Lost everything. There is the sense that, while this phase of what is unfolding has concluded, everyone here is still very much on high alert. Announcer this is new day weekend. With Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning to you. Thousands of iranians want the Supreme Leader out. Right now, the Iranian Regime is feel growing pressure as more protests are expected. Thousands of iranians were in the streets of tehran yesterday, several chanting, as you hear, death to the liar, Supreme Leader. Their anger is fueled in large part by the downing of that Ukrainian Airlines passenger jet. Back in washington, President Trump is sending a message of support to the iranian people. He sent a tweet in english and farsi calling the protesters brave, saying he stood with them since the beginning of his presidency. Want to begin with Kristen Holmes in washington. Why is the president , i think a lot of people are wondering why is he inserting himself into these protests now . Good morning, christi and victor. Thats a good question. Theres a couple of things going on here. Lets look at where we were just one week ago after the u. S. Launched those drone strikes and killed soleimani. We saw iranians in the streets seemingly united against america. We heard chants of death to america. This is a complete 180 here and for obvious reasons, this is a better narrative for President Trump and the Trump Administration. But the other thing to note here is this focus on the protests really shifts the focus away from the justification for killing soleimani. That isnt something that we have seen these Administration Officials really fall all over themselves as they are trying to explain why it was important, why they needed to do this at this time. Now, you see President Trump really seizing this opportunity. He took to twitter, tweeting in english and farsi, which, of course, is the predominant language spoke then iran. Im going to read from the english version. To the brave, long suffering people of iran, i have stood with you since the beginning of my presidency and my administration will continue to stand with you. We are following your protests closely and are inspired by your courage. He then continues on and says the world is watching. But i want to note here, this is not just a 180 for the iranians. This is a clear 180 for President Trump. While he says in this tweet that he has stood by the iranian people since the beginning of his spt presidency, this is the same president who essentially banned iranians from coming to the u. S. Within a month of taking office. He campaigned on the socalled muslim ban. In addition to that, this is also the same president who just one week ago was threatening to bomb iranian culture sites, sites that are likely not just important to the iranian government, but to the people as well. All right. Kristen holmes, good to see you. Thank for the update. With us to discuss more is a former assistant secretary for the department of Homeland Security. Welcome back juliette. Good morning. Lets start with the environment, setting the stage for the conversation. First, at the end of last year you had the mass protests across iran. 1500 People Killed by security forces. That brief moment of solidarity after the killing of soleimani and now youve got this that weve seen in iran, but also the additional sanctions that are coming, the suspicion from around the globe. Talk to us about the delicate nature of what were seeing in iran. Its only january 12th. If you take us back to the new year, right, you have the soleimani killing, you have a sort of wide reaction by iranians about that. You have the brinks manship of the military effort and then the response by the iranians against us. You then have the downing of an airplane, sort of as a consequence of the high stakes. Now this response on the street. So i would be a bad analyst if i told you, this is how its going to unfold because the last 10 to 11 days have been surprising about what is drawing iranians to the street. Most people want to protect their country. So the response after the soleimani killing, millions of people on the street is much bigger than what were seeing in terms of the protests. We want to put it in context. The two things i can tell you are first, this does appear to be about the lying about the airline disaster. Most of the People Killed were not canadians. They were iranians. The regime lied. They could no longer sustain that lie. They didnt all of a sudden decide to tell the truth. The second thing, this has nothing to do with u. S. Domestic politics. Trump is not being chanted in the streets. This is about a country that has experienced something quite dramatic in the last 12 days. Let me ask you about the assertion that the president made, his belief in this fox news interview about the threat that he says that soleimani posed before he ordered that drone strike. Let watch. Large scale attacks planned for other embassies and if those were planned, why cant we reveal that to the American People . Wouldnt that help your case . I can reveal that i believe it would have been four embassies. I can reveal that i believe that it probably would have been four embassies. Now, a Senior Administration official and a Senior Defense official told the Washington Post that they were aware of only a vague plot involving the baghdad embassy. Does it make sense that congress would not have been told that, as members have said. That that would not have been included in the president s address to the nation on friday. But he rolls it out in this conversation with laura ingram. Searching for a justification. Lets be clear here, the gang of eight ought to have known this. The idea that the gang of eight cant be trusted with sources and methods is what disclosure to Congress Actually means. We should set that aside. That is the administration essentially keeping information as they ought to disclose to the heads of the intelligence committees. Second, theres a difference between knowing someone is a threat and intelligence sort of themes, someone may want to go after an