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ghoft s government in sudan. we hear how they've been specifically targeted to try to shut down the movement. >> live here on cnn, in atlanta and all around the world. i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen, "cnn newsroom" starts right now. and we begin with developments revolving around the mueller investigation. unsealed court documents are now providing a clearer picture of exactly how michael flynn helped the russia investigation. flynn was president trump's first national security adviser and was fired after three weeks. >> cnn has also learned even as flynn was cooperating with the special counsel, he was reaching out to at least one republican critic of the investigation. our pamela brown has this. >> reporter: well, president trump is responding to these latest revelations unsealed court documents that michael

flynn cooperated with mueller's investigators in the obstruction probe. and the president is making the false claim that he was never warned about flynn before bringing him on as his national security adviser. president trump on a twitter tirade. complaining against about the origins of the russia investigation and repeating unfounded claims his campaign was spied on. and tweeting, and this was treason. before taking new details with michael flynn. saying, quote it now seems general flynn was under investigation long before it was common knowledge. if that was the case and with me being one of two people who would become president, why was i thought told so i could make a change? but that's not try, several people, including president obama warned trump about hiring flynn when they met in the oval office according to a former obama administration. a couple months later, acting

attorney general salary yates won don mcgahn that it might have been. >> reporter: and offering new details with the special counsel robert mueller's probe showing that flynn was one of the few select people in the trump campaign who were involved in discussions whether or not to contact wikileaks regarding stolen democratic party emails. flynn also provided mueller with multiple examples of people potentially attempting to influence his cooperation. a partially redacted court memo reads, quote, either he or his attorneys received negotiations to those connected to the administration or congress affecting his willingness to cooperate and the completeness of that cooperation. the defendant even provided a voice mail recording of one such publication. the mueller report published that voice mail.

if there's information that implicates the president, then we've got a national security issue, so, you know, we need some kind of heads up. even though michael flynn provided evidence, including the voice mail to robert mueller's team, the special counsel did not prosecute anyone on the president's legal team or anyone associated with congress as pat of the on strugbstruction probe. if robert mueller does testify and we know there are negotiations going on between capitol hill and robert mueller and his team this is likely a question that will be brought up. sources telling cnn that robert mueller will likely not testify before the first week of june. pamela brown, cnn, the white house. >> pam, thank you. china is standing behind iran, amid rising tensions with the united states. >> china's foreign minister reportedly told iranian counterpart, that china supports the implementation of the iran nuclear deal that opposes u.s. sanctions. earlier iran's foreign minister

mocked the u.s. president about the standoff thing and the u.s. doesn't know what to think. let's talk about it with cnn's fred pleitgen live. hello, presidenfred, we heard t president talking that with all the fake news out there, iran could have no idea what's going on and now the foreign minister responded by twitter essentially trolling the president. tell us about his response. >> reporter: yeah, he certainly was trolling the president. in the very early morning hours of today. one of the things we need to tell our viewers the iranian foreign minister termed this what he called the b-team. the iranians have been pushing it on the one hand, you have president trump who doesn't want a further conflict or war with iran. but he says there are people trying to push him essentially against his will to get into some military contact with iran. he called them the b-team, and

mohammed bin salman the crown prince of saudi arabia, and then john bolton, his own national security adviser. we've been talking about some of the perceived between president trump and john bolton as far as iran policies are concerned. now he tweeted, as we sa say, #bteam, saying one thing and it's apparently the u.s. that doesn't know what to think. we in iran have actually known what to think for millenia, and about the u.s. since 1953. at this point that is certainly a good thing. obviously referencing the fact that the iranians know exactly what to think about this situation. it comes of course at an interesting time. some of them talking about a possible miscalculation between the iranians and the united

