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>> okay so we'll look at who will make up the new government may 21st. corruption, inflation, the slowing indian economy really dogged the current ruling party, the outgoing party. so how can the bjp start to reverse that? these are momentum challenges they face. >> absolutely. momentous challenges for sure. it's a big responsibility, but big challenge as well. your right. what gives people hope and confidence that this government can get things right, can battle corruption, it's really two things. one of them is you look at his track record over the last ten years. he really has been able to turn it into one of the most

successful states in india. people hope he can replicate that across the country. one of the key reasons people hope he will be able to achieve that kind of discuss all over india. the second reason is of course the tremendous mandate he's got. he did not need to tie up with any other parties to form a coalition. he has majority. and that means that should give him enough power to push through with bold economic reform, because he wouldn't have the constraint to push and pull the government. >> winning elections are difficult, but then putting your plans and your policies in place and making them work, a whole different challenge. there where the prime minister in waiting has just left the building on an exciting weekend there. we continue to follow developments as they take place this weekend. but first we turn to turkey. new fire has broken out at the

mine the the country. it's hindering the search in the devastated mine. this is deep below the surface. turkey's energy minister says there are 300 people dead now. the initial fire began in the mine back on tuesday. protests meantime continued in soma on friday. you see some of them here, demonstrators urging the city not to sleep but to remember the dead. police as you see there used tear gas, plastic pellets, and a water cannon against the crowd. questions are mounting over the mine's safety practices. the company that owns the mine has admitted the mine has no access to a safety chamber it says wasn't required by law, they also denied any negligence.

>> reporter: security is tough at the entrance to the mine. many aren't allowed in. the relatives of those still missing sit quietly trying to avoid the hustle of emergency services and the media around them. these three have lost a brother, father. they say the company tells them nothing. they don't pay any attention to safety here, the son says. they just care about producing coal. on friday the mining company soma holdings spoke out for the first time more than three days after the tragedy. admitting there were no safety chambers in the area where workers were digging even though one was under construction adding they weren't legally obliged to build them anyway. there is no negligence of ours in this incident, the plant manager said. we all worked heart and soul. miners at the site are scared to

say anything about the company afraid so lose what little money they make. already so many friends have died and hurt so much, this man says, as he's ushered back onto his bus. this man used to work at the mine. that's why his nephew just 19 chose to do the same. now he is dead. they will call us when the body is pulled out. we'll go to the room where the bodies are taken and we'll wait. these are the scenes hooem meet if he drives through soma itself. clashes between residents angry this could have happened and police. this man weeps as he asks why police used tear gas as his friends lie dead in the mine. this town has lost so many of its men this week. now as the demonstrators gather,

authorities clearly have no qualms whatsoever about using harsh tactics against these people. cnn, turkey. at times of disaster, we typically see the government, head of state visit the area. but the turkish government's handling on this disaster has been unpredictable. i want to show you this video. it's been all over the web. it was filmed earlier the the week and appeared to show prime minister erdogan putting his arm around the neck of the man in blue there while the prime minister was visiting soma. shortly afterwards, the man gets beaten to the floor by men who appear to be mr. erdogan's security forces. the man said mr. erdogan had slapped him possibly by mistake. this man wants an apology.

now a new video has emerged of the prime minister defending the slapping. >> translator: don't be nasty. what happened happened. it is from god. >> translator: if you boo the country's prime minister, you get slapped. >> yikes. we'll keep you posted on updates out of turkey on cnn today. firefighters are battling six wildfires scorching parts of southern california right now. more than 50 square kilometers have been charred since the fires broke out tuesday. thousands of people have been evacuated and at least one person's been killed. authorities have charged one person with arson and as ted rollins is about to show you, that man isn't the only individual under investigation. >> reporter: al was in his back yard when a wall of black smoke and flames was coming straight for his house. >> the first flame i saw was a neighbor's tree that went poof. >> reporter: sayyid said he was getting ready to leave when firefighters pulled up in three engines. >> they were here and i opened

up gates for them. the back gate area to make it easier for them. i said guys, save my house if you can. and they did. >> reporter: the home behind said was lost. everyone got out okay when you consider the wall of flames which including the minny-tornadolike spirals, it's amazing more homes weren't lost. those firenados are an example of the critical fire weather and kbroet you're seeing out here. we're in may. these are levels we normally wouldn't see until august or september. time lapsed video shows the san marcos fire going from bad to worse in minutes. so far it scorched 3,000 acres in minutes and keeps going. >> i just have my suspicions. it's six in a day. even though the conditions would

