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NATALIE ALLEN, CNN NEWSROOM HOST: A city on high alert, the investigation into the Paris terror attack moves to Switzerland. We'll have the latest on several new leads in a live report.

Also, a former U.S. soldier accused of desertion and causing the deaths of his comrades is the new star of a leading podcast. Why Bowe Bergdahl's story on cereal is reopening old wounds.

And if Donald Trump wants to keep Muslims out of America, at least half a million Britain's want to keep him out on the U.K. We'll have more on a petition circulating about Donald Trump.

Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. This is CNN Newsroom live from Atlanta. I am Natalie Allen.

And thank you for joining us. Our top story this hour, an increased terror alert in Geneva, Switzerland has that city on edge. Police searching for five suspects linked to the Paris attacks. We are also learning that U.S. intelligence provided Swiss authorities with information about attacks plotted against Switzerland and cities in the U.S. and Canada. For more, let's turn to CNN's Alexandra Field. She's tracking these developments and has more for us from London. Certainly, the focus was on Paris and then it was on Belgium and now it has turned to Switzerland. What do you know, Alexandra?

ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Right. It's really an international effort to ferret out anyone who could be connected to the network that perpetrated the attacks in Paris. To that end, Swiss officials don't have any confirmation that these suspects are actually on Swiss territory, but the terror alert level has to be raised as they carry out the investigation to try and track these suspects down. It is believed that these are people who returned to Europe after spending time with ISIS in Syria. They're also believed to be part of a network of a well known ISIS recruiter who is believed to have recruited one of the attackers who carried out those attacks at the Bataclan Theater in Paris.

That's of course, has been to great concern to authorities. They did go ahead and raise this alert level in Switzerland, particularly in Geneva after the Swiss authorities received information that communications among an extremist group had been intercepted and that extremists were talking about possibly carrying out attacks in Geneva, Toronto and even Chicago in the United States. Swiss authorities also concerned given some new information that a close associate of Salah Abdeslam who is believed to be the eighth Paris attacker may have also crossed into Swiss territory. Of course, police are still hunting for Abdeslam himself but any information about a known associate of his being in Switzerland has of course, forced officials there to take any potential threats even more seriously, Natalie.

ALLEN: And it shows the importance of these intercepts of communication. Does this indicate -- do we know, Alexandra, of any renewed cooperation between -- among all the countries that are trying to knock down these ISIS perpetrators?

FIELD: We know that there has to be intelligence sharing. You've seen this in the aftermath of these Paris attacks where we know that there were a number of the attackers who had been in Belgium and who had then traveled to France and conversely authorities in Belgium were looking for more people connected to the Paris attacks. So what we know as far as this hunt for these suspects who could possibly be in Switzerland is that it is not just being carried out by Swiss authorities. French authorities are also heavily involved in this investigation as well as other authorities and, frankly, there wouldn't be a hunt without the sharing of this intelligence from the U.S.

So they're certainly underlying the clear need for different powers and parties to work together to share any information they could have about these suspects, Natalie.

ALLEN: We all know the name Abdeslam. It will be interesting to see if they release the names of these other suspects they're now hunting for. Alexandra for us -- Alexandra Field, live in London, thank you.

We want to turn now to the California attacks and the investigation has led to a lake. The FBI is searching a lake in San Bernardino. It's close to where Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik killed 14 people last week. Agents say a tip sent them to the area.

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DAVID BOWDICH, FBI ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: We did have a lead that indicated that the subjects came into this area. We have now put a dive team into the lake as a logical part of covering that lead. So they're seeking evidence -- the specific evidence we're looking for, we're not going to discuss, but we're simply saying we're seeking evidence.

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ALLEN: Alas, officials try to understand the motivation and circumstances of the attack. The FBI is now learning more about Syed Rizwan Farook and his associates. CNN's Pamela Brown has that part of the story.

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PAMELA BROWN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Investigators are now learning Syed Farook had direct ties to a radicalized group arrested in Riverside, California, three years ago. The FBI charged four men in 2012 with planning to blow up a U.S. military base in Afghanistan. But the FBI is only now learning Farook was in the same social circle as the group's recruiter, who was sentenced earlier this year to 25 years in prison.

AKI PERTIZ, FORMER CIA ANALYST: It shows that there is a beginning a network that is emerging very slowly for law enforcement intelligence community folks.

