hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm christina macfarlane in for max foster here in london. just ahead -- >> i will not stand by and watch. the will of the american people will beover turned by wild conspiracy theories an base les claims of fraud. >> trump's team argued a special master should pore over materials that included over 100 documents marked classified. >> what are they doing with our bill? you don't to pay but you can't

use it. i got a bill i just paid and i can't use the water. hello and welcome, it is friday, september 2, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and philadelphia where u.s. president biden says donald trump hand his extremist supporters are a threat to the very soul of the nation. he lasted their election conspiracies, assault on civil rights and calls for political violence. plb i mr. biden is heoping to set the tone for the midterms. >> reporter: president biden delivered one of the most forceful speeches of his presidency thursday night in philadelphia taking direct aim at donald trump and what he says is the extremism that is coursing through the republican party. >> maga republicans have made

their choice. they embrace anger, they thrive on chaos, they live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies. here in my view is what is true. maga republicans do not respect the constitution. >> reporter: this message coming nine weeks before the midterm election season underscoring how the white house is trying to reframe the conversation, trying to make it a choice between republicans and democrats in the fall campaign. giving the speech in pennsylvania clearly makes the case that this state is one of the most important, a key governor's race, a senate race as well as assorted house races. but the president went far beyond that. in a speech about democracy, he said it is incumbent on all americans to stand up and protect their freedoms. >> i'm asking our nation to come together, unite behind the single purpose of defending our democracy regardless of your

ideology. >> reporter: the white house going to great lengths to say this is not a political speech, but no question politics was at the heart of the message from the president. cleary trying to make the case that democrats he believes are better stewards of democracy than republicans. jeff zeleny, cnn, philadelphia. republicans have a much different view ahead of the midterms in november. house gop leader kevin mccarthy is demanding president biden apologize for a comment last week comparing maga philosophy to semi fascism and that mr. biden as chosen to divide and disparage americans simply because they disagree with his policies. >> in the past two years, joe biden has launched an assault on e soul of america. on its people, on its laws, on its most sacred values. he has launched an assault on our democracy. >> if republicans win control of the house of representatives in

november midterm elections, in being car krk mccarthy is set t become speaker. a federal judge declined to make a ruling at the thursday h hearing but asked the justice department what is the harm? the latest from sara murray. >> reporter: no ruling yet as lawyers for donald trump and the justice department went head to head in court over whether a special master should review documents seized at mar-a-lago. >> if the government's case is as they think it is, let's just play it straight. let a special master come in. >> reporter: trump's team saying the mar-a-lago search was suspect and argdued a special master should pore over materials that included more than 100 documents marked classified. trump lawyer sdrdescribed the battle over whether materials are kept at mar-a-lago is

comparable to a dispute over an overdue library book. and the newest member of the trump legal team encouraged the judge to appoint the special master to lower the temperature in the nation. and the judge said she may still allow the intelligence community to review the documents. prosecutors arguing that the special master was unnecessary and saying trump's teams has offered no evidence that there was any disregard for the former president's rights. as the judge asked prosecutors what is the harm in appointing a special master, trump -- >> sounds like it was some sinister plot. >> reporter: -- he insisted that it was the result of hastily packing up to leave the white house. >> you accumulate a lot of stuff and all of a sudden you are leaving and stuff gets backed up and sent. >> reporter: trump's team down played the documents found at his florida home without denying they were classified saying simply put the notion that presidential records would contain sensitive records should have never been cause for alarm.

trump's team also taking issue with the extra ordinary photo the doj revealing showing documents with classified markings recovered from trump's office. >> they give you this appearance that you walk this and there is these top secret documents just strewn about. that is not the way his office looks. anybody that knows president trump's office, he has guests frequently there. >> reporter: the judge also said she is considering publicly releasing a more detailed inventory of the materials seized during that search. we're waiting for her final word on that and a number of these issues that cropped up during the hearing, she is expected to issue her ruling in writing. no time tline. sarah murder murray, cnn. on thursday trump revived a theme from his final days in office, presidential pardon for january 6 rioters. trump did not make good on it when he was in office, so good

