Transcripts For CNNW CNN Newsroom Live 20180930 : vimarsana.

Bound sea. What that tells us about earths rising temperatures. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, we want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im george howell. Im natalie allen. This is cnn newsroom. 5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, we start with the u. S. President s pick for Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh. Mr. Trump pushing back against reports that hes trying to limit the fbi probe to keep agents from talking to certain people. The president tweeted late saturday that the fbi may talk to whom ever they deem appropriate. The investigation is looking into allegations of Sexual Misconduct and Sexual Assault against kavanaugh, which he denies. It is supposed to wrap up no later than next friday. Sources tell cnn these three senators, jeff flake, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, set the terms of the fbi investigation. They could also be key, these three, in deciding whether kavanaugh makes it to the Supreme Court. The investigation comes, of course, after Christine Blasey ford told the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday that kavanaugh drunkenly pinned her down on a bed after locking a bedroom door and tried to take off her colonial clothes at a they were both teenagers. Another woman, Deborah Ramirez, said kavanaugh exposed himself to her when they were both in college. Mr. Trump on stage accused democrats of railroading kavanaugh and he mocked the Senate Judiciary committees ranking democrat, ridiculing her for saying that she did not leak a letter from christine ford. Lets listen. Remember dianne feinstein. Did you leak remember her answer. Did you leak the document . What . No, no, i didnt leak well, wait one minute. Did we leak no, no, we didnt leak it. Lets chase that with the facts. We understand Dianne Feinsteins office indicated and she herself indicated she did not leak that tip. And we understand from the reporter from the intercept that the tip did not come from feinsteins office. Of course it is not about the leak. It is about getting to the truth, of course. At a rally saturday, President Trump also tied kavanaughs nomination to a battle against the Democratic Party itself. For more about that, here is cnns Boris Sanchez in west virginia. Reporter here at a rally in wheeling, west virginia, President Trump calling his nominee to replace Justice Anthony kennedy on the Supreme Court a brilliant man with incredible character, saying that judge Brett Kavanaugh suffered tremendously at the hands of democrats who were seeking to obstruct and destroy for the sake of power. The president not mentioning, though, Christine Blasey ford, or any of her accusations about judge kavanaugh. President , in fact, walking a fine line defending his nominee, but also suggesting that his accusations, the accusations against him are politically motivated. Listen to this. The entire nation has witnessed the shameless conduct of the democrat party. Theyre willing to throw away every standard of decency, justice, fairness and due process to get their way. They dont care how they get it. You see it happening before your eyes. I think it is actually an incredible thing that is happening, and i just hope you dont sit home because bad things will happen if you sit home. This week america also saw something else. On thursday, the American People saw the brilliant and really incredible character, quality and courage of our nominee for the United States Supreme Court judge Brett Kavanaugh. A vote to confirm judge kavanaugh is a vote to confirm one of the most accomplished legal minds of our time, a jurist with a Sterling Record of public service. Reporter another name the president did not mention here in west virginia, arizona senator jeff flake, who sources inside the white house tell cnn that the president blames for the delay in confirming judge kavanaugh. The president did tout his endorsement of republican Patrick Morrissey who is running in west virginia, for the senate, against democrat joe manchin. The president touting successes hes made in the economy, the unemployment rate, et cetera, asking supporters here to go out and defend his agenda in november. He put it bluntly at the start of his rally saying that though he is not running in november, really he is. Boris sanchez, cnn, traveling with the president in wheeling, west virginia. Lets put it in focus with a professor of International Politics at City University of london, joining us this hour from our london bureau. At his rally in west virginia, mr. Trump had this description of his democratic counterparts. Lets listen. They were all saying, he should be on the United States Supreme Court. Thats why i put him up. And i will tell you, i will tell you, i will tell you, he has suffered, the meanness, the anger. The vote for judge ckavanaugh i as a vote to reject the ruthless and outrageous tactics of the democrat party, mean obstructionists, mean resistance. Okay. So lets look at these categorizations. So kavanaugh, the victim. And democrats, mean and angry. During the hearing, many will remember republicans voiced their anger that they were even there to have that meeting. Your thoughts on this . Well, clearly at one level kavanaugh came over and projected himself as a victim of a kind of political witchhunt or something. But it is a sort of poetic justice for him as well because you will recall back when bill clinton was president , amonica lewinsky investigations were going on, the younger kavanaugh was involved in the writing of