a win for house democrats. they finally have access to documents all of washington wants to see. and we're getting more details about the mysterious truck filled with the bodies of 39 migrants. cnn is speaking exclusively with one of the victim's families. and they are heartbroken. also, wind, heat, dry conditioning, the wildfires on the west coast show no signs of stopping. these stories are all ahead this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen and this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ thank you, again, for joining us. our top story this hour, u.s. president trump get something

support from congressional republicans as the white house grapples with the ever-deepening impeachment inquiry. u.s. senator lindsey graham said 50 of his republican colleagues now back a resolution condemning how the house is conducting itself. and demanding a house vote on a formal inquiry. but a federal judge has now ruled that not only is the investigation valid, the house is entitled to all relevant documents because a thorough investigation is in the public's interest. we get more on these developments from cnn's man knew ragu on capitol hill. >> reporter: a major victory for democrats in court after a federal judge ruled yesterday that they were bound to get information related to the mueller report underlying grand jury information because they're in a legitimate impeachment inquiry. and that is significant because for some time, the white house and justice department have

argued that democrats are not conducting a formal impeachment inquiry because there's been no vote by the full house. democrats have said they don't need a vote to conduct an impeachment inquiry. the judge sided with the did democrats saying they're bound to get that information if they determine essentially how to conduct their impeachment probe. since this was filed this lawsuit was to get information and efforts for obstruction of justice. since then, the impeachment push is now focused on the ukraine matter, efforts by the president to withhold several hundred million dollars of military aid to ukraine, as he was pushing ukraine to open up investigations that could potentially help his re-election bid. today, a rare saturday deposition, a senior state department official phil reeker will come behind closed doors. will be interviewed by lawmakers, congressional staff, as they learn more about that

episode but also other witnes es bound to come next week in a very very busy week of depositions. watch for tim morrison to come testify. that individual is expected to corroborate key testimony from earlier in the week from a top diplomat who said the president did seek that aid in exchange to open up the investigation. this cases the democrats to show no signs of slowing down their investigation. they have issued new subpoenas. the top officials of office of management budget and top state department official who may not comply with those subpoenas, we'll see if the court ruling ultimately changes that decision. nevertheless, democrats are trying to push forward. they're unlikely to talk to the whistle-blower himself or herself because they're concerned from the lawyers of that person's safety. but still, democrats believe that they are moving quickly on

the path to potentially impeach the president which would make only the third time in history that a president has been impeached. man knew ragu, cnn, capitol hill. >> let's talk about these developments with inderjeet pardon parmar joining us from london. good morning. first of all, they got a boost by this judge who ruled that the house impeachment inquiry is legal. president trump has continuously said it is not. it's a pretty which will witch hunt, of course, they had unkind words for the democrats. what is the significant of this ruling? >> well, i think it basically blows out of the water the idea this is illegal and unconstitutional. the constitution states very clearly that the house has the right to carry out impeachment. it doesn't specify that there has to be any kind of floor vote or anything like that so this puts the legal footing, but it also has a political effect.

it basically undermines the argument of the trump administration, they're going to have to take it much more seriously, including republican voters who are paying some more of the facts and some of them are shifting positions on their stance towards impeachment proceedings. >> right. you mentioned republicans. and we know that mr. trump's republican support has been steadfast in congress, even as we just saw from man knew ranma lindsey graham has 50 republicans backing it. with these developments, it's hard to believe they can stick with asking for a formal inquiry. >> yes, i think this is probably not unexpected. you would expect the year ahead of an election, that they won't necessarily break ranks fully. but the evidence in this particular case is more and more

compelling. and i think we have a lot more to come. for example, what bill taylor, for example, told the hearings this week were devastating. that there was a clear link with president trump, the white house, with changing the behavior of the president of ukraine, in order to provide information. and to declare it publicly so he'll be bound by it. i suspect much more would come go if john bolton would appear before the house. so it's going to be difficult for republicans to hold on but they don't want to break ranks just yet because president trump has such support amongst the gop base at the moment. >> yes, the president continues to hold on to that base. he hasn't worked to bring in people from the blue states. he's counting on the base, but as you say, as this ticks forward, we're seeing more polls

americans are supporting this process. so that could mean trouble for the president, if there starts to be a crack in the small support, the limited support that he has. >> absolutely. and i think that very danger is what he's trying to avoid. so, president trump plays smoke in mirrors, sand in your eyes strategy. i think we knew that from almost the very beginning of his administration. i think what he wants to do is paint a particular kind of picture and don't reinforce that image that this is all ill leaguilllegal, a witch hunt. just to deflect attention from the facts. and i think facts are stubborn things and they've been more and more clear.

