This morning out of south korea. It is a race against time as police say they believe passengers, most of them teenagers, students, may still be alive, trapped inside that sunken ferry. Amazingly there was a plan to pump oxygen into the sunken ship in an attempt to keep survivors breathing until rescuers can reach them. Adding hope to the mission today, parents of some of those teenage passengers say theyve received Text Messages from their children coming from inside the ship. One message from a son to his mother reads, there are a few people in the ship. We are not dead yet. Please send along this message. Cant see a thing. Its totally dark. There are a few men and women. Women are screaming. A young girl wrote to calm her father, dad, dont worry, im wearing a life vest and im inside the ship. Were in the hallway, crowded with so many people. Another young man on the ship wrote to his mother to say, mom, in case i wont get to tell you, im sending this. I love you. Back on land famili
Chaser. Im not talking about Hillary Clinton. Im talking about Jackie Kennedy, putting into the words the private thoughts she never shared with the public. Good afternoon, everyone. Im jake tapper. This is the national lead. Fever, cough, sore throat. By then it could be too late. Its called middle east respiratory syndrome, or m ecer for short. Both were placed in quarantine. One is still there. The other was sent home. They are not the only ones that may have been exposed. Five team members were identified to be exposed. In the hospital a total of 15 to 18 members were exposed. All of those individuals are being tested. We are now awaiting the results. Both of the two confirmed cases involve people who recently traveled to saudi arabia and then unwittingly flew on planes to the united states. Thats why if you are flying, the tsa will post a check list. Its a Health Advisory that asks if youre going to the Arabian Peninsula, they warn you about this mers. Athena jones is joining us.
After he allegedly threatened officers in the same precinct where officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos were stationed. All of this happening as friends and family prepare to say goodbye to ramos at a public wake. Lets bring in cnns Miguel Marquez in new york outside the church where loved ones and police from around the country are expected to gather later today. Good morning, miguel. Good morning, randi, regardless of how much antipolice sentiment there may be out there at the moment, i think we are going to see an overwhelm i overwhelming amount of support for police in the next couple days here. The funeral for officer ramos alone, nypd preparing for 25,000 police to show up here as nypd is on alert for new threats. Nypd in mourning and on heightened alert. Any statement suggesting violence towards the police need to be reported to the police so we can stop future tragedies. Reporter seven people arrested in connection with making threats against nypd. Three arrested for posting th
Who we want to be over the next 15 years and for decades to come. Will we accept an economy will only a few of us do spectacularly well . Or will we commit ourselves to an economy that generates rising incomes and chances for everyone who marks the effort . The list of economic proposals alone was long. Everything from tax reform to new tax cred ises to help for klemp. He also added calls for new trade deals and new medical initiatives to help cure diseases like cancer and diabetes and greater Internet Access for everyone. One place where he did not signal much change was in the fight with americas enemies. We will continue to hunt down terrorists and dismantle their networks and we reserve the right to act unilaterally as we have done relentlessly since i took office to take off terrorists who pose a threat to us and our allies. Another big part of the president s address was calling for new cooperation with the republicancontrolled congress, but he also warned the gop that he would n
Ashleigh banfield, thanks for being here, john berman and Michaela Pereira are off today. We expect to hear there the widow of one of those two new York City Police officers who were shot in cold blood last weekend as they sat in their patrol car. The wife of wenjian liu is due to speak at a press conference. A new York Foundation expected to announce it will take over the mortgage payments on the homes of both liu and his partner rafael ramos. Well bring you her comments as soon as she steps up to the podium. As we wait, we want to tell you about a series of alleged brandnew threats made against nypd officers since liu and ramos were gunned down a week ago. Police say theyve arrested seven people now, seven, in connection with threats made via phone and social media. And one stands out as especially vile. According to the nypd, a man called the precinct where liu and ramos has been stationed. That person asked whether the bullets had been removed from the did officers heads so that he