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going to be a test or aimed at a specific target. they do know that the north koreans have made their threatening language even louder and more aggressive in just the past couple days. and let's go to kazakhstan. that's where diplomats are sitting down to detain iran's kn nuclear program. hopes not high for the gatherings in the past year have produced pretty much zero result. pope francis is now calling for divisive action against child sex abuse in the catholic church. the vatican says the pope wants to move forward on cases of guilty priests. he is also calling for church leaders to protect children and help those who have been abused. in north korea today, instead of easing up the aggressive talks and moves are
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just intensifying. latest word from the korean peninsula is that navy destroyers from the south are now off both coasts. at least two missiles from the north are in ready mode. >> yeah. whether that's for a test as we said or something a little bit more sinister is the question. also today the north korean government told staffers at the russian embassy, also the british embassy too, that they might want to evacuate because the tensions are so high. nobody at those embassies moving out at the moment though. >> and the u.s. military is doing two major things in response to north korea's tough talk. on the one hand beefing up missile defenses on guam, home to many american navy and air force bases. and on the other hand, the pentagon now dialing back on its own language saying they want to turn the volume down being careful not to escalate what might just turn out to be a war of words. >> now, let's get to ambassador christopher hill in here now. he's probably got the most thought firsthand experience than anyone really today.
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ambassador, the pentagon approach a very diplomatic one. we talked about this before whether the u.s. was playing into the propaganda hand of north korea. you agree with this approach? >> yes. i think it's important not to get into a war of words with the north koreans. i think we need to be kind of steady and to avoid any kind of escalation there. at the same time i very much support the deployment of ships. i mean, we need to be ready. we don't know for certain whether this is all bluster from the north koreans. so i think it's the right mix that is speaking in a kind of softer tone but maybe carrying a bigger stick. >> chris, how is it that you actually prevent some sort of accident from happening where you have north korea triggering some sort of incident in which the response -- the south would respond in even more aggressive way. and then you've just got something that gets out of hand. >> yeah. i think this is the real concern. it's more of this kind of accidental conflict rather than north korea aiming a missile at
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anybody. so i think the issue is it's tougher now because there's no hotline. there's no ability to communicate with the north koreans in realtime. so i think the north koreans simply have to understand that the south koreans are not going to sit there and take it as they've sometimes done in the past. so i think they understand that if there is a provocation, it could be very dangerous for them. >> chris, who is actually speaking to the north koreans? excuse me. where is that line of communication? how are people making inroads and channels to the north koreans? >> at this point i'm sure the u.s. has a means through something called a new york channel that is through their u.n. mission. but i think probably if there's any talk going on with the north koreans in any kind of realtime it would be through the chinese. i'm sure we're very much in touch with the chinese. >> yeah, well john kerry's going to beijing next week. i'm sure they're going to have
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that sort of discussion and talk about that. china really the ones who have, i don't know, the leverage really. they control the forces of food, oil, fuel. they're in a difficult position, aren't they? if they put on too much pressure, say the regime collapses, they're the ones going to be getting millions of refugees pouring across the border. on the other hand they're sitting there watching the u.s. come in with naval assets and the like into their neighborhood. it's a juggling act for them, isn't it? >> you got it. i mean, i think the chinese have always been kind of split on this issue. i mean, there are a lot of chinese who have kind of had it with the north koreans. think it's bad for business, bad for where china ought to be in the future. but there are other chinese who kind of feel that north korea's part of their past. and somehow if north korea were to go down, it's not only refugees, it's the perception this is a strategic u.s. victory in a loss. what's been interesting the last month or two is to see the
