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the "cnn newsroom" starts now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. the a5:00 a.m. on the east coast, starting with the breaking news around the death of a slain journalist. police in northern ireland have arrested two men under the terrorist act in connection with the killing. head journalist lyra mckee was shot while standing near a police vehicle during a riot in londonderry. but the timing is as the world remembers the good friday agreement that brought peace to northern ireland. cnn's diplomatic editor nic robertson is live. nic, what more are you learning from investigators? >> reporter: well, the police say they've arrested two men, one 18 years old. one 19 years old. they're taken to their police headquarters in belfast. there's some hour and a half from londonderry.

not clear why these two were arrested. but police did arrest the two, showing at least two involved in shooting -- clearly, you can see the gunmen. so, perhaps, that's some of the evidence here. but also we should understand when the dissident republican group the new ira had the car bombing in january. this is the same group or part of the group that police believe may be responsible for the shooting of lyra mckee. when police arrested the people in that car bombing, they released a number of people. but it's not clear if these men are the men the police are looking for but does seem to be a step forward in the investigation. and the outrage and shock in mckee's killing is being felt around the world. even president clinton tweeted his heartbreak about it. where she was killed, a shlirin

to her short life is growing. flowers left clustered around a fallen lamppost as cleanup trucks do their best to sweep the murder from the streets. not in our name. everyone here united in grief and shock that lyra mckee's murder. few more so in her partner. >> senseless murder of lyra mckee has left a family without a beloved daughter, sister, aunt and great aunt. and left so many of confidence. >> reporter: mckee have been you evering rioting in the catholic creggan neighborhood of londonderry. police gathered in their armored vehicles. mckee, highlighted in this police video, was standing near their vehicles. she had tweeted derry tonight. absolute madness.

in the melee, a gunman highlighted in the video can clearly be seen shooting at the police. mckee was lit. >> she was taken away from the landover. taken to the hospital. but unfortunately she has died. >> reporter: she was a rarity here. well respected. an lgbt advocate. one of "forbes" top rated under 30 journalists. she reached across divides. in an incredibly rare active unity, northern ireland's pro-british and pro-irish politicians issued a game statement. lyra's murder was also an attack on the community. an attack on peace and democratic process. we are united in rejecting those responsible for this heinous crime. u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi who visited the town earlier in the day joined in condemning

mckee's killing. >> and of course, to extend the deepest sympathies and sadness to the family on this good friday. >> reporter: a terrible irony, that she was killed 21 years after the good friday peace agreement was signed. mckee would have been 8 years old then. the peace that ended three decades of sectarian bloodshed was intended to give her generation a chance to shine. she did. and that's the tragedy. >> we're all praying for the loss of lyra. our hopes and dreams of her amazing potential is sniffed out by a barbaric act. her legacy will live on and the life that she's left behind. >> reporter: and another of the reactions you see here on the streets, where it's common to

see pro-ira graffiti. you see some of that defaced today. where it's saying ira defeated 2019. and it's really a clear message from the community here that utter disgust with what's been done. the killing of mckee. but the support that they might have felt, this terror group might have felt like it had in some tiny parts of this town. the message here is not any longer. don't know how long that will last, however. >> nic robertson, following the story for us, nic, thank you. now, to the mueller report. the u.s. president and many republicans are ready to move on, after the release of that information. but congressional democrats have a different idea. here's a look at what they're considering. they want the special counsel himself robert mueller to testify by may 23rd. they're looking into more probes, more investigations into president trump's finances. and several former white house

officials have been subpoenaed. last but not least, they want the full, they want the unredacted mueller report on that last it the justice department did respond offering to have some congressman read a slightly less redacted report. will that be enough? manu raji takes a look at the democratic demands. >> the fight of the full mueller report only just beginning. the democrats in the house judiciary committee sending a subpoena demanding that the full mueller report, wanting all of that information by may 1st. but they're not expecting to get what they're demanding. and that could mean a court fight could take place, could take weeks and months to get what the democrats want if their successful. also, they're planning on issuing other subpoenas. and authorized to send subpoenas to five officials. for records they might receive from the white house, as they prepare to testify before bob mueller's investigation, as it

