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[02:00:05] JOHN VAUSE, CNN ANCHOR: This is CNN NEWSROOM live from Los Angeles. Ahead this hour, uncertainty in Syria. The U.S. and Russia at odds over a deadly attack and a crumbling cease-fire.
Officials say the New York bomber was not on their radar but his father now says he warned the FBI two years ago.
And Hollywood heartbreak. The A-list divorce taking almost everyone by surprise.
Hello, everybody. Great to have you with us. We're now into the third hour of NEWSROOM L.A.
Thousands of people desperate for help in Syria's civil war will not get the critical supplies they need after an aid convoy was bombed near Aleppo on Monday night. The Red Cross says about 20 people were killed and trucks carrying food and medicine were destroyed. The U.N. suspending all aid operations in Syria for now. The White House says Russia bears responsibility for the strike even if it did not carry it out. But Russia denies any involvement. The U.N. secretary-general is calling it a sickening attack.
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BAN KI-MOON, U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL: The humanitarians delivering lifesaving aid was heroes. Those who bombed them were cowards. Accountability for crimes such as these is essential. A political transition is long overdue. After so much violence in this world, the future of Syria should not rest on the fate of a single man.
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VAUSE: Jomana Karadsheh joins us now live from Amman, in neighboring Jordan.
So, Jomana, the U.S. says the Russians did it. The Russians are blaming militants. And they have what they say is evidence to back up their claims.
JOMANA KARADSHEH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, John, that's right. We're looking at a blame game right now with each party here blaming the other for this devastating attack. Now the Russian Ministry of Defense says they have a video from a drone that shows what they say is the terrorist's pickup truck. Of course they blame this attack on the terrorists. This is a label they usually use to describe rebel groups in Syria.
And in this video they say it shows the pickup truck moving along with the aid convoy towing a large-caliber mortar. Now this is either saying that it was carried out by this pickup truck or they're accusing the aid convoy of providing cover to the rebels moving.
And as you mentioned, the United States, the White House, we heard from deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, saying that whether it was Russian aircraft that carried this attack or not, Russia is to blame because they say a part of this agreement is that it needed to make sure that there will be no air strikes, that there will be grounding, the fighter jets in areas where humanitarian aid will be flowing.
Now the U.S. military says they based their preliminary assessment at this point based on radar, intelligence, surveillance. They say that it seems to them at this point that it was carried out by Russian aircraft.
Of course, John, everyone's pointing fingers at each other at this point. We might never know who was responsible for this attack. We've seen so many devastating attacks in recent months targeting hospitals throughout Syria, and more importantly here, no one has been held accountable for these attacks -- John.
VAUSE: And Jomana, the real world effect of all this is that aid convoys have now stopped pretty much before they even began. So where does that leave hundreds of thousands who need food and other supplies?
KARADSHEH: Well, as with everything, when it comes to this conflict, it is the civilians who are caught in the middle of this war who pay the heaviest price. And one of the biggest issues was, you know, when this cease-fire or this cessation of hostilities was in effect that there was this hope that aid would reach so many besieged areas. Of course most concern was for eastern Aleppo, the rebel-held part of Aleppo. We're talking about 275,000 people who have not received aid in weeks and they desperately need that food, that medicine and fuel also, John.
We're talking about -- you know, they don't have electricity so they need this fuel for their generators to run their hospitals. And they have not -- and they will likely not be getting this anytime soon. As you mentioned, the United Nations said it is suspending all its aid operations and understandably so. The aid convoy that was struck had all the necessary permissions. Everyone was notified according to the United Nations. It had all the markings of a humanitarian aid convoy, yet it was attacked.
Another really dangerous precedent. But of course this means that for the time being we will not likely see any convoys moving and we're seeing violence flaring up again, although U.S. officials and others are insisting that this cease-fire is not dead, John. [02:05:14] VAUSE: Yes. A slim hope at best, I guess.
Jomana, thank you. Jomana Karadsheh, live this hour in Amman.
And thousands of kilometers away in New York while leaders denounced the atrocities in Syria, some of those affected by the influx of refugees into their countries have also spoken out.
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FRANCOIS HOLLANDE, FRENCH PRESIDENT (Through Translator): The Syrian tragedy will be seen by history as a disgrace for the international community if we do not end it quickly. Aleppo is today a martyred city. It will remain in the memory of history as a martyred city. Thousands of children have died in bombings. Whole populations are starving. Humanitarian convoys are being attacked. Chemical weapons are being used.
I have one thing to say here. That is enough.
