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Trump's Family Separation Reversal Sparks Confusion; Some Migrants Say They're Deterred By Family Separations; Moon Meets With Putin On First State Visit To Russia; U.N. Report: Slightly Improved Situation For Children; $3.2 Billion In E.U. Tariffs On U.S. Goods Go Into Force; Iran Has Less To Gain From Increase Than Saudi Arabia; Neymar And Brazil To Face Costa Rica; World Headlines; Immigration Crisis; Comedian Censored; Out To Lunch; Bad Lip Reading. Aired at 8-9a ET
Aired June 22, 2018 - 08:00 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: Immigration confusion, conflicting U.S. policy leads to uncertainty for migrant children and their parents. Feasible contribution,
Vladimir Putin pledges to help reduce tensions on the Korean Peninsula. And bid for the pitch, Neymar and Brazil take on Costa Rica, and look to
recover from that rough opening outing. >
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LU STOUT: We begin with the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. It's marred by chaos, confusion, and heartbreak. There is still no fix for children
who have been taken away from their families by the U.S. government. There are more than 2,300 of them, including toddlers and babies.
Meanwhile, mixed signals, the U.S. President insists that he has never been tougher on border security as his administration says the zero tolerance
policy still stands. But e-mails obtained by CNN suggest that policy is now effectively on hold. A lot to break down here, so let's go straight to
Abby Phillip, she is live for us at the White House. And, Abby, there is this picture of confusion at the border, and yet President Trump is still
maintaining his tough line on immigration.
ABBY PHILLIP, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Kristie. It's been about two days since President Trump signed that executive order
saying it would end the family separation at the borders, but officials in the Trump administration are still not exactly sure how that is going to
happen.
There is confusion about how the 2,300 children will be reunited with their families, but also about family detention, how that's going to work going
forward.
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PHILLIP: Chaos and confusion at the border as federal agencies struggle with how to implement President Trump's executive order, and how to reunite
the thousands of children separated from their families. President Trump standing firm that his zero tolerance policy must be maintained at the
border.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We have to have a very tough policy. Otherwise you have millions and millions of people pouring into
our country. We can't have that. We have no choice.
PHILLIP: But e-mails from Customs and Border Protection sent yesterday morning, obtained by CNN, show that the zero tolerance policy has been
effectively curtailed for now. After the agency told its field offices to suspend referring any parents who cross the border illegally with their
children for prosecution. President Trump sparking further confusion by contradicting his own order, saying some family separations may still
occur.
TRUMP: I signed a very good executive order yesterday, but that's only limited. No matter how you cut it. It leads to separation, ultimately.
PHILLIP: The Justice Department now asking a federal judge to modify a court order that limits the ability of U.S. officials to detain immigrant
children for more than 20 days. More mixed messaging coming from Attorney General Jeff Sessions, changing his tune about family separations despite
touting them a month ago.
JEFF SESSIONS, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL: It hasn't been good, and the American people don't like the idea that we're separating families. We
never really intended to do that. If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you. And that child may be separated from you as required
by law.
PHILLIP: Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen stating the administration has plans to reunite the separated families, but offering no details or
time line.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Secretary, is there any plan for reuniting the children who have already been separated from their parents?
KIRSTJEN NIELSEN, UNITED STATES SECRETARY, HOMELAND SECURITY: We have a plan to do that. As you know, we do it on the back end, so it's a
combination of DHS, DOJ, HHS reuniting as quickly as we can.
PHILLIP: While Health and Human Services awaits further guidance on what to do about reunification, separated children continue to be sent to
facilities and foster homes across the country, leaving states scrambling to track how many are in their care.
ANDREW CUOMO, NEW YORK GOVERNOR: I tried to get HHS, Health and Human Services, to tell us how many children were in the state today, so I can
provide help. They won't even tell me. I don't know that they even know.
PHILLIP: The agency now requesting that the Defense Department prepare to house 20,000 undocumented children on military bases. The First Lady
making a surprise trip to the border to tour a detention facility housing immigrant children.
MELANIA TRUMP, FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES: I also like to ask you how I can help to these children to reunite with their families, you know, as
quickly as possible.
[08:05:05] PHILLIP: But her visit overshadowed by this jacket with graffiti-style writing on the back that read, I really don't care, do you?
