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Trump Endorses Both House Immigration Bills In Gop Meeting; Associated Press: Babies And Todlers Held In Tender Age Shelters; U.S. Withdraws From U.N. Human Rights Council; Over 180 Missing From Capsized Ferry In Indonesia; U.K. Report: 450 Patients Died From Opioid Overdose; Trump Policy Sparks Heated Exchange In U.K. Parliament; Ronaldo Scores As Portugal Lead Morocco 1-0; World Headlines; U.S. Threatens Tariffs On $200 Billion of Chinese Goods; World Refugee Day. Aired 8-9a ET

Aired June 20, 2018 - 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.

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LU STOUT: A grim euphemism, the U.S. immigration crisis reaches a new boiling point over what are being called tender age shelters. Calling off

the search, nearly 200 are feared dead after a ferry accident in Indonesia. And returning to the pitch, Portugal take on morocco as Ronaldo looks to

build off of last week's hat trick.

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LU STOUT: A new report is exposing what is happening to the most vulnerable people crossing the U.S. border illegally under the Trump

administration's zero tolerance policy. The associated press reports that young children, and we're talk about toddlers, even babies, are being taken

away from their parents, and placed in the so-called tender age shelters.

We'll have more on that in just a minute. But first U.S. President, he is still blaming Democrats over the escalating border crisis. And at a

meeting he held with Republican lawmakers on two immigration bills ended with more questions than answers.

Let's bring in White House Correspondent Abby Phillip. Abby, President Trump who's on there Hill to talk immigration with House Republicans, they

want to end this family separation policy, but can they agree on how?

ABBY PHILLIP, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Kristie. Republicans have added proposals to end this practice of separating

families at the border, and President Trump continues to insist that he cannot act alone.

But while he was on the Hill yesterday meeting with Republicans trying to talk through these issues, Republicans left that meeting not sure where he

actually stood on these bills, and also not sure that his efforts might even help them get the votes that they need to pass them this week.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: These are laws that have been broken for many years, decades. But we had a great meeting.

President Trump urging House Republicans to pass immigration legislation amid an escalating crisis over family separations at the border, but

stopping short of wholeheartedly endorsing either bill the chamber is considering.

CARLOS CURBELO (R), UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE: He said it was important to get a bill passed, and he indicated that he would support both

proposals.

PHILLIP: A number of Republican sources telling CNN that the meeting was not helpful, and didn't move the ball forward. Multiple members telling

CNN that President Trump appeared to be behind the more moderate compromise bill pushed by House leadership that would give many DREAMers an eventual

path to citizenship, fund the border wall, and stop the practice of family separations. Attorney General Jeff Sessions also appearing to endorse the

compromise bill.

JEFF SESSIONS, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL (via phone): Patching the problem is not the right thing. We need to get this thing done. But the

overall bill that the House is considering would be preferable, in my opinion.

PHILLIP: Several lawmakers telling CNN that the President did talk about these disturbing images of children sobbing after being taken from their

families.

RANDY WEBER (R), UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE: Politically, he said this is bad. But he didn't say that -- he prefaced it by saying, it's not about

the politics. It's about this is the right thing to do.

PHILLIP: But one Republican telling CNN the President talked about family separations only in the context of political optics, telling members, the

crying babies doesn't look good politically.

In the Senate, Majority Leader McConnell expressing optimism about a narrow bill to address family separations, but it remains unclear if it could

pass.

SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL (R), KENTUCKY, MAJORITY LEADER: All of the members of the Republican conference support a plan that keeps families together while

their immigration status is determined.

CHUCK SCHUMER (D), UNITED STATES SENATOR: There are so many obstacles to legislation. And when the President can do it with his own pen, it makes

no sense.

PHILLIP: Earlier in the day, President Trump blasted a key provision of Senator Ted Cruz's bill while doubling down on his hard-line immigration

rhetoric.

TRUMP: When countries abuse us by sending their people up, not their best, we're not going to give any more aid to those countries. Why the hell

should we?

PHILLIP: On Twitter, the President accusing Democrats of allowing undocumented immigrants to, quote, infest the country, as Mr. Trump's

surrogates continue to downplay the administration's zero tolerance policy.

