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claims about the existence of an alleged video of the terrifying moments of flight 9525. plus, iran nuclear talks head into another day. we'll be examining the sticking points. details on nigeria's choice for president and historic election win. >> all that and a whole lot more. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm zain asher. >> great to have you with us. i'm john vause. this is cnn newsroom. we start this hour with the latest on the investigation into the crash of germanwings flight 9525 and french police denying
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reports that a cell phone video shows the flight's final moments. >> the german newspaper and french magazine say the video was found on a phone recovered from the crash site. police say cell phones have been found, but have not yet been analyzed. here's more. >> reporter: a shocking discovery. apparently from the crashed plane. cell phone video believed to be shot from the back of the aircraft, capturing the chaos and terror on board flight 9525 in the final seconds before it slammed into the alps. the german newspaper and french magazine "paris match" viewed the video found by an investigation on a memory card that survived the crash. the news organization say the images make it disturbingly clear that passengers knew what was about to happen. according to the accounts, screams are heard, with cries of "my god" in several languages. there's metallic banging more
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than three times, which suggests may have been the captain trying to force his way back into the cockpit after being locked out. toward the end, there's said to be a heavy shake stronger than the others, apparently as part of the plane scrapes a mountain. the screams intensify, and then nothing. today, lufthansa is acknowledging for the first time that it knew the co-pilot andreas lubitz had a history of psychological problems before he deliberately crashed the jet. the parent company of germanwings releasing a statement saying lubitz informed their flight training pilot school in 2009 that he had a previous episode of severe depression. the airline says lubitz provided that information in the medical documents he submitted before resuming his flight training. after taking a break for several months. lufthansa revealed last week that lubitz was cleared to fly after that interruption. >> translator: he continued his training. he then also passed all medical
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tests, all flight examinations, and all checks. he was 100% set to fly without restrictions. >> that was our will ripley reporting from germany. talks in switzerland to reach a frame work deal on cushing iran's nuclear deal have been extended an extra day. the french foreign minister will return home at dawn to force iran's hand. hala gorani has more. >> reporter: negotiations are going through tonight, continuing discussions to come up with some sort of draft understanding. even though they have passed their self-imposed deadline of midnight, march 31. the big sticking points center around whether or not u.n. security council resolutions
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will be lifted all at once or quickly, or if it will be an incremental scaling back of the sanctions. the western powers would like some verifiable proof that iran is complying with any deal before lifting sanctions. iran would like them all taken back at the same time. other sticking points center around existing stockpiles. iran said over the weekend it is not in its plan to shift these existing stockpiles to russia. so what happens to those existing stockpiles? any kind of agreement now, though, would be a preliminary agreement that would form the basis of a more permanent deal at the end of the month of june. there is a lot of political capital invested here, the fact that participants are still talking mean there is is a will to come up with something. the question is, will they come
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up with an agreement? if so, will it be today? and if not, would that signify failure, generally speaking, for the p-5 plus one and iran and what would it mean for future talks. john? >> hala gorani, thank you. earlier, i spoke to an iranian analyst with the rand corporation, author of "iran after the bomb." he explains the importance of making progress, at least towards a frame work deal. >> iran had been reluctant to commit anything to paper. it might be an oral agreement. but i think both sides, especially the obama administration and the iranian government, need to demonstrate that they are making progress. there's a lot of pressure in washington, d.c. from congress which wants to pass new sanctions. iranians at home and the iranian government is also eager to see that there is some sort of progress in the negotiations, and that sanctions are lifted as
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president rohani has promised. >> let's assume something comes out of this in the next couple of hours. it's likely the iranians go home and say it's all great, the sanctions are coming off and our nuclear program is continuing as is. the americans go back to congress and say death to the iranian nuclear program and take these opposite positions. what impact does that have when they get back to the table to work out a real deal? >> both sides have to sell the deal at home. the u.s. negotiators have to show that they were tough and got a good deal. the iranian negotiators have to demonstrate they're protecting iran's self-declared rights to have a nuclear program. given these negotiations, we could have a win-win situation in which iran's program is really constrained, can't use it for nuclear weapons, and it sees