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opinion in china somewhat shifting to a more critical position on north korea. >> chris, this seems unprecedented but you have a situation where the north is now warning russians as well as the british leave your embassies, leave the country, get out of here because there's going to be a lot of problems, a lot of tensions here. the russians seem to be blowing it off so far. have you seen anything like this before? what do you make of the russian's response to that? >> you know, i was in the diplomatic service for 33 years. i don't think i've ever seen a situation where the host government says we can't defend you, flee for your lives and the embassy says, no, we'll stay right here. it is truly amazing. but i think it's indicative of the fact that this is how the north koreans operate. they think this is kind of a mind game they're playing. so they do this as part of their propaganda. but, you know, we've not seen troop mobilizations. it's true there's been movement of missiles, but they have not taken the preparations for war. so i think this is more sort of
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propaganda thing to say, look, we are under such intense pressure from the u.s. and south koreans. we don't know what's going to happen. you'd better leave. i think it's really part of propaganda, but my goodness i've never seen anything like it. >> yeah, the brits saying they're staying put as well. as long as the farce of words doesn't get blown up by somebody with a trigger finger, that's the real problem. ambassad ambassador, thanks so much. always great to have your thoughts on this issue. >> my pleasure. >> thanks, chris. tonight at 6:00 eastern wolf blitzer is going to devote a whole hour to the crisis in north korea. did it yesterday. really incredible show there. you want to tune into a special edition of "the situation room" that is 6:00 p.m. eastern today. >> an issue to keep watching for sure. all right. now in india, a terrible story. rescue crews are still searching for survivors who might be trapped in the rubble of a building collapse. this is in mumbai. >> at least 46 people were killed, 70 others injured. but rescuers have pulled some
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people out alive from what is left of that building. i understand now children have been pulled out as well. >> that's right, suzanne. it's been more than 24 hours since the eight-story building collapsed in the outskirts of india's financial capital mumbai. rescuers are still digging through the rubble trying to find survivors. right now authorities say as you mentioned 46 people have died. 17 of them are children. and more than 70 others have been injured. now, authorities say they still don't know what caused that collapse, but they believe shotty construction is the main reason. this particular building was built in just about three months time. it was illegal. it was built on forestland. and unfortunately this kind of illegal construction is really quite common here. thousands of buildings in cities like mumbai and delhi are
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illegally built on land perhaps not even suitable for these kinds of very tall buildings in. . in cities like delhi you have entire colonies built on what is essentially sand and then mumbai you have cities built on marshland and all the slums we've been seeing about in movies, most of those are illegal constructions. and because they're illegal, contractors tend to use substandard materials to build those structures. >> with which of course begs the question, how do they get away with it? as you say, this is right across the country this is happening. this was not a small building. this was i think more than a dozen stories high. and it's got a twin that's still standing next to it. how do they do this? why is there no crackdown, oversight? >> unfortunately enforcement is very weak here, michael. that's the problem. the building was still under
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construction and there are already people living inside these buildings. most were construction workers of the building. most of these workers are migrant workers that come from villages very far away and come to cities like mumbai and delhi for a few months and they have nowhere else to live. so this is very normal. now, the building contractor and the owner of the building is being held accountable, but they're currently on the run. and authorities say they still haven't arrested anyone so far. >> thank you so much. we really appreciate it. people in argentina's capital say it is the worst flooding in recent memory. and searchers still pulling people out of flooded areas. >> you've got entire neighborhoods still under water. the waters are subsiding a little bit. these are pictures from the other day with people still on the rooftops there. rafael romo is here to see how people are getting by and what they need now. the damage as the water goes
