record on the economy and the affordable care act and how it helps other families, how to help small businesses and people with pre-existing conditions and other americans. so i think joe biden will respond to mitt romney but on his purpose today is to remind this audience of what president obama has accomplished in the area of civil rights and equal justice for all americans. >> so ana navarro, i know you were joining us on this conversation, we're waiting for joe biden to step up to the mike. what do you think about president obama sending joe biden to this event? >> well, you know, vice presidents are good for a few things. you send them to the burials of foreign leaders and the places

you don't want to go. we were just seeing pictures from a few minutes ago at the auditorium and there's a lot of empty seats. i don't know if it's biden or -- people seem to be running late for joe biden today. i think that might explain some of the delay. there's a lot of empty chairs in that room right now. >> well, ladies, i am going to please ask you to stand by while those seats do get filled and they obviously get the lights ready for joe biden to step up to the mikes there at the naacp. donna, ana, stay with me. we will join the speech and we'll talk about it afterwards. in meanwhile, it's damming, it's scathing, and it's what a lot of people already suspected. we're talking about louis freeh and his investigation into the jerry sandusky case.

his report just issued a short while ago reveals that penn state officials completely disregarded signs pointing to sandusky's abuse of children and totally failed to protect the victims. take a listen. >> our most saddening and sobering finding is the total disregard for the safety and welfare of sandusky's child victims by the most senior leaders at penn state. the most powerful men at penn state failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children who sandusky victimized. mr. spanier, schultz, paterno, and curley never demonstrated through actions or words any concern for the safety and well-being of sandusky's victims until after sandusky's arrest. >> national correspondent susan candiotti in philly for us. susan, let's talk about specifics here. what exactly did louis freeh

find in his inquiry? >> reporter: i'll tell you, he found so many things but among his key findings, i must say, it's impossible to walk away from reading this report, from attending this news conference, without forming an impression that those four top officials, including coach joe paterno were not involved in a systematic coverup of serial child abuse. that is what louis freeh found. now, among the key findings, let's look at some of them. i think we have a graphic that sums it up. that they repeatedly, the school did, these top officials, concealed facts. that there was no attempt to investigate the 2001 incident, no attempt to find the victim in that case, no concern for children's safety. and kyra, i will tell you this,

those e-mails that were leaked to us a couple of weeks ago involving the 2001 shower incidents that we have now heard about involving jerry sandusky and the young boy in that shower, reported by mike mcqueary, judge freeh called e-mails, those e-mails the most important evidence in his investigation. because they pointed out what these officials knew, they talked about whether to report it and then as they were supposed to do to outside authorities and silencer as it were at the university in so many words and he said the most vivid way to describe that involving he said that he had jerry sandusky assaulting a boy

in the shower there at the lasch building and that he was so upset about it but that he didn't report it. he did tell a supervisor but no one said anything because they said they were afraid they would lose their jobs. that pretty much summed it up for louis freeh. >> all right. susan candiotti, we're going to continue to talk about this because we're going to go to the vice president in just a second at the naacp. but i do want to get in that paterno's family denies that he ever knew about the abuse. they did release a statement earlier this week. this is what it says. joe paterno did not cover up for jerry sandusky. he did not know that he was a pedophile. joe paterno did not act in in away to prevent a proper investigation. okay. now let's take you to the naacp

convention. the vice president is getting ready to step up to the mike. as you know, the naacp has called biden a long-time friend of the organization. let's go ahead and listen in to the vice president. >> joe biden continues to provide leadership on important issues facing our nation. [ applause ] of relative interest to this audience, joe biden was a stand-out high school athlete who participated in an anti-segregation sit in. he is married to dr. jill biden and they have three children and five grandchildren. naacp delegates, again, join me in providing a warm naacp family welcome to the vice president of

the united states of america. joseph r. biden! [ applause ] >> hello. thank you very much. you know what they say, flatter is all right as long as you don't inhale. you keep this up, i'll start inhaling. it's good to be home. it's good to be home. it's good to be back. ladies and gentlemen, madam chair, where is delaware? i want you to know something, ladies and gentlemen, i'm a lifetime member of the naacp and

there's that old expression, they have brung me to the dance. i'm a united states senator and vice president of the united states for one reason. because i was educated. i was educated by lewis l. redding. i was educated by reverend moore. i was educated by hicks anderson and i went through the battle with mouse. mouse, are you out there? hey, mouse, how are you doing, man? all right. mouse and i go back a long way to the days when i was a public defender. even before that when the days i was the only white employee on the east side. remember, mouse? and by the way, mouse got my back a bunch of times. at any rate, it's so, so good to be with you all. i want to thank you all for your leadership and for your

friendship and, again, for your loyalty. it is not an exaggeration, were it not for the leadership of the naacp, for the men and women who educated me when we would sit over in reverend wright's churches, we were talking about segregating rialdo and the queen movie theaters. remember, mouse, those days? i learned so much. i learned so much. and i owe so much. but ladies and gentlemen, this is not about me. this is about another office. this is about the presidency. this is about --

[ applause ] -- more than any other office in the land, the presidency is about character, the character of your convictions, whether you put country above politics, from the very moment that barack obama took his hand off that cold january day in the mall he has put country first and i watched him make the toughest decisions since franklin roosevelt. he saved the financial system and it wasn't a popular decision but it was a central decision and he was right. we need a financial system to function and credit to flow again. he stepped up and rescued the

automobile industry. it was not popular but it was critical and he was right saving a million jobs and creating 200,000 new jobs in the automobile industry. general motors now leaves the world again and chrysler is the fastest growing company in america. this is a man who made the call to go after osama bin laden. it was a bold decision, a bold decision with profound risks for our warriors as well as his presidency. but he made it and he made that decision on his own. [ applause ] bin laden is dead and america is more secure because of this man's decision. he passed affordable care act, a goal strived for by presidents starting with teddy roosevelt t

required him early on to use up almost all of his political capital. he prevailed where no president had done before. he was right. he was right. he cut 100 billi$100 billion to million americans, eight million black americans who would never have had insurance. [ applause ] >> this is a man, this is a president who has a character of his convictions and almost during his entire time did the republican congress reach across the aisle to help.

on the recovery act, which kept us from sliding further into a depression, only three republican senators and not one house member voted for it. on the affordable care act, no republican in the senate and none in the house on the final vote. but it wasn't just in the big signature issues. it was on the easy, obvious things where we got no cooperation. extending the payroll tax only seven republicans initially voted for it. lilly lead b lilly leadbetter, ledbetter, not a single republican met the responsibility of meeting that requirement. resulting in a negotiation that brought us to the brink of

disaster, all of the money causing america's credit rating to be lowered for the first time but it wasn't until later, folks it wasn't until later that we learned that this was a plan, obstructionist was a plan. a book from robert draper, he stated, in a meeting the night of inauguration, according to draper, republican leaders from paul ryan to eric cantor to mccart three, he said, if you act like a minority, you're going to stay a minority. we've got to challenge them on every single bill and challenge them on every single campaign. newt gingrich, who was also

there, said -- and he was pro thetic. he said, you will remember this as the day there were seeds of sewn. well, there were seeds of destruction. later, mitch mcconnell said it out loud when talking about lessons he learned from history, he said, the single most important thing we want to achieve is for president obama to be a one-term president. not to get us out of this recession, not to promote jobs, not to do the things that needed to be done. but make barack obama a one-term president and, folks, they have never let up but neither has my guy. neither has president barack obama.

