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A Show Of Defiance - The Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro Lashes Out As Europe Throws Its Support Behind Juan Guaido; A Once In A Century Event As Crocodiles And Snakes Roam The Streets As Flooding Rips Through Northeast Of Australia; Super Bowl, Super Patriots - New England Wins Another NFL Title And The Reigning Dynasty Seems Far From Over.. Aired: 8-9a ET
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KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST, "NEWS STREAM": I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to "News Stream." A show of defiance. The Venezuelan
President, Nicolas Maduro lashes out as Europe throws its support behind Juan Guaido. A once in a century event, crocodiles and snakes roam the
streets as flooding rips through northeast of Australia. And Super Bowl, Super Patriots. New England wins another NFL title and the reigning
dynasty seems far from over.
International pressure is mounting on Venezuelan leader, Nicolas Maduro. Several European nations are officially recognizing the opposition leader,
Juan Guaido as the country's interim President. The decision by the U.K., France and others comes as Mr. Maduro rejected their ultimatum to call free
elections. The Venezuelan President is not backing down.
In a weekend interview, Nicolas Maduro lashed out at Donald Trump.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
NICOLAS MADURO, VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT (Through a translator): Stop. Stop Donald Trump, you're making mistakes that are going to stain your hands
with blood and you're going to leave the Presidency stained with blood. Stop. Bolivarians have the capacity of dialogue and understanding. Let's
respect each other or is it that you are going to repeat a Vietnam in Latin America?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LU STOUT: Meanwhile, in a wide-ranging interview with the U.S. network CBS, Donald Trump had this to say about the crisis in Venezuela.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
MARGARET BRENNAN, MODERATOR, CBS: What would make you use the U.S. military in Venezuela? What's a national security --
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Well, I don't want to say that, but certainly, it's something that's on the -- it's an option.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LU STOUT: Nicolas Maduro has refused to accept that Venezuela is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis even though nearly a tenth of the population
has fled in recent years because of widespread malnutrition and political unrest.
Just this weekend, we saw tens of thousands of opposition protesters fill the streets, pro-Maduro rallies were also held. Meanwhile, Canada is
hosting an emergency Lima group meeting to figure out how to get aid into the struggling country.
Paula Newton is in Ottawa where that meeting is taking place and Melissa Bell is in Paris with more of the European reaction. But first, we go
straight to Caracas where Stefano Pozzebon is standing by. And Stefano, Nicolas Maduro is defiant. He is rejecting pressure from Europe as well as
the U.S.
STEFANO POZZEBON, JOURNALIST: Yes. Exactly, Kristie. Nicolas Maduro, he is definitely a leader who is used to see people protesting against his
government on the streets, and yet with these increasing pressure both from the international community and the domestic scene here in Caracas, he is
not giving any sign of bulking against such a pressure. He is not giving any sign that he is ready to give any inch to the demands of the
opposition.
And referring to those calls by European countries such as Spain, France, Germany and the U.K., who demanded free, fresh and fair elections as soon
as possible. Yesterday, in that interview with the Spanish broadcaster, laSexta, Nicolas Maduro has some very strong words for those demands. Take
a listen.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
MADURO (Through a translator): We don't accept ultimatums from anyone. It's like if I told the European Union, "I'll give you seven days to
recognize the Republic of Catalonia and if you don't, we are going to take measures." No, international politics can't be based on ultimatums.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
POZZEBON: We see Nicolas Maduro being defiant, Nicolas Maduro, showing a portrait of himself as the leader in charge.
In the past 10 days or so, it has been -- Nicolas Maduro has been on television many, many times surrounded by military men, rallying his
troops, saying that the troops are ready to fight any foreign intervention that is taking place here in Venezuela, and the message is clear this is a
leader that is not ready to go without a fight -- Kristie.
LU STOUT: Yes, Maduro is standing firm. It has been what? Two weeks since Juan Guaido declared himself the interim leader. Stefano, thank you.
Let's go to Melissa Bell now who is standing by in Paris.
