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State of Emergency in Ecuador after Earthquake; 42 Dead, 1000- Plus Injured in Earthquake in Japan; Brazilian President Impeached; Trump Attacks "Crooked Hillary" Clinton; Trump Intensifies Complaints on GOP Delegate Selection Process; Trump Not Popular in Pyongyang; Brazilian President Fights to Stay in Power; Oil Producers Fail to Reach Agreement; Girls in Vietnam Forced into Marriage; London Police Investigate Mid-Air Incident. Aired 2-3a ET
Aired April 18, 2016 - 02:00 ET
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[02:00:41] ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. I'm Rosemary Church.
ERROL BARNETT, CNN ANCHOR: And I'm Errol Barnett. Thanks for joining us. Let's kick off the week on CNN NEWSROOM.
Coastal Ecuador is in tatters after Saturday's earthquake. The death toll now stands at 272. But officials say that number is bound to rise. Rescuers are working around the clock, searching the debris for signs of life.
CHURCH: This is a rare image of hope we've seen in the aftermath. A 7-year-old girl pulled from the rubble. Several provinces are under a state of emergency.
And Rafael Romo is keeping track of the damage.
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RAFAEL ROMO, CNN SENIOR LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS EDITOR (voice-over): A young girl pulled from the wreckage of a building, one of the first glimpses of rescue operations under way in Ecuador after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake tore through the country's coastal region Saturday night. It left behind a trail of destruction.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): Everything is completely destroyed. The majority of the buildings have fallen, and there are a lot of dead.
ROMO: Hundreds have been confirmed dead, making the quake the deadliest to hit the nation since 1987. And the most vulnerable are the hardest to reach.
THOMAS HOLLYWOOD, DIRECTOR, CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES, SOUTH AMERICA: The roads are in really bad shape. And then also the area is very vulnerable because of the intense rainfall that has gotten because of El Nino. So those two factors have made it a challenging environment to work in.
ROMO: The quake's epicenter was just off Ecuador's coast. A state of emergency is in effect for six provinces, spanning the majority of the country's coastline. Hotels have been leveled --
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ROMO: -- bridges collapsed, and families left destitute.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): To see my house like this, what am I going to do? Cry, that's all. Now we on the street with nothing.
ROMO: Countries around the world are offering help.
JORGE GLAS, ECUADORIAN VICE PRESIDENT (through translation): Our friend countries, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Spain, and the E.U. have all offered to send rescue workers with specialized tools and food rations for this type of situation.
ROMO: So far, thousands of police and military personnel have been deployed to affected areas. Portable hospitals have been deployed to the hard-hit cities. And rescue teams and helicopters continue to search for survivors.
The extent of damage is only just being realized, but one thing is clear, Ecuador faces a long, difficult road to recovery from this disaster.
Rafael Romo, CNN, Havana.
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CHURCH: Thomas Hollywood joins us now from Quito via Skype. He is the director of Catholic Relief Services in South America.
Thank you, sir, for talking with us.
The images are horrifying, rubble for miles and family members penned under that rubble. What is your organization doing at this point to help in terms of aid for the survivors?
HOLLYWOOD: Yes, thank you for having me on. Right now we are trying to assess and figure out exactly what the needs are. Right now there is a first response to the earthquake. So those images are very true, lots of rubble that needs to be removed. There's still a very strong and determined search-and-rescue effort to find alive people, secondly. And, thirdly, also, it's focusing a lot on looking at the next stages going forward. You know, there's a lot of different needs that are coming in, and we are trying to find out which ones are the priorities.
CHURCH: Yeah, totally understandable. And what else is needed to help those left with nothing in the aftermath of this earthquake. What shelter is available to them, and what are they getting in terms of food and clean water? HOLLYWOOD: Yeah, that's exactly what we're trying to assess right
now, get the numbers, understand what type of housing, temporary shelter materials they could use, is it tents, tarps, certain types of plastic sheeting? Also looking at basic supplies. We've heard accounts of no running water in many communities. So for us, it's getting down into the coast, into the areas very difficult to reach to make these assessments.
[02:05:09] CHURCH: Do you have any idea the number of people who have been impacted by this at this point? Are you still trying to assess that?