The First Lady's spokesperson downplaying the wardrobe choice saying there was no hidden message.
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PHILLIP: And President Trump has weighed in on that controversy as well, saying that the message actually was that the First Lady really doesn't
care about the fake news media. Also today on President Trump's schedule, he's going to be meeting with angel families.
These are families who have lost a loved one to crimes perpetrated by illegal immigrants. This is yet another attempt by this administration to
pivot back to the more hard-line immigration approach that the President has touted.
LU STOUT: Got it. And, Abby, a question about policy. We know that Capitol Hill has been debating what has become a compromise immigration
bill. Is this something that President Trump would support?
PHILLIP: Well, all this week, the Republicans on the Hill have been looking to find out exactly what the President does, in fact, support. He
has been telling lawmakers that he does support these bills, but his Twitter feeds seems to say something different.
This morning, he sent out a tweet that seemed to essentially turn in the towel on the efforts -- the last ditch efforts by Republicans on Hill to
get this bill passed. He said Republicans should stop wasting their time on immigration until after we elect more senators, and congressmen, and
women in November.
Democrats are just playing games, have no intention of doing anything that solves this decades-old problem. We can pass great legislation after the
red wave. Now, that is not at all helpful to Republicans who have been trying to scrap up the votes among Republicans to get this passed.
Forget about Democrats for a second. There are not enough Republicans who support this legislation for it to pass, so they are in a world of trouble,
and it seems very much like President Trump is telling them, don't even bother.
LU STOUT: Yes, meanwhile, more mixed signals from the U.S. President. Abby Phillip reporting live for us from the White House. Thank you so
much. Despite the challenges facing parents when it comes to finding their own children, there was one Guatemalan mother who was finally able to
reunite with her son.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (Speaking Foreign Language)
LU STOUT: The mother had been trying to determine the whereabouts of her 7-year-old for weeks, and she actually filed a lawsuit against top Trump
administration officials, accusing them of violating her rights when they took her son away. Now that her child is back by her side, she said she
wants to focus on getting him an education.
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LU STOUT: That story ultimately had a happy outcome, but thousands of children are still apart from their parents. Those in favor of the zero
tolerance policy have said that this will be a deterrent to other migrants. Well, CNN's Leyla Santiago is in Mexico, that's near the border of
Guatemala, to find out if that is, indeed, the case.
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LEYLA SANTIAGO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Many of the immigrants we have talked to here in Tapachula, Mexico tell us they plan to change their journey
north. We went to a shelter visited families there, and some of the mothers we talked to say they have seen the coverage coming out of the
U.S.-Mexico border. They have seen the images of families being separated.
They have heard the cries of the children that have been broadcasted over and over as they ask for their parents, and they say that is enough to
deter them for now. As we talked to them further they said they still have dreams, and hopes, and plans of getting to the United States. But for now,
they're holding off. And they can't, they say, go to back to Central America for fear of being killed.
Many of them talk to us about gang violence. One woman from Honduras told us that not only were there threats on her family, but specifically there
were threats on her children, and returning to Honduras would mean death. So in the meantime, they wait.
And when I talk to them about the news of President Trump signing an executive order to stop separating families on the U.S.-Mexico border, the
two families I talked just seemed to be confused, didn't really know what to make of that, or what that would mean for them, so here the
uncertainties where these migrant families fleeing violence and poverty from Central America continues. Leyla Santiago, CNN, Tapachula, Mexico.
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LU STOUT: South Korean President Moon Jae-in is in Russia, meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Mr. Putin said that Russia will make a, quote,
feasible contribution to resolving tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
[08:10:00] Just yesterday, Mr. Moon told Russia's parliament about the prospect for peace on the Korean Peninsula, saying that there is a, quote,
historic transformation under way in the region since the Trump-Kim summit.
Now, we've got Frederik Pleitgen standing by in Moscow, and he joins us now. And, Fred, Moon and Putin, they are meeting today. Why does Russia
not really want to keep tabs on what's happening in the Korean Peninsula, but contribute to peace in the region?
FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Russia has always said, Kristie, that they want a normalization, as they call it, in the relations
with North Korea, or with North Korea's position in the world, and they do have a real interest in that, and there's several reasons for that.
On the one hand, of course, they have a direct border with North Korea. It's not a long border, about 17 kilometers long, and also they do have
economic relations, or they have had economic relations with the North Koreans, of course, those have been curbed somewhat since the increased
sanctions on North Korea.
