thanks so much to poppy harlow. right now with poppy harlow in new york. >>> hi there, everyone. you are in the cnn newsroom. breaking news. beginning with this. i'm poppy harlow in for don lemon. learning details from the taliban about bowe bergdahl's time in captivity. we have new information in just a few moments. but first, this. >>> breaking news, a deadly attack o

time poppy harlow in for don lemon.e to hear what this vet did to get to the 70th anniversary observe nance normandy. you may just say he went awol. we begin, though, with the former "saturday night live" comedian fighting for his life. one person was killed. seven others were injured and

i'm poppy harlow in door don lemon. comedian racy morgan hospitalized at this hour. tractor trailer hit his limo in the early morning hours overnight. we are learning new details on the crash that killed one person and also injured seven others. morgan had just wrapped up a comedy show in delaware. he was riding in that limo bows the way home. that's when a tractor trailer reportedly smacked right into it on the new jersey turnpike. he is hospitalized and his family is by his side. the 45-year-old morgan is, of course, known for starring on nbc's "30 rock" alongside tina fey and for his time on "saturday night live" alongside comic superstars like jimmy fallon. many of his fellow comedians are pulling for him spending him their best wishes. the "snl weekend" update team wishing a speedy recovery to our friend tracy morgan. i want to go to alex andandra f. give us the latest on his condition. >> reporter: he's still in critical condition. he was in intensive care this morning. we have no word on the extent of his conditions. he remains in critical condition with at le

thanks so much to poppy harlow. next hour of cnn newsroom begins right now with poppy harlow in new york. >>> hi there, everyone. you are in the cnn newsroom. breaking news. beginning with this. i'm poppy harlow in for don lemon. learning details from the taliban about bowe bergdahl's time in captivity. we have new information in just a few moments. but first, this. >>> breaking news, a deadly attack on the international airport in karachi, pakistan. we only know a few details at this point. information, of course, is still coming in to cnn from various sources telling us that at least four military personnel have been killed. at least one of the attackers apparently dead. our sanjay gupta in karachi right now. give us a sense. i know this is still unfolding and qualifying it with that. what do you know at this hour? >> reporter: yeah. it is very much an ongoing situation, poppy. extraordinary details coming out of this. sounds like a very coordinated attack. these militants trying to enter the airport from three se

poppy harlow, thank you. >>> we are flat out of time. thank you for being with us.litzer starts after this break. gave each pern a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going to have to rethink this thing. it's hard to imagine how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. so maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. ♪ >>> right now, white flags, handshakes, robecket propelled grenades. the handoff of bowe bergdahl to american special forces. also, more backlash over the bergdahl deal. the question now, could president obama have anticipated all the criticism, taken some steps to avoid it? right now, a brand-new interview, hillary opening up about her husband's health, her plans for 2016 and, yes, even her hairstyles. we'll have the details.

i'm poppy harlow in for my good friend don lemon. looking to the week ahead. take a look at story you'll be talking about, hearing about this week. let's begin with our five questions ahead for this week. question number one, when will sergeant bergdahl come home? what kind of reception will he get when he eventually gets here? as he recovers in germany, bergdahl wants to be called private first staff, not sergeant, that's the promotion he got for being held by the taliban for five years. we know why the controversial prisoner swap was done quickly. a senior u.s. officials tells cnn after the deal was reached, new intelligence emerged that other taliban elements might kill him. critics claim bergdahl wandered off his afghan base before his capture nearly five years ago. secretary of state john kerry is defending the swap for bergdahl. he spoke exclusively to our foreign affairs reporter, elise labott. >> some people say bowe bergdahl is being swift boated. do you agree with that? did he serve with honor and distinct as national security adviser? >> there's ple

