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Train Collision in Bavaria; New Hampshire Primary; Violent Protests in Hong Kong; Two Boats of Migrants Enroute to Greece Sink; Cruise Ship Battered by Storm at Sea. Aired 3-4a ET

Aired February 09, 2016 - 03:00   ET

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ERROL BARNETT, CNN NEWSROOM SHOW HOST: Germany's Angela Merkel rips Russia for its bombing campaign in Syria.

ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN NEWSROOM SHOW HOST: And caught on camera. A wandering leopard causes a panic at a store in India.

Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. I'm Rosemary Church.

BARNETT: I'm Errol Barnett. This is the start of our second hour of CNN Newsroom.

CHURCH: And we do want to start with this breaking news just in to CNN Newsroom. Two trains have collided in Southern Germany. South Bavarian police tell CNN the trains were going between Holzkirchen and Rosenheim, that is south of Munich. And police also say at least eight people are critically injured. And as many as 100 people have an injury.

BARNETT: There are a number of fatalities we understand. But the number of dead so far is unknown. This is all just taking place Tuesday morning there in Southern Germany. We understand that rescue workers are on the scene. And as soon as we get new information and some pictures and video, we will bring it to you this hour.

CHURCH: Republicans getting an early boost in the New Hampshire primary. The first primary of the U.S. presidential election kicked off just after midnight local time in Dixville Notch, and two other small towns.

BARNETT: Now with just nine votes to count there in Dixville Notch, John Kasich won three of them and Donald Trump has two. Over in the town of mills field, Ted Cruz led republicans with 9 of the 21 votes cast there.

CHURCH: And out of the 35 votes in the hammered of hearts location, Kasich won five votes to Trump's four. According to the latest CNN WMUR poll, Donald Trump leads the republicans with 31 percent, 14 points ahead of Marco Rubio in second place. Ted Cruz, the winner in Iowa, is at 14 percent.

BARNETT: For the democrats, in New Hampshire, Bernie Sanders held a huge lead, as you see some 26 points ahead of Hillary Clinton. And the initial voting results from the three little towns are reflecting this lead. So, stay tuned for that.

CHURCH: Now one of the more colorful moments in this New Hampshire race, came Monday, as Donald Trump blasted rival Ted Cruz.

BARNETT: Now a Trump supporter in the crowd shouted, let's say an indelicate term to describe the Texas senator. Watch.

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DONALD TRUMP, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: You're not allowed to say. And I never expect to hear that from you again. She said "I never expect to hear that from you again." She said he's (muted). That's terrible. Terrible

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BARNETT: Jim Acosta has more on the harsh trash talking that's ratcheting up in the republican field.

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HILLARY CLINTON, (D) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: And, yes, let's imagine, finally and making sure that women get equal pay for equal work in America.

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BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Hillary Clinton, fighting for every vote on the last day before the crucial New Hampshire primary, including a critical voting bloc, young women. Madeleine Albright addressing the issue this weekend.

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MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: There's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other.

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KEILAR: But Albright's rallying right angered a lot of young women, for whom gender isn't the driving issue in this election.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My response is there is a special place in hell for women who vote for women just because they're women.

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KEILAR: And feminist icon Gloria Steinem tried to explain why shows polls young women going heavily for Bernie Sanders.

GLORIA STEINEM, FEMINIST & JOURNALIST: First of all, women get more radical as you we older. When you're young, you're thinking, you know, where are the boys? The boys are with Bernie?

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KEILAR: According to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll in New Hampshire, 64 percent of democratic women under 45 support standers. Clinton does better among women over 45, leading Sanders by nine points. And Sunday, Clinton addressed the issue, reminding voters that the playing field isn't level for women.

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CLINTON: We are still living with a double-standard. I don't know anything other to do than just keep forging through it. And just taking the slings and arrows that come with being a woman in the arena.

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KEILAR: Bill Clinton has also been making the case, calling out young male Sanders' supporters, the so-called Bernie-bros, for online attacks against his wife.

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BILL CLINTON, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT: She and other people who have gone online to defend Hillary and explain, just explain why they supported her, have been subject to vicious trolling and attacks that are literally too profane often not to mention sexist, to repeat.

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KEILAR: Sanders has rejected that tactic.

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BERNIE SANDERS, (D) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Anybody who was supporting me is doing sexist things is we don't want them. I don't want them. That is not what this campaign is about.

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KEILAR: But in a state that she won in 2008, Clinton has acknowledged that this time around, a comeback in New Hampshire may not be in the cards.

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[03:05:05] CLINTON: I know I've got an uphill climb.

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KEILAR: This debate on display at Sanders last campaign event, one of his surrogates, model and actress Emily Ratajkowski responding to Gloria Steinem saying, why am I here? I'm not here for the boys.

Brianna Keilar, CNN, Durham, New Hampshire. BARNETT: Mark Preston is the executive editor of CNN Politics. And he joins us now from Dixville Notch in New Hampshire.

