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STEPHANIE SY, CNN NEWS ANCHOER AND REPORTER: I'm Stephanie Sy in New York. Welcome to "News Stream."

All is calm for now but what lies ahead after an apparent military coup to remove President Mugabe? President Trump boast America is back after his

trip to Asia, but when it comes to the Roy Moore headlines, he's silent.

Plus, another setback for Russian athlete hoping to compete in the upcoming winter Olympics in South Korea.

The streets of Zimbabwe are calm this day but if there is anything bad at the top of the country's political hierarchy, for a second day President

Robert Mugabe is under house arrest. Sources tell CNN his opposition rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, is now back in the country and efforts are underway to

form a transitional government. Our David McKenzie tells us how I got to this point.

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DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): After nearly four decades in power, perhaps inevitable that it would come down to this

in Zimbabwe. Troops on the streets and the dramatic freedom military statement saying that this apparent coup wasn't a coup.

MAJ. GEN. SIBUSISO MOYO, CHIEF OF STAFF LOGISTICS, ZIMBABWEAN MILITARY: Comrade RG Mugabe and his family are safe and his family are safe and sound

and their security is guaranteed.

MCKENZIE (voice-over): But these words could be the end of an era. Robert Mugabe seemingly forced to side by his military after trying and apparently

failing to turn his dictatorship into a dynasty. Grooming his wife nicknamed "Gucci Grace" for her opulent taste to succeed him and a step too

far for many powerful rivals.

Perhaps now no more lavish birthday bashes for Mugabe who like to spend hundreds of thousands on gatherings while his people languished in poverty.

His legacy is dominated by violence and oppression. And an economic collapse so bad, money became worthless and millions fled. For many, Robert

Mugabe could leave behind a sell the country.

ROBERT GABRIEL MUGABE, PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE: I, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, do swear --

MCKENZIE (voice-over): So it's easy to forget that at first, many likened Mugabe to Nelson Mandela. Preaching reconciliation after a brutal

liberation struggle that he helped lead. Repairing bonds with the former colonial master, Britain. He was even nicer.

The young Zimbabwe became the envy of the continent. Mugabe trained as a teacher, presiding over an education revolution, and the thriving

agricultural power house. But Mugabe like to say he had a degree in violence and from the start he squashed political dissent.

MUGABE: We get our escape and get back by the (INAUDIBLE).

MCKENZIE (voice-over): When his power became threatened at the ballot (ph), he sanctioned violent attacks in white owned farms by so called (INAUDIBLE)

to strengthen his hat. And he crashed a rising opposition using his hold on state security. Mugabe was abandoned by the west and its aid. The country

never fully recovered.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Robert Mugabe is here and during the last years all the people decide to change him.

MCKENZIE (voice-over): It seems his military, if not, his people, have finally made that decision for him.

David McKenzie, CNN, Harare, Zimbabwe.

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SY: All right. Let's take you now to the Zimbabwean capital. Our Farai Sevenzo is standing by in Harare. Farai, who is in charge of Zimbabwe right

now?

FARAI SEVENZO, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (via telephone): Stephanie, that's a very good question, but from what we've seen, it's obviously the

army who are in charge. It is them, but according to (INAUDIBLE), it is the the generals who put soldiers on the streets as I came to Harare this

morning. I was shocked by the fact that there were hardly any involvement of public police around, but Kenya soldiers. So, to answer your question, I

would say it's the army that is in charge of Zimbabwe at the moment.

SY: OK. So, we have learned that the opposition leader Tsvangirai is back in Zimbabwe. Is he in contention for power? What else can you tell us about

this so-called transitional government we are hearing about?

SEVENZO (via telephone): Well, at the moment, Stephanie, it is (INAUDIBLE) speculation. People are trying to figure out how to move forward after this

apparent coup. And of course Mr. Tsvangirai has a major part in Zimbabwe in political life, but there is one little factor that may stop him from

reaching his goal of absolute taking full control of the situation because, you know, he is sick. He is suffering from colon cancer. He has been in and

out of Africa for chemotherapy.

