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around the world, this is the cnn newsroom. we begin with the horrific story out of ipds ya. authorities there have now arrested two more men in the gang rape and hanging of two teenage girls. authorities say the third of three brothers was apprehended as well as a second police official. now that brings to five the number of men who now face charges in a case that is fueling outrage. we have details of the shocking crime and have to warn you here some of what you're about to see is graphic. >> reporter: this is what residents of this village in northern india woke up to see wednesday morning. two bodies of teenage girls hanging from a mango tree, swaying in the wind. they had been gang raped and hanged by their alleged rapists. for 15 hours, hundreds of villagesers surrounded the tree in protests, not allowing authorities to remove the bodies. they were outraged the local

police were not more responsive to the girls' family when they went to register the case. the father of one of the girls was grief stricken by the news, but he made it clear he did not want the local police involved >> translator: the police constable came to my house and informed me my daughter had been hanging from a tree. i want the cbi to investigate the case. i do not trust the police. >> reporter: the girls who are cousins had gone to the mango orchard because they had no toilets at home. a common problem, especially in rural india. police say an autopsy confirmed the girls had been raped and strappingled. why the boys hanged the girls for the world to see is still a mystery. indians are used to reading or hearing about rape cases almost every day, but the gruesome fay tour of this case and the audacity of the rapists is what's most shocking. now the calls for justice are coming in from all over india on

social and mainstream media. >> that report from se ma udis. i understand you visited the village where this incident took place. what did you see and what can you tell us? >> yeah, errol, it's a remote part of this country, a two-hour drive from the nearest small town, about a seven, eight hour drive from new delhi. most of the homes there small sheds. there are some concrete structures but quite an impoverished area, about 2,000 people live there, but only one or two toilets really. only the wealthier people have toilets and that is something the villagers kept mentioning or blaming. they blame, obviously because these two girls had gone out to the fields because they had no

toilets at home, that's when they were abducted and raped and hanged. a lot of the women there in particular pointed out if they had toilets at home would never happened. you see open drains everywhere, the stench of the sewage quite strong. the parents of the two girls were there. they're still in a bit of shock, not really able to talk coherently. the father sat alone. they basically -- he said he can barely think. he only had one child, this one 16-year-old daughter of his, not only gang raped but publicly humiliated even in her death by hanging, had he said. he said she wanted to be a doctor and have a decent, really lift the family out of poverty. the mother of one of the girls said she wanted to see the rapists to be hanged and the police officers involved to be hanged like they had hanged their daughter and when they asked this family what they were most angry about, they said they

were angry with the local police in particular. one of the fathers of the two girls had gone to the local police station there, they say that the constables were just standing around, lounging, drinking. they said, oh, you don't let us [ inaudible ] and did not respond, did not do anything, did not help find their daughters. in the morning they found them hanging from a tree. a lot of anger in this village. but, you know, it's, again, it's so remote from the rest of india, that they're almost shocked by the sudden attention they're getting as a lot of local media there, you know, dozens and dozens of satellite trucks, politicians visiting, a lot of security, people are just in a shock and not really able to comprehend what's going on. but very, very angry. >> and the very least it brings some attention to the conditions people in northern india are living as you say there,

sanitation, a major issue. sumnima udassing heading to the village where this has taken place. we will bring you updates to see where the investigation goes. first we head next door to pakistan, we can tell you about more arrests that have been made there in the brutal murder of a pregnant woman publicly beaten to death by her family. more arrests are expected as well. cnn has told suspects will be brought before a special weekend session of an anti-terrorism court and police will be investigated for failing to stop the crime. jim clancy has more on that case, which has ignited outrage throughout pakistan and beyond. >> reporter: this picture is all mu mam mad iqball after his wife was stoned to death by her own family memberers. >> we were sitting there when all of a sudden they appeared. someone fired shots in the air. my wife and i were sitting and

