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some hundreds of school girls, kidnapped six months ago. we're looking at the details of the anticipated agreement with the rebel group. president obama appointed a new person to fight ebola this as ebola hits a new high in africa and we are checking the damage and where gonzalo is headed next. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. officials say nigeria has reached a cease-fire with the islamist military group. as part of the agreement, they will release hundreds of school girls kidnapped six months ago. >> nigeria says the girls will be released.
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this is all part of cease-fire negotiations with boko haram. the final details will be ironed out at chad which is where the talks have been taking place. we haven't heard a word from them. the timing is one day before the president will run again in february's elections. getting the girls back will clearly boost that campaign but at what cost. if any previous cease-fire negotiations are anything to go by. take the form of a prisoner exchange and the girls will be returned and senior boko haram operatives will be released and possibly the family of militants. then what? there's very little chance that it will give up its weapons. it has decimate d thousands and
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displaced many. it still hasn't achieved its goals to commit nigeria to sharia law and those responsible for the killing of mohammed useph be held responsible and be brau brought to justice. even if the girls are released. that at this stage a big if, there's very little chance and likelihood that the kidnappings will end. >> the number of attacks contribut contributed to them. in 2010 they targeted christians in 8 different attacks killing
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people. in 2011 a suicide bomber struck killing 23 people. the group has killed 550 people in 115 incidents that here. boko haram is suspected of killing more than 800 people in around 275 separate attacks. last year as many as 65 college students were killed while they slept. this year 2,000 civilians have been killed in 65 attacks this year. >> a texas hospital that treated the first ebola patient diagnosed in the united states is now keeping track of more than 70 workers who came into
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contact with the man. two nurses, including amber vincent contracted the virus. frontier airlines is contracting passengers. another infected nurse, nina pham is said to be resting comfortabl comfortably. >> meanwhile president obama is appointing ron clane to lead the ebola crisis in the united states. >> reporter: hammered for days over its lack of ebola leadership, the white house is confident a remedy is now in place. >> we got a hands on deck to do keep the american people safe. >> a former chief of staff to joe biden and al gore, clane was made famous during the 2000
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election recount but clane has no meddiical experience. >> what we were looking for was not an ebola expert but an implementation expert. >> republicans were quick to pounce. >> i'm not sure why appointing someone who has no experience in health care or public held hj administration is going to to do help stem the tide of ebola in west africa and protect americans here at. he is no powerful tsar, he will report to national skooecurity advisor. >> could monaco do both. >> she could do both. >> it may be appropriate for me to appoint an additional person. >> more shift couls could come.
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>> pressure is mounting to ban air travel from countries that have been hit hardest by the ebola outbreak. >> now the white house says the option is on the table. >> i don't have a philosophical on je objection to a travel ban. >> more concerns over protection gear used in the u.s. may lead to new guidelines. sores tell me that they will release ppe. earlier this week thomas freedman said some of the gear used in texas left some of the skin exposed. >> well, three patients who checked into a spanish hospital fearing they had epolea have all
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test tested for the virus. let's go life now to madrid and seen. it's certainly encourage to hear that not only for the three patients who just tested negative for ebola but also ms. r romera. >> what we've heard is the tests done on a daily basis to check the level of virus in her system have come back very, very low. that encouraging. there's three from madrid. c checked this hospital on thursday. also a missionary who had been
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in liberia all checked into the hospital with fever like symptoms on thursday. now those first tests coming back negative. they will stay near. also a spanish hospital in tanerife, a medical worker who was in sierra leon also had fever like symptoms. his tests have come back negative as well. as for the spanish authorities, it's encouraging because they have been accused of incompetence tlhroughout this ebola crisis. we hope lessons are being learned. what is being done to train
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nurses and doctors who are at the front line? >> well, the government has said ef several days ago that they will train not just the nurses and doctors in how to use the protective equipment but ambulance men and police who' helping in a case of these regions. they are trying to reach these sta 17 regions around spain so there are centers where people can go to do get treatment. officials will know how to isolate them with equipment and training. of course the criticism that this hospital had from the european center for disease control said the space provided for staff to take on and o
