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The Former Chair Of Nissan Motors Has Just Been Released From A Tokyo Jail; The R&B Singer, R. Kelly, Denies Sexually Assaulting Under-Aged Girls In An Emotional Interview; Donald Trump Pushes Back Against A Congressional Investigation. Aired: 8-9a ET

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KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST, "NEWS STREAM" (voice over): Incognito release.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The former Chair of Nissan Motors has just been released from a Tokyo jail.

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LU STOUT (voice over): Carlos Ghosn now under strict surveillance.

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KAORI ENJOJI, JOURNALIST: In Japan, it is highly unusual for someone to be released like this today, as Carlos Ghosn has without confessing.

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LU STOUT (voice over): R. Kelly fights back.

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R. KELLY, AMERICAN ARTIST: Quit playing. I didn't do this stuff. This is not me.

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LU STOUT (voice over): The R&B singer denies sexually assaulting under- aged girls in an emotional interview.

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DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: There was no anything. It's a disgrace. It's a disgrace to our country.

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LU STOUT (voice over): Donald Trump pushes back against a Congressional investigation and new CNN reporting suggests a contradiction over security

clearance for yet another of the President's family members.

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IVANKA TRUMP, DAUGHTER OF DONALD TRUMP: The President had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husband's clearance.

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LU STOUT (on camera): I'm Kristi Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to "News Stream." We begin in Tokyo where the former Chairman of Nissan is

out of jail after being held for more than 100 days. Carlos Ghosn left with most of his face covered surrounded by guards. He paid nearly $9

million in bail for his release, but Ghosn is hardly a free man. There are some strict conditions on his bail agreement while he awaits to face

charges of financial misconduct. Ghosn denies any wrongdoing.

Now, for more, Kaori Enjoji is live for us in Tokyo. And Kaori, finally, after 100 days, Carlos Ghosn is out on bail, but what are the conditions of

his release? And if you could, comment on the manner of his release. It appeared that Ghosn was intentionally dressed in a way to avoid media

attention.

KAORI ENJOJI, JOURNALIST: What an uncharacteristic getaway he made from the detention center, Kristie. This is Carlos Ghosn who has basked in the

media spotlight and made him an industry titan in the global eyes.

But what he did today, he put on a blue worker's uniform. He had a mask that covered virtually half his face. He had thick glasses on. His cap

was slung low and he managed to pretty much avoid the hundreds of reporters that have been keeping vigil at the Tokyo Detention Center for the last 48

hours.

But in a sense, he was able to avoid them is really, in a way, characteristic Carlos Ghosn, meticulously planned and carefully

orchestrated to the point that he did manage to see his wife, his French wife, Carole, and one of his daughters in the detention center before he

made this getaway.

LU STOUT: And Kaori, now that he's free on bail, what is next for him? Is he going to step up his campaign? He's going to grant more media

interviews to prove that he is innocent?

ENJOJI: Well, remember, he has a new legal team and they were successful when his two previous attempts were not in getting him free. This new

lawyer that he has, his name of Mr. Hironaka. He reminds me of Johnny Cochrane from the O.J. Simpson days. He is very brash. He is very

aggressive. He is almost notorious. He is nicknamed "The Razor." And to use his words, he might be 73, but he wants to prove that his razor is

still sharp.

So we could by still months away from this trial, it might be the end of the year, but at least, now he has time and access to his lawyers that they

say he doesn't have. And remember, his lawyers in France wrote to the United Nations and said, "Look, please into possible human rights abuses

that I suffered under the judicial system in Japan."

Nissan right now is not commenting that they, too, are saying that they have discovered new evidence of breach of trust committed by Carlos Ghosn.

So this is still an evolving story, but yes, for the first time in more than three months, he is freed from the Tokyo Detention Center -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: He is free. He has time. He has a new legal team and he also has access to the media. We are going to hear from him very, very soon.

Kaori Enjoji reporting live from Tokyo. Thank you.

Now, it has been only days since Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un failed to make any new deals on denuclearization, and already North Korea is

reportedly building one of its missile engine testing locations. The site had been dormant since August, but now, South Korean Intelligence, as well

as two respected monitoring groups say activity at Tongchang-ri has picked up again.

