targets millions of u.s. government personnel p. why china is being blamed. another death in the mers outbreak in seoul, south korea. we are live to see how the country is responding. embracing for a grim discovery after raising a sunken cruise ship. you're watching cnn newsroom. i'm natalie allen. and we begin with what u.s. officials are calling one of the largest government data breaches in history putting millions of americans at risk. nearly every u.s. government agency has been hit by hackers and they believe china is behind it. as many as 4 million current and former federal employees may have had their personal

information comprised. and millions more may be affected according to investigators. jim sciutto gives us some insight into o how the u.s. 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 his sun oo land summit in california. they tried naming and shaming and bringing criminal charges against particular members of the chinese military for these kinds of breaches and they he have tried put in better defenses in effect for u.s. computer systems. none of it worked. what they are worried about is the possibility of tit for tat. there is talk of owe fnsive operations where you make it clear to china that we can do the same to you. what they don't want to do is start a vicious cycle a. >> to back and forth. it is a real problem as to how you stop this going forward. >> let's check in on what or how

china is responding to these accusations. steven jiang is following that story. he joins us live from honk skong. steven, is there official word from china? >> so far we haven't heard much from beijing officials but the spokesman for the chinese embassy in wab d.c. has indeed issued a statement respond together latest allegations. and the statement he said a 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. cyber attacks conducted across countries are hard to track and therefore the source of the attacks is difficult to identify. jumping to conclusions and making hypothetical accusation is not responsible and counter productive, end quote. now what he said is not new. the chinese government denied such involvement in hacking activities but china saying it

is one of the biggest victims of cyber attacks in the world often pointing fingers at the u.s. they call this baseless, hypocritical and double-standard. at the same time, the chinese o government including secret military has become increasingly open about the strategic importance of cyber warfare. i recently went it a press conference conducted by seen oory military officials and see think griffen the great threats the chinese military faces, the chinese military is speeding up their effort to build up their cyber force to watch out for nationalists. natalie. >> 4 million current, and former employees may have had their information compromise oed. do we know what would be the motivation behind an allege ad

attack like this? >> many experts point out that china has the strong design to gain advantage over the u.s. in any way they can. be p political, social, economic or military. so according to these experts, the easiest way to do this is to steel sensitive information or intellectual property. so despite china's repeated strong denial, these experts say that explains their increasingly wide ranging targets in the u.s. ranging from government agencies like the pentagon, white house, to bit corporations like google and yahoo! as well as media news outlets like the "new york times" and now individual americans, millions of them working for the federal government. natalie? >> we will continue to see what the fallout will be. thank you so much, steven jiang for us following developments for us from hong kong. now breaking news out of malaysia. a strong earthquake hit asia's

highest peak mt. kinabalu. the 6.0 magnitude tremor struck early friday morning. about 160 climbers are now stranded at a plateau below the summit. a doctor who managed to return to base camp told the malaysia star newspaper he found one woman dead. the minister said four people of injured, two instructors are missing. we will bring you more information on this breaking news story as we get it out of malaysia. we are getting reports of a deadly crash involving a rugby star and his family in france. our affiliate is reporting former new zealand rugly captain seen here jerry collins and his wife were killed in a car crash in southern france. their baby daughter said to be in critical condition. their car reportedly crashed in a bus on the a9 motor way.

the exact cause is under investigation. tbnz said collins made his championship debut in 1999 and retired from international rugby in 2008. he was just 34 years old. now we turn to the bribery and corruption scandal 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 to tell everything he knows about corruption in the organization. for more on these developments, let's bring in kier. what do you think of the threats

to mr. wae warner to tell all. >> this is not new. when he ran away from football in 2011 he said he then would unleash a football tsunami, revolutions about fifa and sepp blatter. but he never quite did. and so, the tsunami turned into an avalanche. of course the situation changed now because warner is protesting extradition application from the united states. so maybe this time, if you like, he is starting his plea bargaining. >> since we haven't gotten a tsunami from him even though he said it's coming, what do you think perhaps if he does start to talk, the world may learn from him? >> i think his material would be about the 20 years in which he was head of the regional organization of central and north american football.

