we will talk about hancock's efforts to get those stragglers. and we will conclude with an incident that occurred in the summer of 1865 in the valley, which -- in which two unfurled -- unparoled confederates were executed. omething that has garnered a lot of attention in historic memory. so start with an image that many are familiar with, kind of surmising and bringing us to the surrender terms that grant offered lee on april 9. many of you are familiar with those terms, basically they go like this. confederate will turn in their arms and go home on parole. and they would not be disturbed by authorities so long as they did so. this depicting the april 9 surrender ceremony in which the infantry participated. in the days that ollowed april 9, appomattox -- lee with surrender his army and they would come and, commanders filling out the parole lists nd men would be given passes to go home. sometimes they would use them for transportation on the railroad, get rations from union posts. but the key is that of the 60,000 men available to lee on april 2,

and we all know of john hancock, his name so huge that king george could read it without his spectacletake a look at our crown jewel. it is a treasure of value without compare. it is part of our heritage and part of our constitution. how it became the bill of rights and our fundamental laws. how it became a philosophy that swept the world of political ideas that had never been done before. out of our heritage has come human liberty, democracy and the birth of a great nation. this is "our heritage." a little, now we know of what it is. next, we ask ourselves how did this happen? why was it necessary that a me to shut off our family ties. to cut the strings to mother england? it did not happen suddenly. it was a long, long time before the pressure was strong enough to blow the lid. one man alone was responsible. the handsome, young, stubborn, villain of the story, his majesty, king george the third of england. specific separate and charges were listed in the declaration. of king deprived many people trial by jury. he suspended our legislatures, and he refused to listen to our side of the

what it stands for is also part of the leg he between jefferson, adams, franklin and hancock, and allrageous this on the fourth of july in 1776. government of freemen, strong and powerful. a government born of the declaration of independence. heritage.is our ♪ dr. baxter: magnificent, isn't it? home of the celebrated rotunda, the rotunda which is the very heart of our nations capital. these paintings illustrate, so dramatically, our glorious history. the surrender of the general in saratoga. this is the first major defeat of the british and the turning point of the revolution. the series of paintings by the famous john trumbull. another trumbull masterpiece. milestone in our history, the surrender of cornwallis in your town in 1781. this marked the end of the british cause of america. our first president, george washington. state men --er, statesmen, his lover of liberty was the post of this newborn nation. he resigned his commission after leading his troops to vic three. -- victory. grateful nation's upon general washington the highest honor. painting, the declaration of independence

richard reeve reports on the surprising deal authorities made with a man behind bars: hancock, md 00-05 richard reeve/hancock, md (standup bridge) 41-48 55-103 trt: 118 oc: standard a warning today, from fairfax county officers arrested a handyman -- accused of molesting children -- while he was on the job. now they're concerned there may be more victims. this is "jerberth palma." police tell us, he worked in the county for 11 years. if your kids had contact with him - officers want to talk to you right away. an update now about chipotle -- one person who got sick after eating at the sterling location has been diagnosed with norovirus. the restaurant closed two days for cleaning an wednesday. in all -- about 60 people felt ill after eating there. norovirus is not a food-borne virus. health department officials have not said this is why everyone else got sick. time now for weather - heat advisory 10am through 8 pm - feels 105+ alert - remaining oppressively hot and humid through the weekend - tracking storm chances (strong/severe poss. this weekend) - heat wave breaks tuesday today: ho

in hancock, maryland, richard reeve, abc 7 news. nancy: a warning from fairfax county police, officers arresting a handyman accused of molesting children while on the job. they are concerned there may be more victi he worked at the county for 11 years. if your kids had contact with him, the police want to talk to you. alison: 7 on your side with a health alert. one person who got sick after eating at your polian sterling has been diagnosed for noro virus. the restaurant closed a full day for cleaning and reopened yesterday. about 60 people got sick after eating there. norovirus is not foodborne. are repairing a broken water main that flooded two homes on capitol hill. itn the water main broke him sent water gushing into a couple of basement apartments. firefighters made sure that nobody was trapped. no one was hurt, but residents are now assessing the damage. >> it's pretty much gone. there's not much to say. and i lost just about everything. nancy: investigators say the heat likely caused water main to rupture. the soccer a decade,