bricks were thrown and a lady came and took farzana away. >> reporter: parveen killed by her family for marrying him against their wishes. >> we want justice. >> reporter: outrage over the murder has spread to other cities including the capital islamabad. it's not just the murder itself, but that it happened outside the lahore high court. witnesses say bystanders and police did nothing to stop the killing. >> there were onlookers who watched this woman being stoned to death. how barbaric have we pakistanis become some how stone hearted that none tried to intervene? >> reporter: lahore's high court chief justice has ordered a case against police officers present at the crime scene, calling them silent spectators. the husband, mow mack mad iqball, says he fears for his own safety. in a strange twist in the case, he admits he killed his previous wife six years ago in order to

be with parveen. the punjab police tell cnn iqball was incarcerated at the time for that murder but was later released on bail when his son forgave him and the family compromised allowed authorities to exonerate him. the human rights commission of pakistan said more than 800 women were victims of so-called honor killings last year. pakistan's prime minister has demanded immediate action in the case, saying in a statement, this crime is totally unacceptable and must be dealt with in accordance with the law promptly. >> the country is divided between those who would like to lead it into the 21st century and those who would like to drag it into the 8th. >> reporter: police have arrested five people in the case, parveen's uncle and two cousins as well as the driver who took the family to la lore. parveen's father was arrested at the crime scene. he admitted to the killing and expressed no regret. iqball says he hopes the

killers, in his words, die in pain. jim clancy, cnn. want to bring you news of another case gaining global attention. the husband of a sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her christian faith says she's not likely to change her mind. a sudanese determined his wife is muslim because her father is. ibrahim says her father abandoned her family when she was 6 and she was raised by her christian mother. despite that two weeks ago the court convicted her of abandoning islam and marrying a christian man and this week e-brahim gave birth to a girl while in prison. shackled even as she delivered her baby. a sudanese policy annual list spoke to us about the case. >> this is a government that doesn't respect international standards of due process and has a very regressive attitude towards diversity.

this is a government that doesn't feel comfortable with people declaring their faith as miriam did and staying open and true about that. and in many ways, this fits a broader pattern of the sudanese government's attitude towards those who look different or speak differently or practice a different religion. >> so what leverage might work with the sudanese government? >> well, in this case, you know, we've seen a massive outpouring of support on behalf of miriam and her situation which is absolutely appalling. a baby was born in jail here because the government continues to apply an archaic legal regime, but this case is one of hundreds of thousands and when you put it in the context of the broader situation in sudan, massive violence and displace ment in darfur, daily aerial bombardment in the mountains, then this is part of something where the international community needs to

make a stand about all of these issues together with strong diplomatic engagement. >> sure. in this particular case which has garnered a lot of international attention, do you think change will be brought about in this case alone, as well as others, as a result of the national attention or do you think the government in khartoum is immune to that? >> one thing we have to be quite cautious about is focusing this case, what we want is for meriam and her family to be able to live together and freely and hopefully return to the united states where her husband lives, but to just allow the government to, you know, celebrate this or celebrate a victory that it did the right thing but stopping shackling a woman and if they don't, you know, if they simply stay her death sentence but keep her in prison thattens would be enough. the pressure needs to be kept on so that an easy victory isn't allowed here. this is an important issue and

one emblematic. >> sure. but i'm wondering overall do you think the government in khartoum is willing to listen to the international community? what leverage can be brought? you mentioned the mountains, displacement in darfur, this is one of a number of issues facing the people of sudan, so is the international community stepping up to the plate? >> we've seen more statements on this issue than any other and we can hope that the sudanese government will pay attention to the unique circumstances of this case and the terrible tragedy of a baby being born in jail and potentially being separated from her mother without seeing the chance for her to grow up and ideally the sudanese government will respond to this pressure, both from human rights advocates and from the international community. otherwise, stronger measures need to be taken, whether that's in the form of threats or in the form of diplomatic repurcusions

from the community overall. now some of the global reaction to this case is coming from britain's prime minister, david cameron. "the london times" quotes him as saying the way she is being treated is barbaric and has no place in today's world. religious freedom is an absolute fundamental human right and went on to say i urge the government of sudan to overturn the sentence and immediately provide appropriate support and medical care for her and her children, concluding here, he says the u.k. will continue to press the government of sudan to act. you are watching "cnn newsroom." still ahead, demonstrators in turkey getting ready to take to the streets one year after last year's deadly crackdown. a live report from istanbul is coming up. looks like the l.a. clippers will be under new management soon. find out why the team's current owner, donald sterling, isn't going so quietly. [dog] larry? larry? larry?

