hello. a big welcome to those of you joining us from around the united states. >> there is no question in my mind that we are making an impact. >> it is being call a complete game changer. we'll take you inside a special lab set up by the u.s. military designed to fight ebola in west africa. plus, take a close look at this

video. the fbi is asking for the public's help in identifying this isis militant. and later for you, she said it is not a sex scandal. it is a sex crime. jennifer lawrence doesn't hole back in her first interview since nude pictures of the actress were posted online. let's begin with the u.s. efforts to contain the ebola outbreak in africa. the penlt is sending in thousands of military personnel and some of them will face a higher risk of exposure to the deadly virus. some team are working in mobile ebola testing labs that just opened in liberia like the ones you're seeing here. at a briefing on tuesday, a u.s. general said those teams face the greatest risk in fact of exposure to ebola. but still they're doing everything possible to ensure their safety. >> let me assure you by providing training, adhering to

strict medical protocols while deployed and carrying out reintegration measures based on risk and exposure i am confident that we can ensure our service members' safety and the safety their families and the american people. >> now these mobile testing labs are desperately needed in liberia where there are more suspected or confirmed cases of ebola than all the other african nations combined. you can see a breakdown of the outbreak on your screen. he talk to the military personnel in these labs about how they're saving lives. >> this is what we do in our day job, i guess you could say. >> the u.s. naval personnel deployed, the day job has become testing for the ebola virus. their lab, just minutes from international medical center. tuesday has funded four such labs in the fight against the virus. >> a complete game changer. patients were afraid at one point of coming to an ebola

treatment unit because they are fraefd becoming infected. some have only minor symptoms and they're not convinced they have ebola. so they might avoid coming because they're afraid they'll become infected. now that we have the lab, patients can get the results back within hours. >> perched on hillside. this 9-year-old waited a week for an ambulance. he was carried here bleeding by his father. today he has recovered enough to tell us he thinks he's going home. for the naval scientists stationed here, it is hot and difficult work but it's worth it. >> in one aspect, we're all humans. this is a humanitarian crisis. that we want to help with. but this isn't just a regional threat. really, this is a continental and a global threat if this were

allowed to continue to that propagate. >> but there will be those they couldn't save. the treatment central opened less than a month ago and already a line of graves has snaked through this clearing in the jungle and more are being dug. president obama has authorized up to 4,000 troops. 200 have arrived in country. 600 are expected before the end of the month. but will it be enough? >> there is no question in my mind that we are an impact. there is no better fight worth fighting than the one in liberia right now. soldiers are used to moving toward the sounds of the guns. these are the loudest guns that the world has heard in a long time. >> how quickly they can translate the gains here across the country will go some way to silencing the guns for good. cnn, liberia. >> now, the first person

diagnosed with ebola in the united states is currently on a ventilator and receiving kidney dialysis. thomas duncan remains in critical but stable condition in a dallas, texas hospital. he is you no getting an experimental anl viral drug. his nephew says he's showing some signs of improvement. the cdc director says none of the four dozen people who had close contact with duncan before his diagnose ris showing any ebola symptoms. meantime in another part of the world, this was the scene tuesday outside the madrid hospital where a nurse's assistant has ebola. she is the first person to contract the virus outside the african continent. nurses and doctors are protesting what they say are lax safety policies. the nurses helped with two ebola patients who flew back from west africa. both of them later died. let's bring in al goodman.

