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Ex-Russian Sy Sergei Skripal Discharged From U.K. Hospital; Merkel And Putin To Talk Iran, Ukraine, And Syria; Giuliani: Mueller To Narrow Scope Of Trump Interview; Trump Threatens And Reassures North KoreaThe Royal Wedding; Hawaii Volcano; The Royal Dog. Aired 8-9a ET
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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome to News Stream. I`m Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong.
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LU STOUT: And ahead this hour, discharged from hospital. The former Russian spy poisoned in the U.K. is released more than two months after he
and his daughter were found slump on a bench.
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HALA GORANI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I`m Hala Gorani in Windsor, England, where just one day from now Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will tie the big royal
mark. And we`re now learning new details about the wedding.
Days of speculation have been put to rest. We`ve now learned the answer to a question everyone has been asking, who will walk Meghan Markle down the
aisle. CNN has learned that Markle has decided to walk unescorted for most of precession. She will be joined by Harry`s father, Prince Charles, for
the final steps after she revealed her own father wouldn`t attend because of health reasons.
And someone who is feeling well enough to attend is Prince Philip. You`ll remember he underwent hip surgery less than two months ago. But simply
apparently could not miss what will be a historic event.
And I`m sure Jason Carroll agrees. The excitement is palpable. I just got in on the train from London this morning. And the crowds were -- it was a
lot denser. Many more people in the streets. Flags, tourists, locals, you name it, here at Windsor Castle.
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I know.
GORANI: What`s going on where you are?
CARROLL: I mean, the crowds are massive, but let`s talk briefly about that Markle development. Huge development making a ginormous, if you will,
statement about women equality. Not surprising given Meghan Markle`s background, given her history.
She`s made so many statements in the past about gender equality. Making another one by choosing to walk herself down most of the aisle. But out
here on the high street, there is much excitement and anticipation for tomorrow`s royal nuptials.
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CARROLL: Royal watchers have lined the streets surrounding Windsor Castle anxiously waiting for the moment Meghan Markle and Prince Harry say I do.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It`s a member of the royal family. It`s Diana`s youngest son.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I`m happy for Harry. I`m happy for Meghan as well.
CARROLL: Before the ceremony, 1,200 specially invited guests will gather on the grounds of Windsor Castle, so they can see the arrivals of the bride
and groom. Guests like 11-year-old Lily Hay and her family.
LILY HAY, INVITED TO THE ROYAL WEDDING: I was surprised.
CARROLL: Hay`s received a letter inviting them after Kensington Palace learned the Hays had raised money for cancer research following the death
of Lily`s 8-year-old brother.
HAY: When I first read it I was like, what? And so I had to get mom to read it over, and explain it properly to me.
SUSAN HAY, LILY HAY`S MOTHER: The last thing you`d expect any of us, never mind at 11 to be receiving the invitation of the year.
CARROLL: The ceremony now just hours away will happen inside St. George`s Chapel. Just 600 guests, mostly family and friends will have a seat here.
The ceremony is expected to last about an hour. Then the royal procession begins.
Security is asking us to stay back a little bit. But what you`re looking at right now is a rehearsal for the household Calvary. This is the
military guard that`s going to be escorting the newlyweds through their procession through the streets.
Once outside these gates, the carriage carrying the newlyweds will be met by thousands of their fans. Some are already here. They`ll head down
Counsel Hill, then the procession will turn left to the High Street.
The procession will circle streets around the castle, packed with souvenir shops stocked with plates, cups, and flags bearing the image of the royal
couple. You`re here now. You`re here early.
IVANKA SIOLKOWSKY, FAN OF THE ROYAL COUPLE: I`m a super fan.
CARROLL: These were fans like Ivanka Siolkowsky have camped out for days.
[08:05:00] SIOLKOWSKY: I was at the first one, like William and Kate as well, I actually wasn`t going to come out, and then last Wednesday I
thought oh, come on. I have more connection to these two than the last ones.
CARROLL: Siolkowsky worked alongside Markle. She was an extra in the final episode of Suits. The T.V. series that made Markle a star. That`s
her, holding the glass of champagne in the scene.
SIOLKOWSKY: She was dancing, and it was about -- we were this far away. So just a simple hello, but she was very pleasant. And it was nice to see
her.
CARROLL: Final stretch of the procession will take place on the long walk. It`s a picturesque tree lined avenue in Windsor Park that ends where it
will all begin Saturday at Windsor Castle.
