multiple projectiles launched by north korea, a move sure to raise tensions while talks of denuclearization with the u.s. remain stalled. plus this -- >> you couldn't tell where we were, whether it was a river or an ocean. >> a boeing 737 plane skids off the runway and into a river upon landing in florida, everyone makes it off safely. also made this hoahead, he'g for more than two years, about

you now thailand has officially crowned its new king. live from atlanta, we well come our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm george howell. the c"cnn newsroom" starts righ now. we start with the breaking news out of north korea, the nation firing off several short range projectiles, all of this happening saturday morning on the east coast of north korea. according to south korea's defense ministry, whatever was fired flew hundred kilometers and crashed into the sea. japan however says that the projectiles did not enter its waters. the u.s., south korea and japan are working together to figure out exactly what was fired. and paula hancocks also following this story. do we know anything more about

these projectiles? >> reporter: well, george, we're still waiting for some kind of confirmation from the joints chiefs of staff here in seoul. they are saying that the u.s. and south korean intelligence are working closely to try to an l anxio an lialyze the data. we have had a response in the past few minutes from the blue house, the presidential office here, saying that the government is very concerned that north korea's actions go against a military agreement signed between kim jung-un and president moon jae-in back on september 19. within that agreement, the two leaders had said that they would halt all acts that would heighten tensions on the korean peninsula. so as far as the blue house is concerned, this goes against that. and they are hoping that north korea will return to the negotiating table as soon as

possible. but beyond that, we haven't had much in the way of response from the united states. but we do know there have been a flurry of phone calls between foreign ministers and the secretary of state mike pompeo, he spoke to the south korean and japanese foreign minister. but the message from north korea i think many agree would be a reminder to washington that they could potentially go back to the date of 2017, the date of testing. but of course it really does defend exa depend what they tested, whether it was a missile or a multiple launch rocket system, that does make a difference. >> and certainly there in south korea does it give a sense of the jitters given that we haven't seen anything like that in such a long time and now we're turning to these projectiles that were fired? >> reporter: well, i don't think that there is a sense of jitters

in south korea at this point. there is a big difference between a short range projectile and for example an icbm, intercontinental ballistic missile. this is the last thing that north korea tested back in november 2017. and that is when -- or shortly afterwards kim jung-un said that he was going to impose a unilateral freeze on testing icbms and the nuclear testing. he did not say that he wasn't going to test short range projectiles. and just a few weeks ago, there was a weapon s guided system tht north korea tested and did specify what they had tested. so these kind of things are continuing with north korea, but at no point has kim jung-un said that he would end his own drills or that he's called for the u.s. or south korea to do that. but it really depends what was tested. >> it is good to understand that distincti distinction. paula, thank you for the reporting. now to the u.s. state of

florida where a plane slid off the runway friday night. take a look here. luckily all 143 people board the flight made it off in one peace. the boeing 737 ended up in the st. john's river. again, no one was seriously hurt. >> i think it is a miracle, we could be talking about a different story this evening. so i think there is a lot to say about, you know, the professionalism of the folks that helped the passengers off the airplane. there is a lot to say about that because it very well could be worse. >> passenger smaller borman says that she has nothing but praise for the flight crew who handled a very scary situation. listen. >> as we went down, we had a

really hard landing. and then the plane bounced and screeched and it lifted to the right and then lifted to the left. and then it sort of swerved and then it came to a complete like a crash stop. my husband flew forward and i hit my head on the plastic tray that is in the seat in front of you. aim not inju i'm not injured thankfully, just a little bump on the head. but at any rate, at that point the flight attendants did a great job, they got everybody into life vests. i fly a lot for work. and thankful that i remembered the instructions. you put on your life vest, ywe climbed on to the wings, we were in water, we couldn't tell where we were, whether it was a river or an ocean. there was rain coming down. there was lightning, thunder.

