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U.S. Marines On High Alert As Interrogation Report To Be Released; Another Close Call: Drone Narrowly Misses Landing Plane; Leading Women: Stella McCartney; Activist Video Portray Life in Raqqa Under ISIS; LGBT Fear For Their Lives In Egypt; Pierre Korkie's Widow Forgives

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KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream where news and technology meet.

Now the U.S. braces for the impact of a report on torture. That report is due out in just a few hours from now.

Protests continue across the U.S. after the death of an African- American at the hands of a white police officer.

And another close call: a drone misses a landing plane by mere meters.

We begin this hour with heightened security at U.S. facilities around the world.

Now officials are bracing for revelations in a report about the use of torture by the CIA due out in just a few hours from now. The Senate

Intelligence Committee report is to reveal findings on the agency's so- called enhanced interrogation techniques used during the Bush administration.

Now those who have been briefed say the $50 million report provides ugly new details on the CIA program that followed the 9/11 attack.

Now CNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr has more.

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BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: This morning thousands of U.S. military personnel on heightened alert, anticipating the release of a

report by the Senate intelligence committee on top secret interrogation tactics and torture of CIA detainees.

REP. MIKE ROGER, (D) MICHIGAN: Our own intelligence community has assessed that this will cause violence and death.

STARR: The marines are positioned in key areas ready to respond to potential violent reactions directed at U.S. embassies and military bases

around the globe.

Believed to be included in the report, details of waterboarding and other interrogation tactics in the years after 9/11. The CIA believes the

so-called enhanced interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, provided key information that prevented other terror attacks and led to the

capture of Osama bin Laden.

But the report questions the effectiveness of those procedures.

Critics of the $50 million report question the timing of its release.

JOHN EARNEST, WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN: When would be a good time to release this report? And it's difficult to imagine one, particularly

because of the painful details that will be included. But again the president believes that it is important for us to be as transparent as we

possible can be about what exactly transpired. So we can just be clear to the American people and to people around the world that something like this

should not happen again.

STARR: Former vice president Dick Cheney dismissed the senate report saying the CIA's interrogation methods were, quote, absolutely, totally

justified."

Cheney who hasn't read the report strongly defended CIA leaders, arguing the program itself was worth it, adding, "as far I'm concerned,

they ought to be decorated, not criticized."

That sentiment was echoed by former President Bush.

GEORGE W. BUSH, 43RD PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: These are patriots. And whatever the report says, if it diminishes their

contributions to our country it is way off base.

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LU STOUT: And that was Barbara Starr reporting. And CNN will bring you more on the findings of the senate report on CIA torture allegations as

soon as its released.

Now protesters across the United States are taking to the streets demanding justice after the recent deaths of Eric Garner in New York and

Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

Now the protesters are calling this a week of outrage after grand juries did not indict white officers in the deaths of two African-American

males.

Now this was a seen in Berkeley, California. Protesters there shut down the traffic on Interstate 80. Our Dan Simon was in another part of

Berkeley overnight where demonstrators disrupted train traffic.

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DAN SIMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We are at a railroad crossing in Berkeley where protesters have been able to stop an AMTRAK passenger train

from moving. You can see it right there on the tracks behind me.

This has been a massive protest with well over 3,000 people, but from what we've seen it's been peaceful after those two chaotic nights on the

streets of Berkeley. But we have seen things like this. And at one point, the crowd was able to shut down the I-80 freeway in both directions.

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LU STOUT: But it's not just gridlock in California. And our protests have targeted cities coast to coast. In Washington, protesters marched on

the Capitol and later blocked rush hour traffic near the White House.

Now several there staged a die-in at a major intersection. And over the weekend, it was a similar scene of civil disobedience in Chicago.

And in New York, protesters gathered in Brooklyn outside the Barclay's Center. Now a large crowd there chanted outside the basketball game

attended by British royals Prince William and Katherine.

Deborah Feyerick has more on that.

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DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, inside as the royals watched the basketball game, outside hundreds of protesters staging

demonstrations. They did die-ins outside the Barclay's Center. They walked against traffic, shutting it down, that was one of the mantras --

shut it down, shut it down. There were many police officers, hundreds of them, as a matter of fact, setting up a perimeter, allowing all the

demonstrators to march. They marched peacefully. There was anger. They demanded justice. But for the most part, the police let them do what they

needed to do.

