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Theresa May Meets With Donald Trump; Brexit Bill Introduced in Parliament; Earth's Largest Migration as China's Lunar New Year Set to Begin; Remembering Mary Tyler Moore; Mexican President Cancels Trip to White House. 8:00a-9:00a ET
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[08:00:11] ROBYN CURNOW, HOST: I'm Robyn Curnow in Atlanta. Hello. Welcome to News Stream.
Donald Trump gives his first one-on-one interview since being sworn in as president, insisting that Mexico will pay for the border wall.
The British government submits the Brexit bill to parliament. It passed. It will allow the government to trigger Britain's exit from the EU.
And the largest annual migration on Earth begins as millions in China head home for the lunar
new year.
U.S. President Donald Trump is leaving Washington and headed to Philadelphia today, that is where Republican lawmakers are having a
retreat.
Mr. Trump is expected to reiterate his false claims of fraud in the November elections. And we could see him order an investigation today.
Also, in his first one-on-one interview as president, he's working on one of the most controversial campaign promises as Sara Murray now explains,
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We will be in a form reimbursed by Mexico.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So they'll pay us back?
TRUMP: Yes, absolutely, 100 percent.
SARA MURRAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: President Trump reiterating his promise that Mexico will pay for the border wall, but offering few details. Hours
after signing an executive order directing federal funds toward building the wall.
TRUMP: All it is is we'll be reimbursed at a later day from whatever transaction we make from Mexico. That wall will cost us nothing.
MURRAY: His rhetoric is ramping up pressure on Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. The Mexican leader facing calls at home to cancel next
Tuesday's meeting with Trump. Pena Nieto defiantly responding to the U.S. president in a video address to the nation, saying Mexico does not believe
in walls and it won't pay for one.
President Trump also continuing to pedal the false claim that voter fraud cost him the popular vote.
TRUMP: You have people that are registered who are dead, who are illegals, who are in two states. There are millions of votes in my opinion.
MURRAY: Vowing to launch a major investigation, Trump erroneously citing a Pew report where the author found no evidence of voter fraud.
TRUMP: Then why did he write the report, the Pew report? Then he's groveling again. I always talk about the reporters that grovel when they
want to write something that you want to hear but not necessarily millions of people want to hear or have to hear.
MURRAY: But voting officials in both parties across the country say there's no truth to Trump's claims of widespread fraud. But there is evidence of
outdated voter rolls. In fact, two members of the president's own team, Treasury Secretary nominee Steve Mnuchin and the president's chief
strategist, Steve Bannon were each registered to vote in two states on Election Day. "The Washington Post" reports that the president's daughter
Tiffany was also registered in two states.
President Trump digging in on another controversial campaign promise, his pledge to bring back waterboarding.
TRUMP: I want to do everything within the bounds of what you're allowed to do legally. But do I feel it works? Absolutely it feel it works.
MURRAY: Ultimately saying he'll let his CIA director and defense secretary decide whether to reinstate it.
TRUMP: When they're chopping off the heads of people because they happen to be a Christian in the Middle East, when ISIS is doing things that nobody
has ever heard of since medieval times, would I feel strongly about waterboarding. As far as I'm concerned we have to fight fire with fire.
MURRAY: Trump's tough talk extending to Chicago as well where he says he'll send the feds to combat violence.
TRUMP: It is carnage. It's horrible carnage. This is -- Afghanistan is not like what's happening in Chicago. People are being shot left and right,
thousands of people over a short period of time. I don't want to have thousands of people shot in a city where essentially I'm the president. So
all I'm saying is to the mayor, who came up to my office recently, I say you have to smarten up and you have to toughen up, because you can't let
that happen. That's a war zone.
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CURNOW: OK. The construction of a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border could begin in months, but finishing it won't be easy. The U.S.-
Mexico border stretches more than 3,000 kilometers, along some of it there is a fence, about 4.5 meters high in parts of California. IT's known as
the floating fence, as it moves along with the sand when the wind shifts it.
