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Republican Candidates Arrive in South Carolina; UN Warns of Crisis in Aleppo; Senate Approves New Sanctions on North Korea; Janet Yellen Tells Congress about Risks to Economy; New Cases of Zika Virus in China, Australia; Iran Marks 37th Anniversary of Islamic Revolution. Aired 3-4a ET
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[03:00:00] ERROL BARNETT, CNN: -- commander to death.
ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN Newsroom SHOW HOST: The republican race for the White House lands in South Carolina with two fewer candidates and it could turn into a fight for survival in an unpredictable race.
Hello and welcome to our viewers all across the globe. I'm Rosemary Church.
And I'm Errol Barnett. Thanks for joining us as we kick off our second hour of CNN Newsroom.
CHURCH: The U.N. is warning of a humanitarian crisis in Aleppo, Syria. And its putting pressure on Russia to halt its aerial bombardment there.
BARNETT: A diplomatic source says Russia has proposed a ceasefire for all side to begin March 1st. The U.S. though, is pushing for an earlier agreement, hoping to revive the peace talks that fell apart earlier this month.
CHURCH: The Red Cross says an assault on Aleppo has displaced 50,000 people, and those who remain are cut off from food, water, and shelter in freezing temperatures. The situation in Aleppo will figure prominently in the Syrian support groups meeting in Munich. And we will go there live in just a moment.
BARNETT: But first, we want to take a closer look at how the fighting is sending thousands of Syrians in search of safer ground. Refugees hoping to cross into Turkey find themselves stuck between a closed boarder and air strikes.
Arwa Damon has the story. And we got to warn you here it contains graphic video.
ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Air strikes are relentless. This is happening just 15-minute drive from Turkey's boarder, as Russian jets soften targets for regime forces and their allies to move in on the ground.
In this graphic video posted to YouTube by activists it shows what they say those air strikes left behind. (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
People tried to coax this little girl to talk. Her name is Maizah (ph). The voice on the video sarcastically thinks the leaders of Turkey and Saudi Arabia supposed allies of the Syrian opposition, but that friendship like that of the U.S. is described as a farce.
Colonel Mohammed al-Ahmed, spokesman for the Al-Shamiya Front says they are preparing for the worst.
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MOHAMMED AL-AHMED, AL-SHAMIYA FRONT SPOKESMAN (TRANSLATED): The support was very limited to begin with. We always calculate that it's going to end. We compare the support that the regime gets from its friends and from what we get from our friends and it's a massive stark contrast.
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DAMON: The regime's friends extend from Russian air power to a bolstered ground force.
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AL-AHMED (TRANSLATED): The Iraqi militias are a high number. There are reigning commanders and there are fighters. Some Afghan militias, Lebanese, and Hezbollah. Each militia has its area of operations, but its Iranian command and Russian air power.
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DAMON: All of which has allowed the regime to take control back over land it has not set foot in for years. Splitting opposition control territory to the north of Aleppo in cue, cutting off a vital supply line and is now expanding to besiege the city.
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AL-AHMED (TRANSLATED): The danger is not a possibility. It's imminent because the regime is advancing towards the south to cut off the last route.
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DAMON: Tens of thousands from the Aleppo countryside have already fled. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are potentially in danger. Turkey's open door policy as you can see still remains closed. The strikes in the last 24 hours were so close that one man we spoke to on the other side said that he counted at least 16.
And that is absolutely terrified for the masses who just want to reach safety because they are only fully aware of how vulnerable they can continue to be to the violence.
But no one seems to be listening to the please for help, whether it's support for the rebels or mercy for those who are trying to flee.
Arwa Damon, CNN on the Turkey-Syria border.
BARNETT: Such a serious situation there. And as the Syrian support group prepares to meet, Russia's news agency reports the military has conducted over 500 air strikes in Syria within the past week.
Our Nic Robertson is following that story from Munich and we will connect with him later this hour to discuss the options ahead.
CHURCH: Well, the U.S. Senate has just approved new sanctions against North Korea. It's a move made to punish Pyongyang for its recent missile test and other activities including human rights abuses.
BARNETT: The legislation now moves to the U.S. House before it's sent to President Barack Obama for consideration. Japan and South Korea are pushing for ways to punish Pyongyang economically as well.
CHURCH: And while those countries look to punish the North, we are learning from a South Korean source that Pyongyang executed a top North Korean military leader for, quote, "misused of authority and corruption."
[03:05:08] CNN's Paula Hancocks joins us now from Seoul, South Korea with more. So, Paula, what all do we know about this general, and of course the circumstances leading up to his apparent execution?
PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Rosemary, this individual Ri Yong-gil was according to South Korean officials made appointed a general in August 2013. We understand he was promoted to the Joint Chief of Staff the same month. And he went to many military drills with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.
