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united states and around the world. i'm george howell. >> i'm rosemary church. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >> a u.s. delegation is in north korea. the clearest sign the summit between leader kim jong-un and u.s. president donald trump may still be on. >> he released a statement, quote, i truly believe north korea has the making of being a brilliant and potential nation. three days earlier, the president released a letter he sent to kim jong-un cancelling the meeting. >> it seems the summit is still on for now. south korean president has been working to make it happen. we have learned that moon jae-in met with kim jong-un at the demilitarized zone on saturday. seoul says it told washington about the meeting beforehand.

let's bring in matt rivers with the view from seoul, south korea. good to see you, matt. now that president trump's summit with kim jong-un is apparently back on track for june 12th, we are learning that the u.s. delegation is in north korea to plan for that summit. what more do you know about this? >> reporter: we know there are two parallel u.s. teams operating in this part of the world. at the dmz right now, we know a u.s. delegation is being led by sung-kim. the current ambassador to the united states. he used to be the ambassador here in south korea. he is one. few in the state department you could call an expert on north korea. he was involved in the six-party talks that ended up failing with north korea in the mid 2000s. this guy knows how tricky it is

to necessigotiate with the nort koreans and knows how to come up with a deal. he has led the delegation to the dmz to try to work out the agenda to the summit that could happen on june 12th. he is meeting with the counterpart. the second vice minister from north korea. they are hashing things out ahead of the summit. down in singapore, the logistics team is going on. advanced team from the united states went to singapore and is there and trying to figure out how it works and where it will happen and the media situation. you have two parallel things going on here. both of which are crucial if any summit is going to happen. >> of course, everyone is hoping this does go forward. we don't know for sure this will be the case. there are a number of issues that could derail it. one being the definition of what constitutes denuclearization. analysts said it would be wise to settle it before the summit

and map out a deal to be signed at the face-to-face meeting. is there a sense this is worked out before the leaders meet on june 12th if this happens? >> reporter: rosemary, in a sense, you are seeing both sides struggling with issues which have had problems which plagued negotiators or a long time. the issues that are worked out or attempted to be worked out. take denuclearization. when the north koreans talk about denuclearization, that includes removal of the u.s. troops from south korea. they view the u.s. presence as a nuclear threat. the u.s. has not had nuclear weapons stationed in south korea since 1992. that is not how the north koreans view it. the south koreans say there is one country on the korean peninsula with nuclear weapons, that is north korea. that means they need to disarm. that is one issue that keeps the

sides far apart. that is the criticism here. how can you get all of the problems worked out that have been in place for the better part of two decades now. how do you work those out in a couple of weeks? proponents say you have to start somewhere. this will be historic meeting and we should get the leaders face-to-face to do what many are calling impossible and get a lasting peace deal on the korean peninsula. >> we will watch this go forward. matt rivers joining us from seoul in south korea. just after 5:00 in the evening. >> let's bring in john fluery. international school of studies. it is a pleasure to have you here on cnn to talk about this issue. a lot of details to be worked out, but the issue of big picture optics with the view of a good rapport here. i want you to listen to the

sound from james clapper talk about the issue of optics. >> there is value having gone this far. there is value in meeting and greeting and establishing a rapport. i think it is important to have the summit. >> so your upon here, do you think that is indeed the case? the big picture optics? are they just as important as details of reaching an agreement and the possible meetings? >> yeah, it's both. actually listening to the segment from director clapper. he talks about rapport. he has good insight because he went to north korea. one of the senior american officials during the obama period. he gained insight when you go and meet with north korean officials, you start to understand the complexity it is not as simple as we think from the outside listening to their

statements. i think the notion as clapper talks about rapport, i would suggest the term relationship, is a big part what ha's going o here. that is what kim jong-un is open to is transforming the nature of the relationship with the united states and north korea. i think that is something that president trump is putting on the table. you can't do that if you don't get in the room and really move that process forward through a summit. >> john, very interesting. three layers as you see it, i guess, as we see images. then you see the layer of rapport. do they get along? and then the layer of details. that's what i want to ask next. we know north korea wants security guarantees. united states focused on denuclearization. are both sides here close or far apart on this? can they make head way when it comes to the dirty details?

