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africa. >> if you want to get a grip on ebola you have to deal with victims carefully, quickly and sensitively. defective air bags lead to a growing recall and a message to millions of drivers, get your cars fixed now. details on that coming up. and she is back. monica lewinsky returns to public life with a renewed mission. a lot happening in the world. at this moment want to put our focus in pretoria, south africa. 8:00 a.m. at this moment and oscar pistorius is due in court in pretoria shortly to find out if he's going to serve prison time. a live look now at the courthouse that we've been showing you, you know, during this entire trial. the judge will begin delivering her sentence in about an hour and a half. if they're being punt wall which they have been through the whole process pistorius was found

guilty of the negligent killing of his girlfriend along with a gun charge. they're arguing for community service and house arrest and the prosecution wants ten years in prison. we can bring in robyn curnow who joins us outside the courthouse. robyn, good morning to you. this is a day all south africans have been waiting for and the world as we watch this particularly important for the pistorius family, pistorius himself and the steenkamp family, as well. how are both sides on this day moments before we find out what the sentence is? >> reporter: well, i think what's interesting is that both sides, particularly oscar pistorius' family and oscar pistorius himself haven't really spoken out. he's not giving an interview before this sentencing. so in a sense he tasked his brother and sister to show his

support for him. the family wanted to make some sort of statement and spoke to cnn. i sat down with his brother and sister and i think what was very clear while the actions of his -- the consequences of his action last year, valentine's day, had a huge impact on reeva steenkamp's family, the ricochet effect, the domino effect of his actions have also had a huge impact on his own family. take a listen to what his sister told me. >> it's never going to be over. something like this changes my brother's life, our lives, the steenkamp's, their family, their friends. no one who has been close to the swaituation can just overcome ts and, you know, something my brother will carry with him

forever regardless of what's happening now, just a certain faze in the journey which will never end. >> so journey that will never end for both families, and i think that's important, oscar pistorius, though, arrives in court in the next hour or so. you saw those pictures. people already gathering outside those court gates. no doubt the courtroom is going to be very full, very stuffy as it normally is and the big question is, will oscar pistorius be led away? led down into those cells, put into a police van and taken to custody or will he get house arrest? also, perhaps legal experts say the biggest opportunity is more like an appeal which could delay things for another year or so. the big question if he is taken to prison, his family very concerned for his safety, it came out, of course, with the legal team speaking last week, there have been reports a gang

leader inside the prison that seems to have been earmarked for him, threatened him, other death threats. his brother telling me they were taking these seriously and worried because he is a double amputee. a lot of questions about what will happen next. this is the end of the road in terms of this phase of the legal process. a lot of responsibility, though, on judge masipa. i think there's been a lot of opinion at dividing south africa. a lot of anti-oscar pistorius opinion. i think it will be very interesting to see which way she goes and how south africans react. >> certainly and there is just no one can really bet or guess which way judge masipa who is so deliberate will go today in this judgment but considering, you know, we've discussed what might happen to oscar pistorius after this, house arrest, jail time, he does have a future, of course, reeva steenkamp does not because of the events of that horrific night. how are the steenkamps dealing with all of this right now and what does the future hold for

them? >> reporter: well, i think, you know, what was very clear in court last week and also with the interviews as you heard there with oscar pistorius' brother and sister, there is a deep resonance about the pain that the steenkamps are feeling but pistorius is saying they know they've lost her at a young age. the steenkamps themselves have not come out and given interviews in the last week or so. they've been silent. i've watched them in court and they've been stoic through much of this. very, very brave, particularly through some of those details, those days during the court -- the court conversations which were focused on the condition of their daughter's body, the events of what happened that night. it must have been incredibly difficult to have to listen to that and quite excruciating detail.

