i'm poppy harlow. john berman has the week off. so glad you're with us. we begin with angry voters unleashing on lawmakers back home. just watch. [ yelling ] town halls across the country erupting in shouting matches, as you see. lawmakers trying to field questions from angry constituents on everything from immigration to the travel ban to obamacare. some republicans dismissing the protesters as just paid activists. the president tweeting, "actually in numerous cases planned out by liberal activists. sad!" kyung lah joins me from new york. the president says they're liberal activists. what do you see? >> let's talk about the organizational structure first. so they are responding to a good bo -- guidebook that was put out. this engagement with lawmakers is coming from the guidebook. but they're not being specifically led by anyone. they feel empowered. >> how do they carry these words into action? >> in some locations, yes, they want to flip the district. but that's a tough goal, that's a long term goal for 2018. we've seen different sentiments in each one

i'm still thinking of questions, poppy. questions you have. >> steve bannon has celebrated the alt right movement. i'm not sure what you're talking about, just recently in a mother jones article in july at the c rnc. >> i believe steve bannon to be a good man. i don't believe he has any racial hatred or anti-semitism. i think these are ridiculous charges. i think every question is fair game. i think you should ask him on your show and ask him these questions. >> would you ask him to come on our program. we'd love to him him. >> he's a fearless guy. you can't say he shies away from taking the tough questions. it's appropriate for him to be here. he's playing a very important role at the white house. look, a lot of people in the conservative movement, these elite writers even in the republican party, there's a lot of change going on, poppy. a lot of these people who have criticized me for decisions i made at cpac, the reason why they're upset is because they matter less. >> final thought from you, what's getting a lot of head

>> hi, poppy, happy friday.to square the circle and say they're both right. >> you can't do that on this program. you've got to say it straight. come on. >> first of all, i think donald trump is right that there are problems with our trade arrangements with mexico, that those trade deficits that you mentioned are a problem for many american companies and mexico has to do a better job of opening up their markets to american manufacturing products and agriculture products and so on. by the way, i'm a fan of nafta. i don't agree with donald trump on that but i think nafta has been a great thing for mexico and a good thing for the u.s. the trade representative was right, from a security standpoint, poppy, one of the most important national security concerns of america should not be necessarily what's happening in the middle east, russia, and china, all these other places on the globe, but what's happening to our southern neighbor. we want to make sure that they maintain their position as strong and stable. that's in

poppy? >> obviously he has this on his plate and he did tweet about it, the president saying it did come from that fox news report. he's also got something huge on his plate. that is naming a new national security adviser. one of the most important seats, and a vacant seat right now in his cabinet. any word on when that will come or who it may be? >> no word yet on who it may be. we know this is a top priority for the white house. the president meeting yesterday with what we're told are four finalists he's choosing from for this post. among those are u.n. -- former u.n. am bass done john bolton, lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster, acting national security adviser keith kellogg, also retired. and also lieutenant general robert mcmaster, the superintendent of west point. he could meet with more of those candidates, but we know this is a decision that the white house is hoping the president will make in the very near future. i should say the president is going to head back to washington where thi

hi, manu. >> reporter: hey, poppy.such is trying to win over red state democratic senators essential to determining whether he gets that lifetime spot on the supreme court, that ninth seat, today meeting with two red state democratic senators, heidi hidecamp of north dakota, claire mccaskill of missouri, this coming after his meetings from earlier this week with jon tester of montana, as well as joe manchin from west virginia, meeting with him last week. those senators are all up for reelection in states that voted for donald trump. those will be critical to determine whether or not gorsuch can get the 60 votes he needs in the senate to get confirmed. right now 52 republican senators are likely to vote for him but where do you get eight democratic senators who will buck party lines and vote for gorsuch? we don't know yet, we'll see what happens after the confirmation hearings. >> thank you, manu. >>> james baker, who worked under presidents george h.w. bush, president reagan, and president forwad, says a much better un

poppy? >> interesting the divide in those polls, when you ask republicans it's so much more favorable than democrats. it shows the division in the country. athena, thank you so much. alex stewart, former ted cruz communications director. david louter, and bacari sellers. nice to have you all here. alice, let me begin with you. as someone who worked in communications for senator ted cruz, who was so much more outspoken on issues like the transgender school bathroom issue during the campaign, who took a much more clear stance on social issues than the current president, how do you square what the white house has done here, pulling back on this federal guideline, and then what candidate trump said about being a protector of lgbtq individuals on the campaign trail? let's listen. >> as your president, i will do everything in my power to protect our lgbtq citizens from the violence and oppression of the hateful foreign ideology. believe me. and i have to say, as a republican, it is so nice to hear