and we stood on that wing for a significant period of time. the rescue folks came. eventually somebody inflated a life raft that had been on the plane and we began climbing into it. >> let's get perspective with jeffrey thomas, editor-in-chief of airline ratings.com, joining us via skype from australia. good to have you, jeffrey. so we know that it was raining there in jacksonville during the time that this plane you touched down. how common would you say it is for a plane to skid off the runway as we saw here? >> fortunately it is not very common. however what we believe has happened here, george, has yet to be confirmed. but the weather from jacksonville naval air station tells us that there was thunderstorm activity as

evidenced by your interview subject. and we understand that the plane was coming into land with a headwind into wind about 10 miles an hour, but then suddenly due to the thunderstorm we had a mic mic microburst where suddenly the wind changes from a headwind to the tail wind and the tail wind component was 20 on miles an hour. so there was dramatic wind shift and very heavy rain. and this really did impact the performance of the plane on landing and the ability of the pilot to pull it up. the runway was quite long for a 737, 9,000 feet. there was a 1,000 footover run which was before you got into the st. john's river. so basically 10,000 feet of runway or overrun before you got into the st. john's river.

so this tail wind had a major impact on the performance of the aircraft and caused to overrun into the river. >> so obviously the u.s. national transportation safety board will investigate what happened here. but what more can you tell you us about the 737 plane and also there in jacksonville two runways, one shorter than the other, still unclear exactly which was in use here. but just talk to us about the length of the runway and the type of plane that was landing in this particular situation. >> certainly. yes, george, we know that in fact it was landing on the longer of the two runways. this is the runway that runs from west to east. it is runway 1-0. so it was landing on the longer one. the 737 involved in this accident is what is called a 737

ng, the previous model to the max that is currently grounded because of a software issue. but the 737 ng is the most widely used airplane in the world. there are 7,000 in service around the globe. it has an excellent safety record. and basically it is the backbone of the world's aviation fleet. >> jeffrey, we certainly are thankful that everyone got off that plane safely. we appreciate your perspective on it and we'll obviously look to see what investigators have to say from there research on it. thank you. in thailand the king has officially ascended to the throne once occupied by his late father. take a look at the moment that the 66-year-old ruling monarch was formally crowned, the moment he received an ornate umbrella of sacred royalty. the last time this happened was 1950.

the king was then presented with the royal object of his high office including a heavy crown adorned with diamonds. the entire sceremony lasted for several hours. there will be a variety of official events over three days. will ripley has been following all of this and explains what we're seeing, so much rituals taking place. help us to understand how significant these moments are. >> reporter: these are extraordinary moments and most people here in tie land are sha this for the first time since the last one was more than 50 years ago. the new king was not even alive when thailand had its last coronati coronation. so you are seeing the royal audience taking place right now. it is a very dramatic scene.

you see all of the gold, the crown which is the great crown of victory. the king was introduced when the golden curtain was lifted. so an extraordinarily theatrical moment. this imagine panl pageantry goe 13th century. one of many ceremonies that he has ordered since becoming the king, more so than perhaps his predecessor, his father. the editor of the book a life's work is here with me. and you have said that the king because he isn't so well-known to the thai people, he doesn't have the 70 year track record, he is 66 years old, lives most of the time in munich. so these ceremonies are a way for him to build up his

legitimacy in the eyes of people here in thailand. >> well, they are important to him. he had to go through a professional ceremony in 2016 and it was remarkably elaborate. and then we had another ceremony with the constitution and that was the most elaborate. this is the royal barge procession. and then we have the spectacular grand formation a year after the death and that is the grand seen in history. so, yes, these ceremonies remind people that he is around and so just to remind people that he is around.

