Were tapping into the Global Resources of cnn to bring you the very latest on all of this breaking news this morning. Lets begin with pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr. We had weeks of calm in afghanistan, we thought the turmoil there was political. And now a deadly blast in the heart of the capital. What do we know . It seems to never end. Nato alliance is saying that three members came under, three military members of the alliance came under attack and were killed in a suicide bomb attack in kabul. Pictures show smoke filling the sky, the aftermath of the attack, as is nato practice at this point. Are not identifying those who were killed or their nationalities, but it is the latest attack in the capital where they are struggling still in that government to select a new leader for that country. Chris in. I know we keep saying it, barbara, about situations being one to watch, but afghanistan could very easily go the wrong way very quickly so we will keep watching that. Now take us through the news about what seems to be the war in isis in earnest, 20 or so kilometers from baghdad. What do we know . Just southwest of baghdad, a different type of attack than what weve been seeing, u. S. Airplanes struck an isis target when iraqi forces said they were coming under attack, the isis militants were firing on them. They called for help, u. S. Air strikes rolled in. This is a different type of attack. This is air power coming to the defense of iraqi forces, calling it mission creep, call it mission expansion, call it will start of the war, call it whatever you want. A very different mission from u. S. Troops. You up until now theyve only undertaken air strikes to protect u. S. Forces, u. S. Personnel or to conduct the humanitarian missions safely. Now we see the next step being taken, u. S. Air strikes to protect iraqi forces in the field as they fight against isis militants. This will be the first step down a very long road in iraq. Chris . Barbara, thank you very much. Well check in with you again to find out any updates on what happened with those nato casualties and whats going on with the bombing. Kate . President obama is going to be tackling two Big National Security issues today, first, isis. This morning hell be meeting with his president ial envoy for isis, retired general john allen, as top defense officials are set to face some very tough questions from the Senate Armed Services committee on the administrations policy toward the militant group. Senior White House Correspondent jimt acosta is joining us from the white house on the developments, what are we expecting today . Later this morning president obama does meet with the man hes tab tapped to coordinate the Global International mission against isis, john allen. And Senior AdministrationOfficials Say expect more of that to come. U. S. And Coalition Forces wont be signaling who or what will be targeted next or when on the Administration Efforts to build the forces, several countries could issue press releases today, but the white house indicating that the pub will see a rollout of the mission especially around the president s trip to the u. N. Next week. As for the air strikes expected to come on ice nis syria, a Senior Administration official says syrian president , Bashar Al Assad, would be making a big mistake if he intervened, any attacks on war planes would prompt a military response according to senior military officials. And the president himself will be pivoting to another huge other which a lot of people arent talking about at the moment. Big announcements on the u. S. s involvement on the fight against ebola. What are you hearing there . The president has been under pressure even from some democrats to step up efforts against ebola in africa. Hes heading to the cdc later today. Lets roll through some of what the administration talking about. Theyre going to plan and construct Treatment Centers that could house up to 1700 beds for patients and this is significant, an American Military personnel surge will be going into the region, that could increase up to 3,000 American Military personnel, all of whom will be led by a u. S. General who will be leading the effort. Delaware senator, a democrat, was saying the president is not doing enough to go after ebola this morning. He said he was impressed with a display of military power going into west africa to deal with ebola. Before the president heads to centcom, hell have a meeting with leading military officials. Two big battles on the president s plate in the next 48 hours. It shows how serious this threat is, at this point and how serious the disease is spreading in that country. In west africa. Jim acosta at the white house, thank you. For many, the real fear at home is still about terrorism. Especially homegrown attacks. An alleged serial killer driven by hate for his own country. Were learning more about Ali Mohammed Brown, a u. S. Citizen who said he was out to avenge the deaths of muslims in the middle east, when he allegedly killed four of his fellow citizens. Prosecutors have not called him a terrorist yet, but the question is, why not . Lets get to pamela brown, following developments for us in washington, what you do you understand about this, pamela . Authorities are still investigating this case. But weve been looking at Court Documents we obtained. The defendants in the case made chilling statements to authorities said he was on a mission to exact revenge in the u. S. Killing four americans, raising concerns of terrorism on u. S. Soil. Police say the man seen here in handcuffs is 29yearold Ali Mohammed Brown, the prime suspect in a killing spree stretching from new jersey to Washington State. Motivated by browns hatred of u. S. Foreign policy. Court documents say brown told investors he strictly follows the muslim faith and had become angry with the quote evil the government was allowing to take place the u. S. He said my mission is vengeance for the lives lost every day. Sir yarks iraq, afghanistan, all of these places where innocent lives are being taken every single day. So a life for a life. Police say between april and june this year, brown killed three people in Washington State, shooting them late at night in quiet locations, executionstyle. A few weeks later in new jersey, 19yearold College Student was found dead inside his suv from multiple gunshot wounds, police say they traced the gun used in all of these killings to brown. When we bury somebody like that, 19 years old, we dont have any answers. Browns previous runins with the law, a conviction for bank fraud in 2004 had put him on the fbis radar. At the time the reports say the fbi tried unsuccessfully to link the case to fundraising for terrorists in africa. While authorities arent labelling brown a terrorist or charging him under federal terrorism statutes there are allegations that browns bloody crusade to kill americans are raising questions. I think you could prove this a terrorism offense. That doesnt necessarily determine if it should be prosecuted in federal court or state court. Right now brown faces state murder charges, which carry a possible life sentence. And in Washington State he faces the death penalty. Authorities could still bring additional charges, including terrorism charges. In his initial court appearance, brown pleaded not guilty. We did reach out to his attorney and are awaiting comment back. Chris . The question is, is he just delusion delusional, or was he recruited. Well bring in cnn National