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Unrest in the West Bank Continues With Fresh Wave of Attacks; Iraqi Military Launches New Campaign to Take Back Baiji From ISIS Control. Aired 3:00-4:00 a.m. ET
Aired October 15, 2015 - 03:00 ET
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ERROL BARNETT, CNN INTERNATIONAL NEWSROOM SHOW HOST: Jerusalem on alert, as assailants target Israeli civilians in deadly attacks. The government takes action.
ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN INTERNATIONAL NEWSROOM SHOW HOST: Plus, an American basketball player and reality TV star is on life support after he was found passed out in a brothel.
BARNETT: And later, you will not believe what you're looking at now, a bee, a mouse, and a plant. We'll show you the winners of Nikon's Small World photo competition.
CHURCH: Hello and welcome to our viewers all around the world. I'm Rosemary Church.
BARNETT: And I'm Errol Barnett and this is CNN Newsroom.
As Israel's government rolls out tighter security measures, the unrest continues in the West Bank with a fresh wave of attacks. A 72-year-old woman was stabbed near Jerusalem Central Bus Station on Wednesday. Israeli police later shot the alleged assailant. In a separate incident, Israeli police shot a Palestinian man near the entrance to the Old City. Israeli investigators say he was armed with a knife and lunged at police officers.
CHURCH: Meanwhile, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas blamed Israel for the violence and for what he called extra judicial executions. Former U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East tells CNN, peace talks must resume.
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GEORGE MITCHELL, FORMER U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE: I believe that all sides should take strong steps, including the right words to tamp this down. I think President Abbas should, and I think Prime Minister Netanyahu should, and I think it's imperative that the United States and its allies under take another effort to try to bring calm and hopefully get some process going again. Because the history of the Middle East, Anderson, is that when there is a peace process in place, the parties tend to be stable, although still very hostile toward each other. When it appears that it's breaking down or broken down, as is now the case, then violence occurs.
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BARNETT: Our Erin McLaughlin is covering events for us from Jerusalem and joins us now live. Erin, give us a sense of the fear everyone is feeling as they try and go about their daily lives amid all of these violent attacks.
ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Errol, people here are on edge. Israelis and Palestinians are feeling scared. Exempt, there's a sense of anxiety. They're apprehensive. And to illustrate that, this morning, there was an incident that happened on a train to Haifa, according to Israeli police, a group of soldiers were onboard the train. One of the soldiers, they say -- saw someone they thought looked suspicious. The soldiers screamed out on the train, "terrorist." An Israeli police officer also on board that train fired a shot. The train pulled up to the station in Haifa, everyone got off, and they then searched the train. Israel security forces, and found absolutely nothing. I saw -- I just saw a social media video of that incident. You can hear the fear in the passengers' voices, and it really illustrates just the anxiety people are feeling here. Israelis, more and more Israelis, authorities say, are carrying weapons, applying for gun licenses. They're avoiding public transportation networks, instead, choosing to drive, not as many people out on the streets. And Palestinians that you talk to say, they're also scared. There are checkpoints that now have been set up in predominantly Arab neighborhoods, throughout east Jerusalem. They're being stopped and checked and they're apprehensive about what could possibly happen if something they do is misinterpreted by Israeli forces, if they reach for their cell phone and that's perceived as something else. So there's a real sense of fear on both sides as the violence continues and really shows no signs of stopping.
[03:04:59] BARNETT: And Erin, what you just talked about there, speaks to some of the risks that this new security climate brings. You know, some Palestinians have criticized it as collective punishment, checkpoints closing off entire neighborhoods. Is there not a fear of backlash or that, you know, all of these efforts to make things better may actually worsen the situation?
MCLAUGHLIN: Well, that absolutely is a concern that the measures that have been put in place will serve to fuel the violence even further. But I also think, you know, there is a concern that this violence, these acts don't show any signs of stopping. Yesterday, in the face of increased police on the streets, more security guards at public transportation points, we saw two separate stabbing incidents. One outside the Damascus gate of the Old City, Israeli police said they shot a Palestinian man dead because he had attempted to stab a group of Israeli officers. And they also inadvertently shot a tourist as well as an Israeli, a local Israeli. And then at a Central Bus Stop in Jerusalem, police say a Palestinian man stabbed a 72-year-old woman. CNN spoke to an eyewitness following that incident and describes the chaos. You could really see the panic that people were feeling. So I think the question becomes, what more can authorities, Israeli and Palestinian officials do to stop these incidents, the so-called Lone- wolf attacks? So far, there are no clear answers. BARNETT: And as we heard Senator George Mitchell refer -- mentioned a few moments ago when he's speaking to our Anderson Cooper earlier, without a peace plan in place, there's very little that these security measures can do as far as addressing the underlying issues. Our Erin McLaughlin, giving us the latest information out of Jerusalem, where it's just past 10:00 in the morning, Erin, thanks.
