whitfield. >>> good morning, everyone. i am fredricka whitfield. we've got this breaking news for you. newark airport reopening after an emergency landing prompted a shutdown this morning. passengers on a flight interest canada to florida evacuating the plane using emergency slides. you're taking a look at some of the recent images right there. the pilots contacted air traffic control requesting to divert and land immediately when smoke started filling the plane, frightening moments. let's bring in mary skaf oh from u.s. department of transportation. walk us through the potentials when you have the slides, passengers have to go to deplane, you've got some passengers saying they smelled smoke. what do you think happened? >> well, i think they'll be looking at what's in the cargo hold, an e cigarette, batteries, something in the plane's batteries or something in the cargo hold that shouldn't have been loaded. good news is it was a newer 737 all the new model planes and all of the passenger service planes have smoke and fire detection and suppression equipment. this is good news in terms

>>> hello again. thanks so much for joining me in washington d.c. i'm fredricka whitfield. we're following breaking news right now. u.s. attorney general william barr is at the department of justice reviewing robert mueller's russia report and deciding what parts to release to congress and the public. he says the principle conclusions of the report could be released as early as today. meanwhile, president trump is golfing in west palm beach, florida, spending the weekend at mar-a-lago surrounded by top staffers, his family, key members of his legal team. so far there has been an unusual silence from the president on the mueller report but the white house is already framing this as a win for president trump and in just a couple of hours house democrats will hold a phone call to discuss the latest developments. cnn's political correspondent sara murray joining me right now. while the details of the report remain a mystery, we do know one major headline, no expected additional indictments. >> that's right. that is a major headline and look, we got the signal that this was winding do

>>> hello, again, everyone. thank you for being with me, i'm fredricka whitfield. we are following breaking news out of venezuela where thousands of demonstrators are flooding the streets in caracas. thousands are showing support for madiuro and others are telling him to step down. telling the u.s. any imperial will be felt with a strong response. guaido says they won't be -- they recover from a massive power outage covering most of venezuela. paula newton is in caracas. paula, you have been hearing reports venezuelans are seeing pretty serious effects from the blackout. describe conditions. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. you know, it has been so tantalizing without power for a half hour or hour for some of these people and yet still a national blackout continues. the issue is how it impacts people's lives. the food people had in their refrigerator is spoiled. they are desperate for water. to look for natural spring water, medicine. if you have anyone in the house who had a fall, a little girl 2 years old had a fall, her mother took her to emergency and did not know if she could ge

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being with me. i'm fredricka whitfield. president donald trump firing up his base during a speech at the conservative political action conference known as cpac, in front of a friendly crowd, the president hit many of his favorite topic, the 2016 election, democrats on capitol hill, the media, and even dropping a few profanities, fair warning, but he saved his most direct and stinging criticism for the russia investigation. railing against democrats and the special counsel. >> let's inspect every deal he's ever done. we're going to go into his finances. we're going to check his deals. we're going to check, these people are sick. they're sick. i saw little shifty schiff yesterday, the first time, he went into a meeting, and he said we're going to look into his finances. i said where did that come from? he always talked about russia. collusion with russia. the collusion delusion. so now, we're waiting for a report. and we'll find out who we're dealing with. we're waiting for a report. the people who weren't elected, we have people that lost, and unfortunately, you put the wrong people i

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memories today. >> the news continues, breaking news with fredricka whitfield. >>> good morning, everyone. i am fredricka whitfield. we've got this breaking news for you. newark airport reopening after an emergency landing prompted a shutdown this morning. passengers on a flight interest canada to florida evacuating the plane using emergency slides. you're taking a look at some of the recent images right there. the pilots contacted air traffic control requesting to divert and land immediately when smoke started filling the plane, frightening moments. let's bring in mary skaf oh from u.s. department of transportation. walk us through the potentials when you have the slides, passengers have to go to deplane, you've got some passengers saying they smelled smoke. what

. thank you so much for joining me this sunday. i'm fredricka whitfield. right now we are learning there are no survivors, all 157 people on board on the ethiopian airliner after a 737 took off this morning. how does a brand-new airplane flown by a senior pilot with an excellent flying record suddenly crash into the ground? we'll have a live report. >>> plus, it's another busy day for the 2020 presidential hopefuls. we'll have brand-new polling information looking at the key state of iowa to give us an idea where everyone stands. and despite not officially being in the race, former vice president joe biden is leading the pack. and right now we're just hours away from three cnn town halls at the south by southwest conference. tonight we will hear from former congressman john delaney, hawaiian congresswoman tulsi gabbard and pete budttigieg. right now we're live in austin, texas, where the town halls will be taking place tonight. what are you hearing about this new polling? >> frederica, good afternoon. a lot of the candidates are spending the weekend here at the south by southwest politic

