>> welcome to our viewers around the world. sieps point to isis actually collaborating with another terror group in syria. a major failure as well. an exsecret service agent says the white house fence jufrping incident was actually angroup i. an ex-secret service service says the fence jumping incident was a breakdown in protocol. these photos, rosetta's phalae lander, the first images from the images of the comment. however, we begin with some troubling new signs from the battlefield in syria. some u.s. officials believe that isis and the al qaeda front are cooperating at some level. but they see no immediate indications of some kind of formal partnership of what had been previously sworn enemies.

cnn did talk to a state department spokeswoman about that. >> the bottom line is they're both terrorist organizations. we certainly are focused mostly on isil at this time. but we'll certainly be tracking this closely. >> that was jen psaki speaking there. a syrian option source says the group's joint effort is mostly targeting the u.s.-backed free syrian army, which has been battling the assad regime for more than three years now. okay, well isis is now claiming that its power base is expanding in the u.s., and i'm quoting here is terrified, weak, and powerless. that's from a new audio recording from al baghdadi, the leader of isis, despite reports that he was hit in a recent air strike. nick patton walsh has details. >> reporter: the timing says it all. days after he was claimed injured, even dead by iraqi officials, an apparent audio message from al baghdadi very

much defined, less visible than the last time we saw him in public, july, in a mosul mosque, but full throttle. volcanos of jihad everywhere, he says, light the earth with fire on all of the tyrants and their soldiers. they will be victorious, he says, of holy warriors marching until they reach rome. and to the u.s. he says between this fear, weakness and powerlessness, we see them stumbling in failure. big talk, perhaps, after some big losses, and days in which u.s. officials were uncertain whether he was hit in an air strike. >> we cannot confirm if isil leader baghdadi was among those present. >> on baghdadi, we cannot confirm his status at this point. >> i don't have any new information. >> reporter: u.s. air strikes over kobani hitting dozens of

militants and peshmerga fighters helping kurds blunt their advance. observers saying isis needs some big wins to keep its vital momentum attractive to recruits. in one reference, perhaps aimed to bait the message to near air strikes that were claimed to have hit his convoy, he says president obama's announcement of more advisers shows air power isn't working. "soon the jews and crusaders will be forced to send their ground forces to their death. obama has ordered additional soldiers under their advisers because the constant bombardment to the islamic state has v not prevented its advance nor weakened its resolve. after months of the u.s. military prisoner in iraq and now with a $10 million price on his head, the rage is palpable. universal, declaring allah ordered all to jihad without making exceptions for anyone. what's remarkable about this

message is the unbound sense of global ambition. this is a militant leader caught up in all the local battles aren't going particularly well at the moment in syria and iraq. but he's not justifying them. he is instead talking about how some militant groups in egypt and libya are pledged allegiance to the islamic state saying how he now accepts those and how the caliphate is now expanding. perhaps that's the message, that he is not cowed in any way and certainly does not sound like a man who was killed or injured six days ago. >> al baghdadi called on members to attack saudi arabia for colluding with the united states. you heard my colleague nick paton walsh talking about the am ambition. it says isis will soon mint its own currency. seven coins dedicated to god and designed to free muslims from,

quoting again, the tyrants' financial system. on the become of the highest value coin is a map of the world. take a look there, suggesting that the group's greatest ambition is actually world domination. and by the way, isis is believed to be the world's wealthiest terror group. okay, well, switching gear news, a doctor in sierra leone who is suspected he is infected with ebola will come to the u.s. for treatment. the surgeon is a sierra leone national and a permanent resident of the united states. he is actually married to a u.s. citizen, and they do have children. he'll arrive in nebraska some time this weekend. that's only if his condition is actually stable enough to allow travel. but he will be at the same hospital that successfully treated two other ebola patients earlier this year in nebraska. it is unclear if the doctor was working with ebola patients when he became infected. we are still trying to work out those details. 90 u.s. troops who were in

west africa are back home and will now undergo a 21-day quarantine. the troops arrived in virginia on thursday. they were helping in the fight against ebola, but did not have any direct contact with patients. so far they are not showing any symptoms of the disease. the quarantine will extend through the thanksgiving holiday. officials say they will be able to communicate with their families by phone and by e-mail from langley air force base. okay. confusion. training and a communication breakdown all resulted in a man with a knife, you remember these images, making it over a fence and into the white house. that was back in september. that's according to a u.s. homeland security report released on thursday. it also states that an officer in charge of releasing an attack dog was actually late in reacting because he was distracted. he was actually talking on his personal cell phone. the suspect was arrested moments after entering the white house.

