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Fear and Anxiety in Israel After Deadly Attack at Bus Station; Typhoon Batters Philippines; Chinese President Xi Jinping Will Begin State Visit to UK on Tuesday; Battle Over the Confederate Flag in Mississippi; Russia Continuing Airstrikes in Syria; Rare Videos of the Fab Four. Aired 3-4a ET

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ERROL BARNETT, CNN NEWSROOM INTERNATIONAL HOST: Fear and anxiety in Israel after a deadly attack at a bus station will bring you the latest from Jerusalem on the spate of lone wolf attacks.

ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN NEWSROOM INTERNATIONAL HOST: Plus, at least two people are dead with thousands displaced as a monster typhoon batters the Philippines.

BARNETT: And as Russia's campaign in Syria intensifies, some in Moscow fear retribution at home.

CHURCH: Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. I'm Rosemary Church.

BARNETT: And I'm Errol Barnett. This is CNN NEWSROOM.

BARNETT: We begin in the Middle East with new details about a shooting in Southern Israel that left an Israeli soldier and a bystander dead, as well as 11 people wounded.

CHURCH: Police say a security guard shot and killed an Eritrean migrant at a bus station in Beersheba. The migrant was mistaken for an attacker, but it turns out there was just one gunman and he was also killed.

BARNETT: Now, this incident comes as security is being beefed up across the region, including construction of a new wall between an Arab and Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem. The recent violence has prompted U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to meet separately with Israeli and Palestinian leaders later this week. He says the U.S. remains committed to seeking a resolution.

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JOHN KERRY, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: We are as deeply engaged as I can ever remember in trying to help resolve some of these very complicated explosions of sectarianism and violent extremism.

(END VIDEO CLIP) CHURCH: And our Phil Black is live in Jerusalem, where it is just past 10:00 Monday morning. And Phil what more are we learning about this attack, the attacker, and also the Eritrean man who was accidentally killed in the chaos?

PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Rosemary, let's talk about the case of this mistaken identity. First, the Eritrean man who was, it would seem, killed certainly unjustly. What we have now from the scene is recording of a security video screen, which actually shows the moment in which this man was shot. What this video shows, and we can show it to you now, shows clearly some of the panic that must have been taking place at this bus station in the moments after or during the attack was launched. You see a number of people running from the same direction. And then in the top right-hand corner of the screen, you will eventually see a man on all force, crawling away in that same direction as well. And then moments later, he is shot by a man who runs across his path. That according to the police here is the Eritrean man who was shot by a security guard.

Separate to that, there was one attacker who had shot an Israeli soldier at point-blank range with a handgun, then taken that soldier's assault rifle, an M-16, and then used that rifle in, or that gun in a shoot-out with police who responded to this attack. The person who launched the attack was killed. There have been numerous injuries. Three of them still quite serious and in hospital, we are told.

An important new detail too that we have just learnt from police. And that is the identity of the attacker. The person who actually launched this attack is not Palestinian, unlike the series of attacks that have been taking place here on the streets of Jerusalem and other parts of Israel in recent weeks, but rather a Bedouin.

Bedouins are culturally distinct Arab minority within Israel, who have their own set of grievances against the Israeli State. They are traditionally a nomadic people whose ability to move around has been restricted significantly since the creation of the Israeli State. Many of them live in what are considered unrecognized or really illegal settlements in the Negev region of Israel. Some of those settlements and communities are frequently demolished.

And so for that reason, they have their own reasons to be angry against the Israeli government, the Israeli State. So separate, perhaps, in this case to the attacks that we've been talking about here for the last two weeks. For some two weeks now, there has been this sudden series of street attacks involving mostly knives wielded by young Palestinians against Jewish Israelis. Now, what we are seeing here is an attack carried out by a Bedouin. So a culturally distinct, ethnically, some of from a culturally distinct, ethically Arab community, but an Arab-Israeli. These people are Israeli citizens, but as they say, with very separate and distinct grievances with the Israeli state. Although there is increasingly an affinity between the Bedouins, their concerns, and the Palestinian cause, their objection to what they consider Israeli occupation and their own aspiration to establish their own Palestinian state as well. Rosemary.

[03:05:30] CHURCH: Yeah, that is a significant development. Thanks so much for that. Phil Black reporting live from Jerusalem.

CHIRCH: We turn now to the Philippines where typhoon Koppu is dumping massive amounts of rain, more than 400 millimeters or 15 inches in some areas. The storm has killed at least two people and injured five others.

