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[08:00:00] KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. Welcome to "News Stream."

U.S. President Donald Trump is not backing down from his tough stand to North Korea. In fact, he has just tweeted a new bold message on the stand

up. Our reporters in Seoul, Tokyo, and Beijing with the latest reaction from across the region.

A tense time in Kenya. We are still waiting for the final results from the presidential election there. Also ahead, pop superstar Taylor Swift takes a

stand and testifies against the man she says groped her.

We will start with the rhetorical fire between North Korea and the U.S. president, who shows no signs of easing up. In fact, just a short time ago,

Pyongyang warned once again Donald Trump is driving the peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war. Thousands of troops gathered in the North Korean

capital on Thursday, pledging that they would win any potential conflict with U.S.

And from his working vacation in New Jersey, Donald Trump had a response to critics. He said his fire and fury towards North Korea went too far. Mr.

Trump says he thinks (INAUDIBLE). A short time ago, he tweeted this, quote, military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North

Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong-un will find another path. Mr. Trump also reacted to Pyongyang's claim that it is preparing a plan to attack

near Guam.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I read about we're in Guam by August 15th. Let us see what he does with Guam. He does something in Guam,

it will be an event the likes of which nobody seen before, what will happen in North Korea.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): (INAUDIBLE).

TRUMP: You will see. You will see. And he will see. He will see. It's not a dare. It's a statement. Has nothing to do with dare. That's a statement.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Back in the region, the Australian leader pledged his support for the U.S. in the event of an attack by North Korea. Malcolm Turnbull, the

alliance of Washington, the bedrock of Australia's national security.

Now, let's first go straight to South Korea. CNN's Anna Coren is standing by in Seoul. Anna, from fire and fury to locked and loaded, Donald Trump is

rushing up tension through his Twitter feed, also North Korea rushing up tension through their official statements. In the midst of all this, what

is South Korea doing to prepare itself if all the talk turns to action?

ANNA COREN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, well, Kristie, it's interesting, isn't it? This is all going on around us, but South Korea is trying to remain

cool and calm here trying to somewhat ease tension. They are saying that South Korea is combat-ready. There are 600,000 troops ready to go.

Now, South Korea President Moon Jae-in a few days ago said he was going to the overhaul the military to strengthen it. Today, we heard from the new

army chief of the South Korea military saying that he is increasing and beefing up military capability and that includes the missiles. This of

course coming as the result of the threats from North Korea in the recent days.

Certainly, the South Korea national security advisor spoke to his U.S. counterpart, H.R. McMaster, earlier today, really just reiterating the

closeness and how they are going to work together in trying to ease tensions. Kristie, as we know, that will be very difficult in the coming

weeks considering the U.S. and South Korea planning to hold those joint military exercises, something they do every single year. As we know, that

will anger North Korea's Kim Jong-un.

LU STOUT: Yes. And we have that new threat from North Korea saying that quote, Trump is driving the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the brink

of a nuclear war, unquote. That sounds really scary. Is that something that the north usually says? Is that something that people in South Korea are

actually used to?

COREN: Look, we know that South Korea

[08:05:00] is used to these angry bellicose rhetoric out of North Korea. This has been coming out for decades. In fact, three generations of the Kim

family, but 33-year-old Kim Jong-un is certainly ups the ante not just with the missile testing that we have seen throughout the year but becoming more

and more cocky especially with the testing last month of the those two ICBM, the successful tests, mind you.

So this is a leader who knows that he has this capability, he is developing this capability, much to the ire of the United States. But this is all

about regime survival for Kim Jong-un. And he is going to continue to develop these nuclear weapons program despite what anybody says, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Anna Coren reporting live for us from Seoul. Thank you so much, Anna.

And we are learning about new defensive measures in Japan. Kyung Lah joins us now live from Tokyo. Kyung, thank you for joining us. The rhetoric

certainly getting even more heated, tension rising further. How is Tokyo preparing itself for a possible North Korean strike that would involve

missiles flying over Japan?