he turned it giving news of his presidency into a major player in soccer politics worldwide and obviously he did that by close contact networking connection political and so on all the way up the ladder. so he does have a lot of information in his files. >> what do you think of this latest news about from sepp blatter, tweeting a picture of himself after meeting with committee on compliance. where is this tsunami going? >> basically, when blatter turned in his pending resignation the other day he said he would work on ush issues that needed tidying up before he went. these have been around at least three, four years. it is basically very strange

that he sluddenly thinks that i is within his power that he can suddenly push them through. there are a lot of things that don't really add up. >> finally, quickly, what do you think of how the insiders are reablgting to these investigations? what is fifa looking like, if you can just sum it up in a few word right now. since these, you know, charges were brought forth? >> looking in a state of chaos, basically. no one on the inside quite knows what is coming next. over the past ten days buzz one shock over another and people are really all on tender hooks waiting to see what comes next, whether it is from the justice department investigation, whether it's from political twists and turns inside the european asian confederations.

>> sadly, you will have a lot to investigate and write about for some time. >> this is true. >> thank you so much for your time. we'll look at your stories. u.s. law enforcement officials tell cnn boston terror suspect called his father to say good-bye before his death on tuesday. authorities listening in on the bugged phone lines say the call made them believe he was about to launch an attack on police officers. officials believed rahim was radicalize had by isis but h his family tells cnn they dispute his connection to isis. whether rahim is tied to the group or not there are worries in the u.s. and across the globe that number of isis sympathizers is growing and there are concerns the fbi and other intelligence agencies won't be able to keep up with them. cnn's brian todd has that. >> reporter: boston terror suspect rahim raised in the united states. radicalized by isis according to investigators. killed before he allegedly was

going to attack police officers. simpson and sufi also raised in the u.s., shot and called by law enforcement in garland, texas as they tried to attack a prophet muhammad drawing contest, isis called them two of its soldiers. simpson had direct communication with isis's best known hacker. now a u.s. intelligence official tells cnn there are strong concerns in the intelligence community about a surge in the number of isis sympathizers inside the united states. the fbi is struggling to identify active consumers of isis propaganda. >> there is hundreds, maybe thousands, it is a challenge to get a full understanding of just how many of those passive follow oers are taking action. >> the passive followers, people inside the united states, known to post pro isis messages on social media. pictures of them with isis logos. this is an isis message on a

phone with the white house, we are here america, with our target. >> playing off that ice sis everywhere. they can reach their enemies p. >> many of them, analyst phillip smythe says, could be posers. but there is a spike in isis activity inside the united states recently. at least 32 court cases over the past two years of people in the u.s. accused of providing material support to isis. surveillance of isis suspect inside the united states is at an all-time high. isis operatives overseas entice supporters over social needa and use incorrupted communication urging them to take action. tracking the radicalization of americans, worrying about the next step. >> the thing i would lock for is whether or not ice sis playing a role beyond o general support but trying to inflew enthe targets and the action that ral ka cals will end up taking. >> when operate ifs pick targets

it make them more vulnerable being picked up. when a profile is disabled, every message that person has posted is deleted. but keeping up with every potentially pro isis ks, every tweet, message or every posting is an almost overwhelming task for law enforcement. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> in iraq, isis cut off a major dam leading into ramadi. we will tell you how they are using water as their latest weapon. that's ahead here also ahead, hundreds in south korea are urged to stay home after possibly being exposed to the deadly mers virus. more about that. thanks for the ride around norfolk! and i just wanted to say, geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years! roger that. captain's waiting to give you a tour of the wisconsin now.

