. >>> plus, radiation levels at japan's fukushima plant are worse than thought. high enough to kill a person within four hours of exposure. >>> also, former south african president nelson mandela is back home. we'll give you an update on his health later this hour. welcome to "around the world." i'm suzanne malveaux. >> i'm michael holmes. >> the president intensifying his effort to persuade congress to support his plans for military strikes on syria. he has conference calls and face-to-face meetings. >> it's 14 days and counting since the attack killed people. there's no doubt that syria's government were the ones using chemical weapons on their own civilians. >> john mccain has long pushed for u.s. action inside syria. he and fellow republican senator lindsey graham with meet two hours from now with the president and samples collected by u.n. weapons inspectors in syria will be delivered to labs in finland and sweden. russia says it doesn't buy u.s. claims it was the regime. >> translator: it's said the united states said they used chemical weapons. what does i

he is in the red safety helmet, personally visiting the reactors in fukushima. this happened today. paula hancocks has more on this. >> reporter: it's the second time that the japanese prime minister has visited the fukushima nuclear power plant. abe, wearing full protective gear, made a short tour thursday, a couple of weeks after pledging almost half a billion dollars to help with the cleanup effort. abe met with some of the plant workers telling those in the command center, quote, the future of japan is on your shoulders. he also decided the two remaining reactors would be decommissioned. reactors 5 and 6 shut down for maintenance at the time of the earthquake and tsunami in 2011, so were undamaged the prime minister shown the water tank that leaked 300 tons of radioactive water recently and said dealing with contaminated water issues is the immediate priority. he defended comments he made this month when bidding for the 2020 olympics which tokyo won. he had said the situation at fukushima was under control. >> translator: i told the world and buenos aires there is no health impa

almost two-and-a-half years after the fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown, leaks of contaminated water have been spiking the radiation levels higher than we have seen before. >> this is really turning the area around the plant into a ghost town when people don't even know when or if they will be able to go home for good. paula hancock traveled there taking us inside, a 12 mile safety zone to show the clean up here, what is being done and why this is so incredibly dangerous. >> within the 20 kilometer or 12-mile exclusion zone and this is the area that residents were moved away from in the immediate aftermath of the disaster in 2011. you can see there is a fair bit of activity behind me and cars are allowed in and residents allowed back during the daytime because the radiation levels lowered. still not allowed to stay the night. the government still worries about a cumulative radiation, so people aren't allowed to stay here 24 hours a day. what you can see by the side of the road, the cleanup operation is on going in different areas of fukushima. you can see what a pain staking operatio

the fukushima plant was severely damaged in peculiar march of 20 the tsunami hit japan. >>> veteran british broadcast david frost died of a heart attack last night. he was 74. frost was best known to u.s. audiences for his series of interviews with former president richard nixon. cnn's "reliable sources" will have more on david frost in the 11:00 a.m. hour. those are your top stories. i'm fredricka whitfield. now back to "fareed zakaria gps." >>> now for our "when in the world segment." watching countries from around the world grow and prosper, we tend to assume that global poverty is falling. in fact the world bank says that in 1981, nearly half the world citizens were impoverished, they lived on less than $1.25 a day. today less than a fifth of the world's population lives in poverty. in raw numbers that translates to a 40% drop, from 2 billion to 1.2 billion people. when i dug deeper, i realized the picture was more murky. most of the reduction has to do with one country, china. take it out of the equation and the numbers look very different. let's go back to 1981. back then china accoun

the fukushima plant was severely damaged in the march, 2011, tsunami that hit japan. >>> yemen's prime minister is okay after escaping an assassination attempt. an unknown gunman fired on the prime minister's three-car convoy. saturday's incident came only a day after a car carrying yemen's information minister was fired upon. >>> and journalist glenn greenwald, who broke the nsa spying story, is next on "reliable sources" right after this. >>> welcome back to "reliable sources." i'm brian stelter. if you've had trouble keeping up with all of the nsa surveillance news this summer, don't worry, you are not alone. since memorial day there have been new revelations every single week about america's pervasive phone and internet surveillance programs, all thanks to edward snowden, who provided documents to the guardian columnist glenn greenwald. the latest on saturday came from a german newspaper. the documents apparently show that the nsa hacked into systems belonging to the arab news broadcaster al jazeera. this has been the media story of the summer. so as fall approaches, does the repor

