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Trump On North Korea Summit: We'll Have To See; South Korean Activists Send Care Package To North; Transcripts Detail: Trump Jr.'s Quest For Dirt On Clinton; Kensington Palace Meghan Markel's Father Will Not Attend; Celebrated Malaysian Politician Hails A New Era; Hundreds Protect Venezuelan Presidential Election; World Headlines; Ebola Outbreak; Sudan Rape Case; OneSpace Launched China's First Private Rocket; Japanese Railway Company Apologizes. Aired at 8-9a ET
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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: A summit on the edge, Washington cautiously addresses North Korea's threat to walk away from talks. A new phase of outbreak, the
Democratic Republic of Congo confirms a case of Ebola in a densely populated area. And kicking into high gear, the royal wedding moves ever
closer to the big moment as Meghan Markle's father makes a big announcement.
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LU STOUT: Despite North Korea's threat to pull out of a meeting between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump, it appears that Washington is still planning
on it happening. The President's National Security Adviser, John Bolton, says he believes a summit between the President and Kim Jong-un will take
place.
However, Bolton told Fox News radio, it could be a pretty short meeting if North Korea does not appear committed to denuclearization. North Korea has
said it won't be driven into a corner on that topic. President Trump was asked Wednesday whether North Korea was bluffing.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We'll have to see. We haven't seen anything we haven't heard anything. We will see what happens.
Whatever it is...
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LU STOUT: John Bolton also said that he talked to his South Korean counterpart about the possible reasons that North Korea is threatening to
pull out.
Ivan Watson is tracking all for us from Seoul, and he joins us now. And, Ivan, Donald Trump seems to be brushing all the side. But what should we
make of North Korea's threat to cancel the summit?
IVAN WATSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know, they have just released another statement, Kristie, from state media, where there's some criticism
directed not at the U.S., but at South Korea.
Recall that it was on Wednesday that North Korea abruptly canceled high- level talks North and South Korea aimed at implementing the Panmunjom Declaration which had been arranged by their two leaders at their summit
late last month.
North Korea called off those talks, largely complaining about joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises. And now we have Ri Son-gwon, the
Chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification from North Korea, quoted, calling South Korea, and it's government a regime.
And saying that the high-level talks, there's not going to be a way forward unless the serious situation that suspended it is resolved, and all of this
depends solely on the actions of the South Korean authorities.
So the North Koreans are not backing down from that decision. What we've seen so far from the Trump administration, the silence speaks volumes,
certainly from President Trump's Twitter account.
He did not respond to insults against the White House National Security Adviser, who is described as repugnant. He did not respond to North Korean
accusations that the U.S. was involved in direct military provocations.
Instead, there seems to have been a wait and see approach, not only from the Trump administration, but also from South Korean authorities, who have
had a National Security Council meeting.
But have kind of tried to downplay the North Korean protests of late, calling them growing pains. So we'll just have to watch how Washington and
Seoul try to deal with the new challenges, and protests that North Korea has raised. Kristie.
LU STOUT: So, we're now in wait and see mode, now long before talks about potential talks, and recent diplomatic moves, we know the South Korea for
while has been smuggling in food, and even propaganda into North Korea. Where does that campaign stand now?
WATSON: Well, it's supposed to be put to stop by that Panmunjom Declaration that I mentioned. But there are very committed activists here
in South Korea, many of them, their ranks bolstered by defectors from North Korea, who are deeply distrustful of the North Korean government.
And yet they're very committed, they want to help people in North Korea. But they want to circumvent the authorities that the South Korean and U.S.
government are negotiating with, even if that requires smuggling.
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WATSON: Twice a month a small group of activists South Korea travel as close as they can get to the demilitarized zone, hauling gifts for their
neighbors in the north. Plastic water bottles full of rice, medicine, money, and information. They wait for the tide to change.
[08:05:01] And after asking God to help their poorer neighbors in the north, they send these packages of food, and aid drifting toward North
Korea.
As you can see, this is a totally improvised smuggling operation, and these activists insist that these drifting care packages can do far more to bring
down the North Korean regime than any military operation.
