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MAX FOSTER, CNN ANCHOR: Donald Trump triples down on illegal immigration, but is he employing undocumented workers to help him build his hotel.

ZAIN ASHER, CNN ANCHOR: An exclusive interview with Hillary Clinton speaking out on her Republican rivals. Her e-mail controversy

and her own issue of trust.

FOSTER: The Greek government has a new deadline to submit an economic bailout proposal as its citizens and businesses get desperate for cash.

ASHER: A warm welcome to all of our viewers in the United States and around the world. I'm Zain Asher.

FOSTER: I'm Max Foster. This is CNN newsroom.

ASHER: U.S. real estate mogul Donald Trump is standing behind his controversial comments on Mexican immigrants. Now he described them

as killers and rapists in his campaign announcement last month. Certainly very controversial. On Monday, he said he intends to keep speaking out against illegal immigration.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, 2016: We have to start illegal Immigration in to this country. It's killing our country. It is a bad subject in this country and people don't have the guts to address it.

FOSTER: Well, many Republicans have condemned his comments, Trump is finding support from some Republican figures including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and fellow presidential candidate, Ted Cruz.

RUDY GIULIANI, FORMER NEW YORK MAYOR: I know he's a very good man, and unbiased, unprejudiced man. However, he said it, maybe he could have said it better. I would have said it differently, but I do think he has gotten on to an issue that is important which is making our borders secure.

TED CRUZ, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: From my perspective I like Donald Trump. I think he is bold, I think he is brash and, and I commend him for shining a light on an issue the Washington cartel doesn't want to discuss, and namely that's the problems of illegal immigration, namely that, that, that is the refusal of our government to actually secure the border.

FOSTER: That was interesting is these reports, isn't it, that Donald Trump maybe employing undocumented immigrants to build his new luxury hotel in Washington, D.C.

ASHER: Right. So this is according to the "Washington Post." That actually said the information came from several workers who were at the construction site. Here's our Joe Johns with more.

JOE JOHNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Just blocks from the White House in downtown Washington, real estate mogul Donald Trump is turning the old post office pavilion in to a luxury hotel that will bear his name.

TRUMP: It will be perhaps the most luxurious hotel, when we finish, anywhere in the world.

JOHNS: Trump has touted the $20 million construction project on the campaign trail.

TRUMP: I got it for two reasons. Number one we're really good. Number two, we had really good plan and I'll add in the third, we had a great financial statement.

JOHNS: That construction site has now become ground zero in the debate over illegal immigration, sparked by Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants last month.

TRUMP: They are bringing drugs. They are bringing crime, they are rapists and some I assume are good people.

JOHNS: The "Washington Post" interviewed 15 laborers at the D.C. hotel site reporting that many revealed, they had entered the U.S. illegally. CNN spoke to four workers of Hispanic dissent none of whom would speak on camera for fear of losing their jobs and none would say whether they legally resided in the U.S. but they did express outrage over what they said were Trump's offensive remarks.

One of their colleagues told CNN he didn't know anyone on the project who was undocumented. While others said they were focused on the job, not the controversy.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't give a damn about it. You know, I'm just here to make me some money. That's it.

JOHNS: In a statement of Trump spokesperson said, "The obligation to check all workers on site is exclusive to Lend Lease." The contractors on the project adding, this of course, assumes that the assertion regarding the employees' status is accurate.

So far the controversy hasn't hurt TRUMP in the polls but it has affected his bottom line.

TRUMP: You are fired.

JOHNS: NBC dropped Trump's hit show "The Apprentice" that network and Univision pulled out of the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants co- owned by Trump. Serta and Macy's also cut ties with the brash billionaire.

TRUMP: I'm really big on dressing for success.

For the people that kept doing it for my brand, this isn't good for my brand. I think it's bad for my brand. I don't care, you know, maybe I'm leading in polls but this is certainly not good, I lose customers, I loose people.

JOHNS: And tonight, the list of those distancing themselves from Trump is growing. The PGA announcing it will not hold the grand slam of golf tournament at Trump national in Los Angeles this year and is looking for another venue.