Melissa, we know a number of major countries across Europe now recognize Guaido as the interim President of Venezuela. What led to this?
MELISSA BELL, CORRESPONDENT, CNN: That's right. There was an ultimatum essentially, Kristie, that was laid out eight days ago by European nations
not just the European Union, but several of its member states. So they are saying, "Look, you have eight days to hold those fresh Presidential
elections."
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BELL: Those suggestions that Stefano just alluded to in that interview by Maduro that those Parliamentary elections of 2020 might be moved forward
were really met with derision here in Europe, not least from France's European Affairs Minister who spoke out last saying, "Look, that's not what
we're talking about. We are calling for nothing less than fresh Presidential elections."
And this morning, that list of those who have come out and said that they now recognize the official opposition as being in charge, urging it to
organize those Presidential elections has gotten longer. The U.K., France, Spain, Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria, and perhaps as
a sign that the Europeans intend to go further than simply words or symbolic statements, Kristie, there is to be a meeting on Thursday in
Montevideo with several E.U. nations, as well as the E.U. itself and Latin- American nations to try and figure out how this newly formed contact group can help Venezuela achieve a peaceful and political transition.
In the meantime, of course, all eyes here in Europe when it comes to Venezuela very much on what happens in Ottawa later today.
LU STOUT: Yes, international pressure against Nicolas Maduro is mounting. Let's go to Paula, standing by in Ottawa for what's happening over there in
Canada and Paula, the announcement from Europe that Melissa was reporting to, that's been welcomed by world leaders, including the Prime Minister
there, Justin Trudeau. What is happening today? How is Canada going to support the opposition leader?
PAULA NEWTON, ANCHOR, CNN: Absolutely. There is quite a bit of momentum there coming from Europe, now, over here to Ottawa.
Prime Minister Trudeau spoke to Juan Guaido on Sunday reiterating they one key thing, Kristie, the point is they want a peaceful transition and while
they welcome the help from the United States, the one thing they do not want is any talk of military intervention. That is the issue here with
this group, the Lima group that has been together for quite some time. It involves those countries of the Americas and they will be looking at key
specific things on how to back Mr. Guaido in his opposition to Nicolas Maduro.
It includes of course those all important financial sanctions, how to actually starve his regime of any financial support that it is getting.
But also key here, Kristie, are those back channels to the military.
Everybody wants to know, in terms of any contact that they can have from those key military leaders to assure them that there will be some kind of
amnesty and if they do want to turn away from the Maduro regime that they can indeed do that.
And in fact, another issue here is that humanitarian assistance. The Maduro regime has for so many months turned down any kind of assistance
whatsoever. But the pressure has been felt on those neighboring countries, especially Colombia, as it has continued to receive hundreds of thousands
of people desperate coming out of Venezuela and that will be another issue on the table today.
But key will be what the momentum can be in terms of keeping it going, and that will be one thing on the negotiating table. Kristie, the Prime
Minister actually is expected to address this meeting a little bit more than an hour from now and we will await his remarks.
LU STOUT: Yes, so many international factors at play. We consider the future of Venezuela. Paula Newton, Melissa Bell, Stefano Pozzebon, we
thank all of you for your reporting.
Now, massive rainfall has forced thousands from their homes in southeast Australia with forecasters warning that the intense storms there could
continue for days to come, and just making matters worse there, there have been quite a number of sightings of crocodiles and snakes being swept along
with the flood waters.
In fact, this crocodile was spotted right outside a garage in the City of Queensland. Over the weekend, police, they were going door-to-door to warn
the residents to flee their homes. The disaster is being described as a once in a century flooding event.
Jack McDonald has been witnessing the devastating flooding in Townsville, Queensland. He joins us on the phone. And Jack, thank you for joining us.
You are an eyewitness to the disaster. But first, tell us how you are doing? How's your family is doing right now?
JACK MCDONALD, EYEWITNESS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: Hi, Kristie. Yes, we're doing okay. It's been an unprecedented event here. But we're okay. We've
moved to higher ground. We're right in the thick of it a couple of days ago, but we're okay now. Thank you.
