among others. you can keep an eye on that. we'll are live coverage as well because you can't escape the 2016 speculation. cnn will be live all day long and that's it for me. thank you so much for watching. do appreciate it. stay tuned around the world starts now. welcome to around the world. i am suzanne malveaux. michael holmes is off today. we're keeping an eye on breaking news near baton rouge, louisiana, right now, where a chemical plant is burning. this is in the town of guieisma. we're told many people are injured. we are following this story very closely. it is the williams olefins plant and produces chemicals to make plastic. not more details available right now. you see people rushing and running and there are emergency crews and up choppers on the site and emergency responders

trying to evacuate people around that plant. people in a nearby town are being told to stay inside, inside their homes, just as a precaution. we're watching this breaking news story and will get you more details as soon as we have more information. in colorado fire fighters struggling to get an upper hand on two raging wildfires. we learned 360 homes have been destroyed. this is the black forest fire alone. no reports yet of injuries. there is somebody, however, who is missing. the black forest fire and the royal gorge fire are on opposite sides of colorado springs, about 9,000 people now have been forced from their homes and officials said today they are expanding mandatory evacuation area around that black forest fire. listen. >> wind is probably our number one threat. it is what has been the game

changer and what has changed the conditions and i mean i don't know any other word to describe it. very dynamic. again, the winds today are supposed to pick up and it is kind of the weather pattern that we are expecting to see, not only see today but see this continue on over the next few days. >> fire officials say the black forest fire has burned 15,000 acres. that is so far. our victor blackwell is joining us live in about 30 minutes to give us an update from the ground. i want to bring in chad myers. chad, how bad is the wind actually going to be in terms of moving this fire at a rapid pace? >> probably worse than yesterday. probably as bad as tomorrow. this doesn't get better in any big hurry. we have red flag warnings all across the west that means wind gusts 30 miles per hour. when you get a wind gust that high, you can take the sparks and you can move those embers miles ahead and start new fires because of that wind. it is going to be hot. denver 94 and salt lake city 90.

look at vegas, 103. that's the heat in the mountains. that's the air in the mountains and the doctorry air and a numb fires, large fires by state and at least a dozen out there. here is colorado, so dry for so long. almost the entire state in some kind of d-1 or d-2 drought and the area here we're talking about right near the fire colorado springs, that is in a severe drought and has been in drought for a long time. a lot of that fuel is called sticks, twigs and shrubs, dead just ready to burn. >> chad, i want you to stay with us. we're turning now to severe weather, tens of millions of people facing today. this is in the eastern part of the united states. this is the same storm system that pounded the midwest last night setting off tornados, huge hail and dangerous straight line winds there. you see it there, a tornado in iowa destroying several homes and businesses and luckily

nobody was hurt. chicago got hammered with 50 miles an hour wind gusts, hail, and lightning, take a look at those pictures. the willis tower taking a direct hit. many of you know that landmark building as the sears tower. chad, i want to bring you back to the discussion. i know the building well. i used to live in chicago. it is very dramatic pictures when you see that. obviously people pretty afraid when they saw that. which states will get hit the hardest today? >> looks like the mid-atlantic, anywhere from south of new york city into philadelphia, d.c., baltimore and i believe probably the most severe in raleigh and the tide water, virginia, even into wilmington and that's going to be the area where it is going to heat up a lot. the weather did slide through the northeast. we had u.s. open delay because of that weather right there just right through marion and moving out to sea and there is more weather behind it. they'll clean this up and at some point in time but d.c., a line of weather go through this morning and more weather to the west of you that's going to roll by. i believe that line may have taken a lot of the humidity and

pushed it away for you. that's why i am thinking the most severe weather may be farther to the south including richmond, norfolk, hampton, rhodes, raleigh and durham. >> a lot of relatives to call and warn them. thank you. appreciate it. demonstrators rallied in support of snowden who leaked details of the nsa program. he is hiding out in a safe house. he added another dare during an interview with the south china morning post. he told the paper u.s. intelligence agents have been hacking networks around the world for years including hundreds of computers in china. he says the chinese university of hong kong was among the targets. meanwhile, back on capitol

