Her to marry her. When he broke up with her, many were surprised. Perhaps her most of all. Good afternoon. Im jake tapper. Welcome to the lead. Well begin with the world lead. Will the members of congress who have called on the United States government to step up the fight against isis terrorists, will they put their votes where their mouths are . Its been an open question as to whether congress will authorize a campaign against isis as spelled out by president obamas strategy. Now one bill is being introduced to effectively declare war on isis, authorizing action for a year and a half against isis in both iraq and syria. As we wait to see what congress will do, secretary of state john kerry is in paris trying to get all these countries that supposedly support an operation against isis to sign on to a coalition to actually carry it out. Lets bring in jim sciutto. Jim, its not clear whos in and whos out of this socalled coalition. But lets talk about iran which says it rejected an offer from the United States to join in this coalition. Does that rule out any help from iran . Well, coordination, a term the administrations used, theyre not going to do that with iran. But communication is a different story. Secretary kerry said hes open to Backchannel Communications with iran. And even the Backchannel Communications, he said there are ways to do this with syria to, in the words of john kerry, avoid mistakes, avoid disasters. But again with syria, no coordination of strikes against isis. Whats really interesting when you look at this broader coalition, those are our adversaries in the region. When you get to americas friends in the region and in the west, its proving difficult even to get them to public specific commitments of help with u. S. Led military action. He is isiss third beheading victim in three weeks, britains david haines murdered for the world to see. And like americans james foley and steven sotloff, by an english fighter. Uk Authorities Say they have now positively identified him. We have to confront this menace. Step by step, we must drive back, dismantle and ultimately destroy isil and what it stands for. Reporter but even americas closest military ally has not committed to joining the u. S. Led military action against isis. The obama administrations version of the coalition of the willing appearing if not entirely unwilling at a minimum uncommitted. You have a coalition i would argue of the semiwilling, the disabled, the selfinterested and the selfabsorbed. Its really going to be difficult, it seems to me, to get everybody focused on the same page. Reporter meeting in paris today, some 40 countries have offered at least some support in the fight against isis. But a far Smaller Group has made specific and public commitments to join military action. Australia vowing up to 200 military advisers. France, surveillance flights and air strikes over iraq. Canada, 50 military advisers. Jordan, intelligence gathering. Saudi arabia, training Syrian Rebels on its soil. And turkey, blocking both funding and the flow of fighters to isis. This weekend after a sixstop coalitionbuilding tour through the region, secretary of state john kerry spoke of private commitments for much more, including arab participation in air strikes and more surprisingly some countries offering Ground Troops, a step even the u. S. Has ruled out. Were not looking to put troops on the ground. There are some who have offered to do so, but we are not looking for that at this moment anyway. Reporter former u. S. Ambassador to iraq James Jeffrey sees a region still on the fence. There is True International consensus and gremt groo that isis is a real problem that has to be dealt with. But theres also particularly in the region great fear of getting too involved. Lets get to these offers of help on americanled air strikes and the possibility of Ground Troops on air strikes, specifically, im told by a senior u. S. Military official, that more than one arab nation has offered to do what they call kinetic action, actually dropping bombs, not just refueling. But dropping bombs. As far as Ground Troops, spoken to the pentagon and the state department, they say what secretary kerry was talking about, was not forces on the ground but indigenous forces. Hes referring to trained Syrian Rebels or possibly iraqi force, the kurds, the iraqi military, maybe sunni tribes in iraq, serving as a ground force. Youre not going to have foreigners sending boots on the ground to iraq or syria at this point. Thats not what it sounded like he was saying. No, it didnt. Thank you so much. The mass killer in the video showing the beheading of david haines appears to be the same man in the videos of americans james foley and steven sotloff. In all three, he makes vile threats to the camera with a british accent. British officials tell our National Security analyst peter bergen that britain knows this mans identity. Why not release his name if the British Government knows who he is . Well, there are a number of very good reasons for that, jake. Fundamentally, theyre probably drawing still on a number of intelligence assets around the suspect to try and determine his whereabouts. Much like many of these types of operations, the key thing will be to ideally locate and also recover this individual and confirm this before actually revealing their identity. They will be somewhat guarded and probably will be until they have that further evidence. Hes suspected to be a british citizen. If he is one we dont know for sure what kind of jurisdictional barriers would that create between the u. S. And britain . Who would