>> more of my interview tomorrow on my program. we'll see you again at 11:00 trapped deep underground. an explosion at a coal mine in turkey kills more than 200 people and leaves rescuers struggling to find survivors. >> the people that are in prison, what's the blood? >> nigerians wrestle with how best to free hundreds of kidnapped school girls. should they negotiate with boko haram? we will talk to an expert. act decisively. experts say oscar pistorius should spend 30 days under psychiatric evaluation.

the judge will rule at this hour. health alert. the health experts are struggling to warn people about the mers outbreak in the country. thanks for joining us. you're watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. >> i'm john vause. we'd like to welcome our viewers. >> it's 10:00 a.m. in western turkey where hope is fading for finding survivors. >> they're looking for folks. 201 are dead. >> journalist andrew finkle is in istanbul and he joins us now with the latest. so, andrew, as the death toll rises, how is that rescue

operation progressing this hour? what are authorities saying about the likelihood of bringing out any new survivors from that coal mine. >> well, there seems to be a certain amount of hesitation among them to see if there will be any more survivors. just over an hour ago someone brought out five workers alive, which was of course excellent news for people waiting outside. however, i think there's a certain sense that this rescue operation may actually be winding down, that it's very difficult to see how many of those still trapped underground could have survived the carbon monoxide poisoning. at the moment we have a figure of 201 deaths from the accident. that figure may rise very steeply very soon. >> yeah. that is the concerns. we're curious about how many

minors were underground at the time of this explosion and fire. what are authorities saying about that to give some definite figures. do they have them? >> they have an idea but they're not going to release those figures right away. we do know that at the time of the accident there were close to 800 workers underneath the ground, 787 i believe is the figure. 200 of those people have died. some have been i think -- close to 3 or 400 have been brought out of the mine or accounted for. if you do the arithmetic that i mentioned with this tragedy, it could be that much greater still. >> that is the big fear, isn't it? andrew, how does an explosion like this happen? what's the safety record of this particular coal mine? we know the 2009, 2010 coal mining accidents in turkey in a similar region. talk to us about this coal mine

specifically. >> there is a very bad safety record in turkish mines. most of those happen because of methane explosions. they happen along the black sea, the mines on the black sea. this is in the west of turkey, very different part of the country. here it wasn't a methane explosion, it was an electrical failure. a fire broke out in the generator. this is a mine that had been examined, cleared for safety procedures. it's also a mine where they have brought down the cost of extracting that coal very sharply. one of the things they've said apparently is that they do no longer import electrical transformers but they make them themselves. if that turns out to be the reason for this fire, then that of course would be dreadful. we also know that they tried to

raise the mine safetyi issue in parliament three weeks ago and it was voted down by the government. you know, very clearly there were signs of anxiety about safety issues in this mine. those issues were not allowed to surface so whether there will be a process of accountability, well, we will have to wait and see, rosemary. >> indeed. we already watching very closely. journalist andrew finkel reporting there from istanbul. many thanks to you. a big day coming up at the oscar pistorius trial. later at this hour the judge is expected to rule on a request by the prosecution for the track star to undergo an independent legal examination. kelly is life outside the court. will this be a quick decision?

what will happen 30 minutes from now? >> well, we will hear her ruling in just a short amount of time. it isn't clear whether she will allow the referral immediately or whether she'll allow the extra psychological witness to take the stand. the prosecution said in the past the evidence has been substantial. >> so barry roux is the defense lawyer. where is the prosecution coming from in all of this? what's their argument? >> well, they're essentially trying to force the court's hand

into considering a defense that pistorius himself and his legal team are trying disperfect rately enough not to have considered. from nels perspective it would benefit him. it would muddy the water of the defense. they have to consider new information they have not considered opinion. it would place a question and it would provide the state an opportunity to provide some contradictory evidence. >> court is expected to reconvene 22 minutes there now. kelly, you'll be covering live on cnn when that decision is handed down. if she does rule that he has to go for that mental evaluation, this trial that was meant to be

a three week long trial already at eight weeks could go for more months. >> yes, indeed. it will take some time, isn't it? >> drag on. >> indeed. let's move on for now. u.s. president barack obama is coming under fire for his handling of the crisis in syria. mr. obama met briefly with the head of the syrian opposition tuesday. >> they released a statement for praising them for ending the war but as jim sciuotto reports, it's not mutual. >> reporter: today's syria is a living hell, 150,000 dead, 9 million refugees, whole cities lefltd. the president of syria's opposition has said help from the u.s. is too slow and far too limited. >> are you frustrated, angry even that it has not created a

