plus -- in india, floods are washing away bridges and killing dozens of people. find out what relief the forecast has in store. later, two major upsets in the u.s. open. a look at the two surprising men's finalists. we welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world to our continuing news coverage here an cnn. i'm george howell. it's just past noon in ukraine and a fragile cease-fire has been rattled by shelling on two separate fronts. artillery and machine gunfire hit a petrol station just outside the southern city of mariupol. in donetsk, the city council says shelling and explosions can be heard near the airport. it is not clear at this point who is responsible but each side now is blaming the other for violating the truce. the area just outside mariupol has seen sporadic fighting between government forces and russian backed rebels before the cease-fire went into effect

friday. diana magnay joins us with the latest on a fragile situation out there. diana? >> reporter: it is. i wouldn't even call it a fragile truce, george. from my perspective it feels broken, even if it hasn't been declared as such, by authorities, by poroshenko. last night around midnight, heavy artillery fire at the eastern checkpoint heading east toward the rshian border. very heavy shelling there. much closer into town than it has been before. taking out that petrol station. burnt vehicles there still on fire this morning. and as we and many other journalists were standing there earlier on, we heard another round of incoming mortar fire. you can imagine how fast people ran. the soldiers also running to get away. we didn't hear an impact, but this -- the shelling in this city continues as though the cease-fire never really went

into effect. there was also machine gunfire last night. we saw many people driving as fast as they could from the eastern outskirts to get back into mariupol. also saw a car where civilians had been badly shot and injured as a result of this machine gunfire. it's very difficult to tell who exactly was firing but from the perspective in mariupol, this seemss to not be worth the paper it was written on. also shelling of donets. today is the day when the prisoner exchange would have taken place. we've learned exactly what the 12-point parts of this cease-fire are. and yet i would really question whether any of them are actually fulfilled for especially this prisoner exchange given the fact the fighting seems to have resumed on several fronts. george? >> a lot of people, obviously, were hoping are? bit of peace in this situation. what is it like now for people who have lived with this for

quite some time now, just people trying to live their daily lives, trying to get by? >> well, there was a lot of skepticism that this cease-fire would hold when the last one didn't. but i think a lot of people hoped it would last and give them temporary respite that would at least be longer than 30 hours. people deal with this conflict with a remarkable resilience we feel having driven around these roads and talked to so many people. also what's important to note is the shelling from the pro-russian rebels side and we haven't been able to look at the impact of the ukrainian return of fire, but seems to have been very precise. so, for example, yesterday we were at a village that had been shelled, that ukrainians have positioned their tanks by kindergarten and school. now that kindergarten and school was pretty much the only building that had been badly damaged in the village. it shows you how precise the

targeting is. so i think, although many people have left the villages and towns, many people have made sure that they know where to go should artillery fire come in and set et ra. they are trying to go in about their daily lives as normal, george. >> diana magnay joining us live near mariupol, ukraine. we appreciatior reporting and wish you safety there. the u.s. has launched new air strikes on isis militants. this time they focused on haditha dam in the western part of that city. in tablisi, georgia, chuck hagel sid the air strikes are consistent with the u.s. strategy in fighting isis and not an escalation of u.s. involvement. >> haditha dam is a critically important facility for iraq. it is, i think, the second largest hydroelectric dam in iraq. consistent with what the

president has said with the guidelines for any military action there to protect our people and critical infrastructures in iraq. both of those fit clearly into the purpose of the strikes, as well as the request of the iraqi government. >> pentagon officials say they've conducted at least 133 air strikes in recent weeks against isis in iraq. we're joined live in baghdad with the very latest. want to start with this question. just about the significance of these air strikes in haditha. >> well, george, it does seem that this is an expansion of the area of where the u.s. air strikes have been taking place as we have seen since they started august the 8th. they've really been pretty much

