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[08:00:27] KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to News Stream.

Now, as a joint EU-Turkish plan for migrants draws criticism, thousands of people are caught in the middle living in this disused airport terminal in

Greece.

Many living in this airport terminal in Greece.

The Super Tuesday part two, candidates for the White House prepare for another big day on the campaign trail.

And it's been exactly you two years since flight MH370 went missing, its final location still unknown.

Now, some call it the answer to Europe's migrant crisis, others say it is a betrayal of human dignity. A refugee plan proposed by the EU and Turkey is

drawing harsh criticism from humanitarian groups.

Now, under the terms, Turkey says it will take back migrants who cross into Greece without proper authorization, and for every Syrian sent back to

Turkey, the EU would accept a Syrian refugee already in Turkey.

The European leaders say the plan will will deter migrants from attempting the dangerous sea crossing into Europe, but Amnesty International says the

practice is akin to refugee bartering and is dehumanizing.

Now, the UN secretary-general spoke about the refugee crisis a short time ago.

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BAN KI-MOON, UN SECRETARY-GENERAL: I'm concerned that many European countries are adapting increasingly restrictive asylum policies, extreme

right wing and nationalistic political parties are inflaming the situation when we need to be seeking solutions, harmonious solutions based on shared

responsibilities.

I am deeply worried by growing anti-migrant and anti-refugee rhetoric and violent attacks

against these communities. Such actions divide communities. Such actions divide communities, sew instability, and betray the values that underpin

the European union.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Ban Ki-moon has called for shared responsibility there. Now, already this year, it is estimated that 135,000 migrants have reached

Europe's shores. And for some, the journey has ended here at a former airport in Greece that has been converted into a migrant

camp.

The site was once a gateway into the heart of Europe, but now it is a roadblock. Atika Shubert reports.

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ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Jet planes left to rust on a runway in Athens. A former airport, this vast

space was converted into an Olympic park more than a decade ago. Now it is home to thousands of refugees stranded in Athens.

Laundry lines the entrance to the terminal. Most here are from Afghanistan but also Pakistan, Iran and Morocco, banned from crossing the border,

because they are considered to be from a safe country.

While they wait in limbo, this is where the Greek government has placed them, until they can find more permanent shelter.

SHUBERT: I want you to take a look at this. It's almost as though they've preserved it, as a kind of a museum or a time capsule.

And if you can see up here, they still have some of the signs up. Paris now boarding, London on time. There's something very surreal about having them

camped out at an abandoned airport.

Every hour, planes used to leave here for Paris, for London and now, all of those refugees want to get to those exact destinations but they can't. So

there's nothing for them to do but to wait.

SHUBERT (voice-over): At the former stadium, where Olympians once competed for gold, Afghan kids now play with a deflated ball. Residents invited us

in to see how an estimated 3,000 people are living here.

SHUBERT: This is a pretty extraordinary scene. There are families sleeping out here in these abandoned buildings; children, mothers.

(voice-over): Inside, a sea of gray U.N. blankets supplemented with thin padded sleeping mats. There are no beds, only the occasional cot.

It took one month for Mustafa Saedi (ph) to get here from Kabul with his wife and two daughters, smuggled in by car and boat.

[08:05:12] UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): It was so dangerous.

SHUBERT: Like so many here, he has only one destination in mind.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Germany.

SHUBERT: Why Germany?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Germans accept refugees so we decided to go here.

SHUBERT (voice-over): But the borders are closed now.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So yes, we are praying to God.

SHUBERT (voice-over): This is the warehouse of souls the prime minister of Greece warned his country would become. Not a refuge but a purgatory of

fading hopes and broken dreams.

Atika Shubert, CNN, at Hellinikon Airport in Athens, Greece.

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LU STOUT: As European leaders try to figure out how to deal with this crisis, thousands of migrants are still stuck in an overcrowded camp in

northern Greece.

Now, let's go straight to Arwa Damon. She joins us from the Greek/Macedonian border. And Arwa, close to, if not over 11,000 migrants

remain stranded there at the border. And they are homeless, they are cold. What is the deal that was just struck between the EU and Turkey? What does

that mean for them?

ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's a great question, Kristie that at this stage no one can really definitely answer, not even

European Union leaders themselves or UNHCR know exactly how the details of this deal, if it does in fact, pass, are going to

manifest themselves when it comes to what is going to happen, specifically to populations like this one that are already in Europe, in Greece.

