erin burnett here.elopment overseas about the man who wants to be leader again, pervez musharraf is right now under house arrest and wants to be president again. he returned to pakistan just last month after several years of self-imposed exile. he faces charges dating back to when he was pakistan's military ruler. musharraf was hoping to run for political office again. >> and now more on the devastation in west, texas. after a fire and explosion at a fertilizer plant happened around 7:50 central standard time last night people watched in horror as a huge fireball, explosion and then burst into the sky. fredricka whitfield talked to responders. >> we need any ambulance we can get this way. >> reporter: at the time, all anyone knew was that a major fire had erupted in the night sky over the tiny town of west, texas. this young man was just yards away from the scene. >> i'm standing at my truck and then boom. >> we were able to cover one and then i grabbed my little one and dove through the door. it was li

erin burnett's "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next. i'm erin burnett live in times square where the mayor of new york said today the suspected marathon bombers were headed to stage yet another attack. plus, we have the latest on the investigation. friends of dzhokhar tsarnaev are now being held in federal custody tonight. and the mother of the two alleged bombers, she says the whole thing was staged, there was no attack. the bizarre conspiracy in her own words. let's go "outfront." ♪ >> "outfront" tonight. this was the next target on the boston bomber's hit list. the surviving suspect has told investigators that he and his brother were headed right here to times square in new york city to detonate more explosives before they were stopped. i'll have a lot more on this story from right here in times square. and we have all the other angles of the investigation covered tonight. in boston, drew griffin, david mattingly and brian todd. in rhode island, erin pike. nick robertson with new in fact on the suspect's parents. here's what we know.

. >> out front next, erin burnett in times square. plus, we have the very latest on the investigation tonight. friends of dzhokhar tsarnaev now being held tonight in federal custody. let's go "outfront." ♪ >> good evening. out front tonight, this was the next target on the boston bomber's hit list. the surviving suspect has told investigators that he and his brother were headed right here to times square in new york city to detonate more explosives before they were stopped. i'll have a lot more on this story from right here in times square. and we have all the other angles of the investigation covered tonight. in boston, drew griffin, david mattingly and brian todd. in rhode island, erin pike. nick robertson with new in fact on the suspect's parents. here's what we know. obviously you get a sense of how loud and busy it is here in times square. sit an incredibly busy place. hundreds of thousands come here today. here's what we know about the alleged plot to bomb times square. the younger son, dzhokhar, told investigators he and his br

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, breaking news. north korea's army announced they have final approval to launch merciless strikes against the united states. a warning posted by north korea's state-run news agency states the moment of explosion is approaching fast. it goes on to say, quoting again, the u.s.' reckless nuclear threat will be smashed by the strong will of all the united service personnel and people and cutting edge smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear strike needs of the dprk. is this more of the same from north korea or is there something different this time? >> it's slightly different, erin. you know, north korea isn't prone to any sort of subtlety. they like to talk big. the difference here is if you look at the timing of when this message came out, it came out at 4:00 a.m. seoul time. they're not talking to their locals. they are talking to the united states. that's what's different. they're meagie mess enaging dir the united states. the difference is who they're directly talking to. we're used to hearing all o

i'm in for erin burnett.the second half of the show with stories that we care about, we focus on our own reporting from the front lines. rutgers at ledgic director resigned. he was criticized for not immediately firing the men's basketball coach mike rice after seeing video of rice shoving and verbally abusing players during practice. crisis communications expert tells us his departure is justifiable. the administration should have anticipated that suspending and fining rice would not be enough of a punishment for his actions. a former team official filed a whistle-blower lawsuit against the university. eric murdoch alleges he was fired after he reported the rice's actions to university officials. >>> some disappointing news on the economy today. the u.s. added only 88,000 jobs in march, 100,000 fewer than economists were expecting and not enough to keep up with population growth. the unemployment rate fell to 7.6%. that is primarily because people dropped out of the labor market. economists we spoke to say t