>> it is hard to know. we are left guessing a little bit. it is very encouraging that there is so much dialogue going on. really it has been a desert. almost ten years where we have not had this level of intensive dialogue at high levels between not just americans and north korea, but south korea with moon jae-in and xi jinping. it is hard to believe we have this much effort, including seasoned diplomats like moon jae-in and kim jong-un. i don't think we would have gotten this far if all of these people did not see there is really a window of opportunity. now whether how far you can close that gap as singapore, i'm skeptical they can close the gap and meet in singapore and sign a piece of paper and it is all

over. is it close enough where they go ahead and singapore is the first in a series of summits maybe over the course of a year that will show we really are transforming this relationship and taking big steps on both sides and we're moving to realize the framework of peace and denuclearization of the korean peninsula. >> also, when it comes to economic aid for north korea. we know the nation is interested in that. there has been pushback on the idea of outside investment from private companies. the private investment that president trump suggested. what is north korea looking for instead of that? >> if you know how to read north korean statements and the economic optics is important. what they are pushing back against is the notion is the nukes are for sale.

you can skip the peace part and we will lift sanctions and give you aid and investment and you give up your nukes. there is a first phase focused on political and military and security issues on both sides. just like we have specific expectations in giving up nuclear and missile expectations, they have an expectation from us with peace. change the structure and posture. those will be the steps we have to take. that's the security part and you can't just fast forward through that and get to the economic part. in the long run, the economic driver is very important. kim jong-un said he wants to really be the leader of north korea who makes it a prosperous economy. that is the long-term driver. we cannot skip the first part.

>> we have to see where this goes. john delury. thank you for your time. the u.s. president renewed his attack on the russia investigation in a series of tweets on sunday. donald trump's attorney is defending him. >> that attorney rudy giuliani says the tweets are part of strategy to avoid impeachment. boris sanchez explains. >> reporter: the russia investigation is top of mind for donald trump this weekend as we saw in a number of tweets as he called the russian investigation a witch hunt and referred to the role in the 2016 election so-called meddling. the president referring to young and beautiful lives that were destroyed by the russia investigation in one tweet. i got a chance to ask white house officials specifically who he was talking about. they did not send me a response. the president's attorney rudy

giuliani was on "state of the union" sunday morning with dana bash. he called the russia investigation during the interview a legitimate, repeating claims that there is a wide conspiracy theory and spy that was implanted within the trump campaign to try to benefit hillary clinton's campaign. something the president nor giuliani nor lawmakers on capitol hill provided evidence for. giuliani argued that the reason they continue propagating these claims is not necessarily a legal strategy to try to defend the president from the special counsel investigation, but rather a public opinion strategy. one meant to sway the public to believe the investigation is not valid and further one that is designed to protect the president from the threat of impeachment. listen to this. >> they are giving us the material. i could not do it if they didn't

give us the material. we have to do it in defending the president. remember, dana, this is for public opinion. eventually the decision here is going to be impeach -- not impeach. members of congress, democrats and republicans, will be informed by constituents. the jury is the american people. >> reporter: dana also appreciatpressed giuliani on the question if the president would sit down with robert mueller. recently, sources indicated both sides, the trump legal team and special counsel have been discussing logistics. giuliani made the case that the investigation would be wrapped up were it not for the president's stance that he wants to sit down and be interviewed by robert mueller. boris sanchez, cnn, at the white house. >> let's get more from the professor of international

politics at city university and joins us from london. >> good morning. >> let's start with one of president trump's tweets from over the weekend that had a few of us confused. this is what he said in part regarding the russia probe. who is going to give back the young and beautiful lives that have been devastated and destroyed by the phony russia collusion witch hunt? who is he referring to in that tweet? >> i think you have to ask president trump. i have no idea which young and beautiful people's lives have been ruined. it is clearly a reference to the older people investigated and probably indicted or charged at some point. it seems to be a little bit off the mark that particular one. >> yes. the young part very confusing. so let's take a listen to what republican senator jeff flake revealed about his concern regarding the investigators in the russia probe. let's bring that up. >> i can tell you behind the

scenes there is a lot of alarm. there is concern that the president is laying the ground work to move on bob mueller or rosenstein and if that were to happen, obviously, that would cause a constitutional crisis. there is concern behind the scenes. i have vented the concern we have not spoken up loudly enough and told the president you simply cannot go there. he is obviously probing the edges as much as he can to see how far congress will go. we have to push back harder than we have. >> now it is not the first time, of course, we heard mr. trump threaten to do this. how likely is it that he would get rid of mueller or rosenstein given the great risk involved in triggering a constitutional crisis or perhaps impeachment? >> i think that reduces the risk of that actual move occurring.

he will continue guerilla warfares. he looks at the -- warfare. he looks at the optics and hits back at critics. he wants to ramp up the war of words and at the same time, suggest the whole investigation is illegitimate or rigged or so on. there are legitimate questions. if you like, the 2016 election threw up a very interesting set of candidates and there were a lot of disturbance within the establishment party leadership. both with the trump candidacy.

