a deepening power struggle in venezuela, the guaido-led rally for humanitarian aid and the maduro military pushes back. in syria, thousands of civilians flee the last patch of land still under the terrorist group's control. despite significant delays,

polls are finally opened in nigeria. we head to lagos for a live report there. we welcome our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm george howell. cnn "niceroom" starts right now. our top story, venezuela's humanitarian crisis is heading towards a showdown. in just a few hours' time the opposition will bring aid from neighboring nations. but the sitting president, nicholas maduro, is doing everything he can to stop it. his company has closed the borders to colombia and brazil, already the standoff near brazil's border has been violent. local officials say two people were killed, 17 others hurt when venezuelan troops opened fire. more than 50 countries backed the opposition and have

condemned the venezuelan president n. a statement, white house press secretary sarah sanders says the violation of human rights by maduro and those following his orders will not go unpunished. she says the united states urges the venezuelan military to uphold its constitutional duty to protect the citizens of venezuela and the military must allow humanitarian aid no peacefully enter the country. she says the world is watching. meantime, aid is piling up at both borders. at the border of colombia, two concerts were held and on the other, a pro maduro festival in venezuela. opposition leader juan guaido attended the event in colombia, despite being under a travel ban. our nick peyton walsh spoke with the consort. richard branson. >> we are trying to think of what would be the best way of trying to open the bridge and get humanitarian aid in.

we are hoping that the army standing on that bridge will hear the music and that tomorrow when people bring white roses to those people on the bridge that they are left with much needed supplies in. >> earlier, i spoke with journalist rory carol and asked him for his assessment of what's happening right now in venezuela. >> we seen in the past few days, people have died and this quickly escalates. the government senses an existential threat to its resistance, so it could all the stops and violence and repression and the opposition i think also feels that the clock in some ways is against them. and so they have brought this down on themselves to try to reach a crunch point and in which case they hope there will be a cascade of events in their favor. so that's why they are putting

in a sense all theirices in this basket. the question is, for the opposition and their backers in the united states and elsewhere, is there a plan b? what happens if the venezuelan military does not change sides? and that is very unclear to me whether there really is a plan b so we could then enter for the opposition a dangerous phase where they could lose momentum. that's why the opposition does not want to lose momentum. they are really hoping there will be a break through of sorts in the next few days. the question is, if that happens, will there be violence. and, if so, how much? >> that was my conversation with rory carroll earlier. we will continue to bring you this developing story in brazil. to the russian investigation. we are waiting for a key deadline regarding the sentencing deadline of paul manafort. it's already come and gone, several hours ago. >> that filing concerning donald trump's former campaign share is

expected to outline facts that prosecutors believe the judge should consider when sanction manafort last month, paul manafort pleaded guilty to defraud the u.s. and obstruct justice. it's possible prosecutors sent the document to the judge but did not make it public. meanwhile, special counsel robert mueller will not release his report next week as had been previously indicated. attorney general william barr will get a look at it and decide whether or not to release it. democrats, though, want that report made public. another key player, michael cohen is reportedly giving prosecutors in new york new information about the president's family business. according to "new york times," president trump's former personal attorney offered information on the possible irregularities to the trump organization and a donor to the inaugural committee. michael cohen is set to start a

sentence for breaking finance laws. first, he will give testimony to congress next week. president trump says he's not concerned with what cohen may have to say in that testimony. michael cohen's testimony is one of several key ekent happening next week. congress votes on funding for the border wall and there is a face-to-face between him and the north korean leader kim jong-un. report have you spoken? >> i have not. >> reporter: president trump answering questions about the looming russia probe report. while behind the scenes the white house prepares for special counsel robert mueller to hand it over and end his investigation. >> there was no collusion. there was no obstruction. there was no anything. so i look forward to seeing the report. if it's an honest report, it will say that. if it's not an honest report, it won't. >> reporter: sarah sanders says once the final report is done,