ZAC PETKANAS, FORMER SENIOR ADVISER, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE: I read today about a 10-year-old girl with Down syndrome who was taken from her

mother, and put in a cage.

COREY LEWANDOWSKI, FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN MANAGER: Womp womp.

PETKANAS: I read about a -- did you say, womp womp to a 10-year-old with Down syndrome being taken from her mother?

LEWANDOWSKI: What I said is you can take anything you want...

PETKANAS: How dare you?

PHILLIP: But public outrage is growing across the country and on Capitol Hill.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Quit separating the children! We won't go away!

[08:05:00] PHILLIPS: Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus confronting the President.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Quit separating the kids! They're separating the children! Mr. President, don't you have kids?

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PHILLIP: So while all this is happening in the United States, public outrage is growing around the world. Condemnations coming in from Pope

Francis, Theresa May in the U.K. But meanwhile, President Trump here is going to Minnesota later today to talk about tariffs with China, and he

also has a campaign rally later today in Washington. The pressure is really heating up, even from his own party. Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yes, the pressure is heating up, outrage is growing, and Trump can end this with an executive order. The Trump administration implemented

the policy by choice. It can also end it by choice. So what's keeping Donald Trump from ending this policy of family separations?

PHILLIP: Well, of course, as you noted earlier, the President continues to blame the Democrats, and he also is trying to get funding for his border

wall, and changes to the legal immigration system. There is a little bit of a dispute within the White House right now about whether this fight is

worth it, whether it is useful leverage to them in order to get other legislative priorities, and there's also one other thing.

The President is looking to November when there are midterms ahead. They are trying to find ways to rally the Republican base. And the President

believes that this is a key issue for his supporters, and something that really gins them up. This more than other things like tax cuts might work

effectively to get them out to the polls.

LU STOUT: Yes, looks like the President is trying to force a deal, but at what cost? Abby Phillip live from the White House for us, thank you.

Back now to that disturbing report from the Associated Press, it describes young children, even babies, being taken to these tender age shelters under

the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy. Nick Valencia reports from Hidalgo, Texas.

NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Kristie, the Associated Press says these three tender age shelters are located in the Rio Grande Valley, and there

are plans even to open up a fourth. Health and Human Services defines any children under the age of 13-years-old to be tender age.

And since this zero tolerance policy took effect, there's more than 2,300 children separated from families, with the youngest going to these tender

age facilities. Now, it was on Monday that my crew and I tried to gain access into Casa El Presidente, which is one of these tender age

facilities, where children 10 years and younger are taken, both a mixture of boys and girls.

We were denied access by security. But Congressman Filemon Vela was allowed inside. He is a representative for this district. And what he

describes what he saw inside just simply heart breaking. He said he saw about 80 children, 40 of them had just been separated from their families.

He saw a child as young as 5-years-old, and perhaps a most chilling detail, he saw a room for toddlers, and children under the age of one.

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FILEMON VELA (D), UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE: There's rooms with toddlers so there's no question that even children under the age of one are

being separated from their families.

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VALENCIA: Customs and Border Protection said that their policy is not to separate a child younger than 4-years-old from their parent unless they

have a criminal history. The issue with all that is that now, under this zero tolerance policy, anyone who crosses the U.S.-Mexico border illegally

is considered a criminal. So they now have the discretion to separate children from their parents. Kristie.

LU STOUT: Nick Valencia there in Hidalgo, Texas. Now, the images of children being separated from their parents at the U.S. border with Mexico

are just heart-wrenching, and perhaps none has come to symbolize the crisis more than this 2-year-old from Honduras. She was taken from her mother

after they rafted across the Rio Grande from Mexico, and now we're hearing from the little girl's father.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): My heart broke. My heart broke because it's my little girl. I mean, the first time I said, that's my

little girl, right when I saw the report, I said that's my little girl, my heart broke.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): Did you cry?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Of course, it's really hard.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): It still moves you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Oh, yes, of course.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): Does it give you a lot of pain to remember the way she was crying?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): I don't think so, no. She didn't deserve that situation. My little girl doesn't deserve that situation. It

breaks my heart.

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LU STOUT: According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about 2,300 minors were separated from the guardians while traveling to the U.S.

Now, as Abby Phillip mentioned, Pope Francis is adding his voice to those criticizing the so-called zero tolerance policy.

