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Aired July 27, 2015 - 00:00 ET
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JOHN VAUSE, CNN INTERNATIONAL NEWSROOM HOST: Turmoil in Turkey after a wave of violent protests and deadly attacks, the government steps up the fight against terrorism.
ZAIN ASHER, CNN INTERNATIONAL NEWSROOM HOST: And Obama in Africa vows to help extremists as dozens die in terrorists attacks over the weekend.
VAUSE: And Teflon dawn the fries folding slinging Donald Trump leads the field in the race for the Republican nomination, the U.S. President.
ASHER: Thanks much for joining us, everyone. I am Zain Asher.
VAUSE: Great to have you with us for the start of the working week. I'm John Vause, and this is CNN Newsroom.
ASHER: Let me begin in Turkey where unrest and tension are gripping the country as it struggles to deal with a spate of violent attacks.
On Sunday, a Turkish police officer was shot dead while trying to break up a demonstration. The protesters were railing against a crackdown on group outlawed by the government.
VAUSE: Over the past few days, more than 850 people had been detained -- a response to a week of attacks in southern Turkey which killed dozens of people. Most recently, this car bombing killed two security officers responding to an emergency call.
ASHER: Meanwhile, Turkish warplanes attack ISIS positions in Syria and Kurdish militants in Iraq over the weekend, and as CNN's Arwa Damon reports, it's all part of Turkey's new aggressive approach to terrorism.
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ARWA DAMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Turkey is now fighting on two fronts. Bombing ISIS for the first time in Syria, making the nation a target for ISIS revenge, and going after the PKK, Kurdistan Workers Party in northern Iraq, which Turkey has long labeled a terrorist organization, which already proved it can and will retaliate. Laying in ambush for Turkish security forces in the country's Kurdish heartland, killing two, the shaky ceasefire with the PKK officially dead. Turkey also lost a countrywide antiterrorism operation, rounding up to 850 individuals. The government says have ties to terrorism, among them around three dozen foreigners.
Turkey is on the offensive.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Whoever presents a threat to our borders, the order is very clear. We have authorized the Turkish Armed Forces with the director from the prime minister, no matter which terror group. Whoever approaches the borders in away that threaten our borders, without needing a second order the necessary precautions will be taken and punished.
DAMON: But the aggressive stance may also be a byproduct of Turkish politics. President Erdogan has yet to form a coalition government, been blamed for allowing the threat posed by ISIS to thrive and flip- flopped on his position vis-a-vis the Kurds. Now turning against them since they came into political power as a party in the country's most recent elections, all of which Turkey a key NATO ally in a contentious position at a precarious time. Turkey has finally agreed to open its bases and airspace to coalition aircraft going after ISIS in Syria, something Washington has been pressuring it to do.
And Turkey is calling on NATO to convene regarding terror threats to its security. Engagement, whether with the PKK or ISIS will come at a cost. Air strikes and crackdowns rarely eliminate threats, especially not in a region this volatile where tensions run deep and alliances are murky, Arwa Damon, CNN, Istanbul.
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ASHER: And NATO is set Tuesday at Turkey's request to discuss the countries stepped up fight against terror. For more on this, we're joined by CNN Security Analyst Rick Francona, who is joining me live now via Skype from Oregon. So Rick, thank you so much for being with us. What can we expect -- ok, it looks like we have lost Rick Francona. We will try and bring him back as soon as we can, John.
VAUSE: In the meantime, there has been a surprising admission from Syria's President. Four years ago, Civil War he says his forces are stretched thin until I space. Michelle also conceded the government is struggling against ISIS and other Islamic militants. He announced an amnesty for trough doctors and deserters to try boost the military's numbers. The President said the Army is conceding territory because there simply are not enough people to fight.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We must define the important regions that the Armed Forces hold onto. So it does not allow the collapse of the rest of the areas. Everything is available, but there is a shortfall in human capacity.
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capable of defeating rebel fighters. A 39-year-old man accused of aiding ISIS will stay in custody at improvement appeared in court. Just a few hours ago, he did not apply for buy. Also, he will remain under lock and key until November, but I said as he traveled to Syria on a humanitarian mission and was forced to join the telegraph about that he was injured.
