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ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States, all around the world, and everyone streaming us on CNN Max. I'm Rosemary Church.
Just ahead, world markets take a tumble as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are poised to go into effect.
President Trump also reiterating his promise to take back the Panama Canal while his Secretary of State visits the region.
And an unsolicited kiss on the World Cup stage. We will go live to Madrid where Spain's former football chief is standing trial.
UNKNOWN (voice-over): Live from Atlanta, this is "CNN Newsroom" with Rosemary Church.
CHURCH: Thanks for joining us.
With just one day to go until U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs roll into effect, global markets are struggling amid fears of a trade war.
Already, markets in Asia have tumbled in a sign that investors are worried that tariffs could spur inflation and be a drag on growth. And the U.S. futures are sharply lower right now as well.
Canada, Mexico and China are all responding to President Trump's tariffs with countermeasures of their own. He says he will speak with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as well as officials from Mexico in the coming hours.
But here's why he says he doesn't expect anything to come out of those conversations.
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DONALD TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENT: Canada's been very tough on oil and energy. They don't allow our farm products in essentially. They don't allow a lot of things in and we allow everything to come in. It's been a one way street.
We subsidize Canada by the tune of about $200 billion a year. And for what? What do we get out of it? We don't get anything out of it. I love the people of Canada. I disagree with the leadership of Canada.
Mexico, we've had very good talks with them. And this is retaliatory. This is retaliatory to a certain extent. Millions of people floated to our country through Mexico and Canada. And we're not going to allow that.
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CHURCH: CNN's Alayna Treene has more on how American households would likely bear the brunt of these taps.
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ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Well, just one day after signing steep tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, President Donald Trump acknowledged what many economists, people on Capitol Hill and even some of his own advisers in their previous lives, I should note, have been warning all along, which is that Americans may feel the impact of these tariffs on their wallets.
This is what Donald Trump posted on True Social earlier Sunday morning. He said, quote, "This will be the golden age of America. Will there be some pain? Yes, maybe and maybe not. But we will make America great again and it will all be worth the price that must be paid."
Now, really, that last line there, I think, is the most notable. He says it will be worth the price that is paid. This is really a warning to a lot of Americans. One is that the president is very serious about wanting to stop the stem of migrants, undocumented migrants, I should say, and drugs, specifically fentanyl, from coming into the United States.
But he also -- his warning that, you know, doing so may be uncomfortable or even worse for many Americans who are already contending with the high cost of living.
Now, one thing that's still unclear is when some of these higher prices or the impacts of these tariffs might start to be felt. We know that they are slated to go into effect on Tuesday, beginning at 12:01 a.m.
And another thing that's still unanswered right now is if there is an off ramp. We know that some of these other countries, Canada, Mexico, China, all of them have tried to see if there is any sort of resolution that they have could have reached or kind of convinced the Trump administration in order to back away from these tariffs.
But we heard the president himself say on Friday that there weren't any concessions that he believed they could make at this point.
And on a briefing call with reporters on Saturday evening, White House officials also declined to lay out specific benchmarks that Canada or Mexico could reach in tightening their borders or curbing fentanyl flows that would allow the tariffs to be lifted.
We also know that in the fine print of these tariffs that Donald Trump signed on Saturday, it does have a retaliation clause. That means that he could perhaps raise these tariffs even further if he believes that these countries are responding in a way that he doesn't necessarily agree with.
Alayna Treene, CNN, West Palm Beach, Florida.
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CHURCH: Canada is fighting back and hitting the U.S. where it hurts. On Sunday, Canada unveiled a full list of goods imported from the U.S. into Canada, which would be tariffed.
As a key supplier of oil, cement, wood and paper to the U.S., America's gas prices and the housing market could see a major impact in the weeks ahead.
And in the coming hours, Mexico is expected to reveal the details of its own retaliatory tariffs on goods from the U.S. The Mexican president has previously said the plan would include both tariff and non-tariff measures.
As mentioned, the markets in Asia have seen steep declines today, with the tariff threats sparking fears of trade wars, which could hurt global economic growth. At the same time, the U.S. dollar has risen to a record high against the Chinese yuan.
For more on the reactions in China, we go live now to CNN's Marc Stewart in Beijing. Good to see you, Marc. So, how are the tariffs being received there in China?
MARC STEWART, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Rosemary, let's first talk about the markets because it has been a jolt in a very negative sense.
