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regional effort. not just the cause but the consequences of it. it is the beginning of the process, not the end of it. >> thanks very much for speaking to cnn. >> thank you. >> in response to what they today say earlier in the meeting, myanmar responded with a very heated comment saying that you, my dear friends, are ill informed and myanmar cannot be solely held responsible. speaking to us here earlier on cnn, that myanmar is denying responsibility for the systematic abuses that it is carrying out. back to you. >> and these people caught in the middle in no man's land. thank you, saima. we will get back to you if you hear any more to this meeting. >> showing no mercy to the most vulnerable, we are telling you where cancer patients are waiting for treatment. in a live report coming next. i'm reworking the menu. veggies you're cool...
of course the united states not always admitting to carrying out u.s. drone strikes. here we have seen an apology from president obama. a heartfelt one as you pointed out. this was an accidental drone strike but once again, highlighting as you mentioned, the serious fallout that despite weeks of searching and surveillance they still got it wrong. and human rights activists and group, john telling me of their dismay. cnn exclusively covered the trip to pakistan back in 2013. i was given access to the meetings with drone victims, pakistani drone victims from the tribal areas and one of the groups pointing out this is the first time the white house has admitted to a drone strike killing innocent civilians. the first time it apologized. >> saima, thank you.
her daughter was down there. i think she's fine. >> westfield police say the injured were taken to the hospital. the police chief says most of the injuries luckily were minor. one student listed as critical will be okay. wthr reports the cause of the stage collapse is under investigation. developing this morning, another big story. the united states counter terrorism program is facing serious fallout after the president's emotional announcement that two al qaeda hostages one american were accidentally killed by a u.s. drone strike. among those killed in the january attack on the al qaeda compound in pakistan two aid workers. warren weinstein and italian giovanni loproto. for the latest let's turn to saima. >> reporter: good morning, john.
contesting the use of u.s. drone strikes and the united states originally not admitting to carrying them out. we have seen that admission and human rights groups have pounced on that. back in 2013 cnn was given access to the u.n. special tours trip to pakistan where he met with a number of drone victims. pakistani drone victims caught up in the drone war with pakistan. i met them too. one of the human rights groups that represented them lawyers represented them trying to get compensation for them has pointed out this is not the first time a drone strike has gone wrong. >> it is a controversial admits saima, is questioning how the program should go forward. the president takes full responsibility for the deaths of the hostages. he offers his deepest an poll
present, saima? >> reporter: yes, astounding really if you think about it. men's lives being held in the balance, zain. and yet the attorney general's office representatives don't come to court today. in fact we're not sure why exactly, zain. but we do know that they -- there was a letter that was -- that should have been signed by the president, which hadn't been signed. so then to represent him in court, so that scuffled proceedings. today, everyone was poised hoping for some kind of finality. a bittersweet wait now, of course before they hear whether or not the two will be saved from execution or death by firing squad. zain john? >> yeah, and we're also hearing that the foreign minister in australia is appealing, she's
this conversation when she spoke to the media. a number joining the australian public for prayers and hopes of their release from execution island. the wholes very much in motion to face what will be death by firing squad. john zain? >> it does seem to be an 11th hour appeal which would be most unlikely. saima, thank you. live for us with the latest on the potential execution of those two men. thank you. those two men part of the so-called bali nine are not the first australians to face indonesia's courts on drug charges. >> reporter: australia has a history of drug convictions in
what happened to the other seven? >> reporter: the other seven have been given a very long prison sentence. just to divide up the bali nine, these two were considered to be the ringleaders. andrew chan was arrested on board a plan trying to get out of indonesia to sydney. four people with more than eight kilograms of heroin strapped to their bodies were caught in the airplane. and then five others were caught at a hotel in indonesia. >> saima, thank you so much. live for us there with the latest on those executions in indonesia. when the indonesians talk executions, they talk death by firing squad. >> especially when you consider the crime, drugs, marijuana. >> this was heroin and they take
not naive. they said they know that this is not the end. they are saying this is just the beginning. they say this is just one battle in the war against the government of china imposing its will in hong kong. they are saying they want universal suffrage. they want democracy and the right to choose. the right to choose who they want in an election. >> thank you, saima. score one for leadership. >> we'll be right back. we needed 30 new hires for our call center. i'm spending too much time hiring and not enough time in my kitchen. [ female announcer ] need to hire fast? go to ziprecruiter.com and post your job to over 30 of the web's leading job boards with a single click; then simply select the best candidates from one easy to review list. you put up one post and the next day you have all these candidates. makes my job a lot easier. [ female announcer ] over 100,000 businesses have already used zip recruiter and now you can use zip recruiter for free at a special site for tv viewers;
destroyed so many homes last year and killed so many people. that is the biggest fear. this time with the biggest typhoon to hit the entire world this year, with typhoon hagupit. thankfully the eye of the storm passed through, but brought with it a lot of rain and that brings concerns of flooding and landslides. christine. >> thanks for bringing us that story. i know it has not been a comfortable couple days. thank you, saima. north korea says it is not behind the hacking attack on sony. they are not behind it, but they like it. the country-state run media calls it a righteous deed. the attack crippled the compa company's computer system. the government was suspected by many though because of sony's
responsibility from the pakistani taliban which says it was motivated by an american drone strike. cnn's saima is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, a lot of people here particularly on social media, wondering why pakistan is the target of the attack that is for revenge of the u.s. drone strike. a lot of salt to this attack. a bold, brazen attack, as you say, ten militants breaking into the largest and busiest airport here in pakistan. karachi international airport. it's also the financial hub of the country. and today, people in shock because they've broken into the airport. they managed to target people. they kid 18 people, airport staff, airport security personnel as well. today, people are asking questions about pakistan's