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welcome back, everyone. soaring tensions in the central south africa can republic have resulted in two days of violent protests. demonstrators marched through the capital on friday and as nic robertson reports on london they are furious at the inability of international peacekeepers to protect them from sectarian violence. >> outside a u.n. base in the central african republic's capital protesters clash with peacekeepers sent to the country to protect them with deadly consequences. we got together this morning here, women, children, all unarmed, this local businessman says, and here, the u.n. troops have killed five people. we were in the offices of the u.n. explaining things and they shoot on us, they injure us. the peacekeepers tell local reporters two people were shot and according to reuters use agency blame the protesters for

shooting first. whatever the cause, what is clear, residents are fed up with the u.n.'s inability to protect them from sectarian militia. the u.n. resolution says that all militia bases must be disarmed. kilometer 5 is a militia base a few steps from here, this student says. why not. why is the u.n. resolution not applied? in the past week, tensions have been rising. the death toll climbing. most significantly when a church housing thousands of displaced christians was attacked by an islamic militia. according to the u.n. agency for refugees 17 civilians were killed when the gunman threw grenades into the church, setting it on fire. 27 people abducted in the attack are still unaccounted for. over the past six months, 7,000 french and african union troops

have been deployed to the car. the killings of the church in bangi are the worst single slaughter since january. some in the protest march came half naked, symbolizing their own impossibility to keep themselves safe. for whatever reason they died at the hands of their protecters. nic robertson, cnn, london. now you can see more haunting images out of the central african republic on our website, you're seeing an image now showing a teenager having a panic attack as clashes break out around him. you can imagine what it's like for people there. journalists gemma's photo gallery captures the terror these people are living in at this moment. it's worth your time this weekend to look at it. head to cnn.com/international. now you may have heard the story of celebrated activist

somali mom. she's helped raise awares if of sex trafficking and seen around the world of politicians who have got behind her message based on what she's always called her own story of abuse. as randi kaye is about to show you, her tragic story isn't all it seems to be. >> reporter: her story is heartbreaking. abducted, raped, beaten, sold into slavery by age 10, then life in a brothel for a decade until her escape. it's a story this cambodian woman shared over and over during her rise to become a celebrated international activist. in 2005, her best-selling book about her life, "the road of lost innocence" brought her and her campaign against sex trafficking plenty of attention. celebrities rallied to her cause, actress meg ryan visited cambodia with her. >> i know why somali would want

meet to meet the prostitutes. >> reporter: susan sarandon joined her on "the tyra banks show." angelina jolie wrote this article about her when named to "time" magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. that's some pretty impressive backing for a woman who spent her childhood in the slums, as she tells it. what if we told you her story wasn't true, there are so many cracks in it she's resigned from her u.s.-based charity. "newsweek" magazine uncovered new information that contradicts some of the heartbreaking details in somali's tale of mise misery. simon marks investigated her for "newsweek," visited the village where she said the man who abducted her had taken her. they say she saw her arrive in the village, grew up in the village living a relatively normal life and previous to her time in that village, she moved just over the river from another

village on the other side of the river where she lived with the same people. >> reporter: she had long shared the story of her own daughter, at 14, being kidnapped and sold into slavery. that doesn't seem to be true either. >> her former husband says it wasn't true, that, in fact, she had run away with a boyfriend. >> reporter: many in the media were fooled. "new york times" columnist nick christof visited the brothels in cambodia with her calling her one of his heros. in 2007 she was named one of 54 cnn heros. and "360" featured her in a story from the red light district. >> the poor woman had been raped, eight men, 20, 25, gang rape. >> reporter: politicians were also fooled. former secretary of state hillary clinton toured her charity in cambodia in 2010 and met with michele obama a year

earlier. it appears somali mom wasn't the only one stretching the truth either. "newsweek" also uncovered she coached teenage girls to describe how they had been sold into slavery too. this woman confessed last year, according to "newsweek," saying she rehearsed for the cameras under instructions. the somali mam foundation released this station, while we are extremely saddened by this news we remain grateful for her work over the past two decades, agds she has raised critical awareness of the 21 million individuals who are currently enslaved today. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> such a disappointing story there. still to come for you here on "cnn newsroom," u.s. authorities believe this american carried out the suicide attack in syria and more could be on the way. we'll bring you details next. .