The -- at one point, they went into this shopping center where they went up the escalator. They sat down for awhile. Police, again, giving

them the space, giving them the respect to do what they needed to do, the demonstration lasting about four hours, a little over four hours and then

another demonstration being planned for the next few days. That one to take place outside city hall.

Deborah Feyerick, CNN, Brooklyn, New York.

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LU STOUT: And let's take a moment to look at what's brought protests to a head this week. Now most recently a New York grand jury decided not

to indict a white police officer in the death of unarmed black man Eric Garner. Now Garner was put in a chokehold before his death.

There's also been frustration in the city of Cleveland where police shot and killed a 12-year-old boy who was later found to be carrying an

air gun.

And in Ferguson, Missouri, a grand jury decided not to charge a white officer who shot and killed unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. It was a

decision that sparked riots, looting and arson on the streets. All three cases have ignited protests across the country.

Now U.S. President Barack Obama has weighed in on these protests gripping the country. In an interview with the BET Network, he pledged to

continue the fight to improve race relations in America. And here is part of that interview.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: A country's conscience sometimes has to be triggered by some inconvenience, because I think a lot

of people who saw the Eric Garner video are troubled, even if they haven't had that same experience themselves, even if they're not African-American

or Latino. I think there are a lot of good well-meaning people. I think there are probably a lot of police officers who might have looked at that

and said that is a tragedy what happened and we've got to figure out how to bring an end to these kinds of tragedies.

And attention spans move on, right, there's the next thing. There's some international crisis. There's something that happens here. And

change doesn't really occur. And the value of peaceful protests, activism, organizing it reminds the society this is not yet done.

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LU STOUT: In New York's Barclay Center last night LeBron James and fellow NBA players, they made a big statement by wearing t-shirts wearing

Eric Garner's last words 'I can't breathe."

But as our Kyung Lah reports that show of support has become increasingly common among pro-athletes in recent days.

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CROWD: I can't breathe! I can't breathe! I can't breathe!

KYUNG LAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The rallying cry in the protests across the country, demonstrators chanting Eric Garner's last words.

ANNOUNCER: Bulls off to a good start.

LAH: But it was a silent shout from Chicago Bulls player Derrick Rose wearing the words "I can't breathe" on the shirt over his jersey in pre-

game warmups, a potent message from the NBA's 2011 MVP.

Is this a place for professional athletes to wear in on things?

DERRICK ROSE, CHICAGO BULLS PLAYER: I could care less about who else weighs in. Usually professional athletes tend to stay away from this, but

this is something that I just felt like I had to do something about it.

LAH: And he's not the only professional athlete.

ANNOUNCER: He gets away, but he goes down.

LAH: In the NFL, Washington Redskins defensive lineman Chris Baker making the hands up, don't shoot gesture after a pay.

Detroit Lions running back Reggie Bush wore an "I can't breathe" warmup shirt before the game.

There's been virtually no backlash, a big difference from the reaction to the hands up gesture by the St. Louis Rams, criticism from police groups

to even some fans who burned Rams merchandise this weekend.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Burn, baby, burn.

LAH: In this case, the Chicago Bulls head coach supported and continues to support the display.

TOM THIBODEAU, CHICAGO BULLS HEAD COACH: He has something to say. I think it's a great message, you know, it's about equality and justice for

everybody.

LAH: The world has seen athletes as civil rights figures before. This potent image in the 1968 Olympics, the black power salute in the midst

of the civil rights movement, the athletes medals later revoked. It is these very visible moments that can help shape a national conversation.

Can sports figures make a big difference in our discourse?

ANDY MASUR, WGN RADIO 720: Yeah, I mean they're kind of -- I mean they are role models and a lot of people follow what they do. And that's

his platform. I mean, that's Derrick Rose's platform. That's his basketball court is where he does his work and where he's the most visible.

And that's the time if you're going to do it to do it.

LAH: Other players also follow in Rose's lead, the NBA's most prominent player LeBron James in the warmup between he Cleveland Cavaliers

and the Brooklyn Nets put on a black t-shirt with words "I can't breathe."

Kyung Lah, CNN, Chicago.

