he suffered more, starved to death. you'll hear from others coming up. two more than health alerts, a major recall of ayogurt and a new study says you should not wash chicken before you cook it. plus look at this man paying at a gas station when suddenly a car crashes into the front, missing him -- wait for it -- misses him by mere inches. we're going to tell you what exactly happened. more on this amazing story coming up. >> holy cow. up first, the showdown in st. petersburg. president obama arriving for the g-20 summit. he and vladimir putin set to meet within hours. it is hard to overstate just how high tensions are between the two leaders and in the past 24 hours, it's gotten even worse. cnn's global coverage of the crisis in syria begins with senior white house correspondent brianna keilar traveling in st.

petersburg with the president this morning. good morning, brianna. >> good morning to you, chris. president obama is due to land here in st. petersburg, russia, really any minute out in and head for the g-20 summit, an economic summit where syria will loom large, a big issue obviously in the relationship between the u.s. and russia, and we're told to expect that president obama and president vladimir putin will meet up here on the margins, as we're told, during this summit, in what has become a relationship full of personal animosity. president obama and russian president vladimir putin are set to come face-to-face at the annual meeting of g-20 leaders. obama defending his position to laurvelg strikes. lun launch strikes. >> i didn't set a red line.

the world did web the 8% of the population when it said the use of chemical weapons are abhorrent. >> reporter: putin remains vehemently opposed. casting doubt of the evidence the u.s. has against the syrian regime. >> translator: if we have precise data of who is responsible for these crimes then we'll react. >> reporter: russia is not alone. britain and germany are also refusing to endorse military action, this is the highest tensions have been between the two world powers since the cold war. >> we will have a very bad patch if there is a military attack on syria and i think we can expect some frosty time. >> reporter: russia and syria have been strong allies for decades. >> russia is very close to syria, they provide and buy weapons from each other, kind of a client state. >> reporter: the conflict over syria just the tip of the iceberg in the rift between world leaders. obama canceled his private

meeting with putin several weeks ago after russia refused to extradite edward snowden. outrage spreads over russian law banning any promotion of gay relationships to minors. relations between putin and obama increasingly rocky. >> we've kind of hit a wall in terms of additional progress. >> one senior administration official said think of this not as a visit to russia but as a visit to the g-20 summit that just happens to be hosted by russia. very telling, kate. >> difficult to separate the two, i would argue. brianna, thanks for starting us off this morning. we'll talk to you throughout the show. there is movement back here at home in the senate on a possible u.s. military strike in syria as the obama administration continues making its case to the house of representatives. in a 10-7 vote the senate foreign relations committee passed a resolution authorizing limited military response in

syria, this as members of a house committee grilled top administration officials about the possible u.s. attack. let's go straight to chris lawrence in washington who is tracking all of this angle of the story. >> good morning, kate and grilled it right. it's not over yet. later this morning, administration officials will be making that case for military action behind closed doors, this coming just one day after that key vote in the senate in the secretaries of defense and state facing a very tough crowd in the house. this is the hard sell, from the inner circle, to take action. >> alaacba. >> th >> there is a risk of escalation in the use of chemical weapons if we do nothing. >> reporter: and the cost of air strikes to america. >> it would be the tens of millions of dollars, that kind of range. >> reporter: one explosive confrontation shows the hard

work ahead to win over the house. >> mr. kerry, you have never been one that has advocated for anything other than caution involving u.s. forces and past conflicts. is the power of the executive branch so intoxicating would you abandon past caution in favor for pulling the trigger on a military response so quickly? >> because i volunteered to fight for my country and that wasn't a cautious thing to do when i did it. we're talking about people being killed by gas and you want to go talk about benghazi and fast and furious. >> reporter: two u.s. navy ships have left the eastern med.leaving four destroyers in the waters near syria. questions remain, not about the strike itself, but what comes next. >> what do we do if they shoot back at americans in. >> but who is the other side? who are the rebel forces? >> reporter: administration officials say they've kept the syrian opposition from allying with extremist fighters but the clock is ticking.

>> and people will resort to anybody they can find to help them accomplish their goal and we would have created more extremism and a greater problem down the road. >> reporter: in the hearing, kerry was asked if the president himself might do more to make this sale to the american people and kerry indicated that perhaps the president might even make a speech one night very soon. chris? >> all right, chris, a lot of hard questions coming out of the senate there. in the next hour we'll talk with a man who knows all too well what this process is about, former secretary of defense don rumsfeld, we'll get his perspective what the president is doing and what might happen next. tonight i'm hosting a town hall. we'll have a panel of experts, and they'll be taking questions from me but mostly from people like you discussing the concerns, proof of the chemical attacks, the plan to get in, the plan to get out and what this could mean for families in the united states. critical thinking on the syria crisis, tonight, 9:00 p.m.

eastern here on cnn. we're also tracking a tropical storm this morning, that's formed in the caribbean, it is unusually late in the year if there had not been a hurricane. we expect a lot of the situation so let's get to indra and find out what's going on. good morning. >> we have tropical storm gabrielle. we're concerned with a large amount of rain. one of the things we look at when we look at tropical storms is how slow they are moving. gabrielle, constant winds only 40 miles per hour, make you think a weak tropical storm, when this moves this slow we could have large impacts with a large amount of rainfall. let's get you in closer, over the virgin islands and puerto rico we have the system moving expected to move over the dominican republic as well but the amount of rainfall it could bring that could concern us, three to five inches of heavy rainfall over mountainous region, regio regions, even though the eye will not go into haiti we could get large amounts of rainfall.

the high mountain peaks a lot of times the storm moves through we see mudslides. you think of the development in the area that will be a problem as we move in through today as the storm continues to progress on its path. currently for the path we're looking to move over the dominican republic, eastern portions and also samana. we're talking about heavy rainfall farther out an the eye itself. after that, it could strengthen. it has to hold together after it moves over land. it will eventually go out to sea so not an effect for the u.s. mainland. when you talk about large amounts of rainfall anywhere near haiti, the dominican republic, always a huge concern. >> thanks, indra. we'll check back in with that for sure. there has been strong reaction understandably to the news of ariel castro's death but not publicly from the three women he kidnapped and imprisoned in his home for a decade, amanda berry, gina deju cess and michelle knight.

they have not talked but their families are. pamela brown is in cleveland where castro's home once stood and now been leveled. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, the women have already shown how strong and resilient they are ever since they were rescued in may and gina dejesus' aunt tells cnn exclusively how this if anything is helping them move forward with their lives even more. >> it means we can move on with our lives now. it means hopefully we won't have to hear about mr. castro no more. >> reporter: closure for janice smith and her family, after castro killed himself in his jail cell after just one month behind bars in state prison. >> knows what he did, he knows it was wrong and i think he couldn't live with it and i believe that's probably why he took his life. >> reporter: after welcoming home gina in may and seeing

castro sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years she thought this horrible chapter for her family ended. now ariel castro's family is coming to grips with the loss of a man they once knew as a brother, son and father, not as a monster. >> even though he did all of these bad things and the family does not condone that, they will and they must grieve. >> reporter: others cheered castro's suicide. amanda berry's grandmother telling ned nd e"new day" "i l i feel so happy but i wish he had starved himself to death or somehow." he was in protective custody, isolated from other prisoners and checked on every half hour. >> should have been on a suicide watch and there shouldn't have been a watch every 30 minutes. there should have been somebody outside of his cell more frequently. >> reporter: on seymour street where the house of horrors once stood signs of life and hope, a

garden planted and the lives of castro's victims now filled with promise. >> she's with her family. she's free. she's home and that's what matters to her. >> reporter: this is closure for her? >> this is closure for her, yes. >> reporter: it's important to remember. gina is studying to get her high school diploma. as for the investigation into kat row's death the bureau of prison says he was given a mental health evaluation and denied castro's attorney's request for an independent evaluation because it says they didn't give a good enough reason. the investigation continues. still a lot of unanswered questions there. back to you both. >> pamela, thank you for bringing us that perspective. it's understandable the three women not ready to talk publicly and probably good they still need to focus on the recovery but good to hear from a family member out of this is beginning to bring closure. >> less public attention the

faster they heal. >> let's hope this is not catching. >> it's going on around here. >> i'm keeping it over here. let's look at the headlines making news for the state department overseas security is lost in bureaucracy, that's whatten aindependent panel found in the wake of last september's benghazi attacks. cording to their report diplomatic security fell through the cracks as 1 of 11 functions overseen by undersecretary for management patrick f. kennedy. the report recommends new senior level oversight. a tix text teen is facing murder charges after allegedly stabbing four students at a high school north of houston. the 17-year-old is under arrest. one student killed and three wounded. what started as an argument in the hallway quickly escalated to violence. the incident may have been gang related. prosecutors in montana appealing a controversial 30-day

sentence given to stacy rambold for raping a 14-year-old student. the teen later killed suicide. the judge who imposed the sentence says he may have been wrong. prosecutors claim the mistake can only be kreblgted wi correc appeal to montana's supreme cou court. dusten brown is the biological father of veronica. he and adoptive parents have been fighting. he violated a court order not allowing the couple to visit flon ka. his lawyers say they'll challenge the extradition order. in are. in new hampshire, eight brain injury students may have been exposed to a fatal mad cow disease from potentially contaminated equipment. health officials are almost certain a patient who had died

and others may have been infected afterward by improperly sterilized equipment. other patients may have been exposed to it. this guy just trying to buy a magazine at a service station in australia, oh my goods, death brushes by him. an suv crashed through the window and missed him by inches, maybe even centimeters. incredibly he is okay. police think the driver may have been texting but they're not sure. what makes this incredible his forgetfulness, he apparently forgot his cash so at the last minute we to use his credit card. if he had paid with cash and walked out he would have been right in the path of the oncoming suv. he had to take a second to pull out his credit card -- they're supposed to get married in a couple weeks so his fiance is happy. >> all that debris hit him. >> broken glass, shattered, it's surprising he's not really

injured. >> a young man of sorts asking himself the big question, something like to avoids you, got to ask yourself why you're still here. >> i'm always paying with my credit card, that's one thing. >> think on that. when we come back, breaking news for the president, he's landed in russia for the g-20 summ summit. we're going to catch you up on what's going on there. we've been talking about the political fighting. check out this anthony weiner story going toe to toe with a big apple voter. could it be his most epic battle yet? maybe, when you watch this. also we're going to be watching, are you ready for some football? i would say everyone at this table would answer collectively yes! the nfl season kicks off tonight and the league is already coming under fire. what is going on, people? the commissioner fights back. [ male announcer ] this is jim,

