>> with welcome to our viewers in the united states. coming up in this hour, barack obama is in myanmar, his second stop in his week-long tour in asia. we'll have the latest on the visit which includes time with a fellow laureate. also ahead -- yep, they did. cheers and hugs after these scientists, you can see right there, became the first to land a spacecraft on a speeding comet. this is the first time in history that's happened. this unprecedented mission did not go exactly as planned, however. plus a high-wire rescue from 68

stories off the ground. emergency crews pulled two window washers to safety after they become trapped near the top of one of the world's tallest buildings. okay, we begin, though, in myanmar where the leaders of china, japan and the u.s. and a host of other nations are gathered for the something summit of the associations of southeast asian nations are asean. but the pace of democratic reform in myanmar could end up being one of the main topics at this time. u.s. president barack obama is scheduled to meet with myanmar president later today. he is expected to raise questions about the country's human rights record and freedom of the press in that country. you're looking right now at live pictures from myanmar where the leaders are expected to make remarks very shortly. we are on stand by. but in the meantime, iran watson is in myanmar's capital. he joins us life.

so ivan, you know, the u.s. has imposed a number of sanctions against myanmar. do we have any indication that these sanctions are propelling that country towards democratic reform? it famously lifted a lot of sanctions two years ago, zain. the military that ruled this country announced that it was stepping down and paving the way towards civilian democratic rule. a lot has changed in these two years. i think it's safe to say that the honeymoon period and the hope -- initial hope has faded somewhat. especially if you take into consideration the words of the deputy national security adviser who just spoke to us a few moments ago here in the myanmar capital. take a listen. >> parts of the format have been

stalled. parts have moved forward. and parts have moved backward. i think it's a mixed picture. >> and ben rhodes went on to say that there were a number of measures that the u.s. could use to kind of incentivize myanmar and its rulers to push back into the reform process including pledges of military-to-military contact. perhaps more american investment into the economy here, perhaps more u.s. aid, humanitarian assistance here as well. and also he pointed out that, in fact, one sanction had been imposed just a few weeks ago. it's kind of a single targeted sans against a parliament member here who is seen as promoting or stalling the reform process, inciting violence and hatred here. the u.s. blacklisted that one

individual, and that was also shown as a shine of how the u.s. could put press shoor on myanmar to restart its reform process. >> it's interesting, ivan. just down in your sound bite, ben rhodes mentioned the picture right now is mixed. on the one hand, we've seen progress in terms of political prisoners being released. also public demonstration now being allowed. but on the other hand, you are seeing this quite dismal treatment of a certain minority, can you give our viewers an overview of what they're most concerned about. >> the white house official ben rhodes said that myanmar was, in fact, backsliding, in his words. and this is the treatment of a muslim minority here, the rohinya, it's an ethnic minority. about a million of them stateless. and within the last two years confined to what i could only

describe as rural ghettos, enclaves from which the rohingya, hundreds of thousands of them are not allowed to leave. they are denied the freedom to move around freely. they can't even go back to towns and villages that they lived in more than two years ago before a round of deadly ethnic and sectarian violence that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people and thousands of people being made homeless. tens of thousands of these rohingya, more than hundreds of thousands of them actually living in displaced person camps right now. human rights groups are describing their treatment as basically ethnic cleansing. nies are charges that the meeian mar government denies. and some of the majority buddhist leaders that we talked to, community leard, they refuse, as does the myanmar government to even refer to the rohingya to recognize their name.

instead they call them benghalis. they say it's wrong to force these people to self-identify themselves. he said that will only further marginalize the rohingya and will not contribute to stability. the white house taking a very firm position that is likely to anger certainly some of the buddhist community leaders in this country who have made very clear they want to deport the sbhier population of rohingya muslims, more than a million people, to deport them entirely to neighboring bangladesh, a country that many of these people, they've lived here in myanmar for generations. >> zain? >> that slags clearly disturb, the treatment against the rohingya muslims, very troubling indeed. i know that president obama is set to speak with the president and i'm sure that will be on the agenda.

thank you. we appreciate it. okay, before traveling to myanmar, mr. obama announced a major agreement on climate change with chinese president xi jingping. it it cuts for the u.s. to cut kaer bonn emissions by 26% to 28% before the year 2025 and china has actually agreed to peak its carbon emissions by the year 2030, in about 15 years or so from now. beijing is aiming to get 20% of its energy from zero carbon emission sources by the same year. now, however, republican leaders in the u.s. congress are harshly critical of this climate deal. dana bash has more. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell, hosting new lly elected senate republicans for the first time since their victory put him in charge as majority leader and made him a more powerful adversary to the president.

