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Truce To Start Sundown Monday Amid Sticking Points; Clinton Regrets "Deplorables" Comment; Jerusalem Memorial Lists All Attack Victims; Ten Siblings Find Strength Through Their Loss; North Korea's Latest Provocation Triggers Worldwide Condemnation; Village In U.K. Going Carbon Neutral; Angelique Kerber Wins U.S. Open Women's Title. Aired 3-3:30a ET

Aired September 11, 2016 - 03:00   ET

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[03:00:24] NATALIE ALLEN, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: It's all ahead here on CNN newsroom. We are live in Atlanta. Thank you for joining us. I'm Natalie Allen.

A nationwide ceasefire in the brutal Syrian civil war is expected to start sun down Monday. The Syrian government says it supports the deal which was agreed upon by Russia and the U.S.

State-run TV is acknowledging the agreement aims to find a political solution to the conflict with the diplomatic achievement hasn't changed anything yet in Idlib, which is mostly controlled by rebels.

Airstrikes slams this key city on Saturday as you can well see. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the death toll has risen to 58, about half of them, women and children. It's not clear who carried out the bombings.

If the ceasefire takes and holds for seven consecutive days, Russia and the U.S. say they'll work closer to together to fight terrorist groups in the region.

CNN international diplomatic editor, Nic Robertson has more on the deal laid out there at the talks in Geneva.

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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: This really broad agreement from Secretary Kerry to Sergei Lavrov to the U.N. to the opposition and from everyone across the board that this is a good opportunity to turn the situation around and some of the suffering.

But what could be some of the sticking points, the issues going forward, the opposition concern that there's no real sort of punitive measures to control Assad. What's going to be done if he doesn't agree and comply with the steps here?

A concern on the Russian point of view of this breaking apart the delineation between terrorists, rebel groups, Al-Nusra, and the more moderate rebel groups who have been fighting together on the battlefield.

So, getting them to separate is going to be tough as strong alliances form there. And for the opposition really going forward if this is a success, then they're going to want to see what hasn't happened in the past, real pressure.

It would have to come from Russia on Assad to go into the political transition and leave power. This is the biggest concern going forward. Russia hasn't done that in the past.

The humanitarian effort in Aleppo, some confidence that can get going. The ceasefire can hold for a while, but in the past, these things have broken down fairly quickly and it's often been blamed, at least for the battlefield level, on the Assad government.

Control of the Assad government precisely how does that work? Nic Robertson, CNN, Geneva, Switzerland.

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ALLEN: The Syrian Army is trying to make significant gains in Aleppo. The military attacked rebel-held areas in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. The head of the general staff of the Syrian Army visited troops around Ramusa (ph) Road Saturday. Both opposition and government forces will have to provide safe access along this key road as part of the ceasefire deal.

Israel's military has retaliated against Syria after a stray shell struck the Israeli controlled Golan Heights. The Israel Defense Forces says it attacked a Syrian artillery post after a third projectile this week crossed its border. No injuries have been reported on either side. The IDF has been concerned with instability along the border since Syria's civil war broke out five years ago.

The Hajj is underway in Saudi Arabia. Some 2 million Muslims are already in Mecca for the pilgrimage. We are seeing live video here as pilgrims converge on Mr. Arafat east of the city. Islamic tradition holds the Prophet Muhammad delivered his final sermon there. The Hajj is a pillar of Islam-Muslims who are physically and financially able are expected to perform at least once in their lifetime.

On the campaign trail in the United States, Hillary Clinton is expressing regret for a comment she made about some of Donald Trump's supporters. The U.S. Democratic presidential nominee made the remark Friday night at a fundraising event in New York. Here's part of it.

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HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: You could put half of Trump supporters into what I call "the basket of deplorables."

[03:05:08]Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, you name it.

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ALLEN: Donald Trump fired back with this tweet, "Wow, Hillary Clinton was so insulting to my supporters, millions of amazing hard working people. I think it will cost her at the polls." He also said in other posts that Clinton showed hatred for millions of Americans and that he respected all of her supporters.

Clinton eventually released this statement and we are quoting here, "I regret saying half that was wrong. But let's be clear what's really "deplorable" is that Donald Trump hired a major advocate for the so- called "alt-right" movement to run his campaign and that David Duke and other white supremacists see him as a champion of their values." Clinton was apparently referring to Steve Bannon, the CEO of Trump's presidential campaign.

Please watch "STATE OF THE UNION" for an exclusive interview with Hillary Clinton. The interview was conducted Friday before her comments on Trump supporters. It's Sunday at 1:30 in the afternoon in London, 8:30 p.m. in Hong Kong right here on CNN.

