secretary gener segway." ouch. some even mocked the way the folks at apple tweeted the introduction. >> whoo! >> revolutionary technology? only time will tell. tell it on an apple watch. >> what does it do? >> jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> oh, happy friday to you. thank you for joining me today, i'm carol costello. at this hour with berman and michaela starts now. >> hello, everyone, i'm john berman. >> and i'm michaela pereira. you're smiling because it's friday. >> we are following two live events at this hour. hillary clinton will be speaking at a memorial service to sell fwrat life of maya angelou, the revered writer, poet, and civil rights activist who died earlier this year. the former secretary of state has a busy weekend ahead.

she heads to a state i like to call iowa -- >> you like to call it iowa. >> it's a political event with political implications in so many people watching that and so many people looking that the today. a new cnn/orc poll saying 53% of democrats contacted in iowa say they would support mrs. clinton if the 2016 caucuses were held today -- which they will not be. >> oh, they haven't changeding? >> but it's still eye opening right there. 53%. >> indeed. let's turn to washington. president obama and former president bill clinton are celebrating 20 years of ame americorps at the white house. you're looking live at a photo -- a live image. >> moving pictures, we call it. >> the south lawn of the white house. looks like it's warm there. now the big question we're wonder 1 if either president will comment on the state of the world right now. certainly a lot of issues pressing president obama and his administration. but, again, here the white house celebrating 20 years of

americorps and community service. tremendous. we'll follow that and much more for you at this hour. now we want to move to shocking new information on isis in terms of the number and the nationalities of the fighters. the cia is estimating there are between 20,000 to 31,000 isis militants across iraq and syria. that's more than three times the previous estimate. perhaps what's more shocking, almost half of the fighters are foreign zblorn they come from more than 80 countries. 2,000 of them westerners and roughly a dozen as we've been saying are american. so what is behind the rise in the ranks of isis in let's turn jim sciutto, our senior national security correspondent. jim, what's going on here? did isis triple in size overnight or the united states and cia just getting a better look at what's going on inside syria and iraq right now? >> tiei want to get to that. just one quick clarification. the 15,000 foreign fighters in syria, that's actually for all

the various rebel groups, including isis but not exclusive to isis. so it's not that now half or 15,000 of the isis forces is foreign, although we do bloov that there are thousands of westerners involved with isis, which is, of course, still significant. so what happened with this broader number? when you speak to the cia, they say that this is in the simplest terms a product of isis' success as it is swept across syria and into iraq. it's taken over more territory, it's swept up more fighters, some of whom were recruited, some of whom -- and we've heard the reports on the ground -- are forced to fight for them. but also people are attracted to success. you have fighters who are defecting from other rebel groups to isis as it establish this is islamic state and this is -- success has also attracted more foreigners. and that -- you know, that's an intimidating, sobers prospect. i would say that the cia says it's not that on tuesday they thought there was 10,000 and

wednesday, thursday, friday, they think there are 30,000. the 10,000 estimate was something that dated back to last year that they've been looking to update it for some time, they have better intelligence and this is the figure they've arrived at. but it's certainly sobering to hear that because the president has committed the country not just to degrading isis but destroy it. now you're facing 20,000 to 30,000 fighters. that's a major task. that will take a long time. >> sobering, indeed. especially when you say they are well organized and funded. turning to something else very much related to that. president obama has picked retired marine general john allen to lead this fight against isis. he happened to be the top u.s. commander in afghanistan from 2011 to 2013. he certainly has his challenges ahead of him. >> no question. . and i think it those administration's seriousness. a retired four-star marine general. last command was commanding isaf in afghanistan. and there are some parallels between afghanistan and here.