we did see some reaction last week from her mum. she cried, which hasn't been a very common occurrence. her mother has been very strong but i think this is, as i said, this is an event that's had huge impact of course on the steenkamps, on the pistorius family, but also on south africa because, remember, this is the first time, errol, a criminal trial has been broadcast live on television. oscar pistorius was a huge icon. he sort of symbolized south africa, this can do attitude. so there's been this sort of parallel analogy of a man falling from grace and south africans have taken it very, very personally, so there is also this very social reaction to pistorius' actions that night so it's definitely the personal and the political and it's all going to really play out again in this courtroom behind me in the next few hours. >> yeah, you're exactly right. oscar pistorius has been on trial but in many ways the south african judicial system has been put under the magnifying glass.

robyn curnow doing fantastic work. she will be with us throughout the entire proceeding. in about 90 minutes from now the hearing is scheduled to begin. we expect that this could take up to two hours, oscar pistorius' fate literally is up to judge masipa. watch live as she announces his sentence next hour. now, to the fight against ebola. the cdc, that's the centers for disease control and prevention in the united states is now tightening up safety procedures for working -- for workers treating ebola patients. of course, as you know, this comes after two nurses contract the virus while treating a patient at a texas hospital. well, now health workers will wear facial shields, hoods, boot covers that cover all of their skin. a supervisor will monitor the workers putting the items on and taking them off. meantime, nigeria can join senegal in being declared

ebola-free. some good ebola news. the world health organization made this announcement after nigeria went 42 days without any new cases. they had 19 confirmed cases including eight deaths. >> spectacular success story that shows to the world that ebola can be contained. but we must be clear that we only won a battle. the war will only end when west africa is also declared free of ebola. >> and also helping to build a bit of optimism more than 100 british army medics have been deployed to one of the hardest hit countries in west africa training staff working in treatment centers in sierra leone, the world health organization says more than 4500 people have died in west africa. you see a bit of a breakdown of those still increasing numbers next to me. well, as dan rivers is about to show us how the victims are buried has a huge impact in the spread of this disease.

>> this is what it's like at ebola's ground zero. we're at the heart of this outbreak with the red cross team who are about to recover the body of a little girl. her family is devoutly muslim but what they've gone through would test the strongest faith. her tiny body is carried out of the house. she died yesterday. she'll be buried today. her family watch in stunned silence, the lively 3-year-old may have infected them too but they're refusing to believe ebola is to blame because doctors at the local hospital weren't sure why she had a fever. >> tested her and so they didn't tell me anything after that. >> reporter: the team is convinced ebola is to blame. >> body bag. >> she wasn't the only one to die suddenly here. in another house nearby another body, her grandmother. inside swabs are taken for

testing. the in and that do this are incredibly brave but they're also reassuring. biohazards suits aren't necessary as long as you don't touch anything. if you want to get a grip on ebola you have to deal with its victims quickly, carefully and sensitively. more than 70% of new infections come not from the living but from the dead. these scenes are terrifying for the people in this tiny village. her neighbor's now have to wait for the test results knowing their own children were playing with a potential ebola victim. just hours ago. he says her and her grandmother visited an ebola patient who died once they returned they fell sick and died, as well. we're now checking our temperature three times a day. and these aren't the only cases here, a further three bodies have been found in this neighborhood. >> this is spreading so much that we the people, we are

scared. >> reporter: but this new command and control center may speed up the response. staffed by the sierra leone army, mentored by british officials. >> what we're trying to do is someone pick it up and bring it. >> reporter: britain is at the heart of sierra leone's battle against ebola. >> getting on top of it is getting people identified who are -- who have it early to isolate them and one of the most infectious parts are when they're dead so getting people buried quickly and have to be buried within 24 hours and that is our target. >> reporter: but there's still a long way to go. officially her and her grandmother are 2 of the 96 suspected ebola cases in greater freetown in the last two days. >> i feel very sad. i feel very sad. ebola is a killer disease. it kills. it kills so i'm very, very sad about it because our people are

dying every day. >> reporter: without a massive increase in resources this virus will continue to savage sierra leone. one of the world's poorest countries struggling to cope with one of the world's most deadly diseases. dan rivers, itv news, freetown. >> quite an eye-opening report there. all right. fashion designer oscar de la renta died at the age of 82. born in the dominican republic he became known as the sultan of suave for dressing some of the world's most high-profile figures. he recently made the gown amal wore when she married george clooney. just how significant that was. >> he just did the wedding of the year. i mean, you know, the fact that amal chose him, you know, to do a custom dress for her wedding to george clooney that was on -- everyone saw, the whole world

