round-the-clock images of flying sorties, combat video of the targets being struck and so forth. we ll see if that continues. phil black and ben wedeman, thank you very much, gentlemen. we appreciate it. you re watching cnn newsroom. another controversy, now major sponsors are calling for fifa to ask seth blatter to step down. i m only in my 60 s. i ve got a nice long life ahead.
office. he now only speaks through his lawyer, richard cullen, who responded on friday by saying, mr. blatter respectfully disagrees and believes firmly that his leaving office now would not be in the best interest of fever anor would it advance the fifa, nor would it advance the process of reform and, therefore, he will not resign. though they re speaking out, it remains to be seen if they re prepared to back their words with actions. only if they threaten to pull money out of fifa will these statements really mean anything. don riddell, cnn. well, it s been a big week for mars. topped off with a new movie about the red planet. we ll have an inside look at the martian. growing up, we we. we danced in a german dance group. i wore lederhosen. when i first got on ancestry i was really surprised that i wasn t finding all of these germans in my tree.
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corruption scandal to another. on friday, some of the world cup s biggest corporate backers spoke out, demanding the immediate resignation of the beleaguered president, sepp blatter. one week after the swiss attorney general s office opened criminal proceedings against the 79-year-old president, coca-cola called for him to step down saying, every day that passes, the image and reputation of fifa continues to tarnish. minutes later, mcdonald s followed suited saying, we believe it would be in the best interests of the game for sepp blatter to step down immediately so that the reform process can proceed with the credibility that is needed. other sponsors echoed those sentiments. ever since investigators in both switzerland and the usa launched a spectacular raid on fifa s executive committee meeting in zurich in may, the organization has been in crisis. despite everything, the president is unmoved even though he s also under investigation from fifa s ethics committee. he will not surr