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LU STOUT: CNN's Paula Hancocks has details now. She joins us live from Seoul, South Korea. And Paula, what exactly do these satellite images over

time appear to show?

PAULA HANCOCKS, CORRESPONDENT, CNN: Well, Kristie, this is a key site that North Korea had been dismantling and these satellite images really appear

to show that they are reversing that. That's according to 38 North, according to CSIS and also corroborated by South Korean Intelligence. So

what they are saying is that there are some changes to the area.

The NIS for example is saying that there is a door and a roof that has been replaced and had been rebuilt. They say that there are vehicles that they

can use on the satellite imagery that are used to ferry things around the site and then, CSIS saying that there are a couple of construction cranes.

So clearly showing that there are some changes ongoing. Now, there are -- of course it's important to bear in mind that this is the site, Tongchang-

ri that Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader was talking to the South Korean President, Moon Jae-in about in Pyongyang apparently. It was part

of their statement and they were talking about whether they should have international and independent investigators, inspectors going into the site

to make sure that it had been put out of action as North Korea said it had.

But clearly, we're in a very different situation now. The timing of these satellite images is key. According to 38 North, they were taken some time

between February 16th and March 2nd.

Now, we don't know whether it was before, during or after the Summit between Kim Jong-un and President Trump and many analysts and experts are

withholding their opinion of why North Korea has done this now until they find out a bit more information -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: And if there is, indeed, rebuilding at this testing site, why is North Korea doing this? Is Kim Jong-un, knowing that the world satellites

are watching him, is he doing this to test Donald Trump or could he actually be getting ready to test a ballistic missile?

HANCOCKS: Well, it's a good point, Kristie, that the world is watching this particular site and North Korea is well aware of that. They know that

there are satellites that are constantly watching or getting information, open source information from this particular site.

So clearly, then, they know that this is going to be discussed, this is going to be in public. Some experts are assessing that if this was after

the Hanoi Summit, it could indicate frustration by Kim Jong-un that there was no agreement at the end of that.

Is North Korea sending a message to the U.S. President that they can reverse what they have done so far if there are no concessions towards

them? But there are many more experts that are just waiting to see, saying it's just too soon to know exactly why this is happening at this point,

especially when you don't know the exact time frame -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yes, Paula Hancocks reporting on these concerning new reports out there and why it matters. Paula, thank you so much. Now, we talk so

much about North Korea at the international diplomatic level, the proliferation level, the United Nations, though, is reminding us about the

grim conditions everyday people inside North Korea are dealing with.

The U.N.'s 2019 North Korean needs and priorities report is out. It finds that food production fell by more than 9% in 2018 from the year before and

hit its lowest level in a decade. The report say it's due in part to shortages of arable land, lack of access to modern agricultural equipment

and fertilizers and recurrent natural disasters.

Some 11 million North Koreans, or 44% of the population are undernourished. Its U.N. resident coordinator warns that the shortage is threatening an

entire generation of children.

Some 190,000 kindergarten kids that didn't get the nutrition support that they needed in 2018. The U.N. is now calling for some $120 million in aid

to be sent in to help.

And now to a CNN Alert out of Scotland. Police are investigating a suspicious package found in the mailroom at the University of Glasgow.

Now, a report was called in at the main campus this morning. Buildings have been evacuated. School will be closed for the remainder of the day.

We'll bring you more on the situation as details comes in to us here at CNN.

Now, this call on evacuation comes as authorities in London were already investigating three explosive devices found on Tuesday. Packages were sent

to buildings at or near three major transport hubs -- Heathrow Airport, London City Airport and Waterloo Train Station. Luckily, no one was hurt.

London counterterror officials are working with Irish police to find out more.

Phil Black is at Waterloo, one of the London's busiest stations joins us now, and Phil, who sent these devices and why?

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PHIL BLACK, CORRESPONDENT, CNN: These are the key questions, Kristie, who sent them, why did they send them and crucially are there any more of them?

This is what the police here in London right now are attempt to determine.