and we're familiar with the name john hancock, who wrote his name so large that king george could readout his spectacle. let's take a look at our crown jewel. it is a treasure of value without compare. after this seed pod of our heritage came the constitution, the bill of rights, our fundamental law and a philosophy that swept the world of political ideas that had never been done before. out of our heritage has come human liberty, democracy and the birth of a great nation. this is our heritage. now we know a little of what it is, next, we ask ourselves how did this happen? why was it necessary that a me off ournly to shut family type to cut the strings , to mother england? it did not happen suddenly. it was a long, long time before the pressure was strong enough to blow the lid. one man alone was responsible. the handsome, young, stubborn, will start villain of the story, his majesty, king george the third of england. of all specific charges listed in the declaration, the team was -- the king was posing the troops of the homes of the people. the king deprived us of the benefits of tria

paula hancocks is in seoul. andrew stevens is in hong kong. paula lest start with you. you were hearing word about this announcement from north korea following this launch. what more have you heard? >> well, michael that announcement is expected at half past 3:00 local time, so half appear hour from now. major announcement from north korea has reported on pyongyang radio. bigger announcement that have been highlighted ahead of time in north korea has been for the likes of nuclear tests or a satellite launch for example, the end of last year, a death of the leader that are significant usually when north korea announce these major announcements. what we're hearing from the south korean president, he said the military here in south korea says this is a possible that what north korea fired this morning was an icbm. this would be significant as this is what concerns washington the most, the fact that it could be a missile that's potentially would hit mainland, united states. it's also something that north korea has said for sometime that it wants to be able to do. this is th

>> paula hancocks, watching full of this from seoul. thank you. >>> the latest provocation from north korea coming just ahead of president trump's second overseas trip. he departs for europe tomorrow for the g-20 summit where the president's meeting with vladimir putin might no longer be the main attraction. nic robertson live from abu dhabi. good morning. meetings between the president and several asian leaders now very much under the microscope. how has the dynamic changed for the g-20? >> reporter: i think president trump's tweet last night says it all. perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea to end this nonsense once and for all. his expectation is now that china is going to have to play a lead role. the g-20 will be a place where he can hope to achieve that. let's not forget that he has existing tensions that have just ratcheted up in the past few days with china selling $1.4 billion worth of weapons systems to taiwan. he has put sanctions, the united states has put sanctions on a chinese bank for not -- for them not san

jerry petry yesterday directed authorities to the body of 54-year old laurie hendershot buried on a hancock maryland property that he owned. it was all under condition that petry would be released custody facing charges for using hendershot's credit cards likely after her death. authorities believe hendershot originally died from a fall and do not think foul play is involved. . petry will now be free for 90-days before he is sentenced to fifteen years for obstruction of justice and weapons charges. breaking overnight. a deadly quake rocks greece. what emergency crews are seeing on the ground-- as the death toll climbs. plus, another hot and humid start to the morning. and this weekend-- expect is to get even worse. your complete forecast coming up when we come back. hot and humid through the weekend - tracking storm chances (strong/severe poss. this weekend) - heat wave breaks tuesday today: hot and very 10am to 8pm. feels 105+, at times. pm thunderstorm possible. highs: 94-98 winds: wnw 5 mph tonight: partly cloudy. warm and very humid. lows: 71-79 winds: n 5 mph saturday: still hot and hu

