terror on palm sunday, egypt now in mourning as isis claims responsibility for two blasts at christian churches that killed 49 people. >> and another busy week ahead for u.s. president trump in the wake of the u.s. missile strike on syria. but there are mixed messages coming from his administration. plus it all came down to one tie breaking hole, sergio garcia finally wins his first major golf tournament at the master as cnn sits down with the new champion. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm cyril vanier.

>> and i'm rosemary church. thanks for joining us. this is "cnn newsroom." egypt's christians are in mourning after brutal attacks on two of their churches, at least 49 people were killed and isis has claimed responsibility. >> more from egypt, his report contains video that some stories may find disturbing. a day of celebration turns to mourning, as a bomb rips through a crowded church in egypt. the devastation, the carnage as isis claims responsibility. >> i was sitting in the front and suddenly everything went dark. i passed out and someone pushed me off of my seat. a few second later i got up and saw bodies all around me. then hours later, he delivers his sermon in the port city of

alexandria. outside a man tried to gain entry. when denied, he detonates his bomb. so much innocent bloodshed on this holyiest of days. sadness quickly turned to rage. christians logged a regional police chief. >> the authorities have received warnings before that the church is being targeted, why weren't proper measures taken to protect people. isis has been stepping up attacks against christians here in egypt, killing dozens in previous months. with nerves gone and tempers high, they're urging for unity. >> you must know what it is being done is an attempt to tear you apart. if you're one unit, how difficult for anyone to defeat this country. >> president declared emergency law for three months, granting the police and army extra powers. it's hard to quantify this type

of violence. every one outside this church of tanta everyone has the story of a loved one. this is your friends' blood. >> yeah. >> on the road. what happened to your friend? >> he was killed. >> reporter: this christian man asked me, when will he be able to pray in peace? a question tonight, with no answer. cnn in tanta, egypt. and full analysis for the church attack in egypts, we spoke earlier. >> he's at the specific foundation. >> this is not the first attack by isis against christians in egypt. these attacks are now three

attacks in the last four months, the previous was in december at a church in cairo. that was also claimed by isis. now this group in february issued a message for its followers to increase the temple against christians to carry out attack. it's not just been against churches. it's been to target assassinations and kidnappings involved. isis, unfortunately, is growing in egypt. there are a number of different elements across the country. there's also a very powerful affiliate of isis in -- they were behind the bombing, the metric jet plane a few years ago. the russian airliner. the egyptian authorities have until now they've got the situation under control. clearly they don't. it's a mission that they're accepting facing a challenge now that they've declared, they'll try and get a grip on the situation and build up to the east, there could be more attacks. >> coalition troops and allies

syrian opposition forces, but a joint base in southern syria. >> the u.s. led coalition says the carrier, a complex attack on the border against a vehicle rigged with an explosive device and 20 to 30 suicide bombers. >> initial reports indicate there were no coalition casualties. cnn reporter ryan brown. >> this was an intense battle, as you said, involving multiple suicide bombers. this vehicle borne i.d. the u.s. had to call air strikes against the isis assaults. this base, you know, it's not really where a lot of the attention where the spike has been in recent months. most of that occur further north where u.s. air and kurdish allies are making a push and backed by u.s. troops. so this is kind out along the jordon border, a little bit out of the way for the main fighting. a little bit of surprise, attack

by isis. the coalition and local allies are able to fight it off successfully in this case. >> international attention will be focused on the trump administration's foreign policy after last week's strike on syrian air base. ryan nobles report. >> the big question for the trump administration heading into this week, is what's next? what's next when it comes to the delegate situation on the korean peninsula and what's next when it comes to strike in syria. it's specifically designed to keep assad from using weapons or is it start of the war to support the removal of assad. the message from top trump officials over the weekend, weren't all that clear. >> we are hoping that we can work with russia and use their influence to achieve areas of stabilization throughout syria and create through geneva in

which we can engage all the parties. and it is through that political process that we believe the syrian people will ultimately be able to decide the fate of assad. >> there's not any sort of option where political solution is going to happen with assad as head of the regime. if you look at the situation, it's going to be hard to see government that's with assad. >> of course, the matter is more complicated than just assad, the fight against isis racing and russia and vladimir putin. delegate balance will be on full display, travels to europe. he'll meet with european leaders on monday before traveling for high stakes meeting. tillerson said he'll push the russians to put pressure on the allies, the syrians, to eliminate any chemical weapons may still have. back at home the president will still have work to do with

congressional leaders some who are questioning the overall strategy when it comes to syria, all of this while the tensions in the region are not at all. days after the u.s. attack on syrian airfield, fighter jets were taking off, involving some -- when the chemical attacks took place in the first place. cnn, washington. >> he's the chair of contemporary middle east studies. thanks so much for being with us. so, of course, as we've heard being questions every once answered what comes next. and the mixed messages from the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. will be helping, how likely is it do you think that the u.s. would eventually try to remove assad from there. does it look like they would be moving in that direction. >> the trump administration is full of contradictions.

