i'm kidding. i really was kidding. love is gentle, love is kind, let's give the fifa guy a break, at least tonight on the "ridiculist." that does it for us. our coverage continues next with cnn international. hundreds are feared dead in a chinese river after a passenger boat capsizes. the man in charge of u.s. airport screeners is getting reassigned after a scathing report about the agency's failures. from one man who's been there and done that, a warning, this may not end well. lots to get through today. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. >> and this is cnn newsroom. want to begin this hour with

breaking news out of eastern china. hups feared dead after a ship carrying 4458 people sank. >> at least 12 people have been rescued so far. also sounds have been heard coming from the cab sized cabin. >> let's go to ivan watson. what do we know so far about the search and rescue efforts? >> this is a very desperate race against time. it's been a bit more than 14 hours since this ferry boat overturned and sank in the yngtze river. now it had some 458 passengers and crew on board. and according to chinese state media, only 12 people have been rescued thus far. five people, their bodies tragically have been found. so we've been seeing images emerging on the chinese state

television network showing people on the hull of the ship which is largely submerged and overturned in the water, tapping with hammers apparently trying to cut through the hull of the vessel with a blow torch and getting also reports from state media of response coming from inside the vessel. so presumably here, they are looking for people who could be alive in air pockets and, you know, just trying to stay alive until rescuers can come to their aid. most of the passengers on board this vessel were senior citizens. it was a tour boat. they were on a tour. they were tourists heading as jon mentioned from the eastern city down. and the ferry boat made it about

halfway before this accident took place. now, two of the people rescued thus far are the captain of the ferry boat and a chief engineer. they have told state media that it was a cyclone that capsized the vessel. the premier of china has rushed to the area to help oversee the rescue effort. again, this happened about 14 hours ago, a little bit more than that. and the rescue workers will be working to try to find anybody who could still be alive within this overturned ferry boat. >> do they -- could they have had any type of advanced warning that this type of weather was on the way? i'm just wondering if there was any chance that this could have been avoided. >> that's a very good question and i'm sure we'll find out more in the hours ahead. i can't answer that question. there are interesting developments now.

for example, that a chinese tech company is publishing names that they believe are of some of the passengers on board the ferry boat. you can just imagine there are hundreds and hundreds of families desperate for information about their loved ones aboard this vessel. so this is a story that we're going to be watching very closely. >> 12 people rescued so far. one of them being the captain. let's hope more people will be saved in the coming hours. ivan watson, thank you so much. reminisce san antonio of the seoul ferry which capsized last year. let's go to our meteorologist who is at the cnn weather center. talking about the bad weather, maybe even a cyclone. is that even possible? >> well, sure, it is possible. what we're dealing with here, save for damage to the ship and

started taking on water, something like that. if it wasn't that, it was weather-related. certainly there was weather in the area here. and it's not going to be the rainfall that's going to be an issue. the kind of winds that could churn up the water and cause significant wave action here. that's what we're talking about the potential for capsizing here. here is the area we're talking about. look at these thunderstorms blowing up. we don't have weather instruments in every single part of the world here. we estimate as far as satellite perspective the kinds of winds could be producing. could be talking from 50 to 80 kilometer per hour winds. the winds don't have to spin to get yourself into trouble if you're out at sea or out on a boat. i think we had significant wind gusts coming out of the thunderstorms. and when it's raining very heavily and get that strong wind, sometimes it is difficult

to know whether you are in a tornado which technically would be a water spout if it was right over the water. the rainfall rates are big enough that the visibility was an issue. the good news is, this frontal boundary beginning to sink to the south. at least the area that was hardest hit there, the recovery will be ongoing with better weather. not completely clear, but certainly not as stormy. >> appreciate it. thank you. we move to iraq where isis militants have launched a fierce attack on iraqi police. they drove a tank loaded with explosives near a bank in samarra. at least 34 police officers were killed and dozens wounded. >> the attack illustrates the types of heavy equipment the militants have seized as they've taken over cities. iraqi's prime minister says they

