than any amount of physical evidence that you would have saw, you know, 10, 20 years ago. we think that basically this was centered on his personal computer. that was taken into custody by the investigators. >> wow. distressing, no matter how you slice it. chris lawrence, keep us posted on the next developments in this case. thank you for that. we are flat out of time. thanks for watching, everyone. "around the world" with suzanne malveaux and michael holmes starts right now. >> i've never, ever, in my life have anything -- >> being called a fake. the sign language interpreter at nelson mandela's service says it's not true. hear from him next. >> debating cell phones on plane. soon you may be able to make

calls while flying but do you want the person next to you chatting on the phone? a super secret air force drone that can fly up 24 hours and spy on other countries, some say it's hiding in the famous area 51 test center. welcome to "around the world." i'm suzanne malveaux. >> i'm michael holmes. a bipartisan, yes, yo we used that word, bipartisan budget proposal about to be put to the test, vote on a deal to keep the government running and prevent another shutdown. >> democratic senator patty murray, republican congressman paul ryan helped draw up the bill. it's caused squabbling and disagreements among the gop. ryan asked about this earlier. here's how he shot back. >> -- said this much, quote, advances our principles. marco rubio said this, though, last night, quote, either your deal is going to make it harder for americans to achieve the

american dream. what would you say to marco? >> read the deal and get back to me. >> read the deal. wow, democrats also have issues with the bill, as well. i want to bring in dana bash on capitol hill. read the bill, that was harsh there. do we expect they, first of all sometimes they don't read the fine print, the deal, but they have read the deal? and are they ready enough on the house and senate pass this later this afternoon. >> reporter: the drama and story is on the republican side. put the democrat as side, because nancy pelosi, this morning, said she doesn't love every detail but thinks that enough democrats are going to support it because they think it's better than nothing. let's focus on the republicans. and this whole concept of the right and some conservatives, zblou not just marco rubio, but groups pressuring house members to vote yesterday. yesterday the house speaker lashed out. today he didn't back down, not even close.

listen to what happened. you were pretty tough on outside conservative groups for their criticism of the budget deal. as you well know, just to be candid, they've had a lot of sway in the decisions that your members have made over the past couple of years. does this budget mark a turning point, and are your members at your behest going to be more focused on compromise and less on what outside groups are pressuring they'll them to do. >> i take my fair share of criticism to right and the left. i came here to fight for a smaller, less costly, more accountable federal government. and this budget agreement takes giant steps in the right direction. it's not everything i want. but when groups come out and criticize an agreement that they've never seen, you begin to wonder, just how credible those actions are. so, yesterday, when the criticism was coming, frankly, i thought it was my job and my

obligation to stand up for conservatives here in the congress who want more deficit reduction. stand up for the work that chairman ryan did. he did good work on behalf 0 the american people. it's not everything that we wanted but our job is to find enough common ground to move the ball down the feel on behalf of the american people who sent us here to do their work. >> reporter: suzanne and michael, that was just one part of the continued criticism that he had throughout the press conference, going on and on and on about the fact that he really, his words, doesn't care what the conservative groups do. it might seem like a minor thing, but these groups have had such influence, such power on the rank and file republicans for so many reasons, most importantly because so many of the conservative members are worried about a primary challenge from the right, sponsored and funded by the groups, than a challenge or being defeated by a democrat, and that is what drives their

decisions. this is john boehner standing up, trying to protect them and push back against these group whose are not back down, even in hours leading up to the vote today. >> sure. very significant that that's the case. do we think it's going to pass? do we have a sense that they do have it on both sides? >> it looks that way. certainly, when you have this speaker coming out be anding forceful, his democratic counterpart nancy pelosi saying the same thing, it's not everything that they want but they feel enough democrats are going to vote for it it certainly looks like it's on the road to passage, but we'll wait and see how it shakes out. it's going to be dramatic. a lot of people are going to take it slow in how they vote to see the way the wind is blowing as votes are going on the question, of course, will outside groups have less pressure going forward on the gop in the congress? that's going to be an interesting development to see. leave it there, dana. thanks so much, dana bash there.