centered around the northern part of the country. now we're seeing it move to the west of the country to anbar province, this key province, the sunni heartland of iraq bordering syria and much of the province has been under the control of isis since january really when they started making those advances. but the first iraqi city, fallujah and anbar province falling into the hands of isis. we just spoke to a senior official, a top official in anbar province and he tells us, 5:00 this morning local time, a ground offensive was launched under u.s. air cover with the support of u.s. air strikes to retake areas west of haditha and the haditha dam. now had eighth and the dam have been under the control of iraqi security forces and sunni tribes in the area, despite many attempts by isis militants to try and take those key areas. what we are told by this

official is this operation today is to retake parts around a district. this is about six miles west of haditha, and they say isis has been using this area to launch attacks on the haditha dam like mortar strikes. and they have been really concerned, he says, about the dam being damaged and hit which could have caused a catastrophe for the province. >> also want to ask you about one of the worst atrocities. the killing of military recruits back in june. human rights watch estimating 770 people so far confirmed killed, and that number could be much higher. do you have any updates on that case? >> well, george, officials here say those figures are just the tip of the iceberg. it's been more than almost three months now since the recruits and soldiers from camp speicher

have vanished. and there are more questions than answers right now especially for the families who have been suffering the most. 5-year-old and 2-year-old share what they have left of their father. a photograph. too painful for their grandmother fatima to watch. the children are too young to understand. their father is one of the men in this video of what looked like an endless line of military cadets captured by isis in june as the group swept through tikrit. isis claimed it killed 1700 shia soldiers and released videos of cold-blooded mass murders. nearly three months on, like hundreds of other military families, ahmed's family doesn't know his fate. i don't want anything in life except for one thing. bring me my son, his mother fatima tells us. in an emotional scene that's come to depict the suffering of

so many military families, at a recent meet with senior lawmakers, fatima tells them, we brought you to power. bring back our sons, dead or alive. she removes her head scarf, a symbol of her honor and throws it at officials to shame them into finding her boy. fatima also was among this group of families who stormed parliament last week demanding answers. the protest forced lawmakers to summon the minister of defense and senior commanders for questioning. families say as isis advance in tikrit, the recruits received orders from their commanders to move out of their fortified camp with no weapons or security. they ended up in the hands of sunni extremists. the military denies issue anything orders and says they deserted. many relatives are holding on to the hope that some of the recruits may still be captive. officials say the answers like most of the bodies in mass graves lie in tikrit. a city isis rules and they

cannot reach. fatima says she doesn't trust their government and wants an international investigation by the united nations. 22-year-old ahmed, like many others in this poor farming town south of baghdad, joined the military because it's the only job he could find. his wife cannot speak, nor stop crying. the anguish visible in his father's face. fatima shows me the last time she saw her son alive. in a video clip of a daptured recruits. this one he looks at the camera. it's a message for us to tell us i'm here. ahmed the family is overwhelmed by grief. they don't know whether to mourn or to wait. this is just one story out of 1700, if not many, many more. >> terrible situation there. we appreciate your reporting live in baghdad. the u.s. president barack

obama has decided to wait until after november's congressional elections to take on the contentious issue of immigration. that decision to delay executive action has angered many groups on both sides of this debate. pro reformers say the united states needs to stop the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants. the president's critics say those immigrants put a heavy burden on american taxpayers who compete for u.s. jobs. we will have much more an the immigration debate later in this show bup it's not just the united states and mexico facing this heated issue. we see the influx of immigrants from france into the united kingdom. >> lee crosson is filled with dread each time he nears caleh he's securing his truck as best i can. but these defenses will be tested in broad daylight by desperate migrants trying to get into britain.

>> sometimes it's more like a war zone than what it used to be. as you get into caleh, 99% sure you'll get the immigrants in your trailer. >> he takes us down a notorious back road, diesel alley, lined with migrants from africa desperate to stow aboard a truck to get into britain. >> the rest of dan's report is coming up here in 30 minutes. next on cnn, artillery fire threatens the cease-fire in eastern ukraine. but neither side is giving up the truce just yet. we'll go live to kiev. plus, how gushing waters are ravaging parts of south asia with some of the worst flooding that region has seen in more than half a century. beta-glucan...f a soluable fiber from whole grain oat foods like cheerios can help lower cholesterol. thank you!

