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Russian Olympic Athletes Accused of Doping; Russian Reaction to Doping Allegations; FBI Offers Help on MetroJet Crash Investigation; Aung San Suu Kyi Supporters Celebrate in Myanmar; University of Missouri President, Chancellor Step Down; 2 Marshals Arrested in Boy's Death; Brazil Welcomes Olympic Opportunities; New Poll Shows Carson Leading Republicans; Jeb Bush Says He'd Kill Baby Hitler. Aired 2-3a ET

Aired November 10, 2015 - 02:00   ET

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[02:00:00] ERROL BARNETT, CNN ANCHOR: Russian athletes could be banned from next year's Olympics after investigators find evidence of widespread state-sponsored doping.

ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Plus U.S. officials are nearly certain that a bomb was placed on the doomed MetroJet flight.

BARNETT: And later, swastikas, "N" word, and other insults, simmering racial tensions boil over at the University of Missouri.

CHURCH: Hello, welcome to our viewers from around the world. I'm Rosemary Church.

BARNETT: I'm Errol Barnett. Thank you for joining us. We're here for the next two hours. This is CNN NEWSROOM.

Our top story this hour, an independent report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency accused Russian Olympic athletes of doping. Now, the report said that Russia's athletic testing was inadequate, at best, and not up to international standards.

CHURCH: It also said that Russia's Anti-Doping Agency actually helped athletes cheat in a system that amounted to state-sponsored doping. The report could result in Russia being banned from the next Olympics and its former athletes stripped of medals.

Our Don Riddell has the details.

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DICK POUND, FORMER WADA PRESIDENT: Our recommendation is that -- is that the Russian federation be suspended.

DON RIDDELL, CNN WORLD SPORT ANCHOR (voice-over): The World Anti- Doping Agency independent commission found a deep culture of cheating in Russian athletics, claiming doped athletes sabotaged 2012 games in London. On Monday, in Geneva, it called for lifetime bans for five athletes,

including a gold medalist Maria Satanova (ph), stripping the lab of accreditation and firing the lab director.

POUND: We found cover-ups, we found destruction of samples in laboratories, we found payments of money in order to conceal doping tests, among others.

RIDDELL: The commission also says Russian doping, quote, "could not have happened without government consent," even accusing President Vladimir Putin.

POUND: The extent of what was going on was, was so prevalent that in our conclusion it was not possible for him to be unaware of it. And if he was aware of it, then he is complicit in it.

RIDDELL: What happens now is up to the IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federation, and could mean Russia would be banished from future Olympic competition.

POUND: The outcome may be there are no Russian track & field athletes in Rio.

RIDDELL: With less than a year before summer games get under way. Interpol says it is now launching its own criminal investigation.

Don Riddell, CNN.

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BARNETT: This is truly a bombshell.

Sebastian Coe, the head of the world's athletic governing body, spoke to CNN about all the allegations against Russia and laid out what his organization must do next.

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SEBASTIAN COE, DIRECTOR, WORLD'S IAAF: I will do anything it takes to create and return our sport to booing a responsible transparent accountable sport that is responsive. And that is what I am pledged to do. And we have to do this, absolutely, on behalf of the clean athletes.

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CHURCH: Now the report comes as a major embarrassment to Russia, of course. The country takes great pride in its athletic achievements.

Matthew Chance has their reaction.

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MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This is a major embarrassment for Russian athletics. The report from World Anti-Doping Agency essentially saying that Russia is running a state-sponsored doping operation with its athletes saying it is testing for athletes is inadequate for international standard. Both things, the Russian authorities have so far categorically denied, the head of Russia's Anti-Doping Agency saying that the, the report is illogical and unprofessional. Saying it is just, has no legal basis. The Russian sports minister also coming out and giving up staunch rebuke to the office of the report.

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VITALY MUTKO, RUSSIAN SPORTS MINISTER (through translation): In, 2006 Russia signed the UNESCO anti-doping convention. Since 2009, we have made work under the World Anti-Doping Agency and passed a special law, opened Russian borders. Today, any biological sample can be taken from athletes abroad. We invested finances into creating a laboratory. We did everything recommended to us. We opened the Russian Anti-Doping Agency. We were recommended to work with the organization and we did. Everything is as they wish it to be.