LU STOUT: And Jack, we're screening video that you supplied us here at CNN looking at what looks like your home and the neighborhood around you.
Could you describe what your home looks like as a result of these floods?
MCDONALD: At the moment, it's inundated. So we've got a lot of floodwater. We've got silt through the house, mud, everything is pretty
much underwater.
LU STOUT: And now, again, video supplied by you, we saw -- we're looking at a tank going through the streets of your neighborhood just pushing
through the floodwater. It's for me, a very surreal sight to behold. But for you, what was it like to witness something like that?
MCDONALD: For us, it was surreal as well. We stayed there right until the last minute. We didn't know really what was going on.
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MCDONALD: We knew the flood water was coming up. But we - it was one of those things we didn't think would actually happen to us. But the Army
turned up on our doorstep and we had to get out. We had to flee for our safety. So that's what we did.
LU STOUT: Yes, and good thing that you did. There had been a lot of reports, a lot of viral postings about certain dangers lurking in the
water. Did you come across any crocodiles or snakes in the flood water?
MCDONALD: Myself? Not actually, not any snakes. But a couple of people who I have been living with at the moment, they had a crocodile that was
not far away from their property, about 100 meters away they had it.
LU STOUT: Wow.
MCDONALD: A croaker all that was there. And so they had to stay in the house for a little while and it was pretty hectic experience for those
guys.
LU STOUT: Oh yes, you can imagine, you know, just so many dangers lurking in the water in addition to just the rising floodwater, which could also
move pretty fast as well.
Jack McDonald, thank you so much for calling into us here at CNN. It's good to hear that you're safe and your family is safe. Please do take
care.
Now, the dramatic rainfall is not done yet. Let's get the latest forecast from our meteorologist, Chad Myers and Chad, you know, the flooding has
forced so many people from their homes including, Jack, Jack McDonald, who we were talking to just now. When will the rain let up?
CHAD MYER, METEOROLOGIST, CNN: Not for another seven days. That's what we're really seeing. And look at the last seven days. There's been over a
meter of rainfall in all of these reporting stations just in the past seven days and it is still raining right now.
Just in the past 24 hours, a half a meter there just to the west of Cairns. This is the area now that is going to see the rainfall. This is rainy
season, but what we've had a series of storms that have just run right over the same area.
It would be great to spread this out to the west a little bit because it's been so very dry and hot out there. But this is just a pattern that is
stuck, it's stuck because the heat is over on the one side and it's stuck over here where the rain is and the systems, the patterns just will not
move.
So here's the forecast radar through Tuesday into Wednesday. And then finally into Thursday, just one rain event after another. It's just - it
will not go away and the areas that you see in red, this is 150 millimeters of rain or more. There are some purple areas in there which means another
250 millimeters of rainfall and that's just in the next 48 hours.
All of this water will have to run back downhill to get into the ocean to get through the creeks and streams, so this weather - this water is not
going to stop. It is going to continue to go up and now, we're talking about long term-problems, Kristie. Now, we're talking about the
floodwaters into your home and when it is there for so very long, the rivers are so very high, major flooding in more than one area here across
the area.
Now, it is going to take a long time for that cleanup because the sheet rock and the drywall and the plaster, everything in the home is wet. And
obviously now, the electricity is wet, too.
You have to go through and do all these things that you have to do in any major flood and the use of the floodwaters, you know, they're talking about
the crocodiles, but in the floodwaters there's many other things that are biological that you don't want to be in either. This is going to take a
long time to clean this mess up.
LU STOUT: That's right. You know, for example, you know, hazardous waste et cetera and it's really sad to hear, we can't even -- these people there
have considered the cleanup until the rain lets up, that's not going to be until a week from now.
Chad Myers, we thank you for the forecast. Thank you so much, sir, and take care.
Now, we are learning new details in the plane crash involving the missing football Emiliano Sala. Investigators say that a body has been spotted in
the wreckage found in the English Channel. The flight, it took off from France headed to Wales when it went down two weeks ago.