the reports on that. This is clearly a Party Political question. Timed in a way to try to have an impact on the midterm election, so in a way, mudslinging is partisan and it does speak to a broader problem with Party Politics, a lot of people in america see it. That is important to point out. Many who support the Supreme Court nominee may see him as a victim, many, of course, who heard Christine Blasey fords testimony will see her as a survivor of this incident. So, of course, as you point out, very political through the lenses there. We know the fbi investigation is well under way. Agents have already reached out to Deborah Ramirez, following up on her claim, a third woman, Julie Swetnick has not yet been contacted, according to her attorney. President trump has said, though, this could be a blessing in disguise, this whole process of investigation. So could it, in fact, work toward his favor or is it just political spin from him . Well, i think they would have liked to have a very clean process of kavanaugh going through, but on the other hand i think to some extent hes right. Because one of the key things about midterm elections is that voters for the president or the government, the main party, which is in power, tend not to turn out in midterm elections. This has galvanized a lot of people, on both sides, so it seems to be that this is going to be what probably President Trump wanted in first place. A referendum on himself with years after his election. And i think in that regard, there is going to be it is going to be very difficult to see how this plays out, but i think he has riled up those supporters by saying that the democrats are playing Party Politics with this. And i think hes hoping that there will be a bigger turnout right across. But on the other hand, if you look at some of the democrats in red states, gop dominated states, they seem to be a little bit emboldened because i think they see that probably the their voters will turn out in live numbers and women who voted for the democrat for the gop in november 2016 have been slowly hemorrhaging away from that party and i think the kavanaugh nomination, never very popular, has seemed to sort of strengthen that particular tendency. Live for us in london, thank you for your time. Thank you. We turn now to indonesia, the death toll has doubled following a major earthquake and tsunami. Officials now saying at least 832 people were killed in the disaster, hundreds more are seriously injured or missing. Indonesias president is now in the hard hit city of palu, surveying the damage. The countrys Disaster Management agency says that at least 50 people are trapped under the rebel of this eight story hotel in palu city. Rescue workers there struggling to reach people in remote areas that have been cut off. This was the scene on the ground after the tsunami hit this area in palu city, indonesia. Massive set of debris, so much debris, goes on for many miles, wiped out many buildings, as far as the eye can see. Thousands of homes, yes, were destroyed, entire buildings buried under mud and debris. Tenstory hotel collapsed. A mosque collapsed. A couple of examples. 17,000 people are now homeless. Lets bring in the countrys manager for Catholic Relief Services in indonesia. Thank you for your time. I know youre monitoring this from jakarta. What can you tell us about the extent of the damage at this point and the need of people there . Hello, george. Thank you for having me here. The damage is reported to be quite significant, quite massive in both palu city and dengala. The government prioritizing the search and rescue mission to clear up but most importantly to find more victims in the debris of the collapsed buildings. Also, the Government Agency has start shipping relief aid to the area from other cities, including from jakarta. People are in need of im sure people are in need of shelter, as you said, you know, more than 17,000 people are displaced now. They need shelter, they need food and also they need other basic necessities to maintain their existence there. Help us understand as well the difficulty that the sheer difficulty of getting into the region. The challenge is that because the airport in palu has been damaged, and now in repair only for humanitarian relief materials, and basic needs and also military personnel who went there for search and rescue missions. So no commercial flight arrived there at the moment. So thats that will be really challenge for us, humanitarian workers to reach the area because we have to fly to other cities and reach palu by land from other cities. The death toll continues to rise as we understand. And many, many people trapped under rubble, many people still missing. Talk to us about efforts, you know, on that front, to continue searching for people who may be trapped. Yeah. Government is doing that with help from the military personnel who came with all the troops and personnel from other cities in indonesia as well. And this will be the priority for the government now before the first aid or material can reach the area. I want to pause for a moment here. I want to show our viewers the moment that was caught on video, the moment that this tsunami swept in. Lets look at this, just for a moment, well talk about it here on the other side. Lets listen. There it is, you know. People who were there, people who were on the ground, they had very little time. They had very little time to escape. Given what we have seen this massive wave coming in, the great extent of damage that has been left over, what are your feelings, just your overall feelings about how long it will take