we are tracking breaking news out of indonesia where a court has just rejected the appeal of one of the members of the so-called bali 9. this man is the mastermind behind last week's university attack. and a new attack slams "rolling stone's" report on rape at an american university. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i'm errol barnett. >> i'm rosemary church. this is "cnn newsroom." we begin with breaking news. indonesia's state administrative court has just rejected the

appeal of andrew chan, one of the so-called bali 9. chan and fellow bali 9 member myuran sukumaran are sentenced to death by firing squad. they were trying to challenge the power of the indonesian president who had was refused pardons for any drug smugglers. we have more live from bangkok with more on the new development. we're still waiting to hear the fate of the last of the bali 9. what can you tell us about what's happening in the courtroom? we're watching live pictures. >> reporter: right now the judge, one of three is reading out meticulously, carefully all the considerations that were taken when making this decision just a short while ago, as you say, we heard that andrew chan, 31-year-old andrew chan, an australian citizen, his appeal has been rejected. that was his right to appeal against the denial of clemency by president widodo. and now we are about to hear the

verdict for myuran sukumaran, the 33-year-old man, another ringleader of the so-called bali 9 group that attempted to smuggle more than eight kilograms of heroin back in 2005 from indonesia to australia. of course, we know that there have been a lot of legal ranglings. this was considered a last-ditch appeal. perhaps their last hope before they could potentially face a death by firing squad on the prison island just off the coast of java where they were transferred to under cover of darkness around a few weeks ago. now we're expecting that verdict to come to us shortly. first the judge reads out all the considerations, explains how they came to this decision. and then they give the final verdict, of course, both men appealing together. the verdicts read separately for each man. together on the same day. err errol, rosemary? >> i just want to ask you about that.

these two men have been tried together. we've heard in the past the verdict together. this separation of the verdicts, what are we to make of that? >> reporter: what heim told is that legally the verdicts have to be read out separately. that we're -- we shouldn't necessarily read anything into it. that the two men likely won't be treated differently. that's what lawyers and experts tell us. that under indonesian law the verdicts have to come separately even though all along we have seen them appealing together and come together. their evidence has largely been the same. of course, the two men, however, one of their considerations is that they are reformed characters. so whether the court might look at both of them differently, we're really not sure. we can only speculate. of course, the court is independent. they can make their own decisions, and they might choose to treat the men differently. so far, both the evidence is

presented -- their case, appeal, everything has been brought forward toward -- in front of the court together. and i just want to take a bit about that reform that they discussed, as well. that's why it is perhaps for their family and for them heartbreaking to hear that their appeal has been rejected. they are insistent that they are reformed characters. that is why this case has got so much attention. you know, i talk to people all the time, people come up and ask, well, why are these two individuals of all the people facing death row alongside them, almost a dozen others facing execution by firing squad. so important. and you know, part of that is that the australian government have tried to create as much attention, draw as much attention to their cases, get worldwide attention and perhaps create some pressure on the indonesian government internally and externally. part of that is because of this belief that these two men have really learned from their

mistakes. both men since they've been in prison, over ten years now, 2005, their conviction, they have changed somewhat. andrew chan became a prison chaplain, hoefding services for other young men in prison. teaching them through his religious beliefs about reform. myuran sukumaran, who's 33 years old, both men were in their 20s, by the way, when they were convicted. had studied an art degree and has been holding art classes for others. mentoring others, trying to bring them around. away from crime and seeing that there are other opportunities in life. so that is what the australian government was hoping to impress. the indonesian government. both the foreign minister and prime minister, tony abots saying, look, these are -- their own words, remarkable examples of reform so far, it seems that perhaps the last-ditch effort to avoid the firing squad is at a

loss certainly for andrew chan. the 31-year-old. we're not sure what will happen next. will this be an announcement for an execution date, or could there be another legal attempt. that is unlikely as we were being told all along this really was their last hope. rosemary? errol? >> reporting there from bangkok. watching these verdicts being read throughout in indonesia. we've learned already that andrew chan has lost his appeal. we're waiting to hear the verdict for myuran sukumaran. and we can't assume anything at this point. we're waiting for that verdict and will, of course, bring it to you as soon as we hear it. just repeating, andrew chan has lost his appeal in this. we just heard that from an indonesian court watching this verdict. >> it certainly doesn't look good. you've got president widodo really seeming to want to make a point that drug smuggling won't be tolerate the in this

