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Growing Migrant Crisis Across Europe; U.N.: More Than 300,000 Migrants Crossed Mediterranean Sea This Year; New Details on Virginia Shooter; Wild Week for Markets; Ten Years After Hurricane Katrina; Tropical Storm Erika Wreaks Havoc; Tensions High Between North and South Korea; World Sport. Aired 10-11a ET
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[10:00:15] AMARA WALKER, CNN HOST: Hello and welcome everyone to the INTERNATIONAL DESK, I'm Amara Walker at the CNN Center.
We begin with the growing migrant crisis in Europe. Hungarian police have arrested four people in connection with 71 bodies found inside an abandoned
truck in Austria.
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WALKER: Austrian police say they were probably refugees from war torn Syria. The truck was found Thursday on a highway that links Budapest in
Hungary to the Austrian capital.
Now Austrian authorities say a Bulgarian/Hungarian people smuggling ring is suspected. Let's get the very latest now, our Phil Black standing by live
in London with more on the bodies recovered in Austria.
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WALKER: Phil, this is just horrific to say the least and now we're talking about 71 bodies including children.
PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, that's right Amara. It's clear the Austrian officials themselves are quite disturbed by the
nature of this discovery and by the number of people that they found ultimately in the back of that truck.
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BLACK: Initially yesterday when they first opened it up saw the horrific sight, they thought 50. Now they know, they've moved the truck, counted
the bodies 71 in all. 59 men, 8 women and four children as well. Some of them very young children.
So it's clear that if you look at the size of the truck try to imagine that number of people it would have been a crush, it would have been a
frightening experience. It would have been very difficult, very uncomfortable, and ultimately for those people fatal. And it's perhaps no
surprise to hear that the Austrian authorities believed these people died because they simply ran out of air.
Their number one theory at the moment is that they suffocated. They don't know when exactly, the time of death they say is crucial to the
investigation going forward but they believe that that truck was sitting by that roadside for a full 24 hours with those bodies inside before someone
asked questions, opened the door and actually made that discovery.
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BLACK: They believe that it left Hungary on Wednesday morning and so that is where they have tracked they think the owner of the vehicle, people who
may have driven it at various times. And according to the Hungarian police they now have four people in custody there Amara.
WALKER: Yes and Phil, what more do we know about arrests that have been made and do they believe that the people that have been arrested are part
of a larger smuggler ring?
BLACK: They thing they have someone who owns the truck in name at least, people who may have driven it at one time. But in the words of the
Austrian authorities they believe that these are people who are very low ranking members of a much bigger, wider, people smuggling operation that
has links to both Hungary and Bulgaria as well. A much bigger operation.
And they say bigger in the sense that more ambitious in terms of this attempt to move so many people in this way. They say this is unusual.
They're aware of these movements, they're aware of these people smuggling operations.
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BLACK: But they say they usually do them in smaller vehicles with smaller number of people, not on this scale Amara.
WALKER: All right, Phil Black, many thanks to you for that live report there in London.
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WALKER: I want to turn to Arwa Damon who is in Hungary right now. And Arwa you have been tracking this really difficult and arduous journey that
these refugees have been taking hoping to get to the heart of the EU. What are they finding when they get to the border with Hungary?
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ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, we can show you that pretty much right now. This is a holding area that has been set up
just on the other side of the border with Serbia inside Hungary. And this is where the refugees are held. The problem is there is no shelter here
and up until a short while ago, until a small non-profit appeared called Solidarity for Migrants, (SEGED), they weren't even being provided water as
they arrived after in some cases having walked for an hour or two underneath this pretty fairly beating grueling sun.
They would try to talk to the Hungarian Police that were here, they wouldn't really respond to them. People were getting very angry and very
frustrated unable to understand how it is that they'd come this far, they'd reach the gateway to Europe and they were being treated to put it in their
own words as if they were animals.
A lot of them will be moved from here where they do end up spending hours waiting with as you can see absolutely no shelter except for the tents that
some of them have brought along to a processing camp. And from then on their issued papers and they're meant to report to various different
refugee centers.
But no-one wants to stay in Hungary, their aim is to try to get to Western Europe. But it's very difficult for them to get on public transportation.
The trains for example which is why so many are increasingly relying on these various different smuggling networks and criminal gangs, that do end
up resulting as we have seen in horrific tragedies with those migrants that were found dead in that cooling truck. But they don't have a choice. What
led them to make the decision to come here was the desperate circumstances in their homelands.