Fifteen years ago Sunday the world changed forever when terrorists attacked the United States. Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will set aside their campaigns to remember the lives lost on 9/11.

Both of them are expected to visit Ground Zero in New York City. Almost 3,000 people died September 11th, 2001, four airplanes crashed into the twin towers in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field in Pennsylvania. The attacks ushered in a new age of terror but also unified America.

Jerusalem is home to the only memorial outside the U.S. that lists the names of all the 9/11 victims. Oren Liebermann joins us from outside the city with more on what's happening there today in remembrance. Oren, hello.

OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Natalie, the ceremony just outside Jerusalem at the 9/11 Memorial is set to start in just a few moments here and you can see quite a crowd is gathered here. The memorial behind me and at the bottom, difficult to see but right at the base is a part of the twin towers donated by the city of New York.

And then behind on those 14 engraved tablets that wrap around the faces Jerusalem are the names of every single victim of 9/11. The only place outside the United States where the names of every victim are listed.

This will be the site of the memorial here. A crowd gathering a number of speakers including the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Ben Shapiro, will speak here about what that moment, what that day meant not only to the U.S. but also to Israel.

In addition, this year on the 15th anniversary of 9/11, there's a delegation of American law enforcement and police and sheriffs here to commemorate with the Israelis. I spoke with the head of the delegation to ask him what is it like 15 years later to commemorate that event, that day outside the U.S., how does that feel? Here's what he had to say.

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CRAIG FLOYD, U.S. NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL FUND: I could not be prouder to stand with our police colleagues here in Israel to commemorate that anniversary and to know that they share our grief and they remember those men and women who died tragically on that terrible day including 72 law enforcement officers who dies trying to save and help those innocent people that were in need. This was in fact the deadliest day in American law enforcement history, 9/11.

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LIEBERMANN: And that delegation sitting right up front here, all of them know the meaning of this day, the power of this day here to commemorate with the Israelis.

The day will start with the U.S. national anthem and then a moment of silence. It's called the 9/11 living memorial. That's because it's supposed to show the living bond between not only the United States and Israel but also the bond between New York and Jerusalem -- Natalie.

GORANI: Oren, we often think of 9/11 as an American commemoration, but here's on in Israel, but there were victims from all over the world who died on 9/11 including Israel. Talk about the Israeli victims. Why this means so much to both countries?

LIEBERMANN: Well, the family of one of those Israeli victims who was killed on 9/11 will be here to lay a wreath later today and that's not the only Israeli victim of 9/11 and it's because of that, that's one of the reasons that it's so poignant for the Israelis as well.

And not only the Americans and these two countries, these two people, the Israelis and the Americans can commemorate together as they are doing here. The ceremony now set to begin in a short bit, the playing of the U.S. national anthem and then a moment of silence for the victims of 9/11.

Natalie, we'll check back in with you as the ceremony here gets going just outside Jerusalem.

ALLEN: All right, Oren Liebermann covering it for us there. We'll hear again from you later the highlights of that. Thank you.

[03:10:04]Well, thousands of people, as you know lost brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers on 9/11. That includes a family of 10 siblings whose dad was a New York firefighter. Two years ago, they lost their mother to cancer and decided to help raise each other finding strength through the suffering. Here's their story.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I want to be surrounded by the same group of guys that they're like my dad. He was my hero before he died. He was my hero because of the man he was. It is a blessing to be one of 10. You have nine other people who went through what you went through.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's so crazy to be back here, right? In 2006 we moved out that we grew up in this house. So many memories. Playing hockey in the driveway and fighting in the driveway.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Remember when I chased you around the block with a hockey stick?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, yes. In September 11th, we were here, at this house. It's crazy to think 15 years ago all that was going on. It feels like yesterday.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You felt the difference.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You knew there was something weird going on. At 12 years old, I wasn't able to comprehend. Growing up, my dad was always there for us, always with us. One thing that really drove him more than anything was his faith.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He blessed to have so many kids. Joey the third, I'm the fifth. Of course it's hard. How can we go without a father? But with the faith of my mom, if anything has strengthened it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My mom was more concerned with am I loving you enough? Are you feeling loved?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My mom did an amazing job considering the circumstances, but she battled with colon cancer for four years and she passed away in 2013.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There he is. That's him right there.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's awesome.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thanks for making me work so hard.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I love you, I'm proud of you. Definitely.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I always appreciated what he did, but now that I'm doing it, I appreciate how hard it is. First day I thought about him and what his first day was like. I try my best to work as hard as I can.

