ship in china's yangtze river has been turned right side up. we'll have a live report. and later, the streets are abuzz in munich. why protesters are upset about the g-seven summit. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom". and we begin this hour with breaking news out of malaysia. a strong earthquake has hit the country's highest peak, causing huge rockslides. the 6.0 magnitude tremor hit mt. kinabalu friday morning local time. an official says 138 climbers were on the peak at the time. video posted online shows snow and rocks falling from the summit and people can be heard yelling run, run. 30 mountain guides have been sent to help stranded climbers.

there's no official word yet on any casualties, but malaysia's prime minister expressed concerns for victims on twitter. if we get any updates, we'll continue to bring them to you on that story. now we turn to one of the largest data breaches in history putting millions at risk. nearly every u.s. agency has been hit by hackers and they believe china is responsible. as many as 4 million current and former federal employees may have had their personal information comprised and investigators think millions more could be affected. cnn's jim sciutto gives us some insight on how the u.s. has handled cyber attacks like this in the past. >> the u.s. government has tried a number of responses to this president obama raised it personally face-to-face with the chinese president in a summit in california. they have trade naming and shaming in fact bringing criminal charges against

particular members of the chinese military for these kind of breaches. an they've also tried to put in better defenses in effect for u.s. computer systems and none of those have worked so it raises the question about what you do to stop this and what they are worried about, you know, is the possibility of tit for tat. what they don't want to do is start a vicious cycle of back and forth. it is a real problem as to how to stop this going forward. >> former deputy training director for the u.s.'s national security agency about what hackers can potentially do with this type of information. >> not only will they be able to figure out who everybody is, and what their positions are, what their influence is, but they will be able to in essence map the entire network. and when you map a network from an intelligence perspective, you learn who does what and what is

most effective, which agency is most effective at certain things. who is responsible for certain things. what projects are going on. what kinds of intellectual property are being considered for example by the patent office. so it is a huge amount of data that can be sifted through. and you can do that if you have access to those networks and that's one of the ways that hackers operate. they gain access to the network and use that network then for their purposes. >> so again, the u.s. pointed the finger at china. what is china's o response to these accusations? let's go to steven jang joining us now live from hong kong. steven, what is the government saying? >> reporter: natalie, so far we have not heard much from officials in beijing but a spokesman for the chinese embassy in washington has indeed issued a statement reiterating the government's long held position on this issue. he says i quote here, chinese laws prohibit cyber crimes of

all forms. china has made great efforts to combat cyber attacks in accordance with chinese laws and regulations. jumping to conclusions and making hypothetical accusation is not responsible and counter productive end quote now what he says is not entirely new although the chinese government has always strongly denied any involvement in such hacking activities and have said they are actually one of the biggest victims of cyber attacks in the world. often pointing a finger at the united states now remember the former nsa contractor edward snowden's about aest espionage by china has given counter claims in saying u.s. accusations are baseless, hype critical and have a double-standard. on the other hand the chinese government including military has become increasingly hope about the strategic importance of cyber warfare.

i went to a press conference recently senior officials with the people's liberation army there set actually given grave threats by the chinese military in cyber space. the military here is speeding up its effort to build its cyber force to defend china's national interest. natalie? >> interesting. you reflect the same thing we just heard from jim sciutto. one points the finger at one and the other points the finger back at the other for doing the same thing. so how might this affect bilateral relations at this point? >> well, this has indeed become one of the thorniest issues in this very complex relationship between the world's reigning and emerging superpowers. jim sciutto saying both presidents raise the issues in their bilateral meetings an they will be raised again no doubt but so far the chinese are angry every time it is named in such accusations but the u.s. is not stopping. basically they are sending a

strong message to beijing saying we are determined to stop and prevent stuch attacks because this has become such a serious threat to u.s. national security and the chinese of course despite their denial their targets have become so wide ranging including federal agencies like the pentagon a big name corporations like google and yahoo! as well as media companies like new york times and now of course individual americas previously we heard about chinese dissidents in exile in the u.s. targeted now seems like millions of ordinary americans working for the federal government. natalie? >> absolutely. and we will continue to watch the fallout from all of this as we learn more about those exposed. steven jiang for us from hong kong. thank you. now to the broibry and corruption standal plaguing fifa. the group's president sepp blatter said he is working hard to reform world football's governing body. blatter tweeted a photo of himself thursday after a meeting with the chairman of the audit

