mission impossible. some officials think a nuclear deal with iran by tomorrow's deadline is unlikely. we'll be live from the talks in vienna. plus, iraq's military tries to hold back isis as the militants push to stake a claim on the city of ramadi. we'll have details straight ahead and the accusations just keep on coming for comedian bill cosby. hear what he has to say in his defense. welcome to our viewers around the world. let's get straight to our top stories, i'm zain asher. the u.s. state department says

it is still taking steps forward in nuclear talks with iran. and is focused on an agreement. an iranian official involved in the talks says reach a deal by monday is, quote, impossible. that's according to a news agency in iran. negotiators have been scrambling all weekend to come to an agreement but sticking points remain. for more on this i'm joined by nic robertson, live for us in vienna. nic, obviously there's only 36 hours to go for this dead lien. how hopeful are we that we're going to see a deal within that time? >> reporter: i don't think optimism is high at the moment. secretary of state john kerry has gone into his fifth meeting with the head of the delegation, zarif and head of the eu delegation. while these meetings make progress, they're only chipping away at the big issues and that

there's a real sense that the iranians still have to make big decisions at the moment. the best analysis we've heard on how everything is going so far came from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry yesterday when he was meeting with with the german foreign minister. this is what he told reporters. >> we've been, obviously having different talks here on a complicated topic. we're working hard. we hope we're making careful progress, but we have big gaps. we still have some serious gaps which we're working to close. the good thing is, we're united and working in concert and we're simply not going to say anything substantive about the discussions while they're going on. a lot of serious work is going on by a lot of people. >> now, what the state

department is also saying is that the united states is consulting with its allies at the moment to talk about the best way forward. again, to underline. the effort is still to get an agreement by the deadline monday. it looks incredibly unlikely to get a comprehensive agreement. the irenians on their side, already an extension is being considered. what type if possible of framework agreement, not comprehensive agreement, but framework agreement may emerge. but the talks still continuing, zain. >> yes. i'm pretty sure that we are going to see an extension. but assuming a deal is reached by the deadline, let's be optimistic for just a second, how will the west make sure that iran sticks to its side of the

bargain? especially that iran had secret nuclear activity in the past. how will they make sure that iran sticks to its side of the bargain? >> reporter: that's really the biggest question that hangs over this here, the elephant in the room, if you will, that doesn't get articulated a lot of the background with the p5 plus 1 and iran talks underscores what we hope for the national atomic energy agency director general a few days ago. their role is to implement u.n. resolutions which look at exactly that, this sort of possible military dimensions of iranian nuclear development. he says he's not sure that iran is only on a peaceful path. the question of how do you make sure iran sticks to any deal, how do you make sure you have the correct oversight to make sure iran is sticking to a deal

is something that will clearly be on the mirnds of negotiators here. they'll want technical backups on this and make sure they have the physical capability and wherewithal to do that and the checks and balances in place to make sure if iran doesn't live up to its agreements which is what the iaea say iran hasn't done, unanswered questions, things that it said it will do and hasn't done with regard to access to nuclear activity, how do you make sure of that? one of the ways is the staggered and incremental lift be of sanctions. that's something iran is not in favor of. zain? >> so many unknowns right now. i'm sure the p5 plus 1 have a lot on their plate in the next 36 hours. nic robertson, live in vienna, we appreciate it. a lot is at stake for iran with these talks. if a deal is reached it could mean the end to crippling

economic sanctions. reza sayah joins me live in tehran. these sanctions have had a devastating effect on iran's economy, u.s./iranian relations have been pretty bad since the iranian resolution. if these sanctions are lifted, what will iran's economic future look like? >> reporter: i think iran's economic future is going to be incredibly bright if these economic sanctions are lifted. that's why so many people, not just here in iran, but investors outside of roorn are so eager for a nuclear agreement and for these sanctions to be eliminated although it doesn't look like at this point that's going to happen. many people eager to see it happen at some point down the road. remember, iran's economy dependent on oil exports, because of these sanctions, oil exports have been cut in half. iron h iran has been cut off from the international banking system.

