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Australian Couple Explains Decision To Leave Down Syndrome Baby With Surrogate; Iraqi Prime Minister, President Locked In Power Struggle; Rory McIlroy Wins Fourth Major; Israel-Palestine Agree To New Ceasefire; Recep Tayyip Erdogan Elected President
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KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream where news and technology meet.
Now security forces out on the streets of Baghdad as a tussle for power emerges between Iraq's president and prime minister.
An Australian couple speaks out to explain why they brought their healthy baby girl home, but left her twin brother in Thailand with his
surrogate.
And Rory McIlroy makes history by winning the PGA Championship, his fourth major victory and he's only 25.
Iraqi troops with tanks have taken up positions throughout Baghdad, apparently part of a political struggle over who will run the country.
Now it comes as ISIS militants continue their bloody fight to seize more territory in the north. Now the U.S. conducted a wave of airstrikes
on ISIS targets on Sunday. As well, the U.S. military and British forces are delivering aid to civilians who fled the ISIS onslaught. And as the
security situation deteriorates so, too, does the political situation, a power struggle between the country's prime minister and the newly elected
president is heating up.
And for more, Anna Coren joins us now live from Irbil, Iraq, where she's following all the developments for us. And, Anna, Iraqi politicians
at this critical moment, they can't put aside sectarian differences. What is the latest on the political crisis?
ANNA COREN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It's hard to believe, isn't it, Kristie? The political situation here is such a mess. When you
have Kurdish and Iraqi forces trying to fight these vicious and brutal ISIS militants. But as you mentioned, the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who is
under so much pressure here in Iraq and also internationally, especially from the United States to step down, is digging in his heels. He has
accused the president, newly elected president of Iraq Fuad Masum who, I must mention, is Kurdish, of violating the constitution by extending the
deadline for Iraq's coalition blocs to nominate a candidate for prime minister.
What this essentially means is that Nuri al-Maliki will not be prime minister. They will elect a new prime minister.
So this is what is unfolding.
As a result, Nuri al-Maliki and gone and boosted troops and tanks and special forces around Baghdad, certainly within the Green Zone, protecting
those government buildings, also sending them to neighborhoods that he sees as a threat, this all playing out, as I mention, with ISIS making this
rapid advance across the country.
It's important to stress that they now control one-third of Iraqi territory, which really is quite alarming.
Obviously, they were making inroads towards us here in Kurdistan, Irbil. That the U.S. airstrikes that we've seen over the last couple of
days have really helped the Kurdish forces up here retake some of the towns that those ISIS militants claimed last week. But certainly that is not
enough to take on ISIS.
Speaking to the chief of staff of the Kurdish president yesterday, Kristie, he said that ISIS is not just an army, it is a state, fully well
resourced and fully equipped and that is outgunning the Kurdish forces on the ground.
So this is the situation, whilst back in Baghdad, there is absolute political turmoil, Kristie.
LU STOUT: Now the U.S. strategy in Iraq at the moment is two-fold. It sees targeted, limited airstrikes against ISIS. You gave us the update,
the briefing just then. But also the humanitarian air drops as well and the fate of tens of thousands of Yazidis. How many of them have managed to
evacuate? How many are still trapped?
COREN: Well, the number that we initially thought were up on that mountain has now expanded. It's some 40,000 to 60,000 Yazidis who fled to
Mount Sinjar when they heard that ISIS militants were heading to the town of Sinjar where they would have been slaughtered if they stayed.
20,000 have managed to get off, and that is because Kurdish forces were able to create a safe passage of one side of the mountain. But for
the tens of thousands still trapped up there, the situation is dire. Yes, those humanitarian aid drops are helping with food, water and shelter --
you know, the heat here is excruciating. And these people are out exposed and there are reports that hundreds of these Yazidis are perishing because
of dehydration and exposure.
The situation is dire. And according to U.S. officials, Kristie, it could take days, if not weeks, for those Kurdish forces to get in there and
fight the ISIS militants to then give these refugees safe passage off the mountain.
LU STOUT: Heartbreaking to hear. Anna Coren reporting on the humanitarian crisis, political crisis, militant crisis as well. Live from
Iraq, thank you, Anna.
Now the Kurdish militia known as the pesh merga, they're playing a vital role in defending some regions of Iraq. Now CNN's Ivan Watson
reports from the front line where Kurdish soldiers are strengthening their defenses against encroaching ISIS militants.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
IVAN WATSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: A pile of dirt across a barren highway. This, the first line of defense for Iraqi Kurds fighting
against ISIS militants, said to be just a short drive away, occupying this village.
In this eerie no-man's land on the Kurdish front line, a tent city, recently abandoned.
This camp was a temporary home for thousands of Iraqis who fled the ISIS militant capture of the nearby city of Mosul two months ago. Last
Wednesday when ISIS went on the offensive yet again everybody fled. The camp is deserted. And some of them ran so quickly that they left their cars
behind.