when barack obama was in power, the republicans basically criticized barack obama for the lack of strategy on sea. if you listen carefully to haley, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, she laid out, she said, the defeat of isis regime change, directly or indirectly and iranian influence. high -- the secretary of state said, well, the first priority is defeat of isis and then united states will engage diplomatic process, navigate through the process so that the people can determine their own future. well, two contradictory goals, haley would like to get out of office today and tomorrow secretary of state argues that the defeat of isis and the people will have to determine the future. what is it. what's the strategy of the trump

administra administrator. let's say, let's go with the regime change is here. let's say that the trump administration decides in the next few days regime change is the america's change. what's the u.s. strategy. what are the tools to remove assad from power. i mean, we know that the balance of power has changed favorably in essence, i mean, direction in the past six months. russia controls the skies and the land. iran has major investments, so has hezbollah. it seems to me no are there political clarity on the part of the trump administration. it's inconsistent. it's all over the map, let's hope that the trump official sit down and basically provide, not only strategic vision for the future, that tell us what are the tools that they have in order to execute america's tragedy. >> what all was achieved by the u.s. missile strikes on syria,

given the airfield that was re-opened just hours after the strikes and what do you think president trump was hoping to achieve. >> rosemary, this entanglement from reality. washington now is celebrating the fact that donald trump is a -- that donald trump delivers on his promises that barack obama was weak and whatever. the reality on the ground, this particular limited targeted stripe will not change the strategic dynamics on the battlefield. what the attack has achieved is basically to prevent assad from using chemical weapons in the future. he'll think twice before using chemical weapons. this is a good thing. but remember, most of the casualties basically have been killed as a result of conventional weapons, only 1,000 syrians have been killed as a result of chemical weapons.

at the end of the day, what we need donald trump administration is a strategic political road map. let's hope that it has invest strategic capitol in trying to end the tragedy, the blood bath were all waiting for what the administration to tell us about that. >> so what are you expecting or will likely happen in the upcoming meeting between rex tillerson the u.s. secretary of state. >> i think this is a very important meeting. because regardless of what you think of the russians, there is no way out of the -- in syria without engaging the russians. the russians really -- russia inside syria and hoping, basically, the united states and russia will come to a particular understanding about the morning after, that both sides now will put the differences aside and really exert pressure, not only assad, but also on the regional,

particular iran and turkey, to come to a particular %-pn activities in order to find a solution to this particular complex inside syria and that's hopeful at all. it seems to me the divine russia has become bigger and greater in the past 48 hours. >> the word was going to be watching very closely that exchange between the u.s. and the russian foreign minister and u.s. secretary of state. joining us there from london, it is 13 minutes past 8:00 in the morning. thanks to you. the u.s. is building up pressure on north korea. american warships are being redeployed in the korean peninsula. >> after the break, we'll see how they're responding plus

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north korea has reacted to u.s. redeployment to the korean peninsula. government officials tell cnn sending the warships is a provocation by the u.s. >> now, this is not an unusual military move. the u.s. often shows off its military force in the region. the trump administration is now defending its decision to send the strike group. >> it's prudent to do it, isn't it? north korea has been engaged in a pattern of provocative behavior. this is a road, regime that is now a nuclear capable regime and president trump agreed that that is unacceptable, that what must happen denuclearization of the peninsula. the president has asked us to be prepared to give him a full range of options to remove that threat to the american people to

our allies and partners in the region. >> alexandria field has been following this story. we know that he's often reacted strongly to america shows a force in the region. do you think this is going to increase tensions in north korea? >> it will undoubtedly increase tension. of course, as you point out, we'll see the return to the waters off the korean peninsula as provocative. that interpret any military training in south korea as being highly provocative. the u.s. thinks it's necessary to maintain prepared stance in order to react to nuclear threat. and u.s. president donald trump that north korea poses a global security concern. making it very clear it is his goal and intention to test

