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>> and how about this end? how one ridiculously lucky man narrowly escaped death. that image was shocking to me there. we want to begin with this story as u.s. air strikes continue to hammer isis targets in iraq. u.s. defense officials are warning of a long battle ahead. >> six isis positions were hit near mosul dam on thursday. at the same time defense chief chuck hagel described the group as "barbaric" and an imminent threat to every american interest. >> joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey says defeating isis in iraq will require some sort of action against the group inside syria and a change of heart among those falling into the grip of isis. listen. >> isis will only truly be defeated when it's rejected by the 20 million disenfranchised sunni to happen to reside between damascus and baghdad.

it requires a variety of instruments. only one small part of which is air strikes. i'm not predicting those will occur in syria. at least not by the united states of america. but it requires the application of all of the tools of national power, diplomatic, economic, information, military. >> now, all of these conversations, this analysis follows the beheading this week of american journalist james foley. an act isis meant as a warning really for the u.s. military to get out of iraq. the manhunt is now under way for foley's executioner. >> and we're learning more about the daring attempt to save foley and others from inside syria. barbara starr has the story. >> reporter: it was july 4th weekend. a daring nighttime raid just nouts the city of raqah in northern syria. a stronghold of isis. u.s. special forces were sent into danger because the intelligence showed the target

was a likely location where the hostages were being held, a senior u.s. official tells cnn. but it was not certain. the intelligence failed. >> intelligence doesn't come wrapped in a package with a bow. it is a mosaic of many pictures, of many factors. >> the mission was unprecedented . >> in a situation where you're going into a country which is fraught with danger, which is potentially going into a city that's controlled by a nefarious and horrific force like isis, the risk levels go up considerably. >> it began under cover of darkness. several dozen elite commanders from units like army delta force and the navy s.e.a.l. team 6 landed in specially equipped radar-evading helicopters. they quickly made their way to a building where they were told james foley and other american hostages were being held.

no one was there. a firefight broke out with nearby militants. several of those militants were killed. the u.s. team got back to their helicopters and left. the operation, including the helicopters, similar to the raid that killed osama bin laden. fighter jets patrolled overhead. syrian radars were jammed. team members moved to block nearby access roads. the entire mission lasted about two hours. now questions about whether the lives of the other hostages are at risk from the administration's revelations. >> it's the responsibility of our government and our leaders to do all we can to take action when we believe there might be a good possibility, a good chance to make a rescue effort successful. >> one former navy s.e.a.l. says you cannot underestimate the risk now posed by going public. >> it's highly unusual because

it compromises our capability to do this again and to do it successfully, makes that much harder. >> u.s. officials say the administration is looking at a number of ideas on how to deal with isis, including stepped up air strikes in iraq and even the possibility of some limited air strikes against isis positions inside syria. but they emphasize all of this is just an idea, no decisions have been made. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. let's talk more about james foley's kidnapping and the potential ransom. the news site globalpost has published what it says is the last e-mail isis sent to the family of the late james foley. >> and we have that e-mail. we have a copy of that e-mail. the e-mail from isis reportedly was sent one week prior to the terror group's release of a gruesome video showing the american hostage being beheaded. the alleged isis e-mail ends with these words directed to the

u.s. i'm going to read it out. "you and your citizens will pay the price of your bombings! the first of which being the blood of the american citizen james foley! he will be executed as a direct result of your transgressions towards us!" >> now, globalpost says before foley was killed militants had demanded a ransom, it's a staggering number, of $132 million. that was actually never paid. you see, the u.s. historically doesn't make concessions to terrorists even though many european countries actually have paid ransoms. >> cnn's ashleigh banfield spoke with french journalist nicolas henin who was held hostage with foley until henin's release in april. >> the captives, you yourself and jim and steve sotloff and those who are still there, do they know this metric? do they know that if you're american your government is not

going to -- >> yes. >> so when they are released, is that known to the americans that they're watching the western europeans leave because their governments paid for them? >> we'll hear nicolas henin's response to that question later this hour. thankfully, it's been another calm night in ferguson, missouri. the state's governor has ordered the national guard to begin leaving ferguson as the number of protesters and violent clashes dwindled. the guard first arrived on monday. meantime, a memorial for michael brown marks the exact location where the african-american teen was killed by a white police officer. you see it here as it runs right down the street, lined with rose petals. brown's funeral is monday there in st. louis. >> now, stephanie elam has been covering the story for the last several days for us. stephanie, thanks for being up so late.

