Secretly recorded conversations . Nuclear threat. Disturbing new signs that north korea may be close to what washington fears most. Could they have a mobile Nuclear Missile in its arsenal . Im wolf blitzer. This is the situation room. Were following two major breaking stories at this hour. Violence sweeping cities in ukraine leaving dozens of people dead and Donald Sterling sparked by racist remarks reacting to nba efforts forcing him to sell his team and now wishes he had just paid off his alleged girlfriend. Were following the Fast Breaking developments. Lets stand by. With the crisis in ukraine, our chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto is working his sources. This seems to be getting worse and worse. There is violence on the ground and at the same time youre seeing an escalation in capabilities of the prorussian militants. Helicopters shut down with missiles as Ukrainian Forces launch their most ambitious efforts so far to reclaim one city in the east taken over by para
The situation room. We have breaking news right now. A tornado watch for Corpus Christi, texas, and beyond. Violent weather warnings for the houston area. Lets go live to Karen Mcginnis. What is the latest . Brianna, we have a very dynamic and dangerous situation taking place across a good portion of texas, including the coastal areas and west central texas. Well focus in from Corpus Christi down towards houston. This is where the watch goes in effect until 9 00 local time. One particular cell moving off towards the northeast, very strong. Already some reports of damage associated with this. This line just to the southwest of houston and the area right around roseburg. Weve seen some trees fall down on homes. Also, windows have been blown out of homes as well. This is expected to move off towards the northeast at just about 20 miles an hour. Included in that is the fact that theres very heavy rain associated with this. So if a tornado does touch down, more than likely it is going to be
Im wolf blit zer. Youre in the situation room. Lets begin with the situation in ukraine. Its getting very, very tense. Is putin pulling back or pulling a fast one . The russian leader vowing to move Russian Troops back from the border but the United States is saying, show me. Daniel behr is standing by. A top diplomat in the area. First, to jim chusciutto for th latest. Their own the good news. But theyre skeptical. They have heard similar promises before. Theyll wait to see clear, hard evidence. They struck back at the description of russian troop movements as round teen, calling them, the u. S. , menacing. All looking for the sign that this sundays election can take place freely. Lots of challenges on the ground. Daily life in Eastern Ukraine. Interrupted yet again by explosions and gunfire. [ explosion ] these are the sounds of y ukrainian troops trying to retake towns overrun by separatists. Today, news that putin has ordered his own troops to return to their bases. But nato and u.
Will others bring their war back home . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with new details with the growing scandal that led to resignation of Eric Shinseki. The final blow, an internal v. A. Audit showing misconduct at hospitals across the country. President obama says firings are under way, bonuses being canceled. There may even be a federal criminal investigation. Cnn was first to shine the spotlight on the v. A. Scandal and our correspondents are standing by to bring you the full coverage we can. We begin with jim acosta who takes us behind the scenes of todays stunning new developments. Jim . Wolf, in a day of high drama here at the white house, Eric Shinseki was gone in 60 minutes with democrats calling for his led according to one official. Shinseki decided to step down on his own. For president obama, there was no time to wait. Secretary shinseki offered me his own resignation. With considerable regret, i accepted. According to white house officials, the re
Eastern europe. Will it draw the u. S. And Vladimir Putins russia into a deeper more dangerous confrontation . And hate crime. The killing of three Muslim Students in North Carolina takes on a whole new dimension as president obama makes a stunning and powerful new statement, and the fbi opens its own inquiry. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking now, new inside details of todays attack that brought isis militants to a perimeter of a huge air base. Hundreds of u. S. Troops are inside training iraqis to defend their country. Will the iraqis stand up and fight . Are u. S. Forces in danger . And since isis used sleeper cells to take lightning control of a town near the base are militants about to spring up in other places . The forward head of the u. S. Military Central Command, retired general Anthony Zinni is standing by to join us. Lets begin with our chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto. Hes got the latest. When you looked at todays attack, heres where i