[Isha Sesay, Cnn Anchor:] Daring new video shows the moment U.S. and Kurdish forces freed 70 hostages from inside an ISIS prison in Iraq. A Canadian whale-watching tragedy. At least four people are dead. Many more missing after a boat sinks off the coast of British Columbia. And staggering new reports about the number of migrants reaching Europe by sea. And perhaps the new face of this desperation, a toddler and his dramatic rescue. Hello, welcome to our viewers around the world. I'm Isha Sesay. NEWSROOM L.A. starts right now. EU foreign ministers are expected to meet in Brussels in the coming hours to discuss Russia's involvement in the Syrian conflict. There are several reports claiming Russia could begin airstrikes against targets in Iraq. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has released video of a coalition airstrike destroying an ISIS prison in Iraq where hostages were being held. And as Nick Paton Walsh reports another video provides an incredible inside look at the rescue operation that happened just before the prison was hit.
[Nick Paton Walsh, Cnn Senior International Correspondent:] Very secretive world you're about to get a very rare and intimate window into. The U.S. Special Forces working with the Kurds, the Kurdish Peshmerga Special Forces, well, they've always on an advise and assist mission. No one really knew quite what that meant they were involved in the fighting. But in this video, it's pretty clear they're right up front the tip of the spear. [Voice-over] You're now right inside the jailbreak that revealed America's changed role in Iraq. They think they're rescuing Kurds from this ISIS jail but look who staggers out. Terrified Iraqis. Even their eyes lit up by fear caught on the Kurdish soldier's helmet camera. It's edited but U.S. officials tell CNN it's genuine. More cells opened, it seems, and the Iraqi soldier and civilian hostages keep coming. An office, an ISIS flag; more cells and perhaps a target through the light of the door. Then a quick close-up, likely of an American commando. "Don't be afraid," he cries, as they search the prisoners. Remember, they were expecting Kurds. Perhaps these men are ISIS, have guns or bombs. It's the Americans who seem in charge here. The captives' relief palpable, U.S. officials saying they faced imminent execution. It's unclear when, before or after this footage, the Americans here learned one of their own was gunned down. But their mission went on to rescue 70. That first combat death since 2011 in Iraq, forcing public acknowledgement American commandos were now boots on the ground. [On Camera] When the last hours the Pentagon through CENTCOM have released what they say is cockpit video of an airstrike that destroyed that particular compound in which you've just seen the intense fighting, laid to waste really by that explosion and it brings perhaps an end to that chapter there in which the United States lost one of their commandos, Master Sergeant Joshua Wheeler, age 39, a veteran of 14 tours of Afghanistan and Iraq, remarkable figure. And it reminds you, really, of the depth of involvement the United States have had in what used to be called the war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq and how that has now morphed into the extraordinarily messy and complex task of taking on ISIS, one which the White House does not want to send ground troops in to do. But at the same time recognizes increasingly day by day will require people to actually do the fighting, to do the jailbreaks, to release the hostage. And this footage such a close-up view of quite how much tip of the spear these American commandos were. Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, Southern Turkey.
[Sesay:] Well, Tony Blair tells CNN he's sorry about mistakes in the Iraq war. As British prime minister, Mr. Blair was one of the strongest U.S. allies in the war. In an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, he says he still feels he made the right decision to back the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 despite bad intelligence on Iraq's purported weapons of mass destruction.
[Fareed Zakaria, Host, Fareed Zakaria Gps:] Given however that Saddam Hussein did not prove to have weapons of mass destruction, was the decision to enter Iraq and topple his regime a mistake?
[Tony Blair, Former British Prime Minister:] You know, whenever I'm asked this, I can say that I apologize for the fact that that the intelligence we received was wrong because even though he had used chemical weapons extensively against his own people, against others, the program in the form that we thought it was did not exist in the way that we thought. So I can apologize for that. I can also apologize, by the way, for some of the mistakes in planning and certainly our mistaken in our understanding of what would happen once you removed the regime. But I find it hard to apologize for removing Saddam. I think even from today, and 2015, it is better that he is not there than he is there.
