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an update this hour on the rescue mission after a volcanic eruption in japan. also, movement on the ground in hong kong, where protesters and police have been in a peaceful, but tense standoff for days. plus, an international rivalry on the golf course. our sports experts will weigh in on whether the u.s. can rally to win the ryder cup. welcome back, everybody. we'd like to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. >> police say more than 30 people are in a state of cardiac arrest at the foot of an erupting volcano in japan.
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authorities are not saying anything more about their conditions at this point. >> a huge cloud billowed down the mountain, engulfing hikers in its path. still not clear how many people may be buried beneath this heavy fall of ash. >> cnn's will ripley joins us live. is the rescue mission still under way? are there helicopters at the scene? describe what you see. >> reporter: well, now that we are just in our last moments of light here, and as you hear at the top of the hour, these chimes that are really signaling the end of today's search effort, because once the sun goes down, it's simply too dangerous for these rescue crews who have been on foot to get up there and try to continue their search for survivors that's been happening since very, very early this morning. we've seen a number of balances pass by us. up over my left shoulder with the little bit of light that we have, you can see the smoke plume that we've seen in varying
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sizes all day. i'm not sure if it's because we have lost a bit of light, or if it's because the smoke plume is smaller than it was when i checked in with you an hour ago. but what we've seen happening is we had this initial eruption yesterday and now the smaller eruptions, this continual seismic activity, and the troubling news that we learned late this afternoon from the local authorities here is that 30 hikers who were up on this mountain were discovered in what's described to us as a state of cardiac arrest, meaning they weren't breathing, didn't have a pulse. and what's having to happen now is that these people are being carried down the mountain, placed in balances and taken to doctors who we presume are examining them as we speak. so far, there has not been any official announcement of any fatalities, but when you talk about somebody whose heart has stopped and stopped for hours since this eruption happened, more than 24 hours ago, certainly the news not good for the growing number of families here who are waiting for word about their loved ones.
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>> and will, just incredible images i can see behind you of that plume of volcanic ash in the distance. but just tell me, is this busy season? why were there so many climbers trapped on the mountain? >> reporter: yeah, the timing of this eruption really couldn't have been worse. this is one of the peak weekends for the autumn viewing season. so the estimates are more than 200 people were up on the mountain, and keep in mind, this is not only the second-highest volcano in japan, but it's a prime area for people who want to come and see the changing fall foliage. it was a beautiful saturday just before noon. clear skies overhead. lots of hikers were just reaching the summit when all of a sudden everything changed. they heard a loud sound that many have described as a large boom, almost like thunder, and then in a matter of seconds, the smoke plume was coming up just like the one that you see behind me here, and as you saw in the home video, it enveloped people in a matter of seconds. they had to use head lamps.
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it was pitch black. many were able to take shelter in some of the mountain lodges up there, which are now covered in ash. they spent the night in those lodges. however, for those people who were on the summit or near the summit when this happened, they were caught up in a very significant event, and you see there have been fire crews. you'll see a fire truck passing behind me. we've seen balances. they're doing what they can to try to get to these people. but the fear is that those who were so close to this, there's not going to be much that can be done to help them obviously at this point. >> wow. that volcanic ash, incredibly difficult and dangerous to inhale. will ripley for reporting, thank you, we appreciate it. thank you for joining us. >> let's get a little more on this volcanic eruption. >> our meteorologist is standing by. just explain to us a bit more, the volcanic ash could end up interrupting air traffic? >> absolutely. not only is it a concern for
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people around the volcano for breathing this ash cloud in, it's also a major concern for the aviation industry. let me explain. think of ash cloud is basically just pulverized rock and pieces and fragments of glass. this is all floating in the atmosphere from an eruption. if a jet engine were to fly through this particular ash cloud, what happens is the ash particles actually melt inside the engine. the melted particles start to cool and solidifies on the turbine's blades within the engine, and then that, of course, starts to block the air flow through the engine, and eventually causes the engine to cease. that is why it is a major concern for the aviation industry. now, this is also a concern because tokyo is just about 200 kilometers to the east of where
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the eruption took place. tokyo has two major airports, one being a major connecter between the north american area and also asia. so obviously all eyes on this region to see where this ash plume goes. of course, it's not erupting at the moment, but we still have smoke in the air, so meteorologists are going to look to the upper levels of the atmosphere to see in which direction this potential ash cloud will travel, and you can see the upper level forecast winds over the next 24 to 48 winds brings it in a general northeast to northeasterly direction that could potentially impact air travel across the greater tokyo area as well. this is a web cam. this is what it looks like at the moment. you heard will talk about how the sun was setting. you can still see the smoke plume coming from the crater of the volcano. we are going to look out for this to continue to bring seismic activity over the next several days. remember, that's at a heightened level at the moment. we're at a level three, and that is out of a scale of five,
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meaning no one can get close to this crater. we had a pyroclastic flow that created that ash that moved down the mountainside. i want to get into an explanation why this is significant. a pyroclastic flow is a very fast-moving cloud of hot gas and rock fragments. it can be very, very hot inside that cloud. 200 to 700 degrees celsius, incinerating anything in its path. so obviously significant, and look what it left behind. there was reports of upwards of 40 to 50 centimeters of this ash just lying within a one or two kilometer radius of the volcano, so quite some significant visuals coming out of that area and excellent reporting coming from will as well. that is the latest update. >> 200 kilometers from tokyo.
