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From cnns world headquarters, newsroom starts right now. And at this hour, a team of u. S. Diplomats and officials are in north korea. Their mission there is to lay the groundwork for the upcoming summit between those two nation. And that summit still may or may not happen. Earlier in the week u. S. President donald trump pulled the plug on the meeting over some hostile comments made by north korean officials. But here is the thing. On saturday, he hinted to reporters that after the surprise meeting between north and south korea, the leaders there, the summit may be back on. And another clue. A u. S. Advanced team has also left for singapore where the june 12th summit is set to take place if it happens. And lets take a look at all of this. We want the bring in Paula Hancocks who joins us from seoul, south korea. So paula, despite President Trump cancelling the summit meeting thursday, it now appears to be back on track for june 12, as originally scheduled. And this u. S. Delegation is now in north korea to plan for that summit. What are you learning about all of this . Well, rosemary we know about the u. S. Delegation that its headed up by a man kim song. He is u. S. Ambassador to the philippines. But he was an ambassador here in south korea. He was one of the point people that washington had when they were negotiating with north korea in previous years. So he has experience of talking to the north koreans. He knows how difficult and challenging it can be to try and strike a deal with pyongyang. He was very much involved in sixparty talks as well. So from that point of view, they do have people who have experience of this before, who are currently in north korea negotiating with the north korean side. Now as we understand it, this is going to be more about the substance of the summit itself, more about what will be on the agenda. Clearly denuclearization is going to be the big issue on the agenda. But how do they discuss that . What sort of issues does each side have . Is there any chance, i suppose, of these prenegotiations trying to narrow the gap between the north korean understanding and the american understanding of what denuclearization means. Because usually when you have these summits between big leaders, you will have months and months of preparation. Months of these kinds of prenegotiations and once you get to the summit, most of it is already agreed upon. But, of course, this is a very different situation and two very different leaders. Yes, most certainly. There are two issues that threaten to derail this summit going forward. Trust is one of them. And you mentioned the other one, denuclearization, the problem being of course that the two sides do not share the same definition, as you also mentioned. But this is problematic, isnt it . If the two leaders arrive together there in singapore on june 12th, and that has not been decide . Well, thats right. And i think this is where these kind of delegations are coming very useful. The fact that there is this prediscussion on what exactly both sides are discussing, because neither side want tots come away from a summit with it having failed if the summit even goes ahead. But we learned over the weekend from the north Korean Leader and the south Korean Leader meeting for the second time in a month which is unprecedented is we understand a little bit more about what kim jongun is going to be look for from this summit. According to president moon jaein, he spoke to the nation on sunday, he was talking about the guarantees that kim jongun is looking for. He wants a guarantee for the survival of the regime. So certainly it gives us a bit more of an insight into what he is looking for. President moon also mentioned there would be economic benefits for mr. Kim. But he said to the north Korean Leader, you should sit down with the u. S. President so he can tell you this himself facetoface. Weve already heard from mr. Trump that he has guaranteed kim jonguns safety, which raised some eyebrows here, guaranteeing the safety of a dictator. But saying that he will be safe, he will be happy. His country will be rich. So getting more and more insights into what exactly both sides want. And of course guarantees like that are difficult to give when we think about ten years into the future and a whole lot of other variables. But talking there with our Paula Hancocks, joins us from seoul in south korea where its just after four income the afternoon. Many thanks, as always. And now lets get some perspective on all of this and the possible outcome that is if it happens. Were joined by tai wi wen. It is a pleasure to have you on the show at this hour. The devil always in the details with these type of things. We know north korea wants security guarantees. We know the United States wants denuclearization. The question, will these two sides be able to work out those details with this type of a meeting, keeping in mind time is of the essence right now . I think there is a lot of statement in this meeting, as you have mentioned. The two sides have very different definition of what denuclearization is. So it remains to be seen whether they can bring together or close the gap between two definitions of denuclearization. Now, there is a lot of speculation of what denuclearization mean. Some people say face withdrawals. Others say kind of a security umbrella before they will give up their weapons. And others would say an toned the exercises. This is all pure speculation. So i expect that the talks will be very important in kind of shaping the agenda of what exactly defines a denuclearization. I think they received news that president moon from south korea might be joining the talks in singapore, and that might clarify or at least he could become mediator in bridging this gap. Also, when it comes to economic aid for north korea, now there is some pushback were hearing