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[08:00:13] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream.

Now, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump turn their focus to North Carolina. One of the few key swing states that could decide the election.

ISIS puts up tough resistance in eastern Mosul as the militant group tries to hand on to its stronghold in Iraq.

And South Korea's president apologizes for a scandal that's threatening her administration and denies she's involved in a cult.

Just four short days until Americans decide Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. The entire election could come down to just a few key states. The

southeastern state of North Carolina has emerged as a crucial battleground.

Now, this week Clinton and Trump have been holding dueling rallies there, enlisting their top

surrogates to go to bat for them. Now, you can see the candidate's two planes right next to each other on the tarmac there.

Now, polls show Clinton holds a slight edge over Trump in North Carolina and her campaign is trying to make sure it stays that way.

Now, in the sprint to Tuesday, Donald Trump is trying to win over North Carolina, while Hillary

Clinton is working overtime to stay ahead of him.

Now, CNN's Jeff Zeleny is following the Clinton camp. But first, here's Sunlen Serfaty with the Trump campaign.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DONALD TRUMP, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We know Hillary can't be trusted. We've learned that.

SUNLEN SERFATY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Donald Trump hitting Hillary Clinton over the FBI's new probe of a long-time aide's e-mails.

TRUMP: And you take a look at her email situation, can we trust her with our security? She is disqualified.

SERFATY: While presenting a defense focus speech in North Carolina, decorated military veterans joining Trump on stage. Donald Trump pointing

at them to illustrate why he thinks Clinton should not be president.

TRUMP: To think of her being their boss? I don't think so. And you know, they're incredible patriots. But I know what they're thinking. It's

not -- it's not for them, believe me.

SERFATY: And praising their courage while also applauding himself.

TRUMP: They're so much more brave than me. I wouldn't have done what they did. I'm brave in other ways. I'm brave -- I'm financially brave. Big

deal, right?

SERFATY: And complimenting his wife, Melania.

TRUMP: She got up and gave an incredible speech.

SERFATY: In her first solo campaign events since plagiarizing parts of her speech at the Republican convention.

MICHELLE OBAMA, FIRST LADY: You work hard for what you want in life.

MELANIA TRUMP: That you work hard for what you want in life.

SERFATY: Melania Trump vowing to take on cyber bullying.

MELANIA TRUMP, DONALD TRUMP'S WIFE: Our culture has gotten too mean and too rough especially to children and teenagers. It is never okay when a

12- year-old girl or boy is mocked, bullied or attacked. It is absolutely unacceptable when it is done by someone with no name hiding on the

Internet.

SERFATY: Critics quick to pounce on the irony of Melania's focus on bullying, given her husband's Twitter tirade ad name-calling.

DONALD TRUMP: She's a slob.

I call her goofy.

She's a basket case.

SERFATY: Despite the criticism, Melania hoping to help her husband win over female voters.

MELANIA TRUMP: We have to find a better way to talk to each other, to disagree with each other to respect each other.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEFF ZELENY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Four days before Election Day, Hillary Clinton is bringing the star power. Pharrell Williams and

Bernie Sanders joining Clinton in North Carolina.

PHARRELL WILLIAMS, SINGER/SONGWRITER: I'm here because I believe she's going to fight for us.

ZELENY: Despite the optimistic tone of her rally, Clinton sending an urgent warning to Democrats that she could lose.

CLINTON: America will have a new president. It will either be or my opponent. Are we going to build a stronger or fairer, better America or are

we going to fear each other?

ZELENY: It's not how she hoped to spend the waning days of her campaign. Her closing argument now a stark message about the prospect of a

Trump presidency.

CLINTON: It's hard for me to imagine that we would have a president who has demeaned women, mocked the disabled, insulted African- Americans

and Latinos.

ZELENY: Democrats concede frustration they are still trying to disqualify Trump. His rebound has taken them back to the drawing board.

From Sanders --

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS, VERMONT: We are not going back to a bigoted society.

ZELENY: To President Obama in Florida.

OBAMA: You don't see him hanging out with working people, unless they're cleaning his room.

