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Experts To Begin Analyzing Boeing 777 Wing Part; Battling Trump For The Republican Nomination; Deadly Floods Affect Millions Across India; Myanmar Asks For International Aid After Severe Floods; Thousands Evacuate As California Wildfires Spread; Guide And Landowner Accused Of Illegal Lion Hunt; Republicans Face Challenge Getting Latino Votes; Obama Defends Iran Nuclear Deal; Study: Office Air Conditioning Follows Old Formula. Aired 3-4a ET

Aired August 04, 2015 - 03:00   ET

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BARNETT: Aviation mystery, experts are set to examine a washed up plane part that could belong to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

Also making the cut, we'll tell you who is in and who is out at the first Republican presidential debate.

And this --

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BARNETT: Shock and outrage after an 8-year-old boy is handcuffed in school. Why the police officer reportedly did it?

Hello and welcome to our viewers in the U.S. and around the world. I'm Errol Barnett and this is CNN NEWSROOM.

Within hours, aviation experts in France will begin an examination of a wing flap that washed up on a remote island in the Indian Ocean. Investigators already know the piece of wreckage called a flaperon is from a Boeing 777.

Next they will determine if it did in fact come from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Saima Mohsin is near Toulouse, France where the investigation will be getting underway shortly. She joins us now live.

Saima, this is a big day for relatives of victims. Every indication is that once investigators are in the room with the flaperon, confirmations could come quickly, but what key questions will investigators potentially be able to answer today?

SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Errol, a huge day not least for passengers and crew members on board MH370's family and loved ones. And that is why there is so much caution applied to this investigation and these examinations that will be taking place inside this lab.

Now, yes, determination should relatively come quickly. You remember that they found that serial number and a part number. Now I suspect that is how they even managed to work with Boeing perhaps to attach it to a 777 aircraft in the first place.

But they couldn't say definitively if it is from MH370 until all parties involved in the investigation are altogether in one room to open what is inside a sealed container in this laboratory. They will be together and likely be filmed.

This is not just an international potentially crash investigation, but also a judicial investigation here in France. So now yes, we could potentially get an announcement on MH370 relatively quickly. But they are not telling us when to expect that.

All they are saying so far is that they will arrive here later on this afternoon. It is 9:00 a.m. local time here this morning. They're going to arrive together this afternoon. They're going to start running those tests. They haven't told us when they will tell us what they have found -- Errol.

BARNETT: So they certainly want to be accurate and they want to take their time. But meanwhile, there is a bit of a race against the clock still, 17 months into the plane going missing, the search in the Southern Indian Ocean continues.

Some of the information that they're able to discern from this flaperon, though, could dictate or adjust the search in some way. For example, if the flaperon makes it apparent that there was some sort of explosion above the surface of the water before the plane hit the surface. I mean, there are some answers that officials will be keen to get very soon, right?

MOHSIN: Yes, absolutely. They will be able to say whether it is definitively from MH370. We hope but it's they are saying they want a direct link rather than try to work it out through a process of elimination. They want to be 100 percent sure for the loved ones on board Flight MH370.

Next, they will be doing the tests to answer the questions how it went down, but it's they won't be able to say why it went down. That would only really come from the flight data recorder, but how certainly can be claimed? They will look at the flaperon and look for potential signs of an explosion.

Did that tear away where it has come away from the main body of the plane in the air, when it potentially hit the water in the Indian Ocean because that is where we believe it had gone down? Will it affect the search?

Not likely, especially since the deputy prime minister of Australia, Warren Truss, and the man leading the investigation in Australia, Martin Dolan, has said that they are not about to adjust their search just yet.

[03:05:11] Because Errol, according to the drift analysis this piece has come from where it washed up on Reunion Island exactly where they expect the plane to have gone down. They are doing their search, they say, in the right place -- Errol. BARNETT: All right, such an important day, Saima Mohsin live for us near Toulouse, France. We will be connecting with you, of course, over the course of the next few hours.

