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is doing just fine. she thanked police for her thanksgiving miracle. in newburgh, new york, christine sloan, cbs 2 news. thank you so much for watching. "wolf" starts right now. shots fired on the mexican consulate, a federal courthouse and the police headquarters. authorities in austin, texas, say the gunman is dead and we're still learning new details of what happened. black friday. the deals, the steals, the fights and the frenzy. we're live with it all. and pope francis travels to turkey where he delivers a pointed message to his trip to this predominantly muslim country. let's get started. hi there, i'm brianna keilar
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in for wolf blitzer. it is 1:00 p.m. in washington, 6:00 p.m. in london, 8:00 p.m. in ankara, turkey, and 9:00 p.m. in baghdad, iraq. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks for joining us. we begin at the white house where the holiday season in the u.s. has officially kicked off. first lady michelle obama and her daughters welcomed the white house christmas tree. it is an 18.5-foot-tall douglas fir, it was grown in pennsylvania, and this tree will be on display in the blue room. and speaking of the holiday season, 140 million. that's how many shoppers the national retail federation estimates will take advantage of deals in the u.s. this weekend. from the pictures, it does look like it's off to a good start. many beginning their black friday holiday on thursday night actually, braving huge crowds for deals at this macy's in herald's square in new york city. but in some cases, shopping for the best deal turned into a battle for bargains, literally. in texas, police had to intervene when crowds got rowdy in a wal-mart.
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for more on this, let's bring in deborah feyerick. she is live from the newport mall in jersey city. we also have alison kosik. deb, you have been at the mall since early this morning. that's when the action really got started. what have you been seeing? >> reporter: it's really interesting. the most intrepid shoppers were here yesterday between 9:00 and midnight. some stayed overnight at the mall. the bigger stores like macy's, jcpenn jcpenney, kohl's, all of those were open throughout the night and people were loaded up with bags. a lot of people are carrying shopping bags. there's a family over there, they've got a bunch of bags. getting something to eat. also doing very well, fast-food shores, making sure they keep everybody strong and braced for the shopping, because a lot of people are getting their shopping groove on. you guys came an hour and a half ago. first of all, are more people, less people? what is your perception?
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>> definitely a lot more people here today. this is a lot crazier than it is here normally. >> reporter: you guys hit macy's. what was that shopping experience like? i walked through there, too. what was your experience? >> inventory is a little messy. there's stuff all over the place. but you could find some deals. i tried to avoid it because there were so many people there. you can't even walk past aisles. but the handbags, we got a couple of good deals. myself, my parents, so it was good. >> so you're not just buying for yourself. you're also buying some christmas gifts right now. your daughter also got something, so you're making out pretty well. you want to show everybody what you got? go ahead. >> i got this bag to put my phone and other stuff i'll get sooner or later. >> reporter: but you do have the cell phone, right? you're not, like, buying that just to pretend you have a cell phone. that's good. and the deals pretty much what you expected? >> yeah, they're pretty good. much better than what you expect. >> reporter: how long are you
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planning on staying here? >> we're probably leaving not too long from now. >> reporter: i am with you. unfortunately, i'm going to stay here a little while. a lot of people really are taking advantage of the sales. the stores have really been pushing. they're offering coupons, offering free gifts, offering these deals where if you're the 100th shopper, then you get some money off. they're really trying to incentivize people to come to the stores. if you can't, the good thing is you get a backup plan. the plan b is to go to the dot-coms, whether it's jcpenney.com, target.com. they're offering a lot of deals, too. so the deals you're seeing here, you can see online as well. to us, the swell has happened. it was quiet in the morning. but now we're seeing a pretty healthy group of people who are making their way, shopping, taking advantage of whatever deal they can get, whether it be ten, 20, or in some cases 60%. >> this is part of my black friday tradition is watching it happen here on cnn, and then doing the online shopping later.
