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next stop, philadelphia. pope francis heads to the city of brotherly love after a wildly successful visited to new york. sepp blatter under scrutiny. the fifa president now the focus of a swiss criminal investigation. we'll have that story. and a critical moment in spain. why today's vote in catalonia could reignite the region's push for independence. from cnn world headquarters here in atlanta, i'm george howell. this is "cnn newsroom." good day and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world.
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our top story, pope francis in the united states. he is wrapping up his 36-hour visit to new york. next, he heads to philadelphia for the world's largest catholic gathering of families. some 40,000 people from around the world are set to attend that event called the world meeting of families. the vatican is calling it the main event of the pope's week in the united states. back in new york, the pope has been promoting peace, urging people to end widespread poverty and stop environmental destruction around the world. cnn's alexandra field looks at the people and places he's impacted during a historic visit to america's largest city. >> reporter: thousands of people all across the streets of new york lining up, waiting to see a glimpse of pope francis as he made his way through the city starting at the united nations. from there, paying a visit to ground zero. after that, a school in harlem. then a procession through central park before finally
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arriving at madison square garden. people lined up for hours along 7th avenue trying to get a glimpse of pope francis as he rode through in his fiat, the window down, waving to the faithful who had gathered to see him. he went into madison square garden to lead a mass before 20,000, many of whom wait hours to go through security and get inside to finally hear pope francis deliver his mass. and it was well worth it to them certainly. a moment that you'll remember for your entire life. so they lined up here for hours. people who came from across the country, really around the world. what was so striking to me was how quiet this crowd was, how patient they were, how ready they were to just catch this very brief moment. and they took it in. what we saw both times when pope francis went into madison square garden and again when he left of just this sort of ecstatic kind of eruption of joy. people just tearful, cheering, shouting, yelling.
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just truly delighted. an extraordinary experience to be a part of it and to see the delight on people's faces. obviously for catholics, this is such an incredible moment, such a significant and powerful moment to see the holy father perhaps in your very own hometown. for so many new yorkers, just the experience of being here in his presence, equally extraordinary. from here, he goes on to the papal residence, then off to philadelphia. in new york, alexandra field, cnn. later this hour on "cnn newsroom," we will introduce you to a family who had an amazing encounter with pope john paul ii nearly 40 years ago. join us as they recount their heartwarming story to cnn's jean ka sahries. -- casarez. jane byrne made an announcement friday that he is resigning. he says he will step down next
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month. he said it was his encounter with pope francis thursday that helped him decide that it was time to go. you see him here get choked up during the pope's visit to washington. cnn's dana bash says the race is on now for boehner's successor. >> it looks as though the man who is now his number two in the house republican leadership, kevin mccarthy, relatively new to congress given how far he's come. he was elected in 2006. he is -- hasn't officially put his hat in the ring. it looks like he's going to. at this point there doesn't seem to be anybody who looks like they can beat him. i think the conservative movement, those out there, the people who are fueling the anti-washington, anti-politician fervor in the presidential race and, of course, in congress, as well, i don't know that they're going to be so thrilled with kevin mccarthy because he has
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been part of the boehner leadership team. he would just move up. i'm not sure how much things will change if, in fact, he gets that. the question might be the leadership roles down the line if those will be filled by somebody that those conservatives feel more comfortable with. >> boehner has served in congress since 1990. he became speaker of the house in 2011. the united states and china are pledging positive relations moving forward. u.s. president barack obama hosted chinese president xi jinping at the white house, and while they made strong strides on some issues, the leaders still have some differences. >> even as our nations cooperate, i believe and i know you agree that we must address our differences candidly. the united states will always speak out on behalf of fundamental truths. we believe the nations are more successful and the world makes
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more progress when our companies compete on a leveling playing field, when disputes are resolved peacefully, and when the universal human rights of all people are upheld. >> mr. xi said he was willing to have a human rights dialogue with the u.s. but pointed out that things are seen differently in china. meanwhile, they did reach a "common understanding" on curbing economic cyberespionage. >> translator: china and the united states are two major cyber countries and should strengthen dialogue and cooperation. confrontation and friction are not the right choice for both sides. during my visit, the competent authorities of both countries have reached important consensus on joint fight against cybercrim cybercrimes. there will be investigation