to the idea of outside investment from private companies, keeping in mind thats something that President Trump has suggested all along. What would north korea be looking for when it comes to aid . I think so far we have heard three individuals talk about aid. President trump himself, mike pompeo and japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe. And president xi at times has talked about economic for north korea if talks turn out to be successful. So International Leaders stand by ready to give economic assistance to north korea. But the big question is whether the talks will be successful. And it all hinges on the two parties, u. S. And north korea to hammer out the details of how they define denuclearization. Id like to get your thoughts on how these allies of the United States, south korea, japan, how they have all worked together in this. Again, just a few days ago, several days ago we saw the u. S. President cancel this summit, to the surprise of south korea. Then we saw south korea, president moon jaein held a surprise meeting with north korea, seemingly, to the surprise of the United States. Is there a sense that these allies are working together . Is there a sense that it is almost every man for themselves to make this summit happen . Indeed. The two allies of the washington, tokyo and seoul are working very closely together and coordinating the efforts, as well as actions with washington, d. C. One good example is when president moon met north Korean Leader kim in the very first summit in the demilitarized zone. President moon eased japanese concerns about abductees that north korea has kidnapped from japan. Two, north Korean Leader kim, and also reported shared information back through south koreas intelligence. So i think this whole episode, as well as the Nuclear Testing in the past has achieved a much closer relationship in washington, tokyo and seoul. We certainly appreciate your type and perspective. There are a lot of question at play. Well stay in touch with you as this either happens or does not happen. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Well, the u. S. President renewed his attack on the russia investigation in a series of tweets sunday. And Donald Trumps attorney is defending him. Rudy giuliani said the president s tweets are part of a strategy to avoid the threat of impeachment. Our Boris Sanchez has details now from the white house. Reporter the russia investigation clearly top of mind for President Trump this weekend, as we saw in a number of tweets in which he called the russia investigation a witchhunt and referred to russias role in the 2016 election as socalled meddling. The president in one curious tweet referring to young and beautiful live that were described by the russia investigation. I got a chance to ask some white house officials specifically who he was talking about. They did not send me a response. Though the president s attorney Rudy Giuliani was on state of the union sunday morning with dana bash, and he called the russia investigation during that interview illegitimate, again, repeating claims that were previously made by the president , suggesting that there is a wide conspiracy theory, a spy that was implanted by the deep state within the Trump Campaign to try to benefit Hillary Clintons campaign, something that neither the president nor giuliani nor lawmakers on capitol hill provided any conclusive evidence for, giuliani argued that the reason that they continue propagating these claims is not necessarily a legal strategy to try to defend the president from the special counsels investigation, but rather, a Public Opinion strategy, one meant to sway the public to believe that the investigation is not valid. And further, one that is designed to protect the president from the threat of impeachment. Listen to this. Theyre giving us the material. I couldnt do it if i didnt have the material. Theyre giving us the material to do it. Of course we have to do it in defending the president. Were defending to a large extent, remember, dana, it is for Public Opinion because eventually the decision here is going to be impeach, not impeach. Members of congress, democrat and republican are going to be informed a lot by their constituents. So our jury is the american as it should be, is the american people. Dana also pressed giuliani on the question of whether the president would sit down with Robert Mueller for a oneonone interview, something that weve long speculated about. Recently sources have indicated that both sides, the Trump Legal Team and the special counsel have been discussing logistics and the potential subject matter of that interview. Giuliani made the case that the investigation would be wrapped up were it not for the president s adamant assistance that he wants to sit down and be interviewed by Robert Mueller. Boris sanchez, cnn, at the white house. And for more on this we go to scott lucas in england. He is professional of International Politics at the university of birmingham. Scott, good to have you with us. Good morning. So lets start with one of President Trumps tweets from over the weekend that had a few of us scratching our heads, it has to be said. This is what he said regarding the russia probe. Who is going to give back the young and beautiful lives that have been devastated and destroyed by the phony russia collusion witchhunt . They journey down to washington, d. C. With stars in their eyes and wanting to help our nation. They went back home in tatters. So, scott, which young and beautiful lives do you think he is referring to in this tweet . Well, rosemary, first i need to be direct with you, and i need to say this, even at the risk of cutting the interview short. Donald trump lies. Over the weekend he lied about the north korean summit, denying the existence of a white house official. He lied about the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the