>> you got it. >> amazing. >> that was incredible. >> unbelievable. u.s. president barack obama makes history in kenya. just wrapping up a speech kicking off a five-day sweep of east africa. also ahead, the map who opened fire in a louisiana movie theater. new details about his psychological history and how it may have led him to the deadly shooting spree. plus a new round of bombings in syria and iraq today by turkey after announcing that

country would allow the united states-led coalition to use its air bases in the fight against isis. 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 start this hour in kenya. the u.s. president, barack obama, making his first visit as a u.s. president and the first president to be there. he's been speaking at the global entrepreneurship summit in the capital city there and to nairobi we go with themma bagger. we just watched a moment ago, last hour when the president was at the podium. the president saying that he is proud to be the first u.s. president to visit kenya. certainly an important mission for him at this summit but other messages that he's sending as well.

>> reporter: hi george. well we have been hearing from president obama about the two really main themes that underpin this. he's already hit those notes for us in that global entrepreneurship summit remarks that he gave earlier. of course part of this trip will always be focused on security and he made very clear that for him, as far as he's concerned, entrepreneurship is also about giving opportunities to young people to ensure as he put it that they don't fall prey to the ideologies of violence and despair and radicalization. but of course, this trip will also be overshadowed by the strides that china has been making on this continent to capitalize on africa's huge spikes of economic growth. and president kenyatta alluded to that a little bit in the remarks preceding president obama, in which he said that we in kenya are not for east or

west we're for progress. so clearly, president obama's got a little bit of catch-up there. the entrepreneurs themselves 40% of them are from here in kenya. many of the rest are from across africa and also across the world, but this is a summit that is on african soil and the focus point is going to be on how the african economies can be capitalized upon. and president obama was very vocal on that. he said africa is on the move and we want to be a part of that george. >> nima also as far as the president being there in the capital city and security concerns he's not really able to get out and about as he might have been when he wasn't the u.s. president. but is there still a great deal of excitement that he's there, even though folks can't see him directly? we might have lost nima

elbagir's audio and we'll have to get back to her. but again, a historic visit by the u.s. president, barack obama, to kenya, to nairobi, and certainly an important message that he's sending to this global entrepreneurship summit. but again, security concerns there as he continues his stay in that city. we will, of course continue to get back to developments there with nima elbagir later in the newscast. another story we're following here in the united states that deadly shooting that played out in a louisiana movie theater. the gunman we've learned, had a history of mental health problems. he has been identified this man, john russell houser 59-year-old. two people were killed and nine were wounded on thursday in that attack. houser took his own life. louisiana's governor, bobby jindal has ordered flags to fly at half-staff in honor of these victims. police say houser posted many extremist opinions online and has been estranged from his

family for many years. cnn's drew griffin reports on what we've learned about the shooter's past. >> reporter: the son of a tax collector, he was educated with a law degree but mental illness added to a lifetime of hate violence and bizarre behavior. the 59-year-old once ran for public office and in blog postings and editorials expressed stern views that the u.s. was headed downhill. muslim fundamentalists had it right, even showing admiration for adolf hitler. he has a history of abuse and erratic behavior from 1989 when he was arrested for trying to burn down an attorney's office. and in 2008 his wife filed a protective order, pleading with a court to have his guns taken away. this afternoon, the suspect's own brother says the shooter has been out of touch for years. >> you know we hadn't been close in years, and we were -- i'm not sure of the right -- we

just separated from our family and just different emotional psychological issues and depression problems that type of thing, so. >> when was the last time you saw him? >> probably about a month ago. he just needed some money to continue moving on living on you know living and surviving. and so we gave him some and that was the last we heard of him. we hadn't heard of him probably in ten years prior to that and hadn't heard from him since. we didn't know where he was. we didn't know anything about him. and so this was a complete shock. >> reporter: his mental health continued to decline and seems to have led to divorce proceedings, alienation bankruptcies and unemployment. in alabama, the local sheriff today said the shooter was evicted from a home just last year. he left it vandalized pouring cement in the plumbing and rigging gas lines in an attempt to make them explode. but even with his record and known mental illness, there was no legal recourse according to the sheriff, to keep him off the

