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hi, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. thanks for joining me this hour. i'm robyn curnow. coming up on cnn, a diplomatic spat turned prisoner swap. two canadian prisoners are on their way home with a huawei executive back to china. and now forced out of the misery they tried to escape. and it's election eve in germany. we're live in berlin with the race to determine who replaces chancellor angela merkel.
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live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom." with robyn curnow. two canadian men detained in china for nearly three years now are just a couple hours from touching back down in canada. late on friday, the two michaels as they're called. michael covering on the left and businessman michael server were put on a plane. at that same moment around the world, a senior huawei executive was flying on a jet back to china, putting her protracted legal troubles on hold. paula newton has more on the reaction in ottawa. paula. >> reporter: the sheer speed and choreography of everything that unfolded caught many by
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surprise. and yet there are relief. not just the families of michael salvor and michael korviq, and the deal by which she would return to china, even though under the retention rule in china. she had ankle bracelets. she was living in a multimillion-dollar mansion that she was able to be released and go back to china. but that the two michaels, would be left in china at harsh conditions that has included solitary and intense negotiations, with that in mind, the prime minister trudeau make an announcement. i want you to listen now. >> these two men have been through an believable difficult situation but it is inspiring that they're on their way home to their two families. >> the two michaels will arrive
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saturday and no doubt there will be time to parse what happened here. china denied this had anything to do with hostage diplomacy, it was not retaliation, yet, how could anybody think anything but given with what this transpired here. this is a win for the joe biden administration. joe biden said that the two michaels would be treated as american citizens and does herald a new relationship between u.s. and china relations, at least for this issue, they can put it aside and put aside a long list of tensions. paula newton, cnn, ottawa. >> thank you, paula. i want to go straight to taipei. will ripley joins us from there. i just see we got a news medial alert that the two michaels were released on bail, what does that
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mean? that's a euphemism, isn't it, that's not entirely true? >> you're right, robyn, it's the first same that they were released and allowed to return back home as meng wanzhou. of course, it was mentioned they are literally in planes, simultaneously, heading in the opposite direction as we speak about their respective touchdown in home countries but china has long thought to put distance between the two michaels, a national security case, a security case and meng wanzhou, a political case. they were felt her to be a political case around the world. one was sentenced to 11 years, the other awaiting sentencing. in terms of meng wanzhou, she's getting more coverage than the two canadians. she posted her gratitude to the
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chinese-american party. and what she called as her motherland, allowing her to come home. she'll arrive 8:00 local time. she'll be getting more restricted treatment in her first couple of weeks in china than she had in the previous 100 days in house arrest in canada. there in canada, she could go outside. she had security guarding her multimillion-dollar mansion. in china, you have to go through a compulsory quarantine, where you have to stay outside of a room, presumably alone, and you can't leave. this will actually be the most strict confinement she will have faced during the entire ordeal. the spin in china, robyn was understandably that meng weanzhu is a victim of the united
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states. and trying to contain her as a cfo or trying to contain china through the recently announced rally between china and united states with australia. taking the tensions of wanzhou or the two michaels off the table leads to a long list of issues, whether it's trade. whether china's accusations that china bullies smaller places. whether it's taiwan, in the air defense identification zone. whether it's vaccine diplomacy to gain leverage in the region, these are all issues that the u.s. and china will be going face-to-face in the coming months and years ahead, robyn. >> will ripley live from taipei, appreciate it. thanks for joining us. former president's lie,
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backing what they called an audit of last year's presidential election. the bogus procedure was based on trump's false allegation the election was stolen from him. according to a final report, the so-called audit concluded that the original now stand. and the leader of the company said he even found more votes for president joe biden. >> we take a look at the presidential race. trump actually loses 261 votes from the official votes, biden gains 99. and jorgensen loses 244 votes. and again, these are all very small numbers when we're talking about 2.1 million ballots. these are very small discrepancies. so, we can say that the ballots that were provided to count very accurately correlate with the official campus numbers that came through.
