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Trump Withdraw U.S. From Paris Climate Agreement; Attack in Resorts World Manila; Theresa May's Lead Shrinks; Slavery in the Chocolate Industry; Conservatives Lead Slipping In UK Election; 37 Dead In Philippines Casino Attack; The Dark Side Of Myanmar's Jade Trade; The US Travel Ban Appealed To Supreme Court; The White House Battle With The Press. Aired 8-9a ET
Aired June 02, 2017 - 08:00 ET
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[08:00:44] KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to news stream.
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PRES. EMMANUEL MACRON, FRANCE: Make our planet great again.
LU STOUT: World leaders promise to fight climate change without the United States as criticism pours in for President Trump's decision to pull out of
the Paris climate agreement.
A lone gunman attacks in resort complex in Manila and sets fire to a casino leaving 37 people dead.
In less than a week away from the U.K. Election where the prime minister's lead is looking to the last secure by the day.
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LU STOUT: "We're getting out" three words from Donald Trump that could have a major impact on our planet and change United States and extending in
the world. Now, President Trump says, he will pull the U.S, out of the Paris climate change agreement leaving 185 countries supporting the pack
and the U.S. standing only with Syria and Nicaragua who have not signed on.
And as Trump pulls the U.S. away from the global state, other world leaders are stepping up. France's Emmanuel Macron became the first French
president to give a speech in English from the Elysee Palace saying that "We all shared the same responsibility to make our planet great again.
In a few minutes we'll be live in both Paris and Beijing with CNN's Melissa Bell and Matt Rivers as we cover the international relation to Trump's
decision.
And for more, and what President Trump said and how is that being received in the U.S. here is CNN's Joe Johns
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PRES. DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT: JOE JOHNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.
JOE JOHNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: President Trump making good on his campaign promise to withdraw from the landmark 195 nation agreement but leaving the
door open for a potential new deal.
TRUMP: We're getting out and we will start to negotiate and we will see if we can make a deal that's fair. And if we can, that's great.
JOHNS: Trump's Rose Garden speech focusing not on climate change but Trump claiming instead, the accord is hurting American jobs.
TRUMP: The Paris Agreement handicaps the United States' economy. In order to win praise from the foreign capitals and global activist, that have long
sort to gain wealth and out country's expense.
JOHNS: Touting the decision puts America first.
TRUMP: Our withdrawal from the agreement represents a reassertion of America's sovereignty. We don't want other leaders and other countries
laughing at us anymore and they won't be.
JOHNS: Sources tell CNN, the president was dead set on this decision, with the nationalist wing of his administration prevailing. While his daughter
Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner who were absent from the announcement push for him to stay in the deal, along with Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson.
TRUMP: As someone who cares deeply about the environment which I do, I cannot in good conscience support a deal that punishes the United States.
I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh not Paris.
JOHNS: The mayor of Pittsburgh hitting back after Trump invoke the name of its city.
BILL PEDUTO, MAYOR OF PITTSBURGH: And the values that we have in the city follow right along the lines of what the Paris Agreement has stated.
JOHNS: After the announcement, White House officials struggling on whether the president still believes climate change is hoax.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're going to actually have to ask him.
JOHNS: Former President Obama who signed the agreement responding interaction a rare statement saying the deal was meant to protect the world
we leave to our children adding the nation's that remain will rip the benefits in jobs and industries created.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Donald Trump is not telling the truth to the American people when he says, we have this huge burden that's been imposed on us by
other nations.
[08:05:02] It's voluntary and the president of United States could have simply changed that without walking away from the whole agreement.
JOHNS: Backlash also growing among American business leaders who fiercely lobbied President Trump to stay in the deal, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk
and Disney's Bob Iger quitting the president's economic council. General Electric's CEO Jeff Immelt tweeting industry must now lead and depend of
government.
Cities and states are also vowing to step up, dozens of governors and mayors across the country the country collectible pledging to uphold the
commitments of the Paris Agreement.
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LU STOUT: And that was Joe Johns reporting.