hill the fbi director facing questions now from lawmakers about the government surveillance programs and robert mueller testifying before a house committee today and he says the government is building its case against edward snowden. >> as to the individual that admitted making disclosures, he is the subject of on going criminal investigation. these disclosures have caused significant harm to our nation and to our safety. we are taking all necessary steps to hold the person responsible for these disclos e disclosur disclosures. as this matter is actively under investigation we cannot comment publicly on the details of the investigation. >> the obama administration is trying to make the case that programs are vital to national security and helped prevent dozens of terrorist plots. the nsa director says he will work on giving the public more details and more information and snowden in the meantime says he

plans to fight any attempt to extra do it him from hong kong. the u.s. supreme court today ruling on an issue in the headlines recently because of actress angelina jolie. she brought this to our attention weeks ago. we're talking about the gene mutation linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. jolie revealed she had undergone a double mastectomy because of the mutation that put much higher risk per the disease. today the high court ruled that human genes cannot be patented. i want to bring in our cnn legal analyst paul cowen to talk about this and there is a lot of different layers to this. let's go through the case. it involves a company that basically identifies brca 1 and brca 2 gene mutations and the court made a decision whether or not they could be patented. tell us the significance. >> fascinating decision that will have a big impact on women

around the united states. this company myriad developed a technique to isolate this gene that you just referred to and that by the way was the gene that angelina jolie had tested and told her that she had a very, very high risk for the development of breast cancer. now, if an average woman wanted to get the same test she got, it might cost as much as $3,000 to get the test because myriad, the company that developed it, said that they had the exclusive right to sell it. the supreme court looks at this and says, you know, you cannot patent a naturally occurring human gene, and what the company had done was they had sort of pulled out this gene from someone's dna and said that's the gene that suggests breast cancer and they got a patent on the process. instead, the supreme court said you can't patent the gene itself. we will let you patent, however, a unique testing process that maybe only you have. >> sure. >> and they also said if you

take the gene and you make some kind of synthetic version of it or alteration to it, you can patent that. that preserved the right of the company to make a profit on this. by the way, the company said it cost them $400 million in research and development to come up with the technique they used to isolate this gene. >> paul, two questions here. what does this mean in terms of competition for company who is are in the business of this gene testing and what does it mean for somebody who wants to get their dna tested? is it going to be more or less expensive? >> it is a hard question. the supreme court really split the baby here and said to the company we'll still let you make a profit but they left open the possibility that competitors can come in and develop less expensive alternatives. i think in the end women across america and others by the way, this will affect men as well, when we develop technology relating to cancer, are going to see cheaper tests available in the future because of the

supreme court's decision. >> all right. thanks. we appreciate it. turkey's prime minister has an offer as well as a warning for protesters camping out in the heart of istanbul. thousands are defying government orders to get out of gezi park. prime minister erg wan is offering a referen do you mean to turks can vote on whether to keep the park or build a mall. opposition to the mall is what started the protests in the first place. at the same time the prime minister warns in 24 hours the park will be cleared t could mean more of this. riot police firing teargas, water cannons, stun grenades at protesters was all earlier this week and amnesty international and the european union have condemned the use of excessive violence by those riot police. turkish officers. five people were killed since

the unrest started two weeks ago. and in london the duchess of cambridge is now a godmother. congratulations. not in the traditional sense of the word. she did preside over a christening of a cruise ship. the last godmother of a princess cruise ship was princess diana in 1984. look closely. this is probably the last solo appearance you will see of the dutchest until her baby is born. richard was there for all of it. take a look. >> suzanne, this is where the duchess of cambridge named the ship and they took nothing to chance, even writing on a piece of paper i name this ship royal princess and god bless her and all who sail it. and then it was the moment when the duchess cut the rope. we waited to see if the

champagne would break. the bottle smashed which is a good omen certainly for the ship and probably for the duchess as well who is due to give birth next month. in fact, this was the duchess' last solo engagement. we will see her again at other official ceremonies like the trooping of the color and, suzanne, for those that wish to know, it was a dalmation mac she was wearing that cost about $200 and if history is any guide it will probably be sold out by the end of the day if not already. as for the duchess herself, she looked radiant and engaged and fully enjoyed the day and it was her first naming ceremony for a ship. suzanne. >> thank you, richard. here is what we're working on. more than 2,700 people kidnapped in mexico in the last year. it is a big jump from the year before. so why the increase?

