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[08:00:30] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream.

Now, hundreds of migrants stuck at a train station in Hungary demanding the right to leave for Germany.

Now Thai police say that they've arrested a second foreign suspect connected to the bombing in Bangkok.

And watch out Netflix. Reports say that Apple may start producing their own original TV shows.

This hour, large crowds of frustrated migrants are gathered at a railway terminal in the Hungarian capital demanding to be allowed to board

trains bound for Germany.

Emotions ran high earlier as crowds chanted Hungary no, Germany yes. And Merkel, Merkel, the name of the German Chancellor.

Now, this all comes after Hungarian authorities temporarily allowed people from Syria and Iraq to depart on Monday. Those passengers have now

reached Germany. And we'll bring you more on these stories in just a moment.

Now remember, it takes weeks or even months for refugees to make their way across Europe. And many came all the way from Syria where millions

have fled the war since it began more than four years ago.

Now, some have settled in Turkey, others carry on into Greece. And from there the journey goes through Macedonia and Serbia. And once they

manage to pass through the border on foot or by train or even hiding in vehicles supplied by human smugglers, it is then on to Hungary.

And as we've been listening to from Arwa Damon and her reports throughout the day, that is where many are now trying to board trains to

reach Germany. That, their ultimate destination.

Now some people with proof that they are from Iraq or Syria, they were allowed on Monday to leave Hungary for Germany. And they -- again, they

have arrived by train today.

Now Fred Pleitgen joins us now from the central train station in Munich.

And Fred, while there are scenes of just anger and despair in Budapest, there are celebrations at the Munich train station. What has you

seen?

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, it's interesting, Kristie, because the situation here is quite orderly. And

you're right there are many people that we've seen who have arrived here throughout the course of a morning here in Munich who have just broken down

and cried because they were so happy to reach Germany.

Now, the interesting thing is I'm right inside the Munich central train station, what you see behind me is some German police officers who

are now going on to the platform here, because they expect a train from Austria, from the city of Saltzburg (ph), you can see it up there, to

arrive any moment. And usually the trains that are coming from Austria are the ones that will have any of the refugees on themselves

Now, the interesting thing is going to be whether or not people were actually able to get out of Hungary earlier this morning or whether or not

the railway station was already closed. We will wait and see.

The numbers, certainly, that have been coming in here to Munich, they were very high early in the morning. They have started dwindling, simply

because it appears as though people are not able to move on from Hungary, what Arwa was reporting before.

But once they get here, what happens is they get taken in by the German police here, they then get brought to something like a makeshift

welcome center, which is outside. Then what happens is they get medical attention. They get food. They get some water, the kids get some toys.

Then they wait for buses to take them to temporary shelters.

Now, there was a backlog earlier today in the morning, but by and large we do have to tip our hats to the German authorities and the many

volunteers who were helping out there. They have done a very good job to try and get these people away from waiting outside here in front of the

railway station and to these temporary shelters.

So, so far even when the numbers were very big earlier this morning, the process was quite efficient. That was brought in here in Munich. And

now it appears as though there is actually still (inaudible) capacity left to take in people, but (inaudible) fewer are trying probably because of

that (inaudible) pictures with those people who are protesting there outside the railway station there, Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, very efficient and organized process there at the Munich train station where hundreds of migrants arrived earlier today.

That was Fred Pleitgen reporting live on the scene.

Now, let's get more now from our senior international correspondent Arwa Damon. Again, she's at the train station in Budapest and joins us

now.

And Arwa, after waiting for days and yesterday hearing that promising news that migrants from Iraq and from Syria would be allowed to board the

train, we've now learned that these refugees are prohibited from boarding the train. What has been the reaction there?

[08:05:20] ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, imagine this, Kristie, these are people who saw others boarding the trains

yesterday, they are people who waited in line for anywhere from six to 10 hours to buy their tickets and the lines were enormous. And then they came

this morning thinking that they would finally seen an end to this nightmare that they had been going through only to then have the train station shut.

And they are still, as of now, not being allowed to board these trains.

The trains are going, but the migrants and the refugees are not being permitted to board them.

Why? We are not actually entirely sure. Hungary officials here have come out and said it was because of overcrowding. It was because they

couldn't handle the number of people coming through, but that doesn't make sense, because they haven't really done anything to try to get the

situation under control, to line people out and then board them. It does seem as if at this stage whatever rules and laws were being bent yesterday

that did allow them to travel on, they are not being bent today.

