>> sanjay, thank you so much. don't miss sanjay gupta, md, this weekend, because he is going to talk to a man who developed imagining software to separate fact from fiction. and he will speak to a girl who got "17" magazine to change their photo policies. that is right here on cnn saturday and sunday mornings. thank you for joining me. newsroom international starts newsroom international starts right now with michael holmes. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com welcome, everyone, to newsroom international. i i'm michael holmes in for suzanne malveaux, and as usual, we are taking you around the world in 60 minutes. this is what is happening out there. warplanes dropping more bombs on syria's largest city, and talking about aleppo of course. media sources say that they have taken full control of neighborhoods there, but rebels deny they are retreating from

the stronghold. video posted online by the opposition shows extensive damage to neighborhoods. there you can see it for yourself, and that one appearing to show people finding the body of a man crushed in his collapsed home. the opposition says that 20,000 people have now been killed since this uprising began 17 months ago. filipinos got more bad news today. expect torrential rains and flooding to continue. listen to this. manila, the capital, already drown i drowning in water. check out the pictures. 30 inches of rain fell in just 48 hours at one point. water chest deep in some place, and so far the flooding and the landslides have killed at least 11 people. almost 800,000 are out of their homes and some of them on

rooftops waiting to be rescued or wading through the deep water through high ground. secretary of state hillary clinton providing dancing and diplomacy with her visit to south africa, and after a dinner, with the foreign minister, clinton hit the dance floor showing off good moves. this is stop six on her south african tour, and hoping to use the u.s. as a alternative to trade from china. up next is nigeria. how's this for a story out of the olympics, the hunt is on for seventh leets from cameroon who vanished from the olympic village in london.

it is believed that the five x boxers and swimmer and soccer player may be trying to defect. becky anderson trying to join me from london, and becky, the same thing happened in australia six years ago, a group of athletes from cameroon getting a wway in the commonwealth games, and what is the policy for them if they do seek asylum? >> well, they have to present themselves to the home office and in fact, not the first to go missing. before the ceremony began, three sudanese athletes we are told also went missing. one has presented himself at the home office seeking asylum, and two more are expected to do so. this cameroon set of athletes, and there are seven of them, you are absolutely right, and none of whom have made the presence known wherever they are at present. at one point, it was thought that perhaps they left the village, but they have not been seen now for some time. and the high commission here confirming that they have now gone missing, and they are concerned about them, and asking them to present themselves to

the embassy or back here to the cameroon olympic committee as soon as possible. the weightlifters have not finished their competition, and the concern is that they have legged it, i ges. there is a report by one sports writer from cameroon who suggested at least that they had talked about doing this in the past, and that they were demotivated and very fed up with the conditions at home, and that certainly some of them had talked about seeking asylum here when they got here. in the past, it has to be said that cameroonians have chosen france in the main rather than the uk, but obviously an opportunity here. >> and switching gears here, and a lot of talk about the south african runner who is the subject of all of the criticism in the world champions and controversy and some questioning whether she was a woman. made her debut, and how did it go? h. >> she did. she made the debut in the heats

of the 800 meter and it has to be said she did it in over 2:00, and she will qualify for semifinals going forth and the world record is 1:53 set in 1983, and she is very close to that at the moment, but some say that she can run a lot faster than she has. and it is great to see her here. she was a flag bearer for the south african athletes here at the opening ceremony and three years ago and seems like yesterday, but three years ago after the world champions she was made to go through the drug and the gender tests, but she is back here, and running in the 800 meters and let's hope that she does run a better time in the semis, because she is not going to get anywhere close to a medal if she runs in another time like that. but one of the canadian competitors, jess smith said, and i quote, she is like any other competitor. shes just like us, and we have to beat her. that is putting a line under it, doesn't it?