intercontinental ballistic missile that will be capable of carrying the war head all the way to the u.s. you've got officials in washington who are saying the return of this aircraft carrier to the waters is a direct response to north korean provocations, specifically, the series of tests we've seen not only over the course of the last year, but we've seen since the very start of this year, just a couple of months here. u.s. officials continuing to say that all options are on the table when it comes to dealing with north korea. we know that president trump has been calling for the chinese president to help in terms of dealing with north korea. he's gone so far to say, though, if china won't help with solving north korea, the u.s. will act alone. now you've got this message being clear sent to washington with this return aircraft carrier to these waters. it's being a show of force, some flex of american muscle, they're not saying that that aircraft

carrier is there as a direct result of the increasing provocation. >> there's an increasing concern that north korea could make another big military statement soon. what are we looking at, here. >> reporter: it's possible to know exactly when. every analyst and expert who follows will tell that they're prepared to do another missile launch, who knows when, but it could be soon and they're also making preparations for another nuclear test, that observation is based on the analysis of data gathered by satellites. the question is always when, we know that north korea will time some of these provocative actions to coincide or their own political events. south korean officials here have suggested that we could see another missile launch this month or another nuclear test this month, given the events that are happening inside, like celebration of the founder's birthday, that's a big day in north korea, south korean

officials suspect that they could use that day to plan something of a larger scale that, again, grab global attention and global condemnation. >> sarah. >> thank you very much, we appreciate. and while nuclear tensions are high, there is a completely different mood in the streets. >> riply the only tv correspondent in the north korean capitol, and he filed this report. >> reporter: this is my 11th trip to north korea. this is probably the most tense it has been in my time visiting this country over the last few years, at least when you're talking to government officials and watching closely the actions of the trump administration. they're aware the missile strike in syria. they call it a bloody example that north korea must learn from. the key difference if united states were to launch a similar strike here, they promise, they'll retaliate, potentially putting tens of millions of

people in south korea they have a sizable arsenal pointed right at the city of seoul. there are 28,000 troops there. inside north korea, when you're not talking to government officials, the mood is completely different. it's a festive atmosphere, as we experience firsthand. the marathon, one of the rare days foreigners are free to run through the streets of north korea without constant government supervision. >> this is probably the best way to check out the country probably one of the least understood country in the world. >> they run alongside koreans. he was great, he says, i'm so happy so many foreigners came. we all ran together, friendly competition in front of curious crowds, cheering for people and places they'll likely never see.

>> north koreans are told they live in a socialist oasis safe in a turmoil from the outside worl. the world they're kept far away from. you're here on your honeymoon. >> yes. >> this newly wed from chicago said she surprised this closed society is giving visitors such a warm welcome. >> it brings you down to, you know, the fact that we're all human and the people in the city are very warm and they can be just like us. >> of course, there's another race happening here in north korea and it's capturing the world's attention in a very different way. it's a race to develop nuclear weapons, they're moving closer to the finish line every day. >> these women say they are not preoccupied with the nuclear's arm's race. they're more excited about the biggest holiday of the year,

honoring late supreme leaders. >> do you ever think or worry about the rising tension between north korea and the u.s. >> i'm not worried at all, this -- we have a strong leader. we have marshall kim -- their government tells them the u.s. is responsible for north korea's economic hardship and isolation. i hope more foreigners will come here so they can learn about our philosophy. runners past the symbol of self reliance and self development. north korea intends to win its nuclear arms race with or without the acceptance of the outside world. watch major developments happening. we know the interior strike is headed towards the korean peninsula. the north korean said they're monitoring. tomorrow here, bringing people to political gathering where delegates will vote in favor of whatever is put before them.

on saturday, the most important holiday, the day of the sun. it is around this particular holiday that this country has a track record of military demonstrations, shows of force to project power both do m-- domestically here around the world. they're kicking off this week and satellite imagery shows north korea may be ready to conduct sixth nuclear test at any moment. so much of the world watching activities in this country very closely and great concern. cnn. we'll take a short break. still to come, top advisers at the white house, are giving a pointed message from the president about them fighting. what he told them. that's still ahead. >> some adult critics backed the u.s. president's missile strikes on syria and wondering if it went far enough. more on that in a moment, stay with us.

and welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm cyril vanier. >> rex tillerson is at the g-7 summit. he'll meet with six of his counterparts from around the world to discuss the role in the last week's chemical attack. he heads to moscow to meet with the russian foreign minister later this week. the white house japan supports the strong result the use of chemical weapons. u.s. president donald trump spoke by phone saturday. they agreed to cooperate on a

number of issues, including what they described, as the threat posed by north korea. >> the u.s. is defending its redeployment of the carrier strike group. u.s. national security adviser say it's prudent to send the navy formation due to north korea's threats. it often shows off his military force in the region. the u.s. secretary of state is heading to moscow this week at a critical time in u.s.-russian relations. they're questions if russia was aware. stopped short of accusing moscow of direct involvement in. the u.s. ambassador takes a harder line. >> i'm not seeing any hard evidence that connects the russians directly to the planning or execution of this chemical weapons attack. indeed, that's why we'll try to

be very clear that the russians were never targeted in this strike. >> they now have to answer, how can they, with a straight face, cover for assad, if they're covering for assad, what are they saying. they're saying by covering for assad they knew it was there or they were confident by having chemical weapons there in the first place. >> more on moscow's response to the u.s. strike. >> including most recently, joint statement with iran, also key syrian ally, criticizing u.s. missile strikes and americans will dominate the world. but the behind that, moscow is being measured and advance about the u.s. strikes, but then activate its sophisticated missile defense. what russian officials are making clear, though, is that this may not be the case again should the united states choose to carry out further strikes.

mos skou said educators will be beefed up and u.s. russian mill stair contact, raising the stakes for any future, u.s. military action. moscow prepares to host the -- the secretary of state rex tillerson highly anticipated visit is set to be dominated by the fallout of the u.s. strikes on russia's syrian ally. is expected to press russia on the -- denies syrian government forces carried out the apparent chemical attack last week saying, chemical, ammunition in the hands of the rebel. well, tell us the former ceo of the oil company exxon had been accused of being too close to the kremlin and criticized for that. he received a russian friendship medal from president putin himself. he now comes to russian as part

of a trump administration, which is just moscow's main ally in the middle east. matthew chance, cnn. one of donald trump's vocal critics is praising the u.s. president's actions. the republican senator john mccain caused the u.s. missile strike, excellent. >> he questions whether the operation went actually far enough. since it was the airfield that was targeting less than 24 hours after the strike. >> i'm taking out all of the important facilities and letting them fly with any consistency. but the signal that they're able to fly right away out of the same facility indicates that i don't think we did as thorough enough job, which would have been cratering the runways. then they'll say they'll prey on the runway and we can prey on them as well, too.

>> national security adviser, said the mistle strikes were a warning show to syrian regime. >> what's significant, not that it's meant to take out the capacity or ability to commit mass murder. but it was to take strong signal to assad and his sponers that united states can stand idly by and she's murdering years. i was a red line in 2013. >> let's recap on one of our top stories. palm sunday church goings in egypt. the death toll has risen to 49 people. more than 100 people were wounded. isis has claimed responsibility. >> the attacks happened two churches. the first blast went through a church in tanta north in korea. it's outside an attack outside cathedral. in response he says he'll declare a three-month stage of

emergency. >> we're joined now by entire for more on this question. he's a senior nonfellow resident at the atlanta council. under the former egyptian ruler. this is something that the current president takes seriously. >> i think it's not so much a question about whether or not the current differs from the previous one in terms of taking that sort of thing seriously. the administration does have the question whether it's structurally the security apparatus actual lissette up in a constant and sufficient manner. when it comes to the particular period that we're talking about, i mean, yes -- you see arise in militants and indeed they -- the ice in that system taking things far more in terms of recruits and the fact that to ask.

>> the community was curious against the government saying there was a lack of effort to protect them. there was a protest after we attacked. what do you make of the government's response on national television went and made a mistake. >> i talked about a state of emergency, creating a supreme counsel. we still don't know what any of this actually means, state of emergency allows for a number of different things to take place, but it hasn't been announced what those things are going to be. if a doctor wants to be a doctor, we can tell nobody has told me by imposing a curfew and i'm not sure it will be helpful in this situation. when it comes to other regulations some of them, i think, are ready implemented through counter extremism.

so as -- when it comes to the supreme council, we're not sure what the preview of that is going to be. if policies will change how you've been dumping it. when they were in the store right now. >> going back to your first point how this is linked to the point against terror ice and isis. >> are you getting the sense whether it's proposing to be enough to fight isis in egypt. >> again, if you don't know, i haven't been given based on what has said. when it came announced and the state of emergency in the sinai, with the rise of military activity in the sinai. it never came delivery, there were certain things that when i'm taking them place otherwise, don't understood.

