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Country would allow the United Statesled coalition to use its air bases in the fight against isis. From cnn World Headquarters here in atlanta, im George Howell. This is cnn newsroom. Good day to you and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. We start this hour in kenya. The u. S. President , barack obama, making his first visit as a u. S. President and the first president to be there. Hes been speaking at the Global Entrepreneurship summit in the capital city there and to nairobi we go with themma bagger. We just watched a moment ago, last hour when the president was at the podium. The president saying that he is proud to be the first u. S. President to visit kenya. Certainly an Important Mission for him at this summit but other messages that hes sending as well. Reporter hi george. Well we have been hearing from president obama about the two really main themes that underpin this. Hes already hit those notes for us in that Global Entrepreneurship summit remarks that he gave earlier. Of course part of this trip will always be focused on security and he made very clear that for him, as far as hes concerned, entrepreneurship is also about giving opportunities to young people to ensure as he put it that they dont fall prey to the ideologies of violence and despair and radicalization. But of course, this trip will also be overshadowed by the strides that china has been making on this continent to capitalize on africas huge spikes of economic growth. And president kenyatta alluded to that a little bit in the remarks preceding president obama, in which he said that we in kenya are not for east or west were for progress. So clearly, president obamas got a little bit of catchup there. The entrepreneurs themselves 40 of them are from here in kenya. Many of the rest are from across africa and also across the world, but this is a summit that is on african soil and the focus point is going to be on how the african economies can be capitalized upon. And president obama was very vocal on that. He said africa is on the move and we want to be a part of that george. Nima also as far as the president being there in the capital city and security concerns hes not really able to get out and about as he might have been when he wasnt the u. S. President. But is there still a great deal of excitement that hes there, even though folks cant see him directly . We might have lost nima elbagirs audio and well have to get back to her. But again, a historic visit by the u. S. President , barack obama, to kenya, to nairobi, and certainly an Important Message that hes sending to this Global Entrepreneurship summit. But again, security concerns there as he continues his stay in that city. We will, of course continue to get back to developments there with nima elbagir later in the newscast. Another story were following here in the United States that deadly shooting that played out in a louisiana Movie Theater. The gunman weve learned, had a history of Mental Health problems. He has been identified this man, John Russell Houser 59yearold. Two people were killed and nine were wounded on thursday in that attack. Houser took his own life. Louisianas governor, bobby jindal has ordered flags to fly at halfstaff in honor of these victims. Police say houser posted many extremist opinions online and has been estranged from his family for many years. Cnns drew griffin reports on what weve learned about the shooters past. Reporter the son of a tax collector, he was educated with a law degree but Mental Illness added to a lifetime of hate violence and bizarre behavior. The 59yearold once ran for Public Office and in blog postings and editorials expressed stern views that the u. S. Was headed downhill. Muslim fundamentalists had it right, even showing admiration for adolf hitler. He has a history of abuse and erratic behavior from 1989 when he was arrested for trying to burn down an attorneys office. And in 2008 his wife filed a protective order, pleading with a court to have his guns taken away. This afternoon, the suspects own brother says the shooter has been out of touch for years. You know we hadnt been close in years, and we were im not sure of the right we just separated from our family and just different emotional psychological issues and depression problems that type of thing, so. When was the last time you saw him . Probably about a month ago. He just needed some money to continue moving on living on you know living and surviving. And so we gave him some and that was the last we heard of him. We hadnt heard of him probably in ten years prior to that and hadnt heard from him since. We didnt know where he was. We didnt know anything about him. And so this was a complete shock. Reporter his Mental Health continued to decline and seems to have led to divorce proceedings, alienation bankruptcies and unemployment. In alabama, the local sheriff today said the shooter was evicted from a home just last year. He left it vandalized pouring cement in the plumbing and rigging gas lines in an attempt to make them explode. But even with his record and known Mental Illness, there was no Legal Recourse according to the sheriff, to keep him off the streets. Around the state is allowing a lot of these people that should not be Walking Around to be out in the community. And you know thats a scary scenario that were dealing with every day. Reporter the biggest missing piece of this mystery is why and how the