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doubling the number of beds they have available. rooms they have available to isolate ebola patients. they are in the process of creating eight rooms total for handling ebola isolation cases. >> nic robertson, many thanks to you reporting there live from madrid. well, the new york times reporting new details in the controversial police shooting of michael brown in ferguson missouri back in august. according to the report, forensic testing reveals the 18-year-old's blood was found on officer derek wilson's gun, body and police officer. he also told investigators he was trapped in his vehicle. brown's shooting death has
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sparked protests in furring ferguson. >> hurricane gonzalo has pummeled berm yudbermuda. coming up, we will tell you where the storm is now. back in a moment. great rates and safety working in harmony. open an optimizer +plus account from synchrony bank. visit myoptimizerplus.com to open an account. service. security. savings. synchrony bank engage with us. ♪ [ male announcer ] united is rolling out
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coalition air craft have resumed air strikes on isis in iraq after stand foand storms. they once again pounded isis positions. the u.s. getting help with its air attacks in cobani. cnn has learned kurds are sharing intelligence on isis positions there. kurdish fighters have gained recently but the pentagon warns it is highly possible that cobani could fall.
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>> militants have seized three war planes and are being trained to fly them by former iraqi military officers. training sessions are happening at a military air base. cnn's national correspondent nick paton walsh has the details. >> according to residents, they have seen in the sky over that military air base flying low what they suggest that in fact the iraqi millary has detectors and they are treating them how to fly these airplanes represumably the ones taken. that's a far stretch from isis having an attack capable airforce. >> the pentagon says it has no information on the report but we do want to get more on this. let's turn to senior
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international correspondent ben weedman who joins us from baghdad. hi, ben. it is a great concern if this proves to be right. of course we don't have confirmation on this but talk to us about what firm you're getting on these defections from iraqi's military, training them how to fly these war planes. what do you know about this? >> we don't have any specific information about these specific individuals. supposedly iraqi pilots from the days of saddam hussein who have gone to train these isis fighters in the making. it's important to know they
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disbanded the navy and went over and joined the insurgency and the insurgency meta morphized into what is now al qaeda or isis. therefore it comes as no surprise that people with the skills that are intoed to fly isis to train a new generation. let's keep this in perspective. these are three old soviet mig 23s. easily spotted and destroyed by coalition aircraft if they decide do that. the location of the air bases and air strips are well known. i don't think they represent much of a threat if something is done about it as possible. >> presumably the coalition will go after the planes. >> what's the latest information
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you have on the bombings. >> well, it's so the of the same patte pattern. in crowded areas. one of those bombs went off oit side national thee taer, three kemt erp, this seems to be the patent. isis on the one hand is probing baghdad's defenses, increasingly taking more ground within the anbar province which is of course is next to baghdad and within baghdad itself is conducting this wave of daily car bombing suicides to try to on one hand undermine morale and
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ferment a sectarian violence within the city as well. we've seen it ourself. iraqi security forces but isis -- one of the devies the iraqi security forces are these so called boxes were found to be completely but the iraqis still use them to detect bombs that are getting through on a daily basis time and time again. >> thanks for bringing us united states to date on the situation. >> well, in london, five men have been charged in a string of terror related arrests. four of them were charged under
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cnn's reporter has more saying they took an oath to isis. >> four of them have been charged with terror offences but another man is facing an illegal fire man charges. they were brought here where they heard the charges against them. bail is rejected for all of the defendants. they actually live quite close e. we are still getting more details about who these young man are. according to police, they were planning terror tacks iving details. according to police p and did
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hostile reconissence, both directly connected to isis. according to police, they pledged an oath and carried out the specific request to carry out terror attacks in countries like the uk and the united states. there they are leaving the court now. their next court date continues to crack down on terror requests here. cnn, london. >> we will take a very short break but coming up, police in conni hong kong but police have stepped up tactics to get it to
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hand. pro democracy voters what are they doing in response?
