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Fear Ramped Up by Trump in Final Push for Midterm; Trump Asks Officials to Draft Deal for China; New Round of Sanctions for Iran; Crashed Lion Air Engine Turbine Found;World Headlines; Stone Reveals E-Mails with Bannon About WikiLeaks; Netanyahu Calls Killing "Horrendous," But Stands by Saudis; Slain Journalist's Fiancee Calls for Justice in Op-Ed; U.S. Economy Adds 250,000 Jobs in October; Bollywood Dance: A Beautiful Mix of East and West; Man Sets Epic Running Goal After Health Scare. Aired 8-9a ET

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

Playing to fears, Donald Trump ramps up his anti-immigration rhetoric just days before the midterm elections.

Pulling up debris, Indonesian divers find large pieces of Lion Air flight 610 as authorities struggle to identify victims.

And WikiLeaks connection? Republican operative Roger Stone faces renewed scrutiny over his role in the 2016 presidential race.

Just four days to go until the U.S. midterm elections and U.S. President Donald Trump is driving home his narrative that the country is about to be

invaded by Central American migrants. He used the White House podium on Thursday to hype the fear factor. The president said he would sign an

executive order next week which would make it harder for people to request asylum.

He also suggested that U.S. troops at the border could fire if migrants throw rocks at them. Hours later, he took that same message to a campaign

rally, slamming constitutionally protected birthright citizenship as a, "crazy lunatic policy." CNN's Abby Phillip joins me now live from outside

the White House with more. And Abby, as the midterm vote nears, President Trump continues to deliver this dark anti-immigrant message.

ABBY PHILLIP, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Kristie. President Trump making it very clear that immigration is going to be the

center of his strategy to hold on to the House and the Senate in the midterm elections. But what is raising eyebrows is his use of the White

House and the presidential podium to spin facts and spread mistruths about what is happening at the U.S. border.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

PHILLIP (voice-over): President Trump ratcheting up the incendiary anti- immigrant rhetoric that has become the centerpiece of his midterm pitch. Seeking to rally white voters by stoking racial and cultural fears.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: If you don't want America to be overrun by masses of illegal aliens and giant caravans, you'd better

vote Republican.

PHILLIP (voice-over): President Trump criticizing the 14th amendment of the Constitution guaranteeing birthright citizenship.

TRUMP: This crazy, lunatic policy that we can end.

PHILLIP (voice-over): And again, suggesting without evidence that Democrats are funding the groups of migrants heading to the border.

TRUMP: Some thought that he was involved. That's if not on our side of the ledger.

PHILLIP (voice-over): Democrats and a few Republicans condemning the administration's manufactured crisis at the border.

JOE BIDEN, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Words of our leaders matter. This is not politics as usual. It's about hate.

JOHN KASICH, GOVERNOR OF OHIO: What is happening is wrong. It's repelling people. I think that this kind of heated rhetoric isn't going to win

elections.

PHILLIP (voice-over): Earlier today, the president using the back drop of the White House to deliver a speech that was riddled with falsehoods about

immigrants.

TRUMP: Some people call it an invasion. It's like an invasion. They're violently overrun, the Mexican border. You saw that three days ago, really

hurting the military.

PHILLIP (voice-over): Mexican government officials tell CNN's Leyla Santiago that two police officers were struck by rocks during a recent

confrontation at the border, but the officer's injuries were not serious or life threatening.

Still, the president going so far as to suggest that migrants could be shot if they throw rocks at one of the up to 15,000 acts of duty troops he's

sending to the southern border.

TRUMP: When they throw rocks like they did at the Mexico military police, I say consider it a rifle. Because it's not much difference when you get

hit in the face with a rock. .

PHILLIP (voice-over): Retired Army General Mark Hertling noting that shooting someone throwing a rock is a violation of the rules of engagement,

a message echoed by former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

CHUCK HAGEL, FORMER U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY: That's a wanton incitement of unnecessary violence. It's a distraction. It's a distortion. It is of rank

political purpose to use our military like this.

PHILLIP (voice-over): President Trump also vowing to erect massive tent cities to hold migrants and promising an executive order next week to

prevent anyone caught crossing the border illegally from claiming asylum.

TRUMP: I don't want them in our country. And women don't want them in our country. Women want security.