conservative muslim nation. and all three the legal ranglings, they haven't budged. we've seen one having an appeal denied. we'll watch that. >> it president's lawyers themselves, they have argued the court doesn't have jurisdiction, and that this cannot be challenged. so that -- that doesn't look good. we will keep an eye on this. >> facing possible execution by firing squad. we'll bring you updates this hour as we get them. we are learning more about that massacre at garissa university college in kenya. that was unfolding around this time on thursday, i remember. we have new details about the man believed to have planned. the government has publicly named mohamed mohamud as the number-one suspect. one of the masked men who attacked the school last week was the son of a government official. >> we have been following the story since the beginning. we have more live on the investigation. christian, we are seeing growing anger from people there who say

kenya's government didn't do enough to keep al shabaab from killing so many people at garissa university college. and there's criticism, too, for the lack of security for the vulnerable students. talk to us about what security measures are now in place and the aftermath of this horrifying attack. >> reporter: yes, the president has sort of put forward three days of mourning across kenya. there is a lot of grief but also as you said, anger now about what happened. there is security across the country, but not too visible, not too public. the problem with too much security, kenyan military coming in in force in the area, is it stokes fears amongst the local population that is close to the somali border. there's a lot of ties there. they're an occupying force is one of the words we've heard bandied around here. and it has to be remembered, this man who talk about the

mastermind at the kenyan interior ministry have been talking about, he's in charge of cross border incursions. what he want, one of the things he wants is it stoke up that resentment amongst the local population, against people like the kenyan defense force. we spoke to people, key people in this area. and here's what they had to say about there problem. a security check at a church service in garissa, northern kenya. even young girls are checked for explosives or hidden weapons. bishop joseph's church has been attacked before. >> some people try to get out, and they realize the that there were grenades. one was thrown from that side. and the other one from in front. >> reporter: now another attack on garissa university where 147 people were killed after christians were reportedly separated from muslims. garissa is a town where you have mosques on one side of the road

and churches on the other. it's a town that sits on one of the longest religious fault lines in the world. separating a predominantly christian subhad as haener africa from a muslim northern africa. the governor of garissa county says al shabaab's attacks are aimed at creating division and hatred. >> to see a division between the non-muslims and muslims of this town. but again, that is something we need to fight. >> reporter: sitting and talking may not seem much like fighting back against al shabaab, but local religious leaders hope dialogue means understanding. >> we have been living with the christian brothers for all the centuries. we will continue living with them. we'll be aligning together, we have be co-exsistent. anyone who does anything to divide us is just wasting his

time. our doors are always open. ♪ >> reporter: so when people come to church or mosque in garissa, they're putting their lives in danger per something greater -- peace. rosemary, when we talk about this long religious fault line across sub-saharan africa, it is from somalia, kenya, to nigeria, senegal. groups like boko haram, al shabaab, they're attacking christians and also attacking education. also muslims itself -- these groups also attack muslims. this man that they've described interior ministers described as the mastermind behind the attack, mohamed mohamud, he's gone on and attacked buses, churches, and all sorts of things going on in that border area of somalia. but the last thing -- we talk about these people as masterminds. these people are criminal and thugs using the most basic means to commit murder.

>> simply horrifying, the whole thing. thank you very much. breaking news for our viewers. indonesia state administrative court has rejected the appeals of andrew chan and myuran sukumaran from the so-ed are se by firing squad, and they were trying to challenge the power of the indonesian president who has refused pardons for any drug smuggle smugglers. the men were part of a group convicted for attempting to smuggle heroin from indonesia back to australia in 2005. and we will, of course, have more on the court's decision coming up. errol? right now we want to get our viewers information out of yemen. the country literally at the brink of a civil war. saudi-led air strikes are intensifying as pro-government forces try and get houthi rebels out of aden. the houthi fighters have already taken control of the city's port and other strategic buildings and locations, as well.

