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Manhunt Continues for Accused Cop Killer in Pennsylvania; Search Continues For Hannah Graham; White House Security Breach; Climate March Demands Government Action on Climate Change; Obama Heads to U.N. to Rally Support For Fight Against ISIS; Hostage's Wife Begs ISIS To Free Him; Man Accused of Killing Peterson's Son Free on Bond

Aired September 21, 2014 - 14:00   ET

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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: And in New York, people are packing the streets for climate change march and it could be the largest of its kind.

All right, let's begin with those security incidents at the White House. The Secret Service said a young man tried to enter a barricaded entrance yesterday in his car before being stopped. And we learned more about the man who breached the security on Friday by jumping the fence, running across the north lawn and barging right to the front door of the White House. He was carrying a knife and he is an Iraq war veteran.

Erin McPike is live for us right now at the White House and our law enforcement analyst Tom Fuentes is also in our Washington bureau.

So Erin, let's begin with you. What more do we know about these incidents and the two suspects in custody?

ERIN MCPIKE, CNN GENERAL ASSIGNMENT CORRESPONDENT: It is the 42-year- old man from Texas. He was on active duty in the army from 1997 to 2012 and he served in Iraq from 2006 to 2008. Now there, as you mentioned, he was carrying a 3.5 inch knife with him into the White House. We also know there was supposed to be a canine stop of this man after he jumped the fence that obviously didn't happen and he was able to get into the White House. At this point Secret Service said they are increasing the patrols out front of the White House as well as the surveillance. So a lot of changes happening swiftly after that incident, Fred.

WHITFIELD: Will they reveal anything more about the security measures now in place? You said increased patrols but what more?

MCPIKE: That's just means more Secret Service officers outside, more surveillance -- not a whole lot of detail beyond that. And of course, this is the Secret Service. So of course, it is quite secretive. But they are reviewing all of the protocols and what went wrong yesterday, Fred.

WHITFIELD: All right, Erin McPike, thanks so much. We'll check in with you a little bit later on. So how does the best protected home in the world have two security

lapses like this? CNN law enforcement analyst Tom Fuentes is with us now in Washington. So Tom, you know, no one was injured. The first family is fine and safe. But this is a significant deal. How in the world could this happen in your view?

THOMAS FUENTES, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST: Well I think, Fredricka, it is clear that the fence is not adequate that goes around the White House and should, at the minimum, be higher and it has been suggested by former Secret Service members to have the bars curl back so it is more difficult to climb over it.

And secondly, you know, I've been told there is a huge reliance on the canine unit, that the idea is that the officers don't run out to intercept this guy because they turn a log loose and the dog will attack them. You know, the dog won't know good guys from bad guys. And the dog is supposed to knock the person down and hold him there until the handlers can come and get him into custody so that the officers don't have to open fire.

WHITFIELD: So then what would be the decision in your view as to why the dogs would not be used in this case? Clearly someone has jumped over and had enough time seen running to the front door.

FUENTES: That's the question. We don't know if the dog was even available. The helicopter carrying the first family and the president had just left four minutes earlier from the opposite side of the building, the south lawn. Maybe every dog on duty that night was on that side of the building. We don't know. So you know, obviously there is a lapse in communication between who is going to stop this person before he got to the building.

And the Secret Service guidelines are not to open fire unless it really looks like somebody is carrying, you know, an explosive strapped to their back or around their body or something because the other issue with that is if those officers at the door open fire like that, they are going to be possibly hitting the hundreds of tourists that are lined up along that fence on the outer perimeter of the White House. If the officers at the fence shoot, they are shooting into the building. So it is really a difficult thing.

But if they are going to rely on the dogs, they have to have the dog and that is what is going to come under question now, is it a good idea to rely so much on the canine unit and should they go to a different posture with the uniformed officers at the site.

WHITFIELD: So you think this is a spring board to looking into overhauling procedures or even leadership and, you know, looking at the vulnerabilities that the president and the first family, you know, are on the south lawn, all resources cannot be dedicated to the south lawn as the north lawn is left vulnerable.

FUENTES: No, that is exactly right. You know, they will have need to look at how many people they had on duty, how were they deployed that night, what about this dog, where was it, did they rely too much on having a dog? So that is a huge issue for the guy that ran across that yard.

