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[08:00:18] MANISHA TANK, HOST: Hi, I'm Manisha Tank in Hong Kong. A warm welcome to News Stream where news and technology meet.

The U.S. president looks set to meet his Cuban counterpart. We'll have the latest on the historic thaw in relations.

Plus, a sad day for cricket fans. Former star player and announcer Richie Benaud dies.

And Apple is now taking orders for its new watch, but who wants one?

The U.S. President Barack Obama is set to meet face-to-face with leader Raul Castro for the first time since the two countries began

normalizing relations late last year. They'll each take part in the Summit of the Americas that opens later today in Panama City.

At some point during the event, Mr. Obama is expected to announce that the United States is dropping Cuba from the list of countries it considers

state sponsors of terrorism.

This summit in Central America has already brought one historic meeting between the two country's top diplomats. The U.S. Secretary of

State met with his Cuban counterpart on Thursday evening.

So to help us break down the implications of these newly thawed relations between the United States and Cuba, and to preview what else is

expected at that summit, let's bring in our Rosa Flores who is in Panama City.

You know, we can't underestimate the significance of all of this. It certainly has been a big week and promises to be an even bigger day.

ROSA FLORES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Oh, absolutely, Manisha. First of all, good morning.

You know, we are seeing history unfold before our eyes. It's important to note that both President Obama and President Castro have

arrived. They are actually here in Panama. And while no bilateral meeting between the both heads of state has been set at this point in time, we do

know that during the event they're expected to mingle. Now that is when we're expecting to see that symbolic hangshake, the much anticipated

handshake between these two heads of state.

As you mentioned, Secretary Kerry meeting with his counterpart late last night. Of course, that's Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez, a

huge symbol, of course, because such a high level meeting had not happened since, hear this, 1958. So that's a really big deal for the Cubans,

especially since the State Department is expected to make an announcement regarding the state sponsored terrorism list.

Now the State Department expected to recommend to President Obama that Cuba be removed from that list. And that's a huge win for the Cubans,

especially as negotiations continue for the establishment of embassies both in D.C. and Havana.

So a lot going on, Manisha. We're monitoring it all from here, but of course all eyes on that historic and symbolic handshake that we should see

during the Summit of the Americas.

TANK: Yeah, there is a handshake isn't just a photo call, it's really important, isn't it?

OK, how (inaudible) though of Venezuela in all of this complicate matters?

FLORES: You know, it really does dice the situation here at the Summit of the Americas, because President Maduro has been collecting

signatures in his country. And it's almost been rallying a posse of sorts of Latin American leaders to get them on his side.

Now all of this is after the United States issued an excutive order sanctioning seven Venezuelan officials for human rights violantions.

So let me show you something. This is what they're doing. Venezuela is also going to the local papers and taking out fullpage ads against that

executive order. So this is what we're seeing.

But imagine this, all of these heads of state under the same roof and Ecuador, Nicaragua, Bolivia, even Cuba already siding with Maduro on this

situation, situation of the executive order. So of course that complicates the situation a bit. We're going to be monitoring to see what happens, to

see if there is not only a handshake between President Obama and President Castro, but what about President Maduro. Will a handshake happen there?

We're going to wait and see.

TANK: Yeah. Well, it's great to have you on the scene there keeping across all of this. Sparks might fly. Let's hope they don't. Let's hope

people can work out these issues as you always do in these matters.

FLORES: After all, it's all about diplomacy here, right, at the Summit of the Americas.

[08:05:03] TANK: Well, yeah, it's meant to be. It's meant to be. Let's hope it really is that way. But you're going to be the one who will

be telling us about it either way. Thanks so much.

Well, of course as the U.S. gets closer to Cuba it is also trying to move ahead on a deal with Iran's nuclear program. But the U.S. Congress

still threatens to stand in the way of that. and ocmments by Iran's supreme leader and the country's president aren't helping matters at the

moment.