. >>> there's been a spike in radiation levels at the fukushima nuclear plant in japan left crippled by a tsunami two years ago. the radiation was measured in the pipes and containers that hold water at the facility. >> tepco is the company in charge of the cleanup. officials say just one drop of contaminated water dripped out of the holding tanks when a worker touched a pipe, and that isn't a leak. they also said they're making every effort to keep workers safe. >>> in california, investigators are trying to figure out why a single-family home in los angeles collapsed. look at this. according to officials, the house, which was abandoned, was used as a shelter by the community's homeless population. >> the fire department was able to clear the house after sending in a team of specialized dogs to determine whether anyone was trapped. no injuries were reported in friday's collapse. >>> you know tim tebow? he won't be suiting up in a new england patriots uniform this year. the pats cut him just days before the new season kicks off. the former heisman trophy winner is probably the bigges

the only thing they didn't have was fukushima. that was something that was held against them. the fact they do have those radiation spikes and toxic water leaks, but it wasn't enough to derail this bid. the games in 2020 will be coming here to tokyo. don. >> very interesting. lots of mass transportation to help the people get to and fro. last time tokyo hosted the games back in 1964. the game will be in tokyo in 2020. thank you so much for joining us. i'm don lemon in new york. at the top of the hour make sure you come back to us here. the video of that sarin gas attack is showing members of congress to convince them air strikes against syria must happen. we're going go to cnn dr. sanjay gupta for a live report for you. >>> i'm dr. sanjay gupta reporting all week from the syria lebanon border. joining me is my colleague brooke baldwin. >> you're next door to syria. i have a lot of questions for you as far as what you've seen in the last couple of days. let me just begin with what we have seen so far. we've seen the

>>> also, radiation levels around the tanks at fukushima 18 times worse than previously thought. plus when the radiation plume is expected to hit the u.s. west coast. the second hour of newsroom start thes now. >>> good morning from washington. thanks for being with me. i'm carol costello. new developments holding the world's attention in sere kwa. this morning the u.s. navy bolsters military might in the region sending a warship into the red sea. today u.n. inspectors sent to a lab the evidence that could prove chemical weapons were unleashed in syria. in washington the results are viewed as a formality. >> it has tested positive for signatures of sarin. so each day that goes by, this case is even stronger. >> making the case to congress, president obama faces pushback from both parties in his call to authorize military strikes. the president faces two major hurdles though. political skepticism of lawmakers and questions over whether he would be defying national law. we'll break the issues down for you this morning. dana bash is on capitol hill. and evan perez will look at the l

the problem of fukushima power plant, the company leading the cleanup said only a single drop escaped the holding tank. owners say the radiation exposure can be controlled. another holding tank leaked 300 tons of toxic water last week raising the threat level at the time to serious. >> nelson mandela's release from the hospital after nearly three months of the treatment. the 95-year-old remains in critical condition, but doctors say he can get the same level of intensive care at his home. mandela was hospitalized june 8th with a lung infection. his history of lung and respiratory infections dates from his 27-year imprisonment for fighting against are part hide. apartheid. >>> famed british broadcaster david frost has died. bbc published a statement that frost died of a heart attack aboard the cruise ship "queen elizabeth." frost was a fixture on american and british television, but he was perhaps best known for his revealing interviews with president richard nixon. david frost, 74 years old. >>> with the threat of a u.s. strike on syria looming, how might that affect americans here at

in japan, a sharp spike in radiation levels in containers at the fukushima nuclear plant. the company is confident its crews can deal with the problem safely. the plant was severely damaged in the 2011 tsunami that hit japan. >>> david frost has died of a heart attack. he was 74. frost was best known to u.s. audiences for his series of interviews with former president richard nixon. >>> and those are a look at the top stories. i'm fredricka whitfield. now back to "fareed zakaria gps." >>> now for our "what in the world segment." watching countries from around the world grow and prosper, we tend to assume that global poverty is falling. in fact the world bank says that in 1981, nearly half the world citizens were impoverished, they lived on less than $1.25 a day. today less than a fifth of the world's population lives in poverty. in raw numbers that translates to a 40% drop, from 2 billion to 1.2 billion people. when i dug deeper, i realized the picture was more murky. most of the reduction has to do with one country, china. take it out of the equation and the numbers look

