A force of 20 to 25,000 iraqi troops. Being assembled, being trained to go to mosul. A lot of detail offered by the pentagon even the fact that Peshmerga Forces would help contain from the north and the west so isis fighters couldnt escape. The big question is still not decided, will it require a small number of u. S. Troops on the ground to help pick out those isis targets . For the iraqi forces to strike. So you might ask yourself why all this detail . Because we know the pentagon doesnt like to talk about future operations. Maybe a little psyop, nonetheless the pentagon saying this is the plan. Barbara, thats the plan thank you. And president obama marking the final day of a white house summit on extremism, saying that muslim nations have a particular challenge and responsibility to counter radical messages. Lets go now to cnns Michelle Kosinski live at the white house. And really as the president addressed this issue yesterday, michelle even though he wouldnt say muslim extremism, almost all of these programs that were discussed were targeting the Muslim Community. Yeah and president obama took the time again to explain why the white house has had this stance. I mean this wrapped up with again, blunt talk at times from the president , and others saying that everyone has not just a role but a responsibility to try to prevent violent extremism. In particular speaking to Muslim Leaders, muslim communities, to be a voice to counter it. And he he hit those same points. At first of all, he didnt want to elevate terrorists to the level of some kind of religious leaders. That they desperately want that. And this is not a war against islam. None of us i think should be immune from criticism in terms of specific policies. But the notion that the west is at war with islam is an ugly lie. And all of us regardless of our faith have a responsibility to reject it. When peaceful Democratic Change is impossible it feeds into the terrorist propaganda that violence is the only answer available. So we must recognize that lasting stability and Real Security require democracy. Well thats the goal there, i think the real takeaways from this are more funding to be spent on programs around the world to try to counter extremism. A deeper analysis of the problem. And the president announced this new program with the uae, a Digital Communications hub to try to counter all the messaging on social media thats been out there from isis and others. I think it was also interesting to hear from the director of the counterterrorism center. Talking about whats not working. What could be done a lot better. First of all kind of Early Warning signs. Identifying these in the communities. And he mentioned that there are good programs out there. These are very small, theyre on a community level. But thats where the basis of extremism lies. He says those need to be expanded quite a bit. Its going to take time obviously, and in some cases a lot of time. But what was put out there, no the only from leaders in america, but from around the world are practical ideas, for example, the mayor of paris saying that when you look at the history of violent extremism in that country, you see a lot of School Failures along the line. Shes talking about possibly keeping schools open on saturday especially in vulnerable communities. Chris . All right. Appreciate the dissertation on how we got here. You got the fight for future. Its been 25 years so far. You have the urgency of the fight right now. And theres a battle coming that could be the biggest so far. It would have the most serious implications practically and politically. Lets bring in the managen editor of quartz, bobby ghosh and joining us former u. S. Delta force commander, Lieutenant Colonel james reese, founder and chairman of tiger swan. Mosul, it makes a lot of our best fighting men and women in the u. S. Go ooh, not mosul. First question to you colonel, why do i know about this battle so far before it begins . Loose lips sink ships, whats going on here . Yeah chris, you know i heard everyone yesterday discussing oh my goodness oh my goodness were telling them were coming. First off, everyone knows this is coming. The iraqi forces are coming up the tigress river valley. The peshmerga are already outside of mosul. We have to keep one thing in mind mosul is a huge city. This is going to be a heck of a bloody fight when we finally get in here. One thing the iraqis the iraqis want to do we have to stop putting our western strategy on this is the iraqis wants to be able to give some time for the populace if they can get out of there, get them out of there. So theyre not having the populace inside this fight. Thats a key thing. I know that you say that the implications going on here are huge. People dont even understand it im going to have you explain it to us. You touched on a key point, bobby, that youve been discussing. This is the second most populated city. Theres a play here on advanced notice that may hurt within the ranks of isis. How could this work to the advantage of the coalition, letting it be known ahead of time. The hope is that all of these young disaffected people from around the world who are flocking to the region to join isis maybe if you Start Talking up the battle of mosul, it will give some people pause. If youre a young guy in morocco and youre thinking of going to fight with the islamic state, when you hear that theres a big battle coming perhaps that makes you think i dont want to go right now. Im not sure that always works. Because for a lot of these people the prospect of going to battle is exactly ha draws them there. The idea of dieing in some glorious martyrdom is what draws them there. Seeing