. ♪ hello. a warm welcome to those watching in the u.s. and all around the world. i'm errol barnett. pleasure to have you with us on cnn. coming up, decision time for scotland. the polls open right now and voters must decide whether scotland should become an independent country. >> right now is a time for calm. we actually need to let people know that they are safe. >> also, authorities in

australia disrupt an alleged plot by islamic militants to kidnap and murder a member of the public. also coming up, this. >> i want to be clear, the american forces that have been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. >> the u.s. president doubles down on his strategy for fighting isis in iraq. also coming up for you, more trouble for america's national football league, yet another player is arrested in a domestic abuse case. all right. at this moment it is 7:00 a.m. in scotland and as of this moment the polls are now open throughout the country. this is truly a big moment for scotland, voters have one simple question on the ballot. should scotland become an independent country? now, a yes vote would mean severing ties with the united kingdom which scotland has been a part of for more than 300 years. voting no would keep the union

intact. uk law restricts what we're allowed to broadcast now that vote something under way and we are being watched in the united kingdom. millions of people, though, will head to the polls today. there are more than 4.2 million registered voters, the largest number ever for a scotland vote and allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to participate in this. our senior international correspondent nic robertson is at a polling station in glasgow. he joins us now. the big moment has finally arrived based on where you are and what you can see how is the turnout here at the beginning of polling? >> reporter: brisk, errol, in a word. the polling station opened really in the last two minutes here. but just before that, this sort of quiet street in this corner of glasgow, you could hear the footfalls of people walking from

both direction. it is brisk. seen quite a number of meme go in. this 1 of about 5,500 plus different polling stations across the country, about 2,600 different polling sites. more than 4.25 million have registered to vote. so the turnout here is expected to be very, very high today, errol. >> and people will just be wrapping up their breakfast and heading out to the polls to make their vote. it's 7:00 where you are now, nick. but how long will today's voting process take? how long until all of us will know any of the results? >> reporter: 900 minutes until 10:00 p.m. later tonight, 15 hours people have as with normal voting, people do expect an early rush before people go to work this morning.

that's definitely what we're seeing here and then a later push in the afternoon, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. through the later evening hours and also understand from electoral officials that anyone arriving at this or any other polling station at 10 :00 p.m. if they are in line they will get to pass their ballot. so even people arriving in the last couple of minutes finding a last rush there people inside they will get their vote. as i'm looking around here, there are people walking in from every direction here. i mean this, is going as predicted so far, a lot of people turning out, errol. >> there you have it, nic robertson live for us in glass go with a precise answer. we only have 900 minutes to go or as i check the clock, 855 minutes to go from now, nic robertson. nic, we'll check in throughout the day and for our viewers watching outside of the united

states, remember, cnn is the place to be for live coverage of the results as they come in, the coverage begins thursday at 10 p.m. london time after the polls close in as you heard there. 855 minutes from now. now to other stories. president obama's plan to arm and train syrian rebels has won the support of the house but the 273-156 vote reflects concern on both sides of the aisle. many worry the weapons and training could one day be used against the united states. the democratic-led senate is expected to vote later today. now, president obama on wednesday repeated his vow that no u.s. ground troops will be deployed in iraq. and that's no problem for iraq's new prime minister, haider al abadi said foreign troops were out of the question and all they

want is air power. jim sciutto has more on their plan to defeat isis. >> reporter: at central command today the headquarters for all u.s. military operations against is isis, president obama reiterated his now familiar promise, no u.s. ground troops. >> but i want to be clear, the american forces that have been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. >> reporter: today's pledge triggered by his commanders' repeated comments a day ago that, in fact, there are several circumstances under which the u.s. may need ground forces. >> if we reach the point where i believe our advisers should accompany iraq troops on attacks against specifici isil targets i'll talk about that. >> reporter: some confused. >> i would not vote for combat troops to engage in war.

