she's beatable. >> that does it for us. and our special report, isis, what should the u.s. do now, starts now: >>> this is "the situation room" special report. the war against isis, what should the u.s. do now? >> the most brutal terrorists on the planet are killing the way into new corners of the world. isis fighters are slaughtering civilians, seizing cities and recruiting americans to attack on u.s. soil. our coalition is on the offensive. isil is on the offensive and isil is going to lose. >> tonight, the war against isis, what should the united states do now? some of the best military minds can be in our situation room as a battle unfolds over the president's strategy and what can be done to reverse stunning losses. >> the iraqi fors just showed no will to fight. >> we are neither degrading nor destroying isis and we have no strategy for doing so. >> how can the u.s. and its allies defeat a terrorist enemy unlike no other, armed with say powerful propaganda machine and creating its own so-called islamic state. and what should america do now to destroy isis? >>> good evening.

g women are down there with small arms trying to hold off isis fighters along that line. i am not prepared to say that we should not be providing any military support for those kurds or for the iraqi forces any air support whatsoever. and that's what this resolution does. it didn't have to be this dire. well over a year ago when isis was building its force in the desert in syria it wasn't bombed and devastated when it could have been. it should have been. many called for an effort at that point to have an air campaign by the u.s. and our partners to pummel isis as it moved across the desert in these long columns and begin the process to take city after city. it came out of syria and first it headed to fallujah and there was a call to use airpower to suppress and destroy isis then. that step was not taken and for 14 separate cities, city after city all the way to mosul we watched every time the request be made for airpower and that was turned down. well, we are where we are now and frankly the air campaign by the u.s. and our partners isn't pummeling the enemy now as it should. dai

for watch aring. watching. >>> happening now -- isis in america. dramatic new details on an alleged plot to kill police and behead a conservative blogger. we're learning about the suspect's final phone calls and alleged eng alleged encouragement from isis. and isis sympathizers in this country, can the fbi keep up? >>> under siege. isis has a powerful new weapon. water. the terror group controls a major dam and has cut the flow to pro-government towns. and it can now easily launch attacks across the strategic river reduced to a stream. >>> plus -- new clues revealed in the washington mansion murders. a footprint suggests forced entry into the home and unsealed search warrant were indicates the family's assistant's car was found a block away on the day of the crime. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> breaking news the terror plot encouraged to people tied to isis communicating over seas. police killed the suss spektr before he could kill those he called "the boys in blue." police moved in for a final confrontation after lea

weekend. and they're tracking a growing number of isis sympathizers here in the united states. have they missed one who may be ready to strike? >> terrorist showdown two sworn enemies of the u.s. now turn their sights on each other. with a cleric in iraq making a direct threat against the leader of isis. is it setting the stage for a new sectarian war? out of control, a massive wildfire fueled by triple digit temperatures blackening thousands of acres in washington state, dozens of homes already have been destroyed. can crews get the upper hand before entire communities are wiped out? i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. >>> we're following the breaking news growing concern of a terrorist attack inside the united states in the coming days. sources are telling cnn the apprehension is greater than in recent years, in part because of the growing number of isis sympathizers inside the united states. that has local and federal law enforcement dramatically increasing security as july 4th approaches. recovering all items of the breaking news this hour with our correspondents and

. campaign to take down isis. martha raddatz with the men and women fighting america'ses most dangerous enemy. >>> plus the gop's man to beat. wisconsin governor scott walker is iowa's early front-runner. jon karl with the exclusive interview. and making history. >> american pharoah has won the triple crown! >> announcer: the first triple crown winner in 37 years. did american pharoah just put horse racing back on the map. from abc news "this week" with george stephanopoulos begins now. >>> good morning, i'm martha raddatz, we're coming to you from a persian gulf nation that we have been asked not to disclose. where the u.s.-led military operation against isis is being coordinated. temperatures here hovering here around 120 degrees. behind me you see one of the predator drones or as the air force calls them remotely-piloted aircraft. they fly 24/7 collecting intelligence and carrying out deadly air strikes. i'm about to take you inside the heart of the command center of the u.s.-led campaign to defeat the jihadist group, the first time tv cameras have been allowed inside. just this week

