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Fragile Ceasefire Under New Strain As U.S. & Iran Trade Fire; Health Officials Worldwide Scramble To Track Hantavirus; Spain Identifies A Suspected Case Of Hantavirus In Alicante; Cruise Ship At Center Of Scare Heads To Spain's Canary Islands; Pope Leo Marks First Year As Pontiff In Pompeii & Naples; U.S. Secretary Of State Marco Rubio Met Pope Leo Thursday. Aired 11a-12p ET

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BIANNA GOLODRYGA, CNN HOST, ONE WORLD: Hello everyone. Live from New York, I'm Bianna Golodryga. You are watching "One World". Iran has not yet

responded to a U.S. proposal to end the war, but according to state media, Tehran is still weighing its answer. America's Top Diplomat believes that

it could come at any time.

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MARCO RUBIO, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: We're expecting a response from them today at some point, we have not received that yet, as in the last hour,

but perhaps that will come. Their system is still highly fractured and a bit dysfunctional as well. So that may be serving as an impediment. I hope

it's a serious offer. I really do.

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GOLODRYGA: Iran's Foreign Minister, meanwhile, isn't staying quiet. He's accusing the U.S. of a reckless military adventure amid diplomatic efforts,

and warns that Iranian never bow to pressure. It comes after the U.S. and Iran traded a new round of fire on Thursday. The U.S. said that it targeted

Iranian military facilities responsible for earlier attacks on U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz.

And today, the Pentagon says that the U.S. disabled two more Iranian oil tankers. President Trump later down playing the earlier strikes and

insisted that the ceasefire is still in effect. CNN's Alayna Treene is joining me now at the White House with more. And Alayna to the president's

comments that the maritime attacks by the Iranians were just a trifle, and warning them again to act fast.

What is his thinking here, in terms of continuing to avoid saying that Iran has broken the ceasefire.

ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: I think all of this just shows, Bianna, the president's very strong desire, and really what he is

prioritizing right now, which is really trying to get to some sort of diplomatic solution here. And we've seen him now, not only in recent weeks,

but as recently as recent days, halt aggression toward Iran, ongoing aggression, in order to try and give some of these talks breathing room.

The most recent example being, of course, him pausing Project Freedom just two days after announcing that initiative, of course, the one that was

designed to help guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Look, I think what we saw happen yesterday with the exchange of attacks between

Washington and Tehran were the most severe test of this ceasefire so far.

We've really seen in just the past week now, a lot of different moments that could have completely seen this ceasefire fall apart, but on multiple

occasions, again today, being the most recent, the president coming out and strongly insisting that the ceasefire remains intact.

I do want to point you to something else we actually heard from the Secretary of State, Bianna, Marco Rubio this morning when speaking with

reporters in Italy. He called the fighting yesterdays, and specifically the U.S. military action against these Iranian facilities as defensive

measures.

And he also said that they were separate and distinct from Operation Epic Fury. I think again, that just goes to show how much they are trying to

downplay this exchange of fire in order to keep pushing toward a broader compromise. And as you mentioned, Rubio was saying that they are hoping to

receive a response to the U.S. proposal today, and hoping that it will be a serious offer.

But I think repeatedly, the president is being kind of thrust into these different positions. And you know, you have many different people I know

inside the White House giving him different advice on how to move forward with this. The military is obviously ready to act, should he determine that

a ceasefire has been violated and that they want to move forward with major combat operations.

But so far, he has been unwilling to get to that point. He really wants to see this end in some sort of peace deal. The question will be, of course,

is whether or not the people in charge in Iran are willing to make significant concessions to the point of which the U.S. is really expecting

at this point.

GOLODRYGA: Or are they just planning to drag this out, knowing that the longer that this war is prolonged, the more it impacts the president

standing here at home and really around the world. Alayna Treene, thank you so much. Suzanne Maloney is Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy

at the Brookings Institution, and she joins me now live.

Suzanne, it's always good to have you on the program. So, you have pointed out in the past that this battered regime is actually using the war to

consolidate its power.

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So, using that logic, is the president miscalculating, assuming that the Iranians that this regime wants to bring this war to an end quickly.

SUZANNE MALONEY, VICE PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN POLICY AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: Thanks, Bianna. I think it's a very good question.

