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President is resigning. It follows weeks of fierce criticism from the unwanted kiss he gave to a star player during the womens world cup celebration. On friday, the Spanish National prosecutor filed a complaint against him paving the way for the National Court to launch a formal investigation and begin gathering evidence which could lead to possible charges. Weve got Team Coverage with don radell and christine brennen. Don, what else do we know . Its been three weeks now since the Spanish Football Team won the womens world cup in australia but the story shall be dominated by the male president of the spanish football federation. Hes now finally resigning. Ever since he was criticized for planting an unsolicited kiss on a player, hes remained in his position but hes changed his tune. He revealed his intentions during an interview with piers morgan. Because i cant continue my work. What was the final moment . My father, my daughter, i spoke with them. Its not they know its not a question about me and some friends really close to me. They say to me, luis, now you have to focus on your identity and to continue your life because if not probably, you are going to damage people you love. His departure is hugely significant. His behavior up until now, his refusal to take any responsibility for it has been hugely damaging for the reputation of spanish football on the world stage. And this scandal exploded when theyre bidding to host the world cup in 2030. Spains Player Refuse to play again until Rubiales Quit or was fired. And now rubiales has finally stepped down. And, christine, it took a little while for this to happen. What is your reaction to this news . Paula, over the last three weeks, its amazing, isnt it, 21 days from that unwanted kiss, also known as Sexual Assault, to finally the decision that probably should have happened within a few days. And even if rubiales has understood the magnitude of that situation, he could have saved himself and the team and the entire Spanish Federation and would have put this burdenle be behind them. He was living, frankly, paula, in a different world. He was living in a world where men could get away with this kind of stuff. Who knows if you feel comfortable doing that in front of the cameras, what on earth has been going on behind the cameras. We know the spanish players last year were rebelling against their coach who is now gone as well. But theres been trouble in the Spanish Federation for a long time. And finally the comeuppance has occurred. I think this is a wonderful day, frankly, for women around the world, not just in sports, but throughout culture. And women are willing listened to and the world is reacting. And if fifa and the misogynistic, sexist world of soccer is reacting this way, even though its only three weeks, thats also pretty quick in some ways. Its certainly much better than it would have been 10 or 15 years ago, probably five years ago, paula, and i think thats one of the big takeaways. Are you surprised at all that this story didnt simply fade away and there was pressure and global attention and it was sustained . Does that surprise you . It did, yes. It did surprise me a little again, because of the nature of football. The dominance of men. All the countries who couldnt car care less about their womens teams. They dont pay them, they dont respect them. They didnt field teams for years. Five years ago, oh, well, whatever. But no. This blew and up and became a worldwide story. One of the politicians said this is our me too moment. And right away in the first interviews after it happened, she said i didnt like that. So women have found their voice. The world has listened. And if the world of football, of mens soccer, maledominated soccer, paula, can listen to women like this, i think the sky is the limit for sports that are not as misogynistic or sexist. Its a celebration. Even though the spanish women didnt get a chance to celebrate because that was taken away from them. But what a cultural and historical moment that is that i think will be remembered for many, many years to come. Thank you so much. Turning now to a manhunt for a killer. There are major new developments in the search for the escaped Prison Inmate in pennsylvania, Danelo Cavalcante has changed his appearance. This is doorbell Video Showing that cavalcante is clean shaven and new clothes. And this van he stole last night has been found. It was abandoned in a field behind a barn. In an afternoon news conference, Pennsylvania State Police Confirmed that their officers are authorized to use deadly force if they encounter cavalcante and he does not immediately surrender. He is somebody that comes from a background where he has endured some hardship and theres doubt hes willing to endure some hardship now. His choice is to go to prison for the rest of his life. He chooses not to do that, unfortunately, that is not the whats going to prevail in the long run. Polo sandoval joins us now from westchester, pennsylvania, what are you learning today . So, paula, the firehouse that you see behind me, thats turned into a temporary command center. And thats what we heard from police earlier describe the latest developments as a minor setback. When you look at the investigation and where its at, that could potentially be seen as an understatement considering what weve seen here, especially since Danelo Cavalcante is no longer contained to a certain area based on what we heard from investigators. And you can kind of sort of retrace where this 34yearold escaped killer has been the last day or so. According to investigators, it was last night that he managed to slip out of that perimeter where weve been reporting from for the last several days along with my colleagues as well. And they believe he made it across the street onto a dairy farm where the keys to a van had been left in that vehicle. It was as easy as jumping into that car and driving about 22 miles north to the phoenixville area. And thats where these new images are from, from the doorstep of a former coworker of cavalcante. Authorities are sharing these pictures as you mentioned. He