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[02:05:00] CHANCE: But, of course, here in Russia this is about much more than just sport. The Kremlin has spent billions. Tens of billions, in fact, boosting its image as a major sporting superpower. They held the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014. The world championship swimming competition was in Russia this year. They're going to host the World Cup in 2018. So this is a massive political investment that the Kremlin has made. So the idea that they're going to sort of step back and go, you know what, we have been cheating all along is incredibly unlikely.

The problem with this report is that it threatens to wreck that image that is so import to the Kremlin about its, you know, sporting achievements over recent years.

Matthew Chance, CNN, Moscow.

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BARNETT: The importance Russia places on sports led to this development. Just into CNN, according to Reuters, Russia says it is open for closer cooperation with the WADA, World Anti-Doping Agency. And in comments released, they say this is in order to eliminate any irregularities with their own watch dogs or the labs in question.

So Russia certainly wanting to bring more legitimacy to the country's sports in the wake of this doping allegation. We'll stay on this throughout the next couple hours.

CHURCH: You might be wondering at this point then which countries commit the most doping violations. The World Anti-Doping Agency recently issued a report on doping violations based on data from 2013.

BARNETT: You see it right there. Russia led the way, 225 violations across 30 different sports. Turkey was next, followed by France, India, Belgium, Italy and Spain. CHURCH: To another big story we are watching, the FBI is offering to

help with the MetroJet crash investigation. So far, there are no plans to send agents over to Egypt.

BARNETT: Authorities in the U.S. and the U.K. both convinced that a bomb took down the plane killing all 224 people on board. Now, Israel's defense minister agrees.

Jim Sciutto gives us the fact.

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JIM SCIUTTO, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): U.S. Intelligence is 99.9 percent certain, an official tells CNN, that a bomb brought down the jet over the Sinai.

PHILIP HAMMOND, BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY: There has to be high probability ISIS was involved. That doesn't mean it was a direct attack from ISIS headquarters in Syria.

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SCIUTTO: The increasingly likely conclusion sparking ominous warnings of the global threat from ISIS.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is a huge worldwide problem.

REP. ADAM SCHIFF, (D), CALIFORNIA: This is a bomb by the affiliate of ISIS in the Sinai, ISIS is now fully eclipsed al Qaeda as the gravest terrorist left in the world.

SEN. RAND PAUL (R-KY), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We do need to be wary of flights in from the Middle East.

SCIUTTO: Egypt's leader investigator noted a loud noise on the cockpit voice recorder just before the plane broke up in the air but he still wouldn't concede a bomb as the likely culprit.

EGYPTIAN LEAD INVESTIGATOR: Examination of aircraft record does not yet allow for either defying the origin or the in flight breakup.

SCIUTTO: U.S., British and Israeli officials seem more convinced.

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SCIUTTO: Some crucial intelligence coming from communications intercepted by Israeli Intelligence focused on the Sinai and passed along to the U.S. and U.K. One focus now, the possibility this was an inside job with ISIS recruiting an airport worker in Sharm el Sheikh to place a bomb on board the plane.

HAMMOND: If they were able to infiltrate Sharm el Sheikh Airport, they could have had the opportunity to do that in other airports throughout the Middle East. SCIUTTO (on camera): A U.S. Intelligence official tells me that there

is no definitive statement on the crash, from the U.S. yet. Because the evidence incomplete, some the equivalent of hearsay. And, the U.S. has had no access to evidence such as debris to look for explosives, residue or the voice recorder to assess the mysterious sound heard on the tape.

That said, if ISIS is found to have done this, this would be in the word of the official, clear and concerning evidence of its ambitions outside of Iraq and Syria.

Jim Sciutto, CNN, Washington.

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CHURCH: For more, let's go to Ian Lee. He joins us live from the region.

Ian, as we've learned, Israel has now joined the U.S. and U.K. in believing that the Russian plane was brought down by a bomb, though there is no definitive evidence just yet. So, how long will it likely take investigators to determine the cause and when might the FBI be included in that?

