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>> reporter: as for her, she shares photos of her cats and looks forward to one day going back to doing gymnastics. ivan wattson, cnn, ukraine. >> our thanks to ivan watson for that powerful reporting and telling that little girls story. we wish her the best as she heals. coming up, i talk to the woman, the cnn exclusive interview, up next. i didnt know my genetic rert could tell me i was prone to harmful blood clots.

Or convicted for treating wounded. >> reporter: cnn reached out to russias ministry of defense regarding the alleged detention of irina. the ministry never complied. her family now wait in terrifying limbo. >> translator: marsha often asks, where is mama? every day, i say shes coming soon. shell be here in an hour or two. >> reporter: the truth is no one knows where she will see her mother again. ivan wattson, ukraine. a lithuanian filmmaker has been killed in ukraine. he was 45 years old. acc...

Imposing sanctions on north korea. well, now, xi jinping has said they are basically almost best friends again and even accepted an offer to travel to north korea, sometime in the indefini indefinite future. when kim jong-un sits down with the south korean president next month for the first time and then after that with president trump, he comes with the confidence that his alliance with china has been patched up. so presumably, with a stronger hand at the negotiating table. brianna? >> ivan wat...

This years show airs tonight and theres already a twist. good morning everyone. ive ivan wattson. >> the u.s. is promising a speedy response if its proven that syria carried out a chemical weapons attack. any response could include cruise missile strikes or a no fire zone. >> the rebels claimed that a chemical assault killed 13 people yesterday but the regime so its the rebels who are killing people. you may some of the images disturbing. >> the syrian military began an offensive in damascus e...

free after being accused of throwing fire bombs during recent violent protests in cairo. we are monitoring their moves. also this morning, an american journalist, well get back to our jason carroll there in just a second. the other story i need to tell you about, also in egypt. someone you have seen on our air here at cnn a number of times. an american journalist who has appeared here with us says she was blindfolded, beaten and sexually assaulted by egyptian police. she is now free an...

this is your "a.m. wakeup call." . good morning to you, it is tuesday, november 22nd. im carol costello. here are this mornings top stories. republican candidates gathering in the shadow of the white house tonight for the big cnn national security debate. its the first test for newt gingrich as the front-runner. a new poll shows he leads mitt romney by 4%. giving up a lot of the blame, not much shame is the congressional super committee calls it quits. lawmakers announcing they canno...

into life-threatening torrents. well get an update in a few minutes. but first, breaking news on the international manhunt for moammar gadhafi and members of his family. several hours ago, a senior rebel commander told cnn that one of his sons, khamis gadhafi died sunday night. also today, algeria revealed it had allowed gadhafis wife and daughter and two of his grown sons and some of his grandchildren to enter the country for what they call humanitarian reasons. nic robertson is in ...

>> absolutely. egyptian women since 2005 when the mubarak regime startwide sexual violence, women started speaking up. you see them speaking out in organizations, and i recently saw a film called cairo 678, where he speaks out against sexual violence against women. the fact that men and women are speaking out is very important. >> we appreciate your perspective, thank you, mona. >> thank you. pro testers in egypt are doing all they can to preserve the movement that ousted the dictator. thousan...

Stable about a month and a half after its longtime dictatoryial president was overthrown. >> ivan watson for us in cairo. ivan, thank you. 44 minutes past the hour. taking a look now at our top stories. the u.s. military says an american war plane crashed in libya today after experiencing equipment malfunction. the pilot and weapons officer ejected safely and both are now out of libya. officials say the f-15 strike eagle had known to libya from italy. in japan, workers succeeded in restori...

Revolution. a huge fire broke out at the interior ministry building in downtown cairo. it happened after a peaceful demonstration. cnns ivan wattson joins us from cairo. ivan, any word on how this fire started? >> reporter: we just got off the phone, randi, with the spokesman for the interior ministry. and he suggested that it may have been caused by an electrical malfunction on one of the top floors and that a lot of uniforms and pieces of furniture that were stored there are a part of the reas...