KYUNG LAH, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, we have already seen something that is not all that atypical here within downtown Tokyo, already here that

they have wheeled out these ground-based PAC-3 missile interceptors, something that's plainly visible if you walk around the defense ministry

here in Tokyo.

What's different now and it is with direct response to the specific threat from North Korea to Guam, that those missiles would fly over Hokkaido and a

couple of other prefectures further southwest of Tokyo on the Izu (ph) Island, that specificity is waiting for some action by the the Ministry of

Defense.

The Ministry of Defense spokesperson, Kristie, says that they are now in the process as we speak of moving these PAC-3 missile interceptors that

have been housed inside military bases in central Japan further southwest in order to protect those prefectures.

So, what we see at the defense ministry in Tokyo, we are now expecting to see in Hiroshima and those other prefectures. So that is something that is

in direct response, Kristie, to that very specific threat to Guam.

LU STOUT: Incredible. This PAC-3 missile interceptors being deployed in Japan. And the recent anniversary of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, the terrible

bombings there. How is that factored into the news of today? Has that weighed on the people of Japan as well as its government at it considers,

you know, how it is going to manage the North Korean nuclear threat?

LAH: I think the best way to put is it certainly gives people some perspective. The Japanese' perspective on nuclear war is very unique. It is

the only country that has had nuclear weapons used against it where they have lost so many civilians. Those civilians who survived, they are still

alive. You are seeing them on national television.

You are hearing their stories come up every time the threat of nuclear war is proclaimed in North Korea. So, it gives this country perspective. But

when you talk to younger people, history is so fleeting. A lot of them are just continuing life as normal, especially the people who are paying

attention to the national newspapers, paying attention to the news, certainly it gives them pause and perspective.

LU STOUT: Kyung Lah reporting live from the streets of Tokyo. Thank you, Kyung. Take care.

President Donald Trump would not rule out a preemptive strike on North Korea, saying that he does discuss potential military options. Now, Barbara

Starr is following developments from Washington. She is of course our Pentagon correspondent. She joins us now.

Barbara, first, let's discuss that tweet that was just sent out in the lash half, when President Trump tweets quote, military solutions are now fully

in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong-un will find another path, unquote. What does he mean by that?

BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well, let's see that tweet out for a minute for everyone to look at, locked and loaded. What we have known

for some weeks, CNN has reported it, is that there are military options for the president for a rapid response against North Korea. This very key. The

U.S. will want to be able if it makes the decision to proceed to move very rapidly.

So, locked and loaded. They have been ready to go as they always are. U.S. troops in Korea have a slogan ready to fight tonight and for good reason,

because they are. If it became a situation where these options were ordered into action, they are ready on several fronts. There are troops in South

Korea. There are aircraft. There are troops, aircraft of course in Japan,

[08:10:00] in Guam, aircraft with bombs that could be used. There are ships at sea and submarines with missiles that could be fired. So it is really

going to depend if it were to come to this. What the scenario is? Are we talking about some sort of preemptive strike into North Korea?

Are we talking about a response against a missile shot by North Korea at Guam, for example, in that case you are looking at an option for missile

defense to try and ship the North Korean missile down. But U.S. military officials are very adamant that they are ready to go if the president does

order them into action. Kristie?

LU STOUT: And that locked and loaded tweet from Donald Trump is further proof of not mix messages, but as you pointed out, to very different

messages from the Trump administration about North Korea laid out for us.

STARR: I think that's right. I think it is important to unpack it. There is rhetoric, of course, from the president, from administration officials

about, you know, the fire and fury of North Korea, initiates military action if North Korea fires at Guam, which would be considered obviously an

attack against America. So you have this rhetoric of the U.S. administration to try and send that message to North Korea, don't do it,

you will not survive.

But you also very much still have the diplomatic message actually being offered up again by Secretary of State Tillerson and Defense Secretary

James Mattis, saying that the long-term solution to all of this remains, but diplomatic track. That is what they want to see happen. Kristie?

