Some proeuropean and others euro skeptical. Early on a sunday and glad that we are not alone that you are up and adam this morning. Good morning, im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. Good morning to you. Declines and deal making. Congress is facing both this week as they return to washington. The deadline avoiding a Government Shutdown is monday midnight rather on friday and when Congress Needs to get a spending bill to President Trumps desk. But will the president insist that bill include funding for his wall on the southern border . Hours paul ryan told mobs a Conference Call yesterday, keeping a government running is priority number one this week. But lawmaker on the call tell us the leadership was short on details. They say, so far, they are planning a friday vote on the spending bill. That leaves little room, though, for error. Its setting whaup could be a dramatic 100th day in office for President Trump. The new polling on his Approval Rating in a moment. Cnn White House Correspondent athena jones has more on this sprint to keep the government running. Reporter good morning. A big week ahead here in washington. House Republican Leadership held a brief Conference Call with the entire gop caucus on saturday and made it clear the primary focus of this next week is passing a funding bill to keep the government running. That is top priority. We know a few of the things the white house wants to see as part of that fund bill. One is money for hiring more immigration agents. Another is money for the border wall, this big border wall the president has long promised. Senate democrats are saying money for the border wall is a nonstarter. They are also opposed to adding money to hire more immigration agents to this particular bill. So the big question is will the president sign legislation that doesnt include a border wall funding . My clolleague dana bash spoke with john kelly about this. Listen. Reporter lets start with the border wall with mexico and how it relates to keeping the government over. If congress doesnt send President Trump a government funding bill by midnight on friday, the government will run out of money and a shutdown would begin. So will the president go to the mat and insist on funding his border wall as part of the stopgap government funding measure . Dana, i think it goes without saying the president has been pretty straightforward about his desire and the need for a border wall. So i would suspect hell do the right thing for sure but i suspect he will be insistent on the funding. Reporter you heard secretary kelly sounding pretty certain that the president would insist on border wall funding. President sounded a bit less definitive in an interview with the associated press. He said i want the border wall. My base definitely wants the border wall but asked if he would sign a bill that doesnt include that funding, he told the a. P. I just dont know yet. To use one of the president s term of phrase, we will see what happens with this border wall issue next week. One more note on that. One source was on this Conference Call said republicans are still in negotiations on the final points of the spending bill and the hope is to get it to the floor on friday. Keep in mind that friday is the deadline, friday is the day that government funding lapses. Back to you. Athena jones at the white house, thanks so much. Lets bring in errol lewis and tom lovianco. Errol, where we left off, the funding for the president s plan for this border wall, where is this going is in the likelihood at the end of the week hell sign some legislation with more than a billion dollars to start this wall project . It seems extremely unlikely. Hell need democratic votes to make Something Like that happen and the democrats have signaled they are not taking even a half step in that direction. The real challenge here, victor, he is trying to get all of this done before the hundred day deadline and somewhat artificial political construct. Its possible he could get the funding he wants for the wall if he can arrive at some kind of a compromise with democrats and members of the republican conference, but to put the additional pressure on that he has got to make some tangible movement on it before may 1st arrives puts more pressure on the congress than they can really sort of handle. There is no reason to think that they can get this done in the five short days that they are going to have once they come back to work next week. The president put a lot on congress plate as they come back on monday, tom, including last week, pushing for some vote in the house on health care by the end of the week. We know that the speaker ryan has said they are going to focus on funding the government and that its signaling at least that health care will have to wait. Did it ever seem realistic there was going to be a vote at the end of the week . We heard rumblings they were closer to a deal. No. I dont think anyone inside the capitol at least seriously thought they would have the vote by end of the week. Building off of errols point here, you know, i think maybe, if youre the president and youre looking at what your options are here, maybe you need to treat this 100day