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assistance and information sharing. >> mr. xi is headed to new york city on saturday where he is set to speak with the united nations general assembly monday. there is a new twist in the corruption scandal looming over world football's governing body. fifa's president is now facing a criminal investigation in switzerland. prosecutors there opened the case friday against sepp blatter. the swiss attorney general says authorities questioned blatter, searched his office in zurich, and they also seized data. for the latest on this investigation, let's turn to our own alex thomas. he joins us now live outside fifa house in zurich, switzerland. good to have you with us. we already knew that mr. blatter was set to step down. it looks now like that may happen sooner than he had planned. where does this leave fifa leadership and the state of world soccer? >> reporter: yes. you and i have spoken many times, haven't we, over recent months, ever since the latest and biggest part of the scandal
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erupted in may. on the advice of loretta lynch's office, the u.s. attorney general, and the fbi investigation, swiss police rounded up a load of fifa officials at their hotel days before the fifa congress meeting when football bosses from across the globe re-elected sepp blatter for a fifth term as president. although blatter's name was mentioned in chats between you and i and other news shows, he was never directly implicated until now. you've got the head of the world's most popular sports now directly implicated by switzerland's justice office, by the swiss attorney general, and yes, he's due to stand down next february, four days after being re-elected, he said he would stand down next february. he wanted to do it at a time of his own choosing rather than being forced out. the latest charges make it more likely he will go sooner. the one caveat is because of all the outside criticism of the lack of modern corporate-style
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governance structure within fifa. who is going to stand up at fifa house, a few hundred yards to my left, and say, "sepp, it's time to leave." he's been there 40 years. he's always been a teflon don when it comes to avoiding controversy. this is a major blow, though, and the scrutiny is very, very largely on sepp blatter again. >> and alex, this is only talking about the investigation in switzerland. there is also an investigation in the united states that's still ongoing, correct? >> reporter: yeah. i was here two weeks ago for a joint news conference, unprecedented, between u.s. attorney general loretta lynch and her swiss counterparts, michael lauer, who surprised blatter by waiting him in his office after friday's executive committee meeting surrounded by police when they interrogated and searched his office. both loretta lynch and michael lauber gave updates although it's not protocol. until they got something
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concrete, there's all sorts of legal boundaries to revealing to the media what they're investigating. they don't want to tip people off what they're looking into. such is the worldwide interest on this story. the net is closing in. i think loretta lynch and michael larbor want to know known as the one who got sepp blatter. there is cooperation between the teams, although limited. certainly now as we know, sepp blatter publicly is under investigation by the swiss authorities. >> like thomas live for us in front of fifa house. thank you very much for your reporting. we'll stay in touch as these two investigations continue. the executive editor at "world soccer" magazine explains what this could mean for blatter's legacy. listen. >> this is absolutely the most crucial moments of his presidency. sepp blatter's been in fifa for 40 years as a paid official and as president since 1998. but he has never been under fire
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in this way like this before. i mean, it's been put to him many times in the past that the official at the top should take responsibility for what happens on his watch. he's always refuted that, but now what's happening on his watch actually affects him directly. >> blatter joins a number of senior and former fifa officials who are under investigation in the united states and switzerland. there is an investigation ongoing in saudi arabia. and authorities now are suggesting muslim pilgrims who ignored security guidelines may be to blame for the stampede that killed more than 700 people on thursday. another 900 were injured during the ritual known as the stoning of the devil at the hajj. iran is calling for international action against saudi arabia. thousands of people marched in tehran friday, chanting, "death to the saudi dynasty." iran says more than 130 of its citizens were killed in that
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stampede. following it all is our senior international correspondent, nick paton walsh, live in london with the very latest. good to have you with us. this is a tragedy by all accounts. now we are seeing the finger pointing. we're seeing saudi arabia blaming the pilgrims and even a spat now between that country and its regional rival. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: saudi arabia and iran are in far more than a spat yells where in the middle east. they are facing off between proxies in the civil war in yemen. many ways, too, in syria and iraq, as well. this another symptom of the huge split across the middle east. but yes, manifesting itself now in iranian officials referring to the negligence of saudi officials, calling this a catastrophe that is quite grave. iran whilst having 131 dead is also looking now for 365 of its citizens that are missing. they could be part of the 900 who were injured or, more
