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AMARA WALKER, HOST: I'm Amara Walker at CNN Center, welcome to News Stream where news and technology meet.
As Syria loses more ground to ISIS, the government calls for an international effort to repel militants.
Hackers target the Playstation Network and other gaming services and may have even caused the diversion of a flight.
And an incredible escape: a boy in China is run over by an SUV, but walks away.
We begin in Syria where the government has called for a coordinated international effort to defeat the advance of ISIS. The country's foreign
minister says Syria is ready to work with other countries, including the U.S.
Syrian government forces suffered a key loss to ISIS over the weekend, when militants took control of the al-Tabqa air base in the north.
This footage from social media appears to show the aftermath of the fighting, though CNN cannot verify its authenticity.
In Iraq, American warplanes hit more ISIS targets near the Mosul dam and Irbil over the weekend, bringing the total number of U.S. airstrikes to
96. Anna Coren is live in Irbil, Iraq with the very latest -- Anna.
ANNA COREN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORREPSONDENT: Yeah, Amara, I just want to bring you up to date first on a deadly bombing, suicide bombing, in
Baghdad just a few hours ago. Police officials telling us that a Shiite mosque was targeted during noon prayers killing eight people, injuring
dozens.
Now it is thought that this could be payback for that deadly bombing of a Sunni mosque several days ago, which killed 70 worshippers.
No one has claimed responsibility for today's attack, however it does really have the hallmarks of Sunni extremists, possibly ISIS militants if
not ISIS sympathizers.
But definitely, Amara, they are having to change their tactics on the battlefield, so we could well be seeing more suicide attacks, more car
bombings in the coming week. The reason being is that ISIS is under pressure because of U.S. airstrikes. Let's take a look.
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COREN: With lightning quick advances across much of Iraq, the marauding bloodthirsty militants with their black insignia appear to be an
undefeatable force on a mission to terrorize the country.
But when ISIS suddenly turned its attention towards Kurdistan, northern Iraq it underestimated the opposition. From the skies, the United
States pounded enemy positions, helping Kurdish and Iraqi forces on the ground to drive back the Islamic extremists. Recapturing Mosul dam, a
turning point.
According to senior Kurdish official, ISIS is now on the back foot.
MARSOUR BARZANI, KURDISTAN REGIONAL SECUIRTY COUNCIL: They have changed their tactics for sure. Now they are not moving in long convoys,
they're trying to avoid airstrikes by using civilian vehicles.
COREN: While they may control one-third of Iraq, ISIS is overstretched, fighting on multiple fronts in dozens of towns and cities,
calling in reinforcements from areas they already control to help in battle.
(on camera): While ISIS propaganda would have us believe they're a conquering force expanding their so-called caliphate, senior officials here
say that is not the case. From the militants that they have captured and interrogated, they admit morale has taken a direct hit ever since U.S.
airstrikes began more than two weeks ago.
(voice-over): And for that reason, the Kurds are calling for an ongoing U.S. air campaign, hinting at the possibility of striking ISIS
targets in Syria, its safe haven.
BARZANI: Airstrikes, expanding airstrikes, and authorizing them to target the leadership of ISIS, or to expand the geographical areas of the
airstrikes is going to also be very effective.
COREN: But no one here is pretending this war will be over in a couple of months. ISIS, now thought to have a force of at least 40,000 fighters
across Syria and Iraq, is in for the long haul.
BARZANI: Mosul to them is very important, so they will probably fight to death to keep Mosul. And there are some key areas that are very
important to them. That doesn't mean that they have given up attacking new areas.
COREN: A harsh reality, but one these fighters say they are prepared for.
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COREN: Now Amara, whilst they might be hurting here in Iraq, they're certainly making gains in Syria overnight claiming Tabqa military base,
which of course is the last stronghold for the Assad regime in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa, which of course is the headquarters, if you like,
for ISIS in Syria of a bloody battle, we understand, that soldiers from the Syrian army were massacred and beheaded. ISIS, obviously, parading their
achievements on the battlefield.
But certainly this a massive blow for the Assad regime, losing control of that province now entirely.
WALKER: Yeah, clearly, as you say, it will be a complex and lengthy battle against ISIS. Anna Coren with the latest details there. Anna,
thank you.
Well, another extremist group in Syria, the al Nusra Front, has released an American journalist it held hostage for nearly two years.