let's start, second night in a row it is quiet thankfully. what's the mood like there? are tensions from what you've seen in fact deescalating? >> yeah. i wouldn't even use the word tension at all tonight. if you take a look behind me, it's right after midnight here in st. louis, in ferguson, and you can see that the streets are pretty empty. it's very calm here. and if you look two nights ago, this is about the time that it was sort of the witching hour, where we saw a melee break out between protesters and police. nothing like that tonight. the presence of police still here but not as emphasized in the middle of the street. protesters still out tonight. a diverse group of people coming out and protesting around the street. looks like they're pretty much wrapping up. i see a few people still out here but for the most part the night is coming to an end. and we spent some time over at the memorial for mike brown, the young man who was killed at the center of all of this, started this. the reason why everyone is here

in ferguson. and it was a very different tone altogether. it was very solemn. there were people coming to drop roses and then a group showed up, did a prayer circle. they sang a bit. and some more people came with more roses and lined them down the middle of the street. so really a mood here to memorialize michael brown and the place where he died. and an emphasis still to not forget the reason why it all started in the first place. but definitely much more a sense of peace and calm out here in ferguson. >> my question, stephen dwrooe, what do you think helped to turn the corner? >> i think there were a few things. i think for one, for a lot of people the fact that the attorney general of the united states came to st. louis, came to ferguson, made them feel like their voices were being heard, that's what i heard from several people here, that they have a lack of trust for the judicial system in st. louis and so they wanted to know that someone higher would be looking at this, and he has said thael review what is going on, what has happened here. i think that's one thing.

but i also think that on both sides here, between police and also people from the community, each stepping up to check themselves and say let's see how we can deescalate the situation. i saw with my own eyes police officers talking to other police officers asking them to keep their weapons down, making sure things didn't escalate more in the days that we've been here. and having seen people from the community jump out in the middle between people who started a fight, saying we're not going to do this, we're not interfacing with the police, we're not going to interface in a fighting way here. the winds are kicking up here in the middle of the night. sorry about that. our light just blew away. but really it was people taking it upon themselves to say what can we do to make this better? and i saw it with my own eyes. and it really did start changing the course of things here in ferguson. >> stephanie elam for us there. 10 minutes past midnight. thank you so much, stephen nii. great to see that in fact streets are calmer but also the tone as you're saying has also

changed. errol? now, we keep our focus on ferguson, missouri. you know, there are varying eyewitness accounts of the shooting of michael brown and multiple autopsies of his body. david mattingly, though, shows us how this potential evidence to impact the grand jury's decision on possible charges in the case. >> reporter: with a grand jury now trying to sort out the deadly encounter between the unarmed 18-year-old michael brown and the ferguson police officer darren wilson, a single bullet could be a tipping point toward an indictment. attorneys from brown's parents call it the kill shot. the fatal bullet that hit a very tall young man in the very top of his head. >> why would he be shot in the very top of his head? 6'4" man. makes no sense. >> reporter: the family's independent autopsy findings suggest brown was leaning forward, his head down, maybe wounded and falling when the fatal bullet entered his brain. that could be the start for a

grand jury looking for evidence that a crime had been committed. >> so it's not what we see on television about proof beyond a reasonable doubt. and it's not even measuring the evidence like a preponderance of the evidence. >> law professor peter joy explains the grand jury could be flooded with evidence. but it doesn't have to decide if anyone is guilty or innocent. it can sort through eyewitness testimony. >> and he turns around facing the cop. he puts his hands in the air. >> he had his arms under his stomach and he was halfway down like he was going down. >> reporter: it will be necessary when trying to figure out if brown was charging and the officer feared for his life or if brown was surrendering. the clinical evaluation of the fatal shot, its location and direction, could be key. >> could that give this jury probable cause? >> it could, but only if you look at it in light of where the officer was to mr. brown and what mr. brown was doing. >> reporter: the st. louis grand

