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you're watching "cnn newsroom." so u.s. president donald trump arrives in hanoi later today for his second summit with kim jong-un. the north korean leader made his way down a red carpet as he walked off the train that brought him to vietnam. as kim's motorcade traveled through hanoi, thousands lined the streets to watch while denuclearization tops the agenda for this summit it's also kim's first state visit to vietnam. he's expected to see first-hand the economic benefits of making a peace deal with the americans. will ripply joins us now from hanoi. will, tell us a little bit about that, this theory it should somehow incentive them to

somehow become a bit more like vietnam if they would somehow abandon their nukes. >> reporter: the vietnamese capital, a communist party that's firmly in control but an economy that's opened up, that is booming. that enjoyed 7% growth last year as a result of normalized relations with the united states. they've had an embassy here in hanoi since 1995. and you go in the city and you're surrounded by new construction. you see construction cranes. people are worky, they have plenty to eat. it's a nation that has a bamming economy in large part because they were able to mend fences after the horrors of the vietnam par, and in relatively short order bring in private enterprise and certainly that is the message that u.s. president donald trump and his team will be trying to deliver to north korean leader kim jong-un and his team as they try to convince them to give up their nuclear

weapons because they say it will lead to a brighter future for the people of north korea and will give them that economic growth that kim jong-un has promised his own people and said that now is his primary focus after saying he completed the nuclear program which arguably brought him to the table and that the u.s. is now trying to convince him to get rid of. >> while summit number one in singapore yielded no measurable concrete progress, is there an argument to say that summit number two could be any different? >> well, certainly i think both sides are coming to the table here understanding that there needs to be more substances to the agreement they sign here in hanoi, to build upon what they sign-in singapore. there's no arguing that tensions have been diffused because of actions taken by both sides. north korea hasn't launched a missile or conducted a nuclear test in more than a year. they did hand over dozens of

sets of remains in the war. and on the u.s. side president trump has suspended joint military drills with south korea, and he is obviously continuing to engage with north korean leader kim jong-un. he says they have a good relationship, and he's given kim the legitimacy of now a second sit down with a sitting u.s. president, something previous u.s. presidents would never even consider. but of course there's a lot of pressure on president trump to come away from this with a deal that includes a specific plan, whether it be allow inspectors into the country to look at nuclear sites, to disclose previously secret locations where and of course there's also lots of information leaking out from south korea just yesterday saying the two countries may be preparing to announce an inagreement to formally end the korean war.

which then raises a whole lot of new questions including what happens to the 28,000 u.s. troops stationed in south korea that president trump has often complained about the expense, but of course south korea has relied upon for decades to provide defense in case things turn south when it comes to their deal wgz tings turn south. president trump may lose out on some executive time this week. he'll be busy with the north korea summit while house democrats will have voted to block his declaration on the southern border. a similar resolution may not be able to pass the senate. and mr. cohen will be testifying to lawmakers about what he knows about the 2016 campaign. so talk to me about the national emergency first. democrats are going to vote against it, but after that, they

don't have control. it goes to the senate. they don't have majority there. how do you think this thing ends? >> well, the national emergencies act of 1976 enables congress to effectively revoke a national emergency declared by a president if congress doesn't deem that to be a legitimate emergency. so there is congressional power here if congress acted in a coordinate fashion. but of course the nature of partisanship in america means a two thirds majority is unlikely. what you could see, though, is that a bare majority in the senate could support that the house bill. already two republican senators have said they would support the democrats on this. tom tillis, susan collins, people talk about lisa murkowski as well. they would only need one more republican senator to act. but then that would be a largely

symbolic move because even if it did get to president trump's desk the president would veto it and the national emergency stays in place. >> so reading between the lines of what you're saying it's not a stretch to say as things stand now and what we know now it is unlikely that congress is going to be able to cancel this national emergency, correct? >> that's right. and i think that the strategy which would be a more viable strategy for those who want to block this national emergency move is to go through the courts. that's also not a surefire guarantee because the courts have been tipping in the more conservative direction. president trump has been very effective at installing his justice on the federal courts, and of course famously he's appointed two new members to the u.s. supreme court. but there is a chance that democrats and others who are concerned about this action could get the courts to block