benchmark as an artificial construct. Look what happened the last time they rushed in on something, they rushed in on health care. There was a lot of criticism afterward that they had not laid the proper groundwork with being pj congress is a fickle beast. You cant rush things through there. They have to keep the government funding, right . They have all of this to work on here. The last thing they want to do is deal with a hot button item like the border wall without vetted that yet thorough. The new poll out the Washington Post and abc news showing that President Trump has the highest unApproval Ratings of disApproval Ratings of any president in modern times with 42 approve and 53 disapprove. I have not looked at the cross tabs to see why. I have a strong suspicion much of this comes from the pure uncertainty itself is a problem. You know . I mean, i have companypaid insurance. Its not a financial issue for me and my family fortunately, but it can make you nuts trying to figure out are with we supposed to get the braces this year or next year for our kid. How much money do we put into Health Savings account . What has been dropped . What has been put in . Where is my pharmaceutical coverage. It goes on and on and on, the prescription coverage. People have indicated, in many polls and in many different ways, that they just dont want this stuff tampered with and kicked around like a political football. I think congress and the white house, the sooner they sort of figure that out, the sooner their Approval Ratings, including for the president , will turn around. Thank you both for being with us this morning. Thank you. You saw just a few moment ago in athena jones report, a portion of dana bashs interview with Homeland Security john kelly. Watch the full interview at 9 00 a. M. This morning on state of the union. A u. S. Citizen is arrested in north korea. A south Korean News Agency the man was detained on friday at Pyongyang International airport as he was trying to leave the country. The korean america was only identified by his sir name of kim in his late 50s and a professor and was there to discuss relief activities. The state Department Tells cnn they are looking into that report. A big day for france as voters cast their ballots for that their next president. Some of in the mix with some call radical views. What could this mean for the . The president awards a purple heart to a wounded veteran. The president facing some criticism over what he told that soldier during the ceremony. Russian president Vladimir Putin flexing some military muscle in the arctic with a new base there. Why the buildup is putting the u. S. On alert. For Vladimir Putin, the arctic is a prestige project. It demonstrates russian history in its greatness. Russia can conquer anything. Dat and never pay overages again. So now the whole family can binge,. Surf, shop, navigate, listen, game, stream and more. All without the hassle of worrying about overages or running out of data. Only with at t, you can now get unlimited data with hbo included. And remember, its our best, wireless Unlimited Deal ever. So get at t, get unlimited and get everyone more for less. [heroine] happy to be here. [ceo] so when you take the job, all these benefits are yours. The worlds 2nd most decorated sushi chef. Im trying to get the first. 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Melissa is outside of a polling stake there a station there and david is a columnist for usa today. First to melissa. What is the mood there among voters . We know there was this attack just a few days ago that could have some impact on what is happening there. Give us a picture. Well, the fear was that people might choose to stay away from the polls both because of the Security Issues that you mentioned, but also because in france faced with that bewildering arare of political choice, many voting today and the far right and the far left hollande who is voting now. There was a fear might not vote but that appears not to be happening. We have been standing outed polling stake since the polls opened and see a steady flow of people coming to vote who teled us th told us they couldnt wait to vote. The populo ulace and ones that represent more openness and more european yahoo union. The french have a sense they are voting for the future direction of france. Perhaps in a way they never did before. One official figure which gives us an indication of that enthusiasm to vote. The midday turnout rate is up on 2012. Melissa, its clear that the terror attack has not had an impact on turnout, but considering the rules in france about new polling, is there any indication that the terror attacks may have had some impact on the choice that some voters are making . Thats the point is that because it happened when it did, 9 00 p. M. Local time on thursday night, just a day ahead of the end of the campaign, the polls we had one friday morning but that had been compiled before the attack. There has has been no measure in the opinion polls on the affect it might have on the choice people are making so we have to wait until 8 00 p. M. Local time tonight to work out what impact its had. We have been hearing from a lot of voters we