with donald trump. but this is of course a good signal for trump going back through history. of course, we pointed out. he is not nearly as strong as new hampshire. nikki haley wondering maybe i can breakthrough there. well, take a look here. national gop front runners who won iowa which donald trump looks pretty strong at this point. went onto lose new hampshire, bob dole in 96. george w. bush in 2000. what do these two fellows have in common? just being pretty good looking guys? they both won the nomination. so the fact is, donald trump at this particular point is in a very strong position in iowa and because he is in a strong position nationally, i'm not quite sure what happens in the granite state matters. >> this was also the last time that iowa decided effectively the republican nomination. so. >> this is true. that's true. iowa has picked the republican side twice. it >> so you are looking at 'em.

harry enson, thanks so many. >> thank you. hello, happy friday and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm bianca nobilo. >> i'm max foster. happy friday. just ahead -- >> you won't have to worry about my conduct. i'll conduct myself in a way that you can be proud of. the democrats want trump to be the candidate. they are going to talk about all the legal stuff. january 6. that will be what the election will be about. >> we don't need anyone who is getting in their feelings. no more drama. no more taking things personally. now is the time we need to have a new generational leader. >> there are six victims, one who has deceased. that individual was a sixth grade student at perry middle school. >> the whole calf tear gentleman w cafeteria went silent and everything went into chaos. >> the u.s. tried to separate the war in gaza from the rest of the region. but the fighting has burst

through political borders. live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is friday in case you hadn't guessed. 3:00 a.m. in iowa where voters are less than two weeks away from the first in the nation caucuses. >> latest polling shows donald trump, ron desantis and nikki haley are the top choices. thursday desantis and haley took questions from voters at cnn town hall and each attacked the frontrunner. >> you will see me on the debate stage next here on january 10. donald trump is not willing to show up on the debate stage. has he come to communities an answered questions, has he gone to all the 9 county, has he even gone to nine counties? >> i personally think president trump was the right president at the right time.

i agree with a lot of his policies. but the reality is rightly or wrongly, chaos follows him. we all know that is true. and we can't have a country in disarray and a world on fire and go through four more years of chaos. we won't survive it. >> and trump opted out of the debate as he has on all the previous debates. >> and there was a team trump maga event and eric called his father so the audience could hear what the former president had to say. >> always remember we got the farmers in iowa $28 billion. i can't think about joe biden doing that. i'll be coming out there on friday, i'll be there friday and saturday. and then i'm coming back the following week. and i'm going to caucus probably

in des moines. >> as the election draws closer, trump continues to argue in court that he has blanket immunity from criminal acts he may have committed while in office. >> and he avoided direct response about validity of the idea. >> if you are abiding by the constitution, none of that will matter at that point. so follow the law, follow the constitution, this stuff gets into the weeds legally about what could happen to a president when they leave office based on conduct that may or may not have been official. it is not for me to adjudicate that. if you nominate me, i'll get elected, i'll serve and we won't even be discussing these issues. we'll be discussing your issues. you won't have to worry about my conduct. i'll conduct myself in a way that you can be proud of. i'll conduct myself in a way that you can tell your kids that is somebody that you should emulate. and we'll have success as a

result of that. >> the democrats want trump to be the candidate. they are going to talk about all the legal stuff, january 6, that will be what the election will be about. you don't want it to be a referendum on trump and the past. you want to be a referendum on biden's failures, on our positive vision for this country. >> both desantis and haley said that they would pardon trump for any felonies against him if they are elected president. >> and one asked haley about why she would have pardoned him. and haley talked about the difficult situation going on at the u.s./mexico border. >> for me, it is not about guilt or innocence. it is about what is in the best interests for the country. and i don't think that our country will move forward with an 80-year-old president sitting in jail that allows our country to continue to be divided. we have to move on past that. and so i honestly do believe just like they did with nixon,

