Support more victories for veterans go to dab. Org im Elizabeth Wagmeister in los angeles. In this is cnn its monday, may 13, right now on cnn this morning in just a few hours, the man who wants describe it itself as trumps thug, expected to take the stand ahead, how Michael Cohen could make or break the former president s hush money case. A shakeup but the highest levels of russias military. Vladimir putin choosing a civilian as whos new Defense Minister and both republicans and democrats in congress pushing back on cousin biden for threatening to withhold some Weapons Shipments to israel all right, by the young here in washington, live, look at capitol hill on this Monday Morning. Good morning, everyone. Happy a wonderful mother theres day weekend and kasie hunt, its wonderful to have you with us in just a few hours. The star witness in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial will take the stand. Former Trump Attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen. You may recall, cohen once said he would take a b
every new mass shooting. it s only in america where the combination of a young man and a loaded gun have led to so many tragedies, so many dead. just another day in the united states of america. reporter: when there s an attack by an islamic extremist, we have no problem calling that terrorism. the american war on terror has identified a very specific enemy. in this case, the shooter in el paso was on a different kind of terrorist mission. this was homegrown domestic terrorism. the targeted murder of immigrants and latinos, to try to spread the ideology and the aims of white nationalism. this is disgusting, intolerable. it is not texan. reporter: white nationalism is an american terrorist movement as old as the klan, as old as slavery, as old as the
reporter: the mental illness argument is a convenient retreat, but it s not like other countries are free from mental illness or violent video games or disaffected youth or any of the other proxies we blame after every new mass shooting. it s only in america where the combination of a young man and a loaded gun have led to so many tragedies, so many dead. just another day in the united states of america. reporter: when there s an attack by an islamic extremist, we have no problem calling that terrorism. the american war on terror has identified a very specific enemy. in this case, the shooter in el paso was on a different kind of terrorist mission. this was homegrown domestic terrorism. the targeted murder of immigrants and latinos, to try to spread the ideology and the aims of white nationalism. this is disgusting, intolerable. it is not texan. reporter: white nationalism is an american terrorist movement as old as the klan, as
where else in the western world do these shootings happen with such numbing regularity? the answer is nowhere. this is also a mental illness problem. these are really people that are very, very seriously mentally ill. reporter: the mental illness argument is a convenient retreat, but it s not like other countries are free from mental illness or violent video games or disaffected youth or any of the other proxies we blame after every new mass shooting. it s only in america where the combination of a young man and a loaded gun have led to so many tragedies, so many dead. just another day in the united states of america. reporter: when there s an attack by an islamic extremist, we have no problem calling that terrorism. the american war on terror has identified a very specific enemy. in this case, the shooter in el paso was on a different kind of terrorist mission. this was homegrown domestic terrorism.
inspired by, by the american war on terror. reporter: foley filed his final report from syria for the global post just before he was captured almost two years ago. word of a failed rescue attempt that if it had worked would have saved foley s life. senior administration officials tell abc news that president obama authorized a bold u.s. military operation into syria earlier this summer to rescue foley and several u.s. hostages, but that when the special operations team arrived at the site there, were no hostages present. officials say several dozen u.s. forces were involved and that a number of isis fighters were killed. but there were no american casualties other than one slight injury. brian ross, abc news, new york. as of now, we have gotten no further word about the other american hostage seen in foley s execution video. isis threatened to kill journalist stephen soltoff, seen kneeling and dressed in an orange jumpsuit. the group says that he will be killed if u.s. bombing of