We don't really know what the Iranian leadership is thinking at this point, but they have used escalation and prolonging the war as a means of

essentially increasing their own leverage.

And I think there are likely some disagreements within the leadership about at what particular point they believe they have achieved as much as they

can and they are ready to settle. I think the other question is what the administration is prepared to accept from Iran. The president went into

this war with some fairly ambitious aims, to change the regime, to do serious damage to Iran's nuclear ambitions into its conventional

capabilities.

The fact that the regime is still standing makes it difficult for him to get what he wasn't able to achieve on the military battleground at the

negotiating table.

GOLODRYGA: Yeah, the maximum demands early on in this war did seem to include regime change, getting rid of their ballistic missiles program,

stopping its terror proxies in the region from funding them, and obviously the nuclear program. And you have noted that this war has created an

unintended consequence, and that is the control that Iran has now over the Strait of Hormuz.

We did hear from Secretary Rubio saying that there is no separating the issue of opening the strait and the nuclear question, is that reassuring in

terms of how the United States and even those in the region are viewing the U.S. position right now that they are still prioritizing not only the

strait but also the nuclear program.

MALONEY: I think that is reassuring to Iran's neighbors, who have to be concerned about being left with a radical regime on their periphery that

might still have the capability to move to nuclear weapons capability, and also would have a far greater incentive to try to do so after this war.

And so, I think the president has to walk away with at least something that enables him to say to our partners and allies in the region that Iran

cannot and will not be in a position to acquire nuclear weapons. And the Iranians, for their part, are loath to give up their capabilities.

They've been negotiating for decades to try to retain as much of their industrial scale nuclear program as they can. And so, they're going to be,

I think, you know unwilling to agree to what the president would like, which is a multi-decade moratorium on enrichment, access to the stockpiles

of highly enriched and potentially also low enriched uranium. And those are really important assets for the regime.

GOLODRYGA: And we also know that the ballistic missiles program is a big priority for the region as well, and though they have been degraded to an

extent, there is some conflicting report as to the extent of how far they have been degraded and how quickly Iran can reconstitute that program.

I want to ask you about the president's timeline compared to the Iranian timeline, specifically given the president's meeting with Xi Jinping next

week in China, we know that this meeting has already been delayed once the president has been hoping to have the Iran war in the rear-view mirror as

he's approaching these talks. How is Iran viewing this timeline that the president has set for himself here?

MALONEY: Well, the Iranian Foreign Minister was just in Beijing, and they clearly are also looking to China as a potential ally in their ongoing war

with the United States and Israel. Think the Chinese are less inclined to intervene in any significant way. We're seeing now that, in fact, they have

reduced their own oil imports in a way, to try to manage some of the pressure that the market is experiencing as a result of the disruption in

the Strait of Hormuz.

And I think the Chinese also want to have a very good summit, successful G2 level summit between President Trump and Chairman Xi and so, you know, I'm

not sure that the Iranians are going to be able to get any significant support in any way from the Chinese. I think the Chinese are much more

focused on the bilateral relationship with Washington.

GOLODRYGA: Can I just ask you quickly, given the dependence of these two countries, Iran and China, here how you interpret Iran reportedly striking

a Chinese flag ship vessel in the Strait of Hormuz today.

MALONEY: I think that puzzled a lot of observers. It may suggest that the Iranians are in greater disarray than has been evident to date.

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It may also be just their way of looking to try to muscle all of the players and demonstrate that they are not really going to be restrained in

this time of tremendous pressure on their economy and, of course, on their society.

GOLODRYGA: Suzanne Maloney, it's always great to have you on. Thank you so much for your analysis. Really appreciate it.

MALONEY: Thank you.

GOLODRYGA: Well, the CDC is classifying its hantavirus response as level 3, the agency's lowest level of emergency after an outbreak aboard a cruise

ship. That ship is headed to Spain and expected to dock Sunday. About 150 passengers and crew remain on board, and they're expected to be flown home.

Meantime, three people have died, and there are a handful of other confirmed cases. Health officials are monitoring dozens of passengers who

got off the ship and have since returned to their countries. CNN's Pau Mosquera joins us now from Madrid. What is the reaction there in Spain

today, Pau?

PAU MOSQUERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Bianna, we have seen this morning how many workers from the different ports of Tenerife have demonstrated in

front of the Parliament of the Canary Islands. They say that they are worried about the fact of the ship getting to the port of Granadilla de

Abona.