[10:00:19] Most of them are Syrians and Iraqis, they can't live with the war any longer (INAUDIBLE - TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES)
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WALKER: All right it looks like Arwa Damon's signal is breaking up there but we did get the just of the story that it's been really tough for the
migrants who've been arriving there at the Hungary who are trying to get to the heart of Europe. We'll pick that up when we can.
We're going to turn to new numbers now from the United Nations which paint an astounding picture of the scope of this crisis.
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WALKER: The UN says more than 300,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean just this year. Most of them landing in Italy or Greece, and
that has already surpassed a number of people who made that crossing in all of last year.
In 2014 the total was 219,000 and all of them are taking a major very risk - a major risk. Since January more than 2,500 people have lost their lives
or been reported missing trying to cross the Mediterranean to get to Europe.
And adding to those grim statistics at least 84 people drowned when two migrant vessels sank off the Libyan coast. One went down on Wednesday, the
other on Thursday.
About 200 people have been rescued, many people still missing.
Our Ben Wedeman monitoring that part of the crisis from Rome.
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WALKER: Ben, yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean, what can you tell us about this one?
BEN WEDEMAN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: All I can tell you at this moment is that these numbers are very approximate. 84 is what we were told
by a spokesman from the Libyan Red Crescent but the number may well be as high as 200.
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WEDEMAN: Now these two boats went off the town of Zuwara in Western Libya, a town where a lot of these migrants depart from crossing the Mediterranean
and in this instance they're usually ending up in Italy. But they didn't get very far.
In fact the Italian coast guard, the Italian navy had no information about this incident. At this point, we understand it's only the Libyan Coast
guard that is dealing with this disaster and apparently they've run out of body bags for with - for all the people they've pulled out dead from the
water.
Now they say they've also managed to rescue more than 200 people but as I said these numbers are likely to rise. And of course this comes just two
days after on Wednesday a Swedish Coastguard vessel came across a boat in the Mediterranean with several hundred people on board. They entered that
boat, they went into the hold of it and they found what appears to be at this point 52 people dead in that hold.
Now initially it was reported that they died of suffocation but we're hearing from the Italian News Agency that many of them also appear to have
been stabbed and beaten as well.
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WEDEMAN: So in addition to the sheer danger of drowning at sea some of these human traffickers are clearly so brutal that they don't hesitate to
kill the people who have paid them to cross the Mediterranean.
WALKER: The brutal encounters you talk about it's also incredible Ben when you say that they run out of body bags.
Let's also talk about Europe's response to this. We know Italy and Greece and the likes are extremely overwhelmed by this influx of refugees but when
you talk about the response it seems like it's been mostly reactionary. We've seen and heard about the search and rescue operations but when it
comes to the route of the crisis, that's what the world has really been failing to deal with.
WEDEMAN: Yes, and I think that was the point Arwa was trying to make before we lost communications with her. Is that yes of course the
Europeans are doing what they can, perhaps they could be doing quite a lot more. But for instance the Italian navy, the coastguard and other naval
forces of the European Union are operating fairly close to the Libyan shores to try to rescue as many people as possible.
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WEDEMAN: But at the end of the day unless somebody, some country, some world force can for instance resolve the Syrian civil war that's been going
on for 4-1/2 years that's left almost 300,000 people dead, it's destroyed an entire country and we're just talking about Syria, not getting onto
Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan. Until those problems are resolved people will come to Europe however they can.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are immigrating and of course illegally its known and we sank in the sea. The boat was in bad condition and people died with
us. The Libyans saved us, may god bless them.
We have been forced into this route, it's called the route of death. It's now called the grave of the Mediterranean Sea.
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[10:10:11] WEDEMAN: And a grave indeed it is and it's ironic that we're in fact even they're calling themselves migrants. Migrants are like birds
that migrate from the south to the north in the summer. But these are people who aren't migrating, they are fleeing they're escaping. As I said
incredibly awful wars, disruption, a destruction, invasion, oppression, dictatorship and they're not coming to Europe simply for vacation, they're
coming to save their lives and the lives of their families.
WALKER: That's absolutely right, these are refugees we're talking about who are fleeing persecution and wars like you say. Ben Wedeman with the
very latest from Rome. Ben, many thanks to you on that.
And this is the INTERNATIONAL DESK.
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WALKER: Next, new details of a killers meticulously planned attack on two T.V. journalists.
Also we are watching Wall Street. Can U.S. stocks extend their two day winning streak? All that and more here at the INTERNATIONAL DESK.