In fact, one of the last times we hear about him in statement media it was January 5th when he went to see the artillery unit of the army, and we last heard of him at the beginning of January.
So, we understand from this source that he was executed and it is just the latest in a long string of purges that we have seen from Kim Jong- un.
Now we understand from local media that it may have happened last week. We can't independently confirm that of course, we can't independently confirm that this is in fact happened knowing how isolated and how secretive North Korea is. This is the assumption now from the South Korean side.
But we understand that there was a meeting last week that Kim Jong-un presided over. It was with the military and with the party. And they had a discussion on how to stop corruption within the party, how to stop misuse of power. And this is exactly what this individual is believed to have been executed for, Rosemary.
CHURCH: And, Paula, as you said, Kim Jong-un has reportedly purged a number of his top people. It must be nerve-wrecking to work on his team. But what does that tell us about Kim and the state of his leadership at this time?
HANCOCKS: It really depends on who you speak to. Some experts and some officials are convinced that this shows that he is weak, that he is still four years into his power still trying to consolidate his grip on power that he doesn't have complete control of the military.
And that of course, remember back in May of last year, his defense minister was also executed according to officials. And so, it shows that he is still trying to control a country in which much of the military and the party is much older than him, but he is still in his early 30s.
But of course, others say that this shows that he does have complete control, that he has the confidence to be able to purge some very high profile figures and in some high profile ways.
Now certainly even with his father, the late Kim Jong-il, the former leader, there were purges but they were done much more discretely, that people just disappeared. Whereas, Kim Jong-un seems to be carrying out public executions according to sources we have spoken to. Something that was prevalent in his father's time.
So, it really depends on who you speak to as to whether this makes him strong or weak, but certainly it's significant that we are seeing yet another high profile figure being purged from the regime.
CHURCH: Yes. Certainly a chilling leadership style on his part there.
Our Paula Hancocks reporting there live from Seoul in South Korea. Thanks to you.
BARNETT: Still to come, a provocative question, should we wipe all mosquitoes from the face of the earth? We'll talk with a specialist in environmental studies to answer that question with these blood suckers be missed?
CHURCH: Donald Trump is enjoying his New Hampshire win as his fellow candidates get ready for an intense contest in South Carolina. That story, just ahead.
BARNETT: Plus, Twitter stock plummets after a not-so-positive outlook. Our expert weighs in after this.
[03:10:00] (COMMERCIAL BREAK)
KATE RILEY, CNN WORLD SPORT ANCHOR: I'm Kate Riley with your CNN World Sport headlines.
Barcelona reached the Copa del Rey finals. They knocked out Gary Neville's Valencia 8-1 on aggregate. But the under pressure Neville can take measure of pride from holding Barc to a one draw at home in the second leg.
Alvaro Negredo put Neville aside ahead just before the break, but the frustration continued. Barcelona equalized and the Catalans they're now 29 games unbeaten in all competition. That is an all-time club record.
It seems the match walk out during Liverpool's Premier League home game with Sunderland last weekend in opposition to a proposed $110 ticket for next season hasn't fallen on deaf ears. The club American owners the same way sports group now completely backing down over the matter, and in a candid open letter to Liverpool supporters.
The club's principal owner, John Henry, chairman Tom Werner, and FSG president, Mike Gordon admitted to getting part of the ticketing plan wrong.
More fallout from the clout of scandal hanging over world athletic. The food giant Nestle cutting sponsorship ties with IAAF over fear of scandal to damage its reputation. The Swiss company said it had taken the decision with, quote, "immediate effect." However, the IAAF said it was still in discussion with Nestle over the final year of its sponsorship deal.
And that's the look at all of your sport headlines. I'm Kate Riley.
BARNETT: We want to show you these live pictures coming in to CNN. This event happening right now. Iran's President, you see him there, Hassan Rouhani marking the 37th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
CHURCH: And those remarks coming in to us now from Tehran. A day ago, Iran's supreme leader pardoned more than a thousand prisoners as its tradition.
We'll continue to watch those pictures and monitor the situation there.
BARNETT: Now as the Syrian support group prepares to meet in Munich, Russian's news agency reports the military has conducted over 500 air strikes in Syria in just the last week. What does this mean for the prospects of peace?
Nic Robertson joins us now from Munich to talk about this. Nic, there seems to be more of a realization among diplomats that Russia's presence in Syria essentially closes the door on a peaceful resolution to war, or at least one in which the rebels and opposition will have a voice. How is Russia trying to prove that there is another way if at all?
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Well, the Russian ambassador for United Nations last night, Vitaly Churkin said that there were discussions -- Russian was having discussions with the United States various discussions including the possibility of a ceasefire.