videos of smiling training faces, hitandrun adventures where theyre obviously well equipped with assets not going to be the case this time. When you start seeing tanks circling the city maybe it sends a chill down your spine. Thats the hope. The trouble is that this is a huge city. To get a perspective, Bashar Al Assads army in syria. Very Sophisticated Army with no concern for civilian lives. Have been going in and pounding isis with tanks, with sort of bombs from the air, with Ground Troops and they still havent defeated isis. On their home turf. So that gives you a sense, the syrian army much better prepared much more used to fighting than the iraqis. We dont have turkey involved yet on the ground themselves. But at least theyre helping to train. Now theres talk that were going to start helping the syrian rebels. I know you both think were too late and a dollar short with that. At least its something. But colonel size up the military campaign ahead. You said that you would liken this to what stalingrad in terms of what makes it such a hard place to fight. What can we expect going in there . Any time you go into a military operations in urban train, mout operation like this. You are fighting 360 degrees, up and down asymmetric fight, everywhere you have to turn there could be a threat both for the good guys and the bad guys in this fight. It is a difficult fight. Its a slog its street by street. And what has to happen for the coalition is that what were doing pretty well right now, theyre isolating isis in mosul. Cutting off their supply lines, cutting off the ability to reinforce. The peshmerga to the northnorthwest. Theyll start to isolate. Then well start pounding the isis positions, really starting to degrade them and then what wed really hope for is isis decides maybe they say, no mas and puts up the white flag which i dont think is ever going to happen. And eventually well have to gain a foothold in mosul and take it street by street and eradicate isis out of mosul. Were looking ahead to the worst. Theres going to be heavy civilian casualties. Its going to be bloody it wont be easy or quick. Weve seen it in mosul even with the best fighting men and women on the ground. Last point, bobby . There going to need to be an internal revolt. The people who live there rising up against isis. Theyre only going to do that if theyre confident that baghdad has their back and right now baghdad hasnt proven that the baghdad forces walked away from mosul. Left two Million People vulnerable to isis. Those people now have to be convinced that if you rise up against isis we will come and protect you. We wont leave you stranded there with your families. And sort of basically have isis come knocking on your door again. We have your back. Were coming in weve got you covered. Now rise up and help us from within. Unless that happens, this is not going to work. Colonel reese, bobby ghosh, thank you very much. Thats the big paranoia in that part of the world. The americans come in they help us and then theyre gone and were left with a government that doesnt have our back. A deep freeze bearing down on most of the eastern United States. 185 Million People in 30 states gearing up for what will be and already is the coldest day of the season. Cnns ryan young joins us from a frozenover Niagara Falls with, where this morning it feels like 30 below zero or as far as ryan is concerned, it just feels awesome. Good morning, ryan. It definitely feels awesome, say that again, negative 30 unbelievable temperatures its very cold. But what a sight. They shut the lights off this morning for the falls and of course as daylight comes up well be able to see them better. As you look over the edge you can see the mist just pounding up. The water is still flowing, even though it looks frozen here. Especially if you look back towards the wall. You can see the water coming over the edge. More than 20 million gallons moves through here during the winter. But this is a frozen iceland. If you see it with your eyes. Weve been standing here with dozens of people as theyve been enjoying the sight. Its become such a tourist attraction especially with the frozen iceland they have here. We saw people stopping to take pictures kissing each other. Having a good time at the edge. I can tell you it is never frozen it hasnt frozen here in 150 years in terms of the actual body of water. So it is flowing. On the american side its rocksolid shut. Were on the canadian side. Take a look at the graphic just to see, just how cold it is across the country. You see it, lexington, kentucky negative 13. And here wind chill of negative 31. And i can tell you its so super cold. You see boston your home town john they havent been above freezing in the last 15 days. You can tell everybody here it is just cold. You can feel it on your face. It just does something to you. Its hard to talk. We can hear it ryan its simply hard to make out words when its as cold as it is. Thank you for being there and braving the cold well check back in with you in a little bit. Dont you think thats why people are kissing, theyre trying to warm up their mouths . If you kiss somebody you wont ever be able to move apart. It will be one long kiss. He always has that theory. You probably want to know if theres any relief to this unbearable cold. Chad myers, tell us when is it going to let up . It gets better on sunday. We have that to look forward to. And in new york youll be above 40 degrees, but the temperatures in michigan right now are unbelievable. Pellston michigan right now, 33 below zero. And that is not a wind chill. There is no wind. Its calm. 33 below zero. Gaylord gaylord, michigan 32 below right now. Wind chill factors across the northeast. 