everybody plays games. you know that. you know that better than anybody. >> the on again/off again sunl mitt between the president and leader of north korea is back on again -- maybe. plus this -- quick question from cnn why did your company pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to president trump's lawyer? >> cnn confronts the russian oligarch who met with michael cohen, the man questioned by special counsel robert mueller. also ahead this hour --

a melee in midair. we'll tell you what led to this confrontation on a flight to miami and how it ended. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm george howell, "cnn newsroom" starts right now. at 4:01 on the u.s. east coast, the peace summit between north korea and the united states, the one that president trump canceled thursday? well, it is back on again, at least for now. the trump administration apparently working on the assumption that a summit with north korea may happen after all. this about-face a day after the u.s. president sint a lent a le kim jung-un canceling their meeting set for june 12. president trump now saying that both sides are engaged in productive talks that could

revive the meeting. earlier he told reporters he was encouraged by the conciliatory tone coming from north korea. so it is a definite maybe at best at this point. it is still unclear though whether the u.s. advance team is headed to singapore as originally planned. kaitlan collins picks it up from here. >> reporter: it is the latest case of diplomatic whiplash from president trump. 24 hoyurs after canceling the sitdown, the president suggesting the summit could happen after all. in a stunning reversal, trump telling reporters today his administration is back in touch with north korea. >> we're talking to them now. they very much want to do it. we'd like to do it. >> reporter: but his secretary of state mike pochl said thmpeo the day before. >> we had received no response to our inquiries from them. >> reporter: asked if pyongyang

is playing games -- >> everybody plays games, you know that. >> reporter: the developments coming one day after trump reviveded talk of military action and vowed to continue economic sanctions. >> our very strong sanctions by far the strongest sanctions ever imposed and maximum pressure campaign will continue as it has been continuing. >> reporter: with north korean officials may have been takening they're still willing to sit down with the u.s. at any time and any format to resolve the problems. the white house unable to answer if staff were still flying to sink ponk latgapore later tonig. >> we'll see. we still have a few hours, but as i said, we'll be prepared if the meeting takes place on june 12 as the president indicated it still could this morning. we'll be ready one way or the other. >> reporter: officials answering

few questions with only one formal press briefing this week -- >> nothing to do with russia. >> reporter: and 463 days since president trump's one and only solo press conference. >> are you going to singapore, mr. president? >> reporter: now though the day that they canceled the summit, the president and his secretary of state said there had been a breakdown in communications between the united states and north korea, that seems to have changed with the president tweeting that we are having very productive talks with north korea about reinstating the summit, going on to say that he believes it still could happen on june 12 in singapore, but adding if necessary, it will be extended beyond that date. kaitlan collins, cnn, the white house. and now live to seoul, south korea. matt rivers is standing by following develops there. matt, oh, what a difference a day makes, right? what is the reaction to this reversal from the south korean perspective? >> reporter: yeah, 24, 36 hours ago things were very different

here. there was deep disappoint the, it w it was a major setback especially for the current government that had pushed so hardthe, it was a major setback especially for the current government that had pushed so hard for the summit. and yet now there is cautious optimism. i'll reeld youad you a part sta a spokesman saying it is fortunate that the embers of the dialogue are not going out but are coming back up again. we are watching the development carefully. and so that is definitely a note there of cautious optimism. but it is worth noting that they are not really showing their hands completely there at this point because consider just a couple days ago, you had the national security adviser here in south korea saying that he was 99.9% sure that the summit was going to happen and then, well, it didn't. so there is definitely some thought here in the south korean government to say maybe we won't be too overly optimistic even though right now things do

appear to be trending towards the summit happening at some point. >> we'll just keep up with the ball there, matt, thank you so much for the reporting. let's put this into focus, this change of course. jasper kim is from the director of conflict management from seoul and also from brussels, steven erlanger, the "new york times" chief diplomatic correspondent in europe. good to have you both with us to talk about this. steven, i want to start with you you and jasper kim, jump right in after steven if you would. but what is your first impression of what is going on here, the off again/on again approach? is it a negotiating tactic, is it reckless, innovative. >> well, i think the hyperbole and negotiation all go together if i can be honest. we haven't really heard much again from north korea. i'd like to hear what they have to say. i mean trunch clearly feels

