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[03:00:00] ERROL BARNETT, CNNI: Frustration and talk of fresh sanctions at the U.N. after North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket.

ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNNI: Countdown to New Hampshire. White House hopefuls enter the last full day of campaigning before the first in the nation primary.

BARNETT: And a Super Bowl upset. The Denver Broncos buck the odds and the Carolina Panthers in America's biggest sporting event.

A very warm welcome to our viewers here in the States and those of you watching all around the world. I'm Errol Barnett.

CHURCH: And I'm Rosemary Church. Thanks for joining us for the second hour. And this is CNN Newsroom.

There will be fireworks lighting up the sky in North Korea's capital in just a few hours from now.

BARNETT: That's right. North Korea is reveling in what it says was the successful launch of a satellite on Sunday. But the mood among its neighbors and in the U.S. is far less celebratory. The U.S., South Korea, and other countries suspect this launch was a cover for testing a ballistic missile.

CHURCH: And a senior U.N. correspondent, Richard Roth reports the U.N. Security Council is promising there will be consequences for Pyongyang.

RICHARD ROTH, CNN SENIOR U.S. CORRESPONDENT: For years, the U.N. Security Council has listened to threats from North Korea. Now it's the turn of the diplomats here in New York to issue threats. The Security Council held an emergency Sunday meeting to discuss the launch of North Korea's rocket, which Pyongyang says is purely for earth observation.

U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power, though, says nobody should be fooled. The diplomats met behind closed doors and afterwards agreed to strongly condemn the North Korea launch and also to warn of significant measures in a strong resolution aimed at Pyongyang in the coming days or weeks or months.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SAMANTHA POWER, U.S. AMBASSADOR: Each of these provocations, each of these illegal actions requires a robust response. Because of the DPRK's decisions and actions we will ensure that the Security Council imposes serious consequences.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

ROTH: Even though they knew this launch was coming, there is growing frustration here in New York at Pyongyang just totally violating four Security Council resolutions over the years.

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MOTOHIDE YOSHIKAWA, JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO U.N.: Business as usual will no longer apply. There has been many resolutions which have not been implemented by the DPRK. And we have to work on this basis, working on the new Security Council resolution.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

ROTH: China's ambassador would only say there should be a resolution but there should be calm on the Peninsula. Russia worried about destabilizing North Korea through sanctions affecting the economy of the country. There is an urgency expressed by the U.S. ambassador, saying time is ticking.

Richard Roth, CNN, United Nations.

BARNETT: And in a sign of escalating tensions South Korea's navy fired warning shots after a North Korean patrol boat strayed into South Korean waters on Monday. The North Korean vessel then retreated.

As you see on our screens, CNN senior international correspondent, Ivan Watson joins us from Seoul to discuss all of this. Ivan, what is the latest on the diplomatic front? Because I know a number of ambassadors are being summoned over this latest dispute.

IVAN WATSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right. Among them North Korea's ambassador to Beijing, who's been brought summoned by the foreign minister. Presumably, so that Beijing and the Chinese government can, as they put it in a statement that came out Sunday night, express regret over North Korea's rocket launch in defiance of all of these United Nations Security Council Resolutions.

What China may do next is a big question. One, that's being asked by this triumvirate of U.S. allied powers, the U.S., Japan, South Korea, which are all asking for tougher sanctions against North Korea. But they're asking that and Japan is even threatening unilateral sanctions.

The problem, though, is that these countries virtually have no leverage over North Korea economically since that country is so isolated as it stands. Its biggest trading partner, of course, is China. And China has shown reluctance to take any additional measures such as cutting off fuel supplies to North Korea. In the meantime, the North Korean State continues to celebrate what it

says is a major scientific and technological leap forward. Take a listen to what some North Koreans said on North Korean State television on Sunday.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To think that Kwangmyongsong-4 is flying in that sky it really gets me excited. As part of the teacher of the next generation, I'll do my best to sheer up endless satellites into the sky by bringing up more talented scientists.

[03:05:06] UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So, we feel it. The great strength of our nation being able to do anything with our great leader Kim Jong Un. So, I, from now on as a university student that is part of the next generation will dedicate my whole youth for the country.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WATSON: Errol, North Korea is not just planning a fireworks display this evening to celebrate again the rocket launch. It also has unveiled a new recording that we saw on North Korean State TV, a new song that celebrates, again, this rocket launch that has angered so much of the rest of the world. Errol.

BARNETT: And you'd think if the celebration was based in reality it wouldn't last very long because you have this U.S. missile defense system being considered. Officials in Seoul and Washington think the North's erratic behavior may be the opening the West needs to set up this controversial system. What do we know about that?

WATSON: That's right. Both South Korea and the U.S. of course very close military allies, have responded to the rocket launch by saying that they're open now to discussing the possible deployment of these terminal high-altitude area defense systems.