This is a secondary port that is located in the island. On occasions they have live, claimed that they have not received enough information or that

maybe they don't have the necessary protective equipment to receive everybody that it's going to disembark in this port.

That's why the regional government and the Spanish government have been reassuring them over the last hour, saying that the risk of contagion is

very, very low. And this is also very important, Bianna, why they have finally decided not to make the ship dock on the port, but instead to

anchor in the waters of the very same port.

And once that the ship is anchored, then the experts will get inside of the cruise ship, evaluate everyone and after that, and just one once the

airplanes that will carry them home at a ready on the runway of the airport, they will disembark. It is important also to say, Bianna, that

over the last hours, has been confirmed the very first suspected case of hantavirus here in Spain.

This case involves a person that lives in Alicante, Eastern Spain and has shown symptoms that are consistent with hantavirus. The authorities have

already performed PCR tests on this person, and now they are waiting for the results, which we are expecting to get within the next 24 hours.

And this suspected case, Bianna, has been used by the authorities as to explain how they are going to work with any other suspected case in the

future. Have a listen.

GOLODRYGA: I'm not sure we have sound, but we'll leave it there for now. Pau Mosquera, thank you so much for your reporting. Let's bring in CNN's

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who is joining me from Atlanta. Dr. Gupta, always good to have you on. So, we currently are looking at three deaths among seven cases

on a cruise ship of 147 people.

How concerned are you at this point about human-to-human transmission, especially the Andes variant, given these incredibly close quarters?

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, what you're hearing from most people is that the level of risk right now, the level of

concern is low. I want to preface everything, Bianna, by saying, you know, we have to go by what we know at this time having covered a lot of

outbreaks, I mean, these stories unfold.

So, we want to continue bringing people up to date news, but at this point, I think the risk is low. Let me explain why that is, why people keep saying

that there's a few things that people really want to sort of focus in on, trying to understand what is the likelihood that this is going to spread?

It's going to spread more from human to human. There are three main factors. One is something known as the reproductive number. So that is like

one person, what is the number of people they are likely to spread it to just above one we've seen in other outbreaks with regard to this virus, not

very high, you know, flu is higher than that, for example.

Also, a small window of spread, unlike COVID, you may remember, Bianna, where people could spread this virus even before they necessarily became

symptomatic. With this it's only really when people are sick, and it's usually a day or two when they can really spread that so really narrow

window of spread.

And finally, this is mostly a stable virus, you know, with COVID again, it was constantly mutating and changing. It was very hard to keep track of. We

looked into this last night. But if you look at the genome of this virus from 30 years ago, 1996 and compare it to now 2026 30 years later, it

really hasn't changed much.

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So, so far, it appears to be a stable virus. It may mutate more as it sort of spreads more and more from people to people. But so far, that hasn't

been the case.

GOLODRYGA: So, all of that very reassuring. We do know, however, that it carries an incubation period of up to eight weeks. So, what is an

incubation period of that time frame. What kind of complications does that create for the medical community?

GUPTA: Yeah. So, I think when you talk about incubation, first of all, that means how long between the exposure someone has to the time they get sick,

we find for most people, looking at previous studies, it's typically within a couple of weeks. Although, as you point out, correctly, there have been

some outliers up to a couple of months out.

I think that the larger question, I think, is just in terms of overall transmissibility during the time of infectiousness. And I don't know if we

have this graphic, but I just want to show you this quickly. I don't think I can zoom in on this a little bit. It's a little bit hard to see, but this

is what they look at to sort of determine the real world, sort of evidence behind a virus spreading.

What they find is that person in the upper left corner, this is someone who was sick at the time, attended a birthday party in Argentina. This is back

in 2018 was there for about 90 minutes, OK? So that was the background during that time. Spread the virus, seemingly to five people, which you see

just to the right of that first case in the upper left corner.

And then over time, 11 people died from that 34 were infected. Now, the people that he spread the virus to were within one to four feet of that

first person, but that gives you an indication of just how this might spread prolonged contact with someone who was sick.

Ultimately, you had a pretty significant sort of outbreak there. That's the best example, again, from about eight years ago, of how this virus sort of

behaves in the real world. The big key there, I think, is that there were 80 health care workers who ultimately cared for those people, Bianna and

none of those health care workers got sick.

