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Ottawa Attack: Shootings on Parliament Hill; America on High Alert; Another White House Fence Jumper; Royals Even World Series

Aired October 23, 2014 - 04:30   ET

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JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: Breaking news overnight: Canada's prime minister vowing that country will never been intimidated by evil after the shootings in the capital and reinforcing Canada will stand with its allies to defeat terror around the globe.

The United States tightens security at its embassy and other U.S. consulates in Canada. But why the enhanced security and locations in the U.S.? The jihadist chatter that has the United States on high alert.

And then, a new White House fence jumper, apprehended this time. The intruder immediately met with K-9 force. We have this dramatic video.

Hello, everyone. This is EARLY START. I'm John Berman. Christine Romans is on assignment this morning. Thirty minutes past the hour.

And there is breaking news overnight on the shooting Wednesday by a man that Canada's prime minister is calling a terrorist. A gunman killed a soldier at the National War Memorial, wounding others and apparently ran to a nearby building on Parliament Hill where he was shot and killed by security officers.

We know more about the suspect, apparently a convert to Islam. Apparently he had his passport frozen over fears of possible dubious travel. We also learned he did apparently travel to the United States in 2013.

We now know more about the victim -- a man in his 20s who had a young son entering kindergarten. A man who loved animals and rescued stray dogs. We know more about a hero. A 58-year-old sergeant-at-arms who may have saved the lives of countless of members of the Canadian parliament.

Wednesday night, the Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressed the nation, calling for unity among Canadians, and with that country's allies in the fight against terrorism.

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STEPHEN HARPER, PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA: Attacks on our security personnel and on our institutions of governments are by their very nature attacks on our country, on our values, on our society, on us Canadians, as a free and democratic people who embraced human dignity for all.

Let there be no misunderstanding. We will not be intimidated. Canada will never be intimated.

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BERMAN: CNN's Susan Candiotti on the streets of Ottawa, literally up all night, chasing down leads.

Susan, what's the latest?

SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, one of our sources when I asked whether they had established any direct ties to terrorism said this, we are certainly moving in that direction, but nothing appears to be solidified at this time.

But, you know, one of the biggest questions, John, and you raised a bit of that earlier, is what about this attempt to travel overseas? Clearly, there was some information, there's some intelligence that authorities had to, in effect, freeze his passport to prevent him from going overseas to fight, according to one source. You know, we need to know more about that right now.

You know, similarly, there was the attack a couple of days ago and similarly, the man in that case who ran down two soldiers, killing one of them here in Canada, but in a different city. Also, it had his passport frozen.

So, is there a connection there? It's one of many questions they are trying to put together about this shooter, the alleged gunman in this case, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, who was born Michael David Hall in Canada back in 1982 -- John.

BERMAN: Michael Zehaf-Bibeau -- Susan, just to clear something up, at this point, he is the only suspect? There were concerns yesterday that they were searching for other people they thought maybe involved with the shooting.

CANDIOTTI: Yes, part of that is because witnesses were describing hearing gunshots at a shopping mall very close by to where we are located. But that turned out to be a false report. And then there were others describing seeing additional shooters. And again, they are trying to track that down.

But authorities now are telling us the mayor here that they now only believe there is one shooter. But certainly, they're still looking to see whether anyone else might have been involved in the planning of this. That remains an open possibility as they put together a profile of this man.

BERMAN: And Zehaf-Bibeau is a man with a criminal record. Apparently, drugs and things like that, and as you said, at some point, converted to Islam.

CANDIOTTI: Right, going way back to 2004. Drug possession arrest for PCP and also in 2011 for another petty crime uttering threats. But, again, trying to look in his past to see what may have gone wrong

or what was going on in his head.

You know, he spent a lot of time in Vancouver and in Montreal as well, where his mother is believed to live. She is with Canadian immigration board here.

But he worked as a miner and a laborer. We still don't know exactly when he left there and came here and how he got here and for what reason he traveled here, presumably. This, again, one of many questions they are trying to put together.

BERMAN: Indeed. And the Canadian authorities, you can bet, are tracing down everywhere that man has been over the last several weeks, months and years. You can bet here in the United States, they are doing the same, because as you said, there is information that he traveled here in 2013.

Susan Candiotti in Ottawa for us -- thank you so much, Susan.

CANDIOTTI: All right.

BERMAN: We also want to keep the focus as much as we can on the victim here -- a man who by all accounts was just an outstanding individual, a proud army reservist known as a great guy with an even bigger heart. Corporal Nathan Cirillo shot dead, while standing guard in his ceremonial uniform at the National War Memorial. It was a posting that was given to him as an honor. It was not supposed to be a risk.

Cirillo's social media page says he leaves behind a son, a young son who started kindergarten this fall, who's a loving parent. He was said to love animals, rescued dogs, write a story about how he rescued a stray dog himself just several weeks ago. And friends online remember him as a caring and loving person who put his life on the line for his country. What a loss.