HOLLYWOOD: We're still trying to assess, but there is quite a bit of concern because over the last 24 hours, the death count has tripled. Now with that over 250, that seems to tell us that more investigative, more research, more assessment needs to be done, because the situation could be more dire than we actually think it is. So that's why we need to be on the ground.
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CHURCH: I mean, this is the worry, isn't it, because the witnesses there, so many people, their family members are trapped under a lot of that debris. What are you seeing in terms of the heavy lifting equipment that's able to move some of that, big slabs of concrete in some instances?
HOLLYWOOD: You know, unfortunately, a lot of that equipment is not frequent. It's not come, so we're looking at trying to work with the government to help them address these needs. You know, first response, and then move into other areas, such as help with water, looking at shelter, also looking at food, other elements, supplies, materials, maybe kitchen equipment. So we're looking at it very holistically, because a lot of the needs stem from this area of being one of the poorest in Ecuador, and that's really a situation where you have people that are struggling daily as it is. Then, on top of that, over the last several months, this area has been hammered by El Nino, and that has led to landslides, mudslides and flooding just over the past couple months. And now on top of all this, the third whammy is an earthquake. So it's a very precarious situation.
CHURCH: So many challenges ahead. And of course, time is of the essence at this point to get as many people from under that rubble, and they have to move swiftly, there is no doubt about that.
Thomas Hollywood, thank you for joining us and explaining what the major challenges are ahead. Thank you.
HOLLYWOOD: Thank you very much.
BARNETT: And coincidently, the devastation in Ecuador follows two deadly earthquakes in southern Japan. At least 42 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured. Emergency crews are still looking for those missing, possibly trapped under the rubble.
CHURCH: Disaster officials say about 180,000 people have been evacuated into more than 800 shelters. Widespread power and water outages have also been reported.
BARNETT: CNN's Matt Rivers is Minamiaso Village, one of the hardest- hit areas in Japan. And as you see on the screen, he joins us live.
Matt, earlier, rescue workers were trying to get out two people known to be trapped where you are in this area. Any update on them?
MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, on these two people who are trapped behind me, no, unfortunately, no updates at this point. Rescue workers continue, really, their heroic work. We've seen shift after shift go in with shovels, dry when they go in, and caked with mud when they come out. No progress here. But we can confirm that another set of two people somewhere else in this village, not far from where we are right now, officials tell us that they found two people alive. Now we don't know any information about those two people, their ages or anything like that. But that was some good news. And definitely some welcome news for people like these rescue workers who have been spending hour after hour after hour since this earthquake hit trying to find that exact thing, survivors. Unfortunately, that hasn't happened yet behind us, but people here are still hopeful -- Errol?
BARNETT: And, Matt, others, as you mentioned are also missing. All of these rescue efforts, they are slow, but they are meticulous. The danger, though, is that there may be additional, perhaps smaller quakes, and those landslides like the one that took place behind you must also be a persistent concern for officials.
RIVERS: Absolutely. And let me show you the track of the landslide, this particular landslide here. If I step out of the way, you can see it started at the top. This is a very, very steep mountain slope here. And it came all the way down to where you can see those rescue workers are congregated right there. That's where they've been all day. We spoke to their commander, actually, and asked them about the threat of aftershocks, and he said that they have people who are monitoring seismic activity who say they will be able to hopefully provide at least a few seconds warning if we expect a very large aftershock, frankly, like we felt yesterday during the day. But that's really the best they can do. Frankly, these men back here are putting themselves in harm's way in order to try to find the two people that are still missing somewhere behind me.
[02:10:10] BARNETT: 3:10 in the afternoon there in Minamiaso Village, one of the hardest-hit villages.
Our Matt Rivers watching those rescue efforts continue. Matt, we'll connect with you in the hours ahead.
And for our viewers, if you'd like to help victims of the earthquakes, head to our special website at "Impact Your World." You can find organizations that are working right now to help all of the victims. Head to CNN.com/impact. CHURCH: We turn now to another big story we are watching. Brazilian
President Dilma Rousseff is fighting for her political life. Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to impeach her for allegedly manipulating government accounts to hide a budget deficit. President Rousseff's popularity has plummeted in the wake of scandals.
