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united states and all around the world. i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. "newsroom" starts right now. president trump raising eyebrows yet again on the issue of migrants crossing into the united states. >> harsh words on immigration are not new for this president, but while visiting the u.s. southern border friday, the man whose paternal grandparents and mother immigrated from europe now says the united states is full. and he says, there's no need for a summit with the presidents of mexico, honduras, guatemala and el sal vador saying he understands why they cut aid. >> our jim acosta has all of the details for you. >> reporter: touting his administration's efforts to support the border president top

lobbed new hand grenades on immigration. >> our country is full. the area is full. the secondser is full. can't take you anymore. sorry. can't happen. so turnaround, that's the way it is. i look at some of these asylum people, they're gath memberng m they're not afraid of anything. >> reporter: the president's lawyer sent a letter arguing that he should not have to turn over the tax returns. >> i got elected. i keep going. i'm under audit. when you're under audit, you don't do it. >> reporter: one administration said the white house is willing to take the president's battle over the tax returns all the way to the supreme court telling cnn this is a hill and people are willing to die on it. and backing down from his threat to close the border, though, that's not how mr. trump sees it. >> i never changed my mind at

all. i may shut it down at some point but i would rather do tariffs. >> reporter: the president is giving mexico one year to crack down on immigration in the u.s. as he demands that congress cracks down on immigration system that's been in place for decades. >> they have to get rid of the whole asylum system because it doesn't work. frankly, of judges. you can't have a court case every time somebody steps their. >> reporter: just before the trip to the border, the president made a sudden change to the immigration team. pulling the nomination of ron vitiello. and arguing that stephen miller lobbied the president to make a different move. >> we're going in a different direction. ron's a good man. but wie're going to the tougher direction. >> reporter: he tweeted heading

to the border shows a section of the new wall being built. as a legal fight looms over the president's plans to divert taxpayer money to build portion of mr. trump's wall. while the the border last year, it's attached to a segment of replacement fencing. just before leaving, the president defended his needling of joe biden that the vice president has engaged in unwanted touching. >> i think i'm a good messenger, people got a kick out of it. >> reporter: sounding more like a contender, biden fired right back. >> it doesn't surprise me he doesn't have time to do this job. look, everybody knows who donald trump is. >> reporter: claiming he doesn't see biden as a threat the president is selling his performance on the economy and pointing to his latest unemployment number us and that 200,000 jobs were created last month. >> our country is doing unbelievably well economically,

most of you don't report that because it doesn't sound good from your perspective but the country is doing really well. >> reporter: both the white house and the president's legal team are pushing back. the president's attorneys essentially argue that this would set a bad precedent for future occupantses of the oval office. if dems can go after the president's tax returns, republicans can go after nancy pelosi's tax returns. migrants still ahead toward the u.s. southern border as they have for decades. the pace has slowed in recent years although there's been a recent spike in the numbers. >> and businesses and the government of mexico are still trying to figure out what the president's every-changing positions mean for them. after all, mexico is the u.s.' third biggest trading partner. our paula newton has that party of the story from mexico city. >> reporter: we're here in mexico, of course, they are

relieved that the border won't be closed today, but they are taking donald trump's threat seriously. and, of course, that including slapping that 25% tariff on automobiles. now, trump was very clear, the president, saying that, look, he thought mexico had been doing a better job in the last few days. he understands from officials here that they have been in close collaboration with the trump administration over the last few days. but they are not saying that in fact they changed their policy here at all. only that they are highlighting what they're doing in terms of apprehensions of those central american migrants at the southern border. i want you to listen now to the president of mexico as they try tries to really calm down the situation. take a listen. >> translator: the only thing i can say is that we have a good relationship. there are no confrontations with the u.s. government. we are financially stable. this is what the data shows. >> reporter: mexico will be grappling with this for months to come, even if they have, apparently, a year. and the reason is as one mex

core commentator put it here, is that the president has basically shot a missile into the free trade agreement between canada, the u.s. and mexico. and this government here in mexico, a very new government will be trying to make sure what they call the humanitarian approach to immigration won't work but also won't undermine their own economy. let's talk about this now with natasha linstead. good to have you. let's get past that and get to the question here the president's latest rhetoric on the border. he did not visit the border where families and children are being held. instead, mr. trump took the opportunity to focus on his message that asylum seekers are perpetrating a hoax on america, saying the country is full. which contradicts, natasha, a

longstanding tradition? >> yes, the united states is geographically enormous and has been money as a country of immigrants. but he continues to focus to his base, or to target his base and talk about the unwanted immigration and he feels that the country's demographics are rapidly changing and he wants to stop asylum seeking. but these are individuals in incredibly violent situations and homicide rates in continues likeuras and el salvador. that's what leading people, they're not doing it because they're gang members, they're coming because they themselves are escaping violence.