took part and pored over those pictures is proof that he was relevant. >> de la renta dressed every u.s. first lady since jacqueline kennedy. how about that. laura bush released a statement calling him a dear friend. still to come for you here on cnn, air bags are supposed to protect you from dieing in a car crash. watch this. these air bags could explode sending metal flying at your face. now millions of cars are being recalled. we'll bring you all the details. plus, if apple has its way, credit cards will be a thing of the past. we'll show you how to use the new apple pay program after this. from fashion retailers to healthcare providers, jewelers to sporting good stores, we provide financing solutions for all sorts of businesses. banking. loyalty. analytics. synchrony financial. engage with us.

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problem like this. take a look. well, it was an air bag going off but, of course, imagine it with things flying toward your face. automakers are warning people to go to their dealerships for repairs immediately and some are speculating the problem may have caused one death in florida. >> basically it's like a bomb going off with shards of metal. the expansion rate is so fast and so quick and violent that it actually expands this metal portion. >> so you're probably wondering is this my car or not. they're made by japan's company and made in several makes. honda makes up more than half the vehicles affected. toyota, nissan, bmc, mazda and general motors all of them recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles. if you have one of these contact your dealership. now, china's economy just

had its worth quarterly performance since 2009. take a look at the numbers. the government says gross domestic product slowed to 7.3% growth in the third quarter. that's barely ahead of forecasts in a cnn money survey. china needs a big fourth quarter to meet its annual target of 7.5%. economists blame a weak real estate sector saddled with excess supply and falling prices. apple shares are up more than 3.5% since monday's opening bell after beating quarterly sales and profit forecasts. and this news comes on the same day that apple pay got up and running. our samuel burke tried out the company's latest technology. >> reporter: the hardest part of using apple pay was updating to apple's operating system, 8.1. that took me an hour. once i did that, though, all i had to do was make a phone call to my credit card company. do you have a lot of phone calls with people trying to set up apple pay right now. >> i am.

we're pretty swamped. >> reporter: i'll see if i can make a purchase with it. you can't be in new york without your coconut water, a nice healthy salad. a lot trying out apple pay or am i your first? >> you're my first. >> hold it up here. it recognizes it right away. you saw it popped up. put my thumbprint on there. asked for my p.i.n. it always would ask for my p.i.n., approved. thank you very much. so did it feel revolutionary? >> not quite. it felt like paying with my credit card except i didn't have to take out my credit card. and other companies like samsung already have this technology in their phones and big companies have apps that are similar like google wallet but by apple joining this race it did make it feel like mobile payments are the future sooner than later but can you just take your wallet and throw it out? not yet. because not every store is on board. so in the meantime, you're still going to have to carry cash and

a credit card around. samuel burke, cnn, new york. >> will this work? we just don't know. we will wait and see. all right. the remnants of hurricane gonzalo are moving in and ivan cabrera joins us for the forecast. >> it will be a nasty travel day, tuesday and heading into tomorrow, as well, wednesday and essentially things will move from west where they are right now into the uk and then for the rest of northwestern europe will be impacted and the airports will be the main deal here as far as the winds very gusty so talking about wind gusts that will exceed 70 miles -- can you imagine 70 kilometers an hour. that's bad enough and will be the issue. current winds, 26 kpr coming out of london out of the southwest. not really a big deal. it's later this afternoon that things will get going. all a result of this low as errol mentioned this is what's

left, of course, of what we had in the atlantic, a hurricane, now post-tropical so we're not talking about anything tropical coming into the uk but nevertheless the effects will be the same as the winds will get nasty later on today. 7 ato 85 kilometer per hour winds impacting from essentially scotland into ireland but even london will be getting in on the very gusty winds later today. 68 to 75 kilometer per hour winds, this is local time now. later on on tuesday, and watch this as the low moves in then we're talking about amster dan, brussels being impacted with 65 to 7 akilometer per hour wind gusts wednesday morning so in much better shape for the uk and things going downhill as far as portions of northwestern europe and germany and frankfurt getting in on gusty winds so a big deal because not only because of the wind gusts but because of the prolonged event

