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A Saudi Teen In Fear Of Being Deported Back Home Barricades Herself In An Airport Hotel In Thailand; U.S. President Trump Considers How To Bypass Congress As A Partial Government Shutdown Enters A Third Week; The Biggest Moments At The Golden Globes. Aired: 8-9a ET

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RAHAF MOHAMMED AL-QUNUN, SAUDI NATIONAL SEEKING ASYLUM: I'm not leaving my room until I see UNHCR.

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KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST, "NEWS STREAM" (voice over): A Saudi teen in fear of being deported back home barricades herself in an airport hotel in

Thailand. Now, she is demanding asylum.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Now, we are looking at a national emergency because we have a national emergency.

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LU STOUT (voice over): U.S. President Trump considers how to bypass Congress as a partial government shutdown enters a third week.

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BRIAN TURNER, TSA EMPLOYEE: It is going to come to a point where you say, "Do I put gas in my car or do I feed my family?"

SANDRA OH, AMERICAN ACTRESS: And I see you, all these faces of change - and now, so will everyone else.

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LU STOUT (voice over): And in the limelight, the biggest moments at the Golden Globes.

LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to "News Stream". We begin with the desperate plight of a young Saudi woman who has

barricaded herself inside an airport hotel room in Bangkok fearing deportation back to the Middle East if she steps outside that room.

But Thai officials now say, Rahaf Mohammed Al-Qunun will not be deported for today at least. The 18-year-old fled to Thailand to escape her family

whom she says is abusive. She is seeking asylum from any country that can protect her and has now been granted access to the U.N.'s Refugee Agency.

Our Alex Field joins us live now. She has been monitoring the story from here in Hong Kong, and Alex, we have this young woman barricading herself

in this hotel room in Bangkok. She has met with the U.N. HCR, what led to all of this?

ALEXANDRA FIELD, CORRESPONDENT, CNN: It's certainly been a dramatic unfolding, Kristie. We're learning now that she is leaving the hotel under

the protection of those U.N. Refugee Agency officials, certainly the outcome that she fought for. The world has heard her voice. She spoke up

loudly. She fought for herself, taking to social media, posting these videos on Twitter demanding that she be given asylum.

This is a woman who says that her life is at risk if she is deported back to her family in Saudi Arabia. Initially, it seemed that Thai officials

would in fact deport her. It seemed that she would be on a flight earlier this morning back to Kuwait and from there, onward to Saudi Arabia.

Now, officials have changed their tune. Here's what they're saying about her case.

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SURACHET HAKPAL, THAI IMMIGRATION POLICE COMMANDER (Through a translator): We will talk to her and do whatever she requests. Since she escaped

trouble to seek our help, we are "The Land of Smiles." We will not send anyone to their death.

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FIELD: Activists rushed to this 18-year-old woman's defense. They were demanding that Thailand not deport her citing the danger that she could

face back home. She has been fighting though from that hotel room where she was barricaded. Said that there were security guards stopping outside

her door who were stopping her from the possibility of leaving the transit hotel room that she was being kept in since arriving in Bangkok. How did

it all happen, Kristie?

Well, this woman says she was trying to get away from her family. Her plan was to go on to Australia. She says that when she landed to transfer in

Bangkok, she was confronted from officials which she said were from the Saudi Embassy whom she said took her passport. She then says that Thai

immigration officials stopped her from entering Thailand or going onward to Australia and escorted her to that transit hotel in the airport.

The Saudi Embassy in Bangkok has rejected the notion that her passport was taken. Thai officials said that they were complying with Thai immigration

law that she didn't have the proper documents to travel onward to Australia or to stay in Thailand, but you heard Immigration officials saying now that

they are considering this case and considering the dangers that she could face at home and giving her some space and some safety during which to

consider what happens next or where she goes next.

LU STOUT: Yes, so what's next for this young woman? Will she be granted asylum?

FIELD: This is now a question for the U.N. HCR. The U.N.'s Refugee Agency. They made a request to get in to see her. That took some time.

