on cnn. i'm rose marie church. >> and i'll aerial barnett. a welcome to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. the death toll soaring past 1200 in the israel and hamas. meanwhile food, fuel and electricity grow scarce for hundreds of thousands of people in gaza. >> also ahead, europe and the u.s. clamp down on russia with new economic sanctions. but will it be enough to have an impact on the escalatie ining

fighting in ukraine? and. >> announcer: and the outbreak of the deadly ebola virus in africa is raising concerns and a look at what's being done to stop the spread. let's begin this hour with yet another cease fire opportunity come and gone in the fight between israel and hamas. >> once again rejection came from the military wing of hamas. meanwhile palestinian officials are blaming israel's air strikes on tuesday morning for heavy damage to gaza's only power plant. >> yeah. and that hit to the power plant is impacting many people right now. israel though says it did not target the plant, only militants firing rockets into israel. and now as the two sides continue trading air strikes for rocket fire they are also trading blame for another missed cease fire. >> reporter: our goal is clear. our goal is to free the people of israel from the terror of

these rocket attacks coming from gaza and these tunnel attacks coming from gaza where, you know, people pop out of the ground with machine guns and explosives to kill and to murder. to kidnap people. so ultimately that goal -- those goals can be achieved diplomatically or militarily or a combination of both. but we will continue until that goal is achieved. >> we cannot just only listen to israeli side saying well we can stop then withdraw to the borders and wait if nothing happens nothing happen on their side. while that is fine maybe for palestinians you cannot keep them in prison. so when the fighting stops and when cease fire is holding, we need to free those people from this huge prison. we need to open the crossings. we need to lift the blockade. the blockade which is stifling

those people. and also making their life miserable. >> and as that debate continues, the death toll keeps climbing. gaza health officials now say more than 1200 people have been killed. and 7,000 wounded in the past three weeks. israel reports 53 soldiers and three civilians killed. now for the latest, the u.n. says it found militants rockets stap stashed in another school. martin savage has more from jerusalem. and this is the third time isn't it that rockets have been found in u.n. schools. what's been the reaction to this? sf what sort of impact might this have? >> reporter: well the impact has been huge kb the u.n. has been condemning this. it is now the third time they have found these rockets somehow sequestered inside one of their facilityings. the way that discovery was made

was this is the school they didn't say where. it was not being used at the time. but they were doing a routine inspection and during that inspection they found a stockpile of these rockets. they don't say how many and don't say who ease they are. whether hamas or some other militant group. in gaza. but they do condemn. this means only once again that civilians could be targeted and that is something the united nations is absolutely against. so they blame whoever's group the missiles belong to. >> and we do want to show some video now that hamas's el axa tv monday reporting to show an operation by the military wing of the hamas. cnn can't conform authenticity but talk to us about what might be happening as we watch this.

>> we can't verify exactly what this is or when or where or even how it's been edited but there are some things we know. it does seem to match up with the account. this shows the tact of using the tunnels and that attack took place on monday. the idf reports there was an attack on their soldiers by militants using tunnels on monday. the idf says five of their soldiers were killed. hamas says they killed ten israeli soldiers. so there is some matching up, if you will of the story telling here. but, you know, this is how tunnels have come to be the primary justification that israel has used to carry out the on going conflict in gaza. not so much the rockets because iron dome has proven so effective at preventing those. but the tunnel notion, this idea that terrorists could pop up inside people's homes, whether that is realistic or not is one that truly is felt strongly in this country, which is why the

support of the ongoing conflict is said to be over 80% my most israelis. >> and you mention the tunnels and there are about 31 of those hamas tunnels identified by israel at this point. they have destroyed some of them. but what do they know about the possible total number of those tunnels? because they are not necessarily sure that that 31 is the end of it, are they? >> no they don't. in fact they have said there are tens of tunnels. so the tunnel becomes the primary measure by the success of the military operation here. and it is one that is very tangible to israelis. they can count the number of tunnels. theblg only guess how many other tunnel there may be. israel says these don't just pop out outside of the military installations. many lead to farming communities around gaza and israel

