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FBI, Justice Department Investigate SC Student Arrest; Trump Falls to Second in Polls; Cost of Russia's Military Campaign in Syria; Assessing Damage After Earthquake in Afghanistan, Pakistan; Rescued ISIS Hostages Talk Harrowing Ordeal; Syrian Christian Population Drops; Israel Cracks Down on Palestinian Protest; Study: Climate Change Threatens Middle East; Motorola Claims Shatter-Proof Smartphone. Aired 2-3a ET
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[02:00:17] ERROL BARNETT, CNN ANCHOR: Investigations and calls for reform. The aftermath of the violent arrest in the South Carolina classroom.
ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: New front-runner, Ben Carson, pulls ahead of Donald Trump in a nationwide poll.
BARNETT: And we hear from the hostages rescued in a daring raid in Iraq.
CHURCH: Also ahead, we break down the study warning that parts of the Middle East could soon be too hot for humans.
I'm Rosemary Church.
BARNETT: Good to have you back, Rosemary.
Hey, everyone. I'm Errol Barnett. Big welcome to viewers in the United States and around the world. We're here for the next few hours on CNN NEWSROOM.
CHURCH: Viral video of a school resource officer violently arresting a student made its way around social media and lands on the desks of the FBI and U.S. Justice Department both of which are investigating the incident.
BARNETT: The officer involved has been suspended. The local sheriff says he will reach a decision on his future employment by Wednesday.
CNN's Jason Carroll takes a deeper look at the case.
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DEP. BEN FIELDS, DEPUTY, RICHLAND COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT: Are you gonna come with me or am I gonna make you?
JASON CARROLL, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Tonight, South Carolina sheriff's deputy, Ben Field, suspended without pay after his violent take down of a 16-year-old high school student was caught on camera Monday. You can see the deputy tossing a female student to ground after she refused to get up from her desk, then throwing her across the classroom floor.
FIELDS: Hands behind your back. Give me your hands. Give me your hands.
CARROLL: According to authorities, the Spring Valley High School student was asked to leave the classroom, when she refused that request from her teacher and a school administrator, Fields, who was also a school resource officer, was called to arrest her.
The Richland County sheriff was troubled by what he saw on the video and said an internal investigation should be completed by tomorrow.
LEON LOTT, SHERIFF, RICHLAND COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT: Again, just like anybody else that saw it, I am very disturbed by it. We are going to handle it appropriately and quickly. This is not something that should drag out. This is a priority for our Internal Affairs Division.
CARROLL: The sheriff cautioning it is still unclear what occurred before cameras started rolling. The school board calling the video extremely disturbing and has banned the deputy from all of the district's schools pending an investigation.
Parents also stunned by what happened.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Most school resource officers are great people. They do awesome work in our schools. But this is a shame. To get a phone call that that would have happened to my daughter I don't know, how I would have responded.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When you see a video like what we have seen earlier today it alarms you and makes you a little afraid of what is happening within our schools.
CARROLL: Deputy Fields has been the subject of two lawsuits in 10 years. In 2007, a couple claimed he used excessive force when questioning them about a noise complaint. The plaintiff said he slammed him to the ground and kicking him. The jury ruled in Fields' favor.
In 2013, a student claimed Field falsely accused him of being in a gang, the school expelling him. That lawsuit is still ongoing.
The deputy has been working for the school district for seven years and was recently awarded the Culture of Excellent Award in 2014 for proving to be what they say was an exceptional role model to the students. He also serves as a football coach at the school.
Jason Carroll, CNN, New York.
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BARNETT: Now, Niya Kenny was another student arrested after that incident.
She says she stood up for that girl who was roughed up by the deputy. She and her lawyer spoke to CNN about what happened.
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NIYA KENNY, CLASSMATE OF ARRESTED STUDENT: Honestly, I am going to say, I really think he should lose his job. I feel like not even an officer, no man should put his hand on a child like that. She is 16 years old. This man is huge. I feel like -- he need to lose his job.