the president or force him to readjust the policy. >> michael cohen is talking to congress this week, the president's former fixer. at least that's what he used to call himself. and his lawyer apparently is trying to drive up ratings because he says the testimony will be, quote, chilling. what kind of revelations do you think we might get? >> well, from my understanding the testimony that which he give tuesday the house oversight committee will not be pertaining directly to the russia investigation. and so what we'll likely hear are concerns about campaign finance and the payments of women who are alleged to have relations with donald trump. and so i think just the nature of the content which he's likely to be asked about is probably recently salacious and i think

it's going to attract some attention on that level. it will be embarrassing for the white house and for the president. they will argue that michael cohen has already been accused of lying under oath to congress about other matters. so if there's a credibility issue there. but certainly this is not going to be welcome testimony from the white house's perspective. >> it's really hard to overstate how important, how big a week this could be for the presidency. when you have michael cohen talking in public -- well, part of what he's going to be saying is going to be in public in an open hearing. and you have donald trump in a second meeting with kim jong-un. depending on where each of these stories go between now and the end of the week, you could have a very, very different look for the presidency in a few days time. >> i think you're right. the stakes are high this week. and when the stakes are high, donald trump often surprises people.

and i do wonder if this will put pressure on him to agree to, say, a peace treaty with north korea to officially end the korean war, which has only been on cease-fire since 1953. it's a symbolic move. it's been left as a sort of final tool to get north korea to move. i think people might think the president would be moving prematurely if he backed this. but you could see it would be good headlines if not necessarily good foreign policy, and with the stakes so high that's the kind of dramatic action he takes this week. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. while the summit happens in hanoi, you can keep up with that and everything that's happening in washington anytime. you just go to our website for that. that is, of course, cnn.com. a jury in melbourne, australia has found one of the

highest ranking clergymen in the roman catholic church guilty of child sexual abuse. he adamantly denies the charges and has filed an appeal. jurors reached the verdict actually in december. the court order kept it secret until right now. the victim's attorney read a statement from her client. >> thank you for your interest in this case. like many survivors i have experienced shame, loneliness, depression and struggle. like many survivors it has taken me years to understand the impact on my life. at some point we realized that we trusted someone we should have feared, and we fear those genuine relationships that we should trust. >> all right, ana coren is following the case. you've been up on this for the last two months while it was being kept secret, right, that

the courts had us keep this secret from the public. b but you know all the details of the case. >> reporter: that's right, cyril. we have been sitting on the story for more than two months. that suppression order was due to protect the second trial. that was what it was setup to do. that second trial collapsed today. there just was not enough evidence and the case was dismissed. so suddenly the suppression order was lift asked the media was finally able to tell the world that cardinal george pell, the highest ranking member of the church has been convicted of child sexual abuse. he is of course the vatican treasurer, number three in the vatican. this is timely considering the pope just held a summit in rome

to discuss the scourge of child sexual abuse. he talked about it being an all out battle and described abusers as the tools of satan. it'll be interesting what he says to cardinal george pell. of course he'll be enjoying his last night of freedom this evening. tomorrow he walks into melbourne county court where he will be remanded and taken to prison. but he has had an illustrious career, and now it's over. it's news that will send sho shockwaves throughout the roman catholic church. cardinal george pell found guilty of child sex abuse. the most senior vatican official ever convicted of child sex offenses. pell, the country's most powerful catholic was on trial for assaulting two choir boys in

the late '90s, when he was archbishop of melbourne. the prosecution's case hinged on the testimony of one of those boys. he told the court pell assaulted him after mass, forced him to perform oral sex on him and committed an indecent act with his friend. he also testified that a month later pell pushed him against a wall and groped him. he said, quote, i didn't tell anyone at the time. i had no intention back then of telling anyone ever. the other victim died of a drug overdose as an adult having never told his family of the abuse. the cardinal called the allegations outrageous. >> i'm innocent of these charges. they are false. the whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me. >> reporter: he didn't take the stand during the trial. instead a video of his interview with australian detectives was

