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"cnn newsroom." and we begin with a stunning surprise announcement by north korea. it has captured the world's attention. its leader, kim jong-un, says he will close one of the country's nuclear testing sites and suspend further testing of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. here's how state tv in north korea reported his statement. >> translator: under the proven condition of complete nuclear weapons, we no longer need any nuclear tests, midrange and intercontinental ballistic rocket tests and the nuclear test site in the northern area has also completed its mission. >> the move comes just days ahead of an historic summit with the profit south korea. the statement does not mention short-range missile tests or any plans to scrap missiles and warheads. the country already has. but u.s. president donald trump praised the announcement in this
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tweet. north korea has agreed to suspend all nuclear tests and close up a major test site. this is very good news for north korea and the world. big progress. look forward to our summit. the dramatic development also follows mike pompeo's secret visit to north korea earlier this month. the cia director had preliminary talks with kim jong-un. for the latest, gleelet's g cnn's ivan watson who joins us from seoul. we have talks coming up this week twoon the south and the north and it truly is incredible all of this has happened since north korea joined the winter olympics in south korea. >> yeah, and the timeline is really remarkable if you consider that it was last september, september of 2017, that's seven months ago, that north korea conducted its sixth nuclear weapons test. its largest, which it claimed
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was a hydrogen bomb. and in november of last year, it was conducting an intercontinental ballistic missile test. and it is with those, as the north korean leader described them, achievement which have also included the miniaturization and the lightning of nuclear weapons, basically suggesting he could create nuclear warheads that could be pout the tip of a missile. is with those accomplishments now that kim jong-un is saying, hey, now we can suspend our nuclear weapons tests, and we're not going to be launching any more intercontinental ballistic missiles. this is certainly an olive branch of sorts now that we're less than a week before the first ever expected face-to-face meeting between the north korean leader and his south korean counterpart, president moon jae-in. they will be meeting on the demilitarized zone. and it is certainly another step
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forward in this remarkable diplomatic overture that pyongyang has launched ever since the new year of this year, which led into winter olympic diplomacy and now this kind of summit diplomacy that we're about to head into here on the korean peninsula. natalie? >> yeah, and that meeting comes up this week. we'll all be watching that carefully. what will come of it as far as learning about the goals or the underlying interest of kim jong-un. >> yeah, and that is, you know, what everybody is talking about going into these meetings. the request that is coming from all of the stakeholders here in the region. of course, south korea, the u.s., japan, also china is denuclearization. so the announcement that was made by pyongyang does not call for the dismantling of the existing nuclear weapons.
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it says more weapons will not be tested right now. we will not launch further ballistic missiles. the question now will be as the south korean president sits down with kim jong-un and later when, and if, president trump sits down and we still don't have a location or date for that, will north korea be willing to dismantle the weaponry and the arsenal that it has spent more than a decade and millions if not billions are dollars trying to build, and that's a key question here. if it was to be brought to that point, what kind of incentives would north korea have to be given to give up the weapons that it has spent so much money and effort on building that has resulted in international isolation and as the u.n. argues, some 40% of north koreans being undernourished. natalie? >> much on the plate and much to
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be watching in this meeting that takes place this week. ivan watson, thanks. global reaction has been generally positive, if somewhat guarded. china praised the north korean move as conducive to denuclearization and south korea's presidential office released this statement. we welcome north korea's decision to discard its nuclear test site and to suspend the launch tests of midrange missiles. it's a meaningful progress for denuclearization of the korean peninsula which the world wishes for. but japan's prime minister was a bit more cautious. >> translator: north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome. but what's important is that this motion leads to complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile programs. i want to take a close look at it. >> robert kelly joins us from
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busan, south korea. he teaches at busan university. >> thank you for having me. >> your response to these concessions by pyongyang. a freeze on midrange missiles and nuclear tests. what does kim want here? what are his motives? >> yeah, i think generally the response today has broadly been accurate. everyone is guardedly optimistic which is probably the right thing to do. certainly the signals from pyongyang in the last couple of weeks are great. they don't seem to be objecting to the exercises. now we hear there's going to be a test halt. and now the question is, is -- are they going to ask for some major concession when the two leaders of the koreas meet in a week. my guess is they will. it's highly uncharacteristic of north korea to make unilateral concessions so they'll probably ask for something. my guess is sanctions relief or economic relationship or something. north korea is dependent on external inputs. that's my guess of what they'll
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look for. >> as far as what got him here, what was instrumental? he met with the chinese leader when he took his train trip to china, and he also had a secret meet with mike pompeo of the u.s. cia. >> yeah, that's right. it seems to me the north koreans are shopping around now. they've got the nuclear weapons, right? it's almost certain at this point they can strike the continental united states and they're interested in diplomacy. it's wise. they have the ability to hang on fd deter an american strike. why not shop around and see what the various countries involved in the north korean issue would give for the north korean program, right? so the north koreans are meet with shinzo abe, donald trump, the president of south korea, putin, they've met the chinese leader and the head of the ioc. that's how i read this. for seven years, kim jong-un didn't want to talk to anybody. only diplomacy rodman wennis ro as far as westerners.