border, and he put out a series of lies about the trump russia investigation. He lies when he says that the fbi had a spy inside his campaign in 2016. He lied again when he said all members of Robert Muellers investigating team are democrats. And then he topped it off with a tweet to which you referred, and that is that the people who have been indicted or convicted in this investigation are, for example, his former Campaign Manager paul manafort, his former Senior Adviser and National Security adviser michael flynn, his Foreign Policy adviser, george papadopoulos, and others. Theyre beautiful, but theyre not young, they were not innocent. They were involved in this investigation of whether or not he is linked to russians in the 2016 campaign. And let us be clear about why he is lying. Aided and abetted by Rudy Giuliani who gave the reason away. They need to discredit the mueller investigation. They need to tear it down. They need to tear it down before the facts are presented to the point of whether or not there is impeachment, the possibility of political or criminal charges against the president and his advisers. So this campaign is now allout. And still on the topic of the russia probe, lets just listen for a moment to what republican senator jeff flake revealed about his concern regarding the investigators. I can tell you behind the scenes there is a lot of alarm there is concern that the president is laying the groundwork to move on bob mueller or rosenstein. And if that were to happen, obviously that would cause a constitutional crisis. There is concern behind the scenes. Ive been concerned that we havent spoken up loudly enough and told the president you simply cant go there. And he is obviously probing the edges as much as he can. Right. To see how far congress will go. And weve got to push back harder than we have. So, scott, he has threatened this before, hasnt he . But how likely is it that mr. Trump would get rid of mueller or rosenstein, given the great risk involved in triggering a constitutional crisis and perhaps impeachment proceedings . Well, donald trump, ever since Robert Mueller was appointed in may 2017, has really wanted to get rid of him. But of course to do that, he has to get rid of the Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein, who is the only person who can dismiss mueller. The problem is that each time trump tries to do this, his advisers pull him back and say there will be this crisis. So what we have now is a plan b. If you can discredit mueller, if you can discredit rosenstein, if you can say that nothing they do in the worRudy Giuliani is legitimate, you dont have to fire them. So while this campaign is going on this, campaign of deceptions and a deep state coup against trump, he wont have to resort to firing him. But if the campaign doesnt work, if they feel its feel failing, then trump is again back at the precipice. You mentioned Rudy Giuliani revealed over the weekend that he believed the russia probe was illegitimate, and that the administration was using this Public Opinion strategy to discredit the russia investigation. He admitted that. It appears that they are having some success in discrediting the probe when you lock at some of the recent polls. Oh, i agree that what you do is that you throw smoke in everybodys eyes, and we get so confused as to whether up is down, whether black is white, even as the president is saying, trust me, black is white here. Ive seen this tactic before. I saw russia use it even as they interfered in the 2016 election. They have a very organized state strategy. Whether Trump Officials worked with the russians during that campaign, they have learned a bit from that strategy. And donald trump himself as a gut instinct politician is going to go allout and hope and hope that Robert Mueller, who is exactly the opposite, who is not saying a word, who is not on twitter, that when Robert Mueller comes forward in his lawyer fashion, somehow trump can say nothing to see here, folks. No collusion, witchhunt. Scott lucas, thanks for joining us from birmingham in england, where it is just after 8 15 in the morning. We appreciate it. And well take a very short break here. But many voters in island are celebrating their referendum victory. But now that theyve agreed to change the countrys strict abortion law, it is time for lawmakers to roll up their sleeves. Well have more on that next. And there is a serious question to be asked here in the United States. 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This is something that was initiated, the referendum was pushed by the current government with the irish Prime Minister and his Health Minister in particular saying this has to get done. So i think they really do want to try and get the legislation as quickly as possible. But the reality is its probably not going to be done until the end of this year, rosemary. And, of course, atika, abortion is legal in the united kingdom, but not in Northern Ireland. And this abortion vote has brought pressure to bear now on Prime Minister theresa may to do something about that. How is she dealing with this very tricky political situation . Yeah, i mean, campaigners here really want to capitalize on the momentum theyve got from this vote. It was interesting. When i was at Dublin Castle for that big rally, there was a big sign that said the north is next. Weve already seen amnesty international, for example, put out a petition and appeal. Theyve got tens of thousands of signatures already putting more pressure on Northern Ireland to legalize abortion. But as you point out, its a bit different there britains Prime Minister theresa may, of course, finds herself in a very delicate political position because she is in coalition with the democratic unionist party. And that is a party that is prolife, antiabortion, staunchly so, and so also, the laws are different there. There is no constitutional ban in the uk. So it really is a local legislation issue. So its going to be a bit different for the issue of abortion rights in Northern Ireland. But absolutely there will be more pressure to bear, rosemary. We will watch that, and i know you will there from dublin, ireland where it is nearly 8 30 in the morn. Atika shubert, as always, great to have you with us. We have amazing video to show you of a rescue that took place in paris. An immigrant from mali is being called a real life hero, a spiderman, because look at this video. 