>> and in rich's case, taylor has given him a reason to want to stay young. and in many ways, that's better than sex. investigators move in to find out what happened in the deadly explosion of virgin galactic's spaceship but getting answers won't be quick or easy. rebel elections get underway with eastern ukraine. russia says it will recognize the results. kiev says it's illegal. we'll have a live report. offering extremists a second chance, a two-part look at why denmark believe some jihadis deserve rehab, not jail. hello and welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. you're watching cnn. i'm natalie allen. u.s. officials say more than a dozen federal investigators will be in california's mojave desert

for about a week examining the huge eight-kilometer site of virgin galactic's spaceship disaster. the national transportation safety board says friday's flight was heavily documented with six cameras aboard the experimental craft when it suddenly broke apart high above the desert and crashed killing one pilot, injuring the other. still, the agency says it could actually take one year before its investigation is complete. virgin galactic founder richard branson says the dream lives on and met with reporters saturday. here's some of what branson said. >> we are determined to find out what went wrong and we're working with the authorities to get that information. it is too early for me to add any details of the investigation at this stage. we've always known that commercial space travel is an

incredibly hard project. we've been undertaking a comprehensive testing program for many years and safety has always been our number one priority. this is the biggest test program ever carried out in commercial aviation history. precisely to ensure that this never happens to the public. in testing the boundaries of human capabilities and technologies we're standing on the shoulders of giants. yesterday we fell short. we'll now comprehensively avest the reasons for the crash and move forward together as a group of friends and a company. we do understand the risks involved weanary's not going to push on blindly. to do so would be an insult to all those affected by this tragedy. we're going to learn from what went wrong. discover how we can improve safety and performance and then move forward together.

>> the debris field extends for mar than eight kilometers and offs say it's too soon for the injured pilot to help with the investigation. >> the question is have we interviewed the surviving pilot? we have not because the surviving pilot is not medically -- the doctors do not recommend we do an interview at this stage so we are in contact with the surviving pilot's wife and we don't want to interview that pilot before the pilot is ready. >> one thing authorities hope to learn soon whether the two pilots took a black box or flight recorder along with them friday. more now on the pilot and the investigation from cnn's stephanie elam in southern california. >> reporter: we've learned more about the pilots and can tell you the pilot that lost his life, his name was michael allsburry, 39 years old, the pilot that survived although he has minor to major injuries is

peter siebel, 43 years old. they're trying to figure out what happened. this setback is huge not just because of the fact that they lost the spacecraft but because of the loss of life so what happens going forward depends upon what the ntsb discovers. now, the ntsb did arrive in the desert looking into this crash, this is the first spacecraft-related crash they are taking the lead on. all hoe they were a part of the "columbia" crash and "challenger" crash, as well and said they have a little more than a dozen people that are here and perhaps a little bit more than they would normally have because it is slightly different but are encouraged because it was a test flight that hopefully the data that virgin galactic was gathering might help give them clues as to factually went on. as far as the company, richard branson was here and conveyed concern over the loss of life and what this will mean for the

project but clear he would like to see these commercial flights into space to continue. to that end he says that he hasn't had any person who's already put down the $250,000 to take this ride into space for the six minutes or so of weightlessness have asked for the return of their money. they haven't asked for that. but at the same time he also said that one person did come along after the accident and say that they wanted to be a part of this journey into space and then put their deposit in. so at this point they are really focusing on what went wrong in this accident and they do plan on moving forward. what that forward will look like is what everyone would like to know. stephanie elam, cnn, owe ha. pro-russia separatists are holding an election in defiance of kiev and voters casting ballots in donetsk and luhansk.

western leaders say they will not recognize the election results. senior international correspondent matthew chance is closely following the election in eastern ukraine and joins us now live from moscow. matthew, what's russia's response to this vote that's going on? >> reporter: well, it's interesting because russia is essentially the only country that says it supports and it will recognize the outcome of this vote. all the other nations that are interested in the situation in eastern ukraine, ukraine itself, of course, as the united states and european nations have said that they don't recognize these elections and see them as illegitimate and in contravention of the peace deal in minsk. the ukrainian rebels rejecting that as well saying this will legitimize them and the russians saying it would mean that the