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now he's trying see how he can cash them out. how can he swap it for something he needs or wants. >> i heard someone say here about what he might want and that is money. one to provide gifts to his lieutenants, his top military leaders for their loyalty. what do you think about that? >> yeah, that's right. the north korean system is like the mafia, not kind of. it is a lot like the mafia. and the kim family has traditionally been weary the military might overthrow them as the kim dynasty has aged. the old, tight relationships forged. it is more of a contractual or transactional relationship at the top. on the outside, we assume a lot of this was buying off elites with access to alcohol and automobiles and jet skis and things like that. so if the chinese -- and all of that is illegal. there's a luxury import ban on north korea. and if the chinese are actually enforcing that, which they haven't always been great about, but if they are, the goods are drying up at the top and so that means ultimately kim has to find
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some way to buy off regime elites who may be upset with him and that's what we're all sort of thinking. maybe the sanctions have worked and the north koreans are feeling the heat and looking for a way to relieve those because threatens regime security. >> if and when it comes to a u.s. summit with president trump, what might the u.s. offer a treaty to end the korean war? freezing war games on the border? then again china and russia want u.s. troops off the border. what would south korean officials who meet this week with the north think of any of those ideas? >> yeah, i think the -- first of all, it's hard to know because donald trump is kind of erratic. it's hard to know what exactly he's going to offer. and it would be nice if the u.s. government would float some proposals out there. we had some vague senses. i think we go in there with no intention of swapping anything and demanding denuclearization, we'll get nowhere. my guess is sanctions relief. some sort of economic
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relationship. possibly a peace treaty. that's a really big step. i think denuclearization has to be nailed down first. some track, some program to get, if not total denuclearization, some caps or limits or getting them back into the iaea or something like that. that's my guess what the americans are going to offer. more normal relationship for north korea with the rest of the world. some sanctions relief, in exchange for if not total denuclearization, some strict caps. >> robert kelly, we always appreciate your expertise. thanks again. >> thank you for having me. the u.s. attorney general threatens to resign. just ahead, what sparked his signal. that would pbe jeff sessions. there's concern michael cohen could turn against the president. but one blows them all out of the water. hydro boost from neutrogena®. with hyaluronic acid to plump skin cells
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after rosenstein approved the raids on his personal attorney michael cohen. meantime, the former attorney for both porn actress stormy daniels and former "playboy" mcdougal, karen mcdougal is cooperating with federal authorities in their probe of cohen. keith davidson was at the center of agreements that kept both women quiet over their alleged affairs with donald trump before he became president. davidson has turned over what his spokesman calls certain limited electronic information. a source familiar with the matter tells cnn that earlier this month, the fbi seized recordings cohen made of his conversations with davidson. in los angeles friday, michael cohen's attorney asked the judge to delay stormy daniels' civil suit against cohen and the president. he said that cohen could soon be indicted in that federal criminal case in new york, but the judge says he needs to hear directly from cohen himself
