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is how i got this far. now more businesses in more places can afford to dream gig. comcast, building america's largest gig-speed network. we don't know when or where, but the u.s. president says a meeting with the north korean leader is happening. meanwhile an e-mail exchange about a secret payment to see you lebssilence a porn star. and disturbing new images as residents in syria's northern city speak of the terrors they face. i'm cyril vanier. thanks for joining us. if this meeting does happen, it will definitely make history
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books. the meeting that u.s. president trump has agreed to have with kim jung-un. the questions of when and where are currently being overtaken by will it happen at all. late in the day friday, the white house said yes, it will in-deed happen. president trump tweeted the deal with north korea is very much in the making and will be if completed a very good one for the world. that came after sarah sanders had said this -- >> they have made promises to denuclearize. and we're not going to have this meeting take place until we see concrete actions that match the words and rhetoric of north korea. we have accepted the invitation to talk based on them following through with concrete actions. the president will not have the meeting without seeing concrete actions. >> but they haven't told us what those concrete actions need to be. and then there is the question of who would get what at the meeting. >> isn't the president giving
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kim jung-un exactly what he wants which is respect and stature on the international stage? >> not at all. i think that the president is getting exactly what he wants. he is getting the opportunity to have the north koreans actually denucleari denuclearize. >> and there is also word that south korean envoys relayed another message from the north korean leader. south korea says it was aimed directly at the u.s. president and meant to build trust. andrew stevens is live in seoul. tell us where north korea stands. but publicly they haven't said anything. everything that we know or we believe we know about them has come from south koreans. >> reporter: that's right. and it has been going on for days now. there seems to have been a media blackout in north korea about the momentous developments floating around the north korean leader. as far as we're aware, they haven't been told even that
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there will be a summit between the north and the south let alone between the u.s. and kim jung-un. in fact today the stories were circulating around anger and criticism for the latest round of sanctions which kicked in a few weeks ago. but certainly there is no indication that the north is yet broaching the subject with its people. there could be many reasons for this. one could be that if you consider the north korean population have been living pretty much on a 100% diet of anti-america, i mean it is seen as the great evil, the country that is threatening the very existence of north korea. and anyone who has been to north korea will have seen the images of its nuclear power and the evil american empire. so it may mean that it takes some time for them to soften up the populous if you like that
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kim jung-un is actually going to be meeting donald trump. >> i wonder, has there been any talk in south korea of where this could happen? >> reporter: well, there is speculation. the blue house here is saying nothing at all about where it could be. the speculation does seem to be it could be the dmz which separates the two koreas. pyongyang has been mentioned which seems to be pretty farfetched to be honest. d.c. also unlikely. there does seem to be suggestions that it may be in seoul or perhaps more likely in a third country, an independent mutual country like switzerland. geneva has a history of sorting these sort of geopolitical talks. but the south koreans are keeping it pretty quiet at the moment. you mentioned an extra message that was delivered to donald trump apart from the straight
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invitation for a meeting. and the eagerness of the north to have a meeting. that message did say and it was a verbal message that the north koreans weren't pushing for any sort of concessions before this meeting. and they weren't offering any concrete developments either toward denuclearization. as far as the north koreans are concerned, this is based on what south korea is saying that the deal is that kim jung-un wants to talk to donald trump. he wants to talk about denuclearization. his conditions are that he is prepared too p put a freeze on nuclear bomb testing and that it looks like he is prepared to wear the fact that south korea and the u.s. will continue their fairly large scale military exercises which in the past has enraged the north. but kim jung-un saying that he understands why the exercises are going ahead which suggests that he won't react this time around. they seem to be the conditions that the south koreans at least are talking about.