>> reporter: you're absolutely right, poppy. while trump branded conservative is different than the brand of conservativism usually embraced here, the people i talked to are simply happy there is a republican in the white house and republicans controlling both sides of pennsylvania avenue for the first time in decades. yes, donald trump isn't necessarily the first choice of some of these conservatives. a year ago, like i said, there were cries to try and stop him from winning the party's nomination. that's all ancient history. so he is going to be taking that victory lap, like you said. i'm told his speech is not going to be one filled with policy. it's not going to be the specifics that we heard in terms of the world view of stephen bannon, his chief strategist yesterday, who talked about economic nationalism, and how this country must change the political world order. but president trump i'm told is going to simply thank these activists, and there without a doubt will be plenty of media bashing, which of course has become cent

i'm poppy harlow in new york, so good to be with you. it will be, welcome to cleveland, everyone. in just two days, this city will play host to one of the biggest political events of the year, the republican national convention. all right, top of the hour, 5:00 eastern, i'm poppy harlow live today in philadelphia, you are watching cnn live coverage of the democratic national convention. hi, everyone, i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jake tapper. we're joining you live from the ben franklin park way in beautiful philadelphia covering pope francis's visit. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> i'm poppy harlow, we begin with breaking news this hour, just in to us at cnn. good evening, everyone. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i am poppy harlow joining you live from paris with our special coverage of the terror attacks that triggered a state of emergency throughout this country. hello, everyone, i'm poppy harlow, joining you live from paris tonight, it is 9:00 in the evening, we want to welcome our view

>>> you're live in the cnn newsroom, i'm poppy harlow in new york. we begin with breaking news. the department of homeland security suspending quote any and all actions related to president trump's ban on travelers from seven muslim majority countries. airlines today being told go back to business as usual. as if the ban never happened. protesters taking to the streets in major u.s. cities across the country. here's christine quinn, a former new york city council speaker moments ago in new york. >> i'm glad they don't know and can't understand our depth of humanity. our depth of empathy. our depth of solidarity with each other. because that's our hidden strength. they don't know it. they can't understand it. and that is why over the next four weeks, four years just as we have already, in these two weeks, we will beat that, we will beat them and we will win. as long as we stay together. >> that comes as the white house promises a challenge to the federal judge's ruling blocking the ban nationwide. president trump tweeting a short time ago, what is our country coming to when a jud

>> reporter: it was quite remarkable, poppy.ay is always a day obviously where people celebrate the islamic revolution of 1979. also of course they take massive swipes at the u.s. as well. this year more so than before, we felt that people were trying to differentiate between the american government on the one side and the american people on the other hand. one of the remarkable things we saw is some kids with posters saying thanks to the american people for supporting muslims. obviously that very much in reference to the uproar and some of the protests that have been taking place in the united states against the executive order and the travel ban which of course hits iran very hard. there is a lot of travel back and forth between iran and the u.s., many people in iran have relatives in the u.s. there is a lot of anger at president trump and some of the policies, less so at the people of the united states. it's something we found was remarkable, at this revolution day that we attended today which had a massive turnout, poppy. >>

i'm poppy harlow. john berman has the day off. a busy morning and potentially a critical day pour the trump administration. in any moment the president is set to speak for the national's sheriff's association. as early as today three federal judges could hand down their ruling on the president's travel ban. the case is seen as a critical measure of the president's power and the reach of the u.s. constitution. also, a fire brand democrat gets an extraordinary rebuke on the senate floor. senator elizabeth warren ordered to sit down and be quiet in the contentious debate over attorney general nominee jeff sessions. our correspondents, experts and analysts all here to break it down. thank you for being here. let's begin on capitol hill with sunlen serfaty. good morning. what a night it was. >> reporter: it certainly was, poppy. democrats continued their marathon talk thon all night into the morning and continue at this hour on the senate floor in protest of senator jeff sessions for attorney general. it was that moment, just a remarka