For now, though, we turn our attention to the U.S. presidential race. Is it moving into the higher gear with the first debate of the primary season just a day away?

National polls were used to decide the top ten Republican candidates to face one another in the Thursday's primetime event. The other seven will face each other in an earlier forum.

They include former Texas Governor Rick Perry who's run before and Carly Fiorina, the only Republican woman in the race. All the candidates will be trying to stake out their positions on key issues.

Dana Bash reports they'll also try to grab some of the attention from frontrunner, Donald Trump.

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DANA BASH, CNN CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In New Hampshire, this sneak preview of sorts of what the crowded Republican debate stage will look like with one glaring exception, Donald Trump, who is now leading the GOP presidential pack in multiple polls by double digits.

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE (via telephone): I've had great success and they -- you know, and people see that, and I would put all of that energy and whatever that brain power is, whatever that type of -- into making our country --

BASH: Tonight the key question ahead of the first presidential debate Thursday is how everyone else will navigate the Trump dynamic. Sources close to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says he plans to pivot as much as possible to his own record of fighting for conservative principles.

SCOTT WALKER, U.S. REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: What will make the difference and how we win the nomination, people want not just a fighter but someone who can fight and win.

BASH: Jeb Bush was asked if he ever imagined being in a debate with the reality TV star.

JEB BUSH, U.S. REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We didn't have reality TV when I grew up.

BASH: Then there is Ohio Governor John Kasich's unorthodox approach.

GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH, U.S. REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I may give him a hug.

BASH: Kasich may have only gotten into the race two weeks ago, but it was announced tonight he will edge out the candidate who has been itching to go head to head with Trump, former Texas Governor Rick Perry.

RICK PERRY, U.S. REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Donald Trump's candidacy is a cancer on conservativism.

BASH: Though there are 17 GOP candidates, debate rules say only the ten with the highest national poll numbers will be on the stage together. It puts Trump on the main stage with former Governor Jeb Bush, Governor Scott Walker, former Governor Mike Huckabee, Neurosurgeon Ben Carson along with Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Rand Paul, and Governors Chris Christie and John Kasich.

That leaves seven other candidates hunting for attention in other ways. Lindsey Graham found creative ways to destroy his cell phone after Trump famously gave out his number on live TV.

TRUMP: I don't know if it's the right number. Let's try it, 202 --

BASH: On that note, Trump got a taste of his own medicine. The website, Gawker published one of the billionaire's numbers and Trump quickly changed the voice mail. And even those in the top ten are look for buzz, Ted Cruz cooked bacon by heating up his weapon.

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BASH: A top aide to one of the ten candidates who will be on the main debate stage said something very wise to me and that is historically you don't win one of these early debates, but you sure can lose. That is a driving force behind a lot of these candidate debate prep sessions, do no harm. Dana Bash, CNN, Washington.

BARNETT: And to clarify, Carly Fiorina is the only female Republican candidate.

Now to India where rescue efforts are under way for a deadly train derailment caused by the recent deluge of rain, two trains were swept off a flooded bridge. Authorities say at least 27 people were killed and many others injured.

Torrential rain and heavy flooding are affecting an estimated 10 million people across India. At least 178 people have died in recent days. The government says it is struggling to control the situation as rising waters force hundreds of thousands of people into relief camps.

Let's get the latest on the situation with CNN's Ravi Agrawal. He's following the developing story and joins us now live from New Delhi. Ravi, what can you tell us about the train derailment and some of the infrastructure issues that are apparent with these rising waters?

RAVI AGRAWAL, CNN NEW DELHI BUREAU CHIEF: Hi, Errol. So what we're learning about the train derailment. There were two of them. Two express trains were derailed within minutes of each other in the same area in Central India near a river.

[03:10:08] What happened was that there was a sudden flash flood, heavy, heavy rains which overwhelmed the surrounding areas. The waters rose. That led to the tracks getting parts of it were just inundated with water and that led to the train slipping.

