To you, everyone, on this wednesday. On the 24th anniversary of this little show we called world news now. Im kendis gibson. Still called that. Im Kayna Whitworth. Im in for reena ninan. And weve been asking why you watch this show. We cannot wait to share your responses. And there are so many people who rupp for differere asons. Whether youre still partying or whether or not their kids keeping them awake. Doctors on shift change. Absolutely. So let us know. Also, though, this morning we do start with these recordbreaking floods that are slamming Southern California right now. The first major el nino storm of the season has brought record rain rain. Nearly 1 1 2 inches of rain poured down on los angeles, and more than two inches in pasadena alone. The rain trigyard a collapse of part of the ceiling at a Marriott Hotel in san diego. And farther north the storms caused p pblems at airport in spokane,e,washington. Abcc rob marciano has that story. Reporter scary moments at spokane airport
And we start with that breaking news. Nonoh korea again claiming to have tested a nuclear bomb. Yeah, at this hououthe u. S. Is w wking to confirm the e st but says if true, it would be unacceptable and south korea understandably very, very upset. Abcs joohee cho is there with new reaction. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter overnight the surprise announcement read on north korean state tv, the secretive nation saying it conducted a perfect first test of a Hydrogen Bomb, the news anchor talking about their right to protect itself from, quote, evil warmongers like the united states. The hint of a test first came when a 5. 1 magnitude earthquake was detected near the Nations Nuclear testing facilities. The nations leader kim jongun did mention a month ago that they could miniaturize Hydrogen Bombs far more powerful than the atomic bombs they have tested in the past. Japans Prime Minister saying this morning, quote, we absolutely cannot allow this. Threat to security and a likely br
They could miniaturize Hydrogen Bombs far more powerful than the atomic bombs they have tested in the past. Japans Prime Minister saying this morning, quote, we absolutely cannot allow this. The u. N. Called it a grave threat to security and a likely breach of the international treaty. The major concern for the u. S. With advanced Missile Technology in theory north korea could possibly hit the mainland united states, but u. S. Officials are skeptical. North korea has often bluffed. Joohee cho, abc news, seoul, south korea. The u. S. Is sending up special planes to determine exactly what kind of nuclear north koreas ally china says it test. Council have called an emergency meeting for this morning. Of course, we will bring you more details as we get them. And also now here at home, our other top story developing this morning, the first major el nino storms hitting the west. Southern california is getting slammed right now with recordsetting torrential rains. Even washing away an entire
Good wednesday morning. Im kendis gibson. And im Kayna Whitworth in for reena ninan. And we start with that breaking news. North korea again claiming to have tested a nuclear bomb. Yeah, at this hour the u. S. Is working to confirm the test but says if true, it would be unacceptable and south korea understandably very, very upset. Abcs joohee cho is there with new reaction. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter overnight the surprise announcement read on north korean state tv, the secretive nation saying it conducted a perfect first test of a hydrogen bomb, the news anchor talking about their right to protect itself from, quote, evil warmongers like the united states. The hint of a test first came when a 5. 1 magnitude earthquake was detected near the Nations Nuclear testing facilities. The nations leader kim jongun did mention a month ago that they could miniaturize Hydrogen Bombs far more powerful than the atomic bombs they have tested in the past. Japans Prime Minister saying thi
News. North korea again claiming to have tested a nuclear bomb. Yeah, at this hour the u. S. Is working to confirm the test but says if true, it would be unacceptable and south korea understandably very, very upset. Abcs joohee cho is there with new reaction. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter overnight the surprise announcement read on north korean state tv, the secretive nation saying it conducted a perfect first test of a Hydrogen Bomb, the news anchor talking about their right to protect itself from, quote, evil warmongers like the united states. The hint of a test first came when a 5. 1 magnitude earthquake was detected near the Nations Nuclear testing facilities. The nations leader kim jongun did mention a month ago that they could miniaturize Hydrogen Bombs far more powerful than the atomic bombs they have tested in the past. Japans Prime Minister saying this morning, quote, we absolutely cannot allow this. Threat to security and a likely breach of the international treaty