you've got to say what is in the best interests of the country. and i think that pardoning trump and moving on is in the best interests of our country if we're going to heal and get back together. and get out of the chaos. governor abbott, if the president won't secure and give security to the people of texas, a governor has a job to protect their citizens. so he is busing them, but where is he busing them to? new york city is a sanctuary city. so you can't say we're open, we're accepting of everybody, and then when they come to you say i didn't mean it, never mind. >> so you think the busing is effective? >> i think it is hugely effective because all of a sudden the rest of the country is feeling what texans have had to deal with for so long. and i went to the border. and truly what they deal with is unimaginable. >> haley is really presenting the dichotomy that she can bring and restore order compared to

donald trump, isn't she. >> that line about a president serving from prison is quite a clever way of, you know, not showing a lack of support, but showing the impractical calitys of voting for him. >> so which candidate performed better in the town halls? political analysts weigh in on whether haley or desantis made the biggest impression ahead of the caucuses. >> i came into it thinking that she had the momentum which is why i honest ron desantis would go after her and sort of try to reel that in. but his failure to acknowledge her really in any meaningful way makes me wonder now. you do talk to people in iowa, they say that haley momentum out there is as real in the metro areas as it seems to be in new hampshire. there is still some question about what she will be able to do in the rural areas. but if you didn't know anything, if you had not had any history

on this race and you just watched this tonight, i believe most republicans would come away from tonight saying, man, ron desantis seems like he is straight out of central casting for what republicans say any want their government leaders do. aggressive, no apologies, take action, keep your promises, go there on every topic. to see him go after trump and trying to convince republican caucusgoers in iowa that he is not to be trusted to deliver, that you cannot trust donald trump, it is a potentially powerful argument but one that needs a lot more than 11 days to break through with the republican electorate at this point. >> another possible setback for trump's road to reclaim e white house is voters groups in illinois and massachusetts hav filed motions to remove him fr the 2024 election ballots in theistates.

they cite his ro in th january 6 attack in the 14th amendment, uncle how or when these new challenges will bed a used indicated. >> and they come as the u.s. supreme co widely expected to review a ate court ruling in colorado. a decision in that case could settle his eligibility for the entire nation. new report from u.s. house democrats say foreign democrats spent millions at donald trump's businesses and properties while he was in office. >> trump didn't step away from his business holdings before assuming the presidency meaning he could still profit with little transparency. here is melanie zanona. >> reporter: there are new questions about whether donald trump was influenced by foreign countries or foreign entities during his time as president. that is because house democrats on the house oversight committee have released a new report showing that trump's businesses received a lot more money from foreign countries than previously known. in fact the chinese government alone spent more than $5.5

million at trump properties during the two years of his presidency which is significantly more than any other country. and in fact, this is also probably just a tiny fraction of the overall payments that trump businesses received from foreign governments because these records and this report only covers two years of trump's presidency and only accounts for a handful of his businesses. so the question really is whether trump was influenced in his policymaking because of that money. one example cited in the report is that trump declined to issue sanctions so a chinese bank despite the fact that the doj had accused the bank of conspiring with north korea to evade sanctions. and that bank was one of the largest tenants at trump tower. a lot of these lease agreements were made before trump became president, so it is complicated and not necessarily a cut and dry issue here. and meanwhile the trump organization has denied any wrongdoing in response to this report. but it is notable because this report from house democrats is coming as house republicans are

pursuing an impeachment inquiry into president biden over his son's foreign business deals. republicans though have yet to definitively prove that biden either personally profited or made policy decisions because of this foreign business deal. but no doubt democrats will try to use this report to draw a contrast with biden and trump ahead of a potential impeachment and ahead of the 2024 election. melanie zanona, cnn, capitol hill. a community in iowa is grieving after a 17-year-old shot and killed another stunt and wounded five people at a school early on thursday. >> people gathered for a candlelight vigil thursday night holding a moment of silenc consoling each other with hugs. >> it happened at perry high school. classes had not yet begun when the shooting took place. >> and we've already seen second shoots at a school.

