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united states and around the world. i'm isha sesay. this is "newsroom l.a." ♪ well, it's been more than a year since donald trump won the u.s. president si over hillary clinton, but he still can't stop attacking her, blaming her campaign for that russian dossier that he claims is the basis for the justice department investigation. the president fired off more tweets about health care reform and the new republican tax bill. cnn's ryan nobles reports. >> reporter: well, we had one glimpse of the president on tuesday on the golf course at one of his trump-owned properties here in west palm beach. this was the 110th day that the president spent at one of his properties. that's one-third of his

presidency. the president had no other public events on his schedule, but his tweeter feed was busy. he was talking about taxes and health care. and he was also talking about the robert mueller investigation, trying to use that twitter feed as a way to discredit mueller. he said, dossier is bonus. clinton campaign and dnc funded dossier. fbi cannot after all this time verify claim of the russia-trump collusion. the fbi tainted, and they use this crooked hillary pile of garbage. that tweet not 100% accurate. the fbi confirmed there are aspect os of that dossier that were true, it was no means the basis of the special counsel investigation. two associates directly connected to the president in his campaign have already pleaded guilty as a result of that investigation. the president also taking another victory lap when it

comes to his tax reform bill. this was a bill he signed into law just before coming to mar-a-lago. he said, all tines are the business was looking good for next year, only to be helped further by our tax cut bill. will be a great year for companies and jobs. the stock market is poised for another year of success. the president hoping to end 2017 on a positive note, as he heads into 2018 with a number of big topics, potentially on the roster, including infrastructure reform, perhaps coming up with a spending bill. and maybe even tackling entitlement reform. ryan nobles, cnn, west palm beach florida. so with these latest tweets about the russian dossier, we wanted to look into what is fact and fiction. >> reporter: the president has tweeted that the russian dossier is "bogus" but that's not entirely accurate. it is true that the most salacious allegations contained in the dossier have not been

verified. but the broad assertion that russia waged a campaign to interfere in the u.s. election in 2016, that is now accepted as fact by the u.s. intelligence community. and it is important to note that u.s. law enforcement and intelligence officials, they did their own work separate and apart from the dossier that supported their findings that russia tried to meddle in favor of president trump. plus, cnn reported earlier this year that other aspects of the dossier, like communications between senior russian officials and other russians mentioned in memos, those are did take place well. and sources say the fbi used the dossier as part of the justification to secretly monitor carter page. the president also claimed on twit they are the dossier was the basis for investigating the trump campaign. that, again, is not entirely accurate. in fact, the fbi and special counsel robert mueller have used the dossier as part of the

investigation, but it is not the entire basis for mueller's inquiry, and he has his team with their own investigation. of four people charged, there has been no reference to the dossier or findings in any of those indictments. so mueller's team did meet with the author of the dossier, former british spy christopher steele according to sources. and it is possible that information from him could help investigators determine whether contacts between people associated with the trump campaign and suspected russian operatives, whether they broke any laws. nevertheless, this dossier, as we can tell, it continues to be a subject of debate and criticism. and parts of it, in fact, have been corroborated. but this dossier will likely continue to be a talking point as we head into 2018. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. joining me now, the president of the global policy

institute. michael, good to see you once again. >> thank you. >> so the president putting this dossier front and center and trying to discount it as a heap of garbage. i mean, it's kind of undercut by the facts that some of it has been corroborated. does he care about that fact, or is this mainly about speaking to his base? >> you know, they're well known for talking of an alternative universe, alternative facts. mostly the president speaks and is most comfortable speaking to his base. his job is to keep feeding them red meat. he's never been able to expand beyond that base. so the president wants to give them as much red meat as he can, because they're loyalists. if someone is uncovered by mueller, and it's devastating, they're the ones he'll have to go to for his strength in congress. remember, republicans control both houses. to impeach the president, all you need is a majority.

