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i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. 4:00 a.m. on the east coast, in italy, people are struggling with loss and sadness as they bury victims from the earthquake wednesday. they held a state funeral saturday which was also a national day of mourning. it reduced one town to rubble and badly damaged another. it is the human loss that is most painful in these communities. nearly 300 dead and many more are missing. atika shubert has more now on the service. >> reporter: a school gymnasium turned makeshift chapel fit for a state funeral. 35 coffins each with a bouquet of flowers and a picture of the person lost in italy's devastating earthquake. beside them, family members, many survivors themselves, their broken limbs in casts, faces bruised and bandaged, their eyes red and swollen from crying. italy's prime minister and president attended offering condolences to those who lost loved one, thanking those who pulled survivors from the rubble. a bishop led the service mentioning victims by name i

at a nuclear summit on friday, mr. obama said the republican presidential candidate doesn't know much about foreign policy or the world, for that matter. meanwhile, donald trump says he is not ruling out a third-party bid for the white house. it's not the first time the billionaire has said he's leaving the door open for an independent run. the front-runner says he wants to run as a republican but it depends upon how he is treated by the party's leaders at convention. >>> a construction company faces numerous charges, including attempted murder in connection with the collapse of an overpass in kolkata, india. at least 24 people died when a section of that bridge, which was under construction, crashed on thursday. an executive at the company denies any fault. >>> now to the migrant crisis in europe. police say that hundreds of migrants and refugees tore down part of a razor wire fence surrounding a building where they were being held on a greek island. they marched ten kilometers, that's about 6.2 miles, to a port to pr

. >> hope he liked it, mr. pence. >>> thanks for joining us. i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell. another hour of news after the break. stay with us. this is cnn. >>> now singing a different tube, the president-elect goes back on his word and settled the trump university case. >>> and a cabinet in the making more controversial figures are poised to join the

mr. mcconnell and is planning to move forward. now the next move for mcconnell is whether they allow a vote on the senate floor to confirm or deny the next supreme court justice. this is something that they have not yet fully decided, largely because senator mcconnell wants to take the temperature of his conference. now you have various camps that are forming. you have republicans who are dead set against any nominee being confirmed right now. then you have moderates who are uncertain about what to do. then you have probably the most influential group, members of the senate republican conference who are up for reelection in blue states and in purple states. because at the end of the day, those members, how they do will determine whether or not republicans will stay in the majority next year. those folks will be targeted pretty aggress evively by democrats, by the white house, by groups on both sides to vote the way that they want them to. so we'll see, we're going to watch very closely pe

i'm george howell. >> and i'm rosemary church. this is "cnn newsroom." 2016 has seen yet another big name star leave us way too soon. carrie fisher, the actress best known as princess leia in the "star wars" movies, has died. fisher suffered a heart attack on a flight from london to los angeles last week. her daughter, billy lord, issued a statement through her publicist saying this -- "it is with a very deep sadness that billy lord confirms that her beloved mother, carrie fisher, passed away at 8:55 this morning." >> fisher's "star wars" co-star harrison ford issued the statement you see here. "carrie was one of a kind. brilliant, original, funny and emotionally fearless. she lived her life bravely. we will all miss her." long-time friend and "star wars" creator george lucas also remembered fisher. he says this -- "in star wars she was our great and powerful princess. feisty, wise, and full of hope in a role that was more difficult than most people might think." >> carrie fisher as princess leia did no

i'm george howell. we will have more on the developing stories in turkey and france in a moment, but this news just in to cnn. two people are dead after a shooting at a hospital. this happened in titusville, florida on the state's east coast near cape canaveral. police have a suspect in custody now, and the scene is secure. authorities are expected to hold a news conference in the coming hours, and we will of course bring you the very latest as we get that news here on cnn. >>> america's choice, 2016. and the presumptive republican nominee for president, donald trump, has made his pick. it's indiana governor mike pence. the two hell their first rally, pushing back on rumors that trump was second guessing his choice. our jim acosta reports. >> governor pence, how are you feeling right now? >> reporter: mike pence was plunged into the election at a turbulent time. pence projected calm. >> we love indiana. we love our country, and my family and i couldn't be more honored. to have the opportunity to run wit