>>> hello again, thanks for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. right now, across the state of texas, democratic presidential hopeful beto o'rourke is rolling out his first official day of campaign rallies. >> i am so glad to be here with you today, in my hometown, my home state, to announce that i'm running to serve you as the next president of the united states of america. >> at the heart of his pitch to voters, immigration, and the crisis unfolding at the border. meanwhile, the president is renewing his threat to close down the border next week, as homeland security officials say conditions are dire, and resources are strained. cnn correspondent leyla santiago is in el paso. it was a pretty good turnout there in his hometown. and his message was that of inclusion. >> reporter: right, he actually said that he's not going to use what he says president trump uses, which is the effort to divide the country, with rhetoric that he does not believe in. he talked a lot about the need to not let differences define us. but to your point, he really did focus a bit on immigration, as on

>>> hello again. thanks for being with me this saturday. i'm fredricka whitfield. right now democratic presidential hopeful beto o'rourke is rolling out his first official day of campaign rallies across the state of texas, and at the heart of his pitch to voters, immigration and the crisis unfolding at the border. meanwhile, the president is renewing his threat to close down the border next week. >> mexico could stop it right at their southern border. it's very easy for them to stop people from coming up and they don't choose to do it. well, we're not going to give them hundreds of billions of dollars and tell them that they're not going to use their strong immigration laws to help the united states. there's a very good likelihood that i'll be closing the border next week and that will be just fine with me. >> this as homeland security officials say conditions are dire and resources are strained. cnn correspondent leyla santiago is in el paso, texas where at any moment now beto o'rourke is heading to the stage along with his wife amy. so leyla, what more can you expect there

fredricka whitfield. the news continues now with ana cabrera. >>> you're live in the cnn newsroom. i'm ana cabrera in new york. this is a weekend when an entire nation, an ally of the united states is struggling under the agony of the worst act of gun violence in its history. 50 innocent people dead in new zealand, executed because of their race and religion. yet words from the white house and the president have left questions about where the leader of the free world stands in the fight against white supremacy. instead of joining the world condemning this hatred and offering support to the muslim community in new zealand and across the globe, president trump is tweeting that "saturday night live" hurts his feelings. his acting chief of staff made the sunday morning show rounds and was repeatedly asked about why the president doesn't come out strongly and publicly against white supremacists, like the suspected killer in new zealand. here was mick mulvaney's defense. >> the president is not a white supremacist. i'm not sure how many times we have to say that. >> that defense still doesn't an

>>> hello, everyone. it is 11:00 on the east coast. i am fredricka whitfield. welcome to the "newsroom." right now we're waiting for two major political events on two very different sides of the political aisle. president trump will be speaking to his base for the first time since walking out on north korea's leader kim jong-un at the second summit overseas. will the president address the backlash surrounding his comments on american student otto warmbier. and will he say anything about his former personal attorney and fixer's explosive public testimony on the hill where michael cohen called the president a racist and a con man. we're standing by for that. >>> and soon, senator bernie sanders will hold his first major campaign rally since launching his 2020 bid. he is returning to his roots and returning to his native brooklyn for today's speech. we'll take you there live. >>> this as more democratic 2020 hopefuls are across the map with another busy weekend of campaigning. let's begin with sarah westwood, live for us outside the white house. so president trump is expected to

>>> thank you for joining me. i am fredricka whitfield. we begin with president trump doubling down on his threat to close the u.s. border with mexico. he now says if mexico does not stop all illegal immigration, he could close the border or large sections of it next week and warned he could keep it closed, quoting now, for a long time. >> mexico could stop it right at their southern border. it is very easy to stop them from coming up and they don't choose to do it. we're not going to give them hundreds of billions of dollars and tell them they're not going to use their strong immigration laws to help the united states, so there's a good likelihood i'll be closing the border next week and that will be just fine with me. >> this move would impact people and trade. mexico is a top u.s. trading partner. in 2018, trade between the countries averaged out to $1.6 billion per day. border officials say their resources have become strained and that the u.s. immigration system is at a breaking point. so president trump is putting pressure on mexico. let's check in with cnn's natasha chen at t

