>> the press in britain is unrelenting. >> when you marry into the royal family, the level of scrutiny is simply unparallel. >> excuse me. >> i don't think that william and harry will ever forgive the role of the press in the death of their mother. >> people fend a kinship with her. people wanted to meet her. you could hear. people crying. >> i do believe that grief changes who you are. grief, if you let it, can revall depths that you did not know you

had. >> there is a motto which has been born by many of my ancestors. a noble motto. i serve. welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states, i'm natalie allen and this is "cnn newsroom." our top story right now, hundreds of americans quarantined for the past 12 days aboard a cruise ship in japan are about to fly home. buses have arrived and they'll soon take them to the airport to get on one charter jet back to the united states and not a

moment too soon. the diamond princess has confirmed another 70 cases of the novel coronavirus on the ship. americans not infected or showing symptoms will be allowed to fly to the united states. canada is also making plans to get its citizens off the ship. we'll go live to yokahama for more. first, u.s. politics. president trump is rewarding loyalists and cleaning house after his acquittal. cnn's jeremy diamond has more about from washington. >> in the wake of his acquittal in that senate impeachent trial, president trump has grown only more emboldened. even some of the republicans in the senate who acquitted him on the impeachment charges have said was problematic and even improper. the president has continued to insist, of course, that his conduct was perfect. and he has also been striking

out at his enemies, both real and perceived. the president has exacted revenge even against some of the administration officials who testified about his behavior. the lieutenant colonel vindman was sent back to his previous job with the army and the u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland who testified about the president he was dismissed from his ambassador post. the president has also grown increasingly suspicious about those around him. he seems to be retrenching himself looking for loyalists who have his back and suspicious of those who are leaking information about him. and he's also put his long-time body man in charge of a key office. the presidential personnel office putting mcintee in charge of selecting personnel who will

work in the white house and across the president's administration. of course, the key folks for the president right now will be on loyalty. even as impeachment is in the rearview mirror we're seeing , telling our christiane amanpour the president talking in particular about the fact that ukraine is no longer a corrupt country and he regrets the fact that the president continues to point to ukraine as such. but he also said he would like to see a fresh start in u.s./ukraine relations. listen in. >> when i was producer, writer and actor, i wanted to be very popular in u, is, a. now, i'm very popular in usa. but i didn't want to find such

way. but, you know, but if this way will help ukraine, i'm ready for next call with mr. trump. >> so, you can hear there zelensky is looking forward to having the president come visit him in the ukrainian capital of kiev. zelensky looks forward toing have a phone call with president trump. zelensky is hoping the phone call doesn't go like the one that sparked this inquiry. jeremy diamond, cnn, washington. let's talk about these developments with amy pope and former u.s. deply homeland security adviser to president obama. joining us from london, good morning, amy. >> good morning. >> we heard the president of ukraine telling christiane

amanpour at that conference that he wanted an oscar from the united states and be popular. he was an actor before he became president. what was your take away from that candid interview? >> ukraine has been put in this impossible position where they have been at the heart of a very public and decisive fight within the united states and that's not good for them. ultimately, ukraine needs to be aligned with the united states no matter who the president is. and they're not in the business of choosing who the next president will be. they don't want to be in that business. they just want to make sure they have good relationships across the board with all branches of government because ultimately they need the support of the united states as they are confronted with a very real threat from russia. >> he even said he believes the controversy that ukraine has been swept up in will help his country. >> at least it draws attention to why his country is important. i don't think most americans

understand or appreciate what ukraine means. what it has gone through ovter the past several years. it has been the subject of russian aggression for quite some time because of the proximity and the relationships with rest of europe, that is threatening to other countries in the region. for the fact of educating the american public, for putting it in the pot slight and for making, for example, aid to the country a key issue, all of that is ultimately good for ukraine. >> let's talk more now about president trump's recent actions and words regarding his executive power. this week he said he had a right to interfere with proceedings. we know he fired three of the witnesses in the impeachment trial and he had a navy s.e.a.l. a few months ago accused of murder in the battlefield reinstated. are there no meaningful checks on his executive power?