As far as the other incident with the vehicle, I don't think that is a breach. You know, they stopped him. He didn't get in. And I vetted that entrance on 5th street and it is very difficult. Very difficult and almost impossible I think for a vehicle to penetrate through there without the officers stopping them even if it meant using deadly force.

WHITFIELD: And I think that one is not being considered a breach at this point but an incident and certainly an alarming one, nonetheless.

FUENTES: And now the big fear is copycats. One guy jumps over the fence, makes it through the front door, you know, this could inspire a track meet of people trying to do the same thing over the next couple of weeks or months.

WHITFIELD: All right, Tom Fuentes, thanks so much. Appreciate it.

FUENTES: Thank you, Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: And just a programming now passed along, Jeh Johnson, the secretary will be in "THE SITUATION ROOM" with Wolf Blitzer tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. to talk about these incidents and these Secret Service's actions.

President Obama heading to the U.N. to rally world support for the fight against ISIS militants. Britain is already on board, but will either country, the U.S. or the U.K., have to put boots on the ground to fight ISIS.

Chief political correspondent Candy Crowley asked former Prime Minister Tony Blair about that on "STATE OF THE UNION."

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CANDY CROWLEY, CNN CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Basically, of the U.S. and Britain, the U.S. particularly has committed to aerial assaults in Iraq for sure, in Syria, possibly later on it. It seems your country is moving that way. Both ruling outputting combat troops on the ground. Is that enough to get rid of ISIS?

TONY BLAIR, FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: You certainly need to fight groups like ISIS on the ground. It is possible that those people who are there locally and have the most immediate interest in fighting ISIS can carry on the ground offensive against them.

But, look, this will evolve over time I'm sure. And I'm sure in that the leadership both in the U.S. and elsewhere will make sure that whatever is necessary to defeat ISIS is done. I think, by the way, no one is talking. There is no need to put in a kind of (INAUDIBLE) occupation. I mean, we are not rerunning Iraq or Afghanistan. But I think there will be undoubtedly be a time a need to hit ISIS not just simply through an aerial campaign, but also on the ground. But the question will be, can those people, if they supported locally, can they do that job or we will have supplement that.

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WHITFIELD: Tony Blair leaving the door open that American and British ground troops just might be need in the ISIS fight.

All right, he mocks the U.S. in the latest ISIS propaganda video and he may be an American himself. That is according to U.S. intelligence officials who are trying to figure out the identity of this masked militant.

In the video, he speaks English fluently. Investigators are doing voice analysis and combing through the video frame by frame. At the U.N. general assembly this week, President Barack Obama is expected to ask world leaders to back a U.N. resolution urging nations to stop foreign fighters from joining ISIS. In a few minutes I'll talk with CNN senior political analyst Ron Brownstein about the president's trip to the U.N.

Climate experts say this year's June, July and August were the hottest ever recorded on planet earth. And today in New York, entities around the world, people's climate march activists are filling the streets to demand government action on climate change.

Alison Kosik is in New York. Describe the scene for us earlier.

ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Earlier -- it is actually happening as we speak. You can see the crowd around me. This crowd has been marching through the streets of midtown Manhattan. This is going on for a few hours. Thousands of people line in the streets hoping to shine a light on climate change and hoping to really bring this issue to the forefront.

Obviously, they are holding lots of signs, pounding on drums, stating their case through music and their signs.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. We're seeing droughts, massive droughts across the Midwest and California, storms that are devastating the east and the gulf coast. We are seeing flooding that has threatened this city and many others. All of those things are happening, but it is just a taste test of what is to come if we don't urgently reverse course. And the solution is so clear. It is to get a 100 percent clean energy (INAUDIBLE) economy.

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KOSIK: Now activists like the one you just heard from are telling me the purpose of this march is to really show that the climate change momentum to bring change to what is happening in the country is really all about momentum. Momentum meaning shining light on what is happening. And you are seeing the interest here in their faces and their signs here. And that activist telling me also, that he doesn't expect any agreement to be signed at the U.N. climate confront happening on Tuesday. He says it really is once again just about momentum, especially leading up to a big conference on climate change happening in Paris next December -- Fredricka. WHITFIELD: And so, Alison, actor Leonardo Dicaprio also was among the

marchers out there. Is he also expected to speak at the U.N. summit on climate change.

KOSIK: He is. In fact, he is actually taken a lead role in the climate change initiative with the U.N. And as you know, celebrities often lend their voices and lend their name to issues. But this is certainly one that is near and dear to his heart. I also caught up with another activist, actor Mark Ruffalo, who talked along the same lines. Here are some what he had to say.