Well, Fred Pleitgen joins us now with more on this from CNN London.

You know, Fred, you've been monitoring this over some time, this story. And things have just as we thought that things would come together

very nicely, there are still some very tough negotiations that still need to be had. And of course, you've got to get it all past the lawmakers in

the U.S. as well.

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Got to get past the lawmakers in the U.S. And also there's a lot of backlash that's in

Iran as well.

And if you look back just a couple of days ago after that interim agreement was signed where you had those people in the streets of Tehran

who were driving around in those cars who were waving Iranian flags absolutely ecstatic, many people thought that it was only a few details

that still needed to be worked out and that a deal was very much realistically by June 30.

But not it seems as though there is more pessimism. Of course everybody has been waiting to hear from the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on

the issue, because he of course is the one who calls the shots in Iran. And he said at this point he's not necessarily optimistic.

He said there might not be a deal by June 30. There might, in fact, be no deal at all.

And for the Iranians, what it comes down to is sanctions relief. They say, both Ali Khamenei as well as the President Hassan Rouhani yesterday

said, they want the day of the implementation for all of the sanctions to go away.

Now the U.S. in the past has hinted that it wants the sanctions to be phased out as Iran starts complying with various parts of the deal.

Of course it has to do a lot of things. It has to shut down some of its uranium enrichment. It has to remodify some of its reactors as well.

So there is a lot of things that need to be done. So there does seem to be a lot of difference of opinion as well.

But there's other things that I wouldn't say are troubling, but could complicate the matters. For instance, the U.S. in a list that it put out

of the corner points of the deal said that there would be inspections in the entire country.

Well, the Iranians have now come out and said for instance military sites will not be inspected. That's something that could also be an issue.

So, while there was that big euphoria when that interim agreement was signed, it seems as though both negotiating sides, both the U.S. as well as

Iran, as well as the other countries as well, of course, are coming very much down to the reality of things once again.

TANK: Yeah, once again.

And I -- one feels like we might be at this juncture again in a year from now. I think many hope that won't be the case, but let's see, huh?

Fred, thank you very much for that.

Now, to the United States and another video has surfaced in the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man. The dash cam video from a police

patrol car shows the events that led to Walter Scott being shot and killed.

CNN's Martin Savidge breaks down the new footage for us.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Dash cam video now released capturing the moment police officer Michael Slager pulls over

Walter Scott last Saturday morning. Slager's patrol car follows Scott as he pulls into a parking lot of an auto parts store. Moments later, Slager

approaches the car and asks Scott for his driver's license.

MICHAEL SLAGER, NORTH CHARLESTON POLICE OFFICER: The reason for the stop is your third brake light is out.

SAVIDGE: In less than a minute the talk turns to paperwork, questions over Scott's purchase of the car.

SLAGER: Just a minute ago, you told me that you bought, and you're changing eveyrhing on Monday.

WALTER SCOTT: I'm sorry about that.

SAVIDGE: Slager returns to his patrol car. Moments later, Scott starts to get out of his vehicle.

SLAGER: Gotta stay in the car.

SAVIDGE: And in fewer than 30 seconds, Scott gets out of his car again and runs.

Possible reason, the 50-year-old tried to flee, a bench warrant was out for his arrest since January of 2013 after failing to pay over $18,000

in back child support for two children.

What happens next is out of view of the camera, but partially picked up on the officer's microphone. He sounds like he's running and can be

heard yelling.

SLAGER: Taser! Taser! Taser!

SAVIDGE: One eyewitness says a tussle ensues.

GWEN NICOLS, WITNESS: It wasn't on the ground rolling, it was like a tussle type of thing like, you know, what do you want or what did I do type

of thing?

SAVIDGE: The man who took this disturbing cell phone video said they were on the ground before he started recording.

FEIDIN SANTANA, WITNESSED SCOTT'S SHOOTING: I went to the scene and Mr. Scott was already on the ground. The cop was on top of him. He was

tasing Mr. Scott.