jury has already started its secret examination of the evidence, the beginning of what promises to be a long process. david mattingly, cnn, ferguson, missouri. later in our special coverage, missouri's governor talks to cnn. and jay nixon is making no apologies for his reaction to the michael brown shooting controversy. >> make no mistake. those are decisions that i am responsible for. and while i will listen to folks' advice about them, i'm making them. >> jay nixon states his case to our don lemon just ahead. we're back after a very short break.

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welcome back. a senior hamas official says members of the militant group were behind the kidnapping and killing of three israeli teenagers back in june. >> and this is the first such acknowledgment of hamas involvement. >> translator: the popular will was exercised throughout our occupied land and culminated in the heroic operation by the qassam brigades in imprisoning three settlers in hebron. there was much speculation about this operation. some said it was a conspiracy. it was from the occupation. no. this was an operation from your brothers in qassam undertaken to aid their brothers on hunger strike in israeli prisoners. >> well, israel says it will continue to target hamas leaders anywhere and everywhere after an israeli air strike killed three

senior military commanders in gaza. the israelis say they will hit anyone who tries to harm their citizens. but as fred pleitgen now reports, hamas is vowing revenge. >> the israelis are hailing this as a major victory for their intelligence services. and certainly the video that we got from the israel defense forces shows that they used massive ordnance to take out the house that these three hamas operatives were apparently in. it shows that several bombs were dropped on that site. apparently, the crater that all of this left behind was about the size of an entire residential block. and we know that at least eight other houses were either damaged or destroyed in that air strike. over a dozen people were killed in total, including these three operatives for the qassam brigades. now, the information we're getting from hamas is that these three were the leaders of the qassam brigades for the south of gaza that includes rafah and also includes khan younis as well. they were in the top echelon of the organization. the information that we're getting from the israelis is that one of these three was

responsible at least in part for the kidnapping of gilad shalit. they also say one of them was responsible for the tunnel network that went from rafah toward egypt and also toward israel. so certainly this is something that the israelis are saying was a big coup for their intelligence community. hamas for its part is vowing revenge. there was a huge funeral in rafah today for these three men. thousands of people showed up. a lot of them of course were very angry and vowed revenge as well. that's certainly what we've been seeing throughout the better part of a day. there were a lot of rockets launched toward israeli territory. there were a lot of air strikes that the israelis conducted for their part. one of the big targets that the qassam brigade and hamas have called out is they want to disrupt the service at ben gurion international airport, which is of course the international airport in the tel aviv area in israel. so far they say that they've targeted the airport with m-75 rockets. the israelis are saying they have no indication of that, they

don't believe that's true. they say any sort of rockets that have gone in that area were either intercepted by the iron dome missile defense system or have simply landed in open fields. the israelis say they've stepped up their aerial campaign, they've taken out a lot of targets here in gaza. the hamas officials are saying that most of those who were killed were civilians. they speak of more than 30 people who were killed today alone. fred pleitgen, cnn, gaza. all right. we switch to other stories for you after the break. coming up -- anger and protests over efforts to contain ebola in liberia. we'll look at details on this in a second. ge warranty on a certified pre-owned mercedes-benz? what does it mean to drive as far as you want... for up to three years... and be covered? it means your odometer... is there to record... the memories. during the mercedes-benz

