intel expertise. collected by the prosecution. ratcliffe has only been on the now what may speed things up a house intelligence committee for six months. little bit i hjorth remain in custody, the lawyer for hjorth said he is launching >> what would be your authority -- an appeal for his client that >> reporter: and wasn't was launched a couple of days well-known on capitol hill. ago which has forced the >> look, i haven't met prosecution to get all the congressman ratcliffe yet, and documents ready to give access we're going to get together and to them, to the defense by discuss all of this. monday. so the defense will get their >> the president putting all hands on all of these documents, this to rest thmpb a, tweeting including that cctv footage rather than going through months of slander and libel, i faster than they would have otherwise. explained to john how miserable remember, under italian law, it would be for him and his prosecutors have up to six months or even up to a year to family, adding therefore john bring charges against the teens has therefore decided to stay in if indeed they decide to do so. congress. president trump is now saying he has a short list of three natalie? >> so they will be held possibly candidates who he could name as for that long. and have we seen them yet since dni, and may announce his pick as soon as monday. their arrest? have they made any appearances in court? the also also saying when dan coats steps down as dni later this month, his deputy, sue >> no. for the time being, all we've gordon could, be considered as seen, natalie, are those acting director. but sources are telling cnn the pictures, those stills that were taken on the morning of their white house has been searching arrest in that hotel just down for other possible names. so that could mean that the the road president may need to fill the top two intelligence positions we're on the move. leaked and confirmed by the with new people. police to be genuine of them alex marquardt, cnn, washington. running through the streets, having allegedly just stolen a hey rick, all good?

oh yeah, we're good. democrats on capitol hill have reached a significant backpack and before the alleged we're good. killing took place. terminix. defenders of home. milestone. so there are for the time being a majority of the u.s. house of an awful lot of holes. representatives now, 118 so far we have not seen or heard from the teens themselves, apart from have come out in favor of a their witness statements, their confessions that were contained formal impeachment inquiry. in the documents that have not too long ago, only a handful already been given to the press were making that argument there, on the morning of their arrest. live video here from hong but is no indication yet that we've heard very little from house speaker nancy pelosi is on their lawyers and we've heard board. kong. this the ninth week in a row of very little from their families. that's why in a sense, and protests, and it's taking place let's talk more about it with this one of the most crowded jessica levenson. she joins us from los angeles. remember the amanda knocx case. places in the world. she is a professor of law at we'll take you to the center of we have one version of events it. loyola law school. also this hour, out before jessica, hello. and precious little from the he was in. thanks for being with us. other side. donald trump's pick for director >> great to be here. natalie? >> all right. >> well, first of all, mr. we'll be waiting to see what of national intelligence is happens next here. officially out of the running, ratcliffe's nomination had been melissa bell live in rome. melissa, thank you so much. and we're learning more about highly controversial because he the death of yet another lacked experience in foreign here in the united states, kennedy. policy and intelligence. the kennedy family is enduring a young woman in massachusetts. why do you think he was yet another shattering loss. we'll have that story. nominated in the first place by president trump? saoirse kennedy hill, the >> i think he was gnonominated granddaughter of the late live from cnn center, i'm assassinated presidential because he is somebody who natalie allen. thank you so much for joining candidate robert kennedy has us. this is "cnn newsroom." president trump i think likes. died. he's been an early supporter of cnn's rosa flores reports, she was just 22. president trump. he -- and that's the biggest >> reporter: one of america's it is the ninth straight weekend thing for president trump is to prominent political families