bigger response here in the u.s.? >> translator: of course we are angry. this is one of the biggest catastrophes in this country. >> reporter: he tells us it has slowed the help. they directly threaten the u.s. homeland. they call syria a jihad did i playground. >> translator: this crisis explodes and if it explodes it will reach the farthest places in the world. >> reporter: he's asked for antiaircraft missiles to fight this, brutal, indiscriminate shots. the administration has refused. >> translator: what i am asking is is it prohibited for assad to kill the syrian people with

chemical weapons but it's okay to kill them with scuds, rockets, planes, tanks? >> reporter: the architect of the bloodshed, bashar al assad, is running for re-election. two years after barack obama said these words. >> i am confident that assad's numbers are limited. >> reporter: do you believe that the u.s. underestimated is a sad's strength and made a policy error? >> translator: if assad saw that they drew a red line and if they held their promises, then he would never have dared to nominate himself. this shows his disregard towards the international community. >> reporter: he met in the white house with administration officials for two hours. i'm told the conversation was

frank and productive. the president says he wants to help end the suffering of the syrian people. they have no more patience for, kboet, band aid solutions. how bad is the situation right now? bad enough that the u.n. arab league envoy to quit. his reasons are similar to his predecessor. both are trying to find diplomatic solutions but both were faced with international dead. >> how many more dead? how many more destruction before syria becomes again the syria we have known. >> bang can i moon accepts the resignation. >> let's take a short break. the nigerian government says the

window is open to negotiations with boko haram. >> but is speaking with terrorists the best solution. right now they say it's the best thing for these girls. the u.s. concerns a second case of the potentially deadly mers virus. how big a concern is this? how many hospital staffers were exposed? later, capturing the beauty of afghanistan. we'll hear from the man who captured these iconic captured these iconic photographs. ♪ led to the one jobhing you always wanted. at university of phoenix, we believe every education-

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cdc is monitoring this very closely. it's something that is of a nature that would be briefed to the president and has been briefed to the president and our team is watching it very closely. >> new alarm in the united states over the spread of the potentially deadly mers virus. two florida health care workers who came into contact with a

confirmed mers patient and have been tested. >> signs go up in u.s. air ports urging caution to people traveling to the mid east. we have the details. >> reporter: a creeping contagious and potentially deadly respiratory virus has reached the u.s. and created a legitimate health scare. two orlando area health care workers exposed to a patient with mers has been treated. >> these people were in contact with the patient without a mask. >> reporter: officials say 20 health care workers in the orlando area may have been exposed to the mers patient. what is mers? middle east respiratory

syndrome. it's from camels but you can get it from breathing in. >> we can infect one person to another. we have droplets of the fluid in our body being inhaled by the other person or being in close contact with the other person. >> reporter: it attacks the respiratory system. the main symptoms, coughing, fever, trouble breathing. why is it so scary? it's deadly because it spreads through the body so fast. 1/3 of the 530 mers patients have died compared to 10% of the sars victims. >> there's no vaccine for it and no treatment for it. >> reporter: meaning patients survive by getting the symptoms treated. there are two mers cases. the most recent in orlando flew

around the country. >> are they going to have to trk efr one on those flights? >> not necessarily. the people that were in close contact with that patient. so if you were sitting near that person, one or two seats, yes, you're going to be interviewed. if you're sitting several rose and that patient did not walk close to you, there's no reason to even be concerned. >> the other mers patient in the u.s. flew from saudi arabia to london and london to chicago and then took a bus from chicago to indiana. >> the patient had extended exposure to others closer in on the bus ride. it's not clear how good the ventilation system was. all of those bus passengers will have to be tracked. we turn to california now. san diego residents are returning home after fleeing a

wild fire that threatened their homes. strong winds pushed the flames across more than 300 hectares. that's about 800 acres. fire officials say they issued 5,000 evacuation notices but fortunately no one was killed and no homes were lost. right now the fire is only about 5% contained. >> no surprise some of the hottest temperatures in the united states will be right there in southern california later today. >> let's go to our meteorologist pedram. what are the temperatures looking like? >> easily exceeding 100 degrees, guys. if you are tuned in, well known for foggy conditions to set up as the coastal communities stand clear. take a look, the critical fire threat right there across southern california. winds could easily exceed 50, 60 miles per hour over next several