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CARROLL: So out here on the High Street, the people keep coming. The press keeps coming. Everyone`s coming out here to claim their spot. So
when the procession comes by, they can get a look at the newlyweds.
Markle`s mother will be meeting with Queen Elizabeth today. Again, there was some hope among a number of royal watchers, Hala, that Markle`s mother
would do the honors, but once again, Markle making a huge statement by choosing to basically walk down the aisle herself. Hala.
GORANI: I wonder, since you`re there, Jason, what do people think about this solo walk down the aisle with Prince Charles just coming in toward the
end? I mean, by and large, do they think it`s a good idea?
CARROLL: Yes. Well, yes. I mean, look, obviously, there was some folks out there who wanted to see Prince Charles have a greater role. He does
have a role in tomorrow`s nuptials. But what this is doing is from those that we`re hearing from is making a huge statement.
Not just here, but especially back in the states in the post Me Too Movement in terms of making a statement about women and women empowerment.
I mean clearly, this is a new kind of woman coming into the royal house.
And she has made statements in the past about her feelings about how important that is to her. And she continues to do so with this most recent
-- most recent decision to walk herself down most of the aisle. Hala.
GORANI: Right. Well, it`s a compromise move, basically. It`s not a fully solo walk. You still have Prince Charles there taking part at least for
some of it.
CARROLL: Right.
GORANI: Jason Carroll, thanks so much. Have fun out there, and it`s a beautiful day in Windsor, by the way. We`re very lucky with the weather.
CARROLL: You bet. Lovely.
GORANI: I`m joined by Sophia Money-Coutts, she`s a Sunday -- yes, it is -- Sunday Telegraph columnist, and an experts in fashion and society. Sophia,
thanks for being with us.
SOPHIA MONEY-COUTTS, FORMER FEATURES DIRECTOR, TATLER: No problem.
GORANI: So let`s talk about Meghan Markle`s style because in typical fashion, when a prominent royal wears a dress, or a coat, or a hat, they
usually sell out. With her it`s happened as well.
MONEY-COUTTS: Yes.
GORANI: And very quickly after the engagement was announced.
MONEY-COUTTS: Already, yes.
GORANI: Yes.
MONEY-COUTTS: I mean, she`s turned her style down quite a lot since, I think, since moving here. We`ve seen her in more demure -- you know, she`s
a fan of an oversized coat, and her -- Stella McCartney coats and Beverly (ph) coats.
And they`ve -- yes, all sold out pretty quickly. It`s not that surprising, though, the interest in her is so phenomenal, that these things are just
going to fly off the shelves.
GORANI: And her style is different from that of Kate. It`s a -- Kate is a little more traditional.
MONEY-COUTTS: Yes.
GORANI: A little more English.
MONEY-COUTTS: Yes.
GORANI: And here you have another kind of flavor coming into the royal family.
MONEY-COUTTS: Yes, she`s kind of preppier I suppose, younger, a bit sort of funkier. We`ve seen them together a couple of times, and it`s very
clear the style of sort of differences.
GORANI: Yes.
MONEY-COUTTS: So, yes, that`s to be expected. Obviously, Meghan is sort of an American Hollywood actress. So she`s going to be slightly more
glamorous. I did feel for Kate that time when they appear next to each other when Kate was pregnant. And she looked kind of more as momsy
compared to Meghan. But, you know, huge event tomorrow.
GORANI: Well, she was very pregnant at the time.
MONEY-COUTTS: Yes.
GORANI: So there was that.
MONEY-COUTTS: Yes.
GORANI: But let`s talk about the wedding dress because that is what people have been literally wagering money on. I had a guest yesterday, a bridal
designer who thought perhaps Stella McCartney would be chosen to design it.
MONEY-COUTTS: Yes. That was -- that was a real information (ph). Because Meghan has worn Stella, I suspect of the name I can here again is Ralph and
Russo...
GORANI: Yes.
MONEY-COUTTS: ... who I talked about before there an Australian born couple that based in London, she has worn them. She wore the engagement
dress, the 56,000 pound one that was slightly controversial.
So I suspect we`ll see here in that tomorrow, but again, we don`t know whether that`s the main dress for the ceremony, or she`ll -- like Kate, she
could have a separate one for the evening. So we don`t know which is which.
GORANI: You need for an occasion like this one, a British designer.
MONEY-COUTTS: I expect you kind of have to get -- it will be -- well, except, I mean, Ralph and Russo were London based.
GORANI: Right.
