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afghan peace talks are on hold for now. the u.s. secretary of state says the militant group will have to make a number of commitments before talks can resume, including a reduction of violence. >> the suspension comes after president donald trump announced he was cancelling a secret meeting with taliban leaders at camp david. cnn's kylie atwood has more now. >> reporter: the decision to have this meeting was made about a week ago when president trump met with his national security team, and we're told that he was told by a number of folks, including senator lindsey graham and his national security advisor john bolton, that too much trust was being put in the taliban in these negotiations. the president wanted to get involved himself. but we do know that the u.s. officials who have been watching over these negotiations felt that there was some progress made between the u.s. and the taliban. the taliban had agreed to reduce violence in afghanistan, at least in part. we don't know the specifics of

what they were committing to. they were also saying that they were going to break from al qaeda. now, when secretary pompeo was asked about how the u.s. could trust the taliban to actually break from al qaeda or trust them to prevent al qaeda from carrying out terrorist attacks outside of afghan soil, secretary pompeo said that it was trust, but verified. so we'll have to see how the u.s. is able to verify those commitments if they are able to come back to the table with the taliban. but for now they have hit pause, and they have canceled these talks. let's listen to how secretary pompeo described that decision. >> we've been working on those for a while. it was the case that when the taliban tried to gain negotiating advantage by conducting terror attacks inside of the country, president trump made the right decision to say that's not going to work. we're going to walk away from a deal if others try to use violence to achieve better ends in the negotiation. it's not right, it's not

appropriate. it killed an american and it made no sense for the taliban to be rewarded for that kind of bad behavior. >> reporter: one of the things that the u.s. and taliban were discussing that would be part of their agreement was drawing down 5,000 u.s. troops within 135 days of any agreement that the u.s. and taliban were able to reach. now, obviously there is no deal, but secretary pompeo did not say that there is a decision made on what is going to happen with u.s. troops in afghanistan right now. the numbers and the specifics on troop movements are still under consideration and that's one thing that we will be watching closely as we prepare for more news out of the white house as president trump meets with his national security team later this week. kylie atwood, cnn, washington. >> and critics have said the proposed u.s. taliban deal would give too much to the militant group while getting little in return. >> also, there was criticism within the president's own party about having taliban leaders in

the united states for talks, especially near the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. >> the idea that taliban leaders in the week of 9/11, but even beyond that, taliban leaders were going to come to really the area in the united states not too far from new york, camp david, that has been a place of such wonderful things that have happened in the past. negotiations between nation states can happen there. but a terrorist organization that doesn't recognize nation states, that kills innocent women and children, that denies women the right to even really be in the same room as their husbands is part of the minor terrible things they do. to have them at camp david is unacceptable. the president did the right thing walking away. i'm very concerned, though, we were really close to having taliban leaders there. >> my issue is with the terms of the deal as we understand them now. i do not think we are getting hardly anything in exchange for

withdrawing our forces. again, the taliban are treating it as a victory. and i don't buy that either rhetorically or from a military capability standpoint that the taliban have walked away from -- have walked away from al qaeda, which is what drove us to afghanistan in the first place. i don't ever want to see, you know, again, as we head into the anniversary of 9/11, i do not ever want to see these terrorists step foot on united states soil period. >> and for more on this, cnn's nathan hush joins us from moscow. good to see you, nathan. it is significant many of the critics of this now canceled secret tell ban meeting at camp david are actually republicans, appalled any such meeting was ever scheduled on u.s. soil just days before 9/11 anniversary. so how was that ever considered acceptable? and what is the likely next step with this? >> well, rosemary, it's also worth pointing out that today also marks the anniversary of

the assassination of a prominent anti-taliban commander who is also a national hero of afghanistan. certainly over the past several months, president trump's special envoy to afghanistan has been meeting with the taliban negotiating team in the gulf emirate of qatar where he's been discussing the outlines of what would be or what was hoped to be a withdrawal agreement. but that is not necessarily the same as a broader peace deal that would bring together all of the different warring parties inside of afghanistan. and certainly the afghan government was essentially sidelined in this process. the talks were just between khaleel assad's team and with the taliban representatives. so certainly there's been consternation in kabul in the afghan capital. and here's what saadiq sadiki, the spokesman of the president of afghanistan had to say. >> we strongly believe in a

