conducted a classified experiment. it showed how hackers could shut off an electric generator and destroy it. any major knockout could be dub ad cyber pearl harbor. worse yet even if there were an attack the experts might not even know it. >> can there be a cyber pearl harbor? absolutely. would we know if it's a cyber pearl harbor? i don't believe so. >> reporter: security specialists worry about cyber criminals staying one step ahead by inflicting damage without leaving a trace. >> can you hide a plant shutting down the lights going off? no. can you not know it was cyber that caused it the answer is yes. >> reporter: like the potatoes, cyber terrorism comes in different varieties. they are trying to identify all of them and most important to prevent attacks from happening. dan simon, cnn, woodville, idaho.

more details emerging today about the cia drone strike that killed a top terrorist recruiter in yemen. three others died along with anwar al awlaki. reports say one of them may be this man a suspected saudi bomb-maker connected to two attempted attacks including the underwear bomb incident in 2009. the fbi and department of homeland security are warning americans about possible revenge attacks they say the death of anwar al awlaki could motivate his followers to lash out in retaliation. a 26-year-old physics graduate is indicted in a terror plot. they said he tried to use remote controlled planes to attack the white house and capitol. he has a detention hearing on

monday. florida has decided to buck gop rules and move its primary date up. that's wreaking havoc with the republican primary calendar. yesterday florida republicans announced they are moving the state's presidential primary to january 31st. iowa, new hampshire, nevada and south carolina have vowed to move their nominating process ahead of florida to protect their early voting status. and astronaut mark kelley's retirement from the navy took effect today. he was a test and combat pilot before commanding nasa space shuttle flight. in june kelly said he wanted to spend more time with his wife, arizona congresswoman gifford gifforgiffords. 15 people in eight states have died after eating tainted

cantaloupe cantaloupes. it was traced to jenson farm. the cdc says it can take weeks before symptoms occur and the death toll could rise. now back to our top snow shower information emerged about the men who were with anwar al awlaki. and they may have also died in that cia drone strike. u.s. officials tell us today they believe a known bomb-maker was also there. cnn athena jones is following that for us today. what more do we know? >> reporter: first, we just got from the state department they issued a worldwide travel alert so that people are aware there could be some retaliation or groups could try to retaliate revenge for the attack the drone strike that killed anwar al awlaki and samir khan.

it could provide motivation for anti-american attacks worldwide. as for al asiri, we're told there are indications that this bomb-maker was there, was on the scene but they don't know for sure if he was killed. i spoke with another official just a little while ago who said it's not clear yet. they are looking into it. this matches up with what we heard from a yemeni official who said the other operatives who have been killed have not yet been identified. the idea that al asiri is dead is just a rumor. the reason this is important is because of his technical skill. he was drobd a top bomb-maker for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. he was behind the thwarted christmas day bombing attempt in detroit the underwear bomber and also behind plot to put explosives on cargo planes, put them in printer cartridges and on cargo planes to send into the

u.s.' end of 2010. if he's dead it will be significant but we don't who that yet. >> athena jones in washington, thanks so much for that. even though anwar al awlaki was an american citizen the united states considered him a threat to homeland security. civil liberty groups say his killing violated u.s. and international laws. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin takes a look at the legalities. >> reporter: it's president obama's latest successful strike on a wanted al qaeda terrorist. >> the death of anwar al awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda's most active operational affiliate. anwar al awlaki was the leader of external operations for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> reporter: but this time it's different. anwar al awlaki was an american. this may be the first u.s. killing of an american target with no trial, no indictment. >> the problem here is that the u.s. has done something that i don't think it's ever done before. it's killed one of its citizens

somewhere else around the world without any due process at all. this is about rule of law and rules to keep us all safe. >> reporter: his organization sued to take anwar al awlaki off a terror kill list and lost. the white house wouldn't offer a legal justification for targeting an american. >> this goes the assumptions about the circumstances of his death and i'm not going address that. >> reporter: an advisor to the u.s. state department explained the government's logic for killing anyone on the terrorist capture or kill list regardless of nationality. >> a state that is engaged in armed conflict or legitimate self-defense is not required to provide targets or legal process before the state may use lethal force. >> reporter: there's no question this administration viewed anwar al awlaki as a threat for some time nine actually consider al qaeda in the arabian peninsula with anwar al awlaki as a leader within that organization probably the most significant risk to the u.s. homeland.