we are not there to support combat troops in any of these engagements. >> reporter: today the president's own former defense secretary, robert gates said on cbs that mission creep is inevitable. >> so there will be boots on the ground if there's any hope of success in the strategy. by continuing to repeat that, the president in effect traps himself. >> reporter: a blistering editorial in "the new york times" went further argues "even though general dempsey's remarks were conditional, the obama administration has turned on a dime in record time and opened the door to deeper, more costly american involvement." today 1700 u.s. troops are now in iraq at the peak of the iraq war there were nearly 100 times that. >> i assume what the president means when he says no ground forces in iraq he means no organized division or corps of the type that we did deploy to

iraq in 2003. this is a different american military operation, primarily an air campaign but it has to be assisted by some people on the ground, special forces, trainers, that kind of thing. >> reporter: in the president's comments today secretary kerry says the administration making a distinction between u.s. forces having a combat mission and u.s. forces possibly being in combat. they say they could find themselves at the front lines forward deployed as the white house spokesman josh earnest said but not a mission to kick down doors, taking up firing positions against the enemy and certainly not in numbers like they saw in the invasions of iraq and afghanistan. jim sciutto, cnn, washington. >> still to come for you here on cnn, a sinister message delivered with high-tech savvy. how isis is using hoard production values to recruit new members. plus, from bad to worse for the nfl. another player facing legal

trouble. also, alibaba goes public. why one men is warning investors to stay away from this chinese e commerce giant. stay with us.

a fourth pro football player is making headlines for domestic violence. arizona cardinals running back jonathan dwyer was arrested in phoenix wednesday. police say they're investigating two incidents last july

involving a 27-year-old woman and an 18-month-old child. the cardinals deactivated him in the wake of the arrest. the carolina panthers greg hardy is taking leave with pay to focus on his legal matters approved by roger good dell. a judge convicted him against a then girlfriend last july of domestic violence. he's been granted a jury trial. that is scheduled for november. as for other players accused of domestic abuse, ray rice, he's been suspended indefinitely from the nfl after a video emerged of him punching his then fiancee who fell unconscious in the elevator. the players union filed an appeal in rice's case. and adrian peterson is on the same leave with pay list with greg hardy after being indicted on a child abuse charge. but some of his minnesota vikings teammates want him back on the field as ted rowlands

shows us. >> reporter: in an about-face, the minnesota vikings have now decided that adrian peterson should stay away from football with pay while the legal process runs its course. >> we made a mistake and we needed to get this right. >> reporter: on monday the team was adamant that even given photos showing injuries to peterson's 4-year-old son, the star running back should play this weekend. >> this is disciplining of a child and whether it's an abusive situation or not or whether he went too far disciplining, we feel very strongly that that is the court's decision to make. >> reporter: the team claims the change came from the vikings, not the embattled nfl league office and commissioner roger goodell who ultimately did have to approve the move. peterson faces a child abuse charge for allegedly using a

tree branch to discipline his 4-year-old son in may of this year. according to court documents the beating left scars and bruises on the boy's legs, buttocks and genitals. many of peterson's teammates think he should be on the field. >> and i support adrian, man, in everything he did. i didn't see nothing wrong with it. that's me personally, but -- >> reporter: is that the feeling in the locker room, i don't see what's wrong with it? >> i don't know about the other guys. i can't speak on other guys but me personally, you know, like i said, growing up, you know, my mom disciplined me the same way and i say, you know, i got me to this point now. i'm in the nfl. >> reporter: viking fans are split. >> all he did was discipline his child. that ain't got nothing to do with his life. that man need his private life. >> i don't think he should be playing. >> reporter: why? >> i don't think he makes a very good representation for the vikings or for football in

general. >> at the end of the day that's how he makes money to support his child. it's not like he doesn't love his child. >> reporter: sponsors including wheaties and nike have suspended ties with him and nike removed his jersey from its stores in minneapolis saying nike in no way condones child abuse or domestic violence of any kind. meanwhile, the mother of the 4-year-old alleged victim is lashing out at the media through an attorney statement saying in part "my client is hurt and outraged that the press would publish throughout the world pictures of their minor son." >> that was our ted rowlands reporting. we want to turn now to developments out of australia, a massive anti-terror operation has wrapped up. this after intelligence revealed an alleged plot related to the terror group isis with the latest live to sydney, sky news australia is standing by.

