cnn's nick watt is joining us live from los angeles. so how was this possible? >> reporter: it is pretty stunning. a 46-year-old swiss man who slipped on ice, ended up paralyzing, regaining some of his movement. it is responsible through the intelligence and determination of the scientists and doctors involved, also the bravery of people like this swiss man willing to undergo what is still experimental surgery and crucially artificial intelligence. something distinctly nonhuman now helping humans move again. >> if you talk to people with paralysis, it is their number one priority. they want to restore hand and arm function even above -- they prioritize that above the ability to stand and walk again. >> reporter: here is how it works. an implant is placed on the brain above the motor core text, ai in that implant deciphers attempt to move and then relays that information wirelessly to another impalant in the body so by passing the damaged spine. ai in that implant triggers the right muscles to actually make the movements. they call this thought-driven movement. d

no doubt getting stranded and missing flights was stressful and unsettling, but as nick watt shows usommunity closer together. >> reporter: the exodus under way. that sunshine you see is the savior drying the mud just enough for tires to grip not sink into sludge. >> impossible to furngnction, impossible to move around. it became very cold, very storm-like condition, people's tents and entire camps became pretty much destroyed. >> reporter: more than 70,000 people were basically trapped for days. trapped in this makeshift desert city that pops up in nevada every year around labor day filled with campers and creators, fun lovers and those with their freak flags flying that culminates in "the man" burning. >> we planned to leave after the burn saturday night and then it started raining on us. everybody started dancing in the mud. it was great. and then reality sunk in that we couldn't leave. >> reporter: chris rock and some other celebs decided to take the only uncomfortable exit available. >> new york knicks jacket on and just started walking. and we walked about three hours in the mud

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cnn national correspondent nick watt is covering all of this for us. nick, what are officials saying are the next steps in trying to get folks out of there? >> reporter: well, boris, the latest we have heard is they say in a couple of hours from now, that's noon local, 3:00 eastern, they will open the roads. right now they say, quote, that road, it's not really a road, it's mud, is still too wet and muddy for most vehicles. but we have seen some people trying to get out this morning and succeeding in those vehicles. the issue is the more vehicles that are on that mud before it's really dry could cause problems later in the day. the sun is the savior here. listen, the rain, that makes that clay very quickly unpassable but the sun also dries it pretty fast too. i mentioned some people have already made it out. cnn spoke to one of them. take a listen. >> we planned on leaving right after the burn, which is saturday night. and then it started raining on us. like that night. and we were like oh, it's fine, it's okay. everybody was still partying, having fun

jake. >> all right, nick watt, thanks so much. bring in cnn contributor and founder of the reload, steven gatowski. here is the tweet from david hogg, famously a gun safety advocate and says i support gun safety but there is no such thing as a state public health emergency exception to the u.s. constitution and it's pretty stunning to see him and the nra both criticizing this ban, but, i mean, you might not like the law, you can't just say i'm suspending it. >> yeah, i mean that's essentially the core of these legal fights going on right now, suits filed -- there's up to five now and filed so quickly, it's been a real flood, and it's through the nature of this order which really has pushed the limits as far as attempts to restrict guns in this country. >> you and i have talked about it before. it seems like, look, there is a gun violence crisis in the country. there is. but where there are areas where there does seem something could be done such as the intersection of people with mental health issue, people that are a danger to th

. >> reporter: cnn national correspondent nick watt is covering this story for us.hat is the latest that officials are saying about when these roads could reopen in a safe way to get people out? >> reporter: latest we heard omar is about an hour from now. they say that for the moment the roads are still too wet and muddy for most vehicles, but not all. we have seen some four-wheel drive vehicles getting out late last night and also this morning. you know, 70 plus thousand people stuck in there, and cnn has spoken to some of those who have managed to get out so far, and they described, you know, a scene on saturday. everyone waiting for that man to be burned, the kind of climax of this festival, the rain started, and initially people were dancing in the mud, having a good time, and then gradually there was a realization. hang on a second, we're not going to be able to get out of this. you mentioned that the sun is right now key. what happens is that is clay. it's a dried up ancient lake bed. the rain comes, makes it totally slick, the water just sticks on top, which

