like a walrus. ♪ u.s. president donald trump now leans toward declaring the u.s. to be in a state of emergency. it's one of the ideas he's considering if the partial government shutdown isn't resolved soon. plus, a break in a case. police make an arrest in the drive-by shooting at killed a 7-year-old girl in texas. new details about the phone used by murdered journalist jamal khashoggi. it may have been infected by malware. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm natalie allen and this is "cnn newsroom." we begin at the white house.

an official there tells cnn the u.s. president is seriously leaning toward invoking emergency powers to fund his border wall. the official says donald trump is inclined to take the radical step if talks to reopen the government continue to stall. negotiators are expected to meet again sunday after making no real progress on saturday. cnn's boris sanchez has the latest for us from the white house. >> reporter: following a saturday meeting between top administration officials and aides for congressional leadership at the white house on saturday, we heard a number of conflicting reports of what transpired during negotiations to reopen the federal government. one source on capitol hill indicating that the discussions led to baby steps in the progress of reopening the federal government. the source indicating that democrats asked republicans for official justification for the $5.6 billion the president has been demanding for his long-promised border wall. the source saying that republicans responded by saying they would get back to democrats

by sunday, the date of the next scheduled meeting between these two sides. a source close to vice president mike pence indicated the talks were productive, but the acting chief of staff mick mulvaney didn't think so. he spoke to cnn's jake tap or "state of the union" saying both sides were far apart and he believes democrats are simply trying to stall. listen to this. >> i know speaker pelosi said she didn't want to give even more than $1 to the border wall. president trump has talked about $5.6 billion. is there any give in the $5.6 billion in terms of whether or not it has to be for a wall or whether it can be for more generally border security? >> i think the president has said for a long time it's $5.6 billion for border security, including the wall. we recognize that things like technology and border crossings are important but certainly a barrier is important. we didn't make much progress at the meeting, which was surprising to me. i thought we had come in to talk

about terms we could agree on, places where we all agreed we should be spending more time and attention for border security yet the opening line from one of the top democrat negotiators is they were not there to talk about any agreement. they there were to stall. and we didn't make much progress. >> reporter: a source at the white house indicated if these talks continue to stall, president trump is likely to declare a national emergency and use his emergency powers as president to secure funding for his border wall. it's a drastic move, one that would likely be challenged through the court system by democrats. the source indicates there are basic factual disagreements between these sides that they can't get on the same page and perhaps declaring a national emergency is the only way out for the president as the shutdown enters its third week. boris sanchez, cnn, at the white house. so what exactly does it mean for a u.s. president to invoke

emergency powers? here's what mr. trump said on friday. >> we can call a national emergency because of the security of our country, absolutely. no, we can do it. i haven't do it. i may do it. i may do it. but we can call a national emergency and build it very quickly. >> invoking emergency powers is extremely rare in the u.s. previous presidents have only done it during a national crisis such as the outbreak of war. once invoked, federal law permits the u.s. military to fund construction projects deemed critical to national security. if president trump chose this route, two officials say the pentagon believes only $1 billion to $2 billion would be immediately available. nowhere near the $5.6 billion he's demanding from congress. to get the additional money, mr. trump would have to cancel other military projected already funded. many of which are considered priorities by the pentagon. finally if president trump were to invoke emergency powers and order the u.s. military to fund and build his wall, it would

almost certainly trigger lawsuits challenging its legality. let's get some international perspective from kate andrews in london. she's a political columnist for city a.m. good to have you with us. happy new year to you. >> happy new year. thanks for having me. >> what are the president's tactic to possibly claim a national emergency and, thereby, go around congress and directly to the pentagon for funding. is that a possibility, in your view, or feasible? >> the legal feedback so far has been mixed but there are quite a few people saying it would be possible. it would certainly come across legal challenges. and to bypass congress when it's not considered to be a moment of crise, i not yet anyway, would raise questions about our system of checks and budgets. is this the president not wanting to play ball with other elected representatives?

