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KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream where news and technology meet.

Now on the run from ISIS militants in Syria, an unprecedented wave of refugees flee for their lives into Turkey.

Plus, on the front lines of the Ebola outbreak, CNN is live in Liberia where the deadly disease is crippling the country's health care system.

And a special delivery for the International Space Station, its first ever 3D printer is on the way.

A Syrian opposition group says as many as 200,000 people have been displaced in four days after fleeing the Syrian Kurdish city of Kabani (ph)

and the surrounding area. Now we -- many of them, they are moving into neighboring Turkey. And that announcement, as Kurdish leaders in northern

Syria tell CNN that their fighters have stalled the advance of ISIS.

Now Turkey's deputy prime minister says more than 130,000 refugees have arrived since Friday, but the country has now closed some border

crossings. And refugees are being met with more security checks before they can enter.

Now Kurds and other ethnic minorities arrive at refugee camps to escape the ISIS militants, but as Anna Coren now reports, they have no idea

if they'll ever be able to return home.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ANNA COREN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: In the searing heat, they come in the thousands, descending on the Turkish border with whatever

belongings they can carry. These are the Syrian Kurds, the latest ISIS target.

With their villages under siege by the Islamic extremists, they flee to escape what's been described as ethnic cleansing only to be met by

barbed-wire and the sound of warning shots.

But with these images being broadcast to the world, Turkish authorities relent, allowing them in adding to the more than 800,000

Syrians already seeking refuge inside Turkey.

This humanitarian disaster in the region caused by ISIS is unrelenting. And its affecting the most innocent.

Refugee camps, like this one in Hunker (ph) near Dohuk northwestern Iraq housing approximately 8,000 Yazidis who managed to escape genocide in

Sinjar last month.

It was only supposed to accommodate the initial emergency, now these plastic tents a permanent fixture on this dusty, desolate landscape.

"We want to go home," says 20-year-old Layla (ph). "We want to go back and be protected. Life here is very difficult. We don't want to

stay."

This is just another crisis at the hands of the Islamic extremists. The international community reeling from the chaos, devastation and the

overwhelming influx of refugees caused by ISIS in Syria and here in Iraq.

For humanitarian agencies like UNHCR, this catastrophe caught everyone off guard. And while the refugees may be safe here, director Tanya Kareem

knows their future is grim.

When you look around, Tanya, these people, I mean, they're not going anywhere. This is going to be their home.

TAYNA KAREEM, UNHCR DOHUK DIRECTOR: Oh, yes. And the thing is, as you said, you know, we don't know when they will go home. These people

left their homes, left everything behind. How long we can sustain this assistance and support for these people.

COREN: And with winter fast approaching, this dusty camp will soon be a sea of mud, which is why they're desperately trying to lay more slabs for

tents.

But, money has run out and plans to expand have been put on hold.

KAREEM: So I appeal for the nations, the countries, please donate, do help, help these people, at least to live in dignity while we are -- they

are displaced.

COREN: But for this new mother, there is no dignity as she tries to rock her baby to sleep. Ripped from her home, her life like so many others

shattered by the violence unleashed by ISIS, hell bent on destroying these communities.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now, Anna Coren, she joins us now live from the city of Iribil in northern Iraq. And Anna, we have this huge and growing refugee

crisis in both Iraq and Syria because of ISIS. Are calls there growing for the United States and its allies to act now and launch air strikes in

Syria?

COREN: Yeah, certainly, Kristie, what is unfolding is nothing short of a humanitarian disaster, the biggest single displacement of people since

the Syrian civil war began three-and-a-half years ago and that's what's taking place obviously in Turkey.

But it's affecting, you know, the people here in Iraq as well. Kurdistan's president, President Barzani, is calling for the United States

to act and to act now. He says those airstrikes need to happen to stop these ISIS militants from carrying out what he says is ethnic cleansing of

the Kurds in northern Syria.

They have now captured more than 60 villages and towns in northern Syria and making many more advances. No one is stopping them. Obviously,

there are Kurdish militia up there fighting them and there is now this, you know, call for -- to join the brothers in arms from here in Kurdistan as

well as Turkey, but obviously the Turkish border police not allowing in. They don't want that traffic continuing, they just want it one way.