pertained to potential obstruction of justice. one of those former officials. don mcgahn, the president's former attorney, who according to the mueller report, was ordered by the president to fire bob mueller. mcgann resisted in doing so. democrats resisting potential obstruction of justice want to learn more. one thing that is dividing their party in the days and weeks ahead, at least in the aftermath of the mueller report is whether to pursue impeachment proceeds, elizabeth warren, senator from massachusetts, called on the democrats to open up impeachment proceedings. house democratic leaders are not so sure. jerry nadler himself said that is not his goal at the moment. his goal is to investigate what happens. he says they'd go down impeachment, make that decision after the investigation, not closing the door, but not interested at the moment. >> some republican allies of

mr. trump claim t mueller report exonerates him but one frequent senator who is a critic of him is speaking not a statement. the former presidential candidate mitt romney writes this, i am sickened at the extend and pervasiveness of dishonesty and the misdekz by individuals in the highest office of the land, including the president. and the president is lashing out in a series of angry tweets. our jim acosta has this from the white house. >> reporter: heading into a holiday weekend, president trump is using some colorful language to blast the mueller report. tweeting statements are made about me by certain people in the crazy mueller report which are fabricated and totally untrue. watch out for people who existe because i never agreed to testify it was not necessary to make the reports about me total

but a senior official confirmed mr. trump's comments in the report when he reacted to special counsel robert mueller that his presidency was over. that officials said the it was tactical bullying. mr. trump's attacks on the team are on color with last month when saying they acted inhonorably. the president is also trying to shift the blame. tweeting anything the russians did during the 2016 election was done while obama was president. he was told about it and did nothing. most importantly, the vote was not effective. but former president barack obama said he warned vladimir putin about interfering in the election in 2016. also coming under discussion is sarah sanders, when she said that james comey was fired after losing the confidence of rank and file agents.

>> the slip of the tongue was in using the word countless. i'm sorry i wasn't a robot like the democratic party. director comey had lost the confidence of the rank and file both in the fbi. >> reporter: sanders made it of the fbi in a white house briefing. >> we've heard from counsell members of the fbi that say different things. >> i said it was in the heat of the moment. meaning it wasn't a scripted thing. >> reporter: sand an interview struggled to insist that the wasn't lying in office. >> no, i'm not aware of him lying. he hasn't lied to me. he's actually -- >> you're saying he's not lying? >> he's absolutely coming forth and accomplishing all of the promises heaid he'd do for the american people, whether it's building the wallting isis, yes. >> reporter: the outgoing foreign ambassa

suddenly you have this president who is an extrovert, really a big mouth who reads anything and with interagency. democrats say others in the administration also have explaining to do like attorney general william barr who has repeatedly tried to downplay mueller's findings. >> well, it was diminished yesterday. there was no reason for him to have that press conference and to try to explain away why the president did what he did. i think he did misrepresent the report. giving a partial sentence about some of these issues. it was -- it was unnecessary. and i think he embarrassed himself. and i really think that's unfortunate. >> reporter: late in the day, the president posted a tweet accusing unnamed sources of what he described as spying or treason. like so many of the president's statements, he did not back that up with proof or evidence. jim acosta, cnn, the white

house. >> let's talk about it now with natasha lindstat joining us from cardi cardiff, wales. we heard in jim's report how mueller's report highlights a culture of dishonesty. not highlighting mistakes, never apologizing. sarah sanders, we just her defending herself saying, i'm sorry, i was not a robot. how does this wash ahead to the next election? >> i think it just affects voters in a partisan way. republicans don't seem to care about the lying, or they don't think that the president is lying. they think he's authentic and that the full investigation was a waste of time and that sarah sanders is just doing her job. i think that's one of the reasons why she's lasted in her position so long. it's that she has been willing

