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raising their eyebrows. now, we want to begin with the latest information we have for you. tony abbott praising the police and first responders who ended sydney's deadly hostage standoff. they killed the hostage take who demanded he speak with the prime minister and who also wanted an isis flag with him as he really had this campaign of terror. in the wake of the tragedy, though, mr. abbott is speaking out against extremism. take a listen. >> i refuse to use the term islamic state and i would strongly caution anyone anywhere from using that term because that exalts a movement which has nothing to do wh any real religion and is a travesty of a true and just state. it is very wrong to identify the

death cult that the individual conce concerned tried to associate himself with. it is very wrong to identify that death cult with any community or with any faith. the phrase that i like to refer to added by my friend prime minister najib of the isil death cult, it's against god. it's against religion, it's against humanity. >> meanwhile, australians are coming to terms with the loss of life here. two people died in addition to the hostage-taker. we have some information on the victims. one of them was 34-year-old tory johnson. he was the manager of a lint cafe where the standoff took out, the other, katrina is a mother of three and as it became clear on television a close friend of channel 7 anchor

natbarr. >> have friends that know she was a mother of three children. >> that's a mother of three, a lawyer who was the wife of one of their colleagues. one of the fatalities which this is a city with a heavy heart. >> the youngest sister of the lawyer who does a lot of work for channel 7 who many would know in sydney and that family is suffering this morning as the others are. >> just overcome with grief there. the 16-hour standoff came to an abrupt end. police and soldiers unleashed a barrage the bullets and stun grenades. in addition to the two victims the hostage-taker was killed. police say he was a

self-described muslim cleric with a long criminal background. let's bring in our asia pacific editor andrew stevens with the latest on all of this. i'm wondering if you could update us on the crime scene itself. all of this finished not too long ago. has the suspect's body been removed? have they continued to keep it protected? what's the latest information you have? >> reporter: errol, as far as we know the body has not been removed. the actual coffee shop is up the street just on the corner. forensic teams have been up there pretty much all day and as we understand it they are still carrying out their investigations at the actual crime site. around the rest of the city, close by that crime site which is still very much cordoned off an impromptu area where people can pay their respects to the people who lost their lives and to this horrific incident in

sydney. a memorial site has sprung up and just standing here for the last two hours you're struck by the number of people walking past with cafes of bouquets, a city of people in shock. many say they are shocked but there is also a core of resilience if you like. the people i've been speaking to say they're not going to change their way of life. they think most of the people i speak to think this was the actions of a lone wolf, a single operator. this was not a part of a wider plot and that is what they are acting on by saying this is not going to change their life. i suspect people will be more vigilant as to what's going on around them. this man walked through the city with a blue bag with a gun inside and there's -- the handle

was spotted by a pass er-by and the tragic outcome. >> we're watching as that floral memorial you can say continues to grow during that press conference where the prime minister abbott and the premier of new south wales. one official referred to those as the beating heart of sydney, that really represents where the heart of so many people right now and almost immediately in response to this tragedy, australians seem to be resolute. not wanting to be victimized by this terror attack and even beginning this hashtag trend of i'll ride with you in support of muslims who perhaps were fearful today of taking public transportation. just give us more of that. the sense of the uniquely australian reaction to this horrific event. >> reporter: well, tony abbott

touched on this saying -- praising the australian character, the resilience and generosity in the aftermath of this tragedy which claimed two innocent victims and also the life of the hostage-taker. it's interesting to note the muslim community very quickly came out publicly to denounce what happened in the strongest possible terms and that i'll ride with you. that was a movement set up by a sydney woman who said she saw a muslim woman standing at a railway platform and she was taking her face covering off and she said she went up to her and said you don't have to do this and this woman said, thank you, thank you very much and from that decided to show this hashtag and there's a feeling of coming together of the community and i have been talking to literally dozens and dozens of people today, not one has said to me, this was an islamic