reason to be skeptical here, but he claims he is supporting some of these same people financially. meanwhile we've learned the january 6 select committee is interested in speaking with former u.s. house speaker newt gingrich. members want to hear from him about his role in promoting false claims about the election and what communications he may have had with senior trump white house officials. they hope he couldn'ts vs cooperates voluntarily. economists will get the latest jobs report today and it could have a major impact on u.s. financial markets. the dow and s&p 500 managed to end their four day losing streak on thursday. the nasdaq recovered some losses in a late day rally but still closed lower. blue chips stocks gained half a percent on the day and the s&p finished up about a third of a period. wall street's new trading day

gets under youway in about 5 1/ hours. right now you can see all three indices are currently down. here is a look at how things are in europe, which is of course up and running. all three in the green. and final look at the asian markets which as you can see are a mixed picture there. shanghai composite up only by half a percent. that imminent jobs report for august could provide clues to the direction of the u.s. economy and what the federal reserve might do next. on thursday we learned weekly jobless claims fell to their lowest level since late june. 232,000 americans filed first time unemployment claims last week. which is 5,000 fewer than the previous week. and the water crisis in jackson, mississippi is far from over. but things may be moving now in the right direction. city officials say that they have installed a new pump and have made significant gains on

restoring water pressure to residents and water distribution stations are up and running. ryan young has the latest from jackson. >> reporter: a lot of questions about how the water was going to be distributed over the last few days. it looks like it got a lot better since the national guard has moved into place. you can see how they set it up, you have two lines and it keeps flowing. so people are in line less than ten minutes to get the water. it is a different situation than we've seen the last few days as people would wait in the line for hours in extreme heat. and we know a new pump has been installed and we're being told that they are worried about the ph level balance of the water, so people still have to boil that water. the other good part is the mayor and the governor have started working together to try it to balance out these issues when it comes to the water that is flowing to the city. businesses have been hit hard, some have had to close, some are struggling to keep employees through all of this. we talked to several about how they plan to move forward.

>> it has been really hectic, frustrating, costly. >> certainly had a negative impact on our business. from guest confidence, trying to make sure that can you come to jackson and have a great meal. we don't have a lot of tourism here, so a lot of the locals are just deciding to stay at home. and many of our employees, many bartenders and servers that rely on tips. so without guests, they don't have gratuities or tips. so it is having a negative impact on them. so how do you convince fell that it will be okay, give us more time. this has been going on since july 29. >> reporter: the last manager there worked at the iron horse grill and he said some people are canceling events because they are worried about the water quality. they are spending thousands to make sure the doors stay open and they 90 plus employees. so this is having a rippling effect. football season is getting ready to start and when you think

about the impact of this, it will be felt for months with companies and businesses that have been still struggling after covid. ryan young, cnn, jackson, mississippi. for more information on how you can help with the jackson water crisis, go to cnn.com/impact. we want to show you some shocking images out of argentina of a failed assassination attempt against the country's vice president on live television. she was greeting supporters when a man pointed a gun directly at her face and pulled the trigger. for some reason the gun did not fire and the vice president was unharmed. the suspect was quickly taken into custody. argentina's president addressed the nation soon afterwards to condemn the attack. >> translator: this is an incident of extreme institutional and human severity. an attack has been made on our

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thursday, but ukraine says russians failed again. the u.n. nuclear watchdog says it is not going anywhere now that the inspectors are inside the zaporizhzhia plant. officials from the international atomic energy agency reached plant thursday for the first time since the war began. the iaea chief later said his agency is there to stay. at this point it is still an open question as to whether the agency will have a permanent presence at the facility. president zelenskyy says russian troops should be out of the plant all together. >> translator: demilitarization of the territory of the station is the goal of ukrainian and international efforts. and it is bad that we have not yet heard the appropriate messages from the iaea despite the fact that we talked about it with mr. grosse during our meeting in kyiv. it was the key security point of our agreements. it was outlined clearly.

