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explosives detonated at an outdoor market near baghdad. and donald trump igniting another firestorm after criticizing the u.s. military service of john mccain. from cnn world headquarters here in atlanta i'm george howell. this is cnn "newsroom." good day to you and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. we begin here in the united states in a state of tennessee where we are learning more about a text message that a gunman reportedly sent right before going on a shooting rampage. mohammed abdulazeez opened fire at a military recruiting office and at a nearby navy reserve center. a friend of his who is choosing to remain anonymous, saying he received a text message from abdulazeez before the attack. the text links to a verse from
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the ckoran. officials are now reporting that abdulazeez obtained one of his weapons on line but that he got an ak-47 and shotgun legally and had a handgun registered in his name. three of the weapons were found on abdulazeez after he was killed by police. we are also hearing from the parents of abdulazeez. they say that their son suffered from depression. his family says the following, quote, there are no words to describe our shock, horror and grief. the person who committed this horrible crime was not the son we knew and loved. federal authorities are carefully analyzing an online blog link to that chattanooga shooter. it may hold clues to his motivation. one post complains about life on
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earth and another post urges following historic islamic figures. >> the part that he talked about wanting to establish islam on earth, basically it's a supremacist type mantra. at what point are we going to abandon this symptomatic following of violent extremism where we're all doing is looking for that final step. his blog clearly shows a supremacist mind set, this doctrine is major. in the cold war we had specialists looking at communism and soviet supremism, today we condition talk about it. we look at the nuances of his life and he had some violent streaks with mma and dui but the bottom line is he was part of
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this islamist supremism. until we engage in this long war of ideologies we're going to continue this whack a hole program. >> this sparks a debate about u.s. service members being armed while serving on the home front. >> another victim petty officer randall smith's name is added to memorial. >> we just released five flags. >> he was the fifth service member to die at the hands of 24-year-old gunman mohammed youssuf abdulazeez. investigators are still trying to find a moet activity. -- motive. isis and other terror organizations have long called for attacks on military locations like these according to analysts. >> the american military is the
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most high valued target for isis. going after, as i say, military targets in the u.s. homeland they want nothing more than that. >> critics like sergeant alonzo lunsford who was injured in the 2009 ft. hood shooting said military targets here are easy because they are not armed. >> military personnel have the straining training and restraint to use these weapons. >> naval officer randall smith and four marines were shot and killed at the navy center. a veteran who often works with recruiters in this office says he believes the deadly shooting could have been stopped right here in this parking lot. >> if somebody in there, anybody was armed, what kind of difference do you think that would have made? >> they would have been able to
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crawl out the back door and come around and flank the parking lot and they would have been able to handle the situation. >> did do you think they would have been able to stop him here before he got anywhere else? >> yeah because that's what we're trained to do to defend. >> if you have the proper tools? >> yeah if you had the proper tools, yes. >> the shooting here has prompted officials in several states to call for recruiting offices like this one to be armed. india -- indian texas, and florida governors issued orders for armed guards. other states alabama, new york and illinois also stepping up security. now on to iraq where we are getting new disturbing details on a suicide bomb attack that killed at least 120 people. we are covering this story from amman, jordan and joins us now.
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good to have you with us. what more do we know about the investigation? >> reporter: well george it's a devastating attack that happened on friday evening in the town in the town northeast of baghdad. it happened at a time that should be a joyous occasion it was the beginning of their eid al fitr holiday in iraq marking the end of ramadan. this is a time where you see a lot of people in these towns, in these hours when the temperatures go down because of the scorching summer heat in iraq. it was a very crowded marketplace. according to official we know that a truck carrying ice, selling ice, parked in the town and manage to attract hundreds of people because the suicide bomber in this case was selling this ice for much cheaper than what it was being sold on the market and this is something that iraqis do quite often.