briana. >> sure did, nick watt, thank you. >> and out front now is caz who is still at burning man. some video, actually, that you sent us of just some incredibly thick mud and soaking wet tents. what has it been like for you all living in these conditions? >> actually, you know, we have a really well-organized camp, camp daydream, and half the camp is rvs, and half the camp is tents, so as soon as the tents started getting water logged or unlivable, people in rvs started taking in some of the tenters so everybody was warm. we also have shipping containers, semitrucks that we had emptied out and we made really beautiful allolounges in there for people to sleep in, blankets, you know, we are a community that comes together in hard times, so this actually could end up being one of the best burning mans for a lot of people because it used all of the principles all at once, and tested it for the full experience. >> yeah, it certainly did test you all, and you know, with that idea of self-reliance here, that is also something that was tested. but that said, do you think that there are th

cnn's nick watt explains. >> marilyn monroe made the brevinwood bungalow her home. >> reporter: and she supported the hair and makeup for her fight. >> it was the only home she ever home and the home she tragically died 61 years ago last months. >> marilyn monroe was found dead in bed under circumstances that were in tragic contrast to her glamorous career. >> reporter: an overdose, the coroner said it was probably suicide. more than a year after the release of her final film, "the misfits." >> what makes you so sad? >> i'm usually told how happy i am. >> reporter: the house sold in august for over $8 million. the new owners, who apparently also owned the house next door, applied for a permit, a demolition permit. here in l.a., people love to knock stuff down. >> it is part of the story in l.a. it's also reinventing itself. if you could see sometimes, touch the place, visit the place, the history, the story, the people connected to it are just less real. >> reporter: for now the permit is paused, while city officials debate giving this howls historic status. >> why shouldn't they be all

cnn's nick watt take as closer look at this incredible development. >> if you talk to people with paralysis it's their number one priority. they want to restore hand and arm function even above, prioritize that above the ability to stand and walk again. >> here's how it works. an implant is placed on the brain above the motor cortex. ai in that implant sddeciphers move hands, arms, firngers relaying it requirelessly to another implant in the body so bypassing the damaged spine. ai in that implant triggers the right muscles to actually make those movements. they call this thought-driven movement. the doctor performed the surgery. >> remove a little bit of bone. replace this piece of bone by this set of electrodes and then close the skin. this implant is going to work wirelessly and activate the spinal cord stimulation. >> reporter: her partner, a neuroscientist first had the idea years ago then waited for tech to catch up. >> if you are paralyzed with your hand and you can just open and close, it's a new change. so that you can eat. you are gaining independence. the change in the activity of

knit nick watt explains. >> marilyn monroe made this her home. >> reporter: city councilwoman trace park sported a hair and makeup homage for her fight to save that home. >> it was the only home she ever owned, and it's the home where she tragically died 61 years ago last month. >> one of the most famous stars in history is dead at 36. >> marilyn monroe was found dead. >> an overdose, the coroner said it was probably suicide. more than a year after the release of her final film. >> what makes you so sad? >> i'm usually told how happy i am. >> reporter: the house on half acre sold for over $8 million. the new owners, who apparently also own the house next door, applied for a permit, a demolition permit. >> here in l.a., people love to knock stuff down. >> it is part of the story of l.a. l.a. is always reinventing itself. if you can't see sometimes touch the place, visit the place, the history, the story, the people connect odd to it are less real. >> reporter: for now the permit is paused while city officials debate giving this house historic protected status. >> why shouldn't they be all

nick watt joins us now. happening with the lawsuit? >> reporter: the final straw seems to have been the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy outside a minor league baseball game in albuquerque wednesday night. the governor also cited the deaths of two other children in the past couple of months and two mass shootings in the state earlier in the summer. now, new mexico has about the third worst rate of gun fatalities in the nation, the governor says that, listen, when it gets to a point where new mexicans are afraid to be in a crowd, afraid to take their kids to school, afraid to leave a baseball game, then, quote, something is very wrong. there are now metrics and if an area reaches certain grim stats, then these new orders kick in. take a listen to the governor. >> far too many er gunshot visits and we have far too many crimes involving firearms. we are suspending open and concealed carry. the purpose is to try to create a cooling off period while we figure out how we can better address public safety and gu