Of course, these days, there is very little talk of attacking North Korea. Just weeks ago, South Korea's President met face to face with North Korean
Leader Kim Jong-un to talk about peace for two neighbor who is are still technically at war.
They issued a joint declaration vowing to cease all hostile acts against each other. The South Korean government since dismantled speakers that
blared propaganda into North Korea, and the government sent police to enforce a request that civic groups stop smuggling anti-North Korean
propaganda leaflets by balloon across the DMZ.
The balloon activists say they found a way to do it anyway. The informal effort to smuggle aid to the hermit kingdom takes many shapes and forms,
U.S. Missionary Tim Peters helped smuggle small pacts of seeds for vegetables to a country where the United Nations says hundreds of thousands
of children suffer from malnutrition.
TIM PETERS, U.S. MISSIONARY: The seeds, actually, is an extremely efficient and economic, but very harmless way of sending food aid in.
WATSON: Each activist group insists they're entirely funded by private donors. Each rice-filled bottle holds an additional single U.S. dollar
bill that can buy more than a kilogram of rice for North Koreans, and also a message that says God loves you, a U.S. beef stick and medicine to kill
parasite.
The U.S. beef sticks, full of videos banned in North Korea. This group is led by several defectors who fled North Korea years ago. We're sending
this out of love, this former North Korean army officer says. A message of hope, he calls it. A message in a bottle.
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WATSON: Well that's highly symbolic, bottles, and packages of seeds that people can perhaps grow. The activist community was not surprised, members
I've talked to when North Korea suddenly raised obstacles, and had some harsh criticism for South Korea and the U.S. in the last 36 hours.
They would argue they were expecting one of these kinds of U-turn from North Korea. Because that's a pattern they say they've seen in the past.
Kristie.
LU STOUT: Ivan Watson reporting live from Seoul. Thank you. Meanwhile, travels back home for the Trump administration. The Senate Judiciary
Committee just released thousands of pages of details about the infamous June 2016 Trump Tower meeting.
The document dump shows how thrilled Donald Trump Jr. was about possibly getting dirt on Hillary Clinton from the Russians. But it also raised
questions about how much the U.S. President knew about the meeting.
Let's get straight to our Jessica Schneider in Washington. Jessica, a year ago today, the Mueller probe into Russian meddling began, and a year on, a
number of new developments. What's the latest?
JESSICA SCHNEIDER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely, Kristie, a lot of twists, and turns, and a lot of developments over the past year. I'll
break it down simply by the numbers. Nineteen people, and three companies so far have been charged.
That includes a former White House official, Michael Flynn, and also three former Trump campaign aides. And the Special Counsel really shows no signs
of slowing down, or stopping.
But the President is still calling this a witch hunt. In fact, he tweeted just minutes ago, he said congratulations, America, we are now into the
second year of the greatest witch hunt in American history, and there is still no collusion, and no obstruction.
The only collusion was that down by Democrats who were unable to win an election despite the spending of far more money. So the President
continues to lash out.
All this while his attorney, Rudy Giuliani, says there are very strict limits as to what the Special Counsel really can do when it pertains to the
President.
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SCHNEIDER: President Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, telling CNN that Special Counsel Mueller's team does not believe they can charge a sitting
president with a crime under Justice Department guidelines.
Giuliani saying, all they get to do is write a report. They can't indict. At least they acknowledged that to us after some battling. They
acknowledged that to us.
Giuliani later indicating that Mr. Trump's legal team may use this reasoning to justify potentially refusing to grant Mueller an interview
with the President.
[08:10:04] RUDY GIULIANI, DONALD TRUMP'S LAWYER: What we're going to do is we're going to see what kind of legal remedies are available to us,
including, if they subpoena us, challenge the subpoena. The same reason they can't indict him, they can't issue a subpoena to him.
SCHNEIDER: But the issue has never been tested in court. And it remains unclear if Mueller's team, which declined to comment, would try to
challenge longstanding guidelines.
SEN. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL (D), CONNECTICUT: The President is not above the law. And an indictment, if that's the course that Robert Mueller chooses
to go, I believe would be upheld by the courts.
SCHNEIDER: This as more than 2,000 pages of newly-released documents from the Senate Judiciary Committee shed light on the infamous June 2016 meeting
in Trump Tower.