be responsible, theoretically, for capturing or killing him . Would the uk object to the United States killing him . Well, i think it will be a collaborative attempt. Certainly we know there are representations of special forces from a number of different nations, not only including the u. S. And the uk, but from other allies that are assisting obviously in ground efforts, if you like, under this term of security or military advisers. Fundamentally, it will be whoever is going to be closest or nearest to the target. And once theyre in there, i think the objective of the mission will be to try and recover this individual alive and to be able to bring them back for justice. Now, who will actually then prosecute that justice . Thats a difficult call. Obviously this individual is responsible for the death of not only u. S. Citizens but also a british citizen and potentially another british citizen. This will be no doubt a discussion that will be had between your Prime Minister and or your president and our Prime Minister to decide actually who is going to take primacy on that. Isis threatening to kill a second british hostage, alan henning. How much pressure is cameron under to find henning, rescue him and what are the odds this could happen anytime soon, do you think . Well, to answer your first question, hes under enormous question. For Prime MinisterDavid Cameron, this is the most significant event to happen in his four years in term in office. And this is a very, very difficult and delicate situation which will either be something he will take the lead on and obviously implement and instruct military action on or hell have to take to the commons. And then all parties will try to get a collaborative agreement. He tried this last year with air strikes into syria and was not successful. The commons did not agree to that action. Its a very difficult one. And in the legacy of tony blair, he doesnt want to be seen to be taking the United Kingdom into a fight that could result in the same sort of aftereffects that we saw in iraq and afghanistan. Will, thank you so much. While the threat of isis is weighing heavily on the mind of the british Prime Minister, its not his only worry. Hes also trying to convince the people of scotland to reject a referendum on thursday which would declare scotlands independence from the United Kingdom. Lets bring in Senior International correspondent Nic Robertsonedinburgh, scotland. Could this war impact this independence referendum . Reporter yes, it absolutely could. I was talking to one of the m. P. S today from the Scottish National party, the party that wants independence. Hes also ttelling me that the Scottish National partys view is they should take a more or they would like to make in the future a peaceful contribution to situations as we see happening in syria at the moment. So they seem to be opposed to a more aggressive and robust position that David Cameron seems to be inclined towards, potentially moving towards assisting the United States with air strikes inside syria. So it would make a difference. There are people in scotland who feel london is out of touch with the people of scotland and thats one of those areas, defense. Its very clear that a lot of people, maybe half f of them here, would rather see a different, lessaggressive, lesskinetic approach, jake. Interesting. Nic, with all this talk of isis, i want to turn to a different focus of the war against terror and talk about your special, which is premiering tomorrow night called double agent, inside al qaeda for the cia. It premieres tomorrow at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Heres a clip. Reporter storm says he was a double agent, so trusted by al qaeda terror leaders he even fixed one up with a blonde european wife. A unique, powerful weapon in the war on terror who says he got results. I have been responsible of 30 kills. Reporter 30 terrorist kills . Nic, who is this man, morton storm, and what did he help the cia take down, according to his story . Reporter hes danish, former boxer turned biker turned converted to islam. Became a radical islamist. Went around europe espousing jihad, made connections in yemen with top al qaeda leaders, also in somalia. He helped the cia, he says, take down americaneducated anwar awlaki the cleric who inspired the ft. Hood shooter, hasan nidal. Inspired attacks in london against the underground rail network and bus network there. So this was a man who was high on the u. S. Most wanted target list and this morton storm who became a jihadist and then became a spy, he says that he helped get anwar awlaki. There was a dispute over that in the end. But he says in his words that he helped take down 30 terror leaders over a number of years. Fascinating, looking forward to watching it. Thanks to Nic Robertson in scotland. Dont miss the cnn special report double agent, inside al qaeda for the cia. It airs tuesday night at 9 00 eastern. Coming up on the National Lead, its unnerving to learn your credit card number might have been stolen but imagine the private details about your children, even when and where theyre dropped off by the school bus, available for anyone who knows how to hack into the system. Thats our lead investigation coming up next. Plus, Hillary Clinton trying to win over the same voters who rained on her president ial parade six years ago. Were iowans impressed this time . If you dont think when you think aarp, you dont know aarp. Aarps staying sharp keeps your Brain Healthy with online exercises by the top minds in brain science. Find more real possibilities at aarp. Org possibilities. Suddenly youre a mouth breather. A mouth breather how do you sleep like that . You dry up, your cold feels even worse. Well, put on a breathe right strip and shut your mouth. 