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European Leaders To Russia; 30-Day Ceasefire Or Massive Sanctions; Pakistan And India Accuse Each Other Of Violating Hours-Old Ceasefire; Source: First Day Wraps Up Of U.S. And China Trade Talks; Air Traffic Controllers At Newark Lose Radar & Radio Contact With Planes For Second Time In Two Weeks; DHS: More Arrests "On the Table" After ICE Facility Scuffle; Homeland Security Official: Arresting Members Of Congress Present At NJ ICE Facility Scuffle "Definitely On The Table"; Soviet-Era Spacecraft Crashes Back To Earth. Aired 6-7p ET

Aired May 10, 2025 - 18:00   ET

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JESSICA DEAN, CNN HOST: You're in the CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Jessica Dean in New York and we begin with breaking news as the leaders of Ukraine, the U.K., France, Germany and Poland issue an ultimatum to Moscow, agree to a 30-day full and unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine starting Monday, or face the possibility of massive sanctions.

The proposal, by the so-called Coalition of the Willing also has the approval of the White House, with President Trump signing off on the demand in a phone call with world leaders.

Our Nick Paton Walsh is in Kyiv with the latest on this seismic moment in the three-year war.

NICK PATON WALSH, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: It is the big breakthrough, potentially in diplomacy, that many here had hoped for, and certainly the White House had long said they sought.

This is an unconditional demand, really, from the four biggest military powers in Europe and Ukraine for an unconditional ceasefire that starts on the midnight between Sunday and Monday as far as we can tell from the details we know, and it is, of course, backed by the White House.

The U.S.-Ukraine proposal for a 30-day unconditional ceasefire, well, that's where it originated from and that's nearly two months old now. Russia has been always saying it might vaguely go along with this, but wanted to address "nuances" that essentially is the guise for conditions that the European leaders today said they wanted to hear none of.

So, this is a very blunt statement from two nuclear powers -- the French, the British, the Germans and the Polish, all together here saying that really they want to call Russia's bluff. If Russia is not willing to go along with this, then there will be massive sanctions, Macron said, potentially against the banking and energy infrastructure, Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian President said; and also potentially two more military assistance for Ukraine as well.

Here is what Zelenskyy had to say.

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VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT (through translator): We've agreed that since Monday, 12th of May, a full and unconditional ceasefire must start for at least 30 days. We together demanded from Russia. We know that the United States support us in this.

The unconditional ceasefire means no conditions and an attempt to put any conditions is signaling intention to drag out the war and undermine diplomacy.

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WALSH: There are two things to be mindful of here. Firstly, is the technical way of implementing something like this, a 30-day unconditional ceasefire sounds easy, right? But ultimately, Ukraine's military, the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of troops deployed along an enormous frontline now have to be told, do they fight back if attacked on Monday? Do they reduce their activity in a bid to try and get the ceasefire to take hold? That's a complex task for the Ukrainian government here, certainly.

And Macron, the French President, also said the United States would monitor this. So that means the U.S. has to get its significant capabilities up to a quality and quantity that they can measure this ceasefire, document violations by either side and then present that evidence to justify potentially the sanctions and other measures they are suggesting they might potentially take.

The other side of this, too, it is important to remember is that were currently in still the closing hours of a Russian unilateral ceasefire that was declared, critics of Russia say to make the Victory Day parade we saw on Friday in Moscow's Red Square go more calmly.

Ukraine has accused Russia of violating that over 700 times the last time I looked saying that they never really meant to go along with that in earnest. And indeed, Ukraine didn't sign up to it either.

So the concept of ceasefires here, mostly Russian, unilaterally declared ones with little notice, has been on very rocky ground. This is new. This is Europe's allies and Ukraine all saying this must happen or there will be consequences, they say with American backing.

But I have to tell you, I've got the sense really, in that meeting, seeing those leaders together, hearing the tone of which they spoke about Putin's commitments to peace, that they are pretty unsure he will go along with this.

And so ultimately, this may be the next 30 hours or so, 48 hours, probably one of the most consequential we've seen, maybe since the start of the invasion, about sending a message to this Trump White House that Putin is not serious about peace, not serious about the U.S.-Ukraine proposal that's now two months old for an unconditional ceasefire, and that essentially, Ukraine's allies now have to be a lot tougher on Russia.

