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really not lifting sentiment much because even if you are seeing some relief at the pump, which most americans are, youre not seeing it anywhere else. were not seeing it at the grocery store, not seeing it practically anywhere else in your day, and thats reflected in the latest reading. >> americans remain quite sad about the state of things. but we also keep buying things. so is this retail therapy, is it something more nuanced? what is it? >> i think it depends on who youre talkin...

Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. The boston globe was the first to expose a program called quiet skies. Involving marshals tracking american citizens to gather data on their travel behaviors. The goal is to thwart any aviation threats. Marshals are looking for abnormal awareness of surroundings, excessive fidgeting and rubbing or if you slept during your flight. Something i always do. Im a sweater who sleeps a lot on the plane. They are keeping their eye on dave...

That killed at least three people, the russian defense ministry says they do believe these are ukrainian made, perhaps a not-so-subtle signal to moscow that ukraine is working to strike farther than just the front lines here in ukraine. >> cnns will ripley reporting for us from kyiv. will, thank you very, very much. stay safe over there. joining us, the cnn military analyst, retired general wesley clark. general, thanks for joining us. if ukraine was indeed behind these strikes on these russia...

Developments, looks like that will be the conditions that he continues to live in for quite sometime. rosemary? >> well be watching this story very closely. cnns will ripley reporting there live from hong kong. many thanks to you as always. >> all right. still ahead this hour, a winter storm that is causing all sorts of problems for the southern part of the united states and that storm also turning deadly. we have the forecast ahead. stay with us. 4-w-p is more than a store.

Program. im will ripley reporting from north korea. turning now to u.s. politics and the critical midterm elections this november. former u.s. president barack obama was in california on saturday campaigning for democrats hoping to retake control of the u.s. house of representatives. unlike his short critique of donald trump, mr. obama never mentioned the current u.s. president by name. but everyone knew exactly who and what he was referring to. >> the biggest threat to us is not one individua...

As he continues to work to diplomacy with president trump. denuclearization talks have been difficult because north korea is not displaying the weapons doesnt mean they are getting rid of them. in fact, they stated they dont believe kim jong-un plans to fully denuclearize any time soon. he was standing here with xi jinping. and hell meet with the south korean president soon with moon ji-in. north korea is making a change when it comes to the nuclear program. im will ripley reporting from north k...

Members of the victims frustrated and in tears. we have cnns will ripley reporting live from hong kong. hey, will. >> reporter: dave, it is hard to believe it has been 1,616 days when mh-370 disappeared. we have a 495-page report with no details of what caused the 777 to go down presumably in the indian ocean. was it so catastrophic failure where the pilots tried to save the plane and cannot make it home or something more sinister? they searched the crew members and passengers and found no indic...

Barracks, observation buildings, that sort of thing. there were no international experts with us in this group so there weres there was nobody who could look at the explosions and tell us if they were actually deep enough to destroy the tunnels or if they were simply just closing up the entrances to the tunnels. those are the kinds of questions that we as journalists cant really answer but we took many, many pictures, lots of video and as soon as we get back within range our communications are i...

The death toll has remained steady. a tremendous human cost here, rosema rosemary. people want solutions. >> of course, our will ripley reporting there from the devastation in tianjin, china. for the first time in nearly a decade, u.s. soldiers will actually be joining firefighters battling raging wildfires in western states. soldiers from a base in washington state will be sent to the fire lines. about 95 fires have destroyed hundreds of homes, burned more than 1 million acres or 445,000 hect...

Blast site saturday triggered fears are of toxic smoke billowing back into populated areas. bus loads of families brought to this emergency shelter. hundreds on the ground still dont know the list of toxins. there are a lot of questions about a lack of oversight. >> chinese personnel at this site interrupted our live report. the government has sensored critical news reports and media posts, fueling reports of a cover-up. >> turn off your camera. >> thats will ripley reporting for you. israeli ...