i'm fredricka whitfield. at any moment now, joe biden will take the stage in philadelphia for his kick-off rally for the 2020 campaign. polls show him as the front-runner in the democratic field. he's hoping to be the one to beat trump in 2020. let's check in to the rally right now. democrat, tom carper became delaware's senior senator when biden stepped down to become vice president in 2009. senator, good to see you. you are with me now. this is really unique, you know, to other presidential contender rollouts. i spoke to your colleague, senator chris coons why biden is his choice. what do you think sets joe biden apart from the other 22 candidates? >> i'm a democrat. i want to see our party unite. i want to be behind someone that will unite behind joe. we don't just need a united democratic party, a united country. nobody in the senate, outside the senate is better connected than joe biden. they know him and trust him. that's another thing we need. at the core, he is a decent, good, human being as well. >>

tell me how this has evolved. >> let's be clear about that fredricka.ces but it's usually white people who say what can i do? how can i help? usually people of color, we know what we can do. so this is an episode for those white people called not all white people and has a variety of white people who are getting involved from george gayle there with alicia garza, people's action then also like the john -- puget sound john brown gun club, liberal progressive white people with guns showing up when the alt-right show up, neo-nazi show up, they show up with their guns. it's a wide range of things you can do. >> what did you personally learn from this, from this mission and, you know, from what has fueled this mission in so many people? >> you know what i learned is that people in communities feel like they cannot depend on political leaders or the government to save us from ou s ourselves at this point. we talked to duke and he said he felt the need to stand up and use his second amendment rights to defend people in his neighborhoods because he was seeing h

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i'm fredricka whitfield. we are following several breaking stories this hour. at least one is dead and two people are missing after a silicone plant exploded overnight in illinois. the massive fire ball lighting up the night sky. firefighters say the fire is now out and, as you can see, the damage is quite extensive. more on that straight ahead. we are following breaking news out of florida. look at these pictures out of jacksonville. a military charter flight carrying 143 people skidded off a runway into a nearby river. the ntsb arriving minutes ago. we'll take you there, live. a surprising move by north korea. launching what officials are calling several projectiles. reaction from the u.s. and south korea. let's begin in illinois where the search has been suspended for two people missing after the explosion in a silicone plant. brynn gingras is following the story for us. brynn, what do you know? >>reporter: that happened at a silicone manufacturing plant called ab specialty silicone 40 miles north of chicago. when it happened at night, we know from authoriti

fredric fredricka?alison. >>> to see you, art. >> so wonderful to be a messenger of good news. i mean, all these other stories, this is a wonderful, bright shining light. it's lovely. >> what are the things you like about these numbers. >> good job growth, good gdp growth, good growth in areas that have been traditionally very underemployed, the poor, the minority, the disenfranchise, are gaining a lot and getting the unemployment rates down to normal. good levels. it's all the benefits that come from economic growth come through everything in the economy. they come into all factors of life. it's just lovely. >> you are happy. >> it's all supply-side economics. economists had said this wouldn't work that it doesn't work, it never worked with reagan, and of course it's working beautifully with trump. he's done a wonderful job with the economy. >> and then they are skeptics -- >> no. >> -- who say the unemployment numbers don't necessarily represent the people who have stopped working. >> that's true. we

. >> reporter: that's right, fredricka. the president and allies have been pushing questions of conflicts of interest stemming from joe biden's role in the obama administration, focusing on ukraine policy. at the same time as his son, hunter biden, was on the board of a ukrainian gas company. now, we are seeing the president essentially saying he is open to the possibility of directing the attorney general, bill barr, to investigate the biden's over these questions of conflicts of interest. at the same time, we are seeing the president on twitter venting his frustrations about investigations, circling around him and his own family. the president issuing a string of retweets this morning, 62 in under 40 minutes. talking ability a grab bag or head meat issues. one was the subpoena of his son donald trump jr. we know the president has been unnerved by that. this morning, he took to twitter to share in the frustrations in a share of retweets about that issue and also voicing criticism of the senate intelligence committee chairm

