contestant why he decided to run for congress. we begin tonight with espionage and angry accusations. the obama administration accusing russia of leaking a secret recording of a diplomatic phone call. the lan wanting was blunt and crude. mike viqueira has been following the response out of washington. mike, an embarrassment for the u.s. no question the united states and administration has struggled to deal with the crisis in ukraine. it continues to escalate. the violence in the streets in the city squares there between the opposition and the government. but today a glimpse behind the curtain of american diplomacy turned out to be an embarrassment. the assistant secretary of state victoria neulander. she may be familiar to viewers. she was a spokesperson for hillary clinton when she was secretary of state. she was evidently eavesdropped on and recorded a conversation she had with the ambassador to ukraine. they were trying to cook up a plan to ease the crisis in kiev. som
the new york post photographer who took the picture of the man in the subway tracks before he was hit sits down to tell his side of the story. we ll hear from him this hour on cnn. good morning, welcome to early start. i m christine romans. and i m zoraida sambolin. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. breaking new s massive earthquake in japan. it happened off the coast of japan, about 300 miles northeast of tokyo you can see on the tower cam that we are going to buildings swayed for several minutes there. let s go to alex zolbert live in tokyo what can you tell us? this happened friday evening b an hour and a half ago. an unnerving scene. a 7.3 magnitude earthquake. as we understand it, this came along the same fault line that triggered that massive tsunami in march of 2011. we have been watching all the local stations, trying to gather all the information we can. here s what we know at this point in terms of a tsunami. we have seen several small waves come in, about four w
good morning. welcome, everybody. let s begin with developing news this morning. a tsunami threat to tell you about was just lifted in japan. the country was rocked by a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake. it hit off the coast of tokyo. the buildings there shaking. you could see some of the video showing the degree to which they were shaking. alex, what s the latest? reporter: it has been a very, very tense few hours here in japan after you mentioned a 7.3 magnitude earthquake striking late here in the day on friday. but just in the past 90 minutes or so, the all clear has been given. the tsunami warning has been lifted. that s great news for the people here. there s no signs of any significant damage. no reports of any deaths. just a few injuries at this point. we also have to keep in mind the nuclear power plants. we have heard from the operator of those. they say everything is fine. but as you mentioned, this brings back very painful memories up for the people in the regi
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new intelligence shows assad s regime is loading sarin gas into bombs. and president obama s pot problem. let s go outfront. i m tom foreman in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, the magic number after a whole week of harsh words here in washington and threats too, did house speaker john boehner hint ever so slightly at a compromise today that could finally edge us away from the dreaded fiscal cliff? it comes down to tax rates. this is a huge sticking point in the stalled negotiations between the president and mr. boehner. obama says the top rate on household income above $250,000 should rise from 35% to 39.6%. boehner wants the rate to stay at 35% or even lower. but what about meeting in the middle? around 37%? listen carefully to the speaker when he was asked today whether that rate could be the answer to this impasse. there are a lot of things that are possible. to put the revenue the president seeks on the table. but none of it s going to be possible if the presi