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U.N.: 366,000 Refugees Entered Europe this Year, More Coming; Australia Pledged to Take Refugees, Step Up Military Against ISIS; British Airways Plane Catches Fire on Runway; Clerk Who Denied Same- Sex Licenses Freed from Jail; Apple to Announce New Phones, More; China is World's Smartphone Battleground; Yazidi Girl Enslaved by ISIS Leader; New Era in Late Night Television in U.S.; Queen Elizabeth II Makes British History. Aired 2-3a ET
Aired September 09, 2015 - 02:00 ET
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[02:00:34] ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Frustrated and desperate, refugees make a run for it in Hungary.
ERROL BARNETT, CNN ANCHOR: And we'll take you live to Turkey for an exclusive look at the dangerous ways that migrants are trying to get into Europe.
CHURCH: Plus, in the U.S., she's out of jail and into the limelight. The defiant anti-same-sex marriage clerk speaks out.
BARNETT: We want to welcome our viewers in the U.S. and those tuned in from around the world. I'm Errol Barnett.
CHURCH: Good to have you back.
I'm Rosemary Church. This is CNN NEWSROOM.
BARNETT: We begin this hour with Europe's migrant crisis. A short time from now, the president of the European Commission will lay out a plan for dealing with the massive flow of people.
CHURCH: Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for a quota system. She wants all E.U. countries to take in their fair share of migrants.
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ANGELA MERKEL, GERMAN CHANCELLOR: We really need to discuss about a joint and overarching asylum policy and we, Sweden and Germany are of the view that binding quota actually are to be applied so that refugees can be fairly distributed to the European member states. Unfortunately, we are a long way off this target.
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CHURCH: The United Nations estimates that 850,000 migrants will cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe between 2015 and 2016. BARNETT: Now that is a hefty number, but one, the U.N. high
commissioner on refugees, says Europe should be able to handle.
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ANTONIO GUTERRES, U.N. HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES: If Europe would be properly organized it would be a manageable crisis. 4,000 or 5,000 people a day in a union with 508 million people. In Lebanon, we have one-third of the population of refugees. So I think we need recognizing that these became a very serious crisis in Europe. It is a very serious crisis also largely because Europe is not organized to deal with it because the asylum system has been extremely dysfunctional and, in the recent weeks, completely chaotic.
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BARNETT: Our senior international correspondent, Ivan Watson, joins us live to talk about this.
And, Ivan, while politicians debate a comprehensive plan, and we do expect to hear new information in the next few hours, thousands of migrants and refugees suffer. What is happening where you are today?
IVAN WATSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know, Errol, Europeans are grappling with this flood of migrants coming across the borders, well, they better get ready. Judging by the scenes we saw in a Turkish port city of Izmir, there are many, many more Syrian refugees on the way, and it does appear that the business of smuggling people in broad daylight in fact across the sea from Turkey to Lesbos, which is visible over my shoulder, that business is very much booming.
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WATSON (voice-over): This is how some are smuggling themselves to Europe, cramming more than 30 people at a time in broad daylight on board an overcrowded pontoon boat, armed with life jackets and inflated inner tubes in case of an accident.
This footage filmed secretly a week ago off the coast of Turkey. Turks, who appear to be smugglers, shove the overloaded boat out into the water. Seconds later, a man appearing to pilot the boat abandons ship. The inflatable rubber boat turns into circles until the migrants figure out how to steer themselves. It motors off to the Greek island of Lesbos, an informal gateway to Europe.
And it looks like many more Syrian refugees are on the way. In the Turkish port city of Izmir, on Tuesday, scores of Syrians sit in cafes and sidewalks with backpacks full of belongings and garbage bags full of life jackets.
(on camera): The passage by sea is big business here. Cafes are selling life jackets and you have Syrians trying them on in the street just waiting for their trip across the water.
(voice-over): This Turkish shop owner does not want us filming his business.
Several Syrian refugees who don't want to be identified for fear of reprisal back home tell me they just arrived in Turkey from Syria within the last couple of days.
[02:05:18] (on camera): Aren't you afraid? These are bad boats? You know?
UNIDENTIFIED MIGRANT: I know. I know.