Peter Theo Curtis was handed over to UN peacekeepers in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights on Sunday.
Nick Paton Walsh has the details.
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NICK PATON WALSH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): After a week of horror, finally some good news, an American held hostage in Syria
by Islamist rebels for nearly two years is free. The 45-year-old peter Theo Curtis, a freelance author and journalist released Sunday after being held
by a Syrian rebel group with ties to al Qaeda.
His family thanking the government of the U.S. and Qatar for their efforts. While the U.S. is has denied any involvement and details about his
release remain unclear. Curtis was handed over to United Nations peacekeepers in the Golan Height then released him to U.S. government
officials.
These videos show Curtis during his last few months in captivity. In this video a rebel points a gun at his head while Curtis speaks rapidly as
if under duress. Curtis was captured near the Syrian-Turkey border in October 2012. And held in Aleppo with American journalist, Matthew Schener,
the two locked up for months before planning their escape. Schener breaking free through a window with Curtis' help. Curtis however got stuck trying to
escape.
MATTHEW SCHNER, FREELANCE PHOTOJOURNALIST KIDNAPPED IN SYRIA: I'm pulling him and pulling him as hard as I could. We weren't making any
headway and we were making too much noise. The windows were open and the lights were above me and the sun was coming up.
PATON (on camera): You must have known then you had to leave him ?
SCHENER: Yes. One of the hardest things I have ever had to do. I'm not going to have closure until he is home.
WALSH (voice-over): Curtis' release comes just five days after ISIS released a video of one of its militants beheading American journalist,
James Foley. On Sunday his parents releasing a letter on Facebook that they say he composed on captivity.
He talked about sharing one cell with 17 others and playing games made up of scraps they found. Foley had a fellow hostage memorize the letter
dictating it to his family upon release. British officials close to identifying the ISIS militant responsible for the beheading. Experts say he
speaks with a distinctly British accent. Investigators making headway using clues in the video to pinpoint the killer out of hundreds of British
Muslims who joined ISIS.
PETER WESTMACOTT, BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S.: We put a great deal of resource into identifying this person. I think we're not far away from
that.
WALSH: Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, London.
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WALKER: And still to come here on News Stream, the violence in Gaza escalates. We will get the latest on the ground from our correspondent
when we return.
And take a look at this crazy incident caught on tape in China. We'll show you what happened to this lucky little boy.
Also, if you were trying to play online with your Playstation and you were having trouble, you weren't alone. The details of the attack later on
in the show.
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WALKER: In Gaza, the Palestinian health ministry says at least 16 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes Sunday, including a top Hamas
official.
The Israeli military says Mohammed Al-Oul supervised the group's financial transactions. The IDF says Hamas launched some 117 rockets at
Israel on Sunday.
Now Sunday's escalating violence came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made yet another promise not to let up on the airstrike
offensive.
For more on this, let's go now to our Karl Penhaul, he joins us live now from Jerusalem -- Karl.
KARL PENHAUL, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORREPSONDENT: Amara, as you rightly point out, certainly no sign of any let up in the fighting here. The
Israeli military saying in the last 24 hours more than 150 Hamas rockets have flown skyward toward Israel. And of course Israel hasn't ceased in
its airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.
In fact, after his weekly cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that he was ready to inflict a heavy price on
Hamas for its actions.
Now among the civilian dead so far in Gaza in the last 24 hours, we know of a mother and her three children. And then of course these Israeli
military reports that one of Hamas's moneymen, one of the financial chiefs was killed in an airstrike, although there have been no confirmation of
that from Hamas.
And then on the Israeli side, of course, the area's border crossing, one of the largest crossings between Israeli and Gaza. That is closed
right now until further notice after Hamas rained down more than 23 mortars down on that border post mid-afternoon yesterday, injuring four people.
And in terms of the societal impact of what is going on, well, in Gaza yesterday was due to be the start of a new school year for half a million
kids. And that has not happened. Those schools are still being used as shelters for displaced and in Israel, well, the soccer season was due to
get a start this weekend, that has been suspended until further notice, because of Hamas threats to target large public gatherings, Amara.
WALKER: So, amidst this exchange of fire, are there any signs at all, Karl, that there could be a resumption of the ceasefire talks?
PENHAUL: Really nothing specific that you can hang your hat on right now. But there is a little bit of a media buzz going on. There are
suggestions that the Egyptian authorities may be ready, or close to putting a new ceasefire proposal on the table.