played to the court. he pleaded not guilty and his defense lore said the accusations were a fantasy. but a jury convicted pell on all five charges. one of the sexual penetration of a child, and four of an indecent act with or in the presence of a child. it's a shocking fall from grace for one of the vatican's top officials who has long been an influential if divisive figure in australia. he rose through the ranks of the church to become archbishop of melbourne, then sydney and cardinal and being appointed a member of the pope's formal counsel of advisers. while his star rose in the vatican pell came in with mounting criticism at home as the ostailian church became the center of a global child abuse skanldal. a national inquiry into institutional responses to child sexual abuse found 7% of the

country's catholic priests were accused of abusing children between 1950 and 2010. it identified nearly 2,000 alleged perpetrators including priests, brothers, lay people, and religious sisters. when he appeared in front of the royal commission in 2016 pell faced questions whergtd he had done enough to weed out abuse and get justice for the victims. now the cardinal himself has been convicted and other survivors of clerical sexual abuse unrelated to the pell case are elated. >> justice is what i thought. justice for the victims. i think that should give everyone that's thinking about, you know, whether you'll be believed or win or won't win the fight, that should give you the courage to come forward and at least be heard. >> reporter: pell's conviction will hurt an organization already battling decades of rev lags about pedophile priests.

the pope removed pell from his advisory counsel in december. but the damage to the church may be difficult to repair. now this global crisis has reached the top of the vatican. the australian prime minister scott morrison has issued a statement saying this conviction proves that no one is above the law. we're expecting to hear from the brisbane archbishop in rome. he attended the pope's summit and he's due to hold a press conference very shortly. he, of course, is the president of the catholic bishops conference here in australia. and this really, cyril, is just a monumental day for so many survivors of clerical sexual abuse. >> ana coren reporting live from melbourne. thank you so much. jared kushner's middle east tour has begun. donald trump's son-in-law and senior advisor is mushing a middle east peace plan and taking some shots at iran along

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white house senior advisor jared kushner is in the middle east on a five nation tour promoting the trump administration's peace plan. he said it's crucial to keep the details of the plan confidential but he says it focuses on five main principles. >> the situation they're negotiating over hasn't really changed much in 25 years. so we tried to figure what is realistic and fair solution to the issues here in 2019 that can enable people to live better lives. >> orrin leiberman is covering this for us. he joins us now from jerusalem. >> this is jared kushner, trump's son-in-law and the main advocate of the trump peace plan begin to sell the plan itself. the plan consists of a few different parts. the political part, which remains a seekwrite and that includes the security aspect of

this as well, and the economic part. and that part requires buy in, buy in from the arab states but also buy in financially. the trump administration will rely on the arab stakes to put money to incentivize the palestinians to accept this deal or consider this deal. but this remains a hard sell. remember the pal stennians haven't had any interaction with the trump in the past five years. even as he's trying to sell this deal now or at least the economic part of the keel, it still has tremendous challenges. the political part, which of course is the sensitive part, remains a closely guarded secret. they fear putting it out there means it will be leaked and the bits that do come out will destroy the chances of it succeeding.

what's the advantage kushner is selling to the arab states, it's a strengthening of this sort of de facto alliance against iran with israel in the arab states. it remains, however, the trump administration's peace plan, a hard sell. they have put it on hold after the april 9th elections here to try to keep its sensitivity from impacting prime minister benjamin netanyahu has he seeks a fifth term in office. >> thank you very much. in an unexpected move iran's foreign minister has announced his resignation. he was the key architect of the iran nuclear deal in 2015. iran's state run news agency reports he's asking state run diplomats not to resign over his announcement. he's faced a lot of criticism from iran's hard liners both for signing the nuclear deal and the trump administration for pulling out of it. fred pleitgen has the details. >> it is certainly one of am

more uncommon resignations we've seen in iran. one of the things to one would think would happen in a high profile resignation like this is that maybe he would have gone to hassan rouhani, to the country's president to formally hand in a resignation or to the country's supreme leader. he went to his instagram account and posted there saying he was no longer able to serve. now, one of the things that's no secret and that the he was certainly under fire at home. we speak a lot about how unpopular the nuclear agreement is in the trump administration, and president trump obviously pulling the united states out of the nuclear agreement and putting sanctions back on iran was pretty unpopular and is pretty unpopular among iranian hard liners as well. and they have been attacking zarif for it.