hours in the region. humidity down below 10%. we know the thermal signature is scattered about the region. north of the fairbanks field region. look at the pictures with incredible winds howling up here. they come upstream the hill here and pick up tremendous amount of speed. we expect the heating to continue over the next couple of days with very little in the way of moisture to help with the cooling trend here in the next few days. sometime around saturday and sunday, finally an on shore component returns. on tuesday it reached 90 degrees in san francisco. broerk a record dating back to 1920s. 88. way above 64 this time of year. even when it cools off on friday afternoon, still above average. los angeles, how about 98, 101 come thursday. that would be a record temperature for this time of

year. in fact, i can tell you that neighboring cities around los angeles, officials there putting parking restrictions in place for people not to park in certain areas close to fields so the officials and the firefighters could attempt to attack the flames if they get ignited with high pressure sitting in place. you put an area of high pressure over the state of utah or colorado it is the prime ingredient, lower elevation on the coast of california and as air flows from the higher elevation to the lower sea levels. that's exactly what we're seeing for the warm temperatures. over portions of europe we'll talk about it in detail. strong thunderstorms across the balkans. we expect heavy rainfall in this region. it will be confined across portions of bucharest. any sort of search and res sky efforts going on around portions

of western turkey should not be impacted to the weather to the west. >> thanks, pedram. we'll take a short break here. when we come back, the school girls currently being held by boko haram somewhere in nigeria, should the nigerian government sit down and negotiate. we'll look at that. also ahead, the oscar pistorius case. it's a pivotal point. we are waiting minutes from now an outcome from the judge. we'll bring that to you live.

a high ranking u.n. official is making a clear call for nigerian leaders to negotiate

with terror group boko haram for the release of more than 200 abducted school girls. >> they worry that these girls might be sold off. quote, we cannot do politics with the lives of the young girls. she went on to say what should be paramount in our minds is how to bring them safely back home. >> meantime, some family members are identifying girls seen in this video released by boko haram. they recognize 77 of them. >> the nigerian military says it's sending thousands of people to the eastern region including chibok. they received a four hour warning before the girls were taken. we spoke to a government military spokesperson to see if that is actually the case. >> there's no village or town in

the whole area where we don't have information. in a day you can have up to 1,000 such claims. more than 3/4 turn out to be frivolous. >> did you get a -- >> allow me to get that far. >> reporter: okay. >> it is not out of place to hear that but none have fr been ignored. >> ayasa speaking with a spokesman. be sure to catch her later at 7:30 p.m. in london, 8:30 in berlin only on cnn. boko haram's leader says the group will hold onto the school girls until the nigerian government releases its members being held in prisons. nigerians are divided whether the government should make any

kind of deal. >> if you do that, doesn't mean if you release those people that the warrior force will come. >> for now allow them to talk to the boko haram. >> some say even talking to the terror groups gives them legitimacy. the lives of these girls, most of them 16 to 18 years old, are now hanging in the balance. we have a senior research fellow at the royal institute fellows institute. rafael, good to speak with you. should you negotiate questions? let's look at the practical question. can you negotiate with boko had a -- haram?

>> they've done this before. they have done kidnapping f for ransom for civil monetary gain. the longer term question is what are you doing for the group? are you incentivizing them if they realize this is how they can get their way? >> is there so much domestic and international pressure on the nigerian government to do something here that president goodluck johnson may have no choice but to strike a deal? why would u.s. hostage negotiators be sent to nigeria if they weren't prepared to talk. >> i think the point is what kind of deal are you going to make or how are you going to do the transaction? you often find some deal will be struck in a way that both sides could examine it. be it that it's a monetary exchange that happens in a quiet

fashion or be it some sort of exchange for individuals where people get released or other individuals if something happens further do you know the line so maybe it's harder to make the direct connection of the two. it's hard to decide how this is done. the fact is there's so much tension and focus on this group of girls, the fact that because of this video we know at least 100 or so of them appear to be together and under the control of the leader of boko haram, the perception must be that maybe the entire group can't be rescued. we have to remember this happened almost a month ago now. at least 100 of them could be released. how can we guarantee their particular safety? >> you touched on the publicity aspect here, that this has received so much attention. how does that complicate the situation? in the past it was done in the quiet. everybody walked away.