BARNETT: But she insists the impeachment vote in a conspiracy to force her from office.
Shasta Darlington has more.
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SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A historic vote and a crushing defeat for President Dilma Rousseff. Brazil's lower house of Congress has voted to impeach her. The opposition achieved the majority 342 votes even before the session was over. Now the impeachment motion will be sent to Senate, where a simple majority would be needed to launch the impeachment trial and President Rousseff would be forced to step down to defend herself.
It was a night full of tensions, both inside the Congress where lawmakers were shouting each other down, and outside.
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DARLINGTON: Outside of Congress, security was tight with a huge barricade set up between anti-government protesters and pro-government protesters. On the one hand, people who blame the president for a prolonged recession, and really a corruption scandal that engulfs dozens of politicians. On the other hand, her supporters, who feel that this whole impeachment procedure is nothing more than a coup d'etat, an attempt to bring down the democratically elected leader on a technicality and that's because she is being impeached for breaking budgetary laws. At the end of the night, the opposition was victorious, but many questions remain, starting with what's going to happen to Brazil in the days and weeks coming next.
Shasta Darlington, CNN, Brasilia.
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CHURCH: We'll take a short break, but still to come, in U.S. politics, the Republican front runner is taking aim at his Democratic rival. Hillary Clinton's reaction to Donald Trump's new attacks.
BARNETT: And campaign funding comes under fire. What the famous host of a pricey fundraiser has to say, after this short break. Stay with us.
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[02:14:57] CHURCH: With just a day to go before New York's delegate- rich primary, Democrat Bernie Sanders is taking sharp aim at front runner, Hillary Clinton.
BARNETT: Thousands of people attended his rally in Brooklyn on Sunday where he criticized the source of Hillary Clinton's campaign funding. Listen.
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SEN. BERNIE SANDERS, (I), VERMONT & DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: You cannot have a super PAC raise many millions of dollars from wall street or special interests and then tell the American people with a straight face that you're going to stand up to the big-money interests. Not true.
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CHURCH: And Sanders says the amount of money in politics is moving the country away from democracy and towards oligarchy. His supports protested outside a high-price fundraiser that actor, George Clooney, and his wife hosted for Clinton this weekend. And Clooney agreed with Sanders' point.
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GEORGE CLOONEY, ACTOR: They're right to protest. They're absolutely right. It is an obscene amount of money. The Sanders campaign when they talk about it is absolutely right. It's ridiculous that we should have that type of money in politics. I agree.
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BARNETT: And the Republican front runner is echoing Sanders' attack on Clinton's funding. Donald Trump revealed a new nickname for her during campaign stops in New York, but Clinton is brushing it off.
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DONALD TRUMP, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & CEO, TRUMP ORGANIZATION: And then, of course, we have Crooked Hillary. Crooked Hillary, folks.
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TRUMP: She's been crooked from the beginning, and to think that she has a shot at being our president, Crooked Hillary Clinton. We can't let it happen.
HILLARY CLINTON, (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: I don't respond to Donald Trump and his string of insults about me. I can take care of myself. I look forward to running against him if he turns out to be the Republican nominee, if I am the Democratic nominee. What I'm concerned about is how he goes after everybody else. He goes after women. He goes after Muslims. He goes after immigrants. He goes after people with disabilities. He is hurting our unity at home. He is undermining the values that we stand for in New York and across America. And he's hurting us around the world. He can say whatever he wants to say about me. I really could care less. (END VIDEO CLIP)
CHURCH: And after rival Ted Cruz's win in Wyoming, Trump is intensifying his complaint about the delegate selection process.
Chris Frates has the details.
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CHRIS FRATES, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Donald Trump is firing up his supporters ahead of the crucial primary here on Tuesday after what was not a great weekend for Donald Trump. He lost to Ted Cruz in Wyoming, losing all 14 of those delegates at a state convention there, similar to what happened in Colorado where he lost to Ted Cruz about a week ago at the state convention there. And Donald Trump saying the state conventions are rigged, they're not primaries or caucuses where the voters go to vote, and calling the big bosses out.
