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Youre watching cnn newsroom. So u. S. President donald trump arrives in hanoi later today for his second summit with kim jongun. The north Korean Leader made his way down a red carpet as he walked off the train that brought him to vietnam. As kims motorcade traveled through hanoi, thousands lined the streets to watch while denuclearization tops the agenda for this summit its also kims first state visit to vietnam. Hes expected to see firsthand the economic benefits of making a peace deal with the americans. Will ripply joins us now from hanoi. Will, tell us a little bit about that, this theory it should somehow incentive them to somehow become a bit more like vietnam if they would somehow abandon their nukes. Reporter the vietnamese capital, a communist party thats firmly in control but an economy thats opened up, that is booming. That enjoyed 7 growth last year as a result of normalized relations with the United States. Theyve had an embassy here in hanoi since 1995. And you go in the city and youre surrounded by new construction. You see construction cranes. People are worky, they have plenty to eat. Its a nation that has a bamming economy in large part because they were able to mend fences after the horrors of the vietnam par, and in relatively short order bring in private enterprise and certainly that is the message that u. S. President donald trump and his team will be trying to deliver to north Korean Leader kim jongun and his team as they try to convince them to give up their Nuclear Weapons because they say it will lead to a Brighter Future for the people of north korea and will give them that Economic Growth that kim jongun has promised his own people and said that now is his primary focus after saying he completed the Nuclear Program which arguably brought him to the table and that the u. S. Is now trying to convince him to get rid of. While summit number one in singapore yielded no measurable concrete progress, is there an argument to say that summit number two could be any different . Well, certainly i think both sides are coming to the table here understanding that there needs to be more substances to the agreement they sign here in hanoi, to build upon what they signin singapore. Theres no arguing that tensions have been diffused because of actions taken by both sides. North korea hasnt launched a missile or conducted a nuclear test in more than a year. They did hand over dozens of sets of remains in the war. And on the u. S. Side President Trump has suspended joint military drills with south korea, and he is obviously continuing to engage with north Korean Leader kim jongun. He says they have a good relationship, and hes given kim the legitimacy of now a second sit down with a sitting u. S. President , something previous u. S. President s would never even consider. But of course theres a lot of pressure on President Trump to come away from this with a deal that includes a specific plan, whether it be allow inspectors into the country to look at nuclear sites, to disclose previously secret locations where and of course theres also lots of information leaking out from south korea just yesterday saying the two countries may be preparing to announce an inagreement to formally end the korean war. Which then raises a whole lot of new questions including what happens to the 28,000 u. S. Troops stationed in south korea that President Trump has often complained about the expense, but of course south korea has relied upon for decades to provide defense in case things turn south when it comes to their deal wgz tings turn south. President trump may lose out on some executive time this week. Hell be busy with the north korea summit while House Democrats will have voted to block his declaration on the southern border. A similar resolution may not be able to pass the senate. And mr. Cohen will be testifying to lawmakers about what he knows about the 2016 campaign. So talk to me about the National Emergency first. Democrats are going to vote against it, but after that, they dont have control. It goes to the senate. They dont have majority there. How do you think this thing ends . Well, the National Emergencies act of 1976 enables congress to effectively revoke a National Emergency declared by a president if congress doesnt deem that to be a legitimate emergency. So there is congressional power here if congress acted in a coordinate fashion. But of course the nature of partisanship in america means a two thirds majority is unlikely. What you could see, though, is that a bare majority in the senate could support that the house bill. Already two republican senators have said they would support the democrats on this. Tom tillis, susan collins, people talk about Lisa Murkowski as well. They would only need one more republican senator to act. But then that would be a largely symbolic move because even if it did get to President Trumps desk the president would veto it and the National Emergency stays in place. So reading between the lines of what youre saying its not a stretch to say as things stand now and what we know now it is unlikely that congress is going to be able to cancel this National Emergency, correct . Thats right. And i think that the strategy which would be a more viable strategy for those who want to block this National Emergency move is to go through the courts. Thats also