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i wonder, yesterday was thanksgiving, and even some of my co-workers here, they were out last night shopping for black friday, which has now become black thursday. there was a backlash for some stores that they did this. but how important is it that stores open before black friday now? >> reporter: you know, it's very interesting you ask that, because this year of all years, it's important for these retailers to get these shoppers in and get them in early, because thanksgiving has come late, which means that window of time to get shoppers in is shorter before christmas. so what are we seeing? we're seeing an online push. seeing retailers not wait for black friday. they started sending out e-mails about black friday back on tuesday of this week, and they're also doing what you said. they're doing what everybody has criticized. these stores are opening on thanksgiving day. and people want this, or they wouldn't be coming and the stores wouldn't be opening.
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case in point, the flagship macy's store right here in new york city, 15,000 people were waiting in line yesterday on thanksgiving to get into the store at 5:00 p.m. the ceo this morning said -- the ceo of macy's said people want this. listen to him. >> it was crystal clear, they wanted us to be open last night. we had that in the feedback. but they showed up in massive numbers. and so we could go against their wishes, but our decision is always to do what our customer wants. as for our employees, it's very simple. we hired 85,000 additional employees just for the november and december period with the understanding that if they would like to come to work for us, they will be working on these particular holiday days. that's what we need to have filled. >> a bit of irony in this whole shopping on thanksgiving. analysts are saying, you know what? these stores don't wind up making any more money by opening up on thursday.
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they just basically move the sales from black friday a little earlier, so it winds up making the holiday shopping experience, at least until black friday, more of a marathon than a sprint, just for that one day, friday. >> i can't blame shoppers. i would rather stay up late maybe on thanksgiving than get up early. so i can't blame them. >> work off the turkey. >> exactly. thank you so much. deb, thanks to you as well. you're in it for the long haul. we'll be checking back in with you. americans, though, they aren't the only ones taking advantage of the deals. black friday madness has begun international. shoppers scrambling there at the store in london trying to grab tvs and other electronics. stores gave deep discounts. they extended their hours. they advertised special deals. jim bolden explains why retailers have imported this american tradition. >> reporter: this is black friday british style.
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you start with customers lining up outside a store, in the dark, early in the morning. >> the cab driver is actually in the queue with me. >> i didn't know they even did it here. but i used to do it in america a few years back. >> the deal is here now, so take it now. >> reporter: add in the rush through the doors. grabbing $200 l.e.d. tvs. it sold 8,000 in the first hour. add in another import, a few cheerleaders wearing black and white, of course, and you have that most american of holidays. black friday shopping. >> i need the xbox. where's the xbox? >> black friday makes sense in the u.s. because it follows a national holiday, thanksgiving. it happens on a day when most people are off from work and it's a chance to kick start the christmas spending. whereas here in the uk, black friday is just any other friday. >> reporter: it was started here by the likes of apple and amazon. now retailers like tesco, john
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lewis, boots all have black friday deals. one of the big uk retailers pushing it out is asda, it's owned by wal-mart and trying to offer huge discounts. last year, asda ran short of big screen tvs. now they're relying on the parent company to fill the shelves as opposed to local suppliers, to sell a lot more 40-inch l.e.d.s for around $200. >> all the tvs that we are selling in black friday are being sourced from relationships that we've got with wal-mart, or directly from wal-mart factories. today we'll sell well over 20,000 televisions in black friday today. >> reporter: police in manchester, england, say there were several arrests overnight after being called to seven tesco stores. the chief of police there slammed the store for not having enough security. in london, police were called to
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three more stores. this trend now flies in the face of the time-honored british tradition of the january sales. >> we need to ensure that we can save the money before christmas rather than discounting them after christmas when people have already spent the money. >> it doesn't hurt that many people in britain get paid monthly, so this black friday also sees the last paycheck before christmas, an early present for retailers perhaps. >> and it's always nice to have jim bolden with us. he's joining us now from london. that is quite a scene there in your story, jim. >> unbelievable. >> it's crazy. is this going to stretch throughout the weekend? >> yes. in fact, because we don't actually get the thanksgiving, we don't get the turkey, so people were lining up today, then they had to go to work or school, so there is expected to be an even bigger crush on saturday going into sunday than we have cyber monday. but i have to tell you, seeing these people, seeing the cheerleaders, i wasn't expecting