>> the president continues to send signals he has no intention of moving to the middle. >> reporter: he is outraged about a sweeping deal to limit greenhouse gas emissions. >> this is an ambitious goal, but it is an achievable goal. >> reporter: china agreed to peak its carbon emissions by 2030. the u.s., to reduce by nearly a third by the year 2025. mcconnell isn't buying it. >> requires the choon nies to do nothing at all for 16 years. while these carbon emission regulations are creating havoc in my state and other states around the country. >> reporter: fighting government regulation was a key part of mcconnell's re-election campaign in kentucky. >> jobs for people who are hurting and it stops the war on coal now. >> in fact, partisan differences over climate change are among the deepest in the newly divided government. many high-profile congressional republicans don't buy the science behind climate change. >> do you believe climate change is real? >> i'm always troubled by a

theory that fits every perfect situation. >> reporter: you don't believe there is any man-made reason for global warming or climate change? >> what i think is the data are not supporting what the advocates are arguing. >> reporter: perhaps the most stark difference with the gop senate takeover is control of the committee overseeing environmental regulation. staunch democratic environmentalist barbara boxer will hand the gavel to republican james inhofe who wrote a book about climate change being a hoax and said only god can affect the climate. >> it's such arrogance that we human beings could be able to change what he is doing in the climate. it's outrageous. >> reporter: since there is no chance congress will pass legislation reducing greenhouse gases, some expect the president

to use his executive powers. but mcconnell promise whence he's in charge of the senate next year, the republicans will use their power of the reverpur reverse all those regulations that could threaten another shutdown. dana bush, washington. okay, well, the backdrop of russia denies they're crossing into ukraine, but it's sounding an alarm. >> reporter: russian forces on the move into eastern ukraine. preparati preparations, ukrainian officials tell cnn, for a new offensive. >> russian artillery.

>> reporter: russian if confirmed could violate multiple international treaties. >> we see forces that are capable of being nuclear that are being moved to crimea. whether they are or not, we do not know. but they do have the kind of equipment there that could support that mission. >> reporter: russia's foreign ministry immediately denied the claims calling them, quote, unfounded. the new weapons aphone the by renewed fierce fighting between ukrainian forces and separatists has all but ended a brief, shaky cease-fire. ukrainian officials say they are now preparing to fight. >> translator: we expect unexpected actions from them. i see it as our main task to

prepare for military action. >> reporter: at a u.n. security counsel session, ambassador samantha power condemned russia's actions. >> russia has negotiated a peace plan and then systematically undermined it at every step. it talks of peace but it keeps fuelling war. >> reporter: the best u.s. assessment is that russia has put the delivery systems for nuclear weapon, that is to say fighters and bombers into cri a crimea, though there's no hard evidence that they put nuclear weapon themselves. it's still seen as a provocation. and the heavy weapons going into eastern ukraine is seen as the preparation for a new offensively pro russian separatists. all right, well, we'll take you now to myanmar's capital where the u.s. president barack obama is attending the asean economic summit. you are looking at live pictures there. president obama is due to speak

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>> we're going to take you live to the myanmar capital where president obama is speaking at the asean summit. let's hear what the president has to say. >> asean is at the heart of asia's rapid growth. its people are ambitious and energetic and talented, and i'm looking forward to spending time tomorrow with young leaders from across southeast asia. and as a strong relationship between the united states and asean is essential for realizing our vision of the future of the asian pacific, i am going to continue to invest in these efforts, not only during our summits but more importantly on a day to day basis. during the past six year, we made great strides in expanding this partnership, but i think we

all agree we can still do more. that's why the united states is committed to strengthening asean both as an institution and as a community of nations bound by our shared interests and values. so whether we are working on economic issues, social issues, security issues, disaster relief, enhancing educational opportunities for all of the young people of the region, strengthening our public health infrastructure to ensure that we can handle an outbreak of disease, in each and every one of these cases, i believe that we are going to be stronger together than when we act individually. and we are very much invested in building the capacity, not just of individual nations but between nations so that together we can become stronger, more capable partners to each other and meet the regional and global

