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back to you nick watt, live for us in los angeles. >> nick, thank you so much for the update. we still have mercedes colwin with us and mercedes. i wonder as we're hearing this update from nick how much these statements from their family members, their two aunts carry weight with a judge as he's considering what options he has when it comes to these brothers. >> that's a great question, boris, and that's pretty essential for the judge to hear from the families what they would like to see. especially we're talking about kitty's sister, who is even more compelling than jose's sister because kitty's sister acknowledged that she believthae in fact sexually molested by the father. that is very key and we all know that that evidence was not permitted in that second trial that led to the conviction. so that's key for the judge, certainly. and of course, the fact that jose's sister although she didn't acknowledge directly that she believed that the menendez brothers, but she did say that she wanted to have them back with the family. so that she can hold them and hug them and show her

nick watt, cnn los angeles a really great report from our nick watt there fascinating. >> all right the city of lights a little brighter now thanks to the annual paris's champs-elysees avenue. 400 trees adorned with led lights in the shape. oh these are for me of wine glasses. possibly to encourage some festive cheer. the lights are going to glitter every night until midnight throughout the new year. that's beautiful. and then there's this. there might be no such thing as a free lunch, but apparently there is a such thing as free coffee or a free coffee if you're willing to dance for it. that was the deal at this coffee shop in eastern massachusetts, and so far quite a few people are taking them up on the offer moves in this now viral tiktok. it has gotten nearly 8 million views so far. the owner says the promotion has brought in a wave of new customers. all right, straight ahead here on cnn this morning, after a swirl of weekend announcements, donald trump rounds out a few contentious nominees may force republicans to ask themselves just how far their loyalty goes. plus, the republican

cnn's nick watt has more on the debate over fluoride in several western towns. >> children rarely goty their drinking water contained fluoride ever since we started putting a trace of fluoride in the water there have been those who say we really shouldn't. >> they were criticized, they were ridiculed. >> they were called conspiracy theorists. >> they were called tinfoil hatters in 1964, doctor strangelove, this was the sign that had gone bananas. >> you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face, but fluoride skepticism is now mainstream. >> according to a new york times headline and a washington post columnist who now thinks it's not an entirely crazy idea because this recent government report finds, with moderate confidence that higher more than double the dose in our water, are consistently associated with lower iq in children more studies are needed. and because a federal judge recently ruled there is an unreasonable risk of such injury, a risk sufficient to require the epa to engage with a regulatory response

cnn's nick watt. casarez joins me now. so, nick you were in court for today's hearing. what happened well we heard from the aunts of the boys. >> we heard from jose menendez, sister jose menendez was the dad who was killed. and she had this to say. aunt terry she said, we miss those that are gone tremendously, but we miss the kids, too. she said they've served 35 years. that is enough. we also heard from kitty, the mother. we heard from her sister. she is the boys aunt joan. she said, no children should have to live in fear day by day that their dad could come and rape them now there is no question that eric and lyle menendez bought shotguns and used those guns to brutally murder their parents, to shoot them to death while they were in the den of their beverly hills mansion back in 1989. that's not open to question. the question is why prosecutors at the time said the boys wanted the inheritance. the boys said they were living in fear for their lives after years of emotional and physical and sexual abuse from their father and that is why they killed their parents. now,

cnn's nick watts has more.hould never have been in such situations. >> it's presented themselves what can a kid do when his father's like i can't stand it. >> that is kitty menendez, sister. and this is jose menendez sister, 35 years is a long time. they want their nephews home. >> the judge has now set january 30th and 31st as the days plenary or fulsome hearing on the resentencing. we' fact, get the brothers released today. >> erik and lyle menendez were supposed to make their first public appearance in nearly 30 years, but apparent technical difficulties meant they did not appear in this l.a. court via video link. all we heard was one brother, say riley we've had video access the entire time. back in the mid 1990s, this was a sensational televised trial after a sensational crime. prosecutors said the boys wanted their parents money. the brothers, who were 18 and 21 at the time, claimed they feared for their lives after enduring years of emotional, physical and sexual abuse by their father. and that's why the

cnn's nick watt reports.eignited a fluoride debate >> children rarely got tooth decay. why their drinking water contained >> ever since we started putting a trace of fluoride in the water, there have been those who say we really shouldn't. >> they were criticized, they were ridiculed. >> they were called conspiracy theorists. they were called tinfoil hatters. >> in 1964, doctor strangelove, this was the sign ripper had gone bananas. >> you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face, but fluoride skepticism is now mainstream. according to a new york times headline and a washington post columnist who now thinks it's not an entirely crazy idea because this recent government report finds, with moderate confidence that higher estimated fluoride exposures more than double the dose in our water are consistently associated with lower iq in children, more studies are needed and because a federal judge recently ruled there is an unreasonable risk of