TAYYIP ERDOGAN, TURKISH PRESIDENT (Through Translator): From this podium I would like to call upon the rest of the world, and I would like to call out to all of my European friends who believe that Syrian refugees are a direct and a clear danger for them.
The barbed wires and the high walls will never provide you with the safety and security and peace of mind you that seek out for. It's an effort in vain. The Syrian refugees and their problems should be solved immediately and once and for all, or else we will never be able to prevent the regular migration, social issues and security and risks imbedded within that problem.
KING ABDULLAH II, JORDAN: A Syrian military approach will leave no winners, only losers on every side. And further civilian suffering. An end to the violence ultimately demands a political process, one shepherded by a unified global vision. And led by all components of the Syrian people.
THERESA MAY, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: This affects all of us. And it is the responsibility of us all to take action. We cannot ignore this challenge or allow it to continue unmanaged. We need to do better.
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VAUSE: The United Nations was the setting for two refugee summits this week. On Monday leaders adopted a declaration that they hope will create a coordinated response to the crisis.
On Tuesday U.S. President Barack Obama asked governments to step up and resettle more refugees.
And earlier I spoke to Salil Shetty, secretary-general of Amnesty International, about what he expects to come from these meetings.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) SALIL SHETTY, SECRETARY-GENERAL, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Amnesty International's assessment is that what we've had in the last day in the summit is really quite a collective and spectacular failure. The refugees are dying in large numbers and they're living in appalling poverty. So the need is massive. And they're also living in huge uncertainty. But the response from the leaders was close to nothing. We haven't had -- in the main refugee summit of the United Nations, we haven't had a single measurable binding new target.
Today in the Obama convened summit there have been some pledges but we have to figure out now as to which one of those are new pledges as against repackaging old commitments.
VAUSE: Right.
SHETTY: And the bigger problem, John, is that there is no system in place. You know, there is absolutely no system. It's an ad hoc voluntary system which essentially pushes these, you know, masses of people into the neighboring countries, people who are fleeing from war and persecution. In Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, countries like this are housing more than half of these 20 million people you talked about are in 10 countries, poor countries, relatively poor countries.
VAUSE: In her first appearance at the United Nations General Assembly the British prime minister Theresa May said refugees must claim asylum in the first safe country they reach and she said this as well. Listen to the British prime minister.
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MAY: We need to improve the ways we distinguish between refugees fleeing persecution and economic migrants. This in turn will help us target support for those refugees who need it most.
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VAUSE: Is there an argument here for distinguishing between those who are fleeing violence and those who some say are simply looking for a better job?
SHETTY: Well, John, I've spent a lot of time in the camps in the borders of Syria and Lebanon and Turkey. I've met a lot of women, children, and really I have not heard even one of them saying that they want to go to Europe. Every one of them wants to go back to Syria. They want to go back to where they came from. Being a refugee is not a lifestyle choice.
[02:10:02] It's people who are -- the vast majority are those who are fleeing from war and persecution. So that's really not a -- it's that an honest argument and not an honest statement from leaders. And this is one of the big problems you're facing that, you know, you have leaders concocting all sorts of mistruths. And this is why I suppose Amnesty International is concerned. We're about to launch a campaign called "I Welcome Refugees." If our leaders fail us, that's -- you know, we're used to that. Let the people stand up. All the surveys we've done have shown that the majority of the
population do welcome refugees. Often they don't know the facts, they are fed with fear and misinformation.
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VAUSE: Now to Charlotte, North Carolina, where violent protests have broken out after police shot and killed a black man. About 12 officers have been injured in those protests. Police say they were trying to serve a warrant on Tuesday when they killed Keith Lamont Scott in the parking lot of an apartment complex. They say Scott was armed but he was not the man they were looking for. Protesters are demanding answers.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: But as far as my child, my nephews, I am concerned, I'm worried about them. Something has to be done, whether it's our city leaders, whether it's our state leaders, these presidential candidates that are coming onto the scene, something has to be done. There was a terrorist, New Jersey, New York. He was taken alive. They said they wanted to question him. So because of you wanting to question him does his life mean more than our black men across the nation? It doesn't make any sense.
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VAUSE: Charlotte's mayor is calling for calm and an investigation. The officer who fired the shots is now on paid leave.
This comes amid outrage after another police shooting of a black man in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Crowds gathered to protest the death of Terrence Crutcher on Tuesday. He was unarmed when a white police officer shot and killed him Friday night. Oklahoma authorities have released video that shows Crutcher with his hands in the air. The officer's lawyer says she opened fire because she thought Crutcher was retrieving a weapon from his car. There was no weapon in his car.