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>> but election experts in both parties never had much faith in the so-called audits that it be credible as natasha chen now reports. >> the importance of our society having faith in the election process cannot be overstated. >> reporter: after five months of chasing conspiracy theories, a partisan review of ballots in maricopa county, arizona, confirms what we already knew a year ago. joe biden won. >> the ballots that were provided for us to count in the coliseum very accurately correlate with the official numbers. >> reporter: in fact a hand count by cyberninjas, a group with experience in elections, showed biden with more votes. >> the reason we know joe biden won because we had the right people counting the ballots in the first place, in the second place and third place. people who knew what they were
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doing. not these knucklehead cyberninjas no one ever heard of before and didn't know what they were doing. >> reporter: cyberninjas reported discrepancies in tens of thousands of ballots they couldn't vet, when compared to a commercial data company's records. it includes heavy caveats around those ballots, noting they don't know when votes were improperly cast and that the arizona attorney general should follow up with election officials. the board of supervisors tweeted i hope those holding on to their anger for the past ten months will see the truth and put their energy in supporting the democratic process instead of trying to tear it down. this round of tearing down the democratic process started in the spring after the county already conducted two independent audits, cyberninjas was hired by the independently led arizona senate whose president insisted -- >> this is not about trump, this
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is not about overturning the election, this is about nothing but election integrity. >> reporter: emails from american oversight show fan writing to constituents that she was repeatedly in touch with trump. and ceo has spread allegations of conspiracy. at time with ballots spinning on lazy susans, workers using uv lights. while a different type of carnival was actually set up outside. in the final act, their draft report included a slew of legislative suggestions, teeing up conversation be about more restrictive voting laws. initially during the three-hour presentation, the people inside, trump supporters were hanging on to every word being said. now, also during the presentation election officials
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at maricopa county were live tweeting, fact-checking point by point, explaining how election processes actually work. now the arizona president has sent a letter to the state attorney general a republican also running for u.s. senate, asking him to consider an investigation based on this final report. back to you. >> thanks. natasha chen there. one local republican leader is not on board with trump's lie. bill gates is on the mare cope pal board of supervisors. he said his party should move on and push back against mr. trump's lie. this is his reaction to it all. >> i was very pleased to hear that the count of the ballots by the cyberninjas came out almost exactly as the count game out for maricopa county, that was very encouraging. i was frankly surprised by that but what i was discouraged by was the fact that this afternoon
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long hearing that you've been hearing about is basically the cyberninjas -- it's like we're watching reruns on tv. these are the same sorts of things that they've will be throwing out there for months. half truths, misinformation. and allegations that have already been debunked. >> well, the former president is still clinging to his false election fraud claim, despite what the arizona audit says. shortly after a draft of the report was released, trump issued this misleading statement. the audit has uncovered significant and undeniable evidence of fraud. this is a major criminal event and should be investigated by the attorney general immediately. to be clear, no election fraud was found, and mr. trump's efforts aren't stopping with arizona. texas as we know has begun an election audit in four count this after mr. trump published a letter to the governor. this is despite mr. trump won texas. and no false claims reported.
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and a report investigating the january 6th capital riots have also issued its first round of subpoenas. the target aide of donald trump including white house chief of staff mark meadows. the group is being subpoenaed for private investigations and records. investigators want to know what these starters knew before the election. a key member adam schiff explains why these four trump loyalists were chosen to receive the subpoenas. >> on january 5th, on january 6th, they were in communication, some of them with each other, others with the president, and we want to know what was the administration aware of in the runup to january 6th. whether they know about the propensity for violence among those being rallied to come to this stop the steel event as the president's campaign billed it.
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what was going on at the pentagon. and this will help us fill out the picture of what led to that bloody insurrection. and we need to know all of the facts in order to be able to protect the country going forward. >> well, the chairman of the select committee tells cnn that criminal contempt is on the table if those subpoenaed do not cooperate. still ahead, the u.s. clears out a migrant camp, criticized as being inhuman and deplorable, what does president biden have to say and what lies for those seeking a better life. plus, booster doses can now go into the arms of those who qualify. we'll find out why the cdc actually broke with their own advisers to allow millions more people to get the shot. that new dove breakage remedy gives damaged hair the strength it neededs. even w with repeated combing hair treated with dove shows 97% less breakage. strong hair r with new dove breakage remedy.