It is here, among the other announced cars of this sun-baked plain, that Kurdish pesh merga fighters are digging in, building fortifications,
and regrouping after a chaotic retreat from the Islamist militants just five days ago.
The biggest threat, fighters here say, armored ISIS convoys led by suicide bombers in speeding vehicles.
AZIZ SHWAN AHMED, CHIEF OF STAFF, IRAQI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER (through translator): Suicide cars start their operations then other vehicles start
their overall offensive. And that's why we are strengthening our defense lines to prevent these cars from approaching us and kind of make it more
difficult for them to attack
WATSON: The Kurds have gotten some help from American air strikes, but everyone here says they need more.
FERHANG EFFENDI, KRUDISH VOLUNTERR: Well, our weapons are sort of the old Iraqi army weapons. Unfortunately the weapons that they have seized
from the Iraqi army that was from the US army, they're very advanced weapons. So we do need better weapons.
WATSON: The Kurdish ranks, bolstered by some unlikely volunteers. A 19-year-old Swedish-Kurd named Zamo Amin, and his father, Osman, who runs a
car wash back home in Sweden.
I don't understand you were both living in Sweden, and then you heard about the news and came to Kurdistan to fight?
ZAMO AMIN, KURDISH VOLUNTEER: Yes.
WATSON: What is the reason for this, what is motivating you?
AMIN: My heart is Kurdistan. So I give everything for Kurdistan. Yes.
WATSON: The ISIS militants say they're fighting to build an Islamic State. The Kurds are defending a region that's still not quite an
independent state, from the worst threat Iraqi Kurdistan has seen in more than a decade.
Ivan Watson, CNN, on the Kurdish front lines in Northern Iraq.
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LU STOUT: Now residents in Gaza are getting a chance to stake stock of the destruction around them as a temporary truce holds.
Now we are on day one of a new three-day ceasefire in Israel and Gaza. It has not been broken so far. But the big question is whether this
temporary truce can be converted into a permanent one.
Israeli officials have returned to Cairo for a second round of indirect talks. Now, they previously left Egypt on Friday when the last
ceasefire expired.
Now between that point and the moment the new ceasefire came into effect, Hamas had been firing rockets into Israel. And Israeli airstrikes
were pounding Gaza.
Now CNN's own Martin Savidge felt firsthand the raw force from one of those strikes.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: A CNN camera captures the moment of impact, the devastating blast of an Israeli
airstrike obliterating a home, sending black smoke over the neighborhood. But this is nothing new, this is Gaza.
As negotiators in Cairo worked to pull together another ceasefire, Gaza's militant group and Israel's military traded fire.
Israel's Iron Dome continued Sunday to target an intercept rockets headed for populated areas. This brush fire was said to be the result of
another rocket falling into a field.
At the Israeli Kerem Shalom crossing point, a security camera captures images of what are said to be Hamas rockets raining on the area. Several
hours later, the facility comes under attack again, forcing authorities to close it indefinitely, shutting off badly needed humanitarian aid.
This Israeli strike on a factory that makes cleaning products triggered an inferno that firefighters struggled to bring under control.
At one point, streams of burning chemicals drained into the street.
And this is what's known as an Israeli roof knock, the sharp blast just 200 yards away so strong it knocks me off the ledge where I was
sitting. And that was just the warning. Less than eight minutes later, the real strike screams in.
Debris blasts the building housing CNN's bureau and two people are injured on the street. Amazingly, no one is killed.
For Israelis targeted by rockets and Palestinians pounded by airstrikes, anything that stops them both would be welcome.
Martin Savidge, CNN, Gaza.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
LU STOUT: Wow, an incredible moment caught on camera and that was just a warning shot.
Now let's get more on what's happening in Gaza right now from CNN's John Vause. He joins me live. And John, we are now in the midst of a
fresh three day ceasefire. This allows desperately needed aid to reach people in Gaza. What is the deepest need? Where is the deepest need
there?
JOHN VAUSE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Kristie, I mean the situation here right now is that with a lull in the fighting it means that some
humanitarian aid can get across the border. You saw in Martin's report just moments ago that there was rocket fire, the Kerem Shalom Crossing on
Sunday. That is not the case today. And so we are told by the Red Cross that those trucks are moving, that convoys are heading to across Gaza and
also to Gaza City.
They're bringing in not just medical supplies, but also medical workers as well as fresh water and also essentially mattresses and blankets
for those who have been displaced from their homes. And of course what we're being told by the Red Cross here is that they have now distributed
blankets and mattresses to about 650 people who are displaced. There's an estimate that there are 400,000 people who are displaced, so clearly
another two days of calm and they'll barely scratch the surface of that.