Joe Johns, CNN, Washington.

[00:05:00] ASHER: Joining me now to discuss this is, James Pindell, a political reporter for Boston Globe. So, James, thank you for being with us. Obviously Donald Trump said that he is tough on immigration. But if these allegations are true you know, there's some degree of hypocrisy here. So how does this affect him politically? Because a lot of people are saying that Donald Trump isn't necessarily in this race to win. He is in it just to sort of draw attention to himself.

JAMES PINDELL, POLITICAL REPORTER, BOSTON GLOBE: You know, Donald Trump has been huge news in the United States, particularly for his comments. They are pretty harsh about Mexican immigrants and those that come in to the United States illegally. And of course this would be something of a hypocrisy in perception if he is hiring these people.

But of course the reality is that he's hiring another company that then hires these people. That was the allegation for the story. But your question was a good one, which is, what's the political impact on his presidential race on this story?

Number one, it's too early to tell but there's a bigger kernel of fascination which is whether anything you can say negatively about Donald Trump will actually impact him in the presidential race. In the United States there's already these perceptions about Donald Trump. There's already a lot of negative attitudes about Donald Trump.

In fact, he's the only candidate running for president where more people dislike him than like him. So to add on another negative news story, on top of decades and decades of them, I'm not sure what kind of impact this particular one is going to have.

ASHER: Interesting. And we heard today Rudy Giuliani and Ted Cruz coming out in sort of measured support of I guess, Donald Trump's comments. But is that because they agree with him or is that because they are afraid of him and Donald Trump has been a huge Republican political donor for years?

PINDELL: Yes. I think what we are finding, from a lot of major Republican figures in the United States, is they are not trying - they are trying to figure out how to deal with Donald Trump. In the beginning, a lot of them ignored his comments that were talking about obsessively and now particularly in Spanish language media in the United States, it was only three weeks after these comments that you are starting to see Rudy Giuliani or Ted Cruz or Jeb Bush make some comments about this.

So, I think at the beginning a lot of candidates and a lot of Republicans are trying to figure out do we let him go be a side show or do they actually take him seriously as a candidate? And I think what really flips is that, that many Republicans begun to believe that Donald Trump is doing serious damage to the Republican brand in the United States and the math is not there for Republicans to win. The presidency unless they have enough support from Hispanic voters who voters that Donald Trump has been disparaging.

They did not win the last two presidential elections. Of course, Barack Obama did because they had enough of - because they are so little of Hispanics going for the Republican party. They know the only way they are going to win to beat Hillary Clinton is if they can appeal to that crowd.

ASHER: Right. And if Donald Trump is doing well in the polls. I'm not sure if voters will really care about his comments in the long term, at least. At least the base.

But anyway, James Pindell thank you so much, we appreciate that.

PINDELL: Thanks for having me.

FOSTER: Now, the U.S. democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is also weighing in on Trump's comments.

HILLARY CLINTON, U.S. DEMOCTRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I'm very disappointed in those comments. And I, I feel very bad and very disappointed with him and with the Republican party for not responding immediately and saying, enough, stop it.

ASHER: Well, we will hear more from Hillary Clinton in this CNN exclusive interview later this hour.

Plus our Anderson Cooper will be interviewing Donald Trump. You can catch that conversation on CNN 8 P.M. eastern time tonight, that's 5:00 P.M. in Los Angeles.

Now we have new information on the San Francisco pier shooting. A source close to the investigation tells CNN that the gun used by the an illegal immigrant in the shooting of 22-year-old Kate Steinle belonged to a U.S. federal agent. It is unclear which federal agent the gun belongs to, or it ended up in the hands of Francisco Lopez Sanchez. He claims he found the gun wrapped in a t-shirt on the ground.

ASHER: And on Tuesday, Lopez Sanchez actually responded in Spanish. He pled not guilty to the murder of the young woman. He also pleaded not guilty to a weapons charge, as well. Now, Steinle was walking along a popular Pier 14 in San Francisco with her father last Wednesday when she was shot dead. She actually died on her way to hospital.