But the Russians have always had an interest in getting those economic relations back up. There's a lot of North Korean workers who come here to
Russia, especially, of course, in the far east of Russia, and then there was some trade as well. So, that's something that is Russians want to get
up, and going again, but for them it's also a security interest.
I mean, North Korea, with its nuclear weapons, obviously, is very close to the Russian border, and so that's something that is of concern for the
Russians as well. It's very interesting to see this relationship between Moon Jae-in and Vladimir Putin, because it's one that not that many people
know about, but it's a lot closer than most people think.
I was at a summit at Vladivostok last year in September, the far east forum that the Russians conduct, and back then, the two already had very close
conversations, and they've since met three times, and so now this is one of the first very historic summits where a south Korean President comes here
to Russia.
But certainly they are intent not only on trying to help each other with the North Korea issue, but also generally improving ties between South
Korea and the Russian federation. It's certainly something that President Moon has been pushing for a great deal, Kristie.
LU STOUT: We've also learned that John Bolton, the controversial and hawkish Trump adviser is heading to Moscow soon.
PLEITGEN: Yes.
LU STOUT: Is that going to be a friendly visit?
PLEITGEN: That's a very, very good question. On the one hand, if you look at Russian media, they do call John Bolton a Russophobe, they do that he's
been quite tough on the Russians, but they obviously believe that the reason why he's coming here is something that for them could be very good
news, because they're looking towards possibly having a meeting between President Trump and Vladimir Putin in mid-July.
Now, most people believe that could happen in Austria, Vienna. Apparently the Trump administration floated Washington as a possible meeting place,
and the Russians say they want a more neutral place. And sort of mid-July is when both of these Presidents' schedules seem to overlap somewhat.
It's the end of the World Cup here in Russia, so Vladimir Putin might have some time afterwards, and also it's a time that President Trump will be in
Europe as well, at the NATO Summit, and then also in the United Kingdom.
John Bolton, many believe, it's not clear at this point in time, and the Russians are really quite silent about why John Bolton is coming here,
seems to want to map out what this summit could be about, and what could be achieved. Obviously the main issues are clear.
It's geopolitical issues like Syria, and also the crisis in Ukraine as well. The Russians are hoping for some concessions, hoping that a meeting
takes place at all. In fact, Vladimir Putin recently said that he would be ready to meet whenever the President of the United States has time,
obviously taking his own schedule also into consideration.
But the Russians do hope this meeting does take place, and they do see this visit by John Bolton as a very important one. They know that he's very
hawkish on Russia.
But at the same time, they believe that President Trump genuinely wants better relations with the Russians, also, of course, reflected in his
recent comments about saying it would be better if Russia rejoined the G-7 to then make it the G-8 again. Kristie.
LU STOUT: Putin and Trump, the next big meeting to watch. Fred Pleitgen, thank you. For the first time in nearly three years, families separated by
the Korean War may get the chance to reunite.
A statement from the South Korean Unification Ministry said that Seoul and Pyongyang have agreed to allow 100 people from each side to meet for a week
in North Korea in late August. Many of the separated family members are now in their 80s. The South Korean officials say that the visits should
resume as a humanitarian and human rights issue.
The health of North Korea's children is a major humanitarian issue, and new data by the government that was published by UNICEF shows that there's been
a slight improvement, but malnourishment remains rampant. According to this report, at least one in five children have stunted growth, less than
the one in four from five years ago.
UNICEF said over one in 10 children have diarrhea, often from contaminated water and leading to malnutrition, and drinking water is contaminated in a
third of households, again, exposing people to the risk of illness.
Sanitation remains a major problem as well, while many households have toilets, most are not connected to a sewer system, and 110,000 people were
diagnosed with tuberculosis in 2017, including some 15,000 children.
[08:15:10] For more on this report, UNICEF Deputy Director Shanelle Hall joins me from Copenhagen. Thank you for joining us here on program to
share this new data, and it reveals a slight gain in children's health in North Korea, so does that mean the situation there is not as desperate as
it once was?
SHANELLE HALL, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNICEF: Well, thank you, Kristie. In fact, it does show that the situation has improved, and
particularly in urban areas such as Pyongyang, but the situation has not improved in the rural areas. So for example where we show increase in
stunting situation in Pyongyang, the national figure hides the differences between the urban and the rural. So we still have a crisis in the rural
situations.