that's the reason why they're asylum seeking, why countries accept this, because it's a humanitarian issue. >> and trump seems adamant on changing the immigration law and building the wall that he wants. we now know from california's attorney general that 20 states have filed an exception to challenge mr. trump's funding of the wall. what does this mean that it may delay or overturn the president's declaration of a national emergency? >> well, i think with certainty there's just going to be delays on this. because there's so many legal battles concerning the building of the ball. the declaration of a national emergency. and he himself seemed to be aware of this. the democrats just completely disagreeing with him, about the way to deal with immigration with mexico. and they don't want more borders. they don't want a national emergency. i mean, the fact that they assigned already hundreds of officers has caused all kinds of delays and slowdowns at the border. and this is something that is

sort of ongoing. and if they are to shut down ports and continue to have more and more delays, this causes economic consequences for the u.s. when a port near san diego bordered with mexico was shut down for five hours it cost american businesses $5.3 million. soy, the solution from the democrats' point of view is not to erect more borders, not to have more of a slowdown, but to understand, as you mentioned that mexico is the third best trading partner with the u.s. and there are trading interests that are vital to the u.s. economy and that theyed ed men have more of a comprehensive reform. >> and the other big topic is mr. trump and his tax returns which he claims are under audit. he claims the law are 100% on his side. would take it to the supreme court. how does this play into 2020, the presidential election, just around the corner? >> well, for the republicans, or

trump supporters in general, they don't care about his tax returns. this does not matter to them one bit. whatever is revealed won't matter to them. this is more important to democrats who believe that there are many suspicious reasons why he's hiding his tax returns. they want to look into what his financial dealings are possibly with countries like russia. what loans he's taken out, whether or not his tax cuts benefited him financially with a mix of politics taking place. whether or not he's not paying taxes enough. or, and i think this would be personally most upsetting to trump whether or not it revealed that he really isn't as rich as he says he is. this is really not a republican poll issue. the democrats care about the subpoena or fighting for it and will probably end up in courts. >> again, thank you for your time. >> libya is spiraling into me

chaos as the renegade general leads an offensive towards the capital of tripoli. the interior minister said a battle is on its way to the outskirts of the city. the forces took the abandoned international airport, but it has since been liberated. >> libya has faced power struggles since 2007 civil war. war and militia have prevented the government from taking control. >> let's go now live to london, cnn producer salma abdulaziz is on the ground there. what are you learning? >> the man who has emerged as the strong man of libya to control large swaths of that part of the country. a few days ago, he called on his

men to take control of the capital. they did exactly that. they marched an offensive on theout skirts of that city. at the time the u.n. secretary-general antonio guterres was in tripoli. take a listen to what he said from benghazi. >> i think it would be impossible to survive confrontation in and around tripoli. and united nations remain available to facilitate any political solution to be able to unify the legal institutions. and whatever happens, the u.n. will remain committed. and i will remain committed to support the libyan people.peace, prosperity and respect of their

human rights. >> so far, his calls for peace have fallen on deaf ears. the government of national court, the government in tripoli backed by the international community has formed a coalition of other militias to try to slow his advances outside of the capital slashes. now, others may tell you that hafta is trying to get a bigger slice of the pie when it comes to talks or peace settlement for the country. but even if it is, it still has residents in tripoli very much worried. we know that families are stocking up on food, on fuel, causing long lines at gas stations. it's simply terrifying for everyone preparing for what could be a long and bloody conflict, natalie. >> did the u.n. secretary-general state what the next step might be to help on

behalf of the u.n. support there? >> well, the u.n. secretary-general has a very difficult task, natalie. this country has been in a state of chaos since the end of the civil war in 2011 which overthrew moammar gadhafi. the u.s. has been trying to find some political solution and so far, it hasn't. in many ways this is a result of the failure of finding a political solution that you're now seeing him trying to march on the capital. he's been talking about it for two years and now we're seeing him actually try and do it. and it's an extremely confusing situation on the ground. for anyone to try to sort through this especially at such a late stage will be difficult, natalie. >> salma ababdelaziz, we know y continue to watch it.

