we'll see you again at 11:00. ambushed on the air. new details about the gunman that killed his former colleagues during a morning newscast. we are watching how markets in asia reacting to the dow's big rally. what joe biden is saying about a possible run for president. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie ailen. >> good to be with you, natalie. i'm errol barnett. this is cnn newsroom. the united states is dealing with yet another shooting. this all the more shocking because it happened on live

television. alison parker and her camera man were doing an interview when a man walked up and shot them to death. he had been fired two year ago. >> it is a shocking incident. the crew had been interviewing a woman, vicki gardner. she was shot in the back. right now she's in stable condition after surgery. outside the tv station, people understandably leaving flowers and balloons. it's a makeshift memorial that sprung up there. the young journalists' colleagues, think of this, had to cover the story while dealing with their own grief. >> cnn's brian todd is one of our team members covering the story on the ground in virginia. he is joining me with the latest. brian, hello. >> reporter: hello, natalie. this is an active crime scene behind me. the bridgewater shopping center where the two journalists were gunned down on wednesday

morning. investigators here combing through some of the scene tonight. what we're doing is putting together new investigative threads now on the shooter's movements in the moments after the shooting. we learned investigators tracked him through his cell phone right after the shooting. he had driven almost 200 miles after ambushing the two journalists wednesday morning. it is 6:45 a.m. wdbj reporter alison is conduct a live interview. ward hands the camera back to his reporter and shots ring out. both are hit as well as the woman interviewed. ward's camera films the shootering gun raised in the air. his last living act capturing an image of his own murderer. >> alison parker age 24 and adam ward age 27 died at the scene. flanagan then fled before deputies arrived on the scene.

>> reporter: at this point, a manhunt is on for a suspect who with was obviously armed and is extremely dangerous. it would last nearly five hours and cover roughly 200 miles. authorities say the shooter took off from the bridgewater plazaen and headed to the blacksburg airport in a gray mustang. while on the run he apparently took time out to take credit for his crimes. 8:26 a.m., a manifesto from the shooter gets faxed to abc news. shortly after 10:00 a.m., a man claiming to be the shooter, calls abc and tells them he shot two people. >> shortly before 11:00, roanoke city police department located flanagan's mustang at the roanoke regional airport. flanagan then left the airport in a chevrolet sonic he had rented earlier in the month. >> reporter: these tweets started around 11:10. around the same time, police discover he switched vehicles. he's actually posting things to social media while on the run.

first trying to justify why he went after alison parker and adam ward and posted video he filmed while killing him. what he didn't know is the phone he was using to post the images is how authorities were closing in. his car was spotted here, 180 miles from the airport. >> shortly before 11:30 a.m. this morning, virginia police trooper was on patrol along 66. her license plate reader alerted her to a license plate on a chevrolet sonic traveling east on 66. the driver of the sonic refused to stop and sped away from the trooper. it was only a minute or two later when the sonic ran off the road in to the median. >> as the trooper approaches the car she discovers the driver shot himself but is still alive. the manhunt is over. >> the suspect was later flown to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and died, pronounced dead at 1:26

p.m. >> reporter: an important question now, how did the shooter know the two journalists were going to be at this shopping center so early on wednesday morning? authorities say that remains a key focus on the investigation right now. they do not have the answer to that question at the moment. natalie? >> brian todd there in virginia. thank you. thanks, brian. listen to this, a man named pran don't foster said he was involved in a road rage incident with vester flanagan last month in roanoke and said he called flanagan out at a red light for driving like a man yak. he said flanagan followed him to his destination drive ing erratically. he posted this to you tube after the murders. >> are you finished? >> i have been finished. you followed me here. >> you need to lose some weight, sir. >> thanks. talk to the mirror. >> jesus christ.

you follow a guy for driving [ bleep ] lose his mind. >> you can only see so much from that. so cnn caught up with brandon foster a bit earlier. listen to what he said about that encounter. >> he's following you. you are a big guy. you can handle yourself. what's going through your mind when you see him get out? >> just a lot of things. i parked in a way i wouldn't be blocked in and got in my vehicle quickly so i wouldn't be in a cage with someone aggressively following me and i was making a beeline to the store, to population really to have other people around because he was obviously not in the right mind. >> dr. fisher is a licensed psychologist and joins us here at cnn center to try to process what we've all witnessed. it appears the gunman carried many grievances, was let go a number of times from various jobs and put real planning and effort in to this shooting.

