Police. Set to be buried today. Well show you the mood on the streets overnight. The strongest earthquake in 25 years thachlt is ahead. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Welcome back, john berman. Nice to see you. Thank you very much. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. We have good news about a hostage held over seas. He was kidnapped in october of 2012 by an al qaeda group. Hes expected to be reunited with family shortly. Friends and family of slain american slain journalist Nick Paton Walsh has more. What can you tell us about the release . Reporter it happened about 6 40 local time yesterday between israel and syria. Interesting place to be released so far away from where he was originally kidnapped in syria. Held in aleppo for a long period of time. We just received a statement from another american who was held in aleppo. They shared a cell. Matthew did escape from the cell. He had to leave fear behind. Matthew released a statement earlier saying we were together over six months but never shared a day. Now we dochlt they are now free. This day will go down as one of the happiest of my life. Relief from the cell mate with the fear of leaving him behind. The family released a statement. They thank the u. S. And government. They call it a humanitarian issue. They are not aware of all the technical details. A key thing here, too, he was held by a group linked to al qaeda. Many analysts view them as softer, more moderate than isis who beheaded james foley last week. Theres potentially a red light here. Maybe at this stage, one of the more radical groups looking to improve their images. Peter curtis got out. Thank you for that. Live in london this morning. Thanks. A trail could lead to the identity of the terrorist seen beheading james foley. Britains ambassador saying intelligence officials are using every tech know logical tool at their disposal. The british media are speculating we are close to identifying who the guy is. We put out a great deal of resources into identifying that person. We are not far away from that. Theres technology voiced identification that people can use to check who they are. Isis is on the march in syria and iraq. A town in northeast iraq is under siege and fear people could be massacred. We are live with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you, john. This town, the town that is northeast of baghdad has been surrounded, we are told, by residents by isis fighters for 74 days now. Really dire humanitarian situation in that city. If you remember back in june, when isis was making advances into iraq, the dominant province, they took three villages close to the town and the residents are 18,000 shiite turkmen. For 74 days now, they have been able to fight off isis and stop them from entering their town. They are running low on supplies. Itis been cut off from the rest of the province, the rest of the country. Food supplies are running low. They are not able to get medical supplies. Power is cut. They are Drinking Water out of wells. Air drops by the Iraqi Military are few. They picked up emergency cases for evacuations. Nearly not enough for what this town needs. The u. N. Warning unless something is done to stop isis from entering, this could turn into a massacre. Gains in syria as well. Thanks so much. The family of james foley release add final message they received from their son executed. Foley dick kated the letter to a fellow hostage who memorized it. The family posted it sunday on the free James Foley Facebook page. The games and teaching each other helped the time pass. They have been a huge help. We repeat stories and laugh to break the tension. I have had weak and strong days. We have so grateful and yearn for our own freedom. We try to encourage each other and share strength. In missouri, Michael Brown being laid to rest today. Three white house officials will attend the funeral. It has been just over two weeks since the unarmed teenager was shot to death by ferguson, Missouri Police officer darren wilson. Michael browns father says he just wants one thing on the day he buries his son, peace. Lets get more from cnns nick valencia in ferguson. Reporter peace in ferguson, at least for the moment, seems to have been restored. Sunday, Michael Brown sr. , the father of unarmed Michael Brown killed by officer wilson made an emotional plea for a day of silence, a day of respect, to restore peace on the streets of ferguson. Here at the scene where he was shot and killed, you can see a memorial laying up to where his body was found. People began putting roses down leading up to where he was shot and killed. Here at this scene and the neighborhood, a lot of people are showing up to share their solidarity for Michael Brown. A lot of people from out of state, different cities and states to show respect and make sure the story is not lost. Their eyes are focused on the funeral that will take place at 10 00 local time. More than 5,000 people will come out to show and pay respects for Michael Brown. Nick valencia, cnn, ferguson, missouri. Hillary clinton dodging questions about the shooting of brown. She has yet to comment. After signing hundreds of books in new york sunday, she was asked for her reaction from the protest. She seemed to ignore both questions and left the bookstore. In northern california, they are picking up the pieces after the earthquake shook the region early sunday. Napa valley suffered the worst damage. The governor declared a state of emergency there. Dozens of buildings are red tagged. 