interesting. >> if your choice didn't win or you want to check out the runners up, i have thinks on facebook.com/suzanne cnn. cnn newsroom continues with randi kaye. every year u.s. president gives a big speech at the u.n. every year he talks about mideast peace. this year as you may have seen live right here on cnn, president obama used his appearance on the world stage to oppose a move he otherwise supports. statehood for palestinians. the president says that's long overdue but it needs to come through direct talks with israel, not from the u.n. with zero chance of that happening any time soon, palestinian president mahmoud abbas plans to ask the world body on friday to recognize the sovereign state of palestine. israel, of course, objects and the u.s. can and will use its veto. here's mr. obama's reasoning. >> i know that many are frustrated by the lack of progress. i assure you, so am i. but the question isn't the goal

that we seek. the question is, how do we reach that goal? and i am convinced that there is no shortcut to the end of a conflict that has endured for decades. peace is hard work. peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the united nations. if it were that easy, it would have been accomplished by now. ultimately, it is the israelis and the palestinians who must live side by side. >> immediately after that speech, the president met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who called the american position a, quote, badge of honor. the president meets this evening with president abbas. that brings me to my colleague, wolf blitzer, reporting today from new york. hi there, wolf. let's talk about this a little bit. assuming the u.s. uses its veto in the u.n. security council, what could happen? what are the alternatives here? >> the u.s. is hoping, randi, as

you know it's not going to have to use the veto any time soon. they're hoping they can work on some sort of nuanced diplomacy with the president of the palestinian authority abbas and especially with the plin wraless and the palestinians would submit their letter seeking recognition as a full membered state of the united nations. then the u.n. security council could consider that for weeks if not months. so no u.s. veto would be required right away. a u.s. veto would be potentially a real serious problem for the u.s. image in north africa, the middle east and arab world and muslim world, elsewhere as well. u.s. officials told me they're deeply concerned it could trigger angry reaction with u.s. interests in all parts of the world. they're working diligently right now. i'm sure the president will press president abbas later tonight in new york to try to avoid the need for that u.s. veto any time soon. so that's a key issue. the u.s. veto could spark a lot

of problems. >> yeah. in terms of broad support for palestinian statehood at the u.n. ga, it's pretty broad, isn't it? >> yes. if there was just a vote -- just needed for a vote in the united nations general assembly, it would overwhelmingly be approved very quickly. to get that full membership as a member state of the united states, you need the security council to approve it. you need nine states, nine members of the u.n. security council, 15 members all together that are ready to support it. you also have to avoid a veto by one of the five permanent members of the u.n. security council. president obama says the u.s. will use that veto. the security council isn't going to authorize full membership for the palestinians but they're trying to avoid that veto if at all possible. >> it seems to me the president has to -- talking about president obama -- he's walking a bit of a fine line here. really, i know you can speak to this, this isn't just a diplomatic issue but this is a domestic issue as well. we have the jewish vote at stake

here for president obama and what happened in new york with the election for anthony weiner's seat which had been vacated. what do you make of that? >> well, it's become a huge political issue. especially in the presidential campaign. i think all -- with the exception of ron paul, all of the republican candidates are really hitting the president hard accusing him of throwing israel under the bus in the words of mitt romney. or appeasement in the words of rick perry. really betraying israel. so it's becoming a huge political issue right now in this campaign. a lot of the republicans in congress who are complaining about the president's relationship with the israelis. president did get a nice vote of confidence today on that specific issue from prime minister netanyahu who praised the president, praised his stance, as you just said calling the u.s. position a badge of honor. last night on "piers morgan tonight" ehud barak basically said u.s./israeli military

connections, between washington and jerusalem was as strong as ever if not the strongest ever. he's getting support right now. there's no doubt over the past several months or past couple years there have been serious strains in the u.s./israeli relationship between the president and prime minister netanyahu. they're trying to fix that. it is a political hot potato as you correctly point out. >> tricky position for the president, no doubt. wolf blitzer, great to have you on. thank you so much. >> thank you. a day before the u.n. hears from the president of iran, that country finally released two american hikers whom it tried and convicted as spies. shane bauer and josh fattal, hiking with sarah shourd, when all three were picked up in 2009. they were accused of crossing the border and sent to a frizz in iran. sho shourd was released this time last year. the two men were prosecuted, found guilty of espionage and sentenced to eight years in

prison. that was just last month. their freedom follows days of back and forth promises and thethey del delays. last we heard, bauer and fattal were en route to oman. other stories we're following, powerful typhoon roke slammed into taiwan today unleashing torrential rains and floods that have killed at least four people. it now has been downgraded to a tropical storm. the storm hit as japan continues to struggle from the deadly earthquake and tsunami that struck earlier this year. those two disasters severely damaged the fukushima nuclear pow power plant. these are live webcam videos from the power plant. officials are concerned roke could wash contaminated water out of the plan. extreme weather expert chad myers will join us next hour for much more on the storm's potential threat to the fukushima plant.

in kcalifornia a key announcement is expected to the case of kelly thomas, the mentally ill homeless man who died after a violent confrontation with police in july. the orange county district attorney is set to announce whether he'll file criminal charges against six fullerton police officers involved in thomas' arrest. thomas' father filed a claim against the city and numerous members of the community have expressed outrage over thomas' death. we plan live coverage of the district attorney's news conference coming our way next hour. a georgia judge is considering an emergency appeal to block tonight's execution of troy davis. davis is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection for the killing of a georgia police officer in 1989. his lawyer claims there's new evidence. most witnesses who testified against davis have recanted. despite that, members of the georgia board of pardons and paroles refused today to reconsider their decision denying clemency. supporters from around the world including former president jimmy

