thank you, zain.sly a dangerous assignment for her as well. >>> so why is this somalia-based al shabab group targeting a mall in kenya? and why does that relate to you here in america? peter bergen is going to join us. while it's complex, it does matter in america. that's next. [ male announcer ] campbell's angus beef & dumplings. hearty cheeseburger. creamy thai style chicken with rice. mexican-style chicken tortilla. if you think campbell's 26 new soups sound good, imagine how they taste. m'm! m'm! good! >>> so as these images continue to pour in to that terrible mall in kenya, we bring you other breaking news. this comes via twitter from the kenyan defense force as they say that 11 kenyan defense forces have been injured in this gun battle with the terrorists inside the mall. also, in the last 24 hours they say they've been able to retrieve ten bodies from the building, which is significant because so many people wonder if their loved ones were inside, were dead, or had escaped, weren't getting any

i zain, safety first.god to see you have your cover and vest on. just to bring everybody up to date. we have been told this situation is largely under control. it does not seem to be that way right now. there is smoke overhead. it does not lock like dispersion or tear gas. it has been used to deal with crowds in the area. >> that smoke does not look like that. that looks like fire smoke. helicoptering have been pushed away by gunfire from inside, we areled to. hostages still inside that mall. that's why that triage area is still set up. obviously, authorities are planning for more wounded to be coming out of the building. that's the latest from the kenyan mall situation right now. >> another reminder. she had the death count on how many people have been injured. this has been dragging on since saturday. however many are in there now are being held hostage in there. we'll get back there as news continues to develop. >>> coming up next on "new day," the faa reportedly set to relax rules on using gadgets in f

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zain, good to see you.jee there in nairobi. >> coming up next, why places like shopping malls, theaters and gas stations are called soft targets. what you need to be on the lookout for when you're visiting any of them. ♪ (announcer) answer the call of the grill with new friskies grillers, full of meaty tenders and crunchy bites. >>> all right. as we're learning from that deadly attack on the mall in kenya, shopping centers are indeed soft targets for terror attacks. >> yeah. they're full of people, lots of entrances and exits. no clear authority in charge in many ways. >> with groups like al shabaab recruiting in the west, people are wondering if their neighborhood mall could become a target. >> especially with the comparative readily available firearms in the united states. it's even more of an issue here. john berman reports that whole question is plaguing u.s. law enforcement as well. >> the shocking mall attack in kenya carried out by a somali terror group linked to al qaeda and hostile to the united st

. >> i'm not sure -- we're trying to get zain verjee. i'm not sure whether we have her or not on the scene. i'm sorry? okay. we're having trouble bringing her up. we know the outlines of this and one of the things we know is that there are israeli special forces on the ground. can you interpret that for me? >> they have a history of helping kenyans on counterterrorism. to some degree that's natural. they have tremendous experience dealing with similar situations to this hostage situation. i imagine the kenyans are happy to have the help. there was israeli ownership of the mall as well. >> in sense of working together, there is a history between kenyan military and israeli military? >> there is. because there have been other attacks in kenya against israeli interests. you may remember a couple years ago they tried to shoot at an israeli airliner trying to come in. they missed thankfully. they've tried this before. now they've had some success. >> we do have zain verjee on the ground for us in nairobi. can you tell me what's happening on t

our own zain verjee. watch this. she had to take cover as she was getting ready for a report earlier today. >> do we have the helmets? where is the helmet? [ shots ] >> she's joining us now live from nairobi. zain, kenyan authorities claim they have taken control of the mall from where you are and you're there on the scene for us, do you get a sense they actually are in control of the situation right now? >> reporter: they made a statement earlier saying yes, they're in control of the four-story west gate mall. a short while later, there was sporadic gunfire and everybody had to take cover. i made some calls about that. what i was told was that yes, they were in control, however, at that moment there were pockets of al qaeda or al shabaab and they were fighting back. there was heavy gunfire exchanges between the security forces and the militants. since then, woclf, it's been a number of hours, totally silent, both gunfire, no explosions and also total silent on information. we're trying to put together and get clarif

zain verjee is with us now with what your sources are telling you. zain?e a short while ago to a senior kenyan government source who said 30 people are now dead, at least 100 injured. one gunman has been wounded and several others have been pinned down. this is an ongoing situation. many people have been able to leave westgate mall. i understand that there are hostage being taken by some of the gunmen there. but it's unclear who exactly they are. i asked about nationalities to a spokesperson a short while ago who told me that it's unclear the nationalities of those who have been killed or injured, but the majority of the casualties are kenyans. fredericka? >> and zain, are your sources saying anything more about how many gunmen? we heard from a few eyewitnesses earlier, and one reported with an australian outlet saying that they thought maybe, like, ten gunmen may be vol involved? what are your sources telling you in >> reporter: the gunmen, i understand, were able to force their way into westgate mall. you know, fredericka, this is a mall where there's a

