>> do it. if you use it, yes. that was the big interesting. so is this do ten people use this app? i mean this is more of a six month. >> yeah. but even the concept of self-deportation often was used in air quotes or scare quotes, depending on your politics, about whether that was something people would do or. yeah, exactly. >> i can't get people to show up at my house one time with my apps. i don't know how this is actually going to. >> work. okay. we are we're in the app economy. all right. yet another legacy of the pandemic, right? another legacy. us all doing everything. >> on our phones up. no shutdown. i don't know about aoc and sanders is good. >> we will see. >> i will never bet on markets. ashley, you are braver than me. you are braver than me. i'll just be checking my 401(k), like, okay, i want to thank you guys for waking up with me for this chat. we talked a lot today. we talked about a lot of things. i'm audie cornish. i want you to stay with us because cnn news central starts right now.

>> happening right now. critical talks aimed at ending. >> russia's war on. >> ukraine and the first. meeting between top u.s. and ukrainian officials since that disastrous oval office blowup between president trump and zelenskyy. so what we're hearing now from inside the meeting is moscow says it was just hit by a massive ukrainian drone attack. >> and we're standing by for the opening bell on wall street after. stocks plunged yesterday following president trump's recession talk and tariff strategy. right now, stock futures up just a bit and something bittersweet for you this morning. why a four year old boy in wisconsin called 911 on his mom over ice cream? we have the audio and the sweet ending with a cherry on top. john berman is out today, and i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan. this is cnn news

central. >> so the. future of ukraine is front and center right now. >> important talks between the u.s. >> and ukraine are happening. >> as we speak in saudi arabia. and they are incredibly. >> high stakes. >> a path to. >> peace, a. >> potential cease fire. an end to russia's. >> brutal assault. all of this is on the line in this first face to face meeting between america and ukraine since president trump and zelenskyy's oval office mess inside the room today, secretary of state marco rubio, as well as donald trump's national security advisor mike and their ukrainian counterparts. so will they come out of there with a minerals deal so important to president trump? will donald trump resume sending military aid to ukraine? so important to ukraine? we are standing by for news on both. also breaking this morning, russia accuses ukraine of launching a massive drone attack on moscow. explosions seen rocking the city overnight. in

all, russia says more than 300 drones were fired. nearly 100 targeting moscow. and two people were killed. in ukraine, more than 30 people have been killed since last friday. the the war raging on as the possible peace talks finally resume. cnn's alayna treene is standing by for us at the white house. let's first go to alex marquardt in jeddah, saudi arabia, for the latest from there. what are you hearing? what is the latest? alex? >> well. >> kate, this meeting has been underway for almost two hours now here at the ritz-carlton in jeddah. they are behind closed doors. we have seen that video of the two delegations at that long table with saudi officials at the head. rubio and waltz on one side across from the ukrainian delegation led by the zelenskyy chief of staff, andriy yermak. the vibe from both sides is quite good. after a week and a half of really tumultuous relations, but coming into this meeting, secretary rubio said that he is hopeful that it will

go well, but it's clear that he wants to hear something from the ukrainian side. he said that they are in listening mode. they want to hear what concessions the ukrainians might be willing to give in order to achieve some kind of peace deal with the russians. now, a few of us reporters spoke with andriy yermak, zelenskyy's chief of staff, ahead of this meeting. he declined to say what concessions specifically they could offer. but here's a little bit of what he did say. >> now we think it's necessary to to discuss the the most important, how to start this process. and we are very open, very open. and we want to have very constructive, deep. friend partners conversation with our american partners. >> so the priority, yermak is saying is jump starting this

process. kate, we should note the u.s. has not specified what concessions they are expecting the russians to give. you talked about the military and intelligence aid that has been halted for ukraine. rubio is saying that this meeting is key to essentially getting that turned back on. and then we have this massive ukrainian strike against russia overnight, perhaps one of the biggest carried out by drones since this war began. more than 300 drones fired at russia, certainly coming at a very symbolic time, presumably. kate, whatever comes out of this meeting between the u.s. and ukraine will be communicated to the russians as the u.s. tries to bring ukraine and russia closer together. and we have just learned late last night that steve witkoff, who is the middle east envoy but very much involved in these talks, should be going to russia later this week and could be meeting with vladimir putin. kate. >> yeah, i mean, really what you're encapsulating perfectly is just how critical this week may shape up to be when it comes to trying to find a peaceful end