According to his testimony, British Publicist Rob Goldstone, who arranged the meeting, thought Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya had a smoking gun
against Hillary Clinton. The President's son, Donald Trump Jr., celebrated the prospect.
A Russian lobbyist present for the meeting told senators Trump Jr. kicked off the meeting by telling his Russian guests, so I believe you have some
information for us. But multiple attendees told investigators that they ultimately left empty-handed.
DONALD TRUMP JR., EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION: It was such a nothing. There was nothing to tell. It was literally just a waste
of 20 minutes, which was a shame.
SCHNEIDER: Goldstone testifying that President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, appeared, quote, infuriated, when the Russian lawyer focused on
Russian sanctions, telling her, I really have no idea what you're talking about. Could you please focus a bit more, and maybe just start again?
In his testimony, Donald Trump Jr. admitted that he was interested in listening to information about Hillary Clinton, contradicting the initial
story put out by the White House that the meeting was about adoptions.
When asked about the President's involvement in crafting that statement, Don Jr. telling investigators, he may have commented through Hope Hicks,
something the White House later conceded.
SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: The President weighed in as any father would.
SCHNEIDER: Donald Jr. also repeatedly testified that he does not recall telling his father about the meeting. Phone records show that he called a
blocked number before and after arranging the meeting, and again on the day it occurred.
Democrats note that former campaign aide Corey Lewandowski previously testified that candidate Trump's primary residence has a blocked number.
And two days before the meeting, then-candidate Trump teased a speech about Clinton that never happened.
TRUMP: And we're going to be discussing all of the things that have taken place with the Clintons. I think you're going to find it very informative
and very, very interesting.
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SCHNEIDER: And what we've heard from the President over Twitter this morning about the one-year anniversary of when Robert Mueller was
appointed, it's still unclear whether we'll hear from him in person today. He's meeting with the NATO Secretary.
And while a public press conference had initially been planned, it was on the NATO Secretary's schedule, the White House now saying that there will
be no press conference.
One White House adviser telling us, Kristie, that they do acknowledge that they don't want the president sort of going off the cuff, or off-script,
and remarking on the Special Counsel's probe just when they're trying to get a handle on things. Kristie.
LU STOUT: Yes. It's a sensitive day, sensitive anniversary. Now, Giuliani, he says a sitting president can't be indicted. Is he right?
What are legal experts saying about it?
SCHNEIDER: It is not exactly clear. So Giuliani is relying on guidance documents that were issued by the Justice Department back in the Nixon
administration, then renewed during the Clinton administration. That did advise that sitting presidents could not be indicted.
However, that question has never gone to the Supreme Court. So while there is some guidance on it, an official ruling has not come from the country's
highest court. So really, if the Special Counsel wanted to, he could push this.
He could push this into a court battle. The problem with that, Kristie, is that would likely take a year, if not more. And this could play out even
far past perhaps a President Trump presidency and administration. Kristie.
LU STOUT: Jessica Schneider live in Washington, thank you. Now, it's been a year since Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to lead the
Russia investigation. And Donald Trump is taking note.
As Jessica just mentioned, he called it the greatest witch hunt in American history on Twitter a short time ago. A phrase he uses quite often. But
during the past year, there have been 75 criminal charges made against 22 people, and companies along with the five guilty pleas, and yes, one
sentencing.
Now Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort is facing tax, and fraud charges, and for failing to register as a foreign lobbyist connected to
work that he did with pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine. And of those five guilty pleas?
Three are from people who worked on the Trump campaign, Manafort's deputy Rick Gates, former national security adviser Mike Flynn, and foreign policy
adviser George Papadopoulos.
As for Mr. Trump, as mentioned, he has used the word Witch Hunt to describe the investigation repeatedly, 40 times over the last year to be exact. And
that's just in his tweets.
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TRUMP: It is a pure witch hunt.
[08:15:00] It's a witch hunt. That's all it is. They have this witch hunt going on. It's a total witch hunt. I've been saying it for a long time.
I have this witch hunt constantly going on for over 12 months now. The entire thing has been a witch hunt.