you need to keep that majority. in the senate, 2/3 of a vote to convict. so the president is counting votes. i don't mean that literally, but he knows where his strength and base is, and he keeps speaking to them. but the rest of us who keep hearing his charges and his accusations about the dossier, which are absurd on the face of it, think what's wrong? what is he talking about? this is >> i mean, it seems like a clear case -- it would appear of

trying to undermine the credibility of whatever comes out later, you know, isn't taken seriously. but i guess my question is, what does it mean for this premiere intelligence agency to seemingly be at war, these from the president's perspective, with the man sitting in the oval office? >> the mavn who controls the fb. so what you're doing is attacking yourself by attacking the institution that has control. the holiday season is when terrorist attacks rise, when fears rise and when the fbi and law enforcement is on their highest alert. and to take this verbal beating from your boss, questioning your loyalty, that has to hurt. these people put their lives on the line every day. and yes, there are a few partisans here and there on both sides. but for the most part these are

professionals who take great pride in their work, who do a great service, who are being trashed by their boss. >> i want you to listen to michael caputo, who gave his take on the president's tweets on tuesday to cnn. take a listen. >> i know that's disappointing for some people. but the president is highlighting this bias to the american people for a good reason. if there's going to be an investigation, it must be unbiased. >> he says the tweets are an insurance policy. talking about there being a bias in this country. i mean, big picture, macro, the statements made by the president attacking the fbi, the judiciary as we've seen in the past, i mean, what does this mean for these institutions? what does it mean for the fabric

of america, the bedrock of this country? >> mr. caputo had it partly right, that he's attacking these organizations for a reason. so i think what this means for the meamerican institutions and the american system is that the system is under assault from the man who sits at the top of the entire institution. so there's this kind of clash that's an internal clash against the courts. >> can he survive this? >> we've survived -- >> in tact, that he emerge from this in tact? >> there's no question there could be damage done. there's also no question that they'll survive it. i think the institutions are stronger than the individual. and that's the way the american system is built. it's built on the strength of its rule of law, of its institutions, of its integrity. there are flaws in that system no doubt. but that's what the strength is. and then you put all of those institutions against one individual, the institutions win. >> michael, fascinating. always appreciate the insight. thank you. >> thank you. all right. still to come on cnn newsroom, the kremlin tells the u.s. it's

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hello, everyone. the international red cross has begun evacuating critical patients from damascus. they transported four people tuesday. another 25 will be evacuated in the coming days. the u.n. has warned that children in the area are severely malnourished. it says these are the worst cases sinceria's civil war started in 2011. russia has offered to mediate talks between the u.s. and north korea if both sides agree. moscow is urging the u.s. to make the first move and start negotiations as soon as possible. the u.s. has said it first wants pyongyang to show it wants to return to the negotiating table. meanwhile, the u.s. is trying to put more pressure on pyongyang. washington is imposing new sanctions on two officials

believed to be crucial and improving north korea's nuclear weapons. i spoke earlier with ari about that. here's part of my interview. so for years, the north korean regime has defied sanctions. so do you expect that the targeting of two high ranking north korean official also bring about a change in north korea behavior now? >> it's the right move, but it's not going to change much. it seems like the leadership in north korea has gotten accustomed to getting concessions from the international community and the u.s. through two methods. a, testing more ballistic missiles and nuclear sort of weapons. or cyber attacks holding companies, private businesses and at times military installations hostage to take ransom. i would say in the year to come, in 2018, we will see an

intensification and an increase in the number of tests and its intensity. it doesn't seem like it that the north korean leadership at this point will back off. context. these sanctions announced today follow the u.n. sanctions adopted this past friday, which are all about closing down north korea's ability to access foreign currency. this is the most sanctioned state on earth. i know you say this is the right measure for this moment in time. i mean, what's left to sanction? >> not much. next move will probably be a sanction on kinds of luxury goods. back in the late '90s, a little

sort of unofficial embargo of not allowing henenee and marlboro reds into the country brought kim jong-il to the table. he was a big fan of the good ole stuff. so i'm not sure if hitting luxury goods would tighten the noose around the nonexistent north korean economy is going to do much good. knowing also we don't have much of a military option. now it's time for the chinese to show leadership and also time for the president to lean on the chinese, so finally they can actually rise to the occasion and bring north koreans to a rational and reasonable conclusion that this is not the way to deal with the international community. but they know, a, military option for the most part is off the table because they have nuclear capability. and b, aside from the nuclear capabilities, their conventional

military might can do enough damage to our allies, south korea, that for any sort of reasonable president will put -- will eliminate a military option against the koreans. so let's hope our chinese friend also be more proactive here. even they know that they have limited leverage when it comes to dealing with the government of kim jong-un and company. >> i mean, isn't that just the reality here? i mean, we have been talking about north korea for years. you know the country, you know the way it has operated in the past. it's notable that you said when it comes to china, let's hope that beijing puts pressure on them. that really is all washington can do effectively at this stage, bearing in mind that china is also part of the security council. all they can do is hope they change and put more pressure on pyongyang. i guess that brings us to the russia situation. we've been hearing from russia in the last two days saying more

