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Nigeria's Abducted Girls; Crisis in Ukraine; India Elections; Poison Gas in Syria; Donald Sterling Speaks to CNN; Oscar Pistorius Trial; "Stop Torture" Campaign; Stardom and Beyond; 3D Makeup Printing

Aired May 13, 2014 - 08:00   ET

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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to NEWS STREAM where news and technology meet.

A danger in the dark: CNN goes on patrol in Chibok, Nigeria, as the town's men try to keep their families safe from the threat of Boko Haram.

Plus the power over radio: North Koreans risk severe punishment to learn about the outside world. And we have an exclusive report.

And an unusual twist in the Oscar Pistorius trial. Find out why the athlete could face a psychiatric evaluation.

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STOUT: Nigeria's government is not ruling out possible negotiations with the terror group Boko Haram as officials ramp up the search for more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls. In a video message that was released on Monday, the purported leader of the terror group says that the girls will not be set free until some Boko Haram militants are released from prison.

Meanwhile the international search effort for the missing girls is being stepped up. Two senior U.S. officials confirmed to CNN the Defense Department is providing manned surveillance planes that are flying over Nigerian territory.

Now the U.S. is also sharing commercial satellite images with the Nigerian government.

CNN's Nima Elbagir has been the first Western journalist reporting from the town of Chibok where the girls were abducted one month ago. It is in a remote region in the northeast. And Nima traveled there with producer Lillian Leposo and cameraman Nick Migwe.

As they discovered in this exclusive report, local residents are worried about their loved ones and are taking security into their own hands.

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NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Nightfall in Chibok and with it the fear returns, bringing back memories of when nearly 300 girls were abducted here. It's at night that people here say they feel most vulnerable, most abandoned by the outside world, which is why they've started going on nightly patrols like this, ever since that horrifying night of April 14th, the men here have come together, each bringing what they could, machetes, homemade bows and arrows, trying, hoping that they will be able to protect their families.

DANIEL MUVIA, CHIBOK RESIDENT (from captions): And it was very dark. But the sound of gunshots, explosions everywhere.

ELBAGIR (voice-over): Daniel Muvia and his family witnessed the terror forehand.

MUVIA (from captions): We have to run into the bushes for our lives. So it was a horrifying night.

Fear is all over. Fear is everywhere.

ELBAGIR (voice-over): Daybreak does bring respite, but the burned-out school stands as a reminder of the sheer scale of the devastation. Nearly a month since the night when the radical Islamist group Boko Haram stormed this town, more than 200 of the girls are still missing.

Tired of waiting for help to arrive, fear is making way here for resilience.

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STOUT: Nima Elbagir is now back in Abuja. She joins me now live.

Nima, parents of the abducted girls, they are in agony. They are desperate to find their daughters to get them safely home.

You have spoken to one mother. What does she tell you?

ELBAGIR: Well, she said what you would imagine most mothers in her position would be feeling, that all she possesses, all of her hope, all of her prayer is now being pointed towards one thing, and that is somehow that the abductors will find it in their hearts to send her daughter home. Take a listen.

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ELBAGIR: If you were able to tell the people that took your daughter one thing, what would you want them to know? What would you want them to hear from you?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (from captions): The only thing that I am going to say to them is to please leave those girls alone. May God get into their souls to leave those girls alone.

ELBAGIR: Do you think that your daughter will come back?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (from captions): I rely on God and I believe my daughter will come back.

I believe that God will return her home.

ELBAGIR: What has it been like for your family since many of them were taken?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (from captions): We are feeling the pain. Until this day our hearts hurt.

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ELBAGIR: Since yesterday's release of a video purporting to be of the Boko Haram leader and parading the abducted girls some 100 or so of them covered in Islamic hijabs, parents we know have been scanning those pictures, hoping against hope that their girls will be amongst the assembled girls and at least know that their daughter is somewhere safe, Kristie.

STOUT: That video has been closely analyzed since it was released yesterday, including that purported offer for an exchange.

Nima, is the Nigerian government ready to negotiate with Boko Haram to secure the release of these girls?

ELBAGIR: Well, the Nigerian government has now said that everything is on the table. They are considering all options. This is really an incident that has shaken this country to its very core. And the government response has been at the heart of that all, as you say, the government's lack of response, the perception that the Nigerian government didn't do enough and what it did do, it didn't do it quickly. So there is clearly a sense within the government that they have a lot to make up for.

But it is still not yet apparent on the ground that they are moving at the speed that they should. It's well and good to say from here in the capital, Abuja, that you're willing to put all options on the table, but realistically more Nigerian army boots, more Nigerian security officers should have been on the ground in Chibok as soon as this happened. And that's what the families are telling us. They feel enough wasn't done and it wasn't done quickly enough -- Kristie.