i'm erin burnett, live from boston, we begin with breaking news. suspects reveal today fbi officials released video and photos of two male suspects in the boston bombings. officials say they have video of at least one suspect planting a bomb. at this point, though, they have chosen not to release that specific video. i want to show you the video that they have released. i'll show you first suspect one. that's the man wearing the dark hat walking in front of suspect two in the white hat. they are washing in the direction of the marathon finish line about 12 minutes before the blast went off. this is according to the time stamp on the video we've received. the men stayed at the scene to watch the carnage unfold. then, they casually walked away. and here are the photos released today. suspect one, as you can see, these are the freeze frames in the dark hat carrying the dark-colored backpack. suspect two in the backwards white cap, much better picture of his face because of that. with a profile and a frontal. authorities say he left a bag that they bel

i'm jake tapper in for erin burnett. the assault on america's law enforcement officers, the execution style killing of a west virginia sheriff on wednesday is just the latest in a series of violent attacks on law officers across the country. in the past two months alone, we've seen two prosecutors gunned down in texas and a prison chief murdered in colorado. what's driving this unusual spike in murder? we have the story "outfront" tonight. >> reporter: the murders are disturbing, four law enforcement officers, all shot in execution style in a two-month period. hundreds of state and federal investigators are trying to figure out whether the shootings in colorado, texas, and west virginia are somehow connected. >> we're not going to allow the lawlessness of a few to cause us a moment's hesitation in our efforts to make a safer and a more secure texas. >> reporter: security is tight as those who usually fight crime take measures to avoid becoming victims of it. terror experts track these types of killings. >> we just do not

erin burnett "outfront" "outfront" starts right now. >> "outfront" next, breaking news. the surviving suspect in the boston marathon bombings, dzhokhar tsarnaev speaks. the chechnya connection and whether the fbi could have stopped a man seemingly set on a path to terror. and the wife, who is the woman who married tamerlan tsarnaev? good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. breaking news, new details on what motivated the boston bombing suspects. i want to get to jake tapper live in boston. what have you you learned? >> reporter: according to a u.s. government official, talking to me, the investigators have been working very hard trying to get information from dzhokhar tsarnaev. what he has been able to tell them in these preliminary investigations indicates that, according to him, according to him, all of this information needs to be checked out and followed up by investigators, but according to him, the brothers were not in contact with any foreign terrorist group. they did this on their own. there was a big on-line component to how they were self radicalized. they wat

i'm erin burnett. tonight we begin with breaking news. tonight the bombing suspect tells investigators that the wars in afghanistan and iraq were motivating factors behind the attacks. in addition, we're covering the terror attack on boston from every angle. tonight, in boston, jake tapper on what dzhokhar tsarnaev told investigators today and brian todd with new details on where the bombers may have purchased their explosives. and david mattingly with new clues on what prompted tsarnaev's radicalization right here in the united states. and then, nic robber ton is going to travel to dagestan where tamerlan spent six months doing what? and new details on katherine russell. finally, here in new york, deb feyerick on tam ran's connection to a bizarre, unsolved triple murder case. i want to begin with jake tapper in boston. what have you learned about what dzhokhar is telling investigators? i know there's been preliminary interviews and you've been getting the nuts and bolts and details about how they have been communicating and what he said.

erin burnett "outfront" "outfront" starts right now. >> "outfront" next, breaking news. the surviving suspect in the boston marathon bombings, dzhokhar tsarnaev speaks. >> and a chech kneeian connection and whether the anybody anybody could have stopped a man who already was on a path to terror. and who is the woman who married tamerlan tsarnaev? let's go "outfront." >> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. we begin with breaking nudz "outfront" tonight. boston bombing suspect speaks. saying the word no whether asked about whether i could afford a lawyer at the bedside hearing at the hospital today where he is recovering. we're getting a first look at the transcripts of that hearing obtained by "the new york times." it is a court note, the defendant is alert, mentally competent, and lucid. he is aware of the nature of the proceedings. and along with that breaking news, we're covering this story tonight from every angle. drew griffin, david todd and david mattingly are in boston tonight. drew with the latest on the investigation. brian with new information about the o

