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

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LU STOUT: False alarm -- Japan's national broadcaster apologizes after sending out an alarm about a North Korean missile launch when there wasn't

one.

Parents facing torture charges in California after they are accused of holding their 13 children captive in horrible conditions, and this we head

to the U.S. state of Georgia to find out what voters who back Trump really think of him one year on.

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LU STOUT: And we begin with yet another serious first alarm, first Hawaii, and now Japan's national broadcaster is guilty of sending out an alert for

a missile launch that never happened.

It comes as North Korea responds to a Donald Trump tweet from weeks ago. North Korean media called the U.S. president's tweet about having a bigger

nuclear button than Kim Jong-un's, the quote, spasm of a lunatic.

A lot to get to. Paula Hancocks joins us now live from Seoul with the latest on both stories. And, Paula, first, it happened in Hawaii. Now,

Japan has apologized for sending this false missile alert. What happened?

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, quite remarkable, Kristie, that this could happen twice in such a short span of time.

So in this occasion, this was the Japanese state broadcaster, NHK, which sent out a news alert that read, NHK new alert, North Korea likely to have

launched a missile.

But government J-Alert evacuate inside the building or underground. Now just a few minutes later, they did managed to correct themselves saying,

the news alert sent about NK missile was a mistake.

No government J-Alert was issued. But of course, the problem is, there have been J-Alerts that have been sent to residents in Japan, telling them

to take cover because there has been in the past -- certainly the past few the North Korean ballistic missile that was heading across Japan or towards

Japan.

So certainly residents there would be jumpy when they would hear or see some kind of news alert like that. They did have public apology just a few

minutes later as well on NHK television.

But really remarkable, just a few days after Hawaii officially sent out an alert saying there was ballistic missile in its way, and everyone must take

cover, but of course, that one took a lot longer to correct -- about 38 minutes to correct. Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yes, and the one in Japan was just corrected thankfully just a matter of minutes. And, Paula, the language here, the quote, spasm of

Trump, more colorful rhetoric from North Korean state media targeting the U.S. president, what do they say and how do you interpret it?

HANCOCKS: That's right. This is really the response to the U.S. president saying that his nuclear button is bigger than Kim Jong-un, the North Korean

leader's nuclear button.

So what they've said in Rodong Sinmun, the state-run newspaper is that once again, the U.S. president has stunned the world saying that -- that it is a

spasm of a lunatic, calling him a psychopath, which is interesting.

Because at the same time, as you have these talks between North and South Korea, you have officials sitting across the table with each other being

amicable and talking about the Olympics, North Korea is still slamming the United States.

They have in some ways sidelined the United States when it comes to negotiations and they still have these choice words for the U.S. president.

So we're seeing a real difference in approach when it comes to how Pyongyang is dealing with Seoul and Washington at the moment. Kristie.

LU STOUT: Later today, the U.S. and Canada, they are hosting a meeting for foreign ministers about North Korea. China had notably will not be there,

even though key stakeholders will be there like Japan and South Korea. What are they going to achieve at this meeting?

HANCOCKS: Well, this is to talk about North Korea. There will be 18 countries represented. It's co-host about to be U.S. and Canada. They're

trying to push the agenda forward.

But of course if you don't have China there, it's very difficult to come up with anything concrete to be able to discuss anything too serious.

Because clearly, China is the one that has to push sanctions forward, that has to fully implement sanctions, otherwise they simply don't work.

They're the biggest trading partner of North Korea. So it's difficult to see what concrete results will come out of this meeting. But it's

potentially a way of the United States trying to shake this North Korean policy, to push its agenda when it comes to North Korea.

[08:05:03] I mean, you do have 18 countries that are going to be talking about this. And clearly, it is going to be an interesting time to talk

about it when you do have these talks ongoing.

We know that the Chinese leader and the U.S. president spoke on the telephone today and they both talked about how it was positive that these

talks were going on.

This is according to the Chinese side, saying that they wanted to keep up the hard-won momentum when it comes to being able to try and have peace on

the Peninsula. Kristie.

