ford: this is actually natasha. welcome to you. natasha from politico. i will not ask what you have thought of what has been said so far. i think this is interesting. felt hema came in, he needed adult supervision. you had clinton, the pentagon, and panetta. he put people around he was comfortable with. trump had done that sooner than obama did. o'brienhe seems to like and natasha would know better than i would. he has a good relationship with pompeo and expert. he is surrounded by people he is comfortable with and he sees eye to eye with. i don't want to question my competitors reporting on this, but there has been other reporting that the soleimani option didn't just come out of the box in the middle of december and it has been something that was talked about for several months. clearly pompeo and mike pence had been spending his ear on this. guess you can disagree with the decision, but it seems there is a more functional process. whenever you use the word process in regard to the trump administration, you should pause because it doesn't apply often.

. >> natasha is on her way picture should be here any minute. national security correspondent for "politico." then what would be next to her is matt, our boss who is global editor at political and privacy editor in chief of "politico." and had been at the "wall street journal" before that. last but not least is editor in chief of foreign policy magazine. delighted to all three of you here. welcome to you. matt has been here before but a warm welcome to you as well. i'm going to jump in and natasha will join us when she arrives and i want to start with the latest developments of this year, , and that is a situation with iran. i wanted to ask it to do maybe jonathan i will start with you if you don't might and they will come back this way and reverse the flow. how do you think the president has handled the situation with iran? >> first of all thank you for having me here and thanks to all of you for listening. i had a funny thought today which i never expected to enter my head, which is if iran doesn't respond any further than it has today, or yes

natasha will join us when she arrives. i want to start with the latest developments with this year, the situation with iran. i wanted to ask each and -- jonathan, i will start with you and then we will reverse the flow. how do you think the president has handled the situation? jonathan: thank you for having me and to all of you for listening. i had a funny thought which i head,expected to enter my which is if iran doesn't respond any further than it has today or yesterday, and if the united states doesn't respond beyond the extent to which it has already, this might actually like i said which was not something i would have anticipated even a few days ago. the mistakes began at the beginning. the approvalithout of congress which is problematic. the legality of the strike was problematic. the timing of the strike was highly automatic. the administration keeps insisting it was done because soleimani was involved in an imminent attack. that is problematic for two reasons. it isn't like he was a bomb planter himself. iran is a

and politico's natasha bertrand who's covered many complex areas of this.happy new year. >> john, i know you understand the value of kanye and the limits of kanye. is it time to say the best advice is no advice, or should giuliani come in as a witness or prosecutor or whatever the heck he thinks he is? >> well, you know, when he's giving his opinion, he has a tink lg glass there and you have to wonder if his bloody mary mix is affecting his liucidity. instead of being a defense attorney he reveals like a prosecutor what his client and he himself has done wrong which has gotten him in a trick bag in new york where he's the subject of investigation. it sounds like an eager puppy prosecutor who should be a defense counsel who would do anything to be involved in the big show. i can give summation. i can give illustration. i can do what i do best, i can try the case. i'm really good at cross examination although i haven't done it in 30 years. i think the republicans are right that they don't want him anywhere near the place. >> and it's not every night that you

natasha, thank you. we'll stay in touch with you. >>> now to australia.ere called up 3,000 army reserves to help fight the massive bush fires that are taking over several states th e there. skies turned a haunting shade of orange. those fires have claimed the lives of 24 people since september. the latest, a 47-year-old man who died while fighting fire that was threatening his friend's home in new south wales. near the fire lines there near the town of eden. anna, we saw your shot there earlier and that eerie shade of orange there. tell us more about the situation. >> well, george, it's approaching 9:00 p.m. here in eden in new south wales. as you can see, it is starting to rain. that is some good news. it's a bit of a reprieve for the firefighters who are battling more than 200 blazes across southeast australia. but we will need good wake, if not weeks of drenching rain to put out the fires. many of them are out of control. the fire specifically threatening the township of eden here on the far south coast of new south wales is about two, three kilometers

na natasha, i want to talk about rudy giuliani. he's pushing the story that he wants when it comes to ukraine. how much of a problem could he be for the trump presidency and many republican senators who would like to see him move over to the sidelines? >> frances, that's what i was going to point to, which is a lot of the president's allies feel like rudy giuliani is a big liability. he is currently under criminal investigation in the southern district of new york for his foreign lobbying work for ukraine, related to his business dealings with foreign governments, including ukraine. there is a lot here that could provide potential exposure, not just politically, but also potentially legally for the president, who may or may not have, depending on the case that democrats have put forward here, who they say offered a bribe essentially to ukraine, and that he was involved in the conspiracy with rudy giuliani and some of his aids over the course of the last year to have interference in the 2020 election by getting ukraine to investigat

