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[08:00:13] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream.

Now it is being called the biggest blow to al Qaeda since the death of bin Laden. Al Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula confirms its leader has been

killed.

Plus, another member of the Bush family says he is running for president of the United States.

And with E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo underway in Las Angeles, we bring you a special look at No Man's Sky.

Now a top leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has been killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike in Yemen. Analysts call it the biggest

blow to al Qaeda since the death of Osama bin laden.

A spokesman for AQAP announced Nasser al-Wuhayshi's death in a video statement. He says two aids were also killed and named the group's military

chief as al-Wuhayshi's successor.

Now to give you an idea of his clout, al-Wuyashi was appointed the number two official in al Qaeda's global network in 2013. He's seen

command of AQAP in 2009 after escaping from a prison in Yemen. And prior to that, he reportedly served as Osama bin Laden's personal secretary.

Now, meanwhile, Libyan officials say another U.S. strike killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the man behind a deadly terrorist raid that killed 37

people in Algeria back in 2013.

Now the U.S. confirmed it carried out the airstrike on Sunday, but has not yet confirmed Belmokhtar was killed. Some jihadists groups say he

wasn't.

Now let's get more now from our Pentagon correspondent. Barbara Starr joins me now live from Washington.

Barbara, AQAP says its leader died in an airstrike. What are U.S. officials saying?

BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Right now, Kristie, all U.S. officials are saying is they're looking into reports that Wuhayshi is

dead. They're very well aware of everything going on, but they are not yet publicly confirming in Washington that he was killed or that the U.S. was

behind what appears to be, according to Yemeni officials, a U.S. drone strike in Yemen.

Wuhayshi, as you say, very key leader, especially of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al Qaeda in Yemen, an organization the U.S. has long

said poses the most direct threat to U.S. homeland security.

Of course, they were behind the Christmas Day 2009 underwear bomb plot, the plot to get bombs disguised into printer cartridges and on board

airplanes, several other plots. They have a master bombmaker who is still very much at large by all accounts.

This is an organization that has already appointed a new leader, but taking Wuhayshi out is a big step for the United States if they are indeed

behind it. It will a blow, they hope, to the organization's ability to move quickly in terms of any additional potential plotting out there --

Kristie.

LU STOUT: Now, in addition to al-Wuhayshi, there was also the reported death of Mokhtar Belmokhtar. We talked about that. The airstrike

believed to have killed him in Libya. Are U.S. officials seeing anything more on that story?

STARR: They are saying that it was two U.S. F-15s launching 500 pound bombs against a structure that they had been watching in eastern Libya for

some time. They had intelligence, they had good reason to believe to believe he was there. That is what led them to launch that airstrike.

Again, a question, though, they are awaiting final confirmation from the ground before they come out publicly and say that he indeed has been

killed.

LU STOUT: All right, Barbara Starr watching those stories for us. Many thanks indeed for that.

Now in northern Syria, Kurdish fighters say that they have taken full control of the town of Tal Abyad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

says that there are still pockets of ISIS resistance.

It is a strategically important town just 80 kilometers north of the ISIS stronghold in Raqqa.

Now the road marked here in Red on the map is a key supply line from Turkey to Raqqa. And the Turkish town of Akcakale is just across the

border.

Now the UN says more than 23,000 Syrians have fled into Turkey since fighting escalated on June 3. Some 70 percent of those who have fled are

women and children.

Now Turkey has registered nearly 2 million Syrian refugees to date.

Now the west is backing Kurdish forces taking on ISIS. It's also training Iraqi forces in their uphill battle against the militants. Jim

Sciutto looks at the U.S. strategy in the region.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JIM SCIUTTO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Kurdish fighters advancing towards a strategic ISIS-controlled border crossing in northern Syria. A local

fighting force backed by western arms and aid making a rare success against the terror group.

[08:05:12] BRETT MCGURK, DEP. SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY: In northern Syria as we speak, the Kurds with Arab Free Syrian Army fighters and some

Christian organized units, they're taking -- they're really giving a beating to ISIS.

SCIUTTO: This is the U.S. model on both sides of the border with U.S. troops training Iraqi forces and now plans in motion to train and arm

Iraq's Sunni tribes to take on ISIS.