process that can be led and owned by the afghan government and afghan people, and that will lead us to a dignified peace, a sustainable peace, and a peace in which taliban will not kill afghans any more. so that's what we think. >> so, rosemary, what we have here is the possible peace talks being put on pause. and whether or not that holds the possibility that there could be a reboot of this process and one that might possibly involve or more greatly involve the afghan government remains to be seen. and certainly everyone is going to be watching to see what president trump's next move is here, because this is certainly a process that has been largely led from washington and involving the taliban. so certainly a lot of moving parts here if there is to be a real genuine peace process, rosemary. >> yes. we'll certainly be watching very closely on that.

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welcome back, everyone. well, the u.s. coast guard is trying to rescue four south koreans on board a cargo ship that overturned and caught fire off the coast of the u.s. state of georgia on sunday. >> 20 other crew members including other south korean and filipino nationals have been rescued. cnn's natasha chan is near the ship and has more. >> reporter: there are a lot of people gathered on this pier right now looking at this giant cargo ship on its side going nowhere. there are four people who are still on board, and the u.s. coast guard is currently standing by outside the ship. they were on board earlier looking for them, but they had to stop that mission because there was black smoke, flames visible, and because of potential multiple fires and instability of the vessel they had to leave the ship.

so right now they are waiting for a damage assessment team to come take a look at the situation and let them know that it is okay, that it is safe to get back on board and continue looking for those four people. they did rescue another 20 people from this crew in the early morning hours sunday. a very difficult mission where some of them were hoisted up into a helicopter. others were lowered, some by fire hose onto boats. now, right now there is concern about how those four people are doing. a lot of people here gathered on the pier wondering that as well. right now it is a waiting game. could be hours, could be days before any of this is resolved. natasha chen, cnn, saint simons island, georgia. >> natasha, thank you very much. now to the devastation in the bahamas. the death toll continues to rise there. >> officials say 45 people are now dead, but with hundreds still missing, they expect that number to rise dramatically. >> rescue teams have been digging through debris fields. they are searching for any survivors they can find, but all the rubble is slowing down the

efforts. you can see there is so much devastation there. >> and in the worst hit areas, relief teams are delivering aid to 70,000 people left homeless. as cnn's paula newton reports, many of them are now trying to leave. of >> give me the -- >> reporter: finally they are going. relief for the thousands stranded in apocalyptic conditions. >> anyone that wants to leave can leave. we have, we have ships coming in back and forth all day taking folks out. >> reporter: in marsh harbor, they line the port hour after hour with one thing on their minds. >> right now food doesn't matter to me. all i want to reach is to get on that boat. >> reporter: lugging belongings they have skachl ened from demolished homes and lives, thousands are finally evacuated. >> hello? >> hey, lili. >> hey, hey. >> this is ann. >> are you all right? >> yeah, milly, i okay.

>> reporter: she was letting her family know she was okay and getting on a boat. this little solace, though sherks has friends and relatives she hasn't heard from since the storm. the government has warned the death toll will rise dramatically. a fact already known to those who lived through this. search dogs are on the islands, but strained already from the overwhelming job at hand. more advertisin mortitians are waiting for the grim work to begin. it will be a challenge, they say, as bodies are submerged, others buried alive. bahamian and u.s. aid officials confirm based on ground assessment, abaco islands remain for search and recovery. the land savagely flattened by the storm. they don't have an estimate of how many people are here or how many got out alive. the belongings strewn everywhere. it is impossible to make out

where the homes were and where they stood. and that means there is no way of knowing how many victims remain under the rubble. >> i want to process the data. there was one laying here, one laying there. and this is the beginning of the mud. >> reporter: william davis barely survived. this boat ended up on the rooftop of his business. that's how ferocious the surge was. he knows why the death toll so far won't stand. >> no way. i think it's going to be astonishing. >> reporter: how many do you think -- people you know? >> just from right here, we have four from right here. >> reporter: he believes those four victims were swept away to sea and that could be dorian's indelible legacy. not just the destruction, but the fact that loved ones now counted as missing may never be found. paula newton, cnn, marsh harbor, balls. bahamas.

