there are just over 1,800 left in the world. so next time you see lulu beaming after doing it panda style, remember, it's all in the name of nature, people, and the ridiculist. i apologize for any children who are watching. flying to freedom, exclusive access as we board a flort with people trying to flee yemen. and "furious 7" left other films in the dust the weekend. fans flocked to see paul walker's final scenes. the legacy he leaves behind. >> hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm errol barnett. this is "cnn newsroom". "cnn ne"

this hour we begin if yemen where intense fighting is threatening to plunge the country into civil war. aden is seeing the worst of the fighting right now. 50 people were reportedly killed on monday alone. it's estimated 600 people have died so far. >> nearly two weeks of saudi airstrikes, and the rebels have control of the capital city sanaa. the war is also fueling an exodus of foreign nationals. china got the last of its citizens out on monday. india is also scrambling to get its people out of sanaa. >> 2500 have taken flight out of the capital. we talked to passengers about the war they're leaving behind.

>> reporter: the indian government have been running these airvac situation flights for the last few days in extraordinarily difficult conditions, and they're having to do it in a very tight time frame as granted to them by the saudi arabian air force. >> 50, 40, 30. >> reporter: they're told they only have half an hour to load on board the hundreds waiting in the airport. you get a sense of the impact of those saudi airstrikes. you can see behind me some of the military aircraft all destroyed. all the while we've been here, this houthi military police car has been scircling the plane. we're waiting for the passengers to be brought on, but they're still nowhere to be seen. finally, they begin to come.

some run. all having to leave their lives behind. this plane can't carry any cargo, because it will slow it down. all the people you are seeing, they've had to come on with only what they can carry in their hands. and they rush to take their seats, finally safe. finally able to close their eyes. >> my, my goodness. gunshots being fired every minute. sometimes the sky full of sparkling lights. you know, some women crying, children terrified. really bad. >> reporter: as quickly as they're loading up, more and more people are copping on, and this isn't even all the people that are waiting at that terminal, hoping that they'll be flown out. there are still a few hundred more waiting at sanaa airport.

sanaa still eerily quiet. this evacuation carried out during a window of respite from the bombardment. but tonight it will begin again. and there are still thousands more trapped inside. cnn, sanaa, yemen. >> thousands more trapped as we watch the refugees lucky enough to get out. the situation is still developing at this point. we're joined by rick francona. >> and he is a retired military colonel. thanks for joining us. rick francona, despite nearly two weeks of saudi-led airstrik airstrikes, how close do you think this country is to civil war? >> i think they're already in a

civil war. the saudi air campaign, we've assessed that they've done a lot of damage. and they're bringing the houthis around. that said, the houthis are on a tear. they've gone from sanaa all the way to aden. they're about to take over aden completely. so they've cut the country in half. of course aqap's in the east. so if they do agree to sit down with the saudis, they'll be bargaining from a position of strength. >> and we're seeing the death toll continue to rise as it unfolds. what exactly are they supposed to do? i mean india, as we just saw and other nations, they've evacuated their citizens, why isn't the u.s. in this situation? >> i don't have a good answer for that. this is something the u.s. military practices for. they man for and plan for. i'm amaze thad we haven't been able to get in there with more

capability like the indians are doing, the chinese are doing. that's something we need to talk to the saudis about and get our citizens out of there. >> what happens next when the houthis are stopped in their tracks and talk about the significance of saudi arabia leading the charge here. >> the saudis have always considered yemen to be in their back yard. it would make sense that they're leading the charge. they're also the most capable of the military forces on the peninsula. but what's happening is they're starting to bomb in civilian areas because the houthis have moved a lot of their command-and-control areas into these areas hoping that the saudis will not bomb them. so we're seeing a lot more civilian casualties than we'd hoped for. so it's very, very difficult on the ground, but i think the saudis are beginning to have an effect. >> how might the increasing number of civilian casualties change the calculation now?