Obviously those refugees seeking safety into Turkey, Kristie.

LU STOUT: You know, the number of Syrian refugees fleeing from ISIS it's growing and its simply staggering in scale. Some estimates put it

around hundreds of thousands of people. What is going to be Turkey's response here?

COREN: Well, look, Turkey, to be fair, has already housed, you know, 800,000 to 1 million of these Syrian refugees. So they have been, you

know, doing their bit in this crisis, there's no doubt about that.

When we saw the wave of refugees heading there on Friday, the border police initially not allowing them in. They were firing warning shots into

the air. And over the past few days we have seen scuffles take place with, you know, the police launching tear gas and water cannons at the Kurds.

But certainly, you know, Turkey needs help, there's no doubt about it. I mean, they're saying that they are equipped, that they can look after

this humanitarian crisis. But certainly Turkey is now involved. They are part of this fight against ISIS. They've been very uncommitted to date.

We've seen foreign fighters cross the border from Turkey into Syria. We know that ISIS has been selling oil and petroleum products, you know, in

Turkey on the black market. And when U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry came through the region rallying support, Turkey didn't seem that

interested in getting on board with this global coalition.

We heard from President Erdogan, Turkey's president over the weekend, that he had to be like this because of the 49 hostages that ISIS had

captured from the Turkish consulate in Mosul back in June. They were then freed over the weekend. And he's saying because of that, certainly Turkey

can now be much more of a player, an active player, in this global coalition against ISIS, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Well, both the battle against ISIS and the humanitarian situation there has reached a new tipping point.

Anna Coren joining us live, reporting live from Northern Iraq, thank you Anna.

Now the White House is expected to step up its efforts in the ISIS offensive this week. The U.S. President Barack Obama, he will chair a

Security Council meeting at the UN General Assembly.

Now the threat posed by ISIS and foreign fighters will be a centerpiece of the conversation there. And for the very latest, CNN's

Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr joins us now live from Washington.

Barbara, as we heard from Anna Coren there in Iraq, the calls are growing for the U.S. to strike ISIS inside Syria.

BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kristie, at this hour, it is still in president Obama's hands the very decision when and

where to strike.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

STARR (voice-over): More weekend U.S. airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq, close to 200 so far and the Pentagon says it's ready to hit ISIS targets

inside Syria at any moment once President Obama gives final approval. And he takes his case this week to the United Nations. His U.N. ambassador

arguing he has overwhelming support.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We are not having problems getting countries to commit.

STARR: In a rare event, the president will chair a U.N. Security Council meeting Wednesday himself, a demonstration of his commitment to

build a consensus to take on ISIS.

CNN has now learned he is hoping to get approval for a resolution calling for countries to crackdown on their citizens traveling abroad to

join terrorist groups like ISIS.Still no Arab nations have openly agreed to send ground troops or take part in airstrikes inside Syria. Secretary of

State John Kerry is already at the U.N. lobbying allies for help, even talking to Iran.

Republican Congressman Peter King says the president should not wait to bailed coalition.

REP. PETER KING (R), HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE: We can't be holding back. We should attack and strike and do everything to the command and

control centers that ISIS has in Syria.

STARR: And no word on whether Turkey now might allow U.S. planes to fly from bases there after the weekend release of nearly 50 Turkish

diplomats held hostage by ISIS for three months.

Meanwhile, a mass exodus of Syrian refugees seeking safe haven in Turkey. Officials there opening aid checkpoints along the border. One U.N.

official says she's seen 100,000 people cross in just two days.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You can see them now digging their own grave.

STARR: This ISIS militant speaking seemingly perfect English in a new 55-minute long propaganda video has U.S. officials thinking he could be an

American. They're still doing voice analysis, but are concerned they say that this could be the first time an American is portrayed as an ISIS

leader.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And the flames of war are only beginning to intensify.

(END VIDEOTAPE)?

STARR: U.S. officials say that they do have some intelligence that there is some evidence ISIS is moving into cities and towns and changing

their communications possibly to avoid U.S. bombs -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, Barbara Starr there with the latest on the ISIS advance and the response from the U.S. Thank you very much indeed for

that.