>> the sheer devastation on the islands has driven many people around the world to pitch in to do what they can to help. one of them is an entrepreneur and philanthropist bethenny frankel. bethany just returned from the islands and joins us by phone. good to have you with us. >> hi, how are you? >> good. thank you for your time today. first of all, help our viewers in the united states and around the world understand exactly how your team is contributing here. surely there's a lot of work to be done there. you're able to do this at scale? you have planes making several trips delivering to several different bases throughout the bahamas. this is by no means a small operation. >> it's not a small operation, but we are -- infrastructure year round is small, 100% goes to the relief effort. so we're very lean -- not lean, we're nice. we partner with the right teams to be first in and really do a large-scale relief effort. so we now have four to eight

planes a day going into the surrounding islands. people need to understand there are probably, like, seven or 800 -- 700 islands in the bahamas. only 100 of them are affected, but horribly affected. absolute catastrophic devastation. and many of them are very inaccessible. so a lot of things you're seeing on the news are some of the more accessible islands that are getting relief. it was not -- it was the same way in maria you were seeing footage things seemed to be okay in san juan, but what's going on in the really inaccessible islands is horrific. it is definitely the worst thing that's ever happened in this part of the world, by far. it is -- i mean, maria is so near and dear to my heart and amazing to pull puerto rico together. i thought i had seen the worst. this is another level and i don't post really the steextent how bad the images are because they're just too horrific for

people to actually see. i want to be positive and show people what we're doing. we've been in there, like i said, four to eight planes a day. marsh harbor, baker bay, which is a satellite for iguana. we also have a caravan plane that brought over bikes, atvs, rafts, drones to our bases. we set up bases. we filled up the warehouse, depleted it and now moved to another 60,000 square footwear house. we have a massive cargo plane go today. we have a big cargo ship, i think 110 feet, that will start tomorrow that has already been loaded up. the big thing now which is what happened with maria was that we amassed the nations relief. everybody gets passionate and excited, but they have no way to get their relief to where it needs to get to. we have that capability. so right now florida is pulling together and getting us relief.

we'll take, you know, thousands to millions of pounds of relief from around the country and that's really a big part of it. >> we have some images hereof some of the things that you're delivering. we also have a time lapse. if we can show that to our viewers, showing your team there on the ground there, treasury you a treasure cay in the bahamas. bethenny, when you reach the islands, you say it's hard to reach. what does it mean to the people when you get there? >> they're desperate. this is desperation. unlike puerto rico -- puerto rico had no clean water, that you could purify. there is no running water. think about going to the bathroom, bathing. forget drinking. there's no water whatsoever. there's no service, so puerto rico lost service in a lost of the island. something's wrong, nobody can find you. it's complete and utter desperation. people are begging to get off

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likely impact the state of alabama. initially the national weather service in birmingham responded with this tweet saying, alabama will not see any impact from dorian. we repeat, no impact from dorian will be felt across alabama. >> but now we have new information on that story. this is a story we just learned. the washington forecast reports, a top official reports -- they told the staff september 1st not to contradict the president. so that is interesting. a meteorologist who wishes to remain anonymous told the post this. this is the first time i have ever felt pressure from above not to say what truly is the forecast. so -- >> yeah, want to get a little more on this. let's go to meteorologist pedram javaheri. he joins us live. as a meteorologist yourself, we would both be interested to get your reaction to this direction given by a top official to staff at noaa not to contradict the

president when it comes to the forecast. what did you think? >> yeah, absolutely. of course, you know how the funding is set up in place when it comes to the national weather service. noaa and how the white house dictates where the funding is transferred to. it makes sense you don't want to bite the hand that feeds you. it is a first a forecast being swayed one direction or another when it comes to something like this. we know models, of course, storms can end up in various locations many days out. but the official forecast the hurricane center puts out, that was at the heart of the discussion in the meteorological community. that was never directed into portions of alabama as potentially it was depicted. again, that is a long day -- many days ago. we're going to talk about what's happening at this point because there is still what is left of dorian impacting portions of the canadian maritime. about half a million customers without power, this storm came ashore with 100 mile per hour winds across portions of nova scotia. you look at the broader perspective, across portions of

the atlantic, 20% chance closer towards the bahamas. of course, whether this forms into a's tropical system or not, that is to be seen. rainfall is across an area we do not want to see additional rainfall within the next several days or several weeks. notice we are beginning to reach the peak of tropical season. september 10, a period away from historic peak of tropical systems. reaching the peak across the atlantic. here's what's left of dorian, 90 mile per hour winds, it's a cold core system that is no longer a tropical system with a warm core associated with it. here are the models' suggestions of where the storm will end up the next week or so. guess what, over the next couple of days, remnants skirt by the northern tier of europe. if you're tuned in across portions of island, scottish highlands region, tremendous winds in the forecast potentially as much as 60 miles per hour or 100 kilometers per hour. that would be as early as tuesday afternoon, potential power outages across that region

