Ravine after a terrible car crash. 18 month old lily survives and her entire rescue is caught right there on camera. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello and thanks so much for joining me. Im fredricka witfield. We start with a state of emergency declared in the South Pacific after Tropical Cyclone pam with the power of a category 5 hurricane struck the island chain nation of vanuatu. The fourth most powerful storm ever to make landfall took direct aim op the capital city of port vila. At least six people are confirmed dead. 20 others injured. And there are fears the death toll just could rise. Wind gusts up to 200 Miles Per Hour tore houses apart and knocked down trees. The australian red cross says shelter, food and water are urgently needed and an official from world vision it looks like a bomb. Joining us is unicef acting chief parker. How bad is it in your assessment . Ive seen many emergencies, fredricka, and many cyclones, typhoon typhoons. This is as bad as any. Certainly the
In a Christian Community in lahore. The blasts happened during sunday mass. Michelle what more can you tell us exactly about what happened. Were seeing some video of shattered glass on our screens at the moment. Just utter devastation. What do you know . Caller thats right, isa, this is another devastating attack on the Christian Community here in pakistan. We understand from the Deputy Inspector police that the blasts were caused by suicide bombers, and there were a number killed at least ten, as you said 14 also. And over 40 injured, which included worshippers and police officials. The blast happened around midday at two churches each with at least 500 people in them at the time. And cnn has confirmed that a faction of the taliban has claimed responsibility for these attacks. And theyre also theyve also claimed responsibility for attacks in the past. And they are currently at war with the pakistani government trying to Institute Sharia law. So again, just a devastating day here in pa
Ahead of this story from the very beginning and has the latest developments for us from the pentagon. Good morning, barbara. Good morning, john. A u. S. Official does confirm to cnn that president obama has authorized those reconnaissance flights to collect intelligence about isis positions inside of syria, but the question, of course, now is what exactly will trigger a decision for air strikes . U. S. Reconnaissance flights could begin over syria at any time, according to u. S. Officials using possibly drones, u2 supply planes or f18s. The pentagon is drafting options to strike inside syria, but the u. S. Wont warn the Syrian Government who says carrying out air strikes without their consent would be a breach of its sovereignty and an act of aggression. Its unclear, however, how much the president s top military adviser, general Martin Dempsey, supports immediate u. S. Military action. A spokesman confirmed dempsey is preparing options to address isis, both in iraq and syria, with a v
Reputation for savagery with the beheading of captured american journalist james foley. There are new questions about the tape including the possibility of a second terrorist in that video. Were going to get to that in a few minutes but first the potential of air strikes and the concerns already welling up on capitol hill. I think what the Administration Needs to do is come forward with a plan. Right now they have no coordinated plan. We have no stated goals and objectives. The administration has inconsistent statements as to whether or not even they see isis as a threat to the western United States. British Prime Minister cameron clearly stating isis is a threat to the west. This administration seems to be waffling on what the threat is and how to approach it so its difficult to galvanize the American Public or certainly congress behind the administration without a strategy and play. Barbara starr is at her post at the pentagon. Tell us more, good morning. Good morning, carol. At this
Suspect. They managed to track him down to this beach in texas last week. He is expected to make his First Court Appearance on thursday. Heres the thing. Police say matthews arrest has provided them with what theyre calling a forensic link to the abduction and death of Morgan Harrington from 2009. Its a link they are now purs pursuing. Lets talk about this with correspondent jean casarez who is in charlottesville for many days working this one and cnn analyst sunny hostin. We have to tackle two things. Forensic link, what does that mean and refresh everyones memory about what happened with Morgan Harrington. Forensic link. That could mean a number of things. People sometimes jump to conclusions. They think that must be definitive and that must be dna evidence because thats the csi effect we suffer from because of the shows and movies. So the bottom line is i think we have to be careful when we talk about forensic link because we dont really know what that means. That could certainly me