Split in half. The driver unharmed. Shaquille oneal has majority share of the sacramento kings. Sacramento and to quit smoking on cbs this morning. Always something going on here in new york city. Opening day at the United Nations. Everybody agreed its not as much fun without berlusconi. [ laughter ] announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota, lets go places. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning, norah. Good morning. We begin this morning with the battle to win control of the nairobi mall. Its in its fourth day, gunfire and explosions erupting inside the building this morning. Kenya Security Forces are making a final push to clear out all militants. Countrys foreign minister says two or three americans are among the attackers. At least 62 people are dead in the siege. Including a woman who is more than eight months pregnant. Charlie dagata is at the scene in nairobi. Reporter day four of the siege still feels like a standoff. All morning, weve seen more kenya troops arriving, widening the area around the mall securing that perimeter. Theres gunfire coming from inside the mall. All indications that despite assurances from the kenyan authorities, this siege is not over. This grainy photo from a mall Security Camera is the first image of the attacker since the siege began on saturday but its at least a day old and if Kenyan Police know the whereabouts or numbers of any remaining militants, theyre not telling. They insist they have the crisis under control. That soldiers are combing through the fourstory Shopping Complex in a clearance operation to hunt down any remaining militants. The group behind the attack the somali terrorist organize al shabaab insisted the siege is still under way. Fighters are holding their ground and theyre Still Holding hostages. Kenyan Officials Say they now know the Group Responsible for the bloody siege has left 62 dead and 200 wounded made up of foreign fighters, including americans. From the information that we have, two or three americans. And i think so far, one brit. The militants, from the information we have, are young men, about maybe 18 and 19. Somali origin or arab origin . At least from the u. S. , in minnesota and one other place. Reporter witnesses who survived the mall massacre said some of the fighters looked foreign and includes at least one woman. British Security Forces say its possible that woman is samantha luther, dubbed the white widow, the daughter of a suicide bomber who attacked the Transit System in 2005. Shes thought to have left britain years ago. Adding to the mystery behind the crisis, although kenyan Authorities Say the hostages have been released we havent seen any new ones in days. For cbs this morning, charlie dagata, nairobi. Our Senior Deputy is here, john miller. Good morning. Good morning. Why is this taking so long . Thats not an accident. Thats not being driven by the forces, thats driven by the terrorists. Had they gone up there and blown it up, this would have been a oneeye day story and far away. Especially here in the west. Borrowing the tactics and procedures from the mumbai attacks which lasted three days and stretching it out, they not only hold hostages and hold ground. Heres the key, theyre Holding World attention. Theyre the global focus for four days. Thats the real goal. If they can stretch this to five, they will do it. Our Dean Reynolds has been reporting from outside of minneapolis, minnesota, right who are in the United States where theres a jihadist pipeline where the fbi says more than 20 americans have gone over to mogadishu. As early as 13 weeks ago they believe. Or 13 days ago. Why is that happening, that the u. S. Is a recruiting ground for this group . Well, this is something that we discovered in the fbi back back in 200 2009 going to 2010. There was a young man named ahmed who was a suicide bomber, when it turned out he was a u. S. Citizen from minneapolis, that took everybody by surprise. We starting peeling back the layers and we found a network of recruiters of travel arrangers who had started this pipeline and its been going on since. Its been real engagement by the Minneapolis Police department. The police in st. Paul, the u. S. Attorneys office there and a number of other cities to engage and get to this counternarrative. So the next obvious question seems to be if theres such a strog group to recruit from in the United States, are we concerned about them carrying out attacks here at home . The real concern is they get trained over there, trained as suicide bombers, trained in tactics and shooting and theyre under the radar. We dont know they got there and that they find their way back. And that is a concern. If you look at the increased security here at penn station, some what mike downey was doing in los angeles yesterday you know in the back of their mind, theyre thinking there a companion piece for an attack here from the same network. And new elements that may be developing is whether some of these terrorists in kenya were women. As charlie just suggested, the white widow, what about that . Okay. That would be a surprise but it wouldnt be the first. This is a technique pioneered by the chechens, where they used women in long baggy clothes and birk kaes and so on. These are women whose husbands were killed in the fighting and say you, too, can be martyrs, and rejoin your husbands in paradise if you fight for the cause. John miller, thank you. And president obama addresses 9 United NationsGeneral Assembly, one of the big topic, iran. Bill plante is here in new york. Bill, good morning. Good morning, norah, when the president talks to the u. N. Later, hell condemn that attack on kenya. Hell call on the United Nations to impress syria to give up chemical weapons. Look, but as you said, what everybody is waiting to see is whether hell meet with irans new supposedly moderate president. Reporter white house officials have said repeatedly that theres no meeting scheduled with iranian president hassan rowhani. But that doesnt mean none will occur. A meaning would have symbolic and historic rhetoric as a meeting with the two softens. The iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a hardliner on the Nuclear Issue and president obama left no question as to the state of the relationship. America wants to resolve this issue through diplomacy. And we believe there is still time and space to do so. And thats why the United States will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Reporter mr. Obama started this years diplomatic effort monday. His first day in new york. He met with the nigerian president. For his part, the newly elected iranian leader who projects an image of a moderate is on a Charm Offensive in the leadup to the meeting. When he arrived in new york his Office Tweeted a picture of, quote, president rouhani making his way to manhattan. Last week published in the Washington Post, rouhani wrote, rather than focusing on how to prevent things from getting worse, we need to think and talk about how to make things better. There is a history here of unplanned meetings and encounters