SAVIDGE: Slager joined the police department five years ago. In 2013, police record show he was exonerated following a complaint of improper use

of force with a taser involving this man. Mario Givens, he says that Slager burst through his front door in the case of mistaken identity, meaning to

arrest his brother for robbery.

MARIO GIVENS, FIELD COMPLAINT AGAINST OFFICER SLAGER: He pulled out his taser and told me if you don't come out, I'm going to tase you. I put

my hand up, I moved out the way. He still shot me with the taser.

[08:10:04] SAVIDGE: Slager's mother Karen Sharpe told ABC she hasn't seen the video and can't imagine her son shooting and killing an unarmed

black man while he ran away.

KAREN SHARPE, MOTHER OF OFFICER SLAGER: I just have to let it be and hope God takes care of everybody involved. Not only for my family but for

the Scott's family.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TANK: Well, Martin Savidge joins us now from North Charleston in South Carolina to talk a bit more about this.

Martin, what I'm really interested in is how this new video that has surfaced is going to help authorities learn more about this whole incident.

TANK: You know, it depends on who you talk to.

The attorneys who represent the family of Walter Scott say this changes nothing, that the focus is still quite rightly on the former police

officer who shot and killed Walter Scott and we're talking about Michael Slager.

However, it does tell us how it started. And that is a part that we had not known up until now other than by a police report.

We have, of course, the bystander video, which shows how the man was shot and killed, but it didn't really tell us how did it all begin, and why

did it escalate so quickly.

So, some insight here, but again it does not change the basic parameters of this particular case.

I will point out that there is an interesting facet the video brings forward. And that is there's somebody else in the car with Walter Scott,

and that person could be key.

TANK: Martin, clearly you've talked to family members on both sides of this particular incident. Still so much emotion there. Many are

heartbroken by what's happened. How are they coping? How is the city coping? And, you know, the wider impact of this case.

SAVIDGE: A lot of people have tried to make a kind of connection, say, between what happeend in Ferguson, Missouri where you had a very

violent community reaction versus what you have had happen here. I think that's too big a stretch to make it too early a time, but it is obvious

that the community here has remained cal despite a very horrific event that not only happpen, but people have seen now around the world.

One of the major differences is of course that the person involved, the police officer, was arrested and charged with murder by the time that

the video came out that everyone is so upset to see. But there is also I think a resolve in this community to push forward with the prosecution of

this officer.

So how it moves forward and the outcome of any potential trial is going to weigh heavy and how this community continues to react.

The families, of course for them it's a tragedy. And everyone admits it on both sides, a young officer he's just got another child on the way,

his life clearly looks very difficult ahead. And then the family of Walter Scott. He ahs four kids. He's dead. He'll never get that life back.

So it's a tragedy for this community that feels well beyond it.

TANK: Martin Savidge in North Charleston, thanks very much for bringing that to us.

I want to bring you some news just coming in to us at CNN. A source close to her campaign says that Hillary Clinton will officially announce

her bid for U.S. President on Sunday.

The source says the announcement will be made as a video through social media immediately followed by a trip to the early caucus state of

Iowa.

If it happens, the former U.S. Secretary of State will be the first Democrat to formally declared a run for the White House in 2016, a story

we'll certainly be following closer and closely her eon CNN throughout the day. Everybody was talking about it and finally we're hearing something a

bit more concrete.

Still to come here on News Stream, desperately needed medical aid finally makes its way to war-torn Yemen. Details on that later this hour.

Also, a monster tornado outbreak in the U.S. powerful enough to push over a giant truck, shatters what up until now had been a queit tornado

season.

And sport fans around the world are mourning as the beloved voice of cricket goes silent.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

[08:15:24] TANK: Hi again, you're watching news Stream. And you're looking at a visual version o all the stories that have for you today.