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some sanctions relief in the future. i don't think that's going to happen in the next three months. we have until the end of june for the final accord. again, the two sides have to demonstrate some sort of progress. that's what we're waiting for. >> we shall leave it there. thank you, sir. >> thank you. appreciate it. dozens of civilians among the casualties after a sixth day of saudi air strikes in yemen. a saudi source says air defense systems of the iranian backed houthis and supporters of the former president have been destroyed. >> the saudi foreign minister says the campaign will not end until president hadi's government is restored. the united nations says the 62 children are among nearly 200 people who have been killed so far. john? a prosecutor held hostage in istanbul has died after being shot during a standoff. [ gunfire ] >> the gunman who took him
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captive were killed during a shootout with police. the turkish president called the suspects terrorists. time after gunfire was heard from inside, security forces stormed the room and according to the information provided by the police chief, two terrorists were killed. our prosecutor was shot three times in the head and twice in the body. >> the prosecutor had been working on the case of a 15-year-old boy who died from injuries suffered during anti-government protests in 2013. we're going to take a quick break here on cnn. when we come back, with criticism pouring in from around the united states, indiana's governor makes a move. >> it's been a tough week here in the hoosier state. but we're going move forward. the controversial law is far from over. those details ahead. also, the promise of an unprecedented transfer of power
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what you're doing now, janice. blogging. your blog is just pictures of you in the mirror. it's called a fashion blog, todd. well, i've been helping people save money with progressive's discounts. flo, can you get janice a job? [ laughs ] you should've stuck to softball! i was so much better at softball than janice, dad. where's your wife, todd? vacation. discounts like homeowners', multi-policy -- i got a discount on this ham. i've got the meat sweats. this is good ham, diane. paperless discounts -- give it a rest, flo. all: yeah, flo, give it a rest. well, the governor of indiana has now pledged to fix the religious free throw dom law. >> and now arkansas lawmakers are parsing a similar measure, undeterred by the controversy. protesters are urging the governor to veto it.
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the political debate shows no sign of ending soon. [ applause ] >> reporter: anger growing across indiana in bloomington, hundreds of protesters keeping up the pressure against the religious freedom act. >> it's been a tough week here in the hoosier state. but we're going to move forward. >> reporter: in a stunning change of position, indiana's republican governor says despite the bill not inviting discrimination, he still wants a fix. >> i've come to the conclusion it would be helpful to move legislation this week that makes it clear that this law does not give businesses a right to deny services to anyone. >> reporter: pence says he will not sign legislation including statewide protections based on sexual orientation. and he still dodges on the question of whether christian based businesses should be exempt from providing services for same-sex weddings. >> do you personally believe that christian businesses -- [ inaudible ]
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should be compelled to supply services -- [ inaudible ] >> i don't support discrimination against anyone. the question that you pose, though, i believe it's -- we're dealing here in a free society with always a careful balances of interest. and the facts and circumstances of each case determine the outcome. >> reporter: democrats here say the only deal they'll accept is repeal. and if republicans try to push something through without their input -- >> my gosh, what message does that send to everybody? their way or the highway. they won't listen to anyone. >> reporter: across the nation, pressure ramping up. >> we shall overcome! >> reporter: in arkansas, where a similar bill could be law, the
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republican governor says he's he'll sign it. walmart came out opposed. north carolina's republican governor says he'll veto a religious freedom bill similar to indiana's. miguel marquez, cnn, indianapolis, indiana. joining me now is cnn senior legal analyst jeffy toobin. jeffrey, governor mike pence has vowed to clarif this law explaining it's not a license to discriminate. explain how this law can exist alongside protections for lesbians and gays without defeating the purpose of the law. >> well, that's a very good question. and frankly, i don't see how it's possible. there really are two possibilities here. one is that the government says that it is required that businesses accept gay customers, same-sex weddings like they have
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to accept interracial couples, religious differences, couples with religious differences. that's one possibility. the other possibility is the government can say individuals of conscious can, in their own discretion, say we don't want to do business with same-sex couples. those are the two possibilities. i don't see how you can work out some sort of compromise, because they are completely different positions. >> exactly. it does seem to be mutually exclusive. i'm just going to paraphrase something that governor mike pence wrote in "the wall street journal." he said, and i'm paraphrasing, that this is not meant to allow a baker to discriminate against a lesbian or gay couple getting married, but rather it's meant to protect a native american child who wants to wear his hair long for religious beliefs. how does the law have to be rewritten to allow those two
