Also two close calls between airliners and drones near a new york airport. Just what dangers do these machines pose to flying passenger jets. From cnn world had headquarters in atlanta, im George Howell. This is cnn newsroom. Good day to you. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. We start this hour with the latest on mh370 and that plane debris that was found on a Remote Island in the indian ocean. It washed ashore at reunion island and now that piece of debris is in a french lab in toulouse france. It arrived on saturday. Investigators wont start looking at it until wednesday. Their goal is to determine whether it might belong to Malaysia Airlines flight 370. That as youll remember has been missing since march of last year. A source close to the investigation says a preliminary report could be released as early as next week. If it is from mh370 this would be the first piece of physical evidence from that flight and it could provide much needed clues to
Im john berman. It is monday july 27th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. Christine romans is off today. History unfolding in africa. President obama becoming the first sitting u. S. President to visit ethiopia. He will meet with the Prime Minister. Topping the agenda fighting the al shabaab in south sudan. And alleging Human Rights Violations. This follows the twoday trip to kenya. Lets get the latest from abba ababa. Reporter good morning, john. There was a 21gun salute that could be heard across the capital. He will be sitting down with the Prime Minister. He is also sitting with the National Security adviser susan rice. They will be discussing trade relations with ethiopia. Ethiopia is one of the Fastest Growing african economies and according to the world bank the worlds Fastest Growing economy within the next four years. Up to 11 growth every year. Also topping the agenda is security. This is off the back of a terror attack in mogadishu. That Suicide Attack by al shabaab. This region is a
Im isa soares and this is cnn newsroom. We want to begin this hour in tianjin in china, where a new fire has erupted near the site of wednesdays deadly chemical explosions. Now, the blaze ignited a few hours ago, sending thick plumes, as you can see, of black smoke right into the sky. China staterun news is also reporting explosions were heard today in this area, and authorities have expanded their evacuation zone around the site of the disaster. For the very latest, lets bring in our correspondent, will ripley, live from tianjin in china. Will, in looking at these images, the zone is clearly a very volatile area. We see you with your mask on. What are you hearing from experts on the ground and authorities there as to what led to these explosions . Reporter well, theres a lot of different chemicals that are being stored at that site, isa, and theyre still adding to the list, and theyre names that people might or might not recognize sodium cyanide, calcium carbide, volatile, organic com
Cheering donald trump tuesday night at his First Campaign event since last weeks debate. The billionaire president ial candidate gave the keynote address at a public fundraiser in birchrun, michigan. He leads in iowa at 17 and followed by marco rubio and scott walker. At the michigan event, trump declared he can win despite recent controversies even he can win, he says, with women and hispanics. We are going to do very well with the hispanic vote and we are going to do great with the women vote. If you look at the poll in nevada, im leading the poll. I create jobs. I have created tremendous numbers of jobs. I think we are going to do great. And then the Womens Health issues, im for that. I watched jeb bush give the worst answer the other day. I think that is going to be his 47 . Now he then went and he said, he misspoke. How do you misspeak about that . I will be great on Womens Health issues. I cherish women. And i will be great on Womens Health issues. Believe me. Cnn politics report
Explosives detonated at an outdoor market near baghdad. And donald trump igniting another firestorm after criticizing the u. S. Military service of john mccain. From cnn World Headquarters here in atlanta im george howell. This is cnn newsroom. Good day to you and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. We begin here in the United States in a state of tennessee where we are learning more about a text message that a gunman reportedly sent right before going on a shooting rampage. Mohammed abdulazeez opened fire at a military recruiting office and at a nearby navy reserve center. A friend of his who is choosing to remain anonymous, saying he received a text message from abdulazeez before the attack. The text links to a verse from the ckoran. Officials are now reporting that abdulazeez obtained one of his weapons on line but that he got an ak47 and shotgun legally and had a handgun registered in his name. Three of the weapons were found on abdulazeez after h