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Aircraft Debris Confirmed from Flight MH370; Tennessee Theater Attacked Has History of Mental Illness; Obama Pitches Iran Deal;Presidential Candidates Prepare for Debate; Jon Stewart's Most Controversial Moments; Pope Says Church Should Embrace Divorced People; Hiroshima A-Bomb Survivor Gives Warning; Dangerous Typhoon Heading for Taiwan; Comparing Netflix Leave Policy Globally. Aired 1:30-2a ET

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[01:00:09] ERROL BARNETT, CNN HOST: Malaysia says this debris is from the missing flight MH370. But now hear why even more testing will be done on the wing piece.

A hatchet and pepper spray. New details on the bizarre attack inside a movie theater in Tennessee.

And countdown to the big debate. How Republican presidential candidates are getting ready for their showdown with Donald Trump.

I want to welcome our viewers here in the U.S. and those of you tuned in from all around the world. So glad you could join me.

I'm Errol Barnett and this is CNN NEWSROOM.

Now, we begin this hour with mixed conclusions surrounding a piece of airplane debris found on Reunion Island. Malaysia's prime minister confirms the part of a wing known as a flaperon is from missing flight MH370. That debris was sent to France for testing. But a French investigator is much more cautious suggesting the piece is very likely from Mh370. He says further analysis will start Thursday to prove it conclusively.

More now on this developing story from CNN's Rene Marsh.

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NAJIB RAZAK, MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER: The aircraft debris found on Reunion Island is indeed from MH370.

RENE MARSH, CNN AVIATION CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Malaysia's prime minister for the first time uttered words families of the 239 people on board MH370 have waited 515 days to hear.

RAZAK: We now have physical evidence that as I announced on 24th march last year, flight MH370 tragically ended in the southern Indian Ocean.

MARSH: But the French prosecutor working on behalf of families of four French citizens was not ready to say for certain the piece of the wing called the flaperon found on Reunion Island belonged to MH370.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): There is a very strong supposition that the flaperon actually does belong to the Boeing 777 of MH370.

MARSH: There's more investigators hope to learn from the flaperon. We went to an aviation forensics lab in Maryland to find out.

JOE REYNOLDS, CEO, RTI FORENSIC SERVICES: Structural member here is --

MARSH: Joe Reynolds worked on high-profile aviation crash investigations like Value Jet and air France 447.

Let's talk about airs (ph) here.

REYNOLDS: It is very helpful for us to know whether things came apart because of a lot of force, impact, or whether they broke up because of fatigue in the air.

MARSH: That analysis is not done with the naked eye but heavy-duty microscopes.

REYNOLDS: It has a rotating capability to scan the object, which we're doing right now.

MARSH: The pattern in this 3-D image will tell a story.

REYNOLDS: Every time it bends and breaks it forms a little tiny mark and that way they can see whether it was an instantaneous break or something that happened over time.

MARSH: Now that investigators may have a piece of the MH370 mystery, they are tasked with answering not only where but how the jetliner went down.

Well, it's worth noting Boeing put out a statement which made no mention that its representative on the ground has confirmed without a doubt that this is a piece of MH370. Now, most will agree this is probably a piece of the missing plane. But the problem is the experts looking at the piece say they don't have that definitive proof just yet. We know that tests will continue Thursday.

Rene Marsh, CNN, Washington.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

BARNETT: Our CNN aviation analyst Mary Schiavo joins us now from Charleston via webcam to talk about this.

Mary, thanks for your time. You know, a short while back deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss of Australia mentioned a series of letters and numbers that were seen visible on this flaperon. How much potential information will investigators found once they pull all of it apart?

MARY SCHIAVO, CNN AVIATION ANALYST: Well, it depends how many of the serial and part numbers survived. Now, they had a part number on the end of it which identified it as a flaperon for a 777. However, there are part numbers unique to every part manufactured and part of the regulatory plan in the United States where the plane was assembled is that each part is unique so you can track it. So this part would be unique to this aircraft and this aircraft's part numbers would be unique to the one that belonged to Malaysia 370.

BARNETT: And that, though, only gets us so far. The flaperon itself won't tell us why the plane went down or necessarily how, but it might shed some light as to what condition this part of the plane was in at the moment of impact and that is key, right?

[01:05:03] SCHIAVO: That is. They do a lot of different kinds of tests depending on what evidence is available. I mean, this piece of the plane, this flaperon will have sonar analysis, cat scans, thermal analysis. There's something called a liquid infusion analysis where they will see if liquids can penetrate certain things. I mean, this is going to be like major surgery. They will film it all. They will record it all. And hopefully also inside they might be able to find some additional part numbers. And if the part has had any repairs it will be recorded in the Malaysia Airlines maintenance books.