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rate was more than 15%, nearly 1% higher than in 2008. what does it mean? that means more than 46 million people lived in poverty last year. that is the highest number in 52 years. we're talking about more of your family members, friends, co-workers, all struggling to survive. what's the most heartbreaking really is how this has devastated children. take a look here. about one in every five children under the age of 18 live in poverty. all right. so, do that one more time there. the poverty rate for kids 22%. that's higher than the nation's overall rate. and the rate for african-american children, you see it there, nearly 40%. and there we go for hispanic children. more than one-third of hispanic children live in poverty. we're just really scratching the surface here. to talk much more about this, professor cornell west. welcome to the show, professor. i know that you and tavis smiley launched the poverty tour last month, a road trip that's a

reminder to all of us of the growing issue of poverty. are you surprised by the latest numbers we shared with with our viewers? >> i'm not surprised at all. i thank god for those trying to keep track of the underside of american democracy. you have not only the 22% of children, each one precious living in poverty, you have 42% of children who are living in poverty or near poverty. so when you actually look at the conditions of persons who are not just living in poverty but right on the edge of it, it increases even more. and it's a national disgrace, it's a moral obscenity and we ought to cast a major limelight on this. >> so what is the answer? how do we get beyond this? >> well, one is we just need more resources for poor people. 1% of the population that own 40% of the wealth. you have 100% of all the income growth went to the top 10% in the last 10 years. so you have a warped

distribution of wealth. you have wealth inequality. you have a system designed in such a way that is reinforces poverty especially among the most weak and the most vulnerable, namely children. i should say, you know, october 10th through 14th, my dear brother tavis smiley is going to devote a whole week to poverty, october 10th through the 14th, pbs, so the tour we actually were blessed to go on will be highlighted with a discussion on poverty. we need to have a national focus on poverty. a white house conference on poverty. and major movement calling for the e ratification of poverty. >> that's why we're talking about it today, devoting this week to the discussion of poverty as well. >> beautiful thing you're doing. let's eradicate poverty. >> we're working on it. we're working on it, professor. i want to talk to you also about president obama. you've been quite critical of the president and the job that he's doing in addressing poverty. and really in the economy as a

whole. what do you want to see the president do at this point? >> what i would like to see is that follow-through on a massive job creation program, jobs with a living wage. focus on prekindergarten education for young people and provide relief for homeowners. we need mortgage relief. when you talk about poverty, you're talking about underemployment. we have working poor people. you're talking about unemployment. the job creation on the one hand, he needs to use the bully pulpit to use some of the legacy of martin luther king. poor people and working people ought to be at the center of our national conversation, not wall street, not plutocrats or tim geithner and others who represent the wall street oligarchs. we need people on his team who represent poor people, working people no matter what color. >> i'm curious what changed for you. earlier on you had supported the president and now you're really

leading the charge to find another candidate to take him on. so why is that? >> well, there's another candidate within the democratic party. we know for the most part there's not going to be a candidate within the democratic party. we want a much more wider conversation to keep him accountable. i'm still very much opposed to the right wing reactionaries and conservatives who are much more mean spirited and cold hearted in terms of poor people. i supported barack obama because compared to john mccain and sarah palin i didn't have too much choice, you see, based on my own political perspective and so on. i want barack obama to be true to things he talked about in terms of supporting the employee free choice act for the labor movement and true in terms of talking about poor people. i want him to zero in on our cities. we have urban contexts that are suffering. we have stop and frisk policies where 600,000 young men are stopped, frisked by the police. 85% black and brown.

2% arrested. that's a moral disgrace, too. use a bully pulpit to talk about justice. the legacy of martin luther king. >> i'm glad we had a chance to talk today. professor cornell west. >> stay strong in what you're doing my sister randi. tomorrow independent presidential candidate ralph nader will join us on the show. we'll hear what we has to say about next year's presidential election. last minute appeals is running out. hours from now troy davis is set to be executed in georgia. we'll tell you about his final appeal by his attorneys. ♪ sent her back to college for her sophomore year ♪ ♪ co-signed her credit card -- "buy books, not beer!" ♪ but the second that she shut the door ♪ ♪ girl started blowing up their credit score ♪ ♪ she bought a pizza party for her whole dorm floor ♪ ♪ hundred pounds of makeup at the makeup store ♪ ♪ and a ticket down to spring break in mexico ♪

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man, james byrd, behind a pickup truck and dragging him to death 13 years ago. you'd be hard pressed to find a single soul in the town of jasper, texas, today arguing against the execution. in fact, the town of 7,300 is more than ready to put the crime behind them. the same cannot be said for this man, troy davis. he's said to die tonight in georgia at 7:00 eastern time. davis was convicted of killing off duty police officer mark macphail 22 years ago. a crime he maintains he did not commit. despite a global campaign, the state s board of pardons and paroles rejected a request of yesterday's measure of clemency. david mattingly joins now. is there any hope left for troy davis at this hour? >> they felt like that they had their last best shot yesterday with the pardons and parole board. and that board came back and refused to stop this execution. they ask eed them to reconsider.

today the board came back again and said, no, we're not going to stop this execution. they also asked to be able to conduct a polygraph test today in prison so that he could prove his innocence by a polygraph test. well, the prison system has denied that request. they do have a new sort of a legal hail mary going on right now. some briefs filed within a court, a state court here in georgia. complaining about issues regarding ballistics among other things. but at this late hour, this is something that the court may or may not take up and we're waiting to find out what is decided there. this has gone through dozens of courts over the last 20 years. there have been very few issues that have not been explored multiple times throughout this. and, again, they thought their last best chance to avoid this execution was with the pardons and parole board.

that board would have been not bound by judicial restraints. they would have been subject to a lot of maybe, perhaps, public and political pressure and they brought all of that to bear. and this board did not change the execution. >> and i know, david, you spoke with the former prosecutor in this case. what does he say about all of those who are so high profile including former president jimmy carter, even the pope who have come out questioning this execution? >> well, he talked about the high profile people who have supported this case. and he says they put their reputations on the line and that they've become sort of caught up in a public relations campaign, where the facts in the public relations campaign don't match the vetting that was done by the court system. and he says he calls it fuzzy thinking on the part of people like president carter who believe that perhaps this should be commuted to life in prison instead of the death penalty.

