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World Headlines; Spain On Edge Ahead Of Regional Leader's Speech; Issue Of Independence Polarizes Region; Trump-Corker Feud Simmers; Flames Spreading Rapidly Killing At Least 11; Fires Spreading Rapidly Because Of Wind, Dry Weather; Gunman Describes Gambling Habits In 2013 Deposition; CNN Freedom Project; Harassment Scandal; Melania Versus Ivana; Malala Attends First Oxfort Lectures. Aired 8-9a ET

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[08:00:00] KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to News Stream.

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LU STOUT: Tension in Barcelona as the leader of Catalonia has set for a crucial speech were he could declare independence from Spain. And

wildfires rage across California, killing at least 11 people.

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LU STOUT: The most serous political crisis in Spain in four decades comes ahead in just a few hours. That's when we find out that the leader of

Catalonia has decided to declare independence for the region. Some doubt, he will after hundred of thousand march in Barcelona Sunday against voting

from Spain.

The separatist are rallying outside the regional parliament, urging the Catalan president to honor his commitment. Now let's take you straight to

Barcelona. CNN's Isa Soares is there for us live. And Isa, I understand that pro-independence supporters, they are expected to gather in force

outside parliament right now, what's the scene?

ISA SOARES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Morning to you, Kristie. Yes, they are expected to be here outside the parliament but the most of police, the

Catalan police that you see guarding the parliament, also to my left shoulder, they have actually close parks Ciutadella, which actually houses

of Catalan parliament.

So the way in -- the entrance to the parliament actually completely close to the public, only media are allowed in but we are expecting large crowds

to show support to the President Puigdemont to appear any time this afternoon.

And of course, what we do know at this stage is that he's going to reply, Kristie, at 5:00 and that 6:00, he's going to address the parliament where

he will talk about the current political situation in Catalonia.

What we don't know is exactly what he will say, will he present the results from one -- for their first referendum, will he have a symbolic declaration

of independence although we through throttle and really go for a declaration of independence.

And everyone anxiously waiting, Kristie, but we do know what the government's response in central Madrid will be and that is they don't

recognize that to be legal and (Inaudible) say, it's not going to happen and it's unconstitutional.

And this morning even we heard from the finest ministers who basically ask Mr. Puigdemont to really retry and see some before we head to parliament.

So a lot is at stake here -- a lot is at stake here, Kristie. And you can fell the anxiousness for the people of Catalonia.

LU STOUT: As we wait that address by the Catalan leader, how are the people of Catalonia feeling right now, how divided are they -- are there

who don't want independents, who want to remain some who may want more autonomy as opposed to a clean break?

SOARES: Yes, extremely divided. This is a polarizing issue, always has been from day one and I've been too pro-independence rallies, I have been

to anti-independence rallies, I have spoken to families who have stop talking to each other, friends who no longer talking because they have

different reviews on this topic.

But I've also been speaking to company CEOs and president who normally, Kristie, wouldn't take a stand on political matters but are extremely

worried about the potential of the possibility of Catalonia leaving the European Union. Take a listen to this report from Freixenet, one of the

biggest copper producers right here in Catalonia.

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SOARES: On the outskirts of Barcelona, once company is preparing its exit strategy from the region, it is always called home. This is call the

country and Freixenet is the leader in sparking wine with roughly a 185 million bottles of Courvoisier (ph) and wine been sold globally every year.

Inside this cage, echoes of independence are rattling some nerves. None more so than it's president and head of Spanx (ph), chamber of commerce,

Jose Luis Bonet, who tells me independence would be catastrophic.

JOSE LUIS BONET, PRESIDENT, FREIXENET: If Catalonia declared independence and if that declaration isn't stooped, he says, it will be out of the

European Union and leaving the European Union for Catalonia is a disaster.

SOARES: So he's meeting a meeting with the Freixenet board and laying its card firmly on the table.

BONET: In the event, there will be a declaration of independence, he said. I will tell the board that my advice and my recommendation would be to

change Freixenet's head quarters.

[08:05:00] SOARES: The fear is, that a declaration of independence could have sent the company like Freixenet into the death of the unknown,

potentially hampering a company that's being right here in Catalonia for more than 100 years.