You know, there are reportedly some 300,000 undeclared voters who are only now deciding which party to vote for and then which candidate. That's amazing to me.

But, Mark, just explain what the process will be there. What we'll see in the next 24 hours. And which candidate might benefit from this type of primary.

MARK PRESTON, CNN POLITICS EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Well, Errol, certainly the polls have opened and closed here in Dixville Notch, a town of nine people. If you can imagine that two other communities, as you noted has already voted tonight.

But now, it switches to the southern parts of the state the more populous part of the state where the candidates have been spending all of their time in towns such, Manchester, Concord, Nashua on the sea coast enforcement.

What we're looking at right now, according to the polls, is that the businessman Donald Trump holds a commanding lead right now. The question is, can he maintain that lead? And who will come in second, third, fourth? And quite frankly, fifth right now. We're looking at who could be the fifth horse out of New Hampshire.

On the democratic side, we have Bernie Sanders with a considerable lead over Hillary Clinton. And the question is how much is Hillary Clinton going to do here in New Hampshire? She tried to do her best here, but really has focused on moving out of New Hampshire and focusing on the African-American vote.

We saw her leave New Hampshire on Sunday to go to Flint, Michigan, a city that's been wracked by toxic water. A city with a very high African-American population. A city that 40 percent of the residents live below the poverty line.

So, what we're seeing right now is Hillary Clinton focusing on the southern part of the United States specifically, South Carolina, the next stop on this trail, Errol.

BARNETT: Now on the republican side it will be important to watch how the candidates fall behind Donald Trump. How close they are to him in the polls. For example, John Kasich and Chris Christie have both spent a considerable amount of time there holding dozens of town halls. Really developing their ground game, trying to be the so-called establishment choice.

You also have this image, I want to show you of just the huge amount of male that undecided voters get. This is On the Twitter page of Trent Spiner, the executive director of the New Hampshire Union Leader. Which candidate are you seeing making the most effort there?

PRESTON: Well, listen, I think John Kasich, the Ohio Governor has really staked his candidacy here in New Hampshire. In fact, he came to Dixville Notch this very tiny community. He came here, he held a town meeting. It drew about 60 residents from the surrounding area.

John Kasich, from what we're told from other campaigns in their internal polling is actually moving up. So, it will be interesting to see where John Kasich, the Ohio Governor where he comes out.

Jeb Bush as well, has actually showing a little bit of fire that we haven't seen so far. He did that in a debate. He took on Donald Trump head-on on Saturday evening. As they moved to South Carolina, he seems to be well established down there. Folks in South Carolina tend to like the Bush family. So, we'll see where he comes out in New Hampshire as heads down to South Carolina.

BARNETT: Mark Preston is in Dixville Notch. The executive director of CNN politics. A very big day ahead. Get your rest, Mark. Thanks for joining us.

PRESTON: Thank you, sir.

CHURCH: And as we just heard, the republican race for second place is still very much in the air.

BARNETT: And the candidates, they are getting more combative. Here is CNN's Jim Acosta.

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TRUMP: We have to get rid of the Bushes of the world.

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JIM ACOSTA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Just one day before the New Hampshire primary, the battle for the republican nomination has descended into name-calling and taunts between Donald Trump and his favorite target, Jeb Bush.

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TRUMP: Then he says, see? I'm the only one taking on Donald Trump. I'm not afraid of Donald Trump. I'm the -- he's like a child. He's like a spoiled child.

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ACOSTA: But the former Florida governor is no longer ignoring the attacks.

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JEB BUSH, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Donald Trump, you're the loser.

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ACOSTA: Bush is throwing counterpunches in what maybe a last ditch effort to slam the brakes on Trump's fast moving campaign and save his own. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BUSH: It's a long list of things that Donald Trump says that disparages people. I find it remarkable that as a candidate for president, he would think that that's an evidence that he's a strong person. He's not.

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ACOSTA: The two men are at war on Twitter. Trump tweeting, "Everybody is laughing at Jeb Bush. Spent $100 million and is at bottom of pack. A pathetic figure." And Bush swinging back, reminding voters of Trump's attacks on John McCain, a former New Hampshire winner.

Bush tweeted, "You aren't just a loser. You're a liar and a whiner." Trump told Wolf Blitzer, Bush is losing his nerve.

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TRUMP: He is a sad person who has done absolutely crazy. I mean, this guy is a nervous wreck. I've never seen anything like that.

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[03:10:06] ACOSTA: Their brawl comes as a new CNN/WMUR poll shows Trump still way out in front. One key question heading into the primary is how much damage was done to Marco Rubio, after his shaky debate performance over the weekend.

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MARCO RUBIO, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Here is the bottom line, this notion that Barack Obama doesn't know what he's doing is just not true.

CHRIS CHRISTIE, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: There it is.

RUBIO: He knows exactly what he's doing.

CHRISTIE: There it is. The memorized 25-second speech.

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RUBIO: Well, that's the -- that's the reason why this campaign...