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welcome back to "new day." it's kickoff thursday, why i had the football, though i play with it all the time here. the 2013 regular nfl season begins tonight with the super bowl champion ravens visiting peyton manning and the denver broncos. however the league under fire concerning player safety issues. commissioner roger goodell is running his own version of a no huddle offense. cnn's rachel nichols is following all this for us from denver. ooh, the site of the game, that's great. hey rach. >> reporter: hi chris. nothing is better pr for football than playing the game of football, after seven long months fans are finally getting real games out here. great little revenge matchup tonight for peyton manning trying to play the ravens team and beat the team that knocked him out of the playoffs last

season. great matchup for roger goodell as he tries to change the focus of the talk around this sport. broncos quarterback peyton manning won't be the only one on the offensive tonight as the nfl season gets under way. commissioner roger goodle is making a full charge trying to boost the league's image after a controversial offseason. the nfl last week reached a $765 million settlement with the thousands of former players suing over concussion related ailments, then yesterday goodell announced a $10 million grant to study head injuries. he also kicked off a national bus tour to publicize this year's super bowl and remind fans why pro football is still the country's most popular sport. >> no one really knows who's going to win, who is going to emerge as the next great star but that's what makes nfl football exciting. everybody has that hope. everybody has that dream of winning. and that's what fans love about nfl football. >> reporter: still the

concussion issue continues to linger, when pressed on whether $ 65 million was generous enough for a league with revenues around $10 billion. gooden noted that "people start with making an assumption that we make $10 billion. that's $10 billion in revenue and there's a difference between making and revenue." goodell added that "$765 million is a lot of money" and it may be but earlier this week four former players filed a brand new lawsuit alleging the nfl hid information about the dangers of brain injuries. in an interview with cnn earlier this summer former bears quarterback jim mcmahon who suffereded multiple concussions alleged the same thing. do you think when you were playing that they knew more than they were saying in. >> we definitely know they knew more. >> reporter: the nfl? >> we know they knew more than what they told us but you know, back then nobody, you know, nobody questioned the hierarchy. >> reporter: of course these days people are questioning all

kinds of things, but at least when the ball kicks off tonight, some of those questions can be answered on the field, much to the relief of the league office. kate? >> rachel thank you. in wenz wvenezuela a blacko leaves 70% of the country in the dark. here's shasta darlington. >> reporter: a full 70% of venezuela was left in the dark after a massive power outage on tuesday that even affected parts of the capital. the blackout disabled traffic lights and the subway. it lasted three hours, and as a result, thousands of people were sent home from work. in a bizarre twist venezuelan president nicolas maduro blamed the opposition for sabotaging transmission lines. this is however just the latest power problem after an electricity emergency was declared way back in 2010.

back to you, kate. >> shasta, thank you so much. let's go to london where they are getting ared for princess diana's story on the big green. erin mclaughlin has more on that. >> reporter: kate, she called him mr. wonderful. now princess diana's two-year relationship with heart surgeon haznan khan is a film. the actress worked hard into perfecting her manners. she told one she could feel diana's presence during filming. lot of pressure involved when you're portraying one of the most iconic women in modern history. >> erin thanks for that. in china the world's youngest pilot is taking the controls, how young, the boy is just 5 years old. david mackenzie has that from beijing. >> reporter: he calls himself eagle dad and might have china's

most overachieving young child, the 5-year-old took to the skies in hebei in a specially modified plane. his dad says it's a record-breaking flight. it's not the first time we've heard from the family. there was eagle dad dumping his son in the snow in new york in winter, being criticized, he said it was to toughen him up. there was the joint trip up to the top of japan's mt. fuji. eagle dad clearly wants the publicity and he says it's not their last exploit. kate, back to you. >> makes me wonder what are they going to come up with next? >> i hope it all goes well. coming up here on "new day," what happened to the flag raised on the site of the world trade center after 9/11? you remember this iconic photo? i don't know if you saw the flag last night, the documentary here at cnn about it, but tons of tips pouring in afterwards. we're going to give you the latest on the situation. also we're going to show you a prank of doomsday proportions, lg's viral ad trying to convince

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welcome back. you are following the mystery of the missing 9/11 flag, it disappeared after becoming a national icon in this photo. cnn's documentary aired last night and word flooding in from people across the country who

say they know where it could be. jason carroll has the story. >> dozens of tips have come in from across the country about possible clues to the whereabouts of the 9/11 flag that became a symbol of hope after this iconic photo was taken the flag mysteriously went missing. take this picture from firefighters in colorado, holding what appears to be a ground zero flag. >> it's definitely the right size. >> reporter: and this sent to cnn from a couple in california. >> you can tell from the stars that it's far too large. >> reporter: so far all false leads from michael tucker, director of the cnn film's documentary "the flag." >> if we find the flag it would be terrific and people would through that artifact connect them to the past and to the stories. >> reporter: of the more interesting tips e-mailed to cnn, a man who claimed he spotted the 9/11 flag in a cia office, part of a boy scout trip, he was told it was the iconic flag from the photo at

ground zero. >> it's actually on the cia website. it appears to be the right size but it has gold tassels around the edges. >> reporter: or could it be at nasa in hue stoon, one woman claims her husband handled the flag that came from the world trade center buildings. all credible leads will be vetted by filmmakers and then turned over to the only people who they say could tell what is real and what isn't. >> the owners are the only people that could identify it. >> we knew right away it was the wrong flag. >> reporter: the flag the firefighters raised was from their boat docked near the trade towers and only they know of undisclosed markings that can help solve the mystery. jason carroll, cnn, new york. >> jason, thank you for that. we want to make sure if you have a tip and think could you help find the flag go to cnn.com/theflag and click on the link or send an e-mail to findtheflag@cnn.com.

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if you like the long ball last night's red sox/tigers game was for you. baseballs were flying out of fenway park like it was a home run derby. andy scholes joins us this morning with the bleacher report. >> if there was ever a night to bring your glove to fenway park last night was it. last night red sox a record

tying eight home runs in the game, seven different players hit long balls. david ortiz not only hit too two-moon shots he collected his 2,000th career hit on an rbi double. final score was 20-4. today you can read about floyd "money" mayweather's record fight with ka mill lcami rez. he's expected to receive $41.5 million, breaking the record for his previous two bouts. the cleveland indians what better way to lighten the mood than a new pet chicken. reliever cody allen's nickname is chicken al so a bunch of his teammates came up with the bright idea to get him a live chicken. they named the chicken cody. the indians beat the orioles last night 6-4.

we know how superstitious baseball players are. they said if they keep winning they'll keep the chicken and maybe get him a locker in the clubhouse. >> what? what? what? okay, whatever works i guess. chris is dumbfounded by this, andy u you've officially done it. he's speechless. thanks, andy. we'll talk to you later. ♪ it is time for the rock block a quick roundup of the stories you'll be talking about today. >> i'm still chuckling from the last one. the state of washington preparing to hand out 334 licenses for the opening of legal pot shops, 21 of them will be awarded in seattle starting december 21st. in "usa today" they may seem like a mindless waste of time but video games can improve brain power in older adults from ages 60 to 9. "the new york daily news" has nikki haley locked out of

the mansion wearing only a robe. she was sending the kids to school and the door slammed shut behind her. #happenstoallofus. it is out, samsung the biggest maker of smartphones unfailed its galaxy gear smartwatch. you can make calls, get text messages, read weather, more on that to come out later. blackberry may be sold by november. "the wall street journal" says the board hopes to run a fast auction process and narrowed its list of potential bidders. blackberry stock rallied on wednesday, the news, machicdona dollar meal may have a $5 meal, it may be called the dollar menu and more that sells items for $1, $2 and $5. the new menu could come out later this year. finally to indra for the weather. >> doesn't that defeat the point? we saw a cold front kick through last night, temperatures super mild. look at this, highs in the 60s today, burlington about 11 degrees below normal, new york

city the 70s by tomorrow, we could be seeing low 70s. here is the big thing overnight lows are dropping way down, 20s and 30s in upstate new york and new england. we could be talking about frost which seems so early to be talking about this but overnight tonight, improved tomorrow morning. little chilly. >> indra thanks so much. we are close to the top of the hour which means it is time for your top news. there's no doubt that we've kind of hit a wall in terms of additional progress. >> president obama goes into the lions den. he's in russia at this hour, meeting vladimir putin shortly. what the president needs to say. while at home a senate committee approves a strike on syria. danger on the roads, dare devil drivers racing around a major u.s. city trying to make the best time and filming it all. food warnings, two new

developments you need to know, a major recall of your favorite yogurt and a new study that says do not wash chicken before cooking, that's even more dangerous. >> your "new day" starts right now. >> announcer: what you need to know -- >> he knows what he did. he knows it was wrong and i just think he couldn't live with it. >> announcer: what you just have to see. >> i don't take my judgments from you and i don't judge you. if you're going to say vile things about me and my family you should expect i'm going to go back atcha. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kk can ate bo and michaela pereira. >> welcome to "new day," thursday, september 5th, 7:00 in the east. we have a lot to get to this morning. president obama touching down in russia for the g-20 summit, syria looming large over the event as well as the relationship between president obama and russian president vladimir putin. what will happen when they go

face-to-face? we'll talk about it all with former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld, his perspective very important this morning. angry reaction to ariel castro's suicide. he was supposed to live out the rest of his life in prison and many are saying his final insult to his victims was taking what they would call the easy way out. this morning we have an exclusive reaction from the families of the victims, why they think he did it, and how the brave survivors are reacting today. and we have a tropical storm forming in the caribbean. it has so far this year been a quiet hurricane season. what exactly is going on? forecasters say we're overdue for a big storm with the peak season starting now. could we be hit with another monster storm like sandy? >> god forbid. we start this morning with all eyes being on president obama and russian president vladimir putin as the two attend the g-20 russia.in st. petersburg, they're already icy relationship becoming cooler since russia gave asylum to edward snowden.