now earlier, cnn's anderson cooper spoke with a former secret service agent and he said there is certainly a lot of blame to go around. >> rule number one is you don't take your earpiece out of your ear. you know, anderson, you're not connected to the matrix, so to say at this point. and if you do take your earpiece out of the ear, i don't have you to do a disconnect from the radio in and of itself because then you can hear the radio rather than having it transmit through the earpiece. that's pretty basic stuff. that seems like a human error that is really hard to predict those kind of things. it's just a failure. >> it seems like early on well, the dog wasn't released because there were a lot of people on the lawn. maybe the dog would have gone after somebody else. but it really seems like the person who was in control of the dog had no idea what was going on because they were on their own phone and off radio. >> yes, it's ironic. i was on your show when this story first broke. i'm pretty sure i had you're going to find out when this all comes out in the wash that he was somehow distracted, the dog

handler, that is. the story, you had asked me about it, why didn't they release the dog, just didn't make sense and still doesn't. they've had a 50-year success record of mitigating fence jumpers. and all of these things failed at the exact same time, i can't explain to you from an insider's perspective the exponentially low probability that all of these things could break down at the exact same time. and now it seems to make sense. >> that was anderson cooper speak wag former secret service agent. days after the break-in director julia pearson was called before congress to testify. she then submitted her resignation. okay. well, the much anticipated third quarter gdp, gross domestic product in germany has just released. gdp grew 1/10 of 1%. meaning germany has just managed to avoid recession. meanwhile, the french economy grew slightly in the third

quarter. its gross domestic product was 3/10 of a percent higher. later this hour we're going to be speaking to cnn with a live report from london on how the figures will impact the countries and the markets moving forward. russia denies its troops are moving in to eastern ukraine, and as tensions -- as tensions are on the increase, we're going to be looking at moscow's latest provocative maneuver. this time in the western hemisphere. plus, looking like the spirit of cooperation between u.s. president barack obama and republicans in congress never even had a chance. the issue that has house speaker john boehner vowing to fight tooth and nail. that's coming up. we needed 30 new hires for our call center.

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get ready for more. russia's defense minister says his military is about to send long-range bombers to patrol near american coastlines. >> you're going to have bombers coming in this direction from russia. you're certainly going to have longer range bombers coming down this coast and you're also going to have bombers copping down this coast. and he also mentioned in particular flying in the gulf of mexico. so we're talking about ringing the united states with the exception of the canadian border. >> reporter: the russian planes likely won't fly within u.s. airspace within 14 miles of the coast. but u.s. officials call the action provocative and destabilizing. russia's defense minister says it's a response to its border near ukraine. >> this is a rationalization by russia and in particular by president putin to strengthen his appeal with his national airspace. >> reporter: russian aggression playing out around the globe. a scandinavian surveillance jet nearly colliding, one incident nearly out of a tom clancy

novel. it triggers the largest submarine hunt off sweden since the cold war. all these incidents have taken place since russia invaded crimea in february, more than 40 close military encounters in that period, according to one european report. analysts say this is one man, vladimir putin, flexing his muscle, desperate to restore russia's cold war power. >> putin is personifying as a tough guy the image of russia that he wants to present and those around him want to present now of a russia that will not back down, of a russia that will take on the west. and in fact a russia that will take on anybody. >> reporter: the daengers now according to analysts, that russian or western forces might miscalculate, and there might be some kind of a military confrontation. given all the air traffic around the united states, especially around the east coast, there might be some kind of an accident with a russian aircraft. or that some other american adversary might follow vladimir putin's lead and think that they can act aggressively against the united states. brian todd, cnn, washington.