>> yes, it is great to see her there competing. and this is the story i love. the al jeegerian meeter wins thd in the 800 meter. if i have a bad knee, i want this guy's doctor. tell us what happened. >> let me tell you this story, so on sunday of last week, he qualified for 1, 500 meters which is his big deal, and then he ran for the heat of the 800 and jogged around. after the event, he was actually disqualified from the entire games by the iaaef because they said he did not make the bonafide effort that the audience and the athletes are expecting to see at an olympic games. that decision was revoked by the organizers here so that he could go on to run in the final of the 1,500. nobody actually expect ed him t win that final. in fact, there were a trio of

kenyans expected to come in first and second and third, and he won by a mile. now, the story goes that the algerians didn't pull him from the 800 meter heat quickly enough when he said he didn't want to run it. then they said that he had a bad knee, which miraculously got better, and by yesrday. and he went on to win. so it is a gold medal winner now. >> that is fascinating because they said he can run if he gets a doctor's note. all of the sudden, he had a doctor who said he had a dickie knee, and then the next day wins gold in the 1,500, and i'm just saying. beck kishgs i have to leat ther. lovely to see you, becks. becky an dderson in london. now, moving on to a concert in russia tomorrow with madonna, and it will have more security than normal and why? because people are threatening trouble. the issue is not about madonna's music, but about her support of

a punk bond that is in jail after their performance at a cathedral. and the reason they are there is because of their opposition to putin. they are on charges of hooliganism, and this is not about music, but free speech and in a country where it is new with democracy. and what are the police worried about here in the area? >> well, it is fair to say that madonna has a longstanding reputation for being provocative on stage and pushing the boundaries with sexuality, and therefore there are many conservative members of the orthodox church who do not like her and have not liked her for a long time. and on top of that, at her concert here in moscow, she spoke out in favor of the girls

of pussy riot who are on trial in moscow this week, and so she has intensified that anger among the conservative orthodox church membership more. the police are worried about the protests or worst at the concert in petersburg tomorrow, and they are taking extra precautions to be ready for anything. >> and ma dn that is not the only one in their corner. remind us why they are on trial? >> well, she is the latest in a long and growing list of international figures to jump on their side to demand their freedom. it was in february this year towards the end of the month when five of the girls went into moscow's christ the savior cathedral and some say the most sacred orthodox cathedral in moscow, and stood up suddenly and performed what they described as a punk prayer. these guys are a punk protest group. they traditionally always wear a color f coloul look over their face, and that is what they did in the

cathedral for a few minutes calling for the virgin mary to drive vladimire putin from the power. that is the theme of the song. and then they were taken away, and they have been in custody and their trial has begun. the case has wrapped up and the defense and the prosecution have made the arguments and we will get a decision on this in a week's time. >> any word from vladimire putin, because he was the target of all of this and they are saying it is political, the girls, so any word from the k m kremlin? >> vladimire putin has made one public comment on that and only recently during a trip to london for the olympics and he hopes that the girls have learned their lesson and won't be punished too severely. but there is only one person who can say that, is putin, himself. and those who are joining the growing opposition of putin,

have no faith in the government, and they believe in the case, in particular, this prosecution is driven and directed from the very top of the russian political system, and probably putin, himself, and they believe it is ultimately he who will decide if they go to jail, and if so, how long. >> fascinating case. phil, thank you. fascinating report. and this is what we are working on in this hour of newsroom international. police battling rioters in the egyptian peninsula. there are smuggling of the drugs and guns and medical supplies in that sinai region. we will talk about it more coming up. and in a country where s censorship prevails and people are jailed for speaking out, one chinese artist and activist always has pushed the envelope, and his experiences are now documented in a new film. we will talk about that as well when we come back.