16 million yemenyes are living in areas under houthi control. we're joined on the phone now by journalist hakeem al masmari who i believe is in the capital. please correct me if you're elsewhere. but just tell me, you know, these saudi-led air strikes, they haven't turned the tide against the houthi rebels. the hebls are making a strong push and gains in aden. what is the status of the port city and capital, as well? >> reporter: the port city of aden is in complete control of the houthis. there are some resistance that happened, but in general, the houthis are in control. these air strikes have basically not weakened the houthis' manpower. yet they've weakened the houthis militarily and have destroyed many of their weapon depots, but the manpower is increasing by the day. and saudi arabia has not succeeded in weakening them in that manner.

the houthis know the power is not by the weapons they have or the missiles. that's not how they control sanaa. it opens with basic weapons and by their manpower. that's the same way they took over a couple of cities before cease-fire. that their war is expected to be long terms. we expect the huth toes start there week because of the intensified fighting. shops have been closed. the country is in civil war, especially since the president who's in riyadh now dismiss ed military officials and are hiring new ones. there will be two militaries. a houthi military and the hadi

military. this will be the new reason. troops will not be on the ground. they will unfortunately kill each other. >> our journalist speaking from the capital of yemen. a country he describes literally being at the brink of civil war. noting that the saudi-led air strikes haven't weakened the manpower of the houthi rebels while they have targeted the infrastructure and noting that a possible ground incursion led by saudi forces with possible gcc forces could be coming there week. we'll bring you breaking developments as they come to us. we want to turn back it our breaking news coming out of indonesia. we have more live from bangkok on this and joins us for developments. as we have told our viewers,

both the bali 9 australians have had appeals rejected. talk it what is likely to happen now. regime the verdicts being read out in the last few minutes. the 33-year-old myuran sukumaran's appeal has been rejected a eed as was 31-year-o andrew chan's. all along, we didn't know they would get this appeal. this was considered their last-ditch attempt. could lawyers find some other way to appeal against their convictions and execution by firing squad, we're not sure. they certainly perhaps will try. this was an appeal to go to move a court to appeal the denial of clemency by president widodo. we could try other legal avenues. what is likely to happen now is that the indonesian government will set a date for execution.

the two will be given a 72-hour notice period before their execution. families will be allowed to visit them. the only thing we do know is that that date might not be imminent because indonesia plans to execute a number of people together on the prison island which is just off the coast of java, where they were transferred to under cover of dark not a few weeks ago. that caused some controversy then, too. what we understand is that the indonesian government will wait for all legal proceedings for all those involved. so other foreign nationals and indonesians before they go ahead with these executions. will their lawyers be able it find some other way? we are not sure. the australian government, too, making appeals, asking for the indonesians to transfer their death sentence to life in prisonment. offering to pay for their life imprisonment. we also know that there's been no response from the indonesian government. as far as that is concerned.

could that be another way? right now that's looking less and less likely. >> and it has been interesting because of course all along the lawyers for the indonesian president have insisted that his decision cannot be challenged. and they've said all along, too, that this court doesn't have the authority to take this any further. this was always going to be an uphill battle for these two men. wasn't it? >> reporter: it was. the indonesians are clear. both publicly and legally really, politically and legally so to speak. president widodo making it incredibly clear that he is uncompromising. those involved in any drug-related crimes will be executed, reigniting or reemerging, resurrecting, rather, is the word i'm looking for, resurrectsing the death

sentence and moratorium on indonesia for several years. we saw the executions within the first 100 days of president widodo coming in to his presidential seat. and then he announced the executions for among others the bali 9 ringleaders, andrew chan and myuran sukumaran. he has been adamant. we an exclusive interview with him on cnn where he said, as far as i'm concerned, 50 indonesians die every single day to drug-related offenses. we need to send the strong message to those involved in drug smuggling or drug dealing that that's not acceptable. of course, human rights groups and experts saying that won't stop this. and that is the case for andrew chan and myuran sukumaran. they knew this was a crime punishable by death. yet they went ahead. that was an example to say that, look, this won't stop it. but that hasn't stopped president widodo either in his denial of clemency. and then of course the courts have followed through saying

that they don't have the jurisdiction to stop a presidential denial of clemency. they simply don't have the legal tools or legal power to accept those appeals. and their fate was effectively sealed. whether, however, behind back channels -- it has, i have to say, been relatively quiet as far as the australian government's concerned. in the last few weeks, maybe they were hoping that this will come their way. or maybe they're their are some more back channel negotiations going ahead. we'll have to wait and see what the reaction is from the australian government these verdicts. andrew chan, myuran sukumaran, their appeal has been rejected. rosemary errol? >> we will twhach closely to see if there is another chapter to this. we're talking with our reporter live from bangkok watching this as we've been reporting. both of those bali 9 gentlemen, they've had their appeals rejected by the indonesian court. it looks like they have