to go to bat for the president and say whatever he has wanted her to say. on the flip side, the democrats are absolutely irate at how common it is for sarah sanders to just lie. she just does it with such ease and frequency to a level we haven't really seen before. so, the question is, how does this sit with independents. it's not really clear h mh looking ahead to 2020. if the democrats focus on this too much. it might back fire. they might need to really just focus on what they have to offer, instead of focusing entirely on, you know, the line, the line. because it doesn't look like republicans are really going to be swayed much by this. >> democrats point out that they do want to see more of that report, keeping in mind, natasha, there are two lines of thought. some are considering the path of

impeachment.filed. the doj calling that subpoena premature. that? >> well, they need to subpoena the entire document because they want to have more information about what actually happened. because a lot of information had been redacted. and what the report seems to be leaning towards is providing a lot of evidence that some kind of obstruction of justice had taken place. and there is a lot of instances of obstruction of justice that the republican had been aware of the firing of james comey. the fbi director trump asking james comey to be easy on michael flynn. of course, the instance in the report stated that the counsel to president trump was asked to find a way to get rid of special counsel robert mueller and then asked to lie about it. so if the democrats want to get control over the report, read the entire thing without

redactions so that they can move ahead and figure out what they need to do next in terms of investigating. >> one thing that became clear from the report, it really comes down to intent and execution. and it seems that many of the white house staff refused to carry out the orders of this president. how important was that in all of this, especially for president trump? >> they saved him. they saved him from obstruction of justice. because if don mcgahn, the council h counsel had agreed to get rid of robert mueller, to fire him, that would have been a clear case of obstruction of justice. and they were able to step in key moments to prevent him from basically killing himself. because he doesn't really understand processes. you can't just fire people when you don't like what they are doing. so, he had some sound people around him that refused to do what he was asking them to do.

in the event, that really, really saved him. >> natasha, giving perspective today. we appreciate your time. >> thanks for having me. another weekend of yellow vest protests are getting under way in france. police there are fanning out in force. this time, protesters are raising new concerns. they'll tell you why they are upset over donations to rebuild notre dame cathedral. plus, the world remembers one of the deadliest school shootings in history. ahead how the response at columbine changed police response around the world. stay with us. hy-a-luronic acid.

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neutrogena® in france, it's been 23 weekends in a row now, yellow vest protesters are on the streets demanding social and economic reforms there. and a new concern of theirs, the huge donations that are pouring in to rebuild notre dame cathedral. almost $1 billion have been pledged so far after that massive fire that tried most of the cathedral. some protesters feel their demands are not getting the same type of attention as it should. all of this comes as officials

continue to investigate the cause of that fire. cnn live in the french capital with our melissa bell in paris. melissa, this tragedy certainly was felt around the world when notre dame burned. but many of these yellow vest protesters, they feel the sympathy, they feel the money that's pouring in could be better used on social issues that they are frustrated about. >> reporter: that's right, even before the fire on monday night of notre dame cathedral, george, they have been calling this salted for a bigger protest than we've seen the last few weeks. rather than it tapering off since the 16th of march. you'll remember back in december, paris suffered an awful lot of damage when those protests really got very on. what they're calling another big demonstration for black saturday. this comes from mid, the extraordinary outpouring of emotion. but also the investigation into what precisely happened at notre

dame. that continues as well. you can see behind me, the policemen around this. they've blocked off to try to prevent too much trouble this saturday. but, clearly, all eyes as well over what's happening at notre da dame. >> and melissa, specifically regarding the information from the investigators, i know that they're trying to get to the bottom of the specific cause of that fire? >> reporter: that's right, there are a few leads. in fact, cnn has spoken to a source involved in the situation, george. we've managed to learn what they're focusing on. investigators have really on been looking at the last few days. we understood early on they were looking at it being accidental. that is what they thought happened. we understand the action was to do it in an electrical thought. a spark perhaps. and renovation work.