streets. >> -- around the state is allowing a lot of these people that should not be walking around to be out in the community. and you know that's a scary scenario that we're dealing with every day. >> reporter: the biggest missing piece of this mystery is why and how the shooter left alabama and ended up living in a motel 6 in lafayette, louisiana, and why he chose to lash out violently this time in a movie theater showing a comedy. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. >> moviegoers inside that theelt theater say they weren't sure what was happening when they heard the first shots. some thought it was part of the film. then they started running for their lives. at least one person pretended to be dead. emily mann made it out. >> it seemed like he was just going for the easiest targets. his hand was shaky. he was obviously shooting very much at random. and so at that point, i just knew i had to make it down the stairs.

i felt a shoe come off. i left my purse. and once i got towards the end of the stairway another woman pulled me around and i got to my feet and just started to run with everyone else. >> maybe it's just a way of coping but one thing that made me feel a bit better is that this is a drifter, he's not from here. he picked us at random and it was totally a random act and it wasn't somebody from lafayette or acadiana killing other acadians. it was some nutcase from away. maybe it's my coping mechanism, but it helps. >> the two women killed in this shooting have been identified as 33-year-old jillian johnson and 21-year-old mayci breaux. now on to the fight against isis. turkey has stepped up attacks, launching more air strikes against militants, this time in both iraq and syria. according to the prime minister's office turkish warplanes launched strikes on militants from the kurdistan workers party, also the kpp, known as that in northern iraq. ground troops also bombed isis

targets in northern syria. this comes just a day after turkey launched a round of air strikes, its first, on isis targets across syria's border. the turkish prime minister says the warplanes hit the targets without going into syrian air space. and in a major policy shift, turkey has agreed to let the united states use its air bases to launch air strikes against militants in syria and iraq. earlier, we heard from soner kapati, director of the turkish research problem at the washington institute. he told us what triggered the policy change and how he thinks isis will react. >> i think it took the turkish government a very long time of soul searching to realize that isis is not something they can ignore. the turks had for a while turned the other way, allowing isis to cross into syria and others hoping they would help bring down the collapse of the assad regime. and they only realize now that

what they thought would happen in syria is not happening. the premise was that assad would fall good guys would take over and they would take care of the bad guys. assad is not falling and bad guys are taking over. so the turks have realized their premise was false and they're coming closer to the united states in terms of isis policy. turkey will now be targeted unfortunately, by isis. the group is going to get angry and is going to try to change turkey's mind by being aggressive inside turkish territory. i think because isis has used turkey as a crossing point for about four or five years now, they know the weaknesses of the turkish system and they probably have a network inside turkey of recruits and safe houses so they will unfortunately, be able to carry out some attacks and turkey will have to crack down on isis. so we might have some bad news coming from southern turkey in the coming days and that will be very unfortunate. >> although turkey has joined the u.s.-led coalition, the country's prime minister says it will not go to war inside syria. for more on turkey's ramped-up fight against militants there,

the isis group, we now turn to our producer in istanbul. thank you so much for taking a moment with us. so as we see this policy shift, how significant is it and what type of impact will it have, do you suspect? >> well turkey's policy over the last week has definitely shifted. it's tougher and it's more aggressive. but we have to realize that it's not just at isis. turkey right now with statements coming out of the prime minister ministery saying they are ready to prepare in all cases on all fronts. what we're seeing in turkey is a toughening of its stance against isis. yesterday, three f-16s took off and hit isis targets inside syria. last night there were ground forces that didn't cross into syria but that fired at isis targets there. but concurrently there was an aerial strike that was going on