Basically, these would be weapons defense systems deployed potentially in South Korea that could counter long-range rockets and missiles. This is a measure; this is a weapon system that China has in the past spoken out against. It does not want this on the Korean Peninsula. It views this as a potential threat to itself.

But this appears to be one of the only measures that the U.S. and South Korea have to incrementally step up pressure against North Korea.

In addition to that, South Korea has announced that it will decrease the number of people allowed to go to the Kaesong Industrial Complex. That's on the DMZ between North and South. It's a joint kind of economic venture. And South Korea saying it will reduce the number of people working there from 650 to 500 people. That's another incremental measure.

They've also talked about putting up more of these loudspeakers along the demilitarized zone that would blur pop music and propaganda into North Korean territory. Again, all incremental measures that South Korea and its allies are using to try to respond to North Korea, not only its rocket launch but also what it claims was the testing of a hydrogen bomb a little bit more than a month ago. Errol.

BARNETT: All right. All the latest information there from our Ivan Watson. Seven minutes past 5 in the afternoon there in Seoul. Thank you.

CHURCH: Taiwan's government has ordered an investigation into the collapse of a high-rise building after Saturday's deadly earthquake. The country's state news agency reports emergency workers found tin cans built into the walls that were apparently used as construction fillers in beams. At least 39 people were killed in the quake. Almost 120 more are still missing.

BARNETT: But Reuters News Agency reports that two people have been found alive in just the past few hours, buried there in the rubble. One survivor, a woman, has pulled from the debris. A man, we understand, is still trapped, but he is conscious and talking to rescuers. We'll keep you updated on that story.

CHURCH: Well, thousands of Syrians are now stuck along the border with Turkey after fleeing escalating violence around the City of Aleppo. With Russian air support the Syrian regime is advancing on opposition-held areas.

BARNETT: Now, the U.N. estimates 40,000 people have been displaced by recent fighting around the city.

CHURCH: And Turkey is already sheltering more than two million Syrians and says it still has an open border policy for those fleeing the war. But what's the reality on the ground?

Well, let's bring in CNN senior international correspondent Arwa Damon now, who is monitoring the refugee crisis at the Turkish-Syrian border. So, Arwa, Turkey insists it has this open door policy. What did you see was happening at the border?

ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Rosemary, the border does still remain very much closed at this stage, with not just tens of thousands stuck on the other side but the potential for hundreds of thousands to eventually begin fleeing the violence, hoping, but as of yet failing to find safety.

They can see Turkey's flag fluttering in the distance. Tens of thousands have fled in recent days. The safety they longed for painfully near but closed off.

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DAMON: What is this life, this woman cries out from one of the packed tents. Have mercy on us. Have mercy. But so far there is none. Turkish authorities continue to insist that they have an open door policy, but being here, that most certainly does not really seem to be the case.

[03:10:11] They say that they are providing the refugees with everything that they would need to be able to survive on the other side. And while the camp seems to be taking on more of a personal feel, there is nothing here to protect them from the violence.

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DAMON: "We did not come here to get tents," Samekh (ph) says. "We don't want food or water. We want to get through and provide security for our children. He, like many of the others has already been displaced by Syria's relentless violence multiple times.

These are the people who held out hope, who didn't want to make the impossible decision to leave everything they have in life behind. This is said to be the aftermath of just one of the Russian air strikes pounding Aleppo and its countryside in recent days.

The ongoing cries of agony of those who continue to lose loved ones day and night. The never-ending desperate scramble to save lives as the Assad regime's army gains ground under Russian air cover.

Turkey is allowing the wounded and those needing medical treatment through. At the Kilis Hospital we meet Sadayam Hassar (ph), a rebel fighter injured a few months back who came to Turkey five days ago for surgery.

Next to him, a man who arrived the day before, unable to talk. Hassar says the Russian bombing is like nothing they have seen before. "They come with four planes at a time," he curses Putin.

Rebel commanders warn that they can only hold out in Aleppo for a few months. The U.N. fears that in the rebel-held eastern part of the city upwards of 300,000 civilians are in grave risk.

But despite Turkey's statements that it won't abandon those in need, one more gate to safety for now remains closed.

And, Rosemary, it's not just these horrific circumstances that those trying to flee the violence are having to endure. This most recent advance by Syrian forces under Russian air cover could potentially change the dynamics of this battlefield with some of those moderate rebel leaders, saying that the option that they now have are very few and none of them good.

They can either surrender to the regime or they can join the YPG, the Kurdish fighting force, whom they do not trust. Or they can join, link up with the Al Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra front. Or some are even contemplating joining ranks with ISIS, Rosemary.

CHURCH: It is horrifying what you have witnessed there, and the options there for people. So, it does beg the question what will likely happen to the thousands of refugees now stranded at the Turkish border?