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they buy ice because of these really high temperatures. it's about 50 degrees celsius and even more around this time in iraq so he managed to lure hundreds of people to the truck before detonating the explosives in that vehicle, and 120 people killed. 140 wounded. really devastating attack. it was claimed by isis. this is one of the deadliest, george if not the deadliest bombings to be claimed by the group since we saw isis expand in iraq take over all that territory last summer. now, in this area this is a mixed province in iraq the shia kurd and other sects lived in the province and what we're seeing here is what some say is the typical agenda of isis and other terror organizations we have seen in the past in iraq
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trying to stoke sectarian tensions by targeting for example, in this case a predominantly shia area. this is something that iraq has not seen in a while, these kind of attacks george that would be described as a spectacular, high profile kind of attack. what we have seen is isis grabbing the headlines, terrifying local population with the executions and beheadings and all these gruesome acts and mass killings that we have seen but this type of bombing, this kind of large scale attack is very reminiscent of what its predecessor, al qaeda in iraq used to carry out on a near daily basis, during what used to be called the dark years of iraq's sectarian war, perhaps to drive the country again into that blood shed that we saw between 2005 and 2007 and will of course hearing from the
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iraqi officials say this is happening here from the prime minister saying this is happening at a time that the military is stepping up its campaign in the fight against isis in other parts of the country. george. >> and from the details that you describe people literally lured to their death. thank you so much for the reporting. hundreds of people with suspected ties to isis have been arrested in the country of saudi arabia. the saudi press agency reports security forces detain 431 people over the past few weeks. authorities say they were behind several attacks on mosques and other sites. dozens of security forces and civilians were killed during the arrests. >> trooufle this has been an operation directed by the new king and the new security minister to truthfully trying to secure saudi arabia for the eid
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al fitr holidays which are occurring right now, but what's been interesting is there's been a great deal of intelligence the cells, the cluster cells as they call them throughout saudi arabia have been attempting to conduct attacks in a variety of areas. this wasn't just in one location this was a variety area. if we can believe what the saudi government is saying and i think i do they actually stopped some significant attacks, one against a mosque that would have potentially had about 3,000 people in attendance worshipping during the eid al fitr holidays that would have been devastating if smked some type of suicide attack happened there. >> reiterating its commitment to bringing an end to isis the united states condemned friday's attack. the u.s. says its military and allies launched 23 air strikes targeting the terror group in iraq on friday. coalition forces also launched eight air strikes against isis
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inside syria. u.s. joints chiefs of staff chairman general martin dempsey is in iraq making an unannounced visit there. the point guard says he spoke -- the pentagon says he spoke to troops about the threat of isis. and ash carter plans to meet with israeli officials this week to talk about the iran nuclear deal. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu calls it a historic mistake. the agreement lifts sanctions on iran in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear activities. and iran's supreme leader says his government worked on the agreement but has not changed
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its stance. and donald trump slammed john mccain. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. okay. i hate to tell you. he was a war hero because he was captured. okay? you can have -- and i believe raps he's a war hero. >> after that trump quickly backtracked on at which time saying captured or not, all soldiers are heroes. mccain was repeatedly tortured during more than five years as a prisoner of war in vietnam. mccain has yet to comment about this controversy, however u.s. politicians, many of them have jumped to his defense. trump the leading republican candidate may have handed his competition an opening to knock him from the top spot. mark preston was at the event where trump made that controversial comment.
