hello i'm christi paul welcome to news africa it's good to have you along ban the practice of changing now that's the demand from human rights watch to the nigerian government the organization says thousands of people with mental health conditions across nigeria are chained and locked up in various facilities where they face terrible abuse over a year human rights watch visited 28 facilities providing mental health care across nigeria it was found that people with actual or perceived mental health conditions are placed in religious and traditional rehabilitation centers without their consent and usually by rain assists in other cases the families took their children or adult relatives to the centers for drug use or deviant behavior this is skipping school smoking tobacco or marijuana or even stealing from their parents. and more than a few child with autism. they say they're worth it which if i touched him maybe he's going to be worth the effort has told me a lot of people is with me for more on this story hey tony good to see you so in the last few months they've been instances where

. >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> good sunday morning to you! guess what. there is a new front-runner in iowa. oh, yes for the first time mayor pete buttigieg is sitting on top of the latest democratic poll there. joe biden and bernie sanders and elizabeth warren fighting for second place in that state. >> john bell edwards won a second term ending republicans attempt to flip that state. >> back in washington. the president made an unannounced visit to walter reed medical center to to get part of his annual physical completed, we are told. >> white house said he took advantage of free time yesteray to get the process started. >>> so glad fto have you with u here. the new poll showing pete buttigieg surging ahead in iowa. >> reporter: there is a new front-runner in the democratic race in iowa and his name is pete buttigieg. for the first time the south bend indiana mayor holds a clear lead. he climbs to 25% in a new cnn des moines registered iowa poll. warren, biden and sander locked in a three-way race with second place and take a look h

. >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> so glad to have you with us on this saturday morning. guess what? while you were sleeping, two huge developments that could have a huge development on the impeachment proceedings against president trump right now. >> first, devin nunes top republican on the house intel committee who led the defense of the president during the hearings went to vienna last year reportedly to dig up dirt on former vice president joe biden. >> a lawyer for rudy giuliani's indicted associate lev parnas is willing to tell congress all about those meetings. >>> plus new documents released last night by court order revealing the white house helped set up a phone call between giuliani and president trump's attorney, and this is the date after information was turned over about joe biden and his son and unclaimed emails as well. new insight how big a role the white house played in pursuing political investigations into ukraine cnn's kristen holmes is following all the details and joins us now. let's start with congressman nunes

i'm christi paul. >> and i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. we'll begin with the terror attack in london that claimed the lives of two people. >> we learned brave bystanders may have prevented this attack from being much worse. several people including a man with a fire extinguisher and another with a narwahl tusk confronted the suspect and helped stop his ram page. investigators released new information about the suspect. they say 20-year-old usman kan was previously convicted on terror charges. he was in prison last year, after serving less than half his sentence and wearing an ankle monitor at the time of the attack. phil black is with us from london. there are a lot of questions, i know, phil, about this, about khan, about why he was released from prison. what are you hearing about there? >> reporter: christi, martin, good morning. he was arrested in 2010 when he was 19 years old, part of an investigation into a significant terror plot to blow up the london stock exchange. his charge is specifically related to planning, operations and fina

i ask. >> all right. >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul.. we are glad you're here. we begin this hour with some news about justice ruth bader ginsburg. a health scare for her this morning. >> she would be released as early as this morning after being taken to the hospital on r

i'm christi paul. >> and i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell.e'll begin this hour with new information on the man police say killed two people in a terror attack in london. >> investigators say 28-year-old usman khan was previously convicted on terror charges and released from prison last year after serving less than half his sentence. he was wearing an ankle monitor at the time of the attack. we want to share with you something we've gotten in, a dramatic new video of the moments these brave londoners came together to stop this suspect. >> you have to remember, they're watching this all unfold, and at times, it may even seem comical, even though it was deadly serious. as bystanders had to grab whatever they could to try to stop the attack. at one point, one man was using a fire extinguisher and another was using a narwahl horn, which is from a whale, and anything that will work to try to fend off an attack. >> yes, so we'll take a moment and watch this with all the sound, so you can really get an effect. i'm assuming, i want to point out the pe