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squalid conditions. the treatment they received, president biden had strong words for those responsible for confronting the migrants on horseback. >> it's outrageous. i promise you, those people will pay. they will be -- an investigation under way now and there will be consequences. there will be consequences. it's an embarrassment. it's beyond an embarrassment. it's dangerous. it's wrong. it sends the wrong message around the world. it sends the wrong message at home. it's simply not who we are. >> the u.s. says about 12,000 of the migrants who crossed there will having a judge. thousands others have been deported back to haiti with removals pending. they've escaped crisis dating back years in haiti. melissa bell has more. >> reporter: junior, his wife and their 2-year-old did
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deported from port-au-prince on tuesday. seven years after the couple says they left in search of a better life. they're now staying with friends. the three sharing a single bed. not much, but more comfort that they've known for several months. when word dried up in brazil in june where they'd been given asylum. the family headed north through ten countries. some of it on bus, much on foot. she says that the worst was arriving in the united states. as they arrived, she says, everything they had including toothpaste and soap was taken. so as they got into the prison, they had only the clothes on their backs. she said that when they were called up, they thought they'd be freed, instead she said she were shackled. seeing my husband shackled was the worst she explains. then they handcuffed the women, then they put us on the plane,
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my baby was crying. i couldn't even hold him and that is what made me cry. junior says port-au-prince is worse now than when they left. i ask him if it was the insecurity that has worsened, he laughs and tells me there's no security in haiti. the assassination of the country's president and the aftermath of the 7.2 earthquake in august, just some of the dismal conditions forcing families to embark on the grueling trek to the u.s. border to mexico. and yet, the flights keep on coming. seven in all arriving here in haiti, just this friday. some here, and others at the airport in the very north of the country. the logistics almost impossible to deal with, says the international office of mi migration, given the sheer number of people deported. back in the place they desperately wanted to leave,
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dreaming of a life in america, and here back on haitian soil, with $100, a hot meal and a ride to the bus station. >> people are going to suffer now. there's nothing here. what are those people going to do? >> reporter: that's the dilemma facing thousands of migrants forced to return to a country the u.s. special envoy called a collapsed state on thursday. a small group of people turned out in port-au-prince to protest the deportation, a show of dissent, but many flown back to haiti returning to the many problems they thought they'd left behind. pell melissa bell, cnn, port-au-prince. pharmacies around the u.s. are now scheduling pfizer booster doses for those who qualify. cvs and walgreens are making extra doses available following cdc clearance early friday morning. but the nation's top infectious
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disease expert dr. anthony fauci said americans shouldn't be tempted to run out and get the shot before they do. >> there's an immunological reason why it's important to wait. because if you allow the immune response to mature over a period of a few months, you get much more of a bang out of the shot, as it were an enhancement of your antibodies. >> well, nick watt has more on the rollout and who qualifies to get the booster dose. nick. >> the booster shot is free and easily accessible. >> reporter: and the rollout ramps up today. >> when to start the shot and who will get them is left to the scientists and the doctors. >> reporter: for now, only those who got the pfizer vaccine and not all of them. the cdc now recommends these people should get a booster at least six months after their second shot. everyone, 65 and up. and 50 to 64 year olds with
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underlying medical conditions. also, these people may get the booster. 18 to 49 year olds with underlying medical conditions. and adults at increased risk of infection, in their occupational or institutional setting. the cdc's vaccine advisers did not vote in favor of that last group. >> we might have just give it to everybody 18 and older. >> reporter: the cdc director disagreed. why? >> our health care systems are once again in maximum capital. our teachers are facing uncertainty as they walk into the classroom. it was a decision of providing rather than withholding. >> reporter: 17 million eligible americans still haven't had their first vaccine shot. >> unvaccinated costs all of us. i'm moving forward with vaccination requirements wherever i can. >> reporter: here in california, the oakland school board just voted in favor a vaccine mandate
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for all eligible students 12 and up. >> infections have been disruptive. >> reporter: consider is deciding something similar state wide. >> decision will be made over the next few days. we have a lot of partners with school districts in the united states. >> reporter: in rural georgia volunteers staged a voluntary vax to school event last weekend. >> i don't know why people are not caring enough for their child to get them vaccinated. >> reporter: in new york, there's a monday deadline for teachers and health care workers to get at least their first shot. thousands haven't. >> what is looming for monday is completely avoidable and there are no excuses. >> reporter: so the pfizer booster shots are rolling out but what if you're one of the 180 million americans who got moderna or johnson & johnson. the surgeon general says don't
