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Trump Attempts to Brush Off Allegations of Sexual Assault; France Marks Three Months Since Bastille Day Terror Attack; Leaders Meet for Syrian Peace Talks in Switzerland; 21 Chibok Girls Freed; Almost 200 Countries Take Major Step to Reduce Global Warming. Aired 5-6a ET

Aired October 15, 2016 - 05:00   ET

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[05:00:29] PAULA NEWTON, CNN ANCHOR: The number of alleged victims grows. Eight women now say Donald Trump sexual assaulted them and it's getting the presidential candidate very fired up. It could be the moment of truth for the Syrian war as leaders prepare to meet for peace talks in Switzerland. And a big win for environmental activists, almost 200 countries have agreed to take a major step to reduce global warming.

Welcome back to our viewers in the U.S. and around the world, I'm Paula Newton and this is CNN NEWSROOM.

At least eight women now accuse U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump of sexual assault. The two latest alleged victims came forward on Friday. One is a former contestant on Trump's show "The Apprentice" and the other is a woman he didn't know at a New York nightclub. Trump says these accusations are false, a setup, and part of a smear campaign. Jason Carroll has more from a Trump stop in North Carolina.

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DONALD TRUMP, U.S. (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: When you get hit, you hit back.

JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Donald Trump is lashing out, even as more women come forward accusing him of making unwanted sexual advances.

TRUMP: They have no witnesses. There's nobody around. They just come out. Some are doing it for probably a little fame, to get some free fame. It's a total setup.

CARROLL: The "Washington Post" publishing another alleged incident involving Kristin Anderson who says Trump reached under her skirt and groped her at a crowded New York nightclub in the early 1990s.

KRISTIN ANDERSON, TRUMP ACCUSER: The person on my right, who, unbeknownst to me at that time, was Donald Trump, put their hands up my skirt. He did touch my vagina through my underwear, absolutely.

CARROLL: Trump calling Anderson's claim false.

TRUMP: One came out recently where I was sitting alone in some club. I really don't sit alone that much, honestly folks, I don't think I sit alone, I go on with groups of -- I was sitting alone by myself, like this, and then I went wow, to somebody. I just heard this one. It's like unbelievable.

CARROLL: As Trump pushes back against the accusations, his running mate says the campaign will soon be providing proof.

GOV. MIKE PENCE, (R-IN) VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Well, just stay tuned. I know that there's more information going to coming out that will back his claim that this is all categorically false.

CARROLL: Mike Pence also responding to First Lady Michelle Obama's emotional speech Thursday rebuking Trump's sexually aggressive comments about women caught on a hot mic during a 2005 taping for "Access Hollywood."

MICHELLE OBAMA, U.S. FIRST LADY: This was not just allude conversation. This wasn't just locker room banter. This was a powerful individual speaking freely and openly about sexually predatory behavior and actually bragging about kissing and groping women.

CARROLL: The Indiana governor saying the First Lady's message was off base.

PENCE: Well, in fact, I have a lot of respect for the First Lady and the job that she's done to the American people over the last seven and a half years but I don't understand the basis of her claim. He's categorically denied these latest unsubstantiated allegations.

CARROLL: Another one of Trump's accusers, Jessica Leeds, telling CNN's Anderson Cooper that Trump groped her while they were sitting next to one another on a flight nearly 30 years ago.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN AC360 ANCHOR: Did he actually kiss you?

JESSICA LEEDS, TRUMP ACCUSER: Yeah, yeah.

COOPER: On the face or on the lips?

LEEDS: Wherever he could find a landing spot, yes. His hands were everywhere.

CARROLL: Trump responding suggesting Leeds was not attractive enough to interest him.

TRUMP: Oh, I was with Donald Trump in 1980. I was sitting with him on an airplane and he went after me on the plane. Yeah, I'm going to go after her. Believe me, she would not be my first choice. That I can tell you. CARROLL: As the Trump campaign reels from accusations of sexual assault, his eldest son drawing attention for comments he made in 2013 suggesting women who cannot handle sexual harassment should find another job.

DONALD TRUMP JR., DONALD TRUMP'S SON: If you can't handle some of the basic stuff that's become a problem in the workforce today, like, you don't belong in the workforce. Like you should go, you know, maybe, you know, teach kindergarten. I think it's a respectable, you know, position.

CARROLL: Trump also had choice words for Hillary Clinton, he said that when she walked by him on the debate stage, he said, "I was not impressed." He also had words for our President Obama saying this about his accusers in relation to Obama, "Why doesn't some woman maybe come up and say what they say falsely about me they could say about him."

