think about his service to us as a nation, to be a war hero, to be an ambassador to china, u.s. representative at the u.n., to be the vice president of the united states, to be the president of the united states, to be the father of a future president. this man has affected this country and served this country in so many ways. >> he could pound his chest and say look at all i've done, but instead, he would always say this is what i believe in. >> he just has an extraordinary sense of humor. and sometimes, it catches you off guard. and when he can turn a prank against someone, it's always delicious for him. >> he has a rare humor, loves a good story. can't remember a punchline, but loves a good story. >> i really wanted to get it down to the bare essence of just -- i keep hearing that president bush is doing it. did you see? he did it on tv. he did it again. so he actually became pretty good at the impression of himself. >> i have interviewed or known eight presidents, maybe nine, and if i had to drive from boston to st. louis with one of them, the one i would pick to go with wo

neighboring countries into russia. we know that's a specific worry that they have right now among u.s. officials, in the intelligence community and homeland security officias. it's very unusual to issue an alert like this, so it tells you they're take thing very seriously. they don't want to take any chances that there's something they could have missed, anderson. >> despite the threats, do u.s. officials believe it's safe to travel to the olympics? >> they do. they have increased confidence that the russians have done a good job securing the olympic village, sochi itself. they think that the russians have dedicated enough resources to make sure people who are inside the so-called ring of steel are going to be safe. the question is about people getting to sochi from outside of russia. people who are going to be traveling from turkey, for instance and neighboring countries. whether those people can get there safely. that is the big concern. >> a lot of soft targets outside the sochi area. as if the olympics didn't have enough problems already, as if security weren't already tight, ther

leave them on the street? >> this happened in new york in 1997. a danish woman and her u.s. resident partner went to a cafe in new york and parked the baby by the window outside in new york city. social services came and took the baby away. >> in france, there was that book about raising their kids the way the french raise them. french kids are able to sit at the table at a young age and they're not like the center of attention. they just sit there quietly. it's kind of lovely. >> my son was like that by the time he was 5. >> babies can't do that. it's very different. >> parents are not shy about, you know, really the children know that they have to behave. >> in germany, the beer gardens in munich was amazing. these endless tables everywhere, where people get their beer and food and every once in a while there's a clearing in the middle of the tables that has play ground equipment. this is the area where the parents park themselves. >> all right. speaking of kids having tantrums and a foodie controversy, this is christiane amanpour's biggest story of the day. >> i'm not talking abou

, the u.s. attorney, who is also investigating, but it's not clear whether he plans to give them immunity. so we may never hear from these people. >> anderson, when you have 20 subpoenas out there and five or six people take the fifth, what is the public going to conclude from that? what do you guys have to hide? you must fear criminal prosecution. >> and who are you protecting? >> so you're saying even if there's no evidence d and there is no evidence that chris christie knew about this and tried to cover it up. >> this is such a classic legal/political distinction. from my background, there is no way in the world they are going to let their clients testify in this kind of environment. but you, coming out of the political world, thinks it's a disaster to take the fifth. >> that's why i don't practice law. >> if chris christie was involved in it, the e-mails will come out. somebody leaked the document to the press. if it's out there, if it happened, we'll find out, we can just count on that. i think this is politics. >> do you think it was a mistake for chris christie to say bad

partially right but according to a translation given the family by the fbi it reads "a member of the u.s. federal investigation or maybe cia, robert anderson, is here as an undercover tourist taking pictures and gathering information." since his spying activities have been established, arrest him immediately. cnn has also obtained an e-mail intercepted by the family's lawyer between levinson and his cia handlers just before he left for iran. it reads "an individual has agreed to meet with me. this meeting will take place either in dubai or on an island nearby." why didn't you say what you knew at the very start? >> the risks to bob. i didn't know the what the risk would be. >> we were told by the u.s. government by revealing what he was actually doing over there would have been harmful to his safety. >> reporter: now, the family is certainly grateful about ongoing efforts to try to bring him home. but the fact of the matter is no one knows exactly where is he or how he is. the family wants to be able to go to iran. they're asking for permission to go back there, don, so that they can pus

