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Migrants Stranded as Macedonia/Greek Border; MH370 Families Face Lawsuit Deadline; Sharapova Suspended from Tennis; Trump Cruz Want Two-Man Race; Outlook for Democratic Primaries; U.S. Military Air Strikes Divert Disaster in Somalia; El Salvador One of World's Most Dangerous Places; How Trump, Supporters Deal with Protesters; So- Called Pink Tax on Women's Products. Aired 2-3a ET
Aired March 08, 2016 - 02:00 ET
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[02:00:34] ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Rosemary Church.
ERROL BARNETT, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Errol Barnett. Thanks for joining our two-hour block. CNN NEWSROOM starts right now.
We begin with what's being called a breakthrough in the effort to ease the flood of refugees and migrants pouring into Europe.
CHURCH: It's a crisis that's left hundreds of migrants dead, many drowned off the waters off Turkey and thousands others in makeshift camps. E.U. and Turkish leaders have agreed on a plan.
BARNETT: Greece would return migrants to Turkey who do not have a legitimate claim to asylum. For every Syrian returned from Greece back to Turkey, E.U. countries will accept a Syrian refugee directly from Turkey.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We will be accepting them for every Syrian readmitted from the Greek islands, and others resettled by Europe. So, this game-changing position, in fact, our objective is to discourage illegal immigration, to prevent human smugglers who help people who want to come to Europe through encouraging legal migration in a disciplinized and regular manner.
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CHURCH: Nearly 2,000 migrants are arriving in Greece every, single day. Most making the dangerous sea voyage from Turkey. Now, thousands are stranded as European nations along the migration route have tightened border controls. Some 13,000 refugees are crammed into a makeshift tent camp in northern Greece.
BARNETT: It's on the border with Macedonia. And authorities are letting only a few hundred of Syrians and Iraqis in each day.
As Arwa Damon shows us, conditions in the camp are worsening.
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ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This family has been here for four days. Like all of the others, trying to warm themselves at night with a little bit of a fire. People are left to their own devices. It's also started to rain, which is making a miserable condition all that much worse. Some of the tents have an extra layer of protection on them.
There are around 13,000, at least, people here. 40 percent of them, according to the United Nations, are children.
Some of the tents have things written on them like help us or open the board.
At this stage, this is a population this, according to the U.N., mostly made up of Iraqis, Syrians and Afghans, all people who have fled war, who are living in limbo. And what was a transit area, meant to house only 1,500 people, which is why you see all of the brightly- colored tents that have spread out on either side. There are entire families who end up crammed inside these various different tents, just waiting, hoping, knowing at this stage that their fate flies with the decision of European leaders.
Arwa Damon, CNN, on the Greece/Macedonia order.
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BARNETT: We will speak to Arwa live next hour.
Now, we want to get you to Malaysia, who is remembering the passengers and crew members on Malaysia Airlines flight 370. The flight disappeared on its way to Beijing.
CHURCH: To this day, investigators and some family members still believe the missing plane will be found. And relatives of the passengers and crew face a Tuesday deadline to take legal action against Malaysia Airlines.
BARNETT: CNN's Saima Mohsin joins us from the Malaysian capital for more on the families' grief.
Saima, all we know is the plane disappeared in the southern Indian Ocean. What more do the families want or need at this stage, some two years on after the flight disappeared?
[02:04:58] SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The simple answer. They want their loved ones back. Many of them remain in denial. They believe that plane and their loved ones may yet be found. Hope is all they have to go on. Right now, Errol, that second interim report is being read out live on Malaysian television. We can bring you those pictures. I have a copy of it. It's the second interim report. It was sent to me about an hour ago because it was first released to the families. And one of the family members sent me this to look at it ahead of time. I've been through it. One of the things that the family members pointed out to me, they were disappointed. There's not a lot here. It's three pages but half a page on each. And it's in very, very large font. That's simply because there isn't much to go on. This remains such a huge mystery.
It is the world's greatest aviation mystery of our time. One new thing, listed, Errol, that glares out to me. That is, wreckage and impact information following the recovery and verification of a flapperon from the wing of the play. That was identified by Malaysian and French authorities a month later. That's the only piece of evidence they have to go by.