[05:05:19] Jason Carroll, CNN, Greensboro, North Carolina.

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NEWTON: Meanwhile, Arianne Zucker, the actress who appears in the hot mic "Access Hollywood" videos, now speaking out. Trump and Billy Bush, who was one of the "Access Hollywood" host at the time, are heard on that recording making comments about Zucker's body. Zucker's an actress on the soap opera "Days of our Lives." She told CNN's Anderson Cooper that the comments have been most hurtful to her family.

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COOPER: Do you want an apology from Donald Trump, from Billy Bush? I mean, is that something that is -- would be important? I assume you have not received.

ARIANNE ZUCKER, ACTRESS: No, I haven't, I haven't. And I was reminded earlier about how important, you know, family is. And I don't particularly need one. You know, when you read people and you see how they are and, you know, I just have to expect myself to be a good person. I've worked on it very hard in my life. And I have also spoken poorly about people when I was younger. And I had to walk up to them and apologize, and it takes a lot.

And I think, you know, my family and my friends and my fans probably deserve the apology because, you know, they -- they're the ones that have been so supportive in this and I think -- but if you don't mean it, don't say it. It's a very simple principle. I try to teach my daughter if she does something maybe in the house or she accidentally broke something and said, "I didn't do it." And I said, "OK, honey, I'd like you to apologize but if you don't mean it I don't want you to say it. I want it to come from your heart. I want you to know."

COOPER: Did you think, I mean, Donald Trump now has gave an initial apology when he said, you know, if anybody was offended, you know, I apologize, you know, talked about Bill Clinton doing worse or saying worse things to him on a golf course then later on came forward with a more direct apology. What did you make of that?

ZUCKER: If you're sorry has a "but" at the end of it, it's not an apology, to me. That's my personal opinion. But a very simple, I'm sorry, I think goes a lot longer than if you add something to the end of it. I want to say I'm sorry for doing this to you, OK, period, but not sorry, but. I just -- I've never believed that that's a true apology. I still think there's an excuse in there.

COOPER: So, in terms of what can come out of this, you're hoping some sort of change.

ZUCKER: Yes. And I ...

COOPER: Some sort of understanding.

ZUCKER: Before this ever happened, you know, I started a nonprofit organization with my brother and it still runs and it's called Arrow- Heart Adventure Camps, and we work with young teens. And part of my goal is building this strength and this confidence in young boys and young girls. That's what -- I just want to keep doing what I'm doing and not have that change. And if this, for the bigger picture, does something more and adds to that, then that is a blessing for me, because I'll continue to do what I've been doing, I'll continue to work as an actress, I'll continue to run my nonprofit, I'll continue to play sidewalk chalk games with my daughter and none of that is going to change.

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NEWTON: Now, Hillary Clinton has largely avoided commenting directly on the sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump. She's also telling supporters she takes no satisfaction in what is happening to Trump because of the damage that it's causing the United States. But during an event on Friday, she did find an opportunity to attack his character once again.

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HILLARY CLINTON, U.S (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The whole world has heard how Donald Trump brags about mistreating women and the disturbing stories keep coming. This is who Donald Trump really is. We know that. Now, we have to demonstrate who we are. America is better than this.

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NEWTON: France is marking the three-month anniversary of a brutal terror attack. 86 people were killed in the Bastille Day attack in Nice on July 14th. There is a ceremony of remembrance, it's underway right now to honor those victims. These are live images now that you see where we expect to hear shortly from French President Francois Hollande. Now, for more on the ceremony and how the victims are recovering, CNN's Melissa Bell joins us now live from Paris.

[05:10:03] Melissa, I can imagine that for the victims still trying to come to terms with everything, it is an incredibly impactful day. MELISSA BELL, CNN PARIS CORRESPONDENT: Full of emotion, of course, Paula. As you imagined, it's just three months and one day ago that this terrible terrorist attack, the third such attack on French soil in an 18-month period took place. Francois Hollande, as you said, will be speaking shortly and his words in particular will be very closely watched.

Still a great deal of questions three months on about how carefully monitored this situation was that night, how tight security was on the night of the 14th of July, how was a truck able to get down the Promenade des Anglais when such truck should have been banned from the waterfront all together, how tight was security, how many police were around. These are questions that are still the subject of an ongoing investigation.

