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JIM CLANCY, HOST: I'm Jim Clancy at CNN Center, welcome to News Stream where news and technology meet.

Iraq's prime minister remaining defiant, rejecting those calls that he should form a new government.

FIFA opening disciplinary hearings against Uruguay's Luis Suarez, accused of biting his opponent.

And Google set to unveil the next version of Android in a matter of hours. We're going to look at what we're expecting Google to show us.

First up in our report, new just coming in to CNN, Iraqi officials report Syrian war planes carried out deadly air strikes in Anbar Province

just northwest of Baghdad.

The head of Iraq's Anbar provincial council telling CNN at least 57 civilians have been killed, more than 120 wounded. He says the attacks hit

markets and fuel stations. The Iraqi army, meantime, is insisting that it is pushing militants back west of the capital of Baghdad.

It says security forces regained control of two border crossings linking Iraq with Syria and Jordan.

In his weekly address, Iraq's embattled prime minister called for Iraqis to continue what he terms their holy war against terror. He says

Iraq is facing a terrorist attack supported by neighboring countries.

Let's get more now from Nima Elbagir in Baghdad -- Nima.

NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Jim, he was critical of those in the region that he accused of being the architects of this

crisis in Iraq and supporting the ISIS extremists here in the country. He didn't name any names, but he was very, very defiant in the face of what he

calls their treachery.

But he was also critical of his political rivals inside the country. There's been a lot of speculation that perhaps given the criticism that

Maliki has faced for what many have called discriminatory policies, disenfranchising policies that they have driven, many believe, some of the

Sunni tribes into the arms of ISIS. There had been calls for him to step down as a harbinger of Sunnis coming back into the government fold. Maliki

was not having any of that.

But he is, he says, going to continue to form a new government under the auspices of the constitution. The election has now been ratified. He

says they're going to stick to the timeline for that. But an emergency government, which Maliki is not a part of, that, he said, is not on the

table.

He did throw a token out to calling for unity, but given that Secretary of State -- the U.S. Secretary of State Kerry, much of his

message yesterday was about coming together, about all the different ethnicities in Iraq coming together and how that is crucial, almost as

crucial in order to sustain any military gains that might be now achieved with the help, the U.S. help that is coming in, the first of those advisers

arriving in country.

While Maliki had a very, very defiant message for his critics calling his political opponents, accusing them of masterminding the Iraqi crisis

from cities inside Iraq.

So, if we'd hoped to see any olive branches, or if the U.S. had hoped to see any olive branches extended by Maliki, well they were few and far

between today, Jim.

CLANCY: Nima, you know, as we listened to the prime minister's speech and those accusations you're talking about, let's do a little bit a reality

check here. Doesn't the prime minister have a point? Some of his long time opponents, Sunnis, many of whom supported Saddam Hussein, have in one

way or another been involved in this insurrection inside Iraq?

ELBAGIR: Well, there is also the reality that the Iraqi army has proved that it can't effectively defend its ground. So for many Sunnis,

whether it is for political gain or not, the reality is that these are their regions now that are falling to ISIS. And it's very difficult to

stand and fight when your central government is unable to do so.

So perhaps there is a degree, quite a large degree, one should say, of political opportunism and people seeing an opportunity to get a seat at the

table. But there is also the reality of the fear that people are scared for their families that are back in these areas. They're scared for their own

lives. And they've seen the lack of capacity that the Iraqi army has shown.

Now Asim Atta (ph), the Iraqi army spokesperson says that they are beginning to turn the tide. He's claiming gains in Anbar Province. He's

claiming that Iraqi tribal leaders are now joining up with the Iraqi forces and the Shia volunteers that have now bolstered the Iraqi forces, but there

is the reality that even the U.S. is unclear what the Iraqi army's capacity is and that's one of the first orders of business for the U.S. military

advisers, figure out what it is exactly the Iraqi army can do, what can it hold, and then take it from there, Jim?

CLANCY: Nima Elbagir reporting to us there from Baghdad on this situation on the ground in Iraq.

Still very fluid, but the prime minister today very defiant in his rejection of any government of national unity. Thank you, Nima.

Well, Iraq's military spokesman, as Nima pointed out there, is reporting progress. He says now all towns between Baghdad and Samarra, 129

kilometers north of the capital, are now under the control of Iraq's security forces.