communities. and clearly these could be used to attack and kill civilians. so it is a very strong image. it is clearly something that israel wants to eliminate and they are difficult because they are very strongly built according to the ones israel has uncovered. so it is a slow process and we still don't know how many in total there may be rose mary. >> and of course some of them branch off in all different directions because one can then turn to three. but as israel tries to destroy these tunnels, one by one, back in gaza, the humanitarian crisis is growing, of course with a lack of food, water and power. of course that main power plant being destroyed as we reported. what is the situation on the ground what do woe know about who actually struck that power plant? >> like so many other things in gaza, there is a dispute. israel said it did not target the power plant but the power

plant clearly could have been seen on officials it's so heavily damaged it will take a year to repair. it is a problem. you need electricity to run the basic things people need. sewage, communication or operating inside a hospital. all of those things would in and out greatly be impaired. there is some power that comes from israel but really a very small amount. so the humanitarian situation as a result of the loss of this power plant will be greatly increased and that is only going to raise the urgency for the rest of the world to say something has to be done to stop the conflict now. zbl zbl >> indeed. martin savage. live from jerusalem. thank you, as always. there are new and strong warnings aimed at russia from the international community. u.s., japan, and european union have now agreed to apply more

economic pressure in the form of sanctions. u.s. president obama said new sanctions will take direct aim at russia's arm, energy and finance sectors. >> we're blocking the export tofgs specific goods. we are expanding sanctions to more russian banks and defense companies and formally suspending credit that exports to russia and finances for economic development projects in russia. >> may remember over the past few months european leaders have been very reluctant to impose tougher sanctions on russia because of the lucrative trade with the country and of course the energy deals. that seems to have changed now. >> that was certainly the situation. but it seems to have a changed as a result of the downing of the malaysia airlines flight 17. er is international correspondent nick robinson reports. >> reporter: these new sanctions go beyond what they have imposed

on russia in the past. they will target eight new personality. they will be named on wednesday. the precise nature of the sanctions against them isn't clear. but again this is targeting the people, leaders, businessmen close to president putin. and this is in the vain of sanctions we've seep in the past. where these are new is that they are targeting sectors of the economy. they target the energy sector so it will be much harder to import equipment to aid gas and oil exploration. they also target the arm's industry to make it harder for russia to export weapon, harder to import the raw components, the raw materials. there will be a sensitive technology clause as well. a jaw use clause. so raw materials that could be useful in the civilian sector

that have a dual use in the military sector will also be covered by the sanctions. so these are designed to hurt the weapons industry here in russia. and perhaps as the most sensitive or one of the most sensitive areas that will be targeted on monday, president putin chaired a meeting of the government. and at that meeting he stressed that it was important for the government to accelerate its efforts to find alternate ways of importing raw materials, of importing components for the arms industry. so that clearly is a concern. however, these new sanctions on the weapon's industry will only affect new contracts. so those warship, the two warships that france has built is preparing to dispatch to russia, they would not be affected. but without russia so far saying precisely what it's reaction will be, it does appear from what we're seeing that the weapon's industry heavily

targeted, a concern for president putin. in the meantime the fighting in eastern ukraine has spread to donetsk where shells struck an apartment block in the city center. >> and international inspector hoping to visit the crash site of the malaysia flight 17. they never made it out of the donetsk on dues tuesday. the third day in a row they have been turned back. absolutely. payton walsh has more. >> for inspectors trying to reach the crash site of mh 17, this town is the major headache. separatists hold it, but barely. we saw them exhausted, edgy. unsure how close the ukrainian army was encircling them. this man a looter seen jumping through fences. he said he ran from shooting. led away perhaps to dig the trenches. for four days they have endured

