One way to get pumped up before work. Welcome to the morning rave. Hello and welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world. Im isha sesay. The philippines faces the threat of flash floods and landslides as it deals right now with typhoon hagupit. The dangerous and slowmoving storm is lashing the country. Millions of people in the philippines have scrambling to get out of the typhoons way, or theyve been settling down in hotels, on Higher Ground away from the coast. Hagupit is expected to make landfall just a few hours from now. Our own derek wendam is standing by with the details. Derek, what are you saying . Isha, were expecting landfall within the next six hours to be exact. Specifically along the northeastern sections of samar island. This is the latest satellite loop. Some good news out of this. It has weakened somewhat since the last typhoon warning update. And currently sustained winds at 205 kilometers per hour. It has, however, picked up Forward Momentum. This is moving to the west slightly faster than what it was on the latest update. So that means a slightly earlier landfall. Nonetheless, were already getting lashed with very, very heavy rain and certainly typhoonforce gusts at the moment along the east coast across the central philippines. Heres the latest forecast track models. All of them coming to an agreement with landfall across the northeastern sections of this island. This is what the cnn meteorologists have been expecting for the past 24 hours or so. As it goes forward, were going to pay close attention to this track because there is a major populated city, legazpi, can 200,000 People Living in this location that falls under serious threat of coastal surge because its going to lie just to the south of the eye wall. Thats going to play particular concerns for that area. Future forwarding this idea of the storm as it goes into sunday and monday, were going to look at a weakened storm but still significant and still a typhoon as it makes its way into the Southern Luzon islands including manila. The possibility of urban flooding exists across that region. They have issued and expanded its signal three public storm warnings including samar. You see tacloban currently under a signal two, and it is experiencing strong winds and hefty rain. But the bulk of the major part of the storm just to the north of tacloban. Two to fourmeter storm surge expected especially north of the eye wall where it does make landfall. 200 to 500 millimeters of rainfall. That is not a typo. This is a mountainous location. So the possibility of mudslides exists, and certainly localized flooding and a large swath of typhoonforce winds expected across this area. Let me explain this coastal storm surge a little bit better. This is coinciding with not only high tide but also a full moon. So were going to look for coastal storm surge flooding along the eastfacing islands. That would be legazpi and the surrounding city areas and these locations looking for that two to four, even possibly five meters of coastal storm flooding as the storm moves inland. Also we cant forget about the 12 Million People in the face of typho typhoonface winds. Look at these rain totals. In a twoday period for legazpi. An extremely intense time for millions of people. We appreciate it. Well continue to check in with you. We want to go next to Andrew Stevens in tacloban. Andrew, whats it like where you are . Describe for our viewers the situation. Reporter well, just in the last hour or so, isha, the wind speeds have picked up significantly here. And its still quite heavy rain. The rain seems to come through in bands. But certainly it is not yet sort of the terrifying force winds that were experienced here a little more than a year ago. Now, it is going to get worse here, but as weve just been hearing, the brunt of the storm is not going to hit or come too close to tacloban. No doubt there is going to be severe winds here, and theres going to be heavy rain, but at this stage, it doesnt look like theres going to be a storm surge. And this is incredibly significant because you remember tacloban was in many ways the ground zero for typhoon haiyan, the strongest storm thats ever made landfall. And nearly 6. 5 Million People died mainly because of a storm surge. Perhaps six to eight meters high. So this time around when authorities were not clear, when no one was clear exactly where this storm was going to land, they were busy evacuating people. They gave thursday and friday as a Public Holiday to get people out of town effectively. And thats what theyve done. And all along the waterfront where the shanties are have been mandatorily evacuated. So there is not so many people now in harms way. I should point out, too, that this is still a very traumatized population from what happened a little over a year ago. My colleague, pamela boykov has been down here for the past 24 hours. Ive only just got to tacloban. And she says a lot of the people the reminders are just so fresh of what happened. And as i came in today, i had driven 100 kilometers to get down to tacloban. You still see the scars. The devastation is still very clear even though rebuilding is under way. People not taking any chances. Theyre getting out when they can. Families are opening their homes to strangers. If they havent got anywhere else to go, they are evacuated. The local mayor is