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tragically, part of the 717 who lost their lives. staggering numbers, george. worth pausing really about the enormous loss of life. not really seen since the '90s in a stampede like this at the hajj. apparently according to saudi officials who are blaming pilgrims who didn't follow what they say is instructions, it seems two flows of pilgrims because there are so many people here -- two million in this short window to perform the rituals of hajj. two separate flows appear to have converged against each other. on one road, 204, another, 206, some it seems moving away from the stoning of the devil ritual occurring to the third or fifth day of the pilgrimage here. some moving toward that. they may have run across each other. it isn't clear at this stage quite what caused this stampede. in temperatures of 43 degrees sent grade, unbearable heat and sun there, people had lost their balance and footing could have been easily crushed under the crowds around them. saudi officials after media
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reports which suggested in fact this blockage may have been caused by a motorcade by a saudi royal vip passing through, have put out a denial through the washington embassy saying, no, there was no saudi official in the area at that time. no evidence to back it up. that report gained so much currency, they were forced to make the statement. these recriminations continuing, and the saudis and iranians pointing fingers at each other. in fact, the iranians using one of their -- people back in lebanon, the head of hezbollah, who suggested perhaps a muslim committee, international committee should be charged in looking after the hajj pilgrimage and the saudi arabia, royal family, custodian of the two holy sites in saudi arabia, having that task at the moment. unlikely to change, but still this shocking loss of life causing at this stage now the fingers to be pointed. >> finger pointed, yes. let's talk about safety in general. you remember just before this,
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there was that deadly crane collapse, and there is work and expansion being done in the area as authorities are trying to make this area where millions of people converge safer. what are we hearing at this point about what authorities are doing to prevent another tragedy like this from happening? >> reporter: the saudis are still trying to work out and provide a full explanation as to how this occurred. until we have the forensic breakdown as to why the crowds came to converge and run into each other, and there are differing versions of this, it will be hard to work out. they can legislate to prevent that happening in the future. in more general terms, the saudis have gone into a lengthy construction process here to try and expand that site. to be able to take the two million people that now try and go annually. that crane fell because it was part of reconstruction to facilitate more people having access. and of course, when you have such huge numbers of people all flowing in extraordinary heat
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toward each other, not always getting the instructions they necessarily need or understanding where they should be moving, the capacity for stampedes, for crush is always there. of course now there will be great scrutiny on saudi officials to ensure these things do not happen. you know, 2006 was the last time such a tragic event occurred. this year with the 100 who lost their lives in the crane collapse and the 717 crushed to death in this stampede, that is just a staggering number to pause and think on. there will be great scrutiny as to what preparations could be done for next year's hajj. >> it is a staggering number indeed. our nick paton walsh live in london this hour. thank you very much for your reporting. you're watching "cnn newsroom." still to come this hour, volkswagen has a new ceo at the reins with a public cries toys overcome. -- crisis to overcome. and a vote that has the power to change the european union. catalonia's big decision.
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so far there have been no report of injuries. meanwhile, there is a new ceo at the helm of volkswagen after the company was accused of rigging emissions tests. matthias mueller knows the company well as the former head of volkswagen's porsche division. he has a tough job ahead. welcome aboard your own private jetta. >> reporter: volkswagen appointing a new captain to pilot through a turbo-charged crisis. >> translator: i am sure that we will manage this crisis. >> reporter: matthias mueller faces the enormous task of steering volkswagen through an emissions cheating scandal that's spread from the u.s. to europe. he's spent his entire career in the volkswagen family. he started as an apprentice tool maker at audi and rose to become the head of porsche. >> mueller is well respected. he's gained massive gains during
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his tenure. >> reporter: the promotion comes as germany's ministry of transport confirmed that volkswagen's manipulated emissions on 2.8 million diesel vehicles in germany. he called the manipulation forbidden and illegal. just days ago, v.w.'s ceo resigned over the crisis. several people have been suspended, and more heads are expected to roll. now volkswagen may change its ceo, it can axe executives. here's the big challenge ahead -- it still needs to win back customers' trust. >> a lot of the owners now are worrying thinking, you know, can i sell my car? personally, would i buy one at the moment? absolutely no. >> reporter: volkswagen drivers are furious. more than 30 lawsuits have already been filed in the u.s. people owning diesel vehicles are claiming their cars are now worth less because of the scandal. dealers could also sue for compensation. volkswagen says it's putting aside more than $7 billion to cover the costs of fixing vehicles.