. >> joining me now is hans nichols and our national security correspondent, natasha bertrand. hans, rudy says he'll testify, does the president want him to? >> to prosecute the case or at least defense. when you heard what rudy said there anyone who has the courage to do that. only one person that can hire rudy giuliani to defend the president of the united states, that's the president of the united states. last night seemed like a black tie oaudition. there were a lot of fall-out party and they were heading into the new year's eve. if he wants to make this case publicly, why he should represent the president, he just done that and he's going to do it privately. we don't know if white house officials would sign off on that or if they need to sign off on that. rudy giuliani is one of the president's personal attorney. >> the president is saying again last night he's fine with the senate trial, let's play that. >> i don't really care. it does not matter. as far as i am concerned, that would be very happy with the trial. we did nothing wrong. >> does that give democrats some leve

good morning to you, natasha. >> good morning. nice to see you. >> same here. want to begin before we dig in to what we expect from the trump side and the democrats with the comment that we heard that mr. trump made at his resort this weekend. he said, why are they doing this to me? do you think he really doesn' understand why this is happen g happening? >> i mean, that's a great question. part of president trump's personal persona, he likes to be a victim. he talks about the fact that no president in history has been attacked or criticized as much as he has. the miller velgz was a complete witch-hunt. that this impeachment investigation and trial is going to be a hoax, another witch-hunt. so, i think he enjoys some way in relishes in being a victim because this is something he can take on the campaign trail with him. and in front of adoring audiences he can talk about the fact that he is this victim and he can rile up the republican base to come out to vote in 2020. the democrats are so extreme that they're willing to go to, to do anything in order to get rid

. >> let's talk about this with natasha lindstaedt a professor, good morning, natasha. >> good morning. nice to see you. >> what do you make of mr. dershowitz's comments there. and anderson asking him what side are you on? certainly, he's an attorney, been associated with jeffrey epstein, harvey weinstein, and now he is making sure that he fights for mr. trump in this trial. how could it look, with this legal team in place? >> this legal team is controversial. it's classic trump. it's about getting a lot of attention with these high-profile figures. and i think the reason why he chose the likes of dershowitz and starr is because they have a lot of experience on tv. and they have a lot of experience on tv defending trump. they're well-known to the public and they're going to be able to frame the debate to the way that i think trump is able to take this on to the campaign trail. they have earned some respect from republicans as well. and, of course, it's not just about making a case to the public, they have to make sure there's no republican defections. but as already mention they had co

lynch that she's a middle east expert at the university of essex in england thanks for joining us natasha we now have iran's response to the killing of its top general but that's really not the end of the story is it where do you think this conflict between the u.s. and iran will go from here. well i think we have to look at trump's tweet all is good or all is fine he may be signaling that he doesn't think that iran's response . was over the top or trying to provoke him he may think that there weren't that many casualties so far i mean we don't know he did circumvent the command structure by tweeting before the military had a chance to assess how many casualties they are he might have been really worried that the damage could have been much worse but he seems to be indicating that he doesn't think it's going to be that bad you know that's the case he might not respond immediately and there may be a time for a tactical cause here and he may reach out and try to engage with iran that would be the absolute best case scenario worst case scenario would be he overestimate what the response was

and for more let's go to natasha stats political scientist an expert for the middle east she's in cultures to u.k. tasha thanks for joining us why is turkey interested in sending troops to libya. well turkey wants to back up the tripoli government because they have been friendly with them for some time now i mean they have both economic ties with them they had made a maritime agreement where they could carve out rights in the mediterranean so they made that agreement with them they had all kinds of construction agreements and contracts that they had been given and this is dated back even before from gadhafi was in power but this continued with the tripoli based government and as general have tires forces have to team you to gain more and more land this is put a lot of these contracts in jeopardy turkey feels increasingly isolated in the region as an economic zone was created with countries like egypt israel cyprus and greece and to racine that turkey just wants to have more control over the region it seems that if it can prop up the tripoli based government better i mean already been defyi