Here at Waterloo, this is one of three places that received these packages yesterday. Packages containing these small, improvised explosive devices,

one of which at an office near Heathrow Airport was actually opened and caught fire, creating small flames.

Now, we are talking about small devices, small flames. In theory, not a great deal of potential for damage, but they are still incendiary devices,

ones that are capable in theory of doing home to people and property. And although they have not caused significant harm or disruption so far,

keeping in mind that office buildings were evacuated, but the transport hubs themselves -- the airports, the train station here -- they all

continued to function normally.

Keeping all of that in mind, the police are still obviously very keen to find out precisely who did this and how sinister their intent was, whether

the intent was to harm people and property or perhaps simply some sort of attention seeking prank.

You mentioned the involvement of the Irish police. Well, it appears that at least two of the packages did bear an Irish postal mark which raises the

possibility or at least an obvious line of inquiry and that is Irish militant republicanism. Police say they are keeping an open mind at this

stage.

So on one hand, while that is an obvious line of inquiry, they still say they don't know who did this or why, but they are working to find out.

LU STOUT: Yes, the precise motive is still unclear at this point. Phil Black reporting live for us at Waterloo Station. Thank you so much. Now,

to eastern Syria where we're hearing that thousands of people are fleeing the last ISIS held territory.

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have helped 6,000 people leave in just the past two days. Although that does include many ISIS fighters, as well.

Ben Wedeman reports.

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BEN WEDEMAN, SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, CNN (voice over): The victor leads the vanquished. Boys and men of the so-called Islamic State

now in the hands of their enemies. Tuesday, thousands of men, women and children were trucked out of ISIS' doomed domain. The numbers fleeing the

sinking state, well over 6,000 in the past two days, have taken the U.S.- backed Syrian Democratic Forces by surprise.

Among them, Dorothee Maquere, the wife of Jean-Michel Clain, linked to the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris that killed 130 people.

Her husband just composed religious songs, she claims. She told us an airstrike killed him Sunday while, two weeks ago, a drone killed Jean-

Michel's brother, Fabian, who claimed responsibility for the 2015 Paris attacks in an audiotape. She says three of her children have been killed

in the fighting.

"No, I don't want to return to France," she tells me, "Because the French state used its arms to kill my children and my husband. And I know if I

return I'll be put in prison."

Tens of thousands of foreign nationals, including many from Western Europe, flocked to Syria and Iraq when ISIS was at its height. Now many of their

countries don't want them back.

Sanaa (ph), a Finnish convert to Islam, came to Syria four years ago with her husband, a Moroccan plumber, she said. Life was good in the beginning,

she recalls. War, not ISIS, ruined that life, Sanaa (ph) tells me.

With the war almost over and this land in ruins, now she wants to go home.

WEDEMAN (on camera): You want to go back?

SANAA (PH), FINNISH CONVERT TO ISLAM: Yes, I want to go back to Finland now. Yes. Definitely. Definitely. Definitely.

WEDEMAN (voice-over): By all accounts, the final battle has left many civilians dead.

"I'm lost," says this Belgian woman, who declined to give her name. "For now, I can't think of anything else. I'm traumatized. Back there in the

camp there, it was a massacre. There are dead everywhere."

No one is more traumatized by this catastrophe than the children, who grew up in a madhouse of the state that called itself Islamic, brainwashed and

caught in a war not of their choosing. The lucky ones may return to their countries, far, far away; the rest, doomed to a grim life in overcrowded

internment camps.

WEDEMAN (on camera): The end of the so-called Islamic State may be near, but not the anger, resentment and hatred upon which it was based. And now

tens of thousands of its former subjects are heading out into the world -- I'm Ben Wedeman, CNN in Eastern Syria.

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LU STOUT: The fight is not over yet and so many lives hang in the balance. You're watching "News Stream" and still ahead, right here on the program,

it's family first for the U.S. President. We have got new details on the White House influence on those security clearances. Plus, R. Kelly says he

is innocent and fighting for his life in his first televised interview since being charged with sexual abuse. A live report on that is coming up.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, welcome back. This is "News Stream." Now, new details now on President Donald Trump's bold actions to

obtain security clearances for family members. Sources tell CNN, Mr. Trump pressured his Chief of Staff and White House counsel to grant his daughter,

Ivanka, a top security clearance.