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before he can make a decision about that. we get more from miguel marquez. >> reporter: the legal drama pitting the porn star against the president has its first hearing in a california federal court. >> the court recognized to quote the court, that there are gaping holes in the application by mr. cohen and mr. trump to delay this matter. >> reporter: stormy daniels aggressive button-pushing lawyer michael avenatti wants his case to move forward as quickly as possible. >> it has always been our intention to make sure this case proceeded expeditiously. >> reporter: the stakes enormous if the case moves forward. the president himself could be deposed about a $130,000 payment to the adult film actress stephanie clifford, aka, stormy daniels, which he denies knowing about. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? >> no. >> reporter: the question, but
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did he buy or silence about an alleged affair through his trusted and loyal fixer michael cohen? >> will you file to protect the fifth amendment? >> we're not taking questions. >> reporter: much of today's hearing centered on whether michael cohen would assert his fifth amendment right to refuse to answer questions in this california civil case while cohen is also a target of a federal criminal investigation in new york. >> i believe the indictment will be issued within the next 90 days. >> reporter: in court, michael cohen's lawyer brents blakely used avenatti's public claims against him arguing a delay in this case is imperative until he can sort through what the federal government has on its client in new york and if his client is charged as avenatti says, then the civil case would have to wait. avenatti says not true. there may be a middle ground. >> they can very easily co-exist and i think the court indicated that the court may ultimately find that when his honor discussed less intrusive means
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relating to allowing this case to proceed on a parallel track. citing security concerns, stormy daniels did not appear in court today after a chaotic appearance earlier in the week in new york for a hearing regarding the fbi raid of michael cohen's new york office, home and hotel room. lawyers on both sides admitting in court they don't know exactly what was seized and what the focus was in new york last week as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into cohen's business dealings. according to a source investigators were seeking information about a range of issues, including cohen's 2016 hush agreement with daniels. investigators are reportedly also seeking records released to a deal between former maymate karen mcdougal and american media inc which prevented her from publicly discussing her alleged ten-month affair with trump. he denies the affair. miguel marquez, cnn, los angeles. president trump is lashing out again after memos from
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former fbi director james comey were released. late friday night the president tweeted this. james comey illegally leaked classified documents to the press in order to generate a special counsel. therefore, the special counsel was established based on an illegal act? does everybody know what that means? cnn has learned the justice department's internal watchdog is looking into comey's handling of those memos. the inspector general's office wants to know if any classified information was improperly shared. a number of people have already been interviewed. let's talk more about many of these developments with leslie, associate professor of international relations at the university of london who is frequently on our program. thanks for being with us and good morning. many tracks to cover here regarding the mueller investigation. it has tentacles wide ranging and the side shows associated with it. james comey first up. the fired fbi director is hitting the talk show circuit. giving interviews. his book is out.
