tonight, al baghdadi, the shadowy leader of isis, is apparently alive and calling on what s left of his terrorist army to attack the u.s. and its allies. translator: carry on juyour jihad and blessed operations. let not the crusaders enjoy life in their homelands while your brothers are subjected to bombardment and destruction. reporter: the new audio message running more than 45 minutes is, experts say, a clear directive. any doubt that that s a call for isis to launch attacks inside america? what isis wants to do is show that they are a virile, powerful o. what better way to show that is to lunch attacks wherever these folks are, whether in the middle east, europe, the americas, or elsewhere? this is baghdadi in the bunker. reporter: u.s. intelligence officials tell cnn they have no reason to doubt the tape s authenticity. the merge dossage does appear t
ringleader. interesting. all right. trying to piece all of that together for us this morning. thank you, isa. the world of showbiz and the nation mourning the death of jerry lewis this morning. police best known for slapstick comedy and commitment to fund rising as a telethon host for the muscular dystrophy association. he died sunday after a brief illness at 91. we look back at his life and legendary career. reporter: he was born joseph levit kc levitch in 1926. he became known to the world as jerry lewis, famous for the nutty professor. he hit had big at age 20 when he teamed up with another young entertainer, dean martin. dean was the virile, macho, and i was the monkey. and i knew we had lightning in a barrel. reporter: martin and lewis became one of the most popular comedy teams in history. thousands of soldout
dystrophy telethon for many years. a true legend sure to be remembered. reporter: born in 1926 and became known to the world at jerry lewis. the zany, but lovable, fool in films such as the bellboy and the nutty professor. lewis hit it big at age 20 teaming up with another young entertainer dean martin. dean was the virile, macho, i was the monkey. i knew we had lightning in a barrel. reporter: martin and lewis became one of the most popular comedy teams in history. thousands of sold-out performances 16 hit movies and duz dozens of radio and tv appearances. on his own lewis signed a tract with paramount in 1959. at that time, the large effort contract ever between a studio and performer. lewis went on to act in and direct shows for several decades and later offered this advice to fellow entertaining.
levich in 1926, but he became known to the world as jerry lewis, the zayny, but lovable nutty professor. lewis hit it big when he teamed up with another young entertainer dean martin. dean was the virile, macho and i was the monkey, and i knew we had lightning in a barrel. reporter: martin and lewis became one of the most popular teams in history. thousands of sold-out performances, 16 hit movies and dozens of radio and tv appearances. on his own, lewis signed a seven-year, $10 million contract with paramount in 1959. at that time it was the largest contract ever between a studio and performer. lewis went on to act in or direct shows in movies for several decades. he later offered this advice to fellow entertainers. be a hit. score. get the audience laughing and happy.
relegated to the so-called happy hour debate which starts at the top of the hour are hoping to get some buzz with some one-liners. i ve talked to a couple campaigns who say they have some planned, but the other thing that s interesting, jake is that the man who will be in the center podium at that first debate is rick perry. he has been studying about twice a week for 2 1/2 years to try to overcome his now infamous oops moment back in 2012. he will not be able to do that in the main debate will you will at least have a moment in the next hour when he starts that debate. dana bash in cleveland, ohio thanks. i want to preview tonight s debate with former policy director for the 2008 hillary clinton debate and former virile to mitt romney s campaign she eric winstrom. how do you prepare? do you starts anticipating lines of attack? what do you do?