Nic Robertson has more on the battle for Iraq's future.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Just west of Baghdad, Iraqi army soldiers celebrate a rare victory. Bodies are draped over the

hood of their humvee. Look at those ISIS, we kill them, those (inaudible) ISIS, one of them shouts. Not far away, more Iraqi soldiers battle the

militants.

Amid claims and counterclaims of who controls what, the government insisting it has retrenched and refocused its forces to keep ISIS out of

the capital.

Inside Baghdad, we find thinly manned checkpoints, no heavy weapons in sight, a solitary armored personnel carrier is all.

We're driving out to the west of Baghdad. The army has drawn a line in the sand there to stop the ISIS advance coming in from the west of the

country. But it's far from clear that they can do it. The (inaudible) has been collapsing. There's been such a high desertion rate.

In better days, this main artery of the capital would have been clogged with traffic. We see only occasional army trucks on the road, no

tanks or big guns.

Baghdad airport is just over there. I can see two helicopters flying over there. That's one of the targets for ISIS. This road that we're on

right now, a few years ago this is where U.S. troops were targeted regularly. We've now gone beyond the outskirts of the city limits here.

We're in the district called Abu Ghraib.

Driving on, we see a few roadside vendors, the shabby remnants of once thriving market stalls struggling to find buyers on the fringes of what is

becoming a wasteland.

This is as far as we can go. We can't go to the next checkpoint. We've got to turn around. It's too dangerous to go any further right now.

Precisely what dangers we'd meet if we drove on are unclear.

But images like these posted on the web by ISIS give a hint. Iraqi soldiers in civilian clothes, shown with their IDs, fear on faces about

what's coming, well founded. The next frames show the men being executed.

Such images clearly having a chilling effect on Iraqi troops. And most soldiers on this highway would rather not drive on to find out what ISIS is

really like.

Driving back into Baghdad, hitting the city limit, security somewhat tighter. 20 minutes to get our papers checked, longer than the passport

control at the international airport.

But still, no heavy weapons visible. If ISIS gets this far to the edge of Baghdad, with such a thin military presence in their way, no

telling where ISIS will stop.

Nic Robertson, CNN, Baghdad, Iraq.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

CLANCY: In Britain, the jury in the phone hacking trial has now been discharged after it failed to reach a verdict on two remaining charges in

the case, one of them against Andy Coulson. Tuesday the former tabloid editor was found guilty of conspiracy to hack phones.

Britain's prime minister David Cameron faced tough questions in parliament today over Coulson's former role as his communications director.

speaking during prime minister's questions, Mr. Cameron apologized again for ever hiring him.

For more, let's go now straight to London. Eric McLaughlin is there joining us live with a little bit more on this case.

Where do we stand right now?

ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Jim.

Well it was a heated debate today in parliament with members of the opposition really calling into question David Cameron's judgment,

questioning his decision to hire Andy Coulson in 2007 in the wake of the original phone hacking scandal. Coulson had at that point resigned from

the now defunct publication News of the World. They also question his decision to stand by Coulson's side all the way up until 2011 when Coulson

resigned as the head of communications here at Downing Street.

Today, David Cameron in parliament taking the opportunity to yet again apologize for some of those decisions.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DAVID CAMERON, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: I am sorry. This was the wrong decision, but I think it's right that we've had a public inquiry in

this country and it's right that we have proper investigations. Yesterday once again showed that no one is above the law in our country.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MCLAUGHLIN: Now what the opposition wants is more than an apology. At this point, the opposition saying they want an explanation as to why David

Cameron hired Coulson and why he stood by his side, also what sort of vetting Coulson went through before becoming the top spin doctor here at

Downing Street.

Meanwhile, the jury in the hacking trial has been discharged, unable to reach a verdict on two outstanding counts against Coulson, counts that

Coulson had denied.

The judge on Monday is expected to decide whether or not there will be a retrial for those two charges -- Jim.

CLANCY: She was more or less a star during the trial, but with her acquittal Rebekah Brooks has faded from view. What about her?

MCLAUGHLIN: Well, so far we have yet to hear from Rebekah Brooks or her husband in the wake of yesterday's verdicts which essentially cleared

them of any wrongdoing. Yesterday, their lawyer saying that they wanted to wait until legal proceedings had concluded.

But this morning, The Sun, the cover of The Sun, very telling. You can see here. It says -- it reads, "great day for red tops."