of course ironically, executive powers were extended under the obama administration directly related to things like immigration so this is a topic that both the republicans and democrats have not been able to get control of, and we keep trying to bypass congress rather than taking the hard discussion to elected representatives to say this is the time to sort out in a bipartisan way what our stance on the border, on illegal immigration and legal immigration is going to be. but i mean, if the president were to issue this order, it would certainly be fought against. and i think he would struggle to justify why he did it in a time especially when the democrats are taking control. >> right. and does he have the evidence to claim a national emergency? we saw what his happens in the past when presidents abused it. at saturday's meeting, democrats asked for details to back up what he claimed to be a national emergency on the border, and the republicans at the meeting said we'll get back to you on that.

>> no, it doesn't seem like the evidence has been produced yet. of course, during the midterm election, trump tried to stoke up concerns at the border sending military troops there to address, again, concerns that weren't actually thought to be emergencies until the president politicized them. so that evidence would certainly have to be seen as well. and i think the president would also struggle because he has had opportunities to build his wall. the democrats were willing to compromise with him and give him four to five times the amount of funding for something like a wall along the border, if he was willing to tackle the issue of daca, to give immunity and amnesty to the 700,000 young illegal migrants who came over the border with their parents but had naturalized in the u.s., had become essentially u.s. citizens, spoke english, knew their whole lives in the u.s. and just didn't have documentation. trump then asked for more and walked away from that deal. so in order to cry out national emergency and crisis, he's not just going to have to prove

that. he's going to have to explain why he didn't take a very good deal for him and the policies he wanted to get forward. why he walked away from that. and why he hasn't addressed the issue so far. >> at first he said he would and then backed away from it as far as the dreamers portion. and that would have helped give him a lot of money from the democrats. the president has put so much into his candidacy and now his presidency and getting this wall. has he somewhat boxed himself in? >> oh, i think he has. if he has to go into the 2020 election having built a couple miles worth of wall, that's not going to go down well with his base. and i think this whole shutdown, and it's one of the longest now in our history, has just become so deeply politicized. it's ignoring the actual needs of the american people. it's ignoring vulnerable people at the border, whether they be legal or illegal. it's not addressing the issue of migration which the u.s. does

have to tackle. it's all about leading up to the next run for lections. and i think a lot of americans are very tired of this political process. they want to see some real action taken. and it would be lovely if we could come together in a bipartisan way to tackle this issue which many people are concerned about. but there doesn't seem to be a lot of good will on either side to actually tackle this issue. but that's not new and not unique to trump. going back to the george w. bush years, this has been an issue that neither party has been able to grasp. >> they have a whole year ahead of them. only a few days into 2019. one would hope they'd make some headway at some point. kate andrews, we always appreciate you joining us. >> thanks for having me. we are following breaking news from texas. police have made an arrest in the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl. ja jazmine barnes was riding in a car with her sisters and mother when they were ambushed

by gunfire. police have charged 20-year-old eric black jr. with capital murder in connection with the girl's death. police say he admitted to taking part and more arrests may come. investigators have not said if black was the shooter. they also do not think the family was the intended target but was likely shot as a result of mistaken identity. jazmine's murder gained the attention of politicians and prompted rallies like this one on saturday aimed at supporting the girl's family. >> i appreciate everybody that's out here. you all are doing your thing, and i'm so happy to see all these faces. and i thank you all so much for doing this and coming together for my baby, man. we going to represent her. she's up there watching over all

of us to make sure we're all good right now. and i just thank everybody for doing their thing. >> jazmine's memorial is set for tuesday. again, the breaking news, they have made an arrest in houston. we'll continue to bring you any new developments as we get them. the arrest of a u.s. citizen is raising talk of a prisoner swap in russia. what the kremlin says about the fate of paul wheel and. and a malware that could have been on jamal khashoggi the phone. 'll

welcome back. the kremlin is protesting the arrest of a russian citizen on the u.s. island of cipan. he was detained last month. it happened in the northern mariana islands in the pacific. the charges against him are connected to money laundering and the export of weapons parts. the kremlin says the u.s. did not properly notify russian authorities of his arrest. all of this comes as russia