ZELENY: A week after the FBI bombshell, Clinton's top aide Huma Abedin remains off the campaign trail. But she did appear at a Washington fund-

raiser with "Vogue" editor Anna Wintour. The campaign raising money for a last-minute advertising blitz.

Clinton still maintaining a national lead yet her advisers say the race is too close for comfort in too many swing states.

Heading into the final stretch, Clinton is showing signs of confidence, drawing a parallel to the history-making World Series

championship Chicago Cubs.

[08:05:39] CLINTON: You know, the last time the Cubs won, women couldn't vote. I think women are making up for that in this election.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now, it seems no matter who wins Tuesday's election, they'll be stepping into the

Oval Office with plenty of personal legal headaches. A big worry for Clinton is the latest investigation into emails belonging to her longtime

aide Huma Abedin. Now, the FBI expects it to linger long after election day, and that's because investigators may have to interview Abedin again,

along with others.

But it's not just about Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump also has legal worries. The Republican is at the center of a major fraud lawsuit linked

to Trump University. On top of that he's also threatened to sue The New York Times and the women who are accusing him of sexual misconduct.

Now, turning now to the battle for Mosul. And Iraqi troops are now in the city for the first time in two years. They are fighting to retake

eastern neighborhoods. They are heavily equipped, but ISIS fighters are putting up a tough resistance, they're using suicide car bombs, they're

firing from rooftops, and to make things more complicated, militants are positioning themselves amongst civilians.

Now, a unit of counterterrorism forces has pulled back after three soldiers were killed and seven

wounded.

As residents escape from Mosul and surrounding areas, we are hearing accounts of the atrocities

they face while under ISIS control. Arwa Damon spoke with a former ISIS prisoner.

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ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: For some, there will be no escape from the memory of ISIS's brutal rule. Oma al-Alat (Ph)

does not want her identity revealed. She says her neighbors in Gogjali on the outskirts of Mosul were all ISIS supporters. But she and her family

refused to pledge allegiance. ISIS fighters would regularly come to their home and threaten them.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): They came and beat my daughter. They tore off her head scarf, they ripped her clothes and they

said "let's rape her." But one of them, the top guy, the big one, he did not allow them to, and said we want the mother.

DAMON: A few days later, they got her.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): They took me from the market. They told me to get in the car and when I got in, I thought they

will slaughter me. After they took me they said "you will be our slave."

DAMON: For a year and a half she lived like that, a prisoner.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): I lived with them like a dead person. But they had not killed me yet.

DAMON: She says one fighter raped her.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): I tried to fight. I cried a lot. There was a lot of pain. I was beaten a lot but I could do nothing.

DAMON: eventually she was released. That moment she reunited with her children was like being reborn, she says, but she was pregnant with their

half-brother. The offspring of rape by an ISIS fighter. She named him Muhammed (Ph) after her husband. He was killed on Tuesday amid the battles

on Mosul's eastern outskirts.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): He left me a lot. My best memory of him was how much he loved me and respected me.

DAMON: That happiness but a fleeting memory still her humanity endures.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through transaltor): I'm not going to tell him who his father is that his dad is ISIS. He's my son, he's not the son of

ISIS.

DAMON: Arwa Damon, Gogjali, Iraq.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Deeply moving accounts, horrific accounts of life under ISIS rule there.

Now, let's return and go back to our top story this hour. There are just four days to go until the U.S. election. So, let's bring in CNN

political executive editor Mark Preston. He joins us, of course, live from Washington.

Mark, thank you for joining us once again. We know that the focus has shifted big time from national polls to state polls. What are the key

states you're looking at right now?

MARK PRESTON, CNN POLITICS: Well, Kristie, as you said, four days until election day here in the U.S., but we've already seen about 31

million people have already cast their ballots. But let's look at two states right now that are particularly important to this election, states

that we've seen the candidates in in the last 24 and 48 hours.

First, the state of Florida right here. A little more than 4.2 million people have already cast their ballots, but what party is ahead in

ballots returned? If we look right here, Republicans have a bit of an edge by about 16 ballots that have been turned in, which isn't a huge lead,

except when you look at what the historical numbers were back in 2008, Democrats were ahead by more than 70,000 ballots. So, Republicans are

doing well there.

