Engage in further provocation in the wake of an important anniversary. The ruling workers parties official newspaper ran an editorial on monday, the 71st anniversary of the partys foundation. The editorial refers to the government policy of simultaneously pursue ing nuclear and economic development. And it says the country is pushing ahead with its nuclear and missile programs. Staterun Korean Television started broadcasting earlier than usual to screen documentaries of the grandfather and father of the current leader. A u. S. Based Monitoring Group says theres increasing activity at a Nuclear Test Site in the northeast of the country. They also report movement at a launch site Ballistic Missiles in the northwest. South korean media had reported activity around medium range Ballistic Missile launches in the eastern city. The american and south korean militaries have begun constructed joint drills off the coast of korean peninsula. The six days of exercises started on monday in the yell
Bill police short on details but Mayors Office in l. A. Says all necessary precautions are being taken. We do have specific information. Were requiring to determine whether its a credible threat at this point. I dont think we can say it is credible. But with abundance of caution we want to make sure we have a posture to protect our people in los angeles. Bill in los angeles, Jonathan Hunt is there. What precautions are you seeing being taken there . Reporter bill, a very obvious display of force this morning. A very obvious display of security at Universal Studios metro station. You can see behind me, there are heavily armed sheriffs deputies. They have tables set up as rush hour gets underway here, where theyre performing bag checks for anybody going into this particular metro station. So it is very obvious. Police chief, charlie beck here in l. A. , says that the message to commuters is the same as ityr business but be vigilant. Listen here to charlie beck. If you see something, say
After another round of raids in brussels. It is with irreplaceable loss in mind that we will renew our vow to come together against a common enemy in order to keep our people safe. Secretary of state john kerry offers u. S. Help and condolence he as americans are confirmed among the dead. Holy observances. Pope francis leads Good Friday Services in rome. And in jerusalem, and Music History in the make, hundreds of thousands gather in havana for the first ever concert there by the Rolling Stones. Good evening im antonio mora, this is al jazeera Americas International news hour. Tonight we begin with big developments in the fight against i. S. I. L. The pentagon says u. S. Special forces have killed another member of i. S. I. L. s cabinet. Defense secretary ash carter today says i. S. I. L. s finance minister died in a raid later this week. Hajji imam as he was known was second in command. Aimed at retaking mosul from i. S. I. L, helped by u. S. Air strikes and peshmerga combat troops, t
Light snowfall hugging the coastline from ocean county to atlantic county, cape may you picked up a plmoderate amount earlier today. 5 inches cape may courthouse. And mount laurel, 2. 2 and wayne pennsylvania 1. 2 inches of snow and philadelphia a little more than a half inch of snowfall. But it continues to depart and that is good news. 1 30 this afternoon some of that moisture pushing offshore with a fair amount of cloud cover with breaks of sunshine. By later on this evening skies start to clear out from a west east direction, well talk about what to expect, the Winter Weather advisory supfor areas near the immediate coastline at success this afternoon and the snow continues to exist from a northwest to northeast direction and the roads look to be wet and the winds will pick up, winds gusting up to 30 Miles Per Hour. It happens to clear out the snow and clears out the skies this evening and sets us up for a pretty nice weekend with milder conditions to expect. Well have the details
System. Its just now starting to move in. Something thats different from yesterday, a lot more lightning with this one and heavy downpours along with gusty winds. Were seeing bright intensities picking up on the radar moving from San Francisco down into the peninsula. Well be moving in there and approaching parts of the east bay as well. As we go into the morning, lightning strikes, gusty winds and potential for small hail, at least initially. So here is what to expect as that rain moves in, the lightning offshore moves in. By late morning we still have some widespread heavy rain and some spots where there could be some flooding. During the afternoon to evening hours, this could still be lingering with thunderstorms and some gusty winds likely as we go into this evening as well before it all tapers off and we get ready for the next round. Ill detail what else to expect. Its coming up in the full micro climate forecast. Lets check in with mike to see whats happening on the roadways. Kar