demonstrate some loyalty. struck again by tragedy. and i think what this also shows of massive public protests in robert f. kennedy's hong kong, and this week there is, frankly, a limited vetting granddaughter, 22-year-old are two duelling demonstrations on behalf of the trump white saoirse kennedy hill died fighting for attention. house. we now have seen serious pattern thursday after she was found unresponsive at the family home the main pro-democracy protest of people who have been in massachusetts. has already begun. her mother, courtney kennedy you're seeing it here. nominated for senior positions hill was one top 11 children of thousands are gathering in one and who have had to withdraw the late presidential candidate of the most crowded places in their nominations because president trump i think is and his human rights activist the world. essentially allowing the press meantime, supporters of the wife ethel kennedy. city's police are holding their to do the heavy vetting that you own rally in victoria park. would assume the white house police say they responded to a cnn is covering all angles of would do. >> a half dozen nominees for call about an unresponsive the unrest in hong kong. female at the kennedy family matt rivers is with senior jobs in the white house have withdrawn after negative compound, a place which captured the nation's attention during pro-democracy protesters. information became public. what does that say about the a dam is on the brink of ben wedeman joining us from the the presidency of john f. white house's vetting process. pro police event. let's begin with you, matt. >> well, it doesn't say much for kennedy in the 1960s. collapse in england, and it is what are you seeing there? threatening to submerge an saoirse was transported to a entire town. the white house's vetting thousands have been forced to cape cod hospital, say police, get out. process. what it shows i think is that >> like you said, this is now where she was pronounced dead. prime minister boris johnson flew over the area friday, more than two months straight of president trump is accomplishing the cause of death wasn't immediately released, but declaring the dam dodgy but protests here in hong kong. a lot by tweet. authorities say an autopsy and in some ways i think revealed no trauma. stable. here is cnn's isa soares. and what's going on is the surprising senior officials. they're now awaiting results of so typically, what would happen a toxicology report. latest iteration of that. you can see behind me there is is that you would have an fbi >> reporter: in the scenic part hundreds if not thousands of background check of any type of of central england, the town of the robert f. kennedy family people who have gathered at the nominee like this. issued a statement saying their starting point for today's and then you would have a very whaley bridge in derbyshire hearts are shattered by the march. there is going to be an assembly rigorous vetting through the loss, and sharing details about here there has been some north of london is hoping for a

speeches given, and then the white house itself, where you the difference the young kennedy has made during her short life. would talk not just to the miracle. march will likely start in half the qualls containing the an hour from now. people who the person's saoirse was passionately moved reservoir are partly damaged currently working with, you by the causes of human rights with a threat of more than a all of this has been sanctioned million tons of water breaching would go through every part of and women's empowerment, and by police. their resume with a fine-toothed that's why right now what you're found great joy in volunteer that wall and flooding the town. seeing is different from what we saw last weekend. comb. and that's just not happening work, working alongside last weekend was protesters a royal air force chinook is in now. we're in a different world where indigenous communities to build schools in mexico. her death is the latest in a a race against the clock, engaging in an assembly that president trump says this person police deemed unlawful. was a supporter. series of tragedies in the dropping 400 tons of sand and that's why most of the people they have shown loyalty. gravel to shore up the wall. that were out had their faces >> it's a really difficult task. covered, trying to conceal their they have maybe even a very kennedy family. president john f. kennedy and identities. here you're seeing a much tenuous connection to the job. his brother senator robert f. >> right. we're asked to get a real broader cross section of hong >> we're going to go ahead an kennedy were both assassinated. david kennedy, one of ethel and kong society. you have people who are older. precision drop. lucky a lego block that we're you have kids here. nominate them. again, under the theory we hope and no one really is covering robert f. kennedy's children it sticks, and if it doesn't, died in a florida hotel after a building, a foundation and on their faces, for the most part, drug overdose. the couple's other son michael top of each other. because this is a peaceful, try again. >> reporter: as for whaley legal demonstration that's going >> let's switch to impeachment. kennedy died in 1997 during a bridge, now it's a ghost town. on right now. and this is whaef wet we've see according to a poll, the majority of house democrats are ski accident in colorado on new on friday police ordered a year's eve. now on record publicly massive evacuation of residents due to the significant threat to happen in weeks past. supporting an impeachment and two decades ago, a small inquiry into the president, and life. >> just in case. you've seen marches, speeches they're citing the mueller report. what aspect of that report do plane crash killed john f. given. what happens if there is going been told by the police to get to be violence, it will happen kennedy, his wife, carolyn later on, hours from now once out the shop she runs. you find both damaging to the kennedy, and his sister-in-law, the sun goes down and once president that's calling all of lauren bessette. so yeah, it was come back, get the people you see there on the what you can and go. police say the legal permission that they have been granted to as for saoirse kennedy, her screen to now support be here will end at some point. impeachment? death remains under >> got told a slow evacuation. >> yeah, i think the most damaging thing for the president investigation, according to and if violence happens, that's police. rosa flores, cnn, atlanta. got some stuff ready, get ready when it will happen. but right now, natalie, what is part two of the mueller report, which deals with we're seeing very indicative of obstruction of justice.