PHILLIP (voice-over): Democrats rejecting the president's fear mongering and bringing in their power players to help drive turnout in tight races.

[08:04:58] OPRAH WINFREY, MEDIA EXECUTIVE: And for anybody here who has an ancestor who didn't have the right to vote and you are choosing not to vote

wherever you are in this state, in this country, you are dishonoring your family.

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PHILLIP: And as we head towards the midterms just days away, it is really heating up on the campaign trail. President Obama is heading to Florida

today to campaign for the Democratic governor and Senate candidates in that state and President Trump has two stops on the campaign trail in Indiana

and in West Virginia, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yes. He is campaigning hard. In your report, Abby, we heard from the governor of Ohio, the Republican John Kasich. He called Trump's

rhetoric wrong and repelling. Are many other Republicans also worried about Trump's strategy that it's going to hurt the party next week?

PHILLIP: There is some concern that President Trump's strategy is a little bit too much brute force here especially for the Republicans who are

running in competitive suburban districts. Those are Republicans are needing to turn out independent voters, women voters who might be turned

off by this really hard hitting message from the president.

There is a risk here that President Trump has perhaps gone too far especially with that video that we had heard about yesterday in which the

president suggested that Democrats were allowing cop-killing immigrant killers into the country.

The video was denounced as racist by a lot of people. But Republicans are trying to get him to refocus on the main issue of border security, but more

even on the economy given that that is their greatest strength going into this midterm race.

LU STOUT: Yes. And later this hour, we may get some more strong numbers for the GOP when the U.S. jobs report, the latest one comes out, the last

one before the midterms, just four days away. Abby Phillip reporting live. Thank you.

U.S. President Trump says that 15,000 troops are needed at the U.S.-Mexico border, but are they? The migrant caravan, the target of Mr. Trump's ire is

still more than a thousand kilometers away from the border. It will likely take weeks or even longer for it to actually get there.

The group has about 5,000 to 6,000 people in it, that's according to Mexican authorities. If 15,0000 U.S. troops are sent, that's about three

per migrant. Now migrants of the caravan, they've been traveling mostly by foot, about 30 to 50 kilometers a day and the president has spoken of

roughness in the group claiming that there are criminals and unknown middle easterners in the caravan.

Now, we have CNN teams on the ground. They have been following the caravan. They say that there are many women and children in the group. Many told our

correspondents that they are fleeing gang violence in their home country.

You can join CNN for extensive coverage of the U.S. midterm elections. It's happening next Tuesday or Wednesday depending on where you are. Our special

coverage begins just before the polls close and goes until all the results are known. You don't want to miss it.

Now, when President Trump goes to Argentina for the G20 summit at the end of this month, he may bring with him a proposal for a trade deal with

China. Bloomberg is now reporting that the president has asked his officials to draft a deal which could end the trade war.

He says he and the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, spoke by phone on Thursday. Afterward, Mr. Trump tweeted that talks between the two sides

are, "moving along nicely." CNN's Steven Jiang joins me live from Beijing. Steven, in the midst of this trade war, the two presidents are now finally

talking. Is this very welcome news in China especially in the markets there?

STEVEN JIANG, CNN SENIOR PRODUCER: That's right, Kristie. The markets here in mainland China as well as in Hong Kong and the rest of Asia have

responded very positively to the latest news as you can probably see on the screen. All the markets, the numbers were up significantly and in some

cases, rising more than 4 percent.

So, closing the trading week on a very positive note after a very brutal October. As you know, investors anywhere really hates uncertainty so this

latest development offers them a glimmer of hope that this uncertainty brought upon by this ongoing trade war may finally be over soon, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yes. There is hope. The markets really like that. But still, we know that the United States has a number of concerns about trade with China

especially intellectual property rights. What, at the end of the day, needs to be resolved before there can be any deal between the U.S. and China?

JIANG: Well, that's the million dollar question, Kristie, because the two sides have remained so far apart, at least publicly. Mr. Trump, as you

know, of course wants to close the trade gap with China. But he also wants China to change its economy structurally by stop subsidizing (ph)

industries and companies by stop enforcing American companies to hand over technologies to their Chinese partners.

