the world said bring back our girls and it seems the global campaign may have worked. nigerian officials are saying hundreds of school girls kidnapped six months ago could be rebeesed, but the timing of the announcement is suspect. no apparent end as the number of ebola deaths in africa reaches a grim toll, there is welcome news in spain. we're live this hour from madrid. also, we are traging two storms this hour while hurricane gonzalo makes a direct hit on bermuda, hawaii may be spared another storm. hello and welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world.

i'm natalie allen. we begin this hour in nigeria where the government has announced a major step in ending boko haram's violent rampage. officials say they've reached a cease fire with the militant group. as part of the deal boko haram will release more than 200 school girls kidnapped six months ago. boko haram has not yet issued a statement. a senior advisor to nigeria's president spoke with cnn about when the school girls may be freed. the release of the girls is also part of this deal and it is a process. this will be followed by further action from the boko haram. >> some people are questioning the timing of the nigerian government's cease fire announcement. diana magnase is following the story from johannesburg. >> reporter: nigeria says the girls will be released, this is

all part of cease-fire negotiations with boko haram and the final details will be ironed out at a meeting in chad next week which is where supposedly these talks have been taking place. the thing is, so far we have not heard a word from boko haram. the timing seems peculiar coming as it does just one day before president goodluck jonathan is suspected to announce that he will run again as his party's run for president in february. getting the girls back will boost that campaign, but at what cost? if any cease-fire negotiations are anything to go by this will take place as part of a prisoner exchange. and then what? there's very little chance that boko haram will give up its weapons and back down. it's decimated towns and villages throughout northeastern

nigeria killing thousands and displacing more than a million people in three states and it still hasn't achieved its declared aims which are to force the nigerian government to commit to some kind of sharia law in some areas, prisoners released and compensation paid to their families and that those responsible for the killer of founder muhammad yousif be brought to justice. so even if the girls are released, and that at this stage is still a big if, there's very little chance or likelihood that the killings amass the possibility of further kidnappings will end. turning to ebola now. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says the international community has to do more to contain the ebola outbreak. thousands of troops from various countries are being deployed to

west africa to help build field hospitals and deliver supplies. and there is a big push for more nations to dedicate resources to stop ebola's spread. according to the world health organization, ebola has killed more than 4500 people in west africa and there are more than 9,000 suspected or confirmed infections. there is some good news. w.h.o. officials say the outbreak in senegal is over. three patients who checked into a spanish hospital fearing they had ebola have all tested negative for the virus. they're at the same hospital where nurse's assistant theresa ramiro was being treated. let's go live to madrid and our senior international correspondent, nic robertson. no doubt some relief being felt there in spain, nic. >> reporter: absolutely. i think that was read large on the face of the deputy prime minister who made the announcement yesterday, not just the three patients that arrived

at this hospital on thursday but another arriving at a hospital in tanarif. a nurse working with an aide worker, nurse working with red cross who was working in sierra leone. they're not out of the woods yet. there will be a test in a few days. if there's a second negative, there will be an all clear. there's greater relief at this hospital. the last two tests for ebola virus on theresa ramiro, the nursing assistant, is showing what we're told very low levels of the virus and that is a positive sign here. so for spanish authorities, the news over the past 24 hours or so has been very, very positive. of course, several score of people still remain under observation here, but these results are good results for authorities here, natalie. >> yeah, nic. is it a general feeling that spain, the country, it has the resources to fight ebola if,

say, the second round of tests did not come back the way people hope? >> reporter: certainly they do feel that. the hospital behind me, they have now doubled the number of rooms available for ebola patients. they've increased the space required to put on and take off the protective equipment which was something the european centers for disease control had criticized spanish authorities for. so they have eight chambers, eight rooms here in this hospital where they can treat ebola patients and they are increasing and replicating facilities like this one throughout the 17 regions of spain. so the sense in spain at the moment is they've been early to sort of be landed with this problem and they feel that they're sort of at the vanguard, if you will, in preparing the medical teams and equipment and facilities to be ready to accept more patients. and the reality is, and we've heard that from spanish