Our CNN Sports Amanda Davies is live for us in London. She joins us now, and Amanda, this news came out just in the last hour, so a grim discovery
has been made inside the wreckage. What more are you hearing?
AMANDA DAVIES, HOST, WORLD SPORT: Yes, Kristie, it's the news that people feared. But Emiliano Sala's family and friends have been desperate not to
believe really since as you said that the plane carrying Sala piloted by British pilot David Ibbotson went off radar two weeks ago, today, on
January the 21st.
A rescue operation - a recovery operation has been underway for the last 36 hours really. It resumed on Sunday morning after a crowdfunding exercise
organized by Sala's friends and family had had got involved a well-known shipwreck hunter called David Means, he went out to look over the English
Channel with especially setup boats using sonar equipment and various devices.
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DAVIES: And on Sunday morning, they identified what they said was the aircraft that had been carrying Sala from Nant in France to Cardiff in
Wales.
That investigation was then picked up here on Monday morning by the U.K. body, the Air Accident Investigation Branch and they have confirmed as you
said, in the last hour or so that they have seen the wreckage and they've released a statement which says tragically in video footage, one occupant
is visible amidst the wreckage.
The AAIB is now considering the next steps in consultation with the families of the pilot and passenger and the police. They have also issued
just one image and that is the image of what is said to be the left fuselage of the aircraft which states the flight number. It shows you as
you can see the aircraft registration, indeed confirming it was the plane carrying footballer, Emiliano Sala and pilot, David Ibbotson.
So there are now steps being taken as to where this investigation, where this recovery operation goes next. But really heartbreaking. Tragic news
for the family and friends of both individuals involved. But David Means, the investigator the ship wreck hunter said devastating news, but he hopes
it goes some way to bring some closure to their family and friends.
LU STOUT: Yes, absolutely heartbreaking news for family and friends and of course, for Sala's fans all over the world. Amanda Davies reporting live
for us. Amanda, thank you.
A football player and refugee will spend two more months in a Thai jail as he fights extradition to Bahrain. Hakeem al Araibi appeared in Bangkok
court earlier on Monday. His supporters say that the charges are politically motivated. Here are the details.
(BEGIN VIDEO TAPE)
LU STOUT (voice over): Barefoot in Thailand and locked up in chains, a nightmare far from what Hakeem al Araibi imagined when he flew off on his
honeymoon. "Tell my wife I love her," he says before he is hauled back to the Bangkok cell where he has been since November.
Al Araibi will spend another two months locked up after telling a Thai court on Monday that he will fight extradition to Bahrain. The country
where he says he was tortured and jailed for his political beliefs and likely will be again.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
ALLAN MCKINNON, AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO THAILAND: We are asking Prime Minister Prayut to allow Hakeem al Araibi to return to Australia. He
is a refugee. Allow him to return to Australia to his friends and his family and the Australian community.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LU STOUT (voice over): Australia gave al Araibi political asylum in 2014. When the footballer flew to Thailand with his new wife in November, an
Interpol red notice was issued for his arrest. An international warrant that is not supposed to be given to refugees.
Bahrain wants him jailed for his part in a pro-democracy protest and has defended the extradition request saying that claims al Araibi would not
receive a fair trial or would face torture or quote "false reports," but rights advocates remain unconvinced.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
FRANCIS AWARITEFE, VICE PRESIDENT, FIFPRO: Hakeem is a refugee. He is a human rights defenders and therefore, under international law, he should
not be a subject of these proceedings.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LU STOUT (voice over): For now, al Araibi says he is trying to stay fit while in prison as for when he plays football again, that's up to Thailand.
(END VIDEO TAPE)
LU STOUT: And in the past few days, a number of big name footballers including Didier Drogba and Gary Lineker have taken up al Araibi's cause
online.
Some of his supporters have even said that Thailand should be barred from staging international matches if he is sent back to Bahrain.
