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CNNW CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera July 5, 2014

The grasp that they have on the city of mosul, which is where that video is said to have been filmed inside one of its most historic mosques. It also shows you how cough dint isis is in its movements. Not just in mosul but the vast terrain inside iraq stretching all the way to syria that it now claims to control. This video first emerged on an official isis twitter account. The video dint guide the man that is being the khalif ibrahim. That is how al baghdadi is now known to his followers ever since isis declared this socalled islamic state. According to an eyewitness who was there, he arrived in a massive convoy, suvs, blackened windows, gunmen preaching that now was the time for jihad, urging his followers to take up jihad, to please god, and then they will be rewarded in heaven and in paradise. That said the worshippers who were at the mosque had absolutely no idea he would be showing up. Said that he appeared four to five minuteses before the sermon would have begun. And he had armed gunmen with him. They are seen in the video. Youll also notice in portions of the video, the men in the front row are blurred. That is because they are believed to be part of his entourage. An incredibly brazen move at this stage too, given all of the u. S. Aerial and other countries aerial surveillance that is buzzing all over iraq. That being said we cannot verify the authenticity of the video or his identity. But either way, at this stage, this is the man, the face that isis wants to put out there as being their leader, their amir. Im curious, how is this message now being received there in baghdad . Well, theres a lot of widespread fear and anxiety here that has been going on ever since isis launched its takeover of mosul and the vast majority of northern and western iraq. People in the capital are bracing themselves for what they believe to be an imminent isis assault. Not a mosulstyle, charging in, taking down the capital sort of thing. But we are seeing some entrances into baghdad being more fort tied. We are seeing people expressing their growing anxiety. Because whats contributing to a lot of it is just how quiet the capital has been. Prior to this isis takeover you had explosions and attacks on a fairly regular basis. That has all relatively speaking dissipated. People think thats a sign of the worst to come. When it comes to what people in mosul are going through, living under isis, we spoke to an eyewitness at that mosque, a woman who is describing how she and the other women were quivering in fear, trying to conceal the fact that they were crying. Thats how frightened they were of the isis gunmen. Afraid for their lives. Talking about how unbearable life there had become with isis fighters on every single street corner. A lot of people in this nation, ana, are so terrified of the unknown that the future now holds. All right. Arwa dane than in baghdad, iraq, thank you. From baghdad now to kabul, the capital of afghanistan about 400 trucks filled with oil and gasoline are burning and have been for several hours. No official word on what started the enormous fire. But the taliban released a statement saying they attacked a parking depot used by trucks that take fuel and supplies to nato troops throughout afghanistan. You can see just how intense and how huge this fire is burning out of control right now. The United States government is confirming a teenage boy beaten by israeli troops in jerusalem is an american citizen. This is what 15yearold tariq kadir looks like today. A video emerged a couple of days ago that shows him being held town and punched by Israeli Police officers. Now officials at the u. S. State department have seen this and theyre reacting. Cnns sun lan surfoughty is at the white house. What are u. S. Officials saying about this incident . Ana, a strongly worded statement just out by the administration. They say theyre gravely concerned and condemn this incident. And this comes after today officials from the u. S. Consulate in jerusalem visited with the 15yearold. Jen psaki, white house spokeswoman, says we are profoundly troubled by reports that he was severely beaten while in Police Custody and strongly condemn any excessive use of force, were calling for a speedy, transparent and credible investigation and full accountability for any excessive use of force. Rewe reiterate our grave concern about the increasingly violent incidents and call on all sides to take steps to restore calm and prevent harm to innocents. It should be noted at about the exact same time that this statement came up from the state department, israels justice ministry, they announced that they are launching an investigation into this incident. Ana . Sun len, do we know if this beating is in any way connected to the other violence and kidnappings weve seen in and around jerusalem in the past few days . We certainly will learn more in the coming days. But certainly this first confirmation from the state department that this is a 15yearold from tampa. He has been connected, the cousin of that palestinian that we learned this week died in that brutal, brutal way. We do know, and i believe that you have a report coming up from the region, confirmed from his parents, that this is connected to this palestinian teenager. Interesting that well hear details as more come out, ana. Sun len surfoughty, thank you for reporting on