SIMONE MARTIN, NIYA KENNY'S ATTORNEY: It really is sad and it's -- it's devastating and infuriating that -- a 300-pound, weight-lifting, muscle-bound man would assault a child the way that he did. And I feel as if a public apology is appropriate in this case as well as termination. Honestly, this is a horrible situation to have taken place in our schools. Someone has to pay. Some one has to be accountable for those inhumane, barbaric actions.
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[02:05:09] BARNETT: Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott joins us from Columbia, South Carolina.
Sheriff, thank you for joining us.
Now that you have had time to see this incident from, from some three angles, more information emerged about the 16-year-old girl refusing to put her cell phone away, refusing to leave the classroom. Has your initial opinion of the forced removal we have all witnessed changed at all?
LOTT: Well, just like anybody who saw the video, it disturbed me greatly. What we are looking at is the action of my deputy, did he follow proper procedure, did he use any unnecessary force? And based on that, we'll make our decision if he should be continued to be employed here or not.
BARNETT: Let's talk about that a bit more. Deputy Ben Fields in his incident report says he used what is called a muscling technique because the student wasn't complying with his command to leave the room. Is this the standard or are there other method to de-escalate the situation that deputies are trained to use?
LOTT: There are other methods the deputies are trained to use. That's what we are going to look at. Did he use his methods, did muscling techniques he used, is that something that we train them to do? If he didn't, then he violated our policies.
BARNETT: Talk to me about your policy. What procedure would permit a muscling technique?
LOTT: Well, again depend on the escalation of the situation. How much resistance the subject has given? And we'll look at that. Then we will see if he used too much of a muscling technique or used a technique that we don't approve of and we don't train.
BARNETT: You have said Wednesday your department will announce the conclusion to your investigation. Considering all the bits of information I am wondering whether the two previous lawsuits against Deputy Fields are factoring into your decision.
LOTT: No, none whatsoever. The first lawsuit, a jury found him innocent, ruled on his behalf. Allegations against him were untrue. The second lawsuit, that had nothing to do with something similar to what happened yesterday. So, I don't think they have any bearing whatsoever.
BARNETT: You said this officer should have never Ben called en called in the first place, and I am wondering how likely you are to re- evaluate the role of school resource officers.
LOTT: We are going to re-evaluate and see what this school actually wants us to do. Are they placing some of the responsibility on the deputies when a teacher or a school administrator should be handling the situation like this?
BARNETT: Now you said students traumatized by all this and what do you think the school needs to do to bring back normalcy. Is there a teaching moment from this incident that could be used nationwide?
LOTT: I think it is a teaching moment. We need to talk to our children. Like my daughter in the 7th grade she had questions about it. Some times when students make bad decisions, and some times police offices are going to make bad decisions. And we need to learn from their mistakes.
BARNETT: Just as a parent, if you had seen your daughter treated in such a way, how would you feel?
LOTT: Well, same way I feel right now. Even though that is not my daughter, I still feel some strong reactions to it.
BARNETT: Leon Lott, Richland County sheriff from Columbia, South Carolina. Thank you for joining us.
LOTT: Thank you.
CHURCH: South Carolina police released dash cam video of the officer- involved shooting that left a teenager dead this summer. Police say Lieutenant Mark Tillo was conducting a drug investigation at the time of the incident. Tillo says 19-year-old Zachary Hammond drove his car toward him and he shot Hammond in self defense. State prosecutors announced that Tillo won't be charged.
BARNETT: The Hammond family attorney disagrees with the decision and contends excessive police force was used. Federal authorities are still investigating that case.
CHURCH: We turn now to the 2016 race for the White House. Donald Trump has spent months leading the field of Republican presidential candidates. But now, he is number two.
BARNETT: That's right. How about that? A new national poll shows Ben Carson topping Donald Trump for the first time. Take a look at this. 26 percent of voters support Carson in the CBS News/"The New York Times" poll, giving him a slight edge over Trump who sits at 22 percent.
