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Duterte Poised To Win Presidency In Philippines; Key Vote On Rousseff Impeachment Annulled In Brazil; Cameron: UK Will Weaken If It Leaves EU; Michel Platini Resigns As UEFA President After CAS Decision; Leicester City Boss Claudio Ranieri Wins The Enzo Bearzot Award; Trump Tries To Clean Up Economic Comments; Ryan: My Goal Is A Unified Republican Party; Clinton & Sanders Face Off In West Virginia; 2 Dead in Oklahoma Tornado; Canada Fire in Alberta Destroys 2,000 Homes, Buildings; Pakistani Female Faced Taliban to Become Top Squash Player; Johnny Depp Pokes Fun of Apology Video. Aired 1-2a ET

Aired May 10, 2016 - 01:00   ET

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[01:00:00] JOHN VAUSE, CNN ANCHOR: This is CNN NEWSROOM live from Los Angeles.

ISHA SESAY, CNN ANCHOR: Ahead this hour, the man who's being called the Donald Trump of the east is on his way to becoming the Philippines' next president.

VAUSE: North Korea celebrates the end of a rare party meeting, one that consolidated Kim Jong Un's grit on power.

SESAY: And it's been a violent day in the central U.S. after huge tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma, destroying homes and taking lives.

VAUSE: Hello, very great to have you with us. I'm John Vause.

SESAY: And I'm Isha Sesay. NEWSROOM L.A. starts right now. We begin with a big leadership change coming in the Philippines. Outspoken mayor Rodrigo Duterte appears poised to win the presidency.

VAUSE: His top rival, Grace Poe, conceded defeat on Monday night. She offered a message of unity in her concession speech.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

GRACE POE, FORMER PHILIPPINES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE (through translator): I respect the results of the elections. I congratulate Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and I promise to join in the healing of our nation and to unify our countrymen for our country's progress.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

VAUSE: With more than 95 percent of the votes counted, Duterte is holding a substantial lead. He's being criticized as joking about rape, using a slur against the Pope, and promising to kill thousands of criminals.

During an interview with the CNN Philippines, he thanked his supporters and suggested his opponents will eventually come around.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

RODRIGO DUTERTE, PHILIPPINES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I'd like to send everybody who voted for me and for those who probably did not vote for me I still thank you for participating in a democratic process. To my political opponents, not only the presidential, I would like to offer my hand in friendship. If you accept it, fine. If you don't, well there's always a time for everything. There's always a time for reckoning and a time to know the truth.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

SESAY: Well, we're joined now by Edna Estefania A. Co, professor of public administration at the University of the Philippines. Thank you so much for joining us. It's good to have you with us. Rodrigo Duterte stands on the brink of becoming the Philippines' next president. In your view, what does this means for the nation?

EDNA ESTEFANIA A. CO, PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES: Well, I think the nation, first of all, respects the outcome of the election. Rodrigo Duterte won by a landslide almost, or he's winning by a landslide, as I speak now. This will mean that the Filipino people look forward to a new kind of leadership.

Sometimes some people think that this can be exciting. It's intriguing because not too many Filipinos are familiar with this kind of leadership and the style of management that he has. So, nevertheless, we're still hopeful that through his leadership there will be change. A change that will address most of poor people's needs.

The basic needs, such as a better economic standing, a more inclusive growth, better transportation, better industries, because they seem to be what are basic and fundamental to many poor Filipinos, and at the same time these are among the things that were not very much reached by the current administration.

SESAY: So, Professor Co, how is he going to achieve all of that because one thing that is noticeable is that his campaign was light on details? How is he going to pull all of this off in the short timeframe that he has said he can do it?

CO: Well, we have been listening to the spokesperson last night and it seems like the three to six month period that he has given himself to rid all criminality and drugs and the other syndicates are not real, are not true.

I mean, this is part of the campaign speeches because the team -- his team realized that it takes more than that. It takes longer time for him to really provide remedies to criminality and drug addiction, and so on, so it's hyperbole, in a manner of speaking.

SESAY: Hyperbole, in a manner of speaking. As we talk about statements made during the campaign, I want to play for you some of the statements he has made that have raised eyebrows, leading some to question whether he has the temperament to be president. Take a listen to some of his statements.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DUTERTE (through translator): I was angry she was raped. Yes, that was one thing, but she was so beautiful. I think the mayor should have been first. What a waste.

[01:05:00] If I become president there's no such thing as bloodless cleansing. I propose to get rid of the drugs within three to six months.