here talking about a good 48 hours of this storm wreaking havoc across the region then crashing into the alps. with the higher elevation we have our first big snowstorm. 5 to 00 sent meters of snow in the next few days across this region. keep you posted on the delays, heathrow estimating 10% of their flights in and out of london potentially canceled today. >> difficult day for travelers. is it strange when you talk about rain and wind in the uk, i getnostag. i. >> are you asking for a transfer. >> i don't think so. we speak of one man badly wounded. still somehow eager to fight for his home and loved ones.

isis launched a major offensive in northern iraq. 15 near simultaneous attacks. the peshmerga say it was another attempt to grab more territory and targeted villages around sinjar mountain. an isis truck bomb killed six defending the dam. they killed a number of isis militants as well and rappelled

pose of their attacks. a major policy shift in turkey and that means kurds battling isis in syria may get reinforcements. turkey says it will let iraq's peshmerga cross its territory to join the fight in kobani. the u.s. has been backing kobani's defenders with air strikes and now it's flown in weapons and supplies for the kurdish fighters. the u.s. secretary of state says that was on a policy shift but a response to an emergency. >> it would be irresponsible of us as well as morally very difficult to turn your back on a community fighting isil as hard as it is at this particular moment. >> now, the weight of that battle is falling on the young men of kobani putting their lives on the line for their homes and their families. our nick paton walsh spoke with one wounded fighter who wants to return to battle.

>> reporter: halil's missing foot blown off by a grenade brings him into the traumatized crowd of kobani's injured but two facts distinguish him. he's just 15 and already a fighter. "i want to go and continue my life where i left off," your homeland is precious to you and want to go back to kobani as soon as possible. i'll be a soldier. i'll help people in need." arrested on a brief break from the fighting in turkey, he was held in a sports stadium then expelled back to syria by turkey, he says, glad to fight again, he was, however, quickly injured. "yes, i saw the first hand grenade but it missed me then the second came in behind me, the third hit a wall in front of me. the last landed by my feet." he boasts even then he didn't drop his gun. he first picked one up when he was 13, he says. now he is injured, turkey will

let him stay. his mother can only smile at his bravado. "isis came all of a sudden obliged us to leave our houses. do they have the right to do this to our city? i don't know where they came from. they took our food, our water, our houses, they tortured our young people" at the border a u.s. air drop of medicine, guns and ammo near these new defenses to the west of kobani didn't stop some desperately trying to cross. they've always had to abandon their cars but these ones wouldn't. the army pursued them and then moved to block the whole offense. vital u.s. air drops overnight followed by turkey saying it would let iraqi kurdish peshmerga in to help the fight. help has arrived and is on its way. but kobani still burns. nick paton walsh, cnn, near kobani.

>> and now to some other stories we're following you. a canadian man is now dead and the government wants to know if that hit-and-run incident was a terror attack. you see, police shot and killed martin marlo after a chase. his car ended up top down and fled after running down the soldiers in a shopping center parking lot outside montreal. one of those officers is now in critical condition. police and the prime minister's officer believe he may have converted to islam and become radicalized and say this because a radio report says he called himself akbar the converted. oscar pistorius awaits his fate. coming up all the legal angles that may unfold here in the next hour. we'll take you live to pretoria once again. plus, new details have been leaked about the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer in missouri. why the information could fuel tensions there.