Donald Trump is on the campaign trail in Iowa Tuesday for the first time since his fall in the polls.
[02:10:13] CHURCH: In typical Trump fashion, he let everyone know how he feels about being number two.
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DONALD TRUMP, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & CEO, TRUMP ORGANIZATION: Will you get the numbers up, Iowa, please. This is ridiculous.
(CHEERING)
TRUMP: In all fairness -- in all fairness, what is my competition? Do you think these guys -- I'm not going to say Carson. I'm not going to say, Rubio, who really is way down. I am second. It's not terrible. I didn't like being second. Second is terrible to me.
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CHURCH: He doesn't like it. In interviews, he said he doesn't understand whey he slipped in the polls.
BARNETT: Earlier, I spoke to CNN senior political reporter, Stephen Collinson, about what could be affecting Trump's support.
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STEPHEN COLLINSON, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER: We are now less than four months from four months of voting. Gone through summer in circus-like period in U.S. elections the people are beginning to look at Donald Trump, I had several Republican officials tell me in New Hampshire, and they're beginning to look at him and decide is this guy potential president. There is some evidence that college-educated Republicans are starting to believe that perhaps he would be a liability as president and possibly couldn't win a general election against someone like Hillary Clinton. That might be one reason his numbers are coming down.
Now we have Ben Carson, a pediatric neurosurgeon. Like Donald Trump, an outsider candidate, not professional politician. It might be his time to have some time in the spotlight. He will come under scrutiny. We'll see how he handles it.
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BARNETT: Trump saying he doesn't understand, or Stephen will help Trump understand his slip in the polls.
More of that interview in our next hour of CNN NEWSROOM.
CHURCH: As for the Democratic presidential contenders, Hillary Clinton has a commanding lead over the field of candidates in the key state of Iowa. A Monmouth University poll found Clinton has support of 65 percent of likely Iowa caucus voters. Her closest rival, Bernie Sanders, has 24 percent. This poll was the first one taken of Iowa Democrats since Vice President Joe Biden announced he would not run for president.
BARNETT: Hillary Clinton gave a blunt answer about what she would do as president if the biggest U.S. banks got into trouble. During an appearance on CBS's "The Late Show" Tuesday night, Clinton said she would let the banks fail. She also called out Republicans for getting the country's economic past.
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HILLARY CLINTON, (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: I love it when you have Republicans on here. They act like we have amnesia.
(LAUGHTER)
We had the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. My husband handed over 23 million jobs, incomes rising, balanced budget and a surplus. President Obama got the worst economy, where we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. We have got to get back to making the middle-class the center of our politics, raising incomes, and giving consider a better shot.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CHURCH: Clinton rolled out her Wall Street plan earlier this month. She wants to crack down on abuse and tax certain kinds of high frequency trading.
BARNETT: The U.S. is stepping up its air campaign against ISIS in Syria and in Iraq. Officials are weighing possible U.S. forces on the ground. We'll have details on the proposed strategy next.
CHURCH: Plus, the cost of Russia's military campaign in Syria, experts weigh in on how long Moscow can carry the expense.
BARNETT: We'll get you the latest information on the deadly earthquake that killed hundreds in Afghanistan and Pakistan, including 12 school girls. More on that after this.
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[02:16:10] DON RIDDELL, CNN WORLD SPORT ANCHOR: I'm Don Riddell, with your CNN "World Sport" headlines.