and more loudly that the u.s. needs to take the first move. they need to be open to sitting down to talk. they need to tone down the rhetoric. i mean, is russia on to something here, bearing in mind the way the u.s. has been operating to date has not yielded a change in pyongyang's behavior? >> you know, in the old days of the wild, wild west, the old criminals from the south and the east coast could become sheriffs in the wild wild west. if russia becomes a mediator in this ongoing sort of fiasco between north korea, and not just the u.s. but the rest of the world, i don't see a good outcome here. let's keep in mind that north korea is not violating u.s. law or u.s. sanctions or u.s. demands, north korea is in violation of multiple international resolutions by the u.n. security council. it's in violation of international law. and the world almost unanimously has asked the north koreans to

stop what they're doing. there are a few pariahs that have yet to condemn north korea. if you put those pariahs aside, earn on the u.s. security council, that includes russia, china, the united kingdom, france, the united states, all of the international community, including india, brazil and south africa, the list goes on and on and on, and ask the north koreans to stop. the world is fed up. now, if the russians try to act like the mediators here, they can also try to throw the ball in our court, and they would also up the ante for the americans saying listen, you are also to blame to some extent for what these mad men, the kim family has done to north korea for the past 60 something odd years. that's not a good outcome. the u.s. should stand firm, be stern and use the international community, especially china, to

try to slow down the rogue regime of kim jong-un. now, russia's role here could not be a positive one. >> north korea said they consider the latest u.n. sanctions an act of war. so we'll see what happens in the days ahead. always a pleasure to speak to you. thank you so much. the british government says russian naval units have been getting increasingly bold, sfeeming too russian warships too close to the coastline. it's all part of a message from

moscow to washington, the russian military will be a force to be reckoned with in 2018. >> the russians are certainly pushing the envelope, a lot of their activities in the naval and aerial arena are certainly hard edged in their design to push us to the limits. >> reporter: the question now, how much confrontation will president trump risk? he has taken an unexpected step, allowing the ex-po inin ining tk missiles to ukraine where they frequently clash with russian forces. >> it's important for the united states to tell russia we will support ukraine's ability to defend itself. >> reporter: but it's also a risky step. >> if putin decides that this is sort of a hostile act in a new u.s. folse to push back on russia, russia has everything from operatives across the

region in ukraine, and they're able to push back and escalate very significantly. >> reporter: vladamir putin's military has also flown aggressively against u.s. pilots in syria. the pentagon openly calling it a deliberate violation of an agreement to prevent accidents. after that, moscow appears to have backed off of it. putin personally challenging the president's new national security strategy. >> we also face rival powers. russia and china, that seek to challenge american influence, values, and wealth. we will attempt to build a great partnership with those and other countries, but in a manner that always protects our national interest. >> translator: diplomatically speaking, if i can put it in two words, it is of an attacking nature. if we use military terms, it's no doubt aggressive.

we need to take that into account in our practical work. >> reporter: there is some u.s. leverage. moscow may be nervous that new congressionally backed sanctions could be strengthened further. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. investigators taking down political leaders to hol wad royalty. 2017 was a year for media. our top seven stories just ahead. ♪ us lives here. where we can be surprised by others. and ourselves. for a better us, donate to your local y today.

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live from los angeles. i'm isha sesay. u.s. president donald trump is taking new shots at the fbi and the russian investigation. he spent part of the day golfing, but on twitter, he blamed hillary clinton for the now infamous russian dossier, calling it bogus and garbage. a historic magnolia tree on the white house grounds is being cut down. too damaged and decayed to remain. it's been in place since the 1800s and andrew jackson's presidency. former first daughter chelsea clinton tweeted her thanks for the park service for taking care of the white house grounds and thanked melania trump for preserving part of the tree that will be replanted. an flight turned back to lax due to an administrative mixup. model christine teigen and her husband john legend were among

those on board. she tweeted the plane turned around because an unauthorized passenger was on the aircraft. it's not clear how that happened. at least this passenger had a good time with it, posing for a selfie with the two stars on their way back to l.a. you've got to make the most of it. donald trump's tweets have played a crucial role in the first year of his presidency. they're his version of president roosevelt's fireside chats, a way to connect to the country and his base. he's also used the platform to slam journalists. the president's relationship with the press is one of the top media stories of 2017. here's brian stelter. ♪ >> reporter: scoops, falsehoods, feuds, firings, and a cultural reckoning. here are the top seven media stories in 2017. number seven, late night in the age of trump.