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WALKER: Welcome back everyone. We are learning new details about the getaway plans of the man who killed a T.V. news crew while they were live
on the air in Virginia.
CNN's Polo Sandoval from Roanoke, Virginia. So what are we learning it seems like Vester Flanagan had a plan to evade police.
POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely in fact that's what this new evidence seems to suggest. And while this is really a flurry of evidence
that's now coming forward and that investigators are looking through, it seems to answer some questions but it's also leading to others.
Investigators now not quite sure if Flanagan initially planned to commit suicide or if it was his final desperate as police were closing in -
closing in on Wednesday.
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SANDOVAL: This morning evidence of an apparent getaway plan found inside 41 year old Vester Flanagan's rental car. A search warrant revealing that
Flanagan had a wig, shawl and sunglasses along with multiple license plates, a to-do list, six glock magazines and a pistol.
But the gunman was unable to evade police shooting himself as they closed in on the side of a Virginia highway.
This is video of his one bedroom apartment obtained by NBC. You can see the refrigerated covered with photos of himself possible warning signs of
the anger fuelling his murderous attack on Adam Ward and Alison Parker live on air began surfacing over a decade ago.
In 2000 he was fired from a television station in Northern Florida.
MARIE MATTOX, ATTORNEY FOR SHOOTER IN 2000 LAWSUIT: I was concerned about just his mental status and whether he needed counseling.
SANDOVAL: Then in 2013 he caused a disturbing scene after being fired from WDBJ lashing out at co-workers including victim, Adam Ward.
JEFF MARKS, GENERAL MANAGER WDJB: On the way out he handed a wooden cross to the news director and he said you'll need this.
[10:15:02] SANDOVAL: Prior to being let go internal documents show co- workers complained he made them feel threatened and extremely uncomfortable and the station's manager says Flanagan was asked to seek mental health
assistance.
ANDY PARKER, FATHER OF ALISON PARKER: I'm not saying let's take away guns, I'm just saying let's make it harder for people with mental issues.
SANDOVAL: In an interview with New Days Chris Cuomo, Parker's father says gun regulations have to change.
PARKER: There has to be a way to force politicians that are cowards and in the pockets of the NRA to have sensible laws so that crazy people can't get
guns.
SANDOVAL: A father's crusade for stricter gun laws with a rally against gun violence at the vigil in front of WDBJ station Thursday night.
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SANDOVAL: And despite all of this new information it seems that really the community here wants to focus not on the gunman but on really the three
people here. The two victims who were killed and of course the one who continues to recover.
And if you look behind me Amara, you can see proof of that. This is one of several makeshift memorials that have been set up outside of the WDBJ
studios. See how they're closer to the entrance here, makeshift memorials that continue to grow.
And I should also mention based on our conversations with some of the folks who work here, they tell us they are expecting a visit in the next few
hours from Virginia Governor, Terry McAuliffe, he'll be visiting with some of the management here. And then eventually with the news team that
continues working through the tears this morning.
WALKER: You mentioned the news team continuing to work through the tears, Polo. Tell us a little bit more about how they are moving forward. Are
they continuing with their live shots? Are they taking precautions?
SANDOVAL: They are. I can tell you that there are police officers stationed just outside the perimeter of the station here, several
precautionary measures there. We spoke to the General Manager of WDBJ who says they obviously want to make sure that they're taking every step
possible to make sure that they're protecting their team given the nature of the situation here.
But they continue to move forward and to work. They feel that really it's not only is it their duty, not only do they owe it to their viewers, but
also in their words it's really what Alison and Adam would be doing.
WALKER: Absolutely, Polo Sandoval, with the very latest outside WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia. Polo, many thanks to you.
Now WDBJ morning anchor, Kimberly McBroom was on the air when Alison Parker and Adam Ward were ambushed and then killed.
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WALKER: She opened the stations morning newscast yesterday with a tribute to her slain colleagues and later led a moment of silence in their honor.
A day earlier after the shots rang out during the interview McBroom resumed the newscast looking stunned. Today she explained to CNN what was going
through her mind at the time.
KIMBERLY MCBROOM, WDJB ANCHOR: I did not think bullets. That was not in my mind at all. But as time went on, as people in the control room were
trying to get in touch with them through you know texting, and the longer it was that we didn't get a response from either of them, the more it was
very, very clear that something had happened, that something was very wrong.