As you heard, President Trump's decision is being met with disapproval far and wide. In France, where that landmark deal was agreed on, newspapers
have headlines like this one, "Goodbye America", as sentiments is being echoed across the world.
Now, here's out CNN's Fareed Zakaria described to Jake Tapper.
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FAREED ZAKARIA, CNN ANCHOR: This will be the day that the United States resigned as the leader of the free world. It's nothing short of that. The
irresponsibility of this act is breath taking because the Paris climate, of course, are actually -- it's extraordinarily flexible, they do not dilute
American sovereignty. They allowed every country to make its own plans, that's why countries that have jealously guarded as sovereignty like China,
like India, like Russia, have all signed on.
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LU STOUT: Now, let's go live to our correspondents standing by and Melissa Bell joins us from Paris where that climate deal was agreed. Matt Rivers
standing by in Beijing, the capital of the world biggest greenhouse gas emitter. Let's start first with Melissa in Paris.
Melissa, from the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and incredible declaration and tweet that was heard and shared around the world.
MELISSA BELL, CNN PARIS CORESPONDENT: That's right, in a very firm attitude. In fact, Kristie, it was interesting that he wasted no time to
speak his announcement from the Rose Garden came fairly late European Time. And yet, Emmanuel Macron shows safety airways from the Elysee Palace with
that message delivered not only in French but in English, so first here in France.
And that is really what you've seen from European leaders throughout the day, a sense of disbelief (inaudible). So of coming together on what they
say remains a crucial commitment.
And of course, just going back to what Fareed Zakaria was saying, I think one of the things that things that's most surprising from this side of the
Atlantic is the fact that there was so many other options available to Donald Trump even if he chosen to lower the standards that America have set
itself.
I'm been speaking earlier today to French former foreign minister, the man who also presided over those negotiations a year and a half ago here in
Paris. Here let's what he had to say.
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LAURENT FABIUS, FRENCH FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER: I think this decision is a major fault against humanity and against our planet. The Paris Accord was
an historical one and it was the best accord that was possible. And suddenly, Trump in a very arrogant way says solid thing. It's very
arrogant because he says, "Well, I don't agree, therefore, every has to negotiate again."
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BELL: One of the very clear message are coming from Europe, Kristie, this idea that there is going to now be a pivot away from the United States here
as long standing allies perhaps not for very much longer. And a real pivot therefore to countries like China.
LU STOUT: Yes, it's pivot away from the United States, more towards China, rising expectation that china is in prime position to be a climate leader.
Let's bring in Matt Rivers in Beijing.
And, Matt, is China ready? I mean, China is a big polluters, it's a major source of greenhouse gases. Is China ready to take this leadership
position?
MATT RIVERS, CNN BEIJING CORRESPONDENT: Oh I think they are. I mean, if you look at the consistent positions held by the Chinese government, they
routinely say that they believe that this is the way forward. They believe climate change is real and you have to look really no further than China to
see the effects of greenhouse gases, to see the effect of carbon emissions, the air quality here Beijing and the other major cities in China is
absolutely atrocious, making it a very easy to sell frankly to their domestic population here.
China can assume a leadership role. But if you look at what China is doing, is China putting its money where its mouth is, saying, well, we're
ready to tackle this climate change issue.
On the one hand, yes, they do appear to be doing certain good things. For example, halting 104 different construction projects of new coal power
plans this year alone, that combine capacity that they halted construction of would power most European nations.
They've also pledge to $360 billion or so in clean energy development projects by 2020. On the other hand, you do see them investing in coal to
chemical plants which is something the Greenpeace here in China has expressed concern about.
[08:10:03] And China as we know is not transparent. They do not necessarily or they not always truthful with their admission's data and
things like that.
so, you know, with this leadership role will come more scrutiny and I think and I think China wants that leadership role or whether they are ready for,
whether they are ready to be ready transparent with their data, that's a whole different question, Kristie.
LU STOUT: Very good point. China is going to be ready for the scrutiny that comes of any sort of leadership.
