a cruise ship fire forces passengers to return home. they're being flown back to baltimore from the bahamas. missed warning signs. the lead suspect in the killing of a british soldier was deported earlier from kenya. cnn follows his trial to the board of kenya and somalia where an al qaeda-linked group thrives. cnn exclusive coming up into a wife, mother of seven kid but was this arizona woman is being held in mexico accused of drug smuggling. mexican state officials thinks she was framed. today in court, she's going to find out whether or not she'll be freed. that report coming up later in the hour. welcome to "around the world." i'm suzanne malveaux. >> i'm michael holmes. >> supposed to be basking in the

bahamas. but passengers aboard the grandeur of the seas heading to rainy baltimore on chartered flights. not a good situation. >> the whole thing cancel after a fire. you see results there. broke out on the ship yesterday. the ship being moved to dry dock for repairs this afternoon. one passenger describes initial chaotic moments as the trouble began. >> at first thing i thought was the boat could have been sinking because when we went to bed it was extremely wavy and we were rolling around our beds. we were on the deck for a half hour before they announced that it was a fire. but when we did get on the deck, we saw the lifeboats lowered. so we were just out and saw a light sparking and catching on fire. other than that we didn't see smoke coming from deck three and we didn't know it was a fire until they announced.

>> erin mcpike is cover this from baltimore. that's where the ship first started out on the journey. do they know what happened when the fire caught? >> reporter: suzanne, they don't know that yet. they're investating. coast guard and the national transportation safety board launched teams yesterday down to the bahamas to be investigating that ship. also the ceo of royal caribbean went to the ba hams yesterday to start inspect the damage. all we know is that the fire broke out just before 3:00 a.m. on one of the decks of the ship. lasted for about two hours. >> yeah. and erin, too, what is happening to those passengers? heading back home, starting to. what -- the cruise ship industry's having a rough run. what are they doing this time to make it up to passengers? >> reporter: yeah, first of all, the royal caribbean cruise lines is chartering 11 fights to bring all of the passengers back here to baltimore. the first of those 11 flights

should be arriving in the next 45 minutes and passengers will board buses and go back to the port of baltimore where they took off. they weren't supposed to be getting back until this coming friday. same passengers will get a full refund for this particular trip and they'll get a vouch for a future cruise. we also know that the ship, grandeur of the seas, is being dry docked in the bahamas and undergoing some repairs in the coming days. it was supposed to take off on yet another voyage on may 31st. that has been canceled as well. and the passengers scheduled to go on that trip will get a full refund as well, as well as half off of another cruise. >> what's amazing, it doesn't seem to affect the cruise industry. people are still getting aboard huge ships. do you know what's going on? this is the third or fourth occasion that we've seen a big problem with one of the ships.

>> reporter: you know, i've talked to a couple of people in the last couple of days who follow the cruise industry pretty closely and they say this is routine. it's par for the course. there are problems that happen on planes all the time. in cars. and this is no different. but profits are still going gang busters, so we hear. >> indeed. record profits i think. good to see you. erin mcpike there. >> it looks ugly when you see the ship. they say it's par for the course. it looks pretty bad. >> college graduation trip now turning into a terrifying ordeal. for three young women aboard the cruise ship. one sharing photos on an ireport site. nicole and her friends woke up 1:30 monday when they heard all of the come motion that was going on outside their cabben. they opened the door and see crew members running -- that's going to make you feel good -- room was filling with smoke and took off.

they banged on off cabin doors for people to wake up as they headed to deck. >> the crew yelled out passengers' names and room numbers to make sure everybody was okay. seems like a lot of issues aboard the ships lately. in the next hour, we'll take a look how the industry's doing in light of all of that how you can benefit because of the problems. free tickets, at least. i don't know if you want to take them up on it. >> straight back out there. a quick check of the markets. why? the dow jones charging ever higher today. there you go. you see there. the dow up 155 points. up over 200 points, 1.3%, earlier. investors started buying as soon as the markets opened after the long weekend. >> what seemed to spur things on was a positive statement coming from the bank of japan on its economy. plus new reports showing that home prices, they are going up and americans have more confidence now in the economy. >> confidence, highest in five