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KOSIK: Why is it important for to you be here today and lend your name to this?

MARK RUFFALO, ACTOR: Because of my kids who I love dearly. And I see the world changing very quickly already. And I want to see them -- I want to do my best to give them the best world that they deserve to have and that I was fortunate enough to come up into.

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KOSIK: And so thousands have marched through the streets of midtown Manhattan this morning and they continue marching, they continue going strong, Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: All right, that is indeed a big march that it doesn't look like it is going to end anytime soon. Thanks so much. Alison Kosik, appreciate it.

All right, next, Congress passed the president's plan to destroy ISIS. And in just three days now, the president will go before the United Nations.

Next, our political analyst breaks down what the president needs to say to convince the rest of the world that he's right.

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WHITFIELD: All right, now to the battle to fight the terrorist group ISIS. Their fighters already control large areas of Iraq and Syria. And now a human rights group says ISIS has taken control of 60 villages near a Syrian-Kurdish town. And that is causing fears of a major humanitarian crisis. More than 60,000 Kurds fleeing the violence have entered Turkish territory since Friday.

Let's go to CNN's Anna Coren in Erbil, Iraq. So Anna, just how bad is the crisis.

ANNA COREN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, humanitarian crisis is unfolding, Fredricka, no doubt about it. U.N. are actually telling that some 70,000 Syrian Kurds have crossed the border since Friday. These people desperately fleeing ISIS who, as you say, have taken over at least 60 of the towns and villages posted around an area called Kabani (ph) in northern Syria. They are being free to do whatever they like, you know. They have the

weaponry, they have the arms and these people know that they would be facing a potential massacre if they were to stay. And so these incredible, you know, pictures of this where the humanity heading towards the Turkish border.

Initially on Friday, authorities weren't going to let them pass. They fired warning shots into the air. The only thing was that there were TV cameras broadcasting this live to the world. So no doubt a great deal of pressure place on Turkish authorities to open up that particular border crossing and allow those people in.

It is important to note that over the past three years since this Syrian civil war has been raging that Turkey has accepted more than 800,000 refugees. But it just adds, you know, to the pressure on the country, on the humanitarian agencies there on the ground. They say that they have not seen, you know, this sort of exodus of people in such a short period of time which really just goes to give you an ideal of the scale of this disaster, Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: And then, Anna, you know, is the message being sent about the timeline or any timeline for air strikes in Syria?

COREN: Well because of this disaster, you have the Kurdish president, president Barzani, of Kurdistan saying, you know, the United States needs to launch air strikes now. Ethnic cleansing is unfolding in this part of Syria. They are targeting the Kurds. That is the latest, you know, ethnic religious minority that they are after.

So there are definitely calls from within Kurdistan from within the region that the United States needs to start those airstrikes in Syria. Obviously, we've seen them conducted here in Iraq for the past six weeks and making real progress as far as containing in certain areas, pushing back ISIS.

But the United States is being taking their time with Syria. Obviously, they need to do a lot of intelligence gathering. They don't have people on the ground. So they are getting their information from the drones, the surveillance that is going on. But certainly pressure is mounting on them to start conducting airstrikes soon to save this population.

WHITFIELD: All right. Anna Coren, thanks so much in Erbil, Iraq. Appreciate that.

This coming Wednesday, President Barack Obama takes the fight against ISIS to the United Nations general assembly. He will ask his counterparts to join the fight against terror group. He will also ask them to make it harder for ISIS foreign fighters to travel back to Europe and U.S.

CNN senior political analyst Ron Brownstein is editorial director of the "National Journal." Good to see you.

A lot riding on the president's visit to the U.N. This morning, in fact, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power put it this way saying the president is convening an unusual head of state summit and that there needs to be universal support. Can or will this president be able to convince the U.N. that the U.S. cannot be the only country carrying out airstrikes, for example?

RON BROWNSTEIN, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, there are really two tracks here, right? There is the formal U.N. process which we eluded to where they are looking for a resolution on the relatively narrow issue of deterring fighters. They are not looking. They have not indicated they are looking for a broad over-arching support and justification for military action inside Syria through that formal process.