The League Cup in England is throwing up some disastrous results involving the London sites. Jose Mourinho's miserable season has taken another turn for the worse as League Cup holders Chelsea were knocked out by City. The Blues went behind with John Walters lasting finish but Lloyd Grimme drilled an injury time equalizer taking the game to extra time and went to penalties. Ultimately, Stokes scored all of their hits. Chelsea missing the final penalty to send Stoke through and Mourinho quite possibly closer to the exit door. Arsenal out of the competition, losing 3-0 to the championship Wednesday. Despite making nine changes from last weekend, the Gunner put out a side containing a whole host of star names. But it didn't matter. Worse news, they lost Chamberlain and Theobold Cox to injuries
The U.S. striker Abby Womback who is the women's football all-time leader is international goal scorer is announcing her retirement. The 35 year old has scored 180 goals in 252 matches in an international career spanning 15 years. Womback was in the 2015 World Cup squad and she won two Olympic goals. Her last time will be against China in New Orleans this September as the final leg of the U.S. team's World Cup victory tour.
That's a quick look at your sports headlines. I'm Don Riddell.
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BARNETT: The U.S. is considering stepping up its campaign against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Defense Secretary Ash Carter testified before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday.
CHURCH: He says the U.S. has already begun increasing its air strikes on ISIS targets. He proposed more raids and alluded to U.S. forces on the ground.
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ASHTON CARTER, DEFENSE SECRETARY: We won't hold back from supporting capable partners in opportunistic attacks against ISIL. We're conducting such missions directly, whether by strikes from the air or direct action on the ground.
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CHURCH: The White House has yet to decide on the new options.
BARNETT: Meanwhile, the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will hold another round of talks in Vienna this week to discuss ending Syria's civil war and the future of Syrian president, Bashar al Assad.
CHURCH: Iran is invited to the talks but has not yet agreed to attend. The meeting follows talks last week with Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.
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JOHN KIRBY, U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN: The ultimate goal that everybody wants to get at -- and I can't tell you how many more meetings or discussions are required to get at this goal, but the goal is to come up with the framework, an agreed upon multilateral framework for a successful political transition in Syria, which is leading to a government not led by Bashar al Assad that is representative and responsive to the Syrian people. That's the overarching goal.
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CHURCH: The top U.S. general says Iran and Russia' involvement in Syria has given the advantage to Bashar al Assad's forces.
BARNETT: But with Russia's economy faltering under Western sanctions, there's questions about how long Moscow can pay for the air campaign.
Nic Robertson spoke with some experts for answers.
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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In Syria, more Russian bombs are falling. This past weekend, 285 targets hit, officials say. So how long can Russia afford to keep it going?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Russia can afFord, itself, such campaign for --
ROBERTSON: For a long time?
[02:20:15] ROBERTSON: A vast military with relatively big budgets. This year, officially, over $50 billion, more than 4 percent of GDP, twice what most NATO nations spend on defense. And little public interest in the financing and lack of transparency, says a military economist, leaves Putin with a relatively free hand in Syria.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Stay about 100 years ago, it was much transparent than current one.
ROBERTSON: Even without the type of transparency common in the West, defense analysts in London reckon they're able to calculate some of the costs.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It is costing them between $2.3 million to $4 million a day with the current sortee rate.
ROBERTSON: Fuel costs are low because, from bases in Syria, bombing runs are short. And they assess Russia uses few expensive laser- guided weapons.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We reckon they're dropping $700,000 of munitions a day, which is quite low. Most of it is -- quite low tech weaponry.
ROBERTSON: Low-flying attack helicopters add a little more, estimated $60,000, $70,000 a day. If ground troops were sent in, it could triple costs, but even so, in the short term, all affordable.
The hidden catch for Russia in this cost analysis is Moscow's need to modernize its aging forces. Despite Russia's mostly secret defense budget, cash from the Syria conflict is being culled from defense procurement budgets. Meaning big ticket upgrades might get sacrificed.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The current rate of expenditure, that's 16 to 30 fighter jets a year, quite a lot of new fighter jets they're missing out on. ROBERTSON (voice-over): Beyond budgets, there is a key factor helping
sustain the military in Syria, and that's popularity. On that account, President Putin is firmly in the black. Recent polling shows that support for the fight in Syria is increasing.
Nic Robertson, CNN, Moscow.
