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Spanish Nurse Becomes First Person Outside West Africa To Contract Ebola; Street-To-Street Fighting in Kobani; Leading Women: Rosalind Brewer; Hong Kong Photographer Seeks To Highlight Human Side Of Protest Movement

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

The Syrian city of Kobani in the crosshairs of ISIS. Are coalition airstrikes helping at all?

Plus, a nurse in Spain is the first person to contract Ebola outside of West Africa. We're live in Madrid with the latest.

And frustration grows in Hong Kong as some protesters push on, but the movement may be losing momentum.

In Syria, a possible break for Kurdish fighters who are trying to defend the embattled city of Kobani. There have been large explosions on

the outskirts of this crucial border town today.

Now a fighter there tells CNN. He saw four airstrikes targeting various ISIS locations, and he says those strikes have been hitting, quote,

the right places. Now according to that same fighter, prior to the airstrikes, ISIS had moved deeper into Kobani in the east, the south and

the west.

Now let's get the very latest from our reporter on the ground. CNN's Phil Black joins us live from the Turkish-Syrian border. And Phil, what is

the latest in the fight for Kobani?

PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kristie, there's a (inaudible) we're hearing from fighters inside Kobani match what we're

seeing from the outside across the border here in Turkey, repeated large explosions around the perimeter of Kobani.

We're hearing aircraft overhead in the distance or perhaps at high altitude followed by these very large explosions, the largest we've seen in

the time that we've been watching this conflict, this battle for Kobani for some two, two-and-a-half weeks now.

So, this is undoubtedly good news for those fighters still in the city, those Kurdish fighters resisting ISIS, because the situation is

increasingly dire for them.

As you mentioned, ISIS fighters have now entered the city and are taking ground.

Intense street to street fighting, that's what we hear is happening in the city with heavy casualties. And it is ISIS who has the upper hand in

the sense they've got bigger numbers, more advanced and more powerful weapons and ready resupply of both fighters and weaponry, while those

Kurdish fighters say they know the ground. It's their territory, so they believe that gives them the ability to hold on for at least some time yet.

They don't think the city is going to fall, but it is clearly the momentum is very much moving against them. It would appear to only be a matter of

time, really.

So, those fighters in the city, they want more support from the outside, particularly the international coalition. They want more

airstrikes. They're pleased with what has happened today so far, really what has been happening over the last 24 hours or so. They believe those

strikes are making a difference, but they are not yet enough to ensure that Kobani holds. They believe it will fall eventually, and when it does they

say that the thousands of fighters that are -- or so that are left as well as some residents who are refusing to leave, they will be massacred when

ISIS takes control of the city -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: So, in the battle for Kobani, ISIS holds the upper hand, despite introduction of these new airstrikes.

Phil Black joining us live from the Syrian-Turkish border. Thank you very much indeed for that.

Now a nurses assistant is the first person known to have contracted Ebola outside Africa. Now authorities in Spain are working to track 22

people who had contact with her. Now she is receiving care at the same Madrid hospital where she helped treat two Spanish missionaries who

contracted Ebola in West Africa, both later died.

Now already at this point, Spanish officials say that three other people have been hospitalized. They're being monitored for possible Ebola.

And CNN's Al Goodman is following these developments very closely. He joins us live from Madrid.

And Al, what can you tell us about the condition of the woman, the nurses assistant, and also these three potential cases that are being

closely watched?

AL GOODMAN CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kristie.

We're outside the Carlos III Hospital, that's the reference hospital where she, the nurses assistant, is a patient where those two Spanish

missionaries who caught the Ebola virus in Africa and came back here later died, one in August, the other in September.

Now officials have not released much information about the nurse's assistant. But basically it's understood through various sources that

she's sort of coming along all right. There are some reports unconfirmed that they're trying some experimental medication with her to try to keep

her going.

In terms of the other three people, they are under -- they have been hospitalized, officials said this day at a news conference. One of them is

a suspicious case, her husband, the husband of the nurse's assistant, another is a man who recently traveled to Spain from Africa, and the third

is another nurse, like the nurse's assistant. They both were on this medical team that tried to save those missionaries.