>> well, that's really the question for the u.s. congress at this moment. the u.s. congress is meant to be the meaningful check on the president. but as you saw in the last impeachment trial, we had senate republicans lining up behind the president almost without regard to the evidence. they weren't even interested in hearing the evidence. the reason that matters is every public servant in the united states takes an oath of office to the constitution. their oath is to the constitution and not to the president himself. so, this notion of punishing people for lacking loyalty to the president is completely inconsistent with the views of the founders and that's what the congress should be weorrying about and that's what the american public should be worrying about and that should be something that people take into consideration as we approach the elections. >> also we heard that one of his closest advisors who left the white house is returning. hope hicks coming back to work

for mr. trump's son-in-law, jared kushner who is heading up the president's re-election bid. did anyone see that coming? >> with this president, i'm not sure you could say credibly that you can see anything coming. but what we do see is that he very much wants to have people who he trusts, who he believes supports him and that's, of course, fair for any president. they want to have someone they could trust in office. he is intolerant of people who question him and people who put the country before the president. and that's what needs to change and i'm not sure that it will. >> amy hope, we appreciate your insight. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. diplomats and world leaders are tackling the issue of international security right now at the munich security conference, that's where we saw mr. zelenesky talking with our christiane amanpour. one topic garnering major

attention is the war in afgh afghanist afghanistan. violence between the u.s. and taliban that could take effect very soon. covering this part of the story for us. what is the latest on this, nick? >> well, we're still waiting to find out when that reduction in violence would go into effect and when some of the key details about how to implement it are also hammered out and that is the concern, if you will, of the afghan government. the way the talks have been structured in qatar between the u.s. and taliban is that it is just those two parties at the table. it doesn't involve the afghan government. here in munich afghan officials and the president of afghanistan has met with esper and president trump's point person on the telebatel teleban. absolutely they support the

united states and the united states is saying they will support afghanistan. is but the afghan government wants more detail on how to implement this reduction in violence. their questions are along the lines, well, if you have, you know, a car bomb go off somewhere and that is a taliban car bomb. who gets to decide and how will they decide if that's a rogue element or acting under central command or set up a checkpoint near an afghan army checkpoint. how does that get deflicted? all these sorts of granular details have to be worked out. quite when this plan goes into effect the secretary of defense says this is an opportunity to get a political space for further dialogue and a long-term movement or hope aspiration to get to a more solid piece, the lasting pie lasting peace deal.

that aspiration is there. but the starting everyone could use that when a role of violence begins. that precisely isn't clear yet. >> at what point in this process, nick, will we see american troops pull back? what has got to happen for that threshold because that's something that president trump wants to see. >> i think the timelines and how it will all work are a concept. there's a plan, but we have yet to see that come into effect. what i may describe now may change. what is expected now is this prereduction in violence and a period of reduction in violence and then a signing ceremony of some sort. that window we're talking about there perhaps would be about five weeks. then you would get to a longer phase of sort of post, you know, post-signing. but still in the reduction in violence phase. and if that phase was

successful, then you would get to what a full-blown cease-fire after that potentially you could see a reduction in u.s. forces. it was told me that that could be about 14 months away. at that point, you would see a significant reduction in u.s. forces, military forces, but you would see an increase in cia capacity, specifically focused on counterterrorism and the afghans would also be expecting support from the united states on buildling their air transport capacity on building greater numbers of afghan commander forces and counterterrorism units within police because that would be, if there were a cease-fire, that lost it with a taliban. that would be the main focus because under that environment, the taliban would have had to agree and have to be providing actionable intelligence about where al qaeda is inside afghanistan. rerc remembering that the afghan

force s went in affaghan almost years ago. there is a plan. it is yet to begin. it's a big aspiration at the moment. >> your answer certainly illustrates that for sure. okay. thanks so much, nic robertson in munich for us. thanks. 12 days cooped up on a quarantine cruise ship going no where. about to come to an end for some american passengers. wealer are go live to yokohama, japan. we look at how the late kobe bryant and his daughter gianna is being remembered at this weekend's all-star game. hi! we're glad you came in, what's on your mind?