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things to exist? >> you know, this whole business about native american children and their haircuts is so absurd. that never came up previously. these laws exist for one reason and one reason only, because same-sex marriage is coming to more and more states and will probably come to all 50 states by the time the supreme court is done in june. it's not about native americans. these laws are about same-sex marriage. and the issue with these laws is, do businesses have to accept the business of day customers? the whole notion of haircuts for native americans is absurd and irrelevant and has nothing to do with these laws. >> i like how you're very direct about that. but mike pence says that the indiana law is rooted in the 1993 law that president clinton
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signed. explain how indiana's law differs from the federal law signed in 1993. >> in one very clear way. the federal law, in 1993, deals with one thing and one thing only, which is may the federal government, in its actions, discriminate against people of faith. the law says that the federal government essentially has to honor the sincere religious preferences of individuals. it says nothing, the federal law says nothing about businesses and their relations to their customers. so they are only similar in that they have similar titles. but what they actually regulate is completely different. >> and we are seeing protests popping up in arkansas because of a similar bill. jeffrey toobin, the backlash has
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been swift and aggressive. thank you for being with us. >> okay. the heir to the geddie oil fortune has been found dead. he was found tuesday afternoon at his home in los angeles. police say a female friend was at the home. she's cooperating with investigators. still, no official word on the cause of death. >> are we treat thing as a murder investigation? >> right now, it's being treated as an undetermined death investigation. so we'll determine whether it was a homicide or natural death or whatever means of death it was. >> henry getty's parents have confirmed the death and are asking for privacy. they say detail also be released when available. we are going to take a quick break here on cnn. when we come back, militiamen have joined forces with iraqi troops to fight isis. ahead, we'll show you why one victory they claimed on the battlefield and the high price they paid.
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pockets of resistance. >> tikrit has been in isis hands since june. u.s.-led air strikes played a key role in the success this time. iraqi forces were also helped by shia militias and volunteers backed by iran. >> local volunteers have successfully fought isis in other iraqi cities, but small wins have come at a heavy price. >> arwa damon spoke to a family whose son traded his promising future for death in battle. >> reporter: about to defend his masters thesis, he went to battle and died defending his country. muhammad has also buried two of his sons. one killed by al qaeda in 2007. the other, its successor, isis.
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the endless pain of continuing loss and hardship wearing down on the 71-year-old retired teacher. he taught and watched most of those buried here grow up. they defended their country, but we need someone to protect iraq. he fought for iraq, he pleads. how can you watch us be slaughtered? 150 dead. the most recent price this town, among the few in the area to stand against isis, paid to break the terrorist's seven-month siege. >> we're afraid they're going to kill all of us. >> reporter: it's not much of a choice in a nation where devastation and death tend to repeat themselves. the damage here was done when a vehicle was detonated right there. and that damaged this building. this fighting position. so that's why that building is
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damaged. this was one of their key points. there were quite a few fighters killed here. you can still see the traces of the defensive positions with the sold sandbags, the holes in the wall that they used to shoot back at the isis fighters as they tried to advance. there is pride in their victory. but also a sense of resignation, common among many iraqis. rebuilding once again. knowing war may not spare them or the ones they love the next time. arwa damon, cnn, iraq. >> donors at a united nations conference have pledged $3.8 billion to help syrian refugees. much of the funds are coming from the united states and quaid, who each pledged about $500 million each. the total amount still falls short of the $ 8.4 billion the united nations hoped for.
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the u.n. says 12 million syrians need aid and 220,000 people have died in the civil war that's been waging for four years. >> the nigerian president has conceded defeat in the elections. it's a call for celebration for many in the country. >> president jonathan telephoned the president elect to congratulate him on his victory. he campaigned on security issues, fighting corruption as well. just two areas in which mr. jonathan's policies have been widely criticized. nigeria is certainly facing many serious challenges right now. but with boko haram militants on the offensive, it may be buhari's focus on security that attracted so many voters. michael holmes has more.
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>> reporter: he's a familiar name in nigeria. the 72-year-old, a former military leader, he seized power of the country in the early 1980s in what he described as a war on discipline, only to have it seized from him less than two years later. but he's ran for president four times since the country moved to democracy in 1999, with three losses under his belt, this election is very different. boko haram is running ram pant in nigeria's primarily muslim northeast, destroying villages and killing thousands. kidnapping many more. good luck jonathan, a christian, has been criticized for not doing enough about the militant group's growth there and ineffective military efforts that have allowed much of the region to slip from his control. buhari, who is a muslim from the north, may be just the man to bring the security back to the region.