STOUT: More urgency is definitely needed in the search for these girls. Nima Elbagir reporting live from Abuja, and we thank you and your team for your sensitive and nuanced reporting. Thank you and take care.

You can find more about Nima's journey to Chibok on our website. You can learn about how long it took to get there and hear from one schoolgirl who managed to escape. It's all at CNN.com.

And later today, Isha Sesay anchors a special edition of "CNN NEWS CENTER" from Abuja. That's Tuesday, 7:30 pm in London and Abuja.

Now let's turn to Ukraine, where another Western diplomat is in the country, pushing for talks between the government and pro-Russia separatists in the east.

The German foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, is calling for national dialogue ahead of a presidential election planned for May the 25th. Later the Ukrainian interim prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, traveled to Brussels for talks with E.U. diplomats.

CNN's Atika Shubert is in Donetsk. It's one of the two regions where separatists are claiming massive support in that weekend vote on independence. She joins me now live.

And Atika, the region has voted; it has chosen to break away from Kiev. But will it ask to join Russia?

ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, in fact, it has already asked to join Russia. The Donetsk People's Republic, within two hours of the official results coming out yesterday, declared their independence and made an appeal to join the Russian Federation.

What's interesting here is that Moscow has not given them an answer. It's just been silence coming from the Kremlin. So clearly not the same case as Crimea, which was very quickly and smoothly annexed as part of Russia.

And the fears are now that the referendum has taken place, now that Kiev disputes the referendum, how do you move forward?

And there are fears that the violence and the lawlessness in the streets of Eastern Ukraine will continue to rise. In fact, just in the last half hour or so, we've heard from the Lugansk press center there, the -- of the pro-Russian governor there, that he was injured by a shooting at his car.

Valery Bolotov received a gunshot injury when his car was fired upon as he was traveling in Lugansk. He's now in the hospital. His injury is described as a light injury, not life-threatening.

But it just goes to show how volatile the area still is and a lot of people fear it will get increasingly volatile as we head into the general elections on May 25th.

STOUT: Yes, the situation there, very fluid, very volatile. There are separatists in the region who have now asked to join Russia, as you just mentioned. Silence from Russia so far on that.

But there also in Donetsk those who favor a united Ukraine.

What are they thinking right now after the referendum?

SHUBERT: Yes, it's those people who are supporting a united Ukraine are being very quiet here. What you're seeing on a lot of the streets here, even though you see normal life, people are going on about their business, the people that are probably wearing their orange and black ribbons in the Donetsk People's Republic flag, those with the Ukrainian flag are really quite hard to find. And a number of people we've spoken to admit they're actually leaving the area, hoping, believing that they'll be safer outside.

Kiev is insisting that a general election is the only way to resolve the crisis. But the problem is that it will also heighten tensions, particularly here in Eastern Ukraine. And the Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk say they will not in any way participate in the elections.

So it's hard to see how it can actually be carried out.

STOUT: Atika Shubert reporting live from Donetsk, thank you, Atika.

Early polling suggests that this man, Narendra Modi, is poised to become India's next prime minister. News that Modi's Opposition Alliance is likely to capture a majority of parliamentary seats sent the benchmark's SENSEX index to a record high on Tuesday. The last votes were cast on Monday in the world's largest democracy.

Officials say about 551 people (sic) turned out to vote and while major exit polls put Modi in front, official results are not expected until Friday.

Still to come, this hour on NEWS STREAM, Syrians are adjusting to live back in Homs. Most were forced to evacuate the war-torn city. In a CNN exclusive, though, we meet two residents who never left.

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STOUT (voice-over): And new findings say the loss of glaciers on the West Antarctic ice sheet may be unstoppable. A look at the potential environmental effects.

Plus it was meant to be an apology for racist remarks that cost him an NBA team. But now Donald Sterling lands himself in more hot water with all-new offensive comments. We'll tell you just what he said. Stay with us.

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STOUT: Welcome back. You're watching NEWS STREAM and you're looking at a visual version of all the stories you've got in the show today.

Now we've already shown you how people in Chibok, Nigeria, are trying to protect themselves after the mass abduction of schoolgirls. Later on, we'll tell you why Oscar Pistorius is waiting to find out if he needs a psychiatric evaluation.

But now let's turn to Syria's brutal civil war. New reports from Human Rights Watch, says evidence strongly suggests that the Syrian government carried out chemical attacks on three towns last month.

This footage, which CNN cannot confirm, it purports to show what happened after barrel bombs filled with chlorine gas were dropped on one of the towns. The report is said to interviews with witnesses as photos and video recordings. Human Rights Watch says at least 11 people were killed in the three attacks. Hundreds more were affected.