[ applause ] he has not given up! he continues to be driven by the character of his convictions and, folks, in the end that's what the presidency is all about. your character, your convictions. and one more important thing. it's about your vision for the future. and here the candidates have fundamentally different visions for the future of this country. by the way, i think mitt romney's a fine family man. i believe he's driven by what he believes. but the differences are so basic about how we view the future of america. let me give you just a few examples.

an education, we see education as central to how to envision the single most important criteria for minority children. we see education. we see a future where america has highest graduates and high school graduation is not a matter of what neighborhood you feel like, what your economic circumstances are. a future where everyone has access to education beyond high school because six out of ten jobs in the coming decade are going to require more than a high school diploma. a future where everyone can find a deept job where quality,

increasing the chances that they will succeed in school, where class sizes are small so kids can get personalized attention that they need. where we demand more of our teachers and treat them like they are, professionals. high standards and payee pay equal to other professions. look, education doesn't play a central role in the romney republican vision of america. it's on the back burner. it's not a priority. you doubt me, just look at their budget for the future. massive cuts in early education. the one thing all educators agree on is the central most important initiative to deal right up front, right up front with the achievement gap.

elimination of the tuition tax credit for families, cuts in pell grant discussions of children of low income families, cuts in title one funding for lowest performing schools, cut of $2.7 billion, cuts in special education funding. in my view, backing away from the proposition that we've held for years and years that children should be educated to the degree to which they are educatable. cuts by $2.2 billion. cuts in job training. just listen to what they say. the effort to reduce classroom size may actually hurt education more than it helps. tell that to all of those private schools. tell that to all of those

parents. energy. we envision an increasely larged share of energy consumed in america, an america that is energy-independent. we see a nation that breathes cleaner air, where our cities are not polluted, whereas ma doesn't claim the lives of our children four times as great as it does all other children because of the environment in which they live. romney sees a different vision. where renewable energy wins solar biofuels. they are not a priority. where romney's allies in the congress oppose any incentives to invest in clean energy but insist on a 4 billion tax cut for the industry, a tax cut they acknowledge they don't need. women's rights. we see america where no women pays more for health care than any man in america. where working women have access

to quality affordable child care. where women receive equal pay for equal work. we see a future where the barriers are removed for women and girls who want to participate in science and the math field. where the proudest achievement in my career is not only law but part of american culture. where the government doesn't make choices for women. where every women has access to contraception and family planning if she desires it. in short, we see, we see america where our daughters have every opportunity that our sons have. governor romney and the congress

see a different future for women in america. the governor isn't sure what his position is on the violence against women act. he's not sure whether or not lilly ledbetter law that was passed was good. but he is certain what his position is on row v. wade, overturning, planned parenthood, get rid of it. he's certain that any employer should be able to decide whether or not to make contraception available, where working women lose quality access to child care. it's a throwback to the '50s. and we see where hiv is a thing of the past, wherein fainfant mortality is dramatically reduced. the research universities, romney sees a very different

future, where he cuts funding for the nih and national science foundation. health care. we see a future where everyone has access to affordable health care. where seniors have access to prescription drugs at a lower cost, where they have access to preventive care, making their lives more liveable and reducing costs. where insurance companies cannot deny coverage because of a pre-existing condition, where there are no limits on insurance policies, where children can stay with their parents on their policy until they are 26, where medicare is guaranteed and medicaid is expanded. where no american -- where no american faces the prospect of bankruptcy just because they get

sick. romney and his allies see health care a different way. controlled by the insurance companies. where pregnancy is a pre-existing condition, where coverage can be taken away if you get sick or hit your limit, where medicare is voucherized, 19 million people cut off of medicaid, where 30 million americans will have to wait for another generation before they have a chance for affordable, decent health care. on a tax system, we see a system where everybody pays their fair share. where the middle class tax cut is maintained and no one making a million dollars or year or more pays more than middle class working families. [ applause ] >> where the college tuition tax

credit is made permanent. where the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit are preserved, where everyone -- and i mean everyone -- has skin in the game and no one gets played for a sucker. [ applause ] the tax code that governor romney and his allies envision continues to be skewed to help the very wealthy. he preserves the bush tax for the wealthiest among us. $530 billion of that tax cut going to just 120,000 households in america while we cut all of these other programs, while the debt continues to climb. but in addition, he proposes a with $1.6 trillion tax cut.

the people can qualify are only people who make $1 million or more. he eliminates college tuition tax credit, the earned income tax credit, and the child tax credit are cut. the result, 2.2 million african-american working families will see a tax increase if he succeeds. that's a fact. on foreign policy we see a future where we, we, the president and i see a future where america leads by the power of example as well as the example of its power. where the democracy of the world join to share the burden of maintaining world peace. where we continue to reduce nuclear arms around the world, where responsibility is turned

over to the afghans and american troops can start to come home. governor romney and his allies see a very different future for america's involvement in the world. one that still has 30,000 combat troops in iraq. remember, he criticized us for bringing them home, said 30,000 combat troops remain. where we set no date for leaving afghanistan. we stay and he doesn't say how long. where the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty endorsed by russia and every secretary of state, national security adviser in the republican party, where he would not have proposed it and said he would have voted against it and i suspect where he would have

abandoned it. where russia is viewed, in his mind, as the greatest geopolitical threat america faces. where in the future we once again decide to go it alone. this guy's vision of the future of american foreign policy is admired in the cold wear and the cold war is over. [ applause ] on civil rights, the reason for our existence. and by the way, i want to remind everybody of one thing. remember, remember what this at its core was all about. why this organization at its core was all about. it was about the franchise. it was about the right to vote. because when you have the right

to vote, you have the right to change things. [ applause ] and we -- the president and i and eric and all of us -- we see a future where those rights are expanded, not diminished. where racial profiling is a thing of the past. where access to the ballot is expanded and unencumbered. where there are no distinctions made on the basis of race or gender and access to housing and lending. so much more. did you think we'd be fighting these battles again? i was chairman of the judiciary committee for almost 17 years with a ranking member. we went through these battles.