LU STOUT: Paula Hancocks reporting live for us. Thank you. Now cybersecurity analysts warn that hackers are targeting those involved in

sensitive face-to-face talks over North Korea rule on the next month's Olympic Games.

Earlier this month, a malicious war document was sent by e-mail to dozens of public and private organizations, most associated with the South Korean

Olympics. FireEye said it looks like it is a cyber espionage campaign.

First, it appeared the e-mail was sent from the South Korean national counterterrorism center, but it actually came from a web posting service in

Singapore.

The attack may have affected South Korean corporate interest in the U.S., Canada, Germany, Japan, China and Myanmar. For more on this latest cyber

threat, FireEye's Bryce Boland, joins me now live.

Now, Bryce, this was -- as an organization calls it, an act of cyber espionage. So, how much information did the attackers gain from their

targets in South Korea and elsewhere?

BRYCE BOLAND, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOR ASIA PACIFIC, FIREEYE: They target and they're pushing attack against nearly 100 organizations related

to the South Korea once again, as well as the Olympic body involving the sports committee at the Olympic Games.

So what we don't yet know is what have they manage to successfully take and what is their motive. We are still trying to understand their motivations

and what information they've managed to deal.

LU STOUT: Yes, we don't know what they took. We don't know their motive. We also don't know who was behind this operation. But does North Korea

have the capability to do this?

BOLAND: Well certainly. In fact, this is probably nearly 50 or 60 nation- states that have the ability to conduct this kind of operation.

The tools that were used, they were actually widely available, which makes attribution extremely challenging and in order to be able to give

attribution, we need to have a very high-level of pleasantry about who is behind it.

Obviously making an accusation of this information espionage would be very significant thing and we wanted to do that until we have real evidence, and

that able to demonstrate who is behind these attacks.

LU STOUT: Yes, and for this spear-phishing attack for cyber espionage, something called a lure document was used. What would that look like?

BOLAND: In this case, it was word document that contained information that was pertaining to things that are irrelevant to the Olympics.

And these domains that were used from the email that were sent looked like they came from a legitimate government domain in South Korea.

It is very effective at fooling people into opening the document. And once you've opened that document, there have been leverages exploit a weakness

in the software on the computer and give that to the attacker to conduct further attack.

LU STOUT: Very effective, timed to the upcoming Winter Games in Pyeongchang. So looking at trends up to now, anticipating what could

happen next, is it safe to say there's going to be more cyber threats timed to the up coming Winter Games in South Korea?

BOLAND: Absolutely. Big events like this always attract a lot of attention. They attract the attention of the media, they attract the world

attention, and attract the attention of criminals.

And with these games, it's a little bit different as well, because not only are these games going to be interesting for criminals to conduct their

attack. It's also really interesting how the dynamic between South Korea is playing out.

We have the Russian team having been banned because of the systematic doping activities. And so we've got a lot of different geopolitical, as

well as criminal interests.

Usually with the Olympic Games, criminals have always had an interest in it. It is very easy for them to have scams like fake ticketing and so on

in the past. Today, they are much more likely to conduct that by sending fishing e-mails to people convincing them to open a document or look at a

file.

And for me, they suck or steal information, maybe it's their e-mail accounts, maybe they're interested at banking and in days, it could even

looked at they currency wallets. We expect to see a lot of that kind of activity.

LU STOUT: So expect more cyber activity to come as we wait for the Pyeongchang Olympic Games coming up less than a month from now. Bryce

Boland, reporting or joining us live from FireEye, thank you so much.

Now meanwhile, the world is watching the 17-nation summit that, Paula Hancocks, is reporting. It is taking palace in Vancouver where enforcing

sanctions against Pyongyang is on the table.

So far, they don't appear to have slowed North Korea's development of weapons. One reason is the money it takes from its overseas workers.

Matthew Chance brings us an exclusive report on the hidden world of North Korean migrants, working in Russia, thousand of kilometers from home.

