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i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. "newsroom" starts right now. >>> it is 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast and millions of french voters will head to the polls to choose a new president. but this happened after a brazen attack killing a police officer. the nation in shock after that killing. happened thursday in paris. the attacker apparently supported by isis. >> we now learn the gunman was under investigation by french terrorism officials for the past several weeks. melissa bell joins us from paris with the very latest. certainly that casts a shadow over this very important election, melissa. >> that's right, natalie. it was already looking incredibly unpredictable as elections go and also decisive given the vast differences there are between the different candidates and their programs. many radically different tool than has gone before and i'm not only thinking of marine le pen. how this would have played in to the last few days of voting. the last opinion poll was compiled before the events of thursday night. publi

i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. >>> and i'm ivan watson in hong kong. from north korea is coming up in just a moment as the news continues on cnn. >>> the u.s. vice president arrives in seoul, south korea, just hours after north korea test fires another missile. we'll have live reports from the region, including pyongyang. >>> and reaction to that failed missile launch from major powers with a great deal at stake on the korean peninsula. >>> >>>s >>> also, we'll go live to turkey where voters vote on a new constitution. >>> welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm ivan watson in hong kong. >> i'm george howell in tat cnn headquarters in atlanta. >> and i'm natalie allen. >>> let's start the progr

i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. "newsroom" starts right now. >>> good day to you. it is 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast, provocation from pyongyang, the top story we're covering on donald trump's 100th day in office. north korea the big story, firing another ballistic missile, the ninth launch since mr. trump became president in january. >> south korea says it exploded after reaching an altitude of 70 kilometers, around 44 feet. >> this latest act of defiance comes as a u.s. navy strike group led by the u.s."u.s.s. ca vinson" was finally spotted off the coast of japan. >> u.s. president trump slammed the launch. >> he tweeted this. north korea disrespected the wishes of china and its highly respected president when it launched, though unsuccessfully a missile today. bad. >> cnn's will ripley is the only u.s. television correspondent currently in pyongyang. >> reporter: you can hear the music that plays almost hourly in pyongyang reminding citizens of the sacrifices of their late leaders. the outside world may view

i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell. more news after the break. u.s. intelligence officials believe terror groups may have improved on their bomb making skills using every day electronics. electronics to hide bombs.

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i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell., the first round of france's presidential election is now under way. millions of french voters are casting ballots for 11 different candidates. no one is expected to get 50% or more to win the presidency outright. a runoff between the two top vote getters is set for next month. >>> afghanistan is in mourning after the taliban raid on an army base during friday prayers. the death toll could reach 140. the afghan military says taliban fighters disguised themselves wearing soldier's uniforms and caught the base off guard. a taliban spokesman tells cnn it was revenge for the deaths of two of its officials. >>> now to saudi arabia. the king there shaking up the government. reuters reports he's replaced the information and civil service ministers. he's also reinstated bonuses and allowances for civil servants. the government says the saudi economy is quickly recovering from the economic slowdown caused by falling oil prices. >>> throngs of people around the world sent a message on earth day

i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. from cnn world headquarters "newsroom" starts right now. >>> it is 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. we begin in southern colombia. people there digging through rubble after devastating mudslides that took place, many of them hoping to find relatives or friends still. more than 200 people are missing. at least 254 are presumed dead. >> some families barely able to escape before their homes were destroyed. the colombian president visited the region affected. a cnn crew was there when the president spoke with a victim. >> the colombian president there speaking with people. he also says that he suspects climate change could be partially to blame. our rafael romo picks up the story. >> reporter: it all happened very fast. according to a witness, it started raining friday night about 10:30, and the flood waters rose so fast that people had to run for their lives. many houses were flattened, bridges collapsed, and highways were washed away. it happened in southern colombia. mocoa is surroun

i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. here are our top stories.ts may have found a new way to get bombs on to passenger airplanes without detection. cnn has learned that u.s. intelligence and law enforcement agencies believe isis and other terror groups have improved techniques to hide explosives in laptops and other electronic devices to evade airport security screening. >>> in venezuela, heated protests on the streets as that nation's president says he'll ask the court to review its decision to strip congress of power. the court's ruling that it was assuming the functions of the opposition led national assembly sparked condemnation from around the world. nicolas maduro offered to step in after the attorney general slammed the court on friday. >>> officials tell cnn there's no indication the fbi will grant my tale flynn immunity in exchange for his testimony on russia. his lawyer made that request after saying his client had a story to tell. the white house appears unphased urging flynn to get his story out. >>> on friday the top democrat of the