Now the Israeli government is not confirming any of that. But we have heard from Islamic Jihad TV in Gaza, them citing unnamed sources saying
that the Egyptians may have something ready to propose as early as this evening. And also, the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in a
satellite TV interview in Egypt also hinting that perhaps the Egyptians were ready to make a new proposal. So we're going to be monitoring that
throughout the course of the day and this evening, Amara.
WALKER: OK, Karl Penhaul keeping a close eye on any developments there from Jerusalem. Karl, thank you.
Well, both the Ukrainian government and pro-Russia rebels are hardening their positions in the fight that's already cost more than 2,000
lives.
President Petro Poroshenko plans to spend billions to shore up Ukraine's military.
And as CNN's Diana Magnay shows us on Ukraine's independence day the rebels pulled a page from Moscow's playbook.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
DIANA MAGNAY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: A grotesque parade on the streets of Donetsk, prisoners captured by Ukraine's pro-Russian rebels
made to walk through the streets, hands tied, heads bowed as the crowds jeer and scream, an exercise in humiliation where the onlookers are all too
happy to play their part.
They scream beasts get on your knees, and fascists as the men trudge past, a sign of the hatred that's taken root between one Ukrainian and
another in the country's riven east.
The rebels had promised they'd do this to echo the way Russia paraded German prisoners of war through Moscow in World War II. And like they did
then, Donetsk's new masters sprayed the streets clean behind them.
An ugly contrast to the celebrations in Kiev where Ukraine's president seems set on his military course, not the words of a man looking to
compromise when he meets Russia's president next week.
PETRO POROSHENKO, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT: We have proven that we can defend our country. And it is clear that in the foreseeable future,
unfortunately, a constant military threat will hang over Ukraine. And we need to learn not only to live with this, but also to always be prepared to
defend the independence of our country.
MAGNAY: But the conflict claims more lives each day. Here, the victims, the bloodied survivors of shelling in Donetsk on Saturday. It's
unclear who is firing and from where, but shells and mortars are clearly demolishing people's homes. Though Kiev denies it fires into civilian
areas, the civilian death toll cannot simply be the fault of its opponents, though they are responsible for their share.
The conflict has moved on from this area, leaving destruction in its wake. But there are pockets in the east, which are still deeply divided. And if
peace is struck, this will be easy to repair, but the divisions between people will be far harder to mend.
Diana Magnay, CNN, near Sloviansk, Ukraine.
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WALKER: You're watching News Stream. Coming up, a little boy was playing at the curbside near his home when a car ran right over him. But
tragedy was averted. The amazing story when we come back.
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WALKER: Welcome back.
I want to show you some incredible video now out of eastern China that shows a very, very lucky 6 year old. He survived what could have been a
deadly encounter with an SUV. You need to see it to believe it. Andrew Stevens reports.
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ANDREW STEVENS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: A parent's nightmare caught on tape., an unattended boy playing with his Lego on the street near
his family's driveway. Moments of panic and horror, and then disbelief the boy stands up and walks away.
China's state-run TV says the 6-year-old was taken to the doctor and only had a few scratches on his face and legs.
His family is still stunned by their good fortune.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): I cried when I saw the video. He was so lucky to have survived.
STEVENS: Police had a more specific explanation for the boy's survival.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): First, he was really small. Secondly, the chassis of the car is quite high. Last but not least, the
boy was between two wheels, therefore, he came out safe without getting hurt.
STEVENS: Police say they tracked down the driver of the SUV form this surveillance camera video. The driver lives in the same community and told
police he did not notice the boy at all. In fact, he told authorities he wasn't aware of any accident occurring that morning.
The boy is back at home with his family, all aware of just what a close call it was.
Andrew Stevens, CNN, Hong Kong.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
WALKER: Well, several gaming services were targeted by a group of hackers over the weekend. The Playstation network, World of Warcraft and
League of Legends were among those affected by a group calling themselves Lizard Squad. And bizarrely, they may even have been responsible for
diverting a flight.
Sony Online Entertainment President John Smedley (ph) was on a flight that was diverted to Phoenix after Lizard Squad made a veiled threat on
Twitter about bombs on his plane.
Now, Lizard Squad targeted those services using something called a distributed denial of service attack.
Let's show you how it works. DDOS attacks use may computers at once to overwhelming a target site, flooding it with so much data that it simply
cannot handle all the traffic. The idea is to make the server so busy with all of these fake requests that it cannot properly serve real customers.