MONEY-COUTTS: I mean, we`ll see. And she`s worn them before. Yes, that`s why Stella was talked about. That`s why at one point I have Victoria
Beckham was rumor.
GORANI: Yes.
MONEY-COUTTS: People were just, would she. It can`t be on his won queen (ph) because Kate`s done at. So we`ll see. But Ralph and Russo seems to
be the name.
GORANI: But now -- so the distinction there between the style of Kate and Meghan. Let`s talk generally speaking about how the royal family will
embrace this new addition stylistically speaking.
[08:10:02] I mean, it`s really giving them a bit of a new coat of paint, do you think?
MONEY-COUTTS: Yes, 100 percent. They are all going to have to brush up their acts I think. In a way that supposedly some of the royals did when
Kate came on the scene.
GORANI: Yes.
MONEY-COUTTS: And she, you know, looked so immaculate, and supposedly the countess of (Inaudible) suddenly started, you know, dressing better. So, I
think, yes, Kate, also -- Meghan, will sort of make them up in a way. That`s not all bad thing. You know, we`re all very excited about the
glamour of it, so, great.
GORANI: But the men, the princes, they have a -- I think they have a very nice, young style, actually. Do you think about it?
MONEY-COUTTS: Yes. William has been criticized in recent years with dressing like a dad.
GORANI: He is a dad.
MONEY-COUTTS: Exactly. He`s a dad.
GORANI: And he` getting older, and obviously, when you get older you necessarily start looking more dad-like.
MONEY-COUTTS: Yes, and he starts to be about that. I think -- yes, Harry`s, you know, not actually that dissimilar from William.
GORANI: Yes.
MONEY-COUTTS: You know, he`s very typical for a sort of posh British man, persuade shoes, and sort of khaki colored trousers, and a colored shirt.
That`s a very typical Britain guys.
GORANI: Lastly, the style of the dress. Will either be princessy, or it will be fitted, or will we see combination of the two with a bit of fitted,
a bit of princessy in the back? What`s your bet?
MONEY-COUTTS: I think a lot of bit of those. I don`t think -- people keep saying will it be slinky? I don`t think it will be slinky, until moment
ago the aisle in the sort of slinky...
GORANI: I`m no expert, but I really don`t...
MONEY-COUTTS: Yes. I think, probably not.
GORANI: Actually, you cold probably -- if you did go slinky, and had wagered money on it, you`d probably make a very good return. We`ll see.
MONEY-COUTTS: Yes.
GORANI: We`ll see this time tomorrow.
MONEY-COUTTS: Tomorrow.
GORANI: We`ll all know.
MONEY-COUTTS: Yes.
GORANI: Sophia Money-Coutts, thanks so much for being with us.
MONEY-COUTTS: Thank you.
GORANI: And, Kristie, we`ll have a lot more from here in Windsor a little bit later this hour. But for now, back to you in Hong Kong.
LU STOUT: Thank you. Yes. Anticipation is building for the big day happening tomorrow. We`ll see them get married, and of course the dress.
But there`s another major story coming out of the U.K. Sergei Skripal, he has been discharged from the hospital.
The former Russian spy, and his daughter were found unconscious, as you recall, on a park bench in Salisbury back in March, following what British
said was a nerve agent attack. British health officials, they say that he has recovered enough to leave the hospital.
That poisoning sparked a diplomatic row between the U.K. and Russia. Let`s get the latest from Phil Black. He joins me from London. And, Phil, two
months after that novichok attack, Sergei Skripal has been discharged. What have you learned about his condition, and where he plans to go next?
PHIL BLACK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So he`s well enough to leave hospital. That`s all we know there, Kristie. Where he is now, well there hasn`t been
any official comments or confirmation on that, and nor should we expect any, I think.
When his daughter Yulia was released for hospital a couple of weeks back -- a few weeks back, there was no comment then on just where she would be
staying. But it is logical to think that they are both somewhere safe, secure, receiving the ongoing medical attention that we are told that they
both need going forward from here.
But with Sergei`s release from hospital, it now means that everyone who was exposed to novichok in that incident, in early March in Salisbury has left
full time hospital care. Sergei Skripal himself, his daughter as I mention, some weeks back, and before that, there was Detective Sergeant
Nick Bailey, a police officer who was exposed during the initial emergency response to the incident.
Nick Bailey recovered relatively quickly. Yulia Skripal, and her father were in critical care for a long time. We assume unconscious. And there
was a real question mark over whether or not they would pull through.
