we re political correspondent is in harlow werejeremy political correspondent is in harlow were jeremynutes ago there were more than 100 labour supporters here to listen to jeremy corbyn‘s stump speech. labour are having a big week for policies. they have already announced they will keep the triple lock on pensions, more money for nurses, today‘s announcement was council housing and jeremy corbyn came to harlow to give attention to the fact that new research has shown labour councils have built more council houses than conservative councils and labour‘s new pledge is they will build 1 million homes in the course of the next parliament and have them will be low—cost or council homes. he was talking about that to his supporters today but it was also a general stump speech about a future labour government investing in the future, talking about tax breaks for the rich and creating a decent society for everyone notjust the rich and creating a decent society for everyone not just for the few. harlow is a marginal seat which in the past labour and the conservatives have fought over at general

as we've been hearing, the labour leader has been out campaigning in harlow and has been talking aboutur have pledged to build a million homes overfive years, half of which would be council houses. but the conservatives say they are the party with a clear plan for affordable housing. so how do the figures stack up? chris morris of reality check is examining the numbers for us. we can expect all the political parties to come out with pledges and targets on how many houses they plan to build throughout the course of the next parliament. but it's a notoriously difficult area of policy to get right. so labour has now pledged to build one million homes over the next five years, half of them affordable council and housing association homes to rent or buy. is that realistic? well since the 19705, there have been on average 160,000 new homes built each year in england. last year that figure fell to 140,000 completed new homes in england. the figure for the whole of the uk was 168,000. but a government white paper published in february said the consensus is that we need from 225,000 to 275,000

i'm poppy harlow. john berman has the day off. we are now just a couple hours of the supreme court being back to the full strength of a nine hearn bench for the first time in 14 months. right now the widow of justice antonin scalia is on hand for the swearing in, the private swearing in of the man who will replace her husband on the bench of the nation's highest court. our arianne deveaux is here with how this is unfolding. the preeminent scholars on the high court. it is nice to have you both here. walk us through what's going to happen today. >> reporter: poppy, it's been more than a year since scalia's death. neil gorsuch will take two oaths. the first one is the constitutional oath that he'll take. he's probably starting it now at the supreme court. it will be administered by chief justice roberts. the justices and their spouses have been invited to attend and that includes maureen scalia. then the whole party will move down to the white house and there he will take the judicial oath. that's really

i'm john berman. >> i'm poppy harlow. morning, a brand-new interview with syria's president, bashar al assad, the defiant dictator saying his regime did not carry out the chemical attack that killed dozens, including children. he also blamed the united states for defending isis terrorists. >> he says that syria had no involvement in this massacre. he called it a 100% fabrication. >> we don't know whether those dead children were the -- [ inaudible ] were they dead at all? who committed the attack, if there was an attack? what matter -- you have no information at all, nothing at

i'm john berman. >> i'm popty harlow. so what do you do if your administration has been criticized for failing to get one big win in 100 days. how about trying to accomplish 100 big days in one day or at least look like it? that seems to be the goal inside of the white house this morning. the president announcing he won't withdraw from nafta, at least for now and will instead renegotiate the terms with canada and mexico. >> and this morning the white house is engaging in a new push for a vote to repeal and replace obamacare, a bill that has new life with all the focus on republican moderates in the house. does this group have enough votes to block this? let's go to the white house. joe johns is there. and, joe, a lot of action going on behind you right now. >> reporter: there certainly is a lot of action and it started with the president quite early this morning. he was tweeting about the north american free trade agreement. let's look at that real fast. he says he received calls from the president of mexico, the prime mi

i'm john berman. >> i'm poppy harlow. time we've heard from him since they were in recess and the white house promised what will be the biggest tax cut and tax reform this countries had the ever seen, ever, ever, ever. >> so how will the speaker respond