years. all right, in london, roughly 500 officers are investigating that killing of a british soldier. lee rigby stabbed and hacked to death last week. there have been ten arrests so far. >> two suspects shot at scene remain in the hospital. learning more today about one of the suspects, michael. he was captured on video as you see here. we have seen this before, holding this bloodied meat cleaver, saying this killing was carried out because, quote, muslims are dying every day. >> now, cnn exclusive, we follow his trail to kenya and possible ties to an al qaeda-linked group. >> reporter: the winding waterways of the coastline on the eastern shores of kenya, lying just south of somalia. for years the militant group al shabaab cast a long shadow here.

kidnapping tourists, smuggling goods and people. it's along these waterways we trace the route taken in late 2010 by michael adebolajo, accused of hacking to death the british soldier lee rigby on a london street. this is the island, we are only 20 kilometers from the mainland here. back when the port was in the al qaeda-linked militant group al shabaab's hands this was a major way point for men to join up with al shabaab. right here on the beach police picked up michael adebolajo and three other young men waiting to catch a boat. fourth arrived at the island by boat on the cover of dark. before walking to the island's hotel, run by this woman and her

husband. >> these people came at night. they wanted lodging. we see, we saw it was just a normal lodging. so my sister accommodated them. late the next day, around 6:00 p.m., a police came here and took the husband and the wife. alleging they had hosted four people who were said to be al shabaab, they are going to some malla. >> reporter: it was the beginning of a terrifying ordeal. after their arrest, she tells us they were transferred to prison. appearing twice in court before charges were eventually dropped. she tells me, he disappeared on the third day of the joint detention. kenyan authorities later telling her, he had been deported.

sent back home to england. what did you think when you first saw mikele? what were your impressions of him? >> they were all about the same age, she says. and so young. they looked like school boys. she is nervous telling us even this. worried the events of that night late in 2010 have come back do haunt her. his sister knows he is suspected of some sort of crime, but he's trying to shield her from the horrific details. >> what is happening in england she doesn't know at all. >> reporter: you haven't told her? >> i haven't. >> reporter: you don't want to tell her? >> i don't want to tell her. actually. >> reporter: the route is now tightly monitored. but security sources say, as long as militant groups still exist further along the

coastline, other young men will try and find new ways to succeed where adebolajo failed. >> extraordinary tale. it's not known what kenyan authorities from their knowledge passed on to the british authorities so they might have had a bit of a heads up about that. that's still very unclear. you think there would be an exchange of information there. but nobody's sure exactly what was said. >> ten people, ten people, who are actually in custody here. but we don't know if that's a roundup of people or all of the people they believe are involved. >> that's light. and not all in custody. some released on bail. two let go without charge. looking at a conspiracy theory here. interesting to see what happens in the fallout. meanwhile, here's what's coming up on "around the world." the latest on the boston bombing suspects as well. >> a trail leading us half a world away. the key to understanding their connection to the place is now gone. arizona woman arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs from mexico to the united states, her

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>> talking about, they're not hearing us, okay? >> reporter: i just -- >> they don't see everything they see what all evidences are right, you know, right there. >> reporter: they and a group of internet supporters insist the tsarnaev brothers are being framed. unanswered questions remain about tamer land's six months here. they innocently prayed, went to the beach, even radical islamist militancy swirled around him. a video when he was here in dagestan last summer playing around with three to four friends of his on a beach like this. just outside. the people who showed me the video wouldn't let me hear the audio or broadcast it but shows tamerlan tsarnaev with a beard and aviator sunglasses and slicked back hair.