FOSTER: Now to the latest in the scandal surrounding comedian Bill Cosby. Two U.S. television networks are pulling reruns of his old sitcoms, Bounce TV and Centric made the announcements on Tuesday.

[00:10:00] ASHER: All right. Newly unsealed court documents show that Cosby once admitted under oath he got drugs to give to women that he wanted to have sex. It's certainly a bombshell. Now, former supermodel Beverly Johnson and Janice Dickinson, both Cosby accusers, spoke with CNN about the new development.

BEVERLY JOHNSON, COSBY ACCUSER: When I read the court documents or when I hear him speak, I - I'm just not surprised. I think that, you know, the truth has no expiration date on it. And the truth somehow finds its way to the light. And, and out of the darkness and I think that's what has happened.

JANICE DICKINSON, COSBY ACCUSER: I have been holding on to this since 1982. And I - I'm just extremely upset. I do not feel vindicated. I do not feel - I don't, I don't feel, you know, any, any yippee ki-yay.

ASHER: You know, that is Janice Dickinson there, supermodel. Bill Cosby has vehemently denied the allegations against him and he has never been charged with any sort of related crime either. On Tuesday his long-time publicist says there are no plans to issue any statements.

FOSTER: Yes. We did hear from legals - from Cosby's legal team though. CNN's Jean Casarez has more on that.

JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: One by one they came forward.

JOAN TASHERS, COSBY ACCUSER: I woke up or came to very groggily with him removing my underwear.

DICKINSON: The room started to spin. Cosby was on top of me, kissing me forcefully.

CASAREZ: 25 accusers over the past 40 years but some people have doubts.

WHOOPI GOLDBERG, TALK SHOW HOST: Getting accused of a lot of stuff when you are famous, does as it opens the door for everybody to come out and say, and me, too, boss.

CASAREZ: Some out now disbelieve. Singer Jill Scott supported Cosby tweeting in December, I'm respecting a man who's done more for the image of Brown people than almost anyone ever. Now admitting she was wrong. Scott tweeted after hearing Cosby's admission. Sadly his own testimony offers proof of terrible deeds which is all I have ever required to believe the accusations.

That testimony is from a deposition given by Cosby under oath in 2005. As part of a civil case filed that same year in Pennsylvania by Andrea Constance. An employee at Temple University where Cosby was on the board of trustees. Constance alleged she was sexually assaulted by Cosby in 2004. When

you got the Quaalude.

Was it in your mind you were going to use these Quaalude for young women that you wanted to have sex with?

Yes.

Did you ever give any of those young women the Quaalude without their knowledge? The lawyer objects.

Cosby also describes an encounter in Los Vegas in the 1970s.

She meets me backstage. I give her Quaalude, we then have sex.

While neither of the statements constitute proof, they are the closest Cosby's camp to admitting he drugged women and took advantage of them. According to ABC News Cosby's camp said in a statement the only reason Mr. Cosby settled was because it would have been embarrassing in those days to put all of those women on the stand and his family had no clue.

That would have been very hurtful, but Cosby's lawyer Marty Singer tells CNN we have no knowledge who issued the statement to ABC. It was not an authorize statement from any Cosby representative. The records were made public Monday after the associated press went to court to compel their release.

In rendering his decision, the judge said Cosby had donned the mantle of public moralist and the stark contrast between Bill Cosby the public moralist and Bill Cosby the subject of serious allegations concerning improper, and perhaps criminal conduct is a matter as to which the public has a significant interest.

Jean Casarez, CNN, New York.

ASHER: All right. I want to go to the Greek financial crisis. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says he's going to be presenting a new bailout proposal by the end of the week. Another deadline.

FOSTER: Another deadline.

ASHER: Alexis Tsipras, meet with European leaders in Brussels today but he did not offer us any long-term plan.

FOSTER: Greek banks are running low on money. They remained closed except for minimal ATM withdrawals. European Commissioner President Jean-Claude Juncker made it clear that this patience with Greek negotiators is wearing thin.

