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President Mugabe Emerges From House Arrest; Refugees Give Horrifying Accounts Of Rape; Husband Fights For Wife Held In Iranian Jail; Nintendo Delighting Fans With New Franchise Titles; U.S. Lifting Ban On Some Elephant Trophies From Africa; NASA Observing Life On Earth More Than 20 Years; World Headlines; U.S. Lawmakers Face Sexual Harassment and Scandals; High-tech Toilets in Japan; Robotics Development. Aired 8-9a ET
Aired November 17, 2017 - 08:00 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: Now two day after an apparent military coup in Zimbabwe, the country's long-time ruler, Robert Mugabe appears in public at a university.
CNN speaks to Rohingya refugees who escape the violence in Myanmar and say that they were raped by the military. And a time lapse of a planet and the
life on it. We'll ask NASA scientist what is their new model tells us about climate change.
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LU STOUT: It appears Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is not ready to give up power just yet. A few hours ago, he showed up at a university
gradual ceremony in the capital of Harare following two days of house arrest.
Military leaders who staged that apparent coup this week say that they are engaging with him. Now on Thursday, photos were released showing the
president meeting with the head of the army.
But now a source tells CNN, Mr. Mugabe is pushing back on a deal that will replace him with an interim leader. Let's take you straight to Harare now.
David McKenzie is standing by. He joins us now live. And, David, Robert Mugabe has emerged from house arrest, he appears to be at ease, is there
any indication that he is about to step down?
DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, certainly, the wind appears to be blowing against him at this stage, Kristie. And I don't think necessarily
you have to read that as a symbol of power attending that graduation ceremony, but maybe just a symbol in and of itself.
The military rulers or the military in-charge at the moment are trying to put forth that this is a negotiation, a transition, and not in fact a coup
where the evidence on the ground suggests that it has all the hallmarks of a coup d'etat with the military really calling this the shots.
The president generally under house arrest and negotiations going on, we spoke to a source who was -- who has direct knowledge of those
negotiations. He said that was almost a done deal and the Robert Mugabe held back for some reason.
But you do get the sense that the people in Zimbabwe and even his own party are pressuring him to leave the scene, not on the streets. It's certainly
an eerie situation.
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MCKENZIE: A cautious drive reveals a new reality here. There are some serious fire power over here from an army. And it's quite extraordinaire
because all of this is parked right outside the headquarters of the presidential guard.
That is really a sign. They're hemming them in and I know these are more military over here at the check point, let's be careful. The presidential
guard once said it would die for Mugabe, but now like the rest of the country, it takes its order from the army. The question, how long will the
soldiers remain on these streets?
MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, OPPOSITION LEADER, ZIMBABWE: I think you know that appears that he has lost so far.
MCKENZIE: Opposition leaders like Morgan Tsvangirai asking, will free elections ever happen? Is this a coup that will happen in Zimbabwe?
TSVANGIRAI: The military said it's not a coup, it's not the military that take over.
MCKENZIE: But the tanks are on the streets.
TSVANGIRAI: Yes, but what I can say is that, it is unconstitutional. Or whatever you want to describe it is unconstitutional because you can't
force the change of government by any means other than through developers.
MCKENZIE: Yes, we are. How are you, man? One the capital, Zimbabweans are holding their breath. How are you? What do you think -- what do you
think of what's happening right now in the country?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't know.
MCKENZIE: You don't know what's happening?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (Inaudible)
MCKENZIE: Robert Mugabe has been in power longer than most Zimbabweans have been alive. Any dissent was stamped out, while Mugabe presided over a
near collapse of this economy.
TSVANGIRAI: I see the people of Mugabe didn't seem delighted.
MCKENZIE: For so long, they've seen desperation. So they dare not hope for too much. Do you think Robert Mugabe should leave?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (OFF-MIKE)
MCKENZIE: Just something better.
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MCKENZIE: Well, the powerful war veterans group here in Zimbabwe has called for a mass rally tomorrow on Saturday to call for President Robert
Mugabe to step down.
[08:05:00] It seems that the 93-year-old president's options are definitely limited, but, you know, until he is pushed from the side, we won't know.