Then in April, we were told that they were responding extremely well to treatment. Experts have told us that the treatment is simply keeping them
alive, really.
It`s insuring the heart is going, pumping blood through their body, oxygen to the brain, dealing with some symptom like seizure, and so forth, dealing
with all of this, while the body, and specifically the nervous system repairs itself.
And it appears that is what has happened. Now, it`s a remarkable recovery, really. But medical staff in Salisbury stress that they will need ongoing
medical attention for some time.
LU STOUT: Yes, novichock is very rare, dangerous, and sophisticated, toxic nerve agents. It`s incredible how they were able to recover. Thank you
for the latest update on that. Phil Black reporting live for us from London.
Now, a high stakes meeting is underway between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin. They`re discussing volatile
global issues, including U.S. President Donald Trump`s withdrawal from the Iran deal, the conflict in eastern Ukraine, as well as the war in Syria.
Let`s get the view from Moscow. CNN`s Matthew Chance joins me now. And, Matthew, this visit comes at a pretty tense time between Russia and the
west. And there are a number of outstanding issues. So realistically, how much progress can be made in these talks?
MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, I don`t think we should be holding our breath for some revelations to come out of these talks. And
certainly you`re right. There are, you know, issues that diametrically opposed on, particularly the conflicts in Syria, Russia supports Bashar al-
Assad.
[08:15:00] Germany is not in favor of the Syrian president and his regime, particular issue as well of Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in
2014. Germany has been at the forefront of European efforts to impose sanctions, and to eventually ratchet them up as punishment to Russia to
try, and encourage it to hand the Crimean peninsula back.
But when it comes to the issue of the Iran -- Iranian nuclear question, then they are definitely much aligned, you know, both Germany and Russia
were signatories to the Iran nuclear agreement. They both think it`s the best way of guaranteeing that Iran does not secure nuclear weapons.
And they have both expressed their disappointment that President Trump and the United States pulled his country out of that agreement so abruptly.
And so, what Chancellor Merkel is doing now, and what Vladimir Putin wants also, is to try, and find ways how that agreement can continue to be
implemented, despite the absence of the -- the important absence of the United States.
And so I expect that -- although there are areas of dispute between these two figures, they`ll be focusing on how they can cooperate in implementing,
going forward, this Iran nuclear deal.
LU STOUT: And so they both want to preserve the deal after all. Matthew Chance reporting live from Moscow. Thank you. Now, you are watching News
Stream, and just ahead, Donald Trump says he isn`t sure whether the summit with North Korea will actually happen.
But he`s offering Kim Jong-un one of two options on how to move forward. Also ahead, no respite from a volcano in Hawaii which spews more, and more
lava. We`ve got a live report coming up.
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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong. Welcome back. This is News Stream. Now, an attorney for Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, he spoke to CNN
the last hour, and he tells CNN that Special Counsel Robert Muller has agreed to narrow the scope of the potential interview with the U.S.
President. This week marks one year since Muller launched his probe into the possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016
election. Giuliani spoke at length to CNN`s Chris Cuomo.
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RUDY GIULIANI, ATTORNEY FOR DONALD TRUMP: Wednesday night, we received a communication from them. Now we did go through like five letters. But we
didn`t get a response. And then they sent us a response. I can`t go into detail, but narrowing the subjects for questioning down to about two.
And...
CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: From all like 50 of those -- of that list that came out from Sekulow...
GIULIANI: You could actually have divided, and I did, into like five categories, subject areas.
CUOMO: All right, that`s fair, five of maybe seven.
GIULIANI: Three are down -- are out. I mean, no secret at the whole thing with Michael Cohen is out, because that is in the Southern District of New
York.
[08:20:01] CUOMO: You believe that Muller has turned over all of that investigation, or do you think he may have reserved certain aspects?
GIULIANI: It`s my belief he turned all of it over.
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LU STOUT: And then Giuliani, he went on to rail against the entire investigation.
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GIULIANI: There`s no need for a Special Counsel, nor was there a need for $20 million of expense.
CUOMO: Then why did Rosenstein pick one?
GIULIANI: Because he was scared.
CUOMO: Of what?
GIULIANI: He`s scared that he`s going to have that same kind of land on him. His boss recused himself.
CUOMO: Why did Jeff Sessions recuse himself?
GIULIANI: Rosenstein -- Jeff Sessions recussed himself because he worked on the Trump campaign, and he felt he was too close. And I guess...