BARNETT: Disaster officials say about 20,000 people have fled their homes, but that number is expected to rise. There are also widespread power outages, flooding, and landslides.

CHURCH: Alright, our Pedram Javaheri joins us now. Of course, these landslides that ERROL just mentioned, that is a big concern and the longer this storm stays the bigger that worry. So how much longer will it take for this storm to move on and where's it heading next?

PEDRAM JAVAHERI, CNN WEATHER WATCH HOST: Yeah, I think at least another two more days. And you just said Rosy about 400 millimeters has fallen. Some of the models are saying 500 more millimeters could still fall. So we could be less than halfway through with the rain potential of this storm system. So we know it is no longer a super typhoon, but that's not really a concern anymore. The rains are going to be the big story. And there's a storm really, sitting off the coast of the western side of Luzon at this hour. And again, just a category 1 equivalent, no longer this super typhoon that we have us some 24 to 48 hours ago over this region. Video out of this area we have to share -- shows you exactly what has transpired when it comes to the significant flooding that has been in place.

But take a look at the rainfall potential, because the northern corner of Luzon, as you go in for a closer perspective, that's where an additional half a meter of rainfall could come down over the next two days. By the time, we're talking about the next five days, of course, some of the heaviest leftover rain falls are going to be concentrated towards that region. But this particular area, this is essentially a bowling alley of tropical cyclones. A tropical hotbed when you're talking about an area north of the equator into the subtropical region, as you have the prime conditions set up. And in fact, this particular year it's been certainly a frenzy, upwards of 20 now storms that have been category 4 or category 5 equivalent in the northern hemisphere, that is an all-time record.

In fact, one of every four named storms so far this year, has in some way impacted portions of northern areas of the Philippines, certainly has been an active pattern over the past, that I see 10 or 11 months over this region. But the storm system right now is poised to move to the north. As it does, it will weaken gradually. And then we think sometime by middle to the end of this week, we could be looking heavy rainfall over areas of Taiwan, in the coming couple of days. That's not the only storm.

There is another one back behind it, Champi, which is also a super typhoon. This storm fortunately is taking more of a northerly and eventually of the east track, which will keep it over open water. So at least the Philippines seem to get a break with this next storm in line, but this time of year you certainly see an active pattern. And some of the images coming out of the Philippines, showing you exactly what people have been dealing with in recent days. And this is an incredible story developing over this region.

BARNETT: And to think that as we look at those pictures, it's less than halfway done.

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JAVAHERI: With the rainfall, potentially, yes. And it's in different places, but it's just a very widespread area. So the entire area of Luzon there will be dealing with significant flooding when this is all done.

BARNETT: Well, we'll continue to watch this closely. We know you will be as well. Pedram, thanks a lot.

JAVAHERI: Thank you.

BARNETT: Now, the rapes of two little girls, aged 5 and 2, have sparked protests and outrage in New Delhi, India.

CHURCH: Activists from the youth wing of the opposition Congress party, held signs and chanted outside the home of the City's Chief Minister. They say the government and police have failed to protect women. Five arrests have been made in connection to the rapes, and two teens reportedly confessed.

BARNETT: Mallika Kapur joins us now live from Mumbai with more on this story. And Mallika, we are talking about two shocking rapes here, especially because the victims and the suspects are so young. But they were separate incidents. So what do we know about how this all happened?

MALLIKA KAPUR, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right, they were two separate incidents. In fact, police have actually confirmed to CNN that there was yet a third incident which took place even earlier on October 9th. That means we're talking about three rapes of children in New Delhi within one week.

What do we know about these cases? The first case we believe took place on October 9th, a young 4-year-old girl. The second case was a 5-year-old girl who was raped in a neighbor's house. And the third case we know about is that of the youngest of them all, a girl who was just two and a half years old. And this rape took place on Friday night. She was playing outside her house, we're told, but there was a power outage, electricity cut. And it was at that time that these two teenaged boys, one 17 years old, one 16, they took her, abducted her, took her to a park near the house and assaulted her. Her parents began looking for her and it was several hours later that they found her dumped at this park, severely beaten, bruised and bleeding. And they went to the police, and then the police have confirmed that after a quick investigation, they have managed to nab the two suspects. Both of these teenaged boys are in police custody right now. And the police say they're hoping to file initial charges against them quickly, within the next 10 days or so. So three very sort of grisly, gruesome cases against children being reported in New Delhi within one week. [03:11:05] BARNETT: It is just sickening. And after so many horror

stories you now, there does seem to be a political realization in India. That more needs to be done as far as responding to these incidents of rape. In the case of the 2-year-old, the suspects were taken in quite quickly, after I believe hundreds of cops got involved and interviewed people. But what about faith in the next step, in the judicial system? How long could that play out and how much trust is there that cases like this will deliver justice?