And the trains then actually derailed and fell into what was by that stage a pretty significant flooding. Some of the survivors from that accident were saying that their coaches were filled with water. The death toll we expect it to rise.

So far we're hearing from the railway ministry that it's about 27 people. Hundreds have been injured and we are also expecting a statement from the railway minister in parliament today to explain what happened and what safety precautions will be taken in other parts of India that maybe impacted by similar flash floods.

BARNETT: And Ravi, separate from the train derailment you have thousands suffering because of the widespread flooding. When we spoke yesterday you mentioned that one municipality essentially just was not prepared for this season's intense weather. Now you have thousands in relief camps. I'm wondering if those relief efforts are sufficient or if people are still stranded.

AGRAWAL: Well, the relief efforts have been fairly prompt and on a very mass scale. Thousands of relief camps have been set up. The army has been deployed. The National Disaster Relief Force has been deployed. And these are large and competent organizations, very skilled at dealing with these crises.

But the fact remains that year after year we see these kinds of crises erupt in India. The monsoons are not new. They happen every year and according to the Indian government, every year, 1,600 people lose their lives in flood-related accidents.

Even with the railways that we were talking about earlier, thousands of Indians lose their lives in railway derailments. In some sense none of this is new. The infrastructure issues across the board, weakly built bridges, badly built homes.

Roads that are cut off from modernization. In those cases, the government really does have an uphill battle. It takes years of investments to fix these issues.

BARNETT: All right, Ravi Agrawal live in New Delhi for us with the latest on the ongoing flooding there. Ravi, thanks. We do want to look at another country in the region. Myanmar has been battered by weeks of heavy monsoon rain.

The government says 47 people were killed by floods there. Now it's asking for international aid for the hundreds of thousands of people affected. China has stepped up delivering relief supplies to the worst-hit areas this week.

Authorities say the water has started to recede in the west coast where a cyclone that hit last week caused heavy flooding. Our meteorologist, Ivan Cabrera joins us with more on that. A number of nations really just walloped by the cycle and the typical monsoon rain.

IVAN CABRERA, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Yes, the typical monsoon rains, of course, are expected in India. Myanmar was walloped because of that tropical cyclone there. It is hard to get the word to some of the villages. They know about the monsoon and know it rains daily and heavily.

But if there is something unusual like a cyclone, it is going to dump a lot of rain. It is hard to get the word out. That's what happened in a lot of these places. We talk about the accumulated rainfall map here from 500 millimeters to a meter of rainfall in just the last seven days as a result of the cyclone.

That stalled across the northern part of the Bay of Bengal and pumped an incredible amount of moisture right from the bay into Myanmar and that was the hardest hit area.

The pocket of heavy rain there is leftovers from the tropical cyclone. You see the spin there that is headed off. Mumbai got in on some of the rainfall. At that point, the cyclone was moving. It was not stalled.

But for a good week, it parked itself across the northern part of the bay. And that's why we are talking about an international aid requirement here for Myanmar as a result of that rainfall.

This is our next storm here. This is Typhoon Souledor and it is going to head on to the northwest. The winds are 215 kilometers per hour. If you draw a straight line, it's headed towards Taiwan.

Taiwan because of the topography here, that happens on the strait of Taiwan. But once the storm goes north you get the bands beginning to feed in.

[03:15:11] And once that happens, Errol, we talk about incredible amounts of rain. The amount that comes with the storm and the amount that is squeezed out over the mountains and it only have one way to go back out to the strait. And of course, Taipei is right there, the worst cases with typhoons in Taiwan that we've seen, rainfall.

BARNETT: Really?

CABRERA: Yes.

BARNETT: A tough situation there.

CABRERA: The next couple days.

BARNETT: All right, Ivan, thanks very much. See you again soon.

Now in California nearly 10,000 firefighters are battling this, it's part of two dozen raging wildfires across the state. The rocky fire in the northwest is the largest and burned 67,000 acres, 27,000 hectares, roughly the size of Sacramento.