states. and ramping up the situation with the deployment of that aircraft carrier, of course, with the deployment of those b-52 bombers on the part. united states as well. quite interesting, because two high-level iranian ambassadors have come out in the past couple of days, this is by the way, iran's ambassador to the uk and iran's ambassador to the u.n., both of them saying, they are not looking for a further conflict with the united states. but they are going to do everything to defend themselves. possibly also playing into that narrative that the iranians may have been thinking that the u.s. is planning some sort of move and beefing up their forces in the persian gulf because of that. but, of course, at this point in time, absolutely unclear what prompted this move. it does seem as though, natalie, the situation may be de-escalating just a tad over the past hours. >> the white house confirming, too, that iran has removed missiles from two of its boats in the gulf. we're going to talk to you about the bigger picture, president

trump and iran. some analysts here are saying that the white house might be overconfident, that if it squeezes iran, iran will capitulate. any sense you have there that happening? >> reporter: well, obviously, iran is certainly being squeezed. there's absolutely no doubt about the fact that the sanctions that the u.s. has levied on the iranians are really hurting this country. and making it difficult for iranians to sell oil. a lot of aut ot of iranians aret difficult to find jobs. the iranians being close to capitulating certainly does not appear to be the case. one of the things the leadership here has said, they're going to remain steadfast. while a lot don't seem to be endeared at the moment, they're certainly not endeared to the

trump white house either. it does not look like the irionirion iranians are going to be on their knees too. one of the things, that iranians have been saying at this point in time, absolutely no negotiation by the trump white house. the foreign minister has said that, what an rhassan rouhani h that and the supreme leader. saying negotiations are simply not in the cards at this point in time. the iranians are saying their demands for negotiations are on the one hand, they want to be able to sell their oil on international markets, they want companies to invest here in iran, without having to face the backlash of the united states. and, of course, ultimately, they would like the u.s. to return to the nuclear agreement. of course, we know that's something that simply is not in the cards at all right now with the current white house and current president, natalie. >> right. our european allies would like

to invest until iran but push back the united states. fred pleitgen there in iran. thank you so much. if you want to learn more, including president trump's negotiating tactics, you can always go to our website. the road is now clear for a new north american trade agreement after a bitter dispute with two close allies seems to have come to an end. >> the united states says it will lift steel and aluminum tariff it's on canada and mexico imposed a year ago for national security reasons. canada and mexico are ending their retaliatory tariffs on u.s. goods. >> hopefully, congress will approve the u.s. embassy aid quickly. the great manufacturers and farmers and steel plants will make our economy even more successful than it already is. >> canadian prime minister

justin trudeau agreed saying getting the new deal rat t ratis a top priority. >> obviously, these continued tariffs in steel and aluminum and countermeshes represent significant barriers in moving forward with the nafta agreement. now, that we've had had a full lift on these tariffs, we're going to work with the united states on timing for ratification. but we're very optimistic, we're going to be able to move forward well in the coming weeks. >> and you'll have to remember, these three countries have been negotiating the deal for some sometime. mexico's president said, to strengthen trade and good understanding in north america, the mexican government consulted with the canadian government and promoted thetry lateral dialogue. let's bring in the professional of international politics at

citi university of london. >> thank you. >> was this an effective strategy by president trump and do you think this replacement of nafta has a chance of being ratified in a politically divided congress here in the united states? >> right. that's a big problem now. i think the chance have improved because the taking away of the tariffs on aluminum and steel. and i think that will make people a bit happier. but i think the democrats and others who are critics in any case, they want environmental labor protections to be added in as well. so, the chances have improved but i think there are still some road blocks. and i suspect that the democrats will then use those as leverage to try to expect concessions on other areas. this will return the idea that trump can't actually operate without congressional approval in all areas. and i think this will strengthen the hand of congress as a result. >> on another front, the white

house has decided to delay auto tariffs with the eu and japan for six months, while it continues to negotiate, keeping in mind, these tariffs, they would be brought forward in the name of national security. the president targeting u.s. allies. again, the question here to you is this delay, is this an effective strategy? >> it could be. what it suggests is the national security argument is actually hollow. there is no national security threat to the united states directly from the eu. it was always a political move. and it was a move which allowed the president to act in a unilateral fashion without any kind of congressional approval. so, it was a political tactic in order to try to show that president trump was standing up for allegedly american workers taking on all competitors including allies. and i think the fact that he's