BROWN: FBI interviews with Syed Farook's former neighbor and friend, Enrique Marquez, revealed the pair plotted a terrorist attack in California in 2012. The arrest of the Riverside group that same year may explain why Farook and Marquez decided to abandon their plans. Three years later, Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik did carry out an attack.

ADAM SCHIFF, U.S. HOUSE DEMORACT: The director has emphasized that we're not aware of any other components for this particular plot, in other words, conspirators that may still be out there that pose a risk to the public. That's obviously first and foremost a priority for the bureau.

BROWN: This picture shows the training event Farook attended with co- workers before launching the massacre.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The subject's last, Farook, first Syed.

BROWN: In a meeting with survivors, investigators said Farook left behind a bag of explosives before returning to the event with his wife.

PERTIZ: The fact that the bomb didn't go off meant that maybe he came back to finish the job.

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ALLEN: So again, the FBI now searching a lake in San Bernardino. If anything is found that they talk about, we'll, of course, bring you that information.

Well, a former U.S. police officer faces up to 200 years in prison for raping women while on the job. Jurors took four days to find this man, Daniel Holtzclaw guilty. The jury found the 29-year-old assaulted more than one dozen women in Oklahoma City. Prosecutors say he preyed on women in one low income neighborhood, telling them he would drop drug charges against them if they did not report the assault. Holtzclaw will be sentenced next month.

In Chicago, the calls continue for the mayor to step down, and now an Illinois state lawmaker has introduced a bill that could have Rahm Emanuel removed from office by a vote. Protesters have marched throughout the city the past couple of weeks angry over police misconduct after officials released video of an officer shooting and killing a 17-year-old. CNN's Martin Savidge has this report.

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MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Protests have been going on now for over two hours. And although it was never huge, maybe 150 or so people, they marched from the federal center to city hall, the message the same as other protests. That is, number one, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has got to go. No longer are people talking about compromise. They say he must leave office. It also shows that the speech he made apparently didn't change the minds of many of these demonstrators. But they're also angry against their own police department. An anger that's actually been brewing for some time. But with the videos that have come forward showing what many believe are horrendous acts of police brutality and even some alleged murder, this anger is now overflowing and it's coming to the streets of downtown Chicago.

And it does disrupt the traffic as in ironically, it is all protected by the very police that they criticize. And the protesters say the Mayor has got to go and they won't stop until he does, Martin Savidge, CNN, Chicago.

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ALLEN: Well, ever since U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was freed by the Taliban last year, he has been at the center of controversy. Bergdahl's parents led a campaign pressuring leaders for their son's release. The U.S. traded Taliban prisoners for Bergdahl's freedom, which outraged many Americans, particularly soldiers. We've never heard from Bergdahl himself until now. Here is CNN's Jim Sciutto.

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JIM SCIUTTO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: He was a prisoner of the Taliban for five years. And today, in an interview aired on the serial podcast, we hear Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl's account of his brutal captivity for the first time.

BOWE BERGDAHL, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT: How do I explain to a person that just standing in an empty, dark room hurts?

SCIUTTO: He says he was held in a room so dark he couldn't even see his hands.

BERGDAHL: It's like you're standing there screaming in your mind, you're standing thinking in this black and dirt room. It's tiny. And just on the other side of that flimsy little wooden door that you could probably easily rip off the hinges is the entire world out there.

SCIUTTO: Bergdahl was captured after he walked off his small mountain outpost in western Afghanistan. He says to draw attention to what he called leadership failure within his unit.

BERGDAHL: All I was seeing was basically leadership failure to the point that the lives of the guys standing next to me were literally -- from what I could see, in danger of something seriously going wrong and somebody being killed.

SCIUTTO: His idea was that his disappearance, which he planned to be only temporary, would draw the attention of the entire armed forces to the problems.

BERGDAHL: Everybody was alerted. CIA is alerted. The Navy is alerted, the Marines are alerted. Air Force is alerted. Not just Army.

SCIUTTO: But a mere 20 minutes after he left, he knew he made a mistake.

BERGDAHL: Twenty minutes out, I am in over my head. It really starts to sink in.

SCIUTTO: His fears were quickly realized.

BERGDAHL: The next morning it's -- you know, where I got myself screwed.

SCIUTTO: Within hours, Bergdahl was surrounded by Taliban fighters, his last moment to freedom for five years.

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ALLEN: Bergdahl still faces a possible court-martial, if found guilty, he could get life in prison.

