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this is cnn breaking news. >> a day of terror for saturday shoppers including american citizens at an upscale shopping mall in nairobi, kenya. an al qaeda-linked militant group called al shabaab just claim responsibility for this attack that left 30 people ted. a hostage crisis is still active this hour. a journalist at the scene tells us 36 are still being held. a senior kenyan official says the suspected gunman is dead, and kenyan police tweeted that the attackers are now isolated and pinned down in a room. cnn also has learned this american citizens are among some 100 injured in that attack. a deputy state department spokesperson released this statement saying, quote, we condemn the senseless -- this senseless act of violence that has resulted in death and injury for many innocent men, women and

children. we have reports of american citizens injured in the attack, and the u.s. embassy is actively reaching out it provide assistance. witnesses have been sharing their stories with cnn throughout the day. american resident sara head is in kenya on business. she saw the horror as sht shotse fired. >> people were telling us to be quiet. i was pretty afraid that it was unsafe to exit, but i did anyway. there were still employees of the supermarket who were sort of standing there and to shat tome degree to exit. there was blood on the floor. not a substantial amount but drops that looked like someone who had been wounded had either walked or been carried out the supermarket, the same path we were taking. we walked through the hardware section and the grocery section and onto their sort of storeroom or stockroom and then out the loading dock area where we

eventually saw crowds of people milling about. i saw two or three police officer with weapon. there were definitely cameramen. and once we made it to the street, i just continued to walk and picked up running after i got, you know, where i didn't feel like i had to stay quiet any longer. i guess i picked up running at that point with my colleague and my -- the driver who was with us. i didn't trust anyone. i mean, not that i was suspicious of anyone either. i just feel like no one knew what was going on. i also really didn't know that exiting through the supermarket was okay. i lingered in the stairwell before i actually did decide to go out. and i'm not -- since i wasn't at that door when it opened and people originally decided to exit the supermarket into the supermarket, i'm not sure who made the decision or when originally guided us out there. but no, i didn't -- i just felt like no one really knew what was going on. >> that was eyewitness sara

head. another witness told us how scary it was to hear gunfire all around whale hiile hiding in a bathroom. >> we were really scared. every sound sounded scary. we couldn't make out sounds, and they had grenades. and it was really, really loud. it always felt like they were close. i think they must have passed us several times. we heard gunshots dunn our corridor. and when the police finally came, they shot tear gas canister in the corridor, and we were ee evacuated. then people came into the bathroom from the men's toilet. they told us that they were made to p go on their knees and put their hands up and sort of walk on their knees out of the bathroom, and then they were led to where we were, and we were told we were safe. we were being told by people who were texting outside not it

trust anybody and certainly the people who had entered could be a threat. so i was actually in the looking at any of the faces of the people when came in who i didn't want to. >> so how did you even -- >> until we left the both of one of the toilet cubicles and just completely shut it. >> president obama has been briefed on the situation. u.s. counterterrorism officials are monitoring as well. joining me now by phone from washington is cnn national security analyst peter bergen. so peter, earlier when we spoke, you had you thought this was a terrorist attack being carried out by this very group which has now claimed responsibility. what made you think that earlier now that we also have that confirmation? >> well, fredericka, you know, capability and intent, it has the intent, very few people to do this kind of attack on, you know, civilian targets frequented by westerners in kenya and who has the

capability, probably more, but if you take those two things together, it's al shabaab which has operated this kenya in the past, attacking in a much more minor way some civilian targets. it's a group that doesn't like the kenyan government because the kenyan military conduct race against it. it's a group that is effectively part of al qaeda in 2012, it basically announced that it was an al qaeda affiliate. so it doesn't like westerners. the a group that has conducted operations outside of somalia in the past. for instance, in uganda where it kill dozens of civilians in 2010 watching a world cup soccer match on tv. it's attempted to attack in the west in denmark. it has recruited a number of american citizens. dozens from the minnesota area. and elsewhere. and a number of europeans as well, fredericka. >> and so peter, what's the history as to how al shabaab has

been able to intensify or really kind of increase its presence in kenya? >> well, you know, al qaeda, let's take a step back here. as you mentioned, you know, al qaeda -- you mentioned a couple hours ago, al qaeda, of course, bombed the u.s. embassy this nairobi in 1998. al qaeda has had a presence in kenya for many, many years. al shabaab is sort of an al qaeda affiliate. it's on the kenyan border in somalia. it's very easy for them to kind of cross over. and al shabaab has only been existence as a group for three or four years now. it's an outgrowth of another al qaeda-linked group. al qaeda overall has had a presence this somalia and kenya going back to the early '90s.