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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 atlanta and i'm natalie allen with our top stories. zelensky spoke with our christiane amanpour at the munich security conference and he said he's ready for another call with the u.s. president after ukraine was at the center of the impeachment scandal. he is also rejecting president trump's assertion that ukraine is corrupt. right now in yokohama, japan, american passengers are packing their bags in anticipation that they will soon get off the quarantine ship and fly home to the united states. buses will take them to the airport with at least one jet

chartered by the u.s. government is due to land soon. cumadian passengers are expected to leave for home as soon as arrangements are made for them. at least 46 americans who have tested positive for the virus will not be allowed back on the plane to the u.s. and some of those who will be on the flight may not be thrilled about what awaits them when they land. let's bring in will ripply in yokohama. something about the word quarantine that they're going to be really tired of, will. >> absolutely, natalie. imagine if you're these passengers and for two weeks you have been told once you through the 14-day quarantine you can get off the ship and go back home. the u.s. government is coming to your rescue and you disembark early which is welcome news for the americans until they learned they would have to fly to california and quarantine for 14

day there's and some will move on to south texas and they will quarantine for 14 days there. another begins in the united states. some are trying to put a positive spin on this saying they will be in their home country with doctors they can more easily communicate with and eat some familiar food but others are furious because, you know, they have businesses to go back to. they have jobs to go back to. they miss their pets. all the things in their lives that have been essentially on hold will are to be on hold for another two weekses. this is a step that the united states is strongly encouraging passengers to take. they think people who remain on the ship are at a higher risk of contracting the coronavirus. infectious disease doctors are testing all the americans onboard. around 400 of them. those who have elected to go on the flight are told to pack their bags and we know within the last hour they are knocking on people's cabin doors to dress in layers and bring water and bring snacks and their

belongings and load on to the buses that we have been seeing outside the diamond princess. those seven buses that are there right now. those buses are about to drive 17 kilometers a 15, 20-minute drive from where we are. and those cargo planes are waiting for them there. not a cushy first-class flight home. these planes don't have windows or overhead bins. this is bare bones. this is an evacuation operation. a government-sponsored flight to get americans out of what they believe is an unsafe environment and more safe, more controlled environment and one step closer to eventually going home. but for some of the americans who cannot get on that flight, 46 who have tested positive for coro coronavirus and their families will stay on the ship and remaining here in hospitals in japan waiting to learn what will happen to them. because we know when kent frazer from oregon his wife, rebecca, is in the hospital. when he asked the doctors what

is the plan for the americans who remain, they simply don't know. they'll deal with getting the lar larger groups off the planes and come up with a remaining plan for the remaining americans later. >> such a complexy sto story an many people affected there. it's just surreal, isn't it. will ripley, thanks so much. we want to take you new to that security conference ongoing in munich, germany. u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi is all to holding a conference with other members of a congressional delegation and here's what she's been telling the delegates. >> they'll hear from my colleagues as to their impressions of this meeting and the usefulness of those bilateral meetings. but it is, again, an honor to always honor senator john mccain, again. a hero to our country. and that was part of our, that's

how we started this visit in honoring him. with that, i'm pleased to yield adam schiff, a leader in this delegation leadership. >> good morning, adam schiff from california, pleasure to be with you. part of a large delegation from congress. i think this is now the fourth year i had an opportunity to participate and to see, once again, the strong bipartisan support in congress for the transatlantic relationship. our presence is a demonstration of that bed rock commitment. this was a great opportunity at this preeminent national security conference to meet with our friends and allies and partners around the world and discuss multi-lateral solutions to the challenges that we face. and there are a great many. there is, of course, the threat of climate change that we had an opportunity to talk to our partners about and also profound ideological challenges.