isis. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. john berman has the morning off. happening now, the manhunt for the two who escaped from the maximum prison from new york. the governors of new york and vermont holding a news conference. the governor andrew cuomo saying authorities believe richard matt and david sweat discussed vermont as a destination. and police closing a state highway pursuing a tip and more information coming to light on the connection with the fugitive and the woman, joyce mitchell who worked in the tailor shop. mitchell's daughter-in-law suggesting she may have been duped by people outside of the prison on behalf of matt and sweat. matt suggested he was interested in art and she contacted people on his behalf. let's bring in the latest on the investigation with jason carroll. >> reporter: police will retrace their steps in front of the prison knocking on doors and searching every building and not wanting to leave any stone unturned. they have 500 leads that they will be following up on. including one lead that seems to suggest that these two fugitive its ma

. >> and isis on the rampage as well. >> either we become muslims or pay the tax money they want or they kill us. >> some wonder if america should do more. >> there's a full blown christian genocide. >> with jordan caught in the cross fire. its leader is trying to stand up to them. can america afford to stay on the sidelines? >> kill the bad guys you kill the bad guys that's what you do. if obama doesn't act, if congress doesn't act. i'm going toict act. >> crossing jordan, escape from terror. from jordan, bret baier. we come to you from amman, the capital of jordan an improbable out post of progressive in a region being swept into turmoil. this small kingdom sits in the cross hairs of isis sharing borders with the collapsing states of syria and iraq from which the so-called islamic state has been carved. just beyond looms iran with ambitions to dominate the region. standing against these currents is the thoroughly modern would be architect of the new middle east, jordan's king abdullah. a man who is comfortable joking with jon stewart and driving a helicopter. first, he says he'll visit

vermont. the new clues in that case ahead. >>> the president obama reveals his strategy for isis. more troops to iraq. is it enough? we have team coverage. good morning. i'm christine romans. it is thursday june 11th. it is 4:00 in the east. the manhunt refocusing this morning. now where are authorities looking? western vermont. governors of new york and vermont saying they believe richard matt and david sweat discussed vermont as a possible destination. police closing a highway pursuing a tip near the highway. and we have information on the woman who worked with the two in the tailor shop. mitchell's daughter-in-law suggested she was duped to contact people outside the prison for richard matt. she believed matt acted like he was interested in art. for the latest on the manhunt and investigation, let's bring in jason carroll. >> reporter: new york police are retracing steps, including right in the neighborhood in front of the prison and knocking on doors again and searching every building and not leaving any stone unturned. they have 500 leads. including one lead that seems to suggest

call "the situation room." >> radicalized by isis a suspect under suh va lens by a terrorism task force is shot by police in boston after allegedly waving a knife. officials say he was part of a wider terror probe. >>> bomb threats, air traffic is disrupted after a new series of threats aimed at airliners as authorities scramble to trace the source the tsa under fire for a new series of failures at security check points. >>> anthrax in the pentagon. the army's accident that sent shock waves around the world now strikes home. a shipment of the potentially deadly bacteria sent to the pentagon for testing purposes may have contained live material. >>> and cruise ship rescue hundreds of people are missing or trapped after a luxury ship is flipped upside down in a river apparently hit by a tornado. an urgent rescue operation new under way. i'm wolf blitblitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> a suspect under surveillance by an fbi led terrorism task force is shot dead in boston after allegedly waving a large military knife at officers. along with two associates believed to have bee

information of millions of americans. could it now carry out an insider attack? >>> isis releases a new video presented in fluent english. is the terror group trying to gain new recuts in the united states? >>> accusations a woman comes forward to say dennis hastert abused her late brother back when has certain was a high school wrestling coach. has someone else been black mailing the former house speaker. >>> russian aggression. international monitors warn the situation in ukraine is getting worse by the day. is russia's president putin about to launch a new invasion? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room". >>> u.s. investigators are blaming china for a cyber attack which may be unparalleled in its scale and audacity. millions of americans including current and former government workers are the victims. personal information and security records have been jeopardized in a data breach which cuts across almost every federal agency and the chinese military is suspected of building a massive database on americans. what will the chinese do with all this information? i'll speak