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welcome back. isis has a new weapon it is using against the iraqi city of ramadi. it closed off a dam north o of the city cutting water supply to pro government towns down stream. and it leaves the city vulnerable to further attack. let's talk more about that with our eyn lee. he joins me now from cairo. ramadi still very much a city in

the midst of chaos and isis in control. >> they are letting some water out so they don't compromise the dm's structural integrity but they have drastically lowered the euphrates cutting water to government-controlled cities o down stream. we do need to note that ice sis control of fallujah which is also down stream so they are cut ofg water to their comrades here. but we are hearing this a tactic used by isis so they can maneuver to these cities down stream and attack them. this is take is place we are hering from iraq's minister of interior that ministers from police are heading to anbar, they are in sniping, clearing

bunkers and probably most importantly defending against those suicide car bombs that have been very effective for isis. >> meantime, ian, there is a new report out about how the u.s. military is using isis's love of social media against it. what can you tell us about that? >> that's right. we've seen these videos that isis puts out, natalie. and they are tweets. and really effective tool for them to recruit people. one person, according to military times, quoting a general, saying that one person, one fighter was bragging about their command in control. the united states military got on it. within 22 hours they were able to locate the headquarters this person was tweeting from and they were able to drop throw bombs and destroy headquarters. you have isis throwing out

propaganda but the united states using it as well. >> and o hopefully using it to our advantage more in the future. thank you, ian. ukraine president warning his military to get ready for a full-on invasion by rush why in eastern ukraine. this comes after some of the worst fighting we've seen from government troops in a shaky cease-fire about four months by go. the fighting is just the beginning of quote a colossal threat. >> translator: the military must be ready as much for a renewal of an offensive by the enemy as they are for a full scale invasion with the whole length of the border with russirussia. we must truly be ready for this. >> the kremlin accused kiev of the fighting. ghana's president ordered three days of national mourning starting mun monday after at

least 150 people were killed in the explosion after gas station. leaking fuel combined with heavy rain and deep flooding which killed dozens of other people. many of the victims at the gas station were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: they came looking for shelter from torrential rain. under the cover of a petrol station. disaster struck. for reasons as yet unknown the petrol on the surface of flood with theers caught fire and exploded with deadly results. >> i lost almost seven and four of my families. three friend, four siblings. i lost them this morning. it is very hard. i don't know what to say. the construction they are doing there will bring a lot of problems here to us. >> emergency services rushed to the scene on wednesday night. as the fire threatened to engulf neighboring buildings.

victims who are lucky enough to survive have been taken to hospital. there have been heavy rains in the capital of ghana for three days now. but instead of helping quench the fire, the floods only hindered the rescue efforts. >> leave emergency services to continue to do their work. i will sit and strategize to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> reporter: those that survived will have the scars for the rest of their lives. cnn, lagas, nigeria. >> ghana there, seeing the worst natural disaster from this flooding in a decade. now to south korea where new reports after korea airman stationed at a u.s. air base tested positive for the mers virus. cnn's kathy novak is live in seoul to tell us more about this virus and the threat to people there in seoul.

kathy? >> reporter: yes, we are learning today, natalie, that a member of the korean air force has tested positive for mers. he was at an off base hospital. in fact the same hospital where the first test case was confirmed. the man who came back from the middle east and was confirmed to have mers here in south korea. now this korean air force member was at that same hospital having a procedure on his achilles and it was confirmed today that he does in fact have the mers virus. he is stationed at at air base. you may be familiar with that because it is the same air base where there was an anthrax scare not so long ago because the u.s. military mistakenly sent a live sample of anthrax as part of a training exercise. now 170 people are in quarantine in a military hospital. they are all korean. me are members of the korean air force and sixville six

civilians. no members of the american military is at risk. but they are taking prudent measures to make sure that everyone is protecting themselves. >> schools are closed. how is it effecting life there in seoul? >>. >> reporter: increasing number of schools are closed, natalie. more than 1300 schools are closed today. the mayor of seoul held an emergency press conference last night to tell people that there is a chance that this virus may be in danger of spread together public. that is because a doctor who was confirmed to have mers attended a symposium where 1300 people were before he knew he had the virus. to give you an idea of how serious the authorities are taking this, the seoul

metropolitan police are now saying they will forcibly quarantine anyone suspected of having mers if they do not agree to quarantine themselves, natalie. >> hopefully we will keep it under control. that's very scary. cnn's kathy novak for us there. we appreciate it, thank you. a ship that capsized on a chinese river is now upright. but the hope for finding more survivor is dwindling. we will have a live report there from the scene in just a moment. plus, former texas governor rick perry is the latest candidate to enter the u.s. presidential race. coming up, a look at his fierce competition. female announcer: want your best rest ever?

