for a chance to win. comcast business. beyond fast. keeping secrets. "the washington post" reports president trump went to extraordinary lengths to conseal details of his meeting with russian president vladimir putin. plus no end in sight for the u.s. government shutdown. we'll speak with a union official about the impact on-air traffic control. also u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo expected to meet with the saudi crown prince. one subject topping the discussion the death of journalist jamal khashoggi. >> we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm george howell.

>> i'm natalie allen and cnn newsroom starts right now. we begin with a new report that raises new questions about the u.s. president and his russian counterpart vladimir putin zeroing in on the private conversations the two men have had and just how little we know about what was said. >> according to "the washington post" mr. trump went to extraordinary lengths to conseal the details of his meetings with the russian president. the paper says he went so far as to confiscate the notes from his interpreter also not allowing the interpreter to discuss the meeting with anyone. the president calls those allegations rudeidiculous. he sent he hasn't kept anything under wraps. >> on friday "the new york times" published an article alleging the fbi was so concerned about trump's actions following the firing of former fbi director james comey that it opened an investigation into

whether the president was secretly working on behalf of russia. here's mr. trump's response to that. >> have you now or ever worked for russia, mr. president? >> i think it's the most insulting thing i've ever been asked. i think it's the most insulting article i've ever had written. and if you read the article you'd see that they found absolutely nothing. >> let's talk about it from mus cow now cnn's fred pleitgen. president trump says there's nothing to this story. let's listen to what mr. trump had to say about this meeting with mr. putin in helsinki. >> i had a conversation like every president does. you sit with the president of various countries. i do it with all countries. we had a great conversation. we were talking about israel and securing israel and lots of other things. and it was a great conversation. i met with every leader, just

about, individually. i met with modi, in japan i meet with abe, i meet with all of them. but with putin they make a big deal. anybody could have listened to that meeting. that meeting is open for grabs. >> is it? what more do we know, fred, about the meetings between the two presidents and what was discussed? >> first of all, i don't think that most of them or not all of them certainly are open for grabs. and there certainly does seem to be a lot of concern in washington what was discussed in these meetings. one we were talking about the newspapers are focusing on a little as well the foreign ministers were present as well. that's the one people are saying those notes were apparently confiscated afterwards from the foreign translators. and former secretary of state rex tillerson gave updates to

the press detailing what was said. but there are some people wanting more information and apparently that information is not available. the big meeting held in helsinki, and of course president trump is saying look, they talked about israel and other topics. of course the main topic was the topic of election meddling. and the interesting thing that came out of that meeting is that after the two had met, and it was unclear what was being said at that meeting because it was a one-on-one meeting only with the interpreters it was only after that president trump came out and essentially sided with the russian government against his intelligence service and said he had no idea why vladimir putin would meddle in the u.s. election. not infer information is available on that topic.

>> so that story came from "the washington post" and now the other one from "the new york times" has there been any reaction in moskow to the report. fbi investigated whether mr. trump was secretly working on behalf of russia. >> no, there certainly hasn't been any reaction here in moskow so far. something that came out over the weekend. we are expecting at the earliest you might get any reaction from the russian government, probably not even from the kremlin itself is when political talk shows might pick up on it. so far the russian government has been saying the whole question of russian election meddling, of russia meddling on behalf of president trump is something that is absurd. vladimir putin of course himself has said that, yes, he did want president trump to win the election in 2016 because he heard president trump saying things that are positive about

the relationship between russia and the united states. but for president trump to be an asset, that's certainly something i think the russian government would shoot down. if you look at russian political talk shows and other russian politicians they do believe some of the things the trump administration has been doing in the past couple of years it's been in office has been beneficial to russia. in fact there's some talk making fun of the government shutdown. >> all right, fred pleitgen following it for us from moskow. thanks, fred. >> let's talk more about this now with steve moore and robert english. steve a retired supervisory special agent for the fbi, and robert, a russia expert as the deputy director of the california school of international relations. gentlemen, thank you for your

time. >> sure. >> robert, i'd like to start with you, this latest reporting the u.s. president allegedly concealed details of his private meetings with vladimir putin, a claim without question would be out of the ordinary for senior officials not to know what was said except for the president's interpreter who he allegedly instructed not to discuss what was said. what would that mean for national security and for everyone else who was apparently left out of the loop? >> well, it's not actually unpr unprecedented. under richard nixon, the extraordinary secrecy he and henry kissinger went to conseal the preparation for the dramatic change in relations, the recognition of the peoples republic of china. that was all kept secret for fear that if it leaked opponents would raise a human cry and undermiep that initiative before

