State Department Admits Editing Footage of Secret Meeting; IOC to Name Official Refugee Team for Olympics
ALLEN: The U.S. State Department is now admitting it edited out footage concerning secret talks between the U.S. and Iran before posting it online. The press briefing in question was from 2013. State Department officials routinely post the briefings, which happen almost every day. A reporter realized the omission while researching a story. The deleted video involves his question about a previous denial that talks about a nuclear deal were taking place. Elise Labott explains it from here.</s>ELISE LABOTT, CNN GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This was certainly an instance where the State Department didn't say, I can't talk to you about any questions that you have about Iran talks. They said there were no talks. So that's lie number one. Then, when they found that there were talks, they admitted that they lied. Then they lied about what happened with the glitch. And then when John Kirby, to his credit, actually did an investigation, not a very thorough one, I might add, but did an investigation, and found that someone at the State Department called and asked for that video to be edited out, which is really outrageous. And so that's lie number three.</s>ALLEN: Elise Labott there with that story. Well, for the first time in Olympic history, a team made up entirely of refugees is going to compete. A short list of 43 athletes has been compiled, and in the coming hours, the IOC will name the official refugee team for the games in Rio. Shasta Darlington introduces us to some candidates.</s>SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Papoula Missinga (ph) has reined in his brutal tactics, aiming for gold as part of the new refugee team, training in his adopted home, Brazil. PAPOULA MISSINGA (ph),</s>REFUGEE OLYMPIC ATHLETE HOPEFUL (through translation): My fight in the Olympics would be for all of the refugees, to give them faith in their dreams.</s>DARLINGTON: But it was a violent road that started in the Democratic republic of Congo. During the five-year conflict that ended in 2003, more than five million people were killed, and millions more left homeless. Missinga (ph) was separated from his family during the war and, to this day, doesn't know if they survived. He said he was mistreated when he lost matches. His coach says the experience made him aggressive. "In Congo, they always had to win or they were punished in a cage," he says. He came to Rio in 2013 to compete in the world judo championship and he stayed and requested asylum, a decision he doesn't regret, although he faces unexpected challenges. "I thought I'd make a better life here and forget what was going on in my village," he says. "But here, shots are fired every day." We visit Missinga (ph) in the working class neighborhood where he now lives with his Brazilian wife and toddler son. (on camera): This is where he gets the bus every day to go to training, three different buses, two and a half hours. He doesn't get home until around 11:30 at night. (voice-over): He shows us the hair salon where he slept on the floor where he first arrived, until he met Fabiana (ph). She says the Olympics are about much more than competing for a medal. "He needs this, because it could help him find his siblings," she says. "He hasn't seen them since he was a kid." Missinga (ph) says he wants to bring them to his new home, to Brazil. Shasta Darlington, CNN, Rio de Janeiro.</s>ALLEN: I hope he does.</s>ALLEN: Iraqi forces are fighting for Fallujah. Up next, how close they could be from taking back this major city from ISIS. Plus, France is dealing with a natural disaster now. The latest on flooding in Paris and the impact on tourists and residents throughout the area. We'll have a live report coming up.