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nothing about these concrete steps that the white house has been saying. >> and on the american side, the any conditions, there is a lack of clarity on that with the white house press secretary saying on friday that they would be wanting to see observable steps toward denuclearization before they actually sat down. so it is unclear whether that is a caveat, a pre-condition to any talks. there is probably going to have to be some alignment of expectations between the u.s. and north korea if this is to happen. let's turn to a newly released e-mail that could tie president trump to an apparent payout his lawyer made to stormy daniels. while michael cohen insists he worked alone, an e-mail shows cohen used the trump organization account to discuss the agreement. they say it indicates cohen was
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working in a professional capacity. >> if in fact the payment was being made personally by attorney cohen, he wouldn't need his on office open in order to effectuate the payment. >> clearly the office he is talking about is the trump organization office which is on the letter head and underneath his signature. >> that is the office he is clearly referring to because if you look at the signature and you've put it on the screen he identified himself as executive vice president and special counsel to donald j. trump. >> cohen says that he regularly used his business e-mail for personal matters and denies mr. trump knew anything about the transactions with stormy daniels. he says the earth shattering uncovered e-mail between myself and the bank corroborates all my previous statements which is i transferred money from one account at that bank into my llc and then wired said funds to mrs. clifford's attorney this
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beverly hills. here is drew griffin with more on all of this. >> reporter: the e-mails are brief. first republic bank advising that the funds have been 2k30ae deposited into your checking account. he forwards the message. what is potentially damaging for cohen, the e-mail account he jed at trump org.com is a trump company e-mail account which could indicate that trump organization was somehow involved in a $130,000 payment to silence a porn actress. >> i think this development is significant because it shows in a at all times during the communication process related to the negotiation surrounding this hush payment that mr. cohen was utilizing his trump on organization e-mail in those communications, not just when communicating with mr. davidson. miss clifford's attorney at the time.
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but also internally when he was communicating with the bank about the specific issue of transferring the money. >> reporter: while there is no evidence donald trump knew about the e-mail or the payment, if the payment did involve mr. trump, it could be considered illegal, a violation of campaign finance law because it was never reported to the federal election commission. >> the coverup is that you have attorney cohen claiming that donald trump never knew anything about in. you ha you have the white house claiminging donald trump never knew anything about this. that will be shown to be patently false. we have facts that were not included in the complaint and when that evidence and those facts come to lights, the american people are going to conclude that attorney cohen and the white house have not shot straight with them on this issue. >> reporter: and there may be more than just e-mails. the so-called hush agreement says that stormy daniels under her real name stephanie clifford came into possession of
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confidential information about dd, including information, certain still images and/or terks metext messages, including donald trump previously represented to his counsel to exist ie text messages between pp, stephanie cliff ford, and dd, donald trump. in other words, it implies trump told his personal attorney trump and stormy daniels shared text messages. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. amy glean reen is a profess the political science institutes of paris. amy, what is the biggest danger to the president with all of this? >> absolutely the difficulty for the president at this stage is that essentially while his side, his lawyers have received a temporary restraining order prohibiting stormy daniels from speaking, essentially the difficulty now is that stormy daniels is going to a judge and the judge will either say in a
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stormy daniels has to go into private arbitration or could open it up to the public discovery process and the consequence of that is that there is the publication of documents-mf sorry, t documents- -- sorry, production of documents and daniels can name other people who believes was implied in the affair and they would be interested this doing so which could lead to depositions including that of the president. so the questions really are as it was appropriately mentioned in your segment, the question of whether or not campaign finance law was violated and other questions of in sort. but essentially this sort of slow bubbling problem that has always remained just below the surface for the president could feskt differencely be an additional legal trouble in addition to the mueller investigation, one in which the president himself is called in for deposition. >> so if i understand your answer correctly, number one problem is all of in could become a lot more public with a
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lot more details being made public if this hits the court and not arbitration. number two, it could turn out that there was a campaign finance violation. but if in that scenario, what is the don't defense for the president then if there was intend a campaign finance violation? >> the question becomes this sort of jumbled legal mess, you know, and the question becomes exactly how do you punish the president for this, what is the president's place with respect to the law. and sort of what is the fallout for that. it is difficult to know at this stage what that fallout would be, but feskt differenceeffecti president means that he could have potentially been directly aware of and to some extent at the helm of this campaign finance violation. so of course it would be another headache for the president who is already facing significant pressure with the mueller investigation. so essentially really it is difficult to know what the follow would be at this stage, but if it comes to light that
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the president was aware of the payment and was sort of using campaign resources for it, the question is to what degree was the president personally responsible and what would be the legal repercussions for a sitting president in that case. >> and at present based on what we know now, it is hard to buy into this idea that mr. trump's personal lawyer used his own money to silence a porn star about an alleged affair that he said hadn't even happened and never even told his boss about it. just beg's belief. >> there is a question of plus a ability of denial that constantly comes up with the president. one of the central questions is the quality of the lawyering involved. obviously you have this rather farfetched scenario by which cohen would have done this on his own completely independent of the president. and then you have the very nature of the non-disclosure agreement in itself. and one of the debates is whether or not this agreement as it was drafted would actually hold water in court.