[02:19:58] TRUMP: We have a system that's rigged. We have a system that's crooked. We have a system that's got a lot of problems. And we have a system that doesn't allow the people to vote in many cases. And if they do vote, it really isn't representative of what it should be. We have this delegate system, which is a sham. So in Colorado, the people are going crazy out there, because they never got a chance to vote.
FRATES: Now the Republican National Committee firing back and saying the candidates have known the rules for months. In fact, this is the same process that they used to nominate Abraham Lincoln back in 1860, so there really should be no surprises.
But Ted Cruz using his victory in Wyoming to take a little poke at Donald Trump, tweeting on Sunday, quote, "Donald over 1.3 million people just voted and you lost all five in a row by huge margins, #no whining."
So Ted Cruz taking a bit of a victory lap after his big win in Wyoming on Saturday.
And he better enjoy it, if you believe the polls, because Donald Trump winning by double digits here in New York. A recent "Wall Street Journal" poll showing he had 54 percent supports. Ted Cruz, on the other hand, had just 16 percent. It's a tough slog for him. Donald Trump looking to take all 95 delegates here on Tuesday if he can win by 50 percent statewide in each of the Congressional districts. He could go a long way towards getting to that magic number of 1237. Of course, Ted Cruz and John Kasich trying to stop him.
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BARNETT: Our Chris Frates reporting there.
We don't need to tell you that Donald Trump is a controversial figure in the United States and overseas.
CHURCH: He's been praised by Russian President Vladimir Putin, but it appears he's not so popular in Pyongyang.
A senior North Korean official gave a rare, exclusive interview to CNN's Will Ripley, and spoke about the Republican front runner.
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WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It seems even officials here in North Korea are taken aback by some of the rhetoric on the campaign trail in the United States, specifically those comments by Donald Trump that Japan and South Korea could arm themselves with nuclear weapons, a suggestion that one official here in Pyongyang tells me is not only absurd and illogical, but also dangerous.
(voice-over): Few North Korean officials understand politics like Ri Jong-Ryul, the long-time diplomat and former ambassador, is deputy director general of the Institute of International Studies. His Pyongyang think tank monitors global events and reports back to North Korean leadership.
RI JONG-RYUL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL, INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
RIPLEY: "We're not really interested in leadership," he says. "Whether Democrats or Republicans take power, it has nothing to do with us. U.S. politicians have always had a hostile policy toward North Korea."
Ri is one of the rare few who can access the Internet. State media doesn't cover details of the U.S. presidential campaign. The average person wouldn't even recognize any of the candidates.
In recent months, each has spoken out against North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.
TRUMP: Good to be with you.
RIPLEY: Republican front runner, Donald Trump, shocked American allies in Asia when he suggested Japan and South Korea could arm themselves with nuclear weapons.
TRUMP: Nobody has them. So North Korea has nukes. Japan has a problem with that. I mean, they have a big problem with that. Maybe they would, in fact, be better off if they defend themselves from North Korea.
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: With nukes?
TRUMP: Maybe they would be better off, including with nukes, yes.
RIPLEY (on camera): What is North Korea's response?
JONG-RYUL: (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
RIPLEY (voice-over): "Donald Trump's remarks are totally absurd and illogical," he says. "The U.S. tells us to give up our nuclear program, is preparing a nuclear attack against us, and on the other hand, is telling its allies to have nuclear weapons. Isn't this a double standard?"
Pyongyang has not officially responded to Trump's remarks. Last week, North Korean propaganda attempted political satire, adopting the voice of Abraham Lincoln, scolding President Obama for U.S. nuclear policy.
Even in a country known for bellicose rhetoric, Ri believes Trump's ideology is dangerous.
"Trump's remarks give us a deeper look at America's hostile policy against my country," he says. "Simply put, America's hostile acts against us are making the situation on the Korean peninsula worse."
He warns a policy like Trumps would only escalate North Korea's nuclear arms race.
(on camera): And there is growing concern among some observers the country may be preparing for yet another nuclear test ahead of a major political gathering next month where supreme leader, Kim Jong-Un, could gain even more power by restructuring his party leadership.