And then of course there is the other rumor that is circulating. Emmerson Mnangagwa, the vice president, who initiated this ferocious kind of

response by the army actually the unprecedentedly (ph) involved in political life, that he is coming back into the country. Now remember who

Emmerson Mnangagwa is. He is the man who chaired the Joint Operations Command. That is the umbrella body comprising of all the security agents,

the intelligence, the army, the air force, the police.

And it was him who was seen with Mr. Mugabe as enforcer and right-hand man. And there is no doubt at all (INAUDIBLE) analysts that he had been in

constant contact with the army. And of course, we are also heading to December, which is when the Zanu-PH is going to don an extraordinary

congress, which was meant to be anointing (ph) Grace Mugabe as the vice president.

But this time, it's almost certainly the fact that Emmerson Mnangagwa will be declared the president of Zanu-PH, painting (ph) the way for him to

stand in election next year and obviously become president. But that is a long way. We are far from that date. We still have to sort out what

happened to the (INAUDIBLE) because Mr. Mugabe's loyal lieutenant (INAUDIBLE) is detained at his residence. So, there are few steps to go

before we actually have a clear picture of this (INAUDIBLE) situation.

SY: Indeed. Farai Sevenzo reporting from Harare. Thank you so much, Farai.

U.S. President Donald Trump has cast his presidency in its first year as a great American comeback. He delivered a speech when he returned from his

12-day five-nation tour of Asia, saying America is now respected. Paula Hancocks has a look at how he was received in the region, and North Korea's

response.

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PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: U.S. President Donald Trump said that his Asia trip was a great success. And for the most part,

officials here in the region would certainly agree with that. There was a lot of (INAUDIBLE) and ceremony and red carpet rolled up for the U.S.

president in Japan, in South Korea, in China.

And certainly from an official point of view, there is a feeling that the meetings and the visits did go very well. But of course there is that

question as to what exactly was decided, what exactly was accomplished. When it comes to North Korea, for example, there was a lot of talking.

There were no concrete steps, at least publicly, that we've told about as to how to try and curtail the nuclear missile program of North Korea.

Certainly in Japan and in South Korea, there was some unilateral steps as the U.S. president was in those respective countries. The leaders

(INAUDIBLE) unilateral sanctions on more North Korea organizations, on individuals, certainly showing that they are supporting the U.S.

president's attempts to try and curtail that program.

But from a personal point of view, North Korea was certainly not pleased with the trip. We did see one tweet from the U.S. president where he called

the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, short and fat. And that has been responded to by the North Koreans. There was a commentary in the Statesman

Media wrote on (INAUDIBLE), which said, quote, "Trump, who is no more than an old slave of money, dared point an accusing finger at the sun. He should

know that he is just a hideous criminal sentenced to death by the Korean people."

Certainly, that is stronger line to me. We often hear this direct death threat to the U.S. president, but it's a clear indication of just how angry

the North Koreans are when Mr. Trump decides to personally insult the North Korean leader.

Now, from China's point of view, they have a tough envoy on his way to Pyongyang on Friday. He officially is going to update the North Koreans on

how the party congress in China went and what the new agreements are. But certainly, it is widely expected that the nuclear missile program will be

discussed. China has long said that they want to see dialogue between the United States and the North Koreans.

Paula Hancocks, CNN, Seoul.

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SY: Russia is a step closer to saying its athletes banned from the winter Olympics in South Korea in February. That is after the World Anti-Doping

Agency upheld the decision, that Russian Anti-Doping Agency remains noncompliant. It is a classification that has haunted

[08:10:00] the Russian teams since 2015, when a report uncovered state sanction doping on a massive scale. Russia has denied this accusation all

along. CNN is watching this story across the globe. Joining us now in London is Alex Thomas of World Sport. Our Fred Pleitgen is in Moscow with

reaction from there.

Alex, I want to start with you. Why is the Russian Anti-Doping Agency still in the doghouse? Was there new information that they were in breach of

code?

