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baiji oil refinery. hello, i'm rosemary church. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. thank you for joining us. this is "cnn newsroom." after years of allegations of widespread corruption, the governing body of the world's most popular sport is now facing an unprecedented crackdown. u.s. justice officials are accusing these nine current and former fifa officials along with five corporate executives of racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering over the past 24 years. switzerland is launching its own probe into the last two awarded world cup bid. at a u.s. request argentina has begun the process of extraditing three of the indicted executives in a statement fifa's president sepp blatter insist heed welcomes the investigations. blatter is not one of the 14

people indicted but he was investigation investigated. officials wouldn't comment on whether he has been cleared. pamela brown has the details. >> reporter: it is the largest governing body for the world's most popular sport, soccer. and now fifa has enough people indicted for corruption to start its own team. one the justice department says is organized, widespread and criminal. they were expected to uphold the rules that keep soccer honest. and to protect the integrity of the game.corrupted the business of worldwide soccer. >> reporter: at this luxury hotel, authorities arrested seven fifa officials as they gather foed for their annual meeting. the justice department indicted 14 people. >> all defendants abused the u.s. justice system and violated u.s. law. >> charges are racketeering, money fraud, and money laundering. >> this really is the world cup of fraud. and today we are issuing fifa a

red card. >> reporter: events like the world cup helped fifa bring in $2 billion a year. >> a sport that unites and inspires. >> reporter: the international event draws top players, top tourism, and top publicity for host cities and sponsors. now the justice department says fifa officials have used that allure to earn a cool $150 million in bribes for more than two decades. in exchange it allegedly provided lucrative media and marketing rights to the world cup and fifa. >> fifa worldwide has extraordinary power, uber power. we can make a case that this is the biggest sports bust in history today. this is historic. this is monumental. >> reporter: who is among fifa's least trust worthy team of executives, vice president jeffrey webb accused of using his position to solicit kick backs according to the u.s.,

amassed $11 million in unreported income. accusations of corruption have long shadowed fifa including controversial decisions to hold future world cups in russia and qatar instead of the u.s. >> absolutely shocked when qatar beat the united states. except then we took a deep breath and everyone thought about the oil and the money and the fact that you could open up another part of the world. everyone kind of shook their heads and said, well, of course. >> reporter: fitfa's provocativ president, sepp blatter, but u.s. officials made clear today this is just the beginning. >> the work will continue until all corruption is uncovered and ape me a message is sent around the world this conduct will not be tolerated. >> thank you again to pamela brown for that report. >> will these charges come as fifa gets ready to elect its president onblatter has been ex to win a fifth term easily.

but european futbol's governing body wants the vote delayed. take a listen. >> the members of the executive committee are convinced there is a strong need for a change to the leadership of this fifa. and strongly believe the fifa congress should be postponed with new fifa presidential elections to be organized within the next six months. >> cnn's correspondent joins us now from zurich with the latest. alex, as we heard. uefa wants friday's election for the next president postponed. fifa insists it is going ahead with the vote. could that change? why do you think fifa would want to hold the vote in the midst of a stunning scandal that tants it a -- tants ints it and raises questions? >> good questions. unlikely friday's presidential elect, vote will be postponed

or, delayed at all. and that's because, uefa, the european federation, does call for the postponement was already a very public, vocal critic of sepp blatter. its president, michelle platinier, thought of standing against blatter in the election, and thought against it. so hard to beat the guy. elsewhere in the world he is so hugely popular. we have seen time and again in the run-up selection. confederation after confederation come out in public, vocal support at the concacaf, the center of the u.s. investigation that we heard about. you have one delegate compare him to nenelson mandela, jesus christ. every popular figure throughout history. sepp blat is huge. and doesn't agree to the call to postpone the vote. the asian futbol confederation expresses its disapin thement and sadness at wednesday's

events in zurich while supposing any delay in the fifa presidential elections to take place friday here in zurich. and the statement went on to say, rosemary they have already put in changes in fleiss s in reform fifa. and get to the bottom of the corruption. everyone else in the world is saying, hold on this ethics committee came in, three years ago, sepp blatter did start it. this is all happened under his watch. you know seems like the futbol officials within the game seem blind to any wrongdoing that fifa are doing. >> thises the thing. he has been there since 1998. it is extraordinary in light of what we are hearing. in some way he is unscathed. we will see what happens of course with the vote friday. because many see this as just the first step. in cleaning up a very corrupt

