export terror from its base of operations in the coastal city of sirte, just a few hundred miles from the southern most island of europe. for the very latest, let s bring in ian lee. good morning. reporter: good morning, christine, this report is very disturbing. we are learning that isis is focusing on libya to expand its territories outside of iraq and syria. the head of isis, abu bakir al baghdadi sending 800 fighttories libya to serve as a backbone to keep a stow on them the expertise in fighting gorilla warfare as well as explosives. they have been able carve out about 100 miles along the central coast of libya around the city of sirte. and this has served as a beacon for fighters in affect. people going there to join locals as well. reports of tunisians, egyptian and fighters from other
small number of special operations forces, but they will be backed up in a significant manner. they will have their own helicopters, their own rescue forces, if they run into trouble. so at the end of the day, this could put another 200 troops into the arena, even as an additional 50 special operations forces are scheduled to arrive in northern syria. ness a plus up in the u.s. effort. but officials are telling us, it could still be weeks before the troops arrive. a lot of work to be done about what units will go and exactly how they will operate. allison, christine. thanks for that. there is concern this morning about a new united nations report. warning that isis has zooed succeeded in building a substantial presence in libya. the eun report says isis has as many as 3,000 fighters, describing it as the terror group s stalled caliphate outside syria and iraq. they have increased worries to
local affiliate, a three minute report about eight men detained on a rooftop for apparently celebrating after the wtsz came down. this is after donald trump saying there were thousands celebrating. also coming after our allison camerata interview, if this really happened, prove it. i think you are seeing the trickle of proof coming from the trump camp about celebrations, we re seeing dwags of eight people not thousands. the thousands and thousands the fact checkers has been fixateing on, governor guiliani, governor chris christie in new jersey, patterson police chief said there may have been isolated cases, we re not talking thousands and thousands of people. this is an exaggeration this claim is an exaggeration. donald trump is making news yesterday. i want you to listen to what he said. we ll talk on the back end. i didn t serve, i hadn t serve. frankly i had deferments because
each other. isis going if, exploiting it. but they will have some difficulty, some challenges that they don t have in iraq and syria. primarily funding. they do not have the revenue from oil that they do in iraq and syria, although, libya does have a lot of oil. they also can t exploit sectarian risks like in iraq and syria. then they do still have to confront those two other factions, also, al qaeda very much active in libya too, posing a challenge to them as well. so while we do have this expansion, they do have some limitations at this point. and that s serving as well two terror groups in competition. isis and al qaeda. cnn s ian lee, thanks so much. time for an early start on your money this morning, u.s. stock futures are up after a strong day yesterday. the dow climbed 168 points, very strong auto sales countering a weak manufacturing report. and today we will hear from the fed chief janet yellen.
it looks like isis is gaining ground exploiting the ongoing civil war there. thanks for that. an alarming report on the rise of isis, according to a study by george washington university. support for the terror group has reached unprecedented levels in america with several thousand isis sim pa thiedzers based here t. report goes on to say, there were more terrorism-related arrests in the u.s. in 2015 than any year since 9/11. researchers identifying at least 300 americans who actively support isis on social media. a pentagon plan to close guantonomo bay replace it with a prison here in the u.s. rejected by the house. according to wall street journal the administration considers the $600 million price tag too expensive t. measure calls for 350 million just to construct a new facility in america. nearly 300 more in annual pentagon operating costs t. defense department must come up with a more affordable option.