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former president trump heading back to court today. secretary of state antony blinken speaking now in da boats. and the call that sparked an fbi investigation into roger stone. what he allegedly said about assassinating two democratic lawmakers. well let you hear it for yourself. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. im kasie hunt. its wednesday, january 17th. its 5:00 a.m. in washington and also 5:00 a.m. in new hampshire. republican candidates r...

People into another bloody and unwinnable war. Haynes was helping to provide humanitarian relief in syria when he was abducted last year, march 2013. The 44yearold is a longtime aide worker who has helped victims of conflict since 1999. Thats according to a parisbased relief organization. Joining me now, Senior International correspondent Nic Robertson, cnn military analyst, rick francona. National security analyst bob baer and chief National Security correspondent, jim sciutto also joining us a...

Mentioned this intelligence assessment determined that north korea has the ability to miniaturize Nuclear Weapons and fit them on to a ballistic missile. This hasnt been tested yet. This is just an assessment. It would mark Significant Development in the countrys Nuclear Weapons program following last months test of two icbms that could reach the u. S. Mainland. This is just one development. We saw that warning from pyongyang directed at guam in response to the flight of the b1 bombers. Pyongyan...

Military analyst cedrick leighton joining us from the lovely town of san antonio, texas. >> good morning. >> thank you very much for being with us. >> this has been an odd week for north korea. you get a 15-0 vote at the u.n. with both china and russia agreeing with the rest of the world that this has to be stopped. the president takes the rhetoric to this level threatening the north koreans that if they continue to threaten the u.s., the u.s. will act. does this undo, undermine, stop any sort o...

Formulating not only intelligence policy but overall policy toward north korea. it has been a challenge that has really plagued us since the early 1950s. the issue that general clapper raised is one that really gets to the heart of the matter. we have to be very careful with how we discuss these kind of things. the fact of the matter is, we are talking about something that is a report of a capability. it is not the use of the capability and it is not something that results from that use of the c...