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[08:00:00] KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN NEWS STREAM SHOW HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. Welcome to "News Stream." Irma's trail of destruction.

Millions across the Caribbean and the U.S. are dealing with the aftermath. Some are still struggling with severe water and food shortages.

The U.N. levels tougher sanctions against North Korea but will that get Pyongyang to temper its nuclear program? We're live from the North Korean

capital.

Mounting international pressure on Myanmar after more than 300,000 Rohingya flee the country.

We are only beginning to see the full scope of the devastation left behind from Hurricane Irma. The storm has killed at least five people in the U.S.

since it made landfall in Florida. The government orders some six and a half million people to leave the state. Some eight million people are

without water, not just in Florida, but also Georgia, the Carolinas and Alabama.

Emergency responders are having a difficult time reaching parts of the Florida keys which had 190 kilometer per hour sustained winds. A part of

the main highway connecting the islands of Florida mainland is underwater. Initial estimates indicate that one-fourth of the homes in the keys have

been destroyed and 65 percent have major damages, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Just like this, a house in Jacksonville, Florida falling into the ocean. This is making some evacuees anxious to return to see how their homes

weathered the storm, but the government is urging patience. Many survivors in the Caribbean Islands are living in desperate conditions. Countless

people still have no food, water or fuel. And as they wait for aid, they are just beginning to uncover the deaths of the damage. Polo Sandoval has

more.

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POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Catastrophic damage across the Caribbean, a category five hurricane packing winds of up to 185 miles

per hour when it roared through these islands late last week. Irma left almost total devastation in its wake.

At least 36 people were killed, a number that almost surely will rise. Thousands are homeless businesses, businesses are wiped out. On many

islands there is little food or clean water. Thousands of American tourists and residents were among those stranded by the storm.

This is St. Martin today, an idealic resort turned to rubble overnight. The island of 72,000 tool a direct hit from Irma.

American officials say the evacuated about 1,200 U.S. citizens from St. Martin, shuttling them on military transport planes to nearby Puerto Rico.

For those who remain, there has been almost no food, water or power for days and the search for those essentials quickly took a desperate turn.

Looters are some reportedly armed demanded anything from food to a working car.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): That's roof. The roof is about to come. Yes, there it is. The roof just went, Jess. The whole roof, the whole just

went flying right off.

SANDOVAL (voice-over): Irma killed at least eight people when it pummeled the British and U.S. Virgin Islands. U.S. navy personnel moved in to

medevac the most seriously injured, perhaps hardest hit the tiny islands of Anguilla and Barbuda.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (voice-over): That pole (ph), it was just encompassing. And it really became at one point a question of whether we would live to

see through it.

SANDOVAL (voice-over): The island's prime minister said Irma raked, quote, "total devastation there."

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I can barely hear you. It's coming on strong. Yes, I will just put my jacket on.

SANDOVAL (voice-over): Irma heavily flooded the streets of Havana, Cuba. Cuban authorities cut off power to parts of the city as a safety measure.

And as bad as Havana was hit, Cuba's northeast coast took an even worse pounding all just before Irma turned and send its sights on Florida. Polo

Sandoval, CNN, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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LU STOUT: Let's go to look at the condition on the ground in the Caribbean and what aid is on its way. CNN's Patrick Oppmann joins me from Havana,

Cuba and Cyril Vanier is in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Patrick, let's begin with you. We know that Irma as a hurricane left a trail of destruction

across the Caribbean. It hit Cuba. What does the aftermath look like there?

PATRICK OPPMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The sun is out and that usually would be a good thing surely for the people's belongings that got soaked. They

can take them outside as they were doing yesterday. We saw it in Havana seafront, drying them out.

[08:05:00] But for the buildings that have also been drenched or even flooded, the sun means that they will dry out, begin to buckle (INAUDIBLE)

building collapses. It's a very common event and a terrifying event in Havana.

So we may not be out of the woods yet. They are opening the airport today in Havana which means tours will be able to finally leave more supplies and

resources will be able to come in. There are spots where we are getting internet across the city.

Electricity is slowly coming back but unfortunate in my neighborhood and I can tell you that it is very frustrating when you don't have power. It

really changes your life, so people here are trying to rebuild their lives, but it's slow going, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Got it. The situation is slowly coming back to normal there in Havana. Let's go to Cyril Vanier. He is standing in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Cyril, although it avoided a direct hit, Puerto Rico was hit hard by the storm. What is the situation there now?

