reports said at least four people are dead after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked japan. the country secretary one buildings were demolished and the disaster. emergency crews are still working to rescue those trapped under the rubble and president biden is pledging to provide whatever help is needed. good afternoon, in new york, happy new year, and he did. happy new year to you, rich, i am in los angeles and we began the special edition of fox news live with matt finn and japan quade spirit of matt, what more can you tell us? right now most of the western coast of the country of japan is under a tsunami advisory right now. that is what they are warning. there could be a number of after shakes or quakes in the coming hours or days. so people have been urged to seek higher ground and be of high alert. we ve had some horrifying video come in the past couple of hours in the first video appears to show the inside of a home. there is a tv on the wall and a baby
so they have a deal, but do they have the votes? right now the race to get party holdouts onboard with the debt ceiling agreement, that potentially catastrophic default just days away. we ll have the latest. plus, what caused part of an apartment building to collapse? rescue dogs are now scanning for any sign of survivors in davenport, iowa, as the city s fire chief says the building is structurally up snsound posing threat to his teams. we ll follow those and more stories coming in right here to cnn news central. so some good news over the weekend. president biden and speaker mccarthy face another heavy lift after hammering out a deal in principle to raise the nation s debt ceiling. they have to get their parties to support it. based on early reaction, it may not be entirely easy. the house vote is expected on wednesday. hard liners from both sides are signaling they at least will not support the agreement. so here s part of what s in it. it suspends the debt ceiling thr
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you re watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. just ahead, hollywood writers heading to the picket line. thousands set to go on strike, a move that will bring productions to a updated on anying halt and send shockwaves through the industry. a dire warning from america s treasury secretary, saying the country only has about a month to pay its bills or risk an economic catastrophe. plus, we ll take you to a small island that s part of taiwan, but just four miles from china s border and almost totally defenseless against china s navy. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. and we begin in hollywood, where television and film writers are going on strike, a move that will very likely shut down most tv and film productions in the u.s. for the foreseeable future. the strike was announced hours ago after the writers gu
Weapon for the target, americas most senior Military Commander in afghanistan has defended the decision to drop a huge bomb on Islamic State militants in a remote area in the east of the country. This is the first time the us has deployed in combat the massive ordinance air blast bomb, referred to as the mother of all bombs. The afg ha n to as the mother of all bombs. The afghan doc mac says 36 militants we re afghan doc mac says 36 militants were killed and no civilians although Islamic State denies that. The afghan government. Frank gardner reports. A remote valley in a remote country. Then, this. 11 tonnes of high explosives, dropped an an isis tunnel complex in afghanistan. The blast was felt 30 miles away. The weapon used is called moab, or Massive Ordnance Air burst, also known as the mother of all bombs. This was its first time used in combat. This was the right weapon against the right target. We will continue to work shoulder to shoulder with our afghan comrades. To eliminate
Control built within the ai systems, liking it to an emergency brake within a vehicle. he was asked about one of the most vexing issues when it comes to ai, which is disinformation. we ve seen ai images start to spread throughout the entrant. one of the most difficult problems when it comes to ai is that it s a lot easier for ai to create images and audio and video than it is to actually tee t detect them. we need old school eyes and ears and the technology is only getting better. he said the solution is to build hashes, digital fingerprints within these ai systems to make it easier to identify them. he was also asked about the six-month pause on ai development that has been proposed by people like elon musk and steve wozniak and he came out against the pause. the reason he said, i don t think china is going to jump on that bandwagon.