And you're watching News Stream. Still ahead, thousands of university students sending a big message here in Hong Kong. We'll tell you why

they're skipping class.

Marchers flood the streets of New York and other cities around the world ahead of UN summit on climate change.

And trying to isolate the sick and educate the healthy about Ebola, a lockdown comes to an end in Sierra Leone.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you are back watching News Stream. Now right here in Hong Kong, a show of youthful defiance.

Now thousands of students are skipping class for a weeklong campus sit-in. They're calling for wider democracy.

Now earlier, Ivan Watson was at the scene of the protest and he filed this report.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONENT: This has been the beginning of a pretty unusual protest for here in Hong Kong. Several

thousand university students , beginning what they say will be a weeklong boycott. And they're protesting against a new set of election rules for

the year 2017 when the highest official in this former British colony will be elected. A lot of people complaining here about the fact that Beijing

and Mainland China, the ruling Communist Party will be able to dictate and screen which candidates can run for office. And the crowd here clearly

very unhappy with that.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So that we can stand out and then show the world that we are concerned not only studying, but also society.

UNIDENTIFEID FEMALE: Our social problems cannot be solved without democracy. So I think it's more important to try for democracy.

MCKENZIE: The sign behind me here says we determine our own destiny and that is one of the points that both the university students here and

other pro-democracy groups have been calling for. What they described as universal suffrage. They say they should have the freedom to select their

own candidates for these contentious elections projected for the year 2017.

The other signs we see here, the words call for action -- resist and fight. There are symbols of the growing discontent, the increasingly tense

relations between this former British colony and the rulers on mainland China.

Ivan Watson, CNN, Hong Kong.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now protesters took the streets at rallies around the world for a different cause on Sunday. Demonstrators gathered in Paris to demand

action on climate change ahead of the United Nations climate summit this week.

And many more turned out in New York. Tens of thousands of people took part in a march through the streets of the city.

Now a new report says that China has reached a pollution milestone. The Global Carbon Project says for the first time ever, China overtook the

EU last year for greenhouse gas emissions per person as more than 7 tons of CO2 per person per year. But its still less than half the rate in the U.S.

Now in response to the report, China's foremost environmentalist Ma Jun (ph) posted this on Sino Weibo. He said, quote, "the global supply

chain has to be made environmentally friendly while at the same time more energy efficiency has to be drastically improved."

Now China and India have wrapped up a series of trade talks. And while in New Delhi, the Chinese President Xi Jinping inked a $20 billion

investment deal with India.

Now CNN's Fareed Zakaria sat down with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this exclusive interview. Now Mr. Modi appeared to chafe

when China was used as a benchmark for economic success.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

FAREED ZAKARIA, HOST, GPS: After your election, people have begun asking again a question that has been asked many times for the last

decades, which is, will India be the next China? Will India be able to grow at 8 percent, 9 percent a year consistently and transform itself and thus

transform the year?

NARENDRA MODI, PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA (through translator): See, India does not need to become anything else. India must become only India.

This is a country that once upon a time was called the golden bird. We have fallen from where we were before, but now we have the chance to rise again.

If you see the details of the last five or 10 centuries, you will see that India and China have grown at similar paces. ?

Their contributions to global GDP have risen in parallel and fallen in parallel. Today's era once again belongs to Asia. India and China are both

growing rapidly together.

ZAKARIA: But people would still, I think, wonder, can India achieve the kind of 8 percent and 9 percent growth rates that China has done

consistently for 30 years and India has only done for a short period.

MODI (through translator): It is my absolute belief that Indians have unlimited talent. I have no doubt about our capabilities. I have a lot of

faith in the entrepreneurial nature of our 1.25 billion people. There is a lot of capability and I have a clear roadmap to channel it.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Now Fareed also asked India's new prime minister how he relaxes. You can find the answer to that question and more the entire

interview, in fact, here on the GPS website.

Now you're watching News Stream. And still after the break the young Chinese tennis legend Li Na bids farewell to the sport. We've got details

ahead.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back. You're watching News Stream. And you're looking at a visual version of all the stories we've got in the show today.