i didn't think. i didn't think we'd be back. i remember working with republicans. republicans. and by the way, this ain't your father's republican party. remember working with republicans on motor voter, on expanding the franchise on early voting and some of these were republican ideas. but this is not the republican party nor romney's. they see a different future, where voting is made harder, not easier. where the justice department is even prohibited from challenging any of those efforts to suppress

votes. look, i know you know but i'm not sure everybody does. the house of republican representatives voted prevent tifl to prevent the justice department from even investigating whether or not there was voter suppression? folks, there's a lot more to say but this is preaching to the choir. let me close, my friends, by saying i want you -- i mean this sincerely. just close your eyes and imagine. imagine what the romney justice department will look like manual

when his senior adviser on constitutional issues is robert borke. imagine the recommendations for who is likely to be picked as attorney general and head of the civil rights division are those other incredibly important positions of justice. imagine -- and i mean, this is one of the most critical issues in this election. imagine what the supreme court will look like after four years of a romney presidency. folks, this election, in my view, is a fight for the heart and soul of america. [ applause ] these guys aren't bad guys. they just have a fundamentally

different view. the way to sum up my view, the president's view, and i think your view, we see america in the words of a scripture, what you do unto the least of my brotheren, be you do unto me. as president obama says, we are our brother's keeper, we are our sister's keeper. we have an obligation and at the outset, as i said, i believe this election will come down to character, conviction, and vision. and it will not surprise you, i don't think it's even a close call. [ applause ] so it's time -- it's time for the naacp to do what it's always done, what it did for me, a young kid in wilmington, delaware, to stand up, make our case, stand our ground, and make real hard vision for america. god bless you all and may god protect our troops!

thank you. thank you. >> vice president of the united states joe biden there at the end of the naacp convention in houston. you heard his introduction. long time friend of the naacp. let's bring in our donna brazile, ana navarro. donna, he rolled out the scripture. he got spiritual and they love that. >> joe biden, as i mentioned, is very familiar with the audience. he's been a champion for civil rights and equality all of his adult life. he's been someone that the naacp and many women organizations and others have relied on to champion those issues, to breakdown the barriers, to provide equal opportunity to all americans. i thought this was a great speech. it was inspiring. the audience loved it. he talked about president

obama's accomplishments. he stabilized the economy. he captured and brought bin laden to justice, on and on. the most important part of his speech was the vision. he said, this is where mitt romney would lead the economy, on taxes, foreign policy. he laid it out for the audience, for america. he summed it up best by saying that this election is about the heart and soul of america and the quotation at the end. so i thought it was a remarkable speech. of course, there are still people who would have preferred that president obama was there, that joe biden delivered today not only for the president but i do believe he gave a great speech for many americans who want to see a country that continues to live under those words, equal justice under the law. >> ana navarro, you have strong opinions so why do you think the president did not go and ask joe biden to go and stand in for him, and then you see a speech like this, you get a reaction like this, and you tend to

think, okay, it looks like that was the pretty good decision to make. >> you know, joe biden is very familiar with this role. i just saw him give a very similar speech two days ago to another group that was snubbed by obama this year and i think biden showed in the speech that he's familiar with this crowd, that he knows how to speak, that he knows how to hype up this crowd. he also showed he's very comfortable and familiar with his role as attacker in chief. yes, the naacp didn't get the top dog but they got the attack dog. joe biden knows how to do it. he's been doing it for years. he gave a very effective speech. he gave a speech that touched on all of the good things. he gave -- you know, i'm glad that at least he came up with one good point to say about mitt romney, said he's a good family man. but he went to town on republicans, on mitt romney. interestingly enough, he spoke

for 30 minutes which for joe biden is almost a short speech and didn't once mention the 14.4 unemployment rate that the african-american community is living under the obama administration and the obama administration. so it's an interesting speech about all the good things, taking credit for everything but the sun coming up in the morning. it was a great speech for that crowd. beautifully put together. joe biden showing his mastery but he did not address some of the worst problems that the african-american community is confronting right now and it was good for him to be doing this the day after romney because he knew what the hot button issues were. he knew what to say and what to spend the time on. he knew that mitt romney had been booed on health care yesterday so he spent a great deal of time on that. i tell you, it was joe biden at his best on the speechafying.

>> the crowd did hear from the president. it was via video, however. let's take a quick look at that. >> i stand on your shoulders and at the naacp you have always believed in the american promise. that idea that no matter who you are or what you look like or where you come from, america is the place where you can make it if you try. that's why you fought so hard for good jobs and a quality education and a justice system that treats everybody fairly. that's why you help make health care reform a reality. that's why you're still fighting today, because you know that our mission right now is not just to recover from the recession, it is to reclaim the security that so many americans have lost. >> what do you think, donna? is he taking the african-american vote for granted just by doing a video message and letting his number two come and make the big speech

today? >> every year there are colleges and organizations that are gathering from the jesse reverend and it's important to understand that he was and gave a video and joe biden gave a speech today worthy of praise and in many ways he answereded it some of the nonsense that mitt romney talked about yesterday and health care and more importantly i think ana raised a good point, african-americans, like most american, are concerned about jobs and if republicans are concerned, the nation would spent more time on capitol hill

passing the president's jobs plan, his jobs act so we can get america back to work, so that people are paying for the services that they desire from the government and then we can talk about some of the other initiatives that president obama is trying to get through congress but this is a congress, as joe biden mentioned earlier on his speech, that is hell bent on making president obama a one-term president and not willing to work with the president so that every american can succeed at doing what he or she desires. >> ana, you said it comes down to two men with different visions for the future of this country. do you agree? >> i do agree. i think it is a very stark choice. i think mitt romney needs to lay out his vision, needs to exactly show just how different it is. i think that's absolutely right. i think joe biden hit it on the nail there when he said there's two different visions for the country and the question is going to be, what is the vision

that the american people choose come november. barack obama is in washington. the president has a very light schedule. today i think he's giving an interview to charlie rose somewhat later. so really he didn't go there because he chose not to go there. he's got to have his own reasons but i think joe biden had to deliver for him because he wasn't there. being there in spirit doesn't count. being there in the flesh does and joe biden did deliver a very good speech today. >> you know what counts, is making sure the right policies are in place so that all americans can find jobs, survive this recession, the after effects of the recession and so that we can be more strong and competitive in the 21st century. that's what matters. he may not be there physically. president obama was not there. but the policies and direction that he has is what the naacp and many americans in the near future.

