. >> and i'm cyril vanier. jeff sessions finds himself at the latest controversy over campaign contacts with russia. >> they say he met twice with russia's ambassador last year. but that's not what he told searpts during his confirmation hearing. >> and if there is any evidence that any one fillinataffiliatede trump campaign, communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, i'm not aware of any of those activities. i have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign, and i did not have communications with the russians. >> sessions now says, i never met with any russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign. i have no idea what this allegation is about. it is false. >> cnn spoke with "washington post" reporter greg miller who are helped break the story. >> it's true, senators do routinely meet with ambassadors. we reached out to 26 members and heard back from 19 of them. at last count, sessions is the only one who have met with the

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. >> and i'm cyril. thank you for watching cnn newsroom. >> the diplomatic spat between the netherlands and turkey intensifies. turkey's president is now threatening strong retaliation against the netherlands after the country blocked two turkish ministers from holding political rallies on dutch soil this weekend. that sparked angry protests on the streets of both countries. >> the dutch government said it barred the ministers due to safety concerns, but the turkish president compared the netherlands to nazis and he warned the country would pay the price. cnn has more on the growing rift between the two countries. >> reporter: rotter dam has returned to normal after saturday night. riot police were called in to disperse hundreds of people who gathered here at the turkish consulate angry at the banning of a number of turkish political rallies. a number of people were arrested, a few were injured, but the streets are quiet now. on a diplomatic level, however, it is still very tense. harsh words from the le

saying to us earlier, the reaction of serial -- cyril ramaphosa will be pivotal.ne reason the rand has done well of late -- it has benefited from the kerry. the 8% yield on the 10 year has been attractive. the downgrade of the dollar in the first quarter has also been a big factor. has that been a takeaway, the fact that the greenback has underperformed so many of its peers during a couple? markets, iterging is a big worry for countries like south africa, that have this large external debt pile. they get worried when the dollar appreciates and when u.s. yields drop. also those things squeeze them directly. this has provided a positive environment for them directly. even indirectly, it enables hedge fund and portfolio managers in the u.s. to leverage of more when yields stay low, but makes the carry trade more attractive when the dollar is depreciating. the big theme of the first quarter has been the fact that dollar and u.s. yields have underperformed what we saw at the start of the year. partshe pickup in rand that kerry trade. thank you very much. have a great w

people here know that while the cyclone might pass, the impact could be with them for cyril days. ——firefighters, it is a matter of waiting to see what comes. 0nce the windspeeds go above 80 kilometres per hour, they are not allowed to leave the base until it is said to do so. they have all the could then they need. generators and search agreement. and testing equipment so that they know where it is safe to go. even they might get locked. they have cancer that they are soft efficient —— self sufficient. that cyclone has made landfall. dr richard krupar, is an expert in tropical cyclones and extreme weather at the university of queensland, and hejoins me now from there. thank you for your time. first of all, can you explain richly what is making the cyclone so destructive? yes, thanks that. the cyclone has beenin yes, thanks that. the cyclone has been ina yes, thanks that. the cyclone has been in a very conducive environment for development. it has had warm ocean to bridges are around 30 or 31 celsius. there is not been a lot of change in wind speed and when height to rip it apart. so

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. >> i'm cyril vannier. >> the u.s. military is promising an investigation into the deaths of civilians and whether air strikes are to blame. >> they confirm one strike hit an isis truck packed with explosives on march 17th, but it's unclear what happened after that. >> an iraqi commander said the blast killed dozens in nearby homes. isis may have booby trapped the buildings. >> cnn is following all this and joins us now from istanbul in turkey. an investigation is under way and we don't know what caused the deaths. >> rosemary, it has been more than a week since this. it's a confusing and chaotic situation. so many conflicting reports. here's what we do know. according to local officials in mo cell according to the civil defense, an air strike caused a large number of civilian casualties. the u.s. as you mentioned and the iraqi militaries are both investigating the incident and what happened. the americans say they did carry out an air strike in this area where the incident took place, but they are trying to piece toge