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that. it's an extraordinary import from the u.s. to come here. it's not just apple. now everybody wanted to get involved and give people a really deep discount. so i think it's just going to grow and grow here in the uk. >> we'll be watching, jim. great to see you. thank you so much. now, let's talk about the ferguson protests. they moved from the streets to retail stores. this digital poster has been shared and retweeted since the grand jury declined to indict officer darren wilson on monday. it's #blackoutblackfriday. jason carroll is at the wal-mart in ferguson. i'm wondering if you're seeing the boycott happening there. >> reporter: here at this wal-mart in ferguson, the parking lot has started to fill up, so not sure what type of effect the boycott is having so far. i can tell you that this wal-mart here opened up late. 8:00 this morning. that is late for a black friday. but considering what happened
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out here last night in its several other wal-marts in the area, demonstrators showed up and so did the national guard. they blocked off the parking lot here at this wal-mart, preventing people from coming in. those that did show up were told that the wal-mart would not open until 8:00 this morning. protests not just at wal-mart, but also at target. there was a target there in brentwood. that's about half an hour from where we are. dozens of protesters showing up at that target. shouting things like hands up, and shut it down for michael brown. back out here at this wal-mart, where a few demonstrators showed up here this morning. we spoke to one woman from wisconsin who talked about why she decided to demonstrate for michael brown. >> black lives matter more than black friday. we give thanks one day, and then the next day, we'll trample each other for a $50 tv. >> reporter: there have been calls all across social media on twitter, on facebook to shut
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businesses down here in ferguson and across the country. but, you know, you talk to small business owners who are out here, especially those along west fluorescent, those that were looted and some of those that were burned, some of those small businesses aren't sure if they will ever be able to reopen. brianna? >> thanks, jason. oil prices are dropping again on the heels of yesterday's opec decision to keep production at current levels. this decision moved the market to its lowest price in over four years, just below $69 a barrel in the united states. and that means that you can expect gas prices to stay at or below the current price in the u.s., which is $2.79 a gallon on average. a gunman wearing a vest opened fire on a consulate, a courthouse and a police station. police in austin, texas, are looking at a potential explosive device that may have been left behind in his wake. we'll tell you what we've learned. and with chuck hagel
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announcing his departure, who's on the president's short list for a replacement at this critical time? we have some new names that could be under consideration. and the united states not fully in compliance with the u.n. convention on torture? we'll tell you what else the u.n. had to say.
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we're learning more about a gunman who opened fire at government buildings in downtown austin, texas. he fired more than 100 rounds at the mexican consulate, the federal courthouse, as well as the austin police headquarters before he was shot dead. our victor blackwell has been following this story. how did this whole thing unfold, victor? >> we just listened to some of
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the dispatch recordings, and we know that the first calls came in at about 2:22 local time. you have to consider this was a holiday. as the police chief described, there were crowds there because the bars had just closed at 2:00. what we know is that the people who called in said that it sounded like a machine gun or some semiautomatic weapon because there were so many shots, as you said, more than 100. they don't know the sequence in which they were shot yet, but as you said, the mexican consulate building, the new federal courthouse in downtown austin. also a branch of the bb&t bank were all damaged. we have a bit of a description of the suspect. a 50-year-old white man who lived in austin and has a criminal record, although no details about that record. i have to tell you, as dramatic as the details of the event are, how it ended, those are just as dramatic. we're told that a sergeant, who was securing the horses with the
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mounted division, was holding on to the reins of two horses with one hand and with the other hand fired a single shot, and then that suspect fell to the ground. it has not yet been confirmed if it was that single shot or self-inflicted gun wound that killed this 50-year-old suspect. >> wow. and there's also this concern that police have, they think the suspect may have left explosives at his home or in his van. is there an update on that? >> well, the officers, they r h rushed in to drag this suspect away, they noticed two things. cylinders inside his vehicle. they suspected that possibly those could be ieds or some type of bomb. he was also wearing a vest that they suspected could have been a suicide type vest, but the bomb squad was called in. the swat team was called in. those two things were cleared, so there were no explosives there. but the chief, when asked if they would be searching his home, said that they would approach that location with the possibility of a threat.