Criminals -- well, I go after them. As long as I do it in accordance with the rules of law, I will continue to kill criminals.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

SESAY: Professor Co, in those statements, Rodrigo Duterte making light of gang rape, making light of executing criminals. I mean, what do you say to those who say that is -- those kind of statements automatically discriminate him from being suitable for being president. I mean, that's beside the point, obviously, if he's now been elected. But does it give you any concerns about the kind of president he will be?

CO: Well, I personally am concerned about those kinds of statement, but -- and many Filipinos were also shocked by those statements coming from a presidential candidate. However, there are others who are entertained by those statements and who thought and who felt that he's never real.

I mean, he's faking his talking really hard stuff and speaking as if he's like a toughie. And therefore, for some, that speaks of a man and a leader who would want to be truly dedicated to the kind of job that he will face.

So, there's a mixed reaction. Those are controversial statements and there are mixed reactions. Nevertheless, the big number of people who voted him would really be -- actually, it should be something that should be respected by the rest of Philippine society.

We just hope that as soon as he assumes office he will become more sober. He will be more responsible and be more cautious about his statements because as the leader of the country there should be a statesmanship. We hope for the best. We're concerned but we hope for the best.

SESAY: Professor Edna Estefania A. Co, we appreciate your insight today. Thanks so much for joining us.

CO: My pleasure.

VAUSE: Well, they're hoping for the best in the Philippines. It'll be an interesting four years ahead, especially relations between the Philippines and countries like Australia -- SESAY: Absolutely, absolutely.

VAUSE: -- and the United States, and what this means for relations with China.

SESAY: It's a six-year term.

VAUSE: It is, and there's so many things which will change with this new president. We will move on to North Korea now where they're celebrating a successful workers' party congress. Leader Kim Jong Un looked to consolidate his power over the weekend. He was even given a new title, chairman.

SESAY: He also laid out plans to boost the country's sputtering economy and expand its nuclear program.

VAUSE: South Korea's been closely watching all of these developments to the north. Here's Paula Hancocks, reporting in from Seoul.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's what North Korea does best, these massive gatherings and parades. This one on Tuesday morning was to mark the end of the 7th Workers' Party Congress, a key meeting where we saw Kim Jong Un, the leader, being promoted to chairman of the Workers' Party.

Now, it's a title that most experts say is largely symbolic given the fact he is already wielding absolute power. Now there was a speech at the beginning by Kim Jong Nam, the long-serving defacto head of state. He praised Kim Jong Un, he praised his achievements, and also those of the Workers' Party.

And then after that, we had a parade which was truly North Korean. It was colorful, it was flamboyant, it was highly-choreographed. And we also saw some floats of mock-ups of missiles and satellites, really celebrating what for North Korea has been a successful 2016.

What infuriates the international community is delighting the North Korean regime -- that building on nuclear and missile technology. Now, there weren't any massive announcements during this congress. Really, it was more a forum for the leader, Kim Jong Un, to reaffirm his dual track policy -- the nuclear and economic development.

And it was also a chance for him to show his people and also the rest of the world that he had no intention of deviating from that path, and also he was ignoring international sanctions, ignoring international condemnation, just as his father and grandfather had done in the past. Paula Hancocks, CNN, Seoul.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

VAUSE: Now, the North Koreans invited more than 100 foreign reporters to witness this historic political gathering, but CNN was among just a few given unprecedented access inside that congress hall in Pyongyang.

SESAY: Yes, our Will Ripley saw the country's political system at work, as few Western journalists ever have before.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This is where the 7th Workers' Party Congress of Korea is being held. We went through about a 90-minute security check before boarding buses. We got a police escort. We walked through very ornate marble hallways into this waiting area, and now we're about to head inside, we believe, to see the closing events of the first Workers' Party Congress in 36 years.

[01:10:00] This the first time that Western media has been allowed into an event of this caliber here in North Korea. This is a highly- secretive country and in this room are 3,400 people who are the ruling elite. Members of the Workers' Party who are voting in the 7th Party Congress. And they're waiting for the supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, and top party leaders to take the stage.

We're only allowed to film for about 10 minutes and we learn the party has created a new bigger title for their leader, chairman, though it's hard to imagine how much more power you can give to someone who already holds absolute power here in North Korea.

We see framed portraits of North Korea's founder and president, Kim Il Sung. His son, called the great leader, Kim Jong Il, and the current leader -- the supreme leader, Kim Jong Un. And when you walk down these ornate marble halls you realize that all of this -- this whole building -- this country is built around the image of these three leaders. Will Ripley, CNN, Pyongyang, North Korea.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

SESAY: Fascinating.