170 people suffered injuries. There is major damage to the regions wineries. State Officials Say people there are hurting. Theres a mythology about napa that its fancy wineries. Under that, a lot of folks here are low income that need support. Reporter like some of the mobile homes on fire. I was just there. Theres one thing about the fires and the horrific images of the fires. Dozens and dozens of mobile homes off the foundations. You have senior that is dont have families coming to pick them up that can barely get off the couch on a good day and their possessions are strewn all over the place. We need to be here for the long run. California strong could top 1 billion. They are living in a state known for earthquakes. Most dont have earthquake insurance. Only one in ten californians have insurance to cover the property damage. Its lower in the areas affected on sunday. As few as 6 in napa have coverage. The average cost is 860 buck as year. Between lulls, homeowners forget the importance of insurance and insurance coverage. Thats a big story there. Ten minutes past the hour. European stocks mostly higher. Asian stocks ended mixed. Futures higher. Stocks not too far from record highs. While you were gone, john, on vacation, stocks continue to hit highs. I need to leave the workplace. Back to work for the president today. He heads back to the white house after his twoweek working vacation. This morning, the president will meet with chuck hagel. Obviously a lot to discuss there. The growing threat from isis, obviously spotlighted by the groups video taped execution of james foley. The president was criticized for golfing during his vacation gimpb the situation. Happening now, the war in gaza escalating. Israel increasing air strikes. We are live in jerusalem with the latest, after the break. Israel and hamas move further from hope of a resolution in gaza. Israeli air strikes pounding on sunday. A man in charge of the finances for hamas was killed. Israel fired more than 100 rockets sunday. Karl penhaul is following it live. Good morning, karl. Reporter the Israeli Military and gaza militants continue to trade fire over the last 24 hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to inflict heavy damage onuo on hamas. The palestinian Authorities Say among the 16 casualties, a mother and her child. The Israeli Military says one of the targets of the strikes was a head of the hamas financial structure. It says a hit was confirmed, but doesnt say outright that financial chief was killed and there has been no confirmation from the hamas side. On the israeli side, a main target inflicted by hamas about mid afternoon yesterday, in fact, was the Border Crossing. One of the main crossings between israel and gaza. They reigned down 23 mortars on that position. Four people were injured there according to israeli authorities. Now, also over the weekend, sunday was due to be the start of a new school year in gaza for half a million kids, they cant go back just yet. The schools are being used as shelters for more than 200 displace e ed palestinians and football season was canceled. There may be new ceasefire talks in the works. We are keeping a close eye on that. John . The talk that is started and stopped three times in cairo, what hope do they have now that this next round, if this chatter you are hearing is correct, what hopes do they have that it may work . Reporter in terms of that chatter, just to bring you up to speed, there is no confirmation from the Israeli Government that ceasefire talks are in the works. We did see on Islamic Jihad tv, unnamed sources say they may come out with a new ceasefire proposal. Difficult to see how they would have success given the level of demands and the depth of difference between both sides here. If, according to the statement on Islamic Jihad tv, the first step is open up Border Crossings, ceasefire and discuss the problems later down the line. That could be a formula that may work. John . Karl penhaul in jerusalem, thank you so much. The deadly ebola epidemic is spreading. In congo, two people were diagnosed with the disease. The disease seems to be a different strain to west africas. Meanwhile, in liberia, there are not enough Health Workers to help people with the disease. They are in need to find Health Experts and expects in disease management. Anyone violating the measure could face up to two years in jail. A British Health care worker who tested positive was flown to london. He caught it while treating patients where 15 nurses have died. 18 minutes after the hour. American Airlines Flight grounded by a bomb threat. Why hackers were targeting this plane. Well tell you after the break. Wouldnt it be great if hiring plumbers, carpenters shopping online is as easy as it gets. And even piano tuners were just as simple . Thanks to angies list, now it is. Weve made hiring anyone from a handyman to a dog walker as simple as a few clicks. Buy their services directly at angieslist. Com no more calling around. No more hassles. Start shopping from a list of toprated providers today. Angies list is revolutionizing local service again. Visit angieslist. Com today. A scare in the skies over arizona, american Airlines Flight forced to land at the airport just before noon sunday. The move came after authorities got word of a tweet claiming there were explosives on board after take off from dallas. That tweet sent out from hackers targeting sonys entertainment president on the flight. The plane was searched, the aircraft was able to continue. Searching for more bodies in the atlantic. Four bodies found off the coast of hollywood, florida. They spotted seven bodies, three could not be found when they arrived at the scene by boat. At this point, it is not clear who the victims are or if they were traveling on a boat or raft. A person of interest in a string of fatal shootings. He was found trying to leave the house where