north korea needs the sanction relief. wants the summit. i'm not sure it helps to humiliate pyongyang this way. but if the summit is back on, the nice thing is it may give the united states a little bit more time to prepare. what worries quite a lot of people is that trump will rush into a summit, look for something that sounds like success, and not be too careful about the details. that i think is a big concern because north korea is a nuclear country. it is not like iran developing nuclear weapons. that was the allegation. north korea has them. it has lots of them. it has missiles. it is a wholly different and dangerous situation. so let's hope it is back on. one thing you should note is the coin, the famous coin that was minted didn't have a date. it only said 2018. so we have the whole rest of the year to make that come true.

>> the devil in the details though as you rightly point out. jasper kim, your thoughts here. >> well, i think this is somewhat to be expected because we have two very unconventional political figures. and both of them actually view the world stage as political theater and they are both looking to create a narrative. and from north korea's perspective, they want to pitch the narrative such that their nuclear state that is defensively postured not offensively postured. whether that is the truth or not, that is what they want to craft. and on donald trump's side of course he has the television and media back grounds. he wants to basically exploit that and create an image that he is bringing success to the table. he wants to be received as having no fear to negotiate. and so i think that is why he retracted a little bit, trying to maximize his bargaining power before stepping in if he does step back in. >> and i want to look at these

images just to show kim jung-un again these the most recent pictures of kim jung-un and what we're seeing a very relaxed leader of north korea wearing the white suit as opposed to the black suit. all of this happening during this reversal coming from the u.s. president. jasper, i want to ask you about the north korean response. it was very measured compared to what we've seen from north korea in the past. how important a factor do you think that was in the possibility of these talks being restored? >> well, i think it is noteworthy and what we have is an ironic twist here with the two political figures. usually it is the north korean side that is really aggressive in their tone and this is taken from the korean language. if you do a direct translation, oftentimes it is a little awkward when it is translatesed into english. but here we have north korea strikingciliatory tone when donald trump pulled out

originally. and so i think what we have is something very, very interesting. these two political figures are trying to negotiate and they see a little bit of each other in terms of negotiation style. and even the small things like kim jung-un's suit for example being white, that could be a very neutral tone, it could be construed as a new era. and an olive branch. and we're trying to seek a peace with you. at least that is the nonverbals that i'm picking up. >> and i mentioned to matt what a difference a day make, but what a difference a year makes in fact looking at where things are now. steven, i want to get your take. who do you think wants this more? is it north korea looking to see the possibility of sanctions lifted? is it president trump who sees this as a legacy moment even worthy of a nobel peace prize? >> well, it is very hard to say. i think at this time both of them want it. i do think north korea needs it more. but i also think china is advising him along the way. the one thing i worry about is

the trump people still keep talking about denuclearization from the beginning. and i really don't believe kim is prepared to denuclearize. it just would be an act of self harm from north korea's point of view. but it's nuclear weapons protected from china as well as the united states. one thing i might look to see if the summit takes place is talk of a peace treaty at long last between north and south korea in which russia and china would have some sort of role as a kind of success before we get to the rael re real nitty-gritty of denuclearization. because we get there, it will have to be staged, very much involved with inspections, with intrusive foreign looks inside north korea. very hard for me to imagine there will be a big agreement to denuclearize before economic

sanctions are lifted. i think if it is, it will have to be a long stage by stage process. >> a lot of serious questions that have yet to be answered. steven erlanger and jasper kim, gentlemen, thank you for your time and perspective. we'll keep in touch with you. live around the world, you're watching "cnn newsroom." still ahead -- you could call this proof that alcohol, attitude and altitude don't mix. a bumpy ride from the islands to south florida. plus, he once called the shots in hollywood. now he is facing felony charges. the latest in harvey weinstein's fall from grace and "me too" rising. stay with us.