In fact, if we look at two of the key indexes, the Nikkei in Japan and the Kospi in South Korea, at one point today, we saw declines of more than two percent. And when we talk about the Asian markets, that kind of loss is very significant.
In addition, the Hang Seng in Hong Kong also saw declines. The Shanghai composite here in China is closed because of the Chinese New Year holiday. It will open up later on this week, so it'll be interesting to see how markets here in mainland China react.
But none of this really a surprise. It's something that is going to happen when you have such tariffs thrown at three of the biggest nations in the world.
Beyond the market reaction, the Chinese government is also speaking out. We had some statements from a number of government agencies saying that there are no winners in a trade war and that it's not a positive step forward. And China now saying that there will be necessary countermeasures. So,
exactly what will these necessary countermeasures be?
Well, tariffs certainly are an option, as we have seen the discussion involving Canada and Mexico. But in China, perhaps not as likely in the sense that the Chinese government right now is dealing with a long list of economic problems.
Tariffs could complicate things even worse. I mean, as someone who lives here in China, we know that the economy is shaky. People are very leery when it comes to spending.
In addition, China is already in a trade battle with Europe over electric vehicles and with solar panels.
So perhaps we will see China take some kind of action with its supply chain, leverage the supply chain in China to its advantage.
And none of this is also a surprise to China, these tariffs. It's something that has always been this looming threat, most recently with the Trump White House.
And in recent years, we've really seen China expand the way it does business, opening up new trading relationships or increasing trading relationships in Southeast Asia, in Latin America, Africa and even Russia. Kind of a preemptive move for a situation like this.
Again, it's the Chinese New Year holiday. So perhaps we'll get more detail from Chinese officials in the days ahead once everyone gets back to work.
But Rosemary, no question that officials here in China will be listening to the leaders of Mexico and Canada to see what they have to say as well.
CHURCH: Indeed. Marc Stewart, joining us live from Beijing. Many thanks.
Ron Brownstein is a CNN senior political analyst. He joins me now from Los Angeles. Good to have you with us.
RON BROWNSTEIN, CNN SR. POLITICAL ANALYST AND SR. EDITOR, "THE ATLANTIC": Hi, Rosemary.
CHURCH: So most economists agree that Donald Trump's new tariffs will cause more pain for Americans and now even President Trump himself is acknowledging that fact in a post on Truth Social, despite previously promising voters that he would bring prices down.
How politically risky is this for the Trump administration going forward?
BROWNSTEIN: Yes, it's an enormous gamble, not only with the global economy and the American economy, but politically. I mean, there's no question that the central reason Donald Trump is back in the White House is because voters felt that inflation was out of control under Joe Biden. The cost of living was unmanageable.
And they look back on the Trump presidency. The first Trump presidency is a time when, as people said, often they heard in focus groups, I had more money in my pocket at the end of the week.
The contradiction or the tension was even as voters had that perception, economists were warning really all year through 2024 that Trump's actual second term agenda centered on tariffs and mass deportation was more likely to accelerate than ameliorate inflation.
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And now he is moving forward with big tariffs on America's two neighbors that are critical in our food supply, which people are feeling the pain about, critical from Canada in terms of lumber that is used in building houses, another pain point for voters.
So he is out there now with the potential that rather than bringing down prices, his agenda could cause them to go up. And I think that would take a bite out of his support.
CHURCH: And Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded by announcing his own retaliatory tariffs on American goods. And Mexico and China are indicating they will do the same, with critics warning this could embolden China to expand ties to Latin American countries.
So what could a potential trade war mean for Americans and indeed the rest of the world, with Europe now bracing for Trump tariffs?
BROWNSTEIN: Yes, you know, and right, Trump is, you know, during the campaign he pledged a universal tariff increase on goods from anywhere and also a specific tariff on the E.U.
You know, it's interesting. I mean, Trump and his allies are mostly portraying this, the imposition of these tariffs on Mexico and Canada as a tool, as a kind of a leverage point to get them to give concessions on other fronts, the border, fentanyl, migration and so forth.
But you know, Donald Trump has been more explicit than in his first term that he really sees tariffs as a good in themselves. I mean, you know, he has mused openly about shifting the way the federal government is funding back to kind of the 19th century model before we had an income tax and relied heavily on tariffs, which, of course, would be another way of shifting the tax burden from the rich to the middle class, since the middle class are hit more by tariffs.
