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set a record. you're watching "cnn newsroom." thank you for joining us, i'm natalie allen. >> good to be with you, natalie. i'm errol barnet. we are wrapping up the week with all the information you need to know. now we begin this hour with ukraine. the president-elect there threatening retaliation. >> he's threatening to punish the militant who shot down a helicopter. the crash killed 14 people including a ukrainian general. the white house is suggesting concern that pro russian separatists are getting their hands on weapons they would not normally have. >> now we cannot yet verify the details of these reports, but we are concerned that this indicates separatists continue to have access to advanced weaponry and other assistance from the outside. >> meantime, the self-styled mayor of slovyensk are holding four european people who disappeared on sunday. the mayor of donestk is wondering who the leaders are. >> meanwhile, russia has now moved some 30,000 troops back from ukraine's border to their home bases and only about 10,000 remain. the source says there are indications those remaining troops are also going to move away and that the u.s. government believes russia may have decided to work with the new ukrainian government. good news there. that would be a blow to the separatists who are hoping for russian support. the militants admit they suffered heavy casualties at the donestk international airport. >> what is particularly noteworthy is where the dead fighters came from. nick peyton walsh reports. >> reporter: there will be funerals again, but not just in ukraine. startling admissions from separatists at donetsk morgue. my little son, she says. separatists distanced by the kremlin also admitted something they denied for weeks. perhaps it is a sign of desperation that the militants, their appeals unanswered. the men taken away in the could have fins are russian citizens, 33 in number by their own admission. they came to help create the net people's republic, he says. volunteers paid nothing but $100 a week for cigarettes. their bodies will now be sent back to russia for burial. >> translator: we hope that a corridor will emerge from russia, he says, to take people out. our militants will escort them but we don't believe anybody from kiev. the total militant death toll may be 70 making monday the worst losses yet. in ukraine since the shootings down in kiev. >> reporter: also the worst days casualties for ukraine's military. another helicopter brought down near slovyensk. at least 12 dead soldiers, including one dead general. the separatists headquarters in central denetsk were looking for looters. hours later the new authorities had emerged. the same separatists, the chechens were helping them clear up and instill order. two men held at gun point in the back of a truck. the same sense of volatility in the air. nic payton walsh, cnn, donetsk. india, two teenage girls gang raped and hung from a tree. >> it's really unfathomable how this can happen. we want to warn you the video is graphic. cnn wanted to make sure how horrible this is so we wanted to show you. they accuse three brothers of the crime and cnn has learned now that at least two men have been arrested. >> it's very difficult footage to watch there. three policemen have also been removed from duty for not registering the cases when the girls were reported missing. for more perspective on the story let's turn to divia ire. thank you very much for your time. i just want to start with what new information you may have. i know amnesty international reliesir releasing a report on the pervasiveness of violence on women. what have you found? >> we are issuing a public statement soon. what we've found is that the police are issuing a probe into it. two police have been suspended and two are charged with dereliction of duty. they went to the police station to register them missing, they, in fact, said they are in danger of being kidnapped, murdered or raped but the officer in charge instead of registering the case slapped the father and did not take into account the fear or the harm that could happen. so in that accepts the police have taken action, but as we understand in this country, violence against women is a serious issue. the concerns are still there that the perpetrators are from a dominant class. victims are from the absolute bottom of the social hierarchy which has been entrenched for years in the indian society. the fear are that the family may not be able to get justice. that puts pressure on the government to hold people responsible, the perpetrators and the police which did not help and assist the victims in this case accountable and bring them to justice. >> it sounds like this is such a difficult issue to tackle considering there are societal economic causes and you're mentioning corruption there as well. there is a new prime minister in the country. he has met with his cabinet this week and started a plan with what to tackle the first 100 days. our reporter in india is telling us violence against women is not even on his agenda and there was a recent poll that tell us 90% of people do feel that violence against women is