lost 2,300 humvees to isis when they took over mosul. >> other cities have fallen despite u.s. support, including the key city of ramadi. iraq's parliamentary speaker now says troops were ordered to pull out of ramadi when isis moved in. remember the rust defense secretary accused them of lacking the will to fight. there's now on investigation as to who gave that order to retreat and why. >> a majority of americans are actually saying they are dissatisfied with the u.s. military campaign against isis. this is coming from a new poll that finds that 63% of americans are disapproving of how president obama is handling isis. and just 38% believe u.s. military action against isis is actually going well. >> joining us now with more perspective, cnn's intel jensz

and security analyst bob bear. we can add into the mix here that they have either pulled out of training by the u.s. or threatened to pull out. is this just another sign that the entire u.s. strategy here is falling apart? >> i think it's completely falling apart. the islamic state is moving on aleppo. huge suicide bombing. the islamic state fighters have even gotten closer to baghdad. they're on the rim of baghdad. there's been a couple reported clashes there. so they're clearly on the move. and the moderates all across syria and of course the sunnis are not doing well. there's no support for this. and, yes, we are failing in the middle east. >> isis is dictating the terms here, especially in the battle for iraq. and there's this talk of arming, you know, the sunnis within iraq

because the shiite-led government in baghdad isn't going to do it. is that a bad idea for the u.s. to directly arm the sunni tribes? >> i think we would like to be able to arm the sunnis, but the sunnis that remained in ramadi and the other major places will not meet with the americans at this point, they're too scared. so how do we even get arms to them? i don't think they're ready to fight. the sunni tribes we're talking to in baghdad are beholden to a shia government, they've lost credibility. we have to not forget there's no political framework for a settlement in iraq. and by the way, should we expect the shia army to fight to keep the peace in the sunni areas? there's no will to fight. but on the other hand, when they're up against suicide bombers and clearly superior tactics, you sort of see where they're going. >> yeah. it is a mess, as we have often

said, and it seems to be getting worse. former cia operative. thanks. onto another story, john kerry is now back in the united states after breaking his leg while cycling in france. this, take a look here, is actually his motorcade arriving a short time ago. before the accident, kerry planned to attend a meeting of the coalition against isis which is set to begin a few hours from now in paris. he'll be dialing in by phone before an operation on his leg. the french prime minister is now chairing the meeting and has said the central focus will be the militants' gain in iraq. >> you'll find in-depth coverage and analysis on why the militants keep making gains at cnn.com. want to take you to yemen where one of the americans held hostage by houthi rebels has not been released.

>> the news comes as saudi-led air strikes pound military sites on the capital of sana. at least three other americans are still being held by the rebels. not clear why. officials say the houthis have not made any demands. the u.s. is responding to reports that russian fighters jets forced an american warship to change course near cry mia. they released this video of a russian plane flying 1,600 feet off the side of the u.s.s. ross in the black sea. the video is meant to show that this was a routine encounter in which the ship never changed course. the top man at the u.s. transportation security administration has been reassigned. >> it comes after an undercover investigation found agents were able to sneak mock explosives and weapons pass tsa screeners almost every single time.

>> incredible. >> details now. >> tsa officers failed 95% of the time during undercover operations designed to test their ability to detect explosives and weapons at airport security checkpoints. >> these are anomalies that tsa screeners and/or their equipment should locate and at least flag for an additional screening. >> teams with the department of homeland security inspector general's office posed as passengers and attempted to pass through airport checkpoints with mock explosives and weapons. a government official says tsa failed 67 out of 70 tests. >> to miss 67 out of 70 different instances is extremely alarming. and i would say even dangerous. >> i am putting a detonator into the plastic explosive. >> cnn was there in 2008 for a

similar covert operation. that time, it was tsa testing its own officers. >> can't see it. >> at the checkpoint, the tester is wanded and padded down. but the screener missed it. it's not until the tester lifts his shirt up. >> oh, i see it now. >> the department of homeland security says it, quote, immediately directed tsa to implement a series of actions, several of which are now in place. >> is it the technology that's failing or the screeners themselves not following proper protocol. if the screening of equipment is failing and not doing the job, that's a larger systemic issue that tsa needs to address. >> rene marsh, cnn, washington. makes you wonder. >> not very reassuring, 95% of the time. >> new reports that the number two man in fifa has been implicated in the scandal