CHURCH: The Iraqi military has launched a new campaign to take back the northern city of Baiji from ISIS control. A spokesman said army troops supported by U.S. and Iraqi air strikes, managed to fight their way into the city center.
BARNETT: Now this area is home to the country's biggest oil refinery and has changed hands several times over the past year.
We move next door to Syria now where a major assault aimed at recapturing the country's largest city, maybe in the works. Around semi-official TASS news agency cited intelligence sources can say Syria, Hezbollah and the Russian air force are gearing up for an assault on Aleppo. Other media sources report hundreds of Iranian ground troops may take part.
CHURCH: Aleppo is currently split among various rebel groups and militants, as well as government forces. The sources (inaudible) Russian planes are now carrying out their final reconnaissance flights in preparation for the attack. Well, Russia is downplaying the latest close call between its fighter jets and U.S. planes over Syria.
BARNETT: Chief U.S. Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto has more.
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JIM SCIUTTO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: U.S. and Russian military officials meeting for a third time, Wednesday. Saying they're close to an agreement to avoid risky contact in the skies over Syria. But their warplanes are already coming dangerously close. Two U.S. and two Russian aircraft came within miles on Saturday, so-called visual range, before they moved away.
JOHN KIRBY, U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON: You need to make sure that you can continue to answer all bells, as we say in the navy, and that means having an assurance of safe and professional conduct, in this case, by the Russian side.
SCIUTTO: Russia insists its fighter jets intended no harm.
MAJ.GEN. IGOR KONASHENKOV, RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Our jet turned and approached it, not to scare someone, but to identify the object and whom it belonged to.
SCIUTTO: The close encounter comes as Russian aircraft continue to shadow U.S. drones, monitoring the border with Turkey, amid a massive expansion of Russian air and ground operations inside Syria.
ASH CARTER, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: We've seen some unprofessional behavior from Russian forces. SCIUTTO: Defense Secretary Ash Carter calls Russia's actions in Syria, a mistake. Saying that of the 80 air strikes the Russians have conducted so far, only a fraction have struck ISIS targets.
CARTER: Russia has chosen to double down on their long-standing relationship with Assad, committing additional military hardware, capabilities and personnel. We have not, for our part, and will not, agree to cooperate with Russia as long as they continue to pursue a misguided strategy.
SCIUTTO: Relations with Moscow made more tense with a new Dutch investigation concluding it was a Russian-made and supplied missile system that shot down the Malaysian passenger jet MH17 over Ukraine last July.
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CHURCH: And that was CNN's Jim Sciutto reporting.
BARNETT: And some other stories we're following for you, the Philippines says it will not negotiate with kidnappers who abducted four people in the southern part of the country.
CHURCH: The hostage-takers are demanding an end to government military operations in the region. Michael Holmes, reports.
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[03:10:11] MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: A new video posted online purports to show four hostages kidnapped from a Philippines vacation resort last month, pleading to their governments to help save their lives. The video, too disturbing to show, but reveals that the hostages are alive, at least, at the time of its publication.
COL. RESTITUTO PADILLA, SPOKESPERSON, ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES: The positive thing that we derived from this video is that the kidnap victims are in good health, appear -- seems to be, and that is as far as we are concerned, part of the good news that we got out of it.
HOLMES: The hostages, two Canadians vacationers and Norwegian resort employee and a Filipino woman were abducted at gunpoint from the ocean view resort on Samal Island on September 21. Authorities don't know for sure who the kidnappers are. But in the video, the hostages are surrounded by mask, armed militants, and what appears to be the well known black and white flag of jihadists. The hostages are saying their kidnappers are demanding the Canadian and Filipino government stop military operations that affect the province of Mindanao, or they will be killed.
PADILLA: There is no negotiation that can be made with any of those who are perpetrating this crime.
HOLMES: Canada, Norway and the Philippines have acknowledged the situation, but officials have said little else so not to further jeopardize the lives of the hostages. PADILLA: We cannot, as of the matter discuss operational details, but we can assure you that the safety of the hostages is always foremost in our minds.
HOLMES: The southern Philippines have been plagued by stand-offs with Islamic militants in recent years, including the taking of foreign hostages. Authorities are hoping to locate the ocean view hostages alive. Michael Holmes, CNN.
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BARNETT: We have some Breaking News just coming into us here at CNN. Germany is forcing Volkswagen to recall 2.4 million vehicles in that country. Reuters says it's confirmed a report in build magazine that the motor transport authority is ordering the recall.
CHURCH: Of course, you would remember that Volkswagen admitted last month that its clean diesel vehicles have software installed to cheat emissions testing. Europe's biggest automaker has said up to 11 million vehicles worldwide were affected.
And coming up next here on CNN Newsroom, Lamar Odom, once battled on the basketball court, now he's fighting for his life in a Las Vegas hospital. More on the star's condition when CNN Newsroom returns.