Now this paper is owned by Rupert Murdoch. It was also once edited by Rebekah Brooks herself. So as you can see, they seem to be celebrating her

acquittal -- Jim.

CLANCY: Erin McLaughlin reporting for us live there outside Downing Street. Thank you.

Well, coming up right here on News Stream, Uruguay's star player could be banned for the rest of the World Cup. He's accused of biting into his

opponent.

And a Nigerian newspaper is making sure the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram are not forgotten as the terror group strikes yet again.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

CLANCY: On a day when underdogs reigned at the World Cup, the ugly side of the beautiful game made the headlines. Greece and Uruguay secured

their place in the knockout phase of the tournament, but all anyone can talk about really are the actions of Uruguay's Luis Suarez who appeared to

bite into one of his opponents.

It happened late in Uruguay's clash with Italy on Tuesday. Suaerz tussles with Giorgio Chiellini before leaning his head into the Italian's

shoulder and apparently taking a bite, a big one. Uruguay went on to win the match 1-0.

Now what makes this all the more incredible is that Luis Suarez has done this before. He's done it twice.

But alongside his list of offenses is the fact that he is an extraordinarily talented footballer.

Most recently, Suarez bit a Chelsea player, that was last year. He was given a lengthy ban by the football association in England.

He returned with some of the finest performances of his career. He matched the Premier League record for goals. And was named player of the

year.

And then less than a week ago he was hailed as a hero for scoring two goals as Uruguay defeated England.

But days later, he's again mired in a controversy of his own making.

Now the referee did not take action against Suarez in Tuesday's match, but FIFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against him. Alex Thomas

joins us now live from Rio de Janeiro with more -- Alex.

ALEX THOMAS, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Jim.

Uruguay have until 5:00 this evening Brazilian time to say whether or not they're going to defend Luis Suarez against the accusation of biting.

Although the TV pictures you've just shown our viewers look very clear, they are bound to try and claim Suarez was innocent, because he's such a

star player and he's really almost single-handedly helped get them through the round of 16.

Uruguay, of course, semifinalists four years ago in South Africa.

Although the accusation of biting seems clear, FIFA's disciplinary committee is going to consider all evidence, including the video images and

still pictures to and witness accounts as well. As for Suarez, his defense will probably be based on what he told reporters after yesterday's win over

Italy.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

LUIS SUAREZ, URUGUAY NATIONAL TEAM PLAYER (through translator): I don't know what they have asked our coach about. The only thing I know is

that those are occurrences that happen on the pitch. I just collided with his shoulder. They are just casual incidences that occur during the soccer

game.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

THOMAS: So that was Luis Suarez saying that sort of incident happens all the time. I think he's trying to claim it was just a clash of bodies

rather than an open mouthed chomp down on Chiellini's shoulder, Jim.

But certainly it's further slurried -- further tarnished his reputation and also taken the focus away from Italy, 2006 World Champions

and then failing to get out of their group at the next two World Cups. Both the team coach and the Italian football federation president have

resigned as a result, Jim.

CLANCY: You know, Alex, Chiellini for his own part said, look, I don't think FIFA is going to do anything, because Suarez is a big star, a

big draw to the World Cup and FIFA wants all their stars in the game. Does he have a point?

THOMAS: He may have a point. I don't buy into that conspiracy theory, but certainly he's an experienced player and he knows how the

political side of football works.

I think FIFA is very sensitive to video evidence, which is why we're using goalline technology at this World Cup for the first time after a

very, very well publicized mistake by referees at the last World Cup four years ago. So I think it's inconceivable they won't take all the pictures

and video that we've seen broadcast around the world over the last 12 to 24 hours into account.

I think Suarez is facing a very lengthy ban. Although Uruguay are through, his World Cup could be over.

Let's show you some of the action from Tuesday's game, though, because it is a shame that we're not talking about some of the results.

Interestingly enough, as the producer of your show Rabi Herinan (ph) pointed out, every time Suarez has bitten in a match previously they'd

never lost. And indeed it was Diego Godin who scored the goal shortly after the incident that helped Uruguay beat Italy 1-0.

Let's take a look at some of the action from the Colombia game as well, because James Rodriguez scored the final goal in their 4-1 victory

over Japan in the other group that was finishing off their final matches of that pool as well.

And then also a controversy in the Greece-Ivory Coast game when Georgios Samaras of Greece was fouled in the penalty area then picked

himself up, dusted himself down and scored from the penalty spot in the dying seconds of the game, meaning Ivory Coast and their golden generation,

including Didier Drogba, have failed again to do themselves justice at a World Cup.