had blasts. at 5:00 in the morning he says i heard a jet approaching. i don't know what the separatists used to shoot but it was heavy caliber. when you hear that you just run to the basement. she shouts and now they bomb the peaceful people. why? to make us run away? this apartment block hit by shelling, believe more militants rag tag unwilling to be filmed one told me he was fighting for his town. and then quickly the quiet broke. it is getting closer. we are now hearing what sounds like exchange of artillery beginning between two sides. it's time to move back. we left with many other local, some on foot, all now fleeing down a road the inspectors want to travel up. this is what awaited them when

they tried to reck no reconnoit the site later that day. in the city of donetsk the war suddenly widened. three shells hitting this apartment block at noon, killing at least one. locals came the stare at signs their city was now in the firing line. this is exactly what this city of nearly a million feared the most. that the violence swirling around it but not actually touching it has now come straight to people's homes. we don't know who fired but militants had a base nearby. one saying that the army may have targeted that. this isn't really a military unit though he says. we're the security service with only pistols. with we try to evacuate but we don't know when they will push the button next. even the eerie dead of night brings no solacsolace. ukraine's foreign minister

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fight to contain the ebola virus. a doctor leading this fight in west africa now died from the disease. the doctor from sierra leone fell ill just last week. >> meanwhile the outbreak claimed its first american life. he died in nigeria. the case is raising concerns over the possible spread of the virus on planes. >> naturalized u.s. citizen patrick sawyer was hoping to fly home next month to celebrate his daughter's birthdays. the ebola virus changed everything. >> it's hit our front door because he was well known in the community. everyone knew him so everyone feels they have lost their best friend or brother. >> his wife and three children left mourning and wondering how it could happen.

after visiting his infected sister he flew from liberia to nigeria and became violently ill. >> he departed with no symptoms. reported being symptomatic on arriv arrival. so i understand he was vomiting. and he then turned himself over basically. made it known he wasn't feeling well. >> sawyer was kwaurn quarantined and died just five days later. but what about the passengers and the crew on the plane. it doesn't spread through the air making it difficult but not impossible to catch. >> the problem is we all have breaks in our hands. even if you don't see it. we all have them. and if a small amount of any of these bodily fluids infected gets on your hand, at that point it is kind of too late. >> the airlines which flies in the region has voluntarily instituted airport medical

screening as well as passenger education. >> the real key is to make sure someone with symptoms at all isn't getting on a plane. and that is a challenging thing to do. >> the cdc says it is very unlikely ebola could spread to others on a plane. however. >> people do travel between west africa and the u.s. cdc needs to be prepared for the remote possibility that one of those travelers could get ebola and return to the u.s. while sick. >> at this point the ebola infection is confined the to the african continent with more 670 confirmed and suspected deaths. two american healthcare workers are currently fighting the infection. >> i think we've certainly made the point how serious this is. the ebola virus can kill up to 90 percent of the people it infects. w.h.o. says nearly 700 deaths now reported and that is just from the current outbreak. we'll continue to follow. >> it is.

a reel concern for a lot of people right across the globe. just ahead a corruption scandal rocking chinese politics. a high ranking beijing party member is under investigation and we'll explain the possible motivation for the new allegations.

well there is new deadly unrest in china's turbulent western region. media reports dozens were killed

monday when police shot at a mob. a group described as the knife-wielding gang reportedly attacked civilians and government officers. there were long stand tensions between hung chinese the muslim uygurs. >> they rocked circles by claiming that china's one time security chief is under investigation. >> he's the most senior figure ever indicted in a corruption scandal in the history of modern china. suspected of quote serious disciplinary violation. xao played a top role in china's oil industry and a mentor in the disgraced politician lai. here's more. >> reporter: the security, the head of the dreaded internal security bureau and other security units. he isn't a muched loved figure

