-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hi, everyone. you're in the cnn newsroom. i'm poppy harlow joining you from atlanta. we begin with a seerrious accusation. bill cosby yet again facing sexual assault allegations that first surfaced a decade ago.

allegations he has always denied. his wife and he were asked about it on npr. >> this question gives me no pleasure, mr. cosby, but there have been serious allegations raised about you in recent days. >> coming up, cosby's surprising answer, and we'll tell you how one of his accusers is responding. and for the first time we're hearing conversation between the police and dispatch around the shooting of michael brown in ferguson, missouri. this is august 9, not long after officer darren wilson shot and killed michael brown. there's a radio call sending him to the area. listen. >> 25. it's going to be a black male in a white t-shirt. he took a whole box of swisher cigars. >> black male, white t-shirt?

>> that's affirmative. she said he just walked out the store. >> she's been covering this story throughout. sara, thanks for joining us. let's talk about the tapes. what more if anything do we really learn from these recordings? >> reporter: not a whole lot except what the family points out and according to the st. louis dispatch sources that indied officer wilson did not have that information when he made his initial contact with michael brown and brown's friend dorian johnson. only after did he get some of that information about exactly what the suspect who had stolen the cigarillos, according to the police, looked like and what he had on. so the family has reacted to that, just now sending out a statement saying that the audio clearly demonstrates that the officer's initial interaction with brown had nothing to do with the incident at the

convenience store. there is that. there is also something else that has been released an that is some surveillance videotape of officer wilson going in and out of the department after this incident on august 9th. and what you will see in that video, there was a lot of sources. there were a few people, information leaked from the police department saying that officer wilson was beaten up, that his eye socket was, you know, bruised and battered. that was taken back by the police department when asked about it. but some sources had said that initially, and if you look on that video, you will not see that. you will not see any bruises, any major swelling of his eye, for example, and his family has also talked about that, feeling like someone in the department was trying to defame michael brown and cover up something for the police themselves. the police did, though, come and correct that information saying

that there was no physical, for example, bruises around his eye socket which had initially been leaked from inside of the department through some of the media outlets. i do want to talk a little bit about something that came out last night. they had report thad the police chief here was going to immediately reinstate wilson if, indeed, he is not indicted. we talked to the police chief and the mayor about that to get some clarification and here is what the mayor said about the possibility that darren wilson would be immediately reinstated if indeed he is not indicted. >> this is a criminal investigation that talks about things that rise to the level of criminality. it doesn't mean there may not be something still to address in an interj personnel investigation. >> so like breaking policy rules or something like that. >> sure, sure. like i said, i think it's premature to talk about what the status would be until all that

stuff has been addressed. >> reporter: now, earlier this past month cnn talked to the police chief himself about this very thing and here's what the police chief had to say about the possibility of reinstating wilson. >> if he's not indicted, i have an officer-involved shooting. so once the criminal case is over with, then i'll ask for all the materials back, you know, they're mine, and then we'll conduct an internal investigation to see if there were any internal rules broken. >> clearly there would not be an immediate release. what's happening in this town is everyone is waiting simply for the grand jury to make a decision and have that decision announced. after that, we'll see what happens. poppy?

>> i think that everyone is hoping whatever happens, whatever reaction is handed down is peaceful. sara sidner, thanks so much. sometime within the next few hours the next patient will be treated for ebola in nebraska. he'll be treated at the medical center in omaha. salia was one. meanwhile the democratic council of congo has declared its free from it. joining us now to discuss all of this, cnn's medical correspondent. thank you. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> let's talk about it. of course, much more attention has been paider to it. but give a sense at this point,

seema if you would. they say you cannot contain this until you have a handle on it here. >> absolutely. you have to control it in the hopes of stopping spreading to other countries. we're told it's still spreading in west africa. for example it's transferring to ore states. it wasn't discovered he had ebola until health care workers who cared for him in mawly. >> you know what i'm interesting to know your perspective on this. you're ooh a former cdc disease per techive.

has there been a decline in health care workers going from west africa to help because there was a lot of concern if a quarantine was put in place and if people contract the disease, there might be a decline. do we know? >> look. there were people who said they were going to help but now they don't know how they'll be treated when they come back. another said he took 21 days off go and help but he can't afford to take another 21 days when he returns. it makes more people uncertain and makes it more difficult for them to go and help. >> and we need as many helping as much as we can. military's top leader is in iraq on a surprise visit. dempsey is there and met with u.s. ambassadors and u.s.