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LU STOUT: Now a vice president of Korean Air will no longer oversee the airline's in-flight service. Now that's because Heather Cho became

angry when she was served Macademia nuts in a bag rather than a bowl. She sent the plane back to the gate and ordered the chief flight attendant off

the plane.

A spokesman for Korean Air says that she apologized and will no longer run the cabin service, but will keep her title of vice president.

Now her father is the chairman of Korean Air.

You're watching News Stream. And coming up this hour, a message of forgiveness and questions of what if as families react to the murder of two

hostages in a failed U.S. rescue mission.

And we take you inside the besieged Syrian city of Raqqa where reality stands in stark contrast to what ISIS fighters tried to portray on social

media.

Plus, Egypt's gay community lives under constant fear. Activists say that they are often arrested under charges of pornography or prostitution.

We look at the challenges they face.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now questions remain over the botched U.S. raid in Yemen that led to the killings of two hostages. And now the widow of one of the hostages

says that she has chosen to forgive those who caused her husband's death.

Now South Africans Yolanda and Pierre Korkie were kidnapped by al Qaeda last may. Yolanda Korkie was freed in January after negotiations and

her husband had been due for release soon, but was killed during the U.S. raid on Friday.

In a news conference today, she said she has chosen to let go and thanked the United States for bringing her husband's remains home. She

paid tribute to him earlier.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

YOLANDA KORKIE, PIERRE KORKIE'S WIFE: He was an innocent and honest person who stood for poor people through his teaching. I have two children

and I miss him terribly. He was just an ordinary man from South Africa.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Now the U.S. photojournalist Luke Somers was also killed by his captors during the rescue attempt. And his family said that they had

never authorized the operation.

Now let's go straight to Karl Penhaul now. And Karl how is it that the Pentagon did not know of this separate private effort to free one of

the hostages.

KARL PENHAUL, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, it certainly seems, Kristie, that there was a breakdown in communication here. Pierre

Korkie's kidnap was not kept under wraps. This was not a news black on his case. His kidnap had been widely reported in the South African and the

international media as had the attempts, the ransom negotiations to free him.

But it seems that the Americans neither knew that he was in that location, or, once he had bee killed, what his nationality was. So it

seems there was a disconnect of information there.

It adds to the picture that perhaps the American officials haven't told us all we could know about how this operation went down. For example,

we do know that perhaps the American SEAL team on the ground stayed too long on the ground. Pentagon officials originally said that that team had

been on the ground for 30 minutes. We now know that that was 30 minutes since the start of the firefight outside the compound where Luke Somers and

Pierre Korkie were being held to the time that they were medevac'd out.

But also know that that SEAL team was dropped off a full 10 kilometers away from the target and had to move in towards the target under cover of

night. Pentagon officials are saying that they were only detected in the last 100 yards, perhaps because of the sound of a dog barking. So I think

we're still waiting for a lot more details to come out there.

But certainly a very dignified press conference by Pierre Korkie's widow this morning in South Africa talking of forgiveness. Let's listen to

a little about what she had to say.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

KORKIE: (inaudible) to forgive those that caused this thing. What will it help to accuse? What will it help to find out what happened? Will

it bring Pierre back? No. So, I chose to let it go.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

PENHAUL: Pierre Korkie's body is now back in South Africa. That will undergo a postmortem examination. Presumably from that, we can find out

what caliber bullet was used to kill him and whether that really supports the American version of events that he was killed by his al Qaeda captors

as the rescue team went in. What we didn't hear incidentally from that press conference this morning the fact that a South African charity had

been mediating in the case of Pierre Korkie and had arranged a ransom, we understand of about $200,000 that was to be paid over and that was due to

win the imminent release of Korkie just before he was killed, Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, Karl Penhaul reporting on the risks of rescuing hostages, many thanks indeed for your reporting, Karl. You're watching

News Stream. Keep it here, there's more after the break.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now the outgoing U.S. secretary of defense arrived in Iraq for is first and last official visit to thank the troops for their role in

fighting ISIS. Chuck Hagel met with top Iraqi officials and told a group of U.S. and Australian troops that the coalition will continue to help

Iraqis fight, but ultimately it is up to the Iraqi government to take the lead

The United Nations is hosting a donor conference in Geneva to help millions of Syrian refugees forced out of their homes. But those who live

under ISIS control are also in desperate need of help. Atika Shubert shows us what life is like in the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa. And a warning, some

of the images you are about to see are graphic.