all friends and him wearing swimming trunks and buried up into the sand. playful men at a time when the city and the outskirts behind me police were regularly in clashes with radicalized militants. u.s. officials have one question -- did tamerlan meet with a key militant? the half-palestinian 19-year-old was killed in this stand-off with russian special forces last may. police video shows women and children allowed out, but negotiators told us he didn't want to give himself up. so russian troops moved in. among the ruins, neighbors ask why. >> he was afraid to get into their hands this man says, afraid that something worse than death awaits him if he got him. >> reporter: it may be in the violence that ungulfed the house the victims of the boston bombings lost the clearest

chance they had of learning one of the bombers, tamerlan tsarnaev had key meetings with a militant in dagestan. answers that may, in the cycle of violence here, never be heard. nick paton walsh, cnn. >> the boston bombings turned pressure cookers from kitchen appliances to objects of terror, all of a sudden everybody's suspicious of the nearest pressure cooker. case in point, a pressure cooker left in a rest room in hotel in deerborne michigan. >> it didn't contain explosives but did lead authorities to evacuate the guests, cancel a meeting. police say the boston suspects used these appreciate contact cookers to build their bombs. >> if you saw one in a rest room you would be suspicious. >> perhaps. senator john mccain slipping into syria. drawing attention to arm the

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all right. the question of whether or not to arm syrian rebels is one countries are being debated around the world, europe in particular. the white house, for its part, hesitant to get directly involved and said calling on al assad to stand down. >> what we saw yef, senator onmccain, meeting with 18 members of the rebel syrian army. mccain has, as you know, a staunch supporter or arming rebels but expressed concern about the weapons falling into the wrong hands. >> mccain is not alone. european union lifting its arms embargo, letting it expire. this happened monday. a move that might level the playing field between rebel and government forces, if those arms go in. >> many facets to the story. we'll break this down.

let's bring in nick paton walsh. this is something pushed by british and france as well, not necessarily what the u.s. wants here. but what kind of signal does this send to the assad regime? is it even effective? do we think they're going to start sending arms? >> reporter: well, the british and the french first seized upon this, the idea to hang out the threat of supplying arms to the rebels to make bashar al assad more serious about political negotiations. things have moved on since then. they did manage to get the agreement to expire. the real issue facing them now when the arms may start to flow. they've left two-month plus window now for further political talks, a peace solution, until the 1st of august when they'll address at eu level quite whether arms can be supplied, who to, military train, other ways of providing assistance. a move to try to suggest they're

willing to up aid to the rebels. >> nick, of course the rebels are saying, that gives two more months for al assad to kill people. i spoke earlier on cnn international with the syrian national coalition, i know you know him. raised the fears of where these weapons could end up and the extremist elements within the rebel ranks. have a listen to what he said and then we'll chat. >> our friends have shown little interest in providing us with enough support to organize the sfa and create more order fighting force. by the way, it's not part of the fsa. >> that's the point. that's the point, l omt ouay. there are multiple sources. >> you have radical elements. tell me where in the world you have everybody mainstream and,

you know, balanced. but there are things that have been blown out of proportion with regard to the press sense of the groups. >> nick, you've been covering this for so long, clearly he's playing down the impact or influence of others. we see missiles fired into lebanon from syria in the last 24 hours. if weapons from the west ended up being fired into lebanon, it's game on. what's the reality on the ground when it comes to those groups? >> well, it rose to prominence because of the prowess on the battlefield, from fighting against americans in iraq and that of course led the syrian people a degree of gratitude. the fsa often bungling in terms of how they managed to manage operations. but thing have changed. experiencing a few problems in terms of the affiliations with the islamic state of iraq, are

they are or are they not the same group? things have gotten complex. they are the groups people are keeping an eye out when it comes to supplying weapons from the west. would the al nusra front decide it has an issue in lebanon or israel? people watching out for that. the key center, is there a key military controller of the fsa and all of the groups inside syria fighting for the rebels? and the answer is simply no. >> talk about russia's role. the russian foreign ministry slamming the move, saying it undermi undermi undermines the peace process. russia's still delivering the surface to air missiles to syria and they're justifying that. how do they do that? how do they explain themselves? >> reporter: well, certainly russians say it's part i've longstanding deal they had and they, today, clearly in reaction to the eu lifting its embargo, said they will continue with

that delivery. it's got the u.s. and israeli officials worried. high-tech officials that could cause the u.s. and other western countries a bit of a problem. the russians really, it's fair to say, from judging how they deal with global politics view the world as a chessboard. syria for them isn't the be all and end all of the foreign poll circumstance it's something else they'd like to discuss with the u.s. and nato. at this point, i think they're pushing their cards as hard as they can because they don't see any reason to give up their position yet. and s-300 missile defense system that's delivered is just another pawn they can use in the peace talks in geneva. >> the interesting thing, too israel say if those missiles do go in, they fear they could be fired into israel, potentially and say they are offensive weapons as well as defensive. they said the quote out of israel, if those missiles go in, we know what we can do.