[Sesay:] Well, tune in for Fareed Zakaria's special report, "Long Road To Hell: America in Iraq." It airs Tuesday at 1:00 in London right here on CNN. Staying in the Middle East where the bloodshed between the Israelis and Palestinians shows no sign of stopping. At a West Bank checkpoint, Israeli officers shot and killed a Palestinian woman. Police say she approached them screaming and wielding a knife. A Palestinian witness said there was no knife and described the woman as a 14-year-old girl. Over the past few weeks eight Israelis have been killed after being stabbed, shot or run over by Palestinians. Israel Security Forces have killed at least 45 Palestinians, some of them during attacks. Well, a rescue effort is under way off the coast of Canada's Vancouver Island in British Columbia after a tour boat carrying 27 people sank. Officials say the boat was a whale watching vessel owned by Jamie's Whaling Station and Adventure Centers. Officials say at least four people are dead and CBC News reports at least nine have been rescued but it is not clear if all passengers and crew have been accounted for. Meanwhile in Hong Kong at least 120 ferry passengers were reportedly injured Sunday evening while returning to Hong Kong from Macau. They were hurt when the high speed vessel hit an unknown object. Reports say the ferry took on water and lost power after the collision. And some passengers were bleeding and stumbling around in the dark. The cause of the incident its under investigation. Authorities are investigating a fire that killed at least 12 people and injured dozens at a crowded karaoke club in Indonesia. Police say all the victims died from smoke inhalation after flames engulfed the building's second floor. The incident happened just after midnight Sunday on Sulawesi Island. Witnesses say some employees tried to put out the blaze but couldn't. New numbers from the International Organization for Migration are startling. The monitoring group says almost 700,000 migrants have arrived in Europe by sea so far this year. And one of them is 18- month-old Mohamed Hassan. He almost didn't survive the journey. Amara Walker reports Turkish fishermen plucked his tiny body from the water and he saved his life. We want to caution viewers some of these images may be difficult to watch.
[Amara Walker, Cnn Correspondent:] Baby Mohamed Hassan clings to his mother in Turkey. Their journey to get here a harrowing one. Their survival, miraculous. Just days ago, fishermen off Turkey's coast spotted the 18-month old and others floating in life jackets in the Aegean Sea. Video of the rescue shows a fisherman rushing to pull the bodies from the cold water. The boy is brought into the boat. The fisherman tries frantically to clear the water from the boy's lungs. He is barely responsive. But he is alive. Fearing hypothermia, the fisherman proceeds to remove the child's wet clothes and wrap him in a warm blanket. The fishermen were able to pull some 15 refugees from the water, including baby Mohammed and his mother. They were among 30 refugees aboard a small boat headed for Greece, a boat they hoped would take them to a better life, but capsized before reaching shore. More than 500,000 people have arrived by sea in Greece this year, mostly from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. Thousands have died. But to Mohammed and his family, lucky to have made it to solid ground, these fishermen are heroes.
[Unidentified Female:] You both gave him a second life. We are grateful to you. May God bless you.
[Walker:] Amara Walker, CNN.
[Sesay:] Meanwhile, E.U. and Balkan leaders have reached agreement on managing the flow of migrants. Leaders have been meeting in Brussels. The 17-point plan includes reception centers along the route the migrants take from Greece, through the Balkans and Germany. An EU border agency will work to ensure registration of migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the agreement was a building block and that many more steps need to be taken to address the crisis. It looks like eight years of centrist rule in Poland is now over. The country's conservative opposition is declaring a huge win in Sunday's parliamentary election. Exit polls indicate the Law and Justice Party won 242 of the 460 seats. The party opposes joining the EU or having migrants relocate to Poland. This will be the first time in Poland's history that a single party has won a majority. Ukrainians went to the polls on Sunday to vote in local elections. It was seen as a test for support of the ruling coalition. There was wide participation in the capital Kiev. But in the city of Mariupol voting was called off because mostly the ballots were defective. Turning to U.S. politics now. And the top Democratic presidential contenders spent the weekend trading barbs in Iowa. More than 6,000 people turned out for the big Jefferson Jackson Dinner. It's a milestone event in the key state's Democratic caucus race. Bernie Sanders went on the offensive implying that Hillary Clinton takes positions for political expediency.
