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Refugees Reach Germany After Long Journeys; Asia-Pacific Markets Mostly Lower Wednesday; Video Captures Officer-Involved Shooting In Texas; Clerk Refuses To Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses; What Lies Ahead For Migrants In Germany; U.S. Frackers Trying To Survive Oil Market Volatility; Iran To Ramp Up Oil Production If Deal Signed. Aired 3-4a ET

Aired September 02, 2015 - 03:00   ET

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[03:00:00] ERROL BARNETT, CNN ANCHOR: The humanitarian crisis at Europe's doorstep, the scramble to find a solution for the refugees streaming in from war-thorn countries.

ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Cop killers on the loose, the manhunt for suspects who gunned down a police officer.

BARNETT: We are watching global markets --

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CHURCH: -- Tuesday after authorities shut down the city's main train station, preventing them from boarding trains headed west. And just a day earlier, Syrian and Iraqi refugees were allowed to board trains.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have been here five days, no food, no sleep, no place to sleep, no energy. We have a ticket, but the government and they no let us go.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Why? Tell us. We can't go.

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CHURCH: The train station later reopened, but only those with the proper documents were allowed to enter.

BARNETT: The Hungarian prime minister will travel to Brussels Thursday to discuss the migrant crisis with E.U. leaders.

CHURCH: The government insists it is enforcing the E.U. rules. Take a listen.

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PETER SZIJJARTO, HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER (through translator): It has been proven that some European leaders act contrary to European values and interests as far as handling of the challenges of migration are concerned. It became clear that policy based on mandatory quota has failed

because it just encourages the human traffickers and immigrants to come to Europe. Meanwhile, those who are trying to stop the influx of migrants to Europe are facing a smear campaign based on false allegations or criticism.

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BARNETT: Many of the refugees who were able to board trains in Budapest Monday have made it to Germany, the final destination of a very long journey. We bring in our Fred Pleitgen who joins us live from Munich with more on the country's response.

And Fred, yesterday, we talked about the confusing and emotional and exhausting experience this has been for the hundreds of refugees and migrants coming to Germany. Surely you're seeing much more of that today?

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, you are seeing some of that. There are still people coming to the train station in Munich. But it's a sad situation because overnight and throughout the course of yesterday the people here, many, many volunteers have really turned this place into almost a welcoming center.

If you look behind me you can see they have a state-of-the-art medical facility. You can see the helpers here. The first thing that happens when the migrants and refugees come here they get medical attention. There were a lot of volunteers who brought in food and toys for the children here.

But so many people are stuck in Hungary and they can't come here. The facilities are here, the helpers are here but fewer refugees coming here. But yesterday throughout the course of the day there was a mass influx on the trains coming from Budapest and Austria as well. Let's have a look at what that looked like.

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PLEITGEN (voice-over): With almost every new train another batch of refugees arrived in Munich. Immediately taken in by police and brought to the central station's parking lot for processing. Many spoke of a harrowing journey to finally make it to Germany, like this young woman who traveled with her family from Afghanistan.

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: It was very hard for us. It takes for about more than a month. And in Hungary my mother has got a very bad sick. She was in the hospital, but we're happy because we are here right now.

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

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bright future and some dreams. And I'm really very thankful for the European Union and especially for German governments. PLEITGEN: In the sweltering heat police officers also helped handing out food and water and making sure that the refugees were swiftly moved to temporary accommodations.

[03:05:11] PLEITGEN (on camera): Of course, the authorities in Germany are somewhat overwhelmed by the flood of people coming here, but they're trying to prevent some of the chaos we've seen in other countries. They are trying to get these people on buses and bring them to shelter as fast as they can.

(voice-over): As the day went on, more and more volunteers showed up bringing everything from food to cosmetics, toys and medical supplies. Munich Central Station's parking lot turned into a state- of-the-art processing center.

We've been out here since 7:00 p.m. last night, this volunteer says. We've seen five trains with many refugees come here and there were really some emotional scenes that we witnessed.

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

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PLEITGEN: And Errol, a lot of those helpers actually have been quite frustrated because many people stayed here overnight and continue to bring in things like food and they continue to sort of do this place up to make it nicer for the folks coming here.

And right now there are not that many people arriving here and many of them said we are frustrated at the political situation that's going on in Hungary right now where the refugees are not allowed to come to Germany.