You're watching "News Stream" and still to come, Pope Francis made history in the UAE. He is set to me with Muslim leaders this hour.
And political turmoil in the U.S. State of Virginia. The Governor's own party is calling on him to step down over a decades old racist photo. He
is set to face his Cabinet soon. We will be live in Virginia.
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LU STOUT: This month, Pope Francis set to meet privately with Muslim leaders in Abu Dhabi as part of his historic Gulf trip. He will also meet
with Jewish and Christian leaders and hold a Papal mass during his highly publicized three-day visit of the UAE. The Pope arrived on Sunday,
becoming the first Pontiff to set foot on the Arabian Peninsula.
Before he left for his trip, the Pope issued his strongest condemnation yet of the war in Yemen, where his host, the UAE, has a leading military role.
Meanwhile on Tuesday, now CNN will bring you the results of an extensive investigation. Nima Elbagir follows a trail of American-made weapons sold,
stolen and abandoned in Yemen. Her report explains how they also make their way into the wrong hands.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
NIMA ELBAGIR, SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, CNN: It's absolutely incredible. We are driving past and it's like a graveyard of American
military hardware. And this is not under the control of coalition forces. This is in the command of militias.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LU STOUT: Nima's exclusive report, it's called "Made in America, Lost in Yemen," begins airing Tuesday right here on CNN.
To the U.S. now and a governor in trouble. The spokeswoman for embattled Virginia Governor Ralph Northam says that there will be a Cabinet meeting
next hour as he faces a course of calls to resign over a 1984 yearbook photo featuring one person in blackface and another in Ku Klux Klan garb.
Northam has so far refused to step down despite many calls to do so even from those within his own party and a disastrous press conference over the
weekend. But can he cling on when Democrats have been so critical of the Trump administration over racial issues?
Ryan Nobles joins us from the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond and Ryan, some amazing backtracking from the Governor here. There was, you know,
this time a day after he apologized for appearing in a racist photo, he says that he wasn't in it and he's not going to resign. What exactly is
going on here?
RYAN NOBLES, CORRESPONDENT, CNN: It is pretty remarkable, Kristie, you know many people that have covered Virginia politics for a long time
including me have never seen anything like this play out the way that it has.
You know, I'm told that on Friday when this yearbook photo came to light, it was the first time that the Governor had ever seen it. There was
intense pressure on him at the time to try and explain it. He didn't really have an explanation for it at that time. It was a picture that was
on his page in.
And so he took the dramatic step of admitting that he was in the photo, and then he slept on it Friday night. He spoke to some of his colleagues and
former classmates at the Eastern Virginia Medical School, and they led him to believe that there was a good chance that he was not the person in this
photo.
He said, he didn't remember this event. He did not remember ever dressing up like this. And then in a bizarre press conference, he told the story
about how he dressed up in blackface at another time when he was dressing up as Michael Jackson in a dance competition. And he vividly remembered
that, vividly regretted that and so that's how he knew that he had not dressed up in blackface to appear in this photo.
So now, what the Governor is asking, and it admittedly as a big ask is he's telling the people of Virginia to give him the time and space to explain
himself, to come up with some rationale behind this photo and why he is not the person in this photo and then to look at his lengthy record as not only
a politician, but as an Army officer and as a doctor to show that he is not the person that is demonstrated in this photo and that he deserves the
opportunity to continue to lead.
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NOBLES: Kristie, I can tell you that at this point, that is not a very convincing argument. You are hard-pressed to find an elected leader
anywhere in Virginia that is standing by the Governor.
Today, he is going to meet with his Cabinet at 9:00 a.m., this is a regularly scheduled meeting, but it is going to be very important because,
so far the only people sticking by the Governor are the people that he has appointed to these important positions. If we start to see a mass exodus
from there, it is going to be different for him to hang onto his position.
LU STOUT: Yes, there is so much at stake here for the Governor and also for his Party, the Democratic Party. Do Democrats there in the state fear
their Party's future and their agenda because of this scandal?