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. you're watching cnn newsroom live from the atl. i'm george howell. >> and i'm rosemary church. let's check the headlines for you this hour. the death toll from hurricane dorian has now climbed to 45 in the bahamas. that number will likely rise as rescue teams continue searching for hundreds still missing. 70,000 people in the hardest-hit areas are homeless and many are trying to leave. >> iran has indicated it will soon release the british flagged

oil tanker it seized back in july. the foreign ministry says it's finishing up the legal paperwork before letting the ship go. iran seized the vessel two weeks after one of its own tankers was briefly detained by british forces near gibraltar. >> u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo says the u.s. still wants a peace deal with the taliban, but talks won't move ahead until the taliban deliver on a number of commitments, including reducing violence. president trump says he canceled a secret meeting with taliban leaders after the militants took credit for a bombing that killed a u.s. soldier. >> the story we're following here, he planned to fly british airways today or tomorrow, it's important to check your flight status. this story breaking here. the airline says it's canceled almost all of its flights as pilots begin a 48-hour strike. the pilots -- a first by b.a. pilots, the british pilots association is calling on the airline to share more of its profits with its pilots.

the a has countered a pay increase that's been offered was fair. there is criticism for president trump's own party over the idea of inviting the taliban to the united states for talks. >> mike pompeo spoke with cnn's jake tapper about it. >> you know, it was just a few weeks ago, and i'm sure you're well aware of this, it was a few weeks ago that the taliban put out a video in which they supported the 9/11 attacks, reiterating their support for the 9/11 attacks, blaming the 9/11 attacks on the united states and foreign policy. i guess the question would be, here is an organization that still supports 9/11, still believes that the united states was to blame. we brought that on ourselves. why bring people like that to camp david? i understand why you want to negotiate for peace, but why bring people like that to camp david? >> jake, we're trying to get this accomplished. the american people are demanding it. now almost two decades and the

loss of life -- when i was with that family last night, amazing patriots, almost the whole family. the sergeant's father himself served on honorably in the armed forces. we have to take it down. that's what the president was trying to do. when i was director of c.i.a., i had young men and women taking enormous risk to their lives. we're aiming to get this right. we're working to talk with those leaders that can actually deliver on these outcomes. that's what president trump and i are both focused on and we're going to keep driving towards that outcome. >> jessica levinson joins me now from los angeles. she is a law professor at loyola law school. always great to have you with us. >> good to be with you. >> so, president trump just canceled a secret meeting at camp david with taliban leaders after they claimed

responsibility for a bombing that killed a u.s. soldier. now, critics, many of them republicans, are asking why taliban leaders were ever scheduled to meet on u.s. soil just days before the 9/11 anniversary, particularly when they recently released a video reiterating their support for the 9/11 attack on this country. what was the president thinking? >> well, i think the president was thinking that he is a master deal maker and that he could make a deal with the taliban. he was thinking he could announcing we were drawing down. he said he thinks it's absurd and there is no reason there are all those u.s. troops there. i think what he thought is he could get in there, he could use the negotiation skills that he claims he has. he could talk to the taliban and say that they needed to reduce their violent attacks, which, of course, they've only actually ramped up recently. and he could announce, i made this huge deal on the world stage. now, of course, as he said in

the trajection, the optics of this, we're coming up on the anniversary of 9/11. that you would invite members of the taliban that members of this administration have called the terrorist taliban to camp david, i think it's done something that president trump really hasn't been able to do for much of his presidency, which is unite both republicans and democrats in their criticism of this decision. >> it has many scratching their heads for sure. and, of course, with congress poised to reconvene after their august break, what progress, if any, will likely be made on gun control legislation, particularly in the wake of multiple deadly mass shootings in this country? >> yeah, i mean, i think that the real answer is no progress. this time for the first time when i started my semester, we talked about the fact with my undergraduate students that people are advertising back packs that are bullet-proof back packs. we talk about what type of