challenges ahead. so thank you very much, mr. president, and i look forward to hearing the remarking from our fellow leaders. >> that was president obama speaking at the asean economic summit in myanmar. he talked about strengthening economic ties between the u.s. and asia as well. he is expected, though, to discuss democratic reform in myanmar as well as human rights issues as well. we are going to take a break. this is kathleen. setting up the perfect wedding day starts with her minor arthritis pain, and two pills. afternoon arrives and feeling good, but her knee pain returns. that's two more pills. the evening's event brings laughter, joy, and more pain. what's that, like six pills today? yeah. .i could take two aleve for all day relief. really? for my arthritis pain, i now choose aleve. 2 pills. all day strong. all day long.

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it was an exciting day for space scientists. a spectacular encounter took place 500 million kilometers from earth. european spacecraft landed wednesday on a comet speeding through space at a blistering 135,000 kilometers an hour. but there was a glitch with the probe's anchoring system. cnn's tom foreman has more on that, as well as the future of the program. >> the spaceship rosetta threw over 300 million items for a speed date with comet 67-p. the approach looked good as the landing probe called philae was released.

still, everyone in the european space agency waited breathlessly during the seven-hour unguided free fall to the comet's surface. >> yes, yes, good. [ applause ] >> reporter: and finally -- >> we are on the comet. >> reporter: touchdown. >> we can be happier now. we definitely confirmed the lander is on the surface. >> reporter: almost immediately there was a complication. the probe was supposed to instantly anchor itself to a comet with a set of harpoons which malfunctioned. but it was not enough worry to dampen the excitement president the probe, about the size of a dishwasher is now going to perform experiments never before accommodate taemted. it will analyze the temperature, chemical makeup and behavior of the comet as it sweeps towards the sun, even drilling about a foot down to extract material that will then be heated in a robotic oven for analysis.

>> a giant jump for mankind. >> it's cutting edge science so rare that even top experts rarely swns it. >> we are the first to have done that. and that will stay forever. >> reporter: what will come of all of this scrutiny of an ancient ball of ice, rock and dust? maybe clues to the origin of the universe or maybe start of the life on earth. but the success of the landing is already a triumph of of technological innovation, so much so that even william shatner who played captain kirk on the "star trek" series was in awe. tweeting, congratulations. >> and by the way, that mission cost well over $1 billion. like trying to land a fly on a speeding bullet. it was a sight for new yorkers

looking up at the new 1 world trade center building. two window washers dangled 68 stories high after their scaffold collapsed. cnn's anderson cooper has more on the dangerous rescue. >> at about 12:40 this afternoon, the first sign of an emergency at the newly opened 1 world trade center. >> breaking news we want you to know about right now. crews are on their way to 1 world trade center. this is scaffolding dangling from 1 world trade center. >> two window washers are trapped on the skaf foling. >> i see who heads dangling over their scaffolding. one guy just keeps looking down. >> the two men, ages 41 and 33 were headed to the roof of the freedom tower when something went wrong. their scaffolding dropped from horizontal to nearly vertical.

>> firefighters went to the 68th floor. from the roof, they dropped rope down to additionally secure the workers. >> there was a decision to make. send down another scaffolding or cut a hole through the window and haul them out. >> if they ran into complication from the inside, that would be an option, remove from the victims from there. there are three layers of glass, two inner layers were cut first with diamond saws. when they were finished with that, they then cut the outer layer of glass. >> with an opening now on the 6th floor, firefighters attached what appeared to be a safety line to the first window washer and slowly bring him inside.

one minute later, attach a second line and bring the second man inside. both men were taken to the hospital with mild hypothermia, lucky to survive hanging from the side of the tallest building in america. anderson cooper cnn, new york. >> both had mild hypothermia but were taken to the hospital. >> i'll stick to my day job. >> record-shattering temperatures across the u.s. temperatures in denver. >> when we were talking about records that have been shattered, they have been in place for 100 years or more in some indances. and then being shattered like this, you know we mean business. let's talk about that. bring the viewers over to the wall. because we are talking about the cold arctic blast.