in northern iraq which targeted pkk or kurdistan workers party assets and locations in northern iraq. all of this is a ramping up of turkey's military posture and is a more aggressive way for turkey to go after what it sees as terrorism, which includes isis but also includes the kurdistan workers party. the offshoot of that group has been fighting in syria against isis. turkey really is in a very difficult position of going after multiple fronts of what it perceives to be terrorism. and right now domestically this fight against terrorism is not just being carried out internationally for turkey but also domestically. there have been huge operations by police that have been carried out in turkey across 22 provinces with more than 5,000

police officers taking part in the operations just in istanbul and rounding up terror suspects. but again, it's not just limited to isis. those operations are also going after kurdistan workers party militants and other marginal leftist groups. so far, 320 people have been detained. we don't know the breakdown. we don't know how much of it is isis and how much of it is the pkk, but we do know that there have been more than 30 foreign nationals that have also been swept up in the detention wave. we don't know where they're from and we don't know which organization they're suspected of being a member of but really in turkey over this last week which started with the terrible move of the suicide attack carried out by isis that claimed the lives of 32 people the fight and the toughening of stance is very, very palpable. >> great insights here. and certainly, when we talk about this fight against the kurdish workers party, the pkk.

i have another question for you, just when it comes to the u.s. military now using these air bases in turkey. how significant will that be? >> well the statement was made that turkey is going to take a more active part in the coalition and that the coalition and u.s. would be allowed within a certain framework to use turkish air bases and air space. that is very fundamentally important for the coalition because the proximity of turkey to syria is a game-changer. it's very close by. it is a straight shot from turkey. and remember yesterday, the three f-16s that turkey deployed were able to hit isis targets inside syria along the turkish/syrian border but inside syria, about a kilometer in were able to do that without

using or going into syrian air space, which is a very very strategically important thing. but what we're seeing now with turkey coming into the coalition is that there is going to be a lot more movement along that border and really a more effective really military strategy against isis in syria. the turkish prime minister did say, however, that this was not turkey being pulled into a war, that this is just about preserving its national security. >> cnn producer gul tuysuz on the phone with us from istanbul turkey. gul, thank you very much for your insights. we'll stay in touch as we continue to follow this story. u.s. officials say the government is preparing for the possible release this november of jonathan polar, a convicted spy for israel when he is up for parole. pollard was convicted of espionage in 1987 then sentenced to life in prison with eligibility for parole 30 years after his arrest.

many believe the move would help ease tensions with israel over the iran nuclear deal but the spokesman for the national security council says "there is absolutely zero linkage between mr. pollard's status" and foreign policy considerations." he added, "a parole board will decide whether to let pollard go." cnn military analyst lieutenant colonel rick francona shared his reaction to it. listen. >> it doesn't matter who he spied for. the information he gave to the israelis went way beyond the scope of the authorized exchange between the united states and israel. it's okay to tell other countries what you know but it becomes dangerous when you start telling them how you know it. you start compromising your sources and methods. and he did just that. many of the systems he compromised we have never, ever recovered from. so i understand the life sentence. so i understand he'll be released in november. i guess i'm going to have to live with that. >> suggestions that pollard

would be released have come up before including during an effort to extend peace talks between israel and the palestinians last year. you're watching "cnn newsroom." hillary clinton is defending her e-mails yet again. a u.s. official says some of them contained classified information and the justice department has been now asked to investigate. and a new danger on the roadways. more than a million vehicles are recalled after it's discovered they are vulnerable to internet hackers. that story coming up. a rural farmhouse in poland has hidden a family's guarded secrets for decades, but now the true story about its history finally being told. the kids are asleep. look what i got. oh my froot loops! [sniffs] let's do this? get up! get up! get up! get up! loop me! bring back the awesome yeah! yeah! yeah! with the great taste of kellogg's froot loops.

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. the united states justice department has been asked to investigate e-mails sent from hillary clinton's private server. that's after it was revealed that sensitive government information was mishandled while she was secretary of state. our elise labott has more.