allow for that, usually when a fire spreads, it'll spread by its own embers or spread close to one another. that didn't happen here. >> reporter: a 19-year-old man is one of two teens arrested for starting two small brush fires. as of now, though, neither has been linked to the larger blazes. >> i mean, those blazes are just raging right now. that was ted rollins reporting for us. and as bad as it's been, conditions should be improving for the many firefighters risking their lives. let's get a forecast of california now. to the world weather center. ivan? >> yeah, errol. in fact, we continue to see improving weather conditions here. remember california and l.a. specifically we were at 100 degrees fahrenheit, upper 30s on thursday. a little better on friday, but not where we should be for this time of year which is about 23.

that's where we're going later this afternoon and over the next couple of days. we're dealing with the drought here. this is still going to be an ongoing issue despite the fact that at least weather conditions for the time being will improve. we're going to go from this ridge pattern here where we've had the offshore winds, the santa ana winds bringing gusting conditions, humidity, and high temperatures. now we have a trough that's going to be digging in. that will return the marine layer. we're not going to be talking about rain here, but at least we'll have an increase in moisture, in humidity, and it will also lower the temperatures here. we're going to be in much better shape and we are going to push the heat where it should be. so right along the coast here through saturday and sunday afternoons we are going to be talking about much cooler weather over the next several days. we'll hopefully get a little bit of rainfall in here. but at least for now, those santa anas are done and firefighters certainly over the next several days are going to

get a big help out of mother nature. errol? >> yeah. they certainly need it. thanks, ivan. thailand's defense ministry says a plane carrying senior loatian government officials has crashed in northern laos. this happened saturday morning near the border with vietnam. you're seeing some of the pictures there. 18 people were on the plane including laos' defense minister. the president of the national assembly and governor of the capitol were also on board. no word yet on survivors. also, this into cnn. chinese state media reports a chinese work camp has been attacked in northern cameroon. at least one person injured, ten others missing at this hour. the cameroonian government suspects boko haram is behind these attacks. the group abducted nearly 300 girls next door there on nigeria. and cnn will have more on the search for the nigeria school girls.

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welcome back, everyone. let's get you some news out of thailand now. the country's senate has issued a setback to anti-government protesters after they failed to take down the government of prime minister yingluck shinawatra. shinawatra was ousted from office more than a week ago. now anti-government protesters are left frustrated by the senate's inability to force out the rest of her government. >> translator: the senate is the hope of the people in helping this political crisis. but at the end the result is disappointment. it is not what we expected.

it is zpoipting and the people are not very happy. now we turn to iran. the country may be closer than ever to a deal with the west. the development of missiles remains in full flow. we investigate what impact this could have on nuclear talks in vienna. >> reporter: even as u.s. and iranian officials discuss nuclear progress in vienna, back home iran is developing ballistic missiles. missiles with ranges up to thousands of miles and a potential of carrying nuclear warheads. the report found iran has developed a new missile launch site and is close to finishing another at the country's space center. just this week it was vowed they will never give up the program. u.s. officials were quick to

offer assurances that the nuclear program remains an issue of concern for the u.s. and a key part of the ongoing nuclear negotiations. >> ballistic missiles fall into the topics under discussion that would need to be part of a comprehensive resolution of this dispute and challenge. >> reporter: reaction from the most vocal opponent of the talks, namely israel, was swift. >> we've been saying all along that iran is trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the international community. so i wasn't surprised. we must not let the ayatollahs win. we must not let the almost terrorist state of our time iran develop the capability to produce nuclear weapons. >> reporter: a comprehensive deal limiting iran's nuclear program is still possible without ending iran's missile program. >> if we can get a good nuclear deal and a price for doing that is giving up on the missiles, we should take it. but it has to be a good deal.

the worst of all worlds would be to get a bad deal on the nukes and have them continue with their research on missiles so that at the end they have both. >> reporter: the current talks and u.n. council resolutions cover only nuclear-capable ballistic missiles. not missiles which are not capable of carrying a nuclear payload. and that opens the possibility at least that the u.s. and iran could reach a comprehensive deal that allows iran to continue something of a ballistic missile program as long as those missiles cannot carry nuclear warheads. cnn, washington. all right. more of the day's biggest stories for you coming up. general motors settles a probe into a fatal design flaw. next, how much the car maker has to pay. [ brian ] in a race, it's about getting to the finish line. in life, it's how you get there that matters most. it's important to know the difference.

