. >> i am victor blackwell. and north korea testing another ballistic missile, and adding a new policy issue to the trump administration. >> north korea fired a missile early this morning from a province, and it traveled 300 miles before it crashed into the sea of japan. >> it happened just as president trump was hosting prime minister abe in florida. they delivered a joint statement. here's a portion of it. >> translator: north korea's most recent missile launch is absolutely intolerable. north korea must fully comply with the u.n. security council resolutions. >> i just want everybody to understand and fully know the united states of america stands behind japan, its great ally, 100%. thank you. >> our team of correspondents are standing by. thank you all for being with us. i want to begin with matt rivers tracking information from seoul. >> we are hearing this is the kind of test they have conducted before and it has a range of upwards of 4,000 kau kilometersd it is far enough to hit installations that the uni

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good morning to you. wub stabbed we're starting with pushing back the white house. denying any wrongdoing asking trump to speak out about reports between the trump campaign and the russians. >> the revelations is raising decades olds questions, can the white house have an open discussion with the fbi when there's an a discussion ongoing. >> and how should that conversation happen. and the president unleashing another round of attacks on the news media, cnn and other outlets are blocked from attending a press briefing. is the white house picking favorites here? >>> of course, this morning, the democratic national committee is set to elect et cetera next chairman. who will lead the committee and can they heal the divisions still in the ranks there. >> the white house said they did, yes, ask the fbi to knock down media reports of russian contact during the 2016 race but they say they did nothing wrong. >> president is demanding the fbi find the leakers within the government, because he says, they're endanger

i'm christy paul. >> i'm victor blackwell.ile tests from north korea in years but it's the first of the donald trump presidency. now u.s. and japanese officials belief the launch was deliberate rately timed to the japanese's leader to the u.s. >> south korea say that north korea fired an intermediate yat range missile earlier today saying it was launches from a province in the northwestern part of the country. this missile traveled 300 miles before it crash into the sea of japan. >> last night prime minister shinzo abe and president trump had a joint news conference. >> translator: north korea must fully comply with the relevant u.n. security resolutions. >> i just want everybody to understand and full any know that the united states of america stands behind japan, its great ally 100%. thank you. >> now president trump's national security adviser michael flynn did speak with his south korean counter part after this test fire and they both condemned the launch agreeing to quote seek all possible options to deter pyongyang in th

. >> i'm victor blackwell.ood morning to you. >> talking about vice president mike pence, he is a man with a mission overseas to reassure european friends and allies despite tread president-elect trump's pledge to put america first, the u.s. values its counterparts abroad as well as its role in nato. >> and the vice president offered a bit of a warning that other nations in the transatlantic alliance needed to follow the u.s. lead and pay are for the protection the membership gives them. >> as of this moment, the united states and only four other nato members meet this basic standard. now, while we commend the few nations that are on track to achieve that goal, the truth is that many others, including some of our largest allies still lack and clear and credible path to meeting this minimum goal. >> now, back in the u.s., president trump going to familiar stomping grounds today. he's holding a rally later this afternoon in an airplane hangar in melbourne, florida. this is president trump's first campaign rally t

. >> i'm victor blackwell. welcome to our viewers here and around the world.reaking overnight, the white house getting ready for a legal battle over the travel ban. the judge putting a temporary halt to the imnation ban nationwide. >> yeah, the ruling coming from washington state where the attorney general says no one is above the law, not even the president. the federal government was starting to reinstate vees sass. the authorities told airlines go ahead, board those previously caught in this ban. but the president vowed to appeal. >> we have a team of reporters and legal experts standing by to break down what this ruling means and what comes next. let's start in washington with cnn's brian melrose, he's there with reaction. and reaction from the white house was swift, brian. >> yeah, no doubt about that victor, you can believe this is a bitter and meal battle over the future of the executive order from the trump administration. it's something that you said, victor that the white house has vowed to fight up until the very end. make no mistake, this order has

here's victor blackwell. >> hours after the vote to confirm senator jeff sessions -- >> congratulationsl appoint lew the are strange to fill the seat. >> there's a conflict of interest there and it's caused much of the state to reel and with concern. >> that's because last year, governor bentley denies the affair and any illegal activity. >> i have never had a physical affair with mrs. mason. >> bentley was facing possible impeachment under strange halted the process, launching a criminal investigation instead. >> the person he appointed was the attorney general. now, the governor gets a two for one. he gets to appoint his own attorney general. >> critics question whether the governor appoint strange in an order to take impeachment off the table. >> it probably has that much power, but i think that would be a poor play for luther strange in that if he were to do that, if he wor to stop the proceedings, he enters into a 2018 election cycle, where he essentially has stopped the impeachment. >> they say most voters do not want impeachment proceedings canceled. >> and now, the governor gets