The date of March 1sth has been rumored and also opening up humanitarian (TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY) what happened in Geneva last week at the peace talks there and the (TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY) committee opposition and the government representatives of Syria came to meet in proximity talks to be mediated by a U.N. Envoy. They didn't really get off the ground. The U.N. has said Russia and the Syrian government (TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY). BARNETT: All right. As you can hear there we're having a few technical issues with Nic Robertson's signal out of Munich, but he will continue to cover that support group meeting and bring us any updates as they become available throughout the day.
CHURCH: All right. Well, let's turn to financial news now. In European stock markets are up and running again and it's not a particularly pretty picture. All the arrows heading down there. London's FTSE 100 down more than 1.5 percent. In Paris, more than 2 percent loss. Similar story for Germany with the DAX, and also in Zurich there with the SMI.
[03:15:06] BARNETT: Well, let's take a second look over in the Asia- Pacific region, a mixed bag. Hong Kong stocks took a dive at Thursday's opening. The Hang Seng plunged more than 4 percent as traders return from the three-day lunar New Year holiday.
You see it's just, what, a shy of 4 percent now. Shanghai and Tokyo markets are both closed Thursday for holidays.
And the Federal Reserve chair sees warning signs for the U.S. economy. Janet Yellen told members of Congress high borrowing costs, declining stock prices, and the strength of the dollar against foreign currencies are putting the economy at risk. She added the slowdown in China's economy sparked the current market volatility.
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JANET YELLEN, FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR: Declines in the foreign exchange value or the renminbi have intensified uncertainty about China's exchange rate policy and the prospects for its economy. This uncertainty would lead to increased volatility in global financial markets.
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BARNETT: Now, China and Australia are reporting new cases of the Zika virus in people who recently travelled overseas.
CHURCH: This is the first Zika infection confirmed in China. But officials downplayed the risk saying the harsh winter weather would prevent the mosquitoes from spreading the disease. In Australia, the woman who tested positive for Zika is pregnant.
BARNETT: Now in the U.S., the director of the Center for the Disease Control and Prevention testified before a congressional subcommittee. You see there, Dr. Tom Frieden, who, along with other health officials discussed how they plan to combat the virus. Frieden reiterated his warning for women.
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TOM FRIEDEN, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION DIRECTOR: Right now the most important thing for Americans to know is this. If you're pregnant we recommend you not go to a place where Zika spreading. And if you're pregnant and you live in an where Zika is spreading, do everything you can to protect yourself against the mosquito bites.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CHURCH: Well, health officials say mosquitoes have killed more people in the world than any other animal.
BARNETT: And this health crisis puts a new focus on just how dangerous they are.
Robyn Curnow takes a look.
ROBYN CURNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: No, it's not the shark. And it's not the crocodile or even the snake humans killed. Nearly 500,000 other humans every year, but this tiny insect. The mosquito kills more than 700,000 people a year, making it the deadliest animal in the world.
There are more than 3,000 species of mosquito, most of them not deadly. But a few species are incredible dangerous carriers of infectious disease.
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BILL GATES, PHILANTHROPIST: Malaria is a terrible thing. There are hundreds of millions of people who get it. It holds back economies. It kills over 600,000 children a year.
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CURNOW: And it's just not malaria. Dengue fever kills more than 12,000 a year. Japanese encephalitis kills up to 21,000 people, and yellow fever kills 30,000 people a year. Those are just a few of the diseases caused by blood sucking mosquitoes making them public enemy number one.
Robyn Curnow, CNN.
CHURCH: And with mosquitoes being so deadly why doesn't the world just wipe them out?
BARNETT: Our chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta asked that very question to the CDC director.
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SANJAY GUPTA, CNN'S CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Is there anything good about these guys?
FRIEDEN: The mosquitoes?
GUPTA: I mean, would you get rid of them? I mean, they've cause so much -- they cause more than death than wars and natural disasters and everything put together.
FRIEDEN: You know, the mosquito kills more people than any other animal on earth.
GUPTA: Do you have any thoughts about possible using DDT?
FRIEDEN: The fact is that DDT was widely used 50 years ago, and virtually eliminated this mosquito from the Americas, but DDT was also widely used in agriculture. It got into the environment and it had serious problems in the environment from any species. It also remains in the body for a long time. So, we're looking at safer more effective ways to kill mosquitoes.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CHURCH: Joining me now New Haven, Connecticut is Durland Fish. He is a professor of microbiology disease, forestry and environmental studies at Yale University.
Thank you, sir, for talking with us. So, we have established that the mosquito kills more people than any other animal in the world. So, should we consider wiping out those mosquitoes that carry malaria and the Zika virus, would they be missed from the ecosystem?
DURLAND FISH, YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSOR: Well, these are two different kinds of mosquitoes. The mosquitoes that carry Zika virus as well as Dengue and chikungunya and yellow fever, that's the one species that is really kind of lives in artificial environments, artificial man-made environments.