within chinese society. certainly he was in charge of the several crackdowns during his tenure. before he retired. so i think xi gin pin jinping i checking a couple boxes. one it shows heat he's willing after the so called tiger. also the potential move with the china population. there are people who are a bit more cynical who see him and his former allyies being a threat potentially. politically to xi jinping. and that is one of the reasons that he could be facing these anticorruption allegations. >> he's not the only high profile person to be arrested in this corruption probe. this is far reaching. hundreds of the officials and public figures detained over the

past few months. >> just weeks ago. they detained ray chenggeng. it's not clear what's charged with. one of the generals was awe k z accused of the taking bribes. and and also fired the top chairman of the top political advisory party su rong. cause of the profiting from bribes and illegal land deals. >> and the chairman of the china national petroleum corporation was find guilty of the extortion and taking bribes. so the xi jinping really trying to stamp out corruption with this effort. >> yeah. and really reaching out to a lot of people in china are just so surprised. we mentioned had tv anchor. nobody would have seen that coming and you have people in

major positions just not expected. all right let's turn to the weather now. heavy down pours in the europe causing major flooding. and the also in los angeles. >> as a bruin myself i was sad to see ucla in los angeles get flooded. >> the images. we're just getting images in the last couple minutes. i don't think you have yet to see them. but pretty impressive sight taking place in southern california and the los angeles area. but a storm system right here across northern italy. flooding here significant. we're seeing a the cloud burst in the region typically responsible for some of the highest rainfall totals ins the shortest time period. and significant flooding across the alps. croatia to albania and romania. very heavy rainfall inside a couple of hours. a level two on a scale of one two three has been issued for

severe weather in the region. as well as for a large population as well. lock at the rainfall totals. 145 mm is about 6 cininches. on tuesday afternoon. and this is what it looks like when you get 150 mm that come down in just a few hours. this particular river across portions of the central romania taking on a tremendous amount of water. at least two have lost their lives. one person is missing in the region. of course hundreds have b forced to evacuate because of the rising waters here. over 1 thousand firefighters on the scene trying to help getting rid of the water. where i'm times 6 meters high. 20 feet. and the clouds certainly ominous, to say the lease, out o of portions of france. quickly a glance across to california. doubt in most of the state.

look at the scenes. brand new video out of this region. a water main break across sunset boulevard on the campus of the ucla taking on a tremendous amount of water. the break estimated about 30 inches wide on this pipe out here. that is about a meter wide of a crack in the main there. te line itself was 90 years old. estimated upwards of 10 million gallons of water have been lost across this region. and some images to share with you here. look at the one. over 130 million spent here in the last two years to renovate it. we know the basketball stadium there, the soccer fields, as well as the baseball stadium have also take an lot of water on. so the cost of this, not to mention the amount of water that california is in need of right now with the drought, all very problematic. >> and i saw some punish v pictures as well. parking structure seven was

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welcome back everyone. you are still with us here on cnn. >> we want to check the head lines and fighting in eastern ukraine has kept international investigators from reaching the crash site of malaysia flight 17 for a third straight day. shells hit this apartmentbuild ing in donetsk keeping the investigators from leaving the city. >> another episode of cease fire ends in failure. it was rejected by the military wing of the hamas. and u.n. found military rockets stashed inside a u.n. school for the third time. >> a doctor helping with ebola

has died from the disease. he fell ill last week. the outbreak also claimed its first american life prick sawyer became infected in liberia where he worked if for the government and traveled to nigeria where he died. >> the third member of the political family to be assassinated in a last 15 years. a man detonated explosives during end of the ramadan. this all happened on tuesday. >> more now on the growing crisis in eastern ukraine. the eu has ordered its toughest sanctions against russia since the end of the cold war. even though the european economy will suffer as a result. >> and dhaz a major point. these latest sanctions are phase three sanctions. they essentially shut out the

russia banks from the european market. among the bans imports and exports of arms including existing contracts. and goods and military equipment as well. >> also on the hit list, are helping to destabilize ukraine. their identities will be announced today. eight people. how russia's president may react. >> vladimir putin kind of believes his economy is too big the fail. two trillion dollars now. ranking very high in terms of the global fdi, particularly coming from germany. he kind of feels he has a back door out. that the european union doesn't really mean business and in fact the caveat is that they will be reviewed in the next three months. so if he cooperates you can bet the european union would like to lift the sanctions. this is also starting to bite on the european companies.