to leave. what we've seen in other >> "cnn newsroom" will continue you have a report that details after this. have time to go to the post office >> the main thing is they need protests. peacefully assembling, trying to ten, at least ten instances to get rid of the water at the they have businesses to grow get their pro-democracy message where the president either dam. but it's copping in faster than out to the world. customers to care for they can release it. >> they sure have been patient. attempted or did try and lives to get home to they've been out there for so obstruct justice. so i don't see what they're they use stamps.com going to do. very long. and now we know about another >> reporter: engineers are excuse me, attempted or actually pumping out water from the print discounted postage for any letter did obstruct justice. reservoir to reduce pressure on rally, and that's where our ben wedeman has been. and i would say that my firm any package the dam. any time authorities have told residents you're there this pro police belief is if we were talking right from your computer to be prepared to be away from event is about to get under way. about senator trump as opposed all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper their homes for a number of tell us about that. to president trump, there would days. any more rain, though, could be an indictment that the only get our special tv offer reason there wasn't an delay a return home for the >> we're in victoria park, about indictment in this a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale people of whaley bridge. because of the office of legal 20, 30-minute drive from where go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again! isa soares, cnn. counsel memorandum that says you matt is. and obviously, this is a don't indict a sitting >> can you believe the entire president. completely different crowd. this is a very well set-upstage. and i think that members of town is under the chance that congress have finally started they might lose their town. reading the report, looking at the report to a certain extent, ivan cabrera is following it for obviously there are some financing behind this event. us. >> it's not something like a river flooding where it slowly and what is significant is if listening to robert mueller's you look at the crowd, many of testimony, although that was rises here. largely a disappointment. a dam collapse, all of the and you to imagine that at this them are of shall we say a sudden the water pours all over certain age, older than perhaps the town. point, nancy pelosi, who of let's check in on what caused many of those who have been course is speaker of the house, this. a lot of heavy rain. the leader largely of the i'm going to send you back to taking part in these protests democratic party, she's between because of course these people a rock, a hard place, an tuesday here, natalie. are against the protest look at this area of low pressure. it looks like a hurricane coming movement. in off the eastern atlantic they are very much the law and earthquake fault and a volcano. here. i'm going to put it into motion she doesn't want to go forward. order crowd when it comes to here. watch the clock. but her caucus is voicing on tuesday is when things went

this situation in hong kong. dissent. >> right. haywire here, and the heavy all right. they would like to see normality one to watch for sure. bands of rain, there is the dam we always appreciate it. southeast of manchester. jessica levinsohn, thanks for returned to the territory. torrential downpours. we're talking several inches an here you see a sign that says your insights. >> thank you. hour. and it just continued, the slow give peace a chance. british prime minister boris these are people who would like johnson is facing a big political test days after taking spinning, heading up into the to see life to get back to power, his working majority has north sea. on the back side you still have been cut to just one after the the very heavy bands wednesday, normal. now over there you see a chinese thursday, and even through pro-european liberal democrats flag indicating that they are won a parliamentary bye thursday afternoon, we continue heavy rainfall. very much believers in the one that contributed to what has now been quite a dramatic event country, two system arrangement there. and hopefully it is dodgy, but election. every vote matters. stable. here is the problem. that has been in place in hong anna stewart is in london for current radar, more rain is us. going to be on the way. >> boris johnson has been so we're going to be looking for kong since 1997 when british british prime minister for just heavier downpours as we head one week, but already he through later this afternoon and into the evening as well with sovereignty came to an end. suffered a defeat and it's brought his majority down to now, we were speaking with many just one. this secondary low that's going of the people here. and that's even counting the ten to be coming in off the eastern they say they are part of as one atlantic. that's also going to be bringing mps he relies on from the in plenty of rainfall over the man told me, the silent majority northern irish dup party. next couple days. so the forecast really doesn't look all that good. in hong kong. now whether they are the that will make getting now the water that has fallen, legislation through parliament very difficult. majority or not is not all however, when it comes to brexit that's already gotten into the together clear, but it is and trying a brexit deal if he system. and that's causing the problem here. important to keep in mind that can reach one or no deal through we're going add some rain here, as we've spent the last nine but the damage as far as literal the end of october, the ever damage to the dam and as far as