authorities would have somebody elected with whom to negotiate in the future. the big controversy surrounding these elections is this, that these rebel groups in luhansk and in donetsk are taking a step by staging these elections not towards reintegrating, reunifying ukraine which is what the peace agreements in minsk foresees but, instead maybe taking a step away from that process and further isolating themself towards independence within ukraine and so that's the big concern from the various parties, watching this -- this is a step away from reunification and step towards some kind of frozen conflict in which the ukrainian government, kiev, will never be able to effectively regain control and authority in those rebel controlled areas of luhansk and donetsk so that's why these elections right now and voting has begun in these rebel areas from about three hours ago now

voting is under way in about 400 polling booths across the region. a couple of polling booths being set up, as well, inside russia apparently in refugee camps that are housing a great number of people that have fled the fighting inside eastern ukraine. so that's the big concern for the people and for the interested parties particularly in the west that are watching these elections unfold. >> and what might be the consequences, matthew, of russia supporting this vote? >> reporter: well, i mean, one consequence is that as i mentioned that with the support of russia, these rebel republics in the east of ukraine in luhansk and donetsk would be not able to avoid reunification and ukraine and be able to exist with the support of russia, russia as i say says that these elections will be legitimate. in terms of what the consequences may for russia,

well, you know, obviously this puts again russia on a collision course with the west and the european union officials here in moscow have said that it could mean that russia may face further sanctions in the future because of its support for these elections in eastern ukraine. at the very least, it may moon that the sanctions already in force against russia will be much slower in being lifted. >> all right, matthew chance following this vote there in eastern ukraine from moscow, thank you, matthew. now we turn to the middle east where there's fresh hope for kurds in kobani. peshmerga reinforcements that include women look to push back isis militants. and a new video from boko haram dashes hopes for the return of hundreds of abducted nigerian schoolgirls. i've always loved exploring and looking for something better. that's the way i look at life.

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officials in iraq fear isis may have carried out another mass execution. a sunni tribal leader in anbar province says the militants abducted more than 50 people from hitt and killed hundreds of tribesmen. some have been publicly executed, others found in mass graves. in nearby baghdad, car bombs killed more than a dozen people saturday. police say one vehicle was detonated at a checkpoint.

a second car exploded at an outdoor market. syrian kurds fending off an isis advance in kobani are getting help from peshmerga fighters. the convoy has arrived from iraq to help defend the town as nick paton walsh reports, the forces came equipped and ready to fight. >> reporter: days of bickering, delay and driving, but clear about where they're headed to fight. heavy weapons, the syrian kurds fighting for kobani urgently need along with a bit of solidarity from the iraqi kurdish peshmerga. one local fighter said he didn't know whether to cry or grin when he saw them arrive. you could see now how complex the crossing must have been for this sort of hardware. the official border point mortared they crept through a hole in the western fence friday night. now kobani's defenders have mortars of their own to fire back at isis whose tenacity in the cities east even coalition air strikes has not shaken. the fight for kobani taking on a

significant spark greater than itsize. for isis the chance to hold a 100-kilometer strep and use the cameras on these hills to send a message about their firepower. kurds across the world, all 30 million stood up for kobani, the same in berlin. the kurds finding their decades-long struggle thrust into the spotlight in this mi microcosm and now the fight will intensify, the outcome still certain, the stakes growing. nick paton walsh. a human rights watch report says the shiite militia in iraq is responsible for attac in a mosque back in august. witnesses say some of the attackers wore police uniforms. human rights watch is calling for the u.s. to stop providing

iraq with military support until authorities crack down on pro-government militias. demonstrations over alleged police brutality in france are taking a violent turn. several protesters and police have been injured in clashes in toulouse and condemned the death of an environmental activist protesting the construction of a dam in southwestern france. a report shows the man may have been killed by a police stun grenade. in nigeria, boko haram is dashing hopes that more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls will be set free. in a newly released video the leader of the militant group denies boko haram ever agreed to a cease-fire or to return the girls abducted in april. he says the girls have been converted to islam and married off. meantime, nigeria's military

is stepping up its action against the group and jonathan mann spoke to isha sesay about the latest video. >> reporter: they were saying there were ongoing talks in chad saying those talks were on course and really expressing a great amount of optimism the girls would be released in the near future then today we see this video with the reported leader of boko haram saying that was never indeed the case. speaking to a nigerian government -- the coordinator at the national information center, that was my question, what happened here? he appeared genuinely shocked. he appeared bewildered by this turn of events and said that the claims made by him on this tape contradict all conversations the nigerian government had been engaged in saying now that they are investigating and working to