ALEX THOMAS, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: No, they just (INAUDIBLE) certainly to the 31 points put on the road map, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency to

become compliant once more. Most two major stumbling blocks (INAUDIBLE). First of all, Russia has not accepted the findings of the McLaren reports.

There were two reports back in 2016 from Richard McLaren, a Canadian law professor.

Second, which was the most stunning, talking about more than a thousand Russian athletes in over 30 sports taking part in a state-sponsored program

to cheat the sports over five-year period starting in 2011. They didn't publicly said that is all true, and the second one is that the World Anti-

Doping Agency wants access to the Moscow lab at the center of those claims about the state-sponsored doping.

Until those two are satisfied, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency will remain noncompliant, which means any athletes living in training in Russia are in

theory not eligible for competition.

SY: All right. I want to get in to that part of it. I want to bring in Fred in Moscow, because you heard, Fred, Alex mentioned these Moscow labs that

WADA wants access to, how is Moscow responding to this continuing suspension and is there any evidence that they might open those labs?

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, certainly it doesn't look like they're going to open those labs any time too soon,

Stephanie. And you're absolutely right, those are the two main sticking points. As far as that lab is concerned here in Moscow, the Russians are

saying, look, we have an internal investigation going on, and as long as that investigation is going on, no one else is going to get access to the

laboratory. That obviously does not satisfy the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Now the other point that the Russians are saying is they believe that a lot of this is politicized. That goes to the second thing that Alex was saying

there, the fact that the Russians are supposed to recognize the findings of the McLaren report. Well, the Russians did that. They would essentially be

admitting that there was a state-sponsored program of doping here in this country and that certainly is not something that the Russians are going to

do.

In fact what's going on now is that the Russians had to turn all the surrounding. They are saying, look, all of this is actually being

politicized against Russia. In fact, nobody less than Vladimir Putin has come out and said the following. And this is the quote I'm reading here.

He says, quote, here's what worries me. The Olympics start in February and when do we have presidential elections? He is talking about Russia

obviously. In March. There are big suspicions that this is all done to create a climate of discontent for sports fans and athletes that is

necessary for someone, that allegedly the state took part in these violations and is responsible for this.

so the Russians are saying, look, all of this might be done to try and destabilize Russia. But I think it also shows the power that sports seems

to have over politics or at least the power that the Russians are subscribing to sports when it comes to being inside the political sphere as

well, Stephanie.

SY: Yes. Let's talk about what it means for sport a little bit more. Alex, what option does the International Olympic Committee have when it comes to

Russian athlete participation in winter Olympics?

THOMAS: It has the ability to stop any Russian athlete (INAUDIBLE) winter Olympics ultimately. We expect the IOC's executive board when it meets

early next month to make exactly that decision. It has also announced its own investigation. It has been looking (INAUDIBLE) findings from water, and

its reports to Richard McLaren, and trying to decide for itself, what I should do about Russian athletes?

It is a very similar situations to the one they found themselves before the Rio Summer Olympics last year. And on that occasion, the track and field

athletes, the Russia did not compete, but all the other sports were allowed individually to decide whether or not Russian athletes in those sports

where there is weightlifting, rowing, whatever it might be, could compete.

So many Russian athletes did still compete at Rio and (INAUDIBLE) risk of international incidents by banning Russia or insisting athletes compete

under neutral flag or instead risk the possibility that there will be potentially drug cheats at the winter Olympics in PyeongChang next March.

SY: Fred, how are the average Russians reacting to this story. You talked about President Putin being concerned that this is a way to sort of

destabilize society ahead of the presidential elections there.

PLEITGEN: You know, I think the average Russian is probably somewhat concerned and certainly is watching all this -- not necessarily very

closely,

[08:15:00] but certainly with some concern. Look, Russian is definitely a country that for the winter Olympics, it's very, very important to them.

You look for instance at the Russian hockey team, you know, which is one of the big classic teams of Olympic winter sports.

SY: Yes.