yeah that's right yes she's it's directed by award winning swedish director fredricka get and who's also done a lot of work on global medicine in justice he made but nona's and box this is cause they both went down very well get an follows for over a year on the one hand the film exposes this desperate situation but on the other hand it's a really terrific call to action see if we can get just quickly to the third one which speaks to my heart because the will of the raven was of course made in canada was yeah the film is set on canada's rough west coast it's an observational documentary you really get a sense of this observational documentary in terms of how the documentary ends up playing out it chronicles the profound relationship between the first nation peoples relationship between the environment and especially with whales and how they cope then when the big investors come to town the whale and the raven of course that made by german director i believe yeah maybe i need to lose this is his second feature length length film it's visually spectacular as in the picture is also behind t

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i'm fredricka whitfield.n with stunning comments from president trump about the democratic front-runner in the 2020 race. in a politico interview, the president says it would be, quote, appropriate for him to talk to the attorney general about investigating joe biden and his family. this, coming as the president goes on a retweet rampage. at one point this morning, retweeting more than 60 things in an hour. many of them blasting a subpoena of his son, don jr. and the mueller report. cnn's jeremy diamond is at the white house for us. the president has a lot on his mind this weekend. let's start with comments from the president about biden and what should happen next. >> reporter: that's right, fredricka. the president and allies have been pushing questions of conflicts of interest stemming from joe biden's role in the obama administration, focusing on ukraine policy. at the same time as his son, hunter biden, was on the board of a ukrainian gas company. now, we are seeing the president essentially saying he is

i'm fredricka whitfield.e-raising comments from president trump about the democratic front runner in the 2020 race. in a new "politico" interview, the president says it would be, quote, appropriate for him to talk to the attorney general about investigating joe biden and his family. this coming as the president goes on a re-tweet rampage. at one point this morning, re-tweeting more than 60 things in an hour. many of them blasting a subpoena of his son, donald trump jr. and the mueller report. sarah westwood is covering this at the white house for us. sarah, the president has a lot on his mind, judging from his twitter feeds. what's going on?

i'm fredricka whitfield. we are more than 500 days away from election day 2020. right now, ten of the 23 democratic presidential candidates are on the campaign trail hoping to stand out from the competition. keep in mind, this isn't half the total number of democrats running. but, the big focus today will be in pennsylvania. democratic front-runner, joe biden will hold his campaign kick off rally in philadelphia in just a few hours. biden's campaign will be based there. the former vice president is a pennsylvania native and is hoping to turn his birth state blue. cnn is at the rally location. people are starting to gather there. what might be the message from biden today? >> reporter: well, fred, joe biden's message is going to boil down to unity and how he thinks he can unify the country. we got a look at excerpts from the speech. i want to read you a line from what he is going to say. biden is going to say, if the american people want a president to add to our division, to lead with a clenched fist, closed hand and hard heart to demonize the opponent and hay tr

i'm fredricka whitfield. >> we begin with this breaking news right now, a search and rescue operation is on hold, in waukegan, illinois, after a massive explosion, at a silicone plant. at least one person was found dead and two other people still missing. the search has been called off for now, due to dangerous conditions. meanwhile, four people are hospitalized. with injuries. the blast we are told could be felt for miles. shaking the ground as far as wisconsin. brynn gingras is following the story for us. what do you know? >> reporter: it is a waiting period right now. it is so sad for the families of two people still missing in the wreckage. we know from authorities that the body of one person has been pulled from that wreckage earlier today. a total of nine employees were working last night, inside that building, when this blast occurred. it happened at ab specialty silicones, they manufacture specialty silicone chemicals, and reports are that the blast just rocked that entire neighborhood, it could be fe