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maybe booby traps at that location. no update yet if those have been found. but we can tell you that a small green propane tank was ignited outside the mexican consulate, but that fire was put out before it caused any damage to the building. >> all right, victor. thank you so much for that report. we'll be following along with you. and still ahead, a united nations committee highly critical of the united states for racial profiling, excessive force by police, and other human rights issues. and later, president obama's search for a new defense secretary. we'll tell you who is on the expected short list. your medicare coverage begins october 15th and ends december 7th. so call to enroll in a plan that could give you the benefits and stability you're looking for, an aarp medicarecomplete plan insured through unitedhealthcare. what makes it complete? it can combine medicare parts a and b,
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a tragedy. that's how the united nations committee against torture describes the killing of michael brown. meeting in geneva today, the panel said it has to respect the decision not to prosecute officer darren wilson, but it also accused the u.s. of not being fully in compliance with the u.n. convention on torture. specifically, the group was critical of the use of racial profiling and excessive use of force by u.s. police. but it did not specifically mention events in ferguson. joining me to talk about this is cnn's phil black, he's in london. earlier this week, the same committee urged president obama to be transparent on alleged cia torture. is the u.s. suffering a credibility crisis here on human rights? >> well, this united nations committee has certainly come up with a pretty long list of concerns. ways in which it believes the united states is not living up to the u.n. convention against torture. some of it is historical. you touched on cia allegations of torture there. it also talks about rendition
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and what it says were abusive interrogation techniques. that historic stuff, it wants the united states to be more transparent about what just went on during that time. it also had quite a bit to say about guantanamo bay, the fact that people are still being detained there indefinitely without charge and trial. it talks about attempted suicides there, mass hunger strikes, and it doesn't like the way that some of those inmates there, those detainees are force fed. it's other concerns. mandatory detention of some immigrants, including children, sexual violence in the political tear, and in the armed forces and continued use of the death penalty. it has tough language with what it regards as botched executions for the prolonged suffering it says they caused. so not a crisis of credibility of such on human rights for the u.s. according to this report, but certainly not a clean slate according to this u.n. committee. >> no, definitely not. i wonder, because two weeks ago, you saw michael brown's parents giving testimony to the committee in geneva.
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do you think that that impacted this assessment out today? >> well, when michael brown's parents testified at that committee in geneva, they said at the time that what they wanted were answers from the u.n. they wanted action. they wanted the u.n. to tell the world about what they say is happening in ferguson. they also wanted some tough criticism of their broader concerns about policing across the united states. in the end, they got part of what they wanted, because as you mentioned, ferguson, nor michael brown, neither of those things gets a mention in this report. but in it, take a look at this. the committee expresses deep concern at frequent and recurrent police shootings and fatal pursuits of unarmed black individuals. it also photoed numerous reports of police brutality and excessive force by law enforcement officials against certain racial and ethnic groups. at a press conference marking the launch of the report, members of the committee said that what has been happening in ferguson, the events there, it is a tragedy, but they had to
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respect the authorities' decision not to prosecute officer darren wilson for shooting michael brown. >> phil black, thank you so much. up next, the challenge in choosing a new pentagon chief. we'll be taking a look at the expected contentious confirmation fight facing president obama. and later, a rocky tribe's take on isis, but they say they're being left for dead by the iraqi government. we'll go live to baghdad.