There's also some very crucial repair work, which is underway right now. Crews have actually managed to get some work done on the electricity
grid. They've managed to repair about six of the 10 transmission lines, which bring electricity in from Israel to Gaza and that means that many
people here now have up to seven hours of electricity a day. It doesn't sound like a lot, but it is a lot better than what it has been.
And they are also trying to fix some of the damage, which was inflicted on the water system as well as the sewage system as well, because
about two weeks now raw effluent has been flowing into the streets in some parts, and also into the ocean, Kristie.
LU STOUT: To fix the infrastructure there, to get far more blankets into Gaza, we need diplomacy, and we know that talks in Cairo set to
resume, the Israeli delegation is there, the Palestinian delegation is there. And among them, who is there in the Palestinian delegation in
addition to Hamas? And do they all speak with one voice.
VAUSE: Well, Hamas is there. So, too, another militant group known as Islamic Jihad. They're smaller than Hamas, but they also have the
capability of firing rockets into Israel. They've also carried out suicide bombings in the past, too, in Israel.
Also at those talks, the PLO, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the old group of Jasser Arafat, and in that PLO group is political party
known as Fatah. And that is the political party of the current president of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas.
Hamas and Fatah don't like each other very much. They are bitter rivals. In fact, there was a civil war here in Gaza in 2007 and they were
killing each other. So, they now say that they are united and that they all stand together, but clearly there deep divisions within the
Palestinians. there has been in the past and there will be in the future. But for now they say that they're united and that they stand together in
their demands to Israel for this economic siege, as they call it, to be lifted on Gaza, Kristie.
LU STOUT: This again is the second three day ceasefire announced during the conflict so far. I think this is now week five of the conflict.
Do you take this as a positive sign? Do you feel that the momentum is growing with these talks underway, resuming soon in Cairo, the second
ceasefire underway, there's momentum for a more lasting peace here?
VAUSE: I guess the hope is that the more there is of peace, the more people will get used to it and the less likely they are to return to the
fighting. You know, I guess we'll wait and see.
It was a bit of a surprise that they negotiated this ceasefire. All day on Sunday the Palestinians were talking about leaving Cairo, walking
out unless the Israelis returned and took their demands seriously. The Israelis are adamant, the prime minister saying we're not going back until
the rocket fire stops.
What was interesting, though, is when that Egyptian plan was presented, they did say it was agreed to simultaneously. IN other words,
both sides agreed to it at the same time, so no one really sort of willing to admit that they were the ones who gave in, they were the ones who cried
uncle and were willing to go for a ceasefire.
These are difficult issues that they're looking at over the next couple of days. The demands by the Israelis for Gaza to be demilitarized
are essentially final status issues in the Oslo Peace Accords. If you remember the Oslo Peace Accords, most people have forgotten them and say
they don't matter, but they are still the only working document we have, the Palestinians and the Israelis have been negotiating for years on those
issues and they never got to the final status, so you can imagine how difficult it will be to try and work out some kind of deal on those very
difficult issues over the next couple of days.
But clearly, the hope is that the more they talk, the closer they get, and maybe they can find a way for the Israelis to give Hamas something,
which they can live with, for Hamas to accept something which is good enough for them to come back to the people of Gaza and say, look, the last
month was worth it, that almost 2,000 people who died, it was worth it, the widespread devastation, yeah, I guess it was worth it.
LU STOUT: And we don't know what unlocked the deadlock or who unlocked the deadlock over the weekend, but at least we're entering a new
period of relative calm at least fingers crossed for the next three days.
John Vause reporting live from Gaza City, thank you.
You're watching News Stream right here on CNN. And up ahead, an Australian couple who sparked international outrage speaks out to explain
why their baby with Down Syndrome was left with his surrogate mother in Thailand.
Plus, a mass jail break in eastern Ukraine after a prison was caught in the crossfire during fighting between government forces and rebel
fighters.
And victory at Valhalla. We'll talk to the world's number one golfer about his success and the dramatic finale at the PGA championship.
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LU STOUT: Welcome back. You're watching News Stream.
And you're looking at a visual version of all the stories we've got in the show today.
Now we started with the situation in Iraq. And then later in the hour, we'll take you to a town in Missouri where tensions boiled over after
the shooting death of a young man.
But now, I want to update you on the story of 7 month old Gammy (ph). Now the biological parents of the baby left with his surrogate mother in
Thailand are addressing their critics who accuse them of abandoning a baby with Down Syndrome. Now they spoke to Australia's 60 Minutes.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
DAVID FARNELL, FATHER: We didn't know what to do. We had no one to talk to.
LU STOUT: Tears and frustration from the couple at the center of an international firestorm. David and Wendy Farnell spoke out for the first
time on Australia's 60 Minutes Sunday attempting to explain why they returned to Australia with their healthy baby girl Piper while leaving
behind her twin brother Gammy (ph) who has Down Syndrome.