as we know president nixon retained almost 100% support from republican congress people in 1974 until the very last minute. and this could very well be the same kind of thing happening here. but the only surprising thing is there are more facts available about this particular infraction than there were at that time about president nixon's. >> all right. as you say, and much more testimony to come this coming week, even today on saturday, inderjeet parmar, we appreciate your insight. thanks so much. thank you. we want to take you to moscow now, where moments ago this woman a controversial player in the russian investigation arrived home. that's maria butina who was released from prison. she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government. she tried to infiltrate

conservative u.s. political groups including the national rifle association and promote russian interests. she intends to return to her hometown in siberia. but this is her arriving just a short time ago in moscow, after being released by the united states. well, the trump administration is taking new steps to try and pressure cuba over what is called the repression of its people and its foreign policies. starting december 10th, the u.s. is suspending flights to nine cuban cities but not including havana. cuba's general director for the united states criticized the decision tweeting this, important attempts to extract political concessions from cuba drives u.s. government to increasingly extreme measures, punishing a whole nation merciless. we're seeing an increase in mass and civil unrest from latin

america to the middle east. of course, it started in hong kong, throngs of protesters have been clogging busy streets, defying curfews and clashing with police. they are marching over a myriad of issues including corruption and economic hardships. the unrest unfolding in iraq has been the most violent where unemployment and corruption turned deadly on friday. at least 42 people were killed and more than 2,000 people were injured. and in nearby lebanon, hezbollah supporters clashed with anti-government protesters who had been out on the streets for more than a week. let's go now to cnn's senior international producer in istanbul and ben wedeman in beirut. ben, first to you. >> reporter: oh, yes, this morning, actually, the streets

are relatively calm. many of the shops that have been closed for the past ten days have been reopened. some of the roads shut have been reopened. however, at this moment, just a few hundred meters from here, there is one of the main roads in downtown beirut called the ring road where protesters are facing off against the police. at the moment, we don't see any violence yet, but it does seem that the police are trying to remove them. what we saw yesterday, natalie is just below our office, in the square below the prime minister's office. we saw clashes between hezbollah supporters and anti-government demonstrators. there has been rising tensions between the anti-government comment straighters and hezbollah. because among other things, the demonstrators are calling for the departure of the ruling class, all political leaders and of course, hezbollah is one of the most important political

parties, definitely the best organized in lebanon. so, that's what we saw. now, during the afternoon, while there were these sporadic clashes in the square below me the secretary-general of hezbollah came out and made a speech. among other things he said he's in favor of the government remaining as it is, that there should be these reforms proposed by, or rather tabled by prime minister but this disruption to the government, this basically economical practice liaralysis going on could lead to disorder and civil war. so, certainly, that has raised tensions significantly. perhaps things will calm down. what we've seen so far today. but at this point, we're really just going to -- i hate to choose a cliche, we're going to

have to wait and see, natalie. >> all right. our biggest protest there in decades in lebanon. ben wedeman, thank you. now, let's go to gol toulouse, she's following developments in iraq. >> reporter: yesterday was the latest change in protests in iraq. people once again out on the streets demanding better governance. and in the clashes, the demonstrations that we saw yesterday, 42 people at least were killed and 2,300 people were wounded. the police again with tear gas and rubber bullets at times. we don't know at this time if live ammunition was used, but we

know a couple weeks ago, there was ammunition and the death toll was much higher than yesterday. currently, we're see something of the demonstrators have set up tents across cities in squares. and right now, things seem to be calm. and this is really the latest reincarnation of dissatisfaction of the iraqi government by regular iraqi people. they are saying they had enough of bad governance. they're saying that the bad economy is not something they'll tolerate anymore. and the high youth unemployment is something they won't accept anymore and they're asking for basic services. in a country that has as much oil wealth as iraq does, enthusiasm have parts of the country that only have electricity for three or four hours. people are saying, that's not enough. we need some change. and they're pointing the finger squarely at the government. they're pointing the finger at

