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finding him? nic robertson investigates. a hostage situation in a catholic church in baghdad turns deadly. two dozen killed, many more injured. you've heard the political pundits, and hifts, so-called experts all pontificating about voters, politicians and elections. i spent the week traveling the country talking to you, real people with real concerns. let's hear from you, shall we? we start this hour with politics. just two days left until the elections and if you followed particulars, this is like the play-offs. if you don't, then you have an even better reason to join us because we're explaining how these races, no matter where they're happening, will affect you. and we're doing it with the best political team on television. the campaign trail is hot on this final weekend before the elections. president barack obama trying to keep his political agenda alive with a last-ditch appeal to voters on a four-state tour. former president bill clinton who has become a major player in the mid terms appearing with a
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candidate today who told president obama to shove it. and republicans confident they'll win the house are hoping upstarts like christine o'donnell will hand them the senate, too. most polls are showing that christine o'donnell is trailing by double digits against chris koonce for delaware's open senate seat but she's worth watching because of the way she's already upset the establishment with her tea party-backed candidacy and because of the stuff she said both past and present. kate baldwin was at an o'donnell rally that wrapped up a short time ago. kate, she was there with the tea party express, with the group that helped push her into the national spotlight. what does she have to say to them? >> reporter: hey there, don. very fiery rally here in a pretty cold wilmington, delaware. christine o'donnell was out a short time ago, just left the podium, trying to fire up the troops, rally the troops to get out the vote come tuesday. christine o'donnell was joined by the tea party express as the tea party express continues its
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nationwide tour to pump people up. the tea party backed christine o'donnell during the primary. she won a big endorsement during the primary as well by former alaska governor sarah palin. today, christine o'donnell was talking about lowering taxes, cutting federal spending, all of it talking points she really promoted and emphasized during her campaign here. she also took on her career politicians as she calls them and took on her opponent, democrat chris coons listen to a little bit of christine o'donnell. >> so, there is something that we could be doing but we've got too many career politicians in washington catering to the special interests, cater onning to what's going on in the backroom deals, catering to their obknock shu sense of entitlement and doing what that he need to do to stay in office. this tuesday, we can tell them, no more.
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>> o'donnell there emphasizing that she says they -- on tuesday, people can say, no more, as she's saying, she's hoping people get out the vote. during her time on the podium, she spoke out against chris coons calling him a career politician. she's emphasizing and trying to capitalize on her position as an outsider, something people at the rally really love about her, that she's a citizen politician as she was promoting but still, you mentioned it and we should mention, she has consistently been behind the polls to coons ranging from as much as 20 points behind the polls but one poll came out this past friday suggested she was closing in a bit on coons down ten points and o'donnell is banking on momentum to carry through. she says she's confident she'll win. >> kate, thank you very much for president obama, ohio was a place to deliver his last speech before the elections. he and vice president joe biden
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were both in cleveland drumming up support for governor ted strickland. a recent poll shows his republican challenger, john kasik up by about six points. he urged people to get out to vote and slammed the republicans for their plan to fix the economy. >> the republicans out there who feel the same way, but the republican leaders in washington, yeah, they had a different calculation. their basic theory was, you know what, the economy's so bad, we made such a mess of things, that rather than cooperate, we'll be better off just saying no to everything. we'll be better off not even trying to fix the economy. and people will get angry and they will get frustrated and maybe two years from now, they will have forgotten that we were the ones who caused the mess in the first place. in other words, their basic
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political strategy has been to count on you having amnesia. >> the president stumped for governor ted strickland just a couple of weeks ago in columbus as well. democrats and republicans believe mr. obama is trying to keep hoch in democratic hands because the senate will be crucial to his re-election bid in 2012. ohio is a battleground state in this election. i was there talking to voters about what's important to them. hear what they had to say at the bottom of the hour on cnn. meantime, in other news, when it come to your safety, u.s. authorities have named the man they think built the two failed package bombs from yemen. he is 28-year-old ib ra ham hassan al asiri, a saudi believed living in yemen. he's suspected of making the so-called underwear bomb found last christmas on a flight to the u.s. we're also learning the two explosive packages disguised as printer cartridges may have been transported on passenger flights before being put aboard
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commercial cargo planes bound for the u.s. a senior white house official says the devices could have exploded at any time. . in yemen, an engineering student and her mother yesterday in this house are now free. a hi-level source says the sturnt's name was on the shipping manifest for one of those packages. for the latest on the investigation, nic robertson joins us live from london. what do you know about this ib ra ham hassan al asiri, the alleged bombmaker, nic? >> reporter: he's believed to have made an explosive underpants become for his brother, which was use the in the summer of 2009 last year to attack in a sue i'd mission to attack a deputy saudi minister, the minister of interior. his brother was killed, the minister of interior survived. he did have to go to hospital for treatment but is also believed to have used that same