But of course, we've heard the Hungarians have a very different take on what is going on. And as far as the immigration policy, there are differing opinions if you consider the Germans and the Hungarians on the other side.

So the European Union really at this point in time doesn't appear to be speaking with one voice as far as the immigration policy is concerned -- Errol.

BARNETT: It's encouraging to see at least an outpouring of support and people welcoming the migrants and refugees who have come so far. Any sense of what is next for them?

PLEITGEN: For the ones that come here, what happens is they get processed here at this place at the parking lot. They get the medical attention and brought inside and they can rest a little bit. They get food, water. The kids will get some sort of toys.

And the authorities here will try to put them on buses as fast as possible to bring them to temporary shelters where the registration then takes place.

After spending a night or so in a temporary shelter they will be brought to other places in southeastern Germany and possibly in the rest of Germany as well where they begin that long process of trying to get asylum here in Germany.

Once you get into it here in Munich into that system, it is something where the next stages are fairly clear for them. It involves a lot of waiting and for a lot of people a lot of uncertainty. But it is a process once you reach here to Munich -- Errol.

BARNETT: Yes, considering what they have been through already, I'm sure that they are thrilled and happy to be at the stage they are now. Our Fred Pleitgen live for us in Munich. Fred, thanks.

CHURCH: And in a separate incident passengers on Euro Star trains had their trips delayed for several hours after police say there were trespassers on the French side of the Eurotunnel near Calais. Some passengers were being sent back to their departure stations. The port city of Calais has been dealing with a surge of migrants trying to access the Eurotunnel to reach England.

BARNETT: A little programming note, later this hour you'll hear from a director with the Human Rights Watch Organization and he will discuss what lies ahead legally and socially for the refugees who have made it to Germany and some other countries as well.

CHURCH: All right, let's shift gears now. We want to go to stock markets. In Europe they began their trading day just a few minutes ago over the past few days. Of course, they've been plummeting with investors --

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ANDREW STEVENS, CNN ASIA-PACIFIC EDITOR: -- manufacturing numbers from Europe from the Eurozone have been weaker in the past 24 hours which ties in with the story in China as well.

[03:10:05] We got some more numbers yesterday, which caused a big selloff overnight. So it's not just a single-pronged story, this global weakening growth.

But China, no doubt, is at the spearhead of this because it has been consuming so much and it is falling quite -- the economy is slowing quite rapidly. How rapidly, no one is actually sure, but the economy is still growing at 7 percent, which relatively speaking to Europe and the U.S. is a very healthy number.

But private economists think it could be a lot lower than that, perhaps 5 percent. That is where the issues are and because China is slowing, it's not taking in nearly as much commodities as it used to, raw materials, iron ore, copper, aluminum, oil, things like that.

All the commodity prices have been weakening sharply, which has really impacted on the commodities producing countries. CHURCH: And Andrew, are we getting a sense from analysts how long they think these troubles are likely to continue? Are we talking about short term here or correction that everyone says this is about or is this going to keep going on for a while?

STEVENS: I think we've got perhaps years here, Rosemary, of slower growth. But it's all in the language, almost because remember China itself talks about a new normal now with its economic growth because it is moving its economic model and changing from the traditional model that gave it such supercharged growth for 30 years, which was all about investing in massive infrastructure projects and the factory of the world.

It's moving away from that into a much more mature type economy, where you have consumers leading the way. That is a long- term transition. That doesn't happen in three or four years. That takes longer than that. Interestingly, Goldman Sachs is talking about 6.8 percent growth next year, 6.1 percent growth the year after that, 2017 and that is by no means out of the ordinary.

A lot of investment houses are saying this slower growth story, it is here to stay. It is the quality of the growth, that's what it is all about. If you are growing 6 percent or 5 percent but you've got a sustainable growth model, 5 percent is fine -- Rosemary.

CHURCH: Interesting point, Andrew Stevens reporting there from Hong Kong. Many thanks.

Let's bring up those numbers. We have the European numbers. As we mentioned, the markets there have just opened. That is encouraging, all the arrows in positive territory.

You have Zurich up nearly 1 percent. The DAX in Germany up about 0.75 percent and similar lift there for Paris and for London. We'll keep an eye on those numbers. It's always good to see the green.

BARNETT: Hopefully that keeps up.

