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spain reeling from one of the worst train crashes on the continent ever, certainly the last 60 years or so in spain. you got 80 passengers now confirmed dead after a train derailed. you had carriages snapped in half. >> security footage shows the train speeding around the bend, then look at that, unbelievable, puff of smoke, really a cloud of smoke flies off the tracks onto its side, slams into a concrete wall, absolutely tragic. >> translator: we heard a huge explosion. there were lots of people injured. we started to help the injured in that train car there, then we went to the other cars and that was shocking. indescribable. it was crazy. i was shocked. wounded people carrying children, there are no words to describe it. i was devastated. >> karl penhaul joins us live from santiago de compostela,

spain. first of all the pictures are extraordinary. walk us through this. what actually happened? >> reporter: that cctv footage surveillance cameras, a few yards from where actually the train crashed into that concrete column. it doesn't have any audio it's cctv footage but what our eye is drawn to of course is the locomotive the back end seems to swing out from the tracks and that crashes into the concrete column the back part of a bridge and goes on its side and brings the rest of the train with it. if you go back a fraction of a second before that happens, you can make out a puff of something, is it a puff of dust, is it a puff of smoke?

you see the locomotive come off the back. it must be said that where the locomotive comes off the track that it, in fact, comes out of the bend, it was already going on to the straight, although at the same time the wagons that came behind it were still very much on that very tight curve, suzanne. >> and karl, spain is known for having put a lot of money into its train system, the networks the envy of a lot of countries. there are safety sensors if you like on some of the trains to stop them going too fast. is speed an issue here? this was a train that was capable of high speed. >> reporter: well of course all these elements are now under investigation the driver of that train, possibly the conductor as well are undergoing cross-examination to see what they can tell investigators about the possible cause of

this. on a normal day that train is capable of speeds up to 250 kilometers an hour, or 155 miles an hour. it's not the fastest train, it was a hybrid, part of the route it would run along high speed tracks and part of the route would run on conventional tracks but certainly it was prepared for high speeds but we don't know what speed it was doing around that curve. one of the government ministers, in fact, said she believed excessive speed could be a fact or but the rest of the government has tailed back from that and said they are still looking at all factors, still keeping an open mind on what could have been the cause for this. what they do seem to be ruling out somewhat at this stage they don't believe that terrorist acts were at play here but say the prime minister is saying he wants to keep an open mind on

the rest of what's going on, michael. >> karl, thanks so much, karl penhaul in santiago de compostela in spain. at religious pilgrimage was going on, important for catholics in that area and a lot of the people were headed just for that and look what happened. just over a couple hundred board, 80 dead. >> it's amazing anyone survived when you take a look at those pictures there, 80 people who died. pope francis was mobbed by well wishers out of brazil. hours ago he visited a shantytown in rio. his visit here was particularly amazing because look at that, i mean there he is with the baby, walking through the crowds, despite the high security alert that he is under. >> these shantytowns perched in

the hills around rio de janeiro also a hotbed of crime as well as poverty, there he was kissing babies, meeting with those very poor people. miguel marquez joins us now from rio. tell us about the visit, walking through that. i imagine he was being looked after security wise but these are at times very dangerous spots. >> reporter: yes, look, it is amazing to see this guy move through a crowd. he loves to touch people, and the number of hands that go out, the number of babies thrust into his hands almost as he's sort of driving along in the popemobile, it's a little heart-stopping to watch at times, the level of security has certainly gone up. he has 12 perhaps 15 of his own personal swiss guard and vatican police around him and uniformed police beyond that and now the route along the way is now also uniform police whereas before it was just volunteers who were