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nato is calling this moscow's latest incursion in a rapidly deteriorating situation in ukraine. video that surfaced this week appears to show russian tanks, artillery, air defense systems, and troops moving across the ukrainian border but russia is denying those claims. listen to that. this as we get a rare view inside the fighting in eastern ukraine. a gun battle at the airport in donesque between the ukrainian forces and separatists armed by russia. and as they meet for the g-20 summit, russian president vladimir putin is getting what some call an icing reception. aids to canada said that he said, quote, i have to shake your hand but get out. you have been covering this throughout. for months and months, you've

been there, you've seen this first hand. can you compare for us the situation on the border now to earlier this fall? >> sure. good to be with you again, poppy. as you know, we arrived in april. we grew and are growing up to 500 now. we're in a really good position to see things that others don't. in the beginning we were talking late spring about just the kind of subtle takeover or occupation of buildings in eastern ukraine and then the second kind of phase was the buildup of heavy weaponry including mobile rocket launchers and then today -- or yesterday, raerks we saw something which we haven't reported on ever, poppy, and that is uniformed men in lieu hansing who had federation patches on their uniforms walking freely in the city. that capped a week in which we saw three separate times huge

unmarked military convoys coming toward donesque city. these are no regular trucks. they're towing rocket launch systems. really big buildup. >> american general breed love, the commander of nato forces mentioned this week that russia has nuclear capabilities. i want you to listen up and respond on the backside. >> we see forces that are carab capable of being moved to crimea. whether they're capable, i don't know. but they do have equipment that fits that which is required. >> we haven't seen indications of nuclear -- there has been allegations of for for russ weapons. was referring to crimea, and

we're not even permitted to gradual there. poppy, i have to also point out there is a glimmer of hope if you can in this time of very, very bad coming out of ukraine. this is kind of an informal ukraine of russian staff. we're monitoring their activities, and they just announce thad will aim to promote a cease-fire within a few days. whether it will work or not, we don't know. but it is interesting this formation is busy, trying to get a last-minute deal together. >> thank you so much for the view from the ground there. many knot don't this vikal. . good to see you. well, bill cosby has seen

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on twitter this week comedian bill cosby or whoever runs social media parts asked him to take part in captions contests. it backfired in a bad way. it produced a slew of pictures like these. in the days that followed decade-old allegations are once again in the spotlight and now cosby's special appearance on this thursday's late show with letterman have been canceled. no word on who canceled. how cosby's interview with npr is raising eyebrows. >> for years allegations of rape have plagued bill cosby. given the chance to address them he said nothing and a lot is being said about that. from twilter, cosby was on npr with camille to not talk about the rape allegations and bill coyle cosby revealed more than

any other words could. still painful to watch a corne s bully cower. >> there have been serious allegations raised about you in recent days. you're shaking your head no. i'm in the news business. i have to ask the question. do you have any response to those charges? shaking your head no. there are people who love you who might like to hear about this. i'm going to give you a chance. all right? >> he promoted it on twitter, after the twitter simon tweeted i hadded to ask charges in front of mrs. cosby. one responded leave bill cosby alone. another said i know there might

be legal ramifications if he speaks out but being silent sure makes you look guilty. the internet lit up on the cause after cosby invited them. here are some of his responses. my two favorite things. jell lowe pudding and rape. look at this whacky shirt. also i'm a rapist. cosby has never been charged with a crime. his lawyers have repeatedly denied allegations years ago. among them, barbara bowman. >> after going to my agent and going to the lawyer and getting smacked down both sides i just said let me just get on with my life, move on with my life and let it go. >> bowman believe's cosby's silence says u it all. it's an implication of a man whose heart is heavily burdened with shame.

