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[08:00:19] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to News Stream.

Now, big wins for the underdogs in the road to the White House. Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders take Wisconsin to close the gap on the front-

runners.

Pressure from the Panama Papers leak leads to the resignation of Iceland's prime minister.

And the world's biggest chat app is now more secure. I'll tell you why encryption matters for What'sApp users.

The U.S. election no longer seems so cut and try. After Tuesday's presidential primaries in Wisconsin.

Now both party front-runner's lost to their rivals by big margins. Democrat Bernie Sanders bested Hillary Clinton by about 13 percentage

points while Republican Ted Cruz crushed Donald Trump 48 percent to Trump's 35 percent.

But it is still an uphill battle for Sanders or Cruz to clinch their party's nomination.

But Tuesday's results in Wisconsin have made it more difficult for Trump to get those delegates before the Republican National Convention this

summer. And it is more likely now it will be a contested convention.

Now, Phil Mattingly has more on the mounting pressure in their campaigns.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Hillary, get ready. Here we come.

PHIL MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Ted Cruz pulling off a big win in Wisconsin's Republican primary. The victory for Cruz narrowing

Donald Trump's path to the nomination and moving the party ever closer to a contested convention.

CRUZ: Tonight is a turning point. It is a rallying cry.

MATTINGLY: Cruz's win the most substantial since his defeat of Trump in Iowa.

CRUZ: Three weeks ago the media said Wisconsin was a perfect state for Donald Trump. But the hard-working men and women of Wisconsin stood and

campaigned tirelessly to make sure that tonight was a victory for every American.

MATTINGLY: Trump now facing a nearly impossible mathematical challenge to amass the 1,237 delegates needed to capture the nomination. A rough week

of political blunders, attack ads, and questions about his ability to be presidential loosening the front- runner's grip as the presumptive

nominee.

Former presidential candidate Lindsey Graham, who reluctantly backed Cruz, tweeting, "Well down, Ted Cruz. Hopefully tonight is the turning

point to deny Donald Trump 1,237 delegates."

In the hours before polls closed, Trump hit the trail hard. It wasn't enough.

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: You could have a big surprise tonight, folks. Big surprise.

MATTINGLY: Trump's campaign mostly silent after his loss, only releasing a biting statement against the Cruz campaign, saying in part,

"Lying Ted Cruz had the governor of Wisconsin, many conservative talk radio show hosts, and the entire party apparatus behind him," going on to say,

"Ted Cruz is worse than a puppet. He's a Trojan horse, being used by the party bosses attempting to steal the nomination from Mr. Trump."

Cruz, meanwhile, celebrating his big win.

CRUZ: My wife Heidi.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Heidi!

MATTINGLY: Ensuring she shares the spotlight after Trump retweeted an unflattering photo of her, which he later acknowledged was a mistake.

CRUZ: I may be biased, but isn't she going to make an amazing first lady?

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that was CNN's Phil Mattingly reporting.

Now the Wisconsin primary seemed to have brought out fiery rhetoric from the Republican

front-runner. And joining me now is Dylan Byers. He is CNN senior reporter from Median Politics. He joins me now live from L.A. Dylan,

thank you for joining us.

Ted Cruz, we heard him just then in that report, he called his victory in Wisconsin a turning point. Is it?

DYLAN BYERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it remains to be seen. Wisconsin, after all, is only one state. But it is certainly a major

victory for him. And why it is such a major victory has less to to do with the fact that he won the state than with how the inroads he made with some

of the key demographic groups that Donald Trump has appealed to in previous states.

You know, the rhetoric two weeks ago was that Wisconsin was very favorable to Donald Trump. That is not the story the Trump campaign is

telling this morning, of course. But as a matter of fact, Ted Cruz did gain support among a lot of groups that Donald Trump usually does

well with. And he also had the majority of support among voters who made up their minds in the last couple of days before voting. This is allowing

Ted Cruz to tell the story that he has the momentum now.

It is also true that this election is coming off a very bad week for Donald Trump, in which he

sort of suffered through a lot of controversial statements. It may be that there is more support than ever for the Never Trump movement, the anti-

Trump movement. And that of course is coalescing behind Ted Cruz for lack of any other option.

LU STOUT: There's this growing support for the Never Trump movement, a devastating loss in Wisconsin for Donald Trump.

I'm looking at his Twitter page right now. He has not responded yet. And we know he likes to take to Twitter. He has not said anything in

hours, not responded to his loss there at all.