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poppy harlow is in warren, michigan. 3 people, but yesterday you and i spoke about this impending report, and we were dying to know if that 13 could at all go high higher or if gm would acknowledge the fact other people might have died because of this problem as well. did it say anything? >> reporter: it does not at this point. this is a 315-page report that we just got in the last 20 minutes and poring through. no in all of the announcements to staff and the media, mary barra said the number still remains at 13. however, i had a long exchange back and forth with the president of gm, dan amon, sitting next to mary barra about that. the big question is, gm is only counting frontal impact crashes where air bags did not deploy. only counting those deaths. not people hit from the side and died, not people that were sitting in the backseat and died. and we have been wanting to know, why is that? listen. >> why is general motors only counting frontal crashes where air bags did not deploy for its list of those 13 deaths? why are

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and the closest to perfecting we have, poppy harlow. >> oh, if that were true, chris. always flattering, thank you, guys. appreciate it. good to see you. "the newsroom" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning, everyone. i'm poppy pharlow in today for carol costello. thanks for joining mean. in iraq prime minister nuri al maliki says his troops are pushing back the terrorist groups but his leadership may become a casualty of the conflict nonetheless. many in washington and our arabb auto a lies believe he can't unify the country. more lawmakers say he has got to go. i also want to -- take a listen. >> it seems to me that maliki has to be convinced it is in the greater interests of his country to retire and for this newly elected government to put together a new government. >> now the white house may be hearing some form -- may be nearing some form of military action. president obama telling four top lawmakers in congress he'll seek their input but he does not need their permission. our anderson cooper is on the ground in baghdad. we also

time poppy harlow in for don lemon.ou have to hear what this vet did to get to the 70th anniversary observe nance normandy. you may just say he went awol. we begin, though, with the former "saturday night live" comedian fighting for his life. one person was killed. seven others were injured and n pa pileup. many of morgan's fellow comedians wishing him well. wishing a speedy recovery to our friend, tracy morgan. alexandra, what can you tell us? what's the latest on his condition? >> reporter: at this point we are being told not to expect his condition to change today. meaning that he remains in critical condition along with would other victims of last night's crash. new jersey state police are now telling us that crash happened with the driver of a tractor trailer and failed to notice slowing traffic and tried to veer and wound up hitting the back of morgan's limo. a horrific scene inside this mangled limo, "30 rock" star tracy morgan. >> he is in intensive care at the hospital in new brunswick. two tractor trailers and

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poppy harlow in for carol costello that much quicker than me. she wasn't that much quicker, look and the home. >> no the that much. does she know you practice every day after the show in the newsroom, chris? >> didn't work. whatever i'm doing is not enough, poppy. >> i guess it's not. too much fun you guys are having there, enjoyed it and you're a rock star there by the way. thanks so much, guys. newsroom starts right now. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm poppy harlow in washington, d.c. today. i'm in for carol costello, thanks for joining me this morning a lot of news to get to first off, right now, one of the men believed to be a mastermind of the deadly attack on the american consulate in brz nearly two years ago is on a slow boat to the united states. ahmed abu khattala is being transported by a u.s. navy ship, not by air. this is strategic. this is so that investigators can have the maximum amount of time to question him about the attack that led to the death of u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens, and three others. pentagon corresponden

poppy harlow has that story. >> reporter: natasha weigel loved hockey, hoodies and poetry. >> she wouldand we would dance around and sing. >> reporter: she was just 18. >> we walked down the aisle to her funeral. an unfinished life. god needed a goalie. >> reporter: amy was just 15. she adored movies, the color orange, and laughed like it was her job. >> she had a crazy laugh. sounded like a cross between woody woodpecker and a chipmunk. >> reporter: two lives cut short on 2006 on this wisconsin road. amy sitting in the front, natasha in the back. did speed cause this crash? >> we do not feel speed was related to the crash. >> reporter: weather? >> was not related to weather. >> reporter: alcohol involved? >> no. >> reporter: investigators say the 2005 chevy cobalt amy and natasha were passengers in veered off the road here, then hit a telephone box before striking two trees. amy died later that night in the hospital. natasha held on for 11 days before dying. the driver miraculously survived, but with severe injuries. no one in the car was wearing a seat belt, and the driver only had a

