Teens. Another massive typhoon slams into the philippines. The latest right now in the cnn news room. So good to be with you this morning. Im christy paul. Im victor black well. 10 00 here on the east coast. 7 00 on the west coast. A Dramatic Mission by American Special forces ends in heartbreak for a family who desperately wanted their son home. But american luke somers is dead along with another hostage. U. S. Commandos swept in overnight to try to get the man to safety. He had been held more than a year. Just days ago the milt pts released a video threatening to kill him unless washington met their demands and we are learning new details. A fire fight broke out and they shot somers and another hostage. One died on the way to the u. S. Military ship. The other died aboard that vessel. President obama is talking today about this as is secretary hagel who you see there. But the president is saying that his deepest con doelss are with the somers family. He also explained why he ordered
Cuba. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Hello and thanks for joining me. Im jim sciutto. Fredricka whitfield is off today. Thanks so much for joining us. We are following breaking news on a Major Political story. Donald trump breaking his silence with a series of tweets for the First Time Since he failed to correct a supporter who called president Obama A Muslim and seemed to insult muslims in america in general. Trump tweeting this morning, quote, am i morally obligated to defend the president every time somebody says something bad or controversial about him . I dont think so he is scheduled to speak tonight in iowa. Cnns sunlander serfaty is at conference on mackinac island. So trump sending out this series of tweets. What else is saying about those now very controversial comments on thursday . Reporter very controversial, jim, and for days, donald trump has really been deflecting questions from reporters about this. His campaign only offering up the explanation that they believe he
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from outside the home where baby bella lived. . sarah, what are the new details you re learning about her death? what are police saying? reporter: disturbing details, jim. we re learning that bella was punched by her mother s boyfriend, mike mccarthy. he s now been charged with her murder. we re also learning from a law enforcement source that the tip that finally came into police to help them identify baby bella, to give that girl a name, that came from someone who was living with the family, who asked bella s mother, rachelle bond, where s bella? and her mother s response was that bella was dead. her name was bella. reporter: after nearly three months of investigation, baby doe finally has a name. bella bond. bella! happy 2nd birthday, monkey! yay! yay! happy 2nd birthday! whoo! reporter: this is bella at her second birthday. friday, authorities revealed she s the mystery toddler whose
chats and telephone obviously. so she s gotten more and more involved the better she gets. in other news, police investigating jerry sandusky may have gotten some of their biggest breaks by reading his book. the former penn state university coach s autobiography published in 2000 is called touched. joining me by phone is sarah ghanem, reporter for the patriot news in state college, pennsylvania. tell us how jerry sandusky s own words may have helped investigators. very interesting. i talked to the mother of victim six who was found because her son actually came forward in 1998 and made allegations with another boy against jerry sandusky about an incident in the shower of the penn state locker room. that case wasn t pursued by the district attorney in 1998, but fast-forward about ten years when police were looking into new allegations of assault, of sex assault, on one minor boy.