veronica miracle has more. >> reporter: just a devastating start to this new year for this small community in iowa. the community now mourning the loss of a sixth grader, five other people injured, four students and one faculty member, one critically injured though all are expected to survive. and this shooting happened before school was in session. so students from all different grades were gathered for a breakfast club when the first shots rang out. en with 7 minutes of the initial call, an officer arrived on scene and found people running from campus. we spoke with several students from this high school, one of whom was inside the cafeteria. take a listen. >> at first like the whole -- like the whole cafeteria went silent. and then like more shots continued. and everything just went into chaos. and i just saw like the principal start running and like all my friends. and i just got out of there. >> when i was on my way to go to school, my friends september more texts that there were

gunshots and everybody was running and crying out the school. >> reporter: this community is small. the entire school district has only about 1800 students. so everyone knows everyone. including a woman we spoke with at a vigil who says that she knows the victim, she heard about a child missing in her neighborhood, went knocking on the door of that family and learned that their child was the one who was killed. she said this individual was the sweetest kid and one that you'd want your kids to be friends with. the shooter was a 17-year-old high school student who died from a self-inflicted gunshot injury. police say they found a pump action shotgun and handgun on him. they also say that they found an improvised explosive device somewhere on campus that they were able to render safe. in it terms of a motive, police are still investigating. the grieving process here just begun. veronica miracle, cnn, perry, iowa. >> there were believe it or not 656 mass shootings in the u.s. last year.

that is according to the gun violence archive. the agency defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people are shot or killed in a single event. winter storm watches have been issued in the u.s. ahead of the east coast storm which could impact nearly 20 million people from western north carolina up to southern maine. >> and some areas could get 5 to 10 inches beginning saturday and lasting through sunday and an ice storm could also develop over the appalachians. residents of a south korean island were urged to take shelter after a new provocation from north korea. we're live in seoul with the details. plus the top diplomat on a mideast mission, how antony blinken is working to keep the war in gaza from spreading. and psitorius is no longer behind bars. the latest on the paralympic track star who killed his girlfriend more than a decade

ago.

south korean military has begun its own maritime shooting exercises in response to what it

calls provocations from north korea.>> south korea says the n fired hundreds of artillery rounds off the west coast near two south korean islands in an area referred to as the no-hostile act zone. and residents were told to head to shelters. more than 2100 people live there. >> marc stewart is covering this live from seoul. how do you read this, marc? >> reporter: this is just a reflection of the ongoing tension between the north and the south. a few more specifics to pass along. as far as the artillery that was fired by the north toward the south, we're talking about 200 rounds. not clear if these were shells or something larger like rockets. no injuries have been reported. no damage has been reported. and then as you heard, south korea responded firing back into the sea. none of this artillery that was fired from the north actually landed in the south. it was in a zone between the two

nations in the waters of the yellow sea. and so just some perspective there. nonetheless, this has been a very tense time and it is a point that was addressed just a few hours ago here in seoul from a spokesperson by the south korean military. let's take a listen. >> translator: we sternly warn north korea that they are fully responsible for the escalation of the crisis and strongly urge them to stop it. our military is tracking and monitoring the related situation in close cooperation with the u.s. and south korea. and will implement measures in response to north korea's provocations. >> reporter: when we talk about this military relationship between the north and the south, it is very much tit for tat. in fact earlier this week, we saw south korea conducting military exercises on both land and by sea. that perhaps triggered north korea to begin shooting this artillery today.

also in recent days strong statements from north korea saying that it does not have any interest in reunifying the two koreas. in fact describing the relationship between these two nations as hostile. >> marc in seoul, thank you. the u.s. says russia is working with iran and north korea to restock its ballistic missile arsenal. >> the news comes as moscow has been ramping up its strikes on ukraine. washington believes russia is moving ahead with talks acquiring close range ballistic missiles. and they say they are putting them to use in ukraine. >> our information indicates that the democratic peoples republic of korea recently provided russia with ballistic missile launchers and several ballistic missiles. and they launched at least one of these north korean ballistic missiles into ukraine.