LU STOUT: Barbara Starr live from Pentagon. Thank you.

Now, North Korea says it is working on a plan to launch four missile simultaneously near Guam, a tiny but immensely important territory for the

U.S., dubbed the tip of the spear, it hosts two major U.S. military bases, it's home to some 160,000 people.

This, we'll bring up for you, is Friday's cover of Guam Pacific Daily News. You see the headline there in all caps, 14 minutes. That refers to the

estimated time it would take for North Korean missile to reach the island. The Guam's homeland security office says that there has been no change in

its threat level, and the governor seems confident about the island's ability to defend itself. CNN's Ivan Watson spoke with him.

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GOV. EDDIE BAZA CALVO (R), GUAM: There is no panic in Guam. I'm sure you have talked to people who live in Seoul or even Tokyo. I think the concerns

are even more weighty over there, which is closer to the action, particularly Seoul, where getting their artillery is within range of all

the inhabitants of Seoul.

IVAN WATSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: How much does Guam depend on THAAD defense system in this situation?

CALVO: That's the final layer. So, again, there are several layers. There are layers that are floating in the Pacific in terms of missile defense,

and there are layers that are in -- I mean, there is a THAAD system even in South Korea now. And the THAAD system happens to be the last in a line of

our layer of a defensive shield.

WATSON: But governor, if you could you say something to the leader of North Korea right now, Kim Jong-un, what would you tell him?

CALVO: To Mr. Kim? I bear no ill will. The people of Guam bear no ill will to him or the people of North Korea. From a people that have also been

subject to war, the last thing we want to see is a death of thousands if not millions of North Koreans. A war in the Korean Peninsula, a war in East

Asian and the Western Pacific would be a tragedy.

And as we walk around this museum, we see what happens when the ultimate form of diplomacy is taken. And the ultimate the last form of diplomacy is

war. There is a lot of death. There is a lot of pain for so many people that last for decades, if not generations.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: President Trump appears to be in a talkative mood during his working vacation. Besides North Korea, he has been sounding off on

everything from Russia to his feelings about the top Republican in the senate. What he had to say and the reaction next.

And after years of war, rebuilding is underway in Syria's ancient city of Aleppo.

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LU STOUT: Reporting to you live from Hong Kong. Welcome back. This is "News Stream."

President Trump touched on a wide variety of topics and remarks to reporters on Thursday. Besides doubling down on his fire and fury threat to

North Korea, he also gave his first response to Russia's decision to expel hundreds of U.S. diplomats over U.S. sanctions, and his comments left some

people scratching their heads.

For more on that extensive Q&A, Joe Johns joins us now live from Bridgewater, New Jersey. Joe, this was an interesting moment. This was a a

chatty, unscripted Donald Trump taking on a number of tough questions. How did he do?

JOE JOHNS, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kristie, this president did take a number of questions, that's certainly true, and it's

interesting because he has had fewer presidential news conferences than any of the modern presidents going as far back as Eisenhower.

However, this did not qualify as a president to news conference with the pool of small group of journalists that goes in on a daily basis to

essentially follow the president wherever he goes if he does speak publicly.

Nonetheless, the president was very willing to answer questions on a variety of topics even the very sticky topic of his feud ongoing with the

majority leader of the United States senate.

TRUMP: I'm very disappointed in Mitch, but if he gets these bills passed, I would be very happy with him.

JOHNS (voice-over): President Trump ramping up his criticism of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, suggesting he may want the top Republican

to step aside if he does not deliver on the president's agenda.

TRUMP: If he doesn't get them done, then you can ask me that question.

JOHNS (voice-over): The stunning public spat escalating after the two leaders exchanged jobs in recent days over the failure of the GOP effort to

repeal and replace Obamacare.

SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL (R), KENTUCKY, SENATE MAJORITY LEADER: Our new president has of course not been in this line of work before, and I think

had excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the democratic process.