CHRISTIE: There it is, everybody.

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ACOSTA: Chris Christie says its proof Rubio isn't ready for prime time.

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CHRISTIE: When the lights get that bright either you shine or you melt. We cannot afford to have a president who melts. (END VIDEO CLIP)

ACOSTA: Rubio had no regrets.

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RUBIO: People keep, you know, there's in the press anyway, oh, why do you keep saying the same thing about Obama trying to change America? I'm going to keep saying that a million times because I believe it's true.

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ACOSTA: Also unclear is how well John Kasich and Ted Cruz will do. They're also fighting for second place. And Cruz appears to be downplaying expectations.

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TED CRUZ, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We never viewed any of the states as a must-win. We are here in New Hampshire competing for the votes. And at this point, it's a turnout game.

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ACOSTA: The Trump campaign is sounding much more confident about New Hampshire than about Iowa. Campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski tell CNN that Iowa was about informing voters about the caucus process. Whereas, New Hampshire is about getting people to the polls. Lewandowski noted you're not hearing Ted Cruz post about his ground game here in New Hampshire anymore.

Jim Acosta, CNN, Manchester, New Hampshire.

CHURCH: And be sure to tune in for our continuing coverage of the New Hampshire presidential primary all day, right here on CNN.

BARNETT: Now, it was a brutal day for Japan's stock market. The Nikkei took a nose dive. We'll take a look at the numbers after this short break. Stay with us.

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DON RIDDELL, CNN WORLD SPORT ANCHOR: I'm Don Riddell, with your CNN World Sport headlines. It has been a season to forget for Chelsea. And now the blues have been dealt a major injury blow. Defender Kurt Zuma could be out for six months after suffering a knee injury in the weekend's final draw against Manchester United.

The 21-year-old landed all quickly after competing for a high ball and he would stretch it off. The French back has made 32 appearances for the blues this season. And it's bad news for France, too. He could well miss the European Championships, which, of course, France is hosting this summer.

Meanwhile, Liverpool's manager, Jurgen Klopp is urging all sides to find a solution to the row over ticket prices during Saturday's game against Sunderland. Some 10,000 fans left the stadium in the 77th minute as a protest of the 77 pound top price ticket in the new main stand of Liverpool's Anfield Stadium next season.

[03:15:01] Klopp missed the game with appendicitis. He will be back on the times for Tuesday FA Cup replay at West Ham.

Now they know who is hosting the Football World Cup in 2022. Qatar may be eyeing up the Summer Olympics, too. According to the French press agency, a senior member of Qatar senior Olympic committee said they will possibly bid for the 2028 games, no word, though, on whether a summer games in Qatar would actually take place in the summer or the winter.

That is a quick look at your sports headlines. I'm Don Riddell.

CHURCH: More now on the breaking news just in. Two trains have collided in Southern Germany. South Bavarian police say the trains were going between Holzkirchen and Rosenheim, Southeast of Munich, and collided head-on. There are reports of some fatalities. Police say at least 100 people are injured, 8 critically.

That is all we know at this point. We will of course continue to bring you more information on this as we get it.

Well, protests turned violent in Hong Kong on Monday night in the lunar New Year. You can see demonstrators here attacking police with all kinds of household objects, hitting officers with brooms and throwing bottles.

BARNETT: Now police say 48 of their officers were injured in all of this. And 24 people arrested. The clashes began after police try to remove some food vendors from a busy street. And all the commotion just escalated. There's no connection to the Umbrella Revolution movement of 2014 that destructed the same area of the days.

CHURCH: At least 35 people died trying to reach Greece on Monday. Turkish State news agency reports two boats capsized off Turkey's western Coast in the Aegean Sea.

BARNETT: The Turkish Coastguard was able to save three people from the second boat. Days of gale force winds and freezing temperatures put a temporary stop to the crossings to Greece.

CHURCH: And the drowning underscored the urgency to German Chancellor Angela Merkel's meeting with the Turkish prime minister. They discussed the migrant crisis agreeing to a joint diplomatic effort to halt the attacks on Aleppo, which has sent thousands more Syrians fleeing from their homes to the Turkish border.

BARNETT: Merkel says she would renew pressure on the U.N. to keep a resolution calling on all sides to stop attacks on Syrian civilians.

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ANGELA MERKEL, GERMAN CHANCELLOR (TRANSLATED): We are now over the last few days, not only appalled, but also shocked by the human suffering of tens of thousands of people through bombing attacks and also bombing attacks originating from the Russian side.

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CHURCH: And the new U.N. report accuses all sides in the Syrian conflict of committing war crimes. The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria, says detainees have been arbitrarily arrested, kidnapped, beaten and tortured by the Syrian government. Anti-government groups and terrorist groups. Others have died due to inhumane living conditions and lack of medical care.

