if the media's job is to be honest and tell the truth, then i think we would all agree the media deserves a very, very big fat failing grade. >> on day 100 of his presidency, donald trump returned to his campaign trail persona, blasting the media in front of a large rally of supporters. >> that's because he skipped the white house correspondents' dinner, but he was still the main topic of conversation and the zingers kept coming at his expense. plus a deadly tornado ripped through eastern texas on saturday. we'll have more on how that region is being affected.

we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell in cnn headquarters in atlanta. >> and i'm hannah vaughan jones in london. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. it is 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. the u.s. president looked like he was still campaigning for the job saturday, exactly 100 days after he was sworn in as president of the united states. here's the scene in pennsylvania. he told a large crowd of supporters that he was glad to be out of the swamp of washington for a few hours. that rally overlapped again with the annual correspondents' dinner taking place in washington. typically the sitting president is the guest of honor at this black tie event, but mr. trump decided not to attend. the president used that rally in pennsylvania to go after one of his favorite targets, a very common line we've heard countless times, focusing on the media.

let's listen. >> the washington media is part of the problem. their priorities are not my priorities, and they're not your priorities, believe me. >> in fact, our priorities are just to report the news. we get more now from cnn's jeff zelany. >> reporter: president trump delivering a rerun from his campaign last year. in a speech saturday evening in harrisbu harrisburg, pennsylvania, president trump went through a litany of grievances with familiar attacks on the media, familiar attacks on the obama administration, taking little responsibility for his own crises and chaos in the west wing during his first 100 days. but he was speaking in harrisburg, pennsylvania to loyal supporters at the same time the white house correspondents' dinner was going on back in washington. he made that clear in the beginning of his speech. >> a large group of hollywood actors --

[ booing ] >> -- and washington media are consoling each other in a hotel ballroom in our nation's capitol right now. [ cheers and applause ] >> they are gathered together for the white house correspondents' dinner without the president. >> the president did not tell his supporters that he, in fact, has attended this dinner for years, and he will likely attend it next year, he says. he did turn to other issues as well, particularly on china. his language on china so different than during the campaign, and he explained exactly why he now says china may not be a currency manipulator. >> and i think it's not exactly the right time to call china a currency manipulator right now. do we agree with that?

>> reporter: the president also said he will decide in the next two weeks whether to pull out of the paris climate agreement. of course, this was the accord reached during the obama administration about climate change. he's being advised by some of his officials inside the west wing to withdraw from this. others say he should stick with it. now, this is one of the big decisions, as he said, that's facing him going forward in the next chapter of his presidency. so many more decisions as well, as well as some legislative accomplishments like health care and other matters he has yet to achieve during his first 100 days. jeff zelany, cnn, harrisburg, pennsylvania. >> as jeff mentioned there, while the president was rallying supporters in pennsylvania, members of the media gathered in washington for the annual white house correspondents' dinner. despite president trump's absence, journalists still addressed his frequent attacks against the press. >> we're reporters, not judges, not legislators. what the government or citizens or judges do with the

information we've developed is not our part of the process nor our objective. our job is to put the best obtainable version of the truth out there, period, especially now. >> the effort today to get this best obtainable version of the truth is largely made in good faith. mr. president, the media is not fake news. >> comedian m irinhij took to t stage and got serious when talking about freedom of speech. >> we have to address the elephant that's not in the room. the leader of our country is not

here. and that's because he lives in moscow. it is a very long flight. it would be hard for vlad to make it. he can't make it on a saturday, it's a saturday. as for the other guy, i think he's in pennsylvania because he can't take a joke. free speech is the foundation of an open and liberal democracy. from college campuses to the white house. only in america can a first generation indian muslim american kid get on the stage and make fun of the president. [ applause ] >> the orange man behind the muslim ban. and it's a sign to the rest of the world, it's this amazing tradition that shows the entire world that even the president is not beyond the reach of the first amendment.