our zain asher has the detail on "grand theft auto 5," a real blockbuster, zain. >> yeah, absolutely.,000 stores were actually open at midnight to meet demand. this was the most expensive game ever to be made. it cost about $265 million. but they actually made back that amount several times over in one day. on tuesday, "grand theft auto" raked in about $800 million in sales. you know, this isn't just one of the biggest openings in the video game world, but also in the entire entertainment industry. i'm just going to show you some comparison. "world cup 2014" raked in $344 million in sales in just one day. "harry potter" the book raking in $170 million in just one day as well. and "harry potter" the movie, one of the biggest grossing of all time, $91 million. still one-tenth of what "grand theft auto 5" brought in on tuesday. there are a number of reasons why "grand theft auto" does particularly well. firstly, obviously it does have a cult following. it's been around about 16 year. secondly also because of pent-up demand. it doesn't really release video game that often. the last "grand

zain, thank you. as gunshots rang out, people ran. desperate to get as far from the mall as possible, but one man was running against the crush of people, running toward the mall. tyler hicks is a photographer for the "new york times." and he happened to be near nairobi's westgate mall when the gunmen opened fire. i just want to share with you some of these amazing photos that hicks took, and hear what he told cnn about what it was he saw. >> reporter: i happened to be close by to westgate mall when the violence broke out. and as i approached the mall, i could see lots of people running away. and as i got closer, it was clear that there were people who had been shot. i saw people who had been shot in the stomach and in the leg. dozens of injuries streaming out among just terrified civilians. i continued to move along carefully along the front of the mall, where i saw three men who had been killed just at the front entrance of the mall. one of them still inside the car that he had been driving. and continued to proceed up into an upper

>> zain is safe. she did go inside.lled in this mall, more than 100 others wounded, including americans bendida malanchia from north carolina managed to escape. she spoke to affiliate wavy. >> i was scared to death i was going to get a call saying that she was dead. >> reporter: her daughter says the gunmen barged where n where she was eating and started shooting. >> we stood up, starred to turn and there was a second and we heard machine guns and then we started to run and there was a second explosion which knocked us on the ground. >> reporter: she and her friend made it inside a store where dozens of people were hiding hoping the gunshots wouldn't come their way. >> you could hear while we were back there methodically going store to store, talking to people, asking questions, shooting, screams and it would stop for a while and go to another store. >> reporter: in the meantime her mother was glued to the news feeling helpless. >> and i couldn't get to her. i couldn't make the wrongs right. >> reporter: after more than

zain verjee is live at the scene in nairobi. zain, what can you tell us about the ongoing hostage situation. >> reporter: we're getting not a whole lot of information, because it's an ongoing hostage situation and they don't want to compromise any details of the operation. fred, what we heard a few hours ago were a little bit of shooting and one big explosion. and since then, there's been pretty much silence. we've heard a few ambulances going back and forth. now, where i'm located here, it's just about a five or ten-minute walk away from the west gate mall. and this is basically a red cross headquarters. you know, there's a triage center here and people have been ferrying water and food. and there's a real sense of urgency that something might be happening. some casualties might be coming. and everyone just jumped as soon as they get a radio signal in from west gate. there's no way that anyone can get unless they're not red cross or approved by the military. no persons allowed, no civilians allowed. there are snipers, also, rep

zain verjee on the ground in kenya, thank you.s been a long few days for zain who is home in nairobi. thank you. >>> i don't know if you saw it, but our christiane amanpour scored the big one, the interview of iran's president. and wouldn't you know it, he had a shout out for america. you're going to hear it in english in a moment. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ hooking up the country helping business run ♪ ♪ build! we're investing big to keep our country in the lead. ♪ load! we keep moving to deliver what you need. and that means growth, lots of cargo going all around the globe. cars and parts, fuel and steel, peas and rice, hey that's nice! ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ helping this big country move ahead as one ♪ ♪ norfolk southern how's that function? ♪ >>> so christiane amanpour scored an interview with hassan rouhani. remarkably, he spoke to her in english and, guess what, he spoke to the rest of us as well. have a listen. >> i would like to say to american people, i bring peace a friendship from

zain asher joins us now with a look. >> reporter: hi, christine. you may, of course, remember dick fuld, former ceo of lehman brothers. he led his company to the largest bankruptcy in american history. five years on like many americans, fuld has struggled to land a full-time job since the crisis. he launched his own financial advisory firm in 2009 and serves as an adviser to a green technology company. he made headlines again this summer after suing his ex-son-in-law for not paying back a $9 million loan. next up is angelo mozilo, the former ceo of countrywide financial, one of the largest subprime mortgage lenders in the country. many people blamed him for issuing loans to people who clearly could not afford them. he's kept a low profile after being banned from ever running a public company. henry paulson was the treasury secretary. he made the difficult call to let lehman brothers collapse. paulson heads up a think tank he founded in 2011 to promote a cleaner environment. and next up is, of course, timothy geithner. back at the time of the financ

