Knee. A Denver Broncos Linebacker Bombs the latest to protest during the National Anthem. Im against Social Injustice. Lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning, im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. North korea says it has carried out the most powerful nuclear test yet. The explosion registering the force of a 5. 3 earthquake, kim jonguns government saying it can make Nuclear War Heads to fit on to missiles. President obama and other World Leaders strongly condemning it. We have the team covering the angles. We begin in tokyo, though, with cnns will ripley. Hi, will. Reporter hi, carol. Just within the last hour, japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe says this test has taken the test from north korea to a new level and that sentiment was reiterated by the president park. They are fanatically reckless. Were learning about the size of the explosion which triggered the earthquake, stronger than the 5. 1 triggered. It is believed this explosion was, and this is com
last, that is wrong. you supported all that money going over there. so let s put you re so desperate. you re just so desperate. well, while that was happening, former president donald trump was counterprogramming on fox news, a few miles away, front-runner hinted about a possible running mate. if you are the nominee, which i know you expect to be, who would be in the running for vice president? well, i can t tell you that really. i mean, i know who it is going to be give us a hint. we ll do another show sometime. and just hours before the candidates took the stage, former new jersey governor chris christie exited the race, vowing he will do whatever he can to keep donald trump out of the white house. joining us now from iowa, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. vaughn, how is the trump campaign reacting to all of this that s been going on? reporter: jose, completely downplaying chris christie dropping out last night, suggesting that he is the most unpopular figu
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i think that s actually a positive sign on this anniversary. there is actually when ebel group, right? of moderates, of republicans that have not totally succumbed to the favorite swamp of the january 6th rewriting. and dare i say that might be a positive note. indeed. as we are looking for them. let s talk about that figure swamp. on friday, listen to what a trump voter in iowa told nbc news about january 6th. we weren t allowed to learn anything. we were not allowed to know. any of that, what really happened. and what s his name, turner? on fox news. he just quit. but he had tapes of what happened on january 6th. but he was fired or something. whoever is in charge of that. so, that truth did not come out. we don t really know what happened. okay, so this voter,
there is actually a winnable group, right? of moderates, of republicans that have not totally succumbed to the favorite swamp of the january 6th rewriting. and dare i say that might be a positive note. indeed. as we are looking for them. let s talk about that figure swamp. on friday, listen to what a trump voter in iowa told nbc news about january 6th. we weren t allowed to learn anything. we were not allowed to know. any of that, what really happened. and what s his name, turner? on fox news. he just quit. but he had tapes of what happened on january 6th. but he was fired or something. whoever is in charge of that. so, that truth did not come out. we don t really know what happened. okay, so this voter, referring to tucker carlson, you hear a lot of the confusion