hoping when it's cleaned up it could be an example for the thousands of others that ornts i'm richelle carey in new york, news continues with del walters. >> i'm del walters, with a look at the top stories. catholic celebrations. hundreds of thousands turn out for pope francis in cuba. his message and conversation with the castro brothers. >> we do not advocate putting a muslim in charge of the country. >> choice words. carly fiorina surging, and hillary clinton on help for syrian refugees. the issues on the table as china's president prepares to make an historic journey to the u.s. el nino, why the weather pattern could be the most powerful in more than 60 years.

>> we begin with a visit by pope francis to cuba. first a message for those that attended the mass. first, meetings with raul castro and former leader fidel castro. david ariosto is live for us. >> the visit comes on the heels of a major historic announcement from the u.s. departments. how the u.s. companies will do business. hiring cuban employees. feddism, ups - taking the practice of whether or not the announcement was and put into play here.

the person behind a lot of that is the man visiting, pope francis. who showed up before an audience of several hundred thousands, touching on a variety of topics, it was clearly an historic moment. >> it's early on sunday morning in havana. what usually is a quiet relaxed time in the capital is filled with music and celebration. the reason - pope francis is here in cuba to preside over mass for the faithful and those hoping to hear more from the man who helped form relations with their old enemy, the united states. >> we are in revolution plaza, waiting for the hope. and there are hundreds of thousands gathering around here, playing music in anticipation of pope francis showing up. it's about 8 o'clock, and the sun will soon come out.

as anticipation built, so did the strength of the cuban sun. for some heat exhaustion set in. others, who braved the rising temperatures say the visit by the world's latin pontiff is an emotional moment giving them strength. it's very impressive. for the old people. for the world. >> shortly before 9am. the man they waited for showed up. >> this is the third time a pontiff visited in less than two decades. there's unfinished business on the island. pope francis was considered a broker between the normalization

of relations between cuba and the united states, and is here to broker a new paradigm between the two countries, and bring the faith of cuban away in a way it has not experienced before. >> caring for the vulnerable of the families, societies, people. theirs are the suffering faced which jesus tells us to look for, and which he asks us to love. >> cuba restricts the freedom of expression, especially religious expression. pope francis may have bit capital toll to burn. he's proved that as he spreads the faith, he's not afraid to weigh into politics. under the gaze. pope francis offered a bar of critique from the cuban state.

service is never idea logical. we don't serve inside, but people. >> a reference to the long-held conditions. bond, pope francis will travel east, giving sur mun in the eastern city, and flying forth to the gates. for a man who never visited either country, what he has achieved left highs. three men were detained. one tried to reach the pope. they were expressing forms of solidarity, that is sort of the question as pope francis makes a tour of the island. that's the question of so many. saying this is a cuba remembered from years past. >> peter is an associate professor at noter dame -- not

re dame university. how much sway does this peep have with the politicians and people of cuba? >> i think he has a surprisingly great amount of swai. he's the first latin american pope. he's been tracking the dialogue between the church and. he had personnel visits in the vatican they are listening to him. and there has been dialogue. >> do you think he chastised the cuban leaders for the record on human rights, that many hope he'll do. >> there's more he can do in private. i think we can peakulate the

question of the dissident. ladies in white. what happened to them. all those questions are what could have been brought up in private. pope francis has a long tradition of speaking out. that would not surprise me. >> the talk is whether vernon fiddler fidel castro, whether he listens. pointing out how many u.s. presidents he's outlived. do you believe he's listen to the pope. >> i can't answer that. fidel castro received him, that was the official programme. there was a desire, i think there was a genuine desire for discussion. many things transcend ideology. take the camp of a servant of

god, a cuban priest serving irish imbrands. pope francis would have the power to fast-track his canyonisati canyonisation. at the same time he's been a critic of communists. he had sermons in the plaza of revolution, speaking to that issue. it's a delicate tight rope walk he's on. he's well equipped to deal with it. >> what does it mean, does it fall on pope francis to submit the relationship between the two countries? >> as you noted. >> it was a cat ate lift in -- catalyst in getting the job going. the main job was to do as he did, teach people the message of

