dramatic fbi raid of his florida home early friday morning. he spoke to cnn's chris cuomo last night and downplayed the charges brought by special counsel robert mueller. >> first of all, i always said there could be some process crime. there's still no evidence whatsoever that i had advance knowledge of the topic, the subject, with the source of the wikileaks disclosures. i never received the wikileak disclosures. i never communicated, other than limited communication on twitter. last september i guess it was. >> wikileaks and julian assange. let's go to london outside thel assange has been living. what's the latest? >> wikileaks says the indictment proves what it has always said. it always maintained there was no direct communication between stone and wikileaks or stone and its founder julian assange. instead, it believes it proves its other story, stone was simply happy to promote the idea he was a bell to obtain information directly from wikileaks. happy for people to think there was some back channel direct to the man who is still staying in the embassy behind me. even though no

most major insurers. >>> right now the new governor of florida, ron desantis, is being sworn into office as we speak. he's coming into office just as more than a million new voters will be able to vote in the state's elections. why is that? starting today, most ex-felons will be able to register to vote, and it could reshape the political landscape in that very important state. cnn correspondent rosa flores is in florida with more. >> shawn welch turned his life around in the nearly five years he spent in federal prison for bank fraud. now he is a successful entrepreneur in miami. >> now i'm able to get these young men who had a bad path to be able to change their life now. >> reporter: but one thing has been out of his reach ever since his conviction, the right to vote. something forbidden for felons under florida law until now. the sunshine state overwhelmingly approved an amendment allowing an estimated 1.5 million felons who have served their sentences and any probation or parole to register to vote, starting today. the new rights don't apply to those convicted of murder or vi

the new year's festivities in key west, florida. >>> president trump plans to give the pentagon about four months to pull 2,000 u.s. troops out of syria, this according to the "new york times." the president offered the timeline to the head of u.s. forces in the region. the white house is not commenting on the report. >>> president trump taking on elizabeth warren after the massachusetts senator announced that she is launching a presidential exploratory committee. this is what the president told fox news last night. >> elizabeth warren will be the first, she did very badly in proving that she was of indian heritage, that didn't work out too well. i think you have more than she does and maybe i do, too, and i have nothing. so, you know, we will see how she does. i wish her well, i hope she does well. i'd love to run against her. >> she says she's in the fight all the way, mr. president. do you really think she believes she can win? >> well, that i don't know. you would have to ask her psychiatrist. >> president trump went on to predict his own victory in 2020, saying he doesn't s

woman dona shilala of florida. >> thank you. >> you heard my colleague talking about a white house push in the hours before the president's address to try to get not just republicans but perhaps a democrat on board for the border wall. do you sense, have you talked to democratic colleagues either in the senate or house who can be swayed by the president on this? >> reporter: i sense democrats want to get the government open. 14,000 people in florida are federal employees. look, a quarter of the people in my district get food stamps will run out of food stamp money at the end of the money. the president is holding hostage federal workers, people that get food stamps, people that get tax refunds, 500,000 people in my district alone, 70% of the people who pay taxes are going to get tax refunds, but only if we get the government open. this hostage crisis is man made by president trump. it has to stop. and we have to get the government open. >> you have heard the president, you have heard his advisers. we heard the vice president sharing misleading sometimes flat out false claims to justify

associate. stone was arrested at his home in florida by the fbi. on the left side of your screen we are showing you the exclusive cnn video of that arrest that happened just this morning. this hour, roger stone will be making his first appearance in federal court. we have reporters, correspondents there. we will bring you all of those developments when they happen. this moment is a huge moment in the russia probe by robert mueller. mueller accusing stone in this indictment of seeking stolen e-mails from wiki leaks that could damage hillary clinton during the 2016 campaign and laying out that a senior trump campaign official was quote directed to reach out to stone for that information. that's just the beginning of it. seven counts he is charged with. you are looking at live pictures of the courthouse in fort lauderdale. . sarah, let me begin with you. you broke the story of the arrest. talk to us about this indictment and stone's alleged outreach to wiki leaks. >> when you look at the indictment, the crimes has to do with witness tampering. the indictment really lays out sort of a broad