BARNETT: And I imagine we would expect all of those tests to take a matter of weeks, maybe even months.

SCHIAVO: Yes, it will. Even just analyzing the paint. And the paint can be unique to Malaysia Airlines as well. And so they will analyze the paint that's on it. But some of them you can do right away. For example, the electron microscope analysis and some of the ultrasound and magnetic resonance, magnetic imaging can be done right away. But other things take analysis. And it's all very important. And that is done in most every crash where they're trying to determine the cause. Except here of course they can only determine so much. How did it come down? How long has it been in the quarter? Does it float? Did it float to where it got to? And did it hang around in the water or has it been on the short for some time?

BARNETT: And I'm just wondering if there is any information, though, that can be used now? You know, there were barnacles and other biological, I guess, evidence on the flaperon. The search zone, of course, remains massive. But might it help narrow the search for debris at all?

SCHIAVO: Well, it can if there's anything particularly unusual about the species. Now, from the looks of it they look like something called goose barnacles. They're over 100 or over 1,000 species of barnacles. So unless these are particularly unusual, they might not yield too much other than their, you know, Indian Ocean barnacles. But it might be interesting if they were all dead or alive on the flaperon because that might tell us how long it's been on the beach.

And then also that patterns on which they were on the flaperon, any kind of water marks on the inside would tell us how it floated. For example, the chewed-up area, what's called the trailing edge, might have been because that was the bottom of the part that was in the water and scraped against the shoreline for who knows how long before it finally made it ashore.

BARNETT: Well, at least we're one small step closer to answers.

Our senior aviation analyst Mary Schiavo, thanks for your time today from Charleston.

SCHIAVO: Thank you.

BARNETT: Now, most of the 239 people on board MH370 were Chinese citizens. CNN's David Molko joins us now from Hong Kong with reaction of some of the passengers' relatives.

And David, we're really in a bit of an awkward moment for these relatives of the victims. You've got confirmation from the Malaysian pm the flaperon is from MH370 but caution from French officials saying more testing must be done. What is this moment like for those emotionally exhausted relatives?

DAVID MOLKO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Errol, these families have been carrying an enormous burden for 550 days. Remember, for that time they have had nothing. This is the first time they have heard anything, there's been anything definitive. And it's not even that.

In the past week we've heard them say we want 100 percent proof this is from MH370, 99 percent isn't good enough. So it's not just feelings of sadness now but also confusion, frustration, anger, and despair.

Errol, it's a very, very difficult situation. Some of the families, yes, they were notified by Malaysia airlines via e-mail a few minutes before the prime minister spoke that the announcement would be made, that the piece would be linked conclusively to mh370. But many said the words the prime minister chose were premature.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JIANG HUI, SON OF MH370 PASSENGER (through translator): I am suspicious of Malaysia airlines' words because in the past they have a track record of going back and forth in what they say of being true and not true. What I hope right now is for the Chinese officials to give me a confirmed answer.

XU JINGHONG, DAUGHTER OF MH370 PASSENGER (through translator): I don't believe it. I am furious. And I think this announcement is very irresponsible.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOLKO: In the last hour or so we have heard from the Chinese foreign ministry. They posted a statement on their Web site saying they are deeply saddened by this announcement, also saying, quote "we require the Malaysian side to earnestly fulfill their commitments, continuing to investigate the reasons behind the plane's disappearance and making full preparation for the aftermath settlement to effectively protect the legitimate rights of the families." Errol, there's still a lot of mistrust between those 239 families and

specifically the Malaysian authorities. This potentially could have been an opportunity to begin to work past that for whatever reason the announcement did not play out that way. The question families continue to ask is does this announcement get us any closer to finding the plane, the passengers, and ultimately, Errol, the truth?

[01:10:15] BARNETT: Yes. It really is -- your heart goes out to all the relatives of the victims.

David Molko in Hong Kong with that new information there from the Chinese foreign ministry. David, thanks.

Now to some other big stories we're following for you. In the U.S. state of Tennessee authorities say a man who attacked moviegoers had a history of mental illness. He was also reported missing two days before the incident where police shot and killed him.

CNN's Mary Maloney has the details of what was a terrifying situation.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

MARY MALONEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Sounds of a firefight outside a Tennessee movie theater.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I just heard all the police coming out and it was very scary.

