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Ebola epidemic. An american sharing her story with cnn. Meanwhile, the identity of another u. S. Doctor who has been infected is now known to us. Good morning. Im john berman. Christine romans is off today. It is thursday, september 4th, 4 00 a. M. In the east. An update in what could be the most critical nato summit ever. They are attempting to tackle two bloody conflicts in ukraine as well as the growing threat from isis. They want to do it all in two days. President obama calling out russia for a brazen assault on ukraine. The president has been careful not to use the word invasion, at least yet. The president meets with britain, italy and france at 8 00 a. M. Eastern. I want to go live to Michelle Kaczynski this wales this morning. What are they expected to discuss about the russian aggression . Solutions are what they have been trying to come up with, we know for months now. Now that everyone is together, we expect to see action. Thats going to be in the form of more of the action we have been seeing. More sanctions is really a certainty at this point. Also, they are talking this Nato Trust Fund to further support ukraine. Its interesting to hear president bush discuss this over the past two days. It feels as though the nato summit has started. They are talking about ukraine in terms of being a nato power. Its posz zable that will happen in the future. In the meantime, they are stating in no uncertain terms, the importance of supporting ukraine and trying to deter russia. The words that president obama used were reassurance and deterrence. You can argue the sanction scheme they have been using has not been a deterrence to russia. They see that as positive in the long term. Negative for russia, isolatie i it, weakening it. Its the course of action at this point. President putin was announcing this ceasefire, supposedly. It looked like all sides seemed to be in some agreement, at the very least, that a conversation occurred between russia and ukraine. Now the u. S. And others are looking at this with a lot of skepticism. One of the conditions of a ceasefire on the part of Vladimir Putin would be for ukraine to get its territory. That doesnt seem real, but stay tuned, there could be more developments than just actions against russia during this meeting. John . It seems what the president is trying to do is reassure the baltic companies that neighbor russia that nato will be there for them. At the same time, what the president is trying to do is inspire the other nato countries to stay strong in the face of this russian aggression. People speculate what they are trying to do is get all wobbly suggesting a possibility for a peace deal. Are they standing by the u. S. , the other nato countries with the possibility of this ceasefire out there . Reporter well, they dont have much of a choice. They are looking to the u. S. For help and reassurance. The words that president obama used during several addresses yesterday were strong in terms of reassurance saying things like you are not alone. We will be there for you. An attack against one is an attack against all. Really hammering that point home, that the larger countries like the u. S. They have the backs of the smaller countries, especially neighbors of russia that are the most worried. President obama wants to inspire them all to spend more money. The u. S. Is really footing the bill for all this collective defense. Almost none of them, the 28 member nations, only four of them are paying the targeted 2 of gdp. Obviously, the economy being what it has been, its been difficult for some to pony audiotape that much depending on the situation. Theres been cuts to nato funding. Now, all of a sudden, oh my gosh, everyone looks and says we do need that collective defense. In fact, it needs to be expanded. Everyone has to kick in their fair share. John . It gets under way in a couple hours in wales where you are. This as leaders try to hammer out a ceasefire deal. Ukraines president said they agreed on stepped to end the hostilities. The russian president offered to sevenpoint plan for peace. Most leaders are skeptical about this, at best. I want to bring in reza sayah tracking developments from kiev. What is the status of these discussions . Reporter over the past 24 hours, theres been increased talk about a breakthrough or ceasefire. We have new information to pass along that may not bode well for the possible ceasefire. Over the past hour or so, ukrainian Officials Saying during the overnight hours they have seen increased shelling from Russian Forces on russian soil targeting southEastern Ukraine. Moscow continues to deny they are involved in this conflict. The accusations continue from kiev. Seemingly, so does the fighting. In the meantime, prospects for a ceasefire, it looks like they are there. Yesterday, russian president Vladimir Putin, in a phone conversation with poroshenko, the ukrainian president seemed to agree on a framework, the conditions with which a ceasefire would be put in place. The conditions include the end of military operations in southEastern Ukraine, the pulling out of troops, establishment of a humanitarian corridor where refugees and victims can get out of the conflict zone and humanitarian goods can come in and international monitors in place to make sure the conditions would be met. Yesterday, a positive statement by president poroshenko saying hes hopeful in the framework, the ceasefire could be put in place tomorrow when all sides of the conflict would meet. However, late yesterday, the Prime Minister seemingly pouring cold water on the plan saying this is a russian ploy to avoid sanctions and buy more time for rebels in southEastern Ukraine. John, all sorts of mixed messages. There seems to be an opportunity for a breakthrough. All eyes on him to see what happens. Theres so many theatrics from president putin saying this is my sevenpoint plan. He wants to make a public display of this, most likely in the face of whats going on with wales in the nato summit. Reporter john, i think its important to look at both narratives in this conflict. You have one narrative in moscow, the other in kiev, western capitals, nato. They are both conveying public theatrics, if you will. Remember moscows point of view. Their overarching concern is over the baltic states. They are concerned nato is creeping on to their socalled security zone. They dont want that. Thats why many observers say, nato expansion in this region is a mistake. Even so, clearly