the big question now is whether or not iran will actually stay in the agreement or whether not it will pull out. there are some forces especially among the headliners who want to do exactly that. one of the things we've heard from zarif over the pasch couple of months is he wanted iran to stay inside the nuclear agreement, but he does feel, for instance, that the europeans need to do more to make that happen. certainly it's going to be some interesting times ahead for the islamic republic of iran tasee whether or not they stay inside the nuclear agreement, and quite frankly what their political course is going to be going forward. fred pleitgen, cnn, moskow. overflowing crowds, excited candidates, how american democrats are finding their energy again. >> i think that a lot of people do realize that we absolutely have to get this right. >> why it is standing room only as u.s. democrats find a common purpose in the 2020 presidential race. >> plus new information from

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found him guilty back in december but a court order kept it secret until now. the charges against the 77-year-old pell date back to the 1990s. univision ramos say he and his crew were in caw raucous to interview nicolas maduro on monday, but when he didn't like the questions he says he took the journalist's phones and equipment and interrogated them. they were held for roughly three hours and are now being excelled from the country. >> he's only been in the u.s. presidential race for a week, but bernie sanders is already proving to be a mighty fund-raiser. "the new york times" reports the vermont senator has already raised $10 million making him a financial front-runner in the crowded democratic field. in a cnn town hall sanders answered wide ranging questions about his second run and outlined his policy positions.

ryan nobles reports. >> senator bernie sanders spent more than an hour monday night facing a lightening round of questions about pressing issues. sanders discussed his plans for universal health coverage and conceded it will mean private insurance will likely go away. he also argued democratic socialism, and pushed back on claims that he undermined hillary clinton's victory and promised he's made important reforms in his campaign infrastructure that would prevent the sexual harassment issues that plagued his 2016 run. he also promised free college tuition among other things and said they would be paid for by hiking taxes on the rich. and speaking of taxes, sanders made a promise about his own taxes. >> will you release ten years of your tax returns as you know elizabeth warren has decided to do. >> yes. >> what was the delay? why haven't you done that so far?

>> well, you know, our tax returns will bore you to death. there's nothing special about them. it just was a mechanical issue. my wife does most it, and we will get that stuff out. >> and on foreign policy sanders actually gave president trump credit for opening up discussions with north korea. on venezuela he said intervention there would be the wrong decision. he also would not go as far as calling nicolas maduro the leader there a dictator. sanders wrapped things up by saying he believes he's the candidate best positioned to beat president trump. he just needs democratic voters to give him that shot. the list of u.s. democrats running for president in 2020 continues to grow. so far the list includes ten confirmed candidate in the expanding democratic field and two more politicians are exploring a possible run. for those confirmed candidates there seems to be no shortage of americans willing to brave ice, snow, freezing

temperatures even to come out and hear them. our kyung lah went to investigate why so many democrats feel they can change the washington landscape in 2020. >> we are going to hear kamala harris. >> reporter: an hour trek for megan foster and her family, an iowa democrat sensing a shift for 2020. >> there is something different in the energy this time around. >> senator kamala harris. >> reporter: you can see it in the crowd. they climbed closed bleachers for a view and filled the second floor balconies. braving blistering cold iowans lined up for harris north of des moines. and in new hampshire her town hall was so full the fire marshal closed the doors.

but it's not just harris. >> there's not enough room for everybody to get inside. >> reporter: it's been happening at elizabeth warren's stops for weeks, and gillibrand posted here at a booth. cory booker has jammed his house parties from new hampshire to iowa. and who can forget amy klobuchar's determined followers standing for hours braving minnesota's winter? >> regardless of the candidate it's standing remotely. >> oh, yes. >> why is that? >> i think there's just a lot of excitement and curiosity about these different candidates. i think a lot of people do realize we absolutely have to get this right. >> of course crowds could be just that, a crowd and not a sign of things to come. but democrats in aims, iowa have

a theory ability what's driving then. why is this room so packed? why is every room packed that i go to? >> we want to get rid of trump. >> i'm obviously nervous. a little bit of ptsd sort of what happened in 2016 and i think a lot of us are afraid it's going to happen again. i'm excited. this is great. i really can't wait. she's one of my favorite candidates. >> reporter: a common purpose, an early unifier in this crowd. what's happening as far as people being so drawn to you and some of your other democratic contenders? what's happening? >> i think what's happening is that the american public has