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welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm brae i'm brianna keilar in for wolf blitzer today. earlier this week, chuck hagel announced he's stepping down, but will stay until a replacement is confirmed by congress. our pentagon correspondent barbara star joining me now on this story. one of the early expected frontrunners, barbara, was former undersecretary of defense michelle fornoy, but she's already said no, so who is left on that short list? >> well, who's left-and-one of the undercurrent questions in washington right now, who really wants the job? that may be the bigger question. hagel may have stepped down officially, but make no mistake, he was forced out by the white house political apparatus. that is very clear according to
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top administration and pentagon officials. so this leaves any new potential defense secretary wondering what they're walking into. who's on the short list? well, it's pretty telling. one is a man named ash carter. former deputy here at the pentagon. very well regarded, but very little experience on the world stage. could he do the job? absolutely. is he seen essentially as a government bureaucrat? absolutely. jeh johnson, you see him there on the left. he is currently the secretary of the department of homeland security. he used to be the general council, the top lawyer at the pentagon. very experienced, qualified to hand the bureaucracy, but he too comes with a bit of political baggage. he's been the architect of the president's executive action on immigration. it could open him up to a lot of questions in a confirmation hearing. one of the big issues right now is secretary hagel and his two predecess predecessors, secretary gates and secretary panetta all
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complained about white house micromanagement, a very major issue for someone, anyone that wants to take the job. brianna? >> certainly would be. and we're also hearing this name floated by keeping in mind texas senator ted cruz, a republican. he's floated the idea of former senator joe lieberman. but i sort of wonder, lieberman supported president obama's '08 opponent john mccain, and also we're hearing this from ted cruz, certainly far from a mouthpiece for those close to president obama. what do you make of that suggestion? >> well, it's an interesting one. maybe senator cruz wants former senate lieberman so he can question him at public hearings in front of television cameras. that might appeal to senator cruz, i suppose. you know, one of the big issues right now, the new chairman of the senate armed services committee, john mccain. republican, arizona. one of the major voices in the republican congress for a more assertive military policy against isis by president obama.
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president obama says no boots on the ground. john mccain wants plenty of u.s. military action in iraq and in syria. so first, a new secretary is going to face very tough grilling by mccain at a confirmation hearing. and for the just under two years that may be left on the job for any new secretary, plenty of questions from john mccain almost every day of the week. it promises to be, shall we say, a political fire ball, a politically contentious two years for any secretary that comes in to do the job. >> and you can imagine, barbara, i certainly wouldn't raise my hand to go through the confirmation process that this next nominee would be going through. but do you think ultimately there are going to be issues with confirming someone the president puts up for this? >> i think we may be getting to what we always get to in covering any administration. when the white house sends up a nominee to a congress of an opposing partying plenty of
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fireworks at a confirmation hearing. plenty of questions. but short of that nominee having any real dings in their record, any real problems, there's been a general, as you know better than anybody over the decades, presumption that the senate confirms who the president wants in a job, that a president does have somewhat of a political right, if you will, to have the people he wants in the job. then the chips fall where they may. when that person goes to testify on capitol hill and congress doesn't like what they're hearing, then the fireworks begin to fly. i can't imagine that the obama administration would send up somebody who's basically nonconfirmable behind the scenes. a lot of work going on, we know, for them to decide who they want to pick. let me say this. the list of potential candidates out there, you could add a lot of names to that list. but one of the things going on, even on this holiday weekend in washington, a lot of chatter. could there be a dark horse candidate out there? somebody none of us have thought
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of. >> yeah, we are wondering. the senate will make whoever it is go through an unpleasant song and dance, but we would expect them to be ultimately confirmed. barbara star at the pentagon, thanks. still ahead, the battle ahead against isis. we'll be looking at how iraqi tribes are hoping for more help if the u.s. also, pope francis is in turkey to meet with the country's leaders and he's calling for religious tolerance. but will a catholic figure be heard in a predominantly muslim nation?