[00:15:00] JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER, EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT: I'm strongly reject all these accusations which were prone to the public during the, the, the campaign that we are not respecting the dignity of the Greek people, that we are terrorists. I don't like this. Who are they and who do they think I am? I'm strongly in favor of keeping Greece in the euro, but now the Greek

government was not capable to do this tonight. The last moment will be Friday morning.

FOSTER: Well, leaders of the European Union will meet to discuss the suspected Greek proposal. Here's Richard Quest in Athens.

RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This was the Euro group at its most serious as it faces the grave crisis of what to do about Greece. Chancellor Angela Merkel said the talks tonight had been candid and intense, but no result had been reached.

After all, the Greek government hadn't turned up with any proposals. The Euro group has given Greece until Friday morning at the latest to come up with details, full comprehensive proposals on how to deal with the short and medium-term debt. Donald Tusk, the president of the counsel said he wasn't used to deadlines but now time has run out.

DONALD TUSK, EUROPEAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT: If someone is under the illusion that it will not be solved. They are leaving. The star created that we only have five days left to find the ultimate agreement.

Until now, I have avoided talking about deadlines, but tonight I have to say it loud and clear that the final deadline ends this week. All of us are responsible for the crisis and all of us have a responsibility to resolve it.

QUEST: If Greece does not come up with satisfactory proposals there was a very stark warning from Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the commission. He reminded everybody that there were detailed plans to handle a Grexit. There were detailed plans to handle negotiations, that there were detailed plans to handle just about every eventuality.

What is different tonight is that people are talking about real deadlines with consequences if they are missed. And perhaps for the first time, even European leaders are openly using the word, "Grexit."

Richard Quest, CNN, Athens.

FOSTER: Welcome back, Chinese stocks take another beating as the stock market continues to crash really, isn't it leading to unprecedented steps to try to stop that selloff in Asia.

ASHER: Plus, also ahead, after 15 years, the Sandwich franchise subway parts ways with a man who became the face of the company. We will have details on the split after the break.

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ASHER: Breaking news for you now, out of China. Chinese stocks plunging on Wednesday -- this is all despite regulated efforts to contain a crisis that wiped trillions off the market.

FOSTER: Among half of all companies listed in Shanghai have been suspended from trading, that's unheard of. Here's how thing stand right now. Down 3 million both of the main markets. But the reality is that the longer term trend is much, much worse. In to double figures.

Andrew Stevens is joining us from Hong Kong. With the context of this. Just describe how *, how drastic over the period of weeks this has become.

ANDREW STEVENS, CNN ASIA PACIFIC EDITOR: Well, it's becoming ever more drastic. It started off on a fairly slow burn. Max, no real key event to trigger this. But the markets were a bubble. They started to come off and the whole selling process just snowballed.

Remember, we are talking about a vast majority of zealously being retailed traders, small punches if you like and they want to get out. And it is becoming increasingly difficult to get out. The Chinese authorities are doing what they say they can to try to stop this route. But it is very, very clear.

They are fighting a losing battle here and this is a real concern for the authorities. Take a look at what China watch dog said today talking about market conditions, what's actually happening there. They are talking about panic in the markets.

This is the - this is a state regulator talking about a mood of panic. Talking about the irrational dumping of shares. And so far every measure they have taken - they have taken a lot of measures now to try to stop the slump have failed. The last big moves they have made in the last 24 hours is the central bank has basically said we are going to provide money to the right institutions, to stay on institutions to buy stock effectively support the market with government money to try to put a floor on this.

Patently, that has not worked. And as you said, Max, there's also this other development about a number of companies taking themselves out of the firing line. This is really extraordinary.

Between 12 and 1400 companies we estimate have now had their shares suspended from trading. That's more than half of all the companies trading in Shanghai, in Shanzan. We certainly didn't see this sort of action been taken in, in Europe and in the U.S. at the height of the financial crisis back in 2008.

Now, this is what is happening here. Companies are applying and being granted suspension from trading hoping that they can ride it out. But what it does means it is locks people in. If any small investor wants to sell their stock, even at a loss they can't. They have to sit there. This is not anything to do with free market economics. What China is trying to promote is going the other way.