our journalist in sanaa yesterday said that a saudi-led ground incursion now seems more likely now that we've seen the limitations of the airstrikes. how likely do you think that would be of a ground campaign unfolding? because we've seen that airstrikes can only accomplish so much. >> the saudis really don't want to go in there on the ground. it's difficult fighting terrain. they've not had success on the ground there before. so i think they're going to put that off to the very last minute. and we may see a step up in the air campaign. we've seen it in the last few days, going avatar gets with a greater amount of force, hopefully getting these houthis to a dialog. and there was some indication today that the houthis may be willing to sit down and work out a power-harring agreemeipower-s. but given their recent successes on the ground i don't think they're ready yet. >> we're watching this very

closely, the world is as well. thank you for sharing your analysis and perspective. and along with hundreds dead and many more wounded, the power is out for 16 million people living under houthi control. and many fear they will lose access to clean water as well. they have. go to cnn.com/impact to find out how you can help. the kenyan military has launch launched airstrikes against al shabab. kenya's president had promised the severest response to thursday's attack. meanwhile, a police source says kenya got early intelligence that this university in fact could be targeted. but kenya's rapid response team took hours to reach thenairobi.

>> you get an idea with that map. thursday's siege started before dawn with militants killing security offices at the fence, at the gates there, before storming a christian parayer service. then they made their way across the campus, executing non-muslims. the terrorists eventually got to the dormitories where many were sleeping. there are normally 800 students in the dorms when school is in session. police are actively hunting the kenyan man they say was behind the massacre. >> now cnn has been inside the campus of garissa university to witness the aftermath. >> we also spoke with a local government official about what happened. >> reporter: garissa university is now opened to the media. we're not allowed in where the

militants came in and killed 147 people. the silence is deceptive. it's extremely difficult to imagine the absolute horror that must have gone on in these grounds a few days ago. we managed to get inside one of these dormitoriedormitories, but been allowed to film. but the students' belongings are still in the rooms. there's evidence of the attacks. bullet holes and shrapnel spread out. this is where they all slept. as you can see, it's just all destruction and also signs of the cleanup. we've got tape of crime scene, do not cross. the kenyan military sent a tank in this direction to try to break the siege of the terrorists who are holed up in this dormitory, and you see bullet holes. we're told that the terrorists set up sniper positions inside to try to keep the military out. you can see down here this

walkway, bloodstains. we understand there were four terrorists on the inside, is that right? are you saying that others might have gotten away? >> it's too early. >> reporter: if you have terrorists hold ups in a building like this, what tactics do you use to get rid of them when you know that there might still be civilians on the inside? >> yes, that's why we have to take a lot of caution. people ask why it takes so long. but remember, we want to make sure that no single person that we are trying to save should go down through our bullet. and that's the difference between us and the terrorists, because the terrorists don't mind. everybody would die, they don't mind. >> reporter: despite all the glass and the reminders of what happened here, it's simply a sense of detachment of horror that must have gone on here behind these gates.

but it is perhaps the simple reminders of what this place was like before the attack, a university of 800 students with hopes and dreams for the future now all brutally gone. cnn, kenya. >> and there is another horrifying story we are covering. iraqi officialing have uncovered a series of mass graves around tikrit. it comes days after it was liberated from isis. a warning though, these images are graphic. >> these graves hold up to 1700 bodies. some of them with their hands tied. they are believed to be soldiers killed by isis in june. it may take weeks or months to remove all the bodies there. defense attorneys for boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev are doing everything they can to keep their client from getting the death penalty.

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in the united states, a massive plume of smoke filled the skies near washington, d.c. on monday. a three-alarm fire broke out at a roofing company. one structure was destroyed along with two fire trucks. the heavy black smoke could be seen for miles. no serious injuries were reported, though. the man charged in the shooting deaths of three muslim college students in the u.s. could face the death penalty. >> craig hicks is accused of murdering the students earlier this year in chapel hill. the case is death penalty qualified. they're not dismissing the possibility it was a hate crime. now the jury starts deliberating within hours in the trial of boston bombing suspect