tee demilitarization and full control by our nuclear workers. >> for more, melissa bell is joining us live. we heard president zelenskyy there calling again for demilitarization of the plant. what more do we know about what the inspectors found there yesterday? >> reporter: we'll get more in a detailed report that will be published after the several more days that the five inspectors will spend inside the plant. of course this is really where the real work begins because they will have a chance as we heard from the head of the mission yesterday after he spent just four hours inside the plant, but seeing he said what the four or five key things that he needed to, they will be able he explained to ask deeper questions, to dig deeper, try to find out exactly more about the damage and what needs to be done in order that the plant can function in a safer way. because you sensed when he spoke his sense that -- his determination, christina, that it was time that this violence

and the shelling that we've seen around the plant could into the continue. so not only the detailed report about exactly what damage has been done, but the idea that the iaea will have a permanent presence there, the idea that by having that u.n. neutral presence inside the plant, it should allow ease for a little more clarity, a little more tr transparency and perhaps a little more peace and quiet around the plant. >> we'll watch very closely for that report. melissa bell from kyiv, thanks. and meanwhile russia is turning up the pressure on the countries that may try to cap the price of oil exports. finance ministers from g7 countries are expected to meet today to discuss imposing price limits on russian oil. the white house says it would cut russian revenues and reduce the dloglobal oil prices but rua is saying that the move would be costly. fred pleitgen is joining us live

from moscow. explain what russia is threatening do here. >> reporter: yeah, i think costly is exactly the right word that the russians certainly are using. and this comes in the form of a deputy prime minister who said that if the g7 nations or any nations decide to imppose a pri cap, that russians will simply stop providing oil and petroleum to those countries or companies that work in those countries or companies that support. such a cap on russian oil prices. they went even further saying all of this would ruin the market. it is quite interesting because as the g7 discusses it, the u.s. overnight said they believe that this is something that could bring down international oil prices and at the same time also something that could hurt vladimir putin and the effort of course that the russians are undertaking right now with their invasion in ukraine. there are however some internationally who believe that this could backfire, that this

could lead the prices to go hire and also one of the big issues that you have is ever since a lot of sanctions have been placed on russia internationally and also european countries bought less russian oil, the u.s. is buying no russian oil basically. that other countries are jumping in. china and india first and foremost are buying a lot more oil and petroleum products from the russians, a lot of that is being rerouted. price cap of course would do more than just to try to bring down the price, it would involve insurance for shipments which go around the world. however one of the russians have said that they believe that they are weathering some of the economic things that the west is trying to do to them a lot better than many had thought and vladimir putin himself at the economic forum said he believes that russia is simply too big to be isolated internationally and of course especially if you look at energy product, if you look at oil, if you look at gas, these are things that obviously

worldwide are in extremely high demand right now. >> and we'll wait to see what response if any there is from g7 leaders later today. fred pleitgen, thanks very much. there are growing questions over the death of a russian oil executive. state media reports that he fell out of a moscow hospital window. ma sgchlt ma maganov was head of gas giant, and it made headlines in march when it spoke out against the war in ukraine. state media citing a law enforcement source says that he died from an a parent suicide. the kremlin says the russian president are not attend the funeral of mikhail gorbachev claiming that it was a work schedule that wouldn't allow it. despite the apparent snub, putin

did pay respects friday lays flowers by the coffin. in recent years gorbachev had become more critical of putin. the public farewell ceremony for gorbachev will be held saturday the with a funeral later that day. lawyers who signed sworn statements that no more classified materials were at donald trump's home have been put on notice by the justice department that they could be in legal trouble if they knew those statements were false. we have those details ahead. plus for the first time since july, a new tropical storm has formed in the atlantic. derek, will it make landfall? >> here it is churning across the north atlantic well away from land as we speak, but the big question is whether or not this will become the atlantic 2022 first named hurricane of the season. we're waiting for that 5:00 a.m. update. plus following the heatwave out west. we'll highlight it all coming up.

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." if you are just joining us, let me bring you up-to-date with our top stories this hour. in a rare primetime address, u.s. president joe biden warned that american values and democracy itself were under attack by extremists loyal to donald trump. the speech was an attempt to set the stage for the upcoming midterm elections as the battle for the soul of the country. plus a u.s. federal judge is expected to rule soon on whether documents seized by donald trump's home should be reviewed by a third party called a special master. mr. trump's lawyers requested that the independent review, the hearing ended without a decision

from the bench. justice department says giving classified material to a special master would harm national security and jeopardize its investigation. two months before fbi agents descended on mar-a-lago, two of trump's lawyers had assured the government that all documents had been returned. but the fact that the fbi ended up seizing much more sensitive material could now put those lawyers in serious legal jeopardy. brian todd explains. >> reporter: potential legal trouble for two of donald trump's trusted lawyers in the mar-a-lago document case. >> they could be charged with false statements to the government and they could be charged with obstruction. >> reporter: and that refers to christina bobb and evan cork ran and questions over whether one or both misled investigators about sensitive documents. two sources tell cnn bobb signed a letter june 3 claiming that all materials requested in a subpoena had already been handed over to the justice department.