And just each moment I get more and more worried. And then it was toward the end of the newscast came back and we addressed the sounds to our
viewers. We said we know you heard a sound during Alison's live shot, we don't know exactly what that is, we'll let you know as soon as we do.
Because at that time we really - we weren't sure. And it wasn't until after we were off the air that we found out.
WALKER: Scholarships have been established to honor shooting victims, Alison Parker, and Adam Ward. For details on how people around the world
are honoring the journalists who were gunned down and to see how you can get involved, you can log onto our website, CNN.com/impact.
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WALKER: It has been a week of wild swings for global stocks. Alison Kosik is at The New York Stock Exchange where U.S. markets are starting the day
in negative territory.
It's clearly been volatile this entire week, what's going on?
ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Well some mixed data came in today for one Amara consumer sentiment at a three month low, that's on the
negative side.
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KOSIK: But personal income and spending numbers came in in line with expectations. So not helping to give any direction to the market except to
turn lower at this point.
Not too bad, it looks like the Dow is off its lows of the session. So much for those back to back triple digit gains, not enough at the moment to keep
it from being a bumpy and to a very tumultuous week. And that's despite some very upbeat data that we got yesterday showing GDP in the second
quarter came in better than expected.
But there are some Fed members who are talking today as there conference in Jackson Hole began yesterday and continues until Saturday. We are hearing
from Bill Dudley yesterday and now Neil (inaudible) saying in the near term a rate hike is not appropriate. That could be giving some limits to losses
that we are seeing today but still a lot of uncertainties about the global picture, many investors not willing to hold on to their investments into
the weekend. Amara?
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WALKER: Right, but the latest GDP numbers show that the U.S. economy is on solid footing doesn't it? So the Fed possibly holding off on raising
interest rates, I mean are they supposed to be reacting or may over reacting to the way the markets are doing?
KOSIK: Well no doubt about it, you make a good point that GDP number kind of muddies the water - the waters here about whether or not that rate hike
should happen even after these two Fed members came out and kind of threw a wrench in the idea that September would even happen.
But then again the global uneasiness does continue and you can see that even in today's trade. That you know investors are willing to sell a
little bit before they - before they go into the weekend you know not knowing what's going to happen in the Asian markets. Because all this
really stemming from the Asian markets from China, the uncertainty about its economy and the uncertainty about its financial markets. Amara?
WALKER: All right, Alison Kosik, great seeing you. Alison Kosik there watching what's really been a roller coaster ride all week, on Wall Street.
Thanks so much Alison.
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WALKER: Well most Asia-Pacific markets gained ground Friday led by the Shanghai Composite up almost 5% but China's benchmark index still lost
almost 8% for the week.
China's government announced new economic stimulus measures this week to stabilize the markets.
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WALKER: And next, returning to New Orleans.
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WALKER: 10 years after Katrina left the city under water. How has New Orleans evolved since the devastating hurricane? We'll have that in a live
report.
Also a tropical storm hits a Caribbean island of Dominica. At least a dozen people are dead. We will tell you where Erica is heading next.
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WALKER: Welcome back. 10 years ago this week Hurricane Katrina smashed into the U.S. Gulf Coast killing nearly 2,000 people.
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WALKER: The historic city of New Orleans was nearly wiped off the map when its levy system failed allowing water to come gushing in. Today the Big
Easy is just at least still standing thanks to a potent mixture of Federal dollars and entrepreneurial spirit. But one-third of the population lives
below the poverty line, more than twice the national average. And estimates show 100,000 African Americans fled New Orleans when the storm
hit and they have yet to return.
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WALKER: Former U.S. President, George W. Bush and his wife Laura are visiting the city to mark the 10th anniversary of the storm.
Suzanne Malveaux joining me now live with the very latest. And Suzanne you were there when the storm hit. I was actually there as well and it really
was devastating to see the effects on the community.
What do you see now 10 years later>?
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well certainly Amara, I was actually with the President, President Bush at the time in the Crawford
Ranch when that storm hit covering him along with the White House Press Corp.
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MALVEAUX: Dramatic changes of course 10 years later when you take a look at the French quarter, when you take a look at businesses that are booming.
The entertainment, the tourism industry, and that's to be expected right, because those are some of the areas that they put the most Federal dollars,
local and state dollars into those areas.
[10:25:10] You take a look at some of the other things though however. The 9th ward still in some ways looks like a war zone, people did not
return, they did not come back. So it is an uneven recovery if you will.