everyone is familiar with the chilly temperatures that have invaded the central and eastern half of the united states. but daytime highs on tuesday and wednesday in denver barely reaching 16 degrees fahrenheit. low temperatures overnight have been very, very chilly as well. well below average. and there's been plenty of snowfall across this area. now if you think that you're going to be protected or not in the cold weather across the deep south of the united states, i hate to be the bearer of bad news. temperatures actually will be colder from here. especially into early next week. and we're talking about the good

chance for snowfall. that is in the upper peninsula. and it has brought some impressive sights out of the midwest. take a look at these visuals coming out of the university of minnesota. we had the gophers. that is their college nickname, let's say. yeah. basically they went to twitter asking for students to come and shovel the one foot of snow that blanketed their stadium they've got a big game against ohio state. and they paid those students $10 an hour. >> i'm not sure $10 is enough for me to do that. >> those chilly temperatures across the u.s., it's also going to get cold where we are as well. derek van dam, we appreciate it. okay, well, teenagers are

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the russian tanks artillery shoops are rolling into ukraine. and check this out. scientists in germany are likely still on a spectacular high after an encounter 500 million kill meters from earth. the european spacecraft soft landed wednesday on a comet speeding through space at a blistering 135,000 kill meters an hour. but there was a glitch with the probe's anchoring system that may hamper the mission. it actually bounced a little bit. two window washers had quite a scare on wednesday as their scaffold dangled 68 stories high at their new 1 world trade center building in new york. now, rescuers sawed a hole

through a thick layer of window glass. i can't even imagine what they were going through. but they were treated for mild hypothermia and later released from the hospital. senior obama administration officials tell cnn the president has ordered yet another review of u.s. policy towards syria. officials say that's after realizing isis may not be defeated in syria without getting rid of syria's president bashar al assad. the u.s. has been staying out of syria's civil war by limiting its air strikes to strictly isis and the khorasan group targets. we explain why that could shang. >> reporter: it seems the initial strategy to confront isis in iraq first then take on syria needs some re-examine nation, because the administration, this could give

u.s. time to go after isis and eventually assad's regime. officials realize they do not have that kind of time. the opposition is battling two fronts. the regime aechb isis. . >> isis was born out of conflicts in both of those countries where it basically exploded areas of weak or government control that really wasn't exist feint. or to establish an islamic state governed by its own radical interpretation of sharia law. an extremist group known to order children to serve as soldiers, isis is no different, even bragging about what it calls the cubs of the islamic state. one young man was raised for the cause and then rescued. here's that exclusive interview.

>> translator: it has fertilizers, explosives and tnt. it has a detonator cord on the side. >> reporter: those are not the word of an adult. underneath the scarf worn to conceal his identity is a 15-year-old, an isis child soldier, on a daily basis, he was strapped in an explosive belt, issued a pistol and ak. he joined isis willingly. both he and his father were with t an al qaeda-linked front and they swore allegiance. for a month, yassef says he and another 100 child recruits were isolated from their families, forbidden from seeing or even speaking to them. they underwent intense religious indoctrinization, embedding their young minds with isis'

radical version of islam and intensifying military training. >> translator: we crawled under webbing. there was fire above us. and we would be firing our weapons. then we would drop through large metal rings as the trainers fire at our feet. telling us if we stop, we will be shot. >> reporter: with his training complete, he was assigned guard duty. his mother begged him to leave. >> translator: i would tell her, this is jihad and all of us must do pit. >> two weeks ago, his father decided to defect and tricked his son into coming with him. >> translator: i was asking him why are you doing this? what happened? and my father turned to me and said they are not on the right religious tract. >> reporter: yassef admit he was afraid the explosive belt he wore would accidentally detonate. the first time he witnessed a beheading he could not eat for

two days. he seems loss in a twisted mental maze, initially saying he wants to go back to isis. >> translator: my friends and buddies are all there and they would pay me $150 a month, my father $1,000. >> translator: later he tells us he regrets having joined them. yes, he has a chance to go back to the arabic and math-loving schoolboy he was. that might not be the case for others trapped in the grip of isis terror. cnn, turkey. >> very disturb, but many thanks for that report. >> another u.s. navy is investigating an assault on three sailors in turkey. it doesn't appear to the been a random attack. it comes as the u.s. is asking turkey for more help in battling isis in neighboring syria. here's barbara starr. >> reporter: the attack begins with anti-american slogans shouted at three u.s. navy