this sunday. i'm fredricka whitfield. >>> right now we're learning more about a devastating plane crash in ethiopia with no survivors. all 157 people on board, an ethiopian airlines flight, were killed when the boeing 737 went down shortly after takeoff this morning. so how does a brand new airplane flown by a senior pilot with an excellent flying record suddenly crash into the ground? we'll talk to an aviation expert. >>> plus, it's another busy day for the 2020 presidential hopefuls. we have brand new poll numbers looking at the key state of iowa to give us an idea of where everyone stands. and despite not officially being in the race, former vice president joe biden is leading the pack. >>> right now we are just hours away from three cnn town halls at the south by southwest conference. tonight we'll hear from former congressman john delaney, hawaii congresswom congresswoman tulsi gabbard and mayor pete buttigieg. he's live at the south by southwest conference where the town halls will also be taking place tonight. what are you hearing tonight about these polls, first off? >> re

, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield in washington d.c. where right now the nation's attorney general is reading through special counsel robert mueller's report, the culmination of 675 days of investigation. he will then decide how much of it will be released to u.s. congress and the american people. the attorney general, william barr, says the principle conclusion of the russia report could be released as early as today. we just saw him leaving his virginia home and shortly after arriving at the department of justice where he continues to review that report. arriving right after him, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, while details of mueller's report remain a mystery, we do know one major headline. a senior justice official says there will be no further indictments from the special counsel. right now president trump is golfing at his club in west palm beach, florida. he's spending the weekend at marijua mar-a-lago surrounded by members of his key legal team. so far there has been an unusual silence from the president on the mueller report, but the white house is already privately

much for sticking with me. i'm fredricka whitfield. we are learning new details behind the horrific attacks in new zealand that left 49 innocent people dead and some of those who narrowly escaped the line of fire are now beginning to speak out. >> i heard the sound of the gun. and the second one. >> i remember just jumping and people outside, people around the mosque, what's going on, they said, and i said just run away. they keep firing inside. you're not safe. run away. >> i drove past the mosque and there were a lot of bodies outside. we were wondering if our son is all right but he's not answering his phone. >> 39 victims are fighting for their lives in the hospital and 11 in intensive care and two are children both in stable condition. the shooter 28-year-old brenton tarrant has been charged with murder and police say more charges are coming. in his first court appearance, he appeared to flash a hand gesture, associated with white supremacy. and right now, authorities are combing through an 87-page manifesto, laced with antimuslim rhetoric that the shooter posted just minutes b

fredricka whitfield. so what are the main findings in mueller's russia report? after 22 months, we may finally find out

fredricka whitfield. at any moment now president trump will speak at a very large conservative gathering following a busy week in politics. trump left empty-handed from the second summit with north korea's leader kim jung-un. his former fixer michael cohen called him a racist and con man in front of the entire nation while the president was overseas. and news broke that the president himself ordered officials to give his son-in-law jared kushner a top security clearance despite objections from the intelligence community. always taking place at any moment now, u.s. center bernie sande sanders' first major campaign rally since launching his 2020 bid. he is returning to his native brooklyn for's spee today's spe. so let's get started with sarah westwood. what can we expect from the president at cpac? >> reporter: well, president trump is emerging from a week of rough headlines on the foreign policy front and domestically, so we do expect him to try to turn the page on all of that. ful be t fulle it be the first time that we're seeing him since he left val vietnam empty-handed. so

. garlique >>> hello, everyone, and thanks for joining me. i'm amara walker in for fredricka whitfield. >>> developing today, republican senator rand paul now saying he will vote to block president trump's emergency declaration chlts that now makes four members in the president's own party and senate vowing to go against trump's move to fulfill his biggest campaign promise, building the wall along the southern border. this means the resolution of disapproval will most likely make it to the president's desk where he has warned he will use his first presidential veto. let's check in with cnn's white house correspondent boris sanchez, and as we were saying, four is the magic number of republicans needed to block this resolution, and it looks like we have that, bo rir orkboris. >> that's right, we had republicans warning president trump privately and publicly about