i'm erin burnett. we begin "outfront" tonight with breaking news. the parents of the boston bombing suspects are headed to the united states. that's according to the russian state news agency. we are covering this story from every angle tonight. standing by in boston, deb ferek on boylston street. she has the latest on the investigation. brian todd has new details on a mysterious man that tamerlan tsarnaev's family said had the most influence over him. and david mattingly following the money trail. so many want answers to this question. how did the brothers support themselves? and how long did they collect welfare from the state of massachusetts? aaron mcpike is in rhode island. tamerlan tsarnaev's wife is there. investigators are asking how could she have not known about the bombs? and we'll go overseas where nick robertson has the latest on the meeting today between u.s. officials and the bomber's parents. and joe johns is in washington with new information about what russian officials told the fbi and the cia. some damming details about whether o

i'm erin burnett. we begin "out front" with breaking news. major development. investigators have found female dna on at least used in the attacks. what exactly does that mean? the latest on the investigation. more on what the fbi found at tam tamerlan tsarnaev's wife's house. and a possible link between tamerlan tsarnaev and a known jihadist. and in washington, d.c. tom foremen with a look at how authorities could have prevented the attack and at what cost to america's privacy and freedom. i want to go to boston first. susan candiotti has this breaking news. what do you know about the female dna that investigators apparently have found on one of the bombs used in boston? >> reporter: erin certainly this is an intriguing and a very important development. by finding that female dna on one of the pressure cookers, it certainly helps move forward this investigation. we know that investigators have been looking for any kind of remains of the pressure cooker bomb looking for hair samples, anyles, fingerprints for example. now we know that it has tested positive for d

erin burnett "outfront." >>> ou, manhunt. the fbi late today releasing a video of two possible suspects, two possible suspects. we're going to go through the images frame by frame. plus, we're learning more tonight about the massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in texas. more than 150 people injured. the death toll continues to rise. there's a lot to cover tonight. let's go "outfront." >> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett live from boston tonight. "outfront" tonight, we begin with breaking news. suspects, plural, revealed. today fbi officials released video and photos of two male suspects in the boston marathon bombings. we want to show that you video right now. we're going to show it to you a lot during this program. we're going to be going through it frame by frame. suspect one is in the dark hat. walking in front of suspect two in the white hat. they're walking in the direction of the marathon finish line right before the blast went off. suspect one, we'll show you the photos. they have still photos of each of th

erin burnett starts now. >> and good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. we have breaking news. a new imminent threat. nor north korea has likely completed all the launch preparations. an imminent threat. new u.s. intelligence shows that north korea has now likely completed all launch preparations and the missile test could be, quote, imminent. pyongyang is warning foreigners to leave south korea immediately. as again you're standing there seeing how people respond, are they taking the threat seriously? >> reporter: yes, to a certain extent. and here's why. because this sort of threat levied directly at foreign visitors to south korea, this is a little more rare than all of the other threats. that is ratcheting up of a psychological warfare. foreign visitors aren't used to be directly spoken to by the north korean officials. i can tell you that while they're paying attention, they're not alarmed. i did speak with one american visitor who's here on business. she says she took the unusual step of registering with the u.s. embassy. but she says it didn't stop her from traveling her

i'm erin burnett out front live. tonight we have new evidence in the boston bombings. we are seeing now evidence from the debris of the deadly bombings in which three were killed and more than 180 wounded. we'll start with the photos from our affiliate wgva. this is the remains of a pressure cooker device. clearly it has the markings of a pressure cooker container, and obviously it is extremely mangled. not even a chance to look at this. i'll flip it over. let's go to the second. it's possible to see the remains of the explosive device on the ground. this is from further away. from this angle, there are a couple things we want to highlight. there is a black strap around it and you can make out some numerals printed on the side. let's talk a little more about those numerals and go in a little closer here. this is a close-up of the device. you can actually see the markings of a popular manufacturer or serial number of some sort. it appears to be the words "gas electric" but that's just our reading of it, obviously not a scientific analysis. it's twist and had bent but ob

erin burnett picks up our coverage. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, we have breaking news on the terror attack in boston. here is the latest of what we know right now in this rapidly developing story. two people are dead and according to our affiliate wcvb, one of the victims is 8 years old. at least 110 have been injured. 8 are in critical condition. 14 serious and 8 of them at this time we can tell you are children. federal law enforcement has also been placed on a level one mobilization. the first explosion went off just before 3:00, around 2:50 p.m. eastern standard time today. right near the finish line of the boston marathon. now they captured the blast as it happened. >> the second explosion goes off ten seconds later. you're going to see it here. many people are standing by. they're right behind those flags. runners were literally knocked off their feet and thousands of spectators were sent scrambling for safety. there was a third explosion that went off around 4:00 p.m. at the nearby jfk library. now very uncertain at this