Greece, the 2004 European champions, are through to the next round.

Some terrific football stories this World Cup. Plenty of goals, Jim, but we're talking about Suarez, a hugely talented footballer, and his inner

demons.

CLANCY: You bet Alex. And you're right, let's focus on he positive. It's so far been a fantastic tournament, lots of scoring, huge ratings here

in the United States, television ratings for the first time. A lot of people shaking their heads and saying, well, looks like the game has

arrived for the Yanks.

Thanks much, Alex.

Now, in a few hours we're going to see the conclusion of two more World Cup groups. First up, we've got Group F. Argentina already

qualified for the next round. They face Nigeria who can joins them if they can manage a draw. But even if they lose, they will still go through as

long as Iran to not win.

And then later, Ecuador and Switzerland will both try to join France in the knockout round. Ecuador has the upper hand on goal differences.

But Switzerland has an easier match against Honduras while Ecuador have to face off against France.

You're watching News Stream. And up next, these girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram. And it's been months ago. That shocked the world. It

spurred a global campaign to try to win them back. But they're still missing, not a shred of evidence of where they might be. We're going to

bring you the latest on that report.

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CLANCY: To Sudan now where Miriam Ibrahim, the woman who was sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christianity and then

released, well now she's been charged again. She was trying to leave the country and travel to the United States.

Lawyers for Miriam Ibrahim say she was stopped at the airport. They say she has a U.S. visa, but she's accused of trying to travel with South

Sudanese documents without being a citizen of South Sudan. Ibrahim was released from prison after an appeals court overturned her death sentence.

Meantime in Nigeria, Boko Haram continuing to spread fear and violence. It was just last weekend that the terrorist group raided some

villages in Borno state. In all, they abducted an estimated 60 women and children, that just two months after the group kidnapped more than 200

schoolgirls nearby in the same state. They're still missing. Very little is known about them, except their names now.

Isha Sesay looks at the efforts to make sure those girls are not forgotten.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ISHA SESAY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Lugina Samuel (ph), Lugwa Muta (ph), Lydia Simon (ph), Thalma Telawan (ph), Tajirat Isa (ph),

Glory Yaga (ph), Rose Daniels (ph), Moda Baba (ph), these are just some of the names of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the terror group

Boko Haram more than two months ago in Chibok northern Nigeria. Despite the international outrage and massive viral campaign calling for immediate

government action to bring back the girls, these girls are still out there somewhere.

A community leader in Chibok has now managed to compile names and pictures of the missing girls after speaking to the parents who were eager

to remind authorities to do more.

Nigerian newspaper This Day helped digitize these pictures with the intention to bring more publicity to the plight of these missing girls.

The militant group Boko Haram has taken responsibility for kidnapping the girls. The group has demanded a prisoner swap, but the government says

it does not negotiate with terrorists.

The group aims to impose Shariah law across Nigeria, which is split between a majority Muslim north and Christian south and their attacks have

been unrelenting.

For many Nigerians, the question still remains will the violence ever end? Will those schoolgirls ever be found?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It could have been me. It could be my daughter. It could be my niece, you know. It could be -- it could be anybody.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, I miss my sister.

(through translator): She is a kind person. She is gentle. She plays with anybody that comes her way.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, I have seen my daughter on this tape. I saw her. She's (inaudible), that's how I know her, but she looks so stiff like

that. But she's my daughter is one of the (inaudible) student who were kidnapped from the school.

SESAY: Still missing, but no longer faceless, these haunting pictures are a constant reminder.

Isha Sesay, CNN, Atlanta.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

CLANCY: Not forgotten.

Well, coming up on News Stream, a man's dangerous journey inside a country ripped apart by war. His son was recruited by jihadists in Syria

so he went after him to bring him home. We'll have his story.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

CLANCY: This is News Stream. I'm Jim Clancy. And here are your top stories this hour.

Iraqi officials say Syria's military carried out what they called barbarian attacks against civilians in Iraq's Anbar Province. At least 57

people were killed, according to sources there when war planes marked with Syria's flag bombed markets and fuel stations. But the attacks come as

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was putting blame for the current unrest in Iraq on his country's neighbors.

