary williams walsh wrote about this today. mary welcome. good to have you with us. this sounds like a risky business. you have a doubt, a hole that you owe to your pension people your pension plan and so what do you do you borrow more to fill that hole? >> yeah. it is a little bit surprising to see this going on now especially because detroit was bankrupt last year and it had this type of debt outstanding. it was the first thing they defaulted on. there is quite a bit of risk there and people may not know about it. >> and not only might they default on the debt they take out a bond a municipality or a state floats a bond at say 4% and they are paying an arounditiage where they taye they -- they will make 4% or on the borrowed money and what if that doesn't work. >> a lot of time it doesn't work. the bonds are a fixed payment you have to make according to a schedule you moom issed -- promised to make and you put the money into the stock market and that goes up and down. and sometimes you are in the money and everything is great and when the market goes down you have

we want to get the latest from our cnn correspondent nick paton walsh. nick, this is the iraqi government with the forces. >> reporter: john interesting news now. long awaited counter attack from the iraqi security forces but also the shi'a armed groups who have met so much of the tip of the spear of the fighting here in isis. >> we are having a hard time establishing communication with nick. the important thing is the iraqi government trying to make the case it is on the offensive in anbar province after losing the city of ramadi one week ago to isis. we do not know if that is a substance operation from the iraqi government. we will check back in with nick. >> the american defense secretary said they lost the will to fight. the operation launching as officials in u.s. and iraq are sniping as each other over the fall of ramadi to isis. president obama used memorial day to talk about the sharp break from what ash carter told cnn about iraqis losing will to fight. and the deputy prime minister criticized forces of retreating from ramadi. michelle kosinski

experts like callahan walsh the son of john walsh says this girl did exactly the right thing, she fought back. >> i think this coward was surprised by how strong and courageous this little girl was and i commend her for that. >>> a father and his girls were reunited today. it was very emotional. >> we are grateful for everybody that looked for us and i'm so sorry in an i caused any worry. >> the father and his 5 and 3-year-olds were lost in the california forest and the road gave out under their truck stranding them without cell phone service, they had hire camping supplies including blankets they were safely rescued last night. >>> restaurant lovers have a chance to get their favorite morning eats any time of the day. alicia vitarelli is at the big board with more on this. >> it started with two women that loved to travel and brought a special waffle recipe to philadelphia and it's not just breakfast add wedges and pretzel rolls and they had a food truck on a roll in philly and now a restaurant on the corner of 15 and and pine. >> you walk past and it just wafts waffles. >> so waffles a

i want to bring in the latest with nick paton walsh. >> reporter: christine. a devastating setback for the iraqi government. the capital of anbar province. it was the focus of baghdad. now they are the ones in retreat. video showing the military of them pulling away from the capital. pictures taken of isis of the amount of armor left behind. this began as a suicide bombing campaign. they used bulldozers to force into the center. the iraqi forces have been fighting for weeks to prevent this overrunning. were unable to hold back. now in a troubling moment where the government appealed to shi'a militia to come in and try to push isis back. reports that iran's defense minister has flown into baghdad. perhaps to try to offer assistance iran can offer here. the issue is also how long advertised this potential issue has been because the fight has been going for a long period of time. there have not been adequate resources. we are hearing about 500 people may have lost their lives in the fight alone. thousands have fled. 100,000 have fled in the past months or so. fea

we have cnn's nick paton walsh with more. >> reporter: the reality on the ground is hard to decipher. this is what they say is happening. yesterday, 30 iraqi security forces killed by series of car bombs. not around ramadi but the town to the east of baghdad near fallujah on the outskirts of that. some comparative success by the iraqi security forces they say they managed to get to the southern outskirts to the university of anbar. that contradicts what the u.s. officials are able to observe. we don't know who factors. how cohesive the security forces will be and will the shi'a tribes and iraqi security forces work together to get themselves working at the right time and right place and how well dug in. there is all of anbar to worry about. we saw near anbar where there is a complex fight going on for a refinery. there are iraqi special forces eager to show us how much they want to take the fight to isis but they cannot go in to the building that is over 70 square kilometers and 40 square miles to take the fight to isis. they are worried isis will blow up the refinery. it is a very co