there's a specific story out of los angeles we've covered a lot with nick watt about veteran homelessnessthe va has been involved in an ongoing court fight over land in los angeles that was donated to the government back in 1888. specifically to be used to house veterans who need housing and the va has been ordered to put up 750 temporary housing units for veterans but the va claims the cost of those units will cause irreparable harm to the va. i'm just confused by position. seems like a no brainer and seems like in keeping with what you've done with the pact act and the like, i'm surprised you're on the other side. >> thanks so much, jake. to your point, you cover a lot of veteran stories here. that's why i was thrilled to get the invitation to come. i really appreciate the reporting you do on this, the writing. you've lifted up our veterans in a powerful way. two, as it tes to los angeles, our decision to appeal a part of the judge's ruling there reflects the following. over the course of the last year, we have permanently housed in the united states about 48,000 homeless veterans. the

my colleague, nick watts spoke to someone who lost everything. take a listen to that conversation. >> i am going to rebuild. where the [bleep] am i going to go? the view was incredible. the house was full. a dead bear from my dendrite there you can see him burnt . >> that was your den, with the views? >> yeah did >> how is your wife holding up? >> barely. all of her jewelry, we walked out with nothing. >> reporter: fire officials described this as a significant 36 hour firefight. this was with little breaks, dozens and dozens of firefighters working around the clock. we have seen some progress . we are at 5% containment , it might not sound like a lot , but fire officials say they were taking advantage of the overnight hours. they had helicopters in the air throughout the night and more is expected throughout the day today. conditions in terms of the weather are improving. we had red flag warnings in all areas, high and low. what we are being told is the red flag warnings are only in effect in the mountain areas with the wind gust of 25 to 35 mil

nick watt is out front in several got tooth decay. >> why? >> their drinking water contained fluoride ever since we started putting a trace of fluoride in the water, there have been those who say we really shouldn't. >> they were criticized. >> they were ridiculed they were called conspiracy theorists. they were called tinfoil hatters. >> in 1964, doctor strangelove, this was the sign ripper had gone bananas. >> you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face, but fluoride skepticism is now mainstream. >> according to a new york times headline and a washington post columnist who now thinks it's not an entirely crazy idea because this recent government report finds with moderate confidence that higher estimated fluoride exposures, more than double the dose in our water, are consistently associated with lower iq in children more studies are needed. and because a federal judge recently ruled there is an unreasonable risk of such injury, a risk sufficient to require the epa to

nick watt is out front i should never have been in such situations. >> it's presented themselves whaten his father's like i can't stand it. >> that is kitty menendez's sister. >> and this is jose menendez. sister 35 years is a long time. >> they want their nephew's home. >> the judge has now set january 30th and 31st as the days for a plenary or fulsome hearing on the resentencing we're hoping that by the end of that, or sometime sooner, that we will, in fact, get the brothers released today, eric and lyle menendez were supposed to make their first public appearance in nearly 30 years, but apparent technical difficulties meant they did not appear in this la court via video link. >> all we heard was one brother, say riley we've had video access the entire time. >> back in the mid 1990s. this was a sensational televised trial after a sensational crime prosecutors said the boys wanted their parents money. the brothers, who were 18 and 21 at the time, claimed they feared for their lives after enduring years of emotional, physical and sexual abuse by their father and that's why they killed

nick watt in los angeles thank you so much. joining me now is cnn legal analyst joey jackson and the founder of unchained tv, jane velez-mitchell. thank you both for being with me. joey, i want to go to you first. there is now a delay in possible resentencing, as you heard there in nick's report until the end of january. so that this new district attorney can review 17 boxes of case files. do you think that that delay until the end of january is more of a legal or political one? >> so i think it's a legal and somewhat political. >> and here's why i say that. alex is good to be with you and jane. >> the reality is, is that you are a new prosecutor and it wasn't your motion. right? remember the motion to resentence came from the outgoing district attorney. as we look at the brothers, there and so you do need, if you're the new district attorney, to have an opportunity to review and evaluate, to see if you're on board with everything. so from that sense, it's factual and the political comes in where during the trial, it was allege

first, newsnight political editor nick watt. what on earth is going on?s you said, that louise haigh a decade ago pleaded guilty to that criminal offence, it is relating to a police investigation over a mobile phone that she claimed was stolen. we have a statement from the transport secretary, this dates back to 2013 she said she was mugged on a night out. she was only 26 and described it as terrifying, she reported the incident to police and gave them a list of items she believed had been taken, including a work mobile phone, and then she said, later on she discovered that this had not been taken, she had been given another phone by her office, it was the triggering of that phone, that kindle kindle the police interest, they questioned her and she says her advice was not to comment. she regrets that. she appeared before southwark magistrates and again under the advice of her solicitor, she pleaded guilty, even though she said it was a genuine mistake from which i did not make any gain, she said the magistrate accepted those arguments and gave her the low