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egypt strikes back at militants in the north sinai. army helicopters and apache with suspected arms are striking killing people in the town of el arish following overnight gun battles. masked gunmen had launched six simultaneous attacks on military checkpoints and days ago remember that the gunmen killed 16 egyptian solderer ys and stole armored vehicles and tried to drive into israel, and the israeli air force shot up one of the vehicles. my colleague hall la gorani joining me from israel. and now this is the first violence in decades and from the first war with israel and this is a new test for the president

there. >> yes, and it is a test for the egyptian and the israeli relations as well, and how it might impact the peace treaties that the countries have signed in 1979. you mentioned the atk the yesterd -- the attacks s s yesterday, but sunday, with the violence against the border guards, and they are taking control of the power vacuum in sinai. and it is not what people think of egypt necessarily of cairo and tahrir square, because this is 23,000 square miles of desert, and much of it is lawless, and the people who live in the sinai are different really from those who live in other parts of egypt, and mainly bedwinds, and it is extremely important where the clashes are taking place, and important, because, michael, as you know, it is on area that borders gaza, but also israel. so israel is saying to egypt at

this point, look, you have to take care of this problem. these militants are threatening our security. and the question is going to be, how is mohammed more si, the new president who is a muslim brotherhood president going to do this without appearing to placate israel or align himself with the interests of israel? politically, this does not help him with the home constituency. >> and yes, there is a lot of domestic issues there, too, and the bedouins there would say for decades they have been marginalized by the government and ignored and they can't buy property in egypt and go past a certain rank if they join the military and it has left them alone out there in the sinai and they have surviveded by developing the smuggling routes and smuggling everything from guns to drugs to people across the gaza and the militancy there could lead to al qaeda appearing in the region. it is that serious.

what do you think are the chances that morsi is going to be able to crackdown effectively in such a vast area, and he needs israel's cooperation, because the military is not meant to be in that part of town, are they? >> no. and they have not been. and what you said, this is the first time in 40 years since the yom kippur war that we have seen the military strikes in that part of egypt in the sinai. and you remember, also, that israel took the sinai in 1967 after the six-day war, and then handed it back to egypt in 1979 after the signature of these peace treaties, but you said it. i mean, here you have this huge area that is almost impossible to police with many priorities that the president of egypt has to worry about right now in terms of the security and the economy and going heavy-handedly in that part of egypt is iffy, and secondly, something costly and mobilizes the military in a

big way. and whether or not it is in effect is an open question and what we do know is that morsi sacked the sinai governor and we don't know if it is directly related to what happened, but we assume it is and appointed a new intelligence chief, and we will see if that reshuffling has any impact. >> so many fine lines in the story and not the least, the relationship of morsi and the military as well. a lot to talk about, and not going anywhere any time soon. hala gorani, thank you. and government fosts s for hammering aleppo, and the ruin is evidence everywhere. we will get a report from a man inside of that city when we come back. in here, data knows what to do. because the network finds it and tailors it across all the right points, automating all the right actions, to bring all the right results. [ whirring and beeping ] it's the at&t network -- doing more with data

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government forces hammering rebel fighters again in the syrian city of aleppo. some of the fiercest battles raging in the neighborhood where rebels have had a strong presence. ben wedeman is in syria and joins us by phone. state television is saying that government forces have taken control of the neighborhood and

beaten back the rebels and the rebels denying that they are retreating and you were there and there for days and i'm curious what your take is on how much of the city that the rebels control and how strong they are. >> well, the rebels control they claim at this point around 50% of the city, and in fact, last night we drove through a big sort of swath of the city, and i was impressed at how much of it they actually do control. you have to keep in mind that the syrian navy has been claiming for quite some time that they are on the verge of retaking total control of aleppo, and what you see on the ground pretty much contradicts those claims. now, we do know from fighters on the ground that the military, the syrian military did unleash a fairly intense bombardment of

trying to push into it, and in fact, did gain some ground, but we also know that hundreds of fighte were mobilized from around the rebel-held areas to stop that push forward. this government push really doesn't come as a surprise to anybody, michael. the syrian navy has been advertising for days now that was the plan, and rebel commanders that we have spoken to have said while they have been well aware of that plan that they have been working hard at putting together ieds and improvised explosive devices, and disabled the banks, and the narrow roads that make up much of the area. and one of the commanders that we spoke to this morning, the experienced fighters with the rebels otold us that those ieds are put together with the, under the supervision of syrian so