>> reporter: yeah, hi john, hi poppy.e seeing is that there is support for this movement, at least at places like this. you see a sign on the door, saying "we'll be closed today in support of our diverse staff and their choice to participate in a day without immigrants protest." as far as we can tell at this point, there are somewhere around a hundred different restaurants, cafes, or bars in this town that are closed today in support of this protest. some others may have offered some sort of reduced service in support of it. there have been calls for some rallies in different parts of town. that's compared to more than 2200 restaurants in town. that gives you a sense of the overall feel of it. and in a place like this, in georgetown, the nation's capital, obviously it still looks like pretty much a normal business day. we'll have to see as the day goes on how much impact there is coast to coast with this. it's not really clear if it's going to have a giant impact or be more symbolic. yet those who are standing behind it f

>> reporter: poppy, we've heard president trump talk out about this. we saw it on twitter this morning. president trump remaining in his contention that this was well within the bounds of his executive authority as president. we saw his tweets ranging from defiant to derogatory. not sure what the next steps are, but we do know they're waiting for the department of justice to file the stay of this temporary restraining order that has not been done just yet. but the white house has issued a statement in addition to donald trump's tweeting that happened this morning. that white house statement coming out last night. i'll read it to you in part. it says, at the earliest possible time, the department of justice intends to file an emergency stay of this order and defend the executive order of the president which we believe is lawful and appropriate. the president's order is intended to recolleprotect any homeland. he has the constitutional authority and responsibility to protect the american people, notably, this statement came out from press secretary sean

poppy harlow. >> i'm john berman. talk is swirling around washington about contact between russian officials and trump campaign officials during election season, and what congress will do about it. we might learn in a few minutes. a bipartisan group of lawmakers holds a news conference in a short bit. sources told cnn that senior trump officials including paul manafort and michael flynn were in constant contact with russian officials during the election. >> the key roles of those advisers, the number of their conversations with russian officials, and the timing, which was key because this all was happening as russia was targeting the clinton campaign. and donald trump publicly urged russia to find hillary clinton's missing e-mails. all of this was happening at the same time. this morning no direct response from the white house to cnn's reporting. the kremlin and president trump are dismissing these reports as "fake news." our barbara starr begins our coverage at the pentagon. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, j

let's remember, poppy, this is a press conference. he says whatever he's going to say in the very beginning but then the press conference is based on questions from the press. >> jeffrey lord, he went on. it was a soliloquy for quite a long time. >> yeah, but poppy, look, i do think our friend selena ito who you quoted this morning accurately has it. there is a parallel universe. people in washington that you say that press conference was a disaster. people out here thought he was fabulous, really loved it, thought he was terrific, including taking the press on directly and our friend jim acosta, as a reagan person, this reminds me of ronald reagan's duets with sam donaldson of abc when got to be a regular feature of his press conferences. i think he did extremely well. people know he's working on these things. they know what the schedule is. they have complete confidence in him. that said, people that don't like him are not going to like him. >> lynn sweet, i just want to ask you in closing here, that press conference happened, today

fifa took action because fans wore poppies in the stands and the armed forces held bunches of poppiespitch. leigh's return to rugby league's top division got off to a disappointing start as they were comfortably beaten away at castleford. the tigers ran in seven trys including this from winger greg eden. 114—16 the final score. elsewhere, huddersfield giants beat widnes 28—16. the russian athlete mariya savinova, who won olympic gold in the 800metres at london 2012 has been stripped of her medal and retrospectively banned from competing. savinova, who beat caster semenya to gold in london has been found guilty of doping offences by the court of arbitartion for sport. all of her results from july 2010 through to august 2013 have been wiped from her record. mixed feelings then for the british runnerjenny meadows who was beaten by savinova at the 2010 european championships where she won bronze i have a mixture of elation that i will hopefully get upgraded for a medal and a little bit of sadness and disappointed as a fan of the sport. i was a fan of her as well and what she did on the tr

>> reporter: he is indeed, poppy. donald trump often said this throughout the course of his campaign, talking about something he read somewhere or saw someplace. this is yet another example, when you're president of the united states, your words are taken more seriously, differently. but he did say his comments were from that fox report. let's take a quick look at just a clip of that. >> there was an absolute surge in both gun violence and rape in sweden because of its open door policy. they know this crime is happening, they can feel it, the statistics are clear, but they would refer to the root cause behind it, saying it's men raping people, not the refugees, they'll make excuses for it. the majority of the population in sweden still wants an open door policy, it's confounding. >> reporter: so that person you saw there was a film maker who made a film in sweden. the swedish government says, look, his numbers are wrong, they simply don't have a crime wave. president trump is saying this because his travel ban was blo