DAMON: Well, that's going to be up to Turkey at this stage. Now, as we have been reporting the Turkish government is vowing that should it come down to it they will be opening their gates. Turkey has upwards of 2.5 million Syrians already trying to make ends meet within the country. It like all of Syria's neighboring countries is really struggling

under the various different strains that the refugee populations are creating. But at the same time the reality is that these families cannot be left on the other side, especially if the fighting gets closer to them.

Plus, even though yes, they are being provided tents, it's really not a long-term solution. Children need to be put into schools, toilets, more decent living conditions need to be established. So, in the near future what's going to happen, that's going to be up to Turkey. Long- term, though, there's going to have to be a much more viable solution.

CHURCH: All right. Our Arwa Damon reporting there live from the Turkish-Syrian border. Many thanks to you for your incredible reporting.

BARNETT: Now, we'll have a much different type of story coming up for you after the break. The Denver Broncos are the new NFL champions. The fans in Denver are still partying. We'll have the big moments from Super Bowl 50. Plus.

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DONALD TRUMP, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: If I came in second, I wouldn't be happy.

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CHURCH: Donald Trump doesn't want to walk away a loser in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary. We will have the latest on the next test in the race for the White House. Back in a moment.

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PATRICK SNELL, CNN WORLD SPORT ANCHOR: Hi, there. I'm Patrick Snell with your CNN World Sport headlines. The battle to catch Leicester City now it's happening as the English Premier League continues on Sunday. Arsenal defeating Bournemouth of 2-0 to get within five points now of the Foxes.

But the big game of the day taking place in West London. Chelsea and Manchester United playing out to a 1-1 draw at the Bridge after a goalless first half. United ahead through Jesse Lingard just past the half-hour mark with a great finish past Thibaut Courtois, the Blues goal.

But after injury to the host Kurt Zouma, the ref allowed six minutes of stoppage time and in the second minute of it Spanish striker, Diego Costa would level.

To Spain where Barcelona resumed their quest for five glittering pieces of silverware this season. There are other records at stake as well. And Luis Enrique's 100th game in charge of the club Barca are now equaled their own Spanish record of 28 matches unbeaten under Pep Guardiola. Although the Catalans led at Levante by virtue of an own goal. They

didn't make it safe until 92 minutes drop on the clock. Luis Suarez striking. Again, the Uruguay just prolific this season, 36 goals in all competitions.

And there was a big career victory for English British golf. Danny Willett set the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday. Willett shooting a 69. Needing nerves of steel on the very last hole to win by a stroke of 15-foot putt giving him the edge of Andy Sullivan and Rafa Cabrero- Bello. A fourth European tour success for Danny Willett. Congrats to him.

That's a look at your CNN World Sport headlines. I'm Patrick Snell.

BARNETT: The Denver Broncos are Super Bowl champions. They beat the Carolina Panthers just a few hours ago to claim the NFL title. It was not a high-scoring affair, though. 24-10 was the final score. The Denver defense came up big in what was a grueling game.

CHURCH: But the fans will certainly take it. They're out in force in Denver celebrating the Broncos' third Super Bowl title.

BARNETT: CNN's Andy Scholes was there for all the action.

CHURCH: Yes. And he is live outside the stadium in Santa Clara, California. Hi there, Andy. So, what a big upset this was. The Denver Broncos defense overwhelming the Panthers. What happened?

ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know what, guys? This couldn't have been more of a fairy tale ending for Peyton Manning if he does decide to hang up the Cleves and walk away and retire from the game of football.

I mean, by no means was Peyton amazing in this game, but he did enough to manage the offense and let the Broncos defense do what they do best, and that has wreaked havoc on quarterbacks. Von Miller was in the backfield routinely getting after Cam Newton. He forced two fumbles in this game. The one in the fourth quarter sealed the win for the Broncos.

And for Peyton Manning, he's 39 years old. The oldest quarterback to ever win a Super Bowl. He's the only quarterback in the history of the NFL to win a Super Bowl for two different teams. And now he is the all-time Willet quarterback with 200 wins in his career.

[03:20:04] Now he would not confirm that he is retiring after this big win, but he did comment on it after the Super Bowl. Take a listen.

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PEYTON MANNING, DENVER BRONCOS QUARTERBACK: But this thinking it's been an emotional week. Emotional night. And the night's just beginning. I look forward to celebrating with my friends and family. I think I'll take some time after that. Like I said I'm going to kind of enjoy tonight, take it one step at a time.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

SCHOLES: The Peyton even joked he was going to have some Budweiser's and drink some beer and celebrate this win for a while. And the Broncos are going to have a victory parade on Tuesday. And who knows? Maybe that's when Peyton Manning will announce whether or not he is going to retire or come back next season.

Now, on the other side of things, obviously a very disappointing night for Cam Newton. He just was not on his game. As I said, the Broncos defense was really causing problems for him all night. Cam Newton had 23 incompletions. He had two fumbles, an interception. You know, he won the MVP award last night, but obviously tonight, a very disappointing day for the Panthers and their team.