embassy. Embassies are prime targets. One would assume if someone want today go after the United States, an embassy would be a target. The idea that the threat sh imminent. The idea that iran was going to target four embassies is an act of war, period. Right . If that were true, would our response really have been to take out just one person . Absolutely not. So i look forward as do others to hear what was the reason for the imminencey that the Trump Administration is trying to find right now. Juliette kayyem, well see if we get more from the administration this week. Thanks for being with us. Thank you. Also this morning, as iran faces global criticism, one of the top olympic athletes is defecteding. Earned a bronze medal in rio in 2016. She was irans first and only she didnt want to be complicit in the governments quote corruption and lies writing in part, i am one of the millions of oppressed women in iran. They took me wherever they wanted. I wore whatever they said. Every sentence they ordered me to say, i repeated. Whenever they saw fit, they exploited me. Here in the u. S. , moving on to another story here. At least nine people are dead. This line of severe storms, i dont think we saw it coming what were seeing this morning. All across the south and midwest this weekend, three the death, we know there are at least nine, they happened in alabama. Some homes there you see wiped out by a tornado. The latest death reported was in was a man in oklahoma. He was swept away by floodwaters. More than a quarter million customers across nine states lost power and millions were put under flood watches, flights at major airports, were talking about ohare, for instance, are getting back to normal. In chicago, more than a thousand flights were canceled because of the mix of freezing rain, ice and snow. Karen maginnis tracking whats left. Hardly anyone was spared by this huge storm system that cut a wide path across the Central United states and then trekked towards the east and in its wake, high winds, hail, snow, ice, deadly tornadoes. But also deadly winds reported. Here are the wind reports. Almost 500. That brought down trees and power lines. But the 12 tornadoes spread from the deep south into the central Mississippi River valley. That already claimed at least nine lives. Sadly, an elderly couple in bosier city, near shreveport, louisiana. I want to show you this map. This gives you an idea of the temperatures today. In particular, for pittsburgh, yesterdays High Temperature was 71 degrees. Typically, they would be around 36. Well, its not going to be that much cooler today. Its going to be breezy. But temperatures mostly in the 60s. Our frontal system, the entire system is trekking to the east. Most of it has pulled away. Most of the Severe Weather is gone. A few thunderstorms across the midatlantic. It is icy and snowy all the way from toronto to buffalo to bangor, maine, with gusty winds. It definitely is impacting that region. And there was a little ball game theyre going to be playing at Lambeau Field in green bay. They had a little bit of snow there. Its going to be brisk. Kansas city drive carefully. The roads will be slick because you had ice and snow there as well. Frontal system will linger across the southeast. As it does, rainfall is going to persist in the forecast. Were not completely finished with this weather system. We have Power Outages encompassing a number of states to the tune of in excess of 300,000 without power. Victor, christi, back to you. Wow. Karen maginnis, thank you. Three weeks now before the Iowa Caucuses. This morning were hearing from voters there. Coming up, how the back and forth this military action with iran could impact their votes. I think what happened this week will put more urgency in whats going on. More so than the impeachment hearing. Also, more than a dozen servicemen will be expelled from the u. S. After a review of the deadly shooting at an air station last month. The findings of that review put d. O. D. Security measures in question. A wider risk in the british monarchy. Well tell you who is being summoned for a royal summit tomorrow as prince harry and duchess meghan face an uncertain future. For your worst sore throat pain, try Vicks Vapocool drops. Its not candy, its powerful relief. 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And whether or not iowans would vote for trump, just 34 of registered iowa voters say they would definitely vote for him again if the election were today. 44 say they would definitely vote for someone else while spending the last few days talking to various voters, here is what one republican told us. Im not a trump supporter for many, many reasons. I do not have an appetite for any type of war and what we are involved with overseas as far as the middle east and what happened this week was trump almost stepped on a landmine. I think what happened this week will put more urgency in whats going on more so than the impeachment hearings. Is it possible that you might caucus with the democrats . Oh, absolutely. Im not going to vote for trump if hes a candidate. Absolutely not. That voter tells us he wants to remain a republican but as long as trump is at the top of the ticket, he will vote for someone else. Christi, victor . Thank you so much. Errol lewis with us this morning. Good morning. Errol. Good morning, christi. Thank you for being here. According to that poll, it would indicate that while people do not approve of what was allegedly done in this ukraine call, they dont necessarily want the president removed from office. What message does that send to democrats as we head into a week where the articles of impeachment are supposed to be submitted to the senate . One message is does send, christi the voters are saying well take care of this. We dont want you to remove the president but perhaps we the voters might do that in november. I think this is the voters wanting to have their say and wanting to be involved in this. Theres been so much back and forth, the democrats will have to keep in mind the voters want to not be ignored. They dont want to be shut out. They