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>> that's right. and the potential for it to erupt is very possible. >> a lot of people said it was like a complete blackout. they couldn't see. >> derek, thank you. we appreciate it. >> absolutely. we have this just in to cnn. hong kong's chief executive has responded to the protests which are springing up in ever-growing numbers. let's go now to ivan watson, he joins us on the phone with what the government is prepared to do now. so what are they saying, ivan? >> reporter: well, it's a challenge for the hong kong government and the police because you've had a real swell of a sit-in outside the government headquarters in hong kong now, building basically since friday with the numbers growing dramatically after dozens of demonstrators, including some of the teenager leaders of the student boycott movement, this pro-democracy movement were detained and arrested on friday night. so the streets around the government headquarters have basically been occupied by the
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sit-in movement throughout the day and throughout the night saturday night, and tense standoffs taking place between demonstrators, as you can see, protected by goggles and surgical masks. in some cases using umbrellas, and police who have employed and now we're hearing are employing pepper spray to try to push back some of these demonstrators from participating in actions that the hong kong government has ruled as being illegal. the demonstrators vowing to maintain their campaign of civil disobedience. >> the chief executive is willing now to sit down with these students to talk electoral reform. what they're concerned about, not so much the fact that they won't get a vote, because they will, but they don't get to choose who will run for office. >> that's right. and the demonstrators are arguing that basically this means the chinese central government in beijing can impose its candidates on this former
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british colony. the demonstrators say they want universal suffrage, that they describe as true democracy. they don't want to be handed a list of candidates and then have to pick among who is the least best, as they might put it. the chinese government has basically said if you don't accept this system for electing yur next top official in 2017, then we won't have any elections at all in 2017.our next top off then we won't have any elections at all in 2017. so not really giving the opposition much of a choice here. every demonstrator i've talked to -- and i have to add, john, i'm very struck by the young age of the majority of these demonstrators. they are teenagers. they are high school students. they are university students who have pushed the sit-in movement in downtown hong kong. none of them really believe that they can truly change the policy of the chinese central government coming out of beijing, of the ruling communist
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party, but they all also say they have a duty to stand up. they cannot just sit down and bend over without a fight, and that's why these people are engaged in what some have basically described as fool's errand. they say they still have to stand up and have their voices heard. >> when the chief executive says he will sit down and talk to the student protesters about electoral reform, is that essentially a hollow promise because beijing won't sign off on it? >> reporter: well, it's possible that there could be an evolution here in the policy. the thing is that the demonstrators on thursday night, i followed students, several thousand of them, marching through downtown, up to the state residence of the chief executive, and there they staged a noisy rally. they put up caricature pictures of the chief executive. and they were chanting insults
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at him, and that was several days after they had demanded a meeting with him. now, that kind of protest, the protests we've seen here, as you well know, would not be tolerated in mainland china, but they are taking place here. at those earlier opportunities, the chief executive declined to come out and meet with the students. and in the three days since then, the protest movement has ballooned and it has been joined by the more adult occupy central movement, which have also declared that they are joining the protest movement. so basically, it's become a bigger problem, a bigger civil disobedience problem. i don't know if a meeting with the chief executive would defuse this at this stage, especially with scores of these protesters now under arrest and awaiting charges that we haven't really heard yet. >> interesting that the officials there are not actually putting any numbers to the protests. just not saying officially how many people are on the streets. but it is a growing problem
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there in hong kong. ivan watson is following that for us. we appreciate that. >> let's see if the protest really does end up sending a message to beijing eventually. >> they don't take messages well. we'll move on, because kurdish forces have been battling isis militants near syria's border with turkey, and now they're getting help from the skies above. a cnn crew was there on saturday. they shot this video of the fighting. >> isis militants swept through dozens of villages near the border town of kobane over the past week. kurdish peshmerga forces are finally pushing isis back thanks to air strikes by coalition war planes. >> the u.s. military has released new video showing an f-15 bombing an isis compound near kobane. they say air strikes also took out two armored vehicles at a border crossing nearby. the strikes are believed to be the first near the border with turkey. and in iraq, coalition war planes also destroyed isis vehicles and a fighting position near the northern city of erbil.
