Reports from a destroyed city. Philippines. Starts october 24th to tell you. About it. This is g w news live from berlin to the like a ceasefire in Northern Syria or is it in yet another unexpected turn the u. S. Announces turkey will suspend military operations against Kurdish Forces for 5 days in return the u. S. Says it will lift economic sanctions against turkey also coming up they have a deal yet again negotiators in brussels reached
a new agreement outlining the u. K. s departure from the European Union e. U. Leaders have given their blessing but the deal still needs to get through to the u. K. Parliament easier said than done Boris Johnsons allies in Northern Ireland have already said they will not support. Im brink of it is good to have you with us we begin tonight with a remarkable turnabout in syria when the u. S. Vice president mike pence went to to try and persuade of turkeys president. To stop his attack on kurdish fighters in Northern Syria no one did his chances very hig
Threatening to carry out attacks over there and in the u. S. , and that wasnt the whole plan. Two suspects threatened to plant a bomb on new yorks coney eye and and to kill president obama and wait until you hear in a few moments how authorities uncovered their plot. But this morning Law Enforcement across the country on high alert for other violent extremists we have this story covered from every angle, beginning with will ripley in brooklyn, new york. Weve been working to learn more about the two younger suspects arrested here in brooklyn including a 19yearold who lived in this building behind me. He paid just 571 to get a ticket to try to fly over try to join isis a plot that was only foiled by the federal authorities because of the fact that these two young men were so careless. The initial actions were effectively to go to syria. This morning two men intent on waging war with isis according to the february are in custody in new york. A third accomplice arrested in florida. At leas
Says vanuatu is dealing with a worse than worst Case Scenario even as aid is being rushed in. Outside the capital city, the situation is still far from clear. There have been over flights, but communication between 83 tiny slanz you see there. Has been almost impossible. Cnns International Correspondent ivan watson has more from the capital port vila. Reporter theres thousands whose homes have been destroyed or seriously damaged around the capital here of port vila. Im overlooking a valley where a great majority of the trees have been snapped or at the least denude. And by the record winds that rip through friday night. Im next to a church that more than 100 supreme used as a temporary shelter since their homes were damaged on friday night. What im hearing from some of the residents here is that they are subsistence farmers, that they make a living basically supply what they grow they survive on what they grow. Some say the meager farm have been destroyed by the storm. That mean theyve
brooklyn. as they were trying to join isis. these guys are also fascinating, kazakhstan uzbekistan living and working in brooklyn? tell us more that you ve learned about this investigation here at home. there s a few things that are interesting about it. i mean the most interesting is you generally don t have the interactions that occurred in this case with the fbi. i mean as the report prior to this interview said they went to one of the defendants in this case and asked him about a social media postings. if he admitted to them that he wanted to kill the president, he admitted he was a supporter of isis. he was basically caught red-handed. generally people make up some sort of excuse. it s interesting that he admitted that. it s interesting they were able to get a confidential informant into the group after he admitted to the fbi he wanted to kill the president and was an isis supporter. this indicates some poor operational security on their
operational security. but assuming that the reports from reuters quoting the bbc and the washington post, are accurate, we see a parallel between what s going on with jihadi john and what just happened here in the united states with home-grown threats, which is that authorities are watching people. but when do they act? when is it right? when is it enough? that s obviously a risky calculation. let s discuss with peter newman, director of the international center and michael weiss, author of inside the army of isis. we hear about the background of the man known as jihadi john. born in kuwait moves to london well to do well educated. supposed to go on a safari as part of a graduation gift as any well-heeled kid would. gets messed with by authorities, says he was messed with again by a second time. becomes disgruntled. hooks up with a group and starts this radicalization play wlaxt do you see here? this is is almost out of