Security analyst and former assistant secretary of the department of Homeland Security and mr. Paul kruck shank, coauthor of agent storm my life inside al qaeda and the c. I. A. Start with you, julia. This is the risk, this is the fear, talking about isis specifically. That they will recruit here and you have that versus well maybe theyre not actively recruiting. But the idea of them creates oneoffs or lone wolves. When you see Something Like this that happened with brown, how do you analyze it . First you look to the facts that we have sore facts and circumstances which is brown seems to be selfidentifying with an organization that he probably had no contact with and so one of the reasons why the prosecutors may be keeping a terrorism charge away from this case is it is simply because its easier to prosecute him for murder than for terrorism charges. In a state court its clear that he murdered these four people. The investigation will continue to see whether he had any contact with isis or isil or any other organization. But theres going to be a lot of people who identify with isis, who have had no relation with isis, that are just angered by whats going on in the world and they will be prosecuted under normal criminal law. Because we can put them behind bars for that. Or, hes just a sicko who was looking for some grand idea that motivated his otherwise simple violence. But paul, heres why its relevant because to the regular person, i dont get isis, isil, deep in the weeds about syria and iraq and all of these arab states, but heres what i get they want to kill me here and theyre going to turn my own against me. This is something that specifically is playing out in britain right now because of the coward with the mask on in the isis videos with the knife. Because the belief is this is a regular londoner who was somehow turned. Is that a naive interpretation, or a real threat . There are a thousand westerners with isis, most of them europeans, these are trained killers and the worry is they could return to the west and launch attacks, thats not just a theoretical concern. Back in may there was an attack on a brussels museum, a Jewish Museum by a french isis fighter who had been Holding Hostages in syria, came back to europe. Killed four people in a terrorist attack there in the museum. Two different types of westerners, juliette. I mean this just in terms of theoretically for this discussion, cases in the u. S. , three women in minnesota are missing, rumored to have joined isis. Another young woman in colorado, another young man in new jersey, this guy, ali brown. Attributed to isis online. Heres the risk two different types of westerners, are they people who came from somewhere else, moved here, but had some lingering sympathies and were lowhanging fruit for extremist organizations . Or are they real, minted americans who are somehow turned by propaganda that isis uniquely conveys . Which is it . Maybe both, chris and i think were going to see a lot of these Different Cases emerge. Because of isis success in the social media sort of world. Isis appears stronger, scarier, more of a threat to the homeland because its infiltrating us through social media facebook, twitter. Theyve been incredibly successful in this regard. Theyre using it as a way to make themselves seem very strong, which they are. But to seem like theyre next door. And also, to get recruits so were going to see this because of isis success and sophistication in a way that al qaeda never was. Al qaeda was much more disciplined in its recruitment. Were going to see a lot more of this. Whether its people who are from there, who get recruited, or americans here, who are looking for a larger meaning and find something in isis appealing. Im going to come back to you for one last quick take on ebola. I want to get a sense of the scope of the threat. But paul let me ask you this heres a little bit of cynicism. With al qaeda, we didnt hear about it because youre constantly minimizing and mitigating al qaeda. Saying theyre nothing, theyre nothing, theyre nothing, with isis it seems theres no push that these are the worst guys in the history of the world. Coincidentally goes hand in hand with the novel campaign to attack them. How legit is this basic respect that isis is being given that we, you know are constantly talking about what to call them. Right name, theyre better online than anybody else. Is that true are are we hyping them . Isis has potential frightening capabilities to launch attacks, what theyve not done is plot attacks here. This is a group with frightening capability, 1,000 westerners in their ranks, tens of millions of dollars, Training Camps on a scale last seen from the taliban in afghanistan. The europeans are worried about this, the emergence of a terrorist state on the southern shore of the mediterranean. Its real, its worthy of the unified strategy, i got you. Juliette, quickly, the ebola plan from the president , sending 3,000 there the risk is that it comes here. How real is the risk at this point . The risk is probably not very real. But thank goodness for this initiative, because the risk is just the entire disruption of the african continent based on a real threat. I ask you, because you dealt with h1n1 when you were with Homeland Security. Yes. Ill come back to you on ebola as the threat evolves, as will all the threats at some point. Juliette, paul, thank you very much. Lets get you to mick with the headlines. Good morning, everyone, as deadly fighting continues in eastern ukraine. Ukrainian parliament has granted broad concessions to the rebels in eastern ukraine, proposed by president poroshenko to create special status. Amnesty for rebel fighters, allows the region to form deeper ties with russia. Two more states have reported cases of respiratory virus that is hospitalizing children across the nation, montana and alabama have each reported one case of evd68, the virus has been causing severe breathing problems in some children, especially those with asthma. The centers for Disease Control has confirmed cases of the virus in seven other states and several more have tests pending and are testing the patients for the virus. Some 1500 firefighters are battling a large wildfire near sacramento, california. Officials say the king fire has more than doubled in size over the past 24 hours. This scorched more than 8,000 acres, extreme heat and high winds and the ongoing drought in California Fueling the fire. Its one of 11 major wildfires currently burning right now across california. Something else california has got to worry about, owe diehl, now a Tropical Storm grinding up mexicos baja, california peninsula. It proposes serious danger over the next day or two with the potential for lifethreatening flooding. They say the Weather Department says they are expecting flooding in southwest United States region. It made landfall sunday, forcing thousands to evacuate, it closed the peninsulas two main airports and caused widespread damage no word on when flights might restart. Obviously thats a big tourist location there. Im hearing some stories from folks that cnn has talked about hearing the roar of the wind coming through, palm trees snapping over. A real mess. Not the vacation some people were looking for. Hopefully they get blue skies right after the storm passes. Thats just what happens in between. U. S. Air strikes hitting isis positions near baghdad, signaling a new phase in the fight against isis. 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