Coalition concerns. Theres a shared sense to stop the threat of isis but still questions about which countries will help the United States and exactly what theyre prepared to do. Also this morning, whether its official or not, the clintons kick off the 2016 stampede in iowa. And notable in a saying that greeted Hillary Clintons return. Plus, the nfls blitz of bad publicity gets worse. As new outrage emerges over a child abuse case and mounting public pressure to punish another player facing Domestic Violence charges. And a good monday morning to you from new york. Im craig melvin. Its monday, september 14th, 2014. This is the daily rundown. We start this morning with ways quickly becoming a global effort to stop isis militants in their tracks. This morning, representatives from dozens of countries gathered in paris to throw their support behind efforts to fight the islamic extremist group. But, the shape of that support is still unclear. The white house now insists that the United Stat
Santorum opening up today about his daughters disability. And why Chris Christie must be glad this week is finally over. And our very special guest this morning, senator al franken from minnesota. We begin with the latest on american isis hostage Kayla Mueller. Until isis claimed that mueller was killed in a Jordanian Air strike before all that the American Public did not know much about Kayla Mueller or the fact she was being held. Los Angeles Times revealing new details overnight in the year and a half the mueller family spent holding the painful secret of their daughters capture in the hopes of securing her release. The efforts to contain that secret were extraordinary. All contain kayla herself. Young woman who spent years doing aid work around the world. Three months before she was taken hostage, mueller told a local kuwanis club about her work assisting Syrian Refugees in turkey. For as long as i live i will not let this suffering be normal. I will not let this be something we ju
Caught right in the middle of it all. Mimi akala from our afl krat, kk kbak has the story. Reporter this woman says she was on the way home from work when the rain started pouring. We were coming up on cam ran. We were in a little spot. It kept raining and raining and the mud just started coming towards us. Reporter soon enough, the car she was a passenger in lifted off of the ground. Oh, my god, this car is going to hit us. Oh, my god. Pewere floating. We started floating and banging through the car. Were in trouble now. She continued to record. We are going to hit. Reporter unsure of what was goi going to happen next as cars turned into boats. We were bouncing off other cars. I was not sure we were going to make it out of there. It looked like cars were dpg to float over the wall. It was really horrifying. He is going to go over the edge. Once the rain finally came to a stop we might get out of this mess. He can land aekland an the t out of cart. It took us two hours to walk out of t
We dpin with a tightening lead in the republican president ial race. Donald trump just 4 points ahead of ted cruz. A food reason for him to believe in the comment its turning into a twoman race. Its a matchup that cruz says gives quote a good choice to the american people. Reporter good morning, ted cruz momentum showing he is chipping away at Donald Trumps dominance. Trump is still in the lead. But his lead over ted cruz is getting smaller. This quinnipiac pom showing that cruz has gained 8 point in the past four weeks. He is now within stwieking distance of drumplt the two are the front runners. He says this is encourage. I think was interesting. Donald said a couple days ago, he thought the republican race could come down to him and me. I think he may be right. We are surging in the polls. Donald may be right this is turning more and more into a twoman race between donald trump and me. I think if thats the case, the decision will be made by the voters. Today in oklahoma city, ted cr
Republican contest is turning into a twoman race, a picture that pointedly leaves out marco rubio pulling 3rd at 12 . Its a matchup that cruz says gives quote a good choice to the american people. Good morning boris and christine, ted cruz feeling some momentum coming from this new national pom showing that he is chipping away at Donald Trumps dominance. Trump is still in the lead, but his lead over ted cruz is getting smaller. This quinnipiac poll showing that cruz has gained 8 points in the past four yeast weeks and is now within striking distance of donald trump. Ted cruz made this interesting prediction on where he sees the race going. I did think it was interesting, donald said a couple days ago, he thought the republican race could come down to him and me. I think he may well be right. If you look at the polling in we are surging in the polls. Donald may be right, this is turning more and more into a twoman race between donald trump and me. I think if thats the case, this decisio