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♪ >> good to have you with us. we start with the novel coronavirus. it's infected more than 108,000 people worldwide and killed at least 3,800 and the number of deaths in the u.s. has now risen to 22. the outbreak is also triggering a new crash in global markets. here's a look at where things stand. u.s. futures down as the number of infected here tops 560. the markets have also been hurt by u.s. oil prices hitting a four-year low, and we will have
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details in just a minute. meanwhile, italy is taking extreme measures as it confirms more than 7,300 cases of coronavirus. it's putting around a quarter of its population on lockdown to contain the outbreak, and we will have more on italy in just a moment. but first we go straight to the toll the virus is taking on global markets. and journalist is in tokyo with more on market reaction. a lot of nervousness with frightening numbers. what are you seeing and what might this mean when u.s. markets open in just a few hours from now? >> well, i think a perfect storm is brewing right now ahead of the open for u.s. equities later on today. the tokyo equity market has just closed for the day below the 20,000 mark. that is a loss of more than 5%. initially in the early minutes
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of trading, it was down even further to that. this is the lowest level the index has closed at since the start of 2019. so, more than a year ago. it was off to a very weak start already because within seconds of trading, we had oil prices crumble at the open. one of the biggest one-day drops in history for the price of oil as those opec negotiations failed and saudi arabia effectively launched a price war with russia. that was soon followed by a decline in the doll yen rate. that's a liquid pair and critical. we saw whip saw trading in that pair. quickly resuming in the down trend to 101, currently trading at 102.64. this is the lowest level for the dolly yen in three years, at least the move has been. then the tokyo equity market loss has spilled over into the rest of asia.
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we are seeing big losses in the australia market as well, aussie market, worse performance since 2008. the aussie dollar also getting hammering. a lot of people are talking about a flash crash in the currency. i'm reminded it has very strong parallels to what we saw back in 2015, 2016, what the market likes to call the china crash. back then it was triggered by something in china. it was an equity bubble that burst but quickly moved into the oil markets with the oil prices having at the time -- and when you look back in that period, the equity market in tokyo lost 30%. and that's the kind of comparison that people are looking at today as the equity markets crumble. rosemary. >> very unnerving. and joining us there live from tokyo. many thanks. well, a cruise ship that had been prevented from docking in san francisco will now head for port in oakland, california. at least 21 people on board the
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grand princess have coronavirus. lucy reports a plan is in place to begin getting passengers off the ship monday. >> well, the details of the plan are still being worked out by the authorities involved, but i can tell you sort of the rough sequence as we understand it from the governor of california. we know that medical staff boarded the shup ip on sunday t begin the process of interviewing the passengers, getting their information. we know that the boat will come into the port of oakland, this location chosen in part due to its proximity to travis air force base where some of the people will be quarantined, at least the california residents. it's also close to the oakland international airport. that might be an opportunity to get some of those international passengers out of the country. but on chartered flights. the governor of california saying they're making every step
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possible to prevent the population of the ship from mixing with the local population with the local community here to keep that disease from spreading. we know that the thousand or socal cal residents will be split between either travis air force base up north or the air force base near san diego. the rest will be flown to texas or georgia, quarantined at the two military bases there. the big question what to do with the hundreds of foreign citizens on board, the passengers, the crews, attendees. we know that the state department is working out those details as we speak. they're trying to get the foreigners evacuated on private chartered flights. they will not be mixing with the general population at the airport. the crew members, about 1,100 of them, they will remain on the ship. they will spend 14 days in quarantine on the grand princess. that ship will pull away from the port of oakland, go back to sea, and that is where the staff members will ride out the end of
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quarantine. >> nearly 16 million people are facing lockdown in italy as the virus spreads. that includes all of lombardi and 14 provinces in the northern part of the country. the restrictions cover travel and many public gatherings, but it's unclear how much they're being enforced. >> reporter: so early on sunday, the italian government announced a new decree with draconian new measures to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus. the red zones which until sunday included just 11 thousands and about 50,000 people have been dramatically expanded to the region of lombardi where milan is and 14 provinces with a total population of 16 million. now, the variety of that are