continues to hold this man, a u.s. citizen, accused of espionage. paul whelan was arrested after a russian spy pleaded guilty in the u.s. what is going on? let's check in with cnn's sam kylie live in our moscow bureau for us. both russia and the u.s. now holding people they say are spies. is there any serious talk of a prisoner swap? >> well, not yet, natalie. not at least according to sergei ripkov, the deputy foreign minister here in russia who says that in the case of mr. whelan, at any rate, any talk of a prisoner swap is premature because, in his words, mr. whelan has not yet been formally charged with espionage. that's at odds with what mr. whelan's russian lawyer says. he's said to cnn that he most certainly has been charged and, indeed, the lawyer is seeking

bail for mr. whelan which has so far been rejected by russian authorities because they seem to be claiming that he represents a flight risk. and now this story has got curiouser and curiouser with the case of the russian alleged arms dealer, money launderer arrested in the northern pacific the day after mr. whelan. but he was arrested on an indictment that was issued, a warrant for his arrest was issued in 2017 out of florida. mr. makarenko represents the russian arm if you like, the ordering element of attempts to smuggle high quality night vision rifle scopes and also heat intensifying equipment as well as some ammunition parts to russia in violation of americans arms exports regulations. now these are all allegations.

he's now in detention, and the russians are complaining they were not properly informed of this. what we're seeing here is the beginning of what could turn into a standoff over these two arrests. of course in the background is the case of maria butina who has pleaded guilty to taeattempts t influence the u.s. government and other elements in the united states but has yet to be sentenced. and the character of victor boot who is closely associated with russian military intelligence. he's languishing in american jail for a whole slew of money laundering and arms dealing charges. he was sentenced to many years in prison, particularly for his activities across africa in the 1990s. he is somebody very much like maria butina that the russians would like to see returned to the motherland. but mr. whelan becomes a pawn in that game in the words of the british foreign minister, remains to be seen at this stage. >> right.

it seems like we've got more than one potential pawn in this saga playing out. we'll continue to follow it. sam kiley, thanks very much. the u.s. national security adviser is kicking off a trip to the middle east. john bolton tweeted saturday he'd arrived in israel. he's set to meet with benjamin netanyahu. after that, he's headed for turkey. bolton says the top u.s. general joseph dunford will join him there. isis and a withdrawal from syria are stoet to top the agenda. the organization had requested an independent and international probe into the murder and says the trial doesn't meet its requirements. khashoggi was killed at saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul three months ago. before he died, he had exchanged messages with dissident omar abdel aziz but those messages

may not have been secure thanks to malware that affected his phone. abdel aziz has filed a lawsuit against the company that created the spyware. oren liebermann explains the malware's potential danger. >> reporter: jamal khashoggi thought the messages he sent to a fellow saudi disdent were secure. instead the messages were an open book. so was the entire phone allegedly infected by pegasus, a powerful piece of malwer from the israel-based nso group. edward snowden, in his first ever video appearance in israel in november, described the company like this. >> the nso group, in today's world, based on the evidence we have, they are the worst of the worst in selling these burglary tools that are being actively, currently used to violate the human rights of, you know, dissidents, opposition figures, activists. >> reporter: i got to see the power of pegasus, unwittingly,

two years ago. >> your phone is now compromised. >> that's it? >> ten seconds. >> reporter: mobile security experts at checkpoint showed me they could hack a phone with one click, gaining complete access to the microphone, camera and data. the malware they used was similar to pegasus. one of the cyberexperts was michael who launched his first start-up in twn2010 when he understood the threat of pegasus and similar programs. >> even when they sell it to specifically law enforcement agency and originally bought it, in the case that those guys want to infect what we would perceive as like illegitimate targets, the nso has no control or they cannot really prevent it. >> reporter: nso group uses hidden vulnerabilities that elite hackers can use to get access to the inner workings of

a phone. shalov calls them the alpha dog of the market with a series of zero days they can use to hack a phone. >> unless google or apple fixes that bug, it can stay for many, many years and nso can sell software that is able to go through those holes in the software and infect the phone. >> reporter: apple and google are constantly working to fix bugs and close zero days but each new feature introduces new code and vulnerabilities. adam says potential attack surfaces, as they're called, the possible ways and locations of trying to hack a phone, are nearly limitless. but, he says, relatively few people have the expertise necessary to find them, develop them and possibly sell them. >> if you -- it is definitely more than a million dollars, so, yeah. >> reporter: and the customers are out there to buy them?

