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house says the u.s. cannot confirm a north koreans hydrogen bomb test, but it calling on the country s leaders to abide by international obligations and commitments. the surprise north koreans state tv announcement called the event a perfect success, citing pyongyang s legal right to defend itself against u.s. aggression. the real danger for the united states is whether or not north korea has intentions to demonstrate their capabilities as far as the pacific and certainly to threaten the u.s. continent. reporter: news of the event came after a 5.1 magnitude earthquake was deengted near a known north korea detected near a known north korea test site. south korea quickly condemned the debtonnation and called a emergency national security council meeting. the country s president told reporters the test is a threat on our people s survival and future and a direct challenge if confirmed, this would be north korea s fourth nuclear test, the first was carried out in 2006. ....
see how the commute is going. good morning. so far, it s much better than yesterday. we do have some delays out there. we re going to take a live look at the van wyck expressway. as you make your way southbound through the kew gardens interchange, things really aren t moving. that s because of road work. that ll get wrapped up in about a half hour to an hour. then if you re 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 two-way affic. we ll 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 korea s 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 korea s government went into emergency meetings when they got w ....
north korea s announcement that it successfully tested a nuclear bomb. today in new york s kerry barrett is in the newsroom. michael, the u.n. holding an emergency session. here s the thing. the white house hasn t confirmed the test, and there s a bit of contradicting information. there s a south korean spy that says the bomb that was tested by the north was an atomic bomb, not a nuclear bomb. that s according to the south korean spy. if it was an h-bomb, it would certainly put pyongyang one big step closer to ramping up its nuclear arsenal. you re looking now at north korean state tv. this is their announcement. very typical, propaganda-heavy 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. there s 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 ....
she told us she felt something very bad was about to happen. i noticed a guy walking in front of me and he was walking, and his walking pace kind of changed and i noticed it. and my gut instinct told me that something was wrong, but i didn t position anything think anything would happen because you don t think these things would happen. so i just tried to walk by him and that s when he hit me and i thought that my nose was broken. felt like being hit in the pace with a baseball. reporter: nypd a very heavy presence here in n in clel city helsea. police sources say they believe the man may be a homeless person from the area. if you have any information, you re asked to call police immediately. a reward is being offered. i m marc santia, news 4 new york. and within just the past hour, we learned police are questioning someone in the deadly stabbing at a bronx mcdonald s. sketch of the man they believe stabbed a dam gar see adam garcia. we re going to keep on top of ....
gathered to mourn the expectant mother they say was rob to have had chance of ever holding her first child. an angel. an angel on earth. that s how andrea caruth is remembered by those who knew her. she was a very giving person, very, very generous. this is a terrible, terrible terrible tragedy. police sources say the 39-year-old day care owner excitedly awaiting the birth of her own child was found bludgeoned and strangled in a crawl space in her bay chester basement. is that why you killed her? reporter: wednesday caruth s own father william was arrested and charged in her murder. i m sorry for you. reporter: friends and neighbors consoled each other outside the 47th precinct after watching caruth being led away in handcuffs. i can t believe it. how could her father kill his own child? it doesn t make any sense. reporter: a few miles away, friends and family trying to make sense of it all, released red and white balloons into the night sky. bab ....