And as that deal was being debated, as European and Turkish leaders were congratulating each

other on this break through agreement, people here spent the night under the pouring rain and in the freezing cold. You can see laundry, clothing,

that is strung up. That's not because people washed their belongings, that's because they got sopping, soaking wet overnight.

Blankets are on top of the tents, again, in an effort to try to dry them out.

A number of parents who we met were telling us that their children are becoming incredibly sick. 13,000 here, as I was mentioning, 40 percent of

them, Kristie, are children.

Now, Amnesty International also issuing a scathing statement about this agreement, saying that it was basically a death sentence to the asylum

seeking process. Also, going on to say that it is a new low for European and Turkish leaders to be bartering, horse trading with the lives of the

most vulnerable of populations like this one.

LU STOUT: And so now we have the scene behind you. These families who have been stuck

in these squalid conditions for quite some time now, that they're cold, they're hungry. How are they getting any food, medical help, or adequate

shelter, something more than the tents that are there?

DAMON: Well, this particular area was a transit point where back in the day when refugees and migrants who were on this route they were just

getting waved through as they would move from Greece into Macedonia.

The transit tent can hold about 1,500 people max, this transit area. What has happened, because the Macedonians closed the borders down and are only

allowing at best a few hundred through, in recent days none, it has caused the expansion from the actual larger tents put up by UNHCR, but other

organizations, to these smaller tents that you're seeing that were largely donated because of the sheer volume of people.

When it comes to food, Kristie, people wait for two hours in line twice a day for a cheese and egg sandwich. In fact, one man I was talking to was

making the point of how much longer can we keep eating this and feeding our children this day in and day out?

And people are running out of money. That is those that even have money at this stage to begin with.

Medical issues. There are, as I was saying, thousands of children who are here, many of them are sick, not to mentioned the adults that are ill and

the facilities that here to try to assist people and children medically were not built, we're not set up to cope with this volume of people.

And of course the issue right now is that no one knows how this agreement is meant to be implemented, no one knows exactly what's going to be

happening.

The Greek authorities, along with the United Nations, are meant to be building up larger, better suited transit and holding areas for these

people, but that is not going to miraculously manifest itself the next few days, and the problem is that as Europe tries to protect itself from the threat that it seems to be

perceiving from people like this, what it's doing by building these various barricades and shutting down borders is not necessarily keeping them out,

just making their lives all that more miserable.

[08:10:16] LU STOUT: And that's why we have this scene that's playing out right there at the

border. 11,000 people stranded, stuck in limbo, waiting for the opportunity to cross and in dire

need of help.

Arwa Damon reporting, many thanks indeed for that update

Now, the U.S. military says Saturday's attack on al Shabaab militants, that was meant to stop an

imminent threat against U.S. troops and African peacekeeping operations in the country. U.S. officials say manned and unmanned aircraft targeted a

camp north of Mogadishu, killing up to 150 militants.

A Pentagon spokesman says the site had been under observation for weeks.

And now to the United States where it is Super Tuesday round two in the race for the White House.

Republicans fighting for their party's presidential nomination will go head to head in four

states. There are primaries in Michigan, Mississippi, Idaho, along with caucuses in the U.S. state of Hawaii. 150 delegates are at stake here.

Now, Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, they will battle it out in two voting contests in Michigan and in Mississippi.

Now, CNN's Phil Mattingly is on the campaign trail in Detroit michigan. He joins us now live. And Phil, in what we are calling Super Tuesday, part

two, will Donald Trump be able to truly break away from the GOP pack here?

PHIL MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's the big question that all the other candidates are trying to ask right now. As you know, and as you

said, four states, 150 delegates, a very big day today -- Michigan really being the center of where these contests matter, but also really in setting

the tone the next seven days, a pair of must-win contests just next Tuesday.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DONALD TRUMP, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: NASCAR endorsed Trump. Can you believe that?

(APPLAUSE)

MATTINGLY: Donald Trump running strong as voters head to the polls today for what's being dubbed Super Tuesday two.

TRUMP: I've been to Michigan a lot. And I think we're going to do well there.