Let's look at the demographics of those who are returning ballots. You look right here, a little more than 3 million ballots have been

returned by white voters, a little more than 500,000 by black voters and close to 600,000 by Hispanic voters.

But the key is, let's look at the percentages of the vote when we look back historically. If you see that right there, this middle column right

here is troublesome right now for Hispanics, or rather for African- Americans when it comes to Democrats.

This is a key constituency for the Democratic Party. As you can see, it is a dropoff in the overall vote. Good news, though, for Democrats,

another key constituency, Hispanics right here, there is a markable increase right here, as you can see. And if you look at the raw number of

ballots, that's a little more than 330,000 more ballots that we have seen now from Hispanics that are participating in the early vote process. Key

to this election.

Let us now go to the state of North Carolina, a little more than 2 million people have cast their

ballots in North Carolina. We'll see President Barack Obama in North Carolina on behalf of Hillary Clinton today.

We look right here, Democrats have a lead in ballots returned. Now, their lead is a little more

than 240,000 ballots, but not great news is that if we go back to 2012, Democrats actually had a much bigger lead at that time. It was a little

more than 300,000 ballots. So not necessarily good news when it comes to that.

But let's look at the demographics of who is actually returning these early votes right now. If we look at this middle column right here, about

23 percent of African-Americans are participating in the early ballot process, Hispanics about 1.8 percent.

Let us look now to 2012, though, and this is why we see President Barack Obama heading back into North Carolina today. The reason being,

look at that dropoff right there, more than 5 percent dropoff right now among participation. If Hillary Clinton is going to win this election.

She needs a strong performance by African-Americans, as we can see right here, Kristie, Hispanic vote is starting to

become more powerful now here in the U.S., not necessarily in the state of North Carolina. We are seeing a tick-up, but definitely important, again,

another key constituency for Democrats -- Kristie?

LU STOUT: Yeah, very, very revealing data from these two states, from Florida and North Carolina. North Carolina shaping up to what could be the

ultimate swing state, which is why as you mentioned Donald Trump is going to be there later today.

This is a very tight race. It's only four days out until the general election. Can Trump win this thing, or does he still have a very, very

tough battle to reach the magic number 270?

PRESTON: Well, he can win and he's certainly in a better position now than he was, say, a week ago and that has to do with FBI Director Comey

coming out and saying he's reopening an investigation into Hillary Clinton and her use of a private email server

when she was Secretary of State.

Having said that, though, it is still a difficult path for Donald Trump to run. As you said, North Carolina, Trump needs to win North

Carolina. Trump needs to win Florida. Trump needs to win the big state of Ohio.

So when we talk about it that way, he needs to run the board on a lot of big states, and then he needs to peel away a Democratic state, as well,

a sizable one. So it can be done. He's better positioned now than he was a week ago, but Hillary Clinton still is favorited at this point.

LU STOUT: Yeah, and those are the battleground states to watch.

Mark Preston reporting, as always, thank you, take care.

PRESTON: Thanks.

LU STOUT: Now, the president of South Korea is taking responsibility for the scandal that is engulfing her administration, but is that enough to

diffuse the outrage against her? We'll get the very latest from Seoul.

Also ahead, Jakarta's governor is under fire for his comments about an opponent's speech. We'll tell you why thousands are calling for his ouster

next.

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[08:16:31] LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News Stream.

Now, at least eight people have been killed in a car bomb explosion in southeast Turkey. Turkish media report it went off near police station in

the mainly Kurdish city of (inaudible).

Now, two police officers, and six civilians were killed in the blast, while as many as 100

people were wounded., but almost all have been released from hospital.

Turkey blames the Kurdistan Workers Party. It happened just hours after 11 members of a pro-Kurdish opposition party were detained.

Now, let's return to the battle for Mosul now. Iraqi troops now in the city for the first time in two years, they are fighting to retake key

eastern neighborhoods, and the fighting is intensifying. For the latest, our international diplomatic editor, Nic Robertson, joins us now from

Irbil.

And Nic, Iraqi troops they are storming neighborhoods in eastern Mosul. What's the latest on the operation?