[03:20:03] It's like, I call it the cockroach in the mosquito world. And it's totally dependent upon humans. It feeds exclusively on human blood. And its larvae, the immature stages, the aquatic stages lives exclusively in man-made water holding artificial containers.
So, since that's not an exactly an endangered ecosystem, I wouldn't think. And so, that that mosquito probably would not be missed. That's the, again, the yellow fever mosquito aedes aegypti.
CHURCH: Right. And so, is it possible to select -- to select certain types of mosquitoes and try to wipe them out?
FISH: Yes, it is. I mean, that mosquito lives in a rather unique environment. There aren't -- there are few other mosquitoes that live in a similar way depending upon humans and live in artificial containers, and they can also be important disease transmitters, but they could be wiped out.
CHURCH: Yes. And I want to talk to you about that because as we saw and as we've been reporting the Americas actually trying to wipe out mosquitoes back in the 1940's and '50s using DDT. And while it worked to wiping them out the negative effects from using that poison was enough to stop that process.
So, let's look at maybe better methods. What do you think this day and age in 2016, what are some ways it could be used to wipe out specific types of mosquitoes?
FISH: Well, they've brought DDT back to control malaria in some parts of the world and there has been some discussion about bringing back DDT for controlling this yellow fever mosquito which is transmitting the Zika virus.
That would be a desperate measure but it may be effective. But all insecticides that are used against mosquitoes, the mosquitoes always develop ultimately resistance against them. We've been tolerant of these different diseases and hoping for a vaccine, ultimately.
But I think we've come to realize now with more and more of these viruses being transmitted by the same species of mosquito that we really got knock them down and learn more about the ecology of this species of mosquito.
So, it can come up with some very innovative and new and environmental compatible ways of controlling the populations. It's not rocket science. They should -- they should be able to figure that out.
CHURCH: Yes. Well, let's hope that happens sooner rather than later. Durland Fish, thank you so much for talking with us. We appreciate it.
FISH: My pleasure.
BARNETT: And the big problem here is what this virus does to pregnant women and their babies. The suggestion that women in Zika hotspots avoid getting pregnant. In fact, goes against the rules of the Catholic Church.
CHURCH: But given the scope of this virus could Catholic leaders in Brazil change their stance.
CNN's international Nick Paton Walsh is in Rio de Janeiro to find out.
NICK PATON WALSH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: In Brazil's modern city escape the Catholic Church has been and is the most influential voice. But now on Ash Wednesday as the Zika outbreak spreads with its panics can you catch it from sex, does it give your baby microcephaly, the church's rules remain set in stone.
No condoms, contraception, or abortion. Just Rio's top cardinal tell us be sure you keep mosquitoes away. But you would still at this time tell people not to use contraception to prevent children being born with all this form of deformity?
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (TRANSLATED): The church doesn't address this with the congregation because the church believes that the people should be responsible. And for example, if they have this or any disease, they should be responsible and not transmit it to other people.
WALSH: But there's been comparison to this virus to HIV and there was criticism at the time of HIV that the response of the world was not fast enough to encourage safe sex. Haven't they learned their lessons, should they not be pushing people in this time only to use contraception or condoms just to remove that risk?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (TRANSLATED): There's just a probability and it hasn't been proven yet. I think that it still has to be proven and the church recommends that people take care of the environment, that they don't allow the mosquito to proliferate and take care of their house.
WALSH: So, even if it is scientifically a 100 percent sure that Zika can be sexually transmitted there will be no change in the churches' policy about the use of contraception.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (TRANSLATED): There people that are using this moment this Zika issue to try and use abortion to challenge the church.
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[03:25:05] WALSH: Lent is around the corner; Jesus has sacrificed his personal piety. But also around the corner the Brazilian carnival goes on.
We're just meters away the party goes and is potentially where Zika could be spreading. In the place where it's unprecedented outbreak the church's position and it has been for decades continues unchanged.
Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, Rio de Janeiro.
BARNETT: Well, the New Hampshire primary is in the rearview mirror as the U.S. republican presidential candidates' barrel on to South Carolina. Now they are preparing for the next contest, but how? We'll explain after the break.
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BARNETT: A warm welcome back to those of you watching all over the globe. This is your last half hour of CNN Newsroom. With that, I'm Errol Barnett.
CHURCH: And I'm Rosemary Church.
It is time to check the headlines for you. And Russia's aerial bombardment of Aleppo will be the focus of a meeting of the international Syria support group Thursday.
The U.S. is pressing for a ceasefire in the hopes of reviving peace talks that faltered early this month. A diplomatic source says Russia is proposing a ceasefire for all sides to begin March 1st.
BARNETT: A South Korean source tells CNN, Pyongyang has executed a high ranking North Korean military leader for, quote, "factionalism, misuse of authority, and corruption."
