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i'm george howell.president of nigeria me hamed abuhaji is hosting a summit in the next few hours. the focus will be the terror groups such as boca haram and isis. and president and secretary of state and other world leaders are all attending the event. the index named boca haram the deadliest terror group in the world. they are estimated for killing an estimates 20,000 people. since 2009, the group has pledged its allegiance also to isis within the last year. >> what we've seen are reports of more cooperation of reports between them. what we've seen is boca haram itself being more sophisticated in its messaging or propaganda if you prefer. that bears the hallmarks of da'esh that is sophisticated in doing that. and also boca haram fighters within libya with da'esh fighters. these are all elements that suggest there are more contacts and more cooperation. and this is, again, something that we're looking at very, very carefully, because we want to cut it off and prevent it from going any further. >> let's

i'm george howell. the headlines we're following for you this hour. in southeastern turkey, a blast outside the police headquarters has killed one officer and left 13 others wounded. state media report that a car bomb exploded outside of that building. >>> the iraqi capital is under a state of emergency after hundreds of protesters breech the green zone. they have regained control of that zone where government offices are held. >>> the united states and russia say they have agreed on a renewed cessation of hostilities in parts of syria. the u.s. is pushing for the truce to include the city of aleppo which has seen 230 people killed in the past week alone. u.s. and middle eastern diplomats will meet in geneva on sun. >>> in nairobi, kenya, 16 people are confirmed dead following collapse of an apartment building on friday. dozens more still missing. this seven-story tower collapsed on friday amid heavy rain. the building had been condemned but the order was ignored. >>> america's choice, 2016, the preside

i'm george howell. >> i'm alison kosik. >> and breaking overnight. of e-mail while serving as secretary of state. the report claims clinton did not seek permission to use the server. and if asked to receive the okay, she would not have gotten. last night, clinton said the report's criticism is nothing new. >> well, there may be reports that come out, but nothing has changed. it's the same story. just like previous secretaries of state, i used a personal e-mail. many people did. it was not at all unprecedented. i have turned overall my e-mails. no one else can say that. i have been open about doing that. i will continue to be open. it's not an issue that's going to effect the campaign or my presidency. >> today, the state department weighing in on a freedom of information lawsuit that would compel testimony about clinton's e-mails from hillary clinton herself. the suit is one of several filed by the group judicial watch. the conservative organization taking a deposition today from clinton when she was at the state department. cheryl mills is asking th

i'll george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. back after the break with more news from around the world. thank you for watching cnn, the world's news leader. ♪ >>> a new outburst of violence outside of donald trump rally. riot police with batons inleashing pepper spray while arresting dozens of people. >>> zika fears spark a new warning from more than 100 doctors why they say brazil should put off the olympic games. >>> and u.s. war veterans complete a new mission after passing through a different kind of battlefield. live from cnn headquarters in the world. welcome from our news headquarters in the united states and around the world. "cnn newsroom" starts right not. chaos on the campaign trail outside of a donald trump rally in san diego, california, things got ugly. when his supporters and opponents went after each other. take a look there. police broke up the crowds, but it wasn't easy. >> get on your back! >> get on your back. >> there was a scene there where 35 people were arrested. the presumptive republican nominee had alr

i'm george howell. cnn "newsroom" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >>> good day to you. we begin this hour with wild fires raging in western canada. they have gained a lot more ground, nearly doubling in size in the last 24 hours and threatening saskatchewan, its neighbor to the east. it has consumed nearly 800 square miles and it is not slowing down. flames have destroyed the entire fort mcmurry community. officials have evacuated thousands of people from there, but some 15,000 remain trapped north of that area. dry conditions are fueling flames and the wind is fanning them to the northeast. that's making it hard for the more 500 firefighters fighting the fire. our dan simon is on the ground with this report. >> reporter: you can see this fire is still very much out of control and you still have so many people who are evacuated. nearly 90,000 people evacuated. that's an unprecedented situation in canada. in terms of the weather, it's hot today, conditions remain dry, windy. terrible conditions for fighting this f

i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> new evidence is giving clues as to what happened aboard egyptair flight 804 just moments before it crashed into the mediterranean sea. cnn has learn smoke alerts went off shortly before the plane disappeared from radar. searchers have as found debris and human remains in the sea. but we still don't know what caused that plane to crash on thursday. there was 66 people on board. egyptian officials expect terrorism but no group has come forward to claim responsibility. let's get the latest from cnn international correspondent arwa damon live at cairo's international airport. arwa, what more are you hearing about this investigation at this point? >> reporter: well, george, the details that are coming to lighting are really serving mostly to add to the mystery surrounding what the cause of this possible crash may be. you do have these various different smoke alarms that were set off, that aren't even necessarily definitively indicative of any sort of fi