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mexico's drug war has no shortage of horrifying acts of violence. few reach the level of brutality of what happened to the gulf state of vera cruz. 35 bodies stocked in two uncovered trucks abandoned near a big shopping center. rafael romo is here with the details. bring us up to date on this. a horrible story. >> the criminals are so brazen and bold that they did it in front of everybody in broad daylight. hundreds of people in an upscale neighborhood frequented by tourists. this is where it happened. let me show you what people saw when they got there. the pictures are not very revealing but they give you a very good idea of where these people are and where the bodies were dumped. it was in the middle of a

very -- full of cars street in the middle of this city called voca la rio in vera cruz where they were found. it's an underpass. right next to it there's a shopping mall, there's a mcdonald's there. people were witnessing this, randi, in the middle of the day when this happened. in the end they found 35 bodies, 23 men, 12 women and apparently this was in retaliation between one cartel and the other. and we have sound with a local official who's saying that all of the people, the fatal victims, were tied to organized crime. let's listen. >> translator: it has been confirmed through information in our national database that all of the victims that have been identified so far had criminal records. the states attorneys office will keep investigating until the case is solved. for now and because we're dealing with sensitive information, we can't provide more details. >> and boca la rio, pt city

where this happened, has become more violent as two drug cartels fight a turf war. speaking this morning at the u.n. general assembly in new york, cauldron said k. let's listen. >> translator: the best way to cut demand is if you can't catch it, cut the economic profits. you have to find how to staunch this source of funding or limit it. you have to seek out all possible options. other options. inclu including tentatives so that drug trafficking ceases to be at the orange of death and violence. >> cooperation between mexico and the united states has

increased in recent years. both countries intelligence and the u.s. pledged financial support for mexico. still a lot of people shocked by the discovery. >> i'm sure. was this just left or were the trucks stopped? >> the amazing thing, they blocked traffic first then parked the trucks and slowly started dumping the bodies into the middle of the street. again, this was in the middle of the afternoon. hundreds of people shopping at the mall right in front of them. and they didn't seem to be afraid of anything. so that's really the most incredible part of this story. >> yeah. it certainly sounds very alarming. rafael romo, appreciate that. thank you. up next, one is in the race. the other is not. or is she? the big tease from sarah palin. could her potential entry into the presidential race derail michele bachmann? it's a fair question. and it's fair game. [ indistinct talking on radio ] [ tires screech ] [ crying ] [ applause ]

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time now to go beyond partisan talking points to the heart of the political debate where all sides are fair game. we want to talk about two important republican women, one in the race for president and one who's not. by some accounts the one who's not could soon be in and the one who's in could soon be out. are you following me? i'm talking of course about michele bachmann and sarah palin. palin hasn't said she's running but hasn't said she's not either. she certainly gave the impression she was gunning for the white house this summer with her bus tour across parts of the

country. at times stealing the spotlight from the others which brings us to michele bachmann, once considered a top tier candidate. her campaign by many accounts seems to be fizzling out. now might be a good time for palin to jump in. joining ma ining me to discuss espinoza. ed, let me start with you on this one. you say michele bachmann is done. why? >> it's hard for a member of congress to launch into a race for president. we haven't seen it in over 100 years. we started seeing her fizzle out over the summer. for palin waiting has been the waiting part. she has a grassroots organization and she has the ability to raise funds quickly. what we'll really find out is at the end of this third quarter filing deadline on september 30th who's got money in the bank, who's a player, who's not. palin can jump in very easily and that's going to tell us -- we'll know what this race is going to look like in the next three weeks.

>> and, john, should we even be talking about sarah palin? >> no. we should not be talking about sarah palin. she has forfeited any right to be taken responsibly as a presidential candidate. there are nine serious candidatcandidate s running for president of the united states, doing the hard work for months to build coalitions, grow support, fund raise. that takes hard work. being a celebrity trying to attract attention when it suits you does not deserve to be treated at that level of seriousness. we should have stopped talking about sarah palin a long time ago. >> what about the timeframe, ed? oh, go on. >> yeah. i would have agreed with that a couple months ago. i absolutely did agree with that. with the twists and turns this campaign has taken with the field shaking out, i don't know whether or not she should end up in the race. whether or not she can jump in the race, the field is wide open. >> let me -- hold on. let me jump in here. i have really interesting numbers. okay? i want you to take a look at the most recent cnn/orc polling we

did on the gop race. rick perry continues to maintain the lead with 30%. mitt romney 18%. sarah palin who isn't even in, 15%. michele bachmann 4%. if palin were to win the nomination, take a look, in a head to head matchup with barack obama, she trails there by five points. so let's talk about this uncandidate sort of candidate. what is she? >> i mean, she's a bumper sticker. she's high name i.d. right now. that's all that is. let's be honest. i mean, michele bachmann overlaps the core part of her constituency. conservative populists, tea partyers, evangelicals. rick perry big footed that constituency when he got in which is why michele bachmann's numbers are going down. at the end of the day sarah palin can walk away from the governorship of alaska or run for president or make a lot of money. it does seem like brand i.d. considerations are driving this decision. there's a hard deadline in october 31st which is the

deadline to get on the ballot in florida, florida's primary. there it is -- reality will impose itself on sarah palin if she's not willing to work the other way. >> ed, do you think she's been pretty good at campaigning without campaigning? >> i mean, i think she's been good at getting attention without campaigning. as far as actual campaigning, i'll let the republican voters decide there. but i'll tell you who's really happy to see her get into this race. it's not democrats. but i think it's mitt romney. because she does, as john said, pull support away from rick perry. that's what makes this race interesting right now. another good point john made, she does have a deadline of october 31st, not just for florida but an october deadline for iowa. palin went on the news today or yesterday and said she'll have a decision made by november, but she's actually got to make that decision by october. >> yeah. >> we'll see how she plays that one. >> ed espinoza, john avalon, thank you for coming on the