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm dave briggs filling in nor john berman on this good friday. much to get to. first, some new video. president trump's second military action in a week. a massive bomb kills isis fighters in afghanistan, but just like last week's missile strike on syria, it may be more symbolic than strategic. >> neither strike will have a lasting impact on those conflicts, but both may reverberate much farther. will north korea pay a lot of attention to this? and this is as north korea is just a few potentially hours away from a new forbidden nuclear test. it is its confrontational dictator listening? >> i don't know if this sends a message. it doesn't make any difference if it does or not. north korea is a problem. the problem will be taken care of. i will say this -- i think china has really been working very hard. >> our barbara starr begins for us this morning at the pentagon with more. a very significant development, barbara. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning to both of you. as you say, poppy, always worth remembering that military action can

i'm john berman. >> i'm popty harlow.what do you do if your administration has been criticized for failing to get one big win in 100 days. how about trying to accomplish 100 big days in one day or at least look like it? that seems to be the goal inside of the white house this morning. the president announcing he won't withdraw from nafta, at least for now and will

i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm john berman. welcome in to cnn's live coverage of two major prime-time events tonight. the first, donald trump's rally in pennsylvania and there's a 100% cnce you will hear about that victory. the president takes the stage in harris berg in just minutes. we will bring that to you live as it begins. >> in true trump fashion, the rally is going up directly against the biggest night on washington's social calendar, the white house correspondents dinner. donald trump is the first time a president hasn't attended since ronald reagan. >> we are live on the red carpet. we'll bring you highlights throughout the evening. first, we're going live to harris berg pennsylvania. jeff zeleny is there. that is where we'll hear from the president shortly. jeff? >> reporter: good evening john and poppy. it is a different kind of red as in red carpet here. it is red as in republican red. everyone in this arena remembers now donald trump turned pennsylvania red last year. pennsylvania had voted democratic since 1988.

in a park today in the marginal seat of harlow.ar their leader has to be reminded notjust to talk to his true believers, but to the whole country. the tories think that makes him a real outsider. we take a message out to the country. politics is of course always personal, but so far, this campaign has been much more about tory attacks on jeremy corbyn than a big battle of ideas. what do you think about what the tories have been doing? it is getting very personal. that is their nature, david cameron was a bully and now they are proving to be bullies. it seems like a witch—hunt. it does seem like a bit of a hunt. why doesn't boris johnson talk about tory policies for the general election and not have a go at the labour leader? this is an awkward moment for labour. are you worried it is turning into a personality contest? clearly what the tories are trying to do is make it very much about you. i don't do personal abuse, i don't do name—calling, i don't believe in that kind of politics. i think we are sent to parliament to represent pe

. >> i'm poppy harlow. we're following an extremely busy morning on the world stage. the united nations will vote on the chemical attack on syria and we could hear from rex tillerson and his russian counterpart. they just ended a tense, four-hour meeting in moscow. tillerson's goal, try to find common ground with russia, but russia's foreign minister is at the table to define boundaries over its ally syria and the military strikes there. >> moments ago the white house press secretary sean spicer said the meeting between rex tillerson and vladimir putin is still a possibility. we're watching this very closely as president putin is casting as persians on the u.s.-russia relationships and the relations especially at the military level under the administration of donald trump has not improved, but rather worsened. elise labott following the u.n. security council meeting and we'll bring you a live picture of that, but first we'll start with matthew chance. no meeting yet as far as we know between the secretary of state and vladimir putin and the secretary did just walk out

poppy harlow joins us. vice president mike pence warning not to test the u.s. in the visit to the demilitarized zone, he came face-to-face with soldiers who took pictures of him as he looked at the border. dana bash has the interview with the veep at the dmz. >>> mr. pence's visit comes days after the north korean missile test failed, but the show of force has military analysts trying to figure out what kim jong un's next arsenal and next move may be. are the u.s. and north korea on the collision course day 88 of the trump presidency. we have it covered for you with dana bash in seoul, south korea. dana. >> reporter: poppy, it is one thing for any policy making and politician and world leader to talk about a threat or ongoing issue that affects the u.s. and allies. it is another thing to see it and feel it and hear it face-to-face and that is what the vice president did. as you mentioned, he went to the dmz. he went probably a little further than security wanted him to go in going outside and seeing for himself what the north korean side of the dmz looked like