At last report it was 20 percent contained. And as the flames spread, thousands are evacuating their homes. CNN's Paul Vercammen has more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) PAUL VERCAMMEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): At the rocky fire in Colusa County, a test of wills, a stubborn fire pushed by the winds versus many rural people who live here because there are fewer folks around to tell them what to do. Wills were tested when word came for 13,000 of them to evacuate as the Rocky fire exploded.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When you start seeing smoke plumes come up that are severe black you know they're in the brush and they're not that far away. This is a problem. You look at it. It's time to go and when you see flames. When you see flames, it's really time to leave.

VERCAMMEN: Where did Joe Welz, resident of this back country for 27 years go? The Moose Lodge. That's right. Moose Lodge is often a hub for bingo and karaoke and now a haven to ride out a fire that has burned more than 65,000 acres. Lodge volunteers say 200 to 300 people sheltered overnight. Donated foods are piled up on tables, free pie and French toast.

RHIANNON GARCIA, VOLUNTEER: It's not part of Red Cross. This is all community here. This is a community at its finest.

VERCAMMEN: Rhiannon Garcia and her displaced visitors hang on weather reports.

GARCIA: You could take a breath. Right now, when I woke up this morning I saw that it hadn't grown and still contained. Everybody was safe and finally, we need a break. They need a break and we need a break.

VERCAMMEN: A break because the Rocky fire is unpredictable jumping Highway 20 late Monday and messing up any thoughts of leaving the Moose Lodge for home. More food arrived.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I asked for a little help, look at this room, this community has come together beautiful.

VERCAMMEN: In a wicked fire a bingo hall can look like the Taj Mahal.

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VERCAMMEN: The weather took a turn for the better in fire ravaged Northern California especially the Rocky fire in Colusa County. Some other news also out in Modock County that's where David Rule from the Black Hills National Force was scouting a fire last week when he perished. An autopsy has revealed that he died of carbon monoxide poisoning and smoke inhalation.

Now on the Rocky fire, very little activity for firefighters in terms of an intense firefight, they are just continuing to watch the perimeter of the blaze and perhaps an omen from Mother Nature you could see some elk grazing, looking for food between the burn areas. I'm Paul Vercammen. Back to you.

BARNETT: More of the world's biggest stories still to come. A professional hunting guide accused in killing of an African lion named, Cecil, is due back in court shortly. We'll take you back there live after this break.

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BARNETT: Welcome back, everyone. The professional guide allegedly hired to help hunt an African lion named Cecil is expected in court in Zimbabwe today. He faces poaching charges over the lion's killing.

Let's get to CNN's David McKenzie who joins us live from the courthouse in Zimbabwe. I'm just wondering, David, we spoke with you last hour, but what kind of activity are you seeing there this morning and we know what type of defense might be argued today?

DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Errol, the defense they are giving is that they say they have the permits for hunting. It's important to clarify something about this case. Cecil, the lion, the killing of the lion has caused such an outcry about this American dentist luring the lion out of the park and killing it with a bow with his professional guide.

Now the case is not really about luring the lion out of the park. That happens all the time here. What it's about is whether they had the right permits for the hunt. The guide arrived in the court. He speaks overwhelmed on the attention over this case. Take a listen.

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MCKENZIE: What do you feel about the charges laid against you and the landowner?

THEO BRONCHORST, PROFESSIONAL HUNTER: I think it's frivolous and wrong.

MCKENZIE: You think you'll come through this?

BRONCHORST: I have a good legal team and hope so.

MCKENZIE: What is your feeling about hunting in Zimbabwe?

BRONCHORST: It's an integral part of our country and it has to continue. If we do not use wildlife sustainably we will lose the wildlife.

MCKENZIE: And you feel you had all the right permits and everything was about (inaudible)?

BRONCHORST: I believe so.

MCKENZIE: So what do you think about the way you are being prosecuted like this?

BRONCHORST: Crazy.