this brings division at the time which obscured other things. a lot of people in america, the electorate were than happy with the left and -- were unhappy with the left and the right, with the way the country was going. this carried on since the election. it is obscuring deeper problems. last week, there were so many reports from various sources showing that 40% of americans could not afford a $400 emergency debt. that executive pay is out stripped 5000 to 1 ordinary median worker pay. those are the issues the war of words, if you investigated deeply, there is a lot of murky stuff going on with the democratic side and fbi and on the side of donald trump. it obscures too

issues. >> thank you for your analysis. >> young and beautiful lives. that is a question. that tweet. still ahead, small town we are following in the u.s. state of maryland in a state of emergency right now. just take a look at this. this was ellicott city on sunday. submerged under raging flood waters for the second time in two years. plus, the u.s. gulf coast is bracing for a major storm on memorial day and we have your weather update next. stay with us. col hn's symptom holding you back, and your current treatment hasn't worked well enough, it may be time for a change. ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic developed and approved just for uc and crohn's. entyvio works at the site of inflammation in the gi tract and is clinically proven to help many patients achieve both symptom relief and remission. infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen

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the water right there. the scene across ellicott city near baltimore. the u.s. state of maryland. this happened over the weekend. the buildings toppled as water pour eed through the streets. you see the s.o.s. sheet hanging in the window. there were no fatalities reported at this point. the governor of the state declared a state of emergency and police trying to warn residents to get out of hard-hit areas.

>> and the city has been recovering from flood damage in 2016. as one resident puts it, the new round of flooding has sent the area back to square one. >> the destruction was unbelievable. tree s sticking out everywhere. cars upright everywhere. buildings wiped out. windows gone. inventory from the stores everywhere. wiped out. >> incredible. rescues are under way. our cnn meteorologist say more rain is on the way. the u.s. gulf coast is bracing for sub tropical storm alberto. heavy rain and winds could impact the memorial day celebrations in alabama, florida and mississippi. >> our meteorologist allison ch chinchar is in the weather center. more rain for the gulf coasts

and possibly for ellicott city. >> that is right. the wide spread concern is with the rain. not just along the gulf coast, because once the storm moves in, it doesn't die instantly. look at sub tropical storm alberto sitting over the gulf of mexico. winds 100 kilometers per hour moving northwest at 14 kilome r kilometers per hour. we expect landfall to take place within the next 12 hours. there is not much time left before it crosses inland. the good news on that is it really doesn't give it much time to strengthen more than it already is. we are most likely looking at tropical storm strength at the time of landfall. as it moves inland, it will weaken quickly. by the time it gets to the middle of alabama, it is expected to be a remnant low at that point. winds will not be as strong, but the concern with the system is going to be the rain. not just for where it makes landfall, but look at how wide

spread some of the outer bands reach. we could be talking like washington, d.c. and maryland. still trying to recover from the big flooding event on sunday. also areas of south florida. miami, ft. lauderdale, areas of ft. myers dealing with above average rainfall for the month already. now you will add more. take ft. lauderdale. 10.5 inches above average. now talking about adding additional 4 to 6 inches on top what they already have. >> unbelievable. >> allison, thank you. to the u.s. state of hawaii to tell you about more evacuations under way near the state's kilauea volcano because of lava flow. the volcano erupted more than three weeks ago and has not l slowed since. >> many residents are wondering if this is the new normal.

manu manu manual has the latest. >> reporter: this is the latest in the volcano activity. 24 fissures have opened up in the area. when i look at the end of the road. that is a car. this road used to go through where the lava is fountaining. that is 25 feet of lava and fountaining above. this is not the only problem, though, the air quality is about to get worse for many residents of the big island. the wind is about to change direction blowing more of that smoke and haze and volcanic smog to hilo and pahoa. that will cause problems for many on the island. miguel marquez, cnn, leilani

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. >> i'm george howell. a delegation is in north korea for a summit between donald trump and kim jong-un. on saturday, mr. kim and south korean president moon jae-in held talks the second time they saw each other. and the state of maryland officials are recovery issues in ellicott city after flash floods hit the area. many residents have just finished rebuilding from the last flood two years ago. clean-up efforts under way in china. a 5.7 magnitude earthquake a few hours ago damaged homes and forced local people to evacuate.