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back has been quite terrible. >> it's just incredible. definitely a catastrophic situation. first of all let me begin by telling you how this all started. let's go back to tuesday night when it rained what it normally rains, listen to this, in the entire month of april. a total of 13 inches of torrential rains in just 12 hours. this caught both residents of the cities totally by surprise. the catastrophic flash floods came in quickly, started flooding streets and then homes and some areas of flood waters rose well over six and a half feet, about two meters. many victims died as they were desperately trying to get on rooftops and tree tops. there are also many cases of people who were electrocuted. local officials say as many as 100,000 homes were destroyed or damaged in the city of laplata. >> they show up now. mr. governor shows up now after
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we almost all drowned. they can all go to hell. we lost everything. we lost everything. >> translator: no, we didn't receive any assistance. the only thing is the red cross. and where we put our names down to see that the very least they can give us a mattress. >> translator: the truth is we're in a very critical situation because the water took us by surprise. it rose very quickly and we lost everything that was on the ground floor. >> to make matters even worse looters started hitting stores and homes taking advantage of the fact that the flash flood left many roads and highways impassable and that authorities couldn't reach the areas fast enough. thousands of people have lost everything they had. electrical devices, refrigerators, furniture, everything. 75 schools have canceled classes because of damage caused by the floods. argentina president declared three days of national mourning. truly, truly a catastrophe in
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that part of argentina. >> and police and soldiers are still going door-to-door, house-to-house, searching for bodies. do they suspect there are people who have survived wlo are still alive that need to be rescued as well? >> i was checking on that this morning. at this point they believe they won't find anymore bodies in a way that's the good news. the problem is that when you talk about infrastructure, the problem is so big, so many damaged roads. houses completely destroyed. the electrical grid they're probably going to have to build from the ground up is just a very chaotic situation. >> and when you get 13 inches in 12 hours, i mean, one imagines there's not a whole lot they could do. >> that's exactly right. and politically speaking, michael, the problem here was that the local authorities are complaining that the federal authorities didn't let them get money, essentially a loan from the world bank to improve infrastructure. so now the debate centers on
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whether that might have done a difference or might have helped the city of laplata specifically to survive this. >> do they get any warning? is there a system where they get a heads up for something as tragic as this? >> they do get a warning. but they haven't seen so much rain so fast in decades. it was incredible. think about it in 12 hours they got the rain they normally get in the entire month of april. there was very little really that people could do. >> extraordinary. all right. rafael, thanks. rafael romo with that. and here is more of what we're working on this hour for "around the world." >> the new pope promising to do something about the child sex abuse that has damaged the catholic church. now, he says he is going to protect the children. but there are some victims groups who they're not so impressed. >> and do you remember malala? the pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the taliban for going to school? now she's joining forces with
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here are some of the stories making news around the world right now. start in china. health officials shutting down all live poultry markets in the city of shanghai because of this unusual strain of bird flu. >> so according to state-run media six people have died from this virus. until now it had never been seen in humans. authorities now zeroing in on the poultry markets after they found the bird flu strain in pigeons that were on sale there. so far they have killed more than 20,000 birds. and here in the united states a disappointing jobs report is driving stocks down today. check out the dow. it's been down all day right from the start. it's down over .75% at the moment. and the labor department says hiring slowed to a crawl in march. the economy added just 88,000 jobs. that is the lowest monthly gain
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since last june. the unemployment rate fell to 7.6%, that is just because so many people stopped looking for work. okay. let's take you to london now. an exciting honor for her majesty queen elizabeth ii. you may recall she was one of the latest bond girls, well sort of. the queen made the cameo last year with actor daniel craig aka james bond in the olympic opening ceremony. >> yesterday at windsor castle she received an honorary award for supporting british tv and film. the queen was called the best bond girl of all time. what do you think of that? >> that was pretty funny. she's got a sense of humor. >> love it. for britain's most famous at the moment royal couple a pattern is starting to emerge. personal information revealed not on twitter or to reporters. >> the due date for prince william and catherine's baby.