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some are arguing that it in fact amounts to a gag order which is so sweeping, so inclusive in nature that it is almost in-comprehein-xr in-comprehe comprehensible. so you have not only a question of the quality of the counsel around the president, but then the very nature of the judgment of the president to welcome those people into the closest quarters of his entourage. >> ultimately we always come back to the same thing. do you think this is politically damaging to the president. i mean obviously it depends where it goes in the court, but we know from a cnn poll a couple weeks ago that people already believe by and large that the president has had extramarital affairs. so even if this ends up being proven here and being brought to the public, do you think there is a political impact for him? >> it's difficult when talking about donald trump, you can imagine applying this specific scenario to any number of previous sitting presidents and
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he you see the twlesh hold for decency does not apply in the same way to donald trump. you have a republican party that is in lock step behind the president. you have evangelicals who are in lock step behind the president. and you tend to see this is a president who at this point it almost seems like the american public will basically believe that he has done just about anything and the fact that there is no shame behind it, that there is no sense of decency, let alone moralitmorality, but public decency leads one to believe that there is a donald trump exception and the access hollywood tape, i know sarah huckabee sanders talked about how it was litigated and the american people accepted this any way, but to a certain extent you have to say that it is quite extraordinary that there is this level of gravity of accusations on any number of fronts within the president's different activities, whether in his personal life, his business life, his political life and effectively, yes, we see this -- i don't know if it is a sense of
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overwhelmingness that there seems to be something new every day, but certainly we are seeing a form of exception for the president of the united states. but where the exception perhaps stops is the president vis-a-vis the law. and of course public opinion may sway in any number of ways about the president, but the law is certainly the law and that doesn't sway. so really where are we headed with the president faced with the reality of the law and i guess that is what we'll see play out on over the next couple of weeks. >> amy, thanks for joining us. still to come after the break, a hostage situation in california ends in tragedy at a facility housing u.s. military veterans. plus this -- hopefully we'll go in the very peaceful beautiful path. we're prepared to go whichever path is necessary. i think we're having very good dialogue. >> president trump and the diplomatic road with north korea. deadly danger that may be lurking just ahead.
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the hostage situation in northern california ended tragically with three women fatally shot. the victims all worked at mental health facility for u.s. military veterans. apparently the gunman had been receiving treatment there. dan simon has the latest. >> reporter: investigators are trying to figure on out what caused a military veteran to barricade himself with three
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hostages, murder them and then apparently take his own life. this happening in the heart of the napa valley. it is also home to the largest veterans center or home in the united states. on the campus here, there is a nonprofit center called the pathway home, it helps veterans deal with ptsd and we are told the shooter had been receiving treatment there ununtil about two weeks ago. what caused him to come back this morning around 10:00 a.m. local time and exchange gunfire with a deputy who arrived here at the scene, we don't know, but once again you have somebody in this country who apparently had mental health issues get a hold of a gun and commit a tragedy and in this case it is a military veteran. >> and a powerful u.s. gun lobby national rifle association is suing the state of florida. florida's governor signed a $400 million measure on friday. this comes just weeks after a
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teenage gunman killed 17 at a florida high school. the nra objects to the provision that raises the age to buy a firearm from 18 to 21. the new law also requires a three day waiting period on most gun purchases. and it bans the sale and possession of so-called bump stocks that enable some guns to mimic automatic weapons. one of the more controversial aspects is allowing some teachers to carry firearms. you may remember president trump had suggested this, he was in favor of it. the governor says he still opposes that concept even though he signed the bill. >> there are things in this bill that i oppose. i've been pretty open about that. i still think law enforcement officer should be the ones to protect our schools. i've heard all the arguments for teachers to be armed and while this bill was significantly changed on this topic, i'm still not persuaded. but i'm glad that the plan in this bill is not mandatory. which means it will be up to locally elected officials.