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[03:14:08] PEDRAM JAVAHERI, METEOROLOGIST: Thursday morning, Pedram Javaheri for CNN Weather Watch. Watching the weather across the America's right now, with a pretty cool pattern developing across portion of the northeastern U.S. and southern Canada, some (inaudible) certainly, possible in this region as we get the first serious blast of wintry air across this region. Temperatures into the freezing range in the overnight hours. Certainly, same frost advisories will be issued over that region. And you take a look, a forecast for Thursday. It will start drive on the mild side as far as right now. Let shoot for about 18 in New York, mostly sunny skies. Chicago, gorgeous, 19 degree day after the Chicago cubs continue their success into the season. While in San Francisco, about 22. Los Angeles, keeping you dry for now, temperatures in the mid 20s. Here's what we're watching a disturbance across this region, another one back behind it together. You could bring a one-two punch there of rain across portions will be southwestern U.S. where they need the rain most, possibly, from Saturday into Sunday. Take you across portions of the Caribbean, Nassau, about 30 degrees. Chihuahua makes it up to 31 in the Mexico City. Cooling off a little bit down to 24 degrees, should be dry across Mexico City with partly cloudy skies there. Some thunderstorms possible scattered typically in nature on Bogota. (Inaudible) about 31, the hot temperatures you expected are approaching the rainy season around (inaudible) 36 degrees your high for this afternoon. And we're way to the south, Asuncion, 33 degrees, partly cloudy skies.
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DEREK FISHER, LAMAR ODOM FRIEND/NBA COACH: We have good news to hear. Obviously, very personal to me and you know, I think that often times, you know, athletes and entertainers and celebrities are, you know, kind of judged based on choices or decisions, and that's not really representative of who they are.
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BARNETT: That was New York Knicks Head Coach Derek Fisher there, reacting to news that his friend Lamar Odom was found unconscious Tuesday at a Nevada brothel.
CHURCH: Yeah, right now, Odom is fighting for his life at the Las Vegas Hospital with his estranged wife, television star Khloe Kardashian, by his side. Employees at the brothel say Odom had used cocaine and sexual performance enhancement pills before he was found unresponsive. The brothel's owner spoke to CNN about the star's condition.
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DENNIS HOF, OWNER, LOVE RANCH BROTHEL: He didn't look good at all. You had a change of color in his skin. He was foaming at the mouth, they -- 911 said to put him on his left side. He started regurgitating very heavily. They rushed him out of there in an ambulance. The police went over the scene and looked at all his belongings, took the bottle of cognac that he was drinking as evidence, to check it out. Got to the hospital in Pahrump, Nevada, and the sad part is, they wanted to airlift him to Las Vegas because he needed -- he couldn't fit in the helicopter. The thing that made him so famous, his height, would cause him to not get proper medical care in the time that he needed.
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BARNETT: Now CNN's Kyung Lah has more details on who interacted with Odom there at brothel and what may have harmed him.
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KYUNG LAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The Love Ranch, a legal brothel that promises discretion even to celeb VIPs, but when Manager Richard Hunter saw former NBA star Lamar Odom unresponsive, he immediately called 911.
RICHARD HUNTER, LOVE RANCH EMPLOYEE: They did asked what he had taken. The girls gave me an herbal supplement.
LAH: An herbal sexual enhancement supplement, says Hunter. One sold here at the ranch and commonly other sex shops. Hunter asked we not fully show his face on camera. He claims, since Odom's arrival on Saturday, employees did watch him take a number of the supplements.
HUNTER: They were ballparking, like maybe 10 over three days or something like that. I gave the milligram dosage to the 911 operator.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Please hurry. He's got blood coming out of his nose, white stuff coming out of his mouth. I can't get him to wake up. He's like almost not breathing.
LAH: Two female employees say they left Odom asleep in his room Monday night and found him unresponsive nine hours later.
SHARON WEHRLY, NYE COUNTY SHERIFF: The reporting parties informed Nye County sheriff's office dispatch, the male had been using cocaine. They confirmed his usage on Saturday, but were unsure if it had continued to the weekend.
LAH: Now at the hospital, the Reverend Jesse Jackson visited Odom. Jackson says Odom is unable to speak, breathing with the help of a machine.
REV JESSE JACKSON, ODOM FAMILY FRIEND: Yesterday, he was almost totally unresponsive. And now there are signs of responsiveness. To that extent, that's good news.
[03:20:03] LAH: Jackson said former NBA Lakers player Kobe Bryant also visited and by his bedside remains Khloe Kardashian.
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ODOM: I don't want to hang out forever. I want to get married right now.
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LAH: Former co-star and reality television, both on their own TV show capturing their brief marriage and in Keeping up with the Kardashians.
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KHLOE KARDASHIAN, REALITY TELEVISION STAR: Lamar has suffered so much loss in his life.