Last year, Pyongyang reached out to Washington proposing peace talks, but that request was rejected when Pyongyang refused to take its nuclear program off the table, saying even if a deal was reached, they will continue to develop their nuclear arsenal.
Will Ripley, CNN, Pyongyang, North Korea.
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CHURCH: Australian media report the wife of actor Johnny Depp has pleaded guilty to providing a false immigration document after the couple was accused of sneaking their two dogs into Australia last May.
BARNETT: This made huge headlines. Two other charges against Amber Heard have reportedly been dropped.
Heard apologized in a video played in court in which she and Depp talked about the country's bio-security law. Take a look.
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[02:25:17] AMBER HEARD, ACTRESS: Australia's a wonderful island with a treasure trove of unique plants, animals and people.
JOHNNY DEPP, ACTOR: It has to be protected.
HEARD: Australia is free of many pests and diseases that are commonplace around the world. That is why Australia has to have such strong bio-security laws.
DEPP: And Australians are just as unique, both warm and direct. When you disrespect Australian law, they will tell you firmly.
HEARD: And I am truly sorry that they were not declared. Protecting Australia is important.
DEPP: Declare everything when you enter Australia.
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CHURCH: Hard to take that seriously, isn't it?
BARNETT: Johnny Depp was not charged over the incident. Pooh and Pistol were the dogs in question. But this became a huge deal, because the Australian government made a point to say, get your dogs out of here or they'll be euthanized.
CHURCH: And Australia takes this very serious.
BARNETT: Bio-security and --
CHURCH: Yes. They have to be careful about the animals coming in. And they have to be quarantined for a number of months before they're released and taken home.
BARNETT: This will be the last time.
CHURCH: I think they've learned their lesson. And that means the two harsher charges have been dropped.
BARNETT: That's right.
We'll be speaking live with a reporter from Australia next hour as well for reaction on this story.
Now oil prices have plunged after oil countries failed to agree on production.
CHURCH: More on why the deal apparently fell through. That's still to come.
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[02:29:55] CHURCH: And a warm welcome back. You are watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Rosemary Church.
BARNETT: And I'm Errol Barnett.
We're 30 minutes into our two-hour block. Let's update you on our top stories.
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CHURCH: The weather could have a significant impact on rescue and recovery efforts in both Japan and Ecuador.
We turn to our Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri.
Pedram, the critical thing is the time that it will take to try to get some of those survivors under the debris. It is a race against time. PEDRAM JAVAHERI, AMS METEOROLOGIST: It is. The one good piece of
news, the spring season, the temperatures are starting to moderate, but the rain showers are not, and this is a multi-day event before any sort of major recovery is under way and taken care of. You take a look at what's happening. Temps are about 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The winds are calm, clouds in place. Another front is quickly exiting the picture. We'll be going through a pattern where generally sunny skies will be expected across the southern prefectures of Japan. That is wonderful news as far as recovery efforts are concerned. The lower 70s there by Thursday. About 100 percent chance we'll get more rain showers come Thursday afternoon. So we do go into a wetter period over the coming couple of days. And an incredible number of 167 aftershocks so far since that initial quake took place a week or so ago, and these are clustered around the main foreshock. These really destabilized the surrounding. You bring the rain showers on top of it this is not a good place to be. The 7.8 took place 48 hours later on the other side of the world, across portions of coastal Ecuador, a depth of around 20 kilometers deep. Statistically speaking, you should have one magnitude smaller quake take place. That should be a 6.8. That has not happened yet. And you take a look at the 5.8, you typically would have 10 quakes of that magnitude or greater. We still have not had that. We've had the largest aftershock at 5.4. Worth noting. And a lot of people are asking, is this in any way related? And U.S. seismologists will tell you there is no direct correlation. We've had people on our air will tell you that it's like a tree falling in Canada and a cactus falling in Mexico. We've had five major quakes in 2016 between 7.0 and 7.9. One in Alaska in January. You see one in Russia, one in Indonesia. Up until last Thursday, we only had three major quakes. We had one on Thursday, one on Saturday in Ecuador. The global average for these sorts of quakes is 15 per year. You do the math. You should have five through the first four months of the year. Up until last week, we were below normal. This is all within the statistical norm of getting the number of quakes for this magnitude on a global scale. And it's essentially like flipping a coin. It's random chance. Sometimes you get several heads, sometimes you get several tails. In this particular case, it happened in populated areas back to back. That's what a lot of people are taking note of.