If you cause your mind back to just draw to the tragedy, the French Prime Minister making his way down to the Promenade des Anglais in the immediate aftermath was actually booed by the crowds there. Nice really marked a turning point when the French public started to turn their anger towards the government over what it believed was its lack of -- its inability really to take on this terrorist threat and to keep the French people safe.

For now, those gathered at that ceremony, Paula, are listening to one woman who lost six members of her family on the 14th of July. And that emotion is very much at the heart of today's ceremony. The questions of the victims of course will be central. And amongst those who've gathered, one woman, a French woman who's married to an American, she is still in hospital and wasn't able to make today's ceremony. We caught up with him a few days ago in Nice and on the terrible night he'd been watching the fireworks with family and was just heading home, buying candy for his daughter when Mohamed Bouhlel struck.

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BELL: Slowly at first, the white truck made its way down the Promenade des Anglais. Then, with the crowd who'd gathered for Bastille Day firmly in his sights, Mohamed Bouhlel sped up.

GREG KRENTZMAN, NICE ATTACK SURVIVOR: It all happened so quickly. The truck was going 70 miles an hour. My wife was about 10 feet in front of me, and she screamed out loud, "Greg, look out, there's a truck." And then I looked straight ahead and I saw the truck in front of me, the big white truck. And I had a choice to either jump to my right or jump to my left because the truck was swerving. So I had to make a decision which way to jump. I decided to jump to my left and thank God I did because if I didn't, I would have been dead.

BELL: 86 people did die in the attack and those that survived suffered horrific injuries, road crash injuries, but on a massive scale. Greg's leg was fractured in eight different places. But amidst the chaos, all he could do was wait for help.

KRENTZMAN: An ambulance didn't come for me because they were too busy with people who were dead or are more injured than me. So, a good Samaritan, a French gentleman came by in his car and picked me up and whisked me to Hospital Pasteur.

BELL: That night, 300 people were treated here. It was the first time the doctors at Pasteur had seen anything like it. Sadly, the man who saved Greg's leg doesn't think it will be the last.

PASCAL BOILEAU, HOSPITAL PASTEUR DOCTOR: We know that it can happen again, and, unfortunately, but this is what we have to face, actually. We have to realize that we are at war.

BELL: Mohamed Bouhlel's attack was the third major terror attack in France over an 18-month period. But for the first time, the victims were mostly families.

KRENTZMAN: I have hatred, of course, for that person. You know, I have a lot of anger when I think about it. Why me, of course, comes up. I mean, how could it be me and my family.

BELL: Greg's 10-year-old daughter was also injured in the attack but she was one of the lucky ones. That night, 10 children lost their lives.

LOLA KRENTZMAN, GREG KRENTZMAN'S DAUGHTER, NICE ATTACK SURVIVOR: I was shouting to everybody like, "Help, help." And there was ambulances everywhere and people trying to help and taxis. And it was just like a crazy night.

BELL: Do you know -- do you wonder about why what happened happened?

L. KRENTZMAN: Well, I know that for some reason, it happened, and I know that it -- like it's -- it was -- like it was there for some reason, it happened. And only God knows what it's for.

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BELL: Now, that family, the little girl you just heard from, her father, his wife are now desperate to get back to Los Angeles where they live. Doctors say that in a couple of months, that should be able to happen. And in the meantime, that question that you heard from his daughter's mouth, the idea of the senselessness that went on the 14th of July, why it could have happened, how it could have happened, that is what is on everyone's mind at that ceremony that's going on in Nice this morning.

[05:15:05] NEWTON: Yeah, and incredibly savage attack for anyone to understand let alone a child. Melissa Bell in Paris, thank you.

Now, diplomats will meet in a few hours to discuss a possible ceasefire in Syria. Ahead, why there's little optimism the talks will bring any significant change. Plus, Boko Haram militants were reportedly freed as part of the release of 21 Chibok girls. The Nigerian government insists it was not a prisoner swap. A live report just ahead.

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NEWTON: Aleppo is facing even more horrific violence after five years of the bloody Syrian civil war. And in a few hours, diplomats will try again to try and save thousands of Syrians. Our Senior International Diplomatic Editor Nic Robertson joins us now live from Lausanne, Switzerland.

And Nic, what is the hope that anything can get accomplished? Because, you know, as you've pointed out before, the principal parties may be at the table, but this is not exactly a high-level meeting.

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: It's not. We've heard in the last hour or so that the foreign minister from Iran, Javad Zarif, will be here as well. Obviously, he's part of that coalition with Russia as well, and Hezbollah from Lebanon who are supporting President Bashar al-Assad committing military support on the ground. They'll be at the table as well.