that's clear, poppy. but also what's more important for democrats at this point, can they sustain this energy heading into 2018? and that's not quite clear yet. >> let's pull up what the president tweeted about this again. let's listen to what the white house, sean spicer, said about calling the activists paid on fox news earlier this month. >> do you sense that instead of being organic disruption, do you sense that there's an organized pushback and people are being paid to protest? >> absolutely. protesting is becoming a profession now. we need to call it what it is. it's not these organic uprisings that we've seen through the last several decades. the tea party was an organic movement. this is a paid astroturf-type movement. >> david, yesterday the president said, i'm going to unite this country. is that how you accomplish it? >> no. it's clear that the president is going to pursue his agenda and that's secondary. there's not anything wrong with that depending on what his goal is. the question then will

thank you so much for watching us, we'll sernd it up to poppy harlow in new york. thanks for watching. >>> so glad you're with us this sunday evening. the president lashing out on twitter after an appeals court denies his travel ban. he tweeted, just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. and i have also instructed the homeland security officers to screen the people that come in the country carefully. how it will all play out is anyone's guess. folks this will likely go up to the nation's highest court. our suzanne malveaux begins our coverage tonight in washington. suzanne, they have a deadline of tonight, for both sides to file this brief, then they'll finally hear the case on the merits, then what? >> poppy, it's really interesting, this is just after the first two weeks in washington. now what has happened so far, federal appeals court, early this morning denied the u.s. government's request to overturn the ban. judge james robart who suspended the ban, well that now remains in place. trump spent the weekend disparaging this judge, with his

i'm poppy harlow, live in new york. thanks for joining us. it is 7:00 a.m. here on the east coast and we begin with protests near president donald trump tease fro's the front door. people marching near his mar-a-lago resort where he's spending the weekend. jessica schneider is there for us and she has the latest on all of this. jessica, a lot of tweets from the president tonight, but defiant in the face of this ruling from a federal judge. >> reporter: that's right, poppy. you know, really, a flurry of activity around mar-a-lago tonight. also, a flurry of activity on president trump's twitter account. i'll start first with president trump's twitter. he's tweeted a total of ten times over the past 24 hours. the majority of those tweets, all but two, in fact, have dealt with his defiance against this federal judge's order. he is maintaining, has maintained for the past week, is now maintaining on twitter, that his executive action was completely legal, was within constitutional bounds. it's something that the white house said within its statement last night, l

good morning. >> reporter: good morning, poppy. the full-court press was front and center on president trump's twitter feed all weekend long. at times defiant, arguing his executive order was well within the bounds of the constitution. at other times, he derided the federal court judge in seattle that put the halt to donald trump's executive order. president trump blasted the federal judge, james robart, calling him a, quote, so-called judge and blasting the order as ridiculous. he even went a step farther saying if anything bad were to happen in this country, that judge would be to blame. democrats are pushing back. one person defending the president for his tweets and executive order, vice president mike pence. >> we are very confident the president is operating within his authority as president, both under the constitution and under clear statutory law. that's what's so frustrating about the decision. the president of the united states has every right to criticize the other two branches of government. >> reporter: so the adminis

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john berman, here. >> i am poppy harlow.n just a few hours, a major showdown over president trump's travel ban. three judges today set to rule on if the ban should be suspended or take effect again. >> attorneys general filed a brief saying they agree with washington state and minnesota, and virginia's mark herring joins us, and thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> so the white house says this is a matter of national security, and the administration argues the law gives the president wide latitude to deal with immigration and to deal with issues of national security, and u.s. code 1182 from 1952 says he can if he likes, issue, impose bans on anything he may think is an issue. how do you get past that? >> the president does have a lot of latitude and deference, but it's not absolute. there are limitations. just because president trump invokes national security doesn't mean you throw the constitution out the window. when we were in court in the virginia case last friday, the judge we had there recognized