>> and the tough part about what is taking place on the ground in syria, there is no control where those weapons, where they go. who actually controls the rebel groups and whose hands they get into. that is the big issue. you can't tell. >> it's a truism. once weapons go across the border into syria, the west loses control where they go. one group can take them off another. if israel sees russian missiles as a threat, and they arrive in syria, israel's done air strikes into syria. they've destroyed weapons bound for hezbollah. so many regional implications. iraqi fighties. hezbollah. it's an important, poiv toll time. >> and a proxy war. >> it is. >> on the one hand, israel, united states, and then iran, russia on the other. >> people need to keep on eye on what's going on there. a wife, a mother of seven kid but was this arizona woman, she's being held in mexico. this is for drug smuggling.

a mexican state official thinks she was framed. today in court, she's going to find out whether or not she's going to be free. >> the latest next on "around the world."

welcome back to "around the world." president obama returned to the jersey shore today for an update on the recovery from superstorm sandy. he's speaking in as bury park, new jersey in an hour or half or so. >> the president reunited with governor chris christie for a tour. christie took heat from rub republicans when he appeared with the president after the storm hit and before the november election. praised what the president had done. >> on this visit, the president is meeting with business owners, homeownered helped by the federal recovery dollars. honduras the highest murder rate in the world. the two most violent gangs might

do something to change that situation. >> fingers are crossed. both groups are expected to announce they'll be starting talked aimed at a truce. the gangs reached a truce in neighboring el salvador and the murder rate there has dropped dramatically. a couple's trip to mexico now becoming a nightmare. the wife is in a jail cell. accused of smuggling marijuana. john berman has the story. >> reporter: an american mother of seven behind bars in mexico, accused of smuggling marijuana. yanira maldonado from phoenix, traveling to mexico with her husband to attend her aunt's funeral while returning home, the couple's bus stopped at a military checkpoint. police say allege they found marijuana beneath gary's seat and charged him with smuggling. then released gary and arrested his wife, yanira, instead. saying the marijuana was under her seat. a mexican state official with

extensive knowledge of the case believes maldonado was framed. telling cnn, she would not have been able to carry 12 pounds of pot on to the bus without being noticed. gary visited his wife over the weekend at women's jail where she's being held. >> yanira saw me from a distance and she just kind of like started jumping up and down and giving me a big hug and we just cried. >> reporter: the couple, seven children and two grandchildren between them, denied the charges. gary maldonado claims they've never sold or even used drugs. their daughter, 21-year-old anna soto, pleading for her mother's release. >> i know there's people out there saying or asking did she really do it? are you sure? you know, it hurts, you know, to see that. if you would have known my mom, if you just would have met her, you would have known she would have had nothing to do with it. >> so the woman's 21-year-old daughter that we heard about from john berman's report can't

believe, really, what is now happening to her own mom. >> she talked to wolf blitzer, telling him what her mother is like and what she told her when they visited in jail over the weekend. have a listen. >> all i can say, she's a strong woman. when i saw her she just smiled like she's always smiled before. and i broke down in tears. but she -- she just told me that she was going to get out for me to be strong and that she was innocent. she wanted to tell my brothers and sisters that she loved them very much and she wanted me to take thank everyone that has been helping her she just seemed very strong and we cried a little bit. i cried more than her. but she -- i don't know how

she's doing, you know, better than i expected. >> you know what's interesting about this? even a mexican official says he thinks she was framed. >> really? it's an extraordinary thing to go through, too. who knows where it's going to end. we are tracking, by the way, her court appearance. we'll let you know when we hear anything about when she might be set free or has to stay in jail, for that matter, and go to trial. >> more on that story, visit cnn.com for details. coming up on "around the world" -- we'll go to cleveland. this is an update on the three women kidnapped as teens held captive for a decade. >> also, hear from neighbors who want the suspects' home torn down. [ male announcer ] for diarrhea, you take kaopectate.