recovering all of this, let's begin with cnn's paula hancock, in seoul, south korea, let's begin with the latest on the ballistic missile test. >> we know right now that the u.s. and south korea and intelligence authorities are working together to try and analyze the data and figure out if in fact north korea did fire an icbm. north korea claims it was a great success, they claim that there was an intercontinental ballistic missile, and they say they can hit any part of america. some experts suggesting alaska could be in its sights. also not denying it, we heard from the joint chiefs of staff here, they are saying that today's launch had an improved range from the one fired on that 14th. that one fired on that 14th was touted by all experts as one of the most significant developments when it comes to the nuclear weapons program of north korea. so by default, this is a very significant missile launch today. john? >> paula hancock in seoul. >> after the launch, president trump took something of a dig on twitter. this comes as the president is preparing for the g-20 summit. he will have

and peter hancock will be the banks next ceo.he incoming chairman is considering internal and external candidates to lead operations in the board has contacted hancock of out it. it had drawn all of its previous leaders from its own ranks over 24 years up global news hours day powered by 2700 journalists in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. pause here for a look at what is happening around australia and new zealand. with places like sydney and melbourne, we see these rocketing home prices, but that could be starting to ease. guest: we got the latest house prices for new zealand year on year, so that is slowing down from the reading we got last month. this is the slowest rate of theth is march 2015, but biggest city in new zealand and the epicenter of the property price madness, the average price 1.0 5 million new zealand dollars, but a 0% increase for three months and a 30% drop in sales volumes. a few factors at play here. foropping 40% deposit investment property and banks having tougher loan value restrictions as wel

it is hancock who comes to the field to rally the troops. it is other people who dramatic things, even if they are wrong added -- wrongheaded like dancer goal. if i ask you, give me an image of meade at gettysburg, you are hard-pressed, outside the army of war, to do that. even meade himself this is the climax of battle and he comes up, my god, has the enemy already been repulsed? i have not even seen them. he does go to little round top where the 146 new york monument is. there is a sign that he was here right after the battle, contemplating what to do next. and of course, it if he chose to do nothing, we might find that to be a wise decision. there is nothing looking for that decisive turning point. he is a war manager. at gettysburg, he proved he was -- afterward he showed he was not the man who is going to win the war. that man was still elsewhere at this time. >> also, i would add, and i think john fell point and what brooks is adding on -- john fell point what brooks is adding on is very good. meade developed into a modern soldier. wha

here is cnn paul la hancocks with more.eporter: celebrated as an historic event in north korea, raising alarm bells among neighbors and foes. pyongyang says this was a successful icbm, an intercontinental ballistic missile. >> an excited news anchor spoke of the shining success in a special broadcast on north korean television. a clearly delighted kim jong un surveyed the scene. a test launch he promised since the start of the year. but concerns in the south a national security councils meeting a warning from president moon calling on the north not to cross the bridge of no return warning of a red line without specifying what the red line was. china called for reare strant from all sides urging north korea to refrain from isolating u.n. security council resolution zploos as always, with north korea it's strategic timing. i mean here you get a missile test. and you get a wide audience. focused on supposed to be on the g20 summit about trade and cooperation now all the party leaders from around the world will be talking about

it famously bears the signature of john hancock, president of the continental congress. >> politicians this afternoon in delaware. senators chris koons and tom carper and congresswoman lisa blunt rochester took part in the annual march along lancaster park, fire trucks, marching bands and uncle sam. >> patriotic songs and plenty of red white and blue as new jersey celebrated the fourth. there were floats, processions of girl scouts and veterans taking part in the holiday parade. >> tractors took over in burlington county. the yearly parade includes farm equipment decked out in the flag. >> we have been receiving scores of videos and pictures of "action news" viewers enjoying the fourth of july. these are some of them. we invite you to share your pictures of the patriotic atti attire. >> a sky diver spent more than an hour stuck in a tree after the parachute got caught coming down. near the 300 block of dahlia avenue, you see the tangled parachute in the woods. the sky diver was dangling until 6:15 tonight. > >>> little remains left of this hamilton home in township, new jersey. chopper

