. >> i'm george howell from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. newsroom starts right now. >>> good day to you, the u.s. president seems to be striking a curiously different tone toward the north korean leader kim jong un. in a new interview, he said that he's "a pretty smart cookie." the u.s. is open hoping for a democratic solution for the nuclear crisis, mr. trump is not ruling out military action, as well. >> he's been accused of brutal human rights violation. but will be to what the president said in a new interview about the north korean leader. >> people are saying, is he sane? i have no idea. a lot of people don't like when i say it, he was a young man of 26 or 27 when he took over from his father, when his father died. he's dealing with tough people, in particular, the general and others at a young age he was able to presume water. a lot of people tried to take that power away whether it was his uncle or anybody else, and he was able to do it. but obviously he's a pretty smart cookie, we have a situation that we cannot let's what's been g

. >> i'm george howell, thank you for being with us. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> well, u.s. president is heading to israel after kicking off his first international trip in saudi arabia. he gave a major speech to muslim and arab leaders sunday called on them to dry out terrorist. a couple of days coming up in the israel and the west bank set to visit key sites including the church of the holy, the western war and the old city is also to take part in reef laying ceremony, at the world holocaust remembrance center where mr. trump has separate eating, with israeli prime minister, in fact it will be the president snapped captured this. the president is called a solution to this conflict between the israelis and palestinians the ultimate deal. he's also said he doesn't think this as difficult as people make out, is it? >> reporter: some of the issues are far easier where you can find they've been made out to be. you can find some of the issues, the right of return, jerusalem borders security that 's never been the major problem, it's been the lack of political will. can he make s

i am george howell. computers around the world held for ransom due to a massive cyber attack that hit 99 countries so far. one calls it the worst attack he's seen. samuel burke explains. >> reporter: let's be clear from the outset, this is unlike any cyber attack we have seen before. this isn't hacking of passwords or credit card numbers. this is ransomware, going through the internet, looking for vulnerable computers without people having to click a link on a fishing e-mail. it takes over the computers and demands $300 in bit coin for access to their files again. what's most troubling, it isn't just effecting big companies and individuals, it is also effecting hospitals. in the uk, multiple hospitals had to cancel outpatient appointments because their computers have been effected. at the root is a flaw in windows which microsoft has been trying to correct since march. but it can only be fixed if you, the user, do the security update. so often you get that notification in the lower right corner, don't wa

i'm george howell along with hannah vaughn jones in london. we're covering this transition of power, keeping in mind that emmanuel macron defeated marine le pen in this election that the world was watching. now emmanuel macron is taking the helm in france. just moments ago, we saw him standing alongside the outgoing president of france, francois hollande. melissa, we're looking at this moment of history, quite frankly, in the nation. this is a person who again created his own party, now coming to power. the question i have for you is, look, so this is a new president who wants to get things done. but will he have the allies to do so given that he is a newcomer himself and he is coming in with other parties that have been rebuked, quite frankly, by french voters? >> you're absolutely right, george. and you need only look around that room that he's standing in now to get an idea of the sort of democratic revolution that's taken place here in france. there are several very distinct groups of guests. first of all, those who represent the state the

i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> a vote for change. france decides 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast, less than 24 hours, voters head to the polls to pick a new president. an 11th-hour surprise. the campaign of one candidate, emmanuel macron, announced friday it had been hacked. cnn is following the important election with my colleague leading coverage in paris. >> reporter: it was surprising, indeed, to wake up to this this morning. not least because the official campaign is over. so with the way french politics and voting works, the saturday that comes before the sunday of voting is really a day of reflection. there's no more campaigning, and there's no more tv coverage of politics. really people are supposed to be alone with their thoughts. you're not used to having what could be considered major campaign events. it was a real surprise. here's what we know -- campaign of the front-runner return, emmanuel macron, says that thousands of its files were hacked, posted on line. this