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[08:10:08] MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Behind these ramshackle gates, a hidden world of North Korean labor where Pyongyang sends its

camera-shy workers to live and to earn hard Russian cash. It's a crucial economic lifeline from Moscow to the sanctioned North Korean regime.

KONSTANTIN KOSACHEV, SENIOR RUSSIAN LAWMAKER: Sanctions is their own instrument to my mind. This is not the solution of the problems of North

Korea.

CHANCE: So employing these tens of thousands of North Korean workers is Russia's way of going around those sanctions.

KOSACHEV: Absolutely not. We will not go around any sanctions which are supported by the Security Council.

CHANCE: We visited this construction site in the Russian city of St. Petersburg where the workers are North Korean migrants. U.S. diplomats

tell CNN they believe more than 50,000 North Koreans work in Russia and upwards of 80 percent of their wages are paid directly to Pyongyang. It's

an important source of funding for the cash-strapped regime.

ALEXANDER GABUEV, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT CENTER: Russia is allowed to keep the workers which they have but not to either enlarge the quotas or introduce

new labor, or to resign the contracts.

And the ambiguity is that nobody has looked into the proper contracts, so nobody knows how many years they are allowed to stay.

CHANCE: And as sanctions tighten on North Korea, there are concerns about how Pyongyang uses the cash earned by the laborers who work and sleep, and

even eat here.

All right. Well, this looks like it's the canteen for the North Korean workers. And here they are in here having their lunch. And obviously,

this is very important.

There are a lot of people just here. And it's very important because across Russia, there are thousands -- come on in, come on in -- there are

thousands of Russians, thousands of North Koreans rather that operate on North Korean sites.

And the importance of that is that the U.N. says that this is one of the main ways that North Korea funds its missile program and its nuclear

weapons program.

But Russia denies undermining international sanctions, saying it stands against Pyongyang's military ambitions and supports U.N. Security Council

resolutions calling for North Korean nuclear restraint. The money these workers earn, insist Russian officials, is a form of direct aid keeping

North Koreans alive.

KOSACHEV: The money is used to assist people who live in North Korea to survive because they do experience economic and social problems.

I cannot imagine a situation where you may color this money and say look, this money earned in Russia go for the nuclear program and that money

earned, I do not know in Japan it goes somewhere else.

CHANCE: Russia it seems supports efforts to isolate the North Korean regime, but also helps to keep it afloat. Matthew Chance, CNN, St.

Petersburg.

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LU STOUT: Chinese President Xi Jinping has reiterated that China wants all sides to continue ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

He spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump over the phone. The foreign affairs ministry says Beijing is willing to work with the international

community on a solution but China is not included in the summit on North Korea hosted by Canada.

This is News Stream. And up next, police make a horrifying discovery at a home in California. They say a couple's 13 children are being held

captive, some even shackled to their beds. A Live report is next.

Plus, nearly a year after President Trump took office, are voters who vote him, still in his corner? We'll go to a small town in Georgia to find out.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, welcome back, this is News Stream. Now a couple in California is facing torture and child

endangerment charges, after police made a grim discovery in their home. They say some of the couple's 13 children were shackle to beds with chains

and padlocks.

A bail for the couple has been set at $9 million each and our, Stephanie Elam, join us from outside the house in Perris, California at the very

latest. And, Stephanie, really, a disturbing situation here, can you tell us more about what the police discovered inside that house.

STEPHANIE ELAM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Right. And if you take a look at this house, Kristie, if you look at it, it looks like a normal suburban house

here in California. For about two hours southeast of Los Angeles just to give you an idea of where we are.

And what we know happened here, according to police, is that a 17-year-old was able to escape with what police are calling a cellular device from

within the home, she was able to get out and call 911, saying that she and her 12 brothers and sisters were being held captive by her parents.

When police responded to that call, and they got here, they did find those children living in very, very filthy conditions. They're saying there was

lots of darkness in the house they said, and then also as you mentioned, the padlock -- the fact that some of them were chained and padlocked to

their beds.