LU STOUT: Yes, and there's a tuberculosis crisis. There have been these reports trickling out of North Korea of this very worrying spike in
infection rates. What did you see among children in the country?
HALL: Well, we visited one of the county hospitals, and when we spoke to the doctors there, they said the two most ailments that they were treating
were diarrhea as number one, and respiratory infection, predominantly pneumonia, as number two.
They didn't speak so much about tuberculosis, but that's also because we don't have -- we're still scaling up the programs, but all the
epidemiological data is that in fact tuberculosis is one of the highest incidents in the world, and what's really worrying is that there's the
drug-resistant strain that's circulating.
LU STOUT: Wow, so how are you dealing with the spike in tuberculosis infections?
HALL: Well, I mean, we're trying to get diagnosis, and then get people on treatment, so you quoted the figures for 2017, we have a funding shortfall
potentially hitting us at the end of this year, so it's basically working with the health clinics to try to get people diagnosed, and treated, and
particularly pediatrics, and also adolescent children where we are worried that the incident rate is even increasing.
LU STOUT: There is a funding shortfall for your organization. More aid needed to help inside North Korea. For that help to arrive, and for
progress on these issues for children to be made in the country, is there a strong humanitarian argument for lessening sanctions? Would that lead to a
dramatic improvement in the quality of life of North Korean children?
HALL: Well, I think what the data shows us is that if we are resourced, and we're implementing these evidence-based programs, we can change the
difference for children on health, on nutrition, on sanitation, and clean water, and on tuberculosis. So, getting the -- getting programs funded is
essential to that.
LU STOUT: Shanelle Hall of UNICEF, thank you very much indeed for joining us on the program. Take care.
HALL: Thank you, Kristie.
LU STOUT: Now, more than $3 billion worth of tariffs on U.S. goods are now in force in the E.U. We'll tell you which products are affected next on
the program. Also ahead, Neymar and Brazil, they are back in action in Russia. We're going to bring you the latest from the World Cup after the
break.
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LU STOUT: All right. Coming to you live from Hong Kong, welcome back. This is News Stream. Now, European Union tariffs are more than $3 billion
worth of American goods are now in force. And new taxes are being leveled on several goods.
This, of course, all in response to the Trump administration's tariffs on Europe. Now CNN's Anna Stewart joins me now live from London with more.
And, Anna, first, exactly which products are being targeted, and what impact could this have on the U.S. economy?
ANNA STEWART, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's a really wide range of tariffs actually, Kristie, and we did know about these months before, but today is
when they're actually going to be implemented, and interestingly enough, they target some real Republican states. For instance, we have here peanut
butter. That is one of the things that will be tariff. This is made a lot in Texas.
Orange juice, Florida, of course, and things like rice, which are made in states like Arkansas. So, these are the sort of products we're seeing, and
as of today, they are getting more expensive in the E.U., and what that really means is that for restaurants, shops, businesses that buy these
products, they'll either have to absorb that cost, and damp down their profits, pass on the cost to the consumer.
Or choose to buy the products from somewhere else, and of course that is what would be so damaging for the U.S. businesses if their customers drop
off, and of course for jobs in the U.S. as well, Kristie.
LU STOUT: It was the Trump tariffs on aluminum and steel on Europe that kicked this off. Europe is retaliating. Could the U.S. hit back? Could
this just go on and on, and be another front in emerging trade war?
STEWART: I mean, it really could, and we already know that the Trump administration has been looking into the possibility of tariffs on European
cars. We also know that the E.U. has already prepared a list of more tariffs on the U.S. products of over $4 billion, so even more than this
list.
So yes, this is likely to continue, and it's not just obviously China and the U.S., and now the E.U. and the U.S., it's also Canada, it's Mexico,
it's India, all these countries have prepared tariffs, many of them have been implemented. Canada's will be implemented in a couple of weeks on
July 1st, so this is just ramping up, really.
LU STOUT: A number of flash points in this ongoing trade battle, Anna Stewart reporting live from London, thank you. Now, OPEC ministers in
Vienna, they are preparing for a crucial vote on oil production.