Take a look at the levy system, this is something that President Bush had talked about and Obama promised later. It is more than $14 billion to
build that new levy system, it's going to be done in a couple of years or so, that is a promise that has been kept.
When you take a look at some of the other things like the school system, completely changed, revamped where you now have almost 90% public schools
that are under a charter system, independently owned and operated. And that has been a dramatic shift. You actually have seen some of the
students performing better at math and science but it's uneven as well.
Some students who have not been able to get into some of those really great schools and uneven when it comes to the racial mix.
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MALVEAUX: Looking at the component of the city some saying that the community schools and some of the black students have not really fared as
well in getting into some of those really high quality chartered schools.
And housing still a big problem for a lot of people. Thousands who are still in those waiting lines for affordable housing to come their way. But
what we heard from the President yesterday, President Obama was like look New Orleans is ready for you to return, there is a lot that is going on
here. You can live in this city again. And that's what he is encouraging people to do.
President Bush today at a charter school emphasizing the change in education and of course trying to fix if you will some of the - his legacy
when you take a look at this.
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MALVEAUX: Because he got a lot of criticism for his own handling, slow handling of the response to Katrina 10 years ago when he was in office.
And tomorrow Amara, we're going to see President Clinton here, a big celebration if you will talking about how the city has bounced back.
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MALVEAUX: And that there is much opportunity, economic opportunity for many people and particularly those who want to come back to New Orleans.
Amara?
WALKER: Yes, it truly is a city that has bounced back but as President Obama said there still is a lot of work to be done. Suzanne Malveaux,
great having you as always. Thanks so much for that.
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WALKER: And don't miss CNN's continuing coverage on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Anderson Cooper hosts our powerful documentary,
"KATRINA: THE STORM THAT NEVER STOPPED". It airs this Saturday at 8pm in London.
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WALKER: Also, a tropical storm lashes Dominica with heavy rain killing at least a dozen people.
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WALKER: We will have the latest forecast for tropical storm Erica, next.
Also the U.S. and South Korea put on a joint show of force. We will watch the exercises and get reaction from some Koreans. Stay with us here on
CNN.
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[10:30:15] WALKER: Hello everyone, and welcome to the INTERNATIONAL DESK, I'm Amara Walker, here are the headlines.
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WALKER: Hungary has arrested four people in connection with 71 bodies found inside an abandoned truck in Austria Thursday.
At least three children and 8 women are among the victims. Austrian police say they were all likely refugees from war torn Syria.
Migrants hoping for a better life in Western Europe are also dying at sea. At least 84 people have drowned off Libya when two crowded vessels sank.
About 200 people have been rescued but there are fears that many more are missing.
And a former T.V. - the former T.V. news reporter who killed two T.V. journalists apparently had carefully planned his escape. A search warrant
shows police found a wig, a hat, a shawl, sunglasses and a to-do list inside the car where Vester Flanagan committed suicide after a police
chase.
The funeral for one of the victims Adam Ward will be held on Tuesday.
U.S. stocks are lower in early trading. You can see the Dow Jones Industrial down 23 points right now. U.S. markets staged huge comebacks
Wednesday and Thursday making up dramatic losses from the two previous days.
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WALKER: It's been a power tropical storm has killed at least a dozen people on the Caribbean Island of Dominica.
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WALKER: Heavy rain from Erika triggered flooding and landslides and the island's Prime Minister said the storm caused "extensive damage" because it
wiped out roads and swamped villages. Emergency workers have been unable to reach one small community and the death toll could rise.
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WALKER: Meteorologist Chad Myers joining me now live. Chad so what can you tell us about the storm and its track?
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CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Well it is really headed to Florida for now but across Cuba and Haiti and the Dominican Republic before that. And as
you showed those pictures of Dominica what a terrible existence there. What a beautiful country, I've been there so many times, a beautiful
country with beautiful people and they picked up so many millimeters of rainfall. It was hard to count. Officially 322 millimeters of rainfall in
just 12 hours. We're talking a third of a meter of rain.
And there's some mountains there, some higher elevations where you go up there and you go into the springs, into the spas, kind of that and all of
that just washed into the sea yesterday from that devastating only tropical storm. But that's always the problem we focus is it a hurricane, is it a
super typhoon. Does it need to be that? Does it need to be a Category anything hurricane to make so significant damage.
We're going to see that type of damage probably in parts of the Dominican Republic, in parts of Haiti, and possibly even on the North Coast of Cuba
because the storm is still moving that way.
