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Traces of explosionives were in the area. The French Interior minister is now saying authorities have carried out 128 new security raids. And the International Manhunt is still under way tore the alleged eighth attacker. The jets have a sec wave of airstrikes from air i syria. I dont think ive ever seen one like this. A dozen twisters were reported in the texas panhandle around denver, blizzard conditions. Is this a trojan horse . The Syrian Crisis the major issue on the Republican Campaign trail. If we bring to this country tens of thousands of Syrian Refugees, thats nothing short of losing. Protestors with black lives matter shut down i94 in respoens to the officerinvolved shooting of jamal clark. President obama is in man ill the focus of the trade is maritime security. Thousands of people suddenly attacking people. The officer escaped in the cruiser. All that what an unbelievable win. The ball was in my hand. It looked like a beebee gun. I think we did that. Par are sis a city that so many people associate with love. Our thoughts with the people of paris and france. If somebody calls you [ bleep ] you are bleep pleep with us. On cbs this morning. France gave america our enduring symbol of freedom and today in a tribute to his mother country, lady liberty offered isis a fitting gesture. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. [ music playing ] welcome to cbs this morning. Nearly two weeks after russian plane went down in egypt, moscow has confirmed it was an act of terror. All 224 people on board died when the charter plane broke apart midair. This morning, investigators say they found traces of explosives in the debris. Isis claimed responsibility for the attack. The plane went down over the sinai peninsula. Officials are holding two airport workers who may have helped plant the bomb. Mark philips is following this unfolding story from london. Good morning. Good morning. Russian services now said they have the evidence to conwhat was always the prime suspicion, but the russian metro jet crash in the sinai was caused by a bomb. The fact that the wreckage from the plane was sped spread over such a large area had always indicated it had broken up at altitude t. Question was was that a structural failure or an explosion . Now, the head of the main Russian Security agency the fsb, has told Vladmir Putin tests on explosive device, as he described it, blew the plane up. The continuing suspicion is that the pom was placed on board at sharm el sheikh. A lapse in security. The egyptians resisted admitting to. The two airport workers that have been arrested havent been confirmed. The responsibility has long been claimed by the socalled islamic state, saying it was retaliating for the russian Bombing Campaign against them. Vladmir putin has vowed to find them and to punish them. Thank you very much, mark. Russian warplanes and cruise missiles are hitting more isis targets in syria this morning. A pentagon official says they carried out a number of strikes on the isis strong hold of raqqa. It is unclear if those attacks were in response to the confirmation a bomb destroyed that russian airliner. Those russian attacks are liting the same city that french jets are targeting france warplanes French Police lawnched another 128 raids. Frances government has mobilized 115,000 Police Officers and troops to protect the public. Liz palmer is in paris where americas top diplomat is promising to help the french. Liz, good morning. Reporter good morning, charlie. Its still a tense situation here. People are nervous, but what you just mentioned the news from the interior ministry that there are 124r0i6789, not only police but soldiers across the country to keep people safe has gone some what i to reassuring them. Here in paris, secretary of state john kerry met the french president Francois Hollande to extend his condolences and to discuss how the two countries could expand their cooperation. Later, secretary kerry said the international rooch of isis terrorist demansd and even and everybody understands that with lebanons attack, with whats happened in egypt, with ankara, turkey, with the attacks on paris, we have to step up our efforts to hit them at the core, where theyre planning these things. Reporter france has already hit isis in its capital, raqqa with the biggest french bombing raid yet over the weekend and even more airstrikes last night. The French Military says the latest targets include a command post and a training camp. Meanwhile the manhunt for the suspect na got away Salah Abdeslam grows. The magazine says he rented two hotel rooms south of paris before the attacks where police found empty pizza boxes and syringes, which could have been for drugs or making bombs. At the top of the list is the presumed mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud. He joined a group of french isis fighters in syria and he may still be hiding there now. Weve also just had confirmation that french president Francois Hollande will go to washington in the coming days. That will mark the beginning of a much expanded intelligence sharing operation that everybody hopes will prevent more attacks. Nor. Reporter really interesting. Liz palmer, thank you so much. And the intense search for salah is center often brussels, where he and his family lives. Alan pizzy is in the neighborhood that is linked to the mastermind of the attacks. Alan, good morning. Reporter good morning. Within 400 belgium series, the highest per capita number in came from this suburb. A series of raids here by Belgium Police turned out to be futile t. Main suspect is still at large. Salah abdeslam is described as dangerousings belgium has issued arrest. One of his brothers blew himself up with a suicide vest in the paris attacks. A third brother, mohammed, said his family could not understand why they did it. We are a deep thinking of the victims, the families of the victims, he said. But you must also understand, we have a mother, we have a family and he is still her son. French investigators believe this man Abdelhamid Abaaoud employmented the terrorist attacks. He has been linked to a filed terrorist plot in belgium and an attempt to gun down passengers on a high speed train to paris filed by three americans. Abdelhamid abaaoud grew up in a brussels suburb where the jihadist and criminal meet. One stop shopping for drugs, explosives and automatic weapons, a terrorists dream. A security nightmare. They call for better Cooperation Among European Security agencies. The only way to block some possible terrorist activities before a terrorist attack. Reporter u. S. Intelligence Officials Say the mastermind behind the attacks is the chief isis operator for europe. Hes believed to be in syria, where four of the plotters are also thought to have gone. Gayle. Thank you very much alan pizzy in belgium. Isis released a few video threatening attacks in the u. S. It shows an isis fighter saying, we swear we will strike america at its center in washington. Patrols. Federal Officials Say they have not seen a direct isis threat to defense secretary Ash Carter Says the terrorist attacks did not involve him. I wouldnt say that anything that happened over the last two days is surprising to me, shouldnt be surprising to anyone. This is an enemy that needs to be defeated. We need capable and motivated local forces who can keep the place running without extremism after isil has been defeated. Now theyre hard to