away from where he might be identified as he could. so he stole a car and went to florida. >> his new quarters are cramped. he's under 24-hour guard and faces intense questioning. he is theodore bundy, jailed in florida. >> bundy was living in tallahassee at the time when five florida state university coeds were attacked on or near the campus. two of the young women died as a result of the attacks. >> the police in pensacola, florida, stopped a man driving a stolen car and found to their surprise, and perhaps pleasure, it was bundy. >> step out, mr. bundy. what do we have here, ken? let's see. oh, it's indictment. why don't you read it to me? >> mr. bundy. >> you told them you were going to get me. you said you were going to get me. you got the indictment. it's all you are going to get. >> bundy, having had some law training and a great deal of arrogance, decided to represent himself. for him he was the star in the courtroom. >> since i have been in dade county i've been -- >> don't shake your finger at me, young man. >> inside the courtroom, the trial will be covered by a still photo

christine. >> thank you, nick. >>> attempted robbery at the hotel in davie, florida. caught on camera. the armed gunman is seen jumping over-the-counter and grabbing the clerk. the struggle takes place as an the suspect demand she opens the safe. the suspect was distracted by a hotel guest walking by. after a struggle decides to bolt. if you have information about the suspect, you are asked to call police. >>> dramatic video from southern california as the husband and wife jump from the second story apartment to escape smoke and blames. they were trapped in the bedroom by heavy smoke. before firefighters arrived, marco hernandez dropped his wife to the ground below. the cause of the fire under investigation. >>> the death toll rising to seven in a multivehicle crash on 75 near gainesville, florida. the two tractor-trailers and two passenger vehicles were involved in the crash on thursday afternoon. 50 gallons of diesel fuel spilled on the southbound lanes of 75. according to fire officials, multiple people suffered injuries. >>> in oklahoma, four people killed in the crashes and the state

taking money for disaster relief in puerto rico, texas, california and florida to build his border wall. >>> 800,000 federal workers will not get a paycheck today. the drastic steps some are taking to get through the shutdown. >>> mark your calendars, michael cohen set to testify publicly before the house next month. how president trump is responding. >>> and breaking overnight in wisconsin, a teenage girl missing nearly three months has been found alive. that is such a great development. there were so many concerns about her. welcome to "early start," everybody. >> seemed like hope had been lost. friday, january 11th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. that means day 21 of the government shutdown. tomorrow it becomes the longest in u.s. history. the administration now actively looking for funds to use for building a border barrier if and when president trump declares a national emergency. one prime source under consideration, billions of unspent defense department disaster recovery money intended to help victims in puerto rico, texas, florida and california. the president now warning he will decla

in the same fashion they showed up at roger stone's in florida. kristen davis moved about a week ago so she wasn't at the property. it tells you the fbi is searching any of roger stone's residences to get information. >> two properties searched by the fbi. that's a big day in the fbi investigation. >> we are following a ton of breaking news on this front. sarah breaking another part of this. roger stone, less than two hours from now will appear in court. stay with us for that. >> in court this morning, former trump campaign chairman paul manafort facing allegations. does this sound familiar? that he lied to the special counsel. one hour pickup order? got it. ran out of ink and i have a big meeting today and 2 boxes of twizzlers... yeah, uh...for the team... the team? gooo team.... order online pickup in an hour. hurry in and save on tax software. at office depot officemax i never count trthe wrinkles.s. and i don't add up the years. but what i do count on, is staying happy and healthy. so, i add protein, vitamins and minerals to my diet with boost®. boost® high protein nutritio

bafr judge in florida. >> as i have always said the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. >> only after the predawn raid stone hoped to avoid. fbi agents arresting president trump's long time political adviser and friend. searching stone's home in florida. >> stone vowed to fight the charges against him. it is to seek out stolen democratic e-mails that could damage hillary clinton's campaign and he bragged about his contacts with wikileaks founder. >> i have communicated. >> according to the indictment he spoke to campaign officials about wikileaks. it would be damaging to the clinton campaign. a senior official was directed to contact stone about any additional releases. at least one was steve bannon. >> stone was not charged with conspiracy. he faces one count of obstruction and five counts of making false statements. both welatrelated to his allege lies. >> his testimony would be immaterial and without intend. >> he also faces one count of trying to tamper with testimony from new york radio host. at one point even threatening to steal his dog. stone