And also, as you mentioned, to stop stealing American trade secrets, and these are the points long resisted by the Chinese. Now for his part, Mr. Xi

is set to be increasingly convinced that a Trump terrorist (ph) are more than just economic measures, but part of a broader strategic move by the

U.S. to contain the Chinese rise in the global stage.

[08:10:06] That's why it's very difficult for him to make substantial concessions. So that's why the timing of this phone call and the subsequent

messages are very interesting. Anna (ph) was saying Mr. Trump may want a market rally ahead of the elections as he is docked by controversies, as

you were saying, at home.

And Mr. Xi is also into (ph) mounting pressure here because of the slowing economy, the leadership for the first time, acknowledged this fact just a

few days ago. So, you know, it's very difficult to envision a mutually agreeable resolution to be really hashed out in about a month's time.

That's why all eyes will be on Argentina when the two men sit down in late November, Kristie.

LU STOUT: You mentioned China's slowing economy. Could you tell us more about the toll that this trade war has taken on China, its economy and

especially its currency, the renminbi.

JIANG: That's right. The economic growth has slowed down and also there are a lot of talks about the consumption downgrade, as people start to buy

less or buy less expensive things than the currency you mentioned. It had been weakening against the dollar almost approaching that psychologically

important one to seven mark.

But today, after the latest news, it climbed back slightly against the dollar. But here is the thing, Kristie, even with this potential cease-fire

in the trade war, there is a lot of other issues in this increasingly competitive and complex relationship.

Trade is just one dimension, you know, even with that potential deal, there remain to be a lot of other issues dogging, plaguing this relationship

militarily, politically, as well as economically. So it's going to take more than just a nice phone call or a nice meeting or dinner between the

two leaders to resolve all these thorny issues, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Absolutely. It's a multi layered relationship tier. Steven Jiang, reporting live from Beijing. Thank you.

Now, the Trump administration is lashing out against China over economic espionage, alleging that the country tried to steal trade secrets. New

charges involving (ph) a state-backed Chinese firm, a Taiwan company and three individuals from Taiwan accusing them of committing conspiracy to

steal trade secrets from the U.S. company Micron which makes memory chips.

And in October alone, three broad indictments were issued against Chinese intelligence agents. On Thursday, the U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions

said the U.S. would not stand for trade theft.

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JEFF SESSIONS, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: We are here today to say enough is enough. We are not going to take it any more. It's unacceptable. It's time

for China to join the community of lawful nations. International trade has been good for China, but cheating must stop. And we must have more law

enforcement cooperation with them.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: All these of course adding to already high tensions between Beijing and Washington over trade. But while there may be a more

conciliatory tone on trade with China as we spoke with Steven Jiang in Beijing just a moment ago, tougher times are ahead for Iran. Tehran faces a

second round of U.S. sanctions set to go into effect on Monday.

The goal here, to cripple Iran's vital oil industry. Iran is already facing a currency crisis and an uncertain future. So, what impact will these new

sanctions have? Fred Pleitgen is there in the Iranian capital. He joins us now, and Fred, how are people there in Tehran bracing for this second round

of sanctions?

FRED PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, I think a lot of people are concerned about these new sanctions. It was quite interesting

because a couple of minutes ago, Kristie, we were both at the Friday prayers in Tehran, which of course is a conservative hard line event.

But then we also went into a more moderate area where, you know, more moderate folks tend to hang out. And it was a really big difference because

the hard liners were saying, look, they want to remain strong. They want to remain defiant. They said Iran will fight back. It's really unclear how

exactly Iran wants to do that.

But if you speak to regular folks in this market and other places, as well, they really are concerned about what the future holds. You've mentioned

that things have already been happening. The currency crisis, the rial has really been tanking for weeks. And there's people who say look, they go to

sleep and they wake up and a good part of their life savings have simply been eradicated because the currency is tanking.

Regular things have become a lot more expensive as well. Now, there are certain things that the Iranians are banking on. These new sanctions could

be a lot tougher than the first round of sanctions that we've seen especially because the oil and gas sector is so vital to Iran's economy.

One of the things that the Iranians are banking on is that simply Iranian oil is needed in the world's economy. So they are hoping that the countries

that import Iranian oil, specifically big countries like India, like China, like South Korea, are going to get waivers from the United States to

continue to do that at least at a certain level so that the Iranians will be able to continue to export at least some oil. However, of course, it's

no secret they will take a big financial hit because of all of this.