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sierra leone is planning a three-day nationwide lockdown later this month to try to contain the deadly ebola outbreak. officials say the shutdown could be extended even longer if necessary. but the medical aid group doctors without borders says the lockdown could be counterproductive. still, sierra leone's information minister is defending his country's efforts. take a listen. >> we locked don the country for a whole day n everybody appreciated it. the fear of ebola also was reduced. so we believe that shutting down

again for another period of three days, although the population has been asking for 21 days. some asking for 14 days. the government in its wisdom, together with their partners, if the international community, the world community, unicef and they have decided that three-day lockdown would be effective because the incubation period of the virus is between two to three days. >> now about that three-day incubation period, the world health organization says it could take as long as three weeks for people exposed to ebola to show symptoms, although 8 to 10 days is the most common incubation period. an american being held in north korea may learn his fate within the week. north korean state news says matthew miller will appear before the country's supreme court on september 14th. he's been in detention there since april. north korea says the 24-year-old

tore up his tourist visa and sought asylum in that country upon entry. last week our will ripley spoke with miller who had this message for the u.s. government. >> that my situation is very urgent that very soon i'm going to trial and i would directly be sent to prison. i think this is -- this interview is my final chance to push the american government into helping me. >> so it's your final chance. what do you want to tell them? that you haven't already said? >> that i need help, and they need to quickly make movement because there's not much time. >> miller says he has admitted his guilt and apologized to north korea but will not officially learn the charges until his hearing. in jamaica, military officials have spotted debris that might be from a plane that crashed on friday in the caribbean sea. crews have been searching for the wreckage of this single

engine private plane for more than a day now. it was traveling from new york state on its way to florida but along the way, the pilot became unresponsive to air traffic controllers. both the u.s. and cuba scrambled military jets to try to determine what was happening. the plane eventually ran out of fuel and crashed with two people on board. a french journalist once held and tortured by militants in syria says one of his captors is the same man charged with killing four people at the jewish museum in brussels last may. karl penhaul has more. >> mehdi was arrested and accused of the shooting rampage at a jewish museum in brussels back in may. following his arrest, audio and video recordings were shown to a french journalist who had been held hostage in syria. in a press conference, he came out and identified mamush as one

of the men who tortured him during part of his time in captivity. he was held with three other french journalists and also wuths a number of other western hostages, including the two u.s. journalists james foley and steven sotloff who have now been beheaded by isis fighters. he told the difference he met mamush between july and december of last year and that mamush visited the captives roughly once a week during which time he would beat them. inan said he was so callous that on one occasion he boasted how he bought a new set of leather gloves with the sole purpose of beating inan's face. according to his lawyer, some of the other french hostages also released along with inan back in april have not confirmed that mamush is the same man that they knew during their time in captivity. is also not clear whether

investigators have been able to question mamush about his actions in syria. if that may have provided any actionable intelligence that authorities could use in their efforts to secure the release of other western hostages currently being held by isis. karl penhaul, cnn, london. still to come on cnn, a pioneer who paved the way for women in comedy. we look ahead at the funeral service of joan rivers. [ female announcer ] you get sick, you can't breathe through your nose... suddenly you're a mouth breather. a mouth breather! how do you sleep like that? you dry up, your cold feels even worse. well, put on a breathe right strip and shut your mouth. cold medicines open your nose over time, but add a breathe right strip, and pow! it instantly opens your nose up to 38% more so you can breathe and do the one thing you want to do. sleep. add breathe right to your cold medicine. shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right.

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some dramatic pictures of severe floodwaters flowing through indian administered kashmir. at least 97 people have died across 2,000 villages damaged by the flooding. dozens of bridges and roads have been completely washed away. some 5,000 people so far have been rescued. the residents have complained of a poor government response. in some of the hardest hit areas. we're tracking it all here. ivanka brer cabrera has the lam the weather center. >> that's an incredible scene across pakistan n india. with all you got, that's how you respond and they are trying the best they can. getting helicopters in. that's the way they are getting people out because some of the roads and villages have just one road going in and out. a road that's been washed out, that's it. you're cut off, marooned.

