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[08:00:43] IVAN WATSON, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Ivan Watson in Hong Kong. We are following breaking news out of Kolkata, India. Rescue teams are combing

through the rubble of a collapsed overpass searching for survivors, at least 15 people were killed when part of that bridge came crashing down on

people and cars below.

Someone 100 people are still missing and many could be trapped. So far were told at least 71 people has been rescued with injuries.

Now the overpass was still under construction. It collapsed mid day in the northern part of the city of Kolkata in a congested area called Girish

Park. That neighborhood is known for its wholesale markets. It was a busy time of day. Pedestrians as well as cars were passing underneath the

bridge when it fell.

Now, CNN's Mallika Kapur is following the story from Mumbai and she joins me now.

Mallika, thank you for joining us. What a difficult day. I understand that Kolkata is your home city. What are you hearing from there about the

rescue efforts right now?

OK. We're having -- we're having some trouble getting through to Malllika and we'll come back to her as soon as that connection is established.

Now let's move on to another important story right now. There have been more anti-terror raids in Pakistan with 17 people arrested over the Easter

Sunday bombing in Lahore. At least 74 people were killed in the suicide attack at a park there.

Many of the victims were children. A Taliban splinter group has claimed responsibility saying the blast was intended to hit Christians, though,

authority say most of the victims were in fact Muslim.

The bombing wounded hundreds of people. CNN's Saima Mohsin visited a hospital where survivors are being treated for traumatic injuries. A

warning now -- some viewers may find the images in this report disturbing.

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SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A 3-year-old boy that can barely be held because he is covered in burns.

(CRYING)

MOHSIN: Tears stinging his face. Shidali (ph) his cries ring out across the ward. He is inconsolable, in extreme pain.

Shidali's (ph) mother is in intensive care with severe burns. His father split between two wards. This man is a neighbor. He's been at Shidali

(ph) bedside since the attack. Sharing the bed, his cousin, Damina (ph), just 4 years old. Shrapnel wounds on her skull. Her uncle tells me she

has special needs. She doesn't know her father and sisters have died.

"I lost count of how many family members have died," he tells me. His chest is peppered with ball bearings. He and his friends were just

deciding which ride to go on when.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translation): I felt like something was on fire. And there was an explosion. My friend grabs me and pulled me to the

ground. He saved my life.

MOHSIN: His friend is lying in a bed opposite him.

In each ward, we found friends, complete strangers, family, attending to their loved ones.

"He shouted momma on the phone. Oh, his voice," his mother tells me. "My heart sank as he told me a bomb went off. Please come to me. I'm in

hospital."

You'll notice this is a mixed ward. Young children, men and women are being kept altogether because the doctors are keen that these traumatized

families are kept together.

MAHMOOD SHAUKAT, JINNAH HOSPITAL LAHORE: It was horrible. Actually there were about 137 patients within 20 minutes. And with every patient, we had

20 other people who (inaudible) their relatives. So we had to bring immediately about 30 doctors and 40 nurses. And we had to open up 20 more

operating rooms.

MOHSIN: Many of the patients agreed to talk to us but others are in intensive care. We didn't film them. They haven't regained consciousness

since the attack.

[08:05:09] SHAUKAT: We had to open up the abdomen of the patients because sharp things had gone into them and dropped into their intestine.

And we had about 10 patients who had serious head injuries because the brain had been entered by these sharp objects.

MOHSIN: Local people are coming together to deliver toys and food to the families and children like Shidali (ph), who will live with the physical

and mental scars of this bombing forever.

Saima Mohsin, CNN, Lahore, Pakistan.

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WATSON: OK, let's go back to our top story now. Rescuers are desperately searching for people in the wreckage of a collapsed bridge in Kolkata,

India. At least 15 people are dead and at least 100 are still missing. CNN's Mallika Kapur is following the story from Mumbai and joins me now.

So Mallika, first of all, the rescue efforts, where do you think stand right now, we've seen footage that looks like at the military are part of

this frantic rescue effort?

MALLIKA KAPUR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The military are definitely part of this frantic rescue effort, you're right. I spoke with someone who is on the

scene right now in Kolkata who is watching the rescue effort and he did say that he is seeing a lot of soldiers over there who are trying to help with

the rescue effort, people are doing whatever they can to see who is still left under the debris, he said there are lots of gas and oxygen cylinders

around the area.

What they really need is gas cutters. They really needed help to cut through on the rubble, to cut to the debris, there is so much steel, so

much iron over there because it's one of the construction site, but they really made a gas cutters to be able to (inaudible) to the rubble and get

deep down inside and to see if they pull people out alive.