[ applause ] >> but the president didn't show up. because donald trump doesn't care about free speech. the man who tweets everything that enters his head refuses to acknowledge the amendment that allows him to do it. >> with us to talk more about president trump's first 100 days, a professor of international politics at city university here in london. thank you very much for coming and we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >> donald trump's 100 days, 101 days it is now. his approval at home is at rock bottom but he's ruffled quite a few feathers on the foreign stage, some would say in a very positive way in the last 100 days. where have his successes been? >> it depends on who you are when you look at his successes and failures. his approval rating is very, very low, historically the lowest ever. on the other hand, republican voters see him as a great president already, and their approval rating is over 90%.

so it's quite clear that although he's rowed back towards military first as opposed to america first, and he's much more interventionist than he promised to be, and at home he has put billionaire businessmen in the cabinet for economic policy and it doesn't necessarily put money in the pockets of his american voters. he is resonating strongly with his core voters. >> we saw in the rally yesterday that he's appealing very much to his base. do you see this president reaching out to wider america and the people who are his critics at any point during his administration? >> i think it's a pretty smart strategy, even if i don't like it, and that is that he always refers to the united states and the people of it being diverse and bleeding the same blood and so on. which i think allays some of his supporters who do not want to be

ranked as discriminatory or racist or divisive in any way. but i don't see him reaching across the aisle to other voters if he can secure his core base. but there are elements of his core base which are insecure as well. those workers in pennsylvania and elsewhere are looking to see where the jobs are going to come back in their communities, and currently they don't see it. >> to get that kind of success on the job front as well, you need legislative action. it's all been about executive orders. how long can he go with issuing more executive orders without actually getting things through congress. >> that is the big question. one is anxiety and the other is a state anxiety. on the american front, people voted for him because they thought he would bring back jobs and so on. he may well bring some jobs back or create more jobs. what kind of jobs are they? are they secure? are they long-term jobs? that's an issue. but i think his strategy seems

to be who is to blame if those jobs don't come back if they're not good jobs? and the blame is going to the outsider, the foreigner, the illegal immigrant. on that front he says he's very successful. >> from the international perspective, foreign policy by the trump administration, north korea is what everybody is talking about at the moment. donald trump says he's not happy at what kim jong-un is doing, threatening at the moment. how is that rhetoric being received abroad? is it working? >> there are two levels. it's the rhetorical level which is frightening everyone, because in a way, european leaders are upping the ante on many, many occasions. we're not so used to american leaders doing the same, but unfortunately now we have two leaders speaking the same kind of game which is a sort of military first strategy. that is frightening. on the other hand, i think there are private talks which are going on between chinese leaders and north koreans, north korean

leaders and american leaders, which means on a deeper level maybe we can see some tensions decreasing. but on the sabre level it's really scaring people. >> thank you for coming in on a sunday morning. i appreciate it. with regard to tensions on the north korean peninsula, the president has not ruled out taking military action, that is, if north korea carries out another nuclear test. president trump seemed to downplay the initial launch attempt by pyongyang. let's listen. >> mr. president, you and the nation said don't test another missile. they tested another missile. is the pressure working? >> i didn't say don't test a missile. he has to do what he has to do. but i can tell you i'm not very happy. a man who i have come to like and respect, the president of china, president xi, i believe, has been putting pressure on him also. but so far perhaps nothing has happened, perhaps it has.

this was a small missile. it was not a big missile. it was not a nuclear test which he was expected to do three days ago. we'll see what happens. >> reporter: you say not happy. what does that mean? >> i will not be happy if he does a nuke lclear test. i will not be happy. and i can tell you also, i don't believe the president of china, who is a very respect active mama -- respective man, will be happy, either. >> military action? >> i don't know. we'll see. >> will ripley on his 12th trip there, joining us live from pyongyang. you heard the president's comments there. given his response about north korea and the possibility of a military response, is that having any noticeable impact in pyongyang? >> reporter: north korean authorities have always thought that the united states could take military action against them at any moment. that is their justification for continuing to test these missiles and continuing to develop nuclear weapons.