i'm george howell.ng up on questions about the former national security adviser, michael flynn. what did the trump transition team tell him about his contacts with russia's ambassador? a former u.s. official tells cnn transition team members warned flynn in november about the risks of communicating with the russian diplomat and that such conversations were likely being monitored by u.s. intelligence. this was weeks before flynn reportedly spoke with the ambassador about u.s. sanctions on russia. flynn subsequently resigned. let's get more now on this story with "politico" reporter sylvia borelli, live for us in london this hour. let's talk more about this. so, with news about flynn, he was warned about these contacts with the russian ambassador but went on with the conversation anyway. the bigger question here, though, is, is this something that many in the united states, americans still care about, or is this more inside baseball with regards to flynn's legal woes? >> reporter: right. hi, george. well,

i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> it is 4:00 a.m. on thee coast and 10:00 a.m. in paris. in this final stretch, there is now news that the campaign one of the candidates running has been hacked. the files posted online. for the very latest on what this might mean for that election, cnn is live in the french capital. good to have you with us. >> yeah, george, good to be with you. the campaign had said report rey during the campaign that there were hackers and this morning quite a shock to wake up to the news so close to the election that the campaign hasn't been hacked. here's what we know. the campaign says that thousands of its files were hacked and then posted online. this just before a media blackout on the election went into effect late friday. midnight french time. according to the macron campaign, some of the files are authentic and others are totally fake. they say you're not going to find out anything that is damaging to them in this because they've essentially done nothing wrong. let's talk about this with christina, former

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. >> and i'm george howell from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. newsroom starts right now. it is 3:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast, north korea defying the world yet again firing another missile, the ninth test so far since january. >> they launched a short range missile from east coast early monday local time. it flew about 280 miles for about six minutes. japan said it landed in the ocean within its exclusive economic zone. >> we're hearing reaction throughout the region. japan and south korea strongly condemning the launch by kim jong un's regime. they're vowing to take concrete action with the united states. listen. >> we can never tolerate korea's provocation. we have launched a fair and protest. as we have agreed north korean issue is -- in order to deter north korea, we'll take concrete actions together with united states. we will maintain high vigilance and coordinations with south korea and international community and take all possible measures to secure the safety of the people of japan. >> let's talk more about this. joining us, paula hancock in seoul south korea

. >> at cnn world headquarters, i'm george howell. >> and i'm natalie allen. newsroom starts right now. >>> u.s. president trump is back in washington after an eight-day trip to the middle east and europe that kept hem away from the growing plolitical firestor back at home surrounding the russia investigation. >> a source now confirms to cnn, mr. trump's son-in-law, jared kushner, wanted to set up a secret communications line between the trump transition team and the kremlin, something he proposed to the russian ambassador during a meeting in trump tower during the transition. no sooner had the president stepped off the helicopter to the white house lawn saturday than he was asked about that question. take a listen. >> mr. president, is there a plan to set up a back channel to the russians? >> earlier on saturday, mr. trump's top economic and security advisers shut down any questions about the allegations. here's how they did it. >> we're not going to comment on jared. we're just not going to comment. >> generally speaking, general, would you be concerned if s

. >> i am george howell. cnn newsroom starts now. >>> the official business gets started in a couple hours. you see the president here about two hours ago, stepping down the stairs with the first lady of the united states, melania trump. he will have a formal meeting with the king and prince. and white house staffers focusing on the busy agenda. a slew of controversy z threaten to follow their travels. >> back in washington, sources tell cnn russian officials were so close about ties to michael flynn in the 2016 campaign that they openly bragged about it among themselves. they believed they could use him to influence policy if mr. trump won the election, which of course he did. as if that wasn't enough, fbi director james comey is ready to give his side of the story after mr. trump fired him last week. he will testify before the senate intelligence committee in the next few weeks in a public hearing. >> that is story line two. here is three and four on top of that. "new york times" reporting mr. trump referre