Well let's go back to Melissa Bell in Paris. And right now, you know, just to putting some perspective here, you know, it may takes a few minutes for
Donald Trump to declare an exit from the Paris accord but it will take quite some time to actually withdraw from it. So tell us the process,
what's ahead and what does it mean for the actual agreement.
BELL: Well fairly precisely, Kristie. We now know that the negotiations of the process will take us into 2020, November 2020. In fact, precisely
when Donald Trump presumably will be seeking reelection so we can be sure that domestically in the United States this is going to dominate for some
years.
Just on that question of money to pick up on what was just being said from Beijing, that is the other big concrete problem that is now facing
supporters to the Paris deal, how to find the $3 billion short fall or several billion short fall since United States had contributed some of it
under Obama, how that short fall of the money that was to be contributed by the U.S. to the poorest countries to help them achieve their energetic
transition to help them meet their targets, how that money will now be found. And this will be a huge challenge in the coming weeks.
LU STOUT: All right, Melissa Bell live in Paris. Matt Rivers live in Beijing, a big thank you to you both. Take care.
Climate change is now the theoretical threat for the future. It's happening right now, all over the globe. In Antarctica, an enormous ice
shelf is about to shed 5,000 square kilometer iceberg. And with a break soft, the ice shelf will be reduced by 10 percent.
In Australia, scientist say that almost half of the Great Barrier Reef is now extremely bleached of that happens when sea temperatures rise causing
the expulsion of algae inside the coral turning the reefs white. Sustained bleaching means that the coral will die. Also means that species that
lives there will no longer have a habitat.
And in Alaska, a town there is literally disappearing. Shishmaref is located just south of the Arctic Circle, and as the Earth warm, sea ice
across the region is forming later and thawing earlier. And that ice protects its coast from erosion. Without that ice, the land that the town
sits on is literally falling into the sea.
Now, the longer term forecast is even more dire. Cyril Vanier looks President Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement could
mean for generation's to come.
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CYRIL VANIER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: As the United States pulls out to the Paris accord, scientists and forecasters will be reaching for their
thermometers. The goal of the climate agreement was to limit global warming and avoid its most catastrophic consequences, tornadoes, droughts,
rising sea levels. It's estimated that the global climate deal could limit the rise in temperatures to 3.3 Degrees Celsius by the end of this century
if all countries meet their goals.
Without U.S. involvement, however, temperatures could rise 3.6 degrees. A significant difference, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration
warns that sea water will expand and ultimately encroach on land. So how does this affect the average American? While the majority of Americans
live in coastal states, the rising water levels can have potential large impact.
The President turn his back on climate commitments in the name of jobs and economic growth but leading U.S. companies like Apple, Facebook and others
say that leaving the Paris accord will be counter productive while the global transition to green technologies could be a money-maker for decades.
They fear being edge doubt of those markets and losing their competitive edge. And the jobs argument isn't exactly compelling either.
Pulling out of the Paris accord may help the 160,000 American jobs in the call sector but it could hurt the 470,000 in the wind and solar industries.
Ultimately, though, the President does not control all delivers of climate change. Large companies including energy giants have already began
investing in renewable energies and are unlikely to reverse course.
And some U.S. states like California say they are willing to pick up some of the climate flag and accelerate their transition to green energy.
Cyril Vanier, CNN.
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LU STOUT: African police have the firing warning shots to try to disperse protesters in Cabell.
Angry demonstrators are calling for Afghanistan's president to step down after 90 people died in a massive suicide bombing on Wednesday.
[08:15:00] The first funerals have been held. Afghan Intelligence is blaming a Taliban-affiliated group in Pakistan, 40 attacking Kabul's
diplomatic quarter.
Police in Manila are investigating Friday's attack in the Resorts World Manila. A heavily armed gunman stormed the hotel's casino floor shooting
up machines and then setting the place on fire.
Alexandra Field has more on what happened.
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ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Dozens are injured in the mad rush to escape from the casino under attack by the time smoke clears inside the
Resorts World Manila casino in the Philippine's capital city. Workers and guests are found dead.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are one in mourning with the families of those affected by this tragedy.
