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north korea. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks for joining us. north korea is where we begin today with bullets, balloons, and a deepening mystery into what is going on over there, the whereabouts of kim jong-un. he was a no-show at a major ceremony today and hasn't been seen in more than a month. north and south korea traded gunfire in an incident that started with balloons. our correspondent paula hancocks is following developments from seoul, south korea. >> it started with propaganda sent from north to south korea and ended with both ex changing machine gunfire across the border. activists launched balloons intended for north korean residents filled with dollar bills and dvds and books showing

life in the south. north korea often threatens to respond to these balloons and today they did. no casualties in the south but there's no way of knowing if that's the case in the north. fresh violence as the world is still wondering where the 31-year-old north korean leader is. kim jong-un was seen limpin over the summer and state-run media admitting he was feeling discomfort. >> we look at the photos a and say this guy is missing, that guy is missing. >> reporter: five weeks out of the public eye is a long time for a leader who, up until now, has not been camera shy. kim did not attend the ceremony for the founding of the workers party, instead sending flowers to pay for his respects to his late father kim jong-il. ankle surgery, stroke, all

military krc military coup, some say it's unlikely with the recent diplomacy. >> you will not expect a newly established collective leadership, a group of old bureaucrats to be so bold and active. >> reporter: south korea's defense minister believes he may be near the hospital with his wife and sister. it's the same hospital where his late father and grandfather had been treated for illnesses before. wolf? >> paula, thank very much. paula hancocks reporting from seoul, south korea. a leader mysteriously out of the public eye. those are just some of the factors fueling lots of speculation and concern about what is going on in north korea. let's get some insight from gordon chang, author of the book "nuclear north korea takes on the world." thank you for joining us. how significant is it that kim jong-un hasn't been seen in public now for about five weeks?

>> i think it's very significant. this is his longest absence ever and although the government says it's not a big deal, we have to put this into context. while kim has been out of sight, we've heard about a lockdown in pyongyang, the number two official in north korea got a big promotion and state-run media warned of a potential reb rebel general. commonsense, if nothing else, says that there's really something wrong with the north korean regime right now. >> it's a big deal, he didn't show up at this major party event today in north korea. he almost always should be there, right? >> yes. and he didn't show up on tuesday. and that was the 17th anniversary of his father becoming head of the workers party and in a confusion-inspired regime, not to honor your father and predecessor is a major breach of protocol. so that also was extremely serious and that's why people

have to believe that something is terribly wrong. >> what if he got some kind of an ankle injury. he was limping along and looked like he had gained some weight. he's having trouble walking. what if it's a relatively minor ailment and they don't want him to be shown in public showing that kind of distress s that possible? >> it's possible but not leakly. this is a cult and he needs to be seen by the people of north korea. what they would do is probably show pictures of him, still photographs, signing letters or talking to people. that's the type of thing that these regimes do when a leader is ill. but we haven't seen any of that and there's been remarkably little mention of kim over the last -- since september 3rd when he disappeared. so that's why i think, yes, it's possible, but i don't think that's likely. >> you think there's a coup

under way over there? >> no, i don't think there's a coup but over time i think he has lost some influence. especially when his uncle was killed. i think it's more likely that he was not able to prevent his uncle from being killed and his uncle's enemies have sidelined kim and that would make more sense and that's why we would have the extraordinary delegation going to south korea. these guys have been in charge for a very long time. >> what about his younger sister? kim jong-un is about 30 years old and has a younger sister in her mid-20s. is it possible that she could emerge as the next leader? >> possible but not likely. she has a disability as far as the north korea regime is and that's being young and female. so i think that she could have expanded responsibilities. she's certainly the most capable

of kim jong-il's acknowledged children but because of the nature of the this regime, i don't think she's the one in charge. if you're going to look for people in charge, you should be looking at the generals in their 60s and 70s. >> we see mixed signals from north korea. they send the surprise delegation to south korea which is obviously something potentially positive but then there's an exchange of gunfire along the border. what do you make of that? >> north koreans often do this. they have had one over-arching goal and that is to govern the entire peninsula. they mix their tactics all the time. so that's not strange. the important thing is that they have not given up their dream of basically governing the entire korean peninsula. >> gordon chang, thank you to help us understand what is going on. still ahead, we move to the ebola battle, especially in spain. it's growing more and more