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>> it's a question of security. whether i was a former military officer officer -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: he's armed with a military background and an army pining for change. backed by the all-progressives party, many see him to the military answer to a military problem. michael holmes, cnn, atlanta. >> this proves the experiment of democracy is turning real for nigeria. it's never happened before. we've never seen this type of transfer out power without violence. time for a short break here.
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when we come back, a french shepherd says he saw the crash of germanwings flight 9525. we'll hear his story, up next. ugh... ...heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm... amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. you want i fix this mess? a mess? i don't think -- what's that? snapshot from progressive. plug it in, and you can save on car insurance based on your good driving. you sell to me? no, it's free. you want to try? i try this if you try... not this. okay.
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welcome back. you're watching cnn newsroom, live all around the world. i'm john vause. >> and i'm zain asher. it's 1:30 in the morning here in atlanta. lufthansa now says its co-pilot andreas lubitz suffered from severe depression because he told his flight training school about it in 2009. investigators suspect lubitz deliberately crashed germanwings flight 9525 into the french
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alps, killing all 150 souls on board. iran and six world powers are due back at the negotiating table in six hours. they gave themselves an extra day to reach a deal. diplomatic sources say france's foreign ministers plan to return home at dawn in an effort to force iran's hand at these talks. there is jubilation, celebration in nigeria after president good luck jonathan conceded defeat in saturday's election. the electoral commission confirms the results. buhari is the one-time military ruler of nigeria. he's promised greater security as the country battles boko haram. recovery teams in the french alps have almost finished collecting the remains of those killed in germanwings flight 9525 and now will focus on the personal items. >> that comes as an eyewitness
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is telling his story. here's our karl penhaul with more. >> reporter: just above the hills of this sleepy farming village, this shepherd says he witnessed the final seconds of flight 9525. i saw the plane heading down along the valley and i said, my god, it's going to hit the mountain. i ducked my head and said that's going to be spectacular. then it seemed to veer left. then after that, i saw the smoke. he says he was walking his dogs when the airbus slammed into a ravine just over six miles northeast of here. that was a week ago. rugged mountain terrain, freezing weather and gusty winds have made recovery operations treacherous. the rescue chief believes the most painful task may soon be complete. quicker than initially forecast.
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we may still have two days' work to recover pkov ecover body pary or monday we should have have gathered up the bodies and possessions, he says. investigators have a hunch the flight data recorder may be buried. once all the body parts are removed, we'll begin to rake to remoss pieces of soil. everything will be raked to see if the black box is buried, he says. until now, recovery teams had to chopper into the crash zone. but on tuesday, a team of 35 rescuers, including investigators and expert mountaineers, drove in on 4 x 4s. back to base, as another day
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comes to a close. he's telling me that winds are about 50 miles per hour and just too tough to stand up. that's why this ax came in handy. like the other men, he's take thing job very personally. he vows he'll do his best to bring all the remains down from the mountain. the families have the right to the truth and to find their loved ones. that's why we're giving 200%. we're working for the families, he says. back on his farm, the shepherd is still shaken up. it's terrible. one day it will haunt me and give me nightmares. i'm never catching a plane again, he says. for him, that nightmare may never fade. karl penhaul, cnn, france.
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saudi air strikes have been hammering rebels in yemen for a week now and civil casualties are starting to mount. julian, thank you for being with us. would you say the air strikes are doing everything possible to avoid civilian casualties? >> reporter: i couldn't tell you that. however, what i can tell you in the last four days we've had more children killed in fighting than in all of the conflicts of last year. >> how dangerous is it right now in places like saana? civilians are mingling in with the military targets that the saudis are going after. for instance, you're no longer in yemen because it's too dangerous, which is why you're in jordan. >> 2/3 of our staff are still working across the country, be it in arden in the south, so
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we've got teams working across the country. we have reduced our presence, yes, that's true. it's very difficult to work in yemen right now. the moving around outside of cities is very difficult. the shelling of the major cities is intense and getting worse. and probably the most difficult area of all of this is in arden, where there's both bombardment, as well as very intense street fighting. in all of this, the children are getting caught up. >> i read a report that essentially tanks are being used in certain places to go after snipers. it's like using a hammer to crush an ant. >> absolutely. in arden, it's just a catastrophe. i was in arden a couple of weeks ago. it's a place with difficulties, but nothing like the catastrophe that we're seeing at the moment.