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: They are finding a lot of resistance, and at least one of the half dozen neighborhoods in the

east of Mosul that the Iraqi troops have gone into, they've been forced to pull back. They've pulled back because two suicide vehicles were detonated

near them, destroyed two Humvees, damaged three others, and killed three of the iraqi counterterrorism forces and wounded seven others in that unit.

So that was a significant enough blow, significant enough resistance, for them to pull back from that neighborhood. And in other neighborhoods,

it is a very intense battle. It's what was expected. It's complicated because civilians live there. ISIS snipers on the roofs of buildings that

people are still living in, so the army can't target those buildings, under other circumstances they can quite literally direct heavy fire on it,

collapse the building, end of the problem. That's not an option right now. This is urban conflict with civilians in the middle of it.

The Iraqi forces today have been supported by air strikes, by artillery, ISIS has been firing

mortars, sort of short-range artillery. It goes up steep, flies over buildings, will land a couple of streets away. And those rounds, according

to Iraqi security forces, have been injuring civilians, as well, so ISIS is not giving up its ground easily in the east of Mosul. It is putting up a

fight, and the front line, if you will, going into the east and southeastern corner of Mosul, it is a broader front than we saw yesterday

when the troops first went in, but across that front there are some areas where there is really, really stiff resistance from ISIS -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, this is very, very intense. Urban conflict with civilians caught up in the middle of it. So, what kind of guidance are

Iraqi forces giving to civilians as they move from neighborhood to neighborhood in Mosul?

ROBERTSON: Yeah, I mean, what they are basically being guided by the Iraqi military as if they can get the message to them, which, obviously,

they've done with leaflets, there's radio broadcasts, as well, if people can hear those. They are staying stay in your buildings, raise a white

flag on the building. We know you're in there. We know that this is a building that we mustn't target, but at the same time ISIS are also moving

people from outside of Mosul, into Mosul to use them as human shields. That ISIS also telling residents of the city stay in your homes.

And while this, as we stand here some distance from the battlefield and where our viewers watch this might sound like very sensible

information, for those residents, not only are they faced with a fear that their homes could be struck, but the reality is that they are running out

of food in some cases, running out of water. And it isn't a realistic option to stay in their homes.

So, some of the people that are fleeing are telling stories exactly like that as they leave and the government is trying to sort of create safe

corridors for them to get out. But, of course, no one side controls the battlefield. So, it's a very, very dangerous place. And for the army, one

of the things, you know, as we saw them sweeping in across the deserts, taking small villages on their way to Mosul, they could see these ISIS

suicide bombers in vehicles driving towards them at quite a distance. It is entirely different in the city.

You have narrow side streets that are very close to the army convoys. If suicide bombers drive a vehicle out of a side street at a convoy, and

that does seem what they intend to do, that distance is so short, it's very hard to stop them. So, this is a tough environment for the military and

for the civilians, Kristie.

[08:21:04] LU STOUT: Nic Robertson reporting live from Irbil. Thank you, Nic.

Now, South Korea's President Park Geun-hye has issued a public apology over the political crisis in our country. Now, she emphasized, however,

that she was not under the influence of any cult. Park's popularity has tanked since she was accused of letting a confidante review documents.

A new Gallup poll finds President Park's approval rating has tanked to some 5 percent.

Now, Park is being accused of tainting the country's image. Paula Hancocks joins us live from Seoul.

And, Paula, despite the additional apology from President Park, is there still angry protests and calls for her to resign?

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Kristie. Just about an hour ago there were around 1,000 protesters here on

the streets. They've since some of them tried to march to the blue house. They'll, obviously, be stopped by police. This is the presidential palace.

But the fact is, this apology today did very little to calm their anger, at least.

And you see here, this is the beginnings of really a wall of pain for the president. People are coming here and giving messages to the

president, mainly saying resign. You should not be in this position of power.

Others I can't repeat on air. I mean, there's some quite abusive ones in here just showing the anger people feel. And it's people across the

board, all ages, some children have been writing messages, as well, elder people, white collar, blue collared workers. It really is across the board

this frustration with Park Geun-hye.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

HANCOCKS: It's not often the president of a country has to publicly deny being part of a cult, or deny carrying out shamanistic rituals in the

presidential palace. South Korea's Park Geun-hye did just that Friday, apologizing to her people once again for allowing a

confidante access to classified government business, a confidante who now stands accused of using that access for personal gain.