We've already told you about the historic developments at the Summit of the Americas as the U.S. and Cuba grow closer. And later, we'll show

you the desperate and dangerous exodus from Yemen as civilians get away from air strikes against Houthi rebels.

But now, sports fans around the world are mourning the death of a cricket legend. Richie Benaud, a former Australian captain of the sport

and later a distinctive commentator has died at the age of 84. For many, his voice and his presence were part of a collective memory. The

Australian government has offered to hold a state funeral for Benaud.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

TONY ABBOTT, AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER: There would be very few Australians who have not passed a summer in the company of Richie Benaud.

He was the accompaniment of an Australian summer. His voice was even more present than the chirping of the cicadas in our suburbs and our towns. And

that voice tragically is now still.

But we remember him with tremendous affection.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

TANK: Remembering Richie Benaud, who during his prime, was unstoppable on the field.

You can learn more about his cricket careet on World Sport about 30 minutes from now. So when we're done, don't go away.

Now, in the Central United States, tornadoes have killed at least one person and caused a lot of destruction.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, it's hitting -- it's hitting something.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

TANK: The frightening fight, that monster tornado outside of Chicago shattering what up until now had been a quiet spring tornado season across

the U.S.

WBBM television interviewed one couple rescued (inaudible) 90 minutes to dig them out.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The back wall of the building blew down and fell right on top of the two doors that had to be lifted up to get out. And we

couldn't get out. We had to...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And our car is over there demolished.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah, our car is sitting right over there.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All is in bad shape, huh?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's wiped out. It's wiped out.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

TANK: And the danger isn't over. More storms are expected farther east as the day heats up.

Now we want to take you to New Delhi where there's been a freeze put on the bank accounts of Greenpeace in India and its funding, its foreign

funding has also been blocked. In a statement, the government the Indian government, accuses the organization of misreporting the amount of money it

gets from abroad, which, quote, "prejudicially affected the economist interest of the state."

Well, Greenpeace India has fought back on Twitter, writing it off as a smear campaign. The group says it was targeted, because it is asking

difficult questions (inaudilbe).

Just last year, the home ministry tried to slow funding to Greenpeace, because it saidot was stalling India's long-term development projects

A court ruled that the government had to free up the funds.

Tech fans have waited five years for this new product to go on sale. Up next on News Stream, we talk to someone who has already tried out the

Apple Watch. He'll tell us what it's like wearing it for the wholeday.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

[08:22:22] TANK: Now, if you're curious about how an Apple Watch feels on your wrist you can find out right now. Starting today, people can

try on one of these watches at an Apple Store in the U.S. and in several other regions.

There's been a lot of hype around, of course, about the company's first new product in five years, but fans aren't rushing to the mall just

yet. My colleague David Malko can explain.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DAVID MOLKO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Could this be a case of bad timing for Apple in Asia. Inside this Causeway Bay store, there's certainly a lot

of buzz about the tech giant's latest venture, the Apple Watch, but out here on the streets something is missing. Those long lines we typically

see lining the sidewalk nowhere to be seen.

One reason for that maybe that Apple isn't actually selling the watch today, instead it's encouraging potential customers to try it on and pick

the version that's best for them.

There's a wide range going from the sport line, 350 US dollars, all the way up to the Apple Watch Edition, an 18 caret gold model that will put

a $17,000 dent in your wallet.

It's Apple's first foray into the luxury market.

JASON KAM, CUSTOMER: I'm not their target market for the Apple luxury watch. I'm here for the sport, but they definitely have the demographics

for (inaudible). It's always been a brand where it's a little bit more expensive than anything similar out there.

So $17,000 I think is still pretty far away from the luxury market that China is trying to come down on.

MOLKO: Reference there to Chinese President Xi Jinping's anti- corruption crackdown, making it less than fashionable to flaunt your wealth on the streets of mainland China and beyond.

In the headlines today, a luxury watch expo in neighboring Macau has actually been canceled because of concerns over low turnout in part because

of that anti-graft campaign.