DDOS attacks typically do not involve the theft of any user data. They've been likened to the internet's version of a street protest.
Former NBA star Yao Ming and tennis powerhouse Li Na are perhaps China's best known athletes on the world stage. In On China, Kristie Lu
Stout takes a closer look at some of the country's rising stars and shows us how Beijing is using sports to shape its global image. Here's a
preview.
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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Over 3,500 young athletes from around the world have gathered here in Nanjing for the 2014
Youth Olympic Games, it's another opportunity for China to showcase itself, yet again, as an Olympic host and home of top tiered sporting talent.
JONATHAN JOHNSON (ph), YOUTH OLYMPIC ATHLETE: My name is Jonathan Johnson and I am from Iceland playing football. I'm very excited.
Everything is very cool and all of those feelings, we don't have that in Iceland, you know.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The village that they build for us is so awesome. I'm really happy to be here.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm Leandro Laredo (ph) from Argentina and I play beach volleyball. I feel very well, because this is my dream.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Nanjing is very beautiful city. And Pakistan and China's friendship is very good.
LU STOUT: Even though China has taken home plenty of gold in sports like gymnastics, in others, including the football World Cup, it still
struggles to qualify.
And when China became a finalist to host the 2022 Winter Games, most people here responded with a shrug.
So when will a more mainstream sports culture take root in China? And how will it transform the nation? Well, join me for an in depth discussion
on the power of sport in China from Nanjing, host the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
WALKER: And you can see much more about China's sporting ambitions this Thursday. Tune in to On China at 4:30 p.m. Hong Kong time.
For years, the city of New Delhi depended upon a simple idea to deal with its monkey problem. One large monkey can scare off hundreds of pesky
troublemakers. But as Sumnima Udas tells us, all that has changed.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
SUMNIMA UDAS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: There's the Planet of the Aps and then there's New Delhi's own primate problem. They are
everywhere, tens of thousands, terrorizing residents, wrecking havoc.
"They snatch our food and belongings, they bite people, get into our water tanks and bathe in it, they are such a nuisance," he says.
He laughs because, well, the monkeys are really just being themselves, looking for food and some fun. But not everyone is amused.
"We get so many complaints on our help line, we've hired 40 people to chase monkeys away," this government official says.
When calls come in, they deploy monkey chasers. Yes, that's actually a job like this. Promote Kumar (ph) is mimicking the sounds of a Langur,
these long-tailed black and white simians whom the smaller Rhesus macaque breed apparently fear.
Langurs are much bigger and more vicious, explains.
For 10 years, Kumar (ph) and Langur roamed the streets of Delhi. He says even the presence of one Langur could scare away hundreds of monkeys.
But officials recently enforced the ban on the use of Langurs after animal rights groups protested. Every since, Kumar and his colleagues have
had to act like Langurs instead.
"It used to be so much easier with Langurs," he says, "they could climb up trees and scare the other monkeys away. Now all we have is a
stick and this catapult and our voices. What used to take one hour, now takes four hours," he says.
Monkeys cannot be captured or killed in India, but that's not the only reason there are so many around. Take a look at this. Hindus actually
worship the half man, half monkey god Hanuman. So feeding them is actually deemed auspicious.
Officials admit, they haven't figure out a long-term solution yet. But, for now, they're up for doing whatever it takes to keep the monkey
business out bay.
Sumnima Udas, CNN, New Delhi.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
WALKER: They're kind of cute, right. Probably a big nuisance, though.
Still to come here this hour, air travel in Iceland gets back to normal as fears of a volcanic eruption ease. But experts say the danger is
not over yet.
And northern California cleaning up from the most powerful earthquake there in a quarter century. We'll check on the aftermath live in Napa
right after this break.
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WALKER: I'm Amara Walker at CNN Center. You're watching News Stream. And these are your world headlines.
Syria's foreign minister says the government is ready to work with other countries, including the United States to combat the extremist group
ISIS. The militants took control of the al-Tabqa airbase in Syria's Raqqa Province over the weekend after a battle with government troops.
An American journalist has been freed nearly two years after being kidnapped by a Syrian rebel group the al Nusra Front. On Sunday, he was
handed over to UN peacekeepers in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights before being taken to Tel Aviv.