Still, that's going to be a complex message, potentially to sell to the U.S. Commander-in-Chief and that's why so much rests on exactly how the violence falls after midnight Sunday to Monday -- Jessica.

DEAN: All right, Nick Paton Walsh for us in Kyiv, thanks so much for that.

In more breaking news, the hours-old ceasefire between India and Pakistan growing more fragile as both countries accuse the other of violating the agreement to end fighting. Explosions have been heard in both the India and Pakistan administered parts of Kashmir.

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But Pakistan's Information Minister is denying Delhi's claims it breached the truce, calling the violation from their side "out of the question."

Now the back and forth comes after the two nuclear powers agreed to an immediate ceasefire that ended the worst fighting in decades between these neighboring countries.

The Trump administration says they helped broker that ceasefire, and we are covering this from all angles with Nic Robertson in Islamabad and Matthew Chance in Delhi. We begin with Matthew and the view of the ceasefire from India.

MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT: It is still pretty volatile at the moment, and the ceasefire that was implemented about seven-and-a-half hours ago or so local time is still unstable. There are still reports coming to us from the Indian Foreign Secretary most recently that there are multiple violations of that ceasefire, the Indians accusing the Pakistanis of violating the terms of the truce. I know that's something that the Pakistanis have rejected.

There has also been sort of competing claims of who has come out of this very brief, latest conflict between India and Pakistan with the upper hand. The Indians on state television here and on all the sort of commercial television stations that we've been watching are basically saying this was a Pakistani defeat and a big victory for India, a vindication for Narendra Modi, the country's Prime Minister.

I expect there is a very different point of view on the other side of the divide over in Pakistan, but -- and of course, the United States is taking credit with President Trump posting on Truth Social the fact that this truce was agreed because of the intervention, essentially of his officials in the form of Marco Rubio and J.D. Vance.

The problem, though, with the truce is that even though the situation may settle over the coming hours and it may bring to an end the current fighting, it doesn't do anything really to address the underlying concerns and the underlying problems that have for decades been fueling the unrest in the disputed region of Kashmir.

It is a majority Muslim population there, which is you know, formerly part of a Hindu majority country. There is a strong independence movement as well. That all has been fueling unrest over many decades. There are allegations of human rights abuses. There is a terrorism problem, none of that is likely to be addressed in this sort of makeshift ceasefire that was put together and brokered by the United States.

So I guess the point I am trying to make is that even if this ceasefire holds, the problems with Kashmir are likely to come back again, potentially with a vengeance in the future, and so it is in that sense, this is a positive sign, but there are still a lot more to be done in terms of lasting peace.

DEAN: Right, and those key that you just walked us through as well. And Nic, I want to get Pakistan's response where you are. I also understand you have new details about how the ceasefire came together.

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Yes, I think when you look at the big picture of what's happening in the ceasefire, the big guns, the big missiles that were being launched by Pakistan this morning, the fighter jet attacks and the missiles at both sides were raining onto each other in the early hours of this morning, less than 24 hours ago, that has stopped and I think that's pretty clear.

Where the friction continues is as long, as Matthew was saying, that disputed border area, the so-called line of control between Pakistan administered Kashmir and Indian administered Kashmir, and that's where both sides are saying they -- or we are getting reports from our local journalists along the line there that the violations, if you will, are going both ways.

But this is what we've got, just a statement that's come in the last hour or so from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here, and let me just give you some of the highlights here. It is pushing back pretty strongly, as you would expect against the Indian accusations.

It says "Pakistan remains committed to the faithful implementation of the ceasefire brokered between Pakistan and India. Notwithstanding." It says "Notwithstanding the violations committed by India in some areas. Our forces," it says "Pakistan's forces are handling the situation with responsibility and restraint."

So I think you get the sense there, the differing narrative from both sides. Look, as Matthew says, there are deep underlying issues and the core issue around Kashmir has always been not just the religious issue there, but the fact that these mountains of Kashmir and the foothills of the Himalayas provide the water source for both countries, and that India has decided to turn off the water supplies from that region.

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The three main rivers that supply Pakistan's agriculture and power generation, that is one of the massive underlying issues. It is the historic issue, the water about Kashmir is what all this has been about since 1947, and that remains just as true today. In fact, officials I talked to here, see it as an existential issue. Now, what I got from sources who were very, very close to the negotiations was just how this teetered on a knife edge, that there was almost a deal last night that was blown up by India's attack. Pakistan responded in a far bigger way than they had originally planned to do.

