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an american family struggles for answers after a police officer shoots and kills an unarmed man. jurors must decide whether the convicted boston marathon bomber should be put to death. moments ago iran's president lays down new terms and talks over the country's nuclear program. hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm errol barnett. our last hour of the day and the
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week with you. this is "cnn newsroom." thanks for joining us, everyone. the man whose cell phone video got a south carolina police officer charged with murder is speaking out. >> the investigation into the latest shooting with racial overtones is raising more kriktd questions. jason carroll brings us the latest. >> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: charleston's police chief and mayor interrupted by vocal and angry protesters. demanding answers after seeing the video that shows officer michael slager repeatedly shooting walter scott in the back. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: slager is in jail tonight charged with murder. the man who shot the cell phone video coming forward wednesday. he told nbc news he was on his way to work when he saw a struggle between slager and
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scott. >> down the floor before the -- i started recording. they were down on the floor. i remember the police had control of the situation. had control of scott. and scott was trying just to get away from the taser. the taser -- you can hear the sound of the taser. >> reporter: the video starts as slager and scott appear to wrestle over an object, possibly that taser. the video shows an object falling to the ground as scott turns and runs. officer slager then pulls his gun and fires eight shots. according to scott's family, four strike him in the back. at no point is slager heard yelling a warning or stop. he just shoots. the video then shows slager calling for backup. >> shots fired. subject is down. he grabbed my taser. >> reporter: he's seen walking to scott, and once scott is on the ground, slager shouts a
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command. slager puts scott in handcuffs and turns to retrieve an item on the ground. then appears to drop it next to scott's body. scott's family believes the video shows the intent to plant the taser next to scott's body. the focus, justice and remembering walter scott. >> he was kind. he loved his children. he was a great father. he was a great father. he was a good friend and a good brother. he was also a great son. >> reporter: the mayor expressing his gratitude to santana for coming forward to to help set the record straight. >> the video is very demonstrative of exactly what happened. without the video, and that was the only witness there was actually of the gentleman that was making the video. it would be difficult to ascertain exactly what did
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occur. we want to thank the young person that came forward with the video. >> reporter: scott's family says they ran into santana on sunday. they had actually gone back to the scene where it happened to pay a special tribute to scott. that's when they say santana saw them, walked up and said, "i've got something you simply must see." at this point, the investigation has been turned over to the south carolina state law enforcement division. they will be handling the investigation. at this point, the family and many people in this community say the video already speaks for itself. jason carroll, cnn, north charleston, south carolina. the brother of walter scott, anthony scott, joins us from outside the family home in charleston, south carolina. you see him on the right of the screen. in the center now is chris stewart, attorney representing the family in what are very difficult days. welcome to you both. anthony, i'm very sorry for your
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loss. i appreciate you joining us on cnn today. before the important video emerged, what did police tell you about what happened, and was there any question about the sequence of events initially? >> yes, there was. initial i they told me my brother of stopped for a traffic, broken taillight on his car. and then once they said he was stopped for a broken taillight, they said he proceeded to run out of the car after the officer ran his license. they said that in the pursuit of him, he was there for a taser. they said he took control of the taser. and i heard he was tasered more than one time. i thought that he was okay. but by the time i got to the actual site, my nephew told me
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he was gone. i said, how is he gone? they said he tried to take the officer's taser away from him. therefore, the officer had to use deadly force. >> whether you saw the video for the first time, what did you fee feel? >> i knew there was something wrong because my brother would never try attack or tase the officer. i knew he would have given up and surrendered. t the whole story didn't sound right. i thought something's not right with this. after i saw the video, i saw the video told the whole truth. >> for people watching who think that a police officer outright murdering a suspect is rare and unique and not part of a very large systemic issue all across the u.s. when it comes to the
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way cops treat african-americans, what do you say to people who say this does not represent a larger issue? >> i would say that in some cases that may be the case. it's not just african-americans being gunned down unlawfully. i think it's everyone of any race that may be gunned down unlawfully. so i think there need to be things put in place so that this doesn't happen again. i don't think it's just a black thing or a white thing or hispanic thing. it's just a thing with some bad cops. >> let's bring in your attorney, chris stewart. the justice department, the fbi will be looking into this. what outcome are you pushing for here? how can the scotts get justice? >> we're going to strongly follow the case that the solicitor is going to bring against this officer. they've charged him with murder.