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow is preparing a second humanitarian aid convoy to head into Ukraine. The first convoy
caused an international outcry when it crossed into Ukrainian territory without Kiev's permission.
Actor and director Richard Attenborough has died. Attenborough was best known for winning an Academy Award as director of the 1982 film
Gandhi. He also starred in the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park. He was 90 years old.
Authorities in Iceland have lifted restrictions on air travel as fear that a massive volcano was about to erupt have eased for the time being.
Our Erin McLaughlin is just north of the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland.
Erin, how are things looking right now?
ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Erin.
Well, let me just give you a sense of where I'm located. The landscape around me is absolutely incredible, built up over millions of
years of Iceland's volcanic activity. This area is normally a tourist attraction, but the tourists have all been cleared out as a precaution
because just over my shoulder that way is the volcano Bardarbunga.
Now Bardarbunga is covered with Europe's largest ice cap. And it's the ice cap that makes this volcano a potential threat to Europe's airline
industry, because when lava mixes with ice, when it mixes with water, it forms this very fine ash that can wreck havoc on an airplane engine.
Now over the past 10 days, scientists have recorded thousands of really small earthquakes throughout this area, which tells them that
perhaps magma is on the move and that an eruption is possible. They actually thought there was an eruption here over the weekend, but it turned
out to be a false alarm -- Amara.
WALKER: You know, a lot of remember four years ago when tens of thousands of flights were canceled because of a volcanic eruption near
where you are. How is this particular situation different from 2010?
MCLAUGHLIN: Well, 2010 was really a perfect storm. There was a large amount of ash and the winds that were there to carry it over mainland
Europe.
Now, volcanologists tell me that Bardarbunga, they think, for a variety of factors is -- will not -- if there is a subglacial eruption will
not produce the kind of ash that was scene 2010. And the airline regulation industry really has learned a lot of lessons as well, so that
perhaps they wouldn't have to cancel as many flights, they could simply modify flight schedules.
And keep in mind that it's also possible the Bardarbunga erupts not subglacially, but away from the glacier. And at that point, there wouldn't
be that fire and ice combination that would create an ash cloud in the first place.
WALKER: And a lot of people around the world with travel plans watching this one closely. Erin McLaughlin, thank you for those latest
details.
Well, Erin mentioned it just a few moments ago, an ash cloud can really wreck havoc, as she said, on an airplane's engine. Mari Ramos is at
the world weather center to explain how it works -- Mari.
MARI RAMOS, CNN WEATHER CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, we'll try to explain it.
You know, I just want to say a couple of things about where Erin was reporting from. She is at this glacier right here just north of the
Bardarbunga volcano. She was kind of showing us that amazing landscape.
The glacier itself is the largest in Iceland. It takes up more than 8 percent of the total land of the country. It's huge. And it's really
amazing.
Well, the alert level was lowered. Recent strong earthquakes and the eruption is still possible. She mentioned a lot of those things.
But, yeah, let's go ahead and talk about the airplane engines.
And, you know what, this is true for any kind of engine. And if you look at any of the -- many of the sights that tell you what to do during a
volcanic eruption of how to protect yourself from an ash cloud on the ground, they also talk about engines, because car engines would be affected
the same way. And even, like your air conditioning could be -- motor could be affected in a similar way like this and kind of get stuck and stop.
And of course if we're talking about an airplane, the situation is -- could be much more severe and more tragic.
So with ash clouds, first of all pilots can't see them, they can't spot them. They look just like regular clouds. So it would be very, very
easily for an airplane -- for an aircraft to fly right into a ash cloud. And that's a concern, especially those very fine, fine particles that she
was talking about that are particularly dangerous for engines and aircraft engines.
What happens is as they get sucked into the engine, the ash particles melt because of the intense heat that is being generated here. As it
melts, those melted materials cool very, very quickly. And then when they begin to cool, they kind of stick to the engine itself and they disturb the
airflow. They don't allow as much air to get through and that's when your engine stops or stalls and it could create some serious problems.
And some of the new technology that they're talking about now is saying, well, maybe we'll be able to identify which is the type of ash that
would affect an aircraft more than another, maybe the aircraft engines are built now a little bit differently, to be able to withstand a certain
amount of ash, but all of those things are still in the works. So, of course, very dangerous, indeed, still to fly in an ash cloud.
I want to talk a little bit about this, right here, this is where Bardarbunga is located. There's Iceland. This is the North American plate
and this is the Eurasian plate.