have been speaking to it could help le pen who has been put things like immigration, the fight eat the center of her campaign. The only poll that matters is the results later this evening your time there. Melissa bell, thanks so much. We want to go to David Andelman now. We know two candidates on either side of the spectrum hire were taking a closer focus on. Do you believe that Marine Le Pen might focus on the recent terror attacks to boost her immigration pitch . She certainly already has. The final debate just after in fact, as the terror attack was being investigated thursday night, there was a national debate. The final debate on French Television and she was the one person who devote her entire fiveminute final remarks on to that very remark but its an open question, who is among the top four is in the polls are so tight you could put a postage stamp over them. A newspaper said the great suspense in france is what everybody is counting on. Nobody really has any understanding of just how that is going to work. I dont know how many people rely on polls any more after what we have seen in england with brexit and here in the u. S. With the election here. I know that youve talked about reports of russian meddling in French Election well. What is at stake for russia in frances election . There is a lot at stake for russia. Russia would like to see another country break out of the European Union as britain did. If its france and this is exactly what Marine Le Pen is promising if she wins, she want to take france out of the European Union. That could be the final straw that breaks apart the European Union and a lot of fear about that. Not only in france but in many other european countries. Germans are coming in for the election in a few months so there is a major concern all over europe about this election today. But its very interesting. The russians did try in their own fashion to influence this election but the way the french voters vote its very hard to do. They still use paper ballots, believe it or not. I have them here. You walk into a polling place and you hold up you take one of these ballots. You choose the candidates you want from this and you fold it into an envelope. You drop it in a ballot box that is glass. Its an allglass ballot box so everybody can see exactly what is going on. This is an election unlike any other in europe or in frances history and its really quite storied. My goodness. I want to stay on the topic of russia. Le pen is pro russia. She visited moscow, had a oneonone meeting, as i understand it, with putin just last month. And in a meeting in moscow, she said that a new world had emerged in these past years. Lets listen to what she said here. Translator its the world of Vladimir Putin. Its the world of donald trump and the united states. Its the world of mr. Motte in india and i think im the one who shares with these great nations a vision, again, of cooperation and not a vision of submission. What is your reaction . What is the reaction of people in france to that assertion . Ive talked with a lot of french people. Ive lived here for many years. I have many friends among the french. The french dont care very much for the russians, to be honest. There is oldtime communist Party Members who have an affection for russia for the russian system. The french are really independent breed and i think if there is one thing that could really hold down le pens voting popularity among the broad french people is a sense she could in any sense sell out france, they call it le patriotic nature of this country and as unpatriotic as the russia is. The french have a deep concept of democracy. Democracy is so important to them. Hence, the nature of their elections and the fact that this is so tightly fought because so very much is at stake here. David andelman, we sew appreciate your insight and thank you for tag the time for us this morning. Youre welcome. 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So i would suspect hell do the right thing for sure, but i will suspect he will be insistent on the funding. House Speaker Paul Ryan told members on a Conference Call yesterday, keeping the government running will be priority number one this week. But lawmakers on that call tell cnn the leadership was short on details. They say so far they are planning a friday vote on the spending bill, leaving very little room for error. On his first trip to Walter Reed Medical Center the president awarded a purple heart to a soldier wounded in afghanistan. Take a look. I wanted to do it myself. So congratulations on behalf of melania and mice and the entire nation. President trump presenting the medal there to Sergeant First Class avaro barentos. He thanked him on himself and the first lady. His wife tammy was there for the short ceremony. We thank him as well for his service. What you heard this that President Trump at walter reed is getting criticism. The purple heart is awarded to American Service members who are wounded or killed in combat and some have suggested it may not be appropriate to congratulate someone for receiving it. Lets discuss with errol lewis and Lieutenant ColonelRick Francona on the phone with us, a cnn military