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his victims. and parents everywhere give their children the lecture. don't talk to strangers, but a child's real reaction when a stranger approaches just will shock you. a global travel alert in effect right now for all americans around the world. that's after sources say there's growing intelligence say al-qaeda is planning an attack, possibly in the middle east or north africa. the u.s. is closing 22 embassies and consulates tomorrow, mostly in that region and the threat is expected to last for the next month. emily schmidt has more. >> nearly one year ago, americans say what happens when terrorists attack a u.s. diplomatic compound. in benghazi, four americans died, including the u.s. ambassador. now, the u.s. government is dealing with what could be a new

round of threats. officials say they tracked the chatter coming out of yemen for week, then it changed over the past few days. more of it. enough that key members of congress were briefed about the threat. >> obviously, it's serious enough that we're talking steps to make sure our personnel overseas are safe. >> the state department has taken the unusual step of issuing a worldwide travel alert t to americans abroad. nearly two dozen embassies will close on sunday. intelligence makes them particularly concerned about the u.s. embassy in yemen. al-qaeda in yemen could be in the final stages of planning an attack. for the past two years, u.s. drones have targeted regions of yemen trying to eliminate the al-qaeda threat there. it's also been described as ambiguous. meaning it could target other

targets throughout the region. >> i think closing the embassies in in fact unprecedented. at least i didn't see this in my career. >> emily joins me from washington. what more have we heard from the white house? >> some news out of washington today. white house officials say the president was updated this morning about the threat. he will continue to be updated throughout the evening. it's a normal weekend routine. golfing, going to camp david to celebrate his birthday. >> so, what has changed in the middle east? in north africa? since that attack in benghazi because it's natural to try and draw a correlation between what happened then, a year ago, and what is taking place now with these closings. >> you look at what is going on and you look at the fact that we are only a few weeks before the first anniversary of that attack on the u.s. in benghazi. the obama administration at the time criticized for not

responding strongly enough to the threat. this time, officials say they are acting out of what they call an abundance of caution, but there is some direct effect out of what is happening. the pentagon approved a marine team for the area. roughly 1,500 marines on ships in the red sea. around 500 marines split between italy and spain. you see that surround the region we've been talking about. they are posted there full time to respond if something happens in the area. >> thank you. so, this travel alert will impact americans all over the world for the next month. nick is live at hartsfield jackson airport, the busiest in the world. what are passengers telling you? >> dmesically, it's business as usual. those flying out this weekend will not expect delays. they are not going to be expe expecting long lines either.

this is business as usual. internationally, there may be something going on. it's not going to be visible either. security, the state department says, will not change or we won't notice a change. we visited the international terminal today and it was calm over there. some passengers were oblivious to what was going on while others a little bit more worried than others. >> for the state department and ask the embassy to close to embassy on sunday, i mean, it's worrisome and i don't america's job with security. when they say something, they mean it, so i'm worried because start of the day and what happened, who knows. >> and those airlines that fly internationally out of hartsfield jackson international airport, they say there's no change to their flight schedules. no flights have been canceled. for those wondering if they can get waivers or refunds, the

airlines, they aren't planning on it. this policy may change though depending on the information they receive. >> thanks so much. we'll check back with you. meantime, the u.s. is very worried about the possibility of an al-qaeda attack. peter king says intelligence information is the most specific he's ever seen. >> based on the sources, the credibility and the extent of the damage that appears they want, of the carnage they want to cause with the attack, it's really as far as i can go and i think the fact you see unprecedented action of 21 embassies being closed, the global travel advisory being given, this is being taken very, very seriously. it's not just trying to connect the dots. very specific information. >> meantime, al-qaeda's leader

as appointed the leader of al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula as the terror group's number two man now. back in this country, as ariel castro begins his thousand year sentence, we'll hear the shocking statement he made at his sentencing and the brave words from one of his victims. that's coming up. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson.