now putin is making loud and public resistance to any strike against syria. let's bring in brianna keilar, she has more from st. petersburg. >> reporter: chris, good morning. president obama has arrived here in st. petersburg, russia and first up on his agenda is an official one on one meeting with a key ally, japanese prime minister shinzo abe. another meeting not officially but expected to take place informally russian president vladimir putin that is getting the most attention. president obama and russian president vladimir putin are set to come face-to-face at the annual meeting of g-20 leaders. obama defending his position to launch strikes. >> i didn't set a red line. the world did when 98% of the population said the use of chemical weapons are abhorrent.

>> reporter: putin remains vehemently opposed. casting doubt of the evidence the u.s. government says it has against the seyrian regime. saying, "if we have precise data of who is responsible for these crimes then we'll react. russia is not alone. britain and germany are also refusing to endorse military action, this is the highest tensions have been between the two world powers since the cold war. >> we will have a very bad patch if there is a military attack on syria and i think we can expect some frosty time. >> reporter: russia and syria have been strong allies for decades. >> russia is very close to syria, they provide and buy weapons from each other, kind of a client state. >> reporter: the conflict over syria just the tip of the iceberg in the rift between world leaders. obama canceled his private meeting with putin several weeks ago after russia refused to extradite nsa leaker edward snowden.

in st. petersburg obama plans to meet with gay rights activists on putin's turf as outrage spreads over russian law banning any promotion of gay relationships to minors. relations between putin and obama increasingly rocky. >> we've kind of hit a wall in terms of additional progress. >> one senior administration official said don't think of this as a visit to yaush. think of it as a visit to the g-20 summit that just happens to be hosted by russia. very telling, kate. >> thanks, brianna, traveling with the president this morning. a resolution supporting syria's strike has passed. the senate foreign relations committee a divided vote. the white house point men on syria are trying to make headway with lawmakers in the house. chris lawrence is following all the developments on capitol hill, live in the washington bureau this morning. what's today looking like, chris? >> reporter: in just a few hours the administration will continue to try to make their case for military action, this time behind closed doors, coming just

one day after that key vote in the senate in the secretaries of defense and state facing a very tough crowd in the house. this is the hard sell, from the inner circle, to take action. >> allahu akbar. >> this is not the time to lead spectators to slaughter. >> there is a risk of escalation in the use of chemical weapons if we do nothing. >> reporter: and the cost of air strikes to america. >> it would be the tens of millions of dollars, that kind of range. >> reporter: one explosive confrontation shows the hard work ahead to win over the house. >> mr. kerry, you have never been one that has advocated for anything other than caution involving u.s. forces and past conflicts. is the power of the executive branch so intoxicating you would abandon past caution in favor for pulling the trigger on a military response so quickly? >> because i volunteered to fight for my country and that wasn't a cautious thing to do when i did it.

we're talking about people being killed by gas and you want to go talk about benghazi and fast and furious. >> reporter: two u.s. navy ships have left the eastern med., leaving four destroyers in the waters near syria. questions remain, not about the strike itself, but what comes next. >> what do we do if they shoot literally back at americans? >> but who is the other side? who are the rebel forces? >> reporter: administration officials say they've kept the syrian opposition from allying with extremist fighters but the clock is ticking. >> and people will resort to anybody they can find to help them accomplish their goal and we would have created more extremism and a greater problem down the road. >> kerry said we no doubt the president would soon make a prime time speech to lay out the case but behind the scenes there are deep divisions within the administration over how much to trust the rebels.

one source i spoke to who has seen the intelligence says he does not see the clear divisions between moderates and extremists that kerry suggested and he also said that members of congress will see some of this same intelligence later today when they get those classified briefings. chris? >> chris, thank you very much for the reporting. we bring in former defense secretary donald rumsfeld, the author of "rumsfeld's rules." thank you for being here. pleasure to have you. perception often reality in politics. i want to get your take, mr. rumsfeld, on what the president's two comments mean. year or so ago if chemical weapons are used, that's a red line for me, will make me kang change my calculus and yesterday we heard the world drew a red line, not me. what is your take on that? >> it's a stunning comment. it conjures up the thought of the uncertain trumpet or the trumpet that provides an uncertain sound, who will prepare themselves?

it's exactly the reason that there is not a large coalition wanting to support the president. it's the reason that the congress is confused because he has spent so much time saying what he would not do and what it would not amount to that i think people are confused, and the essence of leadership is clarity, and providing a vision, and he has not done that and as a result it's perfectly understandable that people in the congress are getting arranged to oppose what he's proposing because they find that it's uncertain and lacks clarity. >> don't you think a big obstacle especially abroad is the legacy of how we got involved in the iraq war, the suspicions that we had it wrong there obviously and we may be wrong again don't you think that's a big problem here? >> i suppose it's part of the problem. if intelligence were a fact, it would be called a fact, and not

intelligence and i think when colin powell went before the united nations with george tenet, the director of intelligence, talked about the intelligence they had in great detail and then it turned out that stockpiles were not found that people were cautious and began to recognize that intelligence is intelligence and not necessarily a fact. but i don't think that's what's going on here. i think what's going on here is almost any president in my adult life i think would have provided stronger leadership and greater clarity and as a result generated broader support in the international community and in the country and in the congress. >> is it fair criticism coming from to you put it all on the president when, as you well know in the united kingdom and in russia they talk about not that the intelligence was wrong going into iraq but it had been manipulated and there was politics and spin that make them suspicious of the u.s. motives

when they say they have proof. isn't that just the fact? >> i think not. i've not heard people say that responsibly, and if you'll recall the congress looked at the same intelligence and came to the same conclusions and there were democrats who supported it, including very prominent democrats who enthusiastically supported it. president clinton signed a resolution supporting regime change in iraq, and the international, the united nations had 17 resolutions against saddam hussein. so i think that there may be people on the fringe who say the kind of thing that you're saying, but i don't think anyone responsible has said anything like that. >> so just to be clear you believe it's a fringe notion that the perception of how the u.s. handled intelligence getting into the iraq war, you think that's a fringe notion, that there's suspicion about it, concern we didn't have it right and we had it wrong for the wrong reasons? >> you don't listen carefully. i didn't say that. i said that there are people on

the fringe who say what you said. >> right. >> but i conceded the fact that that experience unquestionably has affected some people's judgment and attitude and impressions during this situation. >> good, thank you for clarifying that. appreciate it, mr. rumsfeld. let's move on to something else. you know better than most the toll that military action can take on the country. we're still dealing with fallout in iraq, right, we all know that. given that, do you think it is the besttter kous to use milita action in these circumstances or would you advise the administration to think about going heavier on arming the rebels, letting them fight for themselves, heavier on humanitarian aid and wait, wait in this situation? >> well, it seemed to me that the time to have helped the rebels would have been a year or two before, before 100,000 people were killed. and the effect of it might have been greater. where we are today my personal view is that what he has proposed is not something that

will have a tough effect, that it's worth doing, and i would personally not be in favor of supporting what he's proposing. >> and that's an interesting perspective, in terms of what the effect will be and what about the notion of how do we get out? obvious he will another part of the legacy of the iraq war. we haven't heard how we get out of this situation. do you have concerns if the plan goes forward the way we're hearing it being articulated in the senate right now that we may be, the u.s. may be too optimistic about how easy it will be to stop this type of action? >> oh, i don't know that i agree with that. i think dean atchison said that all the easy decisions are made down below and the tough decisions are always reflect and represent uncertain outcomes and war is the use of military force is a terrible thing. it does result in uncertain outcomes. you can't be certain because the

enemy has a brain, and adjusts and adapts and plans have to adjust with first contact with the enemy so you can't predict what's going to come. the question is, what's the right thing to do and absent resolute leadership it seems to me the right thing to do is to not get engaged. >> vladimir putin, looming large right now in this situation. what would be your advice to the administration for how to deal with russia? do you believe that they can get him and his country on board? >> no, i don't. they're a very close ally of iran and they've been assisting them with their nuclear program. they supply weapons for them, and iran and syria are close allies and have been active in supporting terrorist groups around the world that have killed innocent men, women and children to say nothing of killing americans. putin's interest is not our