In addition to that, there are about 50 other people, medical colleagues as well as other people, friends and family members of the

nurses assistant, who are all under observation, although they're not in hospital -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: In light of this case, and now the authorities are taking on the daunting task of tracing all the known contacts to the nurse's

assistant, I mean, are serious questions being raised about Spain's ability to handle and to manage this deadly virus?

GOODMAN: Absolutely. And those questions were really hammered into the health minister and her team, her crisis management team, at a very

tense news conference last night that we attended.

Now unions -- some health care worker's unions have said that they've been warning the government now for weeks that the country was not really

prepared to handle the Ebola crisis should it come right here on terms of how much equipment, how much money was being put into this fight, but

clearly there are a lot of questions right now.

The government officials are saying, no, all the protocols were followed. We just have to get the bottom and find out what's going on.

But people are nervous. We have talked to people and a lot of people are saying something has gone wrong. Now what is it -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Al Goodman reporting live from Madrid for us. Thank you, Al.

Now, to Texas where the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States is currently being treated.

Now when Thomas Eric Duncan first went to the hospital feeling sick, he told a nurse that he was from Liberia. Still, he was sent home, he was

not tested for Ebola. Ed Lavandera takes a closer look at the early blunders in this case.

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ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It took just one Ebola patient to show the vulnerabilities of screening for the deadly virus.

BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDNET OF THE UNITED STATES: We have learned some lessons, though, in terms of what happened in Dallas. We don't have a lot

of margin for error, but procedures and protocols that are put in place must be followed.

LAVANDERA: At times, the response as seemed chaotic. Keeping track of nearly 50 people who made contact with Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan

has had its issues.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We just need to locate this individual, and we could use your help, and letting them know they're not in trouble. We want

to move them to a comfortable and compassionate place and care for their every need while we can -- while we monitor them.

LAVANDERA: But the biggest confusion still swirls around Duncan's first visit to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas on the night of

September 25 and why he was sent home possibly infecting others only to be admitted into the hospital three days later.

Last week, the hospital said a flaw in the electronic health record led to his release despite Duncan admitting he had just been in West

Africa. The next day, the hospital sent out what it called a clarification. There was no flaw in the electronic health record in the

way the physician and nursing portions interacted related to this event.

We asked hospital officials several times to clarify what went wrong, but did not get a response to our questions. But we were able to ask the

head of the Texas Department of Health.

The hospital originally said that they had blamed the electronic health record and then changed that on Friday, but haven't really given an

explanation as to what happened. Have you learned any more about why he wasn't kept there originally when he first visited?

DR. DAVID LAKEY, TEXAS DEPT. OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES: I don't have that full information yet. I can understand how people could be frustrated

with that mixed message that you got. I think we will need to look at that.

LAVANDERA: Health experts acknowledge that the first case of Ebola to be diagnosed in the United States has uncovered flaws and unanticipated

issues.

RICK PERRY, GOVERNOR OF TEXAS: There were mistakes made. There will probably be mistakes made in the future as we go forward. But the fact is,

I stand by the fact that the process is working. We don't have an outbreak. We have one event that is being handled properly.

LAVANDERA: Ed Lavandera, CNN, Dallas.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And we have complete coverage of the Ebola outbreak that has claimed thousands of lives in West Africa. Find out more about what

drugs are in the works and how the first man diagnosed in the U.S. is responding to treatment. It's all at CNN.com.

Now still to come right here on News Stream, patience is wearing thin for some Hong Kong residents as the protests continue to disrupt daily life

here.

Plus, documenting the drama: we'll speak to a Hong Kong photographer about his latest project, people on the street.

And Japan is not in the clear just yet, another typhoon may be headed its way. Your world weather update still ahead.

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LU STOUT: And welcome back. You're watching News Stream coming to you live from Hong Kong.

Now across the city, pro-Democracy protesters are stilling hold their ground, but the crowds are dwindling. Now pockets of protesters remain

camped out on major roads in much numbers than last week.

Now hope is on the rise, though, for a solution now that protest leaders and the government have agreed to hold formal talks.

Now days of protests have brought disruptions to traffic and businesses, banks have been closed, key roads still blocked, leaving

commuters jammed in rush hour traffic.