>> reporter: and there will be a parade happening tomorrow. but this is a complicated time here in thailand. they are expecting the election results this week for the election held back in march. >> yes, and the election results have actually been held over from march for this coronation but now we'll go forward and find out what actually happened in terms of voting, you have 150 party seats. and we don't know what will happen next. there is a lot of wrangling going on. military are intent on retaining control. >> reporter: and the role of the monarch is to provide a sense of unity. >> yes. it should be a stabilizing influence, not interfering directly with party politics, in the background trying to just

support the constitutional system. >> reporter: do you think this king is fulfilling that role of unifying the nation? be haven we haven't seen the huge crowds yet, but tomorrow more people could fill the streets. >> those are two different things. tomorrow we'll see how many people come out for the beautiful ceremony with the parade, a beautiful piece of history being enacted. >> reporter: and this is black and white footage of how it looked back in -- >> yeah, quite remarkable. this is the same ceremony. and i think we should keep all that separate. yes, thai politics are very difficult, they were very difficult before he became king and they are a problem for everybody. and i would have thought -- it should be quite obvious that he would like peace to work. so we'll have to see how it can be achieved. >> reporter: and thanks so much for all of your expertise

throughout the hours. you've lived here for 38 years. and so you've seen quite a bit. >> and my first coronation. >> reporter: and so a busy week. he surprised people wednesday that he was getting married to a queen that was a key fixture, but the relationship was never fish until the marriage was announced. this is his fourth wife. and it is one of many interesting things that we continue to learn about the new thai king as we report on the ground here in bangkok. >> will ripley live for us in bangkok. thank you. tropical depression fani is weakening as it closes in on bangladesh, but as a cyclone, it left behind great damage. that story is next for you.

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president trump didn't warn his russian counterpart to stay out of the next u.s. election. >> we didn't discuss that. >> reporter: president trump speaking with russian president vladimir putin about the mueller investigation. but he didn't bring up the report's major finding, that russia interfered in the 2016 election. >> did you address the election meddling that came up in the report? >> we discussed and he sort of smiled when he said something to the effect that it started off as a mountain and it ended up being a mouse. but he knew that because he knew that there was no collusion whatsoever. so pretty much that is what it was. >> as i have said in the past -- >> reporter: but that is hardly how mueller would put it. he found insufficient evidence to prove conspiracy, but the report did concludes that russia

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now with political analyst james boyse -- actually, we're going to pause on that. we'll bring him in shortly. but again, to get context around what is -- i'm told we do now have him. let's bring james in. good to have you with us. >> good morning, george. >> moving this cinco de maing s the control room. mr. trump makes a point to say the russia investigation is done, he is putting it behind him, he is now engaging with the russian president with self declared validation. critics however are calling it another helsinki moment with the president siding with putin on a range of issues. what are your thoughts? >> it is fascinating, isn't it, because we really seem to have quite a schizophrenic environment politically in the united states between certain people saying one thing and one group saying quite another.

here we have the president of the united states ostensibly defending u.s. interests and standing up for american people and american democracy and here he is merely parroting what it is he is being told from the kremlin. it is a remarkable situation. just take politics out of it, i don't think that we've ever seen anything like it before in u.s. history where of course the kremlin has always been the source of great antagonism and opposition within the united states. so to see an american president merely accepting it at face value really is quite a remarkable development i think. >> the one thing the president said was not discussed, he said it was not discussed the threat of election meddling in the upcoming 2020 race. so as 2020 approaches, do you expect to see an emboldened russia to go after it again? >> you have to ask. these two leaders were on the

phone for an hour by all accounts. and you have to wonder what were they really talking about. the great elephant in the room is the mueller report which as abby phillip rightly reporting was at the heart of robert mueller's report, the idea that mueller said categorically that there was meddling in 2016. of course this is something that donald trump can simply not accept because that in his view and in the view of many others i think would quite frankly call into doubt the veracity of his own election. so if we accept that it did happen then, u.s. intelligence agencies and leading officials are suggesting that this has not stopped, that it is continuing, so one has to believe that it will certainly be a factor moving into 2020. so the great question is why isn't this being discussed at the highest possible levels. >> given that we have seen projectiles as we reported earlier launched from north korea, that issue again front

and center, before all of this though president trump on that call indicated his appreciation for russia's engagement with north korea. do you see russia as a growing player in these ongoing negotiations? because again, the last summit between kim jung-un and president trump ended in disappointment. the latest meeting between kim and putin has been described as a success. >> well, yes. what is fascinating of course is that donald trump when he became president made great strides to try to engage with the north korean leadership. many people talked about the high risk nature of this by of course elevating the north korean leadership to a level with the american president. he has now subsequently met with putin. the great question is what so far has come out of those debates, though engagements between trump and kim jung-un. and the last meeting as we rightly reported in hanoi broke