linking hands. i can tell you he's right now leaving the cathedral here in rio, where he met with the argentinean contingent that is here in rio for world youth day. there were thousands inside that church inside that cathedral. it looked more like a soccer stadium or a soccer match in there than it did, you know, a service and a discussion with the pope. there were tens of thousands outside and here at copacabana beach there are tens of thousands more packing the beach and lining the route, waiting for pope francis to come here this afternoon. this guy is getting rock star treatment here in copacabana. >> miguel, thank you. appreciate that and obviously the message of the pope has been about social justice, a lot of people looking and want to hear that message because they're so upset with their own government, the fact there is a lot of expense and waste and people are doing so poorly in that country. >> exactly and it is raining there. lot of those people have been waiting there at copacabana

beach for 12 hours already just to hear him speak. he thought he would have gotten asylum by now but edward snowden still stuck in the moscow transit lounge. he's been there for more than a month. the u.s. wants snowden ex-tre indicted to face espionage charges. >> he's been assigned temporary asylum in russia and the decision could take months. word is he wants to stay in russia. yesterday the media reported he would be allowed to exit the airport and settle temporarily in russia while he awaits that decision and snowden's lawyer says they never did get the paperwork for it so situation normal for mr. snowden. >> unresolved. here's what we're working for this hour, police gearing up bringing in reinforcements, this is ahead of major protests expected in egypt. we're going to be live in cairo. monogamy around the world, anthony weiner's sexting scandal

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businessman. now the disgraced couple have been behind bars since last year. it is one of the biggest political scandals ever to hit china. and osama bin laden's gun is actually on display now inside a museum inside cia headquarters in langley, virginia. the public is not actually allowed into this museum but an nbc camera crew recently was invited inside to take a look at the images of bin laden's gun. >> it's a russian-made ak-47s found next to bin laden's body during the navy s.e.a.l. raid on his compound in abbo abatabad i afghanistan. >> the security is too much. >> it is the cia. egypt now on the brink of a fierce showdown, the country's military right in the middle of this.

>> the muslim brotherhood for its part is calling for its supporters also to take to the streets, that's not a good recipe. our reza sayah is in cairo and joins us on the line. one would imagine where you are at the moment there is a sense of dread about what is coming. >> reporter: a little bit and you can feel it, michael. of course we've seen a lot of these lead-ups to friday protests and these dueling demonstrations but this time it feels a little different, you can feel anxiety and concern. of course we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow but you get the impression that many think tomorrow could get ugly and that's because of yesterday's announcement by general abdel fattah al sisi calling for mass demonstrations in support of the army calling on the people to give him the authority to fight trim and violence. in his speech he really didn't make it clear who his target is but many are perceiving it as a

veiled warning against the muslim brotherhood and against the ousted president mohamed morsi. in response you have supporters of mr. morsi, the brotherhood calling for mass demonstrations, too, so it's going to be another day of dueling demonstrations but again these two factors make it different. one the speech by general sisi yesterday and the fact that the violence is escalating on the streets, more nasty elements coming out using guns, we're seeing more death so there's certainly the potential that these elements coming out in mass demonstration to sow chaos, so egypt is bracing itself for another day of protests tomorrow. >> thanks so much, reza sayah keeping an eye on that. people worried what will happen on the streets. >> now you have the military calling for protests, not the same line. >> the same said that they didn't want to be part of the government calling for protests on the street, not a good sign.

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great grandson for the first time wednesday at kensington palace. george was the name of the queen's father, king george vi who famously had a stammer portrayed in the movie "the king's speech." >> i not care to discuss personal matters. >> reporter: alexander for queen victoria whose name was alexanderina, and louis a nod to the queen' husband whose uncle was lord louis mountbatten. unlike other royals this little man only has three names. >> most royals have four names, some have five. anthony viii had seven. they're trying to make their son more like all the other boys when he goes to school. the only problem is he's going to be a king. >> reporter: after spending his first night out of hospital in kensington palace, kate and william whisked prince george away to more humble surroundings, her family's home in bucklebury. they released a statement saying "this is now a private and quiet time for them to get to know their son." the future king now living the quiet life in a commoner's

accommodation. >> and erin mclaughlin joins us now from outside buckingham palace. if you're a king you can call yourself anything you'd like once you get to the throne but prince william, catherine, the baby all at bucklebury, how long are they going to stay there? >> reporter: it's not entirely clear, michael. they released that statement asking for privacy and quiet. we don't expect to hear much from them during the course of prince william's two-week paternity leave. that being said, it is interesting that they're staying in bucklebury, this quaint, little english village where kate middleton's parents live, now home to not one but two future kings, just one more indication perhaps that kate and william really want a normal upbringing for little george. >> erin i guess the next big event is going to be the kristening of courkristen i christening of course. tell us what the preparations