i'm christi paul.d to have you here. >> and i'm martin savidge. >>> we have new details on the impeachment inquiry. newly released transcripts place acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney directly at the center of the scandal now. >> meantime the attorney for john bolton is teasing lawmakers and the white house about what the national security adviser knows about the scandal. he says bolton has personal knowledge and relevant information that has not been disclosed. >> and like most americans, president trump is going to be watching college football today. he's headed to tuscaloosa for the showdown between lsu and alabama. this is his third major sport event in just the past two weeks. i want to go straight to cnn correspondent kristin holmes right now at the white house talking about the very latest transcripts that were released. they may not be good news obviously for acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. what are you hearing this morning, kristin, and good morning. >> good morning, christie

we're glad to have you here, i'm christi paul. >> and i am martin savidge.ternoon. >> on top of the hype of the big game, president trump will be in the stands. for now the president is still in washington where college football has taken a back seat for the impeachment inquiry. >> the tomorrow of two top white house officials placed acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney directly at the center of the ukraine scandal now. >> that's as the attorney for john

i'm christi paul. glad to have you here. >> i'm martin savidge. you are in the cnn newsroom. have to see in order to believe. bystanders tackling the london bridge terrorist with a fire extinguisheren and a whale tusk. plus, new details about the terrorist and his plot to blow up the london stock exchange. >>> and the impeachment inquiry moous to a new phase. the president facing a deadline on whether he wants to lawyer to represent him in these

i'm christi paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> we're going to begin with the inquiry. acting chief of staff mick mulvaney right at the center of the scandal. >> john bolton is teasing lawmakers and the white house. he says bolton has personal knowledge and relevant information about the scandal that has never been heard. >> and president trump headed to tuscaloosa for the s.e.c. showdown. it's going to be his third appearance at a major sports event in just the past two weeks. >> meanwhile let's go straight to cnn's kr n ncnn's kristen ho. >> good morning, martin and christi ochlttown same day he didn't show up for his house testimony despite the fact he was subpoenaed, you would get this document dump, and it comes from these two key characters, the former white house russian colonel alexander vindman, both of them painting a picture of a blatant quid pro quo and on top of that putting mick mulvaney right at the center of it. fiona hill says sondland is in front of the ukrainians as i came in was talking about how he had an agreement with chief of staff mulvaney for

. >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> welcome to sunday. >>> good morning to you. we are glad you're here. we begin this hour with some news about justice ruth bader ginsburg. a health scare for her this morning. >> she would be released as early as this morning after being taken to the hospital on friday. cnn's ari an devogue has more for us. >> reporter: justice ruth bader ginsburg, 86 years old, fell ill friday afternoon. she went to a local hospital on her own but then was transported by ambulance to a hospital in baltimore where some of her regular doctors are. she was admitted and treated for a possible infection with antibiotics. a court spokesperson said that after that treatment, her symptoms got better. it's worth noting she was at the court friday morning when the justices met for their closed door conference. it's believed they discussed an emergency petition from president trump who is seeking to block the release of his financial records. the court is on a brief recess now. but they are in the middle of a momentous term. earl

i i'm christi paul >> i'm martin savidge. thanks for joinin us. >>> we want to get to the impeachment inquiry and two top white house officials. >> two new transcripts and acting chief of staff mick mulvaney right at the center of the ukraine scandal. let's go straight to cnn correspondent kristen holmes. it does not look good, i've got to say, kristin, for the acting chief of staff. >> no, martin, it does not. and it came on the same day he defied a subpoena to testify. there were two important white house officials fiona hill and ukrainian expert lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. both of them in these transcripts that paint mulvaney in the center of this ukrainian testimony. i think fiona hill lays it out best saying that sondland in front of ukrainians as i came in was talking about how he had an agreement with chief of staff mulvaney for a meeting with ukrainians if they were going to go forward with investigations. key words there. and my director for ukraine was looking completely alarmed. clearly here, laying out -