from what we have seen over the past four hours, nato is discussing it. That is a terrific point. Reza sayah, we appreciate you being with us. Thanks. Right now in the middle east, there are u. S. Citizens taking up arms and fighting for islamic extremist groups, including isis. How Many Americans are there . Well, for the first time, the pentagon did put a number on it. As we have acknowledged publicly, we are aware of over 100 u. S. Citizens who have u. S. Passports who are fighting in the middle east. Not just for isis, for all the militant groups involved in syria. There are several. This idea there are americans there fighting inside syria, that is the idea that gives it notion there is a direct threat on the u. S. Homeland, americans could go there and bring their terrorism back here. Reporter john, theres a lot of concern obviously in the u. S. , theres concern in the International Community. You have americans, about a dozen as we have heard from the pentagon, there might be more fighting with isis. Theres concern in europe and other countries about their foreign fighters joining the fight. Its not only a threat to home countries and the International Community. Here in the region, American Allies are concerned about the countries like jordan where people with the passports are able to travel to countries like that. A lot of concern. Here in iraq, officials are worried their country has once again turned into more of a magnet that it is for foreign fighters. How many are there . They dont know. I have spoken to experts, no one can put a finger on it. Iraqi Officials Say more needs to be done by their home countries to stop them from traveling and also there needs to be Regional Cooperation to stem the flow of foreign fighters across turkey and iran that have been used by fighters to cross into syria and iraq. One isis expert here in iraq says yes, there is a big number of foreign fighters. They are only part of the problem. The bigger number of isis fighters, they draw their ranks from local communities. Here in iraq, its from within the sunni community. That is why the solution lies within iraq to try and fight these groups. Its not only a military solution, as we have heard. Within the local communities, its fear that drives sunnis to join isis or support it somehow, turn a blind eye to it in these communities. Also that feeling of marginization. Many have been driven into the arms of isis. So, as we have heard president obama, u. S. Officials say over and over again, the key lies here in baghdad. What government is going to emerge . This is coming in the few days. A new government must be inclusive and make sunnis feel they are part of this process. They have a stake in what happens in iraq and this country. Its not just the military strikes and military operations that will weaken or defeat isis. Its going to have to come from within. John . Thank you so much. Staying in that region right now, a mere man trying to find good. That is how Stephen Sotloff is being remembered as his family breaks his silence. We are learning about his backgrounds. He was jewish and had dual citizenship. He kept that secret up until his death. His father stood a few feet away holding a picture of his son as a childhood friend read a prepared statement. We got a good sense of who Stephen Sotloff was, the things he enjoyed and the value that is drove him. Listen to what was said. Steve was no hero. He was a mere man who tried to find good in a world of darkness. If it did not exist, he tried to create it. He tried to help those less privileged than him and precious contacts to newcomers in the region. He indulged in south park and was just as serious as filing a 3 00 a. M. Story. He had a fondness he always found time to skype his father to talk about his latest golf game. Reporter the family is planning a private memorial for tomorrow. They have broken their silence, but continue to grieve. John . Sounds like a terrific individual. 14 minutes after the hour. Allison is keeping me company with an early start on your money. Good morning. This could be a big day for the markets, depending on what the European Bank decides to do or not to do. We are seeing caution ahead of the anticipated announcement coming later this morning. We are seeing european shares mixed right now. Asian are mixed as well. The announcement of new stimulus measures similar to the Bond Buying Program the Federal Reserve is winding down. U. S. Futures barely moving. They ended yesterday mixed. All eyes on europe. New york citys former mayor, Michael Bloomburg is back on top at his company. Hes taking over bloomburg lp, a company he founded 30 years ago. The return comes at a crucial time for the company as they look to introduce more products for finance professionals and looking to expand. He was the mayor of new york city for 12 years. Hes one of the richest guys out there and cant stop. He got bored. He was going to run his charities. He owns 88 of bloomberg lp. Its good to be king. I think its going to keep him real busy. Great to see you. Thanks so much. A u. S. Ebola survivor breaking her silence. Nancy writebol shares her story, next. Ne versus cascades leading detergent. So take the finish challenge. Switch and see the difference. The third american to contract the deadly ebola virus has been identified as rick sacra of holden, massachusetts. Dr. Sacra is a physician and professor at u mass medical school. We are hearing for the first time from nancy writebol, the american missionary who survived her battle with ebola. I want you to listen to her describe how she learned she was sick from her husband. He came into the room and he said, nancy, i need to tell you some things. I said okay. He said, kent has ebola. I just, i was just sick. Dr. Brandly . Yeah. When david told me. After i kind of regrouping from that. He said and nancy, you do, too. Can you imagine getting that news . Meanwhile, the first britain to get ebola has been dischargeed from a britain hospital with a full recovery. He was treated with zmapp and experimental vaccine fast tracking the trials by the National Institute of health has been injected into two humans. The outbreak is escalating in west africa. A second cluster of ebola patients where hundreds of people were at risk after becoming in contact with a doctor who dies from the virus. The pope meeting to discuss gaza. We are live in rome after the break. Blood sugar control for up to 24 hours. And levemir® helps lower your a1c. Levemir® is now available in flextouch® the only prefilled insulin pen with no pushbutton extension. Levemir® lasts 42 days without refrigeration. Thats 50 longer than lantus®, which lasts 28 days. Today, im asking about levemir® flextouch. female announcer levemir® is a longacting insulin, used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes and is not recommended to treat diabetic ketoacidosis. Do not use levemir® if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. 