And people are so angry. They're so depressed. They don't know what to do with themselves. They don't know how to keep going like this. They

don't have anyone who they can actually approach and try to get answers from to their questions of is the train going to reopen, how long are we

going to have to wait until we get our money refunded.

Kristie, these are people who, many of them, spent the last money that they have on these train tickets. It's not cheap for these families that

have come so long. They don't know if they're going to get their money back. They're existing in this complete limbo and continue to be left to

languish on the streets around the train station here.

LU STOUT: Arwa, hundreds of refugees and migrants and their families, they are stuck there at the train station, many of them, as you point out,

are penniless. Where will they sleep tonight? How will they get their next meal?

DAMON: Well, they'll be sleeping exactly where they've been sleeping for the last week or so, and that is in the streets. They have small

little flimsy pieces of cardboard boxes, a very thin blanket, some have managed to get their hands on tents and that is how they have been

existing. They will wash at this small little faucet that is underneath the train station. They will try to check into hotels, Kristie. But as

everyone has been telling us, hotels are not allowing them in even if they can afford to pay for a room.

As for food, many of them will rely on the random kindness of strangers, otherwise their meals are getting even smaller. Their children

are crying and they quite simply don't know what to do.

And perhaps even more shocking for all of them is the fact that there are no international organizations here, there is one small Hungarian non-

profit and that's it.

Arwa, these people are desperate. They're angry. They're distressed. Earlier today, through your reporting, we heard the migrants there at the

train station in Budapest chant Merkel, Merkel, Germany, Germany. So, Arwa, how significant is it that they're not appealing to international aid

groups or the UN, but they are appealing directly to the leader of Germany?

DAMON: They are appealing directly to Angela Merkel because she is the one who came out and talked about how their treatment was not up to

humanitarian standards. Because she is the one that came out and said Germany would be accepting refugees. And they do believe that she would

have listened to them if she could (inaudible) somehow do something to try to bring about an end to it.

But there are in all of this also calling, Kristie, for the United Nations. We do sporadically hear calls of UN, UN, asking them to come and

help them out.

But perhaps there's also the realization at this stage, because there's all refugees of the wars in Iraq and Syria, that they do need these

powerful governments to come in and intervene on their behalf. And there is actually a member of parliament from the German government from the

country's leftist party who is here at the -- with the blessing of her party, but she's here on her own trying to get an understanding of what's

happening and she herself has said that what we're seeing transpire here in Hungary especially is a violation of the Geneva convention, is a violation

of international law, a violation of very core belief that an individual who is fleeing persecution and war, there is an obligation laid on

countries to actually ensure that here are treated with dignity and respect and given sanctuary.

[08:09:58] LU STOUT: Yeah, there is this obligation and yet these desperate people left to languish at a train station there in Budapest.

Arwa, thank you so much for your reporting. Heartbreaking scenes here, just people stuck in limbo in the heart of Europe there in Hungary. Arwa

Damon reporting.

Let's take you to Thailand next. And Thai police have arrested a man they describe as very important in connection with last month's bombings in

Bangkok. He is the second foreigner detained since the August 17 attack on the popular Erawan shrine. And police also think that he is linked to an

explosion the next day at a pier. Authorities are still working to verify his identity. And right now, the suspect is being interrogated by the Thai

military.

CNN's Saima Mohsin joins us now live from Bangkok. And Saima, who is this second suspect?

SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kristie, police haven't released a name or an age. They say that they are erring on the

side of caution that they want to verify his identity carefully using DNA, fingerprints, photographic analysis as well, comparing it with, you'll

remember, the main suspect identified in that CCTV footage wearing that yellow t-shirt.

The big question is, is this the same man?

What they have told us is that this man is considered to be a foreigner, as you said. He speaks English. And they picked him up on the

border, on the Thai side of the border of Thailand and Cambodia. And they have now brought him to Bangkok for questioning. But they do believe that

he is linked in some way, either directly involved or linked to both those bombings. Of course, a terrible bombing, the worst attack on Thailand

ever. Twenty people killed, more than 120 injured.