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one of the key parts of the united states strategy to fight isis is cooperation of native forces on the ground in syria and iraq, and that means depending on local tribes to battle the brutal isis forces. we followed one of those tribes and they say they are being
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forgotten by the iraqi government and the u.s., and i have to warn you that some of the images you're about to see are disturbing. >> reporter: body after body lines the street in this western iraqi town. the killings a chilling message from isis. fight us and this will be your fate. the men are believed to be from a tribe, one of the few defiant sunni arab tribes in anbar province. for months, they fought back isis, standing their ground until they were outgunned in october. we ran out of ammunition and we had to defend our forces, we were presented to isis as a gift on a platter, says one of the tribe's leaders. he says without support, they've paid a heavy price. 700 killed, many executed just this year. in 2006, he was part of the movement. sunni tribes recruited and paid by the u.s. military to fight al qaeda, which turned the tide in that war. after the u.s. military pulled
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out in 2011, tribes were neglected, driving many to join isis. the revival of a sunni tribal force is a key part of the u.s.'s current strategy to defeat isis. but different tribes say there's been no sign of help from the united states, and the new iraqi government has yet to make good on promises to arm them. coalition air strikes have not been effective. isis is still powerful and capable. tribal forces have struggled to stop the extremist groups' unrelenting assault. we rationed the ammunition we have, and isis bombard us with tens of thousands of rounds. isis support their people, he tells us. they have a supply line from syria to anbar. the militants will tighten their grip on the vast territory they control, stretching from the turkish border through syria all
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the way to the western outskirts of baghdad. to shift the balance, he says they need weapons and more air strikes, and they need them fast. people would be killed in cold blood, and there will be more massacres. we're getting killed because of our friendship with the americans. does a friend abandon a friend like this, he asks. for now, he prepares his men for their next battle. how long the flag will fly high over this patch of anbar will depend on the country he calls a friend. >> joining us now live from baghdad. has the u.s. military addressed these concerns that we're hearing, the concerns of the iraqi tribes who are really the ones doing the ground fighting against isis? >> reporter: well, u.s. officials say there are now plans to start arming the tribes in anbar, but at this point in time, these are just plans. there have been no timelines announced yet, or at least that
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are known at this point. as you heard in that report, these tribes really don't have the luxury of time. they say that unless they get the support, unless they get the weapons, they are beginning to get slaughtered by isis, they say, and that really will likely deter other sunni tribes from turning on isis from fighting against the extremists group. now, according to a spending request document for congress, the pentagon is asking for $24 million to arm the sunni tribes. now, u.s. officials that we've spoken to say that getting any weapons to the sunni tribes will have to go through the central government, the shia-led government here in baghdad, and really, there is no trust between the government and the sunni tribes. and sunni officials from within the government, top officials and also tribal leaders that we have spoken to say that they will not receive these weapons unless the united states puts pressure on the iraqi
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government, and they say that the u.s. has now more leverage than it's had in a very long time in iraq, but they say there's no sign of the u.s. using that leverage. >> so many obstacles, and we would expect that this would take probably months, probably several months to play out. thank you, live for us from baghdad. there has been an interesting change in north korea's government with a woman now taking a more prominent role in the country's leadership. but it's not just any woman. in the secretive hermit kingdom, she may be the only person more mysterious and enigmatic than her older brother. but today just weeks after kim jong un resurfaced from a months-long disappearance, it appears kim's little sister is taking a leading role in her family's iron-fisted regime. overnight in an unexpected twist, north korea's official news agency began referring to her as a vice department director of the country's governing party. aside from the new title,
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experts say they know very little about the move or even about her. >> all we know is she's a younger sister, went to school in switzerland, in her mid 20s. she started showing up publicly from earlier this year at a cup of party functions. >> reporter: analysts say she is the youngest of seven children that her father kim jong il had with four different women. while he was still alive, experts say she took on important responsibilities for her father, like inspecting sites before official visits. after her father's death and her brother's selection as supreme leader, she apparently began receiving intelligence briefings and handling government policy. she is said to enjoy unfettered access to her brother, but the public announcement of her new title will most likely lead to speculation about whether she is gaining power, especially after months of questions related to her brother's health. after being out of the public
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eye for several weeks this fall, kim jong un only recently reappeared in photographs, smiling and walking with a cane. some reports have speculated kim was in hiding after surgery on his ankle or foot. still, even if her brother is healthy, this new positioning of kim yo jong is significant, in a country where family has been handed down from her family for three generations. >> clearly on a slow track to becoming somebody who is important within the system again, because there really aren't many bodies left to carry on the sort of kim clan rule. >> kim jong un and his sister kim yo jong both come from kim jong il's relationship with his second mistress. the other three children have much lower profiles, although several reports say the oldest brother was exiled to china after trying to sneak into japan on a fake passport to visit
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tokyo disneyland. the catholic pope is visiting turkey, so what is he doing there? what message is he hoping to spread? and there's better news today for one of the sport world's most iconic athletes. we'll have the latest on pele's condition. . .