farmers nearby found holes in the rice fields. it is triggered by an earthquake. the former president of the united states, george h.w. bush is in the hospital again. his chief of staff says mr. bush, who is 93 years old, was suffering from low blood pressure and fatigue and he is alert and awake and not in discomfort. >> he fell ill a day after attending the veterans pancake. he was hospitaled ed inwas hos. he will stay in the hospital for observation. and president abbas will be released from the hospital. this video shows the 83-year-old hospitalized for ear surgery. >> he is now treated for pneumonia. the president's health is

improving. mr. abbas has been president since arafat's death in 2004. now to italy. the president is expected to ask the former monetary official to be the interim prime minister. that is after the man who was expected to take the job declined. >> and a man with almost no political experience has been approached to lead the country. his choice of the finance minister was rejected. >> now the president is expected to appoint a non political prime minister until new elections are held. let's get the latest live from rome from delia gallagher. talk to us about the story. >> reporter: george, italy is in

turmoil after the decision to not approve the government proposed by the two leading anti-establishment populous parties. five star and the league in particular. the president voiced objections over a finance minister saying the appointment would alarm markets and have dangerous consequences for italians' savings. this did not sit well with the five-star movement and the league. calling for the impeachment of the current president. what is happening about an hour from now, george, we are expecting the president to meet with his choice for a new interim prime minister. as you said, he is a former official of the imf. he will also have to be approved by parliament. it is a parliament which has majority of the coalition with the league and five-star

movement. it is unclear if the president's choice will actually be approved by parliament . in the case it is not, we are looking at snap summer elections. that is something the president said he did not want because it would exclude italian voters on vacation. it is a developing story by the hour, george. one thing is for sure. the elections were held in march. we are two months on from the elections. this is the longest period in italy's post-war history they are without a government. >> delia, what is the sense from people there? you pointed out voters have been there and done that and cast their votes. now a great deal of uncertainty. it could be headed back to do the same again. >> reporter: that's right. it is very divided this morning. we are hearing a lot of talk in the papers and on radio and internet between those who support the president's choice not to accept the proposed

government and those who elected these leaders of the two populous parties. five-star and league, to form a government. it is quite a challenging time for the italy democracy. on the one hand, the president is the guarantor of the government and italy is part of the european union and they are concerned about the european partners. you have the people who voted for the government. we are in a state of flux, george. we are looking for what comes from the meeting with the president and proposed new interim prime minister. >> at 10:36 a.m. in rome. delia gallagher following the shifting political winds. thank you for the reporting. the next president of colombia will either be a critic of the historic farc peace deal

or part of the leftist group. he took the most votes in the first round of elections is ivan duque. he doesn't want to give up the peace deal. >> duque wants to ensure farc fighters are prosecuted. he will face-off with the first leftist candidate who has a real chance of becoming colombia's president. now to ireland. victory for supporters of legal abortio abortion. 2/3 of voters voted to appeal the eighth amendment. >> the result flies in the face of the teaching of the catholic church which was thought to still have enormous influence over people's beliefs in ireland. for more on that, let's get to cnn's atika shubert.

live in dublin, ireland. atika, what is the next step for the irish government? it is trying to put the legislation in place by the end of the year. >> reporter: that is right. it belongs to lawmakers and the government. a draft bill has been drawn up. it has to be submitted and debated. it is not likely to happen immediately. this is something that will take a few months to process. this government was instrumental in pushing this referendum through. it seems to have the public mandate. we had a chance to interview the health minister simon harris at the dublin castle when the vote was announced. he told us why this vote means so much to him. take a listen. >> i was always hopeful this would pass by majority. when the numbers were as large as they were, i was taken aback. people across ireland, men and women, voted yes in large numbers.

pleasantly surprised and overwhelmed. people voted for compassion. >> reporter: because there is a summer recess, it is likely if a br bill is submitted later, it will not be debated until autumn. >> of course, that is in ireland. meanwhile, this house has put pressure on prime minister theresa may to legalize abortion in northern ireland. part of the united kingdom. how is she dealing with the delicate political situation? >> reporter: it is delicate. she is in a coalition with the democratic union party in northern ireland. this is a pro-life anti-abortion party. she will face a difficult problem here. balancing out her coalition partner on one hand and mps within her party saying we have to do something about abortion rights. women's rights in northern

ireland. it will be difficult. we have not heard from her yet. it is slightly different situation there because there is no constitutional ban in the uk. one thing that could happen is she could argue for example that this is a local issue and local legislation has to deal with here. >> we will see what pressure comes to bear on her. atika shubert bringing us up to date on the situation from dublin. just after 9:30 in the morning. thanks. the next story we are following about migrant moves to france and saves a child's life and looking to start a new life. this was caught on video. he risked his life to save a toddler in paris. >> we will explain when we come back.