I know he said do your best no matter what it is. My badge number is on my helmet, 10871, that was my dad's badge number throughout his career. It means a lot to carry on that same badge. Part of me died that day, I think too. All the security, it was pulled out from under me.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In the back of my head, there's a risk of something could happen. I can't be scared to go to work in a sky scraper, or ride a train. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How cool is this picture?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Most of us live here still. After my mom died, it wasn't really a question to move out or anything. It meant the most sense to stay together and be there for each other. It's what our parents would have wanted.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He was younger or older.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're all raising each other. They'd be laughing like oh, my God look at them trying to do everything by themselves.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: On one hand they'd be shocked and I think they had faith we'd be OK.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Clearly, they're watching over us from heaven.

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ALLEN: Welcome back. You're watching CNN NEWSROOM live from Atlanta. The world is condemning North Korea's latest nuclear test. Protesters in South Korea are joining a growing course of leaders. They set fire to an effigy of the northern leader, Kim Jong-Un on Saturday.

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ALLEN: The north claims it's their strongest test yet and the south says something more must be done to stop them. The latest test is a wake-up call for much of the world, but it isn't necessarily coming as a surprise.

Our Will Ripley who's been to North Korea several times, reporting for CNN has reaction.

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WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The vast majority of these people didn't participate in the political process.

North Korea's latest nuclear test really didn't take me by surprise because we've known for quite some time, based on satellite imagery and North Korea's own propaganda that they were ready to conduct another nuclear test when they got the order.

The only question was when? This is number test five and we believe and many analysts believed that North Korea may actually already be ready for test number six and possibly number seven as well.

There are several reasons why North Korea would conduct this nuclear test. For one, Kim Jong-Un, the leader wants to project power both to his own audience at home but also internationally. They want to advertise their weapons capabilities because North Korea has been known to sell its weapons technology once it's perfected and he wants leverage internationally.

He wants to be recognized by the United States and United Nations and others as a nuclear state. Something that the U.S. President Obama says won't happen.

Here in Tokyo, the threat for North Korea is very real. We know North Korean missiles in theory have the capability of striking anywhere here, the Korean Peninsula, U.S. military assets in Guam and potentially missiles that could strike in the mainland United States although their accuracy is in question.

And so people here worry about North Korea and the danger, especially in light of this increased nuclear and missile development.

We've seen time and time again how the international community responds to these provocative acts by North Korea. They strongly condemn. They call for newer and stronger sanctions and yet none of these have really had any effect on slowing Kim Jong-Un and his regime from developing these weapons at a really rapid phase, faster than many analysts had predicted.

Many North Korean observers believe it's only a mat of time before North Korea conducts another nuclear test. And even though in the last decade, there have only been five, two in the last year, it could happen with greater frequency.

Because Kim Jong-Un, the current leader, has made it clear that his prerogative is to dramatically increase the size, strength, and capacity of North Korea's not only nuclear arsenal, but also the missiles that would be capable of carrying those warheads to their desired targets including the mainland U.S.

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ALLEN: That nuclear test caused a man-made earthquake there and that's how the world was tipped off to what happened. But Derek is right now because we have not a man-made earthquake in Africa.

DEREK VAN DAM, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Yes, this is on East Africa, specifically the northwestern sections of Tanzania. We're getting some of the first images into CNN of people now feeling the effects of this magnitude 5.9 earthquake that unfortunately has killed at least 11 people and more than 190 people being injured.

[03:20:13]And those are just some of the initial reports, remember, it's very difficult to get footage, let alone reports of fatalities and injuries coming out of this part of world.

Nonetheless, the USGS has issued this as a 5.9 magnitude and a depth of 10 kilometers. There is a geological fault line knows as the Great Rift Valley over Eastern Africa that runs through this region.

But earthquakes of this magnitude are rather rare. Let's break it down so you can see a little bit of geographical location. You've got Uganda to the north, Tanzania bordering the country and Lake Victoria, which also was right in the outer periphery of this.

And by the way, this earthquake was felt in Western Kenya, which is on the other side of Lake Victoria. So, that gives you an idea of the breadth of this particular earthquake and also to put into perspective, 715,000 people feeling strong shaking.

But what's really impressed me was that over 400,000 felt either very strong or severe shaking from this and this is an extremely vulnerable part of the world. So, when we consider similar earthquakes with a similar magnitude and depth, we have this graphic to consider the estimate of fatalities.