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pope francis called today for religious tolerance during a visit to the mostly muslim country of turkey. the pope met with the country's leaders and urged a dialogue to counterterrorism in the middle
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east. >> reporter: pope francis arriving in turkey to quite the reception with an honor guard and various turkish dig any tears greeting him at the ankora airport. he continued along his route escorted something that's not a very common site, a ceremonial calvary regiment to the gates of the 1,000 room presidential palace where he was greeted by the president. the two then held a joint statement. pope francis really focusing on the need to create genuine interfaith dialogue and how important it was at this stage to build those vital pillars of mutual trust. >> translator: we cannot remain indifferent to the causes.
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it is implicit while all respecting international law. i would like to reiterate, moreover that the problem cannot be resolved solely through military response. >> the president for his part raising his concerns about the rise of islama phobia. while isis poses a serious threat one should not forget the atrocities being carried out over the last three years by the assad regime. pope francis' visit to turkey comes at a critical time for christians in the middle east. they have been persecuted for the last decade. first by al qaeda and then by isis. driving the vast majority of them out of their homes and countries in both iraq and syria. the very real fear is that if the status quo is allowed to continue we could end up seeing a middle east where in some
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places at least christianity no longer exists. >> thank you. just ahead, pele sends out a tweet he's feeling okay. hospital officials in brazil are confirming the soccer i con's condition has improved.
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. soccer legend pele remains
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in a brazil hospital but doctors say his condition is improving. he's been hospitalized since earlier this week with a urinary tract infection that developed after recent surgery to remove kidney stones. concerns speck yesterday when the hospital released a statement saying his condition was unstable. joining me now is cnn shasta darling. she's with us from sao paulo, brazil. the concern was pele sent a tweet yesterday saying he was fine. so really i guess what happened here? >> reporter: that was exactly the confusion, you had pele saying one thing, the hospital saying the other and a series of tweets. pele said he was fine, it wasn't serious and he wasn't in intensive care. the hospital saying he was getting kidney dialysis. the problem was more the english team pr for pele wasn't keeping up with the quickly changing conditions and facts there on the ground in the hospital.
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yesterday morning likely when tweets were first prepared pele wasn't in intensive care, his personal aide told us he was moved to a secluded part of the hospital because he was getting too many visitors and too many phone calls and doing just fine. of course as we now know by evening he was receiving dialysis and that's obviously an indication of some serious kidney problems. again, i would say they were not necessarily contradicting each other the tweets came out a little too late. >> so we know you said he was receiving dialysis and, obviously, that is something that is very alarming medically. is that something that has ended or is that still the case, will he continue to receive that? >> reporter: no, he is still receiving dialysis. in fact we had the last hospital update an hour ago. the good news is she say his condition sim proving but continues on dialysis and he's still in the intensive care unit. more good news they said the dialysis will be temporary.
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they say he's lucid. that he's responding to antibiotics and eating normally now. all of this is good news. one interesting detail, though, that we just confirmed today that should be interesting is pele only has one kidney. his other kidney was removed when he was still playing soccer years ago and obviously another complication when you look at the health problems he's having now. >> certainly, that does make it a much bigger deal. do we have a sense when he may be released, shasta? >> reporter: the hospital isn't saying. they won't go out on a limb. his pr people, his personal aide expects he'll be out of the hospital by wednesday but what we've seen so far his aides are month optimistic than the hospital so i think we'll wait day-by-day to see if this urinary tract infection is cleared up and he gets off of dialysis. >> shasta darling thank you. that's it for me.
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i'll fill in for wolf this evening. bernice king the daughter of martin luther king, jr. will be with us to discuss race in america. for our international viewers christiane amanpour is next. for our viewers in north america, "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. all right. here we go on this friday. great to welcome back you. i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. let's begin that deadly attack in the capital of texas. police say a lone gunman wearing a vest targeted three different locations, the first look at these maps with me. first you have the federal courthouse in downtown austin. investigators say the unidentified man moved on to the mexican consulate where he shot more shots and set a fire. he hit his final target the austin police headquarters. this police chief here in austin said the gunman fired more than 100 rounds and at one point officers thought he may have been s