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Welcome back to viewers here in the United States and around the world. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Im george howell. And im rosemary church. Lets check the headlines for you this hour. A delegation is in north korea to do the advance work ahead of a possible summit between the leaders of the two nations. President trump canceled it a few days ago, but all indications are its back on. An advance team has also left for singapore, where the summit is scheduled to be held. The former president of the United States, george h. W. Bush is in the hospital, this after suffering a loss of Blood Pressure and fatigue. Mr. Bushs chief of staff says the 93yearold is awake, he is alert and he is not in any discomfort. He was last hospitalized in april after the death of his wife, barbara. Facing hate from lawmakers for refusing to push forbe abortion reform in Northern Ireland. Theresa mays spokeswoman said abortion laws should only be changed by a government in Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, more than 100 Uk Parliament members will reportedly back a bill allowing abortion in the province. Disturbing story to share with you here in the United States. The government says it is not responsible for nearly 1500 undocumented minors who have essentially gone missing. These are children, children who crossed the border into the United States and landed into the custody of the office of refugee resettlement. Last year the office admitted it had lost track, lost track of nearly 20 of its children in its care. But the federal government insists the agencys hands are clean because it released the children over to sponsors who then take responsibility. Cnn explains. If someone comes to the border without an adult, a child comes to the border by themselves or if for some reason they are separated from their parents through or the adults they were with through the course of action, theyre turned over to a different Government Agency who then works to place them with a sponsor. Sometimes thats a family member. Sometimes thats an individual who seems responsible and can care for this child. Now this Government Agency has testified that it is their position that once they make that handoff, they are not legally responsible for what happens to those children. Theyre expected to show up for court dates and that type of thing. But they typically have not been followed up and figured out what happens toe these children. So in the last three months of 2017, they followed up on about 7,500 of these children. And as you mentioned, about 20 of them, about 1,500 that. Could not account for what had happened to them after their placement. Now, its unknown what happened to them. It is possible that those children made an independent decision to go into the shadows and live undocumented in the u. S. They could very well have ended up in the hands of traffickers. But this is now, you know, a potentially even bigger problem as the u. S. Is pursuing policy options that could result in even more children being separated from their families. And the u. S. Government is grappling with these questions, what happened to these children and what can they do in the future to prevent it from happening again. All this as the department of Homeland Security is defending a controversial policy of separating families that cross the u. S. Border illegally. And investigators are looking into a shooting at the southern u. S. Board theyre left a young woman dead. She and two other migrants had been traveling for more than two weeks when they encountered a Border Patrol agent in texas. As our Martin Savidge reports, our story of what happened next, well, that keeps shifting. Reporter we have learned new information first and foremost, the identity of the young victim who was killeded on wednesday, a 20yearold female from guatemala. We have also learned a bit more about the Border Patrol agent that fired the fatal shot. He is a 15year veteran of the force. Otherwise, though, the questions continue to grow. Searching for answers, even as investigators, including the fbi, showed up to process the scene of wednesdays fatal shooting. Customs and border officials began walking back critical details of the reported attack on one of their border agents. The revised Statement Released friday now says the Border Patrol agent was allegedly assaulted. In the original press release, the word allegedly never appears. Instead, it states initial reports described an agent under attack by multiple subjects using blunt objects. The revised statement simply states now the group of suspected undocumented immigrants rushed him. Wednesday they said the agent fired his weapon, fatally wounding one of the assailants. The revised statement now said the agent discharged one round, strike one member of the group, no longer characterizing the shooting victim as an assailant. Marta martinez was a witness to what happened. What she says she heard and saw was nothing like either account officials have given. So when was the first indication there was a problem here . When i heard the gunshot. Reporter martina says when she rushed out of her home, she didnt see a Border Patrol agent being attacked by a group. So i came out and got my phone and started recording. I didnt thought there was somebody dead. Reporter