FARNELL: The surrogate mother wanted to take our girl and we (inaudible). So, we had to try to get out as fast as we could.
LU STOUT: The surrogate mother tells CNN that is absolutely untrue. She says the Farnells wanted to put Gammy in a home, a fate she couldn't
stomach for the child she carried inside her, so she agreed to keep the baby.
"I feel so sorry for him," 21 year old Pattaramon Chanbua told CNN last week. "This is not his fault. He's innocent. Why does he have to
suffer like this?"
After he was born, in desperation she turned to international donors for help with his medical bills, so far raising over $200,000. Gammy's
plight shining a spotlight on the murky issues around commercial surrogacy.
FARNELL: I just find it very difficult to get the answer out.
LU STOUT: In the 40 minute long interview, the Farnell's struggle to explain their actions, saying they were angry at the surrogacy agency for
not telling them earlier about the boy's condition, saying they wanted their money back.
FARNELL: They came back to us and said the surrogate mother wants this boy.
WENDY FARNELL, MOTHER: Yep.
FARNELL: So, we were thinking, ah, maybe, maybe this might be OK. I don't know.
LU STOUT; They say they still want their son, though are focusing first on settling legal issues surrounding their daughter.
David Farnell also acknowledges that he is a convicted sex offender who spent time in prison for abusing young girls, crimes he regrets, he
says, and will not repeat.
FARNELL: I know that I do not have any urges at all of this nature. For 30 years, I've known this. I don't have any urges.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Wendy, how concerned are you about the safety of your daughter in the care of your husband?
WENDY FARNELL: I 100 percent trust David to not do any wrong thing for the little girl.
LU STOUT: The Farnells break down when asked if the controversy might cost them their daughter, the baby they so desperately wanted that they
left her twin brother behind.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
LU STOUT: Tough interview to watch there.
Now Australian and Thai authorities are looking into Baby Gammy's case. And in the state of Western Australia where the Farnells were from,
it is legal to seek surrogacy abroad.
You're watching News Stream, and still to come on the program, angry residents in the U.S. state of Missouri vent their rage after an unarmed
teenager was shot and killed by police. We'll have a live report on that next.
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LU STOUT: Another gorgeous evening here in Hong Kong. Welcome back. You're watching News Stream.
Now coming up later on the program, we've got a one-on-one with Rory McIlroy fresh off the back of his second straight major title.
Now he has solidified his status as the world's number one Golfer and do stay tuned for his interview of CNN's Shane O'Donoghue.
Now first, though, more of what's happening in the world of sport. Now Roger Federer has made plenty of tennis history during his long and
successful career, but he couldn't add another chapter at the latest tournament in Canada. Alex Thomas is in London with more -- Alex.
ALEX THOMAS, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, hi, Kristie. Jo Wilfried Tsonga is back up into the world's top 10 after securing victory
in the Roger's Cup in Montreal in Canada. And in the process, he denied Roger Federer and historic 80th career title win.
It's been quite a successful week for Tsonga altogether. He'd already knocked out World Number One Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Grigor Dmitrov
on route to the final. Tsonga taking the opening set by 7-5. He was made to battle all the way against Federer, the 17-time Grand Slam winner,
producing plenty of classy touches.
And the Swiss legend was showing plenty of fighting spirit. Look at that point with Tsonga thinking he'd won it twice before finally winning it
with a backhand volley. A second set went to a tiebreak, Tsonga won, a morale boosting victory ahead of the U.S. Open in a fortnight's time.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
JO WILFRIED TSONGA, TENNIS PLAYER: There is no secret. The only secret I have it's the work. I work hard for that last couple of months.
And now I'm back on my best (inaudible). So it's something great. And it give me hope for the rest of the season.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
THOMAS: No surprise to see a Williams in the final at the women's singles, although it was Venus, not Serena competing for the silverware.
She had beaten her sister, the world number one, in the semifinals, but lost the opening set to Agnieska Radwanska by 6-4 and her serve was broken
by the Pole early in the second set. Radwanska had won her last two encounters with Venus Williams. And she made it three victories in a row
here in Montreal, taking that set, the match and the title, which incredibly was her first of the year.
And that's your latest tennis update. As your mentioning earlier, Kristie, we've got some more in World Sport in the hours ahead.
LU STOUT: Indeed. Alex Thomas there, thank you. Take care.
You're watching News Stream. And coming up next, after heavy shelling on Donetsk, the Ukrainian government forces, they bear down to try to
recapture the rebel stronghold.
Meanwhile over in Turkey, Prime Minister Erdogan wins a new bid to stay in power. More on his victory and what that means for Turkish
politics when we come back.
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LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching News Stream. And these are your world headlines.