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1,000 years in prison. that on top of a life sentence. he was sentenced on thursday after pleading guilty to kidnapping. his rambling, 15-minute long statement seemed to many, here's part of what he said and we want to warn you, you might find it rather disturbing. >> it's an addiction. alcoholics cannot control their addiction. most of the sex that went on in the house, as always, was

consentual. these allegations of me forceful on them, that is totally wrong. because there were times they would ask me for sex, many times. i would like to apologize to the victims. i am truly sorry for what happened. to this day, i'm trying to answer my own questions. i don't know why. >> castro said all that right after one of his victims bravely gave her own statement. she recounted the horror she went through. 11 years of being trapped in castro's home. >> ariel castro, i remember all the times that you came home talking about what everybody else did wrong and act like you wasn't doing the same thing. you said, at least i didn't kill

you. you took 11 years of my life away. and i have got it back. i spent 11 years in hell. now your hell is just beginning. i will overcome all this that happened, but you will face hell for eternity. from this moment on,ly not let you define me or affect who i am. you will live, i will live on, you will die a little every day. after 11 years, i am finally being heard and it's liberating. >> knight went back to the neighborhood where she was held captive yesterday and she thanked neighbors who helped rescue her. one woman snapped this picture

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a new political war broke out this week and it's not the democrats fighting the gop or the other way around. it's two familiar and outspoken republicans going after each other. one, a governor of a big state and the other, a high profile u.s. senator and as our jim acosta reports, they both may have their eyes on the white

house. >> an olive branch rejected. >> i'm running for re-election in new jersey. i don't have really have time for that at the moment. >> after accusing chris christie of harming national security by hoarding relief money for hurricane sandy victims -- >> this is the king of bacon talking about bacon. >> rand paul seemed to ask for forgiveness, suggesting a sort of cease fire. >> i think with governor christie, it's gotten a little too personal, so we're ready to kiss and make up. >> but on a new jersey radio program, christie would have none of it. >> i don't know why senator paul's so you know, out of whack about this. at the end of the day, i never called him any names. >> it all began last week in what could be the first shots fired in the battle for 2016. christie slamming paul for his criticism of government surveillance.

>> this strain of libertarianism going through both parties right now and making big headlines i think is a very dangerous thought, but i dougt he would because most washington polit s politicses only care about bringing home the bacon. >> it continued on "the situation room." >> attacking me isn't helping the party. he's hurting the party. >> beyond the jab, some republicans say it's paul's noninterventionist views on foreign policy that are setting stage for a fight of the heart and soul of their party. >> this is the antiwar democrats of the 1960s that nominated george mcgovern and destroyed their party for almost 20 years. >> it didn't look like a truce will come anytime soon. >> senator paul wanted to make it about senator paul. >> that was jim acosta reporting from washington, so are we seeing the onset of a gop civil war heading into the next

presidential race? ron brownstein, good to see you. and david, also joining me from washington today. >> hi. >> okay, so, david, you first. is this the beginning of a long primary season already? >> certainly the beginning of a long primary season. you were talking about civil war. party primaries and certainly, presidential primaries ought to be about ideas and i don't think that makes it civil war. i think the republicans are going to have a debate here about the role of government, both at home and abroad. the nsa spying, the surveillance, has that dpoen too far and are we getting involved in too many wars. >> before you get to that, you're seeing this what appeared to be just a personality conflict here and name calling. you heard chris christie say i'm not calling any names, but you heard it from the various sound bites from rand paul, so that p

upstages any issues that would be the discuss, wouldn't you think is this. >> christie threw down the gauntlet first saying libertari libertarianism was a bad idea and christie of course has this reputation for tough talk and i guess paul has shown he's not going to back down from that, but i think they will move away from the personal jabs and we need to have a debate on the role of government, how far do we go in surveillance and spying and those sorts of things and we haven't had that debate. >> somehow, it seems people will have to get on track if that has to be the mantra. so how do you get to that point if there becomes this fighting of personalities or style or what is it that's going ton here? >> i basically agree with david that over time, the issues are gloing to overshadow personalities. there is a debate within the republican party.