>> this is very public and it has to happen in a public way. the group has demonstrated a willingness to negotiation that, i think they're trying to clarify who is it they're talking to. one of the problems is identifying if you are talking to the right group. it's a much more nebulous group than we believe. making sure you're communicating with the right person, that all of this is done under the glare of publicity. >> at the end of the day a military operation doesn't seem possible. they don't know where the girls are. it will be too costly and dangerous. is it the only option they have? >> i think a military operation, i'm sure that everyone is keeping as many options as possible on the table. the point is if we look at the video in particular, it seems like there's a group of them together. i think the numbers of them were

somewhere between 270. we don't know where they were being kept. i think the danger of the military operation will be trying to grab one group, what happens to the next group? there is a splinter group that has a long forum of potentially executing hostages that it's taken when government forces come in to rescue them. very difficult to know exactly who's holding these girls and exactly what their reaction would be if there was some sort of a military attack if you tried to release them. >> it does seem that right now boko haram holding all the cards. rafael, thank you for being with us in london. >> thank you. we are just minutes away from what could be a big moment in the oscar pistorius murder trial. >> coming up, a ruling on whether pistorius should spend the next four weeks in a psychiatric ward. then drive off into the sunset. experian.

headlines for you this hour. in turkey, hopes of finding survivors of a mine explosion are fading. the blast touched off a fire that trapped hundreds of people underground more than 15 hours ago now. some 201 minors have been confirmed dead but that number is expected to go much higher. u.n. health expert in human trafficking is calling on the nigerian government to make a deal with boko haram to lease nearly 300 kidnapped girls. the terror group says it won't release them unless it frees

feel in prison. the window is open. at any moment the judge in oscar pistorius's murder trial is expected to rule on an unusual motion that could set the case on a new and different course. we are standing by live to hear her decision on the prosecution's request that the olympic track star undergo an independent psychiatric evaluation. the test would last a month but arranging them could delay the trial even longer. ukraine's defense ministry says six soldiers were killed in an ambush on tuesday. it happened in the sloviask region where government forces have been trying to turn back separatist gain. they were attacked by 30, quote, terrorists armed with guns and grenades. in eastern ukraine separatists

say their leader was wounded in a suspected assassination attempt. tensions are high in donestk as well. that's where separatists claim independence and say they're ready to join russia. the threat of violence isn't stopping some pro ukraine demonstrators for praying for peace. we have the report. >> reporter: they come here every day to sing and pray, rain or shine. they have been shot at, some of them beaten, but they still pull out their blue and yellow ribbons and pin them to their chest. an act of peaceful defines one day after the donestk claim for independence. these are the hopeful. >> translator: donestk has not suddenly become the donestk

people's republic. we do not realize this referendum. together we are strong. if we back off now, only then will we lose. >> reporter: there aren't many places on the streets of donestk where you can show your support for ukraine anymore, but this is one of them. every now and then a car comes by, honks their support or a jogger jogs past and says glory to ukraine. every single day these people come out to appeal for unity. this is another place you can see the ukrainian flag in donestk. one of the few places. unfortunately the office was abandoned. after i was shot at i ordered everyone to leave. these are photos immediately after the attack, after this incident. sergei now moves in secret never sleeping in the same place. it also turned sergei from a journalist to an activist.

now one of the leaders of a group. he says that the refr ren come to on freedom has shocked him. >> >> i was shocked at people going to vote. the separatists are winning tactically but they will lose strategically. they have no picture for tomorrow. people will quickly become disappointed. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: for ukraine's faithful, donestk is now even a more dangerous place. but they refuse to leave or lose their faith. they say they will come tomorrow, the next day, the day after until peace returns to ukraine. cooperative space projects are taking a hit from tensions

of russia and the west. they're saying they won't extend the use of the international space station between 2020. russia's response to u.s. high tech sanctions also includes a vow to bar the united states from using russian made rocket engines for military launchers. for now though three crew members are back on earth. they parachuted to a landing in kazakhstan. the u.s. astronaut, russian cosmonaut and japanese commander were aboard. three other crew members remain on the space station. the next american presidential election is 2 1/2 years away. the speculation and mudslinging is started. carl roe weighs in on hillary

clinton's glasses. >> reporter: karl rove not apologizing for hillary clinton saying she had brain damage. >> i didn't say she had brain damage. >> president bush's top aid revil questions hillary clinton's health. >> she had a serious health episode. >> rove said the glasses were from patients suffering from patients with trauma particular brain injury. clinton spent three days in a hospital to treat the clot ca e caused by a fall she suffered and those glasses -- >> the fact that she doesn't seem to be using them now means very significantly that she's improved from it.