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major change for ireland. atika shubert is following all of this. obviously these results will be clear in the coming hours, but tell us more about what you're learning from the exit polls suggesting that a large number of people are voting for change. >> reporter: absolutely. those ballot boxes just opened 15 minutes ago. we will get the official results in a few hours. but meanwhile ireland has already woken up to the exit polls. rte the irish broadcaster showing that 70% of respondents voted in favor of amending the constitution and liberalizing abortion laws here. only 30% against. and those are some decisive numbers. we'll have to see how the official results compare. the count will actually be tallied here in dublin castle and then of course we'll get the results shortly afterwards. but it does appear to be an historic day for ireland.

and it is something that a number of people have been looking forward to, campaigners for decades campaigning for abortion rights and ireland's prime minister last night putting out a tweet thanking everybody for voting and saying it does look to be that history will be made sdatoday. >> and it would be major change. help our viewers understand the legacy behind this issue in ireland. given the deep roots of the catholic church there, again, this would be a major shift in opinion. >> reporter: absolutely. it is a seismic shift. ireland has had some of the strictest laws on abortion in europe, in the western world. and in 1983 actually another referendum voted into the constitution, the eighth amendment which said that the rights of the unborn are equal to the rights of the mother and that is what really is the legal basis for banning abortion this ireland. so this vote if the official

results mirror what we see in the exit polls would completely reverse that. and one of the most amazing things to come out of the debate on this is the number of stories that women have been coming forward to tell about often the deeply and emotional and traumatic stories about how they have had to seek abortions to terminate pregnancies. young women, teens who felt alone and isolated who had to travel abroad for terminations, but also to older mothers who one woman who we spoke to who had very sadly a fatal fetal abnormality and had to terminate the pregnancy. and the sort of heartwrenching stories that came out that were in the public debate here. and i think that really showed the big societal shift that we saw happening in ireland. not just in the debate running up to this, but that has been going on for several decades now. >> and again the results will be more clear in the coming hours, but from what we're

understanding, people are voting for a big change there. live in dublin ireland, thank you so much for your time. we'll stay in touch with you. the disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein is out on bail. this after being charged with rape and criminal sexual act. weinstein has repeatedly denied any allegations of nonconsensual sex, but at rathe arraignment f was a victory for more than 80 women. our brynn gingras has more. >> reporter: harvey weinstein in handcuffs walking in to court today facing rape charges. they stem from the accounts of two women including an aspiring actress who first spoke out in a new yorker article alleging weinstein forced theory perform oral sex on him at his office in 2004. tonight weinstein is out of jail after posting a $1 million cash bail. but not before surrendering his passport, being forced to wear a

monitoring device 24/7 and traveling only between new york and connecticut. the criminal charges are the first to be filed against weinstein after dozens of women including several a-list actresses made various sexual misconduct accusations. among them, gwyneth paltrow. >> we had one instance in a hotel room where he made a pass at me and then i really kind of stood up to him. >> reporter: angelina jolie, selma hayek, lupita nyong'o, ashley judd. >> i fought and he ignored. >> reporter: rose mcgowan, one of the first to publicly accuse weinstein of rape. >> we got you. yeah. to see him in cuffs on the way out, whether he smiled or not, that is a very good feeling. >> reporter: weinstein denies having nonconsensual sex with any of his accusers and his attorney insisted today his client is innocent.

>> my job is not to defend behavior, my job is to defend something that is criminal behavior. bad behavior, mr. weinstein did not invent the casting couch in hollywood and to the extent that there is bad behavior in florida industry, that is not what this is about. >> if you stay positive, you have a shot. prrt it is . >> reporter: it is a stunning fall for the man behind several major movies like silver lining playbook, the king's speech, and shakespeare in love just to name a few. some of which earned weinstein dozens of awards for his work behind the camera. but now he is the focus of investigations for alleged sex crimes not just in new york, but also in los angeles and london. brynn gingras, cnn, new york. and the next time you fly, and perhaps you've had one too many, remember this. the law prohibits the airline

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welcome back to the viewers here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. the u.s. president donald trump says a historic summit with the leader of north korea could take place after all. this one day after he appeared to have canceled the meeting, a middle easting that mr. trump said he was encouraged by north korea's willingness to get together. president trump said the summit could still take place in singapore on june 12 as originally planned. live images from dublin, ireland now as voters are -- votes rather are being counted in an historic referendum here. voters apparently want to expand access to abortion. exit polls project nearly 70% want to overturn a constitutional amendment that bans almost all abortion.