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the face is hoping he'll be found guilty and that justice will be northbound that area. we'll be filing a civil lawsuit to hold everybody responsible for this. this wasn't just one situation with this officer. he had a history. i'm sure if he was willing to plant phony evidence at a scene, this may have happened in the past. we also want to push to protect not just minorities but everybody by making sure body cameras are instituted here. we do see too many shootings of individuals. a lot of them happen to be african-americans. this could happen to anyone. >> your mother, judy scott, told anderson cooper she felt forgiveness in her heart for officer slager. do you? >> not at this time. >> absolutely understandable.
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what is it you want us to remember about walter scott? >> they took away a great man, great father, great son and a great brother. we can't bring him back. we need to make sure this doesn't happen to another family again. >> once again, i'm very sorry for your loss. thanks you to and your lawyer joining us from south carolina. thank you very much. >> cnn's anderson cooper also spoke with walter scott's mother. >> reporter: whether did you learn there was a videotape? >> it was the next day. >> when you finally saw it, i can't imagine what went through your heart. >> i couldn't really watch the whole tape. when i saw my son running and saw the policeman behind him, i couldn't take. his to turn away.
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i couldn't handle it. >> it is just heartbreaking. we will bring you much more of that interview later this hour on "cnn newsroom." >> for now we move our focus to the u.s. state of massachusetts. dzhokhar tsarnaev found guilty in the boston marathon bombing trial. >> it penalty phase will begin, jurors deciding whether the 21-year-old will face life in prison or death. alexandra field covering the story from boston. >> reporter: this is the moment so many people waited so long for. nearly two years they waited to hear the verdict. now 30 counts. dzhokhar tsarnaev found guilty in each and every one. he strode into the courtroom, listened as each count was read out loud, made just a glance at the juror. he looked down, sometime at his hands or his attorney.
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no outward show of emotion, typical for him throughout the trial 16782 jurors deliberated for just under 12 hours before arriving at the verdict. the jurors didn't seem to want to make eye contact. they kept their eyes forward, looking at the judge, looking at the clerk. one juror seemed to try to get a closer look. but the juror wouldn't have seen any outward display, any sign of surprise from defendant himself. a lot of people were inside that courtroom to hear the verdict. family members of the victims who were killed, survives of the bombing. the gravity of the situation, you could feel it inside the courtroom. it was quiet. people sat still. a few dabbing tear was their eyes. really -- dabbing tears from their eyes. really no expression of emotion. people sort of listening in, wanting to hear every word. wanting to hear that word "guilty" said over and over again. we heard from survivors who came out after the verdict was read. some said they didn't have a sense of closure.
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certainly this is a piece of the puzzle for a lot of them. there is some sense of justice t the. the trial is not over. the jury will decide whether or not to spare tsarnaev his life. in boston, cnn. cnn national security analyst juliet kahem, thanks for joining us. dzhokhar tsarnaev found guilty on all 30 count and may face the death penalty. given the evidence and verdicts, of course, how loyal is it that the 12 -- how likely is it that the 12 jurors will decide he should die for his crime? >> likely only that in a sense that in boston where there's not tremendous support for the death penalty, this jury is on the jury because they believe or could impose the death penalty. in some ways they're a minority in the state. but i have to say that it is hard to tell at this stage.
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the defense has a theory about him, that he was an innocent, scared, manipulated younger brother. and but for his older brother, he would have been a normal kid. and that resonated throughout the guilty phase and what the defense will go after in this next stage. >> what more would the defense need to do to try to push because this is life or death. this decision here, as it goes into the penalty phase. what would the defense need do at this point to move it toward life? >> reporter: they need one juror. in this country you need a unanimous 12 jury agreement for the death penalty. the jury needs to see who is sympathetic to dzhokhar tsarnaev about a story of his parents abandoned him, his brother is
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sociopathic. he's afraid of his brother. he's on lots of drugs and try to convince one juror. if you get one holdout, he will not get the death penalty. >> and tsarnaev was emotionless throughout wednesday's proceedings, wasn't he? apparently lacking reforce for what he did. -- lacking remorse for what he did. now how much will his lack of remorse play into this? what all has been learned throughout the ordeal in terms of homeland security, do you think? >> i think a couple things. one is he currently was directed by defense attorneys to show no emotion either way. no matter what he did, it would be viewed as sneering or not being sympathetic enough. i think the other thing that's clear, at least was from what i can take away from what's happened, he will not testify in the sentencing phase. we will not hear his voice. he's a variable that's too hard for the defense attorneys to
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control, they can control his friends, family, psychiatrist or doctors who might testify against him. he will gone on the stand, i can bet. >> thank you very much for joining us. as we heard there, all 12 of the jurors would have to be on board for the death penalty for that to be carried out. it is interesting looking at social media. a lot of people are saying it would be better if he were in jail for rest of his life. >> that's right. you had asked people on line about that. i spoke with someone who had finished the marathon and helped people when the bombs went off. robert wheeler. he said he's not so certain that the death penalty would be the appropriate form of justice in this case either. perhaps it was better, it would be better for dzhokhar tsarnaev to spend his life in prison, to think about what he's done. we're not sure where this will go. but it could go either way. it's not clear. >> it could be as early going to the penalty phase as early as next week. >> we'll keep an eye on that for sure. iran's president talks about
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the deal to end his country's nuclear program. it seems he may have a different idea than the u.s. of exactly what's involved. we'll bring you a live report on this next. emotional reunions in northern iraq for the families of hundreds killed by isis.
