as soon as possible. the launch prompted neighbours south korea and japan to briefly issue then rescind alerts to millions of residents. japan has condemned pyongyang s actions. south korea correspondentjean mckenzie has more from seoul. there was panic and confusion in seoul this morning as we awoke to the sound of this air raid siren which is extremely rare. and messages from loudspeakers telling people to prepare for an evacuation, only to be told 20 minutes later it was a mistake. north korea did fire a missile this morning. it was believed to be carrying a spy satellite. but we now know it was a failure and the rocket exploded in midair and crashed into the sea. this will be a big disappointment for the north korean leader kim jong un. he has been working to give north korea its first ever spy satellite and he announced this week he was planning the launch. a spy satellite would give north korea a strategic advantage to allow it to monitor its enemies from the sky, s
russia- white house press secretary karinejean pierre raised concerns about the strikes. we do not support the use of us made equipment being used for attacks inside russia, we ve been very clear about that, and we continue to do that. we have been clear notjust publicly but privately with the ukrainians. meanwhile, ukraine says four people have been killed in the past day from russian drone strikes. these are the latest pictures coming in to us from kyiv. officials said air defence systems destroyed many of the drones, but debris hit a residential building in kyiv overnight. 3a people were injured, including two children. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in the ukrainian capital. ukraine has denied responsibility for the attacks in moscow, but i wouldn t describe their denials as full throated. one adviser said very specifically, we have nothing directly to do without. now, thatis directly to do without. now, that is a phrase that leaves open a wealth of other
it looks like it will run dry within the next ten years. that would automatically cut benefits from 23% for every single american who needs those programs. medicare funding is vanishing even faster. the timing of all of this of trying to figure out what to do comes during a fierce battle that s happening in the nation s capital over spending. the debt growing precipitously. the stand-off between republican lawmakers and white house over raising the borrowing limits. democrats want to spend, spend, spend. republicans want to slash and save. speaker mccarthy says we had better find a way to check off the spending fast. i want to look the president in the eye and tell me there is not $1 of wasteful spending in government? who believes that? the american public doesn t believe that. our whole government is designed to have compromise, let s find common ground and let s eliminate the wasteful spending to protect the hard-working taxpayers and protect the future of america.
to sensor his political opponents. it s now time for adam schiff to be held accountable in a court of law. we have a full detailed report. devon nunez will join us. and the plan to form a happy coalition government on capitol hill. the aoc can keep dreaming. plus a close look for the person the democrats would pefr to be the speaker of the house. hakim jefferies. later, one of you will grade yours truly live in our last call segment. you get to have the last word on the show. we begin with more drama from washington and the swamp today after two days, six ballots. kevin mccarthy has not gotten to the magic number of 218 to be speaker of the house. 20 republicans continue to oppose mccarthy. including a congress woman that will join us. today she and others voted for donalds. a rising star in the gop, strong conservative track record. cory bush, she referred to him as a prop and accused byron donalds of up holding and perpetuating white supremacy. he said his name being in the
Ice de hello and welcome to our viewers, joining us here in the United States and all around the world, you will watching cnn newsroom. And im rose my church, just ahead americas top diplomat arrives in the middle east, hoping to secure a ceasefire in the war and freedom for hostages held in gaza. Plus, looking ahead to a trumpbiden rematch. A cnn poll reveals lackluster support for President Biden as he faces backlash on his handling of the war in gaza and emperor pick ones to at risk how the Worlds Largest Penguin Species is this some threatened by Climate Change live from atlanta. This is cnn newsroom with rosemarie chairs thanks for joining us. The us is ramping up diplomatic pressure surrounding Hostage Release and Ceasefire Talks involving israel and hamas. You a Secretary Of State Antony Blinken arrived in saudi arabia earlier where he will meet with arab officials. Blinken is expected to discuss aid to gaza as well as how to achieve a quote, lasting peace and a pathway to a pal