partial government shutdown is over. the longest in u.s. history. president trump accused of caving. democrats giving no money for the border wall he wants. in three weeks, we could be back to square one. paycheck stubs with zero dollars on them will change as federal workers head back to their jobs. i'll talk to one federal worker to see what she will do with her first paycheck of the year. the man you see here, long-time trump ally, roger stone, ushered out of his house to a courtroom. >> the victory sign.

interesting. >> indeed. >> welcome to viewers around the world and the u.s. i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell. newsroom starts now. 4:01 on the u.s. east coast. thanks for being with us. two major stories to tell you about this hour. first, the 35-day government shutdown, finally, it's over. u.s. president backing down, reopening federal agencies, but getting nothing in return. a trump adviser calls it, quote, a humiliating loss. >> also on friday, roger stone arrested by the fbi at his florida home. he's been charged with obstruction, making false statements and witness tampering

and re-emerges defiant as ever. we'll have more on that in a moment. first, to the white house and the president's sudden about face. kate collins kicks it off. >> i am very proud to announce today, we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government. >> reporter: president trump backing off the 35-day stand off, announcing a deal to reopen the government temporarily. >> in a short while, i will sign a bill to open our government for three weeks, until february 15th. >> reporter: the president's endorsement in the rose garden, paving the way for government to pass spending bills to reopen the government for three weeks. the deal is seen as a cave with democrats where the president is forced to pay for a border wall, once again. >> i am asking mitch mcconnell

to put this on the floor, immediately. >> reporter: trump implying he will invoke a national emergency and bypass congress. >> if we don't get a fair deal from congress, the government will either shutdown on february 15th, again, or i will use the powers afforded to me under the laws and the constitution of the united states to address this emergency. >> reporter: the short-term spending bill includes 1.3 billion for border security and no new funding for the wall, making it a remarkable come down for the president. today, framed it as a win. >> this is an opportunity for all parties to work together for the benefit of our whole, beautiful, wonderful nation. >> reporter: the presidential announcement, coming after a white house official says air

travel delays that rippled across the nation played a major role in his decision, telling cnn, this is getting worse and worse. he knows this has to end. after members of the president's inner circle faced backlash for the shutdown, trump making a point to thank them today. >> many of you have suffered far greater than anyone, but your families would know or understand. >> reporter: the longest government shutdown in u.s. history didn't yield anything for the president. he didn't get money for the border wall. he frustrated republicans on capitol hill. he caved to the democrats on demands and took a hit in the polls as it shows most americans held him responsible for the shutdown. two things to watch in the coming days, one if the president is going forward to deliver the state of the union address, which was scheduled for

wednesday and two, what will his response be to the negative response from the hard line immigration base. caitlin collins, cnn, the white house. >> thank you. the deal the president accepted was not a new deal. democrats offered it five weeks ago. >> schumer and pelosi said they were relieved the crisis has been resolved in the short term. >> this policy should never be a reason to shut down policy. especially for a period of time that has an impact on paychecks. i'm sad it has taken this long. i'm glad we have come to a conclusion today in how we go forward in the next three weeks. >> hopefully now the president has learned his lesson. we cannot, cannot, ever hold american workers hostage. >> but, the president's base is

furious with him. this from ann coulter, the conservative congressmen tater. good news for george herbert walker bush. today, he is no longer the biggest wimp to ever serve as president of the united states. >> one word from our guest. ouch. natasha joins us. thanks for being with us. he's getting it from ann coulter, he lost to nancy pelosi on the left. was this one of the worst days for president trump? >> it was a terrible day. i mean, he tried to frame it as positively as he could saying they were going to be negotiating. he didn't really ever admit any sort of defeat. he tried to spend the last, you know, 75% of his speech distracting people about what just happened in talking about

the need for the wall and all the different immigration issues that the country was facing, issues with women and children, people coming in with diseases. ultimately, he caved. this is going to go down as the most pointless shutdown in u.s. history. it took 35 days. it probably cost the u.s. economy well over the $6 billion he wanted for the wall. it caused all kind of duress and strain to 800,000 workers and on the cusp of causing a catastrophe in the aviation industry with airports and airplanes severely affected by the shutdown. you know, he comes out of it and he gets nothing. the major headlines in the news stories is nothing was given to the president. >> was the president weakened? >> he's been severely weakened for some time now.