[03:29:59] That source declined to give further details on how or when the general Ri Yong-gil was executed. Ri's execution is the latest in a string of high profile deaths in North Korea.
CHURCH: Emergency relief officials say two female suicide bombers killed at least 58 people at a camp in Northeast Nigeria. The camp houses people displaced by the terror Boko Haram. There were apparently three bombers, but one, we understand refused to detonate her vest when she realized her family was there. BARNETT: Iran's President, Hassan Rouhani is marking the 37th
anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. These pictures are coming to us at least is a live pictures we're showing you right now. The president has been speaking to a large crowd of people there in Tehran.
On Wednesday, Iran supreme leader pardoned more than a thousand prisoners as is tradition.
It has been a big 24 hours in the U.S. race for president. Donald Trump of course is riding high from his win in New Hampshire and he's carrying that momentum into South Carolina.
CHURCH: The state's primary is a week from Saturday. At a rally Wednesday, Trump went after two of his familiar targets, Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton.
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DONALD TRUMP, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The last thing we need is another Bush. That I can tell you. That I can tell you.
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Honestly, women don't like her. Men don't like her. Take a look at what's happening to her.
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A guy that nobody ever heard of literally is beating her so badly. I don't know. I don't -- I honestly, I talk about Hillary, I honestly don't know if Hillary is going to be running.
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BARNETT: Now Trump's competition in the republican field is shrinking. Chris Christie is ending his White House bid after a disappointing sixth place finish in New Hampshire. He was once seen as a potential frontrunner, but he says he leaves the race without an ounce of regret.
CHURCH: And Carly Fiorina is also pulling out of the race. She was the only woman in the republican field and finished second to last in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary.
BARNETT: But there's still plenty of candidates left. Meanwhile, John Kasich and Jeb Bush are trading blows off to coming in second and fourth respectively in the New Hampshire primary.
CNN's Dana Bash has more.
DANA BASH, CNN'S CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: John Kasich arrived in South Carolina basking in the glow of his strong New Hampshire finish.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) JOHN KASICH, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: But what I celebrated
last night was the army of volunteers who had really delivered the victory.
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BASH: To be sure, Kasich was a distant second behind Donald Trump, but he finished first among republicans vying for the mainstream mantle, leaving the GOP field even more scrambled, and Kasich preparing for political incoming.
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KASICH: I'm not going to be a pin cushion or marshmallow but I'm also not going to spend my time trying to trash other people.
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BASH: It's a fine line for Kasich whose calling card in New Hampshire was his upbeat campaign.
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KASICH: When you spend all your time trying to drag somebody else down, maybe people have had enough of it.
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BASH: And yet, Kasich sources tell CNN a key goal in South Carolina is to damage Jeb Bush who needs a strong Palmetto State showing to survive.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Quite a few of us here in this room attended the Kasich town hall.
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BASH: Today, a South Carolina voter team Bush up for a pre-emptive strike against Kasich.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How would do differentiate yourself from Kasich?
JEB BUSH, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I like John Kasich. He has been an effective governor.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BASH: Bush took the opportunity to hit Kasich on a weak spot with conservative voters that the Ohio Governor accepted federal dollars to expand Medicaid under Obamacare.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BUSH: Did the governor was for expanding Medicaid, which is part of Obamacare.
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BASH: Even before Bush left New Hampshire he went after Kasich on defense spending, a big issue in military rich South Carolina.
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BUSH: John Kasich also has this belief that you can, you know, save money so much that you can't -- you know, that on a net basis you don't have to increase defense spending. It's not -- I don't think that's an honest evaluation of the needs of the military right now.
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BASH: Team Bush already cut this anti-Kasich web video.
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KASICH: I spent a whole career trying to reign in defense spending.
BUSH: We need to rebuilt the military.
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BASH: Sixteen years ago, George W. Bush used South Carolina to turn his primary campaign around, and is still popular with republicans. Jeb is hoping to capitalize on that.
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GEORGE W. BUSH, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT: There's no doubt in my mind that Jeb Bush will be a great commander-in-chief for a military.
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BASH: Meanwhile, Marco Rubio's campaign is hoping that Bush-Kasich battle gives him time to recover from a devastating fifth place finish in New Hampshire.
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MARCO RUBIO, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Our disappointment tonight is not on you. It's on me.
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BASH: Rubio sources tell me they hope Kasich's battle in South Carolina with Jeb Bush helps Rubio. Because for Rubio the name of the game is climbing back to where he was perceived to be just a few days ago, and that was the establishment favorite.
[03:35:05] But that was before he plummeted in New Hampshire. Thanks in large part to bombing in Saturday night's republican debate. Now Rubio says he really had no idea how bad it was on stage. It wasn't until he got off, he saw social media, talked to his aids, that's when he started to get it.
Dana Bash, CNN, Washington.