And he's also suggested that tariffs are the way to rebuild American manufacturing. So, you know, I think the big message that people should be taking away from this is however this dispute ends, he sees tariffs as a good in themselves and is more likely than not to keep moving back toward them, which is a dynamic, I think, that has all sorts of negative implications for the international economic system as we have seen it over the last really since World War II.
CHURCH: And as all this plays out, we're also seeing major overreach on the part of Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency after Musk's representatives at Doge were given access to Treasury payment data. How big a concern is this and what are the possible ramifications of such a move?
BROWNSTEIN: Yes, you're talking about someone who was never elected and people who apparently do not have security clearance being given access in multiple departments, the most sensitive payment information that the government has. Musk is arguing that it's necessary because he wants to modernize and streamline federal information systems. And Lord knows there's probably a lot of room to do that.
But, you know, the question of whether, you know, the obvious and manifold risks of allowing private individuals from the people from the private sector access to this kind of data. Again, to me, it kind of goes to the question, are there any lines that the Republicans in Congress are going to draw on Trump?
I mean, Democrats have only limited ability to resist this. They're in the minority in both chambers. They can call attention to it. But the real question is whether Republicans in Congress are going to say this is OK.
And I suppose also if there is litigation, what the courts say. But, you know, it is just another marker of how quickly this administration is barreling past traditional restraints on the arbitrary exercise of presidential power and creating a whole series of sharp questions that cumulatively rise, I think, near the level already of a constitutional crisis.
And we will see if, in fact, there is any willingness among those Republican congressional majorities to draw any limits, set any limits.
CHURCH: Ron Brownstein, many thanks for joining us. I appreciate it.
BROWNSTEIN: Thanks for having me.
CHURCH: The second phase of ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas are about to begin. We'll explain what's happening and what it means for the conflict just ahead. You're in the "CNN Newsroom."
And Donald Trump turns up the pressure on Panama. Just ahead, the latest developments as he sends his top diplomat to reinforce the message that he's not joking about retaking the canal.
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CHURCH: It is almost the third anniversary of Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces continue to push Ukrainian troops on the front lines, and they also continue their deadly air assaults on Ukrainian cities. At least 14 people were killed by a Russian strike on a residential
building in central Ukraine on Saturday morning. Two of the victims were children.
Ukrainian officials say rescue operations are ongoing with psychologists and other emergency workers on the scene to provide help. The deadly strike was just one of many Russian attacks on Ukraine over the weekend.
The Israeli military blew up several buildings in a West Bank refugee camp on Sunday. The Palestinian news agency says nearly 20 buildings were blown up in Jenin, leaving Palestinian families displaced. Israel's military launched a large-scale operation in the West Bank on the heels of the Gaza ceasefire deal.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington right now. In a matter of hours, he will take part in the second phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Netanyahu is scheduled to meet Tuesday with U.S. President Donald Trump in what the Prime Minister says is a very important meeting.
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BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER: I believe that we can strengthen security, broaden the circle of peace, and achieve a remarkable era of peace through strength.
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CHURCH: Aaron David Miller is a former State Department Middle East negotiator and a senior fellow with Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He joins me now. Good to have you with us.
AARON DAVID MILLER, SR. FELLOW, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND FORMER MIDDLE EAST NEGOTIATOR, U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT: Thanks for having me, Rosemary.
CHURCH: So Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. What do you expect will come out of that meeting?
MILLER: I think it starts basically with Donald Trump's invitation. He did Netanyahu a big favor, certainly domestically in Israel. Netanyahu is under great stress and pressure, certainly from the public.
To invite Netanyahu to Washington to be the first foreign meeting in Donald Trump's second non-consecutive term is a big deal for Netanyahu. And as a consequence, a transactional president is going to want something in return.
And I think the key issue on the agenda right now is how to move from phase one of the Israel-Hamas deal, which is actually working surprisingly relatively smoothly, move it to phase two, where big decisions have to be made. And Netanyahu's in a jam. He's trapped between the expectations of a president that doesn't want this deal to crater on his watch and a right-wing that's threatening to blow up his government.
So that's the key question, Rosemary, and how it's going to play out. Neither of them want a bad meeting, but how it's going to play out, how much flexibility Netanyahu is prepared to demonstrate, how much pressure Trump's prepared to apply, not yet clear.
CHURCH: And President Trump recently called on Jordan and Egypt to take in Palestinians from Gaza, but those nations have rejected that call, as have Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. What does all this signal to you?