if these sanctions are lifted, all of a sudden, iran can export oil, generate money, be involved in the international banking system. the iranian currency will stabilize. a lot of investors who are hungry to come in here will come in and in turn the lives of iranians, many believe, will improve. there's going to be more jobs, better pay, a lower cost of living. there's a lot at stake, that's why many people here in iran want this deal to happen. we can tell you with certainly we haven't talked to one iranian who says no, i don't want a deal. however, they say iran should retain its right to a peaceful nuclear program and should not back down to what they believe are unreasonable demands by the west. >> yes. that is the main sticking point. so many ripe investment opportunities in tehran. i want to talk about president

rouhani. the final decision with this lies with the ayatollah. president rouhani is under pressure because he has to appeal and appease to the moderates and the hard-liners, right? >> reporter: he is under a lot of pressure, last year he ran for the presidency, promising voters that he'd deliver a nuclear deal, get the sanctions lifted, improve relations with the international community. if this deal doesn't happen tomorrow, obviously he doesn't deliver on that promise. there's going to be criticism aimed at him. he does have some things working in his favor. you get the impression here in iran that most people believe that iran has been flexible, that it has made concessions. remember, iran is a signatory to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, a treaty sign by 189 countries agreeing not to build weapons, countries like israel, pakistan and india are not.

over the past year it's agreed according to the deal last year not to enrich uranium past 5%. it's eliminated its 20% stockpile of enriched uranium. agreed not to make advancemented to its heavy water plan the. that's why many people here blame these obstacles in place right now on the west in washington. >> the big question is, are those concessions enough for the p5 plus 1? res sa s reza sayah, we appreciate it. ramadi is the capital of anbar province. the largest in iraq. the fighting broke out friday after isis militants launched a coordinated attack from different directions around the city. now, so far, let's give you the numbers, at least 23 tribesmen

and about 12 isis militants have died in this fighting. a local official says if the complex falls to isis, the entire providence could be lost. more than 900 people have died in syria since the u.s. and coalition forces began launching air strikes against isis two months ago. that's according to a new report from a monitoring group. most of those deaths were isis militants but 52 of them are civilians, including children. the group, the syrian observatory for human rights, is assi aligned with the syrian opposition. u.s. president barack obama is backing away from plans to pull american forces from combat roles in afghanistan by the end of the year. instead, he's extended the role of u.s. forces into 2015. the new policy allows troops to fight the taliban militants if they feel a serious enough

threat exists. >> and the big change is that if u.s. troops need combat, they can have it. it gives u.s. troops more of the authority. you may remember back in may president obama made this announcement in the rose garden in very triumphant fashion saying they would be left with two objectives. i want to play that comment for you now. listen here. >> i've made it clear that we're open to cooperating with afghans on two narrow missions after 2014. training afghan forces and supporting counterterrorism operations against the remnants of al qaeda. >> now, what this new order does is expand that. so it's more than simply counterterrorism operations against the remnants of al qaeda. if there is a big threat from the taliban, u.s. troops have the ability to go after the taliban. that's via f-16 fighter jets if

they need that or drones. it just gives them options. i want to read to you a statement that we received from a senior administration official this morning that sort of lays this out and explains it. that official says to us as part of this mission, the united states may provide combat enabler support to the afghan national security forces in limited circumstances to prevent detrimental strategic affects to the afghan security forces. the official goes on to say, while we will no longer target belligerence, to the extent the taliban members directly threat the united states and coalition forces in afghanistan or provide direct support to al qaeda, we will take appropriate measures to keep americans safe. it's simply giving u.s. troops if they need it, the authority to go after the taliban continually throughout 2015 and beyond. >> and the u.s. has been in afghanistan for 13 years. so far, 2,000 u.s. military personnel have died. waiting for a decision in

ferguson, missouri. up next, how the u.s. city is preparing for the grand jury announcement and a look at the event that have led up to this point. plus, mexican authorities have arrested a former police officer in connection to those 43 missing college students. what investigators are alleging he did just might shock you. that's come up.

former police official has been arrested in mexico in connection with the disappearance of 43 college students. gonzalez had been on the run since september. authorities say gonzalez allegedly round up the students and then handed them off to a drug gang to be massacred. the announcement of this arrest comes just a day after -- you can see in this video, tens of thousands of demonstrators filled mexico's main square, mexico city's main square, denouncing political corruption in this case. monday is the earliest we could learn a u.s. grand jury's decision on whether a white police officer should face charges for killing an unarmed black teenager. demonstrators in ferguson, missouri, are demanding officer darren wilson's arrest for shooting michael brown. this was back in august. the grand jury has been looking at evidence for months. extra police personnel are in ferguson and the surrounding areas in case of violence after