[01:09:41] IAN LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: First off, the Egyptian government has urged patience, saying that this investigation will be concluded once they have all of the pieces of evidence. But going to Israel, Israel has a lot of eyes and ears in Sinai. They monitor it very closely as it shares a long border with Egypt. They also have had attacks that have originated in Sinai against targets in Israel. So it is a huge security concern for Israel and no surprise that they would be monitoring it very closely.

Now, Israel has, not confirmed any of this -- intelligence reports. But we are hearing that it is from the U.S., U.K., saying that that's, where they're giving it, getting it from.

As far as the FBI is concerned, they haven't been formally asked to join this investigation. But one area of expertise that they could help with is analyzing that loud sound at the final moments of the flight. They could help determine what caused it. Was it a bomb? Was it an engine exploding as the Egyptian government say it possibly could be. They could probably help with more definitive answers on the question. But they're going through wreckage, Egyptian authorities, Russian authorities trying to determine, trying to find out if there is any residue. That will really be the crucial piece of evidence if they find residue on from a bomb on the wreckage -- Rosemary?

CHURCH: Ian, Egypt is now investigating staff who may have been near the plane. Is that an admission on the part Egypt that it could very well have been a bomb after all, even though they went call it that, just yet?

LEE: Egypt hasn't ruled out any possibility. In the beginning of the investigation, they were very much on the side of this being a mechanical issue. But now we've heard them say that, really all options are out there what caused this plane to come down. I have heard that Egyptian officials have been looking into background of people who worked at the airport. We haven't heard anything from the Egyptian government about that. But it doesn't come as a surprise that they would start looking into them if they haven't already before, once this plane went down, looking into the people at the airport trying to figure out what exactly happened, especially looking at the CCTV, which could also offer other clues.

CHURCH: Ian Lee joining us live from Sharm el Sheikh. Many thanks.

BARNETT: Now, the highly anticipated results are slowly coming in. But supporters of Myanmar's opposition party are confident of a major victory. What it means for the country's future next.

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[02:14:38] KATE RILEY, CNN WORLD SPORT ANCHOR: I'm Kate Riley, with the CNN "World Sport" headlines.

Russia may not be allowed to compete at next summer's Rio Olympics. An investigation revealed so-called state-sponsored doping on wide scale. The World Anti-Doping Agency, or WADA, set up an independent commission that revealed samples were destroyed on the orders of the direct order of Russia's drug testing laboratory. They took cash to cover up positive tests. The commission's chairman, Dick Pound, said Russia should be band from next year's Olympics. Pound, meanwhile, gave his backing to IAAF, Sebastian Coe, saying he was the right man to lead the governing body. Lord Coe told us he was committed to cleaning up the sport. Meanwhile, the Russian sports minister fired back, telling Russia media they have done everything asked of them and he doesn't see anything new in this report.

Meanwhile, anniversaries are supposed to be times of celebration. But for football manager, David Mois (ph), not this one. Reason being they have cited the former man United boss a day before he would have been at the club a year.

And that is a look at all your sports headlines. I'm Kate Riley.

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CHURCH: Welcome back. Even though election results are trickling in, supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party are celebrating in Myanmar. Early results show the National League for Democracy party winning 78 of 88 seats declared.

BARNETT: If the party can claim the presidency, Suu Kyi is barred from the office by the military drafted constitution because she has foreign family members.

Our Ivan Watson is in Yangon and joins us with details. Ivan, it is incredible, Ivan, when you consider Aung San Suu Kyi's

party led for landslide victory. Not officially declared yet. If history is any example, the translation of the votes into power is what we need to watch. Back in 1990, at this point in the story, Aung San Suu Kyi was put under house arrest. What is happening now?

IVAN WATSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right. Not only put under house arrest. The military junta that ruled the country annulled the election seen as a victory for her and her NLB party. Basically, that was -- led the way to another 20 years of harsh authoritarian rule in the country. That's part of why the election has been such an historic event. It is also part of why international election observers have welcomed the election saying it was -- largely seen to be, a fair election, that there were some flaws.

Also part of why the White House has put out a statement commending the people of Myanmar for participating in the historic election. Take a listen to this statement.

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JOSH EARNEST, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: The United States congratulates the people of Burma and all the people and institutions in the country who worked together to hold a peaceful, historic election. We are seeing initial reports of results. We encourage everyone to wait for the union election commission's official results. And their final reports from domestic and the final reports from domestic and international observer missions before making assessments. But what is clear, for the first time, every millions of people in Burma voted in a meaningful, competitive election.