KAPUR: You know, that's an interesting point you raise, because how much trust is there in the judicial system. You know, I think it's fair to say that trust has eroded in the judicial system over the past several decades in India. There have been cases of corruption, and cases of corruption against the judicial system, there have been complaints that things were really slowly. You know, it is uncommon in India for a court case to take 10, 15, and even 20 years, as it winds its way through the courts. But there is a difference now. There has been somewhat of a difference system there, (inaudible) this case back in December 2012.

And the government is using special fast-track courts to try cases, when it comes to issues of rape or sexual violence. And even in the higher case, we did see the case trial wrapped up within seven months. And for India, that is actually very, very speedy. Like I said earlier, it could go on for 10, 12 years very commonly.

So for a case to be wrapped up within seven months that is actually very good. So there is hope though, that things are moving ahead and things are moving in the right direction. As you pointed out, that even now you know, hundreds of cops started involved and it did make these two arrests fairly quickly, in the case of the rape of the young 2-1/2-year-old.

BARNETT: So at least, there is small progress in the prosecution of cases like this. But as those protesters were saying, more needs to be done to protect those vulnerable young women and girls all over the country. Mallik Kapur, live from us in Mumbai, just past 12:40 in the afternoon there. Mallik, thanks.

CHURCH: And we'll take a short break here on CNN NEWSROOM. Still to come, Slovenia sets a limit on migrants coming across its border. An update on Europe's crisis still ahead.

BARNETT: And the latest numbers on China's economy, but better than economists expected. But pessimism will remain. We'll explain after the break.

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[03:14:55] ANDY SCHOLES, CNN WORLD SPORTS HEADLINE REPORTER: I'm Andy Scholes, your CNN World Sports headlines. The semifinals in the rugby world cup are set, with the remaining two quarter finals taking place on Sunday. And the day is truly dramatic game, a controversial last- gasp penalty from Bernard Foley saw Australia beat Scotland in a World Cup epic. Mark Bennett interception try with seven minutes to play, seem to have sealed one of the great upset of world cup history for Scotland. But with time running out, the referee called a deliberate offside. Replay seemed to indicate the ball had come off a wallaby player. Australia wins it 35-34. With Argentina beating Ireland 43- 20. It means the Pumas will take on the Aussies, with New Zealand and South Africa meeting in the other semifinal next weekend. For the English premier league, Newcastle finally got their first

league win of the season. In spectacular style, thrashing Norwich 6-2. The Dutch midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum was the star of the show, becoming only the second Newcastle player to score four goals in a premier league match. Only the legendary Alan Shearer has also done it for the Magpies.

As playoff draw for the last four places at European football championships in 2016 have taken place. Ukraine has drawn Slovenia. Bosnia - Herzegovina got the Republic of Ireland. Hungary will take on Norway. And there is an, all Scandinavian clash with Sweden taking on Denmark. And that's the look for your sports headlines. I'm Andy Scholes.

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CHURCH: The new mayor of Cologne, Germany, is a pro-refugee politician. Henriette Reker had to celebrate her victory Sunday in the hospital. She was stabbed in the neck while campaigning Saturday.

BARNETT: Now, the suspect is in custody, and police say he told them he disapproved of Reker's support for refugees. Reker is expected to make a full recovery.

Also in Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is offering Turkey an incentive for help in easing the migrant crisis. She met with Turkish prime minister Sunday, and offered to support fast-tracking Turkey's bid to join the European Union.

CHURCH: In return, Chancellor Merkel wants Turkey to slow the tide of migrants into Europe, and accept the migrants Europe rejects.

BARNETT: And now, Slovenia is limiting the number of migrants that enter the country. The interior ministry says Croatia, Serbia, and Macedonia will have to slow the flow of people across their borders.

CHURCH: More than 3,000 migrants arrived in Slovenia this weekend, after Hungary closed another stretch of its border with Croatia. Croatia wants Slovenia to take in about 5,000 migrants a day. But Slovenia says it will only accept about half that number.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will begin a state visit to the United Kingdom Monday, with a focus on building financial ties. A number of multi-billion dollar deals are expected to be reached during the four- day visit.