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now you have street-to-street fighting, shelling, tanks firing on buildings, civilians getting caught up. hospitals being damaged. children being caught up in the fighting. >> you mentioned hospitals being damaged. apart from those being killed or wounded as well, is there sufficient medical care for those who need treatment? >> it's very difficult right now. the whole of the medical system is under stress, both from an emergency perspective, but also more widely. so organizations like ourself, we're trying to bring in medical supplies by air. however, we haven't been able to negotiate access to bring in our supplies. we hope we'll get that today for a flight in tomorrow. more broadly, the vaccines that are provided for hundreds of thousands of children across the country is breaking down, because people can't get access
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to fuel. there's keys for diesel, there's keys for cash, you can't get cash from the banks. so the chain that supports the vaccinations for the country is breaking down. we're working with local authorities to provide them with a little bit of diesel to keep things going, but it's very tenuous. >> julian, we'll leave it there. yemen has never been in good shape but things haven't been this bad in a long time. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. we're going to take a quick break here on cnn. when we come back, the new york police department saying that they're investigating an ugly rant caught on video. >> i don't know what the [ bleep ] planet you think you're on right now. >> i'm not planning, sir. >> i said planet. >> we'll have that story coming up. >> charming. plus, the defense rests in
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but remains in intensive care. she's an eight-time grammy winner, abducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame in 1977 and right now she's 71 years old. after less than two days, the defense team for boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev have rested their case. >> it's a far cry from the prosecution's month-long case. alexandra field is in boston with the latest. >> reporter: from the beginning, dzhokhar tsarnaev's attorneys said he did it. in the end. they spent just about five hours building his case, calling a total of four witnesses. they made no effort to disprove the prosecution's case that he bombed the marathon. instead, they tried to show jurors their theory, that dzhokhar tsarnaev was the follower. one of the witnesses for the defense said some of the incriminating materials found on
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his computer actually originated on his brother's computer and transferred to his using a thumb drive. an fbi witness said that tamerlan's fingerprints were found on tools used to build bombs. the same witness testified tamerlan's fingerprints were found on pieces of debris left by the pressure cooker bombs. on monday, jurors will hear closing arguments. after that, they will deliberate and deliver the verdict. then the penalty phase will begin. jurors will then be asked to consider the death penalty. the nypy is investigating a video which a police officer rant at an uber driver. one of the passengers took the video right here. it was posted online. the passenger says the officer was in an unmarked car and tried to park without using his indicator. the uber driver gestured to him
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to use the blinker. >> i even got scared listening to this video. the nypd confirmed that the man is a member of the nypd and the incident is being investigated by internal affairs. now listen to that rant. >> do you understand me? >> sir, i am not -- >> do you understand me? >> yes, i understand. >> so stop it with your mouth and for what, sir, for what, sir. stop wit that [ bleep ] and realize the traffic law violations you're committing. do you understand me? i don't know what [ bleep ] planet you're on right now. >> i'm not planning, sir. >> planning? i said planet. the next time you -- >> okay. >> okay what? are you going to let me [ bleep ] finish!
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>> i apologize. >> who do you think you're talking to. how long have you been in this country? >> almost two years. >> remember this in the future, don't ever do that again. the only reason you're not in handcuffs going to jail and getting thumb printed is because i have things to do. that's the only reason that's not happening. because this isn't important enough for me. you're not important enough. >> he's got anger management issues. >> i am so happy they showed his face. i am so happy they moved the camera and showed his face, especially when he said, how long have you been in this country. ube rrve uber calls the behavior unacceptable. >> that man needs a therapist. severe wind storm halting travel for thousands in europe on tuesday. more unsettled weather is expected.
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have you ever been abused by a cop like that? >> not like that. >> i'm terrified of cops. for that reason. >> they've got a problem at the moment. they did not need that. >> absolutely. we'll talk about some winds that are happening. it's been gusty across much of europe. frankfurt, munich, areas of hamberg, 600 flights were canceled or delayed across much of germany. winds already so strong. look at the footage coming out of areas near frankfurt. we know one person lost their lives. falling trees also damaging some electric wires. so the national railway in germany suspended travel for train service there as well because of the winds that were in line across the region.