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attacks in iraq or afghanistan the last ten years. the number of soldiers s they kl and injure is staggering. they account for 60% of all coalition soldier casualties. scientists are working hard to find ways of detecting bombs before they explode. sound impossible? maybe not. my next guest is one of the researchers who created this. a high-tech laser that they say can detect roadside bombs through short and long pulses that basically fingerprint molecules allowing soldiers to target bombs up to 40 feet away. guess what? these lasers are no more powerful than the ones used during power point presentations. joining me now, a professor at michigan state university. thank you, professor, for coming on to talk about this. i think we're all hoping this proves to work and save lives along the way. help us understand how these pulses from a laser can spot a roadside bomb and how it might be used on the battlefield? >> well, let me explain starting

from if you can imagine a very short pulse that gives a kick to the molecules on a time scale that is shorter than the motion of the atoms, themselves, and that sets them off ringing and then a slightly longer pulse that is synchronized with this one records the ringing and the detector lets us know where the compounds are at the target where the laser has just hit. >> so you compare this to the same type of laser that can be used in a powerpoint presentation which a lot of us do. why now? why hasn't this been discovered and used before? it sounds pretty successful. >> well, i need to make sure that i give you the correct picture. the total amount of power that we're using is equivalent to that of a powerpoint lazer, however, the laser that we're using is a very sophisticated ultra short pulse laser and until now those types of lasers

have not been practical to use, say, for applications outside laboratories. that is what's changing now. >> and how long does this take for the soldiers to get the information? if they send this laser out, how quickly do they get that back, the information? >> it basically, the information travels at the speed of light, so in less than a second, you know -- the computer that's hooked up in the detector can analyze and tell you exactly what's at the target. >> so could this really fully replace bomb detecting dogs or are we not there yet? >> well, the first step is we have done a laboratory test and that has shown that we have the sensitivity and selectivity that was required. now, there are so many different circumstances and so many challenges that i don't think, you know, this will not solve all of them, but i think that in all the cases where the laser can be -- can hit the target, so

if there's a line of sight, then this should be very, very useful. >> and when do you think that we might actually see this? is this something you're working on getting to the army and the military? >> well, we are looking for the second tier funding which we would expect would come soon. and then it would take about a month -- sorry, about a year to get the field unit that can be tested on a number of scenarios to determine what is the best and what are the best configurations for the unit? >> and what's been reaction? >> so we're talking -- i'm sorry? >> what's been the reaction? >> can you repeat the question? well, this particular test has been from the department of homeland security, and it's part of a program that was looking, are teleany other methods that we're not testing yet? and they're very excited that

this particular approach seems to be very successful. >> marcos dantus, great work. thank you for coming on the show and sharing it with us. >> thank you. you're welcome. and for much more about bomb detecting lasers, check out my facebook page, facebook.com/randikayecnn. up next, the most uncovered story of the day. remember the controversy surrounding the ground zero mosque? guess what? it opens tonight. we'll talk with the developers next. my doctor told me calcium

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in new york an islamic center that was the focus of so much controversy has opened its doors today.

you'll remember the ground zero mosque that caused an ee meemot backlash. it was debated on all the cable news networks as a divided survivors and families of the nearly 3,000 people who died on 9/11. but since then that center's progress has remained relatively under the radar. fewer and fewer protests. now today the mosque opened to show an art exhibit that features photos of children, and the opening coincides with the u.n.'s international day of peace. it is our undercovered story. first, you weren't always the face of this center, i'd like to point out. help us understand a little bit about you and how you did get involved. >> i bought the -- i bought the real estate in 2009. i secured the buildings. and had -- was one of the main visionaries behind this project.

i started praying at a mosque four blocks from the world trade center that unfortunately got evicted in 2009 and several,000 muslims were displaced and i was able to secure 4155 park place and solve a major crisis that was happening in lower manhattan, and today we're very excited to open up the community center component with an exhibition of children from 170 different countries that all live in new york. and we couldn't think of a better way to open our doors to the public. >> why begin with these photos of children? is it a way to bring the community together? >> well, i think it really represents new york. it represents the diversity of our city. it also represents the project and ultimately what park 51, the islamic community center, is going to serve, that our city is a city of immigrants, and this

exhibition that is done by a photographer by the name of danny goldfield, when i saw it last year, it really represented who we are as new yorkers and ultimately the pluralism that park 4551 is going to serve. >> the pictures are incredible. we're looking at them now. this is a place that with will open to everybody, right? >> absolutely. we have -- we have built a mosque which is called prayer space. that has actually been open for the last two years, serving thousands of muslims in lower manhattan, and today is the first opening of the exhibition space. and it's this sort of -- of our pilot program as we start really working toward getting the bigger project and bigger vision under way. >> i was there in new york and witnessed many of the protests taking place there as this project was developed. are you still seeing protested today?

>> you know, they subdued tremendously as people started understanding what we are trying to do. it's quite unfortunate because when our project was publicly announced last year, we did not control what the narrative was and it gone framed as we were building a mosque on ground zero, which is not the case. we are building a community center that's going to be open to all people. it is based on islamic values and heritage just like a jcc or ymca. or open to all people. we're sharing the same value and principles as those projects. >> given all the anger that we saw about this project, is there something that you wish had been done differently? >> well, i think -- i wish that we had reached out to the 9/11 family members. we did not know that we had a responsibility to discuss this project with them. you know, this is a private project on private property, but going back, i wish that we had engaged the 9/11 family members

because our intention was never to hurt or to antagonize anyone. we're looking to build a project that will ultimately serve lower manhattan and all of new york. >> would you do it all over again? >> absolutely. but we do things a little differently, and that's what we've been doing for the last, you know, year, is really staying under the radar, listening, engaging with family members, really also engaging with the local and national muslim leadership because we also did not properly engage them in this process. so we're cleaning up a lot of mistakes in the project. >> now it's getting nice positive media attention so use this time. what's next for the center? >> we're -- the new york city children exhibition is the first official program that we're launching, but we're also going to be doing children's yoga. we're going to be doing caparea.

we're going to review fully. s. we're going to be opens our door. i remember that everyone goes to park51.org and for prayer space, nyc.org to learn more about the mosque. we want to give back to a city that's given us so much. >> appreciate your time. good luck with the project. >> randi, thanks so much for having me. we look forward to continuing this conversation with you. >> thank you. those two american hikers who spent more than two years in an iranian prison are free today and are making their way back home. our susan candiotti joins us. what can you tell us? >> reporter: finally we heard a statement from the families who we understand are on their way to armin to meet the family.