weeks focusing on the the heavy rainfall, that's increasing majority might not already been done. by the way, incredible piloting pro-democracy movement, that make that difference. there is another side of the this prime minister is likely to there by the chinook folks. face a rebellion from some mps coin, and there are those who in his own party. and that is a concept that very careful maneuvering there are happy with the situation as should be familiar to him since as they are dropping of course it is and feel that perhaps he himself voted down theresa may's deal twice. the sandbags there, trying to this in wales is plug up the dam there. given some of the disruption to but there you see the forecast life in the territory, it's time significant. it voted to leave the e u.n. temps in the lower 20s. 2016 by 52%. it's upper 60s around 70 degrees that life gets back to normal. it reflects the national result. natalie? >> all right. and yet here we have them voting in fahrenheit. more heavy rain on the way the silent majority stepping out for a remain party, the liberal through the weekend as they there today. continue to try to get that dam ben wedeman will be covering democrats. that is going to strengthen secure so the folks can get back that as speck for us. thank you, ben, and thank you of to their homes. scary times. >> i can't remember when an course to matt rivers. remain articles for a second entire town has had to pick up let's talk more about it with referendum on brexit. and go. >> very sudden stuff. pro-democracy protester joining then the highly unusual alliance >> ivan, thank you. >> you bet. us from hong kong. climate change is causing of political parties in this bye the ice to melt in greenland in thank you so much for talking election. we had the welsh party, the with us. you just heard our reporter alarming amounts. green party, both deciding not there. the protests this weekend scientists say greenland's ice include a pro-beijing rally. to contest the seat to make sure sheet experienced its biggest the remaining vote would not be melt of the summer on thursday, it's also called a pro police split. losing 11 billion tons of rally. what are your thoughts on that that likely helps the democrats surface ice to the ocean. to win. now if we have a general occurring? that is equivalent to more than >> i think the pro-beijing camp election in the coming months, is doing their best to show they increasingly there is four million olympic swimming also have the ability to speculation there will be one, pools all gone in one day. we could see the alliance play out again. mobilize the people, but as you experts say because of recent

can see on the scene, actually anna stewart, cnn, london. heatwaves in europe and around one of america's prominent the world, july was possibly the most of the people mobilized as political families suffers only some citizens and the hottest month in recorded numbers were limited. another tragedy. ahead here the young history. in regard to the pro democratic granddaughter of robert f. kennedy has died. greenland's ice sheet is the second largest in the world, and rallies, you'll see most of the is skincare e world a handful of republicans are better than olay? this season's ice melt has participants are youngsters. olay regenerist faced 131 premium products, making the party's chances of already raised global sea levels half a millimeter. most of them are more -- how can regaining control of the u.s. house a bit more difficult. i say? from 12 countries, one more before we go this most are more energetic. over 10 years. this year eight republican house olay's hydration was unbeaten hour. nasa has discovered a nearby so they are most possibly members have announced their every time. super earth that just might retirement ahead of the 2020 olay, face anything. support life. employed or be asked to with elections. the u.s. space agency was six of them have come just in the last two weeks. looking for planets outside of the latest, representative will our solar system, and it found some benefits. >> right. we are definitely seeing a three of them orbiting a dwarf hurd of texas who announced thursday he would not seek star about 31 light years away. generational divide in this issue. at the same time are you reelection. while some of those districts researchers say one planet is are reliably republican, some concerned about safety of the like mr. hurd's are not. people that are taking to the within the star's zone to be phil mattingly takes a look. streets yet again after the violence we've seen recently? habitable. it gets about the same amount of >> of course we are. >> reporter: i'm will hurd. everyone in hong kong worried i represent the 23rd solar energy from its star as congressional district of texas. mars gets from our sun. about the safety of those >> reporter: ask republican protesters, because as we've officials about the future of the party in recent years, and seen in the last month, the scientists believe if its one name would inevitably come atmosphere is dense enough, it could trap heat to warm the police brutalities become more up, texas congressman will hurd. and more worse every day. >> i'll tell you, if the planet and allow for water and now tear gas has become a common republicans have any hope at all i got this mountain bike for life on the surface. practice for every protest. only $11. dealdash.com, the fair of picking up some seats in this