India, according to Pakistan, backed down. Marco Rubio got directly hands on involved. There was a violation by India. Pakistan responded. The talks continued, another violation by India. Pakistan responded again and it wasn't until late afternoon that there was a two-hour pause and that was spaced to call that a ceasefire had been arrived at.

But speaking to people involved in this, you can see the tiredness. They've been up for almost 24 hours and they knew if they didn't nail it down today, then an escalation would happen and that was very real for both sides. There is deep tiredness on both sides, but the negotiations by the U.S. have been going on for a number of days, deeply engaged here in Pakistan, the White House coming in to add the heft over the last sort of 48 hours and a huge appreciation, frankly, by Pakistani officials here for the role of the United States in achieving this.

DEAN: All right, our thanks to Matthew Chance in Delhi and Nic Robertson in Islamabad.

Joining me now is CNN's senior military analyst, Admiral James Stavridis. He is a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and partner at The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm. He is also the author of the novel "The Restless Wave."

Admiral, thanks so much for being here with us.

Talking about Pakistan and India, both nuclear powers as Nic and Matthew laid out, they have been in conflict for generations, but how precarious was this moment?

ADM. JAMES STAVRIDIS (RET), CNN SENIOR MILITARY ANALYST: I think this was a significant moment of danger, but you're absolutely right, Jessica, to draw a line under really 50 years of back and forth, three almost full scale wars, just short of nuclear engagement. And then at least half a dozen quite significant exchanges of fire, really over the last 10 to 15 years.

So this has always been a global flashpoint. We don't talk about it perhaps as much as we should, particularly given, as you point out, the nuclear weapons that are potentially involved.

But what we ought to have clear in our minds is that this was a dangerous situation, but it was a good day for diplomacy and credit to the Trump administration leaning in. That's what a nation like the United States should do in trying to bring about what hopefully will remain quiet at the top of the world.

DEAN: And it is interesting because just a few days ago, Vice President J.D. Vance had said that the conflict was none of our business, and yet that changed quite dramatically. To your point, the U.S. really stepping in as Nic and Matthew were reporting as well.

What do you think kind of changed their minds?

STAVRIDIS: Probably two things were significant. Number one, I think correctly, they were watching on the split screen Russia and China drawing closer and closer together, President Xi and Moscow.

And I think for the U.S. being engaged in smart ways with India, another global superpower is critical and important. I think that helped the light go on. And then secondly, reporting from the region, particularly the bellicose rhetoric out of both sides, India and Pakistan jarred the administration into realizing that if this thing escalated, God forbid, to the level of a nuclear exchange, the economic impact globally would be significant.

I think for both those reasons, Marco Rubio was deployed, and I think he did a good job, by all accounts, in bringing this thing to closure, at least for the moment.

DEAN: I also want to get your take on what's going on with Ukraine and Russia, with the European leaders coming together with the support of President Trump to give Vladimir Putin this ultimatum, ultimatum that he agree to this 30-day cease fire starting Monday or face massive sanctions.

How do you see that playing out? And do you agree that this could be the most pivotal move that we've seen so far?

STAVRIDIS: I think it is the best chance for diplomacy that I've seen in two-and-a-half years of watching this war very closely, so that's encouraging.

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And by the way, Jessica, you and I are often together on the weekends and it is always bad news, bad news, bad news. Here we are with some good news, India and Pakistan and I think some good here.

There are three reasons what is happening on that screenshot you're showing are good. Number one is it brings real hope to the Ukrainians to see that kind of European muscle behind them. Number two, this is a moment for Europe to come together. Those four countries -- Poland, U.K., France and Germany represent a significant part of the world's GDP and real military capability including nuclear. And third and finally, this is a good moment for the Trump administration.

It was Team trump that proposed this 30-day ceasefire. Now you see the Europeans getting strongly behind it. You see the U.S. behind it. We have the mineral deal with Ukraine. I think Putin's little chances are getting worse and worse as the days go on here. That's good for diplomacy.

DEAN: And so what do you -- I mean, it is anybody's guess how Putin will respond to this, but what do you -- what will you be watching for? STAVRIDIS :He will bluster about it. He will deploy more, they call them nuances. They are actually extremely significant demands, an example would be his team is saying, oh well, we could do the 30-day ceasefire as long as no weapons would go into Ukraine. Well that's a nonsense demand. It is like telling a boxer in the ring he is not allowed to raise his arms over his waist. The weapons have to continue to flow.