The rescue effort still very much underway they do need a lot more help, they've been told that more resources are on their way, he was saying

relief cranes over here, we don't have any crane on this site just yet, but that they are on their way. You've seen about 15 to 16 ambulances over

there pulling people out and treating them.

The rescue efforts underway but the situation is very grim, Ivan, and he told me that about an hour -- little over an hour ago he watched somebody

being rescued, he said he saw a man being pulled out of the rubble and he said that the man was nothing more than a lamp of a flesh and blood, he

just explained just how grim the situation over there.

WATSON: Yeah, that's difficult to hear and in such a situation it's important to note that every second, every minute counts when people could

be trapped underneath that rubble. Now, Mallika you're from Kolkata you know this city very, very well. Can you describe to me this area and what

the scene might have been at the time when with this terrible disaster happened?

KAPUR: I want you to picture the most crowded street ever that you can imagine, seriously this area is such a congested part of Kolkata. I've

been her many times then you can't walk on those street of that neighborhood (inaudible) shuffling into fight, people at every step. It is

so crowded.

And at midday, 12:30 in the afternoon, it would be extremely, extremely crowded, it's a commercial area. The area largely is known as Barabazar

which literally translate into massive market. It started off as a wholesale market area and there several markets over there. It's really

now a traders habit, the business center of Kolkata, so that the old historical traditional business hub an area that's really, really crowded

and congested which is why this liable were being build in the first place to try and ease congestion in that area.

So, extremely, extremely crowded, lots of people, lots of traffic, trams, taxis, people, cars very crowded indeed.

WATSON: It sounds like the worst place in the city for a disaster of this scale to take place. Mallika, please stay with us and we're going to check

back with a few minutes to get an update on the rescue efforts there in Kolkata.

In the meantime, I'm going to move on to another story. Take a look at this image right here. This is the personal home of South Africa's

president. And what's happened on these grounds has turned into a multi- million dollar scandal.

Jacob Zuma used taxpayer fund to renovate this estate and now the counties court is ordering him to repay at least some of the money. The judgment

was staging declaring Mr. Zuma violated the constitution and demands he recommend the ministers who let this happened.

All right well, CNN's David Mckenzie our correspondent in South Africa. He joins us now from Johannesburg.

[08:10:01] So David, first, let's help our viewers understand a little bit. What exactly did the South African president do with his private state?

How much money from government coffers did he spent on this building and what exactly did he spend it on?

DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Ivan he spend million dollars not him, but the public spent million of dollars on upgrading his condo, his

home (inaudible) that that you pointed out there. And some of those upgrades in the years of the scandal has been unfolding.

The government or at least parliament, and Jacob Zuma, and the police or try so say that they we're part of security upgrades including a swimming

pool, and whole a lot of other things that many people might scratch their head off, in fact, for security.

Now, this is all come to hear finally with the constitutional court here in South Africa, the highest court of the land giving this daring judgment a

very (inaudible) an uncompromising judgment. And this is what the Chief Justice have to say.

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MOGOENG MOGOENG, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SOUTH AFRICA: All the President was required to do was to comply. Arguably he did, but only with the directive

to report to the National Assembly. The president that failed to uphold, defend and respect the constitution as the Supreme law of the land.

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MCKENZIE: Well, the Chief Justice said that this was a profound lesson for South African young democracy. They both said that the scandal within

president here in South Africa and the National Assembly South Africa's parliament acted unconstitutionally in trying to ignore the course from the

public protect -- anti-corruption watchdogs here in South Africa to pay back that money. Now he has to pay some of that money back Ivan, and the

key test know of how opposition and the ruling anti (inaudible) will react to this judgment.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now, I understand this is a significant day for South Africa.

MOGOENG: It means it affirms the separation of powers that the judiciary can make judgment of this nature without the (inaudible).

I think that significant for a nation and certainly who is watching all over the world we welcome the judgment.

The seconding is that actually the president as we always (inaudible) acted outside the (inaudible) of the law the law and it's a great opportunity now

we believed we will begin the process of impeaching the president.

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MCKENZIE: So, well Ivan the parliament is that don't have the seats in the parliament to impeach the president because the ANC holds to many seats.

And if they move, they will probably -- it will probably be still the (inaudible) surviving, but the question is now those the ANC the ruling

party see Zuma as such a liability that they themselves get rid of him, Ivan.