what was in his manifesto tell you about his mental state? >> here's somebody who for a long period of time felt they had been persecuted, bullied, humiliated, embarrassed, shamed. all of these emotions and feeling weak, feeling our power taken away. what he was seeking to do is to try to get his power back. potentially his role in the media had him knowing how to get attention and his use of social media. he knew he would get some attention, whether infamy or not. the outcome is simply tragic. we have to look at this as a society and not just focus on the individual. >> you are saying this is a larger issue. this is the first time we have seen in live television and he even recorded it and posted it on facebook, as well. i want to hear what the station manager had to say about what it was like working with the shooter. let's listen to this. >> his personal relationships

sometimes he was a little aggressive and people were -- not to work him. he was not a pleasant person as it turns out. he seemed to have some anger and stress. >> he seemed to blame others for his own shortcomings. we have people in our newsroom who have worked with him at previous stations and they say the same thing. is that a common trait in disturbed people to blame others and not take on responsibility. what changes a regular person from being someone who can take on a violent act like this. >> this is somebody who externalizes. if he was more narcissistic, at the core of every narcissist, which is somebody who looks is a shattered ego. they can't deal with blame or guilt and they project it outwards. if this is someone with delusions who may have been potentially borderline psychotic and we won't necessarily know

that you are looking at someone who feels the world is against him and that can lap in to narcissistic traits. what we have to look at here, he saw it as him against the world. what he did with the south carolina shooting is he found his cause to attach to. in his mind, i believe he was trying to say i'm going to represent the african-american societal culture and i'm going to fight that battle for them. he was able to focus that on his targets of he felt two people who affected his employment at that last news station. he held a grudge for so long. it wasn't just about them. it was about all the people that wronged him and he projected all of that rage, anger and hatred to those individuals. >> i guess as a way of trying to justify it in his own mind. you were saying earlier as bad as this is we don't necessarily see his act as evil? >> no. >> what do you mean by that? >> often we want to call the

person evil and move on. next story. this is not somebody who was evil. he didn't see his act as evil. he saw himself as a justified persecutor. someone who justifies himself, trying to fight for a cause that's positive he said if i go and die at least i will die at peace. this is something in our culture we have to look at. something around the world in multiple cultures about how we feel other people take our power. how we feel other people diminish us rather than finding power within us. that has to do with mental health issues, family issues, community issues and has to do with international politics. we can project these issues of high ark call models of having power over people versus power with people. >> so many issuance even though this bizarre behavior there was no mental health record history.

it's unclear if changing gun laws would have made difference because as far as we know he purchased weapons legally. >> if he is narcissistic he doesn't think he needs treatment. that's what happens. often people don't think they need treatment. they think the world needs to change, not them. >> appreciate your time. >> thank you. chris hurst is a news anchor at the virginia station. he was alison parker's boyfri d boyfriend. they had just moved in together. >> this is my memory of her. when we had our six-month anniversary, she made a scrapbook for me. put in all of the pictures we spent together for the first six months. even pictures i didn't want to be in there. she put them in there. >> parker's friends and co-workers describe her as a rock star who loved her job and took a genuine interest in the people she interviewed. parker started to work full time

at wdbj a year ago. he was teamed with ward on the morning show. cnn's randi kaye has more on what they both brought to journalism. >> when i was younger, i wanted to either become a doctor or become a pharmacist is. as a journalist, i get to cover those types of fields. >> this is how viewers got to know alison parker, a video produced by the station showing her smiling, full of life. >> i absolutely love mexican food. very, very spicy food, enchill lad das, tacos, the spicier the better. >> the 24-year-old virginia native signed on with wdbj last year as a morning reporter. alison covered everything from zoo animals to weather, even appearing on cnn last november. >> what you are seeing right now started out as heavy rain. >> reporter: alison graduated from virginia's james madison university in 2012 and was the news editor for the school

newspaper. she loved white water rafting and kayaking. >> she took any assignment and ran with it. her personality came through. she was smart. gave her all to the job. >> reporter: alison was dating the evening anchor at the station chris hurst, though the couple had kept their relationship quiet. on twitter hurst said he was not, writing they were very much in love. they just moved in together after dating nine months. the best nine months of our lives, he wrote. he wanted to get married. she was the most radiant woman i ever met and for some reason she loved me back. wdbj journalist adam ward was also killed at the scene. >> adam ward, news 7 sports. >> reporter: after a stint on air, he became a photographer and was alison's morning partner for the last year. they first met at the station as interns. they were a good team, and it

