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hello and welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and, of course, all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i'm rosemary church. let's get started. well, it's all coming down to the final hours. will there or won't there be witnesses? the historic impeachment trial of donald trump is just a day away. authorities are scrambling to contain the virus that's beginning to spread outside of china. up to the minute details live from beijing. prince harry says he's sad, but there was no other option but to step back. hear the emotional message that the duke of sussex has for the
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world. ♪ ♪ we are getting a sense of u.s. president donald trump's defense strategy as his legal team prepares for his impeachment trial. the white house will file its legal brief by noon monday on the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. now, we already know the president's team will argue he shouldn't be impeached because his conduct with ukraine was not a criminal offense. that's what they're saying. meantime, the democratic leader in the senate said i will push for more evidence to be admitted. >> the president is afraid of the truth. most americans, my guess is even republicans, know what the truth
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and know he's hiding it. we democrats aim to get the truth and make no mistake about it. we will force votes on witnesses and documents. and it will be up to four republicans to side with the constitution to side with rule of law and not side in blind obeisance. he probably thinks he's guilty. >> sarah westwood has more now on what's ahead. >> reporter: with the trial of president trump set to begin on tuesday, both the white house and house democrats fired opening shots this weekend in the first round in the trial. they filed the trial brief and that's essentially a paper version of what we will hear the house democrats layout on the floor of the senate when the trial gets underway.
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interestingly, house democrats mentioned they may want to draw from new evidence. those are documents provided by lev parnas, an associate of the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani. republicans have sought to limit the evidence democrats can cite at the trial, just rely on what was relied on in the house. also ahead of the senate trial, it was a response to the summons of president trump. it was a six-page document from the president's legal team that offered a taste of the aggressive tone that trump's lawyers are likely to strike in the trial. it laid out extensive arguments of both abuse of power and obstruction of congress. of course, there is still a bitter divide in the senate between republicans and democrats whether lawmakers will hear from witnesses in the course of the senate trial. democrats on sunday stress they
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will be called. >> if the senator prevails, it will be the first impeachment trial that goes to conclusion without witnesses. >> there is no question that working with a foreign power, trying to extort a foreign power to interfere in our election is about as bad as you can imagine. the main fear, the framers of the constitution had, why they put the impeachment clause in the constitution was they were afraid of foreign interference of our domestic affairs. >> reporter: now, monday is set to be a busy day in the trial of president trump. the white house's legal brief is due by noon. an hour earlier at 11:00 a.m., the democrats presenting the ca case. democrats are still expressing complaints about the fact that
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they have not seen the senate resolution outlining the rules of the trial, but some senate republicans have pushed for an aggressive schedule that would see it longer, but fewer days for presenting. that question of witnesses also left open-ended heading into the week of the trial. sarah westwood, cnn, capitol hill. >> at a farm bureau conference, president trump boasted about recent trade agreements, but he got a standing ovation when he attacked the impeachment process. >> we're achieving what no administration has ever achieved before. and what do i get out of it, tell me? i get impeached. that's what i get out of it. [ laughter ] by these radical left lunatics, i get impeached. but that's okay. the farmers are sticking with trump. [ cheers and applause ] they're sticking with trump. >> all right. for more on all of this, jacob joins us from lagos in nigeria.
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he is an associate at lse ideas. that is a foreign policy think tank at the london school of economics. good to see you. >> good morning. >> so, we got a sense of how the white house plans to respond to the charges against president trump over the weekend with the newest member of trump's legal team, alan dershowitz said there was not an impeachable offense. let's listen. >> without a crime there can be no impeachment. >> it certainly doesn't have to be a crime. if you have somebody that completely corrupts the office of president and who abuses trust and who poses great danger to our liberty, you don't need a technical crime. which is it and what does this do to dershowitz's credibility when you see this? >> well, i think a lot of
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people -- dershowitz is one of a number of people who were in the senate in 1998, 1999 taking opposite positions. i think that speaks to the extent to which rather than being a nonpartisan process, whether than being an attempt to look at the law and high crimes and misdemeanors are determined. it's not defined in the constitution, have been committed. impeachment is a political process. but that's not a new thing. impeachment was a political process in 1999. i think if you were going through the same process, if president trump had done these things in 2001 and the composition of the senate were roughly what it was in 1999, i don't think the partisanship would be all that different. which side can make the political case? it defends on the idea this is a
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fundamentally legitimate process. the democrats, rather than trying -- i think they understand they are unlikely to scrape off the necessary 20 republican votes to convict the president, is to force republican senators, particularly those facing reelection in november, votes that will be impossible to defend to their constituents they can benefit from going into the election. >> we know the house managers need four republicans to vote with them to allow new witnesses and new evidence to be included in the senate trial. the republicans don't want to see that happen. so how likely is it that they -- the democrats will get those four votes? >> i think it's not out of the realm of possibility, but i think one thing we've seen over the last three years the degree to which trump has maintained an incredibly strong hold to the republican party, anyone who has
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dissented from trump has been forced out of the party. if republicans take a vote against him -- >> politics again, republicans are scared about the retribution from trump. they are worried about voting, so it's politics again. >> impeachment is slightly popular. the general view of the american people -- i mean, it's a heavy polarized electorate. the general view of the public is this is a legitimate process. so they are going to the general election with a general public, not by an overwhelming margin but robust margin. having voted, it puts them in a difficult position politically. >> you have to ask the question could there be a credible trial without witnesses. what trial is there that doesn't have witnesses?