organization. what might come next. how big do you think this could get? >> this could be a watershed moment for futbol. which is the most popular sport on the planet. rosemary. you remember what happened with the salt lake city scandal, turn of the century which forced the olympic movement to complete the reform. all sorts of backhanders going on there as well. think of the armstrong doping scandal. in cycling which led to a change of leadership at the top. the question is, that without a change at the top. can futbol actually change its image. and everyone outside the game is saying no. but it is the 209 futbol officials, mainly old men in suits. has to be said doing the voting. they dent agreon't agree with t of us. >> alex thomas joining us from zurich. many thanks for the live report. now let's bring in david webber, he studies the cultural political economy of futbol at

the university and joins us from coventry in england. thank you for joining us. we have seen, 14 senior officials charged in connection with unprecedented corruption investigation. but sepp blatter who heads up the organization has not been charged. what do you make of that? >> i am not entirely surprised by that. i mean this is a man whose leadership has been very unprecedented, both in sporting terms, but also in politically, as well. blatter himself has been strategic, clever, in insulating himself from, many of the accusations that have been thrown at fifa in the past. as a previous correspondent noted. this is somebody who has an

awful lot of support from the asian federations, african federations and indeed, across large parts of -- of the americas as well. blatter for all criticisms he faced en uin europe. >> david webber, what does it say about sepp blatter and fifa they plan to go ahead with friday's vote for the next president of fifa despite the damage done to the organization. against the backdrop of the biggest scandal fifa has ever faced. >> well i think it certainly says something about blatter's -- if i can to the word resilience. i have talked -- about his sort of teflon like nature. nothing seems to stick to him. he will be fairly confident about winning a third term in office. he knows the damage this will

cause to the fifa brand. in terms of his own leadership. he is fairly confident. i would imagine of emerging from this, relatively unscathed. i did ask alex thomas this question. how big do you think this could get? >> well, i think it has to, certainly has pe totential and lot of european futbol commen day tors, certainly who hope for this -- this is going to be massive. just the first of a series of investigations into widespread corruption, financially and proprietary, bribery and so forth. whether or not that will be the case, still remains to be seen.

by picking off key allies in the america's and perhaps also in other parts of the world. that's the best way of going about and sort of really enacting the form, fifa. >> david webber, thank you for sharing your perspective on this. we do appreciate it. >> thank you a lot. >> crucial to fifa's feature is how its sponsors will react to allegations of corruption. some corporate sponsors have a history of suspending deals with athletes facing fpublic relation's scandals. samuel burke takes a look at how some companies are responding to the crisis. >> reporter: take a look at fifa's top sponsors, hyundai and visa have no comments. mcdonald's issued a firm statement. coca-cola is the strong e yet, saying, this lengthy controversial has tarnished the mission and ideals of the fifa

world cup. and we have repeatedly expressed our concerns about these serious allegations. now, both budweiser and adidas have issued statements saying they expect fifa to meet the highest ethical standard. they say they will keep in mind, adidas suspended its contract with american sprinter tyson gay after he failed a doping test. to give you an idea of what soccer means to adidas, the company sold $2.4 billion of soccer related products in 2014. samuel burke, cnn, london. >> more than two dozen u.s. military person them are undergoing precautionary treatments after possibly being exposed to anthrax. 22 at the u.s. air base in south korea. military officials say live samples of the dangerous bacteria were inadvertently sent there and to labs in nine u.s. states.

the shipments were part of a research project to develop a test for biological threats. our kathy novak just outside the air base in south korea. she joins us now on the phone. so, kathy, bring us up to date on the current condition of those military personnel affected by this. and also explain to us how a mistake of this magnitude could possibly happen. >> rosemary we are told there are no signs of possible expoe sure in the 22 people who were involved in the training here at the osan air base. now there is no threat to the public. but the 22 people were given precautionary medical measures including going through testing, being given antibiotics and some cases vaccinations. you say how this happened is the big question. what we know as you say is that a lab in utah, inadvertently sent what should have been inactive anthrax, but it was in fact, live. it was being used in training.