>> yes. there's always demand. it's the offer that changes. but, yeah, there's always going to be somebody to buy them. >> reporter: nso group has capitalized on that. a multimillion-dollar company with a powerful product. that product, pegasus, has put nso at the center of lawsuits. they allege the use of the malware, as in the case jaf maul khashoggi, violated international law. oren liebermann, cnn, tel aviv. >> in a statement to cnn, nso group said it was completely unfounded and shows no evidence the company's technology was used to hack abdulazeez's phone. nso said its technology helps government and law enforcement agencies fight terrorism and crime in a modern age and is fully vetted and licensed by the israeli government. the statement added the lawsuit appears to be based on a collection of press clippings that have been generate forward the sole purpose of creating news headlines and do not reflect the reality of nso's

work. in addition, products supplied by nso are operated by the government customer to whom they were supplied. without the involvement of nso or its employees. a stunning betrayal in the u.s. trial against accused mexican drug lord el chapo. a man who spent years as el chapo's associate and protege is now giving damning testimony against his former boss. not only betraying el chapo but also turning against his own father. here's cnn's paolo sandoval. >> reporter: it's less than halfway through the trial of mexican druglord joaquin guzman. el chapo, as he's known, faced the son of his suspected cartel leader zabata. flashing a smile at el chapo and referring to him as his compadre. he revealed more about the inner workings of the cartel.

how they paid millions of dollars to corrupt mexican officials in their heyday. according to zambata in 1997, his father met privately with a mexican general who reported directly to the mexican president at the time. zabata testified he believed there was a campaign by the u.s. and mexico to make el chapo, quote, bigger than he was in order to bring him down. an argument made by the defense at the start of the trial. zambata is not the only one agreeing to testify for the government. the jury has heard from form er employ employees. jurors have been shown old foetsows of el chapo. his flashy diamond encrusted pistol tucked in his waistband. prosecutors displayed a cache of seized weapons nled to be used by the cartel. the made for tv testimony is attracting a steady stream of

spectators. mendoza has spent four days watching the courtroom drama. >> they are unveiling more of the corruption in mexico, how much money was laundered. >> reporter: fascination coupled with curiosity is what drew in new yorkers allie pike and nina suzman. >> i'm still fascinated with the escape. the tunnelling under to get out of prison. >> he like smiled at all his lawyers and shook their hands like fiercely and nicely. i was gist like, oh, it's weird because it's something you watch things about but he's just like a dude. >> he's just a regular person. >> reporter: court is back in session next week with the court expected to last through february. more stories of bribes and bloodshed are likely to be told. it is a little more than a year before the iowa caucuses and elizabeth warren is already there. exploring her options for a possible white house run. we'll have more about that in a moment. plus, a navy s.e.a.l. heads

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gunman. about 50,000 yellow vest protesters took to the streets of france saturday in the first gathering of 2019. violence erupted in parts of the country as some demonstrators clashed with police and set fire to cars. the weekly protests began in november over higher fuel taxes. they've now grown into a movement against government policy. a white house official tells cnn u.s. president trump is inclined to declare a national emergency if talks to reopen the government continue to stall. on friday, mr. trump said he could use emergency powers to take money from the pentagon if congress refuses to fund his border wall. white house and congressional negotiators will meet again on sunday. house democrats will again try to reopen shuttered federal agencies this week, one at a time. near the top of the list, the