NOBLES: There's no doubt about that, Kristie, and for two reasons; one, just overall, the image of the Democratic Party is one that is heavily
reliant and is heavily supportive of the African-American community, and if someone like a Governor can stay in place with this in his background, that
certainly could be damaging to the party.
But secondly, there is just the issue of the simple governance of the Commonwealth of Virginia. We are in the middle of their legislative
session, in fact, this is the midway point which is the busiest and most important part of the legislative calendar. The legislators here do not
want to be dealing with this issue. They would much rather be dealing with the state budget and some of the other very important issues that impact
Virginians on a day-to-day basis.
For instance, a 5% raise for schoolteachers that's being proposed. So this is just getting in the way of that basic governance. And that's one of the
metrics that Ralph Northam is judging this to whether or not he should stay in office, or whether or not he can continue to effectively govern.
By the end of the day, we should get a real sense of whether or not that's even possible.
LU STOUT: Yes, this is such an important story about race and politics in America. Ryan Nobles reporting live for us from Richmond. Ryan, thank
you.
The U.S. president won't rule out another government shutdown in his fight with Democrats over the southern border wall. In less than two weeks, the
short-term government funding measure is set to expire if no deal is reached on border security.
The last U.S. government shutdown was the longest in U.S. history. Here's what Mr. Trump told CBS News on Sunday.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
BRENNAN: Would you shut down the government again?
TRUMP: Well, we're going to have to see what happens on February 15th.
BRENNAN: You're not taking it off the table?
TRUMP: Well, I don't take anything off the table. I don't like to take things off the table. It's that alternative. It's national emergency.
It's other things. And there have been plenty of national emergencies called. You need a wall. And anybody that says you don't, they're just
playing games.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LU STOUT: Meanwhile, the Pentagon says, it will deploy nearly 4,000 additional troops to the U.S. border with Mexico to bolster security. They
will be supporting surveillance activities and the laying of some 240 kilometers of Concertina wire between ports of entry.
Now, attorneys for the Grammy nominee Rapper 21 Savage say that they are working to get him out of detention after he was arrested by U.S.
immigration officials. They say that 21 Savage is a British citizen who is in the U.S. illegally and that he was convicted on felony drug charges in
2014.
Nick Valencia has the latest.
NICK VALENCIA, CORRESPONDENT, CNN: A law enforcement official tells me that rapper, 21 Savage was in the car with another rapper who was the
target of a criminal arrest. When officers ran a background search on 21 Savage, they were made aware of his immigration status and they took him
into custody. He is now in the process of being removed from the United States.
Now, even if you don't follow hip-hop or know who 21 Savage is, he is a celebrated musician who has made a mark on the hip-hop world. In fact, he
is Grammy-nominated for a record that he has this year. It's nominated for Record of the Year.
He has sold records under the persona of being a gangster rapper from East Atlanta, specifically Zone 6 having grown up, he says, in a violent gang
culture.
Federal officials say however that he is actually a British national who moved to the United States during his adolescent years, and overstayed his
visa.
Now, representatives for 21 Savage released a statement saying that they're trying to clear up any understanding. But let's be clear about this,
according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation, there is no misunderstanding, 21 Savage is a British
official and he is now in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. Nick Valencia, CNN, Atlanta.
LU STOUT: You're watching "News Stream" and still ahead, the Patriots, they have done it again, winning their sixth Super Bowl title. We've got
the highlights from the lowest score in Super Bowl history just ahead.
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LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and you're watching "News Stream" and these are your world headlines. Several European nations are
officially recognizing Venezuela's opposition leader, Juan Guaido as the country's interim President. The decision by the U.K., Spain, France and
others comes after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rejected their demand to call new elections. Mr. Maduro told the Spanish TV channel that
Venezuela does not accept ultimatums from anyone.
Australia is experiencing more extreme weather following a record breaking heatwave. Unprecedented monsoon rains and flooding haven't recorded in
Queensland State in the country's northeast. Thousands of people have fled their homes and snakes and crocodiles have been seen in the streets.