VAUSE: It's incredible to think that actually happened. Hasn't happened in 36 years. And Kim Jong Un -- what's he managed to do -- he got the title chairman. His grandfather had that, so it's really his grandfather 25 years ago that he's done in four, and everyone expected that he would actually lose his grip on the country. Inexperienced, didn't know what he was doing. He has defied all of the expectations on all the predictions.

SESAY: We shall see what happens next because I think the next couple of days will be very interesting. Well, Brazil's senate plans to push ahead with impeachment proceedings against the president, even though the new speaker of the country's lower house has annulled his chamber's vote against Dilma Rousseff, citing irregularities in the voting process.

VAUSE: The president of Brazil's senate says he's not going to recognize that annulment and that the senate vote for an impeachment trial will go ahead as planned this Wednesday. All of this coming just months before Brazil is set to host the Summer Olympics.

SESAY: Well, the leadership of Austria's social democratic party plans to pick a successor for their chancellor, Werner Faymann, next week. After seven years in power, Faymann resigned as chancellor and party leader Monday, following a stinging defeat in the first round of the presidential election two weeks ago.

VAUSE: The social democrats had been losing support to anti-immigrant parties. Hundreds of thousands of migrants, most of them from the Middle East, have flooded into Austria in the past year.

SESAY: Britain's prime minister is warning the U.K. will be weaker and less able to fight terrorism if it leaves the European Union. David Cameron outlined his case to stay in the E.U. in a speech at the British museum Monday.

VAUSE: On the other side, Boris Johnson, the former London mayor and a conservative member of Parliament, argued the E.U. has eroded British democracy and created unnecessary regulation.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DAVID CAMERON, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: The dangerous international situation facing Britain today means that the closest possible cooperation with our European neighbors isn't an optional extra, it's essential. We need to stand united. Now is the time for strength in numbers.

BORIS JOHNSON, BRITISH PARLIAMENT MEMBER: I don't think the prime minister can seriously believe that leaving the E.U. would trigger war on the European continent, given that he was prepared only a few months ago to urge that people should vote to leave if they failed to get a substantially reformed European Union.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

VAUSE: A referendum on the Brexit is set for June 23rd and polls show Britains are evenly divided.

Donald Trump lays out his plans on taxes and the economy, then he explains well, what he really meant. That's just ahead.

SESAY: Plus, a look at the obstacles this Pakistani woman has overcome to make it to the top of her game.

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[01:15:00] DON RIDDELL, CNN SPORTS JOURNALIST: Hey, I'm Don Riddell with your CNN world sports headlines. It has been another sorry day for the disgraced football administrator, Michel Platini, who has finally resigned as UEFA president.

His decision came after the court of arbitration for sports upheld his ban from all football-related activities. Now, the court did reduce his ban from six to four years, however, a four-year ban still prevents the Frenchman from running for the FIFApresidency in 2019.

In tennis, the British world number three, Andy Murray, has split from his coach, Amelie Mauresmo, after two years. The 28-year-old said that he'd learned a lot from Mauresmo but they had mutually agreed to end their partnership. While working together Murray won seven titles, including his first two on clay, but he failed to add to his two majors.

In football, Leicester City have just one more game to play this season and that's away at Chelsea this weekend. For manager Claudio Ranieri, it will be a fitting way to wrap up this remarkable season as he returns to the team, which fired him back in 2004.

Ranieri was back in Rome on Monday to pick up the Enzo Bearzot Award, the accolade presented to the best Italian coach of the season. The Italian Soccer Federation's president, Carlo Tavecchio, says that of all the titles won by Italians, Ranieri's achievement with Leicester is unparalleled. He added that Ranieri would be welcomed to coach the Italian national team one day.

All right, that is a quick look at your sports headlines. I'm Don Riddell.

SESAY: Hello, everyone. This news just into us here at CNN. Another contender has conceded defeat in the Philippines presidential election.

VAUSE: Manuel Roxas is the second to concede, following Grace Poe. This puts the controversial mayor Rodrigo Duterte another step closer to clinching the presidency.

Many U.S. voters are saying the economy is the top issue this year in the presidential election, but there have been a lot of contradictory statements coming from Republican Donald Trump and that has a lot of people wondering exactly what does he have in store.

SESAY: CNN's senior White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, reports.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JIM ACOSTA, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: It appears the great general election pivot is on.

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ANCHOR, ABC NEWS: Bottom line, do you want taxes on the wealthy to go up or down?

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: They will go up a little bit.

ACOSTA: Donald Trump is now revising his stances on a whole host of issues, telling CNN's "NEW DAY" the lower tax rates he first proposed in his economic plan are negotiable.