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i think we've lost our guest there. jacob joining us there via skype. having a robust conversation. many thanks. well, a mysterious virus is spreading across asia. we will tell you where it's reached and how many people are now affected. plus a heart felt message from prince harry on the way he and his wife meghan are splitting ties with the royal family. we're back with that in just a moment. how do we make a scented oil plug-in that doesn't smell fake? start with the essence of nature air wick scented oils are infused... ...with essential oils that are 100% natural. to fill every corner with the fragrance of nature. air wick. (sensei) beautiful. but support the leg! when i started cobra kai, the lack of control over my business made me a little intense.
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hundreds of people were injured this weekend as lebanon saw a violent wave of protests. for months demonstrators have expressed their frustrations over the country's crumbling economy and the country's inability to choose new leaders. earlier this week protests turned violent, sparking what's being called the week of rage. police responded with tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets. the military has been deployed in an effort to restore calm.
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in iraq, demonstrators are back out on the streets of the capital baghdad. they are demanding political reform and a new prime minister. several activists tell cnn that today is the deadline for baghdad to choose a new caretaker prime minister. he resigned last year over iraq's struggling economy. controversial shi'a cleric is asking for respect for protesters' wishes. ainu mo pneumonia out break coronavirus is spreading across south korea. they confirmed the first case after it was identified in wuhan, china. meanwhile, chinese officials have confirmed 139 new cases of a pneumonia linked to the virus and say a third person has died from it. now there is concern the virus
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could spread this week as millions prepare to travel for the lunar new year. cnn's david culver joins us now live from beijing with more on this. and, david, of course, it is a big concern. what all are you learning about the new cases of pneumonia linked to the virus and how is the chinese government responding to this outbreak and efforts to contain it? >> reporter: i can tell you on that latter question there, rosemary, just in the past hour we heard from the foreign ministry here in china, and they say that they are in close contact with south korea, japan as well as thailand and health officials there in trying to learn as much about the spread of this coronavirus as possible. they also say that they are adamant, that they will try to protect the region's hiygienic security and one they are working to control. the reality is there is a lack of information, if you will. there is a lot of uncertainty. people, quite frankly, do not know what guidelines, if any,
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they should take with them as they are preparing to go forward with the holiday travel. as you mention, millions, hundreds of millions of people use this stretch of time, this 40 days that will go from january 10th into february to go visit loved ones and they're taking railway as one of the options. 440 million trips expected by train this year alone. so with that much close contact, there is concern that if this virus is one that can spread human to human, then this would be the prime place that it could happen. places like airports, places like railways. so that is what they're trying to at least now start with screening of the airports and railways for folks who are going into wuhan which is where this is centered and folks going to other countries from china, rosemary. >> this is the concern because south korea has now confirmed one case there, and we mentioned the lunar celebrations and the travel that is required there. so how do you stop that?