So, I think that tells us two things. One is the health care workers, with some pretty protect -- simple protective measures, like masks, were able to

protect themselves. But also, again, that narrow window of infectiousness, probably by the time these folks showed up at the hospital, they were no

longer that contagious, and I think that that really protected the health care workers as well.

GOLODRYGA: And perhaps all of this evidence is what led President Trump yesterday to reassure the public when asked about this outbreak, and he

said it's very much, we hope, quote, under control, but we do know this is a CDC that has gutted its Vessel Sanitation Program, cut funding for

emergency infectious disease research.

GUPTA: Yeah.

GOLODRYGA: Is the U.S. public health infrastructure prepared for more cases like this, particularly here in the U.S., Sanjay.

GUPTA: That's a tough question to answer, Bianna. I will tell you this at this point in an outbreak like this in the past, we would have had

briefings, probably from the CDC. We would have had good context in exactly how they're performing, what they're planning on doing, probably teams on

the ground in these various places around the world.

So, we're not seeing as much of that, in addition to the fact that the United States is no longer part of the World Health Organization. So right

now, we're still getting data. You know, you've seen briefings from the World Health Organization. There are still state health departments that

are sort of overseeing what is happening with a lot of these patients on the ground in these various states, but it's not the same as what we saw,

for example, at the beginning of COVID.

We just don't seem to have that same level of public health infrastructure. I don't know that that's going to be a problem with regard to this

particular outbreak, but it's a little bit of a warning sign, if you will, if something more contagious or more problematic were to emerge.

GOLODRYGA: Especially as you've noted, in an era of so much misinformation, disinformation, mistrust in public health infrastructures around the world.

A lot of reassuring news, though, that you gave us today, Sanjay, so we will take it. And I know you'll stay on top of this story for us as always.

Thank you so much. Always good to see you.

GUPTA: Thank you.

GOLODRYGA: All right, turning now to Indonesia, where a volcanic eruption has killed three people. 20 climbers were on Mount Dacono when it erupted

earlier today, and 17 were brought down safely, but search and rescue crews have not yet been able to recover the bodies of the three who died. CNN's

Will Ripley reports.

WILL RIPLEY, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: These extraordinary videos show the moment the hikers suddenly realize the volcano behind them

is erupting, and you can see people running down the slopes of Indonesia's Mount Dukono, one of the country's most active volcanoes, you also see that

massive, 33,000-foot column of ash, more than six miles high in the sky.

Authorities say hikers were near the crater when the volcano erupted Friday morning local time. Teams are still working on the mountain after multiple

casualties were reported. Some survivors, authorities say, have already been evacuated, others stayed behind to help rescuers, search the dangerous

terrain.

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The recovery operation is complicated by the fact that there are continued eruptions and volcanic ash and falling rock near the summit. Among the

hikers were foreign tourists, including Singaporeans, the Indonesian authorities say. And one local mountain guide filmed the eruption and says

he felt deep tremors just moments before the blast.

He also told CNN he saw rocks and gravel sliding down the volcano, and immediately ordered his clients to run. The guide says other hikers

appeared to be dangerously close to the crater, some even filming videos near the rim right before the eruption. Authorities say Mount Dukono has

been showing heightened activity for weeks.

Authorities say warnings about the climbing ban have been widely posted online and on signs near trail entrances, but local rescuers suspect some

hikers may have entered through unmonitored access routes because the volcano does not have an official registration checkpoint.

Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency say crews were first alerted after an emergency signal was detected from a Garmin device near the volcano.

Authorities are now investigating possible negligence by tour operators or individuals who entered the restricted zone anyway.

A dramatic rescue image released by Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency shows crews carrying injured hikers through thick forest on

stretchers.

Mount Dukono sits along the Pacific ring of fire, one of the most volcanically active regions on earth. Will Ripley, CNN, Taipei.

GOLODRYGA: Well, one year ago today, the Catholic church got a new leader. Coming up, we'll look at what Pope Leo has accomplished in his first year.

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GOLODRYGA: The Virginia Supreme Court has just struck down a new congressional map that voters passed last month. Democrats have proposed a

new map with the hopes of flipping four Republican held House seats. This is the latest battle in what's being a nationwide -- what's been a

nationwide redistricting war.