. >> zain verjee joins us now live from nairobi. what more are we hearing from kenya's president?ore do we know about the attack? is it over? is it continuing? what's the latest? >> reporter: as we say in swahili here, it's over. the president said a while ago, wolf, that the terrorists have been defeated. he said five terrorists were killed with gunfire. there are 11 suspects that have been arrested in connection with the four-day siege. also this is important. he said reports that a british woman and two to three u.s. citizens that were involved in this attack are being investigated. he said he cannot confirm this yet and forensic teams are out to try to figure out whether or not that's the case. the implication being that they're doing these forensic tests because these people could be deceased. we're going to wait to hear more information about that and see what happens. there will be three days of mourning. wolf, kenyans here are really relieved that he came out and said it. he was supposed to make a statement a while ago, but they had to be really confident that it was reall

zain, be careful over there. zain verjee reporting from kenya. nicole is a journalist who managed to get inside the mall shortly after terrorists struck and documented the bloody attack. she is joining us on phone from israel, where she is on assignment. tell us what happened. you heard from your husband, who is a photographer for the "new york times." what was going on? pick up the story. what did you do? >> reporter: well, i actually called him to let him know what was going on. i had heard word of what was happening, checked in with the nairobi bureau, then gathered my protective gear and cameras and got down to the scene as quickly as possible. once i arrived there, i quickly realized that it was pretty serious, there were people running out of the mall holding each other, crying, and as i got closer, i saw some ad hoc first aid stations set up, strangers trying to help each other into any cars, getting injured victims on their way to the hospital as soon as possible. >> and you were courageous enough to go inside. were security forces alread

christine romans focuses on how it could affect you directly and zain asher at the new york stock exchange where the markets are already react package. if dana, the senate is expected to reject a spending plan passed by house republicans that would delay obama care for a year. so is that the point of no return? are we heading down this path. >> reporter: yes. it looks like there is -- it's looking a lot more likely that the government will shutdown for a little bit. here's why. i was just talking to some republican sources who, by the way, are going to meet. house republicans will meet at 2:00. in two hours to figure out their next move in of this chess game. and i am told a leading option for them to respond with isn't a clean bill, isn't a bill that senate democrats and the president are demanding which is fund the government no strings attached but perhaps to attach something tells delaying obama care and that is the leading option i'm told by republican sources is to delay the individual mandate inside obama care for one year. that, of course, is going to be a nonstarter just like the

>> zain, can you get it online? do you have to wait in those lines for hours?e waiting in line for hours here. it's not as bad as the flagship store on fifth avenue. this line they're waiting several hours right now. >> zain, thank you. >> way too lazy to do that. there's a new operating system out too for the iphone. >> wait a little while, you'll get it next week. >> i admire their persistence. there's a lot of this by the way on cnnmoney.com. a lot of the information and all the good stuff like that. >> i'm going to hang on to mine. this is all right. >> my daughter wants this one. i might end up getting a new one. >> we are also following, iran's new president extending an olive branch to the united states. hassan rowhani is asking for an end for what he causes unhealthy rivalries. >> he's also offering to help negotiate peace between syria's government and the rebels. it's all in an op-ed. there is a charm offensive under way, diplomacy by op-ed. we're going to talk about it with fareed zakaria. hey pam, you should take advil. why? you can take four advil

. >> zain asher is here to take us through some of the details. want someone else to access your phone like your spouse or you want to read your teenage daughter's phone material? are there caveats for that? >> you can register more than one thumb print. you can by pass the censor. >> other people are talking about security, how vulnerable will this be if the censors can be hacked? >> you have to remember the thumb print is going to be incrypted and stored on the actual phone and not stored on an apple server somewhere. it is on the actual cloud. that gives you some degree of protection. one thing is how advanced the censor is. for example, a high end thumb print censor might analyze 12 points on your thumb. experts say the iphone 5 s probably won't use that many. you have to remember the fewer number of points there is a chance that someone could pass for yours. it is highly unlikely that you ever meet them. >> absolutely. is it a safety upgrade or a different way to protect users? >> it is safe to say this is probably more about sales than safet