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PAULO PINHEIRO, U.N. COMMISSION ON INQUIRY ON SYRIA CHAIRMAN: The massive scale of deaths of detainees suggest that the government of Syria is responsible for accepting amount to examination as a crime against humanity because these deaths have brought about in pursuant of a state's policy to attack the civilian population.

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BARNETT: And he went on to say that nearly every surviving detainee has emerged with stories of unimaginable abuses. CNN has reached out to the Syrian delegation at the U.N. So far, though, no response.

The push into Aleppo, meantime, is viewed as a potential turning point in the five-year conflict.

CHURCH: For some regime supporters, it's a sign the Civil War may be nearing an end.

Fred Pleitgen talked with Syrians in Damascus.

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The Syrian army's recent advances against rebel groups have bolstered the Assad regime position. And it clearly also had an impact here, in government-controlled Damascus.

More traffic, more people out on the street and more optimism among regime supporters.

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PLEITGEN: "Things are getting better, thanks to the leadership of President Assad," this man says, and thanks to the Syrian army and the paramilitary forces." And this man adds, "Our army is winning. It's a strong army. And it's protected by God."

But for much of last year, the Syrian government was losing ground. Various rebel factions closed-in on government strongholds in the north and south of the country. But Russian air power and the help from pro-Iranian militias appear to be turning the tide in this five- year conflict, leading some to question the point of diplomacy. [03:20:02] While the U.N. and the United States continue to say that

only diplomacy can solve the Syrian crisis, an increasing number of people here in government-controlled territories, seem to believe that there could be a military solution to the conflict.

That is, if Bashar al-Assad's army can build on the gains it's made in recent weeks. But the government's offensive comes at a high price. Tens of thousands fleeing toward the Turkish border, looking to escape the onslaught.

Meanwhile, speculation that Assad's main adversaries, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, might be planning incursions into Northern Syria, leading to this warning from the foreign minister.

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"Any troops that invade our territory will go home in wooden coffins," Walid Muallem said. And even on the streets of Damascus, not everyone is sure the government's momentum will carry on.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't think it's going to end like soon. And I don't think anyone is winning. I guess it's a nuance.

PLEITGEN: And?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't know. It's my -- it's my personal opinion.

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PLEITGEN: even with the optimism brought on by the recent gains, one thing remains the same for Syrians, the uncertainty of what the future will bring.

Fred Pleitgen, CNN, Damascus.

CHURCH: Well, Turkish state media quotes the prime minister saying the country will admit nearly 30,000 Syrian refugees, quote, "when necessary."

I want to go to our Arwa Damon now live at the Syrian border where thousands are stranded right now. So, Arwa, this is at least some progress since yesterday. But what sort of timeframe is Turkey talking about here? And what does it mean exactly when it says it will allow 30,000 refugees in "when necessary?"

ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, that's the problem, Rosemary. There is no specific timeframe and there is no specific definition. And 30,000, well, that's not even necessarily a reflection of how many would potentially be wanting to seek sanctuary within Turkey's own borders.

Now, the government's justification for this is that they are providing for them on the other side. They've expanded on already pre- existing camps. They've sent over some 2,000 additional tents, as well as mobile toilets, showers, kitchen. They're providing food and water, as are some other NGOs and organizations, as well.

But the problem is those who do want to cross into Turkey, don't want to sit on a tent inside a tent inside Syria. They don't think that they are safe there. They have fled this most recent Russian bombing campaign, as well as the advancement of Russian forces.

And to them, to be inside Syria, is not providing them with the safety that they are so desperately searching for.

Now we did speak with someone on the other side. He said that of those that were waiting on the other side of this particular border crossing, the vast majority of them, yes, were inside tents. But some people are believing that Turkey is not going to be opening up its doors, have in fact decided to go back and take their chances in their villages because it's too difficult for them to try to live in the conditions that do exist in these camps.

That are also additional concerns that potentially hundreds of thousands more, could end up fleeing the city of Aleppo itself, as the regime forces under the cover of the Russian bombardment, do continue to advance towards that city with a battle for Aleppo. Seemingly at this stage, to be in the very near future. With those who are trying to defend Aleppo, the rebels that are trying to fight off the regime advance there, saying that they can only hold out for a few months, Rosemary.

CHURCH: Arwa, how are people coping with this excruciating wait at the border? And what conditions are they having to deal with? What is the hardest part of this?

DAMON: I don't think there's any part of this, Rosemary, that is actually easy. A lot of these people that we're seeing fleeing now are the ones that really held out hope. That somehow there would be some sort of a resolution. And they wouldn't have to end up making that decision to leave everything that they know and love behind, to leave their homes behind.

And to go and have to live as a refugee, in a tent, at the mercy of the nonprofit, at the mercy of, in this case, the Turkish government, to be able to allowed access to food, water, medicine and even a semblance of safety. These are people who are watching their country disintegrate, as all Syrians have over the last five years.

The physical, emotional, psychological toll it takes on an individual is so extreme. It can't really be described in words. Not to mention what the experience is doing for children who are watching their parents having to cope with this, who are no longer in school.