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WATSON: Let's summarize the results so far. Out of more than 490 parliamentary seats that were up for grabs. The election commission has announced the results of 88 of those contests, saying 78 seats went to the opposition, NLD. Five seats went to the ruling political party. Which enjoys the support of the military, the USDP, and further five seats have gone to other political parties. There are a lot more contests to see the results for in the coming hours, in the coming days -- Errol?

BARNETT: The truth, Ivan, the difficulty will be that no matter the outcome or if it continues in the same direction. The same army generals who oppressed dissent over the past 25 years, will now need to work closely with newly elected parliamentarians. How challenging will that be for the country?

WATSON: There will be a big challenge. There is a lot of mutual suspicion here. The standing president, he has said that the election results will be respected. No matter what they are. That's important, because he is a former military commander himself. There are some other former senior military officers who ran for election and lost and have conceded publicly that they will not hold seats in the upcoming parliament. [02:2015] But do not count the military out. According to the

constitution of 2008, written by the same military that threw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for a decade. The military gets 25 percent of the seats in the upcoming parliament. They also automatically get control over three powerful ministries in whatever the next government will be. It will be important for both sides in whatever government comes next to find a way to cooperate.

BARNETT: And in the meantime, this vote itself is an achievement.

Ivan Watson in Myanmar. 10 minutes to 2:00 in the afternoon there.

CHURCH: We have much more news for you on the other side of the break. Do stay with us here on CNN NEWSROOM.

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CHURCH: The effects of climate change are going to hit pretty much all of us.

We have Pedram Javaheri here, meteorologist, to talk more about this.

OK. How bad is it going to be?

[02:25:15] PEDRAM JAVAHERI, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Two studies came out on Monday. One from United Kingdom Meteorological Office, a well- known, respected area of the world, weather authority across the region. They observe a landmark observation. We have talked 2 degrees. Impacts it will have once we reach the threshold. Observe now we are exceeding 1 degree Celsius, increase in temperatures. We have reached halfway of that mark. And it is a very, very large observation. We will talk about that in another study coming in with dramatic images what it would look like when temperatures get to the values. Here is perspective. We know as it is right now with the amount of C02. Sea levels would increase, .6 meters in 85 years. If might take it up to a meter. 140 million people across China below sea level. One area, severely impacted. Look at observations. Temperatures, 2015, .8 plus degrees Celsius above of what is kidded normal. 2015. Five months globally speaking. Warmest months observed. Certainly will go down in the books as well. Take a look. Look for blue spots, Quebec, Argentina. Only areas you would come up with land masses impacted by cooling. Everyone else above average. Record values on a planetary scale. Take a look at observations in Shanghai. Some of the skyscrapers. With two degree warming which will occur. This will put 645 million below sea level. Up to four degrees without anything changes in the path. You take on, look at Westminster Abbey across the region, Big Ben, Thames. Look at rivers. Look at how the water would take inland over 85 years with a two degree increase, four degrees, something like this. Just continues for cities. Sydney, two degree. And up to four degrees. This pattern just incredible. Often talk climate change. Look at stats, numbers. But this study shows what those numbers will translate into for cities than we know with the next couple decade.

BARNETT: This isn't that far in the future. It could be in our lifetime. JAVAHERI: In our lifetimes, yes.

BARNETT: Thanks, Pedram.

CHURCH: Thank you.

BARNETT: More news after the break. Stay with us.

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[02:30:20] BARNETT: Welcome back to viewers watching from around the world. Hello there, to those of you in the U.S. joining us now. I'm Errol Barnett.

CHURCH: I'm Rosemary Church. We do want to update you on the top stories we have been following this hour.

Egypt says security forces have killed a terror leader from ISIS in the Sinai Peninsula. The group claimed responsibility for downing MetroJet flight 9268. But Egyptian authorities have not accused that leader of being involved in the crash. They still say it is too early to tell if terrorism played a role.