he's known to have good relationships with regional commanders there. that's going to be important here. you've got a lot of differing alliances to work together. afghanistan is not a civil war but it has some of those civil conflicts there between various warring groups, which is a parallel toll what's going on in syria, although syria is much worse, much more violent. that's one thing. also afghanistan heavily dependent on fighting alongside local forces, not all done with an international force, you need those local partners. that's certainly going to be the case in syria and iraq. but more so, right? because there aren't going to be any boots on the ground in afghanistan. of course you had tens of thousands of u.s. soldiers there which is a great advantage. so he's got experience, he's respected, but he's certainly going to have his work cut out for him in syria and iraq. >> having experience in iraq as well, having served in the western part of that country during the conflict after 2003. jim sciutto, great to see you. thanks for being with us at this hour. >> take care, guys. secretary of state john

kerry trying to rally middle eastern partners right now to support the u.s. strategy against isis. one thing he's not saying, one word he's not trying to use is "war." he is not calling this a war, although to some it looks like war. listen to how he described it right here. >> what we are doing is engaging in a very significant counterterrorism operation. and it's going to go on for some period of time. if somebody wants to think about it as bag war with isil, they can do so. but the fact is, it's a major counterterrorism operation that will have many different moving parts. >> australia today raised its terrorism alert level from medium to high for the very first time. that signals a terrorist attack in that nation is likely, however not imminent. australia's intelligence agency recommended the heightened alert because of a growing number of australians joining the extremist organization. officials believe there are at

least 60 australians fighting with isis, as many as 100 facilitators still inside the country. prime minister tony abbot, for his part, says no specific threat has been made. as we've been saying, u.s. military planes now flying over syria, surveillance planes looking for isis targets that could be on the receiving end soon of american air power. of course the president also stressed in his speech that the u.s. will be striking isis from the air not the ground. >> but look at what one very prominent voice said about that. "the reliance on air power has all the attraction of casual sex. it seems to offer gratification but with very little commitment." that's from retired air force general michael hayden who also led the cia and the national security agency. joining us, our military analyst, retired lieutenant colonel rick francona along with juliet kayem. thank you so much being here. colonel, i'll start with you.

glib and clever analogy aside, does he have a point? >> it sounds safe, it sounds clean, it sounds surgical but it's not. we can't do what needs to be done strictly from the air and i think even airmen like myself and general hayden would admit that. it's going to require boots on the ground. whose boots on the ground is the big question. and when you're talking about inside syria, off hodgepodge of people over there. you have the free syrian army we're trying to support, the islamic front which the saudis support which is a moderate islamist group, i don't know how that works out so much. but they ally sometimes with the free syrian army to work against isis then you have to regime and all these players in there. so who are we going rely on to be those boots o on the ground? the free syrian army i don't think has the capability to do this. especially that area controlled by isis. >> colonel, you're saying the united states will be bombing them but there will be forces on

the ground fighting. juliet kayem, you've worked in homeland security, national security and you've dabbled in politics. explain to me why the secretary of state is so averse to using the word "war"? >> well, because there is a difference between war and a significant counterterrorism operation and the difference is magnitude and i think, you know, sort of scope. so while air power may not be sufficient, it is going to have to be sufficient in the absence of committing someone's troops to be on the ground. so i understand it may not be perfect, i get that argument, we clearly have intelligence sources on the ground, covert operations on the ground figuring out these numbers. but it's going to -- it's an imperfect solution with actually no perfect solution at this stage. and the president -- and no other country is right now ready to commit ground troops to this effort. so i get what michael hayden is saying and it's clever but then the alternative is are you

actually saying then we should commit u.s. ground troops? and if you are, let's have that debate. >> and speaking to the imperfect nature of this, whatever you call it, a war, a counterterrorism effort, one of the complicated aspects of this is when we talk about arming moderate forces, how do you make sure, rick -- and you've talked about this many times about the trickiness of dealing with syria -- how do you make sure the arms get into the right hands? >> that's a big problem. we've just started supplying the u.s.-made tow missile, which is a very effective system, we've been giving that to the free syrian army. everybody is concerned are those going to show up through the islamic front over to isis. is isis going to take up with places and end up with these high tech weapons? so once you provide the weapons, even though you're giving them to vetted people, once they here in that country they can go anywhere. it's impossible to keep track of that. we saw this when we gave the stinger to the mujahadeen in afghanistan, they ended up in the hands of the iranians.

