Have tested a nuclear bomb. Yeah, at this hour the u. S. Is working to confirm the test but says if true, it would be unacceptable and south korea understandably very, very upset. Abcs joohee cho is there with new reaction. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter overnight the surprise announcement read on north korean state tv, the secretive nation saying it conducted a perfect first test of a Hydrogen Bomb, the news anchor talking about their right to protect itself from, quote, evil warmongers like the united states. E hint of a test first came when a 5. 1 magnitude earthquake was detected near the Nations Nuclear testing facilities. The nations leader kim jongun did mention a month ago that they could miniaturize Hydrogen Bombs far more powerful than the atomic bombs they have tested in the st. Japans Prime Minister saying this morning, quote, we absolutely cannot allow is. The u. N. Called it a grave threat to security and a likely breach of the international the major concern fo
Taking it out on the ref. Good wednesday morning. Im kendis gibson. Im and Kayna Whitworth in for Kevin Reihner and we start with that breaking news. North korea again claiming to have tested a nuclear bomb. Yeah, at this hour the u. S. Is working to confirm the test but says if true, it would be unacceptable and south korea understandably very, very upset. Abcs joohee cho is there with new reaction. Reporter overnight the surprise announcement read on secretive nation saying it conducted a perfect first test of a Hydrogen Bomb talking about their right to protect itself from, quote, evil warmongers like the united states. The hint of a test first came when a 5. 1 magnitude earthquake was detected near the Nations Nuclear testing facilities. The nations leader kim jongun could miniaturize Hydrogen Bombs far more powerful than the atomic bombs they have tested in the past. Japs prnl saying we cannot allow this. The u. N. Called it a grave threat to security and a likely breach of the in
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Down in the upstate, where we are seeing some of the Power Outages, heavier bands of snow are rolling through. The roadways are still going to be treacherous at times. Unmanageable if you are trying to travel throughout the course of the day today. Broadening this out t brunt of the storm is far east and north but still the impacts remain for those in Western North carolina as well as the upstate. A winter storm warning is still going to be in effect through 7 a. M. Tomorrow for those in the mountains. 7 p. M. Is when it will expire as we make our way across the South Carolina border but the wind is going to be an issue. The accumulated snow, that is already on the ground, going to be a major problem for plows and emergency crews. Our live crews are out across the mountains bringing details and now we will send it off to evan. Evan wind gusts are picking up speed in downtown hendersonville where crews are working to clear the roads. Hope hanselman is live on main street. Hope, i noe th
Suffered its worst trading session in 15 years. The ruble bounced back at the open this morning, but it has since dropped once again, falling into negative territory against the dollar despite these extremely hard core moves by the russians. Russian stocks selling up again as Oil Continues to decline. Michelle ka reduce sa cabrera will join us with the russian story and why the markets are very worried in just a moment. Headlines out of china grabbing attention this morning. The first flash reading of the hsbc pmi showing the First Manufacturing contraction there in seven months. It was a reading below 50. This is the latest sign of weakness in the chinese economy. Stocks rose on hopes of more stimulus from chinas central bank. As for how things are shaping up here at home, check out the futures this morning. At least in early trading, remember yesterday, everything reversed by the end of the day. We were up 100 points in premarket. But in the premarket this morning, dow futures are in