analyst. Errol, as soon as i saw this bit of footage, it reminded me of this moment from the campaign when a supporter gave then candidate trump his purple heart. Watch. Now i said to him, i said to him, is that like the real one or is that a copy . And ed, thats my real purple heart. I have such confidence in you. And i said, man thats like big stuff. I always wanted to get the purple heart. This was much easier. I always wanted to get the purple heart, this was much easier, given to Service Members who are wounded or killed. I almost hesitate to ask the question. Does the president not understand how Service Members are awarded a purple heart . Well, no. Look. He understands the basics of it, but i see the point youre getting at which this is the first commander in chief in the history of the country who was never elected to any office and also never served in the military. You know . Everyone else, all 44 of his ce predecessors were elected to some office. Others were military leaders of high distinction. He doesnt know the military traditions. He doesnt know that, for example, or maybe he doesnt care that his predecessor, president obama, never gave the purple heart in public. It was a solemn and private ceremony. It was about the nation privately recognizing the sacrifice of someone who was wounded or killed. You know, on the other hand, lets be real about this. Sergeant first class had the thrill of a lifetime. He and his family are going to be very, very proud. They will never remember what the particular words are. They will remember he was honored by the commander in chief and that is really what matters. Colonel, your reaction at what you saw yesterday at walter reed. Well, i thought the choice of wording was a little inartful but, you know, as errol says, this was a real honor for the sergeant and his family. Something they will always remember. I think its very important that people recognize the sacrifice, the service and the dedication of our troops. And the president presenting this award in public highlights the jsacrifices being made even today. People tend to forget we are fighting wars on several fronts. Particularly in afghanistan. Talked about the mohab, a lot of people were surprised we still had that level of confrontation going on in afghanistan. So i think it serves to keep the sacrifice of our troops in the public eye and, of course, this sergeants life has changed forever and i think it was important for the president to recognize that. So to a great extent, we see ive read the responses and some of the criticisms online about what the president said there yesterday at walter reed. What we see and hear from his supporters is that his heart was in the right place, that they have just been awkward in saying that. There is some allowance there for this being a president who has never really engaged in its way and especially in this role . That is exactly right. Look. A bit of local political hi. 30 odd years ago it was donald trump who cochaired the commission that created a Vietnam Veterans memorial here in new york city at a time when the war was unpopular, largely forgotten that the 400,000 odd veterans that are in the new york metropolitan area had really never been recognized in a way and it was one of the few things that this very boastful, very public man never really took a lot of public credit for. You know . I think to the extent that youve got something genuine at the core of Donald Trumps politics and personal philosophy, i think, respect for veterans is there. And i dont think any of the kind of awkwardness that you saw or will continue to see, if he continues to make these ceremonies public, is going to change that. Moving beyond the word here, colonel francona, would you like to see more of these presentations of the purple heart publicly as errol pointed out . President obama did it privately during his terms. Yeah. I think so. As i said before, i think its important that we realize and, you know, i wrote an article sometime back about this and i called this the cost of our freedom and we need to recognize that there are young men and women paying these prices and some of these wounds are horrific. The sergeant has lost his leg. He is going to go through years, years of trying to recover from this. So i think its important that we, as a nation, recognize that and honor these young men and women and one way to do that is to have these purple heart ceremonies. Lieutenant colonel francona and errol lewis, thank you both. Thank you. Still to come, we now know what the president is going to be doing rather than attending the White House Correspondents dinner. Yes, he has a plan. We will tell you what that is and what what we could expect to hear from him. Plus, russia is boasting about the new military post in the arctic and prosecute they are beefing up military presence there as well. Can i get some help. Watch his head. Im so happy. Whatever they went through, they went through together. Welcome guys. Life well planned. See what a Raymond JamesFinancial Advisor can do for you. Everything your family touches sticks with them. Make sure the germs they bring home dont stick around. Use clorox disinfecting products. Because no one kills germs better than clorox. 