>> peter bergen, thanks so much for your insight on this ongoing situation. again, we understand at least 30 people now killed in that shootout at this shopping mall in nairobi, kenya. and we also understand that a hostage situation continues. however, kenyan authorities say they have pinpointed the gunman in that mall and isolated them. all right. you in, in this country, after a downturn in violent deaths this year in chicago, the city has experienced for the second night at least 11 people shot. thursday 13 people were hit including a 3-year-old. deonte howard was hit by a bullet in a south side park. no one was killed in that incident, but then in the last 24 hours, five people were killed in shootings that left another six people wounded. chicago police don't think any of the shootings from overnight are connected to thursday's attack. a new health concern in

colorado's flood zone. e. coli has been found in tap water in the hard-hit town of lyons. the floods took out sewer lines and septic systems had caused the contamination. officials say the problem has been -- the problem, rather, has continue fixed before evacuated residents can actually return to their homes. and had they do come back, they bee fwin the long process of rebuilding. here now is cnn's dan simon. >> reporter: hi, fredericka. it's still pretty surreal when you go into some of these neighborhood. so much damage and destruction. as you can imagine, it's been an emotionally draining week for a lot of these residents, especially those who don't have flood insurance. why didn't they have it? well, to put it simply, they felt they didn't need it. >> so this was a finished basement. >> reporter: jessica and her husband built and moved into this house only 18 months ago. what did it look like down here when you had all the water? >> armageddon. total devastation.

>> reporter: these pictures show part of the aftermath. they estimate the damage to be about $100,000. but jessica and her husband had opted against flood insurance. when you moved to this area, did you ever think if you had heavy rains that the home could flood? >> not a chance. >> reporter: that's because they live in what's called a 500-year floodplain. that means the chance of this area flooding was less than 1% each year. >> when we asked about it just to make sure we covered our bases when we move in, they almost laughed, you know. a ton of money. you don't need that. >> we would have had it if we knew this would have happened or if we even had an inkling it might happen. really i don't think we had that. >> reporter: they likely represent a significant portion of flood victim. authorities say it's still too early to know how many affected homes didn't have flood insurance, but the devastation was so widespread that it went beyond places prone to flooding. >> something that's kind of beyond our imagination, beyond

something you can even fathom. it's understandable that people didn't, you know, sign up for flood insurance in those cases. >> reporter: but they rate now aren't thinking about their lack of insurance. they're still trying to keep more water from getting into their house. and hoping to find any precious belongings. >> i found it. i found it. i found it. i found it. >> reporter: a priceless memento but one that won't be able to pay for all the repair their home is going to need. that family and other, of course, have homeowners insurance, but that doesn't cover flood damage. they can request aid from fema, but it's really limited in scope and won't even begin to address all the repairs that need to be made. fredericka? >> dan simon, thanks so much. the federal government is running out of money, and it could shut down altogether. so what that mean for you and your wallet. then, partying teens trash a former nfl star's home. he watches in realtime as they post the damage on twitter.

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government shutdown. >> the most basic constitutional duty congress has is passing a budget. but if it doesn't pass one before september 30th, a week from monday, the government will shut down. and so will many services the american people expect. military personnel including those deploy overseas won't get their paychecks on time. federal loans for rural communities, small business owners, and now home boyer will be frozen. critical research in the life-saving discoveries in renewable energy will be halted. all of this can be prevented if congress just passes a budget. >> aaron mcpike joining me now from washington. so erin, house republicans did pass a plan yesterday, but does it even stand a chance in the senate? >> reporter: it doesn't. and the reason for that, fred, is because house republicans attached to the federal spending bill a measure that would defund

obamacare. hears what house speaker john boehner had to say p this yesterday after the house passed that bill. >> our message to the united states senate is real simple. the american people don't want the government shut down, and they don't want obamacare. the house has listen it the american people. now it's time for the united states senate to listen to them as well. >> reporter: but here is the problem. the senate is, of course, controlled by democrats, and democrats intend to strip from this bill those provision that would defund obamacare, and that mean that this bill ultimately o the house. nancy pelosi sat down with cnn's candy crowley yesterday. and here's what she had to say about this. >> they want to shut down government. the effect of putting the obama -- affordable care act on the bill is to shut down government. they know that.

they know that has no prospect of prevailing. >> reporter: now, we expect the senate to take up debate on this bill sometime in the next week. they will vote on it by the end of the week or next weekend. and then the house should be in session next weekend. and they will have to go through this process all over again. fred? >> all right. erin mcpike in washington, thanks so much. teens trash a former nfl star's home during a raging party, and why their parents now are mad at the former nfl player.