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his memos are out. is there significant fallout from what comey is saying about mr. trump? >> well, i think in terms of a lot of the details, it's more about the stories being illuminated and, of course, them being put back on the front page and on the tv screens for so many people. not only in the united states but around the world. a lot of the basics have already been known. but i think one thing that's significant here is that people within the u.s. will continue, i think, to read this through partisan lens. remember, america is very polarized right now and so people's views are unlikely to change. the rest of the world is reminded of the chaos and the dysfunctionality and the intensity of this ongoing investigation. so i think it raises real questions for many people about america's role in the world and america's leadership. but it certainly paints a real picture about the president's deep concern for loyalty and a
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real question about whether or not there will be an obstruction of justice clause brought forward. >> speaking of loyalty, a man that's been very loyal to this president, it hasn't been a good week for his fixer, his lawyer michael cohen. he faces a civil investigation in california. federal investigation in new york. the question is, will he turn on mr. trump? the person he once said he'd take a bullet for and what trouble, if he did that, could that spell for the president? >> i think for many people, certainly people that i've been speaking to over the past week, they see this as potentially a very significant turning point, what will come of the -- of michael cohen's participation now. and will he turn is a significant question, but not withstanding that, what information is going to come out of this and what will the broader implications be? it can't be underestimated, but we don't know yet which way it will go. certainly reason to believe he might turn if he's faced with
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the possibility of very significant time in prison. he has a family. but again, it's very difficult to know. >> and what is your thoughts on the attorney general sessions saying if rosenstein is let go, he's going to. let's look at a sound bite, listen to a sound bite that mr. trump has said before about mr. sessions. >> sessions should have never recused himself, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job and i would have picked somebody else. >> very disappointed with the attorney general, but we will see what happens. time will tell. time will tell. >> he has not been kind to mr. sessions. the question is about whether trump will go as far to fire rosenstein. that would cause just more of the situation run amok there surrounding this investigation. >> again, this is -- this
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question about rosenstein but also sessions has recurred throughout the presidency. sessions was one of trump's earliest supporters. has really been very committed to his broader agenda, being tough on crime, tough on immigration, trying to claw back on the sanctuary cities and yet the relationship between sessions and trump has been deeply troubled, largely because of his decision to recuse himself which i think he had no choice but to do. but we have to -- again, there's a question of whether trump will go so far as to remove individuals that are key. the deputy, to this investigation of the oversight which -- the optics of that would be very bad for any sense of independence of the intelligence agencies and of law enforcement in the united states. and raise much more profound questions about this president's -- this presidency and period of american politics for american democracy. >> leslie, we thank you as
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always. >> thank you. a private funeral service will be held in texas in a few hours for former u.s. first lady barbara bush. some of the most prominent people in american politics will attend, but not u.s. president trump. the wife of former president george h.w. bush died tuesday at the age of 92. our karen kafa has more. >> reporter: after days of commemorations and celebrations of the life of barbara bush, a final farewell today. an invitation only service and a simple one at her request. in addition to her husband, former president george h.w. bush and son, former president george w. bush, barack obama and bill clinton will also attend with their wives. a powerful reminder of the unique bond between those who have lived and worked in the white house and how that can supersedes politics. melania trump will also attend. the president not wanting to add to already tight security will not, but offered this tribute on
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wednesday. >> a wonderful, wonderful person. for decades, barbara was a titan in american life. her presence and character were engraved into america's identity. >> reporter: yesterday from noon and late into the evening, the public filed through st. martin's episcopal church to pay their respects to mrs. bush. it was just one opportunity for the public to say good-bye, even those who never met her, touched by her commitment to her family, to her faith and to literacy. >> i'm going to miss her just like i miss my mother, although i didn't know her personally, but it was just the good, good spirit that she projected that i think everyone is going to miss. >> reporter: in houston, i'm karen kafa. join us to commemorate the former first lady. cnn will be live in houston, texas. our funeral coverage begins at 11:30 a.m. in new york. that's 4:30 p.m. in london. a reporter says years ago donald trump used an at ealter
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to inflate his welts. also he could rank higher on the list of richest americans. we'll have details on that in just a bit. >> people impacted by natural disaster. they didn't come here for spring break. they didn't come here for a vacation. they're not out here at the beachside tanning. they're not at the hotel pool. >> he's talking about hundreds of puerto rican storm survivors are now stuck in florida motels. they can't stay there much longer, but they can't go home. we'll have more about that. not cool. freezing away fat cells with coolsculpting? now that's cool. coolsculpting safely freezes and removes fat cells. with little or no downtime. and no surgery. results and patient experience may vary. some rare side effects include temporary numbness, discomfort, and swelling. ask your doctor if coolsculpting is right for you. and visit coolsculpting.com today for your chance to win a free treatment.
