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[08:00:12] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to News Stream. Now fears that Donald Trump's next executive order

could have a serious impact on the planet as he is set to set rescind a number of climate protection measures put in place by his predecessor.

Meanwhile, the president's son-in-law and top adviser under scrutiny after Jared Kushner met with a Russian state-run bank before Trump's

inauguration.

And months after they were recalled for catching fire, Samsung says it may sell leftover Galaxy Note 7 handsets.

And we begin in the U.S. where President Trump is expected to sign a sweeping executive order

in the coming hours that will rescind a number of environmental policies enacted under former President Obama.

The White House says the goal is to advance energy production while still protecting the air and water. Now, environmental groups are promising to

challenge the order.

Now, one of those actions targeted Obama's clean power plan which requires states to cut carbon emissions from power plants. That plan was put

together as part of the Paris agreement on climate change. And Mr. Trump's order will also lift a ban on federal lands being leased to mining

companies. That was put in place to reduce the country's rely reliance on fossil fuels.

And the order reverses rules meant to curb methane emissions from oil and gas production.

A White House official says the administration believes the government can serve the environment and increase energy independence at the same time.

Now, the question of growth and jobs versus the environment, that's been playing out in China. Now, CNN's David McKenzie looks at how that country

is coping.

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DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: So this whole area is industrialized, basically.

(voice-over): Extending an invitation to Donald Trump.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's called capital iron steel.

MCKENZIE: Ma Jun (ph), one of the country's best known environmentalists.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: More people in China believe we need to get rich first before thinking about the environment but now we're suffering from that.

MCKENZIE: Suffering on an enormous scale. Choking on toxic smog. It's estimated bad air kills more than two million people a year. Hostage to

rampant economic growth.

Chinese officials have a history of misleading the public about pollution and harassing activists like Ma. Now they are helping him, collaborating on

a app.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Some of the factories are not in compliance.

MCKENZIE: It publishes real-time factory emissions data, shaming the violators, and harnessing the power of the crowd.

(on camera): Another extraordinary thing about this application is that users can take photos of suspected pollution and load it on to a map of

China. Just a few years ago, doing this could have put them at real risk from the government.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now finally, there's a real political will to try to control the pollution.

MCKENZIE (voice-over): In the U.S., the swing seems to be in the opposite direction. President Trump has signed off on a controversial Keystone XL

Pipeline.

The Environmental Protection Agency is led by fossil fuels ally. That's making executives at this wind energy plant very happy. China is funneling

more than $260 billion into clean energy, far outstripping U.S. efforts. And they ship these turbines across the world.

"Donald Trump is definitely an opportunity for us," he says.

The Chinese climate negotiator told CNN they are dismayed that Trump 's administration could roll back on climate commitments, and the irony isn't

lost on Ma, that China, the world's biggest polluter, could take the environmental lead.

David McKenzie, CNN, being.

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LU STOUT: Now, there is a new twist in the investigation to contacts between Russia and the Trump campaign. This time, it's President Donald

Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner in the spotlight.

It's come to light he met with a chairman of a state-run Russian bank in December. (inaudible) now says it was unaware of that meeting.

Now, for more, here is Sara Murray.

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SARA MURRAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): President Trump's son-in-law and one of his closest advisers Jared Kushner under scrutiny for a

previously undisclosed meeting with Sergey Gorkov, the chairman of a state- run Russian bank with direct ties to the Kremlin. Kushner offering to be interviewed by the Senate Intelligence

Committee, both about this interaction and his role in arranging meetings between Trump campaign advisers and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

[08:05:13] SEAN SPICER, WHITE HOSUE PRESS SECRETARY: Based on the media frenzy that existed around this, he volunteered to make sure that they --

he said, "Hey, we've made some contacts. I'd be glad to explain them."

MURRAY: The White House insisting Kushner was acting as a liaison from the transition team when he met with Gorkov.

SPICER: Jared did a job during the transition in the campaign, where he was a conduit and to -- to leaders. And that's until we had a State Department

function in place for people to go.