This came after career intelligence officials raised concerns about the First Daughter and her husband, Jared Kushner. Both serve as senior White

House advisers. And White House officials are already refusing to hand over information related to the security clearance process requested by

Democrats in the House of Representatives, that increase the likelihood that Oversight Chairman, Elijah Cummings in the House will issue a subpoena

for the information.

The U.S. President is calling the widening probes of his administration and his business, quote, "a disgrace to our country." Let's go straight to Joe

Johns who joins us live from Washington. And Joe, from these clearances to the probes, more storm clouds gathering around President Donald Trump.

JOE JOHNS, SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT, CNN: That's certainly true, Kristie. This business of a showdown is burgeoning here between the White

House and the United States capital, specifically the House Oversight and Reform Committee, they have asked for information about the clearances and

so far, the White House has refused to provide that information.

So as you said, the question is whether a subpoena is next. The Chairman of the Committee, Elijah Cummings has not tipped his hand. Meanwhile, we

have that reporting from my colleagues here at CNN suggesting the President has, once again, overruled top officials at the White House in order to

give an advantage to one of his family members.

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JOHNS (voice-over): Multiple sources tell CNN that President Trump pressured then Chief of Staff, John Kelly and White House counsel Don

McGahn to grant his daughter a security clearance against their recommendations. The revelation contradicting Ivanka Trump's past denial.

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I. TRUMP: The President had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husband's clearance.

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JOHNS (voice over): Several sources say it is feasible that Ivanka Trump was unaware of the red flags raised during her background check and her

father's involvement in the process, although Presidents have the authority to grant clearances.

The development coming on the heels of a "New York Times" report last week that the President also ordered Kelly to grant Ivanka's husband, Jared

Kushner, a top-secret clearance despite concerns raised by intelligence officials. President Trump has denied those reports.

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DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Jared's a good -- I was never involved with his security, but I don't want to get involved in that

stuff.

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JOHNS (voice over): The White House rejecting a request from the House Oversight Committee to turn over documents related to the security

clearance process, raising a likelihood of a potential subpoena.

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REP. ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D-MD), CHAIRMAN, HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: Under the Constitution, we have a duty. It's not some witch hunt.

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JOHNS (voice over): On Monday, the President indicated he would comply with investigators, who had requested information from 81 people and

entities associated with the President.

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D. TRUMP: I cooperate all the time with everybody.

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JOHNS (voice over): But the following day, the President signaling the opposite ...

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D. TRUMP: It's a disgrace to our country.

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JOHNS (voice over): ... suggesting the White House may invoke executive privilege and falsely claiming the Obama administration had not complied

with congressional probes.

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D. TRUMP: They didn't do anything. They didn't give one letter of the request.

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JOHNS: So this is also something very important, I think we need to point out and that is that President Obama and his administration, in fact, did

provide thousands and thousands of documents to Republicans who were conducting investigations on Capitol Hill.

There is also a potential of more trouble for the President because the House Ways and Means Committee continues to look at how, when and whether

it would be appropriate to get the President's tax returns -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: More trouble ahead for the U.S. President, but these type of sweeping house investigations have happened before to a previous President,

as you pointed out.

Now, as the House Democrats right now dig into Trump and his inner circle, there is a new poll that is out there, just on the mood of Americans and

how they view the President and his criminality. What can you tell us?

JOHNS: Right, it tends to be a reliable poll. It's Quinnipiac and it suggests that 64% of respondents say they believe the President committed

crimes before entering the office here at the White House and something like 45%, almost half of voters, thought he has committed crimes since

entering the office.

A number of those folks, of course, it runs along party lines, not as many Republicans as Democrats believe that, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yes, it runs on party lines, but still darkening mood among Americans and there at the White House, as well. Joe Johns reporting.

Thank you.

Now, the R&B singer, R. Kelly, is proclaiming his innocence in his first televised interview since being charged with sexual abuse. The singer sat

down with CBS's Gayle King and vehemently denied all the allegations against him.