CUOMO: Was that the right move?
GIULIANI: I can`t criticize that the President maybe is not being a lawyer to criticize it. He cannot make any decision.
CUOMO: Not being a lawyer or wanted to smear anybody...
GIULIANI: No.
CUOMO: ... who seems suggestive of anything...
GIULIANI: Come on. Chris, that`s not fair...
CUOMO: ... that is critical of law.
GIULIANI: That`s simply not fair.
CUOMO: How is it not fair? The...
GIULIANI: If you`re under an investigation...
CUOMO: ... Jeff Sessions.
GIULIANI: You are in -- how about what Jeff Sessions has done to him?
CUOMO: What does he done to him?
GIULIANI: What Jeff Sessions had done to him is stick him with Special Counsel because he didn`t step up, and say I can make this decision. Stick
him with a Special Counsel that is now $20 million come up with nothing.
CUOMO: How was it taking him for hand?
GIULIANI: And explain to me why they even need to interview the President if it isn`t try to trap him into perjury. And if you can tell me that this
investigation is worse the time that it`s got, and money that it spent, then you don`t know what you`re talking about.
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CUOMO: We know that Russian interference was real, OK? We know that they wanted to do it, and they were successful in many of their efforts. We
know that they did it because they wanted to help Trump and hurt Clinton. We need to get to the answers of why they did it...
GIULIANI: We have the answer.
CUOMO: ... how they did it, who might have helped them, and how to stop it the next time.
GIULIANI: Well, the Democratic Party probably helped them with the dossier and everything else.
CUOMO: Come on.
GIULIANI: That`s part of the basis for the investigation.
CUOMO: Come one.
GIULIANI: Totally in -- totally corrupt dossier that was developed on the President. And if you`re asking me, who has committed crimes here, the
crimes have been committed by the investigators, illegal leaking, lying about relevant matters, invasions of the attorney-client privilege, which
were unethical, not criminal.
And my client is being unfairly prosecuted now. They are being unfairly -- well, he is not being prosecuted, and we haven`t pointed out he can`t be
indicted either. He can`t be indicted. You want to dispute that with me?
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LU STOUT: Rudy Giuliani in attack mode there. Now, U.S. President Donald Trump meanwhile is both warning and reassuring North Korea`s leader about
their planned summit next month.
During remarks from the white house on Thursday, Mr. Trump said Kim Jong-un would get protection if a denuclearization deal could be reached, but if
now, North Korea could be, quote, decimated.
The President also referred to a comment made by his national security advisor. John Bolton talked about applying the Libyan model to pursue the
North Korean to give up their nuclear weapons program.
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JOHN BOLTON, U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR: We have very much in mind the Libyan model from 2003-2004. There are obviously differences. The Libyan
program was much smaller, but that was basically the agreement that we made.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The model, if you look at that model with Gaddafi, that was a total decimation. We went in there to
beat him. Now, that model would take place if we don`t make a deal most likely.
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LU STOUT: Now, it seems that Mr. Trump and Bolton are talking about two different things in referencing the so-called Libyan model. In the early
2000s, Muammar Gaddafi agreed to abandon his nuclear ambitions in exchange for sanctions relief.
John Bolton appears to be talking about that aspect of using those tactics in getting North Korea to get rid of its nuclear weapons. But that comment
irked the North Koreans because a few years later, the U.S. was backing rebels who eventually toppled Gaddafi`s government, and killed him.
It is unclear whether President Trump understood Bolton was referencing the 2003 negotiations, not the 2011 military intervention.
Well let`s bring in Paula Hancocks. She joins us live from Seoul now. And, Paula, while the U.S. President attempted to reassure North Korea, he
also issued a pretty serious warning. Trump maybe planning ahead for that June 12th summit in Singapore, but what about the North Koreans?
PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kristie, as far as we know at this point, the summit is still on for the North Koreans, as well as the
Americans. U.S. officials are saying that they haven`t heard anything from the North Koreans.
They have been using the intelligence and diplomatic back channels that they have know over recent months since relations have improved to try and
find out exactly what is going on.
And they said that they were going to do that before U.S. President Donald Trump responded specifically to that threat on Wednesday from North Korea,
that they may walk away from the summit if they feel backed into a corner.
Now the fact that Mr. Trump has made that official comment suggests that they have some kind of confidence that North Korea, will go ahead.