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ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: In Raqqa, the day begins with airstrikes by the Assad regime, the start of a terrifying cycle

to daily life in the ISIS stronghold.

ISIS propaganda photos purport to show a calm city going about normal life. Its fighters boast about enjoying their favorite imported foods on

Twitter and Facebook. ISIS even posts recipes to the wives of fighters advising them on the best method for fluffy pancakes.

But, these photos show otherwise say activists inside Raqqa. Children line up for handouts at an emergency soup kitchen, chronic food shortages

and hyper inflation, hospitals are empty of supplies with few doctors. Airstrikes have targeted power stations, so electricity is sporadic, at

most four hours a day.

Activists inside spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah, that's right. ISIS, there is different dealing with the civilians from the ISIS. The ISIS, they have the VIP, so

they have their own hospitals. They take the best food. They take the best houses, the best cars, the ISIS give them money, but the ISIS did not

give their people anything.

SHUBERT: And then there are the public executions in what was Raqqa's Paradise Square. Anyone considered an enemy of ISIS is killed here, their

bodies put on display.

ISIS has promised to make Raqqa a model of the Islamic State. Activists inside say it's anything but.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ISIS publishing the videos of propaganda, their own propaganda. To make the Raqqa a paradise. So yes, it's a paradise for

the ISIS, but it's hell for the people of Raqqa.

SHUBERT: If Raqqa's residents survive the day, then at night they live in fear of coalition airstrikes. Though ISIS does not seem to be

losing its grip on the city, leaving residents to live through this terrifying cycle again and again.

Atika Shubert, CNN, London.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Terrifying video there.

Now a recent raid on a bath house in Cairo led to the arrest of more than two dozen men suspected of being gay. Although it is not officially

illegal in Egypt, they face discrimination and are brought in under various charges.

Now two men took the risk of speaking with CNN's Ian Lee about what life is like for them in Egypt.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

IAN LEE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It's a tender moment captured on home video. This clip appears to show two people affirming

their love for each other. It would also land them in prison for three years on charges of inciting debauchery, a charge often leveled against

gays and lesbians in Egypt. Many in the gay community here live in a constant state of fear. Two men agreed to talk to us on the condition of

anonymity. We'll call this man Ahmed and this man Nor, both, to a degree, are open with their immediate family.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My sisters weren't a problem at all. My mother was difficult.

LEE: But it stops there.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's difficult because you have to be aware of everything you're doing, your clothes, your reactions toward people.

LEE: This clip shows a police raid in which five people were arrested and later convicted of debauchery.

Human rights activists say Egyptian course have sentenced at least 20 people to that and other similar charges this year. Grinder, a gay dating

app, has warned its users, saying police may be posing as LGBT on social media to entrap you.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm always afraid if I meet someone and he is from the government than I'll get arrested like other people.

LEE: The condemnation of homosexuals in Egyptian society runs deep from the movies that use caricatures and stereotyping to religion. Leaders

in both dominant religions in Egypt, Islam and Christianity, speak out forcefully against homosexuality.

Many families turn to psychiatrists upon discovering their child is gay.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My father took me to a psychiatrist once and he gave me this medical thing that actually makes you stop having any sexual

feelings, but it doesn't cure you.

LEE: Ahmed says there's a lack of understanding.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There is no room for dialogue. That is my problem with Egypt, you know. It's like I want you to ask me about it and I will

tell you and maybe you'll understand.

LEE: So gays and lesbians remain in the shadows with many too afraid to even form activist groups to push for change.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hypothetically, like, there could be an uprising, right. But the whole country would back the mass killings of homosexuals,

you know. Like the whole country would sweep it under the rug. You can't fight the government when you don't have anything to fight the government

with.

LEE: Ian Lee, CNN, Cairo.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: A powerful portrait of a community living in fear.

You're watching News Stream. And still ahead, civilian drones are getting too close to commercial airliners and creating a dangerous

situation. We've got the details next.

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LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching News Stream. And these are your world headlines. Now in a few hours the U.S.