that's what's been happening here with the two many rivers, jhelum and chenab. take a look at the expansion here. you can barely see it but it engorges as a result of all the heavy rain. three times the normal monthly average for the entire month of september and we're barely into september here. we're talking 13 inches there in islamabad and 15 inches in lahore. this is as of thursday. most of it really fell in a couple of days. we're still raining, although i think the worst of it now we're transitioning into a drier pattern over the next couple of days. you see the blow of thunderstorms here. what makes it worse, the mountains here. it enhances the rainfall and also has to come down the mountain and that's where the villages are and then you get scenes like this. let's look what's happening on the ground as a result of these incredible floods. as george mentioned, haven't seen this, at least in this particular area in quite some time. we're talking about a

humanitarian disaster across this region here. we've had villages that have been completely wiped out and then people trying to get out of harm's way are packing themselves into buses and then the buses are rolling over into the floods. just a mess. and at this point, i think we'll begin to see some dry weather because what's been happening is that those rescue efforts have been under way as you can see here. still raining with some of those scenes here. beginning, i think, tomorrow we'll be seeing drier conditions behind me. you'll see one of our computer model forecasts indicating drier conditions. the heaviest of the rain further south which is really where it should be this time of the year. this is way late in the monsoon season to be getting torrential downpours here. some dry air working its way in from the north. busy at the typhoon warning center. they've been popping out advisories like crazy. we have td-14. let's focus on the one in the

south china sea. hanan, you are getting pounded with very heavy rainfall. there you see it going inland in about 24 hours. and rainfall tallies anywhere from 100 to 150 millimeters. and our last one here is tropical storm fengshen. >> a mess out there. thank you so much. funeral services will be held today in new york for comedienne joan rivers. fans have been leaving flowers and cards at her star an the hollywood walk of fame in california. the new york city medical examiner's office has completed its autopsy but says more studies need to happen to determine what caused her death. rivers family says the 81-year-old performer died peacefully in a new york hospital on thursday. even before her death, rivers had her funeral all planned out. in 2012 she wrote, she wanted it to be a real showbiz event. "i want paparazzi and i want

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welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world to our continuing news coverage on cnn. i'm george howell. here's a rundown of your world he headlns. the u.s. military launched air strikes near the haditha dam. that dam has been under threat from militants for several days. pentagon officials say they've conducted at least 133 air strikes in recent weeks against isis in iraq. neither side is giving up on a cease-fire in eastern ukraine, despite shelling on two key fronts. artillery fire hit the outskirts of mariupol overnight, and there are reports of explosions near the airport in donitsk. at this point it's not clear who is responsible. north korea state news agency says the american matthew miller will be judged in court on september 14th. miller has been held since april. north korea says he tore up his

tourist visa and asked for asylum when he entered the country. a crippling monsoon season is hitting parts of india and south asia with some of the worst flooding in six decades. at least 97 people so far have died in india administered kashmir. dozens of bridges and roads have been completely washed away in the storm. now more on our top story and u.s. efforts to contain the threat of isis in iraq. gohel is the international security director of the asia pacific foundation. he joins us from england. let's first start with this coalition. we know it's forming, but the countries have not yet been announced. could this coalition of nations, could it be bigger than what we saw during the first gulf war? >> potentially, yes, it could. so could the pitfalls as well because in many ways it is a coalition of rivals. you have countries like saudi

arabia and iran that have competing interests that continue that sunni islam, shia islam approach. and turkey as well. but ultimately, all these countries are willing to support the u.s. action in iraq against isis but they also want in return the continued support of the removal of the assad regime in syria. that's where it gets complicated. >> certainly strange bedfellows with our reporting between a possible cooperation, the u.s. denying it, but a possible cooperation with iran. what more can you tell us your insights on that? >> as strange as it may sound, it's not totally impossible. remember after 9/11, it was the iranian special forces that provided logistical support and assistance to u.s. air strikes in afghanistan when they were trying to target and eliminate

