Transcripts For CNNW CNN Newsroom Live 20160220 : comparemel

CNNW CNN Newsroom Live February 20, 2016

The late justices body lay in repose. Scalia died last weekend. He was 79 years old. His funeral will be held in washington in the coming hours. Now back to fiji, the story were covering about this Tropical Cyclone winston rampaging across the countrys main islands. The storm made landfall after 7 00 p. M. Local time. Fijis Prime Minister is calling for citizens to be alert and stick together. Earlier my colleague Natalie Allen spoke with fijis red cross manager with more. The government to the area effected now. I think the whole of fiji will be effected, during Tropical Cyclone winston, but in terms of the population evacuated, different districts supporting what theyre doing in attending to those that need supported in terms of blankets and coats. Together with our presence, currently on watch since today, we are currently awaiting for the weather to ease a little bit so that we at least we can look at what are some areas that are effected and also people to be assisted. And thank you very much for that information. I want to also ask you, how many people might be impacted by this storm . Right now, the Emergency Operations have the figures that were given to them this afternoon, which im not in a position to give a definite figure in terms of the people. We know that the last time fiji was hit by a major storm it was 2012 and there were no deaths, so fiji is well prepared and its used to preparing for these cyclones, is that correct . Yes. Currently from what weve seen from the government this evening, still no reports of casualties or injuries. The family evacuated to the ee vam v Evacuation Centers, for people to evacuate while they still can. That was my colleague Natalie Allen there focusing on this cyclone. Well continue to follow that story as well. The final results are in in ugandas elections that are expected in just a few more hours, but the hotly contested leadership vote has been marred by protests and accusations of vote rigging. The main Opposition Leader was detained for the third time this week as Police Clashed with his supporters on friday. Early numbers show the countrys current lead may be on track to win his fifth term in office. For the very latest, lets bring in cnns robin following the latest from uganda. Are there any results coming through . Reporter Election Results are slowly trickling through. We can tell you around the 15 Million People that voted as of a couple hours ago, the Electoral Commission counted 8 million of those. According to cnn journalists on the ground in kampala, they will have counted 50 . Museveni is leading with 60 . The leading opposition party, who has been arrested a number of times this week, is currently under what seems to be house arrest or what police are calling preventive arrest at his home is i believe we just lost robyn. Again, we understand the votes are coming in and it looks as if museveni may be back on track to win his fifth term in office. Hes been in office for many decades. Were seeing this election at a time where there are protests and accusations of vote rigging. Again, this election happening in uganda, we will, of course, continue to follow that story. We think robyn for her reporting. In iowa we saw coin tosses. So, what will happen if theres a tie in the nevada caucuses . Party members will solve it las vegas style, we understand. That story is next. Plus, donald trump, he wants to wall off the u. S. Border with mexico. We take a look at how that could happen and what it could cost and what it would take, how long it would take. Stay with us. One day a rider made a decision. The decision to ride on and save money. He decided to save money by switching his motorcycle insurance to geico. Theres no shame in saving money. Ride on, ride proud. Geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. Take care of whatealthy makes you. You. Aveeno® daily moisturizing body wash and lotion with active naturals® oat. Used together, they provide 2x the nourishment for beautiful healthier looking skin. Aveeno® naturally beautiful results® in nevada, we have just hours to go until the democratic caucuses again. Bernie sanders and Hillary Clinton are neck and neck in the silver state. Clinton is just ahead one point. One point ahead of the vermont senator, 48 to 47 . Both candidates spent a final day holding rallies to appeal to voters. President ial caucus is when Party Members meet to pick a candidate, but what if there is a tie . Well, in nevada, the candidates faith comes down to cards. Were told about the tiebreaker from sin city. Hillary clinton, Bernie Sanders, the polls say theyre in a dead heat for the nevada caucus. What happens in a precinct if theres an actual tie . Forget the coin flip, nevada is gaming country. So, if theres a tie in a precinct, then the precinct captain opens up a sealed deck of cards. You open them up, find the jokers, toss those. Now, the state Democratic Party says you then shuffle seven times. Spread out the cards. Then you have a representative from each candidate, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, who each draw a card. The high card wins. Ace is high followed by king, queen, jack, all the way down to deuce. Now, lets say you pull two kings. What do you turn to . You turn to the suit. Spades is high followed by hearts, diamonds, down to clubs. Thats how you determine the winner. Lets take a peek. One of our best storytellers, breaking it down. Donald trump rarely appears on the campaign trail without saying he wants to build a wall like this