WATSON: Something terrible could happen.
UNIDENTIFIED MIGRANT: I know.
WATSON: People are dying in the water.
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UNIDENTIFIED MIGRANT: What can I do? Stay in Syria? They are taking guys to the army. I don't want to fight with anyone. I don't want to kill.
WATSON (voice-over): They say it costs about 1300 U.S. dollars to buy passage to a Greek island. Among those awaiting a call from a smuggler, many families with children.
When I ask a father if he is afraid his kids will drown at sea, he answers, "They will die anyway if they stay in Syria."
On the Turkish coast last week, the refugees just kept coming, some walking with children down to the water. Under the olive groves, they wait for their chance to escape.
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WATSON: Now, Errol, I think what was striking is that the Syrians that I was meeting in Izmir yesterday were not people who have been living in Turkey now, some two million Syrian refugees and Iraqi refugees, many in refugee camps who have been living here in some cases for years fleeing the conflict across the borders. The people I was speaking with just arrived the preceding day from Damascus. This is a fresh wave of people determined to make that potentially deadly sea crossing to Greece and then move on to Europe. They are paying substantial sums of money to try to make this journey again, 1200 Euros or $1300 per person to make this trip.
And what was striking is that some of them have said it has gotten more difficult in recent weeks. One young man telling me he has made four attempts to cross the water. This would be his fifth. One of the refugees said, "We have to get moving now because this is pretty much the last month of good weather to make the sea crossing and then it will be more dangerous due to wind and currents and storms" -- Errol?
BARNETT: Which would add to that sense of urgency so many of the refugees and migrants have, as many nations try to figure out how to limit the people, the smugglers and those profiting from such an act.
Ivan Watson, joining us live, thank you very much.
Rosemary?
CHURCH: Further to the west, in Hungary, hundreds of fed-up migrants in a cramped holding camp gathered up their things and took off running.
CNN's Arwa Damon was there.
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ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: A frantic dash after breaking through a police line.
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DAMON: "Stay together," this man shouts, carrying his daughter as they charge into the corn field. No one knows where they are going, just that they need to get far away.
They had spent hours, for some, days, waiting at a holding area that was supposed to be temporary and just couldn't take it any more. Stumbling over uneven ground, shouting out the names of the war zone they fled.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Syria, Iraqi.
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DAMON: Jubilant, breathless, defiant, and desperate to move.
(on camera): People are in a panic. They are worried that the police are going to use violence to get them back into the camp. And you can hear the sirens right now causing people to run even faster, especially those with the kids. They are really struggling to get away.
(voice-over): Fumbling through thick undergrowth. The police close in, forcing the refugees to scatter. Split into two groups, families lose each other but this is no time to stop. Drained of what little energy they had, the police eventually catch up but the refugees keep going.
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DAMON: A sister and brother lose their shoes, rocks digging into their tiny feet, but they don't complain. Their mother carries the youngest. Unable to comfort him, she ignores his cries.
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DAMON: After hours of walking, the police finally block their path. Again, they try to push through --
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DAMON: -- crushing bodies, screams, babies crying. The police eventually convince them to stay. They bring food and much-needed water. Negotiations lead to a compromise. Buses to take them elsewhere for the night and then, in the morning, they are told, a train to the Austrian border.
A breakout, driven by sheer mental, physical, emotional exhaustion, having travelled this far unable to cope with waiting any longer.
Arwa Damon, CNN, Hungary.
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[02:10:41] BARNETT: Now as so many refugees fled all at once, other camera crews recorded an appalling scene. We want to show it to you. A Hungarian camera woman appears to kick and deliberately trip refugees running through the field. At one point, she even trips a man carrying a young child.
BARNETT: It is unbelievable. The far right television station she works for says she will be fired. In a statement, it echoed what so many are saying on social media, "The camera operator's behavior was completely unacceptable."
BARNETT: Now, Australia's prime minister is stepping up his country's commitment to ease the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East and help stems Europe's migrant crisis.
CHURCH: At a news conference, Tony Abbott pledged to expand his military's fight against ISIS, a group he says is a major cause of the refugee crisis. He also said Australia will take in 12,000 refugees from Syria and Iraq.