is growing now president micro is hosting a summit to discuss whether french soldiers should stay natasha butler reports from paris. in december the bodies of 71 soldiers from the asia nates a military base in the capital niamey a grim reflection of growing violence in asylum they were killed in an attack claimed by i saw in the west of the country this is i decided to come myself to give my nation's gratitude inconsolable but not all defeated to these men plucked from the affection of the loved ones in the prime of life for what they are to us our heroes our martyrs the french president emanuel micro visited me shared to pay his respects just 3 weeks earlier in paris mccord led a memorial for 13 francs. soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in mali more than $4000.00 french troops are fighting armed groups in the sile alongside forces from the share bikini faso chad mauritania and mali the g. 5 countries that is the casualties mount so his hostility against former colonial power france on the shin on toward the hospital i notice and to many countries an anti french sentiment is no prospe

much much bigger numbers of civilian casualties when it gets internationalized like this all right natasha lin's that police are on test and middle east expert thanks so much. woman and her 2 adult daughters have turned themselves into authorities in western germany following a fire devastated police say the woman admitted ordering paper sky lanterns on the internet apparently unaware that illegal in germany is believed flames from the airborne candles coals the blaze occurred on new year's eve and it killed dozens of animals. flowers and candles a cray felled zoo more than 30 animals were burned to death here after a fire broke out at the 8 pounds. among the dead animals are highly endangered apes like around the tans from borneo lowland gorillas from central africa and chimpanzees from west africa. a total of 8 apes were killed amongst them massah europe's oldest gorilla he was 48 years old the fire in the ape house broke out shortly after midnight the house was also home to fruit bats and birds they were all killed in the blaze but 2 chimpanzees survived. police say the fire was caused

joining me now is rosalind and natasha. welcome to you both.d, i want to ask about your article. you call this the lev parnas hurricane. just look at the selfies that came off of his cell phone. what kind of impact has this had in washington? >> i think one thing it's done has gib egiven a new argument t democrats that argued the senate should hear witnesses. this was a week whether we thought we would largely be seeing the pomp and circumstance of the start of the senate trial. instead, this was the parnas show. that came both through the documents, hundreds of pages of new text messages and other records that his lawyer turned over to congress just this week. as well as several interviews he did, including the one we talked about in the story. >> you also describe him as a fast talking ukraine-born businessman, sporting an ankle bracelet. we have been making this point he is under indictment. people are aware of all perspectives as you look at this man. do you get the sense that this detail has been overlooked largely in d.c.? >> i'm not sure

me now is nbc news national security and intelligence correspondent ken delanian and correspondent natasha bertrand. k ken, first to you. break down exactly what our reporting shows and what's happening at burisma? >> katy, a private security firm first detected this fishing campaign. they found that the group known as military intelligence operation was trying to impersonate various officials at a subsidiary of burisma, sending them emails, trying to fool them to turn in their log-in credentials. in some cases, they were successful and they got in. this firm does not know what, if any, data was acticessed. no doubt the national security agency hacks russian companies to get information about russians but this raises the specter of is exactly what happened in 2016 because we know that the russians were perfectly willing to not only steal information but weaponize it and release it and use it against potentially joe biden. and my sources are raising the spectrum of a further fear. in 2016, as far as we know, the information they released was genuine, legitimate. what's to stop them from doc

joining me now carol lee and correspondent and msnbc contributor natasha bertrand. he wasn't going to necessarily fight but let the courts decide whether he had listen to the white house. what is both bolton thinking here? >> if you look at his statement and other reporting, he's looked at the issue, he clearly wanted to testify or at least wanted to have that court battle that he was gearing up for. that didn't happen in the house. statement says he studied the issue since and come to the conclusion that he is able to testify in the senate trial. and, you know, the reason being is, and in his view, is that he's the only person who has immunity essentially as the president in a situation like this, and there is an obligation. setting that aside, he also knows a lot. he was saw everything that happened at this time. and there is a number of people who were involved in that who work in the white house, and particularly the chief of staff, acting chief of staff mulvaney and secretary of state mike pompeo who he vehemently disagreed with on this issue. they have be comp