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Reporter good morning to you, john. It is the second time in just over three months that perez has come to the vatican to meet with pope francis. The purpose of this visit is for him to update the pope on the issue in gaza and discuss the middle east peace as well. He was here at the vatican gardens at the request of the pope for a day of prayer for peace. Unfortunately, shortly after that very important day, conflict, once again, broke out in the region, prompting many to criticize that it had been a failure. Pope francis, on his return from south korea in august responded to that question when he was on the papal plan saying he did not consider it a failure. Prayer for him is an important element with negotiation and dialogue for any lasting peace. We should mention, also, john, that pope francis will be meeting with a jordanian prince. He is the uncle of the current king, King Abdullah of jordan. Hes known for interfaith initiatives between muslims and christians and muslims and other religions. Two important meetings for pope francis and a morning for middle east discusses. John . He wants to have influence in that region. A man of peace would be helpful. Thank you. Appreciate it. President obama is meeting with World Leaders over the crisis in ukraine and the threat of terror as isis concerns emerge. We have live coverage after the break. Getting tough with russia. President Obama Meeting with World Leaders over the crisis in ukraine, figuring out how to stop the invasion. Skeptical of a peace plan coming from Vladimir Putin. We have Live Team Coverage ahead. Home grown terror. The concern of americans joining isis overseas. Could they bring the fight from iraq and syria back to the u. S. . This as the family of u. S. Journalist Stephen Sotloff breaks their silence. Ebola survival story. Infected american is now disease free. She explain what is happened when she found out she has the deadly virus. Welcome back to early start. Im john berman. Christine romans is off. Its 31 minutes past the hour right now. The most crucial nato summit ever held begins in less than four hours. They are gathering in newport, wales. The growing threat from isis and they want to do it all in two days. President obama calling out russia for the quote, brazen assault on ukraine. The commander in chief careful not to use the word invasion, at least not yet. He meets with britain, italy, france and germany. The White House Correspondent Michelle Kaczynski is live. What message does the president want to send when he speaks with leaders this morning. Reporter there are several messages. He started sending them yesterday, actually. It seems like the nato summit started yesterday. The president added this stop in estonia, one of russias neighbors that is considerably worried about the threat that russia poses not only to ukraine, but to it or others in the future. The president , in a number of addresses yesterday really sent the message not only to those other nato country that is are concerned, but to russia itself that nato means defense. It means collective defense, standing together against aggression and yes, militarily defending one another. Now, theres no really threat of that having to happen in the future. Remember, ukraine is not a member state. The message surrounding ukraine is that russias actions are wrong, dead wrong and ukraine will be supported, not necessarily militarily, at least right now. In fact, it seems like leaders were backing away from supporting ukraine by arming it. The u. S. Said in the past, it doesnt want to start a proxy war with russia. Thats ukraine. On isis, also, the u. S. And others want to form coalitions. It would include europe and a Regional Coalition to combat terror there. Even though Member States are here and they are european, the Regional Coalition would have to happen. Theres a plan for that. President obama and other u. S. Officials said yesterday, they are hoping to work with european leaders here to get them to use their influences and their alliances in the region of iraq and syria to put pressure on those countries to help solve the problem, not only in the air, which is what the u. S. Is doing and in the future and on the ground. John . Michelle kaczynski in wales where the president faces so many crises. Thanks to you. At this hour, proRussian Forces making advances in Eastern Ukraine as leaders attempt to reach a ceasefire agreement. The president announcing Vladimir Putin agreed an steps to end the hostilities. President putin offered a sevenpoint plan. A move that has many leaders expressing skepticism. I want to bring in reza sayah. Theres so much confusion on whether there is a ceasefire deal or not. President putin says he has a sevenpoint plan. Will that plan be adopted . Reporter john, lots of confusion, lots of mixed messages from moscow and kiev. Increasingly, there have been talk of a possible breakthrough and ceasefire. We have new information to pass along to you that may not bode well for the prospects of a ceasefire. Over the past couple hours, ukrainian Officials Saying during the overnight hours they have seen increased shelling from Russian Forces in russian territory targeting locationings in southEastern Ukraine. Moscow continues to deny they are involved in the conflict. Certainly, the accusations continue from kiev and seemingly, the fighting continues as well. In the meantime, the prospect of a ceasefire or breakthrough, it looks like they are there. Yesterday in a phone call between Vladimir Putin, the russian president and poroshenko, the ukrainian president. They agreed on the conditions with which a ceasefire would be put in place. The conditions include the pulling out of troops, end of military action, the establishment of humanitarian corridor where victims can get out and humanitarian aid can get in. International monitors in place to make sure these conditions are met. Yesterday, mr. Poroshenko said he was optimistic and openful that these conditions and a ceasefire could be established as early as