sports. take heart, 50 cent, we found a place in the world where we actually prefer a belly itcher than a pitcher. i don't know what that is a a setback in the surge. new details from the officials looking for flight 370. we will hear from a missing passenger's loved one. some of our most costly mistakes came not from our restraint but from our willingness to rush into military adventures without thinking through the consequences. >> barack obama's stark mission looks to balance military mind and diplomatic leadership. and remembering an icon. maya angelo's work touched millions. we will look at her enduring

legacy. >> i will never cease. i mean to say, i want to see a better world. i mean to say, i want to see some peace somewhere. thanks for joining us. you are watching krrch newsroom and i'm rosemary church. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. well, australian officials leading the search for malaysian airlines flight 370 say the area where acoustic pings were heard last month can now be discounted as the final resting place of the missing plane. the statement officially ends phase one of the search which became centered on the mapping missions by the blue fin underwater drone. the second phase of the search will begin in august. now all of this follows earlier comments on the pings from a u.s. navy official.

cnn's rene marsh has more. >> reporter: it was the most promising lead, and now we know it's false. new information the u.s. navy has concluded these four underwater signals were not from the missing plane's black boxes. >> from the u.s. navy standpoint, these sounds were most likely not from the black boxes? >> yes. i'd have to say at this point based on all of the imagery data we've collected and looked at, if that black box were nearby, we would have picked it up. >> reporter: in april it gave hope that the plane would be found. >> it cons city tuts the most promising league. >> reporter: now they say it could have been from the search ship itself or other electronics. >> we may have been in the wrong place, but at the end of 30 days

there was nothing else to listen to. >> reporter: after searching 329 square miles, the blue fin's mission is over. the search continues in august when private companies take over. meantime, a new potential lead. cnn has learned a sound that could have been the plane crashing was detected by underwater microphones. >> our analysis is designed to detect new events and earthquakes. my understanding is looking at the data to see if there was any impact with the malaysian airline. >> reporter: there's a network of 11 stations even ice breaks thousands of miles away in antarctica, but could it hear a plane hitting the water? >> it's possible, but the circumstances that would allow it would have to be very particular. >> reporter: this is a long shot because the data from the signal

detected appears to be inconsistent with other data about the position of the plane, but scientists continue to analyze it. it just goes to show they are following up on every possible lead to find wreckage. they're hoping to share their findings sometime in the near future. rene marsh, cnn, washington. the u.s. navy later pulled back from those comments by deputy director of ocean engineering, michael dane, who says the pings were likely a false lead. a navy statement reads mr. dane's comments were speculative and premature as we continue to torque with our partners to more thoroughly understand the data acquired from the towed pinger locator. as a result we would refer to the australians to make additional information known at the appropriate time. today's announcement outlined the next steps. the first is a full mapping of

the ocean floor in an expanded search zone. that survey is being conducted by chinese and malaysian ships and could take three months to complete. the next step will be a new underwater sweep with new capabilities beginning in august and that could take 12 months and cost at least $60 million. australia will take bids from private firms to conduct that sweep. u.s. president barack obama says his policy is might doing right, a strong military working in tandem with diplomacy. he spoke to candidates at the u.s. military academy defending his leadership on the world stage. jim accosta has the details. >> reporter: it was a 45 minute lecture on the obama doctrine. he laid out his leadership.

>> because we have the best hammer doesn't mean every problem is a nail. >> reporter: talking about the two wars all while killing mr. bin laden, he talked about being too hesitant and reminded them of the lessons of going alone. >> so far some of our most costly mistakes came from not restraint but going it alone. >> reporter: he's proposing a $5 billion fine for counter terrorism and more assistance in syria's civil war but he was assured on details. >> i will work up for those in syrian opposition who offer the best opposition to dictators. >> reporter: he argues it's the syrian policy that's at fault. >> telling the world they had crossed the red line, that's