the authorities tougher approach seems to deny basic human rights to some of the most vulnerable natasha al-jazeera paris now a lawyer for the foreman is sun boss says he feels betrayed by the japanese to justice system. japan for lebanon this week claiming he was avoiding political persecution over allegations of financial misconduct also some more details are coming out about guns dramatic escape so let's hear brown reports this house in beirut is where cholera is believed to be holed up now arguably one of the world's most famous fugitives sort by police in japan and turkey the subject of an interpol red notice and a global frenzy. his escape has embarrassed all thora he's in japan where gun had lived under house arrest and strict bail conditions including a ban on overseas travel. media reports say the surveillance cameras show him simply walking out of his tokyo harm on sunday he didn't return he knows that at the end of the year japan enters new years which is probably the most important holiday season here so that there will be very few people watching him so he was going to escap

commitment from g 5 leaders he's expected to achieve that for now but what's less clear is for how long natasha al-jazeera paris. if the o.p.'s prime minister has. to step in and help resolve a dispute with egypt over a contentious dam on the blue nile negotiations ended last week without agreement egypt depends on the model for 90 percent of its water and worries the grand renaissance dam being built by ethiopia will threaten supplies if he'll be a believe south africa's leader may be able to mediate because is taken over as chair of the african union. the nile river is important to both countries and there must be a way in which their interests can be addressed and there must be a way in which a solution can be found as for ourselves we are willing to play a role in facilitating or whatever. agreement that can be crafted and we would remain supportive to finding peaceful solutions german company seaman says it will honor a deal to provide infrastructure for a coal mine in australia that's despite growing pressure from environmental groups which link carbon emissions to the bushfires devastati

agreement was ratified by 621 votes to 49 sealing britain's official exit from the block on friday natasha butler reports from brussels. for the british m.p. peace who wanted to remain in the european union and the european colleagues it was an emotional moment as the parliament ratified the big trade agreement paving the way for britain to meet the on friday earlier in a debate some european leaders expressed regret over played suit and said it was even era i want to use the words of the famous british for which george eliot she said. only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love we will always love you and we will never be far long live europe and i think that i can say the name of all of us. all groups i can only say we will miss you in the coming time and in the coming. with a broom goodbyes nostalgia was cut short by birth possibly to nigel for raj if you want to go national we're going to wave. in the future so if you disobey the rules see that. put your flags away you're leaving and take them with you james while secret is job as a civil servant to campaign for pre

we have full cooperation from the rain side in such an investigation and so i was speaking earlier natasha thank you for bringing us the latest from brussels. turkey says a ceasefire in northwestern syria will begin on sunday syria's air force struck multiple targets in southern italy an area within the deescalation zone the bombardment on friday came hours after russia an ounce that the cease fire had come into effect provinces the country's last remaining rebel strongholds at least 14 people have died and over 20 injured in a blast in pakistan southwestern province on the explosion happens at a mosque in the capital a senior police officer killed in the blast was reportedly the targets rescue teams are taking victims to the hospital and police are investigating the nature of the blasts come on haidar has more from islam abouts. 1st of all we had this particular blog strokeplay named mark. down in a densely populated area of. the police all very present day during the it spread and. he was indeed the dog even end up in your political pressure the government of victor patton military and m

fine city of poll a to monday to decide on the future of the french military presence in the region natasha butler explains. in december the bodies of 71 soldiers from the lay it's a military base in the capital niamey a grim reflection of growing filings in a silo they were killed in an attack claimed by i saw in the west of the country this is i decided to come myself to give my nation's gratitude inconsolable but not all defeated to these men plucked from the affection of the loved ones in the prime of life for what they are to us our heroes our martyrs the french president emanuel micro visited me to pay his respects just $3.00 weeks earlier in paris mccord led a memorial for 13 french soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in mali more than $4000.00 french troops are fighting armed groups in the soil alongside forces from the bikini faso chad mauritania and mali the g. 5 countries but is the casualties mount so his hostility against former colonial power france. i notice and too many countries an anti french sentiment is no prospering without any clear political condemnation i cann