friday, tomorrow, and all sides of this conflict would meet again. However, late last night, Prime Minister seemed to criticize the plan saying it was a ploy by moscow to buy more time for the rebels in southEastern Ukraine to avoid more sanctions. All eyes onhesanctions. All eyes on them to see if all sides can hammer out a ceasefire. Within the next 24 hours, we should know whether the possibility for this specific deal are in place. Reza sayah in kiev trying to clarify a murky situation. I appreciate your help. Right now in the middle east, there are u. S. Citizens taking up arms in fighting for islamic extremist groups, including isis. How many groups are there . Now the secretary of defense is putting a number on. As we acknowledged publicly, we are aware of over 100 u. S. Citizens who have u. S. Passports who are fighting in the middle east. Fighting in the middle east for the islamic groups. Not just isis. Several groups are at play there. We are live in baghdad. In is an issue the United States is dealing with and britain is dealing with. Other European Countries are dealing with it. A lot of regions are dealing with this. Reporter of course, john. A lot of concern about the foreign jihadis now. The numbers are not clear. We dont know how many, who they are. Theres a lot of concern in this region. American allies like jordan and israel would be concerned about this. For jordan, isis made it no secret it has its sights set on jordan. They see them as a western ally. A lot of concern. Iraqi officials, we have known, iraq has been a magnet especially under the u. S. Presence here. Its a magnet for extremists and jihadists. They are feeling their country is becoming more of this magnet, attracting many more foreign jihadists. More need to be done. The extremists are coming from there and also to have some sort of Regional Cooperation, pressure by the u. S. And the International Community on countries on the region to work together, bring them together to try to stem the flow of these foreign fighters coming across the borders into syria and iraq. These borders between iraq and syria are nonexistent for the group. Yes, there have been security measures on borders like turkish borders like syria. They feel not enough is being done and more needs to be done to stop the flow of foreign fighters. One expert i spoke with here, an expert tracking this group and al qaeda and iraq say the majority of fighters come from the local communities whether syria or iraq. In iraq, mostly sunni arabs that felt marginalized by the shee that government and policies and persecuted by the Security Forces and understanding the importance. U. S. Officials, including president obama ree pete over and over abane, its not just a military solution to fight and weaken isis. The leadership of isis appears to be iraqi in origin. Thank you so much. 40 minutes past the hour. We have an early start on our money. We are watching stocks. Markets are focused right on europe. Investers are waiting for an announcement from the European Central bank this morning. They are revealing the next step on interest rates. Many are expecting them to announce stimulus measures to rev up europes slowing economy. That stimulus could look similar to the Bond Buying Program the Federal Reserve is currently winding down. Stocks are looking cautious around the globe ahead of the announcement. European shares are lower. Asian ended mixed. U. S. Stock features are not going too much. Stocks ended mixed. What happens after the ecb meeting or doesnt happen, that really is expected to move the markets today. We will stay tuned for that. Thanks so much. 41 minutes past the hour. Ebola epidemic. A once infected american shares her story of survival. Thats next. Lysol toilet bowl cleaner does more. It removes the tough stains that bleach doesnt and it also disinfects. Thats healthing. The latest now on the deadly Ebola Outbreak in west africa. The third american to get the virus has been identified as dr. Rick sacra. Hes being treated in a hospital in liberia. Hes a physician. He volunteered to go to liberia to try to contain the outbreak. We are hearing for the first time from nancy writebol, the american missionary who survived her battle with ebola. Listen to her describe how she learned she was sick from her husband. He came into the room and he said nancy, i need to tell you some things. I said okay. And he said, kent has ebola. I just i was just sick. Doctor brantley . Yeah, when he told me. Then after i kind of regrouped from that, he said and nancy, you do, too. Meanwhile, the first british citizen to contract e bola was discharged from the hospital. He was treated with zmapp. Researchers are trying to determine if the ebola vaccine is safe. A second cluster of patients emerging in nigeria where hundreds of people could be at risk after coming in contact with a doctor who died there from the virus. The Ferguson Police department has been notified it is under federal investigation. The announcement could come today. Its focused on the Police Practices of them over time. They are being investigated by the federal government of the shooting death of unarmed teenager, michael brown. Joan rivers is now out of intensive care and being kept comfortable. Melissa rivers thanked everyone for their support. She confirmed her mother was on life support. Rivers was hospitali izized aft suffering cardiac arrest from throat surgery. An ef1 tornado did all this destruction. It packed winds of 100 Miles Per Hour in a six mile stretch. It sounded like a locomotive train. You could see and hear things getting pulled up. We just prayed. Get an early look at the forecast now with chad myers. Good morning, guys. Good evening, hawaii. Decent weather across the country. The same stickies we had yesterday across the east. Cool across the north and northwest. Thats the next system that is going to come down. A noticeably cooler middle week next week. Cooler than 91 in chicago, thats for shower. 94 in kansas city and 95 in memphis. It will feel warmer than that with the humidity stifling. It could slow down the airport especially in the afternoon. A couple bumps in the central part of the country. Scattered showers for florida. Here is the cooler air from the north. 69 is the high for tomorrow in minneapolis. It will feel more like fall. 95 in memphis. The air is hot and muggy. 95 in dallas and 88 in tampa. Enjoy your day. 