FIELD: Police later described the gunman burned beyond recognition. Authority state he lit himself on fire and shot himself. He entered around
midnight they say, armed with gasoline, a machine gun and a police getting past the security guard at the door, then shooting up gaming machines and
setting tables on fire. The victim is suffocated police say, they were not shot.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There were shots when I got to the ground floor. I hid in the washroom.
FIELD: SWAT team scrambled to the Manila casino in the early morning hours and made reports of a possible terror attack. Investigators now say
robbery may be the motive but there's no evidence of terror, no link to ISIS.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: As far as the police is concern --
(Speaking foreign language)
-- declare that this is a terror-related act.
FIELD: The chaos in the capital unfolded days after ISIS raised its black flag over Mindanao, a southern Philippine island now under Martial Law with
ISIS went to militant still locked in conflict with government security forces.
Police in Manila now say they are reviewing security procedures for hotel shopping malls and casinos. We know that the international airport just a
mile away from that casino did go into lock down mode overnight, additional police checkpoints sprung up around the city as the chaos unfolded.
In Hong Kong, Alexander Field, CNN.
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LU STOUT: 37 innocent victims, a terrible loss of life. You're watching News Stream. Still to come to the program, there's just less push to go
until the U.K. Election. And the Prime Minister's lead is flipping more in that next.
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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, welcome back. You're watching News Stream. And it is less than a week to go before Election Day
in the U.K. And voters appear more skeptical of Theresa May and more accepting of her Labour Party rival Jeremy Corbyn.
All the opinion polls disagree on the precise numbers. They all agree on one thing. The Prime Minister's lead is shrinking and there is plenty at
stake. Whoever occupies 10 Downing Street will guide the U.K. through its upcoming Brexit negotiations with Brussels.
[08:20:03] Britain's Conservative and Labour Party leaders are on the campaign trail in northern England ahead of a T.V. grilling on Friday
night. That will include voters. Max Foster looks at why it's no longer the easy victory some had predicted for Theresa May.
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MAX FOSTER, CNN INTERNATIONAL COERRESPONDENT: If Donald Trump's campaign natural was "Make America great again", then Theresa May's is "Strong and
stable".
THERESA MAY, U.K. PRIME MINISTER: We need to ensure we've got that strong and stable leadership.
The strong and stable leadership --
The strong and stable leadership and the strong and stable government --
FOSTER: He message, she alone can see the Britain through the turbulence of Brexit.
MAY: I have just chaired a meeting of the Cabinet where we agreed that the government should call a general election.
FOSTER: That was April the 18th and the Cabinet did indeed agree. But it was also the first that heard of it. May has a reputation for making big
decisions on her own. In the company of just a small group of advisers, but there was also a U-turn because she had consistently ruled out a snap
election.
MAY: I'm not going to be calling a snap election.
FOSTER: She said in September and more recently May argued she needed an election mandate to strengthen her position in Brexit negotiations, but
even that whiff (ph) of flip-flopping because she's originally campaigned to stay in the E.U. She's also changed position on National Insurance on
foreign work approaches and the acceptance of child refugees. Her inconsistency is now an election issue.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If I was sitting in Brussels and I was looking at you as the person I had to negotiate with I think she is a blowhard who
collapses at the first sign of gunfight.
FOSTER: Her most damaging u-turn though could prove to be around social care policy. She's proposed that older people pay for their care from the
value in their properties. The money would come out of their wills. Those affected include many core conservative voters.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Why primary minister should we and my generation vote for you?
FOSTER: Amid the backlash May backtracked and said she was out of a good cap on how much people were expected to pay towards their care. But we
still don't know on what level. All these backpedaling could be why May's numbers are tanking. In the weeks after she called the election, Paul's
gave her party a lee of as much is 20 points. The later surveys have the Labor Party closing in by single digits.