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this is just incredible to watch. stunning video from paris. immigrant from mali is called a

real-life spiderman you see here. going floor to floor. this is the man pulling himself up to reach the 4-year-old child and save him there. listen to how he explains his heroic feat. >> translator: we came here to watch the football match at a restaurant. i saw a lot of people yelling. cars were honking. i got out and i saw the child who was about to fall from the balco balcony. i have children. i would hate to see him get hurt in front of me. i ran and thought of ways to save him. i ran and scaled the building. >> how did you climb? >> translator: i got on top of door and managed to pull myself up from balcony to balcony. thank god i saved him. >> what a remarkable young man.

paris mayor wrote on twitter that she spoke with the 22-year-old. she said this, he explained to me that he had arrived from mali a few months ago dreaming of building his life here. i told him his heroic act is an example to all citizens and the city of paris will obviously be keen to support him in his efforts to settle in france. let's hope that happens. >> there was this. the french president passing on his congratulations. these pictures just in from the palace. emmanuel macron invited him to basically meet him personally and thank him. it is probably save to say this is the weekend he will never forget. imagine how brave you have to be as you see this child up there. >> he was focused on getting to the child. he wasn't unnerved by the height. that mother will never forget what he did. unbelievable.

well done. u.s. government says it is not responsible for the nearly 1,500 undocumented minors who essentially have gone missing. these are children who crossed the border and landed in the office of resettlement. >> we have tal kopan with the explanation. >> someone comes to the border without adult. a child comes to the border by themselves or separated with the adults they are with, they are turned over to a different government an agency who works to place them with a sponsor. sometimes a family member or individual who seems responsible and can care for the child. now this government agency has testified it is their position that once they make that handoff, they are not legally responsible for what happens to the children. they are expected to show up for

court dates and that type of thing. they typically have not been followed up and figured out what happens to the children. in the last three months of 2017, they followed up on 7,500 children. as you mentioned, 20% of them, 1,500, they could not account for what happened to them after placement. it is unknown what happened to them. it is possible that those children made an independent decision to go into the shadows and live undocumented in the u.s. they could have end up up in the hands -- ended up in the hands of traffickers. u.s. is pursuing policy options with more children separated from the families. the u.s. government is grappling with the questions what happened to the children and what can they do in the future from preventing it to happen again. >> you see it there. the question is what happened to the children. all of this as the department of

homeland security is defending a controversial policy of separating families that cross the u.s. border illegally. we will take a short break here. as the u.s. marks memorial day, one world war ii veteran has had his final wishful filled. that heartwarming story next.

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it is memorial day weekend here in the united states. we have got a story for you about the bonds of war. >> a world war ii veteran's final wish to meet one of her brothers in arms. cnn's gary tuchman was there. >> reporter: a world war ii marine veteran. shot three times and bayonetted in the battle of gauadacanal. >> when do you turn 97? >> may 30th. >> that's coming up. >> reporter: sadly, his health is failing and he is heareceivi hospice care. that battle has flooded his

memory of late. so much so his hospice care givers decided to do something about it. do your thing, twitter. a hospice facility is engaging in meeting with someone aged 96 who was in the battle of guadalcanal. we found a former world war ii marine sergeant and recipient of preside purple heart. without hesitation, he and a family friend hopped a plane to new york city and headed to the new york home bill shares with his daughter and family to fulfill the last wish. >> harold? this is bill. you are both marines. both at guadalcanal. both american heroes. >> a leatherneck.

you were in the outfit? >> 8th company. combat unit. >> by golly. you and i are just about the same age. >> i'm 96. >> i'm 92. i still chase girls. i lie, too. >> i'm jake. >> reporter: with family and friends gathered, the men shared stories of their time during the war and spoke of the physical and emotional wounds that remain decades later. >> boy, you are lucky to be here. >> you're right. >> yeah. >> yeah. it went right through me. and then it went down my back. >> life's been pretty good for you and i. >> right now it is.

>> yes. look at it. we had a lot of good days good-bygoo by. i lost my wife two years ago. we were married 71 years. >> reporter: sergeant hasson is also a widower. he was married for 75 years. >> what are you doing now? >> i'm living with my daughter. >> you mow the grass? that's what they got me doing now. mowing the grass. >> i can't even do that. >> reporter: it took more than 75 years after these men shared a battle field, but bill and harold are now friends. >> this is the coin i had for the united states marines. that's where you and i got our

education. >> reporter: but when they said good-bye, they knew they likely would not see each other again. >> good to see a fellow marine. >> i tell you, i enjoyed it. >> i want you to look into the camera. >> reporter: a last wish if hf l fulfill fulfilled. gary tuchman, cnn, new york. >> amazing story. >> thank you for being with us for cnn newsroom. i'm george howell. >> i'm rosemary church. for u.s. viewers, "new day" is next and everyone else, i'm back with a check of the headlines. stay with us.

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