john and christine?nie looks awesome. >> she handles it so well. >> i can never stay up late. she boils it down for me. i can talk about the grammys. >> with the song "hello." i felt it was in 2012. why is it only winning now? i was 11 when i first heard that song. >> you are still 11. >>> more stores are dropping trump products. sears and kmart stopped selling trump home online. it can be bought from third party vendors. they were not sold in stores. nordstrom and mash shalls and tj maxx not selling the line. that surrounds the ivanka trump. her sales dipped 26% online. it studied the sales on five online sites. the report in the wall street journal states her line plunged 26% leading up to the election which suggests that was the business decision. the sales decision that nordstrom was making. >>> new evacuations ordered overnight in northern california. over structure concerns of a dam. officials moved nearly 200,000 residents out of the path of the dam. serious concerns this morning about what is int

good morning, ian. >> reporter: good morning, christine. us who cover israel, this did come as a bit of a shock especially since it seemed like the trump administration was giving the israeli government the green light to expand settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem. they announced over 6,000 settlement units since trump came into office. then we get this statement from the white house. while we don't believe the existence of settlements are an impediment to pieeace, the expansion beyond the current borders may not be helping in achieving that goal. we are starting to hear from israeli officials. the deputy foreign minister came out shortly and said that the current israeli government was elected to act on the jewish people's right to build in all parts of the country. he went on to say that the white house itself holds that the settlements are not an obstacle to peace. he is translating this as saying it must concluded that the expansion or construction is not a problem. although we just heard from the white house statement which

i'm christine romans. 30 minutes past the hour.ite house overnight voicing objections to cnn reporting about communications with the trump campaign and russia. multiple u.s. officials say the rejection of the white house request of constant communication with trump official as as and russians. cnn first reported on that last week. last night, sean spicer objected to the characterization. he told us we didn't try to knock the story down. we asked them, the fbi, to tell the truth. >> another white house official said that the request was made after the fbi indicated to the white house it did not believe the reporting on communications during the campaign was accurate. even if that were the case, the white house reaching out to the fbi would violate procedures on communications with the bureau about active investigations that go back to 2007. cnn's evan perez broke the story. >> reporter: the u.s. official said this began with deputy director andrew mccabe and reince priebus on the sidelines of the separate white house meeting on the

dave and christine. >> thank you, phil. bernie sanders not known for his sense of humor busted out laughing when asked about president trump's comments that nobody knew that health care could be so complicated. sanders telling anderson cooper he learned several serving on a senate committee. >> you just mentioned to me. he said this is the president of the united states. we have been debating health care in the country for 30 years. he said who knew how complicated it was? he is the only person in the country who doesn't know how complicated it is. >> the former presidential candidate says he does not believe democrats should help republicans repeal and replace, but would work with them to improve obamacare. >>> members of the house committee looking not alleged russian interference on the election. they will examine contacts with the trump campaign and russia and look into who leaked details about the russian actions. the leadership of the committee is at odds over what the investigators have determined if they determined

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs.our vacation. >> welcome to the anchor chair. >>> students face uncertainty this morning after the trump administration withdraws federal guidance on transgender bathroom use in public schools. the white house dropped the obama directive that ordered schools nationwide to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that identified with their gender. >> the aclu not buying that. the aclu slamming the decision here. the statement revoking the guidance shows the president's promise to protect lgbt rights was empty rhetoric. school districts should and must protect transgender students and all students from discrimination. school districts recognizing that should continue to do the right thing. for the rest, we will see them in court. within the administration, not everyone on board. the move faced strong opposition from one key figure. senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny with the latest. >> reporter: christine and dave, good morning. new guidance on wednesday about the transge