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this was the chaotic scene friday in the mong cok district where police say more than 9,000 activities showed up in the overnight hours of saturday. a protest camp was raided. one of three connected to the three weeks of demonstrations calling for full suffrage. more than 240 people have been injured and 26 people have been arrested. hong kong's chief executive says the activists cannot occupy roads indefinitely. i want to shift to weather now. hurricane gonzalo has left its mark on the island of bermuda. time for a check of the global forecast. at this point we understand this
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is powerful. >> 80% of the power is out. we're about one hour away from sun rise. this is when we will start to see the first glimpses of the devastation that was left behind hurricane gonzalo. it was a very impressive storm as the eye made it across the entire storm. this was good to see. conditions are improving in the capital city of hamilton. winds at 43 miles-per-hour but believe me, six hours ago, that was a completely different story. we had hurricane strength winds for this who are. this photo being taken of when hurricane gonzalo was at its strongest as a category four.
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it made land fall as a category three. it is weakening quickly. it is now a category two. it is making a quick exit from bermuda. look at the movement, north, north/east at 22 miles-per-hour. sustained winds at 105 miles-per-hour. it will become extra tropical which means it will lose its tropical characteristics and leaves leaves. that eye in the center of tstor. you can still see some of the eye bands impacting. it is leaving quickly. when you plot out the winds in the past 24 hours, you can see the imcrease as it got over. on the back side the storm, the winds spiked to 180 miles an
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hour. this is what we're expecting. this is what it looked like 12 hours ago. streets were eerily empty. palm trees being bent backwards. 65,000 residents, 85% of them without power. the government was prompted to close a main bridge linking the main island to the east island. we've been very busy, also keeping a close eye on her kane. >> certainly. well, leon ard oe dikcaprio is the latest hollywood a lister teaming up with netflix. the film will be released in select u.s. theaters on november 7th. >> bono has made a big add mission about a famous part of his wardrobe.
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the youtube read singer told the reporter he has glaucoma. he's had the condition for the past 24 years. it is a disease that damages the optic nerve. it can lead to blindness. he's is blind. nigeria says hundreds of kidnapped school girls are close to coming home. up next we will hear from the leader of the bring back our girls campaign. >> plus this machine may be the best way to fight ebola. we will see how it works when we come back.
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welcome back. i'm rose mary church. nigeria says boko haram will release more than 200 kidnapped school girls as part of a cease-fire agreement. the islamic militant group an ducked the girls back north eastern nigeria back in april.
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officials do not know when they will be freed. officials say isis could have a new powerful weapon. officials are saying they have three war planes and are being trained to fly them by iraqi militants. the world health organization says the number of deaths attributed to ebola has climbed to 4200 and the overall number of cases is 9200. president obama says he will appoint ron klian to help with the crisis. >> the world health organization says there are more than 9,000 possible confirmed cases and 4500 deaths. there is some good news to report though, the who says that senegal is officially free of e
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ebola. nigeria may be the next country to see the end of the outbreak. we expect a possible announcement monday. >> the ebola crisis, in an area where food is scarce. >> reporter: while doctors work to contain the spread of the virus, aid workers face another threat. growing food concerns in west africa. this week people landed in liberia carrying much needed food and supplies working to food 1 million people in the countries hit hardest by ebola.