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worry. over the coming week we're going to gather and analyze data for those two vaccines. hold time. be calm, your time will probably come. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. >> thanks, nick, for that. so, as you just heard the cdc director's break with her adviser comes at a time when it's certainly confusing to many americans. well, she explained it to erin burnett. >> i had this scientific group of advisers and there were four votes there was unanimity for some of the votes to recommend for people high risk, age over 65 and high risk of disease because of co-morbidities. i listened intently to hours of deliberation, science deliberation, and this last one was a close call. some people voted for. the vote was 6 to 9, saying with
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enthusiasm, our health care workers, our front line workers, people who are vaccinated early, people who work in congragate setting, and there were those who gave reasons that we should wait. the question wasn't yes or no. the question was wait or now. if i had been in the room, i would have voted yes. and that is where i absolutely took the advice of my advisers, but on this one, i voted to -- i recommended that we make vaccines available for this group of people. >> you're basically saying to me that this is what you get when you get transparency, with the scientists. you could have put it behind closed doors and you could have come out as the voice of god or we can see the sausage made and know the transparency and we get more confusion. >> yeah. and i would say there was a lot of deliberation, and a lot of
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attention watching between friday and thursday. >> yeah. >> friday of last week. and thursday. and there's a lot of scientific discussion around this. this was, as you can see, with some of these votes, not all of this was say slam dunk. you know, the science is evolving in realtime. >> well, norway is about to start moving on from the covid pandemic in realtime. starting today, most sencoronavs restrictions will be no longer be effect. 60 million people are vaccinated according to the norwegian. people who get infected still have to go into isolation. and sweden is lifting its advice to swedes avoiding all necessary foreign travel making it easy for them to head abroad. sweden's global traveling was
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launched and the situation has improved so it's lifting the advice on october 1. this applies only those traveling from sweden and entry ban into the country is still in effect for most eu countries and the u.s. and brazilian president jair bolsonaro has tested positive for covid after being in new york. he was the second member of the brazilian delegation to test positive after that trip. throughout the pandemic, president bolsonaro has publicly denounced many covid regulations including health passports. on friday, he was tweeting his positive results as another argument to gain a health passport. and coming up here on cnn, election even in germany, the latest on the vote to determine who replaces angela merkel as chang
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♪ welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it's 33 minutes past the hour. i'm robyn curnow. so, in just one day, germany goes to the poll for its federal election that will determine who will succeed angela merkel as chancellor. her conservators are looking to stay in power, with the social democrats or even the green
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party could come out on top. in her 16 years as leader, angela merkel oversaw a remarkable economic turnaround for germany which went from being the called sick man of europe to the largest economy. mrs. merkel helped to expand massive job opportunities for women and took in norefugees. between brexit and covid, she remained a strong leader. but there has been criticism of not embracing more greener initiatives. fred pleitgen joins me on this crucial day. and you're in a pretty iconic spot there. this is a big election in germany history, isn't it? >> reporter: yeah, you're right. it's a big election in part because angela merkel is no longer on the ballot and the first time in germany where the incumbent is not actually in the ballot and isn't running in the
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election. it's certainly something that i would say is unprecedented and where we have excitement in the year. one of the other things you mentioned is definitely key in all of this, it's absolutely impossible to determine hoot front-runner currently is. you have the green party that's set for an extremely strong showing. you have the social democrats ahead in the polls because their main can indicate olaf scholz is the most like angela merkel. and then the christians who are like the party. let's have a look. it seemed fitting that one of the final rallies happened in severe rain. the central right candidate's campaign has been marred by difficulty. angela merkel had to step to the sidelines to help lascet win votes. be proud he said in germany's
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north, we will do everything we can while we ask for your trust this coming sunday. he's been trailing in the polls and has been struggling to mobilize germany's conservative base. it's certainly an uphill battle for lasch ed who tried to drum p extra support. central left democratic candidate olaf scholz who is also germany's finance minister is currently ahead in the polls. scholz is portraying himself as serious like angela merkel. some say lashchet was punching above his weight but he made what germans seem to be unforced errors while getting caught on camera laughing while visiting victims of floods in western germany. >> he made it easy for germans