his approval ratings are at an all-time low, 37%. there's so many investigations in the recent indictment of his associate, roger stone. everyone agrees, well, not totally everybody, but the polls seem to indicate most people feel he is to blame for the shutdown. his base seems to be shrinking. he's getting attacked from the republicans, by ann coulter shaming him for giving in to this. the winner in this hannan s bee nancy pelosi. she didn't have high ratings before she took over the house. she's proven to be a strong contender, facing trump head on, telling him he can't do the state of the union address. they are not going to negotiate until you open up the government. you are not going to get anything for the wall. >> she did. she beat him at his own game.

she showed him moxy for sure. now we have three weeks. mr. trump says this will be temporary. is there pressure on the democrats to give up something for border security? are they shifting toward caring more about immigration issues because of this? >> for the democrats, they have the leverage. if you saw with the recent vote, there were six republicans who had been on the democratic side and were fed up with the government shutdown and for spending all this time, wasted time negotiating over a wall. the democrats are more united than ever. the republicans are sort of split. with this, you have the democrats much stronger in negotiation. maybe they will be able to give a little. i think it's going to come in the form of repairing the existing wall in place, not

really in the form of providing major sacrifice to the republicans. >> it will be interesting to watch and hear his delayed state of the union speech when that happens. perhaps we'll talk with you after that. natasha, we appreciate your insight, thank you. another story to tell you about, the u.s. grand jury indicted one of donald trump's closest advisers, roger stone. >> the charges stem from contact he may have had with wikileaks during the 2016 presidential campaign. for more on this story, here is sarah murray in washington. >> reporter: roger stone reveling friday in the limelight after his initial appearance before a judge in florida. >> as i have always said, the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

>> reporter: after the predawn raid stone hoped to avoid. fbi agents swarmed stone's ft. lauderdale home arresting trump's long-time political adviser and friend. >> they terrorized my wife, my dogs. >> reporter: hours later, stone vowed to fight the charges against him. >> i will plead not guilty to these charges. i will defeat them in court. >> reporter: he describes how he coordinated with senior trump officials to seek out e-mails from wikileaks to damage hillary clinton's campaign and he bragged about it with the founder, julian assange. >> i have communicated with assange. >> reporter: according to the indictment, he spoke to stone about wikileaks and information that might be damaging to the clinton campaign.

prosecutors allege a senior trump campaign official was directed to contact stone about any additional releases. it's unclear who delivered those instructions and which official stone was in touch with about wikileaks. one was steve bannon, a chief executive of the trump campaign. stone was not charged with conspiracy. he faces one count of obstruction. they are related to the lies before the house intelligence committee. >> any error i made in testimony would be immaterial and without intent. >> he faces one count of trying to tamper with testimony. at one point, threatening to steal his dog. stone claimed that was his back channel to wikileaks, which he denies. stone said stone wall it. plead the fifth. anything to save the plan. amid references to richard nixon

and "godfather" movies. stone urged trump to run for president. as the white house made this claim -- >> nothing to do with the president and certainly nothing to do with the white house. >> reporter: friday, stone doubled down on the loyalty pledge. >> there is no circumstance, whatsoever, under which i will bear false witness against the president. >> sarah murray, cnn, washington. >> let's bring in harry litman, a former u.s. attorney and contributor to "the washington post" joining us this hour. thank you for your time. >> thanks for having me. >> after making a statement today, roger stone spoke to my colleague chris cuomo moe today. he's not known for being shy or speaking out on camera. he explained to chris how he

feels about the charges he faces. let's listen. >> first of all, i said there could be some process. >> yes. >> there's still no evidence, whatsoever i had advanced knowledge of the topic, subject with the source of wikileaks disclosures. i never received the wikileaks disclosures, i never communicated with them except the message i gave to the house intelligence committee, which i gave last september. >> stone denies any of the guilt in these charges. given the case prosecutors have built against him and from your expert opinion, how serious is this for him and what does it mean for the man he once advised? >> it's pretty serious and probably going to get more serious. when he calls a process crime is a series of lies to congressional committees who were investigating the supremely