. >> i am victor blackwell. right now the new orleans police investigating a horrible incident. 28 people were injured when a truck crashed into a crowd during a mardi gras parade. >> investigators suspect he was drunk. >> i saw people on the hood of the truck. >> eyewitnesses describe the chaotic scene in new orleans after a truck rammed into a crowd ofystanders? >> i hit the ground because everybody said there was a gunshot but i saw the gun, and i was like, what happened here? >> when i heard the impact over here i seen the truck hitting the people on the ground, coming through the crowd. it ricochetted off of one car to another when he hooked a hard left and that's when he hit all the people on the ground over here, and everybody was trying to help one another. >> police say a suspected drunk driver went into one of the crowds. >> apparently it was on the opposite side of the parade that was active, and was traveling in the opposite direction from the parade, and struck two vehicles and veered off to the ot

i am christi paul. >> i am victor blackwell.ng news, no travel ban for right now. >> instead the court wants both sides, the washington attorneys general and the trump administration to file legal briefs before making any final decisions on this. and the government as we know is arguing the ban should be in place, and they are saying that it is in the national interests, their phrase, of the cup treeou and those special visas for translators or interpreters, and there was no questions why there was no exception put in place for those, and even as they argue as the

. >> i am victor blackwell. breaking news, no travel ban for right now. >> instead the court wants both sides, the washington attorneys general and the trump administration to file legal briefs before making any final decisions on this. and the government as we know is arguing the ban should be in place, and they are saying that it is in the national interests, their phrase, of the cup treeou and those special visas for translators or interpreters, and there was no questions why there was no exception put in place for those, and even as they argue as the nationals listed from those countries should not come to the u.s., there will be a special exception for those individuals. >> laura jared, explain what happened overnight. >> it started the justice department filing an emergency motion just after midnight and what they were asking for was to press pause on the seattle judge's decision that halted the key provisions of the travel ban. just three hours later -- this was overnight, the ninth circuit said no to the

. >> and i'm victor blackwell. >> we want to get to a developing situation on the west coast.e're watching flooding, landslides and sinkholes this hour. >> southern california favoring major issues this morning, after the severe storm slammed that area. the weather is blamed for at least two deaths. >> caused a close call here for one driver when a sinkhole, look at this thing. just swallowed her car. we've got a look at the storm damage and 9 forecast live in the weather center. that's coming up in a bit. >> first, our top story this morning, president trump is going to return to the campaign trail later this afternoon, holding his first rally in an airplane hangar in the florida coast. >> this as vice president makes his first visit to the nato. but the u.s. stands in front of nato echoing trump's campaign line that members in the transatlantic alliance need to pay for the membership. >> as of this moment, the united states and only four other nato members meet this basic standard. now, while we commend the few nations that are on track to achieve that goal, the truth is tha

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good morning to you. welcome to your new day.he question, though, is this a new day for the democrats? the democratic national committee is set to elect a chairman and they have two important questions to answer. first, who will lead the opposition for president trump's agenda and can they heal the division within their party? >> that's one of many headlines. the two front-runners, tom perez and minnesota congressman keith ellison. there are other dark horse candidates pulling in colorful endorsements though. we'll talk about that in a moment. >> also this morning, the white house pushes back hard on cnn's exclusive reporting denying any wrongdoing asking the fbi to speak out about reports of any contacts between the 2ru6r7 campaign and russian leaders. but this revelation is raising a decades-old question can the white house discuss an open investigation with the fbi and how? >>> first, president trump declares his movement is the future of the republican party. now the president leveraging his moment in front of a friendly audi