And other source said that when they were doing those negotiations, when it seemed like Mugabe was stepping in, the military told him, you know, you
can do it like this or we can do it the hard way. Kristie.
LU STOUT: A question about the president's wife, Grace Mugabe, has there been haggling about her political fate? Is it her political future and her
ambition to be the next leader of Zimbabwe, is that now overdone with?
MCKENZIE: Well I think at this stage her ambitions are really less of her problem and her safety, and security is probably more of her concern.
I think that is one of the issues being negotiated right now is what will happen to Grace Mugabe and perhaps what will happen to the other members of
faction within the ruling on (Inaudible), who state media says have been rounded up arrested by the military.
That might be a key question for Robert Mugabe. But we don't know at this stage. Grace Mugabe has vanished off the scene since it seems she got even
closer to power early next week.
These have been such rapid developments and given the fact that Mugabe has held thus country like with his iron fist for so long. That's a pretty
extraordinary political moment. Many Zimbabweans on the streets kind of want the change, but they are nervous. Kristie.
LU STOUT: And no sign of the man known as The Crocodile, the former vice president under Mugabe. Where is he?
MCKENZIE: Well, a senior opposition source said that Emmerson Mnangagwa, the vice president who was sacked, which way to kick-off this political
crisis has been discussing with opposition at least this scenario for some time.
Even prior to these events discussing the possibility that sources are forcing Mugabe out of power. So we shouldn't see this necessarily as an
opportunistic move by the military. This might have been in the works for some time, according to that source.
No sign of Emmerson Mnangagwa who went into exile when he was fired. But the assumption is, he on some level is calling the shots behind the scenes.
Kristie.
LU STOUT: Interesting stuff. David McKenzie, across it all for us, thank you so much. David, reporting live for us from the capital there in
Zimbabwe.
Now as reported earlier this week, a report by Human rights watch accuses Myanmar's military of carrying out a vicious campaign of rape against
Rohingya Muslim women and girls in the country's Rakhine State.
Earlier this week, a U.N. envoy said that sexual violence was commanded, orchestrated and perpetrated by the armed forces of Burma.
Its military released a report on Monday denying all allegations of rape and killings by security forces. It also announces that it also that it
was replacing the general in charge in Rakhine State.
Senior national correspondent Clarissa Ward has been in the Bangladesh refugee camps where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled.
She spoke to many women who said that they have been raped in her series of exclusive reports.
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CLARISSA WARD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Rashida Begum rarely speaks these days. But she does tell her story. She speaks quietly and mechanically as if
trying to recount what happened without reliving it.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through a translator): We were five women with our babies, she says, the military grabbed us, dragged us into the house and
shut the door, and they raped us.
WARD: She tells us they stabbed her and tried to kill her.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through a translator): She survived by pretending to be dead. It will be good if I had died, she says, because if I die, then I
wouldn't have to remember all these things.
WARD: Stories like Rashida's are all too common in the Bangladesh camps that now host nearly 1 million Rohingya Muslims. Every tent it seems has a
story of agony, shame and death incited. When the military came to Ayesha's Village, her husband fled, leaving her alone with five children.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through a translator): Two soldiers stood guard in front of my door, she says, another came in and pointed his gun at me, he
raped me.
WARD: Did he say anything to you?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through a translator): He punched me and ripped off my clothes. He said, if you move, I will kill you, if you scream, I wild
kill you. And he covered my mouth with his hands, she says. I felt so awful. He did it so roughly. He did it without mercy.
WARD: Human rights group say that rape is one of the Myanmar military's most feared weapons. While it's difficult to estimate how many women have
been assaulted, hundreds of cases have been reported.
[08:10:00] We as Rohingya women are learning songs to offer support to the victims. Rape can happen to anyone, the lyrics go. Within three days of
rape, you need to consult a doctor.
The program develop, by Doctors Without Borders is headed by mid-wife Aerlyn Pfeil, she explains that beyond tactical concerns, many victims are
struggling to reclaim their dignity.
AERLYN PFEIL, DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: The piece for me that is kind of the most heart breaking is that the women coming in are still wearing the
same skirts. It's just heart breaking that three months later, you are still putting on the same skirt that someone assaulted you in.