Now Iraqi troops and tanks have been stationed around government buildings in Baghdad, apparently part of a power struggle between the prime
minister and the president. Iraq TV reports that the supreme court has ruled the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has the right to form a government,
but the necessary presidential approval has not been given.
Israeli and Palestinian officials are in Cairo for indirect talks to try to bring an end to their fighting. The three-day ceasefire is
currently in effect and appears to be holding. Now the UN says almost 2,000 Palestinians have been killed during the conflict, 67 Israelis have
lost their lives.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won the country's first presidential election decided by popular vote. Now Mr. Erdogan has
promised to be a president for the people. Well, critics worry that he may seek the presidency too powerful.
Now there has been heavy shelling in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. Ukrainian forces surrounding the separatist stronghold are telling those in
control of the city to surrender.
Now Will Ripley has more from Ukraine.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Right now, a bloody battle is raging in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian military is trying to retake the city of
Donetsk, which has been a key stronghold for pro-Russian rebels since this conflict began. But the situation inside Donetsk is getting more tense and
more dangerous by the hour.
Radio silence from the rebels themselves, but the city office has been reporting a near constant barrage of gunfire, artillery fire, and
explosions that continued from yesterday through overnight and into the morning hours as well.
We know a prison was hit and damaged. At least one inmate was killed, several others injured. And there was actually a mass jail break,
prisoners escape, some of them have voluntarily returned back inside the jail where the situation may indeed be safer than it is on the streets of
Donetsk right now.
The Ukrainian military is also reporting that some rebels are fleeing their positions, moving closer to the MH17 crash site where they may try to
defend that territory.
And in the shadow of all of this you have thousands of Russian troops stationed just 20 kilometers from Luhansk in eastern Ukraine where more
than 200,000 people have been cut off from the outside world for more than a week now, more power, no water, no way to communicate with the outside
world and the supply routes to get in food and medicine have been cut off, which means that these people are essentially stranded and there's very
little that anybody can do to get them much needed help.
Russia says it's important to get humanitarian aid in, but the United States, the UK and of course here in Kiev, officials in Ukraine are warning
Russia not to cross over onto Ukrainian soil. Crimea obviously fresh of everyone's minds here. They don't want to see a repeat with Russian
soldiers moving in. So they're trying to work out a deal to get much needed help to these families who could be in even more dangerous situation
if they don't get help and supplies in the coming days. But those efforts are underway. No solution, and none seen anytime soon as the fighting
continues in eastern Ukraine.
Will Ripley, CNN, Kiev, Ukraine.
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LU STOUT: In the U.S. state of Missouri, racial tensions are running high after a weekend shooting. This video shows a crowd confronting police
in the suburb of St. Louis on Sunday night. Now it started as a visual to remember 18-year-old Michael Brown who was killed by a police officer the
day before. Witnesses say Brown was unarmed and had his hands in the air.
Now police, they're still investigating, but they say Brown physically assaulted the officer just before the shooting.
Now let's get more now from CNN's George Howell. He is in Ferguson, Missouri and he witnessed Sunday's unrest. And first, George, has order
returned to the area?
GEORGE HOWELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Fair to say that it has with light of day now. It is early morning here in Ferguson, Missouri, much quieter
than what we saw several hours before. All of this, again, inspired by what many believe was an injustice for Michael Brown. People want answers
to those unanswered questions and we saw that inspire thousands of people to line the street the other night.
It started as a peaceful protest, but we were in the middle of it all to watch the situation degenerate into anger, into outrage, and some people
who simply came to take advantage of the moment.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)??
HOWELL (voice-over): Across the city, a night of pure chaos. ??
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is your warning, leave the area, disperse.
HOWELL: People pushing the limit with police. Racial tensions, nerves on edge, even an officer we caught on camera gave into his rage calling
protesters animals. Listen. ?? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bring it. (EXPLETIVE DELETED). ??
HOWELL: Many here are angry about witnesses say was an unprovoked attack on an unarmed teenager. Michael Brown, shot and killed Saturday by a
Ferguson Police officer. ??We watched as a struggle played out Sunday night. Some protesters who took to the streets trying to keep the peace
while taking a stand against police. ??
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is really a peace march. It is nothing to -- it is nothing to start to -- this is all about peace. ??
HOWELL (on camera): It's not a peace march anymore. I mean, you hear what's happening. You see them, these confrontations between people and
police officers. ??
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. And it got outrageous. ??
HOWELL (voice-over): Others who simply came to cause trouble. ??
(On camera): All right. Police are still stationary right now. But I want to show you what's happening over at that JC Wireless. People broke
through the glass and right now you can see people running in and out. Apparently looting that store. ??
(Voice-over): Cell phone video captures the frenzy of stores being looted. Some people threw rocks and bottles. ??The sound of gunshots rang
out several times Sunday night. We had to take cover. All of this started as a peaceful march Sunday for Michael Brown's family. ??