the decision. since michael brown's death, the small city of ferguson has been in the spotlight. the shooting split the community and brought topics such as race and the mill titarization of poe into the forefront. sara sidner has a look. >> reporter: this began as a police shooting in a city near st. louis the rest of the nation barely knew. an unarmed african-american teenager shot dead by a white police officer, dividing the city of ferguson. and in time, sparking a national debate. at the heart of this case is whether 18-year-old michael brown was surrendering when he was shot dead by 28-year-old officer darren wilson or whether the officer feared for his life. it began august 9th with wilson in his patrol car ordered brown to get out of the middle of the street, a confrontation at the car followed. autopsy results later revealed

two shots were fired inside the patrol car and wilson claimed brown was reaching for his gun. brown's friend and witness said wilson was the aggressor and brown was trying to get away. brown did get free but moments later he was dead, shot at least six times. the autopsy shows the final shot to the top of the head killed him. on the scene, some witnesses said his hands were up. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the unarmed brown lay dead in the street for more than hour hours. a young life ends, an uproar begins. august 10th, the initial reaction, peaceful protest. >> please disperse. this is the police. >> reporter: overnight, a few protesters riot, burning a gas station, breaking windows, the looing businesses. please respond in military grade riot gear and armored vehicles. tear gs and rubber bullets fly. gunfire can be heard emanating

from somewhere in the crowd. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: tensions explode. by daylight, the protests continue, loud but largely peaceful. day three, the conflict escalates when a police officer is seen aiming his weapon at a protester. a tear gas canister is thrown at police. >> started getting rocks, bricks, bottles thrown at us. >> it looked more like a war zone. >> reporter: police are criticized for arresting journalists trying to cover the conflict. the next week, ron johnson is brought in to coordinate the police response. tensions lower. but august 15th, police finally release officer wilson's name. but also release surveillance video they say shows brown shoving a clerk at a nearby store alleging he stole cigareos. protesters react with fury, saying the timing was a ploy to

justify brown's death. anger spills out into the streets. the next day, august 16th, governor jay nixon declares a state of emergency and imposes a curfew. august 18th, the national guard is called in, several journalists are arrested. an officer pushes cnn's don lemon, live. august 25th, quiet finally comes to the streets. on the day mike brown is laid to rest. as tears flow at brown's growing memorial -- >> what do we want? >> justice. >> reporter: protesters want officer wilson charged with the crime. they don't trust the st. louis county prosecutor to do it. >> transparency, accountability, dignity. >> reporter: robert mccollough's father was a police officer himself. killed by a black man in the line of duty. >> he is bias and that he cannot be fair. >> i can be fair and i have been fair. >> reporter: as months pass, protests continue daily, mostly peaceful but always intense.

police faced with jeers and sometimes water bottles being thrown at them. leaks to the media about the investigation sparked more skepticism about the judicial process. ultimately, 12 people, 3 of them african-american, 9 caucasian who make up the grand jury will decide wilson's fate. a battered and emotional town wonders what will happen next and how much more it can take. >> more than once i've been told they're going to tear up the community. we are already broken, so how can you tear up something that's not fixed. >> reporter: sara sidner, cnn, ferguson, missouri. >> it is believed that police officer darren wilson will be resigning from ferguson's police force. powerful earthquakes rock china and japan. coming up, where they hit and how much damage was done. that's coming up. ring ring! ...progresso! you soup people have my kids loving vegetables.

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at least four people are dead and 54 others injured during an earthquake that hit southwest china. surveillance camera, take a look here at this busy street, caught the quake as it rattled sichuan provin province. dozens of children were sent to a local hospital. across parts of central japan at least five homes crumbled to the ground as a strong earthquake

shook a village, sending several people to the hospital. it triggered several land slades in the area. tokyo electric said that no facilities, including nuclear power plants were damaged. there's anger and frustration as a top executive from an air bag company, takata takes center stage or capitol hill. some takata-made air bags exploded, leading to recalls. some want that recall to extend to every state in the country. here's cnn's rene marsh. >> reporter: the air bag manufacturer acknowledged and apologized for the deaths and multiple injuries caused by the device intended to save lives. the hear, in a word, heated. one issue, whether the faulty air bag recall should be expanded to include every state