he barricaded himself. A gunman opened fire on a family driving to church. Two people shot and killed less than an hour later. Two men in an suv were at the shootings. Another Security Breach at new york citys brooklyn bridge. A thrill seeker was on the suspension beams. He was charged with criminal trespass and criminal conduct. He got past security thats been on high alert. A claimed actor director has died. His career on both sides of the camera spanned six decades. He won an award for directing gandhi. He may be best remembered as the billionaire in jurassic park. He was 90 years old. What a career. Phenomenal actor and director. I loved him as big x in the great escape. And gandhi what an achievement. That is beyonce. I am told by producers. That is, in fact, beyonce. She was awarded with a video. The must see moments, rapper nicki minaj suffered a wardrobe malfunction. Rapper common took a moment to honor Michael Brown, the teen killed by Police Officers. A couple big winners including Arianna Grande and miley cyrus snagged top honors winning video of the year for a video you may have seen called wrecking ball. Thank you for not showing the hammer. It was one year ago she did that thing on the thing and it became a thing. It really did. Thats something. 25 minutes past the hour. American journalist held by terrorists. What we learned about the terrorist group that release thirddegree man and how the peaceful solution may have been negotiated after the break. An american held hostage by terrorists for nearly two years free this morning. Peter theo curtis release negotiated with captors. This as investigators reveal they are close to identifying the jihadist that executed james foley. Live Team Coverage from london and baghdad ahead. A day of peace for ferguson. Michael browns parents calling for a day of silence tat funeral two weeks after the unarmed teen was killed by police. Well show you the mood in the streets. California shaken by the strongest earthquake they have seen in 25 years. We have a damage report for you ahead. Great to see you this morning. Welcome back. Thank you very much. It is 30 minutes after the hour, im christine romans. A journalist is on his way back to his family this morning. Peter theo curtis was freed on sunday. The 45yearold man was kidnapped in october, 2012 by an Al Qaeda Linked group. Actually, he was turned over to this group. Nick paton walsh following the developments. Good morning, nick. Reporter john, Interesting Development we have heard from the american cell mate of theo curtis. They were held together for nearly six months. In the statement, matt, who managed to escape from the cell with theos help, but matt had to choose to leave him behind and run. Matt released a statement where he says we were together over six months, but we never shared an august day during that time. Now, thank god we do. This will go down as the happiest day of my life. He was racked with guilt of leaving him behind. We are learning from a statement from his family, they thank the u. S. Government for negotiating the release. It was done on humanitarian grounds, didnt go into the technicalities. Interesting to note, too, he was handed over on the israelisyria border. That is very far from where he was picked up in Northern Syria and held in aleppo. Very complicated journey, past regime held areas and disputed turf. Many questions still to be answered. Above all, a very relieved family to learn he is free after the horrifying news of last weeks execution. Must be such a relief for that family, nick. As you say, the family of theo curtis was told no ransom was paid. Is there a way of knowing for sure there was no money here . The American Government is clear, it does not negotiate over hostage or pay. Whether they felt they should, nobody will ever really know. They do, its sad to say, have a lot of influence over the syrian rebel groups fighting there. There will, of course, always be questions. Will we fine le get to the bottom of what happened . Probably not. Now their son is free. They are just glad this twoyear old deer is over. They are overjoyed. Thank you very much. British intelligence zeroing in on the terrorist seen beheading james foley in the video released. Britains u. S. Ambassador say as trail of accent clues could unmask this terrorist. I see the british media are speculating we are very close to identifying who this guy is. You might see them say we are putting out a great deal of resource into identifying this person. I think we are not far away from that. We are putting lot into it. Theres technology, voice identification that people can use to check who the people are. The family of james foley released a letter from their son. His parents say he dictated the letter to a fellow hostage. He memorized it and relayed it to foleys family. It says, in part, the gains in teaching each other have helped the time pass. They have been a huge help. We repeat stories and laugh to break the tension. We are grateful when anyone is freed. On sunday, hundreds gathered in rochester, New Hampshire for a mass. A mass of remembrance honoring him. Isis is on the march in syria. They have gained control of the keierre base in syria. Jim is live in baghdad. That is a strategic, another strategic win for isis. Tell us about it. Reporter well, christine, it highlights what u. S. Officials have been saying over the past week while air strikes have began here in iraq on august 8. They halted the advances we saw isis make when it seemed to be unstoppable in iraq gaining more and more ground. What the air strikes have done is slowed down the momentum here in iraq, but in syria, they have been making major advances. In Northern Syria, in that