BARNETT: President Xi is expected to receive a warmer welcome than he had in the U.S. last month. He's had high praise for the U.K.'s choice to strengthen commercial ties with China.

CHURCH: Hopes for a quick recovery in China's economy are fading. According to new data, China's Gross Domestic Product grew by 6.9 percent in the third quarter.

BARNETT: Now, that is better than the 6.7 percent economists predicted, but it still marks a slowdown from the 7 percent posted in the first half of this year.

CHURCH: Well, the GDP is just one number, though. Andrew Stevens has a closer look now at China's other economic indicators.

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[03:19:33] ANDREW STEVENS, CNN ASIA PACIFIC EDITOR: When it comes to growth, one number does not tell it all. Least of all in China, where official numbers are often met with a healthy dose of skepticism. GDP, the most-used measure of any country's growth, is an indication. But to get a better gauge of the world's second-biggest economy, many economists try to dig deeper. They look behind the headlines.

In fact, China's own premier Li Keqiang once described GDP numbers as manmade and thought reference only. Back in 2007, according to leaked U.S. government documents, he said that electricity consumption, rail cargo, bank lending, they were better measures to look at economic performance. But now as China moves away from manufacturing towards a service-focused economy, many argue that even those measures are now outdated.

The investment research house Sanford C. Bernstein has created its own index, and it looks at things like movie ticket sales, mobile phone subscribers, airline passengers, Alibaba sales, home prices, and car sales. And under those, China's third quarter growth is just 4.1 percent. But Bernstein does admit that the index has a mountain of shortcuts and assumptions, its own words. That makes an accurate estimate all but impossible.

Let's take another example. In 2014, China officially grew 7.3 percent. Bernstein's model says 6.7 percent. But get this. The Li Keqiang model shows the economy actually shrank 1.6 percent. That's right. A recession. But here's the thing. In a vast country with so many moving parts, even Beijing is unlikely to know exactly how fast its economy is growing. Virtually every economist will tell you though, that it is growing and still at a pace that is the envy of most developed countries. Andrew Stevens, CNN Hong Kong.

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CHURCH: We turn now to the 2016 race for the White House and the back and forth between Republican candidates Jeb Bush and Donald Trump. In an exclusive interview with CNN Jake Tapper on State of the Union, Bush said Trump is an actor who lacks the seriousness to be President.

BARNETT: He cited Trump's recent suggestion that his brother, former President George W. Bush, was partially responsible for 9/11 because it happened on his watch.

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JAKE TAPPER, CNN STATE OF THE UNION HOST: So what are you objecting to about Mr. Trump's remarks about 9/11 and your brother?

JEB BUSH, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Look, my brother responded to a crisis and he did it as you would hope a President would do. He united the country, he organized our country and he kept us safe. And there's no denying that. The great majority of Americans believe that. And I don't know why he keeps bringing this up. It doesn't show that he is a serious person, as it relates to being commander-in-chief and being the architect of a foreign policy.

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CHURCH: And on the Democratic front, Hillary Clinton is set to testify before a Congressional committee on Benghazi this Thursday. She will be pressed about the attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound that claimed the lives of four Americans.

BARNETT: In an exclusive interview with CNN's Jake Tapper. The democratic front runner and Former Secretary of State spoke about what she's expecting.

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HILLARY CLINTON, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I really don't know what to expect. I think it's pretty clear that whatever they might have thought they were doing, they ended up becoming a partisan arm of the Republican National Committee, with an overwhelming focus on trying to, as they admitted, drive down my poll numbers. I've already testified about Benghazi. I testified to the best of my ability before the Senate and the House. I don't know that I have very much to add. This is, after all, the eighth investigation.

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CHURCH: A former investigator with that House Select Committee, recently claimed the probe was deliberately targeting Clinton.

BARNETT: Now, the chairman of that committee denies that, and says the Benghazi investigation has no interest in Clinton's poll numbers.

Now, there is a battle brewing at the University of Mississippi in the Southern U.S. Students want the state flag to be removed from campus because it features the confederate battle flag.

CHURCH: Confederate symbols have been under fire in the American South, with opponents saying they represent racism. Nick Valencia has more on the controversy.

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NICK VALENCIA, CNN INTERNATIONAL REPORTER: In the charming southern city of Oxford, Mississippi, relics of the confederacy are pervasive. This week the University of Mississippi associated student body senate, will vote on a resolution to try and remove one of those symbols, the Mississippi state flag. The explanation of why lies largely in the past.