first, it was --it was herbie hancock. he was amazing. bom bom ♪ then stevie wonder like kind of snatches the mic herbie hancock, right? and starts playing his stuff like -- and put some extra blind in it. you know what i mean? [ laughter ] put some like -- put some -- [ laughter ] you know what i mean? so stevie -- you know, stevie -- stevie's been in the white house more than most presidents. so when he act like he don't know where he's going, he's lying, right? [ laughter ] he's been there for like nine presidents, all right? so stevie's playing, and me and jay-z get sad because we realize we're never going to play the white house, you know? i mean, like he's never going to be, like, [ bleep ], what's my mother [ bleep ]? that's never going to happen. you know? >> jimmy: i don't see that. >> that's not going to happen. not with one -- we're only on the first black president. >> jimmy: that's right. >> you know black president 12 but not -- [ laughter ] not. >> jimmy: but not now. not now. not going to happen. >> not while we're in the

>> paula hancocks, thank you very much. in seoul, south korea. >>> well, moscow is urging washington to end its joint military drills that it conducts with south korea. matthew chance is with us now live from the russian capital, moscow. the u.s. and russia at loggerheads again over what to do about north korea. just listen first though to this exchange between the u.s. and the russian representatives at the u.n. security council yesterday. >> but it is -- makes no sense to not join together on this threat against north korea. they have not had any care for russia or china in this. they have not listened to anything that you've said. they're not going to listen to anything that you say. and so it's time that we all stand together and say we will not put up with this action. to sit there and oppose sanctions or to sit there and go in defiance of a new resolution means you're holding the hands of kim jong un. >> translator: the situation to the situation on the korean peninsula we think can only be found by calibrating region

course, one of the main attractions carson wentz throwing not only footballs around but his john hancocks well. spectacular not only for those in attendance but for the players, too. >> just the energy alone without there being a game, seeing our support, seeing how much the fans love us has been awesome. >> it was awesome. very welcoming and i was excited to be in front of fans for the first time, again, it's a cool process. a break to be around the fans and have a great time. >> eat your heart out shakespeare. 11 days for the first pre-season game against green bay on the road. the players have just one word on their minds. >> i'm tired of, you know, not making the playoffs, and if you make the playoffs, everybody's day around here is better. the activity is a lot sweeter. >> it's always playoffs and that's the way nfl works. if you're not making playoffs, people are losing their jobs. that's just the way this business is. it's not a success unless you're winning football games. that's what this organization is accustomed to, that's what fans are accustomed to and that's the only thing

first to paula hancocks live in seoul, south korea.'s an icbm test which would be a major advancement. >> reporter: absolutely, john, they say it was a success and icbm and claim in the statement television broadcast that it could actually now show they can hit any country anywhere in the wo

. >>> finally, some funou did you know only john hancock signed the declaration of independence on julye others signed later. >> okay. >> thanks, procrastinators. >> plenty of stars and stripes today. >> really? >> right will. i think this is fitting you and the stars and stripes and me looking old and british in a gray suit. i think it works. anyway, there were 13 stars on the original flag in a circle so that the colonies would all appear equal. >> we'll consumehappy fourth of july. many people probably have the day off.. but good morning washington is still here with what you need to know before you head out to enjoy all those barbecues and fireworks. first-- we are following some breaking news from overnight. north korea launching a test of a ballistic missile early this morning. the mi more than 500 miles away in the sea of japan. south korean gency meeting of south korea's national security council in the wake of the launch. we will have much more on this story, including reaction from the white house.. a little later on. good morning washington. i'm adrianna hopkins.. larry is of

county clerk of courts, hat in hand, i didn't live in hancock county. those are some of the pitfalls. determine whether or not the apparent risks are actual risks i think will help us inform the public. i agree with secretary gardner about voter turnout. i'm not sure turnout can be our goal. we don't oversee municipal elections but we do like to see the turnout. we had a coastal town couple years ago, that had almost 95% turnout in the election. way above every other municipality in the state. we made a phone call. what happened there? they had leashed the dog ordinance on the ballot. everybody was at each other's votes and went out and voted. you never know what drives people. not always the pressdential election. >> one or two more comments, i will summarize this topic. go ahead. >> just a point on judge king regarding the rules, election assistance commission sets voluntary guidelines, 48 of the states use our guide lines some way or another. they are voluntary, however, just because they're voluntary, doesn't mean the vendors don't have to meet them