the u.s. state department says an american citizen may have carried out a suicide attack in syria. investigators are interviewing family members of allahu who grew up and went to school in florida. u.s. authorities think others may be preparing for attacks as well. mohammad reports. >> reporter: this deadly explosion thousands miles away, blamed on this man, an american citizen. cnn has learned the man was born in florida, officials won't say when he went to syria or why, but they believe he is responsible for packing 17 tons of explosives into a vehicle and blowing it up. becoming the first american suicide bomber in syria. experts say he may not be the only american training for such a deadly attack. >> you go over there, you, you know, meet a lot of very hard-core al qaeda types if you're associated with these

groups and they indoctrinate you further and based on previous examples, particularly the afghan war against the soviets where people trained and bombed the world trade center in 1993, and other veterans planned the 9/11 attacks, people are very concerned. they have reason to be. >> reporter: analyst says at least 100 americans have flooded into syria since the start of civil war and u.s. officials fear many more may already be joining a bloody battle getting expert training on how to plot attacks once back in the u.s. >> syria remains a significant destination for our homegrown violent extremist populations. >> reporter: more frightening, sources say, it's a group becoming increasingly difficult to track. >> there isn't a single, easily identifiable community, from which our syria travelers all spring from. they are a very diverse group, of both genders. when you put them all together, they look like america. >> mow mam mad jamjoom, cnn,

washington. a u.s. marine has been in a mexican prison more than two months after allegedly taking a wrong turn at the border. the american says he was arrested in march after unintentionally crossing into mexico with guns in his car. as nick valencia reports his family says he's been mistreated while in jail. >> reporter: it was about 10:00 at night on march 31st when u.s. marine andrew tahmooressi said he crossed into mexico with three firearms. he took a wrong turn and thought there would be a place to turn around. there wasn't and he was arrested by customs officials and has been in a mexican prison more than two months. now his friends and family say there are allegations of abuse, chained by all fours and beaten. earlier i spoke to a friend and former marine who worked alongside an drew tahmooressi in afghanistan. >> he's been chained up and he's been forced to sleep shackled and with his knees barely touching the ground. you know, it was -- his voice

yesterday, live on tv, i mean he gave details out of his own mouth about what they put him through, about, you know, him like almost dislocating his jaw and, you know, just pretty much beating him. >> reporter: adding to the drama before tahmooressi's first court appearance he fired his legal representation. now it could take weeks before another hearing. meanwhile the political treasure here in the united states on mexico is intensifying. his mother hopes to have him home soon. that was nick valencia reporting from san diego. he says his treatment has improved as media coverage has increased. for allegedly smuggling weapons into the country. both men were looking for treasure in honduran waters when authorities boarded their ship and arrested them. the crew says they were carrying guns for protection against piracy and allegedly notified

honduras of the weapons beforehand. one u.s. congressman is calling for their immediate release. the men could face up to 16 years in prison if convicted. one year has passed since turkey's gezi park protests. coming up the prime minister's urgent message to any of those who plan on holding anniversary demonstrations today. plus, is hollywood's love affair with barack obama over? [ 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. like when i found out i had a blood clot in my leg. my doctor said that it could travel to my lungs and become an even bigger problem. and that i had to take action. so he talked to me about xarelto®. [ male announcer ] xarelto® is the first oral prescription blood thinner proven to treat and help prevent dvt and pe that doesn't require regular blood monitoring or changes to your diet.

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own family. 25-year-old farzana parveen was stoned to death for marrying another man. we want to show you live pictures here of central istanb istanbul. paying attention to what's happening in this location because activists in the country are calling for nationwide demonstrations to mark the first anniversary of istanbul's taksim protest. police launched a crackdown following public outcry for plans to redevelop gezi park. they mushroomed into large anti-government protests and a number of people died during that unrest. prime minister recep tayyip erdogan is urging turks to ignore calls for demonstrations. let's bring in our correspondent ivan watson now, he's in istanbul's taksim square. an opportunity today for more people to voice their displeasure with the government but what are you seeing so far?