come by a in syria and iraq, but they do exist. Charlie dagata is in irbil, good morning. Reporter good morning, here they hunt down terrorist suspects every day. Mostly at night. Last night we spent the night with a squad going after suspects in one of the worst isis atrocities this country has seen. We met the general and his men at a secret location south of kirkuk. He told us they were after four isis suspects. The local population plotting terrorist attacks in iraq. Down a muddy road, they nab the first one. He didnt put up any resistance. But in the back of the truck, its starting to sink in. The targets, men suspected of taking part in a massacre of as many as 1,700 army recruits when isis overran a military base in tikrit last year. Lined up by the hundreds, shot dead in shallow graves. Who is this young man . The general said the men they were after is among those that pulled the trigger. The next is a warehouse where they hope to find three other suspects. They only found one. He is blindfolded and taken away for interrogation. Two more men from the suspected terror cell are still at large. Now they know their cohorts have already been taken in. Hide in plain sight and strike in civilian areas the suspects they go after every week pose more of a threat than the isis militants his forces face on the front lines. Charlie. Charlie dagata, thank you very much. Incredible reporting he is doing there. To see people on top of it that way, its scary but comforting at the same time. Agreed. Agreed. President obama said in turkey on monday that the paris attack will not change his strategy against isis. At a News Conference we asked him if american airstrikes are doing enough. Reporter have you underestimated their abilities and will you widen the rules of engagement for u. S. Forces to take more aggressive action . No, we havent underestimated our abilities. This is precisely why were in iraq as we speak and why were operating in syria as we speak. Who dont mind dying, they can kill a lot of people. Thats one of the challenges of terrorism. Former cia director is here from sclichlt t. Retired general is with a global mismanagement firm. Form. Good morning, charlie. Let me begin with the question, with your experience and only in, if you had to advise the president this morning learning what he said yesterday, what would you tell him . I would tell him, charlie, that what we are doing right now in syria and iraq against isis is under resourced and overregulated. We need to commit more to the fight. We need to loosen our rules of engagement. A classic point. 36 hours ago, an American Power exploded over 100 tanker trucks in syria used to fuel the treasury of the islamic state. But we only decided to do it on sunday. I think there are a whole host of decisions like that, that if we loosen the rules of engagement, we can actually more strongly take the fight to the islamic state. How do you defeat people who dont mind killing themselves and dying in the process . Right. Look. Number one, you reduce tear capabilities. You make them less able to do that. But there is another element here that we havent seen before. This is a fight where the ideological struggle, the motivation is tightly tied to their success on the battlefield. These guys are claiming theyre enacting the will of god and they are the hand of god and the more they are successful, the more they look inevitable, the more they mote viet the kind of people he just described. So if we can break this narrative. We actually begin to break their ideological foundations. You heard, general, the president saying no u. S. Ground troops, with the closest military advisers, that it would be a mistake. Wont do the job. Partner . Well, ideally, our ground partner will come from the local area. Kurds. I think as you know the kurds are self littleing. They have been very powerful in and near the kurdish areas, but for them to go much further into arab lands, their usefulness begins to reduce, so we need arab allies on the ground stiffened, stiffened assisted foot print. No one is calling for american maneuver units to return to the deserts of syria. You believe they have the capability to attack washington and new york . Charlie. But, look, i dont mean to split tougher target. Were a tougher target because when were distant, were a tougher target because our demographics are different. Were a tougher target because were actually pretty good at this and were a tougher target because culturally weve assimilated far better than the french and other europeans have. But i dont know that we have to different. Well, people suggest we need to do hand wripging over spying by cia. I said to one of your colleagues yesterday suddenly that biggest stack of metadata isnt the scariest thing in the room. So you are agreeing with john brennan . Absolutely, i agree with john, too, when he pointed out our capacities have been badly hurt by the unauthorized exposure of secrets over the past two. 5 years. General Michael Hayden, we thank you for joining us this morning. Thank you. Ahead, we will take a look at how isis may be using tools in Silicon Valley. The Tech Industry may be in the crosshairs of u. S. Intelligence agencies. Thats ahead on cbs this morning. More than 30 million americans are facing a Severe Weather threat this morning t. Powerful storm system stretches from the plains to the midwest. Fuel tornadoes in texas overnight. Castle rock, colorado, is under a blizzard warning. David. Good morning. Reporter norah, good morning. The u. S. The first time in six years the denver metro area has been under a blizzard warning. It is coming down at a pretty good slip. Its fresh, its pretty. Its about four to five inches where we are right now. Wind gusts at Denver International were clocked at 60 Miles Per Hour in castle rock south of denver. It is col, it is blustery. On the road right now, it is near whiteout conditions. Oh my god. Reporter massive tornado, violent storms. And blinding snow are lashing part of the u. S. This morning as a dangerous mix of Severe Weather intensifies. Wrng warn sirens roared across western kansas. At left a ten tornadoes ripped through the state. It wrecked the home howell in left the family inside terrified. Very scared. Numb would be a good word for it. Reporter five tornadoes were reported in texas. Lightning strikes leaving more than 6,000 people without power. The system is also fueling winter storm warnings in new mexico and 60mileperhour winds in colorado which could see up to 18 inches of snowfall today. Heres the good news, as far as the system is moving in, it is moving through and moving out. There could be 2 feet of snow that falls in the denver metro area. By the time its all over, as one meteorologist said, the zpood news is, you might see sun by 5 00 this afternoon. David, thanks. Interstate 94 is opened after demonstrators last night blocked the freeway. Police arrested 51 people in protest over the Police Shooting of a black man. Protesters walked onto the interstate and blocked traffic. It follows a Police Shooting sunday of damon clark. He was taken off life support monday. The mayor of minneapolis is calling for a federal investigation. He received the most extensive face transplant in history. The Ground Breaking surgery that inspiring and amazing. Thanks, norah. A beautiful morning under way right now. But its cooler. We have the wind out of the northeast, so that cold front snuck in yesterday during the springlike day and now were just at 40 degrees. And around the area, as cold as 27 degrees. Cool for you in the skids heading to work and school. 