the political elite and saying you have failed us. this is the generation, the generation on the streets that came into its own after the u.s.-led insflavasion in 2003, they're saying this government is failing us. it's time to change. you need to go. natalie. >> i can remember all the way back to 2003 when they didn't have electricity and it was sporadic. here they are in 2019, nothing has changed. we appreciate it, gul, thank you. next up, a heart wrenching text and a family fearing the worst for their daughter. more developments in the investigation of the 39 found dead in a truck in southeast england. the father of a possible victim has been talking with cnn. we'll share that with you. as, the british prime minister suffered defeat after defeat at the hands of parliament. now, he's trying to take back control. what are his chances? at life ofk

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david culver, he's following developments from beijing. this was a heart wrenching text. and we've seen the suffering of this family, what more can you tell us about this one story, knowing there are so many more that are going to be like this as people figure out who was in that truck? >> yeah, no question, natalie. several families are now going to feel the same agony that you're about to see this one family in vietnam going through right now. you've got to put yourself in their positions and thinking that they wanted to send their daughter, their 26-year-old daughter off to the uk for what she thought would be a better life. more opportunities. her parents helped her with that. cnn speaking exclusively with her parents in north central street ya vietnam. this is the text that her parents received. thinking she started her new life. instead they get this. i'm sorry dad and mom the way i

went overseas was not successful. mom i love dad and you so much. i'm dying because i can't breathe. i am so sorry, mom. that is the message they got. you can match the confusion and the despair. especially how they thought their daughter was going to be transported to the uk. take a listen to what the father told us. >> translator: i asked her some information about how she would travel, what transportation type. she answered that they was going by vip safe route. go by airlines, go by car. if i had known she would go by this way. nobody would let their kids go. i would never let her go. >> added to that is the great expense that this cost the family financially. while certainly that doesn't rank nearly as high as a life lost, for them it does matter because it was 40,000 u.s. dollars that they say for their

daughter to be transported to the uk. to put it in perspective, they make roughly $400 a month. now, this is, of course, bringing up a lot of questions that they're seeking answers to. right now, natalie, they're hoping that authorities will respond and give them those answers but they're sitting there rather hopeless. >> right. this investigation is going on, as we said, a world away. and you just see the pain in that father's face. he's carrying it right there in his eyes. so tragic. so sad. david, thank you. well, a dizzying week in english politics. ahead, it's all things brexit. here's what happened on monday, the house of commons speaker denied a new meaningful vote on brexit saying nothing had changed. and then rejected boris johnson fast track to meet that deadline. the prime minister then paused the legislation until the eu made a decision on extension.

wednesday, lawmakers grilled will johnson about his plan. on thursday, he called for a general election december 12th. finally, friday, eu leaders agreed in principle on a brexit delay. likely to see how uk lawmakers vote on the motion set for monday. the independent seat, the local commentator john reynold joins us from london. hey, john, can you make sense of everything i tried to say. >> well, one of the people outside of britain may at least can talk ourselves into it. the simple thing that you missed out there was also on tuesday, the house of commons did actually vote in favor in principle of leaving the eu. and of the legislation to take it out of the eu. and that is possibly the most important thing that has happened this week.

but, of course, the problem is the government doesn't have a majority in parliament, and therefore, it cannot actually force parliament to get that legislation through by any particular deadline. and that's what this is about. but parliament has made the argument right now over the timing and when there needs to be a general election in order to force it. >> we know that boris johnson after taking on parliament has talked about being reasonable now with parliament. but do they have any reason to compromise or work with him at this point? >> well, yes, 93 shg, they do, the labor opposition doesn't want to appear to be obstructing brexit if there there's a majority in parliament for it. they just want to try to impose conditions. they want to try to amend the

legislation. they want to try to achieve a brexit. they perhaps even want a second referendum on the decision. all of those things take time and slowing things up. that's why boris johnson is saying we've got to have a general election to cut through this endless delay on obstruction. but parliament is not going to vote for an early general election on monday. >> and what about the eu? leaders have agreed for a delay, but do you have any idea for how long? >> well, no, they haven't decided that. they're waiting to see what the uk parliament decides on monday. and i suspect, after -- they will have that on monday that will reject the idea of an early election. so that means we won't have a christmas election, much to the relief of most mps. and then the eu will probably agree to an extension. now, the question is how long is that? because boris johnson is very