MALONEY: Police say a man wearing a surgical mask and armed with a hatchet, pepper spray, and an airsoft gun went to this movie theater and attacked. Investigators say the man doused three people with pepper spray and sliced someone with a hatchet, causing a minor injury. Police also say he had two backpacks, a fake bomb in one of them. Police killed the man inside the movie theater. No one else was seriously hurt.

CHIEF STEVE ANDERSON, NASHVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT: Because of the extraordinary work of these officers, their bravery, their training, the way they reacted, we have no major injuries to any civilian personnel.

MALONEY: But a feeling of safety may be shattered. Just last month in Louisiana a man killed two people and wounded nine others before killing himself. And in 2012 James Holmes killed 12 people and wounded 70 others in Colorado, becoming one of the worst mass shootings in American history. Holmes is now waiting to hear whether he will be sentenced to life in prison or death for his crimes.

Back in Tennessee, there's a sense of relief that something so violent wasn't worse.

STEVEN, VICTIM: The fact that no one else got injured other than the person who did this, I would ask everyone to pray for his family because he obviously has some mental problems or something else.

MALONEY: I'm Mary Maloney reporting. (END VIDEOTAPE)

BARNETT: A Los Angeles judge is ordering comedian Bill Cosby to give a sworn deposition over a sex abuse allegation against him. The plaintiff, who was 15 years old at the time of the alleged incidental, says Cosby assaulted her at a party at the famed playboy mansion back in 1974. Cosby will face questions under oath from the accuser's lawyer in October. She will then answer questions from his attorney the week after.

Thirty-five women have publicly accused Cosby of drugging and assaulting them over the past four decades. Court documents reveal he admitted to getting drugs to give women he wanted to have sex with.

U.S. President Barack Obama has sharpened his rhetoric as he makes his case for an Iran nuclear deal. The details on his message that some are linking to John F. Kennedy is just ahead.

And it's been 70 years since the U.S. dropped the first ever nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. Just ahead, the promise from the Japanese prime minister.

Stay with CNN.

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[01:17:05] BARNETT: Welcome back.

U.S. president Barack Obama's making a passionate pitch for the Iran nuclear deal. His speech Wednesday at American university was meant to draw comparisons to John F. Kennedy.

But as Jim Acosta reports, the fate of the deal is in the hands of Congress.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The president of the United States.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)

JIM ACOSTA, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Raising the stakes in the debate over his nuclear deal with Iran, President Obama warned if Congress rejects the agreement the U.S. will begin the march toward military conflict.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The choice we face is ultimately between diplomacy or some form of war.

ACOSTA: In his toughest language to date on the Iran war, the president likened his GOP critics to the ruling clerics in Tehran.

OBAMA: It's those hardliners chanting "death to America" who've been most opposed to the deal. They're making common cause with the Republican caucus.

ACOSTA: And he blasted skeptics who claim a better deal could be had.

OBAMA: Those making this argument are either ignorant of Iranian society or they're just not being straight with the American people.

ACOSTA: A nuclear armed Iran, he added would be even more dangerous for Israel, dismissing complaints from its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

OBAMA: I do not doubt his sincerity.

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER: Because the deal makes it far easier for Iran.

OBAMA: But I believe he is wrong.

ACOSTA: The president described the upcoming vote on the nuclear agreement as the most important decision facing Congress since lawmakers authorized the Iraq war. A move Mr. Obama said he correctly considered a mistake. Diplomacy, he cautioned, deserves a chance.

OBAMA: Resist the conventional wisdom, and the drumbeat of war.

ACOSTA: The president neglected to mention that as vice president, secretary of state and former secretary of state all supported the Iraq war and that even some of his fellow Democrats are now wary of the Iran deal.

SEN. BOB MENENDEZ (D), NEW JERSEY: Madam Secretary, this agreement or war? Is that the choice? Simple yes or no.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't think it's a simple yes or no.

ACOSTA: The White House chose American university as the backdrop for the speech to invite comparisons to President Kennedy's historic address at the school in 1963. Kennedy's adversary, a nuclear soviet union.

JOHN F. KENNEDY, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Where in the final analysis our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's futures. And we are all mortal.

ACOSTA: The president urged the nation to follow Kennedy's lead.

OBAMA: Now more than ever we need clear thinking in our foreign policy.

ACOSTA: With the White House giving up on attracting much GOP support the speech was really aimed at nervous Democrats. But Republicans are outraged that the president compared them to Iranian hardliners. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has called on the president to retract that comment.

Jim Acosta, CNN, the White House.