>> i don't think we've seen a pattern over the last year, there's not going to be a public opportunity to express opinions. i'm standing in front of gezi park right now. we're going to pan the camera around. it's been closed off by the turkish police. these are plain clothed turn i officers and we're seeing a deployment of plain clothed police in central istanbul than the usual riot police though they're in the wings. this is taksim square over here. i would estimate half of the people in the crowd here in the central square are turkish security forces right now. a very large police presence, but they have not barricaded it off as took place on mayday in an effort to prevent any demonstrations from taking place here. errol, the demonstrators in the past year, the pattern that we've seen is that the turkish government will not allow public

displays of dissent, certainly in this sensitive place. what we've seen is almost week after week, the use of tear gas, water cannons, and batons and arrests to stop anybody from voicing any public criticism of the government and that very quickly deteriorates into clashes, stone throwing, and that has become basically part of the fabric of life in the turkish commercial capital in the center now for a year since those first protests in may 31st of 2013. the protests emerged after demonstrators wanted to stop efforts to bulldoze this park and replace it with a shopping mall. that never came to fruition but this divide, this polarization within society between the government and its supporters, and we have to remind people that prime minister erdogan, his party won more than 40% of the vote, a decisive victory in municipal elections in match,

the divide between critics of the government and supporters has grown vastly in the last year. one of the most turbulent years in a decade of turkish political history. errol? >> ivan watson there watching things remain calm at the moment as we all wait to see if this protest does come to fruition. at the moment things very calm. ivan watson, thanks very much. now to other stories we're following for you, nato says russia is pulling troops back from its border with eastern ukraine but pro-russia separatists in the region are challenging kiev. militants in the rebel stronghold of slovyansk have claimed the responsibility of a downing of a military helicopter there. ukraine's president elect calls it a crime that will not go unpunished. 12 were killed in that attack on thursday including a ukrainian army general. ukraine has agreed to pay nearly $800 million to russia's gas for natural gas bills dating to february. ministers from the two nations

met friday in berlin to negotiate a payment schedule for the remaining debts. russian officials said they're hopeful talk cans continue next week once moscow confirms the payment has arrived expected monday. the payment is an effort to stave off the threat from the kremlin to cut off the flow of gas. tough words about china from america's secretary of defense. for a second year in a row, chuck hagel used the global security conference to lash out at beijing for cyber spying against the u.s. but the pentagon chief also warned that washington will not look the other way, he says, when nations like china try to restrict navigation or ignore international rules and standards. >> china has called the south china sea a sea of peace, friendship, and cooperation. and that's what it should be. but in recent months, china has undertaken destabilizing unilateral actions asserting its claims in the south china sea.

>> the singapore forum comes as tensions grow between china, vietnam and the philippines as china's ties with japan are strained over disputed islands in the east china sea. we have two high-profile resignations to report from washington. they took place on friday. president obama's embattled chief of veterans affairs, eric shinse shinseki, he stepped down, follows a growing scandal involving secret wait lists at va hospitals and widespread misconduct. hours later the president announced the upcoming departure of a familiar face, white house press secretary jay carney. deputy press secretary josh earnest will take his position. severe storms hit parts of the u.s. on friday, leaving damage in some areas. meteorologist ivan cabrera is at the cnn weather center with more. >> errol, in fact damage across central florida yesterday as a result of a twister that touched down. certainly not out of the question for this to happen in

florida. sometimes the severe thunderstorms we get in the middle of the summer do turn severe and you get twisting of the wind. sea breeze collision developing yesterday, responsible for the storm that spawned the twister and actually caused some damage. take a look at some of the video that was rolling here. my goodness, look at the sheets of rain coming down indicative of the kinds of winds we're talking about here. mostly straight line wind damage but national weather service in tampa was out there and surveyed the damage and there was evidence of an ef-0 touchdown there for a few yards, touching down, and causing some damage there. no injuries thankfully. there it is. summer afternoon in florida. sometimes it can go fasty like that. behind me you'll be able to see not just florida, but the gulf coast, look at this, this is now radar observed precip over the last several days. this is since tuesday. some areas picking up incredible amounts, up to 10 inches is what we're showing you here in metrics. very impressive and that, of