chris christie, if he does run, kind of a candidate will draw on similar voters as mitt romney did. more educated, more affluent, more coastal. if paul runs, ted cruz, if he does run, folks like that already drawing on the more idea logical kind of wing of the party. more populous wing of the party. so what you saw is a revealing prediction of what you might see in 2016, but it's also a warning to both of these two men. christie is someone who's famous for not turning the other cheek and rand paul has made his style around an ir reverence. in each case, they're going to have to tone that down if they run in 2016 and this was a reminder. >> what do you mean this is a turning point? shortly after the election, it was said that was the turning point in the republican party. there wasn't any real cohesion, there was too much end fighting. too many people imposing a different direction and now, you've got this. we're really on the eve of you

know, the presidential race or i guess the next presidential race always begins after one just ends, but you know, it seems as though if there's cohesion that has to be sought, it doesn't seem as though we're seeing there is that. >> you never, a party never -- a party out of the white house never has an agreed upon direction, but i would say that i think the republican party has moved clearly since the election. the immediate aftermath when mitt romney won a higher share of the vote in 1980 and still lost badly, there was a sense the party, a report from the rnc commission looked at this that they had to expand the base, reach out more to minorities, to young people. rand paul kind of reflects that in some ways, arguing that his agenda would help the party. but what you see in the eighth months since is a tech tonic poll that really what the party

has to do is turn out its base and therefore, all of this talk about repositionsiing is wrong d we have a pursue a more uniform agenda. the issues of national security an surveillance, exactly what is a true conservative agenda is suddenly very much in dispute. >> so, if there's a mission statement, what is it? >> i think there is clearly a libertarian shift in american politics these days and it runs from issues like gay marriage and marijuana legalization to the opposition to obama care, concern about deficits and overspending. and to me, the democrats are not well positioned for a lot of those issues. including the nsa spying issue and the republicans are now having a debate about whether they're going to move in a libertarian direction that might appeal to more young people, more independents and moderate voters or whether they're going

to try to stick with the agenda and the programs that lost them the last two elections. >> so, i wonder whether we call it end fighting or disorganization or finding its way, does this kind of create an advantage, however, for the democrats? ron? >> i don't think -- go ahead. >> look, republicans have to really figure out, they have lost the popular vote in five out of the past six elections just as democrats did. that doesn't happy accident. the coalition that you are attracting with your message is is simply no longer a national majority. i think the evidence as i said for 2012 is clear on that. there are different theorys in t republican party about what went wrong and how to fix it. the initial theory was we had to broaden the base. the new theory, we can win by just turning out more. i think what david is suggesting is right, there will be an argument in 2016 about where libertarian ideas fit in, but the challenge is that the voters that he's talking about, young voters, independent voter, have not be big players in the

republican primaries. 60% of the total electorate in 2012 were over 50, so if rand paul is going to be a serious candidate, he's going to have to bring people who don't normally vote in primaries. >> so, david, let you have the last word on that. >> that's right. it does mean if somebody like rand paul wants to win the republican nomination, he'll have to get new people to come into the primary, but in 2008, the democrats had a long presidential primary in which there were no actual policy differences discussed. i'd rather see a thousand days of a republican primary where we discuss different approaches to government. >> all right. >> maybe your wish will be granted. ron brownstein -- not chance. okay. all right. we'll see you guys if it happens. good to see you both, gentlemen. >> thank you. >> there's a pretty significant

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updates our top story now, the u.s. is warning american travelers around the world to be

on alert with fears mounting of an al-qaeda terror attack. some embassies are closing tomorrow and this threat could impact travelers for the next month. nick is live for us at atlanta's airport. so nick, if someone already has travel plans to travel abroad, what do they need to do? how do they need to prepare themselves? >> the state department's putting out some notes about what you should do if you're planning on traveling internationally this weekend or the rest of the month. that alert going through the end of august. first and foremost, register with the u.s. embassy in the country you're going to. let them know what you're going to be doing there, for how long. also, the state department is encouraging travelers to sign up for this step program where you're able to get updated alerts on crisis. emergency situations. potentially emergency situations. i should say. it's a pretty easy application to navigate through. i registered yesterday using it.

