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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN NEWS STREAM SHOW HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Seoul. Welcome to "News Stream." All eyes on President Trump as he makes his debut
at the U.N. General Assembly. North Korea is at the center of his agenda. While Pyongyang has weapons pointed at the South Korean capital, Seoul's
military is ready to respond.
And wall-to-wall human suffering. That's how one aide worker describes the humanitarian crisis that the Rohingya refugees are living.
As world leaders gather in New York for the U.N. General Assembly, North Korea will dominate discussions. On "News Stream." we'll be in Seoul this
week to bring regional perspective to this ongoing standoff.
Meanwhile, in New York, U.S. President Donald Trump is to make his debut speech to the U.N. on Tuesday despite being deeply critical of the
organization in the past. He'll be looking for international support on some key issues. CNN's Michelle Kosinski previews the summit.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
MICHELLE KOSINSKI, CNN SENIOR DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): President Trump now home in New York but about to seize the U.N., a body he
has sharply and repeatedly slammed.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The United Nations is not a friend of democracy, is not a friend of freedom.
KOSINSKI (voice-over): For now, he will also seek more cooperation to face the world's biggest problems. The president set the stage with a Sunday
tweet storm, referring to North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un as rocket man, and re-tweeting a video edited to show him knocking over former rival
Hillary Clinton with a golf ball.
Members of his administration out in front of cameras with more tough talk on the North Korean nuclear threat.
REX TILLERSON, UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE: We don't have a lot of time left. If our diplomatic efforts fail, though, our military option will
be the only one left.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Was the president's fire a fury remark an empty threat?
NIKKI HALEY, UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS: It was not an empty threat. I'm perfectly happy kicking this over to General Mattis
because he has plenty of military options.
KOSINSKI (voice-over): At the same though, the U.S. has been aggressively calling on China and Russia to do more to choke off Kim Jong-un's
resources. Beijing and Moscow did vote in favor of unprecedented U.N. sanctions against North Korea, a step the president and his national
security advisor have since downplayed to be apparent chagrin of the State Department.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (voice-over): Are the sanctions a big deal or they not a big deal?
(LAUGHTER)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (voice-over): Because I think --
HEATHER NAUERT, SPOKESPERSON, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE: I think the sanctions -- I'm not going to go against the president, but I think the
sanctions are significant.
KOSINSKI (voice-over): Allies have been confused at times over what this administration values more, collaboration or going it alone. Trump's
America first doctrine, reflected in the three themes the president is expected to touch on in his speech Tuesday.
H.R. MCMASTER, UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR: First is to protect the American people. The second is to promote American prosperity. And the
third is really to help promote accountability and sovereignty.
KOSINSKI (voice-over): The U.S. foot printed the U.N. this year much smaller than it's been in the past. Meetings, overall, fewer, leaving
allies skeptical of how much the U.S. will be engaged on key agenda items like democracy promotion, refugees, and the environment. And how a
nationalistic leader of the free world will embrace this global entity now.
HALEY: I personally think he slaps the right people, he hugs the right people, and he comes out with U.S. being very strong in the end.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
LU STOUT: And that was Michelle Kosinski reporting there.
North Korea has released a statement in the past hour, saying that U.S. sanctions will not prevent it from becoming a full-pledged nuclear state.
Meanwhile, former U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addressed the threat in speech here in Seoul.
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BAN KI-MOON, FORMER U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL: It is now absolutely clear, we must be ready to confront any consequences, any eventualities, including
military options to address this. Otherwise, North Koreans may be emboldened. It has become one of the most serious tensions and conflicts
since the end of Korean war. Nobody wants -- nobody wants war.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LU STOUT: Former U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon there.
Here in Seoul, I spoke to noted North Korea watcher Andrei Lankov. He is a professor at Kookmin University. He also attended Pyongyang's Kim Il-sung
University
[08:05:00] back in the 1980s. I started by asking what he's looking out for this week's U.N. General Assembly.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ANDREI LANKOV, PROFESSOR, KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY: (INAUDIBLE) accusing North Korea being, you know, disrespectful to international law.
LU STOUT: Yes.
LANKOV: Because North Korea (INAUDIBLE). What is probably more interesting is to watch actions of Chinese and (INAUDIBLE) Russian representative.
