By isis now moves into syria. Hello, and welcome to our viewers in the United States and across the world. Im rosemary church. Im errol barnett. Thank you very much for joining us. This is cnn newsroom. It took a jury in the u. S. State of texas less than three hours to reach their verdict in the socalled american sniper trial. Eddie ray routh here in the center was found guilty of killing former u. S. Navy s. E. A. L. Chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield back in 2013 at a gun ranging. Kyle on the right, was a former u. S. Navy s. E. A. L. With 160 confirmed kills while fighting as a sharpshooter in iraq. Trial captured worldwide headlines as kyle at the same time was profiled across the globe in the oscarnominated film american sniper. Now, our ed lavandera is in steubenville texas, and had more on the verdict including emotional reaction from families impacted by the killings. Reporter it was a swift verdict here in steubenville texas, where the american sniper jury has found Eddie Ray Routh guilty of murdering chris kyle and chad littlefield. The verdict came in less than 2 opinion 5 hours after starting its deliberations. The jury rejecting the fraurms routh and his lawyers that the former marine of instain time of the murders. After the verdict of read chad littlefields father and step did brother gave emotional sometimes directly to routh calling him an american disgrace. And outside the courtroom, littlefields es mother spoke with reporters in an emotional statement. Weve waited two years for got to get justice for us on behalf of our son. And as always god has proved to be faithful and were so thrilled that we haved verdict that we have tonight. Reporter Eddie Ray Routh showed little emotion. Thats the way hes been throughout most of the tile. Sitting there, taking pages and pages of notes. Now hes been found guilty of the murder of chris kyle and chad litsds littlefield and will spend the rest of his life in prison. Were also getting a look at the testimony that led up to the conviction. Thats because the judge would not allow courtroom audio to be broadcast until the trial ended. Chris kyles wife taya of the first witness. One of the rough ever moments revolve around the Family Picture shown in the courtroom. At one point she was asked to describe the last time she saw her husband alive. Take a listen. Eventually we found each other in the hallway. And he just said he was inviting he asked chad to come along chad of at the house. I wanted chad to have an extra set of eyes. And then i said, maybe make sure that this guy knows that chad can be trusted 100 so that hes comfortable saying whatever heness to say. He said yeah no i definitely will. And then just said we love each other, and gave each other a kiss and hug like we always did. And then i just i left. When i left he was in the driveway still kind of trying to get more stuff in there and get going. Now did you talk by phone with chris sometime that afternoon . Yes. About what time was that . I think it was probably i think maybe 2 00 or 3 00 maybe. Sometime that afternoon . Right. But where was he when you called him . I believe he was at rough creek. So obviously there were concerns about Eddie Ray Routh before the shootings. You heard ta dwryya taya refer to rough creek lodge. We ask a trial lawyer and analyst for perspective. Take a listen. Joining us mark geragos, thank you very much for talking with us. And just starting with this guilty verdict, it really couldnt go any other way, could it, given what we knew. Well given everything we knew and the timing of the trial coming on the heels of the oscars and the appearances of the widow kind of wall to wall the jury really had nowhere else to go. And i think that the proof of that was that it only took them two hours to deliberate. Now the defense was pushing saying that this his actions were based because he was insane. Because of a menial disorder. The jury a mental disorder. The jury seemed to dismace that. Eddie ray routh did serve in iraq but not in combat. How do you or does the jury differentiate between ptsd and a true mental disorder . Well the standard in texas where this case was tried and the crime of committed is a very high bar. And basically the knowing right from wrong. And in this case the things that hurt him were the new yorker article where he made a statement that he still coop figure out why he did to couldnt figure out why he did it. And the fact he taken chris kyles truck and led police on the chase. Vaps you have videotapes of him jumping on the grown like he knew he had been on the ground like he knew he had been caught. The defense had chris kyles next real time right before he was murdered saying, this guy is straightup nuts. And clearly, this guy has a mental disorder. I mean theres no question about it. Its whether or not the jury of going to say not guilty by reason of insanity. And when you have somebody whos killed whos an American Hero and especially in texas, thats an awfully tall order. Eddie ray routh got life without parole. Of that the right outcome . And when will that mean for a man who is clearly mentally ill . Well when you say the right outcome, it was the legal outcome. And the judge had no authority to do anything else. The prosecutors were not seeking the Death Penalty in this case. So the only other alternative