one you see to keep people from crossing into the United States is a cornerstone of mr. Trumps candidacy. He wants it to stretch for the entire border, but the question, is that even possible . Our Jason Carroll went to mcallen, texas, for a reality check. Reporter what would it take to build a wall on the border between the United States and mexico . Youre talking about an area, 9,450, stretching across california, new mexico, arizona, here in texas just about 100 yards away from mexico. We spoke to civil engineers, architects, and academics, they all say the wall can be build, it can be done, but the question is, how . The first thing, before you go up, you have to go down and build a foundation. This will help provide support for the wall. In order to prevent people from tunnelling underneath it, it should be at least five feet deep. The second thing one must consider is what do you use to build the wall . What materials do you go after . How about cinder block . The upside is its strong, its secure, readily available. The down side is, its laborintensive to have to stack every single brick in order to build the wall so our experts say that option doesnt work. Theres another option. Using poured concrete on site. Thats what they did when they built the hoover dam. The downside is when you poor poured concrete in these warmer states, experts say you could end up with pay weaker wall because the concrete might not dry correctly. Meaning a wall that could end up crumbling. The experts say the way to go is precasted cement wall panels. Those panels would be lined side by side, sort of like what you might see on a highway. Each panel would be about 20 feet high. Again, five feet below ground. About ten feet wide and eight inches thick. Again, that wall would be stretching some 2,000 miles and our expert says it would require 339 million cubic feet. Thats just for the panels. Youll need reinforced steel, at least 5 billion pounds. What about the estimated cost . Because it hasnt been done before, lets use those highway panels as an example. They cost about 40 a square foot. That would end up costing about 10. 5 billion. Sounds like a lot of money, is a lot of money but again, remember, donald trump says the u. S. Government wouldnt end up footing the bill on this one, it would be mexico. What about the timing on all of this . How long would it take to build . According to our expert, if youre ambitious, you could get it done within a president ial term, four years. Jason carroll, cnn, mcallen, texas. Still to come, she wrote one of the Great American novels. Harper lee dies at 84 years old. More on her fascinating life coming up. Nobody move get on the floor do something oh im not a security guard, im a security monitor. I only notify people if there is a robbery. Theres a robbery. Why monitor a problem if you dont fix it . Thats why lifelock does more than free credit monitoring to protect you from identity theft. We not only alert you to identity threats, if you have a problem, well spend up to a Million Dollars on lawyers and experts to fix it. Lifelock. Join starting at 9. 99 a month. An update now on the legal battle over apples refusal to help the fbi unlock a terrorist iphone. The company has until next week to respond. And a hearing on the dispute is set for march 22nd. Apple has said the order is an overreach and breaking into even a criminals iphone could set a dangerous precedent in terms of priva privacy. Uber is hoping to make inroads in china where its currently losing 1 billion a year. Uber plans to expand substantially and has a goal of operating in 100 chinese cities by the end of 2016. The italian literary giant has died on friday. Humberto eco was the writer of the name of the rose. It sold 10 million copies and turned into a movie starring shawn connery. He was a philosopher who taught at major universities and specialized in the stud of symbolism. The literary world is mourning the loss of a revered american author, harper lee. To kill a mockingbird. Harper lee was 89 years old. Despite her fame, lee did not bask in the limelight but, rather, lived the quiet life in the southern u. S. Anderson cooper has more on the life and career of harper lee. You never really understand a person until you consider seeing it from his point of view. Reporter a life listen delivered by the fictional lawyer in the film to kill a mockingbird, looking at the Racial Injustice of the 1930s through finchs daughter, scout. These were first brought to light by harper lee in a novel that became a classic for all generations. Nell harper lee was born april 28, 1926 am the small town of monroeville, alabama. Her father was a lawyer and served as her books. She studied law and became editor of the schools literary magazines. She abandoned law and moved to new york to become a writer. There she reunited with her childhood friend tryman capote and helped him on cold blood and played out on the big screen in capote. Lees first novel to kill a mockingbird was published in 1960 and received at pulitzer prize. In 2007 president george w. Bush presented lee with the medal of freedom. All of us are filled with admiration for a Great American and a lovely lady named harper lee. Reporter but for most of her life she stayed out of the spotlight. This one of the few interviews lee ever granted, she offered a glimpse into her thoughts saying i want to dot best i can with the talent god gave me. All i want to be is jane austen of south alabama. In 2015 the literary world was stunned by the announcement that a second harper lee manuscript go set a watchman, was going to be released. It