keen to get the eu to give him a very short extension because that would force parliament to make a decision. get the legislation through. and get us out of the european union this year. but the eu doesn't want to take a decision for us. if we're not taking decisions ourselves, most eu leaders don't feel why they should. apart from emmanuel macron who has been very friendly to boris johnson, he's the lone voice for the debate and giving up a short deadline to make up our minds. >> one thing is for certain, october 31st, well that is over. and we'll see how this plays out. we appreciate you helping us out with it. will you come back and talk with us again regularly. john rentoul. thank you. we have a quick update from yokohama, japan, england is

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♪ welcome back and staying with us. to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i'm natalie allen with our headlines. more than 800,000 people jammed the streets of chile's capital friday as living conditions rages. at least 19 people were killed since last week. their rack, demonstrations of unemployment and corruption have claimed at least 42 lives. more than 2,000 people have been injured in street clashes. a family in vietnam fears the worse after a young woman text her mother saying she couldn't breathe. she is thought to be one of the victims of the 39 found dead in that container near london. british police say the

nationality of victims have yet to be determined. fresh evacuation orders are now in effect in parts of northern california. that's where one of two major wildfires burn. firefighters also trying to contain a fire in the south near los angeles. the governor has declared an emergency in both locations. >> the united states is suspending commercial flights to nine regional cuban airports, but not havana, starting september 10th. this is the latest move by the trump administration by the nation. a cuban official accused the u.s. of not caring how families could be affected. a federal judge in washington has ruled the impeachment inquiry in congress is valid. then ordered the justice department to give congress portions of the mueller report that had been redacted, arguing it was in the public interest. central to the investigation is president's role in delaying aid to ukraine.

we're now learning more about what happened before and after that aid was released. here's cnn's alex marquardt. >> reporter: multiple sources telling cnn that after the funds for ukraine had been frozen all summer long, it was suddenly on september 11th that the president finally relented. the abrupt move triggered by a phone call with ohio republican senator rob portman who pressured the president to release the aid because a fiscal deadline was looming. this was a day after national security adviser john bolton was pushed out and two days after the ambassador gordon sondland told the president that the actions amounted to a quid pro quo. >> there was no quid pro quo at all. >> reporter: bolton has so far remained mysteriously silent. that may soon change, lawyers for bolton according to sources involved are in talks with the three house committees leading the impeachment inquiry about

bolton being deposed. >> he made some very big mistakes. >> reporter: sources tell cnn that a top deputy testified that bolten called the president's lawyer rudy giuliani a hand grenade who is going to blow up. >> it corroborated a lot of information we had previously about mayor giuliani freelancing. >> reporter: the inquiry is also expected to be ratcheted up next week with the testimony of tim morrison the white house senior official for ukraine who was on the infamous july 25th call between president trump sand president zelensky. morrison the first person on that call to testify is expected to confirm key testimony of the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine bill taylor who said on this that morrison told him that president trump did insist that president zelensky go to a microphone and say that he's

opening investigations of biden and the 2016 election interference. >> if you have somebody on the call saying this is what happened, that's direct evidence that cause problems politically and obviously legally. the pressure to release the aid to ukraine wasn't only by senator portman, but by the end of september, the funds had to be released or they would get nothing at all. so they were urged to send the aid, and then the president agreed but not before grumbling that the u.s. was getting a bad deal. meantime, the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani has had a rough couple of weeks. n nbc now reporting he accidently called one of their correspondents without realizing it and left voice mails in which he talked about large sums of money. >> tomorrow, i got to get you to on bahrain. you got to call got to call

robert again tomorrow. is robert around? the problem is, we need some money. we need a few hundred thousand. >> giuliani told cnn those calls had nothing to do with ukraine and were about other overseas projects he was involved with, all he said, perfectly legal. thousands forced from their homes in california. we've been saying it over and over again. because the fires just don't stop. we'll have the latest on the effort to knock these fires down and save these people's homes. plus, what role does climate change have to play in the fires? we ask an expert from the u.s. national weather service. (contemplative synth music)

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a fresh evacuation order is in effect for parts of northern california in response to a wildfire there. that's in addition to the thousands who have already fled the so-called kincade fire. it's raging in the wine region north of san francisco. firefighters are also battling a major wildfire near los angeles. it's tdubbed the tick fire. we have the latest in the efforts to knock down those flames. >> reporter: red flag warnings were in place. we knew it was coming, just not where. ignition point for this one, tick canyon road and the so-called tick fire exploded to 200 acres in just 20 minutes or so. homes were lost here. and canyon country just north of los angeles.

