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. a gunman targets and kills four marines. we'll have details on the suspect, his weapons and his background. and the german parliament prepares to vote on greece's bailout deal. new compelling video shows the close-up of the aftermath of the mh17 crash in the ukraine. and it appears to show the moment the rebels realize they shot down a commercial airplane. and we'll have that for you this hour. welcome to our viewers here
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in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. and i'm natalie allen, you're watching cnn news room. our top story is from chattanooga, tennessee, we're following breaking news there. a tragedy the mayor call ss a nightmare. >> shootings at two u.s. military installations in the city are now being investigated as possible acts of terror. four marines killed. at least three other people wounded after a gunman opened fire with an ak-47-style weapon targeting these sites, a military recruitment office and then a navy center within minutes. police killed the suspect, 24-year-old mohammod youssuf abdulazeez. >> he was born in kuwait and had u.s. citizenship and was a naturalized citizen. he had recently traveled to the middle east but was not in the
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data base ss of any suspected terrorists. >> we are checking any possible places he could have resided. visited where he shopped. where he went to school. who his friends were. if he worked out at a gym. every possible lead. so we have information that he has been in variation locations. and we will check each and every one of those. >> a yearbook entry from his school reads, quote, my name causes national security alerts. what does yours do? cnn's gary tuchman went to the neighborhood where it is believed youssuf abdulazeez spent most of his childhood and has this report. >> reporter: we can tell you this is the house where he lived most of his life. we know he graduated from college at the campus in chattanooga and majored in electrical engineering. it is not clear if he had a job, we know he had a couple of internships. we also know he was a high school wrestler an mmf, a mixed
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martial fighter. we're told by his coach that he would conduct prayer at times, and was a great guy. so everybody is quite stunned in this neighborhood. one of the gentlemen who lives two doors away as far as he knew him since a little kid, he was a normal person. >> what kind of family does he have? >> i have never found any kind of conflict with them. >> reporter: that same neighbor dean mcdaniel told us he has three children and that youssuf abdulazeez has an older sister and younger sister. his sisters used to baby-sit for the children and that the gunman youssuf abdulazeez was in the house at the time. and had good conversations with him. thought he was a good kid. and all of them here just couldn't believe the news that the little boy who used to live in that house is now a killer.
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>> cnn's gary tuchman reporting. there were witnesses who said there were so many bullets they lost count. >> and he was carrying extra magazines which stopped the police from stopping him for a while. >> reporter: this is the aftermath of 24-year-old gunman mohamed youssuf abdulazeez. he targeted military personnel at two locations. this is being investigated as an act of terrorism. >> this is a sad day for the united states. these service members served their country with pride and they have been the victims of these shootings. >> reporter: shortly before 11:00 a.m. youssuf abdulazeez drove up to a recruitment center in chattanooga, tennessee, pulled out a high-powered rifle and opened fire according to witnesses. >> i seen the guy in his car, a drop top, he had a rifle, and it
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was not simultaneously but it was powerful. he was firing shots right here into the air force, navy and marine office. i don't even know how many shots he fired but it was a lot. >> reporter: the suspect then headed to a nearby naval reserve center about seven miles away there youssuf abdulazeez opened fire killing and wounding others. as well as a military serviceman. he was engaged by authorities and is now deceased ending a 30-minute long incident. >> what we do know is somebody brutally and brazenly attacked members of our armed services. >> reporter: tonight, forensics is doing a thorough examination of the suspect's car, hoping for clues it may hold. it is believed he acted alone. atf and the fbi are investigating and declaring it a crime scene. a former recruit is devastated to see the aftermath. >> that door with bullet holes all over it was the door that i