I think you'll see Putin continue to demand that he be recognized and the complete control of 20 percent of Ukraine. That's probably negotiable. But his other demand will be for relief from sanctions and that, I think, is going to be a tough one to end up in a negotiation.

So bottom line, Jessica, I will be watching Russian reaction on negotiations over sanctions, on flow of weapons to Ukraine and of NATO membership for Ukraine. Those will be the key demands on the Russian side.

But again, I feel like this could be the moment where Putin has to stop the rope-a-dope, stop kind of dragging everybody along and come to a negotiating table. Let's start with a 30-day ceasefire and see where it goes.

DEAN: All right, we are going to see. Admiral James Stavridis, we really appreciate it. It is good to see you.

STAVRIDIS: Thanks, Jessica.

DEAN: Coming up, White House officials working to defuse a trade war. What we know about the first day of the high stakes talks between the U.S. and China.

Plus, experts warn of more travel disruptions after a second outage at one of the nation's largest airports.

And a judge orders the immediate release of a Tufts University student from ICE custody. Why her attorneys say this is a win for all Americans.

You're in the CNN Newsroom.

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DEAN: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gearing up for day two tomorrow of high-level trade talks with China. He and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are in Geneva. They are meeting with their Chinese counterparts for two days.

Now, earlier this week, Bessent tried to lower expectations for any immediate deal with U.S. officials saying this round is about defusing tensions.

Just after the U.S. team took off for Switzerland, President Trump, who had previously said he had no intention of cutting the current 145 percent tariff he put on Chinese goods, made a large concession on social media, posting this: "Eight percent tariff on China seems right. Up to Scott B."

CNN's Marc Stewart joins us now from Beijing.

Marc, good to see you. What is the Chinese perspective in all of this? What are they hoping to get from these talks?

MARC STEWART, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good to see you too, Jessica.

Look, I think the point of view that we are hearing over and over again from Beijing is the only reason these talks are taking place. The only reason why China is at the negotiating table at this point in time is because of repeated invitations, repeated overtures by the United States to have these further conversations.

China stressing this point that it is not that one that's caving in. It is not the one making the first move. This is something that's initiated by the United States, perhaps because of some of the economic pain that is being seen across America.

I want to show you some of the messaging, not just from government officials, but also in Chinese social media and in everyday life. This is a cartoon that was recently posted on the social media account of CCTV. That's the state broadcaster here in China.

This cartoon has a caricature of what appears to be Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent pushing a grocery cart with an American flag with a sign "To Switzerland" behind him.

You see some mandarin letters, some characters. That translates to America's stress. So the satire is very strong here in China.

China also releasing messaging to extend to the rest of the world, saying to other nations, stand with us, the United States is acting like an economic bully. That's the point of view that we are getting from China right now.

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And certainly we are seeing economic stress on both sides of the Pacific when we have this brawl essentially between the world's first largest economy, that being the United States, and then, of course, the second largest economy being where I am here in China -- Jessica.

DEAN: And Marc, do you get the sense there they are willing to make concessions here to kind of take down the tensions?

STEWART: Well, I think China is going to have no choice because not only is the American economy dealing with hardship, but so is China.

In addition, before any of this even happened, China was dealing with a lot of economic woes. There has been a real estate crisis. People are afraid to spend money here. There is that much apprehension. Prices have dropped dramatically. This economic phenomenon of deflation where prices are so low, people are afraid to spend money. So China is going to probably have to make some concessions on the bigger picture, the long game here, if you will -- Jessica.

DEAN: All right, CNN's Marc Stewart in Beijing, tomorrow morning, you're ahead of us. Thank you so much. We really appreciate it.

And now to talk more about these negotiations with China, let's bring in Global Head of Tech Research at Wedbush Securities, Dan Ives.

Dan, I feel like this is becoming a regular Saturday or Sunday segment as we continue to make our way through all of this.

First, just I want to get your thoughts on what President Trump posted yesterday saying 80 percent tariff on China seems right. That is a big difference from 145. Did he give up any leverage there? What do you make of that public pronouncement?