(END VIDEOTAPE) BARNETT: An online video purportedly from the Egyptian branch of ISIS threatens the death of a Croatian hostage in the next two days. Now, in the video the hostage reads a statement saying he was captured in Cairo last month while working for a French firm. The group says the hostage will be killed until Muslim women are freed from Egyptian jails in 48 hours. The Croatian government says it's making all efforts to resolve the situation.

Prosecutors in the UK are cracking down on religious leaders who support ISIS, and that includes the country's most high-profile Muslim cleric, who appeared in court on Wednesday.

Our senior international correspondent Fred Pleitgen has more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

[01:20:35] FRED PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Amjem Choudary (ph) is one of two men in London who have been charged with supporting ISIS, which is of course a banned terrorist organization here in the United Kingdom. The second man facing charges is 32-year-old Mohammed Mizanur Rahman.

The men are suspected of having invited support for ISIS in individual lectures which were also published online. They were initially arrested last September by the metropolitan police's counterterrorism command on suspicion of being members of the proscribed organization and have been on bail since then. The alleged crimes took place between June 2014 and March of this year.

Choudary is a controversial figure in the UK. A preacher. He is the former UK head of the Islamist group al-Muhajirun, also known as Islam for UK, which was banned in 2010. Both suspects made a preliminary court appearance today and pled not guilty.

Fred Pleitgen, CNN, Muslim.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

BARNETT: Rescue crews in the Mediterranean are searching for survivors off the coast of Libya right now. See, a fishing boat loaded with migrants capsized on Wednesday. According to reports, the U.N. refugee agent and the Italian coast guard say about 400 people have been rescued so far but more than 600 people were on board. The international organization for migration says more than 2,000 migrants have died attempting to cross this year.

Elsewhere on the Mediterranean, Egypt will open an expansion to the Suez Canal in a few hours from now. This project cost more than $8 billion and is part of the president's plan to boost the country's economy.

Nick Glass explains the history and significance between the waterway and trade route.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) NICK GLASS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Unlike the men who built it, we can now look down on their extraordinary handiwork from above. From the red sea in the south the Suez Canal first meanders and then cuts across the desert. Channel after channel ever straighter right up to the Mediterranean in the north.

For almost 150 years now it's been an essential trade route between east and west. Passing through it is frankly a monotonous journey, 160 kilometers through featureless desert. But the canal earns Egypt billions of dollars in toll fees every year and remains the greatest of maritime shortcuts, used by ships of all flags.

Napoleon Bonaparte was the first to seriously consider a permanent canal after he invaded Egypt in 1798, but was told it was unfeasible.

Half a century later, in 1854, a French diplomat and entrepreneur, Ferdinand de la Seps (ph), persuaded the ruling Egyptian viceroy that it could be done. Construction work began in 1859 and took ten years. A workforce of tens of thousands of Egyptians, in effect slave labor.

The Europeans eventually brought in steam-driven dredging machines to help. The canal opened with much fanfare in 1869. Just seven meters deep and at its widest 90 meters across. The operating company had a 99-year lease. Investors, mostly French, made vast profits, as did the British.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Suez Canal, storm center of controversy for weeks, now becomes a cause of war in a lightning sequence of diplomatic and military moves.

GLASS: In 1956 the canal was nationalized by Egypt's president Nasser. In this, the Suez crisis, France and Britain ultimately lost their controlling influence.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: War in the Middle East.

GLASS: The canal featured in the Arab-Israeli conflict in 1967, the so-called six-day war, and remained closed for eight years. Now perhaps more than ever the current Egyptian government is promoting it as a symbol of nationhood and in its expanded form as some kind of rebirth. This time only Egyptians were allowed to invest.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

BARNETT: That was our Nick Glass reporting.

The canal extension will run parallel to the existing route. Egypt expects the number of ships traveling through it to double by the year 2023.

Now, the stage is set in Cleveland, Ohio. The top ten U.S. Republican presidential candidates are getting ready to face off in the first primary debate and all eyes will be on you know who, Donald Trump.

Plus, Jon Stewart, the political king or I should say the king of political satire, let's say. He will host his final show tonight. And in his 16 years at the helm of the "Daily Show," he's never shied away from controversy. We'll explore that after this.

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[01:29:05] BARNETT: You are watching CNN newsroom. Welcome back, everyone. I'm Errol Barnett. Thanks for staying with me.

Here are our top headlines right now.

Malaysia's leader says a piece of airplane debris found last week on Reunion Island is from missing flight MH370. This prompted angry relatives of the passengers to storm Malaysia airlines' Beijing office. They say they don't believe the debris is from the plane and are demanding to know the truth.

U.S. authorities say a man who attacked people in a Tennessee movie theater had a history of mental illness. He sprayed three people with pepper spray and injured a man with a hatchet. Police shot and killed him as he tried to escape.