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Well, turns out getting that information is not only possible but in some cases frighteningly easy. In a lead exclusive, some computer experts tell us how they uncovered a gaping security hole in one companys product, a hole that could make personal information about you and your children accessible to hackers with just a few clicks on the keyboard. A treasure trove to identity thieves or even more nefarious criminals. Cnn learned these breaches are not just theoretical but have happened and could continue to unless your local governments, universities and schools not to mention the company involved, take more aggressive action at once. You might think that your government is vigilant about securing your personal information and that of your children. But you would be wrong. Look at what is out there, Childrens School records, including detailed bus route information, arrest and prosecution information from a major midwestern city. Plus the real names and id numbers of intelligence agents visiting a major american port. Now were finding stuff that other people didnt see and its playing in a National Security arena. Reporter brian and ben say they have discovered one of the biggest potential security holes of the modern era, one that can lead your data and that of your kids exposed to any hacker willing to find it. Within a couple of minutes, we found Social Security numbers, dates of birth, grades. Reporter they are socalled ethical hackers, using their computer skills for good to identify vulnerabilities in applications and networks. We take that information, privately disclose it to Law Enforcement, to the relevant parties and then work to get those issues remediated. Reporter this month they found a weakness in Oracle Software that a patch was a provided for still remains a huge vulnerability to any customer that missed or ignored that news. At risk is the Sensitive Information from databases belonging to 20 governmentrelated agencies, 100 schools k through 12 and 50 institutions of higher learning, affecting hundreds of thousands if not millions of people, he says. You could completely steal someones identity and assume someone else and take money out of their accounts. You could file legal documentation. You could take out business loans. The skys the limit. Reporter they also easily accessed the records of the Texas Department of family and protective services. That is a department that had records of parents, the children, the situation of the Living Environment of the child, things that the child had gone through. Its a little rattling. Reporter in a statement to cnn, the department acknowledged not only that the records had been vulnerable but that they were breached. Quote, the database has been shut down and testing has found a limited data breach affecting fewer than 30 individuals. Anyone whose information is compromised is being notified and credit monitoring, Identity Restoration Services will be provided at state expense. Bryan and ben are working with the fbi to alert the dozens of organizations representing hundreds of thousands of files that are still vulnerable and help patch their security systems. And even the most secretive organizations arent immune. When 21 members of the Defense Intelligence agency toured a major american port, they left critical information behind. Everyone assumes theyre on the same page, and all of a sudden your drivers license is blowing in the wind. Reporter in a statement to cnn, oracle said the issue was not because of a product defect but because of the configuration of how the security checks could be disabled. The statement went on, the patch that made the default setting secure, quote, was issued as part of our regularly scheduled critical patch update customers know to apply every quarter. Oracle notified all of our customers directly that they should apply the patch. Could they call everyone . Probably. Might take a little while. But is it the right thing to do . Reporter this incident comes on the heels of other major Security Breaches at target, home depot and Jpmorgan Chase involving credit card information. Even though theres many fewer records here, only a few million, were talking about Social Security numbers, date of births, everything you need for identity theft. Wondering what you can do to make your information and that of your children more safe . The sad reality is it is really out of your hands and up to these individual Government Agencies and schools and universities to improve their securi security. Until that happens, that Sensitive Information will continue to be at risk. Coming up, football star Adrian Peterson personally defending himself against claims of child abuse as the vikings announce hell be back on the field this week. 