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Hes met with pope francis four or five times now since the election. The aids are telling us the meeting this morning is to update the pope on the situation in gaza and discuss in general the middle east Peace Process. Of course the last time that perez was at the vatican was in june, a few months ago for a day of peace. Prayer for peace. Something, which pope francis called for in the holy land. The president , abbas was here at that time. Shortly after that day, despite prayers, conflict, once again, erupted in the region. Some people said that perhaps the day had been a failure, that the initiative of the pope, president perez and president abbas had failed. The pope defended the day when he was on the papal plan returning from south korea in august saying it was not a failure, prayer is always necessary to have lasting peace, you need negotiation and dialogue. Prayer also opens doors, the pope said, at that time. We should also mention this morning, pope francis is meeting with a prince. He is the uncle of the current king, King Abdullah of jordan. Hes known for interfaith initiatives between the muslim world, christian world and other religions. A representative of jordan and stabilizing influence. An important morning of meetings for pope francis with perez and the jordanian prince. Employees in Silicon Valley finding out theres no such thing as a free lunch. At least not as far as the irs is concerned. Uhoh. An early start on your money, next. 58 minutes past the hour right now. We are here with an early start on your money. Investors are waiting for an announcement from the European Central bank coming later this morning. Some are expecting new stimulus measures to rev up europes slowing economies. That could look similar to the Bond Buying Program the Federal Reserve is winding down. So, ahead of that announcement, stocks are looking cautious. European shares are mostly lower. U. S. Stocks are lower at the moment. Malaysia airlines is backtracking. They renamed their competition asking customers what destinations are on their bucket lists, where do they want to go before they die. The airline acknowledged the campaign was inappropriate given the deadly disasters involving the planes. They just cut 6,000 workers as part of a major over haul. The irs is saying hey, if you pay taxes on your paycheck, why not on your sushi as well . If the meals are ruled taxable, the cost of the food you get at work for free, would be considered income to the employee and that means employers would owe and the employee would have to pay up as well. Bye bye perks, at least that kind of perk. The irs is looking into it . Its on their todo list. I dont want to get anywhere near that. Early start continues right now. Happening now, president Obama Meeting with World Leaders over the crisis in ukraine, trying to figure out how to stop this russian invasion and skeptical overVladimir Putins ceasefire proposal. Live Team Coverage ahead. Home grown terror armed with u. S. Passports. Concern over american who is left this country to join isis. Britains Prime Minister speaks with cnn about his own countrys isis Terror Threat. Live Team Coverage on the angles. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. It is thursday, september 4th. 5 00 a. M. In the east. Christine romans is off this morning. We are three hours from the start of the most critical nato summit ever. Leaders gathered in newport, wales to tackle conflicts in iraq and afghanistan and the threat from isis. They are going to try to do it all in two days. President obama calling out russia for their assault on ukraine. He was careful not to use the word invasion, at least not yet. The president meets with leaders of britain, france, italy and germany before remarks at 8 00 a. M. Eastern. We want to go live to Michelle Kaczynski in wales this morning. What does the president want to accomplish specifically in regards of what is going on in ukraine . Reporter theres a lot on the plate surrounding that. To get commitments to support ukraine. They have been doing it for months. Theres not question about that continuing to happen. The bigger question is how much everyone is going to pay for it. President obama wanted commitments from all the countries to boost their contribution to the nato funding. He also wants to expand natos reach in terms of the number of troops that are ready that would be ready in an emergency situation and to conduct the training exercises that rotate in and out. Its been a proposal for nato that more u. S. Troops participate in that and the system is expanded, the training, the planning and adds we mentioned, the readiness. We are going to see changes there. Also, just the way they commit to what exactly they are going to do in terms of sanctions. European union has been talking about expanding that for a few days now. The u. S. Will be aligned in that way. Its been kind of, first the u. S. , then europe and going back and forth in boosting those sanctions. We expect to see a tougher stance on russia. We are not sure exactly in what area the sanctions will be. Its one thing we are waiting for in the next two days. John . We will be watching the discussions from inside ukraine and russia. Michelle kaczynski, thank you so much. The host of the summit is british Prime Minister, David Cameron. He has his eyes on ukraine and isis. Hes determined to confront isis head on. He was shocked by the beheading of american journalist Stephen Sotloff and he, britain will never bay a ransom for a hostage. Nic robertson had a oneonone interview with the british Prime Minister. Good morning, nic. Reporter good morning, john. A question i asked him, is he any closer, is britain any closer to finding the britain accented man that killed Stephen Sotloff. She said they were making progress, but not willing to give more information. He said he was very, very clear. I asked him the question, look, is this about destroying isis or is this about, as president obama also said, is this about redu reducing, shrinking to a manageable problem, isis. He said no, for him, this is about destroying isis. He isnt ruling out the use of air strikes, anything like this. He said it was important to build up the nations around there, the partners in the region, iraq and jordan. He also said he views this as a generational problem. This is what he said. We should be clear what we are facing here. This islamist extremist narrative, poisonous narrative. It isnt just in iraq and syria. We have seen it in somalia and afghanistan and hosted by the taliban. This is a generational struggle. Reporter the