a top priority so how can the government aim to tackle such a large and pervasive issue? >> that's correct. you can only do something so much when you have to deal with something as indem anything. they'll be having extremely progressive laws that we had last year. there is a lot more to do. that political leadership is unfortunately missing. in fact, the political leadership has gone under guard just a few weeks ago saying, boys will be boys. they will make mistakes. that is the kind of understanding of sexual violence, especially on women that is going to be very difficult to end this. the new government insisting prime minister modi said he would put toilets ahead of temples. i think he's got a great opportunity to do it and prove what he said was not just a campaign slogan but something he actually believes in and put the political authority and bureaucracy behind it. there are more than 600 million people which is over half the population of india in the open. this is 2014. violence against women is not dealt with. if people don't have the basic sanitation facilities, it's a shame in 2014 people don't have basic access to amenities. it's not just about dignity. a lot has to do with the rights for justice. a lot of other things are mixed in it. the new government has a lot on their plate. there is a great opportunity and the prime minister himself having made that statement, putting toilets before temples, he is accountable to implement those things. >> i can certainly hear the passion in your voice as we talk about such an important issue. divya ire there. these are political, difficult, horrific incidents. there is an opportunity now for real change to come to the country. thank you for joining us on cnn. we do have more on the issue of safety for women in india. turn to cnn.com. you can see a report. you'll find other related articles and videos all at cnn.com. natalie? the united states says it has confirmed a suicide bomber who staged an attack in syria was, in fact, an american. sources tell cnn he grew up in florida and was known as ab abu hurerrera. various videos show him preparing for and attacking a government checkpoint. he was associated with the el nusra front. all right. we move to a more uplifting story here. what's $2 billion to buy a basketball team if you're worth 20, right, natalie? i ask you this all the time. >> yeah. yeah. so much money, so little to do with it. former microsoft ceo is who we're talking about. that's him, steve bomber. he's worth that much. he's poised to fork over that much to buy the los angeles clippers. he submitted the highest of several huge bids for the team which the nba as you know is forcing owner donald sterling to sell. >> now a $2 billion price tag is by far the largest paid for an nba franchise. ballmer is promising to keep the team in los angeles. sports franchises have surged in value over the years. the pending clippers sale could be the best example yet. >> look at what donald sterling paid for the clippers back in 1981. just $12 million. today, 2. -- $2 billion price tag is 167 times the amount of the original purchase price. donald sterling owns the clippers as part of the sterling trust with his estranged wife of 58 years, shelly sterling. the nba forced them to sell after sterling was recorded making racist comments widely publicized. we're sure you've heard them now. shelly sterling orchestrated the deal with ballmer. his attorney says donald has the will to fight. >> he's not consenting to the league confiscating his property which you can now see is worth more than $1 billion. he's not consenting to pay a $2.5 million fine or to be banished from the stadium for the rest of his life. these are draconian remedies that exceed anything anybody has ever done in any professional sport, and what is the basis of it? an illegal recording. an illegal record that go cannot be used. >> so there may yet be a fight. we'll wait and see. the sale still must be approved also by nba owners at a meeting set for next tuesday. >> we'll see what happens next week. edward snowden insists he spoke out before deciding to leak u.s. intelligence secrets. >> coming up, hear what u.s. officials are saying about that claim. hackers create a fake new site to lure officials from the u.s. and around the world. who could be behind this devious scheme? i always wanted to design a bike that honored those who serve our country. and geico gave me that opportunity. now naturally, we wanted it to be powerful, innovative and we built this bike as a tribute to those who are serving, those who have served and their families. and i think we nailed it. geico. proudly serving the military for over 75 years. well, the back and forth between the u.s. government and edward snowden heating up yet again. >> yeah, in an interview with nbc the ex-nsa agent was asked why he leaked classified information. >> when the president said you should have gone through channels, become a whistle blower and not pursue the route you did, what's your response? >> i actually did go through channels and that is documented. the nsa has records. they have copies of e-mails right now to their office of general counsel, to their oversight and