don't expect for the president to weigh in on whether it should be made public. >> reporter: the attorney is leaving that up to the attorney general. because he hasn't made the call, he's following property come. >> reporter: those comments coming hours after the president tweeted that there is no collusion and the witch hunt so bad for our country must end. the mueller report is just one of several possible headaches facing the white house. as trump heads overseas to meet with north korean dictator kim jong-un the same day as the kim-trump summit, michael cohen is to testify both publicly and behind doors. >> i am done with the lying, i am done being loyal to president trump. >> reporter: on tuesday, house democrats are expected to vote on a resolution of disapproval, aimed at blocking the national emergency trump declared to build a wall on the southern

boarder. >> there is no emergency at this border. if there were, we'd all be there with him. >> reporter: then there is president trump's trip to meet with kim, which could also prove to be a disappointment. as white house officials are now tempering expectations for summit. amid doubts whether kim is serious about de-nuclearization. >> we are taking this one step at a time. we are continuing to see positive progress. we think that is a good thing. but we won't be naive in the process. we know we have a long way to go. >> reporter: president trump told reporters in the oval office he would 100% veto the approval house democrats will vote on next week. as for trade with china, he plans to meet with leader xi jinping and talks about a trade deal between the two countries. >> let's talk more about all of this with james boyd, at

richmond university, london, joining us this hour from our london bureau. a pleasure to have you with us. >> good to see you, thank you for having me on this morning. >> let's start with the attorney general expected to be the first to see robert mueller's report, how do you see that playing out, james, with democrats pushing to make this report public as public as possible? . >> well, it's fascinating, isn't it, quite frankly, here we are two years into the trump presidency for the first time ever he has a full time attorney general who is not in anyway tainted by allegation of involvement, jeff sessions had to recuse himself, we've had various individuals trying to take place in the part to get away from that. now, we have william barr, frankly, about to take possession of this report. nobody knows when it's coming in. there had will be reports it was coming in the next couple days

in the next week. it's now pushed back. the attorney general will be the reporting line for robert mueller. so it will be understandable he would get the first look at this. the great question is what happens then? because, of course, we all want to see what's in it. democrats want to see what's in it. whether the white house wants us to see what's in it is a very different situation. of course the american constitution and the relationship between the attorney general and the united states is an interesting one for far too long, i think, many people thought donald trump saw the attorney general as as his attorney somehow and not the attorney general of the united states. of course, it's not the attorney general's job to protect the american president but to preside over all investigations and to be america's chief law enforcement officer. the extent we will see that will tell us a great deal about william barr's political independence. if there are any moves, there

will be a strong pushback from democrats and house of representatives, of course to either get it released or potentially subpoena i think robert mueller to find out what is in that report. >> so many people will be watching and waiting to see what happens with that. through court filings, interesting, we have been getting kye insights into mueller's investigation it's as if he has been writing his report in public for many. do you think we can expect any surprises when that report is finally released? >> yeah, i think so. most people i think will acknowledge mueller's team as running a tight shop. there has been a distinct lack of leaks in many ways with regard it to. >> that has been frustrating for any, particularly in the media. who would like to know what is going on. but, of course, it is exactly the right way to run such an investigation. i think if there had been a whole series of leaks, those being investigated would quite rightly state that this is being

an inappropriate way of dealing with that situation so when the report comes out, it will be fascinating to see the level of indictments, if, indeed, indictments are to follow and to see the exact content. but right now, it's the ultimate guessing game i guess. what's in the report? when will it be made public and who will be named within it? >> that's a lot happening in d.c. >> oh, yes. and out west. >> a meeting between the u.s. president and the north korean leader. when it comes down to this meeting, how important will it be to see concrete moves towards de-nuclearization? more than optics? >> well, i think that if donald trump the to come out of this with anything tangible, there needs to be some moves in some tangible direction. give the president his due. he has, i think, made great strides with regard to having these talks. there are talks i think if somebody had said two years ago were to happen, many people would be quite incredulous.

so let's give the president credit for that. but for them to be meaningful, they have to lead to meaningful developments and we have seen i think this president be someone dubious about any agreements he has not been personally involved in. we seen in recent beaks e weeks pushback, the inf treaty most recently. so it will be vital i think if we are to see de-nuclearization and a restoration of peace in that part of the world. for moves i think to end the north korean nuclear program. the great question, of course, what will north korea exchange? and will president trump be in a position he feels able to address those, that trougadeoff without disobeying the south koreans. >> thank you so much.