in the u. N. But when asked when a compheegt incur with president obama or a meeting by happenstance, he said nothing like that happens by happenstance. A relationship this important doesnt happen that way. Even if it didnt happen there are too many outstanding issues. Secretary of state john kerry is meeting with the Iranian Foreign minister. Norah, charlie. Bill, thanks. The president will speak at the Global Initiative. Former president clinton is hosting that. We spoke with him about iran and the issues facing the United States. Well begin with kenya, first the personal, weve learned that someone close to the family, the Clinton Global Initiative family was killed, showing you that terrorism is indiscriminate. Yes. We lost one of our employees in our Health Access program which works on getting the world safe from malaria, the drugs and buildings around africa. She actually worked in tanzania, and i saw her a couple weeks ago when i was there but she was nine months pregnant just a couple weeks from delivery. She and the babys father were walking that mall in nairobi because she wanted to have the baby in kenya. She thought that was best. They were both killed. With great sense of the tragedy that happens, do you believe, if you look at terrorism today, its taking on dimensions that would bring it here to our shores . Well its been here once. And weve had some homegrown action. But i think the al shabaab, i think they clearly, you know, are targeting kenya, because the kenyans have gone into somalia to try to stop al shabaab from spreading into kenya. It appears to be that the kenyan government has been quite resolute and have done a good job. And i know president Obamas Administration has supported them in their efforts. I think is this kind of a longterm deal. We have to go on with our lives. Plan our normal lives and do our best to stop these things before they start and answer appropriately when they do. Let me turn to whats happening here at the u. N. , General Assembly meeting. Whats the risk for the president of the United States meeting with the president of iran, just meeting with him, to have some conversation, not an agreement, but a conversation . I think theres lots of things going on there that the rest of us dont know. And the president is calculating and was required to calculate, whether the benefits which would be enrm muss in terms of the atmosphere of seeing these two people meet and talk, would more likely trigger positive future developments, more likely compromise iranian leader with his own conservatives. And also we dont know enough about exactly where they want to go. Do they really want to get in a position where theyre not ever going to have Nuclear Weapons which is what they say. Or are we being basically diverted. I think its just a division we have to leave with the two principals. With the president and the iranian president. But, clearly, theres a thought going on and theyre rethinking their positions. And we have to do what we can to explore it. We ought to get caught trying. Because we have nothing to lose by getting caught trying. In fact, the israeli Prime Minister believes that no deal is better than a bad deal with iran, that this could be a trap. Do you agree with Benjamin Netanyahu . I just dont know. People have the responsibility for decisions in general, no deal is always better than a bad deal. But i dont know enough about what options are available. And my guess is, were well away from a deal. This is a question if we should Start Talking now, should there be a conversation at the top. Or should there be other conversations in a meeting. Well have much more with that conversation from bill clinton throughout the morning as the former president talks about Hillary Clintons bid for the white house and the response to reported problems in the Global Initiative organization. Thats ahead. Only seven days remains for congress to reach a budget agreement and avoid a Government Shutdown. Senator ted cruz, the republican from texas, is urging his fellow republicans to filibuster a house bill. That funds the government that takes away money for obama care. I believe nothing is hurting the American People more. Nothing is hurting the economy more, nothing is damaging jobs more than obama care. But the filibuster strategy is creating a rift among republicans. Senator Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell opposes a shutdown. Senate majority leader harry reid said he vows any plan to defund obama care is dead on arrival. A former fbi agent is facing 11 years in prison this morning. He admits leaking top secret intelligence to the associated press. Donald sachtleben shared classified details about a foiled plot in yemen last year. The leak sponsoreded a widespread government seizure of phone records. Sachtleben is agreeing to plead guilty. Authorities found him while investigation him in a child pornography case. Homes east of the los angeles could be threatened by a wildfire. Flames are burning in the San Gabriel Mountains above azusa. The Forest Service said the winds could send the fire toward the canyons less than a while mile. The fire is only 5 contained. In colorado eight people are confirmed dead after last weeksed 42ing. 60 others are missing. Vice President Joe Biden authorized the flood zone yesterday. He said the Government Shutdown would not impact relief efforts. They will not shut down even if the congress doesnt fund the federal government in a continued resolution. So i promise you, the president and i and the men standing behind you are going to stay focused on this. As i said when the cameras leave, the help is going to remain. Fema is offering nearly 20 million for victims to repair their homes or find other places to live temporarily. It is time to show you some of this morning headlines. The Washington Post says a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood could grow. An Egyptian Court banned islamic groups on monday. Hundreds of brotherhood supporters have been killed and thousands arrested since president Mohamed Morsi was ousted in july. The Chicago Tribune says two suspects were charged this morning in last weeks shooting at a park. It left 13 wounded. Police say the suspects in their 20s played a significant role but neither is believed to be the sheer. Usa today looks at retailers cutting back on hiring this holiday season. An Employment Firm predicts a drop of more than 50,000 positions from last year. Part of the reason, a decline in consumer confidence. The Los Angeles Times says there may be a slight rebound in illegal immigration. A new study finds the number of undocumented immigrants went up slightly between 2009 and 2012. Last year, 11. 7 Million Immigrants called the u. S. Home. That approaches an all time high of 12. 3 million in 2007. And florida sunsentinel looks at the eightday ordeal of men rescued at sea. A wave capsized their 16foot boat. For more than a week, they clung to its hull. The coast guard came t announcer this National Weather report sponsored by macys. 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