CHURCH: Well, fresh off his New Hampshire win democratic candidate Bernie Sanders had a busy Wednesday.
BARNETT: Yes. And it included a stop on the late show with Stephen Colbert. They've talked about health care and jobs and of course, Sanders helped Colbert out with his monologue.
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STEPHEN COLBERT, THE LATE SHOW HOST: But Senator, this show is supposed to start with a host standing up talking to a camera.
BERNIE SANDERS, (D) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Stephen, that's what the elites want you to think.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CHURCH: Senator Sanders made a few other stops after talking New Hampshire.
BARNETT: That's right. Senior political correspondent Brianna Keilar has more on that and what's ahead for the candidate.
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SANDERS: Tonight, we serve notice to the political and economic establishment.
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BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Reporter: Bernie Sanders claiming a big win in the New Hampshire primary taking a victory lap on the view tasting the ice cream named after him, Bernie's yearning...
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SANDERS: It's the first time I taste it.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You did? Did you like it?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KEILAR: ... and showing off his basketball skills while also looking to expand his appeal to a broader swath of the Democratic Party.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SANDERS: There's a lot of hard work in front of us, but I think the message that we're bringing forth that this country is supposed to be a nation of fairness and we're not seeing that fairness right now. (END VIDEO CLIP)
KEILAR: Sanders is also firing back at former President Bill Clinton for recent attacks like this.
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BILL CLINTON, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT: When you're making a revolution you can't be too careful about the facts.
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KEILAR: Sanders trying to appear above the fray.
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SANDERS: I was disappointed by President Clinton. I've known him for 25 years and I like him and I respect him. And I hope that this campaign does not to generate it into really kind of...
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: But he's fighting for his wife.
SANDERS: Yes, I understand that.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
SANDERS: But nonetheless, let's keep it on the issues, not making personal attacks.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KEILAR: Sanders' New Hampshire victory is also proving to be good news for his campaign coffers, hauling in $5.2 million in the 18 hours after the polls close Tuesday night. As the democratic primary fights enters in new phase, Sanders faces a new challenge making inroads with the African-American voters. A crucial constituency in states like South Carolina, which holds its primary later this month.
Part of Sanders' stepped-up outreach a meeting today in Harlem with the Reverend Al Sharpton. The civil rights activist saying afterward he'll wait until he meets with Hillary Clinton next week to pick a candidate.
One South Carolina poll showed Sanders trailing Clinton by 57 points with black voters, a sign of his uphill climb. But that was taken before Clinton's narrow win in Iowa and Sanders' decisive victory in New Hampshire.
Following last night's stinging loss, Clinton said she's ready for a long fight.
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HILLARY CLINTON, (D) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: And here's what we're going to do, now we take this campaign to the entire country. We are going to fight for every vote in every state.
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We're going to fight for real solutions that make a real difference in people's lives.
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KEILAR: One day after defeat in the state that delivered Hillary Clinton such a sweet victory in 2008, she spent the day taking it easy preparing for the democratic presidential debate hosted by PBS here at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
BARNETT: We called upon two of our sharpest CNN political commentators to discuss the race ahead. Van Jones on the left of your screen. So, the former adviser of President Obama supporting democratic in general; and on the right you see Jeffrey Lord, a former Reagan White House political director supporting Donald Trump.
I will keep the peace from the middle. Welcome to you both.
JEFFREY LORD, FORMER REAGAN WHITE HOUSE POLITICAL DIRECTOR: And that is right. He is on the left and I'm on the right.
BARNETT: That's exactly right. Literally and figuratively.
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VAN JONES, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: That's exactly right.
BARNETT: Now it's getting exciting now. Trump is being pushed to get specific on what policies he would enact if president -- I just want you both to listen to some of the pressure coming from the campaign trail.
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RUBIO: Hard thing about Donald in the short-term is he didn't have any policy positions. He tells you what he's going to do but he won't tell you how he's going do anything.
TED CRUZ, (R) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The only way to beat Donald Trump is to highlight the simple truth of his record. It is not conservative.
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BARNETT: And Cruz also is now coining this phrase calling Trump's bid a sign failed candidacy because it's about nothing. Jeffrey, when are those specifics coming?
LORD: Well, there are specifics out there. I've written a book on which I've included several of them on veterans, on immigration, on health care I believe is in there. I mean, he's quite specific on some of the things. I mean, it is just your basic political stuff that they want to do. I understand why do it. This is what primaries are about. BARNETT: I know you've got quickly ignore that phone call coming in.
[03:40:00] Van, let me ask you, what do democrats make of the Donald Trump's factor at the stage because at this moment, he's both a certified winning candidate and the typical political rule book does not apply to him. Is that scary for democrats?
JONES: Well, right now it's very shocking to see the republican establishment completely falling apart incapable of stopping essentially a celebrity landlord from running rushes out over their party. And frankly, running rush out -- rush out over a lot of America's most cherished values.