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a trove of documents to wikilea wikileaks, one of the most serious he faces is aiding the enemy which could carry a maximum penalty of life in prison. he's pleaded guilty to nearly a dozen lesser charges that carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. a wisconsin state trooper escaped injury when, wait for it, a semiclips the side of his patrol car all caught on dash cam as these things are. >> and trooper jim reese had to stop a driver for speeding. he was walking back to the vehicle when all of this unfolded when that crash happened. the truck driver was cited for not paying attention obviously, failure to move over, unbelievable. >> you clip a car, make it a police car. that ferocious fire we've been following aboard a natural gas well in the gulf of mexico now thank goodness nearly out. federal officials also tell us that gas has stopped flowing from that damaged rig. this fire broke out two days ago

after workers hit an unexpected pocket of gas. >> everyone was evacuated safely, thank goodness. officials say the only contamination so far has been a light sheen that appeared to quickly dissipate. it's unclear just how the crews plan to secure that well. and back to our top story that train crash in spain. i mean it's just unbelievable when you see the pictures, horrible accident caught on video, by a surveillance camera you can see just how it flies off the tracks. >> unbelievable. the car behind the lead car seems to go off first. officials say now that 80 people have been killed in this accident. 140 or so injured. one of our ireporter was near the scene of the crash when it happened. the smoke coming from the wreckage, the train lying on its side, the first locomotive that we see there on fire, some of the carriages split in two, just

a scene of utter devastation. >> yvette joins us on the phone from spain. if you could, you went running to the scene. what did you hear and what did you see? >> well, we were driving toward santiago de compostela. we were coming from carugnia and we saw the traffic stopping and assumed it was an accident on the highway but it wasn't, it was actually, you know, my husband said look to the right and when we looked to the right we saw the huge flames and the fire so we stopped but we really couldn't do much. we just stood there, everybody was in shock and horror because it was a devastating, devastating site to see. >> i can imagine it. how quickly did help get on the scene? this is a pretty populated area. >> well, it took, because it was during traffic time, so it took them about five minutes. >> right. >> for the first -- >> yes, we were saying earlier, too, and give some context for us about why so many people are

in that area, or in santiago de compostela. it's a very significant time for religious people there. >> yes, it is. it's actually a national holiday. today they celebrate one of the apostle's day so they do celebrations last night, they were supposed to, and they were supposed to do celebrations today, but due to what happened, nothing is going to be done. >> i can only imagine the mood the day after something this pour risk is happening. what are people saying in are they praying, are they trying to acknowledge in some way this tremendous loss? >> it is a small town, so everybody kind of knows someone, so it's very sad. >> unbelievable. >> it's a very sad time for them. >> now are you there in the town still? this is the celebration for st. francis i think or st. james rather. what is happening today? i know that there was a mass

held at the cathedral earlier. >> there's going to be masses all day long and hold vigils for the people who lost their lives. >> ivette we're looking at astonishing pictures. we know you were there firsthand. how was it that the people who were first there on the scene, those rescue workers were able to get people out of those cars. >> at first the people who lived nearby ran down, there was a hill and everybody started running down with whatever they could, with a hammer and started hitting out the cars to see if they could get the people out and as the rescuers came they brought more professional equipment. >> what shape were people n the passengers as they were pulling them out of the wreckage? i imagine this was not a good scene.