looks clean shaven and looks in good spirits for somebody who has been on the run for well over a week and a half. At one point, he resumes that drive and makes it ten miles west to northern Chester County which is where he ran out of gas and had to ditch that video. I asked the lieutenant earlier today during that briefing where they think he could have been heading to. He seems to have gone west about 11 miles. As you point out. He literally ran out of gas. As you try to make up for any ground lost, where do you think hes going if he was going west . I think hes looking for assistance and i think he had a reason to do that. Where would be his next stop . Well, im not going to go any further than that, but i think thats a strong motivator for someone if theyre looking for assistance. You hear there, authorities hesitant to say where they think he might be. We know theres a temporary perimeter set up in that township where he abandoned that van. They have no reason to be that he could be inside of that perimeter but most importantly they dont have anything to tell them that he might have crossed state lines. One important note, though, we did learn earlier today that his sister is currently in the custody of immigration and customs enforcement. Authorities wouldnt expand on why. A potential immigrationrelated charge there. But theyre hoping to cut off any potential support here, paula, for this individual that continues on the run. One of the biggest concerns right now with every day, it makes them even more desperate, so they expect that he could try to steal another vehicle. Of course, their concern there is that he could potentially carjack an individual as he continued to work to track him down and certainly, of course, criticism is mounting on his on his force of hundreds of men and women in law enforcement. Yet, he was able to slip away. Polo, the entire country is watching that search. Thank you so much. And Hurricane Lee is expected to gain strength and create dangerous conditions on the east coast. An update on the storms path is ahead on the cnn newsroom. Plus, Ashton Kutcher and mila kunis say theyre sorry after they hurt anyone after Writing Letters for support for danny masterson. Youll hear from them next. 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Reaching those places is difficult, but critical as crews begin to open access to areas that had been blocked by rubble. Cnns sam kylie is in the hardhit region. Reporter people here in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains have talked that when this earthquake struck and it did this they didnt so much feel the tremors as feel that they were being caught up in some kind of war. And that is exactly what it looks like. They didnt feel the ground shaking under them, they said, they felt and heard the sounds of explosions, explosions from within and without their own homes and explosions up in the hills. 25 people were killed in the town three kilometers from here. This is normally a tourist paradise. Not just for foreigners, but for locals too. Some of the victims still being left buried under the rubble because its too dangerous to get them out. Actually mor roccans who were u in the mountains enjoying the cooler temperatures. The Central Government is nowhere to be seen in their words. We have seen evidence of their help with these yellow tents offering temporary accommodation. And here thats an accommodation for 1,200 people who have lost their homes or whose homes are now uninhabitably dangerous. The area has been struck in the last 24 hours by at least four aftershocks and theyre just not getting the help that they need. There is always going to be a level of frustration from people hit with this cataclysmic event. But there are dozens of these villages in this region, and for that region, it is the hardesthit region in all morocco where the death toll continues to climb well over 2,000 now. Sam kylie, cnn. Learn how you can help victims of the earthquake at cnn. Com impact or text morocco to 707070 to donate. And now to a story everybody is talking about, actors Ashton Kutcher and mila kunis are addressing the backlash theyve gotten after Writing Character Letters in support of danny masterson. Hes their former Sitcom Costar who was sentenced last week to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women back in 2003. In the letters asking the judge for leniency, they describe masterson as a friend and role model, but backlash erupted when their letters baseecame public the couple shared this video in response. We are aware of the pain that has been caused by the Character Letters that we wrote on behalf of danny masterson. We support victims. We have done this historically through our work and will continue to do so in the future. A couple months ago, dannys family reached out to us and they asked us to write Character Letters to represent the person that we knew for 25 years. So that the judge could take that into full consideration relative to the sentencing. The letters were not written to question the legitimacy of the judicial system or the validity of a the jurys ruling. They were intended for the judge to read and not to undermine the testimony of the victims or retraumatize them in my way. We would never want to do that. And were sorry if that has taken place. Our heart goes out to every Single Person who has ever been a victim of Sexual Assault, sexual abuse or rape. Joining me now, attorney and Legal Affairs commentator, also with us cnn contributor and the host of entertainment tonight. Nichelle turner. All right, ladies, everyone is talking about this case. It has everything, religion, sex, power. What did you make of that video . The Apology Video . Yes. I thought that it was at best rehearsed, at worst i think it made their situation even worse than it already was. It was a tough thing to watch just on its surface of seeming like ashton was trying to make it be conversational, mila sounded like he was reading a script. It just didnt come off as authentic and i think thats what people today are reacting about, not just the fact that they wrote these letters, but on top of it, this Apologize