Im christine romans. John berman is taking the day off. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Isis on the rampage seizing control of the ancient city of palmyra. The two stunning victories forcing the government to reassess the terror strategy. The focus is securing the province went of baghdad. I want to bring in Senior Correspondent arwa damon. I want to talk about the history and the city which was taken by isis. How important was it and what is happening . Reporter palmyra is stunning. Syrian government saying prior to the victory by isis they managed to move out the artifacts that were moveable. At the end of the day, you have the stunning sprawling city that is centuries old that once stood as a key location on the crossroads for the trade routes that one from the roman empire to persia and indivisiblea and china. Now at the mercy and whether or not they will destroy it as they have other sites in iraq. Palmyra capture is significant and it opens new routes for isis toward the capital of
duplicate names, he hopes that list will slink further today. a lot of structures burned and 151,000 acres burned, it is now 70% contained. we talk a lot about the humanitarian crisis. it s also a vast animal crisis. so many people in this rural county have livestock, even people who have smaller parcels may have a couple horses, et cetera. a lot of the livestock being brought to the butte county fairgrounds. over 700 animals overnight. this is a vast crisis for the animals, volunteers helping out. they need donations, they need hay. they were working feverishly to put some sort of cover over the animals because rain is coming. the biggest concern for firefighters is roads could become ashy, muddy, impassable. reporting live from paradise, i m paul vercamman. back to you. now to this story.
court on tuesday. prosecutors have until monday to bring charges against him. back to you. christine. ryan. paul, thank you. the vatican says it condemns the sexual abuse of minors. pressure had been building on the pope to address the grand jury report describing the crimes of 300 predator priests in pennsylvania. the vatican says the church must learn hard lessons and abuses described in the report are criminal and morally reprehensible. those were betrayals of the victims that rob the victims of their dignity and faith. the attorney general writes he hopes the church will embrace the grand jury recommendations and including the statute of limitations for sexually abusing children. and a salvadorian woman has filed a lawsuit seeking to be reunited with her infant daughter who needs to be breast fed.
for a year. we will bring you more information when it becomes available. a grim end to the search for the colorado mom and two children. shanann watts body discovered on the property of his former employer. the remains of the daughters were found nearby. her husband accused of killing all three of them. we get more from cnn s paul vercamman. reporter: christine, chris watts walked into court in an orange jump suit and reading glasses. his expression blank. this is the same man earlier in the week pleaded for the return of his wife, 15 weeks pregnant, and two girls. during the interview, he said when asked about the possible confrontation that they had an emotional conversation. authorities are saying very little about his arrest on suspicion of three counts of murder. who is sounding off? the victim s brother.
he said in a social media post, i just want 30 seconds alone with the heartless psychopath. he went on to say may satan have mercy on his soul. he has not been formally charged. chris watts will be back in court on tuesday. prosecutors have until monday to bring charges against him. back to you, christine, ryan. paul, thank you. the vatican says it condemns the sexual abuse of minors. pressure had been building on the pope to address the grand jury report describing the crimes of 300 predator priests in pennsylvania. the vatican says the church must learn hard lessons and abuses described in the report are criminal and morally reprehensible. those were betrayals of the trusts that rob survivors of their dignity and faith. he hopes the church will embrace the grand jury recommendations and including eliminating the statute of limitations.