North koreas announcement that it successfully tested a nuclear bomb. Today in new yorks Kerry Barrett is in the newsroom. Michael, the u. N. Holding an emergency session. Heres the thing. The white house hasnt confirmed the test, and theres a bit of contradicting information. Theres a south korean spy that says the bomb that was tested by the north was an atomic bomb, not a nuclear bomb. Thats according to the south korean spy. If it was an hbomb, it would certainly put pyongyang one big step closer to ramping up its nuclear arsenal. Youre looking now at north korean state tv. This is their announcement. Very typical, propagandaheavy state. It says the north tested a miniaturized Hydrogen Bomb, that it went off without a hitch, and it provides the north a weapon to defend against the u. S. And other enemies. Theres an organization, a u. N. Organization that monitors the world for signs of nuclear te csting. This Organization Says that it did detect an event in the north Korean Peninsu
For more ways to save go to www. Newyork. Cbslocal. Com. If Mother Nature wont make the snow, we have a solution coming up later on in our broadcast. Today an emotional president obama took action to tighten controls on gun sales. We have more on the. s plan and reaction. The executive actions are seen as modest steps in comparison to the gun bill rejected by congress three years ago after the sandy hook shooting, but for the president its obviously personal and today the man known for his cool persona became very emotional. From 1st graders in newtown newtown, 1st graders. Reporter president obama fighting tears remember the most painful moments of his presidency. And from every family who never manned that their loved lives by a bullet from a gun. Every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. Reporter the president s executive action will require licenses and background checks and change a federal privacy rule to help keep people with Mental Health restrictions to keep from pos
Nice to see you guys, good morning, everybody. Taking a day and warming it up. Numbers around 12, 11, 10. Now 26. Its cold. We are minus the wind. 17 white plains to 7 monticello. These numbers are cold. Toms river 5. We have a calm wind. When you have a calm wind the temperature drops more than when you have wind blowing and the friction going. A light west wind, thats it. The windchills are not that bad. We are looking at 26 in the park. 18 to 11 down the shore. Monticello has a calm wind. Its 7 there. Looking at 34 by noontime to 40 this afternoon. Going to feel a lot better. It gets warmer as we head to the end of the week. We will talk about that next. Heather is here. How does it feel this morning. Better than yesterday of course. Lets go to the subway status. Condition at Queensboro Plaza and 5th avenue. Expect Service Changes. Long Island Railroad, new jersey transit, metro north orlando close to schedule. Minor delays are on or close to schedule. Van wyck southbound near Jacki
See how the commute is going. Good morning. So far, its much better than yesterday. We do have some delays out there. Were going to take a live look at the van wyck expressway. As you make your way southbound through the kew gardens interchange, things really arent moving. Thats because of road work. Thatll get wrapped up in about a half hour to an hour. Then if youre headed towards the queens midtown tunnel, this is what it looks like. We have that overnight road work from 10 30 to 5 30 a. M. Every night now. South tube is closed, so the north tube is taking on twoway affic. Well have more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. We begin with breaking news. The u. N. Plans to go into emergency session over north koreas explosion of a hydrogen bomb. At first, the nuclear test registered as an earthquake near the border with china. Then the north confirmed the explosion and called it a success. South koreas government went into emergency meetings when they got word of the test. It could be
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