But Sergey Lavrov himself has said he has no special expectations, no special hopes from this meeting. Spokesman of the U.S. State Department said also, really, let's not get ahead of ourselves, let's see what comes out of the meeting. He -- this was Mark Toner and he was asked at a briefing yesterday, well, OK, what options do you have to change the situation. He said, "Well, most importantly for us, it is to relieve the humanitarian situation in Aleppo. It is to try to stop the fighting in Aleppo." But what can we do to change that? Well, he said, "Possibility of economic sanctions, possibly of no economic sanctions, possibility of economic measures," he said, "possibly military measures."

It's not clear what these may be but it does seem at the moment and certainly this was -- few of the British foreign ministers were a long way from the United States forming a coalition that can take this kind of actions. So the real hope here is this hope that somehow under some structure, some umbrella, they can find some humanitarian relief and an end to the fighting inside Aleppo. Seems a stretch at the moment from where we are right now, Paula.

[05:20:08] NEWTON: But to get to that common ground, any common ground at the table there, is the threat perhaps of the U.S. or the western coalition becoming more involved militarily, can that work as a way to bridge the gap and actually, you know, force more of a ceasefire through?

ROBERTSON: Again, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who won't be at these meetings here, but we'll meet with Secretary Kerry in London tomorrow along with other European foreign ministers said, look, we are considering more kinetic energy, we are -- more kinetic actions if you will that implies, you know, possibility of more air strikes, possibility that for them on Assad's port toggling, Assad's forces, possibility of enforcing a no-fly zone. But he said at the same time, I'm not getting expectations up, we're a long way from that point of view, it needs a coalition, it need a U.S.-led coalition and we're not at that position yet.

So, you know, when you look at what can they do on the ground, one thing the Russians say that they'll support is the initiative by Staffan de Mistura, the U.N. special representative on Syria who's been trying to bring the peace talks, together, of course, they're breaking down. And he said, look, I'm willing to go to Aleppo and escort out the Al-Nusra and other fighters from Aleppo so that they can leave there. And this is an idea that the Russians say that they're willing to follow. It's not clear that there's going to be broad support for that however. Paula.

NEWTON: OK, especially not with the rebels in Aleppo. Our Nic Robertson there, continue keeping an eye on talks on Syria. Appreciate it, Nic.

Now, the life of a refugee is grueling at any age but imagine what it's like if you're 115 years old? Our Nima Elbagir introduces us to a woman who could be Syria's oldest refugee and wants nothing more than to reach her family.

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NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Ida (ph) could be anyone's grandmother. She is, however, no ordinary grandma. Her story is remarkable. She's showing every bit of her 115 years. She's lived through the fall of the Ottoman Empire, few world wars and was born before the Wright brothers even flew the world's first successful airplane.

Today, Ida's at Lesbos port waiting for the ferry to Athens. She's tired. This family, not her own, cared for her on a long zigzagged journey from Syria to Greece. Ahmed (ph), the dad carried Ida on his back for hundreds of kilometers.

Ida is saying she knows it was really tiring for him but, "I can't walk," she says. "And if you didn't do it, who would?" Her actual family is in Germany but Ida refused to leave with them five years ago. Her dreams of seeing her children again, overwhelming.

Back at the port, Ida and her adopted family wait for the 8:00 boat. They watch as others board. Hours go by. The news about her journey isn't good. Police say there's an issue with their paperwork. They can't take the ferry, at least, not tonight. Passports in hand, but not going anywhere.

Frustrated, Ahmed explains how they've sold everything just to be safe. What does he do next? Ida's last wish in this life, she says, is to see her own family again. But she'll have to wait another day.

Nima Elbagir, CNN, London.

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NEWTON: She did indeed wait two days later Ida and the family she's traveling with were allowed to board the ferry to Athens. That's where they are now. They're trying to figure out their next move as Ida tries to get to her family in Germany.

Now, a number of Boko Haram leaders were released as part of the negotiations that freed 21 Chibok girls this week. That's from a source to close to the deal. The Nigerian government denies there was any kind of prisoner swap. Isha Sesay joins us now from Abuja where the girls were welcomed home on Thursday.

And Isha, after following this for so many years, I really can't imagine the emotion of the families.