WARD: For Ayesha, the pall of shame still hangs heavy.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through a translator): When I remember what happened, tears come to my eyes. Why did they do this to me, she asks. Why did they
rape me?
WARD: She finds peace in reading the Quran. For many here, faith and ritual provides some solace to amid the squalor. Rashida's anger still
burns. What do you want to see happens to the man who raped you?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through a translator): If we get the opportunity, then we must take revenge, she says. We will be pleased that the military
who raped us and killed our parents are hanged.
WARD: But for now survival takes priority over justice. There are mouths to feed and a new generation to protect from the horrors of the past.
Clarissa Ward, CNN, in the Kutupalong camp, Bangladesh.
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LU STOUT: Just sickening to hear what these women were forced to endure. And if you want to help the Rohingya refugees, we have links on our website
to organizations that are there working on the ground.
You can also learn more about what these women, children, men as well have been coping and going through, you can find it all at CNN.com/impact. Now
a somber ceremony in Italy, some 26 young women who died while trying to cross Mediterranean have been buried in Salerno.
The girls are believed to have been migrants on Niger and Nigeria who had embarked for Libya to Europe earlier this month. Most of them were
teenagers, the youngest, just 14.
The flag of the Iraqi is flying on the buildings of Rawah. This was the last town believed to still be held by ISIS militants in Iraq. And if
such, a great success for the joint operation command. Iraqi forces are now expected to focus on driving out ISIS fighters who fled into the
desert.
The plight of a dual British-Iranian national continues to create trouble for the government of Prime Minister Theresa May that blunder by the
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson focused attention on the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, now jailed in Iran. Diana Magnay reports on the
tangled diplomatic web just waiting to be unraveled.
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DIANA MAGNAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Three-year-old Gabriela sees her mother just twice a week now. A child who had punctuated by jails of this and
Skype calls to daddy. She's forgotten any English she ever knew.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is one of dozens of dual nationals held captive by the Iranian regime. Back in the U.K., her husband Richard Ratcliffe has
fought for 19 months to bring his family home.
Only now has he had his first meeting with the foreign secretary who two weeks ago mistakenly claimed that Nazanin has been training journalists in
Iran, fuelling the suspicions of the country's revolutionary courts who threaten to extend her jail time. Ratcliffe spoke of the toilers coming to
taken on his wife, who he said was on the verge of a break down.
RICHARD RATCLIFFE, WIFE IMPRISONED IN IRAN: And that's the interesting at one point she wanted to make for at least is the foreign secretary, what's
it like to watch yourself being called spy on television every night.
MAGNAY: It forced Boris Johnson into an embarrassing time down.
BORIS JOHNSON, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: I should have been clearer. It was my -- it was my mistake.
MAGNAY: And he's promised to up the ante with Iran, with an official visit where he will argue for Nazanin's release. No fixed date for the foreign
secretary's trip to Iran and no firm commitment that Boris Johnson was able to give to Richard Ratcliffe that he could accompany him.
So much will depend on Iranian loges what the British government is prepared to offer behind the scene and ultimately who is in control of
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe fate in Iran itself.
SANAM VAKIL, ASSOCIATE FELLOW, CHATHAM HOUSE: I hope so. I hope so.
MAGNAY: Sanam Vakil is her a dual national. She said she won't risk going back to Iran in case something similar happens to her.
VAKIL: This taking a dual national speaks to larger fears that hard liners in the Iranian regime have about foreign influence in Iran.
[08:15:00] And what foreigners, United States, the U.K., other European countries and dual nationals might be doing to destabilize powers of the
hard line structures of the regime.
MAGNAY: In the background, a deal struck more than 40 years ago to supply the Shah of Iran are tanks. Iran paid up to the tune of hundreds of
millions of dollars. But then came revolution and Britain didn't deliver.
RATCLIFFE: It is important that the U.K. honors its international legal obligations so that Iran can honor its legal obligations.
MAGNAY: The government calls this a completely separate issue. In a statement the foreign office said, funding to settle the debt was paid to
the high court by the treasury and international military services in 2002.