not a surefire guarantee because the courts have been tipping in the more conservative direction. President trump has been very effective at installing his justice on the federal courts, and of course famously hes appointed two new members to the u. S. Supreme court. But there is a chance that democrats and others who are concerned about this action could get the courts to block the president or force him to readjust the policy. Michael cohen is talking to congress this week, the president s former fixer. At least thats what he used to call himself. And his lawyer apparently is trying to drive up ratings because he says the testimony will be, quote, chilling. What kind of revelations do you think we might get . Well, from my understanding the testimony that which he give tuesday the House Oversight committee will not be pertaining directly to the russia investigation. And so what well likely hear are concerns about Campaign Finance and the payments of women who are alleged to have relations with donald trump. And so i think just the nature of the content which hes likely to be asked about is probably recently salacious and i think its going to attract some attention on that level. It will be embarrassing for the white house and for the president. They will argue that Michael Cohen has already been accused of lying under oath to congress about other matters. So if theres a credibility issue there. But certainly this is not going to be welcome testimony from the white houses perspective. Its really hard to overstate how important, how big a week this could be for the presidency. When you have Michael Cohen talking in public well, part of what hes going to be saying is going to be in public in an open hearing. And you have donald trump in a second meeting with kim jongun. Depending on where each of these stories go between now and the end of the week, you could have a very, very different look for the presidency in a few days time. I think youre right. The stakes are high this week. And when the stakes are high, donald trump often surprises people. And i do wonder if this will put pressure on him to agree to, say, a peace treaty with north korea to officially end the korean war, which has only been on ceasefire since 1953. Its a symbolic move. Its been left as a sort of final tool to get north korea to move. I think people might think the president would be moving prematurely if he backed this. But you could see it would be good headlines if not necessarily good Foreign Policy, and with the stakes so high thats the kind of dramatic action he takes this week. Thank you so much. Thank you. While the summit happens in hanoi, you can keep up with that and everything thats happening in washington anytime. You just go to our website for that. That is, of course, cnn. Com. A jury in melbourne, australia has found one of the highest ranking clergymen in the Roman Catholic church guilty of child sexual abuse. He adamantly denies the charges and has filed an appeal. Jurors reached the verdict actually in december. The court order kept it secret until right now. The victims attorney read a statement from her client. Thank you for your interest in this case. Like many survivors i have experienced shame, loneliness, depression and struggle. Like many survivors it has taken me years to understand the impact on my life. At some point we realized that we trusted someone we should have feared, and we fear those genuine relationships that we should trust. All right, ana coren is following the case. Youve been up on this for the last two months while it was being kept secret, right, that the courts had us keep this secret from the public. B but you know all the details of the case. Reporter thats right, cyril. We have been sitting on the story for more than two months. That suppression order was due to protect the second trial. That was what it was setup to do. That second trial collapsed today. There just was not enough evidence and the case was dismissed. So suddenly the suppression order was lift asked the media was finally able to tell the world that Cardinal George pell, the highest Ranking Member of the church has been convicted of child sexual abuse. He is of course the vatican treasurer, number three in the vatican. This is timely considering the pope just held a summit in rome to discuss the scourge of child sexual abuse. He talked about it being an all out battle and described abusers as the tools of satan. Itll be interesting what he says to Cardinal George pell. Of course hell be enjoying his last night of freedom this evening. Tomorrow he walks into Melbourne County Court where he will be remanded and taken to prison. But he has had an illustrious career, and now its over. Its news that will send sho shockwaves throughout the Roman Catholic church. Cardinal george pell found guilty of child sex abuse. The most senior vatican official ever convicted of child sex offenses. Pell, the countrys most powerful catholic was on trial for assaulting two choir boys in the late 90s, when he was archbishop of melbourne. The prosecutions case hinged on the testimony of one of those boys. He told the court pell assaulted him after mass, forced him to perform oral sex on him and committed an indecent act with his friend. He also testified that a month later pell pushed him against a wall and groped him. He said, quote, i didnt tell anyone at the time. I had no