he joins us live from outside the facility where those who died were treated. catch us up on who is confirmed to have ebola there now. who is being monitored and where thing stand in spain. it seems as if things are getting a bit out of hand there. >> reporter: we're outside the hospital which is where the confirm case of ebola, the nurse's assistant is in there as well as four other people who are unclose observation. a kind of a quarantine to determine if they might convert or become the next ebola patients. however of those four work the are other health care workers, like the nurse's assistant. the one has tested negative. she is due to come out in the coming hours. the other one went in late last night. so the other three people in there. there is also the husband of the

nurse's assistant. he is in there as well as a man who just came to spain from africa. so in addition to that, authorities are monitoring not in the hospital, about 50 other people who came into contact with the nurse's assistant. so they're trying to get a grip on this. meantime the protests and the questions are increasing. you saw the protests outside the hospital on tuesday. more protests are expected this day, wednesday, including outside the health ministry downtown and the prime minister is due to speak in parliament at the weekly question and answer session shortly. he has not spoken publicly about this crisis. he may well be asked about that in parliament as a tide of criticism over the government's handling is certainly rising. >> we'll certainly wait and see what the spanish prime minister says in parliament. i know one of the papers describes it as a chain of errors. who or what agency is responsible for managing this

response? how could it improve? we're watching the footage now of these nurses complaining that no one is sharing information with them. >> indeed. the details are coming out but really not with public faces from public officials. they are maintaining a line that says, everything was done properly and they're looking into it. but sources are telling reporters here at this paper you're talking about, that there seem to be a chain of errors. who is in charge? at the national level, it is the health ministry. in madrid that's a regional government. so the regional health authorities are supposed to be on top of it. and what has happened according to the unions is that the equipment may have been under standard. that is to say, not up to the standards of what you're seeing elsewhere in europe and the united states. the most protective gear, the suits and the gloves. they're complaining they didn't have that. they're complaining that they did not get all of the training basically, very short talks but

not more extensive training on what to do, how to put on, take off the equipment. how to take the precaution. that's the kind of criticism you're getting. and we haven't had a pushback from the officials except to say that everything has been done right. this is why you have a lot of concern in the street and this is why a lot of questions are unanswered. >> this is certainly no time for complacency. live for us in madrid where it is just past eig8:00 in the morning. thanks. coalition aircraft carried out new air strikes on isis targets in kobani to try to stop the militants from seizing that town. the turkish president said air strikes are not enough. warning kobani in his words is about to fall. u.s. officials admit, it will fall but they say saving individual cities from isis isn't the top priority.

>> obviously horrific to watch what is going on on the ground. but it is important for the united states, for to us step back and remember our strategic objectives as it relates to our efforts and our engage many in syria. >> take a look at this footage. the siege of kobani is sparking call for action from around the world. this video is coming to us from turkey where at least three people are dead after clashes with police. kurdish protesters want turkey's government to get involved in the fight against isis militants. they want the turkish government to do more. he joins us from istanbul to talk about the kurdish element. thanks for spending time with us. turkey's relationship with the kurdish population within the borders has been contentious for some time. a bit more tolerant as of late. this new isis threat is the

newest wrinkle. how do you explain what we just witnessed there? this kurdish frustration that the government isn't doing enough to help the kurds across the border in syria and even in iraq? >> reporter: i think the conventional wisdom in turkey is not turkey cannot be the conventional wisdom that it wants to be. the mayhem goes to prove this. there is a great deal of anger among turkey's kurds who feel government is simply sitting on its hands while the city of kobani, a city full of their own brethren is about to fall with possible massacre. >> and not just that which would frustrate the kurds in turkey but when it come to kurds fleeing isis into turkey, the government seem to want nothing to do with them. using these water cannons on

kurdish refugees fleeing into the country. is there a clear government policy at this stage? andrew, if you can still hear me, is there a clear turkish government policy toward kurdish refugees fleeing from syria? all right. it would appear that we have lost our connection with journalist andrew finkel. we'll try to reestablish that and bring him back later in our broadcast. very unfortunate there. the fbi is asking for the public's help in identifying an english speaking isis mill tanlt shown in one of the group's propaganda videos. we can show it to you now. he speaks first in arabic and then seamlessly switches to english saying the soldiers behind him are digging their own graves near the city of raqqa. he then appears with other militants. because he speaks with a north

american acticent, the fbi post this on their website, asking if people know who he is. meantime, british police say they have foiled a terror plot by islamic extremists. four men are under arrest and investigators are searching homes and vehicles in london. let's bring in our international correspondent, nic robertson. i understand we don't know for sure if this is connected to isis specifically. but you do have this heightened search of urgency in the u.k. as other nations help with the air strikes. what do we know about yesterday's terror arrests? >> reporter: the metropolitan police chief in london said the police were acting with more interventionist policy. and he described this as a serious case. and he said this case does have links going back to iraq and syria. while not using the word isis.