>>> hello, again, everyone, thanks for being with me, i'm fredricka whitfield. on the heals of a 2020 presidential run, joe biden is defending himself against allegations that he made a woman feel uneasy by allegedly kissing her. former nevada assembly woman says biden approached her from behind and kissed the back of her head. she recounted her interaction with our own jake tapper this morning. >> well, it happened all so suddenly, anyone who's ever been at a rally recognizes there's chaos, there's a lot of energy, everyone's running back and forth. eva longoria was there, we were all lined up next to the stage. eva was in front of me, joe was behind me. i'm preparing my search to give these remarks. and very unexpectedly and out of nowhere i feel joe biden put his hands on my shoulders, get up very close to me from behind, lean in, smell my hair and plant a slow kiss on the top of my head. and that in and of itself may not sound like a big thing. it may sound innocent and well intentioned. as a person who had no relationship with him afterwards, a candidate who was preparing to

for joining me this saturday, i'm fredricka whitfield. see you back here tomorrow. we have so much more straight ahead with ana cabrera. it starts right now. >>> hello, it's 3:00 eastern, noon out west. i'm ana cabrera and you are live in the "cnn newsroom." it is a very busy day on the campaign trail for the democrats who would like to be president. from the battleground state of iowa to ruby red south carolina, they are speaking out talking about their vision for the country, the hot-button issues of the day and talking about their competition, what's becoming a very crowded 2020 field. >> our job is to create an economy and a government that works for all of us, the children, the elderly, the working people of this country and not just the 1%. >> for too long, frankly, in our country, for too long, we have not had these honest discussions about race. we have not. >> there are a number of great candidates. there really are. i like to jokingly say, may the best woman win. >> today, in the red state of texas, the south by southwest festival isn't just attracting the biggest names i

sunday. i'm fredricka whitfield. >>> we have three town halls in the south by southwest conference tonight. we'll hear from john delaney, ohio congresswoman tulsi gabbard and hawaii congressman pete buttigieg. we have polling from the key state of iowa, and despite not being officially in the race, it's former vice president joe biden who is leading the pack. and soon the president will head back to washington where he will roll out his budget road map tomorrow. and it includes a request for at least $8.6 billion for the border wall. trump's top economic adviser larry kudlow talked about the request this morning. >> so there's going to be another budget fight over the wall? >> well, i suppose there will be. i would just say that the whole issue of the wall and border security is of paramount importance. we have a crisis down there. i think the president has made that case very effectively. it's a crisis of economics, it's a crisis of crime and drugs, it's a cries of humanity. we have to be much tougher and have more constructive immigration policy, which we will be developing over

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>>> good morning. welcome. i'm fredricka whitfield. we're learning new details behind the gruesome massacre in new zealand that left 49 dead and dozens fighting for their lives. 28-year-old branton tarrant is charged with murder. police say more charges are coming. he made his first court appearance today, he appeared to flash a hand gesture associated with white supremacy. authorities are digging through an 87 page manifesto, filled with anti-muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric that was posted before the attacks. 39 victims remain in the hospital. 11 in intensive care. their ages range from toddler to the elderly. and those who manage to escape the gunfire are beginning to speak out. one witness describing how they came face to face with the shooter during the chaos. >> he starts two rounds, i come out to see what the noise was about, he was about 10, 12 feet away. we were looking at each other, looking like he was reloading the rifle. he was fully geared up as far as like a s.w.a.t. guy. >> you saw -- >> we stared at each other while he was reloading his rifle. he was the driver,

, call for your free publisher kit today! >>> good morning. welcome. i'm fredricka whitfield. we're learning new details behind the gruesome massacre in new zealand that left 49 dead and dozens fighting for their lives. 28-year-old branton tarrant is charged with murder. police say more charges are coming. he made his first court appearance today, he appeared to flash a hand gesture associated with white supremacy. authorities are digging through an 87 page manifesto, filled with anti-muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric that was posted before the attacks. 39 victims remain in the hospital. 11 in intensive care. their ages range from toddler to

. >>> hello again, everyone. thanks so much for joining me this sunday in our nation's capitol. i'm fredricka whitfield. so what are the main findings in mueller's russia report? after 22 months, we may finally find out why. general barr is expected to release the top conclusions to congress today, but will it be enough to satisfy lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who are calling for complete transparency. >> i think the report needs to be made public. it needs to be released to the congress and it needs to be released to the american people. this has consumed two years of the american people's time and we need to have full transparency. i will say i'm concerned that it may have become a fishing expedition. we'll see when we see the report. >> this report is going to have to be made public, and of equal importance, the underlying evidence is going to have to be shared with congress because that evidence not only goes to the issue of criminality but also goes to the issue of compromise. remember, this began as a counter-intelligence investigation into whether people surrounding the presiden

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