>> u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is expected to arrive in turkey today, the first stop on his eight nation visit to the middle east where he is hoping to keep the israel-hamas war from spreading. >> this as isis is claiming responsibility for the twin explosions in iran on wednesday that killed 84 people. meanwhile in iraq a militia source says a top commander for pro iranian group was killed in a strike in baghdad. one american tells cnn that the group has u.s. blood on its hands, that was an american official. the u.s. is fighting back against pro iranian proxies in the region. militia source says a top commander and his assistant were killed in a strike in baghdad. oren lieberman has nor fmore fre pentagon. >> reporter: a u.s. strike in iraq, second in little more than a week, killing the commander of a pro iran militia. and the target had u.s. blood one official says. >> actively involved in planning and carrying out attacks against

american personnel. >> reporter: the attack comes amid fierce of an escalation in the middle east far beyond the borders of the gaza strip where the war between israel and hamas is nearing the three month mark. the u.s. has tried to separate the war in gaza from the rest of the region, but the fighting has burst through political borders. an israeli strike in beirut kikilled saleh al-arouri, a top leader. and lebanese warning it threatens to spark a wider conflict in the region. u.s. forces have come under attack approximately 118 times in iraq and syria since mid october. hezbollah and lebanon has launched repeated drone strikes on israel. and the houthis in yemen have fired on international shipping lanes in the red sea with calls growing for a u.s. response. >> we don't telegraph our punches boy war or another, but we take these attacks very, very seriously. the impact that they are having on international commerce and

free shipping and we'll keep doing what we need to do to protect our interests. >> reporter: the common threat is iran which backs the groups. with u.s. navy forces in the eastern mediterranean sea and in the red sea to protect international shipping lane, the u.s. has tried to send a message of deterrence carrying out strikes in iraq and syria, but attacks across the region have persisted. the pentagon once again laying out an open-ended threat of force. >> we maintain the inherent right of self-defense and will continue to take necessary actions to protect our personnel. >> reporter: but in a region where one conflict is already raging, u.s. officials are grappling with how to respond to widespread attacks by iranian proxies without sparking a broader war in the middle east. oren lieberman, cnn, at the pentagon. and paula hancocks is following the developments from abu dhabi. what channels are in place to

de conflict the tensionsity moment? >> reporter: well, i think that the very fact that the u.s. secretary of state is on his way to the region always this point is one of those channels. the fact that it is the fourth visit that he will have carried out in the region since october 7 since hamas carried out those attacks in israel, so he will be going to eight different countries. and that really shows you the wide extent of the concerns at that point. how many countries are involved or potentially able to try to deescalate the situation as well. now, when it comes to the state actors we have been looking at, it doesn't appear that there is appetite for a wider conflict. certainly from the u.s. point of view. they have been at pains to try to make sure that that doesn't happen. but it does of course depend on the proxies. iran proxy, iran backed militia

groups which the u.s. has been engaged against just yesterday carrying out retaliatory strike against one of those groups. that is the concern. and when it comes to back channels and channels of communication there, it is far trickier. now, we know from what we've heard about blinken's trip here, secretary blinken, in the region is that he will also be trying to make sure that messages are passed on effectively. so even if he goes and speaks to the lebanese government for example, there is a hope that that message will be passed on to hezbollah, the iran backed group that is currently carrying out border violence with israel on that israeli lebanese border. so although the state actors do not appear to have the appetite for this conflict to extend further, it is the proxies that the concern is with at this point. and just the shear number of

countries that the secretary of state will be visiting shows the extent of the concern. either one of these issues in the past would have been a point of concern, skirmishes across the israeli lebanese border, houthi rebels trying to target commercial shipping in the red sea, for example. but the fact that you have layer upon layer of these areas of conflict, there is greater concern that there could be a m miscalculation or there could be an event which pushes one side further into this conflict and puts pressure to have a greater reaction than they ever so far. >> paula hancocks for us in abu dhabi, thank you. israel defense minister says forces in northern israel will focus on raids, special operations and destruction of hamas tunnel networks. >> the military objective of the new phase is to, quote, erode

the remaining terror hot spots in the area. israel says its goals in social gaza will be to continue to pursue hamas leaders and bring home the more than 100 hostages still being held captive. >> and this is as benjamin netanyahu and the defense minister met in tel aviv with a special envoy of u.s. president biden to discuss the war. still ahead, the latest on the documents revealed involving jeffrey epstein. and convicted murderer oscar pistorius is out of prison. we're live in south africa with what led to his release.