Then, through all of the bilateral meetings that will be going on at the U.N. itself, they are looking to broad this coalition. And Samantha Power did say this morning on the Sunday shows that they expect other nations will be participating in air strikes. So they have some commitments from a variety of nations, exactly what that adds up to is still mostly murky.

WHITFIELD: Yes. She sounded very confident, didn't she?

You know, meantime, you know this moment at the U.N., of course, you know, does Harkin back 11 years ago to then secretary of state Colin Powell explaining to the security council Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. So how does this White House make sure this legacy on this decision have a different outcome?

BROWNSTEIN: Well, you know, it is going to be very challenging. In many ways, the difficulties we face are as a result of the unanticipated consequences of that action over a decade ago and the way that it intent it kind of broke the mold in the region and intensify the Sunni Shiite conflict that is contributing here. I think that leeriness kind of looms over the politics of this in every country it is considering that that president of the anticipated consequences of the Iraq invasion.

But what is striking about this, is that you have enough common cause so that it at least countries like Turkey and Saudi Arabia on the one hand and Iran on the other, that are on the opposite sides of the Syrian civil war all see at least some common interest in confronts ISIS. And the administration has been very skillful about marshalling at the question, as I said, is how much does it ultimately add up to in term of concrete support for the hard work of degrading and moving them back.

WHITFIELD: And then, you know, politically speaking and maybe even beyond, is this president in a no-win situation? Meaning, you know, he capitulates to people on both sides in Washington who say do something about ISIS. But at the same time, this president has said repeatedly no boots on the ground. But you hear from military experts who say, ultimately, eventually, you know, it could evolve into that?

BROWNSTEIN: Right. Look, we are in a complex -- we talked about it before, a complex and political situation. The brutality of ISIS has changed the underlying dynamic to an extent everything from a certain extent. And to the most of Obama's presidency, the overhang of Afghanistan and Iraq made the American public extremely leery any military commitment in the Middle East. Now, that has evolved and soften to the point where there is clear support for at least airstrikes, but still resistance to any kind of boots on the ground.

No one in the administration, no one really, and in any kind of national security position around the world. Fallujah is a quick problem that is going to be solved solely through airstrikes. There is going to be need some kind of ground force whether that third ways Syrian opposition is enough to do that, many people are skeptical of that. But at least at this point, I think the politics not only in the U.S. but northwestern nations is still very firmly against going further than airstrikes at this point.

WHITFIELD: All right, it should be an interesting week. Ron Brownstein, thanks so much.

BROWNSTEIN: Thank you.

WHITFIELD: Up next, we're waiting for updates on two of our top stories. Police in Charlottesville getting set to hold a live press conference on the search for this young lady, this missing UVA student. This is hundreds of volunteers come out to again search for Hannah Graham.

And then in Pennsylvania, where we're waiting a live update from investigators on the massive manhunt Eric Frein. What we know about the search for the accused cop killer.

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WHITFIELD: All right, in nearly 40 minutes, police are expected to give an update to the hunt for suspected cop killer. So far there has been no credible new sighting of Eric Frein in the mountains of Pennsylvania. This, as authorities have lifted a lockdown on local residents there but hundreds of law enforcement personnel continue what is called a very active search for the man they say killed one state trooper and wounded another nine days ago.

Earlier this week, as shots were heard and officers appeared to be closing in on Frein, but the trail went cold. Stay tuned for that live report from Pennsylvania at the bottom of the hour.

And in just a little further south, police are also expected to give a live update this afternoon to the search for that missing University of Virginia student. Hannah Graham has been missing for more than a week now. Police believe she got into a car with a man who was seen with her on surveillance video. And they have now identified him as Jesse Matthew.

CNN's Jean Casarez has more on this investigation. How the Charlottesville community is stepping up to find Hannah Graham.

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JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (on-camera): Law enforcement are asking for help in finding Hannah Graham and they are getting it. University of Virginia's students as well as people who live and work in this community want to help bring the 18-year-old sophomore back home to her family.

CASAREZ (voice-over): A new day. The focus still to find Hannah Graham.

LAURIE FRUTTY (ph), CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA: I would want people out looking for one of my girls if this was my daughter.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We were basically briefed primarily to look for clothes, to look for items that she might have had. We know that she had a phone with her so to check for those things.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I do suggest looking into the large-scale dumpsters.