officials as well as other world health organization officials, that with such a high rate of infection in west africa, the reality is that all countries in europe are aware that they could see more victims arriving and more patients -- ebola patients arriving in their hospitals, natalie. >> nic robertson live in the hospital in madrid. as we just mentioned, u.s. secretary of state john kerry saying the world must do more, get more resources behind fighting ebola in africa. one group that has been doing that on the front lines is gearing up to send new volunteers to west africa as we learn from cnn's jonathan mann. >> reporter: getting ready to battle ebola. >> so now when we are getting dressed, we have to think how we are going to undress. >> reporter: trainees for doctors without borders are getting a potentially life saving lesson at their

headquarters in brussels, learning how to properly put on and remove the gowns, masks and gloves that will protect them from the deadly virus before they head into west africa. >> we learn how to suit up to just a couple of times a day so as not to, as you said, not to risk overheating, dehydration, or just a little bit too much for one day. >> reporter: the humanitarian group has been at the forefront in the fight against ebola with about 3,000 volunteers already working in guinea, sierra leone and liberia. now officials with the charity say they're reaching their limit and urgently need other groups to step up. >> it's a very slow and steady stream of actors, including state actors including international organizations actors like united nations and so on. i mean, they are deploying as we

speak, but we still don't see the result in the field. >> reporter: according to reports 18 msf workers have contracted the virus, 10 have reportedly died. psychologist is preparing to leave for sierra leone next month. >> i am a bit scared of what i will be seeing. i know there is a lot of human suffering that i will be witnessing. i'm also scared for our staff because my colleagues will be going back to homes in which their family members might be dieing. i know that some of our national staff colleagues die. >> reporter: despite the risk many msf volunteers who have been to west africa before say they want to go back to save more lives. jonathan mann, cnn. those are true champions for sure. concerns over ebola protection gear used in the u.s. may lead to new guidelines. sources tell cnn the u.s.

centers for disease control will release new rules for using personal protective equipment or ppe. earlier this week cdc director thomas frieden said some of the gear used in dallas, texas, while treating an ebola patient left skin exposed. two nurses as you know contracted the virus from that patient. dozens of health care workers who may have had contact with the first ebola patient diagnosed in the u.s. are being asked to stay away from public places and off the shores of latin america the country of belise has denied access. >> reporter: cruise ship passengers is making its way back to the united states because one of the passengers may have been involved in the care of thomas eric duncan. still, the carnival magic was turned away from belize.

a request to fly them out of belize city was turned down. >> it denies common sense that someone who has been in close proximity or have treated these patients, that they would go out and expose other people possibly to this, that they would travel out of state, that they would go on a cruise. >> reporter: now more than 70 health care workers have been asked to sign this document. they must agree not to travel on public airplanes, transportation or ships. they're also agreeing to stay away from public places, such as restaurants and stores during the 21 days they could develop symptoms. but is it enough? >> these are hometown health care heroes who will honor that. this is a binding legal document and order. >> reporter: dallas county commissioner dr. alba garcia says it's a good first step. >> reporter: why wasn't this done sooner? >> like i say, the interest and the common voice was not there. i'm very glad that we finally

came at least to the conclusion that these stream lined new guidelines have to be followed by everyone. this is the only way we're going to give people to feel better about the situation. >> reporter: but despite the new steps from getting ebola from possibly spreading, local leaders are bracing for the possibility of more cases. >> you can never say never obviously, but definitely you have seen what's been happening. there's a new person in charge of the fight against ebola in the u.s. after facing pressure for a more coordinated response to the virus, president barack obama has appointed this man, a so-called ebola czar. ron klane. he understands both the government and business sectors.

hurricane gonzalo slams into bermuda. we'll check on the damage and have a track of where the storm is heading next coming up here. also, more than two dozen people have been killed in car bombs in baghdad. who is to blame?