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saudi arabia, jordan, and the uae all took part. >> for the very latest, let's go to erbil in iraq. been wh ben whelan joins us live. is there a sense that there's a shift of focus away from iraq and heading to syria? >> reporter: certainly in the last 24 to 48 hours, it does appear that the focus has shifted to syria, keeping in mind, of course, that syria is really the strategic depth for isis. raqqa, which they took over last year, is essentially the capital for the islamic state. it's understood or believed that that's where much of the leadership is, and therefore not surprising that there should be a focus on that. and also, keep in mind one thing, where as we talk about syria and iraq, for isis, there is no border. they control large areas of territory on both sides of the
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border. here, for instance, in northern iraq, kurdish officials have long said that the strikes that began here in iraq at the beginning of august should be also focused on syria, because that is really in a sense the head of the snake, if you want to use that analogy. as far as the situation here goes, isis has been pushed back from areas to the west of where i am, erbil, the capital of the kurdish regional government. the peshmerga, the kurdish fighters, have been able to, with the help of u.s. air strikes, dent the onward push on isis. it's not the same situation, however, to the south of here. west of baghdad, isis continues to control large areas. the iraqi army continues to encounter serious resistance. and its own problems. problems of corruption, incompetence, and a command
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structure that simply doesn't seem to function. >> ben, the last couple of days, we've been hearing from the pentagon and other officials, simply saying these air strikes have been succsful. is there any way to find out independently the extent of damage which these air strikes are actually inflicting on isis? >> reporter: really, we just depend on that video provided by the pentagon. the kurdish peshmerga, they do have intelligence sources on the ground who say that they've noticed, for instance, that since the air strikes began, the peshmerga have changed their tactics. they no longer drive around in big columns of pickup trucks and humvees. they now travel individually in cars that could easily be mistaken for civilian vehicles. so that does seem to have changed the equation on the ground. the coalition aircraft are perhaps sbomewhat hesitant to strike an individual vehicle
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given that they may be civilians. so as for the situation with the strikes changes, isis changes its tactics on the ground. >> okay, ben, thank you. live for us in erbil, northern iraq. just ahead, a police officer shot in ferguson, missouri. >> why investigators say they don't think it has anything to do with the recent protests there. plus, what a u.s. police officer is now saying about the man accused of beheading a woman in an oklahoma workplace. that's coming up after this break. fiber one. new fiber one streusel.
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police in the st. louis, missouri, area, are looking for suspects. the most recent incident happened where an officer only suffered minor scratches. >> earlier, a ferguson, missouri, officer was shot in the arm during a burglary. ferguson has been the scene of tension ever since an unarmed african-american teen was shot and killed by a police officer nearly two months ago. the county police chief does not think this incident was related. >> i don't think it is. it didn't happen within the proximity of the protest area. this is an area that's fairly secluded, and i wouldn't have any reason to believe right now that it was linked in any way, shape, manner, or form with the protest. it certainly doesn't appear that way. >> and police say the officer
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managed to fire several shots at the suspects, but there's no evidence that they were actually hit. >> and the fallout from the police shooting of 18-year-old michael brown last month is on the mind of u.s. @barack obama. he addressed the continuing tensions in ferguson during remarks to the congressional black caucus in washington on saturday. >> the anger and the emotion that followed his death awakened our nation once again to the reality that people in this room have long understood, which is in too many communities around the country, a gulf of mistrust exists between local residents and law enforcement. too many young men of color feel targeted by law enforcement. guilty of walking while black or driving while black. judged by stereotypes that fuel fear and resentment and hopelessness. >> and the president also said the u.s. department of justice continues to investigate the fatal shooting of michael brown by officer darren wilson. the u.s. man accused of beheading a work colleague is
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now talking to authorities at a local hospital. alton alexander nolan is expected to be transferred to jail early in the week. meantime, police are looking at his online writings as they investigate his rampage. nick valencia reports. >> reporter: police have released some details about the suspect in this week's beheading in moore, oklahoma. but we're beginning to learn more about him from his facebook page. police say this is the facebook page of the man suspected of beheading a co-worker in moore, oklahoma. the images and messages on the page of alton nolan, who goes by an alias here, appears to support islamic radicals and ridicule christianity. he writes about the judgment day and criticizes the united states and israel. the posts are a mixed array. some more disturbing than others. it was on thursday that police say nolan brought horror to his workplace. he had just been fired from his job that day, only to return shortly afterward with a knife.