LU STOUT: Why is that?
LANKOV: They are coming quite close to their own red line. Because China, and the same is applicable to Russia, is unhappy about nuclear program of
North Korea.
LU STOUT: Yes.
LANKOV: But, they don't want sanctions. This will give economic crisis in North Korea.
LU STOUT: Yes.
LANKOV: And as a result, likely to lead to regime collapse or serious disturbances inside North Korea.
LU STOUT: Got it. So, you're looking out for signals from Russia and China at the UNGA --
LANKOV: Yes.
LU STOUT: -- about how far they're willing to push North Korea?
LANKOV: Well, probably at the next U.N. Security Council resolution, the next round of sanctions will be even tougher. And we have no doubt that the
next round of sanctions will be necessary. Because we should expect (INAUDIBLE) nuclear tests in the future.
We are definitely going to see many more missile tests and we are likely to see new -- brand new North Korean -- freshly painted North Korean
submarines cruising the sea of Japan and the Pacific.
LU STOUT: So, you're saying no matter what happens at the UNGA this week, North Korea will remain undeterred. It will continue with its weapons
testing and its weapons advancement. We know that the North Korean top diplomat is going to be there in New York. Does that represent any sort of
opportunity for informal talks?
LANKOV: Well, there is a great deal of informal talks, as a matter of fact, going between the United States and North Korea. Actually, this Track II or
Track 1.5 activity is unusually pronounced in the recent few months. It simply not widely reported.
LU STOUT: Yes.
LANKOV: But, I don't think this results -- these talks are going to bring any results. Because North Korean position is quite clear. They want to be
capable of obliterating the city of New York and the city of Washington (INAUDIBLE) times. Once they are certain, they might be willing to start
talking, but we cannot be sure about it.
Right now, they are not going to talk. They will just -- (INAUDIBLE) it's useful to have a channel of communication because they don't want war. It's
a problem. They want --
LU STOUT: But is the existing channel of communication strong enough to prevent miscalculation?
LANKOV: No. And this is exactly why it's good to have more channels of communications. But no amount will guarantee that miscalculation or just
some technical mistake will not happen.
LU STOUT: Got it.
LANKOV: (INAUDIBLE) is much more dangerous now and they don't see what can be done about it.
LU STOUT: So, what's the way out?
LANKOV: No way out.
LU STOUT: No way out?
LANKOV: No way out. Because sanctions are not going to work. If sanctions provoke economic crisis, well, it will not be enough for the North Korean
government to stop developing nukes. And negotiations, they are not going to negotiate until they do have at least capability to strike the United
States, continental United States. And military option (INAUDIBLE) United States has not participated for over half a century.
LU STOUT: So, the world has to learn living with a nuclear North Korea?
LANKOV: Yes. It's it's not going to be a pleasant experience.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
LU STOUT: Professor Andrei Lankov speaking to me there. The U.S. military has given CNN an exclusive look inside its defense of South Korea. Ian Lee
joins me now here in Seoul. Ian, ahead of the U.G. General Assembly, the U.S. and South Korea, they pledge to work together and to intensify
pressure on North Korea. Tell us how.
IAN LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's really critical, Kristie, when you speak with the soldiers and American and South Korean officials. They say that
this cooperation between the two countries really help their readiness, their preparedness in the event of an attack.
While the nuclear weapon is still the number one threat to South Korea, according to officials, there is another threat to Seoul that they take
just as serious, and I was able to meet with some soldiers who are working on that.
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LEE (voice-over): A war in Korea could start like this. Volley after volley of North Korean artillery, raining down on Seoul. Thousands of weapons are
currently pointed at the South Korean capital, home to more than 10 million people. Defending it is priority number one for her generals and
politicians. The U.S. army granted CNN exclusive
[08:10:00] access to the Sixth Battalion, 37th Field Artillery. The unit's work force, M270 Alpha 1, also known as "Steel Rain." Staff Sergeant Kavon
Isabell gives me a tour of the MLRS, the multiple launch rocket system.
KAVON ISABELL, STAFF SERGEANT, U.S. ARMY: It's all about being able to provide support fires in an extremely timely manner with being very precise
at the same time.