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>> from the moment it came out of his lips within moments, we saw the blowback immediately. not only did we see from his rivals the trump rivals from the republican presidential nomination we saw the republican national committee, the main political committee for republicans here in the u.s. they came out and heaped praise upon john mccain. if you go on social media, you will see every day people are coming to mccain's defense. there is something to be said about patriotism and questioning someone's patriotism people at this point don't like john mccain, they certainly don't like donald trump questioning his patriotism. >> maybe people around the world are more likely not to know. but senator ted cruz came forward to remind people and here's what he had to say. >> john mccain is a friend of mine. i respect and admire him. he is a american war hero. not only did he sign up to
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defend our nation putting his life in harm's way, when he was a pow, he was tortured. he was offer the opportunity to go home. and he turn it count because it believed it would be dishonorable to accept that. i'll tell you, it is a true and humbling privilege to serve in the senate with an american hero like john mccain. >> interesting for two reasons because what it tells us about john mccain but also it was ted cruz making the point and there is some back story there. tell us about ted cruz's place, he's a candidate for president as well. >> he is and he is running against donald trump for the republican presidential nomination but ted cruz unlike many of his other rivals that are seeking the gop nomination was very careful in his criticism of donald trump. in fact he won even criticize donald trump. he would heap praise on john
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mccain and when asked multiple times if he thought that trump had overstepped his bounds ted cruz would not take the bait. he said it was the u.s. news media trying to create a situation there. a republican on republican fight. the reason being the bottom line is that if donald trump gets out of the race ted cruz is going to want those supporters of donald trump to come and support him for the gop nomination. >> well, is donald trump getting out of the race? is this that serious, do you think? >> that's the million dollar question. i have to say nobody knows. the bottom line with donald trump is you have to ask yourself is he going to dig in? is he going to continue to fight on? he has already lost a lot of money, lucrative deals with the likes of macye's and uni vision and nbc, donald trump for the
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immediate moment will stay in the race. does he have longestity and staying power? donald trump, if you look right now, if you look at the national polls is number one. will he be number one next week? probably not. you are watching cnn "newsroom." bill cosby admits to having affairs with several women but he says they were all consensual more details from the comedians newly released deposition. and the british monarchy is stunned after a tabloid releases a photo. help you do something so big. ♪ one, two, three o'clock. four o'clock pop. ♪ ♪ five, six, seven o'clock. eight o'clock pop. ♪ ♪ nine, ten eleven o'clock ♪ ♪ twelve o'clock pop ♪ ♪ we're gonna pop around the clock tonight. ♪
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welcome back to cnn "newsroom," good to have you with us i'm george howell. there are some new revelations in the troeferls surrounding comedian bill cosby, according to deposition excerpts released by the "new york times," cosby admits to having sexual relationships with at least five women and paying one of them to hide the affair from his wife. those relationships he says were all consensual the 78-year-old entertainer also discussed thinks philosophy on sex, claiming he tried to avoid it because he didn't want women falling in love with him. the deposition was taken ten years ago in a lawsuit filed by
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one woman. cosby denies any wrongdoing. former fifa vice president jeffrey webb pled not guilty to racketeering and bribery charges. he is one of the first to be successfully extradited to the united states. those charges regarding $1 medical in bribes. and soccer legend pele is recovering from back surgery. this is the third time he has been hospitalized since november. he had prostate surgery in may and also dealing with kidney problems. buckingham is angry ly
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condemning a tabloid. >> the paper has stirred up controversy for a picture featuring six-year-old queen elizabeth giving a nazi salute. the headline, their royal heilnesss. it was quickly condemned. >> the front page shows her, her mother her sister and her uncle. the buckingham quickly condemned it. >> it is disappointing that film shot eight decades ago and apparently from her majetsty's family archive has been obtained and exploited in this manner. the still images were taken from a short black and white film in 1933 when adolph hitler was rising to power in germany. the 17-second video posted
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online shows edward whom the paper describes as nazi sympathizing apparently encouraging his young nieces and sister-in-law to do the nazi salute before joining them. the story is called sensationalist. >> it shows people frolicking around on the lawn and unfortunately the son decided to freeze the frame to make it look as bad as possible and turning it into a big controversy. my reaction is i think the whole thing is very pointless and unfair. >> "the sun" responded to the fury with a written story justifying its decision to run the footage. quote, these images have lain hidden for 82 years. we published them today knowing they do not reflect badly on our queen, her late sister or mother in any way. they do however, provide a fascinating insight into the warped prejudices of edward