And the Rio Grand River that snakes between the U.S. and Mexico has provided a natural barrier, but that, too, is often breached.
Well, CNN's Ed Lavandera is in Arizona, a U.S.-Mexico town where you're standing. And
you've certainly traveled along that border. Your reports have been fantastic. And I understand you
have a new one to explain just how hard building this border wall might be.
[08:05:19] ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, yeah, building the wall is full. You know, this was actually done nearly some 1,500 kilometers or
so was done back ten years ago, and it is not an easy process. There were lawsuits. A lot of these walls would have to go through private land. So
all of this, all of these issues here along the border are very difficult to sift through.
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ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESONDENT (voice-over): On the border`s edge from Nogales, Arizona, several dozen migrants gather for breakfast inside a
shelter known as Kino Border Initiative.
It`s where Jesus Garcia is trying to figure out how to get into the United States. Over a map, he recounts how far he`s traveled since he left home
the day before Donald Trump was elected president.
(on camera): So, he started here in San Pedro Sula in Honduras, made his way across Guatemala, here into this little town, and this is where he
crossed into Mexico.
He says he hasn`t been able to cross. He left home November 7th of last year and he`s tried three times already to get across but he hasn`t been
able to.
(voice-over): Garcia says it`s the first time he`s ever tried crossing the border illegally and says it`s harder than he imagined.
(on camera): He says, "If I made this the far, I`m going to keep trying."
(voice-over): But on the other side, a legion of border patrol agents, cameras, barricades, ground sensors are waiting, even some private citizens
working on their own to stop migrants like Jesus Garcia from getting across.
TIM FOLEY, ARIZONA BORDER RECON: This is the scene in The Matrix.
LAVANDERA: In Tim Foley`s world, the border lands are a threatening, dangerous place.
FOLEY: This is the red pill. This is what the world really looks like.
LAVANDERA: Foley leads a volunteer group called Arizona Border Recon that patrols the border around Sasabe, Arizona, a town the U.S.-Mexico border
with less than a hundred people.
FOLEY: I`ve been called everything in the book. I`ve been called a domestic extremist.
LAVANDERA: The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate group in the U.S., says Foley`s group is made up of, quote, "native extremists."
Foley sees the flow of drugs, undocumented migrants and the wide open spaces of the border as the country`s biggest threat.
(on camera): Along the nearly 2,000-mile U.S. southern border, there is already about 700 miles of fencing and barricades already in place. Here in
Sasabe, Arizona, this steel see-through fence stretches for several miles, but as you approach the end of town, it abruptly comes to an end like these
border fences often do as it stretches out into rugged, remote terrain in the Arizona desert.
FOLEY: I put cameras about five minutes from the road.
LAVANDERA (voice-over): Foley relies on a collection of cameras he hides in the brush to capture the movements of drug smugglers. He often shares that
information and videos with border patrol agents.
FOLEY: You need boots on the ground. That`s what`s keeping you out there. Good thing we have this up here.
LAVANDERA: Foley voted for Donald Trump and wants to see all documented immigrants in the U.S. deported and additional border agents moved closer
to the Mexican border. But he`s not convinced Trump or anyone else can change the reality he sees.
FOLEY: When you`re reactive to a problem, you`re always going to be behind the solution.
LAVANDERA: For many like 18-year-old Mariesela Ramirez, they try to come illegally from Mexico. She was caught by border patrol with a group of
migrants and quickly deported.
She wanted to find work in the U.S. to help support her elderly parents. She trembles as she recalls the experience of being smuggled across the
border.
(on camera): I asked her if she was going to try to cross again. Her brother is still being detained in the United States. She`s waiting for him
to get out and she`s not really sure what they`re going to do next. So, she`s waiting for him to be sent back here and they`ll figure out what
they`re going to do next.
(voice-over): It`s the cycle that never ends on the border.