jesus cries are messages that go to every day lives. there's a form of service. saying you have to take stock of family life and thing of the political and social matters. it's giving people a seed for thinking about a new cuba. >> peter, professor, thank you for being about us. -- being with us. the pope will spend a few more days in cuba before heading to the u.s. tuesday he arrives in washington. meeting with obama. wednesday at the white house. he'll hoed a mass to con -- he'll hold a mass to cannon ice sara, who built missions across california. he will be the first pope to address a joint meeting of congress on thursday. on friday, addressing the general assembly, and will lead a procession through central

park and hold mass at madison square gardens. saturday, on to philadelphia, attending the catholic church's world meeting of families, where he'll hold his final mass. >> stale with al jazeera. throughout next week we'll have coverage of the us. >> presidential politics, carly fiorina getting a bump in the poles. carson is getting the post attention, concerning comments about muslim americans. john terrett has been tracking it. >> it will be interesting whether it hurts ben carson. at least at this hour, what on earth was he thinking we'd have to say. last week donald trump didn't speak up when a supporter made outlandishly racial comments on thursday, and ben carson, the man until this moment pretty much was behind trump in the polls is saying he'll meet with

muslim leaders after becoming embroiled in his own controversy regarding muslims in america. >> reporter: for the second time in a week islam is dominating the 2016 presidential campaign. dr ben carson is telling "meet the press", that a muslim shunt occupy the white house. >> i'd advocate that a muslim not be put in charge of nation. >> he said he would vote for a muslim voting on capitol hill. >> congress is a different story, depend who the muslim is, and what the policies are. fresh from their own controversies, republican front runner and defending the way he handled supporters on wednesday, calling into question president obama's religion. >> there's a problem in this country called muslim. we know the current president is one. >> some people thought i should have defended the president in

terms of what was asked the other night. my attitude would he have done for me, if someone said it about me. >> trump softened his stance. he insisted radical muslims are a problem. most are fabulous. i have friends that are muslims, there's a problem with certain militants that obviously you report on every night, on news casts. there's a problem with militancy. and it is something that will have to be solved. >> reporter: trump went after former hewlett packard boss, carly fiorina, the only woman in the republican field, just as a poll showed she jumped to second place. from 15% to 24%. trump down on 80% on last time. >> she did a terrible job at hewlett packard and others, the companies are a disaster. >> fiorina is pushing back

saying more know her after the debate, poining out she led hewlat packard through the height of a worst technology disaster when the nasdaq collapsed. >> the job of a chief executive is to build sustainable shareholder value over time. that's what we did. >> fighting for the democratic ticket. hillary clinton was on face the nation talking about the crisis. the u.s. should step up to the plate where others can't or won't. >> we are facing the worst refugee crisis since the end of world war ii. i think the united states would have to do more, and i'd like to see us move from a 10,000 to 65,000, and begin to put into place mechanisms for vetting the people that we would take in. . >> so the advocate for care is calling for ben carson to withdraw and wants political leaders to reputiate the remarks

about muslims in the white house. lindsay graham, i think has spoken up. do you know how many muslims are on the congress? >> two. >> two. and they are active in alabama, a church shooting injured three, including a baby and a pastor, happening in east thelma, during sunday services. james minter's target was believed to be his girlfriend. he was between the girlfriend and the baby when the shots were fired. he ran away, was captured by police and charged with three counts of attempted murder. >> thousands taking to the streets of texas, with two messages about violence, police and black lives matter. people travelling from across the country to join the marches. police supporters donning blue outfits. raising awareness for racial bias, for law enforcement and dangers communicatesies face.

>> -- communities face. >> they are the boys in blue. i have to court them. i've lost too many. >> raising awareness na black lives matter. all lives matter. in this case black lives matter. we are gunned down, shot, beat up by police. police arrested six near the capital in austin after a shot broke out. no one, though, was hurt. >> two americans held hostage have been freed. scott and sam are home. their health at this hour is not known, the white house is thanking the government of imam for securing the release. three detainees and an american citizen was released. one american was held in yemen. >> the secretary of state john kerry said the u.s. will increase the number of refugees it's taking in every year. currently the number is capped at 70,000, rising to 85,000, and

to 100,000 in 2017. >> this step that i'm announcing today i believe is in keeping with the best tradition of america as a land of second chances and a beacon of hopes. it will be accompanied by financial contributions to the humanitarian effort not only from the government. kerrry said the screening will be the same for all future refugees. the united nations is facing criticism for its handling of the crisis, thousands face terrible conditions. slovenia is emerging as having more organized systems to help them on their journey. lawrence lee reports. >> reporter: yet another dismal morning from the refugees stuck on the croatian side of the border. many men were here. separated from families, moved