MURRAY: The Russian bank offering a conflicting account, describing the sit-down as a business meeting, telling CNN, "During 2016, the bank's

management repeatedly met with representatives of the world's leading financial institutions, including the head of Kushner Companies, Jared

Kushner."

Gorkov was appointed to his post at the Russian bank by President Vladimir Putin. It's a bank that's been under U.S. sanctions for three years, since

Russia took over Crimea.

Kushner met with Gorkov one month after Trump was elected at the insistence of Ambassador Kislyak, who Kushner met with in Trump Tower earlier that

month.

The heads of the Senate Intelligence Committee confirming they want to talk to Kushner, saying in a joint statement, "The timing is still being

determined but will only come after the committee determines that it has received any documents or information necessary to ensure the meeting is

productive for all sides."

If it happens, Kushner would become the first person currently serving in the Trump White House to speak to a congressional committee investigating

Russian ties.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that was CNN's Sara Murray reporting.

Now, let's take you to Moscow now. CNN's Fred Pleitgen joins us. And, Fred, Jared Kushner, he is now ensnared in the Russia controversy, but what

is known from your end about his meetings with close allies of Vladimir Putin?

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, it's not very much. I mean, we got in touch with the EB bank, the bank in question, and

they only said that, yes, this meeting did take place. They said that it was part of what they call a road show that the bank was conducting at that

point, in trying to scope out new business opportunities.

And it's quite interesting, Kristie, because I would say a little over an hour ago we actually got off the phone with the Kremlin. There was a

regular conference call with the Kremlin, with a spokesman, for Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin did not know directly about this

specific meeting, however it but did know about the fact that this bank had this strategy of trying to scope out new business opportunities.

And, of course, this bank very much did have investments in Russia and in other countries as well.

And it's interesting, Sergey Gorokov, the head of that bank, he was asked in December when this meeting allegedly took place, whether or not he

thought that the Trump administration could be an opportunity for Russia to try and push for the easing of sanctions. Here is what he said.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

SERGEY GORKOV, CHAIRMAN, VEB BANK (through translator): Well, sanctions definitely are not helping us. We hope they could be adjusted in a positive

way. We're getting ready for the situation that we remain under sanctions and have to pay off our debt and when we need to depend on a market for

liquidity.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

PLEITGEN : So clearly Sergeiy Gorkov, the head of that bank, not thinking that the sanctions would be lifted any time soon. That certainly is the

mood among many in Russia's economy and in the politics sphere here as well.

But Sergey Gorkov himself is also a very interesting figure. He actually graduated from the academy of the intelligence service here in Russia of

the FSB. He then had a very long career in banking. He at some point was in the head of the board of Spare Bank (ph),

the biggest government-owned bank here in Russia. And of course made his way over to the VEB Bank, which is really a

development bank here in Russia that funds a lot of the government's big projects like, for instance ,a lot of the infrastructure around the

Olympics in Sochi in 2014.

And as Sara Murray noted there in her report, the head of this bank is directly appointed by Vladimir Putin himself.

LU STOUT: And Fred, I'm curious, how does the Kremlin view this ongoing Russia probe happening in the U.S.? Does it not welcome the scrutiny or is

it actually pleased that it succeeded, that's been able to sew discord and division in U.S. politics?

PLEITGEN: I don't think that the Kremlin in any way, shape or form is pleased at this point in

time. I think there's a certain anger at the fact that questions are still being asked. Certainly, when we ask on some of these conference calls and

we ask government officials, we do feel that there is a certainly fatigue at a lot of these new revelations that are coming out and having to answer

a lot of these questions.

The Kremlin also saying, and the the foreign ministry here by the way saying, as well., that they believe that they've answered a lot of these

questions already. They feel that some of it is quite repetitive. And the spokesman for the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, he came out only a couple weeks

ago and called this debate that's going on in the United States self- humiliating for the U.S., that it's humiliating for them. He feels that Russia is being demonized.

And the Kremlin, of course, stands by what it's been saying all along saying, look, they had nothing to do, as they say, with any sort of hacking

that went on around the election, with any sort of tampering that might have gone on with anything having to do with the electoral process in the

U.S.