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Ethics reform will be a crucial part of our 100day plan as well. Well, cnn senior media correspondent and host of reliable sources Brian Stelter is up early with us this morning. If its so ridiculous, why commemorate it with a rally . Two word. I dont know, maybe one word. Counterprogramming. Who got the hype in the middle there . This is a counterprogramming move by President Trump, knowing that the White House Correspondents dinner is on saturday night. I mean, think about it like this. When it the last time the public held a public event on a saturday night. Normally, he is either at maralago or in washington or sometimes visiting one of his other resorts or retreats. Normally, its a private evening for the president. This saturday, a public event. Why . Because he does want to counterprogram the White House Correspondents dinner. Normally, every year, a president attend the dinner. Its one of the Hilton Hotels in washington. A grand affair, a red carpet affair, journalists and celebrities and politicians all mingling and sometimes its criticized for being too cozy so trump is going the other direction. Very much criticizing the press implicitly by deciding not to attend and telling his aides not to attend. There was speculation back when trump said he wasnt going to this dinner that he might do something else. Sure enough, it is this rally in pennsylvania instead. The White House Correspondents association, they have known a couple of weeks now the president wouldnt be there when he tweeted that out sometime ago so that is not new. This rally is. Have they responded to this concept of a competing event . No but i think the association sort of expected the president to pull off something, whether it be live tweeting the event or whether holding a rally or some other sort of spectacle. This is something the president the now president did during the campaign very effectively. Think about that evening when there was primary debate when all of the other gop contenders were on stage . Trump skipped that debate and held his own event instead and called it a fundraiser. So he thinks about it in television terms as counterprogramming. But i think it is also going to show the president s focus on his base. Perhaps the detriment of bringing in other americans who are more skeptical. Brandnew poll from the Washington Post and abc this morning and other National Polls showing the president is around the 40 for his Approval Rating. The Washington Post number is 42 . Almost everyone who voted for him in november and very few other approving of his presidency. To get the numbers up having a rally may not be the way. May to fire up the base and create a splitscreen moment when comedian criticizing out on one of the screen and a rally on the other side. It may not be able to improve your rathering overall. That was now President Trump showing up at the dinner six years ago. This is a famous video from six years ago, 2011. President obama was withering in his criticism of then reality star trump in the audience. President trump never came back to the dinner since 2011. Some people wondered if that is one of the reasons he decided to run for president. He didnt like how much he was criticized by the elites in that room. Any way that is one thorough eo he is skipping the dinner this year. Brian stelter, we appreciate it. You know hes not done with you yet. Brian stelter on reliable sources later this morning. Two big guests from the New York Times who will unveil details on the reporting that helped take down bill oreilly essentially. That is at 11 00 a. M. Eastern on cnn. You dont want to miss it. One thing we want to pass on to you. Important recall if youre having breakfast this morning. These are hash browns made by mccann foods. Put them up on the screen. Interesting reason here. 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The uss carl vincent begins drills with two japanese destroyers and exercise will continue for several days and this comes as the tensions grow there along the Korean Peninsula with north korea warning of nuclear war in response to what they call american aggression. Russian president Vladimir Putin unveiling his plans to dominate the arctic with a massive military base there. The Russian Military showed off a virtual tour of this new interior of the huge facility. Its going to be a base for 150 troops and war planes. Cnn correspondent brian todd reports on putins future intended for that region and what it means for the u. S. Reporter on a frozen windswept expanse in the arctic, Vladimir Putin military ambition is on grand display and painted like a russian flag is known for its threecornered structure and can house 150 troops and war planes. This is a lot about the projection of the russia status. Its a great power. Second the fact that russia is an arctic power. Reporter sweeping in on a massive military transport the russian president recent visited the base and hammering at the ice. Russian troops will be living you said the harshest of conditions. 