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>> he encountered the first victim and began assaulting her with a knife. he did kill colleen, and did sever her head. >> reporter: according to police, the suspect then began attacking a second woman. when he was shot and stopped by an armed company executive. mark vaughn, son of the company's founder, is also a reserve sheriff's deputy. officials say it was his actions that prevented more deaths. >> it could have gotten a lot worse. this guy definitely was not going to stop. he didn't stop until he was shot. >> reporter: the barbaric nature of the crime has led some residents and others to speculate the act could be tied to something larger and was perhaps influenced by muslim extremists, adding to the theory police say that in recent weeks, nolan had tried to convert his co-workers to islam. but in a statement to cnn, oklahoma's governor warned not to jump to conclusions before the investigation is complete. the fbi is assisting local police. nolan has a lengthy criminal
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history, according to the oklahoma department of corrections, including briefly leading police on a manhunt. the state trooper who had a physical altercation with nolan four years ago says after she found out what she's accused of doing, she wished she would have killed him when she had the chance. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. >> frightening and very distressing. many thanks to our nick valencia for that report. a top liberian health official is now under quarantine. after the break, we'll give you the latest in the desperate fight against ebola. that's coming up. l, not when your travel rewards card makes it so hard to get a seat using your miles. that's their game. the flights you want are blacked out. or they ask for some ridiculous number of miles. honestly, it's time to switch to the venture card from capital one. with venture, use your miles on any airline, any flight, any time. no blackout dates. and with every purchase, you'll earn unlimited double miles. from now on, no one's taking your seat away. what's in your wallet?
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welcome back, everyone. more now on the desperate fight against ebola. liberia's chief medical officer is under a three-week quarantine after her assistant died from ebola. i think it's crucial, because she's trying to lead by example. liberia has been one of the worst affected areas. liberia is clearly the worst affected from the ebola crisis. >> yeah, and she put herself under quarantine, this is because her assistant died on thursday. that prompted the closure of the ministry of health. they tried to decontaminate the building. it was reopened on friday. so far, no signs that the medical director is infected with the virus. we should note the world health organization says west africa is now dealing with the worst ebola outbreak on record. more than 6,500 people across liberia, sierra leone and guinea
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have the disease and more than 3,000 people have now died. >> it's sort of like the health infrastructure in these countries is so weak. you have people being turned away in the hospitals constantly. president obama is now sending about 3,000 troops to help fight the disease as well. >> there is a big difference between those who get the treatment in the united states or britain, they survive because of the medical advanced treatment. of course, those in west africa, where the health system is never good at the best of times. >> and i'm from west africa and i can tell you a lot of people there sort of feel abandoned by the west indeed. a big problem. >> and, of course, those troops will be on the ground soon. they won't be dealing with patients, though. they'll just be training medical workers. >> right. still ahead, war planes take to the skies over iraq. we'll go live to london to find out how the isis propaganda machine is likely to capsulize on that development. that's coming up. you think you take off all your make-up before bed.
