i'm george howell.wo white house aides who quit last week over allegations of domestic abuse apparently still have the sympathy and support of their former boss, the u.s. president. a tweet by donald trump on saturday gave short shrift to the accusations against the former staffers. cnn's ryan nobles has more. >> reporter: the white house dealing with yet another public relations crisis. this time involving two, now former, staffers who are pushing back against claims of domestic violence. one of those staffers, rob porter, the former staff secretary, a very important job in this white house resigned earlier this week. and then on friday it was david sorensen a speech writer who said that he approached white house officials knowing that he had similar accusations against him and tendered his resignation so he wouldn't be a distraction to the administration. and the president himself, seeming to defend both of these men without mentioning them by name in a tweet sent saturday morning. he said, quote, peo

. >> i'm george howell from cnn newsro newsroom. right now. >>> kim jong-un's sister may have started new diplomacy. >> she had extended an invitation for south korea's president to visit pyongyang. that would open a high-level diplomatic channel. >> the u.s. vice president mike pence told "the washington post's" josh rogan that it's part of a plan to put pressure on kim jong-un while engaging him at the same time. here's the quote. let's bring in paula hancocks. the vice president saying the u.s. is open to preliminary dialogue with the north. how significant is this opening given the invitation from the north to engage in conversation with the south? >> we just heard from the south korean government, the downif i ka unification government saying, the north korea and south korea, are talking, the u.s. and north korea could follow. that's been the consistent stance. if north korea will change their tune, they are open to engagement. north korea has changed its tune. this is a charm offensive by the north korean delegation back in py

i'm george howell. >> and i'm rosemary church. cnn newsroom starts right now. >>> after days of fall out over a republican memo on the russia investigation, democrats are pushing to release their rebuttal. >> the question now, will it be released? and will we see a broader picture? the republican document claims the fib abused its surveillance authority to target an advisor of president trump's presidential campaign. cnn's boris sanchez has the very latest. >> reporter: from several republican lawmakers, some of them on the house intelligence committee, contradicting the president outright over the weekend. the president was active on twitter saying that the nunes memo vindicates him and proves that the russia investigation is nothing more than a witch hunt. on saturday night the president also tweeted portions of a "wall street journal" editorial that supposed that there are political actors within the department of justice and the fbi. we also heard from donald trump, jr. on saturday night, who was on fox news saying that the re

thanks for watching, i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell.nother hour of news room when we come back. >>> a controversial declassified memo seeking to discredit the russia investigation creates a major political rift in washington. >> we'll explain it. plus the dow seeing its worst one day point drop in ten years making it the touch ets day fgh markets. >> and meantime president trump wishes south korean president a successful winter games. >>> live from cnn world headquarters, we welcome our viewers here and all around the

i'm george howell with the headlines we're following for you.north korean leader kim jong-un has invited the president of south korea to pyongyang. a historic meeting between kim's sister and moon jae-in. he hopes his country's olympic games will foster better relations between the two koreas. >>> the u.s. president, donald trump, has blocked the release of an intelligence memo written by adam schiff. the white house says it's been sent back to the white house committee for changes. a rebuttal to a republican memo that alleged surveillance abuses by the fbi. >>> president trump also praising a former aide who resigned this week, who resigned over allegations of domestic violence. mr. trump said that rob porter did a good job and emphasized that porter claims he's innocent. on friday a white house speech writer also stepped down over similar accusations. >>> sweden has won the first gold medal of the 2018 olympics. women 15 kilometer skiathon. took home the silver making her the most decorated and finland also winning the bronze medal. >>> back n

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i'm george howell. >> and i'm rosemary church. time to update you on the main stories we have been following this hour. former trump presidential campaign aide rick gates has agreed to testify against former campaign chairman paul manafort. that is according to "the los angeles times." the report says gates will plead guilty to four charges and is cooperating with robert mueller's russia investigation. >>> u.s. president donald trump says, and i quote the president, moscow must be laughing their asses off at america in ongoing russia investigations. this just one of the tweets that came out from a tweet storm focused on the probe into election meddling. mr. trump also suggested the fbi missed signals about the florida school shooter because it's spending too much time on the russia investigation. >>> in the u.s. state of florida, four people wounded at stoneman douglas high school remained in the hospital as of sunday. they were listed as being in fair condition. a gunman killed 17 people last wednesday when he attacked the school

i'm george howell with the headlines we are following.ormer trump campaign manager, paul manafort is facing charges he paid european politicians to lobby in the united states on behalf of ukraine. manafort's former aide, rick gates could testify against him in the russia investigation. gates pleaded guilty on friday and admitted he and manafort lied and hid millions of dollars they made during the pro-ukrainian lobbying work. >>> the u.s. is imposing more sanctions on north korea, targeting shipping companies and vessels. officials say it's part of a campaign of maximum pressure to rid the peninsula. >>> in the state of florida, we are learning details about the missteps in response to the high school massacre there. word that not one, but possibly four law enforcement officers waited outside as the gunman mowed down high school students and teachers. in a call to the fbi in january, an unidentified women said nikolas cruz was going to, quote, explode. a great deal of anger and frustration over the mixed signs and failures to act. one of