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walked through in 2009 to join the military. and it hurts me. >> and you know one of the things that both the media and investigators are hoping to find in situations like this is video. possibly surveillance video. well we've learned from the property manager at the lee highway is the location where the recruitment center is that there is one surveillance camera that points to the parking lot right next to the recruitment center. and we're told that the fbi has been in contact to try to get that video, that is if video was recorded. no confirmation that it was. back to you. >> well we've heard from several people. you just heard one a few moments ago who knew youssuf abdulazeez including a former classmate who told our amara walker he would never expect him to do something like that. >> he always had a smile on his face. he never seemed like the type of kid that would do something you
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know this heinous. >> it is incredible. a popular, witty kid, as many of the people who had known him describe him to be which doesn't fit the profile of the killer. let me ask you about this yearbook photo we have in 2008, of mohamed youssuf abdulazeez and it says quote, my name causes national security alerts. what does yours do? and he is somebody who blogs about struggles as a first generation american muslim. i'm assuming youssuf abdulazeez chose this quote to go along with his yearbook photo. do you know why he chose that? >> more of a joke than anything else. he you know -- as people have said before he was a devout muslim. but he was not radicalized. he was not anything. it is just it kind of goes along
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with a southern kid growing up in the south that having a name like mohamed youssuf abdulazeez. never attention. he has never gotten any negative attention as far as i know. he was just making it a little joke and now it is more morbidly ironic now. >> and you say he got attention because of his name in the south. did he ever talk about what it was like to be a muslim in the south in the united states? and did he talk to you about any struggles he may have had? >> not really like i said. it was just the name. he always fit in well. you know he never got any negative attention but you know being muslim in the south is kind of difficult. but he never had that sort of issue. if anything he was more making
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light of it. he was more like -- like yeah i'm this. but yeah it's not all i am sort of thing, if that makes any sense. >> whatever his reasons, now four families are without their loved ones. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr explains how the military will help them through this unbearable time. >> the u.s. marine corps continuing to reach out to all the family members of the fallen. and indeed they are the fallen. because this procedure for assisting families is the same procedure as if these marines fell on the battlefield of afghanistan or iraq. they are going to have family liaisons with them marines with them to help them through the next many hours and days of everything that they will be going through in the time ahead to grieve for their loved ones. you know the marines are a small family. there is only tens of thousands
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of them. and a lot of them know each other. so this is being felt very deeply across the force. >> that was our barbara starr reporting there. as the fbi investigation is just getting under way at this point they do not believe youssuf abdulazeez had any known ties to international terror groups. >> but as cnn's brian todd reports it is clear that the two military centers had very little security. >> we're learning new details now about the two centers that were targeted in this attack. the first place hit was a military recruiting center in a strip mall which is shared by all four branches of the military. that store front was riddled with bullets. you can see the images there. no one was killed there. but now, on the second place that was attacked about seven miles away this was what was known as an operational support center for training mostly for
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reservists. all four marines were killed in this place. and a navy official we spoke to said these facilities typically have gates and barriers. and it's clear from these images this place had a fence from the gunman's car, from images of the gunman's car we can see that it appears the gunman may have possibly breached that fence with his car. this navy official could not tell us if the security cameras, if there are security cameras at this facility. the official is also not sure if this place had armed security personnel at the time of the attack. but he did say quote you cannot just walk into these places. he said these buildings are usually marked with signage. now, on the other place as far as the security details of this other place, this military recruiting center not nearly as secured. a spokesperson for the u.s. army recruiting command says these are often store front facilities. sometimes they're in malls.