al qaeda as well as displace the taliban. with iranian support that wouldn't have been possible. last ten years the whole nuclear issue as mired the relationship. there has been some thawing in ties, although not necessarily directly. but there is also cooperation indirectly on the ground in iraq because the iranian special forces, the al qods force operating in and around tikrit, which was saddam hussein's hometown and at the same time, the u.s. is assisting the kurdish peshmerga. so they are working together, but not directly. >> if you could talk to us just about the delicate balance that the strange situation, the united states finds itself in, in not trying to, obviously, going after isis but not helping, not supporting, not backing the bashar al assad regime. >> the thing that is beginning to raise its head, the elephant in the room, is basically now what does the united states do about the assad regime in

they've been opposed to it. wanted to carry out air strikes a year ago. because of russian pressure and strategy in the u.n. security council that wasn't forthcoming. ultimately assad himself as played a clever game by allowing isis to grow inside syria, to undermine the secular opposition. and he's used that as a way of illustrating his regime is the only thing that can stand between the extremists. it's put the u.s. in a very difficult situation. at the moment, they're still not willing to negotiate with him. but if the problems get worse, then it is something that's going to have to be looked at. we have to keep in mind you cannot deal with isis just in iraq. it has to be looked at in syria. it's believed that is where the u.s. hostages were kept and brutally murdered. this willing an ongoing headache. if the sus to engage with assad it could be at the risk of other potential allies in the region and even turkey as well. >> we appreciate your insight on

what certainly is a complicated situation there in iraq with isis. one of the greatest fears surrounding isis is that its finely tuned propaganda machine could done. a mother and her father in scotland are without their 19-year-old daughter because of the vast reach of radical islam. atika shubert has this story about a seemingly normal schoolgirl who became an isis bride. >> reporter: this is oksa as her parents know her. a loving daughter who massaged her mother's tired feet. a glasgow teenager which didn't even know which bus to take dontown, much less board a plane by herself. but this is aksa in syria, unrecognizable in a macabre of other isis brides. online she posts photos of guns and the koran urging muslims to carry out attacks like the bombing in boston, the british soldier hacked to death on the streets of london. >> she was the best daughter you

could have and we don't know what happened to her. >> last time they saw her daughter she had only her university backpack and kissed them good-bye. four days later she called from the turkey border just as she was crossing into syria. >> we're a moderate muslim family, and it was a big shock for us. >> what did she say when you asked her to come home? >> she -- her one message was that i will see you on the day of judgment. >> that must have been very hard for you as a father. >> it was.

i will take you to heaven. i will hold your hand. that's what she said. i want to become a martyr. >> so how did this happen? aksa grew up in an affluent neighborhood, taebd attended a prestigious school. her family believes that whatever radicalized their daughter happened online. >> she was a bedroom radical, and if this could happen to aksa who had all the life chances, the best education that money could buy, a family that were moderate liberal in their views, freedom, education, love and affection if this could happen to her, somebody so intelligent, then it could happen to any family. >> thauf refused to do any interviews but spoke to cnn to deliver a personal message to aksa. >> aksa, please -- >> translator: my dear daughter, please come back. i'm missing you so much. your brothers and sister miss

you a lot. my dearest daughter in the name of allah, please come home. i miss you. in february, aksa called for the last time with important news. she was getti inting married to isis fighter. one of her last blog posts was this poem to her mother that ends with the line, forgive me, i've left. and i know you have accepted that i'm never coming back. words her parents desperately hope will not come true. atika shubert, cnn, glasgow, scotland. now turning to the fragile cease-fire in eastern ukraine. each side blaming the other for violating the truce there. let's check in wither senior international correspondent matthew chance joining us live in moscow with the very latest now. >> not a great deal of clarity coming out of the russian side of things when it comes to the

cease-fire in ukraine and, of course, the reports that there have been violations from both sides. a state news agency here has a report saying that the cease-fire is sticking, despite the procatio provocations of th government. clearly blaming the government in kiev for any cease-fire violations. the only real detail we have that comes from a conversation that took place yesterday between petro poroshenko, the ukrainian president and his russian counterpart, vladimir putin. they had a telephone conversation yesterday evening in which both leaders expressed satisfaction, that's a kremlin statement, with the fact the parties to the conflict of generally complying with the cease-fire. so whether that takes into account the latest reports of fighting or whether it was issued before the fighting really started to gather. all we know at this point is from the russian point of view, the kremlin, the cease-fire is