internal revenue service, the irs. that's because the annual tax season is about to kick into high gear. pretty soon millions of american taxpayers will be looking for their refunds, but those payments could be delayed if the shutdown continues. so far the agency hasn't revealed how it plans to process tax returns and refunds if the shutdown drags on. the partial government shutdown immediately affects 800,000 federal workers who are not now being paid. but it is also causing headaches in unexpected places and turning some daily routines upside down. case in point, couples in washington, d.c., wanting to say i do are being told you can't. elisa gail of affiliate wjla has that. ♪ >> reporter: for now while the government shutdown continues, wedding bells aren't ringing at

the d.c. superior wocourthouse. >> everyday people doing everyday things and trying to celebrate their love are being held back. >> that's terrible. people have planned to get married. things they wanted to do. >> reporter: they found out about the marriage bureau's closure on december 27th, two days before their scheduled wedding ceremony. despite the hickup, the former congressional staff members from new york decided to go through with the ceremony. >> you don't really think of marriage licenses as a federal thing. >> reporter: pollack says the entire wedding was a blast nonetheless and i guess we'll be back in d.c. to make it official. >> i think it's just a sad, ridiculous that our government can't get it together. >> reporter: on wednesday night, a spokesperson for the mayor issued a statement saying that she will draft emergency legislation to establish the authority to issue marriage licenses during a shutdown. he went on to say, quote, just like the grinch can't steal

christmas, the shutdown can't stop love. >> we'll continue to follow the developments, though, as this shutdown is now in its third week. the next u.s. presidential election is still almost two years away, but potential candidates are already preparing to take on donald trump. first in line, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren who is making her case in the state of iowa. m.j. lee is traveling with her. >> reporter: senator warren has had a busy 24 hours in iowa. her first trip since announcing her exploratory committee on new year's eve. she introduced herself to the people of iowa and making clear what here important issues are going to be in her eventual 2020 presidential campaign. one question she got from an audience member in sioux city was about her decision to release a dna test about her

americ ancestry. they asked why she decided to release the results of that and give trump more fodder. >> i am not a person of color. i am not a citizen of a tribe. tribal citizenship is very different from ancestry. tribes and only tribes determine tribal citizenship. and i respect that difference. my decision was, i'm just going to put it all out there. took awhile but just put it all out there. all my hiring records, including a dna test, it's out there. it's online. anybody can look at it, it's there. >> reporter: even though senator warren has been drawing big crowds, doesn't mean everyone coming to her events are necessarily supporting her. a lot of the voters we spoke to here over the weekend telling us they are simply undecided and they are looking forward to getting to know many of the other potential democratic candidates who are sure to come by iowa over the next couple of

months. this is just going to be a first impression that senator warren makes to the people of iowa. back to you. a u.s. navy s. a.l. accused of killing a detainee has pleaded not get to a murder charge. he's also been charged with violating other laws while deployed in mosul. nick watt was at the arraignment and has the details. >> reporter: a chest full of medals nearly 20 years in the service. >> when somebody has been named the number one s.e.a.l. on the west coast that you're dealing with a very high caliber individual. >> reporter: this navy s.e.a.l. charged with premeditated murder in mosul iraq in 2017. edward gallagher allegedly stabbed an injured boy to death. the military says the boy was a captured islamic state fighter. prosecutors claim gallagher took a photo with the corpse and sent

it to friends with messages such as, i got this one with my hunting knife and, i got my knife skills on. what is your contention, that he didn't stab this isis fighter or did but the circumstances are extenuating? >> he didn't murder anyone when he was out there. >> did he stab this isis fighter? >> without getting too much into the facts of exactly what happened there, the question is, what he's being charged with is, did he murder anyone? and the answer is, no, he didn't murder anyone. special operators, s.e.a.l.s, mrsoc, green berets, they kill people in combat. the question is, is it lawful? >> reporter: prosecutors claim a month later he shot a civilian, an old man, and a month after that, a young girl and on multiple occasions he also fired indiscriminately into crowds of civilians. it was members of gallagher's own s.e.a.l. platoon who reported him to authorities. he was arrested september 11th and has been in custody at the