WATSON: There is going to be some big question from the reminder of his term in office and I'm sure you'll be following this in this development

very, very closely. David McKenzie, live from Johannesburg. Thank you very, very much for that update.

OK. This political crisis comes as South Africa faces economic problems as well.

Coming up on CNNMoney, we're going to look at the possibility of a countries debt rating being downgraded to junk status. That's start in

less than an hour right here on CNN, stick around for that.

Now, provocative comments coming up.

They are a trademark of Donald Trumps and he just said something controversial about one of the most divisive issues in America.

Also a head a CNN reporter test the limits with Chinese authorities near the border with North Korea. Interference aside, he came back with

compelling news about smuggling to get around the new sanctions.

Stay with CNN.

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[08:17:34] WATSON: Welcome back to news stream live from Hong Kong as you can see there a view of the City Skyline and Harbor

I'm Ivan Watson.

Now let's bring you back up to date on our biggest story right now. Disaster response teams are on the scene of a deadly bridge collapse

Kolkata, India. Teams are desperately trying to find survivors who maybe trapped in the rubbles. At least 15 people have been killed. A national

disaster management official says another 71 people are injured.

The overpass collapse at midday in the neighborhood known for its large wholesale markets. As the rescue operation continues a hundred people

remain unaccounted for. We'll bring you the very latest more information comes in.

So, let's move now to U.S. politics.

The Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has set off yet another political maelstrom with his stands on abortion. In a televised

question and answer session on Wednesday he said "If the US outlaws the procedure then any women who has one should be punish within ours." Trump

withdraws that remark and scrabbled to clarify his position.

In a new statement the real state mogul said women would be victims and it is the doctors who would have to face legal problems.

He's remark through immediate condemnation for political opponents, all this with less than a week before the state of Wisconsin votes, a pivotal

contest on the road to the Republican domination.

To help us makes sense with this CNN Phil Mattingly on the campaign trail and he joins as now from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, good to see you, Phil.

Abortion is such a lighting rode issue in American politics Trumps has changed his position over the years from effectively being pro-choice to

pro-life and now he'd appeared he change his position on that in just the last 24 hours. Can you explain this?

PHIL MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, that's right Ivan. Look there are few position that are more (inaudible) to take when it comes to a

campaign even if it is in a Republican primer were obviously the majority of voters are on the pro-life side of the issue.

Now with Donald Trump has done throughout this campaign has been shown that he's remarkably able to walk in to every complex and potentially dangerous

issues and then walk back out of them unscarred. This for once might be a different time.

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[08:20:07] CHRIS MATTHEWS, MSNBC HOST: This is not something you dodge.

MATTINGLY: Donald Trump smack in the center of another controversy, this time abortion. At a town hall MSNBC's Chris Matthews the frontrunner

stating that women who get abortions should face, quote, "some sort of punishment" if the procedure would to be outlawed.

MATTHEWS: Do you believe in punishment for abortion, yes or no, as a principle?

TRUMP: The answer is there that some form of punishment.

MATTHEWS: For the woman?

TRUMP: Yes, there has to be some form.

MATTHEWS: It is 10 years, what?

TRUMP: That I don't know. That I don't know.

MATTHEWS: Why not?

TRUMP: I don't know.

MATTINGLY: The backlash, fast, furious and bipartisan. Trump's rivals on both sides of the abortion issue quick to pounce and reject the notion.

GOV. JOHN KASICH, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Of course women shouldn't be punished. I don't think that is an appropriate response and it is a

difficult enough situation then to try to punish somebody.

SEN. TED CRUZ, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Donald's comments, they were unfortunate, they were wrong, and I strongly disagree with him.

MATTINGLY: Anti-abortionist groups and Democratic presidential candidates all lining up to criticize the comments.

HILLARY CLINTON, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: When he was asked whether women should be punished he said yes. And that is absolutely unacceptable.

It is outrageous.

BERNIE SANDERS, (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: To punish a woman for having an abortion is beyond comprehension.

MATTINGLY: Amid the firestorm, Trump's campaign uncharacteristically backtracking, quickly issuing this statement attempting to clarify his

remarks. Quote, "This issue is unclear and should be put back into the states of determination. Like Ronald Reagan, I am pro-life with

exceptions." Within a few hours another statement, a complete reversal of the first, saying if abortion were made illegal, quote, "The doctor or any

other person performing this illegal act upon a woman would be held legally responsible, not the woman. The woman is a victim in this case as is the

life in her womb."