He told Reuters that he supports what U.S. Catholic bishops are saying that the separation of children from parents is immoral, and contrary to our

Catholic values. He also said populist were creating psychosis on the issue of immigration. And today, Wednesday marks World Refugee Day. We're

going to take a deeper look at the global migrant crisis a little bit later on in the program.

The United States is pulling out of the U.N. Human Rights Council. Just a day after the U.N. called Washington's separation of children from their

parents unconscionable.

[08:10:02] The Trump administration claims that the group is biased against Israel, and fails to hold human rights violators accountable. The U.S.

Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley didn't mince words when announcing the exit on Tuesday.

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NIKKI HALEY, UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS: For too long, the Human Rights Council has been a protector of human rights abusers, and

a cesspool of political bias. Regrettably, it is now clear that our call for reform was not heated. Human rights abusers continue to serve on and

be elected to the council. The world's most inhumane regimes continue to escape scrutiny.

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LU STOUT: CNN's Oren Liebermann joins me now live from Jerusalem with more on this. And, Oren, at the U.N., Nikki Haley used some colorful language,

citing bias against Israel for its decision to quit the council. Tell us more about how she laid out her case.

OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's not a surprise there. The U.S. and the Trump administration specifically have long criticized the United

Nations for what they see as an anti-Israel bias, and most of that criticism has been directed exactly at the U.N. Human Rights Council.

Israel is the only country that is a permanent item on the Human Rights Council's agenda. There they routinely pass five agenda items criticizing

Israel. And they should pointed out that those five items are more than the agenda items passed criticizing Iran. North Korea and other countries

combined. And it is that statistic she pointed at when explaining why the U.S. would leave the Human Rights Council. Here is more of what Ambassador

Haley had to say.

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HALEY: Earlier this year, as it has in previous years, the Human Rights Council passed five resolutions against Israel, more than the number passed

against North Korea, Iran, and Syria combined. This disproportionate focus and unending hostility towards Israel is clear proof that the council is

motivated by political bias, not by human rights.

For all these reasons, the United States spent the past year engaged in a sincere effort to reform the Human Rights Council. It is worth examining

why our efforts didn't succeed. At its core, there are two reasons.

First, there are many unfree countries that simply do not want the council to be effective. A credible human rights council poses a real threat to

them, so they opposed the steps that would create it. Look at the council membership, and you see an appalling disrespect for the most basic human

rights.

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LU STOUT: The source pointing out that this move is not without president, former president George W. Bush also left the Human Right Council for the

exact same reason, what he said was an anti-Israeli bias at the council.

Predictably, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel congratulated the move, lauded the move saying it is a strong statement against the Human

Rights Council. Meanwhile, the Palestinian leadership said the U.N. leaving the Human Rights Council is a reward for the occupation, and is

further proof how biased the U.S. and the Trump administration are in favor of Israel. Kristie.

LU STOUT: Oren Liebermann reporting live in Jerusalem, thank you. Nearly 200 people are still missing after an overcrowded tourist ferry sank in

northwestern Indonesia. And authorities say the chance of finding survivors is slim. And they're focusing on the recovery.

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LU STOUT: A crowd lines the edge of a Lakeside Wharf, desperate for news. Hysteria as a search and rescue team draws nearer. Their cargo, the body

of a woman, one of three pulled from this lake in remote Indonesia since Monday night when an overcrowded ferry capsized and sank.

Eighteen have been rescued, but it remains unclear how many were on board when it took just 20 minutes for the boat to disappear on Lake Toba. The

worst fears here, nearly 200 people are missing.

TORANG HUTAHASAN, LOCAL SEARCH AND RESCUE OFFICER (through a translator): We are searching on the surface today hoping there are more survivors, so

that has been our priority since this morning.

LU STOUT: As families continue to come forward, giving the names of loved ones who they believe might be out there in the water. Authorities say

there's no ship's manifest to detail who boarded the ferry for the 40 minute trip between Samosir Island and to north port in northern Sumatra.

Survivors say the boat was fatally over laden when it met with rough weather just before sunset on Monday.

HUTAHASAN (through a translator): The waves are two meters high on average, so it's hard to do the search using rubber boats, so we're hoping

to use more of the bigger boats. Rubber boats can only be used along the coast.