[00:25:00] And so far, as you say, the authorities are losing the battle. Let's quickly take a look at how the battle is being lost in the numbers. In three weeks - little over three weeks, the market is down Shanghai, the benchmark down more than 30 percent and the tech heavy Shanzan market also down sharply.

And enormous amounts being wiped off. Share values loses Max, 3.25 trillion, that's trillion with a "T." These are paper losses but those that haven't been able to sell are real losses.

FOSTER: Andrew, thank you.

ASHER: All right. We go now to a story in the United States. Popular Chef Paula Deen is at the center of controversy yet again. This is after her social media manager posted this photo picture of Paula and her son Bobby. They are both dressed in costumes as Lucy and Ricky from the 1950s show "I love Lucy" and a photo was actually taken from her cooking program.

But it shows, you look closely, Bobby Deen, her son in the blue, has his face painted a dark shade of Brown. So Deen has deleted the photo and fired her social media manager and apologized.

In 2013, she was fired from the food network for using a racial slur.

Max?

FOSTER: Subway has parted ways with its most famous spokesman Jared on Tuesday. Tuesday morning, investigators raided the home. Agents seized computers and other items in his home in Indianapolis. The raid may be related to the former director Fogel's director of his foundation who was arrested two months ago on child pornography charges. Fogel has not been charged with any crime and his attorney says he is cooperating with the investigation.

Subway spokesman says the Sandwich franchise and Fogel mutually agreed to suspend their relationship to the current investigation. Fogel rose to fame in 2000 after claiming he shed 111 kilograms, that's 245 pounds with a diet of Subway sandwiches. He has been Subway's main spokesman for the last 15 years.

ASHER: On that note we will take a quick break. When we come back, U.S. democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton opens up in her first national interview since announcing her candidacy.

FOSTER: Yes. Hear why she says Americans should and do trust her in this CNN exclusive ahead.

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MAX FOSTER, CNN ANCHOR: You are watching CNN. I'm Max Foster.

ZAIN ASHER, CNN ANCHOR: And I'm Zain Asher. Let's look at the headlines at this hour. Eurozone leaders say Greece has until Sunday to agree on a new bailout plan but so far there is nothing on the table just yet. An emergency meeting in Brussels ended Tuesday without any long time proposals from Greece.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he will have something by the end of the week.

FOSTER: Bill Cosby's publicist has no plans to issue a statement over the latest revelation in the sex scandal involving the comedian. Newly unsealed court documents from 2005 show Cosby admitted he got prescription Quaalude to give to women he wanted to have sex with.

ASHER: The U.S. sustained only 60 Syrian fighters for the battle against ISIS. U.S. defense secretary Ashton Carter calls a senate committee, below numbers are at the issue betting process. With all of the program, at least 5,000 fighters a year.

OK. Hillary Clinton gave the first national television interview of her presidential campaign nearly three months after entering the race for the White House. The Democratic candidate is currently campaigning in Iowa.

FOSTER: She sat down with a CNN Correspondent Brianna Keilar, on Tuesday. The conversation covered everything from whether she is trustworthy to her e-mails and the strong challenge to the left as well. Here's part one of the exclusive interview.

BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Secretary Clinton, thank you so much for talking to us today. You are here in Iowa for a couple of events. You are in the front runner in the state and also seeing Bernie Sanders attract a lot of attention. He has big crowds here. 10,000 people in Wisconsin last week. 7500 people in Maine last night. Why is it do you think that someone who's a self-described democratic socialist is really attracting this organic interest that your campaign seems to be struggling a little bit with?

HILLARY CLINTON, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: First of all, I always thought this would be a competitive race. So, I'm happy to have a chance to get out and run my campaign as I see fit. And let other candidates do the exactly the same. I feel very good about where we are in Iowa.

We are signing up thousands of volunteers, people committed to Caucus for us. We have a committed supporter in every one of the 1600 precincts. One of the things I learned last time is, it is organize, organize, organize.

And you have to get people committed and they will follow through and you bring more people. So I feel very good about where my campaign is. It will be three months in a few days that we have been at this. I think I've learned a lot from listening to people in Iowa and it's actually affected what I say and what I talk about on the campaign trail. So I couldn't be happier about my campaign.

