Floo flighting if it does turn out to are accurate. Weve seen evidence of the ship to Ship Transfers. The u. S. Has given evidence to the panel. And we also understand from this report that they say that the north koreans are, quote, increasingly sophisticated evasion techniques, this is what they are using, they are becoming more sophisticated in their efforts to try to hide the fact that these are north korean tankers and ships at sea doing this kind of transfer. Is so certainly this will be of concern to the Security Council sanctions committee. Right. And what about south korea . They were the ones who first made this renewed connection with north korea and that ended up leading to a summit with the u. S. President. Do you expect them to respond . Reporter well, weve had no response from south korea at this point or from any of the players in the region. Certainly this report was only
handed to the committee on friday night. So there will be a lot of questions being asked about it. But at the same time, there will also be a case of some people not actually being that surprised. We had heard over recent months that next was continuing its nuclear and Missile Program, intel agencies had been putting information out there. And the Washington Post just a matter of days ago had been reporting that they thought north korea was trying to build one if not two liquid fueled Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles at the same time as having these negotiations with the united states. But of course the fact is that during that Singapore Summit between kim jungun and donald trump, they agreed to work towards denuclearization. There was no pledge to give up weapons immediately. So i dont think that this will come as a huge surprise to many, but the fact that it is the United Nations panel that has come up with really quite
detailed information about the ship to Ship Transfers will pose problems for these ongoing negotiations. We thank you so much, Paula Hancocks there for us in seoul. For more about it, u. S. Secretary of state mike pompeos at the ministers meeting where he shook hands with the north Korean Foreign minister. Ivan watson is there too with more reaction. Reporter americas top diplomat arrived in singapore with tough words for north korea accompanied by some warm smiles and a handshake. At a group photo of dozens of Foreign Ministers from around the world, he made a point of walking across a crowded stage to shake hands and exchange a few warm words with north koreans foreign minister. And this despite the fact that pompeo traveled here telling journalists that he believed that pyongyang was acting in a manner that was inconsistent with what he described as north
korean leader kim jungun pledge towards denuclearization, a pledge made here in Singapore Less than two months ago during that historic first facetoface encounter between kim jungun and u. S. President trump. Pompeo went on to say that he was urging Southeast Asian nations to continue the diplomatic and economic isolation around the north korean regime, calling on all countries to continue enforcement of United NationsSecurity Council resolutions banning for example illegal ship to ship transfer of petroleum headed to north korea. And he also singled out russia accusing it of being involved in helping north korea evade United Nations embargoes. We have seen reports that russia is allowing for joint ventures with north korean firms and granting new work permits to
lets talk more about this report with our guest. And thank you so much forring about it. Now we are learning that it is involved in illegal Ship Transfers of coal and also selling weaponry to an arms trafficker and not denuclearizing. What do you make of this . As understand, it is not particularly surprising. Sanctions have been applied for some time and they have been working trying to undermine and violate them in order to basically have their survival. And in some attempts the talks with President Trump were the attempt to loosen up or decrease the pressure somewhat. Developed. I think they generally feared that President Trump might do something very provocative and therefore i think they wanted that olive branch to buy some time. And i think that is broadly what they are doing. I cant see where north korea actually gives up its Nuclear Weapons. That is probably its only guarantee of regime survival. The president had said that he believed that north korea would denuclearize, so this certainly is an eye opener. As always, we appreciate your insights, inderjeet parmar, thank you. We turn now to the russia investigation and the web of intrigue which surrounds the woman known as the manhattan madame and why she agreed to an interview this week with Robert Muellers team. Kristin davis, seen here, once ran a high price prostitution