you can put in your emergency contact information, passport information and state department is encouraging travelers to go to their website. they have updates there. they'll be putting alerts on the state department website as well, so those are convenient ways for travelers who are anticipating travel abroad to stay in touch with this latest travel warning. >> thanks so much. keep us posted. great traveling tips. let's talk sports, tiger woods, he played one of the greatest rounds of golf ever. we have that and more in this bleacher report. >> fred, do not let anyone tell you tiger doesn't have it anymore. people look at the majors, sure, he hasn't won one in five year, but if you just focus on that, you are ignoring how well he's plaing at the bridgestone. it looked like tiger would shoot

the magical 59. he was 9 under through 13 holes, which is just ridiculous. he needed two birdies on the last five holes. didn't get it. ended up with a 61. he was asked afterward if he was disappointed. >> absolutely not. 61's pretty good. i'm not bummed. >> that match is his best round ever. >> riley cooper is taking time away from the philadelphia eagles after a recent racial slur. he has released a new statement saying the last few days have been incredibly difficult. he'll meet with counselors and says he'll make it right. eagles coach chip kelly says cooper will be allowed to return to the team, but kelly says this is an important lesson for the entire organization. >> i think we all should watch what we say. whether it's a racist or sexist

comment or sexual orientation comment, because your words have impact and when you say them, people listen and it can hurt people. >> must see baseball. the angels shuck running out of room in left field. jumps into the stands. he's gone. where did he go? there he is. and in fact, he has the baseball, too. he made the catch. teammates fired up. watch shuck dive in. he actually landed on a slab of concrete, but he jumps back up, gets back on the field and they rule that a catch. a great catch. perhaps the best catch you'll see. back to you. >> i don't think it gets any better than that. thanks so much, jeff. cnn has all the sports action all the time on the web. bleacherreport.com. every parent teaches their child about stranger danger, rig right? well, when the real thing happens, would your kid pass the test? would your kid know what to do?

up next, we put some young ones to test and we'll show you the shocking results. but first in the central african nation of cameroon, there are only two doctors available for -- many can't afford to pay for it, but this week's cnn hero is a surgeon who devotes his personal time to bringing medical care and surgery to the remote jungles of this country. his country. >> for a country like mine, people like to drink, to dance, to enjoy their life. but they cannot enjoy their life. it's a pleasure, if i can help two or three people, it would be great. before he passed away, he asked me, you see how people suffer to see a doctor? to be a doctor, help people.

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you know it is every parent's worst nightmare. a stranger approaches your child at the playground or at a park and in the blink of an eye, he

or she is gone. it happens all too often and the outcome is rarely very good. we've all been telling our children not to talk to strangers, but how would your son or daughter react in a real life scenario? kyra phillips wanted to find out and the results are chilling. >> we took them to a public park and on four separate occasions, tested 20 children. ed played the predator. the bait. the objective, get the kids to the car. we had the parent's permission. they were in on the this. the moms wanted to know if all those warnings about bad guys would have any impact on their decision making. let's start with 7-year-old max and 6-year-old eve. >> you want to pet the dog?

oh, he likes you. >> max definitely likes the dog, but gets a bad feeling about ed. >> you don't want to walk him? it's okay if you don't want to. well, the truck's this way if you want to go. >> the only place wants to go is right towards his mom. >> what? >> good job, but why did you say no? >> because he might take me. >> as for 6-year-old evie -- >> you want to pet him? >> she's not having any of this. >> did you feel weird when he came up to you? >> i didn't want to talk to strangers. >> and where did you learn that? mommy. >> what did mommy tell you? >> told me don't talk to strangers because mom doesn't know them. >> i need to go get him some water. do y'all want to come with me?

let's go this way. >> right in front of my face. >> it happened right in front of my face. >> do you want to feed him a treat? >> did you think it was it wgoio be that easy? >> they're going all the way to the parking lot. >> and then asked can i go -- >> i'm going to put him in here, we're going to feed him in here. it was so easy. i could have all six of them in my truck going god knows where. >> what did he look like to you? >> a nice guy who takes care of dogs. >> when wha do you do next time someone comes up to you that you don't know? >> i ask my mom. >> there we go. so, for these moms, the conversation about predators is just starting. but for another mom, she couldn't even talk about our test. >> you're not scared of a dog, are you? so devastated by what you're