marta live streamed the aftermath which has since been viewed thousands over time. Marta martinez had a front row seat because it happened literally right next door. She found the body of the young woman lying on the ground right there. There is still traces of blood. And if you come down here and look across her fence into this lot, there are other indications that something happened, a struggle or an altercation. Just look at the way the grass is all matted down. Juan gonzalez, the rio bravo fire chief was among the First Responders to treat the woman who was shot. He said when he got there, she looked very young, very fatigued and barely alive. When she stopped breathing, he says, rescuers carried on with cpr. Did she say anything . Did she move in any way . Did she seem conscious . No. She was not conscious, but she was breathing. Reporter customs and Border Protection were to hold a News Conference on friday, but it was suddenly canceled, and then they reissued that revised statement. Experts say its not uncommon in the course of an investigation to change when you begin to learn new insights. One part that does trouble those same experts, though is when they removed the allegation that blunt force objects were used, in other words, kind of weapons that people picked up by this group that allegedly attacked the Border Patrol agent, when that was removed from the scenario, that is very troubling about the depiction. Martin savidge there reporting. Well, in the u. S. State of maryland, flash floods turned this city street into a river sunday. Murky water rushed through Ellicott City near the city of baltimore. This situation is especially hard on residents there who just finished rebuilding from last years floods about two years ago. And our meteorologist joins us now with the devastating rain and incredible image theres, allison. Thats right. And the unfortunate part for that town of Ellicott City is the topography that comes into play there. Because it sits at a low county. So all of the rain from the area ends up kind of flowing into that same spot. Not only do they get the rain that actually fell on Ellicott City, which is right here where my hand, but a lot of the other areas where it begins to flow back down. They also pick up lot of that rain as its making its way down towards some of the other rivers. So in turn they end up getting a lot more rain on their roadways and such than they would just just based off of the rain coming down above them. But lets take a look at the overall amounts where. My hand is located, this is where baltimore. Notice the heaviest rain was just out to the west of that. Widespread amounts, about 150 to 250 millimeters of rain, or about 6 to 10 inches total, which is incredibly high. If that was, say, your entire days worth of rain. But for those locations, a lot over them picked it up in less than three hours. Well talked about some rivers, creeks. The blue line remaining steady, and within two hours making a huge jump of about 17 feet, again, in just two hours. They ended up breaking their alltime record crest at this river because of that heavy rain. Now the good news is this particular region is getting a brief reprieve from the rain that will allow some of the water to recede. However, notice a lot of the moisture being pushed up from the south that moisture is coming from subtropical storm alberto. Now, the heaviest rain associated with this is still mainly impacting southeastern states like florida, georgia, alabama, and such. But this system is going to continue to make its way off to the north. We expect landfall to be within the next 12 hours. The winds will quickly start to die back down as it makes its way further inland. But its going impact other cities. Birmingham, nashville, even into chicago as we get later on into the week. And with it, its going to take some of that heavy rain. Miami, ft. Lauderdale, key west dealing with incredible heavy rain. And a lot of those areas, by the way, are already dealing with an above average month of may for precipitation. And now, george and rosemary, were going to add an additional 4 to 6 inches on top of what theyve already had. Looks like its going to be a soaker. Yeah, it is. It most certainly is. A lot to cover there, allison. Thank you so much for bringing us up to date. Thank you, allison. Still ahead here on newsroom, facebooks ceo insisted the company would follow the rules. But experts say the social media giant is already violating strict new european regulations. Plus this. I felt invaded, like total privacy invasion. This woman claims her amazon alexa snooped on her conversation. How a series of unlikely events may have caused the error. You might want to rethink of all of this. Were back in a moment to explain. Its time to get outsid. Pack in even more adventure with audible. With the Largest Selection of audiobooks. Audible lets you follow plot twists off the beaten track. 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Testifying in front of eu leaders on tuesday, facebooks Ceo Mark Zuckerberg insisted that his company would follow the rules. But as our samuel burke reports, legal experts report that facebook is already violating the new law. Reporter austrian lawyer max schrems has been fighting facebook in court over data privacy for nearly a decade. And today he wasted little time. His ngo suing facebook for allegedly violating the eus new Data Protection law called gdpr the day it came into force. Were looking for Big Companies that willfully violate the law, that try to ignore it and try to get away with it. Reporter schrems who helped writing the legislation says he is taking action because theyre violating the law. Theyre saying we dont want this. We think its stupid so we dont want to comply with it. And then there is business interests. There is certain things you cant do with data anymore. Reporter the new law was supposed to