. >> reporter: poppy harlow, cnn, marietta, georgia. >>> gm says it's prepared to raise the death tollased on the criteria set by ken feinberg, the compensation expert. the company has hired him to pay out claims to those killed or injured in accidents. >>> coming up, cops in los angeles are using an innovative computer program to fight crime but it's rising privacy concerns. we'll take you inside a city of tomorrow, next. other vo) when i was pregnant... i got more advice than i knew what to do with. what i needed was information i could trust on how to take care of me and my baby. luckily, unitedhealthcare has a simple program that helps moms stay on track with their doctors and get the right care and guidance-before and after the baby is born. simple is good right now. (anncr vo) innovations that work for you. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. narrator: these are the skater kid: whoa narrator: that got torture tested by teenagers and cried out for help. from the surprised designers. who came to the rescue with a brilliant fix male designer: i love it narrator: which create

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he is going to lead you into something better. >> poppy harlow with that fascinating report. for a bigger part of the story at cnn.com/belief. if you ever miss anything on this show, go to the brooke blog, cnn.com/brooke. thank you for being with me. let's go to washington because "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> extraordinarily new details about the night that bowe bergdahl disappeared and about his possible attempts to get away. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the world lead. fresh claims that sergeant bergdahl was spotted in an afghan village possibly on a hallucinogenic drug before the taliban captured him and he may have tried to disappear once but twice. >>> and gm recalls and 13 people leading to their lives and a pattern of incompetence and neglect. is that any comfort for the victims' families? >>> and the politics lead. president obama and vladimir putinil

poppy harlow joins us now.where this morning's news conference was held, and our business correspondent, christine romans, is in new york. how did the comments go over? >> reporter: well, it was sitting in a room of employees, and the media wasn't allowed in the room, so we haven't had a chance to hear from any of them. then she came and addressed the media for about an hour, taking pretty much all of our questions. one thing that we kept asking over and over that we felt didn't get addressed in the town hall was the number of victims. we talked about it earlier on your show, but gm said 13 people died as a result of this ignition switch defect. but nitsa thinks it's more and a lot of families we spoke to think it's more because their loved ones who died are not counted on that list. i asked them numerous times. mary barra, also the president of general motors who sat next to her in the press conference, you know, is that number going to stay at 13? and they said yes, it is. they're only counting the front-end

let's bring in cnn's poppy harlow.nding 15.8 million cars this year, gm just announced their best month of sales in the better part of a decade. explain this to me. who is buying gm cars right now? >> a lot of people. their best sales since 2008 i think it was a surprising headline. it sounds crazy. you have all of these negative headlines and you, what, sell more new cars? the proof is that more people are going to the showrooms, more of that traffic means more people are buying these new cars. you've got to remember, thousands of people with these recalled cars are getting loner cars and then they are deciding that they need to buy those loners. it's a steep discount to all of those people. look at the numbers. gm sales up 13% in may from a year ago. one analyst said there have been so many recalls, consumers have become somewhat immune to it. keep in mind, it's not just gm. it's across the board toyota sales up 17%. >> gm has recalled more cars than it has sold in the last five years. does the company really conside

>> poppy harlow is joining me now.tch only killed 13 people, only, but by midday they had already changed their tune. why the shift? >> reporter: they are sticking with the 13 number but they are using a very loose number. they are not counting side impact crashes or people who died in the back seat in the same crash but they also said that they have hired this attorney ken feinberg to dole out victim compensation. they told me after the press conference that if he comes up with a number that they should be compensated, but still they are only counting the frontal trashes and, frankly, we really want to know why. listen. is that doing the right thing, to not count someone, say, sitting in the back seat or someone who was in a side impact crash or are you saying that that number may go up if you determined that those people died as a result of the ignition switch? >> the rules and eligibility criteria of the compensation program are being determined by ken feinberg. it will be his determination as to what the rules are,