let's get the latest from correspondent nick paton walsh in baghdad.e front lines? >> reporter: at this stage, no. we are just hearing those announcements from the iraqi officials which they are clear the wide ranging operation will be underway. whether that translates to hard action on the ground is key. john you get an idea of the complexity of the challenge ahead of iraq and reclaiming the vital city. you see how the announcement came out, iraqi state television said something was going to be underway shortly. it left to the shi'a militia backed by iran to give the first press conference saying they were moving forward with the iraqi security forces and what they said of the citizens of the places where the fighting is going to happen which could be a sunni part of the iraq makeup here. they said that operation will be under way to cut a supply route to north of anbar. we heard on state television and statements according to state tv from the prime minister office and ministry of defense. they hope soon anbar would be liberated and may be victories

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for the latest on that let's bring in nick paton walsh.e known about al baghdadi has a $10 million price on his head. information for his whereabouts. but yesterday just after isis claimed that they were involved in the garland, texas, attacks they put out four more individuals who they now have substantial rewards for information and whereabouts. top of that list for $7 million is a man who's not been heard of too much in public in the past abd al rahman mustafa al qaduli. he has a drong track record in al qaeda as early as 2004 as being to pakistan history in al qaeda and iraq which morphed into islamic state in iraq which morphed into isis. obviously a key leader in the eyes of the united states. below him at $5 million each well-known public figure abu mohammed al adnani the spokesperson from isis from whom we hear from very often and publicly. and a man called omar the chechen. but his real name is tarkhan batirashvili. he joined ranks early on rose through extremist circles and became a key public figure in the early days of isis. yo

i want to also bring in nick paton walsh who is in beirut.is for a very long time. what more can you tell us about the location where this operation took place? >> reporter: listening to barbara report ace staggering i think, development for u.s. military development in syria. we don't normally see them going into hand-to-hand combat with bloody knuckles fighting with isis militants. this is an extraordinary hard place to reach, inside syria isis-held territory. the oil field fortified, 3 to 5 kilometer perimeter of security about, we're told by activists. had it seem to be hit by air strikes beforehand midnight hearing from activists who have spoken to witnesses and this delta force went in. extraordinarily large risk and a difficult, i think, operation to explain, had it gone wrong for the white house to an american public constantly assuring there would be no more boots on the ground in the middle east. definite perhaps embarkment here on u.s. military policy. you have to ask, who was their key tar bet. they're absolutely sure abu sayyaf w

we have cnn's nick paton walsh live in baghdad this morning.ing to separate fantasy from reality. >> reporter: john that is a complex task given the level of access we get to the battle fields. it is clear there is a mixed picture. 30 iraqi soldiers killed by suicide bombs. that is some distance away from ramadi still, remember fallujah is held by isis as is ramadi. it is around those two key population centers that the shi'a fighting groups are maneuvering at this stage. also the iraqi security forces claiming yesterday they got to the outskirts of ramadi. not something the u.s. can verify. they say that iraq security forces are near the university of anbar which is southwest of that main population center. it is an extraordinarily mixed picture and slow going. we have seen how sand storms have slowed down. yesterday, to the north of the anbar province by the oil refinery to see how iraqi special forces are facing off with isis. one group described how during the sand storm of two days ago, isis used that cover to get within 20 meters of the p