down without any great success. thousand you we're s now we're seeing putin get involved. and i think putin has been very good at destabilizing the leadership of the west. whether that is in eastern europe, in the near former soviet area such as ukraine for example, we're seeing it in venezuela and now in north korea. i think the idea that he is very good at keeping the west on its toes, we never know quite what is coming. and of course that really is what you would hope a leader in the white house would be doing with the russians, not necessarily the other way around from a western point of view. >> james boyse, thank you again to your time. we'll be right back after the break.

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welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom" live from atlanta. i'm george howell with the headlines we're following for you. the white house press secretary says they are aware of north korea's launch of several projectiles and they will continue to monitor the situation. according to south korea's defense ministry, whatever was launched flew a few hundred ky local terse and crashed in sea. and a plane skidded off the runway as it landed in jacksonville, florida. the naval air station there. it slid into the st. john's river at the end of the runway. they were arriving from cuba. one of the passengers says the plane made a hard landing

surrounded by thunder and lightning. israel's military says about 50 rockets were fired by gaza toward israel. defense forces say the iron dome intercepted dozens of the rockets. and so far no reports of casualties. remnants of tropical depression fani are moving in to bangladesh right now. friday the storm made landfall as a cyclone, strongest to hit the country in 20 years. and you can see how strong those winds were blowing out entire walls there. seven people were killed from falling trees in collapsed buildings. even though the storm is weaker, it still has the potential for-to-caufoto cause a great deal of damage. derek van dam is here with where

the storm is headed now. >> it has weakened, but bringing heavy rainfall to bangladesh. and the torrential rain and high flood threat and mudslide threat is the main concern going forward and that is something that we will keep a very close and i on. considering into the northern sections of bangladesh, this is a mountainous part of the world. so you get a lot of the heavy rainfall and a lot of it rushes down into the valleys and lower elevations below. and ultimately can cause flooding. so as the storm system finally exits the region within the next 24 hours, by sunday morning local time, it will have made its presence known. it certainly did across the east coast of india when it made landfall yesterday morning local time, 240 kilometer per hour sustained winds, this is what it looked like on the ground. it is quite incredible to see the fury of mother nature at its greatest. 240 kilometer per hour winds, has the capability of snapping

trees, taking down electric ral poles, blowing roofs off of buildings and even toppling full buses. i was as stounlded. just to put this perspective how rare the system is, it was back this 1999 when we saw a storm of this magnitude. it was actually a cat 5 that moved into the northeastern sections of india. fani was a cat 4. rainfall totals impressive, over 8 1/2 inches or 216 millimeters across the state. there is the rainfall totals going forward. you can see the rain generally has ended across the west region and now we're focusing our attention on northern bangladesh and this area could see another 3 to 5 inches going forward. so flooding and mudslides a concern. >> derek, thank you. so among the topics discussed during the u.s.

president trump's phone call with vladimir putin was the crisis in venezuela. mr. trump says that the russian president doesn't want to get involved. his comments come as venezuela's national assembly leader recognized at interim president by dozens of nations is calling for more anti-government protests. this time at military bases. he is trying to win over support from the armed forces who mostly back the maduro government. >> translator: we are willing to talk to all the civil and military officials, with all, no matter where they come from, who are willing to cooperate with the cessation of the government of transition and free elections because that is the mandate that i have by the constitution. >> the economic crisis in venezuela is hitting almost everyone but is especially hard on the elderly. it has forced many to take refer refugee in senior citizen homes because their families can no longer afford to help them. michael holmes has this story.