Further south, people are returning to the city of Homs. There's some of the 1,400 residents who fled just before Syrian forces sealed off the town for 700 days. CNN's Fred Pleitgen was the first Western journalist to enter Homs after last week's truce took hold.

And he spoke with two people who were trapped inside the whole time.

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FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The path of destruction in the Old Town of Homs shows the whole tragedy of Syria's civil war. But in the middle of this sad scene, some are beaming with joy.

Zeinat Akhras is one of only a handful of civilians who lived through the entire 2.5-year siege of Old Homs.

"I don't even want to think about it," she says. "The last three months were the toughest, because we could only eat grass and leaves all the time."

The Syrian army sealed off Homs after it fell into rebel hands. Supplies of food and medicine quickly depleted.

Zeinat's brother, Ayman, was trapped with her the whole time. He tried to find food and gather firewood for the little stove in their apartment.

"I took wood this size and bigger," he says. "It's some of the wood rebels broke out of homes to burn. I only used leftovers."

When virtually all their food had run out, they were forced to eat leaves, Ayman says, of all places. He found the best ones in a graveyard. He asks me to try them.

PLEITGEN: It's OK. It's OK. It's OK.

Every day?

PLEITGEN (voice-over): "For breakfast, lunch and dinner," he says. "And each meal was just a tiny bowlful."

"For breakfast, we cut it up and ate it fresh with one or two spoons of olive oil and spices," says Zeinat. "For lunch, we did the same thing, but we tried to fry it over the stove.

"We also put some water on it just to change the taste a little."

PLEITGEN: We always have to keep in mind that the people who were stranded here were not only starving, they were also subject to intense shelling pretty much around the clock, that laid waste to large parts of the historic town of Homs.

PLEITGEN (voice-over): The effusive heavy weapons and a siege of this and other districts in Homs, the Assad regime has been accused of using starvation as a weapon in the civil war.

Zeinat and Ayman say their apartment was raided by opposition fighters dozens of times.

Rebels took most of their few remaining supplies.

"They took everything," he says, "marmalade, five canisters of olive oil, honey, tea. They didn't leave anything."

After more than two years of hunger, Zeinat is weak. She weighs only 34 kilos, around 68 pounds.

These photos from a family celebration show her before the conflict began.

Both Zeinat and Ayman are survivors. The siege of Homs may have left them frail and thin, but also strong in spirit and determination and hopeful about the future -- Fred Pleitgen, CNN, Homs, Syria.

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STOUT: A very powerful report there. Now Fred has also been posting pictures to Twitter, showing the destruction of Old Homs. And he also shared a look at a scene's effort to film cleanup operations there.

To find more images like this and more, CNN's "Scenes from the Field" gallery, it's at CNN.com/scenes.

The owner of the L.A. Clippers is courting controversy once again. Donald Sterling criticizes the black NBA superstar in the midst of an apology. Find out what he had to say about Magic Johnson this time.

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STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching NEWS STREAM.

Now Donald Sterling has apologized for the racist remarks that got him banned for life from the NBA. But along with that apology came even more controversy. The L.A. Clippers owner slammed the former NBA star, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, saying that he's not a good example for children.

All that came out of an exclusive interview with our Anderson Cooper.

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DONALD STERLING, LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS OWNER: Here is a man who is -- I don't know if I say this. He acts so holy. I mean, he made love to every girl in every city in America and he had AIDS. And when he had those AIDS, I went to my synagogue and I prayed for him. I hoped he could live and be well.

I didn't criticize him. I could have.

Is he an example for children?

You know, because he has money, he's able to treat himself. But Magic Johnson is irrelevant in this thing.

What has he done? Can you tell me? Big Magic Johnson, what has he done?

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN HOST: Well, he has -- he's a businessperson. He --

STERLING: He's got AIDS. Did he do any business? I would like -- did he help anybody in South L.A.?

COOPER: Well, I think he has HIV. He doesn't actually have full- blown AIDS, but...

STERLING: Well, what kind of a guy goes to every city, he has sex with every girl, then he catches HIV and -- is that someone we want to respect and tell our kids about?

I think he should be ashamed of himself. I think he should go into the background.

But what does he do for the black people? Doesn't do anything.

You call up and say -- well --

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COOPER: He's opened a lot of businesses in inner-city neighborhoods.

STERLING: The Jewish people have a company, and it's for people who want to borrow money and no interest. They want to give them a fish pole - - a fishing pole. We want to help people. If they don't have the money, we will loan to it you. You don't have interest. One day, you will pay us back.

COOPER: So...

STERLING: I'm just telling you, he does nothing. It's all talk.

COOPER: So, you're saying that African-Americans don't contribute to their -- to African-American communities as much as Jewish people do?

STERLING: There's no African-American -- never mind.

He's a good person, and he -- what am I going to say?

Has he done everything he can do to help minorities? I don't think so.