interest. his values are not our values. the idea that the reset button would change and make everyone like each other is utter nonsense. putin gets up in the morning and approaches the world from a quite different standpoint than we do, and i watch it and listen to it and the idea that a make nice to putin approach is going to change his approach to the world i think is simply not going to work and hasn't thus far and it's unlikely to prospectively. >> last question for now mr. rumsfeld. when you look back on your experience specifically with iraq, and any regrets you may have, is there any mistake that you see that would you like to point out to the administration in the hopes that it's not made again? >> you know, that's kind of a press's favorite question and i look at it, and it seems to me that the world is a better place without saddam hussein. he killed hundreds of thousands

of people. he used chemical weapons against his own people and against his neighbors. he was called the butcher of baghdad for good reason, and the people of that country have a chance to make a better life for themselves and they're working on it hard. now, are we capable of nation building, the united states of america? no. i think we're not. i think people in a country have to build their own nation, and we don't speak those languages and we ought to be i think modest about any impression we have that we can do nation building and the idea that the template we have, that we've arrived at after hundreds of years is necessarily the proper template for other countries. >> mr. rumsfeld, thank you very much. it's good to have you, mr. secretary, on "new day." appreciate your perspective. we'll leave it there. tonight i'm going to be hosting

a town hall to discuss the crisis in syria. we'll ask a panel of experts some questions from me but more importantly questions from you. you can tweet them and we'll use them tonight, us use #syriaquestions and we'll have a live audience to give a sense of the concerns going into this very important decision, tonight at 9:00 eastern here on cnn. kate? >> thanks, chris. there is a new storm to be paying attention to here at home, tropical storm gabrielle bearing down on puerto rico overnight so of course the question is, is gabrielle a potential threat to the u.s. mainland? indra petersons is tracking the path of the storm and where it's headed. what is the latest? >> we're watching now a somewhat of a weak tropical storm but it is moving slowly, we're seeing northwesterly 8 miles per hour. it is expected to dump a large amount of rain over the dominican republic, curving out to sea. it will not affect the u.s. mainland. it will stay east of bermuda as well. three to five inches of rain possible in the islands and as much as 15 inches of rain on the

mountainous peaks. let's talk about how rare this season is. september, we have not seen a hurricane yet. we only have five seasons that we have done that so far. this is in the satellite air. if we go back to 1941 the latest we've ever gone without a hurricane has been september 16th and we could potentially break even that record. here is the interesting thing to note the average amount of hurricanes you have in a season is about six. even in the years where we went through september without a hurricane we still saw around the average number of hurricanes. they just got more compacted towards the end of the year so that's something we're still going to be concerned with. the hint of good news later in the season we typically do not hit the mainland. unfortunately it hasn't been a typical weather pattern lately so when watching the reason if we see anything form currently it would curve out to sea. we have the jet stream over the eastern pacific and the bermuda high out to the east. with that we're not seeing them make their way to the shore and it's tearing apart anything that tries to form so we're not seeing the hurricanes currently. we talk about the dry air out there as well so between high

winds and dry air we haven't seen anything form and like to keep it that way. >> clearly watching that closely. thank you so much, indra. a lot of news this morning, let's get to michaela for the latest. >> look at your headlines at this hour, the state department has not paid enough attention to security for its overseas post, that's according to an independent panel formed after last year's deadly attack on the u.s. compound in benghazi, investigators calling for security to be elevated in importance at the department. a texas teen facing murder charges for stabbing a fellow high school student to death. 17-year-old old enough to be considered an adult under state law. the victim identified as 17-year-old joshua broussard, three other teens were also injured in the incident. investigators are looking to see if the violence was gang related. george zimmerman pulled over near sanford, florida, for speeding, going 60 in a 45-mile-per-hour zone. no warning this time, he got a

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flying through just missing this em. near misses here. we'll take a break. coming up on "new day" we have an exclusive for you, the aunt of gina dejesus on the death of ariel castro. she's speaking for the first time since the man who held gina for almost a decade took his own life. plus talk about fast and furious, this driver zooming around manhattan in record time, video of the speed racer has gone viral and police want to know who he is. we have details on it coming up. e that feeling of getting something new. and now, with verizon edge, you can experience that new phone thrill, again, and again, and again. phil can you close your new phone box, we're picking up some feedback. every time you're ready to upgrade. having what you want on the 4glte network you rely on. that's powerful. upgrade to the motox by motorola with 0 down payment.

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welcome back to "new day." so a day after the death of ariel castro, the aunt of one of his victims is speaking exclusively to cnn.

janice smith believes she knows exactly why the man who kidnapped her niece and two others decided to take his own life in prison. pamela brown is joining us live from cleveland, where castro's house once stood with more on this this morning. good morning, pamela. >> reporter: we are getting some insight into how they reacted to the news of ariel castro's death from one of their family members who spoke to us exclusively. it was shocking and unexpected but gina dejesus' aunt says if anything it's allowing them to move forward with their lives even more. >> it means we can move on with our lives now. it means hopefully we won't have to hear about mr. castro no more. >> reporter: closure for janice smith and her family, after castro killed himself in his jail cell after just one month behind bars in state prison. >> he knows what he did, he knows it was wrong and i think

he couldn't live with it and i believe that's probably why he took his life. >> reporter: after welcoming home gina in may and seeing castro sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years she thought this horrible chapter for her family ended. now ariel castro's family is coming to grips with the loss of a man they once knew as a brother, son and father, not as a monster. >> even though he did all of these bad things and the family does not condone that, they will and they must grieve. >> reporter: others cheered castro's suicide. amanda berry's grandmother telling "new day," "i love it, i feel so happy but i wish he had starved himself to death or somehow." prison officials say castro hanged himself with a bed sheet inside this prison in orient, ohio. he was in protective custody, isolated from other prisoners and checked on every half hour. >> he should have been on a suicide watch and there shouldn't have been a watch

every 30 minutes. there should have been somebody outside of his cell more frequently. >> reporter: on seymour street where the house of horrors once stood, signs of life and hope, a garden planted and the lives of castro's victims now filled with promise. >> she's with her family. she's free. she's home and that's what matters to her. >> reporter: this is closure for her? >> this is closure for her, yes. >> reporter: back live here, this is where ariel kst cacastr home once stood. it has been replaced with this green space. this is part of what the community wanted and it's also a way for the survivors to close that horrible chapter in their lives. as for the investigation, we spoke to the bureau of prisons and it says it did give ariel castro a mental health evaluation and denied his attorneys' request for an independent evaluation because it says they didn't give a good enough reason. of course this investigation does continue. back to you guys. >> pamela, thanks so much for bringing us that.

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thursday, september 5th. coming up, face-off on syria, president obama and russian president vladimir putin at the g-20 summit in st. petersburg but keeping their distance. we'll talk with zha reed zakaria with if the leaders can find common ground. fasten your seat belt, video showing a driver speeding recklessly around the streets of manhattan, running red lights, cutting people off. the cops have some questions for this person understandably. we'll talk about it. lots of news for you this morning, let's get to michaela. mick? >> we'll tell you the headlines right now. meet at lies as chris mentioned just a moment ago, president obama now in st. petersburg, russia, for the annual g-20 summit where syria, not the global economy, is center stage. there are no plans officially for the president and russian president vladimir putin to meet one on one to discuss differences on syria but the white house says they'll talk on the margins of the meeting. meanwhile the senate foreign relations committee voting 10-7 in favor of authorizing u.s.

military strikes against syria. the full senate will vote next week but the resolution faces an uncertain outcome in the house. president obama in russia as we mentioned for the g-20 summit. even if the mesh sewer rejected he still has the authority to order attacks on the assad regime. more air travelers will soon be able to avoid taking off shoes during security checks. the tsa is expanding the pre-check program to another 60 airports by the end of this year, already in place at some 40 airports. this precheck program allowed pre-approved passengers to avoid most of the hassles associated with security lines taking off belts and shoes, pulling your laptop out of the cases and removing gels and lick willeds from your carry on bags. an ohio judge ruled against a hospital that was trying to force a 10-year-old amish girl to undergo chemotherapy. akr akron's hospital says is aissar

hers herschberger is going to die unless she gets treatment. check this out a man takes out a gun and asks for all the money, 54-year-old john lewis pulled out his gun and quickly got the upper hand on the robber and the guy fled. the gunman did not know who he was dealing with because look, lewis is an iraq war vet, he's a former undercover detective and is he a prison guard. my friend, you picked the wrong guy to stick up. those are your headlines at this hour. kate, over to you. >> michaela, thank you so much. let's talk more about president obama in russia for the g-20 summit. joining me to break it down and what could be accomplished in the meetings, fareed zakaria, thanks so much, the president and vladimir putin are going to be face to face at least having a handshake in about an hour. the question i think everyone wonders even if face to face or maybe even a conversation on the

margins, do you think the president can win over russia, can win support of vladimir putin as it relates to military action in syria at this point? >> it's going to be very tough. there's a whole bunch of issues that come in the way. >> let's talk about the issues. it's complicated and important to understand how we got to where we are today. what is at stake? let's look at the animation, what's at stake for russia. >> it's an interesting question. objectively it isn't a huge relationship. they have defense exports, the russians sell the syrian stuff but not a whole hell of a lot. they have a port which i think we have here. the part of tartus but it's largely unused. they don't need it much, don't go there much. the part i think may be at the heart of this is the russians worry if assad falls in syria i whole bunch of islamic militants will come to power and start spreading islamic militancy and

jihad into russia. russia is close to syria and remember where the tsarnaev s come from, the chechen dagestan area. >> that concern who takes over if assad falls is also a shared concern of many law make, here in washington, here in the united states on capitol hill in their opposition to u.s. action in russia. what do you think are the main reasons for russia's opposition to going into syria? >> well the first part that russian officials have told me often is they feel they got tricked in libya. they asked for a limited mission to protect civilians and turned it into a regime change strategy to get rid of gadhafi. the russians feel like they were tricked so they're probably not going to fall for the same trick again in their words again.