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live from atlanta. i'm natalie allen. north korean leader kim jong-un says he will suspend testing of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles and shut down a nuclear testing site. it is a significant gesture ahead of next week's historic summit with the south korean president. kim did not say anything about scrapping the missiles and warheads he may already have. a new lawsuit accuses donald trump's presidential campaign of unprecedented treachery. the democratic national committee is suing the campaign, russia, wikileaks and others. the trump campaign calls the suit frivolous. the u.s. federal aviation administration is ordering urgent checks on jet engines similar to the one that exploded during a fatal southwest flight this week. within the next 20 days, airlines must conduct ultra sonic tests on imagine turbine blades with about 20 years of service. at least three people, including one police officer,
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were killed during violent protests in nick ra s is in nin. it increased worker contributions and lower pensions. a former "forbes" magazine reporter said donald trump took on a fake persona to inflate reports about his wealth. that allowed him to land on the famous list of richest americans. alex marquardt has the story. >> what's your first name? >> john. john barron. >> reporter: he's back. john barron. the name first heard in the 1980s who spoke for donald trump, sounded like donald trump, but was never seen or met. and yet the president denies that he, in fact, is barron. >> most of the assets have been consolidated to mr. trump. >> reporter: in this audio recording just released from 1984, the so-called barron is claiming the assets of trump's
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wealthy father fred are in fact, donald's. >> and when you say 90% of the ownership? >> i'd say in excess of 90. well, it's really closer to even the ultimate, but it's in excess of 90%, yes. >> reporter: so trump deserves a higher spot on the new forbes 400 list of the wealthiest americans. >> it's been pretty well consolidated. so that's one point that -- >> now is that just the -- is that including the residential units? >> everything has been consolidated now and over the last couple of years, they've been working on it. >> reporter: as forbes was launching its now famous list of wealthy millionaires and billionaires, trump was in regular contact with jonathan greenberg who was researching the candidates. trump said his family was worth some $900 million and repeatedly argued he was wealthier than others. >> and there's no contest. i mean, there's no contest. >> reporter: forbes didn't take trump at his word.
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instead first listing him at $100 million. nothing to sniff at but far low thaern he was claiming. he discovered trump was worth less than $5 million at the time. well below the list threshold. >> it's a consummate con man and figured out what to do in order to deceive me and get onto that list. and he did it very well. and he maintained that persona of just sort of talking about his assets without any sense of debt and lying about it. >> reporter: greenberg is only reporting all of this now because he just recently came across these tapes from the mid'80s. i said i'd like to see those tapes about the forbes 400 and the rich list and i looked and i was like, wait a minute. this is john barron. when i heard them i thought, these things were much better crafted lies than i thought. >> reporter: greenberg accuses trump of repeatedly inflating his wealth by dramatically exaggerating the value and scale of his assets. >> he lied about -- there were
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25,000 apartments in brooklyn and queens. there were 8,000 apartments in brooklyn and queens. he lied about his father that he owned all of his father's assets, and he borrowed against his father's assets. >> reporter: barron isn't the only alias trump has alleged to have used. >> what's your name again? >> john miller. >> reporter: john miller was another suspected pseudonym. >> by the way, i'm sort of new here. >> what is your position? >> i'm handling pr because he gets so much of it. >> reporter: confronted with the allegation during the 2016 campaign, trump denied it. >> no, i don't know anything about it. you're telling me about it for the first time. it doesn't sound like my voice at all. i have many, many people trying to imitate my voice. and you can imagine that. and this sounds like one of the scams. >> reporter: but that same year, trump did let it slip that he'd used aliases when doing business. including a familiar name. >> but i would never want to use my name because you had to pay more money for the land. if you're using land, you use
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different names. >> what names do you use? >> i actually used the name barron. >> reporter: the detailed and scathing allegations resurrecting the continuous questions over the president's casual relationship with the truth. alex marquardt, cnn, new york. for the second time in two months, thousands of students in the u.s. walked out of their schools to demand action on gun reform. the national school walkout occurred at 10:00 a.m. in each time zone friday and coincided with the 19th anniversary of the columbine school massacre in colorado. lending the students calls more urgency, another school shooting in florida, this one near orlando. police said a student was shot in the ankle at forest high school. the 19-year-old suspect once attended the school and is in custody. there have been at least 20 school shootings in the u.s. so far this year. the worst, of course, in parkland, florida, where 17