BARNETT: New information in the past hour, after initially denying doping allegations outright, the Russian sports ministry is changing its tone saying they're, quote, "open for closer cooperation with the World Anti-Doping Agency." That's according to a bulletin just in from Reuters news agency. A report commissioned by the agency accused Russia of what amounted to a state-sponsored drug use system for athletes.

CHURCH: Very early results show Myanmar's opposition party winning a majority of seats in parliament. Party leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, supporters celebrated in the streets of Yangon. The military backed ruling party pledged to respect the results.

BARNETT: This was a bit of a surprise Monday. Weeks of protests over racial tensions at a U.S. university have forced two top officials to respond.

CHURCH: The president and chancellor of the University of Missouri stepped done amid complaints from African-American students over how they handled racism.

CNN's Kyung Lah tells us what led up to this.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're not going to move on.

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KYUNG LAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): You are watching a protest at University of Missouri's homecoming parade. In the red car is university president, Tim Wolfe.

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LAH: These students are protesting what they say is a pattern of racism on campus and an ineffective response by the university leader leaders. Eventually, counter protesters get between them and President Wolfe.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do not engage. Do not engage. Do not engage.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Engage, what the (EXPLETIVE DELETED) are you talking about?

LAH: Wolfe does nothing to address the protesters and the police break it up.

UNIDENTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: Let's break it up. Let's break it up.

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LAH: The incident was a result of what students say inaction by the administration to address racial incidents on campus.

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LAH: Tensions started to boil over on campus in mid September, when Student Body President Peyton Head reported on Facebook that, "Some guys riding in the back of a pickup truck decided it would be OK to continuously scream the n word at me." The post went viral. A few weeks after that, the report of another racially charged incident. An African-American student organization was rehearsing a play at the outdoor amphitheater on campus when they say a white male jumped on stage and called them the "N" word. University police were called. And a few days later, the student was identified and, quote, "moved from campus pending an investigation."

(on camera): October 24th, another incident of hate in this hall. At 2:00 in the morning, someone entered a bathroom and drew a swastika with feces. Actually, the second time in less than a year someone vandalized a dorm with a Nazi symbol. This most recent incident, the guilty party never found.

On November 2nd, a week ago, graduate student, Jonathan Butler, vowed he would starve himself until Tim Wolfe was gone. Writing in a letter to university officials that he would continue "until either Tim Wolfe is removed from office or internal organs fail and my life is lost."

This past Friday, the video, Wolfe being confronted by students a second time. This time, he responds.

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TIM WOLFE, FORMER PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: Systemic oppression is because you don't believe you have the equal opportunity for success --

(SHOUTING) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Money. Money. Money. That's all.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you just blame us for systematic oppression, Tim Wolfe?

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LAH: On Saturday, university football player, Anthony Cheryls, tweeted, "Athletes of color on the football team wouldn't play until President Wolfe resigns or is removed due to negligence toward marginalized students experiences."

On Sunday, as protests grow, the local station films a truck driving by flying a Confederate flag. That same day, the football coach tweets out the team, writing, "We are united. We are behind our players."

And then this morning, a month after that first confrontation with protesters.

[02:35:12] WOLFE: I'm resigning as president of the University of Missouri system. Why did we get to this very difficult situation? It is my belief we stopped listening to each other.

LAH: Kyung Lah, CNN, Columbia, Missouri.

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BARNETT: Now to get inside the mind of students there on campus, hours ago, two of the students leaders mentioning in the piece spoke to our Anderson Cooper.

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JONATHAN BUTLER, GRADUATE STUDENT, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: I felt unsafe since the moment I stepped on the campus. But the thing that we have been pushing to everyone is that we love Mizzou enough to critique and fight injustices we face. My first semester here, I had some one write the "N" word on my wall. I've been specifically in altercations with white gentlemen on campus. I have had other incidences that have gone on. For me, it's just, I have always felt not welcome at the university because the campus hasn't been welcoming inclusive environment.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN HOST, A.C. 360: Payton, the Missouri governor was on a radio interview today. He said that you and the students had no legitimate authority to drive the president out and were seeking, quote, "governance by mob rule." Those were his words. He said it was reminiscent of Ferguson, which he called a catastrophe. I'm wondering how you respond to that?