TRUMP: If I increase on the wealthy that means that they're still going to be paying less than they pay now. I'm not talking about increasing from this point. I'm talking about increasing from my tax proposal.

ACOSTA: It's a softening of his conservative positions that first surfaced last week when he told CNN's Wolf Blitzer he was open to raising the minimum wage. TRUMP: I'm actually looking at that because I'm very different from most Republicans. I mean, you have to have something that you can live on.

ACOSTA: Over the weekend Trump said it was more of a local decision.

TRUMP: I would like to see an increase of some magnitude, but I'd rather leave it to the states.

ACOSTA: Either way, it's a departure from where Trump was last fall on the topic.

TRUMP: I hate to say it but we have to leave it the way it is.

ACOSTA: Trump is also sharing his ideas for tackling the national debt.

TRUMP: This is the United States government. You never have to default because you print the money.

ACOSTA: That, coming off of these comments to "CNBC".

TRUMP: I would borrow, knowing that if the economy crashed you could make a deal.

ACOSTA: The Clinton campaign is already seizing on Trump's comments in a new video.

(Ad playing) TRUMP: I would borrow, knowing that if the economy crashed you could make a deal.

[01:20:00] ACOSTA: Trump is hardly the first presidential candidate to pivot or even flip on an important issue. Hillary Clinton once praised the Trans-Pacific trade deal as Secretary of State. Now, she opposes it, but that's cold comfort to Trump's Republican critics. As one operative put it, Trump's comments are only surprising if you haven't been watching. Jim Acosta, CNN, Washington.

VAUSE: Well, joining us now in Los Angeles, activist, author, and politician, Tom Hayden. He is also the director of the Peace and Justice Resource Center. Thank you so much for being with us, Tom.

TOM HAYDEN, DIRECTOR, PEACE AND JUSTICE RESOURCE CENTER: Thanks.

VAUSE: I want to get to the news of the day and this is coming from the Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan. He told the "Milwaukee Sentinel" newspaper on Monday about the need for the party to unify. He also talked about the meeting he'll be having with Donald Trump later this week. Listen to this.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

REP. PAUL RYAN (R), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: We just need to get to know each other and my goal is to help put together a unified party that sticks to our principles. So my point is principle and moving forward with the kind of campaign that can succeed. (END VIDEO CLIP)

VAUSE: Paul Ryan there to admit it yesterday, we to get to know each other. It's all about principles but it seems that there's a lot more going on here than just Republican Party principles.

HAYDEN: Yes, indeed.

VAUSE: What's your take?

HAYDEN: Well, it's the end of the Republican Party. One scenario has it that a putsch is going to happen and Ryan is going to become the candidate, but that's just all gossip. There's no factual basis to anything here they're positioning. Trump is going to lose the election. Democrats are really looking forward to Trump being the candidate.

I'm more concerned -- I've actually known the guy a bit and I find him not to be -- actually, pathological. He's doing everything he can to destroy his own campaign and it seems to me he's not going to stop. He's proven that he will not stop. And he may just storm out of the convention and blame everybody, like a character from an Ayn Rand novel.

SESAY: Listening to you there saying he's going to lose the election and he's destroying the Republican Party, there are other Democrats who see it differently and do actually see him as a real threat.

HAYDEN: That's silly. They're raising money off of the threat. The threat is, obviously, real if you listen to what he says. There's a whiff of fascism, misogyny, racism. He even thinks that John McCain is a traitor to his country. So he goes out of -- there's no boundaries here. He calls John McCain a loser because he didn't win the war in Vietnam?

SESAY: With the lack of boundaries has he changed politics forever in this country, in your opinion?

HAYDEN: No, we've had crazy people before and this is an exceptional case. I hope it will pass because there are reasonable, rational Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Independents. By that, I mean people who try to ascertain what the facts are at hand and what should be done about them. But Trump is doing something else. He's more a Mussolini type of --

VAUSE: Those are some pretty harsh statements, but a lot of people may disagree with you. They're saying he's speaking for a lot of people who have been disenfranchised, who have been left behind by the establishment -- the Republican establishment.

HAYDEN: No, I'm just telling you you're wasting your time. He's going to lose the election.

VAUSE: OK.

HAYDEN: It's impossible to win the election with what he's done. VAUSE: But they said that about Donald Trump at the primary, ever since he came down from that elevator back in July.

HAYDEN: I know, I --

VAUSE: They said he was not going to --

HAYDEN: Look --

VAUSE: He's got five percent, six percent --

HAYDEN: We're wasting time here.