>> it was horrific. it was so surreal, griming. it felt like a horror movie. >> and what are you doing today? are you taking part in the religious, the significant religious -- this is a time where people make a pilgrimage, some of them walking right across the top if you like of spain to get here. that's right, isn't it? >> yes, it is. that's correct. actually my brother and sister live in santiago de compostela, so i was going there to be with them but they chose to take me out there, now we're at viga. >> ivette rubiera, thank you so much there on the line and what a thing to come across. we're talking about the pope in brazil earlier, he has already put out a call for prayer for the victims of this. >> i can't imagine what she is going to go through, ivette, having seen that over and over in your mind and thoughts and dreams the pictures and devastation of just seeing those people pulled out of that.

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a new poll shows anthony weiner falling to second place in the race for mayor of new york. >> the first poll since the new sexting admissions by weiner. the nbc 4/"wall street journal"/marrist poll shows christine quinn 25% ahead of weiner at 16%. the latest scandal involving former congressman anthony weiner generating a lot of talk

about marriage and monogamy, what constitutes cheating. >> a lot being discussed. when you think about it, is monogamy realistic in today's sexually charged social media environment. it was a hot topic on "piers morgan live" with guest host donny deutsch. hear about what a sex therapist said in today's society. >> monogamy, marriage, these are difficult institutions for us and with the 21st century and all the technology and having sex as readily available there's going to be even more struggles with people maintaining boundaries around their sexuality. >> want to bring in relationship expert life coach charles johnson to talk a little about this. this is something that everybody is talking about now, right? >> absolutely. it's the hottest topic out there. is monogamy possible and i say it absolutely is, provided you get a partner who believes in the same things you believe in. >> well that's easier said than

done. >> yes, it is. i think people go into relationships with the assumption that the other partner or both partners are going to be faithful and monogamous, but is that, in fact, true? i don't think a lot of people take the time to have the talk. >> let's talk about what it's like around the world because you've traveled around the world. we both have as well and one of the things that struck me in covering president clinton during the height of the monica lewinsky trial when we went to europe, latin america, they were like what's the big deal? why are you investigating this? this is american prudishness or sexual immaturity. why the difference here? >> i think the biggest difference is americans believe in hollywood dream, it's the love story, forever after, i'm true to you forever but in the rest of the world, it's not like that, for a lot of countries. for example when i lived in greece, the greeks don't think that way, the italians don't think that way, the french don't think that way, the spanish s m certainly don't think that way. monogamy is something that's

desired but romance rules so they believe yes i have a husband, he's going to come home and behave himself but when he doesn't, a lot of them simply look the other way. >> a lot of it is economic in some parts of the world, too, women feel that in some countries they've got the security, they've got the house, they've got the kids and you know, he's going to do what he does. not that that's right but that's the attitude. >> i saw that in japan when i was living in japan i saw that a lot where the men provided great homes, took care of the children, good finance, good stability for the family but every day after work he'd go to the hostess clubs and sit down and drink with friends and ladies that sit down and talk about the day's events and who knows what happens after that. >> i have to ask you this. i don't think any of us have seen this anywhere but maybe not, is there a place where it's acceptable for women not to be monogamous? all these places accept for men to behave that way. anyplace in your travels in cultures you see it's okay for women?

>> i haven't seen that. >> why the double standard? >> i can't even answer that question for you why there is a double standard but the double standard has always been there. >> universal. >> if you take the middle east for example, a woman could be stoned for having infidelity. she just could. >> whereas a man is allowed to have multiple wives and can temporary marriages if he wishes. >> even in the middle east a man may be allowed to have multiple wives, but infidelity is still considered a sin. it's considered evil. >> hence you have the practice of temporary marriages which could be for a day or so and we know what that's all about and you get a divorce and go back to real life. some americans, some people think they're becoming more forgiving of spouses who cheat on their partners. there was a part of the discussion on piers morgan last night. let's have a listen to that. >> we've seen so many men come back from various scandals. are we at a point, is the country desensitized that unless it's an underaged situation, rape, that pretty much now the