dont want to be watching a bunch of politics on television. They want to go into the voting booth and the caucus room. They want to make this happen themselves. Okay. So speaking of back and forth, were hearing from senator Susan Collins who is now working with a group of republicans to further discuss whats going to happen in an Upcoming Senate trial when it comes to witnesses. Lets listen to what she said here. I am working with a group of republican senators and our leaders to see if we can come to an agreement on some language that would be in the initial resolution setting out the parameters of the trial in the senate that would include an opportunity for the house to call witnesses and the president s counsel to also call witnesses. Errol, theres been a lot of debate about whether holding the articles was advantageous for speaker pelosi. Does this conversation from senator collins give us any indication that maybe it did produce some fruit . Oh, absolutely. What you heard from senator collins was a cry for political help. She and others facing reelecti reelection are getting a lot of pressure. They cant afford to have Mitch Mcconnell turn this into a charade. If it looks like its a summary dismissal without taking seriously the very real concerns that are out there, she knows its going to cause a political problem. Shes not the only one. There are a number of vulnerable republican senators running for reelection. Thats the group shes talking about. Theyre asking their majority leader, conference leader, Mitch Mcconnell to not make this a joke, not make this something thats going to play well on fox news but nowhere else. Mcconnell, of course, has to take that seriously. If he loses enough of those members, his rather slim majority in the senate goes away. And with it much of his power. Errol louis, always appreciate your input. I think i know where youre going to be on tuesday. Kind of eyeballs on the same thing as we are. Cnn, of course. Ill be live tweeting along with a bunch of other people. I cant wait to see that. Live tweeting from errol. Yes. Cnn, the place to be for the next democratic president ial debate. Debate is in partnership with the des moines register, by the way. It is this tuesday, 9 00 p. M. Eastern only here on cnn. Interesting medical breakthrough for couples having trouble having children. Coming up, the pennsylvania mother who gave birth using a transplanted uterus. Also, more questions about security after more than a dozen Saudi Servicemen were found to have connections to extremist movements following that deadly shooting at a Naval Air Base last month. B just cleans bette its the one inspired by dentists. With the round brush head. Oralbs gentle rounded brush head removes more plaque along the gumline. For cleaner teeth and healthier gums. Oralb. Brush like a pro. Because the tempurbreeze™makes stransfers heat. Away from your body. So you feel cool, night after night. And now tempurpedic is ranked number one by jd power in Customer Satisfaction with retail mattresses. 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At least 12 saudi military trainees are expected to be expelled after a review and an investigation into that shooting that began last month at the pensacola Naval Air Base when three sailors were killed, as you noted by that 21yearold saudi training at the air base there. As you noted, we do not expect that these saudi military officials who are going to be expelled are going to be accused of aiding that 21yearold. The officials have said that they found child pornography on some of these officials possession as well as a connection, potentially, online to extremist groups. Some troubling things found in this investigation. Youll remember a group of 12 Saudi Service members had been confined to their quarters as the fbi investigated the shooting as a potential terror attack last month and into this month. Now, victor and christi, we can report that the Justice Department is expected to conclude that it was in fact an act of terrorism and we expect to see these 12 or more Saudi Service members sent home as a result. David, i want to ask you about the vetting process here. A lot of people might be wondering, why would it take an investigation into a shooting to find out about these alleged activities against these servicemen . Yeah. Christi, thats really the question top of mind for federal investigators and for lawmakers in the wake of this shooting. We know that its something that the pentagon has really tried to wrap their heads around in recent weeks as well. There are currently more than 5,000 foreign students training at u. S. Military bases from dozens of countries, including 850 Saudi Service members. The pentagon has said that they are vetting these students and that the vetting historically has been done in conjunction with the departments of Homeland Security and the state. Theyll be able to interface with local host, Law Enforcement agencies and run the names of potential students against u. S. Government watch lists. But christi and victor, since the shooting, the Defense Department has said that theyve restricted saudi students to classroom training while conducting a review of the vetting procedures. On saturday, a spokes men from the Defense Department says its still in place while new screening and security measures are being implemented. David shore telefor this this morning. Thank you for your reporting. Thanks. Thank you. Still ahead, why Greyhound Bus lines is handing out free tickets to some young people. Also, coming up, we talk to congresswoman sherri bus toes about her voting to restrict the president s power when it comes to iran. Next. You always want to be able to deliver relief for your patients. Get them out of pain, get them out of pain fast. We have a new product out there sensodyne rapid relief. 