Still, Apple has had tremendous growth in China, partly because of appetite for the iPhone. The question now, can they translate that demand

to its newest product, the wearable tech, the Apple Watch, driving sales in China to record levels.

We may get our first glimpse when the first watch is shipped two weeks from today.

David Molko, CNN, Hong Kong.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TANK: Interesting stuff.

Well, if you don't live in a place where Apple lets you play with the watch in store, we're joined now by someone who can describe it to you and

tell you what it feels like to wear one.

NILAY Patel is the editor-in-chief of The Verge, and has tried on the watch and written a full review. I've seen the video version of your

review, Nilay, and I've read your review. And what strikes me straightaway.

You know, all the muscles around my solar plexus started to tense up. I would feel too tense having that much data on my wrist. How did you

feel?

[08:25:10] NILAY PATEL, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, THE VERGE: You really have to set it up. I think the most important thing to know about the Apple

Watch, and I think this is why Apple is asking customers to try it on before they buy it to figure out which ones they want, it's a very personal

experience. So it takes a few days of using it to understand how it works, to get it so that you're not getting an endless of flood of notifications,

to really decide what information you want on your wrist and how you want to use what is essentially a tiny little supercomputer on your wrist.

It's a lot more complicated than I think you'd expect from Apple.

TANK: I wonderd about things like that, you know, how complicated it is. It feels like a collosal experiment. We've not seen exactly this sort

of strategy from Apple before. What we've always seen is Apple being a first mover in something, being out there ahead of the rest.

David Molko, our reporter, went out to that Causeway Bay store where normally you do see these crowds swarming around new Apple products. We

didn't see that. Do you think Apple acknowledges that perhaps there was some doubt around how this was going to down at that outset?

PATEL: I think Apple understands that it's much more complicated product launch than they've ever had before. So if you think about it,

there's three models of the watch in aluminum and stainless steel and in gol. There's a variation in the bands. I think all told there's something

like 460 plus actual models of the watch you can buy between the finishes and the bands.

So there's a lot of complexity in having consumers pick which ones they want, stocking the stores, manufacturing them.

I think they're rolling those out as slowly as possible to manage that complexity.

And then there's a lot of education in how to actually use it. And if you look at Apple's website there's videos, there's interface

demostrations, they -- you know, they obviously have reviewers like me putting out videos showing people how to use it.

And I think that is the biggest step for them. It really breaks a lot of conventions from the iPhone and the iPad. You have to learn an entirely

new way of using the software. And that's going to take some time.

TANK: OK. Unfortuantely, the boss says I only get to ask you one more question, so I'm going to load that question up. I want to know what

was the most exciting thing about the Apple Watch and what was the least exciting thing about it.

PATEL; So, the most exciting thing, and I think this is the most important thing Apple has done period with the watch, is that they have

validated the market for wearable devices like this. So, everyone is talking about smart watches today. I'm here on CNN talking about smart

watches. We're all discussing whether or not technology should move from our pockets literally onto our bodies. That's a big step. And it means

that, you know, there's going to be a lot of innovation in that space around wearable technology just as when Apple put out the iPhone there was

an explosion of innovation in mobile computing.

So, that's, I think, the most important thing. And it's fascinating to have notifications on your wrist, to think about apps on your wrirst.

All of that stuff I think is important and it will get so much better in the years to come.

And then the worst part is that the actual Apple Watch as it stands today is just that first step. And it's a little bit slow. And it's a

little bit cranky. And it's a little bit complicated to use. And I think over time it's obviously going to get better, but the potential is just

very, very, very clearly there.

TANK: Nilay, it's been great speaking to you today. Thank you very much for joining us. Nilay Patel of The Verge.

Now, it's also a big day for Samsung fans. Their new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge go on sale today. The new flagship phones are sleeker than the

plastic cased S5, which wasn't very popular. But if you want the upgraded version of the new phone you might have to wait, because curved screens are

harder to make than flat ones and so their supply might not meet the demand.