we're glad that you're up with us, i'm christi paul. >> and i'm victor blackwell. you're in the cnn newsroom. >> so just moments ago, mark sandy, seen there an official with the white house budget office, arriving on capitol hill. he's complying with a subpoena to answer questions about military aid to ukraine. >> lawmakers are looking for a timeline here. when was the aid put on hold, when was it released. >> today's testimony follows an explosive day in the impeachment inquiry yesterday, though. for the very first time a witness says he personally heard president trump demand ukraine investigate the bidens. >> and even more here, this state department official says that he was told that the president didn't really care about ukraine, only, quote, the big stuff that involved the president. >> and democrats are accusing president trump of witness intimidation after he insulted the former ambassador to ukraine on twitter. he tweeted as she was testifying. >> president trump slammed her and her job performance and then said he had a right to defend himself. >> we're

we're glad that you're up with us, i'm christi paul. >> and i'm victor blackwell., mark sandy, seen there an official with the white house budget office, arriving on capitol hill. he's complying with a subpoena to answer questions about military aid to ukraine. >> lawmakers are looking for a timeline here.

. >> i'm christi paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >> the impeachment inquiry startssense. >> several key witnesses scheduled to appear to the impeachment hearings. marie yovanovitch someone of those, the former ambassador to ukraine. >> now republicans have released the names of their own witness wish list. among them, hunter biden and the anonymous whistleblower who started the whole impeachment inquiry. >> let's bring in white house correspondent kristen holmes in washington. i'm wondering, first of all, what people are reading into the republicans strategy as we look at the witness list they have submitt submitted. >> reporter: the first thing is shows the republicans have a clear effort to shift focus from president trump and his policy in ukraine. start by looking at these names. when it comes to the anonymous whistleblower we already from their lawyer asking them to testify in front of the committee was a nonstarter. that they would submit written questions to answers but not appear in person. we got a letter from adam schiff saying that there was no reason for

. >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> good sunday morningo you. president wakes up in new york city after a late night fight in madison square garden and was a distraction from the impeachment inquiry back in d.c. >> you hear and see there kind of a mixed reaction at the crowd at the mixed martial arts fight he attended with his sons eric and don jr. >> a similar scene outside of the garden where he was met by protesters and supporters and their signs to hear the chanting. >> earlier in the day the president was in a fighting mood it seems taking to twitter and hitting at the impeachment inquiry and hitting out the whistleblower who started it. cnn correspondent kristen holmes was at the ufc match last night. talk to us about that crowd laeck rejection. >> it is a miracle i'm still standing because president trump didn't get wrapped up until 1:00 a.m. so we weren't in bed until 2:00 a.m. so i'm proud we are making it on today. the reaction was mixed and half boos and half cheers. you had an intirp section sitting directly behind me yelling i

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. >>> california energy said they turned off the energy forety purposes but when they turned it back on, the fires started. >> it's forced thousands outside of l.a. to evacuate. at last check there are 13 wildfires burning in california right now. at least seven firefighters have been hurt trying to put all of them out. they're really overworked right now. >> people across the state are wondering is this california's new normal? millions of people waking up to red flag warnings on a daily basis, and according to michael mohler, climate change is not helping. i asked him what's causing these disastrous fires. >> you have to remember, california went through a six-year drought just recently in the 2000s. that dead and dying landscape is still across california. you take the dead and dying landscape from that drought. we haven't recovered from that. then you take what we're seeing as hotter temperatures and wind events. we're seeing wind events that are historical. in fact, the thomas fire in ventura county in 2017, we had an offshore santa ana w

good to have you with us, i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. you are in the cnn newsroom and we're following major developments that could have an impact on the impeachment inquiry against president trump. >> new allegations that top house intel republican devin nunes went to vienna to meet with a disgraced ukrainian prosecutor and that he did so to dig up dirt on the bidens. >> the man he met with was the same ex-ukrainian prosecutor that biden and other world leaders fought to get rid of because they say he was not fighting corruption enough. >> and who was fired in 2016 under pressure by many western leaders, including our then vice president, joe biden. he has an ax to grind against the bidens. victktor shokin is the man who claimed to have dirt on joe and hunter biden. he has claimed to have evidence that ukraine meddled in our election. >> plus new documents released last night by court order reveal the white house helped set up a phone call between rudy giuliani, president trump's personal attorney, and secretary of state mike pompeo. cn