But I will say it. I will say it. You know, he's great. But I just don't think he is a good example for the children of Los Angeles, that he would go and do what he did and then get AIDS. I mean, come on.

Jews, when they get successful, they will help their people. And some of the African- Americans -- maybe I will get in trouble again -- they don't want to help anybody.

What has Magic Johnson really done for Children's Hospital, which kids are lying in the hallways? They are sick. They need a bed.

What has he done for any hospital? What has he done for any group? I don't know. Maybe he's done a lot.

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STOUT: Now the NBA commissioner has responded to some of what Donald Sterling said about Magic Johnson. Adam Silver issued a statement, saying this, quote, "I feel compelled on behalf of the NBA family to apologize to him that he continues to be dragged into this situation and be degraded by such a malicious and personal attack."

Even Magic Johnson himself, he sent out this tweet, saying, "I'd rather be talking about these great NBA playoffs than Donald Sterling's interview."

Johnson says he'll be finished talking about Sterling after this week. But first, he's sitting down with Anderson Cooper.

Now don't miss that exclusive interview. What does the NBA legend think of Sterling's criticism? That's 8:00 am Wednesday here in Hong Kong.

Jay Z and Beyonce are two of the biggest names in the world of entertainment with a very carefully managed media presence. And now the website TMZ says this video shows Jay Z in a heated altercation with Beyonce's sister, the singer Solange Knowles.

With more, here's Deborah Feyerick.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm having a little chat with Jay Z and Beyonce.

DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Beyonce and Jay Z, all smiles at the Nets game Monday night, hours after TMZ posted this security video recorded after the Met gala, which paints a different picture. The shocking video purportedly captures Beyonce's younger sister, Solange, attacking Jay Z while inside the Standard Hotel elevator, even kicking him multiple times. Jay Z at one point holding her foot but never retaliating. Beyonce staying out of the fray. Solange leading the New York City venue tightlipped; Jay Z opting for a separate vehicle.

BONNIE FULLER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, HOLLYWOODLIFE.COM: They were actually getting along great at the Met ball, where they were before this. And Beyonce and Solange were dancing together.

FEYERICK (voice-over): The video a huge departure from the superstar couple's carefully protected, some would say untouchable image. From the secretive yet glamorous birth of their daughter, Blue Ivy.

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FEYERICK (voice-over): -- to their frequent visits with the president and first lady, with their extensive business and sports interests, they remain above the normal tabloid fray. She's considered so untouchable, "SNL" poked fun at her with this sketch.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm not a huge fan of that one drunken love song, though.

FEYERICK (voice-over): Anyone speaks ill of Beyonce, they get hunted down.

HOWARD BRAGMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, REPUTATION.COM: Jay Z and Beyonce truly control their image and they control it well. Their private moments are just that; they put up a very large, powerful wall between public and private and that wall was broken down.

FEYERICK (voice-over): Last week, Beyonce posted this message on Instagram, now attracting renewed attention. She asks God, quote, "Help me to choose my friends wisely so I won't be led astray. Give me discernment and strength to separate myself from anyone who's not a good influence."

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STOUT: And we need to add representatives from all parties declined to make any comments to CNN. Beyonce and Jay Z, they kick off their "On the Run" tour in the U.S. next month.

You're watching NEWS STREAM. Up next, we'll be live in Pretoria, South Africa; the Oscar Pistorius murder trial has taken a new twist. Stay with us and find out more.

Also ahead, these wires, screws and scraps of wood might not look like much, but when all put together in the right way, they turned out to be a lifeline for one brave North Korean man. Tune in to his story.

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

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STOUT (voice-over): Nigeria's government is not ruling out possible negotiations with the terror group Boko Haram as an international effort continues to find more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls. A video of Boko Haram's purported leader surfaced on Monday. He said the girls would be freed if jailed Boko Haram militants are let go.

Germany's foreign minister is in Ukraine, pushing for talks between the government and separatists. On Monday, two eastern regions said voters have backed independence from Kiev. Ukraine's acting prime minister is also due to meet with E.U. officials in Brussels to discuss the crisis.

A court in Tel Aviv has sentenced former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert to six years in prison. The court found he received about $160,000 in bribes back when he was mayor of Jerusalem. The charges are connected to the Holy Land housing project. Reports say Olmert plans to appeal.

The state prosecutor in the Oscar Pistorius trial is pushing for the athlete to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. The South African sprinter is accused of deliberately killing his girlfriend last year. The judge will decide on Wednesday whether to order an independent test after a psychiatrist testified that Pistorius has an anxiety disorder.

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STOUT: Let's go live now to Pretoria, Robyn Curnow is just outside the high court.

And Robyn, what is happening here? I mean, why has the prosecution asked for Oscar Pistorius to undergo this mental observation?