and they began to be circulated, there was actually a trial held in boston where people like john hancock and other significant figures in the community were brought together to basically put her on trial, ask her questions, to try to determine if it was possible that this african-american woman could have written poetry like this. of course she passed. and they actually wrote a testimonial saying they believed she, in fact, had been the talented writer who produced this poetry. in 1773, she travelled to london and this volume was published. it's also remarkable in that we have an engaved image presumably a good physical likeness of phyllis wheatley. this volume, and i'll turn the page to show you, is also -- it would be wonderful even by itself. but it is one of the few examples that have actually come down to us with phyllis wheatley's signature on the volume. and it just doesn't get better than that. you know, trying to find the sort of tangible objects that allow us to discuss the very important contributions of african-americans to the founding period of our nation. it can be a real

did you know only john hancock signed the declaration of independence on july 4th of 1776?er. >> okay. >> thanks, procrastinators. >> plenty of stars and stripes today. >> really? >> right will. i think this is fitting you and the stars and stripes and me looking old and british in a gray suit. i think it works. anyway, there were 13 stars on the original flag in a circle so that the colonies would all appear equal. >> we'll consume 150 million hot dogs today approximately. >> whoo-hoo. because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz xr. a once daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. xeljanz xr can reduce pain, swelling and joint damage, even without methotrexate. xeljanz xr can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections, lymphoma and other cancers have happened. don't start xeljanz xr if you have an infection. tears in the stomach or intestines, low blood cell counts and higher liver tests and cholesterol levels have happened. your doctor should perform blood

denver's mayor michael hancock asked i.c.e.ourthouse. >> we want people to trust the judicial system and we need them to show up. >> reporter: like schools, churches, and hospitals, he wants the courthouse as a sensitive location. i.c.e. refused his request. hancock says undocumented immigrants without any criminal history are now courthouse. at least nine cases of domestic violence were dropped when victims said they refused to come to the courthouse for fear of's. >> when witnesses are not showing up to testify, now we cannot pursue the individuals who have person freighted the crime. how does that make us more safe. >> reporter: philip miller oversees criminal proceedings by i.c.e. he said denver isn't cooperating with i.c.e. because denver is not alerting the agency when it has a violator in custody, so i.c.e. agent check court appearance for records and the agents must go to the courthouse or homes and workplaces alt a much higher risk to themselves and the community. >> they're beaten >> you feel it's avoidable. >> defini

why peter hancock is getting interest for the ceo job.on, i am mark barton. hsb said to have approached peter hancock to be its next chief executive. that as mark tucker considers internal and external candidates to lead europe's largest bank. shares going a little lower. joining us, bloomberg banks reporter stephen morris, who broke the story. cuts an outsider, but he is from the hsbc cloth. stephen: he was a banker at jpmorgan for close to 20 years. he claims to have invented the derivatives business there. so he is a banker. but most recently, he run an insurance company. he did not end in the best way, but his reputation is still somewhat intact. the new chairman of the hsbc would have crossed with him when .hey were at aig and aia mark: it would be a bit of a shocker to nominate an outsider, wouldn't it? stephen: hsbc is more than 200 years old. all of its ceos have come from inside the bank until tucker. to say that they would take a second outsider, it would be a big departure for the bank. mark: who are the internal candidates tha

denver's mayor michael hancock asked i.c.e.e. >> we want people to trust the judicial system. and we need them to show up. >> reporter: like schools, churches, and hospitals, he wants the courthouse designated as a sensitive location. which would prevent agents from arresting immigrants there. i.c.e. refused his request. hancock says, undocumented immigrants without any criminal history are now avoiding the courthouse. at least nine cases of domestic violence have been dropped when victims told authorities they were afraid to come to the courthouse for fear of being arrested by i.c.e. >> when witnesses and victims of crime are not showing up to, you know, testify, now we cannot pursue the individuals who have perpetrated a crime. now how does that make us more safe? >> the city and county of denver will not kroorpt with the criminal alien program. >> reporter: he overseas agents for i.c.e. >> by not turning criminal aliens, they're putting my officers and the community at risk. >> reporter: he says denver isn't cooperating with