take a look at this. this is the island of bermuda getting pummelled by hurricane gonzalo. a newspaper says 80% of the

island's households are now without power. after the hurricane battered the area, forecasters say the storm hit the island late friday as a category 3 hurricane. so far though no deaths or injuries have been reported in bermuda. derek van dam has been tracking this for a few days now. you've been telling us it was on track to hit dead on. >> yeah. >> and the chances of that so minuscule. bermuda this spec in the ocean, but it sure got it. >> yeah. it is unbelievable. to see some of that footage, of course it's still going on. about 4:15 in the morning local time in bermuda. it is still dark there obviously. we're going to be waking up to, i'm sure, some pretty impressive damage. the visuals you just saw there. that's what 175 kilometer per hour winds look like. the good news is this storm is pulling away from bermuda very, very quickly. in fact, the reporting station at the capital of bermuda, hamilton, is actually showing partly cloudy skies.

you can see things are still improving. winds a bit on the brisk side, tropical storm force. it is improving, that is for sure. take a look at this image with hurricane gonzalo from out of space. this is from 310 kilometers. from the international space station catching a view of hurricane gonzalo when it was a category 4 hurricane. this is what it looks like now. just before it made landfall as natalie discussed, it weakened slightly. it weakened to a category 3 and now is a category 2. 105 kilometer per hour wind gusts. this storm is moving away very, very quickly. take a look at the track over the next 24 to 48 hours moving well east of the lingering coast line. take a look at some of the visuals coming out of that area. we've had palm trees bent over sideways. hurricane force winds caused the

government to close a causeway bridge. natalie reported 80% of the island without power at the moment. you can see why as well. i do expect the tropical storm force winds to be out of bermuda by sunrise and people can start to pick up the pieces on the storm. i want to show you something quickly. this is the radar from the bermuda weather service. that is the eye of hurricane gonzalo. this is bermuda here. you can see the lull in the precipitation, but when that eye wall moved across the island we saw a marked difference in the wind speed as one would expect. it's impressive to be able to clock this out. winds dropped dramatically and on the back side of the eye they picked up to 181 kilometers per hour. you can see the wind strikes improving through saturday. good news for residents there as the storm moves away. we've monitored hurricane anna. you can see the outer rain bends impacting the big island of hawaii. we are not expecting a big hit with this storm.

we should gradually see this weaken and move further to the west. however, we will get to rainfall and perhaps some local coastal erosions especially in the southeast facing islands. also going to have upwards of 50 to 80 millimeters of rainfall in some remote locations and gusty winds. we should see the brunt of the storm stay far enough west where it shouldn't impact the main islands too much. >> i'm sure the people living there and vacationing there appreciate your craft. >> it was a close call. now to iraq where police say 26 people were killed in three separate car bomb explosions in baghdad friday. one in the affluent neighborhood of karada. so far no word on who's responsible. coalition aircraft have resumed strikes on isis in iraq after sand storms forced them to

restart. they hit the syrian town of kobani. the u.s. is getting help with the air attacks in kobani. syrian kurds are sharing intelligence on isis positions. kurdish fighters had gained grounds. the pentagon warns it is highly possible kobani will fall. syrian opposition group says isis could have a powerful new weapon. it says militants have seized three war planes and are being trained to fly them by former iraqi military officers. the group says these training sessions are happening at a military airbase east of aleppo. here's senior international correspondent nick peyton walsh with more. >> reporter: according to residents east of aleppo, they have seen in the sky over that airbase flying low what they refer to as three war planes. suggestion being by these opposition activists that, in fact, the iraqi military has

defectors that have joint isis and they're teaching isis militants how to fly these war planes, presumably ones that have been taken from the syrian air force in bases that they've overrun. that's a far stretch from isis having an attack air force base. >> the pentagon says it has no information on the report. in london, five men have been charged in a string of terror-related arrests. four of the men charged under the terrorism act. police say they took an oath of allegiance to isis. a fifth man was charged with the firearms event. the men range in age from 20 to 24. they're expected back in court october 27th. in mexico, thousands of protesters are demanding answers about the fate of some students who went missing after clashing with police and masked men. where could these students be and are they still alive? we'll have a report coming up. plus, the sentencing phase

of the oscar pistorius trial is now over. will he walk or spend time in prison?