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm john berman. breaking news this morning.first look at an interview from the syrian leader bashar al assad. he sat down with afp and said this whole idea of a chemical attack in syria is a complete fabrication. >> the interview was just feeding in right now. we're going to bring it to you in just moments. as we wait for that, gleelet's o barbara starr at the pentagon. >> good morning. president assad of syria speaking about this and we have not seen the exact words yet. we're aware that the syrian government has placed many restrictions on that interview. so we will have all the appropriate caveats on what the s

i'm john berman. >> i'm poppy harlow.elcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we do have breaking news this morning. next hour, the u.n. security council will hold a meeting on the air strikes and the ongoing crisis in syria. moments ago we also learned that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will hold an all senators briefing today with all of the

. >> i'm poppy harlow. this morning democrats in suburban atlanta are lamenting a victory that has slipped away, a seat that has been held by republicans since jimmy carter was in the white house. john ossoff, all that matters is he didn't win. he didn't get a simple majority and therefore no victory. he faces a june runoff against the leading republican karen handel and she'll have the full might behind her. let's go to jason carroll. >> reporter: basically, you have to look at the reality of what happened on the ground. both sides are claiming a victory of sorts here. if you look at what happened with jon ossoff here, basically, he wanted to avoid this runoff election with karen handel, but he was up able to get 50% of the vote. however, he was still able to get 48% of the vote and that's a huge margin for a democrat running in a republican district. he was able to do that in part by making this a referendum on the president. both sides claiming a victory and both sides looking forward to that runoff elec

. >> time for cnn news room with poppy harlow and john berman. >> don't make any line. guys are beautiful. >> i have finally beaten you to the punch, 20 years later. >> we have some big news this morning, so we're going to jump right in. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> top of the hour, 9:00 a.m. eastern. good morning everyone. i'm popty harlow. >> the breaking news this morning, blocked on sanctuary cities, beaten back on funding for the border wall. what does the white house do this morning? it is going big on tax cuts. it says

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i'm john berman. >> i'm poppy harlow.erhaps the most important week yet for the young trump administration. if you ask the president, the 100-day mark is a ridiculous standard, but that doesn't mean the white house isn't pulling out all the stops with all hands on deck to make it as action-pack-looking as possible. >> all hands, much action, but no real legislation. this first 100 days has been a legislation victory-free zone

at harlow carr, gardeners have noticed there is a longer growing season, but more violent rain. >> huge weather events do damage in the garden. improving conditions will allow us to grow more plants and have a wide range of people enjoy the garden. david: a major challenge is erratic weather. >> you get several very wet days, then you get one sunny day , then back to rain again. david: that makes things quite difficult? >> it does. david: in the north in the u.k. conditions will be wetter, mi lder, storm here, with more with more- stormier, extremes. a different projection down south. in essex, the worry is a lack of water. parts can be drier than the middle east. more arid conditions are likely. they are already growing plants that come from dry lands, like mexico. year.re is less rain each you put different plants in to compensate. >> we noticed it with the lawn. we are almost cutting the lawn until christmas, then the second week of march. david: our gardens are revealing patterns of change in different parts of the country. if the predictions are right they won't look the same in th

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm dave briggs filling in nor john berman on this good friday.o get to. first, some new video. president trump's second military action in a week. a massive bomb kills isis

. >> i'm poppy harlow. it is the beginning of perhaps the most important week yet for the young trump administration. if you ask the president, the 100-day mark is a ridiculous standard, but that doesn't mean the white house isn't pulling out all the stops with all hands on deck to make it as action-pack-looking as possible. >> all hands, much action, but no real legislation. this first 100 days has been a legislation victory-free zone for this white house, and new polls show the president with the lowest approval numbers of any president at this point in the modern era. i believe what we're going to look at right now is some live pictures of president obama? yes? we have the president and ivanka trump speaking to the international space station right now with peggy whitson, who as of today has been in space more days than any american astronaut ever. listen. >> to join us from orbit aboard the international space station. commander peggy whitson and colonel jack fisher. and peggy whitson has been setting r