PLEITGEN: You look at biathlon. These were always things that were a source of national pride for the Russians and games that they watch very, very

close. I would say even much more closely than the summer Olympics because of course this is a country that just does have so much in the way of

winter sports. So this is immensely important to them.

At the same time, there are a lot of Russians who will see this as the world community picking on Russia once again. You know, having seen that in

the political sphere or felt that in the political international security. They now feel that in the international sporting sphere. So this is

something that is very, very important to them.

And I think one of the things that has been very, very interesting as all of this has been unfolding over the course of this morning is that senior

Russian officials including Vitaly Mutko, obviously one of the deputy prime ministers of this country, came out and said, look, this is not the last

word, it doesn't mean that Russian athletes can't compete in the winter Olympics.

That something that the IOC will have to decide. I think it is on December 5th now that the Russians are looking forward to. So I think this is a very

serious situation for the Russians but they are also saying, look, let us be calm for now and wait for this to unfold.

SY: Yes. Frank, you forgot my favorite sport in the winter Olympics which the Russians are always dominant in, figure skating.

PLEITGEN: What was that?

SY: All right. Alex --

PLEITGEN: Yes, absolutely. Yes.

SY: Alex Thomas and Fred Pleitgen, thanks so much.

U.S. Republican lawmakers are about to face a major test as the House votes on its version of tax reform. But resistance from some Republicans could

throw a wrench in their plan. That's just ahead.

And Rohingya refugees are speaking up about the violence in Myanmar. We'll hear from a U.N. special representative on how rape is being used as a

weapon against the ethnic minority.

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SY: Myanmar is facing increasing international pressure over the Rohingya crisis. And now Human Rights Watch has released a really disturbing report.

It says security forces in Myanmar have committed widespread rape against Rohingya women and girls as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing in

Rakhine state. The report was based on interviews with 52 Rohingya refugees.

More than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since August. Our Kristie Lu Stout spoke to the U.N. secretary general special

representative on sexual violence and conflict, Pramila Patten, about the crisis.

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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN NEWS STREAM SHOW HOST: You spoke to Rohingya women who are survivors of sexual violence. What do they tell you about what they

experience and about how rape is being used as a weapon against them?

PRAMILA PATTEN, U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND CONFLICT: I spent three days in Cox's Bazar meeting with

survivors and witnesses of sexual violence.

[08:20:00] The stories they shared with me are simply heartbreaking, shocking, and horrific. And they remind me basically of the dark memories

of the genocide in Rwanda in terms of the level of hatred and the brutality of the sexual violence that they have undergone. I met --

LU STOUT: And you heard accounts of rape, of force nudity humiliation, as well as sexual slavery. Could you tell me more about who has been targeted

in this way? Is it both both women and children, girls under the age of 18?

PATTEN: The women and the young girls have been mainly targeted. Most of the women that I spoke to and the young girls reported rape, gang rape by

multiple soldiers, sexual slavery. One woman told me how she was detained for 45 days. There is a lot of force nudity in public. Women reported -- I

visited their full camps. I visited the camp site in (INAUDIBLE) and also (INAUDIBLE) border area.

And I met women and girls who were very willing to talk to me. And they shared to me the stories how, for example, in many villages, they were

forced to strip and to lie down in the scorching sun outside their house. Their houses were torched. And their husbands were asked to signed a

document to the effect that they have burned down the houses.

And they explained how in most cases it was the village leader who had to take the responsibility to sign those documents in order to prevent the

gang rape and the mass rape from taking place. So there was a lot of humiliation which compounded the sexual violence that they went through.

Many women and girls reported the sexual violence, gang rape by multiple soldiers.

They also reported how they witnessed, for example, women and young girls especially the very pretty ones who were tied to trees and gang raped until

death. That was very disturbing. What was also very disturbing and it was really visible because the women were really clinging to their children, to

their babies, when they were talking to me, and they shared with me the stories of how babies had been thrown into the fire while mothers would be

gang raped.