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welcome back. are you watching "cnn newsroom." i am rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. our last half-hour of the day. here are the headlines we're following now. a three-judge panel in indonesia has rejected the appeals of two of the bali 9. andrew chan and myuran sukumaran face death by firing squad for drug classicing charges that stem from 2005, just a short time ago, the court of ruled they did not have the authority to challenge indonesian president widodo, who's already denied the men clemency for their crime. kenyan officials have publicly identified the man they say was the mastermind of last week's massacre at garissa

university college. they've posted a $215,000 reward for mohamed mohamud. investigators have named the son of a government official as one of the attackers. he was killed by security forces. germany on the brink of a civil war. saudi-led air strikes are intensifying as pro-government forces try to get houthi rebels out of aden. the houthi fighters have already taken control of the city's port and other strategic sites. 16 million yemenis are now living in areas under houthi control. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, appeared on the major u.s. tv network sunday to blast the pending agreement on iran's nuclear program. >> iran and six world powers reached the framework deal tlods lift sanctions. in exchange, tehran would limit its uranium enrichment and allow more inspections. mr. netanyahu said this agreement doesn't go far enough.

>> i think the alternatives are not either this bad deal war. i think there's a third alternative, standing firm, ratcheting up the pressure on a better deal. a better deal would roll back iran's vast nuclear infrastructure and require iran to stop its aggression in the region, its terror worldwide and cause and actions to annihilate the state of israel. that's a better deal. it's achievable. >> u.s. president barack obama says he understands mr. netanyahu's warning but insists negotiation is the best approach. the president addressed israel's concerns in an interview with "the new york times." >> what i would say to the israeli speak, however, that there is no formula, there's no option to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon that will be more effective than the diplomatic initiative and framework that we've put forward. that's demonstrable.

>> mr. netanyahu said his opposition to the iran deal has little to do with his frosty relationship with the u.s. president. essentially saying this is not personal. orrin lieberman joins us live from jerusalem with the latest on israel's reaction to the nuclear deal. and orrin, prime minister netanyahu hasn't changed his message, still opposes the framework. now this a deal over the summer does look more likely, what recycle is the prime minister saying as to why he continues to resist the -- an agreement in which haven't allowing inspections and allowing access so their nuclear program can be monitored. >> netanyahu says the agreement essentially isn't good enough. he sees what's in the agreement, he has looked at it, of course so has everyone else in the region. he says it's not good enough. not limiting enough to iran's nuclear infrastructure. netanyahu doesn't want to see a deal that allows them to keep the infrastructure and change it or scale it t back. he wants to see a deal that dismantles the infrastructure. that's what he's focusing on at this point.

he knows he can't stop the deal. he's not saying don't do the deal. he's saying change the deal. make it more restrictive. netanyahu's interest, of course, is the security of the state of israel. and that is his primary concern. it's been his primary concern, and it's at the center of all the messages we've seen him give through the last few weeks and months. and that's what he's still talking about. he says the deal simply doesn't keep in mind, doesn't take care of israel's security because it allows iran to have too much nuclear infrastructure, essentially too much nuclear power. >> orrin, president obama feels that this option is preferable to what netanyahu's pushing for because it includes mechanisms to verify exactly what iran is doing with its nuclear programs. you know, are there conversations about what alternative netanyahu wants? at the moment it doesn't appear to be one. you have senators saying all of this opposition while the u.s. is trying to finalize this deal could backfire on netanyahu.