what the president said and then didn't do it, it reverberated throughout the entire world. we are unreliable and all of our allies and enemies believe that. >> but the president argued there are tools besides military might, sanctions against russia after its invasion of the ukraine. our ability to help shape russia was apparent right away. >> reporter: he told them they may never be called to fight in aft afghanistan. >> we've been at war for a decade so far. >> reporter: the president recalled how he came to west point five years ago to announce a surge in afghanistan, it claimed the lives of four cadets who heard the speech. >> i believe it demanded those deployments, but i am haupted by those deaths. >> reporter: after days where he authorized the training of the syrian rebels, the white house

may not be so sure. now all they can say is that assistance may continue and if the u.s. wants to train them, they'll have to go through congress first. jim accosta, cnn, the white house. islamist militants in syria say it was an american who carried out a massive suicide bombing on sunday. we are told it was in coordination with the al nusra front, it was borne out of syria's civil war. >> reporter: insurgents in syria, many of them with links to al qaeda, claiming that an american citizen has now become the first american suicide bomber in syria, that he carried out a suicide operation on sunday. you see video there. this is a still that's been making the round on jihadist forums. this is a picture of the american. there you see him holding a cat. there's a video that's been posted on many jihadist forums

that showed the operation as it happened. it fs a massive explosion. a truck that was allegedly packed with at least 17 tons of explosions. here you're seeing another portion of the video where the insurgents are packing ar till ler ris into the truck that targeted a government checkpoint in idlib syria. you see one of the trucks approaching the checkpoint, then a massive explosion occurs. there you go. there's the video. a massive explosion. they're saying this was a u.s. person. they're not saying this was a u.s. citizen, possibly it was a u.s. resident. they won't be able to know until they can conduct dna tests, but frankly seeing the size of that explosion, it's very unlikely there will be any remains that they can test. >> muhammad jamjoon reporting

there. more to come from the u.s. secretary of state who says it's a good thing the u.s. never took military action. going to take a short break now, but up next on "cnn newsroom", the l.a. clippers are up for sale. the latest on how many buyers are in the running and how much they're willing to pay. you might be surprised. plus, apple's big buy. the company spends billions on a streaming music service with only half a million subscribers. back in a moment.

$2 million. a source close to the situation tells cnn up to five bidders are interested in buying the team. owner donald sterling and his wife are being forced to sell after recordings surfaced of him making racist remarks to an ex-girlfriend. the nba banned sterling from pro basketball for life and fined him $2.5 million. well, after weeks of speculation, it's finally official. apple is buying beats for $3 billion. the deal includes beats streaming music and the line of head sets.

samuel berks has more. >> reporter: before this deal was even announced, dr. dre was already celebrating three weeks ago in this facebook post with celebrity pal tyrese gibson. now that the $3 billion deal is done dre stands to become the richest hip-hop artist ever. experts say the purchase might have other big benefits for apple. >> they have a service to compete with, spotify. it's an unlimited music subscription service. you can listen to anything any time. apple i think has desperately needed that. >> reporter: beats headphones may have street cred, however, it's far behind the group. it's behind spotify and pandora. beats doesn't compete in this list. when it comes to beats headphones, it likes the heavy bass for hip-hop and streaming music but doesn't like the price. the magazine says you're

probably paying for the beats name. in almost every category there are lower priced models that offer the same and sometimes better sound quality. for many a beats hookup doesn't stack up. >> there are a lot of people that think apple what are they doing other than producing smaller ipads and bigger iphones. we want a new product and beats doesn't fit that mold. >> reporter: apple ceo might see synergies in landing the biggest ever acquisition. he may want another key player on board, the founder of beats. >> there could be some higher power in motion here, and that being essentially the accu hire of jimmy ilebine, the music mogul who is a part and behind the beats story. so his role at apple is something that needs to be flushed out here and could add some light in terms of why apple would spend so much money on something that they could easily replicate.