from jimmy kimmel's emotional obamacare appeal -- >> if your baby is going to die and it doesn't have to, it shouldn't matter how much money you make. >> reporter: to the outcry after charlottesville. >> the fact that it took the president two days to denounce racists is shameful. >> reporter: to seasonnl's sati. late nights became an anti-trump force, channeling the frustration and fear of some viewers. number six, the anti-trust battle of the decade. >> breaking news, the justice department is suing to block the taking over on time warner. >> reporter: some is wondering if this is about president trump's vendetta against cnn.

this deal involves conservative leaning sinclair that's making far less noise. sinclair purchasing tribune media. and now disney bidding for a big chunk of rupert murdoch's empire. will that deal face the same scrutiny? this lawsuit brings a lot of uncertainty to the media landscape. at a time when facebook and google's domination of the ad market is already causing anxiety. that brings us to number five. russian ads on social media. tech giants finally admitting that russia used their platforms to meddle in the 2016 election. >> facebook told congressional investigators today that it sold about $100,000 worth of political ads to a russia-troll

farm. >> reporter: similar disclosures from twitter and google followed. hauled before congress, the companies were shamed for missing russian interference. >> i must say i don't think you get it. you've created these platforms, and now they are being misused. >> reporter: facebook, google and twitter all pledged changes. number four, the white house credibility crisis. it started with sean spicer's very first statement from the podium. >> this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. >> sean spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts. >> reporter: as the press secretary's credibility crumbled, the ridicule ramped up. spicer left, but his replacement didn't exactly inspire confidence. >> sarah huckabee sanders knows what the president said. she just is pretending he said something else. >> reporter: fact checkers have been in overdrive this year, and every false statement is another stain on the white house's credibility. but at the same time, there is more pressure than ever on us in the press to be careful and get it right. number three, the tower of

investigative reporting. it created the conditions for michael flynn's firing. it led to the ouster of health and human services secretary tom price. and drove the withdrawal of president trump's drug czar t nominee. readership, viewership all way up in 2017, as investigative reporting held the powerful to account. we saw that again in our top media story of the year coming up. number two is donald trump versus the media still. you know, this time last year, we wondered if the new president would tone down his attacks on the fourth estate. but no. >> you are fake news. >> reporter: soon after taking office, trump called the media the enemy of the people and --

>> all i can say is it's fake news. >> reporter: trump has lashed out with verbal attacks. >> it's disgusting the way the press is able to write whatever they want to write, and people should look into it. >> reporter: trump's madia bashing has sent a chill through newsrooms across the country. but the press and other champions of the first amendment are not backing down. and the number one story in media this year, the sexual harassment reckoning. it was a moment foreshadowed by the april ouster of fox news star bill o'reilly, following o titans of media tumbled. >> mark halperin is leaving nbc

news after cnn uncovered accusations of sexual harassment by five news. >> charlie rose fired and now three more women are coming forward with sexual harassment allegations. >> shocking new details about the sexual harassment allegations about matt lauer. >> reporter: the weinstein effect is a watershed effect in american culture. but whether it usher in real, systemic change? let's see how the media covers that story in 2018. >> what a year it has been. it's been a turbulent run for bitcoin. the currency reached a staggering high this year. ahead, why an expert said it's still in its infancy, despite a recent slump. not in this house. 'cause that's no average family. that's your family. which is why you didn't grab just any cheese. you picked up kraft mozzarella with a touch of philadelphia

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it's been a monster year for bitcoin.

it appeared the currency has been around since 2009, but is really just now starting to take off. so what is it? first of all, no central authority issues the money or tracks transactions. the system was invented by a person named nakamoto, very little is nope about him. bitcoins can be bought and sold on various online exchanges and traded for various products. if you buy one, you won't get something tangible, but rather a lengthy encrypted neweric address. that you store in your computer or on your smartphone. joining us now to help us make sense of all of what i just said is david waxman, ceo of max wan and a bitcoin and digital coin expert. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> so help us understand why 2017 was the year we saw bitcoin

seemingly become ubiquitous, at least shoot up in value. >> well, the thing is, bitcoin has been around for a longime. it was invented in 2007-2008 in some white papers. and in 2009 it started trading. not many people knew about it, and it was almost worthless for white a long time. around 2011, 2012, it started taking off. in 2013, it hit a record peak, and cnn was reporting about it when it hit near $1200 per bitcoin in 2013. it then took a bit of a dive, but the technology has caught up. and enough people now know about it and understand and trust the underlying technology called block chain, where bitcoin this year went from about $950 another the beginning of the year to more than $16,500 today. >> wow. so i guess my question is, as you talk about its birth back in