KEILAR: Senator Sanders has talked about how if he is president he would raise taxes. In fact he said to CNN's Jake Tapper he would raise them substantially higher than they are today on big corporations and wealthy Americans. Would you?

CLINTON: I will lay out my own economic policies. Again, everybody has to run his or her own campaign. And I'm going to be telling the American people what I propose, and how I think it will work and then will let voters make up their minds.

KEILAR: Is raising taxes on the table?

CLINTON: I'm going to point out my policies and I will let other people speak to their policies because I think we have to both grow the economy faster and fairer. So we have to do what will actually work in the short term, the medium term and the long term. I will be making a speech about my economic proposals on Monday and then I look forward to the debate about them.

KEILAR: I'm wondering if you can address a vulnerability we have seen you dealing with recently. We see in our recent poll that six in ten Americans say they don't believe you are honest and trustworthy. Do you understand why they feel that way?

CLINTON: Well, I think when you are subjected to the kind of constant barrage of attacks that are largely fomented by and coming from the right, and...

[00:35:00] KEILAR: But do you bear any responsibility for it?

CLINTON: Well, I, you know, I can only tell you that I was elected twice in New York against the same kind of onslaught. I was confirmed and served as Secretary of State, and I think it's understandability that when questions are raised people may be are thinking of them and wondering about them but I have every confidence that during the course of this campaign people are going to know who will fight for them, who will be there when they need them and that's the kind of person I am. That's what I will do. Not only in a campaign but as president.

KEILAR: Trusting someone to fight for them and trusting someone. These are, these are two different things. Do you see any role that you have had in the sentiment that we have seen where people are questioning whether you are trustworthy?

CLINNTON: I can only tell you Brianna that, this has been a theme that has been used against me and my husband for many, many years. And at the end of the day, I think voters sort it all out. I have great confidence. I trust the American voter.

So I trust the American voter 100 percent because I think, you know, the American voter will weigh these kinds of accusations. I mean, you know people write books filled with unsubstantiated attacks against us and even admit they have no evidence but of course it is your job to cover it. So of course that's going to raise questions in people's minds, but during the course of this campaign, just as in my two prior campaigns and in my other years of service I have a lot of confidence that the American people can sort it out.

KEILAR: Would you vote for someone that you don't trust?

CLINTON: Well, people should and do trust me. And I have every confidence that that will be the outcome of this election. I, I cannot decide what the attacks on me will be, no matter how unfounded and I'm well aware of the fact that it's your job to raise those and we will do our best to respond to them.

But I think what people talk to me about and that's all I can go on is the literally thousands of people I have seen in the course of this campaign. They want to know what I'm going to do for the economy, what I'm going to do for education, what I'm going to do for health care and they trust me to have a plan and to be committed to carrying out that plan and they should because I will.

ASHER: And you can see part two of Brianna Keilar's interview with Hillary Clinton about an hour from now. She's going to be talking about immigration and also sharing her thoughts on Donald Trump's controversial comments.

FOSTER: And how it reflect s on the Republican party. This is very interesting.

ASHER: Certainly. So more news out of the United States. A U.S. military jet and small private airplane collided over South Carolina killing two people. The victims were aboard the civilian plane. The military pilot survived Tuesday's crash by ejecting from his aircraft an F-16 fighter jet.

FOSTER: It occurred about 11 miles or some 17 kilometers North of Charleston. One eyewitness described the impact.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I just seen one plane coming this way. One going this way and then - just exploded in midair. Fire ball and, and then the plane landed in my yard.

FOSTER: Well, the cause of the crash is under investigation including why the planes were so close to each other.

ASHER: OK. With that we will take a quick break here on CNN. When we come back, economic sanctions are a key factor in the Iran nuclear negotiations. We'll look at how they affect the country's tourism industry and how the government hopes to turn it around.

FOSTER: Plus, part of East Asia already are dealing with a political storm bracing for a typhoon next. Details on these back to back storms just ahead.