MCGURK: I just got off the phone with some of our commanders in the field. Now that we're based at Taqaddum, we're working with the tribal

committee in Anbar, we're going to see over the next week I think pretty soon some new tribal fighters coming in to get equipped and to get into the

fight.

SCIUTTO: The Obama administration is repeating a model President Bush used in the Iraq war during the so-called Sunni awakening when U.S. arms

and money helped turn many of the same Sunni tribes into allies against ISIS's predecessor al Qaeda in Iraq.

The difference, then the tribes were backed by tens of thousands of U.S. combat forces.

Today, they're backed only by hundreds of trainers and advisers with no combat role. Small numbers also a threat to the safety of the U.S.

trainers themselves.

CEDRIC LEIGHTON, RETIRED AIR FORCE COLONEL: When you bring forces out that far out in front, what you're doing is you're getting them as

close to the front line as you possibly can without actually stepping on to the front line.

It's a very risky strategy.

SCIUTTO: As part of a broader reorganization, U.S. intelligence is reworking its strategy as well. The CIA merging its operations, analysts

and cyber experts into single mission centers to fight threats including ISIS.

The ISIS threat so broad that no fewer than five of 10 new CIA mission centers are working on battling the terror group.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that was CNN's Jim Sciutto reporting.

Now an Egyptian court has upheld the death sentence of Mohamed Morsy. The former president of Egypt was found guilty for his role in a mass jail

break during the chaos of the 2011 uprising. Media reports say his lawyer plans to appeal.

A court also sentenced former President Morsy and 16 other Muslim Brotherhood leaders to life in prison on espionage charges.

South Korea is testing an alternative treatment on MERS patients as the number of infections and deaths from the outbreak continues to rise.

Now authorities say two patients have been injected with blood plasma from others who have recovered.

So far, 19 people have been killed by the virus in South Korea and thousands remain in quarantine.

Now meanwhile, places where crowds gather are being disinfected from top to bottom. It's just one of the precautions that South Korea is trying

to prevent MERS from spreading. Kathy Novak has more from Seoul.

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KATHY NOVAK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: For week now, South Koreans have been told to avoid large crowds, to use hand sanitizer just to

be extra careful as this MERS outbreak has been going on.

So what happens to Korea's favorite past time karaoke? This is a place where people are touching common doors, where they're using common

microphones. Well, this place is taking extra precautions and that's where these guys come in. They are sanitizing every surface in here to make sure

that people are protected, and crucially that they feel safe, because we know that as people stay home there are effects on the economy here. And

businesses like this one want to be able to say it's safe to come here and sing.

And it's not just karaoke, Internet cafes and all those public keyboards are being disinfected, too. Over the next six days, Seoul's

local government if funding these measures at almost 10,000 Internet cafes and karaoke bars.

Kathy Novak, CNN, Seoul.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now the South Korean government seems confident that the MERS outbreak can be contained soon. It says by the end of this month it

should be able to identify any new case among those who are in quarantine.

Now tension is high here in Hong Kong ahead of a landmark vote on electoral reforms. Lawmakers will begin discussion on the Beijing-backed

proposal on Wednesday and are expected to vote within days.

Now protests have reignited. And on Monday, authorities arrested 10 people, some of whom police say belong to a radical group. They are

accused of trying to make explosives.

Now the prominent student activist Joshua Wong has condemned the arrest as a farce, saying that they are made with the aim of smearing pro-

democracy protesters.

You're watching News Stream. And still to come, investigators look into the life of Joyce Mitchell, charged as an accomplice in the escape of

two dangerous criminals who are still on the run.

His father had the job and his brother, not Jeb Bush has announced that he is also going after the U.S. presidency.

And Ash and smoke are spewing from the erupting Mount Sinabung volcano in Sumatra, causing thousands of people to evacuate.

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[08:11:46] 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.

We've already told you about the death of the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. We'll tell you about the hunt for those two escaped

convicts in the U.S. Sources say the trail has gone cold.

But now, another Bush is making a bid for the White House. It is official, Jeb Bush is looking to become the next president of the United

States.

The former Florida governor will campaign in New Hampshire a day after announcing her 2016 White House bid.

Now at one point during his announcement, he was interrupted by hecklers who challenged him on immigration reform.