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isis has released more than 200 ethnic yazidis in northern iraq. they were reunited with their family on wednesday. isis killed or captured hundreds when they overran the towns last summer. yazidis are one of the oldest religious communities in the world. meanwhile, the iraqi army is fresh off its victory in isis in tikrit and planning its next military moves. >> it's hoping to regain ground in anbar in baghdad. arwa damon reports. >> reporter: past the flattened farmhouses, amid the date palms, craters left by roadside bombs.
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positions fortified with sandbags line the new-tranquil road. the isis fighters even dug trenches that lead all the way up to these fighting positions. since june, isis was only pushed back three miles, along this this particular battle line in anbar province, west of baghdad. it took month for the paramilitary force part of the predominantly volunteer shia volunteer army to break through this line of defense. "we tried to advance from the front," he says, "but we couldn't. we flanked them from behind." and that was only after a joint operation that included air support and iraq's conventional forces. as is the isis tactic, buildings like this former school were booby trapped. one of the bomb-disposal unit members killed when he tried to defuse the explosives in front of the gate. >> there's a home that you see
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in the distance. right behind that is where isis has its closest positions to this particular area. >> reporter: the road here leads into the town still firmly under isis control. targeting we are told comes from imagery captured by drones. equipped with thermal cameras provided to the fighters by iran. "they were brought with the iranian advisers. they are the ones who taught us to fly them," one of the commanders says. iran's role, he argues, has been positive, dwoik respond while the u.s. and allies hesitatesed to act. he says coalition strikes can help them in anbar. "the coalition can help us by targeting the border areas that isis operates in and in the desert," he says. iraqi army artillery batteries are scattered throughout the fields, staring down the enemy.
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watch towers line key roads as forces await orders for what is expected to be a massive joint operation in the next phase of the battle against isis. arwa damon, cnn, anbar province, iraq. the united nations is urging an end to air strikes targeting people forced from their homes in yemen. the u.n. says 100,000 people have been displaced by fighting there, and more than 300 civilians killed. >> a saudi led coalition is trying to force out rebels and get the president back in power. we have more live on the latest. and it's stunning when you consider that after the saudi-led air strikes, they have still been unable to get the upper hand over houthi rebels in the country. it's coming at a price among the civilians. it's not just the houthis and other fighters that are being
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killed here. there are over 300, the u.n. says, who have been killed. more than 70 of them children. the international committee for the red cross was able to dock a boat with some medical supplies on board yesterday in aden. they say 700 kilograms of medical supplies were off loaded there. doctors without borders also got a boat in to aden yesterday. they were able to offload 700 kilograms of equipment, surgical equipment which is much needed. doctors without borders who run a hospital in aden says electricity supplies are desperately short. they've been without for three days. people in the town, in that relatively sprawling but still kmakt town of aden -- compact town of aden, people struggling to get to the hospital. two medical teams on board the
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red cross boat were also dropped off in aden yesterday. five doctors -- a five might have member surgical team -- four-member surgical team from doctors without borders will go to hospitals to try to help. of course, this is only a tiny fraction of what's happening across the whole of yemen at the moment. and the real concern is that as the air strikes continue, as the fighting on the ground continues, as well, that civilians will be caught up. more than 100,000 people displaced. and that's an increasing concern because the fear is that more people will try to escape the fighting or potentially try get across the border, which is no easy prospect in yemen. >> and as people flee across the borders, some yemenese fleeing by boat, on precarious waters. the humanitarian situation in the country is getting worse. as you mentioned, aid is getting in thanks to some landing strips and air runways that are still
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able to take planes in that are safe. those risks, as needed as they are, the deliveries are quite risky now, aren't they? >> reporter: they are. the international organization for migration, a u.n. body that monitors the numbers of displaced people, the sense they have is that they have 600 people in san amp they're running out of the -- sanaa. they're running out of the ability to help people they want to get out of the country. in aden, they're supporting several groups of people who want to get out of the country. they can't get out. they've got a large group of ethiopians waiting to get out. so there's a lot -- they have another center in the country, as well, where people -- foreign workers who are trapped in the country are also desperate to get out. we talked to border officials in saudi arabia. they are assisting people to get out of the country who don't have saudi visas to allow them to transit saudi arabia.