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to explain why they disliked him, why they wouldn't vote for him. that, i think, could become the fatal effect in this election. >> reporter: laschet has been trying to get his campaign on track. promising a strong foreign and defense policies. we saw in afghanistan once the americans leave we can't even secure kabul airport. that's why i want to install a national security council within the chancellor, lashet said. while he hasn't managed to close the gap with olaf scholz, most polls have the race too close to call. giving hope to germany conservatives that they may yet retain the chancellory, even after angela merkel steps down. that's one of the reasons, robyn, it makes the election exciting it's much too close to call. two things very important, and one thing we definitely noticed
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in this election campaign, it's that no one is going to be the chancellor of germany unless they have a strong green agenda. that's why the green party is line for such a strong showing. and the other thing that i think is important for international viewers as as well. each one of the four chancellors have said they want germany to remain a strong partner in the europe maan union and nato as w. >> thanks for that, a busy day, fred pleitgen live in berlin. quick programming note. tune in tour the cnn special coverage of the german country, join hala gorani, fred pleitgen and salma abdelaziz, as they join us sunday, 11:55 a.m. in new york and 5:55 p.m. in
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berlin. and the u.s. and australia have solidified for a free and open pacific region. they met on friday for the first in-person neating of the quad. while decchina was not mentioney dame, the asians share concern. and they emphasized how the democracies stand together to overturn the region's challenges. >> there is no part of the world that is more dynamic than the indo pacific at this time. a region that has extraordinary opportunity. wide diversity, great will. but many challenges that must be overcome. and we see the role of our nations, we see our home in indo pacific as the place that we fish to focus on to ensure that our peoples can realize everything they have for themselves. >> well, the group also said
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that they are making progress on commitments to combat covid, climate change and emerging technologies. meanwhile, tensions appear to be cooling between the biden administration and france, after the american/british/australian deal that led to a week-long diplomatic spat. the two presidents have spoken to each other but the french foreign minister said it will take time to repair the wounds. people close to president biden said he was caught off guard by france's anger after it lost that $65 billion contract to provide diesel-powered subs to australia. we're taking you to afghanistan and disturbing words of the imam of the largest mosque. during friday prayers he called for attribute against afghans who work with foreigners claiming they're spies. nic robertson has the latest in kabul. >> reporter: it really was a day
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of mixed messages at the principal service on friday. the message was very clear, anyone that worked and assisted with u.s. and other international governments is a spy. indeed, the imam going so far as to say they were outside of islam. they were not muslims. there should be revenge, the revenge should be through the religious education, meaning judicially going on to say that the united states and other countries were really just in afghanistan to exploit it for their own gain. on the other hand seems public to message to turning on afghans who might be considered spies. you have a message from the son of the founder saying very clearly there needs to be discipline within the military forces, within the taliban's military ranks, that anyone involved in thieving and killing will be investigated. and will be held to account. making that very clear that the taliban fighters must be more
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disciplined. so these two apparently conflicting messages from the mosque, very clear to the afghan people. from the defense chief, very clearly to his fighters. but perhaps the essence of the message there for the international community that they're going to double-down on holding to their presencinciple not taking vengeance out on former military members. nic robertson, kabul, afghanistan. >> thanks, nic, for that. the pentagon's watch log has launched its own investigation into last month's deadly strike in afghanistan. ten civilians including seven children were killed in that attack. the defense department's inspector general said several elements will be examined including targets and review. and the military called it a mistake and apologized. authorities are still looking for the fiance of gabby
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memorial services for gabby petito will take place this weekend in her home state of new york. during the week, a candlelight vigil was held for gabby in salt lake city, utah. the 22-year-old was found dead last sunday in wyoming. authorities are looking for her fiance brian laundrie. a search warrant has been issued for his arrest but laundrie hasn't been seen since last week. the search will resume in a florida nature reserve on saturday. a brutal killing in london is reigniting anger over the risk it's women voss the uk say they face. a candle lit vigil was held on friday in honor of sabina nessa.