How politically vulnerable is Donald Trump at this moment?

BYERS: Well, look, he is politically vulnerable, not so much how well Ted Cruz is doing or because of Ted Cruz, he's politically vulnerable

because of the math. Right now he would have to win 60 percent of the remaining delegates in order to clinch the crucial 1,237

delegates needed in order to get the nomination. He hasn't been able to win 50 percent in any of the states that he has won.

Now, meanwhile, Ted Cruz would need 88 percent of the remaining delegates.

So, it does looks increasingly likely that we are headed for that brokered convention. And of course for Donald Trump, you look at the

profound number of people who do not want Donald Trump to be the party's nominee. He has very high negatives among nearly every minority group,

certainly among the general population of women. He barely skates by with more than 50 percent support among Republican women. It is very hard to

see how he garners enough support to declare the nomination without the necessary delegates at that convention.

By the same token, there are a lot of people have turned out and voted for Donald Trump. Obviously a plurality of Republican voters. They are

going to be very upset if the Republican establishment tries to take the nomination away from him in July.

[08:07:20] LU STOUT: And Hillary Clinton, after her loss in Wisconsin, do you think she's going to continue to focus on the general

election, or is she going to launch more direct attacks against Bernie Sanders?

BYERS: Well, look, on a public level in terms of the remarks she's making in her speeches and on the campaign trail, she will continue to

focus on the general election. She will continue to cast herself as presidential. She will go after Donald Trump and the

Republicans. She will try and make it seem as though she is already the presumptive Democratic nominee.

Now, behind the scenes it's a different story. Behind the scenes, the Clinton campaign is mobilized to do everything they can to shore up Hillary

Clinton support in New York, guarantee that she gets a win there, because a loss for Hillary Clinton in New York would be devastating in terms of

changing the narrative and really giving Bernie Sanders so much of that momentum that he claims to have.

LU STOUT: All right. Dylan Byyers reporting for us live from L.S. We appreciate your analysis and insight. Take care.

Now, Hillary Clinton has made women's rights central to her campaign. And if elected, she would be America's first female president.

Her long-standing feminist stance has won her fans from as far as the other side of the globe. And Alexandra Field talked to activists in China

about the impact Clinton has on them.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It was certain to make history even at the time.

HILLARY CLINTON, FRM. SECRETARY OF STATE: Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights, once and for all.

FIELD: That was Beijing more than 20 years ago. In China, the speech was censored by authorities. Today, some young Chinese women are still

discovering it.

LI TINGTING, WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST: I should thank her. And I think I like her. She do a lot of things fighting for women's rights.

CLINTON: Last year, Li Tingting took a close look at what Clinton had to say back in '95 after the former U.S. secretary of state tweeted this

about her.

In April, the detention of women's activists in China must end. This is inexcusable.

That's Clinton defending Li Tingting and four other young Chinese women dubbed the feminist five, detained before International Women's Day

2015 while demonstrating against sexual harassment.

The arrests sparked an international outcry. The women were released on bail 37 days later, but placed under constant surveillance.

Clinton's comments outraged Chinese authorities who said public figures in other countries should respect China's judicial sovereignty and

independence. Clinton fired back, aiming directly at China's president.

In September, she hosting a meeting on women's rights while persecuting feminists: shameless.

And from Clinton, another rebuke of Chinese authorities who shut down a women's legal aid center in January, true in Beijing in 1995, true today,

women's rights are human rights. This center should remain Guo.

Guo Jinmei (ph), the Chinese activist who ran the clinic was in the audience for Clinton's '95 speech, so was Feng Yuan who says she devoted

herself full-time to advocating for women after the conference featuring Clinton.

FENG YUAN, WOMEN RIGHT'S ACTIVIST: She is a really strong advocate for women's rights. As president of America, I think that she's a very

good example for women and for women's rights.

FIELD: What matters most, she says, is what a Clinton presidency would symbolize for women, even in China.

Alexandra Field, CNN, Beijing.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

[08:10:54] LU STOUT: Now, we are more than halfway through in the path to the presidential nomination. On our website, you can check back on

who has won each state so far by click on the map. But you could also find out how the candidates are expected to fair in future battlegrounds. It's

all at CNN.com/politics.

Now, Iceland's prime minister, the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, after major protests, he has stepped down.

Now, details of Offshore accounts came in millions of documents from a Panama law firm, including those held by some former world leaders in more

than 120 politicians.