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CHURCH: A clinic run by Doctors Without Borders, Medecins Sans Frontieres, has been attacked in Yemen.
BARNETT: The organization says five air strikes hit a facility it operates in the northern part of the country. At this stage, there are no immediate reports of casualties. It's not yet clear who is responsible.
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MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES SPOKESMAN: At least 19 hospitals have been partially destroyed in Yemen in six months time. So our hospital was number 20, which is very significant, very significant. I am, yes, very worried about the situation in Yemen and in Syria, as well, and other countries where we are intervening. And we are wondering if -- if we should continue to send personnel to these countries where the regular armies even are not respecting the international humanitarian law.
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CHURCH: Earlier this year, a Saudi-led coalition began launching air strikes meant to curb the advance of Houthi militia. The coalition denies conducting air strikes near the clinic.
BARNETT: The other story we are following, rescue workers assessing the damage in Afghanistan and in Pakistan in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake.
CHURCH: At least 345 people were killed. More than 1,800 injured.
CNN's Saima Mohsin has more on the devastated communities.
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SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The day after the quake, hundreds of homes and buildings lie in rubble as the scale of death and devastation becomes clearer.
In this small Afghan town, 12 small coffins draped with Afghan flags were carried through the streets. Families held funerals for the young girls trampled to death, trying to escape their school buildings during the quake.
In Pakistan, military helicopters rush to remote areas to rescue the wounded.
The epicenter was in northeastern Afghanistan. The majority of deaths have been reported in Pakistan. Hospitals on both sides are overrun.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was working at a rice shop. As I walked out, the building collapses and both my legs were trapped under rubble.
[02:25:04] MOHSIN: Helicopters loaded with food and medical supplies are flying to help those left stranded in the rugged mountains, but complicating aid efforts, some of the areas hardest hit by the quake lie in territory controlled by the Taliban.
The leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan are calling on their citizens in this time of crisis.
ASHRAF GHANI, AFGHAN PRESIDENT: I demand all Afghans fellow countrymen to help each other in the affected areas.
MOHSIN: Thousands spent the night outdoors, too afraid to go back inside for fear of aftershocks.
With the death toll expected to climb, survivors face tough conditions in a region where snow has already begun to fall in some areas.
Saima Mohsin, CNN.
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CHURCH: We'll take a short break here. Coming up, they expected to be executed, but instead, dozens of men were saved from brutal captivity in Iraq. Their story up next.
BARNETT: Plus, a new study warns that the Persian Gulf, or Arabian Gulf as some call it, may become too hot for humans.
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CHURCH: Welcome back to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. I'm Rosemary Church.
BARNETT: I'm Errol Barnett. Let's update you on the top stories now.
The FBI is investigating violent arrest of a South Carolina high school student and local sheriff will decide to by Wednesday whether the school resource officer will lose his job for yanking the student from her desk and dragging her across the floor.
[02:30:01] CHURCH: The U.S. is considering escalating its campaign against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Defense Secretary Ash Carter testified before U.S. lawmakers Tuesday proposing more air strikes or, quote, "direct action on the ground." The White House has yet to make a decision on the options.
BARNETT: Support for Ben Carson is surging one day before the third Republican debate. A new poll from CBS News and "The New York Times" shows Carson with backing from 26 percent of likely voters on Donald Trump at 22 percent. The theme of Wednesday's debate is "Your money, your vote."
CHURCH: It was a daring raid in northern Iraq that helped free dozens of men tortured inside the walls of an ISIS-controlled prison.
BARNETT: One U.S. soldier died in the mission that freed 70 hostages last week. Now some are talking about their harrowing ordeal.
Our Michael Holmes has more.
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MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When Kurdish commandos backed by U.S. Special Forces swooped in on an ISIS prison, several of the men inside believed they'd had just hours to live.
One was Iraqi policeman, Saad Falaj.
SAAD FALAJ, RESCUED IRAQI POLICEMAN: (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
HOLMES: Falaj still cannot believe the miracle of his rescue.