dzhokhar tsarnaev. >> he is accused of detonating bombs at the 2013 marathon. he is looking at life imprisonment or a death sentence. jason carroll takes a look at the defense strategy in the boston bombing case. >> reporter: it's not exactly what one might expect to hear from an attorney defending her client. judy clark closed her case, basically telling jurors that her client dzhokhar tsarnaev is guilty. quote, we've seen shocking videos. we've seen horrific photos. for this destruction and suffering and profound loss there is no excuse. no one is trying to make one. dzhokhar tsarnaev stands ready to be held accountable. not making excuses and ready to be held accountable? so what exactly is clark's defense for someone the prosecution says brought terrorism to back yards and to main street. clark told jurors if not for tamerlan, it would not have

happened. throughout the trial, she has argued that tsarnaev did it because he was under the influence of his older brother tamerlan. if the jury accepts that argument it could be enough to save tsarnaev from the death penalty. it has happened before. >> a shocking series of shootings. >> reporter: october 2002. the nation's belt way in the grip of fear as random victims are shot by a stalker stalking roadways in the washington, d.c. area. >> we are not safe anymore. >> reporter: after ten are killed and several injured, police capture john allen knew ha haw med and malveaux malvo's attorney admitted guilt, saying we are not suggesting that they got the wrong man. his attorney questioned that his

mental situation was in question. he blames it on brainwashing saying lee malvo was under indoctrination and was sentenced to life without parole while mohammed was sentenced to death. he died from lethal injection. at 27 years old, malvo explained to the washington post what it was like living under mohammed's spell as a teenager. >> he told me that the old person has to die. >> reporter: tsarnaev's attorney argued that he, too, was under the spell of an older man, but the prosecutor in his rebut theal told jurors not to be distracted. it makes no difference. this is hardly clark's first tough case. she actually has a history of saving clients accused of

heinous acts, including the unabomber. edward snowden was interviewed, the american whistle blower who leaked documents about surveillance in 2013. this interview was conducted in moscow. part serious and part cheeky, they had a frank conversation. take a listen. >> can they see my [ bleep ]? 702 surveillance. can they see my [ bleep ]? >> yes. >> your wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to new york, to london and back and get caught up in the bdatabase. >> when you send your [ bleep ]

through gmail for example. that's stored on google's servers. google moves data from datacenter to datacenter. your data could be moved outside the borders of the united states. when your [ bleep ] was passed by gmail, the nsa caught a copy of that. >> prism? >> prism is how they pull your [ bleep ] out of google with google's involvement. >> upstream? >> upstream is how they snatch your [ bleep ] as it transits the internet. if you're describing your [ bleep ] on the phone, yes. >> so every beep was their reference to naked selfies. we didn't want to broadcast that to you. i'm joined by brian seltzer. what do you make of john oliver's technique there with

edward snowden? >> he was trying to humanize and personalize something that can seem vague sometimes. this is an issue that critics have brought up. it's been almost two years since his initial revelations through the washington post and elsewhere. it's that the story was too big, too broad and too inaccessbliib to the audience. what he was trying to do was making it too personal by making it about naked selfies. it was funny, but he was trying to take it and make it serious. that's the thing about oliver and others like stephen colbert. they are able to do journalistic thing without being journalists. that's why they sought out john oliver as a potential interviewer. >> precisely. edward snowden had seen previous episodes of oliver's news show and was impressed by the

neutrality. do you think that john oliver is picking up where jon stewart left? many people are calling this investigative comedy. >> this is what a person close to snowden told me. why did they agree have this whistle blower, this very controversial figure, some believe he's a patriot and others a traitor, why did he sit down with john oliver. this person says the reason we chose john oliver is because of his journalism, because of the neutrality. not every newscast can be humorous. but he's able to get especially younger audiences to pay attention to these issues. the reason they're doing the interview now is because in a few months, the congress has to decide whether to reauthorize the patriot act and some of these things that allow the mass

surveillance. it seems to me that snowden is going to be campaigning against that reauthorization and will be doing that through a mixture of interviews, and things like that. but to answer your question, i do think john oliver's picking up where jon stewart left off. we have seen this forum of using the comedy to get people to pay attention to the news. as we know, stewart's leaving later this year, but he has given life to people like john oliver. >> this will get lots of clicks and retweets. people will be talking about this for days. do you think it will have a real impact. you have the renewal of the patriot act coming up on june 1. is it a long shot to suggest that an interview like this will have an impact? >> you know, i'm not entirely optimistic about that. and i think what we see in cases like this, snowden has given interviews before, he spoke to brian williams last year in russia for example and has given interviews to lots of news

