By turkey its planes now hitting targets in iraq while also attacking isis in syria. And the louisiana gunmans disturbing past. More on what were learning about the man who murdered moviegoers in cold blood. From cnn World Headquarters here in atlanta, im George Howell. This is cnn newsroom. Good day to you and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and arnoldound the world. We begin this hour in kenya. The u. S. President , barack obama, just spoke at the Global Entrepreneurship summit in nairobi last hour. This is his first visit to kenya as president. He told the crowd in nairobi that entrepreneurship is the spark of prosperity and he is encouraging kenyans to seize it. He spoke of other reasons, too, why he is visiting the african nation. Listen. We wanted to come here. I wanted to be here because africa is on the move. Africas one of the Fastest Growing regions in the world. [ applause ] people are being lifted out of poverty. Incomes are up. The middle class is growing.
God bless the great state of iowa. Thank you so, so much. Thank you, thank you very much. Reporter in the final hours before the Iowa Caucuses, candidates are crisscrossing the capital city to build support. Iowa democrats, are you excited about the future . Reporter but after scores of events in des moines over the last several months, there is one community that is still waiting for candidates to ask for their votes. They avoid this neighborhood like maybe there may be ebola around someplace. They never come here. Reporter in a state thats more than 90 white and covered in cornfields, reverend bobby young ace neighborhood is mostly black and latino in des moiness iner city and the people here are poor. In their months of campaigning across the state, reverend young says the toptier candidates in both parties have largely ignored their votes. This is my district. Reporter abule samad represents this district in the statehouse. We have two schools here that are 100 free or reduced lunc
Coordinated brussels bombings at the airport and the subway. Something authorities have kept very closely to themselves. Belgium media reporting that this man in the hat and the light colored jacket at the airport before those bombings is, in fact, abrini, captured a short time ago, along with osama krayem, accused of having a quote unquote operational role in the brussels attacks. Lots of pieces to throw at you. Well have it all together and understand it as we go to brussels. Cnn journalist kelly morgan is standing by with more. Lets begin with the significance of this abrini arrest. What do we know about him . Its extraordinary, big fish for the belgian authorities to have this man in custody. We know that he grew up in this area, in brussels, in the neighborhood where paris suspect whos also captured, salah abdesl abdeslam, also grew up, these men, longterm friends. Were starting to piece it together. The attacks between brussels and paris and the role that these two men played in
Newsroom starts now. The ceasefire in syria is well into its third day. And appears to be holding for the most part. The fighting there has dramatically slowed down. But it hasnt completely stopped. Rebel groups say warplanes are attacking their positions. They blame russia for attacks. Moscow has not commented. But other world powers have. In a meeting with his counterpart in saudi arabia, denmarks foreign minister warned that with the truce in place, the threat of military force must be kept on the Syrian Regime. Listen. There are only a political solution to the syrian problem. But a political solution can only come with a military stretch. Otherwise, assad will continue with his regime where he has killed his own people. Clarissa ward has just returned from the rebelheld territory. She was just west of the city of aleppo, where she sees firsthand how the ceasefire has held up. Here is her exclusive report. Reporter we are in the heart of rebelheld syria. And this area has seen the
I very good day to you. We begin with the dramatic developments into the paris and brussels terror attacks. For months now, police have searched for mohammed abrini, the man whom authorities believe drove the paris attackers. Now hes finally in custody following more raids in brussels. Investigators are trying to determine if abrini is the mysterious man you see in the hat here. The third Brussels Airport bombing in video. They also netted in fridays raids in brussels, at least two other terror suspects, including a man suspected of being involved in the second brussels attack at a metro station. These arrests could bring investigators more muchneeded intelligence. Kelly morgan is live in brussels following this investigation. Kelly, what more do we know about these arrests and how important it could be for investigators . Reporter its absolutely, george. Abrini is a huge hes one of the most wanted men in europe at the moment. When he was arrested yesterday, that dramatic footage, he w