Syria. Hes been meeting all morning with his Top National Security advisers at the white house. All this came earlier in the day, the signals were clearly there, even yesterday, officials started arriving at the white house today to go in the situation room, including the Vice President , the secretary of defense, chuck hagel, the secretary of state, john kerry. The National Security adviser to the president. The top military commanders as well. Theyve been meeting in the white house. There you see general martin dempsey. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Theres a tense calm that has fallen across syria as a possible u. S. Military strike looms. Bill neily has been in the capital city of damascus. We expect in a few minutes to hear from the commander in chief, the president of the United States. I assume theyre bracing for some sort of u. S. Military strike, whether it happens in a few hours or days. Yes, they really are. Its definitely tense here. I wouldnt say theres a sense
Plate. Were going to look at the clash between those that say the flag honors Southern Heritage and those that see it as racial. Its worth 19 billion. 19 billion and id never heard of it. What is this whatsapp. Why did facebook want it so badly . This is huge news that could change the way you communicate. Hello everyone. Im john berman. Im michaela pereira. Those stories and more at this hour. Shots flight in the square, blood flowing. U. S. Officials worry the violence could get worse. 100 killed today alone, hundreds more injured in the worst outbreak of violence since protestors camping out in square three months ago. Its unclear what prompted the new gunfire. Cnn crews tell us protestors were throwing rocks and moll toef cocktails at police. Closer ties with the youre european instead of accepting raid from russia. Well have a live report from kiev in a moment. A big day in ennew jersey f Chris Christie. The subject is supposed to be sandy relief. This is open to the public. You n
From the flight 370 search area. Could the jet have crashed into the ocean thousands of miles away . Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following two major brecking news stories. Unprecedented punishment held down from the nba, to Donald Sterling, the Los Angeles Clippers owner. More on that in a moment. But first, theres another breaking story were following. Severe weather warnings right now covering 70 million americans and a threat of killer tornados. The risk right now is extreme in some of the very same areas that have been devastated only two days ago. Lets go straight to the meteorologist, Jennifer Grey tracking the storms in the cnn weather center. Tell our viewers, jennifer what they need to know right now. If you are in the south or North Carolina, you need to be on the lookout for today. We have that moderate risk of Severe Weather. However, wolf, most of the Tornado Warnings weve seen today have actually been around the raleigh
U. S. Authorities handle families much differently in moments like these. Should the malaysians be doing it differently . Also in world, russian flags raised at a Ukrainian Naval base. Seized in the disputed territory of crimea. Will putin be satisfied with annexing crimea or does he have other soviet republics circleded . Good afternoon, everyone. Well begin with the world lead. Incredibly, were now into the 13th day since flight 370 vanished without a trace. Now, days after we watched the search expand and expand into two different hemispheres, australia says now it is quote refined its focus. In the southern indian ocean after a u. S. Official said the plane is most likely somewhere on the southern end of the search area. And today, we may know the reason investigators turned up nothing so far from the Flight Simulator they seized from captains home. Some data was erased from it before february 3rd. The malaysians are trying to restore the files with an assist from the fbi. Investig
Had to kill jordan davis . I dont believe so. Outrage over the Wisconsin National guard and this photo. To me its just completely unacceptable. The caption reading we put the fun in funeral. This morning the fallout has begun. The American Dream team. The idea that in four minutes you have to be on. Rachel nichols one on one with ice dancers meryl davis and Charlie White. As athletes we planned so much of our lives. Were trying to enjoy this moment. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning, im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. We begin this morning with the long shadows of the cold war and new explosions of that eras bitter east versus west divisions. This is ukraine where thousands of americans live and more than 25 people died in escalating violence. Protests first flared back in november when the ukrainian president backed out of a trade deal with the european union. Instead he chose closer ties to russia and president Vladimir Putin. That angered people in the u