now had to delay and the move that he's also made on china and mexico is suggesting that he's beginning to realize something very fundamental. there is the global independent on the economies. and the fact that the global economy which goes into any tailspin with markets in turmoil has an effect on his voting base as well. i think he's at the home of a dilemma in that regard with economic nationalism. >> and finally, i'd like to get your thoughts on the trade war that is currently playing out now between united states and china. the tough talk from the white house, especially with the recent moves targeting the chinese telecom giant huawei. do you think these hurdles can be smoothed over when presidents trump and xi meet at the g20? >> it's a possibility, but the two sides are on the side of a

dilemma themselves. they're totally gendependent. with the chinese probably more dependent on the american market. hence you can see the ramping of the tariff war on the american side is greater. what affecting the global economy then goes all the way back to the deep south, where the levels of industrial development of agriculture are very high. and therefore, that's going to affect president trump's voting base. so, what we've got here, the fact that you have an nationalist philosophy and the effect on the economy that has an effect on voter base that brought trump to power. i think he's seeing this strategy of trying to do that against all comers is going to back fire in 2020.

which is why he has to recalibrate that strategy to try to salvage his process for 2020. >> inderjeet, thank you. well, we're going to tell you about a revolving door in australia's prime minister's office. the question is, could the country's current leader already be on his way out? elections will tell us that. and we'll have another report coming up. plus, united states passes a restrict on abortion. ...do your sneezes turn heads? ♪ try zyrtec... ...zyrtec starts working hard at hour one... and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. zyrtec muddle no more. and try children's zyrtec for consistently powerful relief of your kid's allergies.

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in australia's national election. opposition labor party leader bill shorten is hoping to unseat incumbent leader scott morrison. if shorten wins, he will be their sixth leader in as many years. >> mr. morrison has only been in office eight months. largely because australia has mandatory voting. we'll talk more about the dynamics of this election. let's bring in jamie tarabin. jamie is a correspondent for "the new york times" based at this hour in hong kong. good to have you with us. so, australians don't seem to like either of these candidates. first, let's talk about morrison. why do voters seem frustrated under his leadership?

>> i think more with scott morrison, it's the reflection of voter frustration. the fact when the liberal party came into power, the person in charge was malcolm turnbull. and he was ousted in a leadership spill just last summer, you know, by a faction, that, you know, was led over the party's disputes about climate change. so scott morrison who was the immigration minister before he came in, has essentially basically been campaigning since august to win over the public. they know that there had to be an election by may this year. so, really, it was as soon as morrison came in, bill shorten knew as well, from the labor side, that they will all were coming for a may election. it's been a short season essentially 36, 37 days. but both sides have really been campaigning since malcolm turnbull left office. >> just a bit more about

shorten, again, unpopular. tell us about the reasons. there is a history, the reason voters see him a certain way. >> yes, well, you know, we've had a revolving door, as you said, within the liberal party, three prime ministers in the six years that the labor party was in opposition. but before the labor party was in opposition, kevin rudd was elected as prime minister. he was pushed out by julia gillard. she was pushed out by kevin rudd. and bill shorten was one of the people who was behind the scenes in both of those cases. so he does have an element of untrustworthiness about him. the voters are very trust freighted. they elect a person, as well as the party. and to have that choice taken away from them is reflected in a way that both of these men have low personal approval ratings. bill shorten, because of his background has really never been able to escape that, and by and large, he's kind of hoping that the voters, will vote for him,