country we are living in now. and i think the response is that the people -- our behavior is changing. we're sending kindergartners coming home from school talking about shelter in place drills. we're sending middle schoolers who are talking about lockdown drills. and yet our representatives really -- i think it's almost guaranteed will not act on this issue. mitch mcconnell has been very clear that he will take president trump's lead on this issue. i think president trump has shown absolutely no appetite, although he has waffled at times, but for tight gun control, i think this will continue to be an issue in the 2020 election, and i think it is one much those issues that could really motivate voters because it hits a lot of people where it matters. it hits them at home. it affects their daily lives. >> all this when the majority of americans want to see some sort of progress on gun control legislation. and also want to ask you this

because with the house judiciary committee preparing to vote to define a trump impeachment inquiry, some democrats feel such a move will only embolden the president politically while liberal democrats say it has to be done, it has to be done now. where is this all going and where will it likely land, do you think? >> yeah, i think that both are true. so i think that critics of president trump will say we absolutely need to go forward with impeachment. this is our job. this is our constitutional duty. robert mueller wrote us a, basically a letter saying, congress, i don't have a role here. i just have an investigatory role. it's up to you. i think that supporters of president trump will say, i cannot believe democrats can't just go to work for the american people. they keep beating this dead horse. and why are they such sore losers? where is it going? i think we really have to look to the leader of the house, nancy pelosi, very careful about

wanting to start and initiate impeachment proceedings. she's going to have a's talk with the caucus to see who is vulnerable in 2020. i think this will largely not be a moral calculation, but it will be a political calculation to determine whether or not it is palpable to go forward. >> we'll see where that goes. i did want to quickly ask you, former south carolina governor mark sanford has announced he plans to challenge president trump for the republican nomination next year along with two other republicans. but given mr. trump enjoys, what, about 90% approval rating within his own party, what's the point of doing this? and what impact might it have? >> i think the impact is very little. i feel like this has been the answer that i've had to all your questions, which is nothing is going to happen. i think it's largely true. mark sanford is not a strong candidate. he's not a strong candidate against this president who as you said enjoys large support in

the republican party. this challenge is going nowhere. i think largely it is either just a vanity exercise or it's for people who want to set up a run for 2024. but if you look at the primary states, if you look at how energized the republican voters are, i don't think this is going anywhere. >> all right, jessica levinson, always a pleasure to chat with you. many thanks. >> thank you. >> come halloween day in the u.k., what's scarier, halloween or brexit? the deadline is looming and no e.u. deal is in sight. britain's prime minister has his hands full. we'll take a look at what's next in the u.k.'s long journey to leave the e.u., brexit. stay with us. e outdated. the paperwork... the calling for everything. the searching for id cards... it's like you're stuck in the 90s. that's why esurance makes it simple with an app that has everything you need because that's how we live nowadays. rad. your id card is on a bodacious tiny future tv. wow! you're really committed to this whole 90's thing,

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the british prime minister boris johnson is meeting with ireland's leader, leo on monday. they are set to discuss whether they can make a breakthrough on the irish backstop issue which might form the basis -- might form the basis of brexit.

>> even though brexit hasn't even happened yet, ireland's prime minister is already feeling the pressure. our nic robertson has our report. >> reporter: at dublin's port soon to be a "frontline" managing the outfall of brexit, ireland's prime minister is holding out little hope of a breakthrough with the british prime minister boris johnson when they meet monday. >> prime minister johnson doesn't have a majority, so i'll be asking him how he can convince us, ireland and the european union, that he actually is capable or has the votes to get a deal through. >> reporter: the t. shot's inspections sunday seemed intended to bolster his image, protecting ireland's interests as debate over brexit ratchets

up. government data made public last week predicts a "no-deal" brexit could cost thousands of jobs in the tourism sector and carnage in the fishing industry. he is also taking heat over brexit's threat to peace in northern ireland. the pro united ireland party sinn fein accusing him of failing commitments to uphold northern ireland's good friday peace agreement, enshrining an open border. >> we're very concerned to hear -- and concede the point there might be checks. >> reporter: when he became t. shot two years ago, he broke the mold for irish leaders. young, gay, the first-ever born to immigrant parents. brexit is by far his biggest challenge. and while housing and health care have taken the shine off his early popularity, his handling of brexit is well

