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And japanese leaders are doing what they can to make japan an easier place to do business. North korean officials have issued a statement on their threat to conduct another nuclear test. They first warned of the test last month after the u. N. Security Council Condemned their Ballistic Missile launch. Translator theres no statute of limitations on our declaration to not rule out a new form of nuclear test. Such a test is our right to selfdefense that no one can prevent. Analysts at a u. S. Research group have reported more activity at a Nuclear Test Site in the north. And south korean government officials believe north korea has completed preparations for a possible nuclear test. North korean watchers say the statement could mean pyongyang will not carry out a test any time soon. But they also say it might be trying to confuse other countries. The Korea Institute for defense tells us what north koreas recent actions could mean. North koreas provocations are not out of control, reckless
And folks are probably wanting to get home from work. Dont. Stay put. This is very, very dangerous. This is a life or death situation going on here in northern alabama. So a tornado emergency. Looks like there could be a very large tornado on the ground. Weve been watching what we call velocity. The winds going toward and away from the radar. And this is continuing to track to the north and east. Were seeing these very strong cells continue to push at about 45 Miles Per Hour, wolf. So a very dangerous situation going on here. Possibly a very large tornado on the ground as we speak. Stay very safe. Yeah. Hope folks find a safe area to go to. All right, jennifer, well get back to you. I want to speak to an eyewitness. Scott is joining us on the phone. He saw a tornado on the ground in starkville, mississippi. Scott, tell us what you saw. Hi. Well, i actually intercepted a tornado near the town of lets see here. Just southeast of starkville. And tracked it into louisville to the northeast
Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. And im george howell, its wednesday, december 14th, 4 00 a. M. On the east coast. Today, with donald trump, his thank you tour, the president elect on stage with onei am adversary, the speaker of the house, paul ryan. The rally turned into a lovefest with trump praising ryan, and ryan complimenting trump right back. The exxonmobil chief Rex Tillerson who may face an uphill battle for the senate confirmati confirmation. Cnns jim acosta has the latest from wisconsin. Reporter george and christine, donald trump has taken another victory lap here at the rally here in wisconsin. Trump praised tillersons contacting around the world but he did not mention tillersons past ties to russian president Vladimir Putin. Trump looked back at the election victory and thanked his supporters, including House Speaker paul ryan who he praised in an unusual way. Heres more of what he had to say. Speaker paul ryan, ive really come to oh, no, ive come
Friends for a long time. But will kanyes star pow er hp him in black america . Reporter donald trump praised tillersons contacts around the world but didnt mention his past ties to Vladimir Putin. Trump turned back to the election thanking his biggest backers, including speaker ryan. Speaker paul ryan, ive [ boos ] no, ive come to appreciate him. Speaker paul ryan. Where is the speaker . S where he . He has been terrific honestly hes like a fine wine. Everyday goes by i get too appreciate his genius more and more. If he ever goes against me im not going to say that. Hes a great guy and we have some Amazing Things in store and were going to work on taxes, obamacare, well work on things, hell lead the way so thank you. Reporter even though its been more than a month since he was elected president , trump could not resist taking one more swipe at Hillary Clinton asking this crowd in wisconsin if anybody remembers her name. Don . Jim acosta, thank you very much. I want to bring in john avl