so it's always going to be a problem and go into this with our eyes wide open. >> juliette, you see what's happening in australia right now -- >> can i just -- >> go ahead. jump in. >> one way to sort of amplify what rick is saying is just to view air power as giving us time for any number of other option which is may be available which is also, you know, sort of supporting iraq and the political stability there. so when i say it's an imperfect solution, it may just be we need it to buy us some time because other collusions in this counterterrorism operation will be a better long-term solution than to putting u.s. troops or someone else's troops on the ground which we just -- no one is committing to it. so we have to admit that. no one is saying "yes, i'm willing to put my troops on the ground." not the u.s. or any of our allies. >> juliette, i agree. this may be the only option we have right now. >> and no one else is committing airplanes, either, besides the united states despite the fact other countries are saying they

support it at different levels. juliette kayem, great to see you. colonel, great to have you here. we are keeping an eye on the white house at this hour. president obama is due to welcome former president bill clinton to mark the 20th anniversary of the americorps national service program. we'll take you there live when the excitement and action happens. and a damning new report about what roger goodell knew and when he knew it. can the nfl commissioner defend his handling of ray rice's admitted domestic violence and continue to effectively lead the league? wait, wait, wait, it's wait, wait, wait...whoa, does she have special powers when she has the shroud? no. guys? it's the woven one the woven one. oh, oh that gives her invincibility. guys?

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reaction to it and how they've vacillated back and forth on what the suspension should be, what they do know, what they don't know, has become almost comical at this point. so the situation, what ray did, no one disputes the fact that it's wrong then there's the way the nfl is handling chit has become keystone cops. >> that was radio host craig carton talking about his childhood friend ray rice and the firestorm over how the nfl has handled the punch that rice delivered earlier in the year to the woman who is now his wife. >> no one under more scrutiny right now than nfl commissioner roger goodell who suspended rice indefinitely this week after first suspending him for two games. now a new report by espn says rice admitted to goodell back in june that he punched his then-fiance inside an atlantic city elevator. >> goodell says the version of events that rice and his now-wife janay gave him three months ago was "inconsistent" with video of the punch that became public this week. joining us to discuss it all,

wendy murphy, author of the book "and justice for some." along with senior writer for espn, mr. l.z. granderson, good to see you both. >> good to be here. >> good morning. >> the "wall street journal" reports goodell left his june meets with this idea that janay became unconscious because she fell during the fight in the elevator. but clearly we look at this new espn report citing four unnamed sources who say rice told the commissioner that he punched her. l.z. that's going to leave a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths. >> yes, but the question now is what exactly are they going to do with that taste? if you want to go back and take a look at the donald sterling conversation, the nba knew of donald sterling's racist attitudes and similar behavior for 30 plus years and it took not just an audiotape being leaked but it took sponsors actually pulling dollars out of the l.a. clippers to motivate the other owners to want to see him be removed as an owner.

30 years. so now the question becomes, i hear the cries for goodell being removed or resigning. the question becomes will that outcry put any fear in the sponsors with the nfl and make it a financial conversation? because if it's just about twitter and about people on television like myself being upset, that's not going to motivate the owners because they're still making bank. when you start affecting that money, then you'll start seeing some action. >> we haven't started seeing that at all, yet, obviously l. z. sponsors are still there, viewers are still there, fans are still there. >> wearing rice jerseys at the game last night. >> we'll talk about that in a second. wendy, we keep talking about that video and i think it needs to be asked, when roger goodell got it, did he have it? did he know the nfl had it? but what about the cops? i feel like someone had this video. and isn't that evidence of domestic violence? evidence enough to press charges? >> of course it is. and, you know, i'm so glad you framed the question that way because if we focus too much on