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welcome back to cnn. you're watching cnn newsroom. i'm natalie allen. dozens of climb oers are trapped on malaysia's highest peek after a powerful earthquake. the 6.0 magnitude tremor hit mt. kinabalu causing huge rock slide. the malaysia star newspaper reports at least one woman is dead. the tourism minister for malaysia says about 160 climbers are stranded. and he said helicopters can't get to them because of poor weather conditions so rescuers are trying to find alternative routes. we will keep you posted on this breaking news. u.s. officials believe 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

compromised. chinese embassy spokesman denies the accusations and says china made great efforts to combat cyber attacks. korean airman stationed at a u.s. air base tested forts mers virus. he remains in isolation at a military officer on that base. 41 cases of the virus have been confirmed. four people have died. a capsized cruise ship in china is now upright as the search for survivors continues. 97 people killed when the eastern star tipped over but that number could get much higher today as the ship is raised. so many more are missing. cnn's senior international correspondent ivan watson joins us live, and ivan, this must be a tremendously emotional time for all of these families who have been waiting and hoping for

any good news about their loved ones. >>. >> reporter: it is a complete nightmare for these people. and hundreds of relatives of some of the more than 450 passengers and crew aboard the ship when it so disastrously capsized on monday. hundreds of these relatives converged here in this riverside city of jianli to learn about what happen today their loved ones. most passengers were elderly chinese. so people's parents, people's grandparents. and the relatives of course waiting for some news here, even as the authorities have -- what was initially a search and

rescue operation that o involved hundreds of doife divers in thi murky water of the yangtze river. it is now more after salvage operation with cranes on floating barges that helped to overturn the capsized cruise ship to get it to an upright position and now the difficult work of trying to lift it back to the surface to bring four of its decks that have been submerged under water, decks with cabins, back up so that this very difficult work can be made, more easier to do. divers when this vessel was submerged say they are operating with 50 centimeters of visibility, pretty much in the dark, having to feel their way

around. in many cases the cabins appear to have been locked. of course the ship is believed to have overturned around 9:30 at night on monday night. at a time when many of the passengers had gone back to cabinets than closed their rooms up as one would do when they go back to their hotel room or the cabin of their cruise ship. so a difficult process. and still much more difficult work to be done. several relatives here tell us that they were called to do blood tests basically by the authorities here. presumably that would be to help with the process of identifying bodies via dna. natalie? >> ivan watson there for us p. we appreciate many questions to be answered yet as to how this tragedy happened and how this ship sank so quickly, not allowing anybody to escape. we thank you, i've yn wavan wats

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greece has asked the monetary fund to push its payment back end of the month. the country has been flirting with fiscal default. it was scheduled to pay more than $300 million today. that money with three other major payments has been rolled into one massive bill. on june 30th, greece must pay the lot about $1.7 billion. the move to bundle he the debt is permitted under imf rules but

is rarely used. an drdrea merkel said greec needs to take advantage for their economy. >> it is always on the brink of a tragedy. how can that be solved in the long-term? >> translator: of course to find a solution and i want a solution just like all my european colleagues. we need big efforts by both sides. we the partners from the eurozone have to show solidarity and i'm glad the imf is also engaged. at the same time, greece has to be willing to take the necessary reforms. in the end, the country brings itself on a gross course by its own efforts went we have other european countries that have taken harsh reform, like ireland. they now have the best growth in the eurozone. that is the kind of course greece needs to get on.

that's why tough he negotiations but pu but pure ly aimed at keeping greece in the g7. >> it seems the conflict is flaring up again. how can rush why be brought into the fold to solve all of this. >>sh why be brought into the fold to solve all of this. >>ih why be brought into the fold to solve all of this. >>ah why be brought into the fold to solve all of this. >> why be brought into the fold to solve all of this. >>why be brought into the fold to solve all of this. >>hy be brought into the fold to solve all of this. >>y be brought into the fold to solve all of this. >> be brought into the fold to solve all of this. >>. >> germany and france along with president obama are trying to find a solution. there are formats where we talk to russia like the normandy format, for the ukraine crisis. there are the the p 5 plus 1

talks. and i'm happy they carried president putin in moscow because in order to survive the syria civil war drama will be necessary to get russia on board and we will all support this from the g7 side. >> andrea merkel talking with our o fred about greece's ongoing fiscal issues. we turn to u.s. politics. rick perry is the latest republican to enter the u.s. presidential race. as cnn's dana bash reports, voters have a lot to consider in 2016 and plenty of republicans to choose from. >> today i am running for the presidency of the united states of america. >> and then, there were ten. ten republicans officially in the ring for the white house. rick perry today's entrant is running on experience as longest serving governor in texas history. trying to make voters forget about his embarrassing run the last time around.