LAH: A life filled with loss from an early age. His father left the family, addicted to heroin. Odom's mother died of colon cancer when he was 12. He was raised by his grandmother who would also die of cancer. And his first marriage in 2006, Odom's infant son, Jayden died of SIDS. His father would return to Odom's life on reality television, asking for money.
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ODOM: Well, we got like a lot of handsome men in our family.
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LAH: The consistent anchor appeared to be basketball. Odom rose to fame early in high school, then winning two NBA championships. But his tabloid life eclipsed his professional one. Rumors of drug addiction and a failed marriage to Khloe, she foretold of Odom's struggles in a recent episode of her reality show.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) KARDASHIAN: I'm really on high alert for Lamar because, I mean, anything, I think, will set him to spiral and that's kind of the last thing I want for him.
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LAH: The sheriff's department also announced that they drew blood from Lamar Odom while he was in the hospital. Those results are not back as of yet. Kyung Lah, CNN, Los Angeles.
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BARNETT: We turn now to the latest in U.S. politics, a republican lawmakers speaking out about the Benghazi panel investigating Hillary Clinton.
CHURCH: The democratic presidential candidate testifies before the panel next week over the 2012 terrorist attack in Libya that killed four Americans. Well now, Representative Richard Hanna says the House select committee is trying to tarnish Clinton's reputation.
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RICHARD HANNA, NEW YORK: This may not be politically correct, but I think that there's a big part of this investigation that was designed to go after people and an individual, Hillary Clinton.
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CHURCH: And Clinton is just ramping up her major campaigning this week. She first made stops in Nevada after her big night at the debate. And next is heading for Texas. Brianna Keilar has the details.
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BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: She's courting some of the key constituencies in the swing state of Nevada, union members and Hispanics. Her first stop today was at a Trade Union event where she picked up the endorsement of this Trade Union, very key here in Nevada. Also building, I think on Monday when she went and stood next to union members who are picketing at the Trump hotel. And then she made an unexpected stop at a place called La Flor De Michoacan, it is a well-known place serving Mexican ice creams and other treats, as she tries to court this Hispanic voter constituency here in Nevada. She did talk about Joe Biden. This was really interesting. She was asked about this. And again, she said, you know, he needs to make the decision that's best for him and his family.
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BARNETT: Now Clinton's rival Bernie Sanders is also trying to rally support. And at least one more celebrity seems to be feeling the burn, as they say.
CHURCH: The Comedian Seth McFarland joins a growing list of celebrities throwing their support behind Senator Sanders. McFarland introduced Sanders at his Hollywood rally, Wednesday night.
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SETH MCFARLAND, ENTERTAINMENT: For me, this man has removed my trepidation over saying allowed that capitalism and democratic socialism, that not so scary word, can and should co-exist.
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MCFARLAND: The public and private sector, it's really not that new an idea. I guess you could say he's made me feel OK about coming out.
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CHURCH: Well that event is helping Sanders pull in big bucks after his debate performance. Sunlen Serfaty has the details on that and Senator Sanders' next moves.
SUNLEN SERFATY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Bernie Sanders is really trying to capitalize on his debate performance. And for the moment, his focus is on momentum and money, already touting that the campaign has raised $2 million since that debate. And here in Los Angeles, Bernie Sanders, in his first comment since the debate, touted all that money that he sees pouring into his campaign. And talked about that memorable moment he had up there on the debate stage, talking about Hillary Clinton's e-mails. That got a big crowd reaction here.
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BERNIE SANDERS, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I'm tired of Hillary's e- mails. Let's talk about real issues.
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[03:24:44] SERFATY: Bernie Sanders will make an attempt to show his softer side, something that has significantly challenged him while out on the campaign trail. We got an early look at his interview with Ellen and yes, he does do a little dance, he divulges, and his favorite song is Staying Alive. And that he thinks he has the best hair of any of the candidates. Now going forward, there will be a small shift in strategy among the senators campaign event. Instead of holding just the big booming rallies, he will continue to have big campaign events, but they're also going to make pains to place the candidate in smaller, more intimate events where he can really have one-on-one conversations with the voters, and that is going to start this weekend in Iowa, back to you.
BARNETT: Sunlen Serfaty there. Donald Trump didn't get very far into his latest campaign speech in Virginia, before protesters showed up.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: So we're going to build it. It will be paid for. Who's going to pay for the wall? Who is going to pay for the wall?
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CHURCH: Well, the protesters began shouting "Dump Trump," just as the republican candidate started talking about his plans to build a wall at the U.S. border with Mexico. Staff and police eventually escorted the hecklers out. One officer had to physically force out one female protester who squabbled with another woman.
Well, despite what those protesters think, Donald Trump is dominating in the latest CNN/ORC polls in Nevada and South Carolina. Trump has 38 percent supports in Nevada, a double-digit lead over Ben Carson who stands at 22 percent.