and a lab based in maryland received the live samples and raised the alarm. it was ones when day here that an emergency response team destroyed the sample being used here. but by then the 22 people may have already have been exposed. >> kathy, not the first time we have heard of these mistakes being made in relation to potentially deadly substances. could this perhaps lead to -- tighter precautions being put in place to prevent this from perhaps happening again? >> rosemary, that's right. just june last year that center for disease control personnel were unintentionally exposed to live anthrax. there was a big investigation into that. and a report found that there was a lack of standard operating procedures and a lack of oversights in the lab. now we are seeing this is the incident this year. this involved the military. the military will work with the cdc to see what is going on.

all the labs are testing current inventory. people will be asking the questions. of course, anthrax is extremely dangerous. it can be deadly when it is airborne it scan be used as a biological weapon. how did this happen. how can it be prevented from happening again? >> indeed. we want answers to the questions. kathy novak talking to us there on the line from osan air base in south korea. many thanks to you. well two police officers hatch been arrested in connection to the discovery of migrant graves. malaysian officials say the 139 graves and 28 abandoned camps found are linked to human trafficking. because the four bodies exhumed so far were individually buried. authorities believe the site was not a mass grave. all four body were wrapped in white cloth. a ritual associated with muslim

burials. the rest of the body are expected to be exhumed by june 8. >> human rights watch is skaulg for victims' right to be a top priority at friday's summit at asia's growing migrant crisis. the meeting will bring together representatives from several southeast asian nations as well as australia and iran among others. >> iraqi forces are pushing ahead in their fight against isis. >> that line of buildings over there is isis' closest possession and yesterday, during a thick sandstorm here, they used the cover of it to advance within 20 meters of here. >> up next -- we will take you to the front line off to see how government troops are faring. we are back in a moment.

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welcome back, everyone. iraq says it has recaptured territory from isis on the outskirts of ramadi. but the pentagon says no iraqi forces have entered the city so far. government troops, sunni

tribesmen and shia militia are working together to retake anbar province. senior international correspondent, nick payton walsh reports, the battlefield extend far to the north. >> reporter: this is just a taste of how apocalyptic it could get, the oil refinery choking on smoke. part of the huge complex is held by isis. shia fighters filmed this tuesday. the month's long fight here slowed by fears of the ecological chaos isis could reek if they scorch and burn here as they retreat. iraqi special forces took us to their front line. defending the ruins of the house that a coalition air strike pushed isis out of. they are from the elite golden division. their ramadi colleagues part of the troops, the u.s. said lacked the will to fight. >> the line of buildings over there it is isis' closest

position. and yesterday during a thick sandstorm here, they used the cover of it to advance within 20 meters of peer when the sandstorm subsided. suddenly a fire fight began. [ gunfire ] we don't know why they start shooting this day, what they may have seen. isis are few in number here they say, but willing to die and have a sniper nearby. or maybe they more want to show us and even washington, they very much do want to fight. it's not logical and wrong he says of the american criticism. because anywhere in ramadi, mosul, or anywhere duty calls we fight. their gunfire grows and usually it's mortars that isis fire back. so we pull out.

more ammunition, arriving at the base, the fight will be a slow one we're told. the reason we want to surround them he says, we must clean up the area properly with specialist engineers but it has fuel but also boobytraps. isis, a vital part of baghdad's plan for ramadi, but a slow grind, mindful that iraq need something to live off if isis ever leaves. nick paton walsh, cnn, baiji. >> for more now on the iraqi government's fight against isis, let's bring in cnn's, ian lee, following developments live from cairo. we are learning about the recaptured territory from isis. but at this point, no iraqi forcings have entered ramadi. what do you know about what is happening on the battlefield right now? >> oh, rosemary they're trying to contain isis from what we are seeing as we heard in nick's

report. trying to -- move slowly because of these improvised explosive devices that can cause quite a few casualties. also trying to preserve infrastructure. in ramadi we are hearing that from some suni tribal leadersment they were able to retake the university of anbar on the southern part of ra maddma -- ramadi. trying to cut off supply lines for isis. they cannot be reinforced. we are hearing though that some reinforcement, supplies are still able to get in from the western part of the city. but -- if we use tikrit as an example it will be a very long fight. it will be very slow. because of isis' ability to dig in and hold territory which makes it very dangerous for iraqi forces. >> and, ian, we have been talking about the iraqi troops fighting along side suni

