In february than he ever let on. Not only that, he down played the dangers of coronavirus from the start. That is his word, not mine. These are stunning admissions by the president of the United States. So, i want to play them for you. First, the president , back in february thats what youre going hear now. Back in february, President Trump speaking to veteran reporter bob woodward. And so what was president xi saying yesterday . We were talking mostly about the virus. And i think hes got it in good shape but its a troubling situation. Indeed. It goes through air, bob. Thats always tougher than the touch. The touch, you dont have to touch things. But the air, you just breathe the air. Thats how its passed. So, thats a very tricky one. Thats a very delicate one. Its also more deadly than your even your strenuous flus. People dont realize we lose 25,000, 30,000 people a year here. Who would ever think that . And then i say is that the same thing . This is more deadly. This is five per th
Allen. Newsroom starts right now. 4 00 a. M. In atlanta on the u. S. East coast. Thank you for joining us. The top story the house of windsor has decided the fate of the duke and duchess of sussex. Harry and meghan will no longer be working members of the royal family. The couple will no longer represent the queen. Use the title his or her Royal Highness or receive funds for royal duties. Big changes. In the statement the queen wished them well saying this, harry, meghan and archie will always be much loved members of the family, but many questions remain surrounding what is next for the couple. Lets talk about that with our royal correspondent max foster up early for us there in london. Good morning to you, max, outside buckingham palace. So, big changes. How do you characterize in the larger scheme of things with this royal family what harry and meghan are nowing to . Hes given up his royal roles and so has she. They were arguing to have a half in half out sort of model. A hybrid mod
Tell us more about the what it could be like in the United States senate over the next couple of weeks with the house managers releasing and filing with the clerk of the senate the document that is essentially the trial brief that is a road map for how they plan to proceed over the next couple weeks. And a lot of this is information weve heard before. Some of it is about the facts. Some of it is about the procedures relating to impeachment. And some of it is about the guidance from the framers of the United States constitution, the House Democrats summing it all up, essentially saying that this is a situation that is a nightmare or would have been a nightmare for the United States framers of the constitution. There is a lot of information weve heard before throughout the impeachment of the president , but theres also some reference to new information. As a matter of fact, one of the things the House Democrats talk about in their brief file today is about that report just last week from
Buckingham palace has announced the new arrangements for prince harry and his wife meghan, saying theyll no longer be working members of the royal family and will no longer use their titles of Royal Highness. Harry and meghan will step back from royal duties, but will continue to be patrons of charities theyve chosen to support. In a personal statement, Queen Elizabeth said she supports the couples wish for a more independent life. This report from our royal correspondent Nicolas Witchell contains some flashing images. The deal has been done. They are walking away from the british monarchy. They will earn their own living and they will spend most of their time in north america. A man who was born to be royal will no longer style himself as his Royal Highness. She will not call herself her Royal Highness. That hrh styling applies to full time, working members of the British Royal family which, come the spring, harry and meghan will no longer be. They are going with the best wishes of th
Over new evidence. Will the senators consider it . And if so, which new evidence. And from the oval office, President Trump is denying that he knows lev parnas, a close associate of his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani after parnas implicated him in the ukraine scheme. Joining me on capitol hill with the latest on impeachment, next step, cnn National Correspondent athena jones. Where do we go from here . Well, as you mentioned, jim, the next fight is about the rules. That is what well see on tuesday when the senate comes back in. Tuesday, 1 00 p. M. After the Martin Luther king holiday to begin this trial in earnest. Thats one of the things theyll be doing. Voting on a resolution, laying out the rules of this trial, whether or not and when new evidence and witnesses will be discussed. And hearing from a lot of republicans, folks like senator Lindsey Graham of south carolina, Marsha Blackburn of tennessee who said, look, it was the houses job to spell out this case. Its not the senates j