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>> reporter: right. and the reality is this is not just a chinese-specific travel holiday. this is a regional holiday. so you're going to have folks from other countries, neighboring countries, in fact, who are also going to be traveling. and that's the biggest question, can they really stop this spread. they are certainly putting measures in place as of now. they have put these airport screening devices, not only here in china and going into wuhan, but in places like jfk in the states, l.a.x., san francisco, and in japan, south korea and thailand now. so they're trying to take these precautions as best as possible. >> david culver in beijing, many thanks to you for bringing us that live report. anthony fouchi is at the institute of technology. thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> china is reporting a jump in the number of cases for this new
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strain of coronavirus linked to the central city of wuhan. how bad could this get, do you think and how concerned should everyone be about it? >> it really is an evolving situation, and we have to be prepared for the worst. i mean, i don't think there is cause for panic on anyone's part. we certainly need to be following it and watching this very carefully. as you know, just a couple of days ago it was report that had there were 41, then 45 cases. now we're up to 198. so this is a situation where, although it does not look like there is very efficient human to human sustained transmissibility, there likely could be some degree of human to human that started off as a situation that seemed to have arose out of a seafood market in wuhan. we're really not quite sure at this point what the point source of the infection is.
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but right now we're following it very carefully, and there does seem to be the possibility of some limited human to human transmission, which is obviously of some concern. >> right. and that's why we are learning that china is screening people at train stations and airports. we know that various u.s. and international airports are doing the same. so what are the symptoms that they would be looking for at this point and what symptoms should anyone who has traveled to wuhan be looking for? >> well, it's a combination of fever and respiratory symptoms. cough, difficulty breathing. it appears to be attacking the pulmonary function. so the people who are getting ill are getting pneumonia-type symptoms. so when you screen someone like here in the united states, we've started screening at three major airports. jfk in new york city. l.a.x. in los angeles. and san francisco international airport. and when you screen someone, you
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find out, do they have fever? do they have respiratory symptoms? and is there any contact in the sense of coming from the area, in this case wuhan where there is obviously cases that have now been evolving. >> what happens in the situation where they haven't necessarily -- their bodies haven't established those sorts of symptoms by the time they reach the airport? not until later do they start seeing those symptoms. >> well, that's an important point. that's the reason why although airport screening is helpful, it isn't perfect. and there certainly are situations historically with similar things such as with sars that we saw in 2002 and what we saw, people can get through airport screening who don't have any symptoms or don't have any fever. and by the time they arrive in their destination, the symptoms evolve.
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>> right. and that's the big concern, then, because that's presumably when there is the possibility of increased possibility, at least, of human to human contagion. so what more does need to be done to contain this new strain of coronavirus? >> well, obviously the simple types of things that you avoid, the kinds of contacts that could spread respiratory infection. for example, there are situations where you wash your hands, stay away from crowded places where people are coughing and sneezing and having respiratory symptoms. but the important part is to try and find out what the source of this is and to get a better feel for where it's evolving because we're still very much in the early stages of this. this is really first reported in the end of december, december 31st. and only in the past couple of days have we seen the evolution of a few, and now a lot more cases. so it really is a moving target.
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and we just need to do prudent public health measures such as what you've mentioned, like screening at airports. >> right. and clearly there is no vaccination that would deal with this particular strain at this point in time, but scientists no doubt will be working on that. how long does it take to come up with a vaccination specifically for this particular strain? >> well, i mean, one can get -- we at the national institutes of health here in washington are already getting the sequence from the chinese of the virus and are starting to be able to put it into the kind of form where you can start developing a vaccine. but in any situation, if you're talking about a vaccine that's practically able to be usable, you're talking really about a considerable period of time measured in several months for years. there is not going to be a vaccine for this.
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we're going to have to rely on classic good public health measures. >> we will keep an eye on this, of course. dr. anthony fouchi, thank you for being with us. appreciate it. >> pleasure to be with you. >> we want to turn to london now where prince harry said he and his wife meghan had no other option but to step back from the royal family. this comes after buckingham palace made the stunning announcement on saturday that the couple would no longer represent the queen. with great sadness, the duke of sussex spoke at a charity event on sunday about what led to this decision. >> it brings me great sadness that it has come to this, the decision that i have made for my wife and i to step back is not one i made lightly. it was so many months of talks after so many years of challenges. and i know i haven't always gotten it right, but as far as this goes, there really was no other option.