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We must replace the two decade old umf with a Legal Framework that empowers the president to act against threats to our nation while con strange him from unilaterally placing us on a path to war. Joining us congresswoman from illinois shercheri bustos. Thanks for being with us this morning. Good morning, victor. Let me flip that sentence into a question here to you. Why not spend this time doing something with teeth instead of a nonbinding resolution . Why not focus on, as they suggest, repealing the 2002 aumf or working on legislation as they suggested on how to empower the president . I can tell you why i supported the war powers resolution. And we need to make sure that the president understands thoroughly what the constitutional duties of his office are. That is to consult with congress to make sure that everything, all the is are dotted and the ts are crossed before we do Something Like what happened with taking out general soleimani. I have growth Great Respect for max rose and relane lure i cant. They served our country. They know this in and out. I think theres no problem with them bringing up the fact that we should be looking at the authorized use of military force. Its an ex ten uation of the fact that we voted on the war powers resolution this week, sending the message to the president that, consult with us before you get into any more of these endless wars. All we have to do is go back to candidate trump when he talked about that he as president of the United States would put an end to these endless wars. I dont know if our country is any safer today than it was before he made this decision to take out general soleimani. You say send a message to the president. House democrats have sent lots of messages to the president. When will the House Democrats send a message enforceable by law . This is all moving pretty quickly. Nobody saw this coming, including whats called the gang of eight. We know that if you look at past administrations, democrats and republicans, they knew that they could consult with and advise the gang of eight, the Top Democrats and republicans in the house and the senate who have the intelligence, and the background to consult with the president. Look, again, i dont think we need to close off any more debate about this. But you may not need you need to close off debate. But are you calling on the house now to take up legislation to repeal the 2002 aumf . There have been discussions both in our caucus and among members. Were very fortunate with this freshman class that we have in the house beyond discussions. I hate to interrupt but we have a little bit amount of time. Discussions, not closing doors. When will democrats take the next step . Theres a lot of discussion about repealing the 2002 aumf. Will it be something that you will push for should that happen . Look, i am one member of 435 members of the house of representatives. I can tell you where i feel about this. The president was operating under the 2002 authorized use of military force of the we have been very clear as democrats that that did not apply with taking out general soleimani. So if there is any other action that the president plans to take, what we have been saying as democrats is that it is not good enough to use the 2002 aumf to do any more action or take any more action. Im asking for it is a yes or no question. Should you move to the step of repealing it and should you now move to the step of some enforceable legislation . Im asking the one member of 435. I get that. Im asking for your opinion. My opinion is that the president was not authorized to go in and take out general soleimani. It was improper to say that the 2002 authorize the use of military force did not apply in this case. I get that. My question was what will you could next. I took four passes at that. Good try. Representative ocasiocortez withholding her dues to the dccc. She tweeted this. They made it clear they will black list any organization that helps progressive candidate like me. I can choose not to fund that kind of exclusion. According to the rule, the dccc will not conduct business are nor recommend to any targeted campaigns any consultant that works with them. Is this not proving to be more problematic than beneficial as the congresswoman calls it, her word, not mine, a black list . I welcome congresswoman ocasiocortez to raise money and make this pledge shes going to help our candidates. We just left 2019 in the best shape financially than weve ever been at the Democratic Congressional campaign committee. Our grassroots donations total 60 million from 2019. I think were doing okay. Grassroots folks out there from all levels, every corner of this country understand whats at stake going into 2020. We have 42 freshmen democrats who will be up for reelection for the first time. These are people who know their districts inside and out. They already have seen wonderful accomplishments. We have to make sure, if we want to hang on to the House Majority as democrats, weve got to be very successful. I welcome the fact that congresswoman ocasiocortez is going to raise money and help democrats. Shes also endorsing two progressive, she would call them democrats, challenging incumbent democrats and shes not now paying those 250,000 in dccc dues. Is she good for the Democratic Caucus and the house . She has a lot of followers. I have respect for her. She brings a new voice to congress. Thats im low on time. Is she good for the caucus . Look, weve got members from all different spectrums. I respect her and she brings a new voice. I think thats always welcome. Its interesting. I have the chairwoman of the dccc whose job it is to support incumbent and congresswoman ocasiocortez is one. Im asking you just a straightforward question. Is she good for the Democratic Caucus and the house . Look, she brings a voice. We have members from all different spectrums of the democratic party. Look, i come from a district that donald trump won. My politics are somewhat different than hers. But she brings a voice thats welcome. And i have great appreciation for that. She raised more money in the Third Quarter of 2019 than any other democrat in the house, including the speaker of the house. She was given, as she counts, 300,000 to other incumbent, including some in swing districts and im asking the chairwoman of the dccc