tribesmen and shia militias. the relationship has many concerned about possibility fee and potential for tension and mistrust. how potentially dangerous is this strategy of suni and shia fighters joining forcings against isis. and how exactly do those three work together? >> well it's imperative that, that they learn to work together. and that they do work together. because -- when this is all over, if they are able to kick out isis. they're going to have to have some reconciliation with the sunis, the sunis have real grievances with the central government. grievances that have festered for years, before isis really emerged. so that's going to be, crucial for them to reconcile. but when you look at the suni tribal fighters, there are also tribal politics at play here. as well. some of these tribes are against isis for various political reasons they have their own interests. as well. and so as the old arab proverb

goes, arabic proverb, enemy of my enemy is my friend. so right now they're able to work together against their, their common enemy isis. but when we watch the shiite militias go into areas that are sunni there have bane claims of rights abuses. that is something that is going to be -- we're going to be watching very closely as they move into, ramadi and try to retake the city, as if we see the same claims of, rights abuses. if we see that they're able to work together. and bring stability without much bloodshed to the local population. >> all right. watching that very closely, our ian lee from his vantage point there. in cairo. many thanks for bringing us up to date on the situation. we'll take a short break now. coming up the latest on the unprecedented charges surrounding fifa, details on the fifa executive turned u.s. informant who helped bring this scandal to light. we are back in a moment.

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>> a warm welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and of course around the world. i'm rosemary church. let's update you on the top stories at this hour. former, current top fifa officials among 14 people facing u.s. charges of racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering. the justice department accuses them of taking more than $150 million in bribes for media and marketing rights for futbol tournaments over the past 24 years. >> texas is bracing for more bad weather as residents try to

clean up and crews search for people missing after days of severe storms. at least 35 million have died in tornados and flooding in the southern u.s. and northern mexico. most recently, authorities found a boys' bed on tody on the bank river in a hard hit town in texas. >> two dozen u.s. military personnel are undergoing precautionary treatments after possibly being exposed to anthra anthr anthrax. 22 at osan u.s. military base in south korea. live samples of the dangerous bacteria were inadvertently sent there and to labs in nine u.s. states. they say there is no risk to the public so. far no one has shown any signs of exposure. and now, more on the fifa scandal, one significant aspect is that the 47 count indictment ridge nate e ridge nated in the united

states. there are americans tied to the allegations. our jonathan mann looks into that part of the story. >> reporter: it may be hard to believe but you can trace the big fifa busts all the way to brooklyn, new york. that's where the charges were made in court. well it just so happens that attorney general loretta lynch, top law enforcement official in the united states used to serve as u.s. attorney in brooklyn overseeing federal investigations and prosecutions there. that's where the feds were looking into fifa. over $150 million worth of suspected bribes related to futbol tournaments in the u.s. and latin america. just so happens that michael garcia was a u.s. attorney before he was brought in to conduct fifa's own internal investigation of russia and qatar's winning bid for the world cup in 2018 and 2022. critics were questioning the bids. his confidential 350-page report was given to fifa. they chopped it into a 42 page summary for public release that cleared themselves of any wrongdoing. which michael garcia called

incomplete and erroneous. it also just so happen that the feds had another way to find out about fifa. charles "chuck" blazer, u.s. representative on fifa executive committee from 1996 to 2013 who secretly pled guilty to corruption charges in 2013. he did more, he became an informant, provided documents and wore a wire recording meetings with fifa meetings. if there was wrongdoing, liven, garcia, and blazer and the worldwide case that began in brooklyn. >> john than man repoaw a dove . >> it should be clear we welcome the actions and the investigations by the u.s. and swiss authorities and believe that it will help to reinforce measures that fifa has already taken to root out any wrongdoing in futbol. end of quote there. >> well the fifa corruption

scandal points a harsh spotlight on some of the recently named world cup host countries. including russia whose bid for the 2018 world cup is now under investigation. cnn's matthew chance has more on what russian officials are saying about the charges. >> reporter: everyone at the moment is insisting russia will host the world cup in 2018. there has got to be growing concern that might change. swiss investigators say they hap opened that criminal investigation into suspected money laundering and mismanagement in the process of awarding the world cup tournaments to russia in 2018. and to qatar in 2022. a source close to the investigation told me that russia's sports minister will be one of those questioned. although, he said he has absolutely nothing to hide. one russian lawmaker here slammed the investigations into fifa practices as politically