BARNETT: So we can expect a few more aftershocks in these places but smaller quakes.
JAVAHERI: Yes, and for Ecuador, fortunately and unfortunately, the larger aftershock of 6.8, typically expected, has not occurred yet. So something they're aware of.
CHURCH: All right.
BARNETT: We'll keep watching it.
Pedram, thanks very much.
JAVAHERI: Thank you.
BARNETT: We want to get you more information now on the impeachment vote against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. At 68, Rousseff has had a life of extreme highs and lows. She went from a prison cell, essentially, to the presidential office.
CNN's Maggie Lake has more on her dramatic rise and her fight to stay in power.
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MAGGIE LAKE, CNN MONEY CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The size and scope of the protests are unprecedented.
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LAKE: Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians are establishing taking to the streets --
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[02:35:07] LAKE: -- demanding the resignation of Dilma Rousseff, a once-popular president brought down by scandal, recession, and a fear that her country is spiraling out of control.
KATHRYN ROONEY VERA, BULLTICK CAPITAL MARKETS: Brazilians have no confidence in their government. Domestic sentiment is through the floor. The market wants to see Dilma gone. That's what the market is pricing in. We've seen a tremendous rally in Brazil over the past month precisely based on that.
LAKE: It is a tragic reversal of fortune for Rousseff who was imprisoned decades ago while fighting to overthrow Brazil's military dictatorship.
Her path to the presidency can be tied directly to former president and mentor Lula da Silva. He handpicked her to be his successor, making her the country's first female president.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's clear that Lula for Dilma, a possibility of being a continuity of his government.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People said, well, that's the woman Lula is saying will continue his government, I'll vote for her. It was simply like that.
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LAKE: In 2014, Dilma was re-elected in a hotly-contested race, but soon her fortunes changed.
ROONEY VERA: Lula had great luck. Under Lula, China was growing in double digits, the commodity boom was still in force, and then Dilma comes in, and the commodity boom burst, and Brazil slowed down tremendously.
LAKE: And then the Petrobas scandal hit. Rousseff had not been charged with corruption but she was head of the oil giant when wrongdoing is said to have taken place. Rousseff says she's innocent. Brazilians are not convinced.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translation): I think she should throw in the towel. This government has been really disastrous.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): The future of our country is in God's hands at this point. Things are very precarious at the moment.
LAKE: Dilma is accused of trying to manipulate the state budget to hide deficits. And her attempt to appoint Lula as chief of staff is highly unpopular.
But as impeachment proceedings move forward and her approval ratings fall below 10 percent, Rousseff refuses to step down.
DILMA ROUSSEFF, IMPEACHED BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT (through translation): Impeachment without proof of responsibility is what? It's a coup.
ROONEY VERA: I expect she will fight this tooth and nail to the last day, which would be the worst case for the country.
LAKE: A tough-as-nails warrior for her country is now facing the political fight of her life --
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LAKE: -- with struggling Brazilians caught in the middle.
Maggie Lake, CNN Money, New York.
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BARNETT: And oil prices remain low. In fact, they are down after the world's top oil producers failed to agree on a plan to freeze production. Sunday's negotiations in Qatar were aimed at boosting historically low oil prices.
CHURCH: But the deal apparently fell apart after Saudi Arabia demanded that Iran also agree to a freeze, which Iran has refused to do.
"CNN Money" emerging markets editor, John Defterios, joins us live from Doha.
Why do you think it has been so severe?
JOHN DEFTERIOS, CNN MONEY EMERGING MARKETS EDITOR: The big producers, Rosemary, rode the wave higher on the discussion of a freeze, which started two months ago. We went from a low of $27 a barrel to a peak of $46. Now that they cannot reach a consensus, that wave is crashing down. What should have been a simple process of bringing 18 players to Doha to one table to reach a consensus, basically, saying we'll freeze production where it is, ended up being 12 hours of intense debate, and it failed. Let's take a listen. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We debated the freeze from all aspects and what could that result, and the meeting concluded that we all need time for further consultation.
