CNN Newsroom open - 2006-11-27 (early morning)

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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:01] [music]

[0:04] >> Goodbye hugs and kisses. Thanksgiving

[0:06] weekend has come to an end. We're going

[0:08] to show you who's having the most

[0:10] trouble getting home.

[0:13] >> Do you see yourself as a symbol of this

[0:15] bigger issue now?

[0:16] >> Perhaps a voice that got it in motion.

[0:18] >> Also shock, remorse, then apologies.

[0:21] Comedian Michael Richards goes on Jesse

[0:23] Jackson's radio show to share the real

[0:25] reasons for his racist outburst.

[0:30] >> Easy answer squirrel.

[0:32] Does God hate me cuz I'm gay?

[0:35] >> [music]

[0:37] >> And why are people asking a squirrel

[0:39] questions about God? You'll find out.

[0:42] You're in the CNN newsroom.

[0:47] >> [music]

[0:53] [music]

[0:55] >> Welcome to the newsroom, your connection

[0:57] to the world, the web, and what's

[0:59] happening right now. I'm Carol Lin,

[1:01] you've been busy today, so let's get you

[1:03] plugged in.

[1:07] And leading the headlines tonight,

[1:08] definitely not a warm welcome here. Pope

[1:11] Benedict the XVI is visiting Turkey on

[1:13] Tuesday, and plenty of people there are

[1:15] not happy about it. About 25,000

[1:18] protesters marched through Istanbul on

[1:20] Sunday, and CNN's Anderson Cooper is

[1:22] there. You're going to hear from him in

[1:24] just a few minutes.

[1:26] Target Taliban. NATO troops clashed with

[1:29] Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan

[1:31] this weekend. At least 50 militants were

[1:33] killed along with a NATO soldier.

[1:37] And Reverend Al Sharpton leading a rally

[1:40] in New York City on Sunday. He wants to

[1:42] know why police open fire on an unarmed

[1:45] man on his wedding day. A full report on

[1:48] the shooting and some possible

[1:49] punishment coming up.

[1:52] A Honolulu police officer who helped

[1:54] protect the president last week has

[1:56] died. 30-year-old Steve Favela crashed

[1:59] his motorcycle while escorting President

[2:01] Bush's motorcade on Hickam Air Force

[2:03] Base. Favela broke his pelvis and

[2:05] suffered internal injuries. President

[2:07] and Mrs. Bush expressed their

[2:09] condolences in a White House statement

[2:11] tonight.