backed attack. it is very clear at least for the people in sydney this was as i say the actions of a lone wolf, a man who had serious criminal activities behind him. he was facing not one but two charges of being accessory to murder. he was facing 45 counts of sexual abuse. he was out on bail and people had been questioning why on earth he was walking around the streets in the first place so this is the sort of person that sydney people are looking at today finding out about today, a criminal who was described by the australian prime minister as being deeply disturbed, deranged and that very much is the being reflected in what people are saying about him here, errol. >> andrew stevens is live for us in sydney, australia, as people still react to the tragedy and the harrowing incident from not too long ago. andrew, thanks very much. we will see you later and want to answer questions about who

the hostage-taker was. he claimed he had been victimized during his time in prison. joining us now is someone who can talk about details about his background, the background of him. his recent attorney joins us on the phone. manny, first how would you respond to the incident from a few hours ago and what can you tell us about why the suspect would have decided to do such a thing? >> well, by anyone's standards and reflection, what occurred is absolutely tragic, tragic for the hostages, tragic for the people that died and their respective families. what he did was heinous and it is indefensible. if we're trying to understand why these events may have come about, the history is quite long and try to make it as brief as

possible, but this was a man that was, in fact, a cleric in iran. he was critical of the iranian regime in the late 1990s, fled to australia because he was going to be killed. obtained political asylum in australia in 2001, left behind his then wife and two children in iran whom he's never seen since as i understand it. they weren't allowed to leave iran. let's understand that background context with one could imagine all the different things he would have seen and heard about in iran under that regime. throughout the 2000s, he became sympathetic to what he perceived whether it's reality or not, his perception what, perceived of the victimization of muslims around the world and advocated a bigger cause, that cause was

trying to lobby governments all around the world particularly australia where he was living at the time against sending australian sold attorneys fight wars on foreign soil when this country was not under attack from those foreign countries such as afghanistan, particularly because in his mind according to the things he has said that innocent women and children were being killed in those wars. he was blinded by that objective that it would seem he lost site of objectivity, rationality and acted in extreme ways from time to time including writing letters that were offensive to families of deceased australian soldiers. he maintain ed that he wrote those letters in the belief that those families would come on board to lobby against the australian government sending australian soldiers to fight unjust wars as he called them on

foreign soil. >> so give us some insight into whatever your most recent dealings with him were. you represented him during the recent run-in with the law he had. he had many but i know you described him as isolated, slightly disconnected from reality. what was it like speaking with him? i'm not sure -- how did you try to explain the legal process or at least what did he think he was going to begin by all of this. >> those descriptives weren't my worlds but i would describe him as someone intensely conflicted and contradicted. and that inconsistent. one moment he can be incredibly simpsympathetic to a particular situation such as women and children being killed in unjust wars and the next moment he could be sending letters that were regarded as offensive to families of deceased australian soldiers.

deeply inconsistent. and that was the man monis. in terms of his mental health issues any comment i had made and i think i've made a comment to the effect he may have been damaged, that was in the context of these actions in the last 24 hours in sydney. not in the context of his mental state as was over a year ago. i acted for him in relation to the writing to these families. i acted for him subsequent at the tend of 2013 when he was charged with aiding -- sorry, being an accessory before and after the fact of the murder of his spouse and people listening to know and understand that he vehemently protested his innocence in relation to that matter. so extreme allegations but they're untested allegations because the man has never been

to court and been to trial. same with the sexual assault allegations that followed six nights later, the time by which i no longer represented him and they remain untested allegations in court. the person that i knew over a period of time never ever spoke about physical violence of any kind. everything was anti-violence so it's difficult for me to reconcile the man i knew with the person that did what he unequivocally aer and clearly did in holding these people hostages and then whatever happened there after. i find that very difficult to reconcile. notwithstanding that, many things may have happened in his life in the last eight, nine, ten months that i had no contact

with him that may have caused him to become unhinged and to do what he did because clearly to go what he did he can't have been in the right mental state. >> yeah, you're listening here to manny conditsis, the most recent attorney for monis after he was killed in a 16 hour plus hostage standoff situation. manny, thank you very much for your insight. although it does raise a few more questions and an attack like this on australia's terror policy may have wider security implications. there are a number of questions we could ask. do western cities face a heightened risk of attacks because of a conflict in the middle east, for example. we'll talk about this more now with david mallett. he's associate director at the melbourne school of government. i'm not sure how much you were able to listen in toto manny