ties to isis beheaded one person and injured two others after ramming his car into gas tanks and triggering an explosion. in tunisia 36 people are dead and 36 wounded after a gunman opened fire at a beach resort full of foreigners full of tourists. in kuwait at least 25 people killed after a suicide bombing at a shiite mosque. isis taking credit. no evidence yet on whether the attacks were coordinated. isis fighters reportedly slaughtered at least 145 civilians in syria yesterday. these shocking attacks remind us not om is the war on terror not over we may be losing it. joining us from washington with reaction to all of this lieutenant colonel ralph peters. a rash three today, one yesterday. seems like coordination. would you push back on that? >> no. actually there was another attack in what used to be syria yesterday. what you are seeing is not perfectly synchronized. this is not the national ballet. what it is is a general order, attack during ramadan. you have attacks such as the one in tunisia, big attacks that make a difference planned a long time in advance. self-starter a

muhammad. pamela geller's response. >>> and isis with the tight grip on the city despite efforts to take it back. the terror group's move to cut off a key water supply now being felt by iraqi forces. how can the u.s.-led coalition end the suffering and gain back the ground? good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. christine romans is on assignment at the moment. 4:00 a.m. in the east. new information about the terror suspect killed in boston officials say came at them with a knife. he was usaama rahim and he once had a plot to behead a conservative activist. 26-year-old man changed his mind and decided to target police instead. let's get the latest from justice correspondent pamela brown in boston. >> reporter: john and christine, we learned the terror suspect killed in boston on tuesday morning, usaama rahim, a second suspect arrested david wright and a third suspect met on the beach this past sunday to talk about the plan to go to new york and behead pamela geller. she is a figure to organize the prophet muhammad cartoon drawing contest in garland, texas. they want

information on the latest aggressive moves in an increasingly tense relationship. >>> isis terror attack. as more u.s. equipment falls into terrorist hands suicide bombers are starting to use a frightening and potentially unstoppable new tactic. >>> checkpoint failure. while tsa officers are often busy confiscating your shampoo and toothpaste an alarming new study from tsa says they're almost always missing weapons that could bring down your plane. >>> and missile plet. kim jong-un refines nuclear bombs, a new warning system saying they may not work. is the united states or west coast at risk? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news disturbing new developments in two of the biggest security challenges facing the united states. today, an isis suicide bomber attacked at a iraqi security base using a bomb-laden tank. reports say the iraqis couldn't stop it. tonight, there's growing concern that as isis gets its hands on nor u.s.-armor made the vehicles abandoned by the iraqi military more frequent deadly attacks may be on the way. following new flare-up in tensio

clouds also have a silver lining. also tonight homegrown terror. an alleged isis sympathizer is charged with attempting to murder an f.b.i. agent. seeing red-- a strange invasion of tuna crabs in southern california. and they're playing his song. ♪ keep on rockin' in the free world ♪ >> pelley: but what happens when songwriter and candidate are out of harmony. ♪ keep on rockin' in the free world captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: the last major storm of spring dumps several more inches of rain on texas today, a state still recovering from deadly floods. what was tropical storm bill is now a tropical depression, but that distinction is little comfort to folks where rivers are in danger of overflowing and roads are submerged. tonight, flood watches and warnings stretch more than 1200 miles to illinois and ohio. omar villafranca is in dallas. >> reporter: bill pounded the texas gulf coast before racing up north towards oklahoma. the heavy rain caused flash flooding outside of houston and shut down roads more than 200 miles