and compliance committee. but he did not comment on thursday's threats from this man. former fifa vice president jack warner who said he will tell everything he knows about corruption in the organization. russia is set to host the next world cup tournament and the ceo of russia world cup 2018 says his country will be ready despite the fifa scandal. he spoke exclusively with our matthew chance in moscow. >> reporter: the world cup in 2018 in russia is looking more under threat now than at any point in the past, isn't it? >> we certainly differ in this opinion. we think that the world cup is being steadily and officially organized. we do not feel any threat to the world cup. we do not understand the origin of these discussions. because we are aiming to organize one of the most

successful world cups in the history of football. >> the origin is that there are multiple investigations. one by the swiss authorities. one by the fbi into the allotment of the 2018 games. they said that they are investigating criminal mismanagement and money-laundering surrounding the awarding of those games. >> all we know about these investigations comes from media. we do not have any official requests for letters from any organization in the world. we have been through a process of investigation generated from fifa by fifa appropriate commission which headed by mr. garcia. we cooperated. we submitted all of the evidence we could. >> mr. garcia, michael garcia, distanced himself from the findings of that internal fifa report. and actually it was quite critical of russia. the fact that some of the computers, all of the computers that may have had crucial

documents on them, they disappeared. they weren't handed over. >> they weren't disappeared. we repeatedly responded to that question. these computers were rented to us and we had to give them back. when you have a one-year project you usually rent all of the equipment, furniture, whatever material you need. and then you return that. >> it doesn't look good, does it? how concerned are you about the reputation or damages. the whole scandal is doing to the world cup operation in russia. >> say again, the damage is all presumption. we are organizing the world cup. we are deep in the process. we are doing our best to organize it in the most efficient way. think we showed to fifa, to the world, that we are constructing, creating a lot of infrastructure. the intention of our government is quite clear. we repeatedly told the world that our bid was transparent. that it was clean. that it was -- didn't transgress

any practices applicable to the bidding process. what else we can say. >> matthew chance there from moscow. the agent football confederation is reiterating support for qatar as host of 2022 world cup calling it a quote true football region with some of the world's most passionate fans. meantime, england and australia both say they would be happy to host the tournament should qatar lose its hosting rights. that remains to be seen. a capsized cruise ship in china is now upright as the search for survivors continues. 97 people were killed when the eastern star tipped over. but that number could get much higher today as the ship is raised. cnn senior international correspondent ivan watson joins me live and certainly as this ship is raised, it must be an

emotional time. can you remind us how many people, ivan, were on this ship, how many are still missing? >> absolutely. and you know, i think this disaster which is probably one of the worst maritime disasters in living chinese history is -- has trance fixed many chinese and we he have seen examples for instance of how the community here, by chinese standard, a smaller town, though it has a population of more than 1 million people. here we have seen people adopting a symbol, a yellow ribbon, which some people have been tying around the mirrors of their cars or as we saw outside a school, hundreds of school children tying these yellow ribbons around the fence of their institution this morning. really to express sympathy for the victims of this disaster, for families who are just trying

to come to grips with the sudden loss of loved ones. and recall that most of the more than 400 passengers on board this vessel were senior citizens, were elderly chinese, many of them people's parents or grandparents who were going on an 11-day holiday tour when disaster struck and abruptly flipped over this cruise ship. hundreds of relatives of some of the passengers who are aboard this vessel have congregated here in the town hoping to learn more answers, hoping to get closer to it what presumably is the resting place of their loved ones to try to love more and they held some of them, a candle light vigil on thursday evening in the town square here poignant scenes, poignant moments but also many of these people are