>> reporter: politically the u.s. has support from both parties. peter king says it was entirely legal. and from a top democrat. >> it's legal, legitimate and we're taking out someone who has attempted to attack us on numerous occasions. >> reporter: why won't the white house explain their legal justification for killing? that's a tacit admission that the u.s. was involved in the killing and it would seem that the obama administration wants to distance itself from an action that the yemeni people could perceive as foreign intervention in their country. jessica yellin, cnn, the white house. unusual trial is raising eyebrows in italy. italian scientists are being put on trial for failing to predict how deadly an earthquake would be. the "i'll sleep when it's done" academic. for 80 years, we've been inspired by you. and we've been honored to walk with you to help you get where you want to be.

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nato commanders say the senior leader of a deadly militant group has been captured. it's a network considered a bigger threat than the taliban or al qaeda. >> reporter: pakistan and afghanistan meet militant groups plan and recruit. among these desolate mountains and a vince the haqqani network trades suicide bombers they send into afghanistan with devastating effect. this attack in kabul two years ago just one of many blamed on the joint taliban/haqqani unit. >> it's biggest threat to kabul. >> reporter: the group is now led bison of its founder who formed the group with pakistani backing to wage jihad against

the soviet occupation of afghanistan. he's admitted planning to the 2008 attack against the hotel in kabul and is also blamed for an assassination attempt against president karzai. the united states offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture. the haqqani's target has an indian connection. that hints at their long association with pakistan's military intelligence, the isi, an issue that rankles the u.s. >> the isi has a long standing relationship with the haqqani network. that doesn't mean everybody in the isi but it's there. >> reporter: in the last year coalition forces have aggressively chased down haqqani operatives in eastern afghanistan. >> we've captured and killed many, many of their fighters and mid-level leaders. senior leadership routinely

hides in the tribal areas in pakistan for fear of being captured and killed. >> reporter: the haqqanis are battle hardened. they are still able to launch complex attacks on high-profile target, most recently the intercontinental hotel in kabul. as the draw down begins the haqqani network may be the toughest of all groups to sub due. checking international headlines now. afghan president karzai is focusing his efforts on peace talks with pakistan. afghan leader and his aides have given up on any kinds of talks with taliban militants. move comes weeks after taliban militant killed afghanistan's top peace negotiator. for the second time in as many weeks a typhoon is bantering the philippines. the storm is already being blamed for one death. one person was killed in a landslide. an unusual trial in italy

has been postponed for a couple of weeks. seven scientists are accused of manslaughter for failing to adequately predict the danger from a killer earthquake back in 2009. authorities say the six seismologist and one government official were too reassuring about the rushlings that preceded the quake that killed more than 300 people. we know the uncertainty of the economy makes consumers hesitant about spending money and companies less likely to expand. what does this mean for the auto industry. ali velshi sat down with the president and ceo of nissan motor company and asked him about strongest influences in the american car market right now. >> i think without any doubt one of the reasons for which the market is growing again is because there's a lot of innovation. new styles. new concepts. at the same time the cars are much more efficient.

competition is picking up. so it's very exciting time to be in the car industry today in the united states and the choice which success offered to consumers is tremendous and this is going to only increase in the next year. >> let me take you back into your global ceo perspective for a second. when you look at what's going on in the world tell me a little bit about your concerns for the united states. >> mainly uncertainty. that's all. there's no particular concern. the u.s. is growing not at the level we would love. we think one pre-occupation is the fact that there's not enough jobs created because we know at the end. day it affects consumers. this is a situation we don't like. if you take the year 2011, 2011 for the car industry has been a year of growth compared to 2010. in any senso we're seeing a 2012 higher for the car industry higher than 2011. we're doing fine. now, we're far from the potential that this market has sold 16, 17 million cars a year.