russia tended not to like the idea that the u.n. can interfere in the domestic affairs as they see it of other countries. this is a longstanding position, the russians and the chinese have, part of it is look, vladimir putin doesn't want the u.n. looking at what he does to his internal rebellions and revolts, whether in chechnya or protests in russia. i think they find themselves, it's difficult to see why they would do it. this russian nationalism is popular in russia. >> all politics is local. >> when putin stands up to obama, russia says he's a strong leader. putin said i was not elected to be nice to the americans and mr. obama was not elected to be nice to russians. >> real quick before we move on to the next topic, what also is at play has to be the relationship with china that russia has and maybe more importantly iran. >> russia at the end of the day

has carved out for itself a set of relationships all of which revolve around many similar issu issues, protection of sovereignty and it's an old alliance with syria, it's one of the last cold war alliances russia has. when everything else crumbled maybe this is why they hold on. >> talking about the cold war the relationship between the u.s. and russia disintegrated in spectacular fashion since the reset, the worst since the cold war. what's behind all that you think? >> well, let's remember to begin with, it was only good for a short period of time when boris yeltsin was president, they needed us, needed western cash, when the price of oil was $20 a particle, now it's $100 a barrel. >> and there are tension points, one thing that comes to mind edward snowden. >> you have the snowden issue where the russians have given this guy asylum. if we had gotten a russian

edward snowden i doubt very much we would have handed him back but that's a source of enormous irritation. >> you have all of the issues including gay rights that's going to come front and center when president obama is hitting the g-20. >> he'll meet with gay activists in russia as a pointed snub to putin on this issue. >> i think at its core is also just generally speaking these two men are very different personalities. >> you couldn't script this differently, obama is the city boy, community organizer, you know, law professor, what he likes to do in his free time is play basketball. >> right. >> putin is a kgb agent spent years deep in the heart of the soviet empire. what he likes to do in his free time is wrestle tigers, ride horses, do judo. >> and show up a lot with his shirt off. >> show up a lot with his shirt off. unless they can do judo with their shirts off they're not going to bond. >> all of this really shows what's at stake and really everything that's at stake for the. the in these meetings at the

g-20. >> it's the challenge. remember you can have all the differences and that's where diplomacy comes in, you can still find some way to strike a deal. >> fareed, great to see you as always. "fareed zakaria gps" see it on the weekends. >> the description of vladimir putin could also describe the man with me now john berman here to talk about a viral video, a about, mw speeding around the edge of manhattan. police are searching for the driver in this youtube clip. why? he says he made the trip 26 miles in record-breaking time, also means law breaking so let's bring in john with the story. hello my tiger wrestling friend. >> this man has been treating the island of manhattan like his own personal racetrack, it's a dangerous competition creating huge internet buzz but a warning to the driver, police commissioner ray kelly says he's going to catch you. in new york city, when the traffic light turns green, it is often off to the races, but not like this.

this is accelerated six-minute, hair-raising youtube video posted last monday showing a driver dangerously and illegally dashing around manhattan, cutting people off, and running a red light. it's part of an impromptu and dangerous new competition putting other drivers and ped reenz at risk and has the new york city police on the lookout. >> we now have a license plate readers that are positioned in the city that will assist in this type of investigation. >> reporter: the anonymous driver going by the name afro duck is trying to break a self-proclaimed record to cruise around manhattan as fast as possible. he claims he did it in 24:07, achieved by driving the 26 miles at average speeds of 66 miles per hour. the sped up video set to a popular dance song called "no beat" has gained so much notoriety the driver was

interviewed by the car blog "jalopnic." he defended his actions saying being a fast driver doesn't mean you're inherently a bad or reckless driver. the previous record was claimed by a group calling itself the corporate broadcasting company who also posted a sped up youtube video back in 2010. they claimed a time just over 26 minutes. so how long does the 26-mile loop actually take? another video posted by jonathan harper claims that if you follow the speed limit, the same route takes a lengthy 41 minutes, double afroduck's record. now afroduck's only advice to drivers who might want to try this is watch out for speeding tickets. i'm not sure anyone should be taking his advice. seems like a fairly reckless thing to do. we might add it really does appear that police are out there in force right now on the hunt.

one of our producers, he sits right back there, noticed some police out this morning when they stopped him on the way to work, they'd never been in that location before, clearly on the lookout. >> afroduck is in our midst? >> afroduck is somewhere, maybe one of your producers. >> froout is it's dangerous, average speed 66 miles an hour, i don't know how they did that around the island of manhattan without being reckless. john berman, thank you. coming up next on "new day," two food alerts to tell you about a voluntary recall of chobani greek yogurt and a warning rinsing your chicken before cooking it might do more harm than good. why, oh, why? we'll tell you. look what i have on my wrist. >> what is it? >> the new smartphone right there. can you see it? look at that, notifications, voice mem row, it's all right here, highly anticipated galaxy gear, right on my wrist and they say i can keep it. >> better looking than i gave it credit for yesterday.

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welcome back to "new day" everyone. two important food alerts to talk about this morning, a popular yogurt brand pulling some of its products after several reports of mold and it turns out you have probably been handling raw chicken completely wrong according to a new public health campaign out. senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is at the cnn center with more. these are two important things a lot of parents are listening. start with the yogurt. what are the concerns there? >> it's interesting because this appears to have surfaced through twitter, people started tweeting something was kind of funky with their chobani yogurt. one woman, shelby said usually a big fan but this strawberry chobani is not good, tasted really old and sunls said my

vanilla cohbani is fizzy and tastes like wine. is this bad? someone else tweeted if the foil top of my chobani yogurt is puffed up and it's fizzy, does that mean it's sunday? apparently yes. apparently the cohbani yogurt company said we found some mold in our chobani yogurts. it wasn't huge, only 5% of their total products but still for the people who ended up getting it and taking it home it was probably shocking. >> potentially affected yogurts to pay attention to, what is on the shelves now is that safe to eat? do they think they've gotten everything that potentially had any mold out of the way? >> they say they've gotten the vast majority. one has to wonder about the small minority, is it still out there? it appears it might be. i want to be clear, kate, the fda says no one has gotten sick

from this as far as they know and the experts we talked to said mold from dairy is usually, it doesn't make you sick so it's not a health hazard. it probably doesn't taste very good. >> let's talk about this chicken issue, if you will. it kind of is turning conventional cooking wisdom on its head. you get the chicken breasts and you go off and prepare them. we're hearing you probably should not. why? >> right, you think you're doing good, think you're washing something off of it but in fact what you are doing is bad because take a look at this. this is from drexel university. you're washing your chicken but putting that bacteria all over the place, it's on you, it's on the counters. one analysis showed you could find the bacteria three feet away and you're not actually getting it off the chicken so that's the worst part. >> the key part the rinsing isn't doing anything. >> it doesn't work and it seems to be causing harm, so don't do it. the trick is you just need to cook your chicken because there's bad bacteria inside

potentially and outside so just cook it thoroughly. >> and it goes without saying the germs that are splashing off of the chicken not good germs you want on your counter which could then get, you could then get into your body. >> right, exactly. you could get sick, salmonella, it's all bad. you don't want any of that. don't wash it. it doesn't work, cook it thorou thoroughly. >> good advice to start the day with. elizabeth great to see you. >> that's why i keep a sfoponge with a bleach water solution next to my sink, always use it on the counter because it's filthy. >> >> take a little break and think about it now. a voter hurling serious insalts at mayoral candidate anthony weiner and he does not let it slide. you are going to want to watch this extraordinary toe-to-toe battle. "blurred lines" the undisputed song of the summer.

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after we've gone through all this, are we going to try to find a reason not to act? war on two fronts. president obama set to meet russian president vladimir putin this hour as the two engage in a war of words. while back at home, the president wins a key vote in the bat tool get approval for his attack plans. the gathering storm. a tropical storm forms in the caribbean. scientists say the atlantic is

long overdue for a hurricane. we're tracking it all this morning. the watch of the future? the samsung smart watch. will it revolutionize the tech world? your "new day" continues right now. what you need to know -- >> it means the final closure. it means we can move on with our lives now. what you just have to see. this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> good morning, welcome back to "new day." it is thursday, september 5th. 8:00 in the east. we'll hear from the families of ariel castro's victims reacting to the news of his suicide with a mixture of rage and relief and

the aunt of one of the woman insists why the cleveland kidnapper committed suicide inside his prison cell. you think you heard it all about anthony weiner, but you haven't seen this. he's standing up for himself and his family. wait until you hear what was said to him. the mayoral candidate didn't want it and fiery exchange caught on camera. we'll let you see it. also, a story that is probably going to move you. we want to introduce you to dugout the dog. cute little dog. he's gone missing. he was in the back of the family's suv when it was stolen. he will give the thieves the title to the car as long as they give back the dog. they love that dog. >> that's a sad story. we'll start here right now in russia where president obama touched down for the g-20 economic summit. sure to be overshadowed by the debate how to respond to syria. russian chief putin since they won't meet privately at the summit body language will be

scrutinized to see if there is a thaw in their increasingly icy relati relationship. we'll cover this story like no other network can. brianna keilar live in st. petersburg. brianna? >> good morning, chris. well, president obama has touched down in russia and already begun his first official one-on-one meeting with the key ally. but it's another meeting that is not scheduled, but is likely to happen informally. one with russian president vladimir putin that is getting attention. president obama and russian president vladimir putin are set to come face-to-face at the annual meeting of g-20 leaders as big decisions loom over military action in syria. obama defending his position to launch strikes. >> i didn't set a red line. the world set a red line when governments representing 98% of the world's population said the

