Bahamas. Why family members, they are not giving up hope. As you can imagine. Would would . Good morning. We let you know we are grateful for your company as always. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. The big news on what is called catastrophic flooding is impacting 27 Million People along the east coast. One of the hardest hit states is South Carolina. Dark right now so its hard to tell how bad it is really. Im sure you get an idea of it. Guys, lets drop the banners so people can see it. We know dozens of people had to be rescued overnight and had to seek shelter. This poor man is trying to get himself and his pet obviously into safety. People are grabbing everything they can as they search for Higher Ground here. Official had to call rescue teams from out of state, in fact, to help. And residents this morning are crippled with this record amount of rain. Nearly a foot being dumped in the last 24 hours. Many other states are feeling the effects as well of the floods and the tidal c
Putin, but will he confront putin with russias election meddling. Will he offer what they want to settle the relationship . President trump is in poland after his foreign trip angered european leaders on his first visit. How will he handle the crucial summit meetings there . An ambush. A new York City Police officer, a mother of three, shot in the head as she sits in a marked vehicle. They call it an assassination. Whats behind the deadly ambush. Im jim sciutto. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news, the United Nations Security Council holds a security session today after north koreas longrange missile, long enough to reach alaska. North korea says it can carry a nuclear warhead. The u. S. And south korea have carried out their own missile drill in response. U. N. Ambassador nikki haley warns that the u. S. Is prepared to defend itself and its Lindsay Lohan lies. They called out china for doing business, quote, in an out law regime. President t
President trump capping off a day of wild tweets appeared to taunt kim jongun and north korea. North Korean Leader kim jongun just stated that the Nuclear Button on his desk, please inform him that i too have a Nuclear Button but it is much bigger and more powerful than his and my button works. That tweet drew sharp criticism including from James Clapper on cnn. It would almost be amusing if it werent for the gravity of the subject. When were casually back and forth by whatever means, kind of a duelling banjo, who has the greatest the bigger male appendage its also almost a manhood thing, when there are potentially millions of lives at stake, an untold death and destruction here and to me its very, very disturbing. Lawmakers also weighed in like democratic senator who tweeted imagine being a Service Member or a Family Member of a Service Member and reading this. This borders on president ial malpractice. This comes days after kim jonguns peace overture to south korea. Lets go live to s
People were already beak evacuated out 69 canyon. Then i heard the sheriff on the loud speaker say this is not a drill, mandatory vakvation. Harris this is not a drill. The wild spread fires are fueled by bone dry conditions and powerful wind gusts. Fire Officials Say things got a little better today, conditions are expected to get worse over the weekend. Will carr is live from the front lines in santa paula, california. Will . Harris, this has been a massive fire scorching more than 130,000 acres so far. But today, the winds have died down. Thats given fire crews the ability to go in with helicopters and really attack this hillside, trying to knock these flames down. They have really done a great job. Weve seen the smoke di min y, over the last couple of hours. This is a far different scene than weve seen the past couple of days when weve been on the front lines, when the winds were blowing the hardest. Take a look at what weve been seeing. Themes flames are racing down the hillside,
Agenda off the ground . Early starts coverage from seoul, jerusalem and washington begins right now t. Welcome to early start, everyone. It is wednesday, january 3rd, 2018. When the novel troubling trump tweets is written someday, last night will get a prominent chapter. We start this morning with nuclear war being threatened. Overnight diplomatic contact resumed between north and south korea. Just hours ago north korea called south korea through a now revived communication line. Discussions resume after a green light from kim jongun. Its widely viewed as a way to drive a wedge between seoul and the united states. And it came after President Trump capping off a wild day of tweets. Kim jongun just stated that the Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times. Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that i have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his and my button works. Just think on that for a minute. That tweet drew sharp