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>> you know, i have to start out by saying i'm one of these kids that grew up in the '80s and wasn't allowed to watch 30 minute as week and that 30 minutes, i had to say what i wanted to watch and it was always ""the cosby show."" i was not original. i was not unique. this was called the huxtable effect. it was being piped into living rooms across the country and it did extraordinary things for race relations in the 1980s because suddenly there was this fostered cultivation of mainstream understanding of different backgrounds and think what happens is you hear this notion that there's an accuser. bill cosby could be an accuser, and somehow honoring the accusations of those victims might undermine the contribution hee gave to race relations to americans at that time so it can be easier to not listen to them i think for fear of the progress

that was made in that time. >> sally, do you think that's why we haven't heard more about it? >> let's face it. it's not one accuser. it's a chorus of 13. >> there's certainly a veil of celebrated figures. part of it is when we talk about it, a lot of men do it across race, across socioeconomic levels, celebrities, noncelebrities. people in congress. come on. the other thing that's incredibly heard is they're talking about it. a few weeks ago, a male comedian called cosby a rapist. >> that's a great point. >> it is a great point.

>> when you look at the huxtable family and he looks like the perfect dad, a lot of the reasons that victims of sec krien never come forward. this is another example of the untouchable father and who wouldn't believe him? the 13 women rs there was a la suit in 2005 and they name 12 jane does. one of them talk to the "today" show in 2006. >> we've got barbara all over cnn taking. >> my question is what's going to happen to him? >> i thichlg think have to look at the word, they have to judge the entirety of their accusations with their own eyes. she certainly seems sincere. there are so many storieses who

voice not out. income the court of common sense, he's. do you think he should lose the somehow? >> absolutely. the men's career sur vie. whereas the women who made the anizations, that i ooh happie - they're relevant. look at bill clinton versus monica lewinsky. we've heard how horrible her life has been iefrp the pad decade. dozens have come out and accused him of it. >> i think -- to your point it's

a fascinates point. how should he survive this? you're saying he should lose the show. >> hello, yes. he should lose the show. >> >> does this go away or is there a situation with this? >> wood yaal loep had merit vans ts. he created a full core yis. giving him a book of pages. he wrote a very long piece on surrender. it really has gone away. it is the court of public opinion will reside this. i thinks do biage nomd inkedably

e fascinating. not responset. will i bes he pea ever stain. >> snow. >> but he does need to do something because i think there are voices of his accusers start to get a little attraction. >> this shows the men can seem to wait this out and the story go ahead. that could be troubling for us. >> we'll see. > is college for everyone? new york's former mayor, main very block good. kin kids may not boo e pay paired, from a bill yar who weshlts to harvick. we'll talk about that next.

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academically but he's smart in dealing with people and that sort of thing, being a plumber is great job. you have pricing power and an enormous skill set. of course, mayor bloom derg did go to college, two prestigious ones. now he's a billionaire. are there some people who are better off avoiding college all told. i can't help myself. i know you want to go. you agree with the mayor. >> i agree with the mayor. >> why? >> if you're ready for college and you're going the yusz your degree, yes, you should go. for kids who are not college rmd and like learning how to fix nlks and put in a now.

they spend four years in a krad school because they're going to earn more money than a high school dropout and only 10% of kids who head to a two-year associate's degree actually complete it. have a conversation about what actually is going to set them up for success i could not disagree more with mel, my friend, and with mayor bloomberg. the bottom line is that i feel that that speech is sort of the equivalent to white color. it's a great equalizer. without a four year degree pirm nent understood class of part-time can succeed and the suggest that folks may not be ready, they should gonlt to college, the real is marek their

they're ready. make sure education is available for everyone. fwu to suggest itz's always going to be better if you can't get into a great school like harvard or a good people person, you should be a plumber, think that's offensive. >> you can build a business. you can be your own boz. yo can be a extra. they're plumbers, fix engines. >> she's offend by the suggest. >> i am. you shouldn't go to college or not aspire -- >> he kidn't say anything. >> he thought stop add thing.