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he says there are no barriers no gates, he says according to u.s. military policy weapons are not prohibited on those premises. you can see there, there is a sign there that says no weapons allowed. now, a conservative group which supports military members, which is called move america forward, this group has been calling for more security at these recruiting centers for years. >> army recruiting center is the army in the community. if young men and women want to come and talk to us we need a nice open area for them to come and do that. we need a welcome area. you know barricades and barriers built like a fortress is not communityforting. >> we'll see if this policy changes. now, there is a history of attacks at recruitment centers like this one. in 2009 a man named mohammed
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opened fire in little rock arkansas killing one soldier and wounding another. he pled guilty and is serving a life sentence. elsewhere, in times square in the heart of manhattan, a bomb went off. nobody was injured when the bomb went off. that case was not solved. there was surveillance video of the bomber riding a bike towards the recruitment center just to give you an idea of how open these centers are. also in 2010 there was a drive by shooting near washington, d.c. no one was hurt in those incidents. a marine corps reservists was arrested for that and is serving 25 years, this gives you an idea of how open these recruiting centers are. brian todd washington. and we now turn to a stunning video that appears to show the aftermath of the
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malaysia airlines 17 crash a year ago today. it was obtained by news in australia. >> the russian separatists filmed this as they learned that it was a downed jetliner. you hear this men speaking what is believed to be russian and ukraine. and you can see them rummaging through the belongings of passengers. here is a part of that footage. [ speaking in a foreign language ]
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deo. here is australia's foreign minister's reaction to it. >> it is disgusting to watch that video footage. i can't surviveverify the authenticity of it. but it is certainly consistent with the advice that we were told 12 months ago that flight mh17 had been shot down by a missile in eastern ukraine. and that the pro-russian separatists were involved. this footage is very disturbing and coming as it does exactly 12 months to the day, just adds to the inconsolable grief that the
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family and friends of the victims aboard that flight must be feeling today. >> news corps australia, the company who released that video, has turned it over to investigators. coming up, we head to europe where germany's parliament will vote on greece's bailout. and elsewhere, as israel's prime minister and britain's foreign secretary went at it over the iran nuclear deal. we'll have more on the intense debate as cnn news room continues. running my own shop has been brutal. but then i got a domain and built my website all at godaddy. now i look so professional i just got my first customer who isn't related to me. get a domain website and email starting at $1/month all at godaddy.
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welcome back to cnn news room if you are just joining us our top story in chattanooga, tennessee, where a lone gunman launched an assault. four americans were killed. they still have not been identified. four wounded, the shooter shot by police. >> 24-year-old mohammad youssuf abdulazeez was born in kuwait but was a natural u.s. citizen. he visited the middle east a
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while back but his name never appeared on any terrorist lists. they found nothing to tie him to any international terrorist groups. german lawmakers will vote just hours from now on the bailout for greece. germany is expected to approve the program like finland has, already. >> and greece's parliament passed new reforms required to receive the bailout and to help rescue that country's economy. cnn is covering multiple stories on this matter. senior international correspondent frederick plighten joins us. >> reporter: the factions in german parliament are in favor
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of this negotiation regarding a bailout for greece. but the big question is what is angela merkel's decision going to be. in cases like this the parliament does a dry run one day before the vote which is what happened yesterday, and that was interesting because 48 members of angela merkel's conservative faction voted no on the starting negotiations. now, that is not really very many. she has about 300 of the conservative wing but it is something that we can feel especially among conservatives in the german parliament this is very much an issue. so we do expect that the german parliament will vote yes on this. this is certainly something that is quite concerning to the governing coalition here. >> yes, and many thinking this is critical vote for angela merkel's authority. thank you now to george. and now, let's turn to linda
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who is standing by in greece. and linda, good to have you with us. the banks may be getting some breathing room. how are people reacting to the fact that banks could open next week. week. >> reporter: even if the banks were to open it would be with limited services and the controls would be in place at the same time. all the same the loan agreement is being discussed, the details are being ironed out. now, the whole process of the banks opening, the liquidity assessments are being raised. it is all first signs that after voting these very difficult measures and the whole deal through parliament that greece could be on the return to a stability path. so certainly a sign of relief for greece. >> thank you so much we'll stay in touch.
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now, family and friends are fearing the worst for a japanese journalist who is believed to be missing in the country of syria. he has not been seen or heard from in the last three weeks. >> a close friend tells cnn he planned to report from the war-torn country and is now likely in the hands of isis. japanese officials say they have no information on his whereabouts. he was friends with kenji goto who was killed by isis earlier this year. you are watching cnn news room we're continuing our coverage of the shooting at the two u.s. military centers. more on what we know about that shooter and his past. plus today marks one year after the disaster of flight 17 in ukraine. and the family and friends are coming together to remember the victims of the tragedy.