in mexico protesters marched into acapulco to discuss the fate of 43 missing students. they were studying to become school teachers. they disappeared in southern mexico last month after clashing with police and masked men. with no official response on their whereabouts, protesters are calling on the state governor for answers. the sentencing phase of the oscar pistorius trial is now complete. now the former olympian awaits a ruling on his future which is likely to come as soon as tuesday. here's cnn's robin kerno. >> reporter: oscar pistorius left court friday, possibly the last time he walks out of here as a freeman. >> the minimum term that they will be happy with will be ten years in prison. this is a serious matter. the negligence borders on intent. >> reporter: both sides presenting two very different options to the judge on how she

should punish the blade runner. the defense arguing he should get community service and house arrest. >> it's not an accused that wants to walk away from the pain, it's someone that desperately wants to make -- not make right, he cannot make right, but to do something positive to at least assist in the healing process. serious regard should be given to a community-based sentence, to restorative justice, and to strive to assist not in the healing process but at least some purchase on the pain and we ask the court to consider that. >> reporter: restorative justice or retribution. both sides suggested sentences that are poles apart from each other. this means either side may find

the eventual sentence shockingly inappropriate which could increase the chances of appeal. >> reporter: rita steenkamp's family is shocked. it is you that caused that. it's you. whatever punishment, lifelong, 15 years, supervision, it can never be equivalent to their pain as it can never be equated to the pain experienced by the parents. the parents of the deceased verbalized the fact that they stand neutral as far as sentence is concerned, but then you ask the question, how much grief, how much heart ache, how much pain, how much trauma must one endure as a parent? >> reporter: also, just how much should oscar decision? >> we don'te see disability, we don't realize

the real impact that effect of disability, this constant medical attention, that it's not just walking around on his prosthetics and it's fine, there's pain, there's treatment, there's adjustments that he must go through. disturbing that a man that wanted to compete with able bodied athletes would use this as a mitigating factor. >> reporter: the judge needs to find a compromise between these two starkly different arguments, the defense calling for justice with humanity, compassion and understanding that's in the public interest, whereas, the state is calling for a harsh, long-term incarceration that satisfies public opinion. robert curnow, pretoria. >> this may be handed out to pistorius on tuesday. nigeria says hundreds of kidnapped school girls are close to coming home. next, we hear back from the

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welcome back. i'm natalie allen. in the headlines this hour, the world health organization says the number of deaths attributed to ebola has climbed now to 4500 and the total number of cases is above 9200. west africa being the hardest hit. a few cases also have been reported in spain and the united states. hurricane gonzalo has mostly moved back out to open water but not before battering bermuda.

a local newspaper says 80% of homes are without power. the storm hit late friday. so far no deaths or injuries are reported on the island. nigeria says boko haram will release more than 200 kidnapped school girls as part of a cease-fire agreement. the islamist militant group releasr kidnapped the girls in april. people around the world were outraged by the kidnappings. it prompted a huge social media campaign. it was called #bringbacko #bringbackourgirls. we spoke with one of the leaders of that movement. >> i expressed how i feel. it's a mix of emotions, extreme anxiety and cautious optimism. just walking through it emotionally is kind of tough and

so we anxiously a wade the fact that we, indeed, have this great result to celebrate as a nation. >> reporter: so you will trust that this deal is done when you actually see the girls? >> we want to be able to see at least evidence of this deal. it would help a lot. i'm sure that majority of nigerians are thinking exactly the same thing. there have been many other false stats on their rescue, but we are really trusting and hoping on that. this has to be it. >> are you anxious about their coming back to society after this ordeal? >> of course. of course. you know, i mean, it's not the same girls that went in six months ago that are going to be coming out no matter how -- how do i put it?

how very positive we want to be. they would have been traumatized beyond anything so the whole task of rehabilitation, we have to resettle them into societies is a whole new task on its own. so that is definitely going to be a continuing source of anxiety, but i believe that the most important thing is for these girls to be out of the hands of terrorism. that's not where they belong. they don't belong there. so once they do come out, that work of trying to prime them up again and to make them whole, i believe there are so many, so many partners around the world that would come to offer the support that these families would need in order to get the best out of their daughters.

