destroy a children s playground. ukrainian official posted this picture showing a large crater at the site. all comes after russia suffered a humiliating blow when an explosion damaged a bridge to crimea. president vladimir putin blamed ukraine for that blast, calling it a terror attack. we ll go to first fred pleitgen live at the scene for us in kyiv. fred? reporter: hi there, max. the scene of one of these explosions we had a rude awakening when we had massive explosions we heard i would say at around 8:15 local time, which is 1:15 on the east coast of the united states. multiple places were obviously hit. i m at the scene of one of these explosions. you can see behind me there s people sort of working that scene over there. there s several buildings that were damaged around this area. you can see several cars there also severely damage there as well. those cars burned out. the latest that we have from the authorities here in kyiv so far, it s always important to point
U. S. Society. It is unclear where, when or how king would be expelled. Joining us now from seoul, paula hancocks. And also former analyst white house official Sue Mi Terry In W york. What is the latest, what do we actually know here . Reporter well, phil, everything we know so far has come from north korea itself, from state run media. We havent heard at all from travis king since he crossed the Military Demarcation Line back in midjuly while on a private tour of the dmz, a civilian tour. So we do have to wait and see whether or not the confession they speak of is in fact accurate. But as you say, they say that he confessed to illegally entering north korea. They say that they carried out an investigation over the past couple of months. And that investigation is now over. And they have decided to expel him. And they said really what they said last month when they had the first acknowledgement that travis king had even gone into their country saying that he was wanting to get away from
Will hope you join me for my new show state of the race, it will be on cnns international channel. It is at 11 00 a. M. On the east coast, 4 00 p. M. In london. And today im going to talk to u. S. Senator joe manchin about the 2024 race for president and much, much more. So i hope that you will join us there. And thank you for joining us here. Im kasie hunt. Cnn this morning starts right now. Morning. Top of the hour, 6 00 a. M. So glad youre with us. A lot of news to get to. Lets start with the five things to know. Debate night in america, meaning it will be a late night for all of us, but the former president wont be on the debate stage instead giving a Primetime Speech at a Nonunion Auto Parts Manufacturer in grdetroit. This after a new york judge ruled that trump and his adult sons committed fraud. And breaking overnight, more than a dozen people under arrest in philadelphia after a big group of looters ransacked an apple store, lululemon and foot locker. And the Senate Moving Forw
site. an official says at least five civilians are dead and 12 injured in the capital. train traffic on all subway lines has been suspended as underground stations are being used as shelter. we re going to continue to bring you breaking developments on this story as they come in. now north korea claims the missile it launched over japan last week was a new type of intermediate range ballistic weapon, this as japan and south korea say the kingdom fired off a pair of ballistic missiles on sunday, the late nest a spade of launches in the past two weeks. we re joined by kristie lu stout who is live for us in hong kong. what do you make of the latest movements there? reporter: yeah, and also the latest comments we re hearing from north korean state run media reporting that the leader himself, kim jong-un, personally guided these recent weeks of missile tests and military drills all in response to the large scale military drills conducted by the u.s. and its ally in the region south kore
in clashes alonghe israel gaza border. at least 1,500 have been reported injured. the violence coming as the opening ceremony for the new u.s. embassy in jerusalem begins in just minutes. iran warning the eu it has 60 days to save the nuclear deal after the u.s. pulled out. state run media reporting president told british prime minister that iran remains committed to the deal. new york times reporting the department of investigation killed off investigations into for profit colleges where education secretary s top hires once worked. a department spokes woman tells the paper in part that the team of investigators lost members due to attrition. a new volcano fissure opening in hawaii. spewing lava and fumes forcing more residents from their homes. water cooler time. a video of a caged tiger at a