TRUMP: They should have had this last one done. They lost by one vote. For a thing like that to happen is a disgrace.

JOHNS (voice-over): President Trump delivering harsh words for the Republican senate leader but offering his thanks rather than condemnation

to Russian President Vladimir Putin over his decision to expel 755 U.S. diplomatic staff from the Russian embassy.

TRUMP: I want to thank him because we are trying to cut down our payroll. And as far as I'm concerned, I'm very thankful that he let go of a large

number of people because now we have a smaller payroll.

JOHNS (voice-over): The president also sounding off on the Russia investigation hanging over his administration.

TRUMP: There is no collusion. You know why? Because I don't speak to Russians. Look, I won because I suppose I was a much better candidate than

her.

JOHNS (voice-over): Dismissing the probe while denying that he has plans to

[08:20:00] fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

TRUMP: No, I'm not dismissing anybody. I want them to get on with the task.

JOHNS (voice-over): Mueller's investigation accelerating amid news that the FBI conducted an early morning raid at the apartment of Trump's former

campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, last month.

TRUMP: To wake him up, perhaps his family was there, I think that is pretty tough stuff. I thought it was a very, very strong signal or whatever. I

know Mr. Manafort. I haven't spoken with him over a long time, but I know he was with the campaign, as you know, for a very short period of time.

JOHNS (voice-over): As for his current staff, President Trump gave high marks to his national security advisor and new chief of staff, but offered

a far more lackluster endorsement of Attorney General Jeff Sessions when asked about the relationship following the president's public attacks.

TRUMP: It is fine. It is what it is. It is fine.

JOHNS: Later today, we are expecting the president to sit down and have a discussion with the United Nation's ambassador, Nikki Haley, on top of that

agenda list, no doubt, will be the situation in North Korea. Kristie?

LU STOUT: Absolutely. Joe Johns reporting live for us from New Jersey. Thank you, Joe.

We are waiting for the final result of Kenya's contentious presidential election. The electoral commission could provide that at any time now.

The last report with more than 98 percent of polling stations counted have the opposition leader, Raila Odinga, seen on the right, we'll bring this

picture up in just a moment for you on the screen, Mr. Odinga having 45 percent of vote while President Uhuru Kenyatta took 54 percent.

Odinga has claimed the voting system was hacked, leading to vote fraud. International groups are urging the candidates to accept the outcome and to

resolve any disputes legally in court.

Now, let's go straight to Farai Sevenzo. He's reporting for us from Nairobi the very latest. Farai, Mr. Odinga continues to allege that this election

was hacked. Has he offered up any evidence to back up that claim?

FARAI SEVENZO, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Not to us, Kristie, and perhaps taken to the court. But, yes, these claims have been overhanging.

This Kenya's (INAUDIBLE) as I speak to you right now, everyone is gathered at the tallying center in a place called Bomas just outside of Nairobi

waiting for the results.

The dignitaries are there. The observers are there. The government is there. I believe they are just waiting for Mr. Kenyatta to arrive before we

hear the result. We are expecting to hear about an hour, nearly an hour ago, they haven't yet appeared. I can tell you that the streets are quiet

and everybody in all of Nairobi, I believe their televisions (INAUDIBLE), who will be Kenya's next president.

LU STOUT: And as soon as the final outcome is officially announced, of course CNN, we are going to go straight to you for breaking news. Farai

Sevenzo reporting live for us from Nairobi. Thank you so much and take care.

Now, a major military push to drive ISIS out of its de facto capital Raqqa in Syria is making progress, but could still take months. According to a

spokesman for the joint task force, half of the old city has been cleared and the ISIS militants have been surrounded. But the troops have to advance

cautiously, ISIS's civilians trapped in the city and is fighting back with snipers, car bombs, and booby-traps.

