>> we begin with breaking news from georgia. the u.s. army says three soldiers were killed during a training accident at fort stuart earlier this morning. three other soldiers were injured and taken to the hospital. the army says the six soldiers were riding in a tank-like vehicle when the accident happened. no other details were released and the army is still investigating. we, of course, will bring you new information as we get it. arthel: over now to syria where kurdish-led forces say they have fully evacuated from an embattled border town as time winds down on a u.s.-brokered ceasefire between turkey and the kurds. hello, everyone, welcome to

"america's news headquarters." i'm arthel neville. eric: hello, everyone, i'm eric shawn. with that truce set to expire on tuesday, turkish president erdogan is threatening to continue that invasion targeting the kurds if, he says, they do not retreat. erdogan vowing to, quote: crush their heads. and the kurds say erdogan is simply trying to slaughter them. this as the trump administration is defending the president's controversial decision to withdraw our troops from the area, a move critics say prompted the turkish attack. here is secretary of state mike pompeo. >> this administration came in and worked seriously alongside the sdf forces and our allies as well to build out a counter-isis coalition to take down that caliphate. and now the president believes we have accomplished a significant part of our mission, and he wants our folks to come home, and we're beginning to work on it. eric: live coverage from it, mark meredith has the latest from washington, but steve harrigan is live in erbil, iraq.

steve? >> reporter: eric, there is still some sporadic fighting going on between the two sides, syrian forces on one side, the turkish "forbes"s on the other -- forces on the other. you can see smoke rising from the sky in some up toes along the border, but for the most part the u.s. defense secretary says this ceasefire is for the most part holding. he says for the most part it is working. he also gave some news about the u.s. forces in syria, anywhere from 700-1,000 u.s. forces being withdrawn from syria will likely be moved to western iraq. it's there they will continue to monitor the islamic state. the defense secretary's not ruling out any cross-border raids against the islamic state. of course, one of the real concerns not just in the u.s., but around the world was the u.s. withdrawal could lead to a resurgence of the islamic state. the defense secretary trying to put some of those concerns at rest. in the mean time, you mentioned

the ceasefire scheduled to expire on tuesday, that's unless all kurdish fighters get out of a huge buffer zone, 275 miles long along that syrian border. if that doesn't happen, the turkish president has said he will continue with this military offensive, an offensive which has already displaced about 200 ,000 kurds. we could see some real moves forward on the negotiations on tuesday. that's when turkey's president goes to russia to negotiate with vladimir putin. eric, back to you. eric: steve, thanks very much. arthel? arthel: well, eric, house speaker nancy pelosi is leading a congressional delegation to jordan, meeting with leaders there to discuss security in the region. mark meredith is live in washington with more on that. mark? >> reporter: good afternoon, arthel. both democratic and republican lawmakers continue to speak out in opposition of president trump's decision to pull u.s. troops out of northern syria. now, as you mentioned, we've learned some key lawmakers spent

the weekend in the middle east. nancy pelosi says she and eight fellow members of congress including one republican met with king abdullah. the speaker's office put out a statement late last night, quote: with the deepening crisis in syria after turkey's incursion, our delegation has engaged in vital discussions about the impact to regional stability, increased flow of refugees and the dangerous opening that has been provided to isis in iran and russia. several lawmakers say they fear the decision to pulp troops out of northern -- pull troops out of northern syria could have an impact on u.s. allies all around the world. >> if we send a global message, george, that in fact we will abandon those who have fought alongside with us, then others in the world when we are asking them to fight with us or for discuss will say why should i do that when you're, when you finish using me, you're going to let me die on the battlefield. >> reporter: the house last week overwhelmingly approved a resolution opposing the president's pullout decision.

house minority leader kevin mccarthy supported the measure. now he's calling for a briefing from the administration about its syrian strategy. >> what i think would be appropriate at this moment in time, to have the vice president and the secretary of state come and brief us on their meeting with president erdogan and others and where we currently are in this situation and what is the strategy going forward. >> reporter: south carolina senator lindsey graham spent the last week imploring president trump to reverse course, now he says after speaking with the president over the weekend he supports the administration's efforts. >> i am increasingly optimistic that we can have some historic solutions in syria that have eluded us for years if we play our cards right. >> reporter: while graham now appears to support the president's strategy, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said friday pulling troops out of syria was, quote, a grave strategic mistake. arthel? march -- arthel: thank you, mark.