51, but dry today and clouds tomorrow. A chance for heavy rain late thursday. Nearly half of american governors say dont send Syrian Refugees to our states. Ahead, the growing fight over weather Public Safety is more important than compassion. Ahead the challenge of stopping terrorist attacks, the snowden may be helping good morning. It is tuesday, november 17th. Cooler day today. Im chris wragge. John elliott will have the forecast in a moment. But first, flames break out at an armed build manage queens. Chopper 2 over the scene of queens boulevard. The fire has been placed under control. A refringe rater in a sixth floor apartment malfunctioned and caught fire. Two people were hurt. One injury is considered serious. Police are searching for four men suspected of a shooting of a 21yearold woman. She was waiting at broadway and 28th when she heard gunfire. She ran to a nearby hotel and realized she had been grazed in the leg. She was treated at the hospital. A vicious attack with a baseball bat caught on camera. Police are looking for three men seen on video recorded an attacker is seen cornering the 56yearold man and repeatedly striking him. The victim was taken to the hospital where he is listed in stable condition. And happening now, First Responders are on their way to washington, d. C. To push for permanent extensions of the zadroga act. About 50 firefighters boarded buses this morning. Theyve expected to rally at the capitol at 11 00 a. M. And now lets get over to el well the forecast. Thank you, chris. Hi everybody. Beautiful bright skies but a bit of a breeze. You can see that evidence right there with a Little Movement on the exist. Clear and 40, winds northeast at 9 Miles Per Hour. And numbers cold, look at the realings through the hudson valley. Folks in the 20s but just low 30s. There it was right there. 40 in the city right now. Far cry from yesterday. And yesterday we hit 67. Today we wont. Today likely a little bit below normal. A big cool down with northeast wind. And leaves continue to fall. Tomorrow, clouds fill in. And then thursday, thats the busy day where we see showers to start and then heavy rain by the end of the day. Chris. Thank you so much. We are back with another local update in 25 minutes. I am chris wragge. After this. [ music playing ] that is the French National anthem opening up the late show with Stephen Colbert last night. He did no mon log. Ahead, we will look at how the late night shows addressed the attacks. You get the feeling how people are feeling about the people in france. So sorry. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Also coming up in this half hour, should the government be allowed to tap into your apps. The latest National Security and your privacy. Ahead why intelligence officials blame common smartphone apps for helping the terrorists. Plus, its considered the most extensive face transplant ever and doctors are calling it a success. Well show you the mississippi firefighter who has undergone a dramatic transformation. That story is ahead. Time to show you the headlines. The Bowling Green daily news reports police in kentucky are searching for the killer of a 7yearold girl. She vanished from a football game. An immediate search began. She was dead in a nearby creek. They reported it a homicide. A man is arrested for killing six people at a texas campsite. Their bodies were ground in anderson county, southeast of dallas. Among the victims a little boy. The suspect owns property next to where the victims were found. Police have not found a possible motive. A for college profit operator will forgive student loans, he allegedly violated recruitment practices. It will forgive 102 million in loans. In a settlement with the justice department, it will pay more than 95 million. The wall street journal reports on a call for Laboratory Developed tests. Those tests are designed and used within a single lab. The fda says the test quote may have caused or have caused harm to patients by producing incorrect results. Congress is considering whether to limit fda oversight of the labs. The syracuse poststandard reports a judge wont block new york state from closing down two Fantasy Sports operators. New yorks attorney general says the games offered by draft kings and fanduel amount to illegal gambling t. Companies say they offer games after skill fought chance. Both sides are active. The paris attacks are offering debates. The Intelligence Community says new Encryption Technologies may have helped the attackers hide leaks are being blamed for revealing government methods that could help terrorists avoid rejection. We have the challenges facing investigators. Jeff, good morning. Reporter good morning, the key to finding that out is getting the attackers computers or cell phones, its unclear whether they have been recovered. A Law Enforcement source says investigators are confident that the paris attackers were using some form of encrypted communication. Almost four days after paris came under siege, cia director john brennan says terrorists have found new ways to plan major attacks undetected. In the past several years, the unauthorized disclosure, there have been policy, legal and other actions that are taken that make our ability collectively, internationally, to find has to terrorists much more challenging. Without naming name, brennan appeared to blame edward snowden, a former nsa contractor, who exposed top secret details about the agencys phone and internet under surveillance program. As a result of his disclosure the Communication Companies are less cooperative with the u. S. Intelligence and Law Enforcement. In fact, they are taking direct steps to challenge Law Enforcement and Intelligence Community under surveillance activities. Reporter but now, brennan and others suggest potential terrorists are using encrypted messaging apps to avoid protection. I think Silicon Valley has to take a look at their products because if you create a product that allows evil monsters to communicate in this way, thats a big problem. This shows the absolute need to have top under surveillance, stop criticizing the nsa. Reporter Glen Greenwald that First Published the documents said before the leaks, terrorists were able to keep their conversations to carry out the attack, including the suicide attacks in Central London t. 2008 siege in mumbai and the april, 2013 bombings at the boston marathon. He says officials are trying to exploit the paris attacks to justify increased under surveillance. Dont you think after the type of bloodshed that we saw in paris, Law Enforcement should have the tools that they need to stop attacks like that . Law enforcement has had every single fool that they have asked for since september 11th. The problem is that those agencies collect so much information that they have no idea what theyre actually in possession of. They have collected so much, they werent able to connect the dots. Reporter the Technology Industry has been a road block on this issue for Law Enforcement, but the government keeps pressing the industry to share data when national gayle, privacy concerns have won out. Thank you, jeff. This morning opposition to the president s plan to resettle 10 now. In the u. S. Is growing after the paris attacks. One apparently sfluk into france through greece. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the politics. Reporter good morning, all house members will be briefed on that threat today by the director of the fbi and the secretary of Homeland Security. And a serious partisan divide is emerging on capitol hill and in state houses across the country about those refugees who are set to come here. We want to keep mississippi out of that war here on the homefront. Mississippis phil bryant is one of at least 22 governors. Mostly republicans, who say theyll do what they can to keep Syrian Refugees out of their states. Denying them services usually offered to refugees. If there is even the slightest risk that the people who are come income from syria are not the types of people that we would want them to be, then we cant take that chance. Reporter the move drew criticism from some democratic governors like vermillions peter shumlin. And i think the governors who are taking those actions are standing, stomping on the qualities that make america great. Its dividing lawmakers on capitol hill, too. Arizona senator john mccain an other republicans said the refugees should not be allowed in. At least for now. We have to have a pause until we are absolutely sure that anybody that comes to this country as a reasonable has to be properly screened. Reporter heres how the screening process works. First, the state department collects biographical information on the applicant. The department of Homeland Security the National Counterterrorism center and the pentagon then review it. Next comes and in person interview with a Homeland Security official. Cultural reorientation course. Maryland senator ben carden says he doubts a terrorist would be able to slip through. No refugee comes to the United States without going through this vetting process. It can take 18 to 24 monthss. Reporter most of the republican president ial candidates say that refugees should not be let in. In fact, norah, new Jersey Governor Chris Christie said even orphans under the age of five should be kept out because they dont have family here. All right, nancy, thank you very much. And a Ground Breaking surgery gives a badly burned firefightary new outlook on life. So the fact that we were able to perform this and the patient was aint i able to come out is a historic event. This is here to stay. 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Coming up, a Ground Breaking surgery for a mississippi fire fighter gave him the most extensive face transplant ever. They performed a 26hour surgery in august. We have the remarkable results. Good morning. Good morning, patrick was 27yearsold, married and raising three children. He had been a volunteer fire fighter for seven years when he answered a call to a house fire. He was inside the home and the ceiling collapsed on his head and shoulders. Somehow he made it to a window and a fellow fire fighter pulled him out. He survived by suffered third degree burns on his head and chest. He endured 71 surgeries, but after 14 years, he still had only partial vision, no eyelids and prosthetic ears. He was waiting for what would be the most extensive face transplant ever attempted. I have been working hard every day trying to get the transplant done. So hopefully its not much longer. Reporter they needed to find a donor matching his general appearance, blood type and tissue factors. He was a year on the wait list. He was the only person on that wait list, he wasnt with others. Ill still took a year. Reporter that ended when a 26yearold artist died in a bicycle accident. Dr. Rodriguez led the team of 100 t. Surgery took more than 26 hours and encompassed not just his face but much of the neck skin, several facial bone, blood vessels and nerves. The biggest functional improvement was in the eyelids and then, of course, removal of the scar for normal facial animation. This is the first time he saw his new face. Would die the way that i was after a face transplant. I never thought i would be sitting here today having a face transplant. I never thought that. Reporter he waited for his children to see him with his new face for the first time. Im i theyre just excited to see me. He was reunited with his children weeks after surgery. His two youngest had never seen his face before the fire. Hi, dad two of patricks children were born after his injuries so they saw their dad with a complete face for the first time. He hopes to drive again after an operation on his eyelids. Doctors say his swelling will continue to subside, eventually, he will look like he wanted to look for years, like an average man. Isnt that incredible . Can you imagine what they did to change his life and his perception of himself. For the first time he can blink an sleep with his eyes closed. He looks good. He looks great. Congratulations to the surgeons. To everybody involved. Elaine, we thank you. Ahead the host of the late night tv cut out the 30, 29, 28. Tick, tock. 25 years old and youre still playing in the mud. 15 feet in the air, 10 meter maids waiting to wallpaper your truck. Better get out of town. 5, 4, 3. The allnew tacoma. Toyota. Lets go places. Feel a cold sore coming on . Only abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. 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I am your father. Campbells star wars soups. Thats gotta be the worst vader ever. Good morning. On this gorgeous start to your day. 7 56. A cooler day on tap. Im chris wragge. John elliott will have the forecast many a moment. But first, flames break out in an Apartment Building in queens. Firefighters say two people were hurt. One of the injuries is considered serious. The fire has been placed under control but several crews remain on the scene. And police are searching for four men suspected in the shooting of a woman in manhattans flatiron district. The woman heard gunfire this morning and ran into a hotel and realized she had been grazed in the leg. New information in the search for two violent subway robbers. Police release images of the suspects. They are accused of attacking two young men in brooklyn yesterday afternoon. One victim was stabbed in the shoulder and the other punched in the face. They were attacked on the elevated station. A food delivery man is in Critical Condition after a tree being cut down fell on him. It happened yesterday in redhook. The Parks Department tells us that the tree was being cut by an outside contractor as part of the posthurricane sandy remove and replace work. A witness says the man ignored warnings to stay clear. And now to john with the forecast. Thank you. Its a beautiful way to start the day. Just a lot cooler than this time yesterday. And we are still stuck at 40. And winds northeast at 9 Miles Per Hour. Around the area, north shore, 30s. South shore, 30s. 42 there around huntington and oyster bay. 41 in madison. Its a little warmer, i know they like it warmer there. Yesterday 67. Today, oh, no none of that. Today were lucky to hit 50 or 51. So a big fall swing. What else is swinging your way . Well, tomorrow, changes, clouds, maybe some light rain or drizzle. And then thursday, its a front, a vigorous one. So its windy and wet. And could see heavy rain, localized flooding before we dry out on friday. Chris. Thank you so much. Im chris wragge. Another local update in 25 minutes. After this. It is tuesday, november 17th, 2015, welcome back to cbs this morning. More real news ahead, including the latest on the paris terrorist attacks. The secretary of state tells scott pelley how america will help france