brian holloway battled in the trenches as an nfl offensive

lineman for seven years. now he's got a fight on his hands with the parents of teenagers who busted into his home to party whale he was out of town. the partygoers trashed his house and tweeted while doing it. but holloway's plan to use the incident as a teachable moment is falling on deaf ears. here's cnn's randi kaye. >> reporter: it's labor day weekend. brian holloway is about 1200 miles away from his farmhouse in upstate new york had he learns there's a party going on there lrks and he wasn't even invited. confused? holloway is, too, as he watches it all unfold in realtime on his twitter feed. holloway is in tampa, florida, on this night had his son and a friend start funneling him tweets from the partygoers. mugging for the camera, taking selfie photos in the bathroom and dancing on the kitchen counter. all from inside holloway's house. >> we started listening to these tweet. i can't believe we're in the

house. i can't believe how we trashed it. i can't believe how much alcohol is here. we're going to be partying for three days. i can't believe she's passed out. look at her over there. this is an amazing night. i can't believe, you know, they're on meth. give me some of those drugs. >> reporter: some of the more memorable tweets, "yeah, it's like so trashed. cannot get over this. did a keg stand. yeah, mom, i went to a party and got drunk. but hey, at least i'm not a meth addict, right?" in all, 300 teenagers are at holloway's home causing at least $20,000 in damage. they tear the place apart, punching holes in walls, spraying graffiti everywhere, scratching the floor with keg, even urinating inside. and through it all, stupidly documenting nearly all of their antics. they also helped themselves to whatever isn't nailed down including this statue of an eagle which had been on holloway's grandson's headstone. separate to save his home,

holloway, a former nfl player with the new england patriot, quickly calls police who rush over. wi when they arrive, more tweets from the uninvited guests. busted or not, it was still the best party in the 518 of the summer. crazy ass night and pig showed up with k9's, and i was out, yo. what makes this worse, brian recognizes where of them. they're friendly with his son and have been to the house when holloway was there before and invited them. the teenagers slept overnight, and holloway would make them burger and hot dogs and hundreds of pancakes in the morning. at those parties, he says, there was never any alcohol or drugs. >> the window, this window was just replaced today. >> reporter: now back at his home, holloway is getting it repaired and you might say getting even. he's turning the tables on these teenagers and teaching them a thing or two about the power of social media. on his newly minted website,

helpmesave300.com, holloway posted tweets identifying about 200 or so teens from the party. it's not out of spite, he says, but a call for action. to turn the moment into a movement. create a dialogue about teen behaving badly and drugs. but some parents are actually upset with holloway's postings. >> i don't really know how to respond to a mother that says, you know, i'm mad at you because you put my son's picture up there. i'm going, well, actually, he's at my house and he's robbing and breaking in and drinking and doing drugs. and you're upset with me posting the picture that he posted on twitter. >> reporter: in another attempt at good will, holloway invited the partygoers to his home to help clean up and own up to what they did. only one teenager showed up to help. holloway says that was like a slap in the face. but on a bright note, remember the eagles statue that had been stolen? it was returned, so maybe after

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bottom of the hour now. welcome back. i'm fredericka whitfield. here are five thing crossing the cnn news desk right now. number one, an al qaeda-linked militant group called al shabaab claims responsibility for a deadly attack at an upscale shopping mall in kenya today. a hostage crisis is still active. 30 people were killed and 100 injured including americans. al shabaab just tweeted about negotiations moment ago. what they're saying in just a moment. and number two, a deadly day in afghanistan for american forces. three soldier were killed had an individual wearing an afghan army uniform turned his gun on them. official say other soldiers in the area quickly killed the shooter. the troops part of army special operation forces were training in eastern afghanistan near the pakistan border. and number three, syria's government has handed over what it says is a full list of its chemical weapon. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapon confirmed it received the

document today. the troup will meet this week to talk about how to verify the information. a senior u.s. administration official says syria's declaration was more complete than expected. and number four, after a downturn in violent deaths, chicago experiences a second night with at least 11 people shot. in the last 24 hour, five people were killed in a string of stattings that also wounded another six people. on thursday, 13 people suffer i 3-year-old. no one was killed during that attack in a south side park. and number five, people are also still trapped by floodwaters in colorado. nearly 1200 people have been air tl li airlifted out of isolated mountain areas. the damage is overwhelming. nearly 2,000 homes destroyed and dozens of bridges and roads have been washed out. back to that overseas, a hostage crisis and deadly attack

at an upscale shopping mall in kenya. an al qaeda-linked militant group called al shabaab claimed responsibility, and they're saying there will in the be any negotiations at all. in a series of tweets, just moments ago, the group says non-muslims were targeted. they said all muslims inside the mall were escorted out by the mujahadin before the gunmen started stating. a senior kenyan official says a suspected gunman is dead, and the attackers are now isolated and pinned down in a room. all day witnesses shared their story with cnn describing the horror as shot were faired including the aunt of cnn's zain verjee. she says she heard random shots coming from every direction. >> we heard some shots and people rushing, so we rushed to the back of the supermarket and hid ourselves, trying to get