they believe, and they tell their people here, that they are under the imminent threat of invasion by the united states, and that is how they justify spending a tremendous amount of their resources on weapons of mass destruction, even if it does mean cutbacks in other areas. this is an i mpoverished countr overall, even though we do see a lot of construction and a higher standard of living here in pyongyang, we're never allowed to go outside the kacapital whe 122 million americans live. although they say they're growing across the countryside as well. what you have from north korea today, not a direct response yet to mr. trump's latest interview, but they did put out some state editorials. they talked about the mixup in the south about who is going to play the $1 billion for the thad system. they're calling on that government to deescalate tensions with pyongyang. what we haven't seen is that

sixth nuclear test that president trump talked about, that reportedly china has warned pyongyang not to conduct. the president said that test could have happened as soon as a few days ago, which was really news to us, because the last report we got was they didn't feel a nuclear test was imminent even though they had believed that the last two weeks prior, that kim jong-un could push the button at any time. is it okay for north korea to test smaller missiles but not big missiles like icbms but not if they conduct a nuclear test? they said they will do it when they see fit, but they haven't done it yet. >> reporter: both calling for more dialogue. is that something north korea is even willing to consider in eliminating their nuclear arsenal? >> absolutely they're open to dialogue. what they really would like is to have a seat at the table, to have diplomatic discussions with

the united states and the other global powers. but in order to get there, they want to be respected and recognized as a nuclear state. in the past, the criteria for the u.s. to sit down with north korea has been denuclearization, and the north koreans say they're simply not willing to do that. they have come this far, they have invested this much, they've gone all in when it comes to nuclear missile development, because they feel these weapons are their insurance policy to protect against an iraq situation or a libya situation where other regimes were toppled by the u.s. and its allies because they didn't have that nuclear deterrent. so expect north korea to hold onto their nuclear program, but at the same time there is a desire to be in contact with the outside world. they don't want to be isolated, they don't want to be cut off but they want to be respected and be allowed to exist within this socialist system, with their supreme leader kim jong-un in power, and they said they won't accept anything less than that. >> very important line there

coming from you in your experience there in north korea. thanks very much. will ripley is the only tv journalist in pyongyang. thank you for your reporting. still ahead here, a deadly tornado ripping through the u.s. state of texas. take a look here. the destruction and the aftermath. i'll have the very latest for you. plus, across the u.s., thousands of protestors march in blistering heat, even snow in some places, demanding that the president change his environmental policies. stay with us. olay regenerist hydrates skin better than creams costing over $100, $200, and even $400. fact check this ad in good housekeeping. olay. ageless. [fbi agent] you're a brave man, your testimony will save lives. mr. stevens? this is your new name. this is your new house. and a perfectly inconspicuous suv. you must become invisible.

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near dallas, texas, a massive tornado ripped through a community. it killed at least five people there. it injured dozens of others. the system that spawned that twister is not done, cutting a deadly path through the area. let's bring meteorologist derek to talk about this. this is near dallas just to the east of it. >> 60 miles to the east, in fact. that's where the five fatalities are from the tornado that ripped through the region. two separate in dents cidents i flooding and one that a tree toppled onto a mobile home in missouri. let's get to the system that caused the damage. 55 injuries taking place, and unfortunately, five fatalities. take a listen to this. a lot of times people will describe the sound of an

approaching tornado as a freight train approaching you, and you can almost hear it in that video as well. look at the aftermath from this particular tornado. again, this is in the canton, texas region just east of dallas. you can see cars overturned like they were weightless, roofs ripped off of buildings. unbelievable footage, and then we get to, unfortunately, the injuries. authorities tending to the injured there. 55 injuries confirmed here to us at cnn. so let's talk about the details, what's causing all this. where do we stand in terms of tornado season in the central united states? we are reaching peak tornado season. april we average about 155 tornadoes. in may 276. and we are really starting to live up to those numbers as we speak as numbers are really starting to pile up to at least four tornadoes throughout the course of the day today, and