the votes are being counted right now. the official result is expected in the coming hours. disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein is currently out on bail, he is facing charges of felony rape and criminal sexual act and sources say more charges are expected. weinstein's next court date has been set for july 30th. his attorney says weinstein will plead not guilty. cnn has learned the u.s. president's personal attorney michael cohen met with a russian oligarch just days before mr. trump's inauguration in january 2017. video footage shows that oligarch who was recently sanctioned by the u.s. arriving at trump tower during the transition period. in this exclusive report, matthew chance tracked down the russian billionaire. >> quick question from cnn. >> no, thank you, not now. >> why did your company pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to president trump's lawyer? >> not now. >> reporter: he is yet another

media-shy russian billionaire linked with the kremlin and mired in allegations of collusion with the trump team. the fbi questioned victor vexleburg about payments to michael cohen by his company's u.s. affiliate. they say it was for coupling work. we asked about the payments too. >> really appreciate just later, okay? really appreciate. i understand. but you are so aggressive. >> no, i'm not. >> please wait. please later. >> reporter: we now know that vexleburg met cohen even before president trump was inaugurated. these recently unearthed images from the lobby of trump tower in new york show the russian billionaire wearing a hat and coat checking in at the security desk lingering for several minutes and then entering an elevator with his business

partner. a person familiar with the meeting tells cnn that the two went up to cohen's office on the 26th floor although they did not meet the then president-elect himself. they left the building just 27 minutes later. a person familiar with the meeting told cnn that vexleburg and cohen discussed improving u.s./russia relations. but what exactly this now sanctioned russian billionaire expected remains unclear. matthew chance, cnn, st. petersburg, russia. >> thanks for the reporting. let's talk about the situation from people who live near hawaii's erupting kilauea volcano. it feels like a never ending emergency with no real end in site. on friday, the u.s. geological survey says there were 90 earthquakes in the span of six hours. ash plumes were being thrown three kilometers, about 10,000 feet into the air. and more people are being told to leave as molten lava flows

further into the streets towards their homes. while many have already packed up their belonging, one man stayed to battle this volcano's destructive fury. scott mclean has his story for us. >> reporter: kilauea continues to force evacuations here in hawaii. people are especially reluctant to stay behind because it is almost impossible to protect your home from lava. i say almost because we met a man who took on mother nature and won. all to protect a property that is not even his. >> it's a place that feels very alive. >> reporter: it was two decades ago that steve hill found his slice of hawaiian paradise. and two weeks ago he came to grips with losing it. >> you left this place fully expecting you wouldn't come home to it. >> lost. lost. >> reporter: hill and his wife packed up their furniture and left for the mainland. he even left a shot of ginn on the deck for the hawaiian volcano goddess assuming both of

the homes would be swallowed up. >> we left feeling heartbroken. >> reporter: but his contractor and close friend darrel clinton had other ideas. >> i'll step back on this one. >> reporter: just one week ago, cnn was with clinton while he was defending hill's homes against the lava. windows had already been destroyed, so had the water catchment tank. some lava bombs came crashing through the roof. armed with little more than a garden hose, clinton doused the flaming rocks before they torched the entire house. >> these are the ones that catch the ceiling on fire. >> reporter: the 24/7 task was difficult and even more dangerous. after almost a week, hill told clinton to leave and let the houses burn. >> can't do this, this is unsafe temperatures time to stop. valiant effort. i'm humbled by how hard you've tried. >> reporter: but clinton didn't leave until the next day and it

wasn't by choice. a line drive lava bomb broke his leg, severed an artery and nearly took his foot off. >> just took my leg out and threw me against the wall. it was the most extreme force i've ever felt in my life. >> reporter: the extreme heat burned up the deck, wall and almost an entire dining set. but thanks to a fast acting neighbor with a water jug, the house survived and so did is it. >> reporter: darrel clinton has a metal rod in his leg, he's had at least three surgeries answer right now he is in honolulu for another one. he has a long road ahead, but he does have report. steve hill says that he will do every what he can to get darrel back on his feet. and his other neighbors are doing what they can to pitch in as well. scott mclean, cnn, pahoa, hawaii. and now let's turn our attention to the caribbean, the first named storm of the year. derek van dam here to tell us about it. >> the 2018 atlantic hurricane