nic payton walsh, cnn, beirut. >> analysts are split on what this means too isis. it is a boom for intelligence. >> it's the kind of raid that special operations relishes in. they enjoy doing these kind of things, especially the capture piece of this. unfortunately, it went south and they had to kill several individuals. they did get a significant amount of intelligence. this is a big deal thchlt is shifting the attention from the battlefield, the operational and tactical piece to the organization itself. there have been quite a few isis leaders killed. they have been decimated in terms of operational piece. now, we are starting, i think, the military and coalition is starting to turn toward the other lines of operation, financial informational and others. >> on the other side of the coin, another retired u.s. military commander, major general james spider marks says sayyaf is not a big catch. >> take what took place today and oppose it with what's going on in ramadi and iraq. isis has chosen the moe tmentumd chose momentum. it keeps the isf, iraqi security forces

nick peyton walsh, cnn, beirut. >> in yemen saudi led forces conducted air raids sunday morning at the home of the country's former president. sources in his political party tell reuters three loud explosions were heard in the capital city of sanaa. it is unclear if he was there. > houthi rebels have agreed to a cease fire. clashes between police and ethnic albanians continue to rage in macedonia, more than day after they started. police are fighting with a group they call terrorists in a town in the northern part of that country. they have been evacuating civilians. at least at least five police officers have been killed and dozens more wounded. the area is known for tensions betweenette lick -- -- ethnic albanians. >>> a deadly helicopter crash. seven people were killed when the chopper crashed in to a school in northern pakistan on friday. among the dead, the norwegian and philippine ambassadors, the wives of the top diplomates from indonesia and malaysia and three crew members. amazingly there were two survivors. listen as they describe what was happening right before the moment of

senior international correspondent, nick paton walsh has more. >> reporter: this is just a taste of how apocalyptic it could get at the vital baiji oil refinery choking on smoke. part of the huge complex held by isis. shia fighters filmed this tuesday. the month's long fight here slowed by fears of the ecological chaos, isis could wreak if they scorch and burn here. iraqi forces took us to the front line. they are from the elite golden division. their ramadi colleagues, troops said lacked the will to fight. that line of buildings is isis' closest position. during a thick sandstorm they used the cover of it to advance within 20 meters of here. when the sandstorm subsided, suddenly a fire fight began. [ gunfire ] we don't know why they start shooting this day, what they may have seen. isis are few in number here they say, but willing to die and have a sniper nearby. or maybe they more want to show us and even washington, they very much do want to fight. it's not logical and wrong he says of the american criticism. because anywhere in ramadi, mosul, or anywhere duty calls we fight. their g

. >> experts like callahan walsh, son of "america's most wanted" john walsh say it's not enough to tellf strangers, and he says parents need to explain who a trusted adult is. >> a police officer, security guard, many parents assume that their child knows but really until it's put to the test sort of like the scenario here really determines whether your child knows what to do in that type of situation. >> reporter: mara schiavocampo abc news, new york. >> that was really scary. >> all the parents were saying they were so surprised they actually left hand in hand from the park even with a picture of a dog. doesn't have to be a real puppy. >> that is scary. a reminder just keep an eye on the kids. just keep an eye on them. coming up, bruce jenner and his family opening up on camera about his new life as a woman. >> also ryan gosling's memorial to a fan simply by eating breakfast. "the skinny" is up next. "world news now" continues after ♪ skinny, so skinny ♪ >> all right. let's start with bruce jenner and "the skinny" moving on with his new life as a woman. >> how his family is handling h

senior international correspondent, nick payton walsh reports, the battlefield extend far to the north. >> reporter: this is just a taste of how apocalyptic it could get, the oil refinery choking on smoke. part of the huge complex is held by isis. shia fighters filmed this tuesday. the month's long fight here slowed by fears of the ecological chaos isis could reek if they scorch and burn here as they retreat. iraqi special forces took us to their front line. defending the ruins of the house that a coalition air strike pushed isis out of. they are from the elite golden division. their ramadi colleagues part of the troops, the u.s. said lacked the will to fight. >> the line of buildings over there it is isis' closest position. and yesterday during a thick sandstorm here, they used the cover of it to advance within 20 meters of peer when the sandstorm subsided. suddenly a fire fight began. [ gunfire ] we don't know why they start shooting this day, what they may have seen. isis are few in number here they say, but willing to die and have a sniper nearby. or maybe they more want to show us