ASHER: Brooklyn surrendered to Turkish officials before being returned to Australia. He now faces up to 10 years in prison. A deadly attack by terror group Al Shabaab has killed at least 15 people in Somalia's capital. Police say a suicide bomber drove the vehicle loaded with a slice it into the front gate of the luxury hotel.
VAUSE: Al Shabaab says it was targeting Western diplomats. The hotel is home to a number of diplomatic missions for most number of nations including China. And the explosion happened, as U.S. President Barack Obama was ending his visit to neighboring Kenya. And the passionate speech he pledged to support the fight against extremists, Mr. Obama is now in Ethiopia for the final stop on his Africa tour.
ASHER: He is meeting with the countries Prime Minister and they're expected to talk about efforts to fight terrorism. CNN's Robyn Kriel explains why Ethiopia is so important in the regions baffle with Al Shabaab.
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ROBYN KRIEL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Al Shabaab militants wait to ambush an African union convoy in southern Somalia, the attack went largely unnoticed until this gruesome terror video appeared online. The Al Qaeda-linked militant group claims they killed dozens of European troops. Identity documents purports to show the dead. The Ethiopian ministry is regarded as the most disciplined effective and battle hardened among the 22,000 troops of the African Union's mission to Somalia. Their mandate is peace enforcement. Their contribution to finding Al Shabaab has not gone unnoticed.
U.S. President Barack Obama thanked Ethiopia for its leadership and cooperation last year.
BARACK OBAMA, U.S. PRESIDENT: Counterterrorist ownership with countries like you part of the critical to all those efforts.
KRIEL: Those efforts have ramped up just this month with the new ground offenses by African forces and U.S. air strikes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Obama traveling to Ethiopia, I think is an indication of continued U.S. engagement and possibly some increased, and also signaling a U.S. awareness that more needs to be done. The last few years of combined regional and international efforts to contain Al Shabaab have not done enough and it is time to step up both the campaign against Al Shabaab and the support of the countries that are on the frontline.
KRIEL: The Ethiopians believe they can teach the Americans a thing or two about achieving that.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The United States has to do some learning as to how -- on the ground and understanding that is on the ground would do better informed with decisions they make.
KRIEL: Greta adds that the two countries have a long way in addressing what he calls their differences in approach. When pressed on that...
It said that the African Union's war against Al Shabaab in Somalia is effective war against Islam in the world. But the countries fighting that war including Ethiopia need more support, intensive financing, training and equipping. As one Western diplomat told us our treasure their blood, a high price to pay for the long desired goal of stability in Africa.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Peace in Ethiopia, peace in Somalia would also have dividends to the rest of the region.
KRIEL: And the rest of the world. Ethiopia wants to be more than a military enforcer, it wants to be the regional power broker too, and wants the U.S. to listen, understand, and support it. Robyn Kriel, CNN, Ethiopia.
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ASHER: Heading west now to Nigeria where a deadly blast ripped through a crowded market in the town (Inaudible) on Sunday. Nigeria and identity management agency said at least 15 people were killed and others were wounded at this essay the bomb was set up by a woman but no one has claimed response ability, but the terror group Boko Haram. They do have a history of attacking the region using email baldness to the south directed nothing. The woman lived in the area.
VAUSE: Boko Haram also suspected in a deadly explosion in neighboring Cameroon. It happened in the military Taliban Knowles troops fighting the Colorado-based, a teenage girl with a bomb killed at least 20 people and herself had a crowded bar. It's unclear if she had been forced to wear the explosives.
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ASHER: NATO is set to meet Tuesday at Turkey's request to discuss the countries stepped up fight against terror. They are dealing with both ISIS and the PKK. For more on this, we're joined now by CNN Security Analyst Rick Francona. He joins us in the phone now from Oregon. So Rick, thank you so much for being with us. First of all, what can we expect in this NATO meeting to accomplish?
RICK FRANCONA, CNN SECURITY ANALYST: These are rare when they call -- it's called a chapter four meeting. The member of NATO call one of these is usually called to discuss items of real importance -- a threat to international security. Turkey is saying that they need NATO assistance. They like NATO assistance or support in their operations against what they're calling a terrorist threat to the sovereignty of the national security of Turkey. It would be an effort to get either NATO blessing or actual NATO support -- NATO financing for them in their operations.