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>> a senior administration official also said friday that exit options for the embattled president nicolas maduro are dwindling. and the u.s. vice president has announced new sanctions on that troubled country. this time, the u.s. is targeting companies that transport venezuelan oil to cuba. >> and dueling protesters are once again expected on the streets of caracas this weekend. national assembly leader juan guaido says he will have more details on a plan to force mr. maduro to resign. tensions in venezuela are still high, as the country continues to recover from recurring blackouts. now, to a no deal brexit seems more likely than ever. less than a week remains to work out a solution. and cross-party talks are going anywhere at this point, though government has expressed some optimism. >> the conversations to delay the party are continuing. they were continuing last night. we're expecting to exchange more

texts with labor party today. this is an ongoing process and i'm optimistic we will reach some form of agreement. >> while this is happening in london, prime minister theresa may is trying to buy more time from brussels. now, she's asking until the end of june to get an agreement through parliament. the european union meets to discuss that but also resistance. adding another wrinkle to the chaos, the uk is being forced to participate in the parliament election in may. >> and neither is happy about that possibility. >> prime minister theresa may is asking for another extension to that brexit deadline. she's written a letter to european counsel president donald tusk asking for the new deadline date to be june 30th. this is the second time she has asked for that june 30th date and it was rejected. instead she was given the april

12th which is just a week away. in that new letter, theresa may has requested that deadline and will have to have those sit for the parliamentary election. and meanwhile, they're engaged in talks to find a cross party deal in parliament which theresa may has failed to do for her own withdrawal three times. there's a question what sort of compromise they find both sides seem to be far away on red line issues between the total union and referendum. on friday afternoon, the labor party came out with a new statement saying we are disappointed that the government has not offered real change or compromise. we urge the prime minister to come forward with genuine

changes to her deal in an effort to find an alternative that can win support in parliament and bring the country together. and then, of course, there is the other side to this complicated tango dance, the european union, and what they will stay to that extension and whatever deal jeremy corbyn and theresa may can up with, ahead das gold, cnn, london. >> at least some members appear resigned to a new deal on april 12th and they're ready to let it happen but there are consequences. first, there will be no transition period. current relationships would simply end with nothing to take their place. >> yes, folks that are watching closely say that would be a disaster for the uk. freedom of movement in and out of the uk could suddenly become restricted. britons traveling to europe could face unexpected delays at borders they now cross freely. and 1 million uk citizens living in europe may find their circumstances affected. >> trade would immediately be thrown into turmoil.

the uk would suddenly come under world trade organization rules. and british consumers could see rising prices as tariffs are imposed on imports. food and medicine shortages are also a concern there. and the uk's manufacturing sector, it could grind to a halt, if critical parts and supplies are held up at the border. >> that gives me an idea of what they're up against. >> a lot. all right. boeing has cut the production of its 737 jets. most of them the grounded 737 max. instead of making 52 airplanes a month, it will make 42. meanwhile, ethiopian airlines said it's not decided to ground their fleet. >> boeing, with the role in the crashes, that's not the only cause of concern on the 737 max

jets. "the washington post" reports that regulators are ordering boeing to fix a second software problem. our tom foreman explains. >> a source inside boeing said the latest matter is relatively minor although it deals with an important part of plane. even if by minor he means easy to fix, there's really nothing that is minor in this matter of this airline right now, and this style of airplane. because there's so much scrutiny on it particularly on what's called the mcas system. let me explain what we're talking about. there are sensors on this plane that look like this, that show the angle of the airplane in the air. they're right up front here. the mcas system is a bit of software that basically takes a reading from these, and if the plane were to be nosing too far up in the air where it might stall, this computer takes over and it brings the plane back down to level. it's a safety measure. but in the lion air crash and

now in the ethiopian crash as well, the indications are there was a false reading coming into one of the sensors, feeding into the impuritcomputer, telling it the plane was angled up and it was not so the computer took over and pushed the plane to the ground. as the crew was fighting, the computer kept trying to take over, and fight back, too. and the plane ends up like that in the air. the preliminary report said the plane went into the ground going close to 600 miles an hour. so, the challenge for boeing, they now have to convince an awful lot of people that they have completely brought all of these problems under control. the airlines, the pilots and the flying public, because while a lot of people may not understand avion avionics, they do understand the loss of hundreds of lives in a terrifying pair of accidents. and until boeing commits to

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libya advancing on the capital. libya's interior minister said the battle was under way south of tripoli, but he says the battle is good. the security council has called on khalifa haftar to stop the advance. britain's parliament call on theresa may to end the brexit standoff. they want to delay it to june 30th. they seem prepared for a no deal brexit come april 12th. president trump has a message for those wanting to immigrate to the united states. speaking at the border on friday, he said turn around, our country is full. he also touted his border wall and called the idea of faking asylum a hoax. a border town south of san diego, calexico, we spoke to

calexico's mayor about living on the border. >> i just think there has to be a very, very comprehensive conversation about about the true, true reasons about the position we're in now. i think that's what we tried to do today. he needs to listen. he needs to listen to the communities with the true effects of what it is to live on the border like this. we have another issues. we have the new river that's right behind me that is the most polluted river in all of the united states. it carries so many different causes of cancer and other illnesses. we have the sea that many causes so many asthma in this area, and he's not looking at that. we want to make sure to send him that message. number one, we're united with one voice in mexiscal.