it will be a joyful reunion. here's the statements we receive. it reads in part, quote, today can only be described as the best day of our lives. we have waited for nearly 26 months for this moment, and the joy and relief we feel at shane and josh's long awaited freedom knows no bounds. it continues, now all we wont is nothing more than to wrap shane and josh in our arm, catch up on lost years and make a new beginning for them and for all of us. and then the statement goes on to thank the many people who they say have been involved in this including u.s. officials, officials from the armin government and the people that have worked on their behalf. they say the appreciation and the warmth of our fellow human beings is unending and we know shane and josh will always be

grateful. who is going to be among the welcoming party? it is the parents and two sisters of shane, the parents of josh fattal and his brother as well as sarah shourd who is also a former prisoner and a fiancee on shane bauer. you might remember that when she was freed, he got down on one knee and proposed to her and wove an engagement ring out of a thread from his t-shirt. this report says she's seem to have lost it in the meantime but i'm sure all will be forgiven and i'm sure she'll g getting a real ring when they get home. >> i don't think with all the good news and their freedom to celebrate, i don't think they're going to worry about that string of a ring. how soon do we know when they might be in the arms of their families? >> well, that's a good question. it is not a long flight certainly. so we're waiting for word on that. we hope that we'll be able to

get a photograph of them arriving. certainly we have our cn crew standing by there in armin at the airport in hopes of getting that video, which should be something to see. and then based on what happened to sarah, they may or may not say anything at the airport. she did wind up staying a couple ofl day of days in oman. she made a statement not long after that. they might spend a couple of days there before heading home to the united states. hopefully a press conference but that will be up to them to decide where and when. >> i'm sure it's going to be a very, very sweet moment for all involved and i'm sure they're anxious to get a look at their condition after all this time in that iranian prison. >> absolutely. >> thank you for the update and the romantic story that you shared as well. thank you. this is the day kelly thomas's family and supporters

have been waiting for. allegations and outrage only intensified since kelly's grew many beating and death in july allegedly at the hands of six fullerton police officers. the wait is over and there could be criminal charges against the officers who allegedly beat kelly thomas. he was 37 and schizophrenic. he died from his injuries days later. all the protests, interviews, lawsuits come down in the next few minutes. the district attorney is about to announce as a press conference his decision whether the six offers will face criminal charges. there you have it. you're looking at a live picture of the press conference to start. it will happen at any moment. kelly thomas's family is hoping it will bring them a step closer to justice for kelly. sandra endo is there watching everything for us. the d.a. has told us on this show that he couldn't make the final decisions until he got the

toxicology, the cause of death and the other results from the coroner. we understand the d.a. finally got those late last night. any details on those? >> reporter: i can tell you that report has not been made public. in fact, the thomas family has not seen that coroner's report as of this morning, but we have been warned that the d.a. is about to step into this room to make the announcement on whether or not he will decide to file criminal charges against those six police officers involved in the beating death of kelly thomas. we spoke to the father of kelly thomas earlier this morning saying he is hoping that at least two of the officers will be charged with murder. he indicated that he would be happy and okay with manslaughter as well, but he made clear he wants all six fullerton police officers involved in his son's beating death to be off the job completely. now, we know that they are on paid administrative leave right now, so we are just waiting to hear from the d.a. in just a matter of minutes. but i can tell you, randi, there

is a hush that fell across this room. there are no less than a dozen cameras here. as you were mentioning this case has drawn national attention because of the graphic nature of the injuries and the pictures that we receive and always because this beating death was caught on tape. so clearly this is a day that family and many of the people involved in rallying around this case have been waiting for. randi? >> and i understand that you did get a chance to speak to ron thomas, kelly thomas's father. can you bring us a little bit of that interview? >> reporter: yeah. he mentioned what he is hoping to hear from the d.a., also what he's anticipating. but he said the evidence is clear. even though the family has not been privy to the coor nerroner report, he said the medical information that has been released about his son is that he suffered multiple brain injuriesing fractures to the face, fractured bone and rib cage.

also the toxicology report shows that kelly thomas did not have any narcotics or prescription drugs in his system at the time. they say that should be enough to have criminal chargesed against these officers. have a listen. >> we have medical records. and our team of doctors were graphing it. how can it differ? you know, we have a whole team of professional doctors that do this kind of thing. i want him to use the computer animation. i hope he did and makes the right decisions here. >> reporter: so that is the evidence they are basing all of their fury and also their passion around as well because as you mentioned, randi, of course, we know that after the brutal beating death on july 5th, five days later kelly thomas passed away. again, we are waiting for the

d.a. to come out mow men tear lchlt i can tell you ron thomas, the family members of kelly thomas are not in this room. this has only been limited to media again. a packed room, all waiting to hear what he decides do. here he comes right now, randi. >> let's take a listen as the d.a. makes his way to that microphone. we've been covering this story quite closely for months here on this show, and we've spoken with the d.a. many times, and as we said, he was waiting for this key evidence before he made his decision on whether or not to charge the six fullerton, california, police officers. let's see what he's decided. >> thank you all for coming. is this working? during the pendency of this investigation we've heard over and over again the word "justice," the cry for justice. the public has been crying for justice for kelly.

in order to make sure that justice has been done, the orange county district attorney's office was entrusted with the task of investigating this case and getting to the truth. since july 7th, we've been in pursuit of the truth as to all of the facts and circumstances of this case to try to determine what happened on july 5th at the fullerton bus depot. our office took our responsibility faithfully and seriously. we executed the task thoroughly and efficiently. in orange county we generally trust our law enforcement and we have good reason to. i believe the law enforcement in orange county is second to none. my office works every day with thousands of police officers from 26 different agencies. they're hard-working, they make daily sacrifices to protect and

to serve our community. we must do everything that we can to ensure that we protect this trust, including, if necessary, prosecuting police officers who violate the law. in our pursuit of the trust, the orange county district attorney's office conducted a thorough investigation over the span of 11 weeks. they'll get a full and extensionive list of all the evidence that we considered, but it includes videotapes including those from two cell phones, the surveillance video from the fullerton transportation center, the pole camera, bus videos, 151 witnesses, police reports written by all of the involved fullerton police department personnel, medical reports, examination of physical evidence such as batons and tasers, the coroner's report. we also conducted all relevant

legal research to determine the applicable law as it applies to this case. after considering all of the law and all of the evidence in this case, i'm charging officer manual ramos with second-degree murder, one felony count of second-degree murder. and i'm also charging officer ramos with one felony count of involuntary manslaughter. if convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 15 years to life in state prison. corporal cicerelli is charged with one involuntary of manslaughter and one felony count of use of excessive force. if convicted he faces a maximum of four years in state prison. the biggest shame about this case is that it didn't have to happen. it could have been avoided. it never should have happened. we're alleging the following