we see around the globe a real rise of autocracy and challenging the very nature of democratic ideals and rule and human rights. and it was an important opportunity to, once again, get together with our most important partners here in europe to discuss a strategy to meet this rise of autocracy around the world. very proud to be here with my colleagues to underscore how important this transatlantic relationship is and to underscore our unwavering commitment to nato and to working with our partners here in europe. thank you. >> good morning. my name is susan davis. i'm a senior member of the armed services committee and my focus in talking to you for a minute is to just focus on afghanistan which is, as you know, a great concern to our country and then their future. i've had an opportunity to travel on many occasions to meet with our troops and with our

allies and our friends there. also working hard for a better future for afghanistan and to see the progress of afghanistan for women and girls, particularly, in education and in every aspect of civil life. i'm hopeful that as we move forward right now that we're going to see the opportunity, full opportunity for women to show their agency their influence in the decisionmaking for afghanistan. we know that that's possible and we had a big push to be able to do that. thank you very am up fmuch for attention. >> hi, steve lynch, i'm the chair of the national security subcommittee on oversight and the house of representatives. it's an honor for me to be, again, with speaker pelosi and my colleagues. we have almost 50 members of house and senate who have come to join in the proceedings here

at the munich security conference and i'm hopeful in addition to recognizing and honoring the memory and the legacy of senator john mccain that our presence here during this conference was really a signal and a clarion call to our colleagues and democracies across europe to declare that democracy is under attack. and that we need to work harder on our alliances. we need to be better partners. we need to be firm in our commitments to one another on security and on democracy. the very elections that provide the structure of our democracies at home are under assault. and the only way we will survive is if we survive together in a collective fashion against the enemies that would like to see us diminished in democratic

rights and the rights of our citizens, as well. thank you. >> all right. a live news conference there. that members of the bipartisan delegation that they're representing the united states. some 50 members of the u.s. congress at the munich security conference. we'll continue to monitor the goings on there. but next here, we turn to election 2020. early voting now under way in the state of nevada. who has the momentum? what are the candidates saying and who are they attacking? plus, we find out how fans and players are honoring the late basketball great this weekend. kobe bryant and his daughter, gianna. my schizophrenia for a w, and then my kids asked me why my body was rocking back and forth. my doctor said i have tardive dyskinesia, which may be related to important medications i take for my schizophrenia. i also felt my tongue darting and pushing against my cheeks. i was worried what others would think.

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biden made the remarks after attacks on the nevada workers union after they criticized bernie sanders' health care plan. >> the stuff that was said online and the way they threatened two leaders in that culinary union, it is outrageous. i invite anybody to go and take a look. the vicious, malicious the threats they put out and to say to disassociate is one thing. fintd out w find out who they are and fire them and see what's going on. >> you don't think he's been curious enough. >> i'm hoping he's looking. >> sanders passed out his own criticism going after billionaire former mayor of new york city and candidate mike bloomberg. >> regardless of how much money a multi-billionaire candidate is

willing to spend on his election s we will not create the energy and the excitement we need to defeat donald trump if that candidate pursued, advocated for and enacted racist policies like stop and frisk. which cause communities of color in his city to live in fear. >> massachusetts senator elizabeth warren took the stage saturday night at an event in las vegas. she touted her experience as a teacher and a fighter for the middle class. she said she's determined not to let a cold stop her. >> so, i've got bad news and good news. the bad news is, after more than 100,000 selfies, i picked up somebody's cold. the good news is, nevertheless, she persists. >> yeah, she is.

senator amy klobuchar is also campaigning hard in the state. she's looking to continue from her strong showing in the new hampshire primary. cnn's kyung lah was there. >> if this room is any indication, interest is somewhat high. this is the room awaiting for the rally for amy klobuchar. now she is considered somebody who hasn't had a lot of presence in negativie nevada. this is the room that will greet her for the second rally of the day, one week before the caucuses. and the other candidates are also up and about. all of the democratic candidates will be in nevada at some point today. joe biden had a morning event. he was in las vegas after that fifth place finish in new hampshire. he is looking to turn his chances around. bernie sanders was campaigning in carson city.

he is widely considered a frontrunner in the state. a lot of people saying that they will, indeed, caucus for him. he is trying to maintain that status. elizabeth warren has also be out at a community event in las vegas. she put a call out to her grassroots donors asking for money and she announced that she had raised $1 million from her donors. as far as amy klobuchar, the senator from minnesota. she is someone who is saying she is still an underdog. she did beat expectations in new hampshire with that third place finish. here's what she said at her rally this morning. >> i've just done this step by step by step and when you think about where i came from, there were a lot of people that didn't think i would make it through that speech in the middle of a blizzard. >> so one went to the caucuses, but today is the first day of early voting. there will be four days of early voting. kyung lah, cnn, las vegas.