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with fewer staff. former south african president nelson mandela spending a sixth day in the hospital. mandela is being treated for a recurring lung infection. the latest statement from the south african government said he was responding better to treatment. the icon of the antiapartheid movement has been in and out of hospitals in recent years and he is now 94 years old and not appeared in public since 2010. in argentina two commuter trains crashed into each other. it happened today right outside boo booun. they say three people were killed and 150 others injured. the cause of the collision is not clear. today marks one month since an american went missing in mexico. witnesses say he was kidnapped by men with guns. armando torres is 25 years old, a u.s. marine corps reservist and his father and uncle were

snatched at the same time. they're also missing as well. the fbi is on this case and mexican authorities are looking for him as well and so far there is nothing, not a word, not a clue, just a short time ago armando torres sister was on cnn and said her family is just completely frustrated. >> they're still investigating. we don't know anything at the moment. congre a congressman has contacted my mother and he said he is doing everything he can in his power to help bring my brother back. >> i want to bring in rafael to talk about this. this is a huge problem in mexico and i believe it is up by 33%. what is going on? >> that's right. well, the problem is that when the president, the previous president of mexico launched an offensive against the cartels, they splintered and some factions started going into

branching out into extortion, human trafficking, and of course kidnapping as is the case. let's take a look at some of the numbers, and this is where the worry begins. if you compare the first four months of 2012 with the first four months of 2013, will you see a big increase in kidnapping in mexico, 555 so far this year compared to 417 last year. as you mentioned before, that's an increase of 33%, so a lot of people worried about that, that increase given that the new president enrico pena, that was one of the campaign promises he was going to tackle the problem and reduce the number of kidnappings. >> where is this happening, all over mexico, focused in one particular area? >> it is not happening all over mexico and millions of americans go to mexico every year and for the most part have a safe and pleasurable experience. it is happening in places where cartels are fighting for

territory and a number of different criminal groups fighting for territory. the place you were mentions before where armando torres went, that's the state just south of texas where his father owned a ranch and that is where they disappeared about a month ago. just one more statistic to share with viewers, suzanne. when you look at the kidnapping rate in mexico and people who like numbers, like to put it in just these terms, for every 100,000 people there are 20 kidnappings in mexico. that's 2012 numbers. compare that to columbia. the worst ever, the year 1999, they had 6.22 per 100,000 people, so that gives you an idea of how bad the situation in mexico is. >> do they have a sense once somebody is kidnapped, they're still looking for him, as time goes by they're not going to find him? are they really doing an active investigation and trying to find this young guy?

>> what's the bottom problem? what's the bottom line? the problem is that security forces are not strong enough to fight all of the organized groups, the cartels, and the gangs that are terrorizing people. that's really the problem in mexico, that there is not enough security forces and some of the forces that there are are corrupted and so that creates a problem in the case of armando torres and other cases we have seen, there are 12 people missing in mexico that disappeared from an after hours bar that we know about a case of another five young people in mexico city that disappeared. there was a case of 72 central american migrants who went missing and they were later found dead in a ranch near the border. going back to what i was saying before, 20 million americans cross into mexico every year. just to give you an idea of the perspective, it is new york, l.a., chicago, houston, philly, and phoenix combined, still a

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quick update on the chemical plant fire. this is near baton rouge, louisiana. right now we're told there are no reported fatalities so far. you are seeing pictures there. it is still an active scene. we're going to continue to bring updates as we get more information about that. all this week we are focusing on girls' education. ahead of the big cnn premiere of the film girl rising, today we look at india where at least 78 million people are homeless. many of them are kids. education, really their own escape. and inspiration. in calcutta, india, homes

made of plastic tarps are a common sight. for some people it is their only option. for girls like roxana, her family lives on the street so she can go to school >> i am roxana. i am in the fourth grade. next to the tree is a building and under that tree we have a home. here i am sleeping. >> her family left their home in a nearby village so they could give her an education and encourage her talents. >> i like to draw. it comes from my heart. >> screen writer sunni terapalova met her during the girl rising film and sees her drawings as an important means of expression. >> i think it can open us up to a lot of interior feelings and reveal what's going on inside her. >> translator: i want the change where we live on the street to a better home. >> reporter: education say

chance for girls like roxana to see the possibilities ahead of them. >> good for her. she is excelling in school and now in the sixth grade and to learn more about her visit cnn.com/girl rising. the film premieres this sunday at 9 p.m. eastern. coming up, sara murnaghah had her lung transplant but it is a tough recovery ahead. taking you loo i have to philadelphia to checkup on her. [ female announcer ] think all pads are the same? don't.