>> a lot of people thinking the sanctions against russian have only worsened their frosty relationship with the west. okay. well, moscow is again denying nato claims that russian troops have crossed into ukraine. ukraine's government actually accuses russia of moving military reinforcements across its border. it says that the ukrainian servicemen report a constant movement of russian units. cnn's phil black reports from eastern ukraine. >> reporter: russia says emphatically it has no military presence in ukraine. but that denial is in the face of very different assessments and reports from nato, the ukrainian government, and the organization for security and cooperation in europe, which has monitors on the ground in separatist held territory. they all say they have seen an influx of soldiers and heavy weapons into eastern ukraine, pointing to the likelihood they have come across the boarder

from russia. russia's denial does not mean a great deal to the ukrainian government. officials will tell you we've heard that before. more than that, they say we know this play and we know how it ends. they're talking about what has become known as the little green men, those very professional soldiers often carrying sophisticated or heavy weapons, sometimes armored vehicles as well, all wearing weapons without any sort of insignia that have shown up at key moments through the ukrainian crisis. they showed up in crimea. they have played decisive roles in the battle for eastern ukraine as well. and the government in ukraine believes based on their experience of dealing with these sorts of irregular forces and the points at which they have shown up, they believe this latest influx points to an imminent military operation, a widened offensive by separatist forces backed by russia, they say. what they say they don't know is the scale and the intent of the operation, whether it could be just and limited operation to try and seize key pieces of infrastructure, like the airport

outside the main city of donetsk, or perhaps a bigger push through the south to try and form something that russia doesn't yet have, that is a direct physical connection, a land bridge between the crimean peninsula and the russian mainland. these are just some of the scenarios that have the ukrainian government worried. and all of this in the context of what is very much an ongoing conflict despite a ceasefire that was declared back in september. it has been all, agree, ceasefire in name only. both sides have continued to trade fire. both have continued to blame each other for inflicting death and casualties on both sides. and all of that is something that is really stepped up over the last few days. bill black, cnn, in eastern ukraine. >> by the way, 4,000 people have been killed since russia annexed crimea earlier this year. okay, well, cnn is learning new details on president obama's plan for immigration reform. now sources say the working plan would allow illegal immigrants

who came to the u.s. as children before june 2007 to stay in the country. now, some parents of u.s. citizens and legal permanent residents would be granted legal status that would allow them to work in the u.s. and the plan would also include more focus on deporting criminal illegal immigrants. even though some republicans in congress agree with the president's ideas, they're not too happy with the way that he is going about it. chief congressional correspondent dana bash reports. >> reporter: fresh from being elected by fellow republicans as the next senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell lashed out at president obama for antagonizing the new gop congress by promising to change immigration laws by executive order. >> we'd like for the president to recognize the reality that he has the government he has, not the one that he wishes he had. >> reporter: brinksmanship is back. even concerns about another government shutdown. mcconnell insists that won't happen. >> we'll not be shutting the

government down. >> reporter: still, cnn is told republicans are engaged in private discussions across the capitol to cut off funding in order to block implementation to block any presidential order, allowing some illegal immigrants to stay legally. >> we're going to fight the president tooth and nail if he continues down this path. >> reporter: arizona republican matt salmon actually agrees with the president on immigration reform, but says executive action without congress -- >> it would be a poison pill. >> reporter: he got some 50 republican lawmakers to sign this leader, urging leaders to retaliate against the president on immigration by chopping funding for immigration policies. >> so you want to use the power of the purse to stop the president, or at least take away what he has done on his executive order on immigration? >> that's really all we have. either we can complain mightily and wring our hands, or we can try to do something about it. >> reporter: but gop sources tell cnn some republicans are reluctant, since the last time they used government funding to

stop an obama policy, it led to a government shutdown. but you know from last year when you use the power of the purse, you risk a government shutdown. are you willing to do that? >> no one is talking about a government shutdown. >> reporter: as for democrats -- >> what we want the president to do is to act big, act bold, and act broadly and act soon. >> reporter: most support the president going it alone, fed up that the senate passed a bipartisan immigration bill last year and the gop-led house never acted. >> this is about doing what from a humanitarian standpoint, a moral standpoint is right. >> reporter: dana bash, cnn, capitol hill. >> good luck on capitol hill. it never gets old. okay. well, photos from a comet millions of miles away are astounding scientists. coming up, we'll show you more of them and have the latest on the european spacecraft. it has landed on the comet, coming up. come to t-mobile and get the samsung galaxy note 4 for zero down.