grave topic of whether russia interfered in the 2016 election. this is not a stray or immaterial statement to an fbi agent. the indictment, in addition, really implicates stone in conduct involving the coordination and even the instigation of the release of the hacked e-mails that russia obtained and then passed through to julian assange. in other words, i think mueller has begun to lay a predicate for crimes involving effort on stone's part to really influence the election. he's not suggesting there's a total wall, everything stops there between him and the campaign. maybe. but, we know he was in regular

communication with the president, himself, during the campaign and there have been searches and more executed today at two places that are likely to reveal a lot of e-mail traffic. he wasn't shy at the time about boasting to others a different tune than he's now gave to chris cuomo mo cuomo. >> it has nothing to do with the president or the white house, but interesting to hear how interconnected stone is to the president as a man who headed the campaign and now a convicted felon. listen to paul manafort. >> even after roger stopped being a principle political adviser to trump, he is an important adviser and is to this day. roger's relationship with trump has been so interconnected it's

hard to define what's roger and what's a trump presidency. it's influenced by a stone philosophy. >> what do you make of their relationship and what it means to have roger stone face charges for lying, tampering and obstruction? >> i think it puts it at the threshold of grave jeopardy for trump. there's a paragraph in the indictment, paragraph 12, steve bannon, another person who cooperated with mueller, was ordered to have stone get some of these e-mails. who is in a position to order a guy like steve bannon? i can only think of one person. that's an obvious, ominous threat to trump in a concrete way. more generally, it is clear, as manafort says, they were

extremely close all through the campaign. doesn't stand to reason that stone, having basically secured this coup of e-mails, these dirty tricks would have stood silent to the campaign seems plausible to me. >> we appreciate your time and perspective. >> thank you, george. in venezuela, no end in sight for the political crisis happening there. thousands of protesters caught in the cross fire as they continue their fight for the presidency. how brexit is threatening critical food safety inspections in britain. has the power to cha, make us better people. with audible you get more. two audible originals: exclusive titles you can't find anywhere else. plus a credit good for any audiobook and exclusive fitness and wellness programs. all for just $14.95 a month, and always ad free.

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welcome back. the political crisis in venezuela continues as two men fight for the presidency. >> we saw both leaders take to the podium on friday, defending their claims. you see the sitting president, maduro, he said he's willing to sit and have talks with the opposition to resolve it.

in the meantime, jawn guaido kaled on the military to work with him. >> translator: if they dare to seize power again, the president who is the only legitimate who assumes authority of the constitution. i ask you to keep us on the path peacefully and nonviolently, but with force in every street and corner of venezuela demanding what belongs to us for freedom. >> according to the u.n., 20 people have been killed in protests this week. many people are still on the streets there. the u.n. council meeting is set for saturday. now, to the united kingdom and brexit. it's threatening to complicate everything, including the way britain produces food, including meat. it could become harder come march 29th.

we learn about it from nina from london. >> reporter: simon welcoming this veterinarian to his dairy farm to certify the health and condition of the 300 cattle here. he is a big part of the food chain. brexit uncertainty is part of this food chain as well. the uk has a shortage of vets. this one is from portugal. >> we currently are looking for veterinarian and all the applicants we had were non-uk. we didn't have one single uk veterinarian apply for the job. >> reporter: 95% of vets come from the eu. the group is warning a no deal brexit would make matters worse, affecting public health and

animal welfare. >> 98% of my staff are non-uk of origin. if there's a no deal brexit, immediately, we would face a crisis within two months of individuals coming into the country. >> mariana is a vet who certifies meat for an eu law, the crucial last stage before consumption. >> what you see on the table comes out at this exact point and without the vet being there, i can't guarantee the quality of your product. >> reporter: the government says rules about having vets will not change after brexit, but there are other concerns. >> meat might increase, which will make it harder to live here. >> reporter: any disruption in the food chain. this is the end of the food