VAUSE: OK.

HAYDEN: I said in January, Trump is the nominee.

VAUSE: OK.

HAYDEN: I knew it. I predicted it.

VAUSE: OK, well --

HAYDEN: People were saying no, he'll never be, but when he became the nominee I immediately knew that it was good for the Democrats because he -- watch in the next few weeks. He's in total collapse.

VAUSE: OK.

HAYDEN: He's kind of mad.

VAUSE: One of the things that he is doing is that he is going hard after Hillary Clinton. He's going hard, using her husband's extramarital affairs in the 90's. He's calling Hillary Clinton an enabler. Listen to this.

HAYDEN: So?

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

TRUMP: And Hillary was an enabler and she treated these women horribly. Just remember this. And some of those women were destroyed not by him, but by the way that Hillary Clinton treated them after everything went down.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

SESAY: I hear what you're saying. Why are we talking about this? We're talking about it because Donald Trump has put it center stage and the question is, is it going to do her harm? The question is for the new generation of women who might not know the details.

HAYDEN: He has no chance.

VAUSE: This doesn't hurt Hillary Clinton at all? It doesn't drive her -- HAYDEN: It could hurt her a little bit. She has so many --

VAUSE: She has very high negatives already.

HAYDEN: I'm sorry, so many hundreds of millions spent against her. No wonder her favorable ratings could go up a bit. But she's battle- hardened and tested so there's nothing he can add. Everything he just said has been said for 20 years about Hillary and it's just shameful that the media continues to even entertain these ideas without an equal -- I'm not an equal here.

[01:25:00] VAUSE: Right.

HAYDEN: I'm a partisan here.

VAUSE: Right.

HAYDEN: You know, this is complete nonsense and I'm just trying to be factual with you. He's self-destructing and bringing down the Republican Party, and he's going to lose the election.

VAUSE: OK, let's get on to the primary which is coming up tomorrow -- West Virginia. Bernie Sanders on the Democrat side. He is slightly ahead in the polls there. He's vowing to stay in the race. This is what he said earlier today.

HAYDEN: All right.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BERNIE SANDERS (D-VT), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: It is an uphill fight but I have been used to uphill fights my entire life. And I want you all to know that this campaign will fight for every remaining vote in every remaining state.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

VAUSE: I just want to ask you about this problem for Hillary Clinton if Bernie Sanders stays in because she's now spending again on primary ads. She sort of put that on hold for a while. She's spending again. And just in Pennsylvania last month Hillary Clinton spent just over $2 million. Bernie Sanders spent more than $4 million. She spent almost $3 million, actually.

HAYDEN: And who won?

VAUSE: And she won, but she had to spend that money. That's money which she didn't have for the general election.

HAYDEN: She'll get the money.

VAUSE: You don't think that Sanders staying in -- she can't turn her attention to Donald Trump?

HAYDEN: Well, no. Bernie has a bond with his base that transcends the stuff we're talking about. They're like martyrs going to the wall and he has every right to that. But the math does not work. I can also tell you with assurance that mathematically Bernie can't win.

Journalists are caught up in having to, unfortunately, hear both sides when there's propaganda coming two ways from two candidates, and then you come out in the middle. But those who know something about politics and follow it realistically would say he has zero chance of winning the nomination.

What he is going to do is make history. He is an extraordinary figure in American political history. He may be the future of the left in the Western world -- future of the left in the United States. The fact remains he doesn't have the mathematical possibility.

What's going to happen is this. He's going to have a good week these three primaries, right?

VAUSE: Yes.

SESAY: Yes.

HAYDEN: And then he's going to have a bad week because Hillary some primaries coming up. Look at them. New Jersey, 126 votes, Puerto Rico, 60 delegates, and California -- it's inevitably a split. She's ahead by an average of 10 there but I forecast that he could even win California, which would still make no difference in the math.

So it becomes a triumphal ending if by chance he wins California, and I really wish him well. But then, it's over. Then he has to shift gears to possibly a bad fight -- carrying the fight in the primary into the convention, into the platform and very few issues can be settled on the platform.

I've written some proposals and published some articles about what could be done. For instance, they could agree on stopping "Citizens United". They could not agree on what the alternative is but they could stop that. And there are other things that they may not be able to work out.

And he may be acting like he thinks he has more muscle than he has and that will get a reaction from her side. And I'm more interested in a united front against Trump, as most Democrats are.

VAUSE: OK.

SESAY: Tom Hayden, thank you so much for joining us. It's been such a pleasure.

HAYDEN: Glad to talk to you.

