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Second Dallas Health Care Worker Contracts Ebola; Video Emerges Showing Hong Kong Police Beating Pro-Democracy Demonstrator; Women Threatened in the Gaming Industry

Aired October 15, 2014 - 8:00   ET

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

Now a second U.S. health care worker contracts Ebola on U.S. soil. This comes amid troubling allegations about how prepared the Dallas

hospital was to treat the deadly virus.

Plus, police in Hong Kong accused of brutality. A video claims to show plain-clothes officers beating a pro-democracy demonstrator.

And we'll take a closer look at threats against women in the gaming industry.

Now, the global fight on Ebola takes us first to the U.S. state of Texas where a second health care worker has tested positive for the virus.

Now the diagnosis comes as the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, the UK and the U.S. are set to discuss the epidemic in the coming hours.

Now the United Nations has made it very clear the Ebola outbreak is picking up pace in West Africa and the virus will spread unless more

measures are taken to stop it now.

Now both people infected with Ebola in Texas were working at the hospital where Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan was treated and

eventually died. And now the hospital's protocols are being called into question.

Now National Nurse's United says guidelines on how to deal with the virus were constantly changing. And Dallas officials, they are expected to

speak shortly. And we'll bring that presser to you live when it happens.

Now, now our senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen has more on the controversy surrounding the latest case.

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ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Breaking this morning, only four days after critical care nurse, Nina Pham

was found to be infected with Ebola a second health care worker has been diagnosed with the deadly disease. The hospital staffer at Texas Health

Presbyterian is one of the 76 health care workers who provided care for the now deceased Ebola patient, Thomas Duncan.??

According to the hospital the staffer was immediately isolated after an initial report of a fever Tuesday. The CDC says they have interviewed

the patient to identify any contacts or potential exposures in the community.

ROSEANN DEMORO, NATIONAL NURSES UNITED: Our nurses are--

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LU STOUT: --Dallas, Texas. They're giving an update right now. Let's listen in.

(DALLAS, TEXAS EBOLA PRESS CONFERENCE)

LU STOUT: And that was coverage of the new Ebola case in Dallas, Texas on CNN USA.

During the press conference that we listened to earlier, we heard from an official. The Dallas County judge who said at the hospital we have a

situation involving 77 people, two of which have tested positive for Ebola. He also said we are preparing contingencies for more and that is a very

real possibility.

Now you're watching CNN News Stream. Still ahead on the program, anger is boiling over here in Hong Kong where a shocking video that

apparently shows police beating a pro-democracy protester.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News Stream.

Now violent clashes on the streets of Hong Kong have pit police against protesters once again. Now authorities, they use pepper spray and

batons to clear a crowd gathered outside government headquarters. At least 45 people were arrested.

And now, disturbing video that's gone viral in the last several hours, and it's raising new questions about police brutality. Manisha Tank has

more.

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MANISHA TANK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Grainy video shows what appears to be a beating at the hands of plain-clothed Hong Kong police

while others stand around keeping watch. The victim, Kenneth Song (ph), the social worker and member of the pro-democracy Civic Party.

These pictures purport to show some of his injuries.

Kenneth Song's (ph) lawyer say his client had already been restrained by police before they started to beat him.

DENNIS KWOK, LAWYER OF BEATEN PROTESTER: I think what happened was six or seven police officers took him aside to a corner whereby they

punched him, they kicked him when his hands were actually cuffed at the same time behind his back. So there's no way he was posing any danger to

anyone.

TANK: The secretary of security told reporters, quote, "the officers involved will be temporarily removed from their current duties." Chief

executive CY Leung says he's confident they can handle the investigation.

CY LEUNG, HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE: There's a (inaudible) and an effective mechanism and procedures -- a central mechanism procedures. And

they have been effective in the past to deal with complaints against the police. I will use the same mechanism and procedure to deal with the

complaint against the policemen on the incident last night.

TANK: Despite assurances from the authorities of a thorough investigation, we've spoken to people here who tell us they were

heartbroken to hear of the incident. This, after two weeks of divisive protests.

"It's wrong," a protester in her 80s says about the officers' behavior. "I hate them very much. I don't accept it."

Amnesty International condemned the incident, calling for the prosecution of any officers found to have broken the law. Opposition

parties and protest organizers have issued similar statements.

A senior Chinese government official tells CNN that Beijing supports the police investigation into what happened to Kenneth Song (ph), but that

overall the law enforcement authorities have shown a high level of restraint and professionalism in dealing with the pro-democracy protesters.

The emergence of this video will only heighten tension here in the protest zone.