MILLER: You know, it's hard to know whether this is simply Donald Trump's disrupter. He's been president for four years. He knows the sensibilities and sensitivities with respect to Egypt or Jordan absorbing large numbers of Palestinians, certainly in the wake of October 7 and the Israel-Hamas war politically very, very hard.
So it's hard to know whether this is just a disruption or is it actually tied to some sort of strategy. King Abdullah of Jordan is due in, I think, next week, and I'm sure he's worried, and so is the Egyptian leader, that the transactional president is going to use American assistance as leverage to actually get the Jordanians and the Egyptians to absorb, what, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
I don't think it computes in Donald Trump's head. I don't think it computes in the region, though, Rosemary.
CHURCH: And what happens now to the long-held U.S. goal of a two-state solution?
MILLER: It's a thought experiment. In a galaxy far, far away, if you had leaders on the Israeli and Palestinian side and an administration in Washington literally prepared to make this a priority issue, you might envision a pathway being constructed forward.
But the reality is, back here on planet Earth, no leadership, incredible trauma inflicted on Israel and on the Palestinian population during the last 15 months.
Hard to imagine that you could actually anytime soon make significant progress and get an Israeli and Palestinian leader into a negotiation to resolve the five core issues, borders, security, refugees and Jerusalem, and then a commitment to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Very hard to imagine right now.
CHURCH: And you mentioned at the start of this interview the ceasefire and hostage deal, and you seem to feel that it is doing quite well and better than expected, perhaps. And you also mentioned it's moving now to the second phase, or will.
How well do you think it will move on to that next phase? MILLER: This is the real problem, because phase two calls for the end
of the war. It calls for Hamas to release the remaining hostages, roughly 65 IDF soldiers, half of whom the Israelis judge to be dead.
And it compels the Israelis, according to the agreement, to withdraw from Gaza. I think it's very hard. Hamas is not going to release those hostages unless there are absolute guarantees that the government of Israel will end the war and withdraw.
I don't see anyone providing those guarantees, and I don't see Benjamin Netanyahu agreeing to withdraw Israeli forces from Gaza without some security architecture, some sort of force. And even then it's going to be difficult.
So again, it is the Holy Land, and miracles have occurred there. This is going to be a very heavy lift.
CHURCH: Aaron David Miller will be watching very closely, of course. Many thanks for joining us. I appreciate it.
MILLER: Thanks for having me.
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CHURCH: The U.S. president issued a warning to Panama just hours after his top diplomat, Marco Rubio, paid a visit to the Panama Canal.
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TRUMP: What they've done is terrible. They violated the agreement. They're not allowed to violate the agreement. China is running the Panama Canal. That was not given to China. That was given to Panama foolishly.
But they violated the agreement, and we're going to take it back or something very powerful is going to happen.
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CHURCH: Rubio is in Panama as he launches his inaugural trip as Secretary of State. He met with the Panamanian president and discussed the White House's concerns over China's presence around the canal.
Panama's president repeated that sovereignty over the waterway is not up for debate.
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JOSE RAUL MULINO, PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT (through translator): There is no doubt that the canal is operated by our country, and it will continue to be so. I do not think there has been a discrepancy in that.
The president has his opinion about the Chinese presence, which will be clarified at the appropriate time in the technical instances of the canal. (END VIDEO CLIP)
But he also seemed to offer a concession that Trump could spin as a victory for his America first cause. Our Patrick Oppmann has details.
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PATRICK OPPMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: At his first stop on his first trip abroad as Secretary of State, Marco Rubio visited Panama, which has emerged as a surprising point of contention during the second Trump administration, as President Donald Trump has claimed without any evidence that the Panama Canal has fallen under Chinese military control.
During his trip in Panama, Marco Rubio called on Panama's government to make immediate changes to show that the Panama Canal is not under Chinese control, something that Panama's government has consistently denied.
On Sunday, Panama's president, Jose Raul Mulino, told Rubio that Panama would no longer take part in the Chinese investment program, the Belt and Road Initiative, which would appear to be a major concession to the U.S. All the same, though, Rubio and the Trump administration are turning up the pressure on Panama, which, of course, has been a longtime U.S. ally.
All the same, though, Trump has been fixated on this point, saying that the Panama Canal will once again fall under U.S. control. And for the Panamanian government, there's some sense of frustration of how do they prove that the canal that has been administered now for more than 25 years by Panama is not secretly being controlled by the Chinese. Of course, the U.S. gave back control of Panama in an agreement with that country almost 50 years ago.