we don't expect to it come back. >> it's a mature market. >> still we're very far from it. we're expecting to be around 12.8 to 13 million cars and next year we'll see another growth. so, there's no particular serious concern for the u.s. market but some pre-occupation that this uncertainty should not stay a long time. >> we've talked in the past about how sometimes it's uncertainty about individual jobs that stop people from buy agnew car but lately it's been just the lack of availability of credit. what your seeing? your seeing great are availability of credit for people who have the money and are employed? >> i don't think credit is a problem in the u.s. this may be a concern in europe, as you know because of the latest scares that everybody, everybody had. no. the u.s. -- the only major question is about, you know, when are we going to have a

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time for our gaming and gadget segment with our tech expert. you have five free apps for your smart phones and tablets. let's begin the tool you use every week to come to us. that's skype. what's new? skype is, i think, one of the best free apps for iphone and android that gives you, of course, real-time video calling. instead of spending money on a long distance call to friends and family around the world, can you chat as we are right now for free with video. so it's a lot more meaningful, a lot more emotional when you connect with family overseas and it's completely free. skype uses wi-fi so you can do it for free over your wireless network. it will cost you if you use it

over 3 g or cellular. >> tell me about this dragon dictation. why is this a must have? >> yeah. so dragon dictation is another free app that let's you -- it basically transcribes everything you say into text. so let's say you're out on the go and you want to send a message to somebody and instead of typing, talk is a lot more natural and usually faster. so everything you say you'll see the words appear in real-time on your screen and then once you -- it's incredibly accurate. it blows people away when i show to it them. once it's on your screen you can text it, e-mail it, tweet it or upload to it facebook. very handy tool. as a journalist i use it when i do interviews. it transscribes everything i say or the person i'm interviewing.

>> so for android users out there you say use google maps with navigation. why? >> that's right. google maps is a free app for many different kinds of smart phones but google naps with navigation is exclusive to android devices. this is a gps based device that, you know, app rather that does a number of things. you can see satellite views. this is where you live. you can see an overview. get directions with audio so turn by turn directs where you're going. the other google maps for other platform don't give the audio base directions which renders it useless behind the wheel. you can see local businesses. you can say i'm in the mood for coffee and insert store chain. it will find it four. it's a powerful and accurate tool. that's google maps with navigation. >> then something for the blackberry users, free app that is something that they are all going to love?

>> that's right. and this is no surprise. the best app for blackberry is blackberry messenger. this is a free tool that's exclusive to blackberry users that lets you chat in real-time with other blackberry users. it's cheap, fast, accurate and reliable. you gate notice dpags when the message has been sent and read. you can broadcast your message to your group. you can exchange files. even though a lot of people don't think it as an app. it is. it's the killer app that rim is holding on to. it's not just for suits. it's embraced by teens as well. very popular form communication. >> now tell everybody about this planetary, what is that all about? >> this one your viewers haven't heard of yet. this is for ipad. this is a great app for music lovers. it analyzes your music and puts

it into space. the way it does that is the artist is represented by the suns. the albums you like is planets. and the songs are moons. it's kind of hard to explain but if you could probably see here visually or what i'm holding in my hand it's breathtakingly beautiful. it's considered a space age screen saver that brings your music to life. if you connect your ipad to the tv it's a beautiful thing to look at if you're entertaining. grab it. it's free called planetary and it was just an experiment. cool way of displaying your music. >> very cool stuff. i like it. thank you very much. appreciate that. >> thanks. >> for more hi-tech ideas and reviews go to cmn.com/tech and look for the gaming and gadgets tabs. for american student jailed