it got off the ground. trump is no nixon and his team is not full of kissingers. so while we've seen this kind of secrecy before, the difference here it's not in the interest of any competent, well thought out and important break through in relations. instead it's this fumbling around mainly with russia but not only, right? so trump has also try today conseal the details of meetings with mexican leaders with others. across the board he's seeking to avoid embarrassing leaks because there's so much that's embarrassing. >> this is a president that puts a great deal of focus on leaks. he is frustrated with the fact leaks do happen coming out of washington, d.c. and steve, this plays right into the reporting from "the new york times" just the other day the fbi launched an investigation into the president because they were concerned several of his actions could be construed as a national security risk.

what about private meetings? could that also be considered a threat? >> well, i have to agree with professor english because i do believe presidents have the latitude obviously to keep certain things secret. when i had interpreters i had be very careful about what i discussed in front of that interpreter. however, if you are doing -- what is your motive for hiding this? and if it's just to hide leaks, that's what got the secretary of state in trouble, trying to hide things that could be accessed. i think it's troublesome. and it could cause ths fbi to want to open an inquiry, technically a preliminary inquiry according to the times rather than a full-fledged investigation. >> mr. putin himself known as a form udable adversary who has

had his wins and losses against u.s. presidents. to this president to instead prefer this one to wn approach when dealing with mr. putin, does it leave mr. trump vulnerable to being manipulated in a meeting like that? >> it does. but then again aware of trump's weaknesses, suspicious of collusion and all the rest, his potential vulnerability because of financial dealings, the congress and washington have taken extraordinary steps to limit trump's powers and act on that to do anything that would limit national security. hence sanctions, this constant scrutiny and this push back. so if putin looked forward to a malleable american president in trump who would do his bidding, he got too much of it. he got one so malleable, so suspicious, generating so much

suspicion that the rest of the establishment has pushed back. and he hasn't been able to do anything. >> and steve, this question to you. the simple headline that is in play in this investigation, the question whether a u.s. president could somehow be working on behalf of russia, to say that statement is profound to say the least if indeed proven to be true. but as an investigator yourself, how significant is it that that's where we were when this investigation was launched? >> well, it's profoundly important that the fbi would be concerned enough to want to look into the possibility. yes, i think we have to measure this and realize what was open was a preliminary inquiry rather than a full investigation. there is a significant difference. and the other thing we have to realize is that the only people in the fbi after comey was fired who could have opened an investigation, an espionage

investigation of the president of the united states would have been the acting director and the deputy assistant director in charge of counter intelligence and that would have been andrew mccabe and peter struck who both have asstrisks next to their name right now. one thing i'd want to ask as an investigator is what happened to the preliminary inquiry. because within six months it has to be closed or open into a full investigation. >> steve moore, robert english, we appreciate your time and perspective. thank you. >> thanks. now day 23 of this partial u.s. government shutdown. it is officially the longest shutdown in american history and with no end in sight some 800,000 federal workers have been left high and dry without regular paychecks now since before christmas. i know.

a white house official confirms to cnn the administration is prepared to be shutdown through february. that's at least six weeks from for you. >> federal courts for instance running out of money to operate. >> 51,000 security screeners at airports are now working without pay. some have been calling in sick and this has been having a serious affect on-air travel. the staffing shortage is so bad at miami airport that one of its conk concourses had to close. and a union has filed a lawsuit against the federal government. am national air controller association represents 16,000 government employees being told to work without pay. their lawsuit claims that their constitutional rights are being violated. >> to talk more about what's happening we have with us dan mccabe, an air-traffic controller and also a union representative for the national air-traffic controllers association, and dan, you have

also been affected by this shutdown, getting one of those checks, zero dollars, zero cents. i want you to first of all start by telling about this lawsuit that's been filed, the argument here that constitutional rights are being violated. >> thanks for having me. it's really a three pronged case, a couple of fair labors act, violations. one of them as simple as we're not even making minimum wage to work. the other is prompt overtime payment and the part you bring up is depriving workers of wages with zero due process, which is the worst part. >> yours is among a few that have been filed on behalf of federal workers. what are the chances these lawsuits may have an impact? >> we hope the chances are great. we just filed this two days ago so obviously it's in its infancy and we're still in the excited phase. as we learn more and keep our