ed walsh says the firefighter took her down there to check on her sisters suv. >> her car is right onhe edge of the hole. reporter: d.c. firefighters say they are waiting for construction workers to finish shoring up the area. >> there is concern about concrete that is hanging, so they want to remove that. reporter: fire officials say cadaver dogs made a possible hit on friday but no one has been reported missing and all building workers and construction workers have been accounted for. these residents all live in the watergate west building. eight of that -- they say they do not have air or water in their unit. >> we are venting about the fact that we're not getting a lot of information about what is going on. reporter: with businesses close others are worried about how i can impact other residents. >> there are people in her 80's and 90's who don't have access to cars. reporter: firefighters say they won't know with 100% certainty if anyone may have been trapped under the rubble until the area is completely excavated. that could take another day or two. it's not clear when the busin

our senior international correspondent nick paton walsh is in baghdad with more on that. >> reporter: those blasts in baghdad, which is simply the central nature of them, and recognized by heder al baghdadi. and in his had mind, still contested at times by isis as well. as we saw ourselves yesterday. shia fighters say they've just taken the town ahead of us. but look just to the right of the black smoke here. >> oh! >> where was that? >> reporter: it's not that simple. mines on the roadside, past the tree line. the blasts could be them being cleared away by engineers, taking more lives. now heard in the distance, two, one very substantial. we're told that is a controlled explosion of mines in the area they just cleared. and they seem quite calm here but it couldless be that one of the cars was hit by one of the mines. and this is what they videoed the fight for this town, close to a vital highway north. isis, was just pushed out to its edges. as we move closer, it gets messier. we think a mortar lands nearby and stay in the car. since we've been lit really waiting on the road there ha

nick paton walsh, cnn, baghdad. >> a former u.s. house speaker is accused of sixabexual miscon with a minor and paying hush money to cover it up. the story next here. with next month's looming deadline, the next rounds of talks over iran's nook leuclear program set to be in just a few hours. listerine®. power to your mouth™! >>> welcome back. you are watching "cnn newsroom," i'm natalie allen. a washington insider once second in line to the u.s. presidency now faces federal charges. former house speaker dennis hastert was paying a former male student to keep quiet about allegations of sexual misconduct. but then lied to the fbi about it. we learn more from cnn's pamela brown. federal sources tell cnn dennis hastert, longest serving republican u.s. house speaker was paying hush money to the student at the illinois high school where he once taught. more than $1 million to the former student to keep allegations hastert sexually abused him quiet. hastert has not commented but abruptly resend from this d.c. lobbying firm and a chicago de

nick payton walsh got a firsthand look. >> reporter: this is a taste of how apocalyptic it to get.y choking on smoke. shia fighters filmed this on tuesday, and slowed by fears the chaos isis could wreak if they scorch and burn here as they retreat. iraqi special forces took us to their front line defending the ruins of a house that a coalition air strike pushed isis out of. they from the elite golden division and it's part of the troops the u.s. said had a lack of fight, and yesterday during a thick sand storm here they used the cover of it to advance within 20 meters of here. when the sand storm subsided suddenly a firefight began. [ sound of gunshots ] >> reporter: we don't know why they started shooting this day, what they may have seen. isis a few in number here they say, but willing to die and have a sniper nearby or maybe they want to show us and even washington they very much do want to fight. it's not logical and wrong, he says of the american criticism, because anywhere in ramadi in where duty calls we fight. gunfire and mortars fired back so we pull out. more ammunition i

carol. >> nick paton walsh reporting live from baghdad. thank you. >>> back in the united states officials are warning of dire consequences as the clock ticks down on the expiration of the patriots act. newly appointed loretta lynch warning, quoelt serious lapses in security if congress fails to act. >> reporter: some of the vital and noncontroversial tools we use to combat terrorism and crime are scheduled to shut down on sunday. without action from the senate we will experience a serious laps in our ability to protect the american people. >> senior white house correspondent jim acosta is following the story for us. jim, one official calls this national security russian roulette. what does he mean? >> yeah. you've heard about fiscal cliffs here in washington. this is a surveillance clip nsa, osh administration accusing when they call national security russian roulette shutdown of key nsa programs this weekend. one of those programs, as you know is the bulk collection of data from nearly every phone call made in the u.s. that's scheduled t