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a law that could shut it down for good t would require clinic physicians to emit patients to hospital. david mattingly is joining us from jackson. let's recap what this law says so we have a clear picture. >> reporter: kyra, we are reporting inside mississippi's last abortion clinic. it's still opened for business. it's not seeing patients today. it's an n administrative day. the state law in effect now requires the doctor to perform these abortions, to have admitting privileges at local hospitals that may not sound like a big problem but these doctors are out of state. the application process takes a long time.

they've applied and so far they have not been able to hear back from the hospitals about those emitting privileges. in the meantime, this clinic would be in violation of that state law. yesterday the federal judge hearing the case decided to extend a temporary restraining order so this clinic could remain open while the judge determines the future of that state law. so that's where we are right now. everyone is still in limbo waiting to hear what happens next with the law and the future of this clinic, kyra. >> all right. and we will wait for that. david mattingly, thank you so much. it's a temporary order. it's just that. temporary. the threat to actually shut down mississippi's only abortion clinic is very real, as we pointed out. but what exactly is the intent behind this law? here's what the state lawmaker who actually authored it says. >> we still believe this is a health care issue for women in

mississippi. we still believe that women receiving the abortions need to have a certified ob/gyn and they need to have physicians follow them in a local hospital. it's still a health care issue for us. >> all right. diane is the owner and woman in charge of the jackson women health organization, the state's last remaining abortion clinic. diane, you just heard nims talk about the law's intent, in his opinion. are you saying that's not a fair argument, to protect women against unscrupulous doctors? >> that's absolutely not a fair argument. even the state has issued its own report on the safety of this clinic. we are in full compliance and have been ever since we've had a license. mr. mims has been clear elsewhere that his intent is to shut down this facility, to see

abortions to end. >> do you believe this is an an anti-abortion force that is behind this? >> i think there is no question. i think phil bryant has made that clear, lieutenant has made it clear. in fact, most of the state representatives have been clear that their intent here is to keep passing laws that will in fact put us out of business. this isn't the first time they've tried it. they've done it in previous years and we've been able to comply. >> diane, what is being discussed about these out of state doctors and the privileges there, why not hire local doctors? >> i would love to have local

physicians. that's not an option here because the anti-choice people stalk them. they create such a climate of harassment and terror that none of the local physicians here are willing to do that. board of health so that's a clear message that any of you have this clinic will suffer. >> what about the critics that say if this is shut down, their abortion clinics in states can go, so why isn't that enough? >> women still have constitutional right to have access to abortion. the other part of that is, traveling out stafts you're looking at at least four hours, twice, because there's a 24-hour waiting period in every

surrounding state. that's fine if you're a woman of means. for those women who are maint n maintaining two to three jobs who have children who have to arrange child care, come up for money with gas, you've placed a burden on those women that is untenable. and the latest rulings on that show that you cannot place a burden on a woman, she has a constitutional right to have this procedure. we are still legally operating. >> diane derzis, thank you. and an official -- >> thank you. >> you bet. we did speak with official with the department of health in mississippi and this is what they tell cnn. let me actually go so i get that exactly. can we come back to that official statement? that would be great. thank you. what we are told is despite some of the past minor citations that the jackson health organization has a very good record with the state health department. that is the statement we got.

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za. it's a key question that weighs heavily on trayvon's martin's family and the community. did his race play a role in the night george zimmerman killed the unarmed teen. new evidence released by prosecutors that give us insights into that exact question and includes a look at

what fbi agents discovered during their investigation. martin savidge has been following this closely, combing through all the documents but let me ask you, is it new evidence or are these additional documents, all the documents that we already have been sifting through? >> yeah. and it's not just documents. we're talking audiotapes, video tapes, we're talking photographs. >> this is all new pieces of evidence that we have not seen, heard, come across? >> correct. in some ways we have heard this before, but there is new documentation that sort of verifies what we had heard. you've got e-mails that took place between george zimmerman and the chief of police at the time, bill lee. this is documents we had heard of. now we actually have them in our hand. we have airplane surveillance of the neighborhood where the shooting took place. does it show anything specific? no. but again, this is all the evidence that the state has gathered in its second-degree murder case against george zimmerman and by law they have to provide it to the defense team, which is what they've

already done, and by florida law they also have to make it available for the ub tloik see and that's why we are getting it now. >> okay. anything new? if not, what stands out to you? >> no big blockbusters yet. >> no big blockbusters. >> interesting nuance. for instance, you hear the police conversations after the shooting has taken place. i mean this takes you back to that very cold dreary february 26th night when george zimmerman first saw 17-year-old trayvon martin and after the shooting has taken place there's a lot of confusion in the neighborhood. that's quite clear. multiple calls coming in, police were already on the way. they can't quite figure out where the shooting has taken place. somebody is screaming for help. where is this happening. that's the initial essence of confusion which is common when these shootings take place, but the first officer on the scene finds trayvon martin on the ground and george zimmerman beside him. >> anything to show that race was a factor here? because we're talking so much

about the various civil rights investigations. >> this is a separate federal probe being done by the fbi. 12 federal agents descended on the area. so far we're still looking for what they have found. >> okay. >> the public concern was, of course, that race may have motivated george zimmerman to shoot and race may have been somehow involved with george zimmerman being cleared by the police department. >> and in addition to that we're following the department of justice investigation into the same issue. martin savidge, thank you so much. >> you bet. thanks for watching, everyone. cnn international will begin right after a quick break.

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this fire broke out. at least 18 people were seriously hurt. a major rescue mission is going on right now in the french alps. an avalanche, six-foot thick wall of snow, crashed into two groups of mountain climbers in the mount blanc range today. at least nine climbers are confirmed dead. nine others were injured. several are still missing. a sliding sheet of ice triggered that avalanche. in spain, dozens of people, including 33 police officers, were injured when fighting broke out in madrid wednesday. police used rubber bullets, baen tos to break up the crowd of demonstrators. they were protesting cuts to government subsidies, sales tax increase and more spending cuts. plans that the government says they have to implement to prevent spain from going into default. the war crimes and genocide trial of ratko mladic, he is on

hold at the moment. the former bosnian serb military chief is in a hospital. his trial resumed a couple days ago after being suspended in may. an official at the international war crimes tribunal says that mladic doesn't feel well today, so they stopped the trial too him for medical treatment. hala gorani is here to talk about who this person is, why this trial really matters. >> well, it matters because in the case of the former yugoslavia and the war that ended up in the breakup of serbia, croatia and bosnia, it really would be the first trial to be completed. slobodan milosevic was another accused war criminal, he died before his lengthy trial ever came to a conclusion. who is ratko mladic? this is a man who is accused of masterminding and heading the massacre of 8,000 men and boys in serb knee cha, meant to be this protected enclave for

muslims during the war in 1995. he's the man who in may, when he knew there were relatives of those survivors, actually did this, suzannsuzanne, he did the of the throat slit, and directed it at some of those survivors. this is according to people who were in court that day. not a nice guy. this might be a precautionary measure. he's not feeling well, just to make sure he's in good shape, to face these 11 counts of genocide and crimes against humanity. >> do they have any idea, we hear this often, we heard this from mubarak and other people, you know, when they're in trouble they don't feel well all of a sudden, going to the hospital do we think this is even real? >> that's hard to tell. he was taken to the hospital. it doesn't appear as though it's some sort of a very, very severe health situation, that he wasn't feeling well. he's there and this is according to the tribunal spokes person there as a, quote, precautionary measure. to remind you of the man himself and how long he was on the run,