For the concerns go deeper than that, we have roughly 70 percent of its exports going to Europe and with Germany's biggest market, Freixenet has

reason to worry about his financial future and critically competitiveness. I ask Mr. Bonet whether he could feel this Catalan disillusionment always

bubbling away beneath the surface.

BONET: It tells me, we have gone from a dictatorship to a democracy, from a country without rule of war to a country with rule of law country, a

country that didn't have a welfare state to one that has and has survived an economic crisis.

This doesn't mean there aren't any problem and there are problems and we should address them but what we shouldn't do is destroy what we have built.

Strong words from a man who's hoping to meet the leader, will burst Catalonia's prosperous bubble.

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SOARES: And, Kristie, you know, we've got that Freixenet is one of roughly a dozen companies or so adding pressure on Mr. Puigdemont to actually the

declaration of independence but it's important to point out of course there are some within the Catalonian government.

One fraction, one group actually that helps Mr. Puigdemont to stay in power. The coup of the far left party that basically said we follow. We

should go for it. We should declare independence, we won fair and square. So lots of pressure on him from both sides but still, we do not know which

way we'll go.

LU STOUT: Yes, the pressure is on so much uncertainty. Isa Soares reporting live for us from Barcelona. Thank you, Isa. The stakes are

indeed high for Spain in Europe if Catalonia chooses to break away in fear.

Italian-European leaders are reacting, now France has drawn a hard line. As minister of European affairs says an independent Catalonia would be

automatically expelled from the European Union. Now Germany also supports unity.

Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to the Spanish prime minister over the weekend, urging dialogue to solve the crisis. This issue is so polarizing,

it is dividing Catalans now just on the streets but at the dinner table as well. Atika Shubert sat down with some families to hear what everyone

thinks.

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ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Maria Rosa Mayo is a prod grandmother, proud to be Catalan but also proud to be Spanish and she is absolutely

upset up against independence.

MARIA ROSA MAYO, CATALONIA RESIDENT (through a translator): I'm Catalan, she says. I can't deny my country but my blood is just boiling.

SHUBERT: That puts her in direct opposition to her 16-year-old grand daughter Sophia.

MAYO (through a translator): She has to respect me. And I have to respect her, she says, but when the family is gather together, there is no debate,

no discussion. She is an independent (Inaudible), OK. She just is. I respect that but in this home, as she has always seen, we are one Spain and

Catalonia.

SHUBERT: Catalonia's bid for independence and Spain's harsh response has divided families. Dinner tables have become political battlefields or

silent spaces.

DANIEL VECINO, CATALONIA VOTER: I don't have any problem discussing things but I feel they get nervous or anxious when talking about this.

SHUBERT: Daniel Vecino voted for independence. His father Raphael didn't vote. He thinks it should never have come to this crisis point.

We're talking right now. It's not a problem, right? Daniel asks. His dad says no. No, I don't like discussions, if there is no way for us to agree,

that doesn't make sense. The one we left, father and son were talking passionately but politely about their differences, reaching out across the

dinner table even if their political leaders cannot. Atika Shubert, CNN, Barcelona.

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LU STOUT: North Korea is marking the anniversary of the founding of its workers party, the all powerful political party headed by Kim Jong-un, the

international community is concerned there could be a military test for North Korea this day.

I mean while, U.S. military officials emphasized diplomacy is the way to deal with North Korea but their telling the Army to stand ready just in

case.

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JAMES MATTIS, U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY: One thing the U.S. Army can do and that ism you have got to be ready to ensure that we have military options

that our president can employ if needed.

We currently -- we currently are in a diplomatically led effort and how many times did you see in the U.N. Security Council vote unanimously, now

twice in a row to impose stronger sanctions on North Korea. The international community has spoken.

[08:10:00] And that means the U.S. Army must stand ready.

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LU STOUT: Secretary Mattis speaking in Washington there. Also in Washington, new developments in that public feud between a prominent

Republican Senator Bob Corker and President Donald Trump that boiled over the weekend.

Now since then, we haven't heard much from the two of them and despite the fact the administration needs every Republican vote it can get, former

White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon is calling on the senator to resign.

Let's bring in our senior Washington Correspondent Joe Johns who joins us live from the White House. And Joe, what does the White House mean when he

says Trump quote, is not finished with Corker?