zain thank you very much. >> thanks so much, zain. >>> come up next on "new day" president obama facingefining moment, can he convince a skeptical congress and a war-weary public that we need to use military force against syria? seems to have at least some in his corner, john mccain in his corner and we're going to be joined live by the arizona senator to talk about that next hour. >>> later an exclusive with senator lindsey graham who had a key meeting with the president yesterday. >>> just when you thought you were rid of him, there is the picture, dennis rodman making a return visit to north korea. he says he just wants to visit his friend, mr. kim jong-un and has a little business venture to discuss with the north korean leader. details to follow. [ male announcer ] these days, a small business can save by sharing. like carpools... polly wants to know if we can pick her up. yeah, we can make room. yeah. [ male announcer ] ...office space. yes, we're loving this communal seating. it's great. [ male announcer ] the best thing to share? a data plan. at&t mobile share for business. one

zain, we've been hearing it all wrap up for a couple of days now.are there really that this could be coming to an end? >> reporter: well, it ain't over till it's over, right? sources here have been saying for a while now that they are in full control of westgate mall. then they said, well, we've got to do some sweeps still. we've got to clear it. what we saw today, they said they were defusing explosives. the bomb squad went in. we're still hearing on and off gunfire. one of the indications that's giving us a sense that this may actually really be over is the fact that the president of kenya is expected to make a statement. now the thing is, he was expected to make it once and then twice. it got delayed and delayed again. we're standing by to see what he says. because, guys, there's a lot of unanswered questions here. there's no real clarity on what's happened to the hostages. are they dead? are they alive? were the hostages actually released, like the government says? did they fight the militants to get the hostages out or did they find people hidi

thanks, zain. >>> coming up, president obama face-to-face with vladimir putin. to go head-to-head on a conflict in syria. jill is live in st. petersburg where they are set to collide. that is coming up after the break. orm is going to hit... but it will... that's why there's a new duracell battery. introducing duracell quantum. with its high density core, it's a qua in battery power. the next storm is out there. but so are the heroes. so we're giving a million duracell quantum to first responders everywhere. power. in the hands of the most powerful. duracell. trusted everywhere. it's not a candy bar. 130 calories 7 grams of protein the fiber one caramel nut protein bar. >>> a chilly political face-to-face reminiscent of the cold war. in hours president obama and russian president vladimir putin expected to go toe-to-toe over whether the u.s. should strike syria. we are live. >> i don't judge you. >> you are a bad example for your people. >> a shouting match. what got new york mayoral candidate, anthony weiner riled up. >>> a husband with a sign on a mission to s

zain asher, cnn, new york. >> hmm. >> now they know. >> is it extraordinary?g about this for a while but good to get educated. >> they're not watching us now. >> not too late. next hour, republican congresswoman michele bachmann, of course, she's made strong comments about obama care. she actually has said it's going to kill seniors and children. does she stand by those remarks or are they simply political? >> we'll talk about this. pasta maker barilla is in boiling water after the chairman said he doesn't want gays in their ads. well, now his comments have some people boycotting barilla. surprise surprise. that's coming up in "around the world." we'll be right back. ♪ [ jen garner ] what skincare brand is so effective... so trusted... so clinically proven dermatologists recommend it twice as much as any other brand? neutrogena®. recommended by dermatologists 2 times more than any other brand. now that's beautiful. neutrogena®. ♪ >>> gay rights groups around the world are very angry at the world's biggest pasta maker. so angry calling for a boycott of the comp

cnn's zain asher went along on the sidewalk. the top of the hill. >> reporter: with just a few days to go before the new health insurance exchanges go live, an army of obama care experts are going door to door. >> good morning. is christopher home? >> we're not selling anything. >> do you currently have insurance? >> reporter: trying to explain obama care to americans who don't have health insurance. >> it has something to do with caring about people, obama care. basically that's all i know. >> reporter: according to the kaiser family foundation, 43% of all uninsured americans still have no idea about the new exchanges. >> i have a question. who created this affordable health care plan? >> this was passed by congress. >> oh, congress. >> yes. the affordable care act. yes. >> i'm just wondering as a citizen of america, how come i did not hear of this? >> reporter: health care reform is a frequent source of contention in congress. many of the people we spoke to here in north bergen, new jersey were hearing details of obama care fo