despite concerns about the fukushima radiation bomb, officials decided that tokyo was less risky than istanbul or madrid. that shocked some people, they were not always this expressive, but they took to the streets to celebrate a very expensive decision. and the celebrating may be a bit premature. because japan, already heavy with debt is now on the hook for an estimated 6 billion to build the games venues. japanese officials think it will be worth it because it will stimulate japan's struggling economy. the budget just jumped from $12 billion to $50 billion, and it took montreal 30 years to pay off the 1976 games, no joke. hosting the biggest game in the world may be prestigious, but it is not the biggest bet financially. unlike the olympics, the conventions are a monster money deal. trade shows, corporate retreats are responsible for 6 million jobs. and like the olympics, many of the smaller events use a bid process to pick the next location. they use locations like the world science convention exhibit to lure voters. sweet after sweet, yes, one of our producers was there, part of t

the fukushima plant was severely damaged in the tsunami that hit japan. >>> david frost has died. he was a fixture on american and british television. but he was perhaps best known for the interviews with president richard nixon. david frost was 74. >>> and now we take a closer look at the nerve gas that the u.s. is accusing syria of using. saran gas. it is one of the most toxic chemical weapons that exist. even a fraction of an ounce can kill a person. elizabeth cohen tells us how dangerous it can be. >> a reason why saran gas is so lethal is that you don't know it's coming. it is odorless, it is tasteless. you usually don't know that y you've been affected until you get sick. the pew tills come to a pinpoint. they get headaches, excessive sweating, convulsions and respiratory failure. nerve gas can kill within minutes. some people survive and probably means that they didn't get as big of a dose when they breathe it or not or touched it or get to a place where there is no gas. here's exactly what nerve gas does to your body. the glands and the muscles have off switches so they're

. >>> japan is unveiling a plan for dealing with radiation leaks at the fukushima nuclear plant including freezing the soil around the building to keep it from carrying radioactive liquid from the plant. the cost will be upwards, a half billion dollars. radioactive water has been leaking from storage tanks there for weeks now. >>> also in japan, a massive tornado causing destruction in an area north of tokyo. more than 100 homes destroyed. dozens of people injured when the twister ripped through the region. it was blamed on unstable weather conditions. >>> grab a cup of coffee, sit down, take a look at this. it's a giant gator. a record setting gator caught in the mississippi river near jackson. this was over the weekend. it looks fake. it weighed more than 700 pounds, measures more than 13 feet long. >> it's got a double chin. >> a little porky. it's not the longest ever caught in the state of mississippi, but it is the heaviest. >> that's a fat alligator. how does an alligator get so fat? >> i don't know. i worry about what he's been eating. >> do you think metabolism? he's a big boned

but a fence put around japan's crippled fukushima plant now discovered it has a hole in it. i'm suzanne malveaux. >> i'm mike holmes. thanks for your company this friday. it is that week every year when most of the world's leaders converge on the united nations in new york, and as you know, the man who's gotten a whole lot of attention at this year's general assembly is the iranian president. spoke to reporters a few minutes ago. >> we're talking about ha sass rowhani of iran. his comments have, of course, made news around the globe, his comments about the holocaust, his attitudes towards the west. his country's nuclear ambitions and, of course, about syria. the new president making sure that nobody is confusing his message and where he's taking his country than from his predecessor mahmoud ahmadinejad. >> the president spoke a few minutes ago giving a news conference and spoking about syria's alleged use of chemical weapons. >> we believe that the solution of the syrian crisis is a political one. we will believe that countries that have shaped the future of syria should act

ever since the melt down of the fukushima plant. before that accident, 30% of the country's power was supplied by nuclear facilities. >>> taliban is claiming responsibility for a roadside attack that killed one american. a day after pakistani officials announced plans to withdraw troops from that region. the area is west of where taliban militants shot a teenager last year because she went to school. >>> house republicans ready to turn their focus back to benghazi again and releasing a report this morning updating their investigation into obama administration handling of last year's terror attack on the u.s. compound. four americans, including ambassador christopher stevens, was killed in that attack. a hearing set for wednesday with a state department official scheduled to testify. >>> a defense of the nsa surveillance program, michael hayden that is a cnn contributor said since they built the internet they are watching closely what happens online. he said g-smail a preferred e-mail provider of terrorists. hayden ran the nsa from 1