>> reporter: so why do you think it took so long, six months? >> i wish i had an answer. i wish i had an answer. that's why we refused to commit silence for the girls. that's why no matter what we decided that the void that was taken from them needed to be offered by those who have the freedom to be able to speak for the girls and, frankly, everyone in the world that risked a voice for these girls should this come through, we can't even begin to thank them enough.

back to the ebola outbreak now. as we mentioned, it is, of course, impacting thousands of people around the world. the w.h.o., the world health organization, says there are more than 9,000 possible or confirmed cases. more than 4500 deaths to ebola. guinea, liberia, sierra leone hit the hardest. there is some good news though to report. the w.h.o. also says though senegal is officially free of ebola. the west african nation only had one case. 42 days have passed without another case emerging. so why was senegal so successful in containing the outbreak? cnn's jonathan mann asked unicef spokeswoman that. >> because the country had taken the epidemic in the neighboring country seriously. they had already set up measures at the national level in terms of the -- an epidemic committee and crisis committee and as soon

as there was -- so there was already something in place and a contingency plan. as soon as that one case was discovered, there was a very robust response in terms of treatment, contact tracing, very heavy surveillance and the actors, there were many other actors who worked alongside the government through a number of different commissions which were set up. there were meetings that were held every single day. >> pardon me for interrupting. it sounds like in short they got ahead of the epidemic before it really spread there. i'm wondering in that context if there are any lessons in places like senegal in places like liberia where the epidemic is still raging? >> i think they are completely different contexts. in senegal there was one case and it was immediately contained and controlled but the situation

in liberia is where you have thousands of cases. so the responses basically are different in terms of where countries stand, but for sure the first is stopping the epidemic and then taking care of those who need treatment and basically ensuring essential services are there and then prevention. nigeria has also been effective in dealing with the outbreak, and the world health organization may declare that country as well free from ebola on monday. of course, other countries in west africa are reeling from the crisis, especially sierra leone and liberia. if you want to know what you can do to help those desperately fighting the outbreak, head to

cnn.com/impact. part of the concern with ebola and any other infectious disease is how to adequately disinfect areas that have been exposed. one potential solution comes in the form of a robot that's a high tech germ killing machine. here's cnn's paul percamman. >> reporter: gigi rolls into a hospital room, gets switched on and pulsates ultraviolet light 25,000 times higher than the sun. hospital workers clear out to avoid eye damage. this hits everywhere. more effective than buckets of bleach applied by hand. >> we can sterilize. we can disinfect. we can clean rooms to an 85% level but with the use of light we can clean that room to 99.99%. so the organisms in the room, viruses, bacteria, spores, we can kill them with the light in areas we can't otherwise reach. >> reporter: the light doesn't zap viruses out of humans in a

little more than 5 minutes, it scrambles the genetic code of germs on surfaces keeping them from reproducing and spreading. the cdc says 1 in 25 patients will contract infections. that's why they're so excited about the prospects of gigi. st. joseph's is one of two hospitals in the u.s. using the germ blaster. >> currently it's ebola but there are other emerging viruses. it will soon be influenza. last year it was another one that is still out there. everybody wants to lower the organism count in hospital rooms. what we tell them is this will do that. >> reporter: so why not give workers goggles and use xenex robots on germ spreading regions like an airplane? >> we can cover the eyes and the

robot could be used. >> reporter: a texas k-8 school got hit by a staph infection. the school's head said a pulsating robot killed it on contact. they cranked up the germ assassinating u.v. light. cnn, los angeles. fascinating machine. gentleman what w gentleman what was supposed to be a fun evening of music turned into disaster in south korea. we'll have the story coming up here. also, this isn't north korea, but one chinese city seems to have developed a familiar flair just sharing a border with the secretive nation. more about that in a minute. [ male announcer ] approaching medicare eligibility?