The other interesting and disturbing note from this is that when the police responded and they encountered the 17-year-old, they said that she looked

so emaciated. They thought she was about 10.

And in fact, of the children, seven of them are actually adults, the of these children range from two to 29-years-old. We know that all of them

have been taken to medical facilities so that they could seek treatment.

We know some of them were complaining of starvation and saying that needed nourishment. They are now being taken care on that front.

But still, the parents were arrested as you said, and walked out of here. But all of these happening on Sunday morning, and we are just learning

about it yesterday. So still so many questions.

LU STOUT: Yes, so many questions. And children appeared emaciated and perhaps their growth was stunted because of the conditions that they were

being held in. Do we know how long these 13 children were held captive and why?

ELAM: No, we don't. And you know, what's even more bizarre about this is that, this is not a family that was always in hiding. There are plenty of

pictures on social media where you can see that they were out and about.

The couple seems to renew their wedding vows more than once and there's even video of the kids taking part in one of those renewal ceremonies in

Las Vegas, Nevada. So, they were out.

We were able -- CNN was able to get in touch with the mother of David Turpin, the father in this case. And she said that they were you know, a

very respectable family.

She said that she felt like this was just one side of the story. She talked to the family just Saturday night, and she said that the parents

were very, very protective of the children so much so that when they went out in public, they often dressed them exactly alike, and they would line

them up in the age -- age order with mom in the front of the line and dad at the back of the line.

And that's how they would go out in public. She also said that they took a lot of vacations. And we're also learning that they travelled to

Disneyland, which is about an hour away from here.

They travel to Disneyland frequently with the family, at one point even had annual passes from everyone in the family. So for 15 people, that's quite

a lot.

LU STOUT: You know, it's such a chilling story as you pointed out. The house behind you looks just like another suburban home in America but a

very, very situation happening inside.

[08:20:00] Glad it's been uncovered. Stephanie Elam, reporting live for us from Perris, California, thank you so much.

Donald Trump will make his first full year as U.S. president later this week, but instead of celebrating, he is on the defensive once again.

The president returned to Washington on Monday insisting that he is not racist. He spent part of the Martin Luther King national holiday, golfing,

not performing community service like many of his predecessors, and vulgar comments he reportedly made about African countries continue to plague him.

A senior Republican source says Republicans in that Oval Office meeting heard Mr. Trump use a slightly different phrase. But the Democrat in the

meeting is standing by his account.

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SEN. DICK DURBIN (D), ILLINOIS: I don't know that changing the word from hole to house, changes the impact, which this has. I stick with my

original interpretation. I am stunned that this is their defense.

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LU STOUT: And with the controversy over President Trump's remarks, it looks like there will be no bipartisan immigration deal, which threatening

a spending bill to keep the government funded after Friday.

And as we look back at Mr. Trump's first year in office, do voters who backed him have any reservations. Hala Gorani, went to a small town in

Georgia where President Trump got nearly 90 percent support to see if people there are sticking with him.

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HALA GORANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Glascock County, Georgia. The small rural community of Gibson in America's deep south. Zoom into the heritage house.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you, ma'am.

GORANI: A restaurant that caters to the after church crowd. Here, Donald Trump is a hero. Almost 90 percent of voters cast ballots for the

president in 2016. Today, Dalton Lamb is running the family business.

DALTON LAMB, GLASCOCK COUNTY RESTAURANT MANAGER: Everyone in this county, for the most part, is Trump supporters. Not everyone, but for the most

part.

GORANI: So, almost one year to the day since the president was inaugurated. What did Trump supporters in this part of America think of

their president? Glascock County Sheriff Jeremy Kelly.

JEREMY KELLY, COUNTY SHERIFF, GLASCOCK COUNTY GEORGIA: I'm a God-fearing Christian, you know. And the Bible tells us that the greatest commandment

is love, for we would love our neighbors as ourselves.