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setup, the underpants bomb, for the underpants bomber, abdulmutallab on the plane approaching detroit last christmas. the connection seemed to be established through the type of explosives. it's the same type of explosive, petn, stable but highly, highly dangerous because it is very, very powerful. so, from what we understand, from experts, analysis will be done right now of the petn to try and get this match but the fingers are pointing towards al asiri right now, don. >> nic, john brennan, the senior white house adviser on homeland security says these defies could have gone off by themselves. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, this is fascinating. we're learning more and more details. he said, what was required here, the bombers didn't have to be by the bomb to set them off. he said that they could have set them off on the aircraft or they could have set them off at a final destination. we have learned that there
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have -- some parts of the detonator system involves cell phone circuitry. one of these is believed to have a phone chip with it, the other not. indications seem to point to the fact that there's some kind of remote detonation trigger. of course, we don't have all the facts at this stage and this is something investigators will still be looking at, but it does seem to indicate a very sophisticated type of bomb here, don. >> our senior international correspondent nic robertson tonight. thank you. voters can expect new legislation to close loopholes in air cargo screening. current law requires security screening of all cargo aboard all passenger flights. cargo planes are not covered. ed marky says the yemen bomb plot shows al qaeda was trying to exploit that lopehigh school. the senator says he will introduce a bill to close that defenseman. new poll numbers show a big lead for republicans but how favorably do americans see individual members of the gop? you might be surprised about
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just few days until you go to the ballot box. two shopping days until the midterm elections. at this point, a lot of the polls, well, they may just blend together for you. we're hoping your eyes don't glass over when we tell you about this. so, tonight, we're going to bring you crucial numbers showing you where the races stand in the final stretch. here to help us out with that is
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cnn's deputy political director paul steinhauser. hello, paul. tell us how voters are leaning with the two days left in the election day. >> reporter: don, our promise, our last poll numbers before the midterm elections and this is it, take a look, brand-new out today, this is the generic ballot, when you vote for the generic democrat or republican in your congressional district, take a look. 52% say they would vote for the generic republican in their district, 42% saying they would vote for the generic democrat in their district. that ten-point advantage for the republicans is similar to the advantage the democrats had, don, in 2006 when they won back congress and it's similar to the advantage the republicans had in 1994 when they won back congress. let's move on to the next one. this is interesting. let's break it down by independent voters only. just independent voters, remember, independent voters went for the democrats big time in 2006 and 2008. that helped win those elections. right now, they say they would
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vote for the republican candidate, 55% to 32%. all these numbers which look pretty good for the republicans, it doesn't mean americans are in love with the republicans. we asked favorability on the two parties, democrats and republicans, 44% of the people we questioned say they have a favorable opinion of the republican party. that's comparable to the 46% that say they have a favorable opinion for the democrats, don. >> listen, someone said this to me and a lot of people have been saying this, paul, polls they only dampen enthusiasm on both sides. it's counter productive and they're use less. i want to get your response to that but how accurate are these numbers? how many people are we surveying? is it an accurate reflection of the american populous or the voting population? >> let me tell you a couple things about our polls. we, on average, question about a thousand people, adults across the country for each survey. when we do that, we normally, our polling director says we use random digit dialing across the country, that gives everybody across the country an equal
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opportunity to be questioned by us. we also break down the poll, we adjust our polls to reflect what the census bureau says is a democratic breakdown of the country, so we do that as well. and, finally, you asked about accuracy. i'll go back two 2008. we predict correctly predicted the 53% to 47% popular vote percentage of obama to mccain in the 2008 election. we were spot on that one. >> is this about giving the viewer perspective, not necessarily trying to influence them on how they should vote or at least by what's popular and what may be trending more, it's just a look at what's going on. >> exactly. >> let talk about former president bill clinton, paul, and his draw on the campaign trail. he's had a controversy this week with kendrick meek down in florida who is appearing this week with him tomorrow. he's going to appear with him. tell us what he's doing in rhode island today. >> we'll start with rode island because that was the big
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crossover. he was campaigning with the gubernatorial nominee, frank capio. he made news this week when barack obama came to rhode island and the president has not endorsed capriio because there's an independent candidate, lynchon chaffee, so the president is staying neutral. caprio told obama to take that endorsement and shove it. today he says he wished he used other language. bill clinton was up there helping him campaign. bill clinton didn't say anything about the controversy, though. kendrick meek, you're right, the president, former president goes down to florida tomorrow night, tries to be the closer down there. you remember it was just earlier this week there was a big controversy there, reports that the former president tried to -- met with meek and tried to influence him to maybe drop out of the race. kendrick meek is third, most polls suggest he's third in that three-way senate contest.