>> let me introduce statistics. here we go. 98% are more likely to earn of your laichtime vl closer to a million dollar ins dls in arounding. in t . >> if they finish. >> they have to fin sniesh let me interject. also there's another irony to bloomberg saying this which is not only is he a billionaire but he's the guy who didn't want to race minimum rain nge. they made it harder. isn't there some profound irony in there.

they'll trade drn since and presidents and teachers. but that's a whom other irn. >> i guess where i have a problem, you can't defe define somebody. >> here we can. can an economy sustain those kinds of jobs for that many people? mayor bloomberg is talk about in a -- >> you should go to that challenge and be an e'eree. can we also point out it's not leadershiped a thap. there's great socialization mered you when you're at groinlt come. f the reason that bloomberg is a

ga zul yin air because of all the connections heed my amount har vor. to say that a yood of people counsel. to that -- >> diversity of opinions. the jury's out on that. you all can decide. with those so many problems on the word. this thing on the line chl kim car dash yas to be more specific. he make booty on the cover. that's straight ahead. down.

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our next topic, i can't believe we're about to talk about, kim kardashian showed off her, let's just say assets this week on the front page of three years ago we were talking about another photo shoot from "w" magazine. >> they promised me i would be fully covered. did you see the inside?

i just am never getting naked again. whoever is running my [ bleep ] is going to be fired. >> i obviously knew what i was getting into, i was posing nude. i don't want people to be like, all she's good for is being naked. >> that was a whole three years ago. so things change. sonny, what the heck is she doing? are we even clicking on this? what do you think? >> i was shocked because i'm sometimes thinking that the reason a woman would object fi herself is that, one, she needs money, or two, she's looking for fame. and kim kardashian has that. she has a lot of money. she's famous. and i started to think, i think i'm wrong now, but i started to think, well, kim is actually smart because there are a lot of people who have important tapes and a lot of people who don't build this empire.

i thought, wow, she has to be a savvy businesswoman. she started with the porn and now has the reality show and all this other stuff. but now i'm thinking she's not smart. this is just pornographic. like this is -- >> i personally think she's brilliant. look n three years' time, she had a baby, so we all change about how we feel about our body. i love the fact that she loves her body and is not ashamed of her sexuality. i love the fact she's bold in that regard. look, she's not going to work for cnn, that's not her brand. she started out with a sex tape. >> they have a reality show where they talk about anal bleaching, for crying out loud. she was divorced within 80 days and is no role model. she's a businesswoman. the product is kim kardashian. >> product -- the lowering of society. >> she's laughing all the way to -- i don't want that job, but she's a smart businesswoman. >> shame on us for clicking on

this. shame on us for talking about it, but i think there are deeper consequences that we'll get to. obviously, this is a woman who is famous for being famous, right? and if that's it, then you always have to push the envelope. you always have to be thinking of something new. nobody is going to hold her out for being a hypocrite. really, they are still going to make the click and that's what she needs. she continues to go further and further. you caught on to some really deeper things here. when i first took the picture, i knew about the original photo that was in '76. this was an african-american woman, caroline beaumont. and people in the african-american community were horrified at how the african-american woman was objectified by this photographer. >> same photographer in both

