Thank you, again, for joining us. In the past few days if its any indicator the next two years of divided government in washington will be a doozy. Consider this, the acting attorney general in what some would call a contentious hearing and what some others would call a partisan circus, and thats just the beginning of the hearings and investigations on the horizon. Then theres the new focus on climate change, for example, the Green New Deal unveiled by a veteran lawmaker from massachusetts and a young congresswoman from new york whom the right has in their cross hairs. As to that the already long line of democrats taking on the president in the 2020 campaign. And lest we forget immigration. President trump holds a rally in el paso, texas, monday to make his case yet again for a border wall. And the clock is ticking, again, toward yet another government shutdown. That is because President Trump and lawmakers have a friday deadline to make a deal about Border Security. Mr. Trump still wants 5. 7 billion for his wall on the border with mexico, but so far bipartisan negotiators have proposed less than half that. Mr. Trump tweeted, dems just dont seem to want Border Security. They look to be making this a campaign issue. The wall will get built one way or the other. Well, no matter what, they need to agree on something or the federal government could shut down again next week. And as the political standoff heats up, there is a physical standoff at the border. Hundreds of Law Enforcement officers with razor wire and traffic barriers are facing a caravan of about 1,800 migrants at the rio grande river. They want to enter the United States. Cnns Martin Savage is in texas watching it all go down. Reporter the security situation in eagle pass, texas, in a word, remains intense. This is where we are allowed to go when it comes to the evening hours. Normally during the daytime we would be allowed, well, all the way down to the banks of the rio grande, thats the border between the United States and mexico here. But once it gets dusk or dark its considered that we may pose a danger to all the Security Forces that are down there. The reason being that maybe our television lights or maybe just our presence could be a distraction to those that are standing watch on the line. So this is where we have to be. Even though its a public park and a public space, its just an indication of how life has changed in this small town with this very heavy security presence. As for the migrant caravan, it is still said to be in a Mexican Community just across the river and there the migrants are said to be housed in a warehouse, being fed and being watched over by the mexican military and national police. It appears that the Mexican Government is very much wanting to keep the migrants under control. The question is how long will that last . As for the security presence here, its only going to get tighter because now there is word that the Texas National guard will be arriving on monday. So if you thought life here was already under very tight control by the authorities, its just going to get tighter. Martin savidge, eagle pass, texas. Immigration, Border Security certainly to be an issue for the next president ial election and democrats are lining up to take on President Trump. Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren officially kicked off her Campaign Saturday and on sunday minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar will join the race. And it is already a crowded field. Look at that, at this moment 11 people have either announced their candidacy or formed exploratory committees and that doesnt count those still thinking about jumping in. Of that last senator warren who still faces criticism for claiming native american heritage, she did officially announce her bid for 2020 saturday and her message of tackling corruption and protecting the middle class resonated with a packed crowd. Our m. J. Lee was there. Reporter Elizabeth Warren is now a candidate for the president of the United States, if you listened to her speech you heard her say one word over and ore again and that word is fight. This is going to be so fundamental to her candidacy and campaign. This idea that people need to come together to fight and take on a rigged system. Now, as much as she talked about fighting, though, i have to note that there was mention of unity and bringing the country together and healing when she said that there is simply no room for bigotry in the white house. Take a listen to what she said. Whether its white people against black people, straight people against gay people, middle class families against new immigrant families, the story is the same, the rich and powerful use fear to divide us. Were done with that. Bigotry has no place in the oval office. This is who we are. We come from different backgrounds, different religions, different languages, different experiences. We have different dreams. We are passionate about different issues and we feel the urgency of this moment in different ways, but today, today, we come together, ready to raise our voices together until this fight is won. Reporter her speech also offered us a pretty good blueprint of the policy decisions that are most important to her. No surprises there because these are the issues she has talked about so consistently even over the last month after she announced her Exploratory Campaign on new years eve. Just to tick off a couple, her