ROBYN CURNOW, CNN HOST: Well, it was a very dramatic day in court in a case that's really seen so many twists and turns. And it was quite amazing to watch from the gallery these two very formidable opponents, the lawyers for the state and for the defense, arguing before the judge very passionately, very emotively, a great sense of indignance, I must say, coming from the defense, about this application that the state has brought, suggesting that Oscar Pistorius needs to undergo a mental observation.

Why is this important? And the substance of these allegations, I think, is also crucial from a legal point of view, to help us answer that question is Kelly Phelps from the University of Cape Town.

How did you see the events that were playing out in court today?

KELLY PHELPS, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: Well, it was really quite an extraordinary day in court, with some exceptional allegations passing between the teams. So we saw the defense, for example, accuse the state of foul play and suggesting that they're trying to put an alternative form of incarceration forward because they don't think they have a good murder case.

And equally you saw Gerrie Nel accusing Mr. Roux of foul play, saying that the sense we're trying to put this evidence on the record in case they should need to appeal later and that this would be a grounds for appeal, really quite unusual to see such strong allegations.

CURNOW: And how pivotal is it, how important is this debate?

PHELPS: Well, it could be a turning point in the trial, it could take the trial into a completely different direction. If application is granted, we come back from observation. And should the judge decide that a mental illness was operative on Pistorius at the time of the incident, then it would lead to an automatic verdict of not guilty by reason of mental illness and his involuntary committal to a mental institution thereby ending the criminal process.

CURNOW: But also not getting him off any sort of institutionalization.

PHELPS: Absolutely. And in fact, it could be for a very long time potentially, even for the rest of his life, because you wait to see until the mental illness has been cured.

CURNOW: OK. And in terms of how you think the judge is going to rule tomorrow -- I know you hate it when I ask these questions, but you know, there's -- there are two very clear narratives on the table before her in this very interesting subplot.

How do you think she's going to rule?

PHELPS: It really is impossible to call in this situation, because it is so unprecedented. Never before have you had a state prosecutor arguing that a defense should be considered by the court when the accused person himself does not want to rely on it.

Both sides put forward very well reasoned legal arguments; and it really all now rests on the judge to decide which of those arguments she found to be the most persuasive. But there are no advocates that essentially that are in a similar situation that she could rely on.

CURNOW: And all focusing on a rather tight interpretation of the law about what is a mental illness and what is a mental defect.

PHELPS: Absolutely. Both parties have put forward what they believe is the correct interpretation of the wording of the legislation. And she now needs to decide which one she agrees with.

CURNOW: OK. Kelly Phelps, as always, thank you so much.

And so in terms of the legal debate, well, we're going to hear some sort of judgment tomorrow from the judge on whether or not Oscar Pistorius is going to go for observation. Either way, this has already delayed this trial.

STOUT: Incredible twist in the trial of Oscar Pistorius, all revolving around his mental assessment. Robyn Curnow with Kelly Phelps, joining me live from Pretoria, thank you.

Now from telephones to the Internet, many of us think nothing of the ability to connect with people all over the world. But of course this is not the case in North Korea, where something as simple as a radio is hard to come by, because the hard-line regime sees it as a threat.

CNN's Paula Hancocks has the exclusive story of one man so desperate for information that he took matters into his own hands.

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PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's basic, but it works. Handmade in North Korea, this radio convinced the man that built it to escape, tuning into a broadcast from South Korea by this man, Kim Seung Chul, he heads up a radio station targeting the elite and the educated in the North, encouraging reform.

"People would spend all night tuning in to find a frequency," Kim tells me. "Once they find it, they close the box and listen to it alone under a blanket."

The defector who calls himself Mr. Lee telephoned Kim after escaping to China. Kim taped the call.

"We tried to search for a broadcast to encourage us," Lee says, " and finally found North Korea Reform Radio. We felt like we found an oasis. It was the first time I listened to your voice."

Kim organized for Lee and a female friend to travel safely to South Korea earlier this year. They are currently at a resettlement center, an obligatory three months' program for all defectors. Lee brought the radio with him. He says as proof that there is an underground in North Korea willing to risk punishment to listen to outside voices. The box is labeled "alarm" in case of discovery.

"At the end of the program, you said call us if you need help," says Lee. "I memorized the number. I think that's what kept me alive."

Lee said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un announced severe penalties for anyone caught listening to illegal broadcasts last September, a recognition how the dangers in his people learning too much about the outside world.

This female defector, who does not want her identity revealed, also tuned in before defecting. She says she knew the risks.

"I was putting my life in jeopardy," she says. "If you get caught for listening to South Korean broadcasting, you'll be sent to a political prison camp, not just ordinary prison. Your life is effectively over."