The Manchester bombing caused support in campaigning, but should have boosted Theresa May's position as a strong and stable leader with her years
of experience running the home office and policing, but if she's blamed for squandering a potential election landslide there will be calls for her
resignation after the election. And if she goes straights away she'll be the shortest serving British Prime Minister in modern history. Max Foster,
CNN London.
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LU STOUT: There's nothing quite like chocolates but this treat it can come with a brutal cost. Slavery is still a reality in industry, and even
children being forced to harvest cocoa beans. Now one Dutch company has said, enough. Richard Quest has more as part of CNN's Freedom Project.
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RICHARD QUEST, CNN ANCHOR: A Dutch company is determined to fight slavery, their weapon of choice, chocolate.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're a refining company, and the reason that we are a company is not that we want to sell chocolate, not that we want to make
money, we want to make the world a nicer place. It's unbelievable that there's still over 2 million people working illegally in cocoa today just
for a present for you or for somebody else who enjoyed chocolate.
QUEST: It all starts at the bottom of the supply chain with the cocoa beans themselves. Tony's Chocolonely only uses beans bought directly from
their farm cooperatives in West Africa who grind the beans into liquid chocolate.
The industry Giant Body Tiabout (ph) has become a strategic partner. Like its factory in Visa (ph) Belgium. It had to build a unique system that
isolates Tony's beans from all others.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have a specific process that is able to treat the beans and to roast them individually in batches. And then afterwards to
keep it segregated to our process into a separate to tank for Tony's. We want to go to fully sustainable business in 2025.
QUEST: The liquid is then molded by Belgium chocolate masers Altaya, who stamp an ethical message into each bar.
[08:25:05] The unequal shape reflects in the quality in the world. This detail is in keeping with the brand's marketing to always remind that
chocolate consumer why Tony's Chocolonely began.
In 2003, Dutch journalist exposed the trafficking of boys from Burkina Faso to the Ivory Coast. Former slaves spoke of life in the cocoa plantations.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (Speaking foreign language).
QUEST: Three years later, determined to prove chocolate could be made slave-free, they founded Tony's Chocolonely. Now run by an executive team,
the original founders have left the company. But cocoa labor abuses remained in the headlines.
According to a 2015 study by Tulane University and the U.S. Department of Labor, more than two million child laborers in cocoa production were
exposed to hazardous conditions. The report cited endemic poverty as a major reason. Trafficking and unethical practices continue to flourish.
Tony's believes their business model can have impact.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This year, we expect to have around $50 million. We only work with 7,000 farmers so we're a tiny company. And if we can do it,
then the big guys can do it as well and we solve the problem with slavery in the (inaudible) of cocoa.
I'm going to push as hard as we can to actually force other companies to work in the same way as we because there's no one in the world that wants
to enjoy chocolate that comes from a source that is in slaves.
QUEST: Richard Quest, CNN.
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LU STOUT: Another profitable industry is shaking a heavy toll on the lives of families and children. Up next, we'll take you to the jade mines of
Myanmar. Activists say the trade is filling a deadly armed conflict.
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LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and you're watching New Stream and these are your world headlines.
World leaders are speaking out against President Trump's decision to quit the Paris climate accord. Mr. Trump says he wants to negotiate a better
deal, but the leaders of France, Germany and Italy say it cannot be done. China says it will stick with the agreement despite the US position.
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are trying to get up the vote as they campaign in Northern England. Britain's conservative prime minister
appears to be losing her lead over Labour. The UK goes to the polls in less than one week.
The death toll from the horrifying attack in Manila is now 37. Police say the attackers spread gasoline and set fires inside the casino. The victims
died of suffocation. The gunmen took his own life.
And we've just learned that ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack. The claim coming via a statement posted by the media wing of ISIS, the Amaq
news agency.
A new UNICEF report is painting a grim picture of life for children in Myanmar. It says more than half of them are living in poverty. That's
around 9 million. And many are suffering from malnutrition.
In some places, children are caught up in violence. The Kachin State is home to a long simmering conflict between government forces and rebel
fighters.