[08:15:01] Unclear how big that hit is going to be, but you're absolutely right. People here, very concerned and certainly bracing for a dire

economic future at least in the medium term, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Fred, can we talk more about those sanctions waivers because there are reports out there that the U.S. has agreed to let a number of

countries including key allies like India, South Korea and Japan to keep buying Iranian oil. Why?

PLEITGEN: Yes. I think one of the reasons is the oil price itself. I mean, it has become clear over the past couple of days, the past couple of weeks

with the oil price rising, that it's going to be very difficult to offset Iranian oil output that of course has been rising since the nuclear

agreement was put into place.

And then we've seen some of the first effect because Iranian oil, they've exported less over the last couple of months, the last couple of weeks as

times have gotten tougher with the United States. And certainly the oil price has been on the rise. And it seems as though some of these nations,

at least, would not be very happy to have to then get their oil from somewhere else and simply it would be that oil everywhere would be become

more expensive.

And other oil producing nations like, for instance, Saudi Arabia which of course is a very large one and Russia as well, would have a big trouble

offsetting all of that and keeping the oil price at with the U.S. and what other countries deem to be at an acceptable level. At the same time, of

course, you have countries that simply believe that the Iran nuclear agreement is the right thing to do and that it's something that should be

kept in place.

The Russians for instance, the Chinese of course, which is also one of those big importers of Iranian oil, but then also a lot of European

countries. It was interesting to see and I saw that report, as well, about those eight countries that apparently have received waivers. We are still

waiting to get confirmation that there are some countries that have been unnamed so far. It will be interesting to see who those countries are and

where in the world those countries are located, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yes. For many countries in the world including the U.S., controlling the price of crude is very good politics. Fred Pleitgen,

joining us live from Tehran, thank you.

You're watching "News Stream." Still ahead right here, divers working to recover Lion Air flight 610 from the sea floor are facing tough conditions.

We'll tell you how they are getting the pieces to the surface and what is still left to find.

And one month after his killing, Jamal Khashoggi's fiance speaks out in a "Washington Post" op-ed.

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LU STOUT: All right, welcome back. Coming to you live from Hong Kong, we made it to the weekend. You're watching "News Stream."

Investigators working to recover Lion Air flight 610 have located one of the plane's engines on the ocean floor. It is among the largest pieces they

have found so far. This video from the Indonesian Navy is believed to show the discovery. Teams are using ropes and pulleys to raise up the debris.

They've also gotten hold of the flight data recorder, landing gear and part of the plane's fuselage. But they are still hunting for the cockpit voice

recorder.

(08:20:04] Ivan Watson is in Tanjung Priok where a lot of the debris has been brought up and he joins us now live. And Ivan, more debris has been

recovered, but is it in total providing any more clarity about what happened to this flight?

IVAN WATSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, what we certainly know is that the speed at which Lion Air flight 610 hit the water seems to have come a

little bit short of pulverizing this brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8. And now the Indonesian authorities are quite literally picking up the pieces from

this disaster.

But they are having to do it at a depth of 35 meters, picking up manually large pieces of debris like the turbine from one of the engines using

ropes, using teams of dozens of scuba divers from the Indonesian Navy, picking it up off the sea bed. That difficult work being complicated by the

rapid currents under water and by the fact that today there were high seas.

There was a swell which was complicating factors for the small armada of ships that are operating on the ship's surface, trying to coordinate this

effort. So it is hard work, and the talk that we've been hearing from some of the chiefs of this complicated operation, that they were planning to

bring in a sea crane to lift up big pieces.

Well, that hasn't quite happened yet because to the best of our knowledge, from what the authorities are telling us, they haven't found a very large

piece, surviving piece, intact piece of the aircraft yet, Kristie.

LU STOUT: And Ivan, another priority for the crews, retrieving the human remains and getting them back to their loved ones, and also the process of

identifying them. How is that coming along?

WATSON: Yes. I mean, that is another challenge here and that is something that has been ongoing, that the ships have been bringing back not only

piles of debris from the airplane such as, you know, the seat cushions from the airliner, but also remains in body bags. And they've gathered DNA from

relatives of the 189 victims of this crash.