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. we have a lot going on. we have a lot of political developments. let's start with the president there in florida waking up at his luxury resort. he's hosting japanese prime minister shinzo abe this weekend. security and trade and a little golf all on the agenda. meanwhile, the president not backing down after the court rejects his travel ban. the president says he might now sign, quote, a brand new order. and that could come as early as monday. he's also not ruling out a supreme court challenge to the first one. in addition, president trump now promising new security measures to keep americans safe from terrorists. >> also, the president denying knowledge of the michael flynn firestorm. he says he is not aware of reports that his national security advisor had talks with russia about lifting sanctions and that those -- that talk happened prior to donald trump taking office. now, we do want to talk about president trump's suspended travel ban here first. let's bring in cnn white house r

glad to have you. >> and i'm victor blackwell.g. >> a lot of people wondering what is next for the democrats? hours from now the party will have a new leader tasked with bridging the divide. let's talk about this with jeff weaver, former campaign manager for bernie sanders and a member of our revolution, and jason cantor, president of let america vote and steven collins, cnn politics senior reporter. thank you, gentlemen, for being here. >> thank you. >> jeff, i wanted to start with you being that you are in bernie sanders' camp. how open are the -- is the progressive movement, your movement, to merging with the establishment democrats to form the democratic party now? >> well, i think there's a lot of anxiety how the in the countryside, as you've seen. we've seen mass movements sort of developing all across the country and i think what people are looking for is, you know, are the inside sort of players willing to -- to change the way that they have been doing things so that we begin to win elections and elect progressive candidat

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good morning to you.re's a lot of news coming out of the white house this morning. let's get you up to speed and start with president trump. now very determined after the court rejects his travel ban he says he might quote, sign a brand new order. as early as monday. the president not ruling out also a supreme court challenge. and he also promises new security measures to keep america safe from terrorists. >> the unfortunate part is it takes time statutorily. i'm going to win that battle. but we also have other options including just a new order. >> is that your plan? >> very well could be. i like to surprise you. we need speed for reasons of security. so it could very well be that we do that. >> in the meantime, the president is denying knowledge of the michael flynn firestorm saying he is not aware of reports that his national security adviser had talked with russia about lifting sanctions on that country prior before president trump took office. >>> also this morning, the president waking up in his lux

. >> i am victor blackwell. good morning. >>> mike pence is playing top diplomat, reassuring nato members that the u.s. will stand by the commitment to the transatlantic partnership. and vowing that russia will have to answer for actions in crimea. >> know this. the united states will continue to hold russia accountable, even as we search for new common ground which as you know president trump believes can be found. >> but russia appears to be pushing back on those comments arguing it is the expansion of nato that's creating tension. the country's foreign minister rebuffed reporting that russia meddled in the u.s. election saying he, quote, so no facts that russia played any part in any hack. >>> meantime, state side, president trump is returning to familiar stomping grounlds, holding a rally later this afternoon in an airplane hangar in melbourne, florida. this is his first campaign rally four weeks into his presidency, a campaign rally is how the white house is characterizing this. >> donald j. trump is paying

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. this morning, the white house is on the defense. after a federal judge puts a nationwide stop to president trump's travel ban. it's a temporary order. >> but the state department is battling that ruling. the attorney general there says, quote, no one is above the law, not even the president, listen. >> judge robart's decision effective immediately, effective now, puts a halt to president trump's unconstitutional and ununlawful executive order. i want to repeat that. it puts a stop to it immediately, nationwide. >> one airline told us last night the government was in the process of reinstating those visas. we do not know the status of that effort at the moment. still, major airlines now say they are boarding travelers who were previously caught in that ban. >> also today, anti-trump protests are expected in major cities for what will be the third straight weekend. thousands are expected to march in new york and washington. cities

. >> i am victor blackwell. right now new orleans police are investigating a terrifying incident, 28 people injured when a truck crashed into the crowd during a mardi gras parade. they believe he was highly intoxicated. >> it was something like you would have seen in a movie. i never encountered anything like this before. >> eyewitnesses describe the scene in new orleans, after a truck hit a crowd of bystanders. >> i saw the car, and i was, like, what happened here? >> when i heard the impact over here, i seen the truck hitting the people on the ground, coming through the crowd, and it ricochetted off of one to tooth, and that's when he had all the people over here, and everybody was just kind of trying to help one another. >> police say a suspected drunk driver plowed into pedestrians. >> we have one suspect in custody, who was driving a pickup truck behind me, and on the opposite side of the parade that was active and traveling in the opposite direction from the parade, and struck two vehicles and veered off t

