a second person arrested in the london tube bomb investigation. scotland yard still tight lipped as the investigation continues. we'll have more information ahead. the pair writris climate acs the u.s. in or out? the white house denies reports that president trump is reconsidering plans to withdraw. plus world leaders arriving in new york this week for the united nations general assembly . we look at some of the topics on president trump's agenda and what kind of he retention he can expect. we welcome our viewers here and

all around the world. i'm george howell. cnn news room ostarts right now. the breaking news out of the united kingdom. authorities say they have arrested a second person in the investigation of the london tube bombing. the specif suspect, 21 years old. and earlier, they arrested an 18-year-old suspect at the port of dover. police say the area was searched and a number of items they say were recovered. they also searched an address in this area west of london. in the meantime, uk terror alert remains at its highest level. a top on official had this to say. listen. >> we have a very considerable threat. my colleagues in the intelligence agencies would say that this is a shift in threat,

it's not a spike. i won't go on in detail about that, but it is a change in threat. that does not by any means necessarily mean that people have to get used and god forbid that they should get used to repeated attacks. we're doing everything we can, we're working closely with the government, there is clearly a lot of soul searching that is going on and needs to go on about how we can really reduce this threat to much, much lower level as soon as we possibly can. >> the commissioner there talking about the terror threat. let's go live to knee knnina dos live for us. what can you tell us about the second arrest? >> reporter: it's been a very busy weekend at scotland yard, it's a fast paced investigation which has picked up tempo over the last 24 hours. so far we don't know the identity of the 21-year-old man who has been arrested in west

london about nine miles away from parsons green. and it's close to heathrow airport, but there is no suggestion that this individual was anywhere near the airport, but it's interesting to note that the 18-year-old another man arrested earlier saturday, he was at the port of dover which is a notable exit point from the united kingdom to travel across the body of water that separates the british aisles oig from the mainland. authorities staying very tight lipped about the actual identity of these two individuals. and what is being seen as significant is the fact that we now have not just one individual under arrest, under the terrorism act, but also two individuals currently in custody. currently being held at south london police stations and are being requested.

a requeste reque questions. and they have lots more time than other crimes if people have been arrested.and they have lot than other crimes if people have been arrested. so what is curious though about this particular handling of this investigation is that we haven't seen cctv footage having been released of any of these individuals nor their identities yet. and that is being viewed as rather significant because of course remember that cctv is all ee over and it may have been one of the key ways of identifying these suspects. and when it comes to the raid that has taken place, i'm told -- [ inaudible ] there is speculation about who

was involved, but police confirm that people near by have been allowed back in to their properties. >> nina dos santos, thank you. again, the threat level there across the united kingdom remaining at critical. investigators still certainly on the case. here in the united states, the trump white house says that it has not changed its position on quitting the paris climate accord. earlier a european diplomat told reporters it appeared the united states had softened on the issue. it said the u.s. officials recently indicated that the country would review the terms of the paris accord and would not seek to renegotiate it, but the white house says president trump's announcement back in june, that announcement still stands. >> as of today, the united

states will cease all implementation of the nonbinding paris accord and the draconian financial and economic burdens the agreement imposes on our country. >> so the question, is the united states in or out of this climate agreement? athena jones has floor on tmore confusion over the white house position and how it came about. >> reporter: the white house is pushing back on this "wall street journal" report. this is the statement we got from deputy press secretary. she said there has been no change in the united states position on the paris agreement as the president has made abundantly clear, the united states is withdrawing unless we can re-enter on terms that are more favorable to our country. now, that very much echos what we heard from the president in that rose garden address back in june when he said we will start to negotiate and see if question

make a deal that is fair. that has been a key to the white house's argument here, that this deal is not fair to the u.s., that it hurts the u.s. economy and workers. and we should mention that this is a campaign promise, this is something that candidate trump ran on doing. it's important to wrer thrememb even though he announced the u.s. will be withdrawing in june, this is a lengthy process. it was something that was going to take until november of 2020. it's also important to note that the u.s. sets its own goals when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions under this agreement. and so that is something the u.s. could look to change, to change those targets that it set for itself. but this has now become something of a muddle now that you ever this eu official telling reporters what a white house official told the eu official. this is something that the white house is going to have to address at the united nations general assembly in new york next week. top economic adviser gary cohn