zain, we're seeing an impact on markets today.r the marketed and the economy over the medium and longer term. >> listen, the market is used to stale mates in washington. traders say this one might actually have a more aggressive impact on stocks because the shutdown or the potential shutdown i should say is really only one piece of the puzzle. the debt ceiling is on the horizon and that will have a much bigger impact. you can only imagine the ramifications. we've seen cuts in spending. put a huge dent in gdp, business confidence, that kind of thing. the good news if you can call it that, the market does have a little bit of wiggle room. a few weeks ago we were at record highs in the s&p 500. the s&p is up more than 15% this year. there is some degree of wiggle room. wolf? >> we know on friday morning they'll have the new jobs report out for september. how is that likely to play as far as the markets are concerned? is. >> so we are not entirely sure if we are going to have a jobs report if the government shuts down. the government

but our own zain asher found that with all of that outreach, it may not be working, or at least it's a big, big job. people don't know what health care coverage they have now. what did they find? >> hi, christine. we found that very few people even know what oembalma care even means. these exchanges open on tuesday and nonprofit groups are going door to door trying to explain to the uninsured. we spoke to severalen insured americans who know virtually nothing about what obama care means. take a listen. >> we'll start at the top of the hill. >> reporter: with just a few days to go before the new exchanges go live, an army of obama care experts are going door to door. >> good morning. is christopher home? >> we're not selling anything. >> do you currently have insurance? >> reporter: trying to explain obama care to americans who don't have health insurance. >> i know it has to do with caring about people, you know, obama care, so basically that's all i know. >> reporter: according to the kaiser family foundation, 43% of uninsured americans still have no idea about the new exchanges. >>

zain asher is at the new york stock ex-change. all right, we're ready. hit us. >> hey, carol. this is going to be very interesting to watch. we know the markets hate uncertainty. pretty much got a little over 14:30 to go before a potential government shutdown. [ bell ringing ] now the futures are down about 150 points. stocks have been taking a hit the last few days. traders i spoke to say they're hoping washington will strike an 11th hour deal but if they don't there is some fear about what sort of effects this is going to have on the economy. even though stocks have recovered quickly from previous government shutdowns, if the government shuts down for one week that could reduce quarterly economic growth by 0.1%. another problem is that investors may not have anything to trade on if key economic reports are not released. the most important, carol, being the jobs report, we don't know whether friday's jobs report will come out, that has traders scratching their heads and lastly, for investors who are worried about their 401(k)s, bottom line, sit tight, stocks will almost certa

let's talk about this with zain asher in new york. cnn money's zain asher.enue from facebook on mobile devices. it now makes up about 40% of the company's revenue. yes, as you mentioned, facebook is back to being the cool kid again. the share price cost $50 a share this morning. it's come a long way since its roller coaster ride last year. if you bought it in 2012 and had the patience to hold on, you're sitting pretty. the stock is up 88% so far this year. brooke? >> what about the nation's largest bank making news, on the hook for up to $11 billion to settle a bunch of government investigations. what's going on for jpmorgan chase. >> jamie dimon sat face-to-face for negotiations. there has been so much criticism towards regulators for going easy on wall street. now we're seeing it's harsher penalties and more aggressive enforcement. for their role in the 2008 financial crisis, basically what they're being accused of is selling toxic mortgages to investors, then claiming these mortgages were less risky than they actually were. i want to point out two things

zain verjee is there. set the scene of what is happening around it and who is there trying to get the hostages out of the mall. >> reporter: well, westgate mall is a short distance behind me. the media has been moved back because they are concerned about security reasons or if they went live the hostage takers could see what was happening on tv and figure things out. this huge yellow crane just drove by and it's going up to the mall, so we are not sure if that's is going to be used in any kind of operation, and right now, 59 people dead, and from sources adding to that, there could be as many as 30 hostages. we don't know their condition. when you talk to people here and read the newspapers, and you just hear stories of horror, of escape, how people were hiding, and one person hiding in the vault of a bank and running to find any cover we could. we couldn't believe it, but my aunt was one of them. listen to what she said. >> all of a sudden we heard some shots and people rushing and we realized we were und

zain asher is here to answer some of these.n work with the phone. >> there's a button on the iphone 5 that doubled as a fingerprint scanner. here's what's interesting, there are different levels of fingerprint security depending on how many points on your thumb are going to be read. for example, some types of technology might use 16 different points on your thumb to verify it's you. the iphone 5s is probably going to use less because it may have to account for variables like if you burn yourself. apple doesn't want people to constantly complain they can't get into their phone. the fewer amount of points, the more likely it is for someone else around the world to have a fingerprint to access your phone. there's no chance you'll ever meet them or they'll ever get into your phone. >> like the nsa, for example, zain? >> there are some concerns about how vulnerable these phones are going to be to hacking. here's what you have to understand. first, the thumbprint is going to be encrypted. secondly, they're going to be stored locally

>> zain, thank you. let's go straight to where you are and listen in.