compliance folks from me raising concerns about the nsa's interpretations of its legal authorities. >> well, the nsa is responding to that claim. the agency released what it says is the only e-mail snowden sent to supervisors. it appears to show that he posed a legal question about a training program. it december not mention concerns about the controversial surveillance program. >> already snowden is firing back in an interview with the washington post, he says the nsa's response is incomplete. >> we'll probably continue to hear more from that interview as nbc releases it. well, cyber intelligence experts say iranian hackers have targeted u.s. military and political leaders. they're saying they're also targeting personnel in brittain, saudi arabia and other countries all of this through false social networking accounts and a fake website. be careful who you friend. details from washington. >> reporter: the hackers use social networks and a brazen and creative scheme to spy on u.s. and israeli officials. a new report from a private cyber security firm claims that they're located in iran. >> while it's low level, it's one of the highest centers. >> they have a bogus online news site, news on air. sometimes they use real reporters names, photos and buy owes. they strike up relationships with friends, relatives and colleagues on social media sites on facebook and linked-in. once the contact is made they send links with real news stories in order to establish their credibility. over the time they lure the target to a fake website where they steal their passwords and other credentials. in all, the report found more than 2,000 connections by hackers made in the past three years, including a four star u.s. admiral, british and saudi officials, journalists and lawmakers. none of them were nad. they appear to be after national security intelligence. what information the hackers took is unclear. there's no smoking gun pointing to official iranian involvement but it cites circumstantial evidence. >> what we can say, based on who was targeted, the type of information they were going after, the infrastructure that was used and where it's registered in tehran and a number of other indicators that we believe there are links to iranian act. >> facebook says it was made aware of the scene when it was made aware by its members. linked-in said it's investigating the claims. the fbi and state department have received the report and aren't commenting on it directly, but the state department says it has known in the past that hackers from iran have used social media sites to investigate targets, including u.s. officials. cnn, the state department. and still to come here, it's not just general motors that's mired in car recalls. >> that's right. now another one of detroit's big three is calling back a huge number of cars. also ahead here, freaking out at the top of the chicago skyscraper. why sight seers thought they were about to fall 400 meters to the ground. all right. did you see that? that was another strong finish on wall street thursday. the s&p 500 posted its 13th record high this year as investors shrugged off a weak report on u.s. growth. >> yeah. the country's gross domestic product contracted 1% in the first quarter. it's the first time that's happened in three years, but most economists say it's a one off setback due to extreme winter weather. >> we have this business headline for you. ford recalling 1.4 million vehicles in north america for possible steering issues. most of them are suvs. faulty sensors and electrical connections could cause the vehicles to lose power steering. ford says it's aware of 20 accidents that might be related to these issues. another big three automaker, general motors you might remember, has recalled 16 million vehicles this year. if you live in the southern u.s., you don't need us to tell you it's raining outside. really, parts of the country, the u.s., being inundated with rain. >> absolutely. people trying to drive were struck in flooding. ivan cabrera is reporting that for us. >> you've heard it's raining cats and dogs. >> of course. >> how about frogs? that is a whole different deal. >> here we go. >> this is from the national weather service in wilmington, in north carolina. they go out and they weather the rainfall and they have to empty, some of them anyway, not the automated stations, old school, have to empty the rain gauge. this little guy showed up. i thought i would share that with you. looks like a golden poison frog that can kill 10 to 20 humans with a milligram of poison here but that's endemic of columbia. they're probably okay with that one, not to scare our friends there. but look at the rainfall that has fallen across the southern u.s. as we go from north carolina into the louisiana because that's where the action has been. these rainfall tallies are from wednesday. it rained heavily on thursday as well. if you're watching from the u.s., 25 millimeters is about an inch. we're talking about 7 inches here caused this. let's take you into some of the scenes in louisiana. man, you've been waiting through waist high water and some just incredible scenes coming out of the south there. things, well, floating where