we will never know if the person at the head of the united states of america, is working for the peop peoples' interest or his own. just moments ago the u.s. president landed in japan, set to meet with the nation's prime minister and new emperor. cnn has a live report ahead for you. also this hour, the race to replace theresa may. could the new british prime minister be a man compared to president trump? also ahead this hour, a human traffic jam on mount mt. t creating deadly conditions there. >> and we're coming to you live

from atlanta. i'm naturally alie allen. >> and i'm george howell. "newsroom" starts right now. 4:00 a.m. here on the u.s. east coast and 5:00 p.m. in tokyo where air force one has just touched down. beginning a four day state visit for u.s. president donald trump. the trip offers a brief respite as you can imagine from mr. trump's deepening political problems back home, including growing calls for his impeachment. >> and just hours ago, a federal judge put the brakes on president trump's plan to use pentagon funds to build sections of a southern border wall in mexico. the judge granted the preliminary injunction on the grounds the president trump was attempting to by pass congress. >> and there is a political firestorm over the president granting extraordinary powers to his attorney general to declassify sensitive u.s. intelligence about the russia investigation. for more about it, here is cnn's

pamela brown. >> reporter: facing mounting pressure after a week of multiple court losses and a public brawl with nancy pelosi, president trump unloading before his long flight to japan. >> i declassified everything. everything they want. you're going to learn a lot. i hope it's going to be nice, but perhaps it won't be. >> reporter: trump defending his decision to give bill barr sweeping new access orderingist intelligence agencies to assist barr as he investigates the investigators. >> they will be able to see how the hoax and witch hunt started and why it started. it was an attempted coup or attempted takedown of the president of the united states. >> reporter: democrats quick to pounce. adam schiff saying the move allows barr to weaponize and politicize the nation's intelligence and law enforcement entitie

entities. this move comes as trump shifts again on whether robert mueller should testify before congress and after saying it was up to his attorney general to decide. >> they have want to come a redo, like even the fact they are asking bob mueller to testify. he just gave them a 434 page report which says no collusion, which leads to absolutely no obstruction. he just gave that report. why does he have to testify? it's ridiculous. >> reporter: and the personal feud with nancy pelosi takes a personal turn. >> i've been watching her foe a long period of time. she's not the same person. she's lost it. >> reporter: in the latest attack, trump tweeted a heavily edited video of pelosi supposedly slurring her words and made the baseless claim pelosi has lost it. >> you think nancy is the same as she was? she's not. >> reporter: hostility building

over publicly. the president though says pelosi drew first blood. >> did you hear what she said about me long before i went after her? did you hear? she made horrible statements. she knows they are not true. >> again, i pray for the president of the united states. i wish that his family or his administration or his staff would have an intervention for the good of the country. >> reporter: as the president heads to japan about for the memorial day weekend, he announced the pentagon would tee pli deploy an additional 1500 troops to the middle east, a big step for a president who campaigned on pulling troops out of foreign entanglements. >> we want to have protection in the middle east. we'll be sending a relatively small number of troops, mostly protect difference. we'll see what happens. >> reporter: president trump will be the first foreign leader to meet the nudely crowned emperor here in japan. after that, he is expected to

have bilateral meetings with prime minister abe where the two are expected to discuss pressing issues for both sides which include trade as well as defense. but a senior administration official tried to temper expectations for this trip saying it is really more about ceremony than substance. pamela brown, cnn, tokyo. >> and now ivan watson live for us. the president just arrived. the trip said to be more about ceremony than substance. how important would you say this is for gentleman can pan? >> reporter: well, the u.s. is japan's most important ally. and that is certainly on the security front. this country hosts close to 50,000 u.s. troops. and though a senior administration official has said that this would be focusing on ceremony, the security questions which largely circle around

north korea and its potential threat to japan with its nuclear weapons and missile launches, most recently short range missile launches that took place earlier this month, those are a primary concern for japan and the u.s. and they were addressed by the national security adviser to the u.s. president john bolton who has been on the ground here in tokyo in advance of his boss and spoke with journalists, put out a tweet of a round table with journalists. and he went quite a few steps further than what president trump said in the wake of north korea's short range missile launches earlier this month, agreeing with japan's earlie assessment that the short range missile launches were in violation of united nations security council resolutions. president trump did not go so far in his initial assessment in the aftermath of those missile launches.

