United states. Leon panetta signed an order to send two Patriot Missile batteries to turkey along with 400 u. S. Troops to help the country defend against any u. S. Action by syria. The move was expected as the rebellion destabilizes or begins to destabilize the assad regime. Nick paton walsh has the latest for us. Nick, good morning. Reporter good morning. 400 u. S. Troops expected to be on the ground, but this contribution of three total member nations, germany expected to begin ratifying its deployment of two patriot batteries, the netherlands as well. Let me give you the back story. The past two months we have seen exchanges, syrian army accused of firing into turkey. Turkey returning fire. That sense of host tillity and volatility on the border leading them to ask nato for help and patriots coming here at this point. Expected to be used mostly in the event of missiles being fired and have the ability to take down aircraft as well. We heard from u. S. Secretary of defense leon pane
Why the u. S. Is calling it clear provocation. Theyre back, after three months an apology from apples ceo and a fired highranking executive later while google maps returning this morning to the iphone store. Last night the stars came out and brought the house down. Checking in your suitcase, thunders rolling down this track well take you to the concert that raised nearly 30 million for superstarm soorm sandy reli. The newsroom starts right now. Good morning. Car roll is off today, im don lemon. Breaking news out of afghanistan, just a short time ago a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle outside the gates of kandahar airbase. Defense secretary Leanne Panetta had been there, traveling there but he left hours earlier. Not clear if the attack was tied to his visit. There are initial reports, though, that several Coalition Soldiers were wounded along with as many as ten civilians. Well keep you updated on that attack here on cnn as we get new information. And also new this morning, there are
Holiday shoppers scrambling for cover at a crowded mall after a gunman opened fire. 10,000 people inside the Clackamas Town Center mall when a man wearing a mask suddenly started firing. Chaos erupted. When it was over, three people dead, including the shooter himself. A young woman left wounded, fighting for her life right now. The mall is supposed to be a place we can all take our families, feel comfortable that this is a great place, especially at the Holiday Season like this. And these things arent supposed to happen. I want to begin with dan simon live in portland. We know that the police have identified the shooter, but is there any indication of a motive at this point . Not yet, soledad. Any time there is a shooting like this, thats always the first question. What was the shooter . What was the motive . Was this a random shooting . We dont know the answers to any of the questions. We know that the shooting happened about 3 30 in the afternoon. A mall full of people, 10,000 peopl
Postconnecticut, we have got to recognize as an agency, as a nation, as a state that our school children, we have to take these kinds of precautionary investigative steps to make sure. Police tell us of beaumont is the lawfully registered owner of those weapons. He is charged with trespassing but he is undergoing a mental evaluation. County School Officials to admit that security improvements need to happen at north county high. Our other big story. Guilty after three days of deliberations. A baltimore jury convicted Michael Johnson of the murder of Phylicia Barnes. The jurys verdict came before lunch after nine and a half hours of deliberation, bringing to a close a long time of this case. If got National Attention and tore apart families. The jurys decision that Michael Johnson committed Second Degree murder and 2. 5 investigation of her death. I can breathe a little bit now. We will put our pieces together and we will keep moving on. It is what is and we still feel in our heart that
For interrogation tactics the president himself has described as torture. Do those details warrant going back and reexamining whether people should be prosecuted . Decisions about prosecution are made by career federal prosecutors at the department of justice. The Justice Department says the federal prosecutors who looked into the program wont be launching a new investigation. Based on the report from the Senate Intelligence committees democratic chair, dianne feinstein, trial or no trial, the c. I. A. Has big names coming to its defense, from former Vice President dick cheney who blasted the report on fox news. I think its a terrible piece of work, we did exactly what needed to be done in order to catch those who were guilty on 9 11 and to prevent a further attack and we were successful on both parties. This report says its not successful. The report is full of crap. What stunned me about the report most was the fact that it was written in the way it was written. Its an unrelenting pr