>> reporter: netanyahu says the sanctions have gotten us to this point the last two years. they've gotten israel and the world and iran to the point where they're willing to sit at the table and are willing to talk to european powers about how to limit, how to control their nuclear infrastructure and their nuclear program. with inspections, netanyahu says keep the sanctions in place and strengthen the sanctions so they're not only willing to sit at the table, but they're willing to stale back, limit, and dismantle part of the nuclear infrastructure. that's what netanyahu wants to see. that's what we'll see him pushing for over the next three months. we had congressional republicans here last week. we know he'll work with them. they're trying to require congressional approval of the deal. now netanyahu says he's also talking to democrats. so as president obama pushes to get the deal done from one side. we see prime minister netanyahu pushing on the other side to try to limit the deal, to try limit iran's nuclear infrastructure and make sure that israel remains one of the prime concerns of this dial. >> fascinating and interesting

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a u.s. family is in the hospital after possible exposure to a strong pesticide in their virgin island villa. two brothers are in a coma, and their father cannot talk or move two weeks after becoming sick. the teens' mother is in occupational therapy. >> incredibly scary. the chemical in question is highly regulated and restricted to outdoor agricultural use. earlier, georgia poison center

director guy gaylord lopez spoke to cnn about why it may have been used inside. >> there probably were pests, termites, there could be a whole host of reasons. but indoors, in a living dwelling area, not the place where you should put this powerful chemical. odorless and tasteless and colorless. this is a dangerous poison. >> and federal officials is now launched a criminal investigation to figure out how exactly the family came in contact with that. >> it's terrifying, isn't it? such a surprise. you don't hear of these sorts of things happening. >> you wonder how common, how available is the chemical. brings up a lot of questions. >> certainly does. we'll continue to follow that. sweeping failures in reporting. that's what a just-released review says about a "rolling stone" article that detailed an alleged gang rape at a u.s. college. late sunday, "rolling stone" posted the independent review from columbia journalism school on its website, and it

officially retracted the article. >> the review found the author, editors, and fact-checkers repeatedly neglected to take the basic steps to verify allegations that came from a single source. >> shortly after the review was posted on line, the author of the "rolling stone" article apologized for what happened. >> yeah, she says, "reporting on rape has unique challenges, but the journalist still has the responsibility to get it right. i hope that my mistakes in reporting this story do not silence the voices of victims that need to be heard." >> this all surrounds a 2014 national which a university of virginia student only called jackie said she was sexually assaulted by several members of a fraternity. >> jackie's account and "rolling stone's" reporting quickly began to unravel after another media outlets began asking the key questions. our sara began ganam has more.

>> reporter: the story shocked the university at uva -- campus at uva and the nation. several men accused of attacking a woman over several hours. an alleged rape at a fraternity party. along with outrage, there was suspicion. details began to emerge about the night the woman named jackie says she was raped. >> i think that that was clear in the "rolling stone" piece that it was almost too perfect of a story. >> reporter: jackie's friends, alex stock and ryan duffin, say they were with her the night of the alleged attack in september, 2012. what they remember is very different from what jackie told "rolling stone." >> the article says that she was beaten, hit in the face, that she was barefoot, that she was bloodied. and that her face was obviously beaten. is that true? >> no. i didn't notice any physical injuries. i didn't notice a lack of shoes. i didn't really notice anything. >> reporter: there were other discrepancies about where she met her rapist, where they went on their date, and in the most

strange twist, jackie had asked her friends to text with her date. and the pictures and text messages he purportedly sent later appeared to be fake. >> there's a very good chance whoever i was texting was jackie. there's a definitely possibility. >> reporter: as the story began to fall apart, "rolling stone" admitted they never contactsed the men jackie had accused. they also admitted that alex and ryan were never interviewed by the writer of the story even though they were quoted in the article. "rolling stone" said it had taken jackie's word and failed to fact check much of her story. that's left towering questions about what's real and what's not. last month, charlottesville police said their investigation found no evidence that jackie was raped in the way that the story portrays. they were clear not to accuse jackie of lying, leaving open the possibility that something bad might have happened to her. perhaps somewhere else. >> her lips were quivering. >> reporter: her friends tell us they believe it's possible they'll never know exactly what

happened to jackie. >> i still think it's difficult to believe that she would have been acting. >> reporter: cnn, new york. our senior media correspondent, brian stelzer, joins us from new york to talk about this. brian also hosts our weekly show "reliable sources," that looks at issues in the media. this has been a huge one. the columbia journalism, school of journalism in its report essentially found that if the reporter behind this, sabrina ruben irdily, had done basic journalism and had been more rigorous, they would have perhaps decided not to go with the story after all. what should we make of this damning report, and what happen does it say about the industry we're in, media industry today? >> there are clearly basic fillers of journalism 101 that are illustrated in this report. in the past few hours, it's been digested by the journalism world. people are frankly horrified by the details. when you get to the nuts and