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TONY ABBOTT, AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER: Today's commitment to take refugees on a permanent basis will be one of the largest commitments made to date anywhere in the world. But hundreds of thousands of people are in camps and they need urgent assistance. So in addition to these new resettlement places, the government is also announcing that we will directly pay for the support of 240,000 displaced people in countries neighboring Syria and Iraq through the UNHCR and other agencies.
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BARNETT: And on that point, Abbott says the program will focus mainly on refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and in Turkey.
CHURCH: In the United States, 172 passengers and crew members about to leave Las Vegas on Tuesday are probably feeling pretty lucky right now. They walked away from could have been a disaster. The pilots of British Airways flight 2276 aborted takeoff when the left engine burst into flames on the runway. BARNETT: Imagine seeing that when on a plane. Minutes later,
everyone on board got out. Firefighters doused the flames. 14 people suffered minor injuries, mostly from sliding down the emergency chute.
CNN's Dan Simon tells us, quick thinking is credited with keeping injuries to a minimum.
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DAN SIMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This was a quick reaction by the pilot and the crew. Obviously, they knew right away there was something wrong and they quickly deployed the emergency chutes.
We happened to be in Las Vegas working on another story. Once we realized this was a potentially serious situation, we raced over to the airport. And it was surreal for a while hanging out in the international terminal and, all of a sudden, we saw lots of ambulances show up. This was an hour after this all happened. We figured mostly everybody had been evacuated at that point, but it's, no, they were still assessing people and lots of passengers were coming out. Thankfully these were minor injuries.
But from what we understand, when people were going down the emergency chutes, some had, you know, some friction injuries basically going down. They may have burned their elbows and such. So the paramedics were tending to them. Everyone seemed to be in relatively good spirits. One passenger was in emotional distress. This was someone who had some smoke inhalation. She looked really torn up. You can imagine, looking at that video, how frightening that must have been.
We saw video of passengers literally running for their lives, going down those chutes and just running away from the aircraft.
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CHURCH: Unbelievable. Federal aviation officials are investigating the cause of that fire. It all comes down to timing. Imagine if that plane had taken off.
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BARNETT: It would be a much different story. We'll see what the cause was.
Still to come we'll hear from the county clerk in the U.S. who went to jail rather than grant permission for same-sex couples to get married.
[02:14:58] CHURCH: Plus, Apple is scheduled to make a big announcement today. We have a full report on what to expect. We're back in a moment.
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BARNETT: This is a major story. The county clerk in the U.S., who defied the Supreme Court by refusing to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples, is free from jail. Kim Davis has been celebrated by some religious conservatives who say the government shouldn't force public servants to issue licenses in violation of their religious belief.
CHURCH: The U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage across the country last June.
Martin Savidge has more on Davis and where things may go for her.
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MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was a stage fit for a presidential candidate, but it was embattled Rowan County clerk, Kim Davis, who stole the show, fresh out of jail and welcome by cheers from hundreds of supporters.
KIM DAVIS, ROWAN COUNTY CLERK: I want to give God the glory.
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DAVIS: And you are a strong people.
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[02:19:51] SAVIDGE: Davis went to jail for contempt of court after refusing to authorize all marriage licenses following the June Supreme Court decision on gay marriage. She said she was religiously opposed to having her name appear on a document for same-sex couples.
She spent five days behind bars while support from Christian conservatives grew.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Bible trumps man's law.
SAVIDGE: The effort to free her drew two Republican candidates to her jail cell, Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz, despite the fact that Davis is a Democrat.
But even before they arrived, the judge that sent her to jail suddenly freed her on one very big condition, "That she shall not interfere in any way with the efforts of her deputy clerks who are issuing marriage licenses," some of them to same-sex couples.
Davis' attorney says she hasn't changed her position on same-sex marriage and hinted another legal showdown could be brewing.
MAT STAVER, ATTORNEY, LIBERTY COUNSEL, REPRESENTING KIM DAVIS: She will do her job good and she'll serve the people as they want her to serve, and she was elected, and she'll also be loyal to God and is not going to violate her conscience.
SAVIDGE: To many, the small-town Kentucky clerk has become a hero of her faith.