LU STOUT: People fight their way to the water in a video posted to a social media account, associated with Indonesia's disaster management

agency. They are taken towards the makeshift ward on the lake's edge.

[08:15:03] They say passengers riding on the outside deck were able to abandon the ship before it sank. Those inside the ferry were sucked down

with it. The lake is more than 500 meters deep in parts, and an underwater robot has been brought in to help the rescue and recovery. But some have

already received the news that all here are fearing.

ANTON, RELATIVE OF VICTIM (through a translator): One of my relatives has been found dead.

LU STOUT: Hundreds more wait.

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LU STOUT: Hope is waning, and yet the desperate search goes on. You're watching News Stream. And still ahead, a British doctor is accused of

overdosing her patients with a strong pain killer. What a newly released report reveals about the woman known as Dr. Opiate, next.

And on U.N. World Refugee Day, we take a look at one of the world's worst refugee crisis, the plight of the Rohingya living in camps in Bangladesh

after escaping violence in Myanmar.

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LU STOUT: Coming you live from Hong Kong. Welcome back. This is News Stream. In the U.K., a report released in the last hour reveals hundreds

of elderly patients died after being given opioids, quote, without medical justification.

The report alleges that retired British Doctor Jane Barton, dubbed Dr. Opiate, routinely over prescribe high doses of these pain killers. Erin

McLaughlin is in Portsmouth, England, and she joins us now with more. And, Erin, this is such a chilling story. What does this new report reveal?

ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It's a chilling story, Kristie, and in the words of the British Health Secretary, which is

speaking on the floor of the House of Commons, it is also truly shocking what this independent inquiry has found. It's an inquiry that's been going

on for four years, costing $18 million.

The results revealed here in Portsmouth today focusing on the activities that took place at just one hospital to the south of England. The Gosport

War Memorial Hospital between the years of 1989 and 2000, this independent panel found that 456 elderly patients died after being prescribed dangerous

doses of pain medication.

Also finding that at least 200 other elderly patients could have suffered a similar fate, but we'll never know for sure because of a lack of clinical

records. Now at the center on this investigation is as you mentioned that Dr. Jane Barton called out specifically in this report for being

responsible for the prescription program at the hospital during this time period.

[08:20:06] But the report also making it very clear that isn't just about one doctor, that this was an institutional failure. Institutionalized

regime is what the report says. Quote, disregard for human life, and that there was a culture of shortening lives at this particular hospital. A

hospital that was supposed to be responsible for saving lives.

Now, the question becomes what happens next? Many of the families have been calling for accountability. The panel in this report saying that

there needs to be next steps on a local as well as a national level. Jeremy Hunt there in parliament just a short while ago, the Health

Secretary saying that it will be up to police now to review the new evidence that has come to light as a result of this inquiry.

LU STOUT: Yes, the scale on this misconduct is stunning. Of course, there's an outcry for accountability. Erin McLaughlin reporting live from

Portsmouth, thank you very much, and take care.

The British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing another Brexit showdown. On Monday, her plans were rejected by parliament's upper chamber, and now

the House of Commons is debating Brexit legislation before a vote later today. At issue is a bill to give parliament a meaningful vote on the

final terms of the Brexit deal.

Now, Theresa May is fighting it, and Wednesday's vote could determine whether she maintains control of the Brexit process. Now, despite her

Brexit dilemmas, Theresa May waded into the row over the Trump administration's zero tolerance approach to illegal immigration.

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GAVIN SHUKER, LUTON SOUTH, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT: President Trump has locked up 2,000 little children in cages, and is refusing to release them

unless he's allowed to build a wall. He's quit the Human Rights Council, praised Kim Jong-un's treatment of his own people, turned away Muslims.

What does this man have to do to have the invitation she's extended revoked?

THERESA MAY, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: As I've said...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Order, order. Order. Order. The gentleman's question was heard with courtesy. Order. And the reply must be heard with courtesy

-- the Prime Minister.

MAY: First of all, as I have just responded to questions on the issue of pictures that we have seen of the behavior in the United States, and the

way that children are being treated which, I clearly, and wholly, and unequivocally said is wrong.