. >> poppy harlow joins us now from washington. you've been following this story. >>. >> reporter: we know part of what we're going to hear, we've gotten her prepared remarks. she writes, this is a tragic problem that never should have happened, and it must never happen again. i will not rest until these problems are solved. she goes on to say i am not afraid of the truth. that part of her prepared remarks this morning. also testifying next to her will be former u.s. attorney anton valukas he was brought on gm to do that internal investigation. we're told he had complete access to every document, every employee, no restrictions to find out how this company could not have told the public about a deadly defect for more than a decade. here's what he's expected to tell lawmaker today about gm, we found failures throughout the company, including individual errors, poor management, busineyzantine committee struct lack of training and inadequate policies. it was a scathing 300 page report. lawmaker didn't get a lot of answers last time wh

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i'm poppy harlow, in for guy good friend don lemon. ahead this hour -- ♪ the music, the crowds, dancing, this looks like a rock concert, right? it's not. this is church. in the middle of new york city, behind what is driving the success of this megachurch. but first -- >> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we have two big breaking news stories that we want to tell you about tonight. following one here in the united states, one overseas. let's begin in las vegas, where five people are dead, including two police officers following a tragic shooting. police say two officers were killed when a gunman -- when gunmen opened fire on them while eating lunch in a restaurant. witnesses say the suspects said, quote, this is a revolution, as they opened fire the gunmen crossed the street and shot and killed a third person at the entrance to a walmart. police say two suspects then went inside that store and killed themselves. there's a news conference about to get under way from the las vegas police department. we are of course monitoring it. we'll bri

cnn's poppy harlow is following today's testimony. what did we find out?she is just wrapping up at this moment. some contentious back and forth between the chief of general motors and of course lawmakers here on the hill. less contentious than last time she was up here in april first on the hill. she was going through the results of this internal investigation and found years and years of neglect and incompetent. the issue here is the ignition switch can get knocked off in the middle of driving and your air bags won't work and the engine won't shut down, et cetera. i want to play you a little bit of sound from this hearing, back and forth about responsibility, culture and who is being held accountable. >> how does someone who has spent an entire career within the culture of gm change the culture of gm? >> the 15 people that are no longer with the company are the people that either didn't take action, that should, or didn't work urgently enough to rectify this manner. they are no longer part of this company. that was a strong signal to send within the compa

poppy harlow is live in washington with laura christian, whose daughter was the first known victim killed because of the ignition switch defect. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning, carol. >> poppy what do you expect feinberg to lay out? >> i expect we'll find out finally who is counted, carol. general motors said 13 people died because of this faulty ignition switch. but they have also left the door open to that number going higher if this man, ken feinberg, decides it should. they used a narrow definition of who counts. they're counting frontal impact crashes where air bags did not deploy. they're not counting people sitting in the back seed at of car that crashed. they're not counting side impact crashes. is that going to change? that's a big question. another question is how much are they going to lay out. are we going to find out not only who counts and who will be compensated, but are we going to hear about a bulk fund, safety advocates called for a fund of a billion dollars, will that be the case or will this just really be be a way to lay out who counts a

. >> poppy harlow has been following the story and joins me now.g, of the 9/11 victims fund, bp oil spill. are these figures in line with what we were expecting? >> he gave examples. if someone's younger and they died, their potential earnings were much higher. if they were severely injured, a child, gave a range of $2.2 million to $7 million they could get. they have to prove the approximate cause is the ignition switch. gm said there is no cap. they will pay out whatever he determines. gm has no say in that, they have to pay what he determines. also, they're not counting contributory negligence if someone was speeding, texting -- >> i see -- >> he which be the judge and jury, the final arbiter. i want you to listen to this. we sat down for an extensive interview. what he talked about in terms of how on earth you really value a life. >> i guarantee you, as sure as anything, based on experience, there will be many, many claimants who will say, but is it enough? how can money ever be enough if you've lost a love one or a quadriplegic or permanent br

newsroom starts right now. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm poppy harlow in washington, d.c. today. morning a lot of news to get to first off, right now, one of the men believed to be a mastermind of the deadly attack on the american consulate in brz nearly two years ago is on a slow boat to the united states. ahmed abu khattala is being transported by a u.s. navy ship, not by air. this is strategic. this is so that investigators