And that is why so many still hold on to hope, like this woman, from Beijing. Take a look.
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MOHSIN (voice-over): A moment of calm, remembrance and disbelief. Zhang's (ph) daughter and son-in law were on MH-370.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): "What's happened to us was too great a blow to my life. At the time we couldn't take what happened to us."
MOHSIN: Two years on, there is still too few answers for families. Even the confirmation of a flaperon from MH-370 being found holds no answers. And the latest debris discoveries unable to shatter their unfaltering hopes their loved ones are still alive.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): The debris means nothing to us. Two pieces of debris can't really prove anything, right?
MOHSIN: With the two-year anniversary comes a two-year legal deadline for next of kin to file for compensation or sue Malaysia Airlines. Zhang refused an offer of compensation and plans to sue, but that's not what she really wants.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): What we want is our loved ones, not compensation. Can this whole MH-370 thing be solved with money? Where are our family members?
MOHSIN: She and a number of other Chinese families have written a letter to Malaysia Airlines delivering it by hand to their Beijing headquarters.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): We're asking them to immediately reunite the passengers with their families in the spirit of humanitarianism.
MOHSIN: While Malaysia Airlines tells CNN 118 families are starting legal proceedings, many have not. Others like Zhang remain in denial.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): I only believe this. A mother and daughter's heart are connected. If something had happened to my daughter, I really would have felt it. I think they're safe.
(END VIDEOTAPE) MOHSIN: It's really incredibly heartbreaking to hear her word there's. In my career I've reported missing person cases before. One child is heartbreaking enough. This is 239 people, missing in one go. The pain the families are going through and every day over the last 730 days is unfathomable -- Errol?
CHURCH: And combine with that the international attention, the media coverage, the leads that went nowhere, and it breaks your heart because nothing will make those relatives feel whole again.
Saima Mohsin live in Kuala Lumpur, just past 3:00 p.m. in Kuala Lumpur.
CHURCH: A short break. Still to come, a stunning admission from tennis superstar, Maria Sharapova. Why she failed a drug test that has her banned from tennis.
BARNETT: Plus, voting begins for presidential nominees in four U.S. states in the coming hours. What's at stake in Tuesday's contest, next.
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[02:13:36] CHURCH: Tennis star Maria Sharapova shocked the sports world admitting she failed a drug test at the Australian Open.
BARNETT: The five-time grand slam winner said she didn't know it had been added to the banned substance list on January 1st. Take a listen to what she had to say.
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MARIA SHARAPOVA, TENNIS PLAYER: I made a huge mistake. I've let my fans down. I let this sport down that I've been playing since the age of 4 that I love so deeply.
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CHURCH: The International Tennis Federation put Sharapova on a provisional suspension, pending the outcome of its investigation. And Nike announced its suspending its endorsement deal with her while that investigation continues. BARNETT: The host of CNN's "Open Court," Pat Cash," joins us on the
phone, to talk about this from Indian Wells.
Pat, the tennis world seems shocked by this admission. What is your response to Maria Sharapova admitting she failed a drug test?
[02:14:53]PAT CASH, CNN HOST, OPEN COURT (voice-over): It's one of the unfortunate things that Maria, I think by and large, people regard her as a fair athlete who competes very hard. And she just put her hand up and admitted that she made a bit of a mistake. Didn't do her homework and didn't realize that a medication she had been using for a number of years had been put on the banned list. Performance- enhancing substance. It's unfortunate this is the case.
BARNETT: In her press conference, she admitted to using this substance, I believe it's pronounced Maldonium, as well as other meditations for the past decade, because of a family history of diabetes and other things. It was placed on the banned list. She did receive an e-mail in December, detailing it was, in fact, banned. But in the press conference, said she didn't click the link. She didn't open it. Athletes take the sport very seriously. Are you buying the excuse that she didn't click the link and didn't know?