miramar naval base ever since. family, friends and colleagues in court to watch gallagher plead not guilty to all nine charges leveled against him. >> we're here to support our belief in eddie's overall innocence and the fact our government is prosecuting an innocent man. >> reporter: gallagher is accused of obstructing justice. prosecutors claim he sent text messages and spoke to people in person, all according to the charge sheet, attempting to discourage members of his platoon from reporting his actions. he also stands accused of, quote, wrongfully retaliating against members of his platoon for reporting those criminal actions. >> there are text messages we've been provided that indicate that eddie might have sent some text messages out saying that these individuals who are making the allegations against him are lying. >> reporter: gallagher, married with kids, was planning to retire. he might not get that chance. >> charged with premeditated

murder and anybody found guilty of that, it's a mandatory minimum life sentence. >> reporter: prosecutors claim as well as pose with the body of his victim, gallagher flew a drone above the corpse and conducted a re-enlistment ceremony next to the body. the judge has scheduled gallagher's trial to begin february 19th. and he'll decide next week whether this navy s.e.a.l. has to remain in the brig, remain in custody until that date. nick watt, cnn, san diego, california. and coming up next here, her cries captured the sympathy of people around the world. now a young migrant girl from el salvador is one step closer to starting a new life in the u.s. she'll talk about that. plus -- two formerly conjoined twins are finding a new way in the world. we get a look at what their lives are like now that they've been separated. before shipstation it was crazy. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in,

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it is hard to forget the haunting cries of children separated from their families at the u.s. border last summer. >> that little girl is named allison. and that's her. a migrant from el salvador held at a detention center in arizona. she was begging for someone to call her aunt so she could reunite with her mother who had no idea where she was. her mom was at a detention center 2,000 kilometers away in arizona. thankfully they were finally reunited in houston, texas,

shortly after their story went viral. a lot has happened since. cnn's gary tuchman has the story. >> reporter: 7-year-old allison madrid enjoying the day at the children's museum of houston. >> are you happy today? >> reporter: a very different story from when she and her mother first came to this country. and now almost six months later, they're getting ready for their first asylum hearing. the start of a process which will determine whether or not they can stay in the u.s. as they've waited for the hearing, allison has been going to a public school in houston. when she arrived in the u.s., she did not speak a word of english. allison, you have something you want to read? >> yeah. >> okay. let's hear in english. >> why i love america. i love my school. i love my church.

i love to smile. i love and believe in the american dream. happy new year, america. >> reporter: happy new year, america, to you, too. >> happy new year, america. >> reporter: her mother cindy is doing her best to learn english at her church. >> one, two, three, four. >> reporter: she cannot legally get a job at the stage of the asylum process but says she wants to work. she says she would like to have a job cleaning or at a restaurant or whatever job she can get as long as she can do it with dignity. >> work together. they mix the apples. >> reporter: so what is the likelihood that mother and daughter will be granted asyl snum their lawyer says she's

hopeful, but -- >> there's a good chance it may not be granted. >> reporter: cindy madrid left to protect allison, her only child, from gang violence. allison tot allison told us what her understanding is of that threat. the gang, she says, they wanted to steal me. the attorney says if cindy madrid loses her case and is sent back to el salvador, that is not an overstatement. >> could be death. they had very serious problems with gang violence. they had no protection by the police as well. so we're not expecting anything good if she is returned back home. >> reporter: allison jimena says houston is now her home. >> it is a sunny day when friends stick together. >> reporter: the end. >> finished. okay. >> reporter: but this legal battle is far from finished. gary tuchman, cnn, houston.