eric: former deputy commanding general of u.s. forces in afghanistan, author of "double cross." general, welcome. you know, there have been horrifying reports of war crimes, genocide, ethnic cleansing by the turks, civilians butchered, phosphorous being used and deployed against children. how does this horrifying course turn back, or there an aplanter mass killing of the -- apparent mass killing of the kurds on the horizon? >> well, eric, great to be with you. and i think, first and foremost, we need some dispassionate analysis and not the emotional hyperbole that seems to be coming from just about everywhere right now. this is an intensely complicated issue and, first and foremost, the president's responsibility is to achieve national security interests and while protecting u.s. forces. and you could make a good argument that both of those things have been done and are being done because we have defeated isis, and the president is strategically repositioning

troops to get out of the way, which is essentially a hardening of the borders of kurdistan. and so this is really an issue between turkey and the kurds or what they call the mountain turks. 20 million kurds live in turkey. that's 25% roughly of the turkish population. and there's a longstanding issue about the borders and boundaries between what is becoming a federalized system in kurdistan and the border of turkey. so unless we want to underwrite the reformation of boundaries in the middle east which, you know, if we want to go down that road, we can. but, you know, what we're talking about with kurdistan is you've got iraq, syria, iran, armenia, turkey, you know, all these countries are, you know, are involved in this issue. and so the, i think the wise things to do is to reposition our soldiers as the turks and the kurds and the syrians

resolve this issue themselves. go ahead. eric: yeah, i was just saying you used the word reposition, but the critics are saying basically the president sold out our allies, the kurds, who fought along with us and that erdogan certainly would not have done this had the american flag stayed there even with 50 special ops or 1,000 troops in that area, and this now has unleashed holy hell in that area and it's our fault. >> yeah. so there's a difference between a risk and a gamble. a risk you can recover from and a gamble you can't. i would classify putting a few hundred special ops troops in between the turks and the kurds as a gamble. and, you know, god forbid that the turks did not get the communication not to cross that border and our troops were caught in that crossfire and we lost soldiers. that would be unforgivable. and so really what we've got going on here is the president putting america first and our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines on the ground first and making sure that we're accomplishing our own strategic

games, but also preserving our forces. that's what's happening here. and i understand, you know, the american soldier is the best ambassador for the united states anywhere in the world, and i understand. i've been in these situations where you become very close to the allies with whom you fight whether that's indigenous forces or, you know, formal alliances such as the u.k. and others. and you become very close. you know, you're wedded in combat, and you continue to fight for the same types of things. you're fighting for the buddy in the foxhole next to you. but our strategic interests are different. the kurds want to establish a federalized kurdistan. the united states wants to defeat isis, and we've done that. and we need to monitor that situation, but we do not need thousands of troops on the ground. we need an over the horizon force to be able to strategically and surgically execute the prosecution of the war against isis. eric: so what would you suggest? you say isis has been defeated, i would say that's not the case,

that many have been released, you know, from prison, potentially heading back to europe. >> right. eric: maybe even here. i mean, look, russia and assad, arguably, have won. are you comfortable with that? >> you know, no one really batted an eyelash when obama turned over the chemical weapon red line to russia to handle and, of course, russia never handled it. so i think what the president is doing by having -- we still have forces with the kurds -- having the over the horizon force, using the diplomatic leverage of power with vice president going to turkey and using information warfare as well as the military and economic elements of power, what you see is this administration is very good at leveraging all the different elements of power to try to achieve a strategic aim. you know, there's that old saying if everything looks like a nail, you're going to use a hammer? and, you know, instead what the -- instead of using the chin of our american soldier in every instance here, we're trying to

