it is good to have you with us, we begin with breaking news this hour, the u.s. secretary of defense james mat tis is÷ú in iq is in iraq. the area is terror group s last major strong hold. iraq s military released the ro video that you see here reportedly showing air strikes. targets included factories used for booby trapping÷ú vehicle zb city has been pounded by ru kus. the group warned civilians could be caught in the cross fire. the u.n. says upç to 800,000 people live in western mosul, say the children estimates almost half that number are children. following the story of cnnç senior national correspondent
has been an incident in sweden friday night. he later clarified, he was referencing aç fox news trgs v segment here in the united states. it s critical of immigrants in sweden. james mattis is÷ú now in ira as the battle to drive isis from who mosul rages on. that area is isis s last strong hold in thezv country. federal police say on day one of the offensive, they killed 79 isis fighters, destroyed weapons facility and ç we ll show you some dramatic view here, it shows an explosion near bullfighting rig in the columbian capitol. at least a dozen suspects areymn custody for this. police saying 31 people were wounded in sunday s last police officers. bullfighting haszv only returne after being effectively banned since 2012. in the united states senators are asking the trump
welcome back to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. you re watching cnn newsroom live from atlanta. i m natalie allen. i m george howell with the headlines we re following this hour. u.s. president-elect donald trump will push ahead on sunday to fill his administration. among scheduled meetings. the former mayor of new york, rudy giuliani and the governor of new jersey, chris christie. saturday, donald trump made with retired general james mattis and mitt romney. no word on if either man was offered a cabinet post. a train derailment in northern india killed at least 107 people. rescuers scrambling to pull victims from the wreck. it happened early sunday morning. the number of cash umts may rise.
that went for more than an hour, longer than any other meeting but the romney meeting. a potential pick for defense secretary. he would need a waiver from congress to get that position because he retired in 2013. it s likely as republicans control capitol hill. that would be in the offing. donald trump saying himself that he is, quote, the real deal. they had a great meeting. keep an eye on mitt romney and general james mattis as well hundreds ever anti-trump protesters packed the streets blocks away from the white house. the protesters came together outside the building at the international trade center. inside, the white nationalist group, the national policy institute was holding a celebratory meeting on donald trump s election. a scuffle broke out when two of
they should be this time of year. it s actually we re waiting for this cold arctic air mass to settle in across other parts of the world. you re watching from the united kingdom. you have a wintry forecast as well. it s very chilly for that region, windy as well in london. that s going to keep winter in the minds of people. that is concerning, though. it is. to see it across the world like that. it s happening. it is. derek, thank you. thanks, george. still ahead on newsroom, for the first time since the u.s. election, alec baldwin is back at saturday night live. guess who he s playing? donald trump. kate mckinnon appeared as kellyanne conway. here it is. the chairman of the joint chief of staffs. you remember general dunlap. thanks for coming general. my pleasure, sir. thought we could take a moment to discuss strategy before your upcoming term we ve been stuck fighting isis for six years now. when we found out that you had a