. >> i'm victor blackwell. welcome to the "cnn newsroom." we begin right now with the president. >> immigration enforcement surge across the nation. advocacy groups blasting the trump administration after hns of immigrants were arrested in at least half a dozen states. >> it's the first large scale enforcement, the crack down on immigration. released a statement to cnn saying he is concerned about the raids and it reads, i am asking i.c.e. to clarify whether these individuals are dangerous, violent threats to our communities and not people who are here peace fully raidsing families and contributing to our state. i will continue to monitor the situation. >> immigration officials call the arrests routine. homeland security secretary john kelly had this to say about it. >> first of all, they're not rounding anyone up. the people that i.c.e. apprehend are people who are illegal and then some. >> i.c.e. says many of those arrested had prior felony convictions including violent charges such as child sex crimes, weapons or assault charges. >> let's

. >> i am victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. >>> what a day for president trump. >> the white house says the president will speak with four candidates, h.r. mcnsaer, and acting national security adviser, keith kellogg, and this comes after general michael flynn resigned. >> president trump is also due to speak with three foreign leaders by phone, and the white house also working to keep one of the biggest campaign promises, repealing and replacing obamacare. president trump promise as new plan in just weeks. >> you want a health care system -- and by the way, we are going to be submitting in a couple of weeks, a great health da care plan that will take the place of obamacare. >> the president discussing strategy, too, with tom price and budget director, mick mulvaney. the president held a rally yesterday afternoon with 9,000 of his supporters in the audience. >> reporter: the rally was a flashback to campaign 2016 and in many ways was a campaign rally, and it was paid by the president's 2016 campaign, a

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. >> i am victor blackwell. good morning to you. we begin with north korea test firing another ballistic missile. >> south korea official say north korea fired an intermediate range missile and it was launched from a province in the northwestern part of the country, and this is a missile that traveled 300 miles before it crashed into the sea of japan. >> and president trump was hosting prime minister abe in florida, and they each made statements. watch. >> translator: north korea's most recent missile launch is absolutely intolerable. north korea must fully comply with the u.n. security council resolutions. >> i just want everybody to understand and fully know that the united states of america stands behind japan, its great ally, 100%. thank you. >> our team of correspondents and team of analysts are standing by to break this down. matt rivers is live in seoul, south korea, and ryan is our pentagon reporter. >> ryan, talk to us about what you are hearing at the pentagon about the response to this? >> that's right. we are starting to

. >> i'm victor blackwell. vice president mike pence is attempting to relieve international fears.e told european leaders at the mun i can -- this as the president looks for areas to cooperate with russian president vladimir putin. >> know this. the united states will continue to hold russia accountable. even as we search for new common ground which as you know president trump believes can be found. >> russia appears to be pushing back on those comments arguing it's the expansion of nato that's creating tension. that's what russia says. the company's foreign minister also rebuts reporting that russia meddled in the u.s. election saying he saw no facts that russia played any part. >> meanwhile president trump has launched another twitter attack against the media. it reads don't believe the mainstream, the white house is running very l. i inherited a mess and in the process of fixing it. that's in stark contrast to comments from german chancellor angela merkel this morning. >> translator: i have -- i have done best when we show respect for each other, when we show mutual respect and

. >> i'm victor blackwell. breaking news this morning, no travel ban for now.als court is denying the justice department's request to immediately restore the president's travel ban. >> instead the court wants the washington attorney general and the trump administration to file legal briefs before they make any further decisions. so earlier i asked our legal expert jessica stern what evidence president trump and the department of justice would need to prove their case. here's what she said. >> they're going to need to prove that there is an immediate harm that the united states faces, that we as citizens face, by the white house not having the ability to prohibit entry from these seven countries. and so far we haven't seen that yet. and the arguments that were presented to the judge for the stay of the ban originally, the judge asked the department of justice lawyer what evidence is there of terrorism by people from these seven countries who has been arrested on acts of national terrorism and the department of justice couldn't answer. that's going to be importan

i'm christy paul >> i'm victor blackwell. well come to your viewers around the world.est firing another ballistic missile and adding a new foreign policy wrinkle to the early days of the trump administrati administration. >> a u.s. official says a ballistic missile was lau