Thai officials granted the request just a couple of hours ago. Their officials went to her hotel room where they met with her. We understand

that their protocol is to work with her to determine if this is a person in need of international protection and then to figure out a way to broker

that, which could mean potentially staying in Thailand or going on to a third country that would have her.

So this is certainly still in the initial stages, but yes, this is an 18- year-old woman who was set against, determined not to return to Saudi Arabia and who, it seems is being heard by officials in Thailand and also

has activists now on her side working to make sure that she is kept safe.

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LU STOUT: Yes, the fate of this young woman, the Saudi teenager still up in the air. Alexandra Field reporting for us live. Alex, thank you so

much. Now to the United States where talks to end a budget impasse are still at a stalemate, but the partial government shutdown, now entering its

third week. President Donald Trump is not backing down on his demand for more than $5 billion to build a wall on the southern border of Mexico and

he is threatening to bypass Congress to get the money by imposing a national emergency.

Lauren Fox joins us now from Capitol Hill. And Lauren, both sides are so dug in. They are so entrenched, is there any room to maneuver to get a

deal?

LAUREN FOX, POLITICS CONGRESSIONAL REPORTER, CNN: Well, Kristie, aides met throughout the weekend at the White House trying to find way to break

through. They weren't successful. It seems like battle lines have been drawn. No one giving in yet.

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FOX (voice over): President Trump standing firm on his demand for $5.7 billion for a border wall again insisting that he is considering funding

the wall through executive action.

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TRUMP: I may declare a national emergency dependent on what is going to happen over the next couple of days.

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FOX (voice over): Declaring a national emergency could allow the President to bypass Congress and use military funding to build the wall, but

Democrats insist this move would be challenged in court.

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ADAM SCHIFF, U.S. HOUSE DEMOCRAT: Look, if Harry Truman couldn't nationalize the steel industry during war-time, this President doesn't have

the power to declare an emergency and build a multi-billion dollar wall on the border.

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FOX (voice over): White House officials detailing the President's demand in this letter sent to Congressional leaders. The letter now redefines

Trump's border wall as a steel barrier rather than a concrete wall, which the President has repeatedly promised, a tactic, White House officials say,

is a sign of compromise.

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MICK MULVANEY, ACTING WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF: If he has to give up a concrete wall and replace it with a steel fence in order to do that, so

that Democrats can say, "See, he's not building a wall anymore," that should help us --

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FOX (voice over): The letter also asks for an additional $800 million to address the urgent humanitarian needs on the border. A nod to concerns

expressed by Democrats about the treatment of migrants and increasing money for detention beds to a total of $4.2 billion for 52,000 more beds. It

comes, as a source says, another weekend of negotiations failed to produce any progress towards re-opening the government leaving both sides openly

frustrated.

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NANCY PELOSI, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SPEAKER: The impression you get from the President that he would like to not only close government,

build a wall, but also abolish Congress so the only voice that mattered was his own.

LINDSEY GRAHAM, U.S. SENATOR, SOUTH CAROLINA, REPUBLICAN: The goal is not to open up the government, the goal is to fix a broken immigration system.

It was pretty clear to me that we're never going to have a deal unless we get a wall as part of it.

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FOX (voice over): Democrats vowing to pressure lawmakers by passing individual bills to reopen each of the closed Federal agencies.

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STENY HOYER, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, MARYLAND, DEMOCRAT: We will do it bill by bill so we can help taxpayers, we can help people who need food

assistance, so we help people who need housing vouchers, people who need flood insurance.

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FOX (voice over): Two Senate Democrats urging their colleagues to block action on any bills unrelated to opening the government until a resolution

is reached. Meanwhile, President Trump insisting that he can relate to the financial plight of the 800,000 workers currently furloughed or working

without pay.

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TRUMP: I can relate and I'm sure that the people that are on the receiving end will make adjustment, they always do.

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FOX: Now, Kristie, both the House and the Senate are out of session today and it is unclear when Congressional leaders will meet again with President

Trump. There are questions about whether an impasse could be solved given the fact that on Friday, President Trump told Democrats, Senator Chuck

Schumer that this is a shutdown that could last months or years -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: And the political crisis, it just drags on and on. Lauren Fox reporting live from Capitol Hill. Lauren, thank you.