And UNICEF's Justin Forsyth told me about the reality for the children who are living there.
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JUSTIN FORSYTH, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNICEF AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL, UN: Many children live in fear. The fighting goes on. It comes
and goes depending what area of Kachin State you live in.
But also, even when the fighting isn't on their doorstep, there are lots of consequences for children. In the report, we document many cases where
children have picked up ordnance, landmines or small hand grenades.
One child, with his friend, picked up a hand grenade. His friend got blown so far, hundreds of yards away from him, and he was terribly injured. And
so, the consequences of war, as well as a direct impact of war, has a bigger bearing our children.
Many children have air raid shelters below their houses to escape the fighting. Their schooling is interrupted. And the benefits of progress in
Myanmar more widely aren't coming to those children because of the conflicts in those areas.
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LU STOUT: And the factor that is fueling the violence and fueling the armed conflict in Kachin State is the jade mining industry. And activists
say it is funding the country's powerful military elite and that's the focus of a new documentary by the advocacy group Global Witness.
Earlier, I spoke with campaigner Juman Kubba and she started by telling me how big Myanmar's jade industry is.
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JUMAN KUBBA, CAMPAIGNER, GLOBAL WITNESS: This is an incredibly valuable industry. It's extremely secretive. But over a year-and-a-half of
investigations, we were able to dig out enough information to put a number on it. Our estimates put the value of jade production in 2014 alone at up
to $31 billion.
To put that in context, that's just under half of the value of GDP for the same year. So, it's a massive amount of money.
LU STOUT: How do the rich jade deposits in Myanmar fuel the deadly conflict, especially in Kachin State?
KUBBA: Our investigations show that you have powerful army generals, figures of the past like the former dictator Than Shwe, former northern
commander Ohn Myint, whose families control major jade reserves. We also have military companies make a lot of money from this industry.
At the same time, both sides of the ethnic conflict want strategic control. This is valuable resources.
And lastly, you have people in the area who feel immense anger over what's happening to the riches from Kachin State.
And all of those factors help to incentivize and fuel a conflict that has so far driven around 100,000 people from their homes.
LU STOUT: There's another factor. The environmental impact of the jade mining in Myanmar. In your documentary short film, we see sweeping drone
footage of what looks like this pockmarked, absolutely devastated landscape, and that was caused by the jade mining industry?
KUBBA: As our documentary shows, you've got mining, which has been going on on such a scale that the entire landscape has been devastated. Locals
talk about their mountains having been turned into valleys.
You see landslides which have killed hundreds of people over the last two years. You see rivers which have been destroyed. And the community
locally is suffering from impacts of drugs and other social devastation.
So, all of these issues are hugely problematic. At the same time, you have an industry which could be driving development and isn't. A single stone
of the most valuable jade that was sold in 2014 could have funded 147 health clinics in Kachin State for one year.
LU STOUT: Now, 70 percent of the world's jadeite comes from Myanmar. And many consumers, especially here in Asia, love to buy jade and jade jewelry.
What do they need to know as a consumer - an informed consumer - before they make their next purchase about the real price of jade?
[08:35:00] KUBBA: At this point, it's impossible to know that the jade that you buy in the market hasn't in some way helped to support the most
notorious leaders in the countries and potentially helped to fuel conflict.
So, what consumers need to be doing now is calling on their government, their companies and anybody who has interaction with the Myanmar government
to really reform the industry.
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LU STOUT: And that was Juman Kubba from Global Witness speaking to me there. She also told me the government of Myanmar has started some
reforms. A suspension in jade licensing has been put into place and changes are being made to the law.
Now, the key US jobs report for the month of May that has just been released, the US economy added 138,000 jobs last month. That is less than
economists had expected. The jobless rate dropped to 4.3 percent, the lowest in 16 years. We'll have much more of the jobs report on "CNNMoney
with Maggie Lake" in about 20 minutes from now.
You're watching NEWS STREAM. Still ahead in the program, President Donald Trump wants to revive the controversial travel ban and he's asking
America's highest court to help.