And they also -- it was interesting that they shared the pattern which started way beyond August in terms of how there was a history of

persecution. They were tortured. They were arrested and detained and tortured before having a cell phone. They were not allowed to communicate

with the outside world.

LU STOUT: Shocking and horrific accounts that you've heard. Earlier this week, you heard from Myanmar army. It says that it's completely exonerated.

It is clear of any wrongdoing. It targets terrorists. So, these accounts of rape, rape of young girls, of women, does that undercut this argument that

we've heard from the Myanmar military?

PATTEN: I wanted to go to Myanmar. I wanted to have a constructive dialogue with government officials to extend the support of my office for national -

- for legislative reform, for accountability issues, but my request was turned down. What I can tell you is that all the accounts from the girls,

from the women, from the witnesses corroborate one thing, that all the sexual violence or the atrocities were committed by armed forces of

Myanmar. This is the information that I have from the mouth of the survivors and the witnesses.

LU STOUT: And you are taking this information straight to the International Criminal Court. Will Myanmar be held accountable for these atrocities and

when?

PATTEN: Listen, we have to understand when we talk about the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute or the ICC, was premised on a system of

(INAUDIBLE) which means that it is the primary responsibility of the government to bring perpetrators to justice.

[08:25:00] It is the national authorities that have the primary jurisdiction. It is only when the national authorities are unwilling or

unable to act in such situation that the ICC jurisdiction can be treated. It is a court of last resort.

So in the case of Myanmar, which is notified to the Rome Statute, what can happen, there cannot be a preliminary investigation by the ICC unless the

easy referral by the United Nations Security Council. And we have president. I mean, in the past, we have the example of Sudan Dafur of 2005

or Libya in 2011, where the United Nations Security Council referred the situations of concern to the ICC.

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SY: I'm Stephanie Sy in New York. You're watching "News Stream" and these are your wold headlines.

Sources in Zimbabwe tell CNN opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, is back in the country and efforts are underway to form a transitional government.

The military had taken control and for a second day, President Robert Mugabe is under house arrest.

Russia could see its athletes banned from South Korea's winter Olympics. That after the World Anti-Doping Agency upheld the decision that Russian

Anti-Doping Agency remains noncompliant. The International Olympic Committee is now set to decide if Russia can compete.

Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has accepted an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to travel to France with his family. That

is according to the French government. Hariri is in Saudi Arabia where he unexpectedly announced his resignation nearly two weeks ago.

New video shows the panic when an earthquake struck South Korea Wednesday. You can see university students running out of a building right before a

wall collapses. For the first time, the country's annual university entrance exam has been postponed.

President Trump is to speak soon with U.S. House Republicans. Their version of major tax reform is about to go up for a vote. Meanwhile, in the senate,

at least one Republican had said he cannot support either version of the tax bill and that gets Republicans a narrow margin to get any legislation

through.

Let's bring in Joe Johns from outside the White House. Hey, Joe. So what are you expecting today at the House vote?

JOE JOHNS, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: Well, we are expecting a bill to pass. The president headed up to Capitol Hill today hoping to savor

the moment, quite frankly, with House Republicans, as they expect

[08:30:00] to move ever closer to putting that enormous tax cut bill on the president's desk as soon as possible, they hope. Meanwhile, there is

something of an emerging here in Washington, as questions are raised about whether the Senate version of this bill is going to see some real

resistance.

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JOHNS: President Trump looking to build momentum around one of his top legislative priorities, previewing this afternoon's House vote on their GOP

tax bill and accusing Democrats of obstruction.

But the real focus is on the other side of the Capitol where uncertainty is growing around the Senate's bill. After Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson

became the first Republican to openly oppose the legislation in its current form.

SEN. RON JOHNSON (R), WISCONSIN: I wouldn't vote for this Senate version, bottom line.

JOHNS: Johnson expressing concern that corporations are getting a better deal than small businesses, saying in a statement that neither the House

nor Senate bill provide fair treatment. The president personally reaching out to Johnson yesterday.

JOHNSON: I'm just kind of wondering, you know, what the concern is, and I think he shares the concern.