U.S. President Donald Trump says oil prices are too high, and has urged OPEC to boost supply. Saudi Arabia wants OPEC to increase output by 1
million barrels per day, but Iran does not think that this can, or should be done. CNN's John Defterios joins me now from Vienna outside the
headquarters of OPEC. And, John, we've heard that there has been an agreement. Can you clarify?
JOHN DEFTERIOS, CNN EMERGING MARKETS EDITOR: Yes. I can clarify it, Kristie. In fact, we spoke to the Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih
who at the start of the meeting says the overall agreement would be at 1 million barrels a day. The devil is in the detail, how they carve that up.
It looks like they're going to iron out those details. The nominal figure is 1 million barrels a day, but it only goes to producers who actually have
the spare capacity, so probably be about 700,000 barrels a day coming on to the market in the third quarter.
This is clearly Saudi Arabia, and some of the gulf producers responding to the pressure of U.S. President Donald Trump saying that OPEC was getting
greedy when prices rose to $80 a barrel in may. We heard complaints from China and India as well.
But this is also a meeting, I think it's very important to suggest, where oil, and geopolitics are clashing, and clashing badly right now. The
Iranians are holding out in this closed door meeting, trying to get some very tough language into the final communique against the United States for
sanctions against Iran and Venezuela.
Now, the de facto ruler and the ally of the United States of the OPEC Organization is Saudi Arabia. It's the biggest producer, and they suggest
that this tough language is a nonstarter. Let's listen to the Saudi Minister.
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KHALID AL-FALIH, SAUDI ENERGY MINISTER: I think countries that have political complaints will make those political statements. They've made it
outside the meeting over the last couple of days. They will make it inside the meeting. But the communique will not acknowledge anybody's political
issues and problems.
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DEFTERIOS: Very clear language coming in from the Saudi Oil Minister. The Iranian Minister told me in an exclusive interview a few days ago that he
thought OPEC now joined with sarcasm, the U.S. Department of Energy because of the influence the U.S. is having here on proceedings in Vienna.
[08:25:00] In fact, last night, at a preliminary meeting right here at the OPEC headquarters, he decided to walk out as a gesture, suggesting he
wasn't being heard. I don't think it will impact the overall production agreement.
It is what the Saudis were suggesting, but it does tear at the unity of the organization. They worked for 18 months to take oil off the market, to
raise prices, and they had a collective agreement. This is the first time in 18 months we see tearing in the unity of OPEC and non-OPEC producers,
Kristie.
LU STOUT: Yes. It's been a very tense affair there in Vienna. John Defterios across it all for us. Thank you, John. All right. Neymar and
the Samba boys, they are back in action against Costa Rica in the World Cup.
Brazilian star Neymar has recovered from injury, and is in fact on the field right now. For more, World Sports' Alex Thomas joins me live from
Moscow. Alex, today's first game, Brazil versus Costa Rica, happening right now, always in Neymar. What's the latest?
ALEX THOMAS, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Yes, I mean, far too early days to talk about the game itself, nil-nil, currently, Brazil desperate for a win
really to get step closer to reaching the knockout stages, the round of 16 after a disappointing draw in their opening game against Switzerland.
It's Serbia that are atop the group after winning their opening match against Costa Rica, and it's Serbia that Brazil have to play in the final
game, so they don't want to come away with only a point, or even a defeat out of this one, and have to beat Serbia, or risk going out at the group
stages, which would be a national disaster for a country like Brazil that loves their football so much.
The spiritual home of the game, even though it was invented back in the U.K., because this is the country that has been the most successful in
World Cup history, having lifted that famous trophy on five occasions, and looking to bounce back from heartbreak on home soil four years ago when
they reached the semifinals, and then were thrashed 7-1 by the eventual champions, Germany. Kristie.
LU STOUT: Yes, so much on the line for Brazil, and we got to talk about Argentina. Messi, what went wrong, and can Argentina make it right?
THOMAS: Argentina is still in this World Cup, Kristie, but only just clinging on by their very fingertips. One of those results that had you
waking up this morning, and pinching yourself, and checking your smartphone just to make sure it actually happened. Croatia, winning, maybe, you could
see that.