what do we know? >> the biggest terror raids in australian history, 800 police involved in a sweep across sydney's biggest city. 25 warrants issued, 15 people have been detained and one man has appeared in court, now he's being charged with being linked to trying or planning to carry out a terrorist attack. authorities believe that this would have involved a ran democrat act of violence against a member of the public, essentially planning a public beheading here in australia, now, this comes after australia had increased the terror warning alert from medium to high just a week ago. there have been warnings here for some weeks now about the potential threat to australia given the number of australian foreign nationals who were fighting alongside islamic state in syria and also in iraq. now, the prime minister has been reaching out to the arab community, the muslim community here to try to get them to work with him on what he calls a team

australia approach. he's once again stressed that this is not targeting the islamic community. have a listen to what he had to say. >> well, this isn't about people's religion, it's not about what people wear. it's about potential terror attacks here in australia and that's what we've got to guard against. >> reporter: now, australia, of course, is committed to the ongoing mission against islamic state announced last week by president barack obama. this will involve australian fighter jets and also hundreds of special forces who will be involved in this mission. therime minister is saying, no, that they won't be involved in combat operations on the ground but will be involved in the bombing raids and also as part of the training of iraqi fighters to take the fight to islamic state -- at the same time there is an acknowledgement while australia is involved in this mission, it also increases the potential and the risk for an attack here.

errol? >> all right, stan grant with sky news, australia, there, joining us with an update on this story. out of sydney where it's 4:16 in the afternoon. thanks. to this, schools are closed as residents live in fear, police hunting a suspected killer in central pennsylvania. 31-year-old eric frein is a survivalist and skilled marksman accused of killing one state trooper and wounding another and possibly armed with an ak-47. rosa flores has more. >> reporter: by air and land the hunt is on for eric matthew frein. police say the 31-year-old survivalist seen in these newly released photos is no longer the clean-cut looking man he appeared to be for years. >> i has his hair shaved and it's wider than a mohawk on top. >> reporter: a change investigators say frein made in

preparation for the shooting. >> frein belongs to a military simulation unit based in eastern pennsylvania in which participants assume the role as soldiers of eastern european countries. in his current frame of mind, frein now appears to have assumed that role in real life. >> reporter: it all began late friday night. police say frein waited in the woods outside the blooming grove state police barracks firing four shots killing corporal brian dickson and injuring trooper alex douglass. police find a clue about two miles from the scene from a man walking his dog who saw a jeep partially submerged in a small body of water. the reservoir where the suspect's jeep was found is just beyond these woods. the owner of this property allowed us in but access came with a warning, a warning we also received from state police, don't meander into the woods because armed search teams are everywhere. inside the car, his driver's

license, military gear and shell casings matching the evidence left at the crime scene. >> in the event you are listening to this broadcast on a radio, on a portable radio, eric, we are coming for you. it is only a matter of time until we bring you to justice for committing this cowardly act. >> reporter: hundreds of officers have joined the search. frein's family told investigators two guns are missing from the home including an ak-47. former pennsylvania law enforcement officer joe peters. >> we have a suspect in this case who is anti-government. he is a hunter. he is a woundsman and he is alleged to be a survivalist. a deadly cocktail. >> reporter: local schools are closed and frein's face is on flyers all over town as a community lives in fear. rosa flores, cnn, blooming grove, pennsylvania. >> coming up next on cnn, we

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fire, 27,000 acres. more than 2,000 residences are threatened by that blaze alone. let's get more on the fires and flooding concerns throughout the south of the u.s. and the southwest. our meteorologist ivan cabrera is tracking this and can update us. >> i don't know if it rains too much in california in the desert southwest. 6,000 firefighters fighting these fires that stretch from the border with oregon to the north all the way down into san diego where we've had temperatures recently in the 100s and that has not helped matters but the big fire that we have been talking about, the king fire has spread and yesterday 13,000 acres now 27,000 plus. we are nearing 28,000 likely get there with only 5% containment as 2400 structures are now at risk. that number has also multiplied as well.