[Sen. Bernie Sanders , Presidential Candidate:] And I pledge to you that every day I will fight for the public interest, not the corporate interest. I will not abandon any segment of American society whether you are gay or black or Latino, poor, working class, just because it is politically expedient at a given time.
[Sesay:] Well, Clinton only hinted jab at Sanders' electability during her otherwise standard stump speech. Instead directing much of her criticism at Republicans.
[Hillary Clinton , Presidential Candidate:] I'm not running for my husband's third term. And I'm not running for Barack Obama's third term. I'm running for my first term. And I'm running as a proud Democrat.
[Sesay:] Meantime, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden raised a few eyebrows when he criticized the idea of looking at Republicans as the enemy. But in an interview with U.S. news show "60 Minutes," Biden said his comments were not geared towards Hillary Clinton. He also made it clear that his decision not to enter the 2016 presidential race had nothing to do with the Democratic frontrunner.
[Joe Biden, Vice President Of The United State:] I like Hillary. Hillary and I get along together. The only reason I would run, is I still think I could do a better job than anybody else could do. That's the reason to run. I wouldn't run against Hillary.
[Sesay:] Well, the vice president said he would have run if he thought he could win. But he believed he'd run out of time to mount a winning campaign. Biden admitted that the mourning process had held him back from making a decision earlier. His son beau died of brain cancer just a few month ago and the family is still hurting.
[Biden:] At one point, late summer, I thought, well you know I think we can do this. Now I forget my little granddaughter were down by the swimming pool. Mom says time for dinner, everybody. And everybody goes up. And she's lying between my legs, head on my chest. And turns around and puts her arms around me. And starts sobbing, says, Pop, I see daddy all the time. I see daddy all the time. Pop, you smell like daddy. You're not going to leave me, are you, Pop? Well, when that happens, you go, I don't know, man.
[Sesay:] Well, Biden says one thing he will work on during his remaining months as vice president is pushing for more cancer research. Witnesses say the scene of a car crash looked like a bomb went off. Now the woman accused of driving into a crowd in Oklahoma is facing murder charges. That story is next. Plus, Hurricane Patricia is over. The remnants of the storm are still battering parts of the southern U.S. Do stay with us. Welcome back, everyone. The driver accused of plowing her car into a crowd of people in the U.S. state of Oklahoma has been charged with murder. Cell phone video captured the first moments of the crash. Police say Adacia Chamber was driving under the influence when she hit spectators at a university's homecoming parade. Three adults and a child were killed. Dozens more injured. Chambers could face life in prison. Let's bring in Darren Kavinoky, a criminal defense attorney, to discuss this. Darren, great to have you with us.
[Darren Kavinoky, Criminal Defense Attorney:] Thanks for having me.
[Sesay:] You say you are surprised that she's now facing four counts of second-degree murder. Why?
[Kavinoky:] Yes, well
[Sesay:] Explain that to us.
[Kavinoky:] Typically in a murder case you either have somebody who manifests an intention to kill or highly negligent reckless conduct. So obviously here or at least I'm guessing based on what we know now, we're talking about the latter. We're talking about an extreme degree of recklessness. But generally speaking in Oklahoma the original notion was that she was under the influence. And in Oklahoma to elevate a charge from manslaughter to murder, generally, it requires a prior conviction for a DUI kind of arrest. So it is a little unusual to come out of the gate with a murder charge unless there is more to this picture that we don't know. In terms of prior record, and the big question is
[Sesay:] Was she on yes.
[Kavinoky:] Was she under the influence? What's in the toxicology report?
[Sesay:] Which we don't know. We have no details yet about the toxicology report. But her attorney has already floated this idea that it is not a case of intoxication but perhaps mental health.
[Kavinoky:] Right.
[Sesay:] Let me ask you this, first and foremost, does that sound credible to you? Are you aware of mental health episodes leading to something like this? Let's start with that big picture.
[Kavinoky:] Well, certainly I am well aware that mental health episodes can often appear just like people that are impaired. So I understand at the time of the arrest, when she was arrested under suspicion of DUI, I really get why if it really is a mental health issue and not an impairment issue how that can show up in very much the same way. But certainly this could be where the defense is when it comes to mental health issues and U.S. courts. There is really two issues that can arise. Number one, somebody's sanity or consciousness at the time of the crime itself. And then the other is their competency to stand trial because if she has ongoing mental health issues that prevent her from being of assistance to her attorney then that can cause significant delays in the judicial process.