His son coming to his defense. Tweeting "Be fair. Was asked if it was illegal. Should there punishment? Shouldn't there be consequences for

breaking laws?"

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MATTINGLY: Now, Ivan, it's important to note that these comments on abortion comes just one after Donald Trump's campaign manager was charged

with battery, a misdemeanor charge for grabbing a female reporter.

Now, I'll put this in a broader context. Donald Trump has a problem with women. Period. End of story. If you look across the general electronic,

polling showing that he's got a 70 plus percent unfavorable rating amongst female voters. We've add them what we've seen the last couple of days and

five days from now when Wisconsin voters go to the polls, Donald Trump may have some serious problems, Ivan.

WATSON: Phil, we spent so much time talking about the Republican ways. Well, let's talk about the Democrats now. A recent poll suggesting that

Bernie Sanders maybe a few points ahead of Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin. What's its stake for both of those candidates in next week's Wisconsin's

primary?

MATTINGLY: Ivan, any other year all eyes would be focus on this Democratic race which obviously is far closer than anybody ever expected. And as you

note, Bernie Sanders starting to opening up, open up the lead in Wisconsin so much.

So, Hillary Clinton actually left the state. Move to New York to -- the home of the next primary and where she was a senator to start campaigning

there. It's almost (inaudible) for campaign is willing to see the state to Bernie Sanders.

Now their argument is this. Even if Bernie Sanders win, he won't win by enough to really rack up a large number of delegates, and they do feel good

about where they are in New York, but still Hillary Clinton's campaign is been desperate to graph this race up. They want to start to pivot to the

general election. They want to start targeting Donald Trump so much. So, Ivan, that they actually release an ad in New York yesterday, almost solely

focus on Donald Trump. But Bernie Sanders will not go away and another important thing to note what's been driving his campaign, the grassroots,

his campaign saying today he's already raised $39 million in the month of March hoping to break his own record of $43 million by the end of today.

So, the money is there. The winds are possible there after Wisconsin. Bernie Sanders not going away any time soon, Ivan.

Watson: All right, Phil Mattingly breaking it all down for us. Good to see you there, Phil, in Milwaukee.

All right, as for the standing president, Barack Obama, his presidency is winding down but he's trying to make progress on one of the central goals

he announced after initially taking office.

For the next two days, he's hosting some 60 world delegations for the fourth and final Nuclear Security Summit held during Mr. Obama's two terms.

Iran and Russia will not be there, however. At least one session is dedicated to the threat post by ISIS.

North Korea is dealing with new U.N. sanctions over its nuclear ambitions. They include universal inspections of all cargo in and out of the country.

CNN's Matt Rivers traveled to China's border with North Korea to find out how these two trading partners are adapting.

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[08:25:00] MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: They drive across the old narrow bridge around 9:00 a.m. each day. Chinese trucks carrying goods

into North Korea. They leave from Dandong, the border city on the river. It's the economic lifeline of North Korea. China the only country left

willing to do significant trade with Kim Jong-Un's regime.

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RIVERS: New U.N. sanctions levied against North Korea's nuclear program has impacted that relationship. For example, North Korean coal exports,

important revenue for the country, are now banned if any profits from them might be funneled to sanctioned programs. China must also now inspect all

shipments into and out of the country. Criticized in the past for not enforcing sanctions, officials deny that, but say they will strongly

implement this latest round.

We watched as North Korean trucks drove into China around midday, mostly empty. They end up in yards like this, loaded up with Chinese goods that

get sent back across the border.

We asked how officials specifically plan to inspect those, making calls to authorities in Dandong and at the ministry of foreign affairs. Neither

would provide details. Security guards we met outside the yard were not keen to talk with us, either.

And trying to see for ourselves how these inspections are done can prove to be difficult, as you can see.

We try and talk to ordinary people, truck drivers even, to talk to them about inspections, but none of them would agree to speak with us, and we

constantly face harassment, like you're seeing right now.

It's near impossible to determine if the inspections are effective. What is clear, though, is the continued struggle of those inside North Korea.

For ordinary people, poverty and hunger remain chronic. A heavily sanctioned Kim Jong-Un regime can't or won't provide supplies to its

people, so others do, seeing a business opportunity.

We met this man in secret along the border at night. He illegally smuggles goods into North Korea for a living. He tells us he deals in basic living

supplies, focusing on every day grains and car parts. For him, the sanctions don't mean much, but for other smugglers he works with, the added

restrictions are good for business.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translation): The North Koreans have to buy lots of goods because there are fewer legal shipments from the border, more

from us.