Now, after two decades of accusations, Kelly was indicted last month on ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving four alleged under-

aged victims.

With tears in his eyes, he declared he is now fighting for his life. Sara Sidner is following this story from Los Angeles and she joins us now.

Sara, good to see you. Thank you for joining us.

In this video, we see r. Kelly finally speaking out. He's breaking down. He is emotional, but how does he defend himself in this interview?

SARA SIDNER, CORRESPONDENT, CNN: He accuses all the women of lying, basically. He is asked several time if he has done any of the things he's

been accused of, and he says, "No, they are all lying on me."

He did jump up several times. He got emotional, very emotional, sometimes yelling, sometimes crying, sometimes sobbing, and sometimes screaming. But

he does face ten counts of aggravated sexual abuse. That is partly why he has come to the cameras to try and explain what he believes happened as

opposed to what the alleged victims say happened.

Those 10 counts against him can have a sentence of up to 70 years in prison, so when he starts talking about all of this, he is asked about not

only what happened in the past, but what has been accused recently in recent years, including many women who came forward to talk on a series

called "Surviving R. Kelly," a series that was here in the United States where basically women came forward and said they were sexually abused by

him. They were physically abused by him. Some of them accuse him of having sex with them when they were under age. Here is how he responded to

that question.

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R. KELLY: Forget the blogs. Forget how you feel about me. Hate me if you want to, love me if you want, but just use your common sense. How stupid

would it be for me, with my crazy past and what I've been through, oh, right now, I just think I need to be a monster and hold girls against their

will.

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R. KELLY: Chain them up in my basement and don't let them eat and don't let them out unless they need some shoes down the street from their uncle.

Stop it. Y'all quit playing. Quit playing. I didn't do this stuff. This is not me. I'm fighting for my [bleep] life.

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SIDNER: So you hear him there getting extremely emotional. We should also mention, though, the victims who have accused him of wrongdoing have also

been quite emotional. And we saw them both in the series. We also saw them in court.

The prosecutors saying that some of these women were abused when they were under age, when they were under the age of 17 which is the legal age of

consent in Illinois where he lives and where some of these alleged abuses happened. They have been extremely emotional and you see there this is

part of that series, "Surviving R. Kelly," where they came forward. Many of them crying about what happened to them in their own words.

So you're seeing a juxtaposition here. We should also mention he mentioned his family, he mentioned not being able to see his children. We know that

he owes more than $160,000.00 in back child support that has not been paid. His own ex-wife has accused him of abuse, as well. She talk about that in

the series.

So there is a lot to unpack here, but it was a long interview and incredibly emotional on his part with lots of outbursts. We expect to hear

more from him, as well, as the day goes on.

LU STOUT: Absolutely. Sara Sidner reporting live for us from Los Angeles. Sara, we thank you for your reporting. You're watching "News Stream" and

still to come, a potential crisis between India and Pakistan has eased for now, but the threat of war remains. We'll be speaking to a Pakistani

official about tensions between the neighboring countries, next.

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LU STOUT: I am Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching "News Stream" and these are your world headlines. The former Chairman of Nissan

Motors has been released after more than 100 days in detention. Carlos Ghosn posted bail of nearly $9 million. He was arrested in November and is

awaiting trial on charges of under reporting his income at Nissan and abusing his authority. Ghosn denies any wrongdoing.

South Korean Intelligence and two respected monitoring groups say North Korea is rebuilding one of its missile engine testing sites. A South

Korean lawmaker told CNN that Intel spotted increased movement of vehicles and some construction. The reports come days after Donald Trump and Kim

Jong-un met in Hanoi.

In Nairobi, 10 people have been arrested in connection with the strike that caused flight disruptions.

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LU STOUT: The Kenya Aviation Workers Union said about 2,000 workers protested what they call poor working conditions. A couple of dozen

flights have been disrupted.

Tensions between India and Pakistan are always pretty high. But last week, the nuclear armed neighbors, they came close to the brink of a major

conflict. Both countries launched air strikes at each other claiming that they were provoked by the other side. The situation has calmed down now,

but the threat of war remains.