nick watt, cnn, los angeles. >> still in the u.s., it's the official start of fall. supposed to be.r ÃÃno sign of giving up. especially east of the mississippi. forecasters expect more than 200. look at that. 200 record highs this week along and right now, more than 12 million people are under key alerts with a lot of hot and humid conditions. now that's just a cooldown is coming from parts of the west and that includes minneapolis and chicago. however, the cold front will not reach the midatlantic or south just yet. will continue to keep an eye on those records. now several codependents charged in sweeping investigation into donald trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. face a wednesday deadline and enter a plea or appear for the arraignment. in the meantime, another racketeering case by the fulton county district attorney and a major app store could offer clues about what lies ahead. cnn's tom foreman explains. [music] >> on stage, young thug is a rap superstar.the streets of atlanta, prosecutors say he's a gang leader.dated along with many associates and allege

watt. sending prayers to nick chubb, who suffered a gruesome injury, a significant knee injury.will be out the rest of the season. this is the same xee injured in 2017. hopefully it is recovered and he will be able to make a full recovery from this and be back on the field next year, we are watching. united auto work strike extending to day five. here is union president on joe biden's offer to help. >> white house suggested they would like to be involved. give us a sense what their role might be. >> not at all, this is our battle. >> todd: this is our battle, strikes could expand in the u.s. and could begin in canada. >> carley: new senate dres code ridiculed for dumbing down the standard for our country's leaders. cheryl casone has the capitol hill reaction next. ♪ "look at this skin, baby. she is glowing. she is 1 of 1." with new olay hyaluronic body wash 95% of women had visibly-better skin. "my skin is so much more moisturized." see the difference with olay. teeth sensitivity is so common. it immediately feels like somebody's poking directly on the nerve. i recommend sensody

nick bosa's not there. and what's with that? i mean, shoot. tomorrow is really the day now, obviously, like we saw in sports night live, mike tomlin said tj watt couple years ago reported one day before the game played and had to sack right. >> but it's not ideal is just not ideal. no matter what you say. and tomorrow's like the heavy lifting day practice, they implement the game plan and thursday's kind of like a walk-through. they don't like to go to hard before they have a flight on friday. i guess that's sports science stuff. so tomorrow is really the day. ideally, you would want to get him in today to have the day off. so you would think the staff agents the music is like we're at the grammys. tell me, set >> it's, you know, time is running out on the niners write that thanks, jay. have a write that thanks, jay. have a good night. everybody. deserves. that's why comcast business is launching the mobile made free event. with our business internet, new and existing customers can get one year of unlimited mobile for free. it's our best internet. powered by the next generation 10g network and with 99.9% reliability. plus one line of free mobi

nick chubb took an early hit to the knee. he remained on the ground several minutes before he was carted off the field. we wish him all the best. tj wattitle of all time sack leader for the steelers. just for the steelers. you still got yours. >> you're good. you're good. [ laughter ] >> i'm an old man now. he can have it. >> steelers won 26-22. and when the saints go marching in, oh when the saints go marching in. oh, yeah. they were tied with the panthers in the third. this happened, that 42 yard catch. it was the spark they needed. they edged out the panthers 20-17. what are you doing? >> i'm looking at the thing. i don't think he got touched. he should have got up and run with it instead of spiked it. come on, young man. you can do better. just saying. >> he's a hall of famer, george. a very deserving man getting the surprise of his life. $1 million. you're going to see it live on on gma. >> that's gonna be great. >> mm-hmm. kayaking is my thing. running is awesome. but her moderate to severe eczema would make her skin so uncomfortable. i was always so itchy especially when i was hot. now my skin doesn't itch as much. now we're sta