And so certainly, yes, they are very much growing tired of it. I don't believe there's any sort of feeling that they might have that they could be

happy with this situation because, of course, in the end, what the Kremlin wanted from a Donald Trump presidency was a real improvement in relations

between the United States and Russia. And that certainly is something that's not materializing at the

moment and doesn't seem to be on the horizon any time soon as well, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Fred Pleitgen reporting live from Moscow. Thank you.

Now, the cloud of controversy isn't just hanging over the White House, it has now made its way

to congress. The House Intelligence Committee has canceled all of its meetings this week. Now, that decision came after top Democrats called for

the committee's chairman to step down from an investigation into Russia and the Trump campaign.

Suzanne Malveaux has more.

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REP. ADAM SCHIFF, (D) CALIFORNIA: The chairman ought to recuse himself.

SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Leading Democrats calling for the embattled chairman of the House Intelligence Committee to step

down, arguing that Congressman Devin Nunes, a former member of President Trump's transition team, is too close to the administration to conduct an

impartial investigation into the Trump campaign's potential ties to Russia.

SCHIFF: We've reached a point after the events of this week where it would be very difficult to maintain the credibility of the investigation if the

chairman did not recuse himself.

MALVEAUX: The uproar coming after Nunes acknowledged Monday that he made a secret visit to the White House grounds to meet an intelligence source in a

secure location.

REP. DEVIN NUNES (R-CA), INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: Nobody was sneaking around. All it was, was just a place where I had to go to be able

to review this information.

MALVEAUX: Nunes denying any wrongdoing and defending his decision to brief President Trump and the press about incidental collection of the Trump

transition team's communications before informing his colleagues on the Intelligence Committee.

NUNES: I wasn't planning on going to the White House the next day. But after I was able to read what I read, I realized it had nothing to do with

Russia but had everything to do with individuals who were -- whose names were included in two intelligence reports. I was very concerned, and I

thought that the president of the United States should know; and that's why I went and told him.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Devin Nunes has gone rogue.

MALVEAUX: A growing chorus of Democrats piling on.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Actions taken by the chairman has compromised the investigation.

MALVEAUX: Calling on House Speaker Paul Ryan to appoint a new chair.

SCHUMER: His actions looked like those of someone who was interested in protecting the president and his party, and that doesn't work.

MALVEAUX: Both Speaker Ryan and the White House standing by the chairman.

SPICER: I think he's been fairly open with the press as far as what he was doing, who he spoke to and why.

MALVEAUX: Amid ongoing questions about who granted Nunes access to White House grounds, who led him to the secure room at the Eisenhower Executive

Office Building, and who accessed the computer to view the files.

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LU STOUT: That was Suzanne Malveaux reporting there.

Now there are urgent new calls for the protection of civilians in the battle to drive ISIS out

of Iraqi city of Mosul. The events began in October, but in recent months civilian casualties have been on the rise. And now Russia is requesting a

UN Security Council briefing on U.S. military action in Iraq after a coalition air strike that may have killed more than 100 civilians.

Now, Arwa Damon has been traveling near Mosul, and she just filed this report.

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ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: We're a couple of neighborhoods away from where the majority of the incidents that are being

investigated by both the U.S.-led coalition and the Iraqis took place. But just being here you get a little bit of an idea of the intensity of the

battle, but also of the widespread destruction. That crater right there presumably caused by an air strike. It could possibly have been caused by a

suicide car or truck bomb. The fighting here much more intense in this densely packed part of the city. The destruction in western Mosul, a lot

more widespread than in was in the east. You also have a lot of narrow alleyways that the vehicles cannot go down, which means that ISIS fighters

were able to deeply entrench themselves in these areas.

Now, a lot of the civilians here - and this is especially chilling to think about, when you look at the destruction, they weren't able to leave, even

though the Iraqi government did, on the one hand, encourage them to stay. Had they chosen to leave, they wouldn't have been able to because ISIS has

been using the civilian population as human shields. And in an effort to protect themselves, a lot of families would cram into homes that they

believed would be the sturdiest.