It's two weeks to the day last night here in Thailand, Monday night, when that bomb went off. It's been very slow progress, but we've seen a

lot of progress over the last few days -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, this new suspect, he joins another male suspect who was arrested over the weekend and then on Monday, news of those arrest

warrants issued for two other individuals. What more have you learned about all of them and their nationalities?

MOHSIN: Yeah, identifying the nationality of the man arrested in that raid on Saturday at an apartment on the outskirts of Bangkok. I was there

when police were there, members of the military, forensic teams as well.

Now that's been tricky, because initially they announced that he was Turkish. They had to quickly retract that, because they believe those

passports were forged. And they found dozens and dozens of fake passports in that apartment, Kristie, alongside a lot of very worrying bombmaking

equipment.

Now, they did identify two other suspects over the weekend. One was just a police sketch, the other was a photograph of a woman who has since

been in touch herself with police saying she's living in Turkey with her husband and young baby, that she left Thailand two months ago and denies

any involvement in this bombing, but admits that she had once rented out this very apartment.

Now, today, in a press conference, they've also announced that they are issuing three arrest warrants for three men: an unidentified Turkish

man, no names. We do have two other names, Turkish nationals, Ali Jolan (ph) and Emit Bazoglan (ph). So they are now saying that they are

confident that these are Turkish nationals, that we've had a lot false starts.

So, let's err on the side of caution here. They need to verify those passports and identifies -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, we'll wait for that verification process, but it seems on the face of it that the investigation is definitely picking up

pace here.

Saima Mohsin reporting live for us from Bangkok. Thank you, Saima.

You're watching News Stream. We'll be back right after this short break.

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[08:15:25] LU STOUT: All right, coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News Stream.

Now U.S. President Barack Obama is spending a second day in Alaska pressing for action to fight climate change. At a conference on Monday, he

called global warming the defining threat of this century. He also had some pretty harsh words for those who deny that human activity is causing

climate change.

Now, later today Mr. Obama plans to go for a hike on Alaskan glacier to highlight the rapid melting blamed on global warming.

Now critics, however, were quick to point out President Obama's decision to allow oil drilling which they say is also putting the Arctic at

risk. Just weeks ago, the Obama administration gave energy giant Shell the greenlight to begin drilling off the coast of Alaska. Environmentalists

blasted the decision, but the Obama administration has said that there would be rigorous safety standards in place.

Now, Mr. Obama is also drawing fire for renaming Alaska and North America's tallest mountain.

Now Donald Trump says if he wins the U.S. presidency, Denali will be gone and Mount McKinley will be its name again.

Now Trump joined lawmakers from the late president's home state of Ohio in knocking the decision and took the debate one step further through

Twitter.

He said this, quote, President Obama wants to change the name of Mount McKinely to Denali after more than 100 years. Great insult to Ohio. I

will change back.

Now, Donald Trump has blazed the presidential campaign trail, making brash statements like that one. And he's largely taken to Twitter to voice

his sometimes venomous responses to those who take a stand against him.

Randi Kaye looks at how the front runner has managed to weaponize his social media feed.

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RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Donald Trump unleashed in 140 characters or less. His tweets are often sarcastic, hateful, and downright

nasty.

Most are directed at his opponents: "Jeb Bush never uses his last name on advertising, signage, materials, etc. Is he ashamed of the name Bush? A

pretty sad situation. Go Jeb!"

"Congrats @lindseygrahamsc. You just got four points in your home state of SC - far better than zero nationally. You're only 26 points behind

me."

And after Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders lost control of his microphone to Black Lives Matters protesters, Trump tweeted this dig: "How

is Bernie Sanders going to defend our country if he can't even defend his own microphone? Very sad!"

Trump went after the President during the Ebola scare: "I am starting to think there is something seriously wrong with President Obama's mental

health. Why won't he stop the flights? Psycho!" In another tweet, he asked if the President is "stupid or arrogant?"

Trump has nearly four-million followers on Twitter, so his tweets hardly go unnoticed. His favorite words when firing off these zingers seem

to be "dumb" and "dopey." He uses the word "great" a lot too, but mainly about himself and things he likes.

Trump goes after the media too, retweeting this about Fox News' Megyn Kelly after she'd returned from vacation: "The bimbo back in town. I hope

not for long."

And this about Anderson Cooper: "What a waste of time being interviewed by @andersoncooper, when he puts on really stupid talking heads

like Tim O'Brien - dumb guy with no clue."