MATTINGLY: With 150 crucial delegates at stake, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz hustle to take votes away from Trump. The frontrunner sparring with

protesters during his swing through in North Carolina.

TRUMP: Oh we have a protester. Out, out. Bye. Go home to mommy. Go home to mommy. Tell her to tuck you in bed. Bye-bye.

MATTINGLY: Cruz making quick and previously unannounced stops in Mississippi.

SEN. TED CRUZ, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We're seeing folks who had been supporting Donald Trump who are realizing he isn't who they thought he was.

MATTINGLY: And grappling with flight delays to arrive late in another state voting today, Michigan.

CRUZ: This is effectively a rally in the middle of the night. How is that?

(APPLAUSE)

MATTINGLY: Florida Senator Marco Rubio shifting his focus to his home state.

SEN. MARCO RUBIO, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: It always comes down to Florida.

MATTINGLY: A new poll showing Rubio down by eight points in the sunshine state as he continues making the case that he's the best Trump alternative.

RUBIO: I'm the only one that has any chance of beating Donald Trump in Florida. So if you don't want Donald Trump to be the Republican nominee you

have to vote for Marco Rubio.

MATTINGLY: And Ohio Governor John Kasich also finishing a push through Michigan before ramping up his own efforts in his own must win home state

contest next week.

GOV. JOHN KASICH, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We're going to get some momentum out of Michigan. We're going to win Ohio. There is going to be

campaigning all across the country. It is going to be exciting.

(END VIDEOTAPE) MATTINGLY: Now, Kristie, top Republican officials who are opposed to

Donald Trump hope tonight really exposes more cracks in his candidacy, thinking that in the

wake of the debate -- obviously some salty and colorful language over the last week -- that there is a chance to really take a shot at him.

Next week will really underscore whether that's the case in Florida and Ohio, must-win states for Marco Rubio and John Kasich respectively. Anti-

Trump groups spending millions of dollars trying to take him down. And 2012 GOP nominee, Mitt Romney cutting a robocall in support of Marco

Rubio's candidacy, but important to know, Kristie, not an endorsement of Marco Rubio, instead just an endorsement of anybody who can beat Donald

Trump.

LU STOUT: Very interesting. Just an endorsement for an anti-Trump candidate. Phil Mattingly reporting live for us on the GOP race. Thank

you.

Now, the final two Democratic contenders are facing off in Michigan and in Mississippi. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, they spent money in

Michigan trying to drum up votes. There are 130 delegates at stake in the Michigan primary, a new poll has Clinton the heavy favorite there.

And according to Monmouth university survey of likely Democratic voters, she has a double-digit lead over Sanders in that state and is also favored

in Mississippi.

Now, we will, of course, have complete coverage throughout the day of all the races from first votes to the final results right here only on CNN.

Now the tennis star Maria Sharapova admits she failed a drug test. And now sponsors are dropping her faster than an overhead slam.

Up next, the latest on the fallout and how the tennis world is reacting.

Plus, families of missing flight MH370 are holding onto hope that one day they will find out what really happened. We'll have the latest on the

investigation as the world marks two years since the tragedy.

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[08:17:01] LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now, major is sponsors are suspending deals with the Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova after

she admitted to failing a drug test.

Nike, Porsche and the Swiss watch maker Tag Heuer all say that they are putting endorsement deals on hold. Sharapova apologized on Monday after

revealing she tested positive for a banned substance during this year's Australian Open.

The International Tennis Federation says it is suspending Sharapova from competition starting on Saturday pending a determination in her case.

Now, CNN.com tennis contributor Ravi Ubha joins me now live from London with more. And Ravi, thanks for joining us.

Maria Sharapova, it was very interesting to see how she was very up front with the details of

this failed drug test. Can you tell us more about that press conference? What does she say?

RAVI UBHA, CNN TENNIS CONTRIBUTOR: Well, Kristie, it was interesting because prior to the speech by Sharapova, we were all thinking that this

may have had to do with her retirement, but it turns out actually what happened was a bigger bombshell, because here she is coming out and

admitting she failed a drug test.

She said she was taking this drug since, Meldonium, ever since 2006. But the issue was the drug became banned. It was banned January 1, 2016. But

Sharapova did not know about it. What she also said was she got the e-mail from authorities telling her that the new list has come out, but as she put

it, she did not click on the link.