CASH: I think there would be few people that wouldn't say she is a fair player. And what's the interesting thing is that it's on the banned list because it is performance-enhancing. There's been people who have been using it to gain advantages over their opponents. Not just tennis, specifically. Olympic athletes. They realize that this is a substance that actually does help. It's performance-enhancing. I think it clears up questions. And Maria said this is what's going on. It's hard to believe, in many ways, who is that fit and that healthy, has these so-called underlying issues. She does need to clear her name. She needs to disclose some things, certainly to the authorities. And I think to the general public to really clear her name. I think she deserves to be given the Benefit of the doubt. I would.
BARNETT: She is known for playing by the book and being a professional. It makes this admission more alarming.
Pat Cash, on the line with us, a Wimbledon champ from 1987, two-time Australian Open finalist and host of CNN's "Open Court." Thanks for your time today.
CASH: You're welcome. Thank you.
CHURCH: Tuesday could be a turning point for Republican and Democratic candidates in the U.S. presidential race, with caucuses and primaries in four states.
BARNETT: Michigan is holding a primary with 69 Republican delegate and 130 Democratic Delegates up for grabs.
CHURCH: Also in contention, 17 so-called super delegates. They are Democratic delegates that are not pledged to a specific candidate, regardless of how the state votes.
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are hoping for a two-man race after Tuesday's primary races. But Marco Rubio says he is not dropping out.
CNN's Sunlen Serfaty has the latest on the Republican presidential candidates.
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DONALD TRUMP, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & CEO, TRUMP ORGANIZATION: Should we do the pledge? Raise your hand. I swear I'm going to vote for Donald Trump.
SUNLEN SERFATY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Donald Trump and Ted Cruz making the remaining nominating fight looking like a two-man battle.
TRUMP: I would love to take on Ted one-on-one.
SERFATY: To reassess their campaigns.
SEN. TED CRUZ, (R), TEXAS & PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: If you're not able to win primaries, if you're not amassing delegates to get the nominee, every candidate has to reflect, meet with their team and say, do we have a path?
SERFATY: Cruz's path getting a boost, after banking wins in Maine and Kansas, picking up more delegates this weekend than any other candidate.
CRUZ: We've beaten Donald Trump seven times in states all across this country, with wide geographic diversity.
SERFATY: But the math and the momentum are still on the front- runner's side. Trump with wins in Louisiana and Kentucky, leading with 398 delegates. Cruz, 302. Rubio, at 149. And John Kasich, far behind with just 37 delegates.
Trump is hoping for another big Super Tuesday showing.
TRUMP: We're going to have a couple of good ones tomorrow, I hope.
SERFATY: The big prize tomorrow night, delegate-rich Michigan. The polls there showing Trump leading by a large margin.
TRUMP: I've been to Michigan a lot. I think we're going to do well there.
[02:20:04] SERFATY: That, as the candidates keep their eyes on some big prizes up for grabs on March 15th, including Florida, where Rubio faces a do-or-die situation.
TRUMP: That guy, he couldn't be elected dog catcher in Florida.
SERFATY: Rubio is barnstorming Florida, looking to keep his hopes alive.
SEN. MARCO RUBIO, (R), FLORIDA & PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I'm the only one left that can unite us but I'm the only one that can grow it.
SERFATY: Outside groups opposing Trump are hoping to stop him from picking up a win, by launching an assault on the airwaves, depicting what a Trump presidency might sound like. And featuring ads with veterans slamming Trump's lack of military service.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Don't let Trump fool you. Look into his record and stop Trump now.
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CHURCH: That was Sunlen Serfaty reporting.
Michigan is viewed as Sanders' best chance to cut into Clinton's front-runner status.
BARNETT: Look at this new Monmouth University poll. It shows Clinton holding on to a double-digit lead over Sanders there in Michigan.
Both of those campaigns crisscrossed the state on Monday. Sanders criticized Clinton on free trade agreements and defended his opposition to bailouts in the recession.
David Swerdlick joins me now to talk more about the race for the White House. He is the assistant editor of "The Washington Post."
Thank you, sir, for talking with us.
DAVID SWERDLICK, ASSISTANT EDITOR, THE WASHINGTON POST: Thank you.
CHURCH: Let's start with the outlook for if two Democratic candidates. We saw a much more aggressive Bernie Sanders in the debate Sunday. He is clearly feeling the pressure. How much longer would you expect him to stay in the race? And what does he have to prove in primaries going forward?