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being taken with that are extreme. nobody can leave or enter the area although we drove out of it and saw no sign of any controls on the population. schools, universities, museums, any sort of public place where people gather, they're all closed. bars and restaurants only allowed to be open from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and those inside need to keep a distance of a meter between one another. the reason this decree was passed is that the number of new coronavirus cases continues to increase. the latest numbers that were announced on sunday evening put the total number of recorded cases of coronavirus in all of italy at 7,375. that's an increase of 1,492, the
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biggest increase yet. in addition, the number of new deaths is 133, bringing the total to 366. these are numbers this country is increasingly alarmed over which explains why they've taken these measures. the question is are these measures going to work? i'm ben wedeman, cnn, reporting from blown i can't. and in the u.s. there are more than 550 cases of the coronavirus. but the u.s. surgeon general believes the outbreak is being contained in certain parts of the country and the government's response is shift sboog a mitigation phase. meanwhile the trump administration is coming under increased scrutiny for the response to the outbreak. u.s. officials are now offering different answers on the number of test kits available. >> we have 75,000 tests available right now for folks.
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by early next week, tomorrow, we should have over 2 million tests available. by the end of the week through partnerships with private industry, over 4 million tests available. >> right now 1.1 million tests have already been sent out. by monday, there will be an additional 400,000, and by the end of next week probably around 4 million. >> over a million tests were shipped out already this past week. tomorrow another 640,000 will be available. >> joining me now ivan huang, chief professional at the university of hong kong. good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> as we heard, we keep getting mixed messages, different numbers from u.s. leaders on the coronavirus, how many test kits we can expect to be made available impacting the real
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number of people actually infected by this serous. so, why do you think u.s. authorities are having so many problems staying on message and giving citizens the truth about the situation? >> well, i think they are just moving into the mitigation phase which is very early. in hong kong, we're still doing very much quarantining and isolating patients as early as possible. so, once they move into mitigation phase, the patient that remains asymptomatic will not have to be screened by this kit. so, i think they are now trying -- the u.s. government is just preparing and trying to get the numbers of the kits that are available for testing in order to make an offer to the public in case that there are major outbreaks in various parts of
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the states. >> all right. and i want to move to the grand princess cruise ship. it is expected to dock in just a few hours from now in oakland, california with at least 21 people on board infected with the coronavirus. now, they will be taken off first. then all u.s. passengers will be quarantined for 14 days. and the remaining international passengers, we understand, will eventually be flown home. are u.s. authorities doing all the right things when you hear this with the cruise ships, certainly compared to japan's botched effort with the diamond princess? >> yes, i think the u.s. government is making a correct decision to letting the passengers to disembark and get quarantined on the ground because in japan passengers had been quarantined on the shup. and i think a lot of passengers actually got cross-infected while they are on board.
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and if they are allowing the people to get -- disembark, they will be able to keep the infection coefficient down to probably about 1.3, 1.4 which will be much better than keeping people on board and basically a contaminated environment. >> right. so, let's hope that all runs smoothly. i want to turn to italy now where authorities are putting nearly 16 million -- 16 million -- people under lockdown across the north in an effort to contain this virus after the number of dead jumped to at least 366 with more than 7,300 infected. how effective do you think this lockdown will be in containing the virus? and why has italy had so many more problems than other nations do you think? >> well, i think it's correct decision even though it might be slightly late.
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but looking at the experience that we have with wuhan and wubei that once the cities lock down, they're able to stop infection from spreading to other parts of italy and europe. so, it is extremely important to isolate the people right now. i think the people with italy is that they probably are not very aware at the beginning that this virus is very contagious. and i think at the beginning, people have not been isolating themselves on seeking medical help early on. and also many people are actually carrying the virus while they remain asymptomatic. so, that's why the virus was spreading very quickly in northern part of italy before they actually noticed that they had so many patients there already which is maybe already too late before they actually now are putting in control measures.