CYRIL VANIER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Puerto Rico is recovering better than most of the other neighboring Caribbean islands. The reason is exactly what you

just said, it avoided direct hit. The storm came several miles that way, so it didn't actually make landfall on coast.

So the damage that you saw was trees (INAUDIBLE) power outages. That was very severe in the early day. We are talking hundreds of thousands. The

Puerto Rico governor (INAUDIBLE) one million. He also said later on that several hundreds to thousands, he had been able to restore power to them.

So that effort is still ongoing. Everybody hasn't had their power restored yet. But we're not at all on the scale of the problem that we saw

immediately after the passage of Hurricane Irma. So, in fact, I think there is a recognition by Puerto Ricans that they are doing better than their

neighbors to such an extent that Puerto Rico is actually helping other islands.

So, it's a regional hug. So, they're sending help. There is the Puerto Rico National Guard. They are bringing in evacuees, 1,200 U.S. citizens brought

in from St. Martin about 36 hours ago. Now, 24 hours ago, they told some civilians were actually getting on boats or chartering their own boat to go

to the U.S. Virgin Islands because they know those places have been hit very hard and the recovery there isn't nearly what it is here.

LU STOUT: Interesting. Puerto Rico becoming a hug for relief response after the storm. Let's go back to Patrick Oppmann. He is standing by in Havana.

Patrick, some major flooding was reported in low-lying areas of Cuba. How equipped are Cuban authorities to cleanup and rebuild after the storm and

the floods?

OPPMANN: You know, here in Havana, which did not bear the full run of the storm, we really did see some amazing pictures of flooding that lasted for

days. We were yesterday on the Havana seafront and had been underwater just few days ago, but the waters have receded.

That's the good news. But left behind a lot of damage. People are just getting into their homes now finding belongings. So Cuban government is

helping them. They are delivering food, trying to keep looting from taking place. But I think perhaps the headline of the storm has been that Cuba's -

- for a long time, Cuba's defense systems have been praised for how they respond to the storms.

They were simply overwhelmed this time, Kristie, when category five hits over half the country. I don't think any country could have dealt with it

and Cuba has a lot of lessons learned from the storm.

LU STOUT: All right. Patrick Oppmann joining us live from Havana and Cyril Vanier joining us live from San Juan, Puerto Rico. A big thank you to you

both.

Authorities are trying to reach stranded residents across the U.S. state of Florida. Trees are down all over. Many roads are still inaccessible due to

the debris and the flood waters. CNN's Brian Todd visited one couple who stayed in their home.

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BRIAN TODD, CNN CORESPONDENT (voice-over): Much of Bonita Springs, Florida is under water. This small stoic community sandwiched between Fort Myers

and Naples was slammed with Irma's highest winds and unrelenting rain. When the Imperial River flooded, so did this mobile home neighborhood, the

Imperial Bonita Estates. When we come upon Doreen Raegal (ph), caretaker of the mobile homes, she's visibly worried about an elderly couple who decided

to stay in their home.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They're maybe there, I don't know.

TODD (voice-over): Through water that sometimes comes up to our waists, water contaminated with oil, chemicals, and garbage. We charged about a

mile into the neighborhood. Homes are inundated, badly damaged. Some are completely overturned.

You're Doreen's (ph) husband?

We meet Doreen Raegal's (ph) husband, Roger, also a caretaker of the mobile homes who couldn't get to that couple. He's shaken by the condition of his

neighborhood.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's a lot of damage. A lot of damage.

TODD (voice-over): We finally make it to the home of Edith and Ed Nalapa. She is 88. He is 93 and has Parkinson's and diabetes. The water is lapping

the front door of their trailer. The alarm of their flooded car is buzzing.

Do you want us to call the fire department or police department?

EDITH NALAPA, RESIDENT OF BONITA SPRINGS: No, no, no. We're fine. We're doing good.

TODD (voice-over): Edith says they knew they probably have flooded.

[08:10:00] We asked why they didn't leave when most of their neighbors did.

NALAPA: Difficulty taking care of my husband. We have every, you know, we have food here at home. He has all of his medications and everything, just

easy.