respond. First, here is todays eye opener at 7 00. Russian services say they have everyday the russian metro jet crash was caused by a bomb. There are 115,000 not only police but soldiers across the country. Intelligence Officials Say the mastermind behind the attacks is the chief isis operator if europe. He is believed to be in syria. Charlie dagata went on operation in iraq just this morning. He spent the night in a squad going after suspects. One of the worst atrocities this country has seen. We are dealing with iraq and isis is under resourced and overregulated. It is blustery and on the road right now, it is near whiteout conditions. The powerful storm system trenches from the plains to the midwest, fueled tornado in kansas and texas last night. Can you imagine its 130 degrees in syria, now they want to send some up to minnesota, these people will be very, very unhappy. Donald trump said that mosques need to be watched and studied. Because he believes they may spread hateful views. In related news, donald trump needs to be watched and studyied. Studied. Im charlie rose with gayle king and for ra odonnell. Russia condpirms a bomb brought down a passenger jet that broke apart over the egypt sinai peninsula. Russian president Vladmir Putin calls it an act of terror. Killed. Those responsible. The main Security Agency says this, a selfmade explosive device was set off on board. We can say with confidence this was a terrorist attacks. Isis is claiming responsibility. Two airport workers may have helped plant the bomb. This morning, russian planes and missiles attacked isis positions in syria. Its unknown if that is retaliation for the bomb okayf that jet. French warplanes also attacked more isis targets in syria, responding to the paris terrorist attacks. Police carried out another 128th raids and in germany, Police Arrested three pictures tied to the attacks. The french government says 115,000 police and troops are now protecting its citizens. Those. The attacks. Good morning. Reporter good morning, norah, secretary of state john kerry is here if paris today. Hes been meeting with the french president. Hes offered his condolences on behalf of the american people. Also beginning talks on how the two countries can get a share of intelligence of both to prevent further attacks and also to further the fight against the socalled islamic state. As for the terrorists who got away. Salah abdeslam, he escaped to belgium but details are now emerging ability what happened before the attacks. It appears he rented a couple hotel rooms, where police found pizza boxes and syringes which could have been for drugs, but they may also have been for bomb making. And the alleged mastermind of all the paris attacks Abdelhamid Abaaoud u. S. Intelligence confirms he is currently in syria. Charlie. Thank you so much, elizabeth. Elizabeth palmer in paris. Shortly after secretary kerry met with frances president spoke with cbs evening news anchor scott pelley. He is near the embassy in paris. Good morning. Its after 8 00. Im not hearing anything, im not hearing the broadcast. Scott, good morning. Troops on the ground now to prevent an attack on the United States. Well, as you know, the president made the decision some time ago to put American Special forces on the ground in order to augment the ability of others to get the job done. It is working. Unfortunately, as we know, there are fighters that have come from many countries in the world. Ours included, who have gone to syria. So the challenge of fallen fighters returning to their homes is one we have been pocused on forpocus focused on for a year or so. Its a big challenge. We seen the consequences in the last days. Working, but in two weeks time, isis brought down the russian jetliner that attacked lebanon and paris. It doesnt feel like its working. Well, the strategy is to contain isis within iraq and syria and diminish their hold and destroy their headquarters and then fundamentally. Because thats where all of this has emanated from. Slowly, but surely, that pinser is working. But, yes, they have foreign 2350i9ers who have left there and gone to itself places. That remains a challenge. Weve known all along that challenge is there. The basic strategy of destroying dashes, center, its core, which is what we did with al qaeda, is working. Working. Scott joins us now from paris. Scott, tell us more about the interview and your take away from secretary kerry and his meeting with president hollande. Reporter well, charlie, norah, the secretary outlined for us today a dramatic and if it works a historic brand alliance. He said that he can imagine in the next few weeks the United States, russia, and france, cooperating militarily against isis or as he prefers to call it dash in syria. The idea of u. S. And Russian Forces fighting together, working towing, against this, this terrible enemy is a remarkable idea. But that is exactly what theyre trying to do. You know, it seems to me that the americans cant say theyre supporting the russians and the russians cant say theyre supporting the americans, but both can say theyre supporting france and that might be a diplomatic break through. Incredible historic break through, indeed, scott. What do you think that means then, though, for the future of assad given who has wanted him to stay in power . Reporter well, putin as you say wants assad to stay in power as the dictator of syria. The americans want him to go. It is my impression from talking to u. S. Fibls that they now consider isis to be the larger of the two evils and theyre willing to leave assad to the side for the moment while they attack isis. When will this cooperation begin, you think, scott . Reporter well, charlie, again, i mean, this is an ambition. This is a hope that the russians will come along. Secretary kerry seemed to think that it would just be in the next few weeks, if it was, indeed, possible at all. President hollande of france is going to be meeting with president obama in washington next week and then he will be going directly to moscow to meet with president putin. Scott pelley if france. Thank you, scott. Scott will have all the latest evening news. Historic monuments around the world are lit up in the colors of the french flag. One is Wembley Stadium in lon. Thats where the french and International Soccer teams will play in exhibition game tonight. Friday nights attacks began outside the stadium where the french team was playing germany. One players sister survived the deadly shootings at the concert hall. And the fans left the stadium after those attacks, they sang the French National anthem. This morning, a british newspaper printed the words on its front page, english fans will be encounseled to sing along when the anthem is played tonight. Prince william and british Prime Minister David Cameron say they will attend the game. And this morning, we are attacks in paris in the eyes of children. We see young people at vigils marking the tragedy a. Reporter in france interviewed a child and his father about what happened. The child said he felt better after hearing his dads explanation. What a wonderful interview. What a good bhaenl to send a young child, he wont forget that. How do we prevent the next attack . Ahead a new documentary with all 12 living cia directors. This has never been done before. First on cbs this morning, a texas father fights to bring his young son back to the u. S. I am never going to giver up on my son. No doubt about that. He means everything to