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just on 5:30 on the east coast of the united states, and it's time to check the headlines. police in japan say at least 30 people are in a state of cardiac arrest at the foot of a volcano that erupted on saturday. that description means they were found without a pulse, but have not yet been declared dead by a doctor. it's still unclear how many more victims might be buried under thick layers of ash. and police in ferguson, missouri, are searching for the man who shot a police officer on routine patrol late saturday. the officer's injuries are not life threatening. in a separate incident, an off duty st. louis officer was shot at while driving on the
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interstate near the city's airport. as pro-democracy protests swell in hong kong, the city's chief executive says consultations will now be held on electoral reform, but officials say those discussions must be held in so-called rational and lawful manners. and the u.s. and its coalition partners are starting to come to the aid of kurdish fighters in northern syria near the border with turkey. air strikes hit targets near the city of kobane, which has been the scene of clashes between isis and kurdish forces for more than a week now. british war planes have joined the air campaign against isis in iraq. now, let's get details from carl. you had former deputy prime minister john prescott basically saying the uk should stay out of this mess. are there fears on the ground that the uk is once again being led by america? >> well, certainly what john prescott's remarks reflect is
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that he was part of a government, part of tony blair's government that pulled britain into two wars, afghanistan and iraq, and the british public is still very war-weary after those two campaigns and doesn't necessarily want to be dragged into an open-ended commitment. the british public certainly feel that they've been to iraq once. that we were unable to help sort out that situation too much then, and once again, the problem has flared up. as far as being led by the united states, of course it is true, if you look at the coalition carrying out the air strikes in syria and iraq right now is predominantly u.s., even though, of course, arab partners are joining the fight. but it is the u.s. that is defining targets. the u.s. that are pulling partners in. and the u.s. that's bringing most of the weaponry to the table. i don't think anybody right now feels that britain's participation is absolutely huge because quite simply it is not. the british parliament voted and fixed a number of conditions
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about british participation. that first and foremost, that british war planes can only hit targets inside iraq right now. there is no mandate to go into syria as of now. also the number of war planes that britain is contributing. six fighter jets we're told by the ministry of defense. that is roughly the same number as jordan, belgium, and holland, and one less than denmark. so certainly no massive participation right now. but yes, certainly a concern that we've got to keep our eyes on this, and also, to be aware that isis is a very slippery enemy and that this is not going to be a quick fix and the politicians even saying that this could be a year or beyond that britain might have to take part in these coalition air strikes. but certainly, the two aircraft that were up in the air yesterday over iraq, they found no targets to hit and that again highlights another one of the problems getting enough intelligence to find worthwhile
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targets and strike decisive blows against isis then. >> as you mentioned, david cameron warning that this air campaign could last months, if not years. got to ask you, though, is there a feeling on the ground that perhaps prime minister david cameron should have maybe engaged or spoken to the young british muslim community before engaging in these air strikes? >> certainly, over the last few days and weeks, i've been talking quite extensively to members of the muslim community, both young and old, because david cameron has said that this enemy, which he has termed as radical islam, is an enemy both in britain because of the risk of radicalized young men or returning foreign fighters causing problems here. it is also, of course, a problem in syria and iraq. and for that reason, young british muslims, especially young men of potentially fighting age, are feeling that they're coming under scrutiny and growing discrimination. one man that i was talking to on friday in fact said british
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muslims are always under scrutiny. people are ready to criticize. but because david cameron now is targeting foreign fighters heading to syria and also saying that there could be an enemy at home, he says, we feel that we are on the back feet. we feel that we're always having to give excuses, having to condemn isis actions in syria, even though it has absolutely nothing to do with us here in britain. also, if you look at more moderate groups like the muslim council of britain, they are very much saying that they should have been consulted before parliament went to vote on the potential of air strikes in iraq so that they could kind of help david cameron sell this war to muslims in britain. but they said that they weren't consulted. but very much, david cameron has said in the past that the mosques that muslim leaders should stop their young men from radicalizing and going out to syria. so they throw up their arms and say you go off and bomb iraq, why didn't you tell us that
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before? because potentially it could cause a backlash, certainly anti-government sentiment among the muslim community here on britain's streets. >> certainly there is a feel that these air strikes could incite more anger. we appreciate it. thank you. >> and on the issue of radicalization, prime minister david cameron says europe needs a strategy to prevent young people from becoming radicalized by groups like isis. joining me now is the director of the international center for the study of radicalization and political violence. he's with the king's college and he joins us now from our bureau in london. peter, thanks for being with us. we heard carl talking a few moments ago about the possible radicalization of young muslims in britain. what could be the consequences for britain now that it has committed itself to this fight against isis? >> well, the consequences are twofold.