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the idea would be for meek to drop out and then endorse the governor down there, charlie crist, former republican running as an in that. polls suggested marco rubio is the leader in that three-way contest. it has been a crazy week involving bill clinton. >> it has been a crazy week. when you mentioned caprio, i was watching people having breakfast and the television was on, when that particular sound bite saying, "shove it," and everybody winsed. i'm sure he wished he would have changed his words or used different words. >> he said after a few days of reflection, he wishes he used different language. he is one of saudi arabia's most wanted men and officials think he's the brains behind the cargo plane bomb plot.
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president john f. kennedy, is dead. as jfk's speech writer, sorensen was instrumental in fashioning some of the most memorable speeches in american political history. he died today in new york of complications from a stroke suffered last week. he was 82 years old. we're just getting in new information concerning this blast in baghdad. at least 37 people now have been killed in baghdad. it happened when iraqis security forces stormed a catholic church where gunmen were holding worshipers hostages. the numbers are just coming in. another 57 were injured. the casualties included hostages, iraqis security forces, and kidnappers. some of the worshipers did manage to escape. they say the gunmen burst into the church just as evening worship services were getting under way. we'll continue to follow that story for you. security was extra tight on the streets of the nation's capital today for the annual marine corps marathon. 30,000 hardy souls hit the pavement from arlington,
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virginia, to washington and back. security was boosted after someone fired shots at military buildings in recent weeks, including the national museum of the marine corps where today's marathon ended. let's talk more about the man u.s. authorities believe built the two failed package bombs from yemen. his name is ibrahim hassan al asiri. he's 28 years old and is a saudi believed to be living in yemen. he could be the same person who made the so-called underwear bomb found last christmas on a flight to the u.s. al asiri is one of saudi arabia's most wanted men. the saudi government describes him as an expert with explosives and poison. in xploisives and poison. let's dig deeper with cnn's national security contributor frances town to yousend. what do you know about this guy?
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>> reporter: well, this the president is beseeched and one of them, the one that afet us the most summer for a bomb in the underwear of his brother who tried to assassinate the counter terrorism chief of saudi arabia. this is a very experienced, very capable bombmaker and we heard today from brennan, president obama's counter terrorism adviser, that this was a ver snift indicated device that could have detonated without a human being having to initiate. >> and without a remote. here's my question, just because intelligence officials believed that's who it is and they know where he is, does it mean
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they're going to capture him or they know specifically where he is? i should say they know where he might be, but specifically, they don't know where he is. >> no, that's right, and what i think al qaeda members have learned over the years, it is easier for officials to target them in remote areas as opposed to urban areas, so an individual like and the syrian the bombmaker and al awlaki, the yemeni cleric, they seem to put themselves in urban areas which are much more difficult for counterterrorism forces to target them effectively or to capture or kill them swout risking civilian casualties. >> watching this unfold, fran, i was in an airport on friday and watching the breaking news and just passing a television or, you know, if you have kids at home, you wonder, what's going on? it's so much to know, london, yemen, there's here in philadelphia. what does this mean to the american public as far as cargo planes being checked, passenger planes, what does it mean for our security? >> don, as you've reported,
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representative markey is very frustrated by this. we are now supposed to screen at least 100% of cargo on passenger planes and that's really thanks to the 9/11 victims families that pushed very hard for that but that's not the truth of u.s. cargo planes, planes that don't carry passengers but cargo. markey says he'll introduce legislation to require that screening. we should remind people, screening is different from physical inspection but at least with screening, you go through and look for suspicious packages that you may want to actually physically inspect and i think what we've learned is that that's a hole in our security system that needs to be fixed. >> something of this size, of this nature, with these devices and we don't know how many. we've heard as many as 13 or 14, we don't know for sure. they're not saying. my question is that, after 9/11, people became very suspicious and worried and started to hear about them over and over, but something of this magnitude, what might this have meant to us, if it had gone off? >> you know, it's interesting,