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work out a deal on border security. roger stone was arrested in florida. he was indicted on obstruction, witness tampering, making false statements to investigators. the indictment detailed efforts to obtain information from wikileaks at the request of a senior trump campaign official. house speaker, a member of the intelligence. our correspondents and specialists will have full coverage of all of the breaking news. we'll have much more on robert mueller's indictment in a few moments. first let's begin with jim. >> that's right. no wall just a cave. the president did agree to sign a short term spending deal to get the government up and running. it could lead to a damaging shutdown in just a few weeks. president trump's demand for a wall came tumbling down as he backed off over the government shutdown and made an unthinkable concession. he agreed to sign a spending bill. >> i will sign a bill to open our government for three weeks until february 15th. the president cautioned it will only last three weeks warning a shotdown could happen all over again raising the prospect that he could de

97,000 votes in florida in 2000 and al gore lost by 500 votes. sherrod brown also testing the waters for a white house bid kicking off a dignity of work tour in his home state of ohio. >> donald trump has used his phony populism to divide americans and to demonize immigrants. he uses phony populism to distract from the fact that he has used the white house to enrich billionaires like himself. because real populism is not racist. real populism is not anti-semitic. real populists don't engage in hate speech and don't rip babies from families at the border. >> his listening tour will take him to iowa, nevada, new hampshire and south carolina. >>> bringing back firefightering jobs, it was the core of the president's campaign and now one company says it would help may be reneging. since my dvt blood clot i was thinking... could there be another around the corner? or could it turn out differently? i wanted to help protect myself. my doctor recommended eliquis. eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot... almost 98 percent of patients on eliquis didn't

votes in florida and al gore lost to george w. bush by 500 votes. sherrod brown also testing the waters for a white house bid kicking off a dignity of work tour in his home state of ohio. >> donald trump has used his phony populism to divide americans. he uses phony populism to distract from the fact that he has used the white house to enrich billionaires like himself. because real populism is not racist. real populism is not anti-semitic, real populism don't rip babies from families at the border. >> he will go to iowa, nevada, south carolina. >>> constantly described by even those who admire him frumpy and a little bit of a mess. sgle didn >> he doesn't care. >> take starbucks out of the equati equation, does anybody in the middle of the country even know who howard schultz is. not how you want to roll out your 2020. >>> bringing back manufacturing jo jobs, the core of president trump's campaign. now one company who said it would help may be reneging. that's why a new brain health supplement called forebrain from the harvard-educated experts at force factor is flying off the sh

. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >>> a possible game changer for future elections in florida starting today voting rights restored to about 1.5 million nonviolent former felons in this all important swing state. cnn's rosa flores is live at mimdmy dade election headquarters and this is a big de deal, rosa. >> it is,leyson, and good morning from the are recount capital of the world, and aka florida where this state is waking thup morning to the equivalent of a political land grab with 1.5 million newly eligible voters overnight. and now, both parties are telling us that they plan to cater to this group ahead of 2020. >> reporter: ra shawn welch turned his life around in the nearly five years that he spent in federal prison for bank fraud and now he is a successful entrepreneur in miami. >> i am able to get the young men who had a bad past and able to change their lives now. >> reporter: but one thing out of his reach since his conviction, the right to vote, and something forbidden under florida law until now. the sunshine state overwhelmingly reinstated 1.5 million ex-felons w

, texas, california and florida to build his border wall. >>> 800,000 federal workers will not get a paycheck today. the drastic steps some are taking to get through the shutdown. >>> mark your calendars, michael cohen set to testify publicly before the house next month. what we could learn from that testimony. >>> and breaking overnight in wisconsin, a teenage girl missing nearly three months has been found alive. dramatic story ahead. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans. it is january 11, 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's talk about the shutdown. the administration now actively looking for funds to use for building a border barrier if and when president trump declares a national emergency. one source under consideration, billions in unspent sdas der recovery money meant to help victims in puerto rico, texas, florida, california. that's right, taking that money, using it for the wall. the president now warning that he will declare a national emergency if talks with democrats to end the government shutdown stay at standstill. >> if this doe