Iran's ministry of defense remains subject to E.U. sanctions. And Nazanin and her family remain subject to an internal Iranian power struggle and
wider diplomatic dance over which -- however hard Ratcliffe tries, he has pitifully small influence. Diana Magnay, CNN, London.
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LU STOUT: Rising sea levels are one way we can judge climate change and images from NASA satellites are another. We're going to show you newly
released ground breaking data from the U.S. Space agency later in the program. Also ahead, a new sexual harassment scandal rocks the U.S.
Senate. Who is in the spotlight now?
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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, welcome back. This is News Stream. Now gaming giant Electronic Arts is back tracking after furious
players complain about added purchases in its latest Star Wars.
People playing Star Wars Battle Front II said iconic characters like Darth Vader were hidden behind a choice, either paid to unlock and unlock them
instantly or play for thousands of hours.
One said unlocking everything immediately would cost over $2,000 in response EA says that it's turned off, all game purchases for now. But
these transactions will return eventually.
And while EA is dealing with angry gamers, Nintendo is drawing a wave of success thanks its popular new console, the Nintendo Switch and new games
in its popular Mario franchise as well. CNN techs Rachel Crane looks at how the Japanese company turns its fortunes around.
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RACHEL CRANE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You guys have had quite a year, starting with last year's release of the Nintendo Classic edition. You also
released Mario to the smartphones for the first time ever and you guys just announced that you sold over 7 million Switch units. Can you guys keep
this momentum up?
REGGIE FILS-AIME, NINTENDO OF AMERICA, PRESIDENT: So that's our goal. We just launched Super Mario Odyssey. In a few months time, we will be
launching a new app featuring our animal crossing franchised.
[08:20:00] We have all of this content coming. Consumers are excited. So, you know, our goal is to keep that momentum going.
CRANE: In your recent earnings report, you admitted that your smartphone game Mario One had quote, not yet reached an acceptable profit point,
despite the fact it had been downloaded 200 million times.
FILS-AIME: Two hundred million times. Well, that speaks to what our expectations are. There is a term that the analyst community uses
Nintendo-like products.
So for us, that's the bar in any business we enter. And right now what we've seen is we haven't been able generate Nintendo-like profits in the
smart device business area.
CRANE: You guys are releasing things like Mario Odyssey. You are also appealing to your consumer's nostalgia, is this two-pronged approach going
to continue?
FILS-AIME: It's not only consumers going to the system from a nostalgic state of point but you've got younger consumers who heard about this Legend
of Zelda: A Linked to the Past or the original...
CRANE: Street Fighter.
FILS-AIME: All of these games, they're gravitating to the system to play really what were the best games of the late '80s and '90s. And that's --
that's fantastic for us because again that's another pipeline.
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LU STOUT: And a winning franchise. That was CNN tech's Rachel Crane speaking to the president of Nintendo of America. Now Tesla is looking for
success with a new vehicle line. CEO Elon Musk has unveiled the company's first semi-truck. And now other electric trucks are already on the market.
Musk says his model will have faster acceleration, auto-driving and a roomier cab where the driver sits in the center. There is one catch. It
can travel only up to 800 kilometers with a full load before the batteries need recharging.
That's far less than diesel trucks can go but Musk says it is still more than trice the distance of most tricking routes. Animal rights advocates
are outraged but some hunters are pleased by the decision by the Trump administration.
It will soon allow elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia to be imported into the United States, contrary to restrictions adopted in the
Obama era. Tom Foreman reports.
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TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The pictures for some are brutal. Wild African elephants killed by people paying tens of thousands of dollars to
pull the trigger. Donald Trump Jr. has travel to Africa to hunt many times and defends it.
DONALD TRUMP JR, SON OF DONALD TRUMP: Once you get expose or you realizes it's not this like you know, savage state.
FOREMAN: And the new rules from his father would allow more Americans to hunt elephants and return home with their trophies tusk and all, the money
from their sport in theory, helping to protect other elephants.
A Safari club international puts its hunting is beneficial to wildlife and these range countries know how to manage their elephant populations, and it
fits neatly into President Trump's promise to cut government restrictions.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We want regulation for environmental. We want regulation for safety, but the regulations are
massive.