And Cam Newton was not having it after the game during the media session. He took a couple questions but then he just actually got up and stormed off. Getting a lot of criticism for that, guys. People calling him a sore loser on social media. But in the grand scheme of things a very happy day for Super Bowl 50 for the Broncos and Peyton Manning and on the Panthers side of things very disappointing.

BARNETT: But, Andy, talk to us about what I think was the most bizarre moment of the game which is bouncing around social media now, and that's Peyton Manning's brother Eli watching with the family in the stands. Everyone's celebrating as they rack up more points except for Eli Manning himself. Hash tag Eli Manning's face is now trending on Twitter. What's the story there?

SCHOLES: Well, Errol, you know, actually, this kind of unexplainable. You know, like, the shot was the Manning suite when the Broncos had pretty much sealed the win. Everyone jumping up, you know, so happy that Peyton was going to win another Super Bowl.

The only explanation is that hey, Eli's already won two Super Bowls. Coming into today, Peyton had only won one. And that was like the one thing Eli I guess could always hold over his brother, was that he had won more Super Bowls than Peyton. Because in the grand scheme of things Peyton is a much better quarterback in the history of the NFL than Eli is.

But who knows if that's the reason? It's just weird that Eli was making that face when he should have been cheering on his brother. But Eli -- Eli Manning face is actually a thing.

Whenever the New York Giants are losing games they always do cutaways to Eli Manning and he's always making just weird faces -- weird sad faces. So, maybe that was just -- he just knew a camera was on him and he decided to make a funny weird face.

BARNETT: Well, from sore losers to sore siblings, we saw it all here at Super Bowl 50. Andy Scholes joining us from the West Coast. Thanks for your time. Good to see you.

SCHOLES: All right. Have a good one.

BARNETT: And now to the race for the White House. The New Hampshire primary is just one day away, but democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took a break from campaigning there on Sunday.

CHURCH: Instead, she spent part of the day in Flint, Michigan, a city of course dealing with the contaminated water crisis. Clinton attended a church service, telling the audience clean water should not be a luxury and that the crisis has to be a national priority.

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HILLARY CLINTON, (D) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: This is not merely unacceptable or wrong, though it is both. What happened in Flint is immoral. The children of Flint are just as precious as the children of any other part of America. They are just as deserving of good health care, of good education, and of bright futures.

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CHURCH: And Clinton has made Flint a focus of her campaign since early January. She promised to be the town's partner through that water crisis.

BARNETT: Now, republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio is swinging back after Saturday's rough debate. He was sharply criticized by rivals, particularly Chris Christie, over his level of experience.

CHURCH: In his response, Rubio repeatedly slammed President Barack Obama's leadership. And he says he's going to keep criticizing President Obama. Christie called Rubio's responses a memorized 25- second speech and insists Rubio is not ready to be president. Listen.

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MARCO RUBIO, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: You know, it's funny, the -- I don't know. Maybe people think it's a bad thing. I'm going to keep saying it over and over again. Barack Obama is trying to change America.

He wants us to be more like the rest of the world. I've never understood that. If you want to be like another country why don't you move to another country? We want to be America.

CHRIS CHRISTIE, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The plan was to go and talk about the thing I've been talking about all week, that there's a big difference between me and Marco Rubio, between my experience and his, who's ready to take on Hillary Clinton, who's ready to take on this country.

[03:25:05] And so, this isn't about me or Marco Rubio. This is about the country. And the country needs a president whose ready. We've had seven years of a president who wasn't ready for the job. I'm ready for the job. Senator Rubio is not.

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BARNETT: Meanwhile, Donald Trump says he's feeling very good about New Hampshire. The latest polls show the republican candidate with a solid 17-point lead over his closest competitor there in the state. And Trump told CNN's Dana Bash he wouldn't be happy if he came in second place in the primary. Listen.

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TRUMP: So, if I had two seconds, I think I'm doing OK, I'd much rather win. I could say to you if I came in second or third I'd be thrilled. OK? And that we lower expect -- I know all about expectations. We lower expectations. If I came in second, I wouldn't be happy.

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CHURCH: And Jeb Bush used Donald Trump's words against him, calling the republican frontrunner a loser while defending veterans during a town hall meeting in Nashua, New Hampshire. Bush referred to Trump's earlier comments referring to Senator John McCain as a loser and not a war hero. McCain was of course a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

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JEB BUSH, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: And it's a sign of weakness when you this -- when you make one of the disabled. What kind of man would do that? You do not want that man as President of the Unites States. I can promise you that.