CASAREZ: Over a thousand volunteers from the Charlotte area came out in force looking in residential areas, abandoned buildings and construction sites, pointing flashlights in man holes and drains, all to help investigators to figure out what happened to the 18-year-old University of Virginia sophomore.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Everyone thinks of their school is like a bubble and nobody could do anything badly.

CASAREZ: Friday, authorities said they are interested in a man last seen with Graham.

DET. SGT. JIM MOOREY, CHARLOTTE POLICE: An additional video captured at a store in the mall on the 300 block showed that same black male with dread lock with his hands around Hannah Graham's waist. We know from witness accounts that they entered the tempo restaurant. We know that he purchased alcohol there and we know Hannah Graham was with him.

We also know that within 15 minutes, they were gone from that bar and that his car was seen leaving the area on video and we have every reason to believe that Miss Graham was in that vehicle.

CASAREZ: Police say the man is 32-years-old, black, 6'2", 270 pounds with dreadlocks. Authorities say they have searched his car and apartment, saw him, talked to him, but still no arrest.

TIMOTHY LONGO, CHIEF, CHARLOTTE POLICE: Was there probable cause to arrest him? No. There was no probable cause to arrest him. Was there legally sufficient legal basis to detain him? Not in the opinion of the ranking supervisor on the scene.

CASAREZ: No official suspects but plenty of leads as the search for Hannah Graham goes into a second week.

Officially this is a missing person's investigation but the locations has many wondering if it is much more.

Jean Casarez, CNN, Charlottesville, Virginia.

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WHITFIELD: And at the top of the hour, Charlottesville police will hold a news conference and give an update on the investigation. We'll, of course, be monitoring it.

A British taxi driver and father went to Syria to help desperate war refugees. Now, his wife is hoping that he doesn't become ISIS' next victim. Her urgent message to his captors, next.

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WHITFIELD: The wife of a British aid worker held hostage by ISIS is begging the terrorist to spare his life. Alan Henning was taken captive in December and ISIS militants are threatening to kill him.

In a written plea to ISIS, Henning's wife, Barbara, said the 47-year- old father of two was in Syria to give food and water to war refugees when he was kidnapped.

She says her husband is a taxi driver who went to Syria out of the compassion of his heart to help people there. And she urges ISIS to contact her before it is too late.

And three prominent British imam's are also urging ISIS to free Henning saying, he is an innocent man. CNN's Karl Penhaul spoke with an aide doctor who was in the same convoy as Henning and she said her colleague is a man with a heart of gold.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I've spoke to the family and they're all OK.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is this the first time you've been away from them?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, it is hard.

KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Taxi driver, Alan Henning on a mercy mission to Syria. That was Christmas day.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You have some presents from other members of the convoy didn't you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. I got a nice t-shirt, some after-shaver and some chocolates and some biscuits.

PENHAUL: Father of two, Henning was the only non-Muslim on the British aid convoy. Fellow volunteer, Dr. Shameela Islam-Zulfigar and her family drove with him.

DR. SHAMEELA ISLAM-ZULFIGAR, AID WORKER: He really wanted to make sure that he was counted as somebody that got up and did something, not just made a simple donation and sat in the comfort of their own home.

PENHAUL: Members of the 50 vehicle convey affectionately nicknamed him gadget.

ZULFIGAR: Uncle Gadget as my children called him and he traveled with us on several conveys, has a love for all things technical. And he really was -- is the guy that fixes everything.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Here we go.

PENHAUL: The convoy was taking ambulances to help Syrian citizens caught in war. Henning dedicated his vehicle to a British doctor purportedly murdered by the Syrian regime a week earlier.

ZULFIGAR: To save the life of one means to save the whole of mankind and one of my favorite quotes. It was a quote that Allan was helping to put on the side the ambulance.

PENHAUL: At the Turkey-Syria border, Henning volunteered to cross over into the battle zone with a 10-person advance party. They recorded their cautious progress, greeting refugees as they went. Moments after that video was taken, Dr. Shameela received a desperate call.

ZULFIGAR: We received a call about half an hour later. It was a very distressed person on the other side saying that Gadget had been taken after armed gunmen are taken him.

We just thought it was just a temporary measure -- with him being a non-Muslim and being visibly English, that they would just question him further and then they would let him go?

PENHAUL: But ISIS and rival rebel factions clashed, that didn't happen.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They just dropped a bomb here. Not far away from us. As can you see, it is very, very close to us.