And the reason I want to show you this, is because this right here is an area where the plates are moving away from each other. And what happens
is you get new material, new land being created all of the time. Iceland is actually getting bigger. And those areas where Erin was reporting from,
about 2,000 years ago that's where they had one of the largest eruptions on Earth. And more lava came out, and more land formed than any other place
that is known so far. So extremely proliferous eruptions can happen in that part of the world. It's definitely a hotspot.
Speaking of hotspots, I want to talk to you about the western U.S. because we've been talking about the fault line -- excuse me, the
earthquake that happened in California less than 24 hours ago.
It happened near the San Francisco Bay. We're going to have more on that in just a moment. But there's a lot of fault lines, and people have
been asking quite a bit about this, Amara. This is the San Andreas Fault line. This earthquake did not happen on the San Andreas Fault. Even
though that is one of the major fault areas, the epicenter of this quake was actually just south of the Napa area.
There are two large fault lines. This one, the Concord Green Fault line, and the Hayward Fault line and it happened in between these two fault
lines. There are other areas, of course, and smaller fault lines that are affected, including the West Napa. And seismologists right now believe
that that is the cost of this latest quake in California.
WALKER: Jeez, it just seems like there has been a lot of activity lately beneath the Earth's surface in that particular area. It was a few
months ago there was an earthquake in southern California, right?
All right, Mari Raos, thank you for breaking that down for us.
Let's get more now on that quake in northern California. Let's get right to Napa for the latest. CNN's Dan Simon is there.
So Dan, I understand there are no deaths to report. So how bad is the damage we can see right behind you?
DAN SIMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, here in downtown Napa it's definitely the worst of the damage. It's basically a disaster zone. This
is one of the areas -- or this building, I should tell you, really got hit hard.
You can see all these bricks here. I've got to tell you something, Amara, it's a good thing that this quake happened when it did, 3:20 in the
morning, because this is an outdoor cafe and people generally eat here on the sidewalk, they have tables set up, people walk through this area.
You can just imagine what would have happened if this was in the middle of the afternoon when people were busy, you know, doing their
business around here in downtown Napa. You could have had some fatalities.
But we're now looking at about 24 hours since the event happened. And we're just beginning to get an understand of the full extent of the
devastation. Take a look.
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SIMON (voice-over): The cleanup effort in Napa continues this morning while crews work to restore power to thousands left in the dark after
Sunday's earthquake.
The first moments of the powerful quake caught on camera, rattling residents out of their sleep at 3:20 a.m.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's an earthquake. SIMON: Striking the Bay Area at a whopping 6.0 magnitude, the strongest felt here in 25 years.
MARLOW DANIEL, NAPA RESIDENT: This just kept going and kept going and kept going. And I felt like I was on a raft in the motion almost.
SIMON: In downtown Napa, just six miles southwest of the epicenter, historical buildings and homes sustained heavy damage. Pieces of this
courthouse and other structures crumbled to the ground, authorities reporting over 100 injuries, including a young child seriously hurt when a
fireplace collapsed.
ELISE MARTINEZ, NAPA RESIDENT: I was in shock to see people's homes, people's offices on the floor and crooked, and to know that this is life
changing. SIMON: Business owners in the famed wine country also reporting being hit hard. Hundreds of gallons of wine spewing from a crack in this
storage tank.
GAVIN NEWSOM, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA: A wine maker right across the street from us, they were devastated. Dozens and dozens of their
barrels collapsed.
SIMON: Fires broke out following the quake, destroying dozens of homes. Broken water mains hampering firefighters' efforts to extinguish the
flames. Fire crews having no choice but to let these mobile homes burn to the ground. Experts now warning residents of aftershocks.
JOHN PARRISH, CHIEF OF THE CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: We think there's probably over 50 or 60 aftershocks now, the largest one being a
magnitude 3.6. We do think the aftershocks will continue for several weeks.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
SIMON: Well, in terms of the overall damage, about 100 homes and businesses have been red tagged, that means that they are uninhabitable.
In the meantime here in downtown Napa, the cleanup is going to begin today. And as you can see, it's going to take quite a long time to get this area
cleaned up. It could be several days, if not weeks, before they get the downtown area back in tip-top shape -- Amara.
WALKER: Yeah, but it's quite amazing that no one was injured and the timing of it. Luckily no one was sitting there at that cafe when this
earthquake hit.