Now, the fallout is also being felt in France. It put Panama back on its tax haven black list countries that do not cooperate to track down tax

evaders.

And now Ukraine's president is under pressure. Petro Poroshenko is defending his offshore accounts a day after the country set a plan to

examine documents in the Panama Papers that relate to Ukrainian nationals.

Now, CNN Money's Asia-Pacific editor Andrew Stevens is following all these developments from Hong Kong. He joins me now.

And Andrew, as just mentioned, the prime minister of Iceland the first casualty of the leak. Will there be many others?

ANDREW STEVENS, CNN MONEY: It is the question that everyone is asking, waiting to see what other revelations are going to come from that

11-and-a-half million documents. Bearing in mind, though, Kristie that these documents are being pored over for the last year or so by the

Commission for Investigative Kournalism, as well as many, many other media outlets.

So, we may have seen the big headlines, featuring as you say the Iceland prime minister.

President Vladimir Putin, who was not named in those leaked documents, but certainly very close

associates of his were. And also Xis Jinping's named as well.

Well, the interesting one is what's happening in Ukraine with Petro Poroshenko. Now, his tactic at the moment is to say, yes, I do have these

offshore companies. I fully admit to having those. But I am not using them for any nefarious activities. The implication is that he could have used

them to make tax savings, significant tax savings.

Listen to what he had to say.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

PETRO POROSHENKO, PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE: They are doing not for minimizing the

taxes, not secret, nothing. It was absolutely, publicly appeared on Ukrainian media and registered on my name.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

STEVENS: So, he says I've been transparent and it's all been above the board. But during his election campaign back in 2014, he did say that

he would sell large chunks of his chocolate empire -- he is known as the chocolate king -- if he was elected. It now seems to be the fact that he

still has got ownership, but he has placed it in these offshore accounts, Kristie.

The Ukraine public prosecutor's initial response has been it doesn't look like there's been any criminal damage, but wait and see. And there

are certainly members of parliament pressing for, a, an impeachment, and b, further investigation into this. So he is on not off

the hook yet.

And just remember, too, the Australian authorities from those documents have now launched their own investigation, as have the UK

authorities, and Mexico.

So they may find evidence of wrongdoing, criminality, tax evasion mainly. Can't say for sure obviously at the moment.

LU STOUT: Yeah, such many leaders around the world no doubt fretting the impact of the Panama Papers.

And meanwhile, Andrew, Mossack Fanseca, the law firm in Panama that allegedly set up these offshore accounts, what is it saying about the

nature of the leak?

STEVENS: Well, they're not calling it a leak anymore. And they're making it very clear, Ramon Fonseca, who is the co-founder, was interviewed

in the last 24 hours. And he said this is not a leak, this is a hack. Let me be very clear about that. He said, we rule out an inside job -- this is

a direct quote -- "this is not a leak, this is a hack. And we have taken it to the authorities in Panama."

He says they are now investigating.

He's been saying constantly, and we've been reporting. You've been saying Kristie, that they are innocent. Their line is not only that we've

been hacked, and that's the only crime that's been committed. All they've done is set up offshore companies, which is totally legal. He's right about

that. And it's not up to them to enforce what those shell companies are used for.

But it does leave a very, very bad taste in so many people's mouths, that the rich, the leadership, the rulers of the world are using these

sort of vehicles to somehow hide their money, somehow protect their money, while the rest of the population around the planet plays by the normal

rules. These guys playing by a different set of rules. That is the implication. And that is what's most damaging particularly to the

politicians.

[08:15:34] LU STOUT: That's right, whether it's a hack or a leak, big secrets have been exposed here. Andrew Stevens reporting for us. Thank

you, Andrew.

Now, the revelations from the Panama Papers are creating a truly global scandal. More than a dozen African countries feature in some way in

the leaked documents. And Alani Jiokos (ph) joins us live from Johannesburg with that coming up on CNN Money. That starts in about 45

minutes from now.

Concern over safe water resurface in Bangladesh. A new report says that tens of millions of people are still drinking water containing

arsenic.

And no evidence, but growing concern that North Korea is not bluffing when it comes to its

nuclear capability. We'll explain.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News Stream.

Executions are at a level not seen in 25 years as more criminals are handed the ultimate punishment. Now, Amnesty International says that more

than 1,600 people were put to death in 2015. 25 countries executed prisoners, but the ones you see here are of most concern to the

organization.