for the judge of life without parole meaning he will never get out. If you ask me is that the right sentence i think that there should be the judge should have discretion to do something. Say 30 years, 35 years, and then at that point, reevaluate whether or not this is somebody who could be or should be housed in a mental institution. As opposed to what we really have happening in america now which our jails have become our de facto menial institutions. So this murder this sentence the definitiven is another key question. There are reports that he was treated for mental illness. The texas v. A. Deemed among the worst in the United States. Are there any other possible legal avenues for him if its determined that he was treated and they didnt do enough . Well the only other alternatives he has now is to take whats called a direct appeal. And he was given his apple at rights by the judge today. He inevitably will file an appeal. And that will work its way through the courts. He will go on and on and on. But looking at all of this case as ive seen it at least from afar his chances on appeal are not great. And so i dont know that its the definitive end to the case, but it probably is the practical end to the case. And just finally, was there a Lesson Learned in this trial at all . Well i think the lesson was if youre a defense lawyer whos defending him, do what you can to continue a case or not have the case timed to when the oscars are coming out and when theres a block buffer movie coming out. I think timing is everything. And in this case the timing was against him from the getgo. The takeaway at least from my Observation Point is that we dont do enough for the mentally ill in this country, and these are the tragedies that end up occurring because of that. Yeah. I think there will be a lot of attention on the case because of the movie and all the emotion that comes along with that. Mark geragos, legal analyst joining us from los angeles. I want to get you new information in the fight against isis. U. S. Military planners are taking a closer look at their strategy to assault the terror groups stronghold of mosul in the next few months. One source tells cnn the u. S. Wants to be sure iraqi and occur issue forces will be successful because if it doesnt work, that source says it will be very bad. A pentagon official says the u. S. Has been preparing for the offensive by sending about 17 million worth of weapons to iraqi forces this year. They include hellfire missiles rifle and ammunition. Human rights activists say isis has abducted dozens of christians northeast of sear. We have more. Reporter according to the syrian human rights network, this morning at 4 00 a. M. , a force of isis fighters entered two syrian christianville najs northeastern syria christian villages in northeastern syria. The offender bust into the homes. According to the had the network, they abduct between 70 and 100 people including women, children and the elderly. Additionally another 700 families fled the area taking refuge in a church in the city also the capital of the province. Now kurdish fighters in syria, especially around kobani have managed to retake the town and have been pushing isis further and further back. However, it appears this may be an attempt to by isis to open a new front. The front in iraq we had an opportunity to see it here around the town on the zub river. There we see fairly well fortified kurdish positions. They were firing from the positions toward isis on the opposite bank, light machine guns heavy machine guns mortars, and rockets. Most of the fire was going from the kurds in the direction of isis. In the late afternoon, isis fired back with a few mortars. This was where just one week ago isis made a concerted assault trying to break through those kurdish front lines. The defensive lions for the city of erbil. At least 50 isis fighters were killed. The front maying waving may be wavering in syria but here the front is holding steady. Reporting from erbil, northern iraq. Now Southern California where the driver of a truck involved in a crash with a commuter train has been arrested on suspension of felony hit and run. No one died in the wreck thankfully. At least 30 people were injureded. Officials believe the truck driver mistook the train tracks for the road and tried to turn on to them. One witness describes what he saw. I was the first car in line. I heard the train lay on its horn and looked up there was the big explosion. I didnt see the vehicle or anything. I just seen the ball of fire. The National Transportation safety board has been called in to investigate that crash. Well take a short break now. You dont usually see snow here in georgia. The southern u. S. Preparing for yet another round of Winter Weather. Plus after nearly 40 years as a fugitive the decision to extradite director Roman Polanski back to the u. S. 