shooter left alabama and ended up living in a motel 6 in lafayette, louisiana, and why he chose to lash out violently this time in a Movie Theater showing a comedy. Drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. Moviegoers inside that theelt theater say they werent sure what was happening when they heard the first shots. Some thought it was part of the film. Then they started running for their lives. At least one person pretended to be dead. Emily mann made it out. It seemed like he was just going for the easiest targets. His hand was shaky. He was obviously shooting very much at random. And so at that point, i just knew i had to make it down the stairs. I felt a shoe come off. I left my purse. And once i got towards the end of the stairway another woman pulled me around and i got to my feet and just started to run with everyone else. Maybe its just a way of coping but one thing that made me feel a bit better is that this is a drifter, hes not from here. He picked us at random and it was totally a random act and it wasnt somebody from lafayette or acadiana killing other acadians. It was some nutcase from away. Maybe its my coping mechanism, but it helps. The two women killed in this shooting have been identified as 33yearold Jillian Johnson and 21yearold mayci breaux. Now on to the fight against isis. Turkey has stepped up attacks, launching more air strikes against militants, this time in both iraq and syria. According to the Prime Ministers Office turkish warplanes launched strikes on militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party, also the kpp, known as that in Northern Iraq. Ground troops also bombed isis targets in northern syria. This comes just a day after turkey launched a round of air strikes, its first, on isis targets across syrias border. The turkish Prime Minister says the warplanes hit the targets without going into syrian air space. And in a major policy shift, turkey has agreed to let the United States use its air bases to launch air strikes against militants in syria and iraq. Earlier, we heard from soner kapati, director of the Turkish Research problem at the washington institute. He told us what triggered the policy change and how he thinks isis will react. I think it took the turkish government a very long time of soul searching to realize that isis is not something they can ignore. The turks had for a while turned the other way, allowing isis to cross into syria and others hoping they would help bring down the collapse of the assad regime. And they only realize now that what they thought would happen in syria is not happening. The premise was that assad would fall good guys would take over and they would take care of the bad guys. Assad is not falling and bad guys are taking over. So the turks have realized their premise was false and theyre coming closer to the United States in terms of isis policy. Turkey will now be targeted unfortunately, by isis. The group is going to get angry and is going to try to change turkeys mind by being aggressive inside turkish territory. I think because isis has used turkey as a crossing point for about four or five years now, they know the weaknesses of the turkish system and they probably have a Network Inside turkey of recruits and safe houses so they will unfortunately, be able to carry out some attacks and turkey will have to crack down on isis. So we might have some bad news coming from Southern Turkey in the coming days and that will be very unfortunate. Although turkey has joined the u. S. Led coalition, the countrys Prime Minister says it will not go to war inside syria. For more on turkeys rampedup fight against militants there, the isis group, we now turn to our producer in istanbul. Thank you so much for taking a moment with us. So as we see this policy shift, how significant is it and what type of impact will it have, do you suspect . Well turkeys policy over the last week has definitely shifted. Its tougher and its more aggressive. But we have to realize that its not just at isis. Turkey right now with statements coming out of the Prime Minister ministery saying they are ready to prepare in all cases on all fronts. What were seeing in turkey is a toughening of its stance against isis. Yesterday, three f16s took off and hit isis targets inside syria. Last night there were Ground Forces that didnt cross into syria but that fired at isis targets there. But concurrently there was an aerial strike that was going on in Northern Iraq which targeted pkk or Kurdistan Workers Party assets and locations in Northern Iraq. All of this is a ramping up of turkeys military posture and is a more aggressive way for turkey to go after what it sees as terrorism, which includes isis but also includes the Kurdistan Workers Party. The offshoot of that group has been fighting in syria against isis. Turkey really is in a very difficult position of going after multiple fronts of what it perceives to be terrorism. And right now domestically this fight against terrorism is not just being carried out internationally for turkey but also domestically. There have been huge operations by police that have been carried out in turkey across 22 provinces with more than 5,000 Police Officers taking part in the operations just in istanbul and rounding up terror suspects. But again, its not just limited to isis. Those operations are also going after Kurdistan Workers Party militants and other marginal leftist groups. So far, 320 people have been detained. We dont know the