ISHA SESAY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Paula, it's quite hard to put into words for these families who for, you know, the longest time had really been left wondering whether they would ever see their children again, perhaps, 21 of them released to them suddenly. And now, to be cleared the families haven't actually reunited with the girls yet. Our understanding is that some of them are making their way from Chibok in Northern Nigeria to the capital of Buga.

[05:24:59] But just the notion that that reunion is coming, you know, in the next couple hours is truly hard to comprehend. One of the members who bring back our girls, the group that has been advocating for the release of these girls since the very moment they were taken, sent me a note just hours after we got the news then she said, I am inconsolable. I am crying a nonstop. Just that this would happen, you know, when you know, what hope has waned over time. And yet here we are, here we are talking about the release of 21 of them.

Now to be clear, more than 200 were taken that night of April 14th. So by our calculations, we're still looking at over 190 still held in captivity. We understand that talks are ongoing to secure the release of more of these girls. The hope would be for all of these girls. We don't know the outcomes of those talks as yet. Those talks, as I say, are happening. We understand as soon as Monday they will pick up again. But what we can say with certainty is that 21 of the girls are now here in the Nigerian capital of Abuja and will soon be reunited with their overjoyed family members, Paula.

NEWTON: As can only be imagined. You know, Isha, in terms of the controversy as to whether or not there was some kind of a swap, the government denies it. But even if it were true, what do the families say about making that kind of a deal?

SESAY: The families don't care. You know, as simple as that, Paula. The families just want their children back. I mean, they've been waiting well over two and a half years, you know, and in that time with very little information. I mean, for the families, they had always said, just make a deal, do whatever you have to do. We sent our children to school to be educated, we sent them to a place where they should have been safe, and they were taken in the middle of the night. Bring them back to us, do whatever you have to do, just bring them back.

So for them, the fact that this deal has finally been done with the help of the international Red Cross and the help of the Swiss government, this is just an amazing day. But we should always -- we continue should continue to keep in our thoughts the families who don't have their girls back. As we just mentioned, the fact that over 190 girls are still in captivity, for those families, it is heartbreak.

But at least what we see here, Paula, is that a deal can be done, you know, a deal can be done and can release -- can result in the release of some girls. And we wait to see what happens in the hours ahead.

NEWTON: Sure, and we obviously hope that their, you know, that their situation changes as well as these negotiations continue. Isha Sesay will continue to follow this story for us. Of course, Isha, thanks so much.

Now notorious drug lord "El Chapo" could soon face charges on American soil. Ahead, when one official says he'll be extradited.

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[05:31:15] And welcome back to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. You're watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Paula Newton. The headlines this hour.

A U.S. aid worker has been abducted from outside his home in Niger and taken towards Mali. Now, a government source says the kidnappers killed the policeman and guard who were protecting the worker. But source says they forced the man stoop to his underwear to avoid being caught.

France is marking the three-month anniversary of the Bastille Day terror attack in Nice. You are now watching live pictures of that memorial. 86 people were killed on July 14th when a man drove a truck through a crowd of revelers. French President Francois Hollande is attending the ceremony to honor those victims.

In a few hours, diplomats will try again to save thousands of Syrians trapped in their country's bloody civil war. The U.S., Russia, and regional powers are expected to meet in Switzerland to discuss a possible ceasefire. There's little optimism, though, to talks to bring any significant change.

Delegates from almost 200 countries cheered after agreeing on a major step to reduce global warming. They promised to reduce the greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners. Those gases can be thousand times more dangerous than carbon dioxide for the environment.

Now, two more women have accused Donald Trump of sexual assaults making at least -- that number to at least eight now. But the Republican candidate has issued a blanket denial calling the accusations a smear campaign in the last months of the presidential race.

Now, one accuser, Temple Taggart first told her story in May. She says Trump embraced and kissed her twice when she was a 21-year-old Miss USA contestant in 1997.

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TEMPLE TAGGART, TRUMP ACCUSER: I kept quiet because I thought, oh, my gosh, I just want this to go away. I'm a mom. I don't want this attention. I went into hiding, ignored all the media, and within a few weeks, I noticed that the "Daily Mail" had posted an article of him saying, "Oh, I do remember Miss Utah. She was a nice girl. She was with her parents. I met her before the pageant." He acted like there was an audience there. It's what he talked about. And he's like, "She gave me a hug and I gave her a kiss on the cheek."

And I would never hug somebody of his stature and his celebrity status. I would just never go up to a man and do that. You know, I might do that to a friend of mine that I know or her -- like my best friend, her husband, I love them. And so, he'll come up and give me a sideways hug. That's it. Sideways hug, not a hug and a direct kiss on the face.