dry air in charge here. that's been the story for california for, well, a while now, right? we do have this low that's moving in. it'll likely bring us thunderstorm activity. already seen that as of yesterday. increased in the humidity but that would be about it. i think we have gusty winds on tap through the afternoon and daytime heating and watch this carefully here. see some pop-up thunderstorms that would not be good. we would not get enough rainfall to make a difference with the fires but we would get lightning that would make a difference and make things worse. let's get to what we have here. this moisture would be great right on top of california but it's not happening. it's headed to an area already doused with significant rain from the last tropical feature we are, norbert, now we have odile or what's left of it and plenty left as far as moisture that is turned into terrific amounts of rain and life-threatening situation across arizona, new mexico and including western texas here, el paso particularly with the interstate shut down in various

areas because, well, the water is coming on up and that will continue to be the case as we head through tonight, numerous inches already reported in some areas here and some people unfortunately may be spending the night in their cars, but this is why things get very dangerous when you're out in your cars in those flash floods become an issue. all that moisture training up over the same areas, that's why you see the green piling including flash flood warnings for western texas. the rest of the region under a flood warning or flood watch in general for the next 24 hours as we continue to see rainfall but also involved here, central and southeastern texas including austin, san antonio and down towards houston. el paso, take a look at this computer model forecast. this is millimeters. 100 millimeters, 4 additional inches in the next 48 hours from the system. that would be devastating for this area that as you know because of the desert conditions there cannot take much water before it starts running and running quick. errol? >> the key piece of advice if

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thanks for sta iing with us. i'm errol barnett. here are the biggest stories we're following for you right now. the polls are open in scotland where voters are deciding right nowy to remaining a part of the united kingdom or become an independent country. turnout is expected to be high. more than 4.2 million people are registered to vote. more than 800 australian police officers have carried out

a massive anti-terror operation in sydney and brisbane. 15 people were detained. one man has appeared in court on terrorism-related charges. the prime minister says a plot was uncovered to kidnap and behead a member of the public. u.s. president obama's plan to arm and train syrian rebels have cleared its first hurdle. the house voted its support on wince and the senate is expected to take up the measure later today. but many lawmakers worry the weapons and training may one day be used against the united states. john kerry is underscoring president obama's message about the limits of american military involvement. he was explicitly clear in testimony before a senate committee. >> u.s. ground troops will not be sent into combat in this conflict. the u.s. troops that have been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. and in syria the on the ground combat will be done by the

moderate opposition. >> kerry also said a number of countries have agreed to help fight isis but none has been asked to put boots on the ground. meantime, isis is stepping up its recruiting and propaganda efforts flashy new isis video warns the flames of war are coming soon. the video appears to be the terror group's response to u.s. president obama's speech as tom foreman shows us. >> reporter: the video is slick, fast and precisely the kind of packaging we've come to expect from isis. about a minute long it suggests the terrorist group would ravage u.s. ground troops. key scenes like this showing an explosion and this one showing fighters at a corner are repeated as if the filmmakers had limited clips and time and again walls of fire are simply visually imposed upon images of americans. that's a message to analysts like frank solufo who studies

propaganda at georgetown university. >> they are trying to project a power that they arguably do not have. >> reporter: without under playing the real threat that is likely true. the isis army pushes shocking videos like this one showing a syrian jet they claim to have shot down. but that doesn't mean they could handle a head-on battle with coalition forces so what is the goal? >> one, to try to recruit and radicalize others to their abberant cause, notably westerners. it's also an intended to signal fear to the audiences they're trying to communicate to in this case, the united states. and it's also being used to fund raise and to ultimately try to incite some of our home grown jihadist threats. >> reporter: there's one other goal, getting people to share it on the internet. spreading the message to audiences far beyond the reach of isis. in military terms, that process is a force multiplier

transforming what could well be a cheap movie made by one person with a laptop into something much more menacing. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> you may be wondering what the view of isis is in iran. well, the country's president rhu hruouhani says they're slaughtering people. he denounced the beheadings of three western captives as offensive to all and called u.s. efforts to build a coalition to defeat isis "ridiculous." >> translator: how calm they are doing all the air strikes. are americans afraid of giving casualties on the ground in iraq? are they afraid of their, you know, soldiers being killed and they're in the fight they claim it is against terrorism. if they want to use plane and if they want to use unmanned planes