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welcome back, everyone. you are watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm errol barnett. here are the big stories we are tracking for you right now. fighting is intensifying in yemen. french news agency afp reports

more than 50 people were killed on monday in aden, bringing the estimated deaths in the conflict to 600. thousands of people have been forced from their homes and many are fleeing the country. kenya has launched airstrikes against al shabab training camps. it's just days after the group massacred 147 people at garissa university. meanwhile, a police source says kenya had intelligence on an attack, but the rapid response team took hours to get there from nairobi. the jury starts deliberating within hours at the trial of boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. the 21 year old faces 30 charges involving the killing of four people, three of them at the boston marathon in 2013 and a police officer that was shot a few days later. 17 charges carry maximum sentences of death or life in prison. now in 2011, cnn helped draw

attention to the story of an afghan woman jailed after being raped by her cousin's husband. she has since been pardoned. >> but she was forced to marry her rapist and now four years later is about to have her third child by him. her family has disowned her. she says she did it for her daughter. cnn's nick payton walsh has this excusive report. >> reporter: here's how one portrait of how a family formed. first, this man raped his wife's cousin. he was convicted and jailed for it. the beautiful girl here whose name means smile, is the child from that rape. born in jail, because her mother here was charged with adultery under what passes for afghan justice as her rapist was

married. yet, it got worse still. to be accepted into afghan's society again, she had to marry, to marry him, become her rapist's second wife. now things have said to be okay. settled. their third child is on the way. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> if i hadn't married her, she couldn't have lived back in society. her brothers didn't want to accept her back. now, she doesn't have any of those problems. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: i didn't want to ruin the life of my daughter or leave myself helpless, so i agreed to marry him. we are traditional people. when we get a bad name, we prefer death to living with that name in society. >> reporter: this is a home built around crime, whereas his first wife lives on scene, where

little smile has a home among his seven other children. global uproar then led the then president karzai to pardon him. she was offered asylum abroad but was pushed into this deal. he still denies that the rape happened saying she was told to make it up. >> translator: now she's beside me and knows that it wasn't as bad that they had shown. >> translator: no, i am not thinking about it anymore. i don't have a problem with him now, and i don't want to think about the past problems. >> reporter: she did not look at her husband once in our meeting. >> translator: my life is okay. i am happy with my life. it is going on. >> reporter: while he lets her talk alone, he still stands outside. four years ago she told me she

was raped but now backs his story. but she says her family were to take her back until she married him. >> translator: my brothers opposed the marriage and told me to take my daughter and go to pakistan to live with them instead. now we're married. they've disowned me and won't see me again. >> reporter: at 23, could anyone have imagined that their life would have turned out like this? >> translator: no. i couldn't fulfill my wishes in life. i married this man. i cut relations with my family, only to buy my daughter's future. >> reporter: because of outcry, a presidential pardon and still it ends like this. a family built on one action. nick payton walsh, cnn, kabul. >> joining me now to talk about

women's rights in afghanistan is gayle, the author of the best-selling novel, the dressmaker of khair khana. a business helped save a family during the taliban's rise to power. thanks for talking with us. we've just seen the horrifying story, those details of the life of a young woman forced to marry her rapist and bear him three children after a global outcry going to a pardon. this is the life of one woman in afghanistan. talk to us about what life is like for the average woman in that country. >> well, i think you've seen a huge amount of change since 2001. you have more than 3 million girls in school from almost none during the taliban period. you have women running businesses, as governors, as civil society activists, as