It is still in warm water, it will continue to move into warm water. Now there's a potential for this storm, Amara, it could move all the way from
Havana all the way to Grand Bahamas island because there's still 72 hours away. So there's still a potential for this to turn left or turn right,
but even so there will be heavy rainfall over the Turks and Caicos, over the Bahamas, over all of the north coast of Cuba, and likely still heavy
rainfall for Florida.
This is what the models look like this morning, directly over the state of Florida. Yesterday they were into the Atlantic Ocean missing Florida. But
now this is what they look like, right now the very latest models from South Florida, right over Miami, right through Orlando and possibly even up
into Georgia and North Carolina of the United States across parts of the south eastern U.S.
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WALKER: All right, Chad I know you'll be watching that for us. Chad Myers, thanks so much for that.
MYERS: You're welcome.
WALKER: And to this now just in. Police outside London have arrested 27 people suspected of entering the U.K. illegally.
Now this happened just a few hours ago after police reports of a suspicious truck parked at a gas station. Ambulance crews assessed the suspects.
Police have turned the case over now to the U.K. Visas and Immigration Service. We will of course keep tabs on this story and keep you updated
when we can.
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WALKER: Well North Korea state broadcaster has been running these pictures after deadly rain and flash flooding over the past weekend. The Red Cross
says thousands of people in a north eastern city were stranded or forced from their homes and 40 people were killed.
Some suggests that unusual broadcast could indicate that Pyongyang is seeking international aid.
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WALKER: The U.S. and South Korea ended joint military exercises of quite a bang on Friday.
It came just days after the two Koreas ended a very tense military standoff. CNN's Kathy Novak watched the drill and got a sense of what
South Koreans were thinking.
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[10:35:00] KATHY NOVAK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This is not your average target practice. South Korean F15 fighter jets that can take down
a large number of North Korean fighters at once.
E737 peace eyes that can detect movement across most of North Korea's airspace from the South Korean border. Surion helicopters that launch
flares to evade North Korean missiles then drop off commandos to infiltrate enemy lines.
Our soldiers are ready and able says Battalion Commander Heo Jinnyeong with the will and courage to fight against the enemy.
These exercises bring together U.S. and South Korean fire power preparing for how to respond to a North Korean provocation and simulating all-out
war.
But two can play at this war game. On the Korean peninsula North Korea invented the game parading its 1.2 million active troops and weaponry of
its own under the watchful and unforgiving eye of Supreme Commander Kim Jong-un.
Anti-tank missiles manned by loyal servants of the Korean people's army. Submarines that Pyongyang claims can launch ballistic missiles 70% of the
fleet deployed during the recent crisis. And artillery like the kind the United States says was aiming towards propaganda speakers on the border.
And South Korea fired back. Watching this drill it's clear these shells don't miss. Suggesting that when dozens of South Korean rounds landed in
an empty field north of the DMZ that is exactly what they were aiming at. They have the fire power but the game of war on the peninsula is more about
positioning and showing off that fire power than actually using it.
This is not only a military exercise it's a show. Members of the public have even been invited to watch the display.
Nothing like some patriotic music to go with your show of fatal force, and with every ground shaking eardrum shattering boom of artillery in a perfect
v formation, enthusiastic applause from the crowd. It may seem a bit ridiculous but it works.
I felt really anxious living here says (Song Jung-Sun) but after the performances I'm not anxious at all. North Korea can't defeat us.
Satisfied theatre goers at a very dangerous show.
Kathy Novak, CNN, Pocheon, South Korea.
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WALKER: Turning to Guatemala now where protests are heating up ahead of a Presidential election on September 6th.
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WALKER: Demonstrators filled Constitution Square in Guatemala City Thursday in what was described as the largest protest so far this year.
They're demanding the resignation of President Otto Perez Molina. He could face impeachment proceedings over a corruption scandal. He has denied any
involvement and is due to step down in January.
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WALKER: You're at the INTERNATIONAL DESK. Still ahead.
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WALKER: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is back even though the man who created her is dead.
Find out who has taken over the series and get the buzz on the new book.
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[10:40:06] WALKER: Welcome back everyone, she is one of the world's best- known hackers and she doesn't even exist.
Now Lisbeth Salander is at it again in a fourth novel featuring Stieg Larsson's famous character. But Larsson himself died 11 years ago, and
that's part of the new book's buzz.