pictures. >> he photographed grace jones and this is not it. this is not the original photograph of the kim kardashian -- anyway, we'll get that up in a second. >> this photographer is known for objectifying n particular, policewoman wompolicewoman /* bk women. so i was horrified that a woman would go so far as to if this is her brand, why not do the research. why not realize that this photographer is known for objectifying black women. >> let's fill this out for folks. i don't think we pulled up the picture, but there was a photo, same photographer, years ago african-american model, same exact picture. the glass on the rear-end, the champagne cascading over into the glass. on the cover of the book -- there it is. in the cover of the book in which this appeared was called "jungle fever." we'll leave it at that with grace jones shown in a scenario with a cage and meat. there have been attacks on this

for a long time. kim kardashian is on record saying, she never thought about race or about being a person of color until she gave birth to an african-american daughter. at the same time, you know, i got to quote this great writer, from "the guardian" commenting on this appropriation of black women and their bodies have been attacked, have been denigrated for centuries. and yet here is kim kardashian expropria expropriating, ultimately she wrote, why does a black butt only look good in white skin? why is it that these bodies, which we have done -- i mean, we put -- >> the problem is she's armenian and striking the pose? >> the issue i think that sally

is making is that kim kardashian is wholly unaware of the historical context in which she is trying to recreate this photo for her own good. >> is she unaware? >> i think she is. she has personally said she has never thought about having a black daughter or thought about race ever before. look, here's what i thought it is. she's trying to own her body, she's trying to make it do sort of update j-lo. she was the first woman who had a curvy body and sort of said she was going to own it. she said so her trainer, do anything to my body but don't touch my rear-end. this is the next thing of that. >> follow her instagram and see nothing but butt shots for crying out loud. she has been stereotyped in the same way -- go ahead. >> that's exactly what i was going to say. and the other piece of it, if she was ignorant to this photographer's history, shame on her. if she knew about a

photographer's history and said she wanted to work with them, shame on her. shame, shame, shame. i think it is just so despicable. i'm not saying you can't be a mom and be sexy. i hope that i'm still sexy even though i'm a mom, but the bottom line is, you have to leave it there. hopefully it won't have ramifications for her black daughter growing up in this world. for all of us here, thank you for watching. coming up at up 7:30 eastern, a girl taking her career in a different direction. ♪ >> taylor swift, spotlight on her career and life coming up at 7:30 tonight. right now, "cnn newsroom" continues after the break.

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hi, everyone. you're in the "cnn newsroom." i'm poppy harlow. reuters is reporting the latest ebola patient to be brought from west africa to the u.s. has landed in nebraska for treatment. dr. martin solia is a permanent legal resident from sierra leone, lives in maryland and returned to his country to help patients suffering from ebola

there. he's said to be critically ill and will be treated in omaha where they have successfully treated two other ebola patients. much more on that coming up. and serious accusations haunting most of america's well-known comedians. bill cosby facing the sexual assault allegation that is surfaced nearly a decade ago. these allegations have been repeatedly denied by cosby and began during an attempt to get good press this week on twitter. his twitter account asked fans to take part in a caption contest but that backfired in a big way producing a slew of pictures on twitter like these dredging up more than a dozen allegations of rape. we'll go straight to alexandria field joining me from new york. you have been covering this very closely, and we also know that just in the last hour or so that his appearance on "the late show with david letterman" this week has been canceled. just sort of the latest repercussion of all the allegations resurfacing. >> reporter: that's right, poppy. no explanation was give but he

was scheduled to appear on the show later this week. that date was scheduled for the later part of october. but bill cosby did sit down with scott from npr. he decided to do the interview, largely focusing on cosby's art collection. when simon changed the line of questioning asking about these old allegations that had suddenly resurfaced, well, bill cosby said nothing. >> this show, this question gives me no pleasure, mr. cosby, but there have been serious allegations raised about you in recent days. you're shaking your head no. i'm in the news business, i have to ask the question, do you have any response to those charges? shaking your head no. there are people who love you that might like to hear from you about this. i want to give you the chance.