Now, the Red Cross dropped much needed aid in the Yemeni capital. After the break, we have details on the human toll of teh escalating

violence.

Thousands flee Yemen weeks into the deadly conflict. A look at what civilians in Yemen face caught between warring factions.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

[08:31:41] TANK: Hi, again, I'm Manisha Tank in Hong Kong. You're watching News Stream. And these are your world headlines.

The Summit of the Americas begins later today in Panama City. U.S. President Barack Obama is there. And he's expected to have at least some

interaction with the Cuban leader Raul Castro.

Earlier, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shook hands with the Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez. No meeting at this level has taken place

since the 1950s.

The man known around the world as the voice of cricket has died at the age of 84. Richie Beneaud suffered from skin cancer. He captained the

Australian team in the 1950s and 60s before he became one of the sport's most recognizable commentators.

In the U.S. video from the dash cam of a police car shows what led up to the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. There's a traffic stop and

then the motorist runs away. The new video does not show the shooting.

UNICEF says that a Red Cross delivery (inaudilbe) supplied medical aid for up to 80,000 people in Yemen. The first plane load of medical supplies

touched down in Sanaa earlier on Friday.

But as Yemen descends into chaos, the World Health Organization says the human toll is rising fast. It estimates that nearly 650 people have

been killed since the middle of March and more than 2,000 have been injured.

Peopleare getting out, some even making the dangerous journey by sea to Djibouti.

Our Nima Elbagir is there and she joins us live.

Nima, I'm sure you've been speaking to people who have managed to escape, but what are they telling you about what they're escaping from?

NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, they're just describing the most desperate circumstances, Manisha. The lack of basic

services, clean water running out, electricity only for a few hours every day, many of those civilians, tens of thousands, are estimated to be cut

off from any escape route by the fighting. But those that can get out are coming here in an extraordinarily risky Red Sea crossing to Djibouti.

Take a look at this, Manisha.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ELBAGIR: For increasingly desperate Yemenis, Djibouti is becoming a safe haven, but first they have to cross this to get there. It's the Bab-

el-Mandeb Strait. It's one of the busiest waterways in the world. And they're making this journey across it in fishing vessels, often, we're

told, three or four families jammed in at the same time.

This is where many end up, Obock in the north of Djibouti, a quiet little fishing port.

In an orphanage under contruction, we find Hamid Hamoud (ph) and his wife Amna (ph) setting their daily government ration into the family

(inaudible). They're one of 50 families who lease into this building site whiel the official refugee camp is being built.

Amina says when her family is sitting eating together like this, she can almost forget what happened the night the aerial bombardment began.

AMINA ALI QASSIM, YEMENI REFUGEE (through translator): We ran. As soon as we left the house a missile fell right by it and the second fell on

it. It burned it. It burned everything we loved. The missiles rained down all night and this one was crying. I covered her ears, but she still

cried.

I worried maybe something would go wrong in her from the fear. At first light we grabbed what we had and left.

[08:35:02] ELBAGIR: Her son Majid described the family's long journey in a rickety fishing boat as a window.

MAJID HAMOUDA, YEMENI REFUGEE: 25 of us were in a fishing boat. We left at 7:00 a.m. We didn't arrive until 2:00 p.m.

ELBAGIR: On the sea as the boat rocked? Adn you had small children with you?

HAMOUD: We had this one here and that other one. And the other family had seven children and the women were violently ill. It was a catastrophe.

ELBAGIR: But not everyone in the family made the journey. Amina daughters and their families are still in Yemen, cut off from all

communication.

Talking about it, Amina became too overcome to go on.

As the conflict across the water escalates, more and more Yemenis are expected to make this desperate crossing, hoping like Amina and her family

that it won't be too long before they can turn around and go home.