It is a sign of real weakness when you call John McCain or Leo Thorsness or anybody else who was a POW who served this country in a way that should be admired, American heroes, calling them losers? Donald Trump, you're the loser.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BARNETT: Trent Spiner is the executive editor of New Hampshire Union Leader. He joins us now from Manchester in New Hampshire to talk about all the excitement that is taking place and about to take place where you are, Trent.

You know, New Hampshire primary voters are famously independent thinkers and among them the undecided will play a very significant role on Tuesday. Just explain why that is.

TRENT SPINER, NEW HAMPSHIRE UNION LEADER: This is a state of 1.3 million people, but more than 300,000 of them are undeclared voters. And here's what that means. They can go into a ballot box on primary day on Tuesday and they can decide if they want to vote in the republican primary or they want to vote in the democratic primary.

And these are the people who are really going to decide this election. We were -- what I'm going to be really looking for is how many people are pulling democratic and republican primary ballots and that will help me figure out how many people are maybe voting for outsiders like Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump.

There's only going to be really a small sliver of people who are truly independent and are going to make up their mind on primary day about which ballot to pull. But those are the people who are going to decide this election. BARNETT: That is fascinating considering that most folks who will

decide this thing won't decide on who they want as their nominee for a couple of days. It also means that there could be spoilers in the mix.

For republicans who is the situation likely to benefit? Marco Rubio appeared to be the establishment choice before stumbling quite a bit at the last debate. Donald Trump certainly leading in polls. But who does this situation benefit for the republicans?

SPINER: Well, naturally the big question. Donald Trump is clearly the frontrunner if you look at all the polls. But if you really dig deep into the numbers what you'll see is that more than 50 percent of people are undecided.

So, I think a lot of people in New Hampshire, granite states, really don't care what Iowa did. They don't care about the polls. They want to go out and meet the candidates themselves. And I think Marco Rubio had a really big test in the debate. And I'm not sure that he passed it.

And so, I think voters who said I had some friends who were in the audience and they said, you know, I'm really trying to decide between Trump or Rubio, And they left that debate saying, you know what, I need to get back out on the trail and see more people.

So, I think it's really up for grabs here. There are a lot of people who have spent a lot of time. John Kasich has had almost 100 town halls.

BARNETT: Right.

SPINER: Chris Christie spent a ton of time here. So, will one of those more establishment candidates benefit from everything that's happened on the ground in the last few days in New Hampshire? I think that's going to be the big question.

BARNETT: Now what about for the democrats? The Clinton campaign certainly has been lowering expectations, describing New Hampshire as Sanders' territory since he represents the state from next door, Vermont. But could the undecided surprise Hillary Clinton with a win?

SPINER: Absolutely. And you cannot discredit the Clinton campaign machine here in New Hampshire. They've had reliable sources here, reliable -- people who have been working for the Clintons -- don't forget, Bill Clinton came in second place in 1992, and has these connections -- they've had these connections to the state for two decades.

I would -- I had a friend -- I had a friend who she said she loves Bernie Sanders, she loves everything he stands for but if she bumped into him at a hotel room or something she wouldn't know what he looks like. The thing is people -- this idea that Bernie Sanders is a favorite son of New Hampshire because he's from Vermont is just not true. [03:35:00] He had no name recognition here. If you really look at the

numbers, he had no name recognition. People in New Hampshire just didn't know who he was. But I think that people really like his ideas and that's why he's winning. So, I know the Clinton campaign is kind of trying to play down a potential loss in New Hampshire. But I don't think that's accurate.

BARNETT: And history tells a different story for the family. Bill Clinton was known as the comeback kid back in the '90s after getting a win there. And Hillary Clinton famously found her voice when competing against Barack Obama last time around. Let's see what happens this year.

Trent Spiner joining us from Manchester. Thanks so much for your time. The executive editor of the New Hampshire Union Leader.

SPINER: Thank you.

CHURCH: And we'll bring you continuing coverage of the New Hampshire primary all day Tuesday as it happens right here on CNN.

BARNETT: Still to come this hour, Somali officials say this video shows who's responsible for the explosion on an airliner last week. We'll get you the latest on the investigation and the arrests.

CHURCH: And some people look to polls for clues about who will win the U.S. presidential race. But a Hong Kong fortune teller says it may all come down to a candidate's face. Her predictions, still to come.

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CHURCH: A warm welcome back to our viewers here in the Unites States and all around the world. I'm Rosemary Church.

BARNETT: And I'm Errol Barnett. It's our last half hour with you. Let's update you on our top stories.

There was a moment of hope in the desperate rescue efforts there in Taiwan, two days after the deadly earthquake. Reuters News Agency reports two people have been found alive in the rubble. More than 118, though, are still missing. At least 39 people were killed.

[03:35:00] CHURCH: U.S. Presidential candidates are making their final push for votes in New Hampshire ahead of Tuesday's primary. The latest polls show Donald Trump holding a solid 17-point lead over his closest competitor on the republican side. The same poll showed Bernie Sanders with the upper hand on the democratic side.