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what i want to make clear is we're not walking away, and we certainly aren't walking away from you. our hope was to continue serving the queen, the commonwealth and my military associations, but without public funding. unfortunately, that wasn't possible. it has been our privilege to serve you and we will continue to lead a life of service. so in that respect, nothing changes. it has also been a privilege to meet so many of you and to feel your excitement for our son archie who saw snow for the first time the other day and thought it was bloody brilliant. [ laughter ] i will always have the utmost respect for my grandmother, my commander in chief, and i am incredibly grateful to her and the rest of my family for the support they have shown meghan and i over the last few months. i will continue to be the same man who holds his country dear and dedicates his life to
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supporting causes and military community so important to me. together you have given me an education about living, and this role has taught me more about what is right and just than i could ever have imagined. we are taking a leap of faith, so thank you for giving me the courage to take this next step. >> prince harry is speaking very openly there. and if you are watching internationally, thank you so much for being with us. the global energy challenge is next. if you're joining us from here in the united states, do stay with us. we'll have more news for you after the break. good morning!
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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states. you're watching cnn newsroom, and i'm rosemary church. let's check the headlines for you. world leaders are calling for sanctions on anyone who violates any cease-fire in war-torn libya. they just wrapped up a libya peace summit in berlin where they pledge to respect an arms embargo and promise not to interfere in the country's ongoing civil war. "the new york times" editorial board has endorsed not one, but two candidates who it says should be the u.s. democratic presidential nominee. it has chosen senators elizabeth warren and amy klobuchar. the paper made the announcement
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in a televised special shedding light on the process that had been kept private for 160 years. u.s. president donald trump has until noon to file a trial brief with the senate. in a pretrial filing, his defense team argued he cannot be impeached because his actions in ukraine were not criminal offenses. the reply from the house is due 24 hours later. the impeachment trial begins tuesday. well, right now the global later gathering in a swiss re sort to discuss the very sources that are going to shape our lives in the months ahead, and i'm talking, of course, about the world economic forum, the annual summit that brings together political, business and finance leaders from all around the world. but this year, unlike last year, one among them is likely to steal more than his fair share of the limelight. nina dos santos explains.
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>> reporter: u.s. presidents are rare sightings in davos even among the elite crowd the event draws. but when donald trump turns up as he did two years a go, he's impossible to miss. >> we have a tremendous crowd and a crowd like they've never had before. >> reporter: the world economic forum with the globalist agenda is thousands away from the president's populist base. >> we are going to drain the swam. >> reporter: both geographically and politically. but davos is first and foremost a business gathering and donald trump is keane to attract outside investment. >> i'm going to be going to davos. i'll be meeting the biggest business leaders in the world getting them to come here. >> reporter: with the ink now dry on the truce with china, a victory lap is also the alpine air. >> what better place to talk about global trade and global economics than davos. >> reporter: this year's summit folk he is us on how to create a sustainable and cohesive world. among the attendees, greta
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thunberg who has clashed with president trump on climate change. and angela merkel, berated by him for spending too little on defense and too much on russian gas. after the u.s. killed teheran's top general, iran's delegation has decided to pull out. if everybody else wants to talk about climate change or iran, that's where he can get into some spats. i think we have to anticipate there could be some cringe worthy moments. we hope the president gets all of his tweets done before the doors of air force one open on the tarmac. >> reporter: the trip will be the president's first foreign event. it will be a politically charged year on the home front. it coincides with his impeachment trial in the senate and comes two weeks before the iowa caucuses. kilking off the primary season to determine his likely democratic opponent. as such, it's little wonder that a survey commissioned to head davos with u.s. politics is one of the global business
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community's biggest concerns. only the second sitting president to attend after bill clinton. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: he may not have scored a standing ovation, but this president's actions continue to keep davos's decision makers on the edge of their seats. nina dos santos, cnn, davos. >> and we are joined now by john depterius live from switzerland. how is president trump to be received when he takes the world stage and what is expected to be achieved at this year's world economic forum? >> reporter: well, it's part of the rub here against donald trump, rosemary, that it's his agenda that dominates the global narrative. at least at the start of 2020. you can see his game plan taking shape here. he'll drive home his point that he got the first stage of the
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u.s./china. the nafta agreement, the u.s. remains growing here. and the bold move for his entry into iran and the killing of the iranian general qassem soleimani. it was bold, it was audacious. there will be middle east players here asking is the region safer as a result? i would imagine the gulf allies of the united states, saudi arabia, u.a.e., for example, kuwait wouldn't agree so. u.s. troops in iraq, we'll hear from the iraqi president later in the week here at davos. also this is a critical window for europe, if you will because of the issue of the environment change. the president of france will stand up against donald trump. last time they basically let him have the center stage and he controlled the overall debate going forward. nobody challenged him on climate change. will they have a stronger backbone at 2020? this is something we need to see because of the global outcry against the warming of the
