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journalist foley. we ll look at the efforts to feel the slaip journalist. plus in america. i m thrilled to be alive and well and reunited with my family. an emotional die for the doctor that survived ebola. leaving the doctor disease free. and a concert for our own peter gres peter greste gaoled in egypt, the concert in australia. we begin with the crisis in iraq. tonight iraqi forces are fighting to keep the country together, out of the hands that calls itself the islamic state. iraq s military has reportedly attacked islamic state forces in anbar province and the city of tikrit. they are trying to push back fighters from an organization that the pentagon called a bigger threat than al qaeda pre-9/11. seven months ago president obama compared the islamic state to a junior varsity basketball team. today the united states launched a fresh round of air strikes against the group as part of the effort to assist iraqi and kurdish troops on the ground. islamic sta ....
what the challengingcaing calculous in up freeing a hostage. the united states does not pay ransom to the shadowy networks of kidnappers around the world. that would put americans at a greater risk of kidnapping. this crime on inside story, how you make the decision for the potential terrible consequences. from this scenario and other pieces of sel intelligence, the american had only hours to live. he had been captive the militants heard them coming. there was an attempt to save them, but unfortunately they shot the hostage before and during the attack. they were freed but unfortunately died on the way. somers was held with a teacher from south africa. both were evacuated with u.s. forces with injuries but died from their windows. coryies family had just raised the money needed to pay the ransom they had received. we had hoped to have pierre for christmas. so have criticized the u.s. after the failed raid. his life was clearly in danger. and we are, including. p ....
the big special, for the presidential inauguration 2013. we will cover it as cnn can from every which angle. we hope you join us from washington. and speaking of, i hear a certain someone is out of the studio and on the national wall for a special edition of the situation room, my colleague, wolf blitzer. wolf blitzer, take it away. brooke, thanks very much. happening now, deep concern about the fate of hostages. and new details about the so-called jihad prince who may be behind the terror attack in algeria. also, what else can he say? now that lance armstrong has admitted to doping, we will hear what he says to oprah winfrey again tonight. plus, our own martin savidge rides along as authorities break up an elaborate sex slave network right here in the united states. you will not believe the conditions the women had to endure. i m wolf blitzer here on the national wall in washington. behind me the west front of the u.s. capitol where president barack obama will ....
brian: yes, i can. let s go to mark and the tulane marching band, thanks to the cheerleaders of the saints and the dance team of tulane. and the national guard that had to leave. bill: a lot of breaking news this morning on a friday. another u.s. embassy is under attack. this time in turkey. reports of a homicide bomber setting off an explosive device, killing himself and at least one other person. this is brand new video showing chaos at the scene. emergency crews responding as they pick through the rubble in the aftermath on the ground there. this is a story we re just working through right now. but there s a lot of news popping. good morning, i m bill hemmer. we ll get to all of it today. martha: good morning. i m martha maccallum. the details on this are still fluid. we re getting reports that the blast went off inside the security check point at the entrance to the embassy. bill: amy kellogg watching it all from london now. has there been a claim of responsib ....
young black men, or is something else going on here? and the american al qaeda prisoner that you don t know about. his family is going to tell us about the frightening message that they got today from al qaeda. but also we re going to begin with our breaking news tonight that we have been reporting on for so much of our hour last hour here on cnn. tear gas fired on protesters on another night of unrest. ferguson, missouri is what we re talking about. cnn s david mattingly joining us. also our producer yon pomrenze on the phone with us as well. so let s talk about let s talk about this. first, let s go to david mattingly. david, where you are, you said you re right outside of the police department there is a peaceful protest where you are. yon is seeing a much different scene. we ll talk to yon in a moment. but take us through what is happening. what is happening is something we ve seen repeated every night since the violence we saw on sunday. we haven t seen the ....