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scientists are already learning a lot from the images sent back from the comet. cnn is at the european space operation center. he has more on the mission and the challenges scientists are facing. >> reporter: it's some amazing images that the philae lander from the european space agency has beamed back to earth from the comet 67-p. even the scientists here in germany say they were surprised by what they have seen so far. they thought the surface of the comet would be mostly dusty, and that the lander when it lands on it might even sink in to a point where maybe it wouldn't be able to transmit signals back to earth that did not happen by any stretch of the imagination. instead, the photos that we're seeing from there appear to show a very rocky surface, a very rough surface, even though at this point in time it's unclear whether it's really rocks that we're looking at or whether or not it's some sort of other material, potentially ice with some sort of maybe metallic dust in it. now, this landing did not go smoothly by any stretch of the

imagination. what happened was that the lander came down very slowly. and as it touched for the first time, it bounced because the harpoon system didn't fire. it then bounced up. that alone took about two hours. because we are in space there is very little gravity. it then hit the ground again, bounced back up again for another seven minutes and then came to a stand still. and they believe at this point in time that it's standing sort of like this, with two feet on the ground and one foot in the air. now, that means there are certain limitations to what they can do. but by all accounts, all systems are go at this point there is one other problem, however, and that is that the location where it's standing right now, there is very little sunlight that gets to this area. and right now what is going on is that the lander is on battery power. however, that battery is going to run out very soon. and it needs sun to recharge its batteries, otherwise this mission could be over very quickly, or at least could be very limited.

cnn, germany. >> $1.8 billion. and roughly around 25 years. >> it's mind-boggling. >> what those scientists can do. >> it's like landing a fly on a speeding bullet. it's incredible. >> can't say that i've done that before. >> anyway. cold weather in the united states. not bad for everyone. >> that's right there. is an upside to the cold weather, that is for sure. i just want to give a little bit of a tidbit of information. the average low temperature thursday morning in the united states was 25 degrees fahrenheit across the entire country. that's from the west coast all the way to the east coast. but it wasn't all bad for everyone, of course, people getting out and enjoying this cold arctic blast, because there has been snow in the colorado rockies. i'm a snowboarder. i'm sure many of you watching are a skier or snowboarder as well, and you like to get your hands dirty in that white powder. it's lovely stuff. we did have some problems. the denver international airport had to clear off the runways. if you bring back my graphics, you can see the plows were out

in full force. denver actually bottomed out at 14 degrees below zero. that's fahrenheit. and that is the coldest november in 135 years. amazing stuff. well, what meteorologists look for with this type of a weather pattern is what is called an omega block. have you ever seen the greek letter omega? it has that unique kind of a horseshoe shape to it. that's what we look for in the upper-levels of the atmosphere. this basically blocks all weather patterns from changing. and it can stick around for a long time. so bottom line, this is just fancy weatherman talk, that this weather pattern is not going to change any time soon. in fact, that cold arctic blast is going to get colder by the second half of next week. if you thought these temperatures were chilly, wait until tuesday and wednesday of next week. we've got a reinforcing shot of cold air from the central u.s. all the way to the eastern half of the united states. we also have winter storm watches and winter weather advisories blanketing parts of oregon all the way to utah, even

into colorado, where they're expecting upwards of another foot of snow over the next 24 to 48 hours. here is the storm system moving across the central u.s. and that's going to blanket some of that snowfall across places like missouri and arkansas. not typical this time of year. not a lot of snow either. but it's definitely worth mentioning. maybe ten centimeters, roughly 4 inches of snowfall. you can see more amounts, and the amounts in this region where we're expecting upwards of a foot or more over the next day or so. here is a look at the temperatures. where the cnn world weather center is located in georgia. overnight lows are going to bottom out below freezing that means we have a hard freeze in store overnight. so if you are traveling to this part of the united states, you want to pack that winter coat, because it is going to stay chilly. you can see the freeze warnings and hard freeze advisories that we have in place all the way to the gulf of mexico. so keeping us very busy and keeping us on our toes in the world weather center. >> there is that atlanta