to this war. alex, thank you so much. alex is going to be standing by. a lot to come out of jeddah, but let's get over to the white house now. alayna treene, as i mentioned, is standing by. elena, what are you hearing from there this morning about all of this? >> well. >> look. >> kate, i think this meeting today is as much about trying to. get the relations between the united states and ukraine back on track. >> after that. acrimonious oval office. meeting about a week and a half ago. now, as it is about trying to find really an off ramp to this war and beginning in earnest the peace talks with ukraine and russia to find an end to this. but look, when i talk to white house officials, trump administration officials repeatedly, what comes up in my conversations is they want specifics from the ukrainians and zelenskyy about what they are willing, as alex laid out, to concede on. and that's really going to be, i think, a crucial part of this meeting today. when i spoke with one white house official, they told me that they're looking for ukraine to commit to what they characterized as, quote, concrete deliverables for this

peace process. and i've also spoken about this directly with a national security advisor, michael waltz. he has repeatedly said he needs to see some real, specific action, specific things laid out by the ukrainians for them to feel comfortable moving forward. now, one thing just to keep in mind as well, is just how fragile the relationship between president donald trump and zelenskyy the ukrainian president, is at this moment. yes, we know that the president and many white house officials felt they were happy with that letter that zelenskyy sent the president last week, where he kind of laid out all of the things that they were looking for following that disastrous oval office meeting. but the president is still very wary of zelenskyy. just this weekend, he argued again that he believes zelenskyy is not grateful for aid to the united states. so all of that kind of playing out in the background of this meeting. but again, i think so much of this is really trying to get them back on track. the relations, as much as it is really trying to move forward with peace talks. >> kate. absolutely. elena, thank you so much. just as the war rages on. thank you very

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never votes for a cr. he's constantly going against gop leadership when it comes to funding bills. spending is one of his major issues. we also saw president trump go after him last night in a post truth social post, saying that he will lead the charge to primary him, even likening him to liz cheney, who of course, they have much different philosophies, but he's an issue. i know that some other lawmakers, such as rich mccormick of georgia, have threatened that they actually are on the fence about the bill. but really, the only person i think that we, mike johnson, has to really worry about is massie. and he's known that for a while. >> yeah. what impact is donald trump having on on massie and potentially others? i mean, there is always this threat that he is going to primary them, and he puts it right out there in a, in a bullying sort of way that like, if you don't do my bidding. is that having an effect? is that being effective? >> yeah. >> i think trump is having a massive influence when it comes to essentially whipping votes

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seen over the last few months. >> yes, sir. yesterday was. >> a brutal. >> day, and. >> unfortunately, futures are signaling just a. >> tiny bounce. >> this morning. >> yesterday we saw. >> the nasdaq fall 4%. >> worst day. >> since september of 2022. the wall street fear gauge has the vix volatility index surged. the dow is now down more than 1900 points in march. now i do want to note that while these losses are big, they're not nearly as big as what we saw as during the 2008 financial crisis. during the covid meltdown. i mean, those were crashes. this is a severe sell off, but it's real. and it's stunning how fast it's happened. i mean, it was just three weeks ago that the market was at all time highs. we saw stocks surge after the election because investors were pricing in all of the pro-business parts of the trump agenda, the tax cuts, the deregulation, they were basically they had their heads in the sand when it came to the