DAN IVES, WEDBUSH SECURITIES GLOBAL HEAD OF TECH RESEARCH: Yes, I mean, look that was odd because it is really negotiating with yourself, right? It is almost -- I mean, a George Costanza moment. That essentially he is negotiating with himself and I think that the issue here for the market, you need to see some sort of de-escalation, and I think you need to see that coming out by tomorrow night.

I think Trump recognizes that in terms of, you see the cargo ships, you see the inventory, he knows the reality and that's why Bessent is in Switzerland. You've got to get at least some framework of a de- escalation with China.

DEAN: Yes and so, is that considered a good -- a great outcome from just these talks would be just some sense of de-escalation, whether or not they -- I mean, obviously getting a deal in place would be nearly impossible in two days.

IVES: Yes. I mean, you've talked about, you know, the last four or five weeks. I mean, we need to have a de-escalation because the reality is, is that it has basically put a shut off valve in terms of China into the U.S. and what that means in terms of inventory, we are going to see price increases, especially going into Memorial Day. You look at the tech supply chain, and I think that's something behind- the-scenes that the Trump administration is hurt.

I mean, they recognized the urgency. And look, U.K. in terms of the deal or whatever, the framework, that's a baby step. It all comes down to India, Vietnam, but the key one, it is China. And that's the reality of where we are now.

DEAN: Yes, and look to your point, we have this new CNN reporting, zero ships from China are bound for California's top ports. That's something officials haven't seen since the pandemic, and as you note, what that means is were going to start seeing a real shortage of goods and prices getting higher.

In terms of the pressure that that does put on the President and his administration, you have to think that that now suddenly is hitting regular Americans who are used to going to the store and being able to get what they need.

IVES: Well, exactly, and just wait till the shelves start to continue to decrease and prices go up, because the reality is, look, you could say deals, deals, deals. You could say this is great near-term pain. There is the math and the reality and that is what is ultimately going to hit.

And they know that, economists know that. We see it in terms of the cargo data and time is ticking. But that's why this is the key 24 hours, because Bessent needs to get some framework to get some de- escalation in terms of some number.

Trump put the 80 percent out there. And look, if you get the 80 percent, the street basically views it, okay, over the next six to eight months, does this go to 20 percent? Twenty-five percent? And I think that's the reality of the situation.

You cannot walk out of Switzerland with just we are going to continue to talk. That would be disappointing.

DEAN: Okay, so we look to tomorrow to see what comes out of it.

Dan Ives, thanks for your time. We really appreciate it.

IVES: Thank you.

DEAN: Still ahead, another outage at one of the nation's busiest airports. The moment air traffic controllers experienced a second blackout at Newark Airport and why experts warn this problem isn't going away anytime soon.

You're in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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DEAN: Tonight, experts warning the chaos at Newark Liberty Airport won't end any time soon. It comes as one of the country's busiest airports experienced another outage affecting air traffic controllers losing radar for 90 seconds early Friday morning. Controllers redirecting a FedEx plane flying to Boston.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: FedEx 1989, I'm going to hand you off here. Our scopes just went black again. If you care about this, contact your airline and try to get some pressure for them to fix this stuff. New York departure now. 120.8.

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DEAN: Now, all this comes as staffing shortages and technical outages have led to more than a thousand flight cancellations out of Newark in the last two weeks. And I'm joined now by former acting FAA administrator Billy Nolen.

Billy, thank you so much for joining us on a Saturday evening.

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I first just want to ask you what you think when you hear about a second outage like this in recent weeks. How concerning is that?

BILLY NOLEN, FORMER ACTING FAA ADMINISTRATOR: Yes. Well, thanks Jessica for having me out here. The bottom line up front is that truly that we have under invested - and I call it an investment in our aviation ecosystem, the FAA, our traffic control system for decades. And so, when I hear things, I would say to the flying public that first and foremost our system is safe but it's also fragile. Why? Because we have not put the requisite amount of spend that's needed to keep pace.

So, I'll just give you something your audience understands, right? Typically, if you're a homeowner you spend about 1 to 4 percent on your house a year. On our nation's road, we spend about 1.5 percent of GDP for interstate commerce, the cars. On our aviation system we spend 0.2 percent.

You heard that right, 0.2 percent, roughly about $3 billion a year. So, we're barely able to keep pace and we've got towers that are 60 - 40 to 60 years old. This - while we've made some changes it is time for us to do something major which is why I was so appreciative of the leadership by, you know, Secretary Duffy this week and calling the industry together.