anything that would save us in a random shooting because we heard random shots all over the place. and it was quite terrifying. in fact, we even heard shots 30 feet from us. and at one stage i saw them come near us. it was just so worrying and people praying and crying. and it was rather traumatizing for everybody. and at one stage we heard that there were terrorists, that they were holding hostages and that they were all over the mall and holding people and shooting coffee -- people having coffee, lunch and it was just a random shooting and lots of people were hurt. and we were stuck in the same place for over two hours. and this was on the ground floor of this supermarket. and finally after two hours, a

security guy came and told us that it was safe for us to go. so hurriedly we left and we saw lots of blood, sandals and shoe flung everywhere. president obama has been briefed on the situation. u.s. counterterrorism official are monitoring as well. and one thing that will happen if the government shuts down in this country. american troop won't get paid. but house republicans say it's now up it the senate to stop the government from running out of money. democrats say if it's tied to cutting the president's health care bill, there's nothing to talk about. and parts unknown with anthony bourdain, tomorrow night anthony takes us to spain where he eats, explores and learns about three things spaniards do well. i had a chance to talk to him about how his show gives people new insights into places around the world. >> well, i think we're always looking to do better than the

week previously to tell what's essentially a pretty simple story in a different visual way, outdo ourselves creatively, to mess with the time line, to just find a way to make each show look like its own individual film withity own sound, its own smell, its own feel. and we're always looking for at best an individual perspective. last year we went to los angeles. that's a place that's been filmed many times by many people. the challenge is how do we tell that story of los angeles and show you los angeles that most people around familiar with. we did that by essentially pretending that there's no one in los angeles but korean-americans and looked at the city entirely from their perspective. so to the extent that we can look through either a very narrow lens or maybe a very wide one, we can often see things that we might not have seen before. >> what's the next country that you want stamped in your

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the clock is ticking, and come october 1st, the u.s. government will run out of honey and have to shut down. the house passed a bill yesterday to keep it open, but only if the congress guts the funding of the president's health care law. john avlon is executive editor of the daily beast and a cnn political analyst. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> and stewart is a former spokeswoman for fwchlt op presidential candidate rick s santor santorum. good to see you as well. >> good to see you, fredericka. hi, john. >> ladies first. you first. are most republicans and some democrats in the house so determined to kill the president's health care law that they are willing to stop the

business of government? >> well, what members of congress specifically those in the house are determined to do more than anything as they did yesterday, they voted a bipartisan vote, mind you, to fund the government. to keep the necessary services of government fund. but they decided to spare the american people the deplorable effects of the obamacare. that's what they did because they understand the fact that 70% of americans are concerned about their health care under obamacare. >> this is where it gets many you haddy because if the objective is really just to keep the government going, then that's what this package is all about. but instead it's saddled with all this other stuff, voting on something that's been voted on for over 40 times now. so i think people, in general, don't believe that the sole objective is to present a budget to keep the government going. i mean, why won't people just

admit that? atlas. >> well, what -- exactly what they're doing is they presented a bill to keep the government going. they presented a bill -- >> with a contingency plan. that's where it gets murky and muddy. >> it's not murky and muddy. >> the house presented a bill to fund the government. and the question is what's going to happen to those in the senate when they're posed with the question of do you want us to continue to fund the government? what p the senators who are up for re-election? >> alice -- >> john, go. >> let's just have a reality vote here. this is a vote to try to extort the president into undercutting his signature law which every person living in reality knows isn't going to happen. so the idea -- what you're hearing is republican are deeply afraid to own the implications of this vote because they know government shutdown would be not on popular but deeply politically damaging. but because they feel the need to do so, to satisfy their own base, to make money off the rackets that exist by people spreading this fantasyland, they

want to say, oh, this is all about continuing the government, and the president will be the one to shut down the government if he decides to do so. that's not a reality-based argument. that's spin really hard into the realm of fantasy, delusion and lie. >> we actually have a cnn/orc poll, a recent poll that says about half of americans, nearly half of americans actually favor this health care law. i know alice, you talked about 70%. it's unpopular with. those numbers are not supported by this most repeat polling. so, you know, john was talking about politically this would be damaging. politically damaging to whom, in your view, alice? >> well, it's going to be politically damaging to the democrats when they -- if they decide to shut down the government because what we're seeing here is, as we said, a bipartisan members of the house voted to support funding the government. the key is had it gets over to the senate and they have to do decide are they going to support what the will of the people is, is to not to continue to support obamacare? we have key democratic senators