Now Kyung Lah has more on the brooding frustration here in Hong Kong.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KYUNG LAH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Man Lau is a driver -- not that you'd know it he's doing all his deliveries on foot.

It used to take three hours and now it takes six hours?

MAN LAU, DELIVERY DRIVER: Yes.

LAH: Your day is twice as long. LAU: The traffic jam.

LAH: Traffic jams, because pro-democracy protesters have taken over the central district of Hong Kong. Their sit-in has shut down the main

road now barricaded, government workers forced to hoof it in.

Protesters are sending a message to the government demanding free elections, but the collateral damage to their civil disobedience, parts of

public transit are paralyzed. Rail cars in Hong Kong's tram sit idle, unable to crisscross this side of the city.

200,000 people ride the tram in Hong Kong every single day. With these completely shut down, it's pushed the traffic elsewhere into the

city, causing even more headache there.

Forced to drive roads on this side of Hong Kong are stacked with cars and taxis. And when they finally get out of gridlock, some residents find

their neighborhoods are also blocked by additional protests.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's quite inconvenient.

LAH: Forget shopping, Sharon Lau couldn't get cash because her bank was shut down by the protesters.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's got to end at some point, you know. It cannot last forever.

LAH: Merchant Yip Sue Fong (ph) has already dug into her savings to cover her store's weekly rent. Sales are plummeting, shoppers unwilling to

bear the hassles of coming here.

"In 20 years, I've never seen it like this," she says. She adds, "I hope they leave."

A week ago when police unleashed tear gas on the peaceful protesters, the city rallied behind the Occupy Hong Kong movement. Now solidly into

its second week, many still support the pro-democracy movement, but patience is wearing thin.

In it for the long haul, protesters says they understand the city's frustrations, but argue it's worth it.

JOANNE LEE, PROTESTER: What we are doing right now is to fight for (inaudible) for the next generations.

LAH: Something bigger.

LEE: Yes, something bigger.

LAH: The only thing big for Man Lau is the amount of grief he is going through trying to deliver his bread.

He finally makes it, only to have to repeat all this tomorrow as the protest continues.

Kyung Lah, CNN, Hong Kong.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And as the protest drags on, many are wondering will it have a lasting impact on Hong Kong or even China?

Now for more on that, I spoke to Han Dongfang. He was an organizer during the 1989 Tiananmen protest and is now a worker's right advocate

based here in Hong Kong.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

HAN DONGFANG, DIRECTOR, CHINA LABOR BULLETIN: It's not comparable. It's 25 years ago in China. It's 25 years after in Hong Kong. And Beijing

and China, China has changed and the Hong Kong is a different place and people thinking differently. And even the way things organized, appears

even an agenda is just different. It's not comparable.

LU STOUT: And how effective has the Umbrella Movement been in galvanizing public opinion in Hong Kong and driving attention to the core

issue: electoral reform, democracy for Hong Kong?

DONGFANG: This is very interesting part of this is what I believe the achievement has already achieved, which is you mobilize the voice and you

voice out of the Hong Kong people hear what you have to say and I do believe Beijing hear that too. They pretend they don't want to hear, but

they hear it.

And most important thing is the Hong Kong people here, the Hong Kong young people are not only hearing it, but participating into it, that's I

believe is the biggest achievement.

LU STOUT: Is what's been happening here in Hong Kong seeping across the border into Mainland China, reaching activists throughout Mainland

China who also want democratic freedoms, who also want more autonomy?

DONGFANG: I don't think this movement will have direct impact on China and the Chinese government no need to worry about this. It's a Hong

Kong effort, for example, 17 years after Hong Kong returned to China -- one country, two systems.

I personally, I'm (inaudible) phone call on the daily basis. I have never heard any one individual person said Hong Kong people have more

freedom we don't have, so therefore we need more. So it's not that case.

So, Chinese people living in a different environment -- I'm not saying Chinese people in the Mainland, we don't want democracy, but it's a

different stage. So Chinese government don't need to worry about this.

LU STOUT: What are the prospects for democracy in Hong Kong and in China?