american public is like infidelity, eh, sexting, eh. i'm not saying i feel that way but when we see the way the world plays out there seems to be a bit more like we've seen it all before. >> well, i think there's a sense of forgiveness if people say they will get help, if they will acknowledge and take responsibility for what they have done and if in fact they do get help. >> i don't know. i mean most people i know they wouldn't say oh, well, it's okay. do you think there's a growing sense of forgiveness or not? >> no i don't particularly not in the western world. for example there is hea report that says one-third the marriages the divorces filed in 2011 facebook was in the text as part of evidence. >> really? >> that's amazing. >> really? >> there was another survey by a prominent lawyer's divorce attorney that basically said 81% spike in their cases that have

facebook and social media and texting as part of evidence for grounds for divorce so i don't think women or men are forgiving what's going on. >> thank you. >> one line secret to people who want to make it work? >> hold someone accountable. set boundaries and hold men or your woman accountable for what you expect for them to do and make sure you have someone who believes in what you believe in. >> all right. >> and check their facebook. >> check their texts and facebook. you never know. >> that's the wloel thihole thi social media and sexting and facebook. it makes a difference there. >> trust but verify. >> trust but verify. charles johnson also the author of "how to find the right one and make it last." let's hope that comes true. good to see you, charles. >> thank you very much. >> good advice. >> that's a loaded subject, isn't it? all right, up next this is always good to get, rare access inside a country we do not normally get to see. >> we're talking about north korea, this is where reporters

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♪ every day, more people enjoy their music on the iphone than any other phone. a rare glimpse inside the super secretive north korea. the government keeps very close tabs on western journalists, even if they get to operate in the country. >> reporters are actually escorted by government minders and the journalists they don't even know where they're being

taken until they're on the government bus. cnn's ivan watson is allowed to witness the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of agreement that ended the fighting in the korean war. >> while his movements were obviously restricted he was able to talk to visitors and get some remarkably close access to north korea's reclusive leader. here's his report. >> reporter: this is your father? what's his name? it's your father here, yes? >> it's my father. >> reporter: and his name? this is a woman visiting the tombstone of her father one of the veterans of the korean war at this just opened cemetery to veterans of the korean conflict, and as you can see, people coming through milling through, some of them are north korean veterans still alive. we have some foreign visitors as well, at least one u.s. veteran of the conflict, and one russian

veteran as well who would have fought with the soviet military at that time. the young leader of north korea, co kim jong-un moments ago cut the ribbon opening this new cemetery and relatives and the mother are here to visit the grave of this officer over here. this is just the beginning of what will be days of ceremonies commemorating the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that brought an end to this bloody conflict, a day that the north koreans view as a victory. ivan watson, cnn, pyongyang. >> all right, interesting stuff. people all over the world want to stand over this special spot, we're talking about the middle of the earth. >> yes. there's even a yellow line that's marking that spot, but guess what? it's not really the halfway point. we're going to have that next. >> oh, no! the new guy is loaded with protein!

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now to awe museum in ecuador that gets about 400,000 visitors a year. it is called the middle of the world museum. >> that's an appropriate name i guess, maybe. so this actually has a yellow line, it's supposed to be on the equator. that's the line separating the northern hemisphere from the southern. turns out, however, the line not

exactly in the right place. rafael romo tells us why. >> reporter: the sign sis equator, latitude zero. it's a magnet for tourists all over the world. >> just to put one foot in winter and one in summer. >> reporter: welcome to the middle of the earth museum in quito, ecuador, it meeteurs a 30 meter tall monument, almost 100 feet with a globe on top. it features restaurants and shops and exhibit halls but the yellow line that runs through the facility marks the equatorial line that separates the hemispheres or does it? you already know it's not the actual line. >> yes i do know that. >> reporter: is that a spoiler for you? >> no. got to pick a place, right? it's practical. >> reporter: museum authorities do not dispute the fact this is not the equatorial line. the line was drawn in the 18th