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started? >>caller: yes, ma'am. this morning about 8:30 there was some type of chemical explosion in the williams oel fins chemical plant. not sure exactly how the explosion happened. we do know there are still an active fire and our number one goal is making sure everybody is evacuated from the facility as quickly and safely as possible. >> are there any known fatalities or injuries at this time? >> we do know there are injuries. we don't know the amount or the extent of injuries as far as fatalities. we cannot confirm there are any fatalities yet at this point or not. it is still an active scene and fire crews and crews inside trying to fight this fire and determine what is going on. >> i am sorry. we're looking at pictures here and it looks like if you go from one to another, perhaps two fires, are there two fires

there? >> from what i can see, i was close to the scene earlier and from what it looks like to me is there is a fire near one part of the facility and maybe near the ground and looks like one of the stacks may be flaring. if people aren't familiar with the chemical plants, the tall stacks t looks like one might be flaring so i am not sure that's part of this incident or not. >> anybody still onsite there? can you tell us whether or not this is still be evacuated. >> caller: i am a little ways away. we're at the media station point probably about a mile away from when i was there earlier i did see people being bussed out and people walking out of the facility. that was probably about an hour ago. i am not sure right now exactly if people are still being taken out or not. just it is our number one priority right now is the safety of those that were inside that facility. >> absolutely. we appreciate your time, jared, for being with us and giving us an update. obviously we'll get back to you as we get more information on

that fire. thank you very much. appreciate it. the biggest wildfire raging in l ko kol now even bigger. we're talking about the black forest fire near colorado springs has burned through 15,000 acres now. we are talking about 360 homes that have been destroyed. want to bring in paul canon in colorado springs. this must be disconcerting to a lot of people but especially the fire fighters to see this getting out of control. >> absolutely. disconcerting to fire fighters as you pointed out and of course to residents because of a cruel twist of fate, suzanne. as you pointed out, 360 homes burned, that makes this the most devastating fire in terms of property loss in colorado history. behind me you see the haze and this is indicative i should say of all that burned. now, it is a little deceptive here in colorado. they have very restrictive rules on the media. you don't go up to the fire line

easily. going into the neighborhoods, very upscale homes, many 3,000 square feet or more set on an acre and this cruel twist of fight the fire started moving in multiple directions and there was a moment the homeowners thought my house is saved, ready to celebrate and the fire doubled back on itself and so many of those homeowners who had the joyous moments found out later over night as the daylight revealed the home had burned down, suzanne. >> it is so tragic. i guess they expanded the evacuation order? >> i am sorry, i didn't hear you clearly. the latest on the evacuation is about 10,000 people under a mandatory evacuation order. we can tell you that in the neighborhoods, not everybody listened to the orders and some tried to stay and fight and build a fence around the houses and one thing that could help them, could have been worse. if you look, this meadow mind is he pretty defensible space. it is the kind of thing they like to get the bull dozer out

and build fire lines and set up protection. when you are dealing with these temperatures and winds, it is about 73 degrees and this is considered cool and they believe that the temperature will jump above 90 again today and the winds could gust up to 40 miles per hour and of course that spells double trouble for the fire fighters. >> it is just tough, tough going. paul, thank you. we appreciate it. we wish them the very best. the little girl whose story sparked a national debate over transplant rules is now sending her first full day with a new set of donor lungs. at this time yesterday 10-year-old sara murnaghan was undergoing lung transplant surgery that her parents had fought so hard for. jason carol is outside the philadelphia hospital where sara is recovering. jason, how is she doing? >> well, she is still resting. she is still heavily sedated as of last night. she was in the icu. still intubated. basically it was a six-hour