LEE (voice-over): The MLRS can fire 12 rockets or two missiles up to 300 kilometers with GPS precision. And its ability to shoot and scoot makes it
hard for the enemy to target.
ISABELL: This one I have more fire power so I can hold two pods and its tracks so I can pretty much get anywhere that I need to. It's not very
common that these get stopped.
LEE (voice-over): Lieutenant Colonel Will Hsu is in charge of this live fire exercise, just kilometers away from the border with North Korea. It's
his responsibility to make sure the unit is ready to fight tonight.
WILL HSU, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, U.S. ARMY: For us, it's really about going out continually to train and practice and make sure that we have mastered
the fundamentals and make sure that this thing can shoot far and shoot fast.
LEE (voice-over): Hsu's artillery unit is part of a bigger picture of advanced aircraft and missiles protecting Seoul, according to Assembly
member, Kim Jong-dae.
KIM JONG-DAE, SOUTH KOREA ASSEMBLY MEMBER (through translator): When North Korea fires its long-range artillery, we can analyze the trajectory and
calculate the point of origin within a short time. The data is linked to our artillery which fires self-propelled and multiple-launch of rockets to
destroy the target.
LEE (voice-over): But the National Defense Committee member worries that tens of thousands of potential shells could carry a deadly passenger.
JONG-DAE (through translator): What's scarier is that North Korea is storing about 5,000 tons of chemical weapons. They are also thought to have
biological weapons like anthrax. Long-range artillery can be used as a delivery method for these weapons of mass destruction.
LEE (voice-over): If North Korea prepares an attack, Kim says it's up to Hsu and his troops to help deliver a silencing counter-punch. Failure could
turn Seoul into what both North and South Korean officials describe as a sea of fire.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
LEE: Kristie, one likely proposal to come out of the U.N. General Assembly is from China and Russia a freeze-freeze. Essentially, North Korea would
freeze its nuclear and missile program and the United States and South Korea would freeze their joint military exercises.
I brought that up with the troops on the field. While they wouldn't get into the politics of it all, they say any freeze in their preparedness and
their exercises would hamper their readiness in the event of a war.
LU STOUT: That double freeze is something that the U.S. said it's not ready to accept. Ian Lee reporting live for us in the street in Seoul. Thank you
so much for your reporting.
President Trump is to meet more than a dozen world leaders in New York this coming week. On Monday, it's Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
the nuclear deal with Iran likely to dominate the conversation.
CNN's Oren Liebermann is there in Jerusalem. He joins us now. Oren, President Trump will be meeting with Israeli prime minister today and of
course Iran will dominate that meeting.
OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made that very clear not only in an exclusive interview with CNN, but
throughout his meeting and his appearances when he was just in South America. He wants to keep the conversation focused on Iran, primarily the
Iran nuclear deal.
He wants President Donald Trump to either leave it or change it in some way although neither Trump or Netanyahu have been specific about how they would
do so. But it's a not just the nuclear deal. Netanyahu is also concerned about Iran's presence in Syria, and that opens up a whole different kind of
problems for Israel that are much closer to home.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
LIEBERMANN: We are standing above the village of Metula. This is the northern tip of Israel. Beyond are the rolling hills of Lebanon. And it's
the small villages on top of those hills that you can see sprawling behind me that Israelis concerned are a growing Hezbollah stronghold.
In the event of a war, Israelis worried that Hezbollah can rain down its arsenal of rockets and missiles on northern Israel here. To our east is the
Golan Heights, and beyond that, Syria. There's a border there separating Lebanon from Syria but Israel sees it as one continuous threat on the
north.
A few feet away feet away from Israel-Lebanon border, a Hezbollah flag marks the territory. Under United Nations outpost, another flag of the
Iranian proxy waves on a nearby hill. The U.N. mandate to ensure peace and security along the border that's known decades of conflict was recently
strengthened after Israel complained it was toothless.
[08:15:00] But few here see the United Nations as a difference between peace and war as they operate in the shadow of Hezbollah, based in Lebanon
that also fighting in Syria.
BRIG. GEN. ELI BEN-MEIR, FORMER RESEARCH HEAD, IDF INTELLIGENCE: In the last five years, there's a huge dramatic change in the tactical, but also
operational capabilities of this organization as a fighting organization.