Saudi Arabia executed 158 people last year.

Now, the Gulf State continues to behead its prisoners. Almost 1,000 people were put to death in Iran. The government says that most were for

drug-related crimes.

And compared to the previous year, this is a staggering rise in Iranian executions. And Pakistan lifted a ban on the death penalty last

year after a gunman murdered children at a school in Peshawar.

And now an unprecedented number of people have been hanged.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

SALIL SHELTY, SECRETARY GENERAL, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Since then, we have seen a massive surge of literally from zero went up to 326. This

is the highest recorded for Pakistan. So they started off saying that we use it for terrorism-related offenses, but now they have gone far beyond

it.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

[08:21:09] LU STOUT: The report says the three countries you have just seen account for 90 percent of executions.

But the grim title of world's top executioner rests with China. Now Amnesty believes it has put thousands of prisoners to death. But Beijing

considers this information a state secret. So it is impossible for researchers to give a proper number.

Now, Amnesty does point out, though, China is reducing the number of capital punishment offenses. Now the report also criticizes North Korea

for its constant human rights violations. Pyongyang also refuses to reveal how many people it executes.

However, despite this upward trend, much of the world continues to strive for the abolition of the death penalty.

Now, four more nations have scrapped capital punishment: Fiji, Madagascar, the Republic of Congo, and the tiny South American nation of

Suriname.

Now, this means for the first time a majority of countries have fully abolished capital punishment. A promising development according to

Amnesty, but it also exposes a glaring divide in how the world punishes criminals.

Now, Human Rights Watch says millions of people in Bangladesh are slowly but surely being

poisoned. In a new report, the rights group accuses the government of failing to find a solution to much of the country's drinking water being

contaminated with arsenic.

Sumnima Udas reports.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SUMNIMA UDAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Thirty-year-old Jahara Akhtar (ph) draws water from her family's well. The clear water contains a

deadly element, arsenic, but she doesn't have another option.

Her mother died from drinking it. Her brother and father are both ill. The problem is widespread and well-known. The fix: simple but costly.

According to Richard Pearshouse of Human Rights Watch.

RICHARD PEARSHOUSE, HRW: Water from 150 meters down is usually safe. It's usually arsenic free. Water from just 30 or 50 meters down, that's the

water that is usually contaminated with arsenic.

The problem in Bangladesh is shallow tube wells. They're wells that go just 50 meters down. To get 150 meters down, that costs approximately

$1,000.

UDAS (voice-over): Odorless, tasteless and poisonous arsenic naturally occurs in soil and rock in Bangladesh. Beneath the world's bypass, this top

third (ph). But Human Rights Watch says tens of millions of people living in rural and poor areas of the country need the government to provide these

deeper, more expensive wells.

The group visited five villages and talked to over 100 people and found a big problem.

PEARSHOUSE: A deep tube well from the government could be providing lifesaving, safe water for hundreds of people. But what I saw when I went

to the villages was a different situation.

There would be a few government tube wells in those areas. But they would be in private people's houses. They'd be in someone's back yard,

locked up behind the shed and they'd be used by that person's immediate family, so five or six people.

And there are thousands of people in that one village, who are still drinking contaminated well water from their wells. They know the arsenic is

contaminated but they have no alternative because the government water points are used by private families, who have got them through political

connections.

UDAS (voice-over): And even when the government tries to install deep water wells in villages, Pearshouse says it's not getting it right.

PEARSHOUSE: Bangladesh has mapped to an incredibly precise degree where the arsenic is in its groundwaters. They are extensive maps that are

incredibly detailed level across this country. But when deciding where to put new tube wells which could keep people safe, they don't actually follow

that.

UDAS (voice-over): Human Rights Watch hopes that by again drawing attention to the issue, the government of Bangladesh will take its

recommendation to adopt a national plan to end arsenic exposure and provide millions with access to safe water.

[08:25:07] PEARSHOUSE: This problem came to the world's attention 20 years ago. And it got on the front page of "The New York Times" and was

widely covered. The problem of arsenic in the drinking water is still as deadly as it was the first time the world learned about this problem.

UDAS: Now we reached out to the Bangladesh government for a comment on this Human Rights Watch report.

The director general of health services, Dean Mohamed (ph), said he was not aware of this report but he did say -- and I quote -- "Arsenic in

water in rural Bangladesh is a problem no doubt. But it's not very serious. The government has been setting up health care facilities and community-led

programs to educate people about arsenic in water for years.