But as the fighting pushed forward, as airstrikes were called in, there have been significant civilian casualties. The U.N. human rights chief just

putting out a statement saying that more than 300 people were killed from the 17th of March to the 22nd of March. One woman who we spoke to in this

particular neighborhood - and that sound, if you can hear it, mortars being fired by the Iraqis going overhead, fired towards the front line that's

deeper inside Mosul at this stage. But as I was saying, the civilians aren't able to leave. One woman - and we haven't seen many of them around

here - but one woman who we did see was telling us that she stayed behind because the day before this neighborhood was liberated, she said that ISIS

came and took her husband away. And now she's just waiting, hoping he somehow is going to come back home. The tragedy of all of this is not just

in the destruction, the physical destruction that has been caused to this city. It is also even more so in the unspeakable tragedies being suffered

by the civilian population.

Arwa Damon, CNN, Mosul, Iraq.

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[08:16:08] LU STOUT: You're watching News Stream here on CNN. And still to come, let's show it to you, this is the view from space of the monster

storm that is battering northeastern Australia. And we'll show you the damage so far, and find out what to expect in the coming hours.

And from frontrunner to fake jobs scandal, will Francois Fillon's legal battle derail his presidential hopes.

The details live from Paris next.

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LU STOUT: All right, coming to you live from Hong Kong, welcome back. You're watching News Stream. Now, one of the biggest storms Australia has

seen in years is right now pounding Queensland. Tropical Cyclone Debby has made landfall as a category 4, that's equivalent to a category 3 Atlantic

hurricane. At least one person has been killed.

You can see just how massive this storm is in the video from the International Space Station. The premier says it is ripping up fences,

it's tearing roofs off of homes. Thousands forced to evacuate. schools are closed. More than 50,000 homes are all without power.

Our Chad Myers joins us now from the World Weather Center with more. And Chad, this is a massive and powerful storm. Tell us about the damage so

far and what could happen next?

CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: I don't even think we know what the damage is going to be like on Hamilton Island or areas where they picked up wind

gusts of 262 kilometers per hour for a time as the storm was moving very, very slowly forward, which means the wind just continued to pound the same

areas.

So once a house gets compromised or a building gets compromised, a window gets blown out, the conwind gusts continue to tear that storm or tear that

building or tear that house apart.

This is a massive event, all the way from Paris, all the way back to Warsaw, Poland, that's the size of the storm, 1200 kilometers across.

That's the main part of the storm, not even the outer bands, they were farther out than that.

Now, we will see signficant winds still to come today. We're not going to see 262 kilometers per hour anymore. That storm is winding down because it

has hit land.

But now as we looked at some of the wind reports, we had live reporters on Periscope overnight showing us what this storm looked like live. Now they

are all down, not one reporter is out there that I can find on the internet anywhere through Twitter, anything, because we believe the power is out,

cell phones towards are out, there's just no communication whatsoever from that area.

Right now the storm is down to 130 kilometers per hour, but it's moving very slowly, dreadfully

slowly, only about seven to eight kilometers per hour forward. And if you get a storm moving that

slowly, you can easily get 700 millimeters of rainfall along those eyewalls. Now, when the storm moves faster, if it ever does, by 20

kilometers per hour, you're down to the potential of about 100 millimeters, that's about it.

Now, we do have some reports of almost a half meter of rain right now. So, we're worried about kind of a hilly area just now to the west of where the

eye made landfall which is Airily Beach.

Now, if you take that rain and you put it on of a mountain a half meter deep, or half a meter deep, it's going to run down. So, there could be the

next step in this storm, not only the wind damage, but could be the fresh water flooding.

We always worry about the saltwater flooding, the rush of the water coming onshore along the barrier islands or along the beaches here. But now I

believe this storm has turned into a flood maker. So, we'll watch for the water coming back down the hill. Everybody there in Queensland is going to

have to get out of the way of a very big storm.

Now, eventually the rain does get down to Brisbane, but it's going to take awhile, it's going to take a couple of days. And much-needed rainfall

there. It will take it probably only 130 millimeters of rain, now that's a lot, but not enough to make the kind of flooding that we're going to see up here in northern parts of Queenslan where this storm

made a significant impact.