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LAVANDERA: And Robyn, as we spent time here traveling the bother regions of the United States and Mexico you really get the sense of that divide
that exists between the various groups. Humanitarian groups trying to aid the migrants, border patrol agents who would like to see the stricter
controls of immigration and beefed up security as well. So it is a -- a big divide between all the different groups that have opinions about what is
being debated so hotly here in this country.
CURNOW: Yeah, and you really have spoken to a lot of people living along there, and I think that's what is so key.
Are there any other personal stories that really explain or at least really get down to the nitty-gritty what have these divides and these opinions
are?
[08:10:03] LAVANDERA: Well, we've moved from South Texas into New Mexico and Arizona as well. We're going to head to California-Mexico border at
the end of this week. And really kind of explore this idea of, you know, all these changes that have happened on the border -- the increase of
border fencing, stepped up border security, and all of the different things that are going on. The effects of that, how does that affect people in
real life as border patrol agents have to do what they need to do. That has really affected many people in many ways, so we're going to explore
that next.
CURNOW: OK, great. Thanks. We'll keep you. You'll keep us posted.
Ed Lavandera there in Arizona.
LAVANDERA: Absolutely.
Well, President Trump's executive orders also call for a crackdown on so- called sanctuary cities. Now, those cities limit how far police will go to help the federal government on immigration matters. Usually that means
they won't hold or prosecute undocumented immigrants simply because they are in the U.S. illegally.
Mayors in cities like New York and Boston are pushing back against the Trump order.
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BILL DE BLASIO, NEW YORK MAYOR: Hundreds of American cities where this executive order could undermine public safety, create a rift and a
disconnect between police departments and those they serve, and take away funding from law enforcement. That's the potential magnitude of what we
face here.
MARTY WALSH, BOSTON MAYOR: If necessary, we'll use city hall itself to shelter and
protect anyone who is targeted unjustly.
Boston was here for me and my family, and for as long as I am mayor I will never turn my back on those who are seeking a better life.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CURNOW: Now, it's not only migrants from Mexico also in Mr. Trump's sites, a draft executive order obtained by CNN indicates that he's considering a
ban on refugees for up to four months. The plan would bar anyone from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen from entering the U.S.
Well, let's get some reaction on this from Ben Wedeman. He is in Istanbul, Turkey.
So we've seen this draft order. Are we getting a sense of what's being proposed? What's been the reaction?
BEN WEDEMAN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The reaction is by and large negative. There are many people there, for instance, 2.7 million
Syrian refugees here in Turkey who fled terrorism, who fled a brutal regime came here, and of course are looking for a better life. Some of them look
to the United States. But it's important to keep in mind when we're discussing this topic how few Syrian refugees, for example, actually get
into the United States.
Since the outbreak of the uprising against the regime of Bashar al-Assad in March 2011, less
than 15,000 Syrians have received refugee visas to the United States. It's a process that takes two or three years and the interviews can go on for
quite some time, multiple interviews by the United Nations, by U.S. consular officials, and it involves investigations by the FBI, the CIA, the
Defense Department, a variety of U.S. government agencies. They do background checks. They check your social media. And if anything raises
any questions the application is binned.
And so it's extremely difficult to get into the United States. And among the approximate -- of the less than 15,000 people who have gotten refugee
visas to the United States, not one has ever been accused of engaging in terrorist activities.
So you have on the one hand millions of desperate people trying to get out of Syria to somewhere where they can have a future, fewer actually looking
at the United States because most refugees you speak with know just how difficult it is to get into the United States as a refugee -- Robyn.
CURNOW: As it is already.
Let's talk about the list of countries that would be banned from coming into the U.S.: Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, or Yemen.
Why those countries, and some are missing perhaps.
WEDEMAN: Yeah. The question -- all of these countries obviously have issues. Iran, however, is not really part of the -- sort of the Wahabi
terrorist network that we see does exist in some parts of the Middle East.
Now, what's missing, of course, is countries like Saudi Arabia, which many people believe is the birthplace of Salafist jihadism, which is the
inspiration for ISIS, for al Qaeda, for other extremist groups.