>> also following this. a lot of people talking about, the man who did the sign language at nelson memorial. he's defending himself, saying he is a legitimate interpreter with many years of experience. people don't believe it. >> no, no, those watching and commenting, on the right of the screen, a lot of people who are deaf and work for deaf groups say the man's a fraud. cnn spoke to him at his home but rather than clear up the controversy, his answers raised just more doubts about his credentials when cnn asked him, for example, to demonstrate a few signs, including the name nelson mandell lark he refused. dave mckenzie joining us johannesburg. some ways this is a sad story, in a way. he said that he's not well in some ways, he's also defending his position. he says nobody's ever challenged him before now, is that true? >> reporter: no, that's not true in fact. the deaf association of south africa said, michael, they

challenged him some years ago when he was doing sign for president zuma. for the record, the sign for mandela is a hand like this and the finger over the head which indicates the haircut he used to have the '60s. look at that gentleman doing the sign through four hours of speeches from world leaders, including president barack obama, he looked confident at least i thought so when i was watching but people understand sign here really said what he was saying was rubbish. when i met with him today, he defended himself. >> for the deaf association, if they think that i've done wrong interpretation, i ask forgiveness. but for deaf south africa, if you tell me that i was doing wrong interpretation, then they should answer me why they were silent all the time. >> reporter: all these years? >> all these years, why they was

silent. >> reporter: people have complained before -- listen. >> reporter: -- interpreted for president zuma. >> listen, listen, i've never, ever, ever in my life have anything that said i've interpreted wrong. you can go through all of the medias of south africa. all of the medias of south africa. even if you can see my portfolio, i've been for a very long time, no single one said i'm interpreting a wrong interpretation. >> reporter: well, michael and suzanne, one twist to the tale is that he said he was on medication for schizophrenia. he didn't say that this really affected his performance at all. the south african government is saying they are investigating this but dispel questions of security lapses. they say, well, it's not as if he just, quote, walked in. but the question is, why someone who appears not have potentially

the credibility for the deaf community in south africa or the rest of the world got into such an important event for this country and of course it's deeply embarrassing for the government and the ruling party. >> what i like about your interview, specifically, you really tried to get some answers from him you don't get very many answers but you try, trying to get him to sign the simple things here. a sense of anywhere he came from, who hired him, whether or not he was -- he even went through the proper security channels to be there. >> reporter: the government says he did go through the security channels. when i pressed him on credentials, several times asking the same question, what training did you do, what qualifications do you have, he just referred me to his resume and then wouldn't elaborate. when we went to the office where he says his company that he works for, they were an events company, that has no connection to this. it's unclear at this stage what the key issue is here.

but certainly it's embarrassing for the country and he's remaining defiant. >> david, thanks so much. david mckenzie there. the sad thing about this, in many ways, it's detracting from the focus of all of this which is nelson mandela. today was day two of paying respects to nelson mandela. the viewing day, second of three days, it ended a short time ago, as we said yesterday they, out of respect and culture, take the body indoors when it gets dark. >> lying in state in pretoria south africans can say farewell and mourners have one more opportunity tomorrow. his funeral set for sunday. here's more of what we're working for "around the world." this american pastor has been detained in iran for more than a year. now his family is intensifying its fight to free him, set him free. hear from his wife, up next. also, details about a super secret military project. we'll show you the new spy plane

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the wife of an american past who are has been in prison for more than a year in iran spoke out on capitol hill today, pleading for help. she says her husband went to iran to bill an orphanage but was thrown in prison unjustly because of his christian beliefs. the couple is from idaho and has two young children, and he was sentenced to eight years arc excused of undermining iran's national security. his wife says her 33-year-old husband is in poor health. she is angry at the u.s. government that it did not make a deal with iran for his freedom when they negotiated the nuclear deal. >> my husband is suffering because he's a christian. he's suffering because he's an american. yet his own government did not fight for him when his captors were across the table from them. >> jim sciutto spoke with the pastor's wife about her battle for his freedom. >> well, suzanne, it's a