PAYTON HEAD, STUDY BODY PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: In regards to the comment, I have nothing to say. I think that shows the lack of leadership in this state. That is a problem. It shows this is not just a U.M. system issue. This is a national issue that we need to address. (END VIDEO CLIP)

CHURCH: The former university president urged the community to use his resignation to heel and start talking again.

We are learning more about the moments leading up to a car chase in Louisiana that ended with a spray of gunfire and the death of a 6- year-old boy.

BARNETT: Now the child's father was also wounded. And now two police officers are facing murder charges.

CNN's Martin Savidge has the story.

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MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): 6-year-old Jeremy Mardis was laid to rest in his former home in Mississippi nearly a week after his shooting death at the hands of authorities in a small central Louisiana town. The shooting resulted in the arrest of two of city marshals and a community haunted by questions.

At the shooting scene, people held hands and prayed.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Let him know our community is behind him. We will never forget him.

SAVIDGE: As they remembered the child, evidence of the hail of gunfire that took his life was all around them, broken glass, spray- painted police investigation marks, even bullet holes.

The big question, why did two city marshals shoot and kill Jeremy.

COL. MICHAEL EDMONSON, LOUISIANA STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT: Jeremy Mardis, 6 years old, he didn't deserve to die like that. That's what's unfortunate.

SAVIDGE: According to witnesses, it began last Tuesday at a bar when the boy's father, Chris Few, got into an argument with his girlfriend. The two separated only to begin fighting again. This time, outside in view of two city marshals who moved in and allegedly attempted to detain Few. According to a source close to the case information, Few took off in an SUV with his 6-year-old son beside him. The marshals called for backup and pursued, cornering Few on a dead-end street edge of town. Paint marks show where the vehicle stopped. According to authorities, they say Few backed up several times, striking their vehicles. For reasons unclear, the officers opened fire, blasting 16, 18 shots, according to those who heard the gunfire, into Few's SUV, critically wounding him and killing his son, Jeremy, who, according to the coroner, was struck five times.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't know what he was thinking. I don't know why he wouldn't stop. He didn't do nothing wrong.

SAVIDGE: State investigators say Few was unarmed. Early reports said there had been warrants for his arrest. But that isn't true. The case turned on video from a recently purchased body camera worn by

a Marksville police officer who arrived as backup.

EDMONSON: I can tell you, as a father, it was one of the most disturbing things I witnessed. I cannot go into detail. I cannot tell you bits and pieces. Although I would love to share some of that with you, simply cannot.

SAVIDGE: Now the two city marshals, 32-year-old Derrick Stafford and 23-year-old Norris Greenhouse, have been charged with second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder. Their bond set at $1 million each.

Jeremy Whittington has been visiting Few in the hospital.

(on camera): Does he know what happened?

JEREMY WHITTINGTON, FRIEND OF CHRIS FEW: I can't answer that one. I have no idea if he knows what happened. He is conscious. He is aware.

[02:40:08] SAVIDGE: Aware enough, authorities say, on the day little Jeremy was laid to rest, his father could finally be told he had died.

Martin Savidge, CNN, Marksville, Louisiana.

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BARNETT: What's most disturbing, so difficult to understand why the officers felt the need to fire so many times.

CHURCH: So many questions about this.

BARNETT: Very disturbing there.

We move on to other stories we are following for you. Monday, U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House. It was their first meeting in a year. The first, since the conclusion of the controversial Iran nuclear deem.

CHURCH: The two leaders have had an often contentious relationship. None on display during this meeting, which focused on the shared interest of security. Mr. Netanyahu spoke about his hope for Israel.

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BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER: We will never give up I hope for peace. And I remain committed to a vision of peace, two states, two peoples. A demilitarized Palestinian state and that recognizes the Jewish state. I don't think anyone should doubt Israel's determination to defend against terror and destruction. Neither should anyone doubt that we're willing to make peace with any neighbors that generally want to achieve piece.

(END VIDEO CLIP) CHURCH: The U.S. and Israel are trying to conclude a 10-year defense pact.

A major announcement from SeaWorld amusement parks. The killer whale show at the San Diego location will be phased out at the end of next year.

BARNETT: A big success for activists. The shows have been at the center of allegations of animal cruelty for years. With some recent scrutiny after the screening of "Blackfish," shown here on CNN.