Let's get some perspective on the decision. Arlette Saenz joins us now from Washington. Hard to see this as anything but a win for Republicans,

especially given the national attention that this particular state has received, with even Former President Obama endorsing the move. Just talk

about what this means for Republicans.

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ARLETTE SAENZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah Bianna, this decision from Virginia State Supreme Court is delivering a major blow to Democrats, as they are

fighting to try to regain the majority in the U.S. House in November. The Virginia State Supreme Court ruled that the creation of this referendum

that Virginian voters had decided on a little over two weeks ago, that the creation of that vote had violated the state's constitution, and that is

why they are blocking these democratic drawn maps from moving forward.

These maps that have been drawn by the General Assembly by Democrats there would have potentially net a Democrats an additional four U.S. House seats

in November. The way that they had drawn this map is that they had carved up a lot of the Democratic leaning areas in the Washington, D.C. suburbs in

Virginia, and then kind of created this pin wheel out where they had four districts going out into more rural areas.

The hope there was that they would be able to consolidate a more democratic majority in those districts to try to get them those seats. But now the

state supreme court has blocked this map from going forward, meaning they will have to use the 2021 map, where things may be a little bit more evenly

divided in Virginia.

There was a lot of money poured into this race, as you talked about Former President Barack Obama firmly got behind the yes campaign to try to advance

these maps. So there certainly is a major setback to Democrats in their efforts to retake the U.S. House. Another factor complicating this is that

we have seen a slate of Republican led states move very quickly over the last week to redraw their own congressional maps in the wake of that

supreme court ruling which struck down a majority minority district in Louisiana.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis very quickly moved forward with maps in his state. We also saw yesterday, the Tennessee State Assembly pass a newly

drawn map in their state to try to carve out a Democrat from the Memphis area. There are also efforts underway in Louisiana, Alabama and South

Carolina, as Republicans are really fighting tooth and nail to try to get an upper hand heading into these midterm elections.

Democrats still believe that the politics of this moment are working in their favor, that the strong disapproval of President Trump will work in

their favor, but in a very close fight for the U.S. House majority, every single seat will matter, and this decision today is a major setback for

Democrats in their battle for the U.S. House.

GOLODRYGA: All right. Arlette Saenz is reporting live from Washington for us. Thank you. Well, Pope Leo hits a milestone, the first U.S. born pope is

marking one year as leader of the Catholic Church. His first year has already included trips to Africa and Lebanon and verbal sparring with

President Trump.

Earlier, he marked the day with a trip to the sanctuary of Pompeii, and at this hour, he's greeting the community in Naples. Our Vatican Correspondent

Christopher Lamb joins us, live with the details. Hard to believe it's already been a year since we saw the first pope elected, the first U.S.

Pope elected to the role.

Christopher, we know he met with the Secretary of State. Just talk about that meeting and any attempts to perhaps thaw some of the very icy tense

relations with the U.S. President.

CHRISTOPHER LAMB, CNN VATICAN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Bianna, that's right, I think the meeting was an attempt to calm the tensions between the White

House and the papacy. Of course, President Donald Trump has launched extraordinary attacks against Pope Leo, primarily for Leo's opposition to

the war in Iran, and the meeting that took place on Thursday in the Vatican was substantial.

I mean, the Pope and Leo met for around 45 minutes, and Marco Rubio was in the Vatican for more than two hours. So certainly, there's a channel of

dialog that's been opened up, and that will be encouraging for the Vatican, because obviously it's quite unusual. You know what some would say,

unprecedented for the president the United States to be publicly attacking the pope in this way.

And of course, the first American Pope, Marco Rubio, has said that the meeting with the pope was a good one, that they've found ways to have a

dialog, even though they don't agree. But there are big tensions that remain between Pope Leo and President Trump and Leo's papacy, which this,

sorry, today he is marking the first anniversary of has been in many ways, a counterweight to that of President Trump.

Leo has focused not just on opposing war, but also defending immigrants.

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He's talked about the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States. He's called for protection of the environment. He's been a strong voice for

social justice. He's recently been in Africa, where he's been speaking out against corruption and calling for peace and reconciliation.

So, his whole papacy, I think is coming more to the fore in recent weeks, he has become more outspoken and he has clearly become you know, something

of a contrast to President Trump. And we've been seeing that play out with the extraordinary tensions between Washington and the Vatican.