i think benjamin franklin was there -- subject to this inquiry by john hancock and the declaration of independence. i was wondering if you could talk about that. that seems to correspond with the idea of phillis living at a transitional point, a transitional point for her and her work. prof. lewis: i believe there were 18 people brought into that room. it was kind of like, i would imagine, an oral defense for a dissertation. you had to prove that you wrote it, you had to prove that you had sufficient intelligence, you had to prove that you didn't plagiarize, you had to prove you are authentic. the leading male minds of the time were gathered in that room. they examined her. they wanted to know, was she capable of writing what she said she had written? i think the one contest we should look at is that this was the age of the enlightenment, and age of knowledge at a time when the gifts of the mind were celebrated. if you were intelligent, if you could express yourself by writing, if you could get the intellectual attention of others, you were considered at the top level of humanity. it

. >> and approaching peter hancock, the former boss of iag, and mark tucker his incoming chairman. the largest bank in europe. he is an outsider, but he is caught -- cut from the clock. >> he was a banker at jpmorgan. and cfo of the bank before emerged with chase. he is a banker, most recently running an insurance company. his reputation is somewhat intact still. 52 years old, they have had 24 all of themaders, coming from inside the bank until tucker. the fact they are looking at external candidates is not surprising in itself, but if they pick a second one for chairman it will be a big the pressure for the bank. >> global banks preparing to move london-based operations as great britain prepares to leave the eu. we got details of deutsche bank's plans for a post-brexit financial landscape. another win for frankfurt. what are we talking about, front office or back-office or a mix? >> they said it could be a mix of them. that is at the high end. some of it will certainly depend on how negotiations unfold and how hard the brexit appears to be. but we have heard deutsche bank not only

anchor: hsbc is said to approach peter hancock as a possible future ceo. >> he claims to have inventedusiness. he is a banker, but most recently ran an insurance company. it didn't end the best way for him, but his reputation is still somewhat intact. is 20 years old. the fact that they are looking at external candidates is not surprising in itself. if they then pick a second one for ceo and chairman it will be a big departure for the bank. anchor: global banks are preparing to move london-based operations as britain thursday -- asthe eu that prepares britain prepares to leave the eu. what are we talking about here? guest: they have said previously it could be a mix of the two. you get 2000 and the front office and the back-office. some of this will depend on how the negotiations unfold and how hard the brexit appears to be. what you have here is deutsche bank not only looking at the people's aside, but on the assets side and making plans to set up a booking center in their front for office -- in their frankfurt office to route trading through there. that potentially is a way to addres

fair to assume she's going to new hampshire all the way from hancock park, because you think about runningor president. >> if she runs, she may have a few problems. of the 535 lawmakers, she's the only one to my knowledge who is with fidel castro. congress passed a resolution asking castro to return her and she wrote a letter to castro, the woman who escaped as a former black panther. she likened her to a freedom fighter and accused her of being a victim of the criminal justice system and urged castro to not return her to america. the woman, remains at the top of the fbi's most wanted list. joanne chesimard. she said the cia started the crack epidemic in urban cities. she had a meeting with that then secretary of treasury urging him during the financial bailout in a minority bank. she played the race card. it went supernova. one of the reasons why one of the left-wing groups, citizens for responsibility and ethics labeled her as one of the most corrupt politicians in washington, d.c. >> tucker: i can't speak to that because i'm not an investigator but she certainly good with money. she's b