PARK GEUN-HYE, SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT (through translator): I thought I was

improving the economy and lives of the people, but in this process a certain individual has committed corruption for personal gain. Everything

is my fault and my mistake, and I feel huge responsibility for this.

HANCOCKS: Choi Soon-sil's father started a cult-like religion in the 1970s. Her family has long had influence over Park Geun-hye's family, a

revelation which some say has brought shame to the entire country.

HASUNG JANG, KOREA UNIVERSITY: It's not just a surprise, it's a shock. Such a weird situation. No one has ever imagined that she would

have such a deep-rooted, strong, longstanding close relationship with such an unqualified, unknown, unverified kind of people.

HANCOCKS: Park voiced fears of a power vacuum, insisting the government cannot be allowed to come to a halt, saying the country's

security is in crisis. North orea, largely responsible for those security concerns, is covering this scandal endlessly. Pyongyang never misses a chance to report on discontent in the country they are still

technically at war with, or to slam Park Geun-hye, who they usually refer to as "traitor."

JOHN DELURY, YONSEI UNIVERSITY: Now we have a legitimate national political crisis in the south. And you can bet every day on the front page

of North Korean media so that North Korean people know is full detailed reporting about everything that's going wrong

in the south.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

HANCOCKS: Now, there have been protests pretty much every night since the scandal broke. Tonight, as I say, was just about 1,000 protesters, but

tomorrow, Sunday afternoon, into the evening, organizers are hoping to have more than 100,000 people on the streets of Seoul. So at this point it

doesn't look as though this apology has done much to keep protesters at home. They are still intending to come out and call for her resignation --

Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, testing times for South Korea, and especially President Park. Paula Hancocks reporting, thank you.

Now, South Korea can expect delivery of a high-tech antimissile system by next year as it bolsters its defenses. The U.S. says it will move its

THAAD missile system to Seoul in the next eight to ten months. It's designed to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate missiles. North

Korea launched three ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan back in September and had two failed launches in the past week.

Now, thousands of protesters in Jakarta are calling for the governor to be sacked. They say he insulted Islam when he criticized a political

opponent's use of a Koranic verse in speech. Now, some protesters are demanding the death penalty for the governor. Now, thousands of police and

military personnel are trying to keep order and conservative Islamists say the Christian governor should not be in charge of a Muslim-majority city.

Coming up, we're going to take you to America's sunshine state, the state of Florida, where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have been making a

last-minute push. It is now only four days away from the election. Stay with us.

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LU STOUT: Let's get back to our top story, election day in the U.S. just four days a way. I want to break down for you some of the states the

campaigns are focusing on.

Now, both camps have hit the ground running in Arizona, Florida, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. Trump now leads in Nevada and Arizona, while

Clinton still has the edge in Florida and Pennsylvania.

Now, although a new CNN/ORC poll shows Trump is closing the gap with Clinton in Florida, but Trump still needs to win votes in Clinton's so-

called firewall states, areas long considered to be safe bets for the Democrat. And that is why Trump has been campaigning hard in places like

Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Iowa and Colorado. Now, North Carolina is a testing ground for Trump. And analysts say if he doesn't win

there, is not likely he'll win in the other states where Clinton holds an edge.

Now, CNN's Boris Sanchez is in St. Petersburg, Florida. He joins us now live. And Boris, with four days left until election day, how is the

race shaping up there?

[08:30:40] BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It is neck and neck. Florida is almost always within the margin of error, and ultimately it

really comes down to the central part of the state. You have northern Florida that's more conservative, South Florida that tends to be more

progressive, but again, the central part of the state, the I-4 corridor as its known, there's a highway that splits the east coast and the west coast,

it takes only about two hours to get across. It's not a big piece of land, but it is politically the winner of the I-4 corridor could win Florida, and

the winner of Florida, of course, is likely to win the election.

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SANCHEZ: If the road to the White House goes through Florida then that road is this one, Interstate 4. The 140-mile coast-to-coast highway across

central Florida has become the state's center of political gravity. It's Florida's I-4 corridor and it starts along the East Coast here in Daytona

Beach where a rise in the number of registered Republicans has turned the once reliably blue Volusia County purple.