They've got excellent players that play for some of the biggest clubs in Europe, led by Real Madrid star Luka Modric who scored when they goal, but
3-nil thrashing, really? When you're up against not only Lionel Messi, Barcelona super star, five times world player of the year, and who's won
everything in the game with his club Barcelona, but also Sergio Aguero, Gonzalo Higuain, just players of the highest caliber, lots of fire power
going forward for Argentina.
Perhaps not with the midfield, and defense that are able to support those star attacking players, and the Argentina coach certainly took a lot of the
blame on his shoulders, saying it was down to his tactics.
He got it wrong, and he apologized to the team, and to the country who are definitely in mourning, although mathematically, they can still get
through, and they'll be wondering -- they'll be relying a lot on what happens in the Nigeria-Iceland game kicking off at 6:00 in the evening in
Volgograd later, Kristie.
LU STOUT: All right, Alex Thomas live in Moscow, thank you, take care. Coming up right here on the program, we've got chaos and mixed messages
with thousands of children caught in the political cross fire. We're going to be live in Texas after the break.
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LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching "News Stream" and these are your world headlines.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to speak with the press soon. The two met on Mr. Moon's first
state visit to Russia and discussed the changing diplomatic situation on the Korean Peninsula. Mr. Putin reportedly said that Moscow will contribute
to the peace process.
Thousands are protesting across Spain after a judge granted bail to five men convicted of sexual abuse of a teenage girl. Their case, it's known as
the "wolf pack." It sparked outrage and the men were cleared of gang rape charges.
Protesters shouted, it's not sexual abuse, it is rape. It is still not clear how, when or even if the families divided at the U.S.-Mexico border
will be reunited, and more than a day since Donald Trump ordered an end to family separations.
Meanwhile, CNN has obtained e-mails which suggest that the zero tolerance policy is effectively on hold. That policy referred to anyone caught
crossing the border illegally for federal prosecution, including asylum seekers.
So, while we wait for clarification from the White House, thousands of children remain in limbo with their parents nowhere in sight. CNN's Nick
Valencia is standing by in Brownsville, Texas with the latest. He joins us now. Nick, this task of reuniting families, is anyone there on the ground
sure about how this is going to happen?
NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: There is a lot of confusion surrounding this step by step process. We know in at least some cases, we have video
that shows that that is under way. The government telling us that 500 of the 2,300 children that were separated because of this zero tolerance
policy have been reunited with their parents.
But in the cases that we know about, Kristie, it's taken immigrants rights groups to step in, lawyers to step in. We saw earlier this morning in
Baltimore, a woman reunited with her 7-year-old child. In that case, she was suing the federal government because she said her human rights were
violated. She had been in detention since mid-May, hadn't seen her child since then.
We know others haven't been as lucky. We spoke one-on-one with a woman who, her child, she has no idea where she's at. This child is familiar voice to
a lot of people. It was earlier this week that the investigative nonprofit, ProPublica, released audio of 10 central American children who have just
been separated from their parents. Their sobs just overwhelming.
You could hear their screams there in the background. This woman says that she has no idea where her child is. Not only that, but the number that
she's been given by immigration officials, it just rings and rings and rings. CNN's Rosa Flores spoke to her.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (voice over): (UNTRANSLATED).
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VALENCIA: The desperate pleas of a mother there. We should mention, the American Psychiatric Association here in the United States has said
something like this could cause lifelong trauma for these children. The government is essentially creating a generation of children who are going
to have these memories for the rest of their lives.
We've been asking for answers about how they're going about this process. Behind me, Kristie, there's an 8-month-old infant that we don't know if
officials inside that facility know exactly where their parents are. These are the heartbreaking stories of the consequences of this zero tolerance
policy.
LU STOUT: And the damage has already been done, and is being done to thousands of children, including, as you described, this 8-month-old infant
in the facility behind you.
[08:35:01] And now we're hearing from the Pentagon that up to 20,000 migrant children could be housed on U.S. military bases? What have you
learned about that and what does it mean about their parents as well?
VALENCIA: So, this is an important distinction to make. The 2,300 children that were separated, they crossed with their parents. They were separated
as a result of this zero tolerance policy. These 20,000 that we're talking about at the Pentagon, they're unaccompanied minors. They showed up at the
border without their parents in the first place.
It's something that we saw in 2014 under then President Barack Obama. There was an increase of unaccompanied minors as they are labeled by the
government. They were crossing the border. And at the time, it was something that the government was not prepared for so they had to house
them in military bases, and in some cases even in Lackland Air Force Base here in Texas.