calling for answers. for example, we have scene a letter that some of the relatives have been distributing over the social networking site we chat. again, this is some of the thousands of relatives who are calling for answers, calling for an explanation, how it was that this vessel suddenly tipped over on monday night when other vessels anchored and came into shore as the weather conditions got worse and worse. also, asking for the bodies of their loved ones to be promptly returned to them. and that's going to be another one of their very big challenges here at least 97 bodies of victims have been recovered from the vessel thus far. many more will still need to be recovered. we've heard from two relatives of some of the passengers that they've been summoned to government buildings for blood

tests in the past 24 hours. and presumably that would be to help authorities identify some of the victims of this terrible disaster. natalie? >> absolutely, terrible. and as you say, so many of the people on that vessel were doing a trip of a lifetime and now their families wait. thank you so much, ivan watson, for us live there in china. isis has cut off a major dam leading into ramadi. how water has become its latest weapon. we will have that for you in a live report coming up here on cnn. meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. supporting millions of new jobs. billions in tax revenue... and a new century of american energy security.

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u.s. president barack obama will be meeting in germany monday to discuss the ongoing campaign against isis. but mr. obama's deputy national security adviser said he doesn't anticipate any new announcement about u.s. assistance to the country. the meeting comes avenues that isis closed off a dam north of ramadi cutting the water supply. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr has more about that.

>> reporter: this low water in a river bed in ramadi is under attack. water, the ultimate weapon in this blistering desert. >> there is this belief of, if you control the water, you can control your enemy. which in that part of the world is basically true. >> reporter: controlling the dam, cutting the water flow, cut supply to o pro government towns down stream. making it easier for isis to attack and crops to die local officials say. the dry river bed also providing a potential route to attack those pro government towns. civilians have been on the run since isis seized ramadi last month. water, not the only battlefield tactic. massive ieds inside heavy armored vehicles helped win ramadi the u.s. expecting more of them rushing new anti-armor weapons to iraqi forces.

for its part, the state department defending tony blinkin the number two official for publicly suggesting 10,000 isis fighters had been killed by air strikes saying it's a sign isis is under pressure. >> it's never good to have someone who is in the state department talking about the effects of combat operations and that's what that was. there is no military person in the world that will support a body count as an indicator of success. >> is the fact that a serious number of people have been taken off the battlefield? >> reporter: but blinkin was using an old number. the latest body count, 13,000 isis killed. >> this will be a long-term campaign. aspects of it will likely take a generation or more o. >> reporter: but a long-term strategy my fault short of understanding iraq's here and now. >> again, cnn's barbara starr

reporting there. ian lee is in eye cairo monitoring this story. isis has used many things as weapons and now it comes to water. hello there, ian. >>. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. yeah, we're seeing that cutting off the dam right there to those pro government areas, and it does have a double effect that we've seen. one, for lack of water. and second, it does open new routes for isis to attack. one thing we need to take into account as well, is that fallujah is also down stream of ramadi and that is controlled by isis so they cannot completely cut off the euphrates river and cut off the water for their comrades down in fallujah. they are allowing some water to go through. also because it is a dam. you can't completely block off a river. it would destroy the dam ultimately. they do have to let some water through. but it is creating a crisis there. as we have seen, there have been

thousands of people fleeing ramadi. more people are fleeing the towns down stream just because they believe this is the sign of an inevitable attack. >> absolutely. and isis tries to use so much to its advantage. it certainly uses social media as we all know in its recruiting and empowerment, if you will. but there has been a report now that indicates that the u.s. military uses isis's love of social media against it. what is it doing there? >> that's right. we all have seen their glitzy videos they're very big on social media. that's how they get their recruits. they like to brag about how well they are doing in parts of the battle. one person did brag about their

capability w capabilities. the u.s. was able to track where it came from. according to the military times, they dropped three bombs on that headquarters. so it does show that even though isis is able to spread their message, there are other people listening as well. not just potential recruits. >> certainly hope they are using it to their advantage any way they can track isis. thank you so much, ian lee for us live in cairo. thanks, ian. u.s. law enforcement officials tell cnn a terror suspect called his father to say good-bye before his death on tuesday. authorities listening in on the bugged phone line say the call made them believe he was about to launch an attack on police officers. officials believe rahim was radicalized by isis but as cnn reports, his family disputes any connection to the terror group. >> rahim not yet buried, his