>> thank you. surrendering to police. singer r. kelly is in jail facing multiple charges of sex abuse. and many say it's been a long time coming. the details on that story ahead. plus, catholic leaders gathered at the vatican, confronting sexual abuse by priests. cnn is live in rome with that story. stay with us. sometimes the best time is time you make for yourself. aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion improves skin hydration in just one day. and for twice the moisture, try the body wash too. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results®.

. >> do you think these women are lieing? >> all of them are lying. one involves to be the victim from an earlier case. double jeopardy should bar that case. a jury acquitted him fair and square, it's over. >> and that was the attorney for singer r. kelly. he spoke moments after his client turned. into chicago police. kelly is facing sexual abuse charges and could be facing up to 70 years in prison. he has repeatedly denied similar accusations over the years. our sara sidner is following this story. >> reporter: stunning developments here in chicago, r. kelly is now in police custody. we now know the state's attorney has a warrant put out for his arrest, a no bail warrant, which means if the judge agrees to it, he will not be let out of jail until his trial. we should also mention the counts that have been brought

against him. the charges, there are ten of them. they are ten counts of aggravated sexual abuse against four women. the states attorney detailing what those were by using the women's initials. we know that three of the women in those counts were under the age of 17 so sexual abuse of a minor in those cases and one that was later on the person was of age. what we can also tell you is that r. kelly left his studio on friday night. we were there and captured that. then he came straight here to central book income chicago and our photographers also captured the moment when he walked into custody. this has been -- there have been decades, decades of women coming forward saying that r. kelly sexually abused them. some of them have said they were minors at the time. some of the cases had gone to court and were settled out of court. now, fast forward to 2019, you see these indictments. these indictments come 11 years

after he was in trial on 14 charges of child pornography. now, he was acquitted in that case that case involved a videotape. said had a girl on it who was under age and r kelly engaged in sex acts with that girl. they lost that case because partly the jury did not and was not able to believe that it was actually r. kelly on the tape nor the girl on the tape. they were unable to positively identify either of them. that was a part of the reason why he was acquitted in that case. there is another tape. a tape that was uncovered by attorney michael avenotti, that was handed over to the state attorney's office last week. we know a grand jury was convened. we know witnesses are in front of that grand jury. now we are here today, r. kelly is in police custody. a big development in chicago. certainly he was a top r & b singer. now that singer is in police

custody awaiting his bail. thank you. now to the billionaire owner of the new england patriots, he's being charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution. police say robert kraft paid for sex acts twice at a massage parlor in a strip mall. the charges stemming from a month long sting operation that snard 24 other men. a spokesperson for kraft issued a statement saying, quote, we categorically deny mr. kraft engaged in any legal activity. because it is a just dish matter, we will not be commenting further. police say they have pictures. >> the video that we have shows the act that took place on every gentleman you have a listing of, the act that took place is on that video. >> three women have been arre arrested so far in what police are calling a human trafficking investigation. the current arrests are quote

the tip of the iceberg on there. survivors of priests marching through rome this hour. they are demanding just tichlts this is day three of the vatican's historic summit, the theme around the talks this time is transparency. some 200 church leaders around the world came together in at the vatican, their singular goal to tackal scandal that has rocked the church for decade, it comes at a time when the church is facing increased scrutiny from law enforcement. a dozen states are investigating alleged misconduct by catholic priests. rosa flores is live. 250d, it's all about transparency. how is the vatican framing that proposal of transparency? and ba are some of the differences that it would mean from the catholic church? >> reporter: you know, george, we're getting a very candid explanation about what this means from cardinal marks. he is the archbishop of munich.

