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[08:00:00] KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN SHOW HOST: I`m Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. Welcome to "News Stream."

Hope is fading in Indonesia as crews begin to recover bodies from the crash site of Lion Air Flight JT 610.

Ceding leadership, Angela Merkel is making a big announcement about her political future.

And a far right victory, supporters and protesters of Brazil`s president elect make their voices heard.

Search and rescue teams are scouring the waters off Indonesia, but with each passing hour hopes are fading for the families waiting for any news

about their loved ones on board the crashed Lion Air plane. Six bodies have now been recovered.

We have witnessed heart breaking scenes from north Jakarta, images showing wreckage and some of the personal belongings of the 189 people who were on

board. In the last couple of hours we learned from an air traffic spokesman that the plane had asked to return to base less than 20 kilometers into the

flight.

But moments later air traffic controllers lost contact with the crew. And families, they are enduring an unbearable wait. Many have been at the

arrival gate in Pangkal Pinang since the word of the crash. We will have more on the crash in a moment.

But first, CNN has learned that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will give up leadership of her Christian Democratic Union Party after 18 years in the

post. Our sources say Mrs. Merkel made it clear that she wants to remain chancellor. The move comes after the party suffered another major loss in a

regional election over the weekend.

CNN`s Anna Stewart is live for us from London. She joins you now, and Anna, we are awaiting a speech from Angela Merkel amiss this expectation growing

that after almost two decades, Merkel will step down as leader of her party. How did we get here?

ANNA STEWART, CNN REPORTING: I mean, it seems quite a surprise, but if you look at the political picture in Germany over the last year perhaps less

so. Angela Merkel has struggled to keep hold of political ground ever since the last general election really. And we`ve had a number of defeats in the

regional elections.

You mentioned the one in Hesse, which was over the weekend and the coalition really lost ground, the Green Party and to the far right party,

Alternative for Germany. So, that was then and then earlier in the month there was another election in Bavaria and the sister party, the CSU.

They lost their majority in the Bavarian state parliament. So, all of this has been mounting up and there has been a lot of pressure on Angela Merkel

not just from other party but within her own party to either, you know, change or step down.

LU STOUT: All right, the pressure is on Angela Merkel to step down as leader of her party, a position she has been in for 18 years. We are

waiting for this press conference to kick off. When it begins and we receive that confirmation, straight from Angela Merkel, we will bring it to

you live. Anna Stewart, reporting live for us, in the meantime, Anna, thank you so much.

Now, let`s return to Indonesia. Search teams, they are scouring the sea for the fuselage, the main wreckage of a Lion Air plane that crashed earlier

today. Will Ripley has been monitoring developments from here in Hong Kong. He joins me now. And Will, search crews, they had been tirelessly working

the scene. What is the latest from the crash site?

WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, we`re hearing, Kristie, that conditions on the water have actually been worsening for those rescuers,

including rescue divers who have been going down about 35 meters or 114 feet, scouring the Java Sea for the flight data recorders and of course the

plane`s fuselage itself, which they have yet to recover.

But what they are finding, sadly, bodies, six of them confirmed so far and pieces of the plane itself, all signs that something awful happened, but

the big question now, what?

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RIPLEY (voice-over): For the families of Lion Air flight JT 610 agonizing hours of waiting, waiting against all odds for any sign of hope. Hope for

the 189 people on board, including two infants and one child. But any hope of survivors disappears as bodies are recovered and debris rises to the

surface. Pieces of the plane, a cellphone, life jackets, telltale signs of a plane that crashed into the water, broke apart and sank.

Hundreds of rescuers including divers scour the Java Sea, some 34 nautical files from Jakarta where the plane took off Monday morning local time. The

head of the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee says divers are searching relatively shallow waters up to 35 meters or 114 feet deep

looking for the flight data recorder and wreckage.

[08:05:00] It was supposed to be a quick flight, about an hour from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang. The plane dropped quickly from 5,200 feet before

vanishing from the radar. The Boeing 737 MAX, a new plane, only 800 flight hours, delivered to Lion Air in August. The airline says the captain,

Indian national Bhavye Suneja had more than 6,000 flight hours. His co- pilot had 5,000.