welcome back to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. thanks for staying with us. i'm errol barnett. our top stories right now. u.s. health officials issuing strict new guidelines for health workers treating ebola patients. the centers for disease control now call for full protective gear that covers all skin. a supervisor will monitor workers putting the garments on and taking them off. fashion designer oscar de la renta died at the age of 82 born in the dominican republic but moved on, i should say, to study in spain and worked at fashion houses in europe eventually creating his own now world famous lines. he was ton for his evening gowns and dressed every first lady in

the u.s. since jacqueline kennedy. oscar pistorius is due in court in about an hour from now for his sentencing. the south african track star was found guilty of culpable homicide for killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. seeing a live look at the courthouse. the defense says he should be given community service and house arrest. while the prosecution is asking for at least ten years in prison. more on that in a moment. now, the length of pistorius' sentence is entirely up to the judge. judge masipa so let's bring in kelly phelps for how the prosecution and defense may respond to the ruling. she joins us live from pretoria. kelly, great to see you once again this morning. before either side can respond and possibly appeal we have to find out what the rule something in the first place. let's just explore the range of possibilities here. i guess the most lenient, some kind of house arrest, nonprison time is possible today. what reasoning would get judge masipa to levy that kind of

punishment. anything based on the gang death threats robyn was telling us about earlier inside prison? would that factor into a decision like this? >> reporter: it would certainly factor into it but i think one to the extent it would factor in, much more likely considerations around the need to exploit alternative penalties to imprisonment considering the cost of imprisonment on society and i don't just mean the financial cost but also the social costs of sending people into prison and taking them out of their communities and out of their workplace and really an overriding argument that is a penalty that should be reserved for the most dangerous types of offenders. if the judge decided not to issue imprisonment in this case, she would essentially be sending a message that he isn't a danger to society and the alternative penalties can be tailored to suit the level of negligence in

the case without resorting to the most severe penalty of imprisonment. >> okay, so masipa has a rank of options and will consider that, has considered it and will let us know what's been decided. let's flip it over and look at what i guess would be unlikely but you can let me know ten years in prison could be the maximum sentence. but as you say there's a threat to society that has to be considered, as well. what would lead the judge to decide on some kind of prison time? >> well, the overriding principle that she would be taking into account when determining whether to send him to prison would be this concept of degrees of negligence. if she found that in the specific facts of this case compared with other cases that the degree of negligence was very high, then that would start leading her towards not just a term of imprisonment but a lengthy term of imprisonment. we have to compare it to other similar cases that have been

decided, though. we know that in a famous case in cape town in 2012 where ten scho schoolchildren were killed by a taxi driver that person received eight years in prison. so this sentence will have to communicate what other tens that have been issued in culpable homicide case and i would venture to say if he did get a more lengthy term of imprisonment it would become more likely a portion of that sentence at least would be suspended. >> okay, so a range of possibilities as we approach this hearing less than an hour away, kelly phelps, i think over your shoulder i can see a crowd that's gathered outside the courthouse certainly everyone's eyes in south africa are on that courthouse right now. we'll connect with you anyone geks hour, kelly. thank you. to our viewers, you don't need to crowd on a street side. can you stay where you are because in less than an hour from now the oscar pistorius hearing and his sentencing will begin. you can watch live as judge

masipa announce what is she believes is an appropriate punishment for oscar pistorius. do stay with us for that. now police in the u.s. state of indiana say a suspected serial killer has confessed to murdering seven women. they arrested him and charged with murdering africa hardy who he solicited as a prostitute on line. she was found in a motel in hammond, indiana. >> mr. van told him and police officers at the scene he had messed up by not committing -- by committing the crime and was surprised at how quickly he was located after the incident. >> now, there are new details about the forensic evidence in the case of an unarmed black teenager killed by a police officer. this is in ferguson, missouri. the august shooting of michael brown has led to weeks of protests in the st. louis suburbs. sara sidner has more on how these newly leaked details could fuel more.

>> reporter: this is the new normal in ferguson, protests night and day for the past 73 days. their number one demand, justice and to them that means the indictment and arrest of officer darren wilson, who shot and killed unarmed teenager michael brown august 9th. >> all: don't shoot. hands up. >> reporter: tensions high again after new details about the investigation were leaked by a federal source to "the new york times." indicating forensic evidence may mean potential civil rights charges are unlikely. u.s. law enforcement sources told cnn brown's blood was found on the wilson's gun, inside wilson's patrol car and on his uniform. >> what that does is that tends to support any testimony that there was some kind of scuffle in the police car and if so, that tends to support officer wilson's testimony and his justification for using deadly force. >> reporter: early on brown's