"We're trying to stop villages from using tube well water and asking them to use boiled surface water instead."

Sumnima Udas, CNN, New Delhi.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: The prime minister of Belgium says that there will be failures in the fight against terror. Now, speaking exclusively to

Christiane Amanpour, Charles Michel says the war on terror will be difficult and calls for cooperation to fight the threat.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

CHARLES MICHEL, PRIME MINISTER OF BELGIUM (through translator): I want to be very clear, in this fight against terrorists, again these

enemies who are hiding, who are more and more professional in the way they communicate, everywhere in the world, including in Belgium, there

are successes and there are failures. We are working with hundreds of investigators. We have been working with them for the past months. Our

intelligence services are mobilized. And I think that we need to do everything we can do to improve international cooperation within Europe and

also be on Europe.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: And you can watch the rest of Christiane's exclusive interview with the Belgium

prime minister, his first since the terror attacks, coming up on Amanpour. It airs 7:00 p.m. today in London right here on CNN.

And you're watching News Stream. And still ahead, U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump is revealing how he would force Mexico to pay for a

border wall. And it could have a major impact on Mexican immigrants in the United States.

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[08:31:07] LU STOUT: U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's plan to force Mexico to pay for a wall along the border has been controversial.

And now the GOP front-runner has explained how he will do it. Now, using anti-terror laws, undocumented immigrants would be barred from wiring

funds, and that means Mexico would lose billions.

Now, CNN's Rafael Romo spoke to some Mexican immigrants who say that they are going to keep supporting their families back home no matter what.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

RAFAEL ROMO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: If you go to communities across the United States with high concentration of immigrants from Latin America,

you're going to find places like this.

Here in Atlanta, Fiesta Plaza not only shopping center but also a place where immigrants, mainly Mexicans, get together. They shop, they dine

in little restaurants like this one and they do one more thing that is crucial for their families back home, they send money to Mexico.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's very important to send money because they are working really hard here and they have most -- most of them, they have

families over there and it's very hard to find jobs in Mexico.

ROMO: Donald Trump's reported plan to force the Mexican government to pay for a border wall by stopping undocumented immigrants from transferring

money to Mexico as you can imagine is cause for great concern for Mexican immigrants, documented or not.

"This is complete foolishness," she says. "He can do it and we will let him. We're going to keep on sending money to our people as we always

have."

According to Mexico Central bank, Mexicans abroad sent nearly $24.8 billion to their country last year, mainly from the United States. This is

more money than Mexico's total oil revenues for 2015, estimated at 23.4 billion.

This is the first time that incoming money transfers are higher than oil revenues since they started taking records in 1995. So, Donald Trump

wants to block money transfers to Mexico to build a wall. What do you think about that?

ROMO: "He only makes me laugh," she says. "I don't agree. I'm proudly Mexicans and don't agree with what this gentlemen wants to do."

"He's crazy," she says. "They should take him to see a psychiatrist. I hope all Hispanics, those who are citizens, go out and vote against him."

These immigrants say no matter what, Mexicans will always find a way to help their families back home.

Rafael Romo, CNN, Atlanta.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: PayPal is the latest business to leverage its economic clout to oppose a law concerning gay and transgender people. It says it is

scrapping plans to employ 400 people in North Carolina because of the state's religious freedom bill.

Now, the law allows businesses to deny service to gays based on religious belief. And PayPal's president says this, quote, "fairness,

inclusion, and equality are at the heart of everything we seek to achieve and stand for as a company. And they compel us to take action to oppose

discrimination."

Now, there are new concerns in South Korea over Pyongyang's nuclear capability. A South Korean official tells CNN the North may have a warhead

small enough to fit on a mid-range ballistic missile. Paula Hancocks has more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Another voice joins a

growing chorus that North Korea may actually be telling the truth. A South Korean government official says that it appears Pyongyang may have

miniaturized a nuclear warhead enough that it could be mounted on to a mid-range Rodong (ph) missile.

Now, in a background briefing to CNN and other foreign media, this government officials says the Rodong (ph) missile has a range of around

2,000 kilometers, that's about 1,200 miles. And that would put South Korea and much of Japan in its sights, including the U.S. military bases that are

stationed there.

The government official, though, did caution that that there is no evidence that North Korea has

done this, that they have actually mounted a warhead onto a missile. And that assessment has been backed up by the U.S. as well. Pentagon spokesman

Captain Jeff Davis told reporters that North Korea has said they can do it. We have to take them at their word but they

haven't demonstrated it.