Rescue crews in the Mediterranean are in a desperate search for hundreds of passengers of a fishing boat. It was packed with migrants when it capsized off the coast of Libya. About 600 people were on board. Doctors without borders says there are many deaths. At least 165 people were pulled out alive.

[01:30:00] Now, a batch of U.S. Republican presidential candidates will take the stage Thursday night for the first primary debate. And not surprisingly, front-runner, Donald Trump, will be front and center, literally and figuratively. He'll be up against nine other men, including Jeb Bush, a favorite among many establishment Republicans.

Dana Bash has more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DANA BASH, CNN CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The biggest event at this Cleveland arena these days is when Lebron James is playing. But all these satellite trucks are lined up for political sport, the first Republican 2016 presidential debate.

SEN. MARCO RUBIO, (R), FLORIDA & PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: This is not reality television.

BASH: Sources close to the nine GOP contenders sharing the stage with the unlikely front-runner Donald Trump insist he will not be their focus.

RUBIO: All of us owe voters an explanation of who we are, what we plan to do if we're elected. That's what I plan to focus on.

BASH: As for Trump he insists he wants to focus on issues.

DONALD TRUMP, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & CEO, TRUMP GROUP: I'm not looking to hurt anybody. I'm not looking to embarrass anybody. If I have to bring up deficiencies, I'll bring up deficiencies. But certainly I'm not looking to do that. I'd rather go straight down the middle. You don't know what's going to happen.

BASH: And tries to lower expectations, politician style.

TRUMP: I've never debated. My sort of -- my whole life has been a debate. But I've never debated before. These politicians, all they do is debate.

BASH: The question is whether the man, who retaliated against an opponent by reading his cell phone number on live TV, can help himself.

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

BASH: Trump's hard-charging lawyer warned maybe not.

MICHAEL COHEN, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, TRUMP ORGANIZATION: Look what happened. Lindsey Graham, not even in the debate. Rick Perry, not even in the debate. You attack Donald Trump he's going to come back at you twice as hard.

BASH: But while Trump may be the most entertaining, Jeb Bush may have the most to lose. He's still the favorite among many establishment Republicans. And this is a critical chance for him to prove he's worth a record $100 million-plus he raised.

JEB BUSH, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR: My dad's the greatest man alive. If you don't like, I'll take you outside.

BASH: That shaky performance at a New Hampshire forum this week has some backers worried. Not to mention this stumble yesterday when talking about Planned Parenthood.

BUSH: You can take it dollar for dollar -- although I'm not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues.

BASH: But his campaign is trying to stay on message in a new cheeky way, the Jeb Bush swag store, selling things like this vintage tank top.

BUSH: This was a serious decade.

BASH (on camera): But as for Jeb Bush's preparation, I'm told by sources inside his campaign that he is very much focused on trying to explain to people that he's not just another Bush, that he has another specific conservative record from when he was governor of Florida, even on issues of education, where people think maybe he's too moderate in the Republican electorate. And also, he's going to try to separate himself, maybe not by name, but just the dynamic to show that he is different from the guy at the center of the stage, Donald Trump.

Dana Bash, CNN, Cleveland, Ohio.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

BARNETT: Now, America's favorite fake news personality will be signing off for the final time on Thursday night. Say it ain't so, Jon. But it is. Jon Stewart has spent 16 years as the host of "The Daily Show," telling thousands of jokes, mocking hundreds of public figures, and even stirring up some controversy around himself.

Brian Stelter has a look back at some of his most provocative moments.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

BRIAN STELTER, CNN SENIOR MEDIA CORRESPONDENT & CNN HOST, RELIABLE SOURCES: At the helm of "The Daily Show" for over 15 years, host Jon Stewart has never shied away from controversy. Stewart's first "Daily Show" after 9/11 has been widely praised as heartfelt and compassionate.

JON STEWART, HOST, THE DAILY SHOW: Are you OK? And we pray that you are and that your family is.

STELTER: One of his most controversial moments happened not on his show but on CNN's "crossfire" back in 2004.

STEWART: It's funny. I made a special effort to come on the show today because I have, privately amongst my friends and also in occasional newspapers and television shows --

(LAUGHTER)

-- mentioned this show as being bad.

(LAUGHTER)

STEWART: I felt that that wasn't fair and I should come here and tell you that I don't -- it's not so much that it's bad as it's hurting America.

STELTER: A few months later CNN canceled "Crossfire" and the network's president at the time said he agreed with Stewart's overall premise.