JOE JOHNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well it sounds like the president is going to stay the course and it's pretty clear that the president, and his allies

including Steve Bannon are trying to project strength despite the fact that the president's confrontational relationship with lawmakers on Capitol Hill

has been cited as one of the reasons the president has had so much trouble getting any major legislation through the Hill. Nonetheless, this latest

news suggests the president is going to stay the course.

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JOHNS: President Trump is not finished with Senator Corker according to a White House official and for the high-ranking member of Mr. Trump's own

party, delivered the scathing rebuke of the commander-in-chief.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sometimes people feel like reality show or some path. It's not likely fit foreign issues and he got to realize that it came out,

it could be heading towards World War III when he's comment that he's faking.

JOHNS: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon who is fired in August lashing out at Corker last night.

STEVE BANNON, FORMER STRATEGIST, WHITE HOUSE: If Bob Corker has any honor any decency, he should resign immediately.

JOHNS: Signaling he is ramping up his efforts to unseat establishment Republicans in next year's primaries.

BANNON: McConnell and Corker in the tire click establishment globalist click on Capitol Hill have to go. There is a coalition coming together

that's going to challenge every Republican are coming except for Ted Cruz.

JOHNS: A source tells CNN that the president is frustrated over a stalled agenda negative media coverage of the federal response to hurricane ravaged

Puerto Rico and the defeat of the Senate candidate he endorsed in Alabama last month.

Most Republicans aren't taking sides on this bitter feud between Trump and Corker but nearly a dozen aides and advisers tells CNN that Corker is

saying what many believe privately.

SEN. BOB CORKER (R), TENNESSEE (via phone): I don't think he appreciates that when the President of the United States speaks and says the things

that he does, the impact the it has around the world, and especially in the region, that he's addressing. And so, yes, I mean, it's concerning debate.

JOHNS: Vice President Pence and Senior Counselor Kellyanne Conway coming to the president's defense on Monday attempting to flip the script on

Corker.

KELLYANNE CONWAY, COUNSELOR TO THE PRESIDENT: World leaders see that. I find tweets like this to be incredibly irresponsible.

JOHNS: But not everyone in the president's inner circle thinks the public feud is good for Trump. Trump need Corker's vote to get legislation passed

and the president has already alienated another top Senate Republican, John McKay.

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JOHNS: News of another continuing controversy involving personalities here at the White House and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is expected to come

here to the White House and sit down for lunch with President Trump.

As far as we know, it will be the first on the two men have sat down face- to-face since reports surfaced that Tillerson referred to the president as a moron, and a newly published article in Forbes.com this morning here in

Washington, the president both counter punches and suggest of the story is not true.

Here is what he said, I think it's great news but if he did that, I guess, we'll have to compare IQ tests and I can tell you who's going to win.

Kristie.

LU STOUT: Well, just when we thought there was going to be that symbolic needing to showcase unity that interesting quotations there from pointers.

Joe Johns, we'll at that. Thank you as always.

Now, first, it was Facebook, now it's Google. The company says Russians use Google platforms like YouTube and Google Search to meddle in U.S.

politics leading up to the 2016 election. Our sources from Google's investigations say that Russian accounts spent tens of thousands of dollars

buying ads focusing on race, immigration and gun rights.

Google of course is the world's largest seller of online advertising and just like Facebook, it reach as far and wide. Just last week, Facebook

says an estimated 10 million Americans saw at least one of the many ads by fake accounts which lead to the Kremlin.

[08:15:00] Now Google, Facebook, and Twitter have all agreed to testify before the U.S. Congress next month. Microsoft says it is investigating

whether any similar ads ran through its services. You are watching News Stream.

After the break, legal wildfires raged across northern California and the death toll has risen. We'll be live in the U.S. state. Also ahead, the

Dominican Republic is a paradise from millions of tourist but there is dark reality for human trafficking victims. What one group is doing to help,

that story coming up.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, welcome back. This is News Stream. Now on the other side of the Pacific, deadly wildfires are blazing

across the U.S. State of California and its governor has declared a state of emergency.

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LU STOUT: So far at least 11 people had been killed but as these fires rage on, authorities are warning that number could keep climbing. Now

health officials say that more than 100 patients are in hospitals with fire related injuries and fires are forced to hospitals to be evacuated.