was already set to meet on the sidelines of that summit with climate administers and they will want to hear what the white house's stance is on this if there has been any change. but this also speaks to the larger challenge the president faces heading into the u.n. general assembly which is how to promote his america first agenda at a meeting of the united nations, a global beody that is all about addressing global issues. they certainly see this as a global issue, the issue of climate change. and so we'll have to wait and see whether the white house has anymore to say about their stance on this in the coming days. back to you. >> athena jones, thank you so much for the report. more misery appears to be headed for the caribbean islands. misery in the form of hurricanes. that area already devastated severely. derek van dam is here with the latest. and this is news that people in the caribbean i'm sure they just

don't want to hear about this. but it's important. >> they need to face reality that another storm is coming their way. but it was only ten days ago that we were talking about irma bringing devastation to 240es e those islands and now a tropical storm will likely form into a major hurricane in three days. here is an image out of the st. maarten region. you can see some of the devastation that was brought to that area just a week ago from hurricane irma. remember jose also skirted the island nation and brought destruction to that region as well. so they have had a very difficult atlantic hurricane season to say the least. and now we are facing the threats from tropical storm. you can see the leeward islands and also the hurricane watches that are in effect across the northern caribbean islands, st. martin, antiqua, barbuda. this is the latest. 85 kilometer per hour sustain

winds, east to the east/southeast of the lesser antilles, so it still has some ways to go, bithat is not good because there is lots of warm caribbean water that is jet fuel for hurricanes. so it will tap into that moisture source and intensify. in fact you can see the official track calls for 205 kilometers per hour and exact path brings it more or less parallel with these islands eventually impacting part of the dominican he republic and into puerto rico as we head into day four and five. the details here are very staggering to look at, but what is also staggering is that we have three tropical systems across the slick right now. we're still looking told tropical storm lee which we do believe will dissipate before reaching any kind of landfall. focusing closely on maria now, but there is also jose along the east coast of the united states

that will bring strong riptides and rip currents into early next week and also the potential for tropical storm force gusts for the cape cod region. now, we're just passing peak season for at least the atlantic hurricane season. and it's no wonder we have three storms right now . this is hurricane jose, 130 kilometer per hour sustained winds. there is a lot of shear. coldest and tallest thunderstorms is helping spread the storm out and also suppress its strengthening process. so we don't believe that it will make any direct landfall across the united states, but again, nonetheless we do have the potential for strong gusty winds at least for the southeastern coast line of new england and large waves as well. interesting to on note, george, there have only been six years that have seen 13 named storms as of september 16.

now it's seven years including 2017. >> this is an active season. >> extremely. it's reminiscent of 2004, 2005, although we're not quite there yet. >> so stay with us because we want to talk about st. maarten. it's still struggling. just incredible damage there after hurricane irma passed through as a category 5. take a look at the map specifically the north is administered by france, the south by the netherlands, both leveled by this storm. but as our colleague cyril vanier reports, there are signs that the dutch side is slowly starting to recover. >> reporter: there is stiltis s lot of damage and destruction. power lines are down, no street lights here, they were ripped off by the winds and the island is nowhere near done picking up all of the trash and debris, and yet it feels like the island is

starting to turn a corner. let me show you what recovery is looking like on this one street alone. unmistakable through the decay, the smell of fresh dough. and when you get closer, the promise of a pep ro pepperoni t. domino's pizza, free for relief workers, 30% off for everyone else. s othe owner wanted to give bac to the islands that welcomed him 25 years ago. it's good business and also the right thing to do. >> good job. >> reporter: you can tell people are hungry still. >> yeah, and one of the things that surprises me more than anything, food is not getting to those in need quick enough and we're probably one of the first places able to open our doors to provide a hot meal. >> never loved domino's more in my life thachb today. >> reporter: two blocks you

down, the local gas station at long last opened to the public. until now, only the military had access. and the fortunate few who could pull some strings. yes, the line is long, three hours, and gasoline is ration aed, $20 max, but it's worth it. >> how long have you been without gas? >> two weeks. we haven't had anything. but we have each other. >> reporter: a few hours of power, perhaps a few car trips, one can doesn't last forever, but that is as good as you'll get right now in saint martyi s maarten. near by, a charging station left out for neighbors just enough to call relatives. at the end of the road, another sign of recovery. this one barely noticeable. one by one, hurricane shutters are coming down.