, out erin burnett live tonight in watertown, massachusetts. behind me there was so much celebrating going on, there still are fire trucks that go by, police cars going by, and people coming out on the streets to celebrate them. that has been the mood here tonight. we also want to show you as we talk about -- we'll be joined by people who watched what happened today. people who saw the scene, people whose homes were searched, saw people go into handcuffs, saw the sharpshooters, what happened, that the world was watching happened here today. we'll talk to the people who saw it. i also want to show you the first images that we have in of dzhokhar tsarnaev being arrested and treated at the scene. this is the picture that we have. as we put it up, i want to tell you what we're looking at because it can take a second to orient yourself on the picture. he's lying on the ground. you see the line of his jeans, his underwear sticking out, his bare stomach. above where you see the policeman you see his bloodied face. that is the only pictured we have as

erin burnett has a look at how the dramatic events unfolded after the last day. >> shortly after 5:00 p.m. yesterday, fbi special agent in charge releases these images of the two men they believe are suspects behind the boston marathon bombings. hours later, a second photo is circulated on time. >> we must have heard about 60 gunshots. >> all residents need to remain in their home. >> we're on the air at 11:00 p.m., we learn a 26-year-old police officer from m.i.t. has been shot and killed. moments later, boston police, according to authorities, the carjacking suspects begin throwing suspect thing frs the car. at approximately 123 a.m., rez depts are jolted away as dozens of police exchange gunfire with the two suspects. a fierce fire fight exploded. suspect number 2 escapes on foot. by 3:45 in the morning, massachusetts state police warn residents stay in their homes. a little after 5:00 a.m., daybreak. the city of businesses ask to keep the doors closed. at 8:14, they identify the suspects as brothers. at 11:55 a.m., the two began to speak out. >> turn yourself in and ask for forgiv

erin burnett's "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next.d today the suspected marathon bombers were headed to stage yet another attack. plus, we have the latest on the investigation. friends of dzhokhar tsarnaev are now being held in federal custody tonight. and the mother of the two alleged bombers, she says the whole thing was staged, there was no attack. the bizarre conspiracy in her own words. let's go "outfront." ♪ >> "outfront" tonight. this was the next target on the

erin burnett starts right now. >>> imagine shrapnel hitting your body before you even hear the blast. we're live, let's go out front. >>> good evening. tonight, the developing story. telling investigators that the wars in iraq and afghanistan were motivation for the attack. >>> what have you learned that dzhokhar has told investigators? >> seemings like we're getting interviews about a bunch of files. a government source telling cnn that in those communicative moments that dzhokhar also mentioned that the wars in iraq and afghanistan were self radicalized. it was the older brother who was more or less the ring leader in all of this. i must caution you, who knows what kind of state this kids mind is in, with the medical condition he is under. a government source now for the first time telling cnn that this kid laying in a hospital bed is mentioning the wars in iraq and afghanistan for what they did or alengedly did here in boston. >> it seems like he is upgraded. he's in fair condition now, according to the hospital which released that information with the approval of the fbi. now, the

i was on cnn yesterday on erin burnett and will be on all next week as well -- >> oh, well, they love geek stuff, and everyone else was there for -- i had no idea who jody arias was. someone was like which case are you here to talk about? and i'm like what? >> she stabbed her boyfriend 26 times, slitting his throat -- >> stephanie: right. and jim said -- >> she was very thorough. >> stephanie: well allegedly. there is a definite look between the people going on cnn headline news and the rest of us political geeks going on cnn. >> [ inaudible ] jvm is what we call her. >> stephanie: jim tries to see the good in people too much. that's a get-er done kind of girl. >> stephanie: they are very well madup and very yellly as i noticed. i may try that. jim danish man acquitted of sexual assault charges because he suffers from sex-smomnia. >> only if your bed is from ikea. >> if you get the really cheap bed from ikea you will have sex-somnia. >> stephanie: i might be invited on cnn to talk about this case who knows. it's become a fairly well documented disorder over the years. >> [ inaudible ]