me. The International Custody battle. How president obama could end up getting involved. Thats next on cbs this morning. Hey whiskers, did you hear you can get a 10 gift card if you spend 75 at toysrus . Whiskers . Hello . Clever keet, why are his eyes turning yellow . Aaaaaaahhhhhhh last chance to get a 10 gift card to use in december when you spend 75 now in our store full of. Awesome the cold truth is. If a cold keeps you up at night you cant just catch up on sleep the next day. New alkaseltzer plus night cold cough liquid relieves tough cold symptoms and quiets coughs forup to 8 hours. To help yousleep at night. New alkaseltzerplus night liquid. I try hard to get a great shape. This i can do easily. Benefiber healthy shape helps curb cravings. Its a clear, tastefree, daily supplement thats clinically shown to help keep me fuller, longer. Benefiber healthy shape. This morning a texas father is pleading for the return of his sixyearold son who he says was ill laterallily abducted by his exwaive. Today he is calling on the state department on a congressman to help his cause. Michelle miller met with him last week. She is here, good morning. Good morning. According to state department, last year there were more than 1,400 open child abduction cases outside the u. S. 39 in brazil alone. One of those children is nico braun, his mother braut him to brazil in 2013. His father is now in the fight of his life to bring it son back home to the u. S. This is his room. It is. Chris braun has kept his sons bedroom in houston exactly as it was the day he left. This is where we changed his diapers. The day his exwife took him to brazil for a family wedding. And i started asking my attorneys what was going on. I got a phone call that essentially they werent returning. Chris learned she enrolled their toddler in a brazilian school, found a new job and petitioned brazilian courts for full custody, which they granted. Chris says he had no idea any of it was happening. Its heart wrenching. Its devastating. To be in a situation where i was seeing my son every single day, participating in his life, an active member in his life a. Loving parent, to be in a situation now where i have less than 1 physical custody of mychild. Reporter granted partial visitation by a judge, chris now travels from houston to salvador every eight weeks, picks up his sixyearold from school, spends the afternoon playing with him. Then returns him do hess exwifes family. Are you able to see the change in him . Definitely. Its hard for him to communicate with me. Its hard for him to be able to express to me in english what it is thaj going on. What he feels. Reporter chris and his attorney are fighting to return him to the u. S. They say she altered several do you means to conceal a premeditated abduction. Earlier this year, a texas court found that she wrongly and whereabouts and a federal court in brazil affirmed that he had been taken unlawfully from texas. Still the judge ruled nico should stay in brazil with his mother because he is well settled. We contacted the legal team in brazil for a response to those allegations. Citing privacy laws protecting minors in cases like these, her lawyers say they cannot comment. Only the local court can. I think the most important thing to emphasize is both the United States and brazil agree the child has been illegally taken from the United States to brazil. Reporter he filed a petition to have nico returned under the haig convention, the International Agreement which states that custody should be decided in a childs home country. And under the treaty, a child who has legally taken must be returned to their country of residence unless there is a risk of harm to that child presented by the left behind parent. Whats it going to take to get nico back . Look, i think this will take president obama reaching out to their president saying this needs to be resolved. Reporter president obama stepped into another International Custody battle. The case of american david goldman. Who fought for five years to bring his son home from brazil. Goldmoons victory gives chris braun hope. He needs to come home. Its been two years. This house is like a mausoleum to him. Everything reminds me of him. But i will never give up. The state department told the state it is working with the braun family and already cited brazil repeatedly for failing to meet its obligation under the haig abduction convention. Those stories are always heart breaking t. Kids love their parents the parents love figure out a way how you love your child more than you dislike your spouse. They had joint custody in texas. The issue really is, both parents need to have joint custody. I think thats what the law says. Hopefully, someone is playing attention. Both in brazil and the United States. Both places. Hopefully, your story will start a conversation. Thank you, michelle. What do willie mays, Steven Spielberg and Barbara Streisand have in common . Well explain while this group of icons. They are icons, planning to vis dit white house for a very thats next on cbs this morning. I dont want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. This morning, to say hey, kid, willie mays has an invitation to the white house. Thank you very much. The Baseball Hall of famer is one of 17 luminaries who will receive the president ial medal of freedom. 2015 list of recipients includes retiring maryland senator barbara mikulski, director Steven Spielberg, composer steven sonheim and chirly chisholm will receive a posthumous award. President obama will present the nations highest civilian honor to the group next week. Congratulations to them. Its a good class. Coming up, inside the cia, with good morning. Its 8 25 on this tuesday morning. Im mary calvi. New this morning, flames break out in an Apartment Building in forest hills, queens. Firefighters say two people were hurt, one of the injuries considered serious. The fire is now under control but several fire crews remain on the scene. Police are searching for four men suspected in the shooting of a woman in manhattans flatiron district. The woman heard gunfire this morning and ran to a hotel and realized she had been grazed in the leg. A vicious attack with a baseball bat caught on camera. Police are lookinger for three men seen on video around 5 30 sunday morning. A bat welding attacker seen cornering a 56yearold man and repeatedly striking him. The victim was taken to the hospital where he is listed in stable condition. Happening now, First Responders are taking their fight to extend the zadroga act to our nations capitol. This morning, about 50 fdny firefighters boarded a bus at the fire academy. They Want Congress to extend the federally funded program which provides medical screenings and treatment for people exposed to toxic substances at ground zero following the 9 11 attacks. My bill is around 280,000 already and thats not including the medical coverage that i have. Thats why its important for us to get the bill passed. What happens if it isnt renewed . Its going to go to our observe insurance and your own insurance is capped and youre on your own. They are expected to rally at 11 00 a. M. Its now 8 26. Lets get a check on your forecast. Heres john elliott. Thank you. Hi, another beautiful shot for you. Look there, you almost see like a little sun dog there. Its not. Little optics with the colors there. And its like a sun dial in the city. Clear and 40 and winds northeast at 9 Miles Per Hour. The cooler than this