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pleitgen, frederik pleitge welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. this is cnn news room. i'm george howell. >> and i'm natalie allen checking the headlines for you, four marines were killed and at least four others wounds in a gunman opened fire in chattanooga, tennessee, thursday. the alleged gunman mohamed youssuf abdulazeez was killed by police. the task force is investigating but officials say the motive is still unclear. just hours from now, germany's parliament is expected to vote on lending greece more money as part of their bailout deal. finland has already adopted a similar measure. on friday they adopted
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austerity reforms. >> isis claims responsibility for an attack on this egyptian navy ship off the sinai coast. the militant group released these pictures saying their forces fired a guided missile at the ship causing it to explode. cnn can't confirm it but egypt says one of their boats were attacked there were no deaths. and officials say that youssuf abdulazeez was a jordanian but was a naturalized citizen. still, his name never appeared on any watch groups. we're learning more about his past. a friend said he coached youssuf abdulazeez in mixed martial arts and that he seemed like a hard working young man. >> i mean he seemed like the
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all-american kid. never loud never boisterous never got out of line hard worker. you know signed -- seemed to enjoy the training and was a smart kid. he was in high school at the time and i believe he went on to get an engineering degree at utc, university of chattanooga. joining us now is cnn law enforcement harry houk thank you, harry for being with us. again, this happened in chattanooga at a military recruiting station, as well as a navy depot. these are soft targets, what can be done to protect these soft targets? >> well the military has to take a real good look at this right now and what they will probably do from here on out will have some type of guard or military police. have somebody armed at this location. in the event that something like that happened that they can protect themselves and that they
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can fire back. >> harry at this point we don't know a lot about this suspect except to say that we know he was a devout muslim. also that he got a degree in education here in the united states. an engineering degree. how will investigators determine, you know within that time line what led to this point to essentially make him snap? >> right, well they have executed search warrants in his house. they have his telephone records. they have his internet records. if he is going to any jihadi sites on the internet we'll be able to find out about them. we'll check his phone calls and find out if it was not the internet who radicalized him maybe it is somebody else who lives around where he is that might have somehow radicalized him also. >> it is important to point out we don't know whether youssuf abdulazeez might have been inspired by a group like isis. we do know there is a campaign
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certainly on the internet to reach out to young men and women and try to radicalize them. we're still waiting to determine, find out what the investigation reveals here. but you know when it comes to an event like this the training the planning that went into it do you think that there was a great deal of that? >> well of course it had to be. it was the last day of ramadan, there were military installations, he had to buy a weapon and probably practice shooting because the shooting that i saw that he did at the recruitment center was pretty damn good. he actually hit his target and didn't hit anything else outside the recruitment center in that building itself. >> and the simple fact this happened do you expect over the next several days we'll see these military outposts like the recruiting center like the depot, more security in there? we know we're seeing it more in new york already. >> right, exactly, the police commissioner had ordered the recruiting stations to be
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protected. we're seeing that, and also are seeing it all over the country and the military is taking steps to protect the bases all over the country, as well. >> harry, thank you for your time. thank you. now to the state of colorado where a jury has found james holmes guilty of multiple counts of murder. >> holmes killed 12 people when he opened fire inside a theater in 2012. cnn's anna cabrera was inside the courtroom for the verdict. >> reporter: the jury of nine men and three women deliberated for about three hours before returning a guilty verdict, guilty on all 163 charges on first degree murder as well as attempted murder charges. a jury did not buy the defense's claim that holmes was insane at the time he opened fire in the packed movie theater, almost three years ago killing 12 people and injuring several others.
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now, the jurors heard from more than 50 witnesses, including victims and college professors as well as mental health experts. they also considered thousands of pieces of evidence before returning a verdict. it was the moment that victims and survivors had been waiting for, for years. >> as soon as we heard the first guilty we knew the dominos were all going to fall. it was just what we needed to hear. >> we're very happy this animal this monster will never receive the light of day. >> now, because holmes was found guilty this does move into a sentencing phase which we're told could take about another month. the prosecution will push for the death penalty, anna cabrera, cnn. and now, the u.s. discusses consultations on supporting defense after israel condemned the agreement with iran. and u.s. defense secretary ash
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carter travels to the area next week to smooth concerns. just how much israel and the u.s. disagrees on the agreement was on display thursday. cnn has more on the tense standoff between israel's prime minister and bring's foreign secretary. >> reporter: well, contrast between these two leaders couldn't be more stark. on one hand benjamin netanyahu calls the iran deal an historic mistake. both leaders met in the same room on thursday before the world's media and it was a tense exchange. >> we look forward to cooperating with you in ensuring that we can successfully implement this agreement and then continue to work to prevent iranian destabilization in the region. >> do you want another bounce at
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the ball -- >> i know we're going to have another go at it -- >> no no on the contrary for us what we'll get is more terrorism, more subversion rather than the opposite. would you like to continue? >> well, the secretary spoke before parliament saying there is no deal that israel would have accepted in that media opportunity. prime minister netanyahu had taken the opportunity to correct that saying israel wants a better deal one in which sanctions are lifted on iran after iran changes its behavior. so really this was always going to be an interesting meeting. surprising that it spilled onto a public forum. secretary hammond also say they are focused on implementing this agreement. but clearly this exchange illustrating that both sides also focused on getting their
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viewpoints across. one year later, mourners gather to remember the victims of mh17. an investigation into who is responsible for downing that plane takes a new twist. nervous whitening will damage your teeth? introducing listerine® healthy white™. it not only safely whitens teeth... ...but also restores enamel. lose the nerves and get a healthier whiter smile that you'll love. listerine® healthy white™. power to your mouth™!