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located. more isis enforcements, meanwhile, have arrived in the city and there is greater and more intense street fighting in the center of the city. this amateur video shows the free syrian army firing heavy machine guns. one resident says food supplies are dwindling. if isis takes control of kobani, they will control 100 kilometers between raqqa and turkey. these developments come as the united states and its allies conduct even more air strikes in syria hitting two isis training facilities and plus some vehicles. our senior international correspondent arwa damon is on the turkish/syrian border and she's watching these events as they unfold. >> reporter: wolf, we're hearing the ongoing sounds of what seems

to be an intense battle happening in kobani. according to a kurdish fighter, isis now controlling around 40% of the city, trying to push forward across the north. that is very close to the border with turkey. earlier we saw a number of air strikes in a key area we believe to be where the security buildings are located that isis had managed to push the kurdish forces out of. they are fighting along an arab unit. earlier we spoke to the commander there and he, too, reiterating the call for additional support. they need weapons. they need ammunition. they are heavily outgunned and outmanned with isis arriving from aleppo and raqqa. those that are taking on isis inside kobani, not entirely clear that they are going to be able to hold on to these various games indefinitely. we keep calling for a weapons corridor to be opened up from

turkey and for turkey and the u.s. coalition to do more even though they are saying the priority is not to save kobani. >> meanwhile, the u.s. state department says that turkey has agreed to support syria's moderate opposition has long been a source of contention between the white house and politicians here in washington on capitol hill, both democratic politicians and republican politicians. many of them fear the weapons will eventually wind up in the hands of isis. republican senator rand paul spoke out on this issue in an interview with me a while ago. >> i think the biggest problem where i disagree with the president most strenuously is in arming the syrian rebels. the syrian rebels don't seem to be able to hang on to the arms. most of the arms we've given and the saudis have get enand the qataris have given has ended up in the hands of isis.

the irony is we will come say be fighting the weapons that we send into the middle east and i think that irony is now. i think we have to do something about isis and i agree with military action against isis but i think it's disappointing that we are fighting against our own weapons. >> watch the full interview today in "the situation room," 5:00 p.m. eastern. they are both passionate about children's rights. she's a teenager from pakistan, a muslim, who has made waves for her efforts to promote education for young girls. he's 60 years old from india, a hindu relatively unknown yet this year they share the nobel peace prize. malala yousafzai becomes the youngest person ever to win the award. she spoke hours ago after the end of her school day in birmingham, england, where she now lives. >> i want to tell children all around the world, they should stand up for their rights and

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for u.s. investors, it was fluttering stomachs as the dow plummeted 335 points yesterday. it was the biggest drop of the year. attack a look at the wild swings just this past week. the dow literally going from one of the best days to one of its worst in a span of 24 hours. alison kosik as a look at the numbers. what's it looking like today? >> after the whiplash that we experienced this week, we're seeing a mixed bag with the dow up 28 points and s&p and nasdaq in the red. europe markets, asian markets

sold off, too, following yesterday. but it's not just stocks that you're seeing the selloff. oil is down 6%. oil is below $90 a barrel. we haven't seen that kind of level in two years and that's happening because of concerns of a global economic slowdown can cost less demand. on a plus side, though, it can mean lower gas prices. >> for viewers that see this kind of fluctuate in the united states on wall street, what's the likely impact on markets around the world? >> well, i mean, obviously you saw the impact yesterday. when you saw the dow fall over 300 points, european markets following in tandem, asian markets follow in tandem. so if stocks wipnd up ending higher today, you could see a better day for overseas markets,

wolf. >> there are fears of a global economic slow down. i suspect that, at least in part, is spooking the markets. is that right? >> yeah. and there's an irony in that. what spooked the market yesterday was the very catalyst that caused the market to rally in the previous session. and here's why. it was from the federal reserve and the red flag came from the fedex pressing its own concern about the economy and its minutes from the latest meeting. it was concerned about the economy in europe slowing down. and that's why the fed said it's going to attack a go slow approach in raising interest rates in the u.s. and then you saw the rally on wednesday that the fed wasn't going to and then thursday came around and investors thought, wait a minute, what in reality is the fed really saying and they say, the fed is really saying that maybe things aren't looking so good after all, at least globally. >> let's not forget the height of the recession six years or so

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welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. let's bring you up to date on the battle to contain the ebola outbreak. the number of deaths attributed to 4,033. meanwhile, in macedonia, health officials are continuing to investigate a possible ebola death. while it's considered unlikely that the virus of the death of the british man, a hotel where he had been staying has now been closed and the guests have been quarantined. in spain, 14 people are at a madrid hospital under observation. in the uk, staff at major airports and the terminal are now being screened and passengers are being screened from ebola-infected countries. passengers will be questioned

about their travel history and in the dominican republic, a man was escorted off after he said "i have ebola, you're all screwed." the man said he was joking. five major international airports are said to begin screening arrivals from three west african nations, jfk and newark begins this weekend. 90 u.s. troops have arrived to help in the fight. as cnn reports, many of the u.s. troops sent to liberia are happy to help. >> i love to see military aircraft come in. >> after weeks of preparation, there's a new phase.