SWERDLICK: He's going to stay in the race for a while. He has had momentum in recent months. He has come in with more fund-raising, more crowd support, more enthusiasm on his side than most people expected when this race started. Now, his campaign is seen as more of a movement. The problem for him is that he has not won the big states. And he is really starting to trail behind Secretary Clinton in terms of the delegate count. He is trailing behind her in pretty much all of the states, where you have a diverse electorate. He has had success in primaries and caucuses in states like his home state of Vermont, like Kansas. You get to state where's the electorate is significantly African-American or significantly Latino, he has not fared well. And states that are more diverse, really reflect the makeup of the Democratic primary voting base.
CHURCH: And Clinton's challenge is to win over more white voters by consolidating Democrats outside of the African-American south. Can she do that?
SWERDLICK: I think she can. Democrats traditionally get from the high 30s to low 40s in percentages of the white vote in general elections and also -- in general election campaigning. She expects to get the same amount of the vote has John Kerry did, as President Obama did. A heavy turnout with voters of color is probably going to be what the Democrats are looking from Secretary Clinton.
CHURCH: Let's go to the GOP side. There are reports that some Marco Rubio advisers are telling him to get out of the race before the Florida primary on March 15th. The numbers show Donald Trump will likely win that state. It's Rubio's home state. Should he stay in and risk being damaged politically? Or get out now?
SWERDLICK: It's hard to answer that. You see the logic on both sides. At this point, he's come far enough that it makes sense for him to say he's committed to this race and campaign and fight for his home state. Even though, he's trailing Donald Trump by eight points in the polls. He doesn't want to concede to Senator Cruz, who has come on strong. If he wants to run for president down the road, if he wants to run for governor of Florida, there is an argument to be made. And it certainly make sense that some in his camp would be saying, let's get out now and avoid a humiliating defeat to Donald Trump in Rubio's home state of Florida.
CHURCH: Trump and Cruz would be happy with that outcome. We'll watch it closely.
David Swerdlick, thank you for joining us. Appreciate it.
SWERDLICK: Thank you, Rosemary.
BARNETT: A long way from being wrapped up. Anything can happen.
Keep in mind, CNN will have a full week of extensive political coverage ahead. It begins with Tuesday's four-state contest, Hawaii, Idaho, Mississippi and Michigan. For Republicans, 150 delegates at stake. That's throughout the day and into the night right here on CNN.
[02:25:18] CHURCH: Donald Trump is known for being combative. And his rallies are no different. Just ahead, we'll look at how he and his supporters respond to people who show their dissent at his events.
BARNETT: Plus, details on one of the largest-ever U.S. air strikes against a terror group. As many as 150 militants killed. Stay with us here on CNN NEWSROOM.
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CHURCH: A warm welcome back to all. You're watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Rosemary Church.
[02:29:14] BARNETT: I'm Errol Barnett. We're half an hour into our two hours with you. Let's update you on our top stories.
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BARNETT: U.S. military officials say they may have averted a disaster in Somalia. The Pentagon says al Shabaab militants were planning an attack on U.S. and African forces.
CHURCH: But U.S. drones and warplanes struck first.
CNN's Jim Sciutto reports.
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JIM SCIUTTO, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was one of the deadliest U.S. air strikes in years. Drones and manned aircraft strike an al Shabaab training camp in Somalia killing what the military says were some 150 suspected al Shabaab fighters. U.S. intelligence says the Pentagon indicated the group was in final preparations for a large-scale attack on U.S. and African Union forces. The camp had been under surveillance for weeks by U.S. Special Operations forces, part of a small U.S. military presence in the East African nation.
JOSH EARNEST, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: The removal degrades al Shabaab efforts in Somalia, including establishing bases and planning attacks on U.S. and forces.
SCIUTTO: It's part of a disturbing trend. Al Shabaab ramping up efforts to carry out terror at home and beyond Somalia's borders. An al Shabaab claim today that it has just tried but failed to bring down a passenger plane. A bomb hidden in a laptop and another electronic gadget exploded in an airport in Somalia today killing several. The blast detonating as security officials inspected luggage before being loaded on a flight. Somali police have several suspects in custody.