i'm george howell. >> and i'm rosemary church. this is "cnn newsroom." and we start with anger turning into action in the u.s. state of florida. a deadly school shooting killed 17 people there last wednesday. well, now many of the survivors say they will march on washington to demand tougher gun laws. they're calling it the march for our lives and want students to descend on the capitol on march 24th. survivors and reporters held this rally saturday to condemn lawmakers beholden to the gun industry. >> in the meantime, the u.s. president has been in the u.s. state of florida. he took time there to meet with a couple of survivors of the shooting. the white house says the president plans to discuss campus safety with students and teachers this week, but that may be overshadowed by a tweet that he made about the shooting on saturday. a tweet linking the shooting to the russia investigation. it has sparked outrage. our boris sanchez reports. >> an interesting item being added to the president's schedule for this week on sunday afternoon. on wednesday, the wh

i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. congressional backers of the u.s. are alleging the fbi abused its surveillance powers against one of mr. trump's former soerkd associate. the charge is contained in a congressional memo released friday. democrats dispute the claims and say they will push to release their own report next week. >> word on wall street, the dow fell 665 points on friday. the steepest point decline since the 2008 financial crisis. though a strong jobs report is fueling fears of inflation. analysts say the political turmoil in washington is only adding to the uncertainty. >>> the man who are targeted muslims last year in london has been sentenced to life in prison. darren osbourne plowed his car into a crowd on june 19th, killing one person and injuring 12 others. >>> the search continues for dozens of migrants who may have drowned. the vessel was carrying more than 90 when it capsized on thursday. so far only three survivors have been found. >>> now more on that controversial pmemo released friday. it is the talk of washington because of w

. >>> welcome back to cnn "newsroom," i'm george howell. in central italy a far right supporter is accused of shooting at african migrants. this happened on saturday. six people were wounded there. drive-by shootings that happened just a month before the italian national election. after the shootings, the suspect made a fascist salute in front of a war monument. that's when police arrested him. he was wearing an italian flag around his neck. we're following the story live from rome this hour. what more do we know about the suspect? >> well, the suspect is a 28-year-old man who ran for public office under the flag of the northern league, which is a far right party here, that's polling very strongly ahead of elections in march on a very strong anti-immigration platform. he seemed to have taken upon the migration crisis on his own by essentially hunting out african migrants in this small town. the act was thought to be in retaliation for the arrest of a nigerian man last week in connection with the murder of an italian woman. she was found dis

i i'm george howell, cnn news room starts right now. we start with failures answered mixed signals. the massacre is becoming a deadly combination of both. four law enforcement officers waited outside as the gunman inside mowed down high school students and too mucheachers in. >>. >> the tup line about nicolas cruz could not have been more clear. cnn has reviewed the transcript of the call informing the agency about the shotter. she talked of his peaus aboosts. she said she worried about him quote, shooting the place up. 40 days later he did just that. >> the missed call is one of the growing lists of failures. they include the resors officers speaking about his job. >> we have ear all for the same goal. >> peterson resigned and retired rather than face suspension without pay. broward county sher -- shr riff says he stayed outside the building. >> i eemt 30 years. >> but peterson is not the only deputy of reacting properly. some were shocked to see deputies standing outside the school shooting site but at a a news conference they didn't talk about what hay they did did. >> believed t

i'm george howell. >> i'm rosemary church.th korean delegation led by kim jong-un's sister has returned to pyongyang. south korea's president met with her four times. hundreds of people in seoul protests north korea's visit. >>> in russian, investigators hope a flight data recorder will help them find the cause of a deadly plane crash. all 71 people onboard that plane were killed. the jet disappeared from radar shortly after takeoff. authorities haven't said if weather was a factor. >>> a deal to sale the weinstein company is in doubt after the state has filed a suit against harvey weinstein and his company. his attorney says many of the allegations are without merit. more than 60 women have accused weinstein of sexual abuse, including rape. >>> residents of puerto rico are experiencing a blackout at, after a fire after a mechanical substation. it's unclear how many people are without power. puerto rico has been struggling to recover its electrical system snce hurricane maria knocked out most of the power. >>> after trading in

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george iii's grandmother. so, this is the way things work in a small society like england. so, the howell brothers have the job of trying to win this war. general howell supported by his brother has won the battles around new york. he's captured this excellent harbor. he's driven washington out. so, it looks like new york, or at least this part of new york, is now out of the game. now, general howell is proceeding to roll out new jersey. >> now, just a quick question. what were their troops, the differences between how many troops and how well off they were? >> right, right. well, during the battles of new york, washington has 19,000 troops, most of them are militia. most of them have never fought before. the british have 32,000. british and also heshams described as mercenaries which isn't quite right. these were mercenaries who served their princes. they were small german principals. they would contract to have their armies fight in wars of other countries. if you were a hesham soldier, you signed up, you fought in the battles your prince, your sovereign, arranged for you to fight. over

howells for the lame stream media and democrats, how can you say that? this is bernie sanders 11 years ago who spoke out and voted against george w. bush's push for amnesty. >> i think it's high time that the senate of the united states of america began to stand for the american worker and i would hope before an immigration bill is passed that it would respect the whites of american workers and professional workers. >> laura: sanders is right, where is the congressional concern for the human dignity of america's low skilled workers today. they call them the working poor, people can support families on these jobs. they can live decent lives. in certain limited circumstances, in particular industries, guest workers do make sense. it shouldn't become the norm, it doesn't have to be. i was thinking about this as well. it's just once in a blue moon we heard somebody like a senator senator durbin speak in such emotional terms about innocent americans who lost their jobs or their lives at the hands of illegal immigrants. case in point -- on sunday, and illegal immigrant slammed into an ambulance carrying a mother and her 3-year-old boy i