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students and some teachers were killed on valentine's day. hundreds of puerto ricans who plead hurricane maria ended up in motels in florida. now seven months later, they are still stuck there, and time is running out on the program that lets them live there. their prospects look bleak in both florida and puerto rico as we learn from cnn's ed lavandera. >> reporter: this is a pep talk for the soul. following a week of highs and lows that symbolizes the shaky road to recovery facing thousands of puerto rican storm survivors. after hurricane maria, thousands of families left the island and signed up for the fema transitional sheltering assistance program. it pays for hotel rooms until families can move back into permanent housing. seven months after the storm, there are nearly 2700 families still using the motel voucher program. like milly santiago and her
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family. why did you come to florida? she says it was never her intention to stay here this long. she thought she'd be able to come here for a little while and go back. santiago is known as the mayor of the super eight motel. she helps evacuees who ended up in a string of hotels in kissimmee, florida, navigate the red tape of disaster relief. they were told the motel voucher program would last until may. but about 60% of the families were stunned to learn this week they were no longer eligible and about to get kicked out of their rooms a month early. that set off an intense week of rallies. tears and calls to political leaders. and activists demanding help. then relief as word spread that the fema program would likely survive until mid-may. father jose rodriguez says
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there's no transition plans to help these families get back on their feet. >> these are people impacted by a natural disaster. they didn't come here for spring break. they didn't come here for a vacation. they're not out here at the beachside tanning. they're not at the hotel pool. >> have a nice day! >> reporter: the florida project film captured the gritty reality of motel life along highway 192 in kissimmee since the great recession ten years ago. the marginalized and homeless have found refuge in the cheap rooms on this stretch of highway surrounding the utopia of disney world. >> don't you think we're going too far? >> no. just come on. don't be a loser. >> reporter: after hurricane maria, community activists say 150 puerto rican families moved into these same hotels. they feel trapped in this mohelilife because they're working minimum wage jobs, affordable housing is scarce and
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the federal disaster benefits just aren't enough. fema says at some point this is no longer a disaster problem but a social problem and that the agency is doing everything it can to help these families. fema says there is a rental assistance program only available to storm victims on the island, not for those who left. milly santiago's family left puerto rico because the storm wiped out their day care business and they came to florida so her two children could enroll in school. >> so now they've been trying to figure out what to do here. you want to stay here now in orlando? i don't have a choice now, she says. deanna ramos is working part time and taking culinary classes in hopes she can land a better job in one of the orlando area theme parks. without the motel room, she worries she'd be sleeping in her car. [ speaking foreign language ] she said i'm incredibly scared.
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morality police. now a dramatic new video shows the kind of violence that activists are determined to stop. cnn's producer reports from london. >> reporter: a dramatic moment of defiance. this now-viral video shows iran's so-called morality police in a physical confrontation with a woman. her crime? allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. first, the policewoman seen here wearing all black tries to pull the woman in the red headscarf aside. sit, i'm telling you. sit, you animal, she says. the woman refuses and yells an insult. you are without honor. the confrontation turns
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physical. the agent's pushing and shoving. screams of leave her alone and help erupt as the women's friends try to protect her. one falls to the ground. it's too chaotic to see why. before the clip ends, a final exchange. i'm going to file a complaint and sue the hell out of you, one of the women says. the police officer responds, you can't do a damn thing. cnn cannot independently verify the video, but masah says she was given this material by an eyewitness who told her these university students were celebrating a birthday in a tehran park when the altercation ensued. >> they were not even unveiled, but the police thought that they don't have enough -- so the police went to them and asked them like cover yourself. one of the girls got -- resisted the police. >> reporter: iran's interior ministry has called for an