16 years. he was only captured in may of 102011 -- 2011. this is not someone showing any remorse for what he allegedly did during the war. the veb neat za massacre is one thing, the other the siege of sarajevo which lasted months and resulted in the death of 10,000 people. the war itself was 100,000 deaths at the lowest estimate. >> unbelievable. the defense he is mounting now, what is he possibly have to say to explain his side? >> well, as the commander, as a military commander, and one who was chosen very early on in his career, the defense team essentially is going to argue that this was war time, that this was not something that was orchestrated as a crime separate from the war maneuverings during that time. but the prosecution is saying quite the opposite. this was a deliberate ethnic attack on people who were defenseless and who went to shah reb neat sa because they felt that's where they could seek

refuge. some of the images we've been showing our viewers are heartwrenching. 520 people were recently identified and reburied in srebnetia. >> in light of the fact that the criminal court doesn't seem to do a lot or has not done a lot in the last ten years or so, what is the confidence level that he will actually serve some time? >> well, that's hard to tell. but the criminal court is learning from past mistakes. sloeb don milosevic's trial was dragging on for four years when he died. the challenge for these prosecutors is going to be, a, you know, mount a case against these alleged war criminals that can be conducted in a swift manner, and b, set an example to others. >> all right. hala, thank you. appreciate it. the u.s. is showing its hand now in the increasing tension in the middle east between iran and israel. it looks like the pentagon is playing offense, not defense. the pentagon says it may keep

two aircraft carriers in the waters around iran through the end of the year. it is all designed to keep a strategic straight strait of hormuz and safe. a military power has been on display for a while. the ships were to stay through december. that move could anger the iranian regime furtherer. barbara, it's clear here that this -- that now the pentagon is considering a major military move. how worried are those that this could actually provoke some sort of iranian response? >> well, i don't know -- i mean they're certainly cautious about it. i don't think they're too worried that iran could do anything they couldn't really deal with on the part of the u.s. military. it's all about those oil shipping lanes, of course, keeping them open, keeping the oil flowing in one of the most strategic choke points in the world. yes, the pentagon is now considering keeping two aircraft carriers on station in those

waters for the next several months, and they've beefed up other assets in the region as well. it's interesting, suzanne, it comes at a time when the iranians, at least out on the water, are laying relatively low. the iranian navy right now being, you know, very well behaved by all accounts, but the u.s. still proceeding, putting these assets in place, just in case, really sending the message don't even think about trying to close the oil shipping lanes. >> barbara, talk a little bit more not only the aircraft carriers but the navy is sending these tiny underwater drones in the persian gulf that would be used to search for these mines. how do they work? >> well, this is high-tech stuff because in those persian gulf waters the one thing that iran has a lot of expertise in is putting underwater mines in place. these are undersea drones, they're tethered villa a fiber optic cable to a u.s. navy ship,

they go down into the water and they search around for any underwater mines that might be there. they mind them electronically and they blow them up. >> they've been tested and the navy feels it will work but it's the voice of confidence to commercial and maritime shipping in the gulfs that the waters can be safe. >> barbara, talk about the timing of this, the first drones begin arriving in recent weeks and this was at the same time that the latest round of negotiations with iran over the nuclear program, essentially failed. so you have the five permanent members of the u.n. security council plus germany talking to iran and nothing came out of it. do they feel like now the military way is the way that is really going to make a difference? >> you know, it's -- there's a lot of signals sending going on on all sides, isn't there? through these nuclear talks, not working out, i don't think anybody really expected them to work out any time soon, and that is always the worry, that if

those talks really break down, tensions would then rise. so again, what you have is trying to put the things in place to send the signal to iran, don't even think about it, we're here, we're on station, the u.s., the other persian gulf allies, of course, in the region. saudi arabia, very much sending the signal to iran don't mess with trying to close down the strait of hormuz in the persian gu gulf. the shipping will continue and it will be safe. i think what they're trying to do is make sure that if the nuclear talks become tense, that nobody thinks that opens a door to do anything about the shipping. >> all right. barbara starr, thank you, barbara. appreciate. it more of what we're working on for this hour. most people picture their wedding as a day of celebration and happiness, right? well, these brides, they are kidnapped, right off the street, and forced to get married. >> we're planning a kidnapping

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>> sounds like hip-hop but it's christian yaf ro hop, singing "furry furry dance." like it. fishing trip takes a terrifying turn off the coast of australia. two spear fishing divers looking to catch dinner almost became dinner themselves after coming face to face with a great white shark. their ordeal was captured on video. blake johnson's with australia's 7 network has the story. >> reporter: they put a camera on their head to film a spear fishing trip. this is the last thing he wanted to see. a shark, he reckons was three meters long. he and his best dive mate were too far to swim ashore and the shark is between them and their boat, which is 50 meters away. the shark circles the boys three times in three minutes.

with incredible control, the two divers stay calm, then, the shark turns towards them. a spear gun each and a knife are all dave and nathan have as weapons. climbing out of the war, never felt so good. >> holy [ bleep ]. they were in the water ten minutes on saturday. >> in the water it looked massive, but, you know, on-site, wit you probably three and a half, four meters, maybe more. >> dave says jabbing the shark with their spear guns was all he and nathan could do. >> i think if it wanted to it could have made a meal out of us. >> blake johnson, 7 news. more of what we're working on for this hour of "newsroom international." people in pakistan are refusing to get the polio vaccine, all because of osama bin laden. adjusting to city life was hard for me. and becoming a fulltime indoor cat wasn't easy for atti. but we had each other

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after the u.s., what is the biggest movie market in the world? it is china. not surprising hollywood wants a bigger piece of the action but filmmakers there are running into chinese sensors who want to control the message. we are looking at this in depth. >> reporter: lights, camera, action. a gambling scene of china in the 1930s, shot at a moneyed movie capital, we're not talking about hollywood, but beijing, home to one of the biggest studios in the world. chinese movies can be as good as any, is says this executive. china is the second biggest movie market behind the u.s.