And despite the fact that Panama has been helping the U.S. when it comes to immigration, the number of migrants that come through the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama, something that Marco Rubio complimented on Panama, something he said that Panama has been an ally to the United States on.
Very clearly, when it comes to this issue of the canal, something that the Trump administration has threatened military action on if they don't see results that they're pushing for. Very clearly, despite the visit of the Secretary of State for the weekend, a more deployment is needed.
Patrick Oppmann, CNN, in Havana.
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CHURCH: U.S. President Donald Trump says he is ending aid to South Africa over what he says is mistreatment of white farmers. It stems from a new South African law with guidelines for seizing land. It allows the government to seize land that's not being used for development to generate income or that is considered abandoned. Before South Africa ended apartheid, racist policies forcefully
removed black and non-white South Africans from land for white use. Mr. Trump says the new law is a massive human rights violation.
Still to come, more on U.S. President Donald Trump's steep tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China and how America's biggest trade partners are reacting to his move.
Plus, recovery crews in Washington are searching for the remains of a dozen people they presumed killed in Wednesday's deadly midair collision. What's next for the recovery efforts, after the break.
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ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back everyone.
More on our top story this hour. Global stocks including European markets that you see here are taking a plunge. Also, U.S. futures are in the red as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs sparked fears of a trade war.
The tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China are expected to take effect in less than a day. Already, Canada has unveiled details of its counter tariffs and Mexico and China are planning to do the same very soon.
President Trump says he will be speaking with the Canadian Prime Minister and Mexican officials in the coming hours, but experts are concerned that tariffs could mean higher prices for American households on a wide variety of goods.
Well recent polling shows that Americans are worried about the effects of President Trump's tariffs. CNN's Harry Enten breaks down the numbers.
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HARRY ENTEN, CNN SR. DATA REPORTER: The support is 38 percent. Now you don't have to be a mathematical genius to figure out that the 51 percent opposed is higher than the 38 percent support. Americans are saying no, no, no when it comes to these Trump tariffs.
You know, there have been some things that Trump has perhaps done in his early days that are popular. I've pointed those out. But this, my dear friend, is not popular at all.
I've looked at a bunch of polling data, some with vague polling language, some with more specifics like this one. And in every single one, the plurality or majority opposed the Trump tariffs and just this tiny bit right here at 38 percent south of 40 percent support.
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CHURCH: The Trump administration is also targeting America's Agency for International Development. Elon Musk says Donald Trump agrees that USAID needs to be shut down.
This comes after a flurry of speculation that the White House meant to fold the agency into the State Department, even though Democratic lawmakers say they have no legal authority to do so.
CNN's Alex Marquardt has the story.
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ALEX MARQUARDT, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: On Saturday, personnel from DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, which was created by Elon Musk, essentially tried to barge into the headquarters of the U.S. government's aid agency USAID.
At first, they weren't allowed in and they threatened to call the U.S. Marshals Service to force USAID to let them in. Sources tell CNN that the team from DOGE wanted access to security systems, personnel files, and areas where classified information is held. A reminder that you need a security clearance to access areas and information like that.
Now, eventually, the DOGE team did gain access and CNN learned on Sunday that the two most senior security officials, the Director of Security John Voorhees and his deputy, were put on leave. This comes after dozens of other top career officials were sent home on leave by the Trump administration amid fears that USAID is being gutted.
Now, not long after CNN's reporting came out, Elon Musk posted on X, the platform that he owns, "USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die."
The USAID website went down on Saturday. Its X account was taken offline on Sunday. There's a new page now on the State Department website for USAID, which means it could soon be absorbed by the State Department.
Now, current and former USAID officials have argued to me that USAID must remain independent, that the State Department does not have the expertise, the training, the capacity to handle the kind of work that USAID does.
It is the biggest provider of food aid in the world. It has a budget of over $40 billion and works in more than 100 countries in some of the most desperate, difficult, and hard to reach places.
Now, this is, without question, a seminal moment for the U.S.' role in the world, how it helps people well beyond its borders, how it is perceived in the world. And there are warnings of a significant impact on U.S. national security interests.
Alex Marquardt, CNN, Washington.
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CHURCH: In a move that could impact thousands of people, the Trump administration is demanding the names of all FBI employees who helped investigate the Capitol insurrection.
