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and decades of economic sanctions. he decided to give up power to another castro. thank you to all of you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. >> hill lello every when. these stories are topping the news this hour. captured and back in jail. today the big question is, was anyone else involved? plus the obama care website got off to a rather glitchy start but thousands still got through. we have the numbers on how many people got signed up. and her haunting picture. all of them want to know if this mystery child might be related to them. what officials know about her.
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>> first up, two convicted murders are now behind bars. this is our first look at these men after a nationwide manhunt. they were in court this morning in panama city, florida. these were two hardened convicted fellons. and the thought of them being out there in our state caused me great concern. i want to say to the family members of the victims that these individuals had convicted crimes against previously you can only imagine what the families were going through as well. i'm thankful that they are back where they belong. what happened in court this morning? >> well, the suspect spoke briefly. they said their names and were
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present via video conference. the judge said they are being hold on one count of no escape. it was a brief court hearing for both charles walker and joseph jenkins. the investigation is on going and the key to this now is trying to figure out how they got their hands on these documents and if there is any other types of similar schemes out there right now. >> have investigators said anything about other people on the inside that may have been involved? >> interestingly enough at a press conference yesterday, we heard from the family members who were on the run. they had nothing to do with the
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suspe suspect's escape and they were unaware that anything was wrong. they thought their release was legitimate. right now that is the million dollar question right now. who else was involved in this. cnn analyst talked about how he believed this is an inside job that knew how to file this paperwork and get it through the system. i believe we have sound from the u.s. marshals who talked about how this escape was for walker and jenkins. this is the first time that we have heard the elaborate scheme where we have had criminals serving time for homicides that did not es came through a scheme like this. so as far as what would stop people from doing this.
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prosecutors the judicial system law enforcement we are aware of this. this is probably the first time it has occurred in our country and we will be attune to this to prevent this from happening again and implementing measures to prevent court documents like this from going through. it came from a tip, walker and jenkins were waiting from a ride to come from atlanta. all right thank you so much. all right jp morgan chase has agreed to paid $14 billion to settle a civil suit of knowingly selling bad mortgages to investors in the run up to the 2008 financial crisis. it doesn't shield the bank from
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possible criminal prosecution. in california a transit train struck and killed two workers. officials say they were looking into a possible dip in the rail when it was hit saturday. the accident comes as bart's union workers remain on strike regarding a number of union workers. newly elected pakistani prime minister is set to meet with president obama at the white house. official cites improved relations between the two countries. tensions escalate d. >> okay the first numbers on the affordable care act.
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sign ups are in and despite website glitches half a million people have made it through the online process. republican senator ted cruz said the buck needs to stop at the top of health and human services. some of your colleagues are saying she should resign do you agree with that? >> absolutely. why? because the program that she has implemented is a disaster. it is not working it is hurting people all across the country. yoo chr >> chris, the site was down on friday. what is the status now is it back up and running?running. every weekend they take it down and bring it back online trying to fix some of the many
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glitches. nearly half a million people have gone through the application process. that is different from actually enrolling. that would be the key step. that is the key number to keep an eye on. the obama administration needs to get seven million people enrolled within the first six months or so of the program. people getting error messages and not being allowed to create passwords or log ins. it has been a frustrating process but some have made it through. >> we heard from senator ted cruz asking for her resignation, so how much heat is she under right now? >> she is under a lot. people are saying if this was a company and it had disastrous
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roll out like this. the ceo would be fired. in earlier this morning cnn asked that question to get reaction from former house speaker nancy pelosi about the probabli possibility of her stepping down. >> i think it has to be fixed and that is what will happen. and i believe when the president comes forward he will have what the fix -- how it has been fixed and what the process is from here forward. >> she called talk of sebelia stepping down quote ridiculous. officials say that the actual insurance is still a good one. they have confidence that the glitches can be fixed.
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of course, we actually have more from ted cruz. the controversial senator says all he is trying to do is change the way that congress operates. plus, more on this little girl. a charity is trying to find out who she is and where her biological parents are. cg/úññ
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a mystery is unfolding for a girl found by a couple who claimed to be her parents but they didn't look like her. dna made it official. now officials are trying to find out who she is and from where she came. we are joined now via skype. what kind of response have you been getting. we talked with your organization yesterday and you received feedback? >> there are a crazy number of people that are calling the hotline and 200,000 businesses and 500,000 visits on our facebook and mostly from international connections that we have with people that are
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trying to find out what is happening. >> what are they saying? this little girl is suspected that she may have been removed from her biological family under the age of one year old. is anyone trying to draw a connection and saying that they had a child that was abducted and know of someone who has been missing since it was just an infant? >> many people are trying to connect it. but these people are being transferred to the police and they are trying to have a deal. i hope that there is going to be some people that are looking for her. it was kind of selling her very early time of her life then we won't have these people. we have the connection between
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bulgaria and romania and greece and their trafficking and selling and buying children. we are opening here a kind of something that we are talking in europe but we don't ever come across reality now. >> thank you so much. president for the charity called the smile of a child. >> so, right now, i'm joined by michelle clark the former director of the former trafficking unit. if so many people have reached out. how do investigators go about trying to match this child with the right family? >> the most important thing to figure out was, was this child
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trafficked? trafficking is exploitation of people. they are exploited for sex and household work. many of the groups that you see across the unit where there is a mother and a child looking sick and peak. >> and in your own view, these begging rings, they are known to also set up shop in that roma gypsy community in that section of athens where she was spotted? is that correct? >> this is very correct. there are a number of begging rings in the larger cities of athens yes. >> what kind of advice are you giving to people? >> does this lift the veil
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reveal to people that children are not just -- when they are abducted it is not just for sex slavery. i think that is what first comes to mind for people. that there is this splint ter that you think of. and there is child begging. >> that is a perfect question to be asking. because these rings usually are organized my populations that we consider marginalmarginalized, pay attention to the people in the street and the sick people in the stations. we think oh isn't it too bad that people aren't taking care of their kids? it is calculated and it makes a lot of money. we need to start viewing these as situations of abuse.