on but them. -- without them. feels like the usual chaos. >> someone speaks. old people going to slovenia. we don't believe them. over the border things are very, very different. off the buses, orderly queues at the slovenia registration center. there are beds here, plenty of food and medical facilities to care for a little child suffering from dehydration. the government said on sunday it was being given more funding from the european commission that places like this, on the assumption that they will continue to have to clean up the mess. >> we tried to go through the procedures in the most organized way in the best interests of the migrants. i hope to be able to fulfil the task to the last migrant that comes to slovenia. >> refugees that were successfully processed up in

places like this, on the border of austria in a disused hotel. police are around. there's no restrictions on their movement at all. this mum couldn't stop smiling. she was that much closer to germany, and no one in the way. >> here in slovyansk it's good. >> very good. >> and those that end up in the capital's asylum center are free if they wish, to jump on a train with anyone else, but a change from having to push your children through the window. >> at budapest train station, of course, hungarian authorities tried and failed to force the refugees to stay in one place. serbia and croatia resorted to piling people on to buses and dumping them at the border, the contrast couldn't be more stark. there's not a police officer in sight. what it means is any refugee that makes to this far has almost got there. >> of course, slovenia has not dealt with the big numbers, but they probably will. for once it looks like a country with a system, arriving a taste

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>> reporter: they gave him a second chance and alexis tsipras savoured the moment. he lost a struggle, surviving a party referendum. but emerged as popular as ever. >> i want to thank you from the bottom of the my heart for this great victory, for this clear victory, we gave a tough fight. i feel vindicated, because the break people gave a mandate for us to battle in and out of the country, raise up our dignity. >> this is a night of triumph for alexis tsipras and syriza. he is now the dominant force in greek politics. in the months to come. he will implement reforms that are unpopular with what these supporters, who are now celebrating. those concerns are for another

day. syriza voters hope where greece led others will follow, embracing left-wing politics. . >> this is challenging politics. the other countries do the same - spain and italy. >> we win. we came in the europe, for all the people of europe. >> many greeks feel that alexis tsipras fought hard for the country, and if more austerity is inevitable, he'd mitigate the impact on the poorest in society. >> a lot of people believe that alexis tsipras did his best negotiating. he was inexperienced. he was like david struggling with a strong ruthless goliath and failed. now we are going to give him a second chance, because he deserves it. >> a sobering night for the political establishment.

which so many greeks blame for the predicament. the center right new democracy accepted defeat. voter turn out was significantly down. many greeks, on the left and right, feel betrayed and disillusioned. and in the difficult months that lie ahead, their faith and in their politicians is bound to come under further strain. nepal is getting ready to finalise new constitution, it's been serch years in the making -- seven years in the making. protests erupted as lawmakers celebrated. the new constitution doesn't represent them. we have this story from kathmandu jubilant crowds gathered in the streets of kathmandu to celebrate the constitution. it's the end of a peace process intended to help with the

political violence. >> translation: today on 20th september 2015, i ratify nepal's constitution. >> this is a second time that politicians tried to introduce a new constitution. many say the new document does not do enough for a marginalized community or political representation. there's anger among lawmakers. >> the former prime minister and leader of maoist former rebels was involved in the drafting process, but he says the lead establishment hijacked the constitution. >> consistent dialogue and community is determined. we tried our best to accommodate the views of the people. but the ruling elite dominates power within the country.

>> the town has been under curfew for weeks. there's widespread anger here. protesters broke the curfew and started to wave the black flags, a traditional form of protests. like many in nepal's belt, they are not happy with the constitution, and protests have been going on for more than a month. more than 50 people, including 10 police men have been killed. >> do not beg the curfew, if you do, the armed police force will not be responsible for what might happen. >> then one more death after police fired on protesters. with the new constitution ratified the assembly will turn into a regular parliament. it's not clear how the nationwide protest will develop or how it will reform. it is clear that there'll be a power sharing deal among the main political party

the c.e.o. of volkswagen apologises after the e.p.a. found the automaker rigged emission tests on half a million vehicles. martin wintercorn said in a statement that they were deeply sorry to break the trust of customers and public. an investigation has been ordered and they will cooperate state visits ahead at the bottom of hours, a meeting with china's president of the white house, as tensions rise. later, destructive nature. another death and damage from the wildfires in northern california.