tariffs and the trade chaos. not anymore. look at this. the s&p 500 has now lost $4.5 trillion in market value in just the past three weeks, since it hit all time highs. look, the market is trading below where it was on election day. i think this is another reminder that confidence is a fragile thing. it's clearly been shaken when it comes to confidence in the economy. but arguably confidence in policymakers in washington as well. ed yardeni market veteran. he told me the stock market is losing confidence in the trump 2.0 policies. and look, i mean, as policy uncertainty has gone higher and higher, we've seen the stock market go lower and lower. former treasury secretary larry summers, he said there's now a risk of a spiral here caused in part by the trump policies. take a listen to what summers said. >> okay. >> this is pretty much a self-inflicted wound. i think we've got a real possibility of

a vicious cycle where weakening economy leads to weaker markets and then weaker markets lead to a weakening economy. so i'm pretty worried about the whole situation. >> and he says now it's moving closer to 5050. as far as a potential recession in 2025, which is crazy. >> it is. where are you seeing what are the industries that are really having the worst time? >> well, i'll tell you what. the biggest winners after the election have turned into the biggest losers in the past few days, especially the magnificent seven. those high flying stocks that you and i have spoken a lot about. they've been grounded in a big way. the best performer yesterday, the best performer was amazon, down 2%. apple and meta 5%. 4%. nvidia as well. but look at tesla. a 15% loss yesterday. worst day for tesla since covid. there's a growing

amount of concern on wall street about this backlash against elon musk, whose net worth took a monster hit yesterday. he lost $29 billion of wealth yesterday alone. that's according to the bloomberg billionaires index. we've also seen big banks take a hit, and that's because of economic fears, right? if there were a severe slowdown or a recession, you'd see foreclosures and delinquencies. i do think, though, we should tap the brakes a little bit on the recession talk. at this point, it's just too early to say that's going to happen. this economy has been so resilient, survived so many shocks over the years. right. there was the supply chain chaos, tariffs. we had the inflation crisis. so this is another test. >> clearly it's a big test because uncertainty is the thing that the tariffs aren't even in place in places like mexico and canada. we will have to wait and see. canada promising that they are going to hit us back just as hard as we hit them. we will see what happens. matt egan, it is a pleasure. at least you came with a tiny bit of good news as futures are up, but we'll see what the dow does when the bell

rings. >> well thank. >> you sara. appreciate it. all right. over to you kate. >> joining us right now to talk much more about this and more is the democratic governor of colorado jared polis. he's also the chair of the national governors association. governor, thank you very much for being here in person. i was just looking this morning, according to the office of the u.s. trade rep, colorado was the third largest state exporter of goods in 2024. also a huge customer of canadian oil. how have are the tariffs impacting your state already. >> so yeah our number one and number two trading. partners are canada and mexico. our biggest export is ag and. >> beef. >> canada and mexico right. >> so this is devastating. i mean the nefarious thing about tariffs of course. >> you know for. >> consumer products you're buying groceries. the price goes up. but it's. a lot worse than that. >> it also. >> means that our manufacturing, which has supply chains and integrate. >> raw materials. >> from canada. >> and mexico and other countries. >> that manufacturing is likely to move. overseas if we can't continue the strong hemispheric. free trade.

>> that we have with. >> mexico and canada. so it's pretty darn bad. >> there's a lot of uncertainty. >> right now. >> nobody's investing. >> in additional manufacturing capacity. >> because they're waiting to see whether the president is serious about. this tariff threat, which a lot of people thought was a bluff at first. that's why the market, you know, until recently says, hey, maybe he's serious about these tariffs. these would be devastating. >> and that was actually my question. you've got over the past few weeks, you have the president who has threatened, imposed, suspended, resumed tariffs on canada, mexico and china. is it the tariff that is worse for most impactful in a negative way for your state? or is it the uncertainty that it's created, the way they've gone about it? >> it's really both right. here's why. a tariff is so is so is so nefarious, right. when you talk about like a corporate income tax rate, that's only on the income a company makes you pay the tariff, even if your company isn't making money, or let's say your company is making a little money, you could be launched over into the losing money category because you're paying your tariff. think like it's more like your property tax than your income tax, right? and so it's really a dangerous tax and nobody knows what the president is thinking here. we