>> reporter: dominos in the courtyard of the mother teresa senior home in caracas. there is not much else to do here. if life for venezuelans is tough and undeniably it is, it is even worse for the elderly. this is not a good country in which to grow old. if we didn't have this place, how many of these people would be on the streets. thank god they are alive. at least they survived. the volunteer staff do their best to feed and house nearly 80 people here, the oldest an 84-year-old. it is a heartbreaking fasct tha here in venezuela many of the elderly are simply given up by their families, not unwanted, but victims of a brutal choice to feed the children or do you feed the grand parents. >> translator: there are many here who are sad, their hearts are sad because they have given everything in their life and their families for one reason or

another send them here. >> reporter: everything here is donated and donations are drying up. pensions if you'd get one almost worthless in this crumbling economy, perhaps $7 a month. there are no retirement golden years in venezuela. i had a lot of expectations of a nice retirement because i had a good job and income, he tells me. what do you think about the government and what it does, i ask him. nothing. nothing. nothing he says. life here is spartan, but it is life. alternatives unthinkable or unaffordable. the stories here are so similar, the pain and disapa appointment. this woman has family in caracas, but there was no room or money to support her. >> translator: there were a lot of people in the house. it was too much.

>> reporter: family refrain, families who couldn't cope or simply left. an estimated 3 million venezuelans have fled the country and its wretched economy in recent years. many didn't take their parents or grand parents. they couldn't afford to. this man says that he won't let these people down even if he says his government has what he wants is change, help. >> translator: i urge venezuela let the humanitarian aid in. we need the food, the medicine. instead of buying weapons, we need medicine and food. >> reporter: the residents of the mother thereeresa home says the meantime they will survive, they have to. michael holmes, cnn, caracas, venezuela. the mother of american otto warmbier is slamming north korea as a cancer on earth and is launch an emotional appeal. cindy's 22-year-old son died shortly after he was brought

back to the united states from the nation. he was in a coma where he had been held for 17 months. brian todd has this. >> reporter: when otto warmbier was brought home from a north korean labor camp in a coma, his mother says he looked like a monster. >> the look in his eyes which i didn't know that he was blind at the time, was absolute horror. horror. like he'd seen the devil. and he had. he was with the devil. >> reporter: cindy warmbier says if she had known north korea would demand the u.s. agree to pay $2 million for the release of her son, she would have sbrunk into action. >> if i had to, i would have raised the money and i wish they would have ask for the money from day one, but instead they had a much bigger use for on the tow. >> reporter: president trump says that money was never paid, although u.s. officialsthe tow. >> reporter: president trump says that money was never paid, although u.s. officials did sign a bill in order to have warmbier

released. cindy spoke during a panel in washington about north korean kidnappings. just a mile away, former north korean soldiers were on capitol hill detailing what they called the brutality of kicm jung-un's regime. the army often seen in lock step in the parade route, and they say the routines were a facade, hiding rampant abuse and starvation. >> translator: i was hungry all the time. my height is short because of the malnutrition i experienced in the military. from the first day, we were forced to go to villages and steal food from civilians. >> reporter: some soldiers were even more desperate. this former artillery officer told us of one young soldier in his unit during a training exercise the soldier was so hungry, he ate a frog alive. >> he didn't know that the frog was poisonous. he became unconscious and he within a couple hours.

>> reporter: these accounts come a year and a half after a young north korean staff sergeant made this dramatic dash across his country's border with south korea. surveillance video showing him being pursued and shot several times by his comrade. he was rescued and almost died of his wounds. he too was treated for severe malnutriti malnutrition. for female soldiers, mistreatment of a different time. this former nurse says a female colleague of hers was forced to have an affair with a superior officer. the woman became pregnant and almost died when she suffered a miscarriage. >> translator: she said when they asked her to have an affair with him, there was no way she could refuse. she had to do it in order to get party membership. so she could have a better life. the only thing she could being ary nisacrifice was her body. >> reporter: and this comes as president trump remains determined to pursue his

person personal diplomacy with kim jung-un. >> how can you have diplomacy with someone who never tells the truth? he lies, he lie, all for himself. >> reporter: president trump says kim jung-un told him he never knew about otto warmbier's condition while he was in the regime's custody and trump says he believes kim. we reach oed out to the u.n. fo their response to the accounts of the soldiers. they didn't get back to us. but kim jung-un has bref lprevi said his soldiers should be spared no amount of new trigs so they can feel the, quote, loving care of his regime. brian todd, cnn, washington. and the 2020 election just around the corner and the goal of any presidential candidate is to capture the imagination of a country. but what do you do when there are 21 candidates plus the president all trying to do the same thing? we'll take a look. unpredictable crohn's symptoms following you?