bp in its results the sanctions starting to hurt. the french and japanese auto makers suggest they don't know where they are going from here. they have a plant in russia right now. so does volkswagen and siemens. and the recovery in europe is very fragile. i think vladimir putin the betting to the fact he saves face they will back off in autumn. the u.s. and japan also announced new sanctions against russia tuesday. >> but as the pressure mounts to deescalate the fighting in ukraine there is troubling information about a new tactic unleashed by kiev. >> sus satellites detect the launch of ballistic missiles with an 80 kilometer range. more on the weapons and what they mean for the fight on the ground. >> reporter: cnn has learned u.s. spy satellites picked up a

troubling escalation in the fighting in ukraine. u.s. intelligence observed ukrainian government forces for the first time using short range ballistic missiles against pro russian rebel positions. the missiles with a 50 mile range and 1000 pound war head are the deadliest weapon used to day. the satellites picked up the heat signature as they launched and landed near the rebel held town close to the russian bodder landing just about 15 miles from the wreckage of mh 17. official washington did not want to talk about it. >> i'm not in position to talk about the specific reports. >> without getting into the cnn report about the missile launches and yes you are right, ukrainian security forces have had some success in recent days against the separatists in certain areas of eastern ukraine. >> ukraine's foreign minister denied it all. >> we did not use any sort of

ballistic missiles. and we are not gonna ballistic missiles. >> the u.s. believes ukraine used ground missiles because its aircraft had been shot down by separatists. that keeps them out of that kill zone just as they are gaining ground against the rebels. >> the use of the powerful missiles comes as the u.s. is looking to pressure russia to force a deescalation in the violence. the u.s. still pinning the blame on moscow. >> the russians and their so called volunteers, are continuing to ship arms and funds and personnel across the border. >> so far no reaction from russia to this latest turn in the war. >> and that was cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara starr. so far the u.s. has not released the satellite photos of the ukrainian missiles.

now to the latest on the gaza/israel conflict. the palestinian health ministry says israel shelled a school in gaza earlier killing at least 20. s the investigating and continues to say they are not purposely targeting civilians. >> the palestinian death toll now tops 1200. and 56 have been killed in israel. hamas has rejected a temporary truce. its military chief says israel must end its quote, aggression, and siege of gaza. israel blames hamas for turning down cease fires and says it remains in intent in demilitarizing gaza to stop hamas rocket attacks. >> the brutal nature of this conflict has been on full display in gaza. a refugee camp was hit can killing at least ten. children are among the dead.

>> it was a strike on the civilian family who originally evacuated but went back for -- the entire family was struck. other than that, there is nothing to say. on the scene there were eight people killed. most were children. they were charred and disfigu d disfigured. >> the united nations announced earlier that a cache of rockets was found hidden inside a u.n. school in gaza. it was closed for the summer and not being used as a shelter. a spokesman is lashing out at whatever group put the weapons there calling it a flagrant violation. and if things weren't already bad enough, gas a is a residents now face a new hardship after their own power plant was damaged in israel's latest onslaught. >> tuesday morning a land, sea and air assault that rocked gaza city for hours. and toured the aftermath and this is the report. >> reporter: crossing the border

from israel, and the destruction is everywhere. the buildings still standing seem deserted. the area around here seems to be completely abandoned. the only vehicles on the road are ambulances that have been prepositioned in case there is an israeli air strike nearby. right now amid all this there doesn't seem to be any signs of life firefighters can't get close enough to put a blaze out at the gaza only power station. it was hit but israeli military says it wasn't a target. >> i've gone through air force and ground forces and haven't been able to conclude if it was -- activity. >> without electricity many water pumps in gaza city are no longer working. sewage systems too have been damaged. raw effluent is flowing into the sea. despite the israeli offensive