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DEFTERIOS: You can call this, Rosemary, a self-inflicted wound by Qataris and other members sitting around the table. Nobody said they had to bring that many players here. It was a great effort, but it failed on the language of what is a reasonable level at which to freeze? If the Iranians don't come in now, will they come in six months, after the sanctions here, until they get to two million barrels a day? This was a position kind of ruined by Saudi Arabia. The deputy crown prince, who is now the chair of the Supreme Petroleum Council there, hours before the meeting, said Iran had to be part of the deal. Iran, in fact, wasn't invited to Doha, because it said it could not sign on to a freeze after this period of the sanctions.
So what do we have here? The next OPEC meeting is in June. The market was expecting a consensus. This is going to allow about two months to see if they can bring the non-OPEC players like Russia back to the table to see if they can freeze in the second half of the year to try to rebalance the market. It's going to be punishing for them today as the market goes down, trying to hold onto $40 a barrel.
[02:40:37] CHURCH: Yeah, it will be interesting to see what happens in the coming weeks and months. And of course, there will be a lot of people driving their cars who are very happy with the outcome so far.
CHURCH: John Defterios, joining us live from Doha there. Appreciate it.
DEFTERIOS: Thank you.
BARNETT: More stories still to come this hour on CNN NEWSROOM. Young Vietnamese women are in high demand in China.
CHURCH: And they are often smuggled into the country and then forced into marriage. You will hear from some who managed to escape. That is next on CNN NEWSROOM.
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[02:45:42] BARNETT: The CNN Freedom Project is shining a light on human trafficking with a goal to end modern-day slavery.
CHURCH: And we are learning of girls in Vietnam who are tricked into crossing the border with China and then forced into marriage.
BARNETT: For more on this, CNN's Alexandra Field joins us from Hong Kong.
Alexandra, I understand you were able to speak with women who actually escaped from this type of trafficking. How were they taken in the first place?
ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Errol, this is something that's happening to girls as young as 13 years old, if you can believe that. And all of the women, the girls we spoke to said they had never even heard of trafficking before they were taken. They had no idea that other girls like them were being brought over the border, sold as brides, forced to work in brothels or forced into hard labor. They tell us they try to resist their traffickers because they didn't know what was happening to them until it was too late.
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FIELD (voice-over): Crossing the border separating China and Vietnam can be as easy as this.
"As soon as we reach the river, we see people paddling between the two countries."
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): They told us to start moving. They forced us into a car.
FIELD: A survivor of human trafficking tells us how quickly it happened.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): It was just me with six Chinese men. They called a lady to come and buy me.
FIELD (on camera): You were tricked into crossing the border into China?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): They not only tricked me, but so many others. I don't know how many people.
FIELD (voice-over): In the mountains of northern Vietnam, a group of women tell us, first, they were sold simple lies, then brought to China to be sold as brides.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): She said that her friend had asked us to come visit his house.
FIELD: "My friend came and said her boyfriend would come and wanted me to go out with them."
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): When I woke up I didn't know I was in China.
FIELD: Dithong (ph) started the Pacific Link Foundation and says this is a prime hunting ground for those who form a pipeline to China.
(on camera): What's the going rate for a bride in China?
UNIDENTIFIED FOUNDER, PACIFIC LINK FOUNDATION: For the end buyer, we've been told that the prices have been $3,000.
FIELD (voice-over): Girls in Vietnam's ethnic minority groups are common targets. Dithong (ph) says that's because there are cultural similarities with Chinese men on the other side of the border who struggle to find Chinese wives.
UNIDENTIFIED FOUNDER, PACIFIC LINK FOUNDATION: You have the one-child policy that has favored sons in general, right? And over time, this has exacerbated in such a way that they need more and more women.
FIELD: We're not identifying the women we spoke to, to protect them from retaliation. They don't know how much money they were sold for, but they say they were forced into labor, threatened with work in brothels, and that their husbands got money-back guarantees.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): He said if I didn't agree to get married, they would beat me and kill me. I had to go.