PENHAUL: The convoy advance team recorded this explosion as it fled back to the border. Back in Henning's home town in Northern England, well wishes of yellow tied around lamp post and on street signs. None of his neighbors on his street are talking, all are hoping. And now with ISIS threatening to execute Henning, there is a sense that time is short.

ZULFIGAR: Really difficult. I'm just dreading, we know that the deadline is coming up. We know that we have a very small -- the time is running out.

PENHAUL: But nobody is giving up.

ZULFIGAR: I have a message for ISIS. As your sister in Islam, I would implore you and beg of you, please spare the life of this innocent man.

PENHAUL: I asked her how we should think of Henning in his hour of need?

ZULFIGAR: Just know that his concern and care for everyone around him and his beautiful, beautiful golden heart.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

WHITFIELD: CNN's Karl Penhaul joining us live now from London. So touching. Henning's wife is pleading for his safe return as an aide worker, but will this have any impact on ISIS. In fact, the mother of, you know, hostage, Steven Sotloff, pleaded for his life and ISIS still killed him.

PENHAUL: Well, I think the real frustration here is that there is this sense that the clock is ticking down. It is a plea that comes from desperation. They are hoping, of course, that ISIS will hear, they are hoping that their appeals are couched in a language that ISIS will respond to, that they will see it is not a challenge to them, but more plea to their humanity.

But as you rightly say Steven Sotloff's mother made that plea -- a very carefully worded plea and ISIS paid no attention and beheaded him. Possibly the difference here is so many Muslim groups are making an appeal on behalf of Alan Henning.

And that is because he was the only non-Muslim on the convoy and the Muslims felt they had a bond of trust, it was their duty to take him into Syria safely and bring him back home and they hope that is leaders will listen to that plea and to that aspect and this is why Islam should be respected and they should be allowed to bring him home -- Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: Heart breaking. All right, Karl Penhaul, thanks so much for bringing us that report.

Back in this country, coming up, Pennsylvania residents are no longer on lockdown, but the hunt for accused cop killer in their state is still underway as police prepare for a live press conference. And we're live on the ground, next.

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WHITFIELD: Brand new video just in of Friday's White House security breach. Take a look. Right there, the man jumping the White House fence and then running right up to the White House doors. You can see at the bottom of the screen there, the man running toward the hedge and up the steps and voila up into the north portico doors.

Officials identify him as 42-year-old Omar Gonzalez, an Iraq war vet. They say he made it all the through those north portico doors before being stopped. The U.S. Secret Service said he was carrying a 3-1/2 inch folding knife in his pocket.

And then less than 24 hours later, another man failed to stop his car at the White House entrance and he was arrested. We'll have a live report with more details on these disturbing incidents coming up right there at the White House. That live report at 3:00 Eastern Time.

All right, on to the Poconos Mountains of Pennsylvania now. There are no new sightings of the suspected cop killer, Eric Matthew Frein. Authorities have lifted the lockdown on residents however, but they are asking people to still be vigilant as they continue to search for the man accused of killing a state trooper and wounding another person nine days ago.

Alexandra Field is at a press conference about to get underway there in Pike County. What are we expecting from the authorities? Any developments on any sightings or how they are changing their search, what?

ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Fred. We'll hear from Pennsylvania State Police. They've told us they are going to be giving us an update on the search, but today there are a lot of questions about what the strategy is here and what is going on?

There were people under the shelter in place order and that was lifted, but the search is still active in that area. We are still seeing barricades and road blocks, cars being checked into and out of the area.

And people are confused about what the strategy is here, why they are told it is safe to come and go from their homes while they are being warrant to be vigilant. So does this indicated that police feel that they have searched that area as thoroughly as they can at this point?

Does it indicate that the search grid will move or shift in anyway or is it simply indicative of the fact that you can't keep people in their homes for days on end as this search continues and stretches out?

We are again going to be hearing from the Pennsylvania State Police and ask them about what has led to the area they have been so focused on for days. We have seen 300 and 400 officers from a number of different agencies all collaborating and combing this heavily wood area.

Sometimes getting in line formation trying to find the suspect, but telling the public again that they still have not found Eric Frein.

WHITFIELD: All right, Alexandra Field, thanks so much. We'll check back with you as it gets underway.

Meantime, Pope Francis is making his first official visit to a predominantly Muslim country. He is using his trip to Albania to promote religious harmony. We'll tell you what he said next.