BARNETT: South Korea's military says its navy fired warning shots after a North Korean patrol boat crossed into South Korean waters early on Monday. The North Korean vessel then retreated.

This comes after North Korea's claim of a successful slight launch on Sunday. The U.N. Security Council called the launch a serious violation and promises significant measures in response. CHURCH: Joining me now to talk more about this is Philip Yun. He is

the executive director and COO of Ploughshares Fund. Thank you, sir, for being with us.

PHILIP YUN, PLOUGHSHARES FUND COO: Sure.

CHURCH: So, of course we know the U.N. Security Council has strongly condemned North Korea's long-range rocket launch. But what exactly went into orbit here? Was it a satellite as they say? And what is Pyongyang's likely long-term plan here?

YUN: Well, we're still trying to figure out the analysis. North Korea has claimed that they put up a satellite up in orbit. They say it's twice the size of what was sent up in 2000 -- a couple of years ago.

We're still trying to get some confirmation on that. It's not entirely clear. Some people say that in fact, that it was not a successful launch. So, we're just going to have to wait. I think what this all means is that we're kind of in the same situation we were almost two years ago.

After a series of escalations which we're going to have, I am sure, U.N. resolution -- U.N. condemnation, sanctions, we're basically in the same place. North Korea is moving forward with its nuclear weapons, with another test. It has another missile, another rocket launch test.

And so, what this means is that over a period of time North Korea will eventually get a sophisticated, rather small nuclear arsenal, I believe, and a rather sophisticated delivery vehicle, in other words, missiles to deliver them. So, that's where we're going. We're not quite there yet, but that's where we're headed.

CHURCH: Right. And that's what's caused so much concern of course. Now North Korea says this test is part of its peaceful space program and that there will be more launches like this. That's a little bit of a different, less menacing description compared to what we have heard in the past. Do you make anything of that?

YUN: Well, that's how they've always talked about this. And in fact, this was a satellite launch. It's the way it was -- the North-South trajectory and all that. But essentially, the technology to put up a rocket and a satellite is very similar to what it's going to take to deliver a nuclear device. It's slightly different.

But, you know, when they do this kind of test they're going to learn a lot to be able to do that. I mean, this is rocket science. You have to be able to put the rocket -- something up in the air. It has to go into orbit and then you have to make it come down in the place you want to go. All this stuff is something that the north is trying to, do and this particular test is going to give them more information to eventually develop that kind of capability.

BARNETT: Rosemary speaking with Philip Yun of the Ploughshares Fund earlier. Now to some other stories we're tracking for you. Police arrested

seven people in anti-terror raids in Spain and in North Africa. Authorities say they were part of a cell helping ISIS and the Al-Nusra front in Iraq and Syria. The suspects are accused of shipping guns and bomb-making materials disguised as humanitarian aid. This is the second anti-terrorism operation in Spain this year.

CHURCH: Somali officials believe they know who's responsible for the mid-air explosion on board an airliner last week. They've released video of two airport workers they say are connected to the blast.

BARNETT: Now, no group has claimed responsibility, but officials are convinced that this was a terror attack. Robyn Kriel has more.

ROBYN KRIEL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Mid-morning Tuesday at Mogadishu International Airport. This closed-circuit TV footage shows two airport workers handling what looks to be a laptop computer.

Moments later, one of them gives the laptop to Abdullahi Abdisalam Borleh who soon after boarded a plane bound for Djibouti. That plane, Dallo Airlines flight 3159, took off an hour later than scheduled.

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AHMED JAMA JANGALI, SOMALI MINISTER OF AIRPORT: After about 20 minutes there was an explosion inside the plane.

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KRIEL: The laptop was rigged, according to sources close to the investigation, to explode mid-flight. Borleh was ejected out of the plane and left a gaping hole in the fuselage.

This terrifying cell phone footage shows flight attendants moving people away from the hole, which was directly over the fuel tanks.

But because the flight had been delayed the plane had not yet reached cruising altitude and the cabin was not fully pressurized. Therefore, the explosion watches smaller and the pilot was able to turn around and land the plane safely.

[03:39:59] If the cabin had been fully pressurized the explosion likely according to experts would have been catastrophic.

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JANGALI: This was not a technical fault but a deliberate terror act.

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KRIEL: Somali authorities have arrested more than 20 people they say including the two men seen handing the laptop to Borleh. No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion, but U.S. officials tell CNN they believe Al Qaeda-linked Somali militant group Al-Shabaab is behind the attack. A team of FBI investigators is on the ground in Mogadishu assisting

Somali police and intelligence to try to piece together exactly how this near disaster could have happened.

Robyn Kriel, CNN, Nairobi.

BARNETT: Still to come, forget about reading tea leaves. The U.S. presidential election could be determined by luck and a candidate's appearance. At least that's how one Hong Kong fortunate teller picks her winners. Her predictions, next.