GOLODRYGA: A lot has happened and transpired in the past year. We are so lucky that you've been with us to document it all. Christopher Lamb, thank

you. And coming up for us, the Actor Daniel Dae Kim, explore South Korea's booming global influence and how he broke stereotypes to become one of

Hollywood's hottest leading men.

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GOLODRYGA: Hi, welcome back to "One World". I'm Bianna Golodryga in New York. Here's some international headlines we're watching today. America's

Top Diplomat says, the U.S. is expecting a response from Iran today on a U.S. proposal to end the war. It comes as the Pentagon announced, the U.S.

has disabled two more Iranian oil tankers attempting to bypass the blockade.

On Thursday, both sides traded strikes in the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump insists that the ceasefire remains in effect. Israel and Hezbollah

continue trading strikes despite a very fragile ceasefire that's threatening to unravel Lebanon. Since 10 people were killed in Israeli

airstrikes and Southern Lebanon today, at least 12 others were killed on Thursday.

The IDF meanwhile says Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets into Northern Israel, a major setback for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. His Labor

Party now facing heavy early losses in local elections.

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While some critics are calling for Starmer to step down, he is vowing to stay in office. Meantime, the populous party reform UK is making major

gains with votes still being counted. Dock workers in the Spanish Island of Tenerife are protesting as a cruise ship with the hantavirus outbreak is

set to dock there this Sunday.

The plan is to fly about 150 people on board back to their home countries. They have not shown any symptoms for the virus so far, three people have

died. Well, fresh accusations between Russia and Ukraine. Each side is accusing the other of ceasefire violations.

Ukraine announced an indefinite ceasefire taking effect two days ago, but President Zelenskyy said Russia continued to strike Ukrainian positions

after that. For its part, Moscow called for a unilateral ceasefire for today and tomorrow as it prepares for a Victory Day parade to mark the

Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Despite that Russian officials say Ukraine fired hundreds of drones overnight, some of them targeting Moscow. Let's get the latest with Fred

Pleitgen, who is live from Moscow. So, given all of that and accusations, accusing each other of violating the ceasefire. What can we expect to see

from this annual military parade, Fred?

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, we can certainly see a lot of ramped up security in the parade to be a lot smaller

than we have seen in the past couple of years. That's something, Bianna, that the Russians have actually already confirmed.

I was down at Red Square not too long ago, earlier today, and I did see that some of the stands that you would normally see for the VIP guests

certainly seem to be a lot smaller than we have seen in the past couple of years. So, there'll be fewer VIP guests, certainly also fewer dignitaries,

also fewer foreign journalists able to attend the parade.

There were some foreign journalists, including myself, who had had accreditations for that parade granted by the Russian government. And then

those we were not able to pick those up even though the Kremlin says that they have not officially been revoked. So certainly, a lot fewer foreign

reporters or also going to be on the ground there as well.

But the big issue of course for the Russians is that also a lot of the tanks and armored vehicles that we're used to seeing at that parade are

also not going to be there and all of that because of the threat of Ukrainian drone strikes, the Russians have acknowledged that that's a big

problem for them.

We have seen in the past couple of weeks certainly a big uptick in Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian critical infrastructure. And just a

couple of days ago, a Ukrainian drone actually hit a residential building here in Moscow, only about, I'd say about 6.5 miles away from the Kremlin

and from Red Square itself.

That's certainly showing to a lot of Russians that what their leadership still calls the special military operation in Ukraine appears to be far

from over. And we asked some folks that we saw around Red Square about that earlier today, and here's what they had to say.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In any case, it's difficult. Of course, people are dying, finances are disappearing, all sorts of restrictions are being

introduced. It's clear that it's unpleasant. War has never been good.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: War is bad for everyone. War is bad for everyone. Gasoline, oil and everything else is already getting more expensive. War is

definitely bad. If there were peace, the economy would develop faster.

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PLEITGEN: So, some of the folks that we spoke to earlier today in the area around Red Square, the Russians have not only called for that ceasefire

that you were talking about today and tomorrow, unilaterally the Ukrainians not saying that they're necessarily going to adhere to that.