time yesterday. And still hanging on to the 30s. The mid40s for part of the island and jersey shore. But its chilly out the door. Yesterday, 67. And no more of that. Coldest day of the week is today but bright and dry. And we see clouds on wednesday. And its thursday where you start to see some big changes. High pressure breaks down and we usher in the front. And now this is causing Major Concerns for parts of the central plains, risk of Severe Weather and behind that, a blizzard conditions for parts of the rockies. So that energy translates into our area late on thursday. Its a little busy wednesday and definitely thursday, busiest day of the week. Thank you. Were back with another local update in 25 minutes. Moment. It took the rockettes years to master the kick line. But only a few moves to master paying bills on chase. Com technology designed for you. Welcome back do cbs this morning. Coming up in this half hour. See how cia leaders warn the white house about serious threats to the u. S. Before 911. What can we learn now after the attacks in paris. We will meet a team behind a bold new look of terrorism. Plus the africanamerican legacy comes alive. Washingtons museum shows history almost in real time. Thats ahead. Right now, its time to show you some of this morningshood lines. The Los Angeles Times reports on el nino temperatures breaking a 25 year record. A key location in the pacific west of peru rose to more than 5 degrees above average last week. Say we could see one of the most powerful el ninos ever. The new jersey star ledger shows a study with the protective Health Benefits of coffee. That goes for both regular and decaf. Researchers looked at people who drink moderate amounts up to five cups a day. They found a lower risk of the cardio vavg lar disease, neurological disease and type 2 diabetes. Moderate is up to five cups. That works for a lot of people t. Walk post reports on two women not yet ready to retire. One is artist merrillee asher. The other is maybe sawhill shes 102 she started her catering business when she was 70yearsold. Maybe says her secret to a long life was that she never married. As for merry lee she says the treat is being selfish and exercise. They both all say the key to their longevity is they are still working in their 800s. One is an artist. They are in love with life. Taking care of thems. Can you see us sitting here at 102 ill go first, no. You two will get there a little quicker than i am. See. No, its just fact. Its fact. It is not mean, thats true. Thats okay. Are you not as old and wise as we are. Im 40, i dont plan to be here in 60 years. All right. Lets talk about something important about the museum of american, africanamerican history. Culture plans to open its doors on the mall in washington next year. But this morning, the museums first exhibit is already on display. Jan crawford is there to show us a celebration of a milestone in africanamerican history. Jan, good morning. Reporter well, good morning, charlie, you know, the exhibit was unveiled last night. Even though the museum is not finished. Its not opened to the public yet d. Crowd still came out to see the newest smithsonian become a beautiful backdrop. The building on the National Mall may not be ready for visitors. But it proved a fine canvass for the first exhibition at the National Museum of africanamerican history and culture. We felt that history couldnt wait. Its important that this museum contribute today. Reporter he is the museum director. For all of us, regardless of race, are shaped in profound ways by the africanamerican experience. So our goal is to make sure that we can tell a rich and complicated history of america. [ music playing ] reporter the live event as exhibition included a musical performance in film to commemorate and celebrate freedom. 150 years of the africanamerican experience reaching five stories high. Documentary film maker Stanley Nelson produced the display with his wife marsha smith. I think, you know the message, hopefully, is inspiring. You know, that africanamerican history is all about history, but that its an inspiring history. You know, its a history that has downs, but you take it altogether, you know, it tells that incredible story of an american people. Each of these boxes has a story. Reporter the museum had already collected more than 30,000 pieces when we visited curators in a warehouse last year. This will go in a sports exhibit. Yes. Reporter there are gold medals from olympian carl lewis the jacket of a tuskegee airman an a plane the group used for training ahead of world war ii. Triumphs will be celebrated here and the nations dark past will be remembered. Looking at those photographs, remind us about that struggle and that a lot of people were involved. Reporter there are shackles predateing the civil war and a railcar used nearly 100 years later to segregate white and not every collection has a focus on the past, because history is happening now. Keep your hands up r. Museum kur eightcurators were in baltimore. They were in charleston, too. After beloved pastor and his Bible Study Group all africanamericans were murdered in their house of worship. Part of the goal of the museum is to be about as much of today and tomorrow as it is about yesterday. Reporter the film concludes with images of the black lives matter movement. A timely effort by the museum to become a relevant voice on race before the building officially opens its doors. Our goal is really to make sure that this museum is a value. Not just by the value of the traditional ways of collecting stuff and preserving, but also by being a value to help people reporter now the video displayed to commemorate and celebrate freedom will continue to show the museums exterior tonight and tomorrow. Gayle. All right. I cant wait. I cant wait. It opens officially next september. Then ive seen some of the artifacts going inside, it gives you chips when you see the history. Not only history, a place where it can ciate smart conversations about race in america. Thank you, dan. We will go inside the cia, inside the agency, this has never been done before, norah is right, this documentary is powerful. Makers of the caring about the things that make each of our clients unique. The morning paris and the threat of terrorist attacks are on everyones minds. A new documentary looks at the role fighting terrorism. How far will it go . How far should it go in this spymasters cia in the crosshairs all 12 living cia directors interviewed think about that intelligence agents say they warned the United States of a danger to the United States before september 11th. Koid for black. A legendary operative, escaped an assassination attempt by al qaeda while serving in khartoum. The first week i was in a Counterterrorism Center a new chief comes in. They stick you in a conference room. Everybody comes in briefing you on areas offing a tifrt. I dont shock easy. But i was shocked. This was a wave of threats coming at the United States. In the spring of 2001, we submitted authorities to the incoming bush administration, it essentially advocating a paramilitary operation and the word back was were not quite ready to consider this, we dont want the clock to start ticking. The crisis comes to a head on july 10th, 2001. Richard blee, the head of the bin ladin unit, barges into blacks officer. Falling down. Great, which guy . The information we now compiled was absolutely compelling. It was multiple sourced. It was sort of the