[08:25:06] There aren`t any experts, certainly in this region that I`ve spoken to that believe North Korea would walk away from this summit. And
this is something that North Korean leaders have wanted for decades. A summit with the U.S. President, and it`s certainly not something that Kim
Jong-un would walk away from lightly. Kristie.
LU STOUT: Now, another development that`s on your radar today, North Korea is planning to hold this dismantling ceremony at a nuclear test site next
week. It was believed that journalists would there, that they would be invited. But where does that stand now?
HANCOCKS: You know, they found out over the past few hours form the South Korean government that the South Korean journalists who had put in visa
applications have not have not had those applications accepted by North Korea.
This was for the dismantling over the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in the northeast of the country, the site where all six of the nuclear tests have
taken place. We heard from North Korea, saying that South Korean, and American journalists, and experts would be invited to come and watch.
They wanted they said to have transparency. So at this point, no South Korean journalist has had a visa accepted by North Korea. The unification
ministry telling us they`re still trying to figure out exactly what is going on.
And as far as we know at this point, we haven`t heard of specific nuclear experts or non-proliferation experts that are going. But of course, there
could be some, we simply don`t know at this point. So North Korea does seem to be pulling back on a number of things over recent days. Kristie.
LU STOUT: Yes, North Korea seems to be pulling back as it hardens its tone this week. Paula Hancocks reporting live for us from Seoul, as always,
thank you. Malaysian police, they hauled away mounds of luxury goods from properties liked to the former Prime Minister Najib Razak.
And besides stacks of case in different currencies, police also found 72 bags of jewelry, and about 300 boxes of designer handbags. That`s
according to state media. Now the raids happened on the heels of Najib`s election defeat.
He`s been facing allegations of corruption, and misappropriation of money from a state fund. Najib and his wife are both banned from leaving the
country. Now, let`s go back to Windsor for more on preparations for the royal wedding. Hala Gorani is standing by. Hala.
GORANI: Yes, absolutely. We will have much more from Windsor on the up coming big day with just hours left until Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
tell each other, I do. I`ll be joined by our royal correspondent Max Foster, stay with us.
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GORANI: Welcome back. I`m Hala Gorani in Windsor. Right now the U.K. is buzzing as we get closer to the big day for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Fans of the couple have been camped on the streets for days.
They`re watching the preparations of course now and millions are expected to tune in from around the world to watch the actual wedding. Max Foster
has been covering the royals for a long time. He joins us now.
MAX FOSTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Very quiet and sedate here.
GORANI: It was a lot -- the people were more excited. There were more people certainly on the streets --
FOSTER: Yes, pretty crazy.
GORANI: But let`s talk about the walk in.
FOSTER: Yes.
GORANI: Because after it was confirmed Meghan Markle`s father wouldn`t be attending --
FOSTER: Yeah, then I followed it up and I discovered a few things. So, it`s quite hard to imagine, but the churches split in two. The bulk of the
church is called the nave. That`s a big space where the bulk of the guests will be sitting. And actually what`s going to happen is when she comes into
the church tow (ph), a big sort of TV moment, she`ll be on her own.
GORANI: OK.
FOSTER: And that`s unprecedented in royal history as far as we can see. And it`s a big statement from her. And it was always the plan. So even when
Thomas Markle was involved --
GORANI: Right.
FOSTER: -- she was still going to come in on her own. She is going to walk most of the aisle on her own. Prince Charles is with the children behind
her. So it`s a bit of a procession and the member of the clergy in front. Once she gets into the choir, which is a much shorter part of the aisle,
Prince Charles will join her. And then he will leave her at the end. So he is not technically giving her away.
GORANI: Right.
FOSTER: She`s going to give herself away.
GORANI: Yeah.
FOSTER: And if I look at how Meghan has handled everything, really, to do with this wedding, there`s a statement in there.
GORANI: Yeah.
FOSTER: I wonder from you, what that statement might be?
GORANI: Well, I mean, I`m a fan of women walking down the aisle on their own. Always have been. I did it at my wedding. She`s divorced as well, so I
mean, how many times are you going to do it? I think, you know, why not? Men walk down the aisle. They don`t have their mothers giving them away.
And yes, I think it is kind of a mini-feminist victory. I don`t think the Prince Charles moment dilutes it at all because the Prince Charles gesture,
I think, is a way of welcoming her into the family. And it`s quite sweet, actually.
FOSTER: He said that. He said it`s an opportunity to welcome her. Maybe there is some symbolism. All the royal family will be in that last part of
the procession as well. So come into our family. This is a really crucial church. The family has got lots of history. It`s also very central to the
church of England as well. So he is welcoming her into the establishment.
