. >> and i'm natalie allen. u.s. presidential copied donald trump claims he raised nearly $6 million at his event to compete with the box news debate in iowa. trump says the money will go to veterans groups. the outspoken republican boycotted the last debate before the iowa caucuses after feuding with fox. >> a prison teacher, one of ten people arrested in connection with the jail break in southern california last friday. the woman taught english as a second language classes and is believed to have helped the ring wleerd escape. investigators say the three inmates are still together and may be living out of a stolen van. >> china has indicted a canadian man choorges of spying and stealing state credits. kevin garrett and his wife ran a cafe in northeastern china and were arrested in 2014. she was released on bail last year. canada says it has discussed the case with the chinese government. their children call the arrest ridiculous. >> so the debate happened and u.s. republican presidential candidates made a lot of cl

i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. a good day. we begin this hour with the breaking news we're following. an american student arrested in north korea. >> the state run media say the student from a university in virginia was taken into custody while in the midst of a, quote, hostile act against north korea. the report says the student is currently under investigation. cnn's paula hancocks is following this developing story in north korea. she joins me live now from seoul with more. anything to expand as far as this alleged hostile act? >> well, natalie, the facts we have at this point is the information is from state-run media. a u.s. student has been detained, is under investigation. it says that he went and entered into north korea on a tourist visa. and he was trying to effectively topple the regime, according to this kcna report, saying also it was quite at the tacit connivence of the u.s. saying that this student is under investigation for these anti-regime hostile acts. but also bl

i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. north korea state run media says an american student has been arrested by north korean authorities. that student said to be from a university in virginia. that's all we know at this point. accused of allegedly carrying out anti-north korean acts. we are live in seoul in a moment with more on this story. >>> our other major story we're watching is this. about 75 million people in the rust in the path of what is being called the winter's biggest storm yet. washington, d.c. and its surrounding areas expected to be hit the hardest. some places could see more than two feet or close to a meter of snow this weekend. >>> there are accusations that russian president vladimir putin probably approved the killing f of. he was poisoned in 2006 apparently by a radioactive substance in his tea. more now on the breaking news story that we're following. this u.s. student under investigation in north korea. cnn's paula hancocks is live in seoul, south korea, following the story for us. paula, good to h

i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> very good day to you. we start in the u.s. state of iowa, just three days from now voters will hold the first presidential caucuses. thursday night was their last chance to see the republican candidates go head to head on the stage. >> donald trump, as you might have heard, was not there. he held his own event, a fund-raiser for veterans to compete with the fox news debate. he says the network apologized to him late thursday and asked him to take part in the debate. but trump says he had to stand up for himself after being treated unfairly. >> i didn't want to be here, i have to be honest. i wanted to be about five minutes away, and i've enjoyed that. i've enjoyed that. all the online polls said i've done very well with the debates, and i've had a kick with it. but you have to stick up for your rights. when you're treated badly, you have to stick up for your rights. [ applause ] you have to do it. >> let's begin by clearing what this campaign is ab

i'm natalie allen. let's check the top stories. south korea has been directing anti-pyongyang propaganda at north korea for the last several hours. they're using loud speakers in response to the north's claim this week that it detonated an h bomb. >>> the united nations says it's received credible reports of people dying of starvation in parts of syria. it says they allowed to let convoys in. the food assistance would be enough to sustain 40,000 people were one month. >>> chinese stocks manage to make up some of this week's losses friday. but markets across the asia pacific region are mixed for the day with japan, nikkei, and australia finishing lower. u.s. financial mashrkets are of to the worst four day start ever. >>> we're hearing a lot of reaction as you might imagine to u.s. president, barack obama's remarks thursday night during a town hall on guns in america. mr. obama defended the executive actions he proposed earlier this week while speaking to and taking questions from an audience of gun rights suppor r supporters and gu

i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell. "newsroom" starts right now. . >>> a very good day to you. we start this hour with that massive snowstorm that hit the u.s. east coast, the first big storm of the year for the region. >> it was a whopper from georgia up to new york. 85 million people feeling the effects of this one. 11 governors declared states of emergency. >> roadways across the region are clogged with snow, ice and stranded drivers. and at airports not much relief there either. almost 7,000 flights have been canceled for saturday and sunday. baltimore airport in maryland had record snowfall there. more than two feet. >> and there's been tragedy on top of frustration with at least 14 storm-related deaths. let's get an update on what's left of the storm because there's a little bit left. >> the bulk of the heavy snowfall now moving away from the new england coast. there's still the threat of blowing and drifting snow. that's going to create very hazardous conditions. still the majority of the blizzard warnings have b