Kim, a defector himself, says homemade radios are becoming more prevalent in the North and are being sold secretly on markets despite the recent crackdown. He believes his words now reach more people than ever and at least on an individual basis, are making a real difference -- Paula Hancocks, CNN, Seoul.

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STOUT: I'm joined now by Rosanne Rife, the East Asia director for Amnesty International, a new report out from Amnesty International calls North Korea one of the world's worst offenders when it comes to the use of torture. It also finds many nations right here in Asia guilty of widespread abuse. And Amnesty has launched the support out today.

Let's talk first about the situation in North Korea, again, one of the worst offenders.

Remind us of the brutality inside its labor camps.

ROSEANN RIFE, EAST ASIA RESEARCH DIRECTOR, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Absolutely. Amnesty International has documented lots of cases of abuse and torture inside the political prison camps. People are often punished for breaking camp rules or suspected lying, but also frequently for not meeting their work quotas, forced labor is part of that situation.

When you combine that and working in those horrible conditions and dangerous conditions, with lack of food, lack of medical care, we see many people dying in these political prison camps.

STOUT: Let's talk next about the situation in China, because last year, China ended its reeducation through labor program.

Do you see that as progress in the fight against torture?

RIFE: I think it's interesting that we saw reports of torture coming out in the media that were widely picked up inside China and people started talking about it. And I think that helped lead to abolition of their education through labor camps.

But what Amnesty International has seen is that the same people held in those camps, the same kinds of torture are taking place in other forms of arbitrary detention now. We've seen for instance just recently and very ironically several lawyers went to Heilongjiang to look at abuses within a legal education center, which is a place where some of their clients were Falun Gong practitioners were being held. And it said the lawyers themselves ended up getting detained and tortured to extract confessions by the police.

STOUT: The monitors of torture are getting detained and tortured themselves in China.

Recently in China, we have seen on television, state-run TV, the Chinese journalist Gao Yu. She has been detained for spreading state secrets. It looks like she was made to give a forced confession on CCTV. We saw a similar confession done by a blogger for boyshun (ph).

Is torture being used here to coerce confessions?

RIFE: Of course it's extremely hard for us to tell. But forced confessions are regularly part of the judicial system in China. We see reports that many times lawyers try to raise these accusations in court and are stopped by judges or prosecutors. It's extremely worrying to see Gao Yu's confession, particularly in the leadup to the Tiananmen anniversary and the fact that they've raised state secrets means it's even harder for her to access any kind of legal counsel now or for us to ever see the evidence that's actually being brought against her.

STOUT: Now outside of China, in North Korea here in the Asia Pacific region, Amnesty International looked at the torture situation in some 21 countries in total.

How rampant, how widespread is torture?

RIFE: I think you know, in those 21 countries, obviously sometimes we can see torture being a rare occurrence. But in many countries, unfortunately, in Asia, it is widespread. It's widespread in China and North Korea, as you said, but also in Pakistan and Sri Lanka and Malaysia. Forced confession's a problem throughout the region; many just actually rely on it, including in Japan. We had a very interesting case recently, where a gentleman, Hakamada, was released -- temporarily released -- from death row, where he had been for over 46 years, mostly held in solitary confinement, which is in and of itself ill treatment. But he was interrogated for over 20 days before he confessed and he immediately recanted his confession at trial. And yet he was found guilty.

STOUT: Yes, it is stunning. In your report, you cite among your respondents in China and India about 74 percent of the respondents said it's OK to use torture in some cases, right. That mental state I just find absolutely perplexing. And it's 30 years after the United Nations signed that condition against torture. And yet torture is widespread in Asia and around the world. What needs to be done to finally stop torture?

RIFE: Well, one of the things that really cuts down on torture is putting in place these safeguards to prevent it. And that is immediately getting in when people are first detained, making sure they have access to legal counsel, access to family, access to medical practitioners who can document any kind of ill treatment.

Also recording of interrogations is incredibly important. In fact, one of that -- that's one of the regulations that China recently implemented, that anybody who's brought up on charges that could face a life sentence or the death penalty, they must be recorded. The interrogations must be recorded.

But we have yet to see anybody successfully bring that up in court, any lawyers being able to access those recordings.

STOUT: Well, this report is illuminating. It's also very distressing. I encourage everyone out there to go online to check out the PDF file on the Amnesty International website.

Roseann Rife of Amnesty, thank you so much for joining me and sharing your findings with me.

All right. You're watching CNN NEWS STREAM come to you live from Hong Kong. Up next, scientists say global sea levels could end up rising quicker than anyone expected. We'll tell you why after the break.

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STOUT: All right. Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching NEWS STREAM.

Now 200 million albums sold worldwide, five Grammy awards, and more U.S. number one singles than Elvis Presley. Not bad for a girl who was mocked by her classmates when she told them that she wanted to be a singer. But as Nischelle Turner reports, there is a lot more to Mariah Carey than her incredible vocal range.