season officially starts june 6, and we already have a named system in the gulf of mexico. this is subtropical storm alberto. now, you say what is a subtropical storm, right? well, let's me briefly explain this to you. in are characteristics of a tropical system, but it is missing a couple few key components. more or less the symmetry is disorganized. and it has kind of taken almost an andsymmetric look and feel t it. but it is kind of bringing the heaviest of rainfall in the eastern section of this particular low pressure system. so they can't quite call it a tropical storm or disturbance even. it is gist a sjust a subtropica at this stage. but recall that we are heading into a very busy holiday season being memorial weekend and the unofficial start to summer and guess what, this is the last thing that people heading to the beaches along the gulf coast

want to see especially considering that it is moving into warm open waters across the gulf of mexico and it is likely that it will intensify as it moves across this vast ocean. now, in fact the national weather service has already issued tropical storm watches for the yucatan peninsula, parts of cuba and what is that? right across the florida, mississippi, alabama and new orleans coastline including lake porch train and t pontchartrain and grart metropolitan of new orleans. so really not something that you want to see here heading in to a holiday weekend, but this is what we have to deal with as we head into sunday, monday and tuesday. we have tropical storm surge threats from grand isle, louisiana right through horseshoe beach. we don't expect this to become a large hurricane by any stretch, but certainly a rainmaker. and this flood threat could be substantial across the florida

region into the coastal areas of the gulf of mexico. in fact some of our computer models are indicating in excess of 8 inches of rain on top of what has already fallen there. so flooding will be a major concern. and it looks like unfortunately people's beach plans, well, they will go belly up with clouds and rain. >> that stinks. >> that is the way the cookie crumbles. >> all right. thank you so much. still ahead here, the new data laws are now in play and it may be causing a flood of privacy policy updates in your inbox. we'll explain that. plus alexa, is alexa spying on you? how amazon's voice assistant ended up sharing a user's private conversation with a random contact. yikes. nd the remote yet? nah. honey look, your old portable cd player. my high school rethainer. oh don't... it's early 90s sitcom star dave coulier...

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crazy, websites telling you you that they have updated their privacy policies, but this is not spam. it is part of a new regulation rolled out across the european union and some of the world's biggest companies may be breaking the rules already. samuel burke explains. >> reporter: this austrian lawyer has been fighting facebook in court over data privacy for nearly a decade. and today he wasted little time, his ngo suing facebook for allegedly violating the eu's new data proesks law called gdpr the day it came into force. >> we were looking for big companies that really willfully violate the law that try to ignore it and try to get away with it. >> reporter: helped write the regulations and says he is taking legal action because big tech isn't complying with the law. >> we said if we don't want this, we think it is stupid, and then there are obvious business interests. there are certain things that

you can't do with data anymore. >> reporter: the new law was supposed to stop companies from taking your sensitive data for advertising purposes powithout your consent. according to legal 1k3er789expe facebook is skirting the requirement. >> you can put in things like sexuality, religion and political beliefs. and if you put that on, you don't have any choice but for facebook to use it. >> there is onlieny an i accept button. >> exactly. >> reporter: he says even if you completely remove sensitive traits from your profile, facebook can still glean are information such as your sexual orientation by analyzing your behavior on the platform and other websites too. >> facebook can infer thing from the great amount of data it has but you across the web and your mobile devices and apps. >> as you understand the law,

does it prevent facebook from making these inferences that they make about us? >> yes. that law forbids facebook from making these inferences without explicit consent. >> reporter: failure to comply could be costly for a big company like facebook. european data regulators can impose a fine of up to 4% of its global annual revenue. based on 2017 figures, that means facebook could face a penalty topping $1.6 billion each time it runs afoul of the new law. in a statement facebook's chief privacy officer said the company has, quote, introduced better tools for people to access, download and delete their information. the company also says it is building a new tool that will allow users to stop facebook from storing information about them it collects from other websites and apps. >> we do expect about to be fully compliant on may 25th. >> reporter: the lawyer believes new rules are tough enough to prevent the kind of data