by saying iraq and syria, and in the context of the fact that british security officials are very concerned about the hundreds of young men that have gone to join isis and other radical slammist groups and iraq. the inference seems to be that this does have connections to isis. again, that's not being said explicitly. what these men are being, have been arrested for is the suspicion of commissioning or preparing or instigating acts of terrorism. islamist terrorism is what the police are saying. while there are not many details, the indications here are that the police have foiled a plot, potentially in its early stages. that there are links potentially here to isis. and this, of course, as australia recently arrested 15 men who they feared were going to go out on the streets of sydney and potentially behead people there. so these are the concerns that

swirl in the back ground at the moment. >> and as we branch out and look at the wider kind of effort here, nic, these efforts to stop terror attacks, are there any new methods that law enforcement are using. when you mentioned the arresting of individuals in australia, just a few weeks ago in lonl. there was another kind of arrest, terror related. are agencies sharing more information across borders, for example, with this threat of western jihadis being recruited and heading to places like syria? >> this was one of the thing we heard from the nato summit in wales a month ago. that was that nations would share, the united states, european nations, middle eastern nations, the coalition, in the fight against isis. would share information about people traveling to the region. i think one of the keys that we're hearing here, and this is from the chief of the metropolitan police here. he has said that the police acting with a more

interventionist policy. some of those people who were arrested just last week in london on suspicion of terrorism-related offenses were quickly released. one of the challenges that is faced by the security services here is that they have limited resources. and the more people that they have to monitor, the more sort of active cells, the more stretch they become. so by acting with a more interventionist policy, one, it seem to potentially bow to greater political pressure that they need the police need to be acting fast. they can't allow plots to sort of gestate as they would in the past which allows them to get a better likelihood of prosecution when they get to courts. quite simply, they programs don't have the manpower to sit and watch on a 24-hour basis as they would normally do. a group of individuals. i think that's what we're seeing here. the thwarting of a plot in its early stages, rather than

allowing it to go to the sort of late, just about to become operational, and the risk of something happening on the streets here. >> all right. nic robertson live for us where it is just past 7:15 in the morning in london. thanks. still to come for you, an actor who played the father figure in a popular tv show is now the target of an ongoing child molestation investigation. there were some rumors about this man on twitter bouncing around a few hours ago. we'll clear all that up and explain how to allegations came to light. plus, hunger game star jennifer lawrence speaks out about her private nude photos after a hacker posted them online. allowed me to start ing for my retirement. transamerica made it easy. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. transamerica. transform tomorrow. and cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment is right.

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welcome back. actress jennifer lawrence is speaking out about the nude photos that hackers stole and posted on the web. they said it was a quote, sex crime. the photos were private. meant for her long distance boyfriend. but they were made public as part of a wide ranging hack as celebrity nude images earlier this year. have you heard of this story? a well known actor who played the father figure in the u.s. tv show "7th heaven" is facing a child molestation investigation. in divorce papers, actor stephen collins is accused of molesting three girls by his estranged wife. no charges have been filed. but an investigation continues to see if there might be other

women with similar allegations. in a legal response to the divorce filing, collins' lawyer writes that the claim are, quote, really an attempt to extort concessions in settlement. an airplane dropping water on a while fire in california has crashed. this happened in yosemite national park. the pilot was on board at the time. rescuers have not been able to reach the aircraft. the plane was fighting a fire that is so far hasn't been contained either. it has burned more than 15 hectares and prompted evacuation of some 60 homes. we'll keep you posted on how that progresses. turning to the weather. cooler weather and heavy rainfall forecast for parts of the u.s. state of arizona. an american place dear to my heart. >> they'll take cool temperature and rainfall across arizona any time. the pattern will change for a couple days across the region.