(END VIDEOTAPE) MCKENZIE: He says it's crazy and he blames just quoting him, the media for whipping up the frenzy around this case. But park officials have said that there is a major issue of hunting and illegal hunting in this country and they want to clamp down on it.

[03:25:00] Banning hunting on the margins of Hwange National Park, though, they are asking for donations to help the park. It indicates that hunting at least on some level plays an important part whether it's ethical or not is another question, an important part in providing funds for these parks -- Errol.

BARNETT: All right, we'll certainly connect with you in the next few hours and watch closely this case as the arguments are made. David McKenzie live for us in Hwange, Zimbabwe this morning.

Now a painting by Pablo Picasso valued at more than $27 million has been seize from a ship by French Customs Authorities off the island of Corsica. The art work titled, "Head of a Young Woman" is considered a Spanish national treasure.

It was discovered after an attempt to send it to Switzerland. A CNN affiliate reports that the owner has been seeking permission to export the Picasso since 2012.

Now in China, a newborn baby miraculously survives after being found in the most unlikely place. You will have to see these pictures coming after the break.

Plus new trouble for the Obama administration and its campaign to win support for the Iran nuclear deal.

And later bundling up for the thermostat wars, why men are comfortable in the office while women reach for their jackets? What's this all about? We'll explain all, next.

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BARNETT: All right, you're still keeping me company. Welcome back to our global viewers. This is CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Errol Barnett. Let's update you on our top stories right now.

[03:30:00] Aviation experts in France will be examining this possible piece of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the coming hours. It's unclear how long the analysis will take, but this wing part called a flaperon comes from a Boeing 777. MH370 is the only known 777 that's gone missing.

In Central India crews are searching for survivors after a deadly derailment caused by recent heavy rain. Authorities say at least 27 people were killed and many others injured when two trains were swept off a flooded bridge.

The lineup for the first presidential debate to the U.S. primary season is set. The top ten Republican candidates in the national polls will face each other in a primetime debate on Thursday night. The other seven candidates will appear in a separate forum earlier. Now Marco Rubio is one of the ten who will be in the primetime debate. The senator from Florida is the youngest candidate in the race and at the beginning of his campaign ranked high in the polls.

But he started sliding in July and analysts believe that is due to Donald Trump. But some give the Cuban-American high marks for the eloquent speech he made to launch his campaign. Watch.

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SENATOR MARCO RUBIO (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Before us now is the opportunity to author the greatest chapter yet in the amazing story of America. But we can't do that by going back to the leaders and ideas of the past.

We must change the decisions we are making by changing the people who are making them. And so -- that is why tonight, grounded by the lessons of our history, but inspired by the promise of our future, I announce my candidacy for president of the United States.

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BARNETT: Joining me now is CNN's political commentator, Ana Navarro who is a friend and supporter of presidential candidates, Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush. How do you feel about your favorites preparing to share a debate stage with Donald Trump? What are we in for?

ANA NAVARRO, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Frankly I am surprised. I think it is almost surreal. If you would have told me six months ago that Donald Trump would not only be running, but leading in the center stage I would have been incredibly surprised and still am surprised but it is what it is.

I think that Donald Trump sucks up a lot of oxygen in the room. Certainly he is entertaining. Everybody else on that stage is going to have to be themselves. They're going to have to be strong on policy, stick to the rules.

They can't out-Trump Trump. He is the entertainer. He is the reality show star. The other guys are there to be the serious substantive candidates.

BARNETT: So you don't expect Rubio and Bush to go after Trump necessarily rather allow him enough rope to hang himself?

NAVARRO: Well, you know, the thing is that under the campaign -- under the debate rules, if you attack somebody, that person on the stage gets 30 seconds rebuttal. So really if you go after somebody the only thing you're doing is giving your opponent that much more time.

I think that they've got to themselves. I think they've got to stick to their own agendas, answer the questions that are posed to them. I hope they are concise. It's one of the most challenging parts of a debate, answering the questions in a tight manner in the time frame. I hope they have wit and are quick, but it's they have to be themselves. They can't be an alternative to Trump or having Trump dominate what's in their head. They got to be themselves.