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we go on the royal visit. >> do you want a kiss? >> awe! >> oh, no. >> reporter: a kiss may have been refused, but it was a day for talking to children and talking about babies. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: the duchess of cambridge now nearly six months pregnant, confirmed in conversations here that her baby is due in mid-july, but she and william have a list of name for boys and girls and are bombarded with texts from friends with their suggestions. and she was asked about her nursery. >> have you got your room -- >> not finished. no, not yet. i've got a lot to do. >> reporter: even clyde, the mascot for next year's commonwealth games had the royal baby on his mind. there may be a lull in royal
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duties for william and kate when their baby is born, but after that events like this are going to happen more and more frequently. kate said she'll carry on with public appearances until june. and once the baby is born, full royal duties will be resumed. itv news, glasgow. >> coming up, malala, the pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the taliban now launching her own chir ta charity. >> and her big donor is angly na jolie. why not make the day unforgettable? with two times the points on travel, from taxis to trains. you'll be asking why not, a lot. chase sapphire preferred. there's more to enjoy.
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all right. you can't forget this girl. malala yousufzai, taliban militants of course shot her point-blank in the head for going to school. >> now, the 15-year-old she is giving back to girls in her hometown. this is pakistan swat valley, the very place where the taliban tried to stop her from going to school and actually trying to kill her. our own nick paton walsh has the story. >> it's a great story.
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check it out. >> reporter: her dream so simple, what she endured for it so traumatic. malala yousufzai shot in the head by the taliban for promoting girls schooling but now recuperating and elegant again thursday got her wish. >> today, i'm going to announce the happiest moment of my life. and that is the first -- malala fund in my mother's name we are going to educate 40 girls. and i want all of you to support malala fund and let us turn the education of 40 girls into 40 million girls. >> reporter: she never saw the glare of new york's red carpets, but angelina jolie now
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contributing to her fund. >> they shot her point-blank in the head and made her stronger. she is powerful. but she is also a sweet, creative, loving little girl who wants to help others. >> reporter: the larger battle lies ahead. malala after extensive reconstructive surgery goes to school now in birmingham where it's safer. her ordeal shining a light on the pakistani taliban's extraordinary prejudice but also her indistinguishable spirit. >> one day you will see that all the girls will be powerful. all the girls will be going to school. and it is possible only by our struggle. it is possible only when we raise our voice. >> nick paton walsh joins us from london. we understand you've learned more about where this money is going to go. what have we learned? >> well, this initial $45,000
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will go towards the schooling of 40 girls in an undisclosed location in that part of the valley. an idea of how perilous it still is in the area of pakistan where malala is from that they can't even say where this educational facility's going to be. it's going to cost quite so much to be able to put them through education. but that's the hope that they start small, grow larger and hopefully the pakistani taliban so deeply disenfranchised by what happened to malala disgust generated in pakistan about girls go to school in this part of pakistan, suzanne. >> thanks for that. what an uplifting example she is. >> great. it's amazing. she looks beautiful. and she is strong and courageous. >> started jogging apparently even. >> really? >> yeah. shot in the head. unbelievable. great story. all right. pope francis talks about child sex abuse for the first time since becoming leader of the catholic church. >> and he's promising to act
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welcome back to "around the world." here are some of the stories right now we are following. in japan another power outage at the fukushima nuclear plant. this one lasting several hours today. but the power is back on again. >> yeah, this is the same plant of course that was hit by the tsunami two years ago causing the worst nuclear meltdown since chernobyl. no final word if there was any radioactive leak from today's power outage. in india rescue crews are searching for survivors who might be trapped in the rubble of a building that collapsed. at least 46 people are dead, 70 others injured. now, rescuers have pulled some people alive from the rubble including five children. >> yeah. local official says people were actually living in the building even though it was still under construction. police say the shotty construction itself may have
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caused the collapse. it was being built illegally as is common in that part of the world sadly. in south africa nelson mandela's wife said god is listening to all the prayers on his behalf. she says mandela's condition continues to improve. he's been in the hospital since last week because of a lung infection. and his wife says he's still there just to be on the safe side. >> he is getting better and better. he is in hospital because the doctors want to make sure that he's strong enough to go home. thank you very, very, very much. god is listening. >> that's so nice. i love that. don't have any word on whether or not he might be released from the hospital soon, but she certainly sounds very optimistic. >> all the reports get more and more positive. i think they're keeping an eye