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viii. at the time the video was taken, the queen's uncle was accused of being a nazi sympathizer. a royal source says the queen and her service to the nation during world war ii and 62 years of her reign she has spent building relations between nations and people's speaks for itself. a legacy that analysts say far outweighs the stunts of a tab employed. -- tabloid. wild fires are leaving many people desperate for my signs of rain. let's turn to derek van damme. >> they were able to receive some of that rain los angeles, county yesterday, that being saturday they were able to set daily records but also monthly records, 0.38 inches of rainfall downtown in los angeles. we'll take what we can get, right? good news is there's actually more rain to help combat the ongoing wild fires just outside
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of los angeles region. speaking of this, this is the north fire the latest information, 3,500 acres burned but it is currently 45% contained that infamous interstate 15 between los angeles and las vegas has reopened. up ward 30 to 40 vehicle burn as that fire hopped over interstate 15. some of the overnight fires have continue to burn. this is the pine fire. a thousand firefighters battling the wildfire. evacuations have been lifted for residents in the area. this is the problem, that people have been flying recreational
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drones in this region hampering the efforts by people trying to put out those fires. this is the forecast going forward. you can see we do have the possibility of rain. we hope that rain reaches the ground because a lot of times the try atmosphere in this region it can actually evaporate before it does so. look at this precipitation going forward for the mountainous region we have flood watches over this area. take a look at what too much rain can do in a short period of time. this is flooding in arizona. this turned streets into rivers and torrents of mud and debris actually washing rvs and buses down this. george they need the rain there but certainly too much too quick. >> wow. those pictures just incredible. when it comes down it comes down fast. >> it does. >> derek, thank you so much. >> thank you, george. >> you are watching cnn "newsroom." one of the victims of a devastating shooting in the u.s. state of tennessee has passed away. we'll hear from family and
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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you are watching cnn "newsroom." good to have you with us. i'm george howell. the headlines this hour at least 120 people are dead after a suicide attack friday in an iraqi town near baghdad. the death toll still expected to rise from those others who were seriously wounded. police say the bomber lured people to an ice truck, then
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detonated it at a market. it happened a day before the end of the muslim holiday of ramadan. isis is claiming responsibility. in mexico investigators are questioning the supervisor of maintenance at the prison where joaquin guzman made his escape last week. they were looking at whether someone was given unauthorized access to a flr flan of that facility. in the u.s. state of south carolina five people arrested saturday after rallies over the confederate flag that turned violent. you see in this video, the ku klux klan a white supremacist group protested about the flag's removal from the statehouse. and the parents of a man who went on a deadly shooting ramp age at u.s. military sites say they son suffered from
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depression. they released a statement saying threr no words to describe our horror and grief. on saturday we learned of another service member who died. smith saw the shooter and warned people to get out and ended up getting shot multiple times. holly campbell spoke to those who knew him best. >> randall smith's step grandmother woke up and heard the news she was dreading. her step grandson had passed away. >> turned on my computer and there it was, so i immediately called down there, talked to our son. >> navy petty officer randall smith was shot three times while at the navy operational support center in kg chattanooga thursday his step grandmother said he had severe damage to his colon and liver. smith had several surgeries but passed away early saturday
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morning. now the community is grieving. >> sad. for his dad. i know him real well. >> greg rinehart was smith's little league baseball coach for four years. he said he was a stand-out baseball player. >> he was a loving kid, full of fun, love his wife and kids loved his family. loved the community. >> rinehart said he couldn't believe the news when he heard of smith's passing. >> how it could be when he's in the navy and he's in tennessee, you know not too many big bodies of water around. >> he lived a few houses down from smith's family. >> he loved to play sports. >> he heard the news from his son, smith's good friend who was also in tennessee. >> he was working in tennessee just about half an hour from where this happened when it happened and he just got home
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early this morning and told me that he heard he passed away. it's news he never wanted to hear about one of pauledding's own. >> i'm kind of at a loss for words right now. >> that was cnn affiliate wane and reporter holly campbell reporting. north koreans are lining up at the polls as that country holds its first local elections under leader kim jung had un. here's the question do voters really have a choice at the ballot? our kathy novak explains. >> it's voting time in north carolina. >> democracy in north korea is a little different to say the least. polling day is usually a chance to choose leaders and this weekend people will be lining up to cast their ballot but there will be no choice involved. candidates for positions on provincial city, and county