and the magazine's name is in cyrilic.or russia, that is a way to overcome their inherent weaknesses? >> what does russia want? it doesn't just want the end to economic sanctions. it wants us out of their realm of what putin sees interests. when we raise something about cleptocracy or oppression of journalists be darn sure the next time that comes up, that we are going to hear about enemies of the people. the phrase that donald trump used to describe you and me. >> it is interesting. >> a kind of moral equivalence game he plays. >> so far, i don't know itch you can say there is smoke. certainly a lot of questions about contacts between the people around donald trump, around president trump, canned date trump, previously businessman trump. and, and russia and putin. >> and money. >> and money. >> yet, not any actual. nothing he can point to and wrap your hand around. >> what brought all this to the fore. all of it? for the most part. journalism. "the washington post." "the new york times." the new yorker. any number of publ

the magazine's name is in cyrillic. attempting to create turbulence in the u.s.ussia, that is a way to overcome their inherent weakness. >> look, what does russia want? it doesn't just want the end to economic sanctions. it wants us out of their realm of what putin sees as its interests. when we raise something about oppression of journalists, you can be darn sure the next time that comes up that we're going to hear about enemies of the people, the phrase that donald trump used to describe you and me. >> yeah. it's interesting -- >> there's a kind of moral equivalence. >> so far, i don't even know if you can say there's smoke. there's certainly a lot of questions about contacts between the people around donald trump, about, around president trump and candidate trump and previously businessman trump and then russia and putin. >> and money. >> and money, and yet there's not any actual, there's nothing you can really point to and wrap your hands around. >> what's brought all this to the fore? what's brought all of this to the fore? all of it? for the most part it's

the name of the new yorker is in cyrillic. it's kind of fantastic.th the monocle disapproval new york style, vladimir putin is looking at an insect, which is not very kind, to our current president, mr. trump. this article by david remnick and others suggest that after all that's happened in the last few weeks and the departure of flynn and the drama about session, and who knows what will happen next week, possible investigations might go on. there's democrats calling for mr. sessions to resign. i'm sure that he won't at this stage, maybe never, still we have a lot of smoke in the air. the article says, suggests that possibly trump might conclude he no longer has the political latitude to end sanctions against moscow and to accommodate russia's geopolitical ambitions. someone has looked at this relationship for as long as you have, is that possibly true or do you feel there is plenty of latitude with the new president to do deals with russia the cost domestically of doing the breakthrough things that he promised during the campaign have gone up a lot

the name "the new yorker" is in cyrillic. it is kind of fantastic.d with a monocle of disapproval, new york style, president putin is looking at an insect, at our current president, mr. trump up here. this article suggests after all that has happened in the last few weeks and the departure of flynn and the drama about sessions, and what will happen possibly next week, possible investigations might go beyond the intelligence committees. if being called for. even democrats calling for mr. sessions to resign. i'm sure he will not, but not at this stage, maybe never. we have a lot of smoke in the air. the article says, suggests that possibly, "trump might conclude he does not have the political latitude to end sanctions against moscow and accommodate russia's geopolitical ambitions." for someone who looked at this relationship for his long as you have, do you think that is possibly true? or do you feel that there is plenty of latitude for a new president to do deals with russia? mr. mcfaul: there was a lot less -- is a lot less latitude for sure. the cos

and the name of the new yorker is in cyrillic.nd with a monocle of disapproval, president clinton -- president putin is looking at an insect flying here. burnett --e by david david rignet and others, suggest that after the last week, the nn andure of one -- fly what is happening with sessions, there are even democrats calling for mr. sessions to resign. i'm sure he will, at this stage, maybe never. we have a lot of smoke in the air. the article suggests that trump might conclude he no longer has the political our latitude -- little latitude to in sanctions against moscow. for someone who is look at this relationship for as long if you have, do you think that is possibly true or do you feel that there's still plenty of latitude for a new president to do deals with russia question mark --? >> there is a lot of latitude for sure. the cost domestically of doing the breakthrough things he promised in the campaign have gone a lot higher. oute is now begun to fill his team, is a long way to go, but it is clear there is not consistence an