Meanwhile, nine months after Syria retook the city of Aleppo, much of the eastern half remains in ruins. The clean is slow. Some businesses are

showing signs of life. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports many in Aleppo thank the Russians for saving their city.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was one of the most brutal battles in the Syrian conflict. When Syrian

government forces backfire Russia, launched their final assault on rebel- held areas in Aleppo taking the back of the opposition.

Nine months later, much of Syria's second largest city still lay in ruins, but life is starting to emerge once again. Thousands have returned for

former battle zone neighborhoods, many relying on aid donations to get by. We came to this neighborhood just as residents were rushing to get bread

handouts (ph).

"Most people who returned are in bad need of almost everything," the local head of this NGO says. "Many come back and find that their homes are

reduced to just walls and ceilings. We help them as much as we can."

Some stores are also reopening and market vendors coming back. This area was once held by rebels. Some who fled, fear reprisals if they return. But

all the people we met were vocal supporters of the government and its Russian backers. "The Russians are our friends," this man says.

[08:25:00] "They are honest with us like we are honest with them. Bashar al-Assad and the Russians are one." Amid this massive destruction, the tiny

efforts at reconstruction appear almost like a drop in the bucket. But inside the bombed and burned ruins, Aleppo's industry is starting to spring

back to life.

We came across this textile shop, where they repair the machines and are manufacturing clothes once again. "When the people who fled see that

business is coming back, they'll return and we'll work together to make Aleppo as great as it used to be and even better," this shift leader says.

Aleppo's historic old town is a UNESCO World Heritage site, much of it now reduced to rubble. Some of the fiercest battles revolt around the highest

point of the city, the ancient Citadel.

PLEITGEN: The ancient Citadel was one of the main battlegrounds here in Aleppo. And like so many parts of this city, repairing the damage will be a

monumental task.

PLEITGEN (voice-over): We climbed to the highest point of the Citadel, getting a stunning view of all of Aleppo, one of the oldest cities in the

world, badly damaged but now with a chance to stand up once again. Fred Pleitgen, CNN, Aleppo, Syria.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now, the U.S. president and North Korea keep turning up the heat on each other. So, how are China and Russia reacting? Now, when we come

back, a live report from Beijing as well as Moscow.

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LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. Welcome back. You're watching "News Stream." These are your world headlines.

The U.S. president and North Korea are exchanging more fiery rhetoric. Donald Trump tweeted this a short time ago. He tweets quote, military

solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully, Kim Jong-un will find another path, unquote. Earlier,

Pyongyang warned once again that the U.S. president is driving the Korean Peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war.

Our CNN Philippines reports a 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook the Philippine capital, Manila. It was felt across the country's largest island, Luzon,

prompting evacuations as well as full closures. There have been no reports of death or injury.

At least 36 people were killed when a bus crashes at a tunnel in northwestern China. Thirteen people were injured. It happened on the

Beijing-Kunming Expressway. Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident.

Let's return to our top news story this hour. The war of words intensifying between North Korea and U.S.

[08:30:00] Now, Will Ripley has been inside Pyongyang many times. He joins us now live from Beijing.

And Will, I know you have been monitoring this war of words and before Donald Trump's latest tweet on North Korea, you got told that that new

statement from North Korea what it says, it's military will do to the U.S. mainland.

WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, and this is familiar language that we have heard from North Korea before, Kristie.

Which in some ways it's a bit reassuring because the threat earlier this week that highly technical plan to launch ballistic missiles within 30 to

40 kilometers of Guam, that was pretty alarming and still could, if North Korea decides to actually go through that.

It would be the most provocative missile test yet. But the statement that was put out on state meeting, we've seen a couple of them, we saw one

threatening to turn the mainland United States into -- into the scene of nuclear annihilation.

There is also suggest over the past couple hours, statements from KCNA saying that President Trump is driving the situation on the Korean

Peninsula o the brink of nuclear war, calling the United States a heinous nuclear war fanatic.

And while this may sound frightening for people who -- who were just hearing about North Korea you know recently, these are the kinds of threats

that have been made repeatedly, many, many times over the years.