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You took my son away from me. You know how hard it was for me to get him to stay in school and graduate? You know how many
black men graduate? Not many. Because you bring them down to this type of level where they feel like they I don't got nothing to live for anyway,
they're going to try to take me out anyway. ??
HOWELL: The victim's friend says they were walking together when Brown was stopped by a police officer. Witnesses say the teen had his hands in
the air at the time he was shot and killed. But police tell a different story, that Brown instigated the altercation, physically assaulting the
officer while in his car and struggling to take his gun. The unanswered questions sparked people to take action. ??
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are (inaudible) for the community. Caucasian, African-American, Asian, everyone. Doesn't matter what color you are. Get
out here and support your people. ??
HOWELL: Police made several arrests. Several hours of insanity for the moment distracting from the greater call for justice. ??
(END VIDEOTAPE)
HOWELL: With light of day hear now it is quiet. That is the good news. There is another vigil that is set to happen here within the next
several hours here in Ferguson, Missouri. The hope among organizers is that what we see today will not be a repeat of what we saw several hours
ago.
LU STOUT: And there was so much anger yesterday, because people want answers, answers to find out what happened to 18-year-old Michael Brown.
And please keep us updated on the investigation.
George Howell reporting live form the U.S. state of Missouri, thank you.
Now let's turn to Turkey and Prime Minister Recept Tayyip Erdogan will become the country's first directly elected president, but there's a bit of
criticism from international observers who say biased local media coverage gave him an advantage. Now, Mr. Erdogan came away with more than 52
percent of the votes, that means he avoids a runoff.
Now you're watching News Stream. And coming up next, golf's man of moment. Rory McIlroy bags his second straight major, beating veteran Phil
Mickelson by just one stroke. The winner's interview still to come.
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LU STOUT: Welcome back
Now every week right here on News Stream, we look at how innovations in art and science are helping to shape our world, and that includes
wonders of nature such as the organisms that can generate light under the sea.
Now CNN special correspondent Philippe Cousteau travels to Puerto Rico to witness this phenomenon and explore how it works.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, CNN SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT: The tropical weather of Puerto Rico makes it a great destination for fun in the sun. But many come
to this Caribbean commonwealth for something different. Usually when the sun goes down it means people get out of the water and off the beach, but
not here where nighttime means an opportunity to see something truly extraordinary.
Every night, hundreds of tourists and locals venture out in kayaks to witness this. The glow in the water is called bioluminescence. It's
triggered by movement and only a few places in the world have the necessary conditions to see it this brightly.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This area has got -- it has got a (inaudible) in the water Pyrodinium Bahamense. Pyrodinium Bahamense is a dinoflagellate
that it has the characteristic of having light.
COUSTEAU: So these small, microscopic creates can generate their own light source.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
COUSTEAU: I've dived all over the world. And I've seen bioluminescence in the waters before, but I've never seen it at the levels
I'm told it is here. So I had to witness it firsthand.
I'm taking one of the only boats allowed to travel to Laguna Grande, which is one of the three bioluminescent bays in Puerto Rico. The currents
send dinoflagellates into lagoon from the ocean and the narrow opening prevents them from escaping. This is what causes the high concentration of
bioluminescent organisms.
CHARLIE ROBLES, FOUNDER BIO ISLAND PUERTO RICO: I'm going to show you with no words what we see every day, OK?
COUSTEAU: OK.
ROBLES: Are you ready?
COUSTEAU: Yes.
ROBLES: Look. Look at my pole.
COUSTEAU: Oh my goodness.
ROBLES: This is glow.
COUSTEAU: It is like glowing liquid fire.
ROBLES: Look how beautiful it is.
COUSTEAU: So this is the result of all that current pushing those dinoflagellates into this lagoon. And whenever you agitate them they light
up.
ROBLES: Exactly.
COUSTEAU: Almost any movement in the water can agitate the dinoflagellates and create the magical glow.
Stunning.
The shrimp and sardines in the lagoon create what looks like a laser show as they swim by. The kayak riders have fund creating blow waves with
their paddles. And just by sticking my hand in the lagoon, I had the ability to light up the water.
It's spectacular.
Having heard about this lagoon, I was excited, but certainly not prepared for how spectacular it really is. I mean, wow.
The bioluminescent filled waters are truly something amazing to witness. All you need is a dark night and a little movement.
Oh yeah.
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LU STOUT: Wow. Nature's glow sticks. Very cool.
You're watching News Stream. Coming up next, another major, another victory. We'll hear from the newly crowned PGA championship winner Rory
McIlroy after the break.
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LU STOUT: Welcome back.
Let's take you back to the election in Turkey. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will become the country's first directly elected president.
Now the European Union is calling on Mr. Erdogan to, quote, maintain the conciliatory role that the presidency involves. Mr. Erdogan has promised
to be inclusive.