showed. fr adam come out from the camera, how do you feel right now? >> when i first put on the heels, i rolled an ankle. it is very form fitting we'll say. >> adam was with always smiling and respectful. he joined the station in 2011 after graduating from virginia tech. he enrolled the same year a gunman killed 32 people in a deadly rampage at the school. those who knew him said he had a heart of gold. adam was 27 and engaged to the station's morning producer melissa who was at work in the control room watching the broadcast when the shooting happened live on air. it was her last day at the station. she had taken a new job and adam may not have been far behind. he told her recently, i'm going to get out of news. i think i'm going to do something else. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> now, alison parker's family

released a statement a few hours ago. her father called her a bright shining light. >> andy parker said, "although her life was brief she was so happy with it." he appeared on fox news earlier along with alison's boyfriend. >> she lived a great life. i mean she did a lot of stuff. she excelled at everything she did. she loved what she did. she loved the people that she worked. she was happy with her place in life. so, you know, we can only take some solace in the fact that she had a wonderful life. she was extremely happy and she loved this guy with all her heart. that's the toughest thing for me -- everybody that she touched loved her and she loved everybody back. and, you know, i'm not going to let this issue drop. this is -- you know, we've got

to do something about crazy people getting guns. >> this incident, as many of previous shooting sparked this debait over gun control. >> as it always does. >> in the u.s. it is important to keep in mind the second amendment in the u.s. institution allows the americans to right to bear arms, to have weapons. >> president obama and hillary clinton say they don't want to deny basic gun access to law-abiding citizens, but they are asking for gun control legislation. >> what we know is that the number of people who die from gun-related incidents around this country dwarves any deaths that happened through terrorism. we're willing to spend trillions of dollars to prevent terrorist activities, but we haven't been willing so far at least to

impose some common sense gun safety measures that could save some lives. >> yes, i feel great heart ache at what happened. and i want to reiterate how important it is we not let yet another terrible instance go by without trying to do something more to prevent this incredible killing that is stalking our country. >> now to put this gun issue in to context for you, look at these numbers. private citizens in the u.s. own more guns than any other nation worldwide. an estimated 270 million civilian owned firearms. this is according to the 2011 small arms survey report. >> four years old. >> the u.s. also has the most civilian guns per capita. 89 firearms per 100 people according to small arms survey,

well ahead of yemen, switzerland, finland and cyprus. the coverage continues in our next half hour. we'll hear from the family of the man who carried out the murders. also ahead here, wall street breaks the six-day losing streak. we will see if the market in the asia-pacific region can follow suit. and have a live report.

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we're going to turn to the global economy now. stock market in asia pacific gaining ground after a huge rally on wall street. >> the shanghai composite up 1.5%. you are seeing green throughout the region. the nikkei up 1.2%. hang seng showing the strongest growth at 2 1/2%. wall street managed to break the sixth day losing streak in grand fashion surging 619 points, thanks to a late-day rally. >> investors and analysts hope the optimism will be contagious. richard quest has more.

>> reporter: the sort of number investor s have been hoping to see. a sharp rise in the dow jones industrial, up 619 points after many days of serious losses. the markets have been up throughout the course of the whole session. it opened up sharply. it held the gains and then right towards the end of the close, up it went like a rocket. this is the third best performance in terms of points of the dow since 2008. it's also a remarkably resilient and strong performance 4%. factor in to the overall global scene at the moment. you have markets like hong kong and china that have been down so much in recent days. you also have the london, the frankfurt paris market. and now the hope has to be that with the buyers coming late in

to the day in to new york, and showing some form of resilience and optimism, that ultimately what's happened is that the negative feedback loop has been halted. richard quest, cnn, new york. cnn is following developments from beijing. richard quest showing us the how. but for those who aren't experts in financial markets we all just wonder why. the sky was with falling earlier in the week and today things seem fine. i'm wondering if today's rally in asia is based on wednesday's rally in the u.s. is it that simple? >> well, errol, that's certainly related, the huge rally on wall street is very much felt here throughout asia, but here, as you mentioned, the shanghai composite ended up 1 1/2% before the lunch break. here in china, some of the government measures that has been announced in the past few