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details on why the southern indian ocean is the focus of the search. >> reporter: the answer to where malaysia airlines 370 may be located appears to be buried in data. data that's being held close to the vest. >> the world has the right to have that data released to third parties. >> reporter: the raw data, a handful of pages detailing satellite connections the plane made, has not been publicly released. the malaysian government and imersat are punting the responsibility of who should release it. >> it is with inmersat. >> it's not our data. the data belongs to the malaysian authorities. >> reporter: after flight 370 took off, it checked in with a

satellite once an hour. it led to these arcs where the planes could have been. but which one? similar to how the change in sound of a train can tell you if it's coming towards you or moving away from you, frequency shifts in satellite connections helped engineers track the plane. measured on a graph, it looks like this. a predicted track to the north and one to the south. mh-370's most closely match the path to the south. it's this data that both sides say only the other can release. >> i don't know who to believe, but isn't it awful it's evident somebody is lying here. somebody is lying. we're talking about something that involves a missing airliner now 70 days, lives lost, families shattered, and there's people lying about this. this is absolute lly reprehensible. >> reporter: but some say a wide release of the data will do more

harm than good. >> too many cooks spoil the brew. there are experts, quote, unquote out there that have their own theories. and it gets to a certain point where you could be chasing your own tail. >> reporter: experts who have seen the data are confident enough to return to search where it led them. cnn, washington. all right. how about a bit of good news for your weekend. two fierce rivals have declared a ceasefire. apple and google have agreed to dismiss all current lawsuits between them. the suits involve patent disputes involving smartphone technology. apple and google say they now plan to work together in areas of patent reform. they decline to comment on why they reached the agreement. u.s. automaker general motors is paying a heavy price for a fatal recall.

they recalled 2.5 million cars for a faulty ignition switch nearly a decade after knowing about the problem. >> reporter: general motors has agreed to pay a $35 million civil penalty to the u.s. government for failing to report an ignition switch defect linked to 13 deaths. gm has admitted employees at the company knew about the problem ten years ago, but didn't issue a recall until this year. the fine is the maximum allowed under law, but it's only 1% of gm's earnings over the past year. now, the issue at hand, the defect in the ignition switch made it vulnerable to be pushed into the locked position which could cause air bags and antilock brakes to turn off. engineers and up to executives at general motors knew about the defect and failed to act on it. listen. >> what we cannot tolerate, what

we will never accept is a person or a company that knows danger exists and says nothing. literally silence can kill. what gm did was break the law. they failed to meet their public safety obligations. and today they have admitted as much. >> now, keep in mind, that government agency also came under fire last month from members of congress who say it failed to order a recall soon enough. general motors ceo mary barra issued a statement on friday saying, quote, we have learned a great deal from this recall. we will now focus on becoming an industry leader in safety. we will emerge from this situation a stronger company. general motors told me on the phone on friday that there are more internal changes coming at the company. we know they have already appointed a new safety chief. they have doubled their number of safety investigators, but keep in mind this does not settle any potential criminal

charges against gm. we know that the fbi has launched a criminal investigation. also we know gm has hired attorney ken feinberg who works in victim compensation to find out how much the families will receive. gm is linking this to at least 13 deaths. they're working on an internal report details what went wrong. no word on when that report will be released. back to you. >> all right, thanks. you are watching "cnn newsroom." coming up after the break, we look at the shattered city of homs and the story of those left behind. also ahead, he's now the newest political star on the world stage. but until his election victory, india's prime minister-elect couldn't get a visa to visit the u.s. and later, david letterman now says he's sorry for all the jokes he used t tell about history's most famous white house intern monica lewinsky.