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nic robertson, after our colleague, nic robertson, after the christmas attempted plane bombing from the underwear bomber, went in the uk and had a test by a scientist with a capful, a pen cap filled with the same explosive used in these bombs, petn. these bombs were much larger than the tests nic had the scientists run and it blew a hole in metal twice the thickness of a jet fuselage. i think we have to presume, based on that and the statements of john brennan today with candy crowley, that there is no question that this t 1200atq0v10
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>> i've been a republican 25 years. it's the party i'm most comfortable. i reach to it as the liberty wing of the party. and even if i ran as a democrat, i don't think i would have have had much traction challenging nancy pelosi. it's only as a republican i can challenge her on the issues on which she's most vulnerable. >> so you're actually left pelosi on many. irs, even though you're republican, you're for legalizing marijuana. she won't say how she's voting on prop 19. you've criticized her for not making the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" a priority. is that the only way you think to win this district or do you believe in those issues at your core? >> oh, well, i believe in them at my core and i also find that a left-right political spectrum is sort of outdated and not terribly useful. i believe in the issues that i
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believe in and i'm just using them as a way to reach out to people -- >> mr. dennis, stop right there because i think you said something that's very profound and something i've been hearing a lot this week from voters as i go out as i was out in the midwest this week about democrat versus republican and why people have to belong to a certain party or believe certain ways or have certain ideals because of a political party. so, finish your thought what you said. you believe it's outdated? you believe the two-party system is outdated? >> yeah, well, let's look at my position on afghanistan. i'm for a strong national defense, i'll do everything to support, you know, to fund the troops and to support our veterans, on the one hand. i just think you go to war when the congress declares it and we haven't declared war. this war has gone on and on. there's no really good reason to be there and i want to get out. put me on the right if you will, but if i can reach out to people who consider themselves another part of the political spectrum to achieve the end of ending the war, then i'll do that. >> why are you still a republican? why stay with one party?
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why not be an independent or don't register as anything at all? >> well, like i said, i'm comfortable in the liberty wing of the republican party. let's go back to as far as the '30s when you had great republicans like robert taft and howard buffet and even barry goldwater, who fought for individual liberty, who understood what the appropriate role of the government is in our lives. and i'd like to grow that part of the party. i think it's really the heart and soul of the republican party, if not american. >> okay, listen, nancy pelosi didn't agree to debate you for some reason. do you think she feared putting this race on a national platform? >> well, tell me who is interested in politics in america wouldn't want to sigh that debate? >> you're right. >> would you want to run on that record? would you want to debate that record? i think she did well to stay away from me. >> yeah. listen, you have some very interesting ideas. from here, you're behind in the polls. and you're behind by double gidgets, i believe. people are saying there's no way you're going to win.
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why should she seen engage you? what's next for you? i mean, i'm sure you don't believe that. you'd like to be positive about it but the polls show it's not on your side. what's next for you? are you going to continue to run? >> you run to win and you also, people in san francisco have to realize something, nancy pelosi is going to lose the speakership on tuesday. she's likely going to lose her minority leadership position. so, if they vote for -- and it's typical in these kinds of circumstances that she'll actually resign her congressional seat as your sister company, time.com is reporting. if san franciscans vote for nancy pelosi, it's a wasted vote. vote for me now so we don't have to have a special election six months from now. >> john dennis, making your appeal as often as you can and at the last minute. we appreciate it, you're an affable guy. >> pleasure's mine, thanks, don. i traveled to the upper midwest to hear what americans had to say about the midterm elections. voters in four states spoke with
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me at diners, at factories at colleges, at other points along the way, restaurants, wherever we were. from chicago to cleveland, i got an earful. take a look. >> i think the fear factor is losing control, losing control of the party that they're with. >> they got democrats and republicans, and it's like mick going against russia, you know. the democrats and the republicans. you're supposed to be an american. you're supposed to be freedom. seems like they all should be fighting for america for one cause. >> just stop it and listen to each other. >> they aren't giving the president enough time to implement this plans. >> linda, you work at the polls. >> yes, every year. >> and what do you think? >> i'll be so glad when it's over with. i cannot stand any more of those negative ads on tv. they're terrible. >> i think the economy's on everybody's mind and i think we're doing better than we were,
