Donald Trump Attacks Clinton and Republican Rivals; North Korean Woman Says She's Trapped in the South
BARNETT: Welcome back, everyone. Volkswagen's chief has resigned amid growing scandal that has shaken up the auto industry. U.S. regulators say the company cheated on environmental standards in its diesel powered vehicles. Volkswagen revealed that 11 million cars worldwide have emissions discrepancies.</s>CHURCH: The numbers are incredible. CEO Martin Winterkorn says there was no wrongdoing on his part. The head of the company's supervisory board says those who are responsible will be held accountable.</s>BERTHOLD HUBER, VOLKSWAGEN SUPERVISORY BOARD (Through Translator): We agreed at today's meeting that all procedures must be clarified with the utmost decisiveness. And misconduct has to be punished. At the same time, we are determined to make a fresh start.</s>CHURCH: Volkswagen has been ordered to recall the affected vehicles and stop selling some cars in the United States. U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is going after Barack Obama's faith, saying he pretends to be a Christian.</s>BARNETT: Now Huckabee was answering a question about Republican rival Ben Carson's recent comments that he would not support a Muslim president. Listen.</s>MIKE HUCKABEE (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: There is no religious test to hold public office in America. I am less concerned about what faith a person has, I'm more concerned about the authenticity of their faith and how that plays out in their policies. I'm also concerned about a guy that believes he's a Christian, and pretends to be, and then -- and says he is, but then does things that makes it very difficult for people to practice their Christian faith.</s>BARNETT: Now Donald Trump says he will unveil a detailed tax plan next week with tax cuts for the middle class and increases for hedge fund managers.</s>CHURCH: On Wednesday, he was on attack mode on the campaign trail in South Carolina. Sunlen Serfaty reports.</s>SUNLEN SERFATY, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Republican frontrunner Donald Trump back on offense, going after his Republican and Democratic rivals alike.</s>DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Hillary who has become very shrill. You know the word shrill? Marco Rubio as an example, he's had no money, zero. Now I think that's OK, it's fine, maybe it's good politically to say you owe money because you over borrowed your credit cards.</s>SERFATY: Mocking his opponents for their appearance at last week's debate.</s>TRUMP: In a room that was 100 degrees, that room was hot. I mean, poor Chris Christie. No. It's true. It was an amazing thing. I was like a piece of water. Rubio, I've never seen a young guy sweat that much. Huckabee, nice guy. He was seriously hot. He was soaking wet. I grabbed him around his back. I said, good job. And it was soaking wet. I immediately -- he was drenched.</s>SERFATY: Trump also going on a two-day Twitter tear against FOX News, declaring he is boycotting the network "for treating me very unfairly," and calling Megyn Kelly a lightweight and highly overrated. FOX News says Trump announced his boycott after FOX canceled his interview with host Bill O'Reilly scheduled for Thursday, and directing fire at Senator Rubio, saying he has the worst voting record in the Senate. But in an appearance with Stephen Colbert, still refusing to answer the question whether he believes President Obama was born in the</s>U.S. STEPHEN COLBERT, HOST, "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT: Right there, just right there. Come on.</s>TRUMP: You want to know, I don't talk about it anymore.</s>SERFATY: This as Ben Carson can't change the subject away from his controversial comments, that a U.S. president shouldn't be a Muslim.</s>BEN CARSON (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Anybody, and that includes any religion, who lives according to American values and principles, and is willing to put our Constitution above their religious ideology, is acceptable to me.</s>SERFATY: But claiming the fallout had led to a big boost in donations.</s>CARSON: I mean the money has been coming in so fast it's hard to even keep up with this.</s>SERFATY: Meanwhile, Carly Fiorina now polling at second place says she thinks Trump's rumblings are a sign he's getting nervous.</s>CARLY FIORINA (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Maybe I am getting under his skin a little bit.</s>SERFATY: And riding the post-debate wave in South Carolina, Fiorina says she sees that momentum turning into something tangible.</s>FIORINA: We're seeing a big up-tick in our crowds and our fundraising and interest and support, and obviously that's really gratifying.</s>SERFATY (on camera): And the Fiorina campaign would not divulge how much interest they're seeing, how much money they're seeing, in hard numbers, only saying that they're seeing a significant up-tick across the board. Sunlen Serfaty, CNN, Rock Hill, South Carolina.</s>CHURCH: Thousands of North Koreans have escaped to the South and only a few have asked to go back. One North Korean defector is desperate to return to her family in Pyongyang.</s>BARNETT: But she says she is trapped in South Korea because of a mistake. Will Ripley shares her story in this CNN exclusive.</s>WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Every hour, every day, this wife and mother says she suffers, living with the consequences of what she calls a horrible mistake. "The wrong choice I made, my choice of wanting to earn money for my treatment led to the worst situation of my life," says Kim Rion-Hi. Kim went to China four years ago seeking medical care for liver disease but found she couldn't afford it. She says a broker tricked her into going to South Korea, promising she'd make a lot of money to pay her bills. Kim says she didn't realize once she signed the papers renouncing her North Korean citizenship, she could never go home. At the time, she says, she didn't even know what a North Korean defector meant. Desperate to return to her family, Kim says she pretended to be a North Korean spy, hoping to be deported. Instead ending up in prison. Today she is out on parole, working at a recycling plant. Kim says she is trapped in South Korea. Her arms bear the scars of multiple suicide attempts. In Pyongyang I meet Kim's husband and 21-year-old daughter who hasn't seen her mom since she was 17. She asks why, why can't she come back? Why do we have to go through such suffering? We ask if they'd like to send her a message. "To my wife in South Korea, don't forget here you have parents, a husband and daughter, and a socialist nation. Keep on fighting until the end." We show their message to Kim. The first time she has seen her family in four years. "What am I going do," she says. Kim also asked to send a message. A tearful apology to her family. We meet once again with Kim's husband and daughter. They promise to relay her message to her aging parents, unsure when or if they'll ever be reunited. (</s>On camera): To these two chairs right here, please. (</s>Voice-over): South Korea's Unification Ministry says the law does not allow them to bring this family back together. Like so many others on the divided Korean peninsula, the anguish of separation, one of thousands of families torn apart. As the video plays, no words, just heartbreak. Will Ripley, CNN, Pyongyang, North Korea.