The problem they are going to have in this meeting is convincing the other states that they are not using this as a mere cover to go after the PKK when everybody should be focused on ISIS.
ASHER: Yeah, it's going to be my next question because they are -- on the one hand, combating ISIS but also the PKK for the text at least. They feel it is a major threat to their security. But what is Turkey's infrastructure like when it comes to dealing with terrorism.
FRANCONA: Well, they go a long period of time that they been fighting. They fought for decades with the PKK. They had this truce that's been in place since 2013, but Arwa reported -- the bombings have ended that true. And now you are going to see more PKK operations, and there were thousands of people -- tens of thousands of people died over the decades in this fight between the Kurds and the Turks, and I think we're going to start to see that ramp up again, and that's not going to be helpful.
We need to be focusing our efforts on ISIS and not the Kurds, and it appears to many of the analysts that the Turks are taking advantage of going in on the coalition side with ISIS as cover, but what they want to against the Kurds. So the Turks are going to have some explaining to do at this meeting.
ASHER: Yeah, a lot of critics feel that they are using this as a cover to particularly go after the PKK. Now, in the past Turkey has been very reluctant, Rick, to join in the fight against ISIS unless the U.S. help them tackle President Assad first, that was the prerequisite. What has changed now?
FRANCONA: Well, they wanted us to commit to that and they also want to establish of a buffer zone. In the recent negotiations, United States has agreed that we will help the Turks set up this buffer zone inside Syria to take the pressure off of all the refugees, get them back into Syria. It also allows the Turks to secure their border more. I think that was the horse trade and we agreed to that. I think to get access to those bases in southern Turkey because those were really touching the dynamic of the air campaign and want to get U.S. fighter bombers into southern Turkey.
ASHER: Yeah, and it's an absolute priority for Turkey to secure that border 500 miles long, between Turkey and Syria. Ok, Rick Francona on the phone with us. I thank you so much. We appreciate that.
Two Saud-led air strikes hit Yemen less than two hours into a five day humanitarian ceasefire. Yemen's defense ministry says none of the strikes hit medical center in (Inaudible) used as a shelter by Houthi's. At least one person was killed, and seven people were injured. No casualties were reported in the air strike that hit Saddam.
VAUSE: Meantime, the death toll from a Saud-led air strike on Saturday has risen to a vehicle in the Reuters cellular coalition has been bombing the rebel forces in Yemen, simply modulates 3,000 people have died so far in this conflict. Still to come, U.S. Presidential hopeful Donald Trump is leading yet
another poll, and he says it is about more than just him. It is a movement. You will hear from the Donald after the break.
ASHER: Plus, a tragic end to the sure and often controversial life (Inaudible) Whitney Houston has died at the age of 22. We'll have more of our story after this break.
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VAUSE: Six people have been seriously hurt in a bus accident in northern France. The bus was full of Spanish passengers and attempted to drive and reload bridge that prohibits vehicles higher than 2 1/2 meters. The top of the bus was taken right off. The driver who had a clean record, said he was following instructions provided by his GPS.
ASHER: That is a warning certainly.
VAUSE: Ok, a small plane crashed into a Tokyo suburb on Sunday, killing three people and setting homes and cars on fire. The Tokyo fire department says the plane took off from a nearby air field and crashed just moments later.
ASHER: Residents described the chaotic scene to Japanese state broadcaster NHK.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The plane seems very large because it was flying lower than usual.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I heard a large crashing noise and thought there is a car accident. When I came outside there was a huge flame rising.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There was smoke everywhere, very terrifying.
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ASHER: It's unclear whether there were any casualties other than the two men and one woman killed. The fire department said at least three houses and two cars caught fire.
VAUSE: We have a brand new poll out of the U.S. Presidential nominees, and it shows Donald Trump leading the entire Republican field. Look at this, a CNN/ORC poll shows Mr. Trump at 18 percent, Jeb Bush 15, and trailing in third, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker with 10.
ASHER: And all other GOP hopefuls are in single digits there. You can see Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio as well. Here is how Trump reacted to the news this morning on CNN State of the Union with Jake Tapper.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: This is a movement going on. People are tired of these incompetent politicians in Washington that can't get anything done. They can't do anything. All they care about is getting elected. They don't care about anything else, and they know that I built an incredible company and a lot of people, including yourself, but a lot of people thought that I want to be running my financial there much better than anybody there. Oh well, maybe not as rich as everybody, turns out I'm much richer. And I built a great company. It has nothing do with my being rich, but I built a great company. And you know I wrote a book that was the number one best business book -- many bestsellers and the Apprentice was a tremendous success.