verify the claims, not really going into much detail as to how this could have happened, just saying they are investigating and leaving all of us bewildered, jonathan. >> what are the prospects for those girls ever being set free? >> that is, indeed, the question again for many tonight and, of course, you know, our hears go out to the families of these 219 girls who have been held for more than six months now. with him saying on the video that the girls have converted to islam, being married off and in their marital homes the chances of them ever coming back right now appears very, very slim. for the government of nigeria where do they go from here? you have a group that is saying openly that they are not prepared to negotiate that the way forward according to him on this video is continue the bloodshed. jonathan, as you well know the last couple of days, there has been an increase in the number of attacks in nigeria. more than 60 women and girls

have been taken in recent days and the abductions continue and so for many the question is where can the nigerian government from here if you have a group saying openly they are not prepared to negotiate? >> more demonstrations are expected today in burkina faso. the country's army named this man, lieutenant current isaac zita as the temporary president replacing the president who resigned after days of protests. the united states and african union are calling on the military to transfer burkina faso's presidency to a civilian. one european country has started a rehab program for jihadi fighters returning from syria. ahead we take a close look inside what's been called a controversial project. uh, hi. i'm here to drop off my resume.

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15,000 foreigners are taking up arms with syria and iraq, it is alleged. now many are faced with the dilemma, what do you do when these fighters come home? for one european country it is a controversial program of jihadi rehab. atika schubert takes you inside this unique approach against terror prevention. >> reporter: there are an estimated 100 danish fighters in syria. that is a lot for a small

country. denmark has one of europe's highest rates of jihadi fighters and it faces a dilemma. what to do when these fighters come home. omar in his early 20s returned from syria. his parents thought he was helping at a refugee camp. he was fighting with a jihadist brigade and spoke to us on condition of anonymity. >> the reality i have made a lot of people in syria. nobody has ever talked about getting back to bomb these countries as they try to make it sound like in the media. >> reporter: omar is 1 of 16 fighters to return. he did a very unradical thing. he contacted the danish police program for returning fighters, voluntarily. were you nervous about coming back home to denmark? >> no, i wasn't that nervous because i knew that i didn't do any kind of criminal act or something like that. >> reporter: here's how the program works, any returning fight ser eligible for help getting a job, a house, an education and psychological

counseling but they must be screened by police, anyone found to have committed a crime will be put through the courts and possibly prison. their information is also passed to danish intelligence. >> this is not a gift shop. you have to be motivated. you have to really want to become a part of the danish society. we help them find a way through the system and what we've seen is that out of these 16 who have returned, 10 of them are now back in school, have a job and it seems to us that their focus is on something else than in syria. >> reporter: police here say it is a danish solution that's not that special. simply a crime prevention program with a focus on jihadis. and it's voluntary. omar is one of those who decided he didn't need the help. but he has friends who are in the program. >> they don't help people by arresting them and raiding their homes and taking away their passports.

>> reporter: it does not try to change the fundamentalist beliefs of returning fighters as long as they do not advocate violence. >> they are still muslim believers, some of them in perhaps a way that we would call radical, but not to an extent that's so as far as we can see they are a threat to the society. >> reporter: omar believes the program is preventing attacks back home but he also says he might return to syria. >> young people have a lot of feelings so, you know, if you're going to be humble towards those young fighters it would be humble to us if you will not be harsh to us. >> reporter: what advice do you have for somebody who wants to come back from syria back home? what advice do you have? >> i would tell him there's nothing to fear if you want to come back. >> reporter: so does it work? it's too soon to know but police say the alternative would be fighters that return and simply disappear. this program is designed to help while also keeping a close

watch. >> so just how effective is the program? coming up in part two of atika's report you'll hear interest a psychologist who says some jihadis deradicalize themselves just by leaving home to fight. that's in about 20 minutes from now. well, jerusalem is tense over the closure of a holy site. coming up efforts to cool palestinian outrage. we're live in jerusalem. plus, ebola is front and center on the u.s. campaign trail. putting president obama's actions on the ballot with candidates in tight races.