>> we still don't know what the actual procedures are going to change it, are. >> thank you so much for your insights. >> thank you. we'll take a short break here. coming up, a second suspect is arrested in connection with the deadlyiest track attack. plus the hunt is on for this man. we'll send man fes stow for this man. police say he's armed and dangerous.

back in the united states the white house is dismissing any talks about the white house. he's futing top advisers look it

at out. >> steve bannon is known for pushingalist agenda, his son-in-law is viewed as more global mind et. >> he was removed from the national security council last week, but national security adviser is downplaying. >> i think what the president was doing is making clear that he's going to d in terms of president membership, going to have those permanent members who are there for every meeting, every official meeting of the national security council to be those who will give them their advice on the term of the long-term issue of the american people. an urgent manhunt is underway for blairy suspect who sent a looky presidential. and then they posted, this video on social media, showing him

setting the 16 # 1 pound gaming. contains grievances against the governor. >> the man is calmed and dangerous. security has been ramped up and other places of worship. the fbi has -- is offering a $10,000 reward leading to his arrest. tens of thousands of people hit the streets of dallas, texas to protest donald trump's immigration policies. >> the policy is a cause for change of people what they want their voices to be heard. on the streets of downtown dallas, tens of thousands of protesters turning out to march 2017. tens of thousands of people are marching around as it is now, spanning several miles here through -- through the streets of downtown dallies making my way through the city hall. this is a proimmigration rally,

calling out what they view as the abusive policies of donald trump. that's what you see repeatedly from here, not only on questions of immigration but how migrants are being treated. became one of the third larchers here and great number of democratic party leaders here in the state of tk exas as well. hundreds of thousands of people turned out doing it once again and this is a crowd that's grown tomasz to massive numbers here. >> coming up after this short break. after years of trying, sergio garcia has won a major golf need -- championship. it made his victory even sweeter. hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one

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australia has been get k battered by cyclone. we turn to karen maginnis who has more now. >> we're watching quite a bit of tropical cyclone activity and potential for development as

we've got two systems, one moving right across and the other is tropical cyclone cook and as it makes its way towards the south southwest, to new cal caladonia. here is the latest regarding tropical cyclone cook. it has winds associated with 160 to 195 kilometers per hour and this is the equivalent to a category two tropical system. in the last 48 hours take a look at some of the reports, rain fall reports coming out, 272 milliliters or just under a foot of rain fall. well, what happens is we go into the next 24 hours as it moves over additional rain fall, expected in between 18 # 0, 150 millimeters precipitation and then they made this point. then we go beyond that, 72-hour

point. here is dave along the north island of new zealand. they were pummelled from the remnants and there could be a brush by with this system that could produce another round of potentially heavy rain fall. that's so far in the future. back to you guys. >> thanks so much, karen, for keeping on eye. well, spanish golfer sergio garcia has finally won the first major championship of his career. he defeated justin in a sudden death playoff at this year's master's tournament. >> garcia is the third spaniard to win the green jacket. he won it on the birthday of his idle. the late great steve. he sat down with us. >> sergio, that was awesome. the many congratulations. they say the best things come to those who wait. most people had no idea what it

was like going through what you did today and pull it off in the end, can you describe what it was like? what was going on inside? >> to tell you the truth, i was quite calm all day, which was great because it allowed me to have clearer thoughts in my head and allowed me to swing a little bit more freely and to create things, which i was able to do throughout pretty much the whole day. so, yeah, it was an amazing day. i enjoyed being out there playing with justin and both playing well. so it was a thrill. >> you -- what happens when you take -- it was a very moving moment for everybody who was watching you. it was incredible. >> yeah, i could feel the energy from the crowd and everything. everybody was -- it felt like

everybody was just still looking forward to that moment, not only myself and my whole group, my whole team, but any names, felt like they were just waiting for that to happen and, you know, just a lot of different thoughts, a lot of different memories, past memories from past masters for me, and major championships and all the tournaments, so just a whole bunch of little flashers that it was nice to go through that quickly, i guess. >> i can only imagine how emotional it would be, not just to do it, but to do it, with it being 70 or 60th birthday, if he was here, what do you think you would be talking about? >> i don't know. i think probably he'll be proud of me. i think that we'll probably have

a little glass of wine together. he was special to do it on his -- what would have been his 60th birthday, on a place that i know has been so special for him and for his maria and now, also for me. it's just -- i'm glad i got to do it and, you know, we can enjoy it. >> sergio garcia there, emotional speaking about his yi idle. >> thanks for joining us, i'm rosemary church. >> early start is here with the viewers in the u.s. have a great day. >> thank you.

. the secretary of state rex tillerson taking a hard line on russia's involvement in sierra, ahead of his trip to moscow as mixed messages emerge from the white house. and an aircraft airier headed towarder the korean peninsula. the state of play moments away. a lot to get to, thanks for joining us welcome to early start. i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm christine romans. >> the world is waiting to see president trump's next