we understand two elevators had been restored. and thendhat is one of the key questions that investigators are looking into. they're also looking into, george, the question of whether the fire sensors were operating properly. there was an alarm at 6:20 that allowed for the building to be evacuated. and there was another alarm at 6:43. and it was only then that the fire was spotted and firefighters began to make their way to the cathedral which was again a very delicate operation. the investigation continues. also collecting amateur footage. photographs, video from tourists, anyone around at the time to try to get a better idea of what happened. and crucially, george, one said they installed a time lapse. and could provide key clues. beyond that, even as paris braces for potential protests today, there say concert to be

held here in paris tonight for notre dame. to kind of bring people together. and that big outpouring of emotion we've seen over the course of the last few days, tight security of that, you'd imagine. >> melissa, i'm curious to ask you, many of these things tied together. on the day that we watched notre dame burning. that was the day that the french president was supposed to address many of the french people on the issues, the frustrations that they're speaking out about on the streets, venting their frustrations there. where is that conversation at this point? and will it be enough to satisfy, to quell some of these protests? >> reporter: that's a really good question, george. emmanuel macron had addressed the nation. this is after the protests that have gone on for 23 weeks. it was the end of november that they began. it never other events. so the government created again

this sort of great debate. listening to people. speaking to them, trying to hear the concerns of the yellow vest. the result of that, the beginning of the announcement will be announced monday night. clearly that was cancelled because he rushed to notre dame to see what happened and be on the ground. so that's been postponed until next week. we've had leakings of everything announced to the press. nonetheless, from what they're seeing on social media, to be pacifying those calls for action. >> as you continue to monitor events there, thank you. back here in the united states, the u.s. state of colorado, 20 years ago, the world watched in horror, as two students carried out a massacre at columbine high school. and now two decades later, cnn peace natasha chen spoke to some

of the survivors and the horror that they faced and experienced and how columbine changed the way police respond to shootings. >> two suspects with multiple weapons. >> reporter: april 22nd, it remains one of the deadliest in history and shaped how first responders handled mass shootings. this student coming out of the window was patrick ireland. >> i was shot twice in the head and one in the foot. one went through my brain and paralyzed me on my right side. >> reporter: ireland struggles to the library window for three hours as first responders stood back, worried about detonating bombs in the school. students nationwide also practice active shooter drills.

>> i feel really good that they're trying to do something because just sitting there and waiting for more people to die is a horrible solution. >> reporter: there is no magic solution 20 years later. >> i think we should look at every conclusion and try to evaluate and say is this really going to make a difference? and if it does, let's do it. and think outside the box. >> reporter: and because of columbine, mental health, gun control and social media are now looked at with utmost reality. . >> how many of these things were stopped because of doing things differently? the trump administration wants to close the book on robert mueller's russia the democrats not wanting to turn the page on that yet. plus, ahead, william barr's legal bar. did the hook? we'll explore that as "newsroom" continues. stay with us.

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. this is "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. the headlines we're following for you this hour. northern ireland police have arrested two men under the terrorism act. this in connection with the killing of the 29-year-old journalist sides of the atlanti mckee is being mourned. she was shot in londonderry, also known as derry. yellow vests are set to protest in france for the 22nd weekend. they're expressing their concerns over large donations being raised to rebuild are not

being addressed. pope francis spent good friday at the roman coliseum leading the cross. good friday was the day jesus and others believe jesus was cruci crucified. reporters are heading to the polls in egypt. on the government and especially the president. if approved, abdalla al zhizhi will remain in office. democrats are planning their next step on the mueller investigation. now, that the mueller report is out, the first thing democrats want, the unredacted version of that report. our pamela brown has more. >> reporter: democrats on capitol hill are focused on the

parts of the mueller report they haven't seen. the chair of the judiciary committee issued a subpoena demanding the full report, along with all of the evidence, collected by the special coun l counsel. >> we need the entire report unredacted and the underlying documents iner to make informed deci1600 plus lines of redactions, the list that mueller's investigation either spun off or referred to other u.s. attorneys. the report lists two cases still ongoing. and lists 12 others handed over to other jurisdictions. it's not clear where those cases stand. but democrats are raising concerns that those investigations will now openly be overseen by attorney general william barr who they say lost credibility by mischaracterizing the report in his letter last month. and in a press conference thursday morning. >> it's hard to imagine anyone trusts the attorney general after his performance so far.