british Prime Minister, when i asked him, i said this isis issue is not on the main agenda here at the nato summit. He said, look, it may not be on the agenda, but its something Everyone Wants to talk about. Its discussed at the banquet dinner tonight. It will happen in bilateral discussions, other discussions between groups of nations here. Very much a focus issue although not per se on the precise agenda. Hanging over this entire summit. The main focus, one of the main focus is ukraine right now. Did the Prime Minister give you indication of whether he thinks there might be some kind of ceasefire possibility, possible deal in ukraine . Reporter he gave the impression he doesnt trust what president putin is saying. He announced the seven points of steps to peace would be amount to the prorussia rebels. Therefore, russia taking territory in the southeast of ukraine, seeding territory, taking it away from the government in kiev. Prime minister cameron said this is absolutely not acceptable to allow them to essentially carve out a piece of ukraine for themselves. The steps that president putin laid out, Prime Minister cameron is not convinced they are going to lead to peace and not convinced at all that president putin really means what hes saying at the moment, john. Hes covering a couple of the crises they will tackle over the next several hours. Nic robertson, thanks so you. Right now in the middle east, there are u. S. Citizen zs taking up arms in fighting for islamic extremist groups including isis. How Many Americans are there . Chuck hagel is now putting a number on it. As we acknowledged publicly, we are aware of over 100 u. S. Citizens who have u. S. Passports who are fighting in the middle east. Want to bring in a reporter live from baghdad. Isis dominated with iraqis with iraqi leadership. There are these foreign fighters, including americans now within the ranks. Reporter of course a lot of concern about that. As we heard secretary hagel saying about 100 fighting in syria. That is not only isis. There are a dozen within that Group Fighting with isis. Others are with different rebel groups, other Islamist Groups fighting in syria. As we have seen loyalties change, the foreign fighters tend to change groups once they are on the ground. Theres a lot of concern here in iraq, in the region about the flow of these foreign fighters. Americas allies in the region like jordan and israel would be concerned about foreign fighters, islamic extremists with foreign passports that allow them to travel freely in the region. A real threat for them. As you mentioned, here in iraq, this is a concern. Over the years, especially under the u. S. Military presence here, iraq has been a magnet for foreign jihadists who bring their battle here to iraq. Now officials are concerned their country is, once again, becoming more of a magnet with what is going on in syria, foreign fighters there and moving their battle as u. S. Air strikes continue here in iraq. Thats all their jihad here to iraq. A lot of concern art it. Officials here tell us more needs to be done, more by the countries where the fighters are coming from, the u. S. , europe and other arab and muslim countries to stop them before they get close to iraq and syria. Another issue, it has always been an issue is border col. They say countries like iran and turkey need to tighten their Border Security more to stem the flow of these fighters coming into syria and ultimately into iraq here. As you mentioned, john, the majority of these fighters within the ranks of isis are iraqis. This is also a big concern here that isis has this ability to exploit the sectarian divisions that really run deep in this country to really recruit more sunnis on the site or factor a fear, spreading the fear amongst the sunni community, forcing people to join their ranks or turn a blind eye. Really, here, iraqis want more to be done by the International Community. Also made clear by president obama and other u. S. Officials, iraqis here have a critical task. They need to bring the sunnis on board, the sunnis in the past have been key allies of the military here when they turned to al qaeda in 2006 and turn the tide in the battle against al qaeda and iraq, weaken the group after the u. S. Military left things really changed here with what is set to be the sectarian policies of the government. More needs to be done in iraq and on the ground to try and shift the situation here and weaken isis in iraq. Its a regional issue, now a worldwide issue. 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Theres a lot of talk over the past 24 hours about a ceasefire, but theres new information coming from the conflict zone that doesnt bode well for those talks. Over the past couple hours, ukrainian Officials Say the overnight hours, theres increased shelling from Russian Troops targeting locations in southEastern Ukraine. Moscow denied they are in in conflict, they are involved in the conflict. The accusations from kiev are continuing and seemingly so does the fighting. However, the prospects of a potential ceasefire, they seem to be there. Russian president putin, yesterday, in a phone call with ukrainian president poroshenko agreed on the framework, the conditions for a ceasefire. Among those, the military operations, the pulling out of troops, the establishment of a humanitarian corridor, international monitors in place to make sure all those conditions are met. Mr. Poroshenko said he was hopeful that framework, the conditions would be put in place beginning tomorrow where all sides of this conflict are meeting to discuss the crisis. All eyes there to see what the outcome is. Well have to wait 24 hours to see if there is any juice in this deal. Reza sayah in kiev, thank you so much. 17 minutes after the hour. The ferguson, missouri Police Department has been notified by the Justice Department that is under federal investigation. The announcement could come today. The probe is focusing on the police over several years. They are being investigated by the shooting death of unarmed teenager, michael brown. Officials confirmed it was a tornado that cause thirddegree damage. The twister was on the ground almost ten minutes over a sixmile stretch. My husband just kind of jumped over all of us. It sounded like a loco motive train. You can see and hear things getting pulled up. We just prayed. Will there be anymore of that . Indra petersons has a look at the forecast . The cold front is making its way across the country. As it moves to the east, the showers move ahead of it as well. Theres a Severe Weather threat around wisconsin. Look at the showers and lightning already out there. Heads up around chicago. If you are flying, check on the flight. As we move into tomorrow, scattered storms making its way into the ohio valley. Southeast, you are talking scattered showers. No change there. Notice what happens as we go toward the weekend. We are talking the weather spreading to the midatlantic as well as the northeast. It is something we are watching as we look for one to two inches of rain. Very easy to see. Where is the colds front around wisconsin . Look at the cool air behind it and the warm temperatures ahead of it. With that, a cooldown, eventually as the cool front sees it temperatures drop off. It may take a day or two. The temperature drop makes its way even into the northeast. 