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Manhunt Continues for Three Suspects in Cop Killing; Texas Authorities Analyzing Two Videos of Shooting; Frustration in Budapest Over Migrant Crisis; Global Stocks Remain Volatile; New Crew To Blast Off for the International Space Station; Obama in Alaska to Combat Climate Change; The Tech-Savvy Fisherman. Aired 12-1a ET

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[00:00:00] JOHN VAUSE, CNN ANCHOR: The manhunt goes on police says the three suspects in Chicago after another officer is shot dead.

ZAIN ASHER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And stocks across the globe remain volatile on Chinese growth fears we'll ask a Wall Street expert how low could U.S. stocks really go.

VAUSE: Also ahead, frustration in Budapest. Hundreds of migrants stranded as European leaders begin to solve this crisis.

ASHER: I want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world, so glad to be with you for the next two hours. I am Zain Asher.

VAUSE: And I'm John Vause, CNN NEWSROOM begins right now.

The manhunt continues at this hour in northern Illinois for the three men suspected of shooting dead a veteran police officer. Officials are only saying they are searching for two White men and one Black man. With helicopters overhead, police officers with sniffer dogs have scoured a wide with area around Fox Lake. A normally quiet community about an hour from Chicago.

ASHER: The sheriff's office says that the officer lieutenant you see him on the screen was chasing three suspects on foot before being found with a gunshot wound. He was also stripped of his gun, as well. He's the fourth officer to be killed on duty in the United States in the last nine days. Now authorities asked residents to remain inside their homes, inside of their businesses during the sweeping and pain staking manhunt.

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SGT. CHRISTOPHER COVELLI, LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT: We're asking residents in the Fox Lake area to please be on the alert if they see anything suspicious to dial 911 immediately. Anything out of the ordinary, anything they are not used to seeing in their subdivisions. No tip is too small.

(END VIDEO CLIP) VAUSE: CNN's Ryan Young joins us now from Fox Lake, Illinois, not far from where the shooting happened. So Ryan, exactly where the police been focusing their search and do they believe all three suspects are still together?

RYAN YOUNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know, that is a great question. What we do know we are behind their command center. And that's very close to where the shooting happened. About a half mile. The business over my shoulder, the owner was telling us they believe the officer was shot about behind some businesses and the demand run and the directions towards some homes that are in this area.

Now, he described the area as having a marsh land, accommodations and woods and areas that are full of water and of course, there are lakes here. So officers have been concentrating their effort in this area. And the fact as far as we can see we can see officers lined up. They are on ATVs, they have canine officers, we see officers on horseback, there's obviously a concentrated effort in a neighborhood that's near here.

You have to remember though, this is a vacation community. So there are people who live here year round. There's also people who only live here during the weekends. So these guys could have had a number of places, numerous of places to hide over the last few hours.

VAUSE: Ryan, officials have now it identified the officer who was murdered, 30 year veteran and a father of four. What else do we know?

YOUNG: They did. Of course, they said the officer who was known in the community as G.I. Joe, who is married and a father of four were shot and killed. A 32-year veteran. A lot of people have been walking up to us and expressing disbelief this is a community of ten thousand. You have to understand someone like this who plays a role in high school students you have to understand the community impact. People have been lining up with signs to show support for the officer.

VAUSE: He was close to retirement we're told. Any indications of a motive at this point?

YOUNG: None whatsoever. Two with White males and one Black male took off after the shooting. We believe and have been told the officer's gun was with taken during this. There is the idea they are armed and dangerous.

Outside of that, they haven't shared any more information on what these men may look like. We know the search is continuing. You can see how dark it is. The helicopter is still up we believe with all of the ATF, FBI and other units and S.W.A.T. teams the night vision will have to be with deployed to help in the search for these three men.

VAUSE: Is it unusual for police not to give out more details about the suspects, or do they simply not know anymore?

YOUNG: That is a great question. Of course we don't know if they are holding that close to this vest or if this is one of the things where the officer was only able to give out a little bit of information. There is an industrial area behind me, a lot of businesses and maybe they were cable to capture on surveillance camera the three men running away. You can only hope they have more information and are not sharing it with us.