>> as the global refugee crisis intensifies... >> they have travelled for weeks, sometimes months. >> and the e.u. struggles to cope... >> we don't know, they stop us here. >> what's being done while lives hang in the balance? >> we need help now. it's sunday night and time for a look at the week ahead. china's president xi jinping will make an historic visit to the white house for talks. it will be the first meeting with president obama in washington. before his visit to the nation's capital. he is making an unusual but significant stop in seattle. allen schauffler explains why. >> reporter: chinese president xi jinping is headed for washington d.c. and high-level talks with president obama, his first official state visit to

the u.s. he'll meet with members of the congress and address the united nations. first he'll spend three days in the seattle area, meeting with business leaders. former washington governor served as u.s. ambassador to china under president obama. >> between the two countries flow 1.5 million of goods and services, and millions of jobs in america depend on that trade with china. our trade has grown astronomically. >> he is scheduled to give a speech, tour a plant and have dinner with microsoft's bill gates. american tech firms are looking for assurances that they can do business in china, without undue government interference. >> obviously a concern about cyber security, and concern about the lack of level playing field in china, discrimination against foreign firms, as well

as the lack of a rule of law, in inadequate protections of intellectual property or trade secrets. >> she is the fourth consecutive chinese leader to visit the north-west. long-time tech rider, dudley, sees the area as a natural stop over. >> they want to encourage entrepreneurs to thrive internationally. what better examples to come and look at starbucks and boeing. >> reporter: it will be a soft landing in the west before substantive talks and a higher line level of talks. >> we are preserving a number of measures that will indicate to the chinese that this is not just a matter of us being mildly upset, but is something that will put significant strains on the bilateral relationships. >> i think it's a good cop, bad

cop. we can play good cop and talk about entrepreneurism and talk about relationships, and president obama play the bad cop. >> the visit coming at a time when china flexes its muscle. trying to solidify territorial claims, those issues with cyber security and strayed expected to be on the agenda when the two president's meet. >> and you heard alan explain during his seattle trip, china's president will attend on wednesday. taken by the treasury hank polson. 30 executives of chinese and american companies are expected to be in attendance. on the agenda is talks about greater action to the markets. along with meetings to high tech executives, president xi jinping signed a contract. it will be the first ever built

chinese built bullet train in the united states. the two presidents will announce a first of its kind cyber warfare. if adopted they'll agree not to use cyber warfare on each other infrastructure during times of peace. victor gow, director of studies - he's stuck in travelling and joins us by phone, and gordon chang, the author of the coming collapse of china. mr gow, you have the degree of difficulty, explain, if you will, what you make of the report in the "new york times" that there is a cyber agreement being worked on, that it would be general rather than specific. what does that mean, mr gow? >> thank you for having me by phone. i think the president's visit to the united states will be a landmark turning point in

china-u.s. relations. as far as cyber security is concerned, china and the united states care about cyber security very much. and these are the largest cyber polluters in the world. therefore cooperation, rather than confrontation and the united states, as far as cyber security is concerned will be good for china and the united states, and the overall interest of cyber security throughout the world. they are fighting for china and the united states to talk about how to cooperate and come up with overarching framework for cooperation, rather than confrontation. all using cyber security as a weapon against the other, is the right thing to do. i hope china and the united states will come up with some kind of framework cooperation. this will really put aside many concerns that not only people in china and the united states have, but also many other parts

of the world that people worry about a major show down or confrontation between china and the united states. this is encouraging. >> as they say the internet resist born in the u.s.a. set the table for us. react to the accord. are there potential cyber attacks with china that we don't know about. >> i hope it's enforceable. the problem is in the cyber agreements, they are hard toen force with 100% accuracy where an attack comes from. china doesn't have a good record in honouring agreements. and this will not cover the north koreans. more than half north koreans are

on chinese soil, launching attacks. i don't think an accord will go par enough. the u.s. attacked china's government, and they attacked ours. they do two things behind the pale. one is an attack, information, and they give it to their companies to better compete in global and chinese markets. and attacking societies, such as meet j, shorties, n.g.o.s. that is wrong, we don't do that. >> as you mentioned, north korea and people in china, are they acting outside the auspices of