ring and went to jail for it. On the surface she doesnt appear to have a connection to the russia investigation. But she does have a close relationship with roger stone, a long time adviser to donald trump. Sources say her testimony suggests mueller might be building a case against stone. Meantime the trial of Paul Manafort resumes monday after a bruising week for the defendant. In just four day, jurors have seen and heard a mountain of evidence pointing to bank fraud and tank evasion. For more, here is evan perez in washington. Reporter the most damaging testimony so far in Paul Manaforts tax and Bank Fraud Trial was from one of his former accountants. Cindy laporta told the court that she and others helped manafort File Supply Numbers so that manafort could save hundreds of thousand of dollars in taxes. Laporta is the first witness weve heard from so far who is
testifying under a limited immunity deal from special counsel robert mueller. Prosecutors say manafort used offshore Bank Accounts to hide millions that he was paid while doing Political Consulting work in ukraine. He is charged with failing to report those foreign Bank Accounts and with lying on his tax returns as well as lying on bank loan applications. Laporta said in court that she and others at her Accounting Firm helped change 900,000 as a loan and that saved taxes for manafort in 2014. This is all building toward the big witness, rick gates, who has now flipped to provide testimony against his former boss. We expect gates will testify that he was part of the conspiracy to help manafort hide this money. Manaforts lawyers of course are expected to attack gates testimony by pointing out that
he has now pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. The trial continues on monday. Evan perez, cnn, washington. We turn to world news next. This weeks election in zimbabwe was supposed to bring calm. Instead, it did just the opposite. Well go live there after a short break. Also, iran tells the world its Military Exercises are about to begin usually. Not in tile. Why a Show Of Force has been kept under wrap. Youre turning you may be learning about medicare and supplemental insurance. Medicare is great, but it doesnt cover everything. Only about 80 of your part b medicare costs. A Medicare SupplementInsurance Plan may help cover some of the rest. Learn how an aarp Medicare SupplementInsurance Plan, insured by Unitedhealthcare Insurance Company might be the right choice for you. A free Decision Guide is a great place to start. Call today to request yours. So what makes an aarp Medicare Supplement plan unique . These are the only Medicare Supplement plans endorsed by aarp because they meet aarps high standards of quality and service. Youre also getting the great features that any Medicare Supplement plan provides. You may choose any doctor that accepts medicare patients. You can even visit a specialist. With this type of plan there are no networks or referrals needed. Also, a Medicare Supplement plan. Goes with you when you travel anywhere in the u. S. Call today for a free guide. They have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps. Com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the Amazing Services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4 week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps. Com try and never go to the post office again
and legally to protect the peoples vote. We will not allow it and will not accept. Defiant leader from the opposition there. David mckenzie is joining us with the fallout from this election. And david, so much was at stake for zimbabwe here. This was to be a Turning Point for this beleaguered country now that it is out from under the grip of mr. Mug abe and now thi. Reporter and the Opposition Party are in the court here behind me where they could be facings incitement of violence charges that could be very serious charges. That stems from a raid on Opposition Headquarters out of this controversial vote. And it points to the potential level of intimidation ongoing
oin the country. Still this result is disputed by the Opposition Party. They say they have evidence of rigging and fraud, but they havent presented any of that evidence at this point. So you say there is a Court Hearing behi ing hundred Dollar Understa understand under way behind you. Any indication that they will reach out to the opposition . Reporter according to the opposition, they havent received that connection with the ruling party. But they are welcome to take any disputes to the courts here. But the courts in the past at least have been aligned with the government in power at the time. There is calm today. Life getting back to normal. Normal is not a great scenario
frankly. We saw lines of people outside the banks here in downtown trying to get their allotment of cash because they cant draw what with a they want. So there is this economic crunch that continues. There is a sense from some that they just want to get on with things, try to open the country on to investment after years of very struggling economic situation. But others who are more political and want change in this country, they believe that the opposition has been wronged here and they want the Court Process or the disputes to be properly investigated before the country moves on. We hope the country can move on from this, they certainly need it. David mckenzie there for us. Thank you. We turn now to the persian gulf where the u. S. Is keeping a close eye on irans Military Exercises. There is concern tehran is using a Show Of Force to demonstrate it can shut down the