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neighborhood in buffalo, new york. according to officials. the government has been arraigned on first degree murder and is being held without bail. his next court appearance is scheduled for thursday. a senior law enforcement official told reporters that the parents of the suspect are distraught and are cooperating, and they say the suspect recently purchased weapons used. which included a semiautomatic rifle, a hunting rifle and a shotgun. 11 of the victims are black, into our white, ...

Leadership, sadly, seems to be part of the fire that we are experiencing right now? >> when political leaders, elected leaders, media leaders start picking targets and start demonizing populations, you will see an uptick in violence and you will see an uptick in individuals that move to violence. its called stow-tastic terrorism, the ideas you cant determine where any single plot will be because of mediated, over the airwaves. but there is target designation. we see this in terms of the language...

Fib continues to warn that terror suspects have gone dark increasedly communicated through encrypted messages thats widely available, but impossible for the intelligence community to monitor. u.s. officials tell cnn that the risk of terror attacks remains very high. >> based on recent past trends isis has beenling to and able to push out information to americans, and a small number have been willing to act based on that. >> heres a worrisome development, the fbi is seeing isis exercise more cont...

The iraqi forces, making them more effective, making them more lethal, picking targets, guiding iraqi troops to insurgent locations, showing the iraqis how to do tactics, how to take back the half dozen cities or so that have been overrun by militants from isis. so it is a military mission, but one by remote control. >> theres a growing sense stateside that part of the blame for this is nuri am maliki, himself, in the way he has governed and the way the government has treated the sunni minority ...

Now, assad has crossed that red line. it is americas red line. if we do not act assad will use chemical weapons many times in the future. they may will successful for him and dictators for decades to come with learn from assads lesson that chemical weapons on civilians used on a mass scale can be effective and the protocol against their use is a dead letter. in picking targets, youre going to be torn between the germane and the effective. germane would be directly related to chemical weapons, bu...

Military -- for the military professional people, weve done so little to rep the -- help the rebels get their act together. this is a pick-up team and the united states and allies have been at the business of advising and assisting and supporting basic militaries now for 50 years. were very good at it. im just disappointed we havent even begun to headache the -- make the efforts to turn this into an efficient fighting force. gregg: id like to get your thoughts on nato taking over command in -- t...

Leaders in the mountains of pakistan back in july, 2009. that rugged border area known as waziristan, has been a key target for missile-firing u.s. drones. cnns tom foreman has been looking in to that. tom? >> wolf, predator drones have become a major component in our military operations over in pakistan. lets look at the system first, and i call it a system instead of simply a weapon, because its not just about this thing thats flying through the air. its about intelligence on the ground. its a...

Smashed by u.s. air power because they watched their own army dissolve. they watched their own army run away from the fight. in mosul lay they ran away from the fight with two army divisions collapsing. they recognize here in baghdad, nationwide, the army didnt live up to the challenge and would like to see the u.s. come in and back up the army. and make no mistake, although this is not a combat mission and theres not going to be american troops here kicking down doors and doing searching homes ...

Away from the fight. in mosul they ran away from the fight with two army divisions collapsing. they recognize here in baghdad, nationwide, the army didnt live up to the challenge and would like to see the u.s. come in and back up the army. and make no mistake, although this is not a combat mission and theres not going to be american troops here kicking down doors and doing searching homes like they did in 2005 and 2006 and all the other years that u.s. troops were on the ground, it is still a mi...