News out of the San Francisco area. More than 50,000 people are out of power right now after an earthquake with a 6. 0 magnitude over the bay area this morning. The epicenter five miles north of napa county. There have been gas line breaks and water main breaks and reports of fires and a Medical Center reports many medical injuries. Stay with msnbc for the latest. Now to the latest in ferguson, missouri. Tomorrow, Michael Browns parents will bury their child. It will have been more than two weeks since he was killed by a Ferguson Police officer. Tomorrow, Michael Brown will be remembered as a son, a grandson, as a cousin, as a big brother and as a friend. He will likely be remembered as someone who was quiet and gentle with a sharp sense of humor, who loved music, particularly hiphop, and who planned to own his own business. The man child who was 64, but had a baby face. A kid who had struggled, but still managed to graduate from High School Just a week before his death. Catching up on
First place . Wolf blitzer is on assignment. Im brianna keilar. Youre in the situation room. Our top story, three americans held by north korea issue a plea for help. North korea eased its extraordinary secrecy enough to give cnns will ripley unprecedented access to the three detainees one of whom is serving hard time at a labor camp. Will ripley was working on several stories when officials suddenly gave him the chance to meet with the americans. Heres his report. Mr. Bae, will ripley with cnn. This is a moment we never expected during a cnn trip to north korea, officials take us to a secret location for a surprise interview with kenneth bae, the american missionary is serving 15 years hard labor for what north korea call achristian plot to undermine the government. Can you tell me about the conditions at the labor camp in. Condition in labor camp is im working eight hours a day, six days a week and working agricultural work to other hard labor, that is required to do every day. Do yo
About him. Other than that he shows up on the isis propaganda video that was released september 19th. About 55 minutes into the video. He can be seen, hes wearing a mask, camouflage, he has a shoulder holster. Hes in the city that claims to be in a city in northern syria. The fbi is trying all the techniques at its disposal to figure out who he is. Theyre asking for public help hoping somebody will perhaps see him, recognize him from his body build, face, whatever they can see from it. Maybe they knew someone who recently went to syria to join up with isis. Or perhaps theyll recognize the sound of his voice. They posted a roughly two minute excerpt on their website. An excerpt from the isis propaganda video. Theyre asking people to give them any information about him or indeed anyone else that somebody might suspect has recently gone to syria or recently returned from there. And, pete, i was brought back to your extraordinary reporting during the boston bombing. The fbi asked the publi
Something that hardly ever happens on chinese soil. In a deal forged by the worlds two largest economies, and its biggest polluters to combat Climate Change, president obama and chinese president xi unveiled an aggressive plan to cut Greenhouse Gases. This is an ambitious goal, but achievable. The u. S. Would cut a third of its carbon emission levels set in 2005 by the year 2025. China would have until 2030 to level off its emissions. The climate accord may be the boldest sign yet of the president s determination to bolster u. S. Ties with china at a time when hes putting heads with russias vladimir putin. The United States welcomes the continued rise of a china thats peaceful, prosperous and stable. Mr. Obama and xi went on to take questions. One from an american journalist. Rare on chinese soil. High drama, the chinese president initially ignored the questi question. Then xi conceded the countrys human rights record is not perfect. China has made enormous progress on its human rights
Plus, hostage review. President obama ordering a comprehensive review of our policy against negotiating with terrorists. Should American Families be thrown in jail for trying to pay a ransom . And whiteout. A third of america, a third of america, snowcovered and shivering harsh winter winds set to break records for millions of us. 49 of 50 states waking up below freezing this morning. Lets talk. Live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. We begin this hour with breaking news out of the middle east. Two men armed with knives and axes storm into a jerusalem synagogue and hack away at worshippers. Four israeli civilians are killed and just over an hour ago, we learned three of those victims were israeli americans and because of that, the fbi will launch an investigation of its own. Lets head to ben wedeman, hes live in jerusalem with more for you. Hi, ben. Hi, carol. Yes, the Israeli Emergency Services received a call at 7 00 in the mo