Still to come on CNN NEWSROOM, a huge manhunt continues into the overnight hours in Illinois. Next, we'll update the search for the killers of a police officer.

CHURCH: Authorities in Texas examine eyewitness video after new questions surface over whether the suspect was surrendering when police shot and killed him.

BARNETT: Plus Pope Francis has Catholics around the world talking about his new policy on abortion. We'll tell you what's changing, next.

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BARNETT: Sad news from the U.S. yet another police officer has been gunned down and a huge manhunt is underway at Northern Illinois for his killers. Police in Fox Lake are searching for three suspects right now. Helicopters hovered over the area where police on the ground used sniffer dogs to pick up the trail. Residents barricaded themselves in their homes. Businesses and several schools are closed during this hunt.

CHURCH: Officials say Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz was found with a gunshot wound and his gun taken. He is the fourth officer to be killed on duty in the U.S. in the last nine days. Ryan Young has the latest.

RYAN YOUNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The manhunt has been going on for more than 12 hours. The command post is behind me. We are about a mile and a half from where the officer was shot. Officer Joseph Gliniewicz, a father of four, was shot and killed, a 32-year veteran of the police force here.

Officers have been manning this area, before spreading out to find the three suspects, two white males, one black male, that is the only description they've been giving so far of the men they've been looking for.

We have seen the ATF and the FBI all bringing their SWAT teams into the area to look for the suspects. The 32-year vet of the police department was trying to answer a suspicious persons call when he encountered the three people, shots were fired, and he was killed in the line of duty.

Since then people from this community have been coming out very upset about what happened in fact lining the street here with signs and showing their support for the officers involved in this.

But hundreds of officers are in now in this area looking for three suspects who were involved in the murder of one of their own. It is something that we'll continue to follow and as we get more information, of course, we'll bring it to you. Ryan Young, CNN, Fox Lake, Illinois.

BARNETT: And there is outrage over another officer-involved shooting this one in San Antonio, Texas.

CHURCH: Eyewitness video from the incident appears to show police officers shooting and killing a man. Sara Sidner has the full story and we do warn you, the video you're about to see is disturbing.

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SARA SIDNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Sheriff's deputies actually first ended going to the home because of a domestic dispute between a husband and wife. When they arrived a woman had a gash on her head, but by the time they left the husband was dead, killed by the deputies.

[03:20:00] An investigation is underway in light of videos that have surfaced showing what happened. What we can tell you is that the big question that they are looking at is whether or not the suspect, Gilbert Flores, was actually surrendering when police shot and killed him. Now there are two videos we have learned. One of which has

been released to the public. That video is this one. It shows Flores playing a cat and mouse with police game darting towards the home he lives in and then darting out of the alcove toward the cars as police approach.

Police say before this there was a lengthy confrontation in which they used stun guns and a shield to subdue him but they say nothing worked. We do not see that part in the video. What we do see is eventually Flores putting at least one of his hands up in the air and then that's when two officers opened fire.

Now the video does not make clear whether Flores had his other hand up because there is a pole that is obscuring the view. When a local television station released this entire video they received a nasty response from the sheriff's department saying the video and releasing it put sheriff's deputies and other officers in danger.

But we talked to the young man who gave the video over to news outlets and he says the reason why he did it is he wants to make sure that nothing was swept under the rug.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When I came back and was listening to what people were saying online and they were guessing what happened and no one knew the true story. If I got it I got to let somebody know just in case something doesn't go right and he doesn't get accused of killing a man.

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SIDNER: We spoke with the district attorney in this case as well and he told us that the second video is paramount in helping them determine whether or not to charge these officers.

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SIDNER: You mentioned that you'd seen both the videos. Is one more disturbing than the other? More clear that the other?

NICHOLAS LAHOOD, BEZAR COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: The second video, the one that is not out in the public is much clearer. It's a different angle and closer. So it gives us a better view of what actually happened.

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SIDNER: We also spoke with the Flores family attorney who told us that the family is devastated and that they plan to sue. He says there was no eminent danger to the deputies and they had no justification to shoot.

As we said an investigation is underway. We hear from the DA that they will make a fast decision once they get the details from the sheriff's department.

This is one of the latest in a string of cases that have been controversial in dealing with police shooting suspects and all of that being caught on tape.

BARNETT: That was our Sara Sidner reporting from San Antonio, Texas.