bolts, if the reporter had just made more phone calls, she would have submarine red flags. she would have seen some discrepancies in the account of this alleged victim. the woman's name is jackie. she was a student at uva. she was never identified with more than her first name. and she described this really horrific attack. but her friends did not back up her story. the fraternity in question didn't have a party when she said there was a party there that she was raped at. if there had been more phone calls, more reporting done, some of those obvious discrepancies would have come to the surface. and both the writer and her editors could have avoided this. >> the question we have is why, "rolling stone" can pump out some outstanding journalism from time to time. the issue of rape on college campuses in the u.s. a huge one. why do you think that so many of the basic fact checking and corroboration didn't happen? can you blame in any way the

media environment we're in which is so more immediate and people wanting information quicker? >> there's something to be said about sensationalism. about looking for the most extreme version of a story you can tell. unfortunately, date rape and acquaintance rape is actually common on campuses like uva. there are a lot of stories you could tell about that. but instead, this writer wanted to find frankly a more horrific, more appalling, more shocking example. she ended up going with the story about jackie that did not seem to hold up. there's also something to be said for the idea that the magazine was looking for something that they wanted to be true. that it wanted jackie's story to be true. it wanted to believe jackie. and by the way, that's an understandable impulse. when we hear about victims' stories, we want to believe them and want to sympathize with them. the hard, really hard part for journalist is having to be incredibly skeptical and even cynical when dealing with

victims. and yet still being human. somehow still be human and warm and empathetic. that is the very fine line that journalist face when they're covering crime and trauma. and in this case, "rolling stone" did not get it right. >> the magazine is officially retracting the story. they say they're going to make the entire report from the columbia school of journalism available in its next issue which comes out april 8th. you talked about this on your show sunday, though. as it comes to trusting victims which is a problem in the issue of on-campus rape, how much damage has this entire fiasco created? >> you know, we should say it is pretty impressive. "rolling stone" is publishing this review. this is an embarrassing report. they'll put it in the magazine. on the other hand, they are not taking disciplinary action against any staffers. against any editors, against any fact-checkers. that's a decision that is coming under scrutiny tonight and into the coming days, i think. in fact, the "rolling stone" is not coming out and saying that they're dismissing or suspending or taking any disciplinary action against anyone. that's the journalism story.

the more important story is the human story. if there's a chilling effect that hurts victims of sexual assault, that's a real problem. i hope and think that the actual outcome is different, though. there's more awareness now. more conversation now about the very real and all too common issues involving this ono college campuses. there's a lot of attention being paid right now. you know, we saw the attorney general of the state of virginia come out right away when this report came out and said we want to put the focus squarely on the victims,on what happened at "rolling stone" but on the victims of these sorts of crimes. so my hope and my expectation is that even though there's a danger, that chilling effect, people will pay more attention to these issues. the truth is and it's always true, the result of poor journalism needs to be more journalism. the solution is more journalism. >> you hope that the message continues to get out for demonstrates continue to speak out and speak up if anything has ever happened to them particularly women on college campuses. brian stelzer, thank you very much for your insight today.

speaking to us from new york. >> thank you. thanks. teresa sullivan, president of the university of virginia is reacting to this review. she said in part, ""rolling stone's" story did nothing to combat sexual violence, and it damaged serious efforts address the issue." >> she goes on to say, "irresponsible journalism unjustly damaged the reputations of many innocent individuals and the university of virginia." this entire thing has been a complete mess for everybody involved. the worst part is the issue they were trying to put a spotlight on, the topic they wanted to bring attention to, they almost made more difficult. victims, young women on college campuses, who already feel reluctant to speak out and talk about campus rape may be more reluctant now. >> and the story, the journalism, just unbelievable. we're journalists, it's to see this sort of thing has been

published and that there have been no repercussions. >> no discipline is certainly -- >> no. i think this is the end of this. there's going to be a lot of people complaining. will be interesting to see when the next edition comes out how people react. we'll keep an eye that. stay here with cnn. the news continues. wish your skin could bounce back as quickly as it used to? introducing neutrogena hydro boost water gel. instantly quenches skin to keep it supple and hydrated day after day. formulated with hydrating hyaluronic acid which retains up to 1000 times its weight in water.

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