BARNETT: And he has an even more impressive lead in South Carolina. Trump doubles Carson's support, 36 percent as you see there, to 18.
CHURCH: Unbelievable. Well, outside of the U.S., Donald Trump is weighing in on the downing of a commercial jet over Ukraine.
BARNETT: And to be with MSNBC, the republican presidential candidate said there isn't enough evidence to blame Russia for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight 17. He later said it probably was Russia. CNN asked Trump to clarify those comments.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think some people might be worried you're defending Russia when you say there's no way...
TRUMP: No, I'm not defending Russia at all. I think it's despicable, it's horrible, but they deny it totally. And they don't even say what it, where it came from, nobody really knows. And I'm sure reports are going to be done, maybe someday we'll find out, but right now, Russia is totally denying it.
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BARNETT: U.S. intelligence said early in the investigation that it believed pro-Russian separatists fired that missile.
Still to come for you here on CNN, Somali refugees made a home at the world's largest refugee camp, but now Kenya's started to send them back. What they fear most, next.
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BARNETT: No matter where you're watching from around the world, we appreciate you spending a bit of your day with us. This is CNN Newsroom, I'm Errol Barnett.
CHURCH: And I'm Rosemary Church, it is time to check the main stories we've been following this hour. Germany is forcing Volkswagen to recall 2.4 million vehicles in their country. Reuters says it has confirmed the German motor transport authority ordering the recall. Volkswagen admitted last month (inaudible) that 11 million clean diesel vehicles have software installed to cheat emissions testing.
BARNETT: There is a sense of fear in Israel and in Palestinian territories today, after yet another day of attacks. Police on Wednesday shot and killed a 19-year-old man from the West Bank armed with a knife after he allegedly lunged at officers. And at the Central Bus Station, police say a 72-year-old woman was stabbed.
CHURCH: Jordanian Prince Al Hussein has officially entered the race to be the next president of FIFA. The groups currently this Sepp Blatter announced he is stepping down next year. Well football's governing body has been involved in a wide-ranging bribery and corruption scandal.
BARNETT: Now to Kenya, where the government wants thousands of refugees to go back to Somalia, but returning them to their homeland isn't easy.
CHURCH: You know the world's largest refugee camp is near the Somalian border, and for more than two decades it has sheltered Somalian refugees fleeing war and famine. As David McKenzie reports, members of one refugee family fear what they will find if they're ever sent back.
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DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: They came to Kenya, escaping war and famine. Now they're heading back to Somalia on a United Nations plane. For the youngest, born into Dadaab refugee camp, it's a home they never knew.
This is the first plane to Mogadishu this morning. It's a pilot program to resettle Somalis back in their homeland. They say they want to send hundreds of thousands of refugees in the next few years, but many say it is not an option because for most of the refugees here, Dadaab has become home. The sprawling complex in the border of Somalia is a refugee city of more than 300,000, making it the largest refugee camp in the world. Living crammed together, some have been here just a few years, some, a lifetime. And at first glance, for those refugees, it can seem strangely normal here, 26-year-old refugee Mohammad Abdula helps run a money transfer shop. He's been here since childhood. But as a refugee, he cannot buy his own goods to sell. He can't leave the camp without permission. He isn't allowed a formal job. Abdula says that Dadaab is like a prison.
MOHAMMAD ABDULA, REFUGEE: I don't know another country. What I know is only this refugee camp.
MCKENZIE: You know no other life?
ABDULA: No.
MCKENZIE: Abdula's mother Hawo arrived with him in Dadaab in 1994. His wife Sahra was born here, so was their daughter Semeya. They are three generations of refugees living under one roof.
ABDULA: What I fear is going back to Somalia. So -- and right now, there is no business Somalia. There is war. So I don't want to go back there.
MCKENZIE: He says, he has no farm, no family, no reason to go back, and he wants a better life for Semeya in Kenya, or the west. But some are willing to take a leap of faith. Each refugee is given about $100 to return to Somalia. They face an uncertain future in a place they once fled.
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CHURCH: And CNN's International Correspondent David McKenzie joins us now live from Johannesburg. So David, the conditions simply appalling at the Dadaab refugee camp and you've spent a lot of time there of course. But being sent back to Somalia appears to be even more daunting for these refugees. What does lie ahead for them?
[03:35:12] MCKENZIE: Well, Rosemary, refugees around the world face three options normally. To settle in the country where they're based, to be sent back to the country where they came from, or to be settled in a third country. Now, none of those options right now are particularly good for those in Dadaab. They've cut the level of food aid by 30 percent in Dadab. So while I've been there several times, this is one of the worst times I've seen it because that is even under the basic levels of nutrition. The U.N. itself says people should have on a daily basis. So doctors there we spoke to said, they could be facing malnutrition issues and these are for people who are already depending on food aid. In Somalia where those people are traveling and where they want to push hundreds of thousands in the next few years that it's still insecure. Islamic militants are still pushing up against African union forces and though they've expanded the regions where refugees can go back, even the U.N.'s own studies says that refugees, the most -- vast majority of them, don't in fact want to leave. So they're really stuck in a very difficult situation, and they feel they've been forgotten by the international community.