cyril vanier, dutch side of st. maarten, cnn. >> thank you for the report there. in the meantime, thousands of people who evacuated from the florida keys ahead of last week's hurricane are finally able to return to their homes or what is left of their homes. homeowners in the upper keys were allowed to return on saturday. the rest are cleared to go home today. but the mayor of key west told cnn's martin savidge the residents needs to be prepared for the conditions that will greet them there. you see those conditions right there. >> what do you tell residents coming back? >> i tell them that be prepared to be shocked when you get here. don't expect all the services you need, that you can just call somebody and they will come over and fix it. be patient. if you do come back, don't be upset when things don't go exactly how you planned. and if you're coming back, be part of the solution, not a

problem. >> a lot of people returning to this. a little more than 800,000 people still without power in the state of florida. it is the first time that the number has dropped below 1 million since the peak of that storm. . still ahead here, the london terror attack. that is the story we're following to the north korea missile tests. a lot on the president's plate. we take a closer look at how the trump presidency is responding to the crises around the world. hi, i'm johnny bench.

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. from north korean missile launches to the london terror attack and the paris climate accord, there are a lot of political stories in play this week. and there is a lot to discuss and to do so, let's bring in scott lucas, he teaches at the university of birmingham england and is the founder of eau world view. good to have you with us. so let's start with the reports of the white house either softening or reconsidering its

position on the paris climate accord. the white house denies this, but the decision itself to back out of this agreement, what impact has that had on the u.s. standing around the world. ? . >> well, it hasn't helped the u.s. standing. not just the specific decision, >> well, it hasn't helped the u.s. standing. not just the specific decision, >> well, it hasn't helped the u.s. standing. not just the specific decision, but for example donald trump's denial of climate change and scientific issues by the head of his environmental protection agent scott prupruitt. but the specific agreement is based on a european envoy citing u.s. officials up in canada and i don't exactly think it signifies a shift in the u.s. position. what may be more important is that foreign officials are going to try to excerpt leverage by going around donald trump, by talking to a number of u.s. diplomats and talking to other u.s. officials because quite frankly they see trump as a figure head now. >> it is important to put that

into context, the denying news rumors and also the president's talks with democrats on daca to the surprise of his own party, that has been in play. we've seen these more ideological advisers of the president's team leave the white house. the question here, is this a sign that traditional republicans are gaining more influence, more ground with president trump? >> well, first, don't try to predict the unpredictable andun. there is no clear strantegy. i think he was worried that he has not passed anything in eight month and he was facing a government shutdown. so that's why he made a shift to the democrats on the debt ceiling and then immigration and daca. i do think that it is right in a with ste that with steve bannon gone and with the rise of people like

chief of staff john kelly, the increase of james mattis, that it means that trump is more contained. but remember, some of those, quote, traditional officials you talked about like gary cohn, the chief economic adviser, trump has frozen him out since cone owin cohn's comments last month criticizing the president. so we're still not certain whether there is an organized strategy coming out of the white house. >> the president does pride himself in being unpredictable and there had been a series of contra gikss codictions coming e white house. so we'll have to wait and see. let's look lady to thiahead to . world leaders are coming to new york. given some of these topics, what do you expect the president's reception will be as these world leaders convene in new york? >> well, everybody will smile nicely for the cameras.

the president will meet for example the leaders of france, israel, turkey and in the context of the north korean crisis japan and south korea. but it's what happens behind the photo opportunities and in i wouldn't be looking to what is said with trump or even to trump's speech. which u.s. officials are they talking to. are they talking to nicky haley or rex tillerson or others. because let's checklist the issues. north korean crisis, the iran nuclear deal, issues about climate change, the middle east, fight against the islamic state. and there trump really doesn't give you reliable guide as to what you do with the u.s. i think people will of course be very polite to him, but you're talking about a very, very long term frprocess to get some typef renewed relationship with the adults in the white house play ground. >> it will be the first time that we see the america first

policy meeting with the rest of the world. scott lucas, thank you so much for your time today. we'll stay in touch with you. the pentagon says transgender troops are allowed to reenlist in the military as officials review president trump's ban on transgender recruits. the president's recent order sparked controversy and many critics calling it discriminatory. transgender troops have been openly serving in the u.s. military since june of 2016. now to the u.s. state of missouri, authorities in the city of st. louis say they have arrested nine more people during weekend protests against police violence. the demonstrations started when a former police officer was found not guilty in the murder of a shooting death of an african-american man back in 2011. cnn's ryan young has this story for us. >> reporter: if you look behind me, you can see the heavy