commitment from g 5 leaders he's expected to achieve that for now but what's less clear is for how long natasha al-jazeera paris. still ahead on al-jazeera sounding the alarm aims to down the government making headlines by shutting down newspapers and we take a closer look at the untold the australian fires have had on the country's most along the border and have. been. hello this is the time the year where the air is slow moving to clean northeastern china we have a problem with air quality does clearly some movement in the clouds that like picked up but the breeze isn't strong and the air isn't leaving that quickly it's nor is it that cold beijing still showing plus 2 by the same is so temperatures have come down the last few days over honshu and there's a more of a hint of rain in the south ready warm weather here maybe an occasional snow shower place like my fuji was not really looking not midwinter it's looking like just a quiet spell or whether it was rain if anything rather than stay with me at the east coast with a proper little low developing the and that of course is on wednesday ther

butler is live for us in brussels and then natasha talks ongoing has anything come out of the meeting. we want to have fun natasha mitchell if you can hear me we're just wondering if anything emerged from that meeting where we understand we've been watching for a news conference for a while i know it seems that we haven't got our connection with natasha sorry about that and we'll meet our 10 back to daryn in doha more from london if later all right laura will see a little later on thank you very much will move on to other news and tell you about save lost in pakistan at least 15 people have died and over 20 injured that happened in the southwestern province of baluchistan the explosion took place at a mosque in the capital a senior police officer killed in the blast was reportedly the targets rescue teams are taking victims to the hospital and police are investigating the nature of the blasts come all hyder has more from islamabad. 1st of all we had that this particular block took place and they marched. down in a densely populated area of. the police officer present day bread and sus

natasha chen spoke to some of those families. >> i ask you god to give comfort where comfort is neededt sunday night service, family members of soldiers being deployed were asked to stand. at least six members of the fayetteville north carolina church are on their very first deployment. the first brigade of the division has trained for this, they run drills to go from getting that phone call to boarding a plane in a hear of hours. still this deployment shook families right at the end of their holidays with the first notification september on new year's eve. this military spouse may have a smile on her face, but sunday was rough. >> i've cried a lot. >> reporter: she found out at lunchtime that her husband who was already deployed at training would be rerouted to join others in the middle east. she said an added challenge is that he was not allowed to tell her exactly what was happening so he told her to look up a particular news article. >> hard not to hear did from it person. >> reporter: and taylor smith is doing all he can to support his friend who got a notice to deploy. >> they aa

natasha burns joins me. what are people saying?reporter: there's a sense of uneasiness in the ft. bragg community. the families know this is what they signed up for, the folks have been prepared for this this is exactly what the 82nd airborne first brigade has been designed to do, designed to respond rapidly to situations like this. for families having to say good-bye to loved ones right now, it's still very jarring. that notice came suddenly on the tail end of the holidays. the family members have been told to not post publicly about it on social media or discuss the deployments for security reasons but ft. bragg officials have talked to us about the soldiers who are leaving to the middle east. we also have spoken with a volunteer organization that's been in touch with some of these families and they say some of these spouses are going through the experience of their loved ones deploying for the first time. they're going to be relying heavily on families who have done this before. sabrina johannas. >> i'm scared. i don't know what

cnn's natasha chen has more from ft. wolf, this was a sudden thing for these families, they found out at the tail end of the holidays that they would have to say goodbye to their loved ones. while the family members of those being deployed have been asked not to talk about it or post about it publicly on social media for security reasons, ft. bragg officials have talked to us about the process of sending this first brigade of the 82nd airborne division overseas. now, keep in mind this is what they are designed to do, to respond rapidly to situations like this. they have been prepared. but still, it is a jarring feeling for these families, especially at the new year when this happened. some of these families, we're hearing, have not experienced the deployment of a loved one before. i'm hearing about that from sabrina jahanes, the executive director of deployed love, a volunteer organization that helps families during these times. >> they're obviously reaching out and saying, i'm really scared, i don't know what to expect

earlier i spoke manchester united fan, natasha turkington, to find out how the majority of supportersfans are angry, it's no excuse for violence. i'm shocked and appalled by it. i wa nt i'm shocked and appalled by it. i want it to be a really, to come across that of those people responsible for that are not a true representation of the match going fans, the hardcore reds. i go to the game with some real strong, opinion manchester united fans, and not one would ever consider going down that route. it has been really disappointing, but only because of the terrible press, the light that has been shone on us. but also, we had a peaceful, effective protest planned for the weekend, and it looks like that is probably going to go out the window now. well, manchester united are in action this evening — they're at the etihad for their league cup semifinal against manchester city. remember, it's 3—1 to city after the first leg at old trafford. you can listen to full match commentary on bbc radio 5 live from seven o'clock. well, there's some good news for manchester united fans in terms of transf