They asked to turn back shortly after takeoff. The plane disappeared after just 13 minutes in flight. Lion Air says there was an unspecified technical

problem reported the night before the flight, but engineers checked and repaired the issue and the plane was reported ready to fly.

There were also scattered thunderstorms in the area, but nothing that would have posed a danger to the flight. For the devastated families of 189

people, a growing list of painful questions not only what happened, but why.

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RIPLEY (on-camera): Lion Air is a very popular and fast growing discount carrier here in Asia, the second largest in Southeast Asia after AirAsia.

They have had a spotty safety record. They were actually banned from European Union air space from 2007 until 2016, but as of this year they

actually received top ratings from the International Civil Aviation Organization, Kristie. So just so much questions as to exactly what could

have happened.

LU STOUT: And so many questions on the back of what the Lion Air CEO said today. He said that the plane, the same plane that crashed today, suffered

a technical issue on Sunday and it was cleared to fly today. Do we know what happened? Do we know what that technical issue was?

RIPLEY: As of the last update I`ve seen, Kristie, the airline has not specified that technical issue, but you know, we go on planes all the time

where they have to fix something. It`s pretty routine for a plane to need some sort of a repair and then to get the go ahead from technicians to take

off, and that`s what we`re told happened.

They did the repair the night before the flight, but the pre-flight check, the plane passed. The inspection, the plane passed. The pilot felt

comfortable enough to take off, but obviously it was just a couple of minutes after the takeoff that something went horribly wrong.

And at this point it really is not clear what that`s why it`s so important they find those flight data recorders and they are also going to start

looking very closely at all of the backgrounds of everybody who was on the flight, 181 passengers.

It`s just heart breaking to think of the fact that there was a child and two infants on board. This is such a short flight. People take these all

the time, never ever thinking that something like this could happen. You just feel for the --

LU STOUT: Yes. Absolutely heart breaking, and our hearts and our thoughts go out to the family members of the missing and of the victims and they`re

still waiting for answers right now. Will, also I wanted to ask you, earlier today we learned that Australian government officials have been

instructed not to fly with Lion Air. What does that mean for the rest of us? Is it safe to fly with this airline?

RIPLEY: Well, again, as I mentioned, the International Civil Aviation Organization gave them a top rating, but they have had some safety problems

in the past. Remember, there was that very famous crash back in 2013 where a Lion Air flight went down just falling short of the runway, but everybody

survived.

They have had some other incidents as well. There have been concerns about their scheduling, about their safety record, but the airline has been

buying planes, expanding very quickly, but that is always a concern with some of these discount carriers, granted crashes happen with all kinds of

airlines, discount or not.

So, we really just have to wait and see. It is noteworthy, too, there were a number of Indonesian government officials on board this flight. This is

an Indonesian airline and apparently the government of Indonesia felt comfortable enough to send its own officials on this airline. So we just

have to wait and see what the investigation finds.

LU STOUT: Yes, a terrible disaster. Will, we thank you for your reporting. Will Ripley reporting there.

Fans of the British football club Leicester City, they are grieving for the team`s owner. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the Thai billionaire pictured on

these newspapers died when his helicopter crashed and burst into flames in the parking lot just outside the Leicester City stadium. Four other people

on board the helicopter were also killed in the accident, which happened just after Saturday`s Premiere League match.

Devastated fans have created a memorial for him adorned with flowers and scarves at the stadium. Also in attendance at the match were the Thai

school boys who were rescued from a cave after a nine-day ordeal in July. The boys were in the U.K. to spend a day at the Manchester United training

ground. Before the match they took part in a minute of silence in memory of Leicester City`s owner.

You`re watching "News Stream." And still ahead, Brazilians wake up to a new era after one of the most divisive presidential elections in history. We

will bring you the latest in Jair Bolsonaro`s election.

And the man accused of the most deadly anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history is due in court. We will have a live report from Pittsburgh.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong. Welcome back. This is "News Stream."

Protests and celebration have followed the victory of far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro in Sunday`s presidential runoff in Brazil. Jubilant

supporters of the president-elect filled the streets of Rio after the election result was made public, but there were also demonstrations.