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LU STOUT: It's a favorite turn of phrase. Now in line to be unprecedented of probe, the Trump campaign has provided more than 1.4 million pages of
documents to Mueller's team.
A former Cambridge Analytica researcher turned whistleblower said that the company engaged in efforts to suppress voting. Christopher Wiley appeared
before a U.S. Senate Committee on Wednesday as part of the ongoing congressional investigation into data privacy and security. Wiley said
that now defanged data analytics firm and its former Vice President Steve Bannon targeted African-Americans in particular.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Was one of his goals to suppress voting or discourage certain individuals in the United States from voting?
CHRISTOPHER WILEY, WHISTLEBLOWER, CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA: That was my understanding. Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Was voter suppression a service that U.S. clients could request in their contracts with Cambridge Analytica while Bannon was vice
president?
WILEY: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And so Steve Bannon is running an organization where you could as a client, request in contracts, voter suppression using this
remarkable data set?
WILEY: I don't if it was referenced in contracts, but I have seen documents that make reference to it.
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LU STOUT: Wow, Steve Bannon, as we recall, also served as Donald Trump's former top political adviser. Wylie, the whistleblower, meanwhile did not
provide specific evidence of voter suppression.
Mark Zuckerberg could be experiencing scenes similar to this again when he meets with members of the European parliament on his company's data
policies. The Facebook Chief maybe in Brussels as soon as next week.
Zuckerberg came under fire after Cambridge Analytica was able to access the Facebook data of tens millions of users without their permission. Nearly
three million of those users were European residents. Zuckerberg still has no plans to testify before the British parliament.
With only two days to go, it's now official, Meghan Markle's father we have learned will not be attending her wedding to Britain's Prince Harry on
Saturday, and this followings media reports that he's recovering from heart surgery.
Kensington Palace has released the bride-to-be's statement. And I want to bring in Anna Stewart, who is live for us from Windsor. And, Anna, we have
confirmation from Meghan Markle about her father. What additional details do you have?
ANNA STEWART, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes. Sad news, but at least it may draw a line under this media storm we've had all week. Meghan Markle's
statement released by Kensington Palace says, sadly, my father will not be attending our wedding.
I've always cared for my father, and I hope he can be given the space he needs to focus on his health. And I would like to thank everyone who has
offered generous messages of support.
Please know how much Harry and I look forward to sharing our special day with you on Saturday. And with that, you know, perhaps we can focus more
now I guess on the wedding preparations, and it's certainly full swing here in Windsor.
LU STOUT: Yes. The military rehearsal for the royal wedding, that took place earlier today. What kind of details about the upcoming ceremony are
emerging?
STEWART: Well, we got a little taste of the military procession, the procession that will go along with the carriage after the wedding has taken
place. Now we saw the Ascot Landau, that's a carriage that the royal family owns, taken out for a spin, led by four gray Windsor horses.
That's what Meghan and Harry will ride in when they see the public in their route around Winsdsor, and they will be accompanied by household cavalry
soldiers on horses, and of course, it wouldn't be complete without a military band.
We also saw lots of other soldiers, there will be 250 members of the armed forces in this celebration in total. And many of them were actually be
lining the streets within Windsor Castle, and lining the staircase coming down from the church.
Now I was just to be speaking to some of the soldiers who will involved in that just now. And they say to me, you know, we're not just looking the
part, you know, a big part of this is security. First and foremost, they are there to do a job.
LU STOUT: All right. Anna Stewart live in Windsor, thank you so much. You're watching News Stream. And still ahead, just days before Venezuela's
controversial presidential election, and we've learned that inmates have seized control of a notorious prison. We've got the latest from Caracas
coming up.
Plus, Ebola has been detected in a patient in a major city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and health officials say it marks a new phase
in this outbreak.
[08:20:02] All they're fighting back, next.
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ANWAR IBRAHIM, LEADER, PAKATAN HARAPAN COALITION: No more! We have entered a new era!
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LU STOUT: Malaysia's long-time opposition leader there hailing a new dawn for his country. Anwar Ibrahim walked out of a Kuala Lumpur hospital on
Wednesday after a pardon from the king.
The politician was convicted in 2015 of sodomy under the government of Najib Razak who was just ousted in a stunning election up set. Dozen
police of officers raided Najib's home in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday night.