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>> and the governor also credited the high school students for the legislative milestone in florida. but at least one student was unhappy with this final result. here is what he told anderson cooper. >> governor scott is trying to look like he is taking a step in the opposite direction of the nra, but we know that is not really going to happen. and while seeing these two parties move in the right direction together is a positive thing, takes baby step. if you really look at the bill, we need to ban assault weapons. it is nice to see that it happened and that there are some people thinking more for the safety of the children than for their wallets. but i do think that rick scott is using this as an easy way out of the situation and while we appreciate his praise, this is not what we're looking for. >> let's go to the uk. britain's home secretary will lead an emergency meeting with senior cabinet members on saturday to discuss the nerve agent attack in salisbury. authorities there are telling
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residents that there is to need to worry even though they are seeing military troops on the streets. on friday, nearly 200 british army, navy and air force units deployed to help police with the investigation into the assassination attempt on a former russian spy. spriple o sergei skripal and his daughter poisoned and they are fighting for their lives in hospital. let's get the latest. phil black and fred pleitgen. phil, extra troops have been called in. before you tell me about the investigation, has that got people worried? >> reporter: people are certainly concerned when they heard that a nerve a little had been used here. the idea of a chemical weapon being used in a small english city was shocking i think to the people who live here, shocking to people across the united kingdom as well. the next surprise came with the announcement that the troops would be coming in, why five day after the incident and especially since that during the whole period the authorities here had been advising the public that there was no
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continued risk to them here. but i think people are assuming for the moment that it is really just a cautious move, part of the cleanup if you'd like. the police say that they are dealing with objects and cars, so it seems like a way of dealing with objects that may have come into contact with people who may have come into contact with the nerve agent. we think that is what we saw last night at the hospital when a police car was carefully wrapped up and taken away by military personnel on the back of a truck. other than that, people are going about their lives. apart from the fact that this small city is ste energy at thea chemical weapons investigation, it is for the most part just a regular morning in salisbury. >> and do we they anything more about the nerve agent that was used? >> reporter: the police said pretty quickly that they had identified it, that it was rare and they wouldn't be making anymore information on that public at this stage. and they have maintained that type of discipline in almost every aspect of the
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investigation throughout this week so far. as the police have stressed the need to get on with the business of gathering information, conducting the investigation, being certain about the facts from the very beginning, the police and the go. have faced questions about who did this, how did they do it and why. and they have really side stepped those questions, insisted on being given the time and space to conduct the investigation, but the gechgove has said once the information is in hand, it will respond appropriately. and that is when i think well likely hear whether or not they believe as many people have said whether or not there was a state actor involved in this particular incident. >> phil, thank you. let's turn to fred pleitgen in moscow. i know russia is not happy that their name keeps coming up as a possible suspect. tell us more about their reaction. >> reporter: well, i think not happy is probably an understatement. you are right, the russians deny
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that they have anything to do with this, they say anything said to the contrary is anti-russian propaganda, something we've heard from the russians in past cases as well. they said something similar after the litvinenko case. they said of course the russians would be willing to help in the investigation, be willing to try to help clarify any questions about what exactly happened. they would ls be willing to help as far as rumors about election meddling in the u.s. election as well. but he said that the russians aren't getting any information from the authorities in great britain and therefore he says there is very little that the russians can do. that is something that we've been hearing from the russian government over the past couple of years. the spokesman saying that the russians simply don't have enough information to comment on any of these issues, but they certainly deny having anything
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to do with them. one of the other interesting nuggets is that it seems as though the russian authorities and embassy is now not referring to sergei skripal as a former spy, but calling him an agent of the mi 6 which is of course the intelligence service of the united kingdom which seems to indicate that they obviously very much say that he has flipped. also seems to indicate that they believe that in some way, shape or form he might still have been active. whether or not that is true, no one knows, but that certainly seems to be the line that the russians are prodding. so denials but at the same time certainly no show of empathy whatsoever for the victims of this attack. >> gentlemen, thank you very much. fred pleitgen, phil black. thank you. little rocket man, old lunatic, mentally deranged dotard.
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president trump will get his military parade, but it will not quite copy the french what bast day event. there will be air force fly buys but not tanks. pentagon memo says it will be held in washington november 11. plus kenya's leaders appeared together to say that their long bitter feud was over. president kenyatta and the prime minister had been locked in a bloody stalemate. this came just as secretary of state rex tillerson was due to arrive in the country. in syria, an aid convoy was able to reach eastern goo you tahout friday. the convoy faced close range fighting but brought enough food to sustain 12,000 people for a month. after a day of mixed signals, the planned meeting between president trump and kim jung-un is apparently on track.
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the white house press secretary had said that it wouldn't happen without concrete actions by north korea, but the white house later said that the invitation was accepted and that that stands. remember, it wasn't that long ago that mr. trump and kim jung-un were tossing threaten g ing insults back and forth. so why is president trump embracing diplomacy now? nic robertson reports. >> we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. >> reporter: at the altar of democracy, the u.n. general assembly -- >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> reporter: -- trump upends orthodoxy, laying into his enemy. kim jung-un punches right back. state media calls trump an old lunatic, a dotard. yet less than six months later, trump accepts kim's call for face-to-face talks.