the politician, but for labor, the party which is extremely diverse. is extremely representative, has about 50% female politicians within the cabinet and the party. and has very, very popular politician, some people like penny wong who is the senator and most likely to be the first asian australian foreign minister, should labor win, and we'll find out, i guess, by the end of the day. >> just the other day, we were talking about hockey as he was known there very popular leader. looking at this election and quite a different circumstance. i want to talk about the key issues that are driving this election. climate change and immigration. climate change the lead issue there which say key subject heading into our 2020 election. could you help us understand why climate change is front and center. >> look, australia is in so many

way, the canary. with the extreme drought and mass flooding and the great barrier reef which everybody knows australia by. there's been a lot of bleaching because of heat waves. sort impact of using fossil fuels and having coal mining, especially in this area, that's one of the biggest exports that australia relies on for its economy, it's a direct impact. and australians feel that very directly and very keenly. and that's been -- that was actually one of the biggest reasons why malcolm turnbull got pushed out of power last year. his party could not agree on a properly way to come together on an energy policy that they could sell amongst each other, let alone the public. and, you know, within -- from the young voters, particularly. this is such an issue for them because they really do see

politicians gambling with their future. the labor party has come out with a very ambitious platform. in terms of -- sort of complying -- complying with the paris agreement and the missions target. and that's something that scott morrison and the liberal party are arguing will actually cost the economy more financially. and the labor party say we pay for it now, or we pay for it in the future. so, it's a real argument and a real division of ideas. and a real inability to discuss a properly way forward. on an issue that really impacts the entire country. and, of course, the future generations. >> it is interesting to see how australia is taking this issue on. it is an issue, whether you like it or not, at some point will be at your front door, already is, quite honestly. jamie tarabay, thank you for your time. >> thank you. back here in the united states, the state of missouri has become the latest in the

u.s. to pass legislation that severely restricts abortion. >> that bill prohibits abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy. doctors would face up to 15 years in prison for violating that. it must still be signed by the governor who has already voiced his support for the measure. >> here are the states, georgia, kentucky, missouri, mississippi and ohio have passed so-called heartbeat bills. alabama is the most restrictive of all, making abortion illegal in nearly all instances including cases of rape and incest. these states passed measures contradictory to the longstanding u.s. supreme court ruling protecting women's right to choose. >> cnn's natasha chen has more. >> reporter: the very house of representatives passed this bill after two hours of debate on friday. like so many states they looked

at the moment a fetal heartbeat can be detected but here they specifically outlawed abortion after eight weeks. now, in case a judge strikes that down, they also have provisions after a ban on 14 weeks and then 20 weeks. there is also a trigger who to completely outlaw abortion should roe v. wade ever been overturned. there is also no exception here for rape or incest. and that caused an emotional debate including a motel where protesters were asked to leave the gallery. here are some tense moments. >> when you see me in the hallway, remember what you're doing to little girls who were like me. because that abuse is me. and you simply don't care. and to the women of this state and the women up here, i'm sorry. i'm sorry, i'm sorry there aren't enough of us in this chamber to stop this. i'm sorry you're viewed as second class citizens, now it's up to you to change this.

abortion is the ultimate and might makes right. it is saying that if i don't have the ability to kill my child that i as a woman cannot obtain whatever dreams and beliefs i might have. it's saying that my economic opportunities will be limited if i do not pay that price with the blood of my child. our freedom cannot be bought with the blood of our children. >> the bill does not criminalize going across state lines to seek an abortion. but it does require anyone in missouri referring someone to an out-of-state abortion provide educational materials including information that the possibility that abortion could cause pain to a fetus. the house also passed an emergency clause which means as soon as the governor signs this in about a week's time it will immediately go into effect, natasha chen, cnn, missouri. ahead here, no signs of seeing the trade dispute, now u.s. farmers are finding