the coverup -- and that's not that it's not important -- we forget that the original responsibility rests with the prosecutor. and roger goodell gave this guy a much tougher punishment than what the prosecutor doled out which was akin to what a kid gets when he steals a candy bar from a supermarket. i can't love l.z.'s comments enough. i vote for him for president because comparing this case to the donald sterling matter is important and here is why -- the immediacy of the punishment, the intensity, permanently removed from the nba for racist language, excellent decision, perhaps a lot too late, excellent decision. that was racist language. here we're talking about sexist, brutal violence. violence is worse than language. everybody, everybody who responded to this case the way

they did should have their heads roll, not just roger goodell. starting with the prosecutor. he's one. and the national organization for women says there's no moral authority asking for goodell to go until they first ask the prosecutor to step down. goodell comes second because it's a crime first and it's an employment problem second. >> and, l.z. let's go from there. why do you think we haven't heard from those calls, i wonder? because it is a crime. a crime was committed here. the police did investigate, he was given essentially what amounted to a slap on the wrist. and you talk -- we've talked about it here, the difference between the crime and the employment issue. why haven't we heard those calls? >> because culturally we're still somewhat divided on the seriousness of domestic violence. and i think if you're going to give roger goodell any sort of

break, it's because of this. he is part of the larger society and part of the attitude towards domestic violence. he's had 56 arrests, domestic violence-related arrests under his watch over the past nearly eight years. totaling is 13-game suspensions, no outcry. why? because the fans like the product and society hasn't really paid attention because we still don't take domestic violence seriously enough. if you look at what people have been saying in regards to this case specifically, they're saying it's a private matter. it's between a man and a woman. he made one single mistake. all these things may be true, but what's also true is that this is still a serious crime and until we accept that part of the equation, we're going to be hesitant to understand why the nfl has been more serious about handling their players who do domestic violence. >> and based on what you see -- >> can i follow up on that for one second?

interestingly, and it's such an important point, that the value of women's lives just isn't there in the nfl or in larger society. and we shouldn't be measuring how we respond to this horrific act of violence based on the value of women's lives in terms of the number crunching that goes on at the nfl or anywhere. this is not about money, it's about human dignity and life and the respect that all women deserve to be free from violence everywhere. >> and that's a really good point for us to finish this conversation on right now because what we'd like to do is have you stay with us. we have another aspect of this that we really, really need to discuss. >> because if all that is true, what wendy and l.z. are saying right now, why are there so many people, so many women wearing ray rice jerseys at a baltimore ravens game last night? we'll discuss that ahead. (vo) ours is a world of passengers.

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the baltimore ravens played football last night. they bit the pittsburgh steelers by a lot at home and despite the controversy over how the nfl handled the admission of ray rice punching his wife, fans all over the stadium were decked out wearing rice's jersey and his number 27. >> there it is. you can see many of the fans. many of the fans were women, including some who explain whied they wanted to pay homage to the now former ravens running back. >> i believe that everybody deserves a second chance. this is a situation that is between his wife and himself. they're going to counseling. she married him for a reason and she's standing by her man.

>> i don't support what he did but i support him as a person. i believe we're all human and we all make mistakes. >> former prosecutor wendy murphy and cnn commentator and senior writer from espn l.z. granderson. what do you make of the comments you just heard? what do you make of the fact women were wearing the 27 jersey? is this about redemption? >> you know, to the extent it's a private problem, too -- i'm sorry. >> no, go ahead, wendy. >> l.z., go ahead. >> no, go ahead. >> all right, to the extent it's a personal problem, too, then it's fine. if people want to make decisions about their lives that i disagree with, that's their business. it is, though, always also a crime and it makes me sad to see any person, man or woman, say it's a mistake. it's not a mistake when you swing your fist at a human being's head and they are knocked unconscious. that is the antithesis of a mistake, it's quite clearly an