and not be limited to more southern hot and humid states. the air bag manufacturer believes humidity triggers the defect and appears poised for a fight. that could mean weeks, even months, before cars with the potentially dangerous air bags are recalled. >> we now have a live hand grenade in front of a driver and a passenger. >> reporter: for nearly three hours, senators grilled an executive from air bag manufacturer takattakata. auto execs and safety regulators about defective air bags linked to five deaths. >> do you take full responsibility for those tragic deaths? does takata take responsibility? >> we recognize three victim's case but my understanding two others are still under investigation. >> reporter: when the faulty takata air bags deploy, the plain iter which is encased in metal can rupture, sending

shrapnel flying. lieutenant stephanie erdman is one of the many surviving victims. metal pierced through the air bag of her 2002 honda after a minor crash. >> there was a metallic foreign object which punctured and fractured my right nasal bone and the tip of the shrapnel -- and the tip of the shrapnel had embedded in my right sinus. >> reporter: just this week, federal regulators demanded a recall of affected cars move nationwide. a move the air bag manufacturer is resisting. >> do you agree or disagree with nhtsa's call for a nationwide recall? >> senator, it's hard for me to answer yes or no. if you allow me -- >> it is not hard for you to answer yes or no. >> reporter: the issue remained, what did the companies know about the problems with the air bags and when did they know it?

takata's vice president of quality assurance surrounded by cameras after but says nothing. victims like stephanie erdman hope the start of today's senate probe means being one step closer to getting all vehicle with potentially deadly air bags off the road. >> my vision will never be the same. i will never be the same. >> reporter: this monday, honda must hand over critical documents and answer questions under oath as a part of federal safety regulators own investigation. takata will have to do the same next month. >> such an emotional testimony from that driver. that was rene marsh. russia's foreign minister is expressing concern over recent sanctions against his country. coming up, the accusation he's making against the west and another bill cosby accuser comes forward. hear what the comedian has to say about the sexual assault allegations when we come back.

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zain asher, so glad to have you with me bright and early on a sunday morning. iraqi military and tribal forces are battling isis militants in the iraqi city of ramadi. a local official says the fighting is close to the main government complex of anbar province. the official says if the complex is lost, it could mean the fall of the entire province. kenyan authorities are in pursuit of al shabaab militants who shot and killed 28 people on a bus on its way to nairobi. police say the gunmen basically

ambushed the vehicle and ended up spraying bullets on the passengers who could not recite verses from the koran. the terror group said their attack was in retaliation for a raid on a mosque in mombasa last week. u.s. president barack obama has extended the combat role of u.s. forces in afghanistan into 2015. the new policy allows troops to fight taliban militants if they feel a serious enough threat exists. in may, mr. obama called for an end to u.s. combat operations and withdrawal of forces by the end of the year. jonathan mann spoke earlier with mark hartling who supports the move. >> i think, as most military officials believe, this is good news. it's to carry out the mission so many people have been working on over the last ten years.

>> you say it's re-establishing the mission set. does that mean u.s. is going back to war? >> no, not at all. what it means is we are not taking forces out until they've completed their mission. that's the critical piece. you know, the fact that we were going to do advisory roles to the afghan government, the fact that mr. karzai before he left was limiting some of the things that the u.s. military could do -- it's not just u.s. military, too, it's some of the coalition forces, mostly european forces that are in the country. the afghan forces are going to need help for a while longer. i think as they stand up, the contributions and the extension of the mission will be critical for them providing a secure environment for afghans. >> let me ask you if we can be more direct, is it simply that the afghan army is not succeeding in fighting and winning on its own? >> i don't think we can put it that way. they need help. this is an army that's been built and it takes a very long time to build an army. it's more than just putting

people on the ground and teaching them to salute and shoot. they've been doing some operations and doing it very well. as we learned in iraq, there's a lot more to an army than just having someone there with a rifle. you need the intelligence, the logistics capabilities, some of the overhead platforms that can contribute especially in this kind of environment. the help that the allied forces, both u.s. and coalition forces, will give the afghans over the next year will be critical for them continuing the success we've seen. >> now, president obama, it's no secret, he wanted to end direct u.s. military intervention in both afghanistan and iraq. he wanted to end the combat role for u.s. forces in both of those places. was he too optimistic? >> i think we have to remember, jonathan, he had a mandate by most of the public in the united states. they wanted him to end the war. i think he wanted to do that for political purposes, certainly. some of the generals were coming back and telling him this is on a much too fast time line.