? >>> still no strategy. a blunt assessment in the fight to defeat isis. where does the pentagon go here? there is no firm strategy in place. >>> and developing overnight, a texas police officer caught an camera calling it excessive force. now word that this officer has been sued for excessive force before. the latest from texas ahead. good morning. i'm john berman. welcome to "early start." >> i'm christine romans. the manhunt intensifies for two convicted killers from upstate new york. officers are using blood hounds and searching door-to-door. the drag net is widening. this is an international manhunt stretches from canada 20 miles from the prison to mexico. authorities are also zeroing in on how richard matt and david sweat managed to escape and who may have helped them. the latest from jason carroll. >> reporter: john and christine, investigators still following up on hundreds of leads that come in to them. one in particular in terms of the investigation is dealing with the woman who worked at the prison. she knew richard matt and david sweat. worked with them tailoring clothes. it

d such a large resource-rich safe haven as isis dozen today. never has aist -- dozen -- does today. never have they had the cash which they do today which includes thousands of western passport holders. unfortunately it is worse today and just weeks ago ramadi, a city only 75 miles from iraq's capital was overrun by isis and by its suicide bombers who led that first wave. . isis' goals are very clear. wreck every person opposing it, establish a caliphate and then fight to expand it. isis has unleashed a campaign of brutal and depraved violence, not only against shiia muslims and fellow sunnis who do not share their radical beliefs, but against vulnerable religions and ethnic minorities. as one testified before the foreign affairs committee today, and i'll quote we commissionerish ethnic and religious diversity. isis hates it. and they late in some of the most brutal ways possible -- hate in some of the most brutal ways possible. mr. speaker, many not realize that iraq and syria are homes to dozens of religious and ethnic minorities with ancient cultures with very deep roots and the

. >> what is it like when a loved one turns? i am talking to the mother of a radicalized isis fighter who says it's hell. >>> drugs for better sex, not just for men anymore. the fda gets closer to approving a little pink pill but there are strings attached. let's talk live in the cnn "newsroom." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> i asked him, when was your first same-sex experience. he just looked at me and he said it was with dennis hastert. i was stunned. why didn't you tell anybody? he was your teacher, why didn't you tell anybody? he looked at me and said who is ever going to believe me. >> we do start with breaking news this morning of a betrayal of trust and accusations of child molestation. a woman comes forward saying her brother was molested by who would become the speaker of the house. the woman said she never demanded money, nor did her brother who died 20 years ago, but she does say hastert should pay for the abuse that left her brother damaged for the rest of his life. and we are joined from chicago. >> reporter: she says her brother was a victim of sexual abuse

sending 450 additional u.s. troops to iraq in the fight against isis. the islamic extremists extremists now control vast territory. most recently taking the key provincial capital ramadi in iraq and the city of palmyra in syria. by mid-summer, u.s. forces in iraq will have grown from 275 a year ago to more than 3500. david martin reports on this significant change in tactics. >> reporter: the 450 americans gl to a base in anbar prof toins advise and assist the battered iraqi army division. that unit includes many of the same soldiers who last month panicked in the face of massive suicide truck bombs and fled ramadi even though they greatly outnumbered isis. the u.s. mission is to provide planning and equipment for iraqi forces as they regroup in an effort to retake ramadi. because the base is so close to the front lines most of the 450 americans who will be there simply to protect the base from attack. u.s. troops will also attempt to recruit local sunni tribesmen who have so far been unwilling to fight for the shiite-dominated iraqi government. in february, a u.s. military o

serious nationbuilding project. charlie: any connection between the taliban, isis, or al qaeda? ben: i am following reports closely. it looks like the so-called isis in afghanistan so far are disgruntled taliban members looking to get some attention, respect, instill fear into people, printing flag and pledging allegiance to isis. i would not say that isis at l has a presence in afghanistan. the taliban and actually wrote a very polite letter recently reply saying -- you have no place in afghanistan -- don't get in the way of what we are trying to do. if you do, there will be trouble. i don't think that's a serious threat. charlie: are the taliban willing to negotiate? ben: these are very mixed signals. one of their main preconditions is that the u.s. has to be out which is now the case. as you said in the beginning you the summer or spring offensive has already started. they've already killed a large number of people. some elements are talking, plenty of other elements are still fighting. which only strengthens the negotiating table. charlie: the argument is made on here often that

