morning, 8:00 a.m. in georgia, 7:00 a.m. in fayetteville, wherever you may be. good morning, i m t.j. holmes. let me get you caught up on headlines right now. we could see the first of those trapped miners above ground by wednesday. you know the story now, these 33 trapped miners in chile, trapped for some 66 days. they are completing the shaft. they were able to break through yesterday to get to the mine where the men are. now is the process of making sure everything is in place so they can get the capsule down and pulling the men up. again, wednesday is when we expect to see the first miner come out. also, intelligence officials tell us eight people have been killed in a suspected drone strike. these missiles were fired on a house in northwest pakistan. this is an area that has been the target of drone attacks. the dead are said to be suspected militants. also, eight people are under arrest, and police are still looking for a ninth person in a string of hate crime atta
north korea is upping their threat level over planned u.s. south korea military exercises this weekend. the state-run news agency says the north will, quote, legitimately counter with its powerful nothing deterrence. the military drills in south korea are scheduled to start tomorrow. so mike chinoy is a former cnn senior asian correspondent and the author of meltdown: the inside story of the north korea nuclear crisis. he s joining us right now in los angeles. good to see you. hi, fredricka. so, mike what should we expect in these military exercises? well, these exercises have a number of goals. they re designed, primarily, to deter north korea in the wake of the north korean sinking of that south korean naval vessel in late march. they were also intended to help
accident of some small-scale episode could spiral out of control. and you could get a dangerous cycle of escalation, so there s no question there are risks here. mike chinoy, a former siren correspondent for cnn and author of meltdown: the inside story of the north korea nuclear crisis. good to see you from l.a. well it s a story of state secrets, spice and loyalty. this time on the big screen. we ll find out how angelina jolie measures up in her new movie salt. it can happen anytime. an everyday moment can turn romantic at a moment s notice. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven, low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be ready anytime the moment s right for you and your partner. tell your doctor about your medical condition and all medications and ask if you re healthy enough for sexual activity. don t take cialis if you take nitrates for
a lot of people without power. over 50,000 people without power as well. the severe thunderstorm watch just issued, now does include chicago. particularly areas to the south of the city. you can see the heavy thunderstorms coming in from the west and that s something that we re monitoring very closely across the boorptd other huge story of course is the heat. dangerous heat across the country. but temperature is 100 degrees in washington, d.c., right now. but that s nothing when you look at richmond to the south, it s 104 at this hour. likely, shattering records. we re just sort getting those records in. and i guarantee you later today we ll be able to tell you about a lot of records broken. the heat index is climbing to the triple digits, plus, in many, many cities, it s dangerous to be outside. and finally these thunderstorms, these are bands moving in from bonnie and this tropical depression is very weak right now breaking apart due to strong wind shear in the gulf. gettin
if that s the case, then there s going to be more pressure to intensify the sanctions, and as we know, north korea s not exactly a flowering state but closer to a failed state in terms of its economy. i think they have to take that into consideration. so i don t want to speculate that this is a break-through, but i think we should all look for every opportunity if there is some avenue that we can proceed to bring about a denuclearized north korea. that would be beneficial to mankind. the other interesting thing i want your take on, secretary cohen, currents secretary of state hillary clinton apparently rejecting an official report that came out from north korea s news agency that her husband, bill clinton, delivered an apology about the incident to kim jong-il. she said that is not true, that did not occur. so it is interesting that there s already a little bit of a discrepancy there in what exactly was said. do you think that we will find out more about what really happene