u.s. attorney's investigation, i think we'll find that out. and then of course, his political career is in grave jeopardy. i think we have to give it time, calm it down, give it time and we're going to find out the truth here. >> mayor giuliani, good to have you on the program. >> thank you, anderson. and bear up well under the snow there. >> i'm not going to ask you about the toronto mayor, by the way. i'm going to let you off the hook on that one. >> that's for a psychiatrist. >> we'll hand that over to dr. drew or something. >>> coming up, toronto's they your rob ford is back and just as bizarre ever in a new youtube video that has surfaced. he admits he was drinking when the cameras were rolling. it's obvious he was. what you wear to bed is your business. so, if you're sleeping in your contact lenses, ask about the air optix® contacts so breathable they're approved for up to 30 nights of continuous wear. ask your doctor about safety information as serious eye problems may occur. visit airoptix.com for a free one-month trial. >>> perhaps this shouldn't be a surprised, but

television, it seems is like this anti-u.s. rhetoric and it paints the united states as the enemy. and so for speaking about this basketball diplomacy, for this so-called cultural exchange to happen, perhaps it can introduce the north koreans to a more positive side. and perhaps yield something fruitful. that's what i can hope. because this exchange is going to happen. >> the idea that the north koreans think the americans or dennis rodman is -- that's -- >> that's a caricature. >> also speaking out more coherently than dennis rodman is former defense secretary robert gates. he's written a scathing memoir about congress, hillary clinton, joe biden and president obama. we'll tell you about that ahead. talking about afghanistan, he writes, as i sate there, i thought the president doesn't trust his commander, doesn't believe in his own strategy and doesn't consider the war to be his. for him, gates writes, it is all about getting out. mr. obama's management style comes in for criticism. gates writes, his white house was by far the most controlling in national security of any i had seen si

, the u.s. patent and trademark organization rejected red skin name because it was derogatory or a slur. so it's interesting to see how this is going to play out with the nfl, because this was the official patent office. but red skin hog rinds, no more pork rinds. >> i spoke to my publicist today and she has informed me that apparently i am not going to be voted "people's" sexiest woman of the year again. so yeah, that's not happening this year. just put that out there. >> my story is your comedy special, which is this saturday. >> thank you. >> what time? >> it's on o.w.n. at 10:00 p.m. >> i think what we need is an all wanda station. >> that's crazy eyes. >> we talked about this over the break at "saturday night live" hiring an african-american female? >> i hope she has a great season. there's a lot of pressure out there on her. but my advice to her would be only play white characters for the first season. only do white characters. don't let them make you do a black character. ask for a judy dent sketch or something. >> i have to follow on that? it's a little bit of a different story.

ebola in the u.s. nancy writebol arrived from liberia tuesday and joins dr. kent brantly in a highly secured treatment area. meanwhile, the outbreak has british airways suspending flights to liberia and sierra leone through august. >>> the top u.s. military officer said his forces serve where they are often at risk after hearing of the shooting death of an american general in afghanistan. major general harold greene was killed and 15 coalition troops wounded when an afghan soldier opened fire at a training base in afghanistan. the shooter was killed by return fire. >>> you've got to hear this incredible story out of china. an 88-year-old woman has been rescued after being buried under earthquake rubble for more than two days. sunday's powerful quake killed at least 589 people, but crews are still searching for survivors. officials say nine people are missing. >>> israeli and palestinian negotiators are in cairo today for what are being called indirect talks to bring a lasting peace, hopefully, to israel and gaza. >> egyptian officials are expected to act as go between. and tha

i hope to be a part of making. >> my wish for 2014 that rob ford gets u.s. citizenship. am i right? who doesn't top the do more rob ford. >> i wish people would look up and enjoy the world and engage with each other and help each other and be kind. >> america, what i wish for you for 2014 is that we can link hands and take a big collective cleansing breath and take a moment to remember who we are. >> with that, we are done. on behalf of everyone at "ac 360" and cnn, we wish you all of the best and none of the worst in 2014. >> good evening, everybody. welcome to times square. for hundreds of thousands of people tonight, this is the only place to be. they have come from all-around the world to say by the end of the night and for years to come that they were here and they support this year out in style. thanks very much for joining us. kathy griffin and me for the next -- >> i'm not talking to you. >> what do you mean? >> 3 1/2 hours. >> i