2008, it becoming better known in the years that followed to where we are in 2017, where is it in its evolution as far as you're concerned, where is bit cone in this evolution, and why is it still not available to the masses as we talk about its evolution and growth? >> bitcoin is still really hard to use. that's one big problem with it. the truth is, you kind of need to be a computer expert to understand how bitcoin works. and people like to understand how technology works. even though, of course, very few people understand how tcpip works. the truth is, it's a type of digital money that gets value from a to b and it does it incredibly well. the network that underlies bitcoin is incredibly powerful. it's the most powerful computer network ever developed, with more computing power going against it to back it up than any network ever before. so the truth is, bitcoin, we're still in the infancy.

we're only ten years since its invention. i would say that we are equivalent to the internet in 1991, and if you remember, it took years until the internet took off. >> you mentioned the block chain a couple of times as a fundamental technology, the bedrock to bitcoin, if you will. i guess my question, as you talk about the technology being really, really, you know, advanced, if you will, is this issue of security that i keep coming up with, as i read about bitcoin. this truth, if you will, that having several high profile hacks. so i guess how secure is it? >> bitcoin is incredible secure. so to send value from a to b, bitcoin can't be beat. it's the equivalent of wiring money from one bank to another or a bank to you. bitcoin cannot be beat. the problem is the edges. for instance, your wallet could be hacked if someone got ahold

of what is called your private key, your password to your money. it's possible that the exchange you're buying bitcoin from could have their wallet hacked or compromised, as well. this is the challenge bitcoin is facing, but it's no different than any other type of crime. bitcoin and the network, that's basically impossible to penetrate. >> as i looked into bitcoin and i'm grateful that i have you here to make sense of it, i came across the twins who were best known for suing mark zuckerberg. it turns out they used that to invest in bitcoin and now they're virtual currency billionaires. if you want to get into the game of bitcoin today, are the odds still in your favor to make the kind of returns that cameron and tyler have made, or has that ship sailed?

>> that's a great question. the bitcoin billionaires are just beginning to take off. i work with a number of them already today. and bitcoin itself may not grow another 500 times or 1,000 times, but there's a lot of other digital currencies out there that the world is beginning to take note of, as well. i'm lucky to work with a lot of them. one of my clients went 100 x up this year, more than that now. and that's because people finally understand the technology underpinning bitcoin, that block chain has extraordinary use cases. what we're starting to see is those use cases being applied in real life. it's just beginning, but that's what speculators are investing in. so we'll see more and more bitcoin billionaires in the future. >> you talked about speculation, so that leads me to the question of bubbles and bubbles bursting, because that is also part of the chatter, those sitting on the edges do kind of look and say, could this bubble burst? at least the bitcoin that saw

this astronomical growth in 2017, should the bubble burst, would there be collateral damage? i mean, what is your take on that? you said it's as high as 16,000 in 2017. what happens if the market slumps or plummets? >> bitcoin hit almost 20,000 in 2017. but it's not tied to the existing financial system, so you're not going to see a cataclysmic effect that you saw with the real estate bubble in the late 2000s. but i don't think it will stop at 20,000. it will go far beyond that. >> why do you think that? >> this is basically the underpinnings of the new internet. people for the first time have the ability to invest in what is essentially an entirely revolutionary type of technology that's going to be everywhere. bitcoin is just the first of them. is bitcoin itself going to be

always valued at around $20,000 per? i don't know. but i do believe that bitcoin and currencies like it are going to be a gigantic asset class we're only now beginning to understand. today we're at something like $600 billion as a total asset claim. i think we'll eclipse multi trillion next year. >> wow, okay. final question to you, as you talk about such astronomical growth and value. there's no bank of england or institution controlling value and the amount of currency in circulation. are there any downsides to this setup as you see it, not just today, but as we go forward? >> no, bitcoin is valuable because no one controls it. it's controlled by math. and mathematical proofs guarantee only x amount of bitcoin are going to be prevented, preventing