all hope i hope as an american this is some game of chicken and bluff. and we're going to have less tariffs at the end of the day. but i think the markets and me and most observers are getting more and more skeptical of that as we think. wait a minute here, this guy actually wants to raise taxes on american consumers and companies. >> a big part of the conversation in washington and now throughout the country, is kind of where does federal spending going? and you have been outspoken in speaking out against potential cuts to come to medicaid. and so has many governors across the state, because republicans are eyeing cuts to medicaid in a way to help pay for extending tax cuts. and now we have elon musk weighing in on entitlements and saying that entitlements, social security, medicare, medicaid are targets of his. let me play for you what he said about it. >> the waste in. entitlement spending, which is all of the which is most of the federal spending, is entitlements. so that that's that's like the big one to eliminate because that's

the sort of half trillion, maybe 6 or 700 billion a year. that is also a mechanism by which the democrats attract and retain illegal immigrants, by essentially paying them to to come here and then turning them into voters. >> and there was something with something of an unfounded conspiracy theory. but calling entitlements the big one to eliminate. i mean, what do you say to that as well as elon musk maybe spearheading the effort? >> well, i'm not sure that he truly understands, for instance, the largest, what we might call entitlement program is social security. this is people paying in over time and then it pays out, you know, again, should we make it actuarially sound? absolutely. does it need improvements? absolutely. i don't know exactly what he's talking about. the american people won't take well, if he's saying, i'm going to take the money that you've already paid in and spend it on something else. >> what about medicaid? i mean, that's something that you've been speaking out because that is something very tangible that republicans may be targeting. >> you know, there's certainly there's ample ground for

national health care reform and doing it better. our country spends twice the percentage of gdp of any other wealthy, industrialized country on health care. but with what we have now, medicare is a linchpin, right? without medicare, millions of americans would not have access to health care. and just as bad, we would lose many of our rural hospitals, rural health providers who absolutely rely on that every day. so it's really playing with fire when you're talking about this. it's not that there's not room for improvement. there absolutely is. you remember the simpson-bowles commission attempted this in a bipartisan way a number of years ago. there's thoughtful improvements that can be made. but when you somehow have this misconception that social security is something other than the fact that people pay in and expect that they're going to get what they've what they've earned, i think that's a dangerous approach. >> your perspective is interesting on this because you do have i mean, i'm going to put you in a pigeonhole. you you're an independent streak when it comes to a lot of kind of what your take and position on a lot of national issues, which is why it is so interesting. when you took over as chair of the governors association, you kind of launched an initiative pushing to put a new focus on

education, expanding access to education, taking a new look at how to better evaluate student progress. how does that fit into and how is that impacted now by the new push by the administration to eliminate the department of education? >> so with the national governors association, our initiative involving all 50 governors, let's get ready. educating all americans for success. so we're really challenging the states to say, how do we better measure whether kids are learning what they need to succeed in life? like if they're going to college, they shouldn't need remediation. they should graduate in 3 or 4 years. if they're not going to college, how do they have a certificate or skill? whether it's welding, whether it's shop, that they can get a great job right out of high school. we don't know what is happening nationally. it's another area of great uncertainty, right? when they talk about, oh, we're phasing out or eliminating the department of education, what does that tangibly mean for title one funding for pell grants for for these different programs? does it simply mean somebody else will administer them? does it mean there's more opportunities for state flexibility, which we could welcome, or does it mean they're going away? and that would leave

a big gap. >> yeah. i also saw taking a bit of a bit of a turn here. but the supreme court just yesterday governor agreed to take up a case out of colorado in this case challenges colorado's law that bars mental health professionals from practicing conversion therapy. as with minors, the ban in colorado has been in place since 2019. what is your reaction to the supreme court taking this up? i mean, they won't hear it until later this year, but still, they're going to consider this case. >> well, and this many states have similar laws. >> with regard. yes. dozens, yes. >> and, you know, really the american psychological association, all of the science shows that this is a not a valid activity. a parent should not be able to. and in fact, it is a detrimental psychological effect, force their child to effectively have a, you know, scare the gay out of them or whatever it might be. doesn't work. also, negative consequences for the child if you're an adult, have at it. i mean, people can can learn, you know, do whatever they want. but this is about how, you know, a