During the 2008 financial crisis, Stewart invited CNBC's Jim Cramer on the show and did not mince words.

STEWART: It feels like we are capitalizing your adventure by our pension and our hard earned -- and that it is a game that you know, that you know is going on, but that you go on television as a financial network and pretend isn't happening.

(APPLAUSE)

JIM CRAMER, FINANCIAL ANALYST: OK. First --

STELTER: Stewart also went head to head with President Obama back in 2012.

[01:35:00] STEWART: Do you feel like you have a stronger affirmative case for a second Barack Obama presidency or a stronger negative case for a Mitt Romney presidency? What is -- in your mind -- BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Yeah.

(LAUGHTER)

STEWART: -- what is the stronger case to be made? Or do you prefer a melange?

(LAUGHTER)

STELTER: And in December, Stewart weighed in on the controversial Eric Garner jury decision.

STEWART: We are definitely not living in a post-racial society.

STELTER: Stewart's fans loved hearing his opinions. Whether the next "Daily Show" host can live up to it remains to be seen but there's little doubt that he or she will stir up controversy much like their predecessor.

STEWART: And that's our show. So cha, cha, cha.

(LAUGHTER)

(END VIDEOTAPE)

BARNETT: Now, Pope Francis is stirring up debate again. Who would have thought Jon Stewart in the same sentence as the pope? Indeed. This time the pope is saying the Catholic Church should embrace divorced people and their children. Listen to this.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

POPE FRANCIS (through translation): lately we have seen a growth in the awareness of the fact we need to welcome brotherly and tenderly, in love and truth, those baptized people who have established a new relationship after the failure of their sacramental marriage. To all effects, these people are not at all excommunicated. They are not excommunicated and they must not be treated as such. They're always part of the church.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BARNETT: There you go. Now, Catholics who are divorced and remarried have currently -- are currently banned from receiving communion, and the remarried spouse is seen as living in permanent adultery. In October, Catholic bishops from all around the world will meet to review this and other teachings on the family.

Now, Netflix makes a change in its parental leave policy. And at least one major company follows suit. Coming up next, a look at what could be a trend.

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[04:39:57] BARNETT: Thursday marks 70 years since the world saw the devastation of the nuclear bomb for the first time. Visitors gathered at the Hiroshima Peace Park and Memorial where the horrors of that event are still raw.

Hiroshima's mayor and prime minister, Shinzo Abe, spoke from what's now called Peace Park.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

KAZUMI MATSUI, HIROSHIMA MAYOR (through translation): As long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, there is no way to know who and when its next victims will be. And if the bomb is dropped the damage will reach indiscriminately across borders.

SHINZO ABE, JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER (through translation): Japan plans to renew its efforts to bring about a world without nuclear weapons, with the cooperation of both nuclear powers and the non- nuclear powers.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BARNETT: Now, our own Ivan Watson spoke to one woman who survived the blast. And we've got to give you a warning.

A warning, there are some images you're about to see which are disturbing.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

IVAN WATSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): She may look frail, but don't be fooled. 87-year-old Chisako Takeoka is a survivor who lived to tell the tale of the world's first atomic bomb. She was in Hiroshima not far from ground zero when an atomic flash lit up the sky.

"I was three kilometers away," she says. The shock wave knocked her out. She says she woke up in time to see the mushroom cloud.

(EXPLOSION)

WATSON: On the morning of august 6th, 1945, a U.S. Bomber dropped the weapon, nicknamed Little Boy, over the city of Hiroshima. About 80,000 died immediately. By U.S. estimates, the five-year death toll from radiation, poison, and cancer, about 200,000.

Takeoka was only 17 years old and had just finished a night shift making torpedoes at a military factory. After the blast she says she saw horrors here by the river.

CHISAKO TAKEOKA, NUCLEAR BOMB BLAST SURVIVOR (through translation): I still remember the day very well because this was a river filled with dead bodies. People were burned and they jumped into the river.

WATSON: Takeoka survived the ordeal and eventually went on to become an outspoken activist campaigning around the world against war and nuclear proliferation.

Hiroshima was rebuilt, along with a Peace Park to honor the victims. The museum here chronicles the devastating effects of the A-bomb, leaving some visitors grappling with very difficult questions.

SCOTT BAKER, BOY SCOUT: In America, a lot of the textbooks talk about how necessary it was to see the -- to release the bomb and have all these innocent civilians die. But when you really look at it from a moral standpoint it's like was this really necessary? Did we have to do this?

WATSON: Scott Baker traveled here from northern California. He and his fellow Boy Scouts say they're shocked by what they learned here.

