Not what you want to experience on a vacation in hawaii. Cell phones and tv screens all across the u. S. State lit up with a terrifying warning saturday morning. This is what people saw when they woke up at home or at the beaches, parks or stores, the message on the left warning of a Ballistic Missile headed straight at them. It took more than a half hour before the correction on the right went out saying, actually, no miss lz weiles were on the w false alarm. People ran for shelter. Residents huddled in parking garages, even concrete bunkers. Some were calling loved ones to say their final goodbyes. The initial missile alert came from the official state emergency center, but it was, in fact, a human error. An employee hitting the wrong computer button during a shift change, if you can believe that. Hawaiis governor says safeguards are now in place to prevent Something Like this from happening again. We get more now from malinka lincoln. What happened today was totally unacceptable and
Partisan bickering. Imagine. Yeah. Imagine that. Well across the country, the real effects of the shutdown are starting to be seen and felt. The statue of liberty and ellis filed now closed. Some National Parks are accessible but Services Like rest rooms, and trash collection, are not. The u. S. Senate will convene at 1 00 p. M. The house at 2 00 p. M. In a rare sunday session. And yes, congress is still getting paid. While thousands of other federal workers are not. Theyre very likely making less than congress, dont you think . President trump had planned to be at his florida resort this weekend celebrating the First Anniversary of his inauguration with a high dollar celebration, donors paying lots of money to be the president. Instead he canceled those plans and is at the white house. His Reelection Campaign released an ad lambasting democrats saying theyre quote complicit in every murder committed by illegal immigrants. Thats just part of the finger pointing. Our jim acosta has more
Looking ahead, democrats are pushing to release their own memo, a rebuttal, after days of fallout over a republican memo on the russia investigation. The republican document claims that the fbi abused its Surveillance Authority to target an adviser to Donald Trumps president ial campaign. Cnns Boris Sanchez has the very latest. Reporter word from several republican lawmakers, some of them on the House Intelligence Committee, contradicting the president outright over the weekend. The president was active on twitter saying that the nunes memo vindicates him and proves that the russia investigation is nothing more than a witch hunt. On saturday night the president also tweeted portions of a wall street journal editorial that supposed that there are political actors within the department of justice and the fbi. We also heard from donald trump jr. On saturday night who was on fox news saying that the release of the nunes memo is like sweet revenge for him and his family. Despite that, these
Up the white house yet again. And remembering one of the greatest minds of our time. The life and legacy of Stephen Hawking. Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the u. S. And all around the world. Im max foster. This is cnn newsroom. Well, the winds of change are indeed blowing through the american landscape, not just in congress but also in the white house. Democrat conor lamb is claiming victory in a special Congressional Election in pennsylvania. In a district donald trump won by 20 points in the president ial election. Meanwhile, mr. Trump has sakds his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, and hes hinting that more personnel changes are coming for his administration. First, though, were going to go to pennsylvania, where that congressional race is still too close to call for cnn. Right now Democrat Conor Lamb has a razorthin lead over republican rick saccone. But more than 1,000 absentee ballots are still being counted. So it is too close to call. Lamb is a marine vetera
Its 5 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast at cnn world headquarters. Newsroom starts right now. Breaking news this hour of a major diplomatic development. The president of south korea has announced hes sending a delegation of highlevel officials to north korea monday for a twoday visit. One purpose is to build on that dialogue that developed between the two koreas during the winter olympics. Another is to try to open a path to direct talks between north korea, and the United States. Lets get the very latest with our correspondents following this story. Cnns will ripley has reported from north korea numerous times and joins live in beijing. Our andrew stevens, also on the story with us, live in seoul, south korea. Andrew lets first start with you. What more can you tell us specifically about this south korean delegation and what the meeting will entail . Its a very powerful delegation, george. Not only have they got the head of the National Intelligence service, which is basically the