DEAN: And is this just a matter of priorities and political will to get some of the stuff done?

NOLEN: It takes leadership. You know, one of my favorite books is called "courage is the backbone of leadership." And certainly, we are seeing leadership from Secretary Duffy, from the White House, from FAA Acting Administrator Chris Rocheleau, my good friend there.

This is what it takes, right?

Now, the challenge would be - let's say Congress found its way and I think it will to give, let's say, $15 billion - $30 billion, we could do that. The challenge is that we sometimes do it and then we sort of call it quits say, okay, we got that fix. We're done.

It takes - you know, aviation contributes roughly $1.6 trillion - $1.6 trillion for our GDP and that's about 10 million aviation-related jobs. So, if you would just use that one percent that you would spend on the upkeep of your house that would suggest we should be spending somewhere in the neighborhood of about $15- to $16 billion per year for upkeep.

So, you think 3 billion - 16 billion, we're certainly not hitting the mark there. So - but, you know what, you got to start someplace. And this was a this was a moment where the Secretary - you garner the support of the entire industry. You got labor. You got Congress. You got the White House all pulling together that says, look, the American people deserve the very best air transportation system in the world. And you know what, it's our job to give it to them.

DEAN: And so how long will that take. Let's say to your point you've checked those boxes where you've got buy in from all the important parties there. But just practically how long does it take to get that up and running. I know they're trying to work on a very tight timeline.

NOLEN: Yes. I think, you know, at the end of the day you're going to need a strong entity that sort of oversees this, that reports and, you know, as the Secretary said, you know, I'm happy to come to Congress and give you sort of quarterly updates.

There are things you can do very quickly, right? I mean, granted the controllers is the long pole of the tent. It takes you about a year to get them to the Academy in Oklahoma City between 18 and 24 months to make them what's called a CPC a certified professional controller depending on a facility that they're at in the level, right? So, you've got to do that, but you can immediately begin the work of outlining, you know, which radar's the secretary's already, you know, the plan - this eight-page document that he outlined has - putting in safety equipment for surface at another 200 airports, replacing outdated radars, you know, sun settings, you know, the paper strips that some tower controllers are still using. But having a very robust plan that in his plan it's about a three-year plan.

DEAN: Yes.

NOLEN: It's doable if you've got the will and, you know, to make it happen.

DEAN: All right. Billy Nolen, thank you so much for your insight. We appreciate it.

NOLEN: Thank you very much.

DEAN: Still ahead. Members of Congress threatened with arrest, the scuffle outside an ICE facility that led to a mayor being taken into custody. Why federal officials now say more lawmakers could be arrested.

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DEAN: Tonight, the Department of Homeland Security says three members of Congress, all Democrats, face the possibility of being arrested. All three were present Friday when a scuffle broke out at an ICE facility in New Jersey. When ICE agents arrested the mayor of Newark, he tried to join the lawmakers on a scheduled tour of the center. CNN's Gloria Pazmino is here with more.

Gloria, what is Homeland Security saying about all of this?

GLORIA PAZMINO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Jessica, they've said that there is an ongoing investigation into this after three members of Congress, as you said, showed up to a Newark ICE detention facility yesterday, and the mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, tried to join them on that tour. There is video right before the arrest, which you are seeing there, where you can hear that Mayor Baraka is trying to gain access to the facility, but he is told by immigration officials on the ground that the tour is only for Congress people.

There's a back and forth for a few minutes, then Mayor Baraka exits the gate, and at one point, the officers come out from behind the gate and try to take him into custody.

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That's when we see Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, she's the woman that you see there in the red jacket, try to put herself between the officers and the mayor. And there was a big scuffle, a lot of pushing and shoving and back and forth throughout the duration of this while they took Baraka into custody.

Now, we should mention that Baraka has been focused on this facility. For several weeks now, he says that the Newark ICE facility has been operating without the proper permits and that he wants to go in there to make sure that everything is running as it's supposed to be, that people who are being kept in custody there are having access to the resources that they're supposed to have, and he's been trying to bring attention to this facility in the last few months.

Now, we heard from Department of Homeland Secretary - Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin this morning talking about this incident. Take a listen to what she had to say to our Victor Blackwell this morning.