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welcome back. senegal is now closing off its border with guinea in an effort to prevent the spread of the deadly ebola virus. >> senegalese state media says the country's also closing its air and sea borders to sierra leone and liberia. meanwhile, two american patients receiving treatment for ebb ola in the u.s. have some good news there. dr. kent brantly hugged his treatment team on thursday after announcing he and colleague nancy writebol are free of the disease. brantly and writebol were flown from liberia to atlanta three weeks ago and while in quarantine at emery hospital one

of their doctors cautioned there's still a lot of work to be done. >> we understand that there are a lot of questions and concerns regarding ebola virus and the infection that it cause. p however, we cannot let our fears dictate our actions. we must all care. as grateful as we are today, our work is far from over. we are very mindful of all of those in west africa who are still fighting for their lives against this threat and those who are caring for them, putting their own lives in danger. >> meanwhile, liberia that very fear is causing some clashes in the area. a report on the delicate situation there. >> reporter: liberian soldiers toting guns at war with ebola and anyone who might be carrying

it. these are not criminals. they're the poor living in the nation's capital. blockaded in squalor under a government-enforced ebola quarantine. the biggest quarantine zone is monrovia's west point slum on the atlantic coast, home to more than 50,000 people. streets once overcrowded now desola desolate. a bustling marketplace empty. leaving residents here fearing more than just the ebola virus but also how to meet basic needs. >> my personal opinion, it's very, very bad. it's very, very bad. as you can see the areas of business, nobody's selling now. you can't even come to your own area, they will stop you from coming to your place.

>> reporter: the ebola threat is very real. so far liberia is the hardest hit by the deadly virus. almost 1,000 people have been infected here. more than 500 have died. and with such staggering numbers comes crippling fear. >> it is like a wartime. in terms of fear, general fear all over where you are. nobody understanding what's going on. >> reporter: and though ebola doesn't discriminate, in monrovia it's the poor who suffer most. isha sesay, cnn, atlanta. there is much more coming up for you, including this. >> i have been told with no uncertainty there are isis sleeper cells in this country. >> we'll look at whether the brutal terror group that's accused of executions in iraq and syria could also be hiding in the west. plus missouri's governor has

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welcome back to cnn newsroom. i'm isa soares. >> and i'm errol barnett. here are the biggest stories we're following for you right now. the last e-mail received from the killers of american journalist james foley blames his death on the u.s. government's decision to launch air strikes against isis in iraq. the e-mail was released by globalpost. that's the online publication foley last worked for. the e-mail was received one week before foley was beheaded. a senior hamas official says members of the militant group

were behind the kidnapping and killing of three israeli teenagers. the boys were abducted in june from the west bank city of hebron. this is the first such acknowledgment of hamas involvement in those killings. right now malaysia is observing a national day of mourning. if you were tuned to cnn international earlier, you watched this live as the remains of 20 malaysian airlines flight 17 victims were flown from amsterdam to kuala lumpur on friday. 43 of the 298 people killed in that disaster were from malaysia. a missile shot the plane down over eastern ukraine on july 17th. robin williams's final resting place is san francisco bay. cnn obtained his death certificate which revealed he was cremated and his ashes scattered in the bay. the actor comedian believed to have committed suicide on august 11th in his home just north of san francisco. the sheriff's department says it would not release the 911 calls related to his death.

>> all right. just some of the headlines we're tracking. but now we return to our top story. >> that's right. u.s. air strikes targeted isis fighters at the mosul dam on thursday. and the militants demanded american military action be stopped or a second u.s. journalist could face execution. pentagon officials say isis will remain a long-term threat and that the u.s. is looking at all options. >> now, all of this comes after this week's shocking video showing an isis terrorist beheading captured american journalist james foley. the news website foley worked for, globalpost, says before foley was killed militants had demanded a ransom of $132 million for him that was actually never paid. the u.s. government opposes paying ransoms. >> one of the main ways isil has been funded throughout this conflict had been from ransom payments that others have paid. we believe this in 2014, that's in the millions of dollars.