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It will be a chess match. Its always fun. Hes the best quarterback in the football league. Its between he and peyton. This is a game we have been in before. We know the excitement that surrounds it. Its a highly rated game we are playing in. Tough environment with the super bowl champions. Its going to be tough for us. I like how sherman calls it a chess match. Its an accurate way to portray it. Offense versus defense. High powered versus defense. Its the patriots opener, which is all we care about. Against the dolphins, right . The dolphins will be there, also. Great to have you with us this morning. Thanks so much. Happening now, president Obama Meeting with World Leaders, talking about the crisis in ukraine and the threat of terror as isis concerns emerge. Getting tough with russia. President Obama Meeting with World Leaders over the crisis in ukraine, trying to figure out how to stop an invasion and skeptical of any peace plan coming from russian president Vladimir Putin. Live coverage ahead. A new warning about americans joining isis overseas. The fight from iraq and syria back to the United States. This, as britain battle a Terror Threat from isis. We are live with the latest. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. 30 minutes past the hour, Christine Romans is off today. In what might be the most crucial nato summit ever held in three hours. Leaders from 60 countries gathering in newport, wales attempting to cover afghanistan and the threat from isis. They want to do it from two days. President obama calling out russia for its quote, brazen assault on ukraine. The commander in chief careful not to use the word invasion, at least not yet. This morning, he meets with the leaders in britain, france and germany before kicking off the nato summit. I want to go live to Michelle Kaczynski in wales this morning. President obama and David Cameron just arrived at the nato summit. They have been insync so far. They have shown this united front. They participated in an event before the summit this morning. They wanted to have that appearance together. This morning was interesting. They put out an oped together. The title was blunt. We will not be cowed by barbaric killers. They got into the isis threat together. Also on ukraine. Really focused on the need for nato to be strong now. Maybe its more important than ever to have this united front, not only in support of ukraine, but supporting countries in that region and united against russia. The uk has been really repeating over the last week that we support american action. We support the american stance. N now, thats in regards to isis. They have not agreed to participate in air strikes. The uk hasnt been asked by the u. S. To help in that way. We have heard David Cameron speak strongly about the isis threat, the need to protect his homeland. Its a different sort of threat than the u. S. Faces, obviously. Hes been saying, we need to help the u. S. , not going so far as to saying with air strikes, but they have been arming the kurds and iraqis and wanting to support the stance europe has taken. We are likely to see sanctions come out. John . It will be interesting to see what happens. Michelle kaczynski in wales, thank you so much. David cameron is determined to confront isis head on. He is the host in the summit in wales. He was shocked by the beheading of the american journalist sotloff. Nic robertson just spoke to the british Prime Minister. He joins us live. Good morning, nic. Reporter good morning. One question is are they any closer to identifying the british accented man believed to be involved in the killing of sotloff and foley . Intensive efforts are being shared with allies. He wouldnt go further than that. He is working hard on it. He said an important point he wanted to make when i asked how are you going to tackle the threat of isis in iraq and syria, he wasnt ruling out air strikes. Again, he would work with allies. His point is this is a fight of a generational nature against isis. This is what he said. We should be clear what we are facing here. This islamist extremist narrative, poisonous narrative. It isnt just in iraq and syria. We have seen it in somalia and afghanistan. This is a generational struggle. Reporter i also asked him about what president obama had said in estoniaestonia yesterda shay said it should be shun shh run k until it is manageable. For him, should it be destroyed or shrunk, he said it should be squeezed out of existence. Thats more substantial than a manageable problem. You said the Prime Minister didnt rule out the possibility of air strikes in syria or iraq against isis. One year ago, the Prime Minister couldnt get his plans to attack Bashar Al Assad through the british parliament. Will the british people support air strikes . Reporter you certainly dont get the sense here but the anger that is growing here publicly about the beheadings of foley and sotloff, the fact its believed somebody with a british accent is involved in this. Now, a British National is threatened by isis. This is certainly raising the profile here, certainly giving the Prime Minister more Political Capital to work with, if you will. Its on the front pages of newspapers here. What he also talked about, while not ruling out the air strikes, which is diplomatic political speak, if you will, for not having the backing yet. What he wants to do is support and build up countries like jordan in the region fighting this isis threat themselves. Maybe sure they are stable. Jordan a key ally here. What we dont want to do is act over the heads of the people in those areas and leaving them to pick up the pieces. You get