GORANI: She won`t be strictly alone in that she will have the pageboys and the flower girls and the member of the clergy ahead of her.
FOSTER: One of them is two years old, walking up 20 steps.
GORANI: But are they not promising treats as one of the reports I read at the very end of the walk to keep them in line?
FOSTER: You`re right to point that out because I have been told (ph) how the moment is seeing Meghan on her own. But 10 kids, all are young, all
around her with no one corralling them. Maybe that`s been a tactic as well to get some distraction going from that as well. But it`s a big moment. I
think it will be interesting.
GORANI: Will the older kids hold the hands of the younger kids? I mean, obviously they`re going to try to set it up so that they keep them in --
FOSTER: Teach the two-year-old to walk.
(LAUGHTER)
FOSTER: Carry the two-year-old.
GORANI: Crawling down. Anyway --
FOSTER: I think it`s interesting. And I think the fact that no one is giving her away is interesting at the last moment as well. You know, one
question is, you know, did she ask her mother and her mother felt it was too much?
GORANI: It`s possible. You don`t know that she didn`t ask her. Perhaps the mother didn`t want to do it.
FOSTER: Exactly. And then the next question, the father also would have had a role in doing speech at the reception on behalf of the Markles.
GORANI: Yes.
FOSTER: He`s not going to do that. If things carry on in this vein, I think -- it`s almost certain that Meghan will do her own speech.
GORANI: Or her mother. We`ll see. In any case, it will be interesting because there are so many questions. And people will tune in to see exactly
how it all unfolds. Thanks, Max. And Kristie, we`ll be back at the top of the hour with more from Windsor. But for now, back to you in Hong Kong.
LU STOUT, CNN NEWS STREAM SHOW HOST: Absolutely. Thank you, Hala. I like your suggestion just now, lining the aisle in the chapel with perhaps
chocolates to corral the children, the flower girls and pageboys. An excellent idea. Hala, we will talk with you again very, very soon.
Next, we are going to take you to the big island, you know, because this new fissure has opened up around Hawaii`s Kilauea Volcano. On Thursday,
this big eruption shot plumes of smoke and ash some nine kilometers into the air. The area has been inundated by lava and toxic gas for a couple
weeks now.
[08:34:59] Scott McLean is in Pahoa, Hawaii. He joins us now. And Scott, this is apparently a new phase of the eruption. What does it look like
where you are?
SCOTT MCLEAN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Kristie. So it is certainly a different phase of the eruption. Yesterday we had that massive dust up
(ph) at the crater. We are actually some 20 miles away from the crater where we are right now in sort of a lower slope of the volcano. There have
been some changes here. I will show them to you right now.
So what you are seeing behind me, this long line of fissures. You can see they are on fire. There is bubbling lava. You can see the smoke there
billowing up and you can see how the light is reflecting off of it and giving an amazing orange-red glow.
What`s amazing here is that this had all gone dormant, relatively dormant for the last couple of days. They were just sort of spewing that sulfur
dioxide. But now, according to people who live around here, they say that just in the last maybe six, seven hours or so, they have flared up once
again.
They`ve sort of reactivated. You can see the lava coming out of there really full force. There is one there on the left. You can see that from
here. You can see just the volume of lava coming out of there. It is really amazing to see.
But here is the fissure that we have been watching, Kristie, for the last couple of days over -- you can hear it from miles and miles away and
obviously when we are close you can hear it even better. I am not sure how well you can hear me. You can see it is just a constant geyser of lava
spewing out in the ground. Every so often, it sort of gathers enough force to let off a really, really loud explosion. It is really something to see.
But what is absolutely amazing is that we can be standing here and obviously we`re in a relatively safe place. Of course, nature can do
whatever it wants but the wind is sort of shifting the other way, so believe it or not, I smell nothing right now, I smell nothing but fresh
air.
That said, if the wind shifts, we are ready with a gas mask if that would be the case because just a few days ago, we were in a situation where you
can`t smell anything until all of a sudden the wind shifts and then that sulfur dioxide, that really toxic gas gets in your face very, very quickly.
It is hard to breathe, your lungs are burning, your eyes are burning and it is really, really an uncomfortable scary experience.
LU STOUT: It is scary to see the scene behind you. It looks like a disaster movie but absolutely real. These fissures keep opening up. We can
hear them on camera right now. The lava, steam, gases are flowing out. You`re holding on to that gas mask. What kind of impact is all of this
including the release of sulfur dioxide having on people there on the island?