And now, it's time for a tennis update. Now an emotional Li Na has told the world's media she has no regrets over bringing an end to a career

that yielded two majors titles -- the Roland Garros Crown back in 2011 and this year's Australian Open title.

Now he called it quits on Friday citing four surgeries on her knees over the years.

Now the Chinese star, she appeared moved by the whole occasion as she faced the cameras earlier in Beijing.

Now the 32-year-old says she feels now is definitely the time to go.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

LI NA, TENNIS STAR (through translator): I thought this press conference would be relaxing and pleasant. Of course I don't want to part

with tennis. I've been playing tennis since I was eight. These 24 years of experience, no one but me went through it from the beginning to the end.

When I won the Australian Open, yes, I said I was looking forward to the next Grand Slam title and would try to become the world's number one. But

honestly, I leave with no regrets, because I have given my 100 percent.

A few years from now, I won't be thinking what if I worked a little harder? I really can't do better than this. I've already given my 100

percent or even more. That's why I decided to retire last weekend. I had wanted to give myself more opportunities and more time, but my body just

wouldn't be ready any more.

Honestly, I have no regrets.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: A very emotional Li Na there. We salute you.

Now Li Na, she won a total of nine career titles, including those two grand slam crowns. We wish her well in her retirement.

Now let's turn to the WTA Pan Pacific open in Tokyo. And it was a battle of former world number ones on Sunday, but Ana Ivanovic was too good

for the U.S. Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki winning in straight sets in the final.

Now the Serbian star is now ranked 10th in the world. She has 15 tour titles to her name, four of them this year.

You're watching News Stream. Still to come the battle to stop the spread of Ebola grows more difficult in Liberia after some hospitals close

their doors.

Also ahead, a major security breach at the White House. What the secret service now says what it will do.

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LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching News Stream and these are your world headlines.

A Syrian opposition group says as many as 200,000 people have displaced in four days in northern Syria. Now the Turkish deputy prime

minister says more than 130 refugees have arrived since Friday. Now people were forced out after ISIS fighters stormed 60 Kurdish villages in northern

Syria.

Now here in Hong Kong, thousands of student protesters are boycotting classes and staging a sit-in at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. This

weeklong campaign is a protest against Beijing's refusal to allow a fully democratic election of the leader of the former British colony.

Now Washington is hopefully bilateral security agreement with Kabul will be reached now that Afghanistan has announced a unity government. Now

under the power sharing agreement, Ashraf Ghani becomes president. His opponent, Abdullah Abdullah will serve as the chief executive to become

prime minister when that post is renamed.

Now a three day nationwide lockdown has come to an end in Sierra Leone, a nation's 6 million people were ordered to stay at home as

volunteers went door to door to educate them about Ebola. And according to Reuters, the emergency operation center says Sierra Leone recorded 130 new

Ebola cases during the lockdown.

Now West Africa is dealing with the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Now Liberia has been the worst hit with the number of infections there

skyrocketing in recent weeks.

Now CNN's senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen is in the capital Monrovia. She joins us live with the very latest. And Elizabeth,

just how has Liberia managed the outbreak. What have you seen there?

ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: What I've been seeing here is -- well, as one diplomat described it, Kristie, is that it has been a

nightmare. And now that I've spent time here, I understand why.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

COHEN (voice-over): An international health crisis unprecedented in modern times, Ebola. Ground zero, Liberia. This city, as a Sunday service

comes to an end, parishioners washing up with chlorine. The threat of the virus ever present. ?

?UNIDENTIFIED MALE : They're afraid because it is a threatening disease.

COHEN: This young parishioner lost 13 of his relatives to Ebola, including his parents. The pastor tells this is congregation no shaking

hands, no hugging.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Are you afraid of death? No, I will die, but I don't want to die from Ebola.

COHEN: In capitol of Monrovia, a prayer before the Dead Body Management Team winds its way through the city slums to retrieve cadavers.

But even these suits can't protect their hearts from what they see on the job -- like a baby hungry for his dead mother's milk.

FRIDAY KIYEE, DEAD BODY MANAGEMENT TEAM: I took the key, I opened the door and I went in, I saw six-month-old child licking on the mother, when

the mother died she died on her stomach and he was licking on the mother. Right away I started shedding tears.