>> reporter: you can replicate the hardware, but it's much more difficult to create something cool. that's the genius of dre and it may be worth billions to get them on apple's team. google is rolling into a new field. the tech giant is getting into the car business. it's a self-driving car business actually, and this is a look at their prototype. it doesn't have a brake peddle or a steering wheel. the user would control the car using a smartphone app. google says its software and censors do all the work. the company plans to build about 100 prototypes and begin testing them later this summer. and microsoft could be on the verge of changing how we communicate with people who don't speak our language. it's about to offer a real-time translator through its video calling feature skype. microsoft says it will soon be available on windows 8 and

eventually go to all platforms. how about that. well, tributes have been pouring in from around the world honoring the late maya angelou. she had many talents but was best known as a poet and author. a 1969 member wooire resonated. she spoke at bill clinton's first inauguration in 1993 and she received the highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom in 1987. she was 86 years old. we will have much more on maya angelou's life and legacy later this hour. coming up after a short break, a scathing report on why many u.s. military veterans are not getting the health care they need. and, later, edward snowden says he wants to come home. we will have more on what the nsa leaker had to say in his first u.s. television interview.

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the only thing that's clear right now is there are 40 brave soldiers that served their country proudly that died while waiting on a list. that's the only thing that's clear. what's unclear is how much further this goes. how many other va centers, how many other veterans are waiting. and we expect answers. >> tempers flared wednesday as house committee members grilled three veterans administration officials well into the night. lawmakers are trying to get to the bottom of secret waiting lists and other problems at the va in phoenix where it could take months for veterans to see a doctor. well, just hours earlier a damning report from the agency's inspector general confirmed systemic abuses and coverups adding to pressure on the veterans affairs chief to resign and to the urgency in getting veterans the help they need.

drew griffin has the details. >> reporter: it is a report that talks of schemes, recordkeeping deception, and 1700 veterans seeking appointments but were not on any wait list that would get them one. added to it is the explanation of just how veterans seeking care in this phoenix va were hidden away, kept off the books in four separate schemes, including tricking veterans into accepting appointments far into the future. deleting appointments within 14 days old. actually manipulating data, simply changing dates to fit the va's goals without having doctors see veterans. allegations we first reported more than a month ago. recently retired va doctor sam foote told cnn as many as 40 veterans died waiting for care at the phoenix va. >> and if you die waiting for your appointment, you didn't

exist? >> correct. they'd just remove you from that list and there's no record that you ever came to the va and presented for care. >> reporter: pretty convenient. >> pretty sad. >> reporter: the office of inspector general says it's still investigating if, in fact, any veteran died because of delayed care citing the need for medical records, autopsies and medical review. and in a damning conclusion from the va's office of inspector general calls the problems systemic throughout the va while cautioning more investigation is needed. the embattled secretary of veterans affairs, eric shinseki, released a statement shortly after the report was released calling the findings reprehensible to me, to this department, and to veterans and that he is directing the phoenix va health care system immediately triage each of the 1700 veterans identified by the oig to bring them timely care.

the response at the white house, the president found the findings extremely troubling and directing the va to take immediate steps to reach out to veterans currently waiting to schedule appointments. drew griffin, cnn, washington. and pressure is mounting on eric shinseki to resign after that scathing report was released. more lawmakers have now joined the cause for him to go, including republican senator john mccain. listen. >> i haven't said this before, but i think it's time for general shinseki to move on. >> president obama has promised to hold those responsible accountable for the delays. a white house official told cnn that shinseki is, quote, on probation and thin ice pending the outcome of investigations. well, chinese state media say mass sentences have been handed down to 55 people for crimes including murder,

separatism and, quote, violent terrorism in the western schenn jung region. several people watched the public judgments as they were imposed. at least three people were sentenced to death. china is wagging a war on terror after a series of deadly attacks, many of them in schenn jung. the head of the family that owns manchester united and the tampa bay buccaneers has died. the nfl said malcolm glazer died. he bought manchester united in 2005. under his ownership the club won five premier league titles and the championship league. he assumed the buccaneers in 1995 and they went on to win the super bowl in 1992. he was 85. well, the city of beijing is experiencing its hottest weather in years at this hour.