Al Shabaab launched a similar attack just last month, exploding a laptop bomb on this passenger plane departing Somali capital, Mogadishu. The suspected bomber killed as he was sucked out of the hole in the plane's fuselage. The airliner managed to land safely.
The fear now, that al Shabaab is gaining technology and know-how previously believed to be the specialty of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula or AQAP and its notorious bombmaker.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It is concerning because it shows these groups, including al Shabaab, are getting more sophisticated in how they are conducting attacks. And note, too, they have an eye towards the U.S.
SCIUTTO (voice-over): Africa is an increasing concern to U.S. and Western counter-terror officials beyond AQAP and al Shabaab. ISIS -- the fear that ISIS may attempt to establish a caliphate in Libya as they've done in Iraq and Syria. Libya also an increasing magnate for foreign fighters finding it more difficult to get to Iraq and Syria. They now go to Libya and join is there.
Jim Sciutto, CNN, Washington.
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BARNETT: We'll get you a live report from East Africa on that story next hour. To Tunisia, where government sources say they killed three dozen
terrorists, near the border with Libya. The government says ISIS is to blame.
CHURCH: At least 17 people were killed in the attack, including civilians, National Guardsmen and police. ISIS has carried out several deadly attacks in Tunisia, one in the museum and another at the beach resort in the town of Suss (ph).
BARNETT: Get this, El Salvador has the grim distinction of being one of the most murder capitals. Last year was the most violent in record.
CHURCH: The government says gangs are largely responsible for the bloodshed.
As Jeremy Roth reports.
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JEREMY ROTH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It seems that El Salvador is the country of graves. Some families have been victims multiple times.
This is a case of a man we'll call Luis, who, at 20 years old, came close to dying in an attack. He survived. But his father did not. He spoke to CNN on the condition we changed his name and his face.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translation): My dad jumped on top of me. He hugged me. And then, we fell to the ground. He died saving my life.
ROTH: That wasn't the family's only death. Years later, they buried another loved one. They buried a third family member a few years later.
[02:35:08] UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translation): My younger brother was killed in 2011. The gangs have caused us great suffering. And we don't belong to gangs. Nothing like this. We don't associate with them.
ROTH: Besides his fear, Luis says his family must continue to move on.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translation): Well, it's not like we aren't scared. We are all scared. This is the reality of the country and we have to leave. We have to go to work. We have to support our family. How can you stay at home all the time for fear that you will get killed?
ROTH: The fear continues to grow among workers since the gang massacred ten factory employees and one farmer. Most of the dead are gang members themselves. And the rise in violence is a response to the security presence the country has put into place. We are reorganizing the police force, reorganizing the groups.
ROTH: The government's objective is to give more security to the people. But for now, Luis and many others fear they, too, will become the next victims.
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CHURCH: Our thanks to Jeremy Roth for that report. BARNETT: Now, to a grim discovery in China. A 43-year-old woman was
found dead in an elevator after possibly being trapped there for a month. A maintenance crew had been called to inspect the malfunctioning elevator on January 30th.
CHURCH: Workers called out to see if someone was inside. They cut off the power to the elevator. The body was discovered when the crew returned on March 1st to mix the elevator. Two maintenance workers have been arrested.
BARNETT: Another day, another Trump rally where someone gets thrown out.
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DONALD TRUMP, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & CEO, TRUMP ORGANIZATION: Oh. We have a protester.
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TRUMP: Out. Out. Bye. Go home to mommy. Go home to mommy.
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BARNETT: These are becoming familiar scenes. Just ahead, a look at how the U.S. Presidential candidate and his supporters deal or don't deal with dissent.
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[02:40:41] CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone. American sports reporter, Erin Andrews, has been awarded $55 million in a Peeping Tom lawsuit. Andrews had sued the man who secretly recorded her naked and the management of the hotel where it happened in 2008.
BARNETT: Now, Andrews' attorneys say hotel staff told the man which room she was staying in. And he asked to be put in the room next to hers. In the end, the jury found both defendants at fault.
CHURCH: Donald Trump's rallies energize his supporters who flock to hear him speak his mind. They also attract protesters who disagree on his comments on women, Muslims and immigrants.