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people here complain of rising food prices saying ebola fears have led to higher costs on ships, bringing cargo to lieb e earian ports. >> this village has been hit hard by ebola. many people have died. a sort of unofficial has been thrown over the village which means it is hard for people to get out or in bringing food. >> there are few people left in their village in sierra leon as the virus is killing so many people. >> villages across the region
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are abandoned alling to. in the capital of freetown, the price of vegetables has sky rocketed as virus related deaths and travel restrictions are creating wide spread food shortages. aid workers say they are not just fighting ebola, they are also fighting hunger. >> part of the concern with ebola is how to adequately disinfect areas that have been expose. one comes npt, the makers describe it as 25,000 times brighter than the son. hospital workers clear out to avoid eye damage. the robot's blast hit everywhere, under the bed,
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creases and curtains, more effective than buckets of bleach applied by hand. we can starl ierlize and clean 99.9%. organisms in the room, we can kill them with the light. >> the light doesn't zap viruses out of humans, it scrambles the genetic code of germs on surfaces, keeping them from producing and spreading. 1 and 25 patients that's why hospitals are so excited about the prouding of storm. currently it's ebola but there are other emerging viruses. it will soon be influenza. last year it was something that
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was out there. so everybody wants to lower the organism count in hospital rooms. what we tell them is this will do that. >> so why not give workers goggles and use robots on germs spreading havens. >> the dp compacompany is conce about protecting eyes. a texas k through 8 school got hit with an outbreak. the school told cnn that a pursating robot killed the infection. this skinnier r 2 d 2 will belo alike. >> certainly an encouraging break through there. want to turn back to niej ear y ia, nigeria where the fate of
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200 school girls rests on boko haram. a nigerian spokesman assures people that the girls are alive on well. boko haram has yet to make any public announcement. the group has been blamed for killing thousands of people in the fight to establish an islamic state. >> the kidnapping of the girls resulted in a massive campaign to bring the girls back. cnn looks looks at how that might have influenced the government to take some action. >> bring back the girls the world has cried. >> girls in nigeria are my sisters. it's my responsibility that i speak for my sisters. >> growth men attempting to snuff out the aspirations the young girls. it's enfurating and goes beyond understanding that somebody
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could do this. >> this week marks six months since 200 girls were taken from night. the overwhelming majority of them remain unaccounted for. more than 5 million tweeted bring back our girls. the immediate media campaign went there. the federal government and boko haram have agreed to a cease-fire. >> the deal is expected to include the release of more than 200 school girls. the government announces a cease-fire what they say is a step toward bringing the girls home. >> the terrorists assure that the girls are alive and well and that discussions will continue in this direction subsequently. >> one of the first girls known
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to have tweeted bring back our ger girls, the social media fire storm made a difference. >> of course it did. i think the social media campaign will take -- has contributed to what we have achieved. >> that skepticism is felt by many. i'm sure the majority of nie nigerians are thinking the same. online campaigners say they won't stop until the girls are back. >> eventually at least, the goal i set out for myself has been achieved more than one r180 daye
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their abduction, hope. >> jessica king, cnn. >> we will watch that story very closely. up ahead the sentencing phase of the oscar pistorius trial is now complete. a look at what evidence a judge is considering to decide his fate. plus, a man convicted of killing a teenager over loud music receives his sentence. we will have the details back in a moment. . she's a dietitian. and back when i wasn't eating right, she got me drinking boost. it's got a great taste, and it helps give me the nutrition i was missing. helping me stay more like me. [ female announcer ] boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. all with a delicious taste. grandpa! [ female announcer ] stay strong, stay active with boost. great rates and safety working in harmony. open an optimizer plus account from synchrony bank.