eye on what's going on with some of the other cases we'll get a better feel for it. i'm optimistic. >> here in atlanta we have the world's busiest airport, so what does that mean, for your job making sure that all of these planes coming in are safe not only here in atlanta but throughout the region? >> so our day to day is 100% of your work has to be done 100% correctly. you don't have room for error. and in markets like atlanta, chicago, new york, it's busy, it's unforgiving. our job is to keep you safe from point a to point b, it doesn't matter where you go. and you balance that with efficiency. and the united states runs the safest most efficient airspace system in the world, and we take a lot of pride in that. and we take a lot of pride going into work, working in bad weather and getting airplanes in and getting them in safely. so what this is doing is it's adding new stress to the

controllers that are currently working. on a good day it's a stressful job. it's a very stressful job. there's a lot to think about. >> i can't imagine. and the people that fly appreciate all of you very, very much. it's amazing what a wonderful job they do. if, though, the shutdown goes on and on into february. we've got the super bowl coming in, what then for air-traffic controllers? >> you know, at that point it's not even really an air-traffic controller issue. it's a human issue. i mean these are real people with real mortgages and real car payments. and, you know, there's 20,000 professionals that we represent and there's 20,000 different stories as to what they're dealing with. and being a union rep myself i've gotten a lot of phone calls, people with medical issues and medical bills and people worried about homes and children and single income families and single parents. i mean, it's sad. and it's scary.

but now it's real. you know, a couple of days ago we were fearful of what this would look like. we're here now. and everybody's trying to stay together and stay positive. but for the soup boerl that's an influx of airplanes and what we're looking at is possibly 1,500 extra airplanes a day for the super bowl and the day after. and that's on top of what we already do in atlanta. and these extra airplanes won't just affect hartsfield, jackson but the big metropolitan airports as well. >> there are people, colleagues who they go home and wonder will i get evicted? my credit is taking a hit, it's past 30 days or can i pay my other bills? it is obscene you know what's happening to these people who work so hard not receiving pay. we appreciate your time and i

just want to thank you myself. >> all the best to you. thanks. >> thank you. well, america's top diplomat will head to saudi arabia. later he will meet face-to-face with the crown prince, mohammed bin salman, who the cia says personally ordered the brutal murder of a journalist. but what will mr. pompeo say about that? plus a state of emergency has been declared in virginia as a dangerous winter storm moves east. the latest on the forecast ahead. stay with us. nced up to 48 hour. new unbelieva-brow longwear brow gel by l'oreal paris. no smudge. sweat resistant. waterproof. it's unbelievable. unbelieva-brow longwear brow gel. l'oreal paris.

welcome back to newsroom. the u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo will meet with the saudsy crown prince on sunday. he says he will address the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi with mohammed bin salman. >> she was killed last october, you'll recall in the saudi consulate in turkey by men with close ties to the saudi crown prince. ben wedemen is covering the story for us. he's live in cairo for us. and last time the secretary of state met the crown prince it was all smiles. can we spect anything less this time around? >> reporter: yeah, that -- those pictures of smiles and handshakes with the crown prince happened on the 16th of october. that was just two weeks after the brutal murder and dismemberment of jamal khashoggi

in the saudi consulate of istanbul. what we have heard from the saudi secretary he said that the united states expects saudi arabia to hold those responsible for the murder of "the washington post" columnist, but we also heard him describe saudi arabia in glowing terms as a key partner and ally of the united states and the region. and what we've heard essentially unwaveringly since the murder of jamal khashoggi and the saudi admission that it was saudi officials who did nagt kill and cut him into pieces was that the united states considers saudi arms purchases and saudis a role in assisting the u.s. in the region as more important than the brutal murder admittedly according to the saudis by rogue elements of a saudi journalist. so i don't think we're going to

hear much different from the secretary when he eventually gets to saudi arabia. right now he's in the capital where he's signing an agreement for the expansion of an air base. that is the largest u.s. air base in the middle east. and really qatar is a perfect example of the sort of confusion or complex nature of the middle east because qatar is a rather close ally of the united states, but as a result of the spat between saudi arabia and qatar which broke out in the summer of 2017 qatar has become ever closer to iran, which is really the focus of the secretary's trip in the region. he is trying to line up u.s.-arab allies in what some are describing as the middle