JOHNS: Republican Senator Susan Collins has also expressed reservations about the bill, leaving Senate leadership little room for error. Though

they remain confident, they have the votes needed to pass the bill. This legislative push coming on the heels of President Trump's 12-day tour

through Asia.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: My fellow citizens, America is back. And the future has never looked brighter.

JOHNS: After teasing a major announcement about his trip, the president delivered a speech in the White House Wednesday that focused largely on

touting his success abroad and criticizing his predecessors.

TRUMP: This great respect showed very well our country is further evidence that America's renewed confidence and standing in the world has never been

stronger than it is right now.

JOHNS: The speech overshadowed by this moment, 11 minutes in.

TRUMP: They don't have order. That's OK.

JOHNS: The president stopping to sip from a bottle of water, something he mocked Senator Marco Rubio for during the campaign.

TRUMP: It's Rubio. Help me, I need water. Help.

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JOHNS: And on another note, the president getting what he asked for after indicating in a tweet just yesterday that he wondered whether the three

UCLA basketball players who had been arrested one shoplifting charges on China would thank him.

The president following up with tweets this morning indicating to the three UCLA basketball players, that say you are welcome. Go out and give a big

thank you to President Xi of China who made your release possible and have a great life.

Be careful out, there are many pitfalls in a long and winding road of life, so the president getting a thanks from the basketball players in responding

with a tweet. Back to you.

STEPHANIE SY, CNN ANCHOR: OK, Joe Johns at the White House, thank you, Joe. Well, one thing we didn't hear from President Trump was anything

about the scandal surrounding Alabama's embattled Senate candidate.

The Washington Post reports two more women have come forward accusing Roy Moore at inappropriate advances, when they were teenagers but a defiant

Moore is fighting back despite growing calls for him to step aside. CNN's Jason Carroll reports.

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JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Two additional women speaking out to The Washington Post, accusing Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore of making

unwanted advances toward them when they worked at an Alabama mall years ago.

BETH RICHARD, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, WASHINGTON POST: She then was in school a couple days later in trig class when she heard she got a call.

She thought oh, my goodness, is it my dad? She went to the office and it turned out to be Roy Moore asking her out on a date.

CARROLL: A total of seven women have now come forward, including two who say that Moore sexually assaulted them when they were teenagers and he was

in his 30s.

SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM, (R) SOUTH CAROLINA: He was on the no fly list for a mall, which, to me, is pretty stunning. So he has credibility to the

allegations of these women.

CARROLL: As Republican leadership in Washington actively tries to push Moore out of the race, the embattled candidate remaining defiant, tweeting

a direct challenge to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell -- bring it on.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Would you like to see the president weigh in and join your calls for Roy Moore?

GRAHAM: Well, it would be up to him. But, you know, he's the head of the party, and it would be good if he would say something.

CARROLL: Despite mounting pressure to speak out, the president remaining silent.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Should Roy Moore resign, Mr. President? Do you believe his accusers? Should he resign?

CARROLL: Sources tell CNN the president has expressed apprehension about commenting due to his own past accusers. Mr. Trump's daughter Ivanka,

however, speaking out forcefully, telling the Associated Press, there's a special place in hell who prey on children.

[08:35:00] The embattled candidate fighting back on multiple fronts, releasing a list of 12 female character witnesses, writing an open letter

to prominent conservative Sean Hannity, denying the allegations and attempting to discredit one of his accusers, Beverly Young Nelson, who says

that Moore sexually assaulted her when she was 16-years-old.

BEVERLY YOUNG NELSON, ACCUSER OF ROY MOORE: I thought that he was going to rape me.

CARROLL: Nelson says after Moore attacked her, she never spoke to him again, but Moore's lawyer challenging this claim, citing Nelson's 1999

divorce.

PHILIP JAUREGUI, ATTORNEY FOR ROY MOORE: Guess who that case was before? It was filed in Etowah County and the judge assigned was Roy S. Moore.