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that wouldn't under normal circumstances be allowed to happen. it's a humanitarian gesture fuller. the fact that at the moment it is ex-patriot coming out, concern as the fighting escalates and stability continues. food shortages across the country mount that it won't just be ex-pats trying to get out but yemen is, as well, on the border today. there are more ex-pats expected to across out of yemen, transit through saudi arabia before they go home. >> a frightening situation for many. we'll keep our eyes closely fixed to this. senior international correspondent nic robertson joining us from the saudi arabian side of the yemeni border. thank you very much. iran's president rouhani seems to be cast something doubt on the prospect of a final nuclear deal. he appeared on state television today saying iran would never
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shine a nuclear deal unless all sanctions against his country were lifted on the first day. iran and six world powers agreed last week to the framework of a deal to keep tehran from developing nuclear weapons. the u.s. says sanctions would be phased out if iran keeps up its end of the agreement. the deadline for a final deal is june 30th. still to come on "cnn newsroom," through all the pain and grief, walter scott's family finds the strength to speak out. how his mother says she knows her son didn't jeopardize his own life.
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welcome back, everyone. are you watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. the last half-hour of the day with you. here are our top headlines -- moments ago, iran's president said he will never sign a nuclear deal unless all sanctions against his country are lifted on the first day the deal is implemented. he made the comments in tehran. negotiator from iran and six world powers agreed last week to a framework deal that would phase out the sanctions if iran gives up its nuclear weapons program. dzhokhar tsarnaev has been found guilty on all 30 counts he faced in the boston marathon bombing trial. jurors must decide whether the 21-year-old will face life in prison or the death penalty. the attack killed four people, three in the bombing and one during the manhunt that followed. the white south carolina police officer charged with murdering an unarmed black man has been fired. michael schlegel was charged
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after video surfaced tuesday that shows him shoot walter scott in the back eight times. the man who made that video says slager tased scott before he began recording. walter scott is being remembered by his friends and family as kind, outgoing, and a good son and father. >> kyung lah has a look at the life of this man cut short. >> reporter: walter scott now lives in our minds for the way he died. for his family, the 50-year-old struggled in an imperfect world and his place in it. he came from a large extended family. he was one of three sons. >> his two brothers -- i had two brothers. i had two brothers. now i have one brother. out of my brothers, he was the most outgoing out of all of us. he knew everybody. >> reporter: that outgoing
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personality brought him to the u.s. coast guard at age 19. he served for two years until the coast guard says a drug-related offense led to an involuntary separation. scott received a general discharge under honorable conditions when he left in 1986. his family says the years that followed brought ups and downs. scott's first wife and the mother of his two older children died. scott remarried, had two more children. the marriage ended in divorce. unpaid child support piled up, and according to south carolina authorities, a warrant was issued for his arrest. that may be why, says scott family attorney, he ran from officer slager. his brother says he was a huge dallas cowboys fan and was happy the last time the family of together. scott's parents just celebrated their 50th anniversary where he danced with the family he loved. >> he was kind. he loved his children. he was a great father. he was a great father.