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obviously, two years ago. >> i think that the right is going to have to move a little to the left and the left is going to have to move a little bit to the right. >> people are clearly angry and in politics, when you're angry, you take it out on the incumbents. >> i think a lot of people are so disappointed that i don't know how many will want to go out and vote. >> i'm looking for people that are going to help institute change and do the right thing. >> i go to school, i want to focus on school. i feel like politics is going to take my mind off the books. >> politicians are out of touch with what the people in this state need and not just this state, but throughout the country. >> what's going to influence your vote, melissa? >> education. >> why? >> i have three kids. >> i'm worried we're not getting enough jobs. a lot of outsourcing. i'm still concerned about the outsourcing. >> i retired this year. >> how old are you? >> 88. >> i was laid off for about six months but i'm more worried about government control. >> i came through hoover and
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roosevelt and all through it. >> multinational corporations are my biggest beef and that the tax structure that they were allowed to work under. >> listen to us when we're talking, we want our police, all of them. we want our firefighters. we want all that. we need our security. we don't have that, we don't have nothing. >> it was worse in my day and age. >> why is this important? >> i think we need to make a change. we're at a low. we need to turn around and at least start rebuilding and rebuilding the entire nation. >> or else? >> i don't think there is an or else. i think we really need to do it. i don't even want to think of alternatives. >> and my personal thanks to the businesses that allowed us on their properties and to the many concerned americans who spoke with us from the heart last week. we reeshly appreciate it. thank you. still ahead, we'll introduce you to a man who is part missionary, part pilot and part inventor. we'll show you his flying car.
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flying this by noon. >> reporter: really? >> really. >> reporter: he's making it a reality. >> anybody who's ever been in a traffic jam, anybody who's ever been someplace trying to get out of the parking lot at disney, has thought about, you know, if i could just fly. and this one will. >> reporter: it's called the maverick, on land, 0 to 60 in under 4 seconds. by air, it glides at 40 miles per hour, the first of its kind to get faa approval. >> that is it. >> reporter: its biggest success is intuitive. >> for driving, you have a steering wheel and you have a brake and accelerator just like an automatic car. >> reporter: yu. >> if you're going to fly, see this little button that says, fly? all you do to fly is clip this up. >> reporter: what is the biggest selling point of the maverick versus another type of hybrid machine? >> there is no other machine
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that will do what this one will. there is no other car that will fly and go on water and snow. >> reporter: saint and this crew at itech, a nonprofit organization, developed the maverick in part to solve a transportation riddle for frontier areas like the amazon and ecuador where saint grew up. what do you do when the road ends? >> what we're doing at itech, we're reinvent the technology so it fits the people so they don't have to become like us. >> reporter: the next step, commercial production, look for a flying car to be coming soon to a garage near you. >> the election isn't the only thing on our radar here at cnn. we'll show you what's happening on wall street and in hollywood. coming up in our "week ahead" segment. because of one word,
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. all right, let's take you live now to the white house. look at that. the first family out celebrating halloween. look at the cute little kids in the foreground, if we could show them. there you see the first lady dressed in orange and the president, of course, in his sweater and they are celebrating halloween at the white house. a bunch of kids are there, trick-or-treaters from the local schools from the washington, maryland, virginia areas. they range in age from 6 to 14 years old. they got some itty bitty baby ones, 6-year-olds and 14-year-olds. not reallity, bitty babies, but they're young ones but all the way up to 14 years old. happy halloween, everyone, and
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happy halloween to the kids and the first family as well. nice live pictures from the white house. as voters head to the polls on tuesday, the economy weighs heavy on their minds. cnn will watch closely for new economic numbers this week. but we began our look at the week ahead starting with the terror investigation. >> i'm jeanne meserve in washington. on the nationality security front, terror will be the focus of attention. the investigation into the explosive devices found in dubai and britain will be full throttle. authorities will also be following up on the arrest of a virginia man on charges of plotting to blow up parts of washington's metro rail system. and on the mysterious case of shots fired at military locations in the d.c. area. >> i'm poppy harlow. a packed weak ahead for wall street. on monday, a key manufacturing report as well as the latest construction spending numbers. then on tuesday, of course, it is election day but bp, that oil giant, will also report their earnings.