[03:24:59] So, the impact that this has on a society as a whole, is phenomenally extreme. Not to mention the sense that Syrians overwhelmingly have of abandonment. They do feel that they've been abandoned on every level.

They've been abandoned by political leaders, they've been abandoned by the international community. And as we heard one woman, crying out from inside one of those tents just across the border, a few days ago, she had one sentence that she kept repeating over and over again, and that was, "please, have mercy on us."

CHURCH: It is hard for us to even imagine what these people are going through. Our Arwa Damon reporting live from the Turkish/Syrian border. Many thanks to you, for some great reporting there.

And you can learn how you can help those fleeing the violence in Syria. Just visit cnn.com/impact.

U.S. President Barack Obama is making it clear, that he is taking the Zika virus seriously. He will request nearly $2 billion from Congress to help combat the mosquito borne virus.

BARNETT: A significant portion of that will be devoted to finding a vaccine. The Obama administration maintains that there is no cause for panic. But the U.S. Center for Disease Control is telling people to be careful.

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ANNE SCHUCHAT, CDC PRINCIPAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR: CDC, the Health and Human Services and the entire U.S. government is taking this very seriously. For the average American, this is not something that will change your day-to-day life.

But if you were pregnant we have taken the unusual step of recommending that you avoid travel to areas where Zika is spreading. Of if you live in an area such as that, or must travel that you be very vigilant with applying mosquito repellant and taking steps to avoid mosquito bites.

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CHURCH: And the virus is now active in 30 countries and territories, mostly in South America.

BARNETT: All right. The first votes are in for the New Hampshire primary. We'll bring you the latest on the challenges facing the candidates, as the rest of the State heads to the polls Tuesday.

CHURCH: The pressure is on for South African President Jacob Zuma as he awaits a key ruling from a constitutional court.

BARNETT: And huge waves and strong winds battered a cruise ship. One passenger tweeted he was hungry, tired and asking for prayers. Where the vessel is now, after the break.

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BARNETT: A warm welcome back to those of you watching here in the states and tuned in all around the world. This is CNN Newsroom. I'm Errol Barnett.

CHURCH: And I'm Rosemary Church. It is of course time to check the main stories we have been following this hour. BARNETT: We'll start here with breaking news of a head-on collision

between two trains in Southern Germany. The south Bavarian police say the trains were traveling between Holzkirchen and Rosenheim; this is the southeast of Munich.

Rescue teams are there on the scene. And we do have reports of fatalities. Police say at least 100 people are injured. Eight of them critically. The cause of the crash is not yet known. And we'll bring you more on the story as it comes in to us.

CHURCH: Republican John Kasich and democrat Bernie Sanders getting a boost in the New Hampshire presidential primary. They won the most votes in Dixville Notch, one of the first towns to cast ballots in the first primary of the U.S. presidential race. Polls will open in the rest of the States in the coming hours.

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel says she is appalled by the suffering in Aleppo, Syria from the bulk of the blame on the Russian bombing. She met with the Turkey's Prime Minister to discuss the migrant crisis. She vowed to renew pressure on the U.N. resolution calling on all sides to stop attacks on Syrian civilians.

CHURCH: A U.S. court has charged the widow of an ISIS leader in the death of an American aid worker. Kayla Mueller was kidnapped in Iraq at held by ISIS when she died last year. The defendant, Umm Sayyaf was captured in a U.S. raid in Iraq, which the Pentagon says yielded a trove of intelligence.

BARNETT: I want to get you back now to the New Hampshire's presidential primary. The outcome of the Tuesday's primary will depend largely on the state's famously late deciding voters.

CHURCH: And the candidates spend much of Monday trying to woo those voters. CNN's Karin Caifa reports from Manchester.

KARIN CAIFA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The candidates biggest challenge on their final full day of campaigning here was the weather. Snow and messy roadways on a day that was packed with town halls and rallies.

Now, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders enter primary day with strong leads in the polls. But there's a lot more to these two races than just the numbers. So, the New Hampshire republican contest looks a lot different than Iowa's last week, which was largely about the anti- establishment, and a battle between Trump and Ted Cruz.

The focus here has been on a trio of governors. Former Florida Governor, Jeb Bush, Ohio Governor, John Kasich, and New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, vying for more moderate voters. Their closing arguments have touted executive experience and the ability to mount a campaign that could beat Hillary Clinton in November, if she is the nominee.

They are hoping to hold off the surge Marco Rubio started the day strong with third place finish in Iowa, especially after he faltered in Saturday night's here. On the democratic side, polls show a double-digit lead for Bernie

Sanders over Hillary Clinton. But he's not taking anything for granted. His final full day of campaigning included multiple stops. The Clintons, however, know New Hampshire and they know primary comebacks here.

Bill Clinton did it in 1992. Hillary Clinton rebounded here after losing Iowa to Barack Obama in 2008. It was a family affair for the Clintons here in New Hampshire on Monday, with daughter Chelsea joining in as well.