use finesse with, you know, economic power, information power, diplomatic power and military power. and i think that's what the president has going on here. and i think we need to give him the benefit of the doubt as we preserve american soldiers' lives and achieve national security interests. eric: senate majority leader mitch mitch mcconnell, you know, has called this a grave mistake. here's what he wrote in "the washington post." let me read this to you. is it really the case that the united states would prefer that russia, syria and iranian forces control the region? we need to use both sticks and carrots to bring turkey back in line. in addition to limiting turkey's incursion encouraging an enduring ceasefire, we should create conditions for reintroduction of u.s. troops and move turkey away from russia and back into the nato fold. general, what about turkey? should there even be a nato partner? they go off and buy russian anti-missile systems that can

potentially conflict and collide with ours, and then you add this type of incursion into syria, you know, how do we put that genie back in the bottle? is it even possible? what do you suggest? >> yeah, eric, that's a great question. and, you know, the one thing that most people are unified on is nobody's happy with turkey right now. and because, you know, they are a nato ally. and that was part of the complication because imagine if they had crossed that border and we had troops in the way and, you know, suddenly, you know, u.s. troops are fighting a nato ally. and so it is intensely complicated, as i mentioned at the beginning. so i don't disagree with, you know, senator mcconnell's point. i don't agree that we need to create the condition for reintroduction of u.s. soldiers unless what we're going to do is surgically strike and get out. but think everything else that he mentions has pretty much taken place. we understand that we need to insert ourselves into this situation such that our

strategic aim of balancing the turks, the kurds and the syrians and the russians in that region and find some kind of geopolitical balance that is favorable to us because, you know, our original purpose for being there was defeating isis. now if we migrated that purpose, if we have a new purpose there, we need to assess that and scale our effort accordingly. eric: generalling thank you for your thoughtful insight with us today on the fox news channel and, of course, i say thank you for your great service of to our nation. >> thank you, eric. eric: of course. well, congress considering sanctions. representative michael waltz of florida is going to be here in a few moments. we'll get his thoughts on speaker pelosi's delegation now in jordan trying to deal with this ongoing situation. >> the president's more popular in the swing districts now that

impeachment -- >> yeah, but they have to go home eventually as well. so, no. arthel: acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney speaking exclusively with fox after admitting on thursday that there was a quid pro quo on the president withholding military aid to ukraine. mulvaney later said his comments were, quote, misconstrued, but the slip-up has some republican lawmakers worried. kevin corke live on the north lawn with more. kevin? >> reporter: arthel, it is the same as it ever was. the refrain has been there was no quid pro quo, there was no sort of we'll only give you aid if you help us investigate the bidens. that's the official white house line. and as you pointed out, mick mulvaney sort of tied himself in knots a bit during that press briefing because he seemed to suggest that was the case, and then he said, well, you misunderstood what i was trying to say. so we break it down this way: p he could have been clearer, say white house officials, obviously, he had his own statement come out after the

fact. and he again tried to cheer things up again today noting it was corruption in ukraine that was the main reason that the money was delayed but eventually flowed. and then he added this -- >> the president had mentioned to me from time to time about the dnc server, he'd mentioned the server to other people publicly, he even mentioned it to president zelensky in the phone call. but it wasn't connected to the aid, and that's where i think people got sidetracked at that press conference. >> reporter: but over on capitol hill, well, fair to say many democrats, well, they don't -- they're not buying this. in fact, for them no explanation will do. >> what was done is extraordinary and extraordinarily wrong. the president extorted or was seeking to extort president zelensky of ukraine. he held back over $400 million in foreign assistance that bipartisan members of the congress voted to give ukraine to fight who? to fight russia. >> reporter: again, held back, perhaps delayed but delivered

ultimately as promised. meanwhile, the number of administration officials making their way to capitol hill to be interviewed in secret by congressman adam schiff continues to grow with ambassador bill taylor next to describe his views on what may or may not have been going on with respect to ukraine, including an actual text accusing the administration of devising a quid pro quo team. as for pressure, a white house official said this to me on background, he suggested that in diplomacy there are sticks and carrots and often aid is tied to behavior. so, for example, you take the northern triangle countries with the illegal migration flow, the suggestion was if you don't do what we want, you're not going to get the money. so it was suggested again that in this case there was no quid pro quo, but in diplomacy often when it comes to aid there are sticks and carrots. take from that what you will. arthel: right. those don't apply to political opponents. also quickly you mentioned that the democrats did not sign off