thanks for staying with us here on cnn this saturday. i'm errol barnett. here are our top stories this hour. in new delhi, a hero's welcome for india's prime minister elect narendra modi. modi and his new government are to take office may 21st. outgoing prime minister is tendering his resignation today. at least six wildfires are charring parts of southern california at this moment. firefighters working to contain those blazes which have charred more than 50 square kilometers

since tuesday. authorities have charged one man with arson related to a small fire. a new fire has broken out at the soma mine. this is in turkey hinders search efforts there. turkish energy mibser says 299 miners are confirmed dead. three are believed to still be underground. they're not thought to have survived the initial fire in the mine tuesday. nigeria's president plans to attend a security summit in paris today focusing on boko haram, the terrorist group that abducted more than 200 school girls. the nigerian government says president goodluck jonathan never planned to visit the village where the girls were kidnapped. the government's been harshly criticized for not doing enough to rescue the students. u.s. president barack obama has called india's prime minister elect to congratulate him on the victory. and he's invited modi to washington. this comes nearly a decade after

the u.s. first denied modi a visa. >> reporter: narendra modi may be indian's prime minister in waiting were but for years he was not welcome in the united states. the u.s. state department denied modi a visa in 2005 following bloody anti-muslim riots in his home state in india. but now three state department officials tell cnn modi will be granted a visa once he takes office like all heads of government. modi, a hindu nationalist, was chief minister of the western state when sectarian riots broke out in 2002. more than a thousand people mostly muslims were killed in the violence. as a result, u.s., are britain powers imposed a diplomatic freeze on him for years. modi denied any wrong doing. and indian's supreme court absolved him of blame last year.

this week with voting underway, u.s. officials dodged questions about modi's visa status. >> as you know, we don't speak to visa acceptances, applications, et cetera. >> reporter: the uk reinstated relations in 2012 as part of boothing ties with india. the state department officials say they look forward to working with india's next leader. >> we view our relationship with india as one that's vitally important for economic, strategic reasons. and one that we look forward to continuing to grow in the future. >> the prime minister of india will be welcomed to the united states. >> reporter: now that modi's party has won a landslide victory, his visa eligibility in the words of one u.s. official is a moot point. becky anderson, cnn, new delhi. all right.

now we want to focus on syria. at least eight people are dead and more than ten wounded after a car bomb exploded outside a mosque in the northern syrian city of benesh. it occurred as workers were leaving the mosque and just another horrific number in a total of recorded 26 deaths friday in the ongoing civil war there. residents have flooded back into one of syria's hardest hit city, though, homs. for a young man who left homs to avoid being forced into the syrian army, his memories are what binds him to his hometown. these pictures of what homs was and what it has become. >> homs is a small city. it's a quiet city. i love it in homs. we just go there and hang around

and just walk down the narrow streets. it's completely different now. the old mosque, the old church. this is how it looked like now. a lot of rain and snow there. difficult for people the last three years. they can't do anything for heat. there are 14 neighborhoods in homs completely destroyed. an old hotel in the old city. but now it's completely destroyed.

the main food market in the old city, completely destroyed. so hard to watch all these videos and photos about what's happening in homs, what happened to the old city, my house, my friends' houses also. it's so hard to me. so hard. i hope to return to homs one day. >> we all have that romantic feeling, don't we, about our birthplaces and hometowns. hearing him describe homs in such a way he wants to return. we pivot now and turn to nigeria. the president of the country, goodluck jonathan, is set to attend a summit in paris today

aimed at stamping out boko haram. isha sesay is in the capital of abuja. it's interesting he's attending the summit because nigerians themselves certainly the past few weeks but each day are waiting for updates from the government on theefforts to fin the school girls. what will this summit entail? >> reporter: hi there, errol. we know that the nigerian president along with leaders from other west african countries, nigeria's neighbors will all be at the summit in paris hosted by the french president francois hollande. and they're gathering to discuss fresh strategies for dealing with the threat posed by boko haram and other terrorist groups in west and central africa. they're gathering to discuss this brought about by this action of the mass abduction of those 200-plus girls over a

month ago now. the question really is whether this will rise above being a talking shop or whether anything will emerge from this gathering. for the nigerians we've spoken to and people around the world, they will really be looking to see if a concrete plan emerges to bring those girls safe by back to their loved ones. >> isha, it appears that many other nations have offered help. there is an international awareness of the problem in nigeria. but goodluck jonathan will need to take charge and take the lead as it's happening within his borders. is the government strategy? we've had a difficult time this week knowing what the president is and is not doing. there was a report he was going to head to chibok and that was quickly reversed i think a few hours later from government officials. so why the confusion and why the inconsistency so far from the nigerian government? >> reporter: yeah.