TODD (voice-over): And the question we often ask of disaster victims like Edith and Ed, do they want to continue to live in a place so devastated?

NALAPA: Yes, we love it here. We've been here 27 years. This is home.

TODD: We repeatedly offered Ed and Edith Nalapa food and water, we offered to call the police and fire departments for them, we even offered to carry

them out of the neighborhood if they wanted to. They were resolute and said no. They had plenty of supplies to last for several days. Edith also said

they have flood insurance so they're optimistic about how this is going to turn out.

But the mayor of Bonita Springs told us they're still trying to get fire and rescue crews to neighborhoods like the Nalapa's to see who's stranded

or possibly injured. Brian Todd, CNN, near Bonita Springs, Florida.

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LU STOUT: If you want to find out how you can help the victims of Hurricane Irma, you can go to cnn.com/impact. You can donate to one of the charities

or you can even volunteer your time.

North Korea faces new round of global sanctions. Up next, find out how people there are reacting. We are going to take you live to Pyongyang.

They are among the most persecuted people in the world. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya are on the move to escape violence in Myanmar. The

growing humanitarian crises next.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong. Welcome back. You're watching "News Stream." There is fiery new rhetoric from North Korean officials over

tough new economic sanctions. The U.N. Security Council approved a U.S.- drafted resolution on Monday and it targets some of Pyongyang's most vital imports and exports. It can cause the regime a sizable chunk of its

revenue.

Japan applies the sanctions which come one week after the regime claimed it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. Let's get more on the reaction inside

North Korea. Will Ripley is the only western TV journalist currently in Pyongyang. He joins us now live. Will, your thoughts on this and what you

have been hearing there. With this new round of sanctions, do the people of North Korea worry about their lives getting a lot harder?

WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: They say they don't, Kristie, and if you look at the track record, the round after round of sanctions passed, and

yet the living standards certainly here in their prosperous capital of Pyongyang are prosperous in comparison to the rest of the country. Living

standards keep going up. Their economy grew by four percent last year despite some of the strongest sanctions ever imposed against this country.

North Korea has shown that they do have the ability to circumvent these sanctions. Nonetheless, they are never going to say that they're happy

about it. Obviously, it makes things a lot more difficult

[08:15:00] when you continue to add to the list the things that they are restricted from selling to other countries. Now textiles, before it was

iron, coal, lead, seafood. The list goes on. The challenges increase, but when we were on the ground here in the capital during a celebratory

weekend, it was made very clear to us that they say they will not be intimidated and they will continue with their lives here as normal despite

outside pressure.

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RIPLEY (voice-over): Here on the streets of the North Korean capital, there is no sense of nervousness or escalating tension. Pyongyang is a city in

celebration mode. (INAUDIBLE) buzzing from the success of their biggest nuclear test ever and their unprecedented barrage with missile launches.

Over the weekend, their leader, Kim Jong-un, hosted a (INAUDIBLE) for those nuclear scientists and other contributors to the H bomb tests, even playing

the first video of that test on a giant screen.

These missile launches and nuclear tests are not a threat to international peace and security, this man says. We are only giving strong warning to the

Americans.

Those so-called strong warnings leading to even stronger sanctions from the U.N. Security Council unanimously passed yet another round of sanctions

capping oil imports, banning textile exports, and continuing to cut North Korea's ability to earn money.

RIPLEY: Do you worry about life getting a lot harder because of these tests?

We don't worry very much, he says. As long as we have Kim Jong-un, we will survive.

We know the Americans may come back with many more sanction, she says. But in response, we Koreans will continue shooting up many more missiles and

conducting many more H bomb tests.

RIPLEY: North Korea is also celebrating a major national holiday, the 69th anniversary of the foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

It is customary on days like this for people to buy flowers in stands that are set up all over the city and leave them at the statues of the two late

leaders, President Kim ll-sung and General Kim Jong-il

These massive statues on Mansu Hill are an important gatherings like here in Pyongyang. People bring their families, their children. You can even see

people taking wedding photos. Coming here and paying respect is an expected part of life in the capital, home to the most trusted privileged North

Koreans.

Another expected part of life here, mass displays of patriotism. We have seen people rehearsing all over the city and this is the end result. It is

designed to instill a sense of community and also to show loyalty to North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, a leader who continues to defy the outside

world with what they consider provocative acts, while here inside the world he controls, life goes on.