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LU STOUT: Now, let's get straight over to Miguel Marquez. He is on the ground in Santa Rosa Sonoma County, California and he joins us now live.

Miguel, these are deadly fast spreading fires. What's the latest the out there?

MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The latest is the weather is starting to cooperate but in addition to those 11 dead, there could be many more

because the Sonoma County sheriff's office has had reports of over 100 people missing overnight. I want to show you where we are right now.

This was a hotel resort, the Hilton Sonoma County Wine Country hotel. It is completely devastated. Thousands of structures here have been

destroyed, about 1500 structures destroyed in the Sonoma County along Sonoma Napa County alone.

One neighborhood in particular in Santa Rosa coffee Park neighborhood, you can see the before and after effect as far just moving so incredibly fast

across California, some 32 fires burning 120,000 acres total in Anaheim, south of Los Angeles near Disneyland.

There's a fire burning there, 5000 plus acres right now, several homes have gone up in flames, several thousand more homes there are threatened and

these fires have not -- not been able to control them because of the winds for the most part. Those winds have now died down, the humidity is up, the

temperature is down.

So maybe -- maybe firefighters could get a hold of some of these fires and get the upper hand but at this point, the devastation is so complete, when

firefighters are finding themselves doing is going back to areas where they've already fought.

[08:20:00] Because the fires just keep flaming back up, and they had to go back and back to the same areas over and over again, a little like this

place but for the most part, this is done. Kristie.

LU STOUT: Such an apocalyptic scene behind you as you reported these fires have been moving so fast, firefighters are trying to battle flare-ups in

areas that they've already fought the fires. When you talk to the firefighters, do they feel that they're making progress that they have

these fires under control?

MARQUEZ: Nowhere near under control, if the weather could continue to cooperate which they expect it will, they will hopefully be able to get

some containment lying around some of these fires and be able to start to fight the fire because until this point.

The only thing they have been able to do is make evacuations, make rescues, get people basically out of the way, these fires if they try to stop a

hurricane or tornado with a garden hose, when fires coming at you at 50 miles per hour, it is just impossible for them to fight. Today they hope

to make some real progress. Kristie.

LU STOUT: And these fires are taking place all across the state that you're reporting from what is believed to be the hardest hit area, Santa

Rosa in Sonoma County, that's where number of deaths were reported, could the death toll rise further there?

MARQUEZ: It could very well that Sonoma County sheriff's office overnight had 100 people calling them saying that they're are missing relatives. Now

when people moved our of their homes incredibly fast with just literally seconds, maybe minutes to spare.

So they did not have a lot of time to get out, that may cause some of the confusion. Hotels in the area, all the way down to San Francisco are

completely packed with people and their belongings, and their pets because they got out so quickly.

So some of those calls were missing persons may just be people who have been lost in the evacuation and hopefully it is but there is real concern

with the number of structures that are destroyed, that firefighters haven't get to yet that they will be more people who have died from the flames.

Kristie.

LU STOUT: Miguel Marquez, thank you so much for that update and to you and the crew, stay safe, take care. Miguel Marquez reporting live from Santa

Rosa there.

Now, CNN Meteorologist Chad Myers is also following the latest and Chad, as Miguel was reporting, suddenly wildfires roaring across Santa Rosa, also

across the whole state of California. What's fueling these fires?

CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Well, there is a wind gust yesterday somewhere in the neighborhood above 105 to 120 kilometers per hour and

those gust on top of the ridge has take those embers and you just throw them kilometers down. So it's like playing whack-a-mole, really.

You get one fire, the firefighters had to put it out but the embers from that fire make a new fire, then they had to go to that part and they just

couldn't keep up. There is just absolutely no possible way to keep up yesterday's fire.

The 48 hours from the day before yesterday to right now, it was the fifth greatest fire in California history. Now California gets fired every year

or dozens, or hundreds of fires. There are 34 active fires going on right now. Here's what it looked like on Saturday.

Clear skies, this one look like yesterday afternoon, absolute fog, smoke, smog everything that Miguel is trying not to breathe right now which is why

he is wearing a mask. The biggest gas -- gust was 127 kilometers per hour, blowing that smoke and those embers at a rate that no one could keep up.