he delivered a very candid speech today, talking about transparency, how it requires traceability, documents, files, spread sheets and he said that you know a lot of the times those files are needed in an administration. now, survivors have been talking about this for years. the fact that some of these documents created by the church or not created by the church to document the abuse has been destroyed and in a pivotal moment in cardinal marks' speech, he actually admits that some of these documents have been destroyed. take a listen. >> we have documented the terrible deeds and named those responsible were destroyed or not even graded. the stipulated procedures for

the prosecution of offenses were deliberately not complied with but instead cancelled, overridden. >> reporter: now, i am very curious to know if civil authorities from around the world are listening to this particular speech because we know that there are civil authorities around the globe conducting their own investigations in the church. in the united states alone, we know of more than a dozen attorneys general doing their own investigation, from talking to attorney general josh shapiro's officer, they told us at least 46 states in the united states have contacted that attorney general to ask how they can conduct their own investigations, we know of local investigations going on as well and at least two federal probes, one in pennsylvania, another one in new york. and so, george, when we have a

cardinal speaking candidly how files were destroyed. i notice survivors are listening to this we want reaction as we speak. there is a demonstration going on not too far from here. we're trying to get reaction from them. this is something. i am telling you, this is something that survivors have been screaming off the top of their lungs for decades. the fact that the church could have been destroying, that the church had been destroying records and, of course, a lot of the times they were not believed and so this is a pivotal moment in this summit, the fact that a cardinal is admitting that some of those files were destroyed. >> that is highly significant. rosa flores following this story alive in rome. we'll keep in touch with you. the u.s. president is changing his position on this of brigg all u.s. troops home from

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officials say at least two people were killed in a skirmish with venezuelan troops. we continue to follow this story. after a week's delay, polls in nigeria are now opened. the presidential and parliamentary election was abruptly postponed weeks ago. there are concerns of low voter turnout the public declared friday a public holiday hoping it would allow more people to travel to the polls. in the united states, singer r. kelly has turned himself into police this after he was indicted on ten counts of sexual abuse. the case cites incidents from 1998 to 2010. kelly denied tim i similar accusations, he is expected to be in court saturday. president trump says he will nominate kelly knight craft. she currently serves as ambassador to canada. the u.s. post has been vacant

since nikki haley resigned almost two months ago. in syria, the u.s. president has agreed to keep about 400 u.s. troops oak even after most u.s. forces come home. the troops will be a part of a multi-national force and prevent resurgence. mr. trump says his decision the not a reversal. even though most aren't coming home, he has achieved a great victory anyway. >> i heard lindsey graham this morning congratulating me on having defeated the caliphate. frankly, i'm getting a lot of congratulations, at the same time, we can leave a small force along with others in the force whether it's nato troops or whoever might be so it doesn't start up, i'm okay. it's a tiny fraction of the people we have. a lot of people like that idea. i'm opened to ideas, but the

2,500 people we had there will be going to different parts of the world. they may be going over to iraq, a base that costs becomes and frankly we'll be using. >> the map is telling isis flooit fighters clinging to their last holdup on a scrap of land along the border with iraq. this video, the terror group is stwooez squeezed into a half a development or a fifth of a mile. they're surrounded, the sdf has paused their artillery. the coalition wants to take them to safety before they defeat isis. before trying to escape the terror group isn't their only concern. human watch hasn't done enough to protect civilians.

take a look here at this satellite image. it shows the sheer amount of coalition airstrikes and shelling that they've suffered. now, to a time lapse satellite image. several showing the migration of thousands of people towards the river as they escape the isis strong hold. these pictures show the movement from a month's time from february to january of this year. the people end up in refugee camps in northeast syria. now to these pictures taken from december to february. they show how fast one camp has grown. the aid group save the children relationship saying save the children says those children have spent months or years without medical care and adequate food and even know face life-threatening dangers. our senior international

correspondent ben wedeman has been following this from the front line and has this story. >> reporter: the last twuk trucks went to the last territory outside baghouz in eastern syria. as many as a thousand were evacuated. women, children, men of military aid. we spoke to a syrian commander based on a roof. despite the departure, there are many civilians left inside, including fighters, of course. he did say that there is some disputes, clashes between isis members who want to give up and leave and those that want to fight to the bitter end. earlier, we spoke to a spokesman who says that as soon as all those civilians are cleared out,