conditsis who represented the man that died but do you think there's enough information at this early stage to draw a direct link between what everyone is described as a crazed lone individual an larger anti-terror issues, specifically the fight in syria and iraq. >> i think that notwithstanding his attorney's description of the gunman's motives and describing him as unhinged he sounds like pretty much every individual who becomes involved in terrorist organizations over decades and different circumstances and becomes involved in political violence. you can't have a normal personality to do those so whether to lead revolutions for democracy even, i don't believe he was clinically insane. most there are suspects captured interviewed by law enforcement are not but clearly there is an incentive for individuals disturbed emotionally who want to believe their lives make a difference in the world, to latch on to some bigger cause

and justified violence against society in the name of making the world a better place and wanting to be a hero. >> that leads us to a natural follow-up question then because monis had a number of interactions with the law. already on bail from a recent incident in which he was charged in connection with the death of his ex-wife. should officials have done more? could officials have done more to prevent something like this because how do you get inside someone's mind and see that they are about to be violent, even the former attorney said he had never got an inkling that he would be violent? >> the scary thing about lone wolf terrorists is that you can't, australia has recently actually enacted sweeping legislation to prevent people from becoming terrorists or prevent them from becoming foreign fighters in iraq and syria but involves monitoring them. if there are so-called lone wolves, if they're not chatting to anyone, if they're in their own world as the attorney described him then there really

won't be any type of surveillance possible. the good news is that, you know, for society as a whole lone wolves these attacks by isolated individuals can't cause a lot more violence than street crimes can. there are exceptions, assault weapons, fortunately that's a rare exception so, you know, in this time when the international causes that can serve as a rallying point for individuals like this are in the news every day, we might just have to learn to accept as a global society that there will be a number of individuals out there who will, you know, mask that they're anti-social violence in these broader political causes and they will always get attention because they're using established brand names by groups like isil and al qaeda. all they have to do is wave a black flag even if it's the wrong group's black flag and we will all be paying attention.

>> david malet speaking to me from melbourne. thanks very much for your time here on cnn. after the break, another scary situation, this one is in the united states. police make a shocking discovery. six family members shot to death in pennsylvania. there is a manhunt under way at this hour for the killer. we'll give you an update on the investigation after this very short break. stay with us. mac is great, ♪ ♪ it's so delightful. ♪ so's my surface, ♪ it's just as powerful. ♪ you can write with a pen? ♪ you can say that again. ♪ i really like my surface pro 3. ♪ ♪ hey what's that, ♪ is it a kickstand? ♪ touchscreen too, ♪ it's pretty slick, man. ♪ it comes apart i see. ♪ it's got a usb. ♪ i think i like your surface pro 3. ♪ no seriously, where can i get one?

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a huge manhunt is taking place right now in pennsylvania for a man suspected of killing his ex-wife and five of her family members. now, police say the shooting took place monday morning outside philadelphia. the suspect is 35-year-old bradley stone. a source familiar with the investigation said police swarmed to an area 40 kilometers from where he lived to investigate a possible sighting of him. a shelter in place or lockdown was ordered and canine units were sent to the area, as well. >> we're also reaching out to the public to see if anyone has sighted hi. we do not know where he is. we do not have vehicle information and recovered his vike and personal cell phone so do not have information about how he might be traveling. >> frightening stuff. susan kabcandiotti reports. >> reporter: the rampage started

about 3:30 monday morning near philadelphia. at one home authorities say 35-year-old bradley stone kills his former wife's sister, her husband and their 14-year-old daughter and seriously wounds her 17-year-old brother. about an hour later he goes to the home of his ex-mother-in-law killing her and her elderly mother. then he drives to his former wife's house, kills her and leaves with his two daughters this their pajamas. he drops them off with one of his own neighbors and they are safe. a law enforcement source says the motive appears to be domestic. according to court papers it was not a happy divorce. there were child custody and support problems and some neighbors say the two exes constantly fought. stone is an ex-marine reservist who served in iraq for three months in 2008. his court papers his wife said her husband was permanently disabled. the search continues. he's considered armed and

dangerous. susan candiotti, cnn, new york. >> now, the u.s. west coast is bracing for another storm right now. coming up next which california city is going to get more rain and other weather headlines. stay with us.