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RIPLEY: There are a number of things in this latest sanctions resolution that will take some time for North Korea to really feel the impact,

allowing the contracts of foreign laborers to expire, cutting off that source of revenue, cracking down on ships that may be trying to smuggle

materials, elicits smuggling material and research those ships more easily.

That's the kind of thing that cumulatively over time could have greater impact, Kristie, but at least from what we've been able to observe on the

ground over the last couple of years, we've only seen the living standards improving here even as the sanctions have continued to escalate. We will

have to see if that trend continues.

LU STOUT: Interesting. Revealing observation there, Will. The north promised a strong response and in its words, unbearable consequences. So,

how could Pyongyang retaliates after this new round of sanctions?

RIPLEY: Obviously, that's the fiery rhetoric that we've come to expect from North Korea. They also threaten the permanent extinction of the United

States, the country that they liken to a bloodthirsty beast. They talked about unimaginable pain as a result of these actions.

I mean, the North Koreans are clearly furious. They feel outraged. They think it's ridiculous that the United States would try to punish them for

developing weapons that even though they are illegal under international law, North Korea feels completely justified.

Their leadership tells people here that these nuclear weapons are the key to their survival as a nation and certainly the key to keeping his

government, the government led by Kim Jong-un, in power. And so there will be strong rhetoric and then of course, obviously we have to expect

inevitably there will be more missile launches.

South Korea thought that perhaps North Korea would launch an intercontinental ballistic missile over the weekend that didn't happen. It

didn't happen in the immediate aftermath of the sanctions vote, but we know it's not a matter of if but when, when it comes to North Korea. And when

they decide the time is right, they will send another defiant message.

It obviously said that the last programs they're going to cut are their missile program and their nuclear program which means we can see more

provocative acts and then, you know, once again the ratcheting up of tensions and still nothing that seems to be bringing the U.S. and North

Korea -- the United Nations is actually sitting down at the table and discussing all of this, because the North Koreans said they will not buckle

under this kind of economic pressure.

[08:20:00] By the way, Russia and China have made that same argument as well, that they don't think North Korea will buckle either.

LU STOUT: Yes, absolutely. In fact, it was because of the pressure from Russia and China that the sanctions fell short of what the U.S. had

originally wanted. I want to ask you. What's missing from this latest round of sanctions? What North Korean assets have been spared for now?

RIPLEY: There were some very important things that were left out of the sanctions bill that would have been very damaging and infuriating for the

North Koreans. One of course was the oil embargo that the United States wanted.

They essentially want to cut off the supply of oil into this country which would have very devastating effects for people living here, maybe not

necessarily for the missile programs or for the top elite officials who would still find ways to get the oil that they need, but certainly for all

the taxis on the streets here in Pyongyang, the government vans filling up the gas stations, people that rely on oil to heat their homes, so that

would have been a devastating measure that China and Russia insisted to be taken out.

Also, and this is a big one, North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, his name was not on this watered-down version of the sanctions. Initially, the U.S.

was calling for a travel ban for the North Korean leader, to freeze all of his assets. That would've been tantamount to an active war from the North

Korean perspective. Nothing angers them more than what they feel is an insult to the dignity of their supreme leadership. Also, North Korea's

national carrier, the airline Air Koryo, continues to fly.

It was not on this final version which means the North Korean diplomats and business people and some elite citizens can continue to travel to countries

like China and Russia and still have that interaction. So they have not been completely cut off, completely isolated, and there hasn't been the

kind of measure that would really be, you know, in the eyes of the United States a fatal blow. So in essence, Kristie, this feels like in many ways

more of the same, obviously very strict package of sanctions.

LU STOUT: Yes, strict package of sanctions, but not deeply, deeply punishing. Will Ripley reporting live from Pyongyang. As always, thank you

so much for your reporting and take care.

The new sanctions are are designed to put more pressure on North Korea, but the question is will this latest round work? Matt Rivers takes a closer

look.

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MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The American ambassador to the U.N. is calling the new U.N. sanctions levied against North Korea the,

quote, strongest ever, and yet in a way, they are more of the same. Let's explain. Financially, the sanctions will hurt the Kim Jong-un regime, start

with textile exports, now band, currently reported to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year in revenue.