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on him making sure he's got rid of all the infection before they send him home. pope francis now calling for decisive action, strong words from a pope against child sex abuse in the catholic church. the vatican says the pope wants to move forward on cases of guilty priests. >> pope francis is also urging church leaders to protect children, help those who have already been abused. for more on what this might mean for the church, let's go to reverend alberto joining us from miami. tell us what is the significance of the pope's call? >> well, i think this is a great thing not just for the church, for society. to hear a leader of such incredible weight saying we have to do something more decisive to stop these sexual abuse of minors. this is something that all of us need to hear. at the same time there are some concerns that when pope francis was cardinal and bishop that he
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didn't meet with the victim of child abuse that easily. so as a pope he's now speaking out universally, but people also need to see what happens at the local level. are bishops really responding to victims of child abuse? and are they trying to really bridge that gap between the institutional church and the people that are getting hurt and coming forward and saying we have been hurt by officials in the church. >> and in fact you're hearing that at least one victim's group came out today and again saying we want to see action and not just hear more words. and that's been an ongoing criticism of the catholic church. what are your thoughts? >> well, i think that first of all we need to look at what the church has done. the church decided on a zero tolerance policy here in the u.s. that's been spreading throughout the world. i think pope john paul ii, pope benedict and now pope francis have this incredible challenge to tell the world the church is serious about the sexual child
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abuse of minors. but at the same time i've got to tell you we've got to face this issue in society. we've got to look at it not just as a church issue. we need to look at it as something that's affecting all of our churches, our synagogues, our religious institutions, our schools, our parks, wherever young children are, wherever there are minors there are vulnerable people. people that need our help and protection. so i think the church's call is something that is positive, but people want to see more than just a call. people want to see some new action. i think that's what's going to be the biggest challenge for pope francis now. what new action will actually take place? >> and, reverend, do we know what his position is when it comes to, i mean, there's been a lot of legal action out of cases and those kinds of things whether or not he believes in prosecuting and not only kicking these priests out of the church but also prosecuting them under the law. >> well, the church has said publicly that it wants that, but really that's not what's been happening. if we think about it, every time
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that the church settles a case where there's money involved, it's a certain protection of the priest and of the institution. the reason a lot of these cases never go to court is because the church wants to stay out of court not just for financial reasons, also for the reasons of secrecy. things don't come out in the open when you settle out of court. and so a lot of the things that are happening in the church right now, a lot of the questioning is well, why don't they release all the records. that's what many of the organizations say. why don't they just tell everyone this is what's been happening with us. that's a big challenge. >> yeah. yeah. you're exactly right. that's what a lot of people want to see. alberto cutie, thanks so much for being with us. pig ears and a mickey mouse tattoo, an attack on him launched from the cyber world. the humble back seat.
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welcome back everyone. you're watching "around the world" here on cnn. now, for north koreans trying to get the world to take notice of them, well, they've succeeded. there's been the verbal threats, the aggressive military moves and a level of hostility that even veteran diplomats say they've never seen before. we heard chris hill saying that. >> and the north koreans don't seem to be able to secure all of their official computer systems though. there's a hacker group that broke into north korea's website. this happened a couple days ago. got some cheap laughs here. but there's not a lot of people who think it's fun. kyung lah has the report. >> reporter: it sounds like north korean state tv, but what it says -- you're no better than a dog, kim jong-un. that's what greeted viewers of the north korean government website along with pictures of
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kim jong-un in drag. somber song showing kim jong-un dressed as an obese pig with exposed chest hair and mickey mouse tattoo on his gut calling him a threat to world peace. hacked, an image of a mask that's the favorite symbol of the hacking group anonymous. sounds totally like the north korean announcer. you can't help but laugh says information security expert. but this is just the latest shot in an ongoing and very serious cyber war between the two koreas that goes far beyond the humiliation of a leader. which is a bigger threat, conventional war, nuclear war or this cyber war.