eight new screens open here every day attracting top hollywood filmmakers like james cameron whose 3d blockbuster "avatar" was a smash here. >> increase in the standard of living and the growth of the middle class here. the cinema experience is perceived as something special. >> reporter: hollywood is struggling back home, so studios are fighting for a future here, producing movies like "iron man 3" and "looper" a film full of a-list actors shot with chinese partners. >> you're able to say i'm here, i'm not just using china as a distribution point, you're saying come into our process. >> reporter: china wants to control the rules of the game. beijing has grown weary of western influences here and keen to get china's view and history on the silver screen. already in china, movies are censored, including "men in

black iii" which censors chopped out these scenes showing chinese as alien villains. even lead to subcensorship among hollywood players hoping to capture the market here. a negative portrayal of a chinese character can be shown if it's an intrinsic part of the story, he says, but if the movie intentionally belittles the chinese people then, of course, we would censor that. despite some recent loosening, beijing restricts the number of foreign films as it aims to build its own version of hollywood. some say the growing ties allow china to cherrypick u.s. techniques. >> the question is, can the chinese film industry grow to an extent that it makes movies directly for the rest of the world? you see what i mean? it becomes a direct competition to hollywood. >> reporter: for now, a tall bet for a government still obsessed with crafting its own script.

yunis yun, beijing. london calls in thousands of troops for the olympics after realizing the security plan is not going to be enough.

welcome back to "newsroom international." we're taking you around the world in 60 minutes. with the london olympic games two weeks away security officials realize there's not enough guards. they are 3500 short. britain's military will have to fill the gap. bring in jim bolton from london. game organizers that pay this private contractor millions for security and now they say this isn't enough, this isn't going to do it. >> yeah. it's amazing, this is a big

publicly traded security firm here, we see them everywhere, wimbledon, big events, and they were hired to bring in some 14,000 security guards. they trained 4,000 of them and they're on-site but they say the training for a further 9,000 is still not finished. if you can believe that. we're only two weeks away from the opening ceremony. >> what happens now? do they just have to get them up to speed really quickly here or they might not have the kind of security that they need for the games? >> no, they will definitely have the security they need, but because there are 13,000 soldiers already being deployed for the olympics around the country, the government has decided to bring in another 3,500 troops to be able to bolster that. at the same time the security firm is vowing to still be able to bring these other people on as women well. we might have extra security as well. some of the soldiers were in afghanistan, expecting to be on break and weren't expected to be used in the olympics. they have to be trained as well and they have two weeks.

>> 14 days left here. there are folks i understand, jim, in east london, upset that the government is now putting these surface-to-air missiles on their apartment roofs to cover and to help this security measures. how is that playing out with them? i understand that they even took them to trial? >> exactly. we found out about this, what, about two months ago that they were looking at some of the taller towers in east london, think of an airplane coming in from the east through to the west they might be used for terror attacks. they thought we need to put some batteries on top of these towers, some in the parks as well. they were taken to court, the ministry of defense, but they lost that. you can imagine with two weeks to go, it would be hard to find another location for the anti-plane missile batteries. they are definitely going to be on top of some of the towers, some of the residential towers in east london. >> how are the residents reacting to that? i know they weren't happy before. they have to live with the fact that they have this huge hardware on top of them. do they feel like they're a bull's eye in some way?

>> some ways they feel they could become the target because you think these 24/7 missile batteries with four or five guys on top of the building ready to fire, but there are going to be jets brought back into the u.k. to monitor the skies for the first time in a long time. it's going to be a lot of extra security like that. these residents will have to live with it. they don't have a choice now. >> all right. jim, we're going to keep our eye on all of that. two weeks away from the olympics. good to see you. olympic first, actually. check it out. saudi arabia planning to send female athletes to the games now. this is a decision, a rare concession for a kingdom that places severe restrictions on women's rights. you have one runner and one judo competitor that will be there, they're going to attend and compete. but saudi arabia also imposing a couple requirements. the athletes they have to dress modestly and also be accompanied by a male guardian. more of what we are working for this hour on "newsroom international." people in pakistan, refusing to

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the united states is condemning the destruction of two more homes in the west african nation of mali. international outrage has not stopped islamist militants from attacking the historic and religious landmarks there. witnesses say earlier this week, islamists ordered people to

leave the area and started destroying the tombs of timbuktu. they were hundreds of years old. mitt romney taking his campaign for the white house overseas. he reported planned a $68,000 a plate fund-raiser in israel this month. he will meet with israel's president and prime minister. he promises to do what he calls the opposite of the obama administration on issues related to israel. a caribbean republic of trinidad and tobago says it regrets the loss of 20,000 leatherback turtle eggs. they were crushed by bulldozers moving stand from the nesting area. officials say the work had to be done to redistrict a river eroding the beach. environmentalists are trying to save the remaining eggs from dogs and vultures. invades the nervous system and cause paralysis in a matter of hours, plus it mainly affects children under the age of 5.

for years there has been a global drive to eliminate polio. it has been successful in many countries. but recently, it has suffered a setback in pakistan. why? all stemming from the killing of osama bin laden in the city of abbottbad. the cia used a team giving vaccinations to gain information about the al qaeda leader. as reza sayah shows us, many families don't trust these vaccination programs. >> this is 17-month-old ekra. she probably will never be able to walk on her own. doctors say they'll probably spend the rest of her life paralyzed, a victim of polio. when the other kids play, she cries, because she wants to play with them but she can't even move her mother says. here's what makes this tragedy worse. doctors say she could have lived a normal, healthy life, if someone would have given her a polio vaccine that cost less than a dollar soon after she was

born. the father of two says he rejected free polio drops for his children. the u.s. pays for these campaigns to destroy muslims and make them slaves, he told us. >> that incident of the doctor affect our polio program, not only our polio program but the rest of the community. >> reporter: health officials here say thousands of pakistani families have yet to vaccinate their children without good reason. but with help of local religious leaders and aggressive awareness campaigns they're making progress, they say, convincing more families the free vaccine can save them a lifetime of hardship and pain, children like ekra and her family endure every day. we're trying our best, her mother says. we've left her in god's hands. joining us from geneva, dr. bruce elered. the world health organization chief of polio eradication. thank you for joining us. first of all, clearly a noble and good cause to get rid of osama bin laden, but tell us how

that raid hurt the war on polio in pakistan? >> well, first we need to put in context the whole eradication program. there's been a 20-year effort to rid the world of one of the most devastating diseases we've ever known and it's been successful. we're down to just three parts of three countries as you mentioned and anything at this point that could in any way yubds mine confidence of -- undermine confidence of parents or caregivers is going to complicate our ability to convince people that they need to have the children vaccinated to protect them from this devastating disease. so anything. we have many, many incidents like this, unfortunately, around the world, wherein something happens that triggers a concern about safety of vac season or acceptable or anything in this is going to complicate matters. it hasn't been a setback but it's a risk.