i want to go to nick paton walsh in beirut.ured here and who it was believed had very strong ties and operational, operational dealings when it comes to human trafficking. that's something we have been reporting on for a good year now. i think that's part of what has really captured the nation's attention, as well. and the world's attention to how horrific that situation is. how might her capture fracture that operation? >> very hard to tell at all, honestly, at this stage. isis are not traditionally an organization that bring their wives into the operations. it may well be that she has knowledge and she is the exception and deeply involved in her husband's activities. both their names sayyaf means the father and we don't have a great amount of detail as to precisely who they are at this stage, apart from what the pentagon is telling us that abu sayyaf is deeply involved in the oil elements, deeply profitable. but i go back to the point we were making a few minutes ago. this is an extraordinary high-risk operation for barack ob

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nick payton walsh, cnn, beirut. >>> saudi arabia's foreign minister denies his king is snubbing the u.s. president by canceling his attendance at a summit with the american and gulf state leaders in washington. king salman called mr. obama on monday to send his regrets. he's also skipping a one-on-one meeting with the president. the saudi foreign minister said the decision came after the cease-fire plan for yemen was worked out, and he rejected any notion that there was a problem with the saudi/u.s. relationship. take a listen. >> the decision on the cease-fire and the timing of the cease-fire was not made until friday evening, and it was after that the decision was made that the custodian would dep advertise his representative. we hope that it will continue so that we can send relief supplies in. but the decision whether or not the cease-fire holds rests with the houthis and their allies. >> saudi arabia's crown prince and deputy crown prince will lead. >>> baseless, that is how the wougs describes accusations that the obama administration lied about the killing of osama bin laden. the

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coalition campaign against isis. >> nick paton walsh, thank you. the defeat of this key city happening just as the u.s. claims this textbook win over the terrorists in syria. delta forces killing this isis leader capturing his wife and walking away with what the u.s. calls a treasure-trove of isis intel. let's talk about that piece of the story with a mideast terrorism expert at the defense of democracies. welcome. >> thank you very much. >> let me play some sound, first off, to tee this up. this is sound from congressman adam schiff. >> our intelligence was good, but nonetheless, this was an extraordinary risk. if one of our people were captured if we lost some of our special forces there would be tough questions to answer about whether it was worth it. >> whether it was worth it. that's where i wanted to begin with you. knowing the brutality isis is capable of if they captured u.s. commandos, does the congressman have a point? is it worth the risk? >> well he has a point, but i think there are a couple other points worth making. one, i think ther

i want to start overseas with nick paton walsh. it's sort of a complicated idea to hear a terror group taking responsibility for something that was so incredibly failed. these people did nothing but get themselves kwilds killed. >> yes, but they did in the minds of those who followed isis show the potential for the isis ideology or branding to reach across with attacks on the u.s. homeland. we know very little about whether there were any connections between isis leadership and those two gunmen in garland, texas, apart from a tweet as you mentioned, that they put out before the attack and then today, isis on their official radio station, thought to be broadcasting out of northern iraq, a sparse statement in which they refer to the two men as soldiers are of the caliphate, called brothers, they were killed in an exchange of fire which wounded a security guard but they go on to offer a stark warning against the united states saying across the u.s. will have future attacks harsh and worse. the future is just around the corner. that fi

