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world leaders meet at the united nations this week. it will be the first time the president of the united states also speaks to them as the u.s. host. north korea will likely get a great deal of attention. hurricane maria is turning towards the caribbean. another one. and there are fears it could mimic hurricane irma's path.
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and later, an impressive night for women in the emmy awards shows, making history. we want to welcome in our viewers from the united states and all around the world. i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. this is "cnn newsroom." >> 3:00 a.m. on the east coast. the u.n. general assembly meets this week in new york. a very big meeting and the tensions caused by north korea are expected to be front and center. donald trump arrived sunday ahead of his appearance at the podium tuesday. that will be his first as president. >> he has been critical of organizations in the past. but he is looking for support in dealing with north korea and its nuclear program. as athena jones reports, world leaders will be paying close
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attention to mr. trump's foreign policy message. >> reporter: it's the first turn on the high-profile stage of the world. 193 member nations taking part in the general assembly. and a lot of those world leaders will be eager to take the measure of president trump. eager to hear him tuesday, when he is set to address the general assembly, specially given that candidate trump talking about the utter weakness and incompetency of the united nations. and we heard him say the u.n. is not a friend of democracy. not a friend of freedom. and not a frnd iend of the unit states. it's unclear how he might temper his criticism of the u.n. in his speech on tuesday. but we got a preview, a part of the message he will deliver, from h.r., many master, who spoke on fox news sunday.
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>> he thinks the speech is a tremendous opportunity on wednesday. to reach so many leaders at the same time. and to emphasize three themes. first is to protect the american people. the second is to promote american prosperity. and the third is to promote accountability and sovereignty. >> reporter: you heard him say the speech will be a tremendous opportunity for the president, to address world leaders in one place. it will be an opportunity for those leaders to hear how the president will promote his america first agenda at a global organization geared toward solving global challenges together. the president will have a series of meetings and events that he will be hosting, where he will address a long list of ajen da items, isis, syria, venezuela. one thing he will have is a lunch with the leader of south
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korea, and japan. north korea and its provocations will be high on the agenda at that lunch. >> athena, thank you for the reporting. let's break this down winow. a pleasure to have you on the show. t the president of the united states retweeted a juvenile gif of him hitting hillary clinton with a golf ball. and he has gone to name-calling, calling kim jong-un rocketman. that sets the stage for the president ahead of his address to world leaders. now, who will be on the stage? will it be the president who takes petty shots? or will it be a more presidential respect representation of the united states? >> that's the question and i
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can't answer it? but when we see what president trump does say, we'll see a number of things. he's addressing two, big audiences. one is the global audience and the leadership assembled there. he'll like to sound tough to them. he is speaking in a chamber where the united states provides the majority of the funding. and the gop traditionally has attacked the united nations has not fit for purpose. as basically being anti-american on occasions. they have been talking about withholding funds. but when president trump speaks, he rarely forgets the political support he has inside the united states. and that's been away a little bit, particularly since he's done this agreement on the d.r.e.a.m.ers question with the democratic leadership. and some of the hard right-wing
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have been skeptical of that and talking about betrayal. he will want to sound tough, indeed. he's going to say that america is back on the global stage. that, if you like, goes against the rhetoric he talked about withdrawing from the world in some respects, during the election campaign, which a lot of his supporters wanted. >> let's talk about that. squaring the circle between the america first policy, the president promised the bay he was inaugurated. against this body, the u.n. body, a global body of nations that are intertwined and interconnected. how do you square that circumstancele? how will the president address that body while speaking to his base that elected him for his america-first policy? >> his rhetoric and his actions are different things. rhetorical rhetorically, he will do the tough talking that america-first requires. we can see, the last eight
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months he has been in power, that he has rode back from almost every single statement about major strategic questions that the united states faces. nato, it's okay. south korea treaty, fine. china, we cooperate to some extent. that's nothing different from the obama pivot to asia. meddling in the middle east. he supported the war in yemen. he supported the stance to qatar. and he's bombed syria with the 59 tomahawk missiles. so, he will talk the america-first talk. but underneath it, the american foreign policy establishment, that was skeptical about this president, last summer and ins then, as well, has gained complete control of american foreign policy. let's look at what he says. that's political. when we look at what he does, i
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think it's business as usual. >> another big topic at hand will be iran. the nuclear agreement. is that in danger? >> no. it's not in danger. it's in danger from the political rhetoric only. and i think that keeps iran under pressure and it does what i was saying earlier on. it makes everybody think that trump is a tough guy hero. he's going to take on all of america's enemies, the axis of e evil and so on. last week, the white house i signed off on the agreement for 120 days. they signed it off last week. not much fanfare. but it says that iran is complying with the nuclear agreement and the white house is happy to sign it off. there's a lot of rhetoric. but actually, we have to look at what they do. and i think that suggests, again, that the iran nuclear agreement is safe at the moment.