but this week in a court filing, the justice department said classified documents remained at the premises, not where standing the sworn certification made to the government on june 3. the "new york times" reports that evan corkran also met with a justice official on june 3. >> it is pretty bad as far as legal jeopardy and for continuing to represent the former president. >> reporter: a couple months after christina bobb signed that letter, fbi agents found over 100 more classified documents. but a key passage in the june 3 letter when she claimed that all the documents had already been turned over said the above statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge. what if bobb or corkran didn't know classified documents remained at mar-a-lago, is that an out for them? >> that is an interesting question because that makes them both a witness and that is their best scenario, to be witnesses and cooperate with the government. because then they could say we

didn't have the intent to deceive anybody, this is what we were told. >> reporter: but in its filing this week, the justice department said that during that june meeting at mar-a-lago, trump's lawyers did not let justice officials search boxes in a storage room there, a key question is whether donald trump drenktsed his lawyers to mislead investigators. >> if donald trump is the one who made the representations to ms. bobb, she is now a witness against him, so she has to get off of the case, can no longer represent him and if they goes forward as a criminal case, she'd be called to testify about what the former president told her. >> reporter: a recent complaint says the former president and his team provided, quote, complete cooperation. cnn has reached out multiple times to christina bobb and evan corkran for comment and we have not heard back. donald trump has denied any wrongdoing and calling it the

weaponization of the justice system. brian topdd, cnn, washington. more than 40 million people are under heat alerts across the western u.s. the prolonged and dangerous heatwave is already setting new records. temperatures reached 112 degrees in burbank, california wednesday prompting the governor to issue a state of emergency. and officials are urging residents to cut back on their energy use for the third day in a row to avoid straining the electrical grid. both phoenix and las vegas will see highs of near 110 degrees into next week. let's bring in cnn meteorologist derrick van damage. an derek van dam. uncomfortable week ahead. >> and not seeing any relief in sight and it is coinciding with loot of people's outdoor plans this extended holiday weekend. and that is when we expect the bulk of the heat to really peak, sunday into monday.

that is when we'll see the heist of temperatures. so 45 million people under heat alerts. and you can see many of those include some of the major metropolitans of the west coast, including los angeles. and just get a load of some of the record high temperatures that were set yesterday. just incredible to see the triple digit heat that has been registered here as daily high temperatures, and then to take it one step further, we've had some all-time monthly record high temperatures that were set underneath this impressive extensive and long standing heat dome that continues to bake the western u.s. here is the temperatures in sacramento today, 106. you should be 91. and so we're running 15 to 20 degrees celsius above where we should be this time of year. more of the same for bake bakersfield. salt lake city an all-time high for them in the month of

september. yesterday was the meteorological start to fall, but it felt more like the dead of summer, and we have the potential to break more heat today with records -- 145 plus records forecast through the middle of the next workweek. above average temperatures really spreading eastward across the plains and into the midwest. here is a quick update on tropical storm danielle, basically fish food across the northern atlantic but we do anticipate it to become the first atlantic hurricane of the season of 2022. right now it is still a tropical storm, but we're waiting for it that 5:00 a.m. eastern standard time update to come from the national hurricane center and potentially going to upgrade that to a hurricane. we do see the official forecast that this will become a hurricane in at least the next 24 hours as it churns across the open waters of the north atlantic. not threatening any land mass. so that is really the good news here. we'll monitor this storm thousand because it has been a slow start to the hurricane

season to say the least. >> fingers crossed it stays that way. derek, thank you so much. well, in pakistan, floodwaters have wiped away entire villages, and the world health organization saying 6.4 million people are now in dire need of humanitarian aid. the w.h.o. has given pakistan its most severe emergency rating and is releasing $10 million to treat the injured, bring in supplies and prevent the spread of diseases. relief is reaching some flood victims. in punjab, residents lined up for food and other vital supplies. and pakistan's representative to the u.n. made it clear he holds rich countries responsible for policies that over generations have led to the mass flooding. and in an interview with the china global television network wednesday, they called for compensation. >> the industrial countries have been emitting carbon for the