Now, Kim Jong-un did announce last month he had successfully miniaturized a nuclear weapon and published photos of it. And he also

insisted he would continue to develop and test his nuclear weapons program despite tougher UN sanctions passed against the country in early March.

The government official says that the focus now must be on sanctions with a belief that China will be helpful in trying to implement those UN

sanctions, and also said that there may be a level of chaos within North Korea once the cash starts to dry up, but at this moment the government

official says Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader is seemingly unshakable in his leadership.

Paula Hancocks, CNN, Seoul.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Still ahead on News Stream, a popular messaging app is beefing up its digital security. We've got the details next.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back. Now the world's most used chat app just got a huge upgrade, but you won't notice this change.

Now, WhatsApp just introduced full end-to-end encryption, that means every chat, every voice call, will be automatically encrypted for over a

billion people who use the app.

Now here is how it works. Now, when you send a message through WhataApp, encryption scrambles the message. If anyone manages to intercept

your WhatsApp message, all they will see is grapple text like this.

But, the recipients phone will automatically unscramble the message, allowing you to read it.

Now, WhatsApp is just the latest app to use end-to-end encryption. Apple's iMessage has supported the feature for awhile. Telegram also uses

end-to-end encryption. In fact, Telegram goes one step further in protecting user privacy, users set messages to self-destruct so they're not

stored on the phone.

Now, texting or Facebooking or tweeting of any kind is usually banned in the classroom. But one teacher thinks letting the so-called Twitter

generation go online during class time is the way to get kids to pay attention.

Now, CNN Money's Clare Sebastian went back to class and sat in on this tech savvy class.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ladies and gentlemen...

CLARE SEBASTIAN, CNN MONEY: Getting these tenth graders to speak up in class isn't a problem. The real test for their teacher is making sure

every voice is heard.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Log on, take up fences, pull up the assignment calendar.

SEBASTIAN: Today, there's a slightly older member of the class joining their discussion on Fences, a play by August Wilson set in the

1950s.

The teaching method is set in 2016. It's called back channeling.

This is completely new way of structuring a discussion. Only the people in the middle actually get to talk, but everyone is contributing and

can see the tweets coming in, in real-time.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The (inaudible) to back channeling is that it gives even your quietest student a voice. They now -- they don't have to

raise their hand and speak outloud to the class. They can share in writing in a way that -- and share what they are comfortable with sharing. But it

also gives every student an audience, which I think is even more powerful.

[08:40:05] SEBASTIAN: Tweeting in class comes with rules. They can only tweet about the lesson, and they all have to use their class hashtag

#showandtell.

It's a play on their teacher's last name.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So, when you can see what other people are saying. I have a few parents who don't allow their students on social media. And I

think it's still my job to try to teach them why it's valuable and how to be safe and responsible.

RENE TENESACA, 10TH GRADE STUDENT: I'm tweeting a question that I just thought of, like, how come Troy only sing the song when he's drinking?

SEBASTIAN: Do you think you contribute more on Twitter than you would just talking?

TENESACA: I think you contribute more on Twitter, because then you get multiple responses

from like all around the world.

UNIDENITFIED MALE: I think education needs to shift to incorporate technology, to really change the way students are learning and make it

better.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Like he's more like a metaphor.

SEBASTIAN: For 15-year-old Eric, though, it's completely natural.

ERIC SCHWARTZ, 10TH GRADE STUDENT: We like spend hours and hours on our phones, looking at Twitter, Instagram, all that stuff.

SEBASTIAN: And if you are wondering whether anyone is doing any extracurricular tweeting.

SCHWARTZ: Occasionally, yeah. I mean, I'm sorry. You know, you can't help it.

SEBASTIAN: Still, in a 45 minute class not one person raised their hand and everyone was heard. And certainly is it is not like it was in my

day.

Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And finally, I want to introduce you to something new that we have been doing here at CNN -- Stories in virtual reality.

Now, this video on our Facebook page it takes you inside a migrant camp in Lesbos, Greece where thousands who have risked their lives to find

a better life in Europe are being held.

Now, you can move around the scene to see a full 360-degree view. And you can these videos on Facebook on a computer or phone, but for the full

effect, you have got to use a VR headset like this one.

Now, I used this headset earlier today. And I can tell you it is definitely a more immersive experience.

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

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