The snow that fell steadily here throughout Monday is expected to be gone by the time most New Hampshire voters head out to the polls. New Hampshire voters traditionally turn out in big numbers on their presidential primary day. And with the interest and enthusiasm that has surrounded this 2016 race, it's expected to be much the same this time around.

Karin Caifa, CNN, Manchester, New Hampshire.

CHURCH: Well, meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is facing rumors of a shakeup in her campaign.

BARNETT: That's right. Several people close to Clinton say Bernie Sanders is posing a tougher challenge than expected in the race for the democratic presidential nomination.

An interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, Clinton stood behind her team. Watch.

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CLINTON: Whether it takes stuck, but it's going to be the campaign that I've got. I'm very confident in the people that I have. I'm very committed to them. They're committed to doing the best we can. We're going to take stuck. What works, what doesn't work. We're moving into a different phase of the campaign. We're moving into a more diverse electorate, moving into different geographic areas.

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[03:35:11] CHURCH: Well, meantime, former New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg said he is still seriously thinking about a presidential bid. In an interview with Financial Times, Bloomberg said he was looking at all of his options when asked about entering the race.

BARNETT: Now the media mogul also says he's listening to what the candidates are saying and what primary voters are doing. So, the plot thickens.

CHURCH: And it does. So, be sure to tune for our continuing coverage of the New Hampshire presidential primary all day right here on CNN.

BARNETT: Now to some other big stories we're watching for you. The markets are open in Europe after tumbling Monday. CHURCH: Yes. And the falling hasn't stopped. Look at this. The FTSE

10 is down only slightly, though. The DAX in Germany down about a third of a percent. And Paris has lost two-thirds of a percent there.

Well, Japanese and the Australian stocks were sharply lower Tuesday extending the globe will sell-off. The Nikkei plunged more than 5 percent. The yield on long-term Japanese bonds dropped below zero for the first time. And Sydney's ASX 200 fell nearly 300 percent.

BARNETT: Nina dos Santos joins us now live from London with more on all of this. Good morning to you, Nina. As we mention there that the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond hit zero percent for the first time. How is that and some other factors impacting markets in Europe?

NINA DOS SANTOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes. The fact that we've got the treasuries in some of these major countries yielding basically nothing. Just exemplifies the flight to safety that investors are doing today, as you can see even today.

Despite the heavy losses yesterday, these markets already losing, as you can see, somewhere between almost 1 percent in Paris, to about a quarter of 1 percent across the FTSE 100 in London, in the first 36 minutes of trading. They're plowing into those government bonds.

Be it the Japanese government bonds, be it bonds over in Germany, et cetera, et cetera. One of the real reasons why people are so worried about this. And remember, if you're going to the safety of a government bond and you're getting no interest on that, remember that banks around the world, central banks, in particular, the Bank of Japan, has recently introduced negative interest rates.

So, banks have to park, is they're parking money with the central banks, particularly in four countries around the world. They actually have to pay money to park that money with the central banks. And that just exemplifies the fear that there is in these equity markets.

So, the big question is, are there any fundamentals behind this fear? That is what a lot of people are debating in today's session. And they're debating it particularly with regards to the banking sector, Errol, which is having its worst day in quite a while.

I just want to show you how some of these European banks are doing today after yesterday. They got bruised and battered. But they have a recovery here but still rather anemic. Companies like, for instance, HSBC. That's very, very heavily exposed towards Asia, that bank. That one down.

And Deutsche Bank, managing to recover nicely after yesterday, getting completely beaten up on the markets. There's a reason why Deutsche Bank is up around about 3 percentages today's session. Because it's come out with a statement about an hour or so ago, saying that don't worry, investors, it has plenty of money to pay all of its debts to cover all of its positions.

Now there's a number of Italian banks that are having a really difficult time convincing the investor community that they are in that kind of position. Number of Italian banks suspended in today's session because people are so concerned about the bad loans book.

So, really one of the main reasons why these markets are falling is concerns about Central Bank policy action. The credibility of that policy action, whether the Fed will have to pause on raising interest rates later on this year, while other central banks continue to stimulate.

And when it comes to the banking sector, people are worried, yet again, like back in 2008, that these banks don't have the same amount of cash in the coffers to try and cover the short positions that they might have.

I want to point out the CNN money has been in great index, unfortunately, today, it's showing extreme fear. Whether there are fundamentals behind that fear that is what people have to decide.

BARNETT: Right. And is often the case, Nina. People's emotions there on the market floor, play just as much of a role in the fluctuation as some of the fundamentals, as well. So, the fear is definitely real today. Nina dos Santos, live for us this morning in London.

CHURCH: We turn now to this breaking news out of Germany. A south Bavarian police spokeswoman has just confirmed that four people have died in that head-on collision of two trains. Fifteen people are seriously injured. And there are about 40 passengers with injuries or minor injuries.