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>> they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> reporter: there have been times where trump doubted his words were clear enough even doubted his secretary of state's diplomacy tweeting i told rex tillerson that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocket man. kim kept his rocket tests coming intent on creating a missile capable much reachiof reaching states armed with a nuclear bomb. so what has changed? even at new year both were boasting about nuclear buttons. so has trump's bomb blast finally broken the kingdom's resolved or has trump simply been youts maneuvered by enemies and allies alike? was it south korea's winter olympic diplomatic thaw that
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took the chim off tll off the relationship? neither russia or china has been a water tight partner enforcing sanction on next. both criticize trump for bringing additional weapons to the region on and running war games under kim's nose. both want an end to u.s. militarization they say is stepping on their turf. yet so far nothing indicates north korea has changed and could be doing what it has done before, playing for time to perfect its weapons. neither do we know what kim wants to say at the talks. is his bottom line admission to the international club of nuclear-armed nations. both he and trump are utterly unpredictable and it is quite possible both will emerge from the talks declaring victory only for the relationship to return to recriminations as the two great egos struggle to
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compromise over details. nic robertson, cnn, london. >> let's try to get more on this. a senior fellow at the federation of american scientists and also the former director of the north korea task force at the council on foreign relations, adam, this is a day to talk to you if ever there was one. look, kim jung-un willing to negotiate directly with mr. trump. in your reading of things, does that mean mr. trump is currently winning their battle? >> the trump administration has not started off on the right foot here. so it is not clear to me that donald trump is thinking in terms of maximizing scarce u.s. leverage. by accepting north korea's invitation outright, you know, we have not yet put solid conditions on the table. and you've heard sarah sanders go back and forth trying to strike the right tone. so there is not yet a coordinated administration line.
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donald trump has seemed to leave rex tillerson out of the loop so that is not encouraging in terms of building a credible team that the president can rely on and delegate some responsibility to. and then i think there was a missed opportunity here for donald trump to ask or demand the release of three remaining american prisoners that are languishing in gulag. he could have said release them and then we'll have the summit. i think that is the very simplest thing that he could have done. >> donald trump wants denuclearization of the korean peninsula. he wants north korea to get rid of their nukes. do you see that happening? >> denuclearization is still a very faint hope. north korea's advanced its nuclear missile programs rapidly. they are not highly capable.
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those facilities are now dispersed throughout the country. u.s. intelligence didn't know where they all are. so as they have rahave advanced price has kiffin. and it is not clear that that is a price this administration is willing to pay the or approach. their impulse is to try to seek a good deal, a strong and balanced deal. they are trying to force kim jung-un to the table tocapitula. they are not in the mindset of what is a dcompelling offer tha we can make. and i worry that that doesn't force kim jung-un to make a hard choice. it says denuclearization or nothing. and kim jung-un is happy to say fine, go home, we'll continue to test our missiles. >> so you were askinging the question i wanted to ask, what is the compelling on offer that the u.s. can make, what can they provide to the north koreans that would incentivize them to
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either freeze their nuclear weapons and missile program or get rid of it entirely? >> again, we don't hold a lot of cards here. the smart play is change negotiations. denuclearization talks are all about stages and sequences. they do something to materially restrict their nuclear missile programs, they get a benefit. then you move on to the next stage. but each stage has to be mutually verifiable and each stage has to move to the next level. so when you get into later stages, you can put a peace treaty on the table. you can start talking about sanctions release. but in the early stages, we should be looking for measures to increase transparency on the peninsula, do conventional arms control, relating to the size and scale of exercises and missile tests. it will be difficult for the trump administration to make any kind of offer, but even with very few cards to play
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especially at early stages, they will have a lot of preparatory work do to coordinate with our allies and put together a joint negotiating position that offers real value and is compelling to the north koreans. >> is there any reason to not do this? a lot of the an nap simaalysis is along the lines that, well, a, it flies in the face of convention, and, b, it is dangerous, and, c, mr. trump could be giving kim jung-un a political win or symbolic win by meeting with him and then actually nothing happens. but still he has elevated him to that position on the world stage where kim jung-un would be meeting with the u.s. president. my question is, so what? what is there to lose by trying this? >> i agree that this is an area where convention has not served us well. so the obama administration with
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held the possibility of a summit pending concrete advancements. they were not willing to speak directly with kim jung-un president to president. and north korea's program went on ward and so it now leaves us in a tough situation. i think that there is more that the united states could lose from these talks than north korea if president trump feels embarrassed or offended or outmaneuvered, he could walk away. that would alarm american allies, drive a wedge into our alliances, it could allow north korea to go back to beijing and say look, we tried our best, it is no use keeping sanctions on, we made the effort. just let up on us. and some in beijing would go along with that. but in general, we can't get bogged down in symbolism here. it is right to make a major approach. but the opportunity is too big to waste. we need to make sure that the approach is as strong as possible if this is indeed what we're doing. >> adam, great to talk to you.