so nobody is injured from the americans is it really possible to fight without any hardship. without any sacrifice? >> now, the u.s. says its committed to defeating isis to protect its citizens from terrorist attacks at home but what exactly are those threats? our deborah feyerick takes a closer look. >> reporter: with isis propaganda out of syria and iraq, juiced up on steroids, the overriding threat to america, u.s. officials say, is twofold. home grown violence extremists, the so-called lone wolves, and planes. a favorite terror target because of the economic impact. mick si mick silber ran that department. >> there's nothing more than an exploding airliner and continue to aim for that. >> reporter: bombmakers now in syria, they believe, have been training jihadis from the west

in part to attack jetliners. >> it operates the most sophisticated prop began that machine of any terrorist organization. >> reporter: today the head of the national counterterrorism center testified the immediate threat to the u.s., lone wolves. >> what really worries american counterterrorism officials that isis will prioritize launching attacks against the united states or train western recruits in bombmaking and send them back. >> reporter: un lilike a sophisticated 9/11 attack where hijackers learned to fly planes simpler attacks are the real threat. appealing to extremists who need virtually no training and little money to spread chaos with homemade explosives pieced together by store bought items. the boston marathon bomber learned to make them. the subway plotter learned to make his own as did the times square car bomber. with the specter of isis in iraq

and syria and the arrest of a rochester, new york, man, the nypd stepped up security wednesday on mass transit and places like times square to provide peace of mind. >> the reality of the emergence of the new potential threats out of particularly the syrian conflict are something we cannot -- >> reporter: they have arrested a half dozen people trying to travel from the u.s. to syria to fight with various jihadi groups. jihadi online magazines and blogs repeatedly making clear new york, washington, houston, chicago, atlanta and other american cities remain prime extremist targets. deborah feyerick, cnn, new york. >> all right. there's a number of other interesting developments happening. we want to bring to you now. some of the stories we're following. lisa coleman was executed by lethal injection in texas wednesday night. she was convicted of murder after her partner's 9-year-old

son was found dead in their apartment back in 2004. at the time the child weighed just 35 pounds and had hundreds of burns and scars. coleman is the 15th woman executed in the united states since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. police say gunmen stormed a college in nigeria killing at least 15 people there. dozens more were wounded in this. you're seeing some of the aftermath. there is no immediate claim of responsibility, but obviously boko haram is suspected. the region is a stronghold of theirs in this part of nigeria. this surprising development. toronto's controversial mayor rob ford. well, he's now been diagnosed with a rare aggressive type of cancer. doctors say he has me little than sarcoma which compromises 1% of all cancers. he will start chemotherapy.

he will not seek re-election. north korea has its own response to harsh criticism of its human rights record. back in february, a u.n. report said the country committed human rights violations without parallel in the contemporary world. well, pyongyang first responded with name calling but now north korea's association for human rights studies actually exist published its own lengthy report and finds, what do you know, all is well. it says north korean citizens feel proud of the world's most advantageous human rights system. meantime, in south korea, the asian games kick off friday. the event is second only in size to the olympic games with some 13,000 athletes participating. our paula hancocks is there. >> reporter: 13,000 athletes from 45 different countries have descended upon south korea for the 17th asian games. each is dreaming of a medal hoping that their hard work paid off but this may also be an

opportunity for sports diplomacy to work its magic. north korea has pro-unification groups from south korea chanted, we are one. north korea's presence is significant here as its athletes will be competing in what could be considered enemy territory. north and south korea are still technically at war. but the president of the olym c olympics says they are all athletes. >> maybe in the same event and maybe and they will hug each other and shake hands and this is sports. this is why we believe the sport can always break the ice whenever there is a hot spot in the world. >> reporter: there's already been one political hiccup. all national flags of countries have been removed from the streets of incheon after protests. under south korea's national security law north korean flags cannot be displayed in the

south. there's also some concern about low ticket sales. incheon is an hour and ahalf away and organizers are not worried. then once the games start those ticket sales will pick up. paula hancocks, cnn, seoul. coming up next for you on cnn, alibaba's ipo. the year's most highly anticipated stock market debut. why is a top financial manager warning investors to think twice before buying in. the answer coming up. [ female announcer ] you can change your style