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WALKER: She's back. Lisbeth Salander, the tattooed young hacker from the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo has turned in a new novel with fans in
Stockholm lining up to buy The Girl In The Spider's Web when it went on sale at the stroke of midnight.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm here for the new book and I'm very excited for the story.
WALKER: It's the fourth book featuring the Swedish heroine who became hugely popular in the millennium trilogy. The thriller selling more than
80 million copies in 50 countries. And became a Hollywood movie starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara.
But there's a twist, original author Stieg Larsson died in 2004 long before his books became popular. Now a new author picks up where the story left
off.
DAVID LAGERCRANTZ, AUTHOR: I have this deepest, deepest respect for Stieg Larsson.
WALKER: David Langercrantz, a Swedish author and journalist was picked to pen the new novel. He says the assignment terrified him at first but he
tried to honor Larsson while adding something of himself to the story.
LANGERCRANTZ: If it would be good book I had to put my own passion in it, my own ideas.
WALKER: One person who says they won't be reading the new novel is Stieg Larsson's longtime partner, Ava Gabrielsson. And Larsson left behind no
will when he died so his multi-million dollar estate including the rights to his books went to his father and brother.
Gabrielsson has spoken out against the new book saying it was just written for the money. Langercrantz says he has the deepest respect for
Gabrielsson but ultimately it will be readers who have the final say.
Nearly 3 million copies of the new novel are now available in more than two dozen countries with plans for another movie already in the works. It
seems Stieg Larsson's story is far from over.
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WALKER: And by the way author David Langercrantz who wrote the novel in his native Swedish but the book has been translated into around 40
different languages including English.
That's it for us here at the INTERNATIONAL DESK, I'm Amara Walker. Don't go anywhere, "WORLD SPORT" with Kate Riley up next.
[10:45:20] KATE RILEY, HOST: Hello there, I'm Kate Riley, welcome along to the program.
After Thursday's Champions League draw all eyes now will be on a big weekend of European football.
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RILEY: On Saturday Barcelona hosts Malaga, Real Madrid are at home to Real Betis, and then on Sunday it's Sevilla against Athletic Madrid.
Now Real Madrid are looking to put the disappointing start of the season behind them.
Rafale Benitez and his side could only manage a goalless draw away to newly promoted Sporting Gijon last weekend. They trail Barcelona and Athletico
Madrid by two points.
Now over in the Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich face Bayer Leverkusen in the weekend's biggest match.
Friday's clash sees Wolfsburg at home to Schalke. Now Wolfsburg will be hoping to put any distraction of the speculation that Kevin De Bruyne is
joining Manchester City to one side. Reports in Germany suggest that the winger will not be selected for Friday's match. Wolfsburg coach is not
amused by all of this.
DIETER HECKING, WOLFSBURG COACH: (As translated) It exhausts me. I am not annoyed, I am exhausted. There are up important things. If a transfer
is pending then of course it is exciting for you. For us a transfer, if there were to be one, which is good or not, you will judge it. And I think
what (inaudible) and I think is the most important. And thankfully we are in agreement.
WALKER: in Italy and the Serie A highlight arguably is Roma who host champions Juventus. Juve have had their share of transfer speculation too.
Paul Pogba could start on the bench after reports that Chelsea are trying to sign him after offering the Italian club $90 million for the player.
Heading over to France Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain is our featured game in Ligue 1. This is already a huge match in the season which has only just
begun over in France.
PSG are off to an unbeaten start and will be confident ahead of this clash. Monaco who aren't in the Champions League this season anymore after
Valencia beat them are struggling to find consistent form. They have five points from their first three league matches and they'll need it as they
just drew Tottenham in the Europa League.
Now over in the English Premier League; Saturday's fixtures include Newcastle against Arsenal, Chelsea are at home to Crystal Palace.
Manchester City hosts Watford and due to Champions League action this week Manchester United travel to Swansea for their match on Sunday.
Not a week goes by it seems this season when Jose Mourinho isn't making the headlines. This weekend sees the special one take charge of his 100th
Premier League home game when Chelsea host Crystal Palace.
Now Stamford Bridge has been a fortress with the Portuguese in charge. He's won 76 games and only lost 1 of those 99 Premier League home matches.
And some transfer news to bring you quickly too, Tottenham have signed Bayer Laverkussen's South Korea forward Son Heung-Min for a five year deal
for a fee believed to be worth $25 million. He's a proven goal scorer netting 10 goals or more in ever Bundesliga season since for the last three
terms.
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RILEY: Now, what's the hottest ticket in town? Well apparently it's to the U.S. Open Women's final it would seem.