Before the Parliament Hill attack, a similar one this week, jihadist chatter had heightened concerns in Canada and the United States. The administration and law enforcement sources say the U.S. had tightened security at its embassy in Ottawa and other U.S. consulate in Canada. Again, that was before this attack yesterday. After Wednesday's shooting, the U.S. embassy there was put on total lockdown.

In this country, security is tightened at the Tomb of the Unknowns just outside Washington, D.C., as well as around the Canadian consulate in New York. President Obama, of course, spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Wednesday afternoon, telling reporters, quote, "Obviously, we are all shaken by the shooting."

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We don't yet have all of the information about whether this was part of a broader network or plan or whether this was an individual or series of individuals who decide to take these actions. But it emphasizes the degree to which we have to remain vigilant when it comes to dealing with these kinds of acts of senseless violence or terrorism. And I pledge, as always, to make sure that our national security teams are coordinating very closely given not only as Canada one of our closest allies in the world, but they're our neighbors and our friends.

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BERMAN: We will follow the developments in the shooting in Ottawa all morning. There are developments coming in every hour.

First, though, there is some other news. Israeli authorities are calling it a hit-and-run attack in Jerusalem that killed a 3-month-old baby a terrorist attack. A Palestinian driver slammed into pedestrians at a tram stop on Wednesday. The police shot the 20-year- old him as he tried to flee the scene. The infant victim is believed to be American. At least seven other people were injured in this attack.

A new fence jumper at the White House. This time, though, it seems the Secret Service was ready. This is video of the jumper taken down on the White House lawn by two dogs from the Secret Service K-9 unit. The suspect here has been identified as Dominic Adasanye. Police say he was not armed. Charges against him are now pending.

The dogs suffered injuries. There are reports that they were kicked. They were taken to a vet for treatment.

This is the second fence-jumping incident in just a little month. You will recall that Omar Gonzalez sprinted across the lawn and made it inside the White House. He had a knife with him when he was inside the building.

So, after being routed in game one of the World Series, a much different story for the Kansas City Royals. They crushed the Giants last night 7-2. The game now tied at a game a piece. Kansas City scored five runs in the sixth inning, breaking a 2-2 tie.

This game got nasty. The benches cleared. Just the emotion you want to see in a World Series.

The series now goes to San Francisco for games three, four and five beginning on Friday.

Thirty-nine minutes after the hour right now. Let's get an early start on your money. Alison Kosik is where with that.

ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Good morning.

Keeping an eye on global markets this morning, and they are moving mostly lower, thanks to some weak data coming out of China. Falling oil prices also adding to that. But here in the U.S., futures are higher, that's after yesterday's rout. Stocks fell across the board.

Investors taking some profits off the table. The S&P 500 snapped a four-day winning streaks just a day after its biggest jump in a year. Federal prosecutors are investigating the Japanese air bag company

behind the recall of 7 million vehicles. "The Wall Street Journal" reporting that U.S. prosecutors are looking into whether Takata Corporation made misleading statements about the safety of its air bags. Takata's air bags have been linked to two deaths so far and prompted a massive warning to owners by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

And regulators say what happens is here is the airbags might explode, sending metal fragments into the driver and any passengers in the car.

Now, these recalls actually involve at least six different carmakers and the problem, John, sometimes to be associated with high humidity. So, a lot of drivers being targeted in states like Florida, Hawaii, Guam and Puerto Rico.

BERMAN: I heard a lot of concern along the Gulf Coast right now, which makes sense, which is the issue.

All right. Alison Kosik, thanks so much. Appreciate it.

Forty-one minutes after the hour. Coming up here on EARLY START: new Ebola guidelines for passengers, perhaps hundreds, maybe thousands coming into the United States. What they will now be required to do and what state officials might now be required to do, and just how is the CDC going to enforce this?

And, new unrest in Ferguson as new details from Michael Brown's leaked autopsy report have people very upset.

Stay with us.

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BERMAN: Major new measures to tell you about this morning announced by the CDC to battle Ebola. Every airline passenger who arrives in the United States from one of the three West African nations hardest hit by Ebola will be monitored by state and local health authorities for 21 days. They're going to have to take their temperatures twice a day and report to state officials. That could be thousands of people at any one time, a huge logistical operation.

There is some good news to report this morning. The Dallas nurse Amber Vinson, diagnosed as having Ebola a week ago is now said to be Ebola free. That is wonderful. Her family made the announcement Wednesday saying she will be transferred out of isolation.

We are now hearing from another survivor, NBC cameraman Ashoka Mukpo. In an interview on "NBC Nightly News", he said he is not able to pinpoint exactly when he was infected.

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ASHOKA MUKPO, EBOLA SURVIVOR: The best thing that I can say is that there was a period of time of about a week that I was working with various news groups. And in the course of that week, I was at Ebola treatment units, I was following burial teams. I was with ambulance drivers.

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BERMAN: More encouraging news, the second Dallas nurse, Nina Pham, was upgraded to good condition. Wonderful.

A new night of unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. Protests erupted following weeks of more information in the Michael Brown shooting. Two people arrested outside a police station. Sources now confirm to CNN that Michael Brown's autopsy shows a gunshot wound in the hand at close range. Analysts suggest that this finding supports Officer Darren Wilson's account. But speaking with CNN's Erin Burnett, an attorney for the Brown's family dismissed that suggestion.