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kidnapped cleveland women were discovered locked in a home, neighbors still haunted by what allegedly happened inside of that house. >> now the community's raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for those victims. pamela brown with their story. >> reporter: anthony westery lives two doors down from the home where a decade-long secret came to a long end. is it a creepy feeling to think for all years they were two doors down. >> with the boogie man. >> reporter: talking about ariel castro, the man accused of kidnapping gina dejesus, michelle knight and amanda berry, holding them captive for years. neighbors are trying to adjust so their new normal. if we were to spend a day with you, after what happened, right next door, what would it be like? >> almost like a mardi gras. constant stream of cars. >> reporter: what's a tourist attraction for some is more of an eyesore for neighbors. >> every time you wake up, same

scene, metal gate around the house of horrors. it's a saying, it's in my backyard, i wish they could knock it down. >> reporter: what allegedly happened inside has left an indelible mark. the women's courage inspired people in this community and beyond. >> e-mails weep coming and coming wanting to help. we're trying to channel those towards contributions to the fund. >> reporter: chris kelly of the jones day law firm runs the courage fund set up for the three women and little girl rescued this month, raising more than $650,000, with the funds to be equally distributed into four separate trusts. what does it say about the girls that they chose to put the money in a trust rather than take money directly now? >> they have the savvy and sense to know that they want to have the monies protected. >> reporter: those who know the women say they're drawing on the same strength that helped them survive so many years in

captivity. >> they're exceptional human beings, having gone through this ordeal, to be able to come out of it, start to heal, move forward so quickly is amazing. >> reporter: in addition to the hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to the courage fund, there have been dozens of offers for free services for the girls, including free tuition for four years of college, free dental care, free spa services. the biggest need, the financial help and privacy for the girls as they continue to heal. >> i understand that you spoke with the defense attorney for the alleged kidnapper, ariel castro. what is the latest there? the last we heard that they were going to plead not guilty. >> reporter: right. he reiterated that this morning, suzanne. he said essentially that no matter what charges he faces, that he will plead not guilty. he said that they expect charges to come in an indictment sometimes in the next few weeks. we asked him, of course, what

charges do you think he will face, because right now facing kidnapping and rape charges. the attorney wouldn't specify but kept saying he's going to plead not guilty. we'll see what happens. >> all right. pam ra brown, thank you so much. reporting live from cleveland. continue to follow the story on our website, cnn.com. all right. a baby -- this is amazing -- the talk of this one, a baby in china heard by residents in an apartment billing from the drain of a toilet and a dramatic rescue. >> the newborn had to be cut out of the pipe. we'll show you the rescue that is next after a quick break. in djibouti, africa. 2004. vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve military members,

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welcome back. now, to the story in china and an incredible tale of a newborn baby that ended up lodged in a sewer pipe. incredibly, that child is in stable condition. >> so, the neighbors now discovered the boy when they actually heard these cries that were coming from the toilet. the pictures, some of them, hard to watch. >> but a happy ending. >> reporter: the dramatic rescue began after cries from a fourth floor apartment toilet. alarmed neighbors saw a tiny foot and called the fire department. unable to pull the baby out,

rescuers went to the floor below and sawed away the entire section of sewer pipe. but still, the baby remained wedged inside. so, sewer section and baby were taken to the local hospital. where firefighters and surgeons working together carefully began removing the pipe piece by piece. an hour later, success. a newborn baby rescued, the afterbirth still attached. chinese media said he's a baby boy, now in stable condition. police say they're looking for the parents. they say no one has yet come forward to cham tlaim the child. hala gorani, cnn. >> incredible. >> the chinese authorities put out a plea on the chinese version of twitter and called

for the mother to come and hold the child and said the child is resilient, doing well, which apparently it is in hospital. pictures released of it in hospital and doing well. apparently the mum did turn up and said she had panicked and terribly sorry. i don't know what's going to happen to her next. >> wonder where the father is in all of this. very fortunate this little boy is okay. all right. one week after a huge tornado tore through moore, oklahoma a daring crew of storm chasers gives us the view from inside the tornado. check this out.