LIEBERMANN (voice-over): Russian President Vladimir Putin has become the go-to guy for Israel's concerns about Iran's influence in Lebanon and Syria
with Hezbollah, ever since Russian forces moved into Syria.
But while Donald Trump may take a tough line in the Iran nuclear deal, he's presided over what many hear and see as the absence of the United States in
the Syria conflict. And Israeli leaders are troubled.
ISRAEL KATZ, INTELLIGENCE MINISTER, ISRAEL (through translator): The U.S. can prevent a permanent Iranian military presence in Syria. And I think the
less in both in the nuclear sphere and the conventional sphere is that the U.S. cannot ignore the fact that he is the leader of the free world and
everything that comes with that.
LIEBERMANN (voice-over): Israel has its red lines. Among them, stopping advanced weapon transfers to Hezbollah. And it enforces them. These
satellite images show the before and after of what Syria says was an Israeli air strike on a military facility deep in northwest Syria. Israel
refused to comment on the incident. But it's clear in what it sees as Iran's intentions.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER: The fact from trying to build atomic bombs, they're trying to place the Iranian army in Syria. They want
to colonize Syria the way the colonized Lebanon.
LIEBERMANN (voice-over): Matching his tough talk ahead of meeting Trump, Israel's prime minister has also watched over Israel's largest military
exercises in 20 years. A full blown conflict between Israel and Hezbollah will be devastating for both sides. Israel's fear is that it may have to go
it alone.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
LIEBERMANN: And there is little doubt that the Trump-Netanyahu meeting will be about Iran. Also, the next day for Netanyahu will be him speaking at the
United Nations General Assembly just a couple of hours after Trump. Kristie, there, he is also expected to focus on Iran much like he did last
year.
LU STOUT: Very critical context from Oren Liebermann live from Jerusalem ahead of a very critical meeting. Thank you.
It is an unsolved mystery and U.S. officials are growing impatient. Coming up, why the U.S. embassy in Cuba could close.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
LU STOUT: Welcome back. Less that two weeks after Irma, the Caribbean is facing a new hurricane threat. A storm named Maria is now a category one
hurricane and could begin hitting the Leeward islands in the next several hours. Maria is expected to gain strength as it moves across some of the
same islands already devastated by Irma. Forecasters say it could make a direct
[08:20:00] hit on Puerto Rico later in the week. When Hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean, a DJ known for his music in Anguilla became a vital source
of information. Michael Holmes has his story.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANIE PADDISON, RADIO D.J., ANGUILLA RADIO STATION: Yes, that's right. Eleven days after Hurricane Irma and you got a lot from Kool F.M. 103.3.
MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Before Hurricane Irma, radio D.J., Jeanie Paddison's role with Anguilla's main
commercial radio station was to play music and keep a lively pattern.
PADDISON: It's kind of mind blowing actually, the type of reception I'm getting from everyone because it changed from me being the person to get
the party started, so you're the guy we're looking to for all the information now.
HOLMES (voice-over): Irma changed his job description and his life. Since the storm, Jeanie and his fellow workers here at Kool F.M. 103.3 has
switched from D.J.s to lifelines.
PADDISON: You don't need to go into line or in the queues to get gas if your tank is on a half. There is no gas shortage.
HOLMES (voice-over): This island was battered by Irma and the day that followed were brutal. No power, damaged infrastructure, and a shattered
communication system. The station's transmission mast was a casualty of Irma's fury, ripped off its base and flung over the building next door.
HOLMES: Now, the mast clearly has been destroyed but the humble studio next door survived. Staying off-air was not an option, so D.J. Jeanie and his
colleagues nearly had a job to do.
PADDISON: When we came out and saw the damage, we were like, OK, we're off- air. You know what, we need to get back up.
HOLMES (voice-over): One jury rigged mast. Later, 103.3 Kool F.M. was back on air. Just outside, listeners take advantage of a makeshift barbershop
using the station's generator power.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All the radio stations are always important, you know. We understand what is going on with the hurricanes, this and then.
HOLMES (voice-over): People turned to Jeanie and his fellow D.J.s for information, guidance, and comfort here and on other islands around the
Caribbean.