Senate is due to release a report on the use of torture by the CIA in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Now thousands of marines across the world

are on alert ahead of the report's release out of concern that there might be reprisal attacks.

Large crowds took to the streets around Berkeley, California for another night of protests over police tactics. Now the demonstrations have

created massive traffic disruptions, blocking both directions over a major interstate. It is the latest in a string of countrywide protests against

recent cases of white police officers involved in the death of unarmed black suspects.

India is clamping down on web based taxi services after a woman in New Delhi says she was raped by a taxi driver for Uber. Now the home minister

says state governments across the country have been asked to stop all unregistered taxi firms from operating.

Now despite warnings, some drone users continue to fly dangerously close to commercial airliners, raising some serious safety concerns. Now

the latest near-collision was at London's Heathrow Airport.

Now CNN's Rene Marsh has more.

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RENE MARSH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It could be the closest a drone has ever come to crashing into a commercial jet filled with passengers, that's

according to a report due this week from British safety investigators. The incident happened as the Airbus A-320 was approaching London's Heathrow

Airport. At 700 feet in the air, a high-risk near collision, a model helicopter, or drone, flew over the plane's left wing, missing by about 20

feet.

FRED ROGGERO, AVIATION SAFETY EXPERT: Oh, that's exceptionally close. That is exceptionally close in an airplane.

MARSH: It's a disturbing trend. An FAA report last month detailed dangerous close calls at some of the nation's busiest airports. In just

one day, three pilots on different planes reported close calls near LaGuaria Airport in New York City.

MARK DOMBROFF, AVIATION ATTORNEY: I think we need to see some vigorous prosecution both civilly as well as criminal in order to send the

message that this is not acceptable.

MARSH: Lawmakers like Dianne Feinstein agree. In a letter to the FAA last week, she raised alarm over more than 190 incidents reported to the

FAA in the last night months, urging stronger enforcement.

Drones are not allowed to fly commercially without FAA approval. Hobbyists can fly small drones below 400 feet, but away from airports. The

problem is, some people are breaking the rules.

DOMBROFF: People who either want to push the system, who are ignoring the system, or who are just so arrogant they don't care about the system.

MARSH: We've seen the damage a small bird can do. A flock of birds took out both engines on United 1559, forcing the pilot, Captain Sully

Sullenberger to land on the Hudson River. A small drone impact could do the same or worse: a fatal crash.

One frightening possibility, a drone smashes into the wing of a plane where fuel is stored. The impact could cause an explosion.

Rene Marsh, CNN, Washington.

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LU STOUT: And while air regulators consider new rules for drones, one of the biggest makers of commercial drones is taking action. Now some DJI

drones have software that uses GPS to detect when they are near restricted airspace such as airports like these red and orange zones you see right

here on the map.

Now the software can either prevent the drones from flying, or forces them to fly at a lower altitude.

Now, a meeting with the U.S. president, an event to support wildlife preservation and a front row seat to an NBA basketball game, all part of

the British royals trip to the United States.

So, what's in store for William and Katherine today?

Now CNN's Max Foster joins us live from New York with how their visit is going so far and what's next. And Max, let's talk about how it has been

so far, because yesterday was a very, very busy day. Give us the highlights.

MAX FOSTER, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, they are certainly keeping us busy.

I mean, it started off in Harlem where the duchess went into a youth center and lots of attention. She came in and they all shouted princess

and then there was a sort of moment where they were slightly disappointed and were trying to work out what was going on there.

And one of the administrators had to mention that they thought they were expecting the princess from Frozen.

But nevertheless, she charmed them. And it was all about promoting one of her interests, which is using art to help kids deal with their

issues and talk through their therapy through art. And so the whole, you know, two days is about promoting their causes and raising money for their

causes as well. Prince William meeting the president, talking about conservation in Africa. He then had a similar meeting with Secretary

Clinton as well here in New York.

And then it all rounded up with that NBA game in Brooklyn. And we knew that there were going to be some celebrities there. We knew that Jay-

Z would be there as a part owner of one of the teams there, but would they meet -- and there was this moment when we didn't know whether they were

going to meet -- but finally the Jay-Z and Beyonce did approach the royals and they finally did meet. and there's a moment that many people were

waiting for.

LU STOUT: And please tell us what is on the royal agenda today?