COHEN: The woman inside this bag one of nearly 1500 people suspected of dying from Ebola. The number of cases here up 52 percent in just three

weeks. One major reason, many hospitals have closed down, afraid their staff will contract Ebola. So the sick, forced the stay at home, where

they can infect others.

This new clinic opened just Sunday but when we arrive no one comes outside to bring these patients in. Too weak, they fall to the ground.

Inside this ambulance, three people make a seven-hour trip to get here and die outside the hospital.

Back in the city, Father King does his part. He stopped giving everyone communion from the same cup.

(on camera): By stopping this practice, have you saved lives?

FATHER KING: Yes, absolutely.

COHEN (voice-over): His congregation awaiting the help promised by President Obama.

ANTHONY KALLAH, SCHOOL TEACHER: The news that America was coming here with a huge number of personnel and materiel, that is a relief to Liberia

and Liberians.

COHEN: They know relief won't come quickly. For now, Ebola is here to stay.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COHEN: Monrovia alone needs 700 beds for isolating Ebola patients.

Now the U.S. government says that they're sending in troops to build 17 hospitals, 100 beds each, that's certainly quite a bit. But they're not

sending the staff for those hospitals. They are sending training, but it will be difficult to train doctors and nurses immediately right out of the

gate to staff these hospitals -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: You know, Liberia and other affected countries there in West Africa, they need doctors, they need nurses, medical personnel. As

you said, they need more hospital beds and clinics and medical equipment. But the travel ban that was put into place affecting the countries there in

West Africa, including Liberia, what impact did that have on preventing much needed aid from getting in and on the overall outbreak?

COHEN: Right, so travel has definitely -- there's less of it than there used to be. There are far fewer flights, there are far fewer ships

coming into seaports and I'm told that that really has had an effect here. It's harder to get supplies in. It's harder to get people in. But it is

still happening.

The issue with these hospitals is that to make a hospital run, you don't just need beds and buildings, you need doctors and nurses. That's

not what the United States is sending to these 17 hospitals.

Now they're sending trainers, as I mentioned, and they're going to train, you know, hundreds and hundreds if not thousands of people, but a

question that I've been asking that I haven't quite gotten answered is you can't invent doctors and nurses, it takes years to train doctors and

nurses. So are they going to train laypeople to take care of these patients? It's really very unclear at this point.

LU STOUT: Yeah, they need resources. They need talent there to fight the disease.

Elizabeth Cohen joining us live from Liberia. Thank you very much indeed for that update.

Now, Washington is ramping up security after the White House says two breaches took place there in two days. And there are questions now over

whether the Secret Service is doing enough even as the agency rolls out additional patrols and surveillance.

Our White House Correspondent Michelle Kosinski reports from Washington.

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MICHELLE KOSINSKI, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Security outside the White House now is visible, very visible. But it often

is, so all the more dumbfounding that Omar Gonzalez was able to do this around 7:30 Friday night.

Take a look at this new video. Sprinting, 20 or so seconds to 70 yards across the entire lawn, up the stairs, onto the Portico. There you see what

appears to be a Secret Service officer with gun drawn. And Gonzalez makes it inside the White House where he was tackled.

The first family was not home but in Gonzalez's pants pocket, a folding knife with a three and a half inch blade.

KING: How anyone especially in these days of ISIS, and with concern about terrorist attacks, someone could actually get into the White House

without being stopped is inexcusable.

KOSINSKI: Now the internal investigation. Why weren't at the very least Secret Service dogs deployed? And why couldn't officers have gotten

to him before he hit those doors? In a statement, the Secret Service admits while the officers showed tremendous restraint in discipline in dealing

with the subject, the location of Gonzalez's arrest is not acceptable.

Now it's true officers on the roof, surely this one at the door, could have shot Gonzalez. They didn't.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Everybody out right now. Go back. Everybody into the park.

KOSINSKI: Law enforcement officials told us these things are always taken in context that Gonzalez didn't appear to be armed, had nothing in

this hands, no bags, nothing bulky. They also said the 42-year-old Texan who spent more than a decade in the military including in Iraq seemed to

have mental issues and was known to the Secret Service.