those remaining inside will be faced with a stark choice, surrender or die. i'm ben wedeman, cnn, reporting from eastern syria. >> ben, thank you. let's talk more about this now, lena is from a british think tank joining us this hour from london. a pleasure to have you. so given the civilians who are either trapped or those people trying to escape. is enough being done to get people to safety and out of harm's way? >> well, it's a very tough battle because isis use the humans as human shields. this is why the full taking back of territory from isis is delayed. it is not easy. the terrains of this battle is happening in. and it's an area of around i think 1 square mile that's left. yet, it is very densely

populated because isis moved a lot of civilians to that area. i think the battle is now being conducted with a lot of sensitivity by the international coalition, but it's going to be a few days i think before we see the end of this. >> okay. we are hearing from the u.s. president now saying he wants to keep some 400 u.s. soldiers in syria and from footage that we've seen, isis remains a threat there. is this conflict truly close to coming to an end in your view? >> we have to be very clear. we're only talking about taking back territory from isis. we are not talking about the defeat of isis. just because it loses its territory doesn't mean the group has disappeared. we still have thousands of fighters out there hiding in the desert between syria and iraq. we still have insurgency attacks that are being conducted,

especially against the anti-isis coalition. so having these troops on the ground i think is crucial because the battle is far from over against this group. all we are achieving now is taking its areas back but not defeating the group completely. >> your thoughts then to the president's distinction here that you know this is a victory, making, pointing out the difference that you are pointing out. >> well, i mean, she saying that the united states under his leadership has achieved more in a matter of a few weeks than people have achieved in years. i think this is slightly a myopic determination of the six. isis when it becomes an insurgency will be similar like al qaeda in its heyday so we have to bear that in mind. the battle is far from over. 400 troops is actually not even

enough in my view to really fully counter isis. we have seen similar sixes in the past in afghanistan. even in iraq, whereas rolling back troops to the bare minimum and we've had jihadists extremist groups come back. so as i said, the battle is far from over. >> what about the situation around isis brides or children born into the caliphate forced to live in these camps that are out there. what is the path for them in your view? what happens? >> welsh when it comes to those who come from western countries, like the uk or the u.s., i think that they have to be brought back to these countries and face detention, interrogation, probably possibly prosecution, basically in deradicalization programs. i think all the countries in the west that have citizens who are fighting in these areas or who have migrated to join isis like

these women have to have deregulation programs ready in order to take them back i don't think the solution is to strip them of citizenship and leave them out there. this is only postponing the problem. they are only going to continue to be radicalized. they will raise children who are also going to be radicalized and they will form a threat to the west further down the line. so i think we have to be responsible for our citizens out there. >> we appreciate your time and insight on this. we will stay in touch with you. >> thank you. still ahead arc critical election in a critical nation. voters in africa's largest economy go to the polls days after the election was suddenly postponed. we have a live report ahead for you.

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. >> on cnn "newsroom" i'm george howell. the polls in syria are now opened again. the parliamentary election was postponed hours before it was expected to open. >> that sparked consternation among would be voters. >> that leading to concern also over voter turnout today in what the a critical election for that country in economic turmoil, our teams are covering every angle of this story today. right now we have our david mackenzie is following this story in johannesburg, first give us a chens of what the mood, given na the polls are opened a week later. many were frustrated a week ago.

>> reporter: certainly there frustration from the polls today. it does seem like broadly across the country polling is going on smoothly, if slowly. the two major candidates have voted. they are both from the northern part of the country. you are also seeing a troubling instance of two security incidents in states that deal with these kind of incidents all the time. but it does underscore the security in more broadly nigeria. >> stand by, we want to stand by with stephanie broussard, we have you now, we have you following the polls, what's it like? what's the mood there? same question to you as people show up.

stephanie busari. >> reporter: in africa's largest democracy, there have been delays. last week it was postponed this morning, there was lots of delays, but now they are determined, they are out in long lines, it's a hot day in lagos. people are telling us they are just determined to be here to make sure their voices are herd, take a listen to a woman we heard earlier. >> i must believe, that's why i'm battling with ma raria, i have come here to vote today. i remain positive things are going well. nigerians are very patient. today it has been very civil here. so i believe if it's the same way everywhere in the country or in most places, we should, recovery result we get should be fair and we should accept it.