MCLEAN: Sure, so I just spoke to a couple of teenagers who are here checking out the lava for themselves. She said that she hadn`t been to
school in some eight days or so just because the sulfur dioxide is so heavy they don`t want kids in school. They want them inside their homes with the
windows shut and the air conditioning on because that is the safest place to be unless you can of course get out of the area altogether.
In terms of the impact, you see something like this, well, this was in a neighborhood called Leilani State (ph) or something very similar to that
and those fissures there, they started to re-flare up again. And so those people, they can`t be inside of their homes. They are now staying in
shelters. Just with the -- again, you hear one of those booms. It`s incredibly loud.
I am not sure if the microphone is picking up it as loud as it is here on the ground. Those people, they cannot be in their homes and just with the
unpredictable nature of this, it`s really unclear when they will actually be able to go back at all.
LU STOUT: Yeah. And because of the unpredictable nature, we are going to have to say, Scott, you and your team, please do take care because we can
definitely hear the volcanic activity behind you, worrying there at Mount Kilauea. Scott McLean reporting live from the big island of Hawaii. Thank
you so much. Take care.
You`re watching "News Stream." We`ll be back right after the break. Keep it here.
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GORANI: Welcome back. As the U.K. gears up for Saturday`s royal wedding, we`ve been getting a closer look at the couple, the happy couple. It turns
out Prince Harry isn`t the only guy in Meghan`s life. CNN`s Paula Newton has the scoop on the soon to be royal doodle (ph).
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PAULA NEWTON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice over): You may not have heard yet, but Meghan Markle has a guy and it is not the prince.
Kensington Palace was even forced to issue a statement.
And yes, royal tongues are wagging. That`s not all. That`s wagging. So much to fill you in on. This is the guy. Guy. Meghan`s much beloved adopted pet
beagle and Dolores Doherty is the matchmaker that got them together.
DOLORES DOHERTY, FOUNDER, A DOG`S DREAM RESCUE: I can`t believe it. But I have a dog that`s royalty. Your first baby, I gave you.
(LAUGHTER)
NEWTON (voice over): Dory says Markle told her she really wanted a beagle and it had to be a rescue dog. Rest, apparently, is now canine history.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She took the leash from me. She held on to him. I honestly don`t think -- she didn`t let go for the rest of the day. That was
--
NEWTON (voice over): Like the dog was really hers.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes. And he really bonded with her.
NEWTON (voice over): Why do you think you had that feeling instinctively that you knew she would be a dog lover, will take good care of Guy?
DOHERTY: I also read the dog. That`s very important to me, that I listen to the dog and see if he likes that person. If he goes up to them and wants
affection and shows -- which he did with her and she was very cuddly.
NEWTON (voice over): Markle adopted Guy in the Toronto area where she lived for seven years while filming the TV series "Suits." Along with
Markle`s other pooch, Guy became a featured star on her now deleted Instagram account.
And likely he helped her fit in to the royal household. Let`s face it, you kind of have to be a dog person to make it in this royal family, from Kate
and Will`s pooch to the queen`s famed Corgis. Meghan and Guy, they seem a perfect fit.
MEGHAN MARKLE, ACTRESS: I have two dogs and I`ve had for quite a long time. Both my rescue pups. One is now staying with very close friends and
my other little guy is, yes, he is in the U.K. He`s been here for a while.
NEWTON (on camera): So Guy`s royal life has already been so much more eventful here in this quiet Toronto park taking long walks with his beloved
Meghan.
(voice over): Not long after arriving at his new royal home at Kensington Palace, Guy broke both his legs. That`s the tabloid speculation. What
happened? The palace won`t say. But Guy appears to be on the mend. The mystery lingers though and Dolores has a suggestion on how they can put
people`s mind at ease.
DOHERTY: I`m hoping to see him dressed up with a tuxedo going down the aisle. I do expect that. I do. Yeah.
NEWTON (voice over): Easy there, Dolores. Even for a guy-loving gal like Meghan, that might be a bit far fetched. Yeah. I couldn`t resist.
Paula Newton, CNN, Toronto.
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GORANI: All right. Well, that`s going to do it for us. We`ll see you at the top of the hour. Kristie, back to you.
LU STOUT: All right. I`m Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. Thank you, Hala. Don`t go anywhere. We got "World Sport" with Amanda Davies coming up next.
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