also help isis but the general that once headed the president's -- saying that strategy is failing. here's what he told neil. >> do you think isis is winning? >> yes, i think isis is achieving the objective that is they have set out to achieve. i think that they feel probably very emboldened. this trickle effect of sort of strategic drips, if you will just doesn't appear to be working. >> and that trickle, by the way, adds up. we've already spent more than $25 billion training tens of thousands of iraqi troops since 2003 and much of that equipment has ended up in the hands of isis where we've had to blow it up. does doing more of the same make any sense? welcome to "forbes on fox." let's go in focus with steve forbes rich carlguard, elizabeth mcdonald, mike, bruce jasmine, and john. steve, does it make any sense? >> absolutely not. this is just more of a strategy that's not working. isis is indeed winning. we don't have spotter on the ground. we're not arming sufficiently the curves. we're not doing more in terms of military helicopters and the attacks the iraqis do occasionally ma

overseas connected to isis. we are also learning more about why police moved in when they did to question this man, usaama rahim. was that approach that ended with officers shooting rahim dead. officials knew from wire taps that rahim called his father earlier to say his good-byes. that triggered alarm among the investigators who were following him. from boston pamela brown has the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, we were learning more about the role isis played with the boston terror plots. the plot to behead pamela geller in new york and law enforcement in massachusetts. according to u.s. officials, one of the three men involved with the conspiracy allegedly had been in contact with known isis terrorists overseas. that contact happened through social media, we're told. the men believed that they were acting on behalf of isis. however, the family of one of the men usaama rahim, shot and killed bill police on tuesday, said it is news to them that he had anything to do with isis. here is what their attorney had to say. >> the family is aware of various media reports that s

sweltering heat wave and some morgues are filled to capacity. >>> booby-traps and explosives what isis left when it was pushed out of a syrian town. >>> i'm rosemary church. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. >> and i'm errol barnett. we're your anchor team for the next two hours. this is "cnn newsroom." thanks for joining us. >>> and we begin this hour in new york state with new details about just how far a prison seamstress allegedly went to help two convicted killers escape. >> joyce mitchell routinely sought out favors for the inmates, now confirm shed provided them with tools they needed to break out. jason carroll has more on the manhunt. >> reporter: a law enforcement official tells cnn that richard matt and david sweat may have left behind personal items including a pair of boots and provisions they may have planned to take with them as they rushed out in a hurry. the manhunt now intensifying in the wooded area just 20 miles west of the prison. a source with knowledge of the investigation tells cnn that mitchell passed tools used in the escape in a

we look at a new guardian investigation into how isis is crippling al qaeda. and we will go to texas where a federal appeals court upheld harsh anti-choice provisions in texas, threatening to leave the state with fewer than 10 abortion clinics. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the white house has confirmed plans to increase the u.s. military presence in iraq. on wednesday, the obama administration announced the deployment of up to 450 u.s. troops to train and back iraqi forces in the fight against the self-proclaimed islamic state. the new u.s. contingent will operate out of a military base in anbar province. white house press secretary josh earnest announced the move. >> i think what it represents is a conclusion by the president and his national security team that the situation on the ground in iraq would benefit from more trained iraqi security forces and more sunni tribal fighters that are operating under the command and control of the iraqi central government who are -- who have received advice

isis. that assessment and remark giving a surprising opening to president obama's foes. they are calling it an admission that his isis policy is failing. officials made it clear the pentagon is working on a strategy. three options for the president's review. expanding the number of u.s. troops on the ground training iraqis. increasing the number of green berets in the advise and assist teams on the ground. expanding the flow of weapons to iraq. michelle kosinski has more. >> reporter: john and christine. it is surprising to hear the president say these words. in any context, we don't have a complete strategy. critics are jumping all over there reminding people of something the president said almost a year ago that we don't yet have a strategy. well back then he was only referring to what was going on at the time in syria. again, now, when you look at the totality of what he said in the press conference, he wasn't referring to the overall strategy, but how best to accelerate to train and equipped iraqi forces. he said it is not just an american question as he waits to get a more c