chain here on this butcher's counter in london. all the meats from the lamb cutlets from the farm and from here, supplied to fine restaurants and family dinner tables in compliance with eu rules that could change after brexit. the health of livestock depends on the supply of vaccines. the majority of vaccines needed for livestock come from the eu. animal health officials say this is a public health issue, guaranteeing supply is a must. >> you have everything ready. >> reporter: simon is already worried about medicines and vaccines for next winter. he is looking forward to the english summer filled with grace and cattle. a summer that, hopefully, will be one without anymore brexit

uncertainty. nina desantos, cnn, london. 800,000 government workers get to go back to paid jobs. a worker relieved to get paid again and feeling anxious about the possible second shutdown. cnn was there when the fbi arrested roger stone. we'll have more ahead. stay with us. i'm a veteran

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donald trump facing charges for stolen e-mails from wikileaks to damage hillary clinton's campaign. all of this while in close contact to trump campaign senior officials. stone is out on bond and says he will plead not guilty. protesters are expected to gather across the country. these are live pictures from paris. protesters say there's too much income and equality in france and the government needs to do more to help the middle class. partial u.s. government shutdown, 35 days long. the longest in history. it is finally over, ending without winning on friday. president trump dropped the demand for a border wall funding for it and agreed to a three-week extension of funding for federal agencies. congress could face border

security. joining me now is laurie mccann, an irs programmer, a furloughed federal worker during the shutdown. welcome to you, laurie. >> thank you so much. first question, of course, when i learned the government was reopening, a collective sigh of relief across the country. share your reaction with all of us. >> oh, my gosh. i was actually in a group text and also talking to a few people and it's just a sigh of relief. oh, my gosh. i'm so grateful, so grateful, that the shutdown has ended and we can go back to work, serving the american people. >> that's wonderful. do you know when you will see your pay and what are things you will be taking care of what you had to neglect? >> we don't know yet. i'm the president of ncu, chapter ten. that is something that our national ncu is working with the

internal revenue service to make sure we are paid as soon as possible. i will be catching up on some bills, that's for sure. >> i can understand that. we have heard so many different kinds of stories from people. to get an appreciation of this and how it can affect people in so many ways. you have not been to work, how do you feel now that you are going back to your job? >> i feel really good. i'm anxious to get back and get back to work. you know, you miss your co-workers. you spend more time with them than your family. >> that's true. i know it makes you appreciate your job now that you get to go back to it. the president announced it was a temporary opening, not to throw anxiety on your happy feeling right now. might that weigh on you trying to wait and see if this will be

permanent or not? >> absolutely. you know, i'm hopeful that within the next 21 days that the agencies will be fully funded for, you know, the remainder of the fiscal year. other than that, back in this same, horrific position. the uncertainty was so stressful that i just cannot imagine going through that again in three weeks. >> right. i can understand that. what is the message that you would like leaders in washington, perhaps, to hear as far as how much this tactic, shutting down government hurts american citizens. >> it hurts american citizens. it hurts not only the workers, the federal employees who took an oes. we took an oath, you know, all of us, when we came on our jobs to serve the american people. it hurt us. it hurt us tremendously. it also, there was a trickle down effect. you know, we don't have our

paychecks. we weren't able to spend like we normally would in the economy. it affected small businesses. i don't know. i'm fearful that we'll see a lot of retirements because people will say, you know, they will say that i don't want to sit here and go through this again. then, all of your knowledge will go out the door. so, i would like them to know that we are not just fellow employees, werfel low americans and we were hurting and that we just don't want to go through that again. >> right. understand that. well put. we really appreciate you. good luck being back on your job. i would imagine, it might feel good to pay bills. >> oh, my god. i pulled them out this evening, the ones i have to pay to get ready. >> we wish you well with that and wish you well back at your

job. thanks so much for your time. >> thank you. >> good to hear the relief in her voice. you would imagine so many others. >> my goodness, yes. they are probably happy to pay their bills. >> here is the thing, though. some people, several weeks without pay, it did result in consequences, serious consequences. some people may have been evicted or things that are hard to fix. unfortunate. >> well, of course we are following the story of a long-time trump adviser, roger stone. he was arrested before sunrise friday morning and cnn was there when it happened. >> our chief correspondent spoke about that with cnn's wolf blitzer. >> president trump called us out and said on twitter, who alerted cnn to be there? there's been a conspiracy theory about this suggesting robert