they shouldn't be. incredible stuff there. it continues. what's happening is we have this upper low that's enhancing our typical afternoon showers and thunderstorms that we get this time of year. this low is meandering and be hanging out. it will enhance the rain and take a look at this. not just louisiana, but florida getting into this as well. very heavy rainfall. notice a bit of a spin still seeing the feature present in our computer model forecast for the next 48 hours and then just the moisture surging in from the gulf. that will be enough to produce heavy amounts of rainfall here. again, in new orleans in the next 48 hours, 25, 25, a couple of inches there in the next few days. also keeping an eye on severe weather in central europe here with very heavy rainfall since yesterday. we continue with this feature as well. drying a little bit north and west but now seeing some heavy rainfall as well in romania. heat, record breaking heat. we'll take you to china when i see you in the next half hour. ivan, thanks very much. >> space x is taking space travel to the next level. >> yes. the company has just unveiled a new spacecraft to help the u.s. once again carry astronauts to the international space station and without the help of russia who recently announced it may not be taking u.s. astronauts aboard its rockets to the space station anymore. this company is introducing the dragon b-2. >> looking very cool. space x founder elan musk said it can transport several astronauts for several days. it will be reusable. >> they're hoping it will be ready for its first use by 2017. elan musk. he is an entrepreneur. >> indeed. now if space travel is too extreme, how about getting 103 stories in the air, sticking out more than a meter from a building when suddenly what you're standing on seems to be cracking apart under your feet? >> i'm already getting the heebie-jeebies. that's what it felt like to five tourists standing inside a glass box. would you get in one of those? >> i would. >> standing atop the wills tower in chicago, they heard the noise below them and saw lines that appeared to be forming through the glass so they jumped off the box as fast as they could. >> i couldn't actually say much. you would expect like holy [ bleep ]. it was just like -- i just jumped off. i literally jumped off. >> you could see the glass actually just like a spider web, immediately just light up. shattered. completely shattered. >> so he didn't even have time to say beep, he just got out of there. officials say it was only a protective coating on the glass, not to worry, just the coating, not the glass itself, and they say no one was ever in any danger. yeah, okay. the sight seeing boxes on the tower are expected to hold 5 ton. >> everyone is all right. >> oh, my goodness. they lost a year off their lives probably on that one. coming up here on "cnn newsroom", the israeli army wants to recruit arabs. >> that's only half the controversy. a sudanese woman convicted to death from the sudanese government. stay with us here on cnn. welcome back, everyone. this is "cnn newsroom." i'm errol barnet. >> and i'm natalie allen. welcome back to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. in the headlines this hour, police in northern india have arrested two brothers and a policeman in the rape and murder of two teenage cousins. the story gets worse from there. the young women were found hanging from a tree in utt utter pradesh. two police officers did nothing to stop the crime have been suspended over the case. the white house is expressing concern that pro russian separatists in ukraine are using advanced weapons from outside the country. this after militants from the eastern part of the country claim they downed a ukrainian helicopter. at least 14 people were tild in thursday's crash near sloveynsk. >> including a general. u.s. officials are not releasing his name, but he was known as abu herrera who was part of the el nusra front. u.s. officials say he grew up in florida. all right. there is outrage today in pakistan after a very public and incredibly brutal killing. >> yes. it's horrible that we have to follow that story in india with another horrifying story. but a pregnant woman named frazana parvine was stoned to death in front of one of the country's top courts earlier this week. >> reporter: this happened in full view of the police. none of them intervened to save her. there were onlookers who just watched this woman being stoned to death. how barbaric have we pakistanis become? how stone hearted that none tried to intervene? >> barbaric, indeed. shocking is that she died at the home of her family. they attacked her for marrying for love instead of an arranged marriage. >> her husband tells cnn, this is very hard to hear as well, he killed his first wife so he could marry pavvine. cnn's jonathan mann has the story. >> she was 25, a newlywed, and authorities believe murdered by her own family. now the pakistani prime minister is demanding a full investigation into her death. police say about 20 people, including her father and brothers, put a crude noose around her neck and smashed bricks into her skull outside the high court building all because she refused