family in search of answers, their son brandishing a knife at officers, with alleged plans to kill police. the 26-year-old was inspired by isis, claims that come as a shock to his family. >> it was no plot. there was no scheming. it was some type of impulse. >> reporter: court documents reveal he bought three military knives. he intended to attack police as early as tuesday. that's when police stopped him in the cvs parking lot, shooting him and killing him after they approached him, refusing to drop the knife. >> we overted a terrible plot. i think it played out on tuesday morning. >> rahim's family is calling for a thorough investigation while backing off claims earlier that conflicted with the police count of the deadly encounter captured on surveillance cameras. rahim's brother took to facebook say be he was shot three times

in his back at a bus stop while talking to his father. his last words, i can't breath. >> these comments resulted from information rahim received from third parties, very near the time of his brother's death. these were the responses of a man who's youngest brother was just killed. >> law enforcement officials now say on the day of the shooting, he had in fact called his father to say good-bye. the conversation caught by investigators who had been monitoring his e-mail and phone as part of the 24-hour surveillance tactics imposed by the joint terrorism task force. family members say they had no indication he was being watched and little explanation for the claims he was carrying that knife. >> we simply don't have evidence one way or the other. and the family wants to be very careful to not engage in

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states even around the world. we're glad you're watching cnn. i'm natalie allen. let's update you on our top stories this afternoon. we are following news of an earthquake in malaysia.

there are reports that at last one climber is dead. two others are injured. a doctor who managed to get down to the summit's base camp reported the casualties. the 6.0 magnitude tremor hit 5:40 local time. apparently people could be heard screaming, run, run. u.s. officials believe that a massive breach of its federal data system was carried out by the chinese government. investigators say millions of current and former federal employees may have had their personal information compromise]ed. a chinese embassy spokesman denies the accusations and says china has made great efforts to combat cyber attacks. a drug called the female viagra has just cleared a major hurdle in the u.s. an advisory committee is recommending government approval

for medication. the drug was rejected in the past saying it wasn't effective and had to many side effects. alexis sifrus will address the debt payment to the imf. $300 million was due today. instead greece will bundle all of june's payments, about $1.8 billion by june 30th korea conf fourth death from the mers virus. more than 1500 people may have been exposed to the virus at a symposium. the mayor now urges those at risk to stay home to avoid spreading the disease. for the very latest, let's go to cnn's kathy novak in seoul. kathy, what more can you tell us about what the disease is and how it broke out? >> reporter: well, it all

started with man who traveled to the middle east, natalie. he came back mowing symptoms. it took a while for authorities to diagnose him with mers. he travelled to a number of medical facility before becoming a confirmed case. before then he exposed a number of other people who were patients at the same hospital, who had been visiting other patients and also doctors an nurses to the disease. now it has become the biggest outbreak outside of the middle east. now we are hearing new warnings that there is a chance that the public could have been exposeed. that is because one of the doctors who was a confirmed case of mers attended a symposium here in seoul before it was confirmed that he did in fact have that disease. and now seoul's mayor is warning anyone who attended that symposium to make sure that they quarantine themselves and stay away from the general population to try to stop the spread, natalie. >> and kathy, so we know that people are told to stay inside, who all is affected? even schools are now being

closed? >> schools are being closed. the bulk of the people who are of the greatest concern remain in hospitals, natalie. that is where the disease has been spreading. and the priority group is people over age 50 who have preexisting illnesses. the four people who have passed away were all in that category. but the general public is being told to practice good personal hygiene to give you a sense of it natalie in the stores nearby where we are they are completely sold out of hand sanitizer and taking orders for future stocks of that because people are listening to these warnings that they should be staying away from large crowds perhaps wearing face masks and washing their hands often and using hand sanitizer. >> any idea how long they may have to take all of these precautions? >> well, it was hoped in the early stages that the virus may be contained to hospitals and in