rocking football's world governing body. >> they report that u.s. prosecutors believe that fifa secretary general allegedly transferred $10 million to another fifa official back in 2008. now that other official is former fifa vice president jack warner. he is now among 14 fifa officials charged in the ongoing bribery investigation. >> according to the "times" the indictment does not say he knew the money was being used for illegal purposes. he is not named as a defendant in the document and not been accused of any wrong doing. >> with that, we'll take a short break. when we come back, caitlyn jenner introduces herself to the world. >> plus, she went from a man to a woman and then back to a man again and he has a warning for caitlyn jenner. stay with us. ♪ [music]

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everybody has been talking about. bruce jenner is no more. that's it, done. meet caitlyn jenner. take a look here. the former olympian has officially said good-bye to her male identity. >> made a bold splash on the cover of "vanity fair" magazine. revealed plans to transition to a woman earlier this year. it was will chronicaled in a reality tv in the u.s. next month. >> i have no doubt it will be a hit. >> hey, there, yes, the world now meeting caitlyn jenner for the first time. of course, a household name, one of the most famous olympians the world has ever seen. now caitlyn jenner showing a new look on the cover of "vanity fair." there was lots of speculation back in april when bruce jenner

identified for the first time as a transgender woman. bruce jenner is arguably the world's most famous transgender person. at that time, he still wanted to be referred to as bruce and male pronou pronouns. this announcement is a big change, because it literally says call me kacaitlyn. now revealing a new face, a new name, and of course new social media accounts to go along with it. caitlyn jenner introduced new facebook, twitter and instagram accounts on monday, and within hours, had more than a million followers on twitter. that is the fastest time anyone's gotten to a million followers on twitter. yes, the u.s. president has nothing on caitlyn jenner. this is one of a series of milestones as this transformation happens in a very public way.

the next step after this may be a big acceptance speech on a big stage, espn's annual award show. we found out caitlyn jenner will be presented with the arthur ash courage award. then after that, a reality show all about what it's like to be going through this gender transition. caitlyn jenner, now someone the whole world knows not as a man, but as a woman. many people who didn't know a transgender person, now do, at least through their television screens and magazine newsstands. back to you. >> thank you. now one of the first messages jenner sent out on twitter was this, i'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. can't wait for you to get to know her, slash, me. caitlyn jenner is yet to undergo sex reassignment surgery. sometimes those who do suffer from sex change regret.

that's what happened to walter. he went from walt, to laura, and then eight years later back to being walt. tell us about your experience and why you believe sex reassignment surgery in some cases is in fact quite dangerous. >> everybody at first is just really excited. i know i was. i had told people i felt like the weight of the world had been lifted off of me. people told me that i'd never looked happier. i was getting all this great feedback from people, finally we're glad to see you happy. i carried that with me as part of my inspiration to keep going. and i lived successfully having a good job and working for eight years. but there's sort of -- i call it a time when you sober up. and you realize that you don't really ever change genders because that is kind of a

misnomer. no surgeon can actually change your gender. what he can do, like with bruce, is you can make the person look like they changed genders. but the reality is, you're living in a world of fantasy and if you are a person who comes to that point where you realize that you're living in fantasy, you don't want to do that anymore because it just seems like too much child issue kid play. so that's what happened with me. and then as a result, i regretted having been caught up in the idea that a gender change could be the euphoria for my life. >> a lot of people who undergo sex change surgery have a fairly high rate of suicidal behavior. can you explain why there's this high rate of suicidal behavior? >> you know, it's different for

everybody. but in my case, yes, i was suicidal. the therapist i was going to told me later on he one night had gone home and told his wife, i think laura's going to commit suicide. this was after surgery. what we do know from studies is that 64.7% or 62.7 -- it's over 60% have a co-morbid disorder that remains untreated. because today, there isn't a real big desire to try to treat the psychological disorders, the co-morbid disorders. >> why is there an emphasis on changing gender as opposed to treatinghe psychiatric condition? >> that is really a great question and one that i have ask many, many times. i think is the key point. i think when you have a community of transgenders attempting suicide at the rate of 41%, no one can -- that has a

