Hello, and welcome to our viewers in the United States and across the world. Im errol barnett. Thanks for joining us. This is cnn newsroom. Well begin this hour with isis and its latest disturbing video. The propaganda video that youre seeing shows children in fatigues what appears to be an isis Training Camp. We should point out that we cannot verify where or when this was shot. This comes as the u. S. National Security Agency admits it doesnt have enough intelligence about isis. The agency chief tells us leaks from Edward Snowden created blind spots in tracking certain terror groups. Kurdish peshmerga fighters have been fairly successful at taking territory away from isis in Northern Iraq. Our Senior International correspondent, ben wedeman, has been on the front lines of the battle and joins us live from erbil in Northern Iraq. How are the peshmerga able to maintain their territory considering many are outgunned by isis . Reporter well, its important to remember that theyve actually
We are live near the frontlines. A new fight in the race for president. Which candidates are going toetotoe for the conservative votes. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im john berman. 5 00 a. M. In the east. It is a Major Development in the battle against isis. New military offensive launched. Kurdish Peshmerga Forces looking to recapture the town of sinjar. This is called operation free sinjar. The town is at the foot of the mountain. A key link between two halves of the isis caliphate. The city of mosul and the lands that isis holds in syria. Our correspondent Nick Paton Walsh is with the Peshmerga Forces outside sinjar. He joins us live. 7,500 militia troops moving. This is a major operation, nick. Reporter and they appear to be attacking sinjar from three areas. One from the north near sinjar mountain where you saw the terrifying pictures of people fleeing for their lives in brutality of isis. Today, we understand the offensive started at 9 00 last night.
Beheaded in a brutal fashion. Threats to the United States and threats to the United Kingdom. It was the beheadings that put the United States on track to given air strikes or Coalition Air strikes, if you will, inside syria. But from the details that we are learning at the moment are preliminary. The pentagon says they may provide more details as that becomes necessary. The british Prime Ministers Office here, David Camerons office at 10 downing street, say they, like the United States, wont be providing comment at this stage. What this means for isis, they lost a prominent figure head. Having said that, jihadi john had been very much out of the headlines for many, many months now. What this will mean to the tactic cally on the ground means very little. Nic robertson, cnn, london. We have another issue on isis. Kurdish Peshmerga Forces fighting to retake the city of sinjar from isis. They entered the city from all directions and up to 7,500 troops reclaimed 60 square miles of territor
Sinai peninsula killing all 224 people on board. Intelligence agencies have come to believe isis in sinais offshoot planted the bomb on that plane before takeoff. Joining us live from sharm el sheikh, egypt, and jim sciutto here in washington. What more have we learned about this latest threat from isis directly to russia . Well, wolf, this will only ramp up concerns expressed by u. S. Officials all the way up to the secretary of state, ash carter, that with its involvement in the syria conflict, russia was opening itself up to threats by extremist groups and to extremist groups to carry out an act upon those threats. What most of those watching that video will have been looking for though will have been any stress firstcy regarding the metro jet crash and that didnt seem to be there. We went through the video. A lot of it was very generic. Didnt mention any involvement or any evidence of isis broader involvement in the metro jet crash. That really plays into what weve been hearing fro
And kwoorm good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. Some of the worlds top terror investigators scrambling to unravel the belgian attacks and racing to prevent the next ones. And an all out man hunt. Sources telling us there may have been a second bomber at the belgium train station. Surveillance cameras captured a suspicious looking man holding a large bag but it is not clear if he was killed in the blast. If alive he becomes a second focus in the hunt for this man, the third airport attacker. Police still have not identified him. But we now know the names of the attackers killed. Both at the metro station and at the airport. On the far left is najim laachraoui. And the prime suspect, Salah Abdeslam is no longer cooperating with investigators in belgium. His attorney is demanding he be extradited to france as soon as possible. Correspondents, analysts and experts are covering all angles of this unfolding story. We begin with cnns phil black at the maabeek metro stati