No matter what he says, no matter what he does, it seems Donald Trump's hard core supporters just don't care. They're sticking by their man. We'll hear from some of them in a key state next here.

Also, an extension and top of compromise, we'll take you live to Paris with a Climate Summit is taking longer than planned.

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ALLEN: The Climate Summit in Paris won't be wrapping up Friday as planned. Instead, the final text of a compromised deal is to be delivered Saturday morning. The goal of this massive conference COP21 is to reach the first ever legally binding universal agreement on climate, specifically on keeping global warming below two degrees Celsius. That is important because environmental experts say if average global temperatures warm more than that, life on this planet will fundamentally change. Community activists, world activists are demanding climate action. Amanda Starbuck is the Climate and Energy Director of Rainforest Action Network, and she joins us from Paris.

We know there's been a last minute delay. Are you concerned about that, Amanda with all the progress that we've heard coming out of this conference?

AMANDA STARBUCK, CLIMATE AND ENERGY DIRECTOR OF RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK: Hi, Natalie. We're in Paris because we know that we need to work together globally to reach the first ever binding agreement on climate change. This is a severe problem and this is COP21. It's taken 21 conferences to get this far. So if it takes one more day to get that agreement, we're going to need to go there. But my biggest concern is the agreement as currently stands is not going to go far enough.

ALLEN: And what is it lacking? Where does it fall down?

STARBUCK: So for the last two weeks, we've been hearing very ambitious statements from more than 180 leaders from all around the world, and we've got to the point where we are now saying we know that we need to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees. Now the problem is that the different national commitments that have been put on the table that our leaders have brought to Paris, only really put us on track for 3 degrees of warming. We know we need to go much further. Limiting to 1.5 degrees warming, the difference there is literally saved the lives of millions of people all around the world. So we need to raise the level of ambition, and we really need to raise the level of action, too.

ALLEN: For people that don't pay as close of attention to climate change, and as you know in the U.S. there is a lot of denial on climate change and everyone there in Paris is fighting for this. So when you say fundamental change will happen, and so many millions of lives affected, give us specific examples.

STARBUCK: One of the things that have really struck home to me this week and here in Paris is meeting people from every corner of the world who are here to talk about how climate change is directly impacting their lives. I have been especially moved to hear from people like President Tom who is leader of Kierabas, a very small, vulnerable nation in the South Pacific. For him, if warming goes above 1.5 degrees, that means the loss of his entire nation. His nation will literally disappear under water. So we're hearing from people like him, people from the Maltese, they are here for the survival of their people and their impacts around the world. We're seeing more floods, more droughts, and more extreme storms. Every person who ever comes here is going to affect them.

ALLEN: And certainly, your organization works so hard on fighting deforestation. And some people may be surprised to hear that despite your good efforts, so much of the rainforest are still going. How does that impact global warming?

STARBUCK: Yeah, well, deforestation is a very critical issue when we talk about climate change. Right now, deforestation is responsible for about a fifth of climate change emissions, global warming emissions around the world. And we've discovered through decades and decades of evidence that the best way that we can keep forests standing and, therefore, have a really significant impact on solving climate change is to protect the rights of the communities, the people that are living in the forests. So we've been here this week joining efforts saying that it's critical -- that part of the climate agreement contains a strong commitment to human rights and a strong commitment to indigenous rights.

Equally, we think it's incredibly important to make this agreement spells out the real need to keep fossil fuels in the ground. Fossil fuels burning oil and gas. They're responsible for about more than 40 percent of climate change emissions, and it's worrying that right now the climate change agreement doesn't address fossil fuels. So we want to see leaders like Obama going back on to the U.S., back on to the nations all around the world, and really committing to keep fossil fuels in the ground to help our economies develop and protect our people and our environment, too.

ALLEN: Thank you for joining us, Amanda Starbuck with the Rainforest Action Network. Thank you.