here's natalie allen and george howell with our coverage. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> this is breaking we are hearing right now 130,000 customers are without power in freezing temperatures dealing with the blizzard conditions and several major cities are facing snow for this system, we looking for snow totals more than a meter. the country is at a stand still with 8,000 flights canceled through sunday. >> the virginia state police tell us they've responded to many traffic accidents so far. meteorologists tell us the worst is yet to come. the next couple of hours, it will be critical. >> we expect it to really ramp up in the overnight period and gets to its most severe state by early tomorrow morning, meaning saturday on the eastern seaboard. >> we were just getting going. >> exactly. if this is a sign of things to come, then what we say is complete truth. that is baltimore, and it is whipping. that's the major concern going forward. we combine winds with heftier snow squalls coming through. >> it's an impressive storm, but we do expect these areas that are kind of dotted about in terms

i'm natalie allen. let's check the top stories. directing anti-pyongyang propaganda at north korea for the last several hours. they're using loud speakers in response to the north's claim this week that it detonated an h bomb. >>> the united nations says it's received credible reports of people dying of starvation in pa

here's my colleague natalie allen. >> reporter: green as far as the eye can see and beyond. this is the central cardaman protected forest in cambodia. 14 years ago the government, along with conservation international, set aside 400 hectares. the aim, give the endangered animals who call this land home a chance at survival. in 2015, wildlife officials set out to see if it worked. they installed camera traps on trees hope is to catch a glimpse of elusive wildlife, especially the rare asian elephant. they were rewarded with this, 12 elephants came into view. moving through the night, grazing and interacting. it is the largest group of wild asian elephants seen here in decade. also important, young elephants are in the herd. peter seligmann, founder and ceo of conservation international, spoke from cambodia. >> we think there are many more because we have very few camera traps in the area. to be able to catch a herd of 12 means that -- indicate that is the population is healthy. so that just regarding elephants is really big news. >> reporter: asian elephants are more endangere

i'm natalie allen. the u.s. capital is walloped with snow. that's what's happening. heavy snow and damaging winds on the way throughout saturday. >> police have responded to hundreds of accidents. nearly 1,000 in the state of virginia alone. >> our correspondents are scattered across the storm zone. >> in the hours ahead, we go to our correspondents. >> that live shot in baltimore was incredible. i'm hoping we can bring that up one more time. >> look at that. >> we're talking about two to three inches per hour versus one to one and a half inches per hour. natalie, george, and for our viewers at home, let me show you what's about to take shape across the nation's capital. we're talking about it for a long time. overall temperatupicture, tempe certainly cold enough. let's zoom into washington, d.c. the heaviest snow events are about to reach the area. before we start to see the web cam in baltimore look like the web cam we saw in d.c. i-95 corridor in new jersey, as well as new york. so will this be record-breaking territory? well, here's how it stacks up. back in 1922

another reporter spoke to natalie allen on the view from tehran. >> the reaction on the streets last night was relatively muted, actually. but i think we'll see more celebrations tonight. broadly speaking, this is going to be a huge amount for the iranian economy. ordinary iranian across the middle classes are going to be positively affected by this news. already we've seen a reaction on the tehran stock exchange that was positive. it broke a six-month record yesterday. there's a huge amount of anticipation that what happened yesterday, implementation day is going to bring a huge amount of economic relief and relief to a large number of funds for iran and bring in a huge amount of foreign investment for the economy. >> remind us how bad the economy has been there, iran, and what the outlook has been up until now for younger people in iran with work. >> reporter: well, unemployment, youth unemployment particularly here is very high. i think it's touching around 24%. massive impact on iran's ability to export oil. iran's access to the banking system, financial transactions. it hit ever