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>> inderjeet parmar. we appreciate the perspective. british authorities say they are making progress in the london tube bombing case. they made two arrests and searched two sites west of london. >> the investigation is not over. officials say there's no longer of an imminent threat of an attack. they've lowered the threat level from critical to severe. for the latest, nina dos santos joins us from london. people heading out for their workweek. must be some relief that there are people under arrest. and that level has dropped, nina? >> yeah. natalie, authorities have been under huge pressure over the course of the weekend, to make advances in this fast-moving investigation. and now, given the fact that they have decided to reduce the threat level, it would indicate
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they believe they have anybody related to this plot in their way. they arrested an 18-year-old man first in the hours of saturday in dover. still no word on whether or not he was trying to skip the country. also, a 21-year-old man was arrested later on into the evening on saturday, in a different part of west london this time, than the first arrest, which was in dover, outside of london, about 18 miles away from the british capital. it is believed the second arrest is significant of this 21-year-old man. according to british media, both of the individuals had links to a foster family, which was residing in one of the two properties that has been raided over the course of the weekend. this is a property about 12 miles to the west of friday's attack. it has been searched by officers for the last two days.
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it is the focal point of the investigation here. the big question authorities will have, is how are the individuals linked? are they linked through the foster home? they will be trying to ascertain that. where were the explosives prepared? were they prepared in the faostr home? and how were they radicalized. it seems clear that they have the identities of the individuals. they are questioning them under the terrorism act. that gives them two weeks to question them, and they can ask for extension to that. they haven't released their identities yet. but we could get more information as the day progresses, on this busy monday morning. >> is the tube back and running at 100%? as people set off on the day. >> yeah. this is the monday morning commute, we're right at the
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heart of it right now. of course, it's 8:00 p.m. only about 20 minutes from now, on friday, that would have been when that parsons green mrast that happened on friday. i spent the weekend in places like parsons green and speaking to locals whether they would get on the tube like they usually do? and people were saying this time, i'm a lille more nervous. maybe i'll take bus. and the metropolitan politician commissioner went on a walk over the weekend urging people to keep calm and carry on commuting. that's why it's been so imperative for authorities and the government to make headway on this investigation, to reassure the public. public transport is significant. this a city of nearly 9 million people. almost 1.3 billion tube journeys are made across the british capital each year. the transport network, preparing
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that has been critical. we've heard from the metropolitan police and from the home office, that more offices will be guarding major sites and tube stations into this week. more money has been put on the table for $30 million for extra counteroperations. on the streets of st. louis, missouri, protesters came together for a day and night of demonstrations. >> protests in the afternoon, had hundreds of people lying down in the street, rallying against what they say is police brutality. >> the anger comes after a decision of a white police officer acquitted of murder. cnn national correspondent, ryan young, takes a look at the protests that played out late sunday night.