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TRICIA MCLAUGHLIN, ASSISTANT DHS SECRETARY: There will likely be more arrests coming. We actually have body camera footage of some of these members of Congress assaulting our ICE enforcement officers, including body slamming a female ICE officer, so we will be showing that to viewers very shortly. American people should know the facts.

VICTOR BLACKWELL, CNN HOST: And you say a video of members of Congress body slamming ICE ...

MCLAUGHLIN: That's correct.

BLACKWELL: ... officials?

MCLAUGHLIN: That's correct, sir. It's disgusting.

BLACKWELL: Okay. And so, if you have that video, are you suggesting that members of Congress will be arrested who were there yesterday?

MCLAUGHLIN: This is an ongoing investigation, and that is definitely on the table.

(END VIDEO CLIP) PAZMINO: Now, Jessica, ICE has since released that body cam video. I'm going to show you parts of it right now. I viewed the entire video, and you can certainly see the pushing and the shoving that is going on, but at no point does anyone appear to body slam any of these immigration officers into the ground. You can see they're heavily armed. Many of them are actually holding long weapons.

And you can see that, yes, it was very tense and that there was a lot of pushing and shoving between everyone there. We had Congresswoman Coleman, who was one of the three members of Congress who was trying to get access to the facility, talking to us about this incident this morning and saying that the description that the Homeland - the Department of Homeland Security has given us here is completely inaccurate. Take a listen.

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REP. BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN (D-NJ): He's given permission to his cabinet and those who work for him to lie, and she's lying, too. And so, I was there. I saw it. I was a part of it. I was in the middle of it. We did not in any way, shape, or form disrespect the physicality of any of those ICE agents. And to say so is just to perpetuate the kind of lying that we are experiencing in this country at the highest levels. And it's disgusting.

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PAZMINO: Now, in the meantime, Mayor Ras Baraka is facing trespassing charges. He says that he has a pretrial hearing scheduled on those charges in the next couple of days. He has retained an attorney to represent him in those proceedings. He said he would go forward to face those charges. And we'll see if anything else comes of this ongoing investigation that the Department of Homeland Security says that they are conducting. Jessica?

DEAN: All right. Gloria Pazmino with the latest. Thanks so much.

Still ahead, President Trump going against his own party by raising the idea of taxing the rich to pay for a sweeping funding bill in Congress. We'll talk with Republican Congressman Carlos Gimenez about this. Stay with us. You're in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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DEAN: Tonight, there's one less hunk of space junk orbiting the Earth. Kosmos 482 was originally sent into space by Russia in 1972, and it was supposed to land on Venus. But it never made it there. Instead, it circled the Earth for decades, slowly spiraling back into the Earth's gravitational pull. Russia's space agency says it splashed down in the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta, Indonesia. It may have even survived reentry since it was designed to survive the blazing hot atmosphere of Venus.

Venice is a city known for its beautiful canals, gondolas and good food. But now many Venetians say they're fighting to keep the soul of the city because of over-tourism. Here's a preview of the whole story airing this weekend, "Saving Venice."

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ERICA HILL, CNN ANCHOR AND NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Foreigners come and they think Venice is sinking, we have to save it. When you hear save Venice, what does that mean to you?

MICHELA BORTOLOZZI, FOUNDER, RELIGHT VENICE: Respect Venice when you come here, understand where you are. Always I ask, "Do you know that we have cinema, we have school?" "Oh, really?" "We have a swimming pool, two swimming pools in town." "I can't believe it." You know, but a lot of people doesn't really know how really Venice works."

MATTEO SILVERIO, CO-FOUNDER, REHUB: Most of the time I argue with tourists. They say, okay, do you usually stand in the middle of the street during the rush hour? No, they will kill you. Either a bike or a car. So that here, this is a street, this is not a pedestrian way. This is a nice place to take pictures. Now they are all mad of selfies. And they take selfies on the top of the bridge.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Pretending nobody passing by.

SILVERIO: Pretending nobody passing --

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, that you start waiting --

SILVERIO: "They ruining my pictures." "No, I'm just going home."

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DEAN: "Saving Venice," an all-new episode of "The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper" airs tomorrow at 8 P.M. Eastern, it is only here on CNN.

Still to come, tonight, the U.S. and China wrap up day one of trade talks in Geneva with the global economy on the line. Republican Congressman Carlos Gimenez joins us live to discuss the White House strategy. Stay with us you're in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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