Now CNN's Dana Bash is in Miami where Bush held that announcement rally. And she joins us now live. And Dana, you were there, you saw that

unscripted moment when Jeb Bush was forced to address immigration reform. What did he say? What did it reveal?

DANA BASH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It revealed a lot, Kristie, on style and on substance. Let's just start with style.

A lot of politicians, I've seen it firsthand, get rattled when they have an unscripted moment, especially at an event like this where it is

highly scripted, it's his announcement speech.

And he was actually at the time talking about his mother, so it was kind of an emotional moment. And these protesters who were trying to make

the point that they want immigration reform specifically to allow children who come to America through no fault of their own illegally to be able to

stay in this country.

So what Jeb Bush did was he stopped. And he addressed them. And again that sort of shows that he's comfortable in his own skin, which is

something that I think a lot of the other candidates who are younger and less experienced don't have.

But on substance, he didn't plan to talk about immigration reform, because it's quite controversial within his own Republican Party,

particularly the idea of what he said -- reforming the process.

He tried to say, look, I'm going to do it not by executive order, which is what the president, the current president has done, which is

extremely controversial with the Republican party, but it was quite interesting.

But, Kristie, you know, I think the bigger sort of issue beyond that is of course his name. And what was very much scripted was the fact that

he wanted to make clear that he knows that he, as a Bush is not entitled. Listen to this.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JEB BUSH, FRM. GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA: Not one of us deserves the job by right of resume, party, seniority, family, or family narrative. It's

nobody's turn, it's everybody's test, and it's wide open, exactly as a contest for president should be.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BASH: Now, Kristie, in a lot of ways he's just acknowledging the painfully obvious fact that for the past six months, despite the fact that

his last name was Bush, despite the fact that he's got an organization that he's growing money, lots of money, that he's raising, he hasn't been able

to break out of the pack or even convince people not to run because they have fear of losing to him. There just isn't that fear out there, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah. And it's fine that you mention that about how he has to address the elephant in the room, which is his name, because looking at

the video from the campaign rally, we see the slogans, it's just Jeb with an exclamation point, no Bush, just Jeb.

Now it is a crowded GOP field. I know you had a chance to talk to him in Tallinn, Estonia of all places, on this issue how does Jeb Bush, now a

candidate, plan to pull ahead of the pack. What's next?

[08:15:22] BASH: Well, you heard him start to do it in this speech by trying to explain that, you know, he's not just another Bush, that you know

people kind of who haven't been focused on him and the substance of what he's been saying don't really understand his record and the kind of

politician that he has been, the kind of person and governor that he's been in the state of Florida in particular.

So you heard him explain that he has done things, he has led, he has, you know, made some people angry by kind of reforming the system and

shaking things up. And he's made some people happy.

But the fact is that he actually has that executive experience. That is something that he is hoping that will resonate a lot with the Republican

base, and even some independents who, you know, have watched the current president who had no executive experience, Barack Obama, stumble a lot

because of that.

And so that is a big part of what he's going to say.

The question, though, of course is going to be whether or not he is the guy who the Republican electorate here in the U.S. wants as their

executive or maybe somebody who is a fresh face like the governor, the current governor of Wisconsin who also has executive experience. That is

the big, big challenge for Jeb Bush going forward, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, a big challenge going forward, because this is just the very start of his campaign. I mean there is the long haul ahead, the

long and arduous campaign ahead. Do you feel that he has it in him? I mean, at that campaign rally when he made that announcement did he fire up

the base?

BASH: Did he fire up the base? That's unclear. And that's a really good question, because that's a key question right now.

He did show that he has the fire in his belly, which a lot of people, even some people who actually want him to get the Republican nomination

were skeptical of.

He had energy. He's not a great teleprompter reader, that was pretty clear, but he kind of -- you know, he looked like somebody who wanted it.

And some friends who I've spoken to have said, look, there is a Bush competitive spirit that really kicks in when they're in a competition and

you definitely saw that.

But to your point, whether or not with so many options for Republican primary and caucus voters, whether or not he is the guy who they are going

to be drawn to, what he's banking on is that they're going to -- you know, that they're hoping that somebody can be nominated who can actually go the

distance and be electable, and that he is that guy for Republican primary voters.