Now, Iraq is also problematic, because let's keep in mind that there are more than 5,000 military personnel in Iraq supporting the Iraqi
government's efforts to crush ISIS and drive it out of the country.
Now, the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi reacted very angrily, for instance, to Donald Trump's statements at CIA headquarters on Saturday that
he would like to -- like another opportunity to take Iraq's oil.
So all of these messages, on oil, on refugees, on basic ordinary visas for businessmen and
students to the United States is causing a good deal of consternation in this part of the world -- Robyn.
CURNOW: It certainly is, Ben. I mean what also, what are the practical and intelligence and
security implications of shutting the door on these countries?
I mean, on many hands does it shoot Americans in the foot? I mean, you know in, terms of
trying to work together with these countries to fight terrorism?
WEDEMAN: Well, certainly when you're trying to cooperate with a country like Iraq in fighting terrorism, you're sending the absolutely worst
possible message to it that we don't differentiation between you, an ordinary Iraqi, or an Iraqi intelligence official fighting against ISIS,
and ISIS itself. It's a very mixed message. And at the end of the day it could be self-defeating certainly because what is Donald Trump -- he says
he wants to crush ISIS, but you can't crush ISIS without the help of countries like Iraq, for one thing.
CURNOW: Yeah. You make a very good point there. Thank you so very much much. As usual, appreciate you joining us here. Ben Wedeman on News
Stream. Thank you very much.
Well, Mr. Trump is also getting ready for his first meeting with a foreign leader. British Prime Minister Theresa May is on her way to the U.S. and
her talks with Mr. Trump are expected to focus on trade as Britain gets ready to leave the EU.
CNN's Nic Robertson joins us from Washington with more on that. So, what message is she going to deliver?
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, she is also going to be speaking later today with the Republican retreat in Philadelphia. And
there we're told to expect her to talk about the history that the two countries have, the special relationship that they have, that Britain and
the United States helped together to win wars.
But perhaps more importantly their shared history. Britain and the United States have in effect, she will tell the Republicans, have built the world
together. So it's a very strong message that she's bringing of unity between the two countries of this history, something that she wants to
build on, something that she sees this very early opportunity in President Trump's presidency to sort of get into the White House, have that face-to-
face conversation. Of course, vital for her while she's here is to get President Trump's support to boost trade with Britain. As Britain leaves
the European Union, she needs to be able to show the British public and European Union negotiators as well that the United States supports Britain
and President Trump certainly supports Brexit, but she needs to translate that in economic terms.
So, that will be an important part of the agenda. But what she says she wants to do really, what her spokespeople are telling us is, that, you
know, she wants to sort of shape the special relationship between the pair of them, have a strong cooperative relation that can be productive and set
the tone going forward.
CURNOW: But she's certainly under a lot of pressure and expectation from those at home who are going to watch how she stands up to Mr. Trump as
well.
ROBERTSON: Oh, sure. I mean, there's certainly a part of the British public that would look
at this British prime minister coming to Washington to see the president sort of cap in hand essentially asking for a better trade deal and people
will look back at perhaps British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his relationship with President George Bush, a relationship that in the end
over the Iraq war cost -- politically cost Prime Minister Blair hugely. And what hangs over Theresa May's head here, well, President Trump's, some
of his outspoken words about the European Union, that he doesn't really -- he's ambivalent about its future. Theresa May says the European Union
important, wants it to remain strong.
NATO, he says it's obsolete, Theresa May absolutely believes the opposite.
Russia, she believes that the United States should be cautious about dealing with President Putin, shouldn't be rushing to cult knew deals with
him.
So these are issues that she's hearing in part from parliamentarians and from her own party. You've got to be tough on these issues. What she's
saying is...
CURNOW: And as you're talking, also, we're seeing an email from Downing Street basically
reiterating Britain's pushback on Trump's position about torture.