on the walkback. did all republicans sign off on it? >> reporter: no, that's a great question. the truth is no matter what happens moving forward, what was said in the briefing is what some republicans will hang their hat on. they will simply say this is exactly the problem. although broadly speaking we saw kevin mccarthy, for example, say he made it clear there was no quid quid pro quo. so this is a story that will percolate until the next big story, but for now it's still the news. arthel: of course it is. kevin, thank you very much. by the way, you can see that entire chris wallace interview with mick mulvaney today when "fox news sunday" reairs here on this channel at 2 and 7 p.m. eastern time. eric: former vice president joe biden back on the campaign trail holding some events here in new york city, one day after senator bernie sanders was here holding his fist rally since his heart attack. well, ahead we'll discuss the role of health care, how that will play in the race for the 2020 democratic nomination. wow!

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union, the united federation of teachers. he's just one of several democrats who are busy on the campaign trail this weekend as they are making their case to voters across the country. garrett tenney is live in washington with who's where and what they're doing. first off, impeaching president trump has been the top of the agenda for the contenders, and they're talking about that again this morning. >> reporter: yeah, eric, there's a lot of sport among the democratic -- support among the democratic party base, and it is something the candidates are talking about and being asked about out on the trail. senator kamala harris got one of her biggest applause lines when she was asked about impeaching president trump. >> you know what i think, julia? >> what do you think? [laughter] >> i just think he's a walking indictment in a red tie. [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> reporter: if the house ultimately decided to vote for an impeachment proceeding, the

senate would essentially act as the jury, a lot of the top tier candidates would likely are to scale back their campaign schedules if they wanted to participate. today klobuchar said there is no question she will be there. >> this is a very serious thing. it was james madison who said at the constitutional con p recommendation that the reason we have these impeachment provisions is that he feared that a president would bee tray the trust of the american people -- betray the trust of the american people for a foreign power, and that's exactly what happened here. >> reporter: and as you mentioned, joe biden is scheduled to speak at a teachers union event this hour. eric: meanwhile, there's been that harsh dust-up between hillary clinton and tulsi gabbard, hillary accusing her of being a russian asset. man, that's really crating some sparks in the campaign -- creating some sparks. >> reporter: yeah, suggested gabbard is a russian asset and

is being groomed by the russians to run as a third party candidate in order to once again help president trump win the election. clinton has gotten some blowback for making those explosive allegations without providing any evidence. and while gabbard has certainly fired back, most of the other democratic candidates like pete buttigieg are trying to stay out of this. here he is responding to clinton's claims today on cnn's state of the union. >> i don't know what the basis is for that -- >> i don't either. >> i consider her to be a competitor, somebody who i respect her service, i also have very different views than she does especially on foreign policy, and i would prefer to have that argument in terms of policy which is what we do at debates. i think statements like that ought to be backed by evidence. i also think that our focus right now needs to be on the things that are actually undermining america. >> reporter: this afternoon we may have a chance to hear from hillary clinton herself for the first time since she laid out those allegations against tulsi gabbard. clinton is scheduled to attend a

book signing event in san francisco with her daughter chelsea, so it'll be interesting to see if she clarifies, provides any evidence or doubles down on her statements, which is what her allies have been doing so far, eric. eric: wow. it is really interesting with those act sakeses. garrett, thank you -- accusations. garrett, thank you. >> costs will go up for the wealthy and for big corporations can, and for hard working middle class families costs will go down. >> i don't understand why you believe the only way to deliver affordable coverage to everybody is to obliterate private plans. >> the overwhelming majority of people will save money on their health care bill. but i do think it is appropriate to acknowledge that taxes will go up. >> at least bernie's being honest here and saying how he's going to pay for this and that taxes are going to go up. and i'm sorry, elizabeth, but you have not said that, and i think we owe it to the american people to tell them where we're going to send the invoice. arthel: so health care still a dividing line in the 2020 race