>> reporter: but a source close to barr pushed back on the criticism saying he followed through on his pledge to be transparent. the report also reveals new details about the extensive interactions between the trump campaign, russians and wikileaks. democrats are now demanding access to the information blacked out over seven pages, covering the trump campaign. the heavily redacted section pots t interests the campaign had in wikileaks release of hacked emails. and mentions conversations that mueller had with rick gates, including one in the car ride to the airport. as well as one with michael cohen. a few sentences that aren't redacted appear to suggest that trump had some knowledge of the wikileaks campaign. >> wikileaks, i love wikileaks. >> reporter: at one point cohen told the special counsel, quote,

candidate trump said to cohen, something to the effect of -- but then the rest of the sentence is redacted. the report also details conversation conversations between jerome corsi and a former adviser to trump and ted corsi had multiple facetime discussions about wikileaks. and said an unnamed person had, quote, made a suggestion about assange. that person whose name was redacted will be released prior to election day and would be helpful to the trump campaign. >> whether these contacts were sufficiently elicit to rise to the level of conspiracy. they're unquestionably dishonest, immoral, unethical and unpatriotic. >> reporter: while the report says it could not prove a crime related to the contact it reveals mueller's report may

have been different with access to different information. the information was accessed by witness who lied. writing in the report, the office cannot rule out the possibility that the unavailable information would shed additional light or cast in a new light events described in the report. a portion of the report was redacted. and attorneys of attorney general barr followed through on his transparency extending an opportunity to view a less redacted view of the mueller reportt invitation. pamela brown, cnn, washington. >> let's talk now about this with katie caddissidy. a former prosecutor in los angeles joining us. good to have you. >> good to be here. >> as far as reviewing the reports so far, what are your key takeaways from it? >> the key takeaways i would

hone on is the prosecutorial decision of a.g. barr to decide of justice. i think it was a very close call. and i don't think it exonerates the presid if you will, on the political side. but on the legal side, it absolutely seems to get him there, at least for the time being. >> all right. this report, it is about 10% redacted. democrats want to see all of this report, should they be given access to the full report. do you believe it will make a difference to the lawmakers, given what we already know and see? >> well, when you're dealing with anything from the government, there's going to be redaction. something has to be redacted as a matter of law. there's going to be more information that comes out. congress is going to run their investigations now and look into some impeachment potential. , i don't know that it'ig diffe. there will be information that

kind of spills out as other investigations close out. i don't think that it's ultimately going to change things legally for the president, at least at this point. but for the purpose of potential impeachment, perhaps that will be something that should be looked into. so, there are avenues for them to do that. i don't necessarily think it's futile altogether, but i don't think it will give that necessarily. >> so, those investigations. as it appears robert mueller handed off to other prosecutors. the southern district of new york, for instance, investigators there may be looking into campaign finance violations. how serious do you believe all of this is for president trump? >> well, the southern district has been looking into the campaign finance issues for quite some time. but the same policy is going to apply, regardless of what federal district we're talking about. a sitting president cannot be indicted.

we don't know if those redacted portions of the report pertain o other individuals who are close to him. so, it's not of the danger zon altogether. but on the prosecutorial side, it's really pretty much a done deal, as far as i can tell at this point. >> consider this opinion from brett stevens who wrote the following in "the new york times" editorial about now firing robert mueller. it reads trumpbsolution by didne of his intentions were innocent, but because his aims were were incompetent. there are indications this could have gone very differently, katie, had his staff carried out the orders of this president? >> i think you're right.

i think even a.g. barr's opinion might have been different had those items been carried out because a.g. barr's analysis of obstruction really comes down to whether or not there was intent on the part of the president about whether he was corrupt. there there's a corrupt to what he did to obstruct the investigation that would have yielded a different outcome. now, obviously, he can't still be indicted per doj policy. but it would have been a lot different for potential impeachment proceedings and for other actions that could be taken in the future. i agree, whenever you're a prosecutor looking at the case, you look at the fact as they are, and perhaps president trump lucked out because of insubordination of all things. >> and mueller did not make a determination on obstruction. what are your thoughts about why he didn't cross that line the general framed that part of the

investigation? >> well, mueller made it very clear he wasn't going to make oy criminal findings whatsoever because he couldn't indict the president. or recommend indictment. and per the policy of the doj wouldn't be fair to make such a recommendation and not provide a forum in which president trump declared his name eventually. so that was somewhat an interesting part of the report. i think it was somewhat expected from most people. he pretty much punted that question because he found it futile go down that path. i don't he believes ag barr's analysis. he's never going to answer that for us because he didn't think it's necessary from his perspective. >> katie, thank you again for taking time with us. >> sure. thank you. still ahead, a stadium-style