[Sesay:] So let me again stress, we don't know the results of the toxicology reports.
[Kavinoky:] Right.
[Sesay:] We don't know if indeed she has any mental health issues. This is just something her attorney put out there.
[Kavinoky:] Yes.
[Sesay:] Just want to stress that for our viewers once again. But to dig a little bit deeper into this issue of how the case would differ in terms of the way it was prosecuted if it was, a case of intoxication versus a case of mental impairment.
[Kavinoky:] Right.
[Sesay:] Talk to me about how the prosecution would go about it.
[Kavinoky:] Well, we are obviously at a very early stage in all of this.
[Sesay:] Very, very early stage. Yes.
[Kavinoky:] When we are talking about prosecution for impairment cases, frankly there is a lot more that the prosecution has in their tool belt because people, especially in a situation like this, where we're talking about a homecoming event, a parade, I mean, in Oklahoma, this is about as Americana as it gets. And so the idea that somebody would be under the influence of something and cause this kind of carnage is a very powerful argument for a prosecutor to make. The kind of recklessness that would and disregard for human welfare and safety. It gets a little bit trickier when we're talking about people with legitimate mental health issues. You don't get to point that same accusatory finger as a prosecutor. There is not that same culpability and blame that you get to cast when you're talking about somebody who's voluntarily consuming alcohol versus somebody who has a legitimate mental health problem. And what's so fascinating about this is I did see some reports where apparently some folks had spoken to her employer. And some other folks at her job that morning.
[Sesay:] Absolutely.
[Kavinoky:] And said that she didn't appear to be under the influence of anything. She appeared to be upset but not intoxicated at the time that she left. So one of the big questions that investigators will need to tackle is what happened in between the time she left and the time of this horrific incident.
[Sesay:] Yes. Sentencing. How does it differ? How does it differ?
[Kavinoky:] Yes.
[Sesay:] Intoxication? Mental impairment?
[Kavinoky:] Right. Well, ultimately, if she's convicted of murder, she's looking at life in prison a few different ways. Each of these, it's a second-degree murder charge or at least that's what's been discussed so far. And that carries a term of 10 years to life, but that can be stacked. Because sentencing and American courts can either be concurrent, meaning you do all your sentences at once or they stack one on top of each other. And we haven't even begun to discuss
[Sesay:] A long way.
[Kavinoky:] the people that are seriously injured. There's a whole bunch of counts that I would expect we're going to have.
[Sesay:] Civil case on top of this?
[Kavinoky:] Well, both. Well, first of all, we haven't even talked about the civil case yet. For sure, many civil cases coming. But there are potential criminal charges for each of the injured parties, too.
[Sesay:] Wow.
[Kavinoky:] It's not just the folks that unfortunately have lost their lives. But there are dozens of people who suffered serious bodily injury as a result of this incident. So those could all be potential criminal charges, too.
[Sesay:] Darren, fascinating insight. We are so grateful you could join us.
[Kavinoky:] Happy to be here.
[Sesay:] To share this perspective. Thank you so much, Darren Kavinoky. Thank you.
[Kavinoky:] A pleasure, yes.
[Sesay:] Thank you. Moving on now, what's left of Hurricane Patricia is drenching parts of the southern U.S. In Texas Patricia added to the days of heavy rain that triggered massive flooding making roads look like rivers. Look at these pictures with me. Just incredible. The high waters shut down all exits into downtown Houston along one interstate highway. Patricia hit Mexico Friday as the most powerful storm ever recorded by the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Our meteorologist Pedram Javaheri joins us to talk about what's left of Patricia, where she is headed next and what kind of punch does she have left. Pedram, she's been a nuisance to date. What's she doing now? We'll keep watching this. Pedram Javaheri, thank you so much.
[Javaheri:] Thank you.
[Sesay:] now China's party leaders are gathering this week to lay out plans for the next five years. And they're facing some new economic challenges. We will bring you a live report. That's coming up. Plus there are elections being held in at least half a dozen countries. We'll have the latest results from Africa to South America. Stay with us. You're watching CNN.