CHURCH: And David, it sounds like the whole population of the Dadaab camp will eventually be returned. How do Kenyan authorities determine who goes and when they go?
MCKENZIE: Well, the Kenyan government does run those camps, technically. But in practice, the international agencies, like the U.N. refugee agency, does the day-to-day running. It's a voluntary return process. So they cannot force those refugees to leave. Though, the Kenyan government has hinted in the recent past, they want to close the camps entirely because of security issues, and there has been insecurity (inaudible) that coming from those camps. They do say they want to push the refugees or at least encourage the refugees to leave. But the refugees themselves feel that they are under pressure, from both the international community and the Kenyans to get out of there, and though the situation is dire in those camps, they say the situation in Somalia, at least the ones we spoke to, is dead much worst. Rosemary and Errol?
CHURCH: Certainly a grim situation for those refuges in Dadaab, but many thanks to you, David McKenzie, reporting live from Johannesburg. And David's remarkable story about life in the world's largest refugee camp continues online. BARNETT: Yeah, there you'll learn more about the people who call Dadaab home and find out why many residents say they feel abandoned by the agencies that are supposed to help them. There's also an interactive feature that gives you a 360 degree bird's eye view of the camp, all of that and more at cnn.com/dadaab.
And millions of North Koreans living in extreme poverty, many of them suffering from chronic malnutrition, even heat and electricity can be hard to come by.
CHURCH: But those living in Pyongyang are seeing big benefits pop up in their cities. CNN's Will Ripley took an exclusive tour.
WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: North Korea's critics have long accused this country of economic mismanagement. Investing heavily in things like the military at the expense of feeding its own people. But the Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un's trademark is bestowing lavish gifts on his people. So when I saw a shiny new boat sitting across from the Juche Tower, I asked the government if we could take a look.
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RIPLEY: It's lunch time in Pyongyang. The North Koreans say we're the first foreign media to come aboard the Rainbow. Four stories, eight restaurants and cafes, 11 thousand square meters, all floating on the Taedong River.
Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un's recent field inspection, a lead story on state-controlled media, the announcer calling it a gift to the people.
So this is where the leader sat, you mark the spot here?
At the revolving restaurant and others inspected by the leader, you can probably guess the most coveted seats.
What do your customers say when they sit in this chair in particular?
"Everyone wants to sit here where the leader sat," she says, "they rush to grab it."
RIPLEY: Look at that line.
A week after opening, the rainbow is seeing capacity crowds, 2,000 people in the first hour. Factory worker Song-un (ph) brought his whole family.
Is this affordable for everyday people here in North Korea?
"Anyone can come here. It's meant for all people" he says.
Menu items run the equivalent of a few U.S. cents to a few dollars. It's hard to calculate exactly how much the average North Korean earns some estimates say an entire family might bring in about $100 a month. Housing, health care, basic food rations and other services, all free from the state. Virtually, nobody owns a car, but they can still pay up to $2 per ride at the Rungra People's Amusement Park. [03:40:12] "I'm so happy to watch my daughter on the rides," says grandmother (inaudible). Her family, among 3,000 people at the park, considered a busy night.
"I've tried all the rides," says her daughter (inaudible), "this one is my favorite." Some may consider this an odd investment for a nation with regular food and electricity shortages, but it is part of a promise by the regime to improve people's living standards. We don't know what life is like in parts of North Korea we're not allowed to visit. Defectors and aid workers paint a far darker picture than these sparkling lights, but here in the capital, there are more new amenities each year, more new rewards for absolute loyalty to the leader.
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RIPLEY: You may have noticed in the video there, people were using their Smartphones to take pictures, and you walk around Pyongyang, and you see people buried in their phones, something you wouldn't have seen here just a few short years ago. But even those leaving those shiny attractions are going home to houses that often don't have electricity, and many cases people who live on top floor have to climb the stairs up and down, but they don't blame their leadership for their country's financial struggles, they say it's the fault of the United States and the economic sanctions. Will Ripley, CNN, Pyongyang, North Korea.
BARNETT: Winter's coming to parts of Europe. We'll show you where snow has been falling and update you on the chilly weather, next.
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CHURCH: All right, we're going to take a look at the weather now and Germans are getting an early taste of winter.
[03:44:57] BARNETT: That's right. Snow fell in parts of the country as chilly weather set in this week. The German meteorology service said temperatures in central part of the country dropped as low as 4 degrees Celsius. For more on this winter weather (inaudible) Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri joins us for the details.
JAVAHERI: Yeah. It's about time for some people, right? It's been a very hot, dry summer for much of central Europe, so this is...
