Martin luther king jr. Moments ago Homeland Security jeh johnson laid a wreath at memorial in washington, d. C. The irony of today is that mrs. Kings dream of a National Holiday for her husband has become a reality. Dr. Kings dream of a world at peace with itself has not. In 2015 hatred violence and poverty still enhabit our nation and our planet. The good news is that there are many angels among us who also inhabit this planet and inspire us all to do better. Vice President Biden will deliver remarks very soon honoring dr. King at an event hosted by the organization of minority women in his home state of delaware. Well be waiting for that. Also today in the nations capital, the ninth annual mlk peace walk takes place as americans across the country commemorate dr. Kings 86th birthday. Joining me mistranscorrespondent Chris Jansing. A very good mlk day to you and to the country, how will he observe this important day . Reporter a tradition a day of service. When bill clinton signed thi
Im here to advance peace, to promote security, and to work with you to achieve a truly free and open indo pacific where we are proud and we have sovereign nations, and we thrive, and everybody wants to prosper. This year we mark 40 years of friendship and cooperation between the United States and this organization. Its a long time. I also want to congratulate asean on 50 years of promoting peace and prosperity and stability in Southeast Asia and in the broader indopacific region. Rodrigo, i would like to commend you on your success as asean chair at this very critical moment in time, and in the associations history, such an important event. And i want to thank you for your incredible hospitality and the show last night, the talent at that show, i assume mostly from the philippines was fantastic, thank you. And you were fantastic, also very much from the philippines. [ applause ] we couldnt tell the difference. I send the people of the philippines warm greetings from the people of the U
Im cyril vanier. Youre watching cnn newsroom. This is cnn breaking news. And we begin with that breaking news from iran where Officials Say the death toll stands now at least 207 People Killed after a powerful earthquake struck near the iraniraq border. More than 700 people were injured. And in iraq at least 700 people are confirmed dead and 300 injured. The 7. 3 magnitude quake was felt throughout the region. Lets bring in cnns Jomana Karadsheh right off the top. She joins us from aman, jordan. She is monitoring the searchandrescue efforts. First off, what can you tell us right now about what is going on in iran and on iraq . Well, cyril, as you mentioned, this was such a powerful earthquake that it was felt in so many Different Countries around the region. While we didnt feel it here in jordan so, many other countries reported feeling this squak. As you mentioned, it was mostly it hit the iraniraq worder region. It is the Western Province of kermanshah that seems to be the hardest hi
Watts and in washington, msnbc special correspondent, kasie hunt, host of kasie d. C. We have four stories, well show you how the gop is reacting to the story that trump sought to fire special counsel Robert Mueller. And Stormy Daniels is cooperating with the feds in their probe of Donald Trumps personal attorney. Is a frontpage story in the times, the fbi drilling down on payments to women who claim they had affairs with donald trump. Thats reportedly one of the reasons agents raided Michael Cohens office. Meanwhile, russia moves to sideline American Drones in syria. Plus hes not promising fire and fury, but President Trump is signaling a tough response to the chemical weapons attack there last weekend. But when will he pull the trigger . A lot of questions this morning, joe. A lot of questions. Its interesting you start with the Richard Nixon donald trump mashup. Its interesting when Richard Nixon was sitting there saying its time to bring this investigation to an end. That was in ja
Good morning. Im garrett haake. You are watching our coverage of the fallout from the u. S. Airstrike that killed iranian commander quassam solemani. We have all the latest developments from the middle east to washington. We start with this. Take a look at these large protests on the streets of iran, crowd for soleimanis funeral procession. Memorial services are expected to last all the way into tues y tuesday. And emotions are high in irans parliament, government officials there chanting death to america during a session to discuss the u. S. Airstrike that killed soleimani calming it a military act of terrorism. Meanwhile, about 3,000 troops from the armys 82nd Airborne Division will son be on the ground in kuwait, members of a response force. Protesters took to new york and d. C. To sound the alarm about a potential war with iran. White house officials notified of the strike under the war powers act and then defended the operation. There is no dispute here that soleimani had been ver