features scout and atticus 20 years later. That excitement lit up the small town where harper lee grew up and lived in her twilight years. To have another book, we are charmed. Reporter many fans were disappointed in the portrayal of the characters they knew and loved. The tweets echoing fans out there. The idea of atticus being racist is like spielberg doing a sequel in which elliott punches him in the face and steals his lunch money. Reporter the fastest selling book in her life. She remained quiet and rarely seen from. U. S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died last weekend at the age of 79. After the initial shock of his passing, attention is now shifting to the seat that he leaves behind. Our Jeffrey Toobin explains the process to find his replacement. Reporter supreme Court Justices serve for life, thats why president s regard these judicial appointments as such an important way to extend their own legacies. Reporter the constitution does not set out a resume that a supreme Court Justice has to have. Theres no requirement in the constitution that a supreme Court Justice even be a lawyer, but traditionally president s have nominated impeccably qualified, sitting judges both president s and senators like to say that the confirmation process is all about qualifications. But its really also about politics. Virtually every important issue in american politics and even American Life winds up in front of the Supreme Court. And they have the last word. Both the president and the senators are trying to figure out how the nominee stands on the hotbutton issue that the Supreme Court deals with. Thats why the senators will vote yes or no. There is no law that says a president cant nominate someone to the Supreme Court in his last year in office. The senate, on the other hand, can run out the clock when they dont want a president to fill that seat. The Supreme Court is designed to operate with nine justices. What makes Justice Scalias death so unusual in Supreme Court history, is that most justices announce that they plan to retire and then a president nominates their successor, so there is no vacancy ever in the Supreme Court. With eight justices there are possibilities for tie votes, which can create a significant amount of confusion in the law. That was jeff toobin reporting for us. Im George Howell at the cnn center atlanta. Ill be back after the break with another hour of news from around the world. Youre watching cnn, the worlds news leader. Hes won a battle but hasnt won the war. David cameron agrees to a deal hoping to keep britain in the eu. His cabinet might have other ideas. A powerful cyclone strikes fiji. The wind gusts equivalent to those of a monster hurricane. More on the island. No republican has ever taken New Hampshire and South Carolina and not won his partys president ial nomination, so the focus is on the man you see right there, as he ames to ims to ensure histort itself. From the cnn headquarters in atlanta, im George Howell. Newsroom starts right now. A very good day to you. We are waiting to hear from british Prime Minister David Cameron, expected to speak at any moment now on a deal that was reached with european leaders on friday to keep the uk in. Eu. Mr. Cameron will meet with his cabinet this hour to try to convince them to approve the agreement. Then it would go to a referendum vote. The Prime Minister has said this is a time for britons to come together and shape their destiny, but he faces Division Within his cabinet and within his own conservative party over the eu deal. Lets go live to london, Cnn International correspondent is outside number 10. Good to have you with us this hour. What are some of the major points that have been agreed to in this new deal . Reporter good morning from london, george. Well, as the Prime Minister had promised fundamental reform of how the European Union does business, its now down to his cabinet and his nation to decide if that is what, in fact, he delivered. In essence he has the ability to european migrants to seek Social Security benefits in this country. There will be a time limit on which they can and which benefits they can have access to. Also, give britain the option to pull the brake on any financial or fiscal policies they believe will not be in britains interest. Theyll be able to call a meeting of the European Union leadership and essentially refer it back to the National Leaders back here in britain. Theyre calling out the heart of the european project, which is an ever closer europe and play well with the european skeptic trend here in the uk. This isnt just about europe. This is also about, of course, about the Prime Ministers political future and the ramifications that this could have not just in britain, not just in the european main land but around the world. The freeing of cabinet ministers from the principle collective responsibility means potentially as hes fighting to convince them to stand behind him, they could be seeing their opinions and perspectives on this, pitting colleagues, allies and friends on opposite sides of the campaign to convince the british people to stay inside europe come that referendum, which is expected on june 23rd or thereabouts. The u. S. Senate has already been very vocal about their concerns of the impact this is going to have on the transatlantic special reelgship because europe has always been a bridge. Will this impact britains standing not just in europe but in that special relationship and around the world. And will this give greater credence to countries that will be looking to leave the european project if the brit

© 2025 Vimarsana