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to vuse here in the united states and around the world, you're watching "cnn newsroom" like in atlanta. i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. here are the top stories. vote counting under way in some parts of australia right now as voters choose a new prime minister. if labor party leader bill shorten wins, the country will see its sixth leadin many as ye. brexit talks between the

british prime minister theresa may's government and the opposition party have broken down. labor leader jeremy corbyn blamed may's government calling it weak and unstable. may said they looked the common position. the u.s. plans to lift tariffs on canadian and mexican steel and aluminum imports within two days. controversial measures, swell retaliation by mexico and canada, threatened an adoption of nafta. the north american free trade agreement. the u.s. enacted the measures last year on, quote, national security grounds. a charge canada rejected. in the meantime, a trade war between the united states and china. president trump insists it will be a good thing for people in the united states. >> in the meantime, farmers are bearing the brunt of will trump's trade policies. martin savidge reports from

iowa. >> reporter: robert e. wall readies for another day of battle. an iowa farmer, he's on the front line of america's trade war with china, a war president trump said he's winning but ewalt says he's losing. china is not buying his soybeans, cutting his income by half. he still has a third of last year's crop in storage. and this season it will likely cost him more to grow his soybeans than they can sell them for. >> this is survival at this point. i mean, for a lot of operations, it is a survival thing. >> reporter: things are so bad, he's taken a second job. he drives a truck all night and farms by day. >> that's what's allowing me to survive. that's what's keeping this farm going. >> reporter: ewalt isn't alone, across the midwest, farm incomes are down, bankruptcies are up. every morning in towns like this one, farmers gather for coffee

and to commiserate. it's not just tariffs. across the midwest and assess, farmers are reeling from disaster, floods, hurricanes even fires. it's been raining so much in i, was farmers are already a month late getting into their fields. and every day they delay costs them more money. how far behind are you? >> oh, there's almost nothing planted out here. >> reporter: to try and help, democrats in the house joined by 34 republicans voted for a $19 million disaster relief package, some of which would have gone to help farmers. but president trump opposed the plan, tweeting house republicans should not vote for the bad democrat disaster supplemental bill. n now, that relief is bogged down in the republican controlled senate on how much assistance to give hurricane devastated puerto

rico. so there is a growing bumper crop of frustration, particularly with a president who brags about his negotiating skills. >> my uneducated guess is he better hurry up and start producing a little bit because this negotiation that i'm seeing so far has not panned out. >> reporter: you voted for this president? >> yes. >> reporter: regrets? >> yes. >> reporter: larry angler adds up the money he expects to lose this year. >> between me and my daughter together, probably 100, $150,000. >> reporter: did you vote for trump? >> i did. i'll never vote for him again. >> reporter: martin savidge, davenport, iowa. >> at last check, president trump has more than 60 million twitter followers, not all of them supporters. but the ones that are, as you know, are vocal. >> the president's critics say that's dangerous because it's one thing to use social media to spread a message but another to use it to make policy as our

brian todd explains. >> reporter: for a president obsessed with polls, ratings and adulation there's nothing he loves more than the popularity barometer in his pocket, his twitter account. >> i guess we have 60 million. >> reporter: in politico, they say in a meeting he stopped a conversation with frustrated lawmakers about his troops with syria in order to consult his twitter account. quote, get dan scavino in here. scavino, trump's social media adviser walked. in. he then instructed scavino to tell them how popular my policy is. scavino took them through how the president had gotten a popular response on social media. >> i think the thing that matters the most by the president is that he be affirmed by the people who love him. the people on twitter who follow him and respond every time he says something. he uses twitter almost as a

personal polling service. >> reporter: the president has often relied on twitter to share his grievances and announce major decision. but those who study him say more and more, he seems to be using twitter to gauge the reaction of his base over the advice of his administration. a far cry, historians say from presidents who relied on polls, intelligence briefings and background documents. >> donald trump gives us the impression that he doesn't really use any of the work, or not much of the work that the institutions provide him. and seems to rely on twitter. not only for a sense of how well his policies are doing, but for what those policies ought to be. and that's -- well, that's actually unprecedented. >> reporter: twitter is where the president goes to take the pulse of his base, analysts say before he makes a decision. but it's also a vehicle to validate his viewpoints, illustrated by his frenzied