so we believe that paying ransoms or making concessions would put all americans overseas at risk of kidnapping or in harm's way. but ransoms would also fund or finance exactly the groups that we're trying to degrade their capabilities. >> now, although the u.s. historically doesn't make concessions to terrorists, many european countries actually have paid ransoms. cnn's ashleigh banfield spoke with a french journalist who was held with james foley until this journalist's release back in april. >> thank god you were released and you made it home to your loved ones. and jim foley, theres with a ransom request that was made. the americans don't meet those ransom requests. the western europeans are known, although no one will ever confirm it. do the captives, you yourself and jim and steve sotloff and those who are still there, do they know this metric? do they know that if you're

american the government is not -- >> yes. >> so when they are released is that known to the americans, that they're watching the western europeans leave because they were paid for? >> i don't know what was paid for. i don't know what was the term of the exchange for me. i presume there was a bargain because -- i have no clue what it was. there are many things we can get in exchange for the release of a hostage. >> for more on the ransom question i spoke earlier with david rohde. he's a former "new york times" yoert who was kidnapped by the taliban in 2008 and held for seven months. he says the payment of ransom must be removed from the shadows and debated publicly. >> there has to be a consistent policy. middle ground is where a company. france should admit if it's paying ransoms. and maybe the french public would support that. there's a big difference here,

and this is a key issue, you know, culturally. i think there's a greater sense among french citizens that if they get in danger abroad the french government will help them. there's more of a sense in american culture that if something goes wrong you're sort of on your own and your family or some other organization is responsible for you. israel trade 1,000 prisoners for the release of one prisoner. it's not going to be easy to have a completely uniform policy, but let's at least discuss this. just at least frankly jim foley deserves this. he's given his life here. we have to have this debate. we have to deal with this problem before there are more victims. >> and like you said, you know, discussing it perhaps may need to begin with acknowledging that that is indeed taking place from these european governments. we heard today from the ceo of globalpost that european governments would pay about $5 million for their journalists. the ransom for james foley was $132 million.

i mean, this is in itself an outrageous ransom demand. and it's for a reason, isn't it? it's impossible to pay. >> it is impossible to pay. and frankly that was sort of their starting position. if there had been a serious negotiation they might have dropped. but this is the problem. when i was kidnapped five years ago, the taliban demand for me was $25 million in cash and the release of 15 prisoners from guantanamo bay, cuba. five years later we're at over $100 million. so the problem's getting worse. and again, i just -- this is a horrific killing that's happened. and i also should say it's important for people to focus the anger on the kidnappers. yes, governments can do a better job, but there's often -- people argue with each other, what's the right approach? you know, this government's bad or this government's good with what it's doing. the problem is the kidnappers. they create these impossible situations. it's a cowardly act to take an unarmed journalist like james foley, hold him captive, and publicly murder him in this way.

>> a fascinating conversation there. the man you spoke with was lucky, you could say. he was able to escape. >> he mentioned in that conversation that we had earlier that james foley also made an attempt to escape. >> heartbreaking stuff. but as intelligence and officials try and identify the man who executed james foley, other experts are investigating just how jihadist groups are able to recruit westerners. foley's killer, you see, had a british accent in that video. >> and it's estimated there are up to 500 british recruits in syria and iraq. brian todd looks at whether their radical brand of islam could spread to the u.s. >> reporter: moments before beheading james foley his executioner, an isis terrorist, warns of more attacks on americans. >> any attempt by you, obama, to deny the muslims their rights of living in safety under the islamic caliphate will result in the bloodshed of your people.

>> tonight new indications that isis could harm more americans and others in the west. a u.s. intelligence official tells cnn they have indications of isis cells in europe, which could attack u.s. embassies and other american interests. the official says it's not clear if those terrorists were ordered by isis or if they went on their own. an isis fighter threatened the west, telling reuters, "we have also penetrated them with those who look like them. does isis have cells in america? former cia officer bob baer believes they do. >> i have been told with no uncertainty there are isis sleeper cells in this country. >> reporter: but two u.s. officials tell cnn they have no indications of isis cells inside america right now. still, they are very concerned that isis fighters with western passports could travel to the u.s. and launch attacks. officials believe a handful of americans have fought with isis in iraq and syria. and cnn's peter bergen says others have tried to help the group. >> here you've got three americans who've been indicted