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>> right. let's hope this lockdown works for italy. thank you so much for talking with us. appreciate it. >> thank you. i'm going to take a short break. still to come, american voters in six states head to the polls tuesday. we will ask about the potentially make or break state, the democratic contenders feel they must win. back with that in just a moment.
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everywhere. everywhere. everywhere. everywhere. this week in the united states, super tuesday round two, and a lot is on the line in the democratic presidential race. there are 352 delegates at stake. the big prize is michigan which was critical in 2016. senator bernie sanders narrowly won the state in that year's primary when hillary clinton was widely expected to win. but in the general election, donald trump ultimately flipped the state to his side. how michigan lands tuesday could seal sanders' fate in his quest for the nomination. we will check in with abby phillip in michigan, but start with jessica dean with the biden camp in mississippi. >> former vice president joe biden turning his attention to
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the next round of super tuesday voting. he spent the day in mississippi where he's hoping to shore up support here especially among african-american voter who is have continued to show up very strongly for the former vice president. >> the reason i am the come back kid, i'm not there yet. there's only one reason i've come back. the african-american community all around the country. folks, i think we are in position for a new awakening. this election, we can take the country back. >> and we saw him do very well in southern states last tuesday. he's certainly hoping to repeat it this coming tuesday. from here he's going to head to michigan. it's the biggest prize of this next round of voting. bernie sanders won it narrowly back in 2016. biden hoping to put michigan in his win column this go around. and he's going to have help from a former rival.
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senator kamala harris announcing her endorsement of biden on sunday. we learned from a source that she did not want to do anything until elizabeth warren left the race. she didn't want to go against warren or senator amy klobuchar. she came to the decision to endorse biden. she will be getting out the vote with him, rallying with him on monday. in jackson, mississippi, jessica dean, cnn. >> reporter: it is make or break for bernie sanders' campaign here in michigan. on tuesday when michigan voters go to the polls, they really hold the future of the sanders campaign in their hands. sanders is trying to regain momentum he lost after a disappointing super tuesday finish. he's got to prove that he can bring out his voters, that he can appeal to working class voters in the middle of the country and that he can appeal to the african-american voters. and to that end he rolled out a major endorsement from jesse jackson, the civil rights icon
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who put his support behind sanders at a rally on grand rapids on sunday. here is how jackson framed why he was supporting sanders. >> i talk about democratic socialism, what does all that mean? democracy all for and by the people. bernie can win, will win, must win. bernie wins, health care wins. >> reporter: now, that endorsement comes at a time when sanders is sharpening his attacks against joe biden trying to make the case to voters in the industrial midwest that biden was wrong on issues like trade, even arguing that biden voted the wrong way on issues of abortion rights in this country. but one of the big challenges for bernie sanders is going to be can he improve his standing with african-american voters? they're a big chunk of the democratic electorate here in michigan. in flint over the weekend, sanders did a round table with african-american leaders.