This is CNN's "Leading Women."

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NISCHELLE TURNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Mariah Carey, international superstar and one of the most celebrated vocalists of all time.

But before Carey reached the top of the charts, the Long Island native struggled with feeling accepted and fitting in.

MARIAH CAREY, SINGER/SONGWRITER: Honestly, it's that I always felt like I had to -- I didn't fit in anywhere. And so music was the thing that I had to cling onto. And that made me feel special. That made me feel like I had this secret. And I remember once in like, I don't know, 6th, 7th grade, that the class, they asked us like, "What do you want to do when you grow up?" And everybody said, you know, whatever they wanted to be. And when I said, "I want to be a singer, I want to be an actress, I want to be," and some people were like --

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CAREY: So I always felt different. And I always felt like I had to apologize for being me or I wasn't worthy.

TURNER: Like they'd throw Camp Mariah and the March of Dimes, things that you do, is that where that comes from?

CAREY: I think so. But I think anybody that's been given so much in terms of -- I feel very blessed to be able to say I do what I love for a living and to not give back would just be -- I mean, I don't -- I don't -- I don't know that there's anybody who doesn't. I hope that if they don't, they start.

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TURNER (voice-over): Helping young people has been an important part of Carey's life since she helped establish Camp Mariah in 1994. Fast forward to becoming a mother further fueled her desire to give back. It even inspired Carey to develop creative ways to fund the program.

CAREY: I haven't even been able to go to Camp Mariah in a long time, which is associated with the Fresh Air Fund and they're an incredible organization. And that's why when we did have the twins, it was something we had to think about in terms of like how do you present these children to the world?

We did a website. It's still there, the dembabies. And the proceeds went to the Fresh Air Fund for Camp Mariah. So all of any photos of them that we put, that we can control.

TURNER (voice-over): Created by Carey and her husband, Nick Cannon, the website allows media outlets to purchase photos of Carey's twins. And the proceeds go directly to helping children experience the outdoors through the Fresh Air Fund.

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TURNER (voice-over): With more than 20 years in the music business, a growing film career and family, Carey is living the life she dreamed of as a child.

TURNER: So you have dem babies --

CAREY: Right.

TURNER: -- you have that husband. You --

CAREY: Yes, that husband.

TURNER: -- in most people's minds, have it all.

So when you hear that phrase, having it all, what does that mean to you?

I guess what does having it all mean?

CAREY: I don't know. I really don't know.

TURNER: Can women have it all?

CAREY: Well, I think they can have it all. Yes, I guess in today's world, they can have it all.

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STOUT: You can find out more about Mariah and other women at the top of their fields. Just go on over to CNN.com/leadingwomen.

You're watching NEWS STREAM. And still ahead, the art of making your own makeup from a 3D printer. We'll bring you some color on the technology. Stay with us.

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STOUT: Welcome back.

Now as the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continues, aviation officials are meeting to look at new technologies including the possibility of tracking aircraft in real time and live streaming black box data.

Meanwhile the man coordinating the search for the missing plane has now responded to the growing concern that some or all of those electronic pings did not come from the plane's black boxes.

Angus Houston says he still believes crews are indeed looking in the right place.

A major part of the West Antarctic ice sheet is melting and scientists say there's apparently nothing we can do to stop it, a very alarming report.

Let's get the latest now with Mari Ramos. She joins me from the World Weather Center -- Mari.

MARI RAMOS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Hey, Kristie, yes, this is the bay area off the West Antarctica coast that scientists are saying is in an irreversible state of decline. In other words, there's really nothing that really we can do at this point now to stop this ice from melting. And it's melting very, very quickly.

We're talking about an area up on West Antarctica. And it -- they have used 40 years of data to come up with this information. And let's go ahead and start with some of these maps that I want to kind of explain to you what they mean.

First of all, you're looking here at the coastline. And these are the different glaciers that we're talking about, it's that very wide and a very vast area. There's enough ice here that it would be more than the entire ice sheet off of Greenland, for example, so we're talking about a huge, huge amount of ice.

They say that this ice continues to melt at this rate, it could raise the sea levels by 1.2 meters. That's about four feet. And I'll show you what that means in just a moment. But these are the different areas. This is the Pine Island Glacier right over here. And we talked about this one a couple of weeks ago, remember? There was a glacier that was actually an iceberg that came off this glacier that broke off and the fear was that it was going to move into some of the currents of the southern ocean and be in the shipping lanes.

So you've heard of the Pine Island Glacier just recently. And then these are some of the other ones, the colors that you see here in the red indicate how quickly the ice is moving, how fast that ice is moving out to sea.