BARNETT: Now they are also going to be grilled by the moderators. Let's talk about the bigger general issues, specifically the Latino vote. It is crucial for a Republican presidential win, but if you look at recent polls, Latinos have a deep dislike of Donald Trump and a preference for Democratic candidates over Republicans. How will that be dealt with, do you think?

NAVARRO: Well, if you ask Donald Trump about the Latino vote, he -- since he lives in a parallel universe will tell you that Latinos love him. Actually 75 percent of us don't love him and in fact I think that is a very low number. I'm not sure what the over 25 percent are thinking.

I think that if you ask Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz there will be two Hispanics on that stage and one man, Jeb Bush, who is almost Hispanic.

He is married to a Mexican woman and is the father of Mexican-American children, children who are half Mexican, half American. So I think that the answer depends on who the person answering is going to be.

[03:35:07] BARNETT: Our thanks to Ana Navarro there. She says she will have many bags of popcorn for the debate. We'll have the highlights for you.

Now to China and the rescue of a newborn baby who was found head down in the sewage pipes of a public restroom. According to local reports, the little girl is in stable condition in hospital and police are now searching for her mother.

Got to give you a warning here, the video and Will Ripley's report is graphic. You may find it disturbing.

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WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): No child should come into the world like this, pulled from a public toilet by Beijing police officer. Neighbors called when they heard the newborn crying, wrapped in a blanket. She's safe. Her mother gone.

I think it's brutal for a mother to do this says the person who cleans the toilets. He says a young woman walked out alone minutes before neighbors herd the crying. She was acting normally, he says. Thousands of people live in this back alley in the Chinese capital. No one recognized the woman who left before the police arrived.

(on camera): When the breeze blows through these back alleys, it carries the stench from the single public restroom that everyone shares. When you step inside it really hits you, the smell, the heat is that much more intense. And you look at these holes in the ground and think this is where a little girl, a baby came into the world. (voice-over): A migrant construction worker from Eastern China heard his neighbors calling for help. He followed police into the toilet, pulled out his phone and started recording. He asked us not to show his face.

I feel so torn and sad. He says, words can't describe it. How can something like this happen? Parents abandon thousands of babies each year in China, children left in trash bins or toilets are the rare worst cases.

In 2013, rescuers saved another new board a boy found alive in a toilet pipe. His 22-year-old single mother told police it was an accident and she was embarrassed. The boy survived. Others have not.

The Chinese government set up what they call baby hatches for parents to leave unwanted children, but they are so overwhelmed workers have to turn many parent away.

Experts nearly all abandoned children have disabilities or medical conditions. Most end up in orphanages. Parents who can't afford healthcare may feel they have no other choice.

(on camera): Can you forget seeing something like that?

(voice-over): I'll remember it for the rest of my life, he says. Police are still looking for this newborn's mother, a woman who left her baby alone, helpless, flushed down the toilet. Will Ripley, CNN, Beijing.

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BARNETT: Now there are hundreds of thousands of abandoned children in China. Chinese authorities said last year the country had more than half a million orphans in total. But outside groups say that number is closer to a full million. China has more than 30 baby hatches across the country.

These are safe places attached to orphanages where children can be left to be cared for by the state. When they opened in 2011 some of them were so overwhelmed with children they had to be shut down. And authorities estimate most of the children who are abandoned there, as many as 98 percent of them have disabilities.

Still to come here on CNN NEWSROOM --

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BARNETT: There is growing outrage after a police officer handcuffs an 8-year-old boy. We'll tell you the story behind this video next.

Plus a fierce battle over the Iran nuclear deal is underway in the U.S. See how wary lawmakers are being squeezed from two directions.

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[03:40:00] BARNETT: Yet another case is calling into question tactics used by law enforcement in the U.S. An 8-year-old boy handcuffed after misbehaving at school. The story has sparked outrage from parents, teachers and lawyers. Jean Casarez has details.