>> oops. >> perry isn't the only return contenders. two actual oly won past iowa caucuses. rick santorum. >> the white house is the last place for on-the-job training. >> and former arkansas governor mike huckabee. >> i grew up blue collar, not blue blood. >> four senators want to be president including three first-term members. ted cruz o of texas. >> imagine millions of courageous conservatives all across america rising up together to say in unison, we demand our liberty. >> rand paul of kentucky. >> we need to boldly proclaim our vision for america. we need to go boldly forth under the banner of liberty that clutches the constitution in one hand and the bill of rights in the other. >> and florida's marco rubio. >> yesterday is over.

and we're never going back. >> three-term south carolina senator lindsey graham is running on his foreign policy creds. >> i have more experience with our national security than any other candidate, that include you, hillary. >> george pataki serving during 9/11. >> we will defend our freedom but we will not be the world's policeman. >> two contenders never held political office. neuro surgeon ben carson. >> i probably never will be politically correct because i'm an politician. >> and former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina. >> i too have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe but unlike mrs. clinton i know that fly oing is an activity, not an accomplishment. >> and there are still many more to come. former florida governor jeb bush

and louisiana governor will make their announcements later this month. . dana bash, cnn, washington. >> when we come back, the lure of getting close to lions in safaris. >> here we go. here we go. whoa. oh, my gosh. >> it is a lot scarier when they are very close because you get a sense of how massive they are. >> we will walk you through the park where an american tourist was recently attacked. >>

. details are still emerging of what exactly happened when an american tourist was killed by a lion at a safari park in south africa this week. cnn's robin kreel traces the route 29-year-old katherine chapel took on that ill fated day. >> reporter: these fluffy white lion cubs aren't even a year old but were warn had they could still do fairly serious dm

damage if we turn our backs on one. >> even at 5 1/2 months -- >> they are playful. they will put their paw he on your shoulders. >> scott simpson manages the park and tells cnn a lion no matter the age will always default to its natural instinct. >> some of them look cute. unfortunately people need to realize they're not. these are still wild animals. even o if they were born in captivity and raised by hand. at the end of the date, a lion is a predator and still a wild animal. >> make sure your doors are locked and windows closed at all times. >> okay. >> we are at johannesburg's lion park. tourist may also enjoy a self-drive through a series of enclosures with full grown lo n lions. it seems simple enough p but days ago this park was the scene of a gory accident. a female lioness killed a woman

and injured her driver through an open window. that part of the park is the only one closed off. inside enclosure 1 it is clearly afternoon nap time for this family. >> we are mere feet away from this pride of lions. so close you can see the bugs landing on their noses and it is very tempting to open the window because they do look so docile o, sleepy. but if you did, it would just take one lie dwron smell us or hear us and if it decided to charge there would be nothing we could do in the split second. as dusk approaches, so does dinner time. the lions who earlier ignored us are suddenly inquisitive. playing, climbing. and slowly surround our car. >> i don't know where it is. where is it? >> right here. >> it is hard it keep an eye on each lion. they move quickly and we check to make sure doors are still locked. but suddenly -- >> here we go. whoa.