abductions and manhunts. the fatal shootings at the u.s. capital, in malls, schools and the d.c. navy yard. >> and i think all of these stories are united by one common principle which is we need to fix our mental health system. healthy happy people don't shoot up a school. healthy, happy people don't shoot up a navy yard. >> the story is what is happening right now in the woods in big bear. the cabin was said to be empty when christopher dorner went in. >> but the silver lining is when terrible tragedies like this happen, it really unites us more as a country. >> worst bad run. give it to south african athlete oscar pistorius accused of gunning down his girlfriend. he says he is innocent but he is still awaiting his day in court. worst bad breakup, jodi arias. >> i can't speak for the verdict but i can understand why that verdict was made from what i saw. >> for weeks, witnesses told captivating tales of her relationship with travis alexander who she was accused of killing. >> you know, it's really weird. you can't help but notice the girl is a beautiful girl. >> the only thing i remember

brother. >> shocking too were all the headline grabbing abductions. the fatal shootings in the u.s. capital, in malls, schools and the d.c. navy yard. >> and i think all of these stories are united by one common principle which is we need to fix our mental health system. healthy happy people don't shoot up a school or a navy yard. >> the story is what is happening in the woods in big bear. the cabin was said to be empty. >> but the silver lining is when terrible tragedies like this happen it unites us. >> worst bad run. oscar pistorius accused of gunning his girlfriend. >>> worst bad breakup, jodi arias. >> i can understand why that verdict was made from watching the coverage that i saw. >> for weeks witnesses told captivating tales of her relationship with travis alexander who she was accused of killing. >> you can't but notice she is a beautiful girl. >> the only thing i remember about the trial is her lawyer tried to get her off by putting glasses on her. i'm afraid i have glasses now. okay. we move for immediate dismissal. >> guilty. >> the jury couldn't see that. she was found

u.s. senate, increased their majority in the house, and picked up a couple of new governors chairs too. >> let's get it done. >> president obama thrilled. >> obviously, republicans had a good night. >> worst fair weather friends. democratic contenders who ran from crashing poll numbers and wouldn't say they voted for the man in the white house. >> we just got devastated. it was humiliating as i've ever seen. how did democrats lose the governorship in massachusetts? i didn't even know. >> you know what, thank god. the republicans took over the house and the senate because things are really going to get done now. >> that may already be the worst political prediction of the coming year. >> the republicans don't have a program to solve america's problems. democrats don't have a program to solve america's problems. they can't be solved by the government. >> the lame duck fight, the president responded to the midterm loss by announcing executive order to protect millions of immigrants who came in illegally. republicans outraged but showed little enthusiasm for legislative of their own. >

range across the west coast of the u.s. before conditions improve. very chilly across las vegas as well. wind chills below freezing as we approach new year's there on thursday morning. but here's the temperature trend across the country. more than 80% of the united states will have temperatures below freezing when it comes to thursday morning. so pretty impressive cold spell. and leave you with some footage in areas around oregon. this is mount hood. shows you the sunny skies but yes, the winds were howling across this region as well. some of the people of course, getting up on the ski resorts. mostly people leaving the ski resorts you would hope. and some video coming out of denver, colorado, as well. impressive snow accumulations in recent days. on tuesday, more than 400 flights delayed or canceled out of denver's international airport. the worst impacted hub in the united states. denver. so a lot of wild weather to end 2014. >> you know what i'm doing for new year's eve? >> i'm going to be here. >> me, too. >> so it's just me and b.j. >> we eel celebrate. >> thanks. >> critics s

within the country. when the cdc directed dr. tom frieden said all the hospitals in the u.s. have to be prepared what he didn't tell us was how much that's going to cost. and as we found in new york, those hospitals that have money are able to have a 12-month exercise program, they're able to drill, drill and drill and gives you the confidence and practice and rehearsal and training to be prepared for highly infectious diseases like ebola and saw this after the boston marathon bombing. they were prepared for disasters and emergencies like this because they practice and train and drill, drill, drill. hospitals like dallas don't have -- we know weren't going through that same process and i gave phone calls every day from hospitals around the country saying come and help us be prepared and what do we need to do? we need to go through the what if scenarios and drill, drill, drill and that's what's lacking across the u.s. health care system to show they have a consistent approach and ready for ebola. >> dr. garza, are you in agreement with this. >> yes, by and large, yes. although i would