this man still opens his small shop every day. but now he sits there in the dark. >> translator: there is fair. we have children. hospitals need power. it is not human. >> reporter: everywhere is long lines especially for bread. and tempers begin to fray. after waiting for hours someone tried to cut in line. this man told me we want the situation to end because of our families and children. along with hamas rockets and tunnel, israel is also targeting hamas leaders. >> this is the home of the most senior hamas political leader in gaza. it was once a four story building now it's been reduced to rubble. no one was home at the time of the air strike. but the message from israel is clear. and just across the road from the gaza home of the president

of the palestinian authority mahmoud abbas, a mosque was hit by israeli fire. three weeks after the death toll continues to climb many face life without electricity or running water. the israeli prime minister has warned the military campaign might still be far from over. cnn gaza city. and israel has insisted from the very start of the conflict that it doesn't target civilians. and it blames hamas for putting civilians in harm's way. >> and in fact israel's military released this video that appears to show aircraft dropping emergency evacuation leaflets over gaza warning civilians of what it called operational activity. often times they say get out of the area an operation is pending and about to happen. one of gaza's say it is important to look beyond the death toll to see what israel is up against. listen. >> you said 1.8 million have no

power but 8 million people are under fire in israel. and i don't know if your viewers fully understand what is going on here. this is the first time in our history that the entire country is under attack. and every few hours there is another barrage of rockets landing all over the country. >> also showing what country is up against. israel's military released this video showing what it says is a gaza tunnel used for terror activity that it destroyed. israeli military found more than 30 such tunls since the operation began. >> we'll take a short break but coming up battles on the ground are threatening air travel in a whole new way. what top aviation officials are saying about it.

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theodore van kirk was a navigator aboard the enola gay. helped bring about the japanese surrender to end world war ii. he spoke with cnn about the mission in 2012. >> 43 seconds from the time we dropped it at 30,000 feet until the time it exploded at 18,000 feet. the first thing you saw was that large white cloud that was well above our altitude. if you looked down at the city of hiroshima it looked like a pot of boiling oil. >> the point is we dropped the bombs and saved a lot of lives. we and the japanese would have had a blood bath. if we had invaded japan. and they knew we were coming.

they knew where we were going to land and they had their guns waiting for us. >> after he left the military he got married, had four children and got his masters in chemical engineering. his son says his father had no regrets about the hiroshima mission. van kirk was 93 years old. >> let's get the latest information out of libya. the country quite frankry is a mess. military fighters stormed a special forces base in the libyan city of benghazi. at least 40 were killed. a government war plane crashed during the fighting, the pilot was able to escape though. elsewhere in the capitol of the triply, a fuel depot blazed at out of control. canada is the latest country to pull diplomatic staff out due to all of this ongoing violence.

commercial airliners are facing new dangers in flying over the many active conflict zones around the world. >> that was the focus of a meeting in aviation officials tuesday in canada. here's details. >> reporter: top airline industry leaders from around the world gathering from the united nations civil aviation meeting in montreal. this as there are growing calls for improved airline safety in the wake of the downing of the malaysia flight 17. >> the world's airlines are angry. >> in response the group is re-examining a number of safety issues with questions being raised such as where is it safe for commercial aircraft to fly? should passenger jets be equipped with missile defense systems? israel's el al airline installed a system following that similar incident in 2002. >> this is the first clear overt

and virtually successful attack on a civil aviation. >> soon came calls for u.s. carriers to adopt similar antimissile measures. in 2003 it was the commercial airline missile defense act. that proposed legislation called for the pentagon to equip planes with antimissile technology and an estimated cost of $1 million per plane. with nearly 7,000 planes in service it would have run upward of 7 billion dollars. a cost that was just too high. >> new york senator charles schumer supported had idea then. >> the danger with the shoulder held missiles is right now. >> ten years later his support has not changed. they say the $1 million cost of installing a plane with antimissile technology is comparable to outfitting a plane with an inflight entertainment system. >> we can't let this happen to an american passenger plane. >> schumer points to technology