[00:05:00] VAUSE: Ryan Young in Fox Lake, thanks you for being with us.

Lieutenant Goe Gliniewicz has been tied to his community. He spent time working with high school students with interest in law enforcement.

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DEVAN ARBAY, MENTORED BY JOE GLINIEWICZ: He loved it. He really did. He loved his job. The people loved what he did. The people loved him and what he did. He is well known in the community. Truly, his job what he did for the police department and community, words cannot describe how much he loved that job. What happened today is unbelievable.

I heard the news, I didn't think it was going to be him. I thought it would be apprehending the suspect. I didn't think it would be the other way around. When I heard it I was devastated. My school was in a lockdown. I immediately burst in to tears. I couldn't believe what I was being told. It was truly a heart breaking for me, my explorers, the community, everyone.

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VAUSE: This is a developing story. We will bring you news on that manhunt as soon as we get it.

ASHER: In the meantime, authorities in San Antonio, Texas, are closely examining two amateur videos that appear to show police officers shooting and killing a man.

VAUSE: One of the videos which we are about to show you was shot on a cell phone from a distance. It appears to show the shirtless suspect Gilbert Flores with at least one of his hands in the air when he was shot last Friday. His other hand is obscured by utility pole.

ASHER: The Bexar County Sheriff said Flores was armed with a knife and resisting arrest when deputies showed up to investigate a domestic violence call. Here's that video of the shooting. Now we warn you may find it disturbing.

VAUSE: It was already said not relate to the video that the county district attorney said it does have a spear review of what happened.

ASHER: OK. I want to go now to the Europe migrant crisis. There's a Hungarian Prime Minister is heading to Brussels to discuss the issue with E.U. leaders. Hundreds of migrants rallied in Budapest after authorities shut down the main train station there, preventing them from boarding trains to western Europe.

VAUSE: It later reopened but only those with proper documents were allowed to enter. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said other E.U. countries need to share responsibility in handling the migrant crisis.

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ANGELA MERKEL, GERMAN CHANCELLOR: Instead of accusing each other I think we should all now work on a joint asylum policy like we discussed with

Spain. We must change something. This includes the so-called registration centers which need to be set up quickly. They must be operated by the E.U. overall and this includes the safe countries of origin and the possibility to send people back to make clear that economic reasons do not count, and this includes the fair distribution within the European Union.

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ASHER: German Chancellor Angela Merkel. In the meantime, Hungary insists it is enforcing E.U. rules.

VAUSE: But as the days go by migrants are becoming more frustrated. Our Arwa Damon is there.

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ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Police scribbled on scraps of paper, babies are tired. But there's no empathy here in Hungary. They beg Germany, a nation that said they would take them in to save them.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Merkel, help us.

DAMON: On Monday, refugees from the wars in Syria and Iraq were permitted to board trains. But on Tuesday, they were not the tickets they waited to purchase for hours waved in the air, money they cannot afford to lose. Utterly dejected some cradle their children. Listless from the days spent living in the streets. It was supposed to end. They were supposed to get on the train to Austrian and Germany but their misery continues.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They want to know if the reason they can't get on the train is because of the German government or here?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't know. I really don't know.

DAMON: Annette is with Germany's left party and a member of parliament.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I hope that I could least alert the German politicians or the other governments, as well. That this is absolutely against all international humanitarian conventions we signed against the Geneva project. People who flee terror have the right to protection.

[00:10:00] DAMON: It's a right, the refugees say that does not exist for them here. Herded like sheep, they tell us from one spot to another by Hungarian police as they cleared some areas. They were in the middle of their meal and say police came up to them

and told them to take your tent out or we will forcibly bring it down and remove you from the premises.

The family is from Damascus and couldn't take life on the edge of death anymore. But here, they say, it's hardly better.

Arwa Damon, CNN, Budapest.

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VAUSE: You can learn more about these migrants flooding across Europe in record numbers. Their stories are on our website and you can find that at cnn.com.

ASHER: Meantime, a separate incident, passengers on the Eurostar train had their trips delayed several hours after police say they were trespassers on the French side of the Euro tunnel near Calais.

VAUSE: The passengers were sent back to their departure stations. They have been dealing with a surge of migrants trying to access the euro tunnel to reach England.