heartbreaking case. s he went to iran to visit relatives there, he's an iranian-american. while there arrested because of his faith arc excused by the iranians because he's christian he's trying to convert muslims in iran to christianity. they call that a national security crime accuse him of a soft war and sentenced to eight years in prison. leaves his family back home, his wife, two children of 5 and 7. i was able to meet with his wife yesterday and she describes how difficult it's been for him because they keep telling him that he may leave, he may not leave, and his hopes are raised and then crushed, a form of psychological torture, she says. >> psychological tortures. i know the first few months they'll say you'll go free, pack your stuff and go, he'd get everything ready, be excited to come see the kids and i, and they would say -- the next day they will say we're going to

hang you for your faith. >> she and her children dread another christmas separated from her husband from the children's father, and he's one of three americans, it's believed, are held in iran right now. another, a former u.s. marine, who went back to visit relatives in iran. he was captured, accused of being a spy, now in prison. and there's the case of robert levinson, he's disappeared since 2007 in iran. the iranian government's never acknowledged he's there but it's believed he's there. when you speak to the families, they're hoping this new warming of relations between iran and the u.s. will give them new hope that their family members may be released as a result but they haven't seen that happen yet. u.s. government has raised their case but they're hoping for a real change. >> u.s. senators, they are meeting on capitol hill to discuss whether or not to impose additional sanctions against iran because the obama administration has insisted any sanctions would violate the

terms of the new interim agreement to curb tehran's nuclear perhaps. agreement would limit iran's uranium enrichment in return for easing international sanctions. all right. now you expect to hear certain noises on a plane, you might hear the crying baby down the back, coughing, sneezing, maybe snoring on a long flight. soon you could hear cell phone chatter from the guy behind you or the teenager sitting next to you. sounds great, doesn't it? fcc debating whether to lift the been on making calls or texts during flights. cnn's rene marsh joins us. we've been talking about this for a long time now. today's the day they are talking about it. officially, how big of a step could this be today? i, for one, would hope they say no. >> reporter: hoping they say no. here's the good news, michael, it will be a year or more before you can call into the newsroom,

call suzanne there, mid flight. that said, today the fcc is moving forward with its proposal. it's a small step, but it's a move forward to allow flyers to text and talk on their cell phones during flight. now a short time ago, fcc chairman tom wheeler defended the proposal at an oversight hearing on capitol hill. fcc says that technology is advanced enough to allow people to talk and text on cell phones above 10,000 feet without interfering with cell towers on the ground. here he is. >> on the last person in the order who wants to listen to somebody talking to me while i fly across the country. but we are the technical agency and we will make the technical rules that reflect the way the new technology works. >> reporter: all right. later on this afternoon, all five fcc commissioners, they will vote on whether to consider lifting the ban after the fcc vote. the issue will open up for public comment, so you can weigh

in, michael. >> give them a call, if you like. i don't think ibl ca'll be call suzanne from the plane. it then goes to the airlines. can the airlines make their own rules even if the officials say you can do it? can the airlines say, not on our planes? >> reporter: they absolutely can. so this is just simply so consider lifting the ban. however, if you're an airline, you decide you do not want to allow this sort of thing on your flights, you have the opportunity to say that. and you would not need to apply for this license. so all of these airlines would have to apply for a license to have this wireless connectivity. so, the answer's simple, some airlines will go for it, others will not. you have to decide which one you want to be on. >> when it comes to the decision making on the ruling, i think there's been polls that show most americans would like it to stay nontelephone on the flight, would that public opinion have

anything effect on them? >> well, they will be analyzing all of the public comments. they'll take all of that into consideration. but i think what they're really going to be looking at is, what are potential safety and security issues that could come as a result of lifting this ban. so they'll be looking at that seriously, but of course look at those comments, too from people who think that this is just a bad idea. >> my vote it's the only time you get away from the phones. we'll see what happens. thanks so much. let us know what happens. >> michael, i know you want to call me from the plane. >> i don't want to call you. >> with the cold weather hitting the u.s., you think these might be pictures from the great lakes or northeast. but would you believe this is actually israel. they're having a really cold december. that story, next. ya know, with new fedex one rate