Manisha Tank, CNN, Hong Kong.

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LU STOUT: Disturbing video there.

You're watching News Stream. And still to come, a surprising revelation in the Oscar Pistorius sentencing hearing. A witness for the

defense reveals secret payments being made to Reeva's family. Details next.

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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.

Now two health care workers now are being treated for Ebola in the U.S. state of Texas, both were helping to treat a Liberian man who died of

Ebola last week. And speaking just moments ago, Dallas officials said 75 health care workers in Dallas are also being monitored for possible Ebola

symptoms. Officials say that they are preparing contingencies for what they called the very real possibility of new cases.

Now U.S. President Barack Obama has been urging the international community to step up its response to the outbreak. Now the leaders of

France, Germany, Italy, the UK and the U.S. will be discussing the epidemic today. Now Washington is asking permission to use two Spanish military

bases in Southern Spain for its mission to fight Ebola in West Africa.

Now we are in the third day of a hearing to decide whether Bladerunner Oscar Pistorius should go to jail. Now he has been convicted of killing

his girlfriend, but the sentence is completely up to the judge. And there has been testimony that jail may not be appropriate.

Now let's cross over to Pretoria, South Africa for the very latest now. Robyn Curnow is standing by outside the courthouse. And Robyn, first

Reeva's cousin she has taken to the stand today. What did she reveal in court?

ROBYN CURNOW, CNN INTERANTIONAL CORRESPONDENT: I think it's less about what she revealed and more the nature of how she revealed it. I've

just been in court. I rushed out to come and speak to you, because it was so utterly powerful listening to Reeva Steenkamp's cousin just describe

what kind of a person she was. Also, she broke down when describing the moments she heard it was Reeva Steenkamp who had been killed, very personal

example of a family's grief, of a family broken by these events.

And I want to bring in Kelly Phelps to explain why this is legally important.

You were watching on the television here at our live shot position. What do you make of this very powerful testimony now?

KELLY PHELPS, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: It is indeed very powerful. And in fact it makes you wonder why Mr. Nel spent so long cross-examining the

defense witnesses when he knew that he had such a powerful emotive witness to put on the stand.

We hear about these technical concepts of aggravating and mitigating factors, but it's devoid of life when they just list it as a list of facts

and this now is bringing a human element back into it.

When we speak of the concept of the harm left as a result of the impact of offending, this really shows that on such an intimate level what

that harm really means in the day-to-day lives of the people left behind in the wake of this tragedy.

And it will certainly be very difficult for the judge not to have this in the forefront of their mind when issuing sentence.

CURNOW: So important, I think. And in a way, it comes down -- and as her cousin said to the fact that her cousin said she wanted to be Reeva's

voice. Just remember, this is a lot of this trial, since March actually since her death has been about Oscar Pistorius.

And I think what the family for the first time is putting themselves out there, their grief out there. Reeva's mother and father who had been

very stoic through all of this, often quite blank in their emotions in court, for the first time you saw her mother sort of bend her head.

Neither of the parents said that they could come and testify at the sentencing hearing. They've left it up to her cousin to explain the

consequences of Oscar Pistorius' actions. And it was incredibly powerful.

LU STOUT: Yeah, more emotional testimony and reaction there in the courtroom behind you. Robyn Curnow and Kelly Phelps, a big thank you to

you both.

Now North and South Korea have held the highest level military talks in seven years. Now the meeting took place at the border village of

Panmunjom. That follows an ad hoc meeting in the South earlier this month when North Korean officials announced that Pyongyang was ready to resume

high level talk.

Now the news, it comes as the world speculates on the health and the whereabouts of Kim Jong un. And as Paula Hancocks reports, rumors are

running even wilder inside the Hermit Kingdom.

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PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Kim Jong un, seems happy to be back at work. The North Korean leader was all smiles in

official photos. We don't know when they were taken. And there's no mention of his absence or his new cane, but some say the latter could

signal he was not ready to come back.

Kam Yeong-do (ph) was the son-in-law of a former premier in North Korea. He defected to the south in 1994, but says he still has contacts

among Pyongyang's elite.

He tells me speculation inside North Korea was more rampant than outside. Rumors of a coup, a car accident, Kim Jong un is in a coma, even

Kim Jong un is dead.

"If these rumors aren't kept under control," he says, "fear might spiral to the point it causes an uprising. So in order to eliminate

people's fears, he'd have to come out to the public even though he wasn't fully recovered. " This is the reality of North Korea.

Kim Sung-choo (ph) agrees. He runs a radio station, which broadcasts into his native North Korea encouraging reform from within.