for joining isis within the last year. including, by the way, a woman, which is quite unusual. luckily, they were arrested before they could leave the country. but clearly, ice sis sort of -- if you're interested in this ideology, that's the most exciting thing to go and join right now. >> reporter: and tracking americans who are part of isis is getting more difficult, especially on the ground in syria and iraq. a senior u.s. intelligence official tells us the footprint for american human intelligence in that area is not extensive. analysts say the isis leader, abu bhakr al baghdadi has extra motivation to send his fighters to the u.s. >> baghdadi, who's the head of isis, is a narcissistic psychopath. he wants to be bigger than osama bin laden. one of the ways he will measure that is how effective and how big the terrorist activities he can carry out in the west are compared to what bin laden was able to do. >> reporter: analysts saying abaghdadi's also taking a page

from bin laden's propaganda book. they say he gets shock value, he knows how chilling it is for westerners to hear someone with a western accent speaking to the camera, then carrying out a horrible barbaric act like the killing of james foley. brian todd, cnn, washington. we are happy to report it's another calm night on the streets of ferguson, missouri. it's now around 39 minutes past midnight. there are no protests and no scenes of violent confrontations with police. these improving conditions prompted governor jay nixon to order the national guard to start leaving ferguson. guard troops had arrived on monday. earlier we heard from our stephanie elam, who said streets are calmer and the tone has also changed. >> well, governor nixon sat down with cnn's don lemon. he defended his position since

michael brown was killed by a police officer including why he deployed the national guard to ferguson. take a listen to their conversation. >> they had a limited mission coming in. their mission the night that a couple hundred folks tried to overtake the command center, that wasn't good. that's why late that night, after getting the report, i made the decision to get them out there to provide that perimeter. >> to the command center. so you're not yanking them out. it's going to be -- >> we're going to have a systematic drawdown. we're working with the commanders to do that. but we're going to make sure we keep safety there. but i think that that original mission has certainly been accomplished. the security is strong there. and as we see folks getting calmer, fewer arrests, fewer problems here, that that mission, what we're going to drawing down, we don't need the same force strength. >> was that your decision or eric holder's? was that a federal government position?

because you met with eric holder yesterday -- >> it was 100% my decision. state of missouri. i declared a state of emergency. while i listen to folks, make no mistake, those are decisions i'm spom f responsible for. while i'll listen to advice about them, i'm making them. >> did he give you any advice -- >> no, attorney general holder was focused not more on what he's doing. and when i talked to the president about it we talked about the rules of engagement. >> did he know -- initially they said that the white house didn't know about it, there was some concern about that. >> i've not made a habit of picking up the phone at 3:00 in the morning and calling the president. so i did not instantaneously, as i did that, you know, call him. we did try to communicate early that evening, that there were some challenges that looked like they were coming. but we talked to him after that

decision was made. >> because you said 100%. did anyone advise you against sending in the guard? >> i'm not going to go through, you know -- but all i'm saying, in this job when you're looking into -- seeing your team there and you see them come back from a night of very hard work, guns shot over their heads, molotov cocktails, and pick a number, 150 to 200 trying to take overt headquarters and they are still in their flak jackets, in their command center, and they ask you for additional resources, there was not a -- it was a clear decision. >> i want to read something to you because yesterday the only governor in america, massachusetts deval patrick emotionally weighed nont situation in ferguson. he said "i am sick of it. i am sick of unarmed black men being shot by police." he went on to say while we've made a great deal of progress on race relations there is still much more to be done."

is he right? >> there's clearly more to be done. absolutely. when you see the issues of race and poverty and education and police and you see some of these relationships break down across the country. and i think my good friend deval is probably frustrated not only about watching this but about seeing it in other parts. i'm not going to speak about his state. but we all know the issues and actions that happened here unfortunately have happened in other cities we just hope in this moment in which we have apparently been chosen to be the centerpiece of attention that we here in missouri use our ears, not just our mouth, that we kind of come through the sharp discussion, the political back and forth that seemed to seas s for americans to fall in right now and talk about the issues in a better way. >> bob mcculloch, the prosecutor, we hear and t. it over and over again in the