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and that's a message they're hoping the jackson endorsement can help them with. the question is is there enough time between now and tuesday for sanders to make the change. he's making the argument to his supporters to get out to the polls and do not count him out yet. he says this election is not over yet. they are still in it to win it. abby phillips, cnn, ann arbor, michigan. with me now to talk more u.s. politics is peter matthews from los angeles, a professor of political science at cyprus college in california. thank you for being with us. >> good to be here. >> just hours away from the next super tuesday contest, the new front runner joe biden got himself another big endorsement, this time from ckamala harris. biden does appear to be on a roll here, doesn't he? how is he likely to go up against his rival bernie
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sanders, particularly in michigan? >> the total count is 70 delegates more biden has than sanders has. so, delegates still have to be allocated. tuesday is a very big day. it's a minisuper tuesday. and michigan is a key industrial state. it's a swing state. and sanders has to win this. right now we don't know exactly how it's going to go, but it looks like biden might be heavied favored in terms of polling. michigan is difficult to poll as well. we have to wait to see what happens on tuesday. >> meantime, california is still counting voting from last tuesday's primary. and while sanders is expected to win, biden continues to narrow sanders once sizable lead. what does that signal to you? >> well, that shows that it's a very close race all around and the only two people running now, that really narrows it down much better than it did earlier when there were so many people running. i do believe it's still a long ways to go and something could happen. but sanders is in a tough
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position. he's got to work hard and get the people out to vote, young people, for example, and the muslim americans and suburban voters he neetds to take from joe biden. those are key constituents in michigan and washington state. there's a lot that has to be done in the sanders camp but biden is not secure yet. joe biden is very unpredictable, especially in debates and a big debate is coming up in about a week. so, we have to see what happens there too. >> we'll talk about that of course. how did joe biden's fortunes suddenly change from being almost down and out to now being the democratic front runner? what changed for him do you think? what was the main factor? >> the main factor was getting the endorsement of congressman clyburn in south carolina which actually gave him a boost and had a resounding victory in south carolina based on the african-american vote which is 60% of the voters. and that really put him into a momentum that he carried into super tuesday. that was a very key moment in south carolina and i think that
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was what happened. so, we have to see if that continues or if there are other variables involved. other states coming up are different than south carolina. they're much more diverse, not just african-american base. that will make a difference for bernie. bernie can bring out young people. that's the problem for bernie. in the super tuesday states, about 5% less young people voted this time than last time. that was not good for bernie's support because he relied on the young people to vote. >> of course joe biden calls himself the gaffe machine. we'll see whether he can control that. a lot of unknowns going forward, but we'll all be watching closely. thank you very much for joining us. >> my pleasure. thank you. north korea launches projectiles for a second time in a week. we go live to seoul, south korea for the latest on what officials are saying. back in a moment. ♪ i want to rock! (rock!) ♪ i want to rock! (rock!)
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welcome back everyone. we want to recap the top stour, the spread of the novel coronavirus. it's now killed at least 22 people here in the united states and infected more than 560. in california the grand princess cruise ship is waiting to dock in oakland. it's been quarantined at sea with at least 21 infections on board. there are more than 108,000 cases worldwide and 3,800 deaths in total. china is still the worst-hit country, but italy the facing more than 7,300 cases. it's putting a quarter of its
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population on lockdown to stop the virus. washington state has the most coronavirus cases in the u.s. with 137. 19 people have died there. many were residents of a nursing home in kirkland. cnn's omar jiminez looks at how officials in the state are handling the situation. >> reporter: this life care center nursing facility has been a focal point in this story but for all the wrong reasons. you take the first 17 deaths we saw in this county as a result of the novel coronavirus, 16 of them stemming from this single facility including two new ones that were reported over the course of sunday. now to, give you an idea of how much this has been impacted, it was just less than a month ago they had 120 residents that were here. now between hospitalizations and sadly deaths, that number is down to 55. and part of what officials have been scrambling for is trying to make sure there are enough
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testing kits to go around for these residents. they now have enough, but part of that is because their numbers are so completed. and it's not just residents either. there are employees that are having to show up every single day to talk care of these residents. as we understand, there are at least 70 that are now showing symptoms themselves, multiple of which who are hospitalized and at least one that has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. and outside this facility, this is something that has affected the wider seattle area, living under the shadow of this novel coronavirus. precautions we have seen take nn nearly every aspect of life including namely education from elementary school all the way up to university. university of washington for example electing to move to online learning for the rest of the quarter which is at least two weeks at this point just to keep kids from gathering in those large lecture halls together. while we have seen school