Now, CNN's John Defterios is following the story for us. He joins us live from Abu Dhabi. And John, Mr. Erdogan, he more than 52 percent of the
vote. He avoided a runoff. What kind of mandate does he have?
JOHN DEFTERIOS, CNN CORREPSONDENT: That's the big questions everybody is asking the day after the election, Kristie. In fact, 52 percent of the
vote is lower than expected and so was the turnout. So its interesting to see that Prime Minister Erdogan, now President-elect Erdogan in his
acceptance comments said it is time for a social reconciliation.
As you know over the last 18 months it's been a very knock down and drag out situation in Turkey. We had the Gezi Park protests over his plans
for development there. There have been allegations of corruption right at the top of his administration, in fact reaching into his family. And
that's not gone away. And we even had that miner strike going back to March of 2014 with 300 miners killed. And he received a lot of criticism
for that.
He's suggesting here, it's a new chapter for Turkey. It's time to turn a new page. As president, he wants a broad mandate here to jumpstart
growth again. After stellar economic growth, Kristie, of 8 to 9 percent in 2011 and 2012, it dropped dramatically down to 2 percent in 2012 and then 4
percent in 2013. Can Turkey get its luster back and see that growth of 8 or 9 percent? That's what voters are asking for today.
And I think it's important to put this into context, he has problems all around his neighborhood. In the south, in Syria. In the southeast in
northern Iraq, and Iraq is a very important market for him, and this is undermining growth in 2014.
LU STOUT: Now Mr. Erdogan, he calls this win a new chapter for Turkey. It's definitely a new chapter for him as you point out after that
period of street protests and social outcry against his rule.
Now with this win, Mr. Erdogan has extended his domination of Turkey. So, John, how strong is the international concern that Mr. Erdogan will
rule Turkey as an increasingly autocratic leader?
DEFTERIOS: That's his reputation, one that's very divisive and not a team builder, not a coalition builder. And if you do the math here,
Kristie, it's quite interesting. He has been prime minister for almost 12 years. He has a five year term as president. He can run again. If his
aspirations become reality, he can serve two terms as president and be in power for 22 years. He often compares himself to the found of the modern
Turkish Republic. Kamal -- Mustafa Kamal Attaturk, and would like to stay in power perhaps at the 100th anniversary of that Republic in 2023. He
wants to create a $2 trillion economy and double per capita income again. These are big aspirations, but with a geopolitical problems around him
right now.
And the divisiveness we've seen over the last 18 months he has a very difficult for six months as president making the transition from prime
minister.
LU STOUT: Yeah, big economic dreams, but big challenges ahead. John Defterios reporting live from Abu Dhabi, thank you.
And now to our top sports story this hour, two successive majors, two titles in a row, and Rory McIlroy has cemented his status as the world's
number one golfer with victory at the PGA Championship.
Now CNN's Shane O'Donoghue sat down with Rory after his victory at Valhalla.
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SHANE O'DONOGHUE, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Rory we're making a habit of this.
When we first interviewed you after your first major championship success at Congressional one thing struck me from the conversation, you
said you'd certainly like to be dominant. How do you feel right now, major number four is in the bag?
RORY MCILROY, 2014 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER: When I won my first one at Congressional and we sat down and did an interview I felt like it was
the start of a journey, I felt like it was the start of something -- it could be the start of something big. You know, to get that first major out
of the way at the age of 22, you know to have that experience in the bag, I felt like I could go on and I could win more. And I'm starting to do that.
And to win two majors in one season, two majors in a row, going for my third in a row at Augusta next year, it's -- you know, I'm in a pretty good
place.
O'DONOGHUE: Early in the season, even when you weren't playing your best you'd had quite a few top 10s. You did predict this, you know, two
majors this season was realistic. How do you feel now?
MCILROY: Yeah, I mean, you know, I said at the start of the season I didn't win a major in 2013 so I better win two this year to make up for the
last year last year. And somehow I've been able to do it.
But the sense of satisfaction that you get from especially a win like today and coming out on top of, you know, some of the best players in the
world and battling, you know, down the back 9, you know, of a major and, you know, all that pressure and everything that goes along with it and
being able to produce some of your best golf when you need to, that's what I'm most pleased about.
O'DONOGHUE: I've been tracking your progress and your golf for a long time, since you were about 13 years of age, but this is something
different. And if you don't mind me saying it, I've seen a certain ruthlessness in the way that you carry yourself now with regard to how you
focus totally on your golf, how you've dedicated yourself to the pursuit of all of those lofty goals and dreams that you've had. Is that fair to say?