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authorities need to start paying attention and they should treat this as the crime the organized crime that it is. >> all right michelle, clark thank you so much former director of the anti-trafficking unit. we appreciate your time. everybody is wishing the best of this little girl. all right. let's talk politics straight ahead in this country. is hillary clinton running for president? she hasn't said but a lot is being read into this appearance 24 hours ago. we'll have that next in the newsroom. ♪ ♪
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in washington bipartisan teams are noeshnegotiating a de
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keep the government running. tea party republicans say they are not giving up their fight to defund obama care and this mo morning gloria many americans thought we were in the clear. you talked with senator john mccain who said there will be no second shut down. let's listen into what he said. >> there are so many things that we can do and keep up the fight against obama care but don't shut down the government. i'm confident that the american people will not stand for another repetition of this disaster. so the american people will not stand for it. but why is he so certain that republican ares won't stand for it either? >> he thinks that republicans
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are looking at the same polls that he was looking at. 2/3 of the american public blame the republican party. blamed republican ares by 20 points more than they blamed the president. i think he made it clear. he thinks this was a losing fight for them. he pointed out that there was tremendous economic damage. why would the congress want to do more economic damage to the country? cruz told us that he doesn't serve the republican party and this is what he had to say about another potential shut down. >> you are deliberately not ruling it out. >> there are a lot of politics in washington that want to say
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no more discussing obama care and the american people are not satisfied with that. >> is there a feeling that his influence is on the rise or as a result of that government shut down his influence has hit the brakes? >> it defends on where you go. dana bash went to texas this week and said ted cruz was treated like a celeb there. if you look at the republican party ip wan washington. these are people who don't like ted cruz they believe that he and his cohorts are trying to primary them fast forward past midterms of the presidential race.
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hillary clinton campaigning for her friend in virginia. is clinton likely he the face for the democratic ticket? possibly cruz possibly in the race or the republicans? i think hillary clinton is more likely than cruz. i think she is the over whelming favorite. i asked john mccain about ted cruz today saying would he be the most attractive nominee and i have to say he was demure about it. >> thank you so much. interesting. days ahead. months ahead. good to see you. >> all right coming up, hundreds of homes destroyed by wildfires. we have pictures of people struggling to save the houses. still in the path of those flames. [ female announcer ] who are we?
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half a million people have made it through the online application. the healthcare.gov site is back up and raining. president obama is expected to talk about how the site is doing. a long island man is arrested for allegedly trying to board a flight with a bag of knifes and scissors. he also had lighters and dangerous objects in the bag. schivo had admitted to owning the bag and it's contents. quick stint in jail for exsan diego mayor is over. he was released hours later. this is all part of his plea deal. he admitted to battery charges against women. he will serve three months of home confinement and be required
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to undergo mental health treatment. they are celebrating in boston. the red sox won the pennant gee feeting the detroit tigers. shane victorino hit the grand slam. boston woman the best of 7 series. the red sox beat the cardinals in the world series. all right firefighters in australia aren't getting help from the weather today. forecasters are expecting a couple of days of high temperatures and strong winds. the area around sydney has been hit by fires in recent days. we have more from 7 networks in australia. >> the last line of defense. a firefighter stands guard ready
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to protect homes as a resident tries to help with the watering can. edging close to properties. if we can get this in we will stop and take it up to the houses. confronting the area, it becomes clear. and active firefront moving along the road towards the townships. he's on edge. how do you feel knowing that there is a huge fire down the bottom of the valley and it is heading to your home? >> well, i'm not comfortable. but i think it is quite survivable. >> his children have returned home to help. many of bob's neighbors have decided to leave. firefighters have managed to fill strong containment lines protecting homes for another
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day. but the situation could change at a moment's notice. >> residents who aren't under threat are being urged to stay in the area. if they stay they risk being isolated for days without power or access to medical assistance. whatever they decide to do, they should do it before it is too late. >> now to germany. where a bishop is under fire for extravaga extravagant spending of the church's money. >> a bishop who spends $42 million of the church's money building himself a lavish new residence. catholics in germany are fewer use. they want him to resign. it is a real test case for pope
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lance armstrong was once one of the most inspiring athletesen the world. new book claims to give insight with how he got away with doping for so long and who helped him. we have all ways viewed his as sort of a bis story. it is more than just doping and cycling and doping and sport. we viewed this about a business and enter price and cheating was
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at the heart of it. >> did the fact that he had this charity did he use that to plunt criticism? >> absolutely. the lance armstrong foundation which is known as the livestrong foundation was his shield. he was fighting cancer. he wasn't just an athlete, he was above all that. that protected him over those 14 years. he would say i survived cancer. why would i take drugs? and people believed it. it giave him special status. >> they are saying at least one lawsuit. >> yes, they have filed a whistle blower lawsuit on the u.s. postal service's violation of the contracts.