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i'm fredricka whitfield.dent firing back at the first republican in congress who is raising the prospect of impeachment. michigan's congressman justin amash posted what he called his own principle conclusions on the mueller report. one of them is president trump engaged in impeachable conduct. he goes on to say, president trump engaged in specific actions and a pattern of behavior that meet the threshold for impeachment. america's institutions depend on officials to uphold both the rules and spirit of our constitutional system even when to do so is personally inconvenient or yields a politically unfavorable outcome. and now president trump is calling out amash, saying, never a fan of justin amash, a total lightweight who opposes me and some of our great republican ideas and policies just for the sake of getting his name out there through controversy. cnn's boris sanchez is live for us at the white house. so tell us more about the president's sentiments on this and how much further he plans to take it.

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crowded fredricka why are there any chong not be in the total viewer and to get to. facebook and google started with a great idea and great ideals unfortunately there was also a very dark side. they are constructing a profile of you and that profile is real it's detailed and it never goes away turns out that google is manipulating your opinions from the very 1st character that you type into the search bar it will always favor one dog food over another one comparative shopping service over another and one candidate over another they can suppress certain types of results on what they think you should be seeing if they have this kind of power then democracy is an illusion the free and fair election doesn't exist for the more growth we give them the sooner we are all. but it. is. an attack on journalism and a direct assault on the 1st amendment reaction is pouring in from media freedom groups as u.s. authorities 17 new charges against each carrying a maximum of 10 years in jail. and emotional theresa may calls it a day and i think she will step down as conservative party

looking to is probably one of the most stalwart supporters of the nuclear deal in europe policy chief fredricka mongery any and she is likely to be the harshest critic she's been the harshest critic of the u.s. pullout she's been the most strong supporter in europe of the nuclear deal so when pompei o arrives in europe she's likely to be the person to give him the most pushback you've seen from any european leader to date and that's really what iranian leaders are likely to be watching for but make no mistake here into her own iranian leaders are very disappointed in europe and they don't expect a lot to come out of this they'll probably be seeing that the pompei a visit is less about shaking hands and more about twisting wrist but as far as mr pompei is concerned i guess the undertow to what he says seems to be an ass chewed which is look talk to us talking to the iran and sees what are the chances that he will get a positive response that it would appear virtually 0 chance. it is a nice idea for the united states to now sort of create a platform of dialogue but what iranian leaders here have

i'm martin savidge in for fredricka whitfield.mocratic presidential candidate senator bernie sanders will take the stage in his home state of vermont to kick off the long weekend. it is still early. but for most of the race so far, sanders has held a solid second place in the polls. behind former vice president joe biden. but this latest mon mouth poll could show some trouble for the senator. he went from 20% down to 15%, with other candidates cracking the double digits. let's check in with cnn's ryan nobles at the rally site and what are we expecting to hear from t

i'm fredricka whitfield. we are more than 500 days away from election day 2020. of the 23 democratic presidential candidates are on the campaign trail hoping to stand out from the competition. keep in mind, this isn't half the total number of democrats running. but, the big focus today will be in pennsylvania. democratic front-runner, joe biden will hold his campaign kick off rally in philadelphia in just a few hours. biden's campaign will be based there. the former vice president is a pennsylvania native and is hoping to turn his birth state blue. cnn is at the

i'm martin savage in for fredricka whitfield. we're going to begin with breaking news. a story we're following out of el reno, oklahoma. 2 people are dead, nearly 30 injured when a tornado tore through that town, destroying a mobil home park and motel. right now, search and rescue missions still under way. survivors of the storm describe the scary moments of when that tornado hit. >> i heard it coming, i felt the trailer hit our trailer. i know trailer 80 flipped over top of 81, which we were in. after everything was over with, and all the shaking and jarring, everybody landed on the floor, the sirens went off. >> they went off a little too late? >> it got real dark real fast and everything started shaking violently. >> i told him to hit the floor. >> this is all part of the massive tornado outbreak across the central u.s. oklahoma has been the latest tornado to hit the area. i believe it was 2.6 miles wide with wind speeds close to 300 miles an hour that hit the area a few years ago. what do we know about the most recent tornado? >> yeah, that's right. almost six years