FALAJ: (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
HOLMES: The hostages also provided rare firsthand accounts of the horror of being held by ISIS.
FALAJ: (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
HOLMES: On Tuesday, all 70 hostages met the president of Iraqi Kurdistan, whose troops helped rescue them. Among them, Mohamed Hassan Abdullah, who said being detained by ISIS meant certain execution. He paid tribute to American involvement in the rescue mission.
But for the Kurds, the success of the night time raid is bittersweet. They rescued these men but there was no trace of their own Peshmerga fighters, including these men captured earlier this year and paraded through the region in cages.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
HOLMES: What has happened to the Peshmerga is unknown. But these Iraqis are happy to be alive and coming to terms with their terrible ordeal.
Michael Holmes, CNN.
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BARNETT: Incredible to hear what they have been through.
CHURCH: It is.
BARNETT: To be so thankful for getting through what many people do not.
As we well know, the war in Syria is taking a brutal toll on civilians. Since the beginning of this month along, the United Nations estimates 120,000 people have been displaced by fighting. CHURCH: Many are fleeing their homes in Aleppo and two neighboring
provinces in the northwest. The Syrian army has been mounting a major offensive against rebel groups with the support of the Russian air force.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have seen our city of Aleppo, which was one of the most important cities in this region for hundred and hundreds of years, destroyed and reduced to misery.
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CHURCH: Syria's Christian population has dropped significantly as a result of the war. More than 700,000 Christians have fled their homes according to one estimate.
BARNETT: Many are going elsewhere in the Middle East.
CNN attended a service by the Syrian Orthodox Church in Dubai to find out their thoughts on the conflict.
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(CHANTING)
UNIDENTIFIED CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX PRIEST: I'm a Bishop, vicar of the Syrian Orthodox Church.
(CHANTING)
UNIDENTIFIED CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX PRIEST: Our community come from the Middle East. Most of them are Syrian.
(CHANTING)
UNIDENTIFIED CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX PRIEST: It is important for our community to have a base. Some have lost everything back in Syria, including loved ones. Therefore, it is essential for them to meet and pray for peace and support each other.
After the liturgy, people get together in the hall to socialize with one another.
[02:35:05] UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My name is Sarah. I have just arrived from Aleppo from Syria. We're one of the original people of the land. We just want to stick to our land. We don't want to leave and to go. So that we -- that's why I want this to work, to be endless. We don't want to scatter all over the world.
Honestly, it's not about ISIS or something. There is terrorists that are killing people. From where they come where they are, that's not the issue. These innocent people are killed. Why?
UNIDENTIFIED CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX PRIEST: We are all Syrian. We suffer as a people, not as a Christian. What we hope -- to forget what happened. It is very difficult. But we can try. We can try it.
(CHANTING)
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BARNETT: We'll take a short break here. Still to come, in the West Bank, clashes have become a way of life. Next, a closer look at what's becoming a grim routine.
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BARNETT: Israeli police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to break up a crowd of protesters in the West Bank demanding the body of 11 attackers the Israeli forces killed.
CHURCH: The scene was familiar.
Ben Wedeman reports there is a cycle developing that doesn't offer much hope.
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BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was a day like so many of late in the West Bank. In the town of Sayed, thousand turned out for the funeral of a teenager shot by Israeli forces in a clash the day before. The town went on strike. Almost all the residents, men, women and children, and every Palestinian faction were all there. And when it was over, the boys and young men headed toward the nearest Israeli army check point. Rocks flew. Rubber-coated steel bullets were fired back. People were injured.
[02:40:16] It's all part of a pattern that's taking hold in many parts of the West Bank. Not war, just a steady drum beat of unrest that's fast becoming the new abnormal.
In nearby Hebron, same thing, different day, as soldiers stationed around the Jewish settlement in the heart of the city battle it out with boys and young man. Shots fired, perhaps not so much out of anger but perhaps out of habit.