We move on to U.S. politics and it's getting treat heated between two Republican candidates.

ASHER: On one side controversial front runner Donald Trump. On the other former Florida Governor Jeb Bush who's been lagging in the polls. Here is our Sara Murray with more.

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SARA MURRAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So much for Jeb Bush holding his fire. We're now seeing heated attacks between Jeb Bush and Donald Trump. Floundering in the polls, Jeb Bush firing off his harshest attack so far. Using Donald Trump's own words against him in this YouTube video.

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: My views are a little different than if I lived in Iowa.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Partial-birth abortion.

TRUMP: I'm very prochoice.

MURRAY: In an interview with CNN, Trump dismissing that attack.

TRUMP: One thing I will say, he mentions the fact that I was at one point democrat. Well, in New York city everyone was a democrat, whoever wins the democrat primary is automatically -- that's -- there was almost no election because the republicans hardly exist in New York City.

MURRAY: But Bush isn't limiting his attacks to the web. He's also taking it to the campaign trail. JEB BUSH (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: He look at his record of what

he believes, he supports democrats. This is not a guy who's a conservative. Using his own words, it's not a mischaracterization. It came out of his own mouth.

MURRAY: So much for the low-energy candidate.

TRUMP: Jeb Bush is a low-energy person. For him to get things done is hard. He's very low energy.

MURRAY: Bush trying to show he has a sharp edge, retaliating against Trump for an onslaught of attacks via Instagram. The latest showing Bush complimenting democratic front runner Hillary Clinton.

BUSH: We recognize the commitment of someone who has devoted her life to public service. I want to say thank you to Secretary of State Clinton and President Clinton.

MURRAY: Trump hitting his opponent on quit twit wither today calling the latest shot from Bush another weak hit from a candidate with a failing campaign. Will Jeb sink as low in the polls as others that have gone after me? The escalating battle between Trump and Bush, as Carson surges. Rallying the state's evangelical voters.

BEN CARSON (R), REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE: We have to stop listening to people who say we cannot talk about God and our faith.

MURRAY: Amidst the republican infighting another story line an effort to win Hispanic voters. If you are paying attention to Jeb Bush, you saw his toughest attack lines on Trump were delivered in Spanish. Looks like Trump is doing his own outreach, having a private meeting with the Hispanic chamber of customer.

Sara Murray, CNN, Washington.

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VAUSE: A little news of our own here at CNN. We changed the qualification rules of the next republican debate which means Carly Fiorina could earn a spot with the other candidates.

ASHER: CNN is going to be hosting the debate in two weeks. So the change was made because there have been very few national polls since the last debate on August 6th. Now any candidate who ranks in the top ten in polling between August 7th and September 10th is going to be included. That means Carly Fiorina will likely qualify for the next debate. Be sure to tune in.

VAUSE: The president has been stripped of his immunity and could face corruption charges. Congress took the unanimous vote on Tuesday.

ASHER: President and his close aides are accused of receiving bribes in lowering taxes on countries importing products in to the country.

[00:15:00] VAUSE: There are weekly protests demanding his resignation since April but he says he won't be stepping down. Short break here on CNN NEWSROOM. When we come back, bad economic

reports from China led to a brutal day on Wall Street and the markets are down once again in Asia.

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VAUSE: Welcome back, everybody. Trading is underway in the Asia Pacific markets. There were two discouraging economic reports from China on Tuesday. Let's see how things are going now. You can see the 200 is down 2 1/2 percent. The Nikkei up by more than 1 percent. Shanghai composite up by a third of 1 percent. Haven't seen that in a while and Hong Kong flat there as well.

[00:20:00] CNN's Asia Pacific editor is joining us from Hong Kong. These numbers seem to be all over the place. I guess stay buckled up. The turbulence isn't over yet.

ANDREW STEVENS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We have been saying it for a while now. The volatility is here to stay. We are seeing it in every market in the world at the moment. Massive swings as people come to terms with the reality that China is slowing. Perhaps it is slowing faster than many expected. The global economic outlook is weakening because of China.