MIKE HUCKABEE, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: And I feel like she has shown more courage than most any politician I know and most every pastor I know, because she has not only said something, she has been willing to put her life as risk.
SAVIDGE: But as Davis goes home after spending nearly a week in jail, many of her followers and her detractors wonder how long that freedom will last.
Martin Savidge, CNN, Grayson, Kentucky.
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CHURCH: And of course, it's worth pointing out, not every was cheering at that rally for Kim Davis.
BARNETT: That's right.
CHURCH: Members of the rock band Survivor say they don't support her viewpoint and they don't want her using their song.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Would you please help me welcome to the stage, Kim Davis.
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CHURCH: So that was "Eye of the Tiger" playing as Davis greeted her supporters on Tuesday.
BARNETT: Seems like a bit of an odd fit.
Well, Survivor's front man, Frankie Sullivan, took to Facebook to vent his feelings about this moment, and he said, in part, quote, "No, we did not grant Kim Davis any rights to use my tune "Eye of the Tiger." I would not grant her to the right to use Charmin."
CHURCH: Well, the CEO of Apple is scheduled to make a big announcement today unbaring the latest iPhone line from the tech giant.
BARNETT: But that's not all the experts are looking for. CNN business correspondent, Samuel Burke, explains.
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SAMUEL BURKE, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Usually, iPhones are the stars of the Apple events. This time, it looks like the Apple TV console might steal the spotlight. No one is expecting an iPhone 7 until next year, likely a 6S and 6S Plus, with improved processor and better camera. The biggest change might be a force touch. If you press hard on the screen, it will reveal extra menu settings.
We are also expecting a new iPad. Sales are going down for Apple's tablets. They are hoping that bigger screen, 13-inch screen, will help turn things around.
All eyes will be on the Apple TV set-top box that connects your TV to the Internet so you can watch video from outlets like Netflix and YouTube. Recent sales numbers show that Apple TV is the most popular streaming device in the United States, beating out Google's Chromecast. Apple TV costs $60 but the updated model could jump to $150 or more. That would get you an improved remote control with a touch pad and gaming options, possibly better integration with Siri. The company previously called Apple tv just a hobby and now Apple appears to be taking the product more seriously as streaming becomes one of the most lucrative areas of entertainment and tech.
Back to you guys.
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CHURCH: Thanks so much.
And it may come as no surprise that China is the world's Smartphone battleground.
BARNETT: And as CNN's Saima Mohsin tell us, big names like Apple are having to fight for market share there.
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SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The launch of the iPhone 6 and Apple is the most popular Smartphone brands in China but that didn't last long. Chinese Smartphone brands are rapidly stealing the show, taking back the Smartphone crown. Relative new kid on the block, Xiaomi, has taken 15 percent of the market.
(voice-over): It's among the most valuable start up in the world. Yes, the whole work. Worth more than AirBNB or Pinterest.
(on camera): Hot on its heels is Huawei, taking a 15.7 percent of the market share in the second quarter. Just .2 percent between two at the top of the table. Huawei is China's fastest-growing Smartphone maker.
That leaves Apple with just an 11 percent bite of market share. Sales dropped a whopping 21 percent between the first and second quarters of the year.
Is the honeymoon period for Apple in China over or will the next- generation iPhone help the Smartphone veteran show upstart Xiaomi, who's boss, and regain the Smartphone crown in the world's second- largest economy?
Saima Mohsin, CNN, Beijing.
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[02:25:41] CHURCH: Tennis superstar, Serena Williams, is one step closer to a tennis grand slam. She beat her dearest rival, her sister, Venus, in the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open.
BARNETT: The sisters really played their hearts out. Serena won two sets to one. If Serena wins the tournament, she will be the first player in three decades to all four majors in a single calendar year. She will play in the semifinals on Thursday.
CHURCH: How about that?
BARNETT: Should be cool stuff to watch.
Coming up, extraordinary new details about ISIS' illusive leader from within his own household. A young woman tells CNN she was enslaved by Abu Bakr al Baghdadi and even met American hostage, Kayla Mueller.
CHURCH: And later, an historic day for Britain's Queen Elizabeth. We will tell you about her world milestone after this short break. Stay with us.