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closures throughout the state, one district that includes more than 20,000 students is also moving to online learning for up to 14 days. as a precaution. all part of what is becoming an increasing reality in cities all across the united states as they try to grapple with the spread of the novel coronavirus. cnn, kirkland, washington. diplomats who were quarantined inside north korea have been evacuated to russia. they have been kept in isolation since early february over fears of coronavirus outbreak in the country. will rip lee is in tokyo with more. >> reporter: it was before dawn in pyongyang, north korea when a convoy of diplomats finally left that country after weeks of total isolation. we have photos of their departure provided by the uk ambassador to north korea, collin crooks. you can see the cars carrying those diplomats from a number of countries we're told. germany, switzerland, france,
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they are all shutting down diplomatic operations completely in north korea for the time being. other countries are dramatically scaling back their operations, countries like russia, pakistan, cambodia, egypt, nigeria, and cambodia. a source tells me there were 103 people on board. this was a flight provided by the north korean government. normally they fly regularly to beijing, but all flights have been suspended since basically the on set of this coronavirus outbreak. north korea sealing off its borders and quarantining all foreigners for more than a month trying to prevent the spread of the virus inside that country. but because really nobody's flying to beijing right now because of flight restrictions, instead this flight took more than 100 diplomats from pyongyang to another city that north korea flies to on a semiregular basis in russia. this came after a series of negotiations with the russians. there were delays as to when the flight was going to leave.
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it was scheduled for last week. then people were told the flight was cancelled. the talks were still ongoing. the russian foreign ministry confirming they were sorting out the logistics. and they agreed on monday as the day the diplomats would finally be evacuated. the reason for the evacuation is unclear. we don't know if this has anything to do with the coronavirus situation that had those diplomats quarantined inside the kuhn trichlt and even more than 100 left, there are still 200 or so remaining according to the estimates of how many foreign diplomats are operating inside north korea. countries saw the core reduced by 1/3. and for those who do remain, the situation remains tricky because they're running out of things like cash and supplies. you know, in north korea you don't have a banking system where you can wire transfer money over. everything has to be carried in by hand. and it's not clear if this flight, if it was possible for countries to, you know, send supplies and money back as it flew back into north korea, a
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country that has its border sealed off, a country that has not confirmed a single case of coronavirus. a country that has a very limited medical system with outdated equipment, a country highly susceptible to a very serious coronavirus outbreak if indeed the virus were to get inside that country. will ripley, cnn, tokyo. north korea appears to be ramping up weapons tests. both u.s. and south korean officials con if you remembered projectiles were fired into the waters between the korean peninsula and japan. south korea says they were launched from the north's sun dock area. cnn ivan watson joins us from seoul, south korea with more on this developing story. ivan, what more are you learning about these projectiles and the message possibly being sent by kim jong-un? >> well, it's the second launch in a week.
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last monday the north koreans fired what the u.s. military says were two short range ballistic missiles. and around 7:30 local time this morning, the south korean military says at least three unidentified projectiles were launched into the waters between the korean peninsula and japan. they flew a distance of about 200 kilometers and an altitude of about 50 kilometers. now the south korean military says that this goes against the spirit of a military agreement signed between the north and the south last september aimed at reducing military tensions between the two rivals. japan's prime minister has gone a step further calling it a threat to peace and security in the region. last week after the previous ballistic missile launch, five european countries lodged a complaint condemning the action in the united nation's security
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council arguing this was a violation of united nation security council regulations. pyongyang fired back saying these type of military exercise are simply defensive measures. >> many thanks to you, joining us live from seoul. we'll take a short break. coming up next on cnn, refugees kicked out of greece with no clothes and no id. the migrant crisis on the turkish/greek burden takes a turn. we'll have more when we get back. ♪ i want to rock! (rock!) ♪ i want to rock! (rock!) ♪ i want to rock! (rock!)
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welcome back everyone. the turkish coast guard announced this weekend it is actively stopping migrants attempting to cross the agean sea citing the dangers of this journey.