and keep in mind in arizona, we had tropical storm nor bert a couple weeks back. and then odile and then this is simon, not very impressive. but enough moisture in the atmosphere for some thunderstorms. some of them could produce very heavy rainfall, mainly west of tucson where we could see upwards of one to two inches, up to three inches. as you work to the north, some areas scattered about. it should be less than one inch. plenty of moisture to go around western pima county in southern arizona. with that. the temperatures should be in the low 90s fahrenheit. a gradual warming trend. one of the areas to talk about, toward the pacific northwest. pretty impressive summer so far, until it came to an edge. the second warmest summer on record. sunshine coming back in seal. they'll take that at 71 degrees

into the afternoon hours. i want to leave with you these impressive images in the south of franls. an area you would not expect this. this is the second time we've had severe flooding over the past nine days. this is montpelier where we had the floods take place along the mediterranean. upwards of nine inches came down in a matter of three hours on tuesday afternoon, causing the flooding across this region. the storm responsible, pretty impressive feature. this is an area right around this region where we saw the tremendous rainfall and more rain is in the forecast. one of those vacations places where you would not expect the rain to come down. >> just what vacationers want to hear. they book these trims. it doesn't usually rain here, honey. thanks very much. let's go ahead and show you a live look at what is taking place in hong kong. the pro democracy protests here are well into their second week.

as you look at the numbers, is this moving, this movement now losing popular support ahead of government talks? we'll explore that question after the break with a live report from hong kong.

this is hong kong about, 2:25 in the afternoon. much calmer than what we witnessed last week. there are upcoming talks between leaders of parts of the demonstration, the occupy movement, and the government. there are questions about the stamina of this movement with these talks upcoming. the protests seem to be contracting but complaints from the business community, they are growing. let's bring in andrew stevens live from hong kong. he's been following all of this for almost two weeks. those who want to get back to work and allow hong kong to get back to business seem to be more irritated with the people remaining in the streets. how many people are left out there? >> reporter: no doubt, the numbers are diminishing. but by no way and no stretch of

the imagination is this protest coming to an end. these streets, there is a hard core of protests on the streets. and they're going to stay on these streets. as i look around the tents, all up and down, it is still very well supplied. and they say that what they will stay until they get some sort of resolution. let me show you the scene behind me. this is a student, this is just sort of an open mic and there's a lunch time crowd at the moment. with these protesters, you're getting an all of lot of office workers to mingle. and judging by the applause these people are getting and a lot of the crowd here are obviously not students. they are still applauding what is being said with the open mic. they are protest supporters, t get, giving the speeches up there. it is clear the irritation levels are rising. people have come and stopped me here and said can you tell these

people to go? i want to get to work. i can get to work with you it is so disruptive at the moment. people are being forced to sit in cars for hours for bumper-to-bumper traffic. roads like this are being blocked off. so there is no doubt it is causing major inconveniences all around. as i say, the talks will be starting tomorrow and there is no suggestion that these protesters are preparing to actually pack up. >> there is the latest for us from hong kong. andrew stevens spending another day amid the demonstrators. the crowds are smaller but their resolve remains. thanks very much. still to come, growing questions over whether a man with ebola knew he might have it when he flew into the u.s. his family says no, but now he could face criminal charges. plus, the former muslim extremist creates a cartoon character to turn people away from a life of jihad. [♪]