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[02:30:03] BARNETT: You are still watching CNN NEWSROOM and we appreciate that.
I'm Errol Barnett.
CHURCH: We certainly do.
I'm Rosemary Church. Want to check the headlines this hour.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says his country will take in 12,000 additional refugees fleeing the war against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. He also says Australia will now take part in coalition air strikes again ISIS targets in Syria.
BARNETT: More than a dozen people suffered minor injuries when a British Airways plane caught fire in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fire broke out in the Boeing 777's left engine as it was about to take off for London. All 100 passengers and crew evacuated the plane while the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
CHURCH: A county clerk in the U.S. is a free woman five days after she was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The judge said Kim Davis could be released on the condition she does not interfere with issuing licenses to all legally eligible couples. It is not clear what she will do when she returns to work next week.
BARNETT: More information now on the worsening migrant crisis. Many of those seeking asylum in Europe are from Syria, a country devastated by years of war that has left hundreds of thousands dead.
CHURCH: As the European Union struggles to contain the crisis, some world leaders, like the U.N. special envoy to Syria, believe solving that problem requires cooperation from other Middle Eastern nations. Take a listen.
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STAFFAN DE MISTURA, U.N. SPECIAL ENVOY TO SYRIA: There's no more time for niceties or diplomatic postponements or partial solution. It is push Russia and America to continue their dialogue and conclude it, and put more pressure on those who can make a difference, Iran and Saudi Arabia. For god's sakes, sit together, do something about what, otherwise, will implode the whole region.
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CHURCH: And amid the fighting in Syria one man sits at the head of ISIS and we have heard very little about Abu Bakr al Baghdadi on a personal level until now.
BARNETT: That's right. CNN's senior international correspondent, Atika Shubert, spent time with a young Yazidi girl named Zanot (ph). In Atika's exclusive report, Zanot (ph) says she became a slave of the caliphate, handpicked by the elusive ISIS leader.
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ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In 2014, Kurdish, Iraqi and U.S. troops rescued thousands of Yazidis in a dramatic air lift. Thousands of others were captured. The women and children parceled out as slaves to ISIS fighters.
One year on, this young Yazidi girl tells CNN she was enslaved but not just by any ISIS fighter. This man, ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi.
She instantly recognizes Kayla Mueller, the young American aid worker killed in captivity. They shared a cell together.
We sat down with Zanot (ph), an assumed name, at a safe location. She was hand picked from among hundreds of captured women.
UNIDENTIFIED YAZIDI GIRL (through translation): The first time he came, I was sitting and crying. He came close to the man who was in charge of the House. When I stood up, he told the man, put her to the side.
SHUBERT: She began as a slave girl in the Baghdadi household cleaning up after and cooking for his three wives and six children. She was 15. The family was on the move. An air strike destroyed the house next door. Eventually, she tried to escape with another girl.
UNIDENTIFIED YAZIDI GIRL (through translation): They would look us in and one night we got the key and unlocked the door. We were six girls. We ran and ran. After three kilometers, we saw a house outside Aleppo in a village. There was an Arab woman. She said she would help us, but then she called Abu Bakr and took us back.
SHUBERT: They were punished, she says, beaten with a belt, garden hose and plank of wood, dislocating her elbow. The last blows delivered by Baghdadi himself.
(on camera): What did he say when he hit you?
UNIDENTIFIED YAZIDI GIRL (through translation): Abu Bakr al Baghdadi told us, we beat you because you ran away from us. We chose you. You belong to the Islamic State.
SHUBERT: Where did he hit you?
UNIDENTIFIED YAZIDI GIRL (through translation): (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
SHUBERT (voice-over): This is when she met Kayla, she says, locked in the same cell.
UNIDENTIFIED YAZIDI GIRL (through translation): The first time I entered the room, I saw Kayla. And she said, ISIS, they captured me. I told her, I'm a Yazidi girl and I was captured. After that, we stayed together and became like sisters.
[02:35:] SHUBERT: One day, she, Kayla and another Yazidi girl were moved to the home of a high-ranking fighter. Shortly after, she says, Baghdadi came to visit. He called for Kayla.