anticorruption bill, taking on wall street, medicare for all and her support for the Green New Deal as well. Of course, theres also the proposal to tax the rich which she just unveiled last month. I was also trig to count the number of times she actually said the word trump in her long speech and it was only twice when she was talking about the fact that she believes that this is the most corrupt administration in living memory, however, even though she was reticent to actually say the word trump in her speech, make no mistake about it this was entirely about a drawing of contrast between herself and the president of the United States and this, of course, is going to be what we see in the next couple of months as more democrats jump into the race. How different candidates can stand out and make the case for being the best candidate that takes on President Trump. M. J. Lee there. Senator warren is, as you might know, one of President Trumps favorite targets and he made note of her announcement with this tweet, today Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to by me as pocahontas, joined the race for president. Will she run as our first native american president ial candidate or has she decided that after 32 years this is not playing so well anymore . See you on the campaign trail, liz. Scott lucas joining me now from birmingham, england. Scott is the professor of International Politics at the university of birmingham and founder and editor of ea world view. Always good to see you, scott. It looks like the gloves are off. President trump still doing what he likes to do to Elizabeth Warren, she has taken some hits for the native american situation, but she certainly did come out running and was quite feisty and articulate in her launch. What do you make of it . Natalie, lets contrast what happened yesterday. That is Elizabeth Warren staked her candidacy for president by talking about womens rights, by talking about workers rights, by talking about the environment, by talking about dealing with corruption and special interest. In other words, raising a whole range of issues that are of concern to americans. Donald trumps response was not to talk about the issues, not even to talk with warrens record, but to issue a tweet which was racist, which joked about the mass killing of native americans. You will notice in that tweet it said trail in all caps, a reference to the trail of tears. I think thats a contrast that all of us have in trying to cover this, including the media. Do you actually try to cover the issues on whats not only warren but these many Democratic Candidates that emerge, or do you let trump take the initiative by trying to dough grade and denigrate those democrats as well as degrading and denigrating, for example, native americans or women or other groups if he think he can grab the news cycle with it. We certainly have heard from native americans on what they think of how the president treats that situation. You mentioned other women and there are other women who are going to run for president , Kamala Harris is also in from california, senator Amy Klobuchar may announce today, sunday. It is a diverse field so far, but as you can see is there a rock star candidate, scott . No, theres no leading candidate, but i think thats actually a good thing and that is when you have this diversity of candidates, not only men but of course men, for example, cory booker who has announced, with en you have a diversity of people from different ethnic and minority backgrounds, different experience, different range of ages, you are going to get a debate on issues, youre going to get a debate which raises a lot of questions that we dont necessarily agree on, but we need to discuss, from the environment to the economy to foreign policy. I think if you simply have a, quote, rock star democrat it becomes a question of personality. As we saw to an extent in 2016 when Hillary Clinton was the front runner, what would i rather have, a competition of spectacle and celebrity like we had in 2016 or a number of people, 10, 15, 20, who actually try to get us into a realistic discussion on what we need to do as americans in the years ahead. Scott, i want to ask you, though, that spectacle, that celebrity, won. So my question is remember Michelle Obama when they go low, we go high. How do you campaign, somebody here who is going to prevail, how do they campaign against donald trump . Well, just in my opinion, and thats a great question, i think we had a spectacle of division in 2016. I think weve got a spectacle of Division Since then, us versus them, men versus women, United States against the world, even against its own allies, often in terms which are insulting, which are just tearing us all down. How do we counter that . With a spectacle of decency. Yes, you have rallies, yes, you have big events. Thats how you gather publicity, but you do it by being decent in your language, decent in your policies and decent in your respect for others. Decency, thats not a bad word to end on. Scott, we always appreciate your inside. Scott lucas for us. Thank you. Thank you. From the air and on the ground, isis is under attack in its last syrian strong hold. We have an exclusive report. We will be live from near the front lines with our ben wedeman coming up here. Also critical foreign aid, there is it is just sitting there, its for the people of venezuela but its not moving. We will have more about that. Youre watching cnn newsroom. From loreal paris. Ra voluptuous volume. Intense length. Featherysoft lashes. This is what paradise looks like. Lash paradise mascara from loreal paris. Take your lashes to paradise. If you have recurring constipation and belly pain, talk to your doctor and say yesss to linzess. Yesss linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation or chronic constipation. Linzess can help relieve your belly pain, and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements. See if youre eligible to get 90 days for as little as 30 dollars. 