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natasha chen joining me from fort bragg, the home of the 81st airborne. what are you learning?are they thinking and feeling? >> reporter: fred, this is a very sudden turn of events, and we do want to point out that from what we've heard, a lot of the spouses and family members of those deploying have been encouraged not to post about it on social media or to speak publicly about it for security reasons. but we have been talking to a volunteer organization who is in touch with these families, and what we're hearing is that some of these folks are going through deployments for the first time. and so there is a lot of fear and unknown questions, particularly because, as you said, they don't know how long this is going to last, and while they all know that this is what they signed up for, that they have been prepared, it is something else altogether to get that notice right at the end of the holidays, around new year's, and to not know what to expect, especially for those first-timers. so here is my conversation with sabrina johannes who is the executive director of a group called

so happy new year to you, natasha. >> happy new year to you. >> thank you for showing up this morning because i know it's tough this early on new year's day. before we get into the nuances of all of this, walk me through exactly what this new law does. >> well, we all know that we're being tracked all the time, right? if you have apps on your phone, they may be collecting your location every few minutes. they know if you go to a church or a bar or if you go to the gym or buy fast food. until now we haven't really understood much about how much data is collected and who it's shared with. what this law does is for the first time it gives consumers the right to see all the data companies have on them, to delete that da it and to stop the sale of that data. >> but there is this thing that you bring up in this piece with regards to the nuances of this law and the way in which these various companies like facebook, like evite like uber are interpreting this. you write they say it would give people a chance to opt out if they do not want their data shared with third parties by contrast, inde

natasha chen, cnn, fort bragg, north carolina. >> rosemary, i've seen this image on social media of so men and women soldiers in a plane, sitting there, just sitting, waiting, going. >> and wondering what's ahead because they don't know. >> with threats and, you know, lobbed on twitter. that's what's happening. >> it is. it's that sudden deployment. thank you so much for joining us. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm george howell. the news continues with "early start" here on cnn. sometimes your small screen is your big screen. and with the xfinity stream app, which is free with your service, you can take a spin through on demand shows, or stream live tv. download your dvr'd shows and movies on the fly. even record from right where you are. whether you're travelling around the country or around the house, keep what you watch with you. download the xfinity stream app and watch all the shows you love. i don't use some waxy cover up. i use herpecín l, it penetrates deep to treat. it soothes moisturizes and creates a spf 30 barrier to protect against flare ups caused by the sun. herpecín l. it d

. >> natasha lynn stat is a professor of government at the university of essex. she joins me from poland. good to see you. tell me what you made of the republican debut. did it make a dent? i mean there's a lot of criticism that there was not much by way of argument based on fact. they didn't really contest the actual allegations. >> no. the republicans don't have to do much because they just have to ensure that senators don't go towards the democrats and don't defect. and so far the republican party is very committed to trump. what the republicans tried to put forward in some ways really bolstered the need to have witnesses. they said it was all hearsay, that there was no eyewitness accounts, and that there were a lot of holes in what the democrats were presenting. but that means they really do need witnesses to come forward. >> yeah. that's a good point. i was actually going to ask you that very question. you know, the trump team in many ways made a case for more witnesses by pointing out there had been no firsthand witnesses when that's because the white house

this little candace is a lot like natasha.ause my dad was a public schoolteacher for over 35 year. >> oh, wow. [ applause ] yes. >> awesome. >> i'm so grateful to the teachers and public educators out there. they do an amazing job. [ applause ] >> it's something that natasha is following you into the acting business and your son, he's following your husband into the wine business. and the hockey business as well. >> i have one working at the -- we have bure family wines is our family wine label and i have one son going to school full time working for the business and my other son in school full time for hockey trying to make it to the nhl. >> he wants to follow his dad's -- >> that's the goal. >> -- booties? that's great. that's hard work. >> it's a lot of hard work. >> candace and i were talking backstage. i said what's new. how many movies are you working on right now? >> i'm doing seven hallmark movies this year. seven. [ applause ] >> how do you do it. >> i know. >> not just reading to boris. >> now that "fuller house" is