we're making it. >>> i'm jake tapper here with erin burnett in boston.ing to go now to kaufman county, texas, where there's a news conference about the murders of the texas prosecutors and the wife of one of those prosecutors. let's listen in. >> my name's kirby indy, i'm the chief of the texas rangers. colonel steve mccaul sends his rejects. he's tied up with the tragedy in west at this time, but he asked that i convey the message that law enforcement and the state of texas takes all the threats serious against its citizens. the murder of a public official such as a judge, a prosecutor, or a law enforcement officer is an assault against all citizens of this state, because it's an attack against the rule of law. and, therefore, society as a whole. from the very onset, everyone involved in this criminal investigation has been acutely aware of the vital importance of determining the identity of those responsible for this heinous act. we at the texas department of public safety, the divisions involved in this investigation, cid division, as well as texas ra

. >> erin burnett has a look at how the dramatic events unfolded over the past day. >> today we are enlistinghe public's help to identify the two suspects. >> reporter: shortly after 5:00 p.m. yesterday, fbi special agent in charge releases these images of the two men in the boston marathon bombings. hours later a. second photo circulated online of suspect number two walking away from the bombing. a little after 10:00 p.m., two men are spotted at a convenience store in cambridge near the massachusetts institute of technology. >> we had to hear 100 gunshots. >> reporter: we learn a 26-year-old police officer from mit has been shot and killed. moments later boston police begin a high speed chase, and then a carjacking, and the suspects throw explosives from the car. >> we could hear them yelling. >> reporter: at approximately 1:23 a.m., residents in watertown are jolted awake as dozens of police exchange gunfire with the two suspects. >> it was like, boom, boom, boom, three big bangs. >> reporter: a fierce fire fight with explosions follows, and leading to the death of suspect number one, and s

. >>> i'm erin burnett live in times square tonight.ve new details about the mysterious man who may have convinced tamerlan tsarnaev who embrace a radical form of islam. his parents spoke to cnn openly about the man identified at this point only as misha. and the influence that this man may have had on both their family and in particular, their oldest son. brian todd is "outfront" tonight in cambridge. >> reporter: the parents of bombing suspects tamerlan and dzhokhar tsarnaev give new details about a man named misha, who the mother says brought more religion into their home. >> when misha visited us, he just opened our eyes, you know, really wide about islam. he was really -- he is devoted and is very good, very nice man. >> reporter: but a man whose full name they say they don't know. the mother believes the first name might be mikhail. other relatives say they don't know the full name either. they describe misha as armenian, a convert to islam. they say he has a brother who is a history professor and a father who is an athletic instr

. >> yeah, everyone, of course, chris cuomo and erin burnett here in new york. extensive team coverage of the terror attack in boston. we are bringing you everything we know on this developing story. it's very much that, as we try to find out who was responsible and how it happened. this hour, hear from our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta talking about people fighting for their lives today. he's at brigham women's hospital in boston. many bomb victims are being treated there. cnn analyst, tom fuentes joining us boston, new information about the bomb but how it was designed. jessica yellin live from the white house. we have every angle covered as we try to find more information out. >> erin, because we obviously set the scene here by remembering the little boy who lost his life, three lives were taken, his face kind of captures the symbolism of how harsh and painful the situation was. we're learning more about him and the family. we heard about the reaction from his father. carol costello's piece setting up exactly who this little boy was and what wa

. >> good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett, welcome to our viewers in the youth and around the world. we do begin tonight with breaking news, a u.s. senator targeted, an envelope that has tested positive for the deadly poison ricin was addressed to senator roger wicker. he's a senator from the state of mississippi. dana bash broke this news first here, she's on the phone from washington. dana what more are you learning about this targeted attack and senator wicker? >> well, first off let me give you. mike brooks is our law enforcement analyst, he is being told that senator wicker now has protective detail, meaning he has security around him, because of the fact that he received this letter which was tested positive for the poison ricin. let me just go back and tell you what we learned, and that is that what happened was this envelope came addressed to senator wicker, it tested once positive for riciricin, they te it two more times, so three times positive for ricin, so as we speak, this envelope has been sent to a facility in suburban washington, in maryland to get yet another test o