taking a backseat as religious militias step in to fight isis while declaring their hatred for america. we're inside the new war tonight. >>> radical transformation rachel dolezal resigns amid accusations. >> yes, i consider myself to be black. >> reporter: she misrepresented her race. >> your parents -- >> reporter: now we are looking at the physical changes and attention-grabbing hair styles that marked her transformation from one race to another. but first the "nightline" 5. ♪ >> one day a rider made a decision. the decision to ride on, save money. ♪ he decided to save money by switching his motorcycle insurance to geico. there's no shame in saving money. ride on, ride proud. geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. . >> number one in just 60 seconds. ♪ >>> good evening. thank you for joining us. tonight in north carolina, officials are on the hunt for the shark or sharks responsible for two violent attacks at the same beach this weekend. now abc's matt gutman vej ventures in to those dangerous waters to find out why these encounters are on the rise. >> there's a

one minute. ms. waters: the threat of boe coe ha rom and isis is real. remember, they are now one. ms. brown: last -- mrs. wilson: last week a student pled guilty. think said the virginia chase was a chill regular minder that islamic state's pervasive online presence and ability to woo american youth. how long before we hear headlines about american teenagers pledging allegiance to boko haram? remember, they are not one. how long before we hear about attacks on americans made in the name of boko haram. we must do all we can to defeat boko haram and break its unholy alliance with isis. i urge my colleagues to co-sponsor house resolution 147 as my tend -- as amended to defeat boko haram and remember to tweet, tweet tweet #bringbackourgirls and #join repwilson. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. adams: since 2009, the export-import bank has created or s

believed rahim was radicalize had by isis but h his family tells cnn they dispute his connection to isis. whether rahim is tied to the group or not there are worries in the u.s. and across the globe that number of isis sympathizers is growing and there are concerns the fbi and other intelligence agencies won't be able to keep up with them. cnn's brian todd has that. >> reporter: boston terror suspect rahim raised in the united states. radicalized by isis according to investigators. killed before he allegedly was going to attack police officers. simpson and sufi also raised in the u.s., shot and called by law enforcement in garland, texas as they tried to attack a prophet muhammad drawing contest, isis called them two of its soldiers. simpson had direct communication with isis's best known hacker. now a u.s. intelligence official tells cnn there are strong concerns in the intelligence community about a surge in the number of isis sympathizers inside the united states. the fbi is struggling to identify active consumers of isis propaganda. >> there is hundreds, maybe thousands, it is a chal

involved was isis in this terror attack? we have new information. >>> breaking news. two more americans have been arrested and charged with conspiring to support isis. one is a 21-year-old from new jersey the other a 23-year-old from the same state. both are accused of plotting to provide services and personnel to isis both were arrested as part of a wider investigation. in the last few months dozens of americans have been picked up have been arrested accused of supporting isis and it comes just as the u.s. secretary of homeland security jeh johnson is warning of possible possible isis-related threats around the upcoming july 4 independence day weekend here in the united states. the first arrests were made today in connection with last week's deadly attack at a tunisian tourist resort. at least 38 people were killed when a lone gunman opened fire on the beach. this is new video taken during assault. the majority of the victims were british tourists. officials say german and french tourists were also killed. tunisia's interior minister says the first group has been arrested and

>>> isis says it is responsible for the murderous rampage at a hotel and in kuwait. new york police believe they are closing in on escaped murderer david sweat. the other fugitive richard matt has been shot dead. >>> >> cheers and hugs on one side outrage on the other. the u.s. supreme court's ruling to legalize same-sex marriage. >> hello, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the ice and around the world. i'm michael holmes. first to my colleague becky answerens who's in tunisia with more on the horrific terror attacks. becky. >> thank you, michael. dozens of people are dead and hundreds more are wounded after terrorists strike three countries. isis says it was behind friday's assaults in kuwait and here in tunisia. france also rocked by violence. a mosque a factory and hotel were the targets. a gunman opened fire killing at least 38 people at this seaside resort in sousse tunisia. kuwait has declared today a national day of mourning in the wake of a suicide bomb attack at a shiite mosque killing at least 27 people and wounding hundreds and a man on france's terror watch list is bel