next election and for the dysfunctional legislative branch of our government to seek to impose to hancockef executive -- >> abby: what would the headlines be if he were to take that action? wouldn't it be proof that he is in the hands of the russians? there is collusion going on that he does want to crack down and be tough? >> geraldo: i go back to sean spicer's russian dress stomach to my stomach rushing he has to defy the noise going on. russia gate has nothing to do with whether or not the sanctions can be imposed on the president has no power to amend that. this is about the president's power, not vladimir putin. >> kennedy: i agree with you for different reasons. some of our allies are very concerned about how the sanctions are imposed and how the ramifications could be, but there are three republican congressmen who voted no on the sanctions because they think the mechanisms for employing them are ill-defined and it creates new layers of bureaucracy and puts opec power or you don't really know where it's coming from and what it's doing. sanctions don't work. >> harris: primarily in

mark: hsbc said to be approaching peter hancock, the former boss of iag, and mark tucker considers internalternal candidates to lead the largest bank in europe. he is an outsider but has come from the hsbc club. >> he was a banker at jpmorgan. and cfo of the bank before emerged with chase. he is a banker, most recently running an insurance company. it did not and in the best way for him. his reputation is somewhat intact still. hsbc is 152 years old. they have 21 former leaders. all of them come from inside the bank until tucker. the fact they are looking at external candidates is not surprising in itself, but if they pick a second one for chairman it will be a big departure for the bank. >> global banks preparing to move london-based operations as great britain prepares to leave the e.u. we got details of deutsche bank's plans for a post-brexit financial landscape. another win for frankfurt. what are we talking about, front office or back-office or a mix? >> they have said previously that it could be a mix of the two. you could get 2000 in the front office and 2000 in the back office. that

we'll get more from paula hancocks in seoul, south korea. andrew stevens is in hong kong. and we have more from tokyo. first to paula. so this is what north korea was looking for and what south korea, the u.s., was afraid of. >> reporter: exactly right. there is what north korea is claiming at this point. looking at the figures there, experts are trying to figure out how far the range is and how far it could hit. experts saying it could hit potentially alaska. but what we are hearing from the north koreans is triumphant acknowledgment, triumphant announcement that they have launched an icbm. they say it is successful. they even said that they could now target the whole of the world. now clearly with the figures that they have given us, that's not accurate. but it shows that they have made a significant leap in technology if, in fact, this is all accurate. we are being shown images on kctv, north korean television. there's a full article declaring that kim jong-un was there, he ordered this. we saw a photo of him signing something, and then a piece of paper which looked lik

more on that in a moment, but first, cnn international correspondent paula hancocks is live for us in seoul, south korea, with more on north korea's claim. paula? >> hello, fredricka. we actually heard from russia as well from putin, when it comes to north korea, saying that russia and china both agree on the way to deal with north korea, saying that north korea has to freeze its missile test. it's quite unusual for the two to be talking in this way. in fact, moscow doesn't even react to north korea missile tests. so quite unusual there to hear from russia, but certainly it is not just any missile test. according to north korea, they say that it is an icbm, they say it was a successful icbm, saying it was an historic event for the united states. now, south korea, the joint chiefs of staff is saying they're working right now the u.s. to figure out if, in fact, it was an icbm. they said they haven't agreed that it was yet but they haven't disagreed either, so certainly that they're poring over the data to figure out whether technically that is what it was. whatever it was, it's of great

signed the declaration, it only contained the names of the president of congress at that time, john hancock, and the secretary, charles thompson. thompson, who was irish, was a dedicated public servant. he worked through the continental congress throughout its history. but when the new, when the revolution was over and the new government was placed in america, under what we call the articles of confederation, thompson who was a little bit of a radical during the american revolution and made some ene enemies, doesn't get a position in the new government after the american revolution, he's sort of forced out. and he really resented that. and he lived here in the philadelphia area so he was kind of a hanger-on without ever having an official position. he devoted all of his injuries to writing a translation of the bible it must have been so hard to have been at the center of so many important events during the american revolution and then be cast aside. i think he probably never forgot that. here he in the portrait that charles wilson peal does of thompson. peal and thompson were friends for a