And so, what this -- what this indicates, Kristie, is at this point, it continues to be a war of words, there is no intelligence indicating any

imminent preparations in North Korea for a missile launch.

At this point it's just bull's-eye dialing of the rhetoric, and of course, here in China, calls -- continued calls for common caution.

LU STOUT: Sorry, this is merely a war of words at this time. Now the reaction from China, officially we know it has been calling for caution but

there is an interesting opinion piece in the Global Times there.

It say over a newspaper in China, it's been offering this take on how China could we act in the event of a strike. What did it say?

RIPLEY: And if you're not familiar with the Global Times, it does tend to represent all Chinese media has in some ways a state control but the Global

Times tends to represent the viewpoint of some of the more hawkish factions of the Chinese government.

So there are some people -- perhaps in the People's Liberation Army who do share the view of the Global Times that the editorial said if North Korea

were to launch the first strike that they Say -- they said China should remain neutral in the conflict.

But a say if the U.S. and South Korea were to launch the first preemptive strike that they believe -- this editorial believes that China should

actually step in and get involved, but of course the Chinese government not saying anything like that at this point.

LU STOUT: In economic terms of is that op-ed. Now, as this war of words continues between North Korea and the U.S., could you tell us more about

the North Korean leader?

Because the world has a pretty good sense of Donald Trump, but what is known about Kim Jong-un and his readership, his character?

RIPLEY: It's a good question, Kristie, and there is in some ways, Kim Jong-un the Supreme Leader of North Korea is a mystery. We know he is less

than half of Donald Trump's age, he is in his early 30s but he's been in power for six years.

He took control sooner than many North Korea would have expect after the untimely death of his father Kim Jong-il back in 2011 but in those six

years, he has firmly consolidated his power.

He has executed a number of high-level officials, including his own uncle in a reshuffling of the -- of the high leadership with the Worker's Party

of Korea.

He's put in place military leaders and -- and also leaders on the workers party, the ruling party of the country who agree with this plan, his plan

to try to grow the country's economy and the country's military, and nuclear arsenal simultaneously.

We know that he was educated in Switzerland, so he does have some experience in the western world. He went to a private school there. He's

a huge basketball fan.

Of course, Dennis Rodman, he has -- he has met him. Dennis Rodman was in the country about a month and half ago, Kim Jong-un did not meet with him

at that time but that he has met with very few world leaders.

He met with the vice president of China and I believe the vice president of Cuba, so little is known about his personality or his temperament in these

closed meetings with government leaders, but we do know his public image.

He really does try to project an image similar to that of his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, a man of the people. He is out. He showed on state TV all

the time conducting field inspections, offering advice, hugging and interacting with regular people. And he also does give regular speeches,

something that his father never did, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Will Ripley, always appreciate, you're inside North Korea's, especially Kim Jong-un, and especially this on-going breaking the story.

Will Ripley live for us from Beijing. Thank you.

Now as the U.S.-North Korea exchange more threat, Russia hasn't said much besides calling for calm and dialogue. Now let's bring Phil Black from the

Russian capital for more. Kremlin is viewing the situation. And so, what more is Moscow saying regards to North Korea?

PHIL BLACK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kirstie, as you watch then, they haven't say a lot so far. They're not giving a running commentary on his

recent escalation in language that we have been hearing from the United States and North Korea.

[08:35:00] Their view is consistent and it is very well known because for a lot -- long time now, they have really spoken in such a way that they don't

approve that sort fiery rhetoric

They don't like talk of military options. They don't like threats, the Russian viewers that all of that is counterproductive to finding a

solution.

So what Russia has done is well, again, call for calm, call for maximum strength, the Russian position is that although North Korea is a nightmare,

they share a relatively small border, they have an economic relationship, they have a pragmatic, respectful, neighborly relationship to the

(Inaudible) and in North Korea.

They do not want North Korea to have nuclear weapons but at the same time, they understand that North Korea doesn't feel entirely secure.