On the wider issue of the President of the United States coming here to the United Kingdom, there are many issues on which members of this house

including, including his right honorable friend the leader of the opposition, consistently encourage me to raise with the President of the

United States. We do that.

When we disagree with the United States we tell them so. But we also have -- we also have some key shared interests with the United States, in the

security and defense field, and in other areas as well, and it is right that we are able to sit down, and discuss those with the president.

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LU STOUT: British Prime Minister Theresa May there telling parliament what she thinks of the U.S. policy of separating children from parents who have

been accused of illegally entering the United States.

And now, Cristiano Ronaldo is back in action for Portugal. As we speak, he scored early. The Portuguese are taking on Morocco in the first game of

the day. And for the latest on that, and what's happening today at the World Cup, Fred Pleitgen joining us from Moscow. Fred, good to see you.

Ronaldo is back in action today. It is starting pretty strong for hi. But can he do it again for Portugal?

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, I mean, it looks like he certainly is. I keep checking my phone, Kristie, because Ronaldo seems to

score so fast that it's really hard to keep up with it. It took him less than five minutes to score in the game against Morocco.

And of course, this is a really important game for the Moroccans because they're with their backs against the wall. They lost their first game to

Iran. Even though many believe certainly it looked as though they were playing better than the Iranians. This is a very strong side to the

Moroccans.

They are, of course, the African champs coming into this, so they do certainly have a chance. Now one of the things, Kristie, that's been

talked about a lot is the Portuguese team, and what role Ronaldo plays there.

I think some of the players and the head coach of the Portuguese also were a little bit maybe upset that many of us in the media are saying, look,

this team essentially resolves around Ronaldo, he is essentially the team.

They say, look, he's a key player, but only one of the players. It does take a team effort to win matches. But once again, as we have seen today

in that match against Morocco, it is Ronaldo who's put them up after scoring three goals in their first match against Spain, Kristie.

LU STOUT: We get it, it's a team effort, but still all eyes are on Ronaldo.

[08:25:00] And also, Russia, another win for the host nation, after beating Egypt 3-1. Are Russian fans daring to dream of glory at the World Cup?

PLEITGEN: Yes. So they are daring to dream of glory. They certainly are. I think for them glory might not necessarily be winning the World Cup, but

I think they are dreaming that their team might go very far. I think one of the things that's so important for the Russians, we saw this last time,

it was an electric atmosphere.

We're seeing some of the pictures right now, in that fan zone that we were in with those Russian fans. There were twice as many about as during the

first game which was the opening game of the World Cup because they're so into this football tournament now, and also so keen on hosting it, and

being good hosts.

So it's done a lot for the vibe of the tournament. As far as the team itself is concerned, obviously the Russians are very happy. No one would

have believed that the team would have been this good. They have eight goals in two matches, and the Russians are saying, look, they believe that

the team can go far.

No one is speaking obviously about winning the World Cup just yet, because they do see that the team obviously has some deficits, but you can really

see also with the Russian side, Kristie, that they're playing with a lot more confidence. I watched that match carefully. And you can see the

players really trying hard, going after balls that maybe they thought would have been lost before, and really just running that much faster. Kristie.

LU STOUT: And the Russian fans charged up even more. Fred Pleitgen reporting live from Moscow.

PLEITGEN: Yes.

LU STOUT: Thank you so much. Enjoy. Take care. Now, Russia is not the only country celebrating a surprise performance at the World Cup. This is

Tokyo on Tuesday. After Japan defeated 10-man Columbia 2-1.

The unexpected will means that Japan will go down as the first-ever Asian team to beat a South American side at the World Cup. Not bad for a team

ranked 61st in the world. A long way behind 16th placed Columbia. And here's something nice to see, Japanese fans cleaning up after themselves at

the end of that huge game. Senegal fans did the same after their match with Poland.

Still ahead right here on News Stream, strengthening ties, Kim Jong-wraps up yet another visit to Beijing. And we're going to recap of the North

Korean leader's two-day trip, and what he discussed with Xi Jinping.

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

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LU STOUT: A new report is escalating outrage in the U.S. over the zero tolerance policy that separates children from their parents at the border.

The Associated Press reports that the Trump administration is sending babies and young children to what are being called tender age shelters.