i think that's a question we're all asking. why does there still appear to be a muddled response when it comes to certain issues on the part of the nigerian government. the nigerian government would say they have been very consistent in their position. and that when it comes to the president's trip to chibok, no trip was formally announced. but cnn was told by two highly placed sources that the president was, indeed, going to chibok and that trip never took place. but we were told it was scheduled to happen. now, that plus other instances when it comes to the situation of is the government willing to negotiate with boko haram or swap presidents in isoners for . there has been this kind of muddle on the part of the nigerian government. something again i want to stress that i had dwayne on my show yesterday and he firmly rejected that had been the case. but that's how it appears to

people like ourselves on the ground and to a lot of nigerians. when it comes back to the girls, this is happening in nigeria's borders. all the international help in the world which is here, it's still here in an advisory capacity. it is going to come down to the commitment and the will of the nigerian people to see this through to the end to bring these girls home. errol? >> yeah. and i think many people want to believe the nigerian government is doing all it can. they want to see the proof, see the evidence, see the plan, whatever the strategy is. isha, great to see you. thank you very much. still to come here on "cnn newsroom," we'll look at the heart wrenching defense of a woman's faith in sudan. what will she sacrifice for it? plus it's anti-homophobia day. more next. let me get this straight... [ female voice ] yes? lactaid® is 100% real milk?

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welcome back, everyone. human rights activists around the world are furious about the sudanese court's decision to execute a pregnant woman. what did she do? she refused to recant her christian faith. and for that a judge says she must pay with her life. >> reporter: anger erupts outside a sudanese court against the death sentence for a pregnant sudanese woman. her crime? the court says she abandoned her muslim faith. ibrahim seen here on her wedding photo was sentenced to death because she married a christian. she was given three days to repent, but she refused. >> translator: she insisted that she's a christian. and accordingly the court issued its judgment which is death.

aside 100 lashes. >> reporter: those lashes were for adultery because a marriage to a christian is void under law. she told the court she was raised by her ethiopian mother as a christian and has broken no laws. but the court says she's not christian because her father left the family when ibrahim left the child is muslim. and it's against the law for muslims to marry christians. they say sudan's own constitution guarantees the freedom of religion. >> sudan's constitution enshrines this right itself. amnesty international believes that miriam ibrahim should be immediately released. >> reporter: the embassies of u.s., canada, uk, and netherlands have called on sudan to respect that right. they will appeal to the human rights. >> translator: the case should be referred to the family court

as it's this mandate to decide if the marriage is legal or illegal. after which the final say on whether she's convicted innocent or guilty. >> reporter: ibrahim remains in custody with her 20-month-old toddler while here lawyer appeals. she has two years to fight for her life. the death sentence cannot be carried out for two years after she has given birth. we continue the human rights theme now. saturday, may 17th, is the international day against homophobia and transphobia. it marked when the world health organization removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders. and has been used to drive attention to the lgbt community's problems. people in more than 120 countries celebrate the day with events and festivities. those in uganda, for example,

are still filled with fear and anguish. some members of the christian nation carry out attacks on members of the lgbt community and anybody in a same-sex relationship risks life in prison. here's that story for you. >> reporter: the 2010 tabloid banner read, hang them. david cato told cnn then he knew he was in danger. >> the villagers wanted to sit my house ablaze. >> reporter: homophobia in this nation is rabid. david's mother says she didn't know he was gay until he was murdered. i would condemn him, she responds. i would hate him, but i would counsel him. stigmatized by his sexual assault, she did not want us to visit her. the community keeps accusing me that i bring whites to promote

homosexuality amongst the children, she tells us. the irony, gay rights activists say, is it was a small group of american evangelicals that came to uganda speaking out against homosexuality that really took the persecution of the lbgt community to a new level. this is one of the few gay activists to speak out in public. >> so they went to parliament and advised them to change the law. they went to universities and told students that we are recruiting them and we have a lot of money and should be careful. then went to parents. >> reporter: the first draft of anti-homosexuality bills introduced in 2009 included the death penalty. the new version replaces the death penalty for certain homosexual acts with life in prison. and makes simply being viewed as

promoting homosexuality a crime that could land someone in jail. >> parliament processes all these amendments -- >> reporter: david is the architect. so is your aim to eradicate homosexuality by forcing people to stay silent or face a prison sentence? >> the goal is to protect the institution of marriage. and stopping the promotion of homosexuality in our country. if in the process that is achieved, that will be good for our society. >> reporter: that homosexuality be eradicated from society? >> that would be good for our society. >> reporter: do you respect other religions? an individual's right to practice another religion other than christianity? >> yes. >> reporter: so why can't you respect another individual's differing sexual orientation?