ROBERTSON: Absolutely. When Theresa May has been asked about this, she's been very, very clear: Britain's position on torture remains the same, that
it doesn't believe in the enforced interrogation techniques, waterboarding and that sort of thing. So, you know, this is the balance for Theresa May
here. You know, she's coming to meet a president who is not universally popular, whose -- some of his decisions this week have made him less
globally popular already.
So that's the trade for her here. She needs something. She needs more than symbolism. It's what she will get the symbolism, but she needs more
than that. But she also needs to be very cautious and this is what we're hearing in Britain, that she needs to be cautious that in a way she doesn't
sort of get associated with some of his policies that are not in keeping with Britain's standards. And she said she's been very clear on it and
because of the special relationship she says that she can go in and have those frank eye-to-eye discussions.
Now, we won't be behind the scenes to see those discussions, but perhaps a test of this will be
if the pair have a joint press conference and perhaps there we can begin to judge how joined up their thinking is and where it diverges.
[08:20:53] CURNOW: And to ask some tough questions. Thanks so much. Nic Robertson there in Washington, appreciate it.
So, let's take a closer look at what President Trump has coming up in the next few days. As Nic mentioned, he meets with Theresa May at the White
House on Friday. Next week he says he'll announce his pick for the Supreme Court. That's expected to happen on Thursday. These are just some of the
highlights of his schedule.
And after the break, a sobering moment for anyone who opposes Brexit. The UK government tables a bill that triggers Britain's departure from the EU.
And children in parts of Mosul return to school for the first time in years. We'll take you inside
neighborhoods just captured from ISIS.
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CURNOW: We just got our first look at the bill that kicks tarts the UK's departure from the European Union. Here it is. It enables Prime Minister
Theresa May to enact Article 50 that formally begins the process for Britain to leave the EU. Lawmakers now have five days to debate the bill
before it goes to vote in parliament. If it passes, Theresa May says she'll trigger Article 50 by March.
Well, CNN's Max Foster is watching all of this in London. So, this is procedural, but it's critical.
MAX FOSTER, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It is. And it's you can -- I think you can read into that that the government was very much expecting
this bill to have to go to parliament because the Supreme Court ruling on it only came yesterday and already it's written up and in parliament even
hours before we're expecting it to go there.
A very simple bill put before parliament. And the idea of that is literally to go through the
formalities, that, yes, parliament does have a say on the government triggering Article 50 in this Brexit
process. But really that's the be all and end all of it. And actually, they got enough support in parliament to be able to get it through, it
seems, the government.
So, it will happen, although there will be a lot of of debate in the next couple of weeks or so as those who absolutely oppose Brexit have their say
and trying to add amendments. The Scottish National Party, for example. But ultimately it is going to get through because there's enough support
within the House of Commons.
But even if there's opposition in the Upper House, the House of Lords, they know that if they
block it, it could trigger a general election and the very existence of the House of Lords, or the makeup of the House of Lords will come into
question. So all of these things together suggest that Brexit process will start at the end of March, as Theresa May says.
CURNOW: So, it starts perhaps at the end of March. Just give us some sense of the timing
then. I mean, when will that divorce take place?
FOSTER: From March it will be two years. That's the process unless something does going wrong on the way. That will be the process and
Britain will be out of the European Union.
And already Theresa May obviously is looking ahead to that point, because this big meeting you were just talking about there in Washington with
President Trump is all about lining up a post-Brexit world where Britain has its own trade ties with nations, including the United States.
So, she's got her plan, but there's certainly people in parliament who would love to block it all
together and there are others that still want that attachment to the European central market if at all possible. But it's going to be very hard
to argue with Brussels, particularly when you consider Theresa May is meeting Donald Trump who many believe wants to destroy the European Union
and she's now going to go into negotiations with them, almost siding with the enemy.
So, she's -- you know, she's got some tough negotiations ahead of her.
CURNOW: She certainly does. And while parliament will debate this next week, I mean, what kind of plans practically are now being put in place for
this exit, for this Brexit? I mean, what is the impact on the city, for example, and in airports and in borders. I mean, if it's two years away
that's not so far.