>> the notion of that looking at that in a year, what impact would that have in calexico? >> i can tell you since it started our community has been in battle, the schools, the industries, the agricultural industry. so, when the hearts and minds of the people of our community -- it feels as if being played with, we don't take that lightly. this is our lives. we haven't hurt anyone. we're law-abiding citizens. and it's a very friendly city. we feel we need to have a discussion. if you want to start with calexico, let's start now. it's time to actually pay attention to us. >> there were some protests around the president's visit to calexico, including the appearance by the so-called trump baby blimp. demonstrators called on the president to stop his threats to close the border and stressed they may be two nations, but

they are one community. democratic presidential candidates have been flooding a conference room in new york. >> 12 of the 2020 hopefuls made it a priority to stop at al sharpton's national annual network convention for a chance to stand out. our mj lee has the report. >> no justice, no justice. >> reporter: a string of 2020 candidates. >> i will not back down. >> reporter: making their case to the african-american communities, a powerful constituency crucial to the outcome of the democratic primary. just seven presidential hopefuls addressing the crowd, following five others earlier in the week, also focused on key issues like racial inequality and reform. >> let's talk what justice looks like, looks like leaders needing

the courage, including universal background checks and a renewal of the assault weapons ban. >> boldest policies we're talking about right now can't just be absent attempt or about acknowledging the past. they need to be about actually balancing the economic scales and confronts the bias that exists right now in the presence. >> reporter: massachusetts candidate elizabeth warren saying it's been used to block racial progress. >> for generation, the filibuster was used as a tool to block progress on racial justice. and in recent years, it's been used by the far right as a tool to block progress on everything. we should get rid of the filibuster. >> reporter: vermont senator bernie sanders rallying the audience by slamming president trump. >> it gives me no pleasure to tell you that we have a president today who is a racist. who is a sexist, who is a

homophobe. who is a xenophobe, and who is a religious bigot. >> reporter: south bend mayor pete buttigieg, forced to explain his controversial comments from the past that all lives matter. >> what i didn't understand, that phrase especially into mid-2015 was coming to be a counterslogan to black lives matter, since learning how that phrase was being used to push back on that activism, i stopped using that. >> reporter: host al sharpton asked every candidate whether they would sign a bill, the o r overall response -- >> yes. >> 100%. i support hr 3, yes. >> i will. >> i already support that bill.

>> yes, i'm going to pass this, come on, now. >> reporter: and hoping to court african-americans who make up about 20% of democratic voters. now, this conference is just one more reminder that all of the democratic candidates are doing everything they can to set themselves apart in a field that's increasingly growing. mj lee, new york. the former vice president joe biden is apologizing for his behavior for invading people's space. >> he said he is sorry he didn't understand how his actions made others feel. but the former vice president also made light of the situation. >> reporter: a partial apology from joe biden. >> i'm sorry i didn't understand. i'm not sorry for any of my intentions. i'm not sorry for anything that i have ever done. i've never been disrespectful intentionally to a man or a

woman. >> reporter: the former vice president still grappling with how to respond to claims he made women feel uncomfortable in their interactions and acknowledging more people could come forward. >> i wouldn't be surprised. i've had hundreds and hundreds of people contact me who ri dont know, and say the exact opposite. >> reporter: joe biden, as he took the stage in his first appearance since the allegations, biden gauge out a hug and made this joke. >> i had permission to hug ronny. >> reporter: then doing it a second time after calling a group of children up to the stage. >> by the way, he gave me permission to touch him. >> reporter: shortly after, biden scrambled in cleanup mode, telling reporters he wasn't making light of people's feelings. >> i hope it wasn't taken that way. >> reporter: and he's inching closer and closer to that 2020 bid.