as democratic rivals clash with senator elizabeth warren over the cost of medicare for all. and a study finds that full scale medicare would cost more than $30 trillion over ten years. let's bring in caitlin owens now, reporter for axios. so let's jump right in here, kate lip. could senator warren -- caitlin. could senator warren's plan of medicare for all taint her healthy rise in the race? >> so what she's getting hit on right now is she has not said how she'll pay for medicare for all which is up like senator bernie sanders who has. so that's what we're seeing her get hit on this week by other democrats. of course, the other issue is medicare for all in and of itself. it is much less popular with the general public than some of this less aggressive health care policies being pushed by other candidates. but, you know, but the democratic base it is really popular with the democratic base which, obviously, is very important for a primary. you know, that might be partly why senator warren is not

weighing in on the plan, how she'll pay for it -- arthel: well, he may not be weighing in because it's going to cost taxpayers money which is what senator sanders said. so, and that's what senator klobuchar is saying, hey, you've got to tell us where you're going to get the cash from to pay for this. >> right, right. and so the thing about medicare for all that's really interesting, so we -- it depends on the plan. it totally depends on the details -- arthel: you know, listen, i want to direct people to your -- not right now, but i want to tell them that you wrote a piece for axios.com entitled democrats, health care by the numbers. so in summary, what did you find? >> just because the federal government pays trillions more dollars over, you know, the ten years doesn't necessarily mean that we'll be spending more on health care. the thing about health care is most of it or a good chunk of it for many people is private spending right now. we pay for it through our premiums and out of pocket costs. what democrats like sanders and warren are saying, hey, we're going to transfer all of those

costs to the federal government, and sanders has been explicit saying what that will result in is higher taxes, but then you won't have to pay your premiums anymore. so the details are really complicated and wonk key here, but they really do matter because whether we're spending more money overall including private spending or whether the federal government is spending more money, these are two very different questions. arthel: so south bend, indiana, mayor pete buttigieg was on with chris wallace, all right? >> right. arthel: this morning. chris raised the notion of medicare for all. >> do you think that some of the solutions that are being offered whether it's on climate change, medicare for all by senators warren and sanders are too drastic? >> look, take the example of in the medicare question. i'm proposing medicare for all who want it. it means we create a version of medicare, everybody can get access to it, and you get -- if you want to keep your private plan, we're okay with that. arthel: so even president obama

said it needs some improvement. and it appears that enhancing obamacare, the affordable care act, with an option to end roll is still the most -- enroll is still the most viable option currently on the table. >> i think in a practical sense, that's very true. passing some kind of public option, it would be much easier than passing full scale medicare for all. and i think as buttigieg laid out, it's not just the costs, it's also the choice element of a medicare for all plan. a lot of democrats are leaning into, like butte judge, are leaning into the -- buttigieg that if you want private health insurance under their plan, you'd still be able to keep it versus in full blown medicare for all, your only option is the medicare plan. arthel: now almost three years in, obamacare is still in place, the individual mandate has been removed. that said, of the democratic candidates -- wrapping this up -- doesn't this work more in joe biden's favor who says don't

scrap obamacare, fix it? >> right. you know, and i think we saw with repeal and replace in 2017 once push comes to shove, it's a very unpopular policy position, it was a very unpopular -- arthel: president trump hasn't been able to do anything about it. >> right. and it's still here. you know, president trump is -- the idea is still around repeal and replace, but i think that democrats like joe biden are really, you know, they've seen that they want -- they've seen the popularity of the affordable care act and how much people like things like pre-existing conditions protections, they want them to stay around, and so i think that biden is including in his platform, hey, we'll protect these pre-existing protections and also build on them and make health care more affordable. and i think more moderate candidates like him are really giving the platform that's appealing beyond just a democratic base that'll really help them over their rivals. arthel: because, if they win, they're the president of all the people, not just -- >> exactly. arthel: all right, caitlin owens. your piece is on axios.com.

