Elses equal rights. Its our time to have Wage Equality once and for all. Women stealing the show at the oscars equal rights taking center stage on hollywoods biggest night. Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. A key u. S. Ally in the middle east wants to raise the stakes. Egypts president says its time for the arab nations to unite in a mass of joint military force. Its mission, crush isis and the threatfestering across the region. Mrk this morning there are no details and question how such a force would operate. Cnns ian is live in cairo today. Hi ian. Reporter good morning, carol. The speech was given last night by the president to the egyptian people, a state of the union sort of of the threat isis poses to the middle east facing them on their eastern border and west in libya. He confirmed egypt had 13 air strikes against isis targets. In this piece he calls for the need for a United Arab Force to confront isis. It is desperately needed. He didnt give any picture what this force would look like. The Egyptian Presidency also not giving many details about what theyre calling for. The egyptian president , in his speech said the egyptian armys main goal is to protect the borders of egypt. But, if theyre needed in the region they would be they would act in cooperation with their arab brothers. This sort of call has been made before decades ago. Air arab nationalism isnt new but this new threat touch inging everyone in the region. It is a popular call in egypt. Well wait to see what the other arab capitals say. Arab leaders are not known for their unity when it comes to really Big Decisions like this. It will take a lot. I need to emphasize a lot of diplomatic talks to get Something Like this off the ground. Were just getting word egypt shut down its embassy in yemen. Can you tell us more about that . Reporter we know they shut it down today, citing security concerns because after the Houthi Rebels took the capital from the government the Egyptian Government not believing that diplomatic personnel arent safe there. Important to note in yemen, al qaeda has a very strong presence there. Egypt has been battling them as well. They pulled their diplomatic mission, carol. Ian reporting from cairo this morning. In syria, u. S. Led air strikes killing more than 1600 people in the past five months according to the london based syrian observatory for human rights. Most but not all of the victims were isis militants. They say at least 62 civilians including eight children and five women have died in Coalition Air strikes. The parents of slain hostage Kayla Mueller breaking their silence and talked about the time they spent trying to save their daughter. Since learning their daughter died earlier this month, the father says he thinks they had a chance of freeing kayla. I really feel we had a chance to get kayla out. We were in communications with them unlike the other families. How do you raise 6. 2 million . Pretty much made it impossible. We feel they really did want to release kayla. Officials say a number of rescue and negotiations attempts to free kayla failed after she was kidnapped in Northern Syria in 2013. Ukraines ceasefire is in complete shambles. Adding to the chaos, a bomb at this rally in eastern ukraine, killing two people on sunday. The rally marking one year since the uprising that killed 100 protesters and led to the fall of a moscow backed president. Ukraine says heavy artillery will remain on the front lines until shelling from prorussian rebels comes to a complete stop. A new Terror Threat did not stop a Shopping Mall full of potential targets. Its been business as usual. Hours earlier, al shabaab said it could be the site of another massacre similar to a siege on a kenyan mall that killed dozens. Saying they dont have a reach for attack in the United States. The greater threat they say is a lone wolf recruit. Im very concerned about the serious potential threat of independent actors here in the United States. Weve seen this now in europe. Weve seen this in canada. But specifically against the mall of america. Any time a terrorist organization calls for an attack on a specific place, weve got to take that seriously. Strong words from the secretary, raising eyebrows and prompting some Law Enforcement agencies to stress there is no credible threat. Cnns aaron mcpike caught up to Jay Jeh Johnson later in the day. Reporter some Law Enforcement officials walking that back saying theres no credible threat. Do you regret any of the comments you said this morning . No. No. Lets head to the mall of america and cnns nick valencia joins us live. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carol. Certainly a chilling message posted over the weekend online by the terror group, al shabaab, warning potential targets in the United States and canada and united kingdom, among them alberta, canada and behind me in bloomington, minnesota, the mall of america. The mall of america responding to that video saying they are taking extra security precautions some of that might be visible to shoppers others not so much. Our affiliate went inside that mall over the weekend and spoke to shoppers about the potential threat. Threat. Im just like if it happens it happens. Yeah. Im scared because i have kids. I have two little ones and im pregnant. Coming here today was like i dont know. Reporter it is worth us noting the department of Homeland Security say this is no working threat or credible threat they know of but are urging shoppers at the mall of america to remain vigilant as they always do. I spoke over the weekend, to the members of the somali community, members that called the message by al shabaab shocking and traumatizing. In 2013 if you remember there was somebody in minneapolis that participated in that attack on the Westgate Mall in kenya. He went on to say al shabaab does not speak for the majority of somalis especially here in the community. The concern, like with federal officials, this video may inspire lone wolf sympathizers with al shabaab. Reporting live from minneapolis today. Still to come in the newsroom, the immigration battle rages on in washington. Covering that for us this morning. Reporter good morning, carol. The Obama Administration is getting ready to launch a legal fight to defend the president S Immigration order. Well tell you more about this fight right after the break. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ alex ] transamerica helped provide a lifetime of retirement income. 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A federal judges last minute decision says the administration failed to provide with a provision that calls for longer notification and Comment Period before taking action. Cnn cnns justice reporter joins me with more on this. Good morning. Good morning, carol. The Obama Administration will file this request for an emergency stay of this order by judge andrew hannon. We expect that will be filed in the next few hours. The problem here is they will ask the same judge to put a stay on his own order, which stopped the Homeland Security department from keeping from preparing to implement the president S Immigration order. So thats why experts believe this is a long shot for this judge to put a stay on his own order. After this the administration is likely to go to the fifth circuit, which is in new orleans and considered a conservative court. You can see here there is an uphill climb for the administration as they face the clock is running out on this Administration Next year. They really want to start working on this order before time runs out. So whats the game plan if a stay is not granted . Reporter well the white house says that firmly believe theyre going to win this one. Heres josh earnest talking about this on friday. The u. S. Government will be appealing the decision. The reason for that is we continue to believe that there is a solid Legal Foundation for the steps the president has taken, to bring some accountability to our broken immigration system. Reporter carol, they believe in the end they will win this fight. The problem is the president s term is ending next year and if this legal fight stretches into next year the issue will be how many of these immigrants 5 million of them who are living in the shadows, will come forward and give their name to the government with the chance the next president might change their mind about this executive order, carol. Reporting live from washington thank you. This note the department of Homeland Security will hold a News Conference this afternoon. Secretary jeh johnson will discuss concerns about the secretarys funding thats due to run out later this week. Thats at 2 00 p. M. Eastern and cnn will cover it live. Still to come in the newsroom, did he know right from wrong . What jurors have to decide in the american sniper trial. Live from texas today. Reporter just as this controversial trial was ready to come to a big ending theres a last minute surprise. Ill tell you what it is after the break. Eeeeeeee financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise we all eat foods that are acidic. Most of the time people are shocked when we show them where theyre getting the acid and what those acids can do to the enamel. Theres only so much enamel on a tooth, and Everybody Needs to do something about it now if they want to preserve their teeth. 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No one really thought this trial would be delayed in this particular way. Mother nature has dealt this particular blow. I should point out you mentioned earlier this decision this jury has to make is not the one typically made did the defendant carry out the crime he was accused . There was no disagreement about that. We know eddie routh did carry out the murders of these two men. Was he in his right man . The prosecution saying yes he knew what he was doing and trying to get away. And the defense saying he did not know what he was doing, talking about how pigs were going to take over the world and they were going to murder him if he didnt murder them first. And the jury will be sequestered once they begin deliberations. Mar Martin Savidge thank you. And still to come the blockbuster the story of american sniper. And still to come Rudy Guiliani clarifies his criticism of president obama. Next. 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Chief correspondent Christine Romans is following that for us this morning. These producers and refiners have contract Maintenance Work at these refineries and the Union Leaders and members are mad saying the work could be done better by union workers. It is a union dispute, a labor dispute. You have 6500 off work right now. Most refiners say theyre still operating using managers and engineers, replacements. It is a very big strike in the u. S. And comes at a very important time for the industry. Weve seen gas prices rising. This is independent what were seeing here the experts tell us. Gas prices rising the past week paying an extra 5 cents and 25 cents over the last month. Theyre moving over to the seasonal blend for the summer better for the environment, different kind of gasoline and you tend to see gas prices rise in the spring. How much could prices rise if the strike drags on . Im hearing 5 cents, 10 cents maybe. We had a port strike just resolved this weekend. You saw a backlog there. Very quickly they will try to get through that backlog. To me theyre very separate issues. Interesting to me youre seeing labor disputes coming up again around the country. People feel their work isnt being valued the way they want it to be valued. People are vocal in participating in a better economy. I dont know. Im watching very separate issues. The one on the west coast has been resolved and depends how long this one takes to resolve. Theyre still refining the crude. As long as they keep refining the crude it wouldnt affect gas prices. Christine romans as always i appreciate it. Ill be right back. Un r an upgrade. Sound good . Great. Because youre not you youre a whole airline. And its not a ticket youre upgrading its your entire operations, from domestic to international. Which means you need help from a whole team of advisors. From workforce strategies to Tech Solutions and a thousand other things. So you call pwc. 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