last 200 years. and they are the ones who have the historica tore historical responsibility for the global warming that is taking place. and suffering from the impact of actions taken over 150 years by the industrial countries. so there should be a mechanism for compensation. >> millions of people are being impacted by a devastating floods in pakistan. and if you want to help, you can go to cnn s.com/impact. and parts of asia are getting hit by a typhoon. not expected to make direct landfall, but it could impact the southern islands of japan and korean peninsula.

and brazil has reached another terrible milestone, wildfires in the amazon rainforest have surged to levels not seen since 2010, more than 30,000 fires were recorded in august. brazil's president bolsonaro has suggested the increase in fires is the result of natural events and indigenous communities. experts disagree telling cnn the fires are more often than not manmade. a short time ago, a meryanm court sentenced more than three years after committing electrical fraud. and the latest sentence includes hard labor. suu kyi was already in prison for other alleged phoffenses an so this brings the total to 20 years. paula hancocks is tracking this live for us. and there are a string of

charges against her, but this is the first time it has included hard labor? >> reporter: certainly the first time that we've heard the sentencing of hard labor. doesn't necessarily mean that it is the first time, it has happened at least since the coup, it did happen in one of her convictions back in 2009. but it was later commuted. so at this point there really is this drip feed of sentencing which has been happening over recent months. there are at last count at least 20 offenses that she's been charged for with the military courts and at this point we're continually seeing the amount of years that she is sentenced to spend behind bars increase. as you say, this three years today brings the total so far to 20 years. now, suu kyi is 77 years old. if she is expected to stay

behind bars for those sentences, then clearly she will be spending the rest of her life behind bars. and this is what we're hearing from many of her supporters, and also many human rights groups, that will is exactly what the military wants. they would like aung san suu kyi who is still extremely popular, they would like her to stay behind bars. they want to have they have said what they call fair and free elections in the coming year, which most know that they cannot be considering that they staged a bloody coup in february of last year, unsettling and taking over from the democratically elected government, but they don't want to have to run against her again. and so this is what we're hearing from her supporters. these charges are all trumped up and we've heard suu kyi quoted as saying that some of the charges are absurd. and so what we're looking at now

is things like electoral fraud, violation of state secret laws, incitement, corruption and of course these cases are being heard behind closed doors. there is a gag order on her lawyers. we are hearing from sources familiar with what is going on, it is certainly being kept quiet for the most part by the military trying to keep her behind bars. but of course she is just one prisoner, the most famous. there are still thousands of other political prisoners that are still either charged or waiting their day in court. >> i know this is a develop story. and you'll keep across it for us. thank you very much. high school students clashed with riot police in santiago, chile thursday for a march for better conditions. police used water cannons to disperse them and some responded

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direct heor of the cdc sign off on the pfizer and moderna updated covid-19 boosters, this is after vaccine advisers voted to recommend the updated boosters earlier this week. it is the first time updated covid vaccines have received emergency use authorization in the united states. and here is dr. sanjay gupta with what comes next. >> what we can tell you is that as soon as the fda gave that

emergency use authorization for these new shots, they began shipping to many pharmacies and health care providers around the country. so this weekend over the next several days, certainly these shots should be increasingly available for people. just like they have been in the past. they should be free, you should be able to make appointments, get them from your doctors, pharmacies, et cetera. a question is how long should you wait in between shots. that kind of depends a little bit on when you received your last shot. so just broadly speaking, if you sort of look at the benefits of getting these shots versus not getting any shots at all, you've seen this data before, but for people over the age of 50, people who are unvaccinated compared to those who have had two or more shots have 14 times the risk of dying. and people who are vaccinated with one booster had three times the risk of dying as compared to those who had two boosters.