. >>> a professor of anesthesiology at emory university, and earlier natalie allen spoke with him about the potential impact of volunteers who sign up for clinical trials. >> i think that by signing, what you're really just saying is that you acknowledge that you've had an opportunity to review the document. it's not really a function of giving away anything. the experimenter and the volunteer continue to have a relationship, and the intention, again, is that information should be exchanged in an impartial way, again so a person can understand. so by signing, it's not setting aside the rights, it's to acknowledge they have seen the document and understood. >> reporter: in the atmosphere of media being all encompassing, do you think it could have some impact on future phase-one trials, that anyone who might be a candidate for a volunteer might google and go, i'm not doing that? >> you know, i hope not because clinical trials are important. and we need these trials and need people to volunteer. we are indebted to volunteers. volunteers especially in the phase-one trial who recognize and a

i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell.ou see new york on one side of the screen and baltimore on the other. look at baltimore, the snow blowing sideways. new york also getting hit. these some of the most critical hours of the system that's hitting the eastern part of the united states. >> baltimore has looked like that for the past, what, two hours, right? >>> major u.s. cities along the east coast are getting hit hard now. it is a big storm, and it was not done with us yet. >> no, it's swirling up through the u.s. eastern seaboard. some 85 million in the path of this storm. as much as 2.5 feet of snow. three quarters of a meter could blanket washington which you see here. >> in a rare move, people have suspended mass transit services over the weekend. new york city is also near the bull's-eye, although subway trains and buses are scheduled to keep operating. at least eight traffic deaths are blamed on this dangerous mix of snow, ice, and gusty winds. >>> in kentucky, some drivers have been stranded on a frozen interstate.

here's natalie allen and george howell with our coverage. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> this is breaking right now 130,000 customers are without power in freezing temperatures dealing with the blizzard conditions and several major cities are facing snow

. >> and i'm natalie allen. u.s. donald trump claims he raised nearly $6 million at his event to compete with the box news debate in iowa. trump says the money will go to veterans groups. the outspoken republican boycotted the last debate before the iowa caucuses after feuding with fox. >> a prison

earlier my colleague natalie allen spoke about this issue. belongs to a nonprofit organization that promotes and defends the freedom of press. >> you learned about jorge ramos being kicked out back last summer and recently he had access to a "new york times" journalist this month to an event. he has denied or restricted credentials for the "des moines register" and the "huffington post" and buzz feed throughout his primary campaign. >> we have seen donald trump way out there when it comes to handling of the media as far as not allowing them to do their jobs. hillary clinton at the start of her campaign was not taking questions on the campaign trail. >> that's correct. she sometimes had similar treatment of the media where the foreign press was concerned. she banned access for daily mail reporter to one of her trips to new hampshire. she has been criticized for denying basic sourcing information and basic information and she has also just restricted access to her campaign in ways that you would not expect because donald trump does it so brazen

i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. said to be from a university in virginia. that's all we know at this point. accused of allegedly carrying out anti-north korean acts. we are live in seoul in a moment with more on this story. >>> our other major story we're watching is this. about 75 million people in the rust in the path of what is being called the winter's biggest storm yet.

sedan on the 4100 block of pine allen road when he lost control of the car and hit a mother pushing 4-year-old abdallahstye was killed. and their mother, 37-year-old natalie critically injured after the crash. >> the mother is hospitalized with serious injuries, including a fractured sll, arm, vertebrae, neck where she was hospitalized for a lengthy period of time. and the seven-month-old baby was hospitalized as well. >> police say perez was traveling so fast he hopped the curb that's when he hit the mother and children. he then hit a cement sign. perez, however, did stay on that scene until police and another car cut him off. >> now, perez did have family in the courtroom today. they declined to speak to us. he has since had some traffic infractions. in june of 2015 he had a crash and was cited for failure to use due care afterisobeying a stop sign and in september they suspended his license. the police report came back with a toxicology report saying that he had marijuana and cocaine. his blood. he is facing 14 to 20 year possible sentence. so very serious charges. the judge did give him a $50,000 bond. in fort lauderdale, todd tongin, local10 news. >>

allen. before we go to break, a few words on the passing of singer natalie cole. she was born into music royalty. her father, nat king cole, was a jazz legend and cast a very long shadow but natalie was able to make her name for herself. with a voice all her own. winning nine grammys with songs like "this will be" and "i've got love on my mind." she struggled with alcohol addiction, but by 1991, she was back on top with the album "unforgettable" with love. she teamed up electrically with her late father's voice and it truly was unforgettable in every way. she got a grammy for that. and gave us all the gift of that song for generations. natalie cole died thursday. she was 65. moderate to severe crohn's disease is tough, but i've managed. except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. and when i finally told my doctor, he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. and that in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief. and