Also, tens of thousands of North Koreans that work overseas will now eventually be sent home. The U.S. says the wages they sent back to the

regime total more than half a billion dollars each year. And with natural gas imports now banned outright and refined petroleum imports capped at two

million barrels a year, the regime will have a slightly harder time fueling its missile and nuclear ambitions.

NIKKI HALEY, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS: We are done trying to prod the regime to do the right thing. We are now acting to stop it from

having the ability to continue doing the wrong thing. We are doing that by hitting North Korea's ability to fuel and find its weapons program.

RIVERS (voice-over): But despite all of that, consider all that these sanctions don't do. A first draft from the United States called not just

for a cap for an outright ban on all oil imports. It called for North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit cargo to be inspected using all

means necessary including force.

It called for an immediate ban on all North Korean overseas labor immediately. It is also to blacklist Kim Jong-un himself, freezing his

assets and restricting travel. Had they been approved, those sanctions would have the power to have a potentially serious and immediate impact,

and yet none of them made the final draft.

If you're wondering why these didn't get passed, look no further than China and Russia. Both countries hold veto power on the Security Council, meaning

nothing gets passed if they don't want it to. Both countries are skeptical that severe additional sanctions would make the tense nuclear standoff any

better. Plus, China is North Korea's only major trading partner, trucks rumbling over the border each day, the regime's economic lifeline in convoy

form.

So the U.S. had to tone down its original wish list, perhaps betting that passing any sanctions are better than passing none at all. So, where does

that leave us? Well, we've got new sections in place that are stronger than before. The U.S. says they will immediately cut more than a billion dollars

of revenue for the regime. And yet at the same time, doubts remain whether these incremental measures will be enough to force Kim Jong-un to stop what

he's doing.

Meanwhile, in a statement published in state media, North Korea's Foreign Ministry said that the new sanctions would quote, "cause the U.S. the

greatest pain and suffering." Matt Rivers, CNN, Beijing.

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LU STOUT: Turning now to a growing humanitarian crisis. The United Nations says 370,000 ethnic Rohingyas have fled,

[08:25:00] the recent crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine State. The U.N. Security Council will meet on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing violence.

The government of Myanmar claims that they are fighting Rohingya militants, but refuges are reporting violence against civilians as well. Alexandra

Field has more on the Rohingya mass exodus.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNTRANSLATED)

ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): There is no hope they can save anything but themselves. Hundreds of thousands on a

treacherous journey trekking by boat into Bangladesh right after night.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): We fled into the mountains and hid there for a couple of days. When we went back to our houses, we saw

everything was burned down. They killed people by stabbing, slaughtering, and starting fires.

FIELD (voice-over): What's happening on the other side of the river in the Myanmar's Rakhine State is captured by satellite images that show entire

villages burned to the ground. This is home to the Rohingyas, people often called the "world's most persecuted."

A minority Muslim group in a predominantly Buddhist country forced on a deadly journey over water, through the jungles, and under fire to escape a

living hell.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): One of my relatives when she was fleeing, she came back to get tobacco. The army fired rocket propelled

grenade and she died.

FIELD (voice-over): The massive exodus counted for almost the third of Myanmar's Rohingya population in just two weeks. Nearly 300,000 Rohingyas

fleeing on foot. Bodies including children are pulled from the Naf River that leads refugees to Bangladesh.

As many as 80 refugees are believed to have drowned. This Rohingya man tells us he's working to find and remove landmines laid along the border

maiming those escaping. A weapon's expert confirms that he's holding two live mines.

Some of the paroles for 30,000 Rohingya were now stranded in the hillside without food, without supplies. Unable to get the river crossing and too

fearful to turn back. Others are stuck in villages across Rakhine.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): Now we have reached to another village and it is safe yet, but we don't know when they will start shooting and setting

fire to this village, but we hope we will stay safe here.

FIELD (voice-over): CNN cannot verify this accounts. The government is not allowing media access to our kind. But the United Nations estimates at

least a thousand people have died in the violence that broke out at the end of August triggered by a militant attack on border guards.

The military responded with an intensified campaign that they say targets terrorists. Human rights groups call it ethnic cleansing.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): They are killing us because we are Muslim. They wanted to destroy all Muslims of the Rakhine State. We don't

want to go back , they will kill us.