from defense contractor northrup grumman called the guardian. >> the system's sensors automatically detect it and track it. >> that technology may be fine for low flying ircraft but is not developed enough for traveling at 33,000 feet. they say there is an easier solution. >> i think there is the potential to restrict commercial areas that are trouble zones. >> this does cuonstitute a problem for airlines because they are trying to save on fuel costs. >> with inflight entertainment and southwest spending more on leg room, the -- may soon decide whether they need to be safer. cnn new york. >> still to come, drivers in canada have given a thumbs up to a new kind of hitchhiker.

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♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ welcome back everyone. a hitchhiker named alfred is thumbing his way across the calendar. sounds a bit rude but it's pg-13. alfred is hitchhiking alone. >> and not a people person, not a person at all. >> hitchhikers often look a little shady but have you ever seen one this shade? >> house's it going? >> i'm hitch bot. >> jump in. >> you have to pick me up. >> you must literally pick up this canadian hitchhiker. up till now reporters have been taking it for rides but now the robot consisting of the rubber boots, a bucket body and a cake container head is on the road

for real. >> how far you going? >> victoria. >> wow good luck with that. >> a robot dependent on the kindness of strangers. >> thank you. >> hitch bot is the brain child of two canadian professors, david smith and dr. zoeller. >> no wonder we don't trust robots. but this is about whether robots can trust us. >> the robot is wholly dependent on people. >> deposited on highway 102 outside halifax, a couple going camping had the first honor to pick him up. you can follow it on the website. hitch bot is sending tweets. it snaps a photo every 30 minutes or so. if it runs out of power motorists are the advised to plug it into the car's cigarette

lighter or any other outlet. they total global news the robot asked if they believed in god. which seemed weird. it said it wanted a pet. they got it a stuffed dog. hitch bot can talk your ear off. >> i have many hobbies. >> let's just be quiet for a while. >> if hitch bot were hitching down here in the states that might become the first robot road kill. careful on some phones autocorrect turn hitch bot into hitchcock. whatever you call it don't be mean. >> just remember i am a product of human imagination. >> shut up, eh?

new york. >> i think canada is the right place for this robot to be tested out. >> interesting experiment. >> if it happened in australia. >> you would find that robot in all sorts of places. too many pranks there. >> in england that robot would be drunk on every country side. >> interesting photos. >> yes very nice. >> tropical storms churning at this hour. here to tell us more a man who is very robot like. >> no solar manuals on my chest here. we're watching a the couple tropical storms develop in the western pacific. and they have been there a few days. looks at this woint point one is going to turn to typhoon and the other is going to remain tropical storm. one right over guam. tremendous rainfall over the island and also the marion islands where we know the population roughly 160,000. equivalent to city of vancouver and the u.s. state of

washington. so a large area here with the islands getting heavy rainfall. wind about 100 kilometers per hour. not tremendously large. but look over the next couple days they go to 175 kph. that easy pushes into category two hurricane equivalent. as it moves closer to japan. and we're watching closer for later next week. and the secondary storm system also pushing towards southern japan and potentially eastern china in the coming days as well. and you can see the models is doing a very good job quickly turning the system into the east china see and a quite aggressive storm as well. the united states. we have autumn like temperatures beginning to shift in. 150 degrees below average for some. the temperature trend across the southern u.s. and atlanta. should be 90 for this time of

year. look what happens friday afternoon. a high temperature into the upper 70s. chicago in the low 80s and upper 70s well. so yes it is changing a little. but it looks like theit is goino begin to warm up next week because autumn is still a couple months away. >> and get all that heat back i'm sure. and that does it for this hour of cnn special coverage. i'm rose marie church. >> and i'm e roll barnett. stay with us we'll be back in moments for the day's biggest story 6

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