Well, experts say the effects of global warming are felt more strongly in some parts of the world than others. Some scientists say rising seas, as we just heard, may wipe out the Marshall Islands if temperatures rise more than two degrees above pre-industrial levels. That's why people living on the front lines of climate change are trying their best to call for action.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In my community, we're already seeing increases in climate devastation.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have the floods. We have the drought. We have the diseases.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You don't know how big the ocean is until you go to the Marshall Islands.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ever since I was born in 1997, we lost roughly 100 feet of land.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The greatest floods that harmed thousands of homes in Colorado and displaced a lot of people. And the worst qualifier we ever saw.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Before, it might be just some water on the shore. But now, every single time there's a high tide and a king tide, it causes major damage to the point where sea walls are destroyed.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My uncle Norman went out hunting, the ice wasn't formed where he fell through. And that cost his life.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I am worried for my children, because the life that we are living now is not the life that we had when I was growing up.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I refuse to give up. I refuse to have to leave. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Each and every one of us has a responsibility to

protect the world around us. This is our only home.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I hope that my daughter's granddaughter and her granddaughter can come back home and know where their island is.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Action needs to be taken today before every community is a front lines community.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you think that climate changes will happen in the future, it's happening right now. It is affecting my hometown in Alaska.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: At the end of the day, this doesn't just affect us. It affects the whole world. If we save our island, I believe we can shave the world.

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ALLEN: And it does affect the whole world. We're all connected, and to find more about that, you can go to our website. A special section looks at the huge impact that this small change in warming can bring, and you can take a quiz to find out how much you know about climate change and how it could affect you in the future. For example, you can find out on our website why beef is so awful for the global climate. Also, you can tell us what you want to see us cover, what are issues that you still don't quite understand. It's all at CNN.com/2degrees.

Pollution computer models are indicating that smog that blanketed Beijing this week could be drifting towards Japan. There's another example of how smog and filling the air with noxious fumes affects not just Beijing, it's moving elsewhere. Derek Van Dam is here to tell us about it.

DEREK VAN DAM, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Going back to climate change, global warming. All of these things have knock on effects with the world's weather patterns, including what's happening in China, northeast China, particularly. We've been discussing the thick layer of smog blanketing Beijing lately. Natalie, some computer models showing that noxious gas like the Sea of Japan and potentially impacting the mainland of Japan. Let me highlight something for you. This is a satellite image from NASA. That gray, murky color there is actually the smog starting to creep back into the southern suburbs of Beijing. That is cloud cover there in the white.

But if we overlay the wind profile, you can see these stream lines that are bringing the smog or the potential of bringing the smog towards mainland Japan. Fortunately, there is a large storm system that's churning up the atmosphere, dispersing these noxious particulates that formed over northeast China. And it's also the same storm system has not only been responsible for disbursing this pollution, but also for some record-setting rainfall across mainland Japan. In fact, the wettest 24-hour period for the month of December for areas across mainland Japan. Look at Tukashima, global climate change? I'll leave that up to you. But certainly, one thing is for sure. Our weather patterns are all

connected, and it's all connected by what is called the Jet Stream. This is that strong layer of upper level winds that moves our storm system from west to east. So we're seeing this almost a direct tie from storm systems from Japan into the Pacific Northwest, and we've been discussing the heavy rain that's caused flooding for the U.S. state of Washington. In fact, we had two extremely rare tornados then. And along with these storm systems, it's really picking up the waves across the pacific, 20 to 30-foot waves. Some of that swell, by the way, is making it to the north shore of Oahu.

Surfers are taking advantage of that across the area of Hawaii. Take a look at this footage coming out of Hawaii at the moment. This is -- well, the pipeline masters and this is what I like to see, Natalie. Love showcasing some of the biggest swells they are riding right now. Take a look at these guys actually taking off.

ALLEN: Look at that. Are there any women in there? Bless them.

VAN DAM: This is the men's competition. There is a world title up for grabs.

ALLEN: And, you know, talking about climate change, it's an eco friendly course.

VAN DAM: It's amazing.

ALLEN: Have you been there in Hawaii?

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VAN DAM: I have seen it. It's incredible, dangerous, but incredible.

ALLEN: Thanks for ending on that.

All right, Donald Trump picked up a key endorsement and makes a new bold statement, if you can believe that. We'll have that story in a moment.

Plus, what a new poll reveals about who is supporting his Muslim ban. It's all next.

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ALLEN: Hello again. You're watching CNN Newsroom live from Atlanta, and welcome to our viewers in the U.S. and around the world. I am Natalie Allen. Here are our top stories right now.

Geneva, Switzerland is on heightened alert as police search for five suspects related to the Paris attacks. A source says U.S. intelligence intercepted communications of a group of extremists discussing plans to attack Geneva, Chicago, and Toronto in Canada. They believe those individuals are connected to ISIS.

[03:32:01] Police divers are searching for evidence in a lake near last week's massacre in San Bernardino, California, in which a heavily armed husband and wife killed 14 people. The FBI won't say what they are looking for, but said the search could last days.