>> just -- we don't know. with the fire, i don't know, i could see the whole structure was on fire. >> reporter: dry brush, high temperatures and those whipping santa ana winds gusting at over 50 miles per hour, pushing the fire forward, those flames jumping a major freeway overnight. 10,000 structures endangered, 40,000 people under mandatory evacuation orders. >> we ask that people pay attention to the evacuations. it is mandatory. >> reporter: many not knowing what they might return to. >> what they usually suggest they recommend you do, like horses and livestock, just open gates and let them out. i never got to get up there. two fire trucks were going up the road. >> it's hard to sit and watch your community burn. but at the same time, we need to listen to our first responders and allow them to do their jobs.

>> reporter: this, just one of nine wildfires right now burning across the golden state. up norm in sonoma county, 49 structures destroyed by the contain cad kincade fire. nearly 22,000 acres burning. the local utility pg&e has now reported a high transmission line just seven minutes before the fire broke out and near the point of origin. >> we're at this point, we do not know exactly what happened. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of californians have had their power shut off in high-risk areas in the opens of preventing breakouts. right now, across california, thousands of firefighters, still fighting flames. still waiting for the next configuration. >> the utility company mentioned in nic's report is now mentioning historic winds over the weekend that could make the situation worse if that's indeed

possible, as our derek van dam has the latest. >> and we're seeing the same as well. monitoring the northern and central sections of the state, today and into the day on sunday, get this, nearing hurricane force for many locations. i want to take you to sonoma county where we have the fresh batch taking place. i want you to see the transmission lines. the utility lines with the fire directly below it. and there's no wonder that they are preemptively turning off the electricity in some of these locations. nearly 2 million people will go dark. or will probably go dark to prevent utility lines from sparking additional fires in the dry brush below. you know, that's not great for the residents that will lose their electricity. but regards, it's a great preventive measure to prevent any additional fires to spark up here. get to the graphics. you know, you can see this from space. this is the kincade fire.

i want you to see that plume of smoke that continues to burn just to the south of where the point of origin where the fire is actually located. the latest information, 10% containment just north of the los angeles region. the immediate threat across the south, the southern portions of california, we're in a brief lull. good news, the santa ana winds have started to relax. the local name for the winds in the central part of the state, diablo winds have started to pick up. we have fire conditions with gusts over 70 miles per hour. humidity less than 10%. and and dry vegetation. that's a recipe for disaster. you can see the computer models picking up some of the strongest gusts later tonight into sunday. that for the sacramento valley as well as the foothills of the sierra nevada mountain range outside of lake tahoe. from san francisco into the

redding region. we have high wind warnings and advisories. gusts 65 to 70-mile-per-hour in higher elevations, gusts in the valleys, 45. it's incredible to see the amount of large wildfires that have burned across the western u.s. we're seeing clearly the fingerprint of climate change taking place across the western u.s. if you just look at the millions of acres burned year on year on year that continues to see that gradual uptick. and, of course, we know that a warming planet means the potential for more wildfires. and that's exactly what we're experiencing. >> okay. we're going to talk about that in just a moment. derek, thank you. joining me now is brian garcia, warning meteorologist at the weather service. brian, we know you're very busy there in california. we appreciate you coming on, thanks. >> you're welcome.

