american military cemetery about 50 miles outside of paris. the white house blamed it on bad weather. they said that bad weather grounded his helicopter. but take note of this, okay? look at those pictures. that s the chief of staff john kelly, general joseph dunford, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. they were able to make it to the cemetery. the world leaders as well, former defense secretary chuck haggle on cnn highly critical of the president s decision not to go. it was an embarrassment, and he let down, i think, our veterans. he let down our country. and i think he sent a very wrong message to the world. world war i was a horrific, terrible war that affected really everybody and certainly affected us. and not to make a little bit of an effort to get to a very important ceremony was wrong. and i m disappointed, and i m
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daca you had to be in the united states before 2007. give me a break, mr. president. could you at least be accurate? let me ask you this, there is i m curious as a democrat. whether you are concerned that the president s stances are working. cnn did a poll just a couple of months ago, the generic ballot in the 2018 race, democrats had a 16-point lead, now it s down to six points. that s about a third of the lead you had just a couple months ago and what are we seven months out from the election. are you concerned that rhetorically, politically you re losing this battle with the president? what i m concerned about is what s happening to this nation. that s my concern. my concern is about these 700 or more than a million young people that are trapped in this vice that the president has put them in. i m concerned about border security. i m concerned about the coast guard being underfunded. the fact of the matter is, the
want to go back to the well, the oil well, oil frackers and drillers, they pay the lowest in any state in the union, teachers want more, john. we ll see who wins this one. powerful story, thank you. right now thousands of kids are filling the south lawn of the white house for the 140th easter egg roll. got cnn s kate bennett live at the white house with the latest. reporter: hi, guys. that s right. we ve got 30,000 people expected today. it is chilly out here at the white house, unfortunately, not quite the weather we were hoping for. people are bundled up. kids are going through the easter egg roll. they re hanging out at the reading nook where later we ll see the president and first lady, and a bunch of activities going on. we are going to hear from president trump and melania trump and the easter bunny will be behind me around 10:30 this morning in just a little bit. this is melania trump s sort of first full time easter egg roll
the details that in the final moments on board that plane, the voice recorder and the cockpit was able to pick up screams of passengers. this is new information for them they would have been getting today. they were dealing with all of that and so much more. nic robertson, my thanks to you in france. coming up next what does history tell us about the flight? how many times has something similar happened before? you re watching live coverage on cnn. we ll be right back. i ve lived my whole life here in fairbanks, alaska. i love the outdoors, spending time with my family. i have a family history of prostate cancer. i had the test done and that was when i got the news. my wife and i looked at treatment options. cancer treatment centers of america kept coming