intention back then of telling anyone ever. The other victim died of a Drug Overdose as an adult having never told his family of the abuse. The cardinal called the allegations outrageous. Im innocent of these charges. They are false. The whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me. Reporter he didnt take the stand during the trial. Instead a video of his interview with australian detectives was played to the court. He pleaded not guilty and his defense lore said the accusations were a fantasy. But a jury convicted pell on all five charges. One of the sexual penetration of a child, and four of an indecent act with or in the presence of a child. Its a shocking fall from grace for one of the vaticans top officials who has long been an influential if divisive figure in australia. He rose through the ranks of the church to become archbishop of melbourne, then sydney and cardinal and being appointed a member of the popes formal counsel of advisers. While his star rose in the vatican pell came in with mounting criticism at home as the ostailian church became the center of a global child abuse skanldal. A National Inquiry into institutional responses to child sexual abuse found 7 of the countrys catholic priests were accused of abusing children between 1950 and 2010. It identified nearly 2,000 alleged perpetrators including priests, brothers, lay people, and religious sisters. When he appeared in front of the Royal Commission in 2016 pell faced questions whergtd he had done enough to weed out abuse and get justice for the victims. Now the cardinal himself has been convicted and other survivors of clerical sexual abuse unrelated to the pell case are elated. Justice is what i thought. Justice for the victims. I think that should give everyone thats thinking about, you know, whether youll be believed or win or wont win the fight, that should give you the courage to come forward and at least be heard. Reporter pells conviction will hurt an organization already battling decades of rev lags about pedophile priests. The pope removed pell from his Advisory Counsel in december. But the damage to the church may be difficult to repair. Now this Global Crisis has reached the top of the vatican. The australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has issued a statement saying this conviction proves that no one is above the law. Were expecting to hear from the brisbane archbishop in rome. He attended the popes summit and hes due to hold a press conference very shortly. He, of course, is the president of the catholic bishops conference here in australia. And this really, cyril, is just a monumental day for so many survivors of clerical sexual abuse. Ana coren reporting live from melbourne. Thank you so much. Jared kushners middle east tour has begun. Donald trumps soninlaw and Senior Advisor is mushing a middle east peace plan and taking some shots at iran along the way. Plus a surprise announcement from irans foreign minister is raising questions about the future of his countrys nuclear deal. Stay with us. Got it . Got it. Nooooo. Nooooo. Quick, the quicker picker upper bounty picks up messes quicker and is 2x more absorbent. Bounty, the quicker picker upper. We were paying an arm and a leg for postage. I remember setting up shipstation. One or two clicks and everything was up and running. 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He said its crucial to keep the details of the plan confidential but he says it focuses on five main principles. The situation theyre negotiating over hasnt really changed much in 25 years. So we tried to figure what is realistic and fair solution to the issues here in 2019 that can enable people to live better lives. Orrin leiberman is covering this for us. He joins us now from jerusalem. This is Jared Kushner, trumps soninlaw and the main advocate of the trump peace plan begin to sell the plan itself. The plan consists of a few different parts. The political part, which remains a seekwrite and that includes the security aspect of this as well, and the economic part. And that part requires buy in, buy in from the arab states but also buy in financially. The Trump Administration will rely on the arab stakes to put money to incentivize the palestinians to accept this deal or consider this deal. But this remains a hard sell. Remember the pal stennians havent had any interaction with the trump in the past five years. Even as hes trying to sell this deal now or at least the economic part of the keel, it still has tremendous challenges. The political part, which of course is the sensitive part, remains a closely guarded secret. They fear putting it out there means it will be leaked and the bits that do come out will destroy the chances of it succeeding. Whats the advantage kushner is selling to the arab states, its a strengthening of this sort of de Facto Alliance against iran with israel in the arab states. It remains, however, the Trump Administrations peace plan, a hard sell. They have put it on hold after the april 9th elections here to try to keep its sensitivity from impacting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has he seeks a fifth term in office. Thank you very much. In an unexpected move irans foreign minister has announced his resignation. He was the key architect of the Iran Nuclear Deal in 2015. Irans state run News Agency Reports hes asking state run diplomats not to resign