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complete. now, the former olympian awaits a ruling on his future which is likely to come as soon as tuesday. our reporter has more. >> reporter: oscar pistorius left court friday, possibly the last time he walks out of here as a free man, the minimum term will be ten years in prison. the first is a serious matter. the negligence border on intent. both and defense arguing he should get community service and house arrest. >> the accused someone cannot make right but to do something positive to assist in the
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healing and to assist not in the ha healing process but patches on the pain. >> restorative justice. >> either side may end up finding the sentence shockingly inappropriate which could end up making the chances of an appeal. >> pain of reeva steenkamp's paren parents. >> it's you that caused that punishment for lifelong. ten years, can never be acquainted to that pain and the
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paint experienced by the parents of the diseased. the parents of the diseased is verbalized by the fact that they stand neutral. how much grieve -- how much heartache, must one endure as a parent? >> also, juwe don't realize tha when we see disability, we don't realize the impact and affect of attention. it's not just walking around on prosthetics, and it's fine. this pain that he wanted to go through. t the judge now needs to find a
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compromise between these two different argument. that's in the the state that is calling for a long incarceration that satisfies public opinion. >> back in the united states in florida, a man convicted of killing a teenager over loud muse he can will spend the rest of his life behind bars. michael dunn was sentenced to life without parole friday for fatal ee shooting jordan davis. prosecutors did not seek the death penalty. at the hearing, davis's father gave an emotional statement about his pain and loss. >> he will always be 17. forever 17. we all loved him very, very
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much. you may recall dunn fired into an suv full of teen agers during an argument over 11 music in 2012. investigators say the teenager was not armed. we turn to mexico where the fate of 43 students who were studying to become teachers. with no response on their whereabouts, they are calling people to find out. >> at least 16 people were killed and many others injured
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when a ventilation sit system collapsed and fell into a parking garage. >> reporter: a friday night convert in south korea has anded 25 meters or 65 meet when the ventilation that they were standing on collapsed. a number are in critical condition according to officials. they say some bodies were found four stories to try get by. this is the latest in a string of accidents causing south koreas to question safety measures and oversight. a ferry sinking back in april which killed over 300 people, many of them school children
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caused nation wide is causing many questions of why safety measures is not keeping pace with technology development. >> a football match between rival nations turns violent. up next how a high-flying stunt let to an all out brawl. the latest on that in a moment.
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the albanian and serbian football teams may face consequences during a qualifying match. both sides abandoned play during a game tuesday. a fight broke out when a drone appeared carrying a flag with the words greater albania, an area that refers to all parts of the balkans where ethnic albanians live. sanctions are likely. >> we almost likely impose
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sanctions. we're waiting from the report from the delegated. the report from match. the disciplinary committee will make a decision. it is independent. it will alone will make the decision. >> serbia has accused the brother of albania's prime minister of flying the flag. he denies the accusations . cnn richard quest sat down with the prime minister friday to get some answers. >> let's just clear this up. was it your brother who was, paid for, paid for the drone? >> no, it was not my brother. from 45 albanians being present in a study. we didn't send supporters to a game to avoid any type of insy en, incident, the drone came from
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outside. how possibly my brother would have been involved but we know how it works with the propaganda of the cold war and how it works with the old politics and balkans. >> do you condemn what took place tuesday? >> it's very, very unfortunate and sad event. it's even more unfortunate that what happened, continue. this is something that is very sad. let me bring yaur tensiour atte. hundreds of years -- it's the first year in our history that we have peace and we have no boarders contest and we have a fantastic chance to go forward and now we are all trapped in a football game. you wanted to go to serbia.
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are you still going. >> it's the first meeting between the two prime ministers in 68 years to give you an idea how much prob hems and i think politics should not be driven by politics. i'm convinced it is time to turn the page and not get trapped in this politics had a that has kent kept us in this way for a long time. >> all right. let's turn to the weather. it is cooling down in parts of the midwest. derek, don't like these colder t temperatures. >> yeah, i think in atlanta we will be spared from the coldest weather. in washington, i think we can squeeze out one more decent day.
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the cold front will settle in sunday. saturday we can squeeze out a day in the upper 60s in some locations. expect a drastic school down behind this but it will bring breezy conditions by the end of the weak little sicht, weather from chicago to detroit. we will squeeze if one more day. look at new york. the big apple 68 degrees. 70 by boston. we can say good-bye to those temperatures because detroit, you can see it hbehind the cold front, already cooled down. high of 49.
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switching we ares you. this is going to bring the possibility of severe weather. you want to look out for the possibility of strong winds and heavy rain. all busy in the weather center. back to you, rosemary. >> well, some companies may already have driverless cars in the works. audi is trying tack ke it a ste further. they are trying to send it around the track in germany using only sensors and computers. it will have to try 240 kilometers an hour,.
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♪ it is always so good to wake up to you. thanks for being with us, i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. 6:00 on the east coast. we have to start this morning with the dallas health care worker in isolation on a cruise ship that's steaming back to galveston, texas right now. >> she may have handled lab spes sa mens from thomas duncan, the man who died from ebola.