Shu Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi pulled out after the president tweeted meeting with chuck and nancy about keeping government open and working. Problem is they want Illegal Immigrants flooding in unchecked, are weak on crime and want to raise taxes. I dont see a deal. Lots to discuss, but the white house and the republicans are responding. What do they say . The white house referring to this as pettiness. Readers saying there is going to be a meeting and democrats need to be here. This is supposed to be a crucial meeting and there are no shortage of complicated issues that need to be wrapped up in the next couple of weeks. I want to read you the joint statement from paul ryan and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell deciding to pull out of the meeting. They said we have important work to do and Democratic Leaders found new excuses not to meet to discuss these issues. Democrats are putting Government Resources for the men and women on the battlefield at great risk. There is a meetin
Any moment now emotional reunions are expected to take place in north korea. Dozens of families separated by the korean war will be reunited with relatives they have not seen in decades. And keep in mind these are very brief reunions lasting only three days. But with each precious hour it could be the last chance for these koreans, many of them over 80 or 90 years old, to see their loved ones. Lets go live to seoul, south korea. Our Paula Hancocks is following this story. Paula, this day and more specifically the next hour will be very important for these lucky few to see their relatives. Reporter thats right, george. If they are on schedule at this point, then the families will be sitting down at this moment with family members, as you said, they have not seen for decades. They are in north korea. They drove up early this morning. 89 families from south korea. And they will spend the next three days with family members that many of them they say they dont know if they will recognize.
The cnn newsroom starts right now. 2 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, the scope of destruction in the state of california is almost impossible to comprehend. The death toll continues to rise. Take a look at the map. You see the state here. These fires in both the north and south, so far theyve destroyed an area larger than chicago. The death toll across the state now stands at 80 people who have been killed, 77 of those lives lost in the camp fire in northern california. Hundreds of people there still unaccounted for. Officials warn the search for the dead and missing is painstaking, and that it is far from over. In the aftermath of so much chaos, there are incredible stories of survival. One of them involving a School Bus Driver praised for helping 22 students to escape the camp fire in northern california. Cnns paul reports how the man was able to navigate that bus and its passengers to safety. Reporter so many stories of absolutely stomachchurning despair, but heres one of great he
Sculpture on display . Im dave briggs. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lets start with texas. George Herbert Walker bush is lying in repose at the bush Family Church in houston. All night, people have been flyi filing by to pay respects. For more, return to cnns jessica dean in houston. Reporter good morning, dave and christine. We are hear at the st. Martin Episcopal Church where george Herbert Walker bush will lie in repose until 6 00. We are asking people to drive to a nearby church and walk through security and board buses and brought here. That has been an important thing for many people in the community to do. The bush family attended the church for years. They are familiar places in the neighborhood and church. Their home is not far from this location over my shoulder. It is important for the community to pay respects to president bush. At 10 00 a. M. Central time is when the second funeral will take place. We are expecting to hear from
Some of those are only about 55 miles or 90 kilometers from the capital jakarta. A volcano may have triggered which caught people off guard. Some of the video youre about to see is disturbing. This video shows the moment a concert was on going. They didnt know just behind them a wave was about to consume them as you see there. Horrible. The band kept playing, unaware of what was about to happen. Lets get the very latest details from our ivan watson following updates in the region in hong kong. Ivan, whats the latest about what happened and where things stand right now. Thats right. Well, this was a Christmas Holiday weekend in indonesia. A lot of people in this coastal area, local indonesian tourists, so these beach areas, the hotels full of people that were trying to relax when this tsunami hit at 9 37 p. M. On saturday night. Now, the cause of the tsunami, according to indonesian authorities appears to have been an underwater landslide caused by a volcanic eruption at anak krakatau.