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this comes as tensions remain high on the country's borders with greece after turkey opened the crossings to those trying to get to europe. last week eu officials praised the government and pledged $800 million in aid to keep the border secure. but greek forces are once again accused of brutal tactics in pushing back migrants to turkey. cnn reports from the turkish/greek border. >> reporter: they were desperate for europe, but europe didn't want them. sent back to turkey stripped of their clothes, id documents, and their dignity. these men were violently pushed back by greek security forces. we can't verify the conditions in which this video was filmed, but human rights groups have documented dozens of similar testimonies from refugees in recent years. thousands have made it across
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the river to greece. many of them have come back with shocking accounts of what they've been through. this 20-year-old has been walking for hours, barefoot. we found him and his friends on the road. they say greek security forces caught them shortly after they crossed into greece illegally. >> translator: it was the military or police, he tells us. they were carrying weapons. they took all our clothes. we were left in our underwear. they took our phones, our money, and documents. they burnt the id and tokens. he claims they were beaten up, lined up on the ground, and kicked with combat boots. greek authorities have denied using these pushback methods or excessive force. the government says greece has the right to defend its borders from illegal crossings. it's also doing so on behalf of europe. during our time at the border, we heard many similar stories.
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>> everybody from afghanistan? >> we met this group of afghan refugees, exhausted yet determined. ha meet carried his baby boy through the river and the fields. after walking for five hours, he says they were caught by greek security. >> it sounds like it was a stick. >> did they beat you up? >> yes. my wife, they beat -- >> so, they hit you and they hit your wife? >> yes, yes, everything. >> hameet says people don't choose to become refugees. >> we want to and my children become big in the good area and have good life. >> reporter: in their pursuit of that good life, thousands have
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found themselves pawns on a political chess board between turkey and the eu. >> i tried one time but the greek army say go back to istanbul, take all our money. we come here with only underwear. what is this? we are -- we are all likeable and both countries are like a bat. they're playing games with us. >> reporter: no one here knows how this game will end, but they say nothing will stop them from trying to make it to europe. cnn on the turkish/greek border. and we'll be back after this. >> as a young girl growing up in you gann da, she grew up of becoming a civil engineer. after her father died, her mother struggled to support the family of eight on a single
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>> women and men turned out in cities around the world for international womens' day. in pakistan they marked against patriarchy and chanted "my body, my choice." but they were met with a backlash from islamists. in iraq hundreds marched to the square demanding equal rights and an end to corruption. in chile, water cannons were used when clashes broke out between police and protestors.
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well, there's been a growing outcry in parts of latin america for governments to do more about fem side, the murder of women based on gender. matt rivers is in mexico city with one case of femoside that is still unresolved. >> reporter: it's always tough for lydia to talk about her daughter. as we look at old pictures, she breaks down a bit. it's clear that this day is harder than others. [ speaking foreign language ] >> she would have turned 27 years old today, she says. i can't explain how painful it is never seeing my daughter again. her daughter was raped and murdered not far from her house in july, 2017. 2 1/2 years later, there's still no suspect. who killed her, what did they tell her during the last moment of her life?
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why did they do it? all those questions and the government has done nothing to help. where is the murderer? police haven't responded yet to our request for comment. but the murder was classified as femocide, the term used when women are killed because of their genders. 106 murders took place in mexico last year. [ speaking foreign language ] >> what that says is basically no forgiving no, forgetting, justice for diana. her daughter's image joining thousands of other signs as protesters flooded the street. this woman said they're there to demand rights and justice for femicide victims. this woman says i'm here to unite with other women to stand with them, to demand justice.
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the mexico president's response has faced criticism as he's blamed the problem on past governments. it's a process of degradation. it adds up to an inadequate government response. she says we're here because the authorities are lazy and inept. we're demanding the federal government takes gender violence seriously. so, she marches, a mother's act fighting for her daughter and for everyone else's. they chant not one more, not one more murder. matt rivers, cnn, mexico city. and my freedom day is almost here. march 11th is the day when cnn partners with young people
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