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welcome back. for those who follow stocks it was a positive day for the u.s. markets on wednesday. comments from the u.s. federal reserve helped push the dow to a record close. alison kosik has details for us from new york. >> reporter: a big sigh of relief from wall street. it looks like the u.s. federal reserve won't raise interest rates until at least next summer. as expected, the fed also continued reducing its bond buying by $10 billion a month. the fed is widely expected to announce one final taper when it meets again in october. but it was the interest rate time line that the market was really listening for and basically it all boiled down to two words, considerable time. in its statement, the fed pledged to keep rates low for a considerable time after the bond buying ends if the fed had dropped those two words that could have been a signal that it

might raise rates earlier than expected but now there's a new question for fed chief janet yellen what does considerable time mean? >> i want to emphasize that there is no mechanical interpretation of what the term considerable time means and as i've said repeatedly, the decisions that the committee makes about what is the appropriate time to begin to raise its target for the federal funds rate will be date dependent. >> reporter: it wants to make sure the job market is strong enough before it starts raising rates. if it moves too quickly that could undermine the economic recovery here in the u.s. andrew? >> now, alibaba goes public on the new york stock exchange friday and it is poised to become the world's biggest ever ipo or initial public offering. but that's not the only reason behind the hype. alibaba is china's largest

e-commerce company and the world's largest e-commerce market. kpmg estimates e-commerce in china could generate $540 billion in sales and that's just next year alone. our david mckenzie has more. >> reporter: like most chinese in their 20s, gia loves to shop online. >> i'm not sure this is real apple. >> reporter: from drives to -- >> i got them on taobao. >> reporter: she's bought them all on taobao, the online shopping platform run by alibaba. can you get anything on taobao? >> you can get weapon on taobao. >> reporter: with millions of independent vendors, you can get just about anything else. fakes are a big problem on taobao and they recently announced the crackdown. still, there are dubious deals like a chanel handbag costing $4,000 on sale for just 50. $900 roger vivier shoes just

$19. >> everyone loves shopping. >> i hate shopping. >> no. >> reporter: in china, they're addicted to it. and all along the chain they are packing in the profits. at shantong, most of their business is moving merchandise bought online. manag the manager says their biggest challenge is keeping up with growth. >> santa comes once a year while we work every day of the year to get these packages out. >> reporter: they sort them on size and send them to 66 distribution centers across beijing. during their busiest online shopping period of the year, they can move more than a million packages to the capital. to go from factory to front door, delivery men like this man hit the road. a migrant from hanon he travels

the city delivering the goods that make it run. "our job is really important," he says, delivermen make it all happen in the internet age we live in. if we did not exist it would make beijing a more crowded city and things would become inconsistent and worse." e-tailing has seen 120% compound annual growth in china for ten years. it's become how business and buying is done. david mckenzie, cnn, beijing. >> for the e-commerce market really thriving but despite the bullish outlook on their ipo seasoned investors are wary of putting money behind the company. mark mobius is warning investors to think long and hard before buying any shares. listen to this. >> my advice is for investors to be cautious and look at the fine

print and don't despite the temptation don't get involved in these things if you think you're not going to have any recourse. >> reporter: are you saying don't invest in alibaba? >> yes, i am -- i would say, not a good idea. i'm not saying you're not going to make money. but i'm saying that that kind of structure is quite risky and it's probably not a good idea to go after it. >> now, experts, of course, advise potential investors to always carefully consider risks before putting down any money and we've got some resources for you, as well. we've compiled a list. investors might want to review as they ponder buying into alibaba. you can find all of that and as well as more details on this ipo at our website, money.cnn.com. coming up next for you on cnn, photos of airplane passengers behaving badly. they've gone viral. are you showing up in these images? hopefully not. you'll be amazed at what people