hinting it's not a matter of if, but when. >> i'm told by lawyers that i got to be careful what i say so i don't start the clock ticking. then i get a shot and off to the races. >> reporter: with a largely diverse field of candidates taking shape, biden shared what he would brand himself. >> it's biden. i'm proud of it. >> reporter: biden has drawn the attention of president trump. >> no, i don't see joe biden as -- no, i don't see him as a threat. i think he's only a threat to himself. >> reporter: he's heading back. >> he doesn't have time to do his job. look, everybody knows what donald trump is. >> reporter: with his white house run around the corner. >> it's not a bad thing. it's a new thing. it's important. >> reporter: and lucy flores,

the first woman who alleged biden made her feel uncomfortable, tweeted out a statement in response to biden's comments saying it's clear he hasn't reflected enough. we'll see if biden offers any other responses as he gets closer to that 2020 run. the former vice president told me he'll be announcing his decision very soon. arlette saenz, cnn, washington. israel's election is this week. and the prime minister of that country is trying to hang on to his party seats, as he faces a corruption scandal. more on that, ahead. for long-lasting, continuous freshness, try febreze plug. febreze plug provides 1200 hours of freshness, with a unique dual chamber design that alternates between harmonized scents for a continuous renewal of fragrance. plus, febreze plug is formulated with odorclear technology, which cleans away odors instead of just masking them. for freshness you'll notice week after week, try febreze plug.

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you can see prime minister benjamin netanyahu's rival benny gantz has an edge. >> his blue and white party is going to win more seats than the prime minister's could. but here's the catch, they will likely have to form a coalition and mr. netanyahu has the upper hand there. oren liebermann is following the story in jerusalem. oren, the latest poll numbers show a tight race. >> they do the appears are quite close, the blue and white party led by benny gantz and prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the polls differ in simply predicting the israeli elections, these polls are no notoriously off. and yet this by law is where we have a look at where the race stands heading into the weekend. in these polls you see that benny gantz, the rival has a couple of seats' lead, he is

behind in one of the five polls again that speaks to how hard these are to predict. the next chance is on election night. crucially, george, you pointed out that netanyahu has the advantage when it comes to forming a coalition and that's even more than important than simply walking away on election night with a bunch of big parties. there are a number of right wing and center parties expected for netanyahu, and netanyahu knows this and so will gantz. he'll either have to lower that to make it or get enough seats in the knesset if he has a real shot as prime minister. >> you point out a right wing. oren, if you could explain, what will that coalition look like for benjamin netanyahu, in order to maintain that control? >> coalition he has right now is probably described itself as the most right wing coalition in israel's 70-year or so history. the next coalition, if he goes the way it's promising with

another coalition, including far right parties that have extreme right members inside of that. those parties could demand more of netanyahu. they could demand a harder line on gaza. they could demand annexation. they could try to demand more steps towards palestinians especially with the trump administration that has dumb out pro-israel and apparently blatantly pro-netanyahu. that could be a challenge for netanyahu. farther to the right, they could make demands of him that are further difficult to meet. that's the way he's campaigning and that's the way it looks like he wants to form his coalition with all of the right wing parties and none of the center or left parties. >> oren liebermann, thank you. saudi arabia has launched a new crackdown on activists. sources tell cnn the kindd dokis

detained seven activists including two citizens. both here pictures. michelle kosinski has this. >> reporter: if you thought the brutal matter of. william's jamal khashoggi would keep the crown prince on his best behavior for a while, it didn't last long. they're rounded up two american citizens, a journalist and physician. seven in total, under arrest, all writers and bloggers interested in social reforms and women's rights, in this latest saudi crackdown. >> don't give up, don't despair, we will not. >> reporter: just this week, secretary of state mike pompeo spoke to family members of american hostages like journalist austin tice in syria and those who have lost ones like otto warmbier in north korea. >> i'm not here to instill false

hope. sometimes, our best simply is not enough. >> reporter: the trump administration has made energetic efforts to bring americans home, more than a dozen in the last two years and tough cases finally freed from venezuela, egypt, the cole family from pakistan, the president revels in these circumstances. but still, many remain undeterred to arrest more americans. saudi arabia, turkey, russia, china and iran. and a u.s. executive on u.s. charges might help in trade talks with china as if it was politically motivated they believe there's more americans held in interment camps. some say the administration has been inconsistent. >> the administration while doing well in some areas has not

done well in others. therefore, a mixed reputation. >> reporter: for example, not opening yet a hostages only communication channel with iran. the u.s. has been insisting at least five americans held there need to be release brd there can be discussion of anything else. a stance some expects feel won't work. and trump's refusal to hold north korea's kim jong-un responsible for otto warmbier's death. >> he tells me he didn't know about it and i will take him at his word. >> reporter: and the crown prince not knowing about jamal khashoggi sends a message on how brutal things can be explained away in those at the top. as for americans detained around the world, it's always tough tole know exactly how many there are. some are never made public. some are held for a short amount of time. but top experts tell us that the best estimates they go by are

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