And when you think of, Kristie, her team, her massive, massive team and how much Sharapova is involved in her own career, her attention to detail,

which is so big, it just is a massive oversight that she didn't catch it or anybody on her team did not catch that.

LU STOUT: And this is a bombshell for the sport, for her fans, for sponsors. Maria Sharapova has long been the world's richest female

athlete. So, what impact is this going to have on other sponsorships and overall her personal brand?

UBHA: Well, I think it has to in the short-term it's going to damage the personal brand, no doubt, when somebody comes out and admits they failed

the drug test.

You were talking, Kristie, earlier on about some of these sponsors already that have gotten involved and when you think like Nike. Nike has have been

involved with Sharapova ever since she was 11 years old. And they're saying they are going to suspend ties with her until the investigation

continues. That's a big one. Also, you talked about Tag Heuer and Porsche.

The thing, though, I found interesting, Kristie, is that these companies are saying they're suspending things for the moment, but it just seems it

is not terminal. We may hear more sponsors come out in the future in the next couple of days, but I think we're going to wait and see after a year,

couple of years, to see what the end result is going to be.

And she also, of course, has her major candy gram, Sugapova.

LU STOUT: All right, Ravi, many thanks indeed for the analysis. Take care.

Now, there is more evidence of a slowdown in China, that's according to official figures on trade. Now, exports contracted sharply last month,

falling by 20 percent from a year earlier. Now, this data deepening worries over slowing growth in the world's second largest economy.

China is now posting its slowest pace of growth in 25 years.

Now to shore up growth, Beijing has been looking to reconfigure the economy so it relies more on Chinese consumers and less on factory floors, but that

is proving to be an uphill battle.

Now, CNN Money's Asia Pacific editor Andrew Stevens has more on this from the capital Beijing to China's rust belt of heavy industry.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

[08:20:25] ANDREW STEVENS, CNN MONEY: This is the vision that China's leadership wants to become a reality across the country: a mainly middle

class society, spending freely with plenty of choice in a balanced but growing economy, enough disposable income after the kids's educations have

been paid for and a little bit of savings has been tucked away to buy a luxury item like, say, an iPhone. This is actually one of five Apple

stores across the capital.

But the reality is that China is still very much a country of two faces, a wealth gap that shows no sign of closing.

In the capital, the average per capita income is more than 14,000 U.S. dollars. The economy itself here grows at 6.9 percent. There are 279

billionaires in the capital, that's more than in any other city on the planet.

There's just one billionaire here in Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province, no Apple stores at all. Liaoning and its two neighboring

provinces are known as the rust belt of China, the center of where the SOEs, the heavy industry state-owned countries -- the big steel plants, the

petrochemical plants, are based, and the ones which are going to be bearing the brunt of the economic transition.

They are being closed. As you can see around, this is an old petrochemical plant on the outskirts of the city. Millions of workers potentially will

lose their jobs over the next few years.

This is Beijing's dilemma. This is the ugly reality of an economic transition. And this is what Beijing has to manage to keep the people here

believing, keep them hoping that there is still a better life ahead.

Andrew Stevens, CNN, Shenyang, in Liaoning Province.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now, from nuclear scientists to political leaders, as the world celebrates female empowerment on this International Women's Day, CNN sits

down with one of Saudi Arabia's first elected female politicians.

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[08:26:19] LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News

Stream.

Now some analysts expect Southeast Asia to become the world's third largest e-commerce

market in just a few years, and Zalora is the region's leading fashion retailer.

Now, I took a look at how they tailored their strategy to succeed in the ASEAN market.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Singapore's Orchard Road is a shopper's paradise -- windows display designer clothes and accessories, tempting people to purchase the

latest fashions. Across town, this is what shopping looks like. Delivery drivers for online retailer Zalora load up

carts full of customer orders.

The warehouse is a flurry of activity as workers package inventory and prepare new purchases.

MICHELE FERRARIO, ZALORA CEO: Since the very beginning, we decided to be a true local player. So we have office and warehouse in every country we

operate. In these countries, where logistics is challenging, you need to be there.

LU STOUT: Michele Ferrario is the CEO of Zalora Group, the company launched in 2012. It sells items from big international brands as well as

smaller, local designers. Zalora has its own clothing label with offerings customized for different markets.