east strategic alliance as some describe as an arab nato. just down the street from where i'm standing is the arab league which has decades of experience in putting arab unity into action, and it's hard to imagine how a collection of arab states is going to confront iran which is an enormous economic and industrial power in the region and has managed to grow and expand its influence despite decades of u.s. sanctions. >> you were seeing a live video of pompeo in qatar while you were speaking then and we will certainly continue to follow his trip. ben wedemen in cairo, thank you. a saudi teen who says she faced death in her homeland has now arrived safely in canada. she caught the world's attention when she was almost deported

from thailand. the 18-year-old requested asylum and barricaded herself in a hotel. she begged for help on social media and says her family might kill her for renouncing islam. at that point the u.n. got involved. canada's top diplomat welcomed her to toronto and called her a very brave new canadian. >> it was her choice to come out and say hello to canadians. she wanted canadians to see she's here, she's well and that she's very, very happy to be in her new home, although she did comment to me about the cold. i told her it does get warmer. >> australia was also considering an asylum request for her. well, every president has his secrets, but "the washington

post" says donald trump is going the extra mile to hide his, especially when it comes to one fellow world leader. we'll have that story coming up. his grandmother came to the u.s. from mexico. he grew up in a part of texas. now julian castro wants to take it all the way to the white house. the latest on his presidential bid when newsroom continues. the new capital one savor card. earn 4% cash back on dining and 4% on entertainment. now when you go out, you cash in. what's in your wallet?

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yellow vest protests show no signs of slowing down. officials say 84,000 marched krause the nation saturday. that's up from 50,000 last week. in paris police clashed with some demonstrators firing tear gas and water canons. it was the ninth straight weekend of protests. in paris, france, the bakery explosion that rocked the french capital saturday killed three people. officials say two firefighters and a spanish citizen died in that blast. they believe it was caused by a gas leak. dozens of others were injured. a teenager from saudi arabia who says she fled her abusive family has arrived now in canada. she was offered asylum after escaping to thailand last week. the 18-year-old says she could face death in saudi arabia for renouncing islam. she and her supporters caught the world's attention using social meeldia. a white house official

confirms to cnn the trump administration is preparing for six more weeks of a partial government shutdown. this already the longest shutdown in u.s. history. some 800,000 federal employees are now into their fourth week of working without pay. the u.s. president calls the idea that he would work on behalf of russia insulting. >> he is responding to that "the new york times" article claiming the fbi was worried he was doing just that after he fired fbi director james comey. >> the president also had choice words for "the washington post" which reported mr. trump went to extraordinary lengths to conseal the details of his meetings with the russian president vladimir putin. >> mr. trump says his conversations were like that of any other president and he has kept nothing under wraps. >> let's get some perspective with all of this with the professor of international politics live in our london

bureau this hour. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> we have two alarming reports to look into basically questioning the loyalty and motives of the president of the united states with regards to russia. he's been criticized for seeming to favor russia throughout his time in office, though he would argue he is the toughest on russia of any of u.s. presidents. do these nee reports hurt the president or do they come off as he might describe them as paranoia or overreach? >> well, it adds more fuel to the fire. there's been suspicion in a number of areas about president trump's attitude towards government and towards america's global relations. and this basically adds a little bit more feel to that. i think in the end i don't know if it's going to politically damage him any further, but it's certainly going to undermine his credibility even more among the washington establishment which is going to investigate him with greater intensity as a result of

this. saz one of your earlier correspondents said, this is not the first president to try to keep secrets, diplomatic negotiations or conversations and we can reach right back into the early part of the 20th century, for example, the shift with china which occurred in the 1970s. so i'm not sure this is a new unprecedented but we don't know the content of these conversations yet, and i wonder whether it is related to something larger scale. >> let's talk more specifically digging into these claims raised by "the washington post" that the president concealed the information of his conversations with his russian counterpart, vladimir putin. is there a danger to the country? for senior officials to be effectively left out of the loop? >> well, it depends on the

content of those conversations and what has been, there's an attempt allegedly to suppress release of the information there. so one has to wait until the content is revealed. but as i said it adds to this general kind of lack of credibility that the president is really trying to serve america's national interests as established within the kind of broader foreign policy kind of groups which have dominated thinking, probably since about pearl harbor. he has challenged those underlying ideas, concepts and the institutions of that whole order, and i think therefore he is considered very suspicious. but we have to wait until we see what those conversations actually contained. if they contained a major geopolitical shift in thinking, and president trump is probably too incoherent to be able to put that forward directly, he's right in one sense there's fog to be political push back if he's going to reveal those.