i'm martin savage in for fredricka whitfield. we're going to begin with breaking news.y 30 injured when a tornado tore through that town, destroying a mobil home park and motel. right now, search and rescue missions still under way. survivors of the storm describe the scary moments of when that tornado hit. >> i heard it coming,

all right, hello again and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world i'm fredricka breaking news this sunday. stunning video of a commercial jet engulfed in flames as it lands at a moscow airport. russian state media reports 13 people are dead and several others injured. the video shows the plane clearly on fire and clouds of smoke billowing out. 78 people were on board when the plane hit the

i'm martin savidge in for fredricka whitfield. any moment now, democratic presidential candidate senator bernie sanders will take the stage in his home state of vermont to kick off the long weekend. it is still early. but for most of the race so far, sanders has held a solid second place in the polls. behind former vice president joe biden. but this latest mon mouth poll could show some trouble for the senator. he went from 20% down to 15%, with other candidates cracking the double digits. let's check in with cnn's ryan nobles at the rally site and what are we expecting to hear from the senator today, ryan? >> reporter: well, martin, we talked all day about how bernie sanders is trying to stand out from this crowded field of democrats running for the party's nomination, and we've just received some excerpts from the speech that sanders plans to give here in the next hour or so and he is going to talk specifically about foreign policy, and he's going to defend his record when it comes to foreign policy during his time here, as the

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foreign policy chief fredricka mockery and he said this when she was told that pump air was making this diversion well we were told during the night that he was planning to change his travel plans we will be here all day with a busy agenda so we'll see during the day how and if we manage to arrange a meeting is always welcome obviously but there are no precise plans for the moment pretty cool statement from the e.u. foreign policy chief for a u.s. secretary of state who's apparently coming there with some some vital crucial last minute discussion with the e.u. foreign leaders he has met with the foreign secretary of the of britain the foreign ministers of germany and france they have told reporters that they were going to or did express that disquiet with u.s. policy right now might compare for his part he's saying is insisting that he doesn't want war. we're not going to miscalculate our aim is not war our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leadership we hope the iranian people will get what they finally want what they'd so richly deserve the forces that we're putting in pl

nuclear deal so iranians will be looking for strong words from the european union foreign policy chief fredricka mongering he has been a very stalwart supporter of the nuclear deal has stood shoulder to shoulder with iran's foreign minister divides syria on the international stage and defense of the deal several times she is popular here in iran and she has been the harshest critic of the united states with regards to the u.s. departure from the deal so mr pompei was likely to come up against the hardest pushback from a european leader that has come across so far but iranians also have been saying that they feel as though they can't really rely on europe to abandon their relationships with the united states in favor of iran and so they're not really practically expecting too much going forward but they but they have given the europeans a timeline that we are on the clock about 5 or 5 days into a 60 day deadline for the remaining signatories of the nuclear deal to do something that has a house in rouhani of course limiting iran's cooperation with the nuclear deal some days ago the americans zain

. >> fredricka wilson said on wednesday, i believe that the president of the united states is on the cusp of taking us to war without the consent of congress because he fears impeachment. do you believe it is possible he could take the u.s. to war to avoid impeachment? >> certainly. actually, i do. with the combination of a couple things. you have a couple neo-cons and bolton within the white house, and you have a president who has no boundaries, has no sense of decency, has zero understanding of what war is, that he would likely trip us into a war to avoid impeachment or just for a distraction. it's sad to say. i would never say that about any other president, democratic or republican. this president just doesn't have what other presidents have had, which is a sense of grounding and wanting to do better for this country. >> a couple of important issues i want to get your thoughts on. first the trump administration says it's going to send 1500 more troops to the middle east. secondly, it also plans to sell weapons to saudi arabia, circumventing congress on that weapons sale, by the w