Strait Of Hormuz. A strategic passage for global oil supplies. Nic robertson joining us from abu dhabi with details on this. Is it looking like iran might still plan to do that . Reporter it certainly seems to be a signal. And you can definitely say that is how it is being read in this region here, although iran untypically for this type of Military Exercise that normally comes later in the year isnt announcing that it is happening, isnt making public explanation. But i think in this region at least where Oil Producers are very familiar with this conundrum that iran can close the Strait Of Hormuz if it so chooses on or make it exceptionally difficult for vessels to move through there, they have long had this problem here and they found ways to get around it. Tankers waiting to help help the
unquenchable thirst for oil. Between them and their vital cargo, the Strait Of Hormuz, a strategic choke point in the path of 20 of global oil supplies. And a massive Military Exercise by iranian forces. U. S. Defense Officials Say that dozens of small iranian vessels are involved in these Military Drills that normally happen much later in the year. The timing now so close to the reimposition of sanctions on iran and iranian threats to close the straits is raising concern. Typically in the past iran publicize its Naval Training exercises. This was similar maneuvers last year. Not so this time. Giving the ongoing saga in the gulf, many countries have sent measures to ensure supply
of the oil on exports. Reporter irans threats arent new. During the 1980s, the skauo cal tanker war. And since then, uae have been making contingency plans. The port on the gulf of oman is at the end of a massive pipeline begun a decade ago to bypass the Strait Of Hormuz. It has always been considered as kind of natural hedge against any geopolitical risk that would take place. Reporter so a backup. A backup. Reporter in recent weeks, a war of words has been escalating between washington and tehran. Irans president warning a war with iran would be the mother of all wars. President trump firing back in all caps demanding an end to threats or else face serious consequences. Then changing to this tactic. I believe in meeting. I would certainly meet with iran if they wanted to meet. I dont know if theyre ready yet. They are having a hard time. Reporter the iranians not taking up the offer. So what is expected to happen in ir iran . Pulling out of the nuclear deal begins monday, that will be when the first raft of sanctions become reimposed on iran. And that is undoubtedly and is already causing Economic Hardship there. All right abo, we appreciate. Well be paying attention of course to this story. Russia is still reaching out to north korea for workers. But that is not the United Nations concern. Why russia says it is not violating u. N. Sanctions. That is ahead here. Also, the shocking disconnect between the u. S. President and his own National Security team. They sound the alarm on Russian Election meddling from the White House Briefing room. Hours later he says it is all a hoax. More about it after this. Im a small business, but i have. Big dreams. And big plans. So how do i make the efforts of 8 employees. Feel like 50 . How can i share new plans virtually . How can i download an efile . Virtual tours . Zipfile . Really big files . In seconds, not minutes. Just like that. Like everything. The answer is simple. Ill do what ive always done. Dream more, dream faster, and above all. Now, ill dream gig. Now more businesses, in more places, can afford to dream gig. Comcast, building americas largest gigspeed network. Welcome back to our viewers all around the world. You are watching cnn newsroom live from atlanta. Im Natalie Allen with your top stoersz. T the manhattan madame was interviewed this week. Sources say Kristin Davis appeared voluntarily. Davis is a long time associate of former trump adviser roger stone. Sources say mueller may be building a case against stone. Zimbabwes Opposition Party says it will not accept the outcome of this weeks president ial election calling it rigged. The president denies it saying the vote was transparent and peaceful. Many hoped a smooth election would attract investment. A confidential new u. N. Report accuses north korea of continuing to pursue its nuclear and Missile Programs in violation of International Sanctions. The report was prepared by independent experts. The news comes as u. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo said a few hours ago that the u. S. Was optimistic north korea would follow through on its pledge to
denuclearize. Pompeo sending a message to russia that grants work permits to north koreans is against u. S. Sanctions. Weve seen reports that russia is allowing for joints ventures with north korean firms and granting new work permits to guest workers. If these reports prove accurate and we have every reason to believe that they are, that would be in violation of u. N. Security Council Resolution 2375. I want to remind every nation that has supported these resolutions that this is a serious issue and something that we will discuss with moscow. We expect the russians and all countries to abide by the u. N. Security Counc