We understand, according to the South Bavarian police, they say the trains were going between Holzkirchen and Rosenhein, southeast of Munich. And that is when the two trains collided.

[03:40:01] This -- that's really all we know at this point. So, four people dead. That is the breaking news we are receiving at this point. We will continue to follow this and bring you the details as they come into us.

BARNETT: Now more than 100 people are still missing in Taiwan. This are after almost four days, there was a strong earthquake. And it toppled buildings in the southern part of the country. You see the aftermath. At least 40 people have been killed.

CHURCH: Well, more heavy machinery was brought in Monday night to try to help remove the debris, layer by layer. But some people say they are worried the concrete slabs could start to collapse.

BARNETT: Now South African President, Jacob Zuma, really nearly everyone in his country are closely watching a constitutional court hearing in Johannesburg.

CHURCH: Zuma is accused of using taxpayer money for lavish upgrades on his home. And that hearing is underway right now.

Our David McKenzie is there outside the court. So, David, this has been an ongoing saga for years. So, explain to us how this eventually made it to the highest court in the land. And how the constitutional court is likely to rule on this.

DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, that remains to be seen. But certainly, many people say from a legal standpoint, that the opposition parties that are bringing the case against Jacob Zuma and the leadership struck to have a very strong case.

They are arguing right now in the constitutional court. This is potentially a seminal moment in politics here in South Africa, for what people are calling a week from hell for Jacob Zuma, South Africa's President.

There are protesters approaching this scene from opposition groups. They -- we got to this point, Rosemary, because Jacob Zuma, the President, refused to pay back the money for the lavish homestead he built on KwaZulu-Natal on the taxpayer's bill.

The critics say that that was a corrupt move. That it cost the taxpayer millions of dollars and is indicative of the overall right of their perspective, of the top leadership in South Africa.

So, Jacob Zuma, just on days ago, made a dramatic move to try and say he would, in fact, pay back the money, to potentially stave off what's going on in the constitutional court today.

But really, as if the opposition party here in South Africa smell blood. See an opening to push against the power of the presidency in the lead-up to elections here later this year. Rosemary?

CHURCH: And, David, as you have been reporting to us, we've been watching these live pictures from inside the constitutional court, the highest court in the land there in South Africa.

I did want to ask you this, though. How much does this represent perhaps a turning point of sorts for a country where corruption has long been a problem?

MCKENZIE: Well, it's a turning point. And there has been series of turning points in recent months. Because many felt that Jacob Zuma is always untouchable. He has gone through severe legal issues, both relating to criminal cases and civil cases in the past.

He's managed to get past those, as many who saw him as the Teflon president here in South Africa. But since he announced sort of unexpected sacking of the finance minister late last year, which caused the markets here to dive and the rand, the South Africa's currency to plummet, and he had to backtrack on that decision.

People have seen a chink in the armor of the president. And an opportunity they say, to kind of test the courts here in South Africa, and particularly the Office of the Public Protector, who they say already made the recommendations on his homestead. And that Zuma ignored.

So, this could be a big push. And it is going to be a dramatic week in South African politics. Rosemary? CHURCH: All right, 10.43 in the morning there in Johannesburg. Our

David McKenzie outside the front of that constitutional court, as we await word on that decision. Many thanks to you. And we will take a very short break. We're back in a moment with CNN Newsroom.

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BARNETT: All right. I want to get you the latest information on the breaking news coming to us out of Southern Germany. South Bavarian police say four people are dead after a head-on collision between two trains. Now, they were traveling between Holzkirchen and Rosenheim when this happened, this area is Southeast of Munich.

CHURCH: And police also say at least 15 people are critically injured and there are about 40 passengers with other injuries. There's no word yet on the cause of that crash. We will of course continue to monitor this story and bring you the very latest details as they come into us.

BARNETT: Now, a dream vacation turned into a nightmare for passengers on a royal Caribbean cruise ship.

CHURCH: Four people aboard The Anthem of the Seas were injured after a powerful storm churned up massive waves and hurricane-force winds. The storm damaged parts of the ship. Passengers were ordered back to their cabins for safety. Some say they didn't have any food for hours, and now their vacation is over.

BARNETT: Now some of that footage they didn't even appear real. But it was. The ship was bound for the Bahamas. But now it's sailing back to New Jersey. The passengers will get refund.

A bad weather may also be to blame for a bus crash. This is in Connecticut. A chartered bus flipped over on a major highway there during a snowstorm on Monday. At least 30 people were hurt.

CHURCH: As many as 70 people were on that bus which was headed to a casino. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

BARNETT: And as we speak, wintry weather with brutally cold air is pushing into the northeast of the U.S.

CHURCH: Yes. And our meteorologist, Pedram Javaheri is bringing us the latest details on this. Pedram.

PEDRAM JAVAHERI, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Yes. Hi, guys. It's the heart of winter. The climate is logically speaking, it's the last week of January. The first week of February. Across North America, at least that is when typically the coldest air begins to filter in. And precisely what ahead of us over the next couple of days.