i'm alison kosik. >> i'm george howell. 31 minutes past the hour. bernie sanders is vowing to stay in the race even if it means a messy democratic convention. defiance comes as hillary clinton looks past her primary challenger toward donald trump and toward the general election. pulling out of a debate in california planned for may. sanders blasting clinton's decision. cnn's sunlen serfaty is there. >> reporter: bernie sanders calls for democrats to unite and bernie sanders is digging in more. he is renewing his promise to take the fight to the convention floor. he was asked about the potential for the philadelphia convention to get messy to which he replied. so what? democracy is messy. he added he will condemn any and all forms of violence. as he barnstorms the state of california. he seems to be taunting hillary clinton a bit. saying she is getting nervous at his chances going forward. at the meantime, the clinton campaign will not participate in the california debate in two weeks. this is something he brought up here in santa monica. >> i was di

i'm george howell. cnn "newsroom" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >>> in rauk, isis has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack just north of baghdad. it happened at a cooking gas plant. you see the big explosion here there. at least five police officers were killed. more than a dozen others were wounded. two suicides bombs went off at the plant. one at the entrance and another inside the actual facility. six isis militants then tried to storm their way inside but security forces were able to hold them off. following all of this, our ian lee joins us live in cairo, egypt. first of all, the fact that this happened so close to baghdad, it's a big deal. what more can you tell us? >> that's right, george. we're getting an update. now we're hearing that seven people have been killed and 24 wounded. what we're seeing by isis now are these sleeper cells being activated around the country. as we've seen them lose territory with the advancement of iraqi security forces as well as the peshmerga. we've seen an increase i

i'm alison kosik. >> and i'm george howell. 31 minutes past the hour.ollowing breaking news from overnight, anti-trump protesters in new mexico. hundreds of people lighting fires, throwing rocks and bottles at police officers, and smashing a door at the albuquerque convention center, where trump was holding a huge rally inside. police using smoke grenades and pepper spray to get control of the angry crowd. cnn's dan simon was in the middle of it all. >> reporter: well, it was quite a dramatic scene in downtown albuquerque tuesday night as a group of anti-donald trump protesters clashed with police. this is one of the remnants you find on the street. this is an empty canister of pepper spray that police used on the crowd. this all began when you had a group breakthrough a barricade that police had set up to keep people from going into the convention center where donald trump was speaking. from there, things quickly descended into chaos. you had a number of people who were throwing bottles and throwing rocks at police officers. police showed remarkable re

i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta.ck after the break with more news from around the world. thank you for watching cnn, the world's news leader. >>> scouring the scene for more debris. searchers look for crucial parts that might explain what happened to egyptair flight 804 while families still wait for answers. plus, this. >> unlike donald trump, i will not pander to the gun lobby. >> hillary clinton sends out a firm message after donald trump picks up a big endorsement. and u.s. veteran who lost his leg fighting against the invisible rules of war by climbing the tallest on the planet. from cnn world headquarter, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. cnn newsroom starts right now. it is the fourth day of searching. teams comb the mediterranean combing the wreckage. doomed 804 and so far, found very little. some personal belongings. some human remains. investigators hope that the plane's so-called black boxes will be found soon to bring some answers about what went wron

i'm alison kosik. >> i'm george howell.is deploying a submarine in the search for flight 804. it is a submersible set to scour the bottom of the sea for the search for the black boxes. they will hope to discover what happened to the plane. french aviation officials confirmed over the weekend the plane sent out automated messages signaling smoke at the front of the aircraft. following it all live, we have to cnn's international editor ni nic robertson. >> reporter: what they are telling us is the priority is to recover the bodies for all the grieving families. they deployed the submarine. it can go to a maximum depth of 3,000 meters. we are short on details from the egyptian authorities because they are not giving us a blow by blow discovery. they want to find the black boxes which is critical. there is a potential big problem. the sea where the plane went down is as deep as 5,000 meters. this submersible and it is not clear whether it is doing an entirely visual search or if it can pick up the pings on the sides of the blac

i'm george howell in for george berman. >> i'm alison kosik in for christine romans. >>> first, talk of unity but still no endorsement. donald trump and paul ryan hashing it out at the rnc headquarters. presumptive nominee searching for common ground. both men emerging with a message of optimism about unifying the republican party. >> i don't mind going through a little bit of a slow process. it's a very big subject. we have a lot of things. i think for the most part we agree on a lot of different items, and we're getting there. >> the process of unifying the republican party which just finished a primary about a week ago, perhaps one of the most divisive primaries in memory, takes some time. >> rnc chairman reince priebus was in the room with ryan and trump and said the two men agreed to speak again soon, maybe even today. more from cnn's dana bash. >> reporter: it's hard to believe that just one week ago, we were all talking about the republican party split straight down the middle, starting at the top with paul ryan, the house speaker, and the presumptive republican presidential n