and for more, we are joined now by natasha linstadt.a professor at the university of essex. >> thanks for having me. >> democrats decide tuesday when to send the impeachment articles against president trump to the senate for trial. how soon do you think that will happen, and how might this all play out? >> well, it seems like it's going to be happening within the next week or so, but it won't be for another well over a week that we may see the senate trial actually get underway. nancy pelosi was trying to delay things to make the case to the public and possibly to get into trump's head that they need to have more witnesses and they need to have more documentation. it doesn't look like any of that is going to happen, but she did find that she was able to make the case to the public that they should have people coming forward like john bolton. i think it's very, very unlikely that he is going to testify. first of all, i don't think the senate is going to subpoena him. and even if they do, i think that trump will exert executive privilege

natasha chen, cnn, atlanta. >>> coming up, police officers are looking for multiple suspects after five people were shot at a party in colorado overnight. >> we'll have that, of course and we're closing in on the national championship game between clemson and lsu in new orleans and coy wire, he is there asking the tough questions. >> very serious question. red beans and rice or gumbo in. >> gumbo. i do love gumbo but i'm red beans and rice. >> definitely gumbo. but you could never go wrong with either. dust mite droppings! eeeeeww! dead skin cells! gross! so now, i grab my swiffer sweeper and heavy-duty dusters. duster extends to three feet to get all that gross stuff gotcha! and for that nasty dust on my floors, my sweeper's on it. the textured cloths grab and hold dirt and hair no matter where dust bunnies hide. no more heebie jeebies. phew. glad i stopped cleaning and started swiffering. this melting pot of impacted species. everywhere is going to get touched by climate change. you always want to be able to for your patients.f get them out of pain, get them out of pain fast. we have

natasha lindstadt, england's professor of ethics.nk you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> it seems "the new york times" editorial boert can editorial board can't makeup its mind who should be the nominee. elizabeth warren and amy klobuchar will share it, they praised klobuchar for her bipartisan ship and deal-making skills that could possibly unite the nation. now, the paper has kept its endorsement process private for 160 years until now. it made the announcement in a tell advised especially that featured interviews with many of the leading presidential candidates. >>> on to another big story we're following, britain's prince harry is speaking out on why he and his wife meghan are splitting ties with the royal family at a charity event on sunday. harry said he had hoped to continue serving the queen, but had no other choice but to step back. the duke of sussex had this to say to his grandmother. >> i will always have the utmost respect for my grandmother, my commander in chief, and i am incredibly grateful to her and th

cnn's natasha chen is here with me and what do we know about the circumstance, eight deaths now?> it is very tragic. we're talking about icy road conditions like you said in texas, and then in louisiana, we know that people have died when trees fell on their home, and we're still learning the circumstances of three deaths in alabama. so let's talk about texas first. this is very tragic. the lubbock fire chief, actually said that the road conditions really needed to be respected by drivers that he says, if people would respect the road conditions, this never would have happened. the firefighter and the police officer were killed as they were working two different car wrecks. and they first responded to one single car accident. while they were there, a second car crossed the median, and then as they working those two scenes, a third vehicle crossed over and hit them. another firefighter is in critical condition, being treated from that. over in louisiana, we know near shreveport that one man, in oil city, louisiana, died when a tree fell on his home. his wife was with him at the ti

natasha chen, cnn, atlanta. >>> a full update on the severe weather in the u.s. derek van dam with a volcano erupting. >> pretty astounding video. we want to bring it to you here quickly. this is a volcano south of manila spewing ash into the sky. about one kilometer into the sky. prompting authorities to raise an alert level and order the evacuation of 8,000 residents. you're looking at that ash plume into the sky there. the tall volcano is what it is called there. the seismology raise it to a level three indicating a magmatic unrest that could lead to a hazardous eruption in weeks. well, clearly, something is happening there. we don't have a lot of information just yet. but one thing we do know about it, this is an active volcano. erupted about 34 times in recent history a free raddic eruption which water beneath the ground is heated by magma and creates this steam cloud. also, unfortunately, had signs of some ash getting induced into that, as well. obviously, some sort of a volcanic eruption taking place here and something that we'll continue to monitor here a