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one is that even more young british muslims go and join isis and other groups in syria and iraq because they feel mobilized by what's happening there. it is only a matter of time until the western coalition forces accidentally hit civilians, and isis and other groups will exploit that. they will say look, you're attacking not, in fact, only us. you're attacking islam. and that narrative of the west versus islam is something that extremists have always very usefully exploited. they've argued that if you are a muslim, you have to be with us rather than with the nonmuslims. so there's a danger of more people going over there. there's certainly also a danger of people doing something back here in britain. >> and you described those who stay behind and would like to carry out those attacks, or have aspirations to carry out some kind of attack, be it britain, france, or wherever, as fan
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boys. what does that mean? >> so there's a large number of people who are on the internet, who are very strongly supportive of isis, who are cheering on isis, they are cheerleaders of isis, they are disseminating materials. it's often forgotten that this whole social media machine that isis has really depends on people in the west doing their work for them. they are people who may have contemplated going to caesse sy iraq but haven't gone through with it. but they're very angry and want to do something. of course, the risk is those guys are now feeling empowered and they feel that they can do something back here in europe, in britain, and they can become involved without having to go to syria and iraq. i think that group, because it is so large, because they are so angry, and because they are already here, they do pose a risk. >> what sort of things are they posting on twitter and social
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media? >> well, you know, i don't want to cite verbatim, but they are insults. they are certainly messages strongly supportive of isis. and they are essentially rearticulating the entire rhetoric of isis, including their calls for violence, and that is particularly problematic because it is very easy for these guys to just go out there, grab a knife, and do something horrible that will cause a lot of shock and terror in british society, and will make community relations in this country and other european countries even more dangerous and problematic and polarized. >> in terms of numbers, are we talking hundreds here? thousands? if it is that many, is it possible for security forces, for domestic intelligence agencies to track these people? >> well, i think we're talking about hundreds rather than thousands. and certainly not every one of them is dangerous. even amongst those hundreds, there will be a good number that are just shouting very loudly,
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but are ultimately not doing anything. the problem is, of course, for the security forces to be able to distinguish between the dangerous ones and the ones who are just shouting very loudly, and that is incredibly difficult because you ultimately often do not know what people's intentions are, and because beheading someone as horrible as it sounds is very easy to do. so you don't have a run-up time where you can observe someone whilst he's planning a terrorist attack. when it comes to beheading someone, it's just a matter of grabbing a knife and going out there and that makes it particularly difficult. >> you mentioned the civilian casualties as a propaganda tool which isis seizes. a small number have already been killed in syria by these air strikes. square this circle for me, though. you have a small number of civilians, which is tragic that they've been killed during these air strikes. but you have literally thousands and thousands of men, women, and
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children who have been hunted down and executed by isis militants over the course of the last couple of years. and yet dead civilians because of air strikes, bad. thousands of dead civilians at the hands of isis good? how does that work? >> well, i think at the end of today, i do think, of course, mainstream muslims feel a lot of sympathy with the non-muslims that can be killed by isis. but if you're talking about very radicalized individuals who are already supportive of isis to begin with, they will be looking not at the victims of the other side. they will be looking at the victims that have been killed as part of isis, who were supportive of isis, who are perhaps they are identifying with. so it's a matter of us versus them. my victims are always counting more than your victims. and so for them, for the west to
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hit their potential people is something that makes them even more angry. and allows them to argue that this is not, in fact, a conflict between the west and isis. this is a conflict between the west and islam. and that's particularly dangerous because that allows them to mobilize a lot of people. that creates that us versus them category, and makes, you know, mildly radical people have to decide whose side am i on? am i on the side of the west or am i on the side of perhaps the innocent muslims that are being killed by the west. >> we shall leave it there, but it's been good speaking with you. we appreciate you coming in. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> some of those deradicalization programs that peter was talking about involves having moderate imams sit down with young muslims and try to encourage an alternative view of islam, but it's impossible to
