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Experts who warn the virus can spread among people in close proximity. You dont know whos infected so we really want to be clear all the time that social distancing is absolutely critical. And if you cant social distance and youre outside, you must wear a mask. Meantime, churches in the u. S. Have slowly started to reopen. Days after President Donald Trump called them essential. And while some people attended sunday mass wearing face masks, mr. Trump was seen spending the day on the golf course ...

Im jim execute out in tonight for erin burnett. One report is that the main fuselage had been located, not only located but lying upside down on the java sea floor and that official has since dialed back his assessment. And then today the airline ceo emphatically declared it is still missing. Search teams have not found it on sonar. We are narrowing the search and we are feeling more comfortable that we are beginning to know where it is. There is no information we can [ inaudible ]. Devastated f...

4 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. The president elect trump broke nearly 40 years of protocol by taking time to talk with the leader of taiwan on friday, and now china is reacting. Not pleased with what happened. Trump has said that taiwans president called him, and now we are hearing from chinas foreign minister calling the tenminute chat a shenanigan by taiwan. Important to bear in mind china considers taiwan to be part of a renegade province and opposes official contact. Cnn with more on th...

Also talked about strengthenening the relationship between u. S. And taiwan. Now, we understand an adviser to the trump transition steven yates is in taiwan, he helped facilitate the call. He is former adviser to dick cheney, were told the Obama Administration was not told of the call until after it happened. And already the chinese are chiming in, speaking to a too with a snee taiwanese leader is something no president or president elect has done for 40 years because the u. S. Has no diplomatic...

We are less than a week away now from the transition of power in the United States making donald trump the nations 45th president. But now we are learning much more about his possible plans for russia. Trump suggested to the wall street journal that he is open to lifting sanctions on russia. He also said that he would keep them in place after taking the oath of office at least for a period of time. The u. S. Placed additional sanctions on russia last month over alleged hacking, interference with...

Headquarters in atlanta, we welcome our viewers around the United States and all aur rond the world im george howell. And im natalie allen, newsroom starts right now. Around the world, the former number two man at the fbi has been fired but like his boss who took detailed notes about his interactions with the u. S. President , we now know that Andrew Mccabe did the same. Those memos are now in the hands of special Counsel Robert Mueller whose investigating President Trump. They say the main reas...

Cnn newsroom starts right now. 2 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. Thanks for being with us. The president is gearing up for the meeting with kim jongun. But much ahead of that trip has been on china and the issue of tariffs. President trump is tweeting that he is delaying a hike in tariffs in china, as progress is being reported in the trade talks. Heres what mr. Trump said sunday about a potential trade deal. Listen. If it all works well, well have big news over the next week or two. And its r...

These trade talks. Heres what mr. Trump had to say on sunday about a potential trade deal. Listen. If all works well were going to have some very big news over the next week or two. And its really been terrific. I tell you, that whole relationship has been outstanding. We put ourselves into a position of strength for the first time in about 35 years or probably a lot more than that. But chinas been terrific. We want to make a deal thats great for both countries, and thats really what were going ...

China is great. we want to make a deal for both countries and thats what were doing. lets look to the markets. modest gains across asia. in shanghai, stocks have surged. president trump says on twitter he hopes to finalize a trade deal with a u.s. summit if there is more progress. our steven jong is following the story this day. given the little we have heard about, regarding progress of these talks, the delay of the deadline seems quite significant. >> reporter: thats right, george. not entir...

Issues addressed by both sides in the latest round of talks. these are long-running disputes in terms of economic structural issues in china. we are talking about intellectual property theft, state subsidies and key industries as far as forced transfer of foreign technologies. all these issues long resisted by the chinese in terms of meeting u.s. demands to see changes. but at least now theyre talking about these issues and according to mr. trump theyre making substantial progress and the extens...