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welcome back to cnn news room. one year after malaysia airlines flight 17 the mourners are gathering to remember the victims. >> most of the 298 people on board the jet were dutch citizens. australian prime minister tony abbott led a ceremony to remember the 38 passengers. and there will be a
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commemoration ceremony in amsterdam amsterdam. >> reporter: when 298 souls fell from the sky, they landed in the utter chaos of a war. the rages, even now. as in the fields the bodies were slowly gruesomely gathered and made the long journey back to holland, questions mounted. and now a year later still remain. the dutch prosecutor tells cnn they want access to key cell phone mosques in this site to gather information about the attack. the most likely scenario is that a surface-to-air missile was fired at the plane from eastern ukraine. now, a memorial stands with children's toys and a people that begins stop and pray, feel the minutes run. dutch police say they have recovered all the remains from
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here that they can. for the brother of alex, that is one of the hardest parts of the news. alex's body will never be found. although those of his wife edith, and his son, robert were. his daughters, sandra and miriam didn't leave on holiday for kuala lumpur, and still don't want to talk. instead, they have no body no closure. >> if your brother comes back with the plane and the remains of victims you hope your brother will be there. it wasn't, but we didn't know that at that time. but you want to be there because you want to be -- hope that your brother will come home.
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>> it's very difficult. i can't understand very well how it is possible that just two people are finished. blown away. i -- it's -- beyond me. i -- i can't understand it. >> incomprehension, too, from russia. the backed russian separatists that they say may be a war crime. we certainly deem not to accept it before the investigation is finished. sadly, attempts at distorting facts and enforcing versions of what could have happened continue to exist. the dutch prosecutors tell us they will be able to bring a prosecution. but arrest a suspect?
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put them in jail? that is yet another tough question that has still no answer. nick payton-walsh, cnn. and now, we have this stunning new video just released. it appears to show the aftermath of the malaysia airlines flight. the crash, in eastern ukraine. but it was obtained by news corps australia, the media company says that pro-russian separatists filmed this video and they realized the downed plane was actually a commercial jetliner. cnn has not independently confirmed the authenticity of this video but here is a portion of this footage. [ speaking in a foreign language ]
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>> for more on this new video, kelly morgan joins us live from moscow. and kelly, this video, if it's accurate seems to refute the scenarios that have been proffered by russian authorities, doesn't it? >> reporter: well yes, natalie. i mean it is harrowing video to see one year on from this tragedy. but you hear the rebels talking about two planes. the surprise expressed that this is a commercial airliner that these are foreigners. you see the harrowing footage of some of of the rebels going through the baggage, and looking at a luggage tag and identifying australia. and even further than that you see the rebels discussing a black box, the urgency, let's find a black box. and then the comment, who allowed them to take this
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corridor? who permitted them to fly through this area? so it does seem to support what the dutch-led international investigation team is saying that the evidence points to. that the mh-17 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile from separatist-held territory in ukraine. and that is what was suggested happened 12 months ago. rebels have always denied they have access to a missile that was capable of bringing down a plane. and while russia has expressed its sympathy there are two scenarios emerging from this country, other possible scenarios as to what happened. one, that it was also shot down by a ukraine jet, that message from the investigative committee that had its own probe. secondly well if it was a big missile it was fired by the ukraine side. so very compelling video.