politicians. on the other hand, you have other traditions that are incredibly difficult to break. i think the good news is that you have this whole generation of activists, civil society leaders, human rights conversations going on, that you never would have had before, about these kinds of stories, so they are hitting the news. it is illegal, you know, some of the practices, for example, child marriage, even though certainly it still happens, you now have recourse under the law to fight it. so i think you have visibility. you have a network of shelters for women across the country. you have women's ministry, places for women to go. but of course nothing is going to change in 13 years, particularly if it's entrenched traditions without the work of local change agents on the ground. that's why this whole new generation of young afghans is so important. >> afghanistan now has a new president ghani. how different might life be for

women under his presidency compared to karzai's. and could we expect changes? >> it was interesting, president ghani was in washington last week. i was there for that visit. and he talked in congress and at the state department and in almost every speech he gave about the role of women, and not just lip service but really the centrality to the afghan development exercise three is undertaking to bring his country into the modern era. and that is a really critical point, that he is absolutely trying to push his country into modernity. he's trying to build on the gains these past 13 years with the help of human rights activists, with the help of entrepreneurs, a whole budding class of educators, young people who have graduated from college in the last five to seven years, really trying to push the

country into a whole new era. >> we did mention there was that global outcry when the rape was made public, and as a result she was give and pardon. what more can the international community do to improve the lives of some of these women in afghanistan if the leaders of that country fail to act quickly enough and make significant changes? >> i do think, i was talking to state department officials in the u.s. this week, and we were talking about the fact that a lot of what they wanted to hear from president ghani they certainly heard. i don't think anybody doubts his commitment to the role of women. you see afghanistan have a first lady in the sense that many of our viewers know a first lady. out there very carefully just talking about the importance of including women and girls in their own societies while respecting afghan traditions. it's a very fine line. but i do think you see a country that is better known for ieds than its crowing crop of

maternal health advisers. i think the international community's push to stay engaged there is central. it's not so much a question of only military. it's a question of investment, development and partnering with the afghan security forces so there is this space for the country to grow and modernize. >> and you highlight this generation of activists. very positive note in what you had to share with us. thank you so much for talking with us. >> thank you for having me. >> and the story is part of a series of reports this week from afghanistan. still to come, nick payton walsh reports on the remaining american troops in afghanistan. and we'll also hear from former nato interpreters who say they are essentially imprisoned in their own country after being fired and then black listed. that's still to come on cnn. >> let's take a very short break.

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well, the action movie, "furious 7" smashed box office records over the weekend earning over $140 million in the u.s. and it $240 million internationally. the franchise is one of the biggest brands in hollywood. and this latest installment has special significance, of course, original cast member paul walker died in a car crash before filming was actually finished. >> yeah, so while grieving his loss, the film makers had to also figure out how to complete walkers' scenes and of course say farewell to his character. not an easy task. here's dan simon with more. >> reporter: it's the film

franchise that made paul walker a massive star. fast and furious, on its seventh installment began filming in september 2013. >> i don't have friends. i got family. >> reporter: but only two months after production on the move ie started, tragedy. the car bursting into flames. >> there's nothing. we tried. we went their five extinguish s extinguishers. >> reporter: a coroner's report stated that the car was traveling at an unsafe speed. near occupant had drugs or alcohol in their systems. the driver lost control for unknown reasons. in the days that followed, it became clear how much walker was loved by his fans. the oldest of five siblings,

walker true up with a strong christian background and faith. apart from acting, he was known for humanitarian work. he took a team to haiti to help with earthquake relief. >> i told him i loved him. and he said -- >> reporter: as the realization set in, questions turned to the franchise. >> i'm going to get you out of here. >> reporter: how to finish the latest film. this was walker just before the release of the first movie, explaining what maid it all work. >> you hear about egos and people who are difficult to work with, and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. but everyone in this, we got along really well. >> reporter: most of walker's parts were already shot when he died. but they decided to retire his character. his brothers were used as body doubles to finish his scenes and cgi, computer generated imagery was used to super impose his

face onto their bodies. >> i'm sure he's smiling. they're paying homage to him. and in the end they're going to love the way his legacy is being carried on. >> he was one of the coolest chaps i've ever met. it was more about his family and helping other people. >> reporter: paul walker is survived by a 16-year-old daughter. and now a legacy of the most successful easter weekend film of all time. >> what's the plan? >> reporter: dan simon, cnn, san francisco. all right. from movies to music now. if you believe in rock and roll, as rosemary does, you'll want to hear this, as rosemary does don mcclain's plans for his american peyman u script. black. those things had tootallh change.