little gray matter left can actually say that that's a success rate. because we have way too many people attempting suicide and it's out of total distress and we know 90% of people who attempt suicide are struggling with psychiatric or psychological disorders. >> would you concede that caitlyn jenner like so many other people who go through this procedure will in fact live a happy and contented life? >> well, i'm going to be cautious about that. i think the possibility exists. but what we do know is that late-stage gender changes are perhaps the at least successful in terms of happiness for a long period of time. >> well, it has been good to speak with you. thank you for being with us, sir. >> thank you for having me on. my pleasure. >> i thought it was really interesting when he said you

don't really ever change genders. it raises all sorts of questions about what the difference is between gender and identity. it is hugely important to live your life as your most authentic self. >> essentially the cosmetics change. the hair grows longer, the clothing changes. >> the physical -- >> yeah, but you don't change essentially what you are inside. a lot of these people come to this conclusion that they want this gender alteration, but it's more psychiatric issues rather than a physical issue. that's what's going on treated. there's not much out there about how these people cope who go through this procedure long term. >> fascinating. okay. well, for more on the story, head to our website. i'm sure you know it. it's cnn.com. a lot more details.

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welcome back, you're watching cnn newsroom live all around the world. >> and i'm zain asher. isis is fighting back against an iraqi offensive with a brutal attack on police. a suicide bomber drove a tank packed with explosives into a

base south of samarra. joint iraqi forces launched the offensive after ramadi fell to isis two weeks ago. the u.s. navy released this video to refute reports that russian fighters jets forced an american warship to change course. they say this was a routine encounter. they add the aircraft were not armed. rescue teams in china are scrambling to find survivors from a passenger ship that sank in the yangtze river. it was traveling from nanjing to chongqing with 458 people on board. we go to south korea now where an outbreak of middle east respiratory syndrome or mers has now claimed two lives. >> they have the highest number of cases of mers outside the

middle east. almost 700 people are quarantined. >> i want to bring in our kathie novak. we know that two people have unfortunately died from this. what are south korean authorities doing to contain the virus? >> well, zain, with this news of the two deaths, they have stepped up the efforts to try to stop this from spreading any further. in the past week, we're talking about dozens of people quarantined. now as you mentioned, almost 700 have been quarantined. the president herself admitted there were insufficiency and now they are working harding in emergency government meetings and setting up a task force. we also know that one of the people who ended up being diagnosed with mers ended up leaving the country and is now in china. so of course fears of that spreading across borders and

there are suggestions from health officials that the government should do more to stop people currently under quarantine from leaving the country, zain. >> you mention that the president said there were insufficiencies in terms of how it was handled during the early stages. what did authorities do wrong exactly? >> it seems that they didn't do enough. they have apologized for this, to stop the initial spread. this came from a man who had been traveling to the middle east. he came back to korea. he was feeling unwell. later it became clear that he did have mers. most of the people can be linked back directly to him. the suggestion there is not enough was done to contain that first patient and quarantine the other people who had come in contact with him. the fear now is that two of the latest cases out of the 25 are not linked to that first patient. they're linked to someone who

contracted the virus from him. they don't want it at all to get out of control, of course. what officials are saying is that they are expecting more cases to be reported, but that so far they are contained to people who had some kind of contact to a medical facility. so they hope they are not going to be reporting this spreading in the general public. >> it's all about trying to contain the virus in the early stages. this is a relatively new virus. we first saw headlines about it back in 2012. give us a sense of how contagious it is and how high the death rate is. >> scientists are still trying to figure out how people contract it to begin with. but obviously it is a virus now spreading person to person that does have a relatively high fatality rate. and there is no vaccine and no cure. so that's a lot of what is causing this alarm. >> in vaccine, no cure.