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enough food to sustain 12,000 people for a month. the convoy faced shelling, but they hope to get another convoy in soon. aid and medical organizes have become frequent targets. the world health organization reports almost 17 medical units have been attacked this year. the assaults have spiked in recent weeks mostly in this area of eastern ghouta. also the kurdish ypg are refuting claims. they say the fight isn't over yet. recep tayyip erdogan said his troops have afrin surrounded. cnn has obtained drone footage of the area and it includes video of damage to an ancient temple. the turkish military says it didn't target archeological sites. hala gorani has our report and
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as is often the case in syria, it contains disturbing video. >> reporter: this used to be an ancient temple, famed for its carved stone lion that survived intact for over 3,000 years. but now exclusive new drone footage shows little of it remains. the tell tale scars of air strikes in the country side. six weeks since turkey began its offensive against kurdish militia in afrin, homes are leveled, over 100 civilians killed. turkey insists it is targeting terrorists and trying to avoid civilian casualties. those who have the means to leave have packed up their belongings. but some like mohammed feel they have no choice but to stay. hiding inside with his wife and ten small children. placing their faith they say in
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god's hands. >> translator: faith in god is strong. and we only fear him. of course we fear for our children. but where should we go? wherever we go, it is the same. >> reporter: his children too put on a brave face. they no longer flinch at the sound of explosions. for another family being treated at a hospital, tragedy has already struck. benash was in the chikitchen cooking. >> i heard the sound of a shell falling. i went out and saw my son, he lost his legs an hands, but he was still alive. my daughter was dead and i took her out of the rubble. >> reporter: three of their four children were killed. >> translator: look at this, these children, what are they guilty of? are they politicians?
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are they military? >> reporter: in the morgue, their small bodies are prepared for burial, faced with a senseless loss of young life, a desperate cry for help. >> translator: where is the usa? where is russia? where are the human rights? what is happening to us? i call on the germans to respond. this is a massacre in afrin. >> reporter: so far no sign her call will be answered. hala gorani, cnn. om maybelline . just apply and blend sets in 1 minute lasts up to 2 days ...for fully defined brows maybelline's tattoo brow. only from maybelline new york.
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in a few days cnn will join forces with young people around the world to fight modern day slavery. a student-led day of action takes place this wednesday on march 14 and ahead of my freedom day, we're asking people everywhere what freedom means to them. here is what we learned from some women from the hope foundation which helps underprivileged kids in calcutta. >> freedom means to me that i have my own thoughts and be able to express them.
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>> freedom to me is to be happy with yourself and in your life and not feel under pressure to be someone that you are not. >> freedom is the chance and opportunity to be able to do what you want. i think it is being given the choice to be able to go to school, to be able to work in whatever area you want and having the freedom to pursue that. >> tell the world what freedom means to you. we'd love you you to share your story. use #myfreedomday and remember the date march 14 on cnn. snow, freezing rain, and black ice. that can only mean that derek van dam has joined us onset. what is into on? northeastern united states third snowstorm in three weeks, or at least the potential is there. but they are still digging out from this past week's snowstorm. the nor'easter that brought this scene to this gentleman's front doorstep. look at that. heavy wet snow. that is the security camera.
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and that man was frightened. i certainly would be. you can imagine the tree falling down because of the weight of the heavy snow in could it be mimicked again this week? it is possible. today just going to set things up for you, the potential for severe storms exist across louisiana, arkansas, oklahoma and texas. all of this energy associated with this system is gathering some steam across the deep south, pulling in some moisture and then where it goes from there, well, we have a couple of different scenarios that we're plotting out for you. so this low pressure system, we look at its track and we check out different computer models. the american model kind of hugs the coastline. that would have major impacts from d.c. to new york and boston again. the european model rejects the storm system right off the east coast and brings minimal snowfall to the major cities along that region. so quite a difference. something we need to monitor. we need the computer models to
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