I told NBC I am not going to anything. This costs me a lot of money, but I want to see our country be great again, and we have a chance to do it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Let me ask you, this is without question a great poll for you. It does however, if you dive deeper into the numbers -- does show some weaknesses potentially with the general electorate as opposed with Republicans and you lose to Hillary Clinton in a head-to- head match up. What do you think you need to do to turn those numbers around?
TRUMP: Honestly, it's step by step. I haven't focused -- in fact, yesterday in Iowa I've made some very strong statement about Hillary -- really for the first time but they were strong, and the fact is what you done are criminal, and what she has done is criminal. I don't she how she can live, because if prosecutors will regret by the way in part of the problem with fairness year will regret protecting her, but if you had an impartial prosecutor and they were honorable and maybe they will find out what she is criminal.
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TRUMP: What she did was far worse than what General Petraeus did, and he has gone down in disgrace. What he did is not as bad as what Hillary Clinton did, and it's similar, but it's not as bad. She got rid of her server. After getting a subpoena from the United States Congress...
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TRUMP: But I think Hillary's got a lot of friends. It's still messed up. When you and I spoke three or four months ago, I wasn't even going to be in the contest and now I'm leading in -- because people are sick and tired. So with Hillary I think -- I think I will beat Hillary, I don't these other guys will.
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VAUSE: Donald Trump there speaking with Jake Tapper on State of the Union. So with 469 days until Americans actually vote for the next President,
the surging poll numbers for Mr. Trump a summer fling or an early indication the election might actually be the Donald versus the Hillary.
For more our Jeffrey Laura joins us now from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was the Political Director during the Reagan administration and is a contributing editor to American Spectator. Jeffrey, when we last spoke last week you were right I was wrong. I thought we would reach peak Donald after those remarks about Senator McCain. So now if we look at polling numbers, is it possible to make a distinction that a lot of people said they would vote for Mr. Trump actually saying they just like what he's saying.
JEFFREY LAURA, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR TO AMERICAN SPECTATOR: I thing they do like what he's saying. I think the Donald is the message, and I think he's got a very potent message, and I think this is going to go on. I really do think he stands a shot at this. As you recall, John, people did not think it was going to get in the race and then I did not think he was serious and that after the McCain thing they said the New York Post famously said Don Voyage, and that has not happened either. The one who called it right was Rush Limbaugh, believe it or not who said that he thought this was not going to amount to anything. The Donald would outlive this, that the Republican base was sort of familiar with the way this kind of process and the media and the establishment works, and they were pleased that he was going to stick and they stick with it and that has turned out to be right.
VAUSE: One of Mr. Trump's rivals, Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday that Mr. Trump is appealing to the darker side of American politics. This is some of what he had to say.
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LINDSEY GRAHAM, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I think he is appealing to the dark side of American politics. He is not offering solutions to hard complicated problems. He is basically selling fear and prejudice.
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VAUSE: He went on to say there is a market in both parties for people who say outrageous things. Does he have a point?
LAURA: No, you know I wish Lindsey Graham had read a little history. I did work for Ronald Reagan and I know that these kinds of things were said exactly about Ronald Reagan, that he was divisive, he was too extreme. Vice President Rockefeller at the time said he was a minority of the minority, and it went on from there. It was called the ridiculous fantasy as the idea of his being President. So we've sort have been there and done that. Donald Trump is not Ronald Reagan, but its things their critics are saying are pretty much the same in some case word for word. VAUSE: How much (Inaudible) is Republican Party leadership in right now? They cannot really control Donald Trump. They try to derail his campaign. He will do a political suicide bombing and run as an independent, and that would give the presidency to Hillary Clinton, wouldn't it?
LAURA: Well, I think that is what a lot of people think. I think that he is in the process of bringing new people into the Republican Party, which again was Reagan trademark. A lot of people that would never been involved before made a point of getting involved Ronald Reagan and overturned the establishment of the day. I think that is what we may be seeing here, we may be leaving the Reagan Democrats of old and moving onto Trump Democrats. We will have to see. It is too early to tell yet, but I do think that all this turmoil indicates that that something is going on out there.