It's not clear what they were looking for. Najib has been plague by allegations of corruption, and misappropriation of money from a state fund.
And the new Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad believes there was enough reason to carry out the raid.
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MAHATHIR MOHAMAD, MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER: We are making clear that we want to move him into all of these contexts again because they are very
concrete for the government, and we will incur huge debts which we cannot pay.
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LU STOUT: And be sure to check out our website to dive deeper into the story. And there you can find my interviews with Anwar Ibrahim's wife and
Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail who says that there was a new sense of freedom in Malaysia. You can find it at
cnn.com/newsstream.
Now to Venezuela where inmates say they've taken control of a notorious prison. They've denied claims by authorities that the situation at the
Helix prison in Caracas has been normalized, and say it's the center of torture and extortion.
The uprising comes just days before the country's controversial presidential election. Hundreds of protesters blocked the streets on
Wednesday who says Sunday's vote is rigged toward current president, Nicolas Maduro.
Our CNN's Paula Newton joins me now from the Venezuelan capital of Caracas. And, Paula, ahead of this big election, inmates have taken control of a
prison there. Officials say the situation is under control, but is it?
PAULA NEWTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The issue here, Kristie, is that it's very hard to tell. You know, I've been actually in Venezuela when we've
had these kinds of incidents at prisons, and detention centers before.
And inside, Kristie, really it is -- those detainees, those prisoners sometimes have full control of entire blocks, and all the prison guards do
is put them on lockdown. What is unnerving though is the fact that the family members will normally be stationed outside. We were there
yesterday, and they start to worry for people's health.
They have no idea what's going on in there. If there is any kind of food, if there's any kind of water. One of the relatives has told us that power
had been shut down. And you know, this is a detention center that is run by Sabine, which is the intelligence service here in Venezuela.
[08:25:01] Certainly, many human rights groups have pointed out that there are political prisoners being held there without due process, one of the
most high-profile prisoners there right now is Josh Holt.
He is an American from Utah. He's been there for almost two years now. He says he was framed. The Venezuelan government claims that he was basically
storing caches of weapons. But in the meantime, as this incident was unfolding, Josh Holt made a plea, I want to you take a listen.
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JOSH HOLT, AMERICAN DETAINED IN VENEZUELA: I'm calling on the people of America. I need your help to get me out of this place. I've been mailing
my government for two years, they say they're doing things, but I'm still here. And now my life is threatened. How long do I have to suffer here?
How long do my kids have to go asking for their mom and dad?
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NEWTON: You know, Josh Holt's issue is a little issue that a lot of Venezuelan have here. That whether or not there detained, there's no due
process, many times they're not allowed to see a lawyer, they are not allowed to have visits with family.
And the fact is they don't have any evidence in front of them to say, OK, what am I being charged with? When is my next appearance in court? This
is one of the problems that the American government has right now with Josh Holt being detained.
The Charge d'Affaires here, Todd Robinson, went to the Foreign Ministry yesterday to try and figure out what was going on. He was very blunt and
say look, we don't know what's going on inside that detention center. And neither does the government.
We say we hear the things that the normalizing. We do have a new video this morning from Josh Holt. We will have that for you as soon we can. He
again though -- the plea is very much the same, Kristie, and very much desperate.
LU STOUT: Well, a very desperate volatile situation, and we have this big presidential election coming up, an election that's already been condemned
as illegitimate by leaders across the region. Is this election going to go ahead? Or could it be suspended?
NEWTON: It will definitely be going ahead. Nicolas Maduro, the leader here, will be having a march and rally this afternoon in downtown Caracas.
The issue, though, Kristie, is really the collapse of the economy.
And I've been here for several elections. This is the first time I've seen such apathy for any kind of election. The main problem for the Maduro
government will be turn-out. He's expected to win this election, but turn- out will be a problem.
And again, there's no election monitoring that the international community is actually going to recognize. And that is a problem. Nicolas Maduro's,
his government will tell you whatever happens in this vote that it will be legitimate.
I have to tell you though, if you go down the street level, Kristie, it's been so many years that this population has been suffering. You're talking
about scavenging for everyday goods, in terms of food, milk, medicine, and that has really exhausted people here.