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u.s. officials admit the syrian town of kobani will fall to isis militants. they say it is not a top u.s. priority. the town along the border with turkey has been under siege for several weeks now. coalition aircraft struck five isis targets in the town tuesday. the siege of kobani is sparking call for action from around the world. these scenes are from turkey where at least three people are dead off the clashes with police in istanbul in other cities. they want turkey's government to get involved against isis militants. spain is monitoring four more cases of ebola. one is a nurse's assistant who was on the same team as another assistant who has the deadly virus. she is the first person to contract ebola outside of west africa during this current outbreak. the u.s. has sent four mobile ebola testing labs to liberia. the penn says u.s. military

personnel working at each lab face some rick of infection but all precautions are being taken. liberia has the most suspected or confirm cases in west africa. and more news on the ebola front. an ebola patient who recently traveled from liberia to the u.s. is facing growing scrutiny. will he also face criminal charges? ed lavandera takes a closer look at his case. >> reporter: while thomas eric duncan fights for his life in this dallas hospital, they are deciding if there are enough charges for exposing the public to the deadly ebola virus. the question is, did he know he was infected with ebola when he boarded the plane in liberia and flew to dallas, texas? >> that is a dangerous act. and there must be some type of consequence if a person engages in that type of conduct and recovers from the virus. >> reporter: duncan arrived in

dallas on september 20 ths. liberian officials say he didn't have a fever and answered no on a form asking if he had had contact with ebola patients. but just days before leaving liberia, duncan's friends tell cnn he hem a pregnant woman who collapsed. the woman had ebola. >> did he know she died of ebola? >> no. >> reporter: nine others around the pregnant woman are dead or seriously ill. five days after arriving in the united states, duncan turn up at the presbyterian hospital. he was single away with antibiotics only to return three days later with full blown ebola symptoms. some have suggested he boarded the plane knowing he was i effected, to get medical treatment in the united states. but his family insists, this isn't true. >> i will never believe my brother have come here knowing that he had ebola. >> reporter: his half brother told cnn that duncan plan the trip and received his travel visa two weeks before he became

ill. >> he called. i got my visa from the embassy. they gave me a visa. now i can come. >> reporter: duncan's nephew said he asked directly how he got infected. >> emhe didn't know where he got it. and the incident scribbled in the numbs and the media that he didn't touch that woman will he was not even living in that area when that happened. >> reporter: if texas prosecutors push ahead, some legal analysts say it is overreaching by prosecutors and call it a difficult case to make. >> the prosecutors would have to be able to prove that he knew he had ebola and he was acting recklessly in traveling and filling out health documents. i suspect they may not be able to prove that. >> reporter: thomas eric duncan is list in the critical condition and he is connected to a ventilator. all that is going on while prosecutors say it is still not clear and there is no timetable on when or if these charges will be filed. ed lavandera, cnn, dallas. and this development.

a u.s. lawmaker wants to stop people in the hardest hit ebola nations from traveling to the u.s. bill nelson, a senate democrat from florida, says the government should temporarily suspend most travel visas from those nations. the white house has refused to do that so far. reverend jesse jackson said such a move would send the wrong signal about what needs to be done to fight this outbreak. >> it is a crisis. we should not panic and begin to do irrational things in reaction. we had the sars crisis. we did not panic. we had the mers crisis. we should quarantine the disease, not quarantine nations and airline flights, for example. we should not panic. >> meantime the dallas apartment where the patient stayed with family members in dallas was in

the news this week. you may remember as crews in hazmat suits finally cleaned it up with the neighbors watching. this took several days to decontaminate it fully. you see the neighbors there. but there may be a better way of zapping out dangerous germs. george powell reports. >> from fears about the ebola virus, enterovirus and even the common cold. >> this machine will clean this room entirely. >> in just 15 minutes. >> they've met their match. a robot with bursts of ultra bright light after the room is cleaned. affectionately named amber. this has been part of the cleaning crew for two years now. shuttled room to room catching what people can't. >> so this is is a germ zapping robot. inside is a lamp. when you pulse it, it produces

uvc light. it is 25,000 times brighter than sunlight. >> we've seen in the last two years since it has come on board a greater than 25% reduction in our hospital acquired infections. all of our units are either at or near zero hospital required infections. >> a longside tried and true methods, technology is leading the fight against ebola from cleaning hospital rooms to taking people's temperature with a tablet size device that scans your eyes. it is being used in some dallas schools for fever watch. a vital test to determine if someone might become ill. >> it is not as precise as core body temperature in an insert thermometer but it is more precise than any other remote or nontouch infrared or other kind of technological system. >> reporter: the ebola scare has some people taking mat enters into their own hands.