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the total bill likely to be even more. cnn, london. spain is ready for sunday's vote in its industrial heartland, and the rest of the e.u. will be watching closely. cat loanans will be going to the polls and it could turn out to be an historic statement. issa suarez explains. >> reporter: scenes of unity and defiance in the streets of barcelona earlier this month as thousands formed a human mosaic pointing toward the new country they aspire to build. the independence fervor is expected to peak as catalonian is go to the polls. a proxy vote on independence. if a coalition of pro-independence parties even without a majority vote win at least 68 seats in the 135-member parliament, they hope to translate that win into forming
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an independent state within 18 months. >> translator: we have done everything in our hands, everything we could to change the status quo and to lead catalonia to real change. >> reporter: spain's central government has not authorized a vote on the grounds it is unconstitutional. and the e.u. keen to avoid another political crisis has stressed that membership of the bloc would not be automatic. >> the newly independent region should or would by a fact of its independence become a third country with respect to the union and may apply to become a member of the union. >> reporter: some argue that what catalonia's doing is potentially derailing spain's tentative recovery. and that would be most damaging to the country as well as the region. >> the country would probably be taken out of the european union, also of the area. and the banks will lose access to the euro system.
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that will create problems, financial stability problems. i think both spain and catalonia have a lot at stake. >> reporter: here's why -- with over 7.5 million people, cat loan why has traditionally been the industrial heartland of spain. it accounts for almost 20%, and that's of the entire country's economic output. it is home to countries you and i know well, as well as an airline. and catalonia's gdp is roughly on par with that was portugal. its such a critical part of the country's economy that already the governor of the bank of spain is wanting banking -- is warning banking restrictions like those in greece could be imposed. economic threats designed to change direction of the vote. isa soares, london. alex white, regional director for europe at the economist intelligence unit discussed the implications for
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the e.u.'s economy if catalonia breaks away. listen. >> previously there was ambiguity as to whether a new state that is becoming independent from the european union member would have some of the rights of memberships. there was a lot of ambiguity when we had the debate in the u.k. about the role of scotland if scotland were to become independent. what we've seen clearly over the past 18 months, two years or so, is europe taking a firmer position, standing behind its member states and saying any region of the member state that becomes independent would now need to apply again for e.u. membership, and catalonia's case, euro membership. as your report mentioned, we have the governor of the bank of spain recently saying, look, this is not just about e.u. membership. this is also about financial stability. the ecb won't be able to stand behind the cat loanan --
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catalonia banking system. the transition costs for the economy if it would become independent would be considerable. >> that was alex white there from the economist intelligence unit talking to cnn. you're watching "cnn newsroom." ahead, we catch up with a family who had an unforgettable meeting with pope john paul ii nearly 40 years ago. plus, a powerful typhoon is headed straight for taiwan. we'll get the latest forecast from meteorologist derek van dam as this broadcast continues around the world this hour on cnn international and cnn usa. dave's been working on his game, morning double bogie. hey, three putt. and starting each day with a delicious bowl of heart healthy kellogg's raisin bran. how's your cereal? sweet! tastes like winning. how would you know what winning tastes like? dave loves the two scoops and that kellogg's raisin bran is one more step towards a healthy tomorrow. you eat slower than you play. you're in a hurry to lose, huh? oh, ok! invest in your heart health, with kellogg's raisin bran.