machinery that police brought in here, that is a bearcat and the officers in their riot gear. about 50% of the businesses are coming down del mar boulevard look like they suffered some sort of damage. we were standing in the crowd. and the organizers told the peaceful marchers to go home, but about a half hour after that, with that we saw another group that decided as to stay and there was a confrontation between police and those protestors. someone started throwing rocks and bottles. officers tried to arrest a few people and then it was total bedlam, people started running for their live, people are were pushed down, cars racing down the street and we saw officers advancing. at this point, you can see how they staged right here to make sure that that property damage should stop. i can tell you that there were some tense moments that were very scary here. thought it was going to to get is it out of hand. police got it back under control in about 30 minutes. ryan young, cnn, st. louis.

>> ryan, thank you. still ahead here, the leader of north korea says his goal is to achieve military equilibrium with the united states. plus world leaders converge on new york for the u.n. general assembly, a preview of the global get-together. we're live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. you won't see these folks they have businesses to run. they have passions to pursue. how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. get a 4 week trial, plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again.

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welcome back. you're watching "cnn newsroom." good to have you with us. i'm george howell with the headlines we're following for you. police in the united kingdom say

they have made a second arrest following the bombing in the london tube on friday. a 21-year-old suspect was arrested in west london late saturday local time. earlier in the day an 18-year-old suspect was arrested at the port of dover. the trump white house says it has not changed its position on quitting the paris climate accord, this contradicts a european diplomat who told reporters the u.s. appeared to be softening its position about leaving. world leaders will be looking for clarification when the u.n. general assembly meets this week. and tropical storm maria barely a week after hurricane irma devastated so much of the caribbean islands, maria has sustained winds reaching more than 80 kilometers per hour.storm is forecast to strengthen and could become a hurricane by monday. more pressure on north korea through sanctions, that was the

agreement by south korean president and the u.s. president during a phone call. ivan watson explains how other countries are also reacting to north korea's latest provocations. >> reporter: north korea faces near universal condemnation from the international community for the launch of a ballistic missile on friday morning local time here. the united nations security council condemned it, called it a throat regional peace and stability especially since this flew over japanese territory which is an inherent threat against japan. s the u.s. and its allies condemn this and also beijing and moscow. two countries that have in the pastthe u.s. and its allies conn this and also beijing and moscow. two countries that have in the pastthe u.s. and its allies con this and also beijing and moscow. two countries that have in the past provide some had cover to north korea. but north korea has season defiance, publishing images of its leader kim jong-un ov

overseeing the launch of the intermediate range ballistic missile and doubling down in fact with statements attributed to kim jong-un in the north korean state media urging the north korean armed forces to seek basically parity with their arch rival the u.s. and urnlgtiurnlgt i urging them to go forward with further development of ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear are warheads with the ultimate goal of being able to reach the u.s. mainland. so the nuclear standoff here on the korean peninsula does very much continue. the saber rattling on both sides of the demilitarized zone continues as well with south korea having launched ballistic missiles in a tit for tat response to the most recent north korean missile launch and south korea continuing to conduct live fire grills bodriln

its own and with the u.s. military in an effort to try to go toe to toe with it's north korean rival. ivan wat sorngs cson, cnn, seou. in week president trump makes his most important speeches since his time in office. he will address the u.n. general assembly and just feet away with fr him will be the delegation of foek, a country who presents the world with one of its most pressing challenges. we get a preview now from richard roth. >> reporter: the flags are up. time for another united nations general assembly global get together oig. as slalways, the united states e host country. >> for those that don't have our back, we're taking names. >> reporter: much of the world he's big names will attend, none bigger than president trump himself, whose name has been just up the street from the u.n. for years at the trump world

tour building. >> this is about one man, donald trump. and the big question is will trump insult the u.n. or will he try to make friends. >> reporter: trump a real estate mogul has not always embraced the u.n. nearly five yearsing being a go, he tweeted the cheap 12 inch marble tiles always bothered me. i will replace with beautiful large marble slabs if they ask me. no one asked despite years of renovation at the u.n. after his election, trump said the u.n. was a club where people like to talk. >> welcome to the white house. >> reporter: trump was monday conciliatory when members of the u.n. security council visited the white house in april. >> i have long felt the united nations is an underperformer, but has tremendous potential. >> reporter: president trump will speak to the entire world on for the first time from here at the general as secacceptly