plan but the reaction from jordan's king in the government has been fairly muted natasha good name imports from the capital amman mahmoud monsoor is part of a dwindling palestinian generation born before 948 and what's called the nothing or disaster with the israelis seized homes and separated families for 53 years he's been forced to live in this refugee camp longing to read in the air of his homeland . every day i think of my old neighborhood and my family even the soil i walked on i remember if i had the opportunity to leave all that i have here and go home to palestine i would go back. even before president trump began announcing his middle east plan on tuesday protesters gathered in the jordanian capital of a man in front of the american embassy jordan which has traditionally played a role in previous peace plans had been studied line from discussions on sunday king abdullah voiced his opposition we have to rally support from the. international community. hend display look for genuine peace according to the international law but the country is forced to tread a delicate balancing act

. >> we will hear from natasha butler, who has been following the summit. correspondent: at the end of this summit in southwestern and thethe g5 leaders french president agreed to cooperate more closely militarily and politically to fight what they called growing terrorism. the president of burkina faso said 2019 has been a difficult year, with an increasing number of fatal attacks against the military and against civilians. he talks about there being a humanitarian crisis that was unprecedented in the region. with the leaders said they needed to do was basically bolster the region, the border region between burkina faso, ager, and molly, -- and mali, volatile region where attacks have taken place. france sending 220 extra troops. they also called on the international community to do more to support this region, to support the g5 force in terms of logistics and money, because they said what happens in that region affect the world. many of the armed groups working in that region, operating in that region, i should say, have links to al qaeda, isil, and boko

i'm just in panic mode natasha martinez whose husband deemployed five time now offering baby sittingo that group. >> your advice >> definitely reach out. we're here for each other and we have to use that. >> adding to the family's angst the soldiers are not allowed to tell their loved one in the states where they are. not even the country and they've been told their deployments could last up to nine months. phillip. >> great reminder, those families sacrificing so much for us thank you. >>> the trump administration has announced a expansion to a bilateral agreement to discourage migrants to seek protections to the united states, and u.s. could begin deporting certain u.s. asylum seekers to guatemala, the deal signed in july to initial accept those from el salvador and honduras the plan to be implemented later this month. >>> president trump former national security advisor john bolton is willing to testify but there's a catch, nbc's reportert with that catch. >> john bolton changing course, writing, i am prepared to testify if subpoenaed by the senate, a major shift for the president

there is a chance he won't come home and i can't get that out of my head and i'm just in panic mode natasha martinez, whose husband deployed five times, now offering free babysitting in that same support group. your advice to those going through what you've been through before is? >> reach out we're here for each other and we have to use that. >> reporter: adding to the family's angst, the deployed are not allowed to tell their loved ones where they are, not even the country. and they could be deployed for up to nine months. lester >> kerry sanders, ft. bragg, thank you. >>> this iran crisis comes of course in the middle of the president's impeachment drama and today a surprising turn as former national security adviser john bolton said he's willing to testify in a senate trial under one condition. we get more from nbc's kasie hunt. >> reporter: tonight, john bolton changing course writing, i am prepared to testify if subpoenaed by the senate a major shift for the president's former national security adviser, who refused to give testimony to house democrats and is seen as a key witness in e

african troops to really be the only ones fighting on the ground but with international backup ok natasha thank you for that update from. let's take a closer look at the region we're actually talking about so this. is just saying refers to the vast area covering western and central africa the militaries of 5 countries in that region mauritania. make up this g 5 joint force and it aims to maintain regional control against the fighters of the violence in the region has only been getting worse the number of people killed in attacks and burkina faso mali. from 770 in 2016 to more than 4000 last year it's largely because of a combination of attacks by armed groups and intercommunal violence remote areas where the state's presence is weak or especially vulnerable the humanitarian cost is also growing the u.n. estimates half a $1000000.00 people have been displaced a tenfold increase in 3 years. was a geo political and security analyst is joining us live from boucher via skype thanks very much for joining us on the news hour so challenges just sounds immense what do you expect to happen in that