CARL AZUZ,
CNN 10 ANCHOR: Kicking off Friday's edition of CNN 10. I'm Carl Azuz. It's good
to see you.
Starting in
the U.S., we've been covering a lot of news surrounding the issue if
immigration. Yesterday, there were marches in Washington, D.C. and cities
nationwide in an event called A Day Without Immigrants. It was loosely
organized through social media and word of mouth. Its goal, to show the
importance of immigrants to American society.
It came after
news reports throughout the week that officials with ICE, an acronym for
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, had arrested hundreds of people who are in
the U.S. illegally and started the process of removing them from the country.
President
Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 25th that prioritizes
undocumented immigrants who've been convicted of a crime, accused of a crime or
who could be charged with a crime for deportation.
Critics are
concerned that a wide range of illegal immigrants could be targeted.
Immigration officials say the recent arrests were routine and that they were
planned during the Obama administration.
For
perspective, there were more deportations under President Obama than any
previous U.S. leader. No one knows yet how President Trump's policies will play
out.
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VIDEOTAPE)
RAFAEL ROMO,
CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The detentions over the last week are in the
hundreds and have been across the country, especially in states with higher
concentrations of immigrants. In California alone, officials say they detained
160 individuals. According to authorities, 150 of the detainees had criminal
histories and the rest were in deportation proceedings for other reasons.
Activists say
the raids have terrorized the immigration populations and caused widespread
fear in these and other states.
But Homeland
Security Secretary John Kelly says the raids are in compliance with the law and
not just random operations.
(BEGIN VIDEO
CLIP)
JOHN F.
KELLY, SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY: First of all, they're not rounding
anyone up. The people that ICE apprehend are people who are illegal and then
some.
ICE is
executing the law.
(END VIDEO
CLIP)
ROMO: A labor
union representing a school district in Texas has published a flyer that tells immigrants
what to do in case immigration authorities come knocking on their doors. A
union spokeswoman calls the raids a crisis and says providing this information
is important to students and parents at the school district.
A local
official reacted with indignation to the raids.
(BEGIN VIDEO
CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED
MALE: We have heard of several confirmed ICE actions in Austin. We are here to
denounce those actions and to let the community know that we have their backs.
(END VIDEO
CLIP)
ROMO:
Immigration and Customs Enforcement published a statement about the raids
saying the following, "The rash of recent reports about purported ICE
checkpoints and random sweeps are false, dangerous and irresponsible. These
reports create panic and put communities and law enforcement personnel in
unnecessary danger. Individuals who falsely report such activities are doing a
disservice to those they claim to support."
President
Donald Trump made cracking down on illegal immigration a central focus of his
presidential campaign.
Rafael Romo,
CNN, Atlanta.
(END
VIDEOTAPE)
AZUZ: Up
next, other countries called it illegal, intolerable. The U.S. wants North
Korea to be punished for it. But was the communist country's recent missile
test a birthday present?
A North
Korean government source said the launch was the best possible gift for
Generalissimo Kim Jong-Il on his 75th birthday. Kim Jong-Il, on the left here,
is North Korea's former dictator. He died in 2011. As we reported earlier this
week, the missile launch coincided with a meeting of the Japanese and American
leaders. Their countries are rivals of North Korea, and analysts said the
launch was intended to be a warning to them.
But in the
North Korean capital, Pyongyang, a two-day national holiday is wrapping up that
celebrates what would have been Kim's 75th year. Concerts, fireworks, military
displays are all part of it.
CNN's Will
Ripley got the chance to visit the area.
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VIDEOTAPE)
WILL RIPLEY,
CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That is our airplane that will take us to Pyongyang.
Hello from
Kim Il-Sung Square here in Pyongyang, North Korea. This is where they often
have those huge choreographed mass displays and also military parades pass by
here.
Around the
square, you find a mixture of government offices and museums. That's the
ministry of foreign affairs, more portraits of leaders, some apartments behind
there, more government offices here and this is one of the museums on the
square.
What's
striking about Kim Il-Sung Square and, you know, you see this in other communist
countries as well, with these large public spaces that loom over the individual
and make the individual feel small and the society feel huge.
This massive
building right here is called the Grand People Study House. And in front of it
is where the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stands when he give speeches.
That's the portrait of his grandfather Kim Il-Sung and his father Kim Jong-Il.
You can see
these huge crowds of people coming to pay their respects at what is considered
one of the most holy sites in all of North Korea. This is the monument to the
two late leaders, Kim Il-Sung to the left, Kim Jong-Il to the right. It's
remarkable to see these waves of people who are coming here, all of them
carrying flowers, all of them to pay their respects to the late leader on this
national holiday, what would have been 75th birthday of Kim Jong-Il.
You see more
and more taxis on the streets here in Pyongyang, more traffic in general,
really.
This is one
of the hotels that we stay at quite often, and it's actually on an island
separate from the rest of Pyongyang, so the tourist won't walk around in the
city.
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VIDEOTAPE)
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CLIP)
AZUZ
(voice-over): Ten-second trivia:
What color
belt is associated with the beginner in martial arts?
Yellow,
white, red, or green?
People
learning martial arts usually begin with the white belt, which is set to
signify birth.
(END VIDEO
CLIP)
AZUZ: OK,
building confidence, improving focus and coordination, getting in shape,
learning self-defense, these are benefits you'll see advertise at practically
any martial arts studio. What makes Breaking Barriers Martial Arts different
isn't just the skills it helps its students develop but the students it helps
develop those skills.
(BEGIN
VIDEOTAPE)
KATARINA
ECKSTEIN-SCHOEMANN, BREAKING BARRIERS MARTIAL ARTS: Disabilities, it doesn't
mean they can't do what we can do. I'm Katarina Eckstein-Schoemann and I'm the
head instructor at Breaking Barriers Martial Arts.
Breaking
Barriers teaches children with all types of abilities. So we have
down-syndrome, muscular dystrophy, autism, ADHD.
It's just
really fun to see them coming out of their shells and really being comfortable
in who they are, and knowing that being different is OK.
I have two
younger brothers, David and Kenny, and they were both diagnosed with autism at
a young age. It was really hard to find something for my brothers to be
involved in.
So, it was
really need when we joined taekwondo and we could do it as a family. I felt
like the environment was just so much my understanding.
UNIDENTIFIED
MALE: Most importantly, I think the heart of taekwondo is basically how to
become like a better person.
ECKSTEIN-SCHOEMANN:
I started this program, I had no idea it was going to be anything more than
just a Saturday class that was going to be fun for kids to just come and play
and learn martial arts. But it's made an impact on these kids.
UNIDENTIFIED
MALE: Feels good to know that we're helping other families that are like us.
UNIDENTIFIED
FEMALE: He has just blossomed through this program. As a parent, it's the most
incredible feeling.
(APPLAUSE)
(END
VIDEOTAPE)
AZUZ: At a
Canadian recycling depot, workers taking apart old TVs, expect to find
capacitors, resistors, cathode ray tubes. But in one older set, an employee
recently came across a cash box. And inside was more than $100,000. There were
also bank documents that helped police find the owner.
He'd been
saving the money for his family, but forgot about, passed the TV onto a friend
and that friend recycled it. The money's been returned to its owner.
Makes for one
serious cash back promotion y'all. Someone could have hidden the cash behind
the scenes in a made for TV heist that would have been a turn off to many
viewers. Thankfully, the depot has a great screening program, a reality show
that promotes honest TV.
Fridays are
awesome on CNN 10. We hope your weekend is, too. I'm Carl Azuz.
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