QASSIM: May god please have mercy on Yemen.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

ELBAGIR: This, of course, as the Saudi-led offensive goes into its third week, Manisha. But it doesn't seem to be breaking that Houthi forces

advance. They've now taken another city, Atuq (ph) in the southwest of the country -- Manisha.

TANK: Yeah, Nima, I have so many questions for you, but unfortuantely time is short. But in particular listening to those harrowing stories of

what they've been through, the lady saying that you know he wants to go back. She hopes it won't be too long before she can go back, but it

doesn't seem that way. And now the Red Cross is getting in, but they're having to deal with a war zone in a very complicated situation.

ELBAGIR: They're having to deal without any kind of an established humanitarian corridor. For it to have gone on this long and this to be one

of the first aid shipments to go in, it's absolutely devastating for these people, especially those like Amina who you saw in our piece who have

family back in Yemen that they have no way of getting in touch with.

And then though of course those aid shipments that arrive today are massively welcome. They are nowhere near enough. The UN's Children Fund

said that they're going to be trying to get more planes in, but that has to be closely ocllaborated with the Saudi Arabians, that has been very

difficult. And they keep reiterating to us this is a beginning, but it is not enough to meet the needs of the people trapped in that fighting,

Manisha.

TANK: Yeah, as these factions go to war and so many civilians suffering. It's just so bad.

Nima, thank you, though, for speaking to those families and bringing us that report so we could understand their experiences. Thanks so much.

Still ahead here on News Stream, there's a crackdown on golf courses underway in China. We're going to tell you some of the reasons why.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

TANK: I want to bring you some news that we just had confirmed. CNN just confirming a report that the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai

terror attacks has been released on bail in Pakistan.

A court there suspended the detention order of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. India has reportedly condemned his release from jail, calling it an insult

to the 166 victims who were killed in the attacks. Lakhvi has been charged in Pakistan, but his case has made virtually no progres in five years.

Earlier this year -- excuse me -- earlier this week, in fact, we told you about China's renewed war on golf, part of the corruption crackdown.

It's been illegal to build golf courses there for more than a decade, but no other country has built more of them since.

Local governments have profited from the construction, but as Steven Jiang reports, it no longer pays to look the othe way.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

[08:40:03] STEVEN JIANG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: On this river bank in suburban Beijing, the transformation is almost complete: turfs stripped,

fairways paved, and the clubhouse abandoned. The peaceful scenery of this public park is a far cry from its glory days as the popular Windriver Gold

Club.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): When this was a golf course, only the rich and powerful came here. The entrance was guarded and we were

kept out by the fences all around.

JIANG: This is but one of 66 golf courses shut down by the government recently. There had been similar cracksdowns before, but this time the

authorities seem to be really serious.

Eager for huge profits from selling land, local governments had long ignored thae decade old national ban on new golf projects aimed at

preserving natural resources.

Now, Beijing pledges to close hundreds of illegally built courses nationwide.

DAN WASHBURN, AUTHOR: This is just bigger in scope and intensity than anything we have ever seen before. And it makes sense, becuase this is a

different China. This is Xi Jinping's China.

JIANG: Author Dan Washburn says Golf makes an easy target in the massive anti-corruption campaign launched by President Xi.

WASHBURN: It's an elitist pursuit enjoyed by very few in China. So if you're looking to make a populist move, it's pretty low hanging fruit.

JIANG: At this driving range near downtwn Beijing, members appear unphased by all the hoopla.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Golf is golf, corruption is corruption. It's (inaudible) they spend a lot of money, but not their own money, not money

on golfing. That's a problem. It's not a problem of golf itself.

JIANG: Despite a crackdown, the government may share his confidence in the sport's future in China for one important reasons.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The golfing is actually at the Olympic Games. China (inaudible) keen on the Olympics.

JIANG: As President Xi's red hot fight against corrutption spreads fto the greens, the Chinese dream on golf lives on.

Steven Jiang, CNN, Beijing.

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