binges of retweeting others. >> he has all of the power that comes with the office. and yet he's insecure. he's so insecure, he's going to his twitter feed to pump himself up. >> reporter: sometimes, the sources from which the president pretweets have credible credibility or are downright dangerous like his 2017 retweet of three videos from a british anti-muslim twitter account. so what does his twitter dependents say about trump's view of reality? >> a president who spends most of his time either watching tv or tapping out tweets on his phone is going to have a warped sense of reality. he's not in the everyday existence that the rest of us share. >> reporter: the president on friday touted his use of twitter as a way to circumvent traditionaled me. >> i have to go through a different source. and have to go with our social media stuff which is quite powerful, i must say.

>> reporter: aides with the briefing practice, or not relying solely on advisers. >> he's able to control so much of the news cycle through twitter and a lot of other things and allows him to see that and react in realtime. >> reporter: but historians are worried about the dangers of trump's reliance. one his torrian says to solve an international crisis, a president has to often find out what the other side is looking for, to understand that and find a common interest. he says you don't get that kind of information when you're only tapping into your twitter feed and seeing your followers encouraging you to be tough. brian todd, cnn, washington. so, it is a multiday event, hard powerful weather system that will be hitting the middle of the country. >> we've got dramatic video for you coming outside of oklahoma, this tornado touched down there, before crossing over the state line into kansas. and that's just one of many tornadoes reported in the central u.s. derek van dam is here with more

about it. may, a very popular month, unfortunately, for tornadoes. >> uh-huh. 268 tornadoes on average countrywide. we had 31 just yesterday alone. all of the ingredients coming together to set the stage for more severe weather. it started on thursday. it's going to last right through the middle of next week, believe it or not. it's thanks to an active storm system moving from the west coast through the rockies and through the plains. 31 tornadoes in the past 24 hours. 65 reports of hail and wind damage reports as well. what do we need tornadic wind development, we need a collusion of forces. and we've got that. warm care from the gulf of mexico, those collide in the center part of our country and create severe storms. that's what we have ongoing right now. think about the dangers at the

moment with some tornadoes potentially developing over the western sections of texas, shrouded in darkness at the moment. people are sleeping, maybe not hearing the warning signs. san angelo, you've got a large cell about to reach that city. some people are monitoring closely. across minneapolis, the severe weather threat diminished, however they do have a strong line of storms moving through that could have brief gusty winds and frequent lightning as well. more thunderstorms set to develop across the plains later this afternoon and evening. we've got the daytime heating of the sun that helps fuel it and create this. this is the radar imagery. eastern texas, eastern oklahoma, arkansas into missouri, kansas, nebraska, those are the areas we're concerned about today. a large region across central u.s., over 40 million americans with severe weather threat. into sunday that shifts into the great lakes region. then on monday, we're starting to focus our attention on a high

area, enhanced risk of thunderstorms. this is a multiday severe weather event that started last week and will carry through this week. here's a look at the average of tornadoes. by may, we should see 270 tornadoes. tornado and hail are not our only threat. flooding continues across the central part of the country that's already been hard hit. you saw that in martin satvidgss package talking about the farmers. but rain is not going to help. >> not at all. next, exclusive reporting from inside sudan have anti-government protests are daily ritual and women are singled out by abuse of forces. and also one of the dirtiest, thick smog in mexico city.

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protest site, limping, but defiant. >> reporter: she knows first hand what that means. >> reporter: and yet, still she like others persevered. >> reporter: a conservative society taking to the streets

was brave enough. publicly speaking out about the price that she and others say they were forced to pay, brave still. women's rights activist says women were targeted because they were integral to the uprising, telling us 60% to 70% of the protesters were female. >> reporter: rape was being used systemically as a weapon of oppression. whatever they did, whatever they tried to do, it didn't work. >> reporter: a new generation that's already making its voice.

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