>> footnote. the lines were very long in the early voting. get into that aspect of the story in our next hour. for the second weekend in a row, a major storm is battering the united kingdom. derek is here to tell us about it. >> i'm sure there is more of that taking place. very difficult travel conditions on what was the storm and now we have storm dennis. these are named by the uk meteor logical office. denn dennis, though, one of the most powerful nontropical cyclones and a significant milestone for the storm. two major bomb cyclones that have merged into one massive behemoth across and let me take you there because you can see some of the ferocious waves pounding the shoreline in the united kingdom. military personnel have been called in to help build blood

barriers and fallen on water logged soil because of last weekend's storm and all the winds there that have caused significant travel disruptions on air and rail services, as well. a lot going on and a lot to unpack for you here. let's talk about the highest wind gusts. we have seen hurricane-force winds across the united kingdom in the last 24 hours. over 90 miles per hour. look at the northern portions of the uk. 106 kilometers wind gusts. this storm is massive. it stretches the plume of moisture all the way tromtfrom gulf of mexico to scandinavia. that's a significant storm and a lot of energy associated with it and you will not believe the wave heights that they measured in some of the buoys just off shore of scotland and ireland. more of that in a second. talk about this being a very wet storm. significant amounts of rain and most of this being rainfall, of course, from high elevation

snow. so, the uk met office has put in low to medium idpacts and you can see that just outside of liverpool. win sustained. this is the sustained winds for a period of time. this is not gusts. we're talking about over 45 to 50 kilometers per hour. roughly 40 miles per hour. this storm is producing a lot of wave energy. 100 foot waves have been indicated by some of the buoys out there. and that is going to, of course, continue to impact the shoreline with coastal erosion on top of the potential for downed power lines trees and the flooding that is ongoing there across central portions of the uk. >> we wish them the best. thanks, derek. the nba all-stars are honoring one of their own this weekend. just ahead how fans and players are paying tribute to the late basketball great kobe bryant and his daughter. - do you have a box of video tapes, film reels, or photos,

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the national basketball association is honoring the late kobe bryant and his daughter, gianna, at its all-star weekend in chicago.

on saturday night crowds were asked to cheer for 24.2 seconds and the nba bestowed another honor on bryant. they're permanently renaming the award for the all-star game's most valuable player for bryant. cnn's andy scholes has more on these tributes. >> this entire weekend is really about paying tribute to kobe bryant and his daughter, gigi, and david stern. when the fessietivities got goi on friday night they played a video tribute and then kobe's former teammate good friend and spanish legend gasol and sue bird came out to center court and spoke what kobe meant to the game of basketball and fans in attendance all started chanting kobe's name. i asked gianni, is antetokounmpo

what he meant to him. >> he gave back to the game so much and gave back to the players. a lot of people don't do that. and it was a quote that said talent is worthless if you're not willing to share it. he was one of those guys share it with us and he's going to be definitely missed. >> for us to honor kobe bryant and his legacy and, you know, just a beautiful time. it's a beautiful time. even in loss, it's a beautiful time. so, just happy to be a part of this weekend. >> lebron will making his 16th appearance in the all-star game. the tributes will continue. kobe, gigi and the seven others that lost their lives in the helicopter crash. team lebron will wearing number 2 on their jerseys and team

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all right home after nearly two weeks at sea, some american passengers on the quarantine cruise ship in japan will finally be heading home. a live report in just a moment. also last weekend it was storm and now storm dennis. derek van dam joins me live in the studio. hear what was going through nancy pelosi's mind when she made the tear heard around the world. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now.