Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. This week president obama was in myanmar for the east asia summit, a meeting of regional leaders. It was his second visit in two years to the country, which emerged from military rule four years ago. Obama pressed lawmakers in the largely buddhist country to speed up reforms, such as protecting the rights of the Rohingya Muslim minority. Many rohingya are considered stateless, and the u. N. Has called them one of most persecuted minorities in the world. Here in the u. S. , an emotional welcome home for two americans who had been jailed in north korea, kenneth bae and matthew todd miller. They were released after a top u. S. Intelligence official visited north korea, although its unclear what exactly led to their freedom. Bae is a devout christian who was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly plotting against the north korean government. He is now recovering from ailments he suffered in prison. Dr.
Might crack the 80degree mark in a few spots with a breeze out of the south, southeast 10 to 20 miles an hour. The shower threat will be west of us for the most part out toward the blue ridge, Shenandoah Valley, areas west. A touch of fog as we looked at a moment ago to the southwest. Thats thought too bad. Two, three miles. The dense fog of last night is pretty much lifted. Were looking at a lot of things lifting almost due north with the the rain. Some showers out to our southwest are moving north. So light sprinkles or drizzle we have, thats about it for now. Were in the 60s going well up in the 70s if not near 80 later on. Nick and andrea . Thank you, howard. At 6 01 heres whats in the news right now. A United Nations medical worker from germany has died from ebola. The worker contracted the disease in liberia. Researchers have begun human Clinical Trials on an experimental canadian made ebola vaccine. That vaccine has shown promise in tests on primates. Today president obama along
Justice system, its not so much about what is the truth but what can be proven and thats a tough reality. That is just the way it is, unfortunately. A developing story were following overnight from chicago. Lawyers for Rob Blagojevich filed an appeal challenging his corruption conviction and a very stiff 14year prison term. Blagojevich has served six months of that term so far. He was convicted of corruption, including a plan to profit from appointing someone to fill president obamas senate seat. Jurors in Michael Jacksons trial heard from his mother. Aeg lawyers played a tape from her deposition. She said she didnt expect him to tour for long. Earlier a witness for the plaintiff testified jackson could have made more than 1 billion from concert tour and las vegas show. Ed ward snowden is more than stuck in that the moscow airport. Now russian president Vladimir Putin is turning up the pressure. Yesterday he called snowden, quote, an unwelcome presence from the u. S. , and putin said h
For current and former military members and their families. Get advice from the people who share your values. For our free usaa retirement guide, call 877242usaa. Its time for end point. Christopher john farley this morning. The story that stood out to me was that New Rochelle High School last second shot. Thats because youre from there. I always turn sportsmetaphor. I love the Public Schools. I have a commitment to Public Schools. Our kids go to Public Schools there. It was great to see them win in the last second shot. The guy who made the shot seems like a nice young guy. I hope he has success in life. Me, too. I hope it encouraging other people to get excited about schools in new rochelle. We second that. Great to have you today, daryl. Thanks for being with us. We leave it here. Cnn newsroom with christi paul starts now. See you tomorrow morning. See you tomorrow morning. Hey, christi. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com happening now in the newsroom. Sex, lies and videotape. He cal
Thank you, andrew for that. Also scorching tonight for baseballs annual allstar game hosted at home of the mets. New york city field. Hometown hero. The david wright launched five home runs in last nights home run derby. That wasnt nearly enough when it was all said and done. A guy who isnt even on an allstar roster was a really big winner. Oh, no. This name will be coming up. Oaklands hey, jack, help me out. Whats the name . Yoenis that guy you see on the screen, he hit a total of 32 home runs to win the title. He beat bryce harper of the nationals in the final round. The winning blast traveled 456 feet. That may as well have been in orbit. First guy left out of the allstar game itself and win the home run derby. Looked good doing it, no matter what his name is. You like him, huh . Coming up. I do need that. It is really warm in here. Making bling out of dentures. Yes, dentures. We cant make this story up. Sounds disgusting. Mechanics that drive up repair bills. New techniques to avoi