ALAN COHN, STUDENT UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI: We are forever tied to the horrors of our past.

VALENCIA: A 20-year-old Sophomore Senator Alan Cohn introduced the proposal to take down the flag.

COHN: We've flown this symbol of oppression, we've defended it, we've fought for it, and it's time to recognize that was a mistake.

VALENCIA: Would we be having this conversation if nine people weren't killed in a Church in Charleston?

[03:25:03] JENNIFER STOLLMAN, THE WINTER INSTITUTE FOR RACIAL RECONCILIATION: Boy, I think it escalated the conversation.

VALENCIA: Over the years Dr. Jennifer Stollman with the Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation has chronicled the complex on- campus history.

STOLLMAN: They're creating the best and most inclusive campus they can, and they're navigating some old narratives with new expectations.

VALENCIA: Last year, a spasm of race related episodes jogged painful memories here on campus, including a noose that was hung from the statue of James Meredith. He is the first black student to attend the university here, desegregating it in 1962. Even still, at least one student senator says there's more to be proud of here than not, which is why he's opposing the resolution to bring down the Mississippi state flag.

Student Senator Andrew Sopper wrote in a change.org petition, removing symbols, flags and monuments will do nothing to change the way people feel in their hearts. Ole miss students and my fellow Mississippians, rise and up and push back on political correctness, and support the state flag. The school is deeply rooted in tradition, a vestige of southern history and pride, and has historically been combative to change. Already, at least three of the state's public universities do not fly the state flag. But will the state flagship university be next? Cohn says it will be a hard-won triumph if his resolution passes.

COHN: Why does this something that's divide us? Why can't we get behind this? Why can't we understand that this is something that affects people, every day that they go to class? So that flag is coming down. If it isn't passed, we'll find a way.

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BARNETT: That was our Nick Valencia, reporting there from Mississippi.

CHURCH: Russian pilots continue their air strikes in Syria. While in the Kremlin, there's growing concern over violence in Syria might blow back home. Ahead, we're live from Moscow.

BARNETT: Plus, hear why Syria's making a withdrawal from the so- called Doomsday Vault, much earlier than expected.

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[03:30:20] BARNETT: Welcome back to those of you watching here in the States and all around the world. It's your last half hour with the both us. This is CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Errol Barnett.

CHURCH: I'm Rosemary Church. It is time of course to check the headlines for you.

CHURCH: New details in Sunday night's deadly attack at an Israeli bus station. Police tell us the gunman who killed a soldier and wounded 11 other people was a Bedouin, an Arab-Israeli not a Palestinian. Also killed in the attack was an Eritrean migrant. The security guard mistook him for the assailant and shot him.

BARNETT: At least two people have died, as typhoon Koppu batters the Philippines with heavy rain. The storm has forced thousands from their homes. There are widespread power outages, flooding and landslides. Koppu is expected to linger over the main island of Luzon for a few more days.

CHURCH: A Turkish court has arrested four suspects in the twin suicide bombings that killed 102 people in the country's capital. Two bombs exploded just seconds apart outside Ankara's main train station on October 10th, targeting a rally of pro-Kurdish activists. The attack is the worst of its kind in Turkish history.

BARNETT: Let's hear the latest out of Syria now. The leader of an Al-Qaeda linked group has been killed by a U.S.-led coalition air strike there.

CHURCH: Sanafi al-Nasr, believed to be the man in this picture, was head of the Khorasan group, a unit of veteran jihadist. The U.S. says it is bent on attacking the West. Nasr was once Al-Qaeda's Finance Chief. In Syria, the Saudi national played a key role in getting Islamist fighters into the country.

BARNETT: Meanwhile, Russia is continuing its air strikes in support of Syrian government forces. The attacks are playing a major role on the ground in Syria, and some in Moscow believe that for better or worse, they may also have an effect inside Russia. Our Senior International Correspondent Matthew Chance joins us now, from the Russian capital with more on this. Matthew, President Putin recently discussed the large number of Russians supporting ISIS, as a way of justifying action in Syria. Are Russians, believing this is justified or perhaps exaggerated?

MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Errol, I think -- I don't think that people feel the threat of Islamist groups in Russia is exaggerated by the Kremlin. The Kremlin has been tapping into that genuine fear. I mean, remember, there had been a whole catalog of terrorist attacks inside Russia over recent decades. Russia has been fighting in Islamic insurgency in the south of its country. But I think there are concerns that the intervention in Syria by Russian forces may be heightening the risk the Russians are encountering.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) CHANCE: Into the morass of Syria's war. Russia has plunged itself headfirst. Its newly modernized military is pounding rebels from the air, and from the sea. Potentially game-changing fire power, never before seen on the Syrian battlefield. But it's the potential consequences at home, the retribution, the blow back that has the Kremlin concerned.

TRANSLATOR: On different estimates already from 5,000 to 7,000 people from Russia, and other former soviet states are collaborating with Islamic states, taking part in military actions with them. We certainly can't let them use here at home, the experience they are receiving in Syria.

CHANCE: Russia already has bitter experience of home-grown terrorism, and Tatiana is just one of its victims. She lost her eldest son, Alexander, in one of the most notorious attacks. The siege of a Moscow theater in 2002, when Chechen rebels held an entire audience hostage, before Russian special forces moved in with a mysterious and deadly gas, leaving 130 of the audience dead, 40 militants were executed.

TRANSLATOR: As for my son, when the raid was over they started bringing out the dead bodies. They were just laid on the steps of the theater. My son was among them. No one checked their pulse and no one checked whether they were dead or alive. They called them bodies. Those bodies were knocked out by the gas.

[03:35:05] CHANCE: There have been other atrocities, too. In Beslan in 2004, more than 330 people were killed, including 186 children, held on their first day of school. Russia's brutal wars in mainly Muslim Chechnya, and the countries rested south have sported a catalog of horrors. Including suicide attacks on Russia's transport system, like the train station in Volgograd. And Moscow's crowded metro. We've come to the Park Kultury station deep beneath the streets of the Russian capital, one of the two metros, that was attacked by suicide bombers back in 2010, killing over 40 people and injuring more than 100. At somewhere here there's a small plaque to commemorate the victims.

But it's pretty low profile, because the authorities rejected big memorials saying they didn't want to frighten commuters. The Kremlin isn't even trying to hide the growing threat posed by Russia's intervention in Syria. Hardly a day passes without state television broadcasting reports of ISIS sympathizers in Russia, being thwarted from carrying out some terrorist plot. The latest arrests were made in Moscow, according to state media, militants trained in ISIS camps in Syria poised to attack public transport. It may help the Kremlin justify its Syrian intervention. But it also stirs deep-seated fears.

TRANSLATOR: It can be repeated at any moment. I'm afraid when my other son is on the metro, on his way to work. It can happen on any public transport. I'm constantly afraid of the terrorists. I live with this fear.

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CHANCE: The fear of how Russia's bold campaign in Syria may one day find its way home.

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CHANCE: Alright, well the Russian campaign meanwhile on the ground in Syria, from the air is showing no sign of letup. In the latest statements the Russian defense ministry say, the Russian bombers have performed 60 strikes in a single 24-hour period, hitting arms, dumps and bunkers controlled by Islamic state and other groups. They're saying that this air campaign is really now starting to have a major effect. Back to you.

BARNETT: Alright, Matthew Chance, live for us this morning in Moscow. Matthew, thanks.

CHURCH: A vault designed to protect vital crops through a global catastrophe, is being tapped into earlier than anyone expected.

BARNETT: Syria is asking to withdraw some of its seed samples because of the country's civil war. Arwa Damon explains.

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ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Imagine earth decimated. Essential food crops wiped out by catastrophe. It is here, buried deep in an arctic mountain, where the seeds for humanity's survival are stored. But it wasn't an environmental disaster that caused the first mass withdrawal from the so-called doomsday seed vault. It was war. The war in Syria. Cut off from its vault in battle-torn Aleppo. ICARDA, the international center for agricultural research in the dry areas, requested a portion of the seeds it deposited back.

MAHMOUD EL-SOLH, ICARDA DIRECTOR GENERAL: This is where we are storing the seeds, the first shipment of seed that came from Svalbard.

DAMON: Now based in Lebanon, ICARDA director general Mahmoud El-Solh has the challenging job of keeping precious genetic lines alive. This is a wild relative of wheat that likely doesn't exist in nature anymore.

DAMON: Why is -- what I'm holding in my hands so important?

SOLH: This is a source of desirable trait, including drought tolerance, including heat tolerance, including resistance to diseases and so forth.

DAMON: But it's not just the wild strains. Its other crops, like these fava seeds that have been grown by farmers over hundreds of years. This seed contains traits that might end up being necessary for the survival of the species, and we just don't know it yet?