CARROLL: This statement raising questions about Moore's own defense earlier this week.

ROY MOORE (R), U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE: I don't even know the woman. I don't know anything about her.

CARROLL: Moore's lawyer also casting doubt about the authenticity of this inscription in Nelson's yearbook signed, Love Roy Moore, D.A.

JAUREGUI: Release the yearbook so that we can determine is it genuine or is it a fraud.

CARROLL: Nelson's attorney agreeing to turn over the yearbook if a Senate committee holds a hearing to investigate Moore's actions.

GLORIA ALLRED, ATTORNEY FOR BEVERLY YOUNG NELSON: We want him to be subpoenaed if he won't appear voluntarily, and for him to testify. He can

deny it if he wants as long as it's under oath.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

CARROLL: That was Jason Carroll reporting. Look, no hands, maybe a phrase, car owners start using soon. Driverless cars are in the way in the

future that's right around the corner. More in on Japan, coming up.

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SY: Self-driving cars are getting closer to becoming a reality. Scientists in Japan have been working on the technology for years. In this

installment of On Japan, we'll take a test drive.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Where would you like to go?

WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And just like that, we're off. This is Nissan's newest autonomous driving prototype. Equip with its pro-pilot

technology, Nissan promises this Infiniti Q50 will be able to drive 20 kilometers with no human intervention and end up exactly where we started.

At the helm hands-free is Tetsuya Iijima. He's been working on this kind of technology for 20 years.

TETSUYA IIJIMA, GENERAL MANAGER, NISSAN: Because in each area, the traffic is increasing. So the efficiency of the traffic must be attained by

technology.

Of course, self-driving technology isn't unique to Nissan. Cars are already available with features like self parking or main centering assist but what

Iijima wants to show-off is just how precise their positioning system has become, and to do that, heading straight on to a Tokyo highway.

Using a regular GPS, this car would tab around a 5 meter accuracy range, but the probably wouldn't fair too well driving along side one of these.

But this car has a 300 millimeters range. That means it can fit right through these tight toll booths, merge more easily on the highways and a

tighter turn.

[08:35:00]Basically the car is taking in real-time information using its sonar, cameras, radars, and scanners, all to navigate our way back to the

start. A successful test but Iijima knows there is still plenty of work to be done where this technology is officially part our future. Will Ripley,

CNN, Tokyo.

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SY: The U.S. will now allow American big-game hunters to import their elephant trophies from two African nations. The restrictions were imposed

by the Obama administration in 2014 in response to declining elephant population.

But now the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will remove those barriers on trophies from elephants killed in Zambia and Zimbabwe. In

justifying the move, an agency spokesman says the large fees paid by hunters will help fund wildlife conservation programs in those countries.

President Donald Trump's treasury secretary strikes a pricy post and gets blasted for it. Social media lit up after Steven Mnuchin and his wife post

with sheets of money.

You may remember the multimillionaire couple were criticized when a photo was posted on Instagram. This one, fronting Ms. Clinton's luxury designer

wardrobe while stepping off a flight paid for by taxpayers.

Many argued the couple appeared out of touch with the average American and now they are being lampooned for these new photos with tweets like, why do

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and his wife insist on posing for photos that make them look like Bond villains?

Here is another one, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin re-creates his marriage proposal to wife Louise Linton on a visit to the bureau of engraving and

printing.

And even offers romance advice, find someone who looks at you the way Louise Linton look at Steve Mnuchin holding a sheet of dollar bills with

his name on them.

And finally, exciting news from the art world, a rare Leonardo da Vinci painting has just become the most expensive artwork to ever sell at

auction.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Here's the piece and the piece is sold.

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SY: The painting fetched more than $450 at Christie's in New York, the auction house has not identified the buyer. The 500-year-old treasure is

titled a Salvator Mundi, depicts Jesus in Renaissance clothing. There are fewer than 20 known works by da Vinci still in existence.

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SY: That is News Stream. I'm Stephanie Sy. Don't go anywhere, World Sport with Christina Macfarlane is next.

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