facts to support the charges in this case. ramos set in motion the events that led to the death of kelly thomas. by committing an act that was dangerous to human life with conscious disregard for that life. his actions were reckless and created a high risk of death or great bodily injury, and any reasonable officer would know that acting the way ramos did would create such a risk. sisanelli used excessive force when he assault and beat kelly thomas recklessly under color of authority and without necessity. at about 8:37 p.m. on july 5th, they responded to the fullerton bus depot in separate vehicles. ramos knew kelly from prior contactses as a homeless man who

lived in the area. he did not believe that kelly thomas posed him any risk. kelly thomas was shirtless with a back pack, wearing pants with no obvious bulges. the officers did not think kelly thomas even needed to be patted down for weapons. during the detention officer wolff stepped 10 or 15 feet away behind his vehicle. he went to the rear of his vehicle to review the contents of the backpack that kelly thomas had been wearing when they arrived at the scene while ramos gave instructions to kelly thomas from two feet away from kelly thomas. its was obvious that kelly thomas had difficulty following ramos's instructions. his instructions were to sit with his legs outstretched with his hands on his knees.

it would be obvious to any reasonable observer that kelly thomas had cognitive issues and that he had difficulty following ramos's instructions. after several minutes of increasingly aggressive instructions, the bus depot video shows ramos escalating the contact into a physical altercati altercation. it was 16 minutes from the initial contact to the beginning of the physical altercation and the engagement of unlawful police conduct. ramos made a deliberate showing of putting on latex gloves in front of kelly thomas. he approached kelly thomas and he stood over him. ramos repeatedly instructed kelly thomas to sit with his

hands on his knees and his legs outstretched and kelly thomas had trouble following that instruction. he would move his hands to his knees to behind his backs at times and he would fold his legs up in a sitting position, bending his knees. ramos stood over kelly thomas well a pair of latex gloves and he made a demonstration in front while he was standing over kelly thomas in a very menacing manner, demonstration of putting on those gloves. when he put the gloves on -- and i have to refer to some language here. it's my language but it's the language that was used by the officer, so it's necessary for us to refer to it. when he put the gloves on -- >> all right. you've been listening there to

the district attorney. we're going to drop that for just a moment. we'll get back to it in just a second. we weren't sure exactly what he was going to say. he's officially charging two officers. officer ram mohs charged with two felony counts, second-degree murder as well as manslaughter. these are felonies. he could get 15 years to life. this has taken quite some time to get this final charge coming from the district attorney. they spoke with 150 witnesses, they reviewed medical reports, they looked at the batons and the tasers that the officers had with them that evening. they looked at the coroner's report. there was cell phone video and surveillance video from that area. so this has been a very long process for them. let's go back to that press conference once again to the d.a. >> a fairly routine police detention to an impending beating by an angry police officer.

by making this declaration of violence toward kelly thomas, ramos instilled in that victim fear, a reasonable fear for his life, that he was in danger and he was in danger by a police officer who wanted to "f" him up with his firsts. police officers have a right to use reasonable force in the performance of a lawful duty, but citizens have a right to developi self-defense even against police if the police are using excessive force, if they're not performing a lawful duty. ramos took this contact from a lawful detention to an unlawful fist when he told thomas he was getting ready to "f" him up.

there followed a brief change of words as kelly thomas remained seated. ramos then grabbed thomas behind his arm. thomas pulled away. he stood up and he started taking steps away from officer ramos. then the baton came out. kelly thomas put his hands up, palms out in a defensive position, palms open. ramos yelled at kelly thomas, get on the ground! officer wolff seeing this alter came came running out from behind his car. the evidence says he joined. he came running out from behind his car to assist with the arrest that officer ramos was doing. the evidence does not indicate

that officer wolff had any indication of this exchange that had just taken place between officer ramos and kelly thomas. the evidence does not indicate that officer wolff had any knowledge that officer ramos was engaged in unlawful police conduct. the fiscal alter came began as officer ramos swung his baton and cased kelly thomas. ramos punched kelly thomas several times in the left ribs after tackling him to the ground. using his hand to hold kelly thomas's neck, partially laying on kelly thomas to use his body weight to pinnacly thomas to the ground, and holding him for other officers who were responding to the scene because there was a call for help. to use their physical force

against kelly thomas. ramos caused officer wolff to come to his aid and to apply force on kelly thomas including tackling him, kneeing him, punching him three or four times, and using his body weight, holding and pinning kelly thomas to the ground. sincinelli arrived at the scene about 8:45 p.m. he kneed kelly thomas twice in the head and used his taser four times on kelly thomas. tasers that look like this. three of the times were a stun drive, contact and fired the taser. and each of these -- each of these times lasted about five seconds.

the fourth was a dart deployment. two darts fired from the end of the taser, connected to wires. and they -- the darts affixed to kelly thomas for approximately 12 seconds. kelly thomas scream and yelled in pain while he was being tased. cincinelli used the front of the taser to hit kelly thomas in the fa face, eight times in the facial area. eight times. while kelly thomas was pinned to the ground with the weight of the other police officers' bodies. all of this hitting with the taser happened, and there was no audible response from kelly thomas at that time.

when kelly didn't scream in response to these blows, it should have indicated to cincinelli that kelly was down and seriously hurt. the rest of the police officers who arrived at the scene, officer hampton, sergeant craig, corporal blateny, arrived in response to the calls for assistance. the evidence does not show any knowing participation in an unlawful act on the part of any of these three officers, and therefore no charges are being filed against them at this time. from what's visible on the videotape, kelly thomas appeared to be acting in self-defense, in pain, in a state of panic. his numerous pleas of "i'm sorry," "i can't breathe,"