the government as well. the most concern we have is not about individuals, but the liberation army. china has a great fire wall and knows what is going on in china in a computer. you can't send or receive terabytes of data without the chinese government knowing about the cyber attacks. at the best they are complicit. it's the date and the communist party. >> if a report we just had, looking at sanctions against anyone that might have been involved in hacking attacks. do you see the administration going forward. will it further escalate tensions with beijing? >> first of all, if you ask people in the world which

country has the worst case track record as far as gaolating security concerns, the answer is clear. on the eve of a state visit to the united states, let's focus on how china and the united states can work to prevent violations of signer security by anyone in the world. if anyone is caught red handed and evidence produced to convince the peel which country is guilty. let's deal with that. single handed and one-sided. without producing convincing

evidence. it puts a country in the position to accused others about cyber security. this is it world lead. i think the world needs cooperation. and coming up with a framework for cooperation. that is what the cyber nations need to do. rather than jump at each other on the eve of the very, very important state visit by xi jinping to the united states. >> it want to pose the question this way. a writer saying beijing has a goldry looks problem. that being it's a goldy lax problem. if china is doing well, it's a threat. if china is not doing well, it's a threat. do you agree? >> china has been a threat to

the united states for a long time. listen to what chinese state media says. which they did in october 2013, across the main platforms of state media. this was not the work of rogue actors. i think it's difficult to say that china is not a threat. because china has done well, it's got the money to build a first-class military that's not the problem. we have seen bed tri trade practices. this is a country that could change workers. >> we have 30 seconds left.

how should americans regard the visit. should they see the country welcoming the war with open arms, or is it a country that does not want to be number two in anything economically or military. >> china and the united states are the two largest economies and have great responsibility on their shoulders, and if they don't cooperate, the world suffers. if washington doesn't cooperate, seeing each other as partners. china and the united states benefits. and the world will be a better place. this is the truth we need to be aware of. >> victor stuck in trasket. the leader finds the traffic in washington as bad. director of international studies, and gordon chang,

author of "the coming collapse of china", thank you both for being with us. >> thank you in nigeria hundreds of thousands of pilgrims making the pilgrimage to hajj each year in saudi arabia, many need money, financial help to make the journey. as the government tries to cut the costs of the officials say it's not fair for the pilgrims to get funding, angering many. >> this man, a teacher is furious that the state government will no longer pay for people to go to hajj. >> i'm unhappy with the government decision to stop paying for us to go to handling. poor people like us dependent on the government. it's not as if they don't have the money. the government came to power as a result of our prayer. look at what they are doing. >> the government is under pressure to cut waste.

>> the constitution does not recognise religion as a state religion, we do not thing it is appropriate, interpreting the constitution, that they should be used to advise religious courses. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of nigerians depend on the government to pay for them to travel to saudi arabia to observe hajj. last year it cost the government over 13 million. >> multiply that by 35 nigerian states using public money for religious pilgrims, and it adds up to hundreds of millions. government funding of christian pilgrimages is being stopped too. some say it will tackle corruption. >> means are inflated. prices of trips are inflated. they have costs for themselves. they negotiate with the

airlines and hotels, and they have a percentage. for me, that is it evil in itself. not in an evil way. >> the state government says the funds will be used to improve public services. they feel paying for people to travel to hajj is the most important thing the government can do for citizens that can't afford to pay for themselves to go. continuing to burn, crews trying to get control of wildfires that burn in california. plus the effects of el nino, why it is having a harsh effect on indonesia as we

a wildfire burning on saturday. 1200 acres have been destroyed,

including in monterey county, it comes this week after [ audio breaking out ] burning 273,000 acres of lands. kevin corriveau can they get a break. >> they can't. we are talking about an area off the coast of california. we are looking at flash flooding for some sections of southern california, particularly to arizona, where we could see anywhere between two and three inches of rain across the region, we are going to focus tomorrow at about - in the morning time all the way towards tuesday afternoon, nor phoenix,