our meteorologist pedra m joins us from the weather center. heat and pollution not a good combination. >> it's a horrible combination. absolutely deadly. 19.6 million people live in the city based on the 2010 census in beijing. the current temperature is 42 degrees celsius which is 108 degrees fahrenheit. this is one be of the hottest temperatures we'll ever see in the month of may. very unusual. usually the temperatures on the fahrenheit scale are about 82 degrees fahrenheit, 28 degrees celsius. they are above 107 fahrenheit at this hour. it gives you an idea of how hot we are talking. hong kong is 38 degrees celsius. it is around 100 degrees fahrenheit. that is also above average for this region of china. the air pollution index pushing up towards the unhealthy category. notice the temperatures do cool

off a little bit. 31 celsius, 100 fahrenheit and cool off down into the low 30s. similar sort of set juup in hon kong. in china, people are doing what they can to cool off. umbrellas are one of the ways to do it. shady areas hard to come by. extreme temperatures, a pattern set this week as we're experiencing this weather pattern. very unusual to see it this early into the season. of course, summer still about 3 1/2 weeks away across the northern hemisphere. the map glancing at shows you the warm weather in place across the northern portion of china. we have pretty significant rains in the forecast down to the south. expecting 5 to 7 centimeters which is 2, 2 1/2 inches of rainfall. hong kong coming off an historic wet season. they're seeing quieter rainey season. on june 1st it will become the first day of winter.

the winter outlook very warm. the winter months of june through august below in rainfall and above average in temperatures. that is bad news because australia has been dealing with a lot of extreme weather, mainly in the dry and hot time. now the cooler months are bringing the same. >> the land of many extremes. thank you, pedram. a close call for actor brad pitt. they say he and angela jolie were attending a movie premiere when a man jumped a fence and attacked brad pitt. he's a serial prankster. he was hold away at the cannes film festival. unbelievable. well, families of the flight 370 passengers are sure to have even more questions now after

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this is "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. welcome back to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. want to check the headlines for you this hour. u.s. president barack obama says his u.s. policy is might doing

right. he addressed the u.s. military academy wednesday saying the country must combine its strong military with diplomatic tools to provide global leadership. egypt's former army chief is on track for a huge victory in the country's presidential election. ballots are still being counted but so far reports say he has more than 90% of the vote. the election was extended to a third day on wednesday so more people could cast ballots. u.s. president barack obama is outlining his foreign policy position for a number of hot spots around the globe, but a speech to graduates of the u.s. military academy wednesday, mr. obama said he plans to work with congress to incompetent crease support for opposition groups in syria. listen. we will step up our efforts to support syria's neighbors,

jordan and lebanon, turkey and iraq as they contend with refugees and confront terrorists working across syria's borders. i will work with congress to ramp up support for those in syrian opposition who offer the best alternative to terrorists and brutal dictators. well, meantime secretary of state john kerry is defending the u.s. decision not to launch military strikes on syria after allegations of chemical weapons use by the government. he spoke wednesday with cnn's chris cuomo. >> if we had struck with our military for a one or two-day operation in syria, yes, it would have had an impact for a day or two, but every single one of the chemical weapons that were terrorizing the people of syria would have still been in assad's hands. instead, we struck an agreement, which has now succeeded in removing 92% of all of those

weapons. the other 8% are under control. they are waiting tore moved as the security situation allows it, and the only weapon that we think may have been used is not one that is automatically included under the chemical weapons convention, it's chlorine. we are investigating that right now, chris, and if we find that there has been a use, there will be consequences. but the simple reality is we have done what could not have been done with a strike. we are removing the weapons and taking the threat away. prime minister netanyahu of israel just praised president obama the other day citing this as an enormous accomplishment. yes, there's a problem in syria, it continues, and the president has decided to increase the support to the moderate oppositi opposition. we have a more unified group of nations that are working to help assist that opposition and

obviously we will continue to be supportive. >> mr. secretary, just one point of fact. in terms of who wanted to use military in syria, initially that was the president's idea. i did the interview with him where he was calling for caution. three days later he was ready to use military strikes that you now say would have been ill advised and it was only because congress didn't come up and support him. >> chris, please don't -- please don't make up language. i did not say ill advised. i said it would have done damage but only a certain amount. it would not have removed the weapons. so don't put words in my mouth. i said it would not have accomplished the task of removing all of the weapons, so the simple reality is the president did announce publicly what he was prepared to do. congress was not prepared to support it. and before we even got to the final vote in congress, i reached an agreement in geneva with the russians and sergei lab