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. >> reporter: even concerns over radiation spikes and fresh toxic water leaks at the fukushima nuclear power plant could not derail this bid. >> i was supporting the country's people. i i think japan is dangerous but i'm japs soanese, so i just bel. >> reporter: celebrations played on across the city sunday, including a human message to the olympic committee. not everyone is delighted, though. some question the wisdom of injecting billions of dollars into tokyo when the northeastern part of the country ravaged by that tsunami in 2011 still needs rebuilding. after that, the ongoing nuclear crisis and critics say that this money earmarked for the summer games could be far better spent elsewhere. paula hancocks, cnn, tokyo. >>> 19 minutes after the hour. >>> coming up, a $6 billion markup. neiman marcus about to be sold for a lot of money. we will tell you why the luxury retailer is on the block. get ready. money time is next. that means the money time dance. [ male announcer ] these days, a small business can save by sharing. like carpools... polly wants to know if we can pick her up. ye

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and also issues like the fallout of fukushima, spain and tokyo is the favorite but that's basically because it's the safest bet. we'll have to find out from those final presentations if someone doesn't pull ahead at the last minute. back to you, suzanne. >> shasta darlington, thank you. how to paula hancocks in tokyo where people are eagerly awaiting the announcement. paula. >> reporter: the 1964 olympics here in tokyo were a great success. and the country says the 2020 would be exactly the same. short travel times between the sporting venues and the stable economy are the main positives when considering bringing the games back to japan fukushima, recent reports of radiation spikes and toxic water likes inevitably will be counted against this olympic bid. suzanne, back to you. >> paula hancocks, thank you. now to istanbul where the ioc's big decision has the city on pins and needles. ivan watson is there. >> reporter: if istanbul wins it will be the first city to host the games. uniting cultures religions east and west. but this has been a very turbulent summer for turkish politics. as you

but fears surrounding the few tu s -- fukushima nuclear power plant continue to threaten the campaign. madrid is running for the third successive occasion and has based its bid around austerity. with an unemployment rate of 27%, some have questioned spain's capacity to host an olympics. but bid leaders insist an outlay of only $1.9 billion around a fifth the cost of the 2012 games in london, represents value for money. not to mention that 80% of the venues are already in place. but if delegates want to take a new direction, they could decide to endorse instan bul's bid. the city promises a magical games and the ioc could decide taking the olympics to a largely muslim country for the first time represents a positive move. but istanbul is fighting to recover from the negative publicity of anti-government protests in june and a recent doping scandal involving dozens of high-profile athletes. istanbul is still in this three-way race, but it's seen as the dark horse. the favorites tag can often be a curse. paris was tipped to win the 2012 games only to see london snatch it away with a stro

it's charred more than 224,000 acres. 11 homes destroyed >>> the operator of japan's heavily damaged fukushima nuclear plant say that radiation level are 18 times higher than previously thought. the plant's operator say they've found another leaking pipe at the plant. this plant was crippled in the 2011 earthquake >>> ford issuing a major recall. the issue, potential steer shaft corrosion could lead to steering loss. no incident or injuries have been reported so far. count victoria, mercury grand marquis and lincoln town cars from 2005 through 201137 >>> now about this. clearing fans at a high school game in ohio suddenly plunge to the ground. look at that. that railing just gave way own those bleachers. a few people for sent to the hospital for treatment. but luckily amazing there were no major injuries. the home team, they beat their rival 41-7. some day there at that high school. >> that's like probably, what is that, maybe the opening game of the high school season. >> you would think. >> a lot of drama on that opening game. >> luckily they were so ampd up. >> on monday those guys were goi

. >>> the japanese government jumping in to help with the ongoing dast disaster at the fukushima nuclear plant, promised nearly $500 million to stop radioactive water from leaking. officials found radiation levels near the water tanks keeps going up and could kill a person within hours. there is talk of freezing the ground around the plant in order to keep the water from seeping into the pacific. >>> if you are tempted to scream and yell at your teenagers you may want to stop, count to ten and tone it down, so says a new study founding screaming, cursing and criticizing your teens to make them behave can make them dprelsed a edepressed likely misbehave. most parents can't help going off on their teens at some point but a pattern of loud insults can do damage. >>> three staff at a shoe store quit their jobs, they locked up and walked out in the middle of the day posting this huge note telling their district manager they've had it with the abuse for their part journey's management put out a statement saying we take this situation very seriously and are currently investigating this issue. b