they'll have a rainy first couple of days on monday. things getting better by the time we get to wednesday. las vegas seeing the rain. we could see flash flooding in the streets there. as we go towards the rest of the week. the focus coming on tuesday. his first stop in the united states will be washington d.c. take a look at the forecast. not looking too bad. 26 degrees, 81 degrees, leaving washington on thursday, coming to new york, and things by the end of the week. that'll be the hottest day by the time it gets to j.f.k. by the time we go towards friday. things are looking right. in washington they say they want the pope to stay, because the weather is so nice. thank you very much. >> indonesia, several areas declared a drought disaster because of the weather pattern that we know as el nino, not

only are people suffering water shortages, causing fires, and a choking haze. we have this report. >> >> reporter: anxiously waiting for water. these wells have run dry. why do the soldiers go just to be able to by water. one tank casts $10. a huge hament for the farmer. we are trying to use less now. we use two. but they get only one. rains are expect to start 2 months later than usual because of weather known as el nino. half of the crops have failed. the local stable which doesn't need a lot of water is not growing.

this lake is important for drinking water. it has been dry. half a year without a single drop of water. it starts to look more. people in the worst hit areas are getting worried about food and drinking supplies. the dire weather conditions will stay for some time to come. the government started the process. planes flying over java, releasing salt into the clouds. because there are not enough clouds, results are limited. authorities distributed thousands of water bombs. farmers are struggling. from last year, it has been in already. we don't know when it will start to rain.

i'm worried about food supplies. experts say this is still optimistic. the ministry of agriculture admits the effects have been calculated. >> we have enough stocks for the next few months. >> we'll have to recall kate circle might be forced to import rice. >> millions of formers can't wait that long. nearly 100,000 hectares of har visits failed. this and other farmers are depending on financial support from the government for food and other basic necessities like drinking water. >> new york city is home to one of the most polluted waterways. the federal government is trying to figure out a way to clean it

up. there are many sites like it across the u.s. that are not on the clean up list. >> the canal is so >> reporter: the guanis canal is so filthy and contaminated that most don't want to go near it, let alone touch it. once a week he sets out in a canoe and wades into it. a polluted waterway. >> it's restaurant greases, oil, detergents, anything running through the sewer system ends in the canal. >> you don't have to look too close to see how polluted it is. that's why he takes water samples to monitor toxicity levels. it's under the surface where raw sewage run-off levitates in murky water giving a perspective on the problem. it dates back decades. along the banks, factories that long ago used it for

by-products. long ago forming a tar-like substance, some settling at the bottom. >> this is so polluted and toxic, it's a super fund site. that's a name given to any area or location in america that is so polluted that the federal government steps in to clean it up. it's not just here, there are many more places all over america just as bad, if not worse than this. >> these yellow dots are everywhere there are toxic super fund sites in america. there's 1,300 of them. an environmental lawyer estimates that there are at least 10,000 more highly toxic sites around the country. >> there are thousands of contaminated and abandoned sites in states, cities that just haven't been designate for clean-up or haven't been cleaned up. >> reporter: is there a lot of

people living in these sites. >> an academic study reveals one in four americans are living within three miles of a designated site or potential abandoned and contaminated site. >> back at the canal, the government began the complicated clean-up efforts, but it will be at least another five years it -- until it's done, this man will remain on his canoe as long as it takes. hoping when it's cleaned up it could be an example for the thousands ever others that aren't still ahead - actor michael beck on what makes the movie "the warriors" an endaring folk classic.

in 1979 "the warriors" hit the screens telling the tale of gangs on the streets of new york city. it became a cult classic. more than 5,000 fans this weekend globed to coney island

for a reunion of the cast. michael beck playing one of the warriors. we caught up with him to talk about the impact of the movie. >> i have no idea what it is that makes a movie a cult classic movie. >> movie reel: come out to play. >> in the initial release, opening at number one, paramount pulled it after a week, 10 days. people through the years found it. it's many times, it's about the band of soldiers, the wanted of men who is - you know, they are in enemy territory, home away from home, and they have to fight all the way back. there was a gritty, real sense of what new york was like in the late '60s. it is and has been since the

late 19th sintury, early 20th century, a land mark place in new york city, unlike many movies and television those that people do, the group of people that played the warriors, we started bonding becoming a cohesive unit and maintained the relationship with each other for four years. i deal with 99% of hard core fans of warriors that we hope there never is a remake of warriors. >> the warriors are good. >> in case you are curious, fans paid $400 a ticket to see the cast reunion this weekend. thanks for joining us, i'm del

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