So, yeah, I mean it's -- so when I heard that and then I hear this -- him say, he doesn't even know me?

NEWTON: And now he's saying he doesn't even know you but you're saying months ago he's quoted saying, you are nice girl and he knew you and giving circumstances of what happened.

TAGGART: Yeah.

NEWTON: So completely different.

TAGGART: He just flip-flopped, for sure.

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NEWTON: Now, the recent allegations have only further alienated female voters from the Trump campaign. His chances are narrowing of a series of controversies continues to pile up. But through all of them, one person has been noticeably absent, Trump's wife, Melania. Our Brian Todd takes a look at why.

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TRUMP: Right now, I am being viciously attacked with lies and smears. It's a phony deal. I have no idea who these women are.

BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: As the accusations pile up, the most important woman in Donald Trump's inner circle has stayed silent and has been largely absent from the campaign trail since her ill-fated speech at the Republican convention.

MELANIA TRUMP, DONALD TRUMP'S WIFE: My parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life.

TODD: Melania Trump made it clear early in the campaign that she would focus much of their time raising their son Barron. But she did issue a statement the morning after the "Access Hollywood" tape came out, saying, "The words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me. This does not represent the man that I know."

[05:35:15] Through her lawyers, Mrs. Trump also sent a letter to the writer and editor of a "People" magazine article. She's threatened to sue them, not over the writer's allegations passage that Trump sexually assaulted her but over a passage which claimed falsely, according to Melania Trump, that the writer once casually met Mrs. Trump on the street.

LYNN SWEET, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES BUREAU CHIEF: Well, it's nitpicking. And it's not part of the larger issue.

TODD: How does Melania Trump really feel about all of the allegations? Why hasn't she come and spoken at any lengths about them to cameras?

M. TRUMP: We love you too.

TODD: The campaign isn't commenting. A crisis communications guru has a theory.

RICHARD LEVICK, LEVICK STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS CEO: I think there is a real fear. What else might there be?

TODD: Mrs. Trump does have examples to follow.

SWEET: Usually in campaigns, wives are used to be validators of their husband, to be a voice to talk about their husband. Wives in campaigns or spouses in general in campaigns are often used to tell the public about a side of the candidate that they otherwise would not know.

TODD: A role immortalized by Hillary Clinton in a 1992 60 minutes interview after Gennifer Flower said she'd had a long running affair with Bill Clinton.

CLINTON: I'm not sitting here like some little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette. I'm sitting here because I love him and I respect him, and I honor what he's been through and what we've been through together. And, you know, if that's not enough for people, then heck, don't vote for him.

TODD: But so far, none of that from Melania Trump. It's been left to her husband.

TRUMP: And by the way, we're stronger today than we were ever before which is tough?

TODD: If Mrs. Trump addresses the multiple allegations, how should she do it?

LEVICK: They need to take her out of the cocoon. Take her out of hibernation. She needs to be front and center talking about this issue, showing her forgiveness.

TODD: The "New York Times" reports that Donald Trump and his advisors have considered a joint television interview that he and Melania Trump would give to a major network. But the "Times" says after a statement from the "Access Hollywood" anchor who Trump talked about in those initial tapes, and after excerpts from his interviews with Howard Stern came out, campaign officials nixed that idea. The Trump campaign wouldn't comment on that or give us any comment for this story.

Brian Todd, CNN, Washington.

(END VIDEO CLIP) NEWTON: Now, WikiLeaks has published an e-mail showing Democratic strategists discussing, asking voters about Barack Obama's father's Muslim faith that was way back in 2008. Now, the e-mail included some of Hillary Clinton's top political allies when she was running against Obama for their presidential party's nomination. Two of the people in those e-mails say they were doing what any political professional would, examining the candidate's potential vulnerabilities. A separate e-mail in the leaks shows that various arguments against Clinton were also tested around the same time.

Next on CNN, a grieving nation bids farewell to its beloved king and begins a full year of official mourning.

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[05:41:34] NEWTON: Mexico's national security commissioner says "El Chapo" could be extradited to the U.S. within the next few months. He told CNN affiliate Televisa that the notorious accused drug lord, his real name Joaquin Guzman, could be on American soil as early as January 2017. But lawyers for Guzman said it would be difficult to do the transfer so quickly. "El Chapo" was recaptured in January after escaping from a Mexican prison six months earlier.

