as soon as possible. the launch prompted neighbours south korea and japan to briefly issue then rescind alerts to millions of residents. japan has condemned pyongyang s actions. south korea correspondentjean mckenzie has more from seoul. there was panic and confusion in seoul this morning as we awoke to the sound of this air raid siren which is extremely rare. and messages from loudspeakers telling people to prepare for an evacuation, only to be told 20 minutes later it was a mistake. north korea did fire a missile this morning. it was believed to be carrying a spy satellite. but we now know it was a failure and the rocket exploded in midair and crashed into the sea. this will be a big disappointment for the north korean leader kim jong un. he has been working to give north korea its first ever spy satellite and he announced this week he was planning the launch. a spy satellite would give north korea a strategic advantage to allow it to monitor its enemies from the sky, s
russia- white house press secretary karinejean pierre raised concerns about the strikes. we do not support the use of us made equipment being used for attacks inside russia, we ve been very clear about that, and we continue to do that. we have been clear notjust publicly but privately with the ukrainians. meanwhile, ukraine says four people have been killed in the past day from russian drone strikes. these are the latest pictures coming in to us from kyiv. officials said air defence systems destroyed many of the drones, but debris hit a residential building in kyiv overnight. 3a people were injured, including two children. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in the ukrainian capital. ukraine has denied responsibility for the attacks in moscow, but i wouldn t describe their denials as full throated. one adviser said very specifically, we have nothing directly to do without. now, thatis directly to do without. now, that is a phrase that leaves open a wealth of other
agenda for the next two years. and the case they ll be making for reelection. a critical piece of the puzzle for democrats young voters. we ll dig into what they want in 2023. the president of next gen x. plus, the gop culture wars, attacking diversity in the curriculum. professors tommy about the cost of that. and real solutions for police reform. i ll talk to a colorado long make her about what her state has done. and, if it could be a model for the nation. this is american voices. we begin with a historic moment for the president on tuesday. president biden plans to frame his state of the union address by highlighting his administration s achievements during his first two years in office. the speech may also serve as a preview of what a possible 2024 reelection bid might look like. a person close to the white house tells nbc news biden will focus on his plans to reduce prescription drug costs and upgrade the nation s aging infrastructure. once the speech is over,
committee dropping a brand-new batch of key testimony and for the first time we are now seeing interview transcripts from 19 additional witnesses and they include some of the closest people inside former president trump s inner circle. his son, donald trump jr., former fox news anchor kirsten gillibrand as w kimberly guile so let s get right to cnn s sara murray looking through all of these documents. sara, thousands of pages of transcripts. some we ve seen through the january 6th committee hearings and you ve been reading through donald trump jr. s transcripts. what are you finding in there? reporter: you know, this is obviously interesting because he s the former president s son, proximity to the former president and asking him about what was happening as the riot unfolded on january 6th and they re reading back text messages he exchanged with mark meadows. at one point don junior tells mark meadows, the former president trump, his dad has got to condemn this then says a
it s going to get worse, and i think that we will be updating it maybe even for weeks to come. we don t lose this many people in a flood, yet, there are still so many people unaccounted for. meteorologist gene norman is in the severe weather center for cnn. gene this is just devastating what has happened in kentucky right now, and as bad as it is at the moment, the flood threat is not over yet, is that correct? that is correct, jim. brand new flood watch is issued as new storms are beginning to percolate in western kentucky and western tennessee, and they re going to be marching eastward throughout the overnight. it s probably going to start raining in a place like hazard where the flooding was really bad. sometimes after midnight tonight. also seeing a bunch of storms firing up along a cold front. that front is going to lift northward. that s going to help these storms develop. new flood watch just issue that does include southern and eastern kentucky until monday morn