an idea there that if there are air strikes, they are not that close for them. John . No, what we hear, nic, in the next few hours will have such an impact. The nato summit in wales where you are. Thanks for your reporting. We have an early start on your money. Markets around the world are watching europe. Investers are waiting for an announcement from the European Central bank this morning. The bank is going to reveal the next step on interest rates. Many investors are expecting new stimulus measures. Thats the newest. It could look similar to the bond buying that the Federal Reserve is winding down. Stocks are cautious across the globe. Asian shares ended mixed. U. S. Stock futures, not much movement. They are tired. Its ak 30. Stocks ended yesterday mixed. What happens after the acb meeting or doesnt happen is going to be the catalyst for the Market Movement that we may see once the markets open in the u. S. Thanks so much. Appreciate it. Crisis in ukraine. Is the country on the verge of a ceasefire with prorussian rebels and how involved is Vladimir Putin . 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President putin offered a sevenpoint plan for peace in the region, a move that has most western leaders expressing skepticism. I want to bring in reza sayah. When you look at the developments from kiev, there might be reason to be skeptical. Reporter yeah, john. When you look at the battlefield, theres indication all that talk yesterday about a ceasefire seems to be, for now, just all talk. The fighting seems to continue. According to ukrainian officials, during the overnight hours, they have seen increased shelling by Russian Forces from russian territory targeting locations in southeastern locations. Moscow continues to deny they are part of it. The accusations are continuing to come from kiev. The fighting seems to continue. However, if you are an optimist, there are signs of a possible breakthrough, a possible ceasefire. Yesterday, in a phone conversation between president putin of russia and poroshenko, the two agreed on a framework, the conditions with which a ceasefire would be put in place, the conditions would include the ending of military operations in southEastern Ukraine. The pulling out of troops, the establishment of a humanitarian corridor where they would be able to leave the region and humanitarian aid would go into the conflict zone and international monitors put in place to make sure all sides are meeting the conditions. Mr. Poroshenko, who just arrived at the nato summit in wales is optimistic and agreement could be made as early as tomorrow. Thats when they will meet. Many people eager to see what happens in this summit tomorrow. But, at this point, indications the fighting still continues. Both sides are trying to consolidate the gains they have before a peace deal is reached. Of course russia denies they are fighting at all. Reza sayah for us in kiev, thank you so much, appreciate it. 44 minutes after the hour. An ef1 tornado caused this destruction in up state new york. It was on the ground ten minutes with winds over 100 Miles Per Hour over a sixmile stretch. My husband jumped over all of. It sounded like a train. We just prayed. Enough of that. Whats going to happen today . Lets get a look at the forecast with indra petersons. Kids are back to school. Summer is over. It feels like it, too. A quick change in temperatures dropping behind the cold front. Well watch it make its way to the east. With it, more of that Severe Weather will be concentrated around wisconsin. Everyone else looking for more scattered showers. Look at the system developing. Look at the thunder and lightning making its way through chicago. Monitoring that if you are heading out to the airport. Check ahead. The southeast scattered showers. The frontal system makes its way to the ohio valley. As you go to the weekend, the midatlantic or northeast, finally i shouldnt say finally, a pattern of a perfect weekend. Scattered showers saturday and sunday. Not what you want to see. This is the temperature divide. Look at the temperatures behind the cold front. Fall is here. Fall is making its way in as temperatures are going to cool off as the system progresses to the east. A couple days away. All right. Thanks so much. Lets take a look at whats coming up on new day. Kate bolduan is joining us. Good morning, john. We are following the critical nato summit set to begin in two hours. President obama and World Leaders facing the most serious threats they have encountered in decades from isis to russian aggression in the uk. We are going to look at how crucial this meeting is. Well talk with the white house about the strategy for taking on both of these huge issues. Then this, the Ferguson Police department is facing a federal investigation into its policing tacti tactics. 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Thank you so breaking now. The most important nato summit in decades. President obama facetoface with World Leaders pushing for action against isis and russia. Were live at the summit. Oneonone, cnn putting tough questions to british Prime Minister David Cameron and secretary of defense chuck hagel. What further action will be taken against isis . Their answers straight ahead. Breaking overnight, the department of justice officially investigating the Ferguson Police department, this as a judge decides whether Michael Browns juvenile record should be released. We have the latest. Your new day starts right now. Announcer this is new day with chris cuomo, kate balduan and michaela pereira. Good morning. Welcome to new day, thursday, september 4th, 6 00 in the east, and this may be the most important gathering of World Leaders in years. This morning in wales the nato summit begins, and two huge challenges to take on. At this hour president obama is sitting down with top officials from britain, italy, france and germany about the isis threat. The question. How far are they willing to go . The crisis in ukraine is is also on the agenda, of course. Ukraines president , petro poroshenko, hell be joining the conference even though ukraine is not a nato member. So what can emerge then from this summit to help the world start to emerge itself from these crises . Cnns Michelle Kosinski is in wales where summit meetings are getting under way this morning. A lot on the agenda, as weve laid out, michelle. Where do they begin . Reporter seems like theres been already so much news on this, even before things started, but now it is getting under way with the big al