Pundits are a target, too.

Charles Krauthammer in the line of fire, with Trump calling him, "a totally overrated clown, who speaks without knowing facts."

And this tweet: "One of the dumber and least respected of the political pundits is Chris Cilliaza of the Washington Post @thefix. Moron

hates my poll numbers.

Celebrities are fair game in Trump's Twitterverse. Trump tweeted this last year about singer Katy Perry: "Katy Perry must've been drunk when she

married Russell Brand." Brand boldly fired back, "@realdonaldtrump are you drunk when you write these tweets or does that foam you spray on your bald

head make you high?"

Whatever it is that inspires Trump's tweets, a Washington Post headline summed it up this way: "Your next president, Donald Trump,

basically tweets like a 12-year old."

Randi Kaye, CNN, New York.

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LU STOUT: You're watching News Stream. And up next, they were tricked into following their traffickers, and then they were branded like

property. Coming up, hear from a young woman who faces a start reminder of her traumatic past every single day.

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[08:23:57] LU STOUT: And now to our CNN Freedom Project and the focus on human trafficking. This week, a look at how some girls have been

branded by their traffickers and pimps. It's a practice that they used to signify ownership.

Now Sara Sidner spoke with a 17 year old girl who says that she was sold a dream that never came true.

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SARA SIDNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: From her childlike giggles and her sunny disposition, you'd never know the fear this teenager has lived in for

years.

But every time 17-year-old Adriana looks into a mirror, she has a mark to remind her.

Tell me about what's tattooed across your chest.

ADRIANA, TRAFFICKING SURVIVOR: This right here?

SIDNER: Yeah.

ADRIANA: I call it my wall wound. It's -- the name is Cream, and I got it when I was about 14 years old and he was one of my pimps.

SIDNER: Adriana says it all started when she was 13 rebelling and decided to run away from home. She says she went to a party and met a guy

who promised her the glamorous life, but she soon found out that in order to get anything she had to work for him out here selling sex.

What were you feeling? 13 years old and all of a sudden you find yourself in a life of an adult?

[08:25:23] ADRIANA: I felt awesome. I thought I was just too cool. I knew everything. I was doing everything. No one couldn't tell me

anything. That's exactly what it was.

SIDNER: And what was he doing for you?

ADRIANA: Nothing. He was just selling me that dream.

SIDNER: That dream has been sold to countless girls who also end up bearing the marks of ownership. These photos from the Van Nuys vice unit

of the Los Angeles Police Department showed just how prolific branding is.

A trafficker's initials on a girl's face, a nickname on her thighs, images of money bags, a blatant message on her neck. "F You. Pay me."

Even a bar code, like an item in a grocery store.

LAPD captain Lillian Caranza says she first noticed the trend about five years ago.

LILLIAN CARANZA, LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT: This is just another way to not only control them, to let them know you belong to me, also to

let other pimps know, hey, this individual belongs to me.

SIDNER: Like property.

CARANZA: Exactly.

This is no different than when you or I would mark our shirts or lunchbox or our lunch for the day with out name in order to let everybody

else know, hey, this is our property.

SIDNER: For Adriana, as the months ticked by, the work grew increasingly grueling. Her trafficker demanding she make a certain amount

of money. She worked day and night, sometimes in life threatening situations.

So, guns pulled on you, knives.

ADRIANA: Knives, yes. I've gotten a few knives before. And it's very scary.

SIDNER: How do you live with that fear?

ADRIANA: You don't. You can't with it. You kill yourself at night, that's what you do to live with that fear. What? No, you don't live with

that type of fear.

SIDNER: What do you do with it?

ADRIANA: You suppress it.

SIDNER: She says pimp encourage girls to take drugs and get them hooked so they can work 24 hours a day.

Adriana says she refused, and instead tried to disengage mentally.

ADRIANA: You have to. I mean, because I didn't do drugs I had to find a way of coping with this. I mean, it's very disgusting. It's nasty.

You feel -- ew, you feel so uncomfortable. Naturally you're going to be traumatized, whether it's a gun to your head, a knife to your belly,

whether it's you being raped or robbed, or whatever it is, naturally you're going to have some type of trauma behind it. And because you've been sold

drinks, and you've fallen in love over and over again and that's all you're looking for you get hurt a lot, because none of it is real.