But we're going to go ahead and concentrate and focus in a little bit more into this region. So a couple of things happened when the ice or as the ice, as that river of ice moves out to the sea. That's a normal process.

However, once the ice moves over the water and it breaks that contact with the land, that's called the grounding line, that point where that happens. Once the grounding line occurs, from there forward, the ice begins to speed up. The -- what a scientist found in this particular study is that the grounding line is moving farther and farther back. That means that there is more ice that is directly over the water and it's more ice that is moving faster toward the sea.

So it's almost like a domino effect. The other thing that happens when you have that ice that's over the water is that you have all of that warm water, that relatively warmer ocean water, that continues to help melt the glaciers even quicker. So the grounding line is moving backwards; you have the ice moving quicker and more ocean water that continues to move in.

One of the things that they said in the study is that if you have some way to stop the ice, to slow down the ice, something that you see in other parts of the world with glaciers, those are called pinning points. That would be something that would help pin down the ice or drag the ice a little bit slower as it makes its way out to sea.

Unfortunately, in this part of Western Antarctica, they don't have that or not too much of that. If we were to remove the ice, as we've done in this animation right over here, you'll see that these areas in green, that's above sea level. But anything that you see in brown is below sea level.

And the reason that this is critical, Kristie, is because there's nothing to slow down the flow of the ice to sea or the advancement of the water level continuing to rise into that area to get in more and more water.

And very quickly, what does one meter of sea ice mean to you? Let me go ahead and show you this. This is from NOAA. It's called Digital Coast. It shows you what would happen if you had not one, not two, not three, but four feet, 1.2 meters. This is -- you're looking at New York right over here. Look at all these areas here in blue. Those are areas that would be covered in water.

Similar situation: this is Miami right over here, Miami Beach, South Beach right here at the bottom. Look what happens when you add four feet of water into this area. You end up with a lot of area, yes, populated area that would be underwater. Back to you.

STOUT: And this is something that's not just hundreds of years away; we could start feeling the effects of this within this country.

RAMOS: Exactly.

STOUT: Very alarming report, Mari Ramos. Thank you so much for walking us through these findings. Take care.

Now right here on NEWS STREAM, we have covered some of the incredible products that you can make with 3D printers.

But what about creating your own cosmetics with a printer? Eye shadows, lipsticks, all manufactured in your own home. The woman behind this idea tells Laurie Segall that she wants to shake up our makeup.

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LAURIE SEGALL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Tell me a little bit about this printer.

GRACE CHOI, FOUNDER, MINK: Yes, so this printer, it's a printer that prints makeup. It can take any image and like transform it into wearable color cosmetic. So basically it can turn any phone, camera or laptop into an almost beauty aisle.

So imagine you're watching a beauty blogger showing you how to put on a eye shadow. And you see something you like. So you just pause the video and you take your color picker and you just pick the color, move over to any software to print. Make sure you touch -- you select the Mink printer. What the printer is doing right now, it's taking the ink and it's going to dye the substrate. So when it's done, you just take it out and that's the eye shadow.

SEGALL: How long does this generally take?

CHOI: Oh, less than -- less than a few seconds.

SEGALL: What in particular -- what's exciting about this?

CHOI: Well, it's finally training our girls to understand like the definition of beautiful should be in their control and not the corporations. If you go into a store and you're trying to look for a foundation shade or a powder shade and it doesn't match, you can't find anything that matches because there's like only seven colors. You know, you feel like kind of weird, right, that maybe there's something wrong with the way you look.

Growing up I felt that as well, coming from an ethnic background, the Cover Girl's right now, they're Caucasian, they're black and they're Latina. And there are no Asian cover girls. There are no Indian cover girls or mixed race cover girls. And that's because of business, because those are the three biggest markets.

It's just a very big societal issue. But it -- the beauty industry just kind of mutes the change in that kind of way.

SEGALL: What would you say the price point is going to be for these printers and what kind of -- you know, who are you really targeting here?

CHOI: The first one is initially it's probably about like $300. It'll be a little more expensive than I'd like it to be because it's new. It's a new run.

SEGALL: And what age group are you looking at?

CHOI: Oh, 13-21, just because, you know, they haven't formed any habits yet. And I think, you know, we'll grow up with them and hopefully that's how we're going to change the beauty industry.

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STOUT: Now the company Mink is just getting off the ground. Its founder mentioned the printers are not for sale yet. But we're going to show you how the technology would work.

Now you can see here this little pod of what's called powder substrate. That would go into the printer.

The inkjet dyes the powder using pigment. It's not a regular printer ink here; it's a cosmetic grade material that you would buy in stores. And then once you have your makeup printed, you could end up with some very bold designs. But the application, of course, is all up to you.

That is NEWS STREAM. But the news continues at CNN. "WORLD BUSINESS TODAY" is next.

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