A former Oklahoma City police officer that is him in the middle faces up to 200 years in prison after a jury found Daniel Holtzclaw guilty of raping 13 women while on the job. Prosecutors say Holtzclaw told the victims he would get their drug charges dropped if they didn't report the assault.

While Republican leaders continue to push back against Donald Trump and his comments about Muslims, it seems many of that party's voters may still be on his side. A poll released Thursday shows 42 percent of Republicans support his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., although most Americans are against it. Political Correspondent Sara Murray has more on those numbers from Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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SARA MURRAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Donald Trump still looming large over the GOP field.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I am 20 points up. I am way up on everybody.

MURRAY: Leading nationwide even as Republicans remain divided over Trump's controversial plan to ban Muslims from coming to the U.S. A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows 38 percent of Republican primary voters approve the proposal, while 39 percent oppose it. Among all Americans, nearly six in ten oppose the plan. The front- runner showing staying power as he faces a bipartisan backlash.

TRUMP: The group that is not criticizing me is the public. The public agrees with what I said.

MURRAY: His supporters, some of whom took part in a conversation with CNN, remain steadfast.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So I could care less about a few Muslims or a few people that are upset. I could care less about a few people saying I like Donald Trump's tone. We need a true leader in this country, and Donald Trump is that leader.

MURRAY: But Trump's rivals continue to line up in opposition, some subtle...

MARCO RUBIO, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I am going to support the Republican nominee, and I believe the Republican nominee is going to be someone that can win the general election, and I don't believe Donald can.

MURRAY: Others, more direct.

LINDSEY GRAHAM, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: President Obama's strategy is a miserable failure. The only thing worse than Obama's policies is Donald Trump's policies.

MURRAY: South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham unleashing a stinging critique today in New Hampshire.

GRAHAM: I'd rather lose without him than try to win with him if he keeps doing what he's doing. There's no shame in losing an election. The shame comes when you lose your honor.

MURRAY: And in the face of backlash from world leaders, Trump is canceling a group to Israel, tweeting I have decided to postpone my trip to Israel and reschedule with Netanyahu at a later date after I become President of the U.S. That's after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement rejecting Trump's comments on Muslims. And as a petition to block Trump from the United Kingdom swells to nearly half a million signatures, Trump tweeted the United Kingdom is trying hard to disguise their massive Muslim problem. This is costing him in other ways. One of Trump's Middle East business partners is now pulling Trump-branded products from its shelves.

Now Trump supporters here in New Hampshire said well, they didn't necessarily agree with all of the details of his plan to bar Muslims from coming to the U.S., they're still sticking by him. And at an event, Trump referenced the plan only briefly saying we can't afford to be so politically correct and it's time to a take a closer look at the visa system, Sara Murray, CNN, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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ALLEN: Meantime, Trump received a new endorsement from a police union in New Hampshire on the same day he made a big announcement about police killers. Randi Kaye has that.

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RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Members of the New England Police Benevolent Association showing support for Donald Trump in New Hampshire, despite the growing list of his inflammatory remarks.

Does any of that concern you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think what concerns me is we have a President of the United States who has no respect for law enforcement officers. That's the problem right now.

KAYE: Retired Police Officer Jerry Flynn once met with Trump in his office in New York City.

JERRY FLYNN, RETIRED POLICE OFFICER: I found him to be very charming, to be honest with you.

KAYE: Charming is not a word you hear a lot when you're talking about Donald Trump. What do you make of his style?

FLYNN: I think that he is what he is. He's a very successful businessman. He's somebody who obviously can poke the bear and he's done that pretty well. KAYE: So well, in fact, that there's a growing panic among some in

his party he could win the nomination. But because of his inflammatory remarks about Latinos, women and now Muslims, many say he wouldn't stand a chance in a general election.

You're not at all concerned about him being the nominee?

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. I want him to be the nominee. I want him to be President of the United States.

KAYE: Johnny Arnold also thinks Trump could take Democrat Hillary Clinton in a match-up.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When it comes to immigration, when it comes to the debt, when it comes to defending our country, I feel like he's stronger than she is.

KAYE: Despite what some Republicans are saying, no one here told us tonight they thought Trump was hurting his party.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's trying to make America great again. And I think he's doing it his way, on his own, the way he would work in business.

KAYE: And you think that's playing well in the party, not driving people away from the party?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it's playing well with the public. And the party, I guess that will be determined at the convention.