>> ears are popping. >> turns day into night. northern kansas, winds as high as 175 miles an hour, which would make it an extremely dangerous ef-4 tornado. how the storm chasing crew stayed safe, we just -- it's unbelievable. i guess relatively speaking, it's amazing. >> there it is. >> there it is. this is known rolling fortress known as the tiv, tornado intercept vehicle. i'm going to have a chance to talk to one of the storm chasers in a half hour or so just to see what was it like. unbelievable. >> those pictures from a while ago when if paid a visit here at cnn. extraordinary vehicle. the sides come down and cover up the wheels so it sits on the ground stable. and they say it was design dodd withstand 170 mile an hour winds. you don't want to field test 170 mile an hour winds.

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take you to brazil now. the roof of a soccer stadium partially collapsing after heavy rain, and the people who run the stadium blame human error. >> they're supposed to be three big soccer matches for next month's federations cup. this is seen as a warm-up for the world cup which is held in brazil next year. critics say that brazil has fallen behind now in its preparations. >> doesn't help when they break, too. let's go to dubai, more concerned with setting world records these days. >> love this. so much so, the guinness book of world records had to open a new

office. >> reporter: in the deserts of dubai, these cars are on the verge of a new world record. the longest convoy of off-road vehicles, the number to beat 150 in a row. >> offpoint. >> reporter: overseeing the event, the head of the newly opened guinness world record office in dubai. omar has overseen more than 30 records across the world. he recently relocated from london to dubai just to cope with growing demand from record breakers in the middle east. >> saudi arabia, egypt, an increase of 300% to 400% of number over the past five years. >> reporter: a new business direction for a publishing institution. the guinness book of records

first published in 1955 by the man behind the world-known breweries. making 70% of revenues from book sales. either 30%, from adjudication, the process of judging record attempts. >> come on. >> reporter: the strong growth in the middle east of people attempting reports means this is where the company's now focused. it's going to take three hours for all of these cars to get through the course. they've been given a list of guidelines that they have to comply with and if they break any of those rules, the record's off. perhaps not surprising for a country which has the world's tallest building and some of the most opulent hotels the united arab emirates holds more than 100 world records. breaking records is not just about superlatives. >> economically, there are parts in the middle east that want to showcase themselves and certainly they are using guinness world records to

demonstrate to the world they're more than just an oil-based industrial economy and culture. >> reporter: for these off-roaders, months of careful preparation has finally paid off. >> i can confirm the total number of cars in the convoy is 153 cars. >> reporter: a place in the iconic guinness book of world records follows and another good reason omar is based in the middle east. cnn, dubai. >> i always wanted to break a world record. >> yeah? >> yeah. have to figure it out. i've got to do something. >> putting up with me. >> there you go. >> you're on your way. here's a question for you -- how happy are you where you live? there is a list now of the happiest countries in the world. we're going to get a chance to tell you which is number one up

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presley. >> tweeted photos. mccart nit dropped one of his picks on brpresley's grave, so elvis can play in heaven. nice. so, michael, are you happy? you seem like a happy guy. >> i'm so happy. i'm so happy. because i'm australian. we've got proof that my people are the happiest people in the world. this is official. this is official. talking about the organization for economic cooperation and development. with a name like that, you've got to be official. they put up an index every year. they rank the happiest countries in the world. >> they surveyed 34 countries, australia topping the list. >> of course. >> i understand criteria based on jobs, income, environment, health, australia beating out sweden and canada been there are others that are like the happiest around. you know where we rank, u.s.? >> i do. i did look this up, having been vitally interested in this important economic study, u.s. number six. sorry. number six. brits are number ten.

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