we ll credit your account $20. it s our promise to you. we re doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. happening now, breaking news, hundreds of boots the pentagon wrapping up the war against isis poised to deploy a specialized force to iraq and to syria. what will the growing u.s. presence in that country and in syria mean for the fight against terrorist forces? rush hour bombing. a powerful explosion rocks the largest city in turkey, a key nato ally now being called out by president obama for failing to secure its border against isis. and tonight, new information about the paris attackers. why was the mastermind prepared to spend thousands of dollars on
trip ends for mr. beaver. mr. parabeaver. all beavers believed to have survived that. i m jim sciutto in for jake today. i m going to turn you over to wolf blitzer. as always he s in the situation room. happening now, breaking news. center of hell. the strongest hurricane ever recorded is about to slam into a popular tourist hot spot. hurricane patricia described by weather officials as a catastrophic category 5 storm. millions of people including many americans are in the path. i ll talk to one man who flew into the center of the storm. american extremists. the fbi director reveals that of its 900 investigations into suspected home grown violent radicals, the majority are isis-related. and now cnn has learned that the son of a leading hollywood director has joined terrorist
record. barrelling right now toward one of the most popular pacific resorts puerto vallarta in mexico. patricia is a monstrous category 5 storm packing sustained winds of 200 miles an hour. officials are warning the storm surge alone could be catastrophic. and patricia also could dump as much as 20 inches of rain triggering flash floods as far away as texas. and there s more breaking news. a disturbing revelation by the fbi director who now says the vast majority of the 900 investigations into suspected home grown violent extremists here in the united states are isis-related. and now we ve also learned that the son of a well-known hollywood director has joined terrorist forces. i ll speak with the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee, congressman eliot engel standing by. we ll also get into the other top stories with our correspondents, analysts and our guests. but let s get straight to puerto vallarta right now.
with that. but it is something the white house is looking at. but quite unexpected the president made these remarks, wolf. but he did it just a few short moments ago. once we get that tape we ll share it with our viewers, jim acosta, thanks very much. we re also following a huge setback for iran s efforts in syria right now where it s supporting the syrian president bashar al assad and fighting isis. a top iranian general has now been killed by isis terrorist forces and his death has major implications. cnn s brian todd is working this story. how big o a setback for iran, brian, is this? it s very significant, wolf. we re told this general knew iran s operations in syria from top to bottom. he was killed near the syrian city of aleppo in the northwest, a place that the syrian regime is desperately trying to hold onto. tonight, iranian forces in this region now have to regroup at a crucial time in the fight against isis. a momentous loss for iran on the battlefields of syria. a top
against terrorist forces? that s the question at the heart of a major new pentagon investigation. let s go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr, working this disturbing story for us. what are you picking up? well, wolf, the investigation is supposed to provide the answers to that question. but already even before the report is done, some actions are under way. allegations that military intelligence about isis was altered to make senior officials possibly even president obama, think the war was going better than it was, are now being investigated by the pentagon s watchdog the inspector general. the investigation will play itself out. we ll figure out if we did something wrong. and we will be better as a result of a very open investigation. reporter: the investigation first reported by the new york times has already led to action by defense secretary ash carter. the secretary has directed the acting undersecretary for