KAYE: And about that New York Times/CBS poll showing that among all registered voters, 40 percent say a Trump presidency scares them.

Does a Donald Trump presidency scare you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Not at all. I've noticed when it comes to a lot of Presidents, they don't know how to say no. That might be a basic answer to tell you, but I feel like he has so much fire in him, if we were to be attacked, for example, he knows how to say no.

KAYE: Meanwhile, with so many critics inside the GOP, Trump is floating the idea of running as a third party candidate, an independent. And according to a USA Today poll, 68 percent of his supporters say they would go with him.

Would you consider crossing party lines to vote for Donald Trump?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'll leave u with this. Ronald Reagan said it best, I didn't leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me.

KAYE: All right, I'll take that as a yes.

The main theme I heard tonight was trust. They believe he has their back. You heard from him over and over, that he loves the police. If he is ever elected President, that if a police officer is shot and killed in the line of duty, that whoever did that would get the death penalty, he would make sure of that. This group really believes that Donald Trump is misunderstood. That he does love America and care for America, which is probably why they endorsed him tonight. They believe that because he's a businessman, he also understands them and understands labor unions, as well. Not everyone here, though, was thrilled about seeing Donald Trump. They were protesters both inside and outside, one man screaming very loudly inside the hotel where Donald Trump was speaking. Be brave, dump Trump, Randi Kaye, CNN, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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ALLEN: And the hashtag Trump-facts is trending on Twitter, and they are tongue and cheek untruths, pinned on the candidate. Sussex Mark Narud Duran have become so radicalized, they now call themselves Koran-Koran. Look at this one, the wearing of the British hijab is now compulsory among men. And Jack Tindal tweeted a picture of Queen Elizabeth saying British Muslims have forced the Queen to way a hijab, hashtag Trump-facts.

CNN's Sara Murray mentioned a few minutes ago Trump's critics in Britain have lost a petition to block him from coming into the U.K. It now has more than a half a million signatures. That's more than enough for a committee to consider sending the motion to the House of Commons for a debate.

Canada's Prime Minister gave a warm welcome to the first plane-full of Syrian refugees to land in Toronto. More than 160 Syrians arrived by military plane just a few hours ago from Lebanon. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau helped some children get into winter coats after saying the migrants would become legal residents as soon as they left the terminal. This is just the first major arrival of 25,000 refugees, Canada says it will admit by the end of February.

Well, it's been done for decades in humans. Now scientists have seven reasons to celebrate what they say is a major breakthrough, the first ever litter of test tube puppies. That's next.

Also ahead, the story behind the Porsche once owned by raspy-voiced rocker Janice Joplin, which just smashed auction estimates. We'll give you the sale price.

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ALLEN: One of the most famous athletes in Bangladesh is accused of abusing his adolescent house worker. The legal case comes amid scrutiny of the plight of children working as domestic helpers in the country. CNN's Freedom Project spoke exclusively with 11-year-old Happy, who is now free. Monica Kapur has her story.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MONICA KAPUR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This is Taka, 14 million people live

here crammed into 125 square miles. Slums and sky scrapers exist side by side. This is the part you see. Some things you don't. I used to clean the house, clean the dishes, cut the vegetables, wash the clothes and do other small jobs, maids, many just young children, toiling away in the homes of the rich. Mafusa, nicknamed Happy, is 11 years old. Deserted by her parents, she lived with her grandmother. They needed money so her grandmother got her a job as a maid. She worked in this man's house. He's a well known Bangladeshi cricket player. Happy says he and his wife abused her.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They hit me everywhere, all over my body. They scratched me and slapped my face.

KAPUR: She tells me she had no freedom, that her employers would keep a close eye on her during the day. She says at night, they would make her sleep in the bathroom and lock the door from outside.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I thought I was trapped as a slave to them for the rest of my life.

KAPUR: She says she often thought of escaping. One day she says, she took a chance.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They hit me more than usual that day. When I saw the door open, I ran out of the house. I couldn't run. I was limping. I was in so much pain. I thought it's better to beg on the street than be in that house.

KAPUR: One local journalist found her crying on the side of a road, bruised, a black eye, multiple broken bones.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: If you see her face when she -- when we first saw in the center. We could not think it possible.