mueller tipped us off. give me a break. we know mueller doesn't leak. they don't get information. instead, cnn was able to be there at the right place, at the right tame thanks to a combination of skill and luck. there were a number of clues. they were hidden in plain sight that cnn reporters noticed over the last week, clues about mueller's office being busy today, things moved around on schedules. other indictments came down on fridays. as a result, cnn decided to send a crew there, to ft. lauderdale, overnight, to be ready in case something happened this morning at stone's house. the crew arrived at 5:00 a.m. and saw the crew pull up at 6:00 a.m. we can see how serious it was to see the fbi agents arrive. it's linked to the other news about the shutdown. the fbi agents were working

without pay chen they showed up at stone's door. the idea of this experiment, we are going to build a wall, it was roger stone, four years ago he suggested it to trump. he's taking credit for it. as a result, we saw a shutdown. now it's over today. it's remarkable. it's amazing how the two stories, stone and the shutdown are linked. >> yeah. the president came out, president trump as pope francis continued his trip to panama, with a speech defending migrants. >> the pontiff appeared to take a thinly veiled shot at the u.s. president. >> reporter: pope francis used just about every speech at world youth day in panama to defend migrants and speak out against the wall, inserting himself into the controversy that has the u.s. government in a shutdown.

on wednesday, when president trump tweeted his new slogan, quote, build a wall and crime will fall. the pope told an italian journalist on the papal plane who asked about the wall, fear makes us crazy. then the pope expanded on thursday about this theory, about fear, creating division and creating a you versus them and explained the reasons for this forced migration are very real. things like violence, poverty, drug trafficking and this fear is in people's imaginations and asks you to take a side. >> translator: we know the father of lies, the devil, prefers a divided community. the builders are bridges and walls. those builders of walls look to divide people. what do you want to be?

builders or bridges? what do you want to be? builders or bridges? you learned well, i like that. >> reporter: beyond the creation of an actual wall, pope francis warned of division and fear, creating an invisible wall that makes people think marginalizing others will solve their problems. rosa flores, cnn, panama. >> thank you. a dam collapses in brazil. rescues are under way. here is the thing, the death toll is expected to climb higher. we'll have the latest for you. plus, it's already cold in parts of the u.s. wait until you hear how much colder it is going to get. we are not there, george, that's the good news. ivan has that coming up. it's time for the january savings event on the

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captivated spain for nearly two weeks now. rescue workers found and recovered the body of a missing toddler. the 2-year-old boy had fallen down an open well january 13th. emergency teams and miners worked around the clock to reach him, but the well was more than 360 feet deep. that's more than 100 meters. extremely narrow and blocked with soil. tough one to read right there. >> it is. part of a town in brazil swallowed by mud and sludge. now, we are getting reports at least 200 people are missing after a dam at an iron ore mine burst. >> the death toll is seven but more is expected. we are more on this. >> reporter: a rescue worker struggles to pull a woman to safety. she is trapped in a thick, deep

sludge, barely able to hold herself up. finally, with some help, she is lifted on to a helicopter, covered in mud, appearing exhausted. she is rescued in a deadly disaster submerging homes, roads, cars, buses and people. it began when a mining dam burst early friday afternoon near a southeastern city in brazil. huge rivers of mud rushing over the city, trapping scores of people. dozens of rescue workers have been deployed to free them, fighting against the dense mud. a mining giant that manages the collapsed dam apologized for the diz astzer. the ceo asking for forgiveness. this is not the first tragedy for this mining company or this region of brazil. they have made an immense effort to improve dams after a similar

collapse in 2015. 19 people were killed and officials called it the worst environmental disaster in history. friday's disaster could be worse. >> translator: this -- because we are likely talking about the large quantity of victims. we know it will be a large number. the environmental damage will possibly be smaller this time. >> translator: the country's newly elected president hopes the worst has not happened, announcing plans to fly over on saturday. measures are in place to control the scale of the catastrophe with officials working to limit the destruction and rescuers racing against time to save those they can. >> what a terrible issue to deal with.