unfortunately, we have a little bit of a computer problem here, but i do want to talk about the threats that have been ongoing across the central u.s. it's not only the tornadoes that have caused problems, but it's also heavy rainfall. over 30 million americans under a flash flood watch or warning as we speak. we've had several reports of half a foot to even a foot of rainfall that's already caused some massive problems. flooding that has caused over 30 water rescues across parts of missouri, and on top of that, it's cold in some areas that we've seen snowfall. take a look at this footage of the battle between seasons. we have had an incredible amount of snowfall in the pueblo, colorado region, and this is all thanks to that transition from rain to snow as the back side of the system draws in colder air and thus caused travel delays as well. that really is probably the least of the problems at the moment as the storm system continues to march eastward and

brings with it the flooding, the severe storms and the ongoing threat that's going to last across louisiana for the next several hours. >> derek, i know you'll be on top of the story so we'll stay in touch. thank you. >> thanks, george. >> incredible pictures there. here at cnn, we are continuing to mark president trump's first 100 days in office. many people are concerned about the president's plans to roll back environmental protection. donald trump has called climate change a hoax and has yet to determine what he will do about the paris climate accord. >> reporter: president trump has raised many eyebrows and ruffled many feathers when it comes to climate change. he has signed an executive order rolling back policies put in place by barack obama to combat climate change. he has eliminated the clean power plant, and reversing it basically means the states are no longer required to regulate power plants.

he has reintroduced a federal coal leasing program, meaning the energy programs can once again buy the rights to mine on federal lands. in doing so, he says he's putting an end to the war on coal and is creating jobs. all eyes now on whether he sticks to his campaign promise to pull out of the paris climate change agreement. >> isa suarez, thank you for that. under that agreement nearly 200 countries, including the u.s., have admitted to reduce carbon levels over the next decade. on saturday president trump said he will soon decide whether or not the u.s. should pull out of that deal. >> i'll be making a big decision on the paris accord over the next two weeks. and we will see what happens. >> well, as he decides, thousands of people marched across the u.s. in protest on saturday against the president's

environmental policies. cnn's brian todd was in washington where celebrities, including leonardo dicaprio, joined the demonstrations. >> reporter: a mass of thousands, making their way up pennsylvania avenue from the united states capitol to the white house. they're here today to mark president trump's 100th day in office and shine a light on policies they say constitute the biggest assault on the environment from any administration in history. >> the administration says they can drill for resources that they desperately need without hurting the environment. do you believe them and what do you say to that? >> not one bit. they've had, what, over 800 spills and it's not going to work out. >> reporter: these protestors say the trump administration's policies have prioritized economic growth. but his speech calls for a balanced approach. quote, i am committed to keeping our air and water clean, but always remember economic growth enhances environmental protection.

jobs matter. in trump's first 100 days, his environmental protection agency has moved swiftly to roll back obama regulations on fossil fuels and give ayn green light to the keystone xl pipeline which the obama administration had blocked. and on friday the epa removed most of the information on climate change from its website, explaining in a press release it's being updated, quote, to reflect the approach of new leadership. activists here say that under the obama administration there was steady progress toward clean energy sources and away from fossil fuels. >> that was starting to happen and it was slow, but there were signs of momentum. and it's every single one of those decisions is being challenged and being blocked and we've got oil tycoons running the government. >> this is the 100th day of the trump administration, the most anti-environmental pro-polluter administration in our history. today is a critical day to send a message to the president that the public is against what he's