>> reporter: new disclosures from the intelligence community. the inspector general saying e-mails on hillary clinton's private server contained classified information. their review of just 40 of 30,000 e-mails secretary clinton turned over found 4 of them had classified information. at least one inadvertently released to the public. inspector general's office telling cnn they were "classified when they were sent and are classified now." the problem, the information was never classified by the state department and clinton may have not known she was handling information that should have remained on a secure system. now the inspector general for the intelligence community has asked the justice department to investigate whether classified material has been compromised. >> it seems like they're making a larger criticism of the way the state department handles classified material. >> again, i refer you to the department of justice. >> they're saying that you compromised classified material. >> but we have had a very

rigorous process internally and frankly, sharing with other agencies when their equities are involved and clearing these e-mails. >> reporter: clinton has long said she handled all information privately while using her private account. >> i did not e-mail any classified material to anyone on my e-mail. there is no classified material. >> reporter: and while she may not be the target of the latest probe about her e-mail server the controversy has dogged her presidential campaign and been a distraction on the trail, including today. >> there have been a lot of inaccuracies. maybe the heat is getting to everybody. >> reporter: where she renewed an offer to testify before congress. >> we are all accountable to the american people to get the facts right, and i will do my part. >> reporter: and the intelligence community's inspector general says there are potentially hundreds of other e-mails on clinton's server that could contain classified

information. clinton's spokesman, nick merrill, emphasizing again, clinton "followed appropriate practices" in dealing with classified materials. elise labott cnn, washington. staying here now in the united states where a massive health care merger has been announced. insurance company an anthem has agreed to acquire cigna in a cash deal worth $34 billion. the deal is expected to be complete some time next year. this merger will cover 53 million members. chrysler is recalling more than a million vehicles that are vulnerable to hackers. the recall comes after the release of shocking video that shows how some of the cars can be hacked over the internet. >> all right, something just turned on all the fans and ac and stuff. i didn't do that. >> hackers demonstrated how they could remotely control a jeep on

the road with just the use of a laptop. cnn's laurie siegel has this story. >> reporter: hey there. chrysler has recalled 1.4 million cars after discovering they were hackable. now, in addition to chrysler other models from 2013 to 2015 were vulnerable to this hack. we're talking dodge, jeep ram, a lot of vehicles fall under this category. now, i spoke to chris velasic, one of the hackers behind the hack, and i've spoken to him before and last time i spoke to him, he was able to hack a car from inside. and i asked him, what's so different this go around? listen to what he said. >> now we don't have to be in the car. we don't have to be connected. we don't even have to be in the same state. so we can reach any car in the united states and potentially north america. >> reporter: what were you able to do? >> we were able to do almost everything we were the last time we did this -- steering braking, lock and unlock the

doors, turn on the high beams, basically, anything in the car that was controllable over the incar network we were able to do. >> reporter: what do you want people to take away from this? >> the statement i reiterate is, we're the good guys. bad guys don't tell you about what's wrong. they keep it to themselves and use it for whatever they want to use it for. you know we're out there to let people know their risk exposure and help manufacturers get things fixed. >> reporter: chrysler initially released a software update that drivers can install themselves but eventually it was decided better safe than sorry, so they issued a voluntary recall. charlie miller, also one of the hackers behind this he said to me that chrysler is very good and very responsive once they showed them this data. once they showed them that these cars could be hacked. but he said that these companies need to invest in better security especially as cars are more and more connected. and i think he said it best on twitter. he tweeted, "i wonder what's cheaper, designing secure cars or doing recalls."

i can guarantee you, a lot of different automobile companies are looking at this as a telltale warning sign. back to you. >> that's kind of scary. you are watching "cnn newsroom." two teachers are being credited with saving lives after a gunman opened fire in a u.s. theater. >> keep others alive. how can we help others get to safety? that's how can we help our kids get to safety in the classroom? that's what these ladies were trained to do and they did it in just a blink of an eye. >> amazing. teachers how they escaped death while helping others as this broadcast continues worldwide on cnn international and cnn usa.