temperatures have been a chilldown. i'm actually from new york and london. and i didn't know that it is that cold. go figure. thank you so much, derek. >> welcome. any day now, a grand jury in the u.s. could announce a decision in the shooting death of an unarmed teenager. what a new expert is saying about the michael brown case. plus, both germany and france's third quarter gdp, gross domestic product has been released. a look at how this will impact the market, straight ahead. you do a lot of things great.

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welcome back, everyone. thank you so much for staying with us. it's going on about 2:30 in the morning here on the east coast. i'm zain asher. a check on the headlines at this

hour. doctor in sierra leone is heading to the u.s. to be treated for ebola. he is a national but a permanent resident of the u.s. it's unclear if he was working with ebola patients when he became infected. but he is going to arrive in nebraska some time this weekend, only if his condition is stable enough to allow travel. and the suspected cop killer eric frein now faces terror charges for allegedly trying to influence the u.s. government through violence. prosecutors say frein admitted to killing a pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another because he wanted to change the government. now frein is also charged with first-degree murder. isis has a new online recording reportedly from leader abubakar al baghdadi. it condemns the u.s.-led coalition against isis as a failure. cnn cannot confirm the authenticity of the message. its release follows the reports that baghdadi was possibly hit

in air strikes last week. and the uk says it's ready to take action against british nationals who joined terror groups in places like iraq and syria. british prime minister david cameron has just unveiled a host of proposed anti-terror laws. they include measures to make it more difficult to leave the uk for foreign battlefields, and more difficult to return home. he outlined the plan just a few hours ago in an address to the australian parliament. >> we will shortly be introducing our own new counterterrorism bill in the united kingdom. new powers for police at ports to seize passports to stop suspects traveling, and to stop british nationals returning to the uk, unless they do so on our terms. new rules to prevent airlines that don't comply with our no-fly list or our security screening measures from landing in the uk. >> prime minister david cameron,

and london's police commissioner have said more than 500 british nationals have actually left to join the conflicts in iraq and syria. well, u.s. president barack obama says myanmar's transition to democracy is by no means complete. and a lot of work still needs or the done. mr. obama is in yangon today where he met with opposition leader aung san suu kyi. she says the country is going through a temporary bumpy patch on its transition to democracy. at a news conference, both leaders expressed optimism for the future. >> strengthening human rights protections for all people of burma is an essential step to realizing the vision we share for the future of the people of this beautiful country. the last time i stood here, i made a pledge to the people of burma, that if we continued to see progress towards reform, the ties between our countries would go stronger and the united states would continue to do whatever it could to help ensure burma's success. over the last two years, i think

we have made good on that pledge. and i want to reiterate the commitment to match continued reforms with greater support and friendships in the future. >> mr. obama also saw the secretary in yangon. that's the site of the first parliament in post-independent burma. aung san suu kyi's father, considered the founder of modern day burma was actually assassinated there in 1947. preparations are under way for this weekend's g-20 summit. leaders of the world's biggest economies are gathering in brisbane, australia for their annual meeting. the crisis in ukraine is expected to overshadow economic issues. g-20 leaders had hoped to focus on strengthening the world's banking system and closing tax loopholes for multinational corporations. okay. we turn now to ferguson. ferguson is actually bracing for new unrest as a grand jury prepares to rule on whether to indict a white policeman for

killing an unarmed african american teenager. attorneys for michael brown's family are supporting the missouri governor's call for peaceful protests. all this as the jurors hear from a famous forensic pathologist. sara sidner with the story. >> reporter: the case that has spawn in order than three months of daily protests in ferguson, missouri, is a step closer to a decision. thorough, the 12 jurors heard from dr. michael baden, a forensic pathologist who was hired by michael brown's family to perform one of the flee autopsies on the unaimed teenager is who was shot by police officer darren wilson. dr. baden, who has a history with high profile cases including a reinvestigation of the jfk assassination and the o.j. simpson murder trials wouldn't say anything about his testimony here when he left. but the family attorney who hired baden did talk. >> there is evidence that shows michael brown had his hands up, yeah. no doubt about that.