it is 11:25 in the evening for those watching from the u.s. west coast and that region of the country has been pounded with some much needed rain but

meteorologist pedram javaheri tells us it is a bit much. all at once even though the region needs it. for how long is this going to be battered by the water. >> at least three more days. errol, we've seen this for seven to ten days in a row. if you think about this last year in 2013 los angeles saw 3.6 inches of rainfall, that's about 85 or so millimeters. this is how much they've seen in the first 16 days. nearly that amount in the first 16 days of december. way above the average for the month of december, ten times more than what happened in los angeles in december 2013 so good news when it comes to the rainfall and put the scale up for san francisco, similar sort of circumstance when it comes to about 0.35 inches coming down. 7 plus inches have come down in the first two weeks of december 2014 so pretty impressive and very much a necessity but, of course, with all of that rainfall you'll see problems. this is in yolo county, no relation to the acronym you only

live once, blocked highway, highway 16 i believe that was across yolo county. the soil cannot take this moisture all at once and even across portions of the vineyards dealing with flooding situations as well. another storm system not as potent as the one we saw last week but the hydrologists are saying maybe five or six of these storms to come in before any sort of dent is put in the drought and these sort of storms as far as the one we saw last week only happen once a year across the central coast and down towards the south so could take a couple of years unless conditions really pick up in intensity and we do have a little bit of wet weather in the forecast again. higher elevations, 5,000 feet, another foot and a half or two feet of snowfall. tuesday afternoon from month ray bay from santa cruz all the way towards san luis obispo, rainfall across the region and los angeles around san diego county you'll get rainfall around midnight wednesday morning. so that's good news and, look,

more showers come in on thursday. looks like the pattern is set to persist. great for the reserves for the 2015 spring and summer season where we have significant snow in the forecast and rain looks to be beneficial as well and, errol, the reservoirs picked up 2 billion gallons of water. >> it sounds huge. >> i don't know how much they usually get. >> the 2 billion gallons is 50,000 people's needs so, you know how many tens of millions live in this region. it's a good start. >> still shocked there's a place called yolo county. >> i had to look into that. >> good instagram picture there is. >> they were yolo long before yolo was cool. >> now to australian police. he was not an unknown. ahead details emerge about the sydney gunman's criminal and activist history. plus, many are using social media to fight against hate after the sydney siege. why the hash tag i'll ride with

you is getting international attention. you may want to check it online during the break.

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thanks very much for stays with us here on cnn. i'm errol barnett. here are the top headlines we're tracking for you right now. australian prime minister tony abbott held a news conference within the past half hour after visiting the silent of the deadly standoff in sydney. he praised the police who ended the standoff. he also spoke out against extremism. a manhunt is happening now in pennsylvania for a man suspected of killing his ex-wife and five of her relatives. police are searching for 35-year-old bradley william stone. they say he's armed and dangerous.

a source close to the investigation says authorities have locked down an area about 40 kilometers from where stone lives after a possible sighting of him there. russia's ruble plunged another 12% on monday as the central bank warned the country could sink into deep recession next year. russia's economy has been hurt by sharply lower energy prices and western sanctions. the ruble has now fallen almost 50% against the u.s. dollar this year alone. now, australian police were familiar with the gunman in the cafe siege from years of public demonstrations. atika schubert has more details on the self-described sheikh's life. >> reporter: long before he walked into the sydney chocolate shop with a gun man haron monis settled this australia, a self-described muslim cleric and in 2013 he was convicted of posting harassing letters to the families of australian solders