but billi bolton went on to say that he have supported the japanese prime minister's initiative to try to set up a face-to-face meeting with the north korean leader, a meeting that could be conducted according to the japanese prime minister without pre-conditions. so criticizing north korea on the one hand, but also keeping the door open to some kind of negotiations and face-to-face diplomacy. as for the president, well, we have heard there might be some kind of substantive announcements, but there will also be a lot of ceremony here and the latest chapter in the break ma bromance between the prime minister and the u.s. president. >> on the first lady birthday last month, the u.s. president welcomed shinzo abe to celebrate at the white house. before they departed for dinner and cake, japan's prime minister invites trump to tokyo to be honored as the first official

guest to meet a newly crowned emperor. >> and i said gee, i don't know if i can make it. let me ask you a question. how big is that event compared to the super bowl for the japanese? and the prime minister said it is about 100 times bigger. i said i'll be there. if that's the case, i'll be there. >> reporter: making good on his promise this weekend, trump's arrival launches a four day state visit to gentlemjapan, and meeting with the couple is just one of several events in a carefully made schedule. it appears to follow a tradition of what has been called abe's charm offensive, as u.s. policy in asia agrees more problematic. on his first full day in japan, the two leaders plan to play a round of golf, now known as a cornerstone of their diplomacy. abe once even gifting trump cus gold plated golf clubs. after the green, he will head to

a sumo wrestling match. it is to be followed by a dinner where the meat will be prepared just the way the president likes, probably well done, maybe even with a side of ketchup. on his previous trump, he and abe sat down to eat an american style hamburger. the vmip treatment has led to a calculated effort to court trump's favor. >> japan sends us millions and millions of cars and we tax them virtually not at all. >> reporter: after threats of tariffs, they are in the midst of bilateral trade negotiations. as one of japan's largest export market, the u.s. is a market japan can't afford to lose. but japan might find leverage after a failure of trade talks with china this month. but matters of security, north

korea's resumption of missile testing, has rattled many in nearby japan who rely on defensive support from their u.s. ally. trump's inability to strike a deal with kim jung-un during his last meeting and stalled talks with south korea have in some ways left japan in the crosshairs. although officials have said this weekend's trip is largely ceremonial, matters of trade and national security could penetrate warm welcomes as japan's relationship with the u.s. becomes ever more relevant. >> and a live image there right now, you see air force one, donald trump has arrived there in advance of the meetings that he will have with the japanese prime minister. let's bring in our ivan watson again live there in tokyo following the president's trip. and ivan, again, you touched on the issue of national security. but trade is also a major issue to be discussed.

>> reporter: that's right. i mean, the trump administration had made it clear that it wanted a bilateral trade negotiation agreement drawn up between the two countries in advance of this trip. we have not been given an indication whether or not that will in fact take place. japan's position as of a year ago was it wanted the u.s. to join into this multilateral at the time called tpp, transpacific partnership, which the obama administration had helped negotiation, one of the first moves that president trump made when he came into office was to pull out of that, which was somewhat of an embarrassment and policy setback for the japanese prime minister. there have been tensions in the trade agreement. there were threats coming from the trump administration to slap tariffs on automobile exports from japan to the u.s. that has been postponed for the

time being. and certainly a big part of the japanese prime minister's calculus is to try to ensure that president trump doesn't try to restrict any further japanese trade. the american president has made clear he doesn't like the trade surplus that japan enjoys with the u.s. one of the things that the trump administration would like to see would be for japan's markets to open up to u.s. agricultural, that is even more important now that there is a raging trade war between the u.s. and china which had been such an important market for so many u.s. agricultural products. so perhaps if they can find some way for u.s. soybeans and pork for example to come on to japanese markets, that could be seen as a win for the u.s. president. >> ivan watson live for us in