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david and christine. >> leyla, thank you. a mexican senator who has written a bill to wean mexico off u.s. corn. >> we know that hits you right in the heart. >> i come from a corn farming family. this is a coppl complicated relationship. >> they will have a tough time getting through the border adjustment tax. people are not keen to the idea. >>> mixed messages from the white house causing concern for european officials already trying to figure out how to work with president trump. we're live in berlin with more. >>> so a new wrinkle this morning in europe's interactions with the new white house. while european leaders are trying to find bearings in working with donald trump, eu members were given conflicting messages by two members of the inner circle of the president. cnn's atika shubert is live in berlin with the latest. atika, the world leaders are trying to figure out what is the american administration's stance on the eu. >> reporter: absolutely. here in germany, a lot of hand wringing to get inside the mind of the trum

john and christine. >>> jim, thank you.ight blitz against education secretary nominee betsy devos. a vote for devos is scheduled for noon eastern time. one democratic senator believes a third republican senator may cross party lines and vote against devos. effectively killing her nomination. this is a remarkable show of force on the floor. cnn's sunlen serfaty is live on capitol hill this morning where it is a long night. they want to peel off one more republican. the phone lines have been burning up from people around the country protesting this nomination. they want their senators not to vote for her. mostly teachers unions and teachers who are against her. >> reporter: christine, that is right. the reality of the situation that democrats are facing, although they want and trying to get that additional republican to flip their vote to a no and break ranks with republicans, the reality is they have not found that vote yet. that's what led to the marathon session overnight. they are in hour 18 of the 24-hour protest blastin

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>> reporter: good morning, christine.person, ever since the ban was announced and put on hold and gone through the ping pong process state side, around 800 refugees had travel effected by this. they are in the process of getting rebooked. bearing in mind, those going to the united states as refugees trying to be resettled have a lot at stake. not only have they gone through the lengthy vetting process that lasts about two years, these are people going thoehoping to star their lives all over again chasing the american dream that they do believe exists and one they desperately need. especially fleeing war-torn countries. then you have the tens of thousands of other people traveling to the united states because they want to visit family or business or trying to pursue their education. in some cases, some of them may be deciding if the travel is not urgent to put that on hold to wait and see how it plays out. they don't want to risk income t being in the air should the ban be lifted and suffer the humiliation of being detaine

christine and miguel. >> thank you, jeff.resident trump claims he wanted to give travelers one month's notice been the ban. he was overruled. he did not specify which agency overruled him. he said he was urged not to delay because advance warning to tryiigger a flood of terroristsn the country. >>> jeff sessions was confirmed in a 52-47 vote mostly along party lines. bitter setback for democrats. el especially senator warren. warren refusing to remain silent. firing of tweets. no rule 19 from silencing me anymo anymore. this is just the beginning. if jeff sessions makes an attempt to bring his racism or bigotry, he will hear from all of us. her use of the word persist is the word to described her condu conduct. she felt she had no choice but to keep talking. >> did you know it was a violation when they warned you and why not move on? >> i was moving on. i was moving on to talk about the facts of what jeff sessions had done when he prosecuted self rights workers trying to help black citizens vote. i thought quoting coretta sco

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs.hour. president trump will give the first address to the joint session of congress. the speech writing team is working to finalize the address which is expected to be heavy on national security creating economic opportunities and quote promises made and promises kept. we learned the white house sent an e-mail to conservative outlets in advance of the speech. the e-mail provided to cnn. it lays out the ideas we reported, but also notes the president will address safer communities and better schools for the forgotten men and women. apparently a reference to poor and my majority communities. he will work with congress to include better workplaces for parents and better education for kids. >> this speech comes at a critical time for the young administration. the country waiting on the president's health plan. budget outline just made public and he has been given new options for winning the fight against isis. cnn's jim acosta has the preview of the address. >> reporter: dave and christine,