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welcome back. a day after riot police were criticized for storming thousands of protesters in the ukrainian capital kiev and using chain saws to bring down barriers, maybe there could be a breakthrough. the european union's chief diplomat catherine ashton says she's heard the president of ukraine intends to sign a deal on closer ties with the european union, which is what this is all about. that's what protesters wanted. >> protests began after the government's decision last month to reject a free trade agreement

instead of favoring something that was closer economic ties with russia, moscow. diana magnay walked among the protesters in the hours after the riot police crackdown. >> reporter: these barricades were torn down buy riot police in early hours of wednesday morning but now they are back, possibly bigger than ever. protesters using anything they can get their hands on. a lot of snow, which they've packed into these white bags. now, it's a symbol, if you will, of their resilience, determination to keep protesting until their demands are met. ukrainian president says that he is now prepared to talk. that he won't use force against peaceful gatherings. also, the opposition say, fine, as long as talks follow an agreed road map, not this vague roundtable notion that the president is suggesting. one of them saying to me, you can't fit a roundtable into a square prison cell. ultimately, their demands remain the resignation of the government and fresh elections.

back to you. >> homes and cars under water. this is in rio de janeiro after torrential rains triggering flash floods. >> shasta darlington from brazil. >> reporter: heavy rains flooded much of rio de janeiro, submerging cars and tomorrowing some houses. the mayor urged people to stay home and avoid the chaos gripping the city. cars have been abandoned, flights and trains canceled, and some residents rescued in boats. the flooding comes as rio struggles to improve its infrastructure for the world cup six months away. >> in the united states, what we were talking about how cold the u.s. is dishe spite it's fall? >> i don't like the weather be it's too cold. >> take a look now, another blast of cold air hitting across the country. >> people from the great lakes to the northeast, they're trying to keep warm. take a look at all of the snow.

it was 3 below in chicago this morning. people in upstate new york, they're getting buried, just buried in all of the stuff. more on the way to the region this weekend, as well. >> as if you needed it. people in syracuse are used to the snow at least. people in jerusalem, they're not so much. it does happen but not often. it rarely gets below freezing, particularly december. >> but right now there's a winter storm bringing snow and cold, really cold, to the area. schools have closed. getting around, of course, a big hassle. more from our cnn's karl penhaul. >> reporter: this is what jerusalem woke up to this morning, driving snow and freezing temperatures. this really is quite unusual in the city. the last time there was a significant dump of snow in the month of december all the way back in 1953. now weathermen say there's an icy blast coming down from the north pole that could last through to the weekend. school classes have been suspended for many. so time now for a little bit of

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compromise here, does it mean they'll be able to get more things done, perhaps immigration reform, other things on the agenda, that the president has wanted to push through but could not? >> reporter: you know, i think it's unclear at this point but i would say certainly this is something going in the right direction, don't you think? i mean, though some people would say this is a modest agreement it doesn't tackle some of the big issues, you have democrats who are upset, they want an extension of the long-term unemployment benefits, that's something as well, suzanne, that the white house wants. republicans want more deficit reduction. but at the same time, both sides unhappy. certainly going to lose some votes, we would expect. but it's looking like it has a really good chance of passing. hearing this from leaders on both sides of the aisle and hearing from the white house that president obama will sign this if this passes congress. i think it's important to note for president obama that this is a sign of progress, because when you have a liberal democrat like

patty murray and a conservative republican like paul ryan, and they're able to sit down and actually hammer something out, that is significant when you consider just the very divided climate that we have had. and the other thing, i think that matters for president obama here, he has spent so much time and energy and oxygen here in washington, d.c., dealing with these budget battles popping up all the time. the fact that this one wasn't done under a strict -- right up against a deadline, when it comes to this budget battle, is a sign of progress where president obama will be able to spend some time concentrating on his agenda instead of trying to push towards some sort of resolution to one of the budget battles. >> as we've been say, the word bipartisan and congress have been mutually exclusive for so long. you've got to wonder whether the pummeling the gop took in the wake of the last budget shutdown

nudged them along to getting this deal done. does that, though, point to further cooperation? is it going to get warm and fuzzy in congress? i think i know your answer. >> reporter: wouldn't than lovely? you know, i don't know if you can say that, certainly, but you could look at those and say, they're going in the right direction rather than the other direction of not talking and not striking a deal. i think the white house is resigned to the reality that they're still up against a divide congress. the congress and republicans have, you know, opposed many of president obama's agenda items. and i don't think that this, to the white house, is some sort of sign that's going to be completely turned on its head. you have president obama, you have the white house, michael and suzanne, focusing, i think, very much on ways that they can do some of the thing he wants to do and going around congress. but if he does want to get big things done, like immigration, he would need congress' help.