In Sao Paulo, riot police fired tear gas at protesters, this after one of the most divisive elections in Brazil`s history. Shasta Darlington is live

for us in Sao Paolo via Skype. She joins us now, and Shasta, this was a polarizing election. Will Bolsonaro`s victory bring in a radical new era

for Brazil?

SHASTA DARLINGTON, JOURNALIST: Well, Kristie, that`s what he promised. Basically Bolsonaro campaigned on this anti-establishment promise that he

would not only drain the swamp, but attack rising crime and violence. So, he campaigned on change, the question really is what kind of change will

Brazilians be looking at.

And his track record sort of sends mixed signals, frankly. Bolsonaro was initially an army captain, then he was elected to congress way back in 1991

where over the years he became known not for his legislative accomplishments, but for his incendiary comments where he would attack

women and blacks and gays and defend the brutal military dictatorship.

Now, he was able to reinvent himself over the last year thanks to a massive corruption scandal that took down all of the country`s top parties. He

emerged unscathed saying I may be crude, I may not be politically correct, but I`m honest and I can change things. Si Kristie, we have to see what

exactly he`s going to do from here.

LU STOUT: Shasta, you just used that term of phrase drain the swamp. And Bolsonaro, we know he has been called the Trump of the tropics. Is that a

fair comparison? Just how similar are these two leaders?

DARLINGTON: Kristie, there really are a lot of parallels. The whole idea of selling yourself as an anti-establishment candidate, although in

Bolsonaro`s case, like I said, he`s been a congressman since 1991, also the use of social media, in Bolsonaro`s case, he didn`t really have a big party

backing him so he had to rely on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter to sell himself to hold these very long rambling Facebook live and in that sense

you could compare him to Trump.

He`s also promised to crack down on violent crime, saying that he`s going to make it easier for citizens to own guns and make it easier for police to

shoot suspected criminals. But other pundits would say you could actually find more parallels with the Philippine`s Rodrigo Duterte, for example,

Kristie.

[08:15:00] LU STOUT: Yes. For decades, Bolsonaro had been on the political fringe in Brazil, so what changed? What ultimately brought about his

political rise to become the president-elect?

DARLINGTON: What we saw in these elections is that a lot of people weren`t actually voting for someone, they are voting against someone. So the last

four elections, the left wing Workers Party has won. And initially the reason they kept winning the re-elections is because they improved the

economic situation in the country, the inequalities began to narrow.

But when this massive corruption scandal emerged, at the same time that the country sank into a deep recession right around 2014, a huge chunk of the

population turned against the Workers Party.

So many people who voted for Bolsonaro were out on the streets saying, listen, I don`t even know if I like this guy, but I know that I don`t want

four more years of the Workers Party. And a lot of the vote was really about change. Let`s try something new, even if it carries huge risks,

Kristie.

LU STOUT: The vote went for change, the vote went for Bolsonaro and we have seen these huge street parties all across Brazil celebrating the

victory of Bolsonaro. Shasta Darlington reporting live for us. Thank you so much.

Now, we know that Angela Merkel, the chancellor and leader of her party, she is speaking now. She is expected to step down as leader of her party.

Let`s listen in.

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(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

ANGELA MERKEL, CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY (through translation): (Inaudible) and the regional relations (inaudible) as well as our (inaudible) -- if there

was no political pressures. And I swear this (inaudible) as well. The results showed that there were successful results in terms of the style of

the different partners as well. So the CDU could not successfully convince the voters and I do not just avoid misunderstandings.

I don`t blame the voters. No, in the contrary, I do thank you for the confidence and we, after all, became the strongest party and the black

green coalition was also maintained even though it was a very narrow result. And (inaudible) would also confirm this.

However, after the regional elections in Bavaria and Hesse and after the disputes of the (inaudible) CDU in the summer and after the long

achievement of the government and coalition, we have to take precautions. I will for sure do this and I wish that yesterday`s elections would be seen

as a test for everything that we had said and did.

And after this test yesterday, this could also be a test for the CDU`s issue and SPF and all the social parties of our government, what could be

serving the peace and for our party. As chancellor also the chairwoman of the CDU, for democracy, we should do everything for the inner peace of our

country and we should verify what should be done to achieve this.

And I personally, after careful consideration, I would like to do this as I did almost two years ago, after a long consideration, again, when I had

decided to stand again for re-elections in 2017.