r lap rof so instead of a partial solution we're getting a whole solution to the chemical weapons. it's remarkable to me that people simply want to refuse to accept that we're better off getting all of the weapons out than striking for one or two days and doing damage to some of them. and on another topic kerry says he thinks intelligence leaker edward snowden is a coward and a traitor. snowden has given his first interview to a u.s. television network and calls himself a patriot that exposed u.s. surveillance because he had to. snowden said he knows it may not be likely, you about he would like snowden to return home. >> i think nobody could -- no american could be prohibited from coming home or traveling anywhere else without feeling a sense of loss but, again, i may have lost my ability to travel,

but i've gained the ability to go to sleep at night, to put my head on the pillow and feel comfortable that i've done the right thing, even when it was the hard thing. and i'm comfortable with that. phase 1 of the malaysia airlines search officially ended today. they say the plane's final resting place is not in the area where pings were first detected back in april. they say phase 2 of the search will begin in august and could last a year. well, the u.s. navy is downplaying comments on those pings from its deputy director of ocean engineering. michael dean says the acoustic signals likely did not come from the plane and were a false lead. a navy spokesman tells cnn mr. dean's comments were speculative and premature as we continue to work with our partners to more

thoroughly understand the data acquired by the towed pinger locator. as such, we would defer to the australians as the lead in the search effort to make additional information known at the appropriate time. well, still the suggestion that search crews were looking in the wrong place has only added to the frustration of flight 370 families. phillip wood was on that plane and she joins me now via skype from beijing. thank you so much for talking with us. of course, it is understandable, this is such a difficult time for you and for so many other family members. talk to us about your reaction when you initially heard that these four pings are not from flight mh-370 at all. >> my immediate reaction is to be surprised that everybody is surprised. within a couple of days of the initial pings being released, we

had already been getting feedback from some of the experts that we had been talking to, meaning we the family members, that the frequencies weren't correct on them. that was the first couple. and then the second couple were even a different frequency on top of that. and the reality is that ocean water does not change the frequency of a sound. neither does a reducing battery. it might change how far the sound can go but not the frequency of the sound. so i've wondered for quite a few weeks about why people put so much certainty into that information. >> some people did question it at the time, didn't they? do you wonder why it's taken all of this amount of time to come to this conclusion? >> it's because the people running the investigation are not listening or thinking clearly. in any normal investigation you would pursue all reasonable

avenues of evidence, and in this case it's almost like they've been so fixated on this one directed path that they've managed all the information so that it alliance with that path. and that's just backwards. that's the tail wagging the dog. so, you know, in this case, you know, the family group, me very specifically as a vocal member within the group, have been pushing for the release and independent review of all of the evidence that's been evaluated in this investigation so far because the outcomes, the analysis that's been done clearly hasn't been right so that means it is time to look at it again. >> and you and i spoke just when that raw data was released to family members. what more are you learning from that? you sent that out to independent investigators. >> we haven't received complete analysis back. i mean, they've only had it for a day, right? but the preliminary information

is exactly what i expected it to be, that it's not complete data. so, you know, we had asked for all of the relevant data that had been assessed by inmarsat to come to the conclusion that the southern indian ocean was the right place, but they didn't release all of the data. they didn't give the meta data, they didn't give the algorithms used, the comparable data from other planes nor the data from this plane the week prior so that there would be comparison points. so, you know, it's just incomplete information from which to do the analysis. >> sarah bajac, thanks for talking with us. we do appreciate it. well, new developments on a story we've been reporting from eastern ukraine. pro russian separatists now admit they are holding a team of osce observers. the self-proclaimed mayor of sloveynsk said they were taken

captive because they didn't accept his request to stay in donesk. the mayor says the men will not be exchanged for separatists being held by authorities in kiev. well, she was more than a poet and a writer. maya angelou was an activist, and she's being remembered today for her words of wisdom. >> but i do believe that we have to do something about what we believe about each other and what we really believe about ourselves is it's imperative that we do so.