certainly this is a sign that things may be heading in the right direction rather than continue to be as divided or more divided than they have been in the past. >> poll numbers after the last shutdown might, say, give them a shove along. brianna keilar. >> very good point, the president has taken so much time and so much energy just trying to keep the government running. >> right. >> the fact that we've had the shutdown and the threats of shutdown so many times, it's time to get the work of business government, you know -- >> most unproductive congress ever, officially. >> the budget deal includes a provision that could make it a little bit more expensive -- >> great. >> -- to fly. >> great. >> the deal would double the security fees from $2.50 per leg of a flight to $5.60 each way. >> trying to pay for all of this. the money would generate about $12.6 billion over the next decade. it does add up. that money would go into the general government fund.

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inspect a factory where iphones and other company products are made. >> it's been a controversy for a while. "the new york times" is reporting that several young workers have died over just the last few months. let's go to zain asher at the new york stock exchange. one of most disturbing things one of the workers was 15. >> yeah, one of them was 15. his name -- he died of pneumonia in october while working at one of the factories that produces iphones and tablets. as you mentioned, 15. the legal working age in china is 16. by the way, both ages are relatively young to be working in a factory, especially by american standards. they're saying the teenager had a fake i.d., that's how he gained employment at the factory. also reports that he worked up to 70 hours a week, excessive, especially by american standardsen this is not the first time apple suppliers have had to deal with death, quite frankly. reported that several other

workers died. also reports up to 18 suicides at another one of apple suppliers. it does raise questions about labor conditions and how much oversight apple has as factories. >> do we know if this is connected in any way, the pneumonia, people are dying, working very hard. what is happapple saying. >> they sent a number of experts over. apple is saying they do not believe the deaths are linked to labor conditions in china. they say they have strict measures in place, workers are not allowed to work more than 60 hours a week and believe spl suppliers most of the time. they will be putting in tighter controls to verify workers' ages and issuing deepest condolences to families who dieder. >> the plant there has been controversial for years now.

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welcome back to "around the world." some tourists in kenya have come under attack, sources say cnn -- tell cnn an explosive device thrown at a car carrying two tourists. >> yes. some say this was a grenade. it happened in the port city of mombasa, which used to be a holiday destination. it's reported the pair is british, that hasn't been confirmed, though. nobody was hurt. the grenade didn't go off, and the bomb squad was called in, they safely detonated it. it's unclear if anyone's been detained as of yet. in the central african

republic, u.s. has started flying troops from burundi into the capital airport. the forces will join thousands of african union and french troops who are already there trying to stop the fighting between muslim rebels and christian militias. >> months of violence has forced more than 400,000, nearly 500,000, by some count, people from their homes. many now living inside makeshift refugee camps at airport, inside church grounds, and the like. very worrying situation. both the u.s. and great britain have now suspended some aid to syrian rebels, after a warehouse full of weapons was seized by a rival group of islamic fighters. the u.s. ambassador to syria expected to travel to the rebel-held areas in north to meet with various opposition groups trying to topple the syrian regime. >> elise lab got covering this. what things are we talking about? what do you know about what

happened. >> reporter: that's right. it's nothing that's going to turn the conflict around, talking about food, medical kits, communications equipment trucks, things the rebels have said is not enough to help them on the battlefield against assad's forces the reason the u.s. had do it is a wake-up call for u.s. officials because these islamic groups, the so-called islamic front that seizesed the weapons, now these islamic groups are not only battling assad's forces but battling moderate groups on the ground that the u.s. is trying to boost up. so it's really a blow to u.s. international efforts to end the conflict and get assad out because now you have a two-front war. >> elise, speak to this, because assad has always said from the very beginning, and many saw this as an excuse potentially turning into reality now, you had al qaeda and terrorist elements running around trying