tokyo. ivan, stand by again as we are looking at live images of the u.s. president at air force one there, air force one arrived. natalie, what would you say, maybe 14 minutes ago? >> just recently, yeah. >> and now on the ground.3 we're awaiting president trump to walk down the stairs. >> and the first lady will be with him of course. >> absolutely. >> and so ivan is giving us the rundown on this trip. yes, we've been saying a little more ceremony than substance. but the president very enthusiastic about being the first to meet the new emperor and to be treated to all kinds of japanese culture. >> reporter: it is going to be quite a show that the japanese are putting on for the american president. very important, he will be the first foreign leader to meet with the newly crowned emperor

and the emperess. there will be a ceremony and also a banquet where they will be the guests of honor there. it couldn't be more japanese than the plan for him to attend the championships of sumo wrestling here in tokyo on sunday where he will sit ringside and hand the trump cup to the champions there. one of the things that i learned while visiting the stadium today is that sometimes the rowdy japanese fans when there is an upset in the sumo ring, they they the cushions around the stadium which might be a concern secret service for the u.s. president's safety. he will also be dining with the japanese prime minister and his wife in famous night life district here in tokyo. the u.s. president is famous for

kind of not being very adventurous as far as his culinary palette goes. so we don't know how deep into sushi perhaps the menu will go. they will be playing golf as well, which isn't the first time they have done this. i believe this will be the fifth time that the two leaders will meet on the golf course. >> ivan watson, stand by for us. if we could take in full these images of air force one. let's reset for our viewers in the united states and around the world, air force one has touched down in tokyo, this in advance of the u.s. president's visit to meet with the newly crowned emperor of japan, also to meet with the prime minister of japan for the next several days. and we have a list of the many people that donald trump will meet with. he will of course meet with the minister of foreign affair, will meet with the u.s. ambassador to

japan, will meet many other people during his time there. >> and he will be greeting them as he comes down the stairs. and i want to ask you, ivan, we know about the closeness of shinzo abe and president trump. what about the japanese people? they very much liked president obama. what kind of reception do you think that he will get from them? >> reporter: well, polls show that president obama was far more popular among japanese society than president trump. that said, we are not anticipating any major protests during this four day visit from the u.s. president, likes of which you could expect when he would go to london for example and see satirical balloon flying over the british capital.

the japanese don't seem to view president trump -- he is not as much of a polarizing figure in japanese society as he is perhaps in europe. part of his itinerary here will include visiting the u.s. naval base here. and that is also important during a memorial day weekend in the u.s. to visit u.s. ser vehicle men and women and recall that, yes, the two leaders shinzo abe and trump have had many, many face-to-face encounters, more than 40 conversations since president trump took office according to the japanese government. but also they are close military allies and there are close to 50,000 u.s. troops stationed here in japan. so that will also be an important part of trump and 's itinerary in addition to the

sumo wrestling, golf and the imperial banquet. >> and we want to also bring in with us our guess gina reinhart, she is in essex, england to talk to us about the president's trip. she is a senior lecturer at the university of essex. and you are here right in the nick of time, right when we're waiting for the president and first lady to step off in a plane. the u.s. is japan's closest and most important ally. and mr. trump just touching down, about to step out. but we are hearing this trip is more about ceremony than substance. but there are some important issues to discuss. what will those be in your opinion? >> well, trade and security are probably the top two issues that will be discussed. acai v as ivan watson pointed out, there are not many allies in the region. and with the trade wars with

china escalating, japan is in a really good position to be the sort of savior for donald trump and to be the good news that he would like to tell the country about back in america. there is also the issue of security which since world war ii japan has only maintained a military force for defense purposes. but abe has managed that he wouldn't mind changing that. >> and gina, pardon us for interrupting you, but i want to point out for our viewers we're seeing the president of the united states along with melania trump now exiting air force one about to touch ground there in tokyo, japan. walking down the stairs. >> and again, they will be greeted by many dignitaries. the minister of foreign affairs and his wife are greeting the president. the united states ambassador to japan, william haggerty, and

commander of the united states forces in japan as well. >> the president on this trip, certainly the issues of trade. trade will be front and center. also the issues of national security. the alliance between the united states and japan with the threat of north korea, other threats. let's bring in gina reinhart, gina again with us to give us perspective on what is happening. and we're seeing japan roll out the red carpet for donald trump. ivan watson pointed out there will be golf, sumo wrestling, this as natalie pointed out will be more about ceremony than substance. but here is the question. how important is this for japan? because we've seen other nations, we've seen france roll out the red carpet for the u.s. president and relations deteriorated to some degree. so does japan run the same risk of france in courting this u.s.