received. for the past year he has had plenty of e.u. support. meetings with german chancellor angela merkel, french president emmanuel macron, and european council president come apace. his meeting with johnson in the face of the u.k.pm's no deal extension brexit threat could be less smooth. he appears less than impressed with johnson's tactics. >> this isn't about politicians, it isn't about our lateral prospects. it's about protecting people's jobs, people's livelihoods, protecting business, protecting peace and protecting security. if an extension is required to do those things, any politician should be prepared to do that. >> reporter: as ireland's post-brexit preparations gather pace, political patience here seems to be wearing thin. nic robertson, cnn, dublin, ireland. >> and we'll be monitoring, of

course, for that meeting with the irish leader and boris johnson. but let's go live to number 10 now with anna stewart. anna live in london for us. anna, look, this has been you could say a challenging week for the prime minister. his own brother resigned, amber ruud resigning as well, and this week the prime minister may be required by law to ask for an extension, as you will remember, he has famously said he would rather be dead in a ditch than do that. but he might have to. >> reporter: so, essentially you're right. the bill to block a "no-deal" brexit, that becomes law today once it gets a rubber stamp of approval. if it cannot get a deal to depart e.u. by october 19, he has to request an extension by law. however, he says he won't do it. at the same time, george, all weekend lots of politicians coming out, lots of ministers from the government saying the prime minister will not be breaking the law which leads you to think, what is he going to do instead?

one suggestion from the foreign secretary is that he might challenge the bill itself in the courts, challenge legality, try and find a work around there. or suggesting today many of the british newspapers, an idea that he could ask for an extension of the e.u., the document he has to hand over. at the same time hand over an additional document which could sabotage the u.k. to have an extension. all sorts of complications. meanwhile as you mention, another departure from another minister. amber ruud said she doesn't think they are making finding a deal with the e.u. a priority. she feels they are spending too much time working on the "no-deal" brexit. george? >> a very crucial vote. anna, thank you. >> and for the first time ever, a member of the saudi arabia's royal family has been named the country's new oil minister. who does he replace?

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khalid al-falih, seen as the most powerful man in opec, is out of a job. >> and he's been replaced by prince abdulaziz. the appointment represents the first time a member of the royal family has served on saudi's oil -- as saudi's oil minister. >> we go to john in abu dhabi. why was khalid al-falih fired? >> i am at the world energy congress. most are in the opening session. it's the number one topic. the simple answer to your question is, it's a $2 trillion

valuation. minister ail fally was not thinking it was worth that. most think it could be worth 1.4 trilli trillion. he puts in his allies, his half-brother, prince abdulaziz. and he replaces al-falih. i asked what major impact this could have on opec, the alliance from russia and all we see coming from the united states at the same time. >> i think it's a positive notion, that a personality of prince abdulaziz taking it with all of the history of peck that he has. >> trying to wrangle 20 producers in the opec apparatus

takes a certain personality. you don't lose any momentum of steam with the remove of al-falih? >> no. i think saudi arabia has been leading and bringing people together. our producers together. and counting on that to happen. prince abdulaziz, is very influential on the market. >> if i have this conversation with you in six months, does the opec agreement stay intact without al-falih? >> i think the agreement is bigger then it's the agreement and commitment by countries. >> we've had four weeks of gains. is it belief that it's capped because of concerns of a global recession coming. do you see any slowdown in

orders that indicate that a slowdown is coming? >> we see demand is healthy. this is affecting all commodities. we're hoping to see lowering the tension between the u.s. and china. >> china is a big customer of yours. what would you say to the u.s. and china? what would you like to see happen? >> it's to the benefit of the world economy. they have to settle this trade dispute between them. and end it quickly. the minister of energy here. you can see the complexity, having all that drama taking place in saudi arabia.

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the political backlash over the trump's administration's plan letting with the taliban at camp david. aid groups are getting a sense of the devastation across parts of the bahamas, as they work to help tens of thousands of people, left homeless by hurricane dorian. the ongoing efforts to rescue four crew members, from a capsized cargo ship off of the state of georgia. welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm george howell. >> i'm rosemary church. at cnn headquarters here in atlanta,