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ANTHONY GRAY, MICHAEL BROWN'S FAMILY ATTORNEY: We always said from the very beginning, there are two separate distinct events that occurred that day -- one at the vehicle and one away from the car. So, I don't see how any evaluation or any assessment as to what happened at the car bears on what happened outside of the car almost 100 feet away, which is the point in which we've all stated was the moment that Darren Wilson broke the law when he killed an unarmed Mike Brown Jr.

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BERMAN: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has told Justice Department lawyers he is exasperated at the leaks coming out of Ferguson.

A troubling report from the World Health Organization, not about Ebola but tuberculosis. The annual report says 9 million people have developed TB in 2013, and 1.5 million died from it. The WHO says the death toll for tuberculosis is unexpectedly high given the disease has a cure and most deaths are preventable.

Forty-seven minutes after the hour.

The attack in Canada has Europe on edge. New fears about home-grown terrorists. We are live in London right after the break.

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BERMAN: The attack in Canada now sparking global fears of home-grown terrorists, perhaps inspired by calls from ISIS militants to carry out attacks.

Let's go to CNN's Atika Shubert in London with the latest.

Good morning, Atika.

ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, John.

Well, this is always been one of the biggest concerns, particularly in North America and Europe, especially when ISIS put out that call just a few weeks ago by al-Adnani for terror attacks in any way possible in a variety of countries, including here in the U.K.

Since then, there has been this sort of raised alert in many countries. They raised the terror alert here. And there had been concerns that there will be responses to that call. Just for example, at the moment, there have been at least five terror suspects who have been arrested and charged, not only with planning to carry out attack, but specifically with listening to al-Adnani's call for attacks and deciding to plan because of that attack.

So, that is the first direct link to ISIS of alleged terror plot here in London. So, this is one thing that securities here will be looking at and looking at the Canada experience to see whether or not the suspect in that case did something similar.

Was he talking to people in ISIS? Was he listening to the lectures? Was this a response to the call for more violence?

BERMAN: Atika, I know this has officials worried around the globe. The idea of doing what you can where you can for people who had caused ill to others is, in fact, very frightening.

Atika Shubert for us in London, thanks so much.

Fifty-three minutes after the hour. Thousands of Iranians staged a protest demanding an end to acid attacks on women. This demonstration took place on Wednesday in Isfahan, which is just south of Tehran. That's where assailants on motorcycles has flashed at least nine women with acid. The attacks coincide with a new law aimed at protecting citizens who feel compelled to correct those who act in a, quote, "un- Islamic way".

Four ex-Blackwater security guards now face at least 30 years in prison after a federal jury convicted them of shooting 31 Iraqis seven years ago. The suspect shot and killed 14 unarmed civilians, wounding 17 others as the U.S. diplomatic convoy drove through Baghdad. None of those killed were so-called insurgents. The incident infuriated Iraqis and changed how U.S. contractors, those defense contractors were used in that country.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will have to testify at Ray Rice's appeal of his indefinite suspension. Goodell is expected to face questions about what exactly Rice told him when the two met over the summer about the altercation between Rice and his then-fiancee. Rice was suspended for two games, but it was extended indefinitely term after more detail video emerged showing Rice punching Janay Palmer.

Fifty-four minutes after the hour.

Apple Pay suffers a stumble out of the gate. An early start on your money, next.

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BERMAN: Let's get an early start on your money now. Alison Kosik is here.

Good morning, Alison.

KOSIK: Whoo, I just saw stock futures for the Dow jump higher, up almost 100 points. That's after some strong manufacturing data came out of Europe. The market actually closed sharply lower yesterday, after investors took a little profit off the table. The S&P 500, it snapped a four-day winning streak just a day after its biggest jump in a year, whoo! Rollercoaster, yes, it is.

Wall Street today focusing on some big named corporate earnings, that includes Microsoft, Amazon, Caterpillar and General Motors.

Apple's new local payment system Apple Pay debuted to much fanfare on Monday, but now, some customers, they're not happy with the service after being double charged. About 1,000 Bank of America customers, they got charged twice for purchases made on Apple Pay this week. Bank of America was saying, Apple is to blame. A source with knowledge of the situation told CNN Money that Apple Pay's system, it got a fix yesterday.

The only thing scary about this Halloween costume, I'd say it's price tag. Morph Costumes is selling the million Morphsuit encrusted with 70,000 diamonds for a cool $1.6 million. And if that doesn't fit your budget, the company also sells a robot costume for $25,000. Oh, a bargain. And a cowboy costume for $2,500.

That puts my $60 costume that I bought for myself to shame.

BERMAN: Which begs the question -- I'm sorry, Alison, but what is the $60 costume?

KOSIK: Of course, I'm a member of the SWAT team. Hat and handcuffs. Not as nice as you see there.

BERMAN: It depends on what kind of handcuffs. It alters the price tag.

What is wrong with a pirate, or a ghost or something?

Alison Kosik, thanks so much. I appreciate it.

EARLY START continues right now.