days may be showing the desired effect. last night, on wednesday, the central bank here injected more than 20 billion u.s. dollars in to the economy trying to shore up the growth. that was on top of the earlier week announce of cutting the interest rate and easing bank lending. also, the authorities announced more investigations in to executives at the country's largest brokerage house, as well as officials in the securities regulatory commission for alleged insider trading and boomer mongering. these measures taking place here in china, they are trying to show they are in control to restore investor confidence. remember, when it comes to what investor confidence, the fundamentals of the economy is almost as important as the government's handling of the markets. here in china, before the recent crash, many peopled that thought the leadership here, because of

the political structure here, is a one-party dictatorship, they are able to react more quickly to economic crises. they can adjust and launch policies without the oversight of parliament, for example. but since the market crashed on june 12th, the government series of policies didn't seem to have worked as well. the visible hand of the government seemed to have failed. and that was not good for the markets. that may explain some of the days of losing streaks that we have seen here in the market. so that's why the government continues trying to announce these measures trying to restore investor confidence. errol? >> it's different from what we saw earlier this the week, but the smog in beijing has cleared behind you, giving us an unusually scenic background so maybe the financial fears are clearing up, as well. steven, thanks. another story from china we have been following and there are developments china state-run

news says police have arrested 12 people suspected of involvement in the devastating explosions a few days ago in tianjin. last week, state media said ten senior executives with the firm had been detained. the blast killed 139 people. still to come here on cnn newsroom, an update on the deadly shooting of a tv news crew. and we'll show you the statement from a gunman's family. and vice president biden is considering a run for the white house. he's still undecided. his latest admission on that subject is just ahead.

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> you are still watching cnn newsroom. vester flanagan was a former television report who are had a long history of complaints with his employers. on wednesday, he shot to death a reporter and cameraman during a live television interview in virginia. flanagan later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> the murdered victims were 24-year-old alison parker and 27-year-old cameraman adam ward. a college friend said adam never saw him without a smile. vicki gardner was interviewed when the shooting took place and shot in the back. she is recovering in the hospital. as you can see the shanghai

composite is up 1.55, tokyo's nikkei up, as well, just under that. the hang seng is up 2.53% and australia s&p asx 200 up 1.46. the dow broke the sixth day losing streak finishing up 619 points. the biggest one-day gain since 2008. military officials say they are close to confirming the death of a prominent isis recruit who are was tar getted in a u.s. drone strike in syria. they say hussein, a british born recruit and hacker was heavily involved. shooting death of a tv crew as they were doing a live interview. family and friends are grieving the loss of alison parker and cameraman adam ward. >> a former reporter as natalie mentioned who had repeated

conflicts at work. hala gorani takes us through the events as they happened. >> allison parker interviews a guest. moments later, horror as she and her cameraman adam ward are shot dead while on air. as adam falls, his camera captures a glimpse of the shooter. his weapon still raised. the gunman is vester l. flanagan, a former reporter at wbdj. williams posted a video of the shooting from his perspective on social media. proving he was there. williams' tweets hint at a motive. apparent gripes with his former colleagues. according to an exemployee, williams was fired from wdbj. the station has been left reeling after first announcing the death of their colleagues.

>> it was my very sad duty to report that we have determined that alison and adam died this morning shortly after 6:45 when the shots rang out. >> reporter: alison parker was 24. her boyfriend and anchor at the same network tweeted shortly afterward. we didn't share this publicly, but alison parker and i were involve involve in love. we just moved in together. i'm numb. adam ward was engaged to mary, one of the morning producers at wdbj. in a cruel twist with of fate, his fiance was in the control room watching when this played out live on air. speaking to cnn shortly afterward, the wdbj president said his staff was in shock. >> we have people around here in tears, a lot of hugs. we have a friend of the newsroom

who is a pastor in her consoling people. >> reporter: the woman interviewed when the shooting took place was also interviewed. she's been under going surgery in hospital. a routine interview that turned in to inexplicable tragedy. hala gorani, cnn. >> you know it's unreal how the station kept on reporting and reported on their own colleagues because they are in shock. >> a numbness to the insanity of what happened. >> what it was like when they got home and were able to let it go. >> probably just sinking in. >> horrible. a spokeswoman for vester flanagan's family spoke in the hours after the shooting. >> the statement was short and expressed grief for the victims. it did not mention the shooter. >> it is with heavy hearts and deep sadness we express our deepest condolences to the families of alison parker and adam ward. we are also praying for the recovery of vicki gardner. our thoughts and prayers at this