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JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The 8-year-old identified only as S.R. was three and a half feet tall. He weighed 52 pounds when this video was shot by a school employee.

Kevin Sumner, a Kentucky sheriff deputy and a school resource officer who handcuffed the third grader above the elbows, the child's wrists were too small now faces a lawsuit filed by the ACLU along with his supervisor.

UNIDENTIFIED OFFICER: You behave or you suffer the consequences. But it's your decision to behave this way.

CASAREZ: S.R. is a special needs student at Latornia Elementary School in Cuffington, Kentucky. According to the lawsuit he suffers from ADHD and trauma.

UNIDENTIFIED OFFICER: You can do what we've asked you to or --

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: It hurts.

RICKELL HOWARD, ATTORNEY FOR BOY, S.R.: As a parent I'm shocked and hurt for that child. I had a lot of questions. Why would that ever be OK?

CASAREZ: Sumner is also accused of handcuffing a 9-year-old girl also a special needs student on two separate occasions last fall. The lawsuit charges that both children were unlawfully restrained and handcuffed at school with excessive force and without necessity.

Sumner's attorney told a local newspaper that he handcuffed the children because they were placing themselves and other people in danger and that's what the book says to do.

The attorney also called Sumner one of the best and most highly trained school officers in the state, adding that the former teacher is totally devoted to kids and schools and education.

UNIDENTIFIED OFFICER: If you want the handcuffs off, you have to behave and ask me nicely, and if you're behaving I'll take them off, but as long as you're acting up, you're not going to get them off.

CASAREZ: Jean Casarez, CNN, New York.

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BARNETT: Now to some other stories we're following, U.S. President Barack Obama will defend the Iran nuclear deal hours from now during a speech in Washington. It's no coincidence he will be speaking at American University. It's the same location where former President John F. Kennedy gave a speech to curb nuclear arms more than 50 years ago.

[03:45:01] U.S. lawmakers have a key vote coming up next month on the current deal. A recent CNN/ORC poll found that 52 percent of Americans want Congress to reject the Iran nuclear deal.

Now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is strongly against this agreement. CNN's Elise Labott has more on his latest push to drum up opposition.

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ELISE LABOTT, CNN GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu openly waging war against the Iran nuclear deal.

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER: Don't let the world's foremost terrorist regime get its hands on the world's most dangerous weapons. Oppose this bad deal.

LABOTT: Making a direct appeal to the American people and the U.S. Congress.

NETANYAHU: Don't let them take your voice away at this critical moment in history.

LABOTT: This as supporters and opponents of the deal face off in an epic campaign style battle. Powerful groups like APEC flooding congressional offices with the emails and calls, and spending millions of dollars on polls and television ads warning of the dangers of the deal. J-Street, a pro-Israel group in favor of the deal countered with its own ad.

ANNOUNCER: The nuclear agreement with Iran contains the toughest inspection program in history.

LABOTT: President Obama and Vice President Biden personally lobbying Jewish leaders today. But the key battleground, undecided Democrats, chief among them, Chuck Schumer, on tapped to be the next Senate minority leader. His support would be instrumental in swaying Democrats still on the fence, but he hasn't committed.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The White House is making every effort to answer my questions so are the people who are opposed.

LABOTT: Those opponents particularly upset that they don't have access to the part of the deal where Iran is to reveal its past bad actions.

JAMES RISCH, U.S. SENATE REPUBLICAN: I don't know of a fool that would agree to an agreement they can't read. I got to see it. I got to handle it.

LABOTT: And with continued chants of "death to America" and Israel on the streets of Tehran, fear in Iran rewarded with cash will only ignite more sectarian conflicts in the Middle East. The primary concern of U.S. gulf allies, but on a swing through the region, Secretary of State John Kerry assured skeptical Mideast leaders, who gave the deal their blessing.

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LABOTT: The White House picked up three key Democratic endorsements on Tuesday, Senators Cain, Nelson, and Barbara Boxer, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Officials say they expect Democrats will continue to rally around the president, but they aren't taking any chances and say they will fight for every vote before Congress takes up the deal next month. Elise Labott, CNN, New York.