Video just fell very flat. Whats your reaction . Yeah, i agree with nichelle. Its kind of surprising to me that ashton and mila would even have the response that they had. They knew, i would imagine, that when they wrote those letters, it was a possibility that they would go public, and i would imagine that they knew that they would be in this situation, that there would be this kind of public outcry. The Me Too Movement has made it clear that women for the first time in decades are being heard around issues of Sexual Assault and rape and any individuals that do anything that support the perpetrators of these horrific crimes is likely to face some kind of backlash. So im a little surprised that they put out this Apologize Video in a way that is so inauthentic, and that they are shocked that the response is what it has been to their letters. So i mentioned the public outcry online, we can see it anywhere. Any Social Media Platform youre on, everybody is talking about this. A reporter talked to one of the victims, jane doe number one, she posted her response to the couples video on x, aka twitter, and it reads this video was incredibly insulting and hurtful. My hope is they learn radical accountability and the importance of selfeducation to learn when to keep their privilege in check, especially ashton who claims to work with victims of sex crimes and as to mila, i can only think of times up. The couple mentioned in their video being supportive of abuse victims. Clearly, mastersons own victim here doesnt buy that. No, and im not surprised. Again, im really more surprised at how Tone Deaf Ashton and mila are with respect to this issue. These women have been through a very traumatic experience, not just the rape itself but having to go through not one but two trials and also be involved in a civil lawsuit and as you said, paula, in the setup of this story, this isnt just about danny masterson. This is also a case involving the Scientology Church because there are allegations that the church made it difficult for these women to come forward and to tell their truths and that when they did come forward, that they had been harassed and intimidated. This is such a big story. Again, im surprised that ashton and mila saw the need to insert themselves in it and then try to back away from what they did with this really poorly produced video. Yeah, the Scientology Part of this is really key because there are rules within that church against reporting people to the criminal Justice System which made it even more difficult over the past 20 years for these victims. Nichelle, i want to give you the last word here. What do you think was going to happen here Going Forward . I dont think that its going to go away for them. I think, like i said, they prolonged this even more with this Apologize Video that they did. I think that we as the media are going to want to ask them questions about, number one, why they wrote the letters, number two, why did they put this socalled Apology Video out and, number three, what do they actually feel. It was it was i think disappointing for people who look at them as people who do good work and who try to, you know, be progressive in the community, to be so tone deaf in this situation. I dont think that ashton and mila will get out of this situation by putting that video out and thats it. I think they still have questions to answer. Such an incredibly important story. It reminds people just what victims of Sexual Assault face when they try to go through the process to get justice. Areva and nichelle, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. Thanks, paula. 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We know trumps lawyers have signaled that they want to try to move this state case in georgia to Federal Court, but late friday his former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows lost his bid to make a similar move, so do you think trump will still try to move to Federal Court . If so, will he be successful . Well, im glad to be with you this afternoon. This is likely that he will try to move the case to Federal Court. I dont know that the loss was completely unexpected. There was probably a 50 50 chance in which way it might go with judge jones. Hes made his decision. Whats interesting is that immediately, the team appealed and i think thats really what were seeing is this is an effort by trump likely to delay, to continue to delay this case. You saw during the hearing in the Superior Court last week, the trial judge was interested in what an appeal of the issue would do and how much delay that would cause in the state case. Even if the state case were to remain in fulton Superior Court. He talked about it being a months and months delay because of the appeal to the 11th circuit and likely then to the supreme court. I think he will move. The question will be whether or not the court finds that trump fits the statute for removal. The president and Vice President are not governed by the hatch act, for instance. He is expected to do Campaign Things even in the white house. But whether or not he is able to articulate a claim, i think they will use the decision that the court wrote and the trump team will pick the things to seem to get the judges interest, expand on those and hit on those in their motion and then file the motion, of course, and argue it to move. Judge jones did say, look, this is not applying to everybody. Im just ruling on meadows. Everybody will get the same opportunity to be heard. I think theyll take advantage of that. Given all of trumps legal trumps, he has more legal cases pending than any president ial candidate in history, most of his gop competitors, they still treat him with kid gloves. Will that ever change . Well, listen, Chris Christie that be swinging at trump and that should be said and well see if that has a long term affect. Hes playing a long game. Chris christie will talk about if i keep doing this, i will change voters minds as it gets closer and closer and trumps legal troubles loom larger and larger. But for the rest of them, theyve remained hands off. And youve got two parallel campaigns happening. You have people