Kim says he still has contacts inside, but says credible information is harder to come by since Kim Jong un took power. Information is now more

tightly controlled, even among the elite. This means rumors come in from the outside, they're then magnified and spread.

"There were rumors he was purged," he says, "there was a coup, he was suffering from mental illness, or he was brain dead. The stories were

getting out of control, so he had to show himself to calm things down. He may have been worried it would start to influence the internal power

structure."

These defectors say Kim Jong un is far more concerned by rumors within his own country than he is with those around the world, and that these

photos and likely intended more for a domestic audience. They say it suggests he may not have absolute power and feels the need to assure his

own people that he's still here.

Paula Hancocks, CNN, Seoul.

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LU STOUT: You're watching News Stream. And up next on the program, critics of video games and their depiction of women targeted. We look into

the controversial gamergate movement and how it addresses the changing face of video gaming culture.

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LU STOUT: All right, welcome back.

Now we want to highlight threats against women in the gaming industry. Now blogger Anita Sarkeesian was supposed to speak on Wednesday about the

negative depictions of women in games, but the threat of a mass shooting forced her to cancel the event.

Now her experiences speak to a larger issue of a polarizing online debate about game culture and the presence of women.

Now let's get more now from our regular contributor Nicholas Thompson who is course the editor of the New Yorker.com. Nick, good to see you.

What is behind what is called the GamerGate movement? And why is this happening?

NICHOLAS THOMPSON, NEW YORKER.COM: Well, this is an extremely complicated debate that steps down for a long time.

And what happened was this summer there was a woman named Zoe Quinn who had a game called Depression Quest. And there are a lot of people who

didn't like that game. They didn't like that game, because they didn't think it was exciting in the way games normally are. And they didn't like

that game, because it was created by a woman and it was getting good press and she was being called brave. And they felt like the industry was

changing. And so there was this whole series of attacks on Zoe Quinn that metamorphosed into something called GamerGate.

And GamerGate is this swirling complicated controversy, but it basically boils down to traditional gamers playing traditional games being

very frustrated that the industry is changing, that all the games aren't about orcs, that women are getting attention and it's led to death threats

and all sorts of horrible things, which we've seen last week.

LU STOUT: That's right. And why has it led to that? I mean, all that abuse, pernicious attacks directed at women who comment on or develop

games -- you mentioned Zoe Quinn -- I mean, why the abuse?

THOMPSON: Well, I think the abuse is any group that's had a lot of control and power and influence for a long time is seen (inaudible), right.

The world is changing. People who have -- all games have been directed at a fairly narrow group of people for a long time. That's changing. It's a

big part of their identity. And so -- sorry, one second, I'm getting a lot of -- and so there's been a lot of critique of the people who are making

new games and trying to change the industry.

We see this culturally. We see this in all kinds of other places. Whenever there's a threat to a group that's had a lot of control for a long

time, there can be a little bit of a backlash.

And then this also got tied into questions about journalistic ethics. And so one of the complaints made about Zoe Quinn that started this all off

was saying that the video game reviewing industry is corrupt and that people are -- you know, Zoe Quinn was accused of exchanging romantic favors

for getting good press coverage. And that was obviously an erroneous charge, but it led to a larger critique of how the gaming industry works.

So basically what you have is you have a very small group of gamers who are very upset about what's going on in the industry as games become

much broader and start reaching many, many more people. And they have created a very abusive group online, which has created a lot of tension.

LU STOUT: Last question for you, a quick answer if you will, I mean so much going on here -- sexism, debate about the gaming industry, abuse

and trolling, what's the solution here? I mean, how can this be resolved?

THOMPSON: Well, I think what's going to be resolved is that eventually this controversy will go away and the gaming industry will keep changing,

will start having more games. We'll start having a more inclusive industry. They'll start being easier for women to work in it.

What has to happen right now is this just has to stop, all of the abusive threats have to stop, the groups on Reddit and Fourchan, they need

to have voices of moderation. They need to have sensible people come in and say, look, you're making gamers look terrible. You're doing things

that are morally wrong. You're doing things that are ethically wrong. Let's calm this down, let's bring this back, and let's embrace the change.

Let's embrace the change of a gaming industry that creates the traditional games with orcs and, you know -- Orcs and violence and let's also embrace

the video game industry that has Candy Crush and that has games like Depression Quest. And then I think it will -- I think that's the way out

of this.

LU STOUT: Embrace the change. Great words there. Nick Thompson, thank you so much for weighing in on the issue for us.

And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. But don't go anywhere, World Sport is up next. New information on the chaos at a top

international football match. Keep it here.

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