The last four asylum seeker children detained by the Australian government on the remote Pacific island of Nauru will be resettled in the U.S. Prime
Minister Scott Morrison says the children and their families will be moved at a later date, but did not say when.
Refugee advocates on Monday welcomed the news, but warned that there were still hundreds of people trapped off shore by Australia's policies and
still in need of help.
The New England Patriots are Super Bowl champions, yet again. They beat the Los Angeles Rams 13 to 3 in a defensive showdown in Atlanta, the lowest
scoring Super Bowl in history.
Quarterback, Tom Brady now has six Super Bowl titles, that's more than any other NFL player. Some record setting highs and lows of the game. Coy
Wire joins me now. He was there. He was also there for the after party and Coy, this has been called a game that quote "Only fans of the Patriots
could love." Is that fair?
COY WIRE, SPORTS ANCHOR, CNN: Yes, that's fair. Everyone outside of Patriots fans, probably not too happy about this because these Patriots
just find ways to win. There's so many ways to remember this Super Bowl like the two of the highest scoring offenses in the NFL combined for a
record low 16 points or head coach, Bill Belichick. He's 66 years old. He's the oldest coach to ever win or how about Tom Brady still winning
despite not even throwing a single touchdown pass in the game, did not start out well though for Tom Brady and the Patriots.
I want you to check out in the very first pass attempt for Tom Brady. He throws an interception - maybe we'll get to that in a second. There you're
seeing Tom celebrating hugging his kids. This is the sweet moment we're talking about when families get to celebrate with dad, right? With hubby,
celebrating in this moment.
You've been through all the pain with them and all the joy. Tom Brady winning his six title. Julian Edelman is your MVP. Our Hines Ward caught
up with both of these legends after the game.
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WARD HINES, SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR, CNN: What does it mean to win sixth, man? You're the greatest of all time, man.
TOM BRADY, QUARTERBACK, NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS: I don't believe that. I don't believe that. I don't think about that. I just think I've played
with so many great guys on so many great teams and I still get to do it, 41 years old, play a sport I grew up loving and proud of my team tonight
HINES: What about Jules, man?
BRADY: He's like little Hines Ward tonight, wasn't he?
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HINES: He balled up, man.
BRADY: He played his butt off and I knew he was going to play his butt off. He was so focused and we needed them big time and he came through.
HINES: Congrats, my brother.
BRADY: Thanks, man.
HINES: MVP of the Super Bowl. What does that mean?
JULIAN EDELMAN, WIDE RECEIVER, NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS: It's pretty crazy.
HINES: Is it surreal.
EDELMAN: It's pretty surreal. I'm still you know --
HINES: You're not going to sleep tonight, I guarantee you that.
EDELMAN: I don't know yet. I just want to say hello to my little baby girl, Lily. I love you. I miss you. And I can't wait to see you.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
WIRE: There you go. Really cool. Seeing our Hines Ward, a Super Bowl MVP and champion talking to this year's Super Bowl MVP and champ, Julian
Edelman. I have to say, Kristie. I respect his beard game. That thing is strong.
LU STOUT: Yes, very, very impressive. And also the shout out to his little girl. That's just the sweetest thing to hear from the MVP and
congrats to him and Tom Brady. Wow. I mean how many rings can one man wear after so many Super Bowls, but you know, we know that the Super Bowl -
- there's a sport story which you're all over and you're covering it coming up soon on "World Sport," there's also the media and marketing and
advertising and entertainment and pop culture story.
And you were there, so I've got to ask you about the halftime show. You know, because Maroon 5 was there. Adam Levine was performing. They scored
a lot of bad reviews. Was it really that bad?
WIRE: Yes, it was one of the most highly anticipated aspects of the game every year, right? And it was kind of, Kristie, like, you know those jack-
in-the-box toys where you're cranking, you're cranking, you're waiting for that big moment to happen and there was really no big moment this year,
Kristie.