DONGFANG: I would say Hong Kong can be placed to pilot democracy process, how to prepare election and how to see people react in the process

of a real democracy, real -- a real, real democracy. And finally, you may see it as it's not a big deal. It wouldn't destroy anything. So it's just

a valuable place to do the pilot work and collect experiences and make sure one day you will --they can be useful in Mainland China. And this is based

on sooner or later, Mainland China has to be a democracy. There's no other alternative.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that was veteran activist Han Dongfang speaking to me earlier.

Now the land is still wet, the debris not yet cleared after a typhoon Phanfone lashed Japan. And now officials there are tracking yet another

typhoon that could be coming in its wake. We've got the details straight ahead.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

And time now for your global weather forecast. And after all the damage caused by Phanfone, there is another typhoon with its sights set

straight on Japan. Let's go to Mari Ramos with that and more. She joins us live from the World Weather Center -- Mari.

MARI RAMIS, CNN WEATHER CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Kristie, yeah. You know, it hasn't even been, what, a day since that first typhoon moved across

Japan, an area already battered with some very heavy rain through the spring and the winter.

This is the next storm right over here, still several days away, but the forecast does have it moving in that same general direction.

The skies were clear across Japan today, though.

Let's go ahead and look at he video from the cleanup effort that continues.

Yeah, they were cleaning up trying to dry out and looking for anyone that may be trapped in the debris left over from Typhoon Phanfone.

Now you can see from these pictures there were some landslides that were reported, there were at least four people killed across Japan because

of the power of the storm, but like I said the water is receding in many places. And you can see some of the damage here with buildings that were

completely just kind of torn apart, in this case by landslides, that affected the region.

Come back over to the weather map. One thing before we move on to the forecast with this next storm, watch the Philippines, because when you see

a storm get close like this, you start to see an enhancement of the monsoon in the Philippines. What does that mean? Even though you're not going to

have a direct impact from this next typhoon, because it is moving away from you, you are going to see some enhanced rainfall and that could be

significant enough.

Now, as far as typhoon Vongfong, winds 220 kilometers per hour sustained. That's borderline super typhoon already. So we're looking at a

pretty significant weather system right over here, gusting to more than 270 kilometers per hour. That looks so impressive on the satellite image. And

you can see the track right over here, again, west-northwest and then that turn to the north so we'll have to see what happens in the next couple of

days and how quickly that turn to the north happens. The sooner it happens the better it will be for Japan, because it's less likely to impact those

areas. So we'll definitely continue monitoring.

There's also another storm developing, and this one is in the Bay of Bengal. Medium chances for it to become a tropical cyclone. It's bringing

heavy rain across the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. And notice these two potential tracks taking it to coastal regions of India. So definitely

something to watch.

And this story with my last 30 seconds, Kristie, flash flooding across southern parts of France. More than 300 millimeters of rain fell in a

period of just three hours. Cars were just carried down the street. It's amazing when you see these pictures that no one was seriously hurt of

killed, maybe because the rain happened in the early morning hours where most people were not in their vehicles and they were safely home, thank

goodness.

You can see the front streaking across central Europe now. It looks like you'll get some more rain across southern France, but we're hoping

nothing like what you saw earlier this morning.

Kristie, back to you.

LU STOUT; Yeah, incredible visuals of the aftermaths of those flash floodings. Mari Ramos, thank you for the share. And take care.

Now you may not think much about it when you flick on the lights, but three people have been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for creating LED

lights. Now the awarding committee, it calls their invention revolutionary. It says incandescent light bulbs lit the 20th Century, the

21st Century will be lit by LED lamps.

And it adds that while environmentally friendly light source such as this is only 20 years old, the technology is now used all around the world.

Now a check of the headlines, that is just straight ahead. Plus, personalizing the protests, a group of photographers launches a new

campaign here in Hong Kong. And I'll be speaking with one of them.

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LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching News Steam and these are your world headlines.

Now three more people are hospitalized in Spain and being monitored for possible Ebola. This, after a nurse's assistant in Madrid became the

first known person outside West Africa to contract the virus. Now she helped care for two Spanish missionaries who later died of the disease.

Now authorities are trying to track 22 contacts she made in recent days.