killed in afghanistan. he was sentenced to 300 hours of community service. >> this pen is my gun. and these words are my bullets. >> reporter: and became a fixture staining attention seeking protests, chaining himself to a sydney court. his posterboard claims he was tortured in jail. police refuse to comment. he began posting online videos as sheikh haron giving lectures on islamic law and was charged with the accessory of murder to his former wife. most recently charged with sexual assault dating from 2002 when he was operating as a spiritual healer outside sydney both charges he denies on his website and social media he pledged allegiance to isis but no indication so far that monis had any direct communication with isis leaders in syria or iraq. now, he had a number of twitter

profiles, facebook pages also a website. sheikh haron.com, that has been shut down, but one of the last things he posted was this, an open letter denying all the charges against him. also claiming that he had been denied access to his children. now, paints a picture of a man under increasing pressure from the law facing yet another court case in february. he also makes clear he is not a member of any organization or party suggesting that his decision to take hostages was his and his alone. in the days ahead, australian police will likely reveal more details of what happened and why this so-called man of peace turned to violence. atika schubert, cnn, london. >> now, something quite fascinating happened after the hostage situation. many australian decided to show solidarity against islam phobia with a hash tag,

#illridewithyou. where it went viral. >> the hashtag is called i'll ride with you intended to show solidarity. now it's gone global amid fears of anti-muslim sentiment. this shows i'll ride with you is trending across the world. thousands of messages of support from the campaign. it all began with a social media post from a woman in sydney who saw a fellow passenger take off her hijab in the train to hide her religion during the hostage siege. the tweet reads, i ran after her at the train station. i said put it back on. i'll walk with you. she started to cry and hugged me for about a minute and walked off. tv producer tessa coomb. if you take the bus and don't feel safe alone i'll ride with you. and then tessa writes maybe start a hashtag.

tessa talked to the bbc. >> i saw one tweet that was just a very small act of kindness to a frightened muslim woman on public transport and that pretty much broke my heart. and it just seems like something there should be more of in the world. i can't say i planned this at all. it has been amazing to watch it take off. >> the response to her hashtag has been overwhelming. one picture posted on twitter says thanks for protecting my sisters and this tweet, being muslim in the wake of a terrorist attack can be horrifying. thank you, australia, for i'll ride with you. and finally this tweet from jacob, i'll ride with you is everything that's right with the world. i just cried reading people's posts. darkness always brings out the light. samuel burke, cnn, new york. >> always good to see a bit of light, a bit of positivity

coming out of the web. all right, now to another big story we're following for you. u.s. secretary of state john kerry wants vatican help in relocating get mitmo detainees search sources say the secretary is seeking adequate humanitarian solutions for guantanamo bay prisoners and say the administration wants to close the facility and transfer detainees to other countries. now, kerry's boss says the u.s.-led coalition is lowing the momentum of islamic extremists in iraq and syria and now with the u.s. planning to end its combat mission in afghanistan this month, president barack obama took a bit of a victory lap you could say with u.s. soldiers at a military base in new jersey. he told them the u.s. is moving past the time for large deployments and at nation building. >> so stepping back for a moment, we're at a turning point. when i took office we had nearly

180,000 troops in iraq and afghanistan. by the end of this month we'll have fewer than 15,000 in those two countries. we've now brought home about 90% of our troops. 90%. >> all right. we've got more of the world's biggest stories coming up for you. bill cosby's wife is defending her husband. up next what she has to say about the sexual assault allegations, the media and cosby's accusers.

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welcome back. bill cosby's wife is now speaking out in his defense. at least 23 women now accuse him of sexual assault. we've got some of their images or in fact these are just 20 of the 23 women you see there. some have spoken to cnn but the cosbys themselves have remained silent about the allegations. well, on monday camille cosby, his wife of some 50 years went after the media for its coverage of her husband and his accusers. here's what she had to say in part, "he is the march you thought you knew. there appears to be no vetting of my husband's accusers before stories are published or aired. an accusation is published and immediately is aired. we all followed it in "the rolling stone" concerning rape at the university of virginia. the story was heartbreaking but

ultimately appears to be proved untrueth. none of us want to be in the position of attacking a victim but the question should be ask who had is the victim? another story we're following. new york city's police commissioner says his department will not tolerate protesters who commit acts of violence. william bratton spoke days after an attack on two police officers during a march to protest the deaths of eric garner and michael brown. new york police have generally allowed marchers to block roads and bridges giving them leeway but bratton says there is a line that cannot be crossed. >> when agitators and others would seek to take over these events we will deal quickly and effectively with them and as indicated by the investigation that we are conducting our effort will be focused on anybody who seeks to assault a new york city police officer or anybody who seeks to disrupt these demonstrations through acts of violence or vandalism.