And the real-world consequences of the ongoing government shutdown are really starting to show. The National Park Service has taken the

extraordinary step of using reserve funds from visitor fees to cart away all the trash that has piled up and to keep the parks safe. And if the

shutdown stretches into February, millions of Americans who rely on the nation's food stamp program could be cut off.

Congress allocated has $3 billion in emergency funds for distribution, but that would not cover all the of the month's obligations. But the biggest

consequence of the shutdown is the effect it's having on everyday Americans.

Suzanne Malveaux has reaction from those caught in the middle of this political standoff.

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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, CNN (voice over): President Trump says he understands what the hundreds of thousands of Federal workers

coping with the uncertainty over when they will receive their next paycheck are going through.

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TRUMP: I can relate and I'm sure that the people that are on the receiving end will make adjustments, they always do.

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MALVEAUX (voice over): But some affected by the government shutdown aren't buying it.

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ERIN KIDWELL, FURLOUGHED U.S. FOREST SERVICE WORKER: I have had a hard time believing that someone who's been a millionaire since childhood can

relate to having your family's income taken away with no notice.

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MALVEAUX (voice over): Erin Kidwell and her husband both work for the U.S. Forest Service in Oregon working to prevent and reduce the risk of

wildfires like the ones that devastated the region last year. But with neither receiving paychecks, Erin has resorted to applying for unemployment

and looking for temporary jobs to support her family.

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KIDWELL: I will have to make those decisions on what bills we can pay and you know, we have to take out loans. I don't know. I am just really

hoping this isn't very long.

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MALVEAUX (voice over): Three hundred eighty thousand Federal employees remain furloughed and another 420,000 continue to work without a paycheck.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's ironic that the people who are making the decisions are still getting paid but we have to not get paid and still do

our job.

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MALVEAUX (voice over): TSA agent, Brian Turner, has been deemed an essential employee, meaning that he has to work, but he hasn't been paid

since mid-December.

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TURNER: I live about a half hour from work, and it is going to come to a point where you say, do I put gas in my car or do I feed my family?

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MALVEAUX (voice over): Brian and his wife, Rachel, had a baby five months ago and say they will run out of money by the end of the month. Without a

solution, they fear they will lose their house.

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RACHEL TURNER, WIFE OF BRIAN TURNER: Our childcare payment is more than our mortgage. We're already stretched with that, and without the paycheck,

it's just almost an impossible situation.

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MALVEAUX (voice over): Despite these hardships, President Trump continues to insist that shutting down the government over his demand for a border

wall is worth it.

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TRUMP: Many of those people that won't be receiving a paycheck, many of those people agree 100%.

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MALVEAUX (voice over): Erin adamantly disagrees.

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KIDWELL: I think, you are right, I have not heard anyone that agrees with this shutdown and not receiving a paycheck.

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MALVEAUX (voice over): Isaac Ortiz, a senior correctional officer in El Paso for 27 years, says he has a message for the President.

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ISAAC ORTIZ, SENIOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICER, EL PASO: If I was to have a time to talk to him, I would tell him, "Look, we understand the agenda of border

security, but don't put government employees in the middle of it."

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MALVEAUX: Isaac also says it's ironic that the Federal inmates he watches over are working inside the prison and getting paid while he and

the other correctional officers are not. Also, in the middle of this are those TSA workers who are required to work without pay. We are now seeing

hundreds of those employees calling out sick in protest of not getting their checks from at least four major airports.

Now, the protest, being dubbed as the so-called "blue flu," it is gaining momentum as TSA officials say they are closely monitoring that situation

and so far, it has not impacted safety or screening wait time. But of course, that could change -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Suzanne, thank you. And the U.S. National Security adviser, John Bolton is signaling a pause in plans for U.S. troop withdrawal from

Syria. During a news conference in Jerusalem, Bolton insisted U.S. troops will not pull out until ISIS is destroyed.

Bolton expressed concern about the welfare of the U.S.-backed Kurds and directly contradicted President Trump.