intentional act. and i worry when any person glamorizes violence, celebrates it, makes heroes out of violent humans, especially violent men, in the name of promoting the sports industry because all that does is legitimize the violence on the grounds that, you know, i enjoy the game. these two things can not work together. the nfl needs leadership. leadership is lacking. and women aren't necessarily the solution unless they make their voices heard on all sides of the aisle. women should come together and say "we're not going to buy your damn tickets if you're going to have players like this on the field. we will not buy tickets, we won't by your damn shirts, we won't buy other stuff that you make hundreds of millions of dollars on every year. we will use our purse string power and shut you down or at least cut into your pro fit margin because this is inhumane, you don't factor into the cost of doing business the value of a woman's life. end of discussion." >> i believe in redemption but i

also believe in consequences and those things can't be mutually exclusive. l.z., you and i have had this conversation off line about wanting to make sure we don't forget what's important in this conversation about ray rice. i want to show you some stats, folks, at home. we're hearing from the american psychology association anywhere between one and three or one in four women around the world experience abuse by an intimate partner in their lifetime in the u.s. 24 people are victimized every minute. an average of at least three women murdered by partners everyday and more than 12 million people victimized every year. and this is where you and i have agreed that the problem isn't ray rice, they do have an issue that they have to deal with there and they do have to deal with the problem within the nfl. but, again, this larger issue that needs attention, that seems to be ignored. >> michaela, i think about two

of the most iconic comedies of all time "i love lucy" and "honeymooners." and both of those comedies had domestic violence as part of their comedic bits. ricky used to slap lucille ball on the bottom when she misbehaved. remember "i'll punch you to the moon." that's domestic violence and that was part of our comedic bits of two of the most iconic comedies of all time. that should tell you where we are and how far we've come in terms of domestic violence being seen as a serious crime in this country. i wrote a piece about chris brown about five or six years ago talking about how it was difficult for me to listen to his music. more women came after me defending chris brown than men. "he made a mistake. rihanna for gave him, you should too, mind your own business." these are the conversations we hear surrounding ray rice and surround miles davis and his legacy and history of domestic

violence, with chris brown and many, many, many more. so we need to continue to use this as a springboard to talk about the seriousness of domestic violence and that the world health organization said 40% of all women who are killed are killed by their intimate lovers, husbands, boyfriends. 40% on the globe. that is global issue, it's a society issue and until we take it seriously, we're not going to have any true progress. >> wendy, l.z., forgiveness is important but we first have to take a look and be honest about what's happening and take responsibility. as a nation we've got to do that. thank you so much for joining us. a really important conversation. the two of you have a good weekend. folks at home, let us know what you think. i know you're probably talking to your tv right now. tweet us, send us a message on facebook. get in touch. we'll be right back.

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celebrate and remember the life of a phenomenal woman. a woman who's -- [ applause ] whose words and actions changed lives, transformed the ways people thought about themselves and others. it is specially appropriate that that hymn would be sung today because maya angelou cast a bright light everywhere she went. any of us could talk for longer than we should, but there's a full program with stories and poetry and music, all things

that she cherished to guy and colin and elliot and other members of the family, to friends one and all, to reverend butler and dr. forbes, to this marvelous choir, it is such an honor for me to share just a few thoughts with you. i went back to the scripture because there are so many verses that could be used to describe this remarkable woman. i especially liked the book of isaiah reminding us that the lord is our father and we are the clay, he is the potter and we are the work of his hand. well, god surely outdid himself da t day he molded maya angelou.