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. the u.s. president, barack obama, is in kenya, where he has been speaking this hour at the global entrepreneurship summit in nairobi. he says entrepreneurship is the spark of prosperity and he's encouraging kenyans to seize it. he spoke of other reasons, too, why he is visiting the african nation. >> and obviously, this is personal for me. there is a reason why my name is obama hussein obama. my father came from these parts, and i have family and relatives here. and in my visits over the years walking the streets of nairobi, i've come to know the warmth and the spirit of the kenyan people. now on to turkey.

turkey launched strikes against kurdish militants in iraq today, a day after air strikes on isis targets in syria. these are the country's first moves after joining the u.s.-led coalition against isis. turkey will also now allow the united states access to its air bases. greece has formally submitted a loan relates to the imf as part of the country's third bailout. talks on the 86 billion euro deal are set to begin in the next few days. greece must reach an agreement with its eurozone lenders by august 20th. that's when they owe another debt payment to the european central bank. the man behind the mass shooting in the united states at a movie theater was estranged from his family. police in lafayette, louisiana, also say john russell houser had a history of mental health issues and posted far right opinions online. two women were killed and nine other people were wounded in thursday's attack. houser then killed himself.

two teachers were in that theater that night, and they helped save each other and played a key role in evacuating moviegoers. as louisiana governor bobby jindal said they were among the many heroes. >> i do want to remind folks, there were incredible heroic acts. you've heard about the police officers that ran towards the sound of gunfire, very likely saving many lives in doing so. you heard about the teachers, one who jumed in front of her friend, a second who pulled a fire alarm even though she herself was shot. we today heard about a couple who took a wounded victim in their own car to the hospital they didn't even wait to make sure that person got treatment as quickly as possible. >> both teachers were wounded but are okay as we understand. cnn's kyung lah has more on how their night at a comedy movie turned into a horror show. >> get over here now! >> chaos, basically. >> reporter: unfolding inside the movie theater, where high school teachers jena meaux and

ali martin were celebrating a last girls night out before the start of school. >> wow. they took their training and put it into action even outside of the classroom. >> reporter: their training as teachers says friend and co-worker camie, training you don't expect to use while watching a movie. >> one teacher jumped in front of her friend potentially saving her life. the second teacher said the bullet was coming for her head if her friend hadn't jumped on top of her. both were injured, the second in the leg. >> reporter: both shot bleeding. yet, somehow, the friends that saved each other then thought of the 100 others in the theater. officials say martin headed to a fire alarm. >> then had the presence of mind to pull that fire alarm to alert individuals what was going on inside that theater. >> so who knows how many lives she saved by doing that. >> reporter: people inside ran out, then began helping the wounded. first responders tipped off early by that fire alarm flooded the theater.

now an all too familiar image of grief and shock, a moment these teachers had prepared for at jeanerette senior high school. the teachers met seven years ago, best friends. jena meaux, the school's librarian, ali martin an english teacher. on facebook their students wrote about their bravery and courage, the pride at an act that likely saved many lives. but they seemed unsurprised, because after all, this is what their teachers do. >> keep others alive. how can we help others get to safety? that's how can we help our kids get to safety in the classroom? that's what these ladies were trained to do and they did it in just a blink of an eye. >> reporter: kyung lah, cnn, los angeles. it's been more than seven decades since two polish families gave their lives to protect fleeing jews from the nazis. now their story and a secret world war ii hideout are finally being revealed.