community, he has to go. are you going to leave him on the case? >> he's the elected prosecutor in this area. you have a separate investigation going on by the attorney general. no, i'm not going to do that. i'm focused on what i need to get done. and i ask everybody to do their piece of their responsibilities also. >> so he's going to stay? >> i have no intent or desire to do that. my focus is on making sure that we get the security issues here and that both of those dual investigations have the resources and ability to get to truth and justice. >> and you feel that he can be objective in this case? >> he's had a long history. the people of this community have elected him time after time after time. and as i said before, i've made a pretty big decision already, something i've never done before, which is to in essence come in and supersede local law enforcement on the security side. and i think it's been something

we were focused what we were trying to do and i think we've made progress. we clearly are making progress in that regard. so my focus is on a different thing. and while there will be a great deal -- there's a great deal of emotion on all of these issues. it's appropriate for that to occur. my focus is not to remove people from their responsibilities but to ask that awful us live up to our responsibilities. >> cnn's conversation with missouri's governor there. all right. more to come for you here on cnn, including an unexpected story, you could say, out of ukraine. in the midst of all the turmoil there, love is blooming. or at least the wedding business is. we'll explain after this. join us for the celebration package...with sparkling wine, breakfast and a late checkout. doubletree by hilton. where the little things mean everything. oh! the name your price tool! you tell them how much you want to pay,

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they've identified the 20 victims over the past couple weeks. their remains arrived in kuala lumpur from amsterdam to a solemn ceremony. >> mh17 was shot down over eastern ukraine, where intense fighting still hampers access to the crash site. let's show you some new footage in to cnn of the region. a museum in donetsk. now just a pile of rubble. museum officials say eight separate shells hit this building which is planning to celebrate its 90th anniversary this year. meantime, ukrainian border guards are inspecting the humanitarian cargo in more than a dozen russian trucks. the red cross will be taking that aid to some of the ukraine's hardest-hit cities like luhansk, for example. and ukrainian president petro poroshenko is preparing to meet russian president vladimir putin in belarus tuesday to try to find a diplomatic end to the crisis. >> and despite all the upheaval in ukraine, there's one business that is flourishing. will ripley shows us the

nation's booming business of love and marriage. >> reporter: the wedding room in this kiev registration office isn't quite as busy as vegas. >> you have been married. >> reporter: lately it's close. couples are coming here to make it official before walking down the aisle. >> we're really enjoying it. >> reporter: john gotti and daria folenko's love story didn't begin in a bar, coffee shop or restaurant. >> we met online. >> reporter: one of thousands of ukrainian marriage agency websites full of single women in their 20s to their 50s, run by professional matchmakers like natalia koval. >> women want stability. >> reporter: but stability is in short supply with the ongoing crisis in ukraine. >> economically very unable. we know why. >> reporter: there's also a husband shortage. the ukrainian government estimates there are 20% more women than men. >> there is higher percentage of the women that are more open to leaving the country. >> reporter: and plenty of men from other countries willing to pay what koval estimates is

10,000 to 50,000 u.s. dollars to find a ukrainian wife. >> it's not a marriage for sale is what you're saying. >> no. >> reporter: photos of the couples she's brought together line her office walls. her international clients are mostly american or, like gotti, from western europe. getting her home to england is complicated by the fact that russia annexed her home. >> we were lucky in crimea that we didn't have a real war. >> reporter: but piles of extra paperwork are required to get her out of a country ravaged by violence. >> and when you're watching all this, were you worried? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: their year-long courtship endured. they plan to start a family in the uk. >> of course we all want to live in a more secure world. but a part of me still stays over here with people i love. >> reporter: she rejects the notion of a mail order bride, saying the love they found is real, even if they found it through the booming marriage business of a country in crisis. will ripley, cnn, kiev, ukraine.