certainly people are worried over there. as you mentioned, two people now dead. let's hope that the virus is contained. kathy, we appreciate it. thank you. two drug combination could mark the beginning of a new era in cancer treatment. a international study found it can empower a patient's own immune systems to recognize cancer cells. >> it's one of the deadliest forms of cancer. advanced melanoma is responsible for thousands of deaths around the world each year. pam smith was diagnosed with skin cancer for the third time. it seemed she'd run out of options. then she was offered a chance to take part in a new therapy. >> the drugs have slunk the tumor. they've shrunk it from 9 millimeters to 4 millimeters. the lesions on my lungs have

shrunk now. every time i go to the hospital now, they're giving me good news. >> it's called immunotherapy. it teaches our immune system to attack cancer. two drugs were used in an international study paid for by the drug maker bristol myers squibb. they explain how the one-two punch works. >> one of them stops the cancer cells from hiding from the immune system. so it unveils them to the immune system. the other one works by giving your immune system a boost which means we have more immune cells to target the cancer cells. >> in almost 60% of cases, the disease was either held in check or the tumor shrank. >> the field in general is massively exciting and this new result is very, very

encouraging. >> even better news, the treatment could work against other forms of cancer as well. but scientists caution a lot more research needs to be done. many of those who took part in the study had major side effects and the drugs didn't produce the same positive results in all participants. but those involved in the study believe there is a chance that immunotherapy could revolutionize cancer treatment. take a short break. when we come back, there are new concerns over flaws in the u.s. missile defense system and questions if it could effectively stop a missile launched from north korea. plus, a lion kills an american tourist on a south african safari. details when we come back.

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more now on the breaking news out of eastern china. the captain and chief engineer

of a tourist boat which capsize inside the yangtze river have been detained by authorities. both say the ship went down after being caught in a cyclone. 458 people were on board that tourist boat. at least 12 people are accounted for. five bodies have been recovered from the ship. there are renewed concerns this hour that america's defenses are not prepared for an attack by north korea. >> a new report says u.s. missile interceptors have some serious flaws potentially putting the west coast at risk if kim jong-un decides to launch his nuclear tipped arsenal. brian todd has more. >> he's test firing, recalibrating and threatening to attack. as kim jong-un races to perfect his missile capabilities, there are serious questions about whether the u.s. can defend against that threat.

the anti-weapons that may shoot down those missiles may not work. there's a report from the government watchdog gao. those are ground launch systems based in california and alaska. they say wiring problems could cause corrosion later. >> what it really says is that you can't count on the kill vehicle. if you used for example a kind of sold error wiring that doesn't age well, you don't know one will fail at any given time, but you know you have a weakness. so you really can't count on the reliability. >> the u.s. missile defense agency tells cnn its inspections showed no indication of corrosion. but boeing, the manufacturer tells us it's working on upgrading the interceptors. this comes as the u.s. and south

korea are ramping up their defenses against the north korean submarine threat. a destroyer and submarines are taking part in large-scale joint exercises in the waters off south korea. recently north korea bragged it successfully test fired a ballistic missile from a submarine. u.s. officials say that claim is false. but experts say they're working furiously to develop it. and once they get it, it will be dangerous. >> having a submarine means it is much harder to detect the nuclear armed ballistic missile. from the sea of japan, they can directly threaten guam with nuclear strike. in the future when they're operational, if they manage to get into this sea, they can threaten alaska. >> adding to this threat, north korea recently said it can make warheads small enough to fit on

ballistic missiles. they have not yet flight tested missiles that can reach the u.s., yet. brian todd, cnn, washington. we take you to the middle east now. for the past nine months many people in gaza have lived in the ruins left behind during the war between hamas and israel. >> slowly, the city and the strip is rebuilding. senior international correspondent nick robertson shares one man's story on the fall and rebuilding of gaza. >> where once mighty houses stood, now crumpled concrete. pancaked floors, rebar twisted in the air, sprouting like angry graffiti. it reveals the scale of destruction in the wake of the war here last summer. according to the united nations, israel's operation protective

edge responding to rockets fired from herein side gaza destroyed the homes and severely damaged the homes of more than 5,000 others. until now, little has been done to repair them. behind me, the house nadal once owned. untouched since the war ended. he still visits. a car wheel, his makeshift cooker. he serves tea from a smoke blackened pot. he wasn't in when the rockets hit. >> translator: i tried and tried to get back. then when i saw my house, i cried for a night. then i realized no one was dead, it's only brick. >> he fears if he rebuilds now, he'll waste his money. his house overlooks the fence with israel, a neighborhood that was riddled with hamas tunnels. today, a surveillance balloon keeps a wary watch fearing more