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JOHN BOLTON, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: We are going to be discussing the President's decision to withdraw, but to do so, from northeast Syria, in a

way that makes sure that ISIS is defeated and is not able to revive itself.

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LU STOUT: And let's not forget, President Trump announced via Twitter, December the 19th, that the U.S. would depart within 30 days, declaring

ISIS had already been defeated in Syria. But on Sunday, he said the U.S. quote, "Won't be finally pulled out until ISIS is gone," unquote.

Now, with the clock on the 90-day truce, ticking loudly, officials from the U.S. and China are meeting to try to end the trade war. Now, these are the

first face-to-face meetings since Donald Trump met with Xi Jinping at the G-20 in Argentina.

Vice Minister-level discussions have been going on throughout the day on Monday and that will continues into Tuesday. President Trump claims that

the U.S. has the upper hand. But with just weeks to go before the deadline, they're basically starting from scratch.

CNN's Matt Rivers is in Beijing for us. He joins us now. And Mat, two days of talks have kicked off there in Beijing. They involve these mid-

level trade officials. What will these talks achieve?

MATT RIVERS, CORRESPONDENT, CNN: Well, in terms of this specific round of negotiations, Kristie, I don't think anyone is expecting some sort of deal

to get inked. I mean, you said it yourself, we're at the Vice Minister level at this point and understandably, it's probably not going to be those

men and women who are signing on the final dotted line should a deal be reached.

I think what's more reasonable, given the people at this meeting will be kind of laying the groundwork for other meetings set either later this

month or next month that could be set between more senior level officials from the respective governments of China and the United States.

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RIVERS: But still, there's a lot of things that need to be worked out and there's a lot at stake despite the fact that this is a relatively lower

level meeting. In terms of though, the big question, right, that everyone wants to know is will a deal be worked out?

And I don't think anyone can answer that question at this point given the long negotiation period that we've seen that's gotten us to this point.

That said, people will tell you that there's incentive on both sides to strike a deal.

If you listen to President Donald Trump, what he is saying is that China has more incentive than ever to reach a deal because of the poor showing

really of its economy over the past months and year or so. Let's listen to what the President said over the weekend.

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TRUMP: The China talks are going very well. I spoke to President Xi recently. I really believe they want to make a deal. The tariffs have

absolutely hurt China very badly, but our country has taken in a lot of money through tariffs. A lot of money, a lot of tariffs. Steel-dumping

tariffs and others. But I think China wants to get it resolved. Their economy is not doing well.

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RIVERS: And so what the President is arguing there is that China wants to make a deal because it can't afford for this trade war to go on. That

said, if you're the optimistic type and you're looking for reasons the U.S. might want to make a deal, well, there's been a lot of volatility in the

stock market lately despite some really good jobs numbers that came out about December. There is still some overriding economic pessimism in

certain circles, so that could be a reason the U.S. wants to make a deal.

But in reality, Kristie, we really don't know what is going to happen and the deadline of March 1st continues to loom.

LU STOUT: Yes, the clock is ticking and let's face it, leverage, it could be said, has been lost on both sides. Matt Rivers, reporting live from

Beijing, thank you so much. And just as these discussions are getting underway, we're also hearing a U.S. Naval ship carried out a freedom of

navigation operation in the South China Sea on sailing within 12 nautical miles of the disputed Paracel Islands which Beijing claims.

China's Foreign Ministry is condemning the move as a provocation. The U.S. military says that these exercises are not about making political

statements, but the U.S. also carried out a similar operation ahead of the G-20 summit where Donald Trump sat down with Xi Jinping.

You're watching "News Stream" and still to come, a military coup attempt ends in failure in the Central African nation of Gabon. We will have a

live report next. Plus two Indian women who entered a Hindu shrine breaking with a century's old taboo talk to CNN about the act of defiance

that has now put their lives in danger.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, it is the start of a new week here, welcome back. You're watching "News Stream."

Now, the government in the Central African nation of Gabon says the situation is quote "under control" after an attempted military coup.