To tilt it back in her column, the Clinton campaign is targeting African-Americans.

REP. JOHN LEWIS (D), GEORGIA: Go out and vote like we've never voted before. Can we do it?

CROWD: Yes.

LEWIS: Yes, let's do it.

I feel good about seeing all of the young people here and it reminded me of another period during the early days of the Civil Rights Movement.

They know their lessons, they know their stories. They're going to turn out to vote.

SANCHEZ: Further west on I-4 there are traditionally redder areas, like Sanford, in Seminole County. Donald Trump and his surrogates have made

more than a dozen appearances along the I-4 corridor since the convention. They're hoping to surpass Mitt Romney's already solid win here in 2012 by

riling up a base frustrated with Washington.

ANNE HAYLER, SANFORD, FL TRUMP SUPPORTER: This is a movement. This is an incredible movement of the people of the United States who want

integrity restored to the government.

SANCHEZ: Our next stop is Orlando and it's the biggest city on the I- 4 corridor. It's also one that, in recent years, has changed dramatically.

SUSAN MACMANUS, POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY SOUTH FLORIDA: The message in Orlando is more ethnic focus, especially Latino voters and,

especially, the Puerto Ricans.

SANCHEZ: With a large influx of Democratic-leaning Puerto Rican voters moving to Orlando in recent years the Clinton campaign is vying for their

vote.

CLINTON T.V. AD: Donald Trump (foreign language spoken).

SANCHEZ: I-4's evolving political landscape continues west of Orlando. While there have been major demographic changes to our last stop, Tampa,

these changes aren't among ethnic lines, they're actually among generational ones.

While the west coast of Florida was once a haven for retirees, now about one-half the registered voters here are younger than 50.

IDA WRIGHT, VOLUSIA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER: With so many colleges and universities that reside on the I-4 corridor, that's going to be the

changing -- the game changer for either candidate.

SANCHEZ: With the race so close as we approach the finish line how the candidates do on I-4 could define the election.

MACMANUS: It's the most competitive part of Florida. It's the swing part of the swing state. Highway to heaven or hell, depending on whether

you win or not.

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SANCHEZ: That's right. The other thing about the I-4 corridor, there are a lot of bell weather counties that people will be watching on election

night. One of them, Hillsborough County, the Tampa area. It's correctly predicted 19 of the past 20 presidential races, Kristie.

LU STOUT: And as you shared with us in your report, so many key demographic groups in the U.S. state of Florida that could help call the

outcome of this general election when it takes place next week.

We, of course, know seniors in Florida, they are a valuable voting bloc. If they haven't voted already, how will senior Americans vote in

this election from that state?

SANCHEZ: Well, historically what we've seen is the seniors that live in Florida tend to vote more conservatively, especially in the central part

of the state.

I'll give you an example, an area known as the villages, it is overwhelmingly made up of retirees, a county where the majority of people

that live there are retired, and it is a Trump stronghold. The interesting thing to note, though, is that as time has passed and Florida's changed,

we've had an influx not only of Latinos, but also of younger people, it's become more and more purple.

So these areas close to Orlando, for instance, that used to be reliably red, are now lightly

blue and going in that direction. I would say about half of Florida's registered voters are now younger than 50, so it is the battleground of

battlegrounds, Kristie.

[08:35:30] LU STOUT: Yeah, and the campaigning, it all comes down, it all finishes up by this weekend. The final weekend. Campaign speeches,

ads being pushed out. In the minds of American voters, is this just noise at this moment, or are there still some voters that haven't yet committed

to a choice?

SANCHEZ: It's funny you ask that. Earlier this week we did a storyabout ads, specifically here in Florida and how people were simply

tuning them out. I talked to voter after voter who told me that it was just noise at this point. They say they've been bombarded by political

ads. Close to $100 million have been spent on them here in the state of Florida alone. That's just on the presidential election.

And you also have to consider on top of that local races that are going on. There's a hotly contested Senate race, as well as House races.

So people here, for the most part I would say are decided. They are just hoping that this election ends sooner than later and that it doesn't drag

out into a fiasco like we saw here in Florida in 2000.