scraping that companies like cambridge analytica have engaged in. >> if ebb fonforced properly, question get a balance. and in the end you as a customer have the possibility to use let's say facebook without worrying 24/7 about your data. >> reporter: however the courts come down on the tech giants, europe's new data regulations are already redrawing the line between profit and privacy. samuel burke, cnn, london. to talk more about this, we have with us jesse boxsted, a professor at emory university. so what is the deal with all of the e-mails from big and small companies, flooding our inboxes with these compliance notes. basically asking consumers to take action. consumers have asked for more control over their personal data. what does it mean for them? >> well, we're seeing all these e-mails because the regulation in europe states that any company that operates in europe

or has users based in europe has to notify users of how they will use their data, they plan to distribute their data and all the companies are now notifying everyone of how they are trying to comply with the new regulations. i think what we'll see for users going forward is a lot more requests for consent. one of the things that really is laid out in the gdpr is this requirement for consent to capture and process personal data from users. and in the past or up to this point it has mostly been an opt out thing by default you are sharing your data with these companies. and now it is moving the needle more toward an opt in type scenario where you you actually have to give explicit permission and the companies have to justify why they need that data, how they plan to use that data. so in theory, users will have a lot more rights around their data, rights to access and understand how their data is being used and distributed, rights to erase their data if

they want to remove it from the services. whether or not they take advantage of those rates, that is the big question. privacy researchers have long talked about something called the privacy paradox which is that users claim they want privacy, they want more control over their data, but then their actions online and the types of services and things they do say the counter to that. so it will be interesting to see how many users take advantage of the new regs. >> let's talk about this, because the regulations apply to europe, but would your seeie're companies around the world seem to take a blanket approach. has europe really set the stage for the rest of the world to follow? >> i think so. it may be a little bit longer before we see these regulations here in the u.s. europe and european union both citizens and lawmakers tend to have a stronger stance on privacy than we see here in the united states. but i think these regulations do capture what users want to see.

so i know there is some proposals in california with similar types of regulations. right now in the united states it is more of a state by state thing in terms of things like notifications like data breaches. and i think we'll see more coming down the pike. one thing that is interesting is how this will affect the business models of the companies that require heavily on personal data for revenue. for target advertising and things like that. >> one person that has been on the hot seat with regards to transparency, with regards to security, the ceo of facebook mark zuckerberg. he was in europe talking to regulators there and he spoke about regulation, let's listen and we'll talk about it on the other side. >> we're doubling the number of people working on safety and security at our company to more than 20,000 by the end of this year. on top of the investments that we're making in other areas, i expect that these increased

investments in security will significantly impact our profit ability. but i want to be clear, keeping people saefr will alleavenue wi more important than maximizing our profits. >> critics say that he danced around a lot of their questions that facebook continues to skirt around the regulations. basically one of the biggest takeaways from what you heard from zuckerberg? >> i think they haven't quite figured it out yet. they are moving in the right direction i think employing an additional 10,000 people to monitor content is a great move to make sure data is not being misused, abused and deal with things like fake news. and pursuing artificial intelligence type solutions is the right way to move, but it may be a while before those capabilities are there to provide the scale that is needed. at the end of the day i think he didn't provide the detail that the lawmakers were looking to hear. the e eu lawmakers had the

advantage of seeing his testimony in the united states and knowing what type of questions to ask. and they looked for more he details in my opinion. they focussed in on things like whether or not facebook is reaching a monopoly type environment. and i think the concerns in europe are a lot stronger than they were during the u.s. hearings. and so i don't think he provided any of detail, but the format wasn't good for that either. they asked all their questions first and he responded to all of them at the end in about 25 minutes which made it difficult for him to address all the issues. it also gave him an opportunity to skip over issues that maybe he didn't want to talk about. and so i think hopefully if there is followup hearings on this, hopefully there is more of a question/response so we get more answers. but at the end of the day, i don't think they have quite figured it out yet. and it is an ongoing process.

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