form of child abuse that has been legal until it was made illegal, as you mentioned, a few years ago. so again, there'll be a lot of facts about what states can and can't do. but generally, states do authorize different medical practices in our state. it's obviously a fine line, because we certainly value parents ability to raise their kids the way they want. but at the same time, you shouldn't be able to have your own kid kidnaped and taken somewhere that could be very harmful for them. >> very, very important and very interesting to see when they do take it up and hear those oral arguments. governor, thank you for coming in this morning. thank you. i really appreciate your time, sarah. >> all right. breaking overnight. we're now getting a look at a screenshot of surveillance video showing the missing u.s. college student in the dominican republic that stills show sudiksha konanki. sorry, i said her name wrong. it's sudiksha with her friends at the new republic hotel in punta cana on thursday morning. the group went to the beach that morning, and investigators say she stayed behind with the young man. police say he is not a suspect, but he has told

different versions of the last time he saw her. joining us now is daniel bruner, a retired fbi special agent and president of the bruner sierra group, a forensic, accounting and security firm. thank you so much for being here. first, the young man who was believed to be the last person who was with her and who saw her, has told police several different stories. what does this usually indicate to investigators? >> well, most. >> important thing about here is all the investigators are not going to look at just one possibility. they're considering all the possibilities that she may have been kidnaped, that she may have drowned. obviously focusing on there are some investigators that are going to be talking to this young man and finding out exactly what happened, his story, what he remembers. and obviously, from what we've understood, allegedly, the story has changed up to 3 or 4 times. and we have to understand that he may have been drunk, he may not remember,

he may have been passed out. so we have to consider all the possibilities in not only focusing on one individual and not only focusing on one possibility, but looking at all the possibilities. but having this individual is very similar to the natalee holloway situation. you know, having investigators, some investigators focus in on him. that's very important to figure out what he because his information, he was the last one to see her alive allegedly is very important. >> when you get several different versions of what happened from someone in your experience, do these stories often have kernels of truth in them that investigators can sort of use to go on, to try to figure out what really happened? >> absolutely. because the possibility that this individual may have been involved in her disappearance, there may be some parts. so an individual, when they're being investigated, they may say little bits of truth along the lines where they're trying to tie up a lie and they're trying to cover up

their tracks and to lead the investigators. so there may be some kernels of truth in there. so that's why investigators who and from what i understand is the fbi is involved, the legal attache from the from the dominican republic are involved. so their expertise will be very, very valuable into analyzing maybe behavioral analysis unit from quantico. they'll be involved and they'll coordinate and help out the the the elites and to analyze and to look into this individual's mind to see if he was involved in her disappearance. and like you said, look at the little bits of truth that may be involved there and pick out that information and that will provide and create new leads for the investigators. >> and at this point, you know, we should be very clear he is not a suspect. police are not calling him a suspect, but they are looking into these sort of different versions of the story and trying to understand why there are different versions coming from him. there is a massive search team out there that are working on this, with authorities from the u.s. and india. you talked about the different agencies. they're

using a bunch of specialized marine equipment trying to to to find her. what can you tell me about how difficult it is to try to coordinate this when somebody is abroad? they are not a citizen of that place. and there's several different groups that are trying to come together to figure this all out and to try to find her. >> well, a situation like this is even complicated here in the united states. so having a central command centers is very important to have all the information coming to one location. obviously, hopefully in the dominican republic, they train for this sort of event, but the fbi is going to be there. there hopefully will provide their command. crisis situation and funneling all the information into one location so that there isn't multiple streams of information and that one person or one agency finds that information and that's not funneled to the other agencies, which could provide a crucial clue. so it's very important that all this information is brought together. i hopefully the u.s. navy, who has extensive

experience in doing search and rescue, they'll be involved. they'll be analyzing tides. they'll be analyzing the the flows of the ocean to look at possibilities of where if she had allegedly drowned, where her body could end up. so there's lots of different information all pumping in, just like you said. so it's very important that this information all come to one central location so that that there isn't one agency finding out information that may provide a vital clue to another group of investigators, and putting all these pieces together. >> yeah, it's just devastating for a family who is sort of sitting and waiting and not being able to do anything but trying to keep her name out there and hope that people do the right thing and help find her. daniel brunner, thank you so much. i really appreciate your expertise on this, kate. >> coming up for us, tesla stock slumped tumbling. x is supposedly under cyber attack. so how is elon musk handling this. his businesses while also running doge. and voters in