. >> i'm victor blackwell. now. >>> president trump says he may issue a new executive order an a travel ban for mostly muslim countries. >> there are tremendous threats to our country. >> this is about national security. it's not anti-muslim or anti-islam. it's anti-terrorism 1200%. >>> nine current and former government officials told "the washington post" that national security adviser michael flynn discussed u.s. sanctions against russia with russia's ambassador before

i'm victor blackwell. >> good morning. i'm cristi paul. thank you for much for keeping me going this morning. >> trying to tap you in. >> it's 10:00 on the east. seven ov 7:00 on the west coast. >> we're beginning with decision day. any moem the democratic national committee meeting will begin any moment. the candidates to be the party's next chair will make to the bid to hundreds in attendance there. >> later today they're going to cast their votes for a new leader. that leader is going to have a daunting agenda on the plate. can they he wheal the divide. >> just days on the job breaking with the president when it comes to the term islamic terrorism. telling the staff the phrase hurts america's war on terror. we're going to talk about that. >> the future of the democratic party may depend on who is elected chairman. the democratic national committee selecting one of these seven candidates you see on your screen as its new chief. tom perez appears to lead the pass but keith ellison, he is on his heels. ryan noble is there covering the race

. >> i'm victor blackwell. your "new day" starts right now. >>> president trump says he may issue a new executive order an a travel ban for mostly muslim countries. >> there are tremendous threats to our country. >> this is about national security. it's not anti-muslim or anti-islam. it's anti-terrorism 1200%. >>> nine current and former government officials told "the washington post" that national security adviser michael flynn discussed u.s. sanctions against russia with russia's ambassador before taking office. >> credibility is the biggest thing inside of this white house. >> keeping flynn as national secured adviser is not only embarrassing for this white house. i also think it is dangerous. >>> immigration and customs enforcement maintain that they're simply focusing on identifying people in the country illegally. >> my wife isn't a threat to the united states. she's a great person. ♪ ♪ >>> we have a lot that's happening politically to get to you this morning. let's start with what is brand new after a se

. >> i'm victor blackwell. >>> we begin with president trump setting his sights on another federal judge, this time over a ruleing that lifts the president's con tro sfrergs trav controversial travel ban. he is calling the temporary stop ridiculous. this came from washington state. no one is above the law, not even the president. >> as the trump administration gears up for a legal fight, one airline executive tells cnn the government is in the process of reinstating those tens of thousands of previously revoked visas. we do not know the status of that effort right now. still, major airlines say they are allowing travelers who were previously caught up in the ban to now board those flights to the u.s. >> all this as protests are erupting not only in the united states but around the world. we want to show you pictures of demonstrations in london. that is paris. >> we are also expecting some anti-travel ban protest ns major cities here in the u.s. what would be the third straight week kind of t weekend of the trump administration. >> the question is, regarding this ruling out of washington

. >> i'm victor blackwell. welcome to the "cnn newsroom."with the president. >> immigration enforcement surge across the nation. advocacy groups blasting the trump administration after hns of immigrants were arrested in at least half a dozen states. >> it's the first large scale

. >> i'm victor blackwell. welcome to the rviewers. the white house is gearing up for a legal battle over donald trump's travel ban after a federal judge strikes a blow to the president's executive order putting a temporary stop to the immigration ban nationwide. >> this is rule that comes from washington state where the attorney general there says, quote, no one is above the law, not even the president, unquote. we know one airline executive told cnn the government is in the process of reinstating visas. we do not know the status of that effort at the moment. still, major airlines now say they are boarding travelers who were previously caught up in that ban. but the trump administration's vow to appeal could set up a second straight weekend of uncertainty at airports across the nation and the bloeb. >> we have a team of reporters and legal experts standing by to break do you know what this ruling means and what comes next. we're going start in washington with cnn's ryan nobles who has reaction from the white house. ryan? >> in fact, w

i'm victor blackwell. >> good morning. i'm cristi paul.ng me going this morning. >> trying to tap you in.>>

victor blackwell reporting on the shootings in san bernardino. kellyanne, c nickell robey-coleman -- cnn and other organizations cover terrorism all the time. saying we don't cover terrorism, that's just false. >> what the president is saying is there are other attacks that don't get coverage. the sad incidents you related were frankly cnn did amazing coverage for weekends at a time. i saw you all there on the ground doing that and telling human interest stories and the tragic stories. frankly the involvement of the terrorists. there's brutal attacks, those get coverage. the other ones on the list not so much. >> those ones were on the list. the ones i just recited for you were on the list. >> absolutely. i'm saying the ones that have high casualties like nice and brussels, certainly paris and the like, those are covered stenson. ly by all media out litz as well they shk. it's the other ones, i think he's making two points. one is we just dwacan't allow ourselves to become a nured to see terror attacks as the new normal. if we're not covering all