running for president to court voters who are moderates, independents, disaffected republicans, maybe some democrats who are not pleased with joe biden, and then parallel to that, youve got people trying to convert the cult of trump. And those two things cannot intersect. They cannot be aligned, right, because to get the moderates, the independents, the disaffecteds, you cant kiss up to trump and thats the only thing you need to win the cult of trump and those voters. So its an Odd Calculation to try and win the cult of trump when trump is also already in the race and those are probably a lock for him. So i would abandon that. And run for Everyone Else which means swinging at trump. Joe, if trump goes to trial in georgia, it is expected to be televised, if that happens before the president ial campaign, do you think it makes a difference at all that people can watch the process . Do you think it would change the hearts and minds of any voters . Its obviously going to have an impact. At the beginning, paula, you said hes balancing his legal and political campaigns. Theyre all one and the same now for trump. The legal actions taken against him, hes using in his campaigns as evidence of the that the system is rigged and it goes right to the heart of the message that hes been zl delivering to his base for five years. For trump, i mean, its still more than anything, hes a guy who loves ratings. He was trained on the apprentice. He will love this and he will use these cases as a way to campaign. Democrats will watch because they hate him. Maga folks will watch because they love him. What really matters is the people in the middle that will decide the election, whether they think that somehow the system is working against him or theyre turned off like they were in 2020 and move back towards supporting president biden. Michael, we learned this week that the Georgia Special grand jury recommended charges against 39 people. 19 were charged or indicted and the District Attorney there, she decided against charges for people like senator lindsey graham, former senators david perdue and kelly loeffler. Do you think that that is going to be an issue at trial . Is this something that they could bring up in court and what about the court of Public Opinion . We know as, you know, he was just saying, the former president is trying to argue that this is political. But she opted not to move forward with charges. How do you think these recommendations related to the current and former senators will impact this case . Well, i think joe is exactly right. I think this is as much a part of the campaign as any criminal process in trumps mind. And so this is one more piece that he will use to argue that hes being oppressed by the prosecutors and moving forward and you can simply look and see, i believe, he will say, that they did not charge kelly loeffler, they did not charge david perdue, lindsey graham, all these other people, but yet theyre coming after me and we saw this on the report, that the vote was not unanimous. There was a holdout that was not in favor of indicting the former president. I think youre going to hear more about that. The report itself is really skeletal. Theres no evidence of deliberations. Theres not much to be said about what theres no transcript. Nothing to be said about whats happened in front of the special purpose grand jury. Its about nine pages listing out who voted for what and the numbers of the votes and this defendants they thought are potential defendants should be named. The rest of the report is a recitation of georgia law. So i think hell use it. Whether or not he uses it at trial, i dont know. But i think this youre seeing all of this, everything thats happening is playing right now into his hand as it relates to delay and then argument that, look, ive got all of these people, all of these prosecutors all coming after me and they want to get their trial scheduled before election. Theyve had 2 1 2 years and here they go. And that maybe playing into some of his Campaign Stuffing that were seeing going on. Unclear if that will happen before the election. Michael moore, s. E. Cupp and joe lockhart, thank you. Thank you. And the top u. S. General says ukraines offensive is running out of time. Well explain why. And well talk live with congressman jim hines of the house intelligence committee. Thats next on the cnn newsroom. My customer was enjoying her new car, when her windshield cracked. [gasp] customer my car tech vo shshe didnt take it to the dealer. She scheduled with safelite. 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And he also serves on the congressional ukraine caucus. Congressman, thank you for being with us today. Thanks for having me. The general says its too early to say whether the counteroffensive has failed, but clearly time isnt on the ukrainian side here. So what does u. S. Support for the war mean at this time . Yeah, paula, its a little hard to listen to that. You know, the ukrainians are engaged in truly an existential, an overused word, but an existential fight for their country. And its our fight too, right . Its a fight against a brutal dictator by a fledgling democracy. And to say that just because the fighting season may slow down their advance, that somehow is equivalent to their failing when they have done nothing but win unexpectedly now for coming on two years is a little rich, yes, the fighting will be different when the ground is frozen, but frozen ground makes it easier for vehicles to get around under some circumstances. My point is here, this is not something thats going to be over quickly. If people are expecting a hollywood ending here, that at the end of two hours, the ukrainians are going to merge victorious, this is the real world. They have brutal, brutal fighting and theyre going to continue to win so long as we in the west continue to support them in their fight, which is why at the end of the day, im pretty animated against people who were saying that this is somehow verging on failure. I want to turn now to asia. President biden is visiting vietnam today and he said his trip isnt about containing china. He argues americas goal is