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and following the critical midterm election, the fed on wednesday will announce their latest moves to spur the economy. a lot of anticipation ahead on that announcement. the private sector jobs reports and auto sales and retail sales and on friday, that all-important monthly jobs report. we'll get that friday before the market opens. we'll track it all for you on "cnn money." >> i'm showbiz tonight, here's what we're watching this week. porsche de rossi's big tell-all to oprah and ricky martin sits down with the ladies of "the view" for the very first time. live on cnn at 5:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. >> cnn's international desk editor is here to tell us what's happening internationally. first up, we go to iran. >> iran, right. the two u.s. hikers that have been in prison for 15 months are going to stand trial to saturday for the first time. we're talking about shawn bauer
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and joshua fattal. iran says they're spice, the says they were tourists. >> everyone concerned, the families as well. let's go to barcelona. you have pictures to show us about the pope. >> the pope will be at -- >> never completely unending work. always under renovation. >>. under -- the renowned architect, antonio gaudi started this in 1882. imagine working on a project for over 100 years. the scaffolding there and the funding that comes for this church actually comes from private donors. the government doesn't pay for it. other churches don't pay for it. so pope benedict will concentrate this on sunday. >> it's beautiful. if you ever, obviously, if you ever go to spain and you're in barcelona, you have to see it up it's anney mazing piece of art. they have a completion date but, i think they keep moving it back.
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india the festival of lights. >> this is a festival, one of the most popular festivals in indiana indians from all over come out and they celebrate the renewal of life and they have lights and candles and lamps set up and it's to honor the goddesses. it brings together all the different factions and groups across india. it's a beautiful festival. >> we'll pay attention to that and on a lighter note, you're celebrating halloween with your orange. >> i am. >> first time you've won the lovely orange dress. i heard you talking about it in makeup? . >> you have candy for me? >> yes, i have some certs, not that you need pem. >> still ahead, you'll meet one of our top ten cnn heroes as a young man who is providing life for some of the 27 million people who live in rural kenya without electricity. [ man ] if it was simply about money, every bank loan would be a guarantee of success. at ge capital,
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he has provided solar-powered lanterns for thousands of children in kenya who live without electricity and need the light to study at night. >> hi, i'm selena gomez. two years ago at cnn heroes, i had the honor of helping to recognize the great works of everyday people changing the world. as an ambassador for unicef, i'm committed to protecting and caring for children around the world. and i'm thrilled to help cnn introduce one of these year's top ten honorees. now more than ever, the world needs hero. . >> i have problems with my eyesight due to prolonged exposure to smoke. prolonged exposure to smoke. i had to use firewood to study
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during my childhood. in the rural community, they don't have electricity. it's only kerosene and firewood that they use for lighting, cooking. it's very, very frustrating. i couldn't compete effectively. a lot of other kids just drop out of school. so they remain poor for the rest of their life. my name is evans wadon go. i thought i must find a way to light up rural homes. the amount of money that every household uses to buy kerosene every day, if they can just save that money, they can be able to buy food. it gives me satisfaction thoughing that i'm lifting people out of poverty. i just feel like it's right. >> and we'll speak with evans wadongo right after the break. he's on the line. ile a body in n tends to stay in motion.
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he's providing solar-powered leaners for thousands of children who live without electricity. evans, thanks for joining us. what's it been like since you've become one of the top ten finalist. >> it's been really good, because now more and more people have gotten to understand about what i do and they've been able to -- want to get involved. they want to support what i am doing, after seeing that i'm in the top ten. >> it's so interesting, watching these pictures, especially after i visited africa and nigh rebbie. and of course, you know about key barra, one of the largest slums in the world. take us there to let us know how important these solar panels are and the living conditions for those people. >> yeah. people living in poor homes in kenya, they use them most -- especially in rural areas, tlhe
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live in houses which are made of grass and mud. grass-type houses. so in these houses, it's one small hut and now the family, the mother cooks there and the kids have to study from the same house. so what happens is -- and they're using these kerosene lamps, they have an open flame. so it's a really dangerous lamp, which uses kerosene. so when the lamp goes down, the house can get burned, and the house is made a grass of so it's a really bad situation that is happening. and these lamps they're using, it does not produce enough light. >> and the conditions, i'm sure -- >> and it's really bad for them. >> and i'm sure that's what led you to do this. listen, you're amazing for doing this and we wish you all the best coming up when we figure out who's going to be the top ten cnn hero of the year. we wishco
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