LU STOUT: That's right, we don't want history to be repeating itself.

Boris Sanchez for us live from the U.S. state of Florida. Thank you. Take care.

Now, the final jobs report before the U.S. election is out. And it's a little bit below expectations. 161,000 jobs were added to the U.S.

economy in October. Now, economists were predicting about 177,000 new jobs for the month, but unemployment has dropped slightly from 4 percent -- from

5 percent, rather, to 4.9 percent.

Now, this is going to be much more on new the jobs report with CNN Money with Maggie Lake, that's happening in just under half an hour from

now.

Now, you're watching News Stream. And still to come here on the program, the richest man in

China takes another huge step forward in his goal to build a global entertainment empire. We have the details on his latest investment next.

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LU STOUT: welcome back.

Now, China's richest man has scooped up yet another iconic U.S. international company. Wong Jianlin Wanda Group has bought Dick Clark

Productions for $1 billion. The company is behind award shows behind the Golden Globes and the Billboard Music Awards. It is the Chinese

billionaire's first foray into television, but he is no stranger to Hollywood.

Earlier this year he bought Legendary Entertainment, the studio behind classic movies like Jurassic Park.

Now, for more on this story, let's bring in CNN Money's Asia-Pacific editor Andrew Stevens. He joins us now. And Andrew, you've had the

opportunity to sit down and talk to Wang Jianlin a number of times. What is the thinking? What is his strategy here with this latest deal?

ANDREW STEVENS, CNN MONEY: He's been very clear with his strategy over the years. This is the man, China's richest man, who made his riches,

Kristie, in property development. He became the biggest private developer of both commercial and residential property in China.

Four years ago he decided that he needed to diversify, get out of such a heavy reliance on such

a volatile market, so he's looked and seen entertainment as his future, the services industry as his future, and entertainment is a huge part of that.

So, he has been building and buying both in China and as you say internationally. AMC is the second biggest movie house chain in the U.S.

He's trying to by Cinemark, a rival. If he buys that, he'll have the biggest -- Legendary Entertainment, $3.5 billion deal. And now he's gone

into television. This is significant because it gives him access to television production levels, which is what he wants to get.

Now, he does talk about global domination, being a very big player globally, but also he says that China is going to be the biggest box office

in the world in the not too distant future and he wants to be the biggest player in that industry. So he could bring Hollywood muscle, Hollywood

know how back to China.

Remember, he's about to complete a massive movie studio in Chingdou (ph), a coastal city in China. And he's setting himself up really,

Kristie, to be the entertainment king, if you like. He says that services will be putting in something like two-thirds of all earnings to the Wanda

group, which at the moment is still heavily sort of exposed to property.

So it is a massive change, and he does have a habit of following through with what he promises.

LU STOUT: But politically in America there has been resistance, especially in Washington, over increased amounts of Chinese investment in

Hollywood from the likes of Wanda, Alibaba, et cetera. How's does Wang Jianlin respond to that?

STEVENS: That's right. In fact, 16 lawmakers, congressmen, have written to the authorities, to the regulators in the U.S. saying that more

scrutiny needs to be paid on these massive Chinese investments into Hollywood, these multibillion dollar investments.

Their concern is chiefly that China could use this to peddle its own propaganda through Hollywood movies, and that's the concern that lawmakers

say they need to be watching for.

I actually put that to Wang Jianlin a few weeks ago when I interviewed him in China, Kristie. Interesting, he just dismissed it out of hand.

Listen to what he had to say.

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WANG JIANLIN, WANDA GROUP (through translator): I think they are overworried. When Hollywood exports movies to China, they have to consider

the taste of Chinese audience and market demands. They may add more Chinese elements because they come here to make money.

Although the number of Hollywood productions shown here is very limited, they account for more than half of the market. That's why I think

it's more like Hollywood influencing China than the other way around.

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STEVENS: Just one small point to remember, Kristie, is that there is a lot of suspicion about

Chinese investments, not just in Hollywood, around the world in various industries, so it's not new these days to see people pushing back against

Chinese investments.

LU STOUT: Absolutely.

Andrew Stevens reporting live for us, thank you.

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

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