we will aggressively pursue them. >> now, the man who police say sparked the attack was arrested on sunday. bratton says police are looking for six other suspects after they were identified in videos posted to youtube. meantime, police in oakland, california, arrested 25 protesters who chained themselves to the doors of the city's police headquarters. take a look at some video we have for you. they are among a group who gathered at the building and elsewhere in oakland where protests over police killings have entered their fourth week now. laura anthony of k gm o spoke to some of the demonstrators. >> reporter: the driving rain did not discourage 200 protesters from an early blockade. a move police admit they didn't expect. it was clearly well planned. while some protesters chained themselves to the front doors of police headquarters one man scaled a flagpole and displayed a flag that depicted the faces

of black men killed by police. >> the state is killing us every day, every 28 hours either a police officer, vigilante or security officer murders a black person in this country, black men, women, children, elders and i'm tired of it. >> reporter: soon after more than a dozen protesters connected their arms together and blocked broadway at seventh street. >> i'm standing in solidarity because black lives matter. and my humanity is tied to the humanity of people of color. >> reporter: police took their time disconnecting each protestepro protester. others held by a line of officers in riot gear. >> entering our fourth week with protests and you have to look at that and say, services in other areas of the city can and have been impacted. but we have planned for it. we continue to bring in officers. we've canceled days off.

we've canceled holidays. >> i would say to the folks in the community who made me see it, feel it and want to go on with christmas shopping. >> they should join us. >> reporter: he too was arrested. in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. also tracking developments around the sony hack that i'm sure you've heard of. all of the controversial revelations that have come out of some company e-mails. well, sony pictures says the hackers are leaking sensitive information in order to blackmail the company over a movie. jean casarez talks to the experts about what the hackers hope to gain and how the intertainment history or company is fighting back. >> reporter: it is a well oshth stated computer terror attack that now appears to include blackmail. >> they've already released salaries and budgets and scripts and medical records and social security numbers. >> reporter: for the first time sony's lawyer says it is part of a blackmail scheme to prevent

the release of an upcoming motion picture. david boies representing the motion picture studio sent a letter to media outlets including cnn which suggests sony was targeted as part of an ongoing campaign to prevent spe, sony pictures entertainment from distributing a motion picture. that movie is "the interview" slated for release on christmas day. the comedy starring seth rogen has as the plot line the murder of north korea's leader kim jong-un. >> take him out. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea. >> reporter: sony is asking anyone who has the hacked e-mails, spreadsheets and other data to destroy it. even though some of the information has been published and republished for over a week now. >> this is a tough one for journalists but there is an important distinction. the journalists are not hacking into sony. that would be illegal and wrong.

we're only reporting on what has already been made public. >> reporter: the hackers say the best is yet to come. we are preparing for you a christmas gift. the gift will be larger quantities of data and it will be more interesting. the gift will surely give you much more pleasure and put sony pictures into the worst state." cnn's senior media correspondent brien stelter and host of "reliable sorts" says the concern for any corporation being hacked to this magnitude is a chilling effect. >> it creates a fear of self-censorship that movie studios or other companies won't go down a road because they're afraid of getting hacked in the future. >> reporter: garnering some of the biggest attentione, e-mails disrespecting president obama. sony apologized for these exchanges. sony's co-chairwoman amy pascal apologized directly to angelina