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the purpose of a cyber war is to eliminate the ability to fight. in a country that claims to be the most wired in the world, south korea has been under increasing attack. just last month a major cyber assault knocked south korean television networks offline and froze business at banks. that's why seoul is building the cyber army. soldiers learning to break code in north korean cyber terrorism. we can't show you their faces because many of them will work with the south korean military on the cyber front lines where they'll faceoff with cyber soldiers from the north. as amusing as this is, there is growing concern among security experts in seoul that because this was so successful and so funny that north korea may become enraged and launch a massive countercyber attack against south korea. kyung lah, cnn, seoul. >> yeah.
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it's an amazing story. tonight at 6:00 eastern wolf blitzer is going to be devoting a whole hour to the crisis in north korea, deep diving which is a good thing to be doing on this issue. >> everybody paying attention to it. special edition of "the situation room" that is 6:00 p.m. eastern today. check out this video as well. this is pretty cool. it's a waterfall that's actually frozen in midair. we're going to explain. >> back there. >> how that happened. marjorie, i can't stand you. even the inside of your dishwasher sparkles. whoa! kitchen counselor. see, new cascade platinum is unlike finish gel. it not only cleans your dishes, it helps keep your dishwasher sparkling. [ female announcer ] new cascade platinum. it helps keep your dishwasher sparkling. what's the "new" in the new new york?. a new property tax cap... and the lowest middle class income tax rate in 60 years...
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all right. more news making around the world here. in hollywood some serious star power is behind this actually. this is a new film on gorbachev. a movie about the former soviet leader is in the works rumors. >> they got a script, a director. no word on who would play him on the screen, but he himself reportedly on board as a consultant. that's pretty cool. i'd see the movie. yeah, i'd watch that. china now and a mother nature miracle. it's a marvel. have a look at this. it is a beautiful frozen waterfall. and it's getting a lot of attention. >> it's actually a nature reserve near the city of chifeng. here's the thing, it's springtime there. so i don't even know how does something like this happen. chad, chad.
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>> funny i'm here. have you guys ever been to like any of the limestone caves to see the slag mites and stlag hits, that's how this happened. over the course of the winter there was just enough of a trickle out of this creek -- that's all it was, not even a river, to come down. and as every little drop like chinese water torture, as every little drop came down it froze and got longer and longer and longer. now it looks like there's a glacier there. temperatures in the 40s and 50s the past couple days, so it is beginning to melt. but as it melts it's shiny. it's a cool picture. we have a couple of pictures from a couple different people taking pictures. i've seen stuff like this where drips come out of a spring in pennsylvania. but this is a monster. >> like niagra falls all of a sudden, but it's not that. it was a trickle that built up and built up. >> had the water gone fast, had it been a fast stream, the water would have tumbled down and kept
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going. >> any way it could melt completely? or always going to be there? >> it's going to fall off eventually. that thing's big enough to sink the titanic. it's like an iceberg. great pictures we love to show you on a friday. >> at the end of the day as we said to begin with, it's springtime. what's that doing there? >> i wonder if anyone's tried to climb that thing. >> that would be fun. >> while it's melting not a good idea. >> good to see you chad. >> good to see you. all right. we're talking justin bieber now. >> really? >> yes, we really are. so he's been in some trouble lately, but now he's got a pet monkey that's caught in a bit of a legal mess. this is out of germany. >> yeah. we've got exclusive access as well. we'll check that out for you next. money with...ohhh... ...with geico... ohhh...sorry! director's voice: here we go. from the top. and action for over 75 years people have saved money with gecko so.... director's voice: cut it! ...what...what did i say? gecko? i said gecko? aw...