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BARNETT: The sights and sounds of Beijing pulling out all the stops to ring in the Year of the Monkey. The Chinese capital kicked off the lunar New Year with a dazzling fireworks display, also known as the spring festival. The televised gala has become one of the world's most watched broadcasts.

CHURCH: Other key traditions of each lunar New Year include lucky money in red envelopes for children. Lots of fresh food. And no sweeping the house on New Year's Day. So, you don't sweep away good luck.

BARNETT: I kind of like that tradition. Millions will have their fortunes read as well this week as they celebrate the lunar New Year. One fortune teller is using her skills to make predictions about the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Alexandra Field joins us now from Beijing. Happy lunar New Year to you, Alexandra. Tell us about this interesting character, let's call her, you met offering predictions on the U.S. election.

ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And happy New Year to all of you. You know, you don't need a fortune teller to tell us that the U.S. will have a new president in the coming year.

[03:45:03] The question is who will that person be? Well, there's an ugly truth about politics that appearances can matter. It's part of the public perception. It has to do with how a candidate packages himself or herself.

But this fortune teller tells us that it actually goes beyond the candidate's control when she looks at the candidate's features she says she can clearly see the future.

Forget pollsters and pundits. For predictions in a presidential election year you could always come here. Every Chinese New Year many seek ancient wisdom to find out what the future holds. The methods can seem mysterious.

Who wins between the two of them?

PRISCILLA LAM, PHYSIOGNOMIST & FORTUNE TELLER: Must be Hillary.

FIELD: Hong Kong is still home to fortune tellers. They read palms, charts, even faces. What about these faces? So, what feature's most important in a politician's face?

LAM: Usually, OK, long face.

FIELD: The shape of the face?

LAM: The shape. Long face. This full.

FIELD: That's right. By looking at their features Priscilla Lam says she can see the outcomes of campaigns half a world away. Take the democrats.

LAM: Hillary is the best on the face.

FIELD: Hillary's got the best face for president?

LAM: Best face. You see, sharp eyes. OK. Sharp eyes, long face. High nose. Flexible lips.

FIELD: In the republican field there's more for her to pick apart.

LAM: Donald Trump the best.

FIELD: Comes in first in New Hampshire?

LAM: Come in first.

FIELD: Who is number two in New Hampshire?

LAM: OK. Number two. OK. So, this one. Number two.

FIELD: Of course, it isn't all about the face.

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TRUMP: I think she's got a beautiful face.

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FIELD: You've got to have luck on your side in 2016. And that's already decided, she say says, by their birthdays and the stars.

LAM: If there's no Donald Trump maybe she's the winner. In his birthday, OK? His fire is stronger than Hillary's.

FIELD: That means Priscilla's projections put the elephant in front of the donkey during the Year of the Red Fire Monkey.

How confident are you that you can take the birthdays and the faces and predict the next president of the Unites States?

LAM: Eighty percent.

FIELD: And the rest is up to what?

LAM: Up to the weather and the place of the election and also the, OK, presentation. FIELD: One point the pollsters, the pundits and Priscilla probably

agree on.

Voters in the State of New Hampshire will actually head to the polls on Tuesday for primary day. And Errol and Rosemary, that will be the first opportunity to put some of Priscilla's predictions to the test.

BARNETT: What if she's not crazy and she gets everything 100 percent accurate? We'll have to call on her skills again. Now our...

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FIELD: We'll go back to her.

BARNETT: Thanks very much for reporting from Beijing. Alexandra Field there. Just approaching 5 p.m.

CHURCH: All right. So, back here in the Unites States, things got pretty awkward in New Hampshire before the republican debate Saturday. It started when Ben Carson apparently missed his cue to walk onto the stage.

BARNETT: This was so painful. Carson lingered in the wings. Other candidates just moved past him. Trump for whatever reason nice enough to stand by his side, said this later in Carson's defense.

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TRUMP: It wasn't Ben's fault. You couldn't hear anything. I mean, Ben stood there, and I was saying, Ben, I thought I heard your name but I'm not sure. And you could not hear anything. It was crazy. And it was a man back there who didn't know too much about what he was doing. And nobody really knew what was happening. I just said, hey, I'm just going to go out. What difference does it make? And I walked out.

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BARNETT: And as you might imagine, the comedy show Saturday Night Live seized the opportunity to poke fun at Ben Carson during its Weekend Update segment. Take a look.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The republicans held a presidential debate in New Hampshire, and things got off to a real rocky start. Here is actual footage of Ben Carson's entrance, where the one thing he forgot to do was entry.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Dr. Ben Carson.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, man. Of all people, you'd never expect Ben Carson to fall asleep at the wheel.