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>> the cleanup has started here in st. louis, after another night of unrest. someone tried to break the window here. as you walk down, you can see another glass that was shattered here. we saw someone picking up large objects and trying to throw them them into the woin. you see the flower pots they turned over. they tried to pick up these pieces and throw them into the windows, as well. we watched mrif eed police off trying to chase down the suspects. right now, everyone is on-edge about what's going on, and what they see in the streets. this is after a day of peaceful protests, where people were marching for miles and miles. this is what happens, a small group will start running through the city and creating issues. you'll see the officers, as they're doing their parole. this is what they're doing at night. they're trying to make sure the small pockets of people who won't go home cannot cause anymore trouble. and in the aftermath of the last
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unrest, someone is starting to work of putting boards against a window. people were inside that bar area when something was thrown through the window. people are hoping this unrest stops soon. we've seen stronger force from the police than we have before. >> ryan young, thank you so much, in st. louis, missouri. also, in atlanta, georgia, investigators looking into a fatal shooting of a georgia tech college student by campus police. this confrontation caught on cell phone video late saturday night, just out of the university dorm. officers have their guns drawn as the student, scout shut, walks toward them. investigators say schultz was carrying a knife. >> police shot the student, a 21-year-old, who died at the hospital. schultz was a fourth-year
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computing student and had grown up here. hurricane maria is gaining strength as it churns in the atlantic ocean. what we know about this storm and where it's headed? not good news. hi, i'm mike ditka.
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more than a week after escaping hurricane irma, residents of florida's lower keys have finally been allowed to return home. the florida governor says crews have fixed 90% of that state's power outage. >> authorities kept part of the keys closed, because they worried about what happened if people returned home to no running water or power. and they would have to cope with what their houses looked like. official s estimate a quarter o the houses in the keys were destroyed. as people try to recover from irma, there's more hurricane trouble on the way. pedram javaheri is here to talk about the storms. >> this sounds like a bad joke. >> you look at last month, in 30 days time, six tropical disturbances. jose in blue. going across irma.
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and the orange is plmaria, the next storm that is going through the lesser antilles. it's in a category 1. we expect it to go from a category 3 to category 4, in the next 24 hours. a lot of development as we saw with irma. but the path of this would go over puerto rico, skirting the island of his ppaniolhispaniola. category 1, 90-mile-per-hour winds, as it pushes in towards the winward islands. it is farther south than where we had irma, in line with antigua and barbuda. the areas of concern of a rapidly developing hurricane. tuesday night, into wednesday morning, we could be looking at a cat 4 pushing through southern and eastern portions of puerto
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rico. and it could cross the turks and caicos. last week, we had a category 5 go over turks and caicos. and the storm system can do the same with a cat 4. we're looking at scenarios beyond the caribbean. there's a storm system that could go to the north. if this high pressure migrates to the west, it will force the storm system into the carolinas. we're going to follow this over the next couple days. >> there was a couple we spoke to in puerto rico, when we were watching irma come in. and that island, obviously, they felt the intensity. but it could have been much worse. the next day, they said they were going to have a hurricane party because they -- it wasn't as bad. now, another storm coming through, it seems as san juan and puerto rico are on-deck again. >> too soon to party, i guess. >> we'll have to stay in touch with you as you track these storms. thank you. >> thank you.
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when hurricane irma hit anguilla, a deejay became vital for many people. >> michael holmes has his story. >> that's right. 11 days after hurricane irma. and you have it on 103.3. >> reporter: before hurricane irma, deejay jamie patterson was to play music and keep up an upbeat banter. >> it went from me to getting the party started to you're the guy we're looking to for all of the information now. >> reporter: irma change his job description and his life. since his workers have switched from deejays to lifelines. >> you don't need to go in the line or the cues to get gas if your tank is on half. there's no gas shortage. >> reporter: this island was battered by irma. and the days that followed were brutal.
