[Michaela Pereira, Cnn Anchor:] Good morning, once again. Here's a look at your headlines. Breaking overnight, shocking evidence suggesting that GM knew about a deadly ignition switch problem long before it issued a recall. So, was the automaker hiding something? I want to bring in our Rene Marsh with more on this troubling report Rene.
[Rene Marsh, Cnn Correspondent:] Well, Michael, this morning, "The Wall Street Journal" is saying they've seen e-mails between a GM contract worker and ignition switch supplier Delphi. The emails reportedly revealed GM m placed an emergency mortgages order for a half a million ignition switches two months before it alerted federal safety regulators on the faulty switches on 2.5 million vehicles. Now, one law maker is asking the question, why order the replacement parts to address the defects without alerting safety regulators. Now, GM did not disclose the replacement parts order and lawyers representing victims in the class action lawsuit will likely say the company didn't reveal the order to cover up the fact that they knew about the problem long before it issued that recall. Now, if you remember, too much weight on the ignition key or even movement of it, it can essentially cause it to switch out of the run position. That would cut the bower to the airbags and the braking system. The problem is linked to at least 29 deaths. We should note CNN reached out to both GM and the supplier for comment Michaela.
[Pereira:] All right. Stay with CNN. We'll follow this story. We'll continue. Thanks so much, Rene. Another news, Iraq state media reporting ISIS leader Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi was wounded when the U.S.-led airstrike targeted a convoy believed to be carrying ISIS leaders. U.S. central command, though, says it cannot confirm that al Baghdadi was there. In the meantime, President Obama says he is sending 1,500 additional U.S. troops to Iraq to help train Iraqi soldiers to battle ISIS. Quite a situation here: Dolores O'Riordan, the lead singer for the Irish rock band the Cranberries has been arrested in Ireland after an incident onboard a flight from New York. The singer was apparently involved in some sort of plane rage incident. Details were thinned. But there are reports the member of the cabin crew was taken to the hospital with an injury to her leg. Plane rage. A whole new term. We have seen too much of it.
[Camerota:] We haven't seen the cranberries, lately.
[Cuomo:] Cranberries turned sour.
[Camerot:] Wow.
[Cuomo:] We'll wait to know more.
[Pereira:] Yes, we'll find out. Yes, sour rrr.
[Cuomo:] Let it go.
[Camerota:] Thank you, Michaela. Meanwhile, residents in Ferguson, Missouri, are on edge this morning as the community waits to hear the grand jury's decision on whether to indict Darren Wilson. That's of course the police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown, sparking months of protests and racial unrests. As the decision nears, officials and community members are making efforts to avert a return to the chaos that embroiled that area right after the shooting. CNN's Sara Sidner is live for us in Ferguson with more. What is the latest, Sara?
[Sara Sidner, Cnn Correspondent:] Alisyn, today marks the 90th day of protests. And while the protesters say they have been policing themselves, they have been shunning violence. There is a great deal of worry in this town and that might change when the grand jury decision comes down. That could happen as early as this weekend.
[Sidner:] Ferguson is on edge. Some business owners are busy fortifying their shops.
[Constance Garnett, Business Owner:] It's hurtful. It is really, really hurtful.
[Sidner:] Salon owner Constance Garnett says she can't afford to take a chance that unrest will crash head-on into the business she built here for the past 11 years.
[Garnett:] If they should cool and loot our area, then it's going to cost us.
[Sidner:] We asked one of the police's most confrontational protesters about those concerns.
[Basam Masri, St. Louis Resident:] There hasn't been any looting, no violence, whatnot. We have been completely peaceful.
[Sidner:] Nevertheless, plenty of folks worry that may change if the grand jury announcement goes against what protesters want, the indictment of Officer Darren Wilson for the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. At a gun shop near Ferguson, the manager says sales of firearms for personal protection are up 50 percent.