president? >> i don't think japan -- i don't think this japan runs the same risk. and i think that is because abe is much closer to donald trump in terms of some of the things that he would like to accomplish. i think that he is pretty shrewd and he realizes that japan could be a real saving grace for donald trump right now based on the trade and security issues that are going on in the region. and south korea, north korea and china are all a little bit at odds with donald trump in different ways about security and trade. and this is a chance for japan to step back in to the position that it enjoyed in the '90s and '80s at a really strong and the strongest partner of the u.s. in the region. and it has been -- japanese leadership has been concerned that they are stepping down a little bit and playing second fiddle to china. so this is a chance for them to

come back and it is very important for them to get this right. >> and you mentioned security as well. certainly at the top of that list would be north korea. where would japan like the united states to be as far as in its dealings with north korea? of course the president has tried and so far failed to make any head way with kim jung-un. >> right. so japan wants the president of the united states to stay really strong. and i think probably a little more hawkish than south korea might feel. the interesting thing is that as i was saying earlier, japan has since the second world war only maintained a military force for defense purposes. but abe has mentioned that he would like to change that, or he would consider changing that. and that is a stance that i think donald trump would be very much in agreement with. so there is a chance that we

could see that japan would actually take a more proactive military stance in the region. and i believe trump would support that. >> gina reinhardt, we appreciate you taking time to give us perspective. again, u.s. president donald trump in tokyo, gentlemjapan th four days to meet with dignitaries there, the prime minister and emperor. also ivan watson, thank you as well. as the president enjoys the treatment that he is receiving in japan, we'll look ahead next to his issues at home. he has made yet another move that is not likely to sit well with congress. >> find out why he is bypassing capitol hill to sell arms to allies in the middle east. it scrubs, degreases, and shines to get your dishes truly finished. and with finish quantum you get up to 25% more loads for your money. it's not clean until it's finished!

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the united states is deploying more military muscle to the middle east. >> president trump is sending 1500 additional troops to the region, he says the action is meant to deter iranian threats. >> iran's foreign minister called it a threat to global peace and stability. barbara starr has details now on

this from the pentagon. >> reporter: the trump administration made the expected announcement, it is sending about 1500 troops to the middle east to help provide deterrence and force protection for the united states against what it says is still a significant iranian threat. there will be fighter jets now septemb sent, additional patriot missiles and intelligence surveillance and recognizance aircraft all aimed as keeping an eye on iran and being able to push back if they were to launch an attack. right now the u.s. is watching very carefully, they say that the iranian aggression really has not turned around. they see chatter, if you will, conversations that are being monitored between iranian officials still calling for the possibility of planning attacks against american forces in the region. that is what made the acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan and general joseph d e

dunford brief the president on all of this and get his thumbs up for this deployment. he didn't have to approve it per se, but they wanted to make sure the president knew exactly how the pentagon views the situation with iran. and the door is not shut if the threat continues. there could be additional deployments to the region. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. u.s. president has declared an emergency to speed up a series of controversial arm sales. >> the customers are middle eastern countries, including saudi arabia. and the united arab emirates. secretary of state mike pompeo says the move bypasses congress because the threat from iran is immediate. >> however prominent democrats say that is just an excuse because congress wouldn't approve the sales. they are worth more than $8 billion. searching for a new leader.

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welcome back to our viewers here in the u.s. and all around the world. this is "cnn newsroom." >> the headlines we're following for you this hour -- the u.s. president and first lady have just arrived in tokyo for a four day state visit. air force one touched down just about 30 minutes ago. besides playing golf and attending a sumo tournament with the are prime minister, mr. trump will meet with japan's new emperor as well. he will be the first foreign leader to do so.

back in the united states, the wisconsin man who kidnapped a teenage girl after murdering her parents will spend the rest of his life in prison. jake patterson admitted guilt after being arrested for abducting 13-year-old jayme closs. the teenager escaped after 88 days in captivity. she was stuffed under a bed most of the time. her lawyer read her statement to the court, she said, quote, i was brave. he was not. in western india, 20 people were killed on friday, this when a fire swept through the building that they were inside. the police commissioner says that they were students at a tutorial center. some jumped from windows to escape. the fire is under investigation. another political fight is unfolding in the uk as conservatives search for a new prime minister. almost three years into her tenure, theresa may resigned unable to deliver on brexit.