>> reporter: as clinton seriously considers another run in 2016, her spokesman fired back at rove and republicans calling it a way to insert smears into the bloodstream of political debate because, quote, they are scared of what she has a reached and cha she has to offer. what he's doing is its own form of sickness, but she is 100%, period. time to move on to their next desperate attack. in 2012 clinton was not seen or heard from by the public but she emerged healthy according to her team and doctors and withstood harsh questioning three weeks later at a hearing on benghazi. >> what difference at this point does it make? >> rove says clinton needs to be up front with any health problems should she run. >> this will be an issue in the 2016 race whether she likes it or not. >> that is where rove is correct. the question of clinton's health and by extension her age isn't likely to disappear.

she'll be 69 on election day. years younger than the crop of republicans that may jump into the field. brianna keilar. coming up, it is magic johnson's chance to talk. >> the problem is he's living in the stone ages. he can't make those comments about african-americans or latinos, he just can't do it. >> we will have the nba star's reaction to yesterday's rant from the l.a. clipper owner done nald sterling. plus, imagine being sucked up into an inflatable bouncy house. it was a terrible situation for two kids from new york. an iconic afghanistan. we'll talk to the photographer as he opens a new exhibition in london.

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newsroom." in anderson cooper's exclusive interview with donald sterling yesterday, you heard the embattled la clippers owner have one comment after another about magic johnson. >> sterling was talking about johnson to his associate v. stiviano when he made the racist comments which started this controversy. >> i think it's nice that you admire him. i've known him and i'm saying it's too bad you couldn't admire him. [ bleep ] him, i don't care. you can do anything, but don't put him on instagram for the world to have to see so they have to call me and don't bring him to my game, okay? >> unpleasant stuff. it happened a week ago. >> that's right. it gets worse. here's what sterling said about johnson just this week. >> what kind of a guy goes to

every city and has sex with every girl, then he catches h.i.v.? is that someone we want to respect and tell our kids about? i think he should be ashamed of himself. i think he should go into the background, but what does he do for the black people? doesn't do anything. >> johnson had the opportunity to respond in a subsequent interview with anderson cooper. he said he did receive an-- didt receive an apology from sterling. >> he's a man who's reaching. he's trying to find something to grab on to and help him save his team and it's not going to happen. the board of governors now have to do their job. adam silver, our commissioner of the nba, did a wonderful job of banning him for life. now the board of governors got to do their job. again, i'm going to pray for the man because even if i see him today i'm going to say hello to

him, hello to donald, and his wife as well. i'm not a guy who hold grudges and all of that. yes, am i upset? of course. at the same time i'm a god fearing man. i'm going to pray for him and hope that things work out for him. >> and the back drop to this, the nba has begun the process of forcing sterling to sell the clippers. >> it's with the nba finance committee of ten owners. they had a conference call on tuesday but they did not recommend sending this to the board, not yet. that's still to come. two young boys were seriously injured in new york after an inflatable bouncy house they were playing in was lifted into the air. >> this is incredible. witnesses say a large wind gust sent it shooting up about 20 feet, six meters, while the boys were still inside. that's it. flying in the air. and both came crashing down. >> i look out and i see the bouncy house go up and then it

started -- it spun and the first little boy came out, landed in the middle of the road right there, and then the other little boy is the one i saw came -- he came down, hit his head off the back of my car right there. >> unbelievable. witnesses say the bouncy house was staked into the ground correctly. >> police say this is a tragic accident and there are no plans at this point to file any charges. let's check in with pedram over at the international weather center. we know there was obviously some very strong winds in parts of the u.s. >> it's surprising how often that happens. it reminds me of a case study i did in school, of that, bouncy houses, forensic meterology study. a gust came in and knocked that up into the air and caused injuries. amazing how many times you see that happen with trampolines and also bouncy houses across the

country. here you go, the setup across the united states at this hour, 11 states. parts of 11 states underneath hard freeze warnings. winter storm warnings. u.s. advisory there for cold weather in place as well from the dakotas all the way south towards portions of the state of new mexico as well. you're waking up to 34 in fargo and a few days ago temperatures were far, far warmer. the storm system eventually shifts off to the eastern half of the country. look at the rainfall. if you're waking up earlier around mobile, atlanta, the rainfall totals can be four inches. the heaviest rainfall across northern georgia. expect it to come into wednesday night into, say, thursday afternoon. tremendous thunderstorms popping up across the region. severe weather threat for 31.6 million people stretching out of cincinnati, memphis, south ward

towards jackson. the vast majority of threat for severe wind and large hail. can't rule out isolated tornadoes. spring comes back with a vengeance across portions of atlanta. 67 degrees the high temperature. 49 is the low in the morning hours. chicago drops off into the 50s while across washington, d.c., the cooling trend doesn't get there until friday afternoon at 68 degrees. a quick glance across eastern europe. if your travel plans are taking you to sarajevo, belgrade, bucharest, you're going to see delays shape nup this reej gn. rainfall totals could exceed four to five inches. 120 millimeters. many thanks to you, pedram. appreciate it. just ahead, the art of writing letters is not lost on a late former u.s. first lady. >> jaclyn kennedy's messages to a special friend reveal much about key moments in her life.