Gonzalez's family members say he had been struggling lately, drifting and had PTSD. He'd retired from the army with a disability.

And less than 24 hours after this breach, another man, Kevin Carr of New Jersey, tried to get in through the White House gate on foot then drove

to another entrance, got out of his car and refused to leave. He too was arrested. But some now calling this the last straw.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that was Michelle Kosinski reporting.

Now in a statement out on Saturday, the U.S. president expressed his full confidence in his security team.

Now just ahead right here on News Stream, we head to Taiwan where one company is making tracks in the bicycle business. Find out how this global

leader is upping the output on its assembly line.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now Giant Bicycles is one of the world's largest bicycle manufacturers. And in this week's Art of Movement we go inside the

company's main production facility in Taiwan and take a look at their unique and high end production techniques.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Round and round, up and down, it's a simple movement one pedal at a time, one foot in front of the other.

TONY LA, CEO, GIANT GLOBAL GROUP: But it's the equipment to help you to enjoy more.

LU STOUT: But for cyclists with the drive to turn that motion into speed, a bicycle is much more.

LA: Whenever I get on a bicycle I always feel very free and everything disappears, only you and the road in front of you.

I'm Tony La, CEO of Giant. This is my bike.

LU STOUT: Giant, based in Taiwan, turns out more than 6 million bikes a year. And La, who takes to the road for his 35 kilometer commute, says

this bike, the Propel Advance SL, or super light, is the most aerodynamic in the world. It carries a hefty five figure price tag, but on its own,

the frame weighs less than a kilo.

LA: But you want it very light and you want it very strong, but you also want it to be the strength or (inaudible) only at where you want it.

LU STOUT: And in the cycling world, Giant and other bike makers turn to one material to achieve that balance, carbon fiber.

Finding that feeling of flying down a road starts here at Giant headquarters with a different kind of movement. In the loom room, carbon

fiber strands, a petroleum product, are bonded together by what looks like an oversized sewing machine. Each strand is thinner than human hair and

every square centimeter of each sheet contains thousands of strands.

From there, it's on to cutting. Computerized machines with razor edge precision spitting out thousands of pieces in all shapes and sizes, some

stronger than others, and each with a predetermined position that leaves no room for error.

LA: You know, all your pedal is in the bottom bracket. So that is where you want it very, very strong. It's called the power core.

But in the baseside then you want it to be soft you it don't feel so hard.

EDWARD CHIANG, DESIGN LEADER: Everything about designing bicycles I love. Everything in design affects function, everything functions affects

performances. ? LU STOUT: Just upstairs in the factory floor, the art of engineering a carbon fiber bike comes into play. This particular model was tweaked 88

times.

CHIANG: A race machine. So it's about the stiffness, it's about transmission, everything is included within those 88.

LU STOUT: Once the carbon fiber frames are baked in these ovens, they have to stand up to scrutiny. In this case, a series of movements

simulating a ride -- small, large and even downright aggressive. Many of those frames are also scanned for imperfections. And while the computer

says one thing, more dynamic testing might reveal the unexpected.

CHIANG: Aerodynamic is hard to control. It's its nature.

LU STOUT: Proof that the art behind shaving a few seconds off race time, or just enjoying the breeze during a Sunday ride, is always a work in

progress.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Innovation comes in many forms.

You're watching News Stream. And still to come SpaceX heads to the International Space Station with a new high tech gadget on board. The what

and the why on that is just ahead.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now all this week, CNN's feature cities takes a look at some of the ways that urban centers around the world are working toward a more

sustainable future.

Up first, a bus system in Brazil operates more like a metro. As Shasta Darlington shows us how this (inaudible) transportation system

fresh.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Courichiba (ph), abundant parks and a pioneering bus system made it a model city for decades. But the

battle to keep green is never ending, especially here where it all began. The ultra-efficient rapid bus system, traversing the city in exclusive bus

lanes.

Passengers pay before they board and wait inside the iconic tubs that have become Courichiba (ph) landmark.

It basically functions like a subway on wheels.

But cheaper to build.