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no power damaged, infrastructure. the communication mast was destroyed. but the humble studios next door survived. staying off air was not an option. so, they knew what they had a job to do. >> when we saw the damage, we're like, okay. we're off air. we need to get back up. >> reporter: one mast later, 103.3 cool f.m. was back on-care. listeners take advantage of the barbershop, listening to the radio on generator power. >> we understand what is going on with the hurricane. >> reporter: people turn to the deejays for information and guidance and comfort here and on other islands. how important was the radio station when the hurricane had gone through? >> it was very important to get
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information around. to know what is happening is very vital to our community. >> reporter: vital to communities throughout the region, through irma. now, another storm is headed their way. the job isn't done. >> i've been in entertainment for almost 15 years. i never saw myself as a reporter or someone people would be looking to for motivation and information. of that nature, of course. it's usually, when is the next party? stuff like that. being called for this is crazy. >> reporter: when not on the radio, he deejays at clubs on this and other islands. clubs that are closed for repairs or in some cases no longer exist. like so many of his neighbors, his job and his life has changed dramatically. but not his sense of humor. >> it has me here, you know, in a state of flux because i'm out
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of one of my primary incomes. so, i'm here trying to figure out what my next move is. maybe i'll get into journalism and take your job. >> reporter: michael holmes, cnn, anguilla. in a few hours, president trump will discuss the iranian nuclear agreement with benjamin netanyahu. we'll share with you what we might expect.
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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell with the world headline we're following.
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the united kingdom has reduced their international terror threat level after the bombing at the london tube. it is now at severe, where officials think an attack is highly likely but not imminent. two arrests were made over the weekend. and authorities have searched two sites west of london. top diplomats from washington and moscow met to discuss a russian military strike that injured u.s.-backed forces in syria. coalition and russian troops are trying to push out isis. but it's not a coordinated effort with the u.s. supporting rebels trying to overthrow president bashar al asad. the supreme leader of iran says his company will react to any wrong move by the u.s. on its nuclear deal. the u.s. extended some sanctions relief as part of that deal on thursday. but the u.s. president said that
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tehran was violating elements of that agreement. president trump has repeatedly criticized the nuclear deal with iran but is unclear what he plans to do anything about it, if anything. we could get hints in a few hours when mr. trump and benjamin netanyahu discuss iran. >> they are meeting on the sidelines of the u.n. general as assembly. many will be listening to the president on tuesday. oren leibermann is following the story in jerusalem. it's easy to say the israeli prime minister was no fan of this deal from the start. >> that has not changed. he went quiet after the deal was signed. now, with trump, he sees an opportunity to lobby against the deal. he hasn't presented any concrete plans of his own. this meeting with trump could be his first chance to do so. and everyone expects him to
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lobby against the deal once again when he speaks to the general assembly tomorrow. it's not just the nuclear deal. but so is iran's presence on syria's northern border. this is the northern tip of israel. beyond are the rolling hills of lebanon. an it's the small villages on top of those hills that israel is concerned is a growi ining hezboll hezboll hezbollah stronghold. to our east is the golan heights. israel sees it as one threat on the north. a few feet away, a hezbollah marks the territory. another flag on a nearby hill. the u.n. mandate to provide
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peace and security on a border that's known decades of conflict, was recently strengthen. but few here see the united nations as the difference between peace and war, as they operate in the shadow of hezbollah. based in lebanon and fighting in syria. >> in the last five years, there's a huge change in the tactical and also capabilities of this organization. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin has been the go-to guy abisrael's concerns about iran's influence with hezbollah, since russian forces moved into syria. while donald trump may take a tough line in the iran nuclear deal, he's perceived of the absence in the syria conflict. and israeli leers are troubled. fr >> the u.s. can prevent an iranian presence in syria. the u.s. cannot ignore the fact
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that she is the leader of the free world and everything that comes with that. >> reporter: israel has its red lines. among them, stopping weapon transfers to hezbollah. an it enforces them. these before and after, on an israeli air strike on a weapons facility. israel will not comment on the incident. ? they're trying to place the iranian army in syria. they want to colonize syria the way they colonized lebanon. >> reporter: israel's prime minister has watched over the larnlest exercise in years. israel fears it may have to go it alone the there's another issue we'll the looking for, if
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either prime minister netanyahu or if mahmoud abbas make statements on a peace process. trump hasn't backed down. he's still pursuing the, quote, ultimate deal. still, it's very much active as something that could be talked about. and we'll be listening for any steps there as opposed to just statements, which is what we've heard to this point. >> thank you for the reports today. rohingya refugees are facing a humanitarian crisis. 409,000 muslim rohingya. they are fleeing a military crackdown, which the u.n. says appears to be ethnic cleansing. >> bangladesh says it will build temporary shelters after the refugee camps could not