and that is not in regards to his testimony, that is in regards to what we know based on our review of all the opinions. >> it appears by dr. baden's appearance today that we're probably getting to the end of the witness list. >> reporter: so far, most of the evidence that has leaked out of the grand jury has favored wilson's version of events, including eyewitness testimony and wilson's own story, saying brown reached for the officer's gun through the window of his patrol vehicle. but the witness with brown that day said brown was trying to pull away. the official autopsy leaked to the st. louis post dispatch in october says brown's right hand had gunshot residue on it whether forensic evidence indicates brown reached for the gun is in dispute. then there is the question of how far away brown was from officer wilson when brown was killed. and what that says about whether or not wilson feared for his life. those are some of the issues the grand jury has to consider.

while the brown family's attorney spoke in missouri, officer wildsson's union spoke cnn from st. louis about whether the police union supports his version of events. >> you know, the answer is they don't. obviously, they're interested in their members and making sure their members are safe. in terms of taking a position on anything else, their position is look, justice is a process. they support the process. >> reporter: but it's a process brown's parents and protesters don't trust. >> here's the problem. when you have a grand jury, they only have one voice in there. and that is historically they're going to do whatever the prosecutor wants them to do. >> sara sidner, cnn, ferguson, missouri. >> yeah, and that grand jury decision expected any day now. now authorities in ferguson say they've been in constant

discussions with community leaders to try and ensure a peaceful reaction to the grand jury's upcoming decision, whether it may be. but just in case, they are also preparing for the worst. >> we talk about riot gear. no helmet has hurt anybody. no shield has hurt anybody. we're going to make sure that officers are equipped, if necessary, to make sure that they are protected. because if they're unprotected, if they get hurt, then that disallows our building to respond. >> one group has issued 19 rules of engagement in hopes of deterring a heavy hand from police following the grand jury's decision. now in geneva this week, the michael brown killing has been a key case before the united nation committee against torture. among those appearing before the committee were michael brown's parents. erin mclaughlin has more. >> reporter: today's session was

mark bade silent protest. when the u.s. delegation began to address ferguson and other civil rights cases, a group of protesters stood up, fists raised. meanwhile, michael brown's parents sat and listened pensively as members of the u.n. committee against torture had some strong words for the united states. >> there are disturbing patterns of excessive force on parts of these officers, especially towards african americans and other persons of color. we seem to demonstrate that the current mechanisms of accountabilities are insufficient. >> reporter: the delegation says the federal government is taking action. >> among the federal government's efforts in ferguson, missouri, are an ongoing and active criminal investigation into the fatal shooting of michael brown, which is separate from the local investigation and is looking at whether there were federal civil rights violations. >> reporter: the u.n. committee also asked what the united

states is doing to stop the militarization of police. apparent reference to the way police responded to the protests that followed michael brown's death. the u.s. delegation responded saying that that program is under review. a u.n. committee is expected to submit its report, looking at the united states compliance with the u.n. conventions against torture on november 28th. and under the terms of the treaty, the united states is legally obligated, a u.n. spokesperson tells me, to follow up on those recommendations. meanwhile, michael brown's attorney says he is happy with the way the day went. he said now the world is watching to make sure what happened in ferguson, missouri, never happens again. erin mclaughlin, cnn, geneva, switzerland. >> many thanks to erin mclaughlin for that report. we turn now to economic news. germany and france released their third quarter gdp numbers just a little while ago. for more on this developing