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a look at our top stories. the u.s. state department issued a global warning today for americans travel ago broad. the press release says american drone attack this week could provide motivation for anti-american attacks worldwide

from individuals or groups seeking to retaliate against the u.s. citizens. the state department says the death of al qaeda figure anwar al awlaki could motivate his followers to attack. aid workers are trying to get medical supplies into the libyan city of sirte. officials say they were forced to turn back the first time. revolutionary forces have surrounded the city and inside 5,000 fighters loyal to moammar gadhafi. once iconic american company known as kodak is fighting to stay alive in a new business world. kodak hired a lawyer to help the company restructure but says bankruptcy is not on the table. kodak has been struggling to transition from film to digital technology and has posted only one year in the black since 2005. and take a look at this photo right here. a small plane crashed into a ferris wheel at a fair in

australia. you can see the plane just tangled in the middle there. it took crews about an hour to rescue four people including two kids at the ride. the pilot tells an australia television station he simply didn't see the ferris wheel. funeral services for troy davis took place today in savannah. the georgia inmate was executed last week for the 1989 slaying of an off duty police officer. amnesty international is urging supporters to observe today as a day of remembrance. and now overseas to italy. it's likely amanda knox is mentally rehearsing her words very carefully this weekend. she's appealing her 2009 conviction for the death of her former roommate in italy and expected to make a personal plea for her freedom when she addresses the court on monday. paula newton is covering the trial for us in perugia, italy. what more can you tell us?

>> reporter: well, fred, tense two days for amanda knox. she remains in prison. speaking to her family, she said she's been working on this for three months. very emotional day in court yesterday. amanda knox had to hear again the details of what the prosecutors believed she did to murder meredith kurcher. amanda knox has thought to herself why don't they believe me. the defense team repeated there's no evidence. yet she's unable to connect with those people on the jury at least during the first trial to be able to say look i didn't do this. i didn't have anything to do this. what she's trying to do is how in 15 minutes she can make that connection and have them believe that she's as innocent as she claims. >> prosecutors want her to spend more time. they made that argument. what is the likelihood of another guilty verdict or an

extension of her sentencing? >> reporter: you know, there are a few people willing to put money on anything that's going on here. and the prosecutor has upped the ante by saying we don't want her 26 year sentence upheld, we want her to go prison for life and more than that the prosecutor said in court look she's lucky there's no death penalty here in italy. having said that, i did see that the body language of the jurors, they really were even shaking their head at times when the prosecutors were speaking. that had to give the family hope of what could go on. many people are believing that perhaps some kind of middle way may be more likely and that's a reduced sentence. by how much who knows? will she remain in prison a few more years or few more months or will she be exonnerated.

>> and, paula, what do we know about the jury the makeup of the jury and if they have in any way given any signs during this period about how they are absorbing all this information? >> reporter: as i said, they were quite animated when the prosecutors were speaking. they have been attentive. they seem to be more engaged with what the defense is saying. that's my impression. but when you have jurists shaking their heads. you had the prosecution practically leaping out of the chair. you have the defense yelling out things while the prosecution was speaking especially during arguments on thursday and friday. it was quite the scene in court and a scene that the jurors can't be helped to be moved by. this jury is different. eight of them. six lay people. six people from the public and

two judges. it doesn't have to be unanimous. if you have five out of eight pushing for one conclusion or the other they will win over. two professional judges do hold huge moral persuasion when it comes to these deliberations. that's what we've been told. >> paula newton, fascinating. thanks so much. so, how much sway might knox's own words have with the jurors? earlier t.j. holmes talked to attorney holly hughes. >> it's going to be important what she says. more important is her demeanor. how the jury perceives this young woman. she's four years orlando now. i think gone is that care free young fwirl who came across as cold, indifferent, didn't really care. i think she's come to realize that her own affect and her own attitudes may have played a part in her conviction more so than any physical evidence. >> and of course we'll bring you

the judge's decision when it happens. all right. now to another court drama here in the u.s., week one of testimony in conrad murray's trial in the death of michael jackson has been filled with startling revelations and red flags. murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death. paramedics testified that murray didn't tell them about all the drugs that were in the singer's system. they say there was no mention of propofol, the drug which played a major role in jackson's death. >> did you ask dr. murray whether or not the patient was taking any medications or had been given any medications. >> yes, i did. >> did dr. murray provide you with an answer? >> yes. >> did he provide you with an answer right off the bat when you got in and first asked that question? >> no. i asked a couple of different times. >> specifically regarding medications? >> yes. >> initially didn't provide you any information regarding