>> the weather is tough, the terrain is tough, infrastructure is challenging. so these tools that you see coming in will give us the ability to operate with confidence and strength. >> reporter: williams has the job of leading the fight against an invisible enemy. >> we're glad you're here, man. >> reporter: sent by president obama to help stop the spread of ebola and the clock is ticking. today they are conducting a battlefield circulation tour of the joint forces command. >> this is how we ensure that we stay safe. >> reporter: but this requires a different kind of vigilance. >> carry on. how's everybody doing? all right. take your seats. >> reporter: in a crowded conference room in a liberia hotel, they are about to hit the ground running fitting in where they can, conscious that delays cost lives. this will be the sight of the

medical unit, a facility specifically for health workers run by u.s. government health teams. the tents go up and another hard-won victory against the elements. outside, liberians have come to watch. they have been coming every day, we are told, watching and waiting. >> we'll do a lot of tangible things and we'll build this hospital, we'll build these ebola treatment units, provide these labs and tangible things but there's a lot of intangible nature to this fight and you want to get people the resiliency, the hope that they can continue on and fight this and see this through. >> reporter: and that they are not alone? >> and that they are not alone. so what you see over here are the actual building blocks that were our soldiers and where they will live. >> reporter: president obama has pledged up to 4,000 troops, prepacked and ready to roll out their space here for 600 but more still need to be found. another task on a very long list. the general's optimism, though,

is filtering down to his men. >> what did you think when they asked you to come out here? >> i thought, let's do it. i'm ready to go. within 24 hours, we were here. >> reporter: there is no getting away from the magnitude of the task ahead. torrential rains ravage an infrastructure and a disease that is now an epidemic. >> we have unique capabilities and we will fill the gaps. the united states military, the department of defense is here to see this mission through. >> reporter: however long it takes? >> for however long it takes. >> emma is joining us now live from monrovia, liberia. nema, do you see any evidence that other european countries, asian countries, africa countries are doing what the united states is doing, sending 4,000 military personnel to build these hospitals and try to fight this disease?

>> reporter: well, the brits have stepped it up in sierra leone and other countries are coming on board. there is definitely a sense that we are at a tipping point. this is a window of opportunity. you said 4,300. imagine how much worse this could get and with the u.s. coming in and uk coming in next door, it's seen that perhaps the leadership could be provided for other countries to see, this is possible, this is worth the risk and it's definitely, definitely needed, wolf. >> i know you've spoken with a lot of u.s. military personnel, including that general you just spoke with. they are saying all the right things but are they nervous? are they worried? i'm sure their families back in the united states are deeply concerned. >> reporter: you're right. but you get the morale going and it's difficult on so many levels. the sheer scale of the operation with usaid, department of defense and then the u.n. and

other agencies, so i do have a sense that that is quite possibly a concern because this has to run smoothly. by talking to the individuals, they are all happy to be here. but you do get glimpses of the worry that. and one recruit who had just graduated, this was his first deployment out here and his poor mother back in new york calls him every day crying but he wants to stay, wolf, and that gives you a sense of how this really pulls you in and you see the needs on the ground, it's difficult to not to want to help. >> i salute all of those men and women, not only the u.s. military but people from around the world coming to help. these are courageous people and nima is one of our courageous reporters on the ground there. we'll check in with you later on today and throughout the days to come. still to come here, with so many people worried about the spread of ebola, one doctor