>> all right. but you know, there are skeptics out there. but they say this is real love. they spent a year of courtship. >> what, on the phone? >> on the internet? >> probably. >> good to see some folks there, especially in ukraine have also -- >> absolutely. although they spend so much money, between $10,000 to $50,000. >> go to your local pub in the uk if you can find someone there. i'm teasing of course. we're going to have more stories for you here on cnn. when we come back, the surprising fate of the biker who you're about to see in this video. is this real? you decide after the break.

japan continues to recover from massive and deadly landslides as more heavy rain moves in. >> that's right. meteorologist ivan cabrera joins us from the cnn weather center with all the details.

ivan, is this rain going to abate anytime soon? >> no, unfortunately not. we're still getting some ran pallfall. it's not as heavy as we've had it over the last -- my goodness, at this point several months. but i think any little bit is going to hurt here because it has been torrential in the last few weeks as the result of a couple of typhoons and then we had a boundary that just set up that brought some very heavy rainfall. of course all of this just came together in the worst possible way. i'll show you some of the pictures in the landslides. but this is what we're talking about here. look at mount origata. 84 inches if you're watching us from the u.s. and prefer that measurement unit. 200 -- or 2,000 millimeters. just an incredible amount of in. then of course the wettest august ever in kochi, japan. picking up 57 inches where they normally only get 14 1/2 in the entire month here. and we're almost through with it but not quite done. take a look at these draltic pictures if you haven't seen it. the land just giving way. and you can imagine the

destruction there. just had no chance because of all that rainfall that came in. now, in this part of the world we are able to put out warnings. because of all the rainfall and because of the topography we know when there is going to be heavy landslides. but sometimes you just cannot get people out of the way in time. just like in the united states. you get the tornado warnings out, but sometimes you just can't get out of the way fast enough. and this is the issue now. the recovery efforts continue with heavy rain that has been ongoing. we have additional rain that's going to be coming in, anywhere from 25 to 50 millimeters of rainfall, which normally wouldn't be a lot but in this situation it's going to be too much. and unfortunately, more is going to be on the way. china with a bit of a break now. but by the time we get into the afternoon the thunderstorms will get bubbling here. quiet in the western pacific. going to leave with you this disturbance in the caribbean. we're watching this for high potential, if you have interests in the bahamas especially, watch this for the potential of development. it's been quiet here but we may

get something going. guys? >> storms abrewing. thanks, ivan. appreciate the update. it is an incredible motorcycle crash caught on tape. >> or is it? you decide. jeanne moos checks out the video and the controversy. >> reporter: this is the story of a biker who lands on his feet. or is it too much of a feat to believe? the bmw screen right is about to switch lanes and get rammed by a motorcycle on a highway supposedly in belarus. the biker sticks his landing and stays there till the car comes to a stop and he gets off. millions of people have viewed this clip leaving comments like "imagine if the sunroof were open." of course smart ale-alecky comm started scoring the accident as if it were some kinds of gymnastics routine. "i'll give him a 10 for the landing but the rotations were a little sloppy. .5 deduction for not having his toes pointed." one poster summed up his

reaction with a clip from "tommy boy." >> that was awesome. >> reporter: but naysayers were adamant, "this video is faker than my rolex." an expert on digital forensics told cnn, "i believe that this is indeed a forgery." he cited ringing artifacts, visual noise around the biker, and said the biker and the motorcycle had most likely been pasted in from a different video. but a respected newspaper in belarus reported the crash of a suzuki bike going 53 miles per hour and quoted an official saying the biker was incredibly lucky. real or fake, there's one guy whose opinion should carry a little extra weight. after all, he's been there. on a car roof. he was wearing a helmet cam while riding his motorcycle last summer in florida when he rear-ended a car that had slowed. after the car stopped rolling --

>> can you get this off me? >> what hurts? are you hurt? >> my leg might be broken. >> reporter: turned out it wasn't broken. his reaction to the biker who appears to land on his feet? "that video was great. i don't doubt its legitimacy for a second. i bet he was left with nothing more than bumps and bruises just like me." two bikers who managed to raise the roof on the internet by landing like a cat on a hot tin car roof. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> what do you think? >> that is incredible. i mean, possibly a forgery. even if it is, a very good one. and if it isn't, an amazing save. >> absolutely. i think spider-man would be so proud of that. >> i think you're absolutely right. good call there. thanks for watching, everyone. i'm errol barnett. >> and i'm isa soares. another hour of our special coverage is next, as the u.s. continues targeting isis around the country. we'll go live to baghdad for the latest. also, the parents of

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