And they have specialists ready. The DNA identification process, doctors say would take at least four days. And they have, as another example of how

hard this work is, they've brought in 20 dentists whose job is to identify fragments of teeth that are recovered from this disaster.

And we've heard consistently from some of the relatives that one of their priorities now in the wake of this tragedy is to have closure. It is to

retrieve remains and to be able to hold proper funerals for the many, many victims of this disaster.

LU STOUT: Yes. And one can only imagine the agony for the families as they await closure, as they are waiting for answers. So that leads us to the

investigation. What have authorities ruled out as of today as contributing factors to this crash?

WATSON: Well, we know that they've ruled out the runway being a contributing factor and they've ruled out the weather. The weather was good

on the morning that Lion Air flight 610 went down. And now the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Commission is more focused on the state of

the aircraft itself.

A brand new plane, less than a year old, what happened there that could have gone wrong? The crew and the company itself, the low-budget airline,

Lion Air. We know that the ministry of transportation has ordered the -- at least temporary resignation of a number of top executives from Lion Air.

And we know that a number of outside experts have been brought in from the U.S., from the American National Transportation Safety Board, from the

Federal Aviation Administration, from the airline manufacturers, Boeing and General Electric, which is part of a consortium that built the engines for

this plane.

And we also know that Singaporean experts are involved in the analysis of the data that has been gleaned (ph) now from the flight data recorder which

was recovered just yesterday. One key thing that is still lacking right now, Kristie, is the cockpit voice recorder, another recording device which

would have had the last words of the pilot and copilot.

And just reminding our viewers that they requested, during what was a very bumpy and probably quite frightening 13 minutes in the air after takeoff,

they requested to return back to the main airport in Jakarta, but they did not have time to declare a may day.

[08:25:04] So if that cockpit voice recorder, and to the best of our knowledge, they have not yet heard any underwater locator beacon from it --

if that is recovered, that would also explain more about the last minutes of the crew of the plane before it smashed into the Java Sea.

LU STOUT: Now, Ivan, it has been five days since this terrible disaster. We thank you and the crew for providing us regular updates all throughout

the week. Ivan Watson, reporting live from outside Jakarta. Thank you.

Chinese authorities say that a woman who attacked a bus driver was partially responsible for a deadly crash in the southwestern part of the

country. Police released this video from the onboard camera which shows a woman hitting the driver after she apparently missed her stop. He fights

back with his right arm, but when she attacked him again, he roughly swerved into oncoming traffic before crashing into the railings on the side

of a bridge. As a result, all 15 people on board were killed.

Now, in India, protesters in the city Chennai are angry over the brutal murder of a teenage girl. This took place in the state of Tamil-Nadu. And

the suspect has been charged with murder. Now, CNN's Nikhil Kumar joins us now live from New Delhi. And Nikhil, what more have you learned about this

sickening crime?

NIKHIL KUMAR, CNN NEW DELHI BUREAU CHIEF: Sickening is exactly the right word, Kristie. The crime occurred in late October and the way the police,

the way (inaudible) described it to us, this is a case it seems like of caste-based violence. The girl, just 14-years-old belonged to the community

of Dalit, it's a lower caste in India.

And she was attacked by a man from a higher caste. The allegation from the family in their report filed with the police is that she rejected advances

that he had made. In response, he attacked her and beheaded her. The police are still investigating the case, so we have to wait and see what, you

know, other charges they might add to the case.

But they have arrested him under laws here that are meant to prevent caste- based violence. As you said, protesters came out in Chennai, which is the capital of the state of Tamil-Nadu where this took place. And it's already

turned the spotlight on the issue of caste-based violence, which remains despite progress. It remains a big problem for modern India, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yes. She was only 13-years-old. You know, headlines like this, these are very dark days. Nikhil Kumar, reporting live for us. Nikhil,

thank you.

You're watching "News Stream." We'll be back right after this.

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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.

Divers in Indonesia have found the landing gear, wheels and the large portion of the fuselage from Lion Air flight 610. This video shows what may

also be the plane's engine turbine that they found just a short time ago. On Thursday, the flight data recorder was recovered and at least two of the

189 people who died when the plane crashed on Monday have been identified.