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climate and perhaps they're well behind the curve to do anything about it. >> it will be interesting to see how world leaders respond to president trump this year, of course. and the other concern, he has been denying the existence of climate change for sometime. this despite the scientific evidence that's out there for all to see. how is he likely to deal -- a lot of criticism thunberg will be there likely on the stage with him. are they likely to somehow cross paths, do you think? >> reporter: they'll cross paths. the world economic forum on its 50th anniversary didn't decide to have this juxtaposition. 11:30 a.m. tomorrow he'll take the stage. greta will do the same. she's going to try to avoid an
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environmental apocalypse. she hasn't been shy. whether it's united nations or other venues around the world, nor has the president in attacking her. this will actually move forward the environmental debate. and coming into this meeting we've seen the you're mean union announce a $1 trillion fund to move to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. you would think the president would wake up to the call here and do something about it. germany naacping away from coal. i remember my first one was right after the fall of the berlin wall. the world economic forum had a way of keeping them together at the debate. professor schwab took some criticism because he didn't challenge donald trump last year. just called him a strong leader. will that change this year? i would think so, rosemary. >> we'll be watching very closely, as will you john
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the governor of hawaii says the entire state is in mourning after two police officers were killed in a shooting. authorities say a suspect opened fire on them sunday as they responded to a residence. at some point the house caught fire and flames engulfed other homes around it, destroying seven of them. three people, including the suspect are unaccounted for. at a news conference, honolulu's police chief offered condolences to the victims' loved ones. >> on behalf of the men and women of the honolulu police
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department, our deepest condolences go out to the families of officer tiffini enriques and kaliqui. the hpd grieves with you and shares your loss. >> you are looking at pictures of the two slain officers. the police chief went on to say she knew them personally. she said they were like her own children. well, the fbi is working with local law enforcement in virginia as the state braces for a contentious gun rights rally. authorities are working on public safety after threats of violence from hate groups. cnn's nick valencia has more about the controversial gathering. >> reporter: today is the day, and it goes without saying that there's big concern here that this could turn into a similar situation that we saw in charlottesville, virginia, in
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2017. the governor, of course, worries that this could be a magnet for extremist groups and a similar situation could happen. of course, police officers are worried as well. i was talking to some earlier patrolling the ire i can't, there were individuals doing counter surveillance on them. that's their characterization, not ours. i did speak to a source in the virginia state police department who tells me over the course of the weekend there was an increase in threats on law enforcement specifically on the social media pages in the virginia state police department and state police. they fear something bad to happen. tim anderson is one of them. >> what worries me is a bad actor. not a virginia gun owner, not somebody lawfully owning and possessing a firearm. there's going to be a bad actor and there is going to be something that happens in here. i just hope people truly understand that virginia gun owners are peaceful people.
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we peacefully demonstrate. this didn't start today. this started back in november. we peacefully demonstrated throughout the commonwealth. if anything bad comes out of tomorrow, i hope that the world understands it's not virginia gun owners causing this. it is the same kind of terrorist organizations that have caused unrest in other places. >> we want to be clear, what's happening today happens every year. it's supported as a lobby day. it will be less of a lobby day and more of a protest. >> nick valencia with that report. well, three government officials in puerto rico are now out of a job, accused of mishandling the distribution of disaster supplies meant for victims of hurricane maria more than two years ago. the weekend firings came shortly after hundreds of boxes of food and water were found sitting in a warehouse. that aid was not only needed after maria. it is needed now.
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over the past few weeks, earthquakes and aftershocks have destroyed hundreds of homes and structures in southern puerto rico. raphael r raphael rano is there now and has this report. >> reporter: the airport has been shut down several hours. we saw members of puerto rico's national guard and the state police who were guarding the site because they were trying to prevent any more people from coming in. we also noticed many restrictions for the general public to circulate in this area near the port of ponce. what happened was that a rumor spread like wildfire on social media on saturday that there was emergency aid at this warehouse that was meant for victims of hurricane maria two years ago, and that it was never distributed. and so about 200 people all of a sudden came to this location, opened the metal gate and enters the warehouse where they found
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pallets of water, baby food, formula, diapers and other items. now, the man who up until saturday had been in charge of puerto rico's emergency management office, carlos acevedo, said there was no mishandling, and this was an active warehouse, in fact, they had been helping people during some other disasters, hurricane karen and dorian. there were 80 pallets remaining. when the governor decided to fire him the very same afternoon, the governor said there are thousands of people who made sacrifices to bring aid to the south, and it's unforgivable, she says, that resources have been kept in a warehouse she also ordered an investigation to be completed in 48 hours.