this. Authorities say a california woman was resisting arrest. But did she deserve this . Arrested. Stop. [ muted ]. Oh [ muted ]. Hes beating her up. My gosh, why . Just blow after blow caught on camera. Now the california trooper you see here is off the street, on administrative leave, while his actions are under investigation. Cnns sarah sidener has the story. Video from a california freeway shot by a driver stunned by what he was seeing unfold. A woman being punched over and over and over again by a california Highway Patrolman. You see it, you heard it, youre like, thump, thump, thump then you hear her head bouncing bam, bam, on the concrete. How many times did he hit her . I seen 11 on the video. He took more shots than that. I think around 15 shots. To her head. And then punching . Punching. This is not just jabs. These are hooks. Lightsout punches. Those arent taps. Reporter the Highway Patrol report says the woman posed a danger to heard and other drivers because she was walking within traffic lanes at times. When she was asked to stop, she continues ignoring the officers command and ultimately she becomes physically combative, it says. The tape only shows a small part of what transpired. There are events that led up to this. Until all thats collected and put into perspective, we arent going to be able to make a determination. Reporter the eyewitness who goes by the name david diaz says he saw exactly what led up to it before he started recording. When you see the video, the first thing you hear is me laughing. The reason why is because before we got the video starting, they were playing with a ring around the rosy behind the red truck. A grown man and grown woman running around the truck, like a bennie hill moment, right . Shes avoiding him, hes trying like when we laugh when someone runs on the field in a baseball game. Reporter he says she did eventually start walking towards the officer and that is when the takedown began. He grabs her. She kind of is like, you know, does the resistance in terms of like natural reaction. And then he then grabs her, those her to the floor, and then gets on top of her, which then you would think, okay, hes going to wrap her up, call it in, another day in los angeles. But no, this wasnt the case. Reporter chp says the woman, who carried no i. D. , was taken to hospital for a physical and mental evaluation. The report indicated that the individual was not injured and the officer didnt notice any injuries on the individual. Reporter diaz has a hard time believing that. After seeing and hearing this. She didnt put up any restraint. She did what anyone else would do when theyre getting pounded. To go like this, to go like this. Now they say, oh, shes restrained. Its an excuse. Were giving too many excuses. Theres no more rationalizing this. We need to stop this. Thats why i put the video on, i posted this video. Were going to make a determination as to what transspired in this situation. And we will do the right thing. Reporter the officer involved has been put on administrative duty while the case is investigated. Sarah cider, cnn, los angeles. Our thanks to sarah. Were spending the rest of the hour talking things over with our contributors, Mark Lamont Hill and ben ferguson. 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And in this situation, the failure of House Republicans to pass a darn bill is bad for our security, its bad for our economy, and its bad for our future. One of the lines that sort of jumped out at me said, and im paraphrasing but a close paraphrase, i take these executive actions when we have a problem and congress refuses to act. Well, thats not necessarily the way the constitution set it up. He can only act when article 2 of the constitution says the president has the authority. Okay, lets bring in cnn commentators Mark Lamont Hill and ben ferguson joining me now. Were going to cover this and other hot topics today. Mark flgs that was our senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin there. He said the president is tread on what he called treacherous legal grounds. Is the president going too far do you think with his desire to use executive authority here . He hasnt gone too far yet but the language is very, very dangerous, to me. I dont want him to say things like, if congress doesnt act, ill do it from my executive office. That sounds like overreach. What the president is actually doing is attempting to redress some of the issues within the boundaries of his power. He is able to address some issues around Immigration Reform from a federal level. He accountant same thing with raising the minimum he didnt raise the federal minimum wage, he couldnt do it by himself, but he could do it with federal workers. Is there something specific and tangible he can do here . Certain dimensions of the Senate Reform bill that died in the house that he can address. Hes trying to prevent deportation for people largely targeted in the senate bill, try to help them, reunite families, do things within the boundaries of his power. Ultimately i am always scared of the language of a president saying, im going to do a lot of the executive orders. I dont like when it bush did it, i do love it when obama does it. Ben, i know yaw want to get in on this. What obama should have said was, hey, i act and the Supreme Court taketh awayeth. Thats what happened when doing reese appointments. The Supreme Court smacked him around pretty tough and said, you cant do this. You cant just have and do