medications? >> what i said initially what's his underlying condition. and then when i didn't get what i felt was a satisfactory answer i explained to him the reason i'm asking is because i see an underweight patient, i see an i.v. here and i see medication vials on the nightstand. >> in response to your questioning, repeatedly, regarding medications, did dr. murray provide you with information concerning medications? >> at that point he said no, he's not taking anything. and then he followed it up with i just gave him a little bit of lorazepam to sleep. >> next week the e.r. doctor who pronounced jackson dead returns to the stand. her testimony may reveal more details about the unsuccessful efforts to bring jackson back to life. getting kids off the streets and away from drugs and violence. one woman's effort has made her

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the list of cnn's top ten heroes are out. for the next ten weeks we'll

introduce them to you and talk to them about their passion for helping others. diane latiker saw teens beating and shooting each other. neighbors running and hiding inside. in 2003 she formed kids off the block. and inactivitied children and young people into her own living room. kids off the block is now in its own building and providing shelter for a lot of these children. today diane joins us now from chicago. good to see you. congratulations for being one of the top ten heroes. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> so, take us back to that moment when you said you know what? it's time for me to invite some of these kids into my own living room. what was that breaking point? >> the breaking point was when i realized that they didn't want to be out there running up and down the street. when i realized that they wanted to do something with their

lives, even at an early age and they told me about it. it really touched my heart. i just wanted to do whatever i could sony activitied them into my live room. >> do you remember some of the stories that some of the kids shared with you that really sold you on the idea that, you know, they want sob in a safe place, they don't want to be on the streets. many of these kids don't want to be in trouble? >> yeah. definitely. i remember so many stories of young people telling me miss diane i just want to do something with my life. at 13, 14, 15 they were telling me they wanted to do positive things. there was nothing for them to do. they didn't know what to do. they needed guidance and leadership. that's the part i came in at. and it was awesome when they found out that they had other people outside of their families to support them and lead them and guide them to do these things. it was awesome. >> then what happens when the kids walk into your living room. when they entered that door or those doors what would happen? what would you say or provide

for them? >> first i asked them how are they doing, how was school. how can i help? i sit down and i listened. i listened to what they went through and what they needed and how i can be of assistance to them. when i listened i found out they listened to me. after i talk to them i realize all tissues they deal with every day oh, my god i just want to listen and then see what i can do as an adult, as a parent. how can i help you how can i help your parents. that's what really turn me because when they sit down and talk to you and tell you their stories they don't want to be in those situations. they really want to have hope and they want people to help them and support them and i think that's what's adults are there for. >> a lot of kids want to get that off their chest. at what point did you say this very simple me thofd just litho? >> it is working.

it's continuing to work after eight years. i hear some story. my heart goes out to young people. when you have young people dropping out of school, 26 a day in the united states, then there's an issue there. when you have 140 students in chicago shot in one school year there's an issue there. so that's the turning point for me. what can i do to top this cycle of destruction among our young people. that's all i wanted to do. one person. i just wanted to make a difference in their lives and show them that i'm there. >> so you're clearly making a huge difference because kids off the block made a significant turn. what has happened to your oh, and efforts since now the nation and the world for that matter knows about you and knows about your organization, you being a cnn hero. >> wow. the outpouring is just phenomenal. i've heard from people all around the world who are grateful and who are doing

things themselves to help our young people and who want to know how to help our young people. it's great to hear from canada, from africa, from engrand that they wa that want to do something. even people in the united states. it's been phenomenal about the support. people who want to help financially, who want to support the organization and the young people by mentoring to them. i tell you, i've never been through anything like this in plif and i'm so excite emy life. i'm so excited. thank you, cnn. >> thank you, diane latiker. all the best as we get close to the announcement. >> thank you. >> of the cnn hero the year. you're one of the ten. congratulations on all of your efforts. cnn hero will be awarded $250,000. who will it be?