. obama was elected to the u.s. senate. >> thank you so much, gentlemen. >> cassandra west interviewed mrs. obama. >> at that point, how important was her career? >> i think her career was still important to her. the candidate's wife part was new to her. that was never part of her plan. >> and just three years later, another curveball. mr. obama planned to run for the white house. she was stunned. >> no, you can't be serious. because we had just come off of a few years ago a tough u.s. senate race. we're going to press the easy button for a little while, right? >> wrong. the campaign hit full swing and sacrifices had to be made. one of those sacrifices, mrs. obama's own career. >> it was not an easy decision. >> jay newton small covered mrs. obama for "time" magazine. >> it was something they spoke a lot about and they used to have these kitchen table sessions where they would sometimes be margaritas. they had a whole group of friends that would come out like valerie jarrett. >> michelle is the planner. she asks a lot of practical questions. how many days are you going to be away, what

chile' according to the u.s. geological survey. a snautsunami warning is in eff for panama, costa rica. an earthquake that size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami. we're obviously watching it very closely. we should get some accurate data from buoys in the water to get a sense of whether there is an effect in the ocean. we'll obviously bring you all the information we have when we have it. >>> the search has resumed in the indian ocean for any sign of malaysia airlines flight 370. we got the word a short time ago the search area is being shifted east. shifting is perhaps an undramatic way of saying it. it's basically moved, another search area. we heard from australian officials today about what an inexact science the search is with so so ma with so many unknowns. what if they do find something at the bottom of the ocean? part of the ocean here has depths of 6 to 7,000 feels to 29,000 feet. here's randi kaye. >> reporter: this is what the it looks like trying to recover an airplane in the ocean. you're watching a u.s. navy salvage team gather pieces of twa flight

us is commander william marks with the u.s. navy's seventh fleet. good to have you on commander, saturday's search was the smallest, most refined one we found. do you know what this is based on, how they're narrowing it down? >> well, yeah, if you look at the four different detection areas they are really only between four and ten kilometers apart. so it is not that bad of an area, you know, certainly considering where we started from. but the critical point is, every even -- you know, couple feet that we can shrink this down is very critical for the bluefin-21 sonar. as slow as the tpl goes, for the tpl, we have to tow it behind us about at the pace a person walks. well, the bluefin is much slower than even that. so imagine you're walking down the sidewalk and instead of just continuously walking, you have to walk and take a picture. and you do that every so often. so even if you cover a couple of square miles it might take a day or two with the bluefin. so that is why we have to stick with the tpl for just a little while longer to make sure we have exhausted every ounce of pow

. >>> plus, the u.s. and russia making a deal to try to diffuse the crisis in ukraine, big doubts if it is workable or if it is a way to russia to buy time in what is called a slow-motion takeover. >>> and we begin at sea, where hundreds of people are still missing after the south korean disaster. the families that are missing, they don't know if their loved ones are alive. and so far rescue crews have not been able to reach them, 25 people now are confirmed dead after the ferry capsized two days ago. what caused the ferry to sink is not known. but the more pressure is getting to the 276 people believed to be trapped in the ship, many of them high school students from seoul. rescue crews hope that the pockets inside the ferry could be keeping the people alive. but so far 500 divers working 12-hour ships have not been able to get into the ship to pump in more air. the weather is bad, the water is cold. the situation simply heartbreaking. at the white house today, president obama expressed condolences to the family and also said this. >> obviously, information is still coming in. we know

on year. let me bring in james spider marks former major general of the u.s. army who lived at ft. hood four times. you were stationed there four times. >> i lived there for two years as a commander at a pretty senior level and i lived there as a child when my father was assigned there. i know that place very very well. >> it's a wonderful army base, filled with wonderful people. so many of us have spent time there. when something like this goes on, is there training? have they been trained now how to react? >> they have. post the event that took place in 2009, the entire military and specifically the army than piece of the army, they've been well versed and trained and rehearsed in terms of what you do in circumstances like this. as you've very adequately described, this is a contained community, not only with soldiers but with all their family members. so what you do immediately is you lock the place down and you ask everybody -- you tell everybody to shelter in place. and the word can get out very very quickly. that can be done very well. so you can minimize the damage so it do