i think as he's seen the implications of doing something on a time line that's too tight, he's asked his military to re-evaluate. you have to understand there's a new commanding general in afghanistan and a new president. both general campbell and president ghani have changed things over there. >> so without explicitly saying so, was everyone involved in launching it a mistake? >> i don't think so. you have to constantly re-evaluate and re-assess as things go on. we were on a tight time line in afghanistan. unfortunately, i don't think the time line was such that most of the military professionals, the generals, were saying that's the best time line but i think it's -- some of the things that have happened in iraq have caused people to re-evaluate some of the advice they've been receiving from the military.

the extension of the forces, a little less than 10,000, is critical for continued success in afghanistan. >> that was jonathan mann interviewing retired lieutenant general mark hartling. the u.s. will give an additional $135 million in aid to the victims of syria's civil war. u.s. vice president joe biden made the announcement while visiting turkey on saturday. the contribution will primarily go to the u.n. world food program. the united nations has warned of a funding shortage saying it could result in cutting back food rations. with most of syria's landscape scarred with bullets and blood, 3 million refugees fled across the border to turkey. more than half of them are children. and one turkish orphanage is taking in the youngest of syria's victims of this war. children with lost parents but not lost hope. arwa damon has more.

>> reporter: with new backpacks almost as big as they are, the children file this orphanage after school. their faces and behavior betray few of the horrors they have witnessed. or their suffering. their fathers are dead, lost to illness or war in syria. their mothers decided to send them here. >> what's your name? >> reporter: my name is arwa. what's your name? she's 8, her father killed by a bullet on his way to work. she was daddy's favorite. daddy used to take me everywhere with him, she tells us. this is what my favorite memory is. he would take me with him everywhere. he taught her how to knot a tie but she doesn't remember. giggling with her friend mohammed who finds one this day.

she considers herself his brother. as the children say, they're all family. the orphanage opened in september, offering a safe place. toys replaced those they left behind as they fled syria. clean water to wash with, a luxury when one is a struggling refugee. and regular hot, healthy meals. the orphanage was established by a foundation named after another little girl paralyzed by shrapnel. one of its co-founders. >> we're trying to raise the children away from everything happening inside syria and give them the right to have a normal life away from the war. because of the regime. >> reporter: and the impact is already being seen. the head of the orphanage says she was solitary, lost in the memories of her father.

i would see him in my dreams, mara remembers, i would see him giving someone something. she seems less haunted by his death, dreaming instead of going home to syria and teaching arabic. arwa naaman, cnn, turkey. if you want to know how you can help these innocent victims of war, these orphans, go to our website, cnn.com/impact. you'll find various lunks that you can click on to donate to those children. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is accusing the west of using sanctions to force a regime change in russia. >> translator: as for the concept behind the use of coercive measures, the west is making it clear, does not want to try to change the policy the russian federation which in itself is an illusion. they want to change the regime, practically no one denies this.

always when sanctions were imposed in the past, while i was still working in new york, our western partners, whether we were talking about north korea, iran or any other states, it was said that sanctions should be formulated in such a way that they remain within humanitarian limits so they do not harm the social sphere or economy but so that they touch the elite in a selective, targeted way. now the situation is completely the opposite. the leaders of western countries publicly say that there's a need to impose sanctions that will destroy the economy and cause public protests. >> current sanctions against russia limit access to foreign capital for some of the country's largest banks and impose asset freezes and travel bans on some of vladimir putin allies. lavrov says they are sure to destroy the economy and spark public protests as well. more women are coming forward saying comedian bill

cosby sexually asauled them. there are also allegations his lawyer has actually strong armed journalists who tried to report the story ten years ago. sa say >> reporter: three more women have come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct by bill cosby, joining ten others who have talked to various media outlets in the last several days. none of these women's stories have been independently verified by cnn but their stories share similarities and in many cases, the women say they believe they were drugged. >> that particular time is when we had had lots of become and forth words about -- he was upset, he wanted me to see him, come to the show. and so, once again, it was his preshow dinner he'd always have in his dressing room. and i appeared and had coffee drink and that's about all i