BAKER: When I came here, I didn't really know what to expect. But then once I saw all the images and stuff I kind of got a little sick.

NATHANIEL WIGHER, BOY SCOUT: I feel it's necessary to walk through and to see what happened and just to go through history, to see that this can be repeated if we make the wrong mistakes.

WATSON: That's an observation A-bomb survivor, Chisako Takeoka, is relieved to hear. Two years after the bomb, her son died from what doctors told her is A-bomb syndrome.

Today, she works with her daughter to pass on her eyewitness account of the bomb's devastation in Hiroshima to future generations. Her message on this grim anniversary: Never again.

Ivan Watson, CNN, Hiroshima, Japan.

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BARNETT: And we keep our focus in Asia as a powerful typhoon is headed straight for Taiwan.

Meteorologist Ivan Cabrera joins us to explain why it carries the potential to be quite dangerous -- Ivan?

IVAN CABRERA, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Yeah, multiple things going on here, Errol. Making a beeline for Taiwan. High probability of it striking directly at Taiwan over the next 72 hours. Formidable typhoon here. This was the strongest in 2015. It was a super typhoon. It's weakened somewhat. But the winds still a dangerous 175 kilometers per hour. And in fact, intensifying a little bit more over the next few days as we talk about -- well, in about 36 hours right before it makes landfall winds of 215 kilometers per hour. And it just goes right into Taiwan over the next couple of days here. You have just about a day to get things prepared as this thing begins to move in. Now, the reason for that is we have the winds that are going to be moving in. Take a look at that. By the time we get to Friday at 1700 we're already going to be experiencing tropical storm force winds. You do not want to be out with winds in excess of 50, 80 kilometers per hour, and then of course the storm continues headed off to the West. And look at this. Just an incredible shot here. This would be the center of circulation. The eye of the storm right over Taiwan. We have to talk about the topography of Taiwan. Let's go to the floor to do that. Because if the island was flat we would be in a lot of trouble. In fact, let's go over to Taipei. This is where we have 7.5 million people. This is on the northwestern side of the island. But the island is not flat, and that is important. We have a big mountain chain here that kind of buffers Taipei and that is important. It's going to do a couple of things, disrupt the storm as it moves in. The storm surge on the eastern side of the island not as significant. But what the mountains do enhances the lift and so we get very heavy rainfall on top of what's already coming with the storm itself. So as the storm passes actually the storm surge the worst of it I think will be on the Western side of the island from the Taiwan Strait as the winds switch and move over from the West. We'll watch that closely. The winds in excess of 100 kilometers per hour, 150 kilometers per hour. That is important because we have Taipei 101. This is one of the tallest -- in fact the tallest building in Taiwan. We're talking about 500 meters here, designed to withstand 260-kilometer per-hour winds. So I think we'll be OK. Because of the mountain chain back here. Let's go back to the wall and show you real quick here what we're talking about as far as accumulation. Anywhere from 500 millimeters to as much as a meter of rainfall, Errol, in the next 72 hours. That is going to be very dangerous stuff with flash flooding and mudslides likely.

BARNETT: All right. Ivan Cabrera the great breakdown there on why the topography of this is such an important aspect to keep in mind.

We'll see you next hour, Ivan, thanks.

One day after Netflix announced its new parental leave policy, Microsoft stepped up with an additional eight weeks of paid leave for its employees. Now, it could be a sign of what's to come for tech workers who are in very high demand these days.

Lynda Kinkade has more on the Netflix policy and how it compares to companies around the world.

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LYNDA KINKADE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The world's leading Internet streaming video network is now leading the corporate world in paid leave for parents. New moms and dads at Netflix will now be able to take unlimited paid leave of up to a year after their child's birth or adoption.

PAUL LA MONICA, CNN MONEY DIGITAL CORRESPONDENT: This is something that I think really speaks to the talent wars that are going on particularly in Silicon Valley.

KINKADE: And that's not all. Netflix will offer employees the chance to return full-time or part-time after that year.

LA MONICA: Google, Facebook, Apple, these companies are usually on the best place to work list. They offer a lot of perks. So Netflix is doing a smart thing to try to keep existing talent and maybe lure other people to come to the country.

KINKADE: 10 to 15 years ago, the most competitive tech companies were offering free food, ping-pong cables and Xbox games. But those companies have grown up, and so, too, their policies. And a work-life balance is now more important than a free lunch. Google recently raise their paid leave from 12 to 18 weeks and claim

its cut in half the number of new mums leaving the company. Facebook employees get 16 weeks and new parents are entitled to $4,000 for each child born or adopted. Apple gives 14 weeks and partners can take six weeks.