province, the city that has become their de facto headquarters for the terrorist organization. Over the past week, they have been battling Regime Forces for control of the last key air base. We are told by the syrian observatory that monitors the situation on the ground, isis was able to take over that key base, making it the last base in the province to fall into the hands of isis pushing back Regime Forces. They took it over despite air strikes from the regime we have seen taking place over the past week. Really solidifying their presence in Northern Syria and highlighting the threat of isis goes beyond iraq and air strikes might stop their advances or weaken or defeat this organization. Thank you. 36 minutes after the hour. Just a few hours, Funeral Services will be held for Michael Brown. Three white house officials will be in attendance there. Its been over two weeks since he was not by Police Officer, darren wilson. Days of protest have given way to calm in the city. Michael browns father called for a day of silence as he buries his son. Lets get more from nick valencia in ferguson. Reporter peace in ferguson, at least for the moment seems to have been restored. Sunday, the father of 18yearold unarmed Michael Brown made an emotional plea to the crowd in attendance for a day of silence, a day of respect and to restore peace on the streets of ferguson. Here at the scene where Michael Brown was shot and killed, you can see a memorial up to where hid body laid. A couple days ago, people began putting roses down leading up to where he was shot and killed. Here at the scene and the neighborhood, a lot of people are showing up to show their solidarity for Michael Brown. A lot of people from out of state. People have driven from across the country to show their respect and make sure the story is not lost. Their eyes are focused on the funeral that will take place at 10 00 a. M. Local time. It is expected, more than 5,000 people come out to show and pay their respects. Hillary clinton has had nothing to say so far on the subject of the Michael Brown shooting. She was not offering anything at a book signing in new york. She was asked for her reaction to the protests in missouri, but seemed to ignore both questions and she left the bookstore. With no video to tell the story, we may never know what happened in the shooting of Michael Brown. The city of ferguson will adopt dashcam ras for Police Officers. One of the leaders in the Technology Makes stun guns and other nonlethal weapons and body cameras. I asked him if ferguson officials reached out. No comment about specific discussio discussions. In general, we have seen a tenfold increase in the last week in interest in the camera devices. They fit on the sunglasses or vest of a Police Officer. Shares of taser climbed 30 since the shooting in ferguson. Obviously a lot of people think that kind of technology is incredibly important now because if you just had video recording of that, it would tell the story. I have spoken to Police Officer who is say it is inevitable and would be welcome to have the technology. It will do away with the controversy. It has to be funded. It does have to be funded. 39 minutes past the hour. A check on markets. Asian stocks ended mixed. Stocks sitting near record highs. A state of emergency in effect in californias wine country where they are cleaning up after the magnitude 6. 0 earthquake, the strongest there in 25 years. Napa valley suffered the worst damage. More than 170 people were injured, including a young child in critical condition. There is major damage to the famed wineries. State Officials Say people there are hurting. Theres a mythology about napa, theres fancy wineries. There are a lot of folks here, very low income that need support. Reporter like the mobile homes we saw on fire. I was just there. I spent two and a half hours. One thing about the fire, there are dozens and dozens of mobile homes off the quote, unquote foundations. Seniors without families are coming to pick them up. They can barely get off the couch on a good day and their possessions are strewn all over the place. We need to be here for the long run. The damage could top 1 billion. Happening now, the war in gaza escalating. Hamas refuses to back down. We are live with the latest after the break. What if a photo were more than a memory . What if it were more than something to share . What if a photo could build that shelf youve always wanted . Or fix a leaky faucet . Or even give you your saturday back . The new snapfix app revolutionizes local service. Just snap a photo and angies list coordinates a toprated provider to do the work on your schedule. The app makes it easy. The power of angies list makes it work. Download snapfix for free. Welcome back. There is no let up in the fighting between israel and hamas. Israeli air strikes pounding gaza city. At least 16 killed in the strikes, including the man in charge of hamas finances. They fired 100 rockets into israel. Karl penhaul is following it live in jerusalem. The conflict continues. Reporter absolutely, christine. Over the last 24 hours, the Israeli Military and gaza militants continued to trade fire. Certainly no sign as military analysts predicted of the militant factions firing out of rockets. They have been shown what is a fire discipline and they have saved enough rockets to continue to fire over a number of days. That is precisely what the happening. Civilians getting caught up in the war dying when they should in the be in harms way among the casualties on a gaza side, a mother and three children. The Israeli Military is telling us they tried to target a financial chief of the operation. Not clear if he was killed and certainly no word from hamas about the effects of that attack. On the israeli side, a target hamas was looking for was the Border Crossing, a main crossing between israel and gaza. They pounded that with 23 mortars mid afternoon yesterday. That Border Crossing has now been closed until further notice. Now yet, sunday, was due to be the start of the school year for half a mill palestinian kids in gaza. But, those schools in gaza are still being used as shelters. No sign, yet, when the school year will start. On the good news, there is buzz in the media that maybe a fresh ceasefire talk could get underway sometime soon in egypt. No confirmation from the Israeli Government but on islamic tv in gaza, they were quoting unnamed sources saying there could be an announcement this evening. 