doing. >> reporter: silent except for the simulated heartbeats to show their unity and conviction. this protest held in conjunction with hundreds of similar events across the u.s. and around the world. participating in the d.c. event, like-minded politicians and celebrities, including former vice president al gore and leonardo dicaprio. >> after today, what is the most important step for people on climate change? we need to take the energy here, we need to take these people's energy, we need to go back to our communities. please, run for office. let's take these people's power and build it right up until we take control of the building behind us. >> reporter: two protest leaders stressed to me they don't want an adversarial debate with president trump over these issues. they claim environmental growth doesn't have to come at the cost of the environment, and they said for the past eight years, it didn't. they're willing to work with the president if he's willing to embrace that idea, but they're also willing to lead more protests if he doesn't. brian todd, cnn, washington.

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5:30 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." good to have you with us. i'm george howell in atlanta. >> and i'm hannah vaughan jones in london.

u.s. president donald trump celebrated his 100th day in office with a campaign-stale ralra rally in pennsylvania. he told the cheering crowds he is thrilled to be out of the swamp in washington. that rally held at the same time as this year's white house correspondents' dinner in washington, d.c. mr. trump skipped that dinner, making it the first time in more than three decades a sitting u.s. president has not attended it. comedian hasaj minhaj hosted that dinner. it raises money for scholarships. a tornado kills five people near dallas, texas. 55 people are receiving emergency care at nearby hospitals. rescue teams are still searching for survivors. an american warship is now in korean waters doing military drills with south korea's navy. the exercises could further

raise nuclear tensions on the korean peninsula. in the meantime, president trump says that he hasn't fulfilled his campaign promise of calling out china as a currency manipulator because he's relying on the chinese president to pressure pyongyang. returning now to our top story this hour, the u.s. president in campaign mode, though he's already won the job. now 100 days in office, then-candidate donald trump vowed to his supporters to talk tough about destroying isis, but so far there's been no decisive victory over that terror group. our correspondents take a closer look not only at isis but at the middle east in the era of the trump white house. >> reporter: i'm nic peyton walsh. they still are losing despite a torturous bloody battle in their grip. those losses have continued here in iraq.

they are said to have territois territory down from a third, trying to overtake the town of raqqah. they're struggling to find people who say he's changed the nature of battle at all. this is the old obama plan simply playing out. >> reporter: i'm ivan watson. it is america's longest conflict going on for nearly 16 years, and by many accounts, the war in afghanistan is not going well. a taliban raid earlier this month killed and wounded more than 100 soldiers from the u.s.-backed afghan army. its casualties are at a record high. the u.s. still has around 8,400 troops in country backed by around 6,000 nato forces, but the taliban is fighting to control large chunks of territory, and now isis is carrying out its own terror attacks. meanwhile, the afghan government is plagued by corruption and periodic infighting. the top u.s. commander recently

said he would need several thousand more soldiers to break the stalemate. the decision on whether to send more u.s. troops rests on the shoulders of president trump. >> and as for how the president is perceived here in the united states, you may be seeing his lowest approval ratings early in the presidecy, earliest in the president's modern u.s. history. but he's still doing very well with his political base. cnn criss-crossed the country to talk with trump voters to hear their thoughts about his first 100 days in office with martin savage on the field. >> reporter: asheville, alabama. the sun has been up for three hours and greg weston has ben up for six. he's a farmer and he and his wife sandy own a gas station on the western edge of town. around here the only thing redder than the maters is the

politics. he and his wife voted 80% for trump. how do you think he's doing? >> i think he's doing good. >> reporter: they like trump even though his actions haven't really helped him. his immigration talk has made it harder for greg to find someone to harvest his crops. then there's the threat of ending obamacare which greg and brandi are on. why do you like it? >> well, i pay $80 a month for me and my wife. before obamacare came in, i was paying like 660. >> reporter: obamacare is working so well that brandi feels guilty. she knows people who can't afford private insurance or can't get insurance at all. she's okay with trump's idea to replace it. >> it doesn't make sense to pay so little and still the poor people get nothing. >> reporter: you think you should pay more.