up for re-election, hagan, landrieu and begich. they're going to have to decide if they're going to support oba obamacare -- >> john, politically damaging to whom? >> look, it's pretty clear, we have the president in 1996 that house republicans at that time were blamed for a government shutdown, and pret clinton was handily re-elected. look, the cycle of our politics follows cycles of arrogance and overreach and then backlash. republicans know they're laying with fire. one way you can tell that is because alice doesn't want to own the implications of this vote, the very clear implications of this vote. she's trying to paper it over with words like bipartisan saying democrats in the senate are the ones who would shut down the government. that is nothing but spin because she does not want to own the implications because she knows they are unpopular and that's because it would be politically damaging. >> alice, last word on that. >> clearly obamacare and those implications are unpopular. and the people in the house voted. the will of the poem is to not continue to fund this.

here's the key. talk about arrogance and not looking at the reality here is members of the congress have the power of the purse. article 1 of the constitution gives them the power of the purse. the president can go around issuing executive actions till the cows km home, but congress has the power of the purse. they made it clear that the american people want them to spend money on funding the government and not obamacare. >> own it, alice. >> more than 40 time this effort has been defeated. you know, this is just an argument that seems to go on and on and on and on, i guess, forever. but worry not going to resolve it here. we're certainly going to see what happens later on this week. senate gets its stab at this measure and then, of course, the house one manager time. alice, john, perhaps we'll have you on next week to see what kind of progress is being made on either side. >> good luck to us all. >> look forward to it. >> appreciate it. straight ahead, a case that doesn't just protect your iphone. it could actually protect you. it turn your smartphone into a stun-gun.

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shocking new technology turns a smartphone into a stun-gun. dan simon has more on the latest weapons for self-defense. >> this is now being issued as standard equipment. put it on your wrist. >> reporter: weaponry, a staple of james bond. but this is real. an iphone with a big secret. a stun gun. it's called the yellow jacket. snap on the case and you've got a serious weapon capable of delivering 650,000 volts of electricity. you just lift this flap, expose these little electrodes, turn the unit on, and press the button.

>> it protect your phone, extends your battery life and most importantly, it protects you. this case shoots pepper spray. it's from a company called spray tect. inventor saying he came up with the idea for his college-bound daughter. >> she would never leave home without her phone. that's when i had this idea of combining her phone and pepper spray. >> what makes these things so unique is they're just perfectly concealed. they look like any number of cell phone cases. and since people carry their phones all the time, the weapons are always with you and ready. but self-defense experts stress the need for training. >> if you are formally trained, if you are taught the mindset to defend yourself correctly, if you go through repetitious training, it would probably be effective. >> reporter: also it's important to note that stun guns aren't legal everywhere. but as this promotional video

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to the u.s. census, more than half of america's children are growing up without their fathers at home. today's cnn hero overcame a lot in his own life and is now trying to turn deadbeat dads into responsible loving fathers. >> i sold drugs on and off throughout my life. the tattoos when i first got them was war paint. i didn't think about my son. i did not think about my family. they did not exist. i've not met one man that didn't want to be a good dad, they just didn't know how. >> what male has help today shape who you are? >> we have young men who didn't have fathers in their own lives and the cycle of father-aeb sense repeated. and we want to change that for the children. i'm joe jones. i work to help fathers and families become responsible for themselves and their children in their communities. i was 9 years old when my dad left the house. i began using drugs when i was 13. i spent time in jail

consistently and i also had a child i was responsible for. there's no reason why you can't get out of the hole regardless of what the circumstances are. >> there aren't many spaces in our kmupt that men can go that are safe and constructive, healthy. we recruit on the street because you have to penetrate the community. about being a responsible fatherhood. that's why we built the center. >> you can make mistakes, but you can cover those mistakes. joe has allowed me to find and restore my dignity. >> we currently have six classes left for you to take. you're almost done. >> that's one of the greatest things that you can offer anyone. when you see someone and they got that pride, the light in their eye is relit, their potential is unlimited. showing their little boys and little girls what it means to be a man and what it means to be a

dad. >> awe. all right. that's going to do it for me. hey, martin savidge is coming up next with much more "cnn newsroom," there he is. hello, martin. >> hello, fredricka, great to see you. great to be with all of you. >> all right. you're in "cnn newsroom," i'm martin savidge in for don lemon. and we are looking at two horrific stories in very different parts of the world. one here at home in chicago and the other overseas. there are innocent victims in both places. we begin in kenya with the act of terrorism that is still ongoing. that's where men with guns wept on a shooting rampage inside an upscale shopping mall that looks like any here in the u.s. many people are dead, many others are hurt including americans. so far police don't know for sure who did it or why. this attack happened in nairobi. and, again, it is not over yet. we are told that there are hostages. more than 30 of them.