yeah, you are actually at home going to decide who will be this year's cnn hero. go to cnnhero.com. you vote there for the most inspirational hero online and on your mobile device. all ten will be honored live at cnn all-star tribute hosted by anderson cooper sun december 11th but only one will be named cnn hero the year. diane, best of luck to you. thanks for your time. >> thank you so much. a california grandfather is recovering after spending six days trapped in a ravine. david lavau drove off the road in the angelos national forest and landed about 200 feet below. his family had been searching for him for a very long time and thank goodness they did not give up because that's how eventually rescuers found him. >> we stopped at every ravine and look over every hill and my

brother got out of the car and kept scream and the next thing we heard dad say help, help. and there he was. >> my dad would never not call his kids. there's four of us and it's just -- by the time the fourth day, fifth day, sixth day we knew soefgs wrong. supposedly lost control. there was a bright car and if you saw where the accident happened several cars have gone off. the car is horrific. he's been living on water from stream laechbs. >> from one family's happy ending to a young woman's new beginning. you're about to see a 29-year-old woman hear her own voice for the very first time. >> technically your device is on. can you tell? it's exciting. ready to cut it down for a

second. just with the yufts sound. what does it sound like? >> i don't want to hear myself cry. that woman underwent surgery just a few months ago and received a hearing implant and what you just saw was that implant being activated for the very first time. we'll be right back.

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okay. balloon lovers from all over the world are right there. is that not an incredible sight there in new mexico. today for the annual balloon fiesta. in a couple of hours the distance race for the gas balloons is about to begin. oh, my gosh. aren't those images just very excitie in exciting. don't you wish you were in those baskets. pilot from five countries will see who can travel the furthest from albuquerque. trips of more than 1,000 miles are not that uncommon in such a race. what a beautiful sky too. >> so beautiful. they have been doing this since the early '70s.

it's an international balloon festival. the feel for the balloons is so huge. it's 70 football fields back-to-back. >> people bring their picnic baskets and blankets and lane out and look up. >> have you ever been to one or in a balloon? >> no. it's a lot of fun. i did the tethering thing. you don't go anywhere. >> that's all right. i'll put that on my list. one of the things i need to do. >> good weather in albuquerque. the festival goes on through next weekend. if you don't see it today or you want to fine more information, you have another chance. tuesday, into wednesday we'll be watching parts of new mexico for more rain. i think it will hold off in parts of albuquerque. most of the rain outside of what we're seeing in the pacific northwest has been into the northeast. upper level low is stuck here and bringing in a lot of wet weather, very cloudy, dreary

conditions and cool too. a little bit of pink on the radar that we're seeing here across parts of west virginia. no reports of snow but something we're watching as temperatures drop down tonight we'll start to see more pink and white on that map. a couple of inches. your first snowfall for the co. the megalopolis, doing okay so far. a few sprinkles around new york, boston. not a great day. the chance of rain is increasing as we head throughout the rest of the weekend. this upper low we're talking about here is keeping temperatures on the cool side and on the reverse side of it, things are warm. talking about temperatures 20 to 30 degrees above what you should be this time of year. 80 to 90 degree temperatures in parts of montana. in the east 15 to 20 below normal. if you look the cool, fallish weather, that's the place to be. otherwise, 70s in the highs, 50s in the lows for albuquerque. >> coming up, we will reveal

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testified against amanda knox. the one did it for a reduced prison sentence. the other people who testified on behalf of the government, attack their credibility, and she has to be pristine when she speaks to these people and pray, basically plead with them to let her go. but i don't think it's going to be enough. i think there was enough evidence to keep the conviction. >> how much time does she need to spend on that night of her reelection of what did or didn't happen? >> she's the only one who really knows at least at this point. rudy is in the penitentiary. his term was reduced. i was convicted on substantial evidence. that's a focus. but the other thing these jurors and two judges have to see is the sobriety by which she is presenting herself. she's going to demonstrate to them, look, i've done everything -- i've alwa b