But in day and age, the way that the culture of the Republican electorate is where they just yearn for somebody not who just believes in

their beliefs, but also kind of has -- you know, has that outsider, anti- establishment point of view. It's really an open question whether Jeb Bush is going to be their guy.

LU STOUT: Dana Bash, we'll leave it at that, but thank you so much. Always appreciate your insight and picking up all the key details. Dana

Bash joining us live from Miami, thank you.

Now all this week CNN's Freedom Project is following the path taken by a growing number of Egypt's children. They're leaving their homes behind

joining the tide of migrants risking everything for a better life in Europe.

Now, on Monday, we brought you to a village where some of these youngsters lived. And we heard from mothers desperate for news of what had

become of them.

Now, the next part of our journey crosses the Mediterranean on rickety boats where trafficked children are forced to serve as captains.

Nima introduces us to a young man, himself a former migrant, trying to help those who survive the crossing.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This is Sicily's boat graveyard. Each one of these ships carries with it a tale of human misery.

They brought with them thousands of unaccompanied Egyptian children. The lucky ones are brought here.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): You kiss your mother goodbye, not knowing whether you're ever going to see her again.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: And you can watch the rest of Nima's report on Egypt's child migrants. And follow the story all the way to the streets of Italy's

capital this week on Amanpour. It starts 7:00 p.m. in London only on CNN.

Now you're watching News Stream. And still to come, thousands flee their homes in Indonesia after a volcano rumbles into life.

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[08:23:33] LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News Stream.

And all this week on the program, we're taking a look at the tiny city-state of Singapore. With little space to build up or out, there's

really only one option.

Now in today's future cities, Andrew Stevens takes us underground where Singapore hopes to unlock new economic potential.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ANDREW STEVENS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It runs down the rocks and seeps right into your skin, the heat, humidity and a sense that

this place is not fit for people.

The walls are old, some 200 million years, but the space is brand new and empty, at least for now.

Our journey begins on the surface. This is Jerong Island (ph), reclaimed from the sea, to house dozens of oil and chemical giants.

But in a country less than half the size of London, space to grow is in short supply.

So, Singapore's planners decided to try something new: build down.

DAVID TAN, ASST. CEO DEVELOPMENT GROUP, JTC: Normally, they use it for water (inaudible). In South Korea and Japan they use it for

underground oil storage.

STEVENS: It is a massive network of underground cabins and tunnels, not a strategic oil reserve, but instead a purely commercial venture.

TAN: Well, this is an operational tunnel.

STEVENS: Those three are for oil.

TAN: Those three are for oil.

STEVENS: David Tan heads up the Jerong (ph) rock caverns for JTC, the government agency that handles industrial development. And he knows all

the details, including the pricetag, $700 million and that's just for phase one. Worth it, he says, because these cabins transform limited land into

unlimited potential.

The first cabins opened last year, Tan says, after eight years of work. We asked to get a closer look at the construction. This is the way

the rocks are brought out. And it's how we will go in.

We reach the bottom, revealing another world. A short trip by truck and finally we arrive at our destination.

Down here, workers look like ants, construction trucks like toys.

So, here we are, cabin number four, also the deepest part of Singapore. We're, what, 150 meters or so below the Banyan Basin. And we

look around this cabin, and it really does look, don't you think, like an underground cathedral?

TAN: Yes, it is.

STEVENS: And one with enormous dimensions -- tall enough to fit a nine story building. When all five are filled, large enough to hold 9

million barrels of oil, that's almost 600 Olympic-sized swimming pools, all full of crude.

The Jerong (ph) rock cabins already have their first customer. And Tan is confident more will sign up. The advantage, he says, is that they

can focus on running their plants instead of worrying about storage. And it may also help this tiny city-state reach an ambitious goal to double its

petrol chemical production by the year 2030.

Andrew Stevens, CNN, Singapore.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: An incredible vision for the future.

Now staying in the region, thousands of Indonesians have fled to emergency shelters after a powerful volcanic eruption.

Now this is new video from Mount Sinabung showing hot ash spewing from the crater. Officials say smoke and ash have reached hundreds of meters

into the air. And earlier this month, authorities raised the volcanoes alert status to the highest level. Sinabung is one of nearly 130 active

volcanoes in Indonesia.