to marry a cousin her family had chosen and eloped instead. that cousin was among her killers according to authorities. her husband's family say they tried to stop the attack. >> translator: we struggled with them but they fired a shot, then they dragged her over there and hit her with bricks. a couple of bricks hit her in the head. >> reporter: the husband and witnesses say many bystanders, including police officers, did nothing to help the woman as she was being brutally beaten. >> translator: policemen were standing outside the high court but no policemen came forward. in spite of the noise, no policeman took the trouble to come forward and save her. >> reporter: police have not responded to cnn's calls seeking comment. her grief stricken husband tells cnn that her family threatened him demanding $1,000 if the couple wanted to stay alive. ikbal, a farmer, said he didn't have the money. the family challenged the marriage in court claiming he abducted her. ikbal said she was three months pregnant. before the attack she had been on her way to the courthouse to file a declaration saying she was married of her own free will. her lawyer is demanding justice for her and her unborn baby. >> translator: the actual culprits must be punished. they should not get the benefit of honor because they had pre-planned the entire thing. there were around 28 or 29 of them including three women. they must be punished as this is not a single but a double murder. >> reporter: in a new twist the murdered women's husband told cnn that he killed his previous wife six years ago. he says that he, quote, wanted to send a proposal to farzana so i killed my wife. the district general said that ikbal was incarcerated at the time for the murder but he was later released on bail when his son forgave him and a family compromise allowed authorities to release him. pakistan is one of the many nations that call this murder an honor killing because she allegedly brought dishonor to her family. the human rights commission says more than 800 women were killed that way last year. lahore where the murder was committed is one of pakistan's largest cities, not a remote village. pakistan's prime minister has asked for a full report on the murder. the police inspector said it will include mohamed ikbal's dodgy past and his previous incarceration. police now say they have arrested ikbal's father who admitted to the killing and released no regret. they are countries conducting raids in the village to find the other killers. jonathan mann, cnn. that's just horrible, horrible. an appeals court in sudan is expected to rule next week in a case that has drawn international attention and condemnation. >> 27-year-old miriam ibrahim was sentenced to death earlier for refusing to denounce her christianity. they're monitoring this case. >> donald booth spoke with the sudanese foreign minister to convey our grave concerns about this case. a special envoy booth also called upon the government of sudan to respect the right to freedom of religion including one's right to change one's faith or beliefs. u.s. embassy officials have attended hearings. the u.s. and other countries that give millions of dollars to sudan are facing questions about whether their financial aid gives them any sort of leverage in this case. >> yeah. atika shubert has detailed on that for you. >> reporter: as you can imagine, there's been a lot of anger about this case online. in fact, there have been multiple calls to halt sudan's aid completely. let's take a look at how dependent the country is on aid and where it comes from. more than 1/4 of sudan's budget is from aid. about $1 billion according to the world bank. litsds' take a look at the chart. the vast majority of the aid comes from united states. more than half, 51%. now this money goes to the u.n. and other charities. take a look at this next graph. this shows the money the u.s. has given directly to sudan's government. last year about $11.7 million. here's how that money breaks down. as you can see, most goes towards reconciliation efforts, also civil society, democracy and peacekeeping. the u.s. has tremendous leverage if it chooses to hold aid. it would deprive them of food and shelter. it's unlikely that the u.s. or any other country would halt aid completely affecting millions of people just for this one case. but, the u.s. and the rest of the world can do more to express its outrain and try to prevent this sentence ultimately from being carried out. all right. to the middle east now. is r israel has suspended a soldier after two boys died of gunshot wounds earlier this month. video showed one of the boys down just seconds after the soldier fired. he was aiming a rifle at protesters and appeared to be coached by a border police officer. an israel defense forces spokesperson insists it had rubber projectiles which would not cause fatal wounds. the u.s. has called for a quick, impartial investigation. meantime, israel's army facing anger from some religious groups over a controversial new plan. >> yeah. muslims and christians are exempt from mandatory military service. the army now says it will send letters to eligible arab christian men encouraging them to