rostrum. the north korean delegation will be seated in the front row just 20 feet away from where president trump speaks to the general assembly. there have been some memorable speeches inside the general assembly. libya's moammar gadhafi. venezuela's hugo chavez warned the devil in the form of george w. bush had been in the chamber. >> translator: and it smells of sulfur still today. >> reporter: u.s. presidents are usually more measured in tone. >> i think that you will have the president who did the bombing on syria from the chemical weapons, the one that has gone against isis in both syria and iraq at record pace. >> reporter: other first time speakers include president emmanuel macron of france. it is also the first u.n. general assembly for secretary general guttierez. >> moos dang >> most dangerous crisis is the nuclear risk. >> donald trump has made the

u.n. unexpectedly relevant. we thought that trump would trash the organization, but his single biggest foreign policy priority containing north korea is being handled right here in the security council. >> reporter: trump will also call for more he reform of the u.n., unclear if he again decommadhands changing of the marble. richard roth, cnn. a russian attack injured members of the u.s. backed syrian forces. the strike hit the rebel group near the former isis stronghold. both russian troops and coalition forces are trying to push isis fighters out of that ordinary. it is not a coordinated effort as the u.s. backed forces who want to overthrow the syrian president bashar al assad. hamas is paving the way for possible reconciliation between the west bank and gaza. very important story, we'll explain to you right after the

break.

a story just in, the palestinian group hamas says it is ready to dissolve the committee that rules gaza and hold general elections. oren liebermann is following this for us. this is a big at the same timst does it go from here? >> reporter: it is a big statement and the question, the statement from hamas says that they will dissolve their administrative commit at this time. this was a shadow government by the palestinian authority in the west bank. it was a widening rift between the two sides. the fact if a the militant group said that we will dissolve this committee, we're ready for a unity government, we're ready to go to elections, it's a very big statement that they are ready to move forward, give up control of

gaza and hand it over to the palestinian authority. but for now, it's just a statement. we need to see what the next step is and critically what the response is from the palestinian authority and their president n mahmoud abbas. does he accept this or does he put some form of condition or it or qualify it in some way that makes this difficult to move forward instead of paving the way to move forward. so that is the critical question now. it is you're right a very big statement, a move toward reconciliation. but it's a move the palestinian, the public have seen before. statements about reconciliation without the necessary steps to follow through on those statements. >> it is important and good to get the context from you because again, very, very big statement here, but again, the question is where will it go from here. and just to push forward a bit for our viewers to explain, so what would a unity government, how would that work moving toward general elections?

>> reporter: critically a unity government would need to rely on those elections because elections haven't been held in the west bank and gaza in years. but the idea is that it would include all palestinian factions including what now runs the palestinian authority. and hamas, which runs gaza. again, they haven't gotten along in years. and that is why the statement is so significant. but let's add some context. gaza faces a dire humanitarian crisis with the united nations saying gaza could be unlivable by 2020. in an attempt to preshl hamas to give up control, mahmoud abbas that tried to put pressure on gaza again and hamas. that includes cutting salaries in gaza, it includes reducing electricity and he reducing the medicine supply to gaza. the goal was to pressure hamas and it seems after some of those measures were taken, hamas found itself in dire circumstances,

had to turn to other countries, and now saying it is willing to move toward a unity government and move toward reconciliation with fatah. one more thing i'll point out, in may hamas unveiled their new policy document in which they said with we are willing to accept a palestinian state even if year nwe're not willing to recognize israel. it was a big statements. this can be seen as a continuation of some of that. critically the question remains does in become more than statements. >> and how will all of this be received and again a statement, about you how will it be received by israel? >> reporter: so i've heard many times before in talking to people about the split between hamas and fatah, that the biggest beneficiary is israel as the palestinian people are split. 2 million in gaza and 2 million roughly in the west bank.