When the United States and South Korea regularly holds military exercises and drills, and flex their muscles, and that way in response to North

Korea.

So their view is that the U.S. should stop that sort of activity as well. They want everyone to sit down and talk about it, and come up with a

solution. They know it won't be easy but they believe it is the only solution.

What we hear from Russia a lot is there is no military solution to this crisis. So well, they don't want North Korea to have nukes, they do not

want a war to be forward and the Korean Peninsula either. Kristie.

LU STOUT: That was a very -- so mature, we have been hearing from China call for a peaceful solution, a call for diplomacy and talks. Phil Black

reporting live for Moscow, thank you.

You're watching News Stream and coming right up, the humble beginnings of America's president. Donald Trump's first home is available of Airbnb. We

rent it out to check it out, next.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back. Now Google's CEO cancelled a company wide staff meeting just minutes before it was supposed to start. Now Sundar Pichai

called the meeting to talk about that controversial memo via Google engineer that saw him eventually sacked.

But some employees' identities and their questions were leaked and Pichai said, this exposes them to potential harassment. An employee says the

leaks were posted at all to write websites and one staff member even received a death threat.

This goes back to you again that 10 page manifesto that claims that there aren't more women in tech because of quote biological causes. Google said

it fire the author as part of the memo violated company policy.

Now, Taylor Swift has been giving testimony about an incident back in 2013 that led her to being sued. And issue here is whether former radio DJ

David Mueller groped her as Taylor Swift alleges.

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LU STOUT: Now here is a photograph, it was taken at the backstage meet and greet where Swift alleges that groping took place.

Now Mueller was fired after Swift's team informed the radio station. He then sued her for $3 million saying that her claims were false. He worked

for KYGO Radio, which is a CNN affiliate.

Now the pop superstar then countersued for a symbolic single dollar and when she took the witness stand on Thursday, Swift reasserted that Mueller

had intentionally groped her. She described this horrifying and shocking.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

[08:40:00] LU STOUT: In New York, you can peer into the distant past at President Donald Trump because his childhood home is now available on

Airbnb. And inside you'll find a cardboard cutout of Mister Trump as well as multiple copies of his book The Art of the Deal. And Jeanne Moos paid a

visit.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Knock, knock. Oh, it you. Taking you on a tour of what may be Airbnb's most unusual listing, the childhood home of

Donald Trump.

The address in the New York City Borough of Queens is on the president's birth certificate and now for 725 bucks a night, you can stay here, too.

Look what is waiting to greet guests in the living room.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who would be glad to sit with you and watch television Fox News late into the night?

MOOS: Back when he was running for president, the house was for sale.

TRUMP: That's really good childhood. I was -- oh, that said to look at that. I want to buy it.

MOOS: Lease sold for just over $2 million, five bedrooms, three and a half baths. Photos of the (Inaudible) all over, so is The Art of the Deal. Is

there a copy of this like of the Bible in every room?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, absolutely.

MOOS: The leaseholders have furnished the house and period furniture to reflect the 1946 to 1950 era when Trump the new born came to live here for

four or five years.

It smells like grandma's house sits chalk full of bunk beds to accommodate guests. This is believed to be young Donald's bedroom with a view of the

flag.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In the Airbnb listing, the onerous says quote, it says I live in one of the bedrooms which will not be accessible to you, which is

also what Melania told Donald when she moved into the White House.

MOOS: Imagine how the president would describe this property.

TRUMP: Like the world has never seen.

MOOS: A sun porch like the world has never seen. A walk-in closet like world has never seen. Interior decoration like world has never seen. Now

this, the world has seen. In the master bedroom, there is a plaque. In his bedroom, Donald J. Trump was likely conceived.

TRUMP: The likes of which this world has never seen before.

MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN -- but on this exact bed.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, this is a new bed.

MOOS: New York.

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LU STOUT: She had to ask him. That is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. On next week, our show will be live from Seoul. Don't go anywhere. World

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