in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. making the most of every opportunity. that's why comcast business is introducing the small business bonus. for a limited time you can get up to

$1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. yup, $1000. so switch to business internet from the company with the largest fastest reliable network. give your business a head start in 2024 with this great offer. plus, ask how to get up to $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. welcome back. i'm bianca nobilo. >> i'm max foster. if you are just joining us, let me bring you up-to-date. just days before the iowa caucus, ron desantis and nikki haley focused on the frontrunner donald trump in back to back cnn town halls last night. both took the opportunity to explain why they believe trump's legal issues will take away from a potential second term. investigators in perry, iowa are searching for the motive of a 17-year-old gunman who killed a sixth grader and injured five others thursday in a school shooting. the attack happened before

classes began for the day. more documents in the 2015 civil lawsuit connected to the late accused sex trafficker jeffrey epstein were released thursday. this time 19 documents revealed more information about the late financier and his former girlfriend. and among those, they say bill clinton pressured van it at this time fair not to write stories about epstein. the former editor denied that. kara scannell reports. >> reporter: a second batch of over 300 pages related to jeffrey epstein were unsealed thursday. and it includes depositions and emails and also an allegation that bill clinton pressured vanity fair to not write about epstein. and they deny it. this is now part of a now settled defamation lawsuit brought by virginia giuffre who sued ghislaine maxwell.

in a 2011 email, giuffre claims clinton threatened van ity fair not to write articles about instep. their editor said that did not happen. and a clinton spokesman said they had no comment about the alleged incident. on wednesday in response to clinton appearing in the unsealed documents, a spokesman said it has been nearly 20 years since president clinton last had contact with epstein. with more than 150 names expected to be made public by court order, there are still several names that are under sell. in a different email the same journalist references someone being trafficked to, quote, two of the world's most respected politicians. both of their names are blacked another accuser who said that she was paid to give epstein massages that turned sexual. at least 30 girls told authorities that they were recruited to massage epstein.

lead palm beach investigating him said in an unsealed deposition. the majority of them the detective testified were under 18 years old. epstein was indicted on federal sex trafficking charges in 2019. he died by suicide in jail before a trial. kara scannell, cnn, new york. a judge in the u.s. state nevada is back at work following a terrifying encounter with a defendant on wednesday. >> she had just denied the man's respect for probation on charges of attempted battery with substantial bat bodily harm. >> and the judge and marsha who came to her defense were injured. the defendant now facing seven counts battery. oscar psitorius is now back home after he was released from prison in south africa. >> he left this prison today after serving nearly 9 years for killing his girlfriend reeva

steenkamp. david mckenzie is joining us live from south africa. i know he therhe there are came around the building there. but no pictures caught of him under the conditions that were set? >> reporter: that's right. they said psitorius will not be treated any differently from any other parolee. he won't be allowed to give media interviews. they managed to spirit him away from the prison without being seen. he is now believed to be at home at his uncle's house in a wealthy suburb of brinpritoris. he was a famous "olympian who overcame very difficult circumstances to become a champion. but it all came crashing down in the early hours of valentine's day nearly ten years ago. and the story has been a saga

ever since. back in 2012, this was oscar pistorius, a world class athlete and role model overcoming incredible odds. his legs amputated below the knee at 11 months because of a birth defect. the blade runner competing in 2012. >> done magnificently well and everybody is proud of him. >> reporter: and months later, oscar pistorius's global fame became a sordid global notoriety. on valentine's day 2013, he killed his up and coming model girlfriend reeva steenkamp. shooting four times through a locked bathroom door. the police finding him bloodied and in shock. psitorius said it was an accident and he thought reeva was an intruder. the state charged him with premeditated murder. his trial a riveting courtroom drama followed by millions.