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The switch is to avoid the host countrys scorching summer heat where temperatures routinely exceed 40 degrees celsius. A final decision should be made next month. This move is going to create headaches for european football clubs because it would conflict with their mid season domestic schedules. And now there are calls for fifa to pay up. All match calendars across the world will have to accommodate such tournament in 2022 23 which requires everyones willingness to compromise. However the clubs and leagues cannot be expected to bear the costs for such rescheduling. We expect the clubs to be compensated for the damage that a final decision would cause. The proposed scheduled change is the latest in a string of controversy since qatar was awarded the tournament. From allegations of corruption in the bidding process to concerns about qatars treatment of Migrant Workers ahead of the games. Becky anderson has more. Reporter what is clear is that qatar can now continue to press on with building the stadium, by some estimates 200 billion being invested. But these projects come with repeated respects of deaths and accidents on the site. Im told by sources in qatar the numbers are much likely higher even than those being reported. Foreign workers in qatar now outnumber the local work force by nearly 201. And back in november the country acknowledged there have been problems saying it is unacceptable that people in our country should be made to live and work in poor conditions. Back then they promised to introduce new legislation to improve working conditions and replace what is known as the kafala Sponsorship Program for workers, saying that would be as early as 2015. Described as a system of slavery in the 21st century. The last we heard from the labor and social Affairs Ministry was this we expect to make announcements about new legislation by early next year. We not some changes have already been made. We understand some changes have already been made. Different working hours, tougher penalties on Companies Breaking labor laws increased number of safety inspections and increased required health and safety provision. To expect to hear more on the proposed changes, particularly to the system and exit permits in the days and weeks ahead. Back to you. Severe Winter Weather is working its way across the United States. And its only expected to get worse. Ice is coating roadways from texas to the carolinas causing accidents and all sorts of traffic problems. Look at all that. From this moment through thursday more than 40 Million People across the south will be bracing themselves for this massive storm system. Some states have already declared weather emergencies. Of course the problem for the Southern States they are not equipped to deem with to deal with any snow. Atlanta gets a couple of inches in one day maybe two, they dont know how to cope with it, right . Pedram javaheri talking us through this. What is the problem . Gosh you know there are people in boston laughing at this very moment. The eight feet thats coming down in parts of the northeastern u. S. A couple of inches in the forecast. The concern is when you have a setup like this. Only a handful of times per year you get the cold air thats in place to the north. You have a storm system out of the gulf. Plenty of moisture to work with. And you have ingredients for a southern snowstorm. That is precisely whats in play across the southern United States over the next say, 12 or so hours where a lot of the Northern Tier of louisiana into mississippi, alabama, then georgia, could see decent snow showers beginning into the early afternoon hours, tapering off into the overnight hours. This is a 40 million zone that errol was talking about as far as coverage of wintry weather. It extend to the south. And winner storm warnings, not something you see every single day in cities like birmingham or atlanta. Want to show you the veryite of models that we have for the bigger cities. Dallas two to throw inches typically two to three inches typically. Birmingham alabama, one to two inches one model says not going to happen. The Weather Service believes the cold air will be enough in place to produce decent snow showers. Then atlanta, one to three inch. One model saying hey, im going to be the winner make you look bad. Generally the national Weather Service says cold air should be in place for some significant snow for the city at least. And you talk about cities of course. About ten show toplows per 100,000 people. So snowplows for 100,000 people. So this sets up a lot of problems for a lot of people. Schools already closed in the atlanta metro, birmingham metro, jackson. Icing, as well. This is as of early afternoon on wednesday where snow showers gun come down. Continues into the overnight hours, and then clears as we head into thursday afternoon. The temperatures warm up above freezing rapidly. So not going to stick around long but when it does wednesday afternoon, wednesday night, thats when the main issue will be here with generally a couple of inches on the ground and then you work into the carolinas, and you see at least portions of southern say, virginia into northern North Carolina could see significant snow as well. Its goings to be one of the few its going to be one of the few times its the talk of the town. Well be having a sleepover here. Yay. I did like the rpm model, zero inches predicted. Its all out there. The vast majority of them saying something will fall. One models holding out. Hard one to guess. Thank you. Thanks. Quick break now. Film director Roman Polanski faces another extradition attempt. Well take a closer look at his time as a fugitive evading the u. S. Justice system for nearly four decades. 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