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nessa's body was found in a park. police said she was heading to a nearby pub from her flat. how she's being remembered and the demands for change accompanying a community's grief. >> reporter: hundreds have gathered in southeastern london community as part of a candle lit vigil in memory of the life of sabina nessa. members of her life and others in the community took to the streets to share the memories of sabina, but to share the outrage and shock of her murder. it's the latest of series of attacks, and many people are calling for fundamental change. to prevent cases like this from ever happening again. another community in mourning. another woman senselessly killed. sabina nessa, a 28-year-old school teacher murdered minutes from her home. she was on her way to meet a
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friend. >> as she walked through the park she was brutally attacked. sabina's body was found by the public the next day. >> reporter: sabina's family described her as a care soul. >> i don't understand how someone can do this, i really don't. really don't. it's just -- it's a big loss to the family. >> reporter: that shock is felt far beyond sabina's family. just so far six months ago, another murder galvanized this nation. the 33-year-old sarah everrod was kidnapped and raped by a police officer. the brutality of her death and heavy-handed police response to protests in her honor woke many
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up to this epidemic. her killer pleaded guilty and now awaits sentencing. in this year alone there have been at least 106 cases of women being killed by men. or where a man is the principal suspect. according to counting dead women, an organization which tracks it in the uk. >> we do have an epidemic when it comes to women and girls. we need a whole system approach. we need to make sure at a young age our boys are taught to respect girls. misogyny, and it should be a criminal offense. >> reporter: womens rights organizations say these changes are long overdue. >> nothing's changed. i'm not safer than i was six months ago. >> reporter: and that's particularly true for women of color. >> and the number of minutes that you get on air time it is absolutely prove than women of color do not get the same amount of coverage. and it's systemic in the society.
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>> reporter: for now the investigation into sabina's tragic murder continues. and while many questions remain there was little debate to be had on the fact that sabina, like the countless women killed in the uk every year, should have been safe. the investigation into the murder of sabina nessa is still ongoing. and police are appealing to anyone with information to come forward. here at the vigil tonight there was still forensics teams combing through the bushes looking for evidence. there are many unanswered questions people here wondering whether it's safe to walk these streets alone. nada bashir, cnn, london. >> you are watching cnn. we'll be right back. new dove by gives damaged hair the strength it needs. even with repeated combing hair treated with dove shows 97% less breakage. strong hair with new dove breakage remedy. ♪
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look at these live images. several flights to and from the canary islands have been cancelled. and you can see why here, as the volcano erupts for a seventh straight day. officials ordered more evacuations in la palma has volcanic activity has intensified. lava has destroyed hundreds of businesses and homes along with
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banana crops. so far, no one reported dead. the first day of competition in complete in pro golf's ryder cup, and team usa has a strong lead, thanks in part to thousands and including a legend cheering on the team. patrick has more from the whistles straits golf course. patrick. >> i made a call, and after a year-long delay due to the global pandemic, the ryder cup swung raucously into act alongside the shimmering beauty of lake michigan on friday. tens of thousands of american fans out in force, witnessing their team winning both sessions, building up a commanding lead in the process on a day of high, high emotions. >> i was really looking forward to being in front of our fans. i love the energy. and i love that type of adrenaline. just having that energy behind us. >> m.j.'s out there, he's a huge
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supporter of ryder cup, a huge supporter of golf. it's really nice to see him support us. it's been so much fun. obviously, the fans make it. >> i saw 2-1 in the first session, hopefully we can keep the pedal down. >> it was crucial at first, you could see we could afford to lose the matches. maybe with the momentum swing there, coming out tomorrow obviously we need a big day. >> so, the usa will take a commanding 6-2 lead into day two later on this saturday. as the americans' largest first day advantage in 46 years. at the ryder cup, i'm patrick snell, cnn. >> thanks, patrick, for that. i'm robyn curnow. you can follow me on twitter and instagram @robyn curnow cnn. our coverage, of course, continues. "new day" is next.
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good morning to you. welcome to your new day. >> we start with a stalemate. democrats working through the weekend trying to resolve their differences over president biden's spending bill hoping to keep their economic agenda afloat. covid booster shots are available now. the big concern is getting those initial shots into arms. new mandates could push the vaccination rate
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