Nic Robertson sat down with the spokesman for Pakistan's military to get his perspective.

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NIC ROBERTSON, INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR, CNN: How close did the two countries come to war over these incidents last week?

MAJ. GEN. ASIF GHAFOOR, PAKISTANI MILITARY SPOKESPERSON: We were, I would say, close to the war because when they violated the airspace, undertook an

aggression, we went for response.

ROBERTSON: Did handing back the Indian Air Force fighter pilot, did that help ease tensions?

GHAFOOR: No, it is up to India that whether they think that this gesture and more forward towards de-escalation or continue the agenda that they

have.

ROBERTSON: How would you judge India's posture at the moment on the other side of the line of control?

GHAFOOR: Along the line of control, we're eyeballs to eyeballs. So there is thousands of troops for decades, but post the Indian aggression and our

response, the safeguards have been taken by both sides.

ROBERTSON: Increase in troop numbers on both sides?

GHAFOOR: Increased because it is natural as part of military planning that when the situation gets out, there are safeguards. Those safeguards are in

place on both sides.

ROBERTSON: In this eyeball-to-eyeball, high-alert situation, how possible is it for things to escalate again?

GHAFOOR: We feel that now the ball is in the Indian court. Should they decide to escalate more, the situation will go bad.

ROBERTSON: India claims that on Tuesday last week, it crossed into your airspace and bombed what it calls essentially a terrorist training camp.

GHAFOOR: Not even a single brick has been found there, if there was an infrastructure, and not one single dead body found there. Their claims are

false and I believe lately, there is an announcement from their side also that they can't claim any casualty.

ROBERTSON: Is it correct that Pakistan is now going to take action against Jaish-e-Mohammed, the group that claimed responsibility for that attack in

India two and a half weeks ago that precipitated the current tensions?

GHAFOOR: First of all, the claim has not been made from within Pakistan because Jaish-e-Mohammed does not exist in Pakistan. It has been

prescribed by United Nations also and Pakistan also.

Secondly, we're not doing anything under anybody's pressure.

ROBERTSON: So does this mean in light of what has happened, without international pressure, but in light of what's happened over the past few

weeks, that that increased effort will take place to root out any groups that might destabilize the situation in Kashmir?

GHAFOOR: For sure. Anybody who operates from Pakistan is -- we feel that it is not in the interest of Pakistan. Instead of blaming Pakistan, it is

time that the world should assist Pakistan, facilitate Pakistan in getting rid of such organizations.

ROBERTSON: In your opinion, why did that attack in the middle of February against Indian forces happen that triggered all this tension?

GHAFOOR: The answer to this question lies in the United Nations Human Rights Commission report it showed lately. If you suppress the local

population to the extent that they're being killed, they're being raped, they are being given pellet guns, so there's a natural reaction.

ROBERTSON: This is what you're saying that Indian forces are doing on their side?

GHAFOOR: Yes, the Indian occupation forces. And this is not -- that I'm saying, is it there in the United Nations Human Rights Commission report.

So the world has to see that what is forcing the Kashmiri youth to go towards violence. So instead of looking towards a framed allegation for

this incident, India also has to look inward at why these incidents are happening.

We have to move toward the resolution of Kashmir because this issue, Kashmir, is a flashpoint for the peace in the region.

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LU STOUT: That interview by CNN's Nic Robertson. They have been called the most persecuted minority of our time and it has been a year and a half

since entire communities or Rohingya fled severe violence, ethnic cleansing, maybe even genocide in Myanmar's Rakhine State, and yet

according to UNICEF, half a million Rohingya children -- half a million -- are is still living as stateless refugees in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazaar.

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LU STOUT: It may be even worse back in Myanmar. The UN Children's Fund says at least 120,000 children are living in squalid camps due to ongoing

conflicts. Many of these children bear the scars of violence and communal tension and all of the youngsters, whether in Myanmar or neighboring

Bangladesh are vulnerable due to lack of legal status and minimal healthcare and education.