All they could do was say get out, get out, get out because the fire is coming. We can't stop it. So this is what the neighborhood that he is

talking about here looked like before and here's what it looks like now. This is Santa Rosa.

The problem is a wild land urban interface, what does that mean? That means that there are trees and beautiful mountains right up against the

houses. So when the trees burn, the houses burned, too. We are going to see Santa Rosa get wind gust today at around 40 kilometers per hour,

especially overnight tonight, that is bad.

There is still a little bit of humidity coming in that is good, this has gone up good thing. There is no rain coming in. There's no rain in the

forecast for 80 weeks. So this has been a very wet winter, everything grew and that has been a dry and hot summer, and everything died.

And now these dead things are burning. Here is Southern California, we saw a couple of pictures here. This is Disneyland or what should have been

Disneyland yesterday, evacuated because of the smoke that particulates in the air.

It was just gross there yesterday and it's still burning. In fact I can probably show you that it's still burning. Oh, don't go away. Here is a

love shot from the Anaheim Hills area's that we're just seeing right now. Let's see if I can come back there a little bit.

There was fire right there on the picture just a little bit ago. So here's what they're dealing with in Southern California, 127 kilometers per hour.

[08:25:00] You get a spark that flies at 127 kilometers per hour. It's going to go downrange a long distance, so these fire just keep going and

going not even in a row. They jump 1 kilometer at a time and then the fire firefighters have to go try to chase that.

At least the humidity coming back in to Southern California as well, but still the wind will be somewhere around 30 kilometers per hour and so

that's what were going to see. Thirty-four rectifiers right now, here we go. This is what -- KTLA is showing right now.

This is Los Angeles, it's dark, obviously. Sun not rise there but this fire is still going. So is there any containment, absolutely not.

Everything that was burning yesterday is either burned out or still burning just in a different place. This is going to go on for days, if not weeks.

Kristie.

LU STOUT: Strong winds, dry weather, dry grasses, all of those factors feeling these flames, it's not going to go away anytime soon. Chad Myers

reporting there. Thank you so much, Chad.

MYERS: You're welcome.

LU STOUT: Police say, the Las Vegas gunman -- he shot a hotel security guard just minutes before opening fire on a music festival from his hotel

room and they previously said the guard interrupted the shooter killed. Stephen Paddock killed 15 people and injured almost 500 before taking his

own life and authorities are still -- this day, still searching for motive. Kyung Lah has more.

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KYUNG LAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Before the gunman unleashes his murderous assault on an innocent concert crowd, he called himself the biggest video

poker player in the world, gambling up to a million dollars on a single night, overnight, sleeping during the day, prescribed valium for

anxiousness.

These are the killer's own words as he testified in 2013 in his lawsuit against the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas where he slept in the walkway.

He says he moved from Las Vegas casino to casino, at one point staying maybe upwards of three weeks out of a month.

A high roller, his hotel stays were camped 95 percent of the time. That's ranged from 100 to 1,350 each time I push the button. When he said on a

given night, he will bet a million dollars, an attorney replied, that's a lot of money. No, it's not.

He called video poker a game of discipline. At times appearing condescending and sarcastic as he explains through his attorney why he

stays sober while gambling. At the stakes I play, you want to have all your wits about you.

The gunman's home in Mesquite, Nevada, suggests an upper, middle class retired life. For easy access to a doctor, he paid a yearly retainer feed

to Nevada Internist Dr. Steven Winkler. He says Winkler prescribed his valium. Why? It's for anxiousness. Rage, aggressiveness and irritability

are among the possible side effects of taking valium, according to the manufacturer of the drug.

The Las Vegas Review Journal reported that Dr. Winkler prescribed him valium in June of this year. CNN could not independently confirm that

information.

Despite all the claims about his high-rolling ways, he testified on the day he fell in the Cosmopolitan, he wore his typical clothing saying, I always

wear black Nike sweatpants that are nylon or polyester. On his feet, black flip-flops that he wore 98 percent of the time.

Life was better before the economic meltdown, he testified, saying Vegas casinos camped less and less, meaning he visited Sin City less.

What happened to the economy in 2007, he said, it tanked. Las Vegas went into the gutter with a lot of other things. They quit giving away

freebies. It just wasn't worth coming out here as often. Kyung Lah, CNN, Las Vegas.