U.S. federal prosecutors have filed new charges against the suspect in the New York and New Jersey bombings, including using weapons of mass destruction. Ahmad Rahami already faces attempted murder charges for his shootout with police on Monday. Authorities say a notebook found on Rahami was filled with ramblings about terrorists. One passage says the sounds of bombs will be heard in the streets. Another praised Osama bin Laden.
Law enforcement officials say Rahami's Pakistani wife left the United States just days before the attacks. She's said to be cooperating with U.S. officials in the United Arab Emirates.
Investigators are also looking into Rahami's travels to Pakistan and Afghanistan, also his turbulent relationship with his family.
CNN's chief U.S. security correspondent Jim Sciutto reports.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JIM SCIUTTO, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Tonight U.S. officials tell CNN the FBI interviewed the father of the suspect in 2014 after a violent domestic dispute led to a tip alleging the father was calling his son a terrorist. After the father then downplayed the accusation the FBI ultimately concluded it was a domestic matter. Today the suspect's father told CNN more about the violent altercation.
MOHAMMAD RAHAMI, SUSPECT'S FATHER: Now they say he's a terrorist. I say yes.
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Why did you call the FBI two years ago? What happened?
RAHAMI: Because he doing bad.
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: He's doing bad. What did he do bad?
RAHAMI: Yes. He stabbed my son. He hit my wife. And I put him to jail. Two years ago.
SCIUTTO: Investigators are now attempting to question the suspect, though police say he still isn't talking. One urgent question, did he have help in carrying out the alleged attacks?
(On camera): Do you still believe that he acted alone with these attacks and attempted attacks?
JAMES O'NEILL, NEW YORK POLICE COMMISSIONER: Well, Jim, it's very early on in the investigations so as we move through this, we're going to determine, you know, who his acquaintances were, family, friends, go through his social media. See if he had any phones. We'll go through all that to make that determination.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Let's go. Get off the street.
SCIUTTO (voice-over): Pointing to possible inspirations for the attack, a notebook the suspect was carrying when captured referenced American AQAP leader Anwar al-Awlaki, killed in 2011 by a U.S. drone strike.
Investigators are now scrutinizing the suspect's travels to Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he married and had a child and spent time in areas with a heavy Taliban presence. This to determine if he was radicalized overseas. The Afghan Taliban has publicly denied any involvement in the bombings.
REP. DONALD PAYNE (D), NEW JERSEY: The officials are trying to determine if he had help in this endeavor. It would have taken some time to get all the materials to put these bombs together.
SCIUTTO: The explosive devices themselves hold clues as well. The devices were made with easy to obtain ingredients and with recipes that are accessible online.
[02:15:05] But those materials, considered by experts to be a high explosive, could have created a blast even bigger than was seen at the deadly Boston marathon bombings.
(On camera): Federal charges have now been filed against Rahami including using a weapon of mass destruction. And in that complaint new details that he bought the components for these explosive devices on eBay, shipping them to an address in New Jersey. But also this crucially, that he filmed himself testing out similar explosive devices as soon as two days before this attack.
Jim Sciutto, CNN, New York.
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VAUSE: Still to come here, grilled on Capitol Hill, the CEO of one of the biggest banks in the U.S. apologizes to customers after his employees opened millions of fake accounts.
Also ahead, Hollywood watchers stunned, stunned they are by news that Brangelina is now over. Divorce details and Team Jen memes when we come back.
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VAUSE: A grilling for the boss of Wells Fargo on Capitol Hill as he appeared before the Senate Banking Committee. Wells Fargo employees opened millions of fake bank accounts, gaming the system to hit sales targets and receive bonuses.
[02:20:08] Clare Sebastian has more on what was a fiery hearing.
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CLARE SEBASTIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The CEO of Wells Fargo John Stumpf faced more than 2 1/2 hours of grilling on Capitol Hill Tuesday. He repeatedly apologized and took personal responsibility for the scandal.
JOHN STUMPF, CEO, WELLS FARGO: I am deeply sorry that we failed to fulfill on our responsibility to our customers, to our team members, and to the American public. Wrongful sales practice behavior in our retail banking business goes against everything regarding our core principles, our ethics, and our culture.
SEBASTIAN: Now lawmakers tore into John Stumpf, one calling him gutless and another even reading out a dictionary definition of the word "fraud." Perhaps the most dramatic exchange, though, came from Senator Elizabeth Warren.
SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN (D), MASSACHUSETTS: You kept your job. You kept your multimillion-dollar bonuses. And you went on television to blame thousands of $12 an hour employees who were just trying to meet cross-sell quotas that made you rich. This is about accountability. You should resign. You should give
back the money that you took while this scam was going on. And you should be criminally investigated.
SEBASTIAN: Whether or not there will be criminal charges of the CEO or anyone else is one of the many unanswered questions remaining. We do know the Department of Justice is in the early stages of a federal investigation, but that is not clear if it will lead to charges.
Another unanswered question, the issue of clawbacks. Whether any executives' pay or bonuses will be revoked as a result of this. In particular that relates to Carey Tolster, the head of Wells Fargo's community banking division who is set to walk away with $124 million in stocks and options when she retires later this year.
John Stumpf insisting Tuesday that would be the decision of the board's compensation committee and that he wouldn't be involved. And finally, how long was it all going on? John Stumpf announcing today he plans to expand the bank's internal review by two years to look at 2010 and 2009. But he said he couldn't guarantee it hadn't started earlier than that. It's clear there's still a lot more work ahead to get to the bottom of this.
Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, New York.
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VAUSE: We have an update now on the ongoing protests in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is the interstate highway there. These protests have been going for about three hours now. They have now appeared to -- the protesters, that is, have stopped a number of trucks on the interstate highway. There's been looting. Supplies and other boxes have been taken from the back of the truck. You can see some fires have been lit there as well.
This is all because an armed black man was shot by police. They were trying to serve a warrant at the time but they were serving the warrant on the wrong man. And protesters have been out there for a number of hours now, and at least a dozen police officers have been injured so far. But it now seems that the demonstration has spread to the interstate highway. You can see people there as the traffic tries to move around them.
It's about 23 minutes past 2:00 in the morning in Charlotte right now. So this is quite late in the evening. And does appear that there's dozens of protesters right now holding up traffic as well as looting those trailers, opening up the backs of those trailers and emptying them out and in some cases setting boxes on fire.
We'll continue to watch the story and bring you an update and any more developments as soon as we get them.
In the meantime, the biggest news on social media it seems has been the end of Brangelina. Angelina Jolie is divorcing Brad Pitt. She's using that standard Hollywood reason, irreconcilable differences. The super couple has been together for more than 11 years, married for
two. They have six children and Jolie wants sole custody. She says Pitt can have visitation rights.
Dr. Jenn Mann is with me now to talk all things Brangelina. She is a licensed psychotherapist and author of "The Relationship Fix."
Dr. Jenn, thanks for being with us.
DR. JENN MANN, LEAD THERAPIST, VH1'S COUPLES THERAPY: My pleasure.
VAUSE: This is a relationship which it began on screen, a movie about a marriage, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." And it seems to have ended on one as well, a very similar movie. Here's a look at some of the scenes from "By the Sea."
I mean, talk about bookends to a relationship really. I mean, that last movie, it seems like a cry for help.
MANN: You know, I also -- I think that anytime you have a couple, Hollywood couple or otherwise, who has to bring themselves to such a dark place in the relationship, it's going to be tough on the relationship. And it's hard to know which came first, the chicken or the egg.
[02:25:06] VAUSE: Right.
MANN: In a sense, were they drawn to this because their relationship was in a dark place or did this kind of suck them into a dark place when they already were having trouble?
VAUSE: Right. Yes. It's a very depressing movie by the looks of it.
MANN: Yes.
VAUSE: And Hollywood divorces, it's as common as what, Botox and boob jobs. You know, it has a very high divorce rate. But it almost seemed like, you know, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were above that in some way.
MANN: But let me tell you, we don't really know what the divorce rate is in Hollywood. It seems like it. It seems like Hollywood spouses change their spouses more than their underwear. But that's not really the case. We don't hear a lot of stories about the celebrities who've been married for 50 years, who died together, whose marriages last. We hear about the ones that don't.
VAUSE: Right.
MANN: And that's what gets the press. We don't know how many of these relationships that end are publicity stunts, are, you know, other issues --
VAUSE: Or was it a publicity stunt to begin with?
MANN: That's what I mean. VAUSE: Right. OK.
MANN: And, you know, it doesn't appear obviously that Brad and Angelina were that kind of situation. But we're also dealing with humans. We're dealing with flawed people. Every season on my show "Couples Therapy with Dr. Jenn" on VH1 I'd start off by talking to people about you guys are dealing with the same issues that everyone else is dealing with except on top of that you're dealing with love scenes, you're dealing with travel, you're dealing with temptation that most people don't have to deal with.
And look, the truth is, most celebrities to be drawn to Hollywood you have to have a certain level of narcissism.
VAUSE: Right.