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i'm hannah vaughan jones live in london. >> and i'm george howell live in atlanta.after the break. stay with us. hey you've gotta see this. c'mon. no. alright, see you down there. mmm, fine. okay, what do we got? okay, watch this. do the thing we talked about. what do we say? it's going to be great. watch. remember what we were just saying? go irish! see that? yes! i'm gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. >>> making history. hours from now, france will have a new leader. will it be the far right's candidate, marine le pen, or the centrist emmanuel macron? we have all the ground covered in this historic election. >>> and finally free after years in captivity. some of these girls will soon be reunited with their loved ones. details on the release of the nigerian chibok girls, ahead. >>> plus, you know him as the duke of eddinborough, but did you know this community says prince philip is the sacred son of a mountain god? mo

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. >> i'm george howell from cnn world headquarters in atlanta.ewsroom starts right now. >>> north korea claiming a major nuclear success. they claim this latest test prooufrs it can put a large nuclear war head on a missile. that goal has been a key ambition. now, north korea also claiming it is capable of striking the mainland u.s., there's no independent evidence to support those claims. let's get the latest now from seoul south korea following the story. there have been failures and successes, what more do we know about this particular missile and this rather bold move. >> reporter: this is being regarded as a major step forward for north korea. but big picture. let's put this into context. we know the goal is to develop a ballistic missile, a missile that's capable of reaching u.s. mainland. they have made claims before about having been able to put or being able to put nuclear war heads on their missiles, those claims haven't been able to be independently verified outside of north korea. what they've been working on two tracks at once and wo

. >> and i'm george howell. newsroom starts right now. ♪ >>> our top story, u.s.sident donald trump back at the white house after an eight-day trip to the middle east and europe, but while he was gone, the political firestorm back home over russian meddling in the election grew even bigger >> to the heart of the controversy, his own son-in-law, jared kushner. you see the u.s. president, donald trump, video taken earlier as he returned to washington. as he walked to the white house with the first lady, he was asked about it. >> mr. president -- [ inaudible ] >> well, as you just saw, mr. trump would not answer. for the latest on what happens next, here's cnn's ryan nobles. >> reporter: president trump is back in washington after his lengthy trip abroad. and even though his team feels confident the trip was successful, he returns to plenty of controversy, including a number of issues involving his son-in-law and senior adviser, jared kushner. kushner has yet to respond to reports that he had set up a secret back channel line of communication with the russians. it co

i'm rosemary church. >> i'm george howell. this hour, the u.s. president donald trump is due in israel in the coming hours following his trip to saudi arabia, that's where he gave a speech on fighting extremism. he'll be greeted at the tel aviv airport by prime minister and the president there. tuesday he is scheduled to hold talks with prime minister. >>> leader kim jong un said the latest test of the missile was perfect. it flew about 300 miles into that 500 kilometers sunday before landing at the sea. that's the shorter distance about a week ago. that test was considered a success. >> we've learned another protester in venezuela has died in the antigovernment demonstration taking place in that country. the attorney general says that now brings the death toll to 48 people dead. demonstrators are demanding the president step down with the country in an economic crisis. it has the opposition of staging a coup. >>> police arrested 34 people known as crack land, about 500 police officers were part of the raid early sunday morning. they arrested a d

i'm rosemary church. >> i'm george howell.es we're following for you this hour, negotiations in u.s. congress have reached a deal on a huge spending bill, if the house approves this bill and the senate, as well. it will keep the government funded through september and add billions of dollars for the pentagon. but it would not provide any money for president trump's border wall of mexico. >> president trump said obama care is dead and new health care plan is on its way. he's urging lawmakers to support it and warning, he'll be very upset if they don't. the measure could hit the house floor within days. earlier version of the legislation was yanked weeks ago without ever getting a vote. >> the u.s. president seems to strike a different tone when talking about north korea's leader. in an interview he said, is a pretty smart cookie, for holding off power after taking over at a young age. kim has been accused of brutal human rights abuses, alegend war and execution of his own uncle. >> joining me now is a his stris of public affair