[John Stephenson, Business Owner:] Every time that door opposite, we are seeing new faces every day, dozens of new faces coming in.
[Sidner:] Do you think that's because of what happened in Ferguson?
[Stephenson:] I think it is. I think people, in general, because it's spread beyond Ferguson now.
[Sidner:] The mayor of Ferguson says he's heard all about it, too.
[Mayor James Knowles, Ferguson, Missouri:] The plus side of that is that, you know, everyone of them I spoke had went out and taken a training class, went out and tried to learn the law.
[Sidner:] But not everyone is convinced there is going to be chaos. At the Ferguson burger bar and more, which opened just a day before Brown was killed, no boards, unlike most of his neighbors.
[Charles David, Business Owner:] I'm here. I'm opened. I'm not going anywhere.
[Sidner:] And another ray of hope, when we actually caught up with the mayor, he was helping rebuild what is going to be a brand-new community center called the Center for Hope and Peace. A lot of the residents say they hope that's what happens even when the grand jury's decision comes down Alisyn.
[Camerota:] As do all of us. Sara Sidner, thank you for that update.
[Cuomo:] That will be the big moment. The timing of how it happens, the circumstances around when it happens, and obviously the outcome. And we'll be there to cover it. That's for sure.
[Camerota:] Yes, for sure.
[Cuomo:] All right. A little sports this morning, little football. Here's your headline. J-E-T-S, Jets. Jets, Jets, Jets. Notice the green, no surprise to me. However, the other games are played and somewhat secondary relevance, a heck of a game by the Packers against the Bears last night. Aaron Rodgers had a good night. Let get details courtesy of Andy Scholes in this morning's "Bleacher Report".
[Andy Scholes, Bleacher Report:] Hey, good morning, guys. Yes, Packers and Bears, two teams heading in very different directions, what a disaster the Bears have become lately. You know, they have allowed more than 50 points in two straight games now. As you said, Chris, Aaron Rodgers, he was spectacular last night. He threw an NFL record, six touchdowns in the first half. The Packers led 42-0 at the break. Rodgers spent the second half planning the State Farm commercials. Packers, listen to this score, they won 55- 14. All right. What's the only thing that can stop red hot Steelers as they went to New York to face Chris Cuomo's Jets? Justin Bieber. The Biebs, he showed up at the Steelers' bible study Saturday night and proclaimed himself a Steelers fan. Well, you knew what was going to happen next. Pittsburgh went out and laid an egg yesterday. Roethlisberger, who is the hottest quarterback on all the NFL, 12 TDs in the past two games, threw only one touchdown to go along with two interceptions. And Jets would win 20-13. Check out this play in their victory formation. Mike Mitchell try to leaped over the line to cause a fumble. That started a minor scuffle between the two teams and as they came on the field to shake hands. Rex Ryan had two words for Mitchell I let you guess what those were. Rex try to be happy that his team actually won a game. All right. In Seattle, during the Seahawks-Giant matchup, Seattle's mascot tamered the hawk, took a detour. He landed right on a fan's head. The most impressive thing about this whole thing is everyone in the crowd played it pretty cool during the whole situation, while a hawk was coming right at him. The fan even reached over, petted the hawk. I don't know if a hawk is coming right at me, I'm sitting at a football game, I'm making a run for it, and screaming probably at the same time.
[Cuomo:] Let me tell you something. A hawk like that lands on a Jets fan, it winds up in the tail gate. I'll tell you right now. That guy was cool under talon pressure.
[Camerota:] Very. Right.
[Scholes:] He sure was.
[Cuomo:] Thanks, Andy.
[Pereira:] Nobody lost their minds, it was kind of weird. I think that is rare.
[Camerota:] That's how cool they are. All right, coming up, a story you must hear. There's another U.S. Navy SEAL who is going public about the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound. He claims he was the one that killed bin Laden. And that's not sitting well with the famously anonymous professionals. So, we are digging deeper on that controversy next.