mayor of tallahassee, democratic nominee for florida governor. but now a new title, cnn political commentator. welcome to "prime time." if you are here does that mean for 2020 you've made a decision to watch? >> i'm looking forward to what i think is going to be one of the most diverse field of democrats to compete for the presidency ever. we're going to have a great exchange of i think ideas between vastly different individuals who may or may not differ greatly on the policy. but i think what we're going to be looking for not only as a party but as a country are candidates we can believe in, connect with people in a way i think they can see themselves reflected and really importantly are not donald trump. and better than that we'll cast a vision for the future of where we want to go as a country and not litigate the issues of the past. >> yeah saw in the governor's race the need to be more than just anti-trump policy matters, where does it put your party, what does it mean? with kamala harris last night, what did you like? >> first off coming off what i thought was a pretty spect

residence in florida to make this arrest. look at the fbi going into arrest roger stone early it morning. they're not messing around. >> no. they're in flap jackets. look at the team of agents that show pup. is very serious stuff. obviously they didn't know what was going to happen when they got there, anne. >> right. >> fascinating to see this before our eyes. garrett graff, again, back to you and some of the holes this fills in here. we don't know who on the trump campaign was in contact with roger stone directing him to find out what he could about wikileaks. but the timeline there june and july, it's presteve bannon. that's the paul manafort era, certainly donald trump jr. era, jared kushner era, they're all involved in the campaign but it's prepaul manafort who -- i'm sorry, presteve bannon who we know was talking to roger stone much later in the campaign. and this gets the trump campaign directly involved with wikileaks, not necessarily russia, but directly involved with wikileaks in terms of these e-mails. >> absolutely. and i think you were right to begin to zero in on the timeli

florida. he's also going to have to submit to some substance abuse testing as well agreed to in the pretrial by both sides. we understand also he's going to be allowed to continue to see a doctor. also, he had his passport revoked to which he said to the judge that he currently does not have a valid passport, it is expired. but really, truly, john, just a remarkable sight to see a man who cares so deeply about his image look tired and disheveled, wearing baggy jeans and a dark blue shirt. and his hands shackled around his waist, john. >> we'll get back to nick in case roger stone comes out and decides he wants to speak to reporters. here to share their insights, shi mon prokupecz, san wu and michael zelden. let's try to go through to the degree we can what this tells us that's new and what questions it raises. we get new charges, we get new documents, they give us something but they also tend to raise questions. number one, there is nothing in this document that says president trump was aware of any of this, correct? >> yes. >> so the new significance from an investigative standpoin

this year at high schools in florida and texas, a newspaper in maryland, a nightclub in california, and plenty of other places too. >> how many more kids, how many more teachers, how many more people, innocent people have to die to have change. >> we have become numb to these shootings, they just don't register any more, because we're hit with them every day. >> some go hand in glove with the worst social trend, the blatant rise of racial hatred. >> when someone walks into a synagogue and kills people because they're jewish, there's no ambiguity there. >> it's terrible we're numbing ourselves as a society, when we're looking at all of this stuff on the internet. >> that breaks my heart. we have to find maturity, and build a wall against racism for generations to come. >> worst foreign relations, that's the apparent tie of the slaughter of a washington post journalist at the hands an of the saudis in turkey and the poisoning attacks of a former russian spy and his daughter in the united kingdom. >> it's a shocking thing to think that russian agents are poisoning people out on the st

florida and then released on bond. among those accusations is lying to congress about his efforts to get dirt on hillary clinton from wikileaks, specifically, democratic party e-mails obtained by russia. jim scuitto outlines what stone is up against, rather, and how it could affect the president. >> boos, jeers, and a defiant smile outside the federal courthouse in florida, after a judge released roger stone on a $250,000 bond. stone flashed victory signs reminiscent of richard nixon over a chorus of lock him up! >> the charges today relate in no way to russian collusion. >> reporter: the long-time friend and adviser to donald trump now charged by special counsel robert mueller for allegedly seeking stolen e-mails from wikileaks to damage hillary clinton, while in close contact with senior trump campaign officials. >> i will plead not guilty to these charges. i will defeat them in court. i believe this is a politically motivated investigation. >> reporter: it was a tense drama as fbi agents in tactical gear raided stone's florida home to arrest him. the fbi also searched his new york