there's a lot of people around him or near him who are arguing the u.s. needs to shift its geopolitical attitude towards the world, towards strategic restraint. whether president trump is part of that is hard to tell. but his instinct does incline in that direction, i think. >> to your point and in fairness this is not the only president of the united states who has worked to preserve the confidentiality of information when it comes to sensitive discussion. so this president as we know he likes crack down on leaks. what do you make of this argument if proven true this might have attempted leaks of sensitive discussions. >> that is the whole point. and the key issue is, is this to do with hiding something which damages president trump, trump's credibility because of some

business connections, financial connections, something which is suspicious in that character? or is it an attempt really to shift the orientation of the united states in a direction which challenges established ways of thinking? you'll recall that president obama and one of his advisers called it the blob. they argued the blob sits there, has a particular way of looking at the world and anyone who challenges that is trying to undermean. and i think whether that's the more sort of important element of this, which we learn from as we go forward. at the moment it's very, very difficult to tell. >> the context certainly important, but it is reporting that is definitely in play right now. live for us in london, thank you for the context. >> thank you. a young popular texas democrat is running for president. but it's not the former senate candidate, the one you might be thinking, beto o'rourke. >> we're talking instead of the

former chief of housing and development. julian castro has announced his bid for the white house. more now from san antonio, texas. >> reporter: julian castro announced his presidential campaign saturday here in san antonio where he was born and raised across from the street he was even baptized in. castro has made his history here in the united states where his grandmother immigrated to the united states in 19272 after her parents were killed in the mexican revolution, and he references his grandmother when he announced his campaign official. >> when my grandmother got here almost 100 years ago i'm sure that she never could have imagined that just two generations later one of her grandsons would be serving as a member of the united states congress and the other would be standing with you here today to say these words. "y" a candidate for president of

the united states of america. >> reporter: before he even has a shot at president trump he's going to have to win the democratic nomination. and he admitted to me in the interview that could be a long shot. he may have issues with money and also with places outside of san antonio. and he will play across the country but that could be an issue. another issue for him is the fact that beto o'rourke, the popular u.s. congressman who ran for senate but captured the imagination of democrats is considering a presidential run. castro said while he's not worried beto o'rourke could get into the race, he obviously would like him to stay on the side lines. >> of course i'd rather be the only democrat running from texas, but i think we're going to have a crowded primary. we don't know who's going to run, so everybody's going to have to go and put out their vision and go and do the hard work of campaigning and reaching

voters. >> reporter: and now the real work begins for julian castro. on sunday he'll travel to puerto rico for his first announcement event in puerto rico. he'll then travel to new hampshire where he will meet with top democrats in the state. >> well, as julian just said, he expects to have a crowded field, and yes and more democrats are joining the race or exploring a possible run. house representative tulsy gabbard said this to cnn's van jones. >> i have decided to run and will be making a formal announce-minute in the next week. >> she joins a fairly deep pool of democrats considering runs. >> one of them is the former mayor of new york city, michael bloomberg, who says if he runs he will pay for his entire campaign himself. and also senator elizabeth

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the president has ruled there for three decades. many sudanese say 2019 is the year that comes to an end. >> will that be the case? let's get the latest. always glad to have you with us. is there any sign the government is willing to give in to some of the protester's demands? >> reporter: well, natalie, it's quite difficult to pinpoint what exactly the protesters demands are. there's a variety of things. remember this began as a protest over the price of bread. that's very basic politics of this kind of stuff. there's no bread, no fuel. and of course now that has turned into real demands against president omar al-bashir, and that coupled with the

government's response over 40 people have been killed. so whether the government is willing to come to some middle level, essential level,. >> it's so tragic these people are being fired on for protesting. he's wanted by the international criminal court. could that be a reason why he insists on staying in power? >> reporter: you know, you've hit the nail on the head there. some people within sudan including the very influential bill an air, say once you've been in power that long for 30 years and counting and chargers of crimes against humanity and genocide, referring to what your