RIVERS: Since the latest sanctions began, there's more requests from North Koreans for industrial chemicals and steel. He has no idea what they are

used for but he knows who is buying.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translation): Not ordinary people. It's the military and their families. Everything is completely corrupt there.

Ordinary people have no money so the goods are purchased by wealthy people.

RIVERS: He thinks China stepped up the inspections but doubts that any sanctions enforced or not will ultimately do any real harm to Kim Jong-Un's

regime.

Matt Rivers, CNN, Dandong, China.

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WATSON: Matt Rivers and cameraman Charlie Miller getting up close and personal with Chinese security guards there.

Well, stay with CNN because after the break there will be more live coverage of the breaking news out of India where a deadly bridge collapsed

just claimed at least 15 lives.

And Brazil's president losses another member of her cabinet. As calls for her ouster wake up steam. We'll have details.

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[08:00:56] IVAN WATSON, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back I'm Ivan Watson in Hong Kong. You're watching New Stream and these are your world headlines.

In West Bengal, India at least 15 people have been killed after Particle Bridge that was under construction collapsed in Kolkata. So far rescuers

have pulled 71 people from the rebel, while some 100 people remain unaccounted for.

South Africa's highest court has handed down a cost in ruling against the president over a home renovation scandal.

Jacob Zuma is being ordered to repay millions of taxpayer dollars used to upgrade his lavish private residence. The verdict was skiving declaring Mr.

Zuma violated the constitution.

Republican Presidential front-runner Donald Trump is pulling back from a comment on abortion in a televised question and answer session, he said "If

the US outlaws the procedure then any women who has one should be punished" within hours Trump withdrew that remark and said women would be victims and

the doctors would have illegal problem.

Delegations from nearly 60 countries are in Washington for the fourth and final nuclear security summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama. No

representatives from Iran or Russia are there, at least one session is dedicated to the treat host by ISIS.

Now, let's get some more on our top story. The on going resident -- rescue operation in Kolkata, India following a deadly bridge collapse. CNN's

Mallika Kapur joins us from Mumbai you've been following this closely. What is the latest that you have on the rescue efforts there? So many people

believed to be trapped under the rubble.

MALLIKA KAPUR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes Ivan, I saw many people still believed to be trapped under the rubble. I spoke to someone that have been

in touch with me who is at the site right now, you know, watching, witnessing the rescue efforts. And he says, the terror is, if there is an

entire mini bus which has been -- which is trapped under the rubble.

And the mini bus I know how many people of mini bus can pack in Kolkata and, you know, you could have easily have 50 to 60 people in a mini bus and

a mini bus, some people are saying even too many buses could be trapped under the rubble.

So right now really it's all about time and, you know, every minute counts into the situation like just, every hour comes. It's now 6:00, 6:00 p.m.

local time and in Kolkata just start getting dark pretty early in the evening being given that it's on the eastern side of the country.

So by 6:00, it starting to get quick dark over there so really it's -- that's a strong sense of urgency right now that rescue effort continue and

local authorities do whatever they can to get the help that they need. The person I spoke he said there are so much concrete over there, there so many

is like iron rods and steel, because it where the construction site. And what they really need are glass (ph) cutters and that -- they have someone

on the scene but they need many more and really right now every minute is crucial and every minute counts.

WATSON: And worth noting, even the military has been rushed in to help with this rescue effort. Now, let's take a step back here, for those of us not

terribly familiar with India, where does this fit in kind of the safety record in India when it comes to big infrastructure project. Does this

event, this terrible disaster comes as big surprise?

KAPUR: Unfortunately, no it's not hugest surprise because they have been cases like this before. It's not the first time a bridge has collapsed in

India, it does mean that the first time, you know, a building has collapsed I'm reporting from Mumbai today but you know the last year, year in a half

I've reported on a number of buildings collapsing, you know in Mumbai.

So infrastructure is definitely one of the weakest spot when it comes to India, every time we talk about economic development in India about how

fast the economy is growing. Everyone will always say that the one thing that's small (inaudible) is weak infrastructure.

[08:35:04] So, it's really not that much of a surprise tragically to see something like this happens.

Now, there was interior quality material used we don't know that just yet. We don't really know what cause the bridge collapse, but the fact that it

has collapsed is unfortunately not bad at common over here.

WATSON: Al right, Mallika Kapur covering at this dramatic rescue efforts in Kolkata, she's part of a team of CNN journalist that will be following this

in the hours ahead. Thank you very much Mallika.