welcome back to our viewers in the u.s. and around the

world. i'm natalie allen at cnn center. here are our top stories. crash investigators say friday's virgin galactic spaceship disaster was heavily documented. there were six cameras aboard spaceshiptwo when it broke apart and crashed over a test flight. but investigators say it could take a year before their work is complete. pro-russia separatists in eastern ukraine are holding electionness their self-declared republics of donetsk and luhansk. kiev and the west say they're illegitimate. in a new video the leader of boko haram is denying his militant group ever agreed to a cease-fire with the nigerian government or to release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted in april. he says the girls have converted to islam and have been married off. jerusalem police are expected to address the tensions over access to one of the city's

revered holy sites. the closure of the temple mount known as the noble sanctuary sparked clashes between police and palestinian protesters. israel shut down the site after a controversial jewish rabbi was shot. it was partially re-opened on friday. cnn 's erin mclaughlin join us. we heard the police will address the situation. what else is happening there? >> reporter: hi, natalie. police spokesperson telling cnn that all muslims now of all ages are allowed to enter the noble sanctuary or temple mount to pray and jews are now allowed to visit for the first time since the site was completely shut down on thursday, however, a cnn producer that was at the entrance this morning to the site says that police were not allowing men under the age of 40 in to worship and they were also

saying there was a small protest outside of women who were turned away, as well. now, at around 8:00 this morning, the deputy speaker of the knesset visited the site. this was his first visit since the incident happened on thursday, as well. he was actually there with yehud glick. he was shot by a man four times and both had been attending a controversial event that called for more israeli jews to be able to go to the noble sanctuary or temple mount to pray and that is a position that really infuri e infuriates members of the muslim community, senior officials telling me there is this concern that the increasing pace of visits to the sites by figures such as glick and faglan stir

suspicions that something might happen to the status quo. the status quo being that jews are allowed to visit the site but they are not allowed to pray. now, as for the broader security picture here in jerusalem, police saying that over the past 48 hours, they've arrested 17 palestinian youths for disturbing the peace and according to the red crescent some 40 palestinians have been treated for injuries in clashes in various parts of the city. that, again, within the past 48 hours. natalie. >> erin, any new statements from either the palestinian leadership or israeli leadership in an effort to defuse the situation? >> well, yesterday we heard from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and called for members of the knesset to calm the situation when it comes to the

temple mount urging them to show responsibility and restraint. now, following thursday when the temp temple mount was closed to all worshipers it was met with outrage from senior palestinian leadership who called the move in effect a declaration of war. that was a quote from the spokesperson from palestinian president mahmoud abbas. tensions though seeming to cool the following day when the site was re-opened albeit with restricted access. natalie. >> all right, er. n still covering that story as it continues there in jerusalem. thank you. well, after seven months in a mexican jail u.s. marine reservist andrew tahmooressi is thrilled to be back home in his state of florida. according to the family spokesman there were big smiles and hugs upon his arrive. tahmooressi was jailed in march after he drove into tijuana with three guns in his truck. he was freed by a mexican judge

on friday. liberia's ebola outbreak seems to be slowing. that's the first hint of some good news we have avenue heard from there. the head of the u.n.'s ebola response says he's cautiously optimistic but warns a reduction of infections does not mean it's under control. nearly 5,000 people mostly in west africa have died. elsewhere spain's ebola patient that's her in the center is now out of isolation but she's not yet healthy enough to go home. last month tests showed the nurse's aide is now ebola-free. and a woman in the u.s. state of oregon is under hospital quarantine after developing a high fever. she travelled to oregon from west africa and was monitoring herself for symptoms. and canada has stopped processing visa applications for visitors who have been in countries with widespread ebola, australia making a similar move last month.

ebola is also a hot topic in u.s. politics. the global crisis makes appearances in ads and on the campaign trail. this is election week for midterms in the u.s. this week. chief u.s. congressional correspondent dana bash takes a look at how ebola is affecting this year's senate candidates. >> reporter: republican scott brown is relentlessly making ebola an issue in his senate race. >> as i speak to the citizens of new hampshire there's a rational fear about this. >> reporter: his strategy is succeeding down double digits just a few months ago he's now in the hunt against jeanne shaheen jumping on ripped from the headline crisis, isis, immigration and ebola. >> people look at it and say scott brown is fearmongering in order to win a senate seat. >> what i hear is that people are deeply concerned about -- >> reporter: brown is hardly alone in seizing on the ebola

crisis. in dramatic too close to call senate races from coast to coast there are ten going into election day, republicans see ebola as a exhibit a in a narrative they were already pushing, government incompetence with president obama at the helm. republican joeni ernst in iowa. >> i think our president should have taken the lead on these issues. >> reporter: her democratic opponent is a sitting house member who bends over backwards to be part of 9 solution supply went back to washington for the ebola oversight hearing and i sat there and i asked tough questions of the head of the centers for disease control, the national institutes of health, fda, custom and border patrol agents. >> reporter: a majority of americans, 54% believe the federal government is doing a good job in dealing with the ebola crisis according to a cnn/orc poll out this week and whoching 71% say they're very or