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people's assemblies have already been chosen by the central government. voters will be handed ballot papers which they will then dutifully drop in a box. no dangers of hanging chads there. in many ways the names on ballot papers aren't as important as the names on voter rolls. elections in north korea are used as an unofficial census, an opportunity to make sure all citizens are where they are supposed to be. one defector told me the most important part of election day is showing up. voting is mandatory for everyone over the age of 17, and skipping the chance to voice one's approval for the administration is considered a crime tan amount to treason. that could land snens a political prison camp or worse. those already in prison don't vote and some leeway is given to people in the emergency room or those working overseas but apart from that turnout is generally reported on state media to be just shy of 100% with about 100%
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of the votes cast in favor of the preselected candidates and who are they? unlike the elections last year for positions on the supreme people's assembly, this vote is for local deputies. they may get together to discuss their areas economic and administrative issues, but really the power remains in pyongyang. observers will be watching to see any hints about the people kim jung un is promoting. the young leader is reported to have demoted, purged and even ordered the execution of some of the elite left over from his father's regime. will there be generational change in this election? as with everything in north korea, that is up to kim jung un. he's casting a ballot too. the difference is actually does have a choice. kathy novak, cnn seoul. you are watching cnn "newsroom." rallies turned violent in
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one investigator describes the moment he realized child sex workers were among them. >> i can honestly tell you ten year ago i would have said she's just a bad kid, put her in juvenile but i saw the victim's side of child sex trafficking. i had a particular case a while back a young lady she had some mental instabilities. i went to talk to her. she won speak a word to me. i contacted her mom. she says not that she don't want to talk to you, she has a mental issue. she probably should be shown a level of a young child. so i took my conversation down to that of a preschooler, and we had a wonderful conversation and it was at that point when i realized that everybody has a different reason. this guy has preyed open a child that has mental problems.
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are you serious? >> in the united states alone, tens of thousands of people are being held and many of them are children often social media is used maliciously to rope victims in. actress jadea pinkett smith spoke to convicted traffickers of that. >> what are the social media activities that you might see that put kids in danger? do people pay attention to sexy photos that young girls are putting up? >> oh, yes. >> really? >> those pictures can be taken. you have a lot of bait is and switch. there would be some escorts that would take other people's photos and use them as their own. you have to be careful with the kind of pictures you put on social media. >> what would you tell kids and parents to look out for, in order to protect themselves from being alert and to trafficking? >> any kind of job offer that offers a live-in position or all
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expenses paid living. because more than likely they are not just putting all this money out, they want a return. >> where could we advertise or send messages of help? >> i would say hotels,ive. >> hotels. where in hotels, though? >> anywhere that they may pass. elevator stickers, vending machines on the doors of the hotel rooms. >> it is a problem that plays out right in front of our eyes and many times we don't see it. join us all week here on cnn international for in-depth reports on child trafficking and be sure to watch cnn freedom project, a special, "children for sale the fight to end human trafficking." our international viewers can see this program at 7:00 p.m. in hong kong that is 8:00 p.m. in tokyo only on cnn. rallies in australia turned voin over the weekend as
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opposing protest groups attacked each other. >> we have the right to demonstrate! >> that's the scene in melbourne. demonstrators from reclaim australia, an anti immigration group were countered by protest protesters who accuse them of being racist and anti muslim. we were in the middle of it all as fights broke out and police took action. >> in melbourne's democratic heart, this was a version of democracy at work. >> next minute somebody has got me by the ears and they all run up and started kicking me. >> many covered their faces with masks, making their intent clear. this was simply an excuse for violence. this is where the violence really threatens to spillover. we've got protesters here preparing to walk to the north of spring street to confront the
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united patriots front. with the thinblueline separating the opposing protest groups the confrontation was with police. this is the frontline here. we've got police here. and it took an acrid orange haze to part them. in the end, though it became a petty battle of entitlement. on the right. >> who runs these streets? >> we do. >> and the left? >> our streets. >> but as each group delivered their parting chants the streets were back in the hands of police. >> i think the message for date from either side has been lost. you are watching cnn "newsroom." there is new technology available designed to help the visually impaired.