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Its a small town near the iraqi border. Just a few years ago isis controlled a selfdeclared caliphate across much of iraq and syria. Its territory in those countries may be down now to just a few square kilometers. Our ben wedeman is on the ground covering this battle in Eastern Syria and ben joins me now live with the latest. Ben, we appreciate you and your crew joining us at this time. Weve heard that on saturday isis was putting up little resistance. What are antiisis forces saying now . Reporter well, what weve seen is the bay began with massive explosions as Coalition Aircraft pounded targets to the eastern part of the town behind me. Speaking with Syrian Democratic forces commanders here, they are telling us that they are indeed running into more resistance today than they did overnight. They say one of the problems theyre encountering is that isis has built an Extensive Network of tunnels and that theyre sort of popping up in one house, then going through the tunnels to another house. So its very hard to pin them down, so to speak, despite these really constant air strikes that are going on. We do know that the sdf has taken casualties, two of their fighters were killed when a rocket, a missile, hit a building just about 300 meters up the road from me and there were casualties as well. It does increase the resistance is increasing in the second day of the battle. Youve been covering this for many years now and we always know that civilians get caught in the middle. There may be 1,000 in that town. What do you know about whats being done to try to protect them . Reporter well, natalie, the fact is that we really dont have a clear idea of how many civilians are in the town. For days now weve been told that there were 1,500 civilians, but what we have seen is that every up to 200 people have been able to flee the town behind me, but speaking with one of the civilians who was managed to flee from there yesterday, they told us theres still many, many civilians inside. Now, whats being done, there was a pause in the fighting for well over a week in which it was hoped that as many civilians as possible could get out, but it appears that that despite this pause that theres still many civilians left inside. We have no idea what means they have to protect themselves, but certainly given the level of air strikes and bombardment with mortar and artillery its going to be a very difficult and dangerous situation for the civilians left inside this town behind me. All right. We will continue to follow it. Thank you, ben wedeman, we really appreciate it. Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is still not allowing foreign aid into his country to help citizens. He has imposed a blockade on a border bridge that connects to neighboring colombia where the splice are stockpiled. At a nearby Pedestrian Crossing saturday a group of venezuelans gathered to protest the president s blockade. Translator i ask Nicolas Maduro to please put your hand on your heart for all of us, the aid isnt for you, its for us, and we need you to understand it and to soften your heart, mr. President. With all due respect, venezuela needs the aid. We need help. Mr. Guaido, the venezuelaen Opposition Leader also calling on maduro to end the blockade. He says rejecting aid could be considered a crime against humanity. Both leaders being urged to find a solution for the sake of all of those in need. Reporter yes, exactly. There is not a solution in sight yet for the humanitarian aid stalemate on the colombia venezuelan border. Here in caracas aid workers urged both sides to stop politicizing the issue and saying that the aid should be allowed into the country because a lot of people are desperately in need. We were able to speak with the president of the International Red cross federation, his presence here in the capital of venezuela in caracas, is itself a sign of how serious the situation is for the venezuelan citizen and how serious the conditions are for both venezuelans. It is what he said about the issue of the aid. I would like to see this kind of respect for the humanitarian aid. I would like to really i hope that both sides will clean the table from this kind of discussion, talking about a lot of aspects that must be fixed in this country. Reporter dr. Racca urging both sides to clean the table and allowing the aid in. Allow the aid to be properly managed because both sides are saying that theyre working for the best and the good of the people, but as long as there is no political solution found and the two sides dont find a Common Ground to talk to each other it really seems that even aid has become a political issue. For cnn, caracas. And that aid is so much needed. Countless people in venezuela face a daily battle with hunger and as their desperation increases, some are also changing their political allegi