VAUSE: Thank you, sir.

SESAY: Thank you.

HAYDEN: OK.

SESAY: All right, it's time for a quick break now. Deadly tornadoes rip a path of destruction in the state of Oklahoma. Coming up we'll look at the damage and find out if more storms are on the horizon.

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[01:32:58] SESAY: You're watching CNN NEWSROOM live from Los Angeles. I'm Isha Sesay.

VAUSE: And I'm John Vause.

The headlines at this hour --

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SESAY: Now, at least two people are dead after tornadoes ripped through the U.S. state of Oklahoma Monday. This video of a violent tornado touchdown was taped just south of Oklahoma City. Emergency officials say one person was killed there.

VAUSE: And here's a look at just some of the destruction the twisters left behind. Multiple homes were either damaged or destroyed and many power lines were reportedly brought down.

Let's go to Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri who has more on the dangerous weather and this system which just caused so much damage -- Pedram?

PEDRAM JAVAHERI, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Absolutely. And this is the time of year too, guys. Early May and certainly mid May we see the largest number of tornadoes in the United States than any other month.

Take a look at some of the photographs. Even the Nebraska State Patrol sharing with us some photos say their police cruisers not immune to the incredible amount of hail that came down, some the size of baseballs. Look at this golf course with divots because of the large number of hailstones that came down across this region. We know almost 100 severe hail reports coming down and 21 reports of tornadoes, several of which were of course very large wedge-shaped tornadoes that you saw in that video right there moments ago.

We break down the numbers. We see exactly where it lies when it comes to the significance of this. Once these wind speeds are measured in the next 24 hours based on damage left behind you will see if this is among the top of the charts there. You see what it looked like, could be an ER4, ER5. Only 1 percent of all tornadoes make it to that category. More than 76 percent of them are on the smaller end of zeros and ones. And again, climatologically speaking there is the month of May, almost 300 tornadoes touch down in the United States every month of May. We're sitting in a tornado drought. Since January 1st, almost 400 tornadoes. We should be at 600 tornadoes.

The event now shifts a little farther to the east, includes place like Nashville and Memphis for Tuesday afternoon, even portions of San Antonio and Austin as well.

And if you're watching from outside the United States you're curious about this, tornadoes have happened on every single continent except Antarctica. And fascinating study to share with you quickly, from the year 2000 to

2012 they've plotted every single tornado, almost 4,000 of which touched down across the European continent. Interesting to note places like Poland, places like Germany on to France, the highest density of tornadoes, notice the yellows, orange, those are F-2s and 3s. It shows you how prevalent it is across Europe. But only one F-4 in about a decade period there. So again, shows you how rare it is to get to the larger scale we saw today in Oklahoma -- Guys?

[01:36:27] VAUSE: OK, Pedram. Thank you for that.

SESAY: Thank you, Pedram.

VAUSE: Catch up with you in a moment. Don't go anywhere.

Canadian officials say 10 percent of the city of Fort McMurray has been destroyed by a massive out of control wildfire.

SESAY: The blaze erupted in Alberta May 1st and it's now destroyed 2,000 homes and buildings.

Our Dan Simon got a firsthand look at the devastation.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DAN SIMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: John and Isha, I have covered a lot of wildfires and this is some of the worst destruction I have ever seen. The first neighborhood I went to is calls Beacon Hills, sort of your typical middle-class neighborhood with dozens if not hundreds of homes. I didn't see a single home left standing. Same thing at the second neighborhood I went to. Homes burned down to their foundation. A lot of twisted metal, burned-out cars, things of that nature.

Another thing that stood out as I was driving around town was the burned-out landscape. Alberta is very pretty this time of year, a lot of lush greenery, and it's going to take a long time for those trees to come back.

Meanwhile, we know that residents are going to be out of their homes for several weeks because the city is lacking essential services. There's no gas or power or clean water and a lot of residents are frustrated and anxious about not being at their homes. Take a look.

MELISSA GALAN, CANADA RESIDENT: And you don't know when we can go back and you don't know when you're going to see your kids again. It's tough. And you just try to do the best you can. Just try to be positive and tell them everything's going to be OK but really you don't know if everything's going to be OK. It's emotional for sure.

SIMON: That woman 32-year-old Melissa Galan is really having a rough time. She's battling cancer. She's a single mother of two. Authorities say they really feel sorry for the residents but there's really not a whole lot they can do. They're not going to let anyone back in until the area is safe -- John and Isha?

(END VIDEOTAPE) SESAY: Thanks to Dan Simon there.

Let's turn back to Pedram at CNN Center.