story and how those figures will impact european and world market, let's go to nina dos santos. nina, the germany just managed to skirt a recession. but they still have other problems in the areas of manufacturing, industrial production, business confidence. so even though their gdp is on the upside, they're not necessarily out of the woods just yet. >> good morning, by the way, zain. we do have a couple of mixed signals coming out of it. on the other hand, it seems growth was largely pushed forward by trade and increased in consumer spending. yes, that's a good thing. but on the other hand, the real weak point here was business investment. and that just goes to show that perhaps some of these big german businesses are getting increasingly worried about their exposure towards russia and the tensions that have been put on the table there as well as various geopolitical events. and they're also worried about the overall health of the eurozone. you remember when you mention

manufacturing today, they produce goods that are sold to the rest of the eurozone, and the eurozone is particularly weak. now this brings me on to the fact that we have eurozone figures with a whole of the block that shares a single currency coming out later on today. those are expected to be pretty anemic. we're expecting something like the 1.1% we saw for germany. just heading into these figures for germany, what i want to point out, zain, which is really important here, we've had germany and france coming out with their gdp figures. those are the two big linchpins, if you like of the eurozone economy, the two biggest economies. and when it came to shoring up the single currency after all the crises we've seen over the last five years, it's been the franco-german economic axis that has been pivotal to finding a response to the crisis. those we see the rest of the eurozone perhaps entering a recession, and the economies not being quite as strong as they need to support the others. that's what is worrying people further down the line. for the moment, third quarter gdp for germany coming up.

1.1%. bang on target for what analysts were expecting. the risk is that germany could enter a technical recession after posting a decline in the gdp numbers for the last quarter and two quarters excessively of negative growth obviously means it would enter a recession for the third time in this particular economic cycle. >> the data doesn't continue to be mixed. but germany just managing to skirt a recession with gdp growth in the third quarter at 0.1%. live in london, we appreciate it. okay. investigators say there was no wrongdoing when fifa awarded the world cup tournaments to qatar and to russia. so why is the fbi stepping up its investigation? we'll explain at the break. u'ret ignoring them in your body? even if you're treating your crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, an occasional flare may be a sign of damaging inflammation. and if you ignore the signs,

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okay, welcome back, everyone. this just in to cnn. israeli police are easing restrictions at islam's third holiest site located in jerusalem, allowing for all muslims to pray there today, regardless of their age. now previously individuals under a certain age were restricted from prayers at the site. which they refer to as the temple mount and which islam calls the noble sanctuary. a hamas rally on thursday called for unrest in jerusalem. police say they will keep up their high alert status. friday is a day of prayers for

the muslims. we will be watching of course. fifa says it's now clear that two nations allege corruption in their bidding for the world cup. 2018 host russia and 2022 host qatar. a new report found no evidence of any wrongdoing. its release came on the day that the fbi actually steps up the pace of a corruption investigation into leaders of fifa. fifa's secretary general downplayed any controversy. >> the two chairman of the committee have different opinion when it comes out and when we are talking about such important things affecting football. >> the american attorney who scrutinized the fifa bids for over a year calls the report incomplete and erroneous. he says to appeal to fifa. meanwhile, ever other country bidding was put on notice, most

noticeably england, whose football association has been one of fifa's staunchest critics. >> reporter: nearly all of the country's bid for the 2018 and 2022 world cups came in for some criticism from fifa. but the report takes on some more than others. despite being credited for fully cooperating with the inquiry, the english football association was accused of flouting the rules by trying to woo the disgraced former fifa vice president jack warner in its attempt to stage the 2018 world cup. they described the report as the politically motivated whitewash. >> it has made a bit of a mockery of the whole process. it's the person who did the investigation that says the report didn't reflect what he believed. you know, i'm a bit shocked by it all, as i'm sure most people are. >> reporter: meanwhile, australia, which was bidding for 2022 was criticized for

attempting to influence fifa committee members. russia was cleared, although the report noted its bid team made only a limited amount of documents available for review. the computers used by the bid team were subsequently destroyed. the chief of their 2018 world cup organizing committee talked to me last month that the country has nothing to hide. >> we did our best to organize our bid in a very transparent, very open format. we did not knowingly break any rules, transgress any regulations. but fifa ethics commission, so i don't think any point why we should be troubled by the report. >> reporter: qatar, the subject of the most suspicion, was cleared. according to thursday's report, they provided full and valuable cooperation, although qatar's former fifa executive mohamud bin hammam refused to speak to the ethics committee.