Now fierce street-to-street fighting is being reported inside the Syrian town of Kobani where ISIS militants recently planted their flag.

Now today, U.S.-led airstrikes targeted the militants around the outskirts of the town, which is near the Turkish border. Now Kurdish forces trying

to defend Kobani had been pleading for more help.

Now three more bodies have been recovered from the top of Japan's Mount Ontake, the volcano erupted over a week ago killing 54 people. 12

others are still missing. Now officials say the bodies found today were buried under thick volcanic ash near the summit.

And in Hong Kong, after more than a week of pro-Democracy protests the government and student protest leaders have agreed on a framework for

talks, but there is still no sign that either side is willing to compromise on key demands. Now protesters continue to occupy several parts of the

city.

Now the Hong Kong protests are being documented in many different ways. And Branson Fung is one of four photographers who founded the People

on the Streets photo project here in Hong Kong. He joins us now to tell us more about it.

Branson, thank you so much for joining us on the program. Tell us more about people on the streets and what inspired this photo blog.

BRANSON FUNG, PHOTOGRAPHER: Well, it started out when we noticed that a lot of our friends and families were having fights and disagreements at

home and in the workplace. And then my sociologist friend mentioned Humans of New York and how we -- she wanted to do it -- do the project in Hong

Kong.

LU STOUT: And we profiled Humans of New York here on News Stream.

FUNG: Yes. Yes, you did.

And so we just ran with the idea. But we decided to have a more social -- more explicit social agenda. What we want to do is show the

human side of the demonstrations, because we feel like it's mainstream media is a bit focused on the politics behind it. So we want to -- we went

out to the streets, we interviewed people there. We interviewed bystanders. We also interviewed shopkeepers as well and passersby. It's -

- and we, the number of human stories we get are very interesting.

LU STOUT: Let's talk about one of those human stories. And we'll bring up the photograph for you. We mixed just one. And it's someone who

is right here, this protester. He's finger painting. Could you tell me more about this moment and what his message was?

FUNG: We were just walking around in the streets on our first day. And then this strong smell caught our attention, so we went over.

LU STOUT: It was the smell of the pain.

FUNG: It was the smell of the paint. And it wasn't very clear what he was doing, because he kept looking at his phone. And then after awhile

of observing we realized that he was actually painting. And then this -- he was painting a picture of the Umbrella Man from the day before.

We talked to him and then we found out that he's been painting only part-time, this wasn't his job. He's not an artist. And he's been doing

it for 30 years. And it was just a very beautiful picture that we decided to capture.

LU STOUT: And this picture and others can all be found on your Facebook page People in the Streets. Branson Fung, we'll leave it at that,

but thank you so much for joining us here on News Stream.

FUNG: Thank you.

LU STOUT: Thank you and take care.

Now, many demonstrators here in Hong Kong have been expressing themselves through art, and that includes photos, it includes drawings,

sculpture and colorful messages. And my colleague Ivan Watson, he speaks to some of the street artists who are making their voices heard.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

IVAN WATSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Under cover of darkness, a 10-foot tall statue wielding what's become the symbol of Hong

Kong's protest movement. Umbrella man, just one example of the burst of artistic expression that has accompanied this protest movement.

DOUGLAS YOUNG, ARTIST: There's so much talent, artistic talent here. Why haven't we seen this before?

WATSON: Douglas Young is a Hong Kong artist and designer who has not been participating in the Occupy movement.

On a day when the crowds have thinned out, he marvels at the creativity displayed here.

YOUNG: This, to me, is the most beautiful thing ever. And it makes this horrible building so much more beautiful.

WATSON: The streets and sidewalks plastered with messages, created by people like this young design student named Timothy Sun (ph).

TIMOTHY SUN (ph), STUDENT: I want to use my way to show my voice to the public.

WATSON: The pro-democracy sit-in, a magnet for artists who want to make their voices heard.

Art teacher Josephine Lau painting yellow ribbons, another symbol of the protest movement.

JOSEPHINE LAU, ART TEACHER: We can use (inaudible) media to express ourselves and to tell people through their hearts, through colors, through

paper the different medias of materials, (inaudible) and concepts to tell people what they feel about Hong Kong now at the moment.