breakdown. We dont know how much of it is isis and how much of it is the pkk, but we do know that there have been more than 30 foreign nationals that have also been swept up in the detention wave. We dont know where theyre from and we dont know which organization theyre suspected of being a member of but really in turkey over this last week which started with the terrible move of the Suicide Attack carried out by isis that claimed the lives of 32 people the fight and the toughening of stance is very, very palpable. Great insights here. And certainly, when we talk about this fight against the kurdish workers party, the pkk. I have another question for you, just when it comes to the u. S. Military now using these air bases in turkey. How significant will that be . Well the statement was made that turkey is going to take a more active part in the coalition and that the coalition and u. S. Would be allowed within a certain framework to use turkish air bases and air space. That is very fundamentally important for the coalition because the proximity of turkey to syria is a gamechanger. Its very close by. It is a straight shot from turkey. And remember yesterday, the three f16s that turkey deployed were able to hit isis targets inside syria along the turkish Syrian Border but inside syria, about a kilometer in were able to do that without using or going into syrian air space, which is a very very strategically important thing. But what were seeing now with turkey coming into the coalition is that there is going to be a lot more movement along that border and really a more effective really military strategy against isis in syria. The turkish Prime Minister did say, however, that this was not turkey being pulled into a war, that this is just about preserving its National Security. Cnn producer gul tuysuz on the phone with us from istanbul turkey. Gul, thank you very much for your insights. Well stay in touch as we continue to follow this story. U. S. Officials say the government is preparing for the possible release this november of jonathan polar, a convicted spy for israel when he is up for parole. Pollard was convicted of espionage in 1987 then sentenced to life in prison with eligibility for parole 30 years after his arrest. Many believe the move would help ease tensions with israel over the Iran Nuclear Deal but the spokesman for the National Security council says there is absolutely zero linkage between mr. Pollards status and Foreign Policy considerations. He added, a parole board will decide whether to let pollard go. Cnn military analyst Lieutenant Colonel Rick Francona shared his reaction to it. Listen. It doesnt matter who he spied for. The information he gave to the israelis went way beyond the scope of the authorized exchange between the United States and israel. Its okay to tell other countries what you know but it becomes dangerous when you start telling them how you know it. You start compromising your sources and methods. And he did just that. Many of the systems he compromised we have never, ever recovered from. So i understand the life sentence. So i understand hell be released in november. I guess im going to have to live with that. Suggestions that pollard would be released have come up before including during an effort to extend peace talks between israel and the palestinians last year. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Hillary clinton is defending her emails yet again. A u. S. Official says some of them contained classified information and the Justice Department has been now asked to investigate. And a new danger on the roadways. More than a million vehicles are recalled after its discovered they are vulnerable to internet hackers. That story coming up. A rural farmhouse in poland has hidden a familys guarded secrets for decades, but now the true story about its history finally being told. The kids are asleep. Look what i got. Oh my froot loops [sniffs] lets do this . Get up get up get up get up loop me bring back the awesome yeah yeah yeah with the great taste of Kelloggs Froot loops. Follow your nose welcome back to cnn newsroom. Im George Howell. The United States Justice Department has been asked to investigate emails sent from Hillary Clintons private server. Thats after it was revealed that sensitive government information was mishandled while she was secretary of state. Our elise labott has more. Reporter new disclosures from the Intelligence Community. The Inspector General saying emails on Hillary Clintons private server contained classified information. Their review of just 40 of 30,000 emails secretary clinton turned over found 4 of them had classified information. At least one inadvertently released to the public. Inspector Generals Office telling cnn they were classified when they were sent and are classified now. The problem, the information was never classified by the state department and clinton may have not known she was handling information that should have remained on a secure system. Now the Inspector General for the Intelligence Community has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether classified material has been compromised. It seems like theyre making a larger criticism of the way the state department handles classified material. Again, i refer you to the department of justice. Theyre saying that you compromised classified material. But we have had a very rigorous process internally and frankly, sh

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