our lynda kinkade has more. >> reporter: for decades, this simple farm house in rural poland has hidden a dark secret. ten members of the two families who jointly worked the farm were executed by the nazis in 1942. they had refused to reveal the whereabouts of a jewish family hiding in this cellar. >> translator: the whole family was punished not only the person helping, but the whole family. after all, that was declared by the germans in an announcement. my aunt was telling me that jews were kept here and this was a transfer point. >> reporter: the family's wartime tragedy and subsequent communist harassment left descendants reluctant to talk about what happened. there was also the lingering stigma of unfounded rumors of hidden jewish gold and suspicions that neighbors may have betrayed them to the nazis. now 70 years later, the farm house has been declared a national monument. this secret hideout that

shouldered jews on the run is finally open for public viewing. >> this site isn't just important for jews. this is important for humanity. who would believe that one person would risk and end up giving their lives to try and help another? this family knew what they were getting themselves into. they knew the dangers. they understood what could happen but anyway they did it. >> reporter: mr. daniels and his organization are now hoping to identify descendants of some of the jews who passed through the hideout. they are especially interested in tracing the family whose secret was guarded at such a high price in 1942. >> translator: we have found one trace given to us by the daughter of branislavis

skochivas. she informed us that during the war, a jewish girl living here received papers from a priest by that name. >> reporter: he was one of the descenders of the pride of the second world war and many polish jews were among the 6 million killed during the holocaust. lynda kinkade, cnn, atlanta. >> it's amazing. you're watching "cnn newsroom." a top-level russian insider gives his thoughts on the dark clouds over the 2018 world cup. that exclusive interview just ahead.

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back to "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. in a few hours' time the draw will be held in st. petersburg for the qualifying competition for the 2018 world cup in russia but it's being overshadowed by sponsors' demands for a fully independent commission to reform how fifa operates. world football's governing authority is set to meet its

leading commercial partners about these concerns meet with them this next month. fifa was rocked in may, as you'll remember by charges of corruption involving several senior officials, the most serious, racketeering charges allege that the officials turned the game into a criminal enterprise. in this rare exclusive interview, billionaire russian tycoon al share usmenov, a member of the local supervisory board, shares his perspectives with cnn's amanda davis. [ speaking foreign language ]

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>> alisher usmanov is also a shareholder of the english premier league giants arsenal. our exclusive interview continues next month, when we'll hear about his ambitions for the club his admiration for the manager there and his engrained love for sport. hulk hogan is now apologizing for the use of the "n" word in a conversation that was caught on tape. according to "the national enquirer," the legendary wrestler is heard on an unauthorized sex tape talking about his daughter's relationship with an african-american man. hogan has since been fired from the wwe, though he's since resigned. >> there's all kind of hulk-o-maniacs running wild. >> reporter: hulk hogan got a smackdown today, after he was fired after repeating the "n" word in a racist rant.

according to radar online and "the national enquirer," hogan is heard on the tape recorded in 2006 talk being his daughter brooke whom he accused of sleeping with an african-american. "i mean, i am a racist to a point. [ bleep ] but then when it comes to nice people [ bleep ] and whatever." then says "i mean i'd rather if she was going to [ bleep ] some [ bleep ], i'd rather have her marry an 8-foot tall [ bleep ] worth $100 million, like a basketball player. guess we're all a little racist. [ bleep ] his rant heard during a performance in a secretly recorded sex tape and he's suing gawker to try to stop the online website from releasing it. hogan responded friday in a statement, saying "it was unacceptable for me to have used that offensive language. there is no excuse for it and i apologize for having done it. i am disappointed with myself that i used language that is offensive and inconsistent with my own beliefs.

it is not who i am." >> i don't know who would want to enter into a contract with him after this. i wouldn't be surprised if everybody just drops him cold. >> reporter: hogan says he is resigning from the wwe, while the wwe saying hogan was fired. wwe terminated its contract with terry bollea aka, hulk hogan. ww senk committed to embracing and celebrating individuals from all backgrounds as demonstrated by the diversity of our employees, performers and fans worldwide." >> what we saw on that tape is exactly what 21st-century racism looks like. you may be friendly to black people and children but you don't want your child to marry a black person. >> reporter: when hogan used the "n" word during a 2012 radio broadcast, he explained that a black wrestler booker t. called him the word during a match. >> and they're all talking trash and booker t. goes "i'm coming for you, hogan, you [ bleep ] ." >> reporter: hogan got a pass that time but now finds himself

