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Now involved in a messy lawsuit. here's why. the ceo is involved in a lawsuit. the ceo says the case should be thrown out because white males, not part of a protected class. let's bring in cnn legal analyst, criminal defense attorney, mr. danny savalas. yes or no? >> yes. all of us are members of a protective class. that's why i'm confused by this court filing. the bottom line is this, you can hire and fire people for any reason in the world unless -- it's a big unless, unless based on a membership in a protected class. white males are a member of a class just as any other race and gender and ...

And crimes against humanity by the syrian regime and that responsibility goes all the way up to the office of president assad. the syrian government reacted saying they give no credibility whatsoever to what the u.n. is saying and that the human rights chief has talked, quote, nonsense in the poast. they say that rebels have committed war crimes as well. kate? >> fred, thank you for that. a public health alert in hong kong this morning. the first human case of a new type of bird flu is being reported there after it killed dozens in neighboring china. pauline chao has the story. >> reporter: ...

If i'm the operator and the train is supposed to be going 70 and it's going 82, is that completely unusual? and unacceptable or does this happen sometimes? >> well, you know, sometimes it happens intentionally. sometimes you're pushing the envelope, trying to make up for a late schedule, et cetera. but in this case, you know, is it excusable? no. the speed limit was 70. the speed limits are there for a purpose because that's the maximum safe speed on the track and the track speeds vary, along a stretch of rail you might have differing speeds that the engineer has to adjust for. there's no excu...

A public health alert in hong kong, the first human case of a new type of bird flu has been reported there after killing dozens in china. the 36-year-old woman visited china last month and had contact with poultry there. hong kong has suspended imports of live poultry from three chinese farms and authorities will visit local farms to ensure quality control. a passionate appeal to president obama from alan gross, a u.s. contractor jailed in cuba for the past four years. in a letter to be delivered to the white house today, gross writes he fears his country has abandoned him and wants the pres...

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