Uruguay striker Luis Suarez could miss the rest of the World Cup as punishment for apparently biting an opponent during a match. Under FIFA

rules, he could face a maximum fine of 24 matches for that incident, which occurred during Uruguay's match with Italy on Tuesday. Suarez has already

been banned twice in his career for biting into one of his opponents.

The jury in the UK's phone hacking trial has been discharged after it failed to reach a verdict on two remaining charges in the case, one of them

against Andy Coulson. Tuesday, the former tabloid editor was found guilty of conspiracy to hack telephones.

As fighting rages in Iraq and Syria, Islamic militant groups are recruiting young westerners. Now, one of them happened to be a Belgian

teenager. And when he suddenly vanished and cut off contact with his family, his father did everything he could to find his son.

In an exclusive report, he tells CNN's Atika Shubert how he went to Syria to bring home his son.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: As a teenager, Yeyoun Bontinck (ph) danced in this music video. But within a year, he went from

this to this -- a young Muslim convert preaching in the streets of Antwerp.

DIMINITRY BONTINCK, FATHER: He started to become very religious, always praying. He don't wear western clothes anymore, he only wear

jalaba. So we really see the signs of radicalization.

SHUBERT: Then Yeyoun (ph) said he was leaving to study in Cairo. But when he missed his younger sister's birthday, his father knew his son was

actually in Syria.

BONTINCK: On that day, no phone call, no message from the brother. That day I know 100 percent something is going wrong.

SHUBERT: Bontinck began to search the Internet for any sign of his son.

BONTINCK: I discover a video from television station. Inside that video I see friends from him, from this radical Muslim organization, from

this city from Antwerp. They even speak the language from Antwerp. So when I saw that, know that my son is there.

SHUBERT: Against the advice of police and his lawyer, Bontinck decided to go after Yeyoun (ph) himself. He kept a video diary that he

gave to CNN.

His search began in the north of Syria with the free lawyers of Aleppo.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You sure (inaudible) your son? He said it doesn't seem.

SHUBERT: The trail eventually leads to Syria's Islamic extremists.

In this video, Bontinck seems to sympathize with them trying on their weapon, but also capturing extraordinary moments, a jihadi fighter sits

down to play a grand piano in an abandoned luxury home, scenes that change his views on Islam and the Syrian conflict.

BONTINCK: The only something I know about Muslim and Islam and it's like people that kind of civilization who cannot live in peace.

SHUBERT: But you changed your mind.

BONTINCK: I changed my mind, yeah.

SHUBERT: How, why?

BONTINCK: Why? Because I've been in Syria. And I have meet so many Muslim people groups -- fighting groups like Jabhat al-Nusra with al Qaeda

and they are terrorists and I'm not a Muslim. And if you see what these people done for me. They (inaudible) slipping food. They search for me

everywhere.

SHUBERT: But Bontinck did not succeed at first. It took nearly a year and two trips before he could track down Yeyoun (ph). He says he

found him months later with the Islamist group Jabhat al-Nusra.

BONTINCK: They beat me. They almost killed me. They took all my clothes out. They put a cap on me. They hide me, because they suspect me

-- oh, you are CIA. But at the end, they believe me and they let me go.

And this same leader, he let my son return volunteer.

SHUBERT: What was it like when you saw your son?

BONTINCK: We were crying, like -- I never cried before when he was missing when I don't know anything. But the first physical contact I hold

him like a small baby. It's like children who lost the path, you know, the way.

SHUBERT: He was release without charge, now monitored by Belgian police, but barred from speaking to the press.

He is also facing charges of recruiting jihadists to fight in Syria due in court at the end of June.

His father insists his son is innocent, but it's easy to see where Yeyoun (ph) gets his taste for adventure and perhaps an inflated sense of

his own importance.

BONTINCK: I have eaten with leaders of Jabhat al-Nusra, with (inaudible) they pray for me. They respect me. And why, because for them

it was amazing, amazing that a father from the west, who is not a Muslim, tried to risk his life to come to a war country to look for his own son, a

son who is one of them, who become a mujahadeen. So I was a hero for them. I was a hero for them.

SHUBERT: A hero, or an adventurer, a lost child or a jihadi. Many questions unanswered, like father like son.

Atika Shubert, CNN, Antwerp, Belgium.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

CLANCY: Incredible story there.

Well, security forces in Pakistan are searching for those behind an attack on a commercial plane. That happened at Bacha Khan International

Airport in Peshawar. That's in the northern part of the country.