But the storm system that was responsible for blizzard-like conditions. That's pushing over the Canadian Maritimes. And notice the trough right here, the impressive trough that you're right in back behind it.

That's the feature right there that really opens up the door from Canada to bring in the Arctic air over the region. So, we do have winter weather advisories in place for about 35 or so million people across this region of the United States.

The snow showers, really not tremendous, with the exception of portions of say, west Virginia. It could be upwards of 8 maybe, 10 inches of snowfall there. But it's the cold air, the Valentine's Day cold air that really shifts as far as south, Saturday into Sunday morning.

We're talking some of these observations that are being easily the coldest year -- area in several years for portions of the Northeastern United States.

Look at this, the temperatures, still dropping out of the banner. That's a three-degree temperatures, three-degree Fahrenheit across New York City, as you go in from Saturday night into Sunday morning.

Highs only making it up to 20s across this region. And a different story on the opposite end of the spectrum. Massive area of high pressure across the Western United States. Temperatures there soaring up close to 90 degrees.

[03:50:00] We get this air that sinks down. The Santa Ana that takes place. Of course gusty winds associated with this.

Look at this, Cold Prince, Kamadana, the 80s coming back, Los Angeles makes it up to 88 degrees. Previous record from 1996, 85 degrees there. And notice places like Monterey, Sacramento, and even San Francisco, all of them, getting to record temperatures on Monday afternoon. And on Tuesday, much the same. Temperatures soaring up into the 80s, yet again, around downtown Los Angeles. So, pretty toasty stuff for an el Nino season, guys.

BARNETT: All right. The 80's are back.

CHURCH: Yes.

BARNETT: Pedram says so. Thanks, man.

A school in India got a unexpected and dangerous visitor. Coming up, the leopard on the loose that sent folks running.

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JAVAHERI: Weather watch time meteorologist. I'm Pedram Javaheri with you right now, watching a storm system off the eastern seaboard of the United States.

Really cruising by this region over the past several hours. Has prompted some snow showers back behind it. We're watching another disturbance come on in as well. So, put it together. And the most densely populated corner of the U.S. dealing with some snow showers, of course, the primaries taking place in the U.S. State of New Hampshire on Tuesday.

Somewhere at which the weather to deal with across this region. But notice it's literally near the bottom of the charts there when it comes to total accumulations. Generally speaking, 5 to 10 centimeters get up in the Northern New England. Some areas around Northern Maine, can't rule out a 25 plus centimeters.

But again, very much localized over this region. And to the West, here is the opposite story. Look at the incredible pool of warm air stretch all the way up there towards the Pacific Northwest of United States. Record temperatures in places where temps that are actually have been up to around 30 degrees.

And you notice back across parts of the Northeastern U.S., on to say, Ontario and Quebec, very cold weather ahead of us over the next couple of days. So, Chicago will take you at minus 6 degrees, with cloudy conditions.

They don't look like much in the way of snow showers in Chicago at least on Tuesday. While for the south around Havana, about 22 degrees, Managua makes it out into the lower 30s with dry conditions, also in the forecast.

And around Berlin, we're looking at 31 degrees, Brazil, some thunderstorms could pop up here. Rio, making it up to 100 Fahrenheit, right around at least 37 degrees.

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BARNETT: There are some fascinating video you have to see. Some school officials in Southern India got a terrifying surprise when they saw a leopard prowling their halls.

CHURCH: Yes. The big cat was spotted on security cameras. And what happened when wildlife officers came face-to-face with it was even scarier.

Lynda Kinkade shows us now.

LYNDA KINKADE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Leopard on the loose. This big cat caused a panic after it was spotted strolling through the halls of a school in Southern India.

[03:55:05] Police were quickly called in to try to catch the wild animal, but it was not easy. The leopard attacked this man just outside of the school, next to a swimming pool. Biting his arm as he tried to flee. At least two others were also hurt.

After a 14-hour ordeal, authorities finally tranquilized, captured and took the leopard to a nearby wildlife park. Officials estimate that there are more than 12,000 of the animals in India. Some 1,500 in this southern state alone.

And while a leopard hasn't been seen in the city limits since 2012, authority says close encounters with the big cats are becoming more frequent, as humans continue to encroach on their habitat.

Lynda Kinkade, CNN. CHURCH: And before we go, we do want to update you on that deadly

train crash in Germany. South Bavarian police say four people are dead after a pair of trains collided head-on. They were traveling between Holzkirchen and Rosenheim when that happened, and that is southeast of Munich.

Police also say at least 15 are critically injured and there are about 40 passengers with other injuries. There's no word yet on the cause of the crash.

I'm Rosemary Church.

BARNETT: I'm Errol Barnett. Remember, you can connect with us anytime on Twitter. It's always great to hear from you. Early Start is next for those of you here in the states.

CHURCH: And for viewers elsewhere, stay tuned for more from the CNN Newsroom.

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