UNIDENTIFIED YAZIDI GIRL (through translation): When Kayla came back to us, we asked her, why are you crying? And Kayla told us that Baghdadi said, "I'm going to marry you by force and you're going to be my wife. If you refuse, I will kill you." She was telling me everything. She wasn't siding anything from me. Abu Bakr al Baghdadi raped me. That's what she told me.
SHUBERT (voice-over): How many times did this happen?
UNIDENTIFIED YAZIDI GIRL (through translation): Four times.
SHUBERT: Four times that you know of? Did he ever rape you as well?
UNIDENTIFIED YAZIDI GIRL (through translation): Abu Bakr al Baghdadi told us, I did this to Kayla and what I did to Kayla I will do to you.
SHUBERT (voice-over): They plotted their escape. UNIDENTIFIED YAZIDI GIRL (through translation): I told Kayla, escape
with me. Kayla refused. She said, if I escape, they will behead me.
SHUBERT: She says waited until 1:00 a.m. and pushed over a broken window, and after three hours, they made it to a village, and one man agreed to smuggle both girls out.
UNIDENTIFIED YAZIDI GIRL (through translation): At the time, I didn't know it was Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, but when I escaped, I saw him on TV and I heard his voice. I could not have imagined it would be the leader of ISIS. I was so frightened. He could have killed me.
SHUBERT: There is no way for CNN to independently the story. But she says she has spoken to U.S. investigators, including details about Baghdadi's daily routine, how he woke up at 10:00 a.m., went to bed at midnight, and had no phones for fear of being traced, relying on others to relay messages.
(on camera): What kind of a man was Baghdadi? Was he ever, ever kind to you?
UNIDENTIFIED YAZIDI GIRL (through translation): No, he was always evil. There were no kind words.
SHUBERT (voice-over): She says she hopes that some piece of information however small will lead to the downfall of the man who once called her his slave.
Atika Shubert, CNN.
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CHURCH: Incredible insights into a man who rules and leads a very frightening group.
BARNETT: Yeah.
CHURCH: We'll take a very short break here and be back in just a moment.
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[02:40:54] Welcome back, everyone. A new era in pop culture has begun in the U.S. Comedian, Stephen Colbert, has started his run as the host of the CBS "Late Show," taking over for David Lettermen. Jeb Bush was one of his first guests.
BARNETT: The two joked about Bush's famous family and campaign signs which include Jeb's first name and not his last. We're showing pictures. We can't reveal the funny clips just yet. They will be available to us in the next hour or so. So stay tuned for that.
CHURCH: The West coast still has to watch it.
Late night television has become a rite of passage in U.S. politics.
BARNETT: And in this presidential election cycle, you have no shortage of candidates as potential guests.
Brian Stelter takes a look at that.
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STEPHEN COLBERT, HOST, "THE LATE SHOW": My guests will be George Clooney and Jeb Bush, or as the tabloids have coined them, Jebord Cloosh (ph).
BRIAN STELTER, CNN SENIOR MEDIA CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Late night TV, the new Sunday morning for politicians. As Stephen Colbert takes over the "Late Show," the buzz is not just about George Clooney but about presidential contender, Jeb Bush.
COLBERT: I'm not the only one who is excited. So is Jeb, which, given his logo, is really his only option.
STELTER: Late night couches are a place for political Q&A. Colbert invited Hillary Clinton for his premier, too, but she is doing "The Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon next week. Fallon also beat Colbert to Donald Trump. The GOP front runner and ratings gold will be on the tonight show next Friday.
JIMMY FALLON, HOST, "THE TONIGHT SHOW": I was fantastic. The ratings were huge.
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STELTER: This booking battle shows the symbiosis between candidates and the late-night comics who make fun of them.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To me, as a journalist, they are going to ask questions that aren't so serious. They are not going to talk about economic policy as much as, what is your favorite midnight snack, what about your family and childhood, things that are not important necessarily to a voter, and they get to show their personality, hopefully.
STELTER: Hopeful of using the guest couch to humanize themselves, like New Jersey Governor Chris Christie eating a donut on Letterman.
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John McCain announces his run for president on Letterman's show in 2007.
And Mitt Romney did a top-10 list.