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meanwhile there are as many as 7100 people on the southern coast of puerto rico that have been telling us they are not receiving the basic necessities they need after the earthquake that rattled this region for more than three weeks. now back to you. >> thanks so much for that report. still to come, in the shadow of an inferno, the world's top tennis players are holding court at the first grand slam event of the decade. we will take you live to melbourne where the air quality is a big concern at the australian open. back in a moment. did you really need the caps lock? mucinex cold and flu all-in-one.
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the gillette skinguard has a guard between the blades that helps protect skin. the gillette skinguard. we want to go to australia now where the first grand slam tennis event of the decade is underway. some players at the australian open have been voicing concern about the level of air pollution as the country battles its bushfire crisis, not to mention extreme weather. melbourne was hit by hail storms a few moments ago and there is relief from the fires. it is a poignant picture, of
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course, watching a survivng koala here in new south wales trying to drink water from the road. it has been the images of the koalas more than anything in actual fact that have pulled at people's heart strings. we want to get more on this. our will ripley is standing by live in melbourne. it's been difficult. i know it's been difficult for you covering this story seeing all the things you have already seen. now you're in melbourne. talk to us about this extreme weather, how it's impacting melbourne as well as the rest of fire-ravaged australia. >> reporter: rosemary, i want to talk about that koala photo for a moment. koalas don't drink water. they get their moisture from eucalyptus trees that have been decimated by drought and by fire. so the fact that young koala was so desperate to try to lap up moisture in the streets, it actually stopped traffic. it just -- it speaks to how
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unnatural this situation is, how unprecedented, how long this is for australia, millions of animals died, seeing their habitat destroyed, people who have been left homeless and dozens of people who have been killed. what we are experiencing now is the weather australians are used to this time of year. we are in the middle of summer. australians are used to hail. we've seen golf size hail knocking birds out of the sky, ripping the leaves off of trees, identifying car woods and smashing car windows. this isn't welcome, but what is welcome is the rain and the cooler temperatures that come with it. while you're seeing things like flash flooding, especially in some of these fire-stricken areas that have the ground pretty much stripped, and that can be very dangerous, you're also seeing now temperatures cut in half here in melbourne from what they were last week. the air has been washed away
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from much of the smoke creating hazardous air quality when we riechld in the city late last week that was cancelling flights. it created its own weather system at one point and all the smoke was blowing into the city. i remember that tennis player who chanced. there was the british player who at&ted he was asked to play outside in his qualifying match in conditions deemed unsafe even for animals here. the smokey skies feel like a distabt memory and they've been replaced by the heavy rain, the hail. and the tennis center behind me, it's continuing inside even though outdoors. players can't play in conditions like this. they'll take what we've been seeing for months, which is an unprecedented bushfire crisis. fires raging out of control, rosemary. i guess the uncertainty now is how long can this last, and what does happen when the rain
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inevitably stops and temperatures rise back up again. and winds inevitably shift. remember, there's two weeks of tennis play here. the smoke could blow right back in as quickly as it blew out. you know how the weather changes quickly. >> we talked about that. melbourne is known for having four seasons in one day. always carry an umbrella. it is as if australia is reeling from one challenge to the next. as an australian living in the united states looking on, it just breaks my heart to see what the country is going through. will ripley bringing us that live update, that live report from melbourne, australia. many thanks. well, history was made at the 26th screen actors guild awards as hollywood honored the best achievements in television and film. on sunday the south korean film parasite bamt the first foreign language movie to win the best
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prize. joaquin phoenix took home best actor for his position in "joker." brad pitt won a supporting role. it was his first sag award win. speaking of brad pitt, what real ill has social media buzzing is his reunion with his ex-wife jennifer aniston. the pair celebrated each other's wins with a cozy embrace back stage after she won best female actor in a drama series. but, no, there are no reports the couple is back together. i know that's what you want to see. earlier this month pitt said the two were just good friends. and thanks so much for joining us. i'm rosemary church. early start is coming up next. have a great day. hi! we're glad you came in, what's on your mind?
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