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Just moments ago, peterson released his first statement in response to the charges saying, quote, i have to live with the fact that when i disciplined my son the way i was disciplined as a child, i caused an injury that i never intended or thought would happen. I love my son and i will continue to become a better parent and learn from any mistakes i ever make. Despite the controversy, nike has not dropped peterson from the payroll saying it would, quote, closely monitor the situation. How does nike decide which athletes to drop and which to stand by . Here now with more on that is cnn money correspondent christina. Good to see you. Thanks. Nike decides what athletes to drop and which ones to keep basically by a mix of factors. It has very little to do with the severity of the allegations, the severity of the headlines and has more to do with whether Law Enforcement gets involved, whether theres an actually conviction and whether the headlines keep coming very furiously as we saw with ray rice. And with pistorius, obviously we had a conviction. Those were the elements that basically forced nikes hand. But heres the thing. With nike, its very interesting because when you look at the ig be e bigger names, its unlikely what they do. They kept tiger woods on where other bigger endorsement companies kept their endorsement with tiger woods. Same thing with kobe bryant in 2003 when there was allegations of Sexual Assault with kobe bryant. They stood by him. At the end of the day, nike does not want these athletes to go to other companies. So theyd rather stick by them in Turbulent Times if they are superstar athletes and if theres a lot of money on the line. Thank you so much. When we come back, she didnt exactly announce her candida candidacy. But Hillary Clinton did finally discuss her president ial aspirations in iowa this week. Plus, almost 50 years after he fought and killed as many as 175 enemy troops, this heroic vietnam veteran received the medal of honor. But will brave vets from iraq and afghanistan have to wait as long as he did . How much money do you have in your pocket right now . I have 40, 21. Could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement . I dont think so. Well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years, that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. Sea captain theres a narratorstorm cominhe storm narrator that whipped through the turbine which poured. Surplus energy into the plant which generously lowered its price and tipped off the house which used all that energy to stay warm through the storm. 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A potentially seismic event, almost like a tech tonic plate, possible 2016 candidates, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton came a few millimeters closer to officially running for president this weekend maybe millimeters. Now shes officially thinking about it is what were told. Brianna keilar joins me now. This all went down at senator tom harkins final steak fry fundraiser in acht. Was this finally the kickoff of her campaign . Reporter i think it was seen as the de facto kickoff of her campaign, for sure, jake. But she wasnt declarative about whether shes run pg or not. When i talk to a lot of the democrats there, they wanted her to come right out and say, im running. They didnt get that. But everyones operating under the impression that she is running and she did nothing to dispel that impression. Hello, iowa reporter Hillary Clinton im back reporter throwing herself into the political fray for the first time in almost six years as she stumped for democrats facing tough elections in november and hinting that shes running for president. It is true, i am thinking about it. But for today, that is not why im here. Im here for the steak. Reporter but in the state that dashed her hopes in 2008, clinton has lessons to learn from her last campaign and needs to reset her relationship with iowans. What does she need to do differently . I think she needs to connect with everybody more than she did before. I dont think she really showed up as much as barack did for us. He was here all the time. Certainly all of us want to see her as much as possible in this state. Reporter ruth harkin bucked the Obama Movement to endorse clinton in 2007. She says she will encourage clinton to visit often. Iowans are pretty jealous about their candidates. So we have an opportunity to see a lot of people and having contact with the candidates is pretty key out here. Reporter after the harkin steak fry, clinton spent half an hour on the rope line shaking hands and thanking people. Theres so much at stake in this election. Bill and i will have something to say about that. Reporter will you be coming back to iowa again . Well do what we can. Reporter earlier she tried to reboot her infamously bad relationship with the press though her aversion to the media was still palpable, especially compared to her husbands affinity for reporters. Theres the question of her message as well. What will it be . She gave a preview selling an optimistic view of the future. Everything ive seen convinces me that we can meet those challenges. Reporter and targeting a key demographic. Women should be able to make our own health care decisions. And that, believe it or not, equal pay should mean you get equal pay for equal work. Reporter that riled up this crowd but it was far from what barack obama inspired several years ago. Do you feel like people who supported obama will transfer that to Hillary Clinton with just as much enthusiasm . That will never happen again. That was a onetime event with barack obama. Reporter but maybe it wont even matter. I think she just needs to run. Reporter now a big question, jake, is how involved is she going to be in stumping for candidates . We know shes committed to a number of fundraisers for senate democrats, congressional democrats. But is she going to be out there really campaigning for them out in the states . We dont expect its going to be certainly as much as her husband. We expect that she will commit to maybe about a handful of candidates and theyre still to be determined. Brianna, i know former president