soldiers who learned how to make those ieds in iraq. >> interesting, ben wedeman. reminding people that aleppo is the biggest city in syria, and looking at the pictures of the pounding that it is taking reminds you of homs. i am curious about what you saw when you were in there about the civilian situation. have they been able to get out or get to different parts of the city where the fighting is not happening? what is their plight? >> well, it's very difficult to go to some of the areas of aleppo, because there is a kind of buffer zone of completely uninhabited areas, and uninhabit ed that they are less and getting in and out of the areas can be dodgey. we came under sniper fire trying to get government sniper fire trying to get into the area, and then we saw one man in a taxi who just was shot moments before

by the snipers. there are other parts of the rebe rebel-held areas that are fairly easy to get in and out. but the problem that you have to keep in mind, this, many of the rebel-held areas are populated by people who don't have the means s ts to leave. they don't have relatives or money to get to different parts, and many of them don't have the resources the go to turkey or elsewhere. so one woman told me, you know, we are stuck. we have nowhere to go and we are just going to have to hide and hope that we can survive if the government does indeed try to take the rebel-held parts of the city. a lot of people are sleeping in the stairwell of the buildings. they are the apartment buildings they live in, because that is the best place to hide if there is shelling or bombing in the area. so the humanitarian situation is

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wealthy people thinking of moving out of france if this goes through. i mean, it is a hefty tax. >> yes, it is. but it was always part of his policy. he went to the french people during the election with that policy and it would affect about 30,000 or 40,000 people in france who earn more than this $1.2 million, and the euros here, and just like dollars here, but the point about it is that what he has done is higher taxes on the rich, and increased spending on social programs a and increasing the minimum wage all of which is going to perhaps drive france's eeconomy in the wrong direction critics say which is already in a double-dip recession. but you want to talk about taxation, and let me show you what a 75% tax rate looks like.

now, then, there you have it. imagine that is your 10 euro note. at 75%, that bit goes to the government, and you get to keep that bit. just a little bit of the end. and what lawyers in france are now saying is that the wealthy, and while i'm hearing reports from france and from paris and from bankers and industrialists, everybody is saying the same thing. if there is a which to avoid, evade or simply escape the wealthy are truly looking at i. . >> i am sure they are. the french parliament is going to take up the proposal, and like you said, he ran on the platform and no secret, but is it likely to get through is all sorts of lobbying going on in the corridors? >> well, there's lobbying, but at a time when the alternative is heavy cuts in social spending, then, yes, it has a strong, and don't forget that he

not only had a strong victory in the presidential, but also the parliamentary, so he does have the wind behind him politically to get this done. the thing to remember though is that 75% is eye-wateringly high by the sort of rates that you are paying in the united states, but in the uk, it is 50% is the top rate going down next year. and of course, countries like belgium and germany and many european countries, and 45% to 50% to 60% is the higher upper limit, however, france is on its own. >> yes, you are right. i mean, these are very high in other parts of the world. the u.s. tax rates are remarkably low when you make that comparison. carry on? >> which means that you will be with the lower tax rate and the bigger tax breaks, you will be buying the drinks the next time we speak. >> well, i bought them the last

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he is one of china's best known artists, but ai weiwei is also one of the government's most high profile critics and dissidents. he gained international prominence for the involvement of designing that, the beijing stadium, the birds nest it was known. but even as his work was being hailed, he described the games as a government-controlled empty event and not shared by ordinary citizens. also in 2008, he defied the government by researching the names of thousands of

schoolchildren killed in the sichuan earthquake, and he revealed the names after the authorities refused to reveal them. he also wrote on the blog of the construction of the schools that collapsed in the chinese earthquake. and the chinese shutdown that blog in 2009 and at the end of 2010, he and other political activists were told they could not travel abroad. in april of last year, he disappeared into police custody, and quickly becoming china's most famous missing person. after he was released some three months later, the government imposed a fine on him, $2.4 million. it was all about taxation, a case that supporters said was a set-up, and now the help defer the costs, some of the supporters have literally been throwing money over the wall next to his home. and of course, he is not allowed out. director allison clayman started