rightly embraced the fact that its their government and its future is in their hands. >> i think we're all motivated. it is very real to a lot of people. so, yeah, i definitely think that we're all feeling this on a very personal level. >> it's kyung lah reporting there. noato chicago where the police superintendent says there's a lot more evidence that hasn't been presented yet in the case of jussie smollett. and says again it doesn't support smollett's story. he faces a disorderly conduct charge for allegedly filing a false police report. but johnson says the "empire" star is innocent until proven guilty. >> at the very beginning when he explained and gave his version of events to us, he described it to us and we treated it like a hate crime. one of things important to recognize is although the two attackers were masked, he was

able to see he could see around their eyes that they were white skinned or at least one guy was a white skinned person. so that's how we approached it. >> smollett is sticking by his ve version of events despite mounting evidence that he orchestrated the attack. robert kraft the owner of the super bobowl champion new england patriots is now facing two counts of soliciting prostitution. in florida authorities have been staking out days spas and massage parlors for alleged sex trafficking. investigators say they have video of the inkounlters including one on january 20th when the patriots played for the afc championship. the u.s. vice president is back from columbia on a meeting on the crisis in venezuela. we'll have his message for strong man nicolas maduro next. >> and britain's main opposition

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peace talks to end the conflict in afghanistan are moving into high gear in qatar. the u.s. envoy tweeted monday he, wrote earlier this could be a significant moment. ultimately the talks could lead to u.s. troop withdrawal, but there are still some roadblocks before that happens. the u.s. wants to know the taliban will not harbor terrorist groups like al-qaeda or isis. the u.s. vice president is warning if anything happens to venezuela's opposition leader president nicolas maduro will be held responsible. mike pence was in columbia on monday for talks with juan guaido and the 14 nation lima

group. pence says the u.s. stands behind guaido 100% and announced new sanctions against the maduro government. >> what brings us together today is the recognition by all the nations gathered here that nicolas maduro is usurper with no legitimate claim to power and nicolas maduro should go. in britain now the opposition labor party is raising the stakes with brexit saying it is prepared to back a second referendum to prevent a damaging no-deal exit from the european union. meanwhile the prospect of a delayed brexit looms over theresa may as she prepares to address the house of commons in the coming hours. but the british prime minister says it is still within our grasp to leave the eu on time

and with a deal. in brussels european leaders argue that a brexit extension is the way to go. and the european capital. so where do we stand on this? so is a delay to brexit now becoming likely? >> well, i've been speaking to diplomats here in brussels, cyril, and they really are focusing on two potential outcomes at this point. the first possible outcome is that this impasse gets resolved, that british prime minister theresa may is able to push a deal, whatever deal she's able to reach here in brussels finally through the house of commons and brexit can happen on march 29th according to diplomats i've been talking to, a technical extension in order to provide enough time for the ratification process. that's the easy solution in the

eyes of diplomats that i've been speaking to here, and there's growing pessimism that that is not the case, that she's not going to be able to pull this off. which brings us to the second area that they're sort of focusing on right now, which is that her deal does not get through westminster and in which case rather than the united kingdom falling off the cliff edge, so to speak, a scenario that would be economically catastrophic for both sides of the channel, both the eu and the u.k., the eu is looking very seriously at the possibility of a longer extension. diplomats telling me they'd like that extension to be months. numbers we've been hearing here in brussels anywhere from 9 to 22 months in terms of that extension. that would need to be requested by the united kingdom. and according to media reports there in london the length of the ebs tension theresa may is potentially looking at is in the

realm of two months, which will not be music to the ears of brussels. they want something much longer in order for the united kingdom to come to sort of political resolution to get a strong resolution. all eyes will be on tureese mhe when she addresses the house of commons later today. >> we'll be hearing from you throughout the day. thanks. high winds, power outage, you name it it's all on the current u.s. weather map. plus the events that were not on the academy awards are about to happen in hanoi. we will revisit the kim jong-un-donald trump romance after the break. wearing off. (coughs) ah! i missed you! then i discovered mucinex. one pill lasts 12 hours, and i'm good.