Earlier on Monday, several men dressed in military fatigues appeared on state radio. One man gave a lengthy speech commenting on President Ali

Bongo's health and his presidential capacities. Since then, the government spokesman said several people have been arrested.

Now CNN's David McKenzie joins us live from our Johannesburg Bureau, David, could you walk us through what happened this morning and where the

political situation stands now?

DAVID MCKENZIE, CORRESPONDENT, CNN: Well, certainly. It is still tense in Libreville, the capital of Gabon. Though eyewitnesses have told us that in

the hours after that attempted coup, things have calmed down substantially. Yes, this pre-dawn mission, it seems by a relatively small group of Honor

Guards and military storming the state radio station, and there, you saw those images of a young lieutenant flanked by two men in military uniform

with the assault rifles giving that speech when he said that the debates over the health of Ali Bongo needs to be put to an end calling on their

compatriots to storm the streets and head to key strategic points, as well as naming several key leaders and civil society leaders who should join

their cause.

Well, the short answer is they didn't join their cause and it seems just within a few hours, the government has at least, at this stage managed to

quell any disruption. They say several of these military mutineers and jokers as the government spokesperson called them have been rounded up, but

it does point to the volatile situation in Gabon that has not seen its President for some months now.

LU STOUT: Now, a spokesperson says the situation there is under control, but what if anything have we heard from the President of Gabon?

MCKENZIE: At this stage, we haven't heard anything, Kristie, and in late October, Ali Bongo, the President whose family has ruled that country for

decades, he, himself came into power in 2009. He had a some kind of serious health situation, a stroke many believe, in late October, fled for

treatment and is now recuperating in Morocco.

You had this New Year's Eve address, where he got onto state media and also distributed on social media, this pre-taped address where he clearly was

struggling with some health issues. The point of that was to show that he would be back. He addressed those health issues directly and said he would

be back in the country soon, but it has built this uncertainty in this oil rich nation.

But just a side note, a kind of bizarre side note, 80 U.S. Marines are in the country that were sent there not because of any situation in Gabon, but

to be on standby for the Democratic Republic of Congo, kind of arriving at an unusual political time in that country, but for now, things are calm in

Gabon and it seems that the government is back in charge.

LU STOUT: All right, David McKenzie reporting on the situation in Gabon, joining us live from Johannesburg. David, thank you.

The Bongo family, they have ruled Gabon for half a century. Omar Bongo, the current President's father first took power in 1967 and ruled with an

iron fist backed by oil revenue and French support. He died in 2009 after 42 years as President of Gabon, but the Bongo family's grip on power, it

didn't stop there.

His son, Ali, was elected to succeed his father despite protests. In 2016, he was controversially re-elected amid accusations of voter fraud and

embezzlement. Ali Bongo, as David McKenzie just reported, suffered a stroke in October and had been recovering in Morocco before today's coup

attempt.

Now, the two Indian women who defied a conservative taboo to enter a Hindu shrine in Kerala are now telling CNN why they felt compelled to do it. The

women walked into the shrine last week, a few months after India's Supreme Court ruled that the ban against girls and women of child-bearing age was

unconstitutional. And now, these women are in hiding as protests rage against their action. Alex Field has their story.

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ALEXANDRA FIELD, CORRESPONDENT, CNN (voice over): Bindu Ammini and Kanakadurga are in hiding and at the center of an Indian national

controversy. This is video of the two defying centuries of tradition stepping into the Sabarimala temple, one of Hinduism's holiest shrines.

This is the violence their visit inspired with police deploying tear gas and water cannons to end clashes between protestors against women entering

the sacred site and those for it.

These are some of the millions of women who formed a human chain hundreds of miles long in a show of solidarity.

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BINDU AMMINI, INDIAN WOMAN: My message to the women of India is that, please break the system and please break the evil customs. That's the

message.

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FIELD (voice over): Bindu Aminni says her pilgrimage to Sabarimala was about gender justice. She was turned back by too many protesters in an

earlier attempt to reach the temple in December.

This time, police helped her through in the middle of the night after she threatened a hunger strike. Aminni, a legal professor, says she showed the

law is on her side and that's why she went.

