Tape from isis, the terror group boasts of conquests on the battlefield and in its Online Campaign to recruit young jihadists and warriors. In western iraq the first u. S. Troops have arrived to bolster the regions fight against isis. About 50 military personnel are in Anbar Province to begin training iraqi and kurdish allies. Just last week president obama approved up to 1,500 u. S. Troops for that mission, essentially doubling the American Forces now in iraq. Cnns Barbara Starr is at the pentagon with the latest for thus morning. Good morning, barbara. Good morning, randi. Lets go back to that have you had we could for a moment, that is the latest video from isis, should be viewed as another propaganda video sources are telling me, this is what isis is so good at, taking their cameras out onto their front lines, recording a good deal of violence and gruesome activity, some we cannot show you. This message from isis is that they believe they have inevitable victory. They show this, it
Israeli. Ill ask the Prime Minister where all of this is heading. And an insanity defense . A new look at the virginia suspect Jesse Matthew. Could his lawyer seek a psychiatric ruling . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Lets get right to the breaking news. Isis has released a video that is gruesome. It shows off the bodies of the victims. The video emerges as u. S. Troops deploy on the front lines in iraq and ends with a warning. The warning being, you will never defeat us. Isis may have a new ally, an egyptian Jihadist Group now says it has pledged loyalty to isis. An al qaeda offshoot poses a threat to the embassy in yemen. A leading voice on counterterrorism congressman peter king is standing by along with our correspondents, analysts and newsmakers. The fate of the top isis leader is still unclear. He was reportedly wounded in an air strike and isis may have just suffered a battlefield defeat as Iraqi Forces Capture the city in iraq. Thats not stopping the group from m
Meritt say he was that day and night that the mcstay family disappeared in 2010 . Chase merritt says he had lunch with Joseph Mcstay, they talked business, business was booming a really nice lunch. He says they talked about, 12, 13 time later that day. Here is the key. He says he was home that night when his cell phone rang. He says Joseph Mcstay scald him from his cell phone called from his cell phone at 28. He was too tired. Watching tv with his girlfriend. Joseph mcstay likes to talk about. Didnt want to have a long conversation. He dent pick idnt pick up the. We asked Patrick Mcstay about that, Joseph Mcstays father. Heres what he had to say. How did we know where joeys phone was . Reporter are you suggesting it was chase calling . Maybe he was calling himself. I dont know. What would be the reason for that . Nice way to form an alibi. Randim. R r what we know is Chase Merritts cell known was at home we dont know itch chase was at home because thats what he told us. His cell phone
Reality that the return of Matthew Miller and kenneth bae does not resist. Bae and miller were the last americans known to be held in north korea. Part of the state department, clappers visit came after north korea contacted the u. S. Government unexpectedly about two weeks ago. He delivered a letter addressed to kim jongun. U. S. Leaders credit china for securing the release in beijing where he is attending a sum, president obama talked about the successful mission. Obviously, im incredibly thankful to jim clapper for the efforts that he made and i couldnt be happier for the families as we enter the holidays to let them know their loved ones are back. They say the release did not fall on north korean relation, saying that could only happen as they abandoned their Nuclear Weapons program. Some believed a report documenting the human rights abuses may have prompted the release. That i are concerned kim jongun could face an zooimt dime by International Criminal court. Nothing could rerac
Thats an explosion in the Syrian Border city of kobani where much of the documentary style images are set. We wont show you the most horrific images of isis victims but it also uses clips of reporters reporting from the besieged area and news reports from western media showing World Leaders condemning isis actions. Another clip right here appears to show isis fighters shooting down a military held continuer in iraq. If we have that clip. Jim sciutto, cnn chief National Security correspondent with us now. Theres also a mention of president obama, president bush is mentioned. What is the purpose of this video . All these videos have the same purpose, they brag and threaten theres a clip about shooting down ang iraqi helicopter, pictures of the dead ypg fighters, and they also threaten all of this intended to attract recruits and supporters but the threat was interesting and ill just read the translation of it. It says in obama promised you with defeating the Islamic State then bush has a