In fact, the president of that country Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying the Ukrainians want to wait and see what happens today, whether the weapons are

really going to remain silent. The Russians certainly threatening though that if the parade tomorrow is attacked, that there will be an answer from

the Russian side with potentially large strikes even on the center of Kyiv, Bianna.

GOLODRYGA: Fred Pleitgen reporting live from Moscow for us. Thank you. Global food prices have risen for the third straight month. That is the

word from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. They added the conflict in the Middle East, specifically the closed Strait of Hormuz

is fueling supply concerns and pushing up the cost of fertilizer.

Cereals, vegetables and meat all cost more now, but dairy and sugar prices fell. Well from K-Pop to K-Beauty to K-Drama. South Korea has had an

explosive global influence in the premier episode of the new CNN Original Series K-Everything. Daniel Dae Kim explores Korea's booming music

industry.

Zain caught up with Daniel and spoke about the convergence of Korean culture and breaking down Asian stereotypes.

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DANIEL DAE KIM, ACTOR: One of the things I'd learned was how proud Koreans are of their country and have been for so long.

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You know, I think because their history is one filled with colonization and war. They take immense pride in the fact that over two short generations,

they went from a third world country to one that leads the world in so many industries. And things like K-Pop now and K-Food and K-Beauty and K-Drama,

they've now emerged as focal points in global culture, and so they're rightfully very proud of that.

ZAIN ASHER, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Take me back to the world, sort of pre-K-Pop, pre-Gangnam Style, pre-Psy and all of that. What was it like for

you as a Korean American actor in Hollywood, in a place where I think a lot of Asian American actors felt very much othered?

I imagine given very stereotypical roles, be it, oh, you are Asian, therefore you are going to play a martial artist, or you are going to play

sort of laundromat or owner or convenience store owner or whatever.

KIM: The awareness of Korea and Asian actors and Asian American actors has grown a lot since the time I started. I don't know why I started. You know,

when I think about the odds of success as a person who looks like me and that was the 1990s. But, you know, I was young enough to like hope and

dream and whether it was foolish or against the odds, it didn't matter.

I wanted to express myself in the way that I thought I was equipped to do. And so, I'm happy and very fortunate that, you know, I was able to make a

career through those difficult times and come through to a place now where I can talk about the convergence of Korean and American culture in a way

that it's widely respected.

ASHER: At what point did you embrace being different?

KIM: That's a really good question. I never stopped embracing my heritage, despite.

ASHER: There was no point where you wanted to be white or you wish that you weren't different.

KIM: Absolutely. You know, I was never not proud of being Korean, but there were times where I thought I wished I was white. Of course, you know,

because I remember very distinctly in junior high school. In high school where, you know, all the stereotypes that you mentioned earlier applied to

someone who looked like me.

It led to, you know, feelings of rejection that didn't -- I couldn't really figure out why. And so, I would look at myself in the mirror at times and

go, what's wrong with this face? You know, why is this face considered ugly? And these are things that I think most teenagers ask themselves

because, you know, being a teenager is hard, you know, but for me, I had that additional layer, is it because, you know, I'm Asian.

You know, so that's all true, all true. And at the same time, I was always fiercely proud to be, to come from the family that I did. And I never lost

that. That's beautiful. That sense of pride.

ASHER: You know, when you are one of the few super successful sorts of Korean American actors. That comes with --

KIM: That's very nice. I don't know if that's true, but thank you for saying that.

ASHER: Well, I mean, honestly, I feel as though that does come with responsibility when you are one of the few, you know, people expect you to

be a role. I mean, just talk to us about what that means for you?

Just in terms of being a role model to other young Korean Americans as well. And you know, there's a responsibility that, to be honest, white

actors do not carry. So, give us your take on that.

KIM: Yeah. I mean, that's a phenomenon called the burden of representation. You know, whenever you're the first of something, you carry the hopes and

dreams of that entire segment of people, and they want you to be all things. And in many ways, that's unfair to that one person because you are

exactly that limited to the experiences of your own history and your own upbringing and who you are. And to say that you now represent everyone --

ASHER: Totally.

KIM: -- of that culture is a very difficult weight to bear for many people. At the same time, you know, it is a privilege to be the first of something.

If you can say like, it's because of this person that another group of people did succeed it in a different way, then that's a real positive.