i'm george howell. >> i'm fall la newton, you are watching cnf "newsroom." -- cnn "newsroom." >> daywo there of u.s. president donald trump's ambitious foreign trip. you can say that again, ambitious to the middle east and europe, the first of his presidency. now, he is still in saudi arabia. he has already met with several middle eastern leaders. they include egypt's president seen with mr. trump here. >> now, later the president is set to have one of the key moments of his visit. that's when he will give a speech on combating radical extremism. >>> also interesting, given the president's heavy use of twitter. president trump will be taking part in a twitter forum with saudi youth. >>> our international diplomatic correspondent nec robertson joins us live. i can't resist, george brought it up. we're going with it a. twitter forum. please explain. then we'll move on. >> reporter: some may say made to measure for president trump, given his proclivity for using twitter. the idea here is that trump comes here within he's had his bilateral meeting with the bahraini king and he said he's

. >> and i'm george howell. "newsroom" starts right now. >>> you're top story, president's son-in-law and close adviser jared kushner reportedly wanted to set up a secret line of communications with moscow that bypassed normal diplomatic channels and this was well before mr. trump took office. >> this new story coming from the "washington post" on and "new york times" adding that the back channel was intended to discuss strategy in sear xwra a syria and other matters. more from elise labott. >> reporter: they discussed a proposal by president trump's son-in-law to russia's ambassador to the u.s. to create a secret communications channel between the trump transition and the chemical rin tkremlin. the post reported kushner made the proposal to kislyak during an early december meeting at trump tower to use russian diplomatic facilities to shield their pre-inauguration discussions according to u.s. officials. cnn previously reported the two men met as part of an effort to create a back channel to russian president v

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i am george howell. >> i am natalie allen. newsroom starts right now. >>> this story dates back to the trump transition. jared kushner reportedly tried to set up a back channel with moscow so conversations couldn't be monitored by u.s. intelligence agencies. >> "the washington post" reports that kushner, top adviser to president trump and his son-in-law brought up the possibility of secret communications last december with the russian ambassador. cnn's jessica schneider fills us in. >> reporter: new reporting the president's son-in-law and top adviser jared kushner proposed setting up secret methods of communication with the kremlin back in december. "the washington post" first reported this. now "new york times" is adding the back channel of communication was meant to discuss strategy in syria and other policy issues. u.s. officials briefed on intelligence reports told the post that the intelligence community picked up these details when the russian ambassador reached out to superiors in moscow. during a meeting in december,

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. >> i'm george howell. >> the former u.s. director of national intelligence said u.s. institutions are under assault both externally and internally. james clapper said the internl assault is from president trump, the external assault is from russian interference. he said other branches of government must step up to check the executive branch. >> israeli prime minister is calling to use the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to israel. rex tillerson said mr. trump was being very measured about the decision. he'd said to meet and palestinian authority on a trip to the region next week. >> going to work, logging into your computer, think about this, hackers have created a new version of the virus that's hit more than 2,000 computers worldwide. the security expert was able to shutdown the first version of this harmful software on friday. more computers could be effected monday, again, as people head to work. >>> political party has scored a major victory and crucial state elections, exit polls show the christian democrats surging ahead of the social. . they're on the boost in sept

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from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, i'm george howell. >> and i'm natalie allen.newsroom" starts right now. >>> good early morning to all here in the states. on the korean peninsula, a defy answer show of source from one side, a vow coming from the other. >> north korea fired a short range ballistic missile on monday, its third in just over three weeks. japan says it landed in the sea within 200 miles of the japanese coast. >> south korea calls the launch a provocation and is promising strong punishment from its military. japan says that it will take concrete action together with the united states. listen. >> translator: we can never tolerate north korea's continued provocation, ignoring the repeated warnings by the international xhun community. as we have agreed at the g7, north korean issue is the priority for the international community. in order to deter north korea, we will take concrete actions together with the united states. we will maintain high vigilance in coordination with south korea and international community and take all possible measures to secure

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