There's a lot of currencies now absolutely tanking, which also adds to the uncertainty. That's why we see such volatility in the markets as investors try to read what is happening. You see the numbers there. The green arrows is a positive for this part of the world given we did have numbers yesterday from China. You were talking about confirming there is a fairly significant manufacturing slow down underway in China. Perhaps those numbers indicate that people are now taken that on board and are looking for some of the bargains we have seen as a result of the big selloffs in recent weeks.

VAUSE: The stock markets aside, there seem to be some evidence that the impact of China's slowing economy is really being felt across Asia in the real economy.

STEVENS: Absolutely. We saw the Australian figures, the stock market down a half percent. That's one key reason for that. As you say the GDP numbers, the broad best measure of economic growth in any economy GDP, down just 0.2 percent. A fifth of 1 percent growth for the second quarter of the year in Australia. That was much weaker than expected. You can lay the blame of that purely on what is happening internationally, mainly China.

Obviously China is an enormous importer of Australian raw materials, iron ore, Koppel. The prices have taken hammering. For example, iron ore down 70 percent in the last three, four years. This is what is happening. The mining industry is pulling back on its investments. Mining had driven the economy. Domestic consumption is holding up all right. If you look at the GDP numbers, they could be in the not too distant future a negative number. We haven't seen that in Australia for decades.

Australia is a good example, if you like, of what is happening around the Asia region with this slowdown and demand from China and weakening currencies, as well. It is a vicious cycle. We don't know how far China will slow but as they slow the numbers aren't going to improve much.

VAUSE: 24 years of economic growth may come to an end. South Korea is feeling the pinch as well. Andrew Stevens is live in Hong Kong.

Thank you, John.

ASHER: China's slowdown that Andrew talked about has global repercussions. Wall Street suffered a brutal day over concerns in China. The Dow Jones industrial average and Nasdaq and S&P closed down 3 percent.

Joining me now is Ron Hart, the managing director of invest moments at Morgan Stanley. Thank you for being with us. I want to show our viewers a graphic that how's what stocks have done. They are down 11 percent over the past three months. And they are firmly in correction territory. We know September can be brutal month for stocks. Where do we go from here?

RON HART, MORGAN STANLEY: Probably retest the bottom again. Most corrections aren't V-shaped. They retest the bottom. That will probably happen soon. We think it is traditional correction. We were overdue for one. It has been 46 months since we had a correction in the United States.

Normally it is 21 months so we were overdue. Many of us breathe a sigh of relief because everything is cheaper. If you liked it three months ago you love it now. No problems on the horizon for the economy, 3.7 GDP last time. We feel confident it is a good time to put more in stocks.

ASHER: One of the problem is weakness in China. Of course I will a major slow down. That is continuing. What does it mean for American companies that have exposure to China?

HART: A lot of American companies have exposure there in many ways. Our direct are trade is less than 1 percent over of our GDP is done from them. With the Yuan evaluation, for them, not for us, we are buyers. The dollar has been strong. They try to peg the Yuan to the dollar. Goods and services should be better. China is going from a production, manufacturing economy to a consumer economy that will take home time. The stock market was way overvalued.

[00:25:00] VAUSE: Absolutely a lot of borrowed money propping up that stock market. One thing investors are talking about is the federal reserve Reyes raising interest rates. Given what is happening in China and the slowdown in the economy, and the devaluation of their currency is right now the right time to raise rates?

HART: The preponderance of the evidence is they will not raise rates. They have had zero interest rates for years. It stimulates the economy and stock market but hurts savers. My parents are retired, buy CDS. Inflation 1 1/2, 2 percent. They get 1 percent maybe on a CD. ASHER: You don't think they will raise rates but if we get jobs

numbers on Friday and they are solid might you change your mind.

HART: The fed is talking a lot right now. It's not a clear decision for them and 25 basis points is all they would raise on the short end, wouldn't be a bad deal.

ASHER: When you see the Dow drop 470 points, it's tempting to start re-evaluating, moving from stocks to bonds. How do you stay calm among that volatility?

HART: Fear is not a strategy, right? You have to take a big view of your allocation. People get out when they are emotional. You have to go against your honor instincts. When you want in, when it is down you want out. If you missed 90 days of those three years you lost 95 percent of your return. You have to be in -- I don't know what the days will be. I don't know if you know either.