Not to mention the fact that we've had an exodus of at least more than a million Venezuelans, perhaps many more that had just absolutely quit the
country.
And it does led, Kristie, to a refugee crisis right here in South America, something that many governments are now paying more attention to, as the
exodus continues. Most not expect things to change after the election on Sunday.
LU STOUT: Yes, a desperate situation there in Venezuela. Paula Newton reporting live for us from Caracas, thank you so much for your reporting
and take care.
You are watching News Stream, and dozens of cases of hemorrhagic fever are being reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and now, a patient in
an urban area has been confirmed to have Ebola. What authorities are doing to stop the spread of this dangerous disease, next.
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[08:30:00] LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching "News Stream." These are your world headlines.
U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton says the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un will still
happen. That despite Pyongyang's threatening to pull out, saying it won't be backed into a corner on denuclearization. Bolton says it will be a
pretty short meeting if they don't give up their nukes.
Israel says its fighter jets have struck several Hamas terrorist targets in Northern Gaza including a military compound and a weapons facility. A
senior member of Hamas says 50 of the people killed by Israeli forces in Monday's Gaza clashes were members of the group.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a recent outbreak of Ebola has entered a new phase. The health minister says the first case of the deadly disease
has been confirmed in a major urban area. The health minister says it marks a new phase in its outbreak.
CNN's David McKenzie is tracking developments from the region. He joins me live from Johannesburg (ph). David, there in the DRC, how did Ebola spread
to the city and what does it mean for efforts to control it?
DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It makes it very difficult to control it, Kristie. One senior World Health Organization
official just said it was a game-changer that they have this one confirmed case of the Ebola virus disease in Mbandaka, which is in the northwest of
the country.
That is very worrying. It is very difficult as we saw in the major outbreak in West Africa some years ago to control the Ebola virus in urban settings
and also that city is very close to the borders of the Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, and on the Congo River. It may thoroughfare
down to the capital of the country. So they will be moving very quickly to try and stamp this out. Kristie?
LU STOUT: As the outbreak enters its dangerous new phase, how equip are local authorities in the DRC to contain it?
MCKENZIE: Of all the countries in Africa, perhaps the DRC is the most capable because it has already dealt with -- this is the ninth outbreak in
some 40 years. Ebola was believed to have originated somewhere in that region. And so the government officials should be on some level prepared.
But also because of where the outbreak is, that it is in the urban center, it will be challenging logistically for them to get the necessary
logistical equipment and trace the contact of those suspected of having Ebola.
This is as much a problem for doctors as it is for epidemiologists people to trace all the possible contacts of those who are sick and then somehow
manage to clamp down on the outbreak primarily it is believed this stage with an experimental vaccine. Kristie?
LU STOUT: A very worrying development. David McKenzie reporting. Thank you, David.
The horrific case of a young woman in Sudan sentenced to death for killing her abusive husband is raising an outcry in her country and around the
world. Nineteen-year-old Noura Hussein faces death by hanging after she killed the husband that she was forced to marry at age 15. She says his
relatives held her down as he raped her.
Sudan's government is now facing escalating appeals for clemency from world leaders, as well as women's groups and human rights advocates. As Nima
Elbagir reports, Noura supporters in Sudan are raising their voices as well, holding out hope that her sentence will be overturned.
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NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: As the international interest in Noura Hussein's case has ratcheted up, so we are told as the
campaign of intimidation by Sudan's State Security Forces.
Sources tell us that in spite of the fact that Noura's legal team had scheduled a press conference, State Security Forces raided her lawyer's
office, canceling the press conference.
Many of those activists that we have been speaking to in Sudan have also increasingly beg to ask that we don't name them. The sense is that Sudan is
trying to clamp down on all this international outcry.
YASSMIN ABDEL-MAGIED, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST: It's difficult for people on the ground in Sudan at the moment. There's a lot of intimidation from
security forces from government and so it's actually more incumbent on the international community to try put pressure. And that includes raising
awareness, which I think there's been really good grassroots that have upswell around that.
[08:35:05] But it also includes looking at what can our governments do diplomatically.