FOSTER: Well, no. And, you know, Theresa May's point all along has been she wants to be
in a strong position in these negotiations and if she gives away her hand her negotiating tactics that she's going to be in a weaker position.
But as you say, you know, huge parts of industry want to know what the process will be so they can plan for it. Two years is not a long time in
business strategy. So, there was a debate in parliament about that and she finally conceded that she will put at white paper into
parliament, so that is going to come after this bill where she'll outline, really, how she is negotiate this as much as she can anyway.
So, that will give a sense to parliament. It will give a sense to business who she plans to go into these negotiations and hopefully plan for them.
But she does say she does understand the needs of business on this one. But she's got to balance this with her negotiating position.
CURNOW: OK, thanks so much. Max Foster there in London.
And now to Australia which celebrates its national day, Australia Day on Thursday. The holiday commemorates the arrival of the first British fleet
nearly 230 years ago, but some Aussies see it as a day of mourning.
Tens of thousands of indigenous people died during the colonization and now a campaign to move Australia Day to a different date is gaining some
traction.
And India marked Republic Day with a colorful parade in the capital. A military contingent lead the procession followed by a line of floats. The
special guest this year, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi. India won independence from Britain in 1947, but it wasn't until nearly three years
later that India declared itself a sovereign state.
Millions across China are getting ready to spend Lunar New Year with friend and family. Coming up, we take you inside the intense traveling that's
part of the largest annual migration on Earth. Stay with us, you're watching CNN.
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[08:31:42] CURNOW: And two years after ISIS militants seized control of Mosul, residents are finally getting a taste of Freedom. The Iraqi army
says it has retaken the eastern half of Mosul. CNN's Arwa Damon went inside to find out what's left for the families there.
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ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Children play on the streets of an affluent neighborhood just steps away from a
residential home that was a local ISIS headquarters.
(on-camera): This was a security center. So that was the office and upstairs is what they transformed into a prison. This is really creepy.
(voice-over): The screams of those who were imprisoned here still haunt the neighbors too afraid to go on camera.
In the industrial zone, ISIS was manufacturing its own weapons entirely from scratch and then hiding the stockpiles throughout the city.
Counterterrorism soldiers even found a partly constructed plane.
(on-camera): It is fairly crudely put together but this would take a certain level of expertise, creativity and ingenuity. They cobbled together
all sorts of different parts and even used glue to try to fix some of the wires into place. (voice-over): To the north, wooden Humvees are under
construction in what eerily feels like a children's wood shop were it not so sinister. ISIS would use these as decoys.
On the streets, there is a sense of relief. Women no longer have to wear the Niqab. Men can be clean shaven. Cell phones and cigarettes banned under
ISIS are on full display. But the atmosphere of so- called normalcy in some areas belies the trauma.
Schools have started to reopen for the first time in over two years. The children eager to reclaim their lost education.
"ISIS would put knives in our hands," 14-year-old Mustafa tells us. "Once my parents found out, they pulled me out of school."
Their innocence stolen perhaps, but not their enthusiasm for life and the future. Little girls clamour around, jostling for attention as children do.
Their sweet voices uttering phrases they never should.
"They cut a man's hand," one girl says.
(on-camera): They lashed her father because his pants weren't long enough. 50 times she said.
(voice-over): Some of the wounds will heal, but others are too profound defined by years and lives lost.
Arwa Damon, CNN, Mosul, Iraq.
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CURNOW: Great piece there from Arwa.
Well, North Korea says it is ready to fire an intercontinental ballistic missile at any time and any place. A top official from the country's
foreign ministry spoke exclusively to NBC. He also had this message for Donald Trump, "we're not worried who is president, but whoever is president
should recognize that North Korea is a nuclear power and a military giant. We hope the new president will recognize that position and will drop
America's hostile policy towards our country. He would be well advised to secure a new way of thinking," end quote.
Well, you're watching News Stream. Still to come, it's the largest annual human migration on the planet. We'll show you the travel rush in Asia
ahead of the Lunar New Year. Stay with us.