MANN: When we look at the stats on that celebs tend to be -- have higher rates of narcissism, which makes it more difficult to have a successful relationship.
VAUSE: OK. Well, a lot of people were surprised and saddened by the news. There was a lot of memes out there on the Internet, with Jennifer Aniston's reaction where she's making a lot of those "I told you so" looks or, you know, celebrating the news out there.
MANN: Yes.
VAUSE: So clearly a lot of people, you know, they're still Team Jennifer. But are we kind of stereotyping this relationship between Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie? It seems kind of unfair that we're sort of stoking this rivalry between these two.
MANN: Well, I think it really buys into who out there hasn't been hurt, jilted, experienced disloyalty, and I think we project that all onto Jennifer Aniston.
VAUSE: Dr. Jenn, thanks so much.
MANN: My pleasure.
VAUSE: Well, coming up next for our viewers in Asia, CNN's "STATE OF THE RACE" with Kate Bolduan. And coming up for our viewers everywhere else, the poll numbers are tight and the stakes are high. How the U.S. presidential candidates are getting ready for their first face- to-face debate.
Also, why an Italian city might just hold the secret to living a very long and healthy life.
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ANNOUNCER: This is CNN Breaking News.
[02:31:02] VAUSE: Hello, everybody. I'm John Vause in Los Angeles. We'd like to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. We'll go to Charlotte, North Carolina, now where protests continue at
this hour. In fact, they have now moved on to the I-85 Interstate. You can see there the protesters have stopped traffic. They have started a fire in the middle of the interstate highway.
We're also being told that a number of tractor-trailers have been stopped along the with rest of the cars. Those tractor-trailers have been looted by some of the protesters.
Also word that apparently police have been pelted with rocks and other projectiles as well. And as you can see there from the aerial shots from our affiliate WSOC, there is a long line of traffic there. Even though it is just after 2:30 in the morning local time, the traffic going back it seems for miles because the protesters, by the looks of it a small group of protesters, have taken their demonstration onto the highway there.
This all started about three hours ago. Protesters gathering after police shot and killed a black man. His name was Scott -- Keith Lamont Scott. He was shot in a parking lot near an apartment complex. That's where this demonstration began. Protesters arrived there carrying signs saying "Black Lives Matter, No Justice No Peace." He was shot. Police say he was armed. They were trying to serve a warrant at the time. But it seemed that Keith Lamont Scott was the wrong man.
And that then sparked the demonstrations. As I say, started maybe three, four hours ago and now they have moved on to the Interstate I- 85. You can see the demonstrators there throwing the cardboard boxes onto that fire, which has stopped traffic for miles, it seems, as police say they have in fact been pelted with rocks and other projectiles.
Protesters earlier in the evening say they are demanding answers as to why Scott was shot and killed.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: But as far as my child, my nephews, I am concerned. I'm worried about them.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is my brother.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Something has to be done, whether it's our city leaders, whether it's our state leaders. These presidential candidates that are coming on to the scene. Something has to be done. There was a terrorist, New Jersey, New York. He was taken alive. They said they wanted to question him. So because of you wanting to question him, does his life mean more than our black men across the nation? It doesn't make any sense.
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VAUSE: As we can see, these protests now continuing at this late hour. Even though the mayor of Charlotte has been calling for calm. He has also called for an investigation into the shooting of Scott, who was a black man. And as we can see, that is what sparked these protests just a few hours ago.
Again, this is the I-85 interstate highway. It seems dozens from the shot there of protesters have moved onto that highway, stopping traffic, and in other parts of the highway they've actually been looting those tractor trailers. And we'll continue to monitor the situation there in Charlotte, North Carolina. But for our viewers in the United States we'll head back to "CNN TONIGHT," already in progress.
This week CNN is taking a closer look at a group of Americans who are often credited with helping fuel Trump's rise in politics. The white working class. Those without four-year college degrees.
CNN worked with the Kaiser Family Foundation to poll this group and explore their concerns. The poll found that they are not all Trump supporters, just 60 percent of these voters would consider actually voting for Trump. 47 percent of white working-class adults say America's best days are behind them, which could show why Trump's slogan of "Make America Great Again" is resonating. But there are also religious and cultural issues. Nearly 2/3 say Christian values are under attack.
[02:35:06] And there's a concern about Muslim immigrants as well. 63 percent say immigrants from Muslim countries could increase the risk of terrorism.
CNN's Gary Tuchman went to Oklahoma to find out more.
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GARY TUCHMAN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): An Oklahoma Christian evangelical church. Hundreds of congregants worshiping together at the Guts Church in Tulsa, many of them telling us they believe their Christian values are under attack.