This is what the USGS does to put into perspective and comparison this magnitude of an earthquake. And their highest probability of fatalities between that 10 mark, where we more or less currently are to upwards of 100 people.

And if you look at the potential economic loss, roughly $100 million U.S. to perhaps even higher than that. We've got to give you heads up if you're located in Taiwan because we have a severe tropical storm expected to strengthen over the next 48 hours, potentially making land fall by the middle of this week as a super typhoon.

This area prone to typhoons, but nonetheless, doesn't make this one any less important. Look at it heading towards the south island. That's an area that's been ravaged by storms this particular year, very, very active --

ALLEN: And you've talked with us about the warming is causing -- more of this is going to continue to cause more of the extreme storms.

VAN DAM: We think about the global warming that is taking place thanks to the carbon that we continue to release in the air.

ALLEN: There's one town in the U.K. that's doing something about that on their own. CNN's Isa Soares has their story.

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ISA SOARES, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Picturesque, paint and traditional, Ashton Hayes is a village that is quietly living a green revolution and its youngest are leading the change.

(on camera): What are you trying to teach other people?

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Not to make waste and not to waste energy.

SOARES: It's the principle they live by. In the last three months, Ashton Hayes Primary School has become carbon negative, running entirely on free electricity thanks in part to a roof covered with solar panels. These five pupils have become eco leaders, sharing tips with other on waste, energy and water.

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: We've learned like not to leave the tap running while you're brushing your teeth and not to leave your light on so, you can open your curtains and light shines in instead of leaving your light on.

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: We've learned that air conditioning and things like that, windows will be just as good a job.

SOARES: Luckily for the children and the community here, there's no enforced eco homework that's because Gary Chirnik (ph) has made his Going Carbon Neutral Project fund apolitical and voluntary.

GARY CHARNOCK, CREATOR, GOING CARBON NEUTRAL PROJECT: We've just said will you please share with us what happens when you do something and it's the sharing of the community of ideas which inspires others. It's the grass roots movement and it's from the bottom and some people do certain things and we all learn from them and we all help them to do the next step.

SOARES: So they do what they can. Some swap the dryer for the clothes line, others use a hybrid, some install water and solar panels, and others by locally sourced fruits and vegetables.

(on camera): These changes of habits, these sacrifices such as getting on your bike rather than using your car are reaping rewards. In the last 10 years, the community here has been able to reduce emissions by a quarter putting Ashton Hayes on the map and on its way to becoming England's first carbon neutral village.

[03:25:08](voice-over): For this community, this is a huge source of pride. After all they've been able to get here on their own initiative without a single politician in sight. An inspirational community that is hoping their ideas to save the planet can inspire others further afield. Isa Soares, CNN, Ashton Hayes, England.

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ALLEN: Lovely place to visit and carbon zero. Good for them.

We are going to turn to the U.S. Open now because it is a dream come true for German tennis player, Angelique Kerber. She won her first U.S. Open women's title, her second grand slam title of her career and now she has risen to first in the world rankings, ahead of Serena Williams who held that for 80 weeks, was it?

CNN's James Blake sat down with Kerber to discuss her remarkable year.

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JAMES BLAKE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And the Australian Open championship, Rio silver medalist and now U.S. Open champion, number one world ranking, what is 2016 mean to you?

ANGELIQUE KERBER, 2016 U.S. OPEN WOMEN'S CHAMPION: It's an incredible year so far. The best year of my career. Amazing what I did and to win my second grand slam here, especially in New York. It's -- yes, really special for me. BLAKE: You turned pro when you were 15 years old. How have you changed as a person and a player and what's it taken to get you to this point in your career?

KERBER: A lot of ups and downs in my career. So, that's why I'm happy sitting here as the grand slam champion, number one. That means so much to me because I was working so hard in the last years and now to see hard work is paying off, it's very good.

BLAKE: Well, I know you celebrated the Australian Open win by jumping in the water. The Hudson River here, any plans to jump in that or a little too polluted?

KERBER: I think we'll be a little bit quiet right now. We're not jumping in the river here. I think that was enough.

BLAKE: Maybe just a night out in New York or any big celebration plans?

KERBER: For sure we will go for drinks tonight, for a nice dinner and let's see what else. But right now, I have no idea what the plans are.

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ALLEN: She can celebrate with that $3.5 million she won as the champion of the U.S. Open. On Sunday, all eyes will be on the men's finals, world number and defending champion, Novac Djokovic is aiming for a third U.S. Open title. He will face number three San Wawrinka. So, be ready for that one.

Thanks for watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Natalie Allen. I'll be back with our top stories in just a moment.

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