teen a 17-year-old pleads guilty to helping isis. how did a young american living just a few miles from the white house get involved with the terror group? wolf blitzer is off today. i'm brianna keilar, you are in "the situation room." >>> we begin with this hour's breaking news. police play be closing in on a pair of dangerous escaped murderers. sources say the dogs picked up a scent and investigators found food wrappers and a shoot or bootprints. police hoping to avoid tipping off the killers by saying only that a lead has developed. state police also said aircraft and extra searchers have been brought in. they are strongly urging anyone in the area to lock their doors and report any sign of trespassing or unusual activity. we have experts working their sources, they're standing by with cnn reporters who have been covering all of today's breaking new. the new area they're searching i want to begin with miguel marquez. what have you seen miguel? >> we're about seven miles from the prison about four miles from where that area was where those -- where they are now intensifying their

about another so-called sunni uprising this time aimed at isis. this time besides the troops, weapons will be sent to sunni crimes and peshmerga fighters. jim sciutto has more. >> reporter: u.s. troops on the ground, soon the u.s. will add 450 trainers and support teams to the 450 trainers already on the ground. an effort to turn the iraqis into an effective fighting force after a series of debilitating losses to isis. one year after the terror group swept into iraq almost unchallenged -- the battle remains at best a stalemate on the key urban battlegrounds, ramadi, lost to isis in late may. baiji, home to a keep oil refinery still contested. and mosul, the largest city in northern iraq, an isis stronghold. plans by iraqis to retain the city on hold indefinitely. >> the islamic state is still on the move. yesterday they were in baghdad and they're on the move in syria and everywhere else. we need a change in strategy. more trainers is a start but not enough. >> reporter: in washington, the president's move failed to satisfy iraq hawks or doves. some see half measures. >> it's a step i

: any connection between the taliban and isis oral quitea? >> i'm following the reports closely. it looks to me like the so-called isis in afghanistan so far are disgruntled taliban members looking to get some attention or respect or instill fear in people and they're printing flags and pledging allegiance to isisment i wouldn't say isis itself has a presence in afghanistan yet. and the taliban actually wrote a very polite letter to al baghdadi recently say ug have no place in afghanistan. don't get in the way of what we're trying to do. if you do, there will be trouble. so i don't think that's a serious threat yet. >> rose: are the tlb willing to negotiate? >> it's very mixed signals. i mean they are in a strange position where one of their main preconditions was the u.s. has to be out which is now pretty of the case. some people are negotiating. some aren't. as you said at the beginning, the summer offensive or spring offensive has already started and is already killing a large number of people. so some elements are talking. plenty of other elements are still fighting. which of co

. the interviews, just minutes away. >>> this fox news alert, isis suicide bombings killing at least 41 in the anbar region. joining us from iraq tell us what is the late tlest. >> reporter: greta we see ongoing set backs, retaking anbar's capital of ramadi. reports indicate at least 41 killed by acts of suicide bombing north of fallujah. and t of isis militants ran a humvee into the base. this base is recaptured by the iraqi armed forces days ago. and cut isis supply line into ramadi. there was a massive wave of suicide bombings last week. these are now a daily occurrence. greta? >> why this base? was it somehow threatening to ramadi or mosul or why this particular base? >> why iraqi finding of this isis has been getting reinforcement from -- [ inaudible ] and to the north of fallujah the idea is to cut the supply lines -- [ inaudible ] >> killing 41 i imagine that is a huge loss to the iraqi military force and the police. what is the morale like of the iraqi forces? >> reporter: exactly. i think the morale is the most devastating part. and the fact they are so difficult to defend a

the battle against isis as washington decides to send more troops to iraq. >>> cnn exclusive. why some women who survived boko haram kidnappings are being shunned at home. >> warm welcome to all of our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm zain asher. >> i'm errol barnett. thank you for joining us. this is "cnn newsroom." all right. we begin with the latest information on that frantic search for the two escaped murderers in upstate new york. more than 400 police officers are searching door to door for richard matt and david sweat. the inmates broke out of the clinton correctional facility near the border with canada over the weekend. >> police say they are following more than 500 leads in this case. new york's governor andrew cuomo is urging the public to be on the lookout, be on the alert and call police if they have see anything unusual. >> we need to find these escapees. they are dangerous men. they are killers. they are murderers. there's no reason to believe they wouldn't do it again. >> these men could be anywhere right now. authorities are saying the men co