BRIAN LLOYD, GUTS CHURCH MEMBER: I think it's funny that we call ourselves a Christian nation but actual evangelical Christians are the ones that have to explain ourselves a lot.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How many of us are truly you can say irrefutably, undoubtedly that you've experienced the life of God? Is there anybody in here, that you can say I've experienced the life of God?
TUCHMAN (on camera): Do you think there's an attack on Christian values in this country?
CARL KINSER, GUTS CHURCH MEMBER: There has been since the devil became the devil.
TUCHMAN: Our polling indicates 65 percent of working-class white people believe Christian values are under attack. But among working- class Christian evangelical white people that number jumps to 89 percent.
Do you believe Christian values are under attack?
GEORGE GHESQUIRE, GUTS CHURCH MEMBER: I think that objective morality is under attack.
TUCHMAN (voice-over): Among the other reasons cited by those who feel that way is this.
(On camera): Do you think immigrants from Muslim countries threaten Christian beliefs and values in this country?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think they test them.
TUCHMAN (voice-over): This is Jenks, Oklahoma, where three Syrian refugees have resettled since the conflict began in their country. Three of only a total of 16 in the entire state of Oklahoma. This woman lives in Jenks.
(On camera) Do you think Christian values are under attack in America today?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I really do.
TUCHMAN: So do you think that Muslim refugees coming to this country, coming to this state and this town have led to that?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, I do. I believe that we're supposed to be quiet because, you know, it offends other people and I think that that's not American.
EBTESAM ALKOWAYFI, SYRIAN REFUGEE LIVING IN OKLAHOMA: Right? One, two, three.
TUCHMAN (voice-over): 4-year-old Momen, a Syrian refugee, along with his three brothers and his parents are now living in Oklahoma.
(On camera): Are you at all concerned for the safety of your children, your family because there are some people who would prefer that you not be here?
ALKOWAYFI (Through Translator): No one bothers my children when they go to school. Nothing hurts us. They respect us and they don't bother us. They treat you as you treat them.
TUCHMAN: And that answer gratifies the people at Catholic charities of Tulsa, who have worked to resettle Syrians in Oklahoma. The executive director disagreeing with the belief that Christian values are being threatened.
DEACON KEVIN SATORIUS, CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF TULSA: This is a country that for its entire history has celebrated the diversity of religions and we need to hold that value dear to our hearts and protect it.
TUCHMAN: Back at the evangelical church the pastor does think there is an attack on Christian values. But he says it isn't necessarily a bad thing.
PASTOR BILL SCHEER, GUTS CHURCH: Honestly, I love the whole idea that we're set apart. I love the whole idea that it's like wait a second, I've got to stand for something. And if you're going to stand for something, that means there's going to be maybe a little persecution, maybe there's going to be some resistance to it.
TUCHMAN: Gary Tuchman, CNN, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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VAUSE: And still to come here, what is the secret to living a long life? We'll visit one city in Italy which may hold the magical answer.
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[02:40:50] VAUSE: Welcome back, everybody. Researchers are trying to discover why some people live an extremely long time. You know, those people who don't work the other night shift. These researchers have actually identified five regions around the world with the highest concentrations of men and women who are more than 100 years old. They're called blue zones and they include Sardinia in Italy, Ichara in greece, Okinawa, Japan, Loma Linda here in California and Acoya in Costa Rica. And we're learning about yet another Italian city where people are living to a ripe old age. Almost as old as Ben Wedeman, who traveled there to discover their secret.
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BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Giuseppe is 94 years old. He still tends his own garden. Still hangs out with the younger guys and watches their card game. And still enjoys the, ahem, company of the opposite sex.
"I noticed," he says, "that also that is indispensable. It makes you happy, more cheerful." Does it still work, I ask. "Yes," he says. "Once it really worked."
Giuseppe lives in the southern Italian town of Acciaroli, where 1 in 10 residents is more than 100 years old, where living well beyond the already impressive average Italian life span of 82 is the norm.
Earlier this year Rome's Sapiensa University in the University of California San Diego launched a study to determine why people here live so long and so strong.
It was in the villages along this coast that American nutritionist Ansel Keys identified what is now known as the Mediterranean diet. Delia Morinelli, a spring chicken at 79, was Keys' cook and now runs a restaurant specializing in that diet. Fresh herbs, vegetables, fruit, and fish, all local.
"Because we eat natural things," she says. "Things that we grow. We know what's there."