SOLH: Exactly.

DAMON: The seeds with traits potentially vital to help us adapt to climate change, will be replanted in Lebanon, just across the border from Syria. Another vault built to replace the one in Aleppo, lost to war. And a parallel project in Morocco. Crop diversity is a prerequisite for food security. And experts say our past is fundamental to our future survival. But war has meant that humanity has had to activate its backup plan, sooner than anyone ever anticipated. Arwa Damon, CNN, Beqaa Valley, Lebanon.

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[03:40:30] BARNETT: Egypt is holding parliamentary elections again. Coming up next, we tell you why voters and election officials seem a bit overwhelmed.

CHURCH: Plus, a majority of climate scientists say humans are causing global warming. Our meteorologist Derek Van Dam explains the science of climate change, just ahead.

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CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone. Well, Egypt held the first phase of its parliamentary elections on Sunday. The country's President touted the vote as a major step toward restoring true democracy.

BARNETT: The fact is many of Egypt's 27 million potential voters do not see it that way. As Ian Lee is about to show us, many simply aren't showing up.

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[03:44:20] IAN LEE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yihad Abdul was 14 years old when revolution swept Egypt. Now four years later, she's voting in her first election. I want stability for the country, says the 18 year old. I want to finish the roadmap like the President said. I want Egypt to be much better. I want all people to participate. This is important.

But her wish doesn't seem to be coming true, so far. Polling stations we visited, were for the most part empty. Not nearly enough to reflect the 27 million eligible voters. On Saturday night, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, urged Egyptians to vote.

TRANSLATOR: I therefore call on all Egyptians to head to the polling stations and strongly rally once more to implement our last milestone, as it was agreed.

LEE: This election is the last stage in his roadmap, following the ousting of President Mohamed Morsi in 2013. It's been a tumultuous two years that witnessed the rise of an insurgency and sputtering economy.

UNINDENTIFIED FEMALE: The country has been going down the drain. We're trying to come out of the drain.

LEE: Stability was the main concern in previous elections. This time around, Egyptians want more.

UNINDENTIFIED FEMALE: Education, education, and education. And health, because the poor people can barely afford to get treated, you know. LEE: We've traveled to a number of polling stations and talking to

the people, they voted for a wide range of candidates and parties. But the one thing that they all have in common is that they support the President to some degree, and want the new parliament to back his agenda. But that's from people who actually voted. Violence tore apart the village of Cardasa, after the 2013 popular coup. Since then, Peace has returned. Here voters demand a better economy, security, and also for the country to heal.

Parliament should find a solution to the rift created after the removal of Dr. Morsi that can lead to reconciliation among Egyptians says Wahid. The rift only benefits Egypt's enemies. The second round of voting is next month. Egypt is expected to have a new parliament by the end of the year. Ian lee, CNN Giza, Egypt.

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BARNETT: The White House is hosting a climate summit on Monday. Administration officials will get together with federal agencies, environmental organizations, and leaders from the business, science and technology sectors to discuss international climate efforts.

CHURCH: CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam, explores the mounting evidence that climate change is quite real.

DEREK VAN DAM, CNN METEOROLOGIST: When it comes to climate change, public opinion is near 50/50. But 97 percent of scientists who dedicate their lives to studying our climate, say that it's happening and it's happening because of human activities. With all the evidence we have of warming earth it's harder and harder to be a skeptic this days. They're talking about temperature measurements, sea level rise, ocean acidification, and the reduction in ice shelves in Greenland and Antarctica, for example. The fingerprint of climate change is clear in extreme weather events like our heat waves in India that kill thousands. And we look back to 2010 where, in Russia, tens of thousands of people were killed because of extreme heat. We're talking about nine of the ten warmest years happening since 2000.

2014, in fact, was the warmest year on record, with 2015 looking to set the charts as well. The IPPC, says that a warming climate is unequitable, it's happening. Humans are causing temperatures to rise by burning fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, specifically co2, reaching levels that we've never experienced before. In fact, 400 parts per million, first time in 800,000 years. As we pump more co2 into the atmosphere the oceans are absorbing it, making it more acidic, and threating the marine life. The oceans have seen a rise in acidity by 30 percent since the industrial revolution. This is an urgent situation. This is not something that has just come

to mind so quickly. It is astounding to see the facts, astounding to see the statistics. Something that we have never experienced before. Highlighting that red flag that we need to deal with this in an urgent manner.