i'm christi paul. glad to have you here. >> i'm martin savidge. you are in the cnn newsroom.video that you have to see in order to believe. bystanders tackling the london bridge terrorist with a fire extinguisheren and a whale tusk. plus, new details about the terrorist and his plot to blow up the london stock exchange. >>> and the impeachment inquiry moous to a new phase. the president facing a deadline on whether he wants to lawyer to represent him in these hearings. the democrats are trying to convince a skeptical public that the president deserves to lose his job. >>> also ahead, because surviving dinner, thanksgiving at least, wasn't hard enough, the weather threatening to tospl travel home for tens of thousands across the country. we begin with the latest developments out of london. the scene of a deadly terror attack. >> this is the moment a group of london residents confronted the man suspected of carrying out the attacks. do you see the one man there? remember the suspect is armed with a knife, but these others, they grabbed whatever they could. one man used a fire e

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell, good to be with you. you are in the cnn newsroom. >> so right now several 2020 democrats are in des moines. they're pitch themselves to likely iowa voters there. this is the state that's going to pick the first winner next year. >> missing from iowa is former congressman beto o'rourke. he called it quits friday after failing to raise enough money to continue. >> this morning, mayor pete buttigieg, though, he's the one making headlines after his speech at iowa's liberty and justice celebration last night. >> arlette saenz is in des moines. arlette, good morning to you. the candidates had a busy night but very busy day today. >> reporter: good morning. it was a high-stakes night for democrats here in iowa. most of the 2020 field descended here onto des moines to attending this liberty and justice celebration. they came here and were pitching their message to iowa voters about why they should be their choice to be the democratic nominee. you had elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, pete buttigieg and joe biden,

. >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> good saturday morning to you. top of the hour now, and a lot has happened in the last several hours that could have a huge impact on the impeachment inquiry against the president. ers if, new allegations that top house intel republican devin nunes went top vienna to meet with the disgraced ukrainian prosecutor and did it to dig up dirt on the bidens. >>> also this morning, new evidence the white house helped coordinate rudy giuliani's efforts in ukraine and no bias. what a justice department watchdog report is expected to say about the origins of the fbi's probably into the russian probe in 2016 but acknowledged mistakes were made. >> starting with that indicted associate of the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani, though. >> the attorney for lev parnas says he is willing, parnas, willing to tell congress all about visits republican congressman devin nunes allegedly made to vienna to dig up dirt on joe biden and his son hunter, of course. joining us from the white house we have more. are we hearing

i'm christi paul. >> i'm martin savidge. the top stories this morning we'll begin with video you won't believe until you see it. by standers tackling the london bridge terrorist with a fire expie extinguisher and a whale tuscarora and how the terrorist tried to blow up the london stock exchange. >> the president is face deadline to decide whether he wants a lawyer to represent him. democrats are trying to convince a skeptical public that the president deserves to lose his job. >> surviving thanksgiving dinner wasn't hard enough the weather threatening to bring travel woes for tens of thousands across the country. >>> so congress is returning from thanksgiving break this week, impeachment hearings are back in the house. in fact, several public hearings on impeachment are scheduled throughout december. starting with the judiciary committee and that happens this wednesday. >> these hearings could be democrats last chance to boost support for impeachment before a full house vote. kristen holmes is in west palm beach this morning

i'm christi paul.'m martin salvidge in for bvicr blackwell. >> several key witnesses scheduled to appear to the impeachment hearings. >> now republicans vp released the names of their own witness wish list. among them, hunter biden and the anonymous whistleblower who started the whole impeachment inquiry at the end of the day. >> let's bring in white house correspondent kristen holmes in washington. the whole wish list on the part of the republicans gives a tip of their hand what the strategy is going into these public hearings, right? >> absolutely, martin. it is very clear from this list that republicans try to shift the focus away from president trump and his relationship with ukraine and shift it towards some unsubstantiated conspiracy theories and paint ukraine as corrupt saying if president trump was acting this way is because ukraine was corrupt. i'll point a couple of things out here. we know hunter biden, as you mentioned. but then you see devin archer, a former board member of that same ukrai