Even the premier of Queensland saying we don't know what this damage is going to look like. It will be tremendous. There will be so much damage,

it will be unbelievable. We'll have to see when things get picked up.

When things finally calm down, we'll get some pictures out of there. But right now it's not possible - Kristie.

LU STOUT: A very powerful storm. And as you point out, because it's slow moving, potentially very, very destructive cyclone as well. Chad Myers

reporting for us. Thank you, Chad.

Turning to the London terror investigation. And police say there is no evidence that the attacker, Khalid Masood was directed by ISIS or al Qaeda,

but they say, that he clearly had an interest in jihad.

In a statement, police are urging anybody who knew or talked to him in the months, weeks, or days leading up to the attack to come forward. The 52-

year-old rammed a car into pedestrians on Westminster bridge last week and then fatally stabbed a police officer outside parliament. Police then shot

Masood dead.

Four people were killed in the attack, dozens injured.

Now, to France now where it is less than one month until the first round of voting in the presidential election. But scandal continues to follow the

campaign. Recent polls show far right leader Marine Le Pen locked in a statistical dead head with centrist independent Emmanuel Macron.

In third place is the one-time front runner Francois Fillon. Now he was placed under formal investigation last month and today his wife will appear

before judges over a fake job scandal.

Melissa Bell is live for us in Paris. And she joins us now. Melissa, all eyes on Francois Fillon. What's going to happen today. Can he get past

this scandal?

Well, the big question is whether his wife will also be charged today in the context of this inquiry, Kristie, that you mentioned a moment ago

looking into whether or not she actually carried out the parliamentary work for which she was paid.

He was charged back on the 15th of March, she herself is facing possible charges today. We're still waiting for that image of her making her way in

or out of the building in which she will face the investigating magistrates.

But either way, this is a scandal that is certain to continue to dominate headlines and to cloud his campaign over the course of the next few weeks.

We've been having a look back at this scandal, which has really taken a man from the lead in the polls to a fairly distant third. Have a look.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

MELISSA BELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: For weeks now, protesters have greeted Francois Fillon wherever he goes. On Saturday, it took an umbrella to

protect him from their eggs, but he couldn't escape the sound of their banging sauce pan.

A play on the French word which means both a cooking utensil and a scandal.

FRANCOIS FILLON, FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE (through translator): These demonstrations are an insult to democracy. It's an insult to the many of

French people who support me and the more they'll demonstrate, the more the French will support me.

BELL: But even as he continued with his visit to this farm in the southwest of France, his position in the polls was at an all-time low.

Francois Fillon emerged as the unexpected winner of the republican primary in late November. At the time, his campaign looked unstoppable. His lead in

the polls, unshakeable. But then, only two months later, the scandal, dubbed Penelope Gate, changed that.

Newspaper allegations that Francois Fillon's wife and two of their children had been paid for parliamentary work never carried out, led to a judicial

inquiry, and charges that include misuse of public funds, some within the Republican Party ranks wanted a new candidate, but Fillon refused to stand

aside, saying he's done nothing wrong, and maintaining that the investigation is an attack by political opponents.

But a steady drip of newspaper reports about expensive gifts now means the candidate's troubles and the inquiry go beyond the question of Penelope's

work. Fillon says the press reports are also part of a campaign against him.

[08:25:57] FILLON (through translator): How do you explain the fact that there are hundreds, or in any case, dozens of journalists who go through my

bins, to take an interest in my suits and to my shirts, and why not my underwear as well?

At some point the French people can see perfectly well that there's one person in this presidential race who is the target of every attack.

BELL: Before his visit to the farm on Saturday, Francois Fillon was in (Inaudible) for a rally. Keeping up a frenetic pace, that shows a candidate

determined to overcome the din of scandal. And many do seem to want to give him the benefit of the doubt.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): to be honest, I think all politicians do it a little bit. So with regard to him, I think we need to

see what happened. We really need to understand the context to be certain.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: At this stage, he hasn't been found guilty of anything. So therefore there's always a question mark, a doubt. So I think he should

really go ahead.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He was certainly the best candidate in terms of image for French people. But due to this very bad news, now it's not exactly the

same Francois Fillon as four or five weeks ago.