so that gives you some idea of the importance, first of all, of these shots. now, how long do these shots last is sort of the second part of the question that helps you answer then when you should get a shot. what we can tell you, you look at therse graph, they are kind f busy, but we know the effectiveness of the vaccines do wane over time. 33% effective as they were at four or five months as to when he first got them. so that gives insight as to when you might get the shot. and part of the reason that they are acting now, and again the vote was 13-1, so pretty clear that they wanted to release them now, because if they waited until november, what they found was that the forecast, the modeling suggested that there could be 130,000 or so more hospitalizations if they waited that long. and 10,000 more deaths.

so this is a by valiant bivalent vaccine meaning it protects against the original butew vari. and so again over the next several days, these shots should be increasingly available. >> sanjay gupta there. and the cdc says about 80% of children in the u.s. have had covid-19 at some point. that is a major jump from the end of last year when just 45% of kids are said to have had the virus. the information was based on the presence of antibodies in blood samples collected through june. in all 50 states at least half of the children were estimated to have had covid. rates were lowest in vermont and hawaii with idaho and mississippi coming in with the he highest numbers. 21 million people in one city in china are under lockdown as beijing enforces its hardline zero covid policy.

and residents have been ordered to stay at home except for mandatory testing. friday the city reported 150 new local covid cases, a third were asymptomatic. as of friday local health authorities say the city has reported more than 900 local transmissions of covid-19 since august 25. for more details, let's bring in kristie lu stout who is live in hong kong. yet another chinese mega city here in lockdown with reportedly only some six hours warning. >> reporter: that's right, which led to scenes of panic buying which went viral on chinese social media yesterday. and today you have 21 million people in this mega city confined to their homes, this is the largest city wide lockdown since the shanghai lockdown. and the apparent trigger for the chengdu, the city reported 156 new local cases of covid-19. today they reported 150 new

local cases of the virus. and yet 21 million people in chengdu now have to go through the mandatory testing and can only go out for that mandatory test. and only one person per household is allowed to go fesh growries each day. only essential services are open like supermarkets as well as pharmacies and hospitals. and chengdu is not the only major chinese city that is seeing this ramping up of anti-pandemic measures. for example the massive high tech capital of china in the s south, that electric market is closed because of covid-19 measures. and in a major port city in the northeast, there are 3 million residents under lockdown as we speak. it was just a couple ek months ago when the lockdown in

shanghai ended and that did a lot of damage to both lives and livelihoods. but even as the economic toll of this policy continues to rise, beijing, the chinese government, they still hold tight to this punishing zero covid policy. and what is happening in chengdu right now is only underscoring that. back to you. >> and no idea of course of how long it will last. kristie lu stout, thank you. coming up, it is likely to be the end of the road for the williams sisters doubles career. the latest on venus and serena at the u.s. open when we return.

welcome back. serena williams has likely played her last ever doubles match with her sister. the pair lost in the first round of the u.s. open thursday night to the team from the can czech republic. venus and serena have won 14 grand slam doubles titles in their career together. serena has a third round singles match today against an

aust australian. and she hinted that she might be nearing retirement. let's hope she can get through the next round. and rafnadal is moving on to th third round and he survived a freak injury when he accidentally hit himself in his face with his own racquet. medics treated his bloody nose. his next match is saturday. fingers crossed for nasa's plans to try again saturday to get the artemis 1 rocket off the launch pad. monday's launch was scrubbed due to a variety of technical issues. nasa says those problems have now been addressed. here is the mission manager. >> there is no guarantee that we'll get off on the 3rd, but we'll try and give it our best. >> the unmanned spacecraft as

seen as an early scouting mission to the moon. nasa says putting astronauts back on the moon for an extended period will be critical training for future missions to mars. the brand new jiew james we space telescope has captured it first image of expo planet. t you see it here. it is described as a gas giant many times larger than jupiter and it is about 385 light years from earth. beautiful. before we go, an iconic movie weapon from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away has sold at auction for more than $1 million.

>> yeah, i bet you have. >> rock island's auction company says the blaster pistol was originally used by harrison ford's character in the 1977 film star wars a new hope. the prop gun was the only one left that had been used by the actor during filming and promotions. it was only expected to face half a million dollars. but a toy version was sold in the 1970s and used by millions of kids around the world. really wish i had one of those. that does it for this edition here of "cnn newsroom." "early start" with christine romans is up next. dry skin is sensitive skin, too. and it's natural. treat it that way with aveeno® daily moisture.

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