Young throwing arms growing stronger with daily practice, grasping at stones.
This young man declines to give his name but says, "Everyone talks but no one does anything to achieve a solution. Until then, we'll fight."
And, thus, the fight goes on.
(on camera): Monday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel will always live the sword, and perhaps he's right. In the absence of a peace process and the discussion of a possibility of a peace process, this, indeed, may be the future.
(voice-over): Not full scale war but rather a grinding, draining, open-ended low-intensity conflict that neither side can win with no end in sight.
Ben Wedeman, CNN, Hebron.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
BARNETT: "Two Degrees Celsius." It's a very important number. Environmental experts claim if global average temperatures warm more than that, it could lead to climate catastrophes.
CHURCH: Like a frightening new prediction for parts of the Middle East, one day it could be too hot for humans to survive there. The study, published in "Nature Climate Change," says the extreme heat could set in within a century. A companion study claims temperatures could reach up to 60 degrees Celsius.
For more, we turn to Pedram Javaheri who joins us now with more.
What parts of the Middle East are we talking about? The whole area?
PEDRAM JAVAHERI, AMS METEOROLOGIST: For a large area, and some of the major cities as well along the Persian Gulf coast. An interesting study. We've seen studies when it comes to extreme weather patterns. This one took it into the Middle East over portions of the Arabian Peninsula and analyzed the greenhouse gas concentrations that would be on the increase as they are right now. They took them up to the year 2100 with the current greenhouse gas emissions. You get the wet-bulb temperature. There's a critical number you don't want to get close to. That's 95 degrees Fahrenheit. With the wet-bulb temperatures at these levels -- with extreme temperatures the low humidity, you sweat. You have evaporating cooling. You bring the temperatures and the humidity is up, now you create an environment where the moisture just sitting on your skin. It's not ready available to evaporate because there's too much moisture in the surrounding environment. The do you want is at least at 95 Fahrenheit or 35 Celsius. Even the healthiest of human beings will succumb to these elements if they're exposed for six hours. High pressure dominates the area here. Some of those major cities, the study analyzed where we know the temperatures 40s and 50s Celsius, 110, 120 Fahrenheit, that's a common trend here. With the greenhouse gas emissions on the right, the temperature increase over this region, you can see what it feel like getting into the 160s or 70s Celsius. This is a city on the northern gulf coast on -- it's an Iranian city that had a 115 Fahrenheit temperature. The humidity came up to 35 percent. The do you want made it feel like 74 Celsius. That is 165 degrees Fahrenheit. The study says these sorts of temperatures could be almost a daily occurrence, and that's why it could be life threatening for a high population in that area.
[02:45:16] CHURCH: Unbelievable. Pedram, and with that, you would see the population shift and move to cooling climates?
JAVAHERI: That's what it indicated. It's a thriving population along the Persian Gulf. The oil industry, yes, it would move a lot of people away because of survivability for a six-hour period would be uninhabitable after a prolonged period.
BARNETT: Ironic, when you think about oil is the major export there. But this is why they say climate change will lead to mass migrations all over the world. People won't be able to maintain and live where they are.
JAVAHERI: Very good point.
BARNETT: Appreciate that, Pedram. We'll see you next hour.
CHURCH: Thanks, Pedram.
Baltimore, Maryland's police department is testing body cameras on its officers.
BARNETT: The goal is to improve public and officer safety. Reports say the 54-day pilot program will allow the department to sample several products before making a final decision.
CHURCH: Six months ago, the controversial death of a black man in police custody sparked heavy rioting in Baltimore.
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HANNAH PARISH (ph), BALTIMORE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT: There's two sides to every story, and it's not often that the police officer's side comes out. The fairness on each side, and if there's stuff going wrong that needs to be addressed, and I think it will hold everyone a little more accountable.
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BARNETT: Reports say that the officers have the option of leaving the body cameras on or off while on duty. We have a saying here, when in doubt, leave it out. Their motto, when in doubt, record it.