they've gotten through. >> the u.s. navy is saying they are preparing for a longer term search. do we know what a longer term search would look like if it comes to that? >> it's a very good question. the navy said it's beginning a conversation with everybody involved, all 26 nations it seems and talking about literally the months ahead. if they hit nothing in the next few days they will start talking about the months ahead up and through july. it may mean bringing in more auvs, supply ships back to refly, it may be just as much as going back to the drawing board and figuring out other places for the bluefin to search. right now everything is up for discussion and they are having a very serious broad discussion about what this search is going to look like going forward if they don't hit something this week it seems likely it will grow to a much larger broader search. >> thanks very much. i want to bring in the panel. joining me is richard quest, david gallo and mary schiavo, a former inspector general for the department of transportation that now represents families and victims of tran

pledged american support to keep ukraine as one united nation. he said the u.s. will never recognize what he called russia's illegal occupation of crimea. the white house is giving ukraine $50 million in financial assistance. >>> president obama got a tour of the devastation in washington today. one month after a giant mudslide buried homes and killed 41 people. he promised residents that federal assistance will continue. >>> you got to see this. it is a massive iceberg. the white chunk you see, the black part is moving quickly to the ocean. the nasa photos are deceiving. it covers 255 square miles. almost twice the size of atlanta and six times the size of manhattan. scientists fear it could threaten shipping lanes. >> doesn't look that big from here. but obviously it's deceiving. >> six times the size of manhattan and it's a waiting game. it could take a year to disappear. they are keeping an eye on that in view from space remarkable. >> that does it for us. thank you for watching. set your dvr so you never miss "360." >>> we've heard a lot from russian officials in the past few da

keep ukraine as one united nation. he said the u.s. will never recognize what he called putin's illegal possession of crimea. the white house is giving $50 million in financial assistance. >>> and they got a look at the mudslide area today. president obama promised residents that federal assistance will continue. >>> and you have to see this. this is a massive iceberg, the white chunk you see that broke off antarctica last fall, it is moving quickly towards the ocean. this covers 255 square miles, almost twice the size of atlanta and six times the size of manhattan. scientists fear it could eventually threaten shipping lanes. >> that is crazy. it doesn't look that big from here, but obviously it is deceiving. >> yeah, it really does, and six times the size of manhattan. and really, it is a waiting game and could take a year or so to finally disappear. they're watching that. >> susan, thank you very much. that does it for us, we'll see you for another edition of "ac360." cnn tonight starts now. >>> good evening, i'm bill weir. thank you for joining us on "cnn tonight." day after day, the

to the u.s. and boeing aircraft, as well. >> now what are authorities saying about it? i mean, there seems to be skepticism. >> yeah. this is going to be of great frustration to folks because they're now heavily discounting and saying probably this is not part of mh 370. i can tell you that police and public here across the area are very, very focused. people walking up and down the beach saying they have been looking for pieces of mh 370 in case it came here. police saying down in the towns we stopped in on the way down here saying they knew about it. they had sent it to the -- the piece itself to perth so it could be in investigators' hands in case they needed to look into it more. >> thank you very much. let's bring in michael holmes now. the latest on the search. what is it? >> reporter: yeah, bluefin 21 heard just a short time ago that it has completed mission 11. mission 12 is underway. the search officials are telling us now 90% of that let's call it focused search area that we've been reporting on has been scanned. the news is saying nothing of significance seen. a few days a

this building. they smell. they are not clean. later in 2006 the u.s. department of justice sudden the clippers owner for housing discrimination at his rental apartments. according to the lawsuit sterling and his wife made statements indicating that african-americans and hispanics were not desirable tenants. >> we alleged they did not receive the apartments that they applied for because of their racial background. >> reporter: in 2009 sterling settled the lawsuit, agreeing to pay victims nearly $3 million. that same year all-star basketball legend elgin baylor took his former boss to court claiming he was fired as clippers general manager because of his age and his race. baylor not only accused sterling of paying him significantly less because he's black, but also claims sterling wanted the team to be composed of poor black kids from the south and a white head coach. similar to a southern plantation. he said sterling told him repeatedly he was quote giving these poor black kids an opportunity to make a lot of money. in court baylor also claims sterling brought women into the locker

