flooding and across the east closer to bucharest, as well. courtesy of an area of low pressure that enhanced the summer afternoon thunderstorms, you can see that blowing up. closer here, be able to get a better perspective of what's happening. weather is getting better, but the damage has been done across the region. let's take you there and show you what's been happening with the significant downpours involved and things got out of hand as amara mentioned and hospitals evacuated and numerous homes, upwards of 150 just completely damaged there as you can see water coming right up to those homes. people just trying to get from "a" to "b" and it was very difficult and i think that will be the case today because that will take a while to recede as we have been downpouring in that region for quite some time. i think what will happen over the next couple of days we'll get back to a more typical pattern for this time of year so behind me you'll be able to see on the next 48 hours few showers and storms in the forecast heading into the upcoming weekend. we've already made it there as we ta

. and russia and you'll hear some of this from vice president joe biden. he's heading to bucharest tonight in romania and he'll be talking about eastern european security as it relates to what happens what's happening in russia with ukraine and the president we should also mention, brooke, he's going to be in the region in a couple of weeks, he goes to poland to talk about all of this. it's something we'll keep your eyes on. at this point trust but verify might be a little too generous at this point. >> circumstance it will date on the calendar as you say because the world will be watching. jim acosta, thank you so much at the white house. >>> the king of pop like you have never seen him before michael jackson in hologram at last night's billboard music awards. we will show you the performance and explain the potential fight over using someone's image -- someone who's no longer with us. that's coming up. what if a photo were more than a memory? what if it were more than something to share? what if a photo could build that shelf you've always wanted? or fix a leaky faucet? or even g

portions of bucharest. any sort of search and res sky efforts going on around portions of western turkey should not be impacted to the weather to the west. >> thanks, pedram. >>> we'll take a short break here. when we come back, the school girls currently being held by boko haram somewhere in nigeria, should the nigerian government sit down and negotiate. we'll look at that. >>> also ahead, the oscar pistorius case. it's a pivotal point. we are waiting minutes from now an outcome from the judge. we'll bring that to you live. >>> a high ranking u.n. official is making a clear call for nigerian leaders to negotiate with terror group boko haram for the release of more than 200 abducted school girls. >> they worry that these girls might be sold off. quote, we cannot do politics with the lives of the young girls. she went on to say what should be paramount in our minds is how to bring them safely back home. >> meantime, some family members are identifying girls seen in this video released by boko haram. they recognize 77 of them. >> the nigerian military says it's sending thousands of

the med and aegean sea, sofia may get in on some snow. look at bucharest right now at 2. and kiev sitting at 0. a little bit milder to the west, but not all that much. we are certainly well into fall. let's update you on tropical cyclone here in the arabian sea. here's oman. it will peak over water. so that is the good news. the bad news is that it will eventually land across karachi here about friday morning. the winds will not be 140 by then. it will continue to weaken as far as the winds, but it is going to be a big rainmaker for pakistan. >> and they've had a lot recently. >>> the race is on to find a vaccine for ebola. just ahead, we'll talk about the race and how soon we might see a vaccine. >>> also, is the war against isis creating a new threat at home for western nations? what experts are saying about these recent attacks we saw this week. >>> you're watching cnn live. welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen. our top stories this hour. massive explosions rocking the embattled syrian city of kobani. kurdish forces clashed ag

little bit of fall out there, taste of fall. but this is the big deal, the area from bucharest to moscow, there's where we'll have showers and storms. some pictures, i'll leave you with that, because we like to leave with good news here. crowded beach in albania you have to crowd in the last of summer. won't be long before we say good-bye to summer. look at this. oh, yes, the dogs getting in on us. good times there. i've never seen dogs do that, though, all at the same sometime like that. good times in italy. >> very cute. thank you, ivan. >> thank you, ivan. >>> that wraps it up for our special coverage. i'm errol barnett. >> before we go, we want to show you pope francis arriving and visiting with youth. he will be addressing them for their special youth day in just a short time. we'll bring you his comments. >> that's right. the second day of his five-day tour. following this and the world's other big stories on cnn. stay with us throughout the day. natalie and myself, we'll see you later. >>> breaking news overnight. violent marches replaced by peaceful protests as crowds turn

ukraine. mr. biden will urge officials in cypress to step up sanctions against russia. and in bucharest, the vice president plans to discuss how the romanians can help europe with its energy needs and lessen dependence on russian gas supplies. >> okay, so what about the president, then? >>> happening today, big business comes to the white house. president obama expected to greet business leaders from across the country and around the world. ford, honda among the corporate giants represented at the meeting with the president. the topic is jobs, investing in and creating good-paying jobs here in the u.s. and i mean, i'm interested in what kind of leverage the president has, because he's had job councils before and we have seen big companies lagging in the big job creation. >> i'll bet the discussion there will be about as high brow as it was last night for the president when he paid a surprise visit -- >> i love this. >> -- to a little league baseball field in northwest washington. while heading to a fund-raiser, he dropped off press secretary jay carney, who was there to watch his daught

bucharest, the vice president will discuss how the romanians can help europe with its energy needs and lessen its dependence on russian gas supplies. >>> happening today, big business comes to the white house. president obama expected to greet business leaders from across the country and around the world, really. ford, honda, lufthansa, among the corporate giants represented at the meeting. the topic is jobs, investing in and creating good-paying jobs here in the u.s. >>> from big business to little business and little league. last night, the president paid a surprise visit to a little league baseball field in northwest washington. look at this. he was heading to a fund-raiser and he had to drop off his press secretary, jay carney, who was there to see his daughter play. and the president decided to stick around. you can see him snapping photos. he got to throw out the first pitch. if you're president, you get to throw out the first pitch pretty much at any baseball game you go to, even a little league game. you can see how excited the kids were, parents, too. they got to take pictures

carrier, they fly from warsaw, tel aviv, prague, budapest, bucharest. now, we're waiting to hear from them, if they're going to continue flying. it just shows you what's happening is exceptionally complex. now that the u.s. carriers and the u.s. regulator has decided to put a hold on tel aviv. the ripples are now moving across the aviation industry. >> do you follow whiz air on twitter, how did you hear about whiz air? >> i know they have a lot of flights through tel aviv. >> this is what you do. >> it's what i get paid to do. >> john voss as well, thank you, i hope you're able to get back on a flight. >>> in other news, so many family members and friends in malaysia airline disaster are now waiting for their loved ones to be identified. as you just heard from the family member, that process may take weeks or months. joined by a medical examiner next t next to find out exactly how difficult this process may be. yy whitens teeth, but also restores enamel. lose the nerves, and get a healthier, whiter smile that you'll love. listerine® healthy whitetm. power to your mouthtm! really

ukraine. the german chancellor was ada mentally opposed. we had a long meeting in bucharest, romania, at the end of the day we decided not to give a plan to georgia and ukraine but made it clear they'll be in nato. it will take some diplomacy. my guess is we'll come up with a series of measures we can take. but there are other things we can take besides -- >> hold on. carl, based on what you heard from your german sources, is germany going to stay away from what the president might like to see, a unified european nato sanctions effort against the russians. >> reporter: there seems to be little question they won't go along with syria sanctions that have real bite. at the same time the germans want a unanimous position of nato, of the allies because the germens think that what putin has done here is terrible. also there's a personal aspect of this that angela merkel despises putin even though they talk a lot and they talk in russian and they talk in german, putin was the head of the kgb in dresden under the old soviet union. he has done things to angela merkel in terms of their dialogu