it from seoul just a short while ago. this morning s provocation from the north is just the latest reminder of the risks each one of you face every day. many wondered how the trump administration would respond to something like that. defense secretary jim mattis issuing is this statement, quote the president and his military team are aware of north korea s most recent unsuccessful missile launch. the president has no further comment. the u.s. remains on high alert as the uss carl vinson approaches the region and no word yet, guys, on officials from pyongyang who were just yesterday threatening war. pete: not a lot to say when your missile launch fails. abby: thank you, griff. have a great east. we re joined by u.s. navy s.e.a.l. rob o neill, who killed osama bin laden. you mentioned before you came on it was captain phillips. pete:. it was on easter we rescued captain phillips, i think april 12th. i left on my birthday, good friday, april 10th and we about
place. that s kind of our specialty is to rescue people in the ocean. the thing unfolded and we kind of knew that something was going to happen because negotiations weren t going well and these guys are doing this and it s getting kind of rugged. american navy ship and helicopters were able to block the lifeboat carrying captain phillips and his somali pirate kidnappers from reaching somalia even as the pirates opened fire. at the same time the call was made, send in the s.e.a.l.s. good friday, april 10th, which is my birthday. and i was at a tea party for easter at my kid s preschool. and we were actually sitting the kids down, getting them stuff to eat when we got the message and we re going. so i had to leave from a preschool classroom to jump in the indian ocean to rescue captain richard phillips.
he s signaling the u.s. is prepared to remove cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. that s ahead of a possible meeting with cuba s raul castro. those are some of the top stories on this friday, april 10th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. breaking news on this world news now, deadly storms in the midwest. tornadoes touched down in ohio and iowa but hardest hit was a rural area west of chicago. at least one person is dead and there was severe property damage in a tiny town of fairdale. some people were trapped in a nearby restaurant. in the widespread destruction, we have alex perez with more. reporter: the devastation here, it is amazing to see how quickly this all happened here. authorities updated the media a couple of minutes ago. they are confirming a lot of what we already knew. tornado, big storm moved through here about 7:15 thursday night
welcome to early start. i m christine romans. i m john berman. it is friday april 10th. we have breaking news. a deadly string of tornadoes tearing across the midwest. some dramatic pictures. look at that truck just getting blown over right there. the weather service reports at least 14 reported tornadoes across three states. officials say the path of destruction across illinois alone was more than 25 miles long. there was a huge twister in northern illinois near the city of rochelle. officials say the severe storm killed one person in nearby fairdale. this is another view of the storms in northern illinois. residents of the neighborhood ran to their basements for shelter. we were here. it was hailing. we all thought it was going to miss us. we started getting calls from people in chain of the tornadoes headed our way. we quickly went down to the basement and could feel the tornado right over our house.
this morning on world news now, breaking news from northern illinois after deadly tornadoes left behind a 50-mile long path of destruction overnight. we re on the scene with the latest. disturbing details in the south carolina police shooting. video shows what happened moments before a white cop opened fire on a black man in a traffic stop. facing justice. what millionaire murder suspect robert durst is telling a judge after an unusual letter he reportedly wrote to a newspaper is released. family battle. what taylor swift is revealing about her mother s health and why she wants to make this private matter so public. her message in the skinny on this friday, april 10th. announcer: from abc news this is world news now.