telling us about 20,000 or so people have now been evacuated. And were still about two or three hours away from when the brunt of this storm is really going to affect tacloban. There are still patrols around the city, taking out anyone whos been left behind. A lot of people wanted to stay behind, isha, and protect their property. Theyve been allowed to, but theyre going to be collected around about now probably to get out of harms way. So a lot better prepared this time around. People taking no chances at all. And remember that horror of last year so fresh in so many peoples minds here. Absolutely. Its good to hear that authorities are rising to the challenge this time around. We shall see what happens in the aftermath of the storm, of course. One of the criticisms with haiyan was that the response wasnt coordinated. Are you able to get a sense of things this time around on that front . I know we were just talking about evacuations, but whats your sense about coordination . Reporter oh, i think many, many hard lessons were learned from a year ago. The government thought they were in a situation last year to deal with the aftermath of the storm. They patently werent, and it was days before real help started arriving here. We were here, we saw what was happening on the streets. This time around there has been a lot more effort put into making sure that there are the right people in the right places. Just driving into town, i saw two armored personnel carriers, plus other military vehicles doing the rounds here. The government has talked about bringing food in. There are food depots here, bulk food depots various places. Food has been delivered to many other places around talk lin ta. There are also other municipalities looking out for their people as well. Remember, the government was hammered last year for what was seen by many as a lack of a response. So they do not want the same thing to happen again. The focus, obviously, is going to be further to the north where the eye of the storm is going to come ashore, isha. So youre going to see a lot of activity up in those regions as well. This is a country which is obviously very, very used to storms anyway. I mean, you get about 20 major typhoons coming through in a season. Last year, as i said, the most powerful storm ever to make landfall, they know what can happen. They know the fury of mother nature. And they say theyre not going to be caught again. The other side of that, of course, is remember, this is not a wealthy country. They dont have the resources that a european country or the u. S. Could throw at this. But they are definitely talking about doing everything they can this time around. Well, Andrew Stevens there in tacloban which will be spared a direct hit. Still, you are already seeing the rain come down where you are. Andrew, stay safe. We appreciate the reporting. Thank you. Now back to the united states, a Third Straight night of demonstrations in new york brought out smaller crowds, but hundreds of protesters took to the streets in several major u. S. Cities. Now, this was the scene at the flagship Macys Department store in new york where protesters staged just one of many dieins. Theyre demanding that all the Police Officers involved in the chokehold death of a Staten Island man back in july be fired. In washington, demonstrators blocked traffic for hours in chinatown, and crowds shut down a major freeway in miami. Well, new yorks Police Commissioner has announced plans to retrain all of the citys officers on conflict resolution and the use of force. Brian todd has details. Hands up, dont shoot. Reporter thousands protesting in new york, st. Louis, d. C. No more guns reporter socalled dieins in chicago and boston. A National Outcry over Police Tactics and an appeal to prevent this from happening again. I cant breathe reporter now in new york, the nations Largest Police force reeling from the chokehold case is retraining 22,000 officers, supervisors and executives. Each gets a threeday course. Not just a refresher on Tactical Training and the proper use of force but also problem solving, learning how to talk through a tense situation. What we want them to do is talk people down as opposed to taking having to take people down. Reporter the goal, to use less force when possible. How does that translate to scenarios on the street . The one officer who was in trouble slips behind. Thats the position garners in right here. Reporter dan is a former new york city policeman. He shows us how during an eric garnertype engagement, an officer could change tactics. Maybe the better way to train is a little wrist and elbow control. When you have the wrist and the elbow, its not easy, but see how your elbow goes with you . If i pull you and yank you and take your center of gravity with me, then youre going to move. Reporter bringing in a female officer or a suspects mother to defuse a confrontation if possible. Also part of new yorks training, how to keep egos and adrenaline in check to avoid confrontational scenarios like this one in ferguson. Bring it. [ bleep ] bring it. What were teaching them is how to control that anger and how to channel that anger so that they dont act out. Reporter its all part of learning one crucial principle. Your hands are up kind of deescalating, dehe says es kd. Reporter body language. Keep in mind, tactically speaking, it still