FOREMAN: This elephant was killed just it seems just a few days ago even. However, the move stands in stark contrast to Obama era efforts to stop
elephant poaching by cutting off the world ivory trade.
In 2015, a joint deal was struck with China, the biggest ivory market to ban virtually all ivory imports and exports. In New York, a ton of illegal
ivory was crushed.
GRACE MENG, U.S. HOUSE DEMOCRAT: The U.S. is the second largest market for ivory in the entire world.
FOREMAN: Some elephant hunting was still allowed under Obama but outrage over this broad change of plans has been swift. Chelsea Clinton
infuriating, will increase poaching, make communities vulnerable and hurt conservation efforts.
Habitat loss and hunting have had devastating effects at the start of the 20th century, there were 3 million to 5 million African elephants according
to the World Wildlife Fund which says only 400,000 remain.
So if you want to generate economic activity in Africa and Zimbabwe, and Tanzania, and Kenya, and South Africa, keep the wildlife alive. President
Trump's plan is not open all of Africa. It just expands hunting opportunities in Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Place where advocate of this move say they feel that elephants are doing comparatively well. Still, for critics it is a colossally bad idea for
species that has been under so much pressure for so long.
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LU STOUT: Tom Foreman there. Now, NASA is known for its missions to the moon, Mars and beyond. But the U.S. space agency has also been observing
life on Earth for 20 years. It has just released a series of groundbreaking videos taken from its satellite showing how Earth has
changed over that time.
Here's is on time-lapse, displaying just the ebb and flow of the seasons on land and in oceans over the years, it provides invaluable data of how
healthy or unhealthy planet Earth has become.
[08:25:00] A lot of the scientists studying this unique global picture of Earth is NASA's oceanographer Ivona Cetinic. She joins us live from NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Ivona, thank you so much for joining us on the program.
This is an incredible data set, a beautiful time-lapse showing 20 years of life on Earth. But you're talking about mainly plant life. So why did you
decide to study just plants when we have this amazing biological diversity here?
IVONA CETINIC, OCEANOGRAPHER, NASA: Good morning, Kristie. So to start with, plans have can be observe from space. They has specific figment
called chlorophyll that allows us to see, they're green, so we can see that from space both on land and earth.
And thanks to that figment, we have been observing this beautiful, beautiful plant life for 20 years. The second reason is plants are the
base of the food web.
By studying plants, you are studying things on top of which everything else depends on so by understanding the changes in plant life and how is it
reacting to environment, you can understand what's going to happen with the rest of the ecosystem and ultimately us.
LU STOUT: Got it. Ivona, you are an oceanographer, how does this data help you to better understand the world's oceans?
CETINIC: So the oceans seem blue, and that's what everybody is saying but they are entertaining with life. If you take a drop of the water anywhere
in the ocean, you're going to find thousands of cells, and hundreds different types of phytoplankton.
And this microscopic life like organisms that draw them carbon dioxide produce oxygen we would breath and food that we eat. Understanding where
this phytoplankton is, how much it is there and how is it changing, allows us to understand the flow of the carbon from the atmosphere to the ocean
back into the atmosphere but also connection with the Earth. Allow us to understand this Earth system as whole.
LU STOUT: What about the issue of climate change? Because you know, when you look at the visualization, you let it run. You see especially at the
top that arctic greening and then you also see the retreat of the sea ice in the north, is this the impact of a warming planet?
CETINIC: So the beauty of this data set is that we can observe how this whole biosphere is reacting to a change in climate. For example, the first
thing that we observed was a desert-like ocean in eastern pacific that turn into like blooming ocean and its el nino switch to el nina, so it will be
realize at the point is that we can see a biosphere reacting to the changing of the climate.
And so you see it quirt to yourself, you'll observe a retrieving ice, green of the arctic, changing of the season, that started earlier on land and on
earth. So we can observe, yes, the reaction of the biosphere to the changing -- changing planets, changing climates.
LU STOUT: Incredible. In this long-term data set, you can look at these moment like el nino, you can look at the impact of climate change over the
last 20 years looking into the past. But what about looking into the future? Can this visualization help us predict what can happen next?
CETINIC: The power of this data set, is that you know, it's going to squish us 20 years into something that is tangible. So you can see this
revolving front of your eyes.