some words of wisdom there from the late american poet maya angelou. in her 86 years she went from being a victim of abuse as a child to a world renowned writer, actor and activist. jake tapper has a look at her life and her legacy. >> i will go, i shall go, i'll see what the end is going to be. >> reporter: her voice, booming. her poetry, soaring. >> lift up your eyes upon this day breaking for you. >> reporter: maya angelouconn fronted america's leaders, laborers, history makers with lyrical born from the most painful truths. >> the hell we have lived through and live through still have sharpened our senses and toughened our will. >> reporter: but today angelou's voice is silent.

but even upon her death at age 86, maya angelou's words are still emerging. the author was working on a new book when she passed away at her home in north carolina today. >> being a natural writer is like being a natural open heart surgeon. you know, it's just not natural. it's hard work. >> reporter: the three-time grammy winner, famed author and american poet laureate worked tirelessly. >> i will never cease. i mean to say, i want to see a better world. i mean to say, i want to see some peace somewhere. >> reporter: her public passion for change began with her first and most famous autobiography "i know why the caged bird sings" detailing the trauma of being raped as a child. >> ain't nothing to protect you and us. >> reporter: "the new york times" best seller film was banned in some schools as the realities of angelou's upbringing, racism, violence

proved too graphic for some. for others the work became an instant classic. >> i know what the caged bird feels. >> reporter: as an adult she became a songstress in the film "calypso." and later and more famously of course as a poet, director, actor, and leading civil rights activist. a friend of martin luther king and his family as well as malcolm x. even some of the most power full women in the world consider her a hero. >> i actually do feel like your daughter. >> you are my daughter. >> reporter: oprah asked angelou to host her series. >> you have over the years continuously surprised me. >> reporter: then senator hillary clinton linked with the author for her 2008 presidential

campaign ads. >> a president who can make a difference in our country. >> reporter: but angelou did not focus her attention, energy on the powerful, rather, on the powerless. >> courage is the most important of all the virtues, i believe, because without courage you cannot practice any other virtue consistently. >> reporter: jake tapper, cnn, washington.

and you thought your morning commute was rough. just take a look at these pictures from beijing, where authorities have put new security measures in place for the city's subway system. riders now have to pass through airport like scans and patdowns. an estimated 10 million people use beijing's subway system every day. feeling lucky after looking at that, right ? well, research commissioned by cnn has found that roughly half, all adults in the u.s. have had their personal

information exposed by hackers. that's 110 million americans, and just in the past 12 months. even more mind boggling, the number of accounts hacked in that period could top 430 million, but the exact number of exposed accounts is hard to pin down because some companies, of course, they're not transparent about their cyber security breaches. well, a mystery donor has spiked a modern day gold rush in california. the lonely benefactor leaves packets of cash around san francisco and gives clues via twitter. dan simons joins the hunt. >> reporter: all right. he just posted a new clue. it says find mr. franklin along the crookedest street. let's go. >> it's a san francisco scavenger hunt and we're playing along, tracking the world famous catch to lombard street. >> we came over here super fast, the second the tweet came out. >> reporter: the search for

dollars sometimes affixed to parking meters has taken people all over the city thanks to a self-subscribed millionaire. it's a social experiment for good. he hides money and tweets out the clues. one of them takes us to the sea lions at fisherman's wharf. we find dozens of people looking. >> i hope my house doesn't burn down because we're looking. >> reporter: if you happen to find the cash filled envelope, all that's asked is that you tweet a photo. the man behind it all is a real estate investors who tells me that he's heartened to see that many of the lucky recipients are using the money for their own random acts of kindness. >> can you tell me why you decided to remain anonymous. >> i don't want the spotlight on myself. i want it on what i'm trying to do but i don't want it on me as a private person. i have no plans to stop any time soon. i'm planning to continue this

indefinitely into the future. >> reporter: since it started last week he's been leaving about $1,000 a day. that equates to ten separate clues. we're racing to the next one. >> he just tweeted that the money is near the golden gate bridge. we'll be there in a minute. that's where we find izi miller. >> hello. >> with a crisp bill in hand. >> just rolled out of bed. i saw the tweet and ran down here. somehow managed to be the first person. >> reporter: the envelope weblged in this box. >> what do you think about what he's doing? >> i think it's awesome. it's a totally fun thing to do and the fact that he's doing it in a philanthropic and charitable mind set is cooler. >> reporter: it's old-fashioned cash coming to the. dan simon, cnn, san francisco. and he wants more of the wealthy to do that. see if that happens, right? >> a new study has revealed the scale of the obesity epidemic. it shows that almost 30% of the world's population is obese or