BARNETT: Good.
JAVAHERI: A pleasant change for most, I think, but of course there's going to be some people that are...
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JAVAHERI: Maybe Rosemary...
CHURCH: I would do one of them.
(LAUGHTER) JAVAHERI: If you were in Germany, absolutely. But you know this is one of the earlier snowstorms for the lower elevations. We typically see this in the higher elevations in October, but it has come down to some low-lying communities. So the photo there is pretty neat to see of some of the snow accumulating across the roadways and some areas in the order of 25 to 30 centimeters. We've seen some ski resorts over the past couple of weeks. Start to get in on some snow showers, but incredible photo there. They're beautiful photos to show you. And we know, a lot of leaves still on trees, so the surface area of these leaves, they're great job of course, catching the snow that weighs down the tree, so then power lines coming down with this as well. But you notice the accumulation of 20 to nearly 30 centimeters. Rainfall across Venice, so areas that were actually warmer, seeing tremendous rainfall, 150 plus millimeters as the storm system has literally pitched a tent, camped out, moving slowly out of this region, drying Mediterranean moisture in, and then getting into the higher elevations. We're talking about significant snow still in the forecast. Some areas could see in excess of 25 centimeters over the next couple of days. There's indicated (ph) may pink and purple account will certainly be a higher amounts as well.
We're also watching a big weather story developing. This is tropical storm Koppu has the potential to become Typhoon Koppu. And of course, you see it's sitting about a thousand kilometers east of Luzon. The concern what the storm is, looks what it does when it makes landfall, we think sometime Saturday night into Sunday, winds about 225 kilometers per hour. So that alone, we're talking Category 3, maybe Category 4 equivalent it then meanders over Luzon from Saturday to Sunday, eventually, maybe Monday before it moves out of this region. This would have devastating impacts for the flash flooding potential for portions of Manila and Luzon in particular. But you notice we've had 25 names storms this season, 17 typhoons, that are above what is normal, for right now. It should be 13 and we've doubled in the super typhoon department as well.
Red lines indicate the typhoons so far in 2015. These are all the name storms we've had in the 2015 season. Notice two of them have impacted parts of the Philippines there. So this certainly would be another one that could impact this region. And back behind it Champi, another typhoon that we're watching carefully, sitting in place across this region. We'll leave you with this spectacular image of fall foliage, the autumn colors. This is out of Vail, Colorado.
BARNETT: Foliage.
JAVAHERI: And there's -- yes, our weather producer, our meteorologist Justin Jones, who makes all the fantastic graphics -- that's his wife actually. He took the photo as the colors are peaking at higher elevations of parts of the United States.
BARNETT: Beautiful picture.
JAVAHERI: Beautiful it is.
BARNET: Instagram as well, hope Justin posting all of to media?
JAVAHERI: Absolutely is.
BARNETT: Very good stuff there, Pedram. Stay with us here.
JAVAHERI: Yeah.
CHURCH: We want to...
BARNETT: Fantastic.
CHURCH: Yes. We think you're going to particularly enjoy this, all right?
JAVAHERI: OK.
CHURCH: Stand by.
Well, stunning new images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope showing unusual changes on the Planet Jupiter.
BARNETT: This is -- These images were gathered over a 21-hour period back in January.
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BARNETT: Easy to understand why next to Mars, this is some people's favorite planet.
JAVAHERI: Absolutely, yes.
BARNETT: It's gorgeous.
JAVAHERI: Absolutely. And the entire planet, by thousand earths can fit into the entire planet but that...
CHURCH: Like thousand?
JAVAHERI: Yeah, it's incredible.
BARNETT: Mind-boggling.
CHURCH: Wow.
JAVAHERI: Real (ph) little dots.
BARNETT: Pedram, thanks very much.
JAVAHERI: See you tomorrow.
CHURCH: Who in significant?
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BARNETT: That's true. CHURCH: And next here on CNN, talking of small, a look at some amazing images that most of us would never be able to see without the aid of a microscope. Do stay with us for that.
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DON RIDDELL, CNN WORLD'S SPORT ANCHOR: I'm Don Riddell, review of CNN World Sport headlines just (inaudible) maybe one of the most entertaining managers in world football, but the Chelsea manager has been sanction again and threatens by the one man marching band (ph). Reiner was fined over $77,000 after suggesting that referees are afraid to get decisions to his team. Coming (inaudible) after the Blue's home lost (inaudible) this month. Reiner's total fined is now sent at almost $140,000. If he's found guilty again within a year, a one gang stadium band will be the host.
Meanwhile, the sport's world governing (inaudible) FIFA lurches from one ethical crisis to the next. It is still trying to be the moral standard bearer and investigate others of wrongdoing. FIFA has confirmed that it is investigating mass (inaudible) transfer of Eliaquim Mangala from Porto to Manchester city. They're probing a possible breach of third-party ownership rules. Man city themselves are not under investigation, but Porto could be fined or prevented from making transfers in the future.