use of chemical weapons are abort. >> reporter: putin remains vehemently opposed casting doubt over the evidence that the u.s. government says it has against the syrian regime saying, "if we have objective precise data of who is responsible for these crimes, then we'll react." russia is not alone. >> the nays have it. >> reporter: britain and germany are also refusing to endorse military action. this is the highest tensions have been between the two world powers since the cold war. >> we will have a very bad patch if there is a military attack on syria. and i think wre can expect some pretty frosty time. >> reporter: russia and syria have been strong allies for decad decades. >> russia is very close from syria. buy weapons from each other and kind of a client state. >> reporter: the conflict over syria, just the tip of the iceberg in the riff between the world leaders. obama canceled his private meeting with putin several weeks ago after the russian leader

refused to extradite nsa leaker edward snowden. plans to meet with gay right activists on russia's turf. relations between putin and obama increasingly rocky. >> we've kind of hit a wall in terms of additional progress. >> reporter: one senior administration official said, think of this less as a visit to russia and more as a visit to the g-20 summit that just happens to be hosted by russia. very telling, kate. >> very telling. thank you for starting us off. back here at home a victory of sorts for the president in his bid to use military force against syria. the senate foreign relations committee approved a resolution that authorizes an attack for 60 days with an option for an extension. the full senate votes next week but the real challenge is still ahead in the house. chris lawrence is live in washington with more on this

angle this morning. chris? >> kate, two hours from now administration officials will begin to make their final push on congress to authorize that force in syria, but this meeting is behind closed doors and coming just a day after that key vote in the senate and a very, very tough reception for both the secretary of state and defense. >> reporter: this is the hard sell from the inner circle to take action. >> this is not the time to be spectators to slaughter. >> there is absolutely a risk in chemical weapons, if we do nothing. >> reporter: and the cost of air strikes to america. >> in the tens of millions of dollars. that kind of range. >> reporter: chose the hard work ahead to win over the house. >> mr. kerry, you have never been one as advocated for anything other than caution when involving u.s. forces in past

conflicts. is the power of the executive branch so intoxicating that you abandoned past caution in favor for pulling the trigger on a military response so quickly? >> because i volunteered to fight for my country and that wasn't a cautious thing to to when i did it. >> we're talking about people being killed by gas and you want to go talk about benghazi and fast and furious. >> reporter: two u.s. navy ships have left the eastern med, leaving four destroyers in the water near syria. questions remain, not about the strike itself, but what comes next. >> what do we do if they literally shoot back at americans? >> reporter: but then who is the other side? who are the rebel forces? >> reporter: administration officials say they kept the syrian opposition from ally with extremist fighters but the clock is ticking. >> people will resort to anybody they can find to help them accomplish their goal and we would have created more extremism and a greater problem

down the road. >> reporter: in that hearing, kerry was asked if the president himself would do more to communicate with the american people, even make a speech one night soon. kerry said he had no doubt that the president would. something to keep an eye on, chris. >> absolutely, chris. appreciate the reporting this morning. joining us now from the white house lawn is deputy national security adviser tony. thank you for being here, sir, appreciate it. >> thanks, chris. >> let's start off with what former secretary of defense don rumsfeld said. he's talking about a crisis of leadership and that is what is poisoning the well here on syria for president obama. do you agree? what is your take about the president's step so far politically here? >> chris, i think it's exactly the opposite. what we've seen over the last couple of days is support building on a bipartisan basis in congress. a couple days ago we had speaker boehner and we had republican leader canter, as well as nancy pelosi on the democratic side come out in support of the authorization to use force.

yesterday on a bipartisan basis in the senate, we saw republicans, democrats come together on the foreign relations committee to give the president the authorization he's requested. so, i think it's just the contrary. the president going to congress and wanting to hear that they had their voice heard and vote counted. >> can you explain the two different statements on the red line. a year or so ago the president's red line and yesterday's the world's red line. >> sure, chris. the president was exactly right. almost 100 years ago after world war one when we saw the terrible effect of poison gas in war and the world came together and something called the geneva protocol emerged that said you can't use chemical weapons in war. then a decade ago, congress came together with countries around the world, passed something called a chemical weapons convention. 98% of the world's people represented saying you can't use chemical weapons. you've got to give them up if you've got them. congress passed that overwhelmingly and something most recently syria accountability act

overwhelmingly passed in the house and the senate and motivated by concerns here. an international red line that goes back almost 100 years and congressional red line that goes back almost a decade. >> no one is questioning whether or not using the chemical weapons is wrong and universaaly seen but who is going to do what about it. when he said to the president, this is my red line and change my calculus and change my agenda and he said, it's all of us. doesn't that justifiable seem weak? >> not at all. it underscores the fact that it should be all of us. we should have other countries with us and we do. countries like turkey, saudi arabia, kuwait, france, australia, canada and others who expressed support for taking action against this use of chemical weapons and xong. we are more effective, we're stronger when we act together and that's exactly why the president went to congress. >> help us understand what can seem like a mixed message. usually if you attack somebody, you do it to take them out.

here, you seem to be planning an attack not to take someone out and at the same time, the administration says they believe the only solution is a political solution. u well, why attack? it seems like mixed messages. can you reconcile them for us? >> two things going on here. it's been an underlying conflict and war going on in syria for two year. we have a transition, we think that is the only sustainable way to end a civil war. it is tough and takes time and puts pressure on the assad regime and isolating it and at the same time, building up the opposition and humanitarian program to help people and a diplomatic track for what a transition would look like and even the russians signed on to those. as we're working this and trying to get a political transition, we have this terrible use of chemical weapons on august 21st killing well over thousands of people and hundreds of children. that goes beyond syria and the region, that's something we have to stand up and say, you can't do it.

the norm that's been there for 100 years needs to be enforced. >> the question becomes, what do you do about it? explain why you believe that military action is better than arming the rebels there and providing the humanitarian aid directly helping those afflicted and directly helping those who are fighting their own war. >> chris, what we have been doing, as i noted, working with the opposition. trying to build it up. make it more cohesive. just as we put the pressure on assad and isolate him. but when you have something as egregious as the use of a weapon of mass destruction that kills in one fell swoop, well over 1,000 people. when you have a message being sent to other people in the region and beyond it's okay to pursue these weapons and you can do it with impunity and that presents a serious threat to our national security and the security of our partners. we need to take a step to enforce it. the military tool here used in a limited way, in a targeted way and focused way, we're convinced will deter assad from using

these weapons, again. even if you were to make the mistake of doing it again, make it more difficult for him to do so. >> vladimir putin, russia's president, is there a feeling in the white house that this man has high ground because he's expressing a concern of the international community that we saw echoed in the united kingdom and that the united states has to go farther to prove their case given what happened with the nintelligence in iraq and given what we have known so far about the chemical weapons. is there a message about that that the white house should heed? >> chris, i think what we have seen first here at home as members of congress see all the information. they're the people's representatives. they come away convinced, not only chemical weapons were used but the assad regime used them against their own people, including their own children. that is one. second, a very powerful public case beyond even the intelligence that we have that has gone around the world. contemporaneous with the terrible events of august 21st.

social media, doctors, mgos all reporting on what happened. i think the case is very powerful. if you look around the world, dozens and dozens of countries have said chemical weapons were used and assad used them. i think the case is strong and not a lot of doubt about it, not only in the united states, but around the world. >> will the president address the nation and make the case for why military action is warranted and, perhaps, even more importantly, articulate a plan to get out because, as you know, big concern what we've seen with iraq was supposed to be quick. been over a decade now. how we get out is very difficult. it's easy to get in. will that be part of the speech? >> chris, i think it's safe to say that the president will address the american people on the need to hold assad accountable for poison gas on his own people and his own children. you make a good point, though. when people hear military action and syria, they immediately see this through the prism of the last decade. a war in iraq, a war in

afghanistan hundreds of thousands of american troops. this is not boots on the ground, this is not iraq, it's not afghanistan and it's not even libya, a focus to prevent assad from using these weapons, again. >> what if it doesn't work? >> we believe it will work. >> we believe it doesn't. >> what if it doesn't? >> we map out every possible hypothetical contingency. look, any time you take military action, there is a risk. and there are unintended consequences. we spend a lot of time gaming those out and taking steps to mitigate them. we look to make sure there won't be escalation. what we know is the risks of not acting are far greater still. we know if we don't act, assad will continue to use the weapons with impunity. the threshold on using terrible weapons around the world will get lower and lower. countries that have these weapons or trying to get them will conclude they can get them and use with impunity. those are the stakes. >> obviously, you can't tell us what it is, but do you have a

plan in place if there is retaliation by syria or iran or hes bu hezbollah because of this? >> we do, but we don't think that syria or iran or anyone else is looking to pick a fight with the united states. they understand that syria has crossed a line and needs to be held accountable. but if they were to do something full hardy, we have plans in place to deal with that. >> as you said yourself, there is always risk. appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective here on "new day." >> thank you. tonight, we'll host a town hall on exactly this. we'll have a panel of experts, but a live audience to get at those concerns that regular people have in the united states. tonight, at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. kate? all right, chris, thank you. we're watching a tropical storm called gabrielle bringing heavy rain and 40-mile-per-hour winds to puerto rico at the moment. formed late last night in the eastern caribbean sea.