FIELD (voice-over): The Rohingyas now rapidly leaving the country where they have lived for generations. A place where they aren't recognized as

citizens. The second exodus in a year.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): They burned everything. They killed my husband. They beat him to death.

FIELD (voice-over): Like the rest, Jojar Began (ph) says she has nothing to go back to. She was desperate to leave. Alexandra Field, CNN.

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LU STOUT: And even after they flee the violence of Myanmar, many Rohingya refugees still struggle to find a peaceful life. On our website, we have

the stories of those who fled to Pakistan. Many tell us that they are just unable to get citizenship, even living and working there for generations.

Their stateless status in some ways mirroring the persecution they faced back in Myanmar. You can find the story at cnn.com.

The British government has scored a critical political win, and we are going to take you live to Downing Street with the latest on U.K.'s journey

out of the E.U. right after this short break.

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[08:30:00] KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching News Stream and this are your world headlines.

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LU STOUT: We are just beginning to see the full scope of the damage from hurricane Irma's powerful winds into Florida Keys. Our first responders

are getting to work.

Authorities say one of every four homes in the Keys has been completely destroyed. Most of the others have some kind of damage.

French President Emmanuel Macron is in the Caribbean to get a look at damage in France's island territories. He spoke to emergency officials and

survivors in Guadeloupe. Mr. Macron wile visit other islands including San Martin as authorities deliver supplies.

North Korean officials are warning the U.S. could face unbearable consequences after the U.N. Security Council adopted new sanctions on

Pyongyang.

The resolution drafted by Washington, limits North Korea's oil imports and bands its textile exports. This is comes just one week after Pyongyang

carried its sixth and biggest nuclear test.

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LU STOUT: More now on the aftermath of hurricane Irma. More search and rescue teams are heading to the Florida Keys in a few hours.

One group consists of doctors and nurses that have provided treatment and emergencies just like this one. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen is with them. She

joins us now live. Elizabeth, when the team gets there, what will be their priority? How will they get to work?

ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I could see these are federal DMAT team, Disaster Medical Assistance Team, the part of the federal Department

of Health and Human Services.

I worked with them and other disasters, and it's pretty incredible what they do. These are folks who are really civilians, their doctors, nurses,

as you mention pharmacists.

We talk to a respiratory therapist and they have day jobs, usually, you know civilian jobs but then when disaster strikes, they are sent in and as

I've said, I've seen the work and they do incredible work.

The first thing they're going to do is asses the damage. You know you mention those statistics, a quarter of the houses are destroyed.

They all seem also said that every house in the Keys is some way has been impacted and so they need to go out, and see what's the impact been to

people.

That's not really known right now and that's what these folks are experts in, doing surveillance, looking at the impact and then they will offer

search capabilities, rescue capabilities, and medical capabilities. Again, these are medical professional. These are not soldiers. Kristie.

LU STOUT: So medical professionals are going to be out there to assess the damage in the Florida Keys as well as the human toll, what impact it had on

people.

There have been quite a number of people decide to stay in the Florida Keys to ride out the storm. We also know that during the storm, anyone who

tried to call 911 would not get a response.

Does this team have any idea of just a medical need on the ground, like when they get there, what kind of injuries they will have to attend to?

COHEN: You know, they don't, the classically, typically in these kind of situations you have a lot of trauma. You have people who have broken

bones. You have people who have taken blows to various parts of their body including their head.

You have folks who may have had medical problems to begin with. So people with diabetes, elderly people who aren't able to get their medication, they

are prepared to face all of those various scenarios.

And as you said, during the storm, 911 could not respond. And so there's lots of unanswered need out there and that's what this team is prepared to

address.

LU STOUT: All right, Elizabeth Cohen, joining is live. Many thanks indeed for that update. Take care. The British Prime Minister has won a major

victory on the road to Brexit.

Lawmakers voted to let the E.U. which all bill move on to its next phase, despite opposition from the Labor Party. Now Theresa May calls it a

historic decision to back the will of the British people.

[08:35:00] Now let's take it straight to 10 Downing Street in London, Bianca Nobilo joins us now live. Bianca, this was a significant step

toward Brexit but tell us, what happens next?

BIANCA NOBILO, CNN PRODUCER: It was a hugely significant step and the bill, the E.U. with full bull is a very contentious piece of legislation.