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christine. the marquee event. yesterday, they were already talking about looking forward to the president's speech. in fact, the first time they say a sitting president in his first year addressing cpac since reagan. everyone looking forward to seeing what president trump says when he addresses cpac later this morning. keep in mind, in some ways, he is in front of his element. this is not the same thing as a campaign rally. folks who go to cpac certainly are the conservative base, but political operatives in washington and folks in the weeds on this stuff. it is interesting how trump fires them up and gives policy to sink their teeth into. we got a hint of that yesterday with mike pence. donald trump's conservative whisperer. donald trump has his faith. mike pence has been in tune with the cpac crowd for years. is beloved on the hill by many of the conservatives. he laid out policy in the speech. he took it to democrats on obamacare. i think we can listen to some of that now. >> let me assure yo

i'm christine romans. let's begin with this. president trump vowing to fight on in the battle over the travel ban. unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel means citizens of the muslim majority countries can travel freely to the united states. the judges determining the government relied too heavily on executive power for the ban. the president saying see you in court. security of our nation is at stake. moments later, he spoke to reporters at the white house. >> it is a political decision. we will see them in court. >> you believe the -- >> we have a situation where the security of our country is at stake. it is a serious situation. we look forward as i said to seeing them in court. >> does this under cut the early days of your presidency? >> this is a decision that came down. >> democrats and refugee groups applauding the court ruling. next, seek reexamination of the case by the larger panel of the judges or appeal directly to the supreme court. >> the travel ban triggered outrage. in iran today, one of the seven nations target

>> reporter: the tensions could flare up quickly, christine. not had reaction from tehran on the comments of the national security adviser. when they do come out, will probably be combative from the side of the iranians. you heard from the defense minister. saying we had every right to carry out the ballistic missile test. iranians are allowed to do the test if the tests they are making are not capable of nuclear warheads. the u.s. believes iran was in violation of the united nations resolution. certainly there is conflict there. it is so interesting because i was just in tehran last week and we were talking to a lot of iranian officials. some hard line anti-american. when you asked about the trump administration all of them said at this point in time, we are taking a wait and see approach. donald trump was than convent n conventional politician. they thought they could do business with the trump administration. seeing the early days, especially the comments by michael flynn, they will have to rethink if that was realistic to believe they would

let's go to ryan browne at the capital. >> reporter: thank you, christine. the department of justice under acting attorney general sally yates warned the trump administration they intercepted phone calls and transcript was flynn and the russian ambassador kislyak. it was found that the two discussed sanctions. flynn was forced last night to submit a letter of resignation from the fallout. that letter read i briefed the president and vice president and others about my phone calls with the ambassador. i apologize to the president and vice president and they accepted my apology. i'm tendering my resignation. honored to have served our nation and the american people in such a distinguished way. now, flynn will be replaced in the short-term by retired lieutenant general keith kellogg. he was previously serving as the chief of staff. he is a long time adviser of trump. there are others in the running. retired general david petraeus. he has baggage cording accordin officials. and robert harward. another major officer who worked in central command. his name is in th

i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez. happy friday. it is 5:00 a.m. here on the east coast. remarkable turn of he vepeventse white house. after a year of campaigning against every part of barack obama's foreign policy, the president post-inauguration, seems to be adopting the very policies. the administration taking a tougher stance on israeli settlements. issuing a warning to russia blaming it for lines in ukraine. threatening new sanctions against iran without targeting the nuclear deal. >> this in the diplomatic efforts to soothe rattled nerves in asia and patch up with australia after the heated call with mr. trump's and the prime minister. all of this on secretary of state rex tillerson's very first day on the job. live coverage from europe to the middle east. we start with ian lee in jerusalem with the surprising white house pivot on israeli settlements. ian, what is the reaction? >> reporter: for us who cover israel, we were a bit shocked when we woke up and saw the statement from the white house. i think israeli o

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans.sor michael flynn and not a peep from the white house. retired general is under fire over speaking to russia about sanctions before president trump takes office. we are told flynn has no plans to resign and has no expectation of being fired. an official tells cnn quote a lot of unhappiness about this. democrats, no surprise, are piling on. >> either he was lying about not having discussed that or he forgot. >> you don't believe it. your smile says you believe he didn't forget? >> i don't think you want a guy who would forget that. >> the most glaring words from the white house not coming from the white house in support of general flynn. steven miller seemed to go out of his way to withhold official support this weekend. >> the white house did not give you anything to say other than -- >> they did not give me anything to say. >> so you cannot say -- >> asked and answered, chuck. >> you cannot say if the president has -- >> it is to the for me to tell you what is in the president's mind.