so i really, really don't want 2020 election, they're going to we'll leave you to ponder that and honest bidding site. an ipad one. thanks for watching. to see this happen, but we won't worth $505, was sold for less need people like will hurd. i'm natalie allen. the news continues with george give up just because of that. howell next. than $24; a playstation 4 for >> reporter: 41 years old, >> you're not frustrated a this less than $16; and a schultz 4k former undercover cia officer, point? it's been nine long weeks, and winner of hard fought races in a it seems like no matter what television for less than $2. i majority latino border district these groups do, how long they won these bluetooth headphones stay out there, the leaders in trending towards democrats. for $20. i got these three the lone black house republican suitcases for less than $40. and who repeatedly made the case hong kong aren't listening. that his party has grown whiter, shipping is always free. go to >> actually, we are not very older, more male, needed to dealdash.com right now and see expand its reach. >> my goal, and what i'm trying hopeful for any positive how much you can save. whoops. sorry. feedback from the chief to do is make sure that when executive, but we all believe that this may be the last time folks look at me and hey, you're we can come up, come to the the outlier. streets to demonstrate for our >> it's a position few freedom and democracy. there may not be another republicans who rarely speak out opportunity. so as long as there is still a against president trump little bit hope, we will still embraced. >> while i like to say i'm the fight until the end. face of the future republican >> it is tremendous the resolve party. >> reporter: but one he'll no longer pursue from elected of the young people that have office. been hanging in there throughout hurd announced thursday night he would not seek reelection this process. following seven of his when you say they can't hold out colleagues so far this year, including two of the much longer, do you think this unlike ordinary diapers conference's only 13 women members. pampers is the first will come to an end if this and only diaper that distributes wetness evenly a gut punch one senior gop extradition bill is not into three extra absorb channels. they stay lawmaker said of hurd's withdrawn completely, which is

up to three times drier decision. yet one made at a time when what keeps people coming into the streets? so babies trump is the singular dominant can sleep soundly >> i think it is -- how can i force in the party. all night >> fortunately, i made the economy so strong that nothing's say, it is a battle between the going to stop us. protesters and the government. >> reporter: bothing about a 90% we need to fight to see who will party approval rating and a give up first, who will divisive, at times racist surrender first. political attack strategy that we are still trying to fight hurd made clear served only to until the very end, and we see that the government is trying to set back efforts to broaden the party's reach. >> send her back! do something to how do i say, >> i think those tweets are the government is trying to do racist and xenophobe bic. something to stop us. they're also inaccurate. i go into the communities that for example they are trying to most republicans don't show up in order to take a conservative arrest many of us and they're trying to say that the communist message. and when you have this being the army is going to enter hong kong. debate, that activity becomes even harder. so i think they're trying to frighten us to stop. >> reporter: gop officials note but as long as we persist, maybe retirements are part of every there will be some change in the election cycle and point to a government's action. >> do you think that that's a concerted recruiting effort, particularly among women bluff on the part of the hong candidates as they look to retake the house in 2020. kong authorities saying that asked last week if the current beijing might get involved here? atmosphere would lead to more >> actually, i don't believe retirements, house republican that it will be true, because leader kevin mccarthy, a close hong kong's high autonomy is ally of hurd's, said this. >> i think the reason people

very important for beijing both in the economic or in the retire is their own personal political aspects. decision and time and place of so i don't believe that beijing where they are. >> reporter: from a near-term would take action to destroy our political perspective, democrats own benefits by employing maybe are almost giddy, saying this is a pickup opportunity for their current majority. some army to hong kong. republicans, on the other hand, so i think that is only -- they say they are going to fight just try to frighten us and try tooth and nail to keep the seat to make hong kong people stop in republican hands. coming out. from a longer term perspective, it's worth pointing out, will >> right. we appreciate your thoughts so much. hurd is not leaving the republican party. thank you for joining us, ventus in fact, it's going the exact opposite of it. he says he is going to remain involved in politics. lau from hong kong, thank you. he is going to remain in the >> you're welcome. >> our viewers can learn more party even if he is not going to welcome back to our viewers be in elected office. about these hong kong protests, here in the u.s. and around the he says in his time outside of what's at stake for these people world. office, he will work to grow the you're watching "cnn newsroom" republican party so that it at cnn.com. live from atlanta. looks more like america. a new special section features i'm natalie allen with our top stories. phil mattingly, cnn, capitol maps and backgrounds and links it is the ninth straight weekend hill. to videos. of mass demonstrations in hong that's at cnn.com/hong kong thousands of people who live kong. you can see it live on video in a picturesque town in england right now. protest. we turn now to puerto rico more people taking to the have been forced to get out. where a new governor has been sworn into office. streets these are pro-democracy that's because of flood-damaged pedro pierluigi took the role dam there is in danger of protesters gathering in mong collapsing. kok, one of the most crowded we'll have that story after this. frid termites. places on earth. there is also a separate friday. pro-police rally planned at the opponents are yet weighed in on his nomination. same time.