[ applause ] she was -- [ applause ] she was a walking, talking, work of art. being in a room with her was like being in a room with the mona lisa. no matter who else was there -- kings, queens, presidents, movie stars -- all eyes went to her and stayed on her. elegant, arresting, six feet tall but somehow she seemed even taller to me. and that voice? that extraordinary voice that would pour fourth rich, enthralling made her seem even larger than life. she chose her words with care. she spoke with forcefulness.

and everything she told us went right to our hearts. now, it wasn't just her voice or her difference that transfixed y you, it was her wisdom, her mind, her soul i first heard of her like so many others when i read shortly after its publication "i know why the caged bird sings." i was so struck by her story and how she conveyed what happened to that little girl. but it also reminded me of my own mother's story like maya, my mother was sent away with her younger sibling when she was just a younger girl, put on a

train in chicago all by themselves, those two little girl girls after her very young parents got divorced and couldn't or wouldn't take care of them anymore sing so she was sent like maya was sent to live with her grandmother. their stories are different. maya's life defies comparison. >> all right, that is secretary of state hillary clinton speaking at a memorial service this morning. a little bit earlier from maya angelou who passed away in may. we'll take you shortly to the white house where someone the former secretary of state knows is speaking. former president bill clinton is speaking at the white house along with president obama. they are celebrating the 20th anniversary of americorps, the program launched during bill clinton's presidency. also got some help from george h.w. bush, george w. bush, president obama, last four

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we're about to show you some live pictures from the white house where you see president obama there holding a ceremony along with a different president, former president bill clinton, to commemorate 20 years of the founding of americorps.

>> yeah. president bill clinton was in office when americorps started. he's speaking now. why don't we listen in. >> it's hard to find any program anywhere with those kind of numbers. unbelievably enough, it may be the impact on people like our other speakers, not the president and me, that is most important. 66% of americorps volunteers, 66%, chose public service as a career. and virtually three quarters of them continue to be regular weekly volunteers. what a difference you have made. i know this is a difficult time. i know all americans pray for our president and our men and women in uniform and the missions they are now undertaking.

but this is no time to be pessimistic about america's future. look at you. look at the rainbow of diversity united to advance our common humanity. that is the secret of our future. it is more important than our energy resources. it is more important even than oir solar and wind resources. it is more important than anything else. it is what is in your heart and your ability to advance the common good. till my last day on earth i will be grateful that i had a chance to start americorps. thank you and god bless you. [ cheers and applause ] is. >> an important statement about volunteerism. i was listening to the numbers

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longer just about the fashion. >> can you stay hello to me? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: the idea? take wearable technology from geek to chic. >> do we have an app on the phone that is currently connected with this and you can choose any pattern you want. >> this is notification bracelet. you can set it for certain contacts and it will vibrate if certain people are calling so you know if it's your mom or baby sitter. >> you can do your charging. >> we designed it to be a communication accessory. in other words, your e-mails and messages and social feeds. >> a few miles from the runway, other designers are showing off what they've got. >> reporter: bags, bracelets, even connected rings. >> you can customize which notifications you want to come through. >> reporter: if i only want my

boss to contact me, i can just do that, right? >> exactly. >> it's vibrating. >> reporter: 19 wearable tech pieces will be shipped this year in four years as expected to surge to nearly 112 million and become a $20 billion industry. >> our customers have fashion and technology. >> we started dreaming of the things that they need. it would always run out of charge. we thought, could we incorporate that into a bracelet? >> let's go. >> reporter: but some say this market is young. >> i would say at one point in times of the development of design it's a massive step forward compared to the very clunky developments from the past. >> reporter: does it still have a way to go? >> i believe so. >> why? >> how do i put this politely?

you can see that there is a piece of technology. >> reporter: another hurdle, will people wear it? >> this is a solar powered dress that will actually charge your phone. >> why wouldn't you wear it? it charges your phone. >> reporter: alison kosik, cnn, new york. >> if i could get it in stripes or polka dots. >> you would be quite a figure in that. you could charge every device you own. i think that wraps it up for us. what do you think? >> i think it better. >> have a great weekend. >> "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts right now.

he is on video punching his fiance and fans, women, have no problem wearing his jersey. why all of the love for ray rice? that's coming up. >> he shot and killed three students at his high school and last night, t.j. lane, a teenage killer with zero remorse escapes from prison. olympian oscar pistorius was found negligent but not of murder. how long will the judge lock up the blade runner? i'm ashleigh banfield. welcome to "legal view." last night, in the heart of