we were in tehran a week ago, christine. we talked to people and asked them. how do you think the relax reres with the trump administration will evolve. especially with the nuclear agreement being a bad deal. it was interesting. iranians were saying, look, we don't know what donald trump is going to do. we need a wait and see approach to trump and see what he does when he comes into office. one official said this man is a non conventional politician. maybe he would do business with iran. they have to rethink that after the comments from the national security adviser. one thing we heard time and again is the iranians saying if the new administration thinks iran will back down from stances or policies, it is mistaken. iranians willing to risk confrontation with the united states also over the issue of ballistic missiles. >> thank you, fred. keep us posted. >>> confirmation hearings for neil gorsuch expected to get under way in six weeks. the president is warning democrats not to obstruct the confirmation. he is urging the senate to deploy the so-called nuclear o

john and christine. >> dan simon, thank you. freedom caucus or conservative wing wants obamacare repealed immediately and planned parenthood defunded. the freedom caucus voted to fast track a vote on repealing the affordable care act. that sets up a clash on those trying to move the bill along more slowly. there are others who fear the language complicates the matter more. they want to separate that. >>> have you looked at your 401(k)? wow. it has been big for six years. now another incredible rally in the stock market. two days of record highs for the averages. one stock shining a month after the innay sayers were bruising . we will get a check on cnn money stream next. >>> jeffery sandusky, the son of jerry sandusky is under arrest, charged with soliciting sex from a child under 16 and soliciting child porn. he was arraigned in court on monday. he faces 14 felony and misdemeanor counts with two girls. sandusky has been suspended from his job at a correctional facility. >>> disaster averted in oroville dam in california. offici

the landowner christin ayers interviewed makes no profit from the oil.e just owns the surface land. not the mineral rights beneath it. >>> check this out. an incredible sight at yosemite. that is an object optical illusion known as fire fall. it happened for a couple of week each february. a couple of lucky photographers snapped these shots before it disappeared. >> sunlight right, ken? , that's what it is, man. >> gorgeous, and the wealther cooperated all throughout the state of california. rain returning later this week. includeing the bay area. kpix5 high-def doppler tonight, is mainly dry. there is a winter storm watch which has been issued. can you believe it? sierra snowfall. another foot of snow with another foot coming on friday. city hall lit up for valentine's day. hope you and yours had a great day. a lot of fives on your television screen. san francisco, san jose, 55. livermore, santa rosa, 50. we will stay in the 50s in a couple of spots including pacifica, san francisco, oakland. not falling into the 40s . concord, 46. satellite review show

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as you mentioned, christine, the grace shown on stage. pricewaterhou pricewaterhou pricewaterhou pricewaterhousecoopers addressing that. he said i am proud to hand this over to "moonlight." under the pressure. >> to give best picture and give it to somebody else. >> after starting to give speeches. >> let's hear that graceful reaction to the gaffe from the central characters involved. >> i'm a little bit in a daze, but it happened. i'm glad i got to stand up there and invite my friends "moonlight" up there. i'm saying it is an incredible community of people. i'm incredibly close with the people on that cast and crew. it was, you know, things happen. >> when they said this is wrong. "moonlight" won what did you think? >> it seems as if it was a joke. it's jimmy kimmel. that's the most disrespectful joke you could play on somebody. or they were just when "moonlight" is the real winner. paying homage. it was real. that was just the most unique moment. >> remarkable to me. everyone cool and graceful. a night where the headline was not politic