BARNETT: They're often escorted out as swiftly as possible.
CNN's Gary Tuchman takes a look at what happens when Trump's rallies get raucous.
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GARY TUCHMAN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A rally about to begin in Concord, North Carolina, the crowed anticipating his arrival, and in the back of the room, this man with this T-shirt.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We don't want this man to have the launch code to nuclear weapons. He can't even control his Twitter account.
TUCHMAN: It would have been likely this protester could get booted out during this rally, but it didn't happen. He got booted out before the rally.
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TUCHMAN: Call it a preemptive strike against one of the demonstrators. It's happening at Trump rallies, and playing out quite dramatically.
TRUMP: Get that guy out of here, please. Get him out. Get him out. Get him out of here. Out. Get out of here, please. Get him out. Out. Out. Out.
TUCHMAN: At today's event, Trump spoke for 40 minutes and was interrupted from the beginning to the end.
TRUMP: Oh, we have a protester. We have a protester.
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TRUMP: Out. Out. Bye. Go home to mommy. Go home to mommy.
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TRUMP: Tell her to tuck you in bed. Bye-bye.
TUCHMAN: The U.S. Secret Service protects Trump. But private security is increasingly evident at the rallies to keep a check at outside agitators, with local law enforcement in place to aid private security when people are kicked out.
The sheriff's department saying this is a private event and the campaign has a right to do this.
(on camera): What do you think about that he wants to get people out of here who --
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I love his comment. Back in the old days when you could punch them right in the nose and be carried out on a stretcher. That's fine with me.
TRUMP: Bye-bye.
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TRUMP: Good job, fellows. Like to punch them in the face, I tell you.
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TUCHMAN: The other presidential candidates have people kicked out of their rallies, too. But the Trump campaign takes it to a new level.
(SHOUTING) TUCHMAN: And the real estate mogul who says he will, quote, "be a unifier as president," seems to revel in those getting the heave ho.
TRUMP: If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, seriously.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: -- the leader. He can do what he wants.
TUCHMAN (on camera): There's many people that find it unlikely that Donald Trump is a unifier. In a sense, he has proven he is. At this rally and many others, he has unified the majority of people who love him, against the minority of people who don't.
(voice-over): We saw nine different groups of people kicked out during Trump's speech. An average of one every four and a half minutes.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: If you're going to vote to demonstrate against him, yeah. You need to go.
TUCHMAN (on camera): You think it's OK for Donald Trump to --
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yeah. He's our future president.
TUCHMAN (voice-over): The final ejection, during Trump's final words.
TRUMP: Do I get to start winning again. I love you. Go out and vote.
TUCHMAN: Gary Tuchman, CNN, Concord, North Carolina.
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[02:44:52] CHURCH: Coming up, are women getting gouged when they go shopping? And are men able to buy the same products for less? CNN hits the streets of New York to investigate the so-called pink tax. That's next.
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BARNETT: The high winds, heavy rain and snow, all part of a storm system taking aim at Western Europe right now. Many of you are watching from there.
Our Meteorologist Karen Maginnis joins us with what to expect -- Karen?
KAREN MAGINNIS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: It will be powerful. We're watching the wind start to move in. Mostly through the English Channel. We'll feel the impact of the high winds in the next 12 hours or so. But gradually this system moves all across France. And this is going to enhance the moisture across the French Alps. And look at this, right now, sunshine in London. Most of the wet weather is going to affect Wales. Also along the coast and into Normandy, you will feel the impacts of that, as well. Watch what happens. There's a little disturbance across Italy. There's some flooding in Serbia. But look at that wet weather. And right along the border between Switzerland and France, we're going to see enhanced snowfall. Where you see the red shaded area, from Wales into northwestern France, expect to see some damaging winds. 80 to 100 kilometers associated with this. Especially as we go into Wednesday. We'll see a big impact across western France, as well. Not to be outdone. There's going to be moisture in place. Paris picks up wet weather. And London eventually does, as well. Look at the beautiful pictures. The snow has its beauty. The upside and the down side. This is on the road to Beaufont (ph) in France. The snow is around a meter or so, especially on some of the higher elevations. It will be wind-whipped. There's some of the vehicles that taking care of the snowfall on the roadways. Drive carefully. It's spring-like snow skiing. But nonetheless, it requires some caution on the roads.