CHURCH: Guatemala's president is now stripped of his immunity and could face prosecution on corruption charges. Congress took the unanimous vote on Tuesday.

BARNETT: President Otto Perez Molina and his close aides are accused of receiving bribes in exchange for lowering taxes on companies importing products into the country. Mr. Perez Molina denies the charges. There have been weekly protests, though, demanding the president's resignation since April. He has insisted he won't step down.

CHURCH: Pope Francis has gotten Catholics talking by announcing that priests everywhere will be authorized to forgive women for the sin of having abortions if they confess. As a result, priests can lift their ex-communication.

BARNETT: Now the policy applies during the church's year of mercy which begins in December. In the U.S., many priests already have that power, but now the policy will expand throughout the Catholic Church. Some Catholic worshippers, though, are expressing mixed emotions over the pope's decision.

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GABRIELA DOMINGUEZ, WORSHIPPER (through translator): I don't think that somebody could say to a woman that I forgive you even if you're the pope. I think that the Catholic Church can say they are absolved from the sin of abortion. I think every woman has the right to do what is best for them.

KARLA ROJAS, WORSHIPPER (through translator): I say that there is no forgiveness from God for this. I think it is something that is not correct. As a woman I say that a child is the most sacred.

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CHURCH: Vatican officials say it is possible the pontiff will allow the abortion policy to continue in perpetuity once the year of mercy ends.

BARNETT: All right, let's go to another story we're following for you in the U.S. State of Kentucky. A county clerk there is defying the U.S. Supreme Court. Kim Davis refuses to issue any marriage licenses because she says same-sex marriage violates her religious beliefs.

CHURCH: A landmark ruling in June made same-sex marriage legal. Davis then sued in federal court and appealed to the Supreme Court. On Monday, the high court denied her request for a delay while her appeal plays out. Despite all that she is not backing down.

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[03:25:01] KIM DAVIS, ROWAN COUNTY CLERK: I just want you to know that we are not issuing marriage licenses today.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Why?

DAVIS: Pending --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What appeal is left?

DAVIS: Pending the appeal in the Sixth Circuit.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The injunction is the order that you are supposed to issue marriage licenses --

DAVIS: We are not issuing the marriage licenses today.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Supreme Court denied your stay.

DAVIS: We are not issuing marriage licenses today --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Based on what? Why are you not issuing marriage licenses today?

DAVIS: Because I'm not.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Under whose authority?

DAVIS: Under God's authority.

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BARNETT: Under God's authority, under moral authority, one fact to keep in mind is that this clerk has been married four times. The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a motion in federal court asking a judge to hold Davis in contempt of court.

CHURCH: A new crew is now en route to the International Space Station. The three astronauts launched in a Soyuz spacecraft from Kazakhstan just a few hours ago.

BARNETT: I hope they have mints. For the first time since 2013 nine astronauts will simultaneously be calling the ISS home. Usually you have a crew of six.

CHURCH: It will be cozy for a while there.

One of the experiments planned for this space mission sounds like a very expensive video game. This is the Centaur, a four by four rover with a camera for a head and two high-tech precision arms.

BARNETT: While the robot is here on earth, a Danish astronaut will operate it the rover from aboard the space station performing a series of precision tasks via remote control. The robot gives force feedback that means astronauts can actually feel resistance from the robotics arms even from hundreds of kilometers in space. Now if all goes well, the rover could become part of future space missions.

CHURCH: They'll have fun with that.

We're going to take a short break here. But still to come, hundreds of migrants and refugees have finally made it to Germany. But uncertainty lies ahead as they begin their new life. We will talk about that.

BARNETT: And the wild ride for oil prices. What it means for U.S. frackers next.

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BARNETT: A warm welcome back to our viewers in the U.S. and all around this world. This is your last half hour of CNN NEWSROOM with the both of us. I'm Errol Barnett.

CHURCH: I'm Rosemary Church. It is time to check the headlines for you. The main stories we are following this hour.

Police are combing an area in Northern Illinois for the suspects in the shooting death of a police officer. The suspects are described only as two white men and one black man. Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz was a veteran officer of 32 years and the father of four sons.

BARNETT: Stock markets in Europe began their trading day a half hour ago. Fears about China's slowing economy had dragged them down over the last few days. But if you look at the numbers now there is positivity on the ground as we look from London's FTSE to Xetra DAX and the Paris CAC Quarante, and Zurich SMI, all are showing gains between two-thirds and a full percentage point.