MITT ROMNEY (R), FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Isn't it time for a president who looks like a 1970's game show host?
STELTER: Late night has become a right of passage for presidential candidates, one that actually dates back five decades. Then Senator John F. Kennedy went on Jack Paar's show in 1960. In 1968, Richard Nixon did "Laugh In."
RICHARD NIXON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Sock it to me?
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STELTER: And who can forget Bill Clinton playing the sax on Arsenio Hall.
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STELTER: But there is always the risk of an awkward moment or coming off dull. Many thought John Kerry bombed on "The Daily Show" in 2004.
JON STEWART, FORMER HOST, "THE DAILY SHOW": Are you or have you ever flip-flopped?
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JOHN KERRY, SECRETARY OF STATE: I've flip-flopped, flop-flipped.
STELTER: Now Trump, Clinton, Bush, viewers will be watching to see if they are big hits or political misses.
Brian Stelter, CNN, New York.
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CHURCH: I watched a fair amount of it. Although, I should have been watching you, I know.
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But I did love the Trump and Oreo segment.
BARNETT: But considering Stephen Colbert's background, you get the sense he will have political guests on and grill them somewhat and try to make news or get an interesting side of him we don't see.
CHURCH: He's a smart guy.
BARNETT: Yeah. He's done well with that.
CHURCH: Yeah.
So you'll have to wait to see what happens with Jeb there.
BARNETT: Today marks a historic milestone for the British royal family as Queen Elizabeth becomes the longest-serving monarch in British history.
CHURCH: Her Majesty has reigned for 62 years. Winston Churchill was the prime minister of the United Kingdom when the queen ascended to the throne at in 1952 at just 25 years old.
BARNETT: Churchill was her mentor at that time. In total, her majesty has seen 12 prime ministers during her reign. Richard Quest looks back on her early years.
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ANNOUNCER: The tragic news reached Princess Elizabeth and her husband while in Kenya.
RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was the first day of a live time of service. King George had died and the 25-year-old queen set aside her grief and prepared for duty.
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[02:45:10] QUEST: For a nation weakened by World War II, Elizabeth II brought hopes of renewal. Winston Churchill called it the new Elizabethan age.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it was supposed to signify Britain having helped to win the war, reviving and a country rather akin to its 16th century predecessor, Queen Elizabeth I.
QUEST: The 1950s, an age of austerity. Many food items were still rationed and weakness in Britain's finances was having a severe impact on Britain's diminished empire.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Much of the empire went before she ascended the throne. There is the question undoubtedly of a decline in military power.
QUEST: Anti-British feeling was heating up in the Middle East. In 1952, deadly protests erupted in Egypt over Britain's control over the Suez Canal. And there was a greater strain on British morale and finances.
DWIGHT EISENHOWER, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: With speed and honor, I shall go to Korea.
QUEST: In 1952, as Dwight Eisenhower was elected U.S. president, 100,000 British troops were fighting alongside their U.S. allies in Korea. It was a war now as old as the queen's reign itself.
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QUEST: June, 1953, as the coronation got underway, new reached England that Edmund Hillary had conquered Mount Everest, one of the great feats of the 20th century.
For Elizabeth, staying the course came naturally. She had made a promise between God, queen, and country.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II: I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and to the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.
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BARNETT: Our Richard Quest reporting there.
There is a big weekend ahead for American football fans as the regular season gets under way. Up next, we'll introduce you to a fury Canadian fan that has captured the sport's attention. Stay with us.
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PATRICK SNELL, CNN SPORTS WORLD ANCHOR: Hi, there. I am Patrick Snell with your CNN World Sports headlines.
Wayne Rooney has become the first England player to score 50 goals for his country, breaking his old-time record in the process, going into the Euro 2016 qualifier with Switzerland, a game which England won. Rooney locked on 49 goals with Sir Bobby Charlton. But his second- half penalty eclipsed Charlton's record. Rooney has now scored in seven straight competitive England games, which is a post score record and landmark strike. Also a 300th for club and country. The defending European champion, Spain, traveling to Macedonia Tuesday in their qualification match. It was a good night for one of Rooney's Manchester United teammates. A high profile name in goal. And he was recalled to the team and played competitively for the first time in four months. Spain getting the win they want courtesy of an on goal from a Macedonian player.