sailors on shore leave in istanbul, turkey. >> you are a member of the u.s. army and now because we define you as murderers, as killers, we want you to get out of our land. >> reporter: then they would throw object, splashed red paint and physically assault the sailors. about 20 men swarm them, shoving, grabbing. >> go home! >> reporter: and then they put bags over their heads. the sailors put their hands up and did not resist. no one comes to their aid. the assailants then chase the americans as they run, still chanting -- >> go home! >> reporter: this event clearly crossed the line of peaceful protests to violence and threats. >> reporter: the turkish youth union and anti-government group

claimed responsibility saying in part, bag wes put over american soldiers are for the nations from palestine to syria. >> they went to a place where they expected to see american sailors. they were carrying banners with kahmal's photograph on them and their group's emblem. they had the balgs with them. so this was clearly something that was planned. >> reporter: the incident especially sensitive because it happened in turkey, a nato ally the u.s. wants help from in the war against isis in next door's syria and iraq. the besieged veerian city of kobani within eyesight of the turkish border. the u.s. has been pushing for a turkey base and having turkey host training of moderate syrian rebels. it comes as the u.s. strategy and coalition commitment is being called into question. pentagon leadership will face a republican-dominated house armed service committee hearing. >> i don't think the white house and the administration is

totally in tune with what needs to be done. >> reporter: republican patience is running out. >> what i want to hear from them is what they're going to do to fix the strategy. >> reporter: as for the three navy sailors, the leadership is applauding them for keeping their cool and not doing anything to further escalate the situation. still, they had to have been traumatiz traumatized. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. coming up after the break, a palestinian teenager shot dead in may, now an israeli policeman is you should arrest. details on the investigation and why it's being done in secrecy coming up after this break.

it's turned out to be a deadly mass sterilization program, but dr. gupta told cnn earlier the main cause of death is expired medication provided by village medical distributors. gupta said he sterilized 83 women in just six hours. at least 13 of those women have since died. and by the way, more than 60 were actually hospitalized. many of them are still in the hospital. gupta's license to practice medicine has been suspended pending an investigation. by the way, sterilization is actually a common form of birth control in india.

a nurse has become the second person in mali to die from ebola. she treated a patient from guinea who later died of ebola-like symptoms. there are now four reported ebola cases in mali. the first death was actually a 2-year-old girl who had travel there had from guinea. the clinic where the nurse worked is now under quarantine. 20 u.n. peacekeepers who are there at the time are also under quarantine. meanwhi meanwhile, the family of thomas eric duncan, the only person to die of ebola in the united states has actually reached a settlement with a texas hospital. liberian national was sent home when he was first sent home from the hospital and wasn't diagnosed with ebola until several days later. it did cause much of a stir. part of the settlement includes a memorial fund to raise money for the victims of ebola in west africa. the texas health presbyterian hospital said in a statement that duncan's family will be in

the hearts and prayers of its staff. >> an israeli border policeman is under arrest in the shooting death of a palestinian teenager at a protest last may. the shooting was captures on security cameras. cnn's cameras also filmed the protest. we want to warn you that some of these images may be graphic. >> reporter: may 15, a palestinian schoolboy is shot and falls to the ground. these immechanicals caught on two security cameras at the scene show him being quickly carried away. he died soon after. the circumstances of his death and another palestinian youth killed at the same place that day are still disputed. a cnn producer shot this video earlier that day showing the boy throwing rocks towards israeli border flas. then later, the video also shows

israeli border policemen firing in the direction of the boy at the time he is shot. as the camera pans around, the crowd can be seen rushing towards his aid, taking him to a nearby ambulance. a few days later, cnn's ivan's watson interviewed the boy's father. he showed watson the backpack his son was wearing with a bullet hole in it and bloodied school books inside. and this, a bullet. do you think this is the bullet that killed your son? >> yeah, of course. of course. inside the bag. i found it inside the bag. >> reporter: at the time, israeli militant officials said no live ammunition was used. only rubber coated bullets and tear gas. they did say there would be an investigation. two weeks after his death, the family agreed to an autopsy,

organized by an israeli human rights organization. there were five pathologists, one palestinian, two israeli, one danish and one american. they found three bullet fragments in his body according to a spokesperson for the human rights organization. the bullet fragments and the bullet were given to israeli investigators. on tuesday, an israeli border guard was arrest ed in connectin with the killing. no rubber coated bullets were found inside the boy's body. and the soldier has not been named. a lawyer representing the arrested soldier told israel's channel 2 tv, all along, there is denial of the shooting, not to mention denial of the shooting causing death. the same national tv station also interviewed the soldier's parents. their identity hidden. the mother is in tears, says she can't believe this is happening.