still in place, despite those reports we're hearing from an the ground in ukraine. >> certainly, we're hearing a lot of reports from the ground that the cease-fire is not in place but conflicting information certainly. russia saying that it is in place. matthew chance, thank you for joining us in london. still to come, another setback for u.s. immigration reform. why president obama is postponing action until after november's congressional elections. plus, stopping stowaways from a desperate and dangerous journey. we show you why truck drivers are securing their vehicles in france. [ female announcer ] take skincare to the next level with roc® multi correxion® 5 in 1. proven to hydrate dryness, illuminate dullness, lift sagging, diminish the look of dark spots, and smooth the appearance of wrinkles. high performance skincare™ only from roc®.

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welcome back. many have been demanding it, but any executive action on u.s. immigration reform will have to wait until after november's congressional elections. that's the word from the white house this saturday. as mary maloney reports, stakeholders on both sides of the debate are critical about this decision. >> political pundits took to the air waves following the obama administration's announcement that it will delay executive action on immigration reform. >> as a latina activist who has been working for immigration reform for many, many years, i am disappointed because i would have hoped the president would have acted months ago. >> reporter: president obama has been considering moves to allow undocumented workers to remain in the country as well as expanding a deferred deportation program for children of immigrants. the administration wants to take the issue out thoef political

arena. it means repercussions for the president and other democrats would come after the congressional midterm elections. >> he wants a long-term solution. >> if he wanted a long-term solution he would have passed at the beginning of his administration. >> earlier this year he spoke about acting quickly. >> if congress will not do their job, at least we can do ours. i expect the recommendations before the end of the sumsummer and i intend to adopt those without further delay. >> reporter: boehner issued a statement saying there's never a right time for the president to declare amnesty by executive action. the decision smacks of raw politics. >> the mayor of calais in northern france has threatened to close the ton's port if britain doesn't take more action to stop illegal immigration into the uk. the warning comes after more than 100 mostly african migrants

tried to force their way on to a ferry leaving calais on wednesday. british authorities have some complaints of their own. itv's dan rivers has this story. >> reporter: lee crosson is filled with dread each time he nears calais. he is securing his truck as best he can. but as i'm about to find out, these defenses will be tested in broad daylight by desperate migrants trying to get into britain. >> sometimes it's more like a war zone than what calais used to be. as you get into calais, 99% sure that you'll get the immigrants in your trailer. >> he takes us down a notorious back road diesel alley lined with mile rants from africa who are desperate to stow aboard a truck. like this man in red who tests lee's defenses as we slow down at the traffic lights.

the migrants might think it's funny but drivers like lee face a 2,000-pound fine for each stowaway found in their vehicle. thankfully this time lee's padlocks ki s keep them out. they are running a gauntlet sometimes with hundreds of migrants trying to break into the truck. the situation got so bad the drivers now often try and avoid stopping at all within three hours of the port. even when they get inside the supposedly secure area of the port, they're still not safe. this was the chaotic scene later that afternoon. migrants on the rampage as police struggled to regain control. and this passenger footage shows when they are caught, they are simply released without even fingerprinting. despite that being recommended by the border watchdog last year. >> those individuals were not being fingerprinted. their identities weren't being captured by the british authorities. i made a recommendation in my

report that that should change. >> reporter: the home office is reviewing arrangements but migrants we spoke to confirmed nothing has changed yet. this man has been trying to get into britain for six months and says when he's caught, he is simply released and is never prosecuted. there are hundreds like him living off food handed out by a french charity spending every day trying to get into britain. entire families rinking their lives to cross the channel. dan rivers, itv news, calais. the news continues on cnn. next, the u.s. open final with no roger federer or novak djokovic. these two men showed those players to the door. and now they go head-to-head in the men's championship. we'll tell you all about them next. and we'll bring you the story of an american serial bull run runner in pamplona. he's an the road to recovery but he's back for more.