and say and appoint whoever you want to just because you dont like what congress does. And i think that is the Biggest Issue the president does not seem to understand. And whats going to get him in trouble here is, you know, theres a senate bill, great example. They passed it, the president likes it. The house has chosen not to take it up, not to move forward. He says, well, hey, im going to go ahead and implement the parts of that bill that i agree with and stop deportations. Well, you cant do that. As a citizen, i can go to the police and say, next year, this bill might be passed that i like so i can do what i want to do. Smoke pot, for example. You couldnt use it as a defense in colorado before it actually became law. Just because someone introduced it. And i think this is where the president i think is going to lose a lot of the American People and its making the problem worse because people around the world, they hear that obama says youre not going to be deported and theyre coming here and thats the Biggest Issue. Youre leaving out two important points. First of all, the republican counter argument has not been largely that its illegal, they say its counterproductive. Your second point, it will bring people in. The obama administrations been clear in saying, we are not were going to return children to Central America if they come. Were going to send a message to Central America that if you come theyre going to be sent back because its a dangerous journey and we dont want overpopulation across the border. The president has not sat on his hands, hes been clear and direct, you have to acknowledge that. When he says hes going to stop certain parts and have deportation hearings for unaccompanied minors, which is by the way not the law of the land, its a possible law. There are possible laws that pass all the time. One chamber. And never become actual law. And so like immigration. You cant say im going to act as if it is law when its not law and thats what jeffrey i think was saying. You cant make up the rules, you have to play thats not what he was saying. Hold on, hold on just a second. Because i want to bring in another element here. John boehner is now saying hes so fed up with the president taking executive action that hes in fact threatening to sue him. The president is calling this a stunt. Ben, is this a stunt . Well, the Supreme Court last week said the president overreached with his executive pow is where he had a recess appointment when they werent in recess. So i dont think john boehner necessarily is too far off here. And it ultimately, if he does sue, then it will go to the courts and they will decide. I think even democrats are realizing true legal scholars that this is very treacherous water. You cant do this just because you dont like congress. You cant do it just because you dont like the leader of the house. There are checks and balances. Every president s had to deal with them. Sometimes you lose and he doesnt like losing so he does executive privilege. I love you, ben. The great thing is ive known you long enough to know you said none of this when bush was signing executive orders, you said nothing about these thing always i made that same critique. At least im being consistent here. The Supreme Court never slapped down george bush, though. The Supreme Court hasnt slapped down president obama on the immigration issue or federal minimum wang hikes or other areas where he was within the purview of his power. What Jeffrey Toobin is saying, and hes right as he often is, the president is entering treacherous territory when he says the congress didnt pass this so im going to use my power. It sets a dangerous conversation going. I agree with you. I dont think he will. The republicans also say that the president is picking and choosing which laws or parts of laws that he wants to enforce, take for example he told the attorney general not to enforce the defense of marriage act. Do they have a point . I mean, certainly hes picking what laws he agrees with to use executive orders and sign statements, absolutely, thats what president s do. Theyre not going to issue executive orders for something they dont agree with. I think its the job of congress to push back. Its a healthy pushback that needs to happen. Has the president at times been selective . Absolutely. I dont think the president s gone too far yet. I think we need to watch this. Ben and marc, dont go anywhere. Go ahead, ben, real quick. No, i think the Biggest Issue here is the victims are the children whose parents truly believe that if they get across, theyre going to get to stay. And we need to have a very clear pr campaign from our ambassadors and the president directly talking to those countries, telling them, do not put your children at risk. We are going to send them home. Thats a message we should all are bipartisan on board with. These kids being held somewhat like jail cells for months on end. We should all want that to stop right now. I agree. All right. And we agree, yay. We have a lot more to talk about this hour, stick around. Including the recent twitter rant that cost one of the cohosts of that popular radio show opi sxechlt anthony his job. Did he deserve it or are we as a society too sensitive . Fill their bowl with the meaty tastes theyre looking for, with friskies grillers. Tender meaty pieces and crunchy bites. In delicious chicken, beef, turkey, and garden veggie flavors. Friskies grillers. 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