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incident where four cybertrucks at a tesla lot were damaged or destroyed in a fire. not clear what caused it or if the fire was set in deliberately, but there have been numerous incidents targeting tesla since elon musk became what he is now a very close advisor to president trump last week. tesla charging stations at a mall outside of boston were set on fire, and in portland, oregon, several shots were fired at a tesla showroom. no one was hurt. and in a post on truth social this morning, president trump is weighing in accusing liberals of, quote, illegally boycotting tesla and saying that he will be buying a tesla in support. but troubles for elon musk have also spread beyond that and have spread online. tens of thousands of users reported waves of outages on x yesterday. musk, claiming that it was a massive cyberattack. >> we're not sure exactly what happened, but there was a massive cyberattack to try to bring down the ecosystem with ip

addresses originating in the ukraine area. >> cnn media analyst axios media correspondent sara fisher joining us now for more on this. sara, just let's start like right where elon musk just ended mentioning and blaming ukraine for the cyberattack. i mean, what are you hearing about this? what are you seeing in this? is there any way to verify that? >> yes. so these types of attacks are called ddos attacks. >> they're very common. >> but they're. >> very hard. >> to pinpoint where they originate from because the way that they work is they just flood a particular system with a ton of traffic, ultimately shutting it down. now, there have been third party reports that have suggested that the bulk of traffic when this outage happened was not coming from ukraine. it was coming from heavily populated areas and areas with heavy twitter user bases such as the united states and brazil. so elon musk might want to go around and say it was ukraine, but it's very hard to actually prove that it was ukraine that was behind the attack. i will say, though, kate, again, these attacks are pretty common on a lot of

different social media platforms. we've seen them with media companies, we've seen them with broadcast companies. it's unusual, however, for a ceo to come out and blame somebody without full proof on national television that we don't see a lot. >> that is the context that is key here, because musk even says that x or twitter or whatever gets attacked all the time. why? if this one was so successful, why is it so successful? >> yeah, it's just the amount of flooded traffic. now, you could argue that maybe since elon musk has taken over, their defense systems have not been as strong. i think a lot of users have reported that when their accounts get hacked or when they try to get help, it's not as responsive of a platform as it used to be. elon musk has made a ton of positive updates to the platform. the video is much better, but in terms of actually defending from a cyber perspective, this might show a weakness. this, by the way, kate, is not the first time that x has been down in the past few months and years since elon musk took it over. they're going to continue, by the way, to get a lot of these types of attacks, whether they are from a state

actor or from, you know, a nonaffiliated state actor that just wants to get underneath his skin. >> sir, tesla's stock has been taking a beating. the company what is it now? lost more than half of its value since peaking in mid-december. i mean, what is next for tesla? like, what do you see here? >> yeah, it's not looking good, kate. now, part of that big decline stems from a poor earnings report that came out in january. sales are down, especially in places like europe. and part of it is because they're trying to reduce prices to get more people access to these cars. but one of the challenges that analysts are noting is that because of all that vandalism that you pointed out at the top of the segment, people are wary about buying the cars. they don't want to buy a new vehicle, only to see it get vandalized. so this is a huge reputational issue for tesla. now i will say they are saying that model y cars, which was the number one best selling ev in the world in january, are still waiting to hit the lots for people to buy. so it could just be a lag. but overall the