join. what's the controversy? benh wideman explains. >> reporter: they're led on an exercise near the gaza border. he looks and sounds like any other israeli officer his age, but he's different. he's a volunteer in this conscript army from nazareth. >> when i was born and i grew up it was my dream to go into the israeli defense forces he tells me. muslims are exceempt from mility service. they said they would invite them to join. it's a controversial initiative that has raised the ire in the christian community. he himself concedes his decision to enlist alienated many in his community. >> translator: lots of my friends left me just because i was thinking of going into the army, he recalls. now when i go to nazareth in uniform, some people look at me as if i'm a stranger. >> reporter: the moment israeli officials say approximately 100 arab christians join the army every year. they're hoping with the new, more proactive recruiting program, that that number will increase. in the remains of the christian village in northern israel, they won't find many takers. they were just married in the village church, the only structure left standing. in 1948 during the war that led to israel's creation, the israeli army ordered villagers out of their homes. he was five months old at the time. his family settled in nazareth but returned whenever possible. fausi flatly rejects the notion that his fellow christians should serve in the army. >> translator: we refuse on moral grounds, he says, to serve in the army that has made us homeless. the israeli army left him on christmas eve. the bitter legacy is likely to get the grandsons. and some find it difficult to find that a christian from nazareth would join the israeli army. >> he was born as a christian, as a palestinian, he's supposed to know the story of the displacing of the palestinian people so if he didn't realize the disaster that israel has put on us and -- has put on us, so he has a problem. he has a real big problem. >> reporter: these christians are unlikely to go over the line. ikrit, northern israel. you are watching "cnn newsroom." just ahead, a new tool for new york police to keep people from dying of drug overdoses. plus, a quick thinking bus driver picks up some precious cargo. the heartwarming details next. peoi go to angie's listt for all kinds of reasons. to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact i can go onto angie's list and look for pediatricians. the service providers that i've found on angie's list actually have blown me away. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. take a look at this. a huge drug bust in the youngless of peru. police hearsay they dug up nearly 600 kilos of cocaine. they found the drugs near an airstrip and officials say these drugs were headed for brazil. the u.n. says peru has overtaken colombia to become the world's biggest producer of coca and cocaine. >> that was quite a find there in the dirt. my goodness. new york city is starting a program to save addicts who overdose on heroin. >> yeah. michael holmes shows us what the city's police department is planning and why heroin use is increasing in the u.s. >> reporter: you're looking at a heroin overdose that could save lives. it's called naloxone and could be sprayed into the noyes. >> it works by reversing the effects of heroin and other opioids on the respiratory system. >> reporter: this comes after a string of actor deaths. peaches is the daughter of irish singer bob geldoph. heroin use nearly doubled from 2007 to 2012 and heroin overdoses jumped by 45% from 2006 to 2010 but in some places it's on the decline like in europe where one study showed the number of people being treated for heroin abuse for their first time dropped by half between 2007 and 2012 but what's behind heroin's rise in popularity in the u.s.? new york attorney general eric snyderman is helping fund the new york city antidote program. >> for whatever reason, it is very powerful and very cheap right now. again, the thing that i find so challenging about this is the degree to which the stigma is gone for heroin. kids view this as a party drug where 20, 30, 40 years ago people who like to drink and party would never think ever touching heroin. i don't know why the stigma is washed away but this is a very dangerous drug. >> reporter: experts say there are two reasons for heroin's resurgence in the u.s. more supply and addiction to prescription painkillers which can lead people on the path to heroin. michael holmes, cnn, atlanta. >> younger kids using heroin. >> scary stuff. >> certainly is. well, this was a scary thing, but it ended up very well. a bus driver in the u.s. state of oregon is being haled a hero for picking up an unconventional passenger. >> you are to see this video. on the right-hand side of your screen a 2-year-old boy wandering the street right there in the red circle. bill clark, the driver, pulled over the bus and brought the young boy onto the bus as well. >> seems the boy wandered out of his house while his father was sleeping and his mother was away. police tracked down the parents and were able to get the rambunctious toddler back home safely. oh, thank goodness that bus driver came along. >> good