and the mall is still an active and dangerous police scene. here's what we know about the casualties so far. the kenyan government official says at least 31 people are dead and more than 100 are wounded. and the u.s. state department is now telling cnn that several american citizens are among those that have been wounded. we've talked to people who were there when the shooting started. >> all of a sudden we heard some shots and people rushing. so we realized that we were under attack or something -- you know, somebody was holding the supermarket up or something similar. and we rush to the back trying to hide. and we heard random shots from everywhere, upstairs, downstairs. and then we were there for quite a while. people were petrified, crying, you know, praying. but after half an hour, 40 minutes, i was told that there

were some hostages being held. so we realized it could be a terrorist attack. >> just a short time ago a group known as the, well, the extremist group linked to al qaeda called al shabaab is reportly part of this deadly attack. it's a group that's based in somalia and frequently threatens to attack inside kenya. they posted this on a twitter account believed to be theirs. the mujahideen entered westgate mall today at around noon and are still -- >> people are telling us to be quiet. i was pretty afraid that it was unsafe to exit, but i did anyway. there were still employees of the supermarket who were sort of standing there and to some degree directing us to exit. there was blood on the floor. i mean, not a substantial amount, but drops that looked like someone who had been wounded had either walked or

been carried out of the supermarket, the same path that we were taking. we walked through the hardware section and the grocery section and then onto their sort of storeroom or stock room. and then out the loading dock area where we eventually saw crowds of people sort of milling about. i saw two or three police officers with weapons. there were definitely cameramen. once we made it to the street, i just continued to walk and picked up running after i got, you know, where i didn't feel like i had to stay quiet any longer. i guess i picked up running at that point with my colleague and my -- the driver who was with us. i didn't trust anyone. not that i was suspicious of anyone either. i just didn't feel like anyone knew what was going on. and i also really didn't know that exiting through the supermarket was okay. i lingered in the stairwell before i actually did decide to go out. and i'm not -- since i wasn't at that door when it opened and

people originally decided to exit the supermarket -- into the supermarket, i'm not sure who made the decision or who originally guided us out there. but, no, i just felt like no one really knew what was going on. >> one of the americans caught up in this horrific attack that is going on in kenya. peter burgen is a cnn security analyst. he tells us about the group which is now claiming responsibility for that attack. >> when we look at this attack, we think about who has capability and who has intent. and take that together with the indiscriminate attack on civilians in a shopping mall frequented by westerners like sara head who you just had on the show and i think you do the math and you end up with al shabaab which is of course an al qaeda affiliate in somalia that has in the past attacked outside somalia. in two cases in 2010 attacking a group of people watching world

cup soccer match in uganda killing more than -- killing several dozen. and then also trying to kill the cartoonist who did the cartoon of the prophet mohamed that was deemed offensive by many muslims, somebody associated with al shabaab broke into his house in denmark. luckily the cartoonist had a safe room and was able to survive the attack. so al shabaab has done attacks outside somalia and has frequently also done attacks in kenya although much, much smaller scale than the one we're seeing today. and shabaab itself, if it is shabaab and of course we don't know that yet, why are they attacking in kenya? there's a short answer to that. the kenyan military has been very effective in fighting against shabaab. shabaab gone through military in general as an enemy. when they attacked in uganda, it was basically protest the role

of uganda in african-american troops fighting in somalia against al shabaab. so you know the motive here, it's a target that is associated with westerners. it's a soft target. it's civilians. it's the fact that kenya's played a role in fighting against shabaab in somalia along the coast. and, i mean, very hard to think that would have the intent to do this or the capability other than shabaab. >> and we are continuing to follow what is of course a very fast moving story. the terror group claiming responsibility is using twitter. and here's some of what they're saying. "only nonbelievers were singled out for this attack. all muslims inside the westgate mall were escorted out by the mujahideen before beginning the attack." and another quote" they kenyan government is pleading with our mujahideen inside the mall for negotiations. there will be no negotiations

whatsoever at westgate." again, those are tweets allegedly coming from the group that has begun this attack in kenya. let's move on now to this country, chicago and a city that at times must seem itself under siege. gunfire wounded 11 more people last night and into early today. five people have died in shootings in the last 20 hours. chicago police suspect gang members are behind the most violent acts. and according to one witness gangs drive around looking for people to shoot. in his words "it's what they do." thursday night 13 people were wounded including a 3-year-old when someone opened fire with an assault rifle at a south side chicago park. no one has been arrested in that shooting. in our next hour of "newsroom," we will delve into what could be behind this relentless gun violence that's plaguing chicago. the panel will include don lemon, psychologist wendy walsh,