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hearing? >> reporter: well, a u.s. military official with direct knowledge of the investigation telling our barbara starr that that traumatic brain injury that lopez had reported actually came from a reported fall during patrol, not from a traumatic event related to combat. and john, we learned from military officials today that there was an argument that escalated between lopez and another soldier in the moments right before this shooting. officials believe that was the impetus. and according to a father of one of the victims, it all started over a leave request form. cnn has learned in the weeks before his deadly rampage at fort hood, army specialist ivan lopez was creating a stockpile of ammunition. sources say when lopez bought his .45 caliber semiautomatic handgun at this store, guns galore in killeen, texas on march 1st, he also purchased what one source calls a large amount of ammo. cnn has also learned the 34-year-old returned to the store repeatedly to buy even more bullets. it's the same place where major nidal hasan bought the weapon he used in the 2009 fort hood attack. the

between pieces. >> the u.s. navy has a helicopter. they have the capability. >> reporter: retired navy captain has been involved in at least 50 ocean salvage operations including twa 800 and swiss air flight 111 which crashed in 1998 off the coast of nova scotia. those were both in water much shallower than the indian ocean. but the navy has remote underwater vehicles designed for deepwater salvage operations. they can go as deep as 20,000 feet. but the deeper the recovery, the slower the process. it takes about an hour for every 1,000 feet you need to descend. lure going to 11,000 feet you can count on 11 hours. >> reporter: it's pitch black at those depths so the vehicles are equipped with underwater lights and sonar. they are southeastward by two operators on board the ship above who use instant feedback from the salvage vehicle's cam tro -- cameras to direct the robotic arms. >> they can move right forward, aft, hover a sign. >> an unmanned underwater vehicle found the debris field for that flight, 13,000 feet beneath the surface. the engines were pulled from the ocean floor.

borrowed from the u.s. navy which has tracked what they believe are pings from the black boxes but still have not managed to capture them over the weekend. they're still working on it but as yet they have not managed to get the signal back, and they're very worried about it. >> you talk about ocean shield, do we know how many planes or ships are participating in today's search? >> yeah, it is 15 planes, not just the two vessels, it is 15 airplanes, most of them civilian, but military, as well. 14 naval vessels out there in various locations in the search. all playing a distinct role, looking for debris and looking for other signs. a nuclear submarine is there, as well. all scanning for signs of the nuclear sub. so far after what? 33 days now they still haven't got any verified information of where the missing plane is. >> matthew chance, thank you, i want to bring in miles o'brien, david gallow, co-leader of the search and aviation correspondent richard quest, richard what do you make of this area? >> they know where they have to be looking. they have already had the satellite data from

today. >>> plus, our breaking news out of iraq. more than 130 additional u.s. military personnel being sent to deal with -- help deal with the humanitarian crisis. >> meanwhile, the sixth air drop by u.s. military plans near mt. sinjar was conducted tonight. are we on the verge of getting in deeper in iraq? >>> and in the wake of a shooting death of an unarmed teenager michael brown by a police officer, what will black parents tell their sons, and how will we all keep them safe? >>> all right, don. but we begin with reaction to the death of robin williams from two of his best loved costars. we talked about this last night. he teamed up with billy crystal and whoopi goldberg, you remember, to raise some $80 million for people in need with a series of those comic relief specials. billy crystal tweeted these words, which were simply no words. and then whoopi goldberg, she agreed, tweeting billy crystal is right there. are no words. we will have much more tonight on "cnn spotlight, robin williams" with nischelle turner at 11:30. >> right after this broadcast. >>> we're going to begin

with u.s. air strikes can get the people that want to get off the mountain safely. and i'm told over the last several days, they have been able to get off about 1,000 per nig night, so a fast clip there and this takes away something we've been talking about, wolf, you and i less than an hour ago, the possibility of a mass evacuation, largely takes that off the table for now. >> that's a dramatic development. what is the administration, jim, saying about humanitarian air drops to the folks who are still there? should we expect to see a lot more of those? >> that will continue. another judgment of the assessment teams is that the refugees are getting that food, that water, these air drops are working and that as a result of that, they are not in as dire straights as they thought. they are not starving, they are not dying of thirst anymore, so in audition to the evacuations that have taken place by kurdish forces, it's the judgment of the team on the ground these humanitarian air drops are working, as well. >> where does the u.s. mission go from here, jim? >> it's a question. first of a