HOLMES: Tell me about how important the radio station was after the hurricane has gone through.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was very important in getting information around and to know that we have boats and what is happening. It's very vital to our
community.
HOLMES (voice-over): Vital to communities throughout the region through Irma. And now, another storm, Maria, is headed their way. The job isn't
done.
PADDISON: I've been in entertainment for almost 15 years, and I've never seen myself as a reporter or someone people will be looking to for
motivation and information of that nature, of course. Usually, it's Jeanie, when is the next party? You know, stuff like that. So, being called for,
this is crazy.
HOLMES (voice-over): When not on the radio, Jeanie, D.J.s at clubs on this and other islands. Clubs that are closed for repairs now or in some cases
no longer even exist. Like so many of his neighbors, his job and his life has changed dramatically, but not his sense of humor.
PADDISON: And there has been here, you know, in a state of flux because now I'm out of one of my primary incomes. So, I'm here trying to figure out
what my next move is. Maybe I might get into journalism and take your job.
(LAUGHTER)
HOLMES (voice-over): Michael Holmes, CNN, Anguilla.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
LU STOUT: United States could close its embassy in Cuba. The reason, the mysterious sound wave attacks have been causing some serious health
problems for American diplomats. Patrick Oppmann is standing by in Havana. He joins us now live.
Patrick, I understand this decision is still under evaluation. So, how close is the U.S. to actually going ahead and ordering the closure of its
embassy in Havana?
PATRICK OPPMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning. We are told by U.S. officials that this is unlikely to happen, but it does show the deep
frustration that after all these months -- remember, these attacks began last year in November, some 21 U.S. diplomats and family members, a smaller
number of Canadian diplomats and their family members.
So, there is still no answers, the who, the why. And that really has U.S. diplomats and officials in the State Department very, very frustrated that
they feel that this remains a mystery. They don't know who carried out these attacks. Cuba, of course, has denied having any role in these
attacks. They've offered some cooperation, allowed U.S. and Canadian investigators to come to the island. But there have not been many more
answers than that. There has not been much evidence that's been gathered.
We still don't even know what kind of device that was used. And again, the device that U.S. officials talked to us about, they weren't even aware of
its existence. And they say that it sent out some kind of signal that made people feel ill, nauseous, sometimes gave them headaches, nosebleeds up to
hearing loss. And it was so focused that if you just left the room you were in, that it would stop. So, this really has people very much
[08:25:00] confused. They feel that Cuba is not living up to its agreement to protect foreign diplomats serving out their mission here on the island.
And they're trying to hold them accountable. So, while right now it is just a threat, certainly the U.S. looking forward to this, saying they just
cannot keep staff here if they are not going to be safe. And they want Cuba to come forward with more information and with promises that these attacks
will end, Kristie.
LU STOUT: If this is a threat, why is it being made? As you reported, the Cuban government denies it has been using a sonic weapon or acoustic
weapon. The U.S. is pointing the finger at Cuba, saying that their staff has been harassed. If this is true, why would Cuba do this?
OPPMANN: It really makes no sense. U.S. officials say that to us, that Cuba, of course, over the years, there has been sort of cold war era
relationship of antagonizing each other's diplomats but never to this degree. And U.S. officials believe that whatever this new capability is,
it's not something that Cuba possesses.
It must be a third party or perhaps a third country that has a grudge against the U.S. Here is where it gets difficult for Cuba, is that everyone
knows that Cuba has excellent intelligence services. They keep a very close eye on foreigners living in Havana.
The top of that list are U.S. diplomats. So when Cuba says we just don't know what's going on, very few people take that at face value. They must
know more than what U.S. officials are telling us, Kristie.
LU STOUT: Such a perplexing story. Thank you for the latest update. Patrick Oppmann reporting live from Havana.
Imagine, they have been living in (INAUDIBLE) condition. They are desperate for food and for water. This is the situation inside the Rohingya refugee
camp. It has been described as wall-to-wall human suffering. We'll take you live to Bangladesh.
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LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Seoul. You are watching "News Stream." These are your world headlines. It is a big week at the United Nations in
New York. U.S. President Donald Trump is to make his debut speech to the General Assembly on Tuesday. He is also set to meet with a dozen world
leaders this week.