course, has led to the flooding we've been showing you. upper level disturbance responsible for that, still spinning, still going to ep hans our typical afternoon thunderstorms and so the storms that do form are going to be significant in that they could cause some flash flooding very quickly. this on the heels now of what will become, of course, the 2014 atlantic hurricane season that starts tomorrow. forecast from nooa, three to six turning into hurricanes and one to two major hurricanes. on the checklist none, however already that may change we are going to be watching the gulf closely heading into next week. models insisting on some kind of development here and whatever does develop will move slowly towards the northeast. that would be in a couple week's time. we have plenty of time to watch it. looks like hurricane season may get going as soon as next week. we'll keep you posted obviously on that. errol? >> all right. ivan, thanks very much.

the los angeles clippers sell for a record price, but coming up, we'll see how current owner donald sterling may still be able to block the deal. plus, how singer and entrepreneur will.i.am says merging fashion helped lead to apple's deal with beats next. .

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basketball's miami heat are looking for a three-peat. the reigning nba champs advance to the nba championship finals with a routh of the indiana pacers friday night. miami will face san antonio spurs or the oklahoma city thunder. the heat beat the spurs last year to claim their second consecutive title. also in the world of basketball, it looks like former microsoft ceo steve ballmer will be the next owner of the l.a. clippers. ballmer agreed to a record $2 billion deal friday with shelly sterling, the estranged wife of embattled co-owner donl sterling. brian todd explains how this massive sale came about. >> reporter: sources tell cnn that doctors have declared donald sterling mentally incapacitated a finding that opened the door for his estranged wife to sell the l.a. clippers for a record $2 billion. sources say donald sterling was examined by two independent doctors, both neurologists, some time over the past month. it's an important finding because the clippers are owned

through a family trust with two trustees, donald and shelly sterling. cnn has learned from one source, a clause in that trust says if either sterling becomes mentally unfit the other would become the sole trustee. sources say shelly was only able to negotiate the mega sale because of that declaration. experts say donald sterling still has grounds to challenge the findings and sale of the team. >> he would retain his own physicians, neurologists, psychiatrists, whatever it may be, and have those physicians take issue with the findings of the physicians that found him incapacitated. >> reporter: all of which means what seems like a done deal could still wind up in court and donald sterling's attorney may be ready for that. he tells cnn he believes the declaration of mental incapacitation was a, quote, vast overstatement. he said sterling had a diagnosis of a modest mental impairment, what bleacher called a, quote, slowing down. his new comments come one day

after telling wolf blitzer sterling will fight the nba's efforts to throw him out. >> we don't think the team can be sold without mr. sterling's consent. mr. sterling is not going to consent unless the nba does something about the legal charges they filed against him. >> reporter: bleacher and sterling are suing the nba for $1 billion in damages calling for his lifetime ban in the legal and his $2.5 million fine to be lifted claiming the nba's case against sterling relies on an illegally recorded conversation. it's not clear if the lawsuit would interfere with the sale of the clippers. hours earlier, bleacher had told us, sterling would look at the sale to steve ballmer and decide where to go from there. saying, quote, he doesn't want to fight with shelly, that's the bottom line. >> anything is possible with donald sterling but with $2 billion on the line, not even donald sterling will mess this up. >> reporter: the nba announced it's resolved its disputes with

shelly sterling withdrawing their effort to terminate her ownership of the clippers and canceling the owners' vote on that and in exchange she won't sue the nba and the league claims she will protect the league from any lawsuits from donald sterling but donald sterling's side may dispute that. brian todd, cnn, washington. if you own shares of apple, boy, you are having a good weekend. shares of the company ticked up as high as $644 friday, and that price is expected to continue to rise. the tech giant getting a boost after the purchase of beats, an audio equipment company. rapper will.i.am is a co-founder of that venture. max foster sat down with him and asked him how this project came about. >> in 2004, people experienced concerts differently and the reason was because they put a camera on a phone. now people watch concerts like that. right. even if you go on-line right now and you google any group, if they were touring in 2003, you're not going to see footage