ASHER: No crystal ball. My strategy is the same, leaf it alone and stay calm. Appreciate that.

VAUSE: When we come back, hundreds of migrants and refugees starting a new life in Germany. A look at what happens to those who reached the final destination that long journey.

ASHER: And a new crew bound for the international station will be blasting off in a few moments. You are looking at live pictures. We will bring you the launch as soon as it happens.

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VAUSE: Welcome back. You are watching CNN NEWSROOM live around the world. I'm John Vause.

ASHER: I'm Zain Asher. Here are your headlines.

Police in northern Illinois are searching for three suspects in the shooting death of a police officer. The suspects are described only as two White men and one Black man. The victim, lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz, was a veteran officer of more than 30 years and the father of four sons.

VAUSE: Hungary's prime minister will travel to Brussels to discuss the migrant crisis with Eu leaders. Hundreds have made it to Germany but many more are in Budapest after authorities stopped them boarding trains to western Europe.

ASHER: Worries persist. Stocks are a mixed bag. In the Nikkei up 1.25 percent. Shanghai composite also up a third of a percent and Hang Seng is pretty much flat. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones industrial average in New York closed down almost 3 percent.

VAUSE: U.S. President Barack Obama is one vote away from securing enough support to implement the Iran nuclear deal. This after two democratic senators announced they will back it. If the gets the final vote, which is expected he will have enough support to uphold his veto a republican resolution disapproving of the deal.

ASHER: Turn now to the migrant crisis in Europe. Many of the migrants and refugees trying to get to western Europe are fleeing the war in Syria. You can see how far they have traveled. They are going from Turkey across the sea to Greece. Many make their way to Serbia and Hungary.

VAUSE: Reaching hundred gear is critical. It is part of the E.U.'s passport free zone giving easier access to wealthier nations. We see what happens to the few who managed to reach Germany.

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FREDERICK PLEITGEN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: With almost every new train, another batch of dozens of refugees arrived in Munich, immediately taken in by police and brought to the central station's parking lot for processing. Many spoke of a harrowing journey to make it to Germany like this young woman who traveled with her family from Afghanistan.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It was very hard for us. It took more than a month. And in Hungary, my mother has got sick and she was in the hospital. But we are happy because we are here right now.

PLEITGEN: Some of the refugees, tired, weak and Hungry didn't want to talk about their journey, just the joy they reached their destination.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bright future and some dreams and I'm really thankful for the European Union and especially for German governments.

PLEITGEN: In the sweltering heat, police officers also helped handing out food and water and making sure the refugees were swiftly moved to temporary accommodations. Of course authorities in Germany are somewhat overwhelmed by the flood of people coming here. They are trying to prevent some of the chaos we have seen in other countries. They are trying to get these people on buses and bring them to shelter as fast as they can.

As the day went on, more and more volunteers showed up bringing food, cosmetics, toys and the parking lot turned in to a state of the art processing center. We have been out here since 7 P.M. last night this volunteer says. We have seen five trains with many refugees come here and there were some emotional scenes that we witnessed.

As the people in Munich continue to enhance the facility, and bring in more supplies, the flow of refugees became thinner. Many stuck in Hungary, unable to proceed to Germany where an army of helpers is ready to take them in.

Frederick Pleitgen, CNN, Munich, Germany.

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[00:35:00] ASHER: A new crew is about to blast off for the International Space Station.

VAUSE: Russian cosmonaut and one from the European Space Agency will be lifting off a few moments from now.

ASHER: We are waiting for liftoff. It's going to be crowded on the International Space Station because for the first time since November 2013, nine astronauts will be simultaneously calling the ISS home. Typically, there's only a crew of six.

VAUSE: We are joined now via Skype for more on the mission. We know there are a number of experiments they hope to do and anytime they go to the international space station it is a pretty big deal. What should we look at for the next couple of days, next few hours actually?

LEROY CHIAO, FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT (via Skype): Of course the launch is coming up in a couple of minutes. Of course that's very exciting. Brings me back to ten years ago when I was on the Soyuz rocket myself. Nine people aboard the ISS. You are right, that happens very rarely. This will be an interesting time, good international mix of folks on board and a lot of sign activities planned. So a lot of activity going on.