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he was a good friend, and he was a good brother. he was also a great son. >> reporter: as far as his court record, we looked at it. everything we saw was traffic related or child custody related. you have to go back almost 30 years, back to 1987 when he was 21 years old to find the only mark of violence, that and -- that an assault and battery charge. cnn, los angeles. as you watch a man get shot in the back so many times, it's easy to be outraged by the video. walter scott's family grieves over his loss but is calling for calm as public outrage grows. >> scott's mother, judy, spoke with our anderson cooper about her pain and belief that justice will be served. >> reporter: how are you holding up? >> the lord is my strength. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: that's keeping you
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going now is. >> yes, knowing god as my personal savior. >> reporter: when did you get the news about your son? >> it was saturday. >> reporter: what did you hear? what did they tell you? >> really my elder son is the one that told me. i heard nothing from the police or anyone. >> reporter: when you were told that the police were saying there had been a scuffle, that your son had fought for the taser, did that sound believable to you? >> i knew that that was not true because he know how especially the north charleston policemen conduct themselves. he would never jeopardize his life. >> reporter: he would not have done something like that? >> no, he would not have done it. >> reporter: so when did you learn that there was a
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videotape? >> it was the next day. >> reporter: when you finally saw it, i can't imagine what went through your heart. >> i couldn't really watch the whole tape. when i saw my son running, i saw the policeman behind him, i couldn't take it. i had to turn away. i couldn't handle it. >> reporter: knowing what you know now, i mean that not only what happened to your son, the way it happened, that it was captured on tape, even what seems to be pictures of the policeman picking up something, placing it near the body, what do you think happened? >> that was not right. the policeman is wanted to protect the people, not try to
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frame them or get out of what they've done wrong. they're supposed to be honest people. protecting us. >> reporter: what do you want people to know about your son? >> i want them to know that he was a loving son, a loving father. he cared about his family. and i will no matter what happens, it will not replace my son. >> reporter: do you believe that justice will be done? >> i believe god. with the policemen getting arrest -- policeman getting arrested, he's got to get convicted. and i believe since god moved so fast, the god i serve is able. i know god will make a way. god will fix it.
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>> anderson cooper talking there with walter scott's mother. she's been incredible throughout this and his brother. just an extraordinary family dealing with the losses so deep. >> dealt with the shocking loss. then to have been thrust into the media spotlight, the family has handled themselves so well. they're heading into the first weekend now without their son, without their brother. they're trying to keep their faith and also asking people to stay and remain calm as things work out. it's -- i will never get used to seeing mothers speak about losing their kids at the hand of police. heartbreaking. >> horrifying, indeed. you can find much more on the shooting of walter scott on our website including a look at what we know about the police officer who has been charged with murder in the case. >> read all of that at cnn.com. we'll be right back.
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a severe weather system continues to unfold in part of the u.s. in the state of missouri, a storm, severe storm dropped tennis ball-sized hail in farmington, even break something car windows. and there was a report of a tornado not far away in goddard, kansas. >> our meteorologist, derek van dam, is here to talk more about the severe weather threat across the united states. >> reporter: the wicked weather that battered parts of the plains states wednesday is starting to move eastward. places like detroit, chicago, cincinnati, all the way to little rock have the possibility to see that rough weather on thursday. take a look at some of the footage coming out of missouri. lightning strikes and hail. what you're looking at is a shelf cloud.
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good precursor to obviously severe weather. this setup has turned roads into rivers. the flash flooding that you see on the screen at the moment. look at the setup in terms of weather at it earns impacting the central and eastern portions of the united states. warm and moist air from the gulf of mexico and cool and dry air. when we see the two collide, we have the perfect recipe, the perfect greats for a severe weather outbreak. and that's basically what we saw on wednesday. we are more concerned about thursday's possibility of severe weather. in fact, we have roughly 90 million people with some sort of slight or enhanced risk of at least large hail, damaging winds and the possibility of some isolated tornadoes. we've highlighted the areas. that includes the greater chicago area. we're going to be watching for that. speaking of chicago, we had a line of thunderstorms recently move through. you see all the lightning
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strikes across illinois, wisconsin, and the southwestern sections of michigan. i'm from grand rapids. you see the line of thunderstorms moving through. around 1,000 lightning strikes in the past 60 minutes. and a completely different weather pattern taking shape along the east coast. the winter that will never end. boston encountering a mixture of rain and snow. temperatures are quite cool across the area compared to our warm, moist air mass across the southeastern portion of the united states. cold front sweeps through, clears things out. with this setup, we get this type of hailstone. that's what they encountered in missouri. switching gears across the other part of the world, at least across the big pond, being the atlantic ocean, we have a warming trend over much of europe. this is what we like to see this time of year. temperatures running five to even upwards of nine degrees sells why above -- celsius above where we should be.