from a phone camera. that happened 2004 and on. so right after that, i come home from tour, i go to jim, like jimmy, the world changed. >> who's jimmy? >> jimmy iovine. i said jimmy, the world has changed. people watch and, you know, experience concerts differently. we need to make hardware. from that point on i knew it. we need to make hardware. you know how hard it is to make hardware. that's why they call it hardware. i was like, yeah, jimmy, we need to be in hardware. in 2005 and 2006, you know, couple years pass, and he came up with the idea of beats. with dre. and asked me if i wanted to be a part. >> head phones have been around so long. why did you decide to invest in headphones? what new could you do with headphones? you have because the value of this business is incredible. >> so when you think of headphones, it's the most

intimate relationship you could have with someone because you're putting them right on your head and your ears. so they're like whispers if you will. you're letting someone right -- putting someone this close to you. >> but they already existed so what were you going to do differently? >> they existed from a technology standpoint and tech for tech is just tech. as soon as art and culture comes in then you have something that you wear. you're wearing a suit. and a person designed it. it hasn't changed in culture so much we still have these lapels for what reason are lapels on our coats. >> thinking about fashion because people are wearing them. >> culture. people wear headphones rarlts if they're on or not. walk around with headphones on their neck regardless if they're playing or not. became a necklace or accessory. i got my headphones to match my shoes. you're doing it differently. you're not wearing your phone. people don't wear, you know, a nokia. they're not wearing a freakin'

motorola flip. >> but it started off slowly, didn't it? but it got bigger and bigger and then the snowball effect and suddenly everyone had these headphones on. >> it started in the right place and that's the adopters, culture, taste makers, you know, influencers. those cats. the ones that tech people ignore. right. you have tech and then you culture. and you have tech culture but then you have pop culture. so pop culture is not logical. it's just emotional. we -- you do things because it makes you feel good. >> and certainly you should think of the beats product as an accessory. many reviewers find it's very poor quality for the money they charge but as will.i.am was saying it's more of an accessory than a fashion item. interesting nonetheless. still ahead, hollywood has been in love with u.s. president barack obama for years, right? what did the latest big and

small screen productions say about those feelings now? plus, 91 years old, he is a treasure icon of the world of comic books and superheroes. we'll see some of the new characters inside the mind of stan lee.

welcome back, barack obama has been popular in hollywood, but growing concerns about drones and u.s. surveillance programs appear to spark a backlash. jack tapper looks at whether hollywood's love affair with obama has gone cold. >> reporter: they were once an obama punch line. >> i have two words for you, predator drones. >> reporter: but drones are now the inspiration behind pow powerhouse flatline. >> why can't we use these machines at home. >> reporter: from a looming presence in the new "x men" movie. >> they began targeting

everyone. >> reporter: to machines gone rogue in "captain america" and "robocop". >> overriding the system's priorities. >> reporter: hollywood has created its role for the administration's most controversial policies. >> i selected 13 targets all wanted for murder. >> reporter: casting drone surveillance as their top enemies. andrew wrote about this for the dai daily beast. >> always the villains, the tool of evil that is an expression of the anxiety of the filmmakers. >> reporter: in president obama's second term, shadowed by predator drone strikes and an nsa scandal, films are flipping the script on the president who was once a media darling. >> he still raises a lot of his money from hollywood but there are misgivings and they have bubbled up over the past couple of years, and i think they have centered around a lot of these foreign policy questions. >> this isn't freedom. >> reporter: in an interview with "mother jones" magazine director of "captain america"

cite quote drone strikes, president's terror suspect kill list and preemptive technology as inspirations for the film. does not stop at the big screen. worse case scenarios on fox's "24" play of drones potential dangers. >> the technology that was used to control your drone is going to be used in a massive terrorist attack against civilians later today. >> the question is whether people are tuning into metaphors, these underlying political subtexts or just watching, you know, and eating their popcorn. >> the threat to our civil liberties has never been greater. >> reporter: but then again who needs metaphors. john kuzak, oliver stone and others used this psa to voice their opinions of the nsa outright. >> we need to end mass suspic n suspicionless surveillance. >> reporter: the question is does a familiar super villain have any impact on its real-life counterpart? >> when you look at polls right