last straw. We decided the next thing to do was to pick up the white phone, call the white house, were coming down right now. I said, connie, i have to come see you. It was one of the rare times in my seven years as director where i said i have to come see you. Were coming right now. Reporter print at the july 10 white house meeting, National Security adviser condoleeza rice and other top officials. So rich started by saying, there will be significant terrorist attacks against the United States in the coming weeks or months. The attacks will be spectacular. They may be multiple. Al qaedas intention is the destruction of the United States. I said, the countrys going to go on a war footing now. So i slammed my hand on the table. Yeah, what did happen . Yeah, what happened . Essentially, Nothing Happened . Yeah. Thats right. Condoleeza rice would later write, having raised the alert levels for u. S. Personnel abroad, i thought we were doing what needed to be done. If on the 10th of september we were able to walk into the United States and say we think u. S. Airliners will be hijacked tomorrow. Just think about it. If we had been able to give him that very specific piece, as the president , he may very well held all the airliners from flying until when . If you dont put a system of defensive in place, if you dont button up your airports, button open your buildings, change your visa policies, have some ideas states, youre going to get hurt. Chris is a writer, an Award Winning former producer for 60 minutes jules is the codirector, he and his brother are t behind the cbs documentary 9 already 11. Quickly, before we talk about what you saw. How did this come about, this film . Well, you know, as document aarons ryans documentaryians. Could we get all 12 living cia direct o, to talk with us about the rulesf engagement . You know, whats the mission of cia . How far should cia go to keep us safe . It began with the idea that we would get all 12, to our delight, one at a time, george h. W. Bush was the first. He insisted on being a part of the program. George tenet was the last holdout. He finally came around. And the answer to the question, with that kind of intelligence, why something didnt happen is . Well, you know, everybody talks about that famous august president ial daily brief, you know bin ladin determined to strike on the u. S. The july 10 meeting, that pales in comparison to the importance of that july 10 meeting. There was a drum beat of threats from al qaeda. The problem was it wasnt specific and actionable. I think what is new about this even though george tenet has written about it in his book, kofur black says said it wasnt clear, it could have been here. The attacks could have been here in the u. S. But as adrena bennett said, what do you do . Do you shut down the airports . George tenet says he does not feel for the record the white house ignored his warnings. What he says is it was probably, you know, you would have to button down the airport, button down the wild building, a change of visa policies, at this point two of the hijackers were already here a as we now know. There is a clear line coming from the cia in this documentary as well as books they have published. This was not a failure of intelligence september 11th. The details months and months of pdbs, the daily briefings the president gets. This july meeting that you so dramatically described with kofur black telling condoleeza rice they are coming for us. Why wasnt something done . And why didnt the cia go back to the white house after something wasnt done and say, come on, lets do something . I think the cia felt they did come back again and again. At the end of the day, these are the rocky its a rogue agency i think they play by the rules of listening giving their marching orders by the president and when the president s dont listen or at least do not have enough intelligence to be able to make that decision. But i think it goes back to what mike morel said that it was not a failure of intelligence. I think its a national failure. . Right. We could never have implemthed before 9 11. People were not ready for it. You know, what was fascinating to my is they were all so candid, guys, all the directors you talked were were candid. There seems to be disagreement of what the mission is among the we call eight battle for the soul of the cia. There is an existential crisis going on at the cia. We were sudden u stunned to discover how passionate the cia directors were in their disagreements with one another. For example, when David Petraeus Michael Hayden took him aside, one general do another and said, never before in the history of cia has it become such a Paramilitary Organization and that comes at a cost. It comes at the cost of intelligence gathering. If you become too fixated on that, bob yates pointed out how much different the world would be had we not gone into iraq. That was an analytical failure. You pay a price when you get seduced by this covert paramilitary. A secret army. The question was when petraeus became cia directedor he would accentuate that. But thats not the fact. He did not accentuate it. Did he . As it turns out, interestingly, lethal drone strikes, which, of course, the cia to this day doesnt officially acknowledge but which the director talks to us about. Lethal gun strikes increased dramatically under president obama. Clearly, it did. That was over a period of about a year. The petraeus operation is considered to be men oak, men and women on the ground trying to achieve a military objective. Yeah, it goes back to i think a point of where its coming out much more now is what happened in paris. Is the former directors are complaining that we are killing people too much, but were not capturing them. Capturing people is messy. We seen it. Whether you want to have it at the same time. Thank you much. Thank you, in the crosshairs visi owe rig bam ev tae unuelyunki. Each cup uniquelu. Brewed fshecause s notust any coffee. Itsour counkin. My name is 208 ridge roaive. Seen things. Like the sock rampage of 2010. Eeea20ng. But now th nest cam, these guan check in 24 so they can see the crazy in i s. Hey ya little thief did he have thumbs . Okay, now ive seen it all. Nest. Welcome to the magic of home. There are over 15,000 ways to take your coffee at dunkin. Every cup as unique as you. Always fresh with that signature smooth taste. 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The Parks Department tells us that the tree was being cut by an outside contractor as part of the posthurricane sandy remove and replace work. A witness says the man riding the bike ignored a warning to stay clear. Its now 8 56. A check on your weather with meteorologist john elliott. Changes continue mary. We had the front sneak in yesterday. Its cold. Clear and 42 in the city. Still readings in the 30s. Sussex county. 38 in sparta. 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. More pronounced this hour. Its 15 degrees cooler in the city. And yesterday we hit 67. So its about 15plus degrees cooler this afternoon. So youve got a cool, bright dry day today. Changes tomorrow and more clouds and maybe drizzle in the afternoon. Not a big feature but that is just kind of the beginnings of thursday. And fog in the morning. And then showers and then wind. And then the potential for heavy rain and maybe localized friday. Thank you. Noon. Have a good day. Announcer living with a former addict. 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