KAPUR: This is a leading women's rights activist. She and Happy agreed to talk to us at the shelter Ali runs. She says the case got attention because it involved a famous employer. Hussein and his wife are charged with child repression and employing a minor. He remains in custody. The wife is out on bail on humanitarian grounds. His lawyer says he is innocent and that he wasn't home the day Happy ran away. The lawyer refused to comment on behalf of the wife. Bangladesh is full of children hired as domestic helpers, and many of them are abused, poor and desperate for money, approximately 421,000 children workers domestic help. Ali says many are abused by what she calls their masters.

You use the word master a lot. That makes it sound like this is a form of slavery.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, this is form of slavery. They have no freedom, they have no childhood.

KAPUR: Happy is starting over at the shelter, doing what she says she thought was impossible enjoying a childhood with friends, freedom and laughter, Monica Kapur, CNN, Taka. (END VIDEO CLIP)

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ALLEN: Well, we all know about test tube babies. Now we have test tube puppies. Researchers at Cornell are declaring a medical breakthrough with the successful delivery of the first ever litter of puppies to be conceived through in vitro fertilization. It took decades and it's very important because it could lead to saving endangered species and possibility preventing disease. With more, here's CNN's Alexander Field from London.

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FIELD: A big breakthrough for science, seven small puppies, two beagle cocker spaniel mixes, five pure beagles, all of them made with help from a team of scientists from Cornell University and the Smithsonian Institution. They say the first ever litter of puppies could change the future for all dogs and maybe even humans.

It's been nearly 40 years since the first human baby was born through IVF. The whole world seemed to watch with baby Louise Brown arrived in 1978 with the help of British fertility pioneers.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I am now handing the baby to Dr. Edwards.

FIELD: Some wondered what IVF would bring. Today, expert's estimates because of it, more than five million babies have been born. Here now, we're trying to take a very complex technique, a step sideways into other species.

Caroline Argo from the University of Surrey says exploring the possibilities of animal in vitro started decades ago. Back in the 50s, there were successful cases of rabbit IVF, then came successes with lambs, calves, pigs, now pups.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So we have seven normal, happy, healthy puppies.

FIELD: What's the difference with dogs? The team of scientists behind the litter says the canine reproductive system is different from other mammals. That's made the process difficult. Their success could have significant impacts from one day preserving endangered dog species like the African Painted Dog to eventually, preventing certain diseases in dogs and maybe even uncovering information about dog's best friend.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, I like you, too.

FIELD: The team's research shows dogs and humans share 350 heritable disorders and traits, twice the number humans share with any other species. That's why scientists believe puppy IVF could be key to eliminating diseases for both.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The exciting techniques of gene editing gives the potential of being able to go back to these very early beginnings of life to correct the genetic abnormalities that we're finding in association with disease, and the potential for that is huge.

FIELD: Which means there are more than seven reasons researchers consider this a success, Alexandra Field, CNN, London.

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ALLEN: Well, this psychedelic Porsche that was once a big piece of Janice Joplin's heart fetched a lot more at auction than expected. Someone snagged the rocker's beloved 1964 car for $1.7 million Thursday night. The custom-painted car was expected to go for a maximum of $600,000. Peter Valdez has the story behind the groovy car and its legendary owner.

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PETER VALDEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The history of the universe. That's the story that winds around this 1964 Porsche 356 in screaming color, complicated, completely original, and totally mesmerizing. A lot like its owner, in fact. Look, there she is, Janice Joplin, 1968 was the year Janice and her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company released Cheap Thrills. It was the album that would make her a star with hits like summertime.

It was also the year she bought this used Porsche. The car was odd white, the color of canvas. So she asked her roadie to paint it. Something that would stand out just the way she did. Make no mistake, she drove this car every day. All over San Francisco up and down California. Right up until the day she died in 1970 at a hotel in Hollywood. When friends and fans heard rumors of Joplin's death, the colorful Porsche parked in the garage was the grim confirmation. Today, the car underneath this paint job lives on. It happens to be among the most desirable Porsches of its time, the high performance 356C model. It's a quick and responsive little car.

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Actually, I grew up with cars like this, my father raced them. I recognized the look of the interiors and the smells and sounds of that air-cooled Porsche engine. The fact that this car happened to be owned and driven by a music legend just makes it even more special, peace, love, Porsche.

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ALLEN: What a car. What a rocker. Thanks for joining us in CNN Newsroom. I am Natalie Allen. Viewers in the U.S. stay with us for Early Start, for everyone else, another hour of CNN Newsroom coming up with Andrew Stevens in Hong Kong.

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