>> reporter: many people like this lady, she was here, she came out. they're all around here telling us they are determined that their votes must count today. >> stephanie busari, stand by, if you could to get context from david in johannesburg. david, nigeria has seen delays before, do the parties trust the elect toforal commission? >> reporter: the main candidate said he would accept the result of this election as long as he felt it was free and fair, but his party the pdp did say they felt this delay could be some kind of shenanigans as did the ruling party. the key really here is why is this important? nigerians across this big nation, it is a key vote, hoping for the limiting of the corruption that has beset the xi

and kick starting the people. for the feel and the world at large, nigeria has so much potential and can be either a flashpoint in terms of security with an ongoing fight against isis-affiliated manysh in the northeast and in terms of economics. they support south africa as the country's biggest economy. if they get a few things right in nigeria, that country, many analysts believe, could have a very bright future. you still have these two candidates in their 70s, who are wanting to rule the country, the median age is 18. this is a dynamic country. many people feel they want more of a change. whether these leaders, if all goes peacefully in this election comes through either the incumbent or the challenger, they will have a challenge to sort of maintain the credibility

of aging political class when most of the country is young and frankly, quite restless. >> david, thank you. stephanie, one other question to you. as you see people lining up there i mean is there a sense of focus? are people the elder to make this day count and given what we saw just a week ago? >> reporter: sorry, can you repeat that? >> no worries, again, i want to get a sense of mood as people have turned out again. many people who were turned away a week ago? >> reporter: yes, the mood here is one of reliefing to be honest with you. people are happy, smiles all around. >> that they finally get a chance to vote. last week, many of them turned out before they even found out that the vote was postponed. the election was postponed so today they believe that smiles, it's a hot day. but they're out in force, and

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welcome back, here along my colleague and friend meteorologist eric van dam to tell us about the weather misery. >> it started in the four corners. we shattered records in terms of snowfall. now that misery is moving up across the central parts of the country into the mid-west. we will try to highlight it all. let me first stake you to flagstaff. arizoflag staff, arizo flagstaff, arizona, they piled up nearly three feet of snow. >> that is incredible. there it is in front of your eyes.

can you blame me? i had to show that you video. back in 1915, they had 20 inches of snow. in 2019, the entire snowfall total from the storm eclipsed 40 inches of snow and there were other locations that got that as well. we will take that moisture across the plains into the western great lakes. it will pack strong snow and winds and create blizzard conditions up through the peninsula of michigan. here's the storm system the rain maker for detroit. mainly on the back side, we draw on the cold air the wind and the snow, look at the potential, power outages the winds pick up, the storm deepens across the great lakes. we're looking out for that as a

real possibility. we will get a cold front that will under cut the moisture and allow for the potential today. later this afternoon, into this evening, we put a bulls eye. the storm prediction center has. southern sections of tennessee and northwestern alabama. that's where we have a moderate to high risk of severe storms that could produce tornadoes today. keep an eye to the sky. this is not our only concern for this area. we have had a wet winter so far that region. the flood threat continues from the mississippi valley all the way to the ohio river valley. we have a flood threat in place. tennessee has had, national has had their second wettest february on record. 11 inches and counting and that's not the only location. the entire southeast has had rain in excess of 9 to 10 inches above where they should be for the winter. and we know it, too, george.

we have been talking about how bad the weather is in atlanta, it continues to do so, we have a dry spell coming up next week. >> we will take it on our weekends, too. >> hollywood's biggest awards presentation, a little more than a day away on sunday and people are taking bets on who will win big in this year's oscars. according to multiple bedding markets, roma is the clear favorite for best picture. that's no load by green back. we will bring you the highlights here on cnn. march 14th is the modern-day

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