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AMINNI: Our Constitution and decision verdict of the Supreme Court and that gender justice, because of that, the protection of all these things, I

decided to go to Sabarimala.

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FIELD (voice over): In September, India's Supreme Court overturned a ban that kept women of child bearing age from entering the site believed to be

the home of Lord Ayyappa, a Hindu god of growth considered celibate.

Orthodox Hindus believe it's disrespectful for impure women to enter the temple and the issue has become political. India's Prime Minister,

Narendra Modi of the Hindu Nationalists BJP criticized the court's ruling calling this a matter of faith and tradition.

But in the state of Kerala, the governing party is for the order, even organizing demonstrations to show support.

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KANAKADURGA, INDIAN WOMAN: My message to politicians, they should obey the judgment of Supreme Court.

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FIELD (voice over): She is a devotee who was determined to pay her respects to the Lord Ayyappa and a woman wanting to stand up for gender

equality in India. Both women are under constant threat now moving houses several times a day for safety. Their lives possibly changed forever.

Their hope to make more women's lives better. Alexandra Field, CNN.

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LU STOUT: You're watching "News Stream." And still to come, we are going to be talking winners and losers at the Golden Globes, but that's not the

only story. Women's empowerment, diversity - they were also big themes.

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LU STOUT: I am Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching "News Stream" and these are your world headlines. Thai officials say the Saudi

woman who barricaded herself in an airport hotel room in Bangkok will not be deported back to the Middle East today. Eighteen-year-old Rahaf

Mohammed Al-Qunun has now left that hotel under the protection of the U.N. Refugee Agency. She says she fled to Thailand to escape her family who she

says is abusive. She is seeking asylum from any country that can protect her.

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LU STOUT: U.S. President Trump says he might declare a national emergency to secure military funding for his border wall. Meanwhile, just hours

after Democrats took control, the U.S. House of Representatives, lawmakers passed two bills to reopen government and the White House has threatened to

veto the legislation.

British lawmakers are back in London just one week from a crucial vote on Theresa May's Brexit plan and the report says that more than 200 of them

have signed a letter against a no-deal Brexit and the Prime Minister has warned the U.K. would be in unchartered territory if MPs reject her plan,

but divisions remain over Mrs. May's withdrawal agreement with the E.U.

Now, it was a night of big upsets at the Golden Globes in Hollywood. "Bohemian Rhapsody", the story of the iconic rock band, Queen, the singer,

Freddie Mercury edged out frontrunner, "A Star Is Born" to bag two major awards -- Best Actor in a Movie Drama, Rami Malek; and Best Motion Picture

Drama. Malek's - he showered Queen's late front man with gratitude in his acceptance speech.

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RAMI MALEK, AMERICAN ACTOR: Thank you to Freddie Mercury for giving me the joy of a lifetime. I love you, you beautiful man.

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LU STOUT: Now meanwhile, nominated movies like "Black Panther" and "Crazy Rich Asians" they celebrated diversity in Hollywood. Host Sandra Oh made

sure everyone took notice.

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OH: Right now, this moment is real. Trust me, it is real because I see you. And I see you. All of these faces of change, and now so will

everyone else.

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LU STOUT: Now, let's bring in our chief media correspondent, Brian Stelter who join us live from New York, and Brian, let's talk more about that theme

raised by Sandra Oh, diversity because as last year, we saw "Black Panther," we saw "Crazy Rich Asians." We saw, last night, Sandra Oh's co-

emcee taking home a trophy as well. Was it as she put it, a moment of change?

BRIAN STELTER, CHIEF MEDIA CORRESPONDENT, CNN: I think it is. I think Hollywood is catching up to where the world is and they should not be

applauded for that necessarily because it really is just a catch up moment. Hollywood having to reckon with harassment and abuse and other problems in

the industry that have primarily affected women and held women back in the entertainment industry.

But 15 months after the Weinstein stories, the Time's Up Movement is now very much in effect. And there were some important and serious comments

about that in an otherwise lighthearted day at the Golden Globes. This is a start of the awards season, Kristie. It's really a way to key up the

Oscars and other big awards of the season. Only about 90 people vote for the Golden Globes, so you get a lot of surprises and upsets, a lot of

strange choices.