I think that's what we have to do as not necessarily a country but as a humanity as a whole. Just love and respect each other. And I'm glad to

see a president of the United States given an emphasis on that. You know, being for one another.

GORANI: Yes. But I'll be honest with you, the perception from the outside is he's not doing that at all. He's being divisive, he's insulting entire

continents when he called, you know, the s-hole word for Africa, et cetera.

So, that's where some people watching this outside the U.S. would say, but sheriff, what you're describing sounds great, but that's not what we see in

the president at all. How would you respond to them?

KELLY: Well, and that's one thing. I'm elected in the position as well. Some of the things that I say or I may do may not be perceived as to the

way it was intended.

As far as the comments he would make, I don't know the context around those comments that were made. So I'm not going to comment as to how he means it

or what he means, or whatever.

GORANI: Elizabeth Lamb is the matriarch of the family that runs the heritage house.

ELIZABETH LAMB, OWNER, HERITAGE HOUSE: I admire the man because I think he truly loves our country. And this is what we've got to have for the United

States of America, somebody that truly cares and not after a lot of power.

The man didn't go in for money. He's got plenty of power. He truly has shown me that he loves America. And he wants to change it, go back the way

it used to be.

GORANI: For Linda Wasden, President Trump may be the most powerful man in America, but she still thinks, he is being treated unfairly.

LINDA WASDEN, PRESIDENT, GLASCOCK COUNTY: I think some of the things maybe he has said, I think, well, you know, that's -- don't say that.

GORANI: Like what?

WASDEN: Well, just if he said, what he said about the other countries, when you get upset, you say things sometimes in heat of passion that you

should not say.

GORANI: But, Elizabeth, one of the things that I hear often living abroad is people, people that the president is unpredictable, that he's probably

reckless and not maybe very stable when it comes to his reactions.

He reacts a lot in the heat of the moment. This is -- I'm just being honest with you, this is what people say. They're worried, you know, that

in the heat of passion, he'll start a war with North Korea, or he'll do something dangerous for the whole world.

What would you say to people outside the U.S. about the president because clearly, you don't think they should be concerned about this?

LAMB: I do not. I think no certain thing is -- the proof is in the pudding.

[08:20:03] I would say give him a chance, some of this stuff that's just getting blown up so out of proportion.

GORANI: But President Trump seems to me like not necessarily the most obvious choice for a God-fearing Christian person to support. Why?

Because of some of the things he said, because of some of the issues surrounding for instance in that Access Hollywood tape or he brags about

touching women and things like that.

It seems to me like that isn't necessarily logically the candidate you'd support. Can you explain to me why you find him appealing?

WASDEN: Well, we hear that about pastors. I mean, he knows that there are things that they should not do but...

GORANI: But you still support them, you mean?

WASDEN: No, but who are we to judge? We're not going to be the judge. But I feel like Donald Trump, like he says, loves America.

GORANI: Do you think there is something to this notion and there's an investigation going on now that the campaign of the president when he was a

candidate got help from Russia or colluded with Russia? Do you believe any of that?

LAMB: No, no, I do not.

GORANI: You do not?

LAMB: I do not.

GORANI: Why not?

LAMB: Well, I just -- I just think that that would be fruitless. The man has got out and done more in his trying to get elected. I mean, he just --

you could tell it was going his way most of the time.

Yes, he'd say a little act -- little things that would just make you so mad you want to hit him, but the next day, I mean, it was something that wow,

look at this man. He's very intelligent.

GORANI: All right. The fact is, the president said when he was a candidate, I'm going to build a wall, Mexico is going to pay for the wall.

He said it, I don't know how many times, dozens, possibly hundreds.

WASDEN: But the wall is not built yet.

GORANI: Not only that. Not only that but then the president is asking for the money from Congress which means he's asking for money from all of you

taxpayers. Is that not a broken promise?

LAMB: Wait a minute, he's...

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GORANI: That's an admission of a broken promise.

LAMB: He can't perform miracles in one year.

WASDEN: He has to have someone to help him.