For more, we can speak to the Executive Director of UNICEF, Henrietta Fore. She joins us now live from New York. Henrietta, thank you for joining us.

You were there recently in Cox's Bazaar, home to half a million stateless Rohingya refugee children. How are they being cared for and what do they

need?

HENRIETTA FORE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNICEF: Thank you for asking and thank you for bringing this up so that the world realizes that this is an ongoing

issue. The children in Cox's Bazaar have a difficult existence. This is an enormous, enormous camp.

More than 700,000 are in it and more than half are children. They are not regular schools. There is not land to play on. This is a difficult

experience for a child. They are built on very dusty hilltops. This is the dry season right now. So the rains have not yet come, but when they

come, these will become muddy, sandy slopes.

Children are running through it with bare feet. It means that there are health hazards. We are worry about the children. We worry about their

education. We worry about their health and their nutrition.

LU STOUT: It has been 18 months after the exodus from Myanmar and these children, half a million of them living in their squalid refugee camps in

Bangladesh, UNICEF, the organization has made a global appeal for aid. You're asking for over $150 million for this year and so far you've only

received a fraction of that funding. Are you afraid that the world, that the international community has either forgotten or is growing numb to the

Rohingya crisis?

FORE: Yes, it can be for both reasons, and you are right that often, we, as a world we move on to another crisis. But 700,000 people on the move in

a few days is an enormous number of people. These camps have stabilized, but there is not a real solution.

So Cox's Bazar, the Rohingya, they're at a crossroads. They need to have a home. They need to be repatriated. They need to have a life. The

children need to have real education. We visited some of the learning centers and we now have education programs up to the eighth grade in

science and math and languages, and this is all extremely important.

But once it's the age of 15 to 24, you don't see any children enrolled in school. We do not see them enrolled in any activities. So we are going to

lose a generation if we don't get them into school and give them a chance for their future life.

LU STOUT: You're saying we could lose a generation here. So what's at stake if there's not enough support for these child refugees? What would a

lost generation mean for the Rohingya, for Bangladesh, for Myanmar, for the region?

FORE: Well, you said it when you just began, which is that this is one of the most discriminated against minorities in the world and we, as a world

should try to figure out what a longer term solution is. It is extremely important that children can grow up with a language, with digital skills,

with foundational skills, literacy and numeracy, and that they have some vocational skills so that they can be productive members of their society.

Without that, you really lose the generation and the Rohingya children are right on the brink of that.

LU STOUT: Henrietta, UNICEF, other aid groups on the ground doing such crucial work, thank you for joining us. Henrietta Fore, Executive Director

of UNICEF joining us live from New York. You're watching "News Stream." we'll be right back.

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MAHERSHALA ALI, ACTOR: I believe what makes me feel free is being able to go for exactly what I want, to work to be the person that I want to be and

to be enfranchised and supported along the way at being and finding the things that bring about fulfillment in my life.

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LU STOUT: The actor, Mahershala Ali there telling CNN what makes him feel free. We are partnering with young people around the world for My Freedom

Day. It is coming up. It's a student-led day of action against modern day slavery on March 14th. Please do share with us what makes you feel free

using the #MyFreedomDay.

Now, there are selfies and then there are epic selfies. And then there are selfies that are literally out of this world. Now, on its way to the moon,

Israel's unmanned Beresheet spacecraft snapped its first selfie with earth in the background and its plaque reading, "Small country, big dreams."

Now, with this mission, Israel is looking to become the fourth country to make a soft landing on the moon. Beresheet means, in the beginning. The

Hebrew name for the First Book of the Torah.

Forbes just named 21-year-old Kylie Jenner, the youngest ever self-made billionaire beating Mark Zuckerberg when he received the honor at age 23.

Now, Jenner is a reality show star, social media influencer and her title ignites the debate yet again as to what it means to be self-made since she

comes from a wealthy and well known family.

Now, that contradicts the American notion of revering those who have become rich through their own hard work without receiving an inheritance. Now,

dictionary.com and others are quick to cast all kinds of shade giving their own definition of self-made, quote, "Having succeeded in life unaided,"

unquote.

And 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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