VAUSE: Last question. Some say that Donald Trump is the face of the Republican Party and that face is an angry older white guy.
LAURA: I do not think so. I mean, again, that was it a steady drumbeat about Ronald Reagan -- was a pretty optimistic guy. Donald Trump is pretty much of an optimistic guy. He is pretty much of a doer. I think that that kind of -- is projection on the part of the people who say that kind of thing.
VAUSE: Jeffrey Laura, this is not the last time we will talk. Thanks for being with us.
LAURA: Thank you, John, my friend.
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ASHER: Ok, we have some sad news to report. The daughter of late singing superstar Whitney Houston has died. The representative announced the death Bobbi Kristina Brown on Sunday. Back on January 31st, the only child of Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown was found unresponsive in the bathtub of her home in the U.S. state of Georgia. And doctors placed her in a medically-induced coma in February. Her condition sadly continued to deteriorate and she was moved to hospice care last month. Bobbi Kristina Brown was just 22 years old.
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VAUSE: Welcome back, everybody. Thanks for staying with us. You're watching CNN Newsroom. I'm John Vause.
ASHER: And I'm Zain Asher. Let's give you your headlines. NATO set to hold talks Tuesday after Turkey called an emergency meeting to discuss the terror threats its facing, Turkey began bombing the Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK in Iraq and ISIS in Syria over the weekend. The country has been dealing with violence along its southern border.
VAUSE: Al Shabaab is claiming an attack in Somalia's capital that killed at least 15 people. Police said (Inaudible) when a suicide bomber drove a vehicle full of explosives into the front gate of an upscale hotel. The diplomatic missions of a number of countries are housed there. The terror group says it was targeting western diplomats.
ASHER: And U.S. President Barack Obama is in Ethiopia today for the final stop on his African tour. This follows his busy trip to neighboring Kenya. He is scheduled to hold a joint news conference with the Prime Minister and also address the African union during his two day visit.
In the meantime, people are sifting through the rubble and cleaning up after storms ripped through parts of Poland over the weekend. Take a look at this video here -- one of the hardest provinces in the south.
VAUSE: And Cruz was spotted to more than 3,000 emergency calls. The strong winds to the roofs off several buildings, hundreds of others were actually badly damaged as well. The storms have left thousands of people without electricity. Derek Van Dam joins us now with more on this, because this is the same storm system which caused a lot of problems not just in Poland but in Germany...
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DEREK VAN DAM, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Four European countries actually cleaning up after the strong windstorm swept across the area made for some very tricky landing. Airport in Amsterdam, good for the renewable resource efforts, though there for the way, I must say we got there in excess of 100 kilometers per hour, and for a moment it was actually sustained over 60 miles per hour -- actually was a for a moment, it was more or less 4 hours straight. You can see that Amsterdam recorded a wind gust of 100 kilometers per hour. This is all the stones are not moved to Friday into Saturday. So it was a rough weekend for the northern half of Europe even into Germany. They're cleaning up after trees having fallen over.
Unfortunately, there were 3 fatalities and 15 injuries reported with the storm system as it swept to the east. Behind the storm there is unseasonably cool weather, so you want to plan accordingly from the United Kingdom all the way to France and Germany as well as Poland, because more or less the severe weather threat is coming to an end. However, now we have to say hello to temperatures writing five degrees below average from London to Paris as well as Berlin, cooler temperatures and other showery weather across that area, not just to the south, we still stay hot across Turkey into Greece as well as Spain, daytime highs, well roughly around 39 degrees for Madrid.
Take a look at this. That is nearly 20 degrees temperature difference between expected daytime high. If you are in foggy London Townsend otherwise doctors across the north still stay cool, Berlin to the airport at 22 degrees today, 21 on Tuesday. Your average temperature should be in the middle 20s, Copenhagen and again London more the same, but to the south, we have been very, very hot. We should be in the lower 30s for places of Turkey into Greece. But we have seen the mercury in the thermometer climb to just shy of that 40 degree mark, believe it or not. The heat continues across this part of Europe with Belgrade, Sophia and Bucharest. They well above average.