to shoot a documentary on ai weiwei in 2008 and little did she know what would unfold in the next three years. we will chat, but first, take a look. >> i have warned him that there is a clear line where you are considered to be a human rights activist. should you cross that line, that's where the fun ends with the chinese government. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> they are animals. they have an animal instinct. >> are you worried? >> i am worried and everyday, there are people assigned to tell me i should be worried. >> "ai weiwei" opens across the

country, and it is a terrific film for those who have followed the life and career of ai. and first of all, could you seriously believe your luck? you started shooting this around the time that everything happened with him in terms of being both an artist and activist. >> definitely. i was living in china already from 2006, and the reason i went out there in the first place is that i was sort of an inspiring journlgist and filmmaker and the case of intention meeting opportunity when i got the meet ai weiwei in 2008. it is meeting hip and feeling the force of his personality and having a feeling that, you know, whatever he was doing, it was going to be interesting, and it was going to be revealing even to me, something new about china. so i just felt like it was worth following him. i was really interested in the character study, i think, at first, just because he is a fascinating individual. and i quickly realized, it is a much more action-packed movie

than i might have realized. >> world wide name now, and ai weiwei has been very media savvy over the years, and very comfortable in front of the camera as a public figure and also a recurring theme in the film. i am curious what you saw about him beyond that? >> absolutely. this is something that was really evident in the first weeks together, this is someone who is incredibly media savvy, and charismatic, and the company is called fake design. he has a great sense of humor and likes to be playful, and the art dealing with fake and real, and that is why coming at it with the angle of in-depth look at him as a person was going to be kind of revealing. there had been a lot of news stories about him, but to come with a critical eye and ready to follow him over time to see what is genuine about him, and what was going to happen. and, you know, i think that realizing that, you know, the work that he was doing in the

end, he has so many projects going on, that he was not able to micromanage what i was doing and i always felt like i was a very independent look at him. >> i am curious about a couple of things here, that i want to squeeze, he has had constant surveillance on him, and you cannot imagine the surveillance, and nothing is private for him these days. has he changed in the time that you are with him? what is the mood now? >> well, i think that on the one hand, the events of the last few years if anything has made him double hf double-down on the belief that what he is fighting for is incredibly important, rule of law, and transparency and freedom of expression need to be fought for and he is on the right path. in terms of the values. in terms of personally, it is really tough what has happened to him since the detention. his life looks very different than it did in the years that i captured and saw, and sit is

tough for him to be out over a year of the release and not have his passport back and constant threat of various investigations, and, you know, he is back on twitter and social media, and giving interviews, but it is in a much more cautious way. >> yes, fascinating man. and a great film called "ai weiwei, never sorry." thank you for joining us, alison. >> thank you. and buying used clothes can save hundreds of dollars of course, and many people in the dominican republic rely on cheap fashion to save money, but that is going to change. we will tell you why after the break. can be such a big thing in an old friend's life. we discovered that by blending enhanced botanical oils into our food, we can help brighten an old dog's mind so he's up to his old tricks. it's just one way purina one is making the world a better place... one pet at a time. discover vibrant maturity and more

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to the dominican republic where a clothing war between the haves and the have nots is being waged. dominicans are no longer allowed the import used clothes. people who count on the imports to make a living accuse the government of protecting dominican clothing stores and manufacturers at their expense. here is rafael romo. >> reporter: it is sunday at this flea market in santo domingo, and shoppers are sifting through second-hand clothes, and brand name jeans that cost as much as $100 new are as cheap as $7 here. but the informal sale of used clothes is coming to an end in the dominican republic due to a