Many people in Thailand are still in disbelief over the passing of Bhumibol Adulyadej. He spent 70 years on the throne, and is the only monarch many Thai people have ever known. CNN's Will Ripley joins us now from Bangkok. And again, the devotion, the outpouring continues.

WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It does, Paula. And you can see it just by the fact that pretty much everybody out here in this crowd is dressed in black. In fact we're told that local malls are selling out of black clothing. The mannequins are dressed in black. Even tourists that we've seen out here, next to the Grand Palace are also wearing black which this -- the official color of mourning for team Bhumibol.

You can see that the doors to the Grand Palace have just closed over there. People were inside throughout much the day filling out their condolence books. However, we are expecting just within the next few minutes, a royal convoy possibly with the crown prince and other members of the royal family to come through here. Of course every evening for the next 100 days or so, the Thai Buddhist bathing ritual will continue where the king, who is laying in state, he will be available for public viewing, possibly as long as a year, although no official timeline has been put out by the government.

And you can see so many people are out here paying their respects to this leader, who, for 70 years served this country and is regarded as a unifying force despite deep political divisions, more than a dozen coups during the time of his reign, 20 different versions of the constitution, more than 20 prime ministers. He remained that singular unifying and healing force for this country during times of crisis. And you can see the outpouring continues.

NEWTON: You know, and as the Thai people obviously show how much they loved their king and how devoted they were to him, do you sense a lot of apprehension about what's going to happen next?

RIPLEY: The Thai people know that the crown prince, Vajiralongkorn, will be the next king of Thailand, but in a move that nobody was really expecting, when the parliament met on the evening of the king's passing, they were expecting that he would already be announce as the new Thai king. But instead, what happened was that the prime minister said the crown prince had requested more time to mourn alongside the Thai people.

And so right now, as per the royal household law, there is an acting regent who is serving as an interim leader of this country until the new Thai king is announced. Nobody knows when that will be and nobody knows what this new king is going to be like. He certainly has had a lot of time to prepare for this role. He's 64 years old. His father served as king from age 18 up until his death at age 88.

But the crown prince does spend a lot of time outside of Thailand, in Europe. He was in Germany, for example, when he was called to come home to be by his father's bedside. He has a history as a fighter pilot. Of course, obviously he is still very well politically connected in the government. But people don't know yet what this new monarchy, what the 10th monarch of the top rate dynasty will look like.

[05:45:01] And because under this country's strict lese majeste laws, any, well, any open discussion or speculation about the royal family is forbidden. People really can't talk about it right now so all they can do is sit here, they will see the procession of the royal family coming by, everybody who was walking around here earlier and kind of a -- almost like a street festival, like atmosphere.

Now they're here, they're holding their portraits of King Bhumibol and they're waiting to pay their respects to the royal family who will come here to the palace for another somber event. After a day with a lot of celebration and a lot of smiles here, people wanting to come and witness of this very important moment in Thailand's history.

NEWTON: OK, our Will Ripley there alive on the streets of Bangkok, appreciate it.

Now, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval on Friday declared a state of emergency because of the wildfires burning out of control near Lake Tahoe. Derek Van Dam is here with us. Damage in that area is ...

DEREK VAN DAM, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Yeah, over 20 homes have actually have been destroyed. 17 outbuildings have also been destroyed. There are 500 fire fighting personnel, Paula, that are actually fighting this blaze as we speak. So, no containment just yet and over 2000 acres have been scorched.

Take a look at some of the video. You'll be able to see what they're dealing within the fierce conditions that have exploded across this small portion of Lake Tahoe. This is on the Nevada side, as Paula just mentioned. And you can just see some of the flames reaching high above some of that brush, some of the pine trees within the area. If you've been to this location, you know just how beautiful it is. And it breaks my heart to see some of that fire just raging through those communities and of course taking out some of those buildings as well. Fortunately, no injuries reported. 2,000 acres, zero percent containment at the moment.

This is all part of a bigger storm system that is impacting the western parts of the United States. We have high wind warnings from Reno, Nevada, close to Lake Tahoe, through much of northern California, the coastal areas of Washington, and Oregon, coastal erosion as a concern. We have another storm system that's moving in. But look at the wind speeds that were clocked at some of the locations on Friday with the initial storm that impacted the region.

This is hurricane force, people. We're talking over 74 miles per hour for Megler and Oceanside, Oregon region. And that's just two specific locations. There were several others, especially along the coastal regions and into the higher elevations in the cascades that saw those wind gusts.