SIDNER: Did you ever think when you were branded that it mirrors what they used to do to slaves?

ADRIANA; Yes. I believe this is modern-day slavery, definitely.

SIDNER: But she has so far decided to keep the brand right where it is and insisted on showing her face to let other girls see they don't have

to live in shame.

How do you go forward and live a different life?

ADRIANA: I don't know.

SIDNER: Still trying to figure it out?

ADRIANA: Yes.

SIDNER: Adriana is working towards a high school diploma, but the future is fuzzy because the life, as she calls it, keeps pulling her back.

ADRIANA: Branded as a sex slave when she was only 14 years old.

Now be sure to join us tomorrow for part 3 of Sara Sidner's special reporting. You'll hear from a survivor who was raising money to help other

victims have their brandings covered up for good.

You're watching News Stream. And later in the hour, Beijing gets ready for a massive military parade to mark 70 years since the end of World

War II. Ahead of the big day, the capital is fast ascending into lockdown mode. We'll show you how.

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[08:31:54] LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching News Stream. And these are your world headlines.

Now, the Thai military is interrogating a man described as a very important suspect in connection with last month's bombings in Bangkok. He

is the second foreigner detained since the deadly attack on the popular Erawan shrine. Police say that he was picked up near the Cambodian border

and that they're working to identify him with fingerprints, DNA and photo analysis.

Hundreds of migrants are being held up at a railway station in the Hungarian capital. Now they are demanding to be allowed to board trains

heading to Germany. Now earlier, they were chanting Hungary no, Germany yes. On Monday, Hungarian authorities temporarily allowed people from

Syria and Iraq to depart.

Pope Francis says priests will be allowed to absolve a woman of an abortion during the Catholic church's upcoming jubilee year. Now that rite

was previously reserved for a bishop. Now the change applies to what the church is calling the holy year of mercy, which begins in December.

U.S. President Barack Obama is in Alaska pressing for action to fight climate change. On Monday, he called global warming the defining threat of

this century. And later today, he plans to hike on an Alaskan glacier to highlight the rapid melting blamed on global warming.

Apple is gearing up for its big launch even next week. And media reports say it may be looking to follow in the footsteps of Netflix by

creating exclusive content.

Now citing anonymous sources, the reports say that Hollywood executives have been holding talks with Apple.

Now, there are a lot of questions about Apple's September 9 event. And let's go straight to our Brian Stelter for more on this story. And

Brian, I know that you've been working your sources. Have you confirmed that, yes, Apple is indeed reaching out to Hollywood to look into original

programming?

BRIAN STELTER, HOST, RELIABLE SOURCES: That's my sense. Yes, Apple executives are reaching out to high level Hollywood types, folks that might

help Apple do this in the future.

But as the source said to me, it's very early days.

It seems like right now Apple is just trying to figure out what it should do and who should help them do it. So, if we're ever going to see

an Apple branded television show, it is still years away.

But the prospect is really tantalizing isn't it? Because we've seen Netflix and Hulu and Amazon and many other companies go into this original

programming business.

Apple is actually one of the only big tech companies on the sidelines right now. If they decide to enter, it could create even more competition,

even more opportunities and options for us, the viewers.

ANDERSON: Yeah, the source says it's very early days, but you know, Brian, if Apple is entering the world of original programming, what would

an Apple produced TV series look like?

STELTER: Well, if it's anything like the technology, it would be a lot sleeker than the rest of the shows on the market, right. Apple is

known for its design after all.

But this would be a big change for Apple. You know, there's a lot of skepticism about this even though Variety broke the news yesterday and it

does seem like there's something real here, it's unclear if Apple will go for it, actually go all the way in, because after all they are known just

for making the devices. They've really put their toe into the content waters before, except for Apple Music.

Apple Music just this summer Apple taking a big step toward that king of programming by lighting up their devices with music and even working

with artists to make music videos and create that radio station Beats One.

So, there is a little bit of evidence they're thinking more and more about entertainment, about programming.

You know, why this might make so much sense for Apple is they've been interested in selling a version of cable via the internet, a version of a

bundle of channels the way you get via satellite today, which you could just stream online.

Maybe channels like CNN and CBAS and ESPN and all he rest.