samaritans needed everywhere. >> just after the break here, we have an inside scoop on the yummy, a group of young men deemed the successor of the metro sexual. we'll explain why they're after this new brand of shopper. what it all means next. young, urban and male. yummy. they're cosmopolitan and fashionable city dwellers. >> i am not in the know. i have not heard this. luxury brands have their eyes on poaching this rising breed of male clientele. >> i hate that term yummy. i prefer the old name, a douchbag. >> this is one of those rare occasions where comedy and economics collide. >> this doesn't look like a yummy. >> raj ma hall is a former wall street exec and he's turned comedian. >> i go to the gym three or four times of the week. half the time i work out. i buy a nice hair product. i press my shirts. i like to spend money on myself because i think i've earned it. this was our shoe library. we've devoted a section to sneakers. it's become a huge part of a young man's and certainly every man's wardrobe. >> reporter: here at bergdorf goodeman, they're tailoring their shoe collection. >> what style does this make? >> i'm not going to adhere to rules. >> the rules how young men shop is changing. >> one thing i've noticed of late a lot of them are coming in in groups. they know what they want, they're clear about it and they go directly to the racks that are appealing to them and that are utterly informed shoppers. >> reporter: today's yummy isn't only bombarded by fashion blogs, twit pics and instagram, he is socially conditioned to share while i shop. >> don't i run the risk of looking arrogant if i post this? >> wow, that's really cool. where can i go to get it. >> the yum bring is part of today's economic reality. the growth in men's luxury is going to show up in the measurements. men account for 40% of sales in the luxury sectors. growth in men's ware notched out the women's sales. >> it's a struggle. it's hard. you need to find targeted or niche shoppers who have money to spend, feeling optimistic, and who are willing to spend it. there aren't many of those. >> reporter: what are some telltale signs of a yummy walking down the street? how can we spot them. >> the shoes. if they spent a little time on their shoes, you know they're paying attention. >> why don't you try this with your gray suit. that would change your day. >> reporter: and with every shift in habits comes a shift in attitudes. >> i don't think there's any taboo at all. the place where i get my haircut, they offer freeman any cures while i'm getting my haircut and beer. >> reporter: so now it's up to the brands to keep this crowd entertained. samuel burke, cnn, new york. i don't know. some of those folks looked a bit obnoxious to me. let's bring in someone who's never obnoxious. >> errol and ivan have nothing to do with the yummy group. >> we're anti-yummy. >> we're not yummy at all. >> you have an issue. >> i think i prefer the metro sexuals. >> at least be cool. >> you learn something on cnn. >> and the weather, ivan? anything happening in the weather department? >> yes, there's always something happening in the weather department but we like to talk about other things as well. i'm not just a weather man, errol barnet. china is hot. if you're watching from north america, that's not hot. this is celsius. it would be 106 degrees fahrenheit. beijing has not been that hot since 2002 when they reached 42. so an incredible day there yesterday. we're beginning the trend going down. that will be a good thing. 39 on saturday and then lower 30s on sunday and then by next monday we'll actually be back to where we should be, that's average. that is because this area of low pressure not bringing rain but the cloud associated with it is going to be bringing in, well, less sunshine. that will do the trick here. it is going to be raining south of that boundary and an area of low pressure in hong kong. it's the rainey season so certainly not out of the question to get 79 meters in 24 hours. that's what taipei did in taiwan. next few days, showers and thunderstorms bubbling up through the afternoon. that area of low pressure will move in. do we have time to leave you with the wolves? >> come on, hope so. >> no wolves? yes or no. no? no time for the wolves. you'll have to find out on my twitter account. it's a good story about the fires in alaska. >> more than a weather man, thank you. a rarity at the u.s. national spelling bee thursday. two winners were declared after they ran out of words to spell correctly. >> after they ran out of words to spell correctly. i love that. here's a look at the final word just before organizers declared a tie. >> feuilleton? >> correct. >> that was the moment. there were no more words left to spell leaving the two of them as co-champs. first time this has happened since 1962. the two will each take home about $30,000 in prizes. the u.s. president congratulated the boys signing this tweet with his initials, b.o. fantastic stuff there. >> yes. they made it all the way and spelled all the words. there were none left. that's cool. thanks for watching "cnn newsroom", i'm natalie allen. and i'm errol barnet. 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