. >> and i'm hannah vaughan jones in london. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> it is 9:00 a.m. here on this sunday morning in london. saturday, though, was an historic milestone for u.s. president donald trump, his 100th day in office. he marked the occasion with a campaign-style rally before a large and supportive crowd in pennsylvania. cnn's jeff zelany has our report. >> reporter: president trump delivering a rerun on his speech last year. president trump ran through a litany of grievances with familiar attacks on the media, familiar attacks on the obama administration taking little responsibility for any of his own crises and chaos in the west wing during his first 100 days. but he was speaking in harr harrisburg, pennsylvania to supporters at the same time the correspondents' dinner was going on back in washington. he made that clear from the very beginning of his speech. >> a large group of hollywood actors and washington media are consoling each other in a hotel barroom in our nation's capitol right now. [ cheers and applause ] >> they are gathered together for the white

i'm george howell in atlanta. >> and i'm hannah vaughan jones in london. u.s.onald trump celebrated his 100th day in office with a campaign-stale ralra rally in pennsylvania. he told the cheering crowds he is thrilled to be out of the swamp in washington. >>> that rally held at the same time as this year's white house correspondents' dinner in washington, d.c. mr. trump skipped that dinner, making it the first time in more than three decades a sitting u.s. president has not attended it. comedian hasaj minhaj hosted that dinner. it raises money for scholarships. >>> a tornado kills five people near dallas, texas. 55 people are receiving emergency care at nearby hospitals. rescue teams are still searching for survivors. >>> an american warship is now in korean waters doing military drills with south korea's navy. the exercises could further raise nuclear tensions on the korean peninsula. in the meantime, president trump says that he hasn't fulfilled his campaign promise of calling out china as a currency manipulator because he's relying on the chinese president t

hannah vaughan jones is in london. >> and with me is the international security director for the asiaanks very much for coming in. coptic christians in egypt, be it's palm sunday today, start of the holy week, if nothing else this shows that the low level insurgency within egypt is very much strengthening. >> we've seen now this is the second attack on a coptic church in four months. the previous one in december was claimed by isis and we know that there is an isis affiliate in the sinai that has been carrying out attacks against the security forces. but unfortunately also the coptic community are very vulnerable, not just attacks at churches, but kidnappings, targeted assassinations and the timing of the attack is not coincidental on palm sunday, very symbolic and it preempts the impending visit of the pope e itself. >> and what the is the government in egypt trying to do to protect the minority groups? >> president el sisi has been trying to wage an aggressive battle againsts insurgence elements that have grown one of the problems is that it's become home to a number of extremist el

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. >> and i'm hannah vaughan jones for you live in london. you're watching cnn newsroom. is so he the united states is showing its military force now in north korea in the hopes of stopping pyongyang's nuclear threats. and american carrier strike group is currently head towards the korean peninsula, a strike group is a formation of navy as sets. it's into the usual for the u.s. to send an aircraft carrier to the region, but defense officials say this is in response to recent north korean nuclear provocations. alexander field is live in south korea, but first let's go to north korea where will ripley is the only american correspondent currently in pyongyang. we understand that the u.s. is doing this in order to try to stop pyongyang's nuclear threat. what are the chances of that being successful? >> reporter: the north korean officials who we're talking to on the ground here say that it is having the opposite effect. they view this as yet another provocative act by the united states after several weeks of joint military exercises with the united states in south korea, thes