Now Mount Everest has moved, but don't worry, not far. Now Chinese officials have been tracking the mountain's movements for the past decade.

And they say the powerful earthquake that struck Nepal in April made Everest shift some 3 centimeters southwest.

Now previously, the world's tallest peak had been gradually shifting northeast at a rate of four centimeters each year. And Nepal's quake

effectively pushed it back to where it was about nine months ago, its height is unaffected.

Now still to come right here on News Stream, two escaped killers have managed to evade hundreds of U.S. officers for days now. What's next as

police say their leads are drying up.

Plus, Sony has unveiled a new game that's generating a lot of buzz. Why its makers say it offers gamers countless possibilities.

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[08:31:05] LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching News Stream. And these are your world headlines.

Now al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has released a video statement saying its leader Nasser al-Wuhayshi has been killed. Yemeni officials say

he was killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike. A speaker in the video says that al-Wuhayshi will be succeeded by AQAP's military chief.

An Egyptian court has upheld the death sentence for Mohamed Morsy. Now the former president of Egypt was found guilty for his role in a mass

jail break during the chaos of the 2011 uprising. The Muslim Brotherhood condemns the ruling, which can still be appealed.

Now tropical storm Bill is barreling toward the U.S. state of Texas. Voluntary evacuation orders have been issued for Galveston County. And

those who haven't left are being told to brace for up to 20 centimeters of rain.

A New York state official tells CNN the search for two dangerous prisoners who escaped from a maximum security prison 10 days ago has gone

cold.

Now police are following hundreds of possible leads involving locations as close as the woods near the facility and as far away as

Vermont and Mexico.

Meanwhile, investigators are looking into the accomplice role that prison worker Joyce Mitchell allegedly played.

And for the latest, let's go straight to Alexandra Field who is in West Plattsburgh, New York. and Alex, let's talk about Joyce Mitchell, the

woman that police say helped the two men to escape. What more have you learned about the role she played?

ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We know that she had a relationship with both of these men, and that she had a sexual relationship

with Richard Matt, according to law enforcement authorities.

They say that she had planned to drive that getaway car, at the last minute decided not to. The problem now, however, is that law enforcement

officials believe that she probably doesn't have much, if any information, on whatever plan B for both of those fugitives was.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

FIELD (voice-over): Closely monitored behind bars, officials say former prison employee Joyce Mitchell is calm and cooperative. As we learn

more about her alleged deep involvement with fugitives Richard Matt and David Sweat.

ANDREW WYLIE, CLINTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: It's apparent she's trying to be as truthful I think as possible.

FIELD: A source with detailed knowledge of the investigation tells CNN Mitchell had a sexual relationship with Matt. And in the past, she had been

investigated for having an inappropriate relationship with Sweat.

JOHN CUFF, FORMER U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE DIVISION HEAD: They'll exploit someone. They'll see a weakness in someone. They'll use whatever they can

to befriend them.

FIELD: This as, officials say, she had been sneaking both men certain supplies like glasses with lights on them, beginning over a year and a half

ago. She claims she had no idea back then that the tools were going to be used to help them dig out of the maximum security prison.

WYLIE: She was told by Matt they were using those to stay up late at night to paint pictures or to read.

FIELD: Sources also say the escapees planned to kill Mitchell's husband. And that she was aware, but it's unclear if she knew the exact

details.

Investigators say the possible murder of her husband Lyle was one of the reasons she got cold feet and back out as being their getaway driver.

But officials say they can't imagine Matt and Sweat would go through something so elaborate and so meticulous to rely on one person to get them

out of town, and that they may have always had a better plan.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

FIELD: Kristie, hundreds of law enforcement officers had been part of this search. They have pursued hundreds of tips that have come in from

every direction. But the search efforts have really focused on a relatively small area not far from the prison. You can see the road behind

me remains closed. This is where officers have been for days now. They're searching every car that passes through here trying to see any signs of

either of these fugitives.

But, Kristie, when you hear that the trail is running cold, it's because law enforcement officials tell us that the last clear sign they

have that either of these men was in the area came last week when bloodhounds seemed to hit on their scent.