ELBAGIR: Because what has been extraordinary is how much this has been taken up within Sudan itself. This isn't one of those instances where
people feel that this was kind of imposed externally upon Sudanese. This was Sudanese themselves rallying around this woman, rallying around her
course.
ABDEL-MAGIED: There are all sorts of movements. But often their positions didn't like let's save these women or let's save this particular person.
Whereas the justice for Noura campaign really did come from people in Sudan, talking about it on their social platforms.
That's actually how I heard about it. And then people in the diaspora amplifying it and beyond that it being picked up by also to people, CNN,
Naomi Campbell (ph), Amnesty International.
ELBAGIR: And it's government perhaps like the U.S. who are key collaborators with Sudan in counter terror operations in the Horn of
Africa, sharing crucial information, but also looking to open the door in terms of a permanent lifting of financial sanctions, countries like the
U.K. who have huge historic relationships and across the world.
Activists are hoping that they will bring those relationships and that leverage to bear to save Noura's life.
Nima Elbagir, CNN, London.
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LU STOUT: You're watching "News Stream." We'll be right back.
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LU STOUT: And it's lift-off for China's private space sector. That was the 9-meter tall OS-X rocket successfully blasting off. And that plume of smoke
marks a major step for OneSpace, China's first private start-up to launch its own rocket. OneSpace is seen as China's SpaceX. This is their first
rocket developed but entirely with home-grown technology.
A Japanese railway company is apologizing for any inconvenience caused to passengers for a train leaving not late, but 25 seconds early. The
company's spokesman is widely reported as saying, quote, the great inconvenience we placed upon our customers was truly inexcusable.
In a statement, JR-West says it was notified by a customer that he couldn't get on the train. After investigation, it learned the conductor had
misunderstood the departure time and sent a signal to leave the station too early.
Twitter is of course having a field day on this. Early departure for 25 seconds, what if I can only catch the train four seconds before departure?
And another one. In India, it's called a miracle.
Now, Britain's royal wedding means all kinds of oddball (ph) products are getting the regal (ph) treatment. Jeanne Moos reports on the royal marriage
mania.
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JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice over): With Harry and Meghan about to say I do, some are saying I can't take it. Their faces are
plastered on everything from creepy party masks to PEZ dispensers to a Harry air freshener, mango-scented.
There have been costume contests. And look-alike contests. The winners of the easy jet (ph) competition got free flights for a year. And TV anchors
seem fascinated with wearing that half a hat, the fascinator.
[08:40:02] UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Groovy.
MOOS (on camera): What?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Groovy.
MOOS (on camera): Oh, groovy.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Look.
MOOS (voice over): It's going to my head. Eve Bari in New York's 57th Street is seeing a boom, thanks to the royals.
(on camera): How much is this one?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sixty-two.
MOOS (voice over): And if you don't wear hats, how about a personalized swimsuit graced with Harry and Meghan? Hope the beard doesn't scratch.
Naturally the wedding brings out warmth and love.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's no bigger media vulture with this wedding than you. Is there, Ms. Markle?
MOOS (voice over): Ms. Markle, the bride's half-sister.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're doing a book called the "The Diary of Princess Pushy's Sister." You've been trashing her for two years.
MOOS (voice over): Royal trivia. We've learned the names of horses that will pull the royal carriage, Storm and Tyrone, father and son, and the
names of guests.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice over): Elton John has been invited and so have members of the Spice Girls.
MOOS (voice over): But maybe you haven't heard the name Crown Jewels Condoms, promising a royal union of pleasure. Featuring patriotic music
when you open the box. You can buy a life-sized royal cut-out or bang this drum.
It will soon be royal pot. Markle sparkle marijuana, marketed by a cannabis-growing nephew of Meghan's. And how about a bowl of cereal while
watching the nuptial? Harry and Meghan's wedding rings breakfast cereal. Slip one of those on her finger, Harry.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
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LU STOUT: And of course, CNN cordially invites you to be part of our special coverage of Harry and Meghan's big day from the dress to the I dos.
We've got it all covered. It is happening Saturday, right her on CNN.
And that is "News Stream." I'm Kristie Lu Stout. Don't go anywhere. "World Sport" with Alex Thomas is next.
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