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more flashes have broken out in hong kong as demonstrators showed their anger after a police raid. this was the chaotic scene friday in the mongcock district where police say more than 9,000 activists showed up. earlier police raided a protest camp in that area. one of three connected to the three weeks of demonstrations calling for full suffrage. according to officials, more than 240 people have been injured. 26 have been arrested. hong kong's chief executive says the activists cannot occupy

roads indefinitely. south korea's prime minister has visited the site of a deadly accident at a pop con certain near seoul. at least 16 people were killed and many others injured when a ventilation shaft collapsed during the show and fell multiple stories into a parking garage. paula hancocks has more for us from the south korean capital. >> reporter: a friday night concert has ended in tragedy. more than two dozen people fell more than 20 meters or 65 feet when the ventilate grill they were standing on collapsed into a parking lot underground. now we understand that in addition to those who were killed, a number of those injured are still in a critical condition according to officials. they say some bodies were found four stories below the ground. it appears that the concert goers were standing on the steel grill to try to get a better view of the stage. there were about 700 people at the outdoor concert in seoul.

this is the latest in a string of accidents this year causing south koreans to question safety measures and oversight. a ferry sinking back in april which killed more than 300 people, many of them school children, caused nationwide anger among south koreans and many questions are being asked as to why safety measures and regulations are not keeping pace with very fast economic developments in the country. pau paula hancock, cnn. tourists peered through binoculars to catch glimpses of the people who lived in north korea. the peculiarities don't end there. cnn's david mckenzie reports. >> reporter: getting ready for the catch in the yanu river. a pre-dawn exercise for a cigarette. ordinary routines but nothing is truly ordinary in dandong china

because on the other side of this bridge china's secretive neighbor, north korea, where patriotic music plays. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: north korean currency, he offers, a stack of supreme leader notes. >> so i got minority korean money. he swears it's real. >> translator: from what i hear, their economic situation there is different from what we have here says this man. the difference is big. >> reporter: and so chinese flock to dandong to stare. >> reporter: the tourists pay $1 and they can look at the high powered binoculars on the other side. it's almost like they're on safari. all along the border chinese authorities try to stop them from throwing food or cigarettes over the fence but they do it anyway. mostly they whiz by in speed

boats or take a pleasure cruise. if anyone is caught escaping to china, north korean soldiers could shoot them, but some north koreans are here legally. you find them in restaurants around town. dandong specialized in this. it's a north korean restaurant. the food is often from next door and of course the music. even the performers are from loyal party families in north korea with special permission to stay in china for just three years. they're constantly watched. part of the bizarre but somehow tragic world of dandong. david mckenzie, cnn, dandong, china. now we turn to florida where a man there convicted of killing a teenager over loud music will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

michael dunn who was white was sentenced to life without parole friday for fatally shooting jordan davis, a black teenager. prosecutors did not seek the death penalty in the racially charged case. dunn fired into a car full of teenagers. he says he thought davis had a weapon but investigators say the teenager was not armed. sunglasses have been a staple of bono's look for years. now for the first time he's revealing the medical reason why he's always wearing shades. that's ahead here. also, if you happen to find a lost looking siberian tiger in china, russia would like it back. the story of a publicity stunt gone wrong coming up. every day people fall, from a simple misstep, to tripping over a rug, to just losing their balance. and not being able to get up from a fall can have serious lifetime consequences.