[08:20:01] Today I -- as agreed, I should not wait until our meeting next week because every day counts as well for the explanation of things because

people, just as they showed us yesterday in Hesse and also for me, who is responsible for everything, regardless if you are to blame for everything.

However, as chancellor and chairwoman I am responsible for everything such as failures and success. So if people tell us what they think of the

coalition -- of the governing -- government in the first seven months and also with the elections, that`s what they showed us, is unacceptable.

And these are rooted deeper than just in communication issues, this is not just a communication problem. If I am here talking about working problem,

if after six months the government should be disrupted, it means we have to focus in the next few months.

I also regret that we said it was not up to the quality and I also said I would proudly and with honor do my job and only verifying the freedom and

responsible and also talking with my party and just -- and with the coalition partners of the coalition. The decision as you know in which

direction should be because of the consequences, this should be done after long consideration.

This is what I did. So what contribution can I do personally in this situation for my country and for my party? For more than 18 years, I`ve

been a chairwoman for CDU. This task I have been trying to do with passion and dedication and for 13 years I`ve been chancellor for Germany, which is

a daily challenge and honor.

After declaring my chancellor candidate in May, I confirmed that I want to serve Germany. Serving Germany in terms such as national and international

climate, this is a very challenging and fulfilling task. I am very grateful for this. I said before I was not born as a chancellor and I have never

forgotten this.

At the same time, I am sure it is time today to start a new chapter because for me it is for me time to tell you my decision in the next meeting of the

CDU in December. I will not stand as a candidate. This is also my last as chancellor. In the elections in 2021, I will not be standing as a

chancellor candidate and also not for the (inaudible) and also I don`t want to take any political positions. I will continue to be as a chancellor. And

the party chairman and chancellor should be together.

[08:24:52] However, it is still possible challenge that if I would stand as a candidate for chancellor, I would dispute this challenge. And people want

a good governing of the country. The CDU, CSU and SPD should do this as agreed in the government contract and I am aware that in the history of the

German country unprecedented (ph), however, I am convinced that this will create more chances and risks for our country, for my party and the German

government.

And personally I also experienced this since the elections in 2002. I had given the position to chancellor candidate Schroeder and I would like to

now contribute for a new success for CDU to create possibility.

(END VIDEO)

LU STOUT: Breaking news from Berlin from Angela Merkel saying this will be her last term as chancellor. This comes after reports that she would step

down as leader of her party, the CDU after 18 years in that post. Now, news is breaking that this will be her last term as chancellor.

And all this comes after coalition government suffered heavy losses in a regional election over the weekend. Breaking news there from Berlin. Angela

Merkel saying that this will be her last term as German Chancellor.

Now to the U.S. state of Pennsylvania where the man accused of committing the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history is expected in court just

hours from now. Robert Bowers faces 29 federal charges after police say he opened fire in a synagogue killing 11 people. CNN`s Jessica has more from

Pittsburgh.

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JESSICA DEAN, CNN WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The people of Pittsburgh showing they really are a city of steel. Thousands coming

together to mourn those killed so senselessly in Saturday`s massacre.

JONATHAN PERLMAN, RABBI, NEW LIGHT CONGREGATION: What happened yesterday will not break us. It will not ruin us. We will continue to thrive and sing

and worship and learn together.

DEAN: The crowd at the interfaith vigil spilling outside. The city`s mayor declaring that hate is not welcome in his city.

BILL PEDUTI, MAYOR OF PITTSBURGH: We will drive anti-Semitism and the hate of any people back to the basement, on their computer and away from the

open discussions and dialogues around this city, around this state and around this country.

DEAN: Less than two miles away a memorial has grown outside the Tree of Life synagogue where 11 people were shot inside the Jewish house of

worship. Among them, brothers Cecil and David Rosenthal, described as having a love for life and for those around them.

SUZAN HAUPTMAN, FRIENDS OF VICTIMS: Cecil was tall, David was small. They stood proud at the front door. At the door that was open into the

sanctuary, whichever sanctuary it was, they just stood there, they said hello or they said (inaudible)or they -- they were like the ambassadors.

DEAN: Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz was a primary care physician. His nephew said he always wore a bow tie and had an infectious laugh.