FOSTER: Well, it starts off poignantly. I mean, you've got to think that Kate and William have never been to New York before, which a lot of

people find extraordinary. But when people think of New York they obviously think of 9/11 sadly. It's one of the first things they think of.

So, they're going to the 9/11 memorial museum and they're going to pay their respects there. They're going to spend some time there and taking

the whole scene in, quite an incredible construction down there now.

Then they'll go to a few more events taking in a few of their interests -- an inner city school, for example. And then tonight there

will be a glittering gala for the university where they met and fell in love, St. Andrews University. There are 450 seats went on sale. They sold

out straightaway. Tickets going up to $10,000 each. So it just shows the pulling power of this couple.

Lots of celebrities expected there. We'll get the list very soon on who they'll be meeting there.

LU STOUT: Yeah, another packed agenda today.

Max Foster, good luck with tracking the royals there in America. Max Foster reporting live from New York.

Now you're watching News Stream. Still to come on the program, she is one of the world's leading fashion designers with the famous last name, but

Stella McCartney says being linked to rock royalty can be a burden as well.

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LU STOUT: You're back watching News Stream.

Now being the daughter of a Beatle may have helped her career, but there is more to Stella McCartney than that famous last name. Now she

followed the fashion legend Karl Lagerfeld as the creative director of Chloe's 17 years ago. And today her fashion label has attracted an

international following.

Now she sat down with our Maggie Lake and talked about her formula for success.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

MAGGIE LAKE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: As the daughter of famed Beatle Paul McCartney and American photographer and activist Linda McCartney, Stella

McCartney chose to carve her own path in the world.

You have very famous role models. Do you think that that helped you or do you think that that was actually a hurdle you had to overcome when it

came to proving who you were?

STELLA MCCARTNEY, FASHION DESIGNER: I think a bit of both. I think that it certainly opened a lot of doors and it certainly closed some minds.

LAKE: Stella McCartney's the British fashion designer whose label is found all over the world. She has 40 stores, including in New York, Paris

and Beijing. And online, she fulfills orders to 100 countries.

And while McCartney says she feels lucky to have a successful career, there's another important side of her life.

MCCARTNEY: Being a mom for me anyway is an extraordinary blessing. So it helps me on every level. But I think that once you have children it

adds another layer of responsibility to what you are doing. And you have to be a good role model to them. So it makes you sort of question your

actions and, you know, in a good way.

LAKE: Her children aren't the only ones looking at McCartney as a role model. The Lincoln Center in New York recently honored the designer

with a woman's leadership award.

MCCARTNEY: I feel a little overwhelmed, to be honest. I feel like I'm too young, to be honest.

LAKE: What is your advice to women who are coming out or trying to achieve success?

MCCARTNEY: Just be really true to yourself in what you want to do.

LAKE: Is there a mistake that you look at that you think back and say, wow, I sunk it. It's all ruined now, this is massive, but that you

were able to overcome?

MCCARTNEY: Yeah. I mean, I guess my first show for my house was not the biggest success in the world. And that was a big learning curve for

me, because I think I was so afraid of coming back from Paris and having this huge success at a Parisian fashion house and then starting my own

label in London. And I rushed it.

It just taught me you can't try and pretend to be something that you're not.

LAKE: A lesson that stuck with her in the nearly 15 years since starting her own label. And part of who McCartney espouses to be is a

woman designing for women.

You have been quoted as saying you want to uplift women with your design.

MCCARTNEY: I want women to connect with my clothes at the beginning of their day. I know when I wear something at the beginning of my day and

I rush out of the house and I know immediately -- I put it on and I'm like, oh, this isn't what I want to wear, but I have to whatever reason or I know

I'm not true to myself. I go out of the house and I'm like, all day I feel uncomfortable. I can't wait to get it off. I get home, like, get if off

me and then you suddenly -- do you have that?

LAKE: Absolutely.

MCCARTNEY: And so you...

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MCCARTNEY: Yeah, it's like, oh, I'm so annoyed I wore this bangle all day. But this is just -- you know, it's agitating me.

So, I'm really interested in that, that's actually really what drives me in what I do.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Stella McCartney there.

And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. But don't go anywhere, World Sport with Alex Thomas is up next.

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