his frustrations. isis is making too many gains, critical cities have fallen, but this resolution i believe will take us in the opposite direction of where u.s. policy should be. if the united states were to remove all of our forces from the theater as this resolution calls for isis would surely grow stronger. isis would surely continue on a process -- accelerate on a process of decimating all in its path. placing women under brutal oppression. and i have no doubt further strengthening our -- their position and further threatening our european allies. and even the u.s. homeland. more battlefield victories would support isis propaganda, which would support its recruitment, which would make it more deadly by the day. mr. speaker no one is eager for this commitment. but isis is on the march and this radical jihadist group is taking more territory more weapons and more resources threatening the government in baghdad and indeed threatening to destabilize this entire critical region. now this house concurrent resolution would call for the unilateral withdrawal of u.s. forces from the figh

finger at the chinese government. the latest straight ahead. >>> encouraged by isis. the man police say planned to behead an activist communicated online with the terror group. new details emerge about why police decided they could no longer wait to take action. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. millions of current and former federal employees scrambling to check bank statements after a hack that breached their personal information. officials say nearly every u.s. agency was hacked affecting up to 4 million current and former employees. the investigators believe that the hack originated with the chinese government. cnn white house correspondent michelle kosinski has the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, we are hearing from the office of personnel management that this enormous hack has happened possibly the biggest government hack we have seen. affecting up to 4 million former and current government employees who may have had their personal information accessed. this office of personnel is the hr depa

john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. new development in a boston terror investigation linked to isis. a man was arrested in connection with the case. he's set to appear in federal court today. fbi agents arrested david wright at his home in massachusetts yesterday. that was really just hours after a joint terrorism task force shot and killed another man, terror suspect, usaama rahim. >> rahim was under 24-hour surveillance and lunged at authorities with a military-style knife. police are showing surveillance video of that incident to muslim and black leaders at this hour. alexandra field is in boston with more details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we've seen some of those faith and community leaders arriving at boston police headquarters this morning. one says he felt it was important for him to come here to see this surveillance video. he said there's tradition in this community of law enforcement, clergy and community leaders trying to come together in the aftermath of shootings especially police-involved shootings. so what you have happening inside this building is boston

and house, and we simply haven't lived up to that responsibility. host: if getting serious about isis means troops on the ground, when you support that? guest: there is no winning strategy in my mind to defeat isis that involves major u.s. combat troops on the ground. i think it is incumbent upon the united states congress to set a strategy that works. we see no strategy -- edit president obama agrees -- he has already said that he will not deploy combat troops to this fight, and we are asking him to live up to his word. host: we had a republican of alabama on the show yesterday and he said that what the president is doing is a middle-of-the-road strategy and it is not succeeding. you either have to completely engage in the win or not engage at all, but the middle-of-the-road strategy of trickling in 400 more troops or military advisers is not advisable. guest: well, i just think the fax on the ground, as we speak don't necessarily backup that argument. we have taken some losses in places like from a-day -- in places like ramadi, but we have also made gains. yesterday, supply lines of

. many thanks to you. >> want to turn now to iraq where security officials say an isis suicide bomber drove a tank rigged with explosives into a base near samarra, the explosion killed at least 34 iraqi police officers and wounded dozens more. >> meantime, iraq's government is investigating who exactly gave the order for troops to retreat from ramadi last month. critics have said troops lacked the will to protect the key city. but the speaker of iraq's parliament tells cnn they were following a direct order it's just unclear where that order came from. >> foreign ministers at international coalition fighting isis are gathering in paris for a summit today. barbara starr reports on the growing concerns about isis gains. >> reporter: air strikes by iraqi forces against suspected isis militants designed to show iraqi forces in the fight. but disturbing signs even in government controlled baghdad, the reality is different. isis claimed responsibility for two hotel bombings in the capital, unsettling residents in a city ringed by 100 iraqi battalions as many as 50,000 troops according to u.