. >> i'm poppy harlow. paul ryan will speak and it's the first time we've heard from him since they were in recess and the white house promised what will be the biggest tax cut and tax reform this countries had the ever seen, ever, ever, ever. >> so how will the speaker respond and here is in a better way than nancy pelosi, we are waiting to hear from the house democratic leader as well. >> steve mnuchin offered a first look at this parts of the white house tax proposal. >> this is going to be the biggest tax cut and the largest tax reform in the history of our country, and we are committed to seeing this through. >> in the history of this country which should make it a very big tax cut. we are joined by cnn's phil mattingly who was at that speech. what are you learning? >> he's not wrong. if you look at the proposal of what the white house is putting out today. it's principles and not a fully flushed out plan, but those principles would make dramatic changes to the tax code particularly on the corporate si

. >> i'm poppy harlow. we begin with breaking news this morning, a brand-new interview with syria's president, bashar al assad, the defiant dictator saying his regime did not carry out the chemical attack that killed dozens, including children. he also blamed the united states for defending isis terrorists. >> he says that syria had no involvement in this massacre. he called it a 100% fabrication. >> we don't know whether those dead children were the -- [ inaudible ] were they dead at all? who committed the attack, if there was an attack? what matter -- you have no information at all, nothing at all, not investigated. >> so, you're saying it's a fabrication? >> definitely, 100% fabrication. we don't have arsenal. we're not going to use it. and we have many indications, if you don't have proof, because no one has concrete evidence -- information or evidence. >> 100% fabrication. he says this as sources tell cnn that there is new evidence implicating the government, the syrian regime, in that attack. we've go

i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm john berman. right about bolduan," it starts right about now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. just moments from now, the secretary of homeland security expected to talk about the greatest threats facing the united states right now, including america being a prime target for radicalized fighters from syria and iraq. we're going to monitor that and bring you the news when it happens. we're also watching the white house. president trump getting ready to leave for wisconsin. he's pushing his campaign promise to bring back american jobs, and he's also set to sign an executive order the white house is calling buy american, hire american. the order would make it more difficult to hire foreign workers. to make his point, the president will be touring a factory in kenosha, wisconsin. so, while the president tries to make good on a campaign promise, new polls show fewer

. >> i'm poppy harlow. in a new interview, president vladimir putin spoke about the dire terms back and forth with the united states saying quote the working level of confidence in russia-america relations especially at the military level, under the administration of donald trump has not improved, but rather worsened. >> he is saying this as the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is behind closed doors right now meeting with his russian counterpart, talk object about their differences, differences right now that seem as big as black and white. michelle kazinski is in moscow for moderating niece talks, michelle, what have you learned? >> reporter: hi, you know this was always going to be an extremely difficult meeting. but what was unusual was to see that tension on full display even before it started. you know, before this meeting, they usually have a photo op. there are pleasantries exchanged or at least cordialitys. but in this case the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov just launched right into it

in a park today in the marginal seat of harlow.ed notjust to talk to his true believers, but to the whole country. the tories think that makes him a real outsider. we take a message out to the country. politics is of course always personal, but so far, this campaign has been much more about tory attacks on jeremy corbyn than a big battle of ideas. what do you think about what the tories have been doing? it is getting very personal. that is their nature, david cameron was a bully and now they are proving to be bullies. it seems like a witchhunt. it does seem like a bit of a hunt. why doesn't boris johnson talk about tory policies for the general election and not have a go at the labour leader? this is an awkward moment for labour. are you worried it is turning into a personality contest? clearly what the tories are trying to do is make it very much about you. i don't do personal abuse, i don't do name—calling, i don't believe in that kind of politics. i think we are sent to parliament to represent people and put forward a serious de