what confident in the government's ability to provide a nationwide epidemic but republicans are still convinced it feeds into a broader voter concern about washington. >> do you trust president obama and the washington politicians? >> reporter: georgia republican david perdue's closing ad in his race. >> if you're as frustrated as i am about the dysfunction in washington and believe we can do better i appreciate your trust. >> reporter: voters are so disgusted with washington the ultimate weapon is trashing both parties. it helped independent greg orman tie up his race into ruby red kansas against a republican. >> both mitch mcconnell and harry reid have been far too partisan for far too long. >> reporter: it's hard for any candidate to break through, many are so turned off. rick weiland got creative. turning to song. ♪ so i'm running for the senate but i ain't a big man.

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denmark's controversial rehab program for radicalized danish citizens who come back home after joining extremist groups. cnn's atika schubert looks at

how the country is concentrating its efforts on one particular town. >> reporter: why have hundreds of jihadi fighters across western europe gone to the battlefields of syria and iraq and how do authorities keep them from lashing out violently once they're home? well, the answers might be found in denmark. it may not look like a hotbid of jay had di radicalism but of the 100 that left more than a third come from there. specifically the suburb of gelarup. 80% of the people living here are immigrants. unemployment high and according to the minister of housing they've described this as sort of a ghetto. here dainius authorities set up a deradicalization program with its chairman. interestingly the mosque refuses to condemn or openly support isis, the islamic state in syria and iraq, but he does meet with

danish police every month to both discourage young muslims from fighting in syria and to counsel them on their return. the only and the most important thing that we want to see is that they don't consider us as criminals, he tells us. they don't consider us as terrorists and they recognize as a minority living in denmark, he says. he introduces us to omar, not his real name once an engineering student before he became a fighter in syria. >> nobody is leaving their country because of someone has brainwashed them but they go because to defend our people in syria and help them by any means. it's a good deed according to the koran. >> reporter: but in-fighting among jihadist groups drove him home to denmark and he isn't the only one to return home

disillusioned. >> they see things they didn't expect to see, brutality, violence, even also corruption from the guys they thought was their allies so, in fact, some of them are deradicalized. >> reporter: just by the process of going there. >> yeah, some of them. >> reporter: disillusioned, traumatized perhaps but will denmark's experiment on deradicalization win the hearts and minds of muslim youth? yes and no. omar insists that he still wants to travel to syria even though he considers denmark his home. >> you know, with regard to the youth left in this city, i knew them as very like intelligent people who finish high school or who are studying at the universities and had a good

degree in their school so i don't believe that they were isolated from society at all. >> reporter: according to police, the numbers traveling from aarhus to syria have dropped from 30 in 2013 to just 1 in 2014. an encouraging start for the r aarhus model for deradicalizati deradicalization. how do you stop molten rock of 2,000 degrees? you don't really. for one hawaiian town the answer is not looking good. we'll show you next. [ julie ] the wrinkle cream graveyard. if it doesn't work fast... you're on to the next thing. clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it targets fine lines and wrinkles with the fastest retinol formula available. you'll see younger looking skin in just one week.

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it is sometimes called the happiest place on earth. saturday night embers from a fireworks show sparked a small fire at the florida amusement park seven drafrs mine train. the fire was quickly put out. no one hurt and the ride re-opened about an hour later. well, on the big island of hawaii people are facing a slow motion disaster as a flow of lava is creeping ever so closer to their homes. for some the threat is on their doorstep and there is simply nothing they can do. here's cnn's martin savidge with a look at the flow from high above. >> reporter: this is actually hovering maybe about a position two miles upslope of the town of

pahoa. we want to show you what's coming their way and just look outside the helicopter here. we're about maybe 100 feet off the ground. this is the lava flow. look at it. i mean it's just almost mesmerizing as you stare at it. we can start heading towards town but we had some rain that went by a short while ago and so what you're looking at there is the water got down into the lava tube and the steam that rises off as that water is literally boiled off. and so now what we'll do is follow the path that this lava is taking in the direction of town and you see the destruction, of course, this is not liquid rock anymore. what you're looking at on the top is the crust but underneath there is a hundred-foot-wide tunnel and that has got the lava tube as they call it and it's 2,000 degrees of molten rock that is an underground subway system. once it crossed this road it is now officially in the town of