stop companies from hoovering up your Sensitive Data like political opinions, religious beliefs, ethnicity and sexuality for advertising purposes without your consent. According to legal experts, cnn spoke with, facebook is skirting this requirement. On your facebook profile, you can put in things like sexuality, religion, or political beliefs, and if you put that on, you dont have any choice but for facebook to use to it personalize content to deliver advertising and so on. There is only an i accept button. Exactly. There is not an i dont accept button. Exactly. You got it. Reporter he says even if you completely remove sensitive traits from your profile, facebook can still glean information such as your Sexual Orientation by analyzing your behavior on the platform and on other websites too. Facebook can infer things from the great amount of data it has about you across the web and also your mobile devices and apps that also send info to facebook. Reporter as you understand the law, does it prevent facebook from making these inferences that they make about us . Yes. That law forbids facebook from making inferences without consent. Reporter it could be costly. European regulators can impose a fine of up to 4 of its Global Annual revenue. Based on 2017 figures, that means facebook could face a penalty topping 1. 6 billion each time it runs afoul of the new law. In a statement to cnn, facebooks chief privacy officer said the company has, quote, introduced better tools for people to act a says, download, and delete their information. The company also says its building a new tool that will allow users to stop facebook from storing information about them it collects from facebook and other apps. We do expect them to be compliant on may 25th. Reporter lawyer max schrems believes the new rules will be tough enough to prevent the data scraping that other Companies Like Cambridge Analytica engaged in. If were enforced properly we can get a balance in this digital end. In the end, you as a user have the possibility to use facebook without worrying 24 7 about your data. Reporter however they come down on the giants of tech, theyre already redrawing the line between profit and privacy. Samuel burke, cnn, london. Okay. So amazons Voice Assistant alexa can do many things. And apparently it can even snoop on your private conversations. Our anna stewart explains this one. Reporter its a cautionary tale of technology telling too much. A woman in oregon says amazons alexa recorded and then emailed a random person with a private conversation that took place in her house. I felt invaded, like total privacy invasion. Like immediately im like im never plugging that device in again. I cant trust it. Reporter amazon echo owner danielle said she was chatting with her husband about Hardwood Floors when the device sent an audiophile to a man who works for her husband. She only found out about the recording when she received an alarming phone call. The person on the other line said unplug your alexa devices right now. We go around and unplug them all. He proceeded to tell us he had received audio files, recordings from what was going on in our house. Reporter amazon told cnn kiro 7 the device misinterpreted demands like send message and the contacts name as part of the ground conversation, and called it an extremely rare occurrence. Its unknown if the couple didnt hear alexas voice replies or see the speaker light up when it was activated, or if the device responded at all. Either way, its a case of mixed signals that has a lot of consumers thinking twice about just who or what they bring into the house. Very unnerving. I have one of those at home. You dont. Kind of old school. I dont know if i want it. Im not sure i still want mine now. What all its listening to . It listens to everything. It wakes up when you say alexa. But obviously that. 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Although he did meet President Donald Trump at the white house. I looked forward to it because i didnt vote for him, and i enjoy meeting him. Pleasant enough to have me right next to him when we were seated. Reporter chavez traveled acrosscountry from san diego to d. C. , stopping in kansas to refuel and meet with fellow veterans to attend the 150th Memorial Day Ceremony at Arlington National cemetery. He and his family are the guesting of defense secretary james mattis. But the navy veteran says more than all of the pomp and circumstance surrounding his visit, his focus is on those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Its the act of remembering that is most important this holiday weekend. National remembrance day, because its very important that the Younger Generation know and learn at the beginning of war. Reporter Vice President mike pence spent part of his friday at the taps good grief camp with a Younger Generation that knows the consequences of war all too well. All of these children have lost a loved one that served in the armed forces. A room full of heroes. Reporter and many will spend part of their memorial day here, in section 60 of Arlington National cemetery, remembering their fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers, veterans of wars in iraq, afghanistan, and post9 11 conflicts. I would do it again if i was called active, but chances are never. Reporter but the secretary and deputy secretary of defense surprised chavez friday night with a reenlistment and promoti promotion. Still, the 106yearold says the purpose of this weekend is to honor the memory of those he served with. I never will forget that, because i met some real fine young men. Reporter and the sacrifice of the men and women who came after as well. Diane gallagher, cnn, atlanta. A day to reflect and to remember. The worlds headlines for you straight ahead. Cnn newsroom continues after this very short break. Back in a moment. 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