MCILROY: I think it is fair to say. To be honest, I'd realized this year that we only have one go at this. And we only have a certain time
span that you know we have as a career in golf. You know, golf careers are typically longer than other sporting careers, but still there's only a
certain window. And every tournament you don't win is a missed opportunity. And that's sort of my mindset at the minute is, you know, I
didn't -- I didn't want to go to Augusta next year not having won this. I wanted to go to Augusta with four major championships. And I want to go to
Augusta next year trying to win five and trying to win the career grand slam.
And, you know, I've refocused, I've rededicated myself and you know this is -- this is important to me, this is my career. And I want to make
the most of it.
O'DONOGHUE: You are now the fourth youngest to achieve four majors after young Tom Morris, after Jack Nicklaus, after Tiger Woods and now
you're halfway to a Rory Slam or a McIlslam, whatever way you want to call it. What do you like to call it?
MCILROY: Going to Augusta next year, going for -- try and complete the career grand slam for a start and then trying to win the third leg of a
whatever slam you want to call it. I mean, I'd prefer to call it a Rory slam than anything else.
But you know I'm going to go to Augusta next year with a lot of expectations, a lot of hype and the one thing that I need to do is try and
handle (inaudible) as best as I can, because you know I know that Augusta is a good course for me. And I have to beat the same guys that I beat this
week. And I have to beat the same guys that I try and beat week in and week out.
So, you know, that gives me confidence knowing that I can -- you know, that I can handle this sort of pressure down the stretch for a major, you
know, that gives me a, you know -- you know, a lot of confidence going into Augusta next year.
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LU STOUT: Now Rory McIlroy there.
And McIlroy, he's got plenty of time to prepare for Augusta. The Master's gets underway in the U.S. state of Georgia next April.
Now time now for your global weather forecast and update on the heavy rains and floods in parts of India.
Mari Ramos joins us now from the World Weather Center -- Mari.
MARI RAMOS, CNN WEATHER CORRESPONDENT: Oh yeah, rolling up my sleeves here, a lot of ground to cover, Kristie. We're going to go ahead and start
with this map right here behind me. This is a map that shows us where the monsoon is as far as how much rain has fallen.
So right now we're already talking about the monsoon that's made its way all the way to Pakistan. We're already on the tail end of the monsoon
season. Excess rainfall, normal rainfall, less than average rainfall. So there's one area right in here that has above average rainfall. And that
is precisely the area that we're talking about now for flooding.
But in this area, it's not just the rain that falls now. Unfortunately this is an area where a lot of huge rivers go through and
these rivers are draining water from other regions, including all the way up through the Himalayan Mountains. And it's in this region right in here
where we have flooding that looks like this.
Let's go ahead and roll the video. Very flat terrain, very large river systems, and very heavy flooding.
Now this is an area that has a lot of dams and a lot of irrigation canals, very fertile. There's a lot of food that is grown in this region,
they depend on this water for survival, but too much of it at a time has caused disastrous flooding, as many as 3.5 million people have been
affected. Even right now we have over 500 villages that are completely cut off, that's about 500,000 people. So half a million people cut off from
anybody else.
They don't have food, they don't have water, very precarious situation. And even though the rain is topping in this area now, we --
stopping for now, anyway -- those rivers will continue to cause some significant flooding because all of the water that is draining down, still,
from areas farther to the north.
Come back over to the weather map. This continues to be a big story. We'll continue to monitor it. You can see that just scattered rain showers
expected there. So the problem is not the rain that's falling now, it's the water that is already in the rivers, or rain that falls upstream that
will continue to be a problem across this region.
Let's go ahead and talk a little bit how long, or what's left of it, right? Not much. Very heavy rainfall and even threat from flooding.
Remember, we were talking in mudslides? This storm is pretty much gone. There are still some advisories across northern parts of Japan, because of
heavy rain land the potential for landslides, but the rain was tremendous from the storm. In Kochi, they have a brand new record. It's the wettest
August ever. They've had over 1,200 millimeters of rain. And back over here in Mount Torigata, over two meters of rainfall, Kristie. Fortunately,
this storm is gone. And you'll get a little bit of a break to do your clean up here. But remember, because the ground is so soggy, just even scattered
rain showers are still a bit of a concern -- Back to you.
LU STOUT: That's right, areas still very much vulnerable there. Mari Ramos, thank you.
And now we have some news just in on our top story this hour, Iraqi media is reporting that the country's largest political block has nominated
Haidr al-Abadi (ph) to be the country's next prime minister asking for presidential approval. Now this will no doubt add fuel to that simmering
power struggle between the current Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the newly elect President Fuad Masum.
Now earlier, al-Maliki said that he won't step down and he intends to stay in office for a third term.
Now more on Haidr al-Abadi (ph), he is currently the deputy speaker of parliament. He belongs to the same Shia political party as al-Maliki.
After the fall of Saddam Hussein, al-Abadi (ph) served as communications minister under the provisional government. And he's been a member of
parliament since 2006, and that is News Stream, but the news continues at CNN. World Business Today is next.
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