in idaho, survivalists grabbing anything they can at government surplus stores like these mask taz cost of $8 to $20 a piece. john shift said he can't keep enough on the shelves. >> my perception is people got emotional and they want to act only. >> reporter: what should you do to protect your family. the doctor with the georgia infectious diseases says education is the best defense. >> this is certainly a serious disease and it is a big problem in west africa. it is not a big problem in this country and with the basic health care system that we have and the health care that we only, the access to water and soap. >> reporter: even as they say the u.s. is prepared, some believe an extra layer of protection offers a little more peace of mine. george howell, cnn, atlanta. we have new details on a massive storm to bring you here on cnn.

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. hong kong's protesters may have lost some of their steam. we take a live look right now. people are still out there. certainly not the number we saw last week. the people who remain though are still causing plenty of disruptions in key parts of the city. hundreds of bus and tram routes are out of commission right now

and many workers are simply fed up with the longer commutes. kyung lah asks if hong kong has had enough. >> reporter: he is a driver, not that you'd know it. he is doing all his deliveries on foot. it used to take three hours and now it takes six hours? >> yes. >> reporter: your day is twice as long. traffic jams. because pro democracy protesters have taken over the central district of hong kong. their sit-in has shut down the main road, now barricaded. government workers forced to hoof it in. demanding free elections. the collateral damage, parts of public transit are paralyzed. rail cars and hong kong's trams sit idle, unable to crisscross the side of the city. 200,000 people ride the tram in hong kong every single day. with these completely shut down,

it is push the traffic elsewhere into the city, causing even more headaches there. forced to drive, roads on this side of hong kong are stacked with taxis. when he they get out of gridlock, some are finding their neighborhoods are also block by additional protests. forget shopping, sharon could not get cash because her bank was shut down by the protesters. >> it got to edge some point. it cannot last forever. >> reporter: this merry channel has already dug into her savings to cover her store's weekly rent. >> in 20 years i've never seen this likes this, she says. she adds, i hope they leave. a week ago when police unleashed tear gas on the peaceful protesters, the city rallied behind occupy hong kong

movement. now solidly into its second week, many still support the pro democracy movement but patience is wearing thin. in it for the long haul, protesters say they understand the city's frustrations. but argue it is worth it. >> what we are doing right now is to fight for big value for the next generation. >> reporter: something bigger. >> yeah. >> reporter: the only thing big for man la you is the grief he's going through trying to deliver his bread. he finally makes it. only to have to repeat all this tomorrow as the protests continues. cnn, hong kong. now imagine this. seas as high as 50 feet and winds nearing 200 miles per hour. those are the conditions right now in parts of the western pacific. as the strongest storm of 2014 gets stronger. our meteorologist joins us now

with more. and even as a nonmeteorologist, you look at that map. you see the defined wall. >> it is trouble all over the place. looking into a research from m.i.t. back in 1998 that talked about the upper limits of how strong storms could get on our planet and this would be it. if this was a category 6, this would be a category 6. it is how strong it is across the pacific. let's talk about what's happening. since about a thousand kilometers some 600 miles east of the area, if you measure the cloud fuel from its northern fringe all the way yonl your screen on its southwestern fringe, this storm system measures, about 2,500 mile across. 4,000 kilometers across. could you put this in the united states. the cloud field would stretch from oregon to the state of massachusetts. that's how large of a storm