i just wish one of those people could have been mrs. johnson. [dog bark] trust me, we're dealing with a higher intelligence here. ♪ the all-new audi q7 is here. ♪ you're watching "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. >>> in london, british prime minister david cameron is meeting with his cabinet this hour on a deal that was reached with european leaders to keep the uk in the eu. we are waiting to hear from the prime minister at any time now. this live picture here at number 10 downing street. if the cabinet okays the deal, it would go to a referendum for a vote by the british people. >>> tropical cyclone winston is making landfall in fiji this hour. the most powerful storm to make a direct hit on the country's main island ever. the fiji times says the government has declared a state of emergency for the next 30 days. >>> the final results are soon to be in in uganda's elections. they are expected in a few hours. and early numbers show the current president yower museveni may be on track to win his fifth term in office. the main opposition leade

i would like to question mr. howell. in 1902 there was a coal strike in the united states. that was started in the autumn. october 1902, teddy roosevelt who was president summoned the head of the mine workers and owners of the coal mines to the white house. he basically threatened the mine owners to seize the minds if they do not compromise more. my question to mr. howell, any historical evidence to suggest president truman and his advisers were guided in their behavior by the stance of teddy roosevelt? >> it's a great question. i honestly don't know. truman and his advisers were regularly inviting both sides to the white house to hash out the terms of a possible settlement. the extent to which withdrawing upon teddy roosevelt's example, i simply do not know. >> truman sites in some of his defenses, he cites lincoln's suspension of the hebeas corpus. there are a few things he cites along the way as unilateral presidential actions, what he thought were similar to what he had done. >> fred is in chicago. what's your question? >> my question is what the last person mentioned.

ford, the home of the late and extremely great mr. hockey gordy howell from motown from the u.p. to the big three, we proudly cast two votes for john kasich, six votes if ted cruz and 51 votes for the next president of the united states, donald j. trump! >> go trump! go trump! [crowd chanting "trump"] >> pursuant to the announcement of to tell gation and the rules of this convention, michigan, 51 votes, trump. two votes, kasich. six votes, cruz. ms. hudson: pennsylvania, 71 delegates for the following bound delegates, 17, trump. >> pennsylvania, the home of republican senator pat tomby, he home of 13 republican congressmen the state that will decide the 20 electoral votes on november 8. cast one vote for ted cruz and 70 for the next president of the united states, donald! trump. [crowd chanting "trump"] >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, pennsylvania, 70 votes trump, ne vote, cruz. >> ladies and gentlemen, speaker paul ryan. > hey, guys. crowd chanting "u.s.a."] >> i'm just waiting. ey, man. >> does any state wish to cast ts vote o

by the name of mr. holes and mr. howells grand and became a fairly good novelist in america later. but this man was a quaker and he owned a state-of-the-art mail and wales, 80 employees. and he said to the president, mr. president, i like the idea that freedom expands to republic. i would like to bring my mail to virginia and start and help you become self-sufficient. and he said, but i know that you probably are not going to get many farm boys to work in the fact jury. so outside of what we can do. you have a lot of slaves. they are very talented young man and young women and we will ring them into the factory and a kind of internship. after they learned the skills necessary to make good cloth, they will be given their freedom, a transitional experiment. when i read this letter i said washington threw that out the coach window is no way that will sell in virginia. that not what he did. he said the letter, endorsed the plan, senate two the governor and said we had to think about kids. in the virginia government in 20 countries in 1990 that of representative road to freedom through

howells. he had a grandson who became a fairly good novelist in america later. this man was a quaker and he owned a state-of-the-art mill in wales, 80 employees in those days, and he said to the president, mr. president, i like the idea of the freedom and the expansiveness of the republic. i'd like to bring my mill to virginia and start and help you become self-sufficient. he said, but i know that you probably are not going to get many farm boys to come and work in the factories. i'll tell you what we can do. you have very talented young men and young women and we will bring them into the factory in a kind of internship. after they learn the skills necessary to make good cloth, they will be given their freedom. it will will be a transitional experiment. now when i read this letter i thought i bet washington just through this out the coach indo. that's not what he did. he took the letter, endorsed the plan, sent it sent it to the governor of virginia, a man by the name of beverly and said we ought to think about this. everyone in the virginia government in 1790 n