downward trend is really bad for elon musk, especially considering the fact that so much of his personal wealth is still tied up in that stock. tesla has lost like hundreds of billions of dollars in the past few weeks. it is not looking good. >> that is definitely going to be something that will be interesting to watch, to see how that trend continues. it's great to see you, sarah. thank you so much for coming in, sarah. >> all right. thank you kate. this morning an investigation is underway after a school bus with 31 people on board overturned on a new jersey highway last night. at least 13 people were taken to the hospital with injuries. a child was critically injured. the bus was heading to new york when it flipped over on the garden state parkway. the cause of that accident is still unknown this morning. former philippines president rodrigo duterte has been arrested in manila after a warrant was issued by the international criminal court accusing him of crimes against humanity. he was taken into custody by the philippine government as he returned home from hong kong. this is in connection with the

icc's investigation into duterte's anti-drugs crackdown. as president. he had swept to power, promising to wage war against drugs and drug dealers. thousands of people were killed in that crackdown, and a four year old in wisconsin called 911 to report a serious offense by his own mother. he called to let police know that his mom ate his ice cream. >> my mom is still mad. okay, what's. >> going. >> on? >> come and get my mommy oh, this little. one got the phone and. >> he's four. >> i ate his ice. >> cream, so that's probably why he's. >> calling. >> 911. >> mom. she admitted it like that's not what you're supposed. to do. >> by the way. >> your heart would. >> stop. >> seriously. >> i mean. >> if your child is calling 911. yeah. as a parent, you'd be.

>> like. >> sir, no, this is not what we do. >> i promise. it's about the ice cream. like, okay. >> lady. >> sure. >> we'll be right over. >> you make a good point, because police were trying to make sure that this wasn't a call, a cry for help. and, you know, sometimes people use different codes, but it turned out it really was about the fact that, i mean, seriously, she was mad at her mother for taking the ice cream. now, mom, you should have taken the ice cream. okay? that's true, but police showed up a couple of days later and brought her two scoops of ice cream, which is what she wanted with sprinkles on it. so all is well and right with the world. >> in defense of the mother. she probably hasn't eaten in a long time. that is true. she is doing everything for this adorable little baby. >> four hours a day. >> needed a little ice cream. >> all she wanted was a bite. you know what? you don't call the police on mommy. >> i mean, the things that my girls would call on. >> i hope they're not watching. >> to. sure. oh, that's cool. thank god they've left. >> for school. >> we need to ensure they never see this segment. >> agreed. oh my god. kate. >> oh my god. >> okay, let's turn to this right now. greenland is heading to the polls in a key election

that could shape its future independence from denmark. not directly on the ballot, but it is a key theme in this election. most of the territory's political parties support breaking away from denmark, but they also do not want to be part of the united states either, no matter what president trump says. cnn's fred pleitgen joining us. he's got much more on this one. so, fred, talk to us about this election. what are they going to the polls? what are they voting on today? >> yeah. >> very high. >> stakes election there. >> in greenland. and of course, greenland only has about 57,000 people. and so normally they don't get that much international attention about their elections. but because of a lot of the comments that have been made by president trump in the past couple of weeks, obviously right now, everybody looking at greenland and the greenlanders themselves also say that they feel that this is a very important election for the future of their country. and you're absolutely right, kate. independence really is the main theme for greenlanders. but of course, they see things a little bit more nuanced. they don't necessarily want to become part of the united states, and they

don't necessarily want independence from denmark immediately. here's what voters are saying. >> we need that identity for our people in the arctic. >> there will be a new government, and it will put a tremendous pressure on the danish government to have a position, a real position in terms of if greenland wants independence, what will the cost be? >> so those are some greenlandic voters there. and greenland is really one of the most dynamic regions right now in the world, because of course, it's very high up in the arctic. there's a lot of ice up there, but that ice is melting very quickly. and underneath that ice is a lot of natural resources oil, gas, and of course rare earths as well. maybe one of the reasons why president trump has been talking about it so much, but also, of course, security as well as russia certainly appears a lot closer when you don't have that ice shield between the western hemisphere and russia. and so therefore there are geopolitical implications in this election.