about, quote, getting the relationship right with beijing. However, republican president ial candidate nikki haley is slamming the administrations stance. Take a listen to what she told my colleague jake tapper on State Of The Union today. China has been practically preparing for war with us for years. Yes, i view china as an enemy. How much more has to happen for biden to realize you dont send Cabinet Members over to china to appease them. You start getting serious with china and say, were not going to put up with it. Is haley right . Is china an enemy of the United States . Well, look, you know, nikki haley is running for president. She is doing exactly what you would expect her to try to do which is to appeal to the republican base. There was a point in time when nikki haley had a responsible government position, that time is not now. If you want to call them an enemy, okay, they have certainly been extremely aggressive in the south china sea, theyve stolen our i. P. But, guess what, theres 700 billion in crossborder trade with china. They own about a trillion dollars of our sovereign debt. Everything that were wearing, the furniture in the rooms that were sitting in was made in china. And so, you know, if you again, i understand using the word enemy in the context of a republican president ial primary. Whats called for here is statesmanship. Were clear with the chinese about what were not going to tolerate and hopefully the west isnt going to tolerate, aggressive behavior in the south china sea, Turning Fire Vessels on ships. We also have common interests that we cannot forget. Back on u. S. Spoil. As you know, of course, the house is back in session this week and theres an epic fight over spending among republicans. Theres three weeks left to craft a deal that will avert a shutdown at the end of this month. What is the likelihood of this actually happening. Well, ill know more on tuesday when i get down there. Its been five weeks or so since weve been in session. Look, heres what i would point out. You know this. The senate has actually been passing Appropriations Bills almost exclusively in a bipartisan way. So here you have one chamber that is making progress. You have a democratic president and, yes, there are 10, 20 republicans who want to outlaw abortion in this country as a you know, as a ransom for letting a budget go forward, who want to do all sorts of ideological things. They are very isolated, right . Yes, they control the house by a very narrow margin and the speaker of the house has to listen pretty hard to any four republicans, including matt gaetz and Marjorie Taylor greene. But the really is, we know how this end. A budget does get passed. I imagine that the, you know, Social Media Performers on the republican side are going to demand their pound of flesh. But i think given the way the poker table is laid out here, we do get a budget passed. Congressman himes, thank you for joining us. Thank you. Hurricane lee is threatening to create dangerous conditions on the u. S. East coast. And its expected to get stronger in the coming days. The latest on the storms path next from the cnn newsroom. Air wick. 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The powerful storm returning to a category 3 hurricane just a short time ago. Now set to impact the east coast with rough surf and dangerous rip currents. Cnn meteorologist Jennifer Gray joins us now with the very latest. Jennifer, hows it looking out there . Reporter hey, paula. Youre right. It has slowly started to regain strength. You can see that eye starting to pop out once again in the last few frames that really indicate that we are seeing some strengthening organization with lee. Winds of 120 miles per hour. Its moving to the west northwest at 8 miles per hour. So, this is going to continue to slow down a little bit. By the middle part of the week, well finally get a better idea of where this is going to go because its expected to take that turn to the north. This could top out as a category 4 storm later tonight or early tomorrow morning. So, we do expect further strengthening from the storm. But the Million Dollar question with this storm is when exactly will that turn to the north take place . Models are slowly starting to come together and agree a little bit more on when thats going to happen. But then you can see how spread out they are up here. So, a little bit of uncertainty there. But the sooner this turn take place, that will mean the less impacts well see to the u. S. East coast, if any. Its still too early to tell what kind of impacts well have along the east coast, if any. The best thing to do is just be prepared. Stay tuned. By the middle part of the week, we should have a much better idea of what were looking at here. Still a couple possibilities of where the storm could go. Were looking at potentially passing a little closer to the east coast or a little bit farther to the east. It all depends on what we call this trough right here, this ridge thats building, and if it breaks down a little bit more then it possibly could allow it to go farther to the west. 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Com im paula reid in washington. Jim acosta has the day off. You are in the cnn newsroom. And a manhunt expands, as a convicted killer remains on the loose. This hour, there are major new developments in the search for the escaped Prison Inmate in pennsylvania. Danelo cavalcante has changed his appearance from the photos first distributed by police 11 days ago. This is doorbell video from last night. It shows he is now clean shaven with a change of clothes aside from his prison pants. And this van that he stole last night from a dairy has been found. It was abandoned in a field behind a barn. In an afternoon news conference, Pennsylvania State Police Confirmed that officers are authorized to use deadly force if they encounter cavalcante and he does not immediately surrender. He is somebody that comes from a background where he has endured some hardship, and theres no doubt he is willing to endure some hardship now. His choice is to go to prison for the rest of his life. He chooses not to do that. Unfortunately,