>> yeah, poppy harlow with cnn again. in looking at what you have done in the past in terms of the bp oil spill and 9/11, they're different in that it was very clear who died as a result of the deepwater horizon rig explosion or who died as a result of 9/11. here can you talk to us about the process? i mean, are these victims and their families and their attorneys basically going to be holding court in front of you with you as is sole arbiter to decide? and also you talk about having to be expeditious in getting the money out. at the same time, in some of these cases there's a lot to pore through. how do you make that determination that the proximate cause was the ignition switch and also do it in the time frame you'd like? >> it's very, very difficult, it's a challenge. but now, don't, don't be misled into thinking that we didn't have the same problems in 9/11 and bp. we did. in 9/11 you'll recall the statute creating the program said that physical injuries had to occur in the, quote, immediate vicinity, unquote, of the

cnn's poppy harlow is live in detroit with more. hey, poppy. >> reporter: hey, good morning, chris.eting inside general motors headquarters. only a few days from the damming investigation came out showing 11 years what they are calling neglect and incompetence that led to at least 13 deaths. 54 crashes. many injuries. because of this faulty ignition switch that no one took responsibility for. you know, it has cost the company $1.7 billion so far and cost them a lot more than that with all of these lawsuits and litigation. more important than the money here are the people. the victims. at least 13 deaths. we had a chance last night to speak to some of the people who are outside here protesting. they want more answers and more action from general motors. one of them a father who lost his daughter natasha weigel sitting in the back seat of one of those cars because of this faulty ignition switch. here is what he wants. >> we just want to make sure, okay, here is the face of the victims. people died because of their inaction and we got to make sure that doesn't happen again. >> reporter

here is poppy harlow. >> the pattern of incompetence and neglect. >> reporter: the gm ceo admitting thehort, we misdiagnosed the problem from the beginning. >> reporter: the words aren't enough to the parents of brooke who died driving a chevy cobalt on her 29th birthday. >> i kept thinking this is not possible. it's her birthday. it can't have happened that she died. >> i knew in my heart and my gut there was something wrong with the car. that it wasn't her fault. >> reporter: it was here that georgia state patrol says brook's 2005 chevrolet cobalt hydroplaned four years ago. it dropped 15 feet into this creek. the accident report says she was driving too fast for roadway conditions, causing her to lose control of the vehicle. >> she was driving 58 and the speed limit was 55. >> reporter: do you believe that could have caused the accident? >> no. i believe she lost power. >> it's known the ignition switch was defective. this analysis provided by their attorney shows the switch was in the accessory position at the time of the crash, shutting the engine off and disabling the air bags, po

poppy harlow is live in warren, michigan, where the report is coming out. of this. right to poppy. what is the news about what is in this report allowing for the obvious conflict that they are investigating themselves? >> reporter: well, yes. they did bring in an outside investigator former u.s. attorney to do this. but it's an internal investigation. we will get the details at 9:00 a.m. when they release it. they have held on this tightly y leaked yet but a source within general motors told me within the last hour more than a dozen people are leaving gm as a failure of this company to alert the public to a deadly safety defect in millions of its cars. we know that these are not layoffs, quote, from that source. they did something wrong. what we want to find out, how high did this go? did the ceo at the time know? did top executives know? or was this just very sloppy work and data analysis that was never got above the engineering level? was there a cover-up? or was this just bad practice? that is the question. other question in focus is what will gm do for

so we take to you "the newsroom" and the closest to perfecting we have, poppy harlow. >> oh, if that wsroom" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning, everyone. i'm poppy pharlow in today for carol costello. thanks for joining mean. in iraq prime minister nuri al maliki says his troops are pushing back the terrorist groups but his leadership may become a casualty of the conflict nonetheless. many in washington and our arabb auto a lies believe he can't unify the country. more lawmakers say he has got to go. i also want to -- take a listen. >> it seems to me that maliki has t