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Meanwhile, Pope Francis told Reuters that he supports the statements made by U.S. Catholic bishops. They called the separation of children from

their parents immoral. The Saudi coalition-backed forces claim that they have secured Yemen's Hodeidah Airport from Houthi rebels aligned with Iran.

The facility sits on the southern outskirts of the strategic port city. Rebels denied that they lost control of the airport. The U.N. has warned

that the battle for Hodeida would endanger the lives of 250,000 people.

Nearly 200 people are believed to have drowned in Northwestern Indonesia after an overcrowded tourist ferry sank. Eighteen people have been rescued

since the boat went down Monday but local authorities say that they have switched from a search and rescue to a recovery mission.

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un wrapped up his two-day trip to Beijing a short time ago for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, with state

media from both sides stressing this deepening friendship between the two men.

On the trip, the Chinese leader reportedly praised the recent Trump-Kim summit. But while Beijing may approve of the U.S.'s diplomatic efforts on

North Korea, trade tensions between the two economic powers are escalating.

And the markets, they have been fluctuating in response. Asian markets bounced back on Wednesday's close after a pretty dismal Tuesday. And

although the Dow dropped over 1 percent on Tuesday, U.S. futures, they appear to be pretty positive at this point.

Now, Matt Rivers, he's in Beijing. He joins us now with the very latest. Matt, let's talk about the trade war because it seems the Trump White House

is waiting for China to blink, but really, will it?

MATT RIVERS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, you know, that's the thought process behind this negotiation. The Trump White House putting out

that kind of massive tariff figure, $200 billion, as a negotiating tactic frankly to make sure that the Chinese back down.

But, you know, to answer your question, will that -- to blink? No one is really sure. And so all we can really do there is look at what the Chinese

have done recently. So the Trump administration initially threatened $50 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports. That was several months ago in

March.

Right after that happened, China said, we will retaliate, we will not blink, we will not negotiate under the threat of blackmail, we will

retaliate if the Trump administration goes forward with this.

Fast forward a couple of months, last Friday actually, the Trump administration made those tariffs official. And what did the Chinese do?

They retaliate in kind almost immediately. Now, $50 billion, Kristie, as you know, is not the same as $200 billion.

We don't know exactly what the Chinese plan to do, but what we do know is that they have said that if the Trump administration goes forward with an

additional $200 billion in tariffs, the Chinese will retaliate in kind.

Now, they can't put tariffs on $200 billion worth of American imports because last year, America only -- the Chinese only imported $130 billion

worth of American imports overall. But, they could do other things. They can make life hard for American companies here.

And so I think we would be mistaken at this point to look at what the Chinese have said publicly and doubt their willingness to retaliate if the

Trump administration moves forward. Do we know that's what they're going to do for sure? No. But we have to take them at their word at this point,

given what we have seen from them so far.

LU STOUT: Yeah, judging from their past behavior and as trade tension between U.S. and China increase, Kim Jong-un is in town. It's day two of

his third trip to China. What kind of concessions could the North Korean leader score from Beijing?

RIVERS: Well, what we know North Korea wants is some sort of sanctions relief. You know, these sanctions have really hurt the North Korean

economy. We have gotten that from multiple different sources, even if the North Koreans won't admit it themselves. And they know that if they want

sanctions relief, their biggest champion on the international stage is going to be China.

China knows that as well. So as a result, if North Korea is going to come here and ask for sanctions relief for China to lobby for sanctions relief

at the U.N. Security Council of which China is a permanent veto member, then China is going to want something in return.

Well, what is that? China is going to want North Korea to make sure that Chinese strategic interests are represented at these negotiations going

forward over North Korea's nuclear program. So that perhaps is the tit for tat there. Yes, these are traditional allies but they have always had a bit

of a frenemy relationship.

And so, you know, Kim Jong-un comes here to Beijing for the third time. He has come here to China for the third time since March. Clearly, North Korea

knows that China is going to have to play a major role in these negotiations going forward. North Korea wants China to perhaps lobby for

sanctions relief. China wants its interests represented at the table.

Maybe that means that both of them are on the same page lining up on one side of these negotiations and on the other side, the more traditional

allies, the United States, South Korea, and Japan. Kristie?

LU STOUT: Matt Rivers live in Beijing for us, thank you so much. Now, still to come right here on the program, limited freedom or education.