We weren't sure if it was going to pass but it did pass.

But the majority 36 votes, which is impressive considering Theresa May in her weakened position since the last election, only has a working majority

13 votes.

So what's next? Will this bill, will go the committee stage? That's Mps dissect the bill line by line. They deconstruct certainly and they make

their argument.

It's also an amendment of vote to done. Now just this morning, Kristie, over 100 amendments has been tabled to this still. So it's not going to be

easy.

And then after that, it will pass through to the third reading and likely bounce back between the House of Lords and the House of Commons until they

finally agree on wording then the bill will go forward to where it sent.

LU STOUT: Got it. So the Brexit bill is going to move onto the next phase despised some pretty firm opposition from critics and the Labour Party who

called it a power grab. How so?

NOBILO: That's right. It's not just the Labour Party in fact. There's many concern to the MPs, of the government party who also have concerns

about the new powers, the have still would entrust some ministers to help amend low.

The point of this is so that has no so called black hole in the statue book when Britain leaves the E.U. in 2019. So it gives ministers powers to

amend law without intent parliament and scrutiny.

But many people are calling a return to the powers of Henry the Ape, saying that colonial and they damage Democracy by allowing the government to go

over the hedge of parliament and then enacted more what they wish.

The Labour Party have called it malicious, dangerous that it potentially damages the constitution. So this is very contentious and it's not going

to be (Inaudible) for the prime minister or the Brexit secretary.

LU STOUT: So as the bill moves to the House of Commons and the House of Lords, would it likely be (Inaudible) to secure support from its critics.

NOBILO: That is the expectation. In fact, one of the only reasons that this bill manage to pass last night is because ministers gave assurance to

MPs that their concerns about the bill.

Particularly those so called Henry the Apes powers won't be listening to the committee stage and that the remits of ministers will be clearly

defined.

So the powers can't be abused when this bill comes into law. So we certainly expect them to see quite a lot of changes as the bill goes

through with the rest of these stages.

LU STOUT: All right, Bianca Nabilo reporting live for us in 10 Downing Street, thank you. Now coming up next right here on News Stream.

The new film adaptation of the Stephen King novel It just had a record box office weekend. Now we will visit the theater that had a special screening

just for clowns. This was no laughing matter.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back. The Hollywood has seen its worst summer at the box office in some 20 years but a new adaptation of Stephen King's classic

novel It is giving movie theaters a boost.

[08:40:00] Now this weekend, the killer clown film had the biggest opening of any horror movie ever. Now CNN's Frank Pallotta attended the screening

in Brooklyn New York which looked a lot like my own personal nightmare.

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FRANK PALLOTTA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We're here at Alamo Drafthouse with my absolute worst nightmare. Why would you want to see It in a theater full

of clowns rather than regular people?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Anytime I'm seeing a horror movie, I like seeing it with a big group of people. So that once some scary happens, you feel that

energy ripple through the crowd.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Why now? It sounds awesome. A whole bunch of people dressed as clowns and a theater sounds just terrifying.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I wanted to dress like a clown out in public and I can normally do that at comic-con and here I can do it again.

PALLOTTA: Do you feel It is a positive reflection of the clown community?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Probably not. I'm not very in touch with the clown community but I have to assume that I'll be upset about this movie.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I would say, yes, because it has meet the impression of clowns more diverse and with It coming out, clowns are back into the

(Inaudible) where they should be.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm in the clown community and we attend clown events together and we do some kinky and fetish stuff together as well.

PALLOTTA: Oh, great. So you're actually a clown?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, the more people who come in to the community, the better because it shows a little inclination towards the fetish, and that

invite more people to out community.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Clowns are timeless than I guess time mostly scary. I've made a lot of children cry already.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Like movie theaters aren't as fun anymore and this film ahs happening here and you know, it's a bit a tip for us but it decided so

worthy and we're gone here, and saw some people, all right, yes. It was worth it.

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LU STOUT: I can't handle the clowns. I just can't and why were there mimes there? Why? That was CNN Frank Pallotta reporting there.

Now the acclaimed author of the novel It, Stephen King of course will have another reason to celebrate next week when he marks the mile stone, his

70th birthday on September 21st. And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout but don't go anywhere, World Sport with Alex Thomas is next.

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