in the same position as others. remember mel gibson? >> if you get raped by a pack of [ bleep ], then it's your fault. >> reporter: and michael richards. both caught. others such as paula deen justin bieber and madonna also caught and also apologized for using the word. apology alone works for some people but not all. as for hogan and his likeness all stricken from the wwe website. brooke's representatives did not return our calls. a number of people have taken to twitter to support hogan. one of those people supporting him, dennis rodman who tweeted out he did not believe that hogan had a "racist bone in his body." jason carroll, cnn, new york. you're watching "cnn newsroom." visitors at buckingham palace get the royal treatment. the behind-the-scenes look at what goes into a state visit at

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newsroom." i'm george howell. a third typhoon in three weeks is hitting japan. meteorologist derek van dam is at the world weather center with details. derek, it's a busy season. >> it is a busy season george and you know the reason why it's busy is because we're currently under a very strong el nino. we talk about that quite frequently. that just basically means a warming of the waters across the pacific, specifically over the eastern pacific, but this allows for greater frequency or greater development of typhoons and storms just like this one. this is now tropical storm halola that's just been downgraded with winds 110 kilometers per hour impacting japan, specifically north of okinawa and the ruk you islands. the air base is located there with about 18,000 u.s. servicemen and women stationed there. they're feeling wind gusts of about 50 miles per hour at the moment. here's the storm system. lots of dry air wrapping around it and plenty of upper level

shear that's going to continue to weaken the storm as it moves across the southern japanese sea, and that will impact the kagoshima region perhaps bringing rainfall into south korea going forward over the next 48 hours. i want to quickly talk about something, an underwater volcano in the lesser antilles. this is in the caribbean sea. and no this is not a typo. it is called the kick'em jenny volcano. the seismic research center there warning of a possible eruption of this underwater volcano. and this is significant because it's had to set up an exclusion zone for recreational boaters that are traversing the waters across this area. by the way, this is grenada. and the shipping vessels need to move away from this area because if this volcano happens to erupt, it will emit an intense amount of gas into the ocean, changing the density and allowing for the buoyancy for

vehicles and, rather boats traversing the water there. that could force them to sink. that would not be good news would it george? >> that would be bad. very very bad. >> it would be. >> thank you so much. >> thanks george. every summer, queen elizabeth welcomes visitors to buckingham palace while she is vacationing in scotland but this year for the first time since it opened to the public in 1993, tourists get to use the grand entrance which is used by heads of state. cnn went on a guided tour. ♪ >> we're standing in the grand entrance of buckingham palace which where visitors this summer will get the chance to experience what it's like to come to buckingham palace as a guest. if you are a president or a pope or an astronaut, for example, you'd come through the very same entrance. and we hope that will be a unique insight for people when they come here. so every year buckingham palace opens for the summer to guests, to visitors.

this year we wanted to show visitors what goes on behind the scenes. we're showing what happens to prepare for events ranging from state banquets to invest pictures to garden parties and one-on-one audiences with the queen. we have the view that the queen would have during a state banquet. she sits in the very center of the top table and she's very involved in every element of the process. she approves the menu she approves the wine. and then on the afternoon of a state banquet, she comes in to both check the table, but also to thank the various teams that have worked so hard. so there are 19 state rooms at buckingham palace. they were built for the express purpose of entertaining. these are really to create that magnificent feeling when you walk in that you've come somewhere incredibly special. so for example, after a banquet, the guests will move through the various rooms where they're served coffee and drinks and chocolates as well. i think there are some lovely little details as well. so for example, for a state banquet, you get your own

individual butter dish. and the butter is churned and cut into little discs and then stamped with a royal crown. that attention to detail is something that really does make it very special. >> what a special feature on that tour. we thank you for watching this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. another hour of news from around the world is next right after the break. you're watching cnn, the world's news leader. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com 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.

face-to-face president to president, barack obama to sit down with his kenyan counterpart in the coming hours during his historic visit to the african nation.