WATSON: In a city where people can post anything they want on the internet, many young people still clearly feel the need to express

themselves publicly with old-fashioned paper and ink.

YOUNG: This feels very much to me like Twitter, but paper Twitter, you know what I mean, old school Twitter if that's such a thing.

WATSON: Young takes the opportunity to post his own paper tweet.

YOUNG: Do you remember what Reagan said to Mr. Gorbachev at Berlin? Chief Executive, please don't tear down this wall. It's beautiful.

WATSON: Now it's up to the authorities to decide how they'll respond to this chorus of colorful voices.

Ivan Watson, CNN, Hong Kong.

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LU STOUT: You're watching News Stream. And after the break, we'll tell you about CNN's month-long initiative to spotlight the women leading

the way in STEM, that's short for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Find out about the pioneers we're profiling and how you can

get involved.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now she is no stranger to hard work and the CEO of the U.S. warehouse chain Sam's Club says that helped her get where she is today.

Now Rosalind Brewer talks to CNN's Poppy Harlow about being a leader and a mom and why listening is important in both roles.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ROSALIND BREWER, CEO, SAM'S CLUB: Now when you keep yourself in check, you keep focus on the right issues.

How's it going today?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, it's no different --

BREWER: Good to see you.

It's not a bout you. It's about the company that, you know, leave your self behind, but bring the decision making and smarts to the table.

POPPY HARLOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A credo Rosalind Brewer says she learned early on.

Since 2006, she's risen in the ranks of the Wal-Mart Corporation to become CEO of its warehouse chain Sam's Club. But the drive she brings to

the table comes from home.

You are a Detroit girl?

BREWER: Yes.

HARLOW: Does being from the Midwest change the way you work?

BREWER: I actually think it does.

When you're from the Midwest, all you ever see is hard work. And so that work ethic has stayed with me over the years and I've just never seen

anything different. And it's in my personal DNA.

HARLOW: At Spelman College, Brewer was one of just a few women in her class majoring in chemistry and credits it with teaching her discipline.

But this CEO and mother is quick to point out her career success wouldn't be possible without family.

Your husband is -- was also in the professional world, right, is now a stay-at-home dad.

BREWER: I absolutely could not be here without the work that both John and I have invested in the growth of our children.

It's John's time now. And so we're reinvesting in what he can do. But it's tough conversations, Poppy. It makes you put focus on your

relationship like never before.

HARLOW: But it was a former boss of Brewer's who made things difficult.

BREWER: She didn't have balance. And so therefore I didn't think she expected me to have balance. And I had to make the decision between travel

and being there for my kids.

I learned a real lesson there. And it has really challenged me to say women need to really forge better relationships in the workplace.

Very sweet, really good.

HARLOW: Does having kids make you better at your job?

BREWER: Absolutely.

Time management, first and foremost, because you're really focusing on I've got so many things to do.

And then it really -- I mean, the things the kids will say to you. And you're like, mom, Sam's doesn't have X. Why not?

HARLOW: Sam's Club is now pushing to attract a younger shopper, the sought after Millenial.

BREWER: Placing an order online and being able to come by the club and pick up your goods.

HARLOW: But Brewer admits leading in the age of social media brings new challenges.

I think because everyone can say everything they think on social media.

BREWER: I think so. I think you're reviewed every day, every second of the day. It's a very visible performance review every second.

HARLOW: She says her more than 100,000 employees help keep her on track.

Who talks more in meetings, you or your employees?

BREWER: Absolutely my employees. My background is not retailing. I have to learn from these folks. And they've taught me a lot.

HARLOW: Which brings us back to one of Brewer's guiding philosophies: keep your ego in check.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Good advice.

Now, this month in honor of international day of the girl, we are highlighting leading women who defy stereotypes. And right now on

CNN.com/leadingwomen. 12 women with some of the coolest jobs in science, math and technology. And you're invited to join a Twitter chat. It's

happening October 9, focusing on how to get more girls into these types of jobs who are otherwise known as STEM.

You get details as well as the latest from our ongoing special series. Just go to CNN.com/leadingwomen.

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

London with more -- Alex.

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