jolie after executive slammed her talent and demeanor in an e-mail. the identity of the hackers is limited at this point to the guardians of peace who say they are attacking sony for release of, quote, the movie of terrorism. that film is presumed to be "the interview." but mounting evidence indicates that north korea is likely behind the hack. many believe the media are being used to help the hackers intense phi their threats. screenwriter aaron sorkin, the subject of some of the leaked e-mails says this in an op-ed to "the new york times." "the hacking group known as the guardians just had to lob the ball, they knew our media would crash the boards and slam it in." "the new york times" editor dan bakay says it does not rise to the level of other stolen government material. andrew wallensteen, co-editor of "variety" has his take. >> they're drawing comparison to

edward snowden. i think that is a false eve give lenzi. >> with the guardians of peace threatening to drop more e-mails executives around the country are resorting to the old school business practice of picking up the phone. jean casarez, cnn, new york. >> just wonder what will the hackers reveal next. human rights watch says russia's failing to protect gays from harassment and worse. details on the latest report and russia's response to the criticism. people with type 2 diabetes

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three dozen wounded after gunmen storm a school there in the northwestern pakistani city of perch. human rights watch says russia is failing whether it comes to gay rights and criticized the country for its laws and for its lack of action. the report says russian authorities failed in their obligation to prevent, to prosecute homophobic violence and cites the passage of the lbgt propaganda law. that bans propaganda of n nontraditional sexual relations among minors violating the law is punishing by a range of fines. human rights watch also says in 22 of 78 cases victims did not file police reports because they didn't trust the authorities. and the group also found only three of 44 cases where a report was filed even led to a prosecution.

our senior international correspondent matthew chance has more. >> reporter: this is sharply critical of protecting gay rights by russians. not only have they failed to prevent homophobic violence but effectively legalized discrimination in the country and cites the propaganda law of being of major concern. russian officials say the law is meant to protect children from so-called gay propaganda that might encourage them to adopt a homosexual lifestyle that in the future protecting nobody but gives homophobes a reason to protect the lives of gay people matter less to the russian government. in terms of reaction, the authorities here so far have been tight-lipped but in the past the russian president himself vladimir putin has defended the country's stance on gay rights saying that homosexuals in russia are free

from persecution. matthew chance, cnn, moscow. >> now several fast-moving storms are moving through northern europe at this moment. meteorologist pedram javaheri joins us with some insight on where those storms are headed. i guess how much moisture they'll bring. >> they'll pack a little bit of a punch. some delays already beginning to shape up in the early morning hours. thank you for joining us across portions of london this morning. you'll see the active weather pat stern right here. the jet stream sending the steering currents sending the storms right towards your region so rain showers will begin to come in. the good news the heaviest rainfall comes in sometime around midnight say 2:00 a.m. over the next 24 or so hours so conditions going to rename generally dry into the afternoon. the heaviest happening when likely you're sleeping across london. that pushes in into the morning hours. the winds will be also howling over this region. generally 50 to 60 kilometers per hour so some travel issues going to be shaping up across this region at this point we'll call for mild setup for 15 to 30

minute, moderate delays while london's gatwick and heathrow could see 45 minutes because of the wind and fog in that region. some snow to tell you about. fresh round. 1 to 3 sent meters in seoul. this is courtesy of will ripley who snapped a photo of the first snow across tokyo. the general elections were taking place earlier in the week there and the snow slowing a few down in voter turnout. in japan very much an impressive setup when it comes to sea effect snow. western new york stating up a historic snowfall. this portion of the world well known for it. they pick up meters. could get up to three feet over the next couple of days on the western end of japan. that is worth noting there but looks like for tokyo this time around more rain as opposed to snow, errol. >> all right, very good stuff,

pedram, thanks. now there apparently isn't much holiday spirit in one town talking about in minnesota, the felton family says their surveillance camera caught this. someone stealing christmas gifts last week from their porch. they posted the video on facebook but so far no one has come forward saying they know the suspect. maybe you know this guy. the feltons say it took fewer than 35 seconds for this real-life grinch to steal christmas but they are confident the man on the video will be caught and hopefully realize the error of his ways. don't ruin christmas. i'm errol barnett. we are following breaking developments this hour out of pakistan. taliban member suspected of attacking a school there. you've also got new video just in to cnn at this hour at least four people are dead, hundreds more trapped in the school. we'll get that video and other new information to you after this short break. stay with us. ♪

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