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investigation into the incident. and iran's vice president for women's affairs condemned the attack tweeting, what justifies this behavior? where is the limits of an officer's action? even if they were insulted, i strongly condemn this treatment. no human deserves this kind of harsh anti-religion behavior. more than 35 women since december 2017 have been arrested in tehran in an ongoing movement against the compulsory veil, according to amnesty international. the guidance patrol, commonly known as the morality police, have been accused of using force to impose islamic dress codeses. >> every individual woman in iran who never believe in -- they have the same experience. but this time, this is the power of social media getting all the people under one umbrella. >> reporter: the gathering chorus of voices online and on the streets may finally have the
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today is your day. crush it. angie's boom chicka pop whole grain popcorn. boom! ivan cabrera has stepped in for these next few stories because it ends with the weather. the british royal family has a lot to celebrate. leaders of the 53 member nations made the decision on friday while meeting at windsor castle near london. the symbolic role is not her editary but the queen said it was her sincere wish the prince of wales would follow in her footsteps. the queen is celebrating her 92nd birthday on saturday. the world's oldest and longest reigning monarch will attend a special concert at royal albert hall with sting, shaggy set to
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perform. plus prince william and duchess katherine are expecting their third child any time soon. and this year's london marathon could be the hottest on record. when we say start, you don't mean start, you mean start. >> symbolically. she'll have a long weekend. she's going to press a big red button and get things going around 10:00 a.m., which by then, things are going to start getting toef inting toasty as f temperatures. we'll talk about how hot we think it's going to get in. this is the way you've been keeping cool. upper 20s the last few days. if you're watching from the united states and that doesn't sound hot, that would be mid and upper 80s. that comes on the heels of very chilly temperatures. we've gone completely the other way. this area of high pressure sinking warm air, compressing down on the surface. very hot temperatures. not just by the way in london
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but most of europe the exception across the southwestern part of the iberian peninsula. portugal, spain. so keeping you cool. but this area of low pressure, this dip in the jet stream will come in and bring us cooler air. but it won't happen until late sunday. too late for the marathon. a hot one. the entire region here as far as the temperatures will be very warm. mid and upper 20s. mid-80s in fahrenheit. staying in the 20s in berlin, vienna and down to madrid, low to mid-20s. running around 10 to 15 degrees above where we should be for this time of the year. that will be the case through the day on sunday, the big day. temps, in the mid and upper teens. as the wheelchair races get going and elite women at 9:15. elite men at 10:00. that's when the queen will be pushing the big button and we're talking temperatures by then. in the low 20s. very warm stuff, especially for runners. i'll talk about the percentages here in a second. i want to show you the futurecast.
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a couple showers will sneak in but not in time. this would be nice to cool us off when talking about temps in the 20s. they aren't going to amount to much. 5% to 10% coverage. that would be about it. this is what i was alluding to. 10% speed loss when you have temperatures in the low 20s, which is where we're going to be. for natalie and me, that might just mean nothing because we would be way down there. probably feel like we're in the 30s. but that's what we're looking at here as we head into sunday. temps in the low 20s and mid teens. oh, that's going to be refreshing. but not as refreshing as this, although this may not be too nice for you either. this was the bofston marathon o monday. the coldest in 30 years. the runners trying to deal with it. there's the winner from japan. another fantastic time there of 2:15. when he came in, temperatures were very cold. we're talking windchills that never got above 40 degrees.
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so it was cold stuff. wet and miserable. so the complete opposite for london on sunday. >> all right. ivan, thank you. tributes from around the world are pouring in for one of the world's biggest dance music stars. grammy-nominated avicii was found dead in muskat, oman. he was 28. he gained international fame with the song "levels" and his hit record "wake me up." ♪ sn no cause of death was given. he retired from performing after a string of health issues which he acknowledged. in now we want to talk about prince. it's been exactly two years since the singer died. in his memory, prince's estate released something special from his vault. the original 1984 recording of his song "nothing compares to
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you." ♪ nothing compares no, nothing compares to you ♪ >> irish singer sha nainead o'c had a hit. the song was also featured in his last ever show. thank you for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm natalie allen. "new day" is next for viewers here in the u.s. for everyone else around the world, stay with us for "amanpour."
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