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LU STOUT: You are watching News Stream and still to come, the darker side of the Dominican Republic in today's CNN Freedom Project, we'll meet the

NFL players who have to made it their mission to fight child exploitation in this vacation paradise.

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

The leader of Catalonia is to address a regional parliament in a few hours. Spain's central government says it will take control of the Catalan

government if it declared independence, and France says it would not recognize a breakaway Catalonia. (INAUDIBLE) independence will not be

announced.

Deadly wildfires are blazing across parts of the U.S. state of California, leaving its governor to declare a state of emergency. At least 11 people

have died. Police authorities are warning that number could rise.

Google says Russians use its platforms like You Tube and Google Search to meddle in U.S politics during the 2016 election campaign. Sources say

Russian accounts spent tens of thousands of dollars buying ads focusing on race, immigration, and gun rights. Facebook also found similar ads on its

platform.

All this week, CNN's Freedom Project is shedding a light on modern day slavery in the Dominican Republic. This beautiful tourist destination is

also a center for human trafficking. And now a group of NFL players is making it their mission to stand up for victims of child prostitution. Don

Riddell reports.

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DON RIDDELL, CNN ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Benjamin Watson is back in action with the Ravens this season. The tight end is focused on the

task in hand, winning a Super Bowl for Baltimore. But he does have other things on his mind. During the off season, Watson took a trip to Dominican

Republic, a country where human trafficking and in particular the sexual exploitation of children is a major problem.

BENJAMIN WATSON, FOOTBALL TIGHT END, BALTIMORE RAVENS OF NFL: It was an easy decision. We just wanted to come and learn. These criminals prey on

the poor. They prey on the vulnerable. They prey on the voiceless.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Watson?

WATSON: Yes, that's me.

(LAUGHTER)

RIDDELL (voice-over): Watson along with his wife Kirsten and five other NFL players and their families arrived in Santo Domingo to partner up with

International Justice Mission, an NGO dedicated to fighting the problem.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We are (INAUDIBLE) around the world.

RIDDELL (voice-over): This included a day of activities and fun for some of the children IJM has helped free. It was billed (ph) as a day of joy.

SEAN WEATHERSPOON, FOOTBALL LINEBACKER, NFL: Definitely looking forward to spending my time learning and just, you know, bringing some more awareness

about this whole mission, bring it back to the states. You know, spreading it to my buddies. I think that's my job.

DON DAVIS, FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER: To be able look into the eyes of a child and, you know, not to inspire them, but just to say somebody loves you. You

know, you are valuable, your life has value.

WATSON: My hope is that people here, survivors here, know that people a world away care and understand and know about what they're going through.

(LAUGHTER)

RIDDELL (voice-over): IJM says it's not just girls who ends up exploited. They have encountered an alarming number of young boys who are forced into

pornography and prostitution, often by their families, just to make ends meet.

TREY BURTON, FOOTBALL TIGHT END, PHILADELPHIA EAGLES OF NFL: I have three kids, three young kids of my own. I just couldn't fathom that ever

happening to my children. I believe there needs to be justice to these men and these women who are forcing these children to do these horrible acts.

RIDDELL (voice-over): Daisy Nunez who is on the ground in the country is part of IJM's efforts knows what this means to the children.

DAISY NUNEZ, DIRECTOR OF AFTERCARE, IJM DOMININICAN REPUBLIC: So when these people come and they know their names and they bring gifts and they want to

play games

[08:35:00] with them or have a snack with them, it's really meaningful. That means to them, I am valuable.

RIDDELL: It's clear that these players have been profoundly moved by this experience. At times, I've seen them lost in thoughts (ph) or in the verge

of tears, but it's also been inspiring and uplifting.

WATSON: Any time you go into a situation like this, you would think that there is going to be a sense of despair and hopelessness, but on the

contrary, there's always a glimmer of hope, interacting with some of these boys, they're smiling, they have been through so much.

DAVIS: To be able to bring someone who -- some relief who is suffering, there is no better feeling than that, right? And it seems so cliche to say,

but playing football and winning championships is so minor when you think about helping the world, bring relief to the world, doing good to those who

don't even know your name.