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we'll twoorm 21 in time for the weekend. there's snow in the forecast if you're located near turkey, anka ankara, two to five inches. some elevations could exceed 20 centimeters. fog? take note of. i'll end with a beautiful picture in paris. if you've been to the city, you know how special it is. it's even that much better when you get out and enjoy it in the springtime. i want to end with the photo because i love the eiffel tower and love this time of year in paris. >> it is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. >> without a doubt. >> friends and family love it. >> thank you very much. half of all flights, speaking of paris, in and out of france could be canceled thursday. the second day of an air traffic controller strike is underway. french aviation officials asked workers to cut their flights in half. >> part of the dispute is over plans to raise the retirement age from -- listen to this -- 57
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to 59. they also claim staff members are declining despite increasing national and european regulation. air traffic controllers are threatening more two-day strike later this month and in may. greece due to make a half million dollar payment in the coming day. it's reassured markets it has the money and will avoid a default to the international monetary fund. >> meantime, russian president vladimir putin says he's not offered financial help to greece. there had been speculation the countries might make a deal when greece's prime minister met with mr. putin wednesday. apparently not. police in london busy searching for clues after thieves swipe hundreds of millions of dollars in gems and cash from a vault. coming up, a look at how they might have done it and what's at stake.
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welcome back, everyone. the u.k. may be closing a centuries' old tax loophole that benefits the wealthy. if the labor party wins the may 7th election. >> the rule essentially lets wealthy people living in britain avoid paying taxes on overseas
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income if they declare their home or domicile outside the u.k. the head of the labor party says scrapping it could save the country hundreds of millions of dollars. >> why should people be able to enjoy all of the benefits of our great country and not pay tax like everyone else? why should there be one rule for some people and another rule for everybody else? it isn't fair, it isn't just, it holds britain back, and we will stop it. >> the conservative finance minister disputed ed miliband's claim saying the labor party's finance spokesman admitted getting rid of the law would cost the country money. >> there's a big fight over this because the polls have these two leading parties so close. a poll of voting intentions taken tuesday, as you see, shows labor and the conservative party neck in neck. labor's slim two-point lead less than the 3% point margin of error. the u.k. independence party is
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third in the poll with a clear lead over the liberal democrats. how about this story -- noties were not -- noties were not prime minister david cameron's friend on the campaign trail this week. wednesday a 6-year-old girl seemed bored to death with his unfailing of a new education policy. the prime minister was trying to help her read whether she apparently gave up. >> he's sitting right next to her. didn't try and hide it. will remember this. monday cameron caught flack for this image where he's seen eating a hot dog with a knife and fork. >> my favorite tweet was, "what kind of a monster eats a hot dog with a knife and fork?" >> get your hands dirty. here's another story from britain. a jewelry and cash heist from a safe deposit company has londoner scratching their heads in amazement. a former police official says the haul is possibly worth up to $300 million. >> the burglars are thought to have entered the building from the roof, rappelled down the
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elevator shaft and cut through a reinforced door to reach the bounty. cnn's frederick pleitgen reports it happened in the heart of london's diamond district. >> reporter: a major heist that has an entire district of london on the edge. the city's jewelry trading area. julian bold evaluates diamonds here exactly for cases like this one. he issues certificates detailing the stones' properties so authorities can vary f.y. the owners if the gems are retrieved. >> this is a basic gem certificate. if it has this, we can then tell the weight, the exact weight, the color, the grade, the purity, and even the length, breadth, and depth of the stone are precise. >> reporter: like julian bolds, virtually everyone in the area works in the jewelry and diamond business. this has been britain's center for gems since medieval times. hundreds of jewelry businesses are clustered right here.
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nick bick owns a diamond trading business. >> everyone knows everyone's business. regarding stones and inquiries, it's a small community. many of the brokers deal amongst themselves. >> reporter: the diamond jeweler believes security in the whole district has to improve. >> it's horrific. a huge shock for some people. they may have their entire worldly wealth inside one of those boxes. they may even have goods they don't even own and have on loan. >> reporter: so many in britain's premier jewelry and diamond district are desperately seeking information, hoping the damage is not as bad as some project. fred pleitgen, cnn, london. nick bick, an interesting name. >> yeah. i would have thought nicholas. >> i think so. golfers tee up in a few hour at the minimum wage minimum wage -- the first major tournament of the season, the masters in augusta, georgia. tiger woods says he's ready to play after a two-month break.
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>> it former world number one was disqualified at the less serious par 3 competition. he brought his children, daughter sam and son charlie along as caddies and let sam sink a putt. that's a no-no. uh-huh. >> six-time masters champ jack nicklaus proving he's still a great golfer at age 75. >> he thrilled the crowd at that par 3 contest by hitting this perfect drive on the hole. the ball flew over the water, over the flag, and spun back into the cup. the hole in one was the golden bear's first at the augusta national course. how about that? >> very nice stuff. >> nice. you are watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. stay tuned for "early starts" for those of you in the u.s. >> if you are watching jelgs where, another edition of "cnn newsroom" begins after the break. have a great day.
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