"help," "dad," all to no avail. screams, loud screams didn't help. kelly thomas not responding when the blows to his face occurred. no help. a growing pool of blood as kelly thomas became unresponsive. ram mohs is charged with murder for creating this dangerous situation and placing thomas's life in jeopardy and also creating a volatile situation for the other police officers responding to the scene. we simply cannot accept that in our community that is within the police's right to place gloves on a police officer's hands and put his fists in front of a

detainee and say "these fists are ready to "f" you up." that is not protecting and serving. ramos had to know that he was creating this situation where kelly thomas would fear for his life and wug stras struggling t away from an armed police officer who was going to "f" him up. ramos knew that the other officers would come to his aid and assist in applying force to kelly thomas. ramos knew when he did that that kelly thomas was going to get hurt, badly hurt. the cause of death in this case is -- it's mechanical compression of the thorax,

making it impossible for kelly thomas to breathe normally. in other words, the chest being compressed, kelly thomas was not able to inhale, and he can't take in oxygen. over time his brain was deprived of oxygen, and he became unconscious and went into a coma and died. that is the primary cause of death. the other injuries to the face and head contributed to the death. it falls so far short of the professional and reasonable police conduct that our community has every right to expect and do receive by thousands of police officers from so many different agencies in our county every day, police officers who put their lives at risk to protect the rest of us. all of the people in this great country of ours have a

constitutional right to be free from the imposition of unlawful and excessive force under color of law. that is the rule of law, and we will proceed to enforce it. >> and there you have it. charges now from the district attorney's office there in orange county, california. six fullerton police officers allegedly involved in this case that we've been following here closely on this show. this is the beating death of a homeless man, a skits chizophre homeless man, a man by the name of kelly thomas. we want you to know his name. here's what the charges are. manuel ramos, one of the police officers involved, according to the district attorney, now faces a murder charge, a second-degree murder charge in the case of kelly thomas. we also have corporal cincinelli charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of excessive force. he faces a maximum of four years

in priszen. but the officer who faces the second-degree murder charge faces 15 years for that felony and for recklessly created a dangerous situation. those are the words of that district attorney. here's the cause of death, just in case you missed it. mechanical compression of kelly thomas's thorax. what it means is he lost his ability to take in aniary air. he lost his ability to breathe because the officers were on top of him. his chest was compressed. he was unable to breathe. his brain was deprived of oxygen. he thenlt went into a coma and died five days later. i will spare repeating all of the details but i can tell you this man according to the district attorney was tackled, kneed, punched, held down against his will, he was hit in the face with the butt of a taser gun eight times. so this is what this man lived through in his final moments as he called out for his father,

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abbas is planning to ask them to recognize the palestinian state. president obama objects. he called his objection a badge of honor. the prot meets later with prot abbas. and cnn state department producer elise sets the stage for that. does it seem that the palestinians are now trying to head off a showdown in the u.n. security council, do you think? >> reporter: that's right, randi. i don't think anybody wants to have a showdown, certainly with the united states by going to the security council and forcing a vote yet he promised the palestinian people he's going to secretary full statehood at united nations. what we understand from our palestinian sources, what he's going to do is submit that letter applying for full statehood but he's not going to force the vote, that showdown. here this week we understand he's going to submit the letter to the u.n. security kouj, make

his speech to the general council and then get on a plane and then talk to the palestinian people and wait and see what else the international community can come up with. some people think it's a dramatic move, tactical move. he's waiting for some approved terms of reference to jump-start negotiations and people think he's going to get it. he might come back in a few weeks to the united nations general assembly, much stronger with a lot more international support to seek enhanced status for palestinians at united nations. palestinian officials say they want to negotiate with prime minister netanyahu state to state, not as one state occupying a people. randi? >> so it sounds like there seems to be pretty broad support for palestinian statehood at the unga. >> reporter: i think so. certainly the europeans have been talking in this block of 27 nations. it's very important. you heard president sarkozy

earlier today talking about how a u.n. general assembly resolution could be a good idea, really talking about what could be important for a palestinian state. we understand a lot of nations would support president abbas. what we're hearing is fwhabasic would jump start -- this looks as a way far. he averts a showdown but it creates a political space to look forward to say everyone knows we're not going to get a state here at united nations. how are we going to get there. certainly the u.s. is sitting at the table. this is what the international community is trying to come up with. some parameters of framework to get those parties back to the table, randi. >> thank you so much. well, the clock is ticking for troy davis. in just hours he's set to be executed in georgia. and up next i'm going to speak with one of the witnesses in the

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hours from now georgia is set to execute troy davis by lethal injection. dave was convicted of killing off-duty police officer 22 years ago, a crime he maintains he did not commit. despite those employees, the state board of pardons and paroles today refuse to rescind their decision and moments ago the georgia department of corrections denied requests by

davis's lawyers to conduct a polygraph test. right now a georgia judge is considering an emergency appeal from davis. his attorney claims there's in evidence. no dna evidence ever linched him to the crime and most of those who testified against him have recanted. ms. glover testified before the parole board yesterday that she overheard another man sylvester cole admit to this crime. he's one of the original witnesses who refused to recant. joining her alongside her is benjamin jelis and also here in studio is raffier -- rafael warwi warwick. you testified at the parole board hearing. what can you tell us. >> first i went to the parole

board. they asked me to tell them what happened. i told them i was at a party where mr. cole was there with me also and he was drinking heavily and someone asked him why was he drinking so heavy and to slow down and he said this is about to kill me. and another young lady asked me and he said if they're going to hold troy for it let them hold troy for this. he has kids to raise. also he stated that he was the one who committed the murder but he has kids to raise so they let them go ahead and keep troy there. >> why are you sharing your story now? had you not shared the story before? >> i shared it before but it never came out like the threat that was made to me when i was there in savannah, when he told me it's none of my business and that he was going to get me if i said anything. and now it's really sticking to me because i have two kids of my own that i protect and i care and love dearly just like any

real mom would. >> and do you still believe as we weigh, as the hours tick down for troy davis to be executed that he is innocent? >> i truly believe he's innocent. if the young man would state that they did such a crime, why would you state such a crime like this in this high rate of a manner and you didn't do anything at all. so, yes, i do truly believe that troy davis was innocent. >> was he able to give you any details about the crime? >> no, he doesn't give me any details. >> what was the reaction of the parole board when you shared these details. >> they were very attentive to what i had to say, they listened and asked me questions and i felt like they took it into consideration. >> ben, let me ask you. what do you make of this? here we have her saying troy davis didn't do it. she was pressured not to share the story of someone she says admitted to it. >> for her to say that red coles at a party was drinking and someone said why are you

drinking and red cole said this is going to kill me, what's going to kill you because i'm the one who killed the officer but let them keep troy because i have kids to raise is deeply disturbing. why do people 20 years later feel compelled to say something like this. the party happened recently when this was heating up again. she fled savannah because he threatened her months ago if she said anything. why is red coles make threats 22 years later for saying something if it wasn't true and here's the actual killer. we believe in justice and we believe in this country innocent people don't get executed but here we are hours before she had gone into hiding after the board came down. she had lost hope that they would reopen the case and put the right man in prison and then she called us today and said, you know what?