>> i will close the case to say that when you got up, you hat an argument, that is why she ran away screaming. >> is the state saying that within two minutes of the state's version on the shooting, or five minutes on our version? in a traumatized state of mind he worked out this grand scheme is this doesn't make sense. >> reporter: the defense claimed psitorius was a vulnerable now broken man who deserved leniency. >> he suffers from an anxiety disorder. we know that uncontested evidence was that was his balance was seriously compromised. and without anything he would not be able to defend himself. >> you killed a person, that is what you did, isn't it? >> i made a mistake. >> you killed reeva steenkamp, that is what you did. >> i wouldn't wish that on any human being.

finding that. what happened? it devastated us. >> after a nearly 50 day trial stretched over seven months -- >> the accused is found not guilty and is discharged. instead he is found guilty of culpable homicide. >> reporter: psitorius placed in a private cell in the prison's medical wing released after just a year to his uncle's mansion and house arrest. but psitorius' legal woes didn't end there. the conviction was changed to murder and the sentencing extended by the same appeals court. reeva's family saying she could now rest in peace. oscar pistorius for years in the public eye for the right and very wrong reasons faded from public view.

until now. of course trial was a global phenomenon. and this was also very personal tragedy for the steenkamp family. just a few hours ago, reeva steenkamp's mother saying there can never be justice if your loved one is never coming back and no amount of time served will bring reeva back. we who remain behind are the ones serving a life sentence. she said the pain is still very raw and real and a few months ago she did say that she didn't believe oscar's version of events that he said he believed that it was an intruder in that bathroom -- behind the bathroom door years ago. >> okay. david mckenzie, thank you so much. japanese emergency crews rescued a survivor from the wreckage of her home. three days after a massive quake ravaged the western part of the country. the 80-year-old woman was pulled from the rubble of her collapsed house late thursday afternoon.

>> emergency personnel are racing to find anymore survivors following the quake. at least 92 people are dead. hundreds more remain unaccounted for. still to come on the program, extreme weather has left parts of europe under water are on covered in snow. we'll have the weekend forecast for you.

parts of europe have been inundated with downpours. >> and a allison chinchar has the weekend weather forecast.a e weekend weather forecast. >> germany and france will finally see some relief in the form of drier conditions. an and it couldn't come soon enough. roadway, fields were under water and it has been that way for a few days now.

the next system starting to shift from northern europe down in towards the mediterranean. so focus of the rainfall the next few days will be across portions of italy, deggreece an adriatic sea. and you can see across the alps, about 20 to 40 centimeters. but heavier rain is focused along italy and greece, 50 to 100 millimeters total. and the other big story has been the extreme cold temperatures. take a look at some of these numbers. all of these locations are in the arctic air circle, but this extremely cold. all bottoming out below minus 40 degrees even places farther south like oslo and helsinki, much colder than they normally would be. the good news is we will finally start to see the frigid air begin to shift off to the east and get some relief, but it is

very slow to do so. so for a lot of the locations, it is still likely going to take several more days before we see the temperatures climbing back to normal. take oslo for example, still temperatures well below average until at least monday of next week before we finally start to see them rebound getting closer to where they should be this time of year. stockholm very similar conditions. the temperatures well below average up monday of next week. finally by the time we get to tuesday and wednesday, we see them rebound back to at least seasonal averages this time of year. >> thank you very much. it really was horrendous traveling home last night. >> yeah, heard all about it. >> and it was flooded basically and quite dangerous. jim bitterman is in france. not much better there, jim. >> reporter: no, it is not. i have to tell you, in factual the sort of middle european areas are in the same boat when you are talking about southern england or northern france or northern germany.