overinflation of the currency. but interestingly enough, the technology, that block chain is now being used by central banks all over the world, who are piloting their own versions of crypto currency. so it may be in the near future, you see a u.s. dollar that's like a bitcoin or perhaps from the bank of china. >> you brought up the question of global take-up. is there part of the world that are adopting crypto currencies faster than others? i mean, what are you seeing as you look across the world? >> absolutely. i see this every day with my clients. in southeast asia, africa, and south america most. extraordinary adoption of bitcoin. if you live in a country where there's extraordinary inflation for your regular currency, bitcoin is a much better alternative. it means you don't have to get paid in the morning and spend it on groceries in the afternoon. you can store your wealth. and that's something bitcoin can

do perhaps as well as any other asset in the world. >> absolutely fascinating. we'll have you back to talk more about this in the days ahead. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >> we're all going to be talking about it much more in 2018. meghan markle is causing a fashion frenzy. how her markle sparkle is lighting up the retail scene, next. r of ugmonk. before shipstation it was crazy. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hundred orders i have to ship out. shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everything's pretty much done. it's so much easier so now, we're ready, bring on t. shipstation. the number one ch of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get two months free.

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all right. now, erie, pennsylvania is digging out of record-breaking snowfall. look at those pictures. it is just three days. in just three days the city has gotten more than five feet of snow. that is more than 1 1/2 meters. and check out this video from a woman driving through a snowstorm in minnesota. yeah, that's a horse and buggy on the side of the road towing a man on skis. the driver says the skier appeared to be having the time of his life. just looks mighty cold to me. social media lit up on tuesday evening with reports of a possible meteor flying over the northeastern united states. a web cam in maine captured the streak of light zipping, you see there, zipping across the sky.

the american meteor society says it's investigating reports of 89 sightings in more than a dozen states. well, researchers say boxing day sales in the uk were way down at shopping malls this year. but there's still one thing flying off the shelves. call it's meghan markle effect. like many royals before her, every piece of every outfit she wears becomes an instant must-have. and around the holidays her fashion was on full display. anna stewart has more now from london. >> reporter: christmas day is a day off for the royal family. they were seen for mere moments as they arrived at xhuch. many fashionistas in the twittersphere, meanwhile, got to work, racing to find out what harry's fiance was wearing. meghan markle wore a camel colored coat by canadian brand centala, pixie bag by chloe and boots bloggers have identified as stuart wiseman. online the coat has sold out, the boots sold out, the bag

didn't quite sell out but perhaps that's got something to do with the price tag. $1,400. some shoppers here today are hoping that it might be available in store but only if they're quick. these girls told us they were inspired to by a chloe bag today after seeing meghan wear hers. >> she's an icon now. you want to be like oh, yeah, i have the bag that meghan markle wear or i have this that meghan markle wear. but even if meghan markle not wearing a thing it still look good as well. >> reporter: the royal engagement has sparked even more interest in meghan markle, who already had a big fan face from her acting career. meghan's mirror is one of several blogs dedicated to meghan markle's style. >> we had a lot of people asking where can i buy, this where can i get this, so we created a data base where people could go onto the website and find pretty much anything she's worn and click to purchase it. it's turned into a great business for us.

>> and great business for the brands that meghan markle wears in the months ahead. anna stewart, cnn, london. >> by the way, if you like the coat meghan wore, you can order it now and it will ship in march of 2018. and the purse, that is available in a variety of colors. i'm here for you, ladies. thank you for watching "cnn newsroom" live from los angeles. i'm isha sesay. richard quest picks things up after a very short break. stay with us. resolution #1: binge more. join the un-carrier, and get four unlimited lines for only forty bucks each. plus, netflix for the whole family. on us. so, they get their shows... let's go, girl! you're gonna love this bit! and you get yours. watch however you want. on your phone, tablet, or tv. for just forty bucks per line. with no extra charges. let's rock this joint! all on america's best unlimited network, t-mobile.

the u.s. president attacking the fbi again. this time using words like "tainted" and "bogus" to describe their work. moscow offering up diplomatic services. why russia says it's ready to mediate between the u.s. and north korea. and the whiteout conditions in part of the united states. an extreme winter storm that's buried one city in five feet of snow in only three days. very good day to you. welcome to viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i'm richard quest in london. and you're in the "cnn newsroom."