>> in other words, yes. >> reporter: in birmingham, it's also another long day for quinton posy, a cab driver. in the past he's voted democrat. will you te but last year he voted trump. black trump voters are rare in the south, only about 9%. quinton is even more rare since he is black and gay. 100 days in, how do you feel he's done? >> 100 days in, i'm not pleased. >> reporter: really. what don't you like? >> he's a little too brash. is that the word? >> reporter: quinton hasn't seen as much change as he expected and he worries about what a trump budget might cut. do you wish you haven't voted for him? >> i don't wish i hadn't, because, i mean, according to alternatives, i don't have any regrets. >> reporter: but you're not going to vote for clinton? >> i'm not going to vote for

clinton. >> reporter: near des moines, i find another surprise, a 34-year-old public speaker who teaches spanish to local kids. he voted for amnesty in the early '80s, yet voted for a president who supports mass deportations. >> here we are 100 days since he was sworn in and he hasn't acted against innocent, undocumented workers. >> reporter: some would disagree. but what's certain is alberto feels good about the administration so far, including on immigration. >> being in america isn't a right. it's a great privilege. >> reporter: no regrets, no buyer's remorse, nothing like that? >> no, i do not regret having voted for trump, and i'll tell anyone who will listen that i did. >> martin savage reporting there for us. stay with us here on "newsroom." up next, wikipedia is blocked and thousands are thrown out of work again. we're live in istanbul where

it's only been two weeks since turkey's president gained new powers. plus, flight attendants who lost their livelihoods because of how they looked and what they weigh. we'll hear about the russian airline accused of discrimination.

. welcome back. it's a time of economic and political crisis in venezuela. weeks of violent protests have turned deadly. patrick otman takes a closer look at the showdown between venezuela's government and the opposition. >> reporter: as violent anti-government protests in venezuela rage on, a dire

situation is getting worse. in the latest clashes, demonstrators have faced down armored vehicles, been bombarded from the air with tear gas, even jumped into a river to escape the calamity. both supporters and proponents of the government have taken to the streets in an increasingly bitter stalemate that has divided the country, even families. on wednesday this man released a video calling on his father, a top government official charged with investigating human rights abuses, to take action. >> translator: dad, at this moment you have the power to put an end to this injustice that has sunk this country, he says. i ask you as a son and in venezuela's name which you serve to reflect and do what you are supposed to do. long ridden by social divisions, venezuela has come undone as the country has slipped into a death

spiral. food and medicine are scarce. lines dividing basic items stretch for blocks. inflation is among the highest in the world despite sitting atop the world's richest oil reserves, they are now broke. socialist policies begun years ago by chavez, now there is mismanagement and destruction. the president says his country is a victim of conspiracy and calls for reelection. the government may be trying to buy time in the hopes that oil prices will rise. >> if oil were to surge to 50 or $80 a barrel, it certainly would give them more breathing room, and that's what they're hoping. they're hoping if oil can go up, they can defeat these protests, they can go to elections and perhaps, you know, rig the playing field or rig, you know, the campaign enough that they can actually stay in power. >> reporter: but israel's

embattled president doesn't seem bothered by the turmoil as he throws around a baseball. peace will continue, he says. to those violent groups, the law will find them. it has already arrived for many of them, and by way of the law, there will be peace. in better economic times, venezuela bought influence around the region, supplying billions of dollars of oil to other socialist countries like cuba, which has been a stalwart supporter of venezuela, criticizing what havana calls foreign interference in venezuela fairs. but venezuela is increasingly isolated, withdrawing from organizizing states, saying it could stretch beyond their border. nearly 30,000 turkish public employees have been fired over alleged national security concerns. that is according to a turkish