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LU STOUT: Welcome back. Now, US President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to reinstate his travel ban, something other courts have
ruled unconstitutional.
The executive order stops travel from six Muslim-majority countries that the US considers a concern for terrorism. It's part of the so-called
extreme vetting that Mr. Trump promised on the campaign trail.
Lower courts have repeatedly blocked the orders, saying it violates the Constitution. The Supreme Court is being asked to let the ban take effect
until the high court decides whether to review the case.
And while the Trump team takes on America's highest court, the White House Press Secretary is doing battle with the press corps. Jeanne Moos
explains.
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SEAN SPICER, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: - and perpetuate -
JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Now, you see him.
SPICER: You're shaking your head here. I mean, it's true, you did it.
MOOS: Now, you don't.
SPICER: - where you're free to use the audio.
MOOS: Sean Spicer is a little like the incredible shrinking man in the 1957 movie.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You'll come right back?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Of course, I will.
MOOS: Not in a doll house, but in the White House, playing cat and mouse with the press, but lately televised briefings have been rare, giving way
to Wednesday's audio-only gaggle, with that eyebrow raising answer to a question about President Trump's gibberish tweet.
SPICER: The president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant.
MOOS: Leaving reporters scoffing in disbelief.
Hey, turn that off. No cameras. Audio-only.
We too can pull a Spicer and his briefings are getting shorter.
SPICER: Thank you, guys.
MOOS: One online commenter begged, please tell me that news outlets will play the audio-only briefings over GIFs of Melissa McCarthy as Spicer, Be
Still My Heart.
Like this you mean?
SPICER: I'm not ready to discuss it at this time.
MOOS: SNL may have been prophetic.
MELISSA MCCARTHY AS SEAN SPICER, SNL: No, wait, is this like the Godfather when you kiss me and no one ever sees me again?
ALEC BALDWIN AS DONALD TRUMP, SNL: Yes.
MOOS: It's as if Spicer is a hostage of his own briefings, as one poster noted, with a thousand-yard stare. And when he briefed outside the White
House, he got more griefs.
STEPHEN COLBERT, HOST, THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT: He wasn't hiding in the bushes, OK? He was hiding among the bushes, OK?
[08:40:04] MOOS: Reporters get treated like misbehaving kiddies.
SPICER: Another time, Cecilia.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Can I (INAUDIBLE)?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, it's my -
SPICER: (INAUDIBLE) Cecilia is asking a question.
That doesn't mean you get to jump -
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (inaudible).
SPICER: Glenn, I'm actually asking Cecilia's question, if you could be as polite as not to interrupt.
MOOS: It's enough to leave reporters -
SPICER: Please stop shaking your head again.
MOOS: - shaking their heads.
SPICER: Stop shaking your heads.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
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LU STOUT: Yes. Wonder Woman opens in North American cinemas this weekend. It has received glowing reviews so far, but one country has banned it
regardless of how popular it becomes.
Oren Liebermann has more on why Lebanon is so against Wonder Woman.
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OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: Israel and Lebanon have been enemies for years. And it seems that extends to the cinemas. Lebanon
moved to ban Wonder Woman from theaters because the star of the movie is Israeli actress Gal Gadot.
Gadot served in the Israeli military as a combat instructor. The ban would only affect about 15 theaters in Lebanon. There is a petition to release
Wonder Woman in Lebanon regardless of Gadot's starring role.
Why? Because of the amazing character of Wonder Woman, the petition says. The rave reviews can hurt either. Wonder Woman's history goes back to the
rise of feminism in the US. When she first appeared in comics in the 1940s, she was fighting the Nazis during World War 2.
This isn't the first time Gadot's movies have stoked controversy in Lebanon. There was an attempt to ban Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
because Gadot had a significant role in the movie also as Wonder Woman, but the film was eventually shown.
Oren Liebermann, CNN, Jerusalem.
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LU STOUT: And that is NEWS STREAM. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. And "World Sport" is next with Amanda Davies in Cardiff ahead of the Champions League
final.
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