diversity of all kinds. congressman of florida who lost his legs in afghanistan, he put out this tweet with two new members, and it says five eyes, five arms, four legs, all american, welcome to congress. jim baird lost his arm, and dan crenshaw lost his eye, and there's a huge veteran presence. >> it is very significant, you know, and especially when you look at the members of the house more so than the senate because you know that the senate does not necessarily represent the country as a whole as well as the house of representatives does. i think this is also a good reminder for the president if he is willing to see it as a reminder there are parts of the country that he doesn't necessarily think about as his supporters, but you look at the new members and house of representatives, and those are the people that more and better reflect what the rest of the country looks like, and that is probably something for the president to consider. >> i want to get back to the caption of the veterans. how inspiring is that caption? if you think you have challenges in your life, if we all d

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dead after a gunman storms a bank in florida. welcome to "early start." >> it is thursday, january 24, 4:00 a.m. in the east. the state of the union address is on hold indefinitely. president trump blinking in his high stakes battle with nancy pelosi after a day long power struggle with the house speaker. the president actually backing away from a fight, remarkably tweeting this, this is her prerogative, i will do the address when the shutdown is over. i'm not looking for an alternative venue. i look forward to giving a great state of the union address in the near future. >> that rather stunning capitulation coming 11 hours after he firmly vowed to somehow deliver the address from the house as planned writing that it would be very sad for our country if the state of the union were not delivered on time on schedule and very importantly on location. but pelosi did not budge, refusing even to consider allowing a vote to let the president speak. >> i still make the offer as it was mutually agreeable. >> you might recall pelosi initially claimed security was the reason for delaying the pre

homes in florida and new york, a storage unit in florida got raided. this is happening as his shall we call it media blitz continues. stone spoke with camera crews outside his florida home today before heading to washington for harraignment tomorrow. he also used the opportunity to blast the special council after his indictment on seven federal charges. >> i must say i don't understand who mr. mueller is account bable to if not congress or the exec ty and he has broad authority because our special counsel law has expired. you can see the kind of travesty that you saw last week. to storm my house with greater force than was used to take down bin laden or el chapo or pablo escobar, to terrorize my wife and dogs. it's unconscionable. >> the layup of fact checks, the fbi knocked on his door. l let's bring in gloria borger and jeff zeleny. so good to see you. and as we wait for this press briefing at the white house in just minutes from now, gloria, let me start with you. roger stone says he has no intention of cutting a deal with mueller, but the question is, would mueller even want to

during his campaign for florida governor. take a listen. >> we could not do it by ourselves solely here in the state of florida because it would collapse the system. we'd only attract the sickest of patients, and it wouldn't work. >> he was saying in florida they could do it only if other states joined him because otherwise all sick people would just come to florida. what's to stop sick people from flocking to new york and overburdening the system. >> i don't see that happening, jake. we should have single payer, medicare for all. no question. but the bottom line is right now we have 600,000 people in my city who have no coverage at all. that's unacceptable. that's making us a city less healthy, less secure than we need to be. our plan is guaranteed health care for all and says this should be a priority to ensure that we have a decent kind of society. if you don't do that, what happens? people are sick at work. their families get sick. they go to the emergency room, which is the single most costly way to provide health care. we know that by guaranteeing health care, we're going to creat

. eliminate private insurance. what does andrew gillam think? democratic nominee for florida governor but now a new title. cnn political commentator. >> hey, man. good to see you in person. thanks for having me. >> always a pleasure. just to get something out of the way, if you are here, does that mean for 2020 you have made a decision to watch? >> absolutely watching, man. one i'm proud to be here but two, i'm looking forward to what i think is going to be one of the most diverse fields of democrats to compete for the presidency ever. we're going to have a great exchange of, i think, ideas between vastly different individuals who may or may not differ greatly on the policy. but i think what we're going to be looking for not only as a party but i think as a country are candidates that we can believe in. folks that get out there and i think connect with people in a way that they can see themselves reflected and importantly are not donald trump and better than that will cast a vision of the future of where we want to go as a country and not litigate the issues of the past. >> you saw in the gov

roger stone. so in addition to his home, both in florida and new york, a storage unit in florida was also raided. this happening as this media blitz continues. he spoke with crews outside his florida home today before heading the washington for his arraignment tomorrow. he also used the opportunity to blast the special counsel after his indictment on seven felony charges including witness tampering, lying and obstruction. >> i must say, i don't who mr. mueller is accounted to. he's not accountable to congress and the executive and he has broad authority because our law has expired, you can see the kind of travesty that you saw last week. to stormy house with a greater force than was used to take down bin laden or el chapo or escobar, to terrorize my wife and dogs, it's unconscionable. >> you heard him, bin laden and el chapo. after leaving his first court appearance, he said he would never testify against the president. but his tone softened over the weekend when he appeared to leave the door open to testifying. >> any chance you'll cooperate with special counsel mueller if he asks?