>> how do you do that? gain the confidence of the people back in pakistan, because you look at what they're saying there, a lot believe that this could be sterilization, that this is, you know, trying to manipulate their society, what do you do? >> well, the first thing you need to do is understand the problem and the magnitude of the problem. let's be very clear. in pakistan, the proportion of people or parents that actually refuse vaccination is actually very, very small. it's smaller than in most western countries. and it's only -- it hovers right now between 1% and 2%. it's a very small problem to begin with, compared to about 5 to 10% rejection rates often in industrialized countries. but the key at this point is really looking at what are the underlying concerns? often it's an issue of trust. who's actually supporting these campaigns and what people often fail to realize is that the financing for these campaigns come from a broad range of countries, many predominantly muslim countries are some of the strongest supporters of the

campaign as well. we then need to make sure who's delivering the message and vaccine are people that are actually trusted by and part of the communities themselves. this has been a huge effort, not only here, but in other parts of the world, to ensure that the right people are involved in explaining the importance of vaccination and ensuring then that the campaigns are run in a way that's acceptable to the local communities as well. >> and doctor, really this year only three countries, afghanistan, nigeria and pakistan that still have polio as a problem there. why -- we understand now why it exists in pakistan. why nigeria and afghanistan? >> well, in all three of these countries, we've got common features and in particular, a weak health system, a very weak public services, in at least parts of these countries. and then it's further complicated, as you saw in pakistan, by the security issues there and also in afghanistan, northern parts of nigeria now also.

it's really a combination of factors. long-standing problems with infrastructure and sometimes more acute security issues. so, the refusal issue is actually a very, very small part of the problem. in pakistan, for example, if we look at the children who are missed right now by the polio campaigns, nine out of ten of those children are missed because of what we call operational problems, meaning the campaign was poorly planned or there wasn't enough vaccinators or the parents never, frankly, got a chance to refuse. the vaccinator didn't get to their door. the big emphasis right now is on making sure that the places are properly mappedped properly planned, appropriate vaccinators get to every house and when they get there they can answer the questions, the concerns that parents might have. >> all right. dr. alyward, thank you so much. clean water, something we take for granted here in the united states, but india, it's one of the many countries where finding just safe drinking water can be a daily struggle. >> just next to this filthy

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compares to the united states. but there are more than 1.2 billion people in india, that is three times more people than we have here. and access to clean water there, it is a daily struggle. sara snider takes a look. >> reporter: mother of six uses as little water as possible do her chores. the only way she gets water is by filling up heavy buckets from a neighborhood spigot and lugging them home. she worries what she brings home isn't safe to drink. we get sick two or three times per month, she says. i can't afford bottled water. her 7-year-old daughter isn't feeling good now. my stomach aches and gurgles she says. next to this filthy water filled with trash and sewage is where the neighborhood cues up every day and do so because this is a tap that the government turns on three times a day. without it, they wouldn't have access to clean drinking water.

this neighborhood just on the edge of the capital has never had water piped to its homes. besides this spigot, people here get water from illegal ground water pumps installed by those who can afford them. and this guy. who exhausts himself every day running his water supply business. there is no sanitation here, just so many complaints, he says. so i thought, let me get a water filter and supply clean water to these people. in order to help them and make some money. he charges about 18 cents per bucket. a price business owners can afford to pay each day, but few others here, when many make less than $2 a day. india has struggled to maintain enough clean drinking water for the masses. the country has 17% of the world's population, but only 4% of the world's renewable water sources. the demand is growing, while issues such as leaks and pollution farther strip away the supply.

this man is an official with india's department of drinking water and sanitation. he says rural india has a whole range of issues depleting its water. >> because the world drinking water is dependent on ground water, ground levels are going down because of irritation by farmers and industries, we have forceded to dig deeper and deeper for drinking water. as you go deeper you find more contaminants, may be arsenic, fluoride, may be other, now we are finding nitrates, uranium has been found in some places. >> reporter: while the government implements programs to combat some of the problems its biggest cities are struggling too. this year an acute water shortage has hit the capital. new delhi relies on other states for much of its water supply but has found itself in a tug of war to get it. there are still entire neighborhoods where these trucks bring in the only water supply.

as soon as the truck is visible, thirsty crowds emerge. she fills as large a bucket as possible because the truck only comes to her neighborhood three times a week. at times, there are scuffles and we have to return empty handed, she says. when every drop of water matters, the fight is ultimately for survival. sara snider, cnn. >> sarah, joins us from new delhi. sarah, we know that normal rains known as the monsoon were delayed in new delhi this year and now coming back. does it help change the situation at all? >> just slightly. yes, when you have enough rain it helps to replenish the ground water, but the truth of the matter is, is that this country is so short on drinking water that the affect that it has especially in the early part of monsoon isn't that great when it comes to drinking water, particularly. i should also mention that the monsoon is still in extremely

important part of india's agricultural sector. about 55% of tland, the land yo can grow things on is rain fed. without it it can cause even shortages of food never mind drinking water. suzanne? >> how do they deal with this? i mean it seems like there is so much energy, so much labor just to get water. >> yeah. the difficulty is, and you'll look at the numbers, the difficulty is that a lot of people, particularly children, have major issues because of waterborne illnesses. it's one of those things in this country that kills babies, that wreaks havoc, obviously on the health sector because a lot of people getting sick, keeping down food, becoming dehydrated. the kids in the neighborhood we showed you early on, every one that we talked to, every family, had sent their child to the hospital at least a few times a year, because of stomach illnesses that they really think

comes from having water that is just not fit to drink. it causes a lot of problems and as you might imagine costs the country a lot of money because when these people all go to the hospital, the hospital care for the poor is free, but the hospitals are jammed with people and waterborne illnesses is a real problem in this country. >> sarah, you talked to so many of those families there. what is the one thing they say is most important in addressing this need for clean water? >> i think the thing is they want the government to listen to their needs and to fulfill their demand to have what most people feel is a right, not a privilege. which is drinking water. you can't live without it. it's for survival. but india has a real issue. we were talking about a huge area with very little water that is drinkable and the biggest issue really is that there are all these problems with leaking pipes, for example, and pollution is a real issue here,

that their water is depleted year in and year out and the population is only growing. the demand from the agricultural sector is only growing. you're going to see more and more problems if something isn't done to try to correct this and at least get the balance a little more correct and have more and more people give them access to clean drinking water. a real difficulty the government grappingle with. >> is the government listening to this, seeing what is happening here? >> oh, they are well aware of the issues that they're facing when it comes to not having enough water. they're well aware of the diseases and the waterborne illnesses and what it costs the country. the difficulty is getting on the ground and putting in infrastructure that tends to be very expensive and push some of these projects through because they're so far behind, they have a lot to do. i have to tell you this, in living here, i don't use, for example, my tap to brush my teeth because a lot of people get sick using their own tap