enables me to respond quickly if i have to. Youre almost in a boxing stance designed to not look like one, but it does matter. Reporte reporter dan says if the police had this kind of retraining before the garner incident, garners death may not have occurred. He says the police have to get away from tactics like going for a suspects head initially and trying to subdue them, but he says you cant unlearn that kind of thing in a threeday course. Brian todd, cnn, washington. Well, one member of the new York City Council says shes especially encouraged by the diversity of the protesters. Debra rose spoke with cnns anderson cooper. This is the catalyst that is propelling us into the new or the next civil rights movement. And so their voices need to be heard, and its just the first step. Because of their voices, because of the numbers, because of the visceral reaction that theyve had, it has stimulated government to change, to look at changes. We saw the Police Commissioner bratton definitely say that Police Officers need to be retrained. That they are going to find the money for body cameras. There are legislators who are talking about the grand jury process and changes to that. So it is the catalyst. Rose says she believes the protests have already had an impact, and she encouraged people to continue demonstrating. Next on cnn, the battle for kobani continues with six armies now fighting for the syrian city. But one attack in particular has soldiers trying to defend kobani on edge. If it doesnt work fast. Youre on to the next thing. Neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair has the fastest retinol formula to visibly reduce fine lines and wrinkles in just one week. Neutrogena®. Hello, everyone. Six different armies are currently battling for control of the syrian city of kobani. Kurds are particularly troubled by a recent attack from isis they say came from turkey. While the country denies it, the attack is only adding to the distress between the kurds and syria. And cnns Nick Paton Walsh spoke exclusively with peshmerga who feel caught in the middle. Reporter through this wreckage lies a riddle that has the kurds defending kobani terrified. On saturday, isis launched a surprise attack using suicide car bombs and dozens of fighters on this, the official crossing into turkey. They say the fighters shot at them from behind a grain silo that lies just inside turkey which turkey denies. The attack shown here was repelled but only just. Behind me is the grain silo where the kurds say isis were able to take up positions and shoot at them, launching an attack on this Border Crossing here. Interestingly now, there always was a turkish flag flying above that grain silo. Its now conspicuously absent. They are preparing for a repeat. Hardening in their animosity towards turkey, this just reinforcing their belief turkey let isiss jihadis cross into syria in the first place months ago. This is our homeland. What is isis doing here . All of that came from turkey. Turkey is behind all of this. They give them weapons. I saw it with my own eyes. They also claim the huge car bomb behind this crater drove in from turkey which turkey also denies. The caterpillar tracks lying around suggest it was, in fact, a tank car bomb. Unstoppable. Nearby, kurds train new recruits in a wasteland. This fight is spiraling into the long term. Now with six different armies in it. The kurds and isis with the coalition in the air. The Turkish Military trying to seal their border and the Free Syrian Army rebels also helping the kurds. And then there is the peshmerga. Iraqi kurds allowed in by turkey bringing with them heavy weapons that many say stopped kobani being overrun. Turkey did let 150 of them in and is allowing replacements and some weapons, too. But still, they blame turkey for starving kobanis kurds of ammunition resupply. Were being besieged from three sides here and have only one border open, turkey. Were bringing weapons and ammunition from kurdistan, but turkey is putting up obstacles. This is the main problem. This has not dampened isiss hunger to win. A fight with so many sides, such great complexity and sav ragery but no clear end in sight. Nick paton walsh. The rebels in the past and their fight against president bashar al assad, but its been hesitant to help in kobani because it fears the kurds ambitions for an independent state. President obama has nominated ash carter for the next defense secretary. Carter looks to become the fourth man to take the job under the obama administration. Carter promised that if hes confirmed, he will be straightforward with the president. And in what is expected to be his last trip as the outgoing u. S. Secretary of defense, chuck hagel has arrived in kabul, afghanistan. He spoke to reporters saying his visit will focus on assessing afghanistan as the u. S. Begins drawing down troops in the new year. Mr. Hagel said he will meet with the new afghan president and his chief executive and bring up his concerns about security there in kabul. The capital has seen an uptick in violent taliban attacks in recent weeks, but hagel call it had a predictable attempt to disrupt the new government. A spokesman for the Pakistani Army says a senior al qaeda commander has been killed in a raid carried out by pakistan. Hes one of the fbis mostwanted terrorists. 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