oh, my god. >> it is a lot scarier when they are very close because you get a sense of how massive they are. >> the male lion that rushed our car likely meant no harm but if one window was down even partially, it could have been deadly. >> it can cover a very short space, very short distance in a very short of time. that's what happened in this incident. the lion slowly approached the vehicle then suddenly dashed toward the vehicle. there is no time to do up a window. >> a small mistake that could not be corrected in the second it took a predator born o to kill to do just that. robin kreel, cnn, johannesburg, south africa. >> a terrible accident. derek van dam is here. we will talk a little french open. but first, you lived in south africa. you have been on safari. there is no, not even o an inch, of coming -- >> it is amazing. the thing is, it is just -- it can be a tempting thing to want to roll down a window for

instance. but sometimes that temptation overshadows, you know, what's common sense there. so obviously animals are wild. i've been inside of a safari vehicle when an elephant charged our vehicle. it was terrifying. i'm glad we had those safety nets and safety precautions we had in place and everybody followed it as well. >> important do. >> it is. >> all right. we will talk about french open and heat coming down there. >> it is so warm there, guys. they are breaking temperature records all over france. and it is interesting to note how the temperatures actually impact the clay surface that they play on. so the dryer the weather it is, the clay actually thins out and makes it more difficult for the players to get traction on the clay. but when we have rain and humid weather like in the forecast, that actually slows the ball on contact with the surface as they strike t tennis ball. >> forcing us to tell us who takes the lead. >> i know, i need to tell you what the weather will be like.

we tie it all together here on cnn world weather, don't we? guys, this is the forecast on friday in paris. semifinals taking place today. the women's finals on saturday. and the money's finals on sunday. so you can see the marked difference in the forecast going forward this weekend. it is because there is a big cold front coming through. and that could put some delays on the start times because i'm expecting heavy rain fall. at least a possibility later today in paris. and even possible oity of stronger wind and hail with the storms. look at temperature difference. we are talking about nearly 10-degree temperature drop. so you can look forward to cooler weather if you're a spectator even just in general enjoying your time in paris. this is exactly what this two people are doing at the moment. sun bathing along the beautiful stretch of paris, to say the least. the reason for hot weather, parked across europe, ushering in warm temperatures but this cold front will put an end to

that very quickly. mark off thunderstorms as well and bring back more seasonable temperatures for the first part of june. we will impact london, paris and amsterdam. look at this temperature difference from friday to saturday and nearly 15 degrees for the netherlands. there is a storm system across the atlantic, bringing cold front from london to paris over the next 24 hours. i want to talk about the u.s. quickly. thank you if you are still watching us from the united states. we have the possibility of severe weather. once again, plain states east of rockies. large hail, damaging wind, isolated tornadoes are also a possibility today as an area of low pressure that's really forms across the colorado rockies moves east ward and brings in our chance of thunderstorms across the u.s. >> more of that. >> more of that. seven tornadoes reported on thursday and one just outside of the denver metro area. >> okay. derek, thank you. appreciate o it.

well, the massachusetts institute of technology's computer science and artificial intelligence lab, you got that, m.i.t., is bringing origami to life. it starts out as a flat sheet but when it heats up it folds itself into a robot that can walk, swimming with dig and carry twice its own weight. yes, a lot of smarties that attend m.i.t. but anyway, an electro magnetic pulse drives the movement of the robot. think of it as a heart beat that flaps the origami robot into motion. once its job is done the tiny machine can dissolve itself almost completely by jumping in nail polish remover. who came up with this. scientists hope to shrink it one day for medical uses to have it swim around inside our bodies. we will leave to you contemplate that one. a man running for danish prime minister is getting

international attention because of his titillating campaign ads. wait until you see what he is wearing and not to try and pull in voters just weeks before they go to the polls. let's see what he stooped to. here's emera walker. >> reporter: politics has never been hotter in denmark. meet john eric wagner. he wants to be the next prime minister. 50-something is baring it all in political ads popping up along the streets. here is his latest revealing poster. vote for 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 officials 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 unemployment system among other issues. independent candidate is no stranger to controversy in denmark. two years ago he interrupted a live televised 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 isn't his first rodeo. he ran for office a few time in the past. wagner invites voters to visit his facebook page to learn about the man with the big gun. >> and with that one, we will close for this hour. thank you for watching. i'm natalie allen.

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developing over night, a hack attack. targeting millions of workers and the u.s. pointing the finger at the chinese government. the latest straight ahead. encouraged by isis. the man police say planned to behead an activist communicated online with the terror group. new details emerge about why police decided they could no