ASHER: Leroy, do we know what specific scientific research these three astronauts will be tasked with?

CHIAO: I haven't seen the list of the experiments they will be doing. But by and large, most of the experiments we do on ISS are basically related to biomedical. That's the biggest thing we are looking for to get out of the station is to solve biomedical issues that are keeping us from being able to go to places like mars because the biggest challenge is how to keep astronauts healthy during such a journey. That's why the ISS research is so important.

VAUSE: The international space station has been noted for three failure and seven supply missions over the last several months than cut in to reserves aboard the space station. Do we know anything more from spacex about what went wrong with the missions? And this is clearly different than the resupply missions.

CHIAO: You are right. There have been three failures since the last quarter of last year. First we had an orbital sciences rocket and then the spacex failure and Russian failure in there as well. They were unmanned resupply ships but since that time Russians have sent a resupply ship successfully and Japanese have done a transfer vehicle successfully. We are getting back on track. We have adequate supplies on board. It's not a problem. And we bring us supplies from Soyuz as well.

VAUSE: We are getting close. Let's listen to what is happening.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The tower now separating. The engine's now firing up at maximum thrust. And lift off for the 500th time. A rocket roaring in to the air. They are on their way through the international space station. Good first stage performance. The Soyuz delivering 30,000 pounds of thrust and four strap-on boosters in the single core engine. First stage is about 68 feet in length. 24 feet in diameter. Burning liquid fuel for the first 2 minutes and 6 seconds in to flight. VAUSE: The Soyuz rocket going to the international. We are speaking

to a former NASA astronaut. One thing interesting about this mission to the ISS is there is actually a two-day window to dock with the space station. Normally six hours. Why is it different this time?

CHIAO: Well, we used to use two days. When I was flying it was two days. We would take two days to dock to the ISS and in recent days they have gone to a six-hour time line. It achieved the same thing. They get you to the space station. The reason it used to be two days we would carefully phase, do a burn, ground measurements and save our propellants and adjust our orbit slowly, more fuel-efficient mode. I'm not sure why they are doing that this time. In the last few years they have been using the six-hour option.

ASHER: A few minutes ago, you were talking how important it is to keep astronauts healthy while in space. What do we know about the long-term effects of weightlessness on both muscle and body for those astronauts?

[00:40:00] CHIAO: Right. So there are a number of different biomedical effects that happen to you in space. Biggest concern is radiation. Once we get in to space and especially if we venture away from the earth, we get more radiation. Not only is that a possible, you know bring you to a risk of elevated cancer possibilities but it also can cause complications to other medical matters as well.

Bone loss, vision problems that you have heard about over the last several years. Those are by-products of the weightless environment and possibly other factors. So we really need to do a lot of research board the ISS and test the counter measures and develop them so we can have practical means to keep astronauts health to trips to mars or that vicinity.

VAUSE: We always appreciate your insights. You have knowledge like few others on these matters.

ASHER: I'm sure you are reminiscing now.

VAUSE: There won't be nine on board for long. Other three will come back in a couple of days. We will continue to watch as the rocket heads up to take the new crew to the international space station.

ASHER: I'm sure the six will be happy to have six new ones on board.

VAUSE: And happy to see the others leave.

ASHER: President Obama takes a hike and gets a firsthand look at what he says global warming has done to the State of Alaska. We will have details about his trip coming up on the other side of this break.

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VAUSE: A hike through Alaska's glacier. The second day of his Alaska trip where he is on a mission to highlight climate change as an urgent threat. [00:45:00] ASHER: During his hike the president stopped at different

markers to show where the glacier once stood but has now receded. He said the melting glacier is an obvious sign of climate change.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: This is one of the most studied glaciers because it's so easily accessible. What it indicates because of the changing patterns of winters with less snow, longer, hotter summers is how rapidly the glaciers receding. It sends a message about the urgency we are going to need to have when it comes to dealing with this because obviously when the glaciers erode that's also a sign of the amount of water that's introduced in to the oceans, rising sea levels and the warming is generally having an impact on the flora and fauna of this national park.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

ASHER: Nowhere else is feeling the impact of climate change more than Alaska which is why the president is making the understand precedented three-day visit. 90 percent of the state's government revenue comes from taxing oil. A third of jobs are related to the petroleum industry. Perhaps there's no better example of the balancing act between fighting climate change and the need for economic development.