Dan, when we say the word Napa a lot of people think about vineyards and wineries, just what are they telling you, the owners and the people in
the industry about the damage that this earthquake sustained on their industry?
SIMON: Well, I can tell you, Amara, that the Napa Valley wine industry is a $13 billion industry, very important here to California and
to the global economy, really.
In terms of what we're looking at, today they're really going to be taking stock of how much damage they have to the wineries, I'm talking
about the individual business owners.
We've seen these pictures with the wine bottles on the floor and barrels, et cetera, we know that certain wineries really got hit in a
significant way. We don't know, though, in terms of how bad it's going to be for the overall industry.
What we do know, though, form the USGS, United States Geological Survey, they're estimating that the overall impact, dollars wise, to the
Napa valley area is about a billion dollars.
So, we're talking about a lot of money -- Amara.
WALKER: Yeah, we sure are.
Dan Simon, thank you so much for that live report there in downtown Napa.
Still to come this hour, the secret of immortality might lie with the humble jellyfish. We meet the scientist who can explain why. That's
coming up next.
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WALKER: Every other week here on CNN, we examine the innovations and scientific wonders that help to shape our world. Today, we find out why a
Japanese scientist has made it his life's work to study what he calls the immortal jellyfish. That's for this addition of Art of Movement.
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SHIN KUBOTA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY (through translator): This area has the richest variety of jellyfish in Japan, so it is a paradise of jellyfish.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Here at Kyoto universities Saito Marine Biological Laboratory in the small seaside town of Shidahama, Japan, Professor Shin
Kubota and his students endlessly search for the object of his obsession.
KUBOTA (through translator): Jellyfish are among 1,440,000 species in the animal world. I think it is the most interesting animal.
They move like a heartbeat, just like their whole body is a heart. You can also say their whole body is a brain. So they think and move using
their whole body.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Since he started studying jellyfish in 1979, one tiny wonder in particular has become Kubota's life's work.
KUBOTA (through translator): There's a type which has an extraordinary capability among all those 1,440,000 species, it is called a
scarlet jellyfish. They don't die. They rejuvenate.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Classified under the genus Turritopsis, the Japanese Scarlet Jellyfish, or Nihon Baricorage (ph) is barely visible
without a microscope -- at only around 4 to 5 millimeters.
And Kubota says it's one of three jellyfish species in Japan that are considered immortal.
It's not quite immortality, but rejuvenation, or rebirth.
The way it works is when an adult jellyfish, or medusa, is injured, it goes to the bottom of the ocean floor. Form here, it morphs back into its
infant state, known as a polyp. Then the polyp becomes a brand new medusa. This allows the jellyfish to move between an adult and infant state in
about two months.
Kubota always keeps a watchful eye on what he refers to as his babies, working tirelessly, feeding them diced shrimp each day and also trying to
provoke their rejuvenation.
So far, he's succeeded in making one jellyfish rejuvenate an incredible 12 times.
But there remain many unanswered questions.
KUBOTA (through translator): There should be a key to rejuvenation in the system of scarlet jellyfish. I'd like to believe it could be applied
to human beings, because genetically jellyfish and humans are not so different.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Moving silently and almost undetected beneath the waters of Japan, Kubota hopes that the scarlet jellyfish might one day
teach us the art of immortality.
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WALKER: Some fascinating stuff there.
Still ahead, he was an Oscar winner whose career spanned six decades. After the break, we take a look back at the cinematic legacy of film legend
Richard Attenborough.
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WALKER: The Emmy's, American television's biggest awards will be handed out Monday night. And this year's ceremony may be more star-studded
than in year's past. Nischelle Turner has a preview.
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NISCHELLE TURNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The prime time Emmy awards.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I demand a trial by combat.
TURNER: It may not be "The Game of Thrones," but the stakes are high for nominees hoping to turn an Emmy win into ratings gold.
PETE HAMMOND, DEADLINE: The Emmys have always been a big help to newcomers. But in terms of what they are worth to the industry now, it
seems like they've become a much, much bigger deal.
TURNER: Ratings aren't a concern for HBO show about death and dragons, it also earned the most nominations of any show this year with 19. But it's
facing some tough competition in the best drama category. Many experts are saying "Breaking Bad's" final season makes it the favorite.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Everything is going to be fine, but we need to leave right now.