I mean, here's a guy who would fit very comfortably in Europe with some of the very, very right wing also photo fascist parties in his attacks on immigrants, his complete disregard for the basic rules of civil discourse. And yet, he seems to have found a place inside of the Republican Party.
And frankly, if you look at his numbers from New Hampshire, lots and lots of different types of republicans for some reason like this guy. I think he's a very, very dangerous force in American politics.
My hope is that republicans -- responsible republicans will get their act together and stop this guy, if they don't do it democrats will do it in the fall.
BARNETT: And speaking...
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LORD: Of course, I feel the same way about Bernie Sanders.
BARNETT: Well, let's speak about what's happening with democrats and Bernie Sanders because they are arguing over specifics on how they will address the concerns of African-Americans now that we're moving toward South Carolina.
Most African-Americans there are going to polls do support Hillary Clinton, but Bernie Sanders is making a strong play and raising tons of money. Van how much work does he have to do, though?
JONES: I'll let my good friend, Mr. Lord, take his shots at Bernie Sanders. Bernie Sanders were in Europe, though, he just would be a run of the mill social democrat. It's only in United States where those terms.
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LORD: It could be a run of socialist.
JONES: He would be a social democrat they would probably call him in Europe. That said, Bernie Sanders has some very significant weaknesses when it comes to African-Americans and Latinos in the United States not because his policy doesn't appeal to them but because he's been the senator of a very, very white state, Vermont, and has not spent the past 10, 20, 30 years reaching out beyond that state to build a national constituency.
As we all know the Clintons have been doing relentlessly for decades. They have a big, big head start among African-Americans. I think that Bernie Sanders can close that gap, at least in part, but he's going to have to work very hard.
BARNETT: And Jeffrey, Donald Trump has said African-Americans like him because he can do something about jobs, typically the unemployment rate for minorities is higher than the national average. But will we see some of that support coming out for him in South Carolina?
LORD: I don't know that you'll see it in South Carolina because I'm taking a wild guess here that a good part of the African-American community in South Carolina will be voting in the democratic primary between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
But in the general election that's another situation all together. Errol, I have to say I find it vastly amusing to listen to Senator Sanders and Hillary Clinton debate and they're complaining about how terrible things are.
And he's been the United States senator all this time for the last seven years and she has been the Secretary of State and President Obama has been in the White House.
So, if they're in complete charge, why is everything so terrible? And the answer is that they keep moving the country left and these things don't work and that's why people are upset.
So, that's why I think Donald Trump stands a chance of improving on the African-American vote in the fall.
BARNETT: All right. I appreciate you both. Our dynamic CNN political commentators, Van Jones in Chicag, and Jeffrey Lord in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Thanks, gentlemen.
LORD: Thank you.
BARNETT: Now while the Clinton and Sanders campaigns prepare for the next democratic contests the candidates themselves are getting ready to go head to head against each other. We'll bring you the PBS News hour democratic presidential debate on Friday at 8 p.m. in Hong Kong, 9 p.m. in Tokyo only here on CNN.
CHURCH: And after this very short break, Twitter made a grim announcement about its performance Wednesday and the stock market reacted quickly.
BARNETT: And Vogue a name open summers with fashion and style. See how the magazine's British version is celebrating its 100 birthday. Back in a moment.
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CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone. Well, shares of Twitter dropped in afterhours trading Wednesday after the social media company its failing to attract new users.
BARNETT: In fact, Twitter lost two million users in the last three months of 2015. Where are you going?
CNN's business correspondent, Samuel Burke has more.
SAMUEL BURKE, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: This is about as bad as it can get for a social network. Investors have plowed in tons of money into these platforms hoping that they'll add million, if not tens of hundreds of millions of users. And this time around Twitter's user growth is actually flat.
Three hundred twenty million users this quarter, that's the same exact amount as last quarter. And even by one metric you could say that they declined by a couple of million users. Now this is just nothing, 320 million users compared to Facebook 1.6 billion users, with a B, or WhatsApp also owned by Facebook pages crossed the billion marks.
Google is bragging that android and Gmail enjoy over a billion users. When people bought Twitter they thought they might be buying another Facebook, and that hasn't happened. That's why the stock is down from above $70 to below $14. The problem for Twitter is people just can't figure out how to use it.
Yes, celebrities, politicians, athletes, journalist, we love it, but other people go and they say they are perplexed by it. They promised changes to the design of Twitter but that hasn't happened.
In 2014, Jack Dorsey told me they would be changing the time line on Twitter to make it more like Facebook. Instead of chronological the way it is now, they would push up the tweets that are most relevant to you in the time line, and that still hasn't happened.