i've got to go out and say what i know because i can't live with myself if they kill troy. the world doesn't understand that i'm being threatened by the man who's the real killer. >> we're glad you're sharing this on cnn. i want to share with you. the prosecutor in this case spoke with our david mattingly and here's what he told him about the fact that mr. coles has never been a suspect. >> instead of rushing the sa in to court we have this new important evidence. they pocketed it. they waited till eight days before the execution to disclose this. what do we learn from that? we learn from that in my opinion that the affidavits of recanation were of more value to the attorneys as a device for delay than they were valuable to the attorneys as a device for

substantive argument. it has been a game with delay throughout. the longer the delay, the more time they have to create doubt, not honest doubt, real doubt, but the appearance of doubt. there's no evidence against sylvester coles. in fact it's the height of cynicism for them to claim on one thanhand that the evidence against troy davis is enough to convict him but they're willing to convict him on less evidence than that, again, substantially no evidence at all other than he was a person that was there and he makes a good person to shuffle the blame off onto. >> reverend, i'd like your feelings on that. >> as i look into quianna's face i ask what does she have at steak? spencer lawton knows that in

chatham county there have been three exonerations, three death row exonerations. there have been eight in the state of georgia. 159 counties. i'm from savannah, by the way. clearly there's a pattern here and unfortunately tomorrow morning it will be too late for an exoneration for troy davis and so we would urge the justice department and the fbi to take a close look at this. you have these stories of the police going into the community and pressuring witnesses, coercing them, a 16-year-old said they threatened him. this is the kind of thing that just flies in the face of who we say we are as americans. the u.n. is meeting right now, and in just a few hours unfortunately it seems we're facing a human rights disaster and a moral disaster right here in the state of georgia. >> ken, i'd li-- quianna i'd li

to give you the chance to respond, the fact that there isn't any evidence against sylvester coles. >> to me i'm not a lawyer. i'm not a judge. and i have not viewed any of the evidence. first off when this crime first took place i was only 5 or 6 years old. me being 27 i surround myself with older people so that's how i got in the company. but i do believe that they should take this into consideration that someone would go around and say such a thing and nip it in the bud now and try to get ahold on it because like the rev reynolds just said, tomorrow morning will be too late to try to do anything. also you have people recanting their stories and looking at it. they were forced and told you have to say that troy davis did it. to me it doesn't add up at all. and it won't be any justice. you will have two dead people. >> there isn't any physical

evidence to try troy davis to this crime, but he's -- >> the key difference is here you have troy davis who for 22 years said he has not done it and then you have this man who says that he has done it, and that's what we're saying is reopen the case. try the case today. >> right. >> pull him into court. hear what he has to say. if he's telling his neighbors he did the crime, shouldn't we care? >> unfortunately he's been down this road many times before and they've basically said it was smoke and mirrors. >> but they've never reopened the case. >> you're right. it looks as though, though, this could be really his last effort at this point. so i appreciate you all coming in. quianna, thank you so much for sharing this story. thank you very much all of you. we'll be right back. ♪

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nearly 80 days laterer, more than 150 witnesses an an intense investigation be i the attorney the wait is over for the kelly thomas family. two police officers involved in his grew mauesome beating and d. the orange county district attorney revealed the changes at a press conference, which wrapped up just a few moments ago. the d.a.'s decision is critical as community outrage against the fullerton police force grows. i want you to look at a picture that may give you an understanding of the brutality involved in kelly thomas's death. i have to warch you this picture is graphic, but take a look

here. this is kelly thomas before and after the alleged beating that took place on july 5th. witnesses say this was done at the hands of six fullerton police officers who held him down, repeatedly beat him, tasered, kicked him, and hog-tied him. we're going to get to susan endo in a moment. the district attorney was very detailed. he painted a picture of two officers savagely beating a homeless man they knew was helpless and harmless. here's what he said about the one officer who is now charged with second-degree murder of kelly thomas. >> he lifted his fist to kelly thomas in front of his face so that he could see him and he said, now see my fists? they're getting ready to "f" you up. that declaration was the turning point. >> this, as you know, is a very

emotional day, a very important day for family of kelly thomas. let's go to sandra endo who was at that d.a.'s press conference. certainly we got a lot of horrible details from the district attorney? have you been able to speak to the family, and what is their reaction? >> reporter: well, randi, i can tell you while we were inside the district attorney's press conference while he was reading those charges specifically, the charge of second-degree murder of one police officer and charges on another, there were cheers outside the building, a small group calling themselves kelly's army. they're out there in support of the decision and i'm joined by the stepmother of kelly thomas. you're outside. you weren't allowed inside. you heard the news of the charges. how are you feeling and what do you think of the charges? >> i think it's great there are charges against two of the officers. we're very happy with that. very pleased. we would like to see the charges

against the other four because they watched while the two officers were excessively beating kelly. >> >> reporter: this is pretty rare for a district attorney to file murder charges against a police officer. he said the video was damaging and everything was caught on tape. do you want to see the video come out in public? >> i know people want to see the videotape. while we were waiting for the results and what was going to happen, i had wanted to see the videotape. but just hearing what the d.a. said was on the videotape, i don't really think i want to see it myself anymore. >> reporter: do you feel like this is justice though? >> yeah, yeah. it's a start of justice. i'm very pleased with the two getting charges, but, still, i would like to see some charges against the other four too. i don't think they should just be able to be scot-free.

>> reporter: thank you so much and congratulations. >> thank you. >> reporter: randi, back to you. >> thank you very much. this is a very important case we've been following. i want to share with you one image outside the courthouse. ron thomas along with the family attorney announcing the charges against the officers, involuntary manslaughter. let's listen in. >> second-degree murder. [ applause ] >> and also charging officer ramos with one felony count of involuntary manslaughter. >> yeah, yeah. >> if convicted he faces a maximum sentence of 15 years to life. >> there you have it. hopefully one day this family will find justice. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in. somewhere in america,

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