century. >> it's a symbolic place that we have that was settled here according with what we had 200 years ago in 1736. >> reporter: the error was discovered a few years ago thanks to gps. the symbolic one here at the middle of the earth where most pictures are taken. the second is where the mountains, where the ancient people believed it was the center of the world, the third one is located 00 meters of that location, where most modern gps systems indicate latitude zero is located. for this american tourist, the current line is just fine. >> if you stand on the state line in the united states, one foot in california, one foot in arizona, you know, it doesn't really matter, but it's just a little symbol of being in two places at once. >> reporter: and so the tourists

keep coming, about 400,000 a year to have their pictures taken at a symbol that remains more powerful than the truth. rafael romo, cnn. should we keep it a secret among us? >> just among you and i, yes, that's a good idea. >> reporter: not exactly at the equator. >> we've been laughing during this whole piece saying that's just wrong. >> i want my money back. it's over there, no, it's over there. no, it's a couple yards that way. make up your mind. >> i was in kenya at the equator, and we took pictures, did the same thing with the line. i am assuming that really was the right place. >> you never know. the fact is that this particular line was drawn 200 years ago, actually in 1736 so you know, in their defense, back then the technology was not in a position to estimate exactly or to guess exactly where the line should be, and they have a let's call it a don't ask, don't tell policy if a tourist is not going to ask him, doesn't ask if

that's the real line, they don't say anything but if the tourists ask and we knew that and we asked, they said they don't hide it. they say it's not exactly that and it's only about 200 meters away, 650 feet, so when you think about the size of the earth, it's not too bad. >> what do you work for the ecuadorian tourist authority? >> do they take pictures at the same spot? >> it's just a street. there's nothing there, although they have plans in the future to build a mile high they say tower that is going to be located precisely where the line should be. >> but do we believe them? it's those french, blame the french. >> they have gps now so. they should have no excuse. >> rafael -- see you can't say you're not informed on this show, can you? >> the real deal. >> exactly. coming up in the next hour, this week we're going in-depth on our series about als, it is a fast moving mysterious and fatal

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loi of that story former president george h.w. bush is sporting a new look for a good cause, shaving his head in solidarity with a young cancer patient, son of one of his secret service agents battling leukemia. >> the former president joined his entire security detail in showing their support for 2-year-old patrick. he also made a donation to patrick's treatment fund. president bush and his wife barbara lost a daughter to leecule leeleukemia at the age of 4. photos and several stories caught our attention, this is mum buy, india, monsoon season, these people getting a double dose of wet. yep. >> soaked in the rain, splashed by huge waves near a sea wall, all happening now. let's go to england new version of the royal family, the lego

edition. >> that's the duke and duchess of cambridge and newborn prince george all made out of legos. the model set up at a lay goe land resort to celebrate of course prince george's birth. >> the designer used 55 lay goe pieces to make the baby and the carriage. the scene took 36,000 lay goe pieces to recreate buckingham palace. it's like a giant there. that will do it for me. thanks for watching "around the world." >> we'll see you tomorrow. "cnn newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com disgraced cyclist lance armstrong wants the federal lawsuit against him dropped saying his sponsors knew about the doping allegations and kept him anyway. we're going to hear from armstrong's lawyers up next. and anthony weiner's latest

sexting scandal has people calling for him to back out of the race for mayor of new york. so will he give in? plus the woman who was sexting, sydney leathers, did she spill of course to make money off the online relationship? when will more women actually come out? then new video of a train derailing in spain. the train may have been going too fast, but was it human error or a mechanical one. this is "cnn newsroom." i'm suzanne malveaux. former congressman anthony weiner pressing ahead with his campaign for mayor of new york. he is resisting now calls to drop out of the race because of his latest sexting scandal. new poll shows him falling out of first place. that's right, weiner was back on the campaign trail today, visiting a non-profit group in brooklyn. things however you see him in the kitchen getting a little hot. he couldn't escape more questions about the lewd e-mail exchanges. we'll bring iny