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viewers in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." good to have you with us. i'm george howell. the headlines we're following this hour -- fifa's president, sepp blatter, is now the focus of a criminal investigation in switzerland. this is the latest twist in the corruption scandal plaguing football's world governing body. the swiss attorney general says blatter's office in zurich has been searched, and data has been seized. muslim pilgrims are converging on mena, saudi arabia, for the hajj ritual known as the stoning of the devil. it was near this site on wednesday that more than 700 people were killed in a massive stampede. the saudi government suggests that pilgrim who ignored security guidelines are to blame. pope francis heads to philadelphia in the coming hours for his final leg of a six-day visit to the united states. he plans to celebrate mass there and to visit independence hall while he's in the town that is nicknamed the city of brotherly love. on friday, the pope's busy schedule included a speech at
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the united nations general assembly and a visit to the 9/11 memorial and the museum in new york city. then in east harlem, it was all about joy. [ cheers ] a wonderful welcome there. the youngsters at our lady, queen of the angels school did themselves proud. they welcomed the pope like a rock star, and as you see here, pope francis was having a great time. the executive director of catholic charities called it the pope's most important stop. this was just a taste of the warm welcome to come. a short time later in new york's central park. ahead of that, the pope met with about two dozen students from four catholic elementary schools, and they were delighted to sing with him. those students and so many others in new york that had a chance to meet pope francis including the thousands of faithful at madison square
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garden with the pope celebrated mass on friday. that encounter brings to mind yet another meeting from nearly 40 years ago. in 1979, a little girl also ad madison square garden got up close to then-pope john paul ii. cnn's jean casarez spoke with her and her family about that monumental day decades ago. >> reporter: the little girl in red. in 1979, she captured the heart of the country and pope john paul ii during his visit to new york city's madison square garden for the youth rally. and from that moment on, the life of the 6-year-old jerilyn smith was changed forever. it was a difficult time for the family. the children's father, a member of the elite division of the nypd that guarded the likes of heads of state and new york's cardinal cook, had suddenly died the previous year. >> it was the night before i got
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a call from a member of the police department that they had secured four tickets. >> reporter: that day, jerilyn happened to wear red and white, the colors of poland, the pope's native country. her sister, 16 at the time, remembers the energy when they got to madison square garden. >> electrifying, inspirational. everything about it -- they had to try and calm the crowd down so he could even speak. that's how people were chanting. "john paul, john paul, john paul." >> reporter: the family had seats close to the front. all of a sudden a man came up to jerilyn's mother. >> he asked if she would go to the railing with him. i was about to say i'm sorry when she had his hand. and she went off. >> reporter: now the little girl was very close to pope john paul who was entering the garden in his popemobile. >> i did see him wave. his no idea it was toward me.
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the guard that had asked me to come down and stand with him was lifting me over the railing. he lifted me up on top of the popemobile and had a hold of my lower legs was kind of rocking to the music with him. there was a light around him. i couldn't take my eyes off of him. his smile was amazing, and his eyes were the most beautiful thing i had ever seen. >> reporter: she was taken back to her family as the mass began. >> like mesmerized. and then when the rally was over, a number of people came over. they just wanted to touch her. >> reporter: the interaction with the pope strengthened the family whose faith had been shaken after their father's death. >> i think we all believed that he was there that day and in some way he was always going to be with us. this moment solidified that for us. it helped us to bond as a family even without him. for me personally, this gave me
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some confidence back that i'm not sure i would have had if not for this moment. >> reporter: she received a rosary from the vatican after that day, as well as letters from people around the world. 17 years later in 1995, pope john paul ii came back to new york city. the little girl in red now all grown up saw him again. >> i learned to appreciated it more. it really did affect my life. >> reporter: and in the decades that followed, people continue to remember the little girl in red. jean casarez, cnn, new york. >> what a great story. stay with us for the latest on the pope's visit to philadelphia later today. our coverage continues. it starts in just over an hour from now. 7:00 p.m. in hong kong right here on cnn. the dalai lama is canceling his u.s. appearances next month on his doctor's advice.