12 below, new york city 7 below d. C. So bundle up yourself the kids and the pets. It is 13 below in lexington, the old record is zero. You have broken the record by 13 degrees, youve shattered the record today and the highs dont warm up much. Nashville, you get an ice storm at 30. Dayton youll get snow across to pittsburgh. Another storm system coming out of the south. Spreading ice for a while for nashville. But what youll notice with the storm is youll get ice and then it will just rain and it will be 36. So theres some relief. Now it never warms up pittsburgh indianapolis or even into columbus ohio. You stay snow almost the entire time. There will be snow for new york city as well and it will change over to rain. Watch the little period the little period one or two hours where its a sheet of ice before it warms up. Thats what it is its not about the numbers, its about the conditions and we want people to be aware. Chad everett, thank you very much well check back in with you in a little bit. A stronghold into donetsk, the leaders of ukraine and germany speaking overnight, emphasizing that international monitors should be allowed to observe. Meanwhile russian separatists in complete control of debaltseve. Including a crucial rail hub, major development. We want to turn to new unrest in venezuela, the mayor of caracas was arrested. We want to get to Cnns Rafael Romo to this and a complete disregard for the idea of political opposition rafael. John good morning, it seems like the military operation, witnesses including his wife say as many as 150 heavily armed intelligence agents burst into his office breaking the door with a sledgehammer there was a lot of pushing before opposition mayor Antonio Ledesma was taken away violently. It was hours before the socialist venezuelan government acknowledged the arrest. The president said the mayor will be prosecuted so that he answers for that all of the crimes committed against the peace, security and constitution end quote of venezuela. Last week the president accused the caracas mayor of being involved in a plot to overthrow the government. The mayor has denied the accusation, calling it the governments latest attempt to manufacture controversy and target political opponents. Opposition leaders say hes targeting political opponents to shift attention from the countrys multiple problems. Shortages of goods and services are commonplace, back to you. Thanks rafael. The nfls Oakland Raiders and the San Diego Chargers are proposing to move to los angeles and share a stadium if they cant get new stadium deals done in their home cities by the end of the year. The proposed site is in carson california the stadium would be privately financed. Both teams have seen attendance dwindle in their current aging homes, used since the mid 60s. The countdown is on for hollywoods biggest night, the oscars two days away. Michaela pereira on the red carpet in hollywood. The anticipation were feeling it all the way over here. Michaela . The anticipation is pretty strong at 3 00 a. M. In hollywood. Just me and the club kids are up. All of the vote something done. They have been cast. All that is left is the big glamorous show on sunday. Hollywoods biggest night. Now the producers are billing this show as a mix of magic and song. But as youre about to find out, the competition is really close. Take a look. This morning, the countdown to oscar sunday is near at hand. The steep competition igniting debate. The oscars tend to do well when movies do well. This year you have seven of the eight best picture nominees with moderate or small box office success. And then you have this goliath. A driving momentum a box office recordbreaker and independent heavyhitters pushing political and social hot buttons. Dr. King the struggle for gay rights plays out in the imitation game. What if i dont fancy germany in that way . Its illegal. Theyre looking for any excuse to put you away. And american sniper, the i highestgrossing war film ever. If i cant see them i cant shoot them. Critics call the lionizing of a sniper as a patriot and a hero both a pro war and an antiwar film. This one is just American Hero hes a psychopath patriot and we love him. This as selma digs into Racial Injustice on the heels of heated protests in ferguson missouri. Were not asking were demanding, give us the vote. The africanamericanled feature sparking dialogue after being snubbed for most nominations. Theres no real easy explanation for why it was snubbed. Some people think the studio wasnt aggressive enough. Oscar voters may not have seen it or connected with it. The resulting is all nominees are white. Historical lack of diversity by the academy. From the class of 2014 thank you, thank you and congratulations and oscars 87year history, only 14 africanamericans have ever won an acting award out of over 300 presented. So controversy aside, a lot of films and a lot of performances getting a lot of buzz but also a lot of those categories are down to the wire. Its anybodys guess how theyre going to fall. A real nailbiter. Hard to predict. Were going to try our hand at it anyway. Two hollywood insiders going to join me coming up on new day to talk about their predictions for the big night, hollywoods chrissest night. Chris, brianna, john i cant wait. I love who youre wearing, brianna told me not to say what youre wearing. I love who youre wearing. Were going to talk about that theres a little bit of pushback on that. People saying im more than the dress, im more than just the fashion. Thats what berman says every morning, im not just my suit im not just my hair. So true. 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