SUSAN BLACKMAN, FRIEND: And Dr. Jerry was just somebody who when you see him your eyes light up.

DEAN: The oldest victim, 97-year-old Rose Mallinger is remembered as a sweet lady who regularly attended services with her daughter.

ROBIN BLOOM FRIEDMAN: FRIEDN OF VICTOMS: You would look at her, she had a lot of years left. It`s not something we will ever be able to wrap our

heads around.

DEWAN: Police racing to the scene Saturday morning after they say 46-year- old suspect Robert Bowers, opened fire inside the synagogue.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Contact! Contact! Shots fired! Shots fired!

DEAN: Police say Bowers targeted congregants until he was confronted by a S.W.A.T. team in a shootout, injuring four officers.

[08:30:03]: Authorities say Bowers was armed with an AR-15 and had 21 guns registered to his name. Bowers eventually surrendering after being shot

multiple times.

ROBERT JONES, SPECIAL AGENT-IN-CHARGE, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION: This is the most horrific crime scene I`ve seen in 22 years with Federal

Bureau of Investigation.

DEAN: According to an FBI affidavit, the suspect told police during the shootout, "they`re committing to my people. I just want to kill Jews."

Bowers frequently posted antisemitic material on the social media platform Gab and blamed Jews for helping migrant caravans in central America.

Minutes before storming the synagogue, Bowers posted, "I can`t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I`m going in."

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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN NEWS STREAM SHOW HOST: And that was CNN`s Jessica Dean reporting.

Crews searched the waters off Indonesia after the crash of a passenger plane with 189 people on board. We will have the latest on the

investigation 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.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is stepping down as leader of the Christian Democratic Party after 18 years in the role. She made the announcement just

minutes ago in Berlin. Angela Merkel also said this will be her last term as chancellor and she will not seek any political posts after the term ends

in 2021. Now, the move comes after a party suffered another major loss in a regional election over the weekend.

The man accused of opening fire at a Pittsburgh synagogue killing 11 people is expected in federal court hours from now. Robert Bowers faces 29 federal

charges. They include 11 counts of using a firearm to commit murder and multiple hate crimes counts.

In Indonesia, search crews have recovered six bodies from the crash site of Lion Air flight JT 610, but officials say they still haven`t located the

main wreckage of the plane. It went down shortly after takeoff from Jakarta early on Monday with 189 people on board. Underwater robots are assisting

divers in their search. They are working against high waves and strong currents.

CNN`s Will Ripley is monitoring developments on this disaster from here in Hong Kong. He joins us once again. Will, we know that Indonesian rescue

workers, they have been pulling debris, even personal items from the Java Sea, but are we getting any closer to answers about what happened to this

plane?

[08:34:54] WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Kristie, as you know, investigations into plane crashes often take months if not years and we are

just in the initial hours of this, but there is no apparent cause, no obvious reason why this essentially brand-new Boeing 737 would have gone

down.

It was just delivered back in August, so it had about, you know, three months, 800 hours of flight time. That is a new plane, one of Boeing`s most

advanced aircraft to date with an excellent safety record thus far. You had an experienced flight crew, between the captain and the co-pilot, more than

11,000 hours of flight time combined.

You had weather conditions that while there were some scattered thunderstorms, there was nothing in the immediate area where the plane went

down, nothing that would have posed a threat to an aircraft like this Boeing 737.

And you have the pilot who got on the radio and asked to turn around and go back to the airport in Jakarta, but did not say that there was an emergency

on board. No reports of a fire or whatnot.

So, all that you have to go on right now is the radar that shows that the plane got up to about 5,200 feet, then made a very quick drop before

dropping off screens all together.

And then what, you know, the crews are seeing, hundreds of rescuers on those choppy waters, 34 miles off the coast of Jakarta, pieces of debris,

bodies being recovered.

So obviously this was a very serious crash, but until they get those flight data recorders and start looking at the list of passengers, they are just

not going to be able to know what happened. We just have to keep watching and waiting to see what they learn, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Will, you laid it all out for us. This was a new plane, experienced crew, clear skies. Why this plane fell from the skies, that

remains a mystery. Will Ripley reporting live for us, thank you so much. You`re watching "News Stream." We`ll be right back after this.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back. All this week, CNN is showcasing some of India`s iconic traditions and we begin with a classical dance that emphasizes

gestures and religious story telling. It originated in ancient Hindu temples more than 2,000 years ago. Amara Walker shows us how this dance

form became one of India`s most iconic performing arts.