>> what an adorable little girl. we'll keep you posted on their story. now for an update to an incredible story. cnn has been following for more than two years. in october of 2016, the mcdonald family decided to have their boys jaden and aniah separated. they were born conjoined at the head. after a 27-hour separation surgery with many complications and setbacks, the twins are now 3 years old. though life isn't always easy, they are making great strides. cnn's dr. sanjay gupta has been there from the beginning and just talked with the mcdonald family recently. >> reporter: after two years, nicole and christian decided to leave new york. the city they adopted to help care for their boys and return home to the midwest. knox, indiana. big changes for everyone. the biggest change of all, though, the boys.

this is 3-year-old jaden mcdonald. he is starting to read. but as with most stories, along with victories came defeats. for conjoined twins, there's almost always one that is more dominant and one at a greater disadvantage. anias. >> that's where i kind of fell apart this year because the child that had hit so many walls before and you just want him to fly and he's still stuck on the ground. >> in this day and age, a quantum leap society. we want quick fixes and if it doesn't happen quick then we almost get discouraged and think it can't happen, but we really need to understand that amazing things can happen. and anias can do amazing things and will do amazing things. >> reporter: but even anias has made gains. he no longer needs any of the machinery used to monitor him.

he's starting to be a kid again, playing with his toys. it's hard to believe that just two years ago, anias and jaden were connected. and amazingly, nicole and christian are now more connected than ever. how are you guys doing as a couple? it's been your life. how are you guys doing? >> i think we're getting stronger and better every day. i guess they say sometimes difficult circumstances, you know, you go through the fire. you come out stronger on the other side. and i think that's definitely true for us. it's definitely made us better as a couple. >> this forced us into family. i've gained so much respect for him through the process and the dad that he is and in the way that he's been able to support me. >> here i come! >> but we also have to remember that we're not done. our future has a lot more.

>> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, knox, indiana. >> we wish them all the best. people in asia and the north pacific got a glimpse of a partial solar eclipse sunday morning, but only in areas where the skies were clear enough. derek van dam will show us coming up. not an option.". i'm sorry, "z"s representative. please say the name of your second pet. rocknar. incorrect. your call is important to us. we'll be with you shortly. hello, this is daniel in billing. oh, hey, yes! hello, daniel! can you hold please? no, please! main menu. calling customer service is the worst. so t-mobile just made it better. no bots, no bounci, no bs. i love you guys. we get that a lot.

new york is making a change regarding changing your baby's diaper. changing tables will no longer be exclusive to women's rest rooms in new york state. a new law now requires new and renovated buildings to make the tables available to men's bathrooms as well. officials say the law will help parents who often struggle to find places to change their baby's diapers. as a new dad, baby number two, derek van dam has commentary on this. >> good for them. as a dad to a 5-month and a nearly 2-year-old child, i'm still surprised that the bathrooms, the men's bathrooms that don't have a changing facility. it's like get with it. >> we're happy to share the baby changing. >> fair enough. equal responsibilities, right?

>> well, now you're going to talk about a series of storms coming across the western u.s. >> that is my job. and that's the most pressing information in the western u.s. because we have storm system after storm system that is lining up over this region that's going to bring us our mountain snow. great for the ski resorts but difficult to travel around it. and the heavy rainfall that will bring concerns along much of the west coast. and even into southern california. look at this forecast radar. los angeles to just outside of san diego. all the way to san francisco, northward into portland, seattle. they're used to the rain but further south into los angeles, not so used to it. we've had several years of dry weather across that region. we've gotten rain lately. look at the storms lining up across the pacific. one, two, three. and they are going to continue this wet and very persistent storminess over the western half of the u.s. for the next several days. five-day precipitation forecast shows the snow lining up against

t the sierra mountain range and cascades. we'll be measuring this in feet, not inches. it's going to pile up. we need that snowfall and the snow pack to build up through the winter season so when we head into the summer season the snow melt helps keep the dams and reservoirs filled with fresh drinking water. look at the winter storm advisories and warnings over the western u.s. covering many locations. along with the series of storms, wind gusts in excess of 50 to 70 miles per hour across the pacific northwest. switching subjects, look what northeast asia just witnessed early sunday morning. a partial lunar eclipse. i should say solar eclipse. part of the sun. here's a composite image of the actual solar eclipse that took place in tokyo, japan. and there is an astronomical look at it as well. wonderful image of about 30% of the sun being blocked. >> pretty cool stuff. we'll be back with another

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