ivanka br ivan cabrera is here because in the states, many people are dealing with arctic air. >> the question is, how cold will it get? >> miserably cold. it is going to be dangerously cold. this is what happens, sometimes we get arctic outbreaks, natalie and george. temperatures are warmer in alaska than chicago. that's what happened friday. by the way, after two minutes coming up here, this is in fi fahrenheit, no international viewers may have to do con investigation. 3 degrees was the high in chicago, 34 in fairbanks, alaska. the cold air plunging to the midwest. when you get stuck with the patterns, you can get wave after wave. the three degrees is better than 28 below. here are the current

temperatures, along with the windchills. the wind is a factor. minus seven, factor in the one, feels like minus 27. the windchill is what takes the heat away from your body rather quickly. if you are not bundled up enough, you could get into trouble here rather quickly. because of that, windchill advisories are in effect from 25-40 below. that's the way it is going to be. when you have windchill advisories, in the midwest of the the united states, you have problems. they are used to cold weather. these advisories are reserved for the coalest days. that's what we have coming. days and weeks. there's one area beginning to lift by the time we get to monday. the problem is, cueing up is another one. this blast comes to the deep south as well. that is on schedule for tuesday, wednesday and continuing into thursday. so, the misery will continue here. as far as the current temperatures, you can see them

here. it's colder when you factor in the windchill. an extended forecast, tuesday through thursday where the coldest air rives. look at chicago. high temperature, minus 12. that is going to be brutal. that doesn't factor in the wind. there's the forecast over the next seven days. look at the high on monday. it's going to feel fantastic. temps in the upper 20s. we crash with a high on tuesday. as i mentioned, we stay well below zero by the time we get to thursday. there are forecasts for cities across the northweeast, includi the work. the temperatures are doing better. still, lower 20s. no big snowstorms on the way. that next arctic front brings snow to the bmidwest. it won't be a huge deal. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. actor christian bale looks like the character he plays in

"vice." that would be dick cheney. we'll tell you how that unbelievable transformation might lead to big wins during hollywood awards season.

hollywood award season is in full swing. while there's no award for best transformation, maybe there should be. >> there should be. look, some actors are unrecognizable in certain movies and hollywood loves to reward them for that. our stephanie elam has this. >> we can make it work. >> reporter: actors portraying real-life people often set votes in award season. >> a long way from him where i wear one thing every day. >> stunning transformations lead to big wins. >> he's not playing dick cheney. he summons dick cheney. >> so far, christian bale as dick cheney has big wins. >> i knew he was doing that. it was when the make up lined up with the character work, with the weight gain that i had the hair stand-up on my arm.

>> reporter: at the s.a.g. awards, it may be another transformer. he already won a golden globe for freddy mercury in "bohemian rhapsody." >> it's tricky. when you set out to play freddy mercury, you think how am i going to fill those shoes. >> reporter: he had help from the artist who turned eddie intostein hawking. >> reporter: patricia arquette is unrecognizable in "escape" based on a real-live prison escape and love triangle in up state new york. >> to have a character without your typical body and is a sexual person, that is authentic. >> reporter: when the camera stopped rolling, the actors have

another tough job. >> go to bed hungry and you are miserable. that's how it is. that's how you lose weight. >> reporter: transforming back to themselves. stephanie elam, hollywood. >> thank you. the migest migration on the planet is officially under way. >> that would be china, gearing up for the lunar festival. people will take 3 billion trips as they head home to celebrate. >> this year, the new year falls on february 5th and ushers in the year of the pig. >> when dealing with mind boggling numbers, you need a sense of organization. >> like the chinese school principal behind the shuffle dance. 700 people dancing at once. the principal says he was looking for ideas to make his students exercise more. i think he got that going there. >> i think it worked. >> the top stories are just ahead. thanks for watching. i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell, more news

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by being on time everytime. and if we are ever late, we'll give you a automatic twenty dollar credit. my name is antonio and i'm a technician at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome. . we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government. >> giving into the democrats. president trump finds a temporary fix to end the longest government shutdown in u.s. history and it does not include any funding for his border wall. plus, a big move in robert mueller's russia investigation. fbi agents call long time russia agent roger stone into court for