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. the ebola crisis and its growing impact around the world seems if you believe some, almost unprecedented. listen to what dr. tom frieden, the director for the centers for disease control and prevention in the united states had to say about it. >> i will say that in 30 years i've been working in public health, the only thing like this has been aids and we have to work now so this is not the world's next aids. we can do that. i think exactly as was said by all of the three presidents, speed is the most important

variable here. this is controllable and this was preventible. >> let's bring in my next guest, a staff writer at the dallas morning news. she's a professor of morning health at the university of texas, dallas, as well as a former cdc detective. doctor, thanks very much for joining us. what do you think of dr. frieden's assessment that this is on par with the hiv/aids epidemic in the '80s as we witnessed the panic then? >> it's a very sobering message, wolf. it takes us back to 1981, 1982 and the key missteps that we learned. mainly, there was a delay in responding to this ep democrat me epidemic. we have to play catchup and we're seeing the same thing and that's why dr. frieden is making this parallel between the ebola

epidemic from the 1980s. >> what's the key to stop spreading ebola? >> sadly, we have to break the chain of transmission. you do that by quickly isolating people and secondly contract tracing. find out anyone they had contact with, check them, isolate them if needed. that's hard work. what you want to do is prevent these things from happening in the first place. that means having a good public health system for every country in the world to prevent this from happening. >> the airport screenings at the five international airports in the united states that are about to go into effect this weekend, two major airports in the uk, will that really make a difference? >> it depends on who you ask. some experts say, look at what happened with sars in 2003. we instituted airport screening back then and it didn't really make a difference. however, an important component of that work is elaying public

fears. if we can calm people down and say we check people as they enter and even if it catches one or two potential cases, it could be a worthwhile measure. >> more than 4,000 people have died. that's more than 50% of the more than 7,000 who have come down with ebola but a lot of people think those numbers are way, way low, that there are a lot of others who have died that are not being reported and others who have contracted ebola that aren't being reported as well. what's your assessment? >> yes, wolf, i think that's a correct assessment. probably for every one case that we are counting that we are seeing, there could be five or six unreported cases. that's not unique to ebola, though. we see that with other epidemics as well. there are probably many, many more, which is tragic to think when the numbers are already so shockingly high. >> and you've suggested that this outbreak of ebola actually

started earlier, right? >> absolutely. there's some evidence that it didn't start in march, as we've been hearing. it could have actually started in december of last year. and it could have been misdiagnosed as an outbreak of cholera at that point. we're sending in troops, we're sending money. really, this is too little, too late. we're nine or ten months into the outbreak and we're going to have to step up even more to bring it under control. >> one final question, those 4,000 u.s. military personnel who are now being deployed to monrovia, liberia, their families obviously are worried. how much danger are they? >> sir, it really depends on what kind of work they are doing. we know some are going to be working in laboratories. some may have patient contact in mobile ebola testing units. they will be offering training to local health care workers as well so we hope that they stay safe. we hope that other front line workers don't fall victim to this very deadly disease.

>> dr. seema yasmin, thank you for joining us. appreciate it very much. coming up, she's running against the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell but she won't say whether or not she voted for president obama in the 2012 election. we're taking a closer look at how some key races are shaping up with the midterm elections now less than four weeks away. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tomorrow, sam. just another day at norfolk southern.

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little more than three weeks away. the stakes are very high. control of the united states senate, the balance of power in congress. let's take a closer look at the key races. kay hagan admits she missed a classified hearing on the threat to united states including from isis to attend a fund-raiser in new york. hagan is under a lot of fire from her republican opponent who trails her by a very small margin. >> hagan thinks that a fund-raiser hosted on park avenue by a wall street executive is a better priority than doing her job in washington. >> what had happened at that hearing, it was scheduled early in the day and then the votes were scheduled and that hearing then -- that hearing then had to be postponed later that day. so, yes, i did miss that one. >> let's bring in our chief political analyst gloria borger and chief congressional correspondent dana bash. gloria, it sounds like an unforced error on the part of

senator kay hagan. >> look, hagan owned up to it and it certainly does not look good for her. i mean, look, we know, dana knows better than most, that senators have to miss things all the time and make choices. >> that's right. >> and that this was rescheduled. this is something that happens constantly. but when you're in the middle of a campaign, somebody can find something like this, point it out, now we're in the middle of a war against isis and it looks terrible for her. >> i think what is fascinating is that this is one example of a narrative like this that is being pushed by both parties across the country and it really speaks to what the heart of the each is in this midterm election, which is that people are, not surprisingly, so done with washington. and this actually surprised me. sources in both parties but primarily democrats, actually, have told me that this poll's off the chart. so when i say "this," it speaks

to the voter anger that washington isn't doing anything. so, yes, this is something that -- or i should say our ted barrett has been on the forefront. >> our producer? >> our producer. and i was with alison lundergan grimes and i'd say what color is the sky and it is a theme. >> it is a theme that is running in a lot of races. you know, first thing, if you're not an incumbent and you're running against an incumbent, the first thing you do is check attendance records. you check when they were there, what committee hearings they missed, what was important. it's a very sort of 101 research. >> did she mislead reporters by suggesting she missed that classified briefing to attend another hearing? >> whether or not they misled is unclear. they say -- and it is true -- that she, hagan, has been upfront about this from the beginning. it took a little bit of time to