Bloomberg reports that Donald Trump has asked officials to drop a possible trade deal with China. The U.S. president says he spoke with Chinese

President Xi Jinping by phone on Thursday. They are to meet at the G20 summit later this month. Asian stock markets rose on optimism about an end

to the trade war.

The U.S. president claims he will sign an executive order next week, which would make it harder for people to apply for asylum. He gave a factually

dubious speech on the topic at the White House on Thursday, just four days ahead of the U.S. midterms. Mr. Trump also suggested troops at the border

would fire at migrants who threw rocks.

Last week, President Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, was once again interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller's team.

Investigators are interested in Bannon's communication with Republican operative Roger Stone during the 2016 campaign. At the time, Stone was

promoting himself as a go-between with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Sara Murray has more.

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SARA MURRAY, CNN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: New e-mails reveal Roger Stone was in touch with a senior Trump campaign official, Steve Bannon, about

WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential race. Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has copies of the e-mails, a source tells CNN, part of its

investigation into whether Stone actually had an inside track with WikiLeaks, and whether he shared any of that information with members of

the Trump campaign.

In an e-mail on October 4th, 2016, Bannon, then the Trump campaign CEO, wrote to Stone, "what was that this morning?" Stone published the e-mails

in a column Thursday for the right-wing Daily Caller. Bannon's e-mail came shortly after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange delivered a speech billed as

an October surprise.

JULIAN ASSANGE, EDITOR OF WIKILEAKS: I understand there are enormous expectations in the United States.

MURRAY: But Assange didn't unveil any new information, angering some of Trump's supporters who were hoping for a bombshell on Hillary Clinton. In a

reply to Bannon, Stone explained the delay. Fear. Serious security concern. However, a load every week going forward. Stone says his e-mail was based

on public information.

During his media event, Assange promised more WikiLeaks material was coming. Stone's move to publish the e-mails preempted a New York Times

story Thursday about Stone's efforts to pitch himself to Trump campaign officials as a WikiLeaks insider.

At least one campaign official told investigators Stone told campaign officials he had ties to Assange, according to a person familiar with the

investigation. While Stone made a show publicly and privately bragging about his ties to Assange during the 2016 campaign, he has since revised

his story.

Stone says he actually relied on publicly available information, tips from journalists and a back channel source, progressive New York activist Randy

Credico. Credico has denied he acted as a back channel.

ROGER STONE, FORMER TRUMP POLITICAL ADVISER: And then, of course, there is the Mueller investigation, poking into every aspect of my private,

personal, business, social, family and political life.

MURRAY: Stone hasn't been contacted by Mueller's team, but nearly a dozen of his associates have. Still, it is unclear what charges, if any, Stone

could ultimately face.

The New York Times also published e-mails showing Stone asking Bannon to help him get funding from GOP donor Rebekah Mercer to spread a story based

on no evidence that Bill Clinton has a love child. I've raised 150K for the targeted black digital campaign through a C-4, Stone wrote. "Tell Rebekah

to send us some money."

The request could run afoul of federal election laws. Stone says he never received any money from the Mercers, and he maintains he is innocent.

STONE: I am guilty of no crime in connection with the 2016 election or anything else.

MURRAY: Even though Roger Stone has insisted he has done nothing wrong, he still said he wouldn't be surprised if Mueller brings charges against him.

Stone says the charges would just be tramped up and designed to get him to flip on President Trump.

Sara Murray, CNN, Washington.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And one month from the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally broken his silence on the

journalist's death. Speaking at a summit in Bulgaria, he described it as "horrendous" but stressed his continued support for Saudi Arabia, saying it

is very important for the stability of the world and predictably pointing to Iran as a bigger threat.

[08:35:04] And the fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi has marked a month since his death with an op-ed in The Washington Post.

In it, she called for his killers to be held to account, writing this, "it is now up to the international community to bring the perpetrators to

justice. Of all nations, the United States should be leading the way. The country was founded on the ideals of liberty and justice for all, the First

Amendment enshrining the ideals personified by Jamal. But the Trump administration has taken a position that is devoid of moral foundation."

The Washington Post also reports that Turkish investigators are exploring the theory that the killers of Khashoggi used acid to dissolve his remains.

You're watching News Stream. We'll be right back.

