The United States and around the world. Im natalie allen. We come to you live from atlanta where its 5 00 in the morning. Thanks for watching. This is cnn newsroom. Thank you again for joining us. Our top story, north korea says it has carried out what state media calls a, quote, very important test at its sohae satellite launch site. We dont know what was tested, but they say it was a success and will change the strategic position of the country in the near future. Our will ripley jones us now with more about it. Of course will has made many trips to north korea over the years. Youve reported on the Nuclear Program and their missile program. Lets talk about how significant could this test be. What do we know . Reporter i think, natalie, this has the potential to be highly significant. Keep in mind, this is the 14th weapons test in the last 10 months, ever since the summit talks with President Trump and kim jongun collapsed in hanoi. Up until now, President Trump largely brushed off th
Afghan peace talks are on hold for now. The u. S. Secretary of state says the militant group will have to make a number of commitments before talks can resume, including a reduction of violence. The suspension comes after President Donald Trump announced he was cancelling a secret meeting with taliban leaders at camp david. Cnns kylie atwood has more now. Reporter the decision to have this meeting was made about a week ago when President Trump met with his National Security team, and were told that he was told by a number of folks, including senator Lindsey Graham and his National Security advisor john bolton, that too much trust was being put in the taliban in these negotiations. The president wanted to get involved himself. But we do know that the u. S. Officials who have been watching over these negotiations felt that there was some progress made between the u. S. And the taliban. The taliban had agreed to reduce violence in afghanistan, at least in part. We dont know the specifics
At 5 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast, questions continue to grow about what the u. S. President donald trump said to his ukrainian counterpart igniting calls for impeachment. Make no mistake about it, the Trump White House is facing its biggest crisis yet. Here are the key points were following. First the Washington Post posting new details about this meeting that happened in 2017 with russian officials and how the russian officials tried to keep it quiet. Cnn has also learned that strict secrecy was enforcet at the white house on other occasions including mr. Trumps phone call with these two leaders. We have a report from moscow for you on that. And the fallout is already apatent. Sources tell cnn one of the key players, part of the special envoy to the ukraine has resigned, this the latest from kiev. Well have that for you. And the u. S. Secretary of state is now receive iining endn the receive end of subpoenas for failing to turn over documents. Our manu raju has details on th
You see it here. The plane first bounced off the runway before coming back down and then bursting into flames. Interfax reports that a loss of communication caused by a Lightning Strike forced the landing. Cnns Moscow Bureau chief nathan hodge is following this story live in the capital. The investigation under way. So many people watched this plane as it landed, bounced and then burst into flames. What more are you learning . George, i think what were all trying to find out at this point is what actually forced the plane to turn back . It was in the air for about 30 minutes after it took off from the airport in moscow, heading to a city in the north of russia. And it was forced to turn back because of at this point, according to the airline, aeroflot, a technical issue. And as we had the video that emerged last night showing the plane making this hard landing, literally bouncing on the runway and then landing again and bursting into flames as the undercarriage appears to hit the groun
The. Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christie. Good morning. Were following the scandal and impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Within just the past 13 hours secretary of state pompeo has been told to turn over documents. Hes already missed two deadlines. His third and final chance to hand them other. The special envoy to ukraine is out of a job. He resigned yesterday. The whistleblower complaint says he was advised how to deal with President Trump and his personal attorney rudy julyulia he said he was not concerned because, quote, the u. S. Had done the same thing in other countries. The president s phone call with the ukraine president may not have been the only one the white house wanted to keep quiet. Sources say details of conversations with other World Leaders including Vladimir Putin were subject to tighter than normal restrictions in terms of those transcripts and where they would be revealed. Some of those transcripts, in fact, werent even circu