paula hancock is in seoul, south korea with more on this. what are the concerns that are coming from south korea as well? >> reporter: well, fredericka, there are some great concerns here in the region and obviously in the united states, this claim of an historic event for north korea, this is what the news anchor said on that special broadcast on north korean television, saying it was a successful launch of an icbm, he signed that order which they then showed on television, and that he was at the test site to make sure that it went well, and apparently it was a shining success we're hearing from that news anchor, what the south koreans are doing right now according to the joint chiefs of staff is working with the united states to try and figure out whether it was in fact an icbm, they have not ruled out that possibility, although they haven't admitted it either. north korea saying this one had an improved range compared to the one on that 14th. the one on that 14th was considered by most experts to be the most significant advancement in the

i want to bring in our international correspondent paula hancocks in seoul for us and pentagon koecorrespondent barbara starr from the pentagon. paula, what do we know about the launch and what's the reaction in seoul, not too far from it? >> reporter: well, brianna, north korea says it was successful. they say it was an icbm. they've said in a special broadcast kim jong-un was there, ordered this and at the test site and delighted with its success. as far as north korea is concerned, they say they can now hit anywhere in the world. i don't think experts take that as face value, but there are many experts assessing with the altitude, the distance traveled, and the time that it was flying from north korea also data from japan, south korea and the u.s. as well. assessing there is potentially an icbm. some saying potentially it could hit parts of alaska, but at this point, the official word is what we're waiting for. the south korean joint chiefs of staff saying they are still analyzing the data with the united states, but specifically saying they are not denying this at this point. so certainly o

this was commissioned by john hancock, pointed by john wilson peel. and if you see over the shoulder of george washington, that wide blue ribbon, this is a mark that washington purchased in boston in 177 a to distinguish himself. of course, this is primarily a new england army. no one knows who's in charge, so the first thing is he does is to purchase this ribbon to mark he's the commander in chief. and this actually is the original ribbon which washington gave to the painter later during the revolutionary war and then descended and now in the collection of harvard's peabody museum. and this gallery sort of takes you through the end of 1775, and it's now january of 1776. and our next gallery which we intitle revolution, every thing in 1776. it really focuses on then on the independence movement and the big change now from appealing to the king to try and resolve these differences and deciding the king was the enemy and that the only solution was to declare independence. so one of the things we try to do in this gallery is sort of invert the narrative

is it fair to assume she's going to new hampshire all the way from hancock park, that she's thinkingunning for president. >> if she runs, she may have a few problems. of the 535 lawmakers, she's the only one to my knowledge who has written to fidel castro. urging him not to send back a woman who murdered a new jersey state trooper, escaped, fled to cuba. congress passed a resolution asking castro to return her and she wrote a letter to castro, the woman who escaped is a former black panther. she likened her to a freedom fighter and accused her of being a victim of the criminal justicd system and urged castro to not return her to america. the woman, joanne chesimard, remains at the top of the fbi's most wanted list. maxine waters urged castro not to send her back. she falsely accuse the cia of fomenting the crack cocaine epidemic in the inner cities. the argument has been debunked. she had a meeting with the then secretary of treasury urging him during the financial mall town to a bailout. a bank she and her husband had investments in. she played the race card. it went supernova. one

first to paula hancocks live in seoul, south korea. north korea says it's an icbm test which would be a major advancement. >> reporter: absolutely, john, they say it was a success and icbm and claim in the statement television broadcast that it could actually now show they can hit any country anywhere in the world. now clearly experts don't believe that to be the case, but what they're looking at is exactly how far they can reach with this missile. now we just heard from the joint chiefs of staff here in south korea, they said that they are still analyzing data. at this point they don't accept that it is an icbm but they don't deny it either. clearly a lot of work is going in right now, analyzing satellite data, the radar, trying to figure out exactly what the missile was. north korea say kim jong-un signed the order himself. he was there at the test site and thought it was a great success. to give you the figures, the altitude was about 1700 miles high further and distance more than 570 miles and it flew for 39 minutes. according to n