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okay. update now on the oscar pistorius murder trial. we were expecting the court to begin 20 minutes ago. there does appear to be some kind of delay. various reports coming from south africa. local media saying council, the defense as well as prosecution has been called into the judge's chamber. oscar pistorius is inside the courtroom. he is there with his defense attorney, barry rose. no sign of the prosecutor. we're waiting for the jurge dge appear in the courtroom. when she does, we'll have some kind of decision whether oscar pistorius will be sent to a psychiatric hospital for the next 30 days.

if she says he needs an evaluation, it will be a whole new evaluation. if she says no, the trial will continue on as it has done for the past eight weeks. it does appear right now there is some kind of delay in this decision, which is expected, as we say, any moment now. all right. well, let's move on while we wait for that decision. >> s. >> for more than a decade caroline kennedy's mother, jackie, had a close pen pal, an irish priest. the very personal letters she sent him will be auctioned next month in ireland. >> they reveal writhing details of the former u.s. first lady's life and the man who became president and his tragic death. we have more from tom for man. >> i wondered if you would tell me some of the issues that you think are the most important in this campaign. >> reporter: jackie bouvier was only 21 when she met the man who will become part con fester,

advisor and pen pal. the 73-year-old irish priest, joseph leonard. from the start she wrote about her most intimate thoughts, for example, a new york stock broker she was dating. so terribly much in love for the first time and i want to get married. it's the deepest, happiest feeling in the world. that relationship ended but when she met the young and ambitious john kennedy, she wrote about that, too. he's like my father in a way, loves to chase and is bored with the conquest and once married needs proof he's attractive flirts with other women and resents you. after they married she added new address, please note. the arrow pointed to hyannis port, the kennedy family compound. the auction house will say they're selling them from a private source. they are letters to father leonard from 1950 to 1964, 130 pages about religion.

i terribly want to be a good catholic now and i know it's all because of you. about living the high life. maybe i'm just dazzled and picture myself in a glittering world of crowned heads and men of destiny and not just a sad little housewife. that world can be very glamorous from the outside, but if you're in it and you're lonely, it could be a hell. and when her husband, now the president, was gunned down in dallas, she wrote, i think god must have taken jack to show the world how lost we would be without him. but that is a strange way of thinking to me. god will have a bit of explaining to do to me if i ever see him. although, she added, i have to think there is a god or i have no hope of finding jack again. father leonard died in 1964 and most of all the letters reveal a deep affection between the young woman and the aging priest, so much so that even though they met only twice in life, on paper

they appear still and forever friends. tom for man, cnn, washington. finally here we'll take a look at afghanistan, its people, its culture, its landscape through the lens of an award winning sfoefr steve mckurick. >> an exhibition is on display in london. take a look. >> afghanistan is one of the most rugged countries in the world. many of their areas there are no roads. people who live there have to walk everywhere. but it's the kind of rugged beauty. what drew me to afghanistan, my first trip, was two refugees i met in a hotel room i met who told me about a war that was raging literally over the next mountain. the story gets in your blood. the sad part is that because of all the news in afghanistan is

negative, people have a skewed image of afghan people. we're left with an impression that they're all terrorists and all disgruntled and all they want to do is bomb and kill and maim. the war has infiltrated every nook and cranny of afghan's family life. it's really front and center on everybody's mind. this picture here is of a little refugee girl who i photographed in a refugee camp in 1984. the power of the picture is on the one hand she's a very beautiful little girl. incredible stare. beautiful eyes. it's not just the kind of beauty shot. you can tell that she has the sort of rip shaw, her face is a bit dirty, but there's a bit of a haunted look. the reason the people are so

sort of independent and fierce and rugged is because they have to be. they live in very extreme conditions. the peace maker picture was in kandahar. i saw this cape with all of these false teeth and he came there on be his bicycle and he was making false teeth by hand. he's done that for 40 years. i have a great affection for the country of afghanistan and the people. >> extraordinary images there. thanks for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rose marry church. >> i'm john vause. "early start" is up next for our viewers in the north. everyone else, "world business today." stay with us.

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