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enemies. eric: that's senator lindsey graham with a pretty stunning reversal this morning on "sunday morning futures." he's been a harsh critic of the president's decision to pull our troops from syria, but now he says the white house does have a plan that he says will satisfy all sides. as you heard, it will include a safe zone for the kurds in northern syria, setting up a joint venture with the kurds over the oil fields in the region. this, though, a after the ceasefire is set to hasn't day after tomorrow, and turkish president erdogan continues to vow -- i vows to continue his military attacks against the kurds if they do not pull back. republican congressman from florida mike waltz, who was, as i noted, the first green beret appointed to congress. of course, or thank you for your service to our nation. you have been in white house meetings. do you thinkeredden wan's -- think erdogan's mission can be curbed? >> i spoke with senator graham

this morning as well x late last week secretary of defense's per, the chairman of the joint chiefs general millie and also with the white house. you know, i think the vice president, national security adviser o'brien, secretary of state pompeo deserve to be commended for stopping through diplomacy the kurdish advance into syria and further into kurdish territory. but i am still very dubious. i do not trust erdogan, to be candid, and i think we have to insure that he not only goes to a permanent ceasefire, but full full -- but pulls back his forces to allow some space for the kurds. we cannot allow them to ethnically cleanse that area. and the main piece, and i think this is where senator graham is, is we have to maintain that relationship with the kurds on the ground. the thing i'm worried about, sean, is if we pull out completely of northern syria,

then we also cede the air space. and why that's so important is we have to keep the focus on isis. we cannot allow isis 2.0 to return. and if we cede control of the air space to the russians and to the syrians, even if we're trying to conduct missions from neighboring iraq to still go after isis, we have to fight back through that air space, and that's what's so critical to me, is keeping focus on isis, not allowing isis to return, not allowing an isis 2.0 and keeping a foot on the neck of their leadership. eric: well, the russians are, you know, already on the ground there, and assad is taking over some of that territory. and they want -- so how do we deal with that in terms of the air space and the movements and the fact that -- >> well, if you look at where isis is actually -- where isis is actually operating where a lot of their leadership is, is along that border region, along the iraq/syria border region. so that's the area i'm very focused on. the detention camps are also something to worry about.

the pentagon believes that most of those fighters are still detained. we have seen some escapes, but that most of them are still detained, and they are still in communication with the kurds guarding those camps. so maintaining that relationship going forward, staying focused on isis, if we can get to a demilitarized zone and erdogan will listen and be a responsible ally, that would be a huge step. and, you know, that's where we have to stay going forward. sean, i think the big loser here is the isolationist camp that just believes we can follow the example of obama who just pulled the troops out of iraq earlier this decade and led to isis in the first place. the united states has to lead, the united states has to be on offense against terrorism. we cannot just pull our troops home and not expect terrorism to follow us as well. and i think we've seen that play out over the last week. eric: also at the very beginning you said i do not trust erdogan. i mean, look at this guy.

they're nato ally supposedly. >> right. eric: is that just in name only? look, they went and bought the russian missile system. he's defying us time after time. you came out saying he betrayed this country again. why don't they kick nato -- turkey out of nato? we've got nuclear weapons there. he's not a trustworthy partner. >> yeah. i draw a distinction between turkey as a his to historic ally and the turkish army who i've worked with and, you know, many of my colleagues in the military have worked with over the years. and erdogan and his regime. so i plan to work with liz cheney, my colleague in the house of representatives, and senator graham to move the sanctions package forward that will sanction erdogan and his inner circle because we need to keep that leverage on his behavior x. i draw a big distinction. if turkey is kicked out of or withdraws from nato, that is a huge win for putin.

we cannot allow that to happen, and we have to draw the distinction between turkey as an ally as a country and the turkish people and erdogan and his regime. eric: and quickly, that legislation targeting erdogan himself, would it stop arms sales to turkey? do you expect that to hit the floor this week? >> i expect it this week. we're pushing hard on it, and it would target arms sales as well. eric: great. congressman michael waltz, again, thank you for your service and your insit and the action that you are taking on behalf of the kurdish people in congress. >> we have to stand with them, chuck. eric: good to see you. arthel: after a couple of delays, two new orleans construction cranes are getting demolished. this comes more than a week after a partial hotel collapse that killed three people. laura ingle joins us now from our new york city newsroom with details. laura? >> reporter: hey, arthel. the double-duty demolition project is supposed to happen any minute now as engineers work to make sure that bringing down