friend said there was a scuffle but wilson was the aggressor. >> he pulled up and tried to flush his door open. we were so close it ricocheted off us and bounced back to him and i guess that, you know, got him a little upset as he was trying to choke my friend and he was trying to get away and officer then reached out and he grabbed his arm to pull him into the car. >> reporter: cnn legal analyst danny cevallos says it only goes so far. >> ultimately that officer will have to come up with justification not for firing his gun the first time but for each and every bullet that came out of his firearm whether at the car or away from the car. >> reporter: whatever happens, police tell cnn they are preparing, especially after hearing this time and again from protesters in the streets. >> if there's not an indictment, excuse my french, all hell is going to break loose. >> reporter: are you worried that there's going to be serious

violence? >> yeah, i mean, again, we're constantly looking at those things. i believe it was five shootings in august. you know -- during the protests that came out of that and then also to protect businesses and the property and the citizens who live in the area. >> reporter: protesters also have plans. everybody is planning for whatever the grand jury decides. i think certainly there are lots of us that are planning peaceful protests for -- should it not be indicted, certainly there are other people that have other ideas at hand. >> reporter: sara sidner, cnn, ferguson, missouri. >> next on cnn we'll show you protests on the other side of the world. just a few more hours to go, in fact, until the start of talks between hong kong's government and student protest leaders. what can we expect? we'll get you live to hong kong for answers. ♪ [ male announcer ] over time, you've come to realize...

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welcome back. we have new information in to cnn on the death of the ceo of french oil and gas types total sa. christoph de margerie was among four that died. this is at the moscow airport. according to the itar-tass news agency the driver of the snowplow was drunk. the ceo die add long with three crew members on that plane. so new information, the driver

of the snowplow according to one report allegedly drunk. now, we are a little more than three hour as way from the start of scheduled talks between hong kong's government and student leaders. these talks will be televised, as well. the talks are aimed at ending a standoff which is now in its fourth week. they will be moderate the by the president of lingnon university in hong kong. they want the right for any candidate to run for hong kong's top post. manisha tank is live in hong kong and will talk to us about what to expect. the university moderator is a former adviser, i understand, to c.y. leung. that can't be boosting confidence from the students that they will be listened to but what can we expect from the talks? >> reporter: well, it's interesting you pick up on that, errol. once it was announced he was the chosen moderator that was something that a lot of the press, members of the press in

hong kong picked up on but as for the talks and what we can expect it is important it's televised and broadcast between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. hong kong time anywhere in the world. prime time viewing, of course, and a truck passed by us, our team a half an hour ago and asked what are you doing here and they're bringing in audio equipment to set up a station where people can watch the talks being broadcast because it is of interest to everyone. what will be discussed. what will happen there, hong kong federation of students and leaders talking to senior government officials. the students are one of three groups vehicleal throughout this movement. alongside scholarism and occupy central with love and peace. but scholarism and occupy will not be in the room. it will be the hong kong federation of students. i'm standing on harcourt road the epicenter of this movement and what's interesting about this is all of these tents, these tents make it very difficult for the police to

carry out a clearance campaign here because these people are entrenched. it's going to be much more difficult to move them along but businesses have grown every weary and the owners of one building close to where i'm standing have taken out a court injunction to get the people to move on to clear the area and get the barricades taken down. this is what one student leader had to say about that. >> don't think that just because you have one or two injunctions you can make the people disappear. i guarantee you that after you issued the injunctions, the people here to protest will only increase, not decrease. hong kong people civil disobedience is an unchangeable reality. >> joshua wong there. errol, just to bring it back into context even though we have the talks beginning and people think they are a step in the right direction and so much attention on what will come up in a high le polarized discussion, extreme views on each side one saying they will not acquisce, others making

demands that may not -- very unlikely to be met and don't know where they'll meet in the middle of the room. people don't necessarily have high hopes for them and difficult to translate what that will mean for the future, errol. >> yeah. each side being polarized is exactly right. i mean c.y. leung over the weekend said he believes there's some outside interference in what's happening there to which joshua wong the young man we saw there respond i do like japanese anime so one taking a more serious response. these two sides so far apart. we'll see if it's possible for them to come together. manisha tank this afternoon in hong kong, thanks. still to come on cnn, monica lewinsky is back in the spotlight. what she had to say about the scandal of her affair with bill clinton. financial noise