BELL: The damage has already been done, with Fillon trailing a distant third behind the two candidates now looking to make it to the run-off. The

far right Marine Le Pen and the independent centrist Emmanuel Macron tied in their substantial lead of the opinion polls.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

BELL: What this scandal and its inquiry has meant, Kristie, is that this is really a campaign that has become dominated about the question of the

probity of its elected officials, of its political class, adding to that was the resignation last week of France's interior minister who suddenly

faced accusations very similar to those facing Francois Fillon, that he had employed his teenage daughters for fictitious work. He's now resigned.

But it is the whole of the political class that is tainted as a result and that really adds grist to the middle of candidates like Marine Le Pen and

Emmanuel Macron who both claim to represent each in their very different a fresh start for France's politics - Kristie.

LU STOUT: Melissa Bell reporting live from Paris. Thank you.

Now, across the channel people in the UK are facing a political moment of their own, the country is on the eve of triggering Article 50, the clause

that kicksstarts EU talks on Brexit.

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[08:31:37] LU STOUT: In just one day from now, the British prime minister will kickstart historic talks on the UK's divorce from the European Union.

Now, triggering Article 50 will set off a lengthy and complicated negotiation involving all other bloc members.

Nina Dos Santos sat down with the author of Article 50 inside EU headquarters in Brussels.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

NINA DOS SANTOS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: At the heart of Europe, five floors down on five miles of shelving, a thousand upon thousands of

containers, row after row of red tape that Brexit supporters want Britain to leave behind. Here in the archives of the council of the European Union,

you get an idea of the sure scale of the paperwork that's involved as being a member of the E.U. Each of these boxes contains hundreds of legal

documents, various text, and policy papers.

And as the U.K. leaves, well, it'll have to decide which ones it wants to keep and which ones it wants to lose. But for all the millions of words

stored in Brussels, only 255 are needed to start that decision-making process. The five brief paragraphs of article 50 provide the blueprint for

exiting the European Union and will define any future relationship with the block. In London, there's a small sense of irony in that article 50 was

penned by a Britain.

JOHN KERR, ARTICLE 50 AUTHOR: I think the first started -- I read it's having a little flat I had in Brussels. I also had a minuscule staff,

mainly brilliant lawyers and they have -- of course, they were lawyers, who were terribly irritating. I would draft some beautiful fine phrase and they

would cross it all out and say you can't say that.

SANTOS: Britain and of the remaining 27 E.U. countries, have two years to complete negotiations.

KERR: Article 50 is not about trade at all. It's purely about divorce. It's the division of the assets, dividing the property, it talks about paying

the bills, debts, pension, liabilities and so on.

SANTOS: And unlike conventional divorce proceedings, these will be far from private.

KERR: The European Parliament are fully involved; the article says. Which means that this is very -- can't be conducted behind closed doors,

everything is going to be public.

SANTOS: With everyone watching, both the E.U. and the U.K. are hoping for a speedy harmonious conclusion, so that the writing of different laws and

agreements that will eventually line these shelves can begin.

Nina dos Santos, CNN.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Samsung says it wants to sell refurbished Galaxy Note 7 phones. Now, the model that was pulled from the market last year because some

devices caught fire.

Around 3 million phones were recalled and more unsold devices are sitting in the company's warehouses. The new plan is billed as part of an

ecofriendly recycling program. Samsung says it still needs to seek approval from local regulators.

Now, the Note 7 fiasco burned a gaping hole in Samsung's mobile profits. They plunged by $2 billion in the third quarter of last year compared to

the year before. And it was a dramatic turn of events for Samsung, which launched the flagship model to rave reviews. But soon some users said

their devices were bursting into flames.

Samsung stumbled in its early response, offering replacements that it said were safe, those caught fire as well. Worldwide, airlines and authorities

warned people not to use, and not to charge the phones on planes. In the end, Samsung decided to kill off the entire line, blaming the problem on

faulty batteries.