. >> i'm george howell. it is 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. happening now, egypt deploying a submarine to search for egyptair flight 804. it is searching for the black boxes. the flight data recorders hold details of what happened on the plane before it crashed. and french officials said the aircraft sent out signals of smoke. and investigators are focusing on security at the airports that the plane visited before the flight. four of the five, brussels, tunis and cairo were already under scrutiny. joining us live is cnn's nic robertson. nic, it is good to have you with us. what can you tell us about the submarine and how it will help in the search? >> reporter: george, we just got details in from the french. they are sending a ship or vessel to the recovery area to help the egyptians. on board that ship, two specialist divers, a small submersible vehicle and a ping detector. this is the first time we heard of a ping detector. this is the device that goes in the water to detect the ping from the black boxes. egyptian authorities say they need h

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. >> i'm george howell. tuesday, may 24th. it is 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. bernie sanders vowing to stay in the race even if it means a messy democratic convention. sanders defiance comes as hillary clinton looks past the challenger and toward the general election and pulling out of the debate in california which was planned for may. sanders blasting clinton's decision at a rally in santa monica. cnn's sunlen serfaty was there. >> reporter: george and alison, hillary clinton is increasing urgency a bit and calling for democrats to unite before the general election. bernie sanders is digging in more. renewing his promise to take his fight to the convention floor. in an interview with the ap, he was asked about the convention to get messy. he replied so what. democracy is messy. he will condemn any and all forms of violence. as he barnstorms the state of california, he seems to be taunting hillary clinton a bit. saying he believes she is getting nervous at his chances going forward. in the meantime, the clinton campaign announced they will not participate in t

. >> and i'm george howell. follow the breaking news of the disappearance of egyptair flight 804. >> it is 9:00 a.m. a short time ago, greece announced it was pulling back its ships from the search area but is still offering air support in the search. crews thought they found wreckage on thursday, but it turns out it was not debris from the plane. >> air traffic control lost contact with this airbus a 320 early thursday morning as it left greek airspace on its way to cairo. the puzzling part of all this is that the plane was cruising at 37,000 feet, a very safe part of the flight before it dropped from radar. >> the greek defense minister says the jet swerved out of control before plunging to 10,000 feet. we're still waiting to learn more about the 66 people on board, as families, of course cling to hope for their loved ones. >> there are so many questions at this hour. 15 of the people on board were french citizens, france is also part of this investigation. >> within the past hour, the country's foreign minist

i'm george howell in for george berman. >> i'm alison kosik in for christine romans. >>> first, talk unity

. >> i'm george howell. "early start" continues now with christine romans and john berman live from new york. >>> breaking news. investigators working to unravel the mystery of what happened to egyptair flight 804 and the 66 people on board. the plane vanishing more than 24 hours ago. our live team coverage begins now. i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm christine romans. it is friday, may 20th. we welcome viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. breaking news at this hour. the search for the missing egyptair flight 804. it vanished more than 24 hours ago. 66 passengers and crew on board on the way from paris to cairo. the plane disappeared from radar. crews from five countries are combing the eastern mediterranean for any sign of wreckage. so far none has been found. earlier reports have been proven wrong. that said, the working theory is the plane was downed by a bomb and terror investigation is under way. at this point, there has been no claim of responsibility. we are covering the story only cnn can. we want

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"early start" begins with alison kosik and george howell right now. >> breaking overnight.g to a scathing report on how she handled her e-mail while serving as secretary of state. what's happening in the investigation. >>> and donald trump blasting hillary clinton overnight. also facing new backlash from within his own party. >>> and the donald agreeing to debate bernie sanders before the california primary. will it happen? good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm george howell. >> good morning. i'm alison kosik. it is thursday, may 26th. breaking overnight. hillary clinton

. >> two of my favorite people, allison and the man with one of the best suit games at cnn, george c. howellt little touch of gray in the front. >> it's real, chris. >> i've seen you in the field, i've seen you touching it up. >> that's not true, it's real. >> and he is proud of it. proud of gray hair. >> he is a great reporter and great man. >> for the rest of you here is what's coming your day on "new day." there was no endorsement from paul ryan but a lot of the right signals were sent from the perspective of republican unity and for donald trump. donald trump said he had a great round of meetings with gop leadership in washington and he also got a big endorsement from a major donor, who has a lot of fundraising powers. we are going to talk to his campaign about that. >>> on the other side of the ball, bernie sanders continuing to make the case that this is not about saying good things and building the party platform, it is about winning and fighting for the soul of the democratic party. so what happens next? what is the goal right now? his campaign manager who made some strong statements

i'm george howell. the headlines we're following for you this hour.illed one officer and left 13 others wounded. state media report that a car bomb exploded outside of that building. >>> the iraqi capital is under a state of emergency after hundreds of protesters breech the green zone.

i'm george howell. >> good morning. i'm alison cokosik. we begin this morning with breaking news.juring officers at the albuquerque convention center where trump was holding a huge rally. police using smoke grenades and pepper spray to get control of the angry crowd. cnn's dan simon was in the middle oft