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ASHER: All right. First a tropical storm and then a typhoon are both going to wallop parts of Asia with a one-two punch. It can't get a break.

FOSTER: Already seeing heavy rain from China and Taiwan already seen heavy rain from tropical storm Linfa. Right behind that typhoon Chan- Hom appears to be strengthening in to a super typhoon. Our meteorologist is joining us.

ASHER: So it's sort of unusual to have these three storms back to back and millions of people are probably will be impacted.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. You know, we're talking about the most densely populated area of the world. And of course, eastern Asia, you got to hear a lot of these cities at least two million populations. So tens of millions going to be impacted by flooding here the next couple of days. So we'll kind of delve in to what is happening. Because not one, not

two, three storms lined up right now over this region and pretty impressive sight. Because one of them, Linfa closest to the coast saying about 250 kilometers away from Taiwan.

Taiwan by the way severe drought have been in place. Government officials there had actually had water restrictions in place. Water was stop working in parts of town for several hours at a time because how little was to go around. Heavy rainfall in recent weeks are certainly lifted the restriction.

But we go in to a closer perspective as far as Linfa, sitting at the South China sea in the area concerned with this very slow-moving storm system going about seven million people living across portions of Hong Kong in the Hong Kong metro area.

Guangdong province the main area of interest. In fact, the model show you as far as the current set up with this, 100 kilometer prior winds that is going to a strong tropical storm shy of a category one hurricane and it meanders right over Hong Kong in the next two days. Heaviest rainfall to the north.

Extremely now so certainly a threat of landslides, for flash flooding is in place across an area that is very populated. Back behind it, that's the next typhoon we are looking at. Poised to be a super typhoon in the coming couple of days before the week ends. But 150 kph, that is the category one equivalent. Bring to light her impressive satellite.

In fact, officials in Japan meteorological agency putting the satellite in to orbit in the past 24 hours. Look at the incredible resolution. This is something they launched back in October of 2014 and went into operation 24 hours ago.

Essentially, giving you extreme detail of weather patterns and typhoons. And their movements and now we have this incredible resolution and we are watching the next storm system with a brand new satellite.

ASHER: All right. We should watch it closely.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And watch is very closely.

FOSTER: Big help?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Big help. And we think Friday in to Saturday eastern China will get tremendous rainfall.

ASHER: Thank you so much. Appreciate that.

The Iran nuclear talks are being extended once again with negotiators haggling over details and new Iranian demands. They set a goal of reaching a deal by Friday. But Iran now wants the U.N. to end the arms embargo against Iran something the west says is not going to happen. [00:45:00] FOSTER: Many foreign ministers left Vienna on Tuesday to

consult in their capitals and plan to resume talks on Thursday. There's another issue on everyone's mind. If there is no deal by Thursday night the U.S. congress would get 60 days, rather than 30 to consider the agreements.

The U.S. officials fear a longer review will give critics more time to poke holes in the deal and whip up opposition. The future of Iran nuclear program isn't the only thing affected by these negotiations.

FOSTER: That's right, the easing of economic sanctions a sticking point in the talks for Iran can make a big difference for the country's tourism industry. CNN Fred Pleitgen, report.

FRED PLEITGEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It is the embodiment of imperial Persia. The archaeological site where the ceremonial capital and its temples once stood. Tens of thousands of people come here every year but only a fraction of what the Iranian government thinks it could draw. The tourism sector here were better developed. So getting it up to speed is one of the main goals of Iran.

And it's many palaces and temples are one in a wealth of sites in the area around one of the largest cities in Iran. There's a mosque, also known as the pink mosque with colorful windows that create unique light the castle right in the center of town.

A tomb, arguably the most influential in Persian history and much more. Western tourists we meet seem pleased.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: People are very inviting, welcoming and. ..

PLEITGEN: But the problem is not as many foreigners as anticipated are coming to Iran. Economic sanctions against the government may be one reason. Even though the country expects a6 percent rise in the number of visitors, authorities acknowledge they have a long way to go.

The government says it already has done a lot to ease visa restrictions but it also realizes massive investments are needed in new hotels, roads and airplanes and airports.