KELLY: We have to get to where America is our personal agenda. And I want to see that from whether it'd be Donald Trump, whether it'd be Barack

Obama, or whether it'd be whoever...

GORANI: Oprah Winfrey?

KELLY: I mean, if -- then she's -- if she's elected by the majority.

(LAUGHTER)

(CROSSTALK)

KELLY: If she -- if she is elected...

GORANI: There was all this talk about her possibly running. You don't -- Linda, you don't sound like you're...

WASDEN: I can't comment.

KELLY: But at the same time, if she's elected president and as long as her personal agenda is America, and she works for that, more power to her.

GORANI: Here, the America First mantra resonates more than ever. And attacks against the president don't stick, one year on, and no sign of a

shift in opinion in this Trump heartland. Hala Gorani, Gibson, Georgia.

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LU STOUT: I'll support for a term runs very, very deep there. You're watching News Stream. Still to come, the PLO is being urged to take action

after Donald Trump's decision on Jerusalem. What Palestinian leaders are recommending. That story, next.

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[08:30:00] 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.

North Korea has responded to a Donald Trump tweet from a few weeks ago. It calls the tweet about having a bigger nuclear button than Kim Jong-un,

quote, the spasm of a lunatic. The comment coincides with a 20-nation summit in Vancouver where enforcing sanctions against Pyongyang is on the

table.

A couple has been charged with torture and child endangerment after police found their children held captive in their California home. Some of the 13

children were shackled to beds with chains and padlocks. One of the girls managed to escape and call for help.

Palestinian leaders are urging the PLO to suspend recognition of Israel. That call came at the end of PLO Central Council's two-day meeting in the

West Bank town of Ramallah. Palestinian leaders are angry over President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

CNN's Ian Lee is in Jerusalem. He joins us now live. Ian, this is just the latest fallout from Trump's decision on Jerusalem. Will the PLO go ahead

and suspend it's recognition of Israel?

IAN LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Kristie, what we are hearing from Palestinian leaders is that they came to this conclusion essentially saying that if

Israel isn't going to recognize a Palestinian state, then why should Palestinians recognize Israel?

Now, the PLO Central Council did come up with this recommendation but it will be up to the executive committee of this PLO to actually enact. And if

it does happen, this will be very significant because it will essentially be overturning two decades of a key part of the relationship between the

Palestinians and the Israelis.

One other thing we also heard about coming out of this meeting was they called for halting of the security coordination between Israel and the

Palestinians. That is something that has been for the most part quite successful.

They have been able to work closely together on matters of security and that helped bring down the tension and violence. But they are saying that

we can't have that security coordination as well.

Now, granted back in 2015, the Council also called for this to be implemented and the executive committee didn't. So, it really will be

watching what the leaders and the PLO executive committee actually decide to do, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yes, but the call for the suspension of the recognition of Israel, how Israeli authorities responded to that?

LEE: Israeli authorities so far today -- we haven't heard of much coming out about this conference, but just the day before, there was a very fiery

speech from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

From that we had wide condemnation from all across Israeli society especially the prime minister who said that it showed essentially the

Palestinians' true faith, that they're not willing ready to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

Frankly, in this Council meeting of the PLO, they did say that they are not going to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. A quarter of Israel's

population isn't Jewish. Palestinian officials have said -- have questioned, what does that mean for them if they do recognize Israel as a

Jewish state, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Ian Lee reporting live from Jerusalem, thank you.

Pope Francis is just about to start a mass in Chile.

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

LU STOUT (voice-over): You're looking at live video of the pontiff's followers there. Ahead of that mass earlier, he addressed sex abuse by

priests that has plagued the Catholic church. The pope says that he expresses shame over damage done to the children.

But there have been protests. Demonstrators accused a recently appointed bishop of covering up for a priest found guilty of abuse.

[08:35:00] Rosa Flores has more on the tension the pope faces on this visit.

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ROSA FLORES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Pope Francis on Chilean soil. He was greeted by the president of this country and by the military.