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WHITFIELD: While star NFL star, Adrian Peterson, faces a felony child abuse charge, the man accused of killing another one of his children is free. Joseph Robert Patterson was released from a South Dakota jail after posting a $2 million bond.

Patterson was the boyfriend of the 2-year-old victim's mother. He claimed the football player's son choked to death on food, but investigators say the child suffered injuries to his head consistent with abuse. Patterson is charged with second-degree murder. Meantime Minnesota Vikings runningback, Adrian Peterson, is facing charges of his own after spanking his 4-year-old son with a switch. Peterson was suspended from the team indefinitely after being charged with felony child abuse.

The Vikings and the New Orleans Saints meanwhile kicked off their Sunday football game just over an hour ago today. Andy Scholes have more from the Superdome in New Orleans. So would Peterson have shown up at the game today?

ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: No, he did not, Fredricka. He was placed on the exempt commissioner's list and that means he is banned from all team activities. He can't come around the team until his child abuse charges are resolved.

Now the next hearing for that case is not until October 8th, but the NFL Network is reporting that Peterson's lawyer, Rusty Hardin, is trying to rush that and get a trial as soon as possible because until those charges are resolved, Peterson cannot get back on the field with the Minnesota Vikings.

And Fredricka, many people are actually questioning if he will ever put on a Vikings' uniform ever again.

WHITFIELD: And so, Andy, meantime there are some folks who were saying it is time to boycott the NFL.

SCHOLES: Yes, some are saying that. But if you are out here today, you would not see that at all. It was a full house in the Superdome today for the Saints' home opener. A sellout crowd and we talked to fans from all morning.

Some fans came from Florida and from Canada to see the Vikings play. Ratings are better than ever and you've got fans are still traveling to come to these games and all of the ones that we talked to said there is pretty much nothing that can happen with a team, with a player, with the NFL that would make them stop watching football on Sundays.

WHITFIELD: All right, die-hard fans indeed. All right, thanks so much, Andy Scholes there at the Superdome in New Orleans.

Pope Francis is making his first official visit to a predominantly Muslim country. He is using his trip to Albania promote religious harmony. We'll tell you what he said, next.

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WHITFIELD: Pope Francis is in Albania today for the first trip to a European country outside Italy. It's also his first trip to a predominantly Muslim country. During mass, he called for coexistence among religions and said no one can act as the armor of God.

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POPE FRANCIS (through translator): No one considered themselves the armor of God while planning and carrying out acts of violence and oppression. May no one use religion as a pre-text for actions against human dignity and against the fundamental rights of every man and woman above all the right to life and the right of everyone to religious freedom.

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WHITFIELD: "International Desk" editor, Azadeh Ansari is here. So we saw Pope Francis speaking out against terrorism, social and religious persecution. Why did the pope choose to deliver the message there in Albania?

AZADEH ANSARI, CNN INTERNATIONAL DESK EDITOR: Exactly, Fred. So this is the strongest criticism that we've heard from him condemning Islamic militants and we heard him in Tehran, the capital of Ukraine, in front of masses in Mother Teresa's Square.

And now why Albania? That's the key because for two decades a pope has not visited this country. And so for him it's a model of sorts where interfaith harmony exist.

And so that's why he chose to deliver this message there, considering that under the communist regime, for the longest time there was religious persecution and a lot of suffering for people.

So to see how far they have come in the last 24 years, a little over 24 years, if they can do it, they can make this rebound. Maybe this can serve as an example for others to follow on that front.

Now I want to take a listen here and have our viewers at home also listen to the full message that he had to say on this front.

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POPE FRANCIS (through translator): The climate of mutual respect and trust among Catholics, orthodox Christians and Muslims is a precious gift for my country and especially in these times when an authentic religious spirit is being perverted by extremist groups and where religious differences are being distorted and instrumentalized.

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ANSARI: Now key here, Fred, is the fact that he never once mentioned ISIS or Islamic militants in his speech or his delivery. He used terms such as unjust aggressor, like we heard earlier, extremist groups.

But again he denounced these violent acts and you have a country where 56 percent is Muslim, the majority are Muslim, 10 percent are Catholic and 7 percent are orthodox.

They have been able to exist and have made a comeback so this could serve as other countries to follow in their footsteps.

WHITFIELD: Everything he does is nearly unpredictable.

ANSARI: That is true.

WHITFIELD: Thank you so much. Appreciate that.

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