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accommodate all of the rohingya. the situation is so desperate, a woman and two children were killed in a stampede on friday. they were trying to get basic things like food and water. how is bangladesh handling this? alex is there. tell us what they face and the desperation? >> 410,000 people arriving in a 3-week span. this is an exdoes for would be difficult to bear any size. bangladesh already hugely populated. now, they're crambling to accommodate 500,000 people. we are hearing stories from women about gang-rapes. and hearing stories who crossed the border, leaving under fire,
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seeing the villages torched. children shot dead next to their parents. women giving birth to babies that don't survive more than a few hours. they need help, natalie. hay need food, water, medical supplies. thousands of people wait in line for hours for basics. and they're getting desperate. these are locals here who are handing out whatever they have. and you see the families running to collect. international aide organizations are wanting a more orderly approach. they're worried about the chaos this creates. the people who live here, they want to provide help to so many who are in such need. an estimated 800,000 refugees are living on bangladesh's border. nearly half of them arriving in the last three weeks. fleeing a violent military
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campaign in myanmar. juno remembers bullets were flying around like rain. this is what they've escaped to. an overrun camp with tens of thousands. children are soiled. there's piles of feces everywhere you step. aid groups are working to provide clean water and vaccinating children to stop the spread of disease. >> i can only describe it as wall-to-wall human suffering. >> reporter: the price is too big for bangladesh's government to bear alone. >> this population here is already suffering from deprivation. the strain on services that this is causing needs to be addressed, as well. education, health, disaster-prone area, as well. >> reporter: trauma counselors are trying to help with what
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they've seen, what they've survived. at least 1,300 children are separated from families that fled as their villages burned. juno says government forces carried out attacks late in the night and early in the morning. they forced girls hiding inside their homes to come out. myanmar's military insists it is doing what it needs to wipe out terrorists after an attack on border guards. the united nations calls it a textbook case of ethnic cleansing of a minority muslim group that has lived for generations in a predominantly buddhist country. the government forces are torturing us. they are killing and hacking boys and raping women and girls. that's why we came here. all she found, now, is this spot off the side of the road. she can stay dry here during the end of monsoon season. one aide worker tells me, even the best efforts put forth by
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the organizations, the amount of help that is offered is a drop in the bucket when you look at the level of need here. and do not forget about the level of need on the other side of the border. it's estimated that tens of thousands rohingyas are stranded. human rights watch is urging immediate access for human rights groups and aids groups to reach the people suffering. >> it's an unbelievable situation. thank you for your story. we understand the situation. thanks to your work. >> thank you so much for sharing that. absolutely. of course, there's ways to help. you can help people at our website, cnn.com/impact. you can find groups that are helping to bring food, water, medical supplies and shelter to the victims in this crisis.
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welcome back to "newsroom." we're learning that the united states is considering shutting down its embassy in havana, cuba. it's a big move. but relations between these countries have already been stranged. this is following an acoustic attack. >> officials are looking into who is responsible while they consider shutting the embassy down on this. our andrew oppmann is in havana. >> reporter: it is an extremely strange story that the united states is taking seriously. rex tillerson threatened to shut down the u.s. embassy in havana, if there isn't clarification on who is carrying out accusic attacks in havana.
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certainly, it is an escalation of the worsening relations between havana and the united states. they think there are attacks from a mystery sonic weapon, that caused physical harm to them, everything from nausea, to headaches, to concussion-like symptoms. the cuban government has denied any role in these attacks. has allowed the fbi to come to investigate. it's uncertain who is carrying out these alleged attacks and why. but u.s. officials claims they don't believe that cuba knows as little as they are saying. to happen in havana, under the eyes of the cuban government, is very unlikely. they are pressing havana for answers. while the cuban government would like the story to go away, that seems unlikely. the united states wants to know who is behind the attacks and why. patrick oppmann. >> patrick, thank you for the
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welcome back to "newsroom." the stars were out for sure in hollywood sunday night, to celebrate the best and brightest of television. one of the night's biggest w winners was "big little lies." laura burn, and alexander skarsgard and nicole kidman. >> the top drama "the handmaid's tale." and elizabesabeth moss for her performance. and lena waithe won outstanding writing in a comedy series, to be the first black woman to receive that award. >> rebecca sun with "the hollywood reporter." joining us from los angeles. good to have you with us today. >> thanks for being with us.