It seems that the government is now going back to that plan that they used four years ago to house these 20,000 unaccompanied minors. This is, we
should mention, the height of migrant season. As the summer months proceed, we could expect an even bigger influx. Kristie?
LU STOUT: Nick Valencia, we appreciate your reporting. Nick reporting live from Brownsville, Texas. Thank you.
Now, the comedian, the satirist, John Oliver, he has been censored from China's social media site Weibo for poking fun at China's censorship
habits. On his show "Last Week Tonight," Oliver criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping and he made fun of how China banned Winnie the Pooh
because of jokes about Mr. Xi.
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JOHN OLIVER, SATIRIST: Apparently, Xi Jinping is very sensitive about his perceived resemblance to Winnie the Pooh. And I'm not even sure it's that
strong a resemblance, to be honest. But the fact he's annoyed about it means people will never stop bringing it up.
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OLIVER: Clamping down on Winnie the Pooh comparisons doesn't exactly project strength. It suggests a weird insecurity in him.
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LU STOUT: And now John Oliver can join Winnie the Pooh on China's not welcome terms list. If you try to write a post with his name on Weibo, this
message pops up, saying that the content violates relevant regulations or the Weibo Community Convention.
Now, did the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore leave you confused? Well, one comic is doing his best to explain the parts that you missed.
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LU STOUT: All right. Coming to you live from Hong Kong on a Friday night, glittering outside, welcome back. This is "News Stream." Now, if you're
feeling really hungry and you just want to sneak away from work just a couple minutes earlier for lunch, this story is going to make you think
twice about that.
A Japanese city official was docked half a day's pay for starting his lunch hour three minutes before his official break time. After his offense, four
bureau officials have to televised press conference about the early lunch trip and they bowed in apology for the misconduct. Now, there has been a
backlash on social media saying that the punishment, yep, is a little bit too harsh.
[08:39:57] Now, fans have been waiting for it to drop and finally the hilarious mind behind bad lip reading has worked his comedy magic on
President Trump and Kim Jong-un at their recent summit. CNN's Jeanne Moos now reports they may been talking about more than just denuclearization.
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JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice over): You know all those moments of the summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un that you
couldn't quite make out?
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: May I touch you?
KIM JONG-UN, LEADER OF NORTH KOREA: Yes, buddy. Good seeing you homie.
MOOS (voice over): These two homies finally got the bad lip reading treatment.
TRUMP: They always threaten each other, because you'll never know.
JONG-UN: Yes, dude, whatever. Text me.
MOOS (voice over): BLR inserts nonsensical words.
TRUMP: And he also mentioned that he was a little German sheep and he intends to name it Glen.
MOOS (voice over): And for the exchanges like this --
TRUMP: Thank you very much.
MOOS (voice over): Are transformed.
JONG-UN: Hooray, I win.
TRUMP: No, I'm the best.
JONG-UN: I'm the best.
MOOS (voice over): No wonder BLR is the best. The producer, who wants to remain anonymous, has been doing it for seven years.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And save a pretzel for the gas jets.
MOOS (voice over): Giving new meaning to everything from the Trump inauguration --
TRUMP: You can be a funny winner, can't you?
MOOS (voice over): To the debates.
TRUMP: Well, I can do this.
MOOS (voice over): Actually, trump was saying this.
TRUMP: Wrong.
HILLARY CLINTON, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: That is absolutely --
TRUMP: Wrong.
CLINTON: -- proved.
MOOS (on camera): But it isn't just words that the bad lip reader puts in their mouths. It's gastrointestinal distress.
TRUMP: I think I should have hit the -- never mind.
MOOS (voice over): Bad grunt reading was how one commentator described it.
TRUMP: Hey, look at the little tiny zucchini.
MOOS (voice over): So if you're looking for a escape from reality --
TRUMP: We're going right now for signing.
MOOS (voice over): -- bad lip reading is so much tastier.
TRUMP: We're going to have frittatas (ph).
MOOS (voice over): Jeanne Moos, CNN.
TRUMP: Pretty weird, but cool.
MOOS (voice over): New York.
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LU STOUT: And that is "News Stream." I'm Kristie Lu Stout. But don't go anywhere. "World Sport" with Christina Macfarlane is next.
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