particular to this first man who brought it back with him from the middle east. but there was criticism of the government that perhaps authorities were not getting on top of the situation early enough to stop the spread. and now we are seeing cases of people who were infected by the first man infecting other people and that seems to be prolonging this outbreak and of course the warnings that we have been talking about of the public potentially being exposed by this doctor who attended a symposium. so far no cases outside of people who have visited hospitals have been confirmed yet. so of course the hope is that it stays that way. >> right. and these precautions will keep it that way and people say kathy novak for us. thanks, kathy. at least 150 o people have been killed at gas station explosion and torrential flooding hit ghana thursday. the president declared a three-day mourning period to begin monday. many of the new gas stations did

not have proper permits and that was echoed by this resident who rushed his friend with severe burns to the hospital. >> anything can happen. nobody pray that evil happens about you it happens unexpected. so we don't expect this, they add too much in the town. too much. look at even the incident has happened. the people are not taking good care of, which is very bad. so what is the essence of this station in town. >> and we know derek van dam is here with us, our meteorologist. this is the worst, is that correct, natural disaster to hit ghana in a decade? >> and we are starting to find out new clues on the petrol station explosion. oil was accidentally spilled or petrol was accidentally spilled.

there was flooding going on at the time of the event. a separate fire down stream allowing the petrol to float down the river eventually causing the fire that led right back to the petrol station. people were taking cover underneath the canopy at the petrol station. and you can imagine what happened. you can see the aftermath. a large explosion and unfortunate oly the fatalities. now this area is very prone to flooding p time of year. we are with starting to work into the west african monsoon season. it has do with an area called the intertropical convergence zone. this is responsibility because it sends short waves or impulses across central africa including ghana, nigeria, togo, the ivory coast. as it eventually moves north ward through the summer months. that is the northern hemisphere, summer months. can you see how active the weather has been across the region over the past several days.

thunderstorm after thunderstorm moving through. this is typical for this time of year. but there is more rain to come. and unfortunately accra is similar to other coastal cities where it is right above sea level. we are only talking 25 to maybe a hundred meters above sea level. very susceptible it flooding torrential rains like we experienced recently. even though there is multiple waterways throughout the metro area of accra, this is a region where the infrastructure is not easily of handling such excessive rain fall in such short periods of rain. there is more rain forecast for these countries and we will likely see this scene play out in that particular region as we go forward in time. a quick update from the india meteorlogical department and an area that has one of the most important weather forecasts of all time. every year this time of year, when will that southwest monsoon move into india. it has pushed it back by roughly five days. they have come out with a

staggering new statistic as well. they say 88% of normal rain fall for india which is significant because they obviously want to have the closest to 100% so they can get that average rain fall. technically with this new statistic, natalie, at 88%, that puts them in def sia deficit an have about 250 million people in india that are farmers. they rely so much on the rain fall to move in. if it doesn't, it'll impact their crops. >> right. we are seeing so much weather extremes and the world. how do you predict? >> it gets my -- keeps me on my toes and just keeps science top of its game. >> all right. well, the farmers need it and they need the cool. >> absolutely. >> thanks, derek. >> thanks. >> see you in a little bit. germany is gearing up for what could be one wild weekend.

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more breaking news. the story we are following out of malaysia for you. a strong earthquake has hit the country's highest peak causing huge rock slides. a very popular area. we're getting reports that at least one person has been killed. the 6.0 magnitude tremor hit mount kinabalu. about 160 climbers are now stranded. a doctor who managed to return to the summit's base camp told the malaysia star newspaper he found one woman dead. the tourism minister says at least four people injured, two instructors missing p. this is all early, early

information we are getting. video posted onloin shows rocks falling from the summit and people can be heard yelling, run, run. we're told 30 mountain guide have been sent to help stranded climbers. so we will continue to follow o the story for you. >> germany will host the g7 summit this woke end near munich and protests are already under way. more than 30,000 people rallied in the bavarian capital thursday. cnn's carl pinhall is there. >> the drumming of support to fight the system. >> this is the first of many protests and event planned for before and during the g7 summit. take a look around. there's a mixture of greens, left different stripes, an,ists.