that after all her son has done for the country, he is treated this way. like a knife in the back. israeli officials say the investigation, which is being conducted in secrecy to prevent tampering with the investigation, is still under way. and the arrested border policeman has so far not been charged. he's innocent until proven guilty. the teen's father tells cnn israel has a chance to prove to the world it is not above the law. there can't be two laws for two people. he's holding judgment, he says, until he sees the outcome. nic robertson, cnn, jerusalem. and tensions between israelis and palestinians have actually heated up recently particularly around jerusalem's temple mount. thank you. >> okay, we turn now to weather. parts of australia are feeling a major heat wave right now and it's not helping the current

fire threat around the country. >> fires aren't out of the ordinary in australia. it's just that we're seeing fires and high fire risk in areas that wouldn't normally experience that this time of year. here's a map, it kind of shows you exactly what time of year and what parts of australia should experience what they call their typical fire season. moving from the north of 9 the continent to the south. but it's this area particularly the victoria region that has a high fire danger, thanks to a high pressure system moving to the tasmine sea. it continued to soar across the interior and also producing a dry end helping exacerbate that chance of fire. on top of that, we have a hateful deficiency across much of this region.

anywhere you see that yellow or orange shading, we're talking about extreme chances of fire. in fact, we've got all kinds of fire bans in place for south austral australia. you can see the province across this region experiencing that fire ban. when you see the wind we had around b this region, you can see why we have a high fire risk across the regioregion. ellis springs is typically a hot location, but not this hot. 40 degrees when it should be about 33. and the temperatures will get a bit of a reprieve across victoria, especially near the coast as an on shore wind starts to cool the temperatures for melbourne. but look at sydney into the weekend. brisbane, more the same. temperatures well above average for this region. and the long-term temperature forecast from november to january doesn't show much relief

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a. >> jeanne moos reports on the lighter side of catching a comet. >> if you were landing something the size of a washington machine on a speeding comet, your face would look like this, too. that's the flight director with his hand on his mouth, wiping his forehead. >> how audacious. how exciting to dare to land on a comet. >> it was like the movie "armagedd "armageddon." or "deep impact" minus the astronauts. and instead of coming to destroy a comet, the lander philae came to study one. >> science fiction has become science fact. >> like a bullet hitting a bullet. >> what humanity has done now, we've caught a comet. >> and this is how it looks the moment space agency scientists learned they had caught it. for a second, they became almost

too giddy to go on. >> we can't be happier now. >> so giddy they dropped the mike. the flight director didn't just drop a lander on a comet. he dropped the f-bomb in italian. even captain kirk sent good wishes. >> i am so excited. >> and the lander itself tweeted the arrival. touchdown. my new address, 67 p. that's the comet's designation em blazened on a team t-shirt. these europeans know how to throw a watch party. you don't hear nasa talking about a robot media comet like this. >> we're moving in for the kiss. >> the comet needs the breath mint. >> that's because the comet stinks from mixtures of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide. do i hear it singing?

that's what scientists call noises from the comet, that tlir instruments picked up. a special google doodle celebrated the successful landing. >> wait a minute. this just in. we're hearing that the space agency has chosen its next mission. and this one requires landing in unbelievably difficult terrain. forget the tail of a comet. inspired by newly released photos of this other worldly object, the agency will attempt to touchdown on the tail of kim kardashi kardashian. talk about a celestial body. >> i love the line about the comet needing a breath mint. i guess those gases don't exactly smell like roses. okay, you're watching cnn. i'm zain asher. much more on the incredible comet landing. in our next hour, we have a life report with a european space agency coming up after this break.

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we would like to welcome our viewers from the united states and around the world. we take you live to the u.s. space agency where scientists are celebrating an historic milestone. they're also trying to figure out just what went wrong. a cnn exclusive. a child recruit escapes a group of isis and tells us about his terrifying ordeal. we're live in myanmar where thorny issues may overshadow the asean summit. plus, the high-wire rescue from 68 stories above the ground. a new giant leap for mankind in outer space. a