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[08:37:06] CURNOW: Hello to you all. It's almost time for the lunar new year to begin. And Saturday marks the beginning of the year of the
rooster. For the next 15 days, many countries in Asia mark the occasion with various traditions. The most important one is, of course, spending
time with family members. And that means millions of people in China are hurrying to
get home for the festivities. For many migrant workers this is the only chance they get to take time off from work to see loved ones.
And the crowds heading home make up the word's largest annual human migration. Our David McKenzie went to Beijing's train station to see what
it's like.
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DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: I'm here at the Beijing railway station in the capital of China, as people take last minute trips
for the Lunar New Year. It's just the staggering amount of people traveling at this time of year, more than 100 million Chinese will go on just one day
home, mostly using rail like this. More than a billion travel across Asia for this holiday.
(voice-over): "It's a 20-hour train ride", said Ching (ph). "I only get to see the family once a year."
"I'm getting excited," she says. "We can't wait to get home."
"It's a Chinese tradition to take gifts home. Everyone does it."
(on camera): And to have one more thing stuck away in their bags, the hong bao or the red envelope. This time, we're heading into the year of the
rooster. They put money in it and give it to family members.
People don't just travel here in China. They're traveling across the world. More than 6 million people are leaving China for the New Year is a big
tourist boom as well.
David McKenzie, CNN, Beijing, China.
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CURNOW: Thanks to David for that report.
Well, this week NASA released new pictures from around Saturn that have people thinking back to this scene in Star Wars.
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ALEC GINNESS, ACTOR: That's no moon, it's a space station.
HARRISON FORD, ACTOR: That's too big to be a space station.
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CURNOW: Except this time it's actually one of Saturn's moons and not a Death Star. However, Star Wars fans point out the uncanny resemblance
between the two, especially noting the distinctive circular crater.
NASA says the moon's solid core and icy surface protects it from combustion. So, this moon won't blow up any time soon like its twin did.
And finally you've seen the protests. Millions of women, many sporting pink netted caps demanding to be heard, but before they filled your TV
screens there was one moment who made a statement by simply joyfully throwing her knitted cap into the air.
Alisyn Camerota has more on the death of the star who became an unlikely feminist role model.
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ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): There are few people who the word iconic truly applies to, but Mary Tyler Moore was one of them.
Moore began her ascent to stardom as a dancer in the 1950s. But landed her big break as Laura Petrie on "The Dick Van Dyke Show."
[08:40:04] MOORE: Now this is the effective part. We turn and sell it with a look.
CAMEROTA: The famous costar taking to Twitter as the news broke, saying, "There are no words. She was the best."
(SINGING)
CAMEROTA: Show creator Carl Reiner fondly remembered the moment he discovered her.
CARL REINER, ACTOR & CREATOR, "THE DICK VAN DYKE" SHOW: I grabbed the top of her head, and I said, "Come with me." And I walked her down the hall to
Sheldon and I said, "I found her."
CAMEROTA: Her role on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" made her a household name. But it was her own show, portraying a single 30-something woman that made
her an icon.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You've got spunk.
MARY TYLER MOORE, ACTRESS: Well --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I hate spunk.
CAMEROTA: On the show, Moore blazed the trail for women on TV, taking on themes like sexuality and equality in the workplace.
MOORE: I would like to know why the last associate producer before me made $50 more a week than I do.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, because he was a man.
CAMEROTA: Moore went on to create MTM Enterprises with then husband Grant Tinker, making her a TV executive as well as a star, popping out hit shows
like "Rhoda," "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Hill Street Blues."
Comedian Ellen DeGeneres unambiguously declaring Mary Tyler Moore changed the world for all women. So, on behalf of funny and newsy women everywhere,
Mary, thank you.
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CURNOW: Indeed, a big thank you.
Well, that was News Stream. I'm Robyn Curnow at the CNN Center. Don't go anywhere. World Sport with Amanda Davies is up next.
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