Researchers are particularly interested in rosemary, which they suspect helps circulation to the brain and might explain why Alzheimer's is rare here. (On camera): Obviously, diet has a lot to do with the longevity of
local residents, but clearly there are other factors. There's no pollution. They're right by the sea. The weather is very nice. And there are almost none of the stresses of modern life.
(Voice-over): Antonio celebrated his 100th birthday recently. He attributes his long life to, in his words --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bella Donna.
WEDEMAN: "This beautiful woman. The woman of my life."
Amina, a spry 93, continues to write poetry and recite it from memory. This one dedicated to Antonio.
"And I became," so her poem concludes, "the bride of this fisherman."
You can't quantify it, but love also plays a role.
Ben Wedeman, CNN, Acciaroli, Italy.
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VAUSE: Amore. You've been watching CNN NEWSROOM live from Los Angeles. I'm John Vause. Kate Reilly is up next with "WORLD SPORT." You're watching CNN.
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[02:46:13] KATE RILEY, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR: Hello, there. I'm Kate Reilly. Welcome along to WORLD SPORT.
When he was the Chelsea boss he was known as the Tinker Man for frequently changing the starting 11. Now Claudio Ranieri and his Leicester City champions hosted the Blues on Tuesday in the English League cup. The Fixes in great form heading into this one. A win in the league as well as the Champions League for them. So to the King Power Stadium we go, the game tied at two all after no more time. That means the match was forced into extra time. That's when the visitors came alive. Perhaps capitalizing on the fact Leicester were down to 10 men at this stage.
A brace in a matter of minutes for Cesc Fabregas. It ends 4-2 in the East Midlands. Leicester can now clearly concentrate on the league as well as the Champions League now.
An upset on Merseyside. Everton are now out of the cup at the hands of the championship side Norwich City. They're not the only championship club to knock out EPL competition either. Preston run out 3-2 winners over Bournemouth away.
Meanwhile, Manchester City are in action on Wednesday as they look to stay perfect under Pep Guardiola. However, an internal rift mars a pitch perfect Man City right now. They've won all five of their Premier League matches as well as three victories in the Champions League so far. But while things are seemingly perfect on the pitch, for Pep that is not the case. The manager says he will not play veteran Yaya Toure again until the player apologizes for comments made by his agent after he was left off the Champions League squad.
Dimitri Seluk said that Toure felt humiliated after the omission. He added that Guardiola can't stop him from speaking his mind. But the manager is having none of it.
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PEP GUARDIOLA, MANCHESTER CITY MANAGER: After his manager spoke, in that moment Yaya is out. Except Mr. Dimitri Seluk come back in the press conference or his friends in the media, he has not courage to call me, go to the media, and say apologize to Manchester City, the first one. The second one, his teammates. And after the trainer. When that happen, Yaya will be part of the group and he will have the same chance to play all the games.
I cannot imagine my period when I was a football player my manager go to the media speak against Jurgen Kreutz and say about this, about that. Maybe it's a new era, you know, the new period, changing. Maybe I'm old guy. I'm old generation. So old generations, manager has to make his job, players his job and trainer his job. And today the managers believe they are more than they are.
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RILEY: And earlier I spoke with the "Bleacher Report's" Manchester City correspondent Rob Pollard about all the controversy around Toure.
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ROB POLLARD, BLEACHER REPORT CORRESPONDENT: In terms of his City career I think he's hugely damaged him. And what his agent doesn't understand, Dimitri Seluk, is the -- I mean, he thinks his constant comments to the media are helping his client but in actual fact all he's doing is deteriorating his relationship with the fans and with the club. And I think most fans will be very pleased with the way that Pep Guardiola's handled this whole situation because I think it's been spiraling out of control for a few years now.
I mean, make no mistake, Yaya Toure is one of the most important players in Manchester City's history, certainly in their recent history, and that shouldn't be forgotten. But this constant bickering and -- from his agent has just been distracting for a while now. And I think that Guardiola has attempted to nip it in the bud in a way that Manuel Pellegrini never really did.
RILEY: Well, nipping it in the bud is one thing. Is Pep likely to be true to his word and never include Yaya in his Champions League plans again?
[02:50:04] POLLARD: Oh, absolutely. I mean, if you look -- I mean, City played eight games so far this season, won them all, and Yaya Toure's been left out. Seven of those match day squads. He's only been included one, which was pretty much a dead rubber against Steaua Bucharest. So, I mean, the writing was on the wall anyway, and I think only an apology is going to put him back in contention for a place on the side really, and, you know, I think it's the right approach on the manager. And I think most people would back him.