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LU STOUT: All right. The U.S. jobs report for October, it was just released moments ago. The U.S. economy added 250,000 jobs last month

compared with 134,000 jobs in September. As for the unemployment rate, it remains steady at 3.7 percent. We'll have much more on the new jobs numbers

with "First Move with Julia Chatterley." That's happening in about 20 minutes from now.

Now, in India, it is hard to imagine contemporary dance without mentioning Bollywood. The massive song and dance routine made popular by Hindi films

was born from classical Indian dance. Amara Walker spoke with some of the most renowned choreographers who are evolving the genre.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

AMARA WALKER, CNN ANCHOR: Perhaps most memorable and unique to any Bollywood film are the song and dance sequences, mesmerizing, high energy,

over the top, and addictive.

And there are few Bollywood choreographers working today in Mumbai with the stature and influence of Shiamak Davar.

In 1997, Davar changed Bollywood forever with this work in a romantic film about a dance company, Dil To Pagal Hai.

More than 20 years later, Davar's dance company twists to the same movements. It's a blend of homegrown and outside influences, a trademark of

Davar's work.

SHIAMAK DAVAR, CHOREOGRAPHER: Bollywood dance actually has become a whole blend of international, Indian, contemporary, modern, you know, folk and

all kind of -- all kind of forms mixed together. And eventually it's come out to be a kind of a beautiful mix of east and west.

WALKER: In 2006's "Dhoom 2," Davar puts this beautiful mix to work from the performance of superstar Abhistek Bachchan.

And more recently, in the quirky duet shot on the streets of Morocco in "Jagga Jasoos."

[08:40:03] For him, the global phenomenon of Bollywood dance has roots in India that go deep.

DAVAR: I think dance is what we're made of, religious festivals, our weddings. On the streets, we all dance, we celebrate. We live life through

song and dance. We actually do it. It's all about celebrating who we are. We are song, we are dance, we are culture, and we are unity. And we are

always embracing other forms to grow. So I think that's important.

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LU STOUT: He's got the moves. Now, when we're young, mortality is usually a pretty abstract concept. We rarely think about the food we eat, except

for enjoyment. But that can be a dangerous mindset. In our series Live Longer, Dr. Sanjay Gupta introduces us to a man who turned a wake-up call

into a completely new way of life.

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SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Along the sparkling blue waters of Abu Dhabi's coastline, Khalid al Suwadi is out for more than just

a casual jog.

KHALED AL SUWAIDI, LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER: In all honesty, I was veering towards a really bad place. I wasn't taking care of my health at all. I

wasn't -- I knew there was a problem, but I wasn't willing to accept that I had to deal with it.

GUPTA: Three years ago, at the age of 32, he made a decision that would change his life and his life expectancy.

AL SUWAIDI: I wanted to get just a regular checkup. And I remember the doctor, she pulled out a yellow card after the checkup. And I was shocked.

And I asked her what was this yellow card for. She said, you are pre- diabetic.

GUPTA: According to the International Diabetes Foundation, more than 10 percent of the region's population has diabetes. That's the second highest

prevalence in the world. And a recent survey from the IDF shows that heart disease is the leading cause of disability and death in people with type 2

diabetes. Dr. Garjyot Bajw is a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi.

GURJYOT BAJW, CARDIOLOGIST, CLEVELAND CLINIC: I think the heart health is one of the most important things to emphasize now, as we get older, as life

gets busier. And it's easy to do. A half hour a day of anything that gives you happiness, whether it's running, walking, meditating, yoga. Wellness

and health go together. So if you feel well, your heart is healthy and you'll live longer.

GUPTA: After the pre-diabetic wake-up call, Khaled chose to be proactive rather than reactive. He turned his health around. He turned to running.

AL SUWAIDI: I wanted a challenge. I decided one day after my kids were born a year ago that I wanted to be the first person to run from the east

coast to the west coast nonstop. In the time between October and the start of the run in February, I ran over 3,500 kilometers.

GUPTA: Running those distances are extreme and not necessarily recommended for everyone. Khaled also changed his nutrition habits by switching to a

primarily plant-based diet.

AL SUWAIDI: I never thought about my life span whatsoever. I just thought about the next meal before my journey. There's always something new you can

discover that can lead to health benefits.

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LU STOUT: Well said. And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. World Sport is next.

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