the seventh stropical storm of the 2013 atlantic hurricane season. what does this mean for all of us? let's get to indra petersons in the weather center. >> we are looking for heavy rain in and important to note it is moving pretty slow at 8 miles per hour and with that we'll see a lot of heavy rain. even as much as up to 15 inches when the area where the terrain is pretty steep. flash flooding concerns. otherwise you want to look at the track here. move out to sea and stay even east of bermuda. that is the good thing. a potential it may not hold together once it goes with the islands. it does get out in the ocean and strengthens in the water, again. we'll be monitoring that. the big story everyone continues to talk about, it is september. we have not had a hurricane yet and everyone wants to know how often have we seen that? since we had active satellites here only five times have we seen that. the latest we've gone is september 16th in 1941. presatellite area before we've ever seen a hurricane. here's the thing to note, though. even though it happened five

times the average number of hurricanes you've seen in a year is about six. with all of these seasons, we still have that number into play. so, unfortunately, a lot more just on the back end. the only piece of good news, as you go forward in time, past maybe about mid-october, we start to shift it away from the threat of the u.s. mainland. i wanted to plot how many of these landed as a major hurricane of these seasons. actually one only south of rio grande and made landfall and that's pretty interesting. of all these seasons we only had one with a major hurricane make landfall. hopefully we can keep that trend and keep those numbers down. >> for our media concerns, do i have to worry about having the go bag -- >> always. >> thanks so much, indra. we want to talk to you now about the strong reaction of ariel castro's suicide. the three women he kidnapped aren't talk about it, at least not in public. but their families are. the aunt of one of his victims

is speaking exclusively to cnn. pamela brown is in cleveland where ariel castro's home once stood. good morning. >> even though the survivors aren't talking we are getting insight into how they reacted to the death of castro's death and one of their family members. it came as a shock and unexpected but gina dawejesudej aunt says they are moving forward. >> it moves k s we can move on our lives now. >> closure for janice smith and her family after the man who tormented her niece killed himself in his jail cell after just one month behind bars in state prison. >> he knows what he did. he knows it was wrong and he couldn't live with it. that's probably why he took his life. >> reporter: smith says after welcoming gina home in may and seeing castro sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years, she

thought this horrible chapter for her family had ended. now, ariel castro's family is coming to grips with the loss of the man they once knew as a brother, son and father, not as a monster. >> even though he did all of these bad things and the family does not condone that, they will and they must grieve. >> reporter: others cheered castro's suicide and amanda berry's grandmother telling "new day" i love it. i feel so happy. but i wish he would have starved to death or suffered more somehow. officials say castro hanged himself with a bed sheet inside this prison. he was in protective custody. isolated from other prisoners and checked on every half hour. >> he should have been on a suicide watch and there shouldn't have been a watch every 30 minutes. there should have been somebody outside of his cell more frequently. >> reporter: on seymour street signs of life and hope. a garden planted and the lives of castro's victims now filled with promise.

>> she's with her family, she's free. she's home and i think that's what matters to her. >> this is closure for her. >> this is closure for her, yes. >> of course, that's what's most important. take a live look here. this is where ariel castro's home once stood. as you can see, it's no longer there. it was demolished a few weeks ago and replaced with this green space. this is part of what the community wanted and also a way for those women to move forward with their lives. now, as for the investigation, the bureau of prisons tells us that a mental health evaluation was given to castro when he was first admitted to the prison earlier last month. back to you, kate and chris. >> all right, pamela, thanks so much for bringing us that update. good to hear from any of the family members on this. a lot of news that we're developing at this hour. so, let's get straight to mu kale frau the latest. >> let's bring you the headlines. an independent panel says the state department has not been paying enough attention to security at diplomatic posts overseas. cnn has learned that the panel

will call on the state department to make security a higher priority, when it issues its 31-page report. this panel created because of the inquiry on the deadly attack in the compound in benghazi, libya. boston police getting a big as they try to link aaron hernandez to two more killings. security cameras allegedly caught the former nfl star and two more men in a nightclub at the same time. those two men were later found dead, shot to death. no one charged in their deaths. a grand jury is looking into whether hernandez was involved. he faces arraignment for the murder of his one-time friend, olin lloyd. trying to stop a judge from resentencing a teacher who received 30 days in jail for raping a 14-year-old student. the judge was wrong and plan to hold a new hearing friday to sentence him to two years in jail. however, prosecutors say only the state supreme court can fix this. they're now asking the high court to put tomorrow's hearing on hold. finally, police in missouri

are in the hunt for this. a missing dog. the dog was inside the family vehicle when it was stolen. that family now has quite an offer to get their beloved dog, named dugout, back home. it's a crime that would make the wicked witch green with envy. >> i'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too. >> reporter: one family's suv stolen with their family pug dugout still inside. doug clark of springfield, missouri, stopped at this metal recycling business to drop off his family's trampoline. >> i had dugout with me. i had the air conditioning on and just going to step in that office real quick. >> reporter: he was only inside the store for a minute, but enough time for the suspects to enter his suv and take off with dugout in tow. for the clark family, it isn't the loss of their car that is the hardest. it's the loss of dugout. >> i would get his dog toys and

play. you used to go catch it. he used to run like a bunny. >> we were trying to reach as many people as we can to at least make everyone aware of what dugout looked like and the location that he was taken from. >> reporter: and he's offering a hefty trade to bring him home. the title to their 2009 nissan pathfinder. >> absolutely. they bring me dugout back, i'll hand them the title. >> reporter: because at the end of the day, a car is just a car but dugout is family. >> yeah, you heard it right. the title to the car. in addition to offering thieves the car, the clark family is spreading the word on facebook and also adding a $2,000 reward. they really just want their puppy back home. we wish them well, if you hear anything, get on facebook, tweet us. they really want their dog back. >> tough. >> it is tough. and they love that dog, obviously. thanks so much, michaela. coming up next on "new day" as the nfl season kicks off 2013, here we come.

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chest. always want to see hands first. the players getting back on the gridiron and commissioner roger goodell playing offense. he's taking on critics this morning over players' safety. let's bring in rachel nichols in denver where the action will be tonight and the action is right now. good morning, rachel. >> absolutely, chris. you know, no better pr for the game of football than players actually playing the game of football. and tonight peyton manning and the broncos trying to get a little revenge on the ravens' team that knocked them out of the playoffs last year. the ravens will take the field for the first time in their 17-year franchise history without their now retired hall of famer, ray lewis. all of that is music to roger goodell's ears. he wants the focus back on the game. broncos quarterback peyton manning not the only one on the offensive as the nfl season gets under way. commissioner roger goodell making a full charge trying to boost the league's image after a controversial off season.

his first move came last week when the nfl reached a settle with the thousands former players suing over concussion-related ailments. yesterday goodell announced a $10,000 grant to study head injuries and kicked off a national bus tour to publicize this year's super bowl and remind fans why profootball is still the country's most popular sport. >> no one really knows who is going to win and who is going to emerge as the next great star, but that is what makes nfl football exciting. everybody has that hope, everybody has that dream of winning. that's what fans love about nfl football. >> reporter: still the concussion issue continues to linger when pressed on whether $765 million was generous enough for a league with revenues around $10 billion. goodell noted that, "people start with making an assumption that we make $10 billion. that's $10 billion in revenue and there's a difference between making and revenue." goodell added that, "$765 million is a lot of money."

and it may be, but earlier this week four former players filed a brand-new lawsuit alleging the nfl hid information about the dangers of brain injuries. in an interview with cnn earlier this summer, former bears quarterback jim mcmahon who suffered multiple concussions alleged the same thing. >> do you think when you were playing that they knew more than what they were saying? >> we definitely knew they knew more. >> the nfl? >> more than what they told us. but, you know, back then, nobody questioned the hierarchy. >> reporter: of course, now, there are plenty of questions for the nfl, but at least at kickoff tonight much to the league office's relief, some of those questions could be answered on the field and, guys, this is a good matchup for the two of you. young buck ravens quarterback joe flacko versus 37-year-old peyton manning. kate, you might want to remind your colleague sitting next to

you no one manning's age won a super bowl -- >> age is just a number and i'll always think of peyton manning as a colt and still love him as a bronco. >> that was a nice turn by the insult of me by rachel nichols. >> rachel, i have to love him because i have to sit next to him every day. >> i'm in denver saying this, i just want to point that out. i need to put the miles wi s be us. >> hope altitude doesn't get to you, rachel. >> take it on the field. thanks, rachel, we'll talk to you soon. >> i still love rachel. all of you attack me. if i were to judge on that basis, forget it. i'd have no friends. what happens? i need a break. coming up next on "new day," you want it hear some fighting. after a customer calls him a name and weiner calls him a name back and then the insults get

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you are watching "new day." >> welcome back to "new day." it is thursday, september 5th. want to know your five things for your new day. michaela will tell you. >> president obama in rush frau g-20 summit. the world waiting to see if him and president putin will talk about. the senate relations authorizing a limited u.s. military response in syria.

that measure now goes to the full senate for debate next week. walmart employees protesting across the nation today. they want better wages and want the company to rehire workers who were fired for going on strike. the national football league season kicks off tonight. yay! or boo. the baltimore ravens begin the super bowl title against denver broncos in the mile high city. number five. is it a he or a she? if the new giant panda is a boy or a girl. who the father is a bit later this morning. we always update the five things to know, go to cnnnewday.com for the very latest. a serious exchange involving anthony weiner. the faltering mayoral new york candidate who made insulting remarks about anthony weiner and his wife and the texting scandal that he's been caught up in. things got heat up when weiner

fought back. good morning, rosa. >> the democratic primary is days away, but, my friends, always a little more room for drama involving anthony weiner's campaign. this time he defendses his wife and puts a heckler in his place. >> i didn't do it. >> reporter: embattled new york mayoral candidate anthony weiner in an epic war of words amid the push to next week's democratic primary. all happened at this brooklyn bakery after he paid for some traditionally russbaked goods. weiner begins to leave the bakery, but then, listen closely. this man kessler makes a racial slur about his wife.