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his team violated the contract by doping and the u.s. department of justice has joined that lawsuit to the tune of $120 million. >> that points to the schemes that we bring up in the book. he ar fews that the postal service should have known that he won so many times that the proe postal service is saying that they should have known he was doping. it simimportais important to hi compete in triathlons. was he doping during ptriathlon during his cycling career? >> i think he was still working with ferrar are i. but he was helping them with the training regimen. >> all right tonight cnn will have a lot more.
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same sex couples across new jersey will start getting married one minute after the stroke of midnight. governor appealed a lower court's ruling allowing same sex couples to marry. >> it is was like so much easier to go in and like a man and woman to provide typical information and get a receive. >> for cus the symbolic part of it is we wanted to wait and do it here in new jersey which was our home. corey booker is celebrating his victory in last week's special election to fill new jersey's y
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vacant senate seat. we have more on this. what is in store for him? >> he is a high profile mayor and he will be the most freshman member of the senate. he will have to strike the right balance here. his party still needs him to be vocal and visible. i'm going to try to be the best me possible. he has never had trouble drawing a crowd. >> all rise? >> which is why he may get a warm welcome when he goes to washington. rutgers university science f professor, i think he will be a great fundraiser. >> the mayor of new wark is so
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widely known for a big campaign of people. he has a powerful and recognizable brand. >> he will be the biggest brand in washington. >> if you ask the senator elect, it will be about building a bigger name for himself. >> i'm going to study and learn learn learn and then come back to new jersey and serve people as i have been doing as mayor. if he wants to succeed as a scepter he wise senator he will have to improve. but he think he will be well advised to keep it in check. it could prove tough considering the background. some saying he is a potential pick for a run in 2016. yeah, look i also heard that i might be a choice for the giants
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right now. we are having a tough time so maybe i might get called in. there might be much of a break for him. he has 15 months left in the senate. >> so what would be some of the biggest challenges for him in dc. he has the name recognition that they haven't seen in a while. the advice that he is getting to prove his trcritics wrong off t bat and getting a washington staff that has washington expertise and knows how the town works. >> thank you so much in new york. all right also in new york the police deny that they are searching for the street and grafitti artist. he has been unveiling new works
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there is a renaissance happening in hollywood this year. among the movies several feature
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theme s chronicling the experience. it is as much a business choice as an artistic one. >> from overcoming slavery and the battle for civil rights to an inner city teen finding his footing. a glance at this year's film shows an emerging trend. >> 2013 has been a banner here with regards to the number of films that feature african-american films. take for example 42, the butler, 12 years of slaves, those films arrive at a threshold with regard to the quality that will put them in the running for awards. >> with so many projects i'm
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hoping that people are being able to have their voices heard. >> hollywood hasn't been so focused on african-american story lines since the flicks of the 1980s and 1990. >> i want to be somebody. >> we have seen cycles like this before. this year i think the difference is the fact that a lot of the stories that have come out this year have realized a higher level and i think that the american attitude has changed. some crediting washington. >> i barack obama do solemnly swear. >> people have talked about the kind of the obama effect. if people are interested and want to see movies that have diversity or are about different
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things, in that way, then, then in a way that allows them to be creative more. >> many of the movies retell events and foe tcus on the forgotten which highlights the afric african-american family structure. >> one of the things that i loved about this family was the tender and nurturing nature of the middle class family. >> for some it msignals a lastig change. >> i hope this is the start of a new openness to invest and provide a platform for stories about the african-american e experience. the schedule looks pretty descent. >> for others it is not about black or white or green. >> i don't think it is about any
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age of enlightenpment. those individuals that fight to get stories, it will go swruwil as much as ever. >> this should be the norm. >> michelle turner, cnn new york. >> it wasn't exactly an order day at walmart. here is why. a visitor shows up in florida and we go on gator patrol next. 1ñp
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woods behind the store. before the trapper could locate it. and speaking of looking out. oh my gosh, base jumping competition kicks off in china. check out these two men jumping off the bridge more than 1,000 feet off the ground and then finally 34 base jumpers gather this weekend to take the challenge. they have five seconds to open their chute in the air. just like that. four kinds of fixed objects uses in the short including buildings antennas fans and earth. that spells nuts for me. in tonight's parts unknown, anty bor bordain looks at how much africa
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has changed. >> there was a definite pride of having been at the very center of things back when it was hard and dangerous to have an opinion. when you say you were born and bred here it means something. >> that is all new anthony bourd bourdain. two escaped killers behind

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