The jury did not seem persuaded by rouths claim that he was not guilty by reason of insanity. Again, this happened overnight. Cnns ed lavandera was at the courthouse for the verdict. Ed. Reporter john and christine, it was a swift verdict. It took the jury here in stephenville, texas, less than 2 1 2 hours to convict Eddie Ray Routh of the murders of chris kyle and chad littlefield. Rejecting his claims and his arguments that he was insane at the time of these murders back in february of 2013. This means that Eddie Ray Routh will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. Inside the courtroom, chad littlefields father and stepbrother spoke directly to Eddie Ray Routh after the verdict, calling him an american disgrace. And chad littlefields mother spoke with reporters just after the verdict in an emotional statement. We just want to say that weve waited two years for god 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 have the verdict that we have tonight. Reporter Eddie Ray Routh showed no emotion as the verdict was read. He just stood there and took it all in, which is basically the way hes acted throughout most of this trial. Theres been very little reaction from him. Most of the time hes just sat there and taken pages and pages worth of notes. But routh found guilty of the murders of american sniper chris kyle and his best friend, chad littlefield. John and christine . Ed thanks for that. With the end of that trial overnight comes the release of hours of brandnew courtroom video. Neverbeforeseen moments. Like this one. As chris kyles widow explains how her husband sounded on the phone from the firing range where he and littlefield took Eddie Ray Routh for an outing. How would you characterize what you were hearing on the phone . Like what emotion . I mean, i would say irritated. I thought he was irritated. I thought the guy must be i thought he i dont want to think about, you know, speculate. No, no, no. Im just saying, okay, so what would cause him to be irritated is what i was thinking . Right. Yeah. He didnt seem like normal chris when you talked to him. No, because normally going out there, especially a place like rough creek, its beautiful, he feels really good about helping somebody. Usually hes making their day and he knows it. Which is what, you know, that happened earlier. He thought that the guy sounded really excited to go, and so he thought he was doing a good thing. So he sounded a little irritated when you talked to him that afternoon . Yeah. It was very short. And it wasnt short like hey, youre interrupting a good time. It was short like i wish i could say more, but im not going to because there are people around. Again, a guilty verdict in that trial, developing overnight. Three minutes past the hour. New this morning, syrian human rights advocates are raising the alarm. They say isis militant s stormed syrian vilages in northeastern syria kidnapping scores of women, children and the elderly as hundreds more members of the Christian Ethnic Group flee for their lives. Following this situation is our Senior International correspondent ben wedeman. Ben . Reporter christine, we understand from this syrian observatory for syrian rights and Syrian Human Rights Network that yesterday morning at 4 00 a. M. A group of isis fighters entered these two villages. They overpowered these small number of guards who were standing by in that town. They broke into house after house, and they abducted according to the syrian observatory for human rights around 150 people most of them women, children and the elderly because many of the men in the village were away elsewhere fighting isis. Now, we dont know the fate or the current status of this approximately 150 people. We understand however, that 700 families have fled those two villages and are now taking refuge in the city of hasakah in northeastern syria. So a very worrying situation there. And we know from past experience of course that isis when they take prisoners from other minorities from the yazidis, the christians they oftentimes sell them as slaves. Now, just to explain to you where we are, were in a valley north of erbil, the kurdish capital, where theres training exercises going on conducted in this particular spot by the german army where they are teaching or rather providing training for peshmerga and Kurdish Forces in the use of small arms. A while ago we were watching italian soldiers training the peshmerga in the use of 80millimeter antitank weapons. And this is part of this big program by the coalition, trying to increase the capabilities of the kurdish fighters of the iraqi army in anticipation of further offensive action against isis in iraq. Christine . Ben wedeman near erbil for us thank you, ben. This morning iraqi forces are preparing for their next move against isis. Ben just telling you about the training theyre getting. Now cnn is getting details on exactly the kind of help theyre getting in terms of weapons and money from the United States. Millions of dollars worth of weapons and ammunition flowing into iraq it just a last couple of months. Cnns Barbara Starr at the pentagon with more. Reporter john, christine, weve learned that the pentagon has been shipping weapons to iraq since the beginning of the year to help those iraqi forces get ready for their next fight. Widely believed to be the fight to retake mosul. Lets take a look at some of the equipment now being sent since the first of the year. We know that there have been 10,000 m16 rifles, 10,000 optical scopes. Thats equipment, technology, that goes on top of the rifles to help increase the actual targeting, to make it more precise, especially in urban environments like mosul. Also, 23,000 ammunition magazines and another 250 or so mrap vehicles, mineresistant vehicles, because its known that isis is likely to mine and boobytrap the area. But an alternative scenario is emerging. The pentagon has talked about conducting that mosul attack in the aprilmay time frame. Now defense secretary ash carter making it clear hes not quite ready to sign on to that yet. He wants to know that the iraqi forces are really ready to go. One official saying if they go to mosul and they cant succeed, that would be very bad. So they want to make sure they have the training and the equipment to be successful. But another alternative scenario emerging, will the iraqi forces actually go to mosul first, or might they go to western iraq . Go to Anbar Province west of baghdad, which is not so heavily populated. It might be an easier task for them. John . Christine . All right, our thanks to Barbara Starr for that. All right. It may be the first of many. President obama, as promised swiftly vetoed a republican bill greenlighting the construction of the keystone oil pipeline. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell countered by scheduling a vote to override that veto next week. Its the first time in five years the president exercised his veto power. Now with the gop in charge of congress this could be the first shot in a volley of white house vetoes. This morning two possible scenarios are emerging that could end the stalemate over funding for homeland security. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says he will allow a vote on a clean bill to fund dhs followed by a separate vote to halt the president s executive actions on immigration. But with a friday midnight deadline approaching, a bill to keep dhs operating into fall that might be the more likely option. Other news four students from wesleyan in connecticut arrested in connection with an overdose involving the party drug mali. 11 people were hospitalized sunday after taking an apparent bad batch at a weekend party. Police say there may have been a mix of multiple designer drugs in the batch of the drug. Four students arrested. Those students have all been suspended from the school. Charges of felony hitandrun against a driver who abandoned his pickup on Railroad Tracks in oxnard california, leading to a collision with a Metro Metrolink commuter train. The 54yearold driver in custody. Police found him a mile and a half from the scene. At least 30 people injured in this fiery crash tuesday. Four of them are in Critical Condition this morning. It appears new Train Technology may have prevented a bigger tragedy. Officials say some of the metrolink cars were equipped with whats called Collision Energy management technology. Something installed five years ago following a deadly rail crash. It just keeps them from crumping inward to protect the people inside. Another round of brutal weather bears down on the south. The govrnlernors of alabama and georgia declaring a state of emergency. Atlanta has already canceled classes for several School Districts today. Recordbreaking snow. In tennessee, residents are without power in six counties. The state has reported dozens of deaths in the past week. In North Carolina snow caused problems for commuters. Part of i85 in rowan county closed after that pickup truck overturned. Several other vehicles crashed nearby. Officials say the driver of that pickup was not injured. So how long before things return to relative normal for the southeast . Lets bring in meteorologist pedram for an early look at the forecast. John and christine, good morning to you. Yes, its going to be one of those days especially around central and northern texas yet again. Sort of a slushy accumulation there. One to two inches around the dallas metro. 200 flights impacted earlier in the week. Temperatures should warm into the 40s. I dont foresee much sticking around by the evening but still enough falling during the morning commute to cause issues around dallas metro and points eastward. 45 million or so people impacted by wintry weather. Winter storm warnings in place. You dont see this every day in birmingham, tupelo or atlanta. Wednesday will be one of those days where we know snow accumulation is going to be a probability. Also wintry weather pushing into areas of, say, central iowa. To the south, weve got all the ingredients in place. Southern storm system tracking across the gulf of mexico. Plenty of moisture there. Plenty of cold air to the north. This narrow band right here, thats the area we have the 40 or so Million People. Thats the area were concerned about for snow beginning into the late morning, early afternoon hours. By the overnight, it should begin to taper off. The end result will be a few inches left in place, generally speaking, around atlanta. Perhaps two to three in Northern Areas of, say, North Carolina could see far greater amounts, around eight to ten inches. Guys . Thanks. From weather to money. Time for an early start on your money. European and asian stocks. U. S. Stock futures barely moving so far after yesterdays great day. The dow and s p 500 closing at record highs. The nasdaq closing in on 5,000. 5,000. A level not seen since the dotcom bubble in 2000. Major indexes at records in the uk, germany and sweden. And ireland, france, belgium are at the highest levels since before the recession. Whats driving all these markets higher . Central banks. Fed chair janet yellen, she said the fed will be patient thats the word she used twice when raising interest rates. 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It sounds like she was really really valued within this community. And were seeing that in the community response. Eyewitnesses are telling us that groups of men have been searching since yesterday morning. The community has banded together. Theyre not happy to just allow the authorities to take the lead on this. One of them speaking to us over the phone said she was loved. We are praying for her. But were not just praying. Were acting. And were hoping that we can give her back to her family. Christine . Thank you for that. About 18 minutes after the hour right now. And ive got to say, just a devastating blow for sports fans every every everywhere particularly bulls fans. Derrick rose knee injury again, surgery again. His season in jeopardy again. Andy scholes with the details in the Bleacher Report next. Jam. Scourge of 20th century city life. Raiser of blood pressure. Disrupter of supply chains. Stealer of bedtime stories. Polluter. Frustrater. Time thief. 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