here at harlow carr in north yorkshire, gardeners have noticed there is a longer growing season, butvents do a huge amount of damage in the garden. the opportunity is the improving weather conditions will allow us to grow more plants and a wider range of plants for people to come and enjoy in the garden. and a major challenge highlighted in the report is increasingly erratic weather. you get several wet, very wet days, and then just one sunny day. then, you are back to the rain again. and that makes things quite difficult? it does. the report suggests that here in the north of the uk, conditions are set to become wetter, milder, stormier and with more extremes of weather. what is striking is how there is a very different projection down south... here in essex, the big worry is a lack of water. parts of the south and east of england can be drier than the middle east, and the report says that more arid conditions are likely. already, they are growing plants that have come from the drylands of countries like mexico, so people realise they need to adjust. there is less rain each year, so

the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has been out campaigning in the general election in harlow today. about housing. labour have pledged to build 1 million homes overfive years, half of which would be council houses. but the conservatives say they are the party with a clear plan for affordable housing. so how do the figures stack up? chris morris of reality check has been looking at the numbers. we can expect all the political parties to come out with pledges and targets on jaume parties to come out with pledges and targets onjaume houses they plan to build throughout the course of the next parliament but it's a notoriously difficult area of policy to get right. as we know labour's pledged to build 1 million homes over the next five years, half of them affordable council and housing association homes to rent or buy. is that realistic? since the 19705 there have been on average 160,000 new homes built each year in england. la5t new homes built each year in england. last year 140,000 new homes built each year in england. la5t year140,000 in england. la5t year140,000 in england and the f

in a park today in the marginal seat of harlow. leader has to be reminded notjust to talk to his true believers, but to the whole country. the tories think that makes him a real outsider. we take a message to the country. politics is of course always personal, but so far this of course always personal, but so farthis campaign of course always personal, but so far this campaign has been much more about tory attacks on jeremy corbyn than a big battle of ideas. what you think about what the tories have been doing? it is personal. that is their nature, david cameron was a bully and they are proving to be bullies. it seems like a witchhunt. it does seem like a hunt. why doesn't borisjohnson it does seem like a hunt. why doesn't boris johnson talk about tory policies for the general election and not have a go at the labour leader? his wife seems to wa nt to labour leader? his wife seems to want to avoid the attention. this is an awkward moment for labour. are you worried it is turning into a personality contest? it is what the tories try

. >> i'm poppy harlow. >> at this hour begins right now. >>> hello, i'm kate baldwin, following breaking news with the crisis in syria and continued provocations from north korea, rex tillerson may have the toughest job in the world right now. and is today facing his toughest meeting yet. arriving in moscow, sitting down with russian leaders hours after criticizing rush should's support of dictator bashar al assad, and defending missile strikes last week. even before rex tillerson landed, russia was already striking back. and the russian foreign ministry says relations with the u.s. have not been this bad since the end of the cold war. what can tillerson really do? let's get over to michelle kaczynski in moscow now. so this appears to be the first time putin has not planned to meet with a visiting secretary of state. is that in and of itself supposed to send a message? what are you hearing? >> definitely. that's a huge thing. to the point that originally the state department had it pencilled in on secretary tillerson's schedule that he was going to meet with putin after he met with lavro

i'm poppy harlow. we are less than an hour away from a transition that will have decades of impact on the law of the land. justice neil gorsuch will take his second and final oath to become the junior most justice on the high court. now, gorsuch takes a seat on the bench after a largely partisan fight over his confirmation. his victory was secured by republicans deploying the so-called nuclear option requiring only a simple majority. 51 votes to confirm him. a move that will likely change the senate as we know it forever. ariana begins at the supreme court. this is a very big day. they just wrapped up and we're waiting for photos of that private swearing in and then the next one, ethe public one in th rose garden with the president. >> it has been more than a year since antonin scalia died and now gorsuch is taking the oath. he has taken the constitutional oath. his family was there and his wife held the family bible and his kids were there. all the justices and most of the spouses were there,er includ

. >> i'm poppy harlow.mocrats in suburban atlanta are lamenting a victory that has slipped away, a seat that has been held by republicans since jimmy carter was in the white house. john ossoff, all that matters is he didn't win. he didn't get a simple majority and therefore no victory. he faces a june runoff against the leading republican karen handel and she'll have the full