all right. >> no words from bill cosby on those questions. several years ago several women came forward accusing cosby of sexual assault. one of those women, barbara bowman who listened to the interview and here's what she said about cosby's silence. i'm not surprised bill cosby wiz speechless. he has met his maker. a simple shake of his head is implication of a man whose heart is receively burdened with shame. cnn cannot independently confirm the allegations against bill cosby buzz his attorneys continue to deny the allegations through the years and right now they are not commenting on the resurfacing of the allegations. >> and alex, that has a lot of people scratching their heads, that bill cosby did not respond at all when the npr reporter asked him three times, he had nothing to say. barbara bowman gave a series of interviews, one yesterday on cnn, talking about this and saying, the statute of limitations ran out on her.

she can't prosecute bill cosby anymore even though the law has since changed, but that she is speaking out for other victims and being an advocate on all of this. but one thing that she did talk about is the fact that no one believed her. her lawyers, her agent, no one believed her. >> right. poppy, put yourself in her shoes to a certain extent. she was 17 years old. a young actress when she came to know bill cosby, famous as america's dad, a well beloved comedian, but this very wholesome image. he was her mentor and says the assault began after she turned 18. but this was in the 1980s, around 1986, she first met him in 1985. by 1989 she says she had summoned the courage to share her story. she went to an attorney but says that she was laughed out of the attorney's office. and she says that's just the struggle that she was confronting years later when another alleged victim filed a lawsuit claiming that bill cosby raped her.

that's when he heard from bowman again and the need to step forward. >> a lot of outstanding questions. will e we hear from bill cosby and will prosecutors bring other charges? he's never been prosecuted. and there's a reported tv show with nbc. what is going to happen to that? alex, we appreciate the reporting. thank you so much. meantime, america's top military leader in iraq on a surprise visit, general martin dempsey today meeting with iraqi's prime minister al abadi and u.s. ambassador stewart jones and u.s. troop there is. the u.s. is preparing to expand assistance to iraqi forces as they continue to battle isis. president obama has increased the number of american non-combat forces in the country. dempsey has refused to rule out asking the president eventually, possibly to send ground troops into iraq. our arwa damon has more. >> reporter: america's top military had a surprise visit to iraq, a clear indication how seriously washington is taking this situation.

general martin dempsey meeting with the iraqi prime minister. according to a statement by al abadi's office, the two spoke of progress being made so far by the iraq security forces. general dempsey also then traveled on to rebuild the capital of the autonomous region of kyrgyzstan meeting with the prime minister there as well. part of this next phase of the u.s.-led mission and coalition is to focus on training up security forces. 12 units. part of the initial effort. nine of them iraqi army, three of them kyshmyrga. general dempsey is very aware of the situation on the ground having been the commander of the first armored division in the initial years of the war. and then moving on to head up america's effort to train and equip the iraqi security forces.

this assessment is vital because part of the reason why isis was able to take over such great territory in iraq is because of the u.s.' underestimation of their capabilities but also overestimation of the capacity and cohesiveness of the iraqi security forces that america left behind. and that is not a mistake that the u.s. or the region can afford to see happen once again. arwa damon, cnn, turkey. thank you for that. also, a lot of focus on ferguson, missouri, right now. where an announcement can come at any time. the town officials fear could trigger another violent wave of protests. it's a grand jury dedeciding on whether to indict the police officer who shot and killed michael brown in august. at least one protesters in ferguson tells us at cnn he considers brown's killing a, quote, modern day lynching. we are seeing this weekend for the first time police station surveillance video showing off

sir darrin wilson shortly after the shooting. a statement from michael brown's family says this contradicts that wilson was badly injured during the incident. also new, audio recordings from the police dispatcher from that day alerting ferguson about the alleged shoplifting and describing michael brown. >> 25, it's going to be a black male in a white t-shirt running toward quik trip. he took a whole box of swisher cigars. >> black male, white t-shirt. >> that's affirmative. she said he just walked out of the store. >> all right. we'll have more on that in a live report from ferguson coming up. also, mexico, furious and devastated over the disappearance of 43 students. now we have learned the former mayor of one town may be suspected to be at the center of this tragedy. he may have links to ruthless drug cartels. much more on that straight ahead. also, russia's economy quickly deteriorating, but the military there ramping up.

how are the two connected? we'll talk to an expert about that, straight ahead.