the g7 will meet at a castle south of mousse munich over the weekend. >> the program is not democratic.ich over the weekend. >> the program is not democratic. the g7 states are committing -- >> communist doing that -- >> vastly different groups, vaguely united behind a dream of a better future. >> why on earth are you rolling the world down munich high street? >> we can't live on it any more. we have to protect it. >> everyone marching seems to have their own beef. >> today we are here and put liberation thoughts and also on

this big demonstration against capitalism. >> germany and majority of the people is against genetically modified organisms. that's a fact. >> anti-global and anti-g7 protests have a reputation for turning violent. we are making our way down to the place where the demonstration is due to start and already you can see there is massive buildup of police presence. how is the demonstration going to be today? big demonstration? >> i don't know. >> going to be cool? calm? >> i hope so. >> back at the demo, riot police march to a ragae beat. while these protesters were clear their revolution was going to be a fiesta.

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there are many hot button issues in the race for u.s. president. immigration, isis, obama care, just to name a few. but seeking the democratic presidential nomination adding a

new and surprising one to the mix, the metric system. here is cnn's tom foreman. >> reporter: if eminem was a fan of the metric plan, his 8 mile road might have been 12.9 kilometers. and some folks would love that because they think making america metric is a great idea. >> earlier, i said, let's be bold. here's a bold embracive internationalism. let's join the rest of the world and go metric. >> to be sure, only the united states, liberia and myanmar have not officially adopted the metric standard. and the u.s. metric association, yes, there is such a thing, says being among the outliars cost real money. we have to convert, repackage and relabel products for trade, research and technology are constantly straddling the metric american fence. and well, it's just confusing.

in 1999, nasa literally lost a $125 million mars orbiter in space because of a mismatch between american un oities of measurement and the more commonly used metric standards. of course we've tried to change. in the '70s the white house starting with president ford push ford a makeover under the metric conversion act. president carter also championed the system. it didn't hurt that he was a runner since road races are routinely measured in kilometers. >> running to o win this morning? >> i'm o running to finish. >> and soon, soda was gasoline and more was sold by the liter. federal contractors went metric too. but commerce was trumped by culture. some people were clearly not ready to watch football on a 91-meter field or measure american babies in centimeters.

and although president reagan signed the act for the metric system as the preferred system, he later shut it down, unwilling to touch it with a 10-foot pole. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> yeah, well, when it comes to the metric system, we americans are just a bunch of dufuses. we just can't get it. but we will have a little fun since we have a u.s. and international audience right now. look at iconic names that might change if the u.s. converted to the metric system. instead of ordering a mcdonald's quarter pounder, imagine ordering a .45 kilogramer with cheese. the indy 500 would be called the indy 804.672 race. and denver, the mile high city would be the 1.6 kilometer high city. certainly at one point we can transform. but we'll see about that. a man running for danish prime minister is getting

international attention because of his titillating campaign ads. wait until you see what he's wearing, and not, to try and pull in voters just weeks before they go to the polls. >> reporter: politics has never been hotter in denmark. meet john eric wagner. h he wants to be the next prime minister. 50-something is baring it all in political adses popping up along the streets. here is the poster, vote for wagn wagner, it benefits. apparently the out of work fashion designer wants natives to know he's got the whole package. ads are sparking controversy among town residents but city fibls say they are perfectly legal as long as they don't distract motorists. wagner's campaign platform -- make it free for danes to go to

the dentist and reform the unemployed system among other issues. independent candidate is no stranger to controversy in denmark p. two years ago he interrupted a live televised o election debate storming the stage decked out in a cowboy outfit to protest the exclusion of smaller political parties. he's become known as the naked cowboy. not to be confused with the naked cowboy in new york's times square. wagner said he is inspired by burt reynolds even clint eastwood. and when it comes to elections, this sptd his first rodeo. he ran for office a few time in the past. wagner not viets voters to visit his facebook page to learn about the man with the big gun. >> i knew she would have a closing line something like that. you're watching cnn "newsroom." i'm natalie allen. i'll have another hour of news right after this. thanks for watching.

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