puerto rico has sworn in a new governor. cnn's leyla santiago has more pedro pierluisi is replacing for us from san juan. ricardo rossello, who stepped >> reporter: protests are down after weeks of protests continuing here in old san juan against him. but it's not clear if pierluisi as that forteleza, the can take over. the senate has not discussed his governor's mansion here in puerto rico says that pedro nominati nomination. republican congressman john ratcliffe is no longer the pierluigi will step down. president's choice to become a lot of people here are saying director of national they're not happy with that intelligence. ratcliffe brew wroou from selection, and more so they're consideration after doubt cast on the truthfulness of his questioning the constitutionality of that resume. it became clear to the white decision. why is that? house in recent days that rat they say pierluisi was confirmed life's senate confirmation would by the house, but he was not be an uphill battle. confirmed by the senate in his the trump administration has appointment as secretary of officially pulled out of the state. the next in line should the landmark arms treaty some 30 governor resign. years after it was signed and the senate here says they dueling protests. between the u.s. and the soviet won't even consider the issue union. the inf agreement helped end a demonstrators take to the until next week. streets on hong kong, one so it is far from over. global arms race by limiting the and whether these protesters are pushing for democracy, the other dance that ground-based missiles becoming police. a majority of house questioning their constitutionality of this could fly. decision or they're just unhappy the administration says it

democrats now calling for scrapped the inf because moscow impeachment inquiry of donald with this selection, they say no longer observed it. that is enough for them to stay the u.s. president is on the streets and not go home, trump. also ahead, questions of leg celebrating the release of legitima legitimacy, a new governor takes detained rapper a$ap rocky, continuing to call for an island the oath in puerto rico, but his after a judge in sweden let him status in the role already that can rid, can get rid of out of jail to wait for the facing some legal questions. verdict of his assault case. live from cnn world headquarters in a tweet, president trump said corruption. very much a lot of uncertainty this was a rocky week and called in atlanta, we welcome our still on the island of puerto on him to get home asap. viewers here and around the rico as they figure out what's world. next for the island. i'm george howell. he had demanded the rapper's "cnn newsroom" starts right now. in san juan, puerto rico, leyla release and raised the issue with the swedish prime minister. santiago, cnn. >> and pierluisi told reporters a$ap rocky left sweden on a he is ready to serve, but added private jet bound for the u.s. he landed in los angeles, as you he would step down if not can see here, moments ago. a decision in his case expected confirmed by legislators. three people died when a august 14th. cliff collapsed in southern california. it occurred on a beach in the . joining us now for more about it city of encinitas where people were enjoying the sun and sea. from london, hello, salma. then look at this. >> hi, natalie. the collapse left a swath of this really closes a chapter in the a$ap rocky case, one that's debris next to beach chairs and kind of drawn the attention of surfboards. authorities rescued five people from the rubble. celebrity, fans, and of course well, just days after president donald trump himself, president trump announced his who intervened on the rapper's pick for america's top spy behalf several times on twitter, chief, the president now says