we're telling you about. waves up to 15 feet high or 15 meters. significant damage, of course, if anyone was in the path of it. you notice the vast majority of the region, clear as far as handle masses. the storm forecast for getting stronger. notice this is a 48-hour loop. it becomes a little more wobbly. taking the top and spinning on it a table and it starts to wobble. that is the upper limits of how physics operates. allowing storm to get this strong and reaching a maximum there. which would be roughly 300 kilometers per hour, around 200 miles per hour. sitting at the strongest storm of the year. ideal conditions, water temperatures, 86 degrees so who will be impacted by this? at this point a couple things to tell you about. it will weaken significantly. potentially down to a category 3 equivalent later this weekend and portions of southern japan going to be in line with a

direct hit if the models pan out here. and i know you've been following what's happening early in the week. this storm eventually will cross the track and could make landfall across southern japan. a lot going on for our friends across japan. >> thanks for tracking that. turning to big questions in north korea. where is kim jong 81? no one has seen him. brian todd has more. >> reporter: gunfire exchanged between boats. escalating tensions during an unsettling time. rumors are swirling over who is in charge in north korea. the erratic deck tator handle been seen publicly in more than a month. >> diabetes, gout, ankle

problems, strong health does not run in his family. >> reporter: as he has been out of public view, a diplomatic bombshell. three north korean officials make an unprecedented trip to south korea. they said it took them completely by surprise. two of the officials are right unkim jong un. they discussed creating a better ties between countries. could there trick mean kim is not in control? >> it could be that he is ill or incapacitated and the rest of the delegation felt they needed to show that north korea is an active, if you knowing state in control of its destiny. it could be that kim jong un sent them out. >> reporter: they recently said that he is not in control. a showdown overy group called the organization and guidance department is running the regime. but a u.s. intelligence official says cnn, despite the rumors

there are many indications that north korea is functioning as it normally does. still, there are past u.s. intelligence reports of emotional and mental problems specifically suffered by kim jong un's father and grand father. >> paranoia, an abnormal attraction to violence. that was the assessment. they were logical in their own context. they understood what they had to do to stay in power but they had these psychological disorders and it is entirely possible that he has inherited them or because of his viral, he's going through it himself. >> one of the elgs did reportedly will a south korean official that there is no problem with his health. >> this friday north korea celebrates the founding of the ruling worker's family.

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>> reporter: a young muslim man in london struggles with his identity and faith. it is the story of abdullah x, animated and online. a story that one former extremist knows all too well. he spoke to cnn on condition we hide his identity. >> i was struggling with my own identity in the sense of belonging when i was growing up, some issues around self-esteem, confidence, and where you fit in. so around that time, late '80s, early' 90s, there was quite a movement for the small politicized understanding of islam. i kribl to spreading the message and was certainly vociferous and vocal in my anti-western sent i am for many years. >> reporter: abdullah x is his creation. analer ego that mirrors his own journey from extremist to someone who homes to steer young muslim away from violence and extreme views. >> so who is abdullah x?

>> any particular young muslim from any particular walk of life at any given time. >> think terrorist in the same breath. >> the world is a volatile place. in between islam phobia and islamism, there is this need to try to understand your sense of place, identity and belonging. >> reporter: inspired by the super hero comics of his childhood, he used his own money to create abdullah x. >> i felt when we live in a sound bite culture where people have a matter of minutes, not hours, to make uninformed choices. a character needed to emerge in the online space in particular that could grab your attention for two minutes but actually give you quite a robust narrative within that two minutes that would hopefully engender some reflection. >> reporter: it is now on facebook and twitter and his

youtube videos have had thousands of views. there are now plan for an app that lets people directly interact. >> we're trying to tackle the call of duty playstation mentality and the jihadist mentality. those people who are allowing their grievances to put them at risk or in harm without knowing it. >> call of duty is a video game. >> our main objective is if we can save one young person from going to die in some foreign hand or taming to do something in his homeland. then we have done it. >> reporter: mind of a scholar, will have a warrior. you are watching cnn. do stay with us. after the break, we'll have much more on the push to identify the isis militant in this video.

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