Passengers were still aboard when gunmen opened first on the Pakistani international airlines fight after it landed. The plane was carrying 170

passengers from Saudi Arabia.

An airline spokesman tells CNN one passenger was killed, one crew member was wounded. No one has claimed responsibility for that attack.

U.S. safety investigators say the pilots of Asiana Airline Flight 214 botched their approach into San Francisco causing a crash that killed three

people and injured 187 others.

The investigation into the deadly accident has now come to an end.

The safety board says the pilots over relied on their automated systems and they did not fully understand that automation.

The CNN Freedom Project is exposing organ trafficking around the world. A region in Nepal has developed a reputation as the so-called

kidney bank of the country. Sumnima Udas explains how poor villagers are being tricked into giving up one of their kidneys.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SUMNIMA UDAS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Naj Parier (ph) makes the living by selling cow's milk and doing seasonal labor for nearby

farmers. While Parier's (ph) 1 year old son plays, his wife cooks the morning meal.

She says she worries about the future. She's afraid of her husband's ailing health. Parier (ph) is sick and is getting worse by the day.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): My body is giving a lot of trouble. Occasionally, I also feel sharp pain around the operated area.

UDAS: It's been 14 years since Parier (ph) lost a kidney in a scam orchestrated by an organ trafficking ring. He was working in Katmandu when

his foreman told him that if he let doctors cut out a chunk from his body, he would receive 30 lak rupies, about 30,000 U.S. dollars.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): He assured me nothing will happen. He also promised me that the meat will grow back.

UDAS: Then, a middle man took Parier (ph) to Chennai in southern India.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): I thought if the meat will regrow again and I get paid for it why not? I had no idea they were taking

out my kidney.

UDAS: He was told to say the recipient was his sister. And the traffickers had falsified documents saying so.

Three days after the operation, Parier (ph) returned to Katmandu with less than $300. He never heard from the traffickers again.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Slowly, I started having doubts. So I went to the doctor. That's when I found out I was missing a

kidney.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

CLANCY: You can watch as the CNN Freedom Project documentary on this very subject. It's coming up on Friday, that's at 5:30 p.m. in Hong Kong,

6:30 p.m. in Tokyo.

Well, Google's developer conference is kicking off in a few hours in San Francisco. We can all expect lots of new product releases. But will

the tech giant shake up the market with some new innovative technology or choose to play it safe instead? That's coming up.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

CLANCY: All right, Android fans, Google is set to unveil the latest version of its operating system of Android today. The Google developer

conference will start in just a matter of hours from right now.

Let's get more from our regular contributor and New Yorker.com editor Nicholas Thompson.

Nick, what are we expecting to come out of this latest version of Android?

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

NICHOLAS THOMPSON, NEW YORKER.COM: Well, we're expecting a cleaner interface. We're expecting to see more integration with the apps they've

put on the website. And then I think what the biggest news is going to be is that we're going to hear about Android in all kinds of other devices.

So Android, which was initially just something we thought about in phones is now, of course, something that powers watches. And now we're going to

learn about how it can help power cars and how it power set top boxes and all kinds of other devices.

So, there's going to be improvements relatively small I think improvements, but important improvements in Android. And then a big

expansion in the way Android is used.

CLANCY: You know, they tried before, but Google is set, I understand, once again to push into the TV sector.

THOMPSON: They haven't tried just once before. Google has been trying on TVs forever. We've had all kinds of Google TV options over the last

years. And it hasn't worked. It hasn't worked. It hasn't work. Except for two things have worked. The first is their little Chromecast dongle,

which they introduced about a year ago. And that's been a huge success. It's this $35 dongle you put in your TV it allows you to stream shows from

your laptop onto your -- onto your TV. People really like that.

And then secondly, there are a lot of pirated devices that actually use Android all over the world. So in a way Android is already getting

into TVs.

So, today it seems like Google is going to introduce a new set top box. It's unclear whether, like most of their previous TV efforts, it will

be unsuccessful, or like the Chromecast it'll be successful.

CLANCY: Well, we'll have to wait and see for that. You know.

And going back to something you mentioned here a little bit earlier, Google seems to be pushing out Android everywhere. I mean, onto watching,

you mentioned cars. What are all the areas, maybe surprising areas, where we're going to see it popping up?