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CHURCH: Derek Van Dam, there. And CNN is exploring climate change with its two degrees initiative. CNN opinion columnist John Sutter, explains the importance of that number on our website. That's CNN.com/specials.

BARNETT: Still to come this hour on CNN NEWSROOM, the Beatles restored.

(THE BEATLES MUSIC)

BARNETT: The ultimate sights and sounds of the Fab Four come together, for a musical experience you won't want to miss.

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[03:51:12] PEDRAM JAVAHERI, CNN WEATHER WATCH HOST: You're watching CNN weather watch. I'm meteorologist, Pedram Javaheri. Starting you off across the Americas, North America where we have snow showers across much of Quebec, cool enough for the vast majority of the province to introduce some snow across the next couple of days. The cold air filters out, we do moderate to temps back out, for at least for the next couple of days, as high pressure establishes itself across much of the eastern side of the United States, 22 degrees in Chicago, some windy conditions. But there you see that on October, where Chicago actually warmer than Atlanta. Dallas cooling off to the upper 20s. San Francisco about 21 degrees. And watching a pretty active pattern here as far as a trough that has really settled in over the past couple of days. Flood watches and warnings were issued in the early morning hours among portions of the Las Vegas valley. Plenty of active thunderstorms rolling toward this region. And of course, when you're talking about a desert environment you bring in rainfall on the order of 50 to 100 millimeters per hour, flash flood threat certainly very high over that region, into the early morning hours of Monday.

How about down toward Jamaica, Kingston 32 degrees. San Juan gets a much-needed shower (inaudible) 32. Mexico City, some morning clouds, could get in afternoon sunshine across that region. Temperatures into the upper 20s. While Quito, about 22 degrees with some thunderstorms today. Bogota temperatures also on the mild side, also on the low 20s. Santiago, rain showers and 14.

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BARNETT: Monday is a huge day for Star Wars fans all over the world. Please do not freak out, Jedi lovers. But do take a look at this just- released theatrical poster for Star Wars: the force awakens. Starwars.com, says it showcases an awakening of the Dark Side and the Likes.

CHURCH: But wait, there is more. The movie trailer will debut in the U.S. during Monday night football. And as soon as the trailer airs, you can buy tickets for the December 18th release. How about that.

CHURCH: All right, well, the Beatles are considered one of the greatest rock bands of all-time. And now, we are able to see and hear them like never before. Rare videos of the Fab Four have been restored for music lovers of all ages to enjoy.

BARNETT: This is very cool. Michael Lindsay-Hogg directed some of these videos. Hear what he has to say about his time with the Beatles.

(BEATLES SONG)

Let me take you down, cause I'm going to strawberry fields.

MICHAEL LINDSAY-HOGG, DIRECTOR: To be around the Beatles in that era was an extraordinary thing, because they were the four most famous people in the world. My name is Michael Lindsay-Hogg, and I directed four videos with the Beatles.

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[03:55:01] HOGG: I think what the batch of videos which is about to come out signifies is that after 50 years, the Beatles, their music, their work, and their images are as strong as they've ever been. You can't beat them. You can't beat the Beatles.

(BEATLES MUSIC)

HOGG: One of the things John Lennon said to me as we were about to shoot Revolution, is just to make sure we had a very big close up, and on the lyric back Chairman Mao.

(JOHN LENNON SINGING) If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow.

HOGG: Because he said that's the most important lyrics of the song. That that's what the song was about.

(THE BEATLES SINGING)

HOGG: Then you begin to make it better.

HOGG: McCartney and I talked about it a couple of days before. There's a four-minute closing chorus to Hey Jude. And we thought, you just can't have the camera on them. So then we thought, then we better bring in some people.

(PAUL MCCARTNEY SINGING) Hey Jude.

HOGG: We wanted a very mixed group of people who might kind of represent the world.

(JOHN LENNON SINGING) It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out.

The images have been restored beautifully. They look great. The sound has been worked on to perfection.

(JOHN LENNON SINGING) Strawberry fields forever.

CHURCH: Brilliant. Love the Beatles.

BARNETT: Me, too, great band.

CHURCH: Absolutely. And that looked fantastic, that footage. And thanks for watching CNN. I'm Rosemary Church.

BARNETT: And I'm Errol Barnett. Early Start is next for those of you stateside. For everyone else, stay tune for more CNN NEWSROOM.

CHURCH: Have a great day.

(BEATLES SINGING)

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