This trip is supposed to be all about the indigenous community and also about the environment, but violence, protests and the clerical sex abuse

scandal could take over all of the headlines about the violence.

There have been at least five churches that have been vandalized since Friday. And the vandals left behind a very menacing message saying that

Francis was next authorities here have been investigating and they say that they have revisited their security plan and also revamp it.

About the protests, Francis had come under fire after he appointed Bishop Juan Barros to Osorno, Chile which is south of this Chilean capital. Barros

is accused by sex abuse victims of covering up the abuse of his mentor, a priest named Fernando Karadima.

The Vatican has confirmed and found Karadima guilty of sex abuse and Barros denies all of these allegations. As Francis told us on the papal plane, he

has been to Chile, he has been to Peru before, he knows these countries' history, and he is from South America.

So, even though this trip could generate some controversial headlines, we know that Francis is not one to shy away from controversy.

Rosa Flores, CNN, Santiago, Chile.

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LU STOUT: Three high profile women in Pakistan are adding their voices to the "Me Too" movement. Model and event manager Frieha Altaf, actress Nadia

Jamil, and fashion designer Maheen Khan all spoke of childhood sexual abuse on social media, adding the need to hashtag.

This is a rare admission in a conservative country. And it comes in the wake of the rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl last week which has forced

the topic into the national conversation. For more on how these women are speaking out, just go to CNN.com.

Turning now to a loss in the world of music.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do yo have to -- do you have to let it linger?

LU STOUT (voice-over): That was the hit song "Linger" from the 1990s by the Cranberries lead singer Dolores O'Riordan, who passed away on Monday in

London at the age of 46. Police say there is nothing suspicious about her death.

The Irish press credited her and the band for their influence on rock and pop music in Ireland and beyond. The group has sold more than 40 million

albums worldwide.

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LU STOUT: You're watching "News Stream" coming to you live from Hong Kong. Up next in the program, scientists in California are unleashing the power

of the sun to fight climate change. We met one man who was mimicking nature to solve the world's energy needs.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, welcome back, this is "News Stream."

As the world braces for a looming climate crisis, a professor in California is looking to the skies for an answer to the planet's energy needs. Our eco

solution series introduces us now to Nate Lewis, a member of the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis which aims to find a clean renewable

chemical fuel, drawing inspiration from nature's (INAUDIBLE).

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NATE LEWIS, MEMBER, JOINT CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS: The source of all energy in our planet to support life is photosynthesis. My name is

Nate Lewis. I'm a chemistry professor at Caltech.

Everything we do is in fact inspired by the blueprint of what nature gave to us in the first place. What we are trying to do is find a way to take

the biggest energy source known to mankind, the sun, and make a fuel we can use directly but it would be environmentally benign and it would be

abundant for all countries so we never had to (INAUDIBLE) over natural resources.

In about 2002, we realized that the energy problem and climate are really interlinked. The issue that is not appreciated so much is that the lifetime

is very long. If we omit carbon dioxide now and stop in 30 years, the concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere are going to last for three or

4,000 years.

And so we are going to rewrite the chemistry of the one planet (ph) that we have unless we don't get to that point. What we envisioned is a product

that is not like anything else that has ever existed on our planet. It's not like a solar panel because we don't want to make electricity through

wires.

It's not like plants. Think about a high performance rain jacket or bubble wrap like swimming pool cover (ph) that you roll out over areas like your

backyard or football field and in come sunlight, water from the air as humidity or sprinkler system, and maybe carbon dioxide as well.

And then you (INAUDIBLE) the product outside and then it's a chemical fuel that you can burn at night or put in a fuel cell. More energy from the sun

hits the earth in one hour than all the energy consumed on our planet in an entire year.

So, every country, every individual, every region would not need any other energy source if we could really unleash the power of the sun.

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LU STOUT: And that is "News Stream." I'm Kristie Lu Stout, but don't go anywhere, "World Sport" with Alex Thomas is next.

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