[08:35:03] LU STOUT: The trail has run cold. It's been 11 days since the prisoner escaped. Can you give us an idea of the size and scope of the

search? Just one kind and how many assets are now being deployed to find these two men?

FIELD: You've got about 800 law enforcement officers who are on the ground, and the focus has been on this area that's about three square

miles. And they initially converged there, because they did see some signs, not only the scent that the bloodhounds picked up on, but also a

wrapper that had been discarded. There were some tracks that they felt were linked to the fugitives, and even an area where it appeared that they

had bedded down.

But at this point, while there had been some confidence based on those signs that the fugitives were in the area, a lot of people involved in this

investigation are saying that it seems clear that these fugitives could be just about anywhere.

Tips have been pursued in Philadelphia, even in Mexico. So they're really not ruling anything out, because they have not seen any fresh signs

that they are present here, Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right. Alexandra Field reporting for us. Many thanks for that update.

And now to questions of race and identity sparked by a former NAACP leader in Spokane, Washington.

Now Rachel Dolezal stepped down from her position from the organization after allegations that she lied about her race. And she told

NBC's Today show a short time ago that she has identified as a black person since she was just 5-years-old.

Now Dolezal's parents, who are white, say they don't understand why their daughter has felt the need to pretend that she is black.

Now you see here on the screen on the left when she was young.

Now in her resignation letter, Dolezal says this, "please know, I will never stop fighting for human rights and will do everything in my power to

help and assist, because this is not about me, it's about justice."

Now we have much more reaction to the story on our website, including one columnist who argues that Rachel Dolezal, quote, has a right to be

black. You can also hear from Dolezal's brother. It's all at CNN.com.

Now, we now know more about how the FBI got its information that led to indictments against high ranking FIFA officials and other executives. A

federal plea deal with the key informant Chuck Blazer was unsealed on Monday. And it shows Blazer who was a former FIFA executive committee

member secretly pleaded guilty to wire fraud, money laundering and other charges in 2013.

As part of the deal, he went undercover for the U.S. to investigate alleged widespread corruption inside football's governing body. But he

started working with prosecutors as early as 2011.

You're watching News Stream. And still to come, a video game that lets players explore the entire universe. We hear directly from the

creator of No Man's Sky.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now the biggest names in video games are gathering in Los Angeles for E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo. It is the industry's most important

annual convention. Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony are all showing off their latest games, from a new Halo title, to a Mario game where players can

built their own levels.

Now one of the biggest games that Sony showed this year is called No Man's Sky, a sci-fi space adventure. And players have to try to make their

way to the center of this massive galaxy.

Now we visited the team behind the game to get a special look at No Man's Sky in our latest game faces.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

[08:40:03] SEAN MURRAY, HELLO GAMES: Hi. I'm Sean Murray from Hello Games. And this is No Man's Sky.

It's a game about survival, but also about kind of just exploration. You start off on the outside edge of the galaxy in a universe that we're

using that computer to generate. That means that we can create like an entire universe, right. And just set players loose in it. And they can do

whatever the want.

Generally, people will play it like traders or fires (ph), or explorers, but really normally like a mixture of all three of those things.

I always use the example of like Han Solo in Star Wars. He's whatever he needs to be to kind of survive. And that's what people are trying to

do. We want people to have their own unique experience. Kids are growing up in a very different world in which I grew up in, you know, and there's

very much this kind of YouTube generation where a player's story and how they express themselves in a game is kind of way more valuable than how a

designer wants to express himself.

There's a lot of planets in No Man's Sky like a near infinite, like a really large number.

It's like 18 quintillion planets. Every star in the sky when it's nighttime or when you're out in space, every star that you see is like the

lie of a distance sun. As a kid growing up, I -- that was my science fiction fantasy I guess that games would one day be able to do that. You

know, a whole universe out there simulated.

I want to make the kind of game that I want to play, basically that's what I get out of bed in the morning for. And this is the surreal like of

that love and passion for us, you know, to do this.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: He created his own universe.

So, how did he do it? How did a team of 10 people manage to fill a galaxy with 18 quintillion planets? You can find out tomorrow. Sean

Murray will explain a little trick that they used to get the computer to generate an entire galaxy.

And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. But don't go anywhere, World Sport with Christina Macfarlane is next.

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