When the system was dreamed up by city planner and major Jaibi Ledner (ph), it transported about 50,000 passengers daily back in the 80s. Now

it's more than 2 million. But human rights activist Luana Sharvier Pinto (ph) says it no longer serves the working class, because now they can't

afford to live in the city where there's easy access to the system.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (inaudible) metropolitan region where you don't have a good integration with the system that Courichiba (ph) can offer and

they had to more and more take longer trips to go to work.

DARLINGTON: Couritiba (ph) has tried to adapt with bigger buses like the Liegerel (ph) or big light one. Three buses in one, capable of

transporting 250 passengers, the same as a Boeing 727.

But the city is also facing resistance from high income earners with one of Brazil's highest per capita ownership of private cars.

Current Mayor Gustavo Fluet (ph) says he has to convert a new generation.

"Cars are attractive and relatively accessible," he says. "We have to conquer a new public. How? Mainly with speed. The user has to know he'll

get to his destination faster by bus."

By extending bus lanes and creating new routes, he says the percentage of bus users has increased for the first time in eight years.

Next in the works, a metro.

But his real push comes on two wheels.

Now we're going to try out one of the major's planes. It's this calm lane for traffic right next to a bicycle lane.

So far, they've opened 60 kilometers of combined bicycle and calm lanes, more to come.

"You can't change attitudes overnight," he says. 'But bike paths play a role in calming down traffic, so we want to share this space with

bicycles."

As ever, Curitiba (ph) viewed as a laboratory for sustainable growth. The challenge is still getting people on board.

For Future Cities, I'm Shasta Darlington.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now, NASA's Maven spacecraft is now orbiting Mars after a 10 month journey. It will study the planet's upper atmosphere in hopes of

understanding why the climate changed. Now evidence shows Mars is now cold and dry, but scientists believe water once existed on its surface.

And right now, an unmanned SpaceX cargo ship is heading to the International Space Station. Among other things, its carrying the first

ever 3D printer to station.

Now joining me now for more on the project is Niki Werkheiser. She's a project manager for NASA 3D printer in Zero G. Niki, thank you so much

for joining us.

Why does the International Space Station need a 3D printer?

NIKI WERKHEISER, NASA: At NASA, in real time operations we really have to be dependent on launching every single thing that we might need on

orbit from the ground. So having the capability to have an on demand machine shop to generate whatever parts you might need, whether that be for

replacement parts that are lost or broken, or if you have scientific experiments where you use consumables, so you need more parts. Having that

on demand capability is a real gamechanger.

LU STOUT: So, it's for creating parts in space.

When the 3D printer reaches orbit, does it have a mission in particular?

WERKHEISER: Absolutely. This first experiment is actually considered a technology demonstration. International Space Station is the only

platform available where we can actually test these technologies for further out exploration missions. It's also the only place where we can

have microgravity to see how the process, the actual additive manufacturing process works in microgravity and to confirm that it works the same way

that it does on the ground.

So the first parts that we print will be things like coupons and tinsel (ph) specimens that we will return to the ground for detailed ground

analysis and comparison to our control samples.

LU STOUT: So the first mission is a test mission, but it's tricky doing anything in microgravity. So how does a 3D printer work in space and

that kind of environment.

WERKHEISER: Well, we've actually tested it on the parabolic flights where we get very short durations of microgravity. We only get 20 to 30

seconds spurts for 40 parabolas or so. But we have found that all the data from those flights shows that it actually works very similarly to the way

it does on the ground.

Of course there are some considerations when designing it for space operations such as ease of use and safety protocol, but we believe that the

technical process will actually be very similar.

But as I mentioned, it is a technology demonstration, so we won't be able to confirm that until we print our first part.

LU STOUT: Yeah, but if this technology works, astronauts would be able to resupply themselves in space, which could be just an incredible

thing to know happening up there.

But an application closer to home. I mean, what benefits could a 3D printer in space bring to us here on Earth?

WERKHEISER: That's a very good question.

Actually the same type of things that we desire for space application, things like portability and really ease of operation, remote operations and

having high quality, repeatable high resolution parts are the same things that consumers on the ground are interested in for home or school or

professional use.