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an ex-mayor has been implicated in the possible disappearance and massacre of 43 students in mexico. the charges include attempted murder and cnn has learned he's also accused of having drug cartel members of his payroll. >> reporter: in iguala city they are dubbed the couple for their influence in cartel territory. the power couple's throne came tumbling down when they became

suspects in the disappearance of 43 students from a teacher's college who arrived in iguala on september 26. our informant who very nonchalantly observed their surroundings and tipped off their bosses about what's going on, the major reportedly had cartel members on his payroll who after being arrested told authorities that the mayor paid them tens of thousands of dollars to be at his disposal. on september 26th the police officers reported to local authorities the students' arrival and four buses according to officials. their arrival raised eyebrows. the mayor's wife was scheduled to deliver a speech outdoors, but the concern, this would be the backdrop. the aftermath of last year's destructive protest held in part

by the students from the teacher's college. the word spread quickly and internal radio message ordering police to stop or confront the students. the official word, it was coming from a5. the mayor's assigned radio code. the mayor's posse, part of the more than 70 arrests suspected, including police officers and cartel members, told investigators they assumed the students would sabotage the event. the mayor's wife was hosting it. the officials say the students were ambushed in the evening by police, shots were fired and six people were killed, three of them students. whether the mayor ordered the shooting remains up clear. and what happens next has only added to the mystery. the remaining 43 students were turned over by the cops to a cartel and never seen since. here's where a possible misunderstanding took a sinister turn.

what started as an idea by the mayor to possibly protect his wife's event, officials say, turned into a false battle between two rival gangs. authorities say the leader of the cartel confessed that on that ill-fated day, one of his cronies told him that the confrontation here in iguala was with another cartel. the leader thought he was defending his territory from an enemy but instead it was students many the cross hairs. reporting for cnn in mexico's southern state of guerello. meantime, falling oil prices are putting a huge dent in russia's bottom line. and western sanctions are also taking a toll, but vladimir putin has found a new economic friend in china. what does that mean for the u.s.? we'll talk about that, straight ahead. down.

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president obama took on china and russia in remarks to the g20 summit in australia vowing to help by telling the big nations not to, quote, bully the small. neighbors like vietnam and japan as well as russia's annexation of crimea and the conflict in ukraine. also the image you will only see in australia.

what could be the video of the day. world leaders with koalas. that's a close-up of putin and the koala. and falling gas prices here are making it a lot cheaper for american drivers to fill up their tank, but those price cuts are causing a huge economic headache for russia where the economy depends really heavily on oil revenue. and this week's apec summit, vladimir putin put a shawl around china's first lady representing putin's new embrace of china as a huge economic partner. we'll talk about the implications here because we're talking about big deals, billions of dollars in deals. joining us, gordon chang at forbes.com and an expert on the region. thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> russia has made multi-billion dollar deals with china recently. new energy deals. and on the daily website, you call this partnership, quote, america's number one foreign policy challenge. why is that? why do you think it's number one at this point?

>> the united states has not faced two competitors since the end of the second world war. we have not faced a united china and russia since the 1950s, but these two countries now see themselves in the same terms. they forsee their interests are coinciding and also identify the same adversary, which is the united states. we saw it very clearly with syria where they joined for four security council vetoes. and also the chinese and russian warships working together in the eastern mediterranean last september in opposition to nato vessels. china and russia cooperated on a rant with north korea. this is an enduring partnership. >> we used to only see russia invest in other nations, energy companies, et cetera, if they needed the technology now, just this week we're seeing the $400 billion deal between gas prom, russia's national oil company and the china national petroleum agency. but this is is a bid about course, it seems. in past decades you have seen