get the facts out but they are being very upfront about it as is she. one thing i will add, she was at a public hearing in mid-september. this hearing we're talking about, this briefing was way back in february. in september she asked about the khorasan group in public and not a lot of people had even heard of it. and the other thing i will say, the republican who is running against her, tom tillis, kay hagan repeats over and over again, he happens to be the speaker of the house in north carolina. the key thing is, this is emblematic of -- >> and it's the downside of incumbency. >> let's move over to kentucky right now. the democratic challenger, alison lundergan grimes was asked who she voted for in the last presidential -- let me play the clip. here's alison grimes. >> did you vote for president obama in 2008 and 2012? >> you know, this election isn't about the president.

it's about -- >> i know, but did you vote for >> did you vote for him? >> i was a delegate for hillary clinton and kentuckians know i'm a democrat through and through. i respect the sanctity of the ballot box. >> you're not going to answer? >> i don't think -- the president is on the ballot as much as mitch mcconnell might want him to be. >> i voted for democrat barack obama for president in 2008, 2012 or if she didn't, i voted for john mccain or mitt romney or maybe a third-party candidate. why can't she answer that? >> just as hagan owned up to missing this hearing, grimes is inexplicitable to me. she can go on to say he's disappointed me. he's are mistakes he's made. i'm not barack obama as she said in her ads over and over again.

i don't understand why she won't answer a direct question because it makes her look evasive and it makes her look hypocritical unless she can say, yes, i voted for barack obama and here's why that was wrong. >> exactly. this again speaks to a broader problem that democrats have particularly since she's running to unseat a potential senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. she is running in a state where president obama is incredibly unpopular. she's been trying to move away from him for a long time but she's had problems articulating that. i was with her and tried to ask her not whether she voted for him but where she thinks she's different from him and wouldn't answer specific questions. this is two-fold. one, her problem with obama. two, the problem she has is that she is a little bit too scripted and programmed and that hurts her in a time when she needs to be honest and everybody wants

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in a private audience with queen elizabeth, jolie was presented with a title of honorary dane. after the private meeting, jolie's husband, actor brad pitt, and their six children were presented to the queen. congratulations. in australia, a street brawl caught on tape. it's a viral sensation viewed more than 3 million times. what's so special about this fight? it brings kick boxing to a whole new level. here's cnn's jeanne moos. >> reporter: there's as rumble in the street. not two guys like that. two guys like this. no wonder the man who shot this put it to music from "the nutcracker." that seemed to be where a lot of kicks landed. two male kangaroos fighting for dominance or fun in suburban

setting north of sidney, australia. it's not so much like boxing but rather ultimate fighting. it was described this way in the world deadliest series. "a favorite tactic using forepaws to grab the opponent and quickly kicking with the hind feet. >> reporter: if you want to see the coolest move, watch this? as he raises his legs to quick, freeze it. stands on his tail supporting his whole body on that tail. they fight like a silent pair of dinosaurs from "jurassic park." quiet but deadly. a trained boxing kangaroo took on his handlers during a demonstration at a cleveland tv station. >> wait a minute. >> this is my husband. >> reporter: who is the last guy you would ever imagine boxing a

kangaroo? >> you'll watch me fight the australian light heavyweight champi champion. >> a young woody allen who mesmerized his opponent in this '60s variety show. he threw a few pretend punches and the boomer lunged and had woody in his clutches but no harm done. same for the brawl in australia. it seemed pretty much a draw with one knock down but no knockouts. but who needs a leg to stand on when you've got a tail? jeanne moos, cnn. >> very, very nice. thank you very much, jeanne, for that. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'll be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." among my guests, senator rand paul. a wide ranging interview. we go through a lot of issues including how he feels the federal government is dealing

with ebola, isis and other issues. he's in ferguson, missouri. stay tuned for that. for our international christiane amanpour is next and for our viewers in the united states, "newsroom" with randi kaye starts now. we start with kim jong-un, is he sick, dead or has he been overthrown? answers you won't get easily from the hermit kingdom. he hasn't been seen in weeks. a major national event. a palace remains to the visit of his father and grandfather. considered a must attend event and kim jong-un was a no show. all this as a bizarre exchange happened between north korea and south korea. south korea launching balloons with anti-pyongyang flyers. north retaliating