CHURCH: Hungary's prime minister will travel to Brussels Thursday to discuss the migrant crisis with E.U. leaders. Hundreds of migrants and refugees have made it to Germany, but many more are stuck in Budapest after authorities stopped letting them board trains for Western Europe. Hungary insists it is enforcing the EU rules.

BARNETT: Now for more on the situation in Germany, we turn to Hugh Williamson. He is the director of the Europe and Central Asia Division for Human Rights Watch and joins us now live from Berlin. Hugh, thanks so much for your time today.

This is a bit of a mess, isn't it, from Euro Star delays to controversial walls being erected in Hungary to Germany allowing Iraqis and Syrians specifically. It's a type of migration chaos in Europe right now. What is the solution to all this?

HUGH WILLIAMSON, DIRECTOR, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASAI HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: Well, the situation at least in Germany -- first, thank you for having me on the program. It is chaotic but it is welcoming. There were long queues of newly arrived people from Syria and Afghanistan and people camping out on blankets. I talked to one Iraqi man who didn't have anywhere to stay

yesterday evening. It is chaotic. But in Germany there is a mood of welcoming, largely a positive mood of welcoming that hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers are due to come to Germany this year.

There were many volunteers giving out fruit, water, and giving advice about where people could stay and so on. And the German government stepped up in the last few weeks to try to deal with the problem. As you say it's a Europe-wide problem and we need to find solutions.

BARNETT: And also you know, that German welcome mat is not being rolled out everywhere. German Chancellor Angela Merkel taking initiative here by allowing refugees to stay in the country even though it isn't the country of entry and that basically is ignoring the Dublin regulation because she says it's out of date. She wants other nations to follow this example. Do you think any will or should?

WILLIAMSON: I think you are right. Merkel is using the country's generosity and her political openness to put pressure on even to embarrass countries like Great Britain and countries in Eastern Europe to do more, to live up to commitments that were made in June to allow a quota system where newly arrived asylum seekers would be distributed across the EU. Merkel is using this episode to put pressure on them. I hope she is successful. There needs to be a fair distribution across Europe.

BARNETT: There are other areas of improvement as well. There was a memorial service yesterday for the 71 migrants found dead inside a food transport truck in Austria. A number of people have been arrested in Hungary. But do you think enough is being done to aggressively stamp out these smuggling rings?

WILLIAMSON: It's important they are stamped out. There were reports this morning that the prisons in Munich, which is a major entry point for asylum seekers and smugglers, there is not enough space in the prisons. They are full of people smugglers. Over 300 people have been detained in recent weeks there.

[03:35:10] So there needs to be more to be done, but we also need to realize that people are going to come anyway. So just cracking down on the people smugglers is not enough. It needs to be part of the solution and to find a way to help those in need from war-torn countries is a much bigger part of the solution.

BARNETT: Indeed. Hugh Williamson with Human Rights Watch. Encouraged by what we're seeing in Germany and hopeful that others will follow suit. Thank you for your time today.

WILLIAMSON: Don't mention it.

CHURCH: And this just in to CNN, Iraqi officials say 12 Turkish construction workers have been kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad. Now they were working on an athletic stadium when they were taken in the Sadr City neighborhood. It's not clear who kidnapped the workers or why. The fate of the men is also unknown at this time.

BARNETT: All right, we'll take a short break here. Still to come, Iran is planning a comeback as it waits for a decision in the U.S. on the nuclear deal. How Tehran plans to return to the oil market, coming up in a live report.

BARNETT: And first a crash, then a rebound, then another dip. Ahead, how U.S. frackers are dealing with the oil market roller coaster?

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BARNETT: Crude oil hasn't been immune to the recent market volatility. Prices plunged more than 7 percent at one point on Tuesday.

CHURCH: As oil prices fall so do the profits of U.S. frackers, but as Richard Quest reports some are managing to prosper.

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[03:40:10] RICHARD QUEST, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They knew it was just a matter of time.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The thing goes to the well head and down the casings.

QUEST: Two years ago the oil men of West Texas were riding high. Oil was over $100 a barrel.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's gold. It's liquid gold.

QUEST: They didn't gloat. They knew very well the history of oil.