island. florida now. >> here we have another person. who clearly needs assistance. >> i do. >> how many of you would rather be in florida or here? >> the best part of my annual visit to the olive garden is the food. >> nice. >> you get to eat other people's food. >> i knew you were going to pick that. >> the olive garden have you tried the art choke dip? it's extraordinary. >> i meant my annual visit on new years eve. >> that makes sense. >> we're missing one major new york food. that you'll see in the next up. where are you from? >> singapore. >> when you the crazy rich asians. >> 19 hour flight. longest flight in the whole wide world. >> nice. andy, how's the rain? >> the rain is it's fine. i'm unbothered. i got over my moment. >> he had a moment about it. now he's back. and happy. >> anderson talked me. >> i love you changed to dress up to go to the olive garden. >> we all should dress up to go to the olive garden. >> it's a warm welcome. where are you from? >> st. louis, missouri. >> go cardinals. >> you can take one of these two home. who's going for this one? who's going for this

alive, but i read. or remember rudy giuliani, i'm going to florida to make a big stink there. forget iowa and new hampshire. it has not worked in the past. that's not to say you can't go to south carolina and put yourself in a position to win there. you want to plan ahead, but you have to show up and do decent in iowa and new hampshire to win the nomination. >> all right. what are the other -- >> for instance if you were to look right here, this is a very interesting sort of hypothesis that a lot of us have which is that activists tend to drive nomination processes. the idea being all the candidates look similar ideologically, so you have to have cues on who to go for. a political scientist interviews democratic activists in the early states and said, who would you consider supporting even if you are undecided at this point. we see harris in number one in iowa, nevada two, first in south carolina. that's by far the strongest position among the activists. as she becomes better known and people tune in, what i would expect to happen is voters in the states will follow the activists' le

york and one in florida. this third location is a storage unit in florida. and stone said today he has no intention of cutting a deal with special counsel robert mueller. stone spoke with camera crews outside his ft. lauderdale home before heading to washington for his arraignment tomorrow. in a sunday morning interview, he left the door open to talking with mueller. we have chief political analyst glor gloria borger here. and do you make, gloria, what do you make of roger stone leaving the door open to talking with mueller also about conversations with the president? that was interesting. now he's saying, no, no, i won't cut a deal. what do you make of all this? >> first of all, i think we have to step back and ask the question whether or not the special counsel wants to cut a deal with roger stone. >> that's a good point. >> roger stone is not exactly the most credible witness that you would want testifying on your behalf, and so i'm not quite clear that the special counsel will be running to roger stone and saying, please cooperate with me. it's clear that they were interested i

ohio and florida. but the house, no question. they picked up a lot of seats, mostly in urban areas, because their base is very, very excited. they are very enthused, and i think we have to watch that. >> tomorrow, another white house insider's book, tell-all, comes o out. it sounds like he has a bit of a beef with the communications office in the white house. do you think there are going to be some schlapp secrets spilled in this book? >> who is the author? >> you know who he is. >> does not ring a bell. >> so you are just going to disavow any knowledge of him? >> let me just say this. i know who cliff sims is. i think he received something, i read about, a million dollar advance to do a tell-all book. that kind of tells me all i need to know. he has a first amendment right to publish all the secrets he learned in meetings and that's the american way. i'll say as far as any implication on the white house communications team or on my wife specifically, i remain incredibly proud of her. i'm her biggest fan. i think she's done a lot of good in helping the president and his agenda and