We spoke to one of the producers of the documentary for his take on this announcement.

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TIM ZIMMERMANN, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: To me, it is a seismic shift. The first time SeaWorld acknowledged that public opinion, especially in California is turning away from circus-style entertainment shows with killer whales. Their business model has to evolve and try to head in a different direction. It remains to be seen how far it will be evolve and what that will mean for killer whales in captivity in the U.S.

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CHURCH: The killer whale shows will continue at SeaWorld's other 10 U.S. parks.

BARNETT: Let's get you to Brazil. The country is coping with a financial crisis that resulted from a huge corruption scandal and it's dealing with a recession.

CHURCH: It's not the ideal scenario, as Rio prepares to host the Olympic Games next year.

As Shasta Darlington reports, planning for the games has created some welcome opportunities.

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SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Just nine months before the games kick off, the expansion of Rio's International Airport full speed ahead, building 26 new gates, and not just for the two million passengers expected during the games.

"The legacy the Olympics will leave will attract tourists and travelers for the future," he says.

Thanks to the games, Rio is a city under construction. What was once a source of frustration, it's now a financial life line for many of its residents. Snarling traffic, but also transforming working class neighborhood.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Olympics always meant a chance to make it integrated, make it better. We got lots of opportunities. DARLINGTON: In a recent interview, the mayor said major benefits

included extending public transportation and revitalizing downtown.

(on camera): This used to be a no-man's land. They're turning into a cultural center for visitors to the Olympics.

(voice-over): Here, the futuristic museum of tomorrow will throw open its doors next month, despite an economic crisis in Brazil that forced Rio to stick closely to its Olympic budget.

Financed by the private sector, the government can't afford cost overruns. Many problems remain, mainly sewage-clogged waterways yet to be cleaned up.

And, despite improvements, alarmingly high levels of violence and crime.

But even Rio's once crime-ridden flavellas are seeing benefits from the games with beefed up security helping attract tourists.

This lady rents villas. There is no running water the day she shows us around.

"I have to come here with a certain flexibility," she says. "There are problems we residents can't control."

But they still expect full occupancy during the Olympics from visitors looking for a great view and bit of adventure.

Shasta Darlington, CNN, Rio de Janeiro.

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CHURCH: Coming up next on CNN, Donald Trump's latest take on the presidential campaign season.

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DONALD TRUMP, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & CEO, TRUMP ORGANIZATION: A lot of weird things are happening. This is a strange election, isn't it?

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[02:45:16] BARNETT: Yeah, that sums it up. We'll tell you what triggered Trump's comments after this.

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JAVAHERI: Pedram Javaheri for CNN "Weather Watch."

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CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone. A new poll shows that U.S. Republican presidential candidate, Ben Carson, has pulled slightly ahead Donald Trump in a key primary state.

BARNETT: That's right. This comes as all of the Republican presidential candidates prepare for their fourth debate of the season on Tuesday. The Monmouth poll released Monday shows Carson leading the primary in South Carolina with 28 percent of voters. Trump there close behind, 27 percent.

CHURCH: No other candidates are within the margin of error. A huge uptick in support for Carson since August when the same poll showed Trump ahead of Carson by 30 percent to 15 percent.

[02:50:04] BARNETT: Of course, with the front-runner status comes scrutiny. And Ben Carson has spent the leader firing back at allegations that he fabricated parts of his troubled childhood. Now he blames the unfair media. He says, unfair media bias for all the questions.

CHURCH: Donald Trump is jumping in making fun of him for his claims and mocking the tone of the election season. Take a listen.

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TRUMP: If you try to hit your mother over the head with a hammer, your poll numbers go up. I never saw anything like it. Now I haven't seen that yet. But, you know, probably -- that's going to happen. A weird, a lot of weird things are happening. This is a strange election, isn't it? Man. You stab somebody and the newspapers say you didn't do it. You say, "Yes, I did. I did it." "No you didn't." "Yes I did. I stabbed him and it hit the belt." And they said, "You didn't do it." If they said I didn't do it, I would be so happy.

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This is the only election in history where you are better off if you stab somebody. What are we coming to?

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CHURCH: Donald Trump is also weighing in on the controversy brewing around Starbuck's and new holiday season red cups.

