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CNNW CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield September 23, 2017

Instead its iran. This after irans president called President Trumps rhetoric ignorant and absurd. Trump tells Football Players who kneel the nfl hits back showing trump shows a lack of respect for the league. The controversy exploding. Thats all ahead in the news room. Were following breaking news out of north korea and iran. Two mysterious seismic events, separate events that have been detected near the area of north Koreas Nuclear site. The cause unclear. A Nuclear Watchdog group says neither or the quake does not appear to be manmade. Two south korean Officials Say so far the Analysis Shows it was a natural earthquake. One official says there is a quote slim possibility the seismic activity was caused by the collapse of a nuclear test site. President trump flaming his war of words with north korea during a Campaign Rally for a Alabama Senate candidate. The president once again taking aim at the north korean deck ta tors nuclear ambitions. Listen. We cant have madmen out there shooting rockets all over the place. By the way, rocket man should have been handled a long time ago. Meanwhile, in defiance of the u. N. And President Trump, iran is flexing its nuclear capabilities. Iran testing a new Ballistic Missile that is capable of carrying multiple cwarheads and reaching u. S. Allies. We have all of this covered with correspondents around the globe. Le lets begin with ramin. Good to see you. Is this iran missile test a likely message to the president of the United States after his words at the u. N. . Yes, it is. Its showing United States of america and especially Trump Administration in postspeech at u. N. Iran wants to show it doesnt try to be obedient to any outside pressure. It is flexing muscles and give a lesson to trump. Is this likely the end of the missile test . Was that just kind of one to send a strong message from iran or more plans or to Say Something more bigger about the iran deal . It gives some hint to the iran deal because we see iranian side, iran wants to prove that nuclear deal is not renegotiatable but is ready for grand bargain for more negotiation about anything but nuclear deal. Even missile test can be negotiated but on different ageneral daje agenda and different way. Not the way america wants to impreez pressui impose pressure on iran. Thank you so much for your time. Meantime, eyes on north korea today where seismic activity was detected in the area where the country has conducted nuclear test in the past. The magnitude 3. 5 was felt in the region early this morning and seismic activity is the first time they have conducted nuclear test. What more do we know about the gut instincts of experts there in south korea . They believe it was natural occurrence. They believe the weves show it has to be natural. They say its a different pattern if its man made. The interesting fact is it happened just more than three and a half miles from where nuclear test number six happened. This is where they carried out a number. In fact, all of those nuclear tests. This