to help people in palu and throughout the region to recover, given what happened here. Im afraid that from our experience this will take a long time for people to stock the area because of the damage but also because, you know, there is relief, it is very hard to reach the area, so they will be some delay in providing support and the communities at this point. So, yeah, i think the construction will take a long time and we need support and help from all people and stake holders in indonesia and community itself to help them with the situation before the actual relief and reconstruction and recovery materialized in the next few months. Monitor, the situation in palu city from jakarta, thank you for your time and well keep in touch with you. Thank you, george. At the top of this hour, we heard from President Trump, maligning democrats after the hearing this past week. Well, the president had nice things to say at that rally about russian president vladimir putin. He may have been saving his most passionate praise for kim jongun. His latest compliment coming up here. Plus, typhoon is plowing across southern japan, hitting parts of the country already recovering from previous typhoon flooding and damage. Well have the latest as newsroom continues. What if your skin could light up the room . Aveeno® positively radiant sheer daily moisturizer. Lightweight hydration for positively radiant skin that lasts. Aveeno®. Naturally beautiful results®. Super emma just about sleeps in her cape. But when we realized she was battling sensitive skin. We switched to tide pods free gentle. Its gentle on her skin and out cleans the other free and clear detergent. Dermatologist recommended. Its got to be tide. We distributeus, im the owner environmentallyfriendly packaging for restaurants. And weve grown substantially. So i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. I earn unlimited 2 cash back on everything i buy. And last year, i earned 36,000 in cash back. Thats right, 36,000. Which i used to offer Health Insurance to my employees. My unlimited 2 cash back is more than just a perk, its our healthcare. Can i say it . Whats in your wallet . Theyre the moderne stone age family. From the town of bedrock. Meet george jetson. His boy elroy. With instant acceleration, electric cars are more fun to drive and more affordable than ever. Electric cars are here. Plug into the present. Electric cars are here. Plug into the present. Listerine® cleans virtually 100 . Helping to prevent gum disease and bad breath. Never settle for 25 . Always go for 100. Bring out the bold™ your hair is so soft did you use head and shoulders two in one . I did mom. Wanna try it . Yes. It intensely moisturizes your hair and scalp and keeps you flake free. Manolo . Look at my soft hair. I should be in the shot now too. Try head and shoulders two in one. North korea says there is mistrust with the United States, its foreign minister told the u. N. Saturday his country wants to get rid of Nuclear Weapons. But he also said pessimistic views in u. S. Politics are hurting progress. For his part, the u. S. President doesnt sound pessimistic. Heres what he said on saturday about the north korean leader. And, you know, the interesting when i did it, and i was really being tough and so was he, we would go back and forth and then we fell in love, okay. No, really. He wrote me beautiful letters. And theyre great letters. We fell in love. Lets go to cnns will ripley joining us from hong kong, hes been in north korea many times. That has to be one of the most bizarre things i ever heard a u. S. President say, they fell in love. Havent had a second date yet. A little slower in north korea, theyre a little more conservative about these things. My goodness. Got to wonder, after we heard there from the foreign secretary of the u. N. , what north koreas response will be to president saying that. I would imagine privately, natalie, kim jonguns mrpalace there was a congratulations to the leader because things are going according to plan. The North Koreans studied trump long before kim jongun ever sat down with him and the whole strategy was to try to figure out a way, after all of the fire and fury threats and the real danger of escalating to a military conflict how could the North Koreans turn the situation around. So they stopped launching missiles, dont parade the missiles, theyre still developing them, they still possess them, havent given any of them up yet, because the optics have changed, combined with all these letters, and messages, praising President Trump. It is completely the whole dynamic has changed. President trump saying hes in love with kim jongun, good warm relationship with him, hes open to a second summit, which is expected to happen later this year. Even though north korea hasnt actually given up any Nuclear Weapons yet, they have, you know, essentially done what we would be considered confidence building measures, getting rid of the nuclear test site, while holding on to the key assets, the missiles and the warheads, and saying theyre not going to give those up until sanctions are lifted and until there is a peace treaty. Theyre still far apart on the key issues, but if President Trumps love for kim jongun can help him, you know, help the North Koreans convince him to change the u. S. Position, then north korea might get exactly what they want at the end of this, and, you know, perhaps the u. S. Gets what it wants, which is north korea free of Nuclear Weapons. Thats a long time coming. And some very tough negotiations certainly lie ahead. Well, like or love or whatever, yes, denuclearized korean pe