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several flood watches are posted across the u.s. southwest as moisture from hurricane norbert moves in. meteorologist ivan cabrera has been tracking it all in the cnn weather center. looks like a system coming in. >> yes, it does. the moisture associated with it anyway. here's hurricane norbert. the saddest looking storm you'll ever see and still retaining the

hurricane banner here. national hurricane center kept this at 120 kph, which is 75 miles an hour. that's the threshold. a tick below that and you get a tropical storm. it's not going to be making landfall as an intact system here. so we're talking just about some rain coming in. but the problem is, where the rains are going to fall. they'll fall on desert ground and that's why we have concerns about flooding here. mexico, of course, has been getting hit over the last couple of days with heavy rainfall. here's what's i'm talking about. see just kind of fizzling out toward northern baja. indirectly associated with the storm is this plume of moisture that's going to be coming in and that is my concern here. across the southwestern united states and southern california and into nevada. most of arizona will be getting in on that as well. even colorado could be seeing some issues with flooding.

we'll watch that very closely. this will be through tonight and heading into monday. those will be the two days for heavy downpours across the southwestern u.s. severe weather has been rolling across the midwestern u.s. that was a couple of days ago. yesterday it was the northeast's turn with nasty thunderstorms rolling through. we have pictures from north shore of massachusetts, ipswitch. lightning strike with incredible winds coming in. severe storms rolling through. numerous storms coming in along with as you can imagine, trees coming down on power lines. and that kept a lot of people in the dark, george, over the last 24 hours. the rest of the united states not looking too bad. behind the system, important for the u.s. open. high pressure building in. we'll be in great shape in new york as clear weather finally begins to move. >> good news for the u.s. open. thanks, ivan. some unfamiliar names at center court monday for the u.s.

open men's title after two major upsets in the semifinals saturday. roger federer was ousted by 14 seed mari marincilic. he'll take on tenth seed nishikori. in just a few hours caroline wozniacki will take on serena williams for the women's kron. wozniacki advanced in dramatic fashion after her semifinal opponent was taken off the court in a wheelchair. she met williams twice before and lost both times. now we want to tell you about a story of a man who wrote a book about how to survive the running of the bulls in spain but then he got gored. al goodman has more an this story. >> i really didn't think he was going to gore me until it happened. i really thought i was going to find a way to escape. >> it was just last july in

pamplona that bill hillman was gored. the chicago writer is known as a veteran expert runner who just co-authored a book "fiesta," how to survive the bulls of pamplona. despite all his advice, he fell and the bull's horn sliced open his thigh. that bull later died in a bullfight but left this reminder for hillman. now even while recovering, he can't stay away. he's come near madrid to see another bull running. critics say the runnings amount to animal cruelty. >> i don't see anything cruel about it. the animals are just running up the street. they don't get nurt any way. it's a very old tradition. it's fun. it's exciting. i think it's stupid for people who know nothing about a tradition to judge someone who knows a lot about it and who loves it. >> reporter: these englishmen just ran for the first time. >> really enjoyed it. >> exciting. >> the bell ringing and you

start running faster and faster. >> we introduced them to hillman. >> you're going to run again? >> oh, yeah. i'm going to run the rest of my life. >> far from feeling deterred, bill hillman is now finishing a new book on how running with the bulls has changed his life. >> i need to build up my courage again. it's gotten a lot scarier now that i know how dangerous it is. now that it's a reality. >> of course it was worth it. i knew the day i would get gourd was coming. i was hoping i'd survive and it wouldn't stop me from continuing to run. i was lucky enough to survive. it looks like i'll be able to run again. and that's it for this hour of cnn. i'm george howell. thank you for watching. i'll have your headlines in a moment for viewers around the world. for those of you in the united states, "cnn new day" is next.

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everybody. you made it to sunday. i'm christi paul. >> i'm martin savage in for victor blackwell. it's 6:00 in the morning. 3:00 a.m. if you're watching on the west coast. >> you never went to bed. yeah. we do want to begin this morning, we're glad to have you here. we begin with parents in the denver area. they are on alert. doctors are suspecting a rare respiratory virus to blame for sickening hundreds of children and landing dozens in the hospital. some are in