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i'm christine romans, it's 30 minutes past the hour this wednesday morning.ma on capitol hill. democratic senator elizabeth warren was silenced by majority leader mitch mcconnell. she was reading the words of coretta scott king. mcconnell used a rule. warren was trying to read a letter from 1986. it was a letter criticizing sessions who was a federal court nominee at the time. >> this is what it said, say all mothers, daughters, fathers, sons and brothers -- >> mr. president -- >> they are -- >> mr. president -- >> the majority leader. >> the senator is the motives by our colleague of alabama as by the claire, senator warren, quote, said senator sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens. i call the senator to order understand the provisions of rule 19. >> mr. president? >> senator from massachusetts. >> mr. president, i am surprised that the words of coretta scott king are not suitable for debate in the united states senate. i ask leave of the senate to continue my remarks. >> is there objection

. >> christine flowers, attorney and journalist. good morning, christine.ttorney ajay raju. >> good morning. >> good morning, ajay. and brian tierney, marketing executive. >> good morning. >> good morning, brian. so we just watched here the announcement from seth williams, which occurred back on friday. he will not seek reelection as district attorney of philadelphia. this would have been his third term if he won one. he spent some time listing his accomplishments, reforming how criminals are charged in the city, placing justice over just simply winning convictions, giving those who deserve it a second chance. but he did admit that the ethics case against him, the largest fine in the history of the ethics board, which was exacted about a month ago, did become a distraction for him, so he won't seek reelection, and he also talked about how he as an orphan, as a child, went on to become the first african-american district attorney in the history of the city of philadelphia. harold, this a big surprise to you? >> it is a surprise, the announcement that he's no

but as christin ayers found out it's not stopping the state from backing another oil company's request to inject waste water in the bay area. >> reporter: you would never know it but in the shadow of windmills that surround the livermore valley, there's an active oilfields. >> started seeing major problems here. >> reporter: two wells are on phillip marshall's property. he says problems started when the oil company e & b natural resources removed some old tanks uncovering contaminated soil. >> it was intense petroleum smelling odor coming from the site and we looked at it and saw that there was obviously contaminated soil under where these tanks came out of. >> reporter: the county cited them for failure to provide an immediate verbal report of the contamination. in another incident involving their tanks on a neighboring property, alameda county's d.a. sued the company for improper transportation and disposal of hazardous waste. >> they are very sloppy message operators that just really don't have any regard for the property they're on, the community around them. >> reporter: marshall

i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez.mind blowing improbable victory in super bowl history. tom brady the first quarterback ever to win five championships. he did it in epic, epic fashion. bringing the new england patriots back from a 25--point deficit late in the third quarter for a stunning 34-28 win over the atlanta falcons in overtime. we will have more on the historic comeback coming up. >>> first, breaking news. attorneys for washington state and minnesota filing legal papers with the ninth district court of appeals. they are trying to keep the suspension in tact on the refugee and travel ban. the ban halted four days ago by the u.s. district court judge james robart prompting angry twitter attacks from the president of the united states. democrats and some republicans blasting mr. trump for his attacks against the judge. how the president is coming under fire for suggesting the u.s. has been just as bad an actor as russia and vladimir putin. we get more on all of this from suzanne malveaux. >> reporter: after just

i'm miguel marquez. >> i'm christine romans.m brady the first quarterback to win five championships. bringing the patriots back from a 25-point deficit. for a 34-28 victory in overtime over the falcons. we will somewhere mohave more o comeback in moments. >>> and breaking news. filing with the ninth circuit court of appeals at 4:00 a.m. we are trying to keep the suspension in tact on the trump's refugee and travel ban. the ban halted by judge james robart. prompting angry tweets from the president. some democrats and republicans are blasting mr. trump for the attacks and now under more fire for suggesting that the u.s. has been just as bad an actor as russia and vladimir putin. we get more from cnn's suzanne malveaux. >> reporter: after just the first two weeks in office, president trump is preparing for a judicial showdown as for the travel ban by executive order can stand. some lawmakers were upset over the president who disparaged the judge through tweets who called him a so-called judge. can to the believe a judge would put

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