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>> thanks for having me. >> was there a theme to the programs that dominated? there was a theme to the acceptance speeches going political during this one. >> yeah. i think that was somewhat inevitable given that politics is on everybody's mind. it's what everybody talks about around the watercooler in the workplace. it's only natural that hollywood and the actors and tv creators would do the same thing. in terms of a big theme, if you look at the shows that won big tonight, "big little lies" and "handmaid's tale" tackle gender issues in a political climate when people think that women's rights are up for discussion. >> you talk about politics. and the united states, clearly a very polarized society right now. some people see one thing. others see another. sean spicer, on stage, the former press secretary. let's talk about how that played
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out. some people might have thought that was incredibly funny. to see him, especially, playing out that role from "saturday night live." others criticized his appearance and said it normalized sean spicer and normalized the trump white house. >> that's a good way to distill it. the shock you saw on the faces of the celebrities in the audience. it was equal parts, ha, ha, is this happening? and the fact that sean spicer is coming out and kind of making a joke about the fact that he used to wildly exaggerate things, he was quite seriously about, when he was in that position at the white house. yes, joking about inauguration crowd sizes is purely trivial. the fact he's saying, ha, ha, i made stuff up in that job, when he there was serious stuff he was talking about. that could rub people the wrong way. >> there were journalists that
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were asking questions for the american people. so they can know information. to hear that he exaggerated -- >> the fact he acknowledged that on stage. oh, you are telling us this was a joke. >> melissa mccarthy played sean spicer almost to a tee. alec baldwin won for his portrayal of trump. how did he play it when he accepted that award ? did he accept it as himself or as president trump? >> the biggest dig that will get under the president's skin, is when he mentioned he and his wife didn't have a child this year. and basically, playing the orange man was a big turn-off for her. that's the kind of thing that will absolutely drive the president crazy. so, it was clever. i think alec has spent enough time channeling donald trump that he knows what will bother him. >> natalie mentioned this a
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minute ago. let's talk about lena waithe. the first african-american woman to win outstanding writer for a comedy series. >> that's a huge milestone. and what was great is i think she had a warm reception, you know, when she took the stage. people gave her a great ovation. and that episode was quite memorable and critically acclaimed. if you haven't seen it, it's semiautobiographical. it's about her own experience of coming out to her family. this was, she was not only honored, but her story, the idea of a lesbian woman of color. that story was honored. there were other milestones. riz ahmed winning the best actor in a limited series. the first asian man to win an emmy. you know. 39th edition. >> that's pretty cool. >> how did original series on netflix fare to traditional tv shows?
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>> well, you know, i think that -- netflix specifically -- it did all right. they had "the crown" and a lot of nominations for "stranger things." they went home empty. "black mirror" had a win for tv movie. as well as best writing. they did okay. but when it comes to traditional, "this is us," was represented by the best actor win. but hbo continued to dominate thanks to "veep" and "big little lies," sweeping their categories. and you also had hulu, sweeping their categories. >> what would be the one you suggest that people haven't seen, what would you tell them to check out? i tried "pretty little lies." i couldn't get into that one. >> "big little lies." what's great, is among the
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winners there's so much variety, if you haven't checked out "atlanta" yet. it's a quirky comedy that is sometimes not a funny comedy. but really artistically interesting. i would suggest checking that out. if you haven't seen "handmaid's tale." and if you haven't seen "veep." jump right in. there's only going to be one season left. >> those sound good. rebecca sun, thanks so much. i have a lot of catching up to do. i haven't seen half those shows. >> have to binge watch. >> thank you so much for being with us. not binge watching. being with us for "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. stay with us for hannah von jones in london. you're watching cnn. >> "early start" for viewers in have a great day. whoa that's amazing...
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