Pedram, how's that weather looking as they continue to battle these blazes?

JAVAHERI: It's looking as good as it has in about two weeks' time. You see something we shared with you this time last week. Temperatures there were into the 30s. This part of the world, typically, 30 below to 40 below is not out of the question in winter months. But look at what happened at this hour compared to last week. Temperatures in Fort McMurray at 7 degrees, well cooler than Los Angeles's 16. Atlanta 20 degrees. Last week, they were closer to 30 degrees at this hour. And that's exactly where the concern was. But we had a cold front go by, moved the showers to the south, did bring in some light rain, a lot of cloud cover as well. That certainly did help the firefighting efforts.

The rain chances, we've seen that drop for Monday afternoon but the temperatures will be rather cool. Should be 16 this time of year, stays below that the next three days and then it wants to warm up and the sunshine wants to come back in the picture as well. This is another critical period here where I think the firefighters definitely get to pick up on getting the upper hand on the fires here. Notice the concern on the extreme side from going to Tuesday and eventually to Wednesday. You begin to see the red dwindle every single day and that's great news when it comes to the expansive nature of the fire threat now shrinking over the next couple of days -- Guys?

SESAY: Pedram, thank you. Appreciate that. Let's hope they can get this under control.

VAUSE: Didn't they say it was going to be going for months before it was completely and totally put out? Which is incredible.

[01:39:41] SESAY: Thanks, Pedram.

Time for a quick break now. A young Pakistani woman is one of the top squash players in the world, but she faced death threats from the Taliban to get where she is today. Her story's next on NEWSROOM, L.A.

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VAUSE: Welcome back, everybody. It's been well documented just how difficult life in Pakistan can be for women and girls that are considered equal under the law but they don't get the same education or the same opportunities as men.

SESAY: Well, one young woman is looking to change that, especially in the world of sports.

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# (voice-over): A champion on the court, a fearless pioneer for young women. MARIA TOORPAKAI WAZIR, SQUASH PLAYER & AUTHOR: I come from

Waziristan, the most dangerous place on earth.

SESAY: Born in one of the most conservative parts of Pakistan, Maria Toorpakai Wazir rejected the traditional role reserved for women in her country.

WAZIR: Girls have nothing but just stay home. And from a young age you're told you're going to get married.

SESAY: At a very young age she burned her girl's clothes and started dressing and living as a boy.

With her family's support she competed in sports, first, weightlifting, then, squash, quickly becoming the best in Pakistan.

But when Maria stopped hiding her gender, she became the target of death threats from the Taliban. She was forced to leave her country but kept competing.

She's now one of the top female squash players in the world, as well as an author speaking out in support of women's rights.

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SESAY: Maria joins us in the studio to tell us more about defying the Taliban, her journey to becoming one of the world's greatest squash players, and how she is using her voice to fight for the rights of girls. Her memoir, "A Different Kind of Daughter," is out now.

Maria, welcome to the program.

WAZIR: Thank you.

SESAY: So at a very young age you already knew this was not for you, that this was not the life that you wanted. And in fact, at the age of 4 you burned all your girl's clothes.

WAZIR: Yeah. I was treated by some men really badly. When they were playing volleyball match and they just wanted me to go home and shouldn't be here. It was very amazing to understand that the girls who are 5, 6 years old and people tell them to cover their head and stay home or not go out. So from that age they are just training them, giving them training. And I was not kind of the person, you know.

[01:45:19] SESAY: So as Genghis Khan, you were able to expose yourself to sports. The first thing you did I believe was weightlifting.

WAZIR: It was weightlifting, yeah.

SESAY: But you didn't fall in love with weightlifting. You fell in love with squash. How did that happen?

WAZIR: Weightlifting was something, it was a given that was the first sport that I was introduced to. And as I said, I was very strong and I always was found in the middle of fights. So my father wanted to channelize my energy into something positive. And he was very, very worried about me because I was not a typical girl. I just -- he just couldn't tell me that you're 12, now you're a grownup, you're going to change, girls change physically at that age too. So he said, you know, you shouldn't go outside anymore.

SESAY: For three and a half, almost 4 years, you were in your bedroom playing squash on your own. What was that like for you?

WAZIR: It was very difficult knowing that all the other girls all over the world are playing squash and sports with freedom and I'm the only one who's confined to my house. And you know, I cannot freely play the sport that I really want -- I really love. And all I'm doing is just, you know, something that is -- I have a squash ball and squash racket and that's all I'm doing. It's nothing wrong. It's nothing bad in that. You know, I'm very positive. I'm a very good person. But you see sports is considered as I said, it's really -- it's a very inappropriate like a profession for Taliban and most of the people they don't think sports is something women should play.