But from the scientific perspective, it allows us to study the relationship of life with the environment. So once we have good understanding, when we
do with 20 years, how does this going to react. How do they react one to each other?
How do they -- you know, is there any communication? And there is. We can take this knowledge and applied the climate models to the prediction of
harmful algal blooms to the prediction of all the crops. Many, many applications have come out with this amazing data set.
LU STOUT: Incredible crop prediction. Algal blooms, et cetera. And final question for you, you said that you know, color is an indicator of life.
And when you look at this data set and you see the swirls of colors the blue, the green, the red, and the yellow.
And you see how it just, you know, ebbs and flows over last two decades, does it just give you pause as scientist? Does it make you just sort of
stop and think about life on Earth?
CETINIC: You know, I'm an uber geek. If I would have this in my office, I would get zero stuff down. Just this immenseness, this strength, this
beauty of Earth as a system, it's like a Borg, it's like an ecosystem, just pulsating in front of my eyes. It's the reason why I do what I do. It
just makes me -- yeah.
LU STOUT: Yes, beautifully said, just seeing a living Earth just pulsating in front of our eyes. Ivona, we're going to leave it that. Thank you so
much and thank you for sharing your findings with us, take care.
Ivona Cetinic of NASA Goddard there. Now, the political world wrapped again by claims of sexual harassment and abuse. This time it's a sitting
U.S. senator facing accusations from his past.
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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN NEWS STREAM SHOW HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching "News Stream" and these are your world headlines.
Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, showed up at a university graduation ceremony in the capital of Harare just a few hours ago, his first public
appearance since Wednesday's military takeover. A source tells CNN the president is now pushing back on a deal that would replace him with an
interim leader.
It is a somber day in Salerno, Italy as the town holds funeral for 26 migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean earlier this month. They're all
women, most of them just in their teens. It is believed that they boarded a flimsy rubber boat in Libya in hopes of getting to Europe for a better
life.
Iraqi forces are finally in charge of Rawa. Now this was the last town believed to still be held by ISIS militants in Iraq. Iraqi forces are now
expected to focus on finding ISIS fighters who fled into the desert.
The U.N. Security Council will meet in a few hours to discuss a plan to continue chemical weapons inspection in Syria. A previous mandate expired
at midnight. Russia vetoed the resolution proposed by the U.S. on Thursday. Japan has submitted a new resolution for consideration.
For days now, leading Republican lawmakers in the U.S. have been struggling with how to deal with senate candidate Roy Moore. The Alabama Republican is
accused of sexual abuse and pursuing teenage girls decades ago when he was in his 30s. And now the Democrats have their own scandal to contend with.
Under scrutiny now is Senator Al Franken. Suzanne Malveaux has more.
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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Trump going after Senator Al Franken over this 2006 photo, showing the Democrat groping
radio host Leeann Tweeden while she slept. It is taken before he was elected.
In a series of late night tweets, the president calling the picture really bad and speculating about where else Franken's hands may have gone, before
criticizing the senator's recent efforts to speak out against sexual harassment.
Mr. Trump wading into the Franken controversy while continuing to ignore questions about the accusations against Republican senate candidate Roy
Moore.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. President, should Roy Moore step aside, sir?
MALVEAUX (voice-over): Press Secretary Sarah Sanders referring to last week's White House statement when asked about Mr. Trump's position on
Moore's future (INAUDIBLE) the decision to Alabama voters.
SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: The president believes that these allegations are very troubling and should be taken seriously,
and he thinks that the people of Alabama should make a decision on who their senator should be.
MALVEAUX (voice-over): Mr. Trump going after Franken despite the fact that a number of women have accused him of similar conduct.
JESSICA LEEDS, DONALD TRUMP ACCUSER: He was grabbing my breasts and trying to turn me towards him
[08:35:00] and kissing the --
MALVEAUX (voice-over): The president has denied the accusations, attacking the women who came forward.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign.
MALVEAUX (voice-over): Although he is on tape admitting to assaulting women in his now infamous tape.
TRUMP: You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful. I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when
you're a start, they let you do it. You can do anything.
BILLY BUSH, RADIO HOST: Whatever you want.
