The death toll from those faulty gm ignition switches, may be five times higher than previously thought. Gm acted differently, some of this tragedy might have been averted. Plus, coming clean on concussions. Hall of Famer Dan Marino now joining 14 other players and suing the nfl. Did the nfl mislead players about the risks . And maximum wage. [ cheers ] seattle, washington, making history. 15 an hour for workers. That leaves me with abouts 3ds 00 to 400 for food and everything else. But not everyone is onboard. Seems to be arbitrary and discriminatory. Lets talk. Live in the cnn newsroom. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com . Good morning. Im carol costello. Thanks for joining me. President obama firing back at critics saying the never have mo return beowe bergdahl. Regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an american soldier back if hes held in captivity. Period. Full stop. We dont condition that. And thats what every mom and dad who
this hour. Investigators in las vegas are desperately trying to figure out the motive behind a shooting spree that killed three people. The man and woman, a married couple, ambushed these two Police Officers. Both of them were killed. Both of them married with children. As those officers were taking a lunch break on sunday. Witnesses say the pair shouted something about revolution. They had a backpack and i saw their gun in their hand and he just told me to tell the cops that it was a revolution and he killed two cops inside. They took mayhem to a walmart killing a civilian there and then all ended violently as it began with a woman shooting the man and then shooting herself. So now were learning it turns out shooters left some writings at the scene along with a pair of backpacks and flags that may symbolize their beliefs. Lets go to dan simon in las vegas. What can you tell us about these clues . Reporter well, i think when you add it all up, john, it seems like there was an apparent
Talibans media arm. They had cameras there. It shows the moment when Bowe Bergdahl was handed off to u. S. Special forces. This is the beginning of his trip home. Wow, you can see it unfold here as part of this Prisoner Exchange, of course, that sent five taliban fighters back to the middle east from guantanamo bay. You can see someone who looks like the army sergeant, not in this video, but sitting in the truck. What youre looking at right there is the black hawk helicopter. It looks like there, theyre taking Bowe Bergdahl to the helicopter, American Special forces, after the handoff from the taliban, loading him on board there. These pictures all just took seconds, quite frankly. All just took seconds. This is the first time in the course of the video youve seen a little bit earlier youve seen his face, and its the first time that anyone had seen his face in months, so you can bet that people are poring over these images to get a sense of how hes doing, to get any clues about exactly
As we learn new information about sergeant bergdahls past. Good morning, everyone. Great to see you this morning. This is early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. Its thursday, june 12th. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. Lets begin with breaking news from iraq this morning. Staterun tv says the iraqi army is in full control of tikrit, a day after much of that city was seized by isis, the Islamic State of iraq and syria. Iraq has been under siege from the al qaedainspired militants, who displaced half a million iraqis and are said to be moving closer to baghdad. The white house is considering new levels of assistance, and the Iraqi Government is apparently open to allowing u. S. Air strikes against the islamic radicals. Cnn chief International Correspondent Nic Robertson, he is monitoring developments for us this morning from amman, jordan. Nic, what can you tell us is happening . Describe the chaos in iraq and what the u. S. May be able to do about it. Reporter the chaos, its very
That the last town along that western iraqi border with syria that was still in government hands, cnn is hearing reports that that has now fallen. Which would mean that effectively syria and iraq to a greater degree have become one battlefield, that the Iraqi Government is only in control as these reports put it of that northern border with kurdistan. Thank you so much for keeping us apprised of whats happened there. President obama has a message for iraq, you need a political solution to unify your country. He says no u. S. Military action can bridge the sectarian divisions that threaten iraqs future. Kate bolduan has a oneonone interview with the president. Good morning, kate. Reporter i started by asking the president about Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki who the president just a few months ago commended for ensuring an inclusive and democratic iraq. But maliki has done none of that. So how can anything get fixed there with him in power . We gave iraq the chance to have an inclusive d