learned president obama authorized an attempt to rescue james foley and other hostages. he wassyria. u.s. intelligence authenticated the video, president obama says shocks the conscience of the world. >> the entire world is appalled by the brutal murder of james foley by isil. he was a journalist, a son, a brother, and a friend. he reported from difficult and dangerous places bearing witness to the lives of people a world away. the american people will all say a prayer for those who loved jim. all of us feel the ache of his absence. all of us mourn his loss. >> he was working for "global post." the kidnappers contacted the family last week in an e-mail saying he would be executed. his parents had been through an unspeakable nightmare and showed amazing grace and courage today speaking publicly about their son. >> so many people were praying for jim, and i really think that's what gave jim an unusual courage. jim just concealed the prayers, he was strong, courageous, loving until the end. we highly recognize our little boy. he just, he was just a hero. >> you know from the videos that his

. >> christopher, do you see any chance that the u.s. would work with the sir jean regime? >> no, i don't i think they're saying we have to give you permission before you come bomb this territory that we completely lost control of. you know, we've just announced that roccah is gone and the whole province is under the control of isis that we're calling it and so now the u.s. has to get permission to do something. >> it also plays into the narrative which, frankly, syria has been using from the beginning of the revolution in syria. i mean from the earliest times when it was peaceful demonstrations in dare against the regime against children who had been arrested by the regime they're branding them terrorists and now in fact there is this terrorist group which has big gains in the battlefield, the idea that the u.s. would be kind of linking up with them certainly fits their narrative. >> a lot have suspected at least in the early days of isis it had the tacit approval or cooperation of the regime because it was spending more time fighting other jihadists and other rebels than it was fi

. >>> tonight, another grim reminder of why u.s. officials consider isis such a threat. 33-year-old american, douglas mccain, an american with ties to minnesota and california, was killed in syria over the weekend while fighting for isis. in fact, his full name is douglas mcarthur mccain. he was a convert to islam, his family was told of his death yesterday. he's not the only young american to go down this path. in may, a 22-year-old american from florida died when he carried out a suicide bombing in syria. that's him enjoying the front after converting to islam. in a martyrdom video, he's seen tearing up and burning his u.s. passport and urging others to join the fight. there's also adam gadahn who became a translator and spokesman for al qaeda. u.s. intelligence officials believe that as dos of americans may have now joined isis to fight against the u.s. and other western countries. jim sciutto joins me now with the latest. you've spoken to this man's uncle. were they aware of what he was doing? >> they said they were not aware. in fact, he told me today, they were devastated and

, secretary of defense chuck hagel has said that the u.s. needs to, quote, get ready if isis does present an immediate threat to the united states. should the administration be looking to contain them or to eliminate them? >> well, i think what secretary hagel said was exactly the thing that we needed to hear, which is that they have started to believe much more directly that isis presents a national security threat to the united states, not just to their neighbors, which is, you know, over the last year been kind of the -- some of the conventional wisdom. and as such, we've seen the president, you know, announced over the last few days. they have sent many more reconnaissance missions. i think the -- their goal has been containment. but, you know, whether or not it's actually possible to eliminate them is really a big question. and i don't think we want the president to come out and announce that his goal is to eliminate isis because to do that would raise the very issues that ryan said. and kevin raised concerns about, which is you can't necessarily do that with air strikes in those kin

syria, u.s. officials say they are not ready to confirm that. also, we are learning that authorities became aware of douglas mccain back in the early 2000s because of his association with someone they were interested with at that time. but they were not linking mccain to anything nefarious. but in the last couple of months, they became increasingly concerned about mccain learning that he traveled to turkey, the gateway to syria. it was just months ago that douglas mcarthur mccain began to attract the attention of u.s. intelligence. u.s. law enforcement tells cnn the government was investigating his overseas connection to the brutal isis terror group. but the extent of his radical side was not evident to his american family. the 33-year-old american told them just last week that he was in turkey. >> last time i communicated with him was on facebook last friday, on a picture i posted and he commented about my boys growing up. >> reporter: within days of his facebook post, mccain was killed in a battle between rival extremist groups near aleppo, syria. after his death, a rival oppositio