BARNETT: Now something for those of you working in offices. If you are a woman and you need a blanket because the office is absolutely freezing right now, well, you may be the victim of a sexist plot. The thermostat war between the sexist explained next.

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BARNETT: He is used to hearing "hail to the chief," but on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama was treated instead to a chorus of "happy birthday." At 54, Mr. Obama has a few more gray hairs. He met with entrepreneurs invited to the White House. He reminded them he might be available for a new job in about 18 months.

Now to something that has caused debates in offices around the world. If your hands and feet feel like blocks of ice at work this may be why. A new study finds that the airconditioning in many offices is geared toward the comfort level of the average man from back in the 1960s.

To find out if that is still affecting us we asked some Londoners if they are freezing inside when it's warm outside.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, it's freezing all the time. Even when it's glorious sunshine out here I'm freezing. I have an emergency cardigan on my chair all the time.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think that air-conditioning would be cooler and women would have to wear a jumper. But with the natural air it's good.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: All women in our office find the aircon too cold. People bring scarves, extra jumpers, all sorts to keep warm.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That's why I have this. Why is it too cold? Why? They think it's summer and they put it colder.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I find it a little bit hot actually.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Some women feel the cold more than others. I think it's a personal touch rather than an agenda.

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BARNETT: I never knew there was such a thing as an emergency cardigan. Earlier, our Richard Quest gave us his take on the thermostat wars. Women might find him a bit biased. Listen.

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RICHARD QUEST, CNNI HOST, "QUEST MEANS BUSINESS": Air-conditioning tends to be set for what was regarded as normal back then, which is why men like the temperature between 72 and say, 74 degrees whereas women like it between 75 and 77 degrees, which leads me to say stop complaining and get out a blanket as CNN has provided for many of the staff here. Now what are you complaining about?

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BARNETT: Or get your emergency cardigan, right, and if you are wondering about those numbers in Celsius, men prefer office temperatures around 22 to 23 degrees and women 24 to 25.

Now "Washington Post" columnist, Petula Dvorak wrote about this controversy last month and she spoke with Richard Quest.

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QUEST: You have a right to say vindicated. You were right. The air- conditioning is set for middle-aged men like me.

PETULA DVORAK, COLUMNIST, "THE WASHINGTON POST": Exactly. Bingo. I was right. Here is my shawl. This is what I have to wear every day, our winter clothes.

[03:55:04] QUEST: Our building is at 72 to 74 and you prefer 75 to 77. What are you going to the about it besides complain?

DVORAK: I'm going to urge you start a fashion revolution. My theory is that this is all about you men. It goes back to the patriarchy with that report, this study that it took two men to figure out, but it goes back to you all wanting to wear your nice suits when it's completely hot outside. See women, we dress for the weather, for the environment. Men insist on manipulating the environment to suit them.

QUEST: Dress sensibly. Keep a wardrobe all year round and you won't be cold. It's not that difficult, Petula.

DVORAK: Well, if it's more than just putting on a sweater or jumper. It's ruining the environment. We pump 100 million tons of carbon dioxide into the air every year to keep you all comfortable in your suits. We spend $11 billion on air-conditioning in America every year. Five percent of our electricity goes to this business of keeping you cool in suits.

QUEST: Hang on, I think the "Washington Post" surely can afford to call up the man to turn down the air-conditioning. Why don't you do that?

DVORAK: Well, we could but you would be hot in your suits. You know, since about the times you were all wearing knee pants and powdered wigs you haven't had a fashion revolution. I want short suits and linen. We got out of hot skirts.

QUEST: Have you any idea how creased a linen suit gets after one wear?

DVORAK: It's charming to be that creased.

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BARNETT: A great debate there. Thanks for watching, everyone. I'm Errol Barnett. See you back here the same time tomorrow. For our entire team, you all have a great day.

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