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RILEY: Barcelona face Atletico Madrid in La Liga on Wednesday and despite having Neymar, Suarez, and Messi at his disposal Barc's Luis Enrique knows this could be a potentially tricky one. And this is why Atletico have enjoyed success against Barcelona at home. Also let's not forget that Barcs were knocked out of the Champions League at the hands of Atletico back in the 2013-'14 season as well as the last campaign as well. But it is going to be an interesting match-up.
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LUIS ENRIQUE, BARCELONA MANAGER (Through Translator: We have to play a very good match if we want to beat them. In hasn't been an easy game against Atletico in the past few years. They're a direct rival for the title and I hope to see the new camp full to help us because we are going to need it.
DIEGO SIMEONE, ATLETICO MADRID MANAGER (Through Translator): They still have a brilliant game. They are probably the most decisive team individually and collectively, and that puts them in an incredible position. Even though they didn't win the Champions League last year.
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RILEY: Coming up, CNN's caught up with former world number one, Serena Williams. Will she play again this year? The answer's on the way.
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RILEY: Welcome back. Serena Williams has told CNN she's unsure whether she'll be back in action this year. The 34-year-old has been battling knee and shoulder injury. She withdrew from the tournament in Cincinnati a couple of weeks ago and has been replaced as world number one by Angeline Kerber. And on Monday Serena sat down with CNN tennis contributor Ravi Uber at the opening of her Coach Patrick Moratigli's academy near Nice.
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SERENA WILLIAMS, GRAND SLAM CHAMPION TENNIS PLAYER: I wasn't thinking about having Patrick as my coach. I just had an early exit at a grand slam and I didn't really want to go home and I wanted to just train and try to get better. And I met Patrick through another friend and I trained at his old academy, and I liked what he said. I liked kind of the things that he did. And before I knew it I was like, well, let's -- would you want to come with me to Wimbledon or, you know, do you want to come with me to the Olympics? And it was -- it was really organic how it worked out. And then he became my coach after that.
RAVI UBER, CNN TENNIS CONTRIBUTOR: And once you got a chance to get to know Patrick a little bit, Serena, what were your first impressions of him?
WILLIAMS: It was early on. I think it was during Wimbledon 2012 I was just like, you know -- I wanted to know more about him, his coaching ways.
[02:55:08] And we had a long talk and a discussion about how he worked, and I had a discussion about how I worked. And you know, we really were able to meet in the middle.
UBER: How about this academy, Serena? I'm sure you've had a chance to look around. You've been at a lot of academies. You've trained a lot. What sticks out in terms of this one?
WILLIAMS: Yes, I've been to many academies and I've seen so much, but this is the icing on the cake. I've never seen anything, not only so architecturally gorgeous but it's useful. And there's no place like this in the world. And the tennis courts, the camaraderie, the people, the professionals that come here, you have Djokovic that trains here. I'm here from time to time. You know, there's so many pro tennis players, the best in the world come here. And there's also a schooling facility and there's paddle tennis, which is really fun, and a soccer field. So it's a wonderful place that is great.
UBER: Did you give Patrick any advice or any tips in terms of how to dress up things in the academy, in the hotel maybe?
WILLIAMS: He didn't need advice. He has such a good team working with him. But he was obviously super hands on. He made everything just so amazing.
UBER: I must ask you how your knee injury is and how much will we be seeing you at the end of 2016?
WILLIAMS: Well, I don't know. I'm definitely taking it a day at a time. I'm tired of playing tournaments unhealthy and taking losses that I would never lose matches. So I definitely want to make sure I'm healthy and playing at my best, or at least, you know, 80 percent healthy or 70 percent healthy. That way I can be able to play at a higher level.
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RILEY: And that's nearly all for this edition of WORLD SPORT. I'm Kate Riley. But we finish with one of the most highly anticipated equestrian events of the year which all kicks off this week in New York City. And with more here's today's "Rolex Minute."
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Set against the breathtaking New York City skyline, the third edition of the highly anticipated Rolex Central Park horse show lands in the big apple. American superstars come together with the finest equestrian athletes for five days of unparalleled sporting action.
Aiming for a hat trick of titles will be Isabel Wurtz as the German legend looks to obtain the U.S. Open dressage freestyle title for a third time.
New York's very own Georgina Bloomberg will be aiming to recapture the tournament's showcase event, the Rolex Grand Prix, won last year by Colombia's Daniel Bluman.
The biggest names in the sport take part in this prestigious event, which has quickly become renowned thanks to its unparalleled setting at the heart of one of the world's most vibrant cities.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Victorious.
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