army did between the years of 2003 and 2008, of course the only protection he has is the presidency. and if these charges were to be dropped perhaps he'd be willing to walk away from this job, but we're only speculating, natalie. no country has been able to enforce those arrests in any country he's flown. as of yet we don't know if that is the reason why he's still clinging on. >> we know you'll continue to follow what's going on. and now to the united kingdom, the ongoing issue of brexit. the clock is ticking down towards a critical vote come tuesday, and the result could mean chaos for the british economy. >> prime minister theresa may is trying to convince parliament her deal with the eu is the only way forward. but many lawmakers of course don't see it that way.

cnn's bianca nobilo takes a look at what could happen if doesn't support may's plan. >> reporter: defeat in parliament for theresa may's brexit deal on tuesday is almost as certain. so what happens after that? the prime minister would have to return to the house of commons days later with an amended plan. perhaps after yet another breathless trip to brussels. for now she insists her deal is the only one on offer. there are now basically three possible outcomes. number one, perhaps with enough amendments, assurances and strong arming of mps, may's deal for a close continued relationship with the eu will pass eventually. right now the parliamentary arithmetic is not very encouraging. two, maybe there'll be no coalition for anything and britain will fall out of the eu

with no deal in march. that's the option backed by hard line prexteers on the conservative benches. and the third option is everyone takes fright and can't agree on anything, so they kick the entire exit process into the long grass. that would involve an extension of article 50 which would also need the agreement of all 27 eu states, far from the given. ministers continue to insist if the agreed on tax with brussels is rejected britain enters uncharted waters. >> we can no longer assume that by rejecting this deal there will be a better shade of brexit. and what is more likely if this deal is rejected is that we have the risk of brexit paralysis. >> reporter: rarely has the government been so thwarted getting its key policy through the house of commons. now parliament has power but no common purpose.

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a deadly winter storm is moving across the u.s. it's already hit the state of missouri killing four people there and stranding a lot of motorists. >> the storm it was originally a midwestern storm. now it's heading towards the midatlantic and that's where our focus is at the nation's capitol. this is the snowflakes flying at the white house. well, people still waking up there it looks like. there's the capitol building. you can see wintery weather starting to impact washington, d.c. as we speak. and the snowfall totals coming out of the region, well, are pretty impressive i should say. st. louis just under a foot of snow. that's the official reading from the airport. kansas city has had about 4 1/2 inches. dulles international airport a

few inches under that. look at montgomery city, 2 20 inches. so this is a very significant storm system, and when i show you where it's headed you'll see how many people impacted as well. this shows you the location of the low pressure system. there it is located with a red l. lots of snow, lots of rainfall in this system as well. just to the north from raleigh into d.c., philly and just south of new york, that's the cut off-line between that rain and snow mixture. and it has been rather hefty across this region as well. starting to pick up in intensity across the midatlantic. we have 50 million americans under a winter storm advisory or warning. really focusing our attention to midatlantic because this is the area starting to see not only a full-fledged snowstorm but also an ice event taking place.

here's the snow, that i-95 car dor so heavily traveled from philly to d.c. be careful. very slick conditions expected. but that shading of purple just to the south of that, that is the icing that's occurring and the potential exists for half to three quarters of ice. this area has some real potential problems through the early morning hours on sunday. additional snowfall on top of what's already fallen. another half ofoot possible on the outskirts of d.c. by the way, with the icing that's occurring right now, we're getting reports of tree limbs coming down across the roads. >> something to watch for sure. derek, thank you. the cast of hamilton, and actor and playwright just had an opening night they will soon not forget. >> the audience cheered widely on friday as the cast of the hit

broadway musical kicked off a 20 performance run. the region still trying to cover from two hurricanes a year and a half ago. >> it all hit home for miranda whose father was born in puerto rico. he reprised the role he created of u.s. founding father alexander hamilton. >> people are going to come puerto rico because of hamilton and hopefully spend a lot of money here and leave the hotels and actually spend money on the businesses of the island. but they're also going to see blue tarps and how much work is left to be done. >> they cost $10 for many people there to as much as $5,000 to get. thank you for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. to viewers around the world erin

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