to take over. it seems like they've gained some ground. >> reporter: well, they've gained ground and they're not just battling assad, they're battling moderate forces. what does the u.s. do? they're put in the devils choice, and whether they start talking to the groups and aiding the groups. these are discussions going on in washington right now, which islamic groups can they deal with? the red line here is that they can't have any affiliation with al qaeda, but there certainly is this scale of, in the u.s. eyes, good islamists versus bad islamists. these are the groups, the more good islamists that ambassador ford has been reaching out to, now the u.s. forced to see whether they're going to have to include them in a transitional government to get assad out or even perhaps give them aid. >> about it's a situation long been warnings about that the islamist groups would gain traction. this is, briefly a temporary

thing. a wait and see what happens now. >> reporter: it's a temporary thing. but you know, also not only in northern syria are the u.s. and the uk suspending aid, but turkey, a nato ally, had to close one of its border crossings because these islamic groups are controlling the border now. so, it's a temporary thing. but i think it has a larger issue. because this is because the international community has not done more to aid moderate rebels. >> it's a worry, as you say, the funnel of these fighters coming through turkey and into syria, the a big problem for turkey as well. thanks so much. >> you've got to wonder whether or not the talks are dead or if it's more mediate they have to have talks because they don't have a sense of who are their friends who are the foes, what happens happening on the ground the problem with the talks, you can have the diasper representing the lebl but was they're not because the rebels on the ground say they don't

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the air force is developing a new spy plane. love spy stuff. designed to expand the military's gathering operations developing stealth technology and surveillance capabilities. >> the new drone kept under wraps but barbara starr has uncovered details about the plane. she's got a preview of what it's going to be able to do. >> reporter: this is what the new super secret air force drone is believed to look like. cnn has learned this unmanned spy plane is designed to fly for up to 24 hours behind enemy lines, in countries like north

korea, iran, and syria. military sources tell cnn, it will give the u.s. a critical stealth advantage to spy on countries which have strong air defense systems that can shoot down more conventional aircraft. >> this aircraft will be able to penetrate that border and go in and do operations in and around enemy's airspace without being targeted. >> reporter: the new drone unmasked by aviation week, it's so secret, the drone is believed to be at this hangar at area 51, the air force's highly secure flight test center in nevada. reporter amy butler says the shape means enemy radars can't easily see the drone. unlike the u2 spy plane, this has no pilot and advance censors. it will make long flights at 11 miles above the earth unconstrained by human imitations or the weather. >> this aircraft will be able to take pictures using radar.

radar pictures are great because they don't get muddied up by cloud or dust cover. could probably also take pictures with just what we know as thermal camera, it can see heat. probably has the boxes that do things like listen to cell phone calls, listen to activities basically going on on an enemy's frequency. radar activities, that sort of thing. >> reporter: though it crashed, the stealth helicopter that brought navy s.e.a.l.s to bin laden's pakistani compound showed the crucial need to sneak past those air defenses. officially, the air force won't comment on the drone effort, but several u.s. officials tell cnn its capabilities are now a top intelligence gathering priority especially after a less sophisticated stealth drone went down in iran in 2012. >> if it all works the new drone will be able to covertly gather information about what america's adversaries are really up to,

and that is exactly why the air force isn't talking about it. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> we will all disappear to area 51. >> cool stuff. >> you talk about bay ying and talk about smog, imagine it's so bad you have to wear a face mask every time you walk outdoors. lung cancer rates are up there. hau that's how it's been in china and beijing. >> pollution causes hundreds of flights to be canceled or delayed. the pilots, they can't see the runways. it's given beijing international airport the distinction of having the worst flight delays compared to 35 other international airports. >> well, now the chinese government is requiring all pilots to be able to perform what they are calling in the industry blind landings. it means they'll have to learn to use an instrument landing system. that essentially allows technology to land the plane on

hazy days. ironically, they've had a couple of clear days in the last week or so about. >> good for them. >> boy, it can be bad. >> thank forward watching "around the world." happy birthday to you tomorrow. i know you're off. >> thank you. it's my present. >> newsroom is next. over to wolf. right now the house is closer to voting on a compromised budget deal. live from capitol hill. we'll break down who's for the deal, who's against it. right now, response from the man accused of being a fake sign language interpreter at the nelson mandela memorial service. he says he's not a fake but also acknowledges he is sick. and right now, nasa's looking for away to fix the problem with the international space station. six astronauts and cosmonauts, including two americans, they are up there, wondering if they have to leave the station to help repair it.