It now counts more than $4 million customers in eight countries, most in Southeast Asia.

FERRARIO: We have built the infrastructure in a central way. And we're building the connection with the customers and with the local brands

locally.

The challenge -- there is a challenge, of course which is the fragmentation of (inaudible) makes building a regional company more difficult than it

would be in other regions of the world.

LU STOUT: One problem Zalora faced was limited use of credit cards. So it offers Southeast Asian shoppers the option to pay cash on delivery.

Consumers in the region are still getting used to online shopping, which accounts for less than 1 percent of total global retail sales, that's

compared to 10 percent in more mature markets.

So, companies are preparing for an e-commerce boom in Southeast Asia.

MARCELO WESSELER, SINGPOST E-COMMERCE CEO: A lot more consumers are actually willing buy online, but there isn't as much of a supply there yet.

So I think there is still a lot of room for a lot of brands and retailers to come here and set up their e-commerce businesses.

LU STOUT: Privately run Singapore Post hopes companies handle everything from website design to product delivery. It is building a new e-commerce

logistics warehouse, serving not just Singapore but all of Asia-Pacific.

It already has about 24 warehouses in the region.

WESSELER: The current environment, you have to set up an e-commerce business for each and every market, and the markets are very small, so even

Singapore is a rather small market. And integration of the markets will actually make it significantly more economically viable for brands and

retailers to set up e-commerce businesses.

LUSTOUT: Singpost says it saw a 384 percent increase in holiday orders placed online compared to the previous year. And fashion is now the

biggest business.

FERRARIO: There is one thing changing the game very quickly, which is mobile. My expectation is that in the next one, two, three, four years, we

will see even faster embracing of e-commerce.

LU STOUT: Some analysts expect Southeast Asia to become the world's third largest e-commerce market in just a few years. Companies that cut through

the challenges will sew up their share of ASEAN's potential.

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LU STOUT: You're watching News Stream. And still ahead in the program, two years have passed, but the mystery remains. What happened to Malaysia

Airlines flight 370? We'll look at how much closer the families are to an answer.

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[08:32:24] LU STOUT: Now it has been exactly two years since Malaysia Airlines flight 370 vanished with 239 people on board. The plane's fate is

one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history. And crews are expected to complete a search of the Indian Ocean later this year.

Malaysia's prime minister says that he's hopeful the plane will eventually be found.

Now, Saima Mohsin is standing by in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. We're also joined now by CNN's aviation correspondent Richard Quest, who

chronicles the search effort in his new book it's called "The Vanishing of Flight MH370."

And Richard is joining us live from New York. Richard, we will start with you. Two years on, the plane is still missing. The search is still under

way. But how close are we to it being found?

RICHARD QUEST, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, they are searching that area of the ocean that they believe is the most likely based on the

INMARSAT satellite handshakes. But it is still unknown. We could be a bit off to the left or a bit off to the right. And that's why the families

involved are saying to the Malaysians, Australians and Chinese that even after you

search this area, if you have come up with nothing, we insist that you continue searching.

There was one slight change which I noticed yesterday in the statements from the Malaysians. They are now saying when they have finished searching

this area, 120,000 square kilometers, there will be a meeting to decide what to do next between the three countries.

Now, that is different, because until now the three countries have said specifically after this area is searched, if nothing is found, there will

be no further extension. So, my guess is the pressure is starting to ramp up for them to at least look at other areas or refine and come up with a

new plan.

LU STOUT: All right. Richard Quest there joining us live from New York. Thank you, Richard.

Let's go to our Saima Mohsin who joins us live from KL. And Saima, Richard just mentioned that slight difference in the report that was released by

Malaysian authorities. The interim report that was released earlier today local time, you parsed it already. What got your attention?

MOHSIN: Well, one of the things that comes to light in this, of course, is the addition of the finding of the flaperon, Kristi. That is the only

thing that is really very new in this report since last year of course.

Let's remind everyone why it is still called an interim report. They can't make a final report until they find the plane.

Now, the flaperon is mentioned. They highlight that there is a piece of wreckage that needs reviewing. And they took about impact information.