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welcome back, everyone. one of the driest places in the world is now cleaning up after severe floods. we have our meteorologist, pedram javaheri with us. >> the desert one of the more fascinating places in the world. they've not seen rainfall since the 1700s. this is an unusual area to get rainfall. 25 fatalities.

80 people missing. we want to show you a never before seen perspective. this is a google earth perspective as it looked before the flood. this was in 2002. as of the past several days, this is less than one inch of rainfall that has caused this damage. the before perspective in august of 2012. and then you look at what kurd last week with the tremendous amount of rainfall that came down for this region, causing the roads, literally the earth cannot take any of this moisture. think about chile. long and narrow, and it goes up the backbone of the andes mountains. it gets down into the valleys, and you talk about this town, the average rainfall, .07 inches a year. in march they picked up 25 millimeters in 24 hours. that's equivalent to 14 years of rainfall in one day. some areas seeing their first rainfall since 1992.

if you're watching us from california, you know about death valley, one of the driest places in the world, that would be considered an oasis compared to this area. >> 14 years of rainfall in one day? >> yes. >> incredible. >> and the ground can't absorb it. >> runs off. a long, long time ago. don mcclain wrote one of the most popular and mysterious songs ever. and others have recorded other versions of "american pie." >> and now on a whim he has decided to get rid of the manuscript. it could unlock some of the secrets to the day the music died ♪ bye-bye ms. american pie ♪ drove my chevy to the levee

♪ but the levee was dry >> reporter: a song that defined a generation. ♪ this will be the day that i die ♪ >> reporter: an 8:36 second ode. now the original manuscript is up for sale. >> it's the creative process, from the beginning to the end. you see great moments of inspiration, him attempting things that didn't work out, the direction that he was going in that he then didn't want to follow. so these words that we all know so well and are fixed weren't fixed at the beginning. >> reporter: 16 pages of scribbles and scratches and the iconic words that made the final cut. ♪ a long, long time ago ♪ i can still remember how that music used to make me smile ♪ >> reporter: the song became a number one hit in 1972 and has stood the test of time, making the song of the century list by the recording association of

america. ♪ february made me shiver >> reporter: he acknowledges the february that made him shiver was about a plane crash that killed buddy holly, the day the music died. but much of american pie still remains a mystery. >> you can hear it in coffee shops. it's ever present. and that makes it a work of popular art. it also happens to be a work of high literary art. and it gets constantly discussed and debated about what its lyrics refer to and might mean. >> reporter: don mcclain once said songwriters should make their statements and move on, maintaining a dignified silence. his music has always spoken for itself, yet these questions remain. ♪ now do you believe in rock and roll ♪ ♪ can music save your mortal soul ♪ ♪ and can you teach me how to dance ♪ ♪ real slow

>> reporter: the manuscript goes under the hammer at christis on april 7 and is expected to fetch $1.5 million. that's more than john lennon's day in the life sold for. but just shy of "like a rolling stone." nick parker, cnn, atlanta. >> it is a brilliant song. i saw him live years ago in australia. and now he's 70. >> great to get inside the mind of an artist, too. >> we'll be able to see how many secrets will be in there. thanking for watching, everyone. i'm errol barnett. i'll see nyou in an hour. >> i'll be back after this short break. so,as my personal financial psychic, i'm sure you know what this meeting is about. yes, a raise. i'm letting you go. i knew that. you see, this is my amerivest managed... balances. no. portfolio. and if doesn't perform well for two consecutive gold.

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