18month deployments where the temperatures can dip well below zero. This is a base set up and perhaps the most inhospitable if not the most inhospitable places on earth and so cool short of living on another planet with no oxygen this is one of the most dangerous areas to operate. Reporter russians forces pride themselves in able to operate in the most bitter cold conditions, even training with reindeer. Much of the base is top secret but the russian does boast a tour of some parts of the interior. This is part of putins plan to dominate the arctic. The oil and gas renks he has his eye on in the arctic are massive and experts say worth trillions of dollars and accessible if Global Warming in the future. They believe a contest for who gets access to them. A lot of economic commercial competition. And the russian view is this is a very difficult area to operate. Its going to take a long time for them to establish themselves there so they want on to get theirs first. Reporter putin is navigating the region even having a russian flag planted on the ocean floor. Russian has more Arctic Military bases than the u. S. And more ice breaking ships perhaps as many as 40. How many ice breakers do we have available . I believe its one. One and a half. Okay, 1. 5. Reporter russias race ahead of the u. S. In cornering the arctic analysts say is a sobering illustration of putins ambitions. For the arctic, it is a prestige project. Russia can conquering anything. It can build a and overcome nature. Reporter the Trump Administration is pressured by analysts to close that gap with Vladimir Putin and beef up americas presence in the arctic opinion will they . We pressed official at the white house, at the pentagon, northern scomaned and the coast guard for any specific plans to place more resources in the arctic. We have gotten no response. Brian todd, cnn, washington. Happy days star erin moran has died at age 56. We will tell you how her costars are remembering her this morning. We want to talk to you about the foveirefighters in florida. They are struggling to get more than 150 wildfires under control now but they are getting a little bit of help. Last year, he said he was going to dig a hole to china. At t is working with farmers to improve irrigation techniques. Remote moisture sensors use a Reliable Network to tell them when and where to water. So that farmers like ray can compete in big ways. China. Oh. He got there. Thats the power of and. I knew at that exact moment. Im beating this. My main focus was to find a team of doctors. Its not just picking a surgeon, its picking the care team and feeling secure in where you are. 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Is there recent rain helping firefighters in florida though, they say this is a threat that is continuing this morning. Roughly 75,000 acres are being scorched there as more than 150 wildfires burn statewide. Joining us with more on these fueling fires here, and when the state could catch a break, we have got meteorologist derek van damme. Some of these fires are more than a Hundred Acres so we are talking about some big fires across the state. Yeah. Without a doubt. Check this out. You asked when are they going to get some relief is in the answer is right now. In fact, two of the largest fires that are burning across Collier County where naples florida is located in southwestern portions of the state, actually receiving rainfall as we speak. Definitely some good news. Not a lot of rain but we will take what we can get, right . 60 contain on cow bell fire and 20,000 acres already burned. 35 active wildfires over 100 acres dotted across the state and its all thanks to our severe drought that blankets much of the central and southern portions. We have got the three ingredients necessary for fires to spread. The fuel, the dry timber brush across the central parts of the state and got the heat. We are talking about florida here. Oxygen. Think about this. The air that we breathe is about 21 oxygen. You only need 16 for oxygen to fire to ignite and to spread. Big change on the way. Warm and humid air mass ahead of a cold front sliding through and bringing us the rainfall we saw now. Behind the cold front we will see a wind shift change and cooler and drier air settle in. Not only do we have our rainfall now but the potential for drier to settle in means that fires could start to reignite as we head into the middle parts of next week, so something we will have to monitor. Back to you. Even a little bit of rain is helpful. Derek van dam, thanks so much. He is just 17 but a lot of people say jerrain gray is a hero. A fire started in the kitchen and his mother says she is not all surprised by her sons actions for saving a baby from the fire. He has sickle cell anemia and something he dont really like to discuss, but for him to risk his self running in to get somebody else, that was amazing. No one was injured in that fire, thankfully, because of him, of course. You can see, though, by these pictures, the grays do not have a home, though. Health care is coming along well. Government is chg along really well. A lot of good things are happening. Chg along really well. A lot of good things are happening. Ochg along really well. 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