(on camera): You don't believe it's here to last?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, sir. It's not here to last. I've been through two of the busts. Comes and goes. It's part of it.

QUEST (voice-over): That was the boom then came the bust. On the floor of the NYMEX where they place bets on the future price of crude, traders have been rocked by huge price swings.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's been tough. The market is unforgiving here.

QUEST: The problem is there's oil everywhere. The frackers keep pumping. Production's only fallen slightly from near record levels and Saudi Arabia is priming the pumps. The story of the past few weeks, volatility, oil bounced back in the last days of August and the Frackers are still in a tough spot.

JAMIE WEBSTER, IHS ENERGY ANALYST: The firming up that we've seen in the prices doesn't change the fundamental fact that you are still in an oversupplied situation. We've got far too much supply for too little demand.

QUEST: The frackers who resisted pressure to cut may be forced to do so soon. The bankers are running out of patience.

WEBSTER: October is a point where the banks will relook at how much they want to be giving out in loans. The amount of capital that these companies can get ahold of may start to be pinched off.

QUEST: Investors are already running scared. Energy stocks have been volatile. Bonds issued by energy producers are losing billions of value. Oil and gas firms Quicksilver Sources and Endeavor International have filed for bankruptcy and more may fail.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: At some point, you see more merger or bankruptcy and then acquisition.

QUEST: From West Texas to the badlands of North Dakota, the new age of oil barons relished the battles with OPEC and insists they will survive.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Saudis and OPEC haven't killed American oil or shale. They have made it faster, stronger, better and more ready to compete with them going forward.

QUEST: Oil enjoyed its biggest rally in decades over the past week. Still the U.S. energy landscape could look very difficult very soon. Richard Quest, CNN, New York.

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CHURCH: And despite a price-killing surplus in the world oil market, Iran is planning a comeback in petroleum. CNN's John Defterios spoke exclusively to Iran's oil minister who says Tehran wants to start exporting oil as soon as sanctions allow it.

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BIJAN NAMDAR ZANGENEH, IRANIAN PETROLEUM MINISTER: After one year the reaction of the market on shale oil producers means and shows us that it has no important effect. And I think we are going to the point, as I said, to decide how to manage the market.

JOHN DEFTERIOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Some are suggesting that Iran is planning to come by the end of March with 1 million barrels a day. That takes the oversupply to a 17-year high and pointing the finger at Iran as spoiling the market even worse than we've seen over the last 12 months.

ZANGENEH: Can we wait and not produce after lifting the sanction? Who can accept it in Iran? Do you believe that the nation of our country will accept it? Not to produce for secure the market for others? The first oil producer in the Middle East, can we lose our share in the market? It's not fair?

DEFTERIOS: By 2020, the combined production of Iran and Iraq will be about level with Saudi Arabia. This will change the dynamics within OPEC and the OPEC leadership. How will it change do you think?

ZANGENEH: We, with all difficulty that we had, it's the history of OPEC that we should cooperate with each other and to go ahead with each other. It's very, very important. We should cooperate with each other. It's the organization. It's the signal to the market that we want to be with each other.

DEFTERIOS: You are producing 2.8 million barrels a day right now. Your pre-sanctions peak was 2.4 million barrels a day. How will it take to get up to 4.3, 4.2 million barrels?

[03:45:06] ZANGENEH: We are trying around the end of the next year we will be close to these figures.

DEFTERIOS: By the end of 2016?

ZANGENEH: Yes.

DEFTERIOS: Most people don't think you can add more than 600,000 barrels a day. Six sources said you will be lucky to add 600,000 barrels.

ZANGENEH: They should wait.

DEFTERIOS: You can get to 4.2 by the end of 2016?

ZANGENEH: I wish.

DEFTERIOS: German, French, Italian, British delegation is there space for the Americans to come in? It seems like the Europeans are rushing to get to Iran to get a head start on the Americans.

ZANGENEH: I hope U.S. administration not to put sanction against them to come to Iraq and from the Iranian side we have no objection or difficulty. We are open for receipt and they will come if they want to come. And only U.S. companies lose in that market. Now I hope they don't lose in this new stage of development of Iranian oil projects.

DEFTERIOS: You share the largest gas field in the world with Qatar. Most of the territory is Qatari. Will it create a problem because Qatar doesn't want to increase production? It wants to last 100 years. Is it a political problem?