them go away. so what does the u.s. do to isolate and destroy isis short of ground operations? >> we need the entire region part of this. what the united states doesn't want to be is find itself in a position where we are bombing the capital of isis and killing them, and it makes them look like an american war. we need the saudis and the emirates. i totally agree the bomb willing blunt them, but it's not going to stop them. what we can't afford to do is get into a full-fledged war in syria and iraq. it could be a disaster. >> james, isis has taken a lot of ground and very quickly, and they're set to be smart fighters. can they hold the territory? >> absolutely not. it's -- isis consists of about 8,000 to 10,000 fighters. they have a territory that is approximately the size of belgium. they're built on a very shaky coalition that consists of former saddam hussein military people, tribal leaders and religious zealots that are despised wherever they rule. it's very unlikely they're going to be able to hold on for much longer. they have not met with significant resistance, which is why t

is the second american killed while fighting for isis in syria last weekend. u.s. intelligence officials will not say for sure but are getting closer. >>> a college football captain told a heroic story how he sprained both ankles jumping off a balcony to save his nephew from drowning. turns out it was a story completely made up. a lie. what's behind the tall tale? we'll have details ahead. >>> we begin in ferguson, missouri, with new evidence that someone yoogds using a video chat service used it to record audio of the shooting of michael brown. the company that makes the mobile app says it can verify down to the second the time the audio was recorded which was right around the time officer darren wilson shot and killed michael brown. cnn cannot independently confirm whether the shots heard are from that incident, but it is another piece of the puzzle. we'll have more about this new information from the company in just a moment. first ted rowlands has this report on the audio that we're talking about. >> reporter: it's the critical moment caught on audio tape, and it could be a

watching in the u.s. and all around the world. coming up for you this hour, the u.s. president admits there is no clear strategy yet to defeat isis in iraq and syria. this as the militant group releases shocking new videos of their campaign of terror. >>> plus, cnn is on the ground as intense fighting continues between ukrainian forces and pro-russian separatists. and now the ukrainian government and nato say they have proof russia's military is operating inside ukraine. >>> a lot we're going to get to this hour. people very shocked as we

trying to distract from the criticism by the u.s. and by the u.n.? >> it's not true. we were -- we've repeatedly accepted humanitarian proposals, we accepted 7 of them during this conflict. we understood the need to give a humanitarian relief to the people of gaza, who we don't see as our enemy. our enemy are the hamas terrorists who have shot 3,000 rockets into israel, trying to kill our citizens. the people of gaza are not our enemy, and that's why we repeatedly accepted humanitarian cease-fires. it was hamas who rejected those cease-fires or violated them. this cease-fire we hope will start tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m., that israel has accepted the same proposal that was on the table three weeks ago. it's important to stress. that means every life lost in the last three weeks is because hamas rejected an offer that apparently has accepted today. >> mark, thank you. >> my pleasure, thanks for having me. >>> coming up, we'll also speak to a plo ambassador to the united states. but when we come back, i want to take you to the united states where at a mt. sinai hospital in new york, t

. criticism of bringing an ebola infected person to the u.s. for the first time ever began before the operation got underway. friday night, social media lit up with outrage. those making the call on bringing him here see it differently. >> we feel they deserve to have the highest level of care offered. >> around midnight saturday, the gulfstream 3 wheels up from buy leer ya. 7:30 a.m. eastern, the jet lands at bangor international airport for fuel. an hour later, wheels up again. 11:20 a.m., dobbins air force base northwest of atlanta, a seven mile exclusion zone enforced around the base. the journey nearly over. 33 minutes later, the convoy moves out. first through the suburbs, then on to freeways. the convoy moving slowly, little fanfare at one point. the ambulance carrying the ebola victim even passes by a bicyclist. the disease cannot be transmitted through the air. just over an hour after landing, his ambulance turns into emory university hospital met by heavy security. at 12:29 dr. brantly steps from the ambulance. the person transporting him holding his hand supporting the