government decision that passed a law four decades ago. >> the only thing that customs is doing is to establish taxing and control what is sold in the domestic market. we want to stop illegal merchandise from entering the country. >> reporter: they recently found $90,000 hid in a shipment of clothes called laundered cash. and the people who sell the clothes say the government is only trying to protect the powerful clothing industry. >> they are trying to make our business disappear. >> reporter: the dominican business association says that as much as 25,000 metric tons of used clothes are shipped to the dominican republic every year from places like new yorknd miami where many dominican migrants live. a law prohibiting the shipments was approved in 1973, but it has never been strictly enforced. >> translator: our position is in favor of compliance with the

law. we have been asking for this since 1998, because the sale of used clothes has been increasing constantly. >> reporter: many say that the colonel who issued the executive order banning the importation of used clothes is robbing the poor to give to the rich. >> translator: we are buying the brand named clothe ss at a low price. the customs director is wrong, and the reason i say that is because, us, the poor people would not make ends meet without used clothes. >> and rafael romo joins us for a chat about this. you mentioned some tof the reasons there, but what is the government's main argument for implementing a fairly old law? >> well, the president says that the main priority i to protect the health of the dominicans and he mentions that infections and germs may travel in the clothing and no system to verify that they are safe for the public. he says that there is money being laundered and shipped through the clothes, and also, they have found weapons and ammunition, but people say, hey, it has been happening for four decades and why not?

not until now that you start kn noticing that and have a problem all of the sud ebb. >> what is the suspicion of why now? >> well, they believe that the government is trying to protect the certain industries, specifically the textile industries and the big clothing stores who definitely have a competition on the part of the these informal venues where they sell the used clothing and dominican migrants into the united states sell huge boxes of clothes and that not only helps the families, but it has created a small industry of sorts, and you will see the flea markets on sundays when people get their clothes and prices that people otherwise would not afford. >> and powerful interest groups at play there. and rafael romo there with the latest on that. great to see you. what a fascinating story. imagine being in a place with no daylight, and virtually no daylight, and temperature of 20 degrees below zero? well, that is what the conditions are like in

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all right. in weather conditions that could kill you, a medical emergency at antarctica largest research station leaves a rescue crew no choice. they have to go in. this is happening at this place here at the mcmurdo station, and australian medical team and government jet are being sent in to rescue an expeditioner which is what the scientists there are called and it is believed to be an american. chad myers, it is cold down there, of course. how extreme can the conditions be compared to now? >> well, i have seen stuff on antarctica this year at 97 below zero, and the same day that petersburg, virginia, was 108 above and over 200 degrees difference across the world, so

that happens. this is not the south pole, but on top of the ice shelf as close as you can ket to new zealand and the temperature is 29 degrees below zero and that not bad. i say it tongue and cheek, because you don't want to be outside in a by kikini, but the fuel does not turn to jelly until minus 50, so it is okay. the issue is not the weather, but the issue is that it is dark. the issue is that it is dark. in fact, here is a live shot. what do you think? >> live, and it is, most of the time. what happens you get a little bit of light. >> i can see something, and the sun will rise again august 19th which is a problem. it is not so much of a problem that the guys can't land in the dark on most airfields, but the airfield down here doesn't have any lights. it does not have a beacon and you can't do an ifr landing, because there are no instrument flight rules, because there are no instruments here. if you try to land and go one more stop to the ice field which is about 10,000 feet long, it is right there. i don't of a

pilot you are, if it is dark and there are no lights, you won't find the runway in the middle of a snowstorm. that is why they haven't gone through yet, and they are getting light at 12:06 p.m., and that is probably the best time, but they won't get a flight to see until friday. >> and before we go, because everybody is asking, what are they doing there? there is a lot of international involvement here. >> not much at mcmurdo, because it is a supply station that supplies the other bases. in the summer, you can get 1,000 people, and 1,500 people who live there, and there is an atm in mcmurdo, which is a big deal if you live in antarctica, and it is a supply station that supplies the other places, and no supplies coming in and out, because no planes are coming in and out, because it is dark. >> we don't know yet what the specific situation is with this person, but hopefully stable until friday. >> h yes, get him out friday. >> he always knows stuff, doesn't he? you expect to see coats and

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