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sheriff in charge of the response to the parkland, florida, massacre is vowing to fight his recent suspension. newly elected florida governor ron desantos issued an executive order suspending the broward county sheriff scott israel and appointing a new sheriff. he blamed israel for failures in the response to the shooting that killed 17 students and teachers at marjory stoneman douglas high school last year. sheriff israel has been criticized for the training of a deputy who didn't go into the building during the shooting. israel calls the suspension unjustified and is promising to fight in court. >>> we're learning new details about the suspect who allegedly kidnapped a wisconsin teenager and killed her parents. police say they now believe the abduction of jayme closs was a random act. meanwhi meanwhile, the 13-year-old has been reunited with her aunt. cnn correspondent jean casarez is in closs' hometown of barron, wisconsin. you just spoke to the sheriff. what are they telling you about the suspect? >> i just spoke with the sheriff and we have a bit of an interview in just a minu

as his home in florida, as well as a sort of storage space in florida. he apparently keeps his memorabilia there. they wanted to search that also, so it was pretty extensive. >> especially given the allegations at hand here. was he in contact with wikileaks? was it through second or third parties? what was the extent of that relationship? to back up the case they already had, here's what the president said about this. he says, i'm speaking for a lot of people who were very disappointed to see that go down that way, to see it happen where it was on camera on top of it. that was a very disappointing scene. you had 20 armed people, armored vehicles, and you had all of the other -- you know, many people know roger, and roger is not a person that would have to worry about from that standpoint. the special counsel said it was necessary. >> the day before they filed with the court and they asked the court for permission to do it this way, and they got a judge's permission to do it this way because they were concerned about destruction of evidence. i think the president is giving voice

managed? if not, talk to schwab. a modern approach to wealth management. >>> florida's secretary of state michael ertel resigned today after pictures emerged of him wearing black face at a halloween party over a decade ago. but believe it or not, this story gets even worse. ertel was in black face because he was dressed up as a hurricane katrina victim. the tennessee democrat newspaper -- tallahassee, excuse me, democrat newspaper published these photos from 2005 just months after katrina. ertel was the seminole county supervisor at the time. he had a thing on that says hurricane katrina victim. hurricane katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes to ever hit the u.s. over 1800 people died. millions were left homeless. it is unfathomable to think that anyone, let alone a public servant would ever mock katrina victims or dress in black face. i wish i could say that i'm surprised by this blatant racism, but i'm not. michael ertel was appointed by florida governor ron desantis in december. desantis ran against andrew gillum, an african american, and said that florida voters shouldn't monkey

the post arrest limelight, after his initial appearance before a judge in florida. >> as i have always said, the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. >> reporter: only after the pre-dawn raid stone hoped to avoid. >> fbi. open the door. >> reporter: agents swarmed stone's home, arresting president trump's longtime political adviser and friend. searching stone's homes in florida and new york. >> they terrorized my wife, my dogs. >> reporter: stone vowed to fight the charges against him. >> i will plead not guilty to these charges. i will defeat them in court. >> reporter: the indictment describes how he coordinated with senior trump campaign officials to seek out stolen democratic e-mails from wick i can lewikileaks that could dama hillary clinton's campaign.wiki hillary clinton's campaign.wiki hillary clinton's campaign.wiki hillary clinton's campaign.wiki hillary clinton's campaign.iwik hillary clinton's campaign.wiki hillary clinton's campaign.wick hillary clinton's campaign.wiki hillary clinton's campaign.wiki hillary clinton's campaign.wiki hil

florida bank and opened fire killing at least five people. cnn's nick valencia live at sebring, florida, with the very latest. ni nick. >> reporter: john, an absolutely tragic scene here. they walked into the suntrust bank behind me opening fire killing at least five people. he was barricaded inside that bank. initial negotiations by authorities failed so the s.w.a.t. team went in there eventually taking him into custody. we want to show you video here as well. after he was take mean it custody, he was shown wearing a t-shirt that said death to the wicked written across the front. police have not released a motive. in fact, they haven't released the identities of those who were killed in this shooting. but we are learning a little bit more about this 21-year-old. up until very recently he worked as a trainee correction officer at a facility nearby. he we also got the chance to speak to his father late last night who was just so distraught and seemed to be very caught off guard by this. this is what had he to say to us. he wasn't raised like this. he's always been a good kid. he