may be dug. >> translator: hamas is here, we want to say let us live. build them outside, not under my home so my home can stay standing. not so after an hour the jews can bring down my house. >> his open criticism is rare here. he has the to lose. he feels let down by his leaders. >> translator: the solution is to sit with the arabs and jews and sign a peace treaty and cease-fire so people here can live in peace and prosperity. we have seen to much pain here. i want everyone to live and enjoy life. >> in some parts of town, a little u.n. money is now being spent. demolishing making way for the new rebar recycled, concrete crushed for reuse too. easy to see, far, far more houses standing than were destroyed. but next time, if there is a

next time, nick robertson, cnn, gaza. >> everyone does expect there will be a next time until there is a peace deal. >> and then who knows if your house is going to stay standing for long. an american woman on a south african safari is dead. she was attacked by a lion. >> looks like the woman and her companion may not have been following the rules. >> that's a diplomatic plate going into the lion park where a female american tourist was killed earlier this monday. she had been on a self-drive with a companion, a male companion. despite the fact that there are signs throughout this park that say if you drive yourself, do not drive with the windows down. they, according to witnesses, did have the windows down when a

female lion approached the car and leapt through the window had on the passenger side attacking the woman. paramedics were sent to the scene, but she passed away before they could save her. her companion was badly injured on his arm because he had tried to save her. now, this is a park where lion cubs, when they are smaller, are petted bypassers by and there have been concerns raised by conservationists that this is an environment where people forget that a lion is a wild and unpredictable animal. we asked the lion park whether this incident would mean they would review their practices. >> up until now, it has been absolutely adequate. unfortunately, it's when people don't follow the rules. we might need to look at it in the future, if we do need to make changes.

>> this is the first instance of a fatality where a lion has leapt through an open window, but the park says it has had various incidents before when injuries have been caused as a result of windows being opened. the latest being a few months ago when an australian man was bitten. he too admitted he had left his window open. >> lesson there, keep the windows up. we will take a break now, i promise you. when we come back, we're celebrating a big birthday. 35 years on air. a look back at the tense moments in baghdad. when the bombs filled the sky and the gulf war began. >> happy birthday, cnn.

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we are marking a very special birthday celebration here at cnn. you can tell by my smile. we first went on the air roughly around 35 years ago as the

world's first 24-hour news network. i haven't quite been here for 35 years. >> i haven't either. to mark our anniversary, here's a look back at one of the many defining moments in our decades of coverage. it's the first gulf war when the bombs began to fall. >> we're going to baghdad. >> this is -- out of my mouth came the words -- >> something is happening outside. >> and you're right. war is breaking out all around you. >> the skies over baghdad have been illuminated. we're seeing bright flashes going off all over the sky. >> the walls were shaking. the windows were vibrating. the concussions were blowing us against the wall. >> so we've now been on the air 20 minutes. >> now the sirens are sounding for the first time. the iraqis have informed us.

>> and the line goes dead. >> everybody is stunned and it's totally silent. and you can feel the tension in that room. >> and john said, it's a battery. the battery's dead. >> of course our biggest fright was that the bomb had hit the hotel where they were. >> line's dead. >> there was a hush in the control room. >> they were running around trying to find the batteries. they do a workaround. >> hello, atlanta. >> and we come back on the air. >> atlanta, this is holliman. >> there's a collective sigh. and you see shoulders drop down as the tension leaves people's bodies. >> the whole world was watching cnn. we were the only ones who had reporters in baghdad. >> really has been a journey hasn't it? >> made me want to work here.

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hundreds on board is tourist ship that sank in the yangtze and the ongoing desperate search for survivors. >> plus, a new treatment that could provide a potent weapon against cancer. >> the record setting olympian transforming into a barrier busting icon. a warm welcome to our viewers in necessary the united states and all around the world, i'm zain asher. >> i'm john vause, this is cnn "newsroom." we begin with breaking news from eastern china. the captain and chief engineer of a ship that capsized in the