clinton wouldnt say anything about his wifes possible candidacy for president. But did he say anything about the midterms . Did he prognosticate at all for the democrats . Reporter i think certainly he has an optimistic outlook. But what he was really doing that was so much more noticeable compared to her was he was just so much more overtly political she got into it a little bit. But she was pretty low key when it came to the politics. Bill clinton was lamenting the state of washington, that even people back in the day people wouldnt get along but they could Work Together to compromise. He took aim at outside group money, specifically singling out the koch brothers. We didnt hear that language from Hillary Clinton. Shes trying to keep her hands clean a little bit. Her poll numbers have dipped as shes gotten back into the public life. We expect that will continue as she becomes more political. Brianna keilar in iowa, thank you so much. Coming up, their affair was frontpage news when he was then the governor caught lying about their secret rendezvous. Now a strangely personal revelation from congressman mark sanford as he announces their split on facebook. Will it cost him his political career again . Tourists take shelter as a brutal hurricane rips through a popular mexican resort area. And the storm is edded to the u. S. , coming up next. Whenwork with equity experts who work with regional experts thats when expertise happens. Mfs. Because there is no expertise without collaboration. Co until youre sure you do. You need a hotel room bartender thanks, captain obvious. Co which is why i put the hotels. Com mobile app on my mobile phone. Hotels. Com i dont need it right now. Welcome back to the lead. Continuing in politics, you might say congressman mark sanford changed his relationship status on facebook on friday. While the former South Carolina governor did it in an epic heart on his sleeve post as opposed to a mere profile update, one thing is for sure, its complicated. The republicans followers and the world at large got a detailed look at his side of the story and his messy divorce proceedings. He called off his engagement to his argentincgentinean fianceef. His fiancee says, is this right . She first heard about the fact that their engagement was off by reading it on facebook . Its complicated. She says she was surprised just as surprised as anybody else because she said she learned about this on facebook, her demise of the relationship. Ouch. But over the weekend, she told the New York Times that they had agreed to split up but sanford failed to give her a headsup that he was announcing this on facebook. So this is a relationship that ended as it basically began, amidst a media frenzy of their own making. She was his soulmate, he said. A whole lot more than a simple affair. Its a love story. A forbidden one, a tragic one, but a love story at the end of the day. Reporter but the love story that took mark sanford from a wouldbe president ial candidate to a laughingstock ended as strangely as it began, on facebook. In a posting that will go down in political history as a cringeworthy overshare. South carolina congressman mark sanford uses 12,312 characters to announce the engagement to his onetime mistress is off. His argentinean lover told the New York Times she was as surprised as everyone else by the facebook confessional. The couple had actually just spent a week together in paris when sanford asked her to delay the wedding another two years. She says she wrote to sanford saying, i had a spectacular week. You know i love you, but i dont want to continue in the category of mistress. I cant bear it anymore. The spectacularly public airing of his romantic dirty laundry echoed his first headlinemaking episode. Back in june of 2009 when the rising republican star, then South Carolina governor sanford, went missing for six days governor alert, the search for mark sanford getting weirder. Yeah, okay. Its monday night. Do you know where your governor is . Reporter sanfords version . At least part of the mystery has been solved. The governor is said to be, quote, clearing his head somewhere along the appalachian trail that stretches from georgia to maine. Reporter turned out the appalachian trail stretched a lot farther, sort of. I got a call saying the governor was on his way back from argentina. Reporter back on american soil, sanford offered this tearful, lengthy mea culpa for his whopper of a lie. I have been unfaithful to my wife. I developed a relationship with a started as a dear, dear friend from argentina. Reporter but the emotional purge didnt stop there. There was an older couple sitting to our right and i remember them watching us in the way that we interacted. They could see a spark or i dont know what you call it. Reporter tmi, already, Jenny Sanford filed for divorce and wrote a tellall of her book. In her book, she revealed, i shiver when i think that while i was cleaning up after a decision family meal, he was emailing his soulmate with visions of her tan lines. With her by his side, he bounced back. And it looked like voters forgave him. He won the open republican congressional seat in a special election. Mark sanfords always been a loner in politics and hes never cared what other people think. An irony of this story is now that she has put herself in jennys camp, sticking up for her saying that she is not to blame. She describes herself as just another casualty of sanford saying that, i think i was not useful to him anymore. He made the engagement thing four months before the election so this is not about his son, this is about his