I want to quickly talk about some heavy rainfall into parts of Pakistan and northwestern India that has caused some impressive landslide footage. But quickly, let's just talk about what a mudslide or landslide actually is. Heavy rainfall soaking into the side of a mountain, and eventually gravity winning and that slope eventually fails. And this is the result. Take a look at this footage coming out of northwestern India of a landslide caught on tape, scary stuff because this can be very lethal and this is the time of the year we typically see mudslides and landslide like this is just -- you do not want to be in the way of moving debris like that because it can rush very, very quickly.
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VAUSE: It's amazing how they catch on the camera these days.
VAN DAM: I know. Who was actually sitting there waiting for that moment for the...
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VAUSE: Derek, thank you. It has been more than several decades since two Polish families gave their lives to protect Jews fleeing from the Nazis.
ASHER: Now we have their story and a secret World War II hideout about finally being revealed. Here is our Lynda Kinkade with more.
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LYNDA KINKADE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: For decades this simple farm house in rural Poland has hidden a dark secret. Ten members of the two families who jointly worked the farm were executed by the Nazis in 1942. They have refused to reveal the whereabouts of the Jewish family hiding in the cellar.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The whole family was punished not only the person helping, but the whole family. After all that was declared by the Germans in an announcement. My aunt was telling me that Jews were kept here and this was a transfer point.
KINKADE: The family's tragedy and subsequent communist harassment left descendants reluctant to talk about what happened. There was also the lingering stigma of unfounded rumors of hidden Jewish code and suspicions that neighbors may have betrayed them to the Nazis. Now 70 years later, the farm house has been declared a national monument. The secret hideout that shielded Jews on the run is finally open for public viewing.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This site isn't just important for Jews, this is important for humanity. Who would believe that one person would risk and end up giving their lives to try to help another? The (Inaudible) family knew what they were getting themselves into. They knew the dangers. They understood what could happen, but anyway they did it. KINKADE: Mr. Daniels and his organization are hoping to identify
descendants and some of the Jews who passed through the hideout. They are especially interested in tracing the family whose secret was guarded at such a high price in 1942.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have found one trace given to us by the daughter of Bratislava Scott Sheila's. She informed us that during the war, a Jewish girl who was hiding here received documents from the local priest for the name of Bratislava Sheila's.
KINKADE: Poland was one of the main centers of the Jewish Diaspora prior to the Second World War, and many Polish Jews were among the six million killed during the Holocaust, Lynda Kinkade, CNN, Atlanta.
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ASHER: When we come back, a delicate rescue caught on video.
VAUSE: Coming up, our team of whale researchers gave a hopeless orca a second chance.
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ASHER: A young whale in Canada has some people to thank for her life. The female orca whale got stuck on rocks in British Columbia.
VAUSE: Her second chance came from some volunteers who kept her alive for eight hours. Lucas Brown from CBC News has the story.
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CHRIS BROWN, CBC NEWS: Hours from anywhere, on a remote stretch of B.C.'s coast, a part of killer whales was on the hunt for seals Wednesday when one of them made a disastrous choice, a young female ended up stuck on rocks, stranded. The mammal was clearly stressed. He was even crying.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He grabbed roped. He grabbed buckets, anything that (Inaudible) killer whale.
BROWN: George Fisher of Hartley Bay heard a passing sailboat radio in the whale's plight, and he and other volunteers headed out.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Watching this guy Lynn on the rocks there slowly dried up as the tag falls. It is a mouse.
BROWN: Among those at the scene was whale researcher Herman Muter. That's him in the video using seawater and wet blankets to protect the whale from the sun.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: First he was stressful -- but after a little while I think she used that we worked...
BROWN: The volunteers kept up their efforts for eight hours until the water rose again with the next high tide.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She got off the rocks and she was free.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, oh my God.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They were communicating. We all cared about this whale and we were just very lucky to give that whale another chance.
BROWN: The whale should do just fine say experts. It is a good bet she will never make this kind of rookie seal chasing mistake again, Chris Brown, CBC News, Vancouver.
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VAUSE: That's some good news to finish on for a change. Thanks for watching CNN Newsroom. I'm John Vause.
ASHER: And I'm Zain Asher. World Sport is up next, but John and I will be back in about 15 minutes with another hour of CNN Newsroom. Don't go away.
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