. >> i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> historic voting in france has been under way for about three hours now as the country begins the process of picking a new president. with 11 diverse candidates in the race, including this one right here, marine le pen, voters have plenty of choices. someone who has already voted right here is emmanuel macron. he's a centrist and relative newcomer to french politics, but it's unlikely any of the candidates will get the 50% needed to avoid a runoff. >> the final outcome has the potential to transform the political landscape in europe and beyond. more than 45 million voters are expected to cast ballots by the time that the polls close. cnn is live in paris. melissa bell following the situation there at a polling station in the 18th. we're looking at these live images. presently 5:01 a.m. here in the united states. 11:02 in paris. marine le pen there casting her ballot. tell us about the feeling of people as they go to the polls. >> reporter: well, on

. >> i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> on donald trump's 100th day in office, north korea fired another ballistic missile. there have been multiple attempted launches since mr. trump became u.s. president in january. >> the latest act of defiance comes as a u.s. navy strike group led by the "uss carl vinson" was spotted off the coast of japan. a north korean diplomat said this, "the irony is that the u.s. which is chowholly to blam push staging the largest ever joint aggression miller drills on the tprk in months." >> donald trump tweeted, "north korea disrespected the respects of china and its respected president when it launched, though unsuccessfully, a missile today." fair to say we have a lot to talk about. the latest from will ripley, the only u.s. television correspondent currently in pyongyang with this report. >> reporter: you can hear the music that plays almost hourly here in pyongyang, reminding citizens of the sacrifices of their late leaders. the outside world may view thi

. >> and i'm natalie allen. >>> let's start the program. u.s. vice president mike pence arrived in south korea a short time ago. his plane landed in seoul just hours after the latest provocation from pyongyang, north korea. early sunday, the regime of kim jong-un tried but failed to test another missile. south korean officials say the launch attempt was made from the port city of sinpo on the east coast. a u.s. official says the land-based rocket malfunctioned almost immediately and exploded. cnn correspondents are covering these developments all across asia. alexandra field is live in seoul. matt rivers is in beijing. and will ripley is one of the few western journalists in north korea right now. we're going to start with alex. what more can you tell us about apparently this failed missile launch from north korea? >> reporter: well, we're learning what u.s. officials know. they believe this was a failed attempt, that this launch failed wng four to five seconds of the time that it was launched and that it happened at the same site where there wa

. >> i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> it is 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. first to france where millions of voters there will head to the polls supposed to begin the process of choosing a new president. that nation, though, still in shock over the killing, the brazen killing of a police officer thursday in paris. an attacker who apparently support isis. >> we've now learned the gunman had been under investigation by french counterterrorism officials for the past several weeks. cnn's melissa bell joins us from paris with the latest. i know you've been covering the election there, melissa, for some time. now we have the shadow of this terror attack. >> reporter: the shadow of this terror attack, of course, over a campaign over a political landscape, natalie, that involves essentially all of the 11 candidates, four that are leading the polls, with all of them around the 20% mark. it is extremely tight. then you have also this very large group, historically high numbers of french voters, who have jet yet to make up their m. there is everything to pl

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a new hour of "cnn newsroom" with natalie allen and george howell starts right now.hat. >>> an exclusive cnn report. u.s. intelligence agencies believe terror groups may be closer to making bombs that can go undetected at airport security. we'll have details. >>> president trump is dodging questions about former national security adviser michael flynn and his ties to russia. but he did tweet about it. more on this and reaction from moscow. >>> in paraguay