>> well, i don't think that homosexuality is a human right. >> reporter: now the lbgt community fears it will become the target of an even broader manhunt. all right. that's uganda. but let's look at the global picture as it relates to gay rights. there are 77 countries that consider homosexual acts illegal. that's 40% of u.n. member countries. homosexual acts are punishable by death in five countries. you see them lighting up on your screen there. no need to memorize what they are. iran, saudi arabia, yemen, and sudan. same-sex marriages are recognized within 14 countries. and same-sex couples have somewhat all of the same rights as marriage in 17 other nations. 59 countries have laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. a global view there for you. you are watching "cnn newsroom." take a look at this.

the scene in china. torrential rains and heavy floods there. we'll check in with the world weather center to see if and when this wet weather will stop. and talk show host david letterman, he's having second thoughts what's this all about? after the break.

welcome back.

weather is causing major problems. we are back with the weather with the full ferk for asia. >> it sets up in waves of rain come across the region in eastern china and japan gets in on the very heavy rainfall. the last few days, it's been taiwan and china that's hit hard. a quarter of a meter has fallen since thursday. take a look at this scene. cars completely submerged here. we have water rescues ongoing as a result of the heavy rainfall. when you get quarter meter rainfall, you begin to overflow with the rivers and streams. it will take awhile for the water to recede. we are not going to clear out. the rains will continue. we'll have these waves of rainfall. we'll get better in some areas and downpour in others.

that's the way it's going to go. behind me, you can see these showers and thunderstorms. that's how you know we are in this pattern. a clear sky in the morning, then the afternoon, the thunderstorms bubble up. the precipitation rates can be quite phenomenal here. this is the high resolution computer model across eastern china. yes, in the same area, we continue with waves of moisture that are going to be hitting the area. accumulation wise, we could be looking at 50 to 80 to 100 plus meters of rainfall on top of what we have had. we are going to continue to see flooding issues. in eastern europe, we have had incredible rains as well. 7200 rainfall. normally, 82 for the entire month of may. it's weakened so the rains won't be as prolific.

itis sat here day in and day out with heavy rainfall beginning to lift out. the weather conditions will finally begin to dry. >> all right. good to hear. thanks, ivan. as you know, as i know, as many people know, monica lewinsky has been back in the news lately. normally, something like that would be jokes on tv talk shows, right? she had an intimate exchange with a retired president. one is having second thoughts. brian has that for you. >> reporter: monica lewinsky's venture back in the spotlight made david letterman wistful. letterman had a reflective chat with barbara walters. they brought up lewinsky's essay in "vanity fair." instead of a punch line --

>> i started to feel bad. other people made relentless jokes about the kid. i feel bad about my role in helping push the humiliation to the point of suffering. >> reporter: you have to feel sorry for monica lewinsky. she's a kid, just a kid right out of college looking for a good job at the white house. and -- apparently so was clinton. >> reporter: lewinsky on her own sense of pain. 15 times, she used some form of the word humiliation feeling how she felt. >> it was humiliating to have to give those details under oath. being deposed and asked questions like that. for them to be disseminated in a

wainoing that people were reading them. you just, you just feel naked in front of the whole world. >> reporter: lynne sweet covered it. two decades later, people's views of lewinsky have evolved. >> people feel sympathy for her because the clinton's are doing fine. her life is ruined. >> reporter: it's not just lewinsky, speaking of the incident of jay-z and beyonce's sister. >> is it funny because they are famous or this is a sad, human situation. >> reporter: letterman is not alone. maureen dowd wrote lewinsky's bullies were also the clinton's and their vicious attack dog who is worked so hard to turn that woman into a scapegoat.

the political tone in washington at the time. we couldn't get anyone to talk to us. brian todd, cnn, washington. one of the oldest skeletons unearthed in america. the skeleton is thought to belong to the first group of humans to settle in america. i have always said it, we are more connected than you think. thanks for connecting with me. for those of you in the u.s., "new day" is next. enjoy your weekend. america's newest real estate brand is all ready the brand of the year. berkshire hathaway home services. good to know.

there were arrests in escondido and there was also an arrest in oceanside. >> charges filed. one of the people arrested for suspected arson in the california wildfires has now been charged. the investigation, the homes lost and the fire battle, ahead. so, today, by some measures, our schools are as segregated as they were when dr. king gave his final speech. >> on the 60th anniversary of brown versus board of education, first