. >> i'm poppy harlow. >> at this hour begins right now. >>> hello, i'm kate baldwin, following breakingsyria and continued provocations from north korea, rex tillerson may have the toughest job in the world right now. and is today facing his toughest meeting yet. arriving in moscow, sitting down with russian leaders hours after criticizing rush should's support of dictator bashar al assad, and defending missile strikes last week. even before rex tillerson landed, russia was already striking

time for "cnn newsroom" with poppy harlow. good morning. >> good morning.ow how many hours i was asleep before "saturday night live" even went on on saturday? >> me, too. >> you've got the baby, you've got the new gig. on the up side, at least you finally got rid of that side kick guy. >> where did john berman go? >> who? >> my goodness. who? >> he'll be on four other shows today. >> it's my little girl's first birthday. happy birthday, baby sienna. >> happy birthday to her. >> have a great day, guys. let's get started. >>> good monday morning. this morning at the supreme court, history

time for cnn news room with poppy harlow and john berman. good morning, you guys. >> good morning. this morning. let's get right to it. >> top of the hour, 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> we have breaking news this morning. a fiery reception for ivanka trump, the first daughter on her first official overseas trip, maybe her first foreign controver controversy. she is in germany on a packed schedule. >> of course she is not -- there not just as a blood relative as the president but an official advisor to him and the white house. moments ago she was greeted with tough questions about what does she actually do and who does she actually work for. listen. >> the german audience is not that familiar with the concept of a first daughter. i'd like t

cnn news room with poppy harlow and john berman picks up right after the break. please stay with cnn. but first things first- timcall trugreen,ed. america's #1 professional lawn care company. millions of homeowners like you trust us to give them a lawn they can live on. start your trugreen lawn plan today for only $29.95. z282uz zwtz y282uy ywty >>> all right. we begin this morning with breaking news. russian aircrafts have flown in alaska air space. they proceeded to fly into canadian air spas. unknown whether the u.s. scrambled my jets in response. let's bring in ryan brown to join us with the details. ryan, what are you learning? >> reporter: these russian bombers nuclear capable bombers flew 700 miles off -- 700 nautical miles off the coast of anchorage. they are a violation of what's called the air defense identi identification zone and the u.s. tends to respond to that and escort these planes out of the area. now, again, this is the fourth in as many days. previous to this, the last time they approached the u.s. was in 2015. so u.s. defense officials are se

john berman and poppy harlow continue our special coverage right now. >> please raise your right handr me. >> i donald john trump do solemnly swear -- from now b it's going to be america first -- that i will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. we've eliminated jock-destroying regulations. and will to the best of my ability -- who knew health care could be to difficult? a judge has just blocked our executive order for jobs. the discussion of the united states. >> the newest member of

time for cnn news room with poppy harlow and john berman. good morning, you guys. >> good morning. we have a lot of news this morning. let's get right to it. >> top of the hour, 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> we have breaking news this morning. a fiery reception for ivanka trump, the first daughter on her first official overseas trip, maybe her first foreign controver controversy. she is in germany on a packed schedule. >> of course she is not -- there not just as a blood relative as the president but an official advisor to him and the white house. moments ago she was greeted with tough questions about what does she actually do and who does she actually work for. listen. >> the german audience is not that familiar with the concept of a first daughter. i'd like to ask you. what is your role? and to whom are you representing, your father as the president of the united states, the american people or your business? >> well, certainly not the latter. and i am rather unfamiliar with this role as well as it is quite new to me. >> and it got a little bit more uncomfortable when there seemed to be j

. >> i'm poppy harlow., president vladimir putin spoke about the dire terms back and forth with the united states saying quote the working lev

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. >> i'm poppy harlow. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we do have breaking news this morning. next hour, the u.n. security council will hold a meeting on the air strikes and the ongoing crisis in syria. moments ago we also learned that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will hold an all senators briefing today with all of the developments. russia and syria, assad's regime, firing off criticism at the united states after the president's decision to unleash a wave of military air strikes overnight. [ explosion ] russia, which has helped syria's president bashar al assad calling america's military action an act of aggression and warning that the risk of a u.s./russia collision in syria has "significantly increased." now, overnight, u.s. warships in the mediterranean launched 59 tomahawk cruise missiles against the same syrian air base that the united states says president assad used to launch that deadly chemical attack that killed dozens, including children. >> the strikes targeted syrian aircraft, fuel, ammunition storage, and this was