motivated. an attempt by the west, she'd to discredit russia and to take away the world cup. matthew chance, cnn, mogs cow. moscow. >> more than 1,400 people have died in india's brutal heat wave. temperatures have hit as high as 48 degrees celsius or 118 degrees fahrenheit with no sign in sight of the ending. malika kapur reports from india where people are trying to survive with hardly any resources to do so. >> we travel just outside the city and more than 70 people have died from the heat here. one of them, 38-year-old. his father, malea says his son had gone out to get medicines. he was on his way home and collapsed. he never recovered from the sun stroke. he says the entire village is

suffering. malea is 76 years old. he says he has never experienced a heat wave like this before. >> it is the middle of the afternoon. it is really hot. temperatures are soaring and there is this hot wind blowing. it feels lake i am walking into a furnace. >> air conditioners are out of reach of many homes in this village. they do have fans. the problem is, they barely work with three to four hours a day because of power cuts. in this blazing heat, residents seize every little opportunity to cool off. hot and frustrated, villagers get together to pray for better days ahead. they say they're asking for health, for peace, and most importantly, for the rains to come quickly. malika kapur, cnn, india. >> texas is coping with the aftermath of powerful storms that brought tornados and flash

flooding, but all it not over yet. authorities expect more rain over the next few days. this storm system has killed at least 35 people in texas, oklahoma, and northern mexico. several others are still missing. on wednesday, a boy's body was found near a river in a town de devastated by this weather. this is video of the powerful river breaking down the door and rushing into a home. cnn's anna cabrera has the latest now from texas where clean-up is under way. >> reporter: rushing to the water's edge. >> the police are over there. they told us there was one dead body. one live body. come down this way. >> okay. >> nearby worker prepares a rope

to throw to some one believed to be in the still tumultuous river. >> are you prepared to make a river rescue of some sort? >> yes, ma'am. i was in the army six years. combat waters, survival. >> hoping for a rescue while bracing for a recovery. a scene playing over and over as the south copes with several days of widespread flooding. >> in the end this one turns out to be a false alarm. in the hard hit town, the search for the missing continues. 74-year-old dayton larry thomas among them. friend are fearing the worst. >> he will be really missed. i mean, yeah. it is very tragic. just to know how he died too. we think he died. he is miss right now. >> gayla barely made it out of her house as water raced inside busting walls and windows and smashing furniture in every direction. >> by this time, just nearly chest deep. >> you are trying to wade your

way. >> wade it up to my husband's truck was, already starting to go down. float down the river. and, and, my car was up a little higher so. we got in that. >> her car was soon surrounded by water then the airbags went off. >> i couldn't get out. i was driving. and my husband was able to get out on that side. this man -- just appeared, and pulled me out. i couldn't get out otherwise. >> who was this man? >> his name is chance. that's all i know. >> mcneill like so many others is left with a muddy mess to clean up. and little that is salvageable. texas officials say more than 4,000 homes may be damaged or destroyed. and mother nature isn't finished. a dam south of dallas is threatening to burst, holding tight for now. more rain is in the forecast. a flood watch remains in effect through parts of texas and oklahoma through the weekend. and some towns continue to have evacuations in place. as rivers are still rising.

ana cabrera, cnn, texas. >> we have a sad update to ana's reporting she mentioned dayton larry thomas hasn't been seen since the storms hit. texas authorities say they have now found his body. >> all right, turn to derek van dam, our meteorologist who joins us. of course as we mentioned in the reports, there is more severe weather on the way. and how much can this region cope with. >> that's right. there is in fact at the moment. 183 reporting stations on the signs of rivers and estuaries that lead to the gulf of mexico that are reporting some sort of flooding or flood stage at the moment. this is a significant event. something we are going to be covering for days to come. we have obviously had the fatalities. and people's lives just completely impacted by this, rosie. they really can't handle much more. a short amount of time. and put it all into context.

183 locations, arkansas, east texas, oklahoma. all reporting light, moderate to severe flooding. or at flood stage. at the moment. we have had since the beginning of may. first part of the month. over 20 inches of rain. and 500 millimeters of rainfall. in the short period of time. you can see the rainfall that's, that's spread to houston and austin as well. 10 inches of rain. that's stig nignificant. as the rain continues to fall in the rivers. they eventually start to stream, further and further south. towards the gulf of mexico. that can have an impact, even if they've don't experience. the heavy rain in places like, austin, houston, for instance. and the river run-off will be a concern. saturated from recent storms. you can see the computer models. going forward through the weekend. at least another one to three inches of rainfall from this very persistent weather pattern that draws in gulf of mexico moisture. we have currently around 4.3

