South korean counterpart but it was also a day that saw an emergency meeting of the u. N. Security council. Their time for half measures in the Security Council is over. In a scathing rebuke of pyongyangs latest nuclear test, nikki haley implored the International Body to act decisively and increase sanctions pressure on the renegade north korean regime. To the members of the Security Council, i must say enough is enough. We have taken an incremental approach and despite the best of intentions, it has not worked. The call for a second meeting this week signaling the administrations threadbare patients with the leader kim jong un. Defense secretary james mattis warning pyongyang that the u. S. Was prepared for battle if necessary. Any threat to the United States or its territories including guam or our allies will be met with a massive military response, a response that will be overwhelming. Since 2006, north korea has defied more than half a dozen Security Council condemnations over it
Mike welcome to americas news headquarters from washington i am mike emanuel. Molly i am molly line. Mike we begin this hour with the latest on tropical depression florence. At least 14 people have died in incidents since this storm made landfall a few days ago. More than 700,000 carolinians lost power with mike of the outages in North Carolina. Molly there currently mandatory evacuation orders in effect for nine North Carolina coastal communities. Flooding is a major issue with the storm. Nearly 31 inches of rain on parts of the North Carolina coast. And it is still running across parts of north and South Carolina. Eight counties in North Carolina have issued disaster declarations. President trump is speaking out about the fema response, just moments ago tweeting fema First Responders and Law Enforcement are working really hard on hurricane florence. As the storm begins to finally receive, they will kick into even higher gear very professional. Mike when will the region from the get r
Raging Cape Fear River and you knew it was rising and you could see the vulnerable communities. There are vulnerability communities across the state. Lets let you know where we stand. We can report a 14th stormrelated death. There are certain areas in North Carolina, one of the Major Concerns for First Responders is fuel. They need it to get to people who need help and need to be rescued. Wilmington, North Carolina. We talked so much about it. Cutoff. The mayor saying they had to turn around folks from fema because there was no safeway to get them into the city. There are Major Concerns about water. The local Water Company saying if they dont get fuel in the next 48 hours, they may not be able to continue to supply water. When it comes to the state, a number of roads closed as well. Not just the local roads, but we are talking major interstates. Large sections of 95 and interstate 40 have been closed. The North Carolina department of transportation warping your gps may be sending you o
Bill we have done our best to be safe so we bring you this story. Here we go. Sandra, good morning to you back in new york city. Sandra thank you, bill, for your reporting on the ground there and still blowing hard. Ill take it back in new york city. Hurricane florence now officially sweeping through the carolinas, the category 1 storm slowing down and packing a big punch. Over 400,000 people without power in North Carolina. That number is expected to go up and at that hour were awaiting three big events. An update from fema in about 15 minutes. Also at 11 00 a. M. Well hear from the governor of North Carolina as well as the National Hurricane center. Well look forward to the big update at the top of the 11 00 hour there. Meanwhile senior meteorologist janice dean is tracking the hurricane. What are we looking at . Now getting reports of 500,000 in North Carolina without power and were also getting reports of over 30 inches of rain in Atlantic Beach where Griff Jenkins is. This is a st
Of the people of the state of texas. Im tired of the dying of the people of the state of texas. Too many texans are in mourning. Too many texans have lost their lives. The status quo in texas is unacceptable. Police say the gunman acted alone using an a. R. Style weapon. Cnns ryan young is tracking these developments. Ryan, officials updating some of the conditions, leaving a lot of unanswered questions, but at least stressing that the investigation is intensifying. Reporter yeah, fred. And one of the things that stood out to us, that i talked about executing a search warrant as we speak, so hopefully well get more information about that search warrant, but something i want to zero in on as well. When we were talking to some people outside of this area, just citizens, that i are scared. In fact, hayed two women tell me, what do you do . How do you protect your family when Something Like this happens . This was a mobile shooter. When people were talking about it, that i had no idea wher