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>> look at that. it's a suburb in philippines that broke the guinness world record for the largest zumba class. 12,975 people danced to the high tempo music for four and a half hours nonstop. zooum zooum is a -- zumba program is a dance fitness instructor. turning now to the british open championship. it had to be suspended on saturday due to gusty wind conditions. our latest. >> it would be easier to forget the chaos of earlier when barely
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30 minutes of action was possible for winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour forced a suspension of play and angry players as well having to get started, then stop. dustin johnson among them but he came back when play finally resumed 6:00 in the evening local time and he soared back to the top of the leader board. >> absolutely alex and this was a very strange day, and there was no play and they say that a shepherd's delight is a red sky at night and that's what we have looking forward for tomorrow hopefully more serene weather. very serene right now, and very calm but it was blowing a gale today but there was no way that they could play golf with all the movement of the greens on the balls and it caused havoc here at the home of thegolf. we're going to get a marvelous conclusion to this. this is part of it. dustin johnson did well, but he's only halfway there and
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there are other players as well who have really kind of taken to this challenge and they want to do well here and they want to win at the home of golf. it's only 36 holes done 36 more to go and i think we're going to get a fantastic conclusion. >> organizers received some criticism for the way they handled what happened on the third day, however, we now are in a situation where the open is going to finish on a monday for only the second time in its 155-year history. johnson's leading and the last five opens held at st. andrews, the leader or joint leader after the halfway mark has gone on to lift the claret jug. >> hopefully that happens for dustin johnson. he's a guy who just has explosive talent and this place rewards those with that ability, you know when we talk about the like of jack nicklaus winning two of his three open
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championships here at the home of golf we talk about john daley in 1995. he had a wonderful short game as does dustin johnson and you think about tiger woods, he was by far the superior player of the tee, so it's dustin's to lose but there are so many wonderful players just behind him, and it's far from over. >> it will be a day later than planned but we still got two rounds of action to look forward to here. back to you. >> what a sky behind them. you've heard the phrase see for yourself. it's about to take on a whole new meaning for people who are visually impaired. amazing new technology reads texts, describes objects, and identifies faces for those who can't do it for themselves. our samuel burke looks at or cam
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classes who can read for you. >> two weeks ago, i sat down for "the new york times." i haven't done that in 30 years. my wife came down we had a cup of coffee and we were reading "the new york times." she was crying. >> he started losing his vision as a child. his new glasses don't fix his eyes but they do the next best thing. >> put on my glasses. they recognizes the finger. snaps the picture. now it just reads. >> the glasses have a camera that recognizes text and can read the world to him. >> pull here. >> the technology is called orcam and he says it gives him a sense of normallyc. >> dunkin' donuts. >> a clip on cameras, a camera that you can clip on to any
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eyeglasses and you have here a computing device which you can put on your pocket and the way it interacts is with a hand gesture. for example, rental and tours. >> rental and tours. >> it's not perfect. it uses a pretty bulky cable and sometimes it needs a few tries to get it right. >> it doesn't do cursive very well at all. >> it has a harder time in bright lying or tougher situations like signs on windows. >> doughnuts, hours of operation, 9 p.m. how was your service today? >> improvements are on the way. where do you see this technology going over the long term? >> it's only the beginning. where we want to get is complete visual understanding at the level of human perception such that if you are disoriented, you can start understanding what's
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around you. for example, where is the door? the door is there. where is the window? where is the opening in this space around me? even now, he says it's a game changer. >> picture a kid the first time he got his favorite toy. just the best thing that has happened to me in a long time. >> i'll bet, just break through technology and just imagine how great that could be for people who need it. now for a story that is proof that you are never too old to learn. 100-year-old woman in china just learned how to read and write. she took an intensive ten-day program. she mastered about 100 characters and can write her own name. her son said his mom has never been to school and his ill literacy has always haunted her. congratulations to her. we thank you for watching this hour of cnn "newsroom." for our viewers in united states cnn new day is just next
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