So when I was threatened by Taliban, at that time I was already very tired by this society already. I was struggling so hard against the society. And when I performed really well, then I got the threats from Taliban. And I'm like, where am I going to go now?

SESAY: As you tell a story about how dangerous it is for women and girls in that area, let me ask this final question to you. When you imagine your future, what do you see?

WAZIR: I'm really happy. I'm playing squash. For myself, I'm very happy. But the only pain I'm carrying is whenever those memories come to my brain.

You know, we live for 60, 70 years. I feel being a human this is my moral responsibility to help all those girls and women who are deprived of their basic rights, who are unable to explore those talents God gave them, and who are enslaved by another human being. I believe in equality. I believe in human rights, women rights, and it's very important. And I believe that all my life I'm going to struggle for them. And God willing, inshalla (ph), I'm going to make it.

SESAY: Maria Toorpakai, we'll be rooting for you and for all the work you do to get to work champion --

WAZIR: Thank you.

SESAY: -- and for all the work you're doing.

WAZIR: Thank you.

SESAY: She's so awesome.

VAUSE: If anyone deserves to win she does.

SESAY: Yeah.

VAUSE: Yeah. A lot more to deal with than most.

SESAY: She kept saying she felt her chances of getting to world champion had basically been minimized because she'd been locked away for all that time and she was upset about that.

VAUSE: Imagine how amazing she'd be if she didn't have to go through that.

SESAY: But she was world number 48, which is what I kept reminding her.

[01:49:20] VAUSE: Pretty cool.

OK, a break now. Actor Johnny Depp is poking fun at his dog smuggling saga with Australia. Remember that somber apology video? Hear his new apology, just ahead.

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VAUSE: Well, he's back. Former "Daily Show" host, Jon Stewart, has made a return, blasting Donald Trump.

SESAY: He spoke with CNN political commentator, David Axelrod, on his podcast "The Ax Files."

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JON STEWART, COMEDIAN: Are you eligible to run if you are a man-baby? Or a baby man?

(LAUGHTER)

He is a man-baby. He has the physical countenance of a man and a baby's temperament and hands.

And they keep saying, which I think is the most wonderful thing, don't worry, when he becomes president, he's going to be totally mature. And --

(LAUGHTER)

DAVID AXELROD, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Well, he says being presidential is easy and he'll do it at the appropriate time.

STEWART: But what does that say about your constituency if what you're saying to them is, look, the only way that I can win this part of the race is by being an unrepentant narcissistic (EXPLETIVE DELETED)? Because that's what my voters like. But once I have to appeal to everybody, I'll be cool.

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SESAY: The one and only Jon Stewart.

VAUSE: It's just not the same without him. Regardless of what size politics. Because he is an equal opportunity offender.

SESAY: He skewers people on both sides.

VAUSE: It just doesn't seem the same.

SESAY: He's missed.

VAUSE: He is missed, very much so. Please come back.

SESAY: All right. Actor Johnny Depp is poking fun at himself over the apology video he made with wife, Amber Heard, for failing to declare the couple's two dogs last year in Australia.

VAUSE: Yes. This was the war on terriers. Many mocked that apology. Some called it business awkward. Even Depp is joking about it while promoting a new film in England.

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JOHNNY DEPP, ACTOR: I would like to -- I'm going to do this everywhere I go. I would really like to apologize for not smuggling my dogs --

(LAUGHTER)

-- into England, because it would have been a bad thing to do.

(LAUGHTER)

Because the Australians, though chipper and, you know, kind of --

(LAUGHTER)

Yeah, they're chipper. And --

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I felt like Johnny's dogs were here, weren't? He weren't they with you on set?

(LAUGHTER)

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(LAUGHTER)

[01:55:41] SESAY: Well, Heard had faced criminal charges over the incident. Here's another look at that apology video, which played in court.

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DEPP: Australians are just as unique, both warm and direct. When you disrespect Australian law, they will tell you firmly.

AMBER HEARD, ACTRESS: I'm truly sorry that Pistol and Blue were not declared. Protecting Australia is important.

DEPP: Declare everything when you enter Australia.

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(LAUGHTER)

VAUSE: I'm getting a sense now that wasn't a genuine apology. Something tells me.

Heard pleaded guilty to providing a false document and the dog smuggling charges were dropped.

I'm John Vause. Thanks for watching.

SESAY: I'm Isha Sesay.

The news continues with Rosemary Church and Errol Barnett after this.

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