let me bring you up to date on the top stories this hour. in tianjin in china, new fire has erupted on the site of wednesday s deadly chemical warehouse blast. the fire ignited a few hours ago, sending thick plumes of black smoke into the sky. authorities have expanded the evacuation zone around the site of the disaster. in the last hour, a cnn crew was pushed around and forced to stop reporting from the area by someone, as you can see there, although it wasn t clear who that person really was. he claimed the air was unsafe to breathe, although the man, as you can see, wasn t wearing any protective gear himself, and other news crews had been reporting from the area. japan s emperor, prime minister and other dignitaries had a moment of silence for the 2 million japanese service members and 800,000 civilians that were killed during world war ii. japan surrendered unconditionally to end the conflict exactly 70 years ago today. u.s. presidential candidates flocked the key state of iowa
fire has erupted near the site of wednesday s deadly chemical explosions, you ll remember. the blaze ignited a few hours ago, sending thick plumes of black smoke into the sky. just look at that footage there just to see how heavy that smoke really is. china s state-run news is also reporting explosions were heard today in this area, and authorities have expanded the evacuation zone around the site of the disaster. now, a short time ago, our correspondent, will ripley, was reporting for us live on air. you re seeing it there. when our cnn crew was pushed around and forced to stop reporting from the area by this gentleman here, someone, we don t know who it was, who the person was and why he wasn t wearing a mask. he said we had to put our masks on and move from the area, but he himself and everyone else wasn t wearing one. let s go back to will ripley, who joins us now in tianjin. and will, we re looking at the footage there from the previous two hours. i know you now have moved. we can
the press conference was over. these family members telling us that all they want is the truth, and their children are contractor firefighters, contractors. they fight fires just like the official firefighters, but they don t have benefits or military status. these parents say that their children may not even be in the official count of the missing, something that government officials deny. so, obviously, there s a lot of tension and a lot of suspicion here, and frankly, a lot of fear among the residents about what may be in the air here, isa. and that is completely understandable. let me ask you this, will. the evacuation has been expanded. tell our viewers just by how much it s been expanded by and what people in tianjin, the people behind you, what are they telling you? what are they most concerned about? reporter: the evacuation zone as far as we know has been expanded to three kilometers from the blast zone, but you can see by the number of people here and look, there s a nu
they accuse him of not giving the sincere apology they wanted over japan s actions during world war ii. on friday, shinzo abe offered remorse for his country s participation in the war, which ended 70 years ago today. but he said japan shouldn t need to keep apologizing for its wartime conduct. the u.s. flag has been raised over the american embassy in cuba, symbolically ending a 54-year-long diplomatic deep freeze between the two nations. secretary of state john kerry traveled to cuba on friday to officially reopen the embassy. eurozone finance ministers have voted to approve greece s bailout package, adding up to nearly $96 billion to be made available over the next three years. greece has agreed to extensive economic reforms in exchange for the bailout. in tianjin in china, new fire has erupted near the site of wednesday s deadly chemical warehouse blast. the fire ignited a few hours ago, sending thick plumes of black smoke into the sky. authorities have expanded the
allowing this, the lack of regulatory oversight, the apparent lack of regulatory oversight that allowed this volatile and dangerous situation to occur within just a couple thousand meters of huge apartment communities with families and with children. isa. many, many questions, no doubt, are being asked. so, no surprise, really, will, why families there and so many people are so worried and so nervous about this situation. as soon as you have more, do let us know. i know it s been very tense in the last few hours with authorities there, but stellar job there. will ripley for us in tianjin in china. well, chinese officials still don t know all of the chemicals that may still be on the blast site, but some of them believed to be there could mix dangerously as well, as will said, with simple rainwater. derek van dam is joining us with the danger and the forecast for the disaster zone. explain to us, derek, what exactly we re looking at here. yeah, listening to will talk about the lis