million people under a -- under a flood watch. we have roughly 7 million people, under a flood warning. that's this bright shading of green. just outside of the houston area. there is a large population, density, under a flood warning at the moment. this is something we are going to be talking about for several days to come. see the computer models, more rainfall in the forecast. however, there is some good news. as we look towards the extended -- 6 to 10 day outlook. after we have -- our next round of ran through the course of the weekend. it does appear, rosie that we have at least a drying trend, heading into the first half of -- something to look forward to. something that we can, really just hope, really actually materializes. >> at least there is good news there. it is still a long way. >> still a ways away. >> derek van dam. many thanks to you. >> former u.s. senator, rick santorum, declares his running for president, again. and he says he knows why his

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welcome back, everyone. former u.s. senator, rick santorum told supporters he will be a little busy in 2016. >> i am running for president of the united states. >> santorum won the iowa caucus in 2012, you recall, ultimately lost the republican nomination. and for 2016, he is dead last in the polls already. >> obviously you are not the front-runner like mitt romney was four years ago. why do you think it's different? why do you think rick santorum being runner-up four years ago doesn't make you the front-runner this time? >> well if you look at what i had to do when i left the race, i have seven kids.

i had to go to work. i had to -- provide food for my family and, i wasn't in front of your tv. >> santorum appealed to a christian conservative base of supporter, criticized for comparing same-sex marriage to polygamy. >> now a republican presidential candidate is reafirming his stance on gay marriage and taking it a step further. senator marco rubio of florida is warning that proponents of gay marriage could begin to try to cast christians as hate mongers. he spoke to the christian braupd casting network earlier this week. >> we are the water's edge of argument that mainstream christian teaching is hate speech. today we reached a point in society where if you do not support same-sex marriage, you are labeled. what's next after going after individuals, the teaching of mainstream christianity,

catechism of the katrina locathh is hate speech. a real danger. >> rubio told cnn if the u.s. supreme court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage, quote, that would be the law of the land that we would have to follow until it is somehow reversed. end of quote. >> rubio often refers to his catholic roots. his comments come on the heels of a statement on gay marriage from a high ranking vatican official. the holy city secretary of state cardinal pietro periland, called ireland's vote to allow same -sx marriage, a defeat for humanity. you may remember shortly after pope francis took office, the catholic leader was asked about homosexuals. at that time he said who am i to judge. many gays worldwide, applauded that comment. >> there is a new eye in the sky over new york city. we will have a preview of the freedom tower's new observation deck. we will be back in a moment.

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the observation deck on the 100th floor opens friday. at 17the ground floor for the incredible view. >> reporter: the numbers tell part of the story. 1,250 feet above the ground. views stretching 50 miles on a clear day. almost a decade of rebuilding. and yet once you are up here even on a cloudy day, those numbers give way to feelings which are quite frankly difficult to describe. room mr. h room m rumor has the it that you can see the curvature of the earth and the weight of recent history. >> the construction of the building and the observatory are a fist pump for going forward, for moving forward, for saying, there is a future and we embrace it. >> reporter: the man in charge of the day-to-day running of the

observatory. architect helped design the structure itself. >> it pulls at you. when you are up there. you look down. you can see the memorial. you have that sense of remembrance. >> it's not just about the views. the 47 second elevator ride comes complete with a 500-year time-lapse of new york skyline. >> now you get a brief view of the world trade center on this side, just for, just for a moment. and then it disappears. >> then the view itself is revealed gradually. behind automatic screens. in a city crowded by skyscrapers. one world trade center has serious competition. >> how many visitors a year? >> last year we had 4.3 million. >> the empire state building observatory, brought in revenues of $111 million last year. >> new york city is represented to so many people in the world, by the empire state building. >> few would dispute one world

trade center, now sthahares the status. with a predicted 3.8 million visitors a year to the observatory it could well match that success. for those involved in the project though, it already has the. >> when i walked by the building now, it feels right. >> when people stand and look from the 100th floor out they'll get the same feeling? >> i think they will have a very powerful feeling, yes. i do. i think they will feel like this was the right thing. >> claire sebastian. cnn, new york. >> that its truly impressive. and you have been watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. my colleague, errol barnett joins me for the next hour in just a moment. do stay with us. when you set out to find new roads, you build the car of tomorrow, today.

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