surgery. her family came out and talked about what they're looking forward to next. >> we expect her to be doing some things in the next couple days and taking her first breaths so we can't wait for that. she really did well. we're very, very, very excited and we're very, very thankful. we're quite certain we were down to the last week so that wonderful family gave us the best gift ever. we are really happy for that. we can't imagine the pain but we're thankful for what they did for us. >> still going to be a long road of recovery for little sara. there is still the risk of infection and the organ being rejected and her family says she took a major step just in getting where she is today. suzanne. >> so many people who are rooting to are that little girl and of course her family really advocating for her and also for other young children to make them he wieligible for adult lu. do they talk about that, this is

not only a victory for sara but other kids as well? >> well, her family always wanted to make that point, this was not just about sara murnaghan and also about javier acosta, also in the hospital, 11 years old and suffering from cystic fibrosis and in need of a lung transplant. the hope is now that there is a temporary change to national policy many children who end up in their situation will now have the possibility of having access at least to adult donor lungs. suzanne. >> jason, obviously sara will need time to recover and she is going to want her privacy. it has been such a public campaign we have seen so much of this 10-year-old little girl. any sense of when the family thinks it is appropriate for her to come forward or the family to come before the cameras again? >> i think it is as it is going to be a very long road to recovery. i don't want to put words in anyone's mouth. once someone has gone through this particular type of procedure, you want to make sure you are really in the clear and

again sara is a fighter. her family keeps saying she is a fighter and i have a feeling once they feel comfortable and confident i wouldn't be surprised if you saw a family member come out and talk about sara and how she is feeling. >> thank you, jason. good to see you. we wish her the very best. these were the streets of iran after the presidential election four years ago. voters are now going back to the polls tomorrow. could it lead to more protests? we'll talk about that coming up. music ... music...

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google says tens of thousands of e-mails in iran have been the target of hacking attempts. google described the attacks as e-mail fishing where gmail users are tricked into giving passwords and user names. google believes that the timing and the targeting suggests that

it is politically motivated. tomorrow voters in iran will go to the polls for the first time since the 2009 election. so that's what it looked like then. iranians protesting the re-election of iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad because of several reported voting irregularities. many of the videos were gaining worldwide attention. we want to bring from our guest editor. this is huge. this is a big deal. a lot of candidates and boiled down to now just a small group. tell us who the folks are. >> absolutely. we started off about a field of candidates, 680 contenders. that doesn't mean all of them will be president even though they have aspirations. event eventually moved on because the guardian council selected those eight and that's the overarching vetting body, a

non-elected vetting body consisting of 12 members and oversee the election process as well and just this week of the eight contenders two dropped out of the race and said we're not going to move forward with this. going into tomorrow's election we'll see six names on the ballot, right? >> seeing the pictures now. >> many have a conservative, dominated stance and in line with the philosophies of the supreme leader, and so they're all -- we're not seeing the divide we did in 2009 where you had the green movement and the reformists and a whole slew of different ideologies at play. again, this election, six official candidates going into tomorrow's elections. >> are these guys any different than mahmoud ahmadinejad? that's the big question here. a lot of people look at his policies and it has been very contrary with the u.s. relations. do we think that any of these leaders will be any better? >> it boils down to this. ultimately the supreme leader has the overarching say in what goes on in the country, right?

the president plays the second seat. he oversees the armed forces, judiciary, foreign policy, so ultimately boils down to what he wants to happen and that's what we saw in the 2009 elections which people went in the streets and protested because they said we went out, we voted. that's the other thing. you have 50 million people who can vote in this election. 50% of them are under the age of 30. the question is how many people are going to turn out for these elections and is there an incentive for them to turn out? >> are they legitimate? i think it was a big concern the last go-round. is this really real here? did mahmoud ahmadinejad really win the election? a lot of people didn't believe he did. >> the reason being they went out and voted. there is always two sides to every story going into that. you have again this young generation and what we're seeing play out in the iran which you mentioned earlier on before we started the segment was this cat and mouse internet censorship media game at play where you

have a young subgroup that wants information to get out and they want to get the word out and know and interact with the surrounding environment, right? at the same time the government looks at it and this is according to i talked to many analysts saying it is better to be proactive. they want to be proactive. it forces them if they don't on the tail end to be reactive when situations happen. >> all right. we'll be watching. this is going to be fascinating. >> absolutely. >> thank you as always. a new president essentially change the game in iran? that's the question. erin burnett is covering the election and actually gauging the mood on the streets of tehran. look. >> the government is doing everything possible it can to avoid a repeat of 2009. of course there were mass protests and unrest in this city and in iran. it is going to be interesting to see what happens. already the universities, we were at tehran university, one of the biggest in the country today. it was closed the down. the government formally told everybody, students could go