You're watching News Stream. Still ahead, what happened to all the winning? How the president's campaign promises turned into a bit

disappointment.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now, online grocery delivery services are getting popularity across Asia, but one company is exceeding expectations: it's called Honest Bee. And

it's based in Singapore. Take a look.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT (voice-over): This is not your average trip to the supermarket. Lily is on the clock as a trained personal shopper for Honest Bee, an

online delivery service in Singapore.

It's simple to use. Just click what you want on the app and an Honest Bee shopper will pick up your groceries and hand it to a delivery person and

had their food ready within an hour.

JOEL SUNG, CO-FOUNDER & CEO: I think we were too ambitious and tried to do too much. But we just went ahead and did it.

LU STOUT: Joel Sung is one of the co-founders and the CEO.

SUNG: The name Honest Bee stems from really wanting to be able to convey to our customers we want them to -- you trust us? These are also going to be -

- always working, very, very hard, but more importantly they work in a team -- a group and often times for the common good.

LU STOUT: The startup is made of nearly 13,000 part-time bees that shop and deliver products, including groceries, pharmaceuticals and laundry.

SUNG: What we wanted to do is try and figure out how we can empower and enable a work force. To be able to quickly and efficiently trying temporal

jobs.

LU STOUT: Honest Bee is now operating across much of Asean, the association of southeast nation nations. It has expanded into Thailand,

Malaysia and soon the Philippines.

SUNG: I think this whole government, because of where all the different kinds of treaties that they have, it's relatively easy to -- to get out. I

think being in Singapore and really being, you know, having had the opportunities to go to different cultures, but wherever you are, you're

able to actually understand the different nuances. You're able to have a better appreciation for their views.

LU STOUT: A key aspect of Honest Bee's overseas success has been customization to each country.

SUNG: Every country in Asian is different because our business is really about how can we service the local population, so whether it's in Thailand

or Malaysia or Singapore it's really saying how can this service be of value to you in your country? And the only way we can do that well is by

making sure you bring on the best local talent.

LU STOUT: For customers, Honest Bee is all about convenience. For workers, it creates news job opportunities. And for merchants, it's another revenue

stream.

For Sung, he says business only gets better with scale.

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[08:40:47] LU STOUT: On the campaign trail, candidate Donald Trump promised to win, win, win as president. Instead, as president we've seen

loss after loss. Now, some are wondering when he's going to be able to take that victory lap.

Jeanne Moos reports.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When critics made fun of President Trump losing, their favorite ammunition is his boasting about

winning.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We're going to win so much, you may even get tired of winning.

You may get bored with winning.

You are going to get so sick and tired of winning.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And so, America, are you tired of winning yet? So much winning, winning.

MOOS: Even this Republican strategist couldn't resist.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Aside from being sick and tired of all this failing.

MOOS: Tweeted one critic, "so when exactly does the winning start?" Followed by a list of Trump setbacks.

The parody account for Donald J. Rump tweeted, "I'm really getting stick of winning. It is overrated."

All comedian Bill Mahar had to do was play the video...

TRUMP: It's too much winning. We can't take it anymore.

MOOS: And shake his head.

(on camera): You know, there is one other guy who made winning his catch phrase that ended up catching up with him.

CHARLIE SHEEN, ACTOR: Wow, winning. Winning. Starting to get the concept now? Oops, winning. Duh, winning.

MOOS (voice-over): But, duh, you know what also isn't winning? Giving the White House briefing with something stuck in your teeth.

"Sean Spicer's teeth are sanctuary city for spinach," snarked one viewer. Tweeted another, "it's appropriate that @presssec has lettuce in his teeth

since he speaks in word salads." And no one even bothered to pass a note or speak up as they did --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Your pin's upside down.

MOOS: When Spicer wore his flag pin upside down. Also not winning, the little portable desk.

TRUMP: This is the smallest desk I've ever seen.

MOOS: The president had to use to sign bills in the Roosevelt Room. Not quite as small as the one presidential impersonator Alec Baldwin was

relegated to on "SNL."

To this president, size matters and winning is how he sizes himself up.

TRUMP: Please, Mr. President, we don't want to win anymore.

MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN...

TRUMP: You're driving us crazy.

MOOS: New York.

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LU STOUT: That's News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. World Sport with Amanda Davies is next.

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