In 10 years' time we want to have 20 million tourists in Iran the tourism minister tells me and we are expecting a revenue of about $30 billion. This is our goal and we have a program to achieve that goal. Of course, the lifting of the sanctions would certainly help to achieve that goal.

The Iranians acknowledge some westerners are afraid to come here because of the political situation and hope a deal would help to mitigate some of those concerns.

Fred Pleitgen, CNN, Iran.

ASHER: Pope Francis is in South America. He celebrated mass with nearly one million people in Ecuador. We will have more on the packed agenda coming up. [00:50:00] (COMMERCIAL BREAK)

FOSTER: Pope Francis visiting a nursing home in Ecuador just hours before traveling to Bolivia on this trip.

ASHER: Yes. He got a packed journey is on an eight-day tour of three South American countries. He is trying to raise awareness about poverty and protecting the environment as well. Now, stops so far include a mass inn Quito, Ecuador where one million followers celebrated on Tuesday.

FOSTER: During this mass the pope encouraged his followers to come together through faith to resolve their differences.

Joining me now is John Allen, CNN Vatican Analyst. John, interesting to see him talking about the family in Ecuador. This will play in to the big debate he's got when he goes back to the Vatican.

JOHN ALLEN, CNN VATICAN ANALYST: Yes. That's right. Pope Francis has in some ways made the family one of the core themes of the early period of his papacy. Remember when he has elected in March 2013. He's already called one global summit of catholic bishops that was held in Rome last October dedicated to the theme of the family and he's going to have another one this October.

And basically Max, on one hand he is trying to call for a strong defense of the family but he also singled his openness to some reforms around, the edges particularly when it comes to the ability of divorced and remarried Catholics to be able to receive communion. He is gently trying to bring the rest of the church with him on those issues and we saw him doing that today in Ecuador.

FOSTER: And also bringing homosexual Catholics back in to the church?

ALLEN: He is certainly not going tinker with traditional doctrine. I mean, he has said repeated lid he agrees with the traditional teaching that marriage is a union between a man and woman that is permanent and open to life. But on the other hand, if he is not changing the lyrics, Max, he clearly is trying to change the tone. He wants to project a more welcoming, compassionate, tolerate face I think for everyone including gays and lesbians. It remains to be seen of whether those two things can be reconciled.

FOSTER: So when he says the family is in need of a miracle, what is he saying there?

ALLEN: Fundamentally, Max, I think he thinks that he believes the family faces all kinds of pressures both from the outside and not just in terms of secular attempts to redefine the family, trends toward gay marriage but also economic pressure that sometimes drive families apart.

The reality that forced immigration often splits families and so on and I think he is also talking about internal pressures the difficulty many people find these days to make a life-long commitment and so on. And I think battle that up his diagnosis would be that the deck is kind of stacked to get against the family in nearly the 21st century and he is praying for a miracle.

[00:55:00] FOSTER: His trip continues around the region. He is not going to Argentina, that's on the headlines because somebody thinks he is going to Argentina. But he is going to have an Argentinian moment if we can call that isn't he? He will go to Paraguay and be so close to the country.

ALLEN: Yes. That's right. I mean, the pope had told people he would not go to Argentina this year because they will have presidential elections in October and he didn't want to be sucked in to the political undertow.

On the other hand, I suppose under the logic if you can't bring Mohammad to the mountain, you bring the mountain to Mohammad. The projections are that at least a million Argentineans, maybe more will cross the border to Paraguay. He will be in a spot that is only 40 kilometers away from the border.

So I think during the last leg of the trip later this week, you want to look for a lot of blue and white Argentinean flags and a couple of messy jerseys along the route of the papal motorcade.

FOSTER: That will be fun to see. John Allen, thank you very much.

ASHER: So at least, people in Argentina will get to see him even though he is not technically visiting there.

FOSTER: Exactly. There will be Argentine moment. Thank you for watching. I'm Max Foster.

ASHER: And I'm Zain Asher, don't go anywhere. We'll be back for another hour of CNN Newsroom right after this quick break.

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