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the tibetan spiritual leader is now in the u.s. for a routine checkup. his office didn't elaborate on why the doctors ordered rest. the cancelations are likely welcome news, though, for china which has long objected to u.s. officials meeting with the dalai lama:switching to weather, there is a powerful typhoon lining up to hit taiwan and other islands. derek van dam tracking it all. >> it was only a little over a month ago that the typhoon made its way across taipei and northern taiwan. here we are in the same situation again. another strengthening typhoon developing over the western pacific with its eye set one again on taiwan and southeastern china. george and everybody at home, we'll look at exactly where the storm is located. first, i want to give you a closeup perspective of the storm. that's called a visible satellite loop. and you see a well-defined eye, cone--centric eye wall. a good indicator to meteorologists that the storm continues to strengthen, it's
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continuing to deepen. and it has done so very rapidly over the past 24 to 48 hours, in fact. it is moving in a general northwesterly direction. in fact, here's the latest from the joint typhoon warning center. 165 kilometer-per-hour sustained winds, that's around the center of the storm, near the eye wall. higher wind gusts, perhaps over 200 kilometers per hour, and it is traveling toward the southern islands, just south of okinawa and the air force base. and it is making a beeline toward northern taiwan. and it has the potential to bring destructive winds to taipei and the possibility of very large seas. especially across the taiwan straits, the stretch of water between southeast china and the western coastal regions of taiwan, about 180 kilometer gap there. it's a popular shipping lane. that's going to cause concerns going forward, as well. now here's the projected path. over the next 24 hours, it is expected to continue to
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strengthen, although the joint typhoon warning center has dialed down its strengthening by about ten kilometers per hour. still, this is a formidable storm, something we need to pay close attention to for the southern islands. then by monday evening, local time in northern taiwan, we look out for storm surge threat increasing across the eastern-facing shorelines of taiwan. as it crosses the taiwan straits, that wrap-around effect bringing moisture and heavy rainfall to the greater taipei region. perhaps allowing for landslides and mudslides being a possibility. you see the darker shades of purple and pink near the center of the storm. again, that is intensifying, and that indicates wind gusts, again, over 100 kilometers already. our computer models depicting the system very well. it's going to impact the southern islands, taipei is next. here's a look at the population density. easily exceeding 1,500 people
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per square kilometer over northern taiwan and the region this, fuzhou and shanlou. the national weather service out of fairbanks, alaska, has tweeted to the world, yeah, that is some record-setting snowfall. over 6.5 inches of snow. they beat the record from 1996 of just under one inch. a sign of things to come. i know it's alaska, but it seems too early to have the snow pictures, george. >> alaska. wow. a lot of snow. i just got back from chicago. they had a lot of snow, too. >> last year. >> last year. >> but it's coming. >> it's coming. thank you very much. >> all right. you're watching "cnn newsroom." still to come, bill clinton sits down with fareed zakaria. we hear what he has to say about donald trump and his wife's run for president. plus, elton john has a chat with vladimir putin. this time the real putin, not the pranksters who spoke to john
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you've heard the line "blame the media." u.s. presidential candidate ben carson is doing just that for mischaracterizing his recent comments on muslims. he told news outlets to "mature." and that he believes anyone can apply for the job. earlier in the week, he told msnbc he wouldn't support a muslim running for president. carson now says he'd support a muslim for president but only if they renounced sharia law. newly discovered emails are
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raising questions about exactly what hillary clinton considered to be personal. the exchanges are from 2009 between ms. clinton and head of centcom, david david petraeus. officials say they do not appear to contain classified information. clinton says she's turned over all work-related emails and personal server to investigators. clinton's husband is defending her in a new interview with fareed zakaria. former u.s. president bill clinton says critics have made more out of the e-mail issue than there really is. he also talked about the republican front-runner, donald trump, listen -- >> again, as a great student of american politics, what explains donald trump? >> well, first of all, he's a master brander. and when you have a lot of people running and people are
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trying to make distinctions, being able to put a personal stamp on it so people identify with who you are counts for something. certainly in the beginning. so i think that. then he said to the working class supporters of the republican party that have largely shifted over for cultural reasons, "i'll give you economic reason to vote for me. i'll build a wall around the southern border of america, and i'll stop buying chinese imports." so your incomes will go up. now that will all have to be flushed out in the course of time. and i'm sure the other future debates will do it. but he's got a lot of pizazz and zip. he's branded himself in a clear way. and he's generated some excitement.
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and it remains to be seen what's going to happen. it's an unusual election. you know, there's -- doesn't seem to be much interest yet on their side. i think there is our side because both hillary and senator sanders have laid out pretty detailed, positive policy positions, talked about what they would cost, and you know, you can actually have a debate there where you could discuss the relative merits of their positions on health care or generating jobs or lifting incomes or whatever. but over there, it seems to be more about resentment and one liners. i don't know. it's interesting. >> could trump be the nominee? >> i think so. >> wow. >> how do i know? i don't understand -- i don't understand any of it very well. look, i've been out of politics a long time. i haven't run for office in 20 years. and also, i'm not mad at
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anybody. i mean, you know, i'm a grandfather. i love my foundation. i'm proud of hillary. i do what i can to help her. but i'm not the best pundit anymore. i don't have a good feel for this. all i know is what i think is good for the country. and i think the country needs somebody who can give broad prosperity, help families and kids, try to reduce the impact of all this huge anonymous money in our political system. and in a world full of challenges, keep big, bad things from happening and make as many good things happen as possible. that's how i would define the job of the next president. that's what i think. and so i think hillary would be a great president. but i have -- i have no confidence in my political field anymore. i've just been out of it a long time. i'm not mad at anybody. so i'm happy to be here.