One way for Apple, if it does go forward with that product, to differentiate its product, is to have a few exclusive shows, a few shows

you can find nowhere else. So that might be, might be what Apple is thinking about here.

LU STOUT: Yeah, that makes sense, it would dove tail with Apple TV and Apple iTunes. But I mean, remind us just how tough is this business?

Yes, there may be some success stories out there in original programming. But not every Amazon show is a hit, right.

So, just how big a risk would this be for Apple?

STELTER: And that's true for Netflix as well. It's true for Hulu as well. And one big technology giant, a rival of Apple's, Microsoft,

actually tried to do this and then gave up recently. They set up their own studio. They were going to start making TV shows, web shows, and then they

decided it was not the right business for them.

I have a feeling that's precisely why Apple is holding these meetings now with Hollywood big shots. They want to really understand this

marketplace before they decide what exactly to do. But like I said, the prospect of this possibly happening has a lot of people very interested,

because we've seen Apple disrupt so many industries in the past, maybe, just maybe, Hollywood is next.

LU STOUT: Yeah, we are very interested. That's why we're talking about it. Brian Stelter joining us live from New York, thank you so much

for that.

Now, it's worth noting that on less than nine years ago Apple was still known as Apple Computer. Now they were already selling the iPod and

operating the iTunes Music Store, but they were seen as accessories to Apple's main business, which was the McIntosh.

Now, in 2015, though, it's a completely different story. The Mac, it made up only 12 percent of Apple's revenues in their most recent quarterly

result. The iPhone is now Apple's dominant product.

But they also make watches. They run their own radio station. And there are rumors that Apple is exploring building cars.

Now, across Beijing hundreds of factories have shut down, traffic restrictions are in place, major tourist sites off limits. We'll explain

what's behind the closures after the break.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now Thursday marks 70 years since the end of World War II. And Beijing is sparing no expense when it comes to preparing for the country's

celebratory military parade. Factories have gone dark. Traffic cut in half. and while China's capital city may be enjoying rarely seen blue

skies, all the precautions come at a cost to Beijing locals as Will Ripley now reports.

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WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's midnight in Beijing. Missile launchers are rolling through the streets -- rehearsal for China's massive

military parade and we're stuck on the wrong side of the road. We, along with many other people, cannot get back to our rooms, their homes, entire

areas cut off, streets and subway stations closed. No way in or out for up to 16 hours.

[08:40:07] UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's stupid. It's really stupid.

RIPLEY: Thousands of people either missed or ignored the announcements, leaving them stranded overnight.

"We just have to wait," says this 80 year old woman who can't go home.

Beijingers have come to expect big hassles during big events. Thursday's parade will be the largest in Chinese history, marking victory

day, 70 years since the end of World War II.

Expect a three hour show of force from the world's largest military, even bigger than the last parade in 2009, weapons never before seen in

public.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A short of Xi Jinping's firm control.

RIPLEY: Beijing professor C.A. Tao (ph) says china's president won't risk any mistakes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The government has gone to great lengths to make sure that this will be a great success.

RIPLEY: The capital's two airports will shut down for three hours. Stock markets, schools, even resident's windows closed.

One bright spot, clear skies, Beijing's notorious smog is gone.

XIE TAO, BEIJING FOREIGN STUDIES UNIVERSITY: Look at the blue sky. We call this the military parade blue. And before that we have the

(inaudible) and the Olympic blue.

Like past events, drastic measures to improve air quality. Nearly 2,000 factories stopping or slowing production. Construction sites closed,

license plate restrictions cutting traffic in half.

The morning after parade rehearsal, barricades come down, streets reopen.

We made it. So more than 12 hours after this adventure began, I finally cross the street.

With the economy slowing, stocks struggling, territorial disputes ongoing, China's Communist Party wants to project power and control,

determined not to let anything rain on their parade.

Will Ripley, CNN, Beijing.

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LU STOUT: Now, Tokyo is preparing to host the Summer Olympics in 2020, but it's back to the drawing board for one important part of the

games. Organizers say that they are scrapping their logo and starting this election process for a new one.

Now since its unveiling back in July, the design has come under repeated accusations of plagiarism. Critics say the stylized letter T is

too similar to that of a theater in Belgium.

And here you can see two logos side by side.

Tokyo's Olympic committee had repeatedly defended the design, but backtracked after fresh allegations came up over the weekend.

And that is News Stream.

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