I was a little bummed to see "A Star Is Born" not take home any of the big prizes, but what you do see at the Golden Globes is the fragmentation of

media. There is something for everyone. So many shows you may not have even heard of winning awards including five for Netflix at the Globes.

LU STOUT: Yes, it was a big night for Netflix, a big night for Amazon as well and a number of upsets. I want to talk more about the political theme

with you. Because to me, the show did not feel as politically weighted as last year and even the year before. You know, it's now two years since the

#MeToo Movement to Time's Up, two years into the Trump presidency. Do you think this year's Golden Globes is getting a little bit less political?

STELTER: I think that is true. I think that celebrities, movie star types, they've wanted to blow off steam about Trump. They've done that a

year or two ago. There's not that much more new to say if you're an A- lister in Hollywood. So there is this attempt to make it about the movies and make it about the shows and not make it about politics.

Obviously, Hollywood is a liberal town. Most of these stars lean to the left. There were a few shots at Trump that were veiled. What you hear

from a lot of these celebs now is talk about openness and inclusivity and a lack of borders and lack of walls, breaking down barriers all of that kind

of viewed as coded language against Trump.

But you're right, it's mostly veiled nowadays as not that explicit. That may also be an attempt to create a big tent feeling and make everybody feel

welcome to watch a ceremony like this.

LU STOUT: Yes, now the Golden Globes, let's now talk about the movies side, often seen as a bellwether for the Oscars that are coming up soon.

Are we going to see a similar tone at the Oscars? Are we going to see more wins for movies like "Bohemian Rhapsody?"

STELTER: Well, that's the thing, there was the sense that "A Star Is Born" with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper was the front-runner heading into the

Oscar's race. Now, maybe not so much given that the film was mostly shut out at the Golden Globes, however, there was a big win for Best Original

Song for the song "Shallow."

I think it's a wide open race. There was not a single dominant movie in awards season, although Netflix's "Roma" is a big contender. "Roma" won a

couple of awards yesterday or last night at the Golden Globes. "Roma" is Netflix's biggest entry yet into the Oscars race.

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STELTER: They are determined to start winning awards for their movies just as they have started to win awards for their TV shows. So it's another

moment where Netflix is showing its muscle and the wins for "Roma "were significant for that reason.

LU STOUT: Yes, a big win for Netflix and Alfonso Cuaron, an amazing director. Brian Stelter, we'll leave it at that. As always, thank you so

much. Take care.

STELTER: Thanks, you, too.

LU STOUT: Now, the actor, Kevin Spacey, is expected to plead not guilty at a hearing in Massachusetts in court there today. Spacey is charged with

indecent assault and battery charges stemming from an incident at a restaurant involving an 18-year-old bus boy.

His lawyers sought permission for him to skip the hearing, but the judge ordered the 59-year-old to appear in person. This is "News Stream." Still

ahead, the world's biggest tech show. It's about to kick off. We are on the ground to see this year's newest inventions amid global concerns over

the trade war and data protection.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back. Now, Tesla breaks ground on its new manufacturing plant in Shanghai. CEO, Elon Musk was there. Kick starting a plant to

eventually make half a million vehicles in China year.

Musk says, his company is aiming to start producing its cheapest car, the Model 3 there by the end of the year. The so-called giga-factory is

China's first fully foreign owned car plant.

The largest technology show in the world is getting ready to kick off, albeit it with data privacy and the U.S.-China trade war at the forefront.

Despite those concerns, the U.S. tech industry expects record sales this year.

So what are people buying? Now CES 2019 is showcasing of course, some of the newest tech. Let's get straight over to our man on the ground, Samuel

Burke, again live for us from Las Vegas. Samuel, another year, another CES, good to see you there on the ground. But this year, it's about

geopolitics as well as electronics. What are tech insiders telling you about the trade war?