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here's the scenario. a boy sees a girl, wants her to marry him, does he ask? no. he kid naps her instead. that is the story playing out across kirgy stan. >> reporter: bride kidnapping a traditional way of getting married, supposedly date back to the horse days. how it works, a guy wants to marry a girl, gets a few of his friends together, grab a girl off the street, then drive her back to his place and his mom and aunts try to convince her marrying their son is the right move. even if he's a total stranger. >> this is located next to china. two-thirds of people live in rural areas predominantly muslim and western concepts of marriage proposals are rejected there. that is where thomas morton visited, a correspondent for the on-line news source vice,

joining us from new york. i mean it's really you see this and you can't believe it, really. i mean it's almost hard to believe and hard to watch too. you actually followed one of these grooms on a joy ride with his friends to capture a woman he wanted to marry. tell us what happened? >> well, we had met this groom through an organization trying to prevent bride kidnapping, ironically enough, and they were kind of okay with this wedding because he knew the girl. they were boyfriend and girlfriend. it was still, she had no idea he was going to i would say pop the question, but basically throw her in a van and take her to his parents' house and try to marry her. one form of a kidnapping. sometimes it's total strangers just picked up off the street and other times it's people that have been dating for a long time and would otherwise get married normally but the guy decides to take matters into his own hands. >> why is this happening? i don't understand this. why this kind of forced kidnapping of this woman? why not just ask her?

pop the question, as you said. >> the rationale, it's traditional, this ancient old from when they were nomadic horse people, grab a girl, throw her on your horse and take off with her. we spoke with a professor at the university who has kind of traced the record of this and establish whether dhow accurate it is and basically his theory is that this custom developed in the 1950s, like when they were still in the soviet union and it was an anti-like gender equality sort of movement for guys to take back their rights as men. tradition is a smoke screen. >> these girls do they have recourse? what can they do? >> it's technically illegal and against islamic law. most of the country is muslim, but the problem is police -- this happens more or less out in the countryside, police don't know or don't care, accepted as tradition and really nothing they can do. if they are kidnapped and they refuse to marry the groom and

they leave, they can be shunned like not only by the grooms family, obviously, but by their own family. women end up going to battered women shelters, women that have committed suicide over these forced weddings. >> what is being done? you say this is illegal in this country and this doesn't even comport with islamic law? what are they doing to help these women out? >> there's organizations like the one we worked with trying to educate just people out in the countryside, basically tell them hey, this is, you know, don't do this, please. this is illegal. it doesn't -- as you said it doesn't comport with your religious beliefs. it's not a real custom, we don't think, so you guys need to stop doing it. the problem is it's been growing in popularity and this movie that translates to "pure coolness" the "pull m fiction" of bride kidnapping row mant sizes it, moved from the

countryside to the cities. like women are getting picked off and taken, married against their will. >> there was one other thing that was interesting, the story, thomas, that was the fact, i guess there's some rare incidents that you have a couple who know each other and they kind of make this fake kidnapping happen, is that right as well? >> sure. yes. like considered another form of ehoping. that's one of the things. it is a traditional normal wedding is a big affair as in most countries and very expensive and so faking a kidnapping is a way to kind of, you know, cut down the costs and quicken the process if you have is a problem let's say like certain relatives not being for it on either side of the family. >> thomas morton, you can see more on vice at their website. fascinating and disturbing story out of kyrgyzstan. thank you. >> thank you, suzanne. dio rolled out the red carpet for its new designer with

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his infamous anti-semitic rant over a bar in paris. this is him in his glory days, so-called bad boy who made the label profitable. now dior is launching a new public image with a new face. our alina cho has more. >> reporter: call it a designer convention. mark jacobs. >> i don't often see you at a show. >> i don't often goes to shows. very rarely. >> reporter: he came to this, so did anna winter and celebrities like sharon stone. >> looking forward to wearing the clotheses? >> i am wearing the clothes now and he designs in a way that i personally like very much. >> reporter: so, who is he? >> he's a rock star in his own right. >> reporter: he's belgium raf simons, christian dior's new artistic director, replacing john galiano who was abruptly fired last year following an

infamous anti-semitic rant. simo simons' hiring was a year in the making. >> why so long, do you think? >> i have no idea. i don't know. you know, it's time to find the right fit. dior is very special. >> reporter: so special dior staged a set like no other for simons' debut. 1 million flowers lining the walls and a high wattage crowd including countless top designers. >> the amount of them made it very intimidating also at the same time and very scary. >> reporter: if it was scary, simons didn't show it. and the clothes, just had the reviews, audience at hello, even the toughest critics swooned. >> brought a lightness and simplicity to it that i thought was refreshing. >> nice clothes are fine but you can find nice clothes everywhere. what raf brings is a point of view.

>> did dior make the right choice? >> from what we saw i think it was a brilliant choice. >> reporter: in designing these custom-made clothes, simons was most interested in dior's early years, when christian dior himself designed. but fashion being fashion, interpreting the past is the name of the game. >> like cutting off a ball gown which could have been maybe, you know, seven meters of circumference, becomes a top, goes with the pants, hands in the pocket, something more like livable. >> reporter: one of fashion's top jobs. why even those rumored to be under consideration came too. everyone thought for a while this job was yours. >> no, but it's his. it's his and it's gorgeous. >> reporter: alina cho, cnn, paris. >> we're going to have more with some of the world's top fashion designers on cnn and look for alina's special, backstage pass from paris, this saturday, july

14th at 2:30. several stories caught our attention today. several photos as well. in france the fans gone wild, guys in the speedos cering on the 11th stage of the tour de france today. the worl's most famous cycling race covering 2,000 miles. an artist with a giant skull tattoo on his back inks a woman. it's the festival on the streets of madrid. participants have until friday to attend. pretty cool stuff. tourists get a view of crews working on getting the costa concordia ship to float again. the ship overturned in january off italy's coast. 30 bodies were recovered from the wreck. i'm suzanne malveaux. this hour in the cnn newsroom,

president obama a no-show for the naacp but sends his second in command and congressman jesse jackson jr. gives a paper statement on his health. but it leaves more questions than answers. and new documents in the case of the man charged with killing trayvon martin. could shed some light on whether or not race played a role. want to get right to it. u.s. military judge held a hearing at ft. hood, texas, today a few weeks before the court-martial begins for major nadal hassan. hassan, he is the army psychiatrist who went on a shooting rampage in -- back in 2009. he is accused of killing 13 people, all but one of them fellow soldiers. he also wounded 29 others. now attorneys today discussed the makeup of his military jury which has not yet been convened. hassan's murder trial is set to begin august 20th. florida a&m university now looking for a new president. the school's board of directors going to hold a meeting today on --