time are with the victims families and with wdbj television station family. >> spokeswoman for the family. we are learning more about flanagan, including the day he was fired from wdbj. his co-worker say that day he was so engrajed raged he had to be escorted from the station by police. >> after wednesday's shooting he faxed a 23-page document to abc news in the u.s. detailing hi gre advances, included was a suicide note. he expressed admiration for the gunman in the 2007 mass shooting at virginia tech that killed 32 people. and flanagan said his tipping point was the june mass shooting at the predominantly black church in charleston, south carolina. >> cnn analyst and former assistant director of the fbi is joining us.

thank you for joining us. we know you have been on cnn talking about. this let's start with the gun used, the type of gun he was able to use to shoot two people so easily and wound a third. >> well, natalie, apparently he had purchased two glock pistols legally here in virginia. they are not sure which gun was used or if both were used. we will know that better after the autopsies and the ballistic comparisons are made. he did buy two with glocks legally here in the state of virginia. >> he had a troubled past, but nothing from that troubled past would prevent him from purchasing a gun in the u.s.? >> no. >> unless what? >> unless he had convictions for felonies or if he had been known to be committed for psychiatric care, mental health care, let's say. apparently neither of those two occurred. so he was able to this year purchase both guns legally.

>> he said that he did -- he put a deposit down, i'm quoting him. i put down a de deposit for a gun on 6/19. the church shooting in charleston happened on 6/17 and he indicated the charleston shooting was the trigger for him. what do you make of that? >> he indicated many things. it sounds like he had very serious mental health issues and anger management problems and extreme narcissism and other indicators going back many years. he had already been employed and fired from several tv stations here in the u.s. it is not something that developed overnight. it developed over a long period of time. he, himself, cited that as one of the triggers. it would have been on his part of piling up of grievances and feeling discriminated against and oppressed over a long period of time. i think finally, you know, he

felt like he was going to secret t -- seek retribution based on the relationship he had with them when he worked at that station. >> it is hard to believe with such troubles in the past, losing a job, involved in lawsuits that he wouldn't have sought psychiatric care or perhaps the tv station not had asked him to have psychiatric care through their own benefit. you say, though, if he had any psychiatric care it would have shown up as far as a necessaril. a record would have to be made and retrieved when they do the background checks for purchasing guns. there are loopholes for obtaining weapons without necessary background checks. as far as a mental health issues, really, it's difficult for anyone else, even a family

member to commit somebody to psychiatric care if they don't want to get it and the fact they have mental health issues they probably don't realize they have mental health issues and don't seek the care. although he did say in his manifesto he was a powder keg and was going to go boom. beyond that, a lot of people make statements in variation social media accounts that often it is just talk and you don't know they are actually going to go over the edge and commit a violent act. >> we appreciate your expertise analysis, as always. thank you. >> you are welcome, natalie. more of the world's biggest stories coming up. u.s. vice president joe biden is hesitating about entering the 2016 presidential race. the emotional reason after this short break. stay with cnn. when you're not confident your company's data is secure, the possibility of a breach can quickly

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for those following u.s. politics closely, it seems as if vice president biden could enter the 2016 presidential race any day now. >> it is has been a will he, won't he thing in a while. in a conference call with key members of the democratic party he spoke emotionally about his concerns for running. >> joe biden held a conference call with democratic party leaders, gathered for a summer meeting aimed at attracting presidential contenders. during the call, biden revealed he is trying to determine what he called the emotional fuel to run. >> if i were announce to run i have to commit to all of you that i would be able to give it my whole heart and my whole soul. right now both are pretty well banged up and trying to figure out that issue. >> the call was billed as an opportunity to hear from biden

on the iran nuclear deal. >> we have access to any place in the entire country of iran, regardless of where it is, where we suspect it to be. >> reporter: it was all seen by top democrats as another sign biden wants to stay on their radar screen. the vice president has ever reason to hurry up. >> vice president biden is a friend of mine. he and i were colleagues in the senate. >> his potential competition hillary clinton is busy building up her reputation in iowa. but he is sounding more contrite on her use of a personal e-mail account to conduct personal business as secretary of state. >> i know people have raised questions about my e-mail use as secretary of state. i understand why. i get it. so here's what i want the american people to know. my use of personal e-mail was