Like for me, you know, people like Bruce Lee, you know, I'm nothing like Bruce Lee, and at the same time, his level of success is something that

told me that I could achieve. We don't get to determine whether we are a role model for another person. Only they get to determine that.

And so, I'm very cognizant of that and the choices that I make, and I have been, I think since I started my career, because I do feel like, you know,

we have had the experience of being stereotyped and diminished and minimized and made to feel invisible. And so, every project I take on every

effort that I make is to create visibility for all of us.

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GOLODRYGA: A really thoughtful conversation there. Well, in the premier episode of the new CNN Original Series K-Everything Daniel Dae Kim explores

Korea's booming music industry with K-Pop royalty Psy and steps into the studio behind Korea's biggest hits. K-Everything Premier Saturday on CNN.

We'll be right back with more.

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GOLODRYGA: Afrobeats Sensation Tiwa Savage is opening doors for the next generation, partnering with Berklee College of Music to bring world-class

music training straight to Lagos. The Nigerian superstar is this month's African voices change maker.

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TIWA SAVAGE, MUSICIAN: As an artist who's been in the industry for over a decade, over two decades, success is something else to you now. I mean,

it's great to perform in front of hundreds and thousands of people to win awards, but at some point, the thing that's really going to fulfill you is

what's going to outlive you or outlive your career.

It was literally about 20 years ago when I walked through the halls of Berklee College of Music, but when I got to Berklee, I didn't see many

African students and it was at that moment, I knew that I was either going to bring Berklee to Nigeria or find a way to get more African students to

be able to have this opportunity.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ready go.

SAVAGE: We need to teach the new creatives about owning, publishing, owning masters, learning what copyright is, licenses learning what work for hire

is being able to negotiate, go into a studio and know that your name has to be credited, your own part of that music that's going to live forever.

A lot of times what you find with talent or creatives because they don't know better, they tend to settle for that. And that's not fair. And you

can't really compete globally like that. So, what this program is also doing, and we hope to do, is to educate creatives, not just artists.

MARIA MARTINEZ ITURRIAGA, SVP BERKLEE GLOBAL: This program is very special to us because we are enrolling students from the entire country.

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We have a hundred students that we have selected from a pool of over 2000 applicants. And I don't think we've seen this level of talent anywhere in

the world.

SAVAGE: The first day of this program, when I woke up and I came here, 08:00 a.m. in the morning, and I saw that there were students that had been

here from 6, 07:00 a.m. already lining up that feeling. I don't even think I've ever had that feeling from any award or even any album release.

Seeing their faces, they're carrying their guitars, their violin, and you know, they're just hopeful. That felt magical to me.

IRENE UGWUORAH, SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT: I had it in mind that I would love to be at Berklee, but I didn't think it would happen this way. And out of

nowhere, this opportunity just came. And here we're -- show.

SAVAGE: I do see that if this is a turning point from just individual success to a collective, I'm hoping that this inspires more of us.

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GOLODRYGA: All right, still to come for us, a century in the making we look back on Sir David Attenborough's profound career as he turns 100 today.

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GOLODRYGA: A Buddhist monk's daily ritual is lifting spirits in Thailand. Every morning, he sets off on a river journey to collect donations for

those in need. Riding along to help him some cute furry companions you see there. He began with one small stray dog. Well then another, and then now

they bread and he has a total of 20 dogs in all.

Locals say the site turns a traditional act of giving into something unforgettable and unexpectedly heartwarming. Well, one of the world's most

recognized experts on the natural world is celebrating a milestone birthday. David Attenborough turns 100 years old today.

Over more than seven decades of documentary filmmaking, Attenborough has become one of the voices most associated with stories of nature. He offered

thanks to everyone who sent him messages.

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DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, BRITISH NATURAL HISTORIAN: I had rather thought that I would celebrate my 100th birthday quietly.

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But it seems that many of you have had other ideas. I've been completely overwhelmed by birthday greetings from preschool groups to care home

residents and countless individuals and families of all ages. I simply can't reply to each of you all separately, but I would like to thank you

all most sincerely for your kind messages.

I wish those of you who have planned your own local events tomorrow have a very happy day.

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GOLODRYGA: A global treasure. We wish him a happy birthday. How wonderful that he shares a birthday with my daughter who turned 10 today. All right,

happy birthday to him and a wonderful way to end the show. Do stay with CNN. We'll have more "One World" after the break.

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