home early for the summer vacation. take an early holiday. everybody that we spoke to said the truth is they don't want the students around. a lot of them were involved in the protests and expelled and some of them jailed after the 2009 protests and the bottom line is that the government is doing everything it can to try to prevent that. >> she will have more coverage tonight on erin burnett out front, 7 p.m. eastern. we're looking forward to that. a severe jelly fish sting, that's right, ends an australian woman's dream of swimming from cuba to florida. we'll take you live to havana to see if she will try again.

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welcome back to around the world. hillary clinton back in the political spotlight, backed up by her family. just a short time ago the former secretary of state delivered her first public policy speech since leaving the state department. she spoke at the clinton global initiative meeting in chicago and it is the foundation that was started by her husband with a focus on economic development. it is now become somewhat of a family business involving their daughter chelsea as well. the former first lady explained her new role in the clinton foundation. watch. >> i will be focused on applying lessons learned from around the world and building new partnerships across our entire portfolio but particularly in three broad areas that have been

close to my heart my entire adult life. early childhood development, opportunities for women and girls, and economic development. >> and of course what we're all waiting for, what we really want to know, whether or not she will run for president in 2016. this portion of has been taken down. earlier tod earlier today police arrested a 41-year-old man for that. no comment from buckingham palace. all right. it was some optimism around this, right? this was yesterday, just yesterday havana, cuba, an australian marathon swimmer all thumbs up trying to be the first person to swim 100 miles from cuba to florida without with a wet suit, without a shark cage.

disappointing news. the sharks did not get her. other creatures did. chloe mccartell called it quits. we'll go live to patrick. what happened? >> jelly fish happened, suzanne, really nasty jelly fish that stung chloe all last night on her back, her arms, her face and get this, on her tongue and that's what the organizers are telling us t wasn't so much the searing pain, they really do purt hurt but stung her on the tongue and they were afraid her breathing airways could close down and she could essentially die from these very dangerous jelly fish and that's when they called it quits late last night. they knew this could be a problem. they had picked a month of june when historically less jelly fish in the waters and thought when there was a new moon there would be less moonlight and that is supposed to attract the jelly fish and they even tried inventing a jelly fish spray to put on her to keep them away and

repel them and it just wasn't ready for this swim. maybe on the next swim they will have the jelly fish spray. >> is she going to try again? is she going to try one more time? diane tried it four times at least. >> diane is talking about doing it again, and here is the thing. chloe is only 28. it is less than half the age of diane, so she has 30 some years if she wants to keep trying this. she has been hospitalized before. we know she is a tough swimmer and supposed to hold a news conference later today and will get word and my impression is she is someone who is swimming the channels six times and i don't think she will call it quits. we'll have to hear from her. >> any reason why chloe wants to do this? why is this important? a lot of people think this is

crazy. >> it is crazy. she was swimming for a good cause which is breast cancer and trying to bring knowledge to breast cancer. her mother is a breast cancer survivor. you have to applaud her for that. the crazy thing, yesterday, cuban authorities were telling us they were hearing from previous swimmers even if she makes it they were going to try again themselves. you have to shake your head. it is like the mount everest of swimming. no one has done t someone has to be first. and they are all convinced they can do it. it is still out there. maybe you can give it a shot. i know i am not going to. >> not me. i am not taking on jelly fish. they are dangerous. great cause. good for her. appreciate t we'll be looking forward to seeing if she will try again. coming up next hour on "cnn newsroom," 11-year-old boy under fire for his performance of the national anthem. we'll show you some of the twitter controversy and the boy's response.

taking a look at what's trending around the world, a japanese ambassador faces criticism for telling his peers to shut up. this is youtube video showing the ambassador responding to questions about japan's interrogation practices at a torture committee meeting in geneva, switzerland. take a listen to how this all went down.

>> we are. the most advanced country. why are you laughing? shut up. shut up. we are under the most advanced country in this field. >> went on to say that every country has its shortcomings and japan is trying to improve. that's it for around the world "cnn newsroom" starts right off a quick break. [ female announcer ] research suggests cell health

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