allowed by the state department. it clearly wasn't the best choice. >> reporter: a source close to the clinton campaign tells cnn they are not worried about biden. they are way more focused on sanders. the vice president's allies like the draft bide en super pac says donors are ready for an alternative. >> i have been surprised by the number of donors who reached out, some with hillary clinton, some who are not and want to get involved. >> reporter: still after losing his son beau to cancer, biden may not be prepared for a run. as one told "politico," he is not himself. he is sort of all over the place. something the vice president hinted at in that call with the dnc. >> believe me, i have been giving this a lot of thought and dealing internally in the family about how to do this. >> meantime on the other side of the aisle, republican presidential hopeful donald trump remains unapologetic,

imagine that, for tossing a prominent journalist out of the news conference in iowa on tuesday night. here's what trump had to say in a tv interview on wednesday morning. >> he was totally out of line last night. i was asking and being asked a question from another reporter. i would have gotten to him very quickly. and he stood up and started ranting and raving like a mad man and frankly, he was out of line and most people -- most newspaper reports said i handled it for well. >> trump had jorge ramos escorted out of the event by his security for trying to ask about hi plan for deporting 11 million immigrants this u.s. ramos described why he wanted trump to answer his question. >> as a reporter, i believe you have to take a stand when it comes to racism, discrimination, corruption, public life and human rights.

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welcome back, everyone. after a quiet start to the atlantic hurricane season, tropical storm erik ka has formed and has its site r sights set on the u.s. mainland.

>> she sounds like she could be in trouble. meteorologist eric van damme is with us. i thought else nino was supposed to keep the erika's of the world away from us. >> now we are starting to edge to the peak of the hurricane season which is roughly september 13th. fortunately erika is very disorganized. hurricane center and noaa working together and they send aircraft to the developing tropical storms and just came back with the latest update. pressure isn't dropping for the storm. disorganized but something to monitor closely. tropical storm warnings stretching from antigua to the u.s. and british virgin islands all the way to puerto rico. also tropical storm watches from the northeastern coast of the dominican republic, up to the turks and caicos, as well. latest stats 45 mile an hour sustained winds near the center higher wind gusts. a spread of ensembles. we call it a spaghetti plot

because it looks like pieces of pa getty. it shows potential tracks depending which model you look at. it indicates an strengthening, perhaps cat three or four as we work to the first part of next week. the more reliable models show the storm weakening for a brief period before strengthening later on as it edges closer to the u.s. mainland, near the florida coast. here's the official forecast from the national hurricane center. you can see the storm system edging that area. it's going to move in to warm open waters. temperatures need to be above 80 degrees in order for favorable development. it is going to go through a lot of wind sheer and that has potential to deteriorate the tomorrow before it goes through the process. nonetheless, three to five inches of rain across the dominican republic. i want to quick end with this, gnat ly and errol. we have a drought across much of europe, including germany and poland. something impressive happened

here in warsaw. the river has actually dropped to its lowest record levels. take a look at what it has revealed lately. this is amazing stuff. some archaeologists have revealed some world war ii artifacts, including a soviet fighter with remains of a pilot in the plane. you are looking at it now. they have found parachutes, pistols, heavy ammunition. this is all thanks to the fact this this ongoing drought has allowed for the archaeologists to get in there and retrieve some of the world war ii art facty facts. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, guys. along the lines of apple's siri, facebook has announced its own assistant simply called m. it doesn't have a ois voice. instead you communicate via text. >> siri, game on. it's war. like other digital assistants, we are told m will answer your

questions about trivia or the weather if you don't have derek van dam on your twitter. and can help you place on-line orders, book flights and hotels. it is thanks to a team of people working behind the scenes to supervise m. we'll see if it takes on siri. burger king is joining forces with mcdonald's. this is strange. they say it is for a good cause. the burger chain proposed that both companies come together to make the mcwhopper. a blend of their whopper and big mac burgers they sell on peace day september 21st. >> the mcwhopper. >> mcdonald's declined that offer saying the two brands could do something bigger to make a difference. looks like we won't have a mcwhopper. >> make some mcsalads, make people mchealthy. >> sounds good. >> thank you for watching, everyone. i'm errol barnett. >> i'm natalie allen.

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