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polls in ukraine for a potential runoff. petro poroshenko is facing the comedian volu comedian volu comedian zelensky. zelensky's idea, poroshenko decided to follow suit. who did best in the big stadium? >> well, george, it was a loud, boisterous event. thorn 20,000 people. and petro poroshenko stunneded confident throughout. and his supporters clearly lifted his performance, i think. but he failed to land a killer blow, and more crucially,

volodymyr zelensky held his own. in that case, he won, because nothing really changes. the political momentum stays with him. he remains on track for a pretty clear victory in tomorrow's presidential runoff vote. the debate itself is pretty light on substance. it was not a heavy debate. it was more personal, vitrioliv. poroshenko saying the country is complete, not at war. and zelensky said it represents the old corrupt ineffective part of history and he's got to go. here's a taste of last night. >> translator: i'm not a politician. i'm not a politician at all. i'm just a human being, an ordinary human being, who has

come to break this system. >> translator: i am the result, i am the result of your mistakes and policies, this is true, and you know it. >> translator: you said you are a cat in a bag. you are not a cat in a bag, you are a bag. and your bag is full of demons and cats, including >> so there extraordinary happening in the next 24 hours. something extraordinary is going to happen. zelensky is going to win. a professional actor and comedian is going to be ukraine's next president. a man who has become famous in this country through his portrayal of a character in a tv series who accidentally becomes president. and fights corruption and oligarchs and cronies.

he's now going to get to do that in real life. that's his goal, he says. but we don't know how he's going to do it. he's campaigned largely on platitudes. fixing the war. that there has not been a detailed plan from this candidate. he smiles alot. he's clearly entertaining. and to most ukrainian voters according to the polling, that's good enough for them right now. at least it's from their point of view, much better than the alternative more of the same, george. >> it is interesting to see what will be more important to voters as the election, or as the decision draws nearer. phil black following it all. we'll stay in touch with you, phil. still ahead, a dose of star power as an car-winning actress joining the climate change protests that have crippled london all week. and you feel like this.

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the ground. some even glued themselves to trains. it's all inspired oscar-winning actress to join that movement. our anna stewart has the report. >> we're here in this little island of sanity. >> reporter: a boost of star power for extinction rebellion. >> to join you all with my voice. >> what we're protesting about is saving this extraordinary home of ours. and also celebrating the passion and inspiring energy of this young generation. >> reporter: actress emma thompson climbed aboard the pink yacht. the love letter to the earth. the crowd sat down in silence. >> i would watch you in your hundredth hand on the wind. you're now so huge. >> reporter: and once she was finished, the police moved in.

the silence broken. as well as the mood. some protesters attached them to the boat. >> you're not done? >> we want the government -- >> do you i think i'll get arrested now? >> reporter: this is an easy tactic, around 50 people surrounding the boat. and there are protesters, as you can see, chained and glued underneath. they have been told they can leave, but they certainly can't come back. all of the preliminary aolicemeg back. a second circle of police surrounded this, those stuck in the middle were given the option, leave or be arrested. then began the real work, on the boat, forcing the captain to

abandon ship. before finally taking the boat away altogether. it's sad that the boat is gone, it is the heart of our campaign. the campaign still goes on. >> that was a symbol of the rebellion, but the rebellion is still going on. >> reporter: the rebellion happened at oxford circus, a key battleground but the war on climate change is not over yet. and it hasn't been played yet but it could set sails for those, next. anna stewart, cnn, london. that wraps this hour of the "cnn newsroom." i'm george hourly at the cnn center in atlanta. for our viewers in the united states, "new day" is next.

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