mr. reid: thank you, lily. it's a pleasure and honor to be here in connection with this distinguished series. this is a memorable occasion for me because it is my first powerpoint presentation. [laughter] so bear with me. i might be the only person in america who does not have experienced in this medium. -- got thet clicking microphone adjusted. great. survey just a very brief of new york pictorially. we begin with this. it's a fantastic shot of the financial district in the mid-1930's. series, changing new york. here you have the classic vista. the topless tower. the alabaster walls. the fortress of money. out, they ship going steam rising above the landscape. below this there was the beginning of the 1930's a stricken layout. the landscape of the early depression. it was worse to be down and out in new york and london or paris or any other great world city. one thing it seemed to be becoming was a cleptocracy. the mobs had seized the effective control of new york. this became more and m

can you talk about lewis powell and the howell memo? mr. edwards: can you talk about it -- i can't remember it. amy: talk about where you see the country going. mr. edwards: i think we have a lot of problems. the problems are not just politics. we have systemic problems in politics. the fact that the parties are able to decide what bills will be considered, the parties are able to decide who can be on the general election ballot, the parties can decide who can vote in what election. that is not the only problem. we have an education system that does not teach the humanities, does not teach art, literature, poetry, science. we are treating people to be cogs in an economic machine. all of our colleges are becoming tech schools about how you make it living. the way you make people citizens is with philosophy and literature and critical thinking. that is a problem. majorlya has been complicit in the rise of trump. just like cbs said -- we are making money. donald trump was given all this time on "60 minutes." he was given all this time on "satu

gentlemen, have a seat. >> judge judy: mr. and mrs. howell, let me try to put this case in perspective. the incident that formed the basis of this case happened two years ago. >> correct. >> correct. >> judge judy: and at that time, this young man, who is your son, was 12. now you are... >> 16. >> judge judy: well, two years ago, 12 --

danielle melnick for mr. howell and mr. boatman. (jude goldberg) you gentlemen are aware you're entitled to separate counsel? yes. yes. i'll make further inquiry on this after they're arraigned. how do they plead, ms. melnick? not guilty, judge. people on bail? mr. boatman, the gunman, was apprehended attempting to board an international flight. we obtained admissions implicating both defendants from robbie howell. (goldberg) what were their motives, missorgia? they held the victim responsible for nick howell's death in iraq. he was fighting over there? not exactly. he was killed during an ambush while he worked for a private militia called the diamond river group. they're the real criminals! they got my son killed. who is that? (melnick) that's my client's father, your honor. another outburst like that and he'll be on this side of the bar. he's upset that his son died due to this company's incompetence. save it for trial, ms. melnick. i'm remanding mr. boatman. bail for robbie howell will be set at $1 million cash or bond. [bangs g

[car warning chimes] thank you, mr. howell. hold up. from a gun? we're gonna have to have a talk with your son. i don't know where that shell came from. (green) yeah, well, you're screwed because it matches the slugs we found in jeffrey pope's chest. look, robbie. i was in vietnam, okay? i lost a lot of good buddies overhere because some prep boy captain didn't know his johnson bar from his elbow. so for you to lose a brother like that. man, that's gotta be rough. come on, man. don't baby his ass. he killed pope 'cause he wanted revenge. now he's gonna sit here like a little coward? now, wait a minute. you don't think he deserved revenge? pope got this kid's brother's head chopped off, for crying out loud. and there isn't a jury in the world that would convict him. (green) yeah, he's noble? he's notven standing up and taking responsibility for it, like a man. look, robbie. you gotta get out in front of this thing right now. i'm telling ya, it's your only shot. i don't know. oh, come on, man. let's just give this to the da. we already know that he g