Twitter now has a $10 million market cap. So, the question becomes, who will buy Twitter if it continues this way. A lot of people have talked about Google is a suitor. Analysts tell me Google is already getting everything it needs from Twitter for a much cheaper price.
Now people are talking about private equity groups moving in. One thing is for sure, no little blue birds are cheerfully tweeting today.
Samuel Burke, CNN, New York.
BARNETT: Very true. But we're still on Twitter.
CHURCH: Yes.
BARNETT: So, if you're there, find us.
[03:49:59] Coming up next, we mark 100 years in fashion photography by taking to you a British Vogue magazine exhibit in London. See which famous stars and artists maybe cut.
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PEDRAM JAVAHERI, CNN METEOROLOGIST: We'll have to look hard for fresh snow over the western sections of North America. A ridge of high pressure has settled into this area. That means warm temperatures prevail from British Columbia southward into the Cascades, as well as Sierra Nevada and into the Colorado Rockies.
Above average temperatures for this region, but never fear we will find the fresh snow. We have to look towards the Canadian Rockies. We still have an active weather pattern setting up across this region. Certainly warmer than average. That means valley rains, but the higher elevation peaks could see snowfall.
Here's our forecast for Whistler, rain snow mixed. Temperatures are just above freezing. More of the same for Vamp and places to the south.
We do have no new snow to report for these locations, but most areas right about 97 to 100 percent open, so that's good news. Now as we head to the United States you can see our wet weather into Seattle in just outside of the Cascades. That could accumulate some snow fall in those higher mountain peaks.
Mt. Baker, a 5-degree of rain snow mixed for you. Mt. Hood, more the same. It should stay above freezing though, for the other locations. The Sierra Nevada mountain range staying high and dry. No snow in the forecast and equal forecast as we head a little further to the east as well.
We expect temperatures to stay above freezing for the Rockies. Perhaps some snow across the east coast.
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CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone. Donald Trump's campaign to be the next U.S. president has opened him up to criticism over his policies, but it has also opened him up to mockery. And the latest example is a mock made for TV biography.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I want to you slather every square inch of Trump Tower in brass.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. Trump, if we add any more we will be in uncharted territories of classiness. It could destroy the...
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BARNETT: Can you name the actor playing Donald Trump? Well, that is movie star, Johnny Depp. Comedy web site, funny or die produced a 50- minute film which may or not be based on Trump's book "The Art of the Deal."
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That is a hell of a book.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You've read it? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Kid, I lived it. And then of course I took credit
for writing it.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Holly cow. You're Donald Trump.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That is my name and you cannot worry there. Trust me.
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[03:55:01] CHURCH: Pretty close.
BARNETT: Before we go I want to show you this, a major photo exhibit celebrating fashion. And fashionable people are opening at London's national portrait gallery.
CHURCH: The Vogue Magazine exhibit features hundreds of portrays that have shaped Britain's culture over the past century.
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CHURCH: Vogue is the name synonymous with fashion, beauty, and style. And this week, the magazine's British version is celebrating its 100th birthday. Iconic covers from the past century line the world of the exhibit in London.
It's a sort of Vogue's greatest hits including famous model Kate Moss with a serious stare and gape lips. And Claudia Schiffer with a longing gaze as she rides away on a motorcycle.
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ROBIN MUIR, VOGUE MAGAZINE CURATOR: I wanted it to have all these it's not the well-known images and balance it with ones that perhaps people have not seen before. And we wanted to show our original vintage photographs.
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CHURCH: Vogue in the 1940s had a different theme like fashion is indestructible in 1941, set on the back drop of World War II.
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MUIR: In 1942, in an economy war time drive, because Vogue was allowed to continue publishing as good for them to home fund. Vogue magazine started to pull its entire archive from 1916 to 1942, as an economy to lead the way.
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CHURCH: And that made some of the earliest photographs were gone forever. British Vogue didn't start until 1916 when World War I halted shipments of the American Vogue.
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MUIR: You know, Vogue has been synonymous with fashion and photography for, you know, for 100 years. It's the style bible.
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CHURCH: Style that ranges from flowers in the mouth and red luscious lips to this finished model dressed to match the steer she's riding. But Vogue is not just about looking good.
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MUIR: It's a business. It gives employment to millions of people around the world. It wear weird clothes. It's a massive, massive thing.
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CHURCH: Vogue 100 century of style is at National Portrait Gallery in London till May 22nd.
BARNETT: Flowers in the mouth, huh?
CHURCH: You like that?
BARNETT: You'll have to try that. We want to quickly check the European stock markets for you. It's been a rough morning. Look at the sea of red there. The Paris CAC 40 pulling back more than 3 percentage points. The FTSE, the DAX, and the Zurich SMI following that lead. We'll keep you posted on this throughout the day.
For now, though, I'm Errol Barnett.
CHURCH: And I'm Rosemary Church. The news continues after this short break.
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