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RILEY: And next why Gael Monfils (inaudible) in New York next week.
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[10:51:35] RILEY: To Beijing now where the crowd inside the Bird's Nest stadium witnessed history in the women's 200 meter final.
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RILEY: Dutch sprinter, Daphne Schippers won gold in 21.63 seconds to get a new European record. Her time was also the third fastest in history to
edge the Jamaican Elaine Thompson who also got her personal best this time of 21.66 seconds. And two time Olympic Champion, Veronica Campbell-Brown
who previously won the title in 2011 takes Bronze.
Olympic Champion and world recorder holder Aries Merritt who will leave Beijing directly for a kidney transplant after winning Bronze in the 110m
hurdles. He recorded a time of 13.04 seconds. (inaudible) donates her kidney to him next week.
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RILEY: For the first time in U.S. Open History the women's singles final sold out before the men's singles final. And I think it's fair to say we
can put it down to this woman, Serena Williams.
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RILEY: The American is going for a single season Grand Slam. Now if Williams wins her 22nd Singles Grand Slam at the Open she will tie with
Steffi Graff for the second most Grand Slim Single titles of all time. And the World number one will also become the first woman to win all four Grand
Slam titles in one season since Graff did back in 1988.
So excitement for Serena is building but she says she never dreamed of being in a position to challenge the games greats.
SERENA WILLIAMS, 8 TIMES U.S. OPEN CHAMPION: I never really thought I would be in this position where I would even be talking about you know
records, or talking about passing Steffi Graff, or even mentioning Margaret Court. Like I mean I just grew up trying to be the best that I could and
do the best that I could. And you know I've worked really hard for everything.
So to even be mentioned in that conversation is great.
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RILEY: Now the Arthur Ash stadium is known for late-night matches and atmosphere. This will provide a perfect backdrop for Frenchman Gael
Monfils.
The entertainer of the ATP tour is a fans' favorite but he says he can still win a slam. Alex Thomas and the open court team spent some time with
Monfils away from the court and found out why the U.S. Open has so much sentimental value for the tennis star.
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GAEL MONFIL First honestly it's like I try to entertain myself you know it's like I try to have fun you know myself and if people love it you know
I'm more than happy.
ALEX THOMAS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: With his height, speed, and endless wingspan Gael Monfils can reach just about anything on a tennis
court and the photographers love him for that.
ELLA LING, TENNIS PHOTOGRAPHER: And with Gael you expect the unexpected. Anything can happen at any time. He's flying around the court, he's
jumping 10 meters into the air, you've got to be ready for it.
MONFILS: I (inaudible) champion I play tennis for win but I play tennis first to enjoy as well. You know when I started playing tennis my mom
always told me to enjoy, you know. So if I have to do crazy stuff I will do it.
[10:55:07] THOMAS: Monfils' magic strokes have propelled the French veteran deep into the top tournament. He's made the semi-finals of the
Grand Slam and is convinced he will win a major before his career is done.
MONFILS: And I will I'm like 100% sure you know. It's like small details you know I think I'm not that far, I need to fix small details you know and
I will do it. To win a Grand Slam is - for me it's the big achievement then you can call yourself a champion.
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RILEY: Alex Thomas reporting there. So Susie Wolf is the only woman in 20 years to break through in F1 which begs the question why aren't there many
women on the circuit? Some of the best in the sport have weighed in on the debate.
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JACKIE STEWART, 3 TIME F1 CHAMPION: How can you expect to have a top line driver come out when there's only 10 women versus a thousand men?
FERNANDO ALONSO, 2 TIME F1 CHAMPION: The tradition to the main sport and you know to have a few women in motorsport is something that has to change
and it will change for the future I have no doubt.
DANIEL RICCIARDO, RED BULL DRIVER: For me if they're fast enough and they're competitive then why not?
MAX CHILTON, F1 DRIVER: There's some which would disagree. I've heard lots of stories and certain doctors saying they're not made to do it, you
know they're - it's absolute rubbish. Like there's no way a woman couldn't drive a Formula 1 car.
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RIPLEY: And Amanda Davies will have an in-depth look at this issue in a special edition of The Circuit called Women in F1 that airs in just over
half an hour from now, Friday at 4:30 London time, only here on CNN.
And that's it for this edition of "WORLD SPORT". I'm Kate Riley, at CNN Center. Amara Walker, returns with more from the INTERNATIONAL DESK next.
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