(END VIDEO CLIP) CHURCH: Poor Ben. It's tough, isn't it? All right. Let's take a very short break here. But the Super Bowl is America's biggest sporting event. The music is always a big draw as well. We will look at the halftime show, which brought some major stars together.

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PEDRAM JAVAHERI, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Weather watch time across the America meteorologist. I'm Pedram Javaheri with you watching a storm system pushing off the eastern seaboard. Pretty impressive here on water vapor imagery.

A trough that is diving into the south as well. And you put it together, you can see how they interact here from Tuesday going on into Wednesday. Parts of that New England and Northeastern Unites States of course going to see some inclement weather associated with all of this.

Snowfall could be significant in a few spots. Mainly on the eastern shores there of parts of, say, Cape Cod and Nantucket. But generally speaking, conditions really going to be just unsettled, especially with the primaries in place across this region.

So, winter weather advisories also locked in across portions of the Northeastern Unites States. So, as the storm system departs, the cold air filters in back behind it. Could be among the coldest of the season for portions of the Eastern Unites States while back to the West the opposite taking place.

How about a summer-like regime for places like Los Angeles? Making it up to the upper 20's. It could also make it up to 30 degrees in parts of L.A. come Tuesday afternoon. Record high temps there.

Speaking of record temps, how about the colder end of it? This is the near area of southern city in Mexico about 200 kilometers southeast of Mexico City. Frost observed for the first time in over a decade across some of the higher elevations across that region. But Havana, how about 21 will call it mostly cloudy skies. Belize City looks like 26 degrees there with dryer weather expected around Lima but cloudy around 27 across that region.

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CHURCH: Super Bowl 50 is in the books but the NFL's championship is about more than just the game. The halftime show was one to remember with Coldplay, Bruno Mars, and Beyonce all on stage at once.

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BARNETT: Pretty cool stuff. They put on a joint performance, covering each other's songs and showing off their dance moves. Lady Gaga was there to perform as well, singing the national anthem before the game.

CHURCH: Joining me now to talk more about the Super Bowl halftime show is In Touch Weekly senior editor, Kim Serafin. Good to have you with us again. (CROSSTALK)

KIM SERAFIN, IN TOUCH WEEKLY SENIOR EDITOR: Yes. Thanks for having me.

CHURCH: So, Beyonce's generating a lot of buzz on social media with her new world tour announcement. She sure knows how to steal the headlines, right? How did that play out as well as of course those great performances from Coldplay and Bruno Mars?

SERAFIN: Oh, yes. What an amazing halftime show. You have Coldplay, and then bringing in Bruno Mars and Beyonce. It really -- you know, people had some questions about how Coldplay would do, was it the right choice for a Super Bowl halftime show.

But then when you bring in Beyonce and you bring in Bruno Mars and you have them all performing together I think they nailed it. They did a great job. And I think having Beyonce there. It certainly takes a lot of confidence to bring in Beyonce to perform with you because she kind of sucks the oxygen out of everything because she's so good and so strong.

And then of course, she really just dominated the show. But she was also dominating this weekend because as you mentioned, she did drop this new single, "Formation," that is getting a lot of people talking.

[03:55:02] CHURCH: Yes. And what about Lady Gaga singing the national anthem? That's also created a lot of buzz, with other stars praising her rendition and saying she gave them goose bumps. That's pretty impressive.

SERAFIN: Yes. Exactly. You know, Lady Gaga has certainly transformed her image in a lot of ways. This is not the meat costume wearing Lady Gaga anymore. This is Lady Gaga who performed a Sound of Music tribute at the Oscars last year, who's performing a tribute to -- performing a tribute this year at the Grammys, who is someone who is nominated for Golden Globe Awards and winning Golden Globe awards.

So, this is definitely a different Lady Gaga. And she came out there and she nailed the national anthem. She was wearing this custom red Gucci suit and just really did everything perfectly and got rave reviews all across the board from everyone.

CHURCH: She certainly did. And of course you mentioned that Beyonce released a surprise single and video message just before her Super Bowl performance. But there was a bit of controversy swirling, wasn't there, over the footage that was used. Explain to us what happened there.

SERAFIN: Yes. Beyonce did drop this surprise single video for Formation. Now there was some question about the footage in the video. And it's a very, very beautiful video with images of New Orleans and really a tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement, girl power, female power and empowerment.

But two documentary filmmakers had said that she used their footage without licensing it, without permission. However, her representative did put out a statement saying it was used with permission, they licensed it and they gave credit to these filmmakers. So, you know, people were talking about this, but her rep did clear everything up.

CHURCH: Yes. Little bit of excitement there. But it was all resolved for sure.

Kim Serafin, always a pleasure to chat with you. Thank you so much.

SERAFIN: Great. Thanks so much.

CHURCH: And thanks for watching. I'm Rosemary Church.

BARNETT: And I'm Errol Barnett. More news after the break. See you tomorrow.

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