remember, actually. >> reporter: cosby stayed silent as the allegations piled up. but friday night, he broke that silence, telling the newspaper "florida today," quote, i know people are tired of me not saying anything but a guy doesn't have to answer to innuendos. people should fact check. people shouldn't have to good through that and shouldn't answer to innuendos. the allegations are just more than innuendo, many of them are specific, detailed stories told by 13 women. as women continue to come forward, members of the media are also speaking out, saying they tried to dig deeper into the allegations against cosby but were strong armed by his lawyers. a contributor for the daily beast says that his story for another news organization years ago was stymied by cosby's lawyers. this is what he told cnn's anderson cooper. >> marty singer, bill cosby's lawyer came out and said for us to report on this, we are doing

so at our own peril. >> reporter: another allegation of interference comes from then national enquirer reporter robin mizrahi who says she was working on a cosby story in the mid-2000s but says it was shut down when cosby's lawyers talked the magazine into trading the story for an exclusive interview with cosby. the national enquirer's parent company, american media, said they stand by their coverage, telling the guardian newspaper that then choirer, quote, more than any other publication was unflinching in our aggressive coverage into the allegations against mr. cosby, beginning in 2000 when everyone else was avoiding the story. cosby's lawyer, martin singer, did not respond to cnn's questions about allegations of media obstruction but he did say the new claims, quote, have escalated far past to the point of absurdity, adding it is long past time for this media vilification of mr. cosby to

stop. now, a few of cosby's shows have been canceled or postponed but for the most part, he shows no signs of slowing down. his website has scheduled appearances listed for almost every week until may. >> that was sara ganham. former washington, d.c. mayor marion barry is dead at the age of 78. no word yet on the cause of his death. in 1990, police caught barry smoking crack cocaine during a sting operation. he ran for city council six months after his release from prison and won. in 1994, he successfully ran for mayor again. he served a total of four terms. he returned to city council a few years later and had expected to serve until 2017. again, washington, d.c. mayor marion barry is dead at the age of 78.

people in buffalo, new york, dig themselves out of a brutal snowstorm. but a big weather change could make things much, much worse. that's coming up. ♪ ♪

two meters of snow have been pushed aside in buffalo, new york but shovels and plows are being replaced by sandbags ahead of what could be heavy flooding.

cnn's almoexandra fields has mo were walls of snow lining the streets in the buffalo area, visual of how much snow has fallen but also the massive cleanup effort that's been under way, governor andrew cuomo saying he's satisfied with how the snow removal operations have been going but time is of the essence because the forecast shows warmer temperatures coming. now state officials are preparing for the possibility of flooding a number of personnel and assets boeing being moved to western new york in case of flooding. what we know is that at least 50 swiftwater rescue boats and crews have been brought to the area along with 176,000 sandbags, hundreds of water pumps, 500 national guardsmen and women all here ready to respond in the case of flooding. the governor has warned there could be greater flooding than this area has seen in a very long time. if the forecast holds and if temperatures warm up as quickly as they're predicted to, some of the snow melting off quickly will cause that flooding that we're so concerned about. also rain in the forecast making the snow heavy, causing concerns about roofs collapsing. a lot of people getting out,

doing their shoveling right now, trying to get the snow off the roof before any more rain comes. the hope right now that the temperature will warm up more gradually, that more of the snow can be removed from people in the buffalo area face a second really severe weather situation. back to you. >> that was alexandra field. derek van dam is here to explain the rising temperatures. these guys in buffalo got a year's worth of snow in a few days. as if being buried in your house is not bad enough, you have the flooding to deal with, too. >> reporter: the snow will melt very quickly with the spike in temperatures. what they're concerned about is a drastic increase in temperatures. you can see from sunday into monday, we have temperatures warming up quite dramatically into the lower 60s at least in fahrenheit by the start of the workweek and yes, there is a good chance of rain, especially sunday night into monday. look at this, temperatures cool off once again with another

chance of snow on tuesday. certainly nothing like what we experienced last week at this time. but we are going to watch for those temperatures to cool off below freezing by the second half of the workweek as another cold blast of arctic air comes down from the north. here's the storm system moving through and sunday night into monday morning, western new york state will experience the rainfall once again. behind it, cold air starts to settle in and you can see the lake-effect snow machine kicking in at least across the state of michigan. we do have flood warnings in effect for the greater erie county region. the area that was struck by the heavy, heavy snowfall. this flood warning is thanks to the chances of rain and the warming temperatures melting all that snowfall sunday to wednesday that flood warning is valid. the same storm system responsible for the warmup and the surge in moisture is starting to develop across the gulf of mexico, pulling in warm, moist tropical air and it's also allowing for the possibility of