pahoa. you can see the lava, it doesn't stop for anything, went right over the roadway there and the other roadways are the power lines and can you see that they too are threatened. you lose those, you lose power, you lose telephone so they're trying to keep those protected and that now we wind our way ever closer to the front, the front of this lava flow is about 150 feet or maybe it's 50 meters wide but it's stalled for the moment. it's the back flow that is starting to break out and move in different directions, little fingers that go off and they become somewhat unpredictable as they move into town. >> martin savidge there giving us close-up look at that residence of them waiting for rocks to fall from a nearby mountain. derek van dam has that from the center. explain what's happening there.

>> from volcanology to geology to meetology. pick your choice. i'll be a geologist for now because we are focusing on a few different geographical features. one would be a mudslide that took place if sri lanka earlier in the workweek and also have an impending rock slide in northwestern norway. let's take you there. this is our google earth map and can zoom into that region. this is mountain manning known as the county of ramsdale and a particular concern for the residents who are located within this particular valley. they have evacuated but they are waiting for this impending rock slide that's taking place very slowly along this particular ridge line. you are see what's happened we started to notice or geologists have noticed fractures and disruptions on this particular

ridge line, in fact, they've seen movements with these rock features at about four sent meters per day, now, that may not seem a lot to you or i, but it is certainly a big deal in the geographical world because that means there is the hypotension for a rock slide. this is actually the face of that outer ridge wall that has the potential for that rock slide and, of course, it's all thanks to the rain and snow that's fallen over the region just battering northwestern norway lately and there's more to come just exacerbate the potential for more rock slides and again these authorities have evacuated part that have valley but they want to get back to their homes. the problem we can't predict when this will occur so people are getting anxious and want to get back home and get on with their lives and also have had mudslides in southern california. in fact, this took place late friday evening into early saturday morning.

because of some much-needed rainfall but unfortunately the ground was so dry in this area, that we weren't too pleased with the outcome. we did see mudslides for this region and nearly doubled some rainfall for the month of october for southern california. natalie, back to sdmu they've been getting hammered. thanks, derek. well, from costumes and cops to toys and tattoos there's something for every hello kitty fan at the first ever convention. it's happening this weekend in los angeles. hello kitty just turned 40 and people from all over the world are showing up to party. >> this is the first ever hello kitty fan convention in the world ever. we're celebrating hello kitty's 40th anniversary and it is just a global gathering of hello kitty fans from around the world who are just coming together to celebrate their love for hello kitty. >> so cute and it's just like hello kitty, amazing to walk

around and see only hello kitty. >> honestly, it's amazing. i never knew there was so much hello kitty stuff around. >> well, i think hello kitty has surpassed its girls only market. it includes a lot of men as, you know, fans and i think it shows the broadness of her appeal and granted not everybody might see the same things in hello kitty as everybody else. but there's -- it's sort of something for everybody philosophy. >> hello kitty is forever. she does have no gender. as you can see from the con, millions of people love her and they're all different sorts of people, male or female. i think she's good for everybody. >> if you're a hello kitty fan you will be so excited. you can get a hello kitty tattoo, a real permanent hello kitty tattoo. >> what i got was a hello kitty wrapped around with the snake. the reason why i like snakes,

i'm a shake and asian culture. >> it reminds me of my childhood. i think she's cute and timeless. >> you can look at a bunch of different vintage items that are on display from the '70s an and '80s, you can see the very first hello kitty product ever created which is a vinyl coin purse which is on display on loan from japan. >> this has been overwhelming. over the course of the four days we have sold over 25,000 tickets. we wish we could have actually had more people come, but the fire marshals gave us the no-no and it's just 100,000 square feet of just eye candy, just a lot of fan convention like panels and discussions and lectures and workshops and so, you know, i think it just shows you that the factor of total cuteness is contagious and she

just makes people smile. >> she makes me happy. so it was just the natural thing just to follow see what the convention was going to be like and here i am. >> hello kitty obviously takes the form of a cat, but in spirit she more inhabits the presence and the internal, the heartfelt presence of a girl. a little girl, your best friend and now a kind of global icon, a celebrity. >> love it that there was an anthropology professor from harvard interviewed in that hello kitty story. that does it for our special coverage for this hour. i'm back with another hour in just a moment with much more on ukraine's controversial elections. they're holding them right now. you're watching cnn. stay with us.

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