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admission about his wardrobe. he told land norton that he has glaucoma and that's why he's always wearing sunglasses. the irish rocker says he's had the condition for the past 20 years. glaucoma is a disease that damages the optic nerve and can lead to blindness. bono says he's gotten good treatment and he's just fine. happy to hear that. well, a threat of severe weather in parts of europe including the possibility of tornadoes. derek van dam following that for us here in europe. >> that's right, natalie. the reason is pretty clear on this latest satellite imagery. we have an impressive low pressure system across the atlantic ocean that continues to churn in cold front after cold front after cold front. this is setting up the dynamics of much of the british isles. that includes ireland and western portions of scotland. you can see how the cold front

is racing eastward as well impacts the scandinavia region. norway to finland and sweden expecting rainfall and unsettled weather. here's the weather threat from saturday into sunday. that shading of yellow, that's for ireland and parts of western scotland. we cannot rule out the possibility of an isolated tornado which, of course, is very rare for this part of the world. severe winds, stronger winds expected with any of these storms moving through and the possibility of heavy rain exists, so looking on dublin and edinboro. the storm is going to continue to move east. you can see the unsettled weather will move eastward. we're expecting the rainfall to impact the region especially across scandinavia and the british isles. the factor of strong winds. in fact, look at these projected wind gusts over the next 48 hours. gla glasgow, dublin.

30 miles per hour. autumn in full swing across northern europe. you can see how the winds stretch further and further eastward as the weekend progresses. let's go eastward. we have a cold front that will reinforce our shot of autumn weather across the northeast. it will create showery conditions across the north great lakes. we've been spared from gonzalo which is churning across the atlantic moving across bermuda. it's going to bring rainfall to the greater new mexico region, even the front range of the colorado rockies. you can see some of the showers moving across the detroit region thanks to the cold front pressing eastward. high pressure settles in. that will bring back sunshine to new york. you have colder weather ahead of you. take a look at the projected temperatures for today, that being your saturday. you can kiss these temperatures good-bye because it won't be 68 degrees on sunday. we're talking more like 50, 52.

be prepared for that, big apple. the city of brotherly love, one more day before you cool off. if you want warmth travel to the south. that will be miami to atlanta. temperatures running above average. new orleans at 84, houston and corpus christi. also imagine that daytime high today. enjoy it while we can. >> yes, we will. once we get off work. >> that's right. >> daytime. >> couple hours. >> all right. thanks, derek. well, a siberian tiger, an endangered siberian tiger may now be in harm's way all because of a public relations stunt held by russian president vladimir putin. apparently the tiger wandered across the border into china where it could now be targeted by poachers able to fetch thousands of dollars for it on the black market. here's cnn's matthew chance in moscow. >> reporter: he clearly enjoys these animal-based publicity

stunts, but this carefully released of some rare siberian tigers by the russian president earlier this year has come back to bite him. he appears to have abandoned the president altogether crossing the border for a new life in china. kremlin critics are having a field day with jokes about the tiger defecting northern china for the heart of its land-grabbing president. outside moscow zoo though it's simply a question of freedom of movement for all russians, even its tigers. this is the tiger's decision, he says. if you live in a free country, you should be able to make free choices. the only question is how he will be treated by the state. and the chinese state is vowing to protect its russian guest amid alarm in the

kremlin-controlled media that he could be hunted down by chinese poachers for his valuable russian body parts. russian environmentalists say that danger may be overplayed. >> it's not necessarily about to happen for sure. in china the tiger's worth a very high status of protection. they know that there is a death penalty for poaching the tiger in china which, of course, is not the case in russia. >> reporter: one reason perhaps why putin's tiger may have decided to leave. matthew chance, cnn, moscow. >> keep you posted if they find that tiger. as you probably know, the siberian tiger is an endangered species. well, now to pasadena, california, where a baby bear trapped in a trash dumpster is okay. down there. the scared little cub had been looking for food with his mom when he fell into the dumpster. his mom watched as rescuers tried to get him out.

they did. after that mother and son stopped for a quick dip in a pool before relaxing. we hope they make it safely back into the wild. thanks for watching cnn special coverage. rosemary church picks up from here. in the next hour we'll go live to iraq where there are new coalition airstrikes targeting isis. i'm natalie allen. you're watching cnn. -- captions by vitac --

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