if this member, who is right now in the top ten of house members raising money if shes good for the caucus. You cant give me a straight yes or no . Look, i have respect for all 235 of the democrats in our caucus. She is bringing a new voice. The fact that she has raised unbelievable amounts of money and the fact that she Just Announced shes willing to help our candidates who need who could benefit with that financial help. Thats welcome. All right. And youre asking a yes or no question. Im a former reporter, victor. So i understand what youre trying to get at. But here im trying to get to a simple answer. And i took four passes each at two questions. I didnt get there. But congresswoman cheri bustos. I welcome her into our delegation and im very happy shes willing to help our candidates. Thank you very much. Thanks, victor. Well be right back. Thanks. Its the one inspired by dentists. With the round brush head. Oralbs gentle rounded brush head removes more plaque along the gumline. For cleaner teeth and healthier gums. Oralb. Brush like a pro. Rowithout the Commission Fees and account minimums. So, you can start investing wherever you are even on the bus. Download now and get your first stock on us. Robinhood. Tomorrow the British Royal family plans to come together for a meeting on prince harry and duchess meghans future. The palace has been in crisis mode since the couples decision to step back from royal duties. This is the first summit of the royals since the announcement. Theyre all expected to attend. Meghan is expected to call in from canada. Cnn is with us from london. First of all, what do we know . Theres new reporting regarding the impact this has had between Prince William and prince harry and their relationship. What we know, there will be a meeting tomorrow at Sandringham Castle. This is one of the queens country homes. Its a little over two hours away from london and attending in person will be all the senior members of the royal family, including prince harry. As you noted, Meghan Markle is expect today call in as shes returned to canada to be with her son archie. We dpoent know when shes expected to return to united kingdom. Prince harry has royal engagements in the next few days. As far as we know, hes still expected to attend. At this meeting its the first time theyre meeting in person. There have been several discussions. The queen has instructed everybody to work at pace. To find a solution. They dont want it dragging on for a long time. Even though the discussions are in place, they have warned it may take time for it to be implemented. Some of the top this desire for the duke and duchess of suction he is to be financially independent. What will that mean about their funding and the types of jobs they will or will not take . Of course, where will they live . How will their security look like . Who will be funding their security . As you noted, were getting our first bits of comment from Prince William. These are comments hes allegedly told a friend that were published in the times of london. He said, according to the times, i put my arm around my brother all our lives. I cant do that anymore. We are separate entities. Clearly, this is a crisis that is still engulfing the royal family. Still on all of the cover pages in the united kingdom. Its a story that is continuing to run on and on. As far as weve seen from the queen, she has not made any official comments yet from herself. She did attend church in sandringham but all eyes are currently on her and the Sandringham Castle as we ex thats a perfect segue to the followup. How much do we expect to learn in the summit, how much should we know about their future before they actually make a move and invest or get i guess theyre working on their own now. Their next job. I expect well hear something from the palace in the next few days, maybe in the next few weeks. They have warned that the changes wont be implemented immediately that it will take some time for it to start. There are some logistic things at place here. For example, part of harry and meghans staff come from the palace itself. What will that mean . Will they have to hire new staff themselves . There are a lot of changes that need to take place but the queen has instructed everyone to work at pace and make it happen as soon as possible. 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We talk with kids who are running from situations that are unimaginableable in many cases at home. So theyre running from abuse. From neglect. From domestic violence. From Human Trafficking situations. From Mental Health circumstances, from unstable families for just a variety of Different Reasons and there isnt sort of a one typical run away or Homeless Youth. Theyre facing circumstances and situations that for many of us are hard to imagine or hard to survive so theyre typically theyre running from something. And people dont want to be homeless or living on the streets or going from couch to couch. They want a family and to be at home just like most of us do. What do you suspect would happen to the kids if not for this service . Its hard for me to even imagine what things would look like because transportation is such a critical piece of getting young people to where they need to get to and to reunifying families. 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Three towns have been evacuated so far so of course well continue to watch this, but this has been kind of revving up recently and before we left you today we wanted to make sure you saw these pictures. They are stunning. Clearly, concerning enough that the flights are on hold. Yeah. Good luck to all the folks in the region there. Thank you so much for spending time with us this morning and i hope you make good memories today. Inside politics with john king is up next. A bold strike and a const t constantconstan constantly changing explanation. Plus the impeachment trial is coming soon. It neither guarantees witnesses or forecloses the witnesses. Thats what theyre afraid of. And its important to elect somebody ready on day one. We win when we have the big ylds to match