The Justice Department says it wants to determine whether any additional personnel actions are necessary. Donald Trump has vowed to strike back at agencies he feels were weaponized against him.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says the president has the right to push out senior leaders who don't share his vision, but the purge should not extend to rank-and-file employees.
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SEN. LINSEY GRAHAM (R-SC): Now, if you're an agent working on a January 6th case or some other case and you were assigned to do it, you know, you shouldn't be punished just for doing your job. This idea of keeping everybody in place in the government after Trump won the election is insane.
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FBI employees say the January 6th case was the largest investigation ever worked by the bureau, with nearly everyone involved in some aspect of the case.
Well, in a matter of hours, recovery crews will begin clearing the wreckage of Wednesday's fatal midair collision over Washington. CNN's Gabe Cohen has more.
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GABE COHEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, we now know dive teams have recovered 55 of the victims in this crash, which means 12 people are still missing in the Potomac River.
And so at first light Monday, crews are going to begin a lift operation. They've brought in heavy equipment, including a barge and a crane, and they are going to start cutting into the wreckage and removing it from the water, hoping that it will help them find those 12 remaining people.
Now, as part of that work, if they are able to spot any of those victims in the water, they will stop the operation and send divers into the water to safely and respectfully recover them from the Potomac River. But it will be a heavy lift, and it could take days.
I asked D.C.'s fire chief, who is leading that operation, about what he expects in the coming days.
JOHN DONNELLY, CHIEF, WASHINGTON FIRE AND EMS: So it is my belief that we're going to recover everyone. If we knew where they were, though, we would already have them out. So we have some work to do as this salvage operation goes on. And we will absolutely stay here and search until such point as we have everybody. [03:40:02]
We believe we're going to be able to recover all of the victims, but no, we don't know where they all are at this point.
COHEN: And we also witnessed a powerful moment Sunday morning when response teams brought family members of the victims in the crash to the end of Runway 33 here at Reagan National Airport to lay a wreath in the water and spend some time at the wreckage site.
And the images just speak to the scale of loss from this tragedy. So many families that are grieving right now and searching for answers, as so many of us are as well. This investigation just getting underway.
Gabe Cohen, CNN, Reagan National Airport.
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CHURCH: Five people remain hospitalized following the medevac plane crash in Philadelphia on Friday. Three are in critical condition. Authorities are working to figure out what caused the crash and now have the cockpit voice recorder to help in their investigation.
The crash killed seven people, including the six Mexican nationals on board the air ambulance. The operator, Jet Rescue, confirmed the identities of the four deceased crew members pictured here.
A child patient and her mother were also killed on the flight, which was bound for Tijuana.
The former president of Spain's Football Federation is about to go on trial for an unwanted World Cup kiss. The story when we come back.
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CHURCH: The former president of the Spanish Football Association goes on trial today for sexual assault. Luis Rubiales is charged with one count of sexual assault for his unsolicited kiss of national team player Jennifer Hermoso after Spain's World Cup win.
He's also facing one count of coercion in the aftermath of the kiss. The incident made global headlines and sparked a national debate in Spain about sexism.
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We go live now to CNN's Pau Mosquera in Spain. He's at the court in Madrid there. Good to see you. So what is happening with the trial today?
PAU MOSQUERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Rosemary. So today marks the beginning of the highly-anticipated trial against Luis Rubiales, the Spain's Soccer Federation former president, for that non-consensual kiss that he gave to star striker Jennifer Hermoso during the celebrations of the Women's World Cup final in Sydney, Australia, on August 2023.
I can tell you, Rosemary, that here outside the court there's a high expectation for the arrivals, both from the defendants and the complainants. There's here at least 100 professionals from 70 different media who are waiting for these arrivals.
Actually, Luis Rubiales was the very first to get to this court. He stepped in confidently. He got here like half an hour ago. And five minutes later, we saw Jenni Hermoso also getting inside the court.
It is important to highlight, Rosemary, that Hermoso is going to be the very first to testify on this trial. A testimony, a witness that is going to speak in front of the judge in a matter of 15 minutes or so.
And this, I can also tell you, that it's going to be a long trial because it's going to last at least for 11 days. During the forthcoming days here, we're going to see many different members from the Spanish Soccer Federation, teammates from Hermoso.
And from the 12th of February here, we're going to declare in front of the judge the four defendants who are accused, at least Rubiales, of sexual assault and coercion.
Three other former officials from the Federation are accused of coercion. And that's why the prosecutors are asking for them one year and a half of prison.