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>> that was former u.s. president bill clinton speaking with cnn's fareed zakaria. you can see the full interview sunday night at 8:00 in london, 9:00 in berlin, and 11:00 in abu dhabi here on cnn. sir elton john and russian president vladimir putin have plan to meet to discuss gay rights in russia. this comes after a prankster called the singer pretending to be mr. putin. senior international correspondent matthew chance has more. i think it's a smart p.r. move for the kremlin. vladimir putin, the real one, actually calling elton john and agreeing to meet in person. remember last week, a couple of russian pranksters pretending to be putin spoke to the british rock star after he offered to meet putin to discuss gay rights in russia. the telephone conversation was, of course, recorded. it showed that elton truly believed he had the russian president on the other end of the line. take a listen.
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>> tell him i'm extremely honored that he's calling me, and that i'm speaking to him. it's a great privilege to be able to speak to one of the most influential people in the whole world. it's amazing. >> reporter: okay, this time the kremlin said it took a bit of convincing to get elton john to take the call. he was understandably suspicious. i know that you are -- have been played by pranksters, president putin told the singer according to the kremlin. they intended no harm. that, of course, doesn't excuse them, he said. of course, gay rights are a very serious issue in russia where laws have been introduced to restrict a public discussion of homosexuality. activists say they face discrimination. elton john, for his part, brushed off the prank call saying that his offer to talk with president putin still stands. and he seems now to be a small step closer to that actually happening. matthew chance, cnn, moscow. you're watching "cnn newsroom." when we come back, the little
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he's got a reputation for avoiding life's luxuries. one example of the pope's humility is that image of seeing him riding around the united states in a fiat. everyone seems to love it. cnn's jeanne moos has the story. >> reporter: that's not just any arm hanging out of that little car. that's the arm of the pope. what would jesus drive? >> i love the fiat. >> arriving in that fiat. >> the little fiat. >> do you own stock in fiat? if not, buy it. >> more about that fiat. >> no fancy limousine. that is a fiat. >> reporter: every where it went, the little car got a big welcome. dwarfed, sandwiched between giant suvs -- >> for this town, that is a very humble car. >> excuse me, your holiness, your uber x is here. >> reporter: the first thing pope francis did after he got in at the airport was roll down the windows. it's not every day the president awaits and the white house auto guard opens a car this size.
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one fan put the pope's arrival to rapper wiz khalifa. ♪ i'll roll up >> reporter: the fiat was contrasted with president obama's bomb-proof monster known as the beast. >> fiat starts about $20,000. >> okay. >> beast, $1.5 million. >> reporter: of course, francis didn't forsake the popemobile. ♪ >> reporter: a modified jeep wrangler made by the same italian american automaker, fiat chrysler. >> the nuns are going crazy. >> reporter: though this guy wasn't. are you seriously preempting "price is right" for the popemobile? francis refuses to be encased by bulletproof glass. police tried to shoo away a child, the pope gestured her over for a kiss. the earliest popes were carried on thrones, then there were carriages followeded by lots of mercedes. and then popemobiles of various makes. >> papa francisco! >> reporter: now that improbable
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fiat, the carmaker tweeted, "his holiness knows how to make an entrance." someone else referred to it as "heavenly product placement:"all that free press. >> this is pure francis. that car. >> reporter: can't you imagine the new ads for the fiat 500l? >> pure francis. >> reporter: who knew a hatchback would hatch a pope? jeanne moos, cnn, new york. some fans of the pope are having fun with his visit by dressing their pets in his honor. look at that. like this -- owners are using the hash tag #-popetag on instagram. doesn't look like a rough assignment there. i said the word rough. it was a joke, not funny, i guess. thank you for joining us. i'm george howell at the centre in atlanta. for viewers around the world, "amanpour" starts in a moment. you're watching cnn, the world's news leader. (dog) mmm, this beneful healthy weight is so good...
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u your family. >> you can feel the excitement. >> excitement is growing in philadelphia. this is the reason he's coming to the united states. >> if there is anything about the pope, it's more than the man, it's the message. >> don't forget to pray for me. >> i decided, i'm going to do this. as simple as that. >> john boehner announcing he will step down, somebody that understands in governance, you gone get

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