basically they are suffering under the same kind of conditions. let's start in scandinavia. frigid temperatures up there, thousands of people still without power in parts of scandinavia because of the low temperatures and heavy snowfall. some people trapped out on the roads overnight. one woman in finland went out skiing in the middle of the blizzard and died. kind of a dire situation and something the scandinavians who are no strangers to the cold temperatures in fact were not used to, one area recorded at a low temperature that was lower for them than any other temperature recorded since historical records began in 1887. moving further south, like we mentioned, you know, england, northern france, northern germany are all suffering under flooding conditions. and here the rain hasn't stopped. this is for many communities the second or third time within two months that the areas have been

flooded. the floodwaters are slow in receding because of the fact that the ground is now saturated. so that is a difficulty. in germany, the chancellor went out to take a look for himself and there the problem is for many of the farmers in northern germany who basically have to hurry up and get what crops they can in before the floodwaters totally inundate their fields. crops of potatoes and sugar bo beets were normally harvested early were rescued from the floodwaters. so kind of a dire situation but at least getting better as allison indicated getting better this weekend. but the winter is not over yet. we're still just january. >> jim, is there anything that governments can do to help here in terms of before they are expecting large amounts of rain, obviously during the worst of the flooding and then the

recovery afterwards? >> reporter: well, in fact one of the things that lot of people on the ground who are suffering this have been clamoring for is more government action. they are not entirely helpless, there are things that the governments could do. one of the things they are talking about here in france, is some kind of a fund to resettle people who are in floodable areas. and that would be a help certainly to get people out of harm's way. because if these things will keep happening year after year, then i think that you have to make some kind of provisions to adapt. max, bianca. >> jim bittermann in paris, thank you so much. ♪ breaking news, get ready to spice up your stance here in the uk, girl power is coming to a post box near you. >> if you are in the uk. >> and if you are not, interesting situation anyway.

that is coming up next.

the stories in the spotlight this hour -- ♪ tell me what you want, what you really, really want, i'll tell you what i want, what i really, really want ♪ >> royal mail spicing up your letters with a stamp collection commemorating the spice girls 30th anniversary. i don't accept this because it makes me feel like i'm moving into age territory that is close to you. >> the collection marks the first ever issue of stamps dedicated to a female pop group and makes them the sixth music

group to be featured in the dedicated stamp issue in the uk. cruising the group's girl power legacy is forever. i thought it was interesting when the royal mail said that they are the most successful female music group ever seen which i think that some people would argue with. not you. >> who are the other ones? >> not just the sales but the influence that they had which i think is true. because when it became really big, they adopted that mantra girl power. so it was more than a pop group, it was -- >> more than a movement. that sounds extremely cheesy, but obviously i grew up in this country at that time. and you grew up assuming that you could do anything. >> and your favorite was? >> ginger. >> ginger? >> i didn't wear the combatants but i did dye my hair. >> should you do that again. >> maybe one day when i start

going gray. new species of dinosaur has been until earthed. four were found with star shaped tailbones in the patagonia region. considered to be the largest in their family, the reptiles are believed to have been 20 meters long and to have weighed an estimated 15 tons. they also had long necks and beaks like a duck. and they went extinct 90 million years ago. >> sounds like you just made that all up. long necks, beaks like a duck? >>. and denmark's queen taking a final carriage ride before she abdicates the throne to her son. >> the 83-year-old made the announcement during her traditional new year's eve speech. she mentioned a back surgery made her think about the future

and decided that now is the right time for the next generation to take over. >> i've been there for one of these events and it is proper fairy tale stuff. >> why do you have to be the actual reigning monarch? >> i think that he will just ski hop in, mum, you are allowed. thanks for joining us. i'm max foster. >> and i'm bianca nobilo. have a great weekend. early star"early start" is up n.

get over here kids. time for today's lesson.

wow. -whoa. what are those? these are humans. they rely on something called the internet to survive. huh, powers out. [ gasp ] are they gonna to die? worse, they are gonna get bored. [ gasp ] wait look! they figured out a way to keep the internet on. yeah! -nature finds a way. [ grunt ] stay connected when the power goes out, with storm ready wifi from xfinity. and see migration in theaters now.