First up, the Israeli prime minister and the French president. North Korea and Iran are likely to dominate the discussion.
A new category one hurricane named Maria is threatening some of the same Caribbean islands devastated by Hurricane Irma. A wide alert has already
been issued for Guadeloupe in the Leeward islands. Forecasters expect Maria to gain strength and warn that it could make a direct hit on Puerto Rico on
Wednesday.
[08:30:00] Police in Malaysia have arrested seven suspects in connection with the school fire in Kuala Lumpur last week. Almost two dozen people
died when a fire tore through a religious school. Witnesses said children tried to kick open grills covering the windows but couldn't get out.
Suspects range in age from 11 to 18.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LU STOUT: And now to the chaos and desperation in Bangladesh near the border with Myanmar. Aid agencies are struggling to cope with some 400,000
Rohingya, a Muslim group who have fled a bloody military crackdown in Myanmar.
The United Nations has called it ethnic cleansing. But Myanmar says a crackdown began after Rohingya militants killed 12 security officers at
border posts.
And now the refugee camp in Bangladesh is bursting at the scenes. Bangladesh says his Army will build shelters for those who are there. And
Alexandra Field joins us now live from Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.
And Alex, as you go reporting, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have crossed into Bangladesh in recent weeks. This is a massive crisis.
How is it being managed there on the ground?
ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, they have already survived a trauma that is almost unbearable just to hear about as we talk to refugees
one after another. We are hearing that their villages being burned. Their homes begin fire bombs.
Stories of babies begin thrown onto the fires, bodies being hacked up, children being shot alongside their mother's, mother's reaching the banks
of the river in Bangladesh and giving birth to babies that cannot survive because these mothers are in such desperate conditions.
Once they reached here, they are fighting for the very thing that they need to continue, food, water, medicine, and the fight has even become deadly.
One woman, two children killed in a stampede to get some of the very limited supplies that are reaching out here.
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FIELD: Thousands of people wait in line for hours for basics. Hundreds of thousand still have nothing at all and they're getting desperate.
These are locals here who are handing out whatever they have. And you see the children, the families running to collect. International aide
organizations are trying to take a more organized approach.
They're worried about the kind of chaos that this creates. The people who live here, they want to provide -- who are in such need.
An estimated 800,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees are living on Bangladesh's border, nearly half of them arriving in the last three weeks, fleeing a
violent military campaign in nearby Myanmar.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): Juno (ph) remembers bullets were flying around like rain.
FIELD: This is what they've escaped to, an overcrowded camp of tens of thousands of people and that we're seeing children that are running around
without any clothes. The clothing is soiled. There are piles of feces almost everywhere you step.
This is one make shift kind of washroom that we've seen. Aid organizations are building toilets, working to provide clean water and vaccinating
children to try to stop the spread of disease.
CORINNE AMBLER, SPOKESWOMAN, INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS: I can only describe it as wall-to-wall human suffering.
FIELD: The crisis is already too big for Bangladesh's government to bear alone.
AMBLER: This area -- this population here is already suffering from deprivation. And the strain on services that this is causing needs to be
addressed, as well. I mean, education, health, disaster-prone area, as well.
FIELD: Trauma counselors at the camps are trying to help the Rohingya with what they've seen, what they've survived. At least 1,300 children are
still separated from families that fled as their villages burned.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): Juno (ph) says government forces carried out attacks late in the night and early in the morning.
They forced girls hiding inside their homes to come out. Myanmar's military insists it is doing what it needs to wipe out terrorists after an
attack on border guards.
The United Nations calls it a textbook case of ethnic cleansing of a minority Muslim group that has lived for generations in a predominantly
Buddhist country.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): The government forces are torturing us, kidnapping and hacking the young men and boys, she says, and
raping women and girls. That's why we ran away and came here.
FIELD: All she has found now is this spot off the side of the road. She can stay dry here during the end of monsoon season.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
FIELD: One aid worker tells me that the level of need that has been for the refugees here essentially announced to a drop in the bucket and don't
forget, Kristie, while the need over here is very clear.
It is estimated that there are thousands of Rohingyas on the other side of the border, trying to get out of the country, stranded without food, water,
or medicine, and there have been desperate for humanitarian aids to reach them as well. Kristie.