THOMPSON: Well, I think what Google would like is they'd like Android to power everything, right. Google is -- Android is open source, which

means it's very easy for anybody to use it and to adapt it to their devices.

So even Google's competitors use it, Amazon uses it, for example, in the Kindle.

Google would like Android to be kind of the universal operating system both for the phones and tablets we use, but also for everything else we

touch -- all the electronic connected devices we use. So it wants it to be, you know, powering the cars. It's going to want it to be powering a

lot of devices in our homes.

As we move towards a period we have smart phone -- or smart homes where our gadgets inside of our house -- where a diswasher talks to our

garage door opener, Google wants to have Android playing a big role in that.

So Google wants Android absolutely everywhere. We are going to hear a lot about that today, starting with the watches.

CLANCY: OK. Android Everywhere. But, you know, my personal data, eh, not so much.

And you know, one of the companies that they own, Nest, it's said now to be in an agreements with them to exchange all that data. I don't know

whether I want it up on Google, well, he suddenly arrived home, but he didn't, you know, arm the alarm.

THOMPSON: Right. I mean, this is a very, very complicated thing. Google owns a company called Nest, which makes thermostats and smoke

detectors which just bought a security camera company and what Google has just announced is that it's opening up the devices to communicate with

other devices.

So if you have a, I don't know, a smart bottle opener that wants your Nest thermostat to be the hub in your house, which talks to the bottle

opener, that talks to the dishwasher.

But what that means is it needs to open up the information in your thermostat. So it wants your thermostat not to just be setting your

temperature, but also to be sort of the command center for your entire house. Now, you can see why Google would want to do that. They want their

devices at the center of all this action.

The scary thing, though, information about our homes -- you know, the temperature of our homes is an indicator of whether you are there or not --

having all of that information accessible to other devices is possibly frightening, because it could be hacked. There will be privacy violations.

It's not as though someone will just be able to Google you and figure out, you know, what your thermostat is set at, but this opening up does lead to

these possible privacy problems. And that has a lot of, you know, people concerned and there's going to have to be a lot of thought about how this

progresses, absolutely.

CLANCY: Yeah. And then you've got all those people out on Foresquare that are already telling everyone where they are, that they are away from

home. So maybe Google just has to be thinking about this and consumers as well.

Nicholas Thompson always great to talk with you.

THOMPSON: Thank you so much. It's fun to be here.

CLANCY: All right.

All right, now still to come right here on News Stream, this man calls himself the most charismatic philanthropist in China, humble too, and now

he's bringing his trademark charity stunts to the United States.

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CLANCY: There's some of the names of the team on Twitter that's also right here on News Stream.

Welcome back everyone. You know, I took a look at the weather map just for a second. We've got a lot of color over China right now.

Let's check on what that all mean. Mari Ramos is at the world weather center -- Mari.

MARI RAMOS, CNN WEATHER CORRESPNODENT: You know what, Jim, this is an ongoing story across eastern China, in particular that battle between where

the water goes, all of this heavy rain, and of course a huge population density that is affected when we get into the rainy season.

We're still getting into the rainy season and have several more weeks to go. And already we're seeing some tremendous flooding.

Take a look at these latest images.

Now the rainfall totals for the last 24 hours -- do we have a video there -- are not as impressive. You're not getting hundreds and hundreds

of millimeters of rain, maybe 35 here, 45 there, 100 here and there. The problem is that it's so widespread. And you have these huge urban centers

that cannot handle any more rainfall. The result is homes and businesses and schools and hospitals, police stations, fire stations that are flooded.

Millions of people have been affected and it is an ongoing problem.

Now the concern is that as we get into this more rainy season -- and, you know, forbid a typhoon would come across this area, which we don't have

any right now in this region, that would just make the problem even worse.

Come back over to the weather map over here. Let me show you the areas that we're talking about. Anywhere from Beijing, which believe it or

not has had some moisture in the last 24 hours all the way down as we head over into the border with Vietnam.

And as we head into southeast Asia, we're also seeing some significant rainfall across these regions here.

And as we head through the next 24 to 48 hours, those same areas from Shanghai all the way back over into Gulin, these are going to be the areas

where we're going to see the heaviest downpours. In some cases, these areas in red indicate in excess of 25 centimeters of rainfall in the next

24 hours.

Any amount of rain that falls here will be significant.

And notice as we get away from this center line, so to speak, we're still seeing some significant rainfall across these regions. So that will

still be a concern.