SAMUEL BURKE, BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT, CNN: Kristie, the trade war has taken center stage at the Consumer Electronics Show. You

have CEOs telling me that they're using this year's show to be able to talk to new manufacturers, to try and figure out how to move their manufacturing

out of China, not to the United States but to neighboring countries because they're so afraid of tariffs if they haven't already been hit by these

tariffs.

I talked to the CEO of Jetson, which is an e-bike e-scooter company. They have already been hit by the tariffs. Take a listen to what he told me

about he is using this opportunity at CES this year.

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JOSH SULTAN, CEO, JETSON: It's going to be very important that we explore it from all angles. We are going to be talking to our competitors, we are

going to be talking to manufacturers, we are going to be our customers. It will definitely be on the agenda of every meeting we have, 10%, 25% tariffs

are big numbers. They are going to affect, not just the way we manufacture, but the way that our consumers purchase products.

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BURKE: So right now, e-bikes had been hit for that company; e-scooters haven't and one of the e-scooters that they are showing off this year, from

that company, Kristie, e-scooters for kids. Yes, I will have the helmet with it no matter which kid I get to try it out. But this is not a racer

scooter, Kristie, this is an actual electric scooter. So the real question is, would you allow your kids on an electric scooter?

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LU STOUT: Oh, my gosh, absolutely not. The old school scooters, I'm a little bit concerned about the safety, but then, come around November later

on this year, the holiday season, you start getting the Santa list, my mind may have to change.

And I'm glad you point that out, because at the end of the day, CES - it's about gadgets like that, right? I know it's early on. The expo hasn't

officially kicked off. Other than the little kiddie type e-scooter you got there, what else has caught your eye?

BURKE: Well, we talked about Google glass for such a long time, those smart glasses from Google that never really took off. Now, we've got a

company Focals by North trying to pick up where Google just couldn't succeed.

They think one of the big problems was that, they just didn't look stylish enough. These look like normal glasses even though they have a little

display right there that we will on your screen the basics. They say Google tried put too much. They just have text message notifications,

calendar reminders and of course, directions if you're using Google Maps and you control it, not by doing this the way Google Glass did, but by

using a little ring, so it's a little more discreet.

Of course, not everything can be a gadget. So one app that has caught my attention since I'm outside of London traveling for work for almost a month

is Flexit. This is an app that allows you to go to different gyms but instead of paying for a membership, you just per minute. Ten to twenty

five cents per minute, go in, use that gym. Do some lifts here in Las Vegas while on you're the fly and then you keep on going to the next gym.

This is smart home customization to a whole new level, Kristie. It kind of looks like a smoke detector. It's called Room Me. It costs about $70.00.

It knows when you've entered the room because it says, "Oh, that's Kristie's cell phone that's just come in here." It knows it from Bluetooth

and so it adjusts the temperature, it adjusts the light, even the music to Kristie's tastes and it solves that age-old problem of what temperature do

you want the room? You just set Kristie as the master of that room and your husband doesn't have to worry about what temperature he wants it,

Kristie has won the battle.

LU STOUT: I like it. New sensors, new apps and new self-controlled world. Okay, you're enticing me. Looking forward to it. Samuel Burke, joining us

live with a preview of what's to come at CES. We'll talk again later in the week. Samuel, take care.

Now, how much would you pay for a rare delicacy? Now for Japan's restauranteur, his name is Kiyoshi Kimura, the answer is more than

$10,000.00 per kilogram. The sushi chain owner paid a whopping $3.1 million for a giant Bluefin tuna. He won it at an auction in Tokyo's new

Toyosu fish market last week and it weighed more than 270 kilos.

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KIYOSHI KIMURA, PRESIDENT, KIYOMURA CORP (Through a translator): The tuna looks so tasty because it is fat. It looks very fresh. It is a good tuna,

but I think I did too much.

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LU STOUT: Now Japan, he knows his tuna, he appreciates it. Japan is the largest consumer of tuna in the world and yes, often faces international

criticism due to the dwindling population of Bluefin tuna. It is endangered. And that is it for "News Stream." I am Kristie Lu Stout, but

don't go anywhere. "World Sport" with Amanda Davies is next.

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