. >> i'm poppy harlow. we have a lot of news to get to, namely a senior white house official telling cnn the knives are out, talking about president trump's embattled national security adviser michael flynn who would counsel the president is accused of betraying the trust of the president. white house officials no longer believing flin's claim he did not discuss sanctions with russia before the administration took over. the denials repeated by a trusting mike pence on cbs last month. whether flynn says or goes may not be his decision alone. >> one place you might want a national security adviser whoever one trusts, when a rogue nation with an unpredictable dictator stages a missile launch to taunt you. that's what happened with north korea. that is on the president's plate, too. let's begin at the white house with cnn's joe johns. that white house, joe, looking like a sive over the weekend. >> reporter: i think you can say that, john. what we are told is michael flynn has no plans to resign, no expectation

john and poppy? hill, thank you so much. >>> and that joining us republican congressman, chris stewart of utah who is on the house intelligence committee. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> before we get to the matter of the intelligence committee and the situation with russia, and this morning trump was giving himself grades for his first month in office. let's listen to what he said. >> in terms of achievement i would give myself an "a," because i think i have done great things but -- i and my people, i don't think we have explained it well enough to the american public. i think i get an "a" in terms of what i have done, but in terms of messaging, i would give myself a "c" or "c plus." >> how do you change that? >> maybe tonight during the speech. >> i am not used to giving grades. i think you can say the president has been aggressive, though. he has done what he said and what he campaigned he would do. you know, some of the regulatory reform, which i think is so important, and some of t

inside their apartment investigators found about 50 pounds worth of poppy pods and $30,000 in cash.scovered 4,000 pounds of poppy pods in storage lockers with a street value of about $400,000.sotand it was cheek by jowl. floor to ceiling. brabham problems in the past nothing like this. as a surprise because it has been relatively low key around here for a long time. they are currently being held the senate clara county jail felony charges for possession of controlled substances shall endangerment. and then that they feel confident that this is isolated incident at an indication of a larger problem with opium here least 20 people, mostly seniors, are without a home this morning following a fire in san francisco. 7 business were also impacted. the fire broke out just before 8:00 yesterday morning on stockton street in the heart of the city's chinatown neighborhood. it took firefighters nearly 6 hours to contain the blaze. red cross workers were on scene helping get those who were displaced into shelters. officials say the cause is still under investigation this morning. in the east ba

he said what you said, poppy.he best picture prize, i got to thank my wife and kids and then i got to present the best picture prize. they were out partying all night. they did win six prizes for "la la land." "moonlight" was the dark horse of this oscar season. some people thought it wasn't going to beat "la la land," but it sure did. it's an incredible film. i think the best thing to do today given that people think it's been snubbed by "la la land," go see "moonlight." >> they should buy everyone in america tickets. >> 83 years pricewaterhousecoopers has been running this. here is their statement. they're taking full responsibility -- not saying who was at fault, but someone at the company was at ought. we sincerely apologize during the broadcast. the presenters had been given the wrong category envelope. we are investigating how this could have happened and we deeply regret this occurred. we don't know exactly who screwed up here. but clearly someone handed warren beatty and fay dunn away the wrong envelopes.

. >> i'm poppy harlow. this morning, the white house is without a permanent national security adviser and pushing back against reports that the admiral they tapped wanted nothing to do with the chaos surrounding the administration. this on the same day that the president gave a press conference like no other. the man he tapped to replaced the ousted national security adviser says thank you but no thanks. >> bob harward cited family reasons but a friend told cnn he thought the offer was a blank sandwich but didn't say blank. also this morning we're learning that the fbi is not expected to press charges against national security adviser michael flynn over his controversial phone call with the russian ambassador. want to bring in senior washington correspondent joe johns with all of the latest. joe, the white house no chaos here, that's not why the admiral didn't want the job. >> that's right. a senior administration official telling cnn and some other news organizations just a little while ago that nothing ha

. >> reporter: good morning, poppy. what we're told about michael flynn is that he has no plans to resign and no expectation that he will be fired, nonetheless he remains on thin ice. the issue here really is about a conversation with the vice president, apparently telling the vice president of the united states that he had not had discussions with the russian ambassador about sanctions that had been imposed by the obama administration, and then it turns out, it is learned later, i should say, that he did have such a discussion. so that's the problem. now, why is it a problem? it's a problem because of the unusual relationship between donald trump before and after the election with russia, and concerns that some of that has to be investigated. here is what the vice president later said about what he learned regarding the conversations with the russian ambassador. >> they did not discuss anything having to do with the united states' decision to expel diplomats or impose censure on russia. >> did they have a discussion ab