Still to come on CNN NEWSROOM, a new phone that is supposed to be shatter proof. So, of course, we're putting it to the test.
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SAMUEL BURKE, CNN DIGITAL CORRESPONDENT: With a shatter shield technology, Motorola is guaranteeing that this screen won't crack or shatter under everyday use. CNN will put it through the ringer.
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[02:51:03] BARNETT: Take a look at this unfortunate and unexpected fireworks show. A house fire triggered this exploding display in the Netherlands.
CHURCH: Fireworks were stored in the House. Went off when the blaze spread. The fire destroyed the home and injured several people.
Unbelievable.
BARNETT: Yeah.
Now, two big players in the landscape, Apple, Twitter, both released quarterly numbers on Tuesday. But only one of the two giants was happy to make that announcement.
CHURCH: Apple's profits jumped by 31 percent behind strong sales of iPhones and Macs. But Twitter posted a lackluster quarter. Investors took notice. The company's stock dropped about 13 percent in after hours trading.
BARNETT: Meanwhile, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg holding a Q&A in Delhi's Indian Institute of Technology. I believe we have live pictures for you of this as it happens in real time. Facebook looking to tap into the potential for expansion in India. Why? It's the second-most populous country in the world.
CHURCH: India has 130 million Facebook users. Zuckerberg wants to ensure that number grows.
Every five years, China lays out its major plans for its social and economic policies.
BARNETT: Serious stuff. This time, they're trying something completely different to help promote it. To be frank, we can't really explain it. So, look for yourself.
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CHURCH: The three-minute musical was released on state media and looks to be aimed at English speakers.
BARNETT: It's going to be catchy. Gets stuck in your head. Exactly what they want.
Motorola claims its new Droid Turbo 2 Smartphone is shatterproof.
CHURCH: The company guarantees it won't crack or shatter under normal use.
CNN's Samuel Burke put it to the test.
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BURKE: It happens to everybody. Your phone slips out of your hand, hits the ground. You kneel down, the fateful moment where you check to see if your screen is smithereens.
Motorola is billing its Droid Turbo 2 a perfect phone for imperfect people. With five-layer shatter field technology, Motorola is, quote, "guaranteeing" this screen won't crack or shatter under what it calls every day use.
CNN will put it through the wringer.
New Yorkers.
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BURKE: Well, it's dented. But I don't think this counts as every day use. It didn't crack or shatter.
This phone walked away pretty much unscathed. Every day use managed to scuff up the frame. It couldn't crack or shatter the screen. Even all of that horsepower, only left it dented.
If you have butter for hands, this may be the phone for you.
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BARNETT: That wasn't a real test. Give it to a 2-year-old for a few hours.
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CHURCH: You have experience, have you?
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BARNETT: No kids. No, Rosemary. Kids eat these things. Slam these things.
You've had experience. You should know.
CHURCH: Yes.
[02:55:07] BARNETT: All right, the Major League Baseball world series off to a thrilling start. If you watched this in real time and are with us, you deserve a medal. The Royals won the longest game in World Series history, beating the New York Mets, 5-4 in a nail-biter that lasted 14 innings.
CHURCH: That wasn't the only excitement. The game was interrupted at one point when "FOX Sports" suffered a brief power outage. They later apologized. Big announcement from U.S. soccer star, Abby Wambach. The 35-year-old
striker says she is retiring in December. Wambach, the all-time leading scorer in soccer, with 184 goals and two gold medals.
BARNETT: She made the announcement a few hours after a visit to the White House where she and her teammates honored for their World Cup victory. President Obama said they're an inspiration.
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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: This team taught all America's children that playing like a girl means you're a bad ass.
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OBAMA: Perhaps I shouldn't have used that phrase.
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CHURCH: And remember, you can always follow us on social media any time.
More CNN NEWSROOM after this very short break.
BARNETT: That's right, top stories all around the world. The news continues with us, next.
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