TRUMP: Grab them by the (bleep). You can do anything.
MALVEAUX (voice-over): Tweeden says then comedian Al Franken forcibly kissed her while they were rehearsing a skit during a 2006 USO tour.
LEEANN TWEEDEN, MODEL AND SPORTS COMMENTATOR: He just mashed his mouth to my lips and, you know, it's wet and he put his tongue in my mouth. I was so
angry.
MALVEAUX (voice-over): After returning home, Tweeden says she across the photo of Franken groping her on a CD given to her by the tour photographer.
TWEEDEN: It's belittling it's humiliating. I mean, is that funny? Is that ever funny?
MALVEAUX (voice-over): Tweeden choking up while explaining why she is coming forward after 11 years.
TWEEDEN: You know, you always -- I don't want to be cliche, but, you know, you talk about trying the leave the world a better place for your kids, you
know.
MALVEAUX (voice-over): Franken unusually saying that the picture was intended to be funny but wasn't, before issuing a second statement,
apologizing.
There's no excuse. I look at it now and I feel disgusted with myself. It isn't funny. It's completely inappropriate.
TWEEDEN: That one did seem heartfelt. And I believe it. I gladly accepted and thank you.
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LU STOUT: And so thankful that she has stepped forward with her story. You're watching "News Strem." And coming up next, we're going to talk about
robots because robots like this one can already navigate through rough terrain. They can carry drinks. Look at that, dishwashers. This stunning
bit of acrobatics. Apparently look at that. The Olympics could be next.
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LU STOUT: Welcome back. When it comes to toilets, there's the standard version, the one that you find in most homes and offices. And then there is
TOTO in Japan. Will Ripley shows us what sets it apart.
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WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): If you've ever been to Japan, you've probably been greeted like this. These high-tech
toilets have become synonymous with the (INAUDIBLE), and there's one company that has been the pioneer, TOTO.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Japanese people possess the spirit of the technical quest. This might have brought about change from toilets
to Japanese toilets.
RIPLEY (voice-over): 1914, that was the year when TOTO's founder first introduced western-style toilets to Japan and it's fair to say their
toilets have come a long way since then. TOTO's innovation starts at the beginning with a level of craftsmanship reserved for fine art. Every part
of the process is meticulously portal. Each toilet is coated with a
[08:40:00] special stain-proof blade and fired in a kiln for full 24 hours. This shiny new toilet will become one of TOTO's newest Neorest models and
it will sell for $6,000. But beneath its beauty is a whole suite of technology, so let's start pushing buttons and see what happens.
You can open and close the lid or seat. Electrolyzed water sprayed into the bowl after every use. It acts as an anti-bacterial cleanser. Once in
privacy, just play some soothing sounds. Now comes the interesting part, you can clean your front or your rear. TOTO actually spent two years
researching what exactly would be the perfect angle. It turns out it's 43 degrees and then there is the flush.
TOTO developed what it calls a tornado flushing system, meaning the water comes from the side, and each flush only uses 3.8 liters of waters. Of
course, TOTO is not the only company in the high-tech toilet game, but says it is committed to staying ahead by spending three percent of its revenue
on research and development, and it seems to be working, as TOTO still holds the majority market share in Japan.
So, as TOTO celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, we want to know what will come next.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): There are so many more ideas for us to evolve. And we should welcome design ability as well on development of
producing technology to lower cost to achieve more reasonable price in order for our products to be used by many people, especially by those from
emerging countries.
Will Ripley, CNN, Tokyo.
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LU STOUT: And, finally, we want to leave you with this impressive lead in robotics development. Just watch as Boston Dynamics athlete robot
skillfully jumps around these elevated blocks and then does a perfect backflip. This is an incredible feat as humanoid robots are (INAUDIBLE)
tricky to balance.
Look at that. Boston Dynamics is known for its slightly strange-looking but very well-balanced robots. And besides backflip, some can do household
chores like bringing you drinks or loading the dishwasher.
And that is "News Stream" for the last time this week, but also the last time from this very set. I'll be back on Monday, but starting in January,
we will have a brand-new book, so do stay tuned for that. We have next on CNN, "World Sport" with Alex Thomas.
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