The director of the institute at the Woodrow Wilson senior. Has President Obama hit the mark on this trip or using Alaska for the background visuals to push for action on climate change at the summit later this year?

DAVID BEITTE, DIRECTOR WOODROW WILSON CENTER POLAR INSTITUTE: I think he hit his mark on the climate change as he set out to do. I was surprised to hear him talk about energy and the need for working with Alaska natives and the people of Alaska for their economic development. It is a tough balancing act as you mentioned.

VAUSE: The criticism around the trip is there are climate change warrior and then oil baron Obama happy to keep the oil pumping.

BEITTE: I wouldn't call him an oil Baron. I think he goes to the all of the above. All of America's energy asset and use them as we can. Alaska has it and there are potential reserves off the coast of Alaska and he wants to look at that. It's not going to increase how much we use. There's only a fine night amount that we can use in the world and it's going down. If it is profitable for the company they will do it. It's not unleashing untold amounts of oil on the world.

VAUSE: Isn't the problem that if all the oil, which has been in the arctic is used that basically means we are in a dangerous no-win situation for the climate? It pushes us beyond the limit of what the planet can handle in terms of emissions and warming.

BEITTE: You assume more oil will be used because it will come from Alaska. I imply the market is dictating how much is used.

VAUSE: If it is cheaper, if the costs come down because there is more supply, the assumption is more oil will be used.

BEITTE: We will use that instead of others but it depends what will nap the future. Oil is not coming next week. It is a long way off. I'm confident we will come up with some kind of alternatives now and then, between now and then. But, for Alaskans they need an alternative. It is -- half of the year you have darkness and it's not a good place for solar power.

VAUSE: Good to speak to you. Thank you for coming in.

BEITTE: Thank you.

ASHER: Alaska is the perfect backdrop for a conversation on climate change but will Obama succeed in changing the national conversation, getting people to think more about climate change than they have in the past.

VAUSE: The problem a lot of people point out once this is over, the conversation fades and people don't think of it. As long as they continue to fill their SUV for 2 bucks a gallon.

ASHER: If you are not feeling the effects of it.

VAUSE: Alaska is in serious dependency on oil and revenues are down. That's one of the reasons the president is there. 90 percent of the budget is from taxing oil.

ASHER: Villages having to be relocated because of rising sea levels.

VAUSE: With that a short break. When we come back, a fish tale you have to see to believe.

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ASHER: Usually fish stories are about the one that got away but the next story is about one that got cause using a drone.

VAUSE: Jeanne Moos introduces us to a tech savvy fisherman from Kansas.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: For not get the old-fashioned rod you may get hooked on a new way to fish.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Guys, farmer Derek here. I'm going to try fishing with my drone. This is my first attempt.

MOOS: Don't disturb the fish.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was messing around.

MOOS: This Kansas farmer is known for his odd ball farm videos, playing jingle bells on a trombone to his cattle or creating cow art by strategically dropping feed so the cows form a smiley face.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Look at this. It is perfect.

MOOS: When captured on his drone cam. This time what he was trying to catch were fish. The first got away. Within 10 minutes -- he hooked a little blue gill using a plastic worm. If the fish were much bigger you could end up like in "jaws."

[00:55:00] UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You are going to need a bigger.

MOOS: But the blue gill was no monster jaws like the shark in the video that left two Australian morning show hosts dumfounded.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I am never going back in the water.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Me either.

MOOS: The blue gill did go back in the water.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My first dog fish.

MOOS: But not before Derek documented his catch by taking a selfie.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fishy.

MOOS: As for drone fishing technique, when you feel a nibble it's like jerking up the rod.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was sending my drone straight up.

MOOS: As for the poor fish, it had to put up with Derek droning on.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My first fish.

MOOS: About his new way of fly fishing.

Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.

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VAUSE: Totally cool.

ASHER: It was. That does it for this hour, everyone.

VAUSE: Please stay with us. Another hour of CNN Newsroom begins after a short break.

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