so coming up later today "out front with erin burnett" is going to dig deeper.astern time. all morning on cnn we have been showing you the very bizarre interview that michael jackson's doctor conrad murray did from inside his jail live with anderson cooper. if you haven't seen it, head to cnn.com. may be worth ten minutes out of your day to catch this. it was so bizarre. you'll want to tune in also this friday at 10:00 eastern time because anderson cooper will have a special report called "michael jackson; the final days." those are my final words. i thank you profusely for watching. "around the world" is coming your way in just a moment.

i'm erin burnett. nuclear war is unavoidable. that's what north korea says. it's unavoidable if any north korean missiles are shot down. it says the country will respond with a nuclear attack. but can they or can't they do that? white house press secretary jay carney says they cannot. >> it is our assessment that north korea has not demonstrated capability to deploy a nuclear arm missile. >> but just yesterday, republican congressman said something very different during a house arms services committee hearing. >> voting from the unclassified portion which i think has not yet been made public, they say, "dia assesses with moderate confidence the north currentsly h currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles." >> so which is it? it's kind of the most important question in the world right now. joining me right now, republican congressman peter king. he sits on the house intelligence and home land security committees. good to see you, congressman. who do you believe here? >> the congressman is quoting from the report. i think as you go

erin burnett is going to be taking over her coverage of this blast. obviously this is a major story we're following. >> a major story. looking at the pictures we saw, the plume of spoke. we begin with the breaking news. nearly 100 people may have been injured in the explosion at a fertilizer plant in west texas tonight. you're looking at the live pictures you can see on the right of your screen, the blast happened around 7:50 p.m. local time. that's central standard time. sending a huge plume of smoke in the air. it's just about 18 miles north of waco texas. joined on the phone by glenn robinson, the ceo of hillcrest hospital. glenn, thank you for taking the time to speak with us here. what do you know right now? i know we're trying to understand how many people are in need of help tonight? >> erin, good evening. we have received more than 40 patients. many have been brought by ambulance. the rest brought by private vehicle. maybe that 25 by ground ambulance. we've just received word that the weather is starting to clear. we've had high winds in the a

. >> erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >> "outfront" next, we have new developments in the investigation of the boston bombings. "outfront" tonight, authorities have found a new and important clue. one specific clue on the bombs. plus, tonight, you'll hear the voice of tamerlan tsarnaev, what one of his boxing coaches told us today. and tamerlan's widow spent three hours at her lawyer's office today. we are learn iing right now abo that meeting. let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone. "outfront" tonight, new evidence in the boston bombing investigation. we have a new clue that could help solve this crime and tell us if anyone else is involved. plus, tamerlan tsarnaev, the dead suspect in his own words. tonight, all angles of the investigation "outfront" in boston. susan candiotti and brian todd on the investigation. in rhode island, erin mcpipe with the newe estimatioest info his widow. first, to susan candiotti in boston. another potential breakthrough for ininvestigatorininvestigato. tonight, you have new information about specific evidence in the case. >> that's right. we're lear

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good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett in boston and we begin out front tonight with breaking news, a possible suspect in the boston bombings. here's what we know at this moment. according to sources who talked to cnn, authorities have a poss based upon analysis of video of a department store, lord & taylor department stores right near the second blast. federal investigators have made in their words significant progress in the case. the possible suspect is being described as a male who was wearing a white baseball cap backwards, a light colored hoodie and a black jacket. we're awaiting an fbi press conference within the hour and we're going to bring that to you live as it happens. i want to bring in our national correspondent john king. what is the latest that you know on this possible suspect? >> the latest ishat video authorities to believe thatough video analysis was from a department store, lord & taylor. show what is they believe to be the drop, the placement of the second explosive device. now my understanding is that the images of that have been distributed to law enforcement

erin burnett outfront starts right after the break. front st right after the break. . >>> breaking news. explosions and flames too difficult to fight. a fire burning out of control in a pair of field barges close to a cruise ship. >> new clues in the investigation into the boston marathon bombings. we now know what may have been used to trigger the deadly blasts. plus, tracking down the russian connection. cnn with a first-hand look at the place where the suspects may have learned to make their bombs. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman in boston. we'll have live coverage from here coming up in a few