You can see this constant barrage of moisture just streaming into the area. But it's actually the remnants of a previous typhoon that has trekked across the entire Pacific Ocean that is now impacting the Pacific Northwest and that is where we're going to bring in the strong winds, the heavy rainfalls, the potential of landslides and even more tornados.

Look at the damage that was left over because of this. You'll see a video, Paula, coming out of Oregon. And this is an F2 tornado that took place. It was on the ground for only a few minutes, but it's actually destroyed 128 structures, or brought damage.

And by the way, lastly, this is interesting, the National Weather Service out of Portland issued 10 tornado warnings in one day. A new record.

NEWTON: Yeah, it's not something that they're used to there, especially this magnitude. Derek, thanks so much, appreciated it.

VAN DAM: You're welcome.

NEWTON: Now, getting nose to nose with a great white shark may be a thrill, but one diver had a terrifying encounter with one of the beasts off western Mexico. Now, he was inside the cage when the great white lunged toward some bait and rammed right into it. Now, the crew scrambled to open the cage and that gave the shark a way out. The diver emerged a few seconds later. Can you imagine? Shaken but unharmed, hanging on to the video camera he used to record that close call. Oh, that gave me chills. That was terrible.

Two baby boys conjoined at the head are starting their new lives apart. CNN was there to watch the surgery, wait with the parents, and witness the emotional result. You do not want to miss this.

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NEWTON: Once conjoined baby boys are now beginning their new lives after a successful surgery in New York. Now, the boys' parents let CNN into the hospital during the grueling operation. Our Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta has this exclusive report.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good morning, Chris (ph). How are you doing? How are the guys? They look ready.

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: 7:15 a.m., this is the day the McDonalds have been waiting for, for the last year. The hope, that Jadon and Anais, 13-month-old conjoined twins will be separated at last.

What were you thinking when you were waiting down the hall this morning?

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NICOLE MCDONALD, MOTHER OF THE TWINS: It's not real. It's really not even real. To me, it's like another surgery from before.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Are you talking to me?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yeah.

GUPTA: Jadon and Anias were born sharing 1.5 centimeters of brain tissue. They are known as craniopagus twins, and have undergone three complex operations over the past five months to slowly separate them. Today is the fourth and final stage.

JAMES GOODRICH, NEUROSURGEON: So here is a model of our present set of twins. And we have -- this is Anias on this side and this is Jadon on this side.

GUPTA: No one in the world has operated on more twins like Jadon and Anias than neurosurgeon Dr. James Goodrich.

When you first met the McDonalds did you lay out any specific statistics? Did you -- how did you approach it with them? Was it more of a scientific discussion or an emotional one?

GOODRICH: I set the goal out as ideally is to have both children come out without neurological issues but one has to be realistic. I mean, you cannot separate two brains particularly if there is fusion without the potential risk that something happen.

GUPTA: Helping improve those chances of a good outcome, 3D models like these, life-like, anatomically perfect, and available in the operating room. They act as a blueprint to practice and review before the operation even begins. Want to give you a little bit of an idea of what's happening here. In order to do this operation, they got to continuously move Jadon and Anias. So this is the position that they're in beforehand, and they're essentially flipped like this, and then like this. So now they're going to focus on this part of the bone and this part of the brain.

[05:55:14] 4:30 p.m., just about seven hours after the operation began, Nicole, Christian, and their entire family are playing the waiting game.

Do you feel anxious?

CHRISTIAN MCDONALD, FATHER OF THE TWINS: Yeah.

GUPTA: Are settled, or how do you feel?

C. MCDONALD: I kind of have a little nervous energy.

GUPTA: How about you Nicole?

N. MCDONALD: What's waiting in my stomach is for that phone call, OK, we're into, I call it the land of the unknown.

GUPTA: An hour later, the surgical team hits the land of the unknown. And then well past midnight, they continue to work through the twins' brains, vein by vein. And then, 2:11 a.m. ...

It's been about 17 hours now since they started operating. And you can see for the first time Jadon and Anias are on two separate operating room tables. But they still got a lot of work to do. There was a spontaneous round of applause when the separation finally occurred.

And after all the applause come the tears, tears of joy, first for Jadon, and then for Anias. That after hours of surgery, he's finally reunited with his family.

C. MCDONALD: Hey, buddy. You look beautiful.

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NEWTON: Wow. Thanks so much, Sanjay. That was great. Great exclusive. Thanks for joining us, I'm Paula Newton.

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