We're not seeing anything significant as far as rain across India. This area continues to see some extremely hot temperatures. The monsoon is

delayed. And the monsoon needs to be like clockwork here. Not only do we get very hot temperatures when the monsoon is delayed, but also there's

problems with water shortages. There are problems with electricity supplies and one of the main things is drinking water for people,

especially in this heat.

Let's switch gears, though, if we're tired of talking about the summer heat. How about the winter chill? Take a look at these pictures from

Australia.

Jim, we haven't looked a pictures of snow in awhile. This is in Australia. And in some cases, they had over 50 centimeters -- 50

centimeters of snow across some parts of Australia and it was great, of course, for the skiers, but it did not all be just fun and games. There

were some strong storms that moved through here with wind gusts over hurricane force. Wind gusting to about 130 kilometers per hour in some

cases.

And even in Melbourne the winds were gusting to close to 100 kilometers per hour. Downed trees, downed power lines, and yes, very heavy

rain.

But once you get to the ski resorts, I think people were happy. People in the cities, though, were the ones that saw the problems.

If you come back over to the weather map, I'll show you about what's happening now. That cold front continuing to just move along this area

here. That's the one that caused of those problems. We'll start to see clearer skies across the region. And just one thing, for you guys across

Europe, again, this area of southeastern Europe already seeing some strong storms, reports of hail across some areas. And down here across southern

parts of France as well, there's going to be a huge area through the next maybe 12 to 24 hours or so right in here this area that you see in pink,

large hail, strong winds and tornadoes quite possible.

So we have the pink, which is the highest risk area, the red the second highest risk and then you have the widespread orange right over

here, which also means those areas could, could see this kind of weather later today.

CLANCY: Mari, in just a word or two, are we good to go for the World Cup weather?

RAMOS: Maybe some rains in Porto Alegre, that's going to be the area to watch. Southeastern Brazil could see some rain.

CLANCY: Mari Ramos, as always, great to have you with us. Complete report there.

All right, now remember that scavenger hunt for hidden cash that was all the rage in California? Well, someone is handing out cash in the

United States again. But this time around, the money is coming all the way from China.

Miguel Marquez introduces us to one very special Chinese millionaire.

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MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: He's the wealthy Chinese philanthropist with a flair for the dramatic. There he is dressed

in environmentally friendly green giving away cars while holding a bicycle. I know, it doesn't make much sense.

Singing is Chen Guang Bao's (ph) shtick. This, a New York press conference when he announced he wanted to buy The New York Times.

The Times said thanks, but no thanks.

Chen has now taken out a full page ad in the Gray Lady to announce that he's not only buying lunch for 1,000 homeless people in Central Park's

fabulous and fancy Boat House restaurant, he's also giving them $300 each.

Yes, there is a free lunch and it comes with a large tip.

You are a friend of Chen Guang Bao (ph).

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

MARQUEZ: Jiao Yong Long (ph) is helping Chen organize the lunch. He says it'll cost more than $1 million.

He also says more than 2,000 people have already RSVPd yes.

Why does he want to buy lunch for 1,000 homeless people?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Yes, Mr. Chen, his philanthropy, that is his style.

MARQUEZ: His style unique. The recycling magnate worth over $800 million says he wants to encourage other wealthy Chinese to give to

charity. He gave millions to earthquake efforts in Sichuan, China that killed more than 80,000 people, even carrying some victims on his back.

His business card made him even more famous when it made the rounds online.

Among other things, it claims is not only the most charismatic philanthropist of China, he is also the most well-known and beloved Chinese

role model.

He also made headlines when he handed out cans of fresh air, his face on every can in uber smoggy Beijing.

"I'm making an exaggerated point," he says. "If we don't start protecting our air, our descendants will all have to wear gas masks."

No gas masks here in Central Park. Chen partnered with NYC Rescue Mission for the lunch where no donation is ignored.

CRAIG MAYES, NEW YORK CITY RESCUE MISSION: Partly it seemed like kind of a crazy idea, but I like crazy and we felt our philosophy really is

we'll work with anyone for the right cause.

MARQUEZ: The case most definitely right, but with the New York Post calling his idea "Fortune Kooky" Chen Guang Bao (ph) has made a splash.

Now he has to swim.

Miguel Marquez, CNN, New York.

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CLANCY: That is News Stream up to the minute. But the news continues right here at CNN. World Business Today straight ahead.

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