Adam Levine Of course of Maroon 5. He was the headliner, and he was there doing his thing and it felt like a concert and it was - it was fine. It
was fine. There were drones flying in the sky lighting up, spelling the words "love" in the stage. There was a gospel choir there. Travis Scott,
the rapper also in attendance and Big Boy, Atlanta zone hip hop legend wearing this fur coat that is the stuff of a legend also making an
appearance.
But yes, it's really being critiqued because there was no big moment. It was not all that exciting. It was just fine. And for the Super Bowl
people who expect much more than just fine.
LU STOUT: I know expectations are so hot, but come on the Super Bowl - it's the Super Bowl. And that's pretty awesome. Cory Wire, thank you so
much. I know you'll be back up again at CNN in "World Sport" in about 15 minutes' time. Thank you for joining us here on "News Stream."
WIRE: Thanks, Kristie.
LU STOUT: Take care. Now, you keep it here. You're watching "News Stream" because still ahead, we're going to go to Qatar where a growing
number of young artists are finding inspiration in the country's capital. Siemens new series "Iconic Qatar" is next.
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LU STOUT: Welcome back. Now, the tiny Gulf State of Qatar is becoming a leading hub for arts and culture in the region, as its many museums and
public displays inspire a whole new generation of artists. Here's "Iconic Qatar."
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SARA AL FADAAQ, ARTIST, QATAR: My name is Sarah Al Fadaq, I'm an interdisciplinary artist, but I am mainly focus on photography and
printmaking. I'll take pictures of it over and over again.
It looks almost as if just a solid cube slice piece by piece to get that shape. You can't go wrong being a photographer here.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice over): Sara Al Faadaq is among a growing number of young artists in Qatar.
AL FAADAQ: Before I got in like various junkyards and kind of working with found cars.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice over): She's part of an artist incubator program called "the artist in residence" at Doha's old fire station.
AL FAADAQ: The Fire Station Residency is basically a program where around 20 artists are selected from Qatar regardless of nationality, and they are
given the studio for nine months to experiment.
REEM AL THANI, ARTIST, QATAR: We're incubating artists at this one. So we have facilities like a wood shop, other exhibition spaces in there that all
pertain to inspiration, creation and the change and the evolution in a lot of these artists so it can inspire the younger generation that goes there.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice over): The Fire Station has become a creative hub in the city.
NAYLA AL MULLA, ARTIST, QATAR: I think we're been the troublemakers of this year's Fire Station Residency. We're really experimenting is what
we're doing.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice over): These fashion artists are behind the Fire Station's latest collaboration.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Okay, let me get some more length.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice over): A workshop entitled "Play date in the park."
AL MULLA: Everyone loves to dress up everywhere around the world. Here in this culture, because everyone does feel liable and it's a culture where
you have to kind of dress up in a certain way and behave in a certain way, which makes us a lot more beautiful and that much more special when we do
these experiences because they get a chance to embrace and explore parts that they generally maybe can't do in everyday life.
FEDERICA VISANI, ARTIST, QATAR: We made it genderless, borderless because men are wearing black, women are wearing white. Well, you didn't know who
was who because of the mask. So it was also a kind of a friendly poke saying like, "Look, you can be who you want today. You can just embrace
any identity you want. Just have fun with it."
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LU STOUT: Wow. Some striking imagery there. Now, something else to grab your attention. This unlikely pair. They turned quite a few heads here in
Hong Kong over the weekend. But, no, this is not the Philippines's President Rodrigo Duterte palling around with North Korea's Kim Jong-un.
If you look closely, you can see, yes, it's a couple of impersonators. Hong Kong born Mr. Kim's double, his name is Howard X and the Duterte
doppelganger, Crisensio Extreme, that's his name. They shared a fried chicken meal. And they also took a few selfies.
Now, Crisencio gained widespread attention in the Philippines after appearing as Rodrigo Duterte on a reality TV show and that is incredible.
That is "News Stream." I'm Kristie Lu Stout, but don't go anywhere, "World Sport" with Amanda Davies is next.
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