Now, one man, one tin shed and one simple cup of porridge. That combination has transformed the lives of over a million children worldwide. We'll

introduce you to the man behind this global effort. Coming up next.

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WATSON: Welcome back to New Stream live from Hong Kong. I'm Ivan Watson.

It started more than 20years ago as just an idea in a bar. But now one man working from a tin shed is feeding hundreds of thousands of children in

need all over the world. Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow was nominated as a CNN hero in 2010 for his efforts and his program which recently hit a huge

milestone. We get an update from him for the 10th anniversary of CNN Heroes.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Scottish Highlands are his home. But for decades Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow has been changing lives around the globe.

Every week day his program Mary's Meals provide free nutritious food to school children in 12 the worlds poorest countries.

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MAGNUS MACFARLANE-BARROW, TOP 10 CNN HERO: Did you enjoyed the (inaudible) here?

It brings many children into schools to help improve. Then we see amazing results with academic performance.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The work earned him global recognition as a top 10 CNN Hero.

MACFARLANE-BARROW: For being honored as a CNN Hero from the living awareness is just incredible about time we're giving 400,000 something

children. So since then we've more than double.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Among those now benefit in Magnus's work or AIDS orphans being educated by Marie Da Silva in Malawi. She was also honored as the top

10 CNN Hero.

BARROW: We have this really strong collaboration.

MARIE DA SILVA, TOP 10 CNN HERO: Magnus changed or lives. Now children are focused, they don't miss school and they're graduating.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But in May, Magnus reached an incredible milestone. Mary's Meal now feeds 1 million children around the world every school day.

That's 5 million meals every week.

BARROW: The million is system is mind-boggling number but that really as an mission accomplish. This is the beginning, there are still another 57

million children they arrive in school they are hungry so we go on.

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[08:40:04] WATSON: We're looking for people you think should be recognized as a 2016 CNN Hero. To nominate them, just go to cnnheroes.com.

Now, let's take a look at a political crisis a drama underway in Brazil. Brazil's embattled president is under even more pressure now. We are four

months away from the Rio Olympics and the sports minister has just called it quits. And calls for Rousseff's impeachment are going louder by the

hour. She lost the backing of Brazil's biggest political party on Tuesday.

CNN's Paula Newton joins us now from Rio de Janeiro, you're a very lucky person to be there Paula. Good to see you. Before we talk about Dilma

Rousseff and her fight for her political life here, let's ask about the Olympics. What kind of impact could this have losing the sports minister

just four months before the big games?

PAULA NEWTON, CORRESPONDENT: Yeah. Unfortunately Ivan, you and I both know that Brazil now enters a long list of country that says look our ministries

run fine without the ministers. Our institutions are very strong. The Olympics will go ahead as usual and that is very much true. In fact the

person is expected to take over for him as then the person liaising with the IOC.

Ivan, I don't want to mislead you and say that they aren't any problems with the Olympics. There are few venues that aren't finished and a lot of

those key legacy projects especially the transport ones so crucial to an Olympics could be in trouble. And I think certainly the more profound

impact is twofold one is obvious how it's going to continue to impact the people of Brazil and their economy but also that Brazil will not get the

bump from the Olympics that they were hoping.

And remember this was really supposed to be the centerpiece of Lula Da Silva the former president here of him really taking Brazil from a

developing country to a developed country and really showing off all these has to offer.

What's happen now Ivan is that many people here are just tell me look we're mortified, we're embarrassed that the world is coming here for the Olympics

during this incredibly tumultuous time. Ivan.

WATSON: Yeah, a tumultuous time. And let's go to the embattled President Dilma Rousseff. She has called these impeachment proceedings against her a

"cope" what chances there that this impeachment process could in fact move forward and knock her out of office?

NEWTON: You know we haven't speaking to some analyst here and especially legal analyst. And there's especially legal analyst. And when you look at

the political landscape and then you look at the constitutional rules. Impeachment seems ever more likely by the day Ivan.

Now we won't hear more about that for several weeks perhaps to the end of the April. But at this point the largest political party in Brazil has

basically withdrawn their support she is doing a high wire act right now to really try and collect all the other little desperate parties here in order

to get that kind of support. Many people here in Brazil and that include the stock market Ivan, are betting she will be impeached.

WATSON: All right. Thanks for that update Paula Newton in Rio, live.

And that is News Stream. I'm Ivan Watson, but don't go anywhere, Worlds Sport with Amanda Davis is up next.

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