Apart from a few top companies, the U.S. ranks far behind the rest of the world in paid leave.

CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: If you work for a company with less than 50 people you can lose your job. They can take your job away from you if you go have a baby.

KINKADE: The International Labor Organization assessed more than 185 countries and territories, finding that only two countries provided absolutely no mandated cash benefit to new mothers, The U.S. and Papua-New Guinea. Compare that to the other superpower China, which offers three months paid leave through Social Security. While many developed economies throughout Europe as well as Canada and Australia offer around four to 12 months with a mix of paid and unpaid leave.

Lynda Kinkade, CNN.

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BARNETT: Now the search is on for the new face of the $10 bill. This moment, one of the most iconic first ladies is currently in the lead. A new poll shows 27 percent of Americans want to see Eleanor Roosevelt on the bill. That would be a good choice. Coming in second place is the famous abolitionist, Harriett Tubman. That would be awesome, come to think of it. Rounding out the top five are Sacagawea, who helped lead the famous Lewis and Clark expedition across the Western United States. That would be a great pick. Legendary aviator, Amelia Earhart. Now it's getting hard to choose. And Susan B. Anthony, who played a key role in the women's suffrage movement. The redesign of the $10 bill is set to debut in 2020.

It's almost time for the debate in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, and they always seem to give us some odd and sometimes funny moments. Coming up next, we'll show you some of the best from years past.

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[01:53:58] BARNETT: Well, no one ever said the road to the White House was smooth. As Republican candidates prepare for their first debate later today, CNN's Jeanne Moos looks back at those moments from previous debates that make you say oops.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): We tend to watch debates --

SARAH PALIN, (R), FORMER ALASKA GOVERNOR & FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: (INAUDIBLE, Joe.

MOOS: -- hoping to see a "Trainwreck." Instead, we're left with memorable moments.

Sarah Palin winking.

PALIN: How long have I been at this? Like five weeks?

MOOS: Ronald Reagan demanded the sound system not being turned off.

RONALD REAGAN, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I am paying for this microphone, Mr. Speaker.

(LAUGHTER)

MOOS: A line he picked up --

SPENCER TRACY, ACTOR: Don't you shut me off. I'm paying for this broadcast.

MOOS: -- from Spencer Tracy in the film "State of the Union."

TV magnifies everything. From the sweat --

RICHARD NIXON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Now --

MOOS: -- glistening on Nixon's chin that he had to wipe off, to Al Gore's exaggerated --

GEORGE W. BUSH, FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Texas. That's what a governor gets to do.

MOOS: -- exasperated size --

BUSH: There's a difference.

MOOS: -- resuscitated by "SNL."

UNIDENTIFIED COMEDIAN: Rome came to life in "Gladiator."

MOOS (on camera): What was I going to say again? Oh, yeah, there were some unforgettable forgetful moments.

RICK PERRY, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & FORMER TEXAS GOVERNOR: Commerce, education, and the -- what's the third one there? Let's see.

(LAUGHTER)

MOOS (voice-over): Rick Perry's oops moment.

PERRY: Oops.

[01:55:12] MOOS: And Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's brain freeze.

JAN BREWER, (R), ARIZONA GOVERNOR: That we could possibly do.

MOOS: And this was just her opening statement.

(on camera): You know what a televised debate isn't the time for? Checking the time, as President George Bush did.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How has the national debt --

MOOS (voice-over): Debates are a time for memorable zingers.

JOHN CONNELLY, (D), FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.

MOOS: And one-liners. For instance, from a relatively unknown candidate for vice president.

ADM. JAMES STOCKDALE, FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Who am I? Why am I here?

(LAUGHTER)

MOOS (on camera): And whatever you do, candidates, don't invade your opponent's personal space.

(voice-over): As Hillary's Senate rival once did.

UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CANDIDATE: Right here. Right now.

HILLARY CLINTON, (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: We'll shake on this --

UNIDENTIFIED SENATE CANDIDATE: No, I want your signature.

MOOS: Or when Al Gore crept up on George Bush.

BUSH: But can you get things done? And I believe I can.

(LAUGHTER)

MOOS: There's nothing like debatable behavior to liven up a debate.

BUSHES: There's differences.

OBAMA: You're likeable enough, Hillary.

MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN --

TINY FEY, COMEDIAN: Are we not doing the talent portion?

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MOOS: -- New York.

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BARNETT: Thanks for watching, everyone. I'm Errol Barnett.

Who is it that joins me for the next hour of CNN NEWSROOM? Our Rosemary Church. That's it. Stay with us. (LAUGHTER)

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