But, Kristie, that is it. They don't go on to tell us any more about their investigations into looking at the flaperon. They're lacking in detail in

this report. And that has disappointed a lot of family members that I have spoken to here. And I have just checked online,

there is a lot of chatter about that online, because at a time when the flaperon was found, I was in Balma (ph) was it taken for further

identification before it was identified as to date, the only part from flight MH370 to have been found, the experts at the time told me not only

could they analyze, for example, the barnacles on it that could tell us where it has been in the ocean, but also they could look

at potentially the edges of the flaperon to see how did it come away from the plane and that could potentially really build up the story of flight

MH370, some insight into what may have happened to that plane as authorities say came down in the southern Indian Ocean.

That is the most glaring fact that comes out of it. And they also said today that they would release a final report either when the plane is found

or when the search ends, whichever they said happens first.

Now, as Richard just pointed out, today the prime minister in his statement said that they are hopeful the plane will be found and if not, they will

review once again whether to search for it.

And the family members really want that. They have launched a petition called Search On, which they have launched globally. They are hoping

people will put that pressure for that search to continue -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, Saima Mohsin reporting live from Kuala Lumpur, many thanks indeed for that update.

And Richard Quest joining us live from New York, a big thank you to you both.

Now, you're watching News Stream. And still to come on the program, Tuesday it marks International Women's Day. Google is inviting women and

girls around the world to share their dreams. The project that is celebrating the next generation of game changers that is just ahead.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Welcome back.

It is International Women's Day. And Google Doodle has come up with a way to honor the dreams of women who could one day change the world.

Now the team filmed women and girls in 13 countries, asking them to complete this sentence: "one day I will..."

Now, it took their responses and combined them with an animation. Take a look.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I will be the poet whose voice births the new Nigerian.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I will open my own lab.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: And the result you see it there is pretty cool and dazzling collection of hopes and aspirations to one day see the rings of Saturn, to

become a mother, or to play professional baseball.

Now, Saudi Arabia is one country that has a long way to go in terms of gender equality. It was only last year the women got the right to vote and

run in council elections.

Now, CNN's Nic Robertson sat down with one of those women.

(BEGIN VIDOETAPE)

HUDA JERAISY, RIYADH MUNICIPAL COUNCIL: The people in the city are ready to listen to women.

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: What's been the reaction of the male counselors to having female counselors like you?

[08:40:06] JERAISY: Well, it's a fact for them. We cannot say that you cannot accept a woman with you, it's a fact that you have to accept it's a

fact that you have to accept it.

ROBERTSON: What about the issue of women driving here? Is this an issue on the agenda for you?

JERAISY: With time, it will come, OK. I think what is stopping it to come is the refusal a big bunch of the people in Saudi Arabia.

ROBERTSON: But it's not illegal?

JERAISY: It's not illegal, no.

ROBERTSON: And in Riyadh you have the new metro system that will begin working later this year. And women's only family, only coaches on the

train. How is this going to revolutionize the lives of women in the capital?

JERAISY: It will be a big difference. It will be giving her the opportunity to serve the country while feeling safe.

ROBERTSON: Will this empower women?

JERAISY: Helping us. Helping her to -- of course.

The main problem that they have to reach and come to work is transportation.

ROBERTSON: World's Women's Day. What is your message to the women of the world about the women of Saudi Arabia.

JERAISY: We are working, we are capable of reaching many kinds of jobs and opportunities once it is given to us. Just believe in us.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: That was CNN's Nic Robertson sitting down with one of several women voted into public office in Saudi Arabia last year.

Now, the rock band AC/DC is rescheduling its upcoming U.S. concerts because doctors have told lead singer Brian Johnson to stop touring or risk total

hearing loss.

Yes, they are known for its loud and its powerful rock. The band says it will most likely make up any missed shows with guest vocalist.

Now, Johnson hasn't always been the lead singer. He only joined the group in 1980, following the death of frong man Bon Scott.

Now the band says they may have they may have a guest vocalist in future shows.

And finally for you, Google has a surprising new hire, the creator of the controversial website 4Chan. Chris Poole, who sold the messaging board

last year announced that he will helping build online communities at Google.

Now, he could be referring to Google+, one of the tech giant's less successful projects.

Now, Poole is a veteran of social platforms. He created 4Chan when he was just 15 years old. And the site where users post about any topic

anonymously is known for viral images and internet pranks. But it also has a darker reputation for online harassment. It was at the center of the

celebrity nudes leak scandal back in 2014.

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

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