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firefighters and emergency workers are heading home as recent rains brought relief to the king fire in california. more rain is in the forecast for much of the u.s. >> this is good news especially for california because some parts have not had rain for years. >> a long time. >> derek van dam tells us all about it. >> great news for sure. the king fire is 84% contained last time i checked. and this is all thanks to enormous large low pressure system that continues to move over the western half of the united states. this is bringing not only rainfall, but cooler temperatures and higher humidity levels to help combat the blazes that have been raging since the middle of september just east of the sacramento area. this is the latest map, we're tapping into a lot of pacific moisture. that's helping bring in all this rainfall over the west, and we've had some pretty impressive rainfall totals as well. one to three inches near the sacramento area where the king fire was located, or at least
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just east of that. that's roughly between 25 and 75 millimeters. napa valley, the very popular wine destination, four to six inches. that's around 100 to 150 millimeters of rainfall. we've even seen rainfall from nevada through utah and much of arizona as well. in fact, you can see that storm system just churning about over the western half of the united states. it's not going anywhere any time soon. because it is a slow mover. we also have a wet end to the weekend for atlanta and the florida panhandle. want to talk quickly just about a storm that moved through the phoenix, arizona, area on saturday. this caused some damage to the sky harbor airport. let's take a look at some visuals coming out of that region. the airport has a bit of flooding at the moment. and some grounded flights yesterday for about an hour. 40 flights diverted out of that region in total. so tricky situation out of that area. well that's all from the weather center for now, but i believe zain and john have an update on george clooney. >> give a shoutout to zain's
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mom, because she just called her during the break. hi, obi. she's watching at home in lon n london. >> i'm going to get you back for that by the way. >> did your mom go to the clooney wedding? >> well, i was invited. just kidding. derek, thank you so much. hollywood actor george clooney has married human rights lawyer amal alamuddin in a star-studded ceremony in venice. they arrived for the wedding by water taxi. >> reporter: george clooney is no longer hollywood's most eligible bachelor. yesterday he married 36-year-old human rights lawyer amal alamuddin in a private ceremony, according to his publicist, at a lavish seven-star hotel right here along venice's grand canal. he arrived for the ceremony looking relaxed and happy, along with a flotilla of his famous friends, including matt damon,
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emily blunt, and cindy crawford. as for the bride, she reportedly spent the day in the hotel getting ready for the big event. we haven't seen pictures of her gown just yet, but i'm sure she looked spectacular. this was a culmination of a series of elaborate wedding events that began on friday. amal and george arrived fittingly aboard a boat named amore. they were whisked away to where the celebrations began in earnest. friday night, his and hers bachelor and bachelorette parties. it truly was a fairytale wedding in one of the most romantic cities in the world. >> and they actually ended up staying in a seven-star hotel. what is a seven-star hotel? i have no idea. >> it's got to be critically expensive, but obviously a great time. >> i hope it was worth the money. >> i'm sure it was. when we come back, the final round of the ryder cup is about
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shane o'donahue is with me. can america turn it around? >> it's a tall order. it has been done before. the battle of brookline, we saw that in 1999. we saw a very defiant ben crenshaw on saturday night say he had a feeling and by golly he certainly was proven correct. that was a stunning turnaround and a big victory for america on that occasion. >> what's the difference? >> he's not as stoic. he's not as passionate. i think he's made some crucial errors. not playing mickelson and bradley at all today. they deserved at least one runout this morning. so no sign of those guys. and i don't think he's been able to adapt as quickly as paul mcginley in terms of their tactics. >> tom watson's a golfing legend. but europe's captain mcginley is the one with the edge in terms of tactics. but with a about his players? america didn't win a single point on saturday afternoon. >> well, he's got a couple of
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dynamite pairings. namely victor dubuisson, the frenchman, playing alongside graeme mcdowell. they've only been playing the foursomes. and they've been tremendous together. when victor shawn at the world match play championship, mcdowell tweeted i want to play with that guy on the ryder cup. so this has been brewing for some time. he's a sensational talent. they have just dove tailed perfectly. and then you have the likes of justin rose performing so well. and rory mcilroy playing very good golf, especially with sergio garcia in foursomes. you know, they dominate. europe tend to do very well in foursomes. and it's been proven. they're 7-1 ahead in terms of the eight points available. >> europe need just four points more to retain the ryder cup after the miracle two years ago. the usa need a turnaround here at gleneagles. back to you. >> many thanks to alex thomas for that. okay, everyone, cuteness
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good morning, everyone. 6:00 already this morning. i'm christi paul. >> and i'm joe johns in for victor blackwell. >> it's good to have you here. >> it's good to be here on a sunday morning. loving atlanta. >> we have some breaking news. >> we do. breaking news as well as fresh violence. ferguson, missouri, where a white police officer has been shot in the arm during what began as a routine patrol stop. police tell kcnn the suspect isa black man. >> then an after duty police officer was sprayed with gunfire as he drove. we need to point out his personal vehicle. this was near the airport. now that officer wasn't hit. and we do not have descriptions of the suspects in that case. >> a lot of details to sort out here at this point. neither incident is thought to be tide to the