we have nick paton walsh with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, john.how do you deliver the $68 million which is available from the u.s. the central airport and capital sanaa is no longer operational. difficult to know how you get that desperately needed food and medical supplies in to yemenis now after weeks of the bombardment of the clashes and clashes on the ground. also today, we hear john kerry has met with the foreign minister asking for an unspecified last force to intervene for stability there. after claims in that letter that 50 civilians were killed as they tried to flee the port city of aden in boats, the government says was shelf fire from the houthi rebels. we now rather than pause in saudi air strikes, suggested by a recent statement they made seen continue bombardment and heavy clashes on the ground. the saudis have hinted at the humanitarian pause. john kerry now pushing that but with the chaos on the ground how will that allow aid in? >> nick paton walsh, thank you. >>> breaking news this morning, tearing through the middle of the count

kyung lah reporting for us nick paton walsh reporting. inspiration but no command and control seems to be the isis link to the texas attack. for more on what's going on i'm joined by kimberly dozer our global affairs analyst and contributing writer for "the daily beast." do we believe this was a specific order by isis or these two guys were inspired by isis? >> there's no evidence yet of a specific order but what isis could be doing right now is creating a new model. go out, carry out an attack small or large and we will claim you as our own afterwards and get all that reflected fame. i find that almost more troubling than finding that they had, you know, clear messages that they were going to carry this out. >> because these two guys showed up with body armor, bulletproof vests, assault rifles but one off-duty police officer managed to kill both of them an got slightly injured. it was not a successful mission on the part of isis if, in fact, this was an isis operation. why would they be bragging about it? >> not successful in terms of ta

nick paton walsh in baghdad. the role of the united states in the anbar province may be limited, the policy on air strikes as the force is being supported must be under iraqi military command. that may be hard to determine with so many iranian backed shiite militias fighting and sunni tribes involved as well. joining us from montreal is the former u.s. ambassador to iraq, ryan crocker. joining us from raleigh, north carolina the retired lieutenant colonel james reese. our cnn global affairs analyst, former delta force commander and joining us from irvine california bob bear our cnn security and intelligence analyst, a former cia operative. ambassador what's the story right now? is this effort largely as we just heard from nick based on iraqi shiite militias is this what the u.s. wants because clearly they want the iraqi military to take charge not iranian-backed shiite militias. >> well we have to sort of sort through the smoke and dust here to figure out actually what is going on. clearly if this were to be an i

cnn's nick paton walsh has more for you.. >> reporter: it's a stark warning from the director of the national security agency michael rogers admiral michael rogers in which he makes it clear and this is something perhaps which many americans have heard about since the attacks were claimed by isis after the fact and the attack pledged allegiance to isis' leader before them. admiral rogers suggesting that the internet and the threat from isis ideology spreading over that and gaining traction in the u.s. is growing. here's what he had to say. >> this concern about individuals within the united states resonated with the idea of just acting violently, din indiscriminately is a concern. it's a trend that's increasing and not decreasing. >> reporter: that's a key issue dealing with the isis threat outside of the middle east. it's exactly how do you prevent ideology from spreading over social media. there seems less occasions to be a direct link between the isis chain of command and isis attackers. lone wolves as they are often call

joining me now is dana milbank of the "washington post" and joan walsh of salon.com.thank you both for being here. >> good evening. >> dana, the challenges in the midll east are not hypothetical. how concerning is that it these presidential hopefuls seem to be lost? by the way, you at the "washington post," you all do fact collection. you might want to tell him, pacquiao didn't win the fight but that's an aside. >> and he couldn't remember who was in the fight either. knowing what we know now, to coin a phrase, i think all the republican candidates would have brushed up on this answer a long time ago and had something ready to go for an obvious question. and there is an obvious answer. . of course in retro perfect it was a mistake. that doesn't mean that given what they knew at the time it was a mistake. but it certainly means in retrospect it was a miss team of lindsey graham, the most hawkish one in the field this morning was saying, yeah, knowing what we know now, if we president he would have done things differently. any rational person would have done things diff