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the weather is nastily in many parts of the u.s. right now. this here is up state new york where heavy winds forced the rare closure of the port of

asuego on lake ontario. nearly half a dozen people lost power due to strong winds. and in the west some areas are seeing heavy rain and record snowfall. so guess who's back? our meteorologist pedram. >> always good news over in the newsroom. we've had some rough weather at least have had it for the past 24 hours over in the northeast. hundreds of wind damage reports around the northeast, and of course as cyril just alluded to this has led to major disruptions not only across some of the airports but even across some of the communities there with power outage. and about 600,000 were out of power across the area of north east and also portion of the west. down to less than 200,000. so at least seeing some improvement. one of those areas cyril talked about, 80 mile an hour wind gusts and again notice this particular region, all of it's seen 60, 70 plus mile an hour

gusts. la guardia airports, 58 mile per hour gusts. you're going to have delays and big time disruptions. 1,000 plus flights were canceled, even some impacted out of the areas of the western u.s. but we still have some residual snow, but again not a significant band over the next couple of days. what we do have is very much significant cold air. in fact, international fall, the icebox of the u.s. still at this hour feels like minus 32. without the wind it's minus 19 degrees. of course for the western u.s. san francisco was one of the most impacted armts in the country was the atmospheric weather pattern that dives in, what we often call the pineapple effect here, or the pineapple express as the moisture comes in from the hawaiian islands.

san francisco into southern oregon even into portions of of the higher elevations in california there and 14,000 feet high, forecast models here indicate 7 to 11 feet of snow from between monday to at least wednesday night. really speak tuesday the significance of how much moisture is being pumped into this region here. an incredible amount of snow coming down across the higher elevation. and take a look. with it tremendous gusts as well. san francisco was one of the most impacted ports in the country. san francisco with the winds that are really feeling the grunt of this and expecting to stay gusty at least the next 24 hours. >> stay strong, everyone. spring is in three weeks. pedram, thank you. if you watch the oscars, you must have seen that lovey-dovey duet between lady gaga and bradley cooper. that may not be the sweetest duet you will hear this week.

jeanne moos explains. >> reporter: with everyone going gaga over lady gaga and bradley cooper and not quite consummating their oscar duet with a kiss, we got to thinking about another couple preparing for their close-ups. >> now we have this great relationship, and let's see what happens. >> reporter: all eyes fixed upon them as they take center stage. >> we see eye to eye. i like him, he likes me. he likes me, i like him. who knows what's going to happen. >> reporter: heartthrobs in hanoi. will the bromance once again blossom? president trump treats chairman kim almost like a diplomatic virgin. >> he's never had a relationship with anybody from this country, hasn't had lots of relationships anywhere. i don't want to rush anybody. >> reporter: after all look what happened when president trump and french president macron rushed their bromance. >> i like him a lot. >> reporter: they couldn't keep

their hands off each other, but then disagreements arose, and the next thing you know president trump was breaking up by tweet. the problem is that emmanuel suffers from a very low approval rating in france, 26%. make france great again. make bromance great again. >> kim jong-un said some terrific things about me. >> great maybe he'll sign your [ bleep ]. >> reporter: will it turn out to be just a shallow relationship or is this something deep? >> and then we fell in love, okay? he yet me beautiful letters and they're great letters. ♪ in the shadow >> but we have a special feeling. >> reporter: you can almost imagine president trump and kim jong-un crooning their own

diplomatic duet at the piano. though lady gaga may have bigger hands. jeanne moos, cnn. >> we fell in love. >> reporter: new york. one more thing before we wrap this up. do you remember samuel l. jackson in the movie "snakes on a plane?" >> enough is enough. i've had it with these [ bleep ] snakes on this [ bleep ] plane. >> okay, we have a pitch for the sequel. it could be called serpent in a shoe. a scottish woman found a python curled up in a shoe in her luggage. the snake was taken safely to an animal rescue center. there is no word on where the passenger was taken. all right, thank you so much for joining us this hour. aurally start is next for viewers in the u.s. for everybody else stay tuned you've

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