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in the u.s. state of iowa, devastating flooding. large parts of its third biggest city have under water. davenport, iowa. this after the mississippi river reached record levels. ryan young is there and filed this report. >> reporter: we are here in davenport where the impact has been quite tremendous. that is river drive right there and the water has crushed the base. you can see the cars submerged. this has had a lot of impact on the businesses. they have been under water for more than 30 days at some point and this is having an impact on trying to get back open, and they are worried about what could happen next because thursday there could be more rain. in fact they are thinking about between sunday and thursday of next week, you could be talking about 2 to 3 are more inches of rain. steven, as you guide this boats,

have you ever seen anything like that in the area? >> '93, that is when me and my family moved here from florida and it was this bad. we actually lived on the river and we were out of our house for almost a month. >> reporter: and he tells me the business he works at so you can understand the impact, people using kayaks to get around. it will be a tough few hours as emergency management continues to try to help businesses along the area. they say that they have enough sa sandbags. ryan young, cnn, davenport, iowa. floridand the u.s. presidential election is more than a year away now, but for the 21 democrats trying to take donald trump's job, the time now is time to get serious. so how do you make an impression when there are so many others in the field ? jessica dean has this. >> reporter: in a field of 21 contenders, democrats are looking for their big moment to break out from the pack.

[ everybody talking at once ] >> it is clear that you have not looked at the evidence. >> reporter: senator kamala harris's questioning of attorney general william barr this week going viral, drawing the attention of president trump. >> she was probably very nasty. >> reporter: harris is now fund raising off that moment writing. nasty? anytime he feels a threat, he launches out with a weird attack. senator kirsten gillibrand also used the senate hearing as a way to grab the spotlight. >> i'm tired of the statement i get eefr aover and over, we got. you don't have it. you're failing us. >> reporter: and amy klobuchar is focusing on policy, rolling out a plan to prioritize mental health. she talked about her father's struggle with alcohol inch. >> in his words, he was pursued

by grace. so that has pushed me. >> reporter: governor jay inslee who has made climate change his central theme unveiled his plan to implement 100% clean energy standards for key sectors of the u.s. economy. >> there is a dark cloud over america. and that is the dark cloud of climate change. >> reporter: his announcement follows beto o'rourke's release of his own climate change plan earlier this week, his first major 2020 proposal. >> this country needs direction when it comes to meetings single greatest threat that we've ever faced. >> reporter: poll support focusing on climate change is it a good strategy, 82% of democrats say that issue is very important. and while each of those candidates mentioned in the story are doing what they can to stand out, they all continue to pull well behind bernie sanders and joe biden. jessica teen, cdean, cnn, washi. how one man is looking to break every "jeopardy" record in

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before he finds the daily double. >> reporter: a scientist has analyzed the stats of winners. >> he has a lot of money already in his control, he is able to bet a larger amount and more often than not you will get the clue correct. a variation on a technique we've used champions in the past use. >> i was on jeopardy in 1985, i won five games which was the limit back then. >> this idea of bouncing around the board instead of going straight down, you go someplace completely random and that way you remain in control of the board. >> reporter: no doubt holzhauer's variation is working for him. during a record 74 consecutive games, ken jennings raked in horn $2.5 million, the most ever during the show's regular season play. but at this rate, holzhauer

could outearn jennings in a record time. >> you have just set a record, again. >> his average wager on a daily double i think is twice as larges ken jennings. >> he is a steam roller and he has this incredible focus and determination. >> reporter: not to mention his vast trivia knowledge and skills with the buzzer. just how far will james holzhauer go? america will be watching to find out. stephanie elam, cnn, los angeles. >> impressive. thank you so much for being with us. i'm george howell. "newsroom" continues right after the break. this is not a bed...

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