>> you're a forecaster, brian, what have you seen with the forecast over the years there, with relation to warming? and also how is it affecting life and business there in northern california, because this has now become a common occurrence? >> right. yeah, it's really quite interesting having watched this just over a handful of years. i'd say, over the past five years, we've really seen an uptick in the number of fires, and the number of fires impacting people, whether it's directly by the fire or the smoke created by the fires drifting over heavily populated areas. for example, last year, the bay area was inundated with smoke from the camp fire. even going back to the earlier fires like the rock fire. and the mendocino, the car fire, we've had all of these fires in california. those seem to have increased in numbers. there's a whole host of ideas and thoughts why that is. and from what i'm seeing, it's pretty easy to draw a correlation to as we continue to

warm the atmosphere and we see these upticks in temperature across the area, year over year, we're seeing more what we call eva evapotransformation. with the bushes, shrubs and trees and such. and then the 4 1/2 year drought trying out the trees and larger fields. and then we have the larger areas that have had rain but that doesn't add in moist tush and that takes long time for that to occur. those large fuels, the big trees have a lot of mortality around that. and the beetles that have infested the trees. we have a lot of dead trees and it just creates a tinder box for fire. >> with all that you've said, let's get back to the people living there, going through this, do you think that people

are thinking now of the climate? and warming? and that this is a new normal for them. >> you know, it's really interesting talking to people because it seems like in general, we kind of have a short-term memory in a lot of things. people who are directly impacted by these fires tend to remember it. but even in 2017, when san francisco broke its all-time record high, 103, we hit 106 that year in september, very early september. that's kind of a fleeting memory now. so, we really need to do a better job of instilling this history into people. but it definitely impacts business lives. and we see a lot of businesses mitigating for climate change, whether it's sea level rise, or the threat of potential fires, and potential energy shutdowns now. >> so are you now, when you give your reports, are you referencing climate when you do that? >> you know, it's really interesting because meteorology

looks out from pretty much today, going out 7, 10, 14 days. whereas, climate looks season onlily ay seasonly and beyond. at this point when i go out and talk to agencies and i give them seasonal talks on what to expect for winter i'm starting to work climate talk into it. because they need to be climate literate for their planning for a winter season, the dry season. so climate literacy is becoming much more of an important part in meteorologist, because at the end of the day, as the climate changes, it's the meteorologists that dot daydo day forecasting that are going to be behind the desk having to forecast this change in environment. and i don't necessarily like to call it the new normal because the new normal implies that we've hit an equilibrium. and we haven't. we're not at an equilibrium. we're going to continue to warm and we're going to continue do

se see the impacts of the changing climate. >> we appreciate your insights. you're the one to talk to us about it. brian garcia, warning coordination meteorologist for the national weather service in monterey. we can thank you enough. thank you. >> appreciate it. we're keeping close tabs on the rugby world cup in yokohama. new zealand is finally on the board. but moments ago, england scored again, putting them 19-7. the pace of the game starting to pick up again. this would be quite the win for england if they were to overcome the very famous new zealand all blacks. we'll keep you posted. an early release from prison for a high-profile actress sentenced for the u.s. college admissions scandal. why actress felicity huffman is enjoying freedom a few days earlier than expected. that's next.

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which surrounds sau assault allegations was also in the nightclub. freedom has come early for the highest profile parent sentenced in the college scandal. tv star felicity huffman is out of prison a few days short of her two-week sentence. our alexandra field has the story. >> reporter: actress felicity huffman is now a free woman released from federal prison on friday. no longer an inmate. she was serving time in a northern california prison, sentenced to 14 days behind bars. in the end, she served just 11 days. the bureau of prisons explains she was given a one-day credit for the day she was processed. and they say it's normal to release inmates on friday when they're scheduled to be released on a weekend day. huffman would otherwise have been released on a sunday. huffman is one of people people charged in las vegas's largest college admissions scandal. 29 have now pleaded guilty.

she said she paid some $15,000 to have her child's s.a.t. score inflated. huffman expressed remorse when sentenced in a letter to the judge and in a statement to the public. saying she apologizes not just to her family, not just to her own children but also the other hard-working parents and students out there. in new york, alexandra field, cnn. activist and long time actress jane fonda said protesting climate change is the least she can do to draw attention for global crisis. for the third straight week she was led away in plastic cuffs as she and other demonstrators were arrested for blocking a key intersection right near the u.s. capitol. this time she was joined by actor ted danson. fonda did the civil unrest fire drill friday. she said she'll be there every friday until congress and government act on climate change. that is "cnn newsroom." thanks for watching, if you're

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