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here's more of what's happening around the world. check this one out from norway. >> more bieber news. >> bieber related, yeah. >> all right. schools are actually changing their schedules because of justin bieber. five schools moving up their exams a week so they wouldn't coincide with bieber's upcoming concerts that are happening there. >> sounds extreme on the surface, but you'll recall that bieber fever as it's called, i guess, caused riots in norway last year. and what was happening is kids
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were going to school, staying up late and terrible the next day. so they're shuffling it around. >> maybe that's a good idea. there's also this story the pop star wants his monkey back. apparently, yeah, this is a story. yeah. he brought the baby monkey into germany. >> as one does. why would you not go without your monkey? >> so of course they took the monkey. >> you think if you're going to take your monkey into a foreign country there'd be some paperwork, right? here's frederik pleitgen. >> reporter: this is the moment we meet the baby monkey brought to germany by justin bieber, but confiscated by authorities. it's now quarantined at this animal shelter in munich. mally seems a little shy when my giant fingers stroke his tiny head. but those taking care of him say he's doing just fine. he doesn't seem to stress at all
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the shelter's head tells me. but he's very young, about 14 weeks. and if justin bieber got him at the beginning of march, the animal was only about nine weeks only then. here in germany that would not be allowed. the monkey was allegedly a gift for bieber's 19th birthday. he took the animal along when he went on tour in germany. but when his plane landed in munich, customs officials seized the primate saying bieber didn't provide proper documentation to bring it into the country. now, mally spends his days in this room with a routine of feeding, playing and lots of cuddles from the staff. justin bieber faces a fine of around $70,000 for bringing mally to germany without proper documentation. and if he doesn't provide the necessary documents within about four weeks, authorities here could try to find a new home for the monkey. bieber's camp refused to comment on the issue, but it comes at a tough time for the superstar.
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he was recently booed for arriving late to a concert in london and got into an altercation with a photographer. and in a separate incident allegedly with one of his neighbors. the head of the animal shelter says bieber's representatives have been in touch trying to get the necessary paperwork. personally, i think the best thing justin bieber could do for himself and for the monkey is to say, all right, it was not smart of my friends to give me the animal and i just don't have the time for it. now, i want to do something good for the animal and get it to a good institution where it can live with other monkeys, the head says. but for now mally remains in quarantine clinging to the teddy bear the shelter says was given to him by justin bieber. frederik pleitgen, cnn, munich, germany. >> maybe we'll cover the reunion of bieber and the monkey. >> i still say flying into germany to do a pop concert, what do you think you're going to walk through customs?
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♪ this is fun. they are partying like it's 1699. people at the shopping mall are getting a pleasant surprise when a flash mob appears swinging from ropes, running, marching through the place in period costumes. you see them there. >> yeah. this is a shopping mall. it looks like the famous rembrandt painting. the flash mob celebrating the reopening of a museum in amsterdam where the night watch is hanging. of course a famous painting. and standby, here it comes. here's the payoff. that's the painting. >> nice. oh, that is so cool. >> that is very cool. >> they had no idea what was going on. >> awesome stuff. >> terrific. >> i like that. we'll have to come up with our own. >> other photos around the world that caught our eye today.
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have a look at this. >> this is in hong kong. people went to cemeteries to commemorate grave sweeping day. families cleaned and placed flowers on the graves and urns of their ancestors. it's a chinese tradition dating back 2,000 years. >> have a look at this one. we have a sparrow in berlin taking refuge in the muzzle of a former soviet tank. it is no threat to him, the tank anyway. sort of nuzzled his way in there. >> and the queen of england doing some sweet research, queen elizabeth and prince phillip deciding to take a tour of the large chocolate research factory in the uk. part of her visit she received an edible painting of the windsor castle. i think that's cool. >> yeah, an edible painting of your house. not bad. that will do it for me. i've got to go. have a great weekend. >> you too. >> yeah. stick around, basketball tournaments and -- >> yeah, you got kids. >> i got kids. i get no weekend. all right. see you
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