>> i will shortly leave the job that it has been the honor of my life to hold. the second female prime minister but certainly not the last. i do so with no ill will. but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. >> an emotional farewell there from mrs. may who will step down as leader of the conservative party in two weeks, but will remain as prime minister until a replacement is elected. the part it party hopes to choo white end of july. quentin peel is an associate fellow at chatham house and is joining us from london. good to have you with us. i'd like to first get your thoughts on this prime minister, handed the helm from her predecessor who opened this door to brexit.

he left to her to resolve. she was unable to do so and has now resigned. will history be kind or critical to theresa may? >> i fear that it will be critical. she had a horrible job to do. an incredibly complicated exercise to try to get britain out of the european union. but having said that, the way that she went about it was really condemned to failure from the word go. she took a very hard line and she tried to do it just with the votes of her own totally divided party. and it was just never going to work. >> let's talk for a moment about the leadership contest. one tabloid saying hi bojo, boris johnson always seen as one to take that role. huh likely do you see the odds of him being tnext p.m. and wha are other names pushing for that role? >> well, boris johnson is

undoubtedly the favorite. he is the bookie's favorite and he is the favorite with the grass roots members of the conservative party because they think that he is the man who could still against all the odds win them the next general election. he is a popular figure. he is also a very deviivisive figure. you either love him or you hate him. and so the party is very sblit and we have an incredibly crowded field of other candidates. and they are going to split the vote every which way. we've got jeremy hunt who is the current foreign secretary. we've got rory stewart who is the current development secretary who has already said i won't work for boris johnson if he insists we could leave the european union without any deal at all. and we've got the leader of the house of commons. we've got probably as many as 10 or 12 candidates who are going to come into the race in the

next few days. >> and with may out and a new leader to emerge from the krifd par conservative party, what does it mean for the brexit process and the real threat of crashing out of the eu without a deal? >> well, in the first place, i feel that it means not a great deal. that is to say they face exactly -- whether the new party leader, new prime minister, whoever it is faces exactly the same arithmetic in the british parliament as theresa may did. that is to say parliament is deadlocked on how to agree on any deal. so the great battle may be between those who say, well, to hell with it all, we'll leave without a deal, which is what boris johnson has just said. all those who say, no, this is insane, that would be very damaging for the british economy, it would be damaging for the future of the united kingdom in the world and particularly in relations with

the european union. so anything but no deal. that i think will be the first dividing line. but at the end of the day, you have an extraordinary situation where a party with not many more than 100,000 members is actually going to decide on a new prime minister without any general election or anything else. not only that, it is a party where most of its members are old white men like me. >> and at the same time, so while the uk can swap out leaders as you point out, can't swap out the deal. the eu has made it clear this is the deal and they will not renegotiate. so that point has been made abundantly clear. if not this deal, the question here, does this reopen the door to possible reconsideration for brexit? >> well, there is one thing about this deal which has restricted, if you like, the

room for maneuver. and that is to say right from the start theresa may laid down red lines. she said we have to leave the single market because we reject having freedom of movement of european citizens in and out of the country and we're not going to obey the jurisdiction, that under the european a court of justice. right from the start that meant that it was very limited what arrangement they could come to. could a new british prime minister go back and say, okay, no red lines, let's throw things in the air. the problem with that is the red lines are the red lines of the hard line brexiteers in the conservative party. and whoefver is elected will probably have to be pretty hard line. so they are in a rock and a hard place. the european union says if you set those red lines, we can't do a different deal. and the future prime minister says i can't change because the

hard liners are now running my par party. >> between a rock and a rock? quentin peel, we appreciate your time. we'll see where the brexit ball bounces next. thank you. >> thank you. thrts in france haauthoriti launched a terrorist investigation after a blast wounded 13. it happened in a crowded shopping district in the city of lyon. police are searching for who is behind it. they tweeted this photo of the man they say was responsible for the attack, but they are investigating if others were involved as well. >> investigators say the explosion may have been caused by a parcel bomb packed with nails. they say the blast was weak and didn't damage much property. still ahead here, the dangers at the top of the world. with so many people trying to conquer the world's highest peak