about to see, she asked us to conceal their identities. >> i got a toy in there. i got some food in there. you got a good grip on him? okay. look at that cage. could you reach that raccoon in there? i can't get it. >> mom's warnings forgotten. >> dogs are standing in your way, there you go. just like a dog, oh, he's like, get out of my house. >> a child now vulnerable to abduction. terrifying proof that the talk doesn't go far enough. >> i'm just a guy faking it out here for tv. if i'm a real sex predator, i've got him in my truck. oh, my god. terrifying. >> families need to practice for that moment when a predator comes. >> wow. chilling, indeed. experts tell us when you are out with your kids, leave the ipods,

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why wait? the national security agency often attends hacker conferences to recruit top security personnel. well, this year, they are under a lot of heat over their, the nsa rather, over a surveillance program. cnn tech expert was at the conference where the director defended the program. >> we're here in las vegas at an annual hacker's conference. now, it brings together the best and brightest minds in the security world and this year, general alexander came here, gave a speech to these hackers and he said, we need your help. listen to this. >> you're the greatest gathering of technical talent anywhere in

the world. if we can make this better, the whole reason i came here was to ask you to help us make it better. and if you disagree with what we're doing, then you should help twice as much. our nation takes stopping terrorism is one of the most important things. exactly. and with that, when you think about it, how do we do that? because we stand for freedom. [ bleep ] not that. >> a lot of folks enthusiastic that general alexander came and spoke in light of recent events, but i will say that there were folks in the audience heckling him. one guy screamed have you read the constitution which which general alexander responded, i

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i know, hard to believe, but it's been two years since oprah said goodbye to daytime television, skpeand even longer the big screen. since then, her network has struggled to make it in the ratings. her new role in "the butler" has caused quite a buzz.

jake tapper explains. >> reporter: she was once regarded as the midas of media known as just one name: oprah. for two decades, if oprah winfrey touched your product, you could see gold. after she put ann na karenna on her book club, sales soared 250%. after she put something on her favorites list, it went from 3 million sales to 5 million. the endorsement of then senator barack obama pushed by oprah produced 1,559,000 additional votes for him. >> i love this show. this show has been my life. >> reporter: so when oprah bid this tearful goodbye to her 42

million talk show viewers a few years later, it seemed likely that a good many would follow her and her favorite things to her new tv cable network. >> over the following week, my crew and i will be brainstorming new ways we can entertain you. >> reporter: but it turns out own has attracted just a fraction of the ratings oprah's daytime talk show had. one-tenth, in fact. it wasn't until this week that own has finally said it was cash flow positive. >> when she went to own and it didn't exactly look like the talk show people knew and loved her for, there was a lot of disappointment there. i think what's been interesting is in the time since, you've seen her slowly figure out what her network looks like and what her presence in the network looks like. >> reporter: oprah herself has said her team started before they were ready. she told cbs news she has learned from the experience. >> if i knew then what i knew

now, i might have made some different choices. if i were writing a book about it, i could call the book 101 mistakes. >> reporter: now the own network is ready. >> excuse me. >> reporter: one key to her success, bringing in someone with his own larger than life brand and built-in audience. >> all my life i had to fight. >> tyler perry, the man behind media. he's driven the profits with two original shows, the highest rated on own. while oprah transformed back into her widely acclaimed role from "the color purple" for this ad. >> you want a great cable channel? >> reporter: it's her highly anticipated performance in "the butler" this summer that might score her an oscar.

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in the newsroom, but first, the stock market is soaring and jobs are coming back, so why are the paychecks barely enough to keep millions of u.s. workers out of poverty. christine romans has answers. "your money" starts now. record highs in the stock market. the biggest jump in home prices in seven years, but americans walking off the job, protesting what they call poverty wages. i'm christine romans, and this is "your money." are we one america with two economies? america is the land of opportunity, right? >> you can choose policies that invest in our middle class and create new jobs and grow this economy so that everybody has a chance to succeed. >> that was 2008. four and a half years later, the president's supporters are wishing for a little less hope and a little more change. >> doing nothing doesn't help the middle class. >> so what's the president