the two nations clearly butting heads, how big of a force is this? >> this is an 180-degree deal. we saw a big gas deal in may and at the beginning of the week, we saw the big gas deal and the oil deal. the two companies are molding themselves together. the russians realize they need the chinese and so there's a very different view from moscow and beijing about each other and also about the rest of the world. >> i want to read a quote from your article on this, and then we'll have you respond. you said ronald reagan employed an economic strategy to get rid of the soviet union intentionally forcing commodity prices downward to starve it military. at the moment the same dynamic is at work but largely the result of market forces, not intentional policy in washington. in the next few years, before chinese money flows in great quantities to the russians pursuant to fewly signed deals, putin is vulnerable. what needs to be done from

washington? >> well, with the way things are going with oil prices, it seems as almost we don't have to do anything. because the russian economy this year will grow 0.2% according to the imf, probably worse than that because oil prices are now at a three-year low heading lower. but there are a number of things we can do. we can certainly tighten the sanctions and cut russia off from the global financial system. and we probably know where putin's personal wealth is, some $40 billion or so dollars. and with the click of a mouse, we can sort of deny him the ability to tap his own accounts. there's so many things that we can do right now. but with the way things are going, maybe we don't need to do anything. but nonetheless, putin should not be running russia because we have seen him do all sorts of things to disrupt the international system, kill people, bring down the jetliner, it is just awful. >> well, gordon chang, wish we had more time to discuss this with you. thank you for joining us. breaking news just into cnn. that is the latest ebola patient

arrived in the united states. his plane touched down just moments ago in nebraska. we're going to talk about what it all means, next.

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and is a permanent u.s. resident. he's been in west africa treating ebola patients in his native sierra leone, one of the three hardest hit areas with the ebola virus. we'll go to seema yasmin. i want your take on one of the things we saw as this patient was coming off of the plane. we saw him coming off the plane and then we saw sort of a bubble. you can barely see it, but a bubble was placed around him. this is different than other ebola patients returning to the united states. he's on a stretcher with some sort of bubble around him. he's not walking off the plane like we saw some of the other ebola patients do. >> that's right, poppy. this bubble or cocoon is typical of what is on the medical evacuation planes. but so far we have not mentioned that bubble or cocoon come off the plane with a patient. and we were told by spokespeople in nebraska just this morning that this patient is the sickest

of the ebola patients transferred to the u.s. and been transferred to them. so this situation that we're seeing on this video really speaks to how critical his health is. >> do you think the cdc officials are on their way or shortly will be on their way to nebraska? we know they came up to new york when another doctor was treated for ebola at bellevue hospital. >> we know they set up an ebola s.w.a.t. team of sorts, so it would make sense they would be diploid to nebraska to help, but also nebraska has such expertise in this area. when i spoke to the nursing director there, she said, we have been preparing for this for seven years for a situation like this. they are so highly trained and they have this kind of situation under control as we have seen with the other two ebola patients they have cared for. >> quickly before we go, do you think the teams there have learned something from the dallas health care worker who is treated ebola patients as well. >> i think it's been the other way around, poppy. the containment units have been going to dallas and other places to teach health care units

there. they are so highly versed in treating the ebola patients they can provide expertise to other health care unites as well. >> thank you, doctor. appreciate your expertise. "cnn newsroom" continues at the top of the hour. right now, sanjay gupta m.d. is next. all you parents out there, i promise you, you won't be able to turn away from our featured story today. it's been three weeks since the latest school shooting in this country in marysville, washington. in less than a month we'll mark the somber anniversary of sandy hook. in just a few moments, we'll tell you the story of the young man whose parents called the police about him. they were worried his mental illness may drive him to hurt somebody. what happened next will make you more confident in our system or it will break your heart. you can consider him a prisoner or a patient. but first, a tiny ths town is weighing a ban that would make it the first in the country to completely outlaw tobacco sales of any kind. residents are on both sidesf