Back to you guys.
[02:51:31] BARNETT: Be patient. Take your time.
CHURCH: Thanks, Karen.
Tuesday is International Women's Day. From the U.S. to China and Brazil and Britain, there will be events and marches to honor women.
BARNETT: On this International Women's Day, do women pay more than men for certain products. We've been talking about this.
Clare Sebastian and Samuel Burke hit the streets of New York to investigate the so-called pink tax.
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CLARE SEBASTIAN, CNN MONEY CORRESPONDENT: These are the rules for today. We have the same shopping list.
SAMUEL BURKE, CNN MONEY CORRESPONDENT: Yes. Uh-huh.
SEBASTIAN: Same items. You're going to buy the men's products.
BURKE: You're going to buy the women's products.
Let's hit the shops.
Excuse me.
(voice-over): First on the list, an everyday item.
(on camera): You think I need a razor?
SEBASTIAN: We got three different types of razors.
BURKE: All similar.
SEBASTIAN: All are similar. We tried to get the similar.
BURKE: How much did you spend?
SEBASTIAN: 39.75.
BURKE: I spent $33.83.
SEBASTIAN (voice-over): The store told us there are many different factors that go into the pricing. One of the manufacturers told us they're not identical.
BURKE: I knew it. I knew it.
(voice-over): Our next item, a plain white T-shirt, went the other way.
SEBASTIAN: This was $5.99.
BURKE (on camera): Gents, this was $6.99.
SEBASTIAN (voice-over): When it came to the perfume.
(on camera): We got exactly the same brand.
BURKE: $76.21. Not cheap.
SEBASTIAN: Neither was mine. It came to $84.94.
BURKE (voice-over): Dior declined to comment on the difference.
SEBASTIAN (voice-over): Online, we found female brands higher by Calvin Klein and Armani. Neither company responded to our request for comment.
BURKE (voice-over): A recent study of the Department of Consumer Affairs surveyed, from health care products to kids' toys and clothes, and found in 42 percent of cases, women pay more.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Consistently, we find that women are paying more for goods in the aggregate than men. It's not enough to say we have an item, look here. That doesn't negate the result.
SEBASTIAN: The retail industry say prices are set all along the supply chain. And gouging never pays off.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's gotten so competitive, if a merchant of any stripe says this one is for a girl, let's add another 10 percent to it, they'll be gone. They will be gone in no time flat.
BURKE: Our last stop, off to the cleaners, each with a plain, white shirt.
SEBASTIAN (on camera): For a woman's shirt, it costs $6.50.
BURKE (on camera): For a men's shirt, only $2.50.
(voice-over): The cleaners told us it costs more because they have to press the women's shirt by hand. For men, they use a machine.
SEBASTIAN: I paid more for a razor, the perfume and the dry cleaning.
BURKE: The only thing that the men came out ahead was a white T- shirt.
(voice-over): It's a short list for a complicated issue.
BURKE: Someone thought I was your husband.
SEBASTIAN (voice-over): He wishes.
Clare Sebastian --
BURKE: And Samuel Burke, CNN Money, New York.
SEBASTIAN: -- CNN Money, New York.
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CHURCH: Great reporting. Spot-on.
BARNETT: Eye-opening.
CHURCH: Shoes are another thing. Women pay through the nose for shoes. And dry cleaning.
BARNETT: My girlfriend was telling me about bathing suits and underwear. They cost more for women. Perhaps because you're willing to pay more. There seems to be a discrepancy on many products. And add to that, the pay gap, and you wonder how women get by.
[02:55:16] CHURCH: I don't know.
BARNETT: We need to change that.
CHURCH: We need an increase in our salary.
BARNETT: There you go.
The first pandas born in Canada have been named. Justin Trudeau helped with the unveiling.
CHURCH: Their names pay homage to the Chinese heritage. The cubs were born last October. And they will make their public debut on Saturday.
Next hour here on CNN NEWSROOM, the impact of Maria Sharapova's admission that she failed a drug test.
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