holly hughes and chicago tribune reporter peter nickias. that's next at 5:00 eastern on cnn. from violence in chicago to this week's deadly mass shooting at the u.s. military's navy yard in washington. dr. sanjay gupta has been taking a look at the shooter's background. sanjay, what have you been coming up with? he'll be telling us that at the half hour. >> martin, we're going to be talking as well about the mental health of the shooter in this d.c. navy yard shooting. this comes up over and over again every time we hear about one of these shootings. what is really happening in the mind of someone who shoots like this? and are we jumping to too many conclusion sns we're also going to talk about the sigma of mental health and how that affects all of us? much more on that, martin, 4:30 eastern. >> thanks very much. we look forward to it. meantime, could the government and government offices, even iconic landmarks end up with padlocks on the doors? republicans versus republicans,

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nine days that's how much time is left to reach a deal. if there's no deal by september 30th, the government which should shut down october 1st, house republicans along with house democrats passed a plan yesterday that includes a big snag for president obama. the house plan would strip funding for the health care reform law, which is pretty much known as obama care. erin mcpike is tracking this story in washington. the house plan may be soon dead in the water as that battle moves to the senate. what are we expecting to see in the coming week? >> well, this coming week, martin, what we will see is the senate will take up that house bill. and senate republicans have said they will vote on that bill. they will vote to move forward with debate. there's a procedural thing that's involved here. once that happens and the senate then debates it, it only takes 51 votes for democrats to restore funding for obama care and then 51 votes to pass it back to the house after they've

passed the full bill. so then we're going to be looking at much the same situation that we were in just yesterday because the house has to pass it again. earlier today republican congressman peter king was on our air as well as democrat david scott, and here's a little bit of a preview about what that might look like next weekend when we go through this again. >> i know a solid majority of house republicans do not want the house to shut down in any way. and we will do whatever we can. now, whatever has to be done, we'll see. but i am confident that the house will not shut down. and if it does, then it's real black eye for all of us. >> here is a party that wrote in a bill to close down this government if you do not take the health care away from the american people. that is desperation. there's something at work here where there are people -- i left the capital today and i saw a bunch of signs that said shut

her down, shut her down, shut her down. so i'm worried. >> so what we don't know is how long it will take the senate to debate and pass a bill and send it back to the house. but basically we expect that the house will be in session next weekend and the votes will go down to the wire just before october 1st. martin. >> erin mcpike, thanks very much. we'll continue to follow it. there hasn't been a government shutdown in more than 17 years. the escalating political battle has people on edge. a government shutdown could rattle the nation's bottom line as well. officials in new york city, the number one tourist destination in the nation, are keeping a very close eye on developments in washington. here's cnn's margaret conley. >> martin, from california to new york millions of americans could affected if there's a shutdown. national parks across the country would be affected. the statue of liberty behind me, that could be closed. that's a major tourist destination in new york city

which has a tourism business of about $55 billion. in 1995 and 1996, those government shutdowns, they cost taxpayers over $1 billion. and we talked to the government, the department of interior, they said that they are reviewing all the various budget scenarios so that they can be prepared. in terms of what will be closed, passport services, visa applications, those will all be shut down. veteran benefits, they may be held up. and government employees that are waiting for paychecks, they might also have to be on hold. but what will stay open, all of those critical services. critical services like air traffic control, national security and border protection. martin, we'll be able to count on those staying open. >> all right. margaret conley, thank you very much. and we are learning today that the u.s. was just a flick of a switch away from nuclear disaster. just declassified papers talk about two bombs, nuclear bombs, much more powerful than the one dropped on hiroshima that were accidentally dropped on the east

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the kenya president is now speaking regarding the terrorist attack today. let's listen. >> -- all right. apparently the president has finished. when we know exactly what was said and what new information he has, we'll bring it to you. again, that is the terrorism attack that is ongoing in nairobi, kenya. and americans are among the victims. moving onto this country. the pictures don't lie, well, actually this is a story that is affecting far away as well. the strongest storm on the planet this year is pretty scary to look at. it is typhoon usagi. and it's spiraling toward

southern china. it is putting millions of people living in the hong kong area in a very dangerous situation. winds have weakened slightly, that's the good news. but they're still at 115 miles per hour, equivalent to a weak category 3 hurricane. that storm is still expected to make landfall sunday with a category 2 strength. taiwan and the northern philippines have already seen some of the wrath of this storm. high surf and damaging winds are impacting coastal communities in both of those countries. and sticking with weather now and turning to colorado. a new health concern is developing in colorado's flood zones. e. coli was found in tap water in the flood-drenched town ofly th lyons. floods ripped out sewer systems and the problem must be solved