Meantime, from one former football to the other. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, coming off a defeat in court over his handling of the Deflategate scandal, says he is open to changing his role in how the league disciplines his players. On the "Mike & Mike" radio show in the u. s. Goodell saying he would consider changes with a potential of setting up a panel or discipline officer to handle player punishment.
You are back up to date. Thank you for joining us. That's a quick look at your global sports headline. I'm Patrick Snell.
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[02:51:39] BARNETT: Massive fires, many set to clear land in western Indonesia, are creating a dangerous situation for millions of people in the region.
CHURCH: And our Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has been following this closely.
Pedram, talk about this situation there.
JAVAHERI: This is an annual event this type of year when you have farmers clearing land a lot of times illegally just to set up the growing season. And with the fire you see how expansive it is. It takes over the entire map but it's we know the smoke travels in a west to east direction. And you put the maps in motion and you can pick out the hazy areas in Singapore and Malaysia. And you look at the fine city famous for its cleanliness. And what is illegal is improper use oft chewing gum. If you improperly dispose of it you can be fined over $1,000. But you have things out of your control like the fires to the West. It has halted travel over the region. Down to the south we have unhealthy to very unhealthy back to the east. This is a pattern you see set up this time of year as the patterns change back and forth.
Speaking of winds, much of the story across portions of Israel and much of the Middle East with significant sand storms. They were so significant we have had multiple fatalities. And look at the smoke that takes over this entire region when it comes to how expansive this area was.
A quick glance of what's happening in the Western United States, if you are up late with us. An extreme heat event in the bay area of California and southern California. Temperatures in places like San Francisco in recent days have shot up to the mid-90s and the forecast remains in the upper 80s before finally cooling off to about 70 Fahrenheit, normal for this time of year. So even the city by the bay feeling a bit of summer the next couple days.
BARNETT: Good stuff.
Thanks, Pedram.
JAVAHERI: Thanks, guys.
BARNETT: Now the National Football League kicks off its season Thursday night with a match-up between the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
CHURCH: But the smart money this season may be on the jack rabbits.
Jeanne Moos explains.
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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Blink and you'll miss this silly jack rabbit, faster than a speeding receiver, dodging and juking. There was no way that they were going to take this guy out of the game.
ANNOUNCER: Somebody sign him up.
MOOS: Across the 20, 30, 40, the 50. Stadium manager here in Calgary says that the jack rabbit could have wandered in since the gates don't touch the ground.
And watch him leave the ground.
ANNOUNCER: And he scores and has a touchdown dance. Woo-hoo!
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UNIDENTIFIED BOY: Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids.
MOOS: Not this trick.
"USA Today" raved, "Look at the height, the distance, the majesty, simply phenomenal."
Not since a hare scared by a snowboarder skittered across an avalanche have we been so impressed.
The Calgary jack rabbit joins other sports-loving critters, the alligator on the golf course, the squirrel on the U.S. Open tennis court, the squirrel on Tiger Woods' shoulder put there by his then- girlfriend Lindsay Vaughn, the chicken in the soccer net.
[02:55:12] (on camera): But that rabbit didn't have jack compared to our favorite on-field interloper, who actually used a getaway car.
(voice-over): Spider-Man, the streaker, crashed a high school game in Seminole, Florida.
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MOOS: One pursuer bit the dust as Spider-Man jumped two fences and was picked up by a getaway car. Police got a partial license plate. When they caught him, the charges included.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Exposure of sexual organs.
MOOS: Here we thought it was just going to be a penalty for back field in motion. At least the jack rabbit had the decency to wear white on his rear end.
Jeanne Moos, CNN --
ANNOUNCER: Unbelievable.
MOOS: -- New York.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Woo-hoo.
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CHURCH: That man had a get-away plan.
BARNETT: That's so.
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And that naked note will wrap it up here. Thanks for watching, everyone. I'll see you tomorrow. I'm Errol Barnett.
CHURCH: I'm Rosemary Church. I'll be back in just a moment with more CNN NEWSROOM. Don't go anywhere.
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[03:00:06] CHURCH: Battle plan.