. >> time for "cnn newsroom" with poppy harlow and john berman. >> mazing story.s to so let's get started. >> good monday morning. gigantic contrast between big and small, a lot and a

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. >> i'm poppy harlow. happy friday to all of you. new this morning, moment of impact. the pentagon released this dramatic video of the largest nonnuclear bomb ever deployed by u.s. forces. the 10-ton bomb took out dozens of isis fighters in afghanistan and destroyed their tunnels and hiding caves. that blossoming mushroom cloud you see visible from some 20 miles away. >> but the intended audience may be all the way across the continent with north korea maybe just hours away from a new nuclear test. is this confrontational dictator paying attention to president trump's second military action in a week? >> i don't know if this sends a message. it doesn't make any difference if it does or not. north korea's a problem. the problem will be taken care of. i will say this, i think china has really been working very hard. >> reporter: cnn's barbara starr is at the pentagon for us. good morning to you, barbara. the thought being this sends a signal, the dropping of this moab bomb to north korea. is north korea sending a signal right back to president trump? >> reporter: well, l

. >> i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm john berman. "at this hour" with kate bolduan continues now. >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. georgia was on everyone's minds yesterday and it still is today and likely will be for the next two months now. this, of course, after a very close call or was it a wake-up call for republicans and a near miss for democrats in the georgia special election? the 30-year-old newcomer jon ossoff just missing the 50% mark. we'll show you up here the 50% mark to take -- to win outright and take over the congressional seat republicans have held there for decades and now also faces a runoff against republican karen handel and get ready for a rumble the political parties and the white house are putting muscle into. did democrats blow the chance to flip a red seat blue? are they vulnerable in places where they had been rock solid and how does handel handle president trump? in case you're wondering, yes, the president did tweet about this and did weigh in saying he was glad to help in a tweet in the race. cnn'

. >> and i'm poppy harlow. it's getting tense this morning. russian president vladimir putin firing off at the u.s. one day before secretary of state rex tillerson meets with his russian counterpart. tillerson right now in the air on his way to moscow for this high-stakes meeting with sergey lavrov. a short time ago he ripped russia and its steadfast support to have syria, even after last week's chemical attack on civilians. >> he condemned russia for breaking its promise to the world that would eliminate chemical weapons years ago. >> -- demonstrate that russia has failed in its responsibility to deliver on its 2013 commitment. it is unclear whether russia failed to take this obligation seriously or russia has been incompetent, but this distinction doesn't much matter to the dead. we can't let this happen again. >> the distinction doesn't much matter from the dead. those words coming from the secretary of state moments ago. and in breaking news, vladimir putin speaking. first, let's go to italy. cnn's nic robertson is there. you herd him a sh

. >> i'm poppy harlow. it is tax day in america. have you filed?trump administration facing new concerns over a lack of transparency, not just about the president not releasing his tax returns. >> yeah, also on the list of things you will not learn -- who is visiting the white house, who is golfing with the president. and that may just be the beginning. what we do know is that the president is going to wisconsin today. he's trying to turn the focus

as we've been hearing, the labour leader has been out campaigning in harlow and has been talking aboutto build a million homes overfive years, half of which would be council houses. but the conservatives say they are the party with a clear plan for affordable housing. so how do the figures stack up? chris morris, of reality check, has been looking at the numbers for us. we can expect all the political parties to come out with pledges and targets on how many houses they plan to build throughout the course of the next parliament. but it's a notoriously difficult area of policy to get right. so, as we know, labour's now pledged to build one million homes over the next five years, half of them affordable, council and housing association homes to rent or buy. is that realistic? well, since the 19705 there have been on average 160,000 new homes built each year in england. last year, that figure fell to 140,000 in england and the figure for the whole of the uk was 168,000. but a government white paper, published if february, said the consensus is that we need to build from 225,000 to 275,000