government website. and now wikipedia has been blocked. turkish state media says the on-line encyclopedia is part of a, quote, smear campaign against turkey in the national arena. our senior correspondent ben wedeman joins me from istanbul with more on this. a clamp-down on free press and free speech with this development on wikipedia. >> reporter: hannah, it's really just the latest step by the government that indicates that it's not a big fan of the free press. around mid-morning yesterday, suddenly anybody here in turkey and istanbul are trying to get onto wikipedia and suddenly found themselves going nowhere. now, the government says they shut down access to wikipedia because of what they called a smear campaign in which some of the contributors to wikipedia were making it appear that turkey was on the same level as

terrorist organizations. now, in the past, the turkish government has blocked access to youtube to twitter to facebook, but this is the first time that wikipedia has been blocked. there has been some speculation that this blockage is due to the fact that the entry on the president, erdogan, included some negative comments and also some of the entries for -- rather, some of the passages or sections of the entry for the 16th of april referendum that granted the president's sweeping new powers also contained some criticism of the government. but this is really just the latest. yesterday we also saw that 4,000 government employees were dismissed. the suggestion is that they were somehow affiliated with the fetoula goulin association. that is a use ice-based turkish

cleric who is being accused of being behind the failed july 15th, 2016 coup here in turkey which, of course, set off this purge that has resulted in the dismissal of more than 120,000 government employees and the detention of more than 40,000. hannah? >> ben, we appreciate your reporting, for being live for us there in turkey. thank you. almost ten years after little madeleine mccann went missing, her parents are now speaking out to mark that anniversary. madeleine was just three years old when she disappeared during a family holiday in portugal. that was on may 3rd, 2007. she would be nearly 14 years old now. her parents, bargary and kate, they still have hope their daughter is alive. >> i think it's been good for the general public to hear the

police say there is no evidence that she's dead, and it's an active investigation, and there's still hope. certainly from my point of view, somebody knows what's happened. >> there is progress being made. you know, it might not be as quick as we want, but there's real progress being made, so i think we need to take heart from that, and we just have to go with the process and follow it through wherever it takes for as long as it takes. there is still hope that we can find madeleine. >> detectives in the case of the missing british girl say they are still pursuing critical leads so the search still goes on. stay with us here on "cnn newsroom." plenty more after the short break. fact check this ad in good housekeeping. olay. ageless.

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welcome back. a russian airline is accused of discriminating against women because of their size. aeroflot denies the claims, but flight attendants are complaining that they're getting less work because they don't fit the part. diana madner takes a closer look. >> reporter: perfect look and a perfect manicure. the hammer and sickle of aeroflot. staffed, it seems, by just the

long-legged. but what if you don't look like this? did you do this? >> yes, because my size is more -- changed. so i have to change my -- >> reporter: you've done this very well. last summer aeroflot flight attendant was told she must be photographed, head and full body shots. then her career with aeroflot changed. >> 15th i get told i have less flights because i am fat, ugly and old. >> reporter: your boss said that to you? >> yes. >> reporter: here a photograph showing the salary deductions of 100 rubles of staff that don't

meet aeroflot's standards, size included. one took aeroflot to court citing mcite ing discrimination and lost. >> translator: several hundred have been affected by this but several have older parents or small children, so they're trying to hold onto their jobs any way they can. >> reporter: but in a news conference last week, a representative from aeroflot's council encouraged aeroflot stewa stewardesses to lose weight like he did. >> it doesn't require spend ag l -- spending a lot of money. i just corrected my meal plan. now i weigh 80 kilograms. i don't know why people think

it's so impossible. >> reporter: aeroflot says this man does not speak for the company. they also deny discrimination. but they say they are the calling card of their country. the deportment of how they serve passengers expresses a first impression of the attitude towards russia. she is planning to appeal, but his suggestions of chauvinism creates a nasty tail wind for one of russia's proudest brands. diana magnay, washington. while the washington correspondents' dinner was being held saturday night, just down the road an alternative event was taking place. it's called not the white house correspondents' dinner. samantha bee hosted that event. indeed, journalism was celebrated, donald trump was

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