TURNER: Leading man Bryan Cranston is nominated for best actor in a drama. But he can lose out to the man who just won a best actor Oscar.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Our fate -- down with a plan.
HAMMOND: I think this is the year of Matthew McConaughey, so I think it's natural that if he has a big Emmy contender we're all going to say
he'll probably win that too like he won the Oscar.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is ...
TURNER: As the star of HBO's "True Detective" McConaughey would have to beat out not just Cranston, but a star-studded list, including his "True
Detective" co-star Woody Harrelson and "Mad Men's" Jon Hamm who has been nominated seven times and never won.
JON HAMM, ACTOR: I worry about a lot of things. But I don't worry about you. TURNER: "Modern Family" goes into Emmy night on a four-year
winning streak in the best comedy category. The biggest obstacle to a record- breaking fifth Emmy, "A Newcomer." On Netflix.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It looks like orange is the new black, may be coming for Netflix could upset modern family.
TURNER: And if there was a theme this year it might be how the Television Academy has recognized so few shows from the networks that used
to be in control.
HAMMOND: Remember the good old days of CBS, ABC, NBC, even Fox? Where are they in these Emmys? Really, they have been just overwhelmed.
TURNER: Best chances for a network win in the drama and comedy categories might be in the lead actress in a drama category where "The Good
Wife's" Juliana Margulies is seen as one of the favorites.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get out of here, Alicia. You're fired.
JULIANNA MARGUILES, ACTRESS: No.
TURNER: And all of the drama and comedy will play out Monday on television's biggest night.
Nischelle Turner, CNN, Hollywood.
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WALKER: And before we go we want to mark the passing of renowned actor and director Richard Attenborough. He was 90 years old. Errol
Barnett takes a look at his legacy in front and behind the camera lens.
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RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH, ACTOR/DIRECTOR: There it is. Welcome to Jurassic Park.
ERROL BARNETT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Moviegoers may best remember Richard Attenborough as the founder of "Jurassic Park."
LAURA DERN, ACTRESS: You said you've got a T-Rex?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Say again?
ATTENBOROUGH: Of course. We have a T-Rex.
BARNETT: --or as Santa Claus in the 1994 remake of "Miracle on 34th Street."
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Usually the store Santa Claus whiskers are too loose.
ATTENBOROUGH: Right.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yours look realistic.
ATTENBOROUGH: That's because they are real. You give them a tug.
(LAUGHTER)
ATTENBOROUGH: Are you convinced?
BARNETT: But the man known as "Sir Dickie" began his career some five decades earlier in London with a scholarship to the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art. He put his studies on hold to serve in World War II. After the war appeared in several war-themed movies like "The Great Escape" with
Steve McQueen.
STEVE MCQUEEN, ACTOR: (inaudible), you're 20 feet short. The hole is right here in the open.
BARNETT: Attenborough played a number of character roles as well, among them, the circus ringmaster in "Doctor Doolittle."
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's splendid. How do you do? My name is Doolittle.
ATTENBOROUGH: And I'm not interested.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I thought you might like to see a rather unusual--
ATTENBOROUGH: No, I wouldn't.
BARNETT: But he soon found himself drawn to other side of the camera.
ATTENBOROUGH: It's what I love. I'm not a great movie director. I'm not an auteur. I'm a storyteller. I'm a craftsman. And I love beyond
anything else working with the actors and finding a way to make the actor believe that what they're about to do is the best performance they've ever
given.
BARNETT: Attenborough was knighted in 1976. But his true crowning achievement was producing and directing the epic biopic "Gandhi," a film
that took him 20 years to make.
ATTENBOROUGH: I was bankrupt several times. I had to mortgage my house. My family suffered to a certain extent. I placed things at risk
because I cared about it so much.
BEN KINGSLEY, ACTOR: If we attain our freedom by murder and bloodshed, I want no part of it.
BARNETT: In the end, it paid off: "Gandhi" won eight Academy Awards in 1983.
Attenborough found success in his family life as well. His marriage to actress Sheila Sim spanned seven decades and produced three children, while
younger brother David became the renowned nature broadcaster. A family that shared Attenborough's passion for the craft.
ATTENBOROUGH: Art such means a great deal to me. My philosophy has always been that I believe that art is not an elitist gift for a few select
people. Art is for everyone . (END VIDEOTAPE)
WALKER: And that was Errol Barnett reporting.
That is News Stream, but the news continues at CNN. World Business Today is coming up next.
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