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm john berman.kate bolduan starts now. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kate bolduan. moments from now, addressing the troops. president donald trump will be landing in tampa, florida, the headquarters for u.s. central command and u.s. special operations command. the president will receive a briefing, have lunch with service members, and deliver a speech. we'll bring you that speech live. could be an important day for the president. at the same time we're keeping our eye on the courts, the legal face-off over the president's traveler ban and immigration order, escalating by the day, sometimes by the hour. right now the clock isic

i am poppy harlow, and john berman has the day off. you are looking at live pictures of the president visiting the national museum of african-american history and culture. this is his visit. next to him you see ben carson along with his wife, candy. we are also told senator tim scott is with the president, and we will monitor this and bring you more of this, and president trump making a visit to the national museum of african-american history and culture. we will get more of that in just a moment. we have a lot ahead today, and the president stepping out to make this visit, and also the fact that this museum -- this museum is a place that he was expected to visit a few weeks ago, right around martin luther king day, and this as he faces accusations of cultural divisions, and ivanka trump making her voice heard on the attacks of anti-semitism. good morning, joe. >> reporter: certainly concerns that anti-semitism could be on the rise, that tweet you mentioned from ivanka trump, america is the nation built on religious tolerance, and a tw

and the poppy crop, i was there in the spring. what do you do about the poppy, do you eradicate it like the old days or basically buy it up and then sell it as medical morphine in a healthy which economy? >> that's a great question. i'd love the answer but it's your report, go ahead. >> i'll jump on the pakistan. >> you go with pakistan and i'll go with a couple of others. >> so, in an ideal world, the united states would be able to put enough pressure on pakistan that they would turn against the afghan taliban and the insurgency would be over and that's been a demand from afghans that we do that. and they're mystified as to why the united states allows this to happen. why we designate pakistan as a major non-nato ally and give them $7.24 billion a year in aid and assistance which then enables them to use other money to support the taliban that's conducting attacks that are killing american soldiers and afghan soldiers and civilians. it's very frustrating. but i think as ron mentioned, we've got to figure out, got to make a distin

. >> reporter: good morning, poppy. the chairman of the house oversight and judiciary committees writing a letter requesting an investigation citing numerous news reports that refer to things that are supposed to be secret like, among other things, the foreign intelligence surveillance court, the monitoring of michael flynn's telephone conversations with the russian ambassador. so they write a letter to the inspector general of the justice department. we have some quotes. we have serious concerns about the potential inadequate protection of classified information, federal laws and the constitution, distinguish law enforcement from intelligence information, the release of classified national security information can by definition have grave effects on national security. meanwhile over on the senate side, a bit more of a focus on the substance. chuck grassley, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee along with dianne feinstein, the democrat who is the ranking member on this committee asking for transcripts of inter

more than 3,000 dry poppies were found in a mountain view storage locker and this morning a couple is behind bars. tod "today in the bay's" chuck coppola has details. >> we had already suspected something. >> reporter: one neighbor who did not want to be identified was not surprised when mountain view police arrested this 34-year-old and his had 45-year-old wife after police say they found 50 pounds of opium poppy pods and $30,000 in cash in the couple's apartment. >> late at night random cars would come -- sorry. they would come through here and pick up stuff in brown bags. or, like, small boxes. >> reporter: more than small boxes. police found nearly 4000 pounds of opium poppy pods in a nearby storage locker way street value of $400,000. >> the shipment came from great britain. beyond that, we don't know where the poppies were coming from. >> reporter: three moss of surveillance and a big break this past tuesday. >> leaving with a box of opium powder, was stopped and said he just bought it from the suspects. >> reporter: in addition to drug charges the couple is charged with child e

. >>> police are calling it the largest seizure of o'yum poppy pods. more than 3,000 were found in a mountain view storage locker. tonight a couple is behind bars. nbc bay area's chuck copeland joins us from the elmwood jail in melpitas. >>> this is where the couple is spending the night. investigators believe it is the sole income of the couple, selling opium and had been doing it for years. investigators me they found some $800,000 in the couple's bank accounts that are now frozen. >> we had already suspected something. >> reporter: one neighbor who did not want to be identified was not surprised when mountain view police arrested 34-year-old jasmir sing and his wife donna sant owe after police found 30,000 dollars in cash and poppy pods in the couple's apartment. >> late at night, rand onom car would come and pick up stuff in brown bags or mall boxes. >> reporter: more than small boxes, police say they found nearly 4,000 pound at opium poppy pods in a nearby storage locker with a street you value of 400,000 dollars. >> the shipment came from great b