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through here and now it's fung-wong which means phoenix and peaked in hong kong. whatever you call it torrential rain that will flood the area as a potential for this to move slowly over the next 48 hour, all the while pumping moisture from the south china sea and then from the system itself here so that combination is going to be treacherous for luzon with the potential for 500 millimeters. it has this becoming a typhoon in the next 48 hours, 130 kilometer per hour winds and brushing perhaps even striking direct strike here with taiwan 72 hours' time and hooking out to the north and east, by then it'll move rapidly. it's going to be in the next 48 hours for the philippines that the flooding is going to be a significant event. i think that is going to be

underway at this point. there is the potential for a quicker move to the north and east and less of an impact there so we're hoping for that as far as the models are still split. that's why you have the cone. take the model further to the east and the group that's further to the west and there is the potential for the typhoon over the next few hours this. is what i'm talking about here. the rainfall amounts as you see 250, that would be about 10 inches of rainfall and then it just gets ridiculous after that. baguio at 537 and then manila getting in on some of the rainfall, as well. let's move west and check on europe. we've had this blocking mat tern for awhile. this will break down by the weekend and so systems will be allowed to move west to east but they have had to go around this big ridge of high pressure and then the troughs here we've had severe weather down to the south and east and also the other flank of it on the western side we've had terrific amounts of rain. look at this in cordoba, spain,

57 millimeters of rainfall. in 24 hours it is and also when you consider 24 millimeters is their monthly average so they have picked up twice that and also in vigo, spain, 69 millimeters. there take a while but by the weekend we'll begin to clear things out, errol. >> a dry weekend ahead. if i were to tell you people in latin america are among the happiest in the world, would you believe me? >> sure. it's music and the food, so good. >> there you go. see, i knew you would. i knew you wouldn't be a dissenter on this topic. well, you're right, ivan because according to a new survey, many of the world's happiest people live in latin america. it ranks panama as the happiest place among 135 countries poled. others topping the list, costa rica, denmark, austria and brazil. many of the countries have scored lowest as you might expect are in conflict zones including syria, afghanistan,

haiti, the democratic republic of the congo and chad. if you've ever misbehaved on an airplane, who hasn't, well, beware, a photo or video of you could end up on facebook. you'll be on facebook right now. the woman behind it is objection posing passengers' rude behavior and the bizarre things that happen in the not so friendly skies. here's jeanne moos. >> reporter: passengers prepare for shaming. especially if you're not in the upright position and your feet are on your tray table. yikes. >> it's so yikes. it's so beyond yikes. >> reporter: former flight attendant shawn kathleen created passengers shaming showcasing photos of passengers behaving badly. leaving dirty diapers in seat pockets and going shirtless, how far we've flown from the elegant old days. ♪ the travail has been taken out of travel. >> reporter: instead of pearls check out the altitude of these shorts. >> it's getting worse by the

minute. >> her personal pet peeve. >> socks, stay on. >> except they don't. sure it's funny when john candy does it in a movie. >> ah. >> my dogs are barking today. that feels better. >> reporter: but who wants to let barking dogs lie when they intrude from another row. we recommend you keep your feet covered and hands exposed. how gross is it to see a guy sleeping with his hand shoved down his -- avert you eyes but shawn kathleen has seen passengers do worse. >> he caught his hair on fire in the lavatory while he was smoking crack. >> sort of makes chew gum left in the safety card seem quaint and whatever you do, do not get nailed using clippers. why don't you just skip the in-flight manicure. no one wants to see you caring for your feet at 30,000 feet. >> and there was a gentleman treating his warts with compound

w. yeah, that happened. >> reporter: shawn kathleen quite her flight attendant job to become a nurse trapractition. she'll see plenty of naked men in nursing but somehow looking at this -- >> i can't. >> reporter: seems worse, a passenger using a pillowcase to cover his eyes while uncovering the rest. ♪ come fly with me let's fly, let's fly away. >> reporter: sure, let's fly but don't believe behind your boxers, your dentures, your toenails or wig. jeanne moos, cnn. ♪ come fly with me >> reporter: new york. >> you always see feet, you know, bare feet on a plane but i wouldn't know what to do if i saw someone's teeth, someone's dentures in my seat. a quick update on our top story, everyone. scotland voting today at this moment on whether to leave the united kingdom and become an independent country. turnout is expected to be high

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