FIELD: Today, she lives in a shelter with women who fought to find a way out, even at the cost of leaving children behind.
(on camera): What would you say to your daughter if you were able to say something?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): I would apologize for leaving her there. I hope she'll have a better life there.
FIELD (voice-over): Her baby was 5 months old when she made a daring escape. After two years in China, she said she and another bride finally found an opportunity to take a taxi to a police station.
FIELD (on camera): What were you most afraid of in the time that you were being kept there?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): That they would sell me to a brothel and I could never come home.
FIELD (voice-over): Those who did come home want to spread the word.
UNIDENTIFIED FOUNDER, PACIFIC LINK FOUNDATION: For us, the most important thing is to do this, to make sure that people don't cross the border.
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FIELD: The survivors return to the same places traffickers target to try to warn other unsuspecting girls.
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FIELD: Officials in Vietnam tell us that last year 109 girls who were trafficked into China made their way back to Vietnam. But that might not be the full picture, because they do say there are some women, who are likely able to return, who are self-rescuing, making their way back over the border, but never reporting to officials that they've been victims of trafficking. That's because of the shame associated with it, which is why some of the girls we spoke to told us they're getting the support they need to talk about what they've been through. And that's what's empowering them to get back into their communities and tell others what trafficking is, how it can happen, even when you have no idea that you could be a target -- Errol? BARNETT: And it's very eye-opening to hear her story, the heart-
breaking story of breaking free but having to give up her child. And this type of thing happens every day in some of the world's biggest cities. And it may be a bigger problem than we realize. But thanks for bringing it to our attention.
Alexandra Field, live in Hong Kong. We appreciate your report.
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BARNETT: Be right back after this.
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[02:53:36] CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone. Well, drones are a growing problem for airports around the world. Sometimes flying so close they've forced pilots to take evasive action.
BARNETT: CNN's Fred Pleitgen has the details of a possible mid-air collision over the weekend.
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FRED PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The incident happened right here in London at Heathrow Airport. Apparently, this was a British Airways flight coming in from Geneva shortly before landing. Now the pilot of this flight apparently said that as he was coming in at a very low level, all of a sudden, an object hit the front of the plane. He says he believes that it was a drone that hit the aircraft. And the police here in London also say they believe it could very well, indeed, have been a drone. There was a statement that British Airways put forward. I'm going to quote from that. It says, "Detectives are investigating after an object hit the front of the passenger plane as it approached Heathrow's terminal five at around 12:30 p.m."
Now, after this happened, this airplane was checked out by technicians on the ground, and they deemed the aircraft safe to fly, and it was apparently used afterwards in flights. All of this, of course, is causing great deal of concern among pilots in Britain. The British Airline Pilots Association has come out and said it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. They believe there should be more strict rules for flying aircraft near airports and also the rules in place should be enforced more strictly than they have in the past.
At this point in time, what we're hearing from the authorities here in London is they say that their investigation is ongoing but, so far, no one has been taken into custody.
Fred Pleitgen, CNN, London.
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[02:55:24] BARNETT: And on a lighter note, the votes are in and the people have spoken. They want a prestigious British polar research ship to bear the name Boaty McBoatface.
CHURCH: You recall that the Natural Environment Research Council opened an online poll to name the vessel, which is a great idea. They allowed user suggestions, and Boaty McBoatface raced to the top.
BARNETT: They probably won't be doing that any time soon, right? It's inspired imitators, and Australian race horse dubbed Horsy McHorseface. Clever.
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BARNETT: Sadly, for Boaty's backers, the final decision on the ship's name stays with the council, which is expected to choose something much more boring, or I should say, traditional.
CHURCH: I think they should go with it this time. It might be a lesson.
Maybe a teachable moment.
BARNETT: They got some extra exposure out of this. Maybe it was all part of the plan.
CHURCH: Yeah. They certainly got that.
Thanks for watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Rosemary Church.
BARNETT: I'm Errol Barnett.
Please stay with us. We'll have more on the earthquake in Ecuador and other stories as they break just ahead in our second hour of CNN NEWSROOM.
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