the couple faces charges of possession for sale of the poppy pods and child endangerment because their children were inside the home. it's one of the largest opium pop yip busts ever in the -- poppy busts ever in the state of california, 4,000 pounds of pods worth $400,000 seized from lockers in mountain view. detectives found 50 pounds of it and $30,000 in cash inside this apartment at the monroe palms. >> we definitely suspected something, but we didn't know exactly what was going on. >> reporter: christian luaza lives below the couple accused of running the operation. 34-year-old jasvir singh and 45- year-old donna santo. investigators say they processed and sold the pods out of their home and imported large quans from the uk. >> they -- quantities from the uk. >> they ground it into a fine powder and sold it to their buyers which in turn would brew it as a tea and it's extremely potent. it takes one to two weeks to become entirely addicted. >> reporter: opium is illegal. neighbors saw late night activity in the late hours. >> it was just random cars we never noticed. >> for now i'm

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. >> i'm poppy harlow. so glad you're with us. we begin with breaking news. president trump on the attack this morning over the raid in yemen that left one navy s.e.a.l. dead. the white house calls it a success. john mccain not seeing it that way. >> donald trump wrote this morning, "senator mccain should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission to the media, only emboldens the enemy. look at the mess our country is in, bogged down all over the place. our hero ryan died on a mission, not on a failure. time for the u.s. to get smart and start winning again." we just got a statement moments ago from senator mccain. that is our breaking news. let's get right to manu raju on capitol hill. man n manu, what are you learning? >> reporter: john mccain said last week that you cannot call the raid in yemen a success, it resulted in loss of life, that started the chain of events that you guys just cited. i talked to him earlier today, he said he'll refer to his statement from his press secretary, his press secretary putting out a cautious statement, not

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm john berman.he breaking news this morning, any moment now we'll hear from house speaker paul ryan. this is the first time we'll hear from him since the resignation of michael flynn as national security adviser. these are live pictures from capitol hill where speaker ryan will speak with other republican leaders there. we're waiting to see how they will address the unanswered question swirling around flynn's departure and his conversations with the russian ambassador. >> among those still unanswered questions from the white house this morning, did the president know about flynn's conversations with russia's ambassador while they were happening? and also, we don't know if or why the white house ignored an explicit warning from the department of justice that russia could potent yelly blackmail the national security adviser. that warning came more than two weeks ago. so what happened between then and late last night when flynn finally resigned? let's begin with our chief political correspondent dana b

poppy? >> jessica, thanks for the reporting. let's go to sara sidner, sara, you're outside of the court there, this is one of three courts where the justices could move on this. help us understand exactly what happens now. >> reporter: so you have what will likely be the coming together in one form or another, whether electronically or in person, three judges who are every month decided who is going to be on the motions part of this hearing. what you're going to hear, or see, is that they're basically going to have to decide whether or not to either agree with the doj and stop, reverse what the judge did in washington, or they're going to agree or let stay what the judge decided in washington, in other words, keep allowing people to come in and stop the travel ban and then the department of justice is going it have to decide what they do next. let me go ahead and bring in rory little who is law professor at uc hastings. he is here, he has been in this court and you have been in the appellate process, you've fought as an attorney

what about you, poppy, did you like to hear daddy? yes.ack, especially lily and poppy as they only know my voice now, not as it used to be. motor nouveau disease, we know it can be devastating for families. how has it affected jason, you obviously see how it has affected him and it has been a year since he came on the programme. affected him and it has been a year since he came on the programmem has been more or less 18 months, the la st has been more or less 18 months, the last time jason came on he was walking and obviously his mobility was much better. nowjason is unable to walk, he is only able to stand for a few seconds and needs help with everything, washing, feeding, everything, so it is a devastating diagnosis. last year you put out his appeal to find these voice donors. it is an extraordinary thing to be able to digitise the way that people talk. were you surprised by the way people responded to the appeal that you put out? it is coming, is it? it is interesting, because our viewers cannot see the screen but there is a lot of prog

fever took action because fans wore poppies in the stands and the armed forces held bunches of poppiespga tour with ongoing back spasms. he pulled out of the dubai desert classic this month before the second round with the injury. he only returned to action in december after two back operations. great britain will face second seeds croatia in the fed cup promotion play—off tomorrow. their place was sealed after lativa beat portugal in britain's group which meant gb will top group c having won all of three ties under new captain anne keothavong 3—0. turkey were the latest team to be defeated with laura robson and jocelyn rae rounding off the whitewash in the doubles after singles victories for heather watson and johanna konta. britain's entire fleet of royal navy's attack submarines is currently out of operation due to repairs and maintenance work. seven nuclear—powered subs are classed as non—operational, including three new astute class vessels. they are the most powerful attack submarines ever operated by the royal navy costing over a billion pounds each. 0ur diplomatic correspondent