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AMARA WALKER, CNN ANCHOR: With the staccato of taps against the wooden block, Saroja Vaidyanathan directs her students as they practice one of

India`s oldest dance traditions, Bharatanatyam.

A display of theatricality and faith. The dance requires precision of movement, gesture and expression. It demands the engagement of every muscle

from the feet to the face.

SAROJA VAIDYANATHAN, GURU OF BHARATANATYAM: You are changing your character very beautifully.

WALKER: Vaidyanathan is considered one of the foremost gurus of Bharatanatyam, a dance traditionally performed as a solo by a woman. Today,

it`s considered one of the iconic performing arts of India.

VAIDYANATHAN: I have a lot of foreigners (ph). The way they dance, the way they are enrolled in their culture and heritage is astonishing to me. How

come they are so interested?

WALKER: Dakshina Vaidyanatham is Saroja`s granddaughter and herself an accomplished dancer of this style.

DAKSHINA VAIDYANATHAM, BHARATANATYAM DANCER: I just grew up thinking dance was a part of life, like I learned to walk, like I learned to talk, I

learned to dance and it was part of my every day.

WALKER: Bharatanatyam first emerged more than 2,000 years ago in the Hindu temples of South India in Tamil Nadu.

D.VAIDYANATHAN: It was not exactly a dance form initially. It started more like a form of worship. Women who danced in the temples were called

"devadasi." "Deva" meaning god, "dasi" meaning servant-woman.

[08:40:02] WALKER: It is now part of a tradition of movements passed down from one generation to the next, from grandmother to granddaughter.

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LU STOUT: Beautiful. Now, in Abu Dhabi, there are over 200 islands in the waters along the Arabian Gulf and one of them is Zaya Nurai. The beach

resort is just a 15-minute boat ride from the mainland and it`s an ideal get-away from city life. Now, let`s take a look inside a five-star kitchen

to experience what paradise can taste like in the capital of the UAE.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): There are up to 200 natural islands dotted along Abu Dhabi`s coastline and this man travels to one every day. Marc

Abed is the culinary director of Zaya Nurai Island Resort, only a 10-minute boat ride from Abu Dhabi.

MARC ABED, CULINARY DIRECTOR, ZAYA NURAI ISLAND RESORT: I like every day going here by the boat. No traffic. Look, it`s beautiful, right?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): Nurai comes from the Arabic word "nour" meaning "light." It`s been visited by royalty, A-list celebrities, and

other VIPs.

ABED: Nurai is very special. It`s -- I think it`s a very magical environment. Once you come to Zaya, it just takes you to another -- it

makes you travel. It disconnects (ph) you completely from the world.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): Marc oversees all the restaurants on Nurai Island.

ABED: I`m the resort`s private chef. I like to do everything my own. The fresher is, the better. So, I check my kitchen every day in the morning,

see what`s happening.

Everything is good, chef?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The usual (ph).

ABED: More samples (ph) are coming?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Samples? (ph). Wednesday.

ABED: Wednesday for sure.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): He`s arrived at "Hooked," the island`s seafood restaurant to prepare lunch.

ABED: I love cooking and I love making people happy. I think this is the two most important things that I love doing in Nurai Island.

We are making a tuna fish, a Chilean seabass with cheddar, broccoli, asparagus filling.

When you are cooking (INAUDIBLE) fishes, it`s really beautiful creating -- you don`t have a routine. It`s not every day the same thing. Every day,

you`re creating something new.

So we will place the skin on the pan. You can hear this noise. Basically, we cook it for like around three minutes. We just kind of make the skin a

bit crispy. And then we can then finish them in convection oven for eight minutes at 108 degrees Celsius. Boom! That`s it. Now we are going to wait

until the magic happens. Voila.

Hello, girls. So, this is white Chilean seabass.

Once you served it to the guest and he`s happy, it puts me in another world to be honest. People would never imagine something like this. It`s

literally paradise.

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LU STOUT: I`m all about that fish skin. That looked good. 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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