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winds and rain will be felt most >> across new england so talking north of new york and heading into boston specifically here and my goodness if we were in december we'd be talking about a snowstorm but we're not so it's going to be rain. however, the wind is going to be the big deal. that will be enough to cause some issues for delays here potentially the next couple of days. t two-day event. already raining but the storm, the main part really hasn't gotten going. when this energy taps into the atlantic here, then we're going to get a coastal low developing when the winds will pick up and have some issues with coastal flooding as well. have a new moon coming up. tides are running above normal so all that combining with an east wind and the strong east wind we could be dealing with some issues here right along the eastern shores of massachusetts, cape cod, the islands there, potential for coastal flooding. here's one low and then the secondary low, the one that will get cranked up here, look at the clock your wednesday into thursday with the rain pushing in to new england. portland getting in on that as

well so boston, portland, looks like the worst of it there for you as far as accumulation totals from 1 to 2 inches potentially locally heavier amounts further west and south will be just fine. all right. so that's the latest air across the northeast. national hurricane center continues to monitor this area of disturbed weather. doesn't look all that impressive but some development. going to be slow but that could happen over the next few days. you can appreciate a bit of a spin there in the bay of campeche. heavy rainfall as a result for portions of mexico, tampico. the bands setting up, a potential for flooding certainly vera cruz and all of this activity once it gets organized will slowly push towards the east and will be tracking that over the next few days, very closely for you, as well. as we mentioned we're going to continue to monitor conditions in china as well because this low has really gotten going. now in beijing, of course, the issue this weekend was smog.

that's done now. the air quality has improved as a result of this low but the problem is now we're dealing with very heavy rainfall and that will continue, as well, for portions of the korean peninsula and heading out towards japan getting into heavy rainfall there, as well. >> wet week for many folks. ivan, thanks. the former white house intern at the center of one of the biggest political sex scandals in u.s. history has returned to the spotlight. monica lewinsky says she's back to champion a new cause, should have picked a different story to use that comment, we have more. >> if i seem nervous forgive me because i am. i'm a little emotional. >> it is surprising to hear a woman famous for intimate sexual acts with the president sounding shy. but there was no mistaking who she is. >> my name is monica lewinsky. >> reporter: the once 22-year-old white house intern is now 41 and launching a

mission to combat online bullying. >> i want to put my suffering to good use and give purpose to my past. >> reporter: it was her 1995 affair with president bill clinton that made her as she put it patient zero when it came to cyb cyberharassment. >> there were sites replete with comment seconds and e-mails could be forwarded. of course, it was all done on the dial-up. yet around the world this story went. a viral phenomenon that you could argue was the first moment of truly social media. >> reporter: at times lewinsky got emotional. >> staring at the computer screen i spent the day shouting, oh, my god, and, i can't believe they put that in or that is so

out of context. and those were the only thoughts that interrupted a relentless mantra in my head. i want to die. >> reporter: instead it was the death in 2010 of tyler clementi, she says, prompted her new life. the rutgers freshman killed himself after his roommate screened an intimate encounter online. his story deeply hurt lewinsky's mother and monica understood why. >> she might very easily have lost me. when i too might have been humiliated to death. >> reporter: lewinsky also used the speech to give her take on the affair that made her a household name. >> 16 years ago, fresh out of college, a 22-year-old intern in the white house and more than

averagely romantic i fell in love with my boss in a 22-year-old sort of way. it happens. but my boss was the president of the united states. that probably happens less often. now i deeply regret it for many reasons. not the least of which is because people were hurt and that's never okay. >> reporter: after nearly a decade of self-imposed seclusion, a strong sounding monica lewinsky appears to be launching a comeback taking on a cause she knows only too well. >> having survived myself, what i want to do now is help other victims of the shame game survive too. >> reporter: martin savidge, cnn. >> oscar pistorius will learn his fate in a south african

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