the proceeds will go to the poppy appeal. your money? i don't think so, dream on! that's the story the sunday express has. president plans spectacular uk rally to help war veterans. donald trump will snub parliament, interesting to see which way round that might work. all the proceeds will go to the poppy appeal. it is going to be hugely controversial, isn't it? before we get carried away, this story is in two papers, it is thinly sourced, a lot of anonymous people not making very clear what and where we're getting this story from so let's see what happens. our veterans are veterans because they fought against people who had policy similar to those mooted by donald trump and i don't think they'll be wanting his money. you suspect, though, the team in downing street, having rushed out this invitation to donald trump rather swiftly compared to those other us presidents, and he is hugely controversial since the ban which is in trouble in the us courts, you suspect downing street are going to be working overtime to work out how o

i'm poppy harlow. john berman has the week off. brilliant, outstanding and a force of nature.ome of the phrases used to describe the president's pick for national security adviser. lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster. >> a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience. i watched and read a lot over the last two days. he is highly respected by everybody in the military. and we're very honored to have him. >> i'd just like to say what a privilege to continue serving our nation. i'm grateful to you for that opportunity. and i look forward to joining the national security team and doing everything i can to advance and protect the interests of the american people. >> general mcmaster already earning bipartisan praise. senator john mccain describing mcmaster as a good pick, a man of genuine intellect, character and ability. this announcement comes after the president fired michael flynn just a week ago. let's discuss with cnn global affairs analyst david rhodes. for a president that said he knew a lot more about how to defeat isis than the generals, he's got a lot of generals arou

fifa took action because fans wore poppies in the stands and the armed forces held bunches of poppieshe pitch. great britain will face second seeds croatia or hungary in the fed cup promotion play—off on saturday. their place was sealed after lativa beat portugal in britain's group which meant gb will top group c. heather watson powered great britain to a 1—0 lead in their final best—of—three match with turkey, beating 163rd—ranked ipek soylu in straight sets. british number one johanna konta took came from a set down to take the second rubber. i have great britain written on my back and i am just proud. since i was very young, it's all it's been a goal of mine to represent my country whether that's in the olympics or anything, really, and it doesn't happen very often so i take every opportunity i can. so far, i'm just so opportunity i can. so far, i'm just so happy that i've got three wins out of three matches under my belt. england's danny willett is one shot off the lead after the second round at the european tour event in malaysia. the masters champion made six birdies to finish t

inside their apartment investigators found about 50 pounds worth of poppy pods and $30,000 in cash. they discovered 4,000 pounds of poppy pods in storage lockers with a street value of about $400,000.sotand it was cheek by jowl. floor to ceiling. roughly 20 people- mostly seniors- have been forced out of their homes after a fire in san francisco this morning. 7 businesses were also impacted. the fire broke out just before 8 a-m on stockton street in the heart of the city's chinatown neighborhood. it took firefighters nearly 6 hours to contain... red cross workers were on scene helping get those who were displaced into shelters. officials say the cause is still under investigation. league. league. the mountain roughly 20 people- mostly seniors- have been forced out of their homes after a fire in san francisco this morning. 7 businesses impacted. the fire broke out just before 8 a-m on stockton street in the heart of the city's chinatown neighborhood. it took firefighters nearly 6 hours to contain... red cross workers were on scene helping get those who were displaced into shelters. o

this was a fraud trial and these were people selling poppies as being homebred, poppies are brought uphad been bred in a puppy farm. one defendant was given a 21 month prison sentence and ordered to wear a tight for three months. victoria montgomerie was given a 14 month sentence and her daughter roxanne montgomery was given a nine—month sentence and along with her partner who was also given a nine—month sentence, ordered to do 120 hours of commuter service. although those we re commuter service. although those were custodial sentences and the judge said he was happy at the level of the fraud passed into requiring a prison sentence he chose to suspend the sentences for all former defendants because two of them had, he said, serious personal difficulties. to reza waves had suffered from depression since a serious accident and victoria montgomerie also suffered health problems and was the full—time carer of the disabled sun. this was back to eat 2014 investigation after the rspca received many complaints about sick and pull the poppies being sold online. —— sick puppies. that led them to