the two massive cranes will go off without any complications. we've just heard from our affiliate this could happen in the next 20 minutes. you are right now taking a live look at the scene. this is the badly-damaged under construction hard rock hotel which partially collapsed last week weekend, killing at least three and injuring dozens more. city and safety officials say they are still working to determine the cause of the collapse, but as you can see, it was just devastating. it happened around 9 a.m. saturday as stunned onlookers watched some of the building floors collapse and pancake onto each other. and as steel and concrete crashed down, sending construction workers and pedestrians literally running for their lives. the plan today is to use a series of controlled explosions to take down two cranes. both have been teetering over the remains, very dangerous. demolition was originally planned for friday, then it was pushed to saturday, then again to today after workers who were setting the explosives found the

cranes were actually more damaged than originally thought. >> we told you that this was a very dangerous building. the cranes are, you know, still in a precarious situation and so that timeline has moved and once again we've always said that safety is number one. >> reporter: city officials have evacuated residents around the scene ahead of today's planned demolition and also have created a wider exclusion zone around the area in which people must remain indoors. this hotel is right at the edge of the popular french quarter which means lots of tourists are milling about. many of them, of course, trying to take photos of the incredible scene. fire officials don't want people near this operation when it happens. after the cranes are removed, then it's on to dealing with the building itself. two bodies are still believed to be inside. we'll met you know as soon as this happens today, we could get live pictures when they go down. arthel: we will continue covering this throughout the day. eric: that is so tragic. well, tens of thousands of people were hit by those deadly

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time to file claims. apparently, there's a lot of confusion. some people thought they couldn't file a claim because they already received money from their insurance company. other victims may have received information but thought it was all a scam. and some victims who might be traumatized from the fires might not be aware of their rights to file a claim at all. and just this friday state regulators grilled the energy company's execs about their preemptive power shutdowns ahead of the fires from the previous week. it cut power to more than two million people in northern and central california. >> let me assure you, we do not like to turn off the power. it runs contrary to the reason any of us ever got in this. but as i look back at last week, one of the things that stands out in my mind, we actually didn't have any catastrophic fires in northern and central california. >> reporter: pg&e reportedly set aside $8.4 billion for payouts to wildfire victims. eric: that devastation was

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♪ arthel: canadians head to the polls tomorrow to determine whether justin trudeau will remain the prime minister or lose to his conservative party rival, andrew sheer. and the polls are very close. david lee miller is live in ottawa with more. david lee? >> reporter: hi, arthel. for many canadians, they consider this election to be really a referendum on justin trudeau, and according to the most recent polls, it is very possible he could lose his job. true doe is the liberal party candidate, he swept to power four years ago. he's the son of former prime minister pierre trudeau who held the job for nearly 6 years. -- 16 years. justin trudeau was a star in his own right. he embraced diversity, welcomed refugees and imposed a carbon tax, but after a series of stumbles, his former attorney general says he tried to

pressure her to stop the criminal prosecution of a construction company in quebec. trudeau justified his actions saying he was only trying to save jobs. then there was the embarrassing revelation that years ago trudeau on repeated occasions dressed up in brown face and black face. he apologized, but the damage was done. >> i'm going to be asking canadians to forgive me for what i did. i shouldn't is have done that, i take responsibility for it. it was dumb. >> reporter: now the head of canada's conservative party, andrew sheer, is vying for trudeau's job. on the big issues, he has vowed to halt the carbon tax, says he will cut government spending as well as foreign aid, and among his liabilities, he has dual canadian/american citizenship. he describes trudeau as a phony. the polls are slated to open tomorrow morning, and because of the parliamentary system here, unless other party receives a majority in the parliament, arthel, then deals will have to

be made with some of the smaller political parties making for a very uncertain outcome. arthel in. arthel: we will be watching. david lee miller, thank you very much. and we'll be right back. i bet you lunch you can't make it in there. i'm thinkin' sushi. alexa, ask buick to start my suv. you can do that? you can do that? you can do that? yeah, with a buick. what? at the heart of every buick suv... is you. or current eligible non-gm owners get 14 to 20 percent below msrp on most of these buick models.

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