overweight. that's more than 2 billion people. the u.s. has the unfortunate distinction of leading the way. 13% of its population is obese, although the nation claims the number is actually 5%. nations across the middle east, north africa and central america have soaring obesity rates. the search was carried out by the university of washington and published in the lancet medical journal. it looked at data from 188 countries over more than 50 years. well, heavy rains are impacting parts of the southeast united states. turn to meteorologist pedram to give us details. >> the san francisco cash story. >> do you think it will spread over to the east coast? >> we hope so certainly, right? take a look at the storm system. we have a pesky feature sitting over the gulf coast.

small feature but it's not planning on going anywhere any time soon. what it's doing is pouring a large portion of rain indicating upwards of half a foot in some spots. mobile even gets about 4 inches of rain following atlanta in the forecast for half an inch of rainfall. northeastern united states, what we call a back door cold front. it comes in against the grain from the east to the west as opposed to the general track. it's taken the temperatures from the hottest they've all seen, tuesday we're at 84, dropped down to 57 fahrenheit on wednesday afternoon. same for philly. 86 to 61. portions of connecticut, up into the 80s and cool down to 55 degrees. that trend looks to rebound a little back towards seasonal as opposed to the above average temperatures for most. look at d.c., from the u.s. capital, from 61 to 75. pushes up to 80 degrees by week's end. a warming trend in store for our

friends in that region. the storm system has sparked active weather around germany. this is in the eastern corner of germany not far from dresden. it's destroying a street. a landslide has happened. cellars have been flooded. 200 fire service rescues have been called to the region from a storm system that has brought in significantly cooler weather through portions of central europe. much the opposite is taking place where the hottest temperatures are taking place. 49 degrees celsius, that is 120 degrees fahrenheit in pakistan. cooler temperatures over the water and the air flow comes from the water to the land, that's when you get a thunderstorm that begins to pop up. rosie, people do cool off just outside of islamabad, you find one of the only landmarks there that has some shade and when

you're talking 120 degrees fahrenheit or 50 or so celsius, this is the place to be for some of the labor workers out there in the streets waiting to are a job but trying to find one spot to cool themselves off. >> interesting form of shade there, isn't it? >> yes. >> thanks so much, pedram. appreciate it. rapper 50 cent has had quite a few honors. the ceremonial pitch didn't go as planned. that pitch gives new meaning to the term off the platte. it was so far wide it almost hit a cameraman. 50 cent had an explanation of sorts. he said the pitch was thrown by curtis jackson which just happens to be his birth name. he has a great sense of humor there. take a while for him to get over that, i think. we end this newscast with the story of mr. g. he lost his best friend and went into a slumber. he was depressed and refused to eat. by the way, mr. g is a goat and

his friend is a donkey. joan vas kwez picks up this story. >> reporter: just a couple of weeks ago mr. g the goat was inconsole labl. >> pathetic, forlorn, depressed. >> reporter: ever since he was rescued from a home of a hoarder, he did nothing but mope around and refuse to eat. he wasn't sick so it was a mystery until jan said she learned mr. g had a long-lost friend, a small donkey. a female burrough named jelly bean. >> animal patrol said he was raised with a friend. >> reporter: they acted quickly. a volunteer drove 14 hours. the youtube video of the reunion now has a million views. >> suddenly you can see his

nostrils flaring, his eyes lighting up when she's unloaded. >> reporter: once they finally reunited, an amazing transformation. not only did mr. g perc up, he decided it was time to eat again. >> animals have all the emotions that humans do. they form the same sort of bond and relationships. they feel love, friendship, companionship, sadness, grieving, loss. sometimes in a more powerful way than i've seen humans express. >> reporter: joe vasquez, kpix. how about that. thanks for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. "early start" is coming up in the united states. for our viewers elsewhere stay for our viewers elsewhere stay tuned for "cnn news center." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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