Now, there's a lot of interest on what may come out of this trial. And it's important to highlight, Rosemary, that the verdict will come like one week or two weeks after it gets to an end, the 19th of February. Rosemary.
CHURCH: Pau Mosquera in Madrid. Many thanks for that live report.
One of Greece's top tourist spots is issuing warnings after experiencing more than 200 small earthquakes. Officials say people should avoid large indoor gatherings on the volcanic island of Santorini. Millions of tourists visit the island each year.
So far, there's been no damage, but officials are telling people to stay away from ports, including one that's popular with cruise ships. Santorini is also closing schools on Monday. The island has not been hit by a large earthquake since 1956.
Well, the Grammy Awards brought music's biggest names to L.A. on Sunday. Despite stiff competition this year, the Queen Bee, Beyonce, took
center stage. We will have more on the star-studded night just ahead.
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CHURCH: Beyonce was the big winner at Sunday night's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
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The Grammy goes to "Cowboy Carter."
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CHURCH: Despite being nominated several other times, this was her first win for album of the year. Beyonce also became the first black woman to win the Grammy for Best Country Album.
While accepting that award, she had a message for all artists.
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BEYONCE, WINNER, ALBUM OF THE YEAR AND BEST COUNTRY ALBUM: Wow, I really was not expecting this. Wow. I want to thank God -- oh, my God -- that I'm able to still do what I love after so many years.
I think sometimes genre is a cold word to keep us in our place as artists. And I just want to encourage people to do what they're passionate about.
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CHURCH: Kendrick Lamar was also a big winner with his top-charting track, "Not Like Us." He swept all the categories he was nominated in, taking home Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Music Video.
During the Sunday night's program, the Grammys honored emergency workers and highlighted fundraisers for wildfire relief.
Well, as winter continues, it could be a wet week for many parts of the western U.S. More than 12 million people around San Francisco and Sacramento in California are under a flood watch, with atmospheric river events predicted to bring heavy rain and snow over the next several days.
CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar has more.
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ALLISON CHINCHAR, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Even after all the rain that California and the West Coast saw this weekend, it's not over yet. We still have several days more of heavy rain to go.
So there is still a concern for flooding of northern and central California on Monday. And then Tuesday, we begin to see more of that moisture spread southward. So areas like Los Angeles and San Diego will now finally start to be able to see some rain showers in their area.
It's also not just rain. We're going to be looking at plenty of snow, too. Lots of winter weather advisories and warnings and watches in effect in some of these areas could be looking at 2 to 4 feet of snow total. Now, when we talk about these atmospheric river events, and there are
multiple of them expected over the next several days, we typically see level twos and level threes. Those are mostly beneficial rain, with at least the potential for some hazardous impacts.
But the concern here is that we're looking at a level four atmospheric river, especially just north of San Francisco near the Fort Bragg area.
This time now you're talking about still somewhat beneficial, but now you're starting to see a significant amount of those hazardous impacts building up. In addition to the fact of just the flash flooding, you also now have the potential for landslides across some of these areas.
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You'll notice, too, here Monday, the focus is really still over northern California. Then it begins to spread Tuesday down into southern California, finally allowing places like Los Angeles and San Diego to get some much needed rain.
But even as that system spreads down, you have a secondary system that will arrive right on the heels of it, beginning to bring more rain and snow back to portions of northern California, as well as Oregon and Washington State.
So overall, looking through the next several days, you are looking at substantial amounts of snow, widespread 12 to 18 inches.
But as I mentioned, some spots 2 to 4 feet is not out of the question. Rainfall will be heaviest across portions of northern and central California, widespread totals of 3 to 6 inches, but not out of the questions for a few isolated spots to get as much as 8 to 10 inches total.
The forecast for Los Angeles, it remains dry on Monday and Tuesday, although you do have that favorable onshore flow here. The temperatures remain steady, but you look at the days for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, finally getting some much needed rain back into the forecast.
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CHURCH: London is celebrating the Lunar New Year. Streets were packed with tourists and locals alike, as the U.K. rang in the Year of the Snake this weekend.
London's traditional Lunar New Year parade drew big crowds to the city's Chinatown. Local reports say London's Lunar New Year celebration is one of the largest outside of Asia.
I want to thank you so much for your company. I'm Rosemary Church. Have yourselves a wonderful day. "CNN Newsroom" continues next with Max Foster and Christina Macfarlane.
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