[08:35:00] LU STOUT: Wall-to-wall human suffering likely to continue as more with Rohingya refugees fled into Bangladesh. Alexandra Field
reporting live for us from Cox's Bazar. Thank you so much, Alex, and take care.
UNICEF says that the scale and the speed of the infux into Bangladesh is simply unprecedented. Earlier, I spoke to UNICEF's representative in
Bangladesh, Edouard Beigbeder about what the child refugees need and how aid workers are trying to help them.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
EDOUARD BEIGBEDER, UNICEF REPRESENTATIVE, BANGLADESH: The children, they need -- when you go to the camp (Inaudible), you see them living for
existing camp outside of existing camps on the roads, on the substance that use settlements and they need clean shelters, and need food, they need
water, they need attention.
We need to distribute clean water for the children and families. We got complaints, we are reporting them to bring (Inaudible) two mobile, what's
the verification trip and we are reaching such distribution of water to those people but we need more and more water.
LU STOUT: And again, these refugees are children. In addition to needing, just the essentials, food, water, sanitation, security -- I mean they also
need importunities to learn and to play. Do they have that as well?
BEIGBEDER: Before the 25 of August, UNICEF shows the part open 106 running center for the last six months within the existing make-shift camps and
this really works, we have a hostile partners, is to accept as much as possible extra children within these camps.
No we -- as we are discussing our plans, we would like to continue to build new learning centers. We need to about hundred to tents to be able to
cover the new population.
LU STOUT: And have you had an opportunity to talk to the children and have they opened up to you to share with you just what they experienced in the
violence that they fled from?
BEIGBEDER: I mean, most of them were very tired when ties I spoke to them. Some of them have walked over six days to reach the border and they --
being with the children, they are bit (Inaudible) after few minutes, they just share as to -- as when you put them into a new perspective and
(Inaudible).
LU STOUT: And we have more refugees coming, I mean up to now, UNICEF reports, again 400,000 Rohingya have fled the violence in Myanmar into go
in Bangladesh, and thousands more are arriving every day. Do you fear that you may not have enough aides to support and sustain the refugees?
BEIGBEDER: I already reach case today. We don't have enough aids to be distributed to distinct forms, that's the reason why we are calling these
(Inaudible), for these people.
More families, more children are crossing the borders as we're speaking and as we know, the major frequencies of the major operation about to know how
much people, Rohingyas, children have come.
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LU STOUT: That was Edouard Beigbeder of UNICEF speaking to me earlier and to see who is helping the Rohingya, go to CNN.com/impact, you will find the
information on groups who are bringing food, water, medical supplies and shelter to the victims of this crisis. You are watching News Stream, and
coming up, a big surprise at the Emmy.
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LU STOUT: Look their faces, the man who took the stage, got all the laughs and we'll tell you why.
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LU STOUT: Welcome back. Now stars of the small screen gathered in Hollywood on Sunday for television's biggest night. The 69th primetime
Emmy Awards were hosted by comedian Stephen Colbert and he got the audience roaring with a help of a special surprise guest.
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STEPHEN COLBERT, AMERICAN COMEDIAN: Unfortunately, at this point, we have no way of knowing how big our audience is. Is there anyone who could say
how big the audience is, Sean, do you know?
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SEAN SPICER, FORMER PRESS SECRETARY, WHITE HOUSE: This would be the largest audience to witness an Emmys, period, both in person and around the
world.
COLBERT: Wow, that really, my suits my friend the legal. I can understand why he wants one of these guys around. Lisa McCarthy everybody, give it
up.
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LU STOUT: The reaction was golden. Now here are the winners. The top prize for outstanding drama went to the dystopian series, The Handmaid's
Tale. Elisabeth Moss also wins the lead actress for her performance in the show.
Sterling K. Brown won the lead actor for the family drama and break out hit, This is Us, and best comedy series went to Veep, and its lead star,
Julia Louis-Dreyfus made history by winning a sixth consecutive Emmy for her performance in that show.
It was also a big night for Donald Glover, he won best director and outstanding lead actor in the comedy series for his role in Atlanta. And
that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout but don't go anywhere. World Sport Amanda Davies is next.
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