he said in a phone interview, i did say it. i'm not going to deny it. just a certain feeling i have as a jew. the confrontation did not end there. >> it takes one to know one. >> don't lose your temper. >> what's up? what's that? you wait until i walk up to say anything. >> we'll have a discussion. come back in here. i'm not afraid of you. >> and you're a perfect person? you're my judge? what rabbi taught you that. >> you're fine. stay out of the public life. >> that's not for you to judge, my friend xwrp don't judge you. >> you're a bad exampleal for the pe the people. >> we're having elections. you're going to judge me. >> i'm not running for office. i'm not out there in the public. >> you know who judges me? go visit with your rabbi. shows you how much you know. >> if you're going to say vial things about me and my family,

you should expect that i'll go back at you. >> reporter: weiner highly criticized for sending revealing photos of himself online. his popularity continues to plummet in the polls as he attempts his political comeback as mayor for new york. >> think about your wife. >> by the way, that is between her and me and my god. >> reporter: his notoriety is not going down without a fight. anthony weiner is not leading in the polls, but many of the new yorkers we talk to say they agree with him about standing up for his wife. chris, kate, michaela. i think i want my man to stand up for me, as well. >> very good point. very good point. thanks so much, rosa. you guys ready to talk technology now and money. >> please. >> this is definitely not your grandfather's watch. samsung the world's largest smartphonemaker is about to enter the smartwatch market.

goes in sale in three weeks' time for $299. question is, though, will buyers be getting enough bang for the buck. here to put it to the test, zane asscher. let's get our geek on. >> it is so sharp looking. >> better looking than i thought. less clunky than i really expected. >> it doesn't weigh much either. let me walk through how it works. right here on the underneath, that's the microphone right there. if you turn it on the other side, here's the camera right here. i'll take a photograph of kate. pose for me. >> or a laser beam, either way. there's kate, can i see her? i just press it. >> that's fantastic. >> photo bomb. >> i feel that could be used poorly, though, in bad situation. >> here's where you get the text messages, notifications and record a voice memo and that's the competitor to siri wears a hair style in manhattan, that

kind of thing and then keep going through, here we go. try to make a phone call to michaela right now. see michaela. you go to apps and you press it, i'll dial the number. >> takes a while to get to it. >> it's a little slow. >> why does michaela have a -- >> we just got a tweet. oh, there's a phone call for me. i wonder who it could be. hey, girl, tell me what's good. >> so, you can hear her, but it's not that loud. what do you think? >> i can hear you, but i find it odd that you would have to hold it up to your head like that. >> the thing is, if you are in a crowded party or crowded room, you can't hear it and you can't have private conversations. >> no head phone jack. >> that would be helpful. >> if you wanted a private conversation, you have to take out your real phone. you can't have a private krve z conversation on this. >> here is the key, you have to

have a certain phone to work with the watch, right? >> absolutely. you have to have this phone. samsung galaxy. >> that's how they get you. >> it was unveiled yesterday. so, this is $300 and this is $300. if you want to use this right now, you have to spend $600. >> from what i could tell, other companies making smart watches. this is comprehensive, this is kind of a game changer in a way, correct? >> it is. sony has a smartwatch, apple is going to come out. microsoft is thinking of doing one, as well. >> so, you know, samsung beat apple to the punch. so, you know, we'll see what apple has to do. >> you're a techie guru, what do you think? do you think it's good and lives up to the hype? >> the fact that you have to charge it every single day. the battery only lasts ten hours. are you addicted to something you have to charge every single day. >> do you have to have the smartphone on you or just own it for software capability?

>> you have to have it on you at all times. >> i think your auntie called. >> i want to play around with it. >> very cool, though. >> i love that. >> a step in the future, hello, jetsons. >> it looks sharp on you. >> you wear it well. coming up next on "new day" she's battling cancer but that is not stopping actress valerie harper on competing with "dancing with the stars." you'll talk about grueling. you'll hear from the inspirational star straight ahead. everybody has different investment objectives, ideas, goals, appetite for risk. you can't say 'one size fits all'. it doesn't. that's crazy. we're all totally different. ishares core. etf building blocks for your personalized portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs.

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welcome back to "new day." actress valerie harper redefining the word inspirational, despite her battle with terminal cancer, she is lacing up, officially joining the cast with "dancing with the stars." she talked with cnn's nischelle turner. what was that conversation like? >> i mean, first of all, she just came up and embraced me. so, i automatically felt good and she makes -- she definitely does. you know, first of all, she looks good and she told me she feels good and also told me a couple things that surprised me. even though it's been widely reported that she has terminal brain cancer, she does not. she says she has lung cancer and that it's a cancer situated in the lining of the brain. she also says that she realizes she's teaching people a life lesson. you don't have to have cancer to get it. but this season is especially inspiring.

>> welcome valerie harper! >> reporter: six months after valerie harper revealed she had a terminal form of cancer, she announced she will strap on her dancing shoes for the primetime competition. she told me it was her husband, tony, who convinced her to say yes. >> i said, oh, no. i can't do that. he said, no, valerie. i said, give me one good reason. he said, you have cancer. get up there and show you can dance. >> reporter: the 74-year-old actress has already defied the expectations of her doctors who thought she might not live through the summer and she's defied something else, a subtle expectation that a person with a terminal disease will slip into despair. >> this death sentence made me look it in the eye and then you once do, there's a great freedom. it's almost like, go to naples. >> reporter: even dancing's hopes are inspired by their show's newest contestants. >> in makeup chairs this morning, she said, i'm past my

expiration date. >> she has the best attitude. >> reporter: harper isn't limiting herself to just dancing. she's also acting. appearing just last night on "hot in cleveland" which featured a reunion of her old mary tyler moore show buddies. >> we went out on top. >> reporter: but in the coming weeks, as long as her health holds up and voters keep her on the show, primetime will find valerie dancing in the spotlight and the motto she'll have in mind, one from leeann wolmic. >> i hope you dance. that's what i'm saying to everybody. dance. >> she told me when she faced death it was almost liberating because she said when you accept that death is inevitable, you don't think about it every day. you just go, we're all terminal. every single one of us and you live your life. all the other contestants on the show, yes, it's a competition. but the one person they're all

rooting for, of course, is valerie. when you talk to her, you think, gosh, why can't i just embrace life and live like that? you really do get that feeling and it's really motivational and inspirational. >> one of the many messages she's sending. >> i hope a lot of people get it and send it. >> thank you so much. time now for the human factor today. growing up in washington, d.c., thomas mcrae was shuffled between homes. now, he is helping kids just like him. here's cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta with his story. >> and i hate to see you walk out of the door. >> reporter: thomas knows what it is like to have people walk out of his life. >> my dad took me away from my mom at birth. >> reporter: his father was ill and had difficulty caring for him. >> i was in 11 homes before i came to the foster care system. >> reporter: he was 10 when his life changed dramatically. >> i was shot. >> reporter: by a 14-year-old who was living in the home where he had been taken in at the time. >> i had to learn how to walk again. >> reporter: fortunately, the

paralysis was temporary, but mcrae was still suffering from a different type of pain. >> it was anger, rage. >> reporter: then the nightmares began. >> when i closed my eyes, i remember myself being shot. the sixth grader moved into foster care and promptly diagnosed with post traumatic stress decision, depression, adhd. >> i was finally able to get the proper treatment i needed. >> reporter: he went on to 11 different foster homes. he asked his breast friend's mother who he had known since sixth grade if she would adopt him and she did. >> it was the greatest day. >> reporter: just completed an internship where he talked to legislatures about aging out of the foster system. he is back at school now at cheney university. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. ♪ turn around

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that time of the morning. the man with his own theme song. john berman here to give us his new day award of the day. >> you have to look at this video. amazing stuff. from the end of a triathlon in braz brazil. he is there about to cross the finish line and what does he do? he celebrates before. look at me, i'm going to win, i'm the best. look at me. but, wait, the other runner comes from behind and almost passes the french runner. if you see it there, he puts his arm out to stop him a little bit right there. not cool at all. i'm show boating and i'm going to be unsportsman-like at the same time. nevertheless, he did cross the finish line first. he wins the don't count before they hatch award.

i did it in french so he understands. you know, we actually thought about giving the other guy the award. >> i think he slows down, i think he sees it. >> did you see his abs. he has enough already. he has enough going on. >> little apologetic to the guy who finished first. like, hey, i'm sorry. >> look, when you were show boating, i was going to past you, but you deserve to win. [ female announcer ] you tweeted, posted and cheered about yoplait's fall favorites.

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that's it for us here on "new day." let's quickly get you to carol costello because we're waiting on the president. carol? >> he could shake hands with vladimir putin at any time now. good morning to you, i'm carol costello. we begin this morning in russia. the military strikes in syria.

right now that has muted the economic summit that has drawn world leaders, including president obama and syria's most important ally. russian president vladimir putin. at any moment, the two men will take part in a photo op shaking hands, but in recent days, they've been wagging fingers. obama scolding putin for opposing the strikes and putin accusing the united states of unfairly blaming the assad regime. in fact, putin is now accusing secretary of state john kerry of lying to congress this week when kerry denied al qaeda's role in aiding rebel fighters. >> translator: it was somewhat unpresent for me to even watch it. because we worked with the u.s.en the assumption that they are decent people and he lied. he knew that he was lying and he went on lying about it. it is sad. >>