plastic straws triggering a brawl at a mcdonald's in st. petersburg, florida. it was captured on an iphone. daniel taylor was irate because there were no straws available. he reached across the counter and lunged at the employee. grabbing her by the apron. she was having none of it. she was not hurt. taylor kicked another employee. police arrested taylor who they say is homeless on two charges of simple battery. >> wow. >>> okay. darryl dragon has died. the duo of captain & tennille. he and his wife had big hits in the '70s. none bigger than "love will keep us together" and "muskrat love." they had their variety series. his publicist said she was by his side when he died in hospice in arizona. he was 76 years old. >>> bob einstein has died. he appeared on "curb your enthusiasm." >> i'm an orphan. >> orphan? >> orphan. >> you're a little too old to be an orphan. >> he is known for his character "super dave." he was 76. he recently was diagnosed with cancer. his brother albert brooks says he was a brilliant man who will be missed. >>> also some sad news from the world of professional

florida last week by heavily armed fbi agents. he faces obstruction of justice, witness counts of lying to congress. it is the first time prosecutors allege people close to the president coordinated with stone. mueller's team asked a judge to secretly indict stone arguing any publicity would increase the risk of him destroying evidence. an argument stone rejects. >> i've been under investigation for two years. i've destroyed nothing. but if i were going to destroy evidence, wouldn't i have done it a long time ago? they could have simply called my lawyers and i would have turned myself in. >> the president's supporters quick to point out that stone's indictment contains no charges of conspiracy. but mueller's team has documented a series of lies by trump advisers that masked efforts to develop ties to russia. those lies came before and after the election in public and private. the question is why. >> yeah, why lie to congress. why lie to the fbi. why lie to the american public. that is the question as we move forward. let's bring in are marshall cohen live in our washington bureau.

arrested by the fbi at his florida home. he's been charged with obstruction, making false statements and witness tampering and re-emerges defiant as ever. we'll have more on that in a moment. >>> first, to the white house and the president's sudden about face. kate collins kicks it off. >> i am very proud to announce today, we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government. >> reporter: president trump backing off the 35-day stand off, announcing a deal to reopen the government temporarily. >> in a short while, i will sign a bill to open our government for three weeks, until february 15th. >> reporter: the president's endorsement in the rose garden, paving the way for government to pass spending bills to reopen the government for three weeks. the deal is seen as a cave with democrats where the president is forced to pay for a border wall, once again. >> i am asking mitch mcconnell to put this on the floor, immediately. >> reporter: trump implying he will invoke a national emergency and bypass congress. >> if we don't get a fair deal from congress, the gover

fueling growing concern over the safety visitors of u.s. zoos. in florida, a rhino injured a toddler who managed to geez through a railing and fall into the animal's pen. and sunday, a lion roaming outside its area mauled an intern to death. the 911 call has just been released. >> this is the conservation center, there has just been a lion attack. >> a lion attack? >> yes. >> how bad are they hurt? >> they're incapacitated. if you can find out anything else, call back and let us know, the ems first responders are already on the way. >> i wonder what happened. >> both places are closed. it appears the 2-year-old little girl got through those bars. they're about 11 inches apart. this is part of a rhino encounter. they have several of these sort of encounter areas of the brevard zoo where people can brush or touch the animals. the zoo in a statement says the father was grasping the child the entire time. it n it's not like she went all the way into the cage. both the child and the mother were both injured. the familiar ly released a stat a short time ago. it sound like the child is in the a

weighing on local events. in los angeles, new york city, and florida, stark statements, publicly distancing those marches from washington and the d.c. leadership. new york city dealing with the added confusion of mum multiple events. a march with women's march alliance and now a rally, organized by an off chute of the d.c. group and new york coalition. >> has the confusion impacted your support at all? >> absolutely. >> i think it has, there's no question. the reality is people don't know the difference. women's march inc. you only hear that. are you anti-semitic. that's a question that's brought up. we are 100% not in any way, shape or form. >> a group in california postponed an event over concerns it was overwhelmingly white while omaha's march was renamed and moved to march 10th to coincide with international women's day. with all of the changes and confusion, who are these marches for? >> we have conservatives, pro-life and pro-choice. at the end of the day, women's rights are for every woman. >> pledges of incollusion have an open invitation. in terms of who you will be hear