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very harrowing this time of year but certainly does seem to be very compelling natalie. >> yes, and also developing kelly, a group of five countries has suggested a five-country tribunal to support the investigation. what has the russian president putin had to say about that? >> reporter: well russia is opposed that that tribunal. and in a conversation with the leader yesterday, president putin said this was a premature and counterproductive tribunal. he said that well, russia's view is that you need to allow the international investigation led by the netherlands to be completed first and then discuss what sort of a process happens then in terms of prosecuting and punishing those culprits who were going to be we hope are
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going to be identifyied as a result of that probe. the dutch, as far as they're concerned, they need this tribunal so there is a balanced approach. and that the victims, the families of the victims get the justice that they so richly deserve. >> they certainly do. and perhaps that video there will help get to the bottom of it once and for all. kelly morgan for us there live in moscow. thank you, kelly. and we'll be right back with more news. running my own shop has been brutal. but then i got a domain and built my website all at godaddy. now i look so professional i just got my first customer who isn't related to me. get a domain website and email starting at $1/month all at godaddy.
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welcome back to cnn news room we continue to follow the breaking news out of the u.s. state of tennessee. authorities are trying to figure out a motive after a gunman opened fire on two military sites, killing four marines there. >> authorities identified the suspect as 24-year-old mohamed youssuf abdulazeez. authorities say he was carrying a rifle, several other weapons as well as a lot of ammunition. three other people were wounded in the shooting. a sailor went into surgery in serious condition and a terrorism task force of course is investigating. >> another part of the united states big story we're following, the tornadoes that tore through the midwestern part
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of the united states. >> derek van dam has more. >> there were actually four tornadoes in iowa and illinois. one of these we are focusing on coming out of the monmouth area. we're show you this vortices area here. reaching down from the cloud, look at the little vortices that are coming out. the little spiraling band of cloud cover reaching out. that is part of that multiple vortex signature that we look for. and often, this is the time when the tornado and the super cell thunderstorm will be the strongest, creating the most damage and the strongest of wind as well. take a look at my graphics. you can see just the line of storms moving through iowa and illinois. again, eight tornadoes and several reports of wind damage coming out of the line of storms. specifically across the cameron
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and monmouth region. in fact we highlighted the region where the vortex picked up the signature. notice this little intake of air, the absence of radar imagery. that is where we look for what is called the vortex tornado signature. meteorologists look for this highly identifiable feature to spot where the tornadoes are. and that continues to move eastward. that is all thanks to a departing storm system. now we'll focus our attention on the upper midwest today with another round of severe weather possible. damaging winds, possibility of a severe tornado, sioux falls, and des moines iowa you could see significant severe weather. and in japan this typhoon making landfall across central japan. wow, those are some impressive waves, obviously crashing over some of the breaker walls there.
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there was over 700 millimeters of rainfall in a 48-hour period leading to mudslides. and well as you can imagine, all sorts of flooding as well. derek, thank you. well finally, german chancellor angela merkel became one of the subjects on twitter after defending the palestinian refugee who kind of broke down on television. >> you did see part of that exchange. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> i understand that. that sometimes politics is hard. when you stand in front of me and you are a very nice person that you know in palestinian
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refugee camps in lebanon there are thousands and thousands of people. and if we say you can all come and all come from africa, we can't manage that. so we are in this dispute. and the only answer we can get is to avoid taking so much time until a decision on deportation is reached. but some will have to return. >> ms. merkel explaining the policies there. that answer though caused the teenager to start weeping. ms. merkel went over to try to comfort her. still, some critics saw that moment as coming off a bit cold. but it was a moment captured on tape that had a lot of people talking. >> she doesn't look old, she looks caring. but that will do it for us. thank you for watching cnn coverage i'm natalie allen. >> and cnn coverage continues in london. >> thank you for joining us.
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this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news this morning. new information on the gunman who murdered four ma reaps and shot several others in chattanooga, tennessee. from his religious family to his recent trip overseas. complete coverage on the big story begins right now. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. it is friday july 17th. john berman has the morning off. breaking news. fbi and atf investigators in chattanooga combing through two crime scenes.

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