now, it shows americans are fairly unconcerned about the drone program. if enough of these movie comes out and always casting the drone program in a negative light, you can imagine people's perceptions could start to change. >> let's talk now about acceptance in hollywood. you saw a few of them immortalized on the silver screen there. the famous superheroes come from all backgrounds and stan lee, the 91-year-old legendary comic book creator says superheroes transcend racial, natural and gender boundaries. an interactive exhibit showcasing marvel super heros and opening in new york city. cnn's maggie lake visited and caught up with the one and only stan lee. >> i made up these characters. i figured captain america. i didn't make up captain america, but he's stronger than most people and runs faster and that was it. you come to this exhibit and you learn why he's stronger and how

he runs faster and all about his metabolism and his blood and all of that. as i say, i al rerealized i was deeply into science and never realized it. >> it's coming to life now. what is it about these characters that has such an adoring appeal that enables more story tellers to layer on? >> i don't know. i think it's the fact that with all our characters, like the hulk and iron man, and thor and "the avengers" we try to give them human frailty and failings. they weren't perfect. they all had a problem of their own. iron man had trouble with his heart. so i think people were able to relate to them a little bit better because no matter who you are, even if you're as perfect as i am, there's going to be something that isn't right, something you worry about. so by taking a superhero and showing that he's also fallible or has some frailty somewhere, i

think that gives them more appeal and i hope our competitors aren't listening because i don't know why i should be educating them. >> we think of these sort of traditional superheroes as being american, especially as you mentioned captain america, but you mentioned this is a time for superheroes to be more global as well. >> no doubt about it. >> what can we expect. >> we're working on a chinese-american hero called the annihilator and we have an indian one called shockra. he's now being animated. there are cartoons of him shown in india and will soon be motion pictures. i'm creating a new latin superhero you will be seeing pretty soon. and i absolutely agree with you, we're a small world and we're one world and we've got to get heros of every type. one reason i think spider man is so popular, he wears a costume that covers him completely so no matter what color skin you have,

you can imagine that's you in that costume. and i think it's important that people from all over the world, realize that we're all in this together and let's all be heros. let's do good things. >> so this is storytelling no matter what form it's in, whether it's the exhibition, whether the original comics, you feel that is always the basis -- >> stories are the biggest -- everybody loves stories. everybody. depends what kind of story, but getting a story with a good guy fighting a bad guy, and it's something that people can relate to, that's the most fun you can have. >> and lastly, you know, i notice there are so many children here, little children. i have a 6-year-old who's mesmerized by your characters. how do you feel when you see them come in, so small, and that next generation embracing the characters that you made up? >> i love it. i love the fact that -- see, comics started appealing to young children and little by

little, in fact, at marvel, we used to get fan mail written in crayon and then it would be written in pencil and then i would get some letters written in ink and then some type written and i knew the ratership is getting older. when i go to a comic book convention, there are grownups, men who are grandfathers with their kids and also young children. comics and the movies, based on these comic superheroes, they seem to appeal to everybody now which is a wonderful thought to me. >> all right. bit of baby news prince albert of monaco and princess charlene are expecting their first child together. the baby due by the end of this year and will come heir to the throne. this will be albert's third child. in 2005 he acknowledged fathering two children from previous relationships. and now some news out of indonesia for you where the country's volcano is spewing ash

up to 3,000 meters into the air right now. the volcano is located on a sparsely populated island and so far there are no reports of deaths or injuries. but flights out of australia had to be canceled because of this growing ash cloud. indonesia has nearly 130 active volcanos, more than any other country in the world. and thanks to you all for watching "cnn newsroom" from around the world. i'm errol barnett. if you're in the u.s. "new day" is next. enjoy your saturday. [announcer] play close-good and close. help keep teeth clean and breath fresh with beneful healthy smile food. with special crunchy kibbles and great taste, it's a happy way to a healthy smile. beneful healthy smile food and snacks.

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one man down, but will there be more to go? the scandal that sacked the leader of the v.a. it's not over yet. >> if people have committed criminal acts they should be punished. no ifs, buts and maybes. >> 17 tons of explosives packed into a truck. this time the man is an american. who is this man? we're learning more about him this morning. sure, he's about to lose his