before the residents can go home. when they do go back they'll begin the long process of rebuilding. and cnn's dan simon talked to a family who lost just about everything in colorado's historic floods. >> reporter: it's still pretty surreal when you go into some of these neighborhoods, so much damage and destruction. as you can imagine it's been an emotionally draining week for a lot of these residents, especially those who didn't have flood insurance. why didn't they have it? put it simply, they felt they didn't need it. >> so this was a finished basement. >> reporter: jessica and her husband built and moved into this house only 18 months ago. >> reporter: what did it look like down here? when you had all the water in here? >> armageddon. >> reporter: these pictures show part of the aftermath. they estimate the damage to about $100,000. but she and her husband had opted against flood insurance. when you moved to this area, did you ever think if you had heavy rains that the home could flood? >> not a chance.

>> reporter: that's because they live in what's called a 500-year floodplain. that means the chance of this area flooding was less than 1% each year. >> when we asked about it, just to make sure we covered our bases when we moved in, they almost laughed. you know, like, ton of money. you don't need that. >> we would have had it if we knew this would happen or even had an inkling it might happen. really i don't think we even had that. >> reporter: they likely represent a significant portion of flood victims. authorities say it's still too early to know how many affected homes didn't have flood insurance. but the devastation was so widespread that it went beyond places prone to flooding. >> something that's kind of beyond our imagination, beyond something you could even fathom. it's understandable that people didn't sign up for flood insurance in those cases. >> reporter: but right now they aren't thinking about their lack of insurance. they're still trying to keep more water from getting into

their house. and hoping to find any precious belongings. >> oh, i found it. i found it, i found it. >> reporter: a priceless momento but one that won't be able to pay for all the repairs their home is going to need. that family and others of course have homeowners insurance, but that doesn't cover flood damage. they can apply for assistance from fema, but that only depose so far. it's really limited in scope and won't even begin to pay for all the repairs. dan simon, cnn, boulder, colorado. >> thank you, dan, very much. and here is a story that you simply have to say wow. for the first time we know about a near-nuclear disaster in the united states in 1961. the guardian newspaper got hold of this declassified document. and it says two hydrogen bombs fell harmlessly to earth in north carolina after an air force b-52 broke up in the air. each bomb was 260 times more powerful than the one that was dropped on hiroshima.

the document says there were four safety mechanisms on each of them and three of those mechanisms failed. in other words, they didn't work. only one prevented an absolute catastrophe, in addition to the devastation on the ground had either bomb detonated, it would have put millions of people from washington to new york under the risk of radioactive fallout. well, the death toll now from that attack on the mall in kenya, it is continuing to climb. this is a very fast-moving story. a terror group now claiming responsibility. and they say that their members are still inside that mall right now. and that there will be no negotiations. we'll update next. ♪

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the all-new 2014 lexus is. it's your move. we are continuing to closely watch the breaking news in kenya right now. that's where a group of armed men have burst into a shopping mall. that began earlier today. they opened fire. the kenyan president's office has now just released a new

casualty report. and we are told that there are at least 39 people who have died so far. 150 or more people are wounded. and some of those wounded include americans. an extremist group with ties to al qaeda has claimed responsibility. and the attack as we say is not over. gunmen and police are still in a faceoff situation inside of that mall. we'll go live to kenya in just a few minutes. last week our don lemon spoke with comedian and education advocate bill cosby. he was joined by the president of miles college where the president had spoken earlier. >> how do you think the message will be received by the students? i just wrote an op-ed saying that, you know, in these times, sometimes it appears that our leaders or at least our influencers are people in the entertainment industry more so than the rap and music industry and their message isn't always quite the same as the message

that dr. cosby aspouses to. how do you think his message will be received? >> they are extremely receptive. they were extremely receptive to the message of dr. cosby. we have a mantra of culture, class and civility. so it's about more than just academics. it's about more than just what they learn in the classroom. but we teach civility. what it is to have a social conscience. >> miles college, which started -- founded in what year? >> 1898. >> 1898 and was called normal. okay. that's where the coloreds, the whatever, go. okay. that's today -- that's today, miles college. i went out to see his baseball team. 5:30 in the morning. he takes me to see his baseball

team. there in the dark 95% of his baseball team happens to be what color? >> white. 95% of the baseball team is white. >> i said to him who did -- how did -- this is a clan meeting. >> i'm martin savidge. "cnn newsroom" continues at the top of the hour. first, trying to make sense of murder, dr. sanjay gupta does that now talking about the navy yard shooter. welcome to "sgmd." is the conventional wisdom about pregnancy all wrong? i'm going to tell you how one woman is expecting better and how she says you can as well. and you'd never know it, watching him on showtime's radon van, but actor dash mihok has