that could simply not solve the problem but create a new one instead. >> nick paton walsh, thank you.d have a setback over the weekend. we have to talk about that. special forces taking down a notorious isis commander uncovering what could be a treasure-trove of information. the so-called money man of isis was among a group of militants killed by the army's delta force during a daring weekend raid in syria. sayyaf's wife was also captured. she's now being detained in iraq. the pair are suspected of being involved in hostage operations. e despite what the pentagon says a significant blow some are questioning whether putting u.s. troops at risk was worth it. let's bring in senior washington correspondent joe johns, good morning morning. >> good morning, carol. this individual's belief to have been involved in the most important financing arm of isis the oil and gas operations that allows the organization to do all the things it does so eliminating him is seen as a big disruption to isis operations. but more importantly, delta force personnel recovered electronic records from the multi-s

let's bring in cnn's senior international correspondent nick paton walsh to tell us more. hi nick. >> reporter: many fleeing for their lives in the last few days the fear being that isis militarily has control over ramadi and they'll kill those disloyal toward them. coalition has used substantial airpower in the last 24 hours. 19 air strikes around ramadi. isis seemed to be continuing to move eastward and the direction of baghdad not actually physically close to it at this stage. the fear is at this stage quite what kind of response the iraqi government can mount to this advance. there has been a long fight for ramadi. iraqi security forces in a lengthy battle to try to hold it but over the weekend isis used 13 suicide bombers and bulldozers to barge their way in and really bloody end, it seems, and then iraqi sources pictured leaving enemase ing leaving. were they lacking numbers? were they lacking will power? lacking ammunition to continue that night?fight? and turning to shia militia, most of them backed by iran. the worry that if shia militia massing near ramadi do try

let's get to nick paton walsh live in beirut. do we know where and when this happened? >> reporter: it seems to have happened in mid april, possibly in the southeast of the country, an al qaeda stronghold on the coast on the southeast there. it's not entirely clear whether this was one drone strike that particularly targeted him or it was one that was reported on about mid april that seemed to kill other media spokes people from that particular group. it's a staunch blow. the man who announced death of luke summers, the american journalist killed after a raid to rescue him went wrong. a significant blow for them at a time when they were trying to re-establish themselves given ascending of isis. >> give us an idea of where he was on the aqap hierarchy. was he a senior level leader? was he mid-level? he had a very public role. >> i think it's fair to say he was in the top dozen officials. but more importantly, a public face. while there may have been others above him, the leader of aqap above him in sort of the food chain so to speak, he was very much one person you would

cnn's senior international correspondent nick payton walsh has the details for us.rning, nick. >> not particularly well known in terms of isis leadership circles. a name the united states say was behind the money. was behind the oil. was used to make isis so much of its money and increasely involved in that military operation. we don't know his real name. abu sayyaf means the father of sayyaf and his wife who was captured who was killed in this raid umm means the mother of sayyaf. u.s. will look to provide why this man was so important because they endured an enormous risk in going to get to him. we are told this was a capture mission, not a kill mission. had it been a kill mission they could have simply used a drone. they were after intelligence and they were after the things he knew and the things his computers and phones perhaps had on them as well so complex indeed they decided to take this risk because they flew into one of the most dangerous parts of isis territory deep inside of syria. the oil field known to be a isis military base had a 3 to 5 millimeter per

straight to nick paton walsh live in baghdad this morning.ces military what are they trying to do to try to get palmyra back? >> reporter: rhetoric from the syrian government about this fight of the strategic town they lost to isis. questions remain whether they can launch that counteroffensive. they say they are preparing. we've known for some time that damascus is suffering to replenish it's front line troops. losing in damascus the south as well and palmyra, a malaise, many asking that perhaps this war of attrition going on now for four-plus years is beginning to make the regime significantly less defensible. john? >> nick our concern is obviously with the people. the innocent victims in palmyra, killed in some cases, brutally killed by isis. as well these antiquities, treasures some 2,000 years old. any word how isis is treating the history that's there? >> reporter: at this stage, those antiquities do not appear to be in isis possession. perhaps they're holding off to garner favor with the local population. clearly holding them very dear