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here's perspective. wind gusts in excess of 90 miles per hour. that is a strong category hurricane. and a tornado report out of poland. cool weather persists the next couple of days. snow showers in place. so you think winter hanging on in your neck of the woods. look at this perspective. this is from an astronaut aboard the international space station as she snapped this photograph. this is our super typhoon maysak, the single strongest typhoon we've ever had in the western pacific. look at the presentation on satellite imagery. the eye of the storm, 38 miles in diameter. twice as large as an average typhoon. the storm now poised to impact portions of the philippines. it will weak on the a strong
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category one as it gets towards luzon. still a big story for our friends across the philippines. >> thank you for that. there's been a couple of typhoons that have come out of nowhere. >> yes, very quick start. >> thanks, mate. still ahead, some of the jokes and pranks making the rounds on this april fool's day. >> plus, oh, boy, commodian trevor noah is taking only heat over some old tweets. we'll have details surrounding the new daily show host, coming up. of the cloud is that every organization has unlimited access to information, no matter where they are. the microsoft cloud gives our team the power to instantly deliver critical information to people, whenever they need it. here at accuweather we get up to 10 billion data requests every day. the cloud allows us to scale up so we can handle that volume. we can help keep people safe, and to us that feels really good.
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we've all seen the power of thunderstorms from here on earth, but an astronaut is giving us a unique perspective from space. this was shot about 200 miles above central africa. the flashes are lightning bolts striking the ground. >> remarkable images there. the new host of "the daily show" hasn't taken over yet, but he's already been caught up in a lot of controversy. i'm sure a lot of people seen this coming. >> cnn has details on trevor noah's tweets and why they eastern getting a lot of criticism. >> reporter: trevor noah has appeared on "the daily show" three times, but he's been tweeting for years, and now some of his past tweets about women, jews, and israel are raising
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eyebr eyebrows. in 2009, he tweeted, almost bumped a jewish kid crossing the road. he didn't look before crossing, but i would have felt so bad in my german car. in 2010, he tweeted, south africans no how to recycle like israel knows how to be peaceful. in 2he's an unknown entity in america at least, so he doesn't have the credit and the bang for the audiences to know about his try of self-deprecating jokes and cracks at his native south africa, and a lot of people do get their news from "the daily show" and it shapes opinions. comedy central put out a statement saying, "like many comedians, he pushes boundaries. he's provocative and spares no one himself included.
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trevor noah also sent out a tweet in sons saying, twitter does not have enough characters to respond to all the characters on twitter. but then he quickly deleted the message showing he might have more missteps to make as he steps into the rather large shoes of jon stewart. samuel burke, cnn, new york. there are three guaranties in life, death, taxes, and sitting in traffic. >> the unfortunate title of worst traffic goes to istanbul, turkey. >> i wouldn't have guessed that. >> drivers there waste up to 125 hours a year sitting in traffic. based on what should be a half hour commute each day. followed closely by moscow. st. petersburg in russia is in third place. >> mexico city will need to put
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aside an hour. okay. the british billionaire richard branson is moving his company headquarters to a u.s. city with a similar name. >> the u.s. operations are now moving to branson, missouri. >> reporter: two weeks ago, richard branson announced he was exploring opportunities in branson, after learning a relative founded the city. tuesday morning, branson took back to social media, posting a link to this 2 1/2 minute video that listed multiple upcoming investments in the city. >> virgin america are leading the way, announcing a new flight service to branson, missouri. >> reporter: the man, estimated to be worth $5 billion, said that virgin hotels and virgin, limited, would be purchasing property for development. >> we're incredibly excited
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about virgin's move to branson. >> reporter: the mayor was also in the video. sources told the plans were all part of an april fool's joke. >> i think that a good april fool's spoof is good for everybody. >> just stretching it out a little bit. i think he stretched it a little too far >> richard branson isn't the only one getting in on the fun. google australia posted a photo of a scientist claiming the equator is slipping at a rate of 25 kilometers per hour. >> what's strange here is how fast the change is occurring. the models that we're seeing, they are looking to have the equator slip as far south as the tip of cape york, the northern most part of australia by 2055.
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that, i think, is really the phenomenal part of this story, because it looks like australia could become a northern hemisphere country. >> and in the u.s., google turned its google maps into a good old fashion game of pacman, letting you gobble your way through any city you want. >> and another culture site was called out for breaking an embargo. this was posted on twit we are a claim that he was a new muse which will be opening soon in melbourne. but if you look at the embargo on the date, april 1st, 2015. >> i must admit i almost fell for richard branson's joke. >> almost believable? >> he made it sound very believable. thank you for watching, everyone. i'm zain asher. >> i'm john vause. up next, rosemary church and
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