LU STOUT: Now, a 3D printer is being sent to the International Space Station. Its first mission is a test mission, hopefully one day soon

you'll be able to print out handy tools up in orbit. But, Niki, in the far, far future. I'm almost talking in the sci-fi realm. In the far future,

what could it do one day? I mean, could a 3D printer in space be able to build out an entire habitat?

WERKHEISER: Absolutely. And that's what I think we're most excited about. We have an in space manufacturing vision as part of NASA. And it's

a roadmap that really captures all the technologies that we would need and require to have sustainable living on further out destinations like Mars.

So we do have technologies today. It sounds like science fiction, but it's actually science fact that even today we can print larger structures,

things like small buildings or radiation shielding, landing pads. So we do have additive construction.

And the idea there would be to be able to use the institute resources. So the Martian (inaudible) for example to be able to build what we need.

The real bottom line is that we won't be able to use the model that we use today for further out exploration missions. We won't be able to launch

every single thing that we might ever need with us. So we'll have to have sustainable technologies that allow the travelers, the astronauts, to be

able to adapt and use whatever resources are available to them for living and operations.

LU STOUT: So in the event an astronaut forgets something, guess what, you fire up the 3D printer, you can print it out yourself.

Nike Werkheiser at NASA, thank you so much for joining us and here's wishing you and the team the very best of luck as you test out this

exciting new technology. Take care.

WERKHEISER: Thank you very much.

LU STOUT: Now let's go straight to our Mari Ramos for your global weather forecast.

No doubt she was tuning into that interview as well.

Imagine that one day, being -- I mean, not just here on Earth, but in space being able to print out what you need.

MARI RAMOS, CNN WEATHER CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, that's really amazing. It really is, what she said, a gamechanger to be able to have all of the

things that they could possibly need -- you know, building habitats, launching pads, landing pads, just anything -- tools -- really amazing.

Great interview, Kristie. Thank you for that.

Let's go ahead and move on and talk about weather right here on Earth. It's been stormy night.

This picture looks a little upside down, right? That's because it's a reflection of, yes, the beautiful skyline of Shanghai right in the business

district there.

Very dark and stormy throughout the night tonight. You've had that on and off rain. Not as heavy, though, as we were expecting. So far so good,

right?

Let's go ahead and try to keep it that way.

The rain for you in Shanghai is just offshore still as tropical storm Fung-Wong continues to move closer.

Look at Cheng Dao, though, they've had over 230 millimeters of rain since Saturday. And it's still raining there.

Other areas farther south are starting to see somewhat drier weather. 86 millimeters of rain since Saturday, that's finally beginning to ease up

as the storm starts to move away.

Chinese state media reporting some 130,000 people had to be evacuated from some of these areas because of the threat for flooding and mudslides.

So those most vulnerable areas were the ones that were evacuated this time around. So no need for millions of evacuations, for example, like we've

seen with other tropical cyclones in this area.

The storm itself has now winds close to 80, maybe 100 kilometers per hour gusts, as you can see there. It's moving to the north at about 15

kilometers per hour. That means that you guys across the Korean peninsula and western Japan need to start paying attention. By tomorrow morning,

you'll start to see that rain affecting you in these areas as well. Not really expecting the kind of damage, though, that we saw across the

Philippines and across Taiwan where some areas had almost a meter of rain after that storm was moving though.

Here you see a mother and her child going back to her house. This is in the Marikina neighborhood. These areas were affected in some cases

water up to the rooftops. The government in the Philippines is saying that there's still about 130,000 people that are in shelter, but some have begun

to return home.

Here's the boy mud-caked floors the house in shambles trying to cook a meal there on a makeshift stove there.

As far as rainfall, we may still see some rain showers for you guys in Shanghai -- excuse me, in Taiwan. Shanghai maybe another 30, 40

millimeters of rain not out of the question. And then after that, of course, like I was saying, the Korean peninsula, Japan really need to watch

this. These areas have had so much rainfall already so far this season that, Kristie, the concern is that we could see some very heavy downpours

coming along as we head through the next couple of days.

So that's going to be our next thing to watch when we talk about that weather system. Let's go ahead and head back to you now.

LU STOUT: All right, Mari Ramos there, thank you so much.

And that is News Stream, but the news continues at CNN. World Business Today is next.

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