The young Australian tennis star, Nick Kyrgios has further consolidated his reputation for being the most badly behaved tennis player during his defeat to Kei Nishokori. Kyrgios slapped the ball away in frustration and nearly hit a line judge. It was his third coach (ph) violation in just six days. And if he's not careful, then he could be banned from the tour. That is a quick look at your sports headlines. I'm Don Riddell.
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CHURCH: All right, I want you to take a look at these out of this world photos, but they're actually in this world. These creatures are all found here on earth.
BARNETT: Except, you can't see these images with the naked eye. These are all winners of Nikon's Annual Small World Photomicrography Competition, how I say it that right and recognizes exceptional pictures taken with a microscope.
CHURCH: And this year's winning photo is a close-up image of a bee's eye, covered in dandelion...
BARNETT: Wow.
CHURCH: Pollen grains, taken by Australian Ralph Grimm. And in second place, this photo of microorganisms inside the colon of a mouse, more colorful than you might expect.
BARNETT: Wow.
CHURCH: Pretty gorgeous actually. And the third place winner to this image of a freshwater carnivorous plant called a humped bladderwort. How was that?
BARNETT: I definitely never have seen that before.
Let's bring in one of the judges from the contest, Jacqueline Howard. She's also an associate science editor of The Huffington Post and host of Talk Nerdy to Me. She joins from Chicago. Jacqueline, these pictures are as eerie as they are amazing, because we're not used to seeing microscopic things close up. Exactly, how did the photographers take these microscopic and make them come alive with the color and the texture?
JACQUELINE HOWARD, ASSOCIATE SCIENCE EDITOR OF THE HUFFINGTON POST: Right. So it really takes Nikon instruments that were used, as well as other instruments that the photographers were able to capture these incredible micro-images. And any of us could really become micro- photographers if we kind of, you know, use the microscope and put our photo up there against the eye and we can become make shift micro- photographers ourselves. But really the photos were taken with some incredible, you know, instruments, and we based the photos on technical proficiency, as well as of course, you know composition, intricate detail, scientific relevancy, but the technology played a big part.
CHURCH: And Jacqueline, you know, we're looking at these pictures as you're talking to us, they all look fantastic. They all look like pieces of art, in fact. How did you and the other judges select one winner, well, three really, but that that's first, that top prize, how do you do that? It's a very subjective thing, surely.
[03:54:38] HOWARD: Yes, it was a difficult task. You know, we sat in a room and looked at each photo one by one, splash across the screen, and honestly, many of the photos left us in awe. But one thing that these top three winners do have in common is scientific relevancy. For instance, the first photo, you know that we saw of the honeybee eye, not only are it a beautiful image, I mean, if you just look at the detail, it's breath-taking, but it also sheds light on how honeybee populations worldwide are declining. And honeybees are incredibly important because they pollinate crops that, you know, we eat and consume every day. So, you know, it does tell a very timely story as well as it allows us to see a species, the honeybee, in a way that many of us have never seen it before.
BARNETT: And most interesting is Ralph Grimm, the photographer who took that picture. He's a high school teacher, former beekeeper...
CHURCH: Yeah.
BARNETT: So he knows about how to get close to those interesting insects. What are the other issues then that you feel these photographers were highlighting with all their microimages?
HOWARD: Yeah, so the second-place winner also had scientific relevancy as well. As we saw earlier, it's the colon of a mouse, but the story behind this image is incredibly impressive, you know impressive. What the scientist did, this mouse was born germ-free. So the colon was essentially sterile. And scientists colonized it with microbes that are actually -- human microbes, so microbes that all of us have in our bodies and make up the human microbio. So in theory, the second place image is actually how our own, you know, microbe -- the environment, the ego systems of microbes in the human body, that's how our own microbes would appear.
BARNET: Wow.
CHURCH: Wow.
BARNETT: This is incredibly.
CHURCH: I'd have to say, the mouse -- the colon of the mouse is one of my favorites.
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CHURCH: Jacqueline...
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BARNETT: First time you've said that I'm sure.
CHURCH: I should. Jacqueline Howard -- I never thought I'd ever say that on TV.
Jacqueline Howard, thank you so much.
HOWARD: Thank you.
CHURCH: Thanks, Jacqueline.
BARNETT: Wonderful work there, yeah. Just extraordinary.
CHURCH: And thanks for watching CNN. I'm Rosemary Church.
BARNETT: And I'm Errol Barnett. We will see you next week, but CNN Newsroom continues next with Ivan Watson.
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[03:59:55] IVAN WATSON, SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Jerusalem on alert. The Israeli government cracks down on deadly attacks against civilians.
The U.S. and Russia could be close to an agreement to keep their warplanes from clashing over Syria.