BARNETT: Surely, you heard of this by now. Starbuck's removed holiday symbols -- on the left -- in favor of the new cup -- seen on the right. Starbuck's saying the new design was meant to be a black canvas that encourages customers to tell their own Christmas stories in their own way. Some Christians, part of the Republican base, some consider the move by Starbucks as part of the so-called war on Christmas. Listen.

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TRUMP: I have one of the most successful Starbuck's in Trump tower. Maybe we should boycott Starbuck's, I don't know. I don't care.

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TRUMP: By the way, that's the end of that lease. But who cares? Who cares? Who cares? But today, a big story. Starbuck's is taking Merry Christmas off. No more Merry Christmas. I will tell you, lots of big things, lots of little things, you can call this anything you want. If I become president, we are all going to be saying Merry Christmas again. That I can tell you. That I can tell you.

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BARNETT: He knows how to work a crowd.

CHURCH: He does.

BARNETT: He knows how to get them going.

But, in fact, there may be limitations because we are hearing there were tense moments at the event. Bernie Sanders supporters interrupted Trump's rally and were removed from it.

CHURCH: Cameras caught a bit of a shouting match between Trump and Sanders' supporters outside the event. Take a listen.

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CHURCH: The campaign rally in Illinois, Trump's last event before Tuesday's debate.

Here's a question no presidential candidate ever faced, would you kill baby Hitler? U.S. Republican presidential candidate, Jeb Bush, says hell, yeah, he would.

CHURCH: There's enthusiasm. Bush made comments in response to a "The New York Times" poll that asked the pressing question. 42 percent of readers said they would do the same thing.

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JEB BUSH, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR: If you could go back in time and kill baby Hitler, would you? I need to know?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Would you.

BUSH: Hell, yeah, I would.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Even if he was really --

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BUSH: Look, look, you have got to step up, man. That would be key. The problem with going back in history -- as we know from the from the series, what was the name of Michael Fox in the movie, "Back to the Future" -- could have a dangerous effect on everything else. But I would do it.

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BARNETT: OK. He does realize he is admitting to killing a baby. Kind of the point.

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CHURCH: Maybe there would be other options to take that child.

BARNETT: He's thinking of the movie.

CHURCH: That's a worry.

BARNETT: More to come for you here.

CHURCH: The famed TWA terminal at New York's JFK Airport will serve a new set of customers in a few years as the airport's first onsite luxury hotel.

BARNETT: The terminal is a landmark of jet-age travel. As CNN's Richard Roth shows us, it's true.

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[02:54:50] RICHARD ROTH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Walking into the TWA terminal at JFK Airport is like a voyage back in a time capsule. The terminal opened in 1962. The man who designed it never lived to see it, a famed Scandinavian designer created it. His builder said, well, how do we do this? He said I don't know, here are the plans, just do it.

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ANNOUNCER: TWA, the Trans World Flight Center at New York International Airport.

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ROTH: It was a glamorous jet-age time and TWA represented the center of all of that excitement in the '60s.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's such a sexy, curvy building. It's like a woman's body. It's beautiful. It's amazing, and I really hope that they preserve the original integrity of this building.

ROTH: Only one day a year is the public allowed inside this terminal. No matter where you walk you hear stories about the famed path.

ELLEN BARONE, FORMER TWA FLIGHT ATTENDANT: It was like walking down the red carpet and walking into a different world because it was so into the space age. It was very glamorous era in the '60s. Elizabeth Taylor, we were on a first-name basis.

ROTH: You never know who you'd run into at the famed TWA terminal.

Hey, that guy's not a real pilot.

The terminal has been open for movie productions.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hello.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hi. Are you dead heading?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What?

ROTH (voice-over): Excuse me. You know this terminal has been closed since 2001 when TWA went bankrupt.

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ROTH: While the building has been closed for over 14 years, it's been landmarked so it could not be destroyed. And now in a major deal, it will be a hotel, but it will keep the shell of the TWA building as a lobby.

BARONE: All those stories you imagined were true, and then some.

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BARNETT: And then some. How about that?

CHURCH: Good story there.

Thank you for watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Rosemary Church.

BARNETT: I'm Errol Barnett.

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