100 fresh rocket attacks from hamas militants. After all these weeks now, some seven weeks of fighting, where are the rockets coming from . The israelis tried to hard to, you know, to deplete the resources and the rockets keep coming. Reporter exactly. That, really, in gorilla warfare terms has been a success onuo hamas side. The military has been saying and accusing hamas of positioning the rockets in urban areas. That is what we have seen on the ground, of course. There is little other place to put military infrastructure in gaza. Particularly during the Israeli Ground operation. Ground troops pushed into the open air along the border. It is an urban war that tends to get dirty in nature and, of course, rocket and other military installations are close to civilian points. We have seen on hamas tv, some are automated. They pop up above the ground, fire and go under the ground. Certainly an improvement in their Technology Since their last war. The deadly Ebola Outbreak is spreading. Two people have been diagnosed in congo. The disease seemed to be a different strain than the one in west africa. Congo, central africa. In liberia, there are not enough aide workers to help people who have come down with the disease. They need Health Workers. In sierra leone, the practice of hiding the victims is banned. Anyone violating the measure could spend two years in jail. A British Health care worker was flown to london sunday night. He caught the virus caring for patients in a hospital where 15 nurses have died. We are following breaking news. Russias foreign minister says they have told ukraine they intend to send a second humanitarian convoy. They sent hundreds of trucks into the area without red cross monitors after accusing them of delaying that mission. That could be seen as a provocation. You know, what has been a difficult situation in eastern ukraine. Keeps pressing the issue. A bomb threat forcing an airline to land. What hackers were targeting on that airline, next. A scare in the skies over arizona. An american Airlines Flight forced to land at the Sky Harbor International airport before noon on sunday. The move came after word of a tweet claiming there were explosives on board. The tweet reportedly was sent out by hackers targeting sonys Online Entertainment president who was on the flight. The plane was searched. After several hours, the aircraft was cleared to continue on to san diego. Florida officials searching for more bodies in the atlantic. Four men were found dead off the coast of hollywood, florida. They spotted seven bodies. Three couldnt be found when they arrived on the scene. Its not clear who they are or if they were traveling on a boat or raft. Los Angeles Police arresting a person of interest. He was captured sunday trying to leave the house where he barricaded himself. The three random attacks began when a gunman opened fire on a family driving to church. Two people were shot and killed an hour later. Two men in an suv were at the shootings. Another Security Breach at new york citys brooklyn bridge. Police arresting a thrill seeker. 24yearold was charged with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. Is burger king ready to trade its american citizenship for lower taxes . Oh, yes, another story about inversion. An early start on your money, next. All right. Itis monday morning. Lets get an early start on your money. European stocks mostly higher. More stimulus measures. Asian stocks ended mixed. U. S. Higher close to record highs. The dow 136 points away from a record close. The s p 500 down slightly from the record reached thursday. Nothing says america like fast food, right . Burger king might be giving up its citizenship. They are in talks with tim hortons. They would be headquartered in canada and allow burger king to cut the tax bill through the controversy yawl process called inversion. The combined company would be the Third Largest fast food chain, operating as separate brands. The president said its not patriotic to move to merge with other Companies Overseas to lower than tax bill. A lot of talk in congress to stop it. Tim hortons coffee is patriotic. Canada has no right to it. We should bring it here to the united states. Its very good. You are not a Good American . I like coffee and tim hortons coffee. Early start continues right now. An american held hostage by terrorists for two years finally freed. Peter theo curtis out of danger. Intelligence officials are close to finding the jihadist who murdered james foley and the advances isis is making. A day of mourning in ferguson, missouri. Michael browns family preparing to say goodbye. He will be laid to rest today. We are going to bring you the mood on the streets tonight. Northern california rocked by the strongest earthquake in 25 years. The latest on the damage report and that damage report is growing. Thats next. Good morning, everyone. Welcome ta early start. Im jn
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