severe weather today. if you are tuning in this morning, be prepared. anywhere i've highlighted the shading of orange from new orleans to tallahassee and the florida panhandle, we have the possibility of large hail, severe winds and we can rule out the possibility of an isolated tornado as well. 16 million people within this slight risk of severe weather today and into monday morning. i want to show you something before we let you go. this is what is called an ultrahigh resolution computer model released by nasa. it's 64 times the typical climate models that we use to predict the weather. this is interesting because what we're looking for here is what is called co2 plumes, carbon dioxide plumes. it picked up on forest fires in central africa. look as we go through autumn and early parts of winter. this is 2006. this is still very relevant. you can see the three highest emotions across the world coming from the united states, europe and china. i'll leave it up to you to

decide if any of these have to do with the five costliest natural disaster events that have taken place so far in 2014. zain, back to you. >> for those folks in buffalo, the warmer temperatures are supposed to be good news. if i were up there i'd be more worried about the roop collapsing. that seems to be a big problem. derek van dam, appreciate it. thank you. life is imitating article in thailand. students use a symbol from "the hnger games" to call attention to her cause. that is next. will not realize what's happening to the enamel. once it's gone, it's gone away for good. i recommend pronamel. it's designed specifically to help strengthen the teeth. pronamel will actually help to defend the enamel from the acids in our diet. if you know that there is something out there that

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when you use promo code go. call now. welcome back, everyone. three-fingered salute made famous if you've seen the hunger games, has become a real-life rallying cry for activists in thailand. as cnn's jessica king reports, the thai government decided to crack down on public outbursts of protests. >> reporter: a sign of defiance in the hunger games has inspired a real-life movement. protesters in thailand have been raising three fingers in silent objection to the political situation. the army took over the country in may, declaring marshal law. while it's not exactly like the movie, the goal is. resistance. the thai army says the salute isn't illegal but warns that any political gathering of more than five people is. making protests like this against the law.

these five college students were detained wednesday, flashing three fingers during a speech by the new prime minister. >> if we burn, you burn with us! >> reporter: the students hope, use the buzz of the third hunger games movie, which hits thai theaters this week, to draw attention back to the movement. while they've been released for now, the students face charges of breaking marshall law and could lose their status as college students. human rights groups accused the military government of abuses, even blaming the recent calm in thailand after chaos earlier this year on a climate of fear. >> a crackdown and the imposition of what effectively is a series of human rights violations can never be a pretext for maintaining law and order. it's simply unacceptable. >> reporter: beatings, arbitrary

detenti detentions, all accusations made against the government. officials told cnn this month it's not the case. >> translator: everyone who's told you this, it's only words. there's no evidence they have been physically abused, arms broken, legs broken, all they've said that they've been physically abused. but where? >> reporter: the military says it will hand power back to the people in elections in 2016 but as fears grow that their efforts will be thwarted, the sideline the protest has gotten a little louder. jessica king, cnn. >> okay, everyone, a big update on this week's big sports story, nico rosburg has poll position for the abu dhabi grand prix on sunday. he beat out lewis hamilton for the honors. hamilton holds on to a 17-point

lead over rosberg. speaking of world champions, one man might be feeling a little bit stuffed right now after he gobbled down more than 4 kilograms of turkey, that's quite a lot, in ten points. he went on to finish the entire turkey as well. cnn affiliate wtic has a recap of the world turkey eating championships. >> two, one. >> so they start, i think for this competition specifically it's a 20-pound turkey. each competitor has the same weight. at the end of the ten minutes it will be a weight change. whoever eats the most, wins. >> the pulse quickens, beads of sweat, prickleed skin, the whole deal, it was amazing today. >> 9.35 pounds, the world

champion. joey chestnut! >> i stuck to my plan, went for the bottom meat first, then got the breast. just drink and swallow. >> he ate 9.35 pounds of turkey meat off the bone. it was incredible. i've never seen anything like it in my life. we saw not just a world record set, we saw the existing world record completely obliterated. >> i've never seen anything like it. >> as soon as i saw the bird, all right, they did a good job cooking it. i started just visualizing how i was going to tear that thing apart. it's before thanksgiving when everybody is a competitive eater. turkey is awesome. was happy to be here and able to win today. >> i think i have a stomach ache just from watching that. thanks for joining us. for our viewers in the u.s.,

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