RIDDELL (voice-over): These children might never know their names, but it's quite possible, they will never forget the men who came to show them

kindness. And by taking this story back home with them to the United States, they will continue to help, from afar. Don Riddell, CNN, Dominican

Republic.

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LU STOUT: And tomorrow, Don Riddell will introduce us to one of the helpers in the Dominican Republic's human and sex trafficking crisis.

More on how Erica's (ph) organization helped survivors. That story on Wednesday right here only on CNN.

Now, some of Hollywood's tough actresses are speaking out against media mogul Harvey Weinstein over allegations of sexual harassment. Meryl Streep

said this in a statement, "the disgraceful news about Harvey Weinstein has appalled those of us whose work he championed, and those whose good and

worthy causes he supported. The behavior is inexcusable, but the abuse of power familiar. Each brave voice that is raised, heard and credited by our

watchdog media will ultimately change the game."

Jessica Chastain re-tweeted a Variety article and says that is sick of the media demanding only women speak up. What about the men? Now, perhaps, many

are afraid to look at their own behavior. Now, some men did speak out including the director, Kevin Smith, who worked with Harvey Weinstein.

Smith said that Weinstein financed the first 14 years of my career and now I know while I was profiting, others were in terrible pain, it makes me

feel ashamed.

Now, for years, she has been fighting for the right for all women to go to school. Now, Malala Yousafzai is beginning her own academic career at

Oxford University. The advice her sister gave her, just ahead.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back. Now, it's Melania versus Ivana. Now, the U.S. president's current wife is squaring off with Mr. Trump's first wife over

the title first lady. CNN's Jeanne Moos tells us what sparked the public spat.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): First wife versus first lady. Infighting among

[08:40:00] the harem, read one comment. It started with Ivana promoting her new book "Raising Trump." The book "SNL" predicted back when the couple

split.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK, Donald, but you just wait until I write my book.

MOOS (voice-over): Well, now it's written and the book tour has begun. Ivana described as she talks to her ex, the president, about once every two

weeks.

IVANA TRUMP, AUTHOR OF "RAISING TRUMP": I have the direct number to the White House but I don't really want to call him there because Melania is

there and I don't want to cause any kind of jealousy or something like that because I'm basically first Trump wife, OK?

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I. TRUMP: I'm first lady, OK?

MOOS (voice-over): With that little joke about Ivana being first lady, the actual first lady erupted. Through her spokesperson, Melania plans to use

her title and role to help children, not sell books. There is clearly no substance to this statement from an ex. This is unfortunately only

attention-seeking and self-serving noise.

Melania certainly seemed to be reacting. Read one tweet, elect a reality TV star and get the real housewives of Trumpland. When Ivana and the future

president separated more than 25 years ago, it was a juicy story.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He and Ivana have a pre-nuptial agreement.

MOOS (voice-over): And though Ivana now says --

I. TRUMP: Donald during the divorce was brutal.

MOOS (voice-over): Once it was over, they made a commercial together.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: It's wrong, isn't it?

I. TRUMP: But it feels so right.

D. TRUMP: Then it's a deal?

I. TRUMP: Yes, we eat our pizza the wrong way.

D. TRUMP: Crust first.

MOOS (voice-over): If only the two wives could share a pizza, then exchange notes on the man to who they both said, I do.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: If you're good to him, he's incredible to you. If you are bad to him, you're dead.

MOOS (voice-over): Jeanne Moos, CNN --

I. TRUMP: Can I have the last slice?

D. TRUMP: Actually, you are only entitled to half.

MOOS (voice-over): New York.

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LU STOUT: Pizza Hut. OK, finally, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, she is celebrating a milestone (ph) both for herself and for

every girl that she has fought for to attend school. She tweeted this on Monday. She wrote, "five years ago, I was shot in an attempt to stop me

from speaking out for girls' education.

Today, I attend my first lectures at Oxford" Malala came into the world stage in 2012 when she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman, but the

attempt on her life sparked a global movement. And when she healed, world leaders took up her cause. Malala shared this advice from her older sister

saying this, work hard, take care of everyone in the family, don't fight with your little brother, and always obey your sister. Good advice from big

sister.

And that is "News Stream." I'm Kristie Lu Stout, but don't go anywhere, "World Sport" with Christina Macfarlane is next.

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