we haven't gotten an israeli response yet. it will be interesting to see what they do say. where we'll get a sense is that perhaps benjamin netanyahu speaks on tuesday, mahmoud abbas speaks on wednesday, we expect or perhaps we'll stheem addrethn in way and see how it shakes out. >> we'll have to look to this big meeting in new york. oren liebermann, thank you for the reporting. a big story. we'll stay in touch with you for sure. multiple protests took place in washington, d.c. on saturday. one significant protest in support of the u.s. president donald trump, others standing up for "black lives matter." and one group was marching on behalf of the most hated band in the world. ryan nobles had a look at the opposing rallies. >> reporter: there was a heavy police presence in washington, d.c. on saturday as a number of rallies from a variety of different perspectives that took

place. one of them was the mother of all rallies, a group of donald trump supporters that gathered near the washington monument not under the banner of republican or democrat, but just with a goal of uniting behind donald trump. and there was a moment that could have turned on out bad. that is when a group of black lives marries suppotters suppor approached the stage. someone on the stage actually invited the black lives matters supporters on stage and this is what happened. >> listen to me very carefully. my name is henry davis. i'm a brother. i'm a brother. i want y'all to step back behind that line. if you want to be on this stage with me, i want y'all to get behind that line and don't come past that line. all right? i'm giving y'all a chance to put your fist up, don't say a worked don't disrespect my platform. are we clear? no, you're not going to say

nothing. if you want to say something, you got to go down now. this is my platform. security, get them off the stage. get them off the stage. i tried to give them a chance. i tried to give him a chance. y'all need to go. y'all need to go. y'all need to go. you wait till i get through. you need to go. you need to go. let me do this. let me do this. are you getting this? are you getting this? >> the protesters from "black lives matter" ended up leaving peacefully. there was no violence. in fact there were a number of instances where there were minor skirmishes of people from different perspectives, but they all ended amicably, which was

the goal of this rally, to speak on behalf the president, but do it in a much different way than what happened in charlottesville and organizers feel that they were able to on pull it off successfully. at the same time that this rally was taking place, just down the national mall near the rin clin memorial was a rally in support of the insane clown posse. they were in washington because they wanted to protest the fact that they have been named a gang by the fbi. they also had a peaceful protest. they did march, but never enter argumented with the folks at the mother of all rallies. so overall, a very peaceful but vocal day here in the nation's capital. ryan nobles, cnn, washington, d.c. if you can't make a movie out of the american classic "catcher in the rye," then make a film about the reclusive author behind it. up next, the new biopic that j.d. sallinger would have hated. .

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"catcher in the rye." j.d. saling gsaling ger has cap many readers with his own mysterious life. jake tapper has this report. >> reporter: he stormed the shores of normandy, survived the battle of the bulge, married a gestapo agent and wrote "catcher in the rye." j.d. saling ger became famously private following his only novel about a jaded rebellious teenager. and now danny strong is bringing his life story to the screen with his film "rebel in the rye." >> this is what inspired me because i thought that that was so moving how a veteran, how someone could experience the horrors of war, could deal with

it and how they were able to, you know, take that experience, that horrific experience, and channel it into this masterpiece. >> reporter: a 2013 name sake documentary gave the world new aim thi images and now strong is bringing them to life. he was a mefbt counterintelligence corps and would much of his tale while serving overseas. s dramatic echblvents of the wa doubt affected the author. >> sometimes i wake up and i'm screaming. >> reporter: but who-traumatic the 1940s? >> people didn't even know what ptsd was. they didn't discuss it. so to see the path that salinger took, how he took up meditation, yoga and how his writing in its own way became a fourm of therapy, i think it can be deeply inspiring.

>> reporter: sal goiing deeply inspiring. >> reporter: sal goiiner had ho his craft with whitt burnett. >> are you willing to devote your life to telling stories. ? >> reporter: fame came in, salinger retreated to new hampshire where he did his writing until his death in 2010. >> the idea of making a movie about his life would have been i think horrific to him. i think this is the last thing he would have wanted. and i wouldn't have pursued it if he were still alive. >> reporter: as for a movie version of "catcher in the rye," salinger made his feelings clear in a letter writing i toyed very seriously with the idea of leaving the unsold rights to my wife and daughter as a kind of insurance policy. it pleasures me no end though to know that i won't have to see the results of the transaction. >> that was our jake tapper reporting. this could help explain why j.d. salinger didn't want a tv adaptation of his reports

he reportedly hated a film based on one his short stories. so it's that time of year to gather with your friends and raise your favorite beer. the 184th annual oktoberfest kicked off saturday in munich with the traditional tapping of the first keg by the city's mayor. millions of people expected to descend on the capital over the next 18 days and fair to say there will be plenty to drink there in germany. thank you so much for being with us this hour. i'm george howell at cnn world headquarters in atlanta. the news continues here on cnn right after the break. what did we do before phones?

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