. >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> good morning toou. president is starting his day in new york city after a late night fight at madison square garden. a bit of a distraction from the impeachment qiinquiry back in d. >> what you're seeing and hearing there is the welcome the president got. fairly mixed reaction at the crowd at the mixed martial arts fight that he attended with his sons eric and don jr. >> a similar scene outside of the garden where he was met by protesters and supporters and holding signs and chanting as well. >> earlier in the day the president was in a fighting mood it seems taking to twitter and hitting at the impeachment inquiry. hitting on the whistleblower who started it. cnn correspondent kristen holmes was at the ufc match last night. take us to a little bit more about that reaction we just saw from the crowd. good morning. >> good morning. this was not like what we saw a week ago in nats park when he went to the world series game which was almost a universal booing. you heard chants of "lock him up." this was

good to have you with us, i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell.lowing major developments that could have an impact on the impeachment inquiry against president trump. >> new allegations that top house intel republican devin nunes went to vienna to meet with a disgraced ukrainian prosecutor and that he did so to dig up dirt on the bidens. >> the man he met with was the same ex-ukrainian prosecutor that biden

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell, good to be with you.0 democrats are in des moines. they're pitch themselves to likely iowa voters there. this is the state that's going to pick the first winner next year. >> missing from iowa is former congressman beto o'rourke. he called it quits friday after failing to raise enough money to

we're glad to have you here, i'm christi paul. >> and i am martin savidge. welcome. >> we want to get you live pictures from tuscaloosa, alabama, where alabama and lsu are meeting this afternoon. >> on top of the hype of the big game, president trump will be in the stands. for now the president is still in washington where college football has taken a back seat for the impeachment inquiry. >> the tomorrow of two top white house officials placed acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney directly at the center of the ukraine scandal now. >> that's as the attorney for john bolton, and this is interesting, says that the former national white house security advisor has new relevant information about the scandal that has never been disclosed. let's bring in now cnn white house producer kevin liptak. based on those new transcripts, i've got to say it does not look good for the acting chief of staff. >> it certainly places mick mulvaney much closer to the center of this impeachment inquiry than we knew before. what is striking in this testimony from fiona hill

. >>> this is "new day" weekend with victor blackwell and christy paul. >> top of the hour now on this saturday morning. good to be with you and we're starting with a lot that's going on today. first, president trump. he's continuing to spin the impeachment inquiry as he calls it a deranged witchhunt. this was at a rally last night in mississippi. also, a source tells cnn his top ukraine expert lieutenant colonel alexander vindman was told to keep quiet about the president's july phone call with ukraine's leader. >> and with 93 days to go until the iowa caucus, several presidential democratic hopefuls. >> and right now, 12 wildfires are burning in california. the newest wildfire burning north of los angeles, not contained at all. 0% this morning. it's the maria fire. it's burned more than 10,000 acres and has destroyed at least three homes. but let's get back to our top story. >>> the president on the attack calling the impeachment inquiry a hoax and an attack on democracy. >> want to bring in cnn correspondent kristin homes. so kristin, we know president trump insists he did nothing w

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christy 1965 chase at ascot. the 5—2 second favourite, ridden by harry cobden and trained by paul nicholls, led the two and threesaudi arabia to claim his first victory in formula e. the briton held off bmw team mate maximilian gunther and now leads the drivers‘ championship. the next round is in chile in january. england's women scored ten tries as they crushed italy 60—3 in bedford to complete a clean sweep of victories from their autumn internationals. world player of the year emily scarratt scored a second half try. england finish the year with 12 wins from 13 games and extend their run of victories at home to 17. tommy fleetwood still has a chance to win his second race to dubai title — but his ryder cup team—matejon rahm has thrown a spanner in the works. there are various ways in which both can be named europe's best golfer at the season—ending tour championship. rahm is currently ahead, but as our golf correspondent iain carter explains, fleetwood is certainly still in contention. has a lot of work to do, one under par, soa has a lot of work to do, one under par, so a few shots of the lead here and he re

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