career and his ambitions. Rather ironic, dont you think . Interesting. The whole saga is sad to watch. I have to say, can he stomach this . Can he weather this . Is this latest escapade going to hurt him in november or Going Forward . When you talk to people who know him, they say, hes religious and believes in second and third chances, that the voters have supported him. But hes unopposed this november. He still has a term left. Well see. Right now, his seat is safe. Hes actually safe. I dont know how much this actually plays out when people are like, weve had enough, this is it. But he is saying, look, i li deserve another chance. Im going to come clean here. Well see if the voters they have four magnificent boys, the sanfords. So sad to see it play out in public. Coming up, hundreds of Service Members who fought in vietnam, korea and the first and second world wars have been recognized with the honor. Why have so few, only four from iraq and 12 from afghanistan, received the medal of honor . [ female announcer ] you get sick, you cant breathe through your nose. 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The storm bringing torrential rains to cities along the peninsula as it moves north. Its forecast to cross into the southwestern United States later this week. Also in national news, president obama honored two American Military heroes at the white house today. Sergeant major benny adkins was awarded the medal of honor for fighting the north vietnamese. In 1966 he killed as many as 175 enemy troops during 38 hours of fighting. Specialist donald p. Sloat also awarded the medal of honor posthumously to protect fellow soldiers from a grenade. Some soldiers are wondering whether our contemporary heroes, those who served with distinction in iraq or afghanistan are being shortchanged. It is the nations highest military honor, signifying extraordinary acts of valor. And increasingly those who have served in our wars in iraq and afghanistan are asking, why are so few of todays troops considered worthy . World wars i and ii and the wars in korea and vietnam brought hundreds of medals of honor. Iraq . Just four. All posthumous. And americas longest war in afghanistan . Just 12. Why . In 2010, then secretary of defense robert gates said a change in medals reflected a change in warfare. Particularly in afghanistan, our enemies generally use weapons at a distance from us. Theres less handtohand or inclose combat than there has been in previous wars, although theres still plenty of that. Reporter that reasoning drew ire from veterans such as congressman duncan hunter. These are men rushing the enemy, looking them in the eye and sometimes finishing them off with their lives. Reporter another theory comes from vietnam veteran and historian doug sterner. We have people at the top who are reluctant to admit that we have a broken award system and fix it. Reporter sterner says the current generation of fighters is being denied such recognition not because their actions are any less valorous but because their leaders dont know a medal contender when they see one. During the vietnam war, the commanders in the field, most of them were veterans of combat in korea, they had seen valor and medalofhonor actions and understood what levels of valor they were witnessing. The commanders in iraq and afghanistan had no personal experience on which to base their recommendation. Reporter pentagon spokesman admiral john kirby rejects that idea but notes that secretary of defense chuck hagel this year launched a comprehensive review of the medals process. Maybe there are some things we need to clean up. But i absolutely disagree with any notion that our commanders on the ground are ignorant of the sacrifices and the bravery or are somehow not applying themselves. It has since world war ii maintained an extremely high level for award. And again we want to make sure that we dont cheapen that in any way whatsoever. Reporter when you say you want to keep it high, sounds as though youre saying that todays soldiers havent reached it to the numbers of yesterdays . I know you dont think thats true. No. Im not saying that at all. We know there are medals of honor that are being considered right now. Reporter even when a rare nomination is made, those who served in iraq and afghanistan experience longer delays in receiving those medals. According to the military times, the average wait between the date of action and the medal of honor ceremony has more than tripled since the korean war. Why has the wait time slowed so much . We dont know the answer to that. Thats one of the things that the secretary wants to review. He wants to look at process. The potent gone has, of course, Just Launched a new military campaign against the terrorists of isis. But there is still plenty of Unfinished Business remaining for those who served in the last war in iraq, not to mention the war in afghanistan, which is, of course, now winding down. Make sure to follow me on twitter. This is the lead. I now turn you over to wolf blitzer in the situation room. Happening now, war against isis as a third western hostage is beheaded. Dozens of nations joining u. S. Led coalition. But will the u. S. Team up with some of its most bitter foes to fight this terror group . Act of terror . After a series of murders in Washington State and new jersey, some worry the alleged killer has jihadist motives. And four hours in the street. New details why police left Michael Browns body lying where he was gunned down all afternoon. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Isis calls it a message to americas allies. E