[08:34:56] We hear about some of the most persecuted refugee victims, Rohingya girls, adolescents living in Bangladesh refugee camps and about

how a humanitarian group is trying to help them.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, welcome back. This is "News Stream." A record number of people are displaced globally as we mark U.N.

World Refugee Day. U.N. numbers for 2017 show one in every 110 people are displaced. That is more than 68 million people who have run away from

conflict or persecution. Around a third of them are refugees who have escaped their own countries.

Many are Palestinians, most of the others are from Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Somalia and Myanmar. Seven hundred and twenty thousand

Rohingya are living in Bangladesh camps after escaping the violence in Myanmar. And life in those camps, it is particularly hard on young women

and girls.

A humanitarian organization, Plan International, interviewed 300 girls age between 10 and 19, and found out that many are kept inside the tents with

75 percent saying that they have no ability to make decisions about their lives. And despite wanting an education, only 28 percent attend school.

Now, Orla Murphy is the Bangladesh country director at Plan International. And they have just released report on Rohingya girls. She joins me live

from Dhaka. And Orla, thank you for joining us and thank you for releasing such an important report because girls are so often overlooked in

humanitarian responses. Can you share with us what you discovered? What are the unique needs of Rohingya girls in crisis?

ORLA MURPHY, COUNTRY DIRECTOR, PLAN INTERNATIONAL BANGLADESH: Thanks, Kristie. As you said in April, we conducted a survey with 300 girls. And it

was the first time that we comprehensively sort of asked as a humanitarian sort of community what are their priorities.

And what they told us was that they have agency, they want to make decisions, they want to be involved in the design of programs, the

priorities, the delivery and the evaluation.

What we heard is that the number one priority was access to education. That was younger girls in the age 10 to 14 group and older girls age 15 to 19.

One of the barriers at the moment is their mobility. Another barrier is just the provision of services, so supply and demand.

The girls told us that they feel much safer in Bangladesh. They still feel incredibly hopeful about their future. We haven't yet reached that one year

mark of the 25th of August when this exodus happened.

But I think what we have heard is how important it is for them to be heard, and we need to look at creative ways as they have limited movement to hear

that voice. We need to look at creative ways to finding spaces where they can come together.

[08:39:58] We need to find creative ways for delivering intervention. So one of the things that Plan International is doing is we just started a new

education program and there are the establishments of learning centers so structures like schools that children all over the world would go to.

But also a mobile element. So teachers going to spaces where young girls can feel safe and they can access and they don't have to move far from

their homes or maybe it will be in the homes of some of these girls.

LU STOUT: Yeah, that's what they want. Because they want -- as you said, they want safety and security. They want access to education. They also

want agency. A feeling of being involved.

But you said something there that was really -- that got my attention at the top. That they were not a priority. So, when you interviewed these

girls to take part in this research, were they surprised that you're even interested in what they had to say?

MURPHY: I don't think they were surprised, but they were just grateful that somebody had asked them. That they weren't clamped together with women

and children, or women and girls. What we saw before was priorities being identified. Health, psychosocial support, education. But for them,

education was the top.

So, it's really that affirmation that what are their priorities and then saying there are spaces where they feel that they can be an active role and

they want to. And that's really our call to all of the humanitarian actors and to plan international that we have to involve girls in every stage and

stages that involve decisions about their lives now and as we move forward.

We do know this is a protracted crisis. While the current -- the population at the moment arrived from the 25th of August of last year, there has been

a challenging situation in Myanmar, in North Rakhine since 2012 with this - -

LU STOUT: Absolutely. They need to be, as you said, part of the just the participation part of the planning process. And thank you so much for

raising this issue and highlighting just the plight of Rohingya girls and teenage young women on this World Refugee Day. Orla Murphy of Plan

International joining me live from Dhaka, thank you and take care.

This is World Refugee Day. And on this day, the head of the Catholic church has his own take on how refugees and migrants should be treated. In a

tweet, Pope Francis said this, quote, we encounter Jesus and those who are poor, rejected or refugees. Do not let fear get in the way of welcoming our

neighbor in need. Hashtag with refugees.

And that is "News Stream." I'm Kristie Lu Stout. But don't go anywhere. "World Sport" with Christina Macfarlane is next.

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