he'll pick someone else. via phone. it was an emotional moment when we'll explain what was behind the about-face, next. the judge did announce his release. we saw his mother crying in court. some of his friends and family erupting in cheers. take a listen to what his lawyer said at that time. >> we had two goals. one goal was that my client was with moderate to severe going to be a free man today, ulcerative colitis or crohn's, your plans can change in minutes. and that's how we achieved. and then we're hoping for an acquittal in 14 days, but we your head wants to do one thing, have to wait and see. but your gut says, "not today." if your current treatment isn't working, >> president trump of course again was heavily involved in ask your doctor about entyvio. this case. entyvio acts specifically a$ap rocky has been in jail in in the gi tract to prevent an excess sweden for nearly a month after of white blood cells from entering he was accused of serious and causing damaging inflammation. entyvio has helped many patients assault allegations causing achieve long-term relief and remission. bodily harm against a 19-year-old afghan man in the infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen during or after treatment. country after a concert. entyvio may increase risk of infection, a$ap rocky has maintained his which can be serious. innocence during this trial, pml, a rare, serious, saying that he was acting in potentially fatal brain infection caused by a virus self-defense and that he felt may be possible. threatened. president trump even going so

tell your doctor if you have an infection, far at one point as to send his experience frequent infections or have flu-like symptoms or sores. special envoy for hostage liver problems can occur with entyvio. affairs. yesterday we saw a leaked letter ask your doctor about the only gi-focused biologic from that special envoy to the swedish prosecution saying that just for ulcerative colitis and crohn's. there could be, quote, negative entyvio. consequences for bilateral relief and remission relations between the two countries. within reach. so this is potentially put to bed. we will wait and see what happens in these next two weeks and what the judge's final verdict will be for the rapper. >> all right. salma abdelaziz for us, thank you so much. the parents of one of the two american teens being held in the stabbing death of an italian police officer are asking the prosecution to produce video evidence of the crime. they visited their son, finnegan lee elder in a prison in rome on friday. elder and another teenager are accused of stabbing the officer 11 times during a drug bust apparently gone wrong. in a statement, elder's father

said he hopes video evidence will show what actually happened. joining me now with the latest from rome is cnn's melissa bell. what are the chances they'll see any video evidence, melissa? >> well, it has been now of course more than a week since that tragic killing took place exactly here. you can see there are still tributes to the slain italian officer here at this spot. you mentioned there the video evidence as finnegan eld area's father left the country, issued that statement, calling on it to be made available that is crucial because you'll remember the video evidence was to begin with what had led the police to the american teens who were staying in a hotel just down the road from here. the problem is the way the italian system works means that so far we've had an awful lot of information from the prosecution, from the investigating judge. there have been press conferences. there have been leaks. but we had very little from the defense, apart from a sou

close to the defense expressing really his frustration that the defense hadn't been given access to things like the full autopsy report which simply isn't ready, although the fact according to the italian prosecution that mario rega was stabbed 11 times, is widely known, has been widely spoken about in the media. the other crucial part of evidence that the defense wants access to, and that's what finnegan elder's father reminded us is the cctv footage where that alleged confrontation took place in the early hours of friday morning a week ago. now according to the prosecutor's office, one of the cctv cameras that was on this spot was broken on that night. but the full repo fully

president trump says he will soon choose a replacement for dan coats as director of national intelligence. coats set to step down in a couple of weeks, but republican congressman john ratcliffe, who had been nominated, actually now will not be offered the job. cnn's alex marquardt explains why. >> reporter: congressman john ratcliffe no longer president trump's pick to be the next director of national intelligence before even being officially nominated. sources who spoke with president trump telling cnn he privately voiced concerns in recent days about ratcliffe's ability to be confirmed, despite saying this in public. >> i think he is just outstanding. highly respected by everybody that knows him. >> reporter: but as he spoke, pressure was grog on capitol hill. >> he strikes me as extremely unqualified in every way. >> reporter: senate democrats, as well as some republicans expressing their own concerns about ratcliffe's experience and possible dishonesty about his

past. >> there needs to be a thorough investigation of his implied claims. >> reporter: ratcliffe has out the his time as a u.s. attorney in east texas as his main national security credential, a period that lasted only 14 months. in his congressional bio, ratcliffe claims during that time he put terrorists in prison. but a cnn search of terror-related cases doesn't show any that ratcliffe himself prosecuted. and his office couldn't offer examples or evidence. in that same congressional bio, ratcliffe also says he arrested 300 illegal aliens in a single day, even though it was actually a multi-state, multiagency operation to sweep up suspected illegal workers. in the end, according to "the washington post," just 45 workers were charged by ratcliffe's office, six of whom were dismissed. then there is hisce, having never served at any of the agencies he was slated to lead, a had significant