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an incredible survival story from the hawaiian island of maui. a woman who had been missing for more than two weeks that been found alive and fairly well. >> amanda eller was spotted friday by a helicopter rescue team. here she is minutes after she was found. she got lost while hiking and was slightly injured. she was discovered in a deep ravine between two wall fathete. her loved ones who never gave up hope are overjoyed at her rescue. >> understandable. that is not the way to do maui. >> no. so a state of emergency wanted to tell you about. this was declared for all of oklahoma, that is 77 counties.

>> shorts still assessing the widespread damage from the latest round of storms in a ravaged the city of tulsa and surrounding areas. destructive weather has plagued the state for weeks. tornadoes, high winds and flooding forced more than 1,000 residents to evacuate. there were eight storm-related deaths in the region this past week. a 4-year-old who was swept away by floodwaters is still missing. >> the father rerocious deadly was a multiday event. derek van dam is here. >> and the misery continues. we've had over 200 tornadoes just in the past seven days alone. let me show you one of them. and i want you to hear the sound because it is eerie and all too familiar for people in the midwest. [ sirens ]

>> not the sight you want to see and now the sound you want to hear. that is in iowa city, that was shot yesterday. and that is a twister just about touching ground here. i want to show you the extent of all the tornadoes across the u.s. just within the past week. 200 tornadoes confirmed. that is an active weather pattern, people. i don't know how else to say it. satellite loop proves it as well. it is continually going over the same locations bringing extremely heavy rain. there is a high likelihood -- moderate i should say today of flash flooding across parts of kansas and into the dakotas. that is all thanks to another low pressure system that has formed across the region, that will bring severe weather over the same regions that has experienced severe weather within the past several days. so this active weather pattern continues. but i want to touch briefly here on the flood scenario because we have over 20 million americans under a flood advisory, watch or warning. 51 major flood stages being.

>> reporter:ed on the gauges across the central u.s. and i want to overlay the forecast accumulation for rainfall over those regions. you can see that it is piling up across the same areas that have some of the highest river gauge flooding that is being reported at the moment. so we do have our severe weather chances all thanks to the low pressure that continues to just meander across the central u.s. so look out kansas, texas and oklahoma panhandle, and even into the southern portions of the midwest. and then we focus our attention once again on the northern plains and i hate to break it to you, but a heat wave on the other side of the country, this is the southeastern united states, we might be breaking records here in atlanta. >> oh, wow. okay. >> not that we need it. >> thanks, derek. far, far from a heat wave, this story to tell you about. people train for years to reach the top of mt. everest to feel the rush of standing on the roof of the world. but the path to the summit of course is deadly and treacherous. >> and at least six people are dead or presumed dead so far

this season. and some of the fatalities are being blamed on a human traffic jam. alexander field explains. >> reporter: for donald cash, it was the final frontier, the summit of mount evet. everest, position achievement for the 55-year-old who had met his life long goal, reaching the top of every mountain on every continent. but it would be his few last minutes. cash died of high altitude sickness. >> he fell on the way down just below the summit. and then they kind of carried him down, helped him down a little ways and then he kind of took his last breaths. >> reporter: on the same day during her descent, this woman took her final breaths. she had trained for six years. she had trekked for 25 years and she was an avid marathoner. her son says that she collapsed and died while caught in the human traffic jam coming down

the mountain. a picture taken on the day of their deaths may 22, shows a long line of trekkers on the ridge of the summit in an area known as the death zone. it has raised concerns about the possible dangers of congestion on everest. >> i think you would have to be foolish to say that that weight at such high altitude isn't having an impact on the numbers of deaths that we're seeing. >> reporter: the tourism board says more than 200 ascended on may 22 after a bad patch of weather cleared after giving climbers a key opening to reach for a dream. but the board says that claims that congestion contributed to deaths are baseless. with this year's climbing season nearing a close, at least six people are presumed dead after trying to scale it from the k e nepal side. there were five deaths last year, six before that and one

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