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i'm erin burnett. nuclear reaction. north korea says it now plans to restart a nuclear reactor that it shut down more than five years ago. secretary of state john kerry responded this afternoon saying the united states will not accept north korea as a nuclear power. >> let me be perfectly clear here today. the united states will defend and protect ourselves and our treaty ally the republic of korea. >> kung law is live in seoul tonight. what do you know about this? when they say we'll start it up again, when does that mean it would be up and running? >> reporter: well, just going back briefly in to the very short history of the reactor, this is something moth balled in 2008 and 2007 and in 2008, erin, it was blown up pespectacularlyn television and viewed here care pli in south korea and seems like a lifetime ago. what this means, reactor coming back online means that it could be back up in as quickly as six months. this is according to experts who have actually been to the facility. it could produce enough plutonium to

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erin burnett starts right now. >> rising tensions in north korea where the u.s. fear a missile launch could be days away. let's go out front. >> the president just 50 feels from the newtown shooting. the president surrounded by the family's victims and said he's fighting for them. >> it's about them and all of the families going forward so we can prevent this from happening again. that's what it's about. out front tonight, mark blaise, and larry pratt, executive director that's a fraction of the size of nra. owners of america an influential force and says it is this group's lobbying blitz that helped explain the background checks remain elusive. larry, let me start with you. this is a make or break week for the president on gun control. it's now or never. he had that speech today in connecticut. we just played a little bit for viewers. tomorrow, of course, senate democrats say they're going to talk about when they're going to bring their bill to the fleer. there will be families lobbying on the hill. how confident are you that can you make this a break moment, no

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, we begin with breaking news. four firefighters are being held hostage right now in swanny, of atlanta.ut, 35 miles outside- as you can see there, let me go through what we know right now. it's a quickly developing situation. right now we can tell you s.w.a.t. teams surrounded the building where the firefighters are. there are hostage negotiators there. however, the police have not identified the suspects nor have they identified a motive for why this is hamg happening. the fire department responded to a medical call. mike brooks is on the phone. mike, i know you have new information from the people on the scene. what can you tell us right now? >> well, erin, apparently the firefighters from georgia, there was an engine company that responded for some kind of medical emergency there in swanee. now apparently when they got there, they were confronted by a man who was apparently heavily armed and is still heavily armed. there were initially five firefighters on the scene. the initial radio contact with the dispatche

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, we have breaking news. north korea may now be able to launch a nuclear attack. today we learned that the pentagon's intelligence arm has assessed with "moderate confidence" that north korea has the ability to fire nuclear weapons delivered by ballistic missiles. chris lawrence is working his sources at the pentagon tonight. we have a reporter in seoul. of course, it's tomorrow morning there. chris, we have known for a while that north korea had nuclear capabilities and we knew that they had missiles. but what we didn't know was that they could actually put those two things together. what are you learning? >> i can tell you that the announcement of this potential capability came as a complete shock to folks in the pentagon who were shocked to hear this mention in an open hearing on capitol hill today, erin. basically, congressman referenced this intelligence assessment that said that with a moderate degree of certainty, they felt that north korea had developed a capability to develop nuclear weapons with the

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erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >> "outfront" next, the u.s. navy closes in on north korea. america responds to kim jong un's latest threats. and why did ashley judd decide not to run for the senate? was she a victim of a democratic hit job? two months of aa deputy district attorney in texas was gunned down, his bass and wife also murdered. prosecutors say they are living in fear. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm aaron burnett. "outfront" tonight, american war ship closing n the u.s. navy tonight is moving one destroyer and one sea based radar platform closer to the north korean pen lans tonight after u.s. stealth fighter jetses with deployed to south korea yesterday. the destroyer, the uss john s. mccain is prepared to shoot down a missile from north korea. let's get to our reporter in seoul tonight. what can you tell us about the war ship? >> well, we can tell you is that this is a war ship that generally is ported in japan, it ports in japan. it's part of the navy's seventh fleet. and what the defense department officials

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