ZANGENEH: No. We have no political -- no dispute with Qatar. And Qatar has reached to the highest level of production that they can for -- from many years ago. And we should accelerate our activities to reach to the level that Qatar has produced before.

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BARNETT: That was John Defterios with the Iranian oil minister there.

Now after a brief taste of autumn last week parts of the U.S. are dealing with the hottest start to September in decades. Our meteorologist, Pedram Javaheri, join us with more. Explain these crazy swings and fluctuations.

PEDRAM JAVAHERI, AMS METEOROLOGIST: This is something last week we were touching on nice conditions and everyone wants to tie everything to climate change. If this happens consistently as it has been when you look back in ten years you can say between 2010, 2020 you saw it happening more than the previous decade before that.

But we want to show you what is happening, the warmest September since 1985 for Chicago so pretty impressive set up. We have the autumn like temps and the summer like temps returning for some places. It's incredible to think about what it is like right now.

Chicago, Illinois, 3:45 in the morning Eastern Time. Chicago is it 76 degrees Fahrenheit. That is equivalent to the beaches of the panhandle of Florida, a muggy and warm air mass in place. But a week ago, the temperatures were far cooler.

In fact, the high temperature was 67 degrees on Wednesday and warming to the 80s. And Chicago has hit 92 three times this summer. And they could support another one, but Atlanta was the coolest since May. And I want to show you Atlanta and Sydney. They are at similar latitudes one in the north and one in the south.

September is the initiation the meteorological autumn or fall. In Atlanta you see a dramatic cooling trend from the mid-80s to the upper 70s you expect. While in Australia is the spring beginning.

So the temperatures go from the 60s Fahrenheit up to 70s as the days become longer, a changing pattern of the seasons. But for parts of the U.S., the change is not here to stay as the heat continues for the next couple weeks.

BARNETT: Next couple of weeks -- OK, don't know what to expect these days.

CHURCH: I don't mind.

JAVAHERI: See how long it keeps going.

CHURCH: I'm happy to have the heat.

And straight ahead, a fish tale you will have to see to believe. One man is changing the sport by catching fish from the air. We'll explain when we come back.

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CHURCH: We have an amazing rescue to show you from China. A quick- thinking man climbed out a fourth floor window to save this little girl dangling off the side of the building.

BARNETT: He says he was walking by when he heard the toddler screams. China state TV reports the girl was left home alone and was stuck between the window bars. The man held her in place with a mop for more than 10 minutes until her parents pulled her inside. The girl was scared but otherwise she was fine. CHURCH: And there was a similar rescue a few weeks ago in another part of China. A 3-year-old boy was left dangling after falling out a fourth floor apartment window. A neighbor held the boy's feet until his father came to pull the boy inside. It's not the first time. There are two instances there. We reported on a number of these stories.

BARNETT: We go from catching kids to catching fish. We are taking you to Kansas for this one.

CHURCH: Jeanne Moos has the story of a tech-savvy fisherman who used a drone to make his big catch.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Forget that old-fashioned rod you may get hooked on a new way to fish.

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

MOOS: Don't disturb the fish.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was just messing around.

MOOS: Kansas farmer, Derek (inaudible) is known for his odd-ball farm videos.

[03:55:00] Playing jingle bells on a trombone to his cattle or creating cow art by strategically dropping feed so the cows form a smiley face when captured on his drone cam.

But this time what he was trying to catch were fish. The first one got away but within 10 minutes -- he hooked a little bluegill using a plastic worm. If the fish were bigger you could end up like in jaws.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are going to need a bigger --

MOOS: Drone. But the bluegill was not a monster jaws like the shark in the video that left two Australian morning show hosts dumbfounded.

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

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Me either.

MOOS: The bluegill did end up going back in the water.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My first drone fish.

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

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Or a fishy.

MOOS: As for drone fishing technique when you feel a nibble it's like jerking up the rod. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was sending my drone straight up.

MOOS: As for the poor fish it had to put up with Derek droning on about his new way of fly fishing. Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.

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CHURCH: Very pleased with himself. He may have started something here.

BARNETT: I hope all the hobbies on the farm involve a drone.

CHURCH: All right. Thanks for watching CNN. I'm Rosemary Church.

BARNETT: I'm Errol Barnett. "EARLY START" is next for those of you the states and for everyone else there is another edition of CNN NEWSROOM after the break. Have a great day.

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