interestingly, there was no mention of the sunday times newspaper investigation, which has been so damning of qatar's bid. by the way, qatar is also being touted as a possible host for the african cup of nations next year, a late replacement for morocco. it's interesting to note that in 2010, they sponsored the concacaf congress in angola for $1.8 million. fifa's report criticized them for that. cnn. >> and the fifa plot thickens. okay. more sport news. it was a long, hard battle for british tennis star andy murray to get to the world tour finals. and then it was all over in just 56 minutes. he was ousted from the tournament in straight sets thanks to the wonderful play of roger federer. it was one of the worst defeats by the way of andy murray's career. afterwards murray said he was disappointed, but said even if he played well, federer probably would still have won anyway.

two of major league baseball's brightest young stars have been awarded the league's top honor. most valuable player. mike trout of the los angeles angels of anaheim takes the award in the american league. the 23-year-old outfielder has been arguably the best all-around player in baseball since he joined in 2012. and in the national league, it's the dodgers ace pitcher clayton kershaw. he'll add the mvp to his list of honors this year. he also won, rather, the national league's cy young award. and a popular american weatherman is trying to set a new world record right now. he started it on wednesday, and he hasn't stopped. we'll see how he is doing, coming up after the break. growth is gratifying. goal is to grow. gotta get greater growth. i just talked to ups. they got expert advise, special discounts, new technologies. like smart pick ups. they'll only show up when you print a label

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okay. well, birthdays are great when you're a kid. but some people stopped counting once they hit a certain age, just like me. it's a good thing babies don't exactly know how old they are. that way they can still enjoy the day. here is jeanne moos. >> reporter: who can resist a dancing baby? ♪ deep inside of me >> reporter: whether it's dancing with ally mcbeal or dancing to sell bottled water. but when the baby is real -- ♪ and she is boogying to musical birthday cards featuring the hamster dance, prepare to be smitten by acadia jamison. not so much by her moves, despite her stops and starts. the card was from her grandma for acadia's first birthday.

>> yeah, it's actually quite well loved at this point, you can see. >> reporter: the hamster inside is hanging bay thread. when i was 1, they didn't even have musical birthday cards. try dancing to this. but acadia could single-handedly boost the musical card industry with her joy deviv, though the opposite is also going viral. whoever thought a movie called "the chipmunk adventure" obe such a tear jerker. and that is the second time that almost 3-year-old reagan had seen it. the part where a baby penguin is reunited with its family really got to her. ♪ it reminds of us marine lynn ♪ no way to know >> reporter: she was dubbed the emotional baby for the way she repeatedly reacted to just this one song her mom used to sing.

♪ i'm going to wake up missing you ♪ >> reporter: now a year later, her mom says she still gets emotional when she watches this video. >> it's just a song. >> reporter: don't try telling that to acadia. sometimes when her parents are in the other room that. >> hear the card opening. >> she'll be sitting in there, going at it. >> reporter: but when you put her on tv, she went at it all right. >> love that. >> >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn. ♪ wake up missing you >> reporter: new york. >> the mother just had a beautiful voice. made me want to sing along. okay. well, the world's tallest man and shortest man met for the very first time, though it wasn't exactly face-to-face. sultan of turkey stands at 2.5 meters while chandra dungy is 54

centimeters. they came together to celebrate record day on london. on the left is the newborn of one of our very own cnn producers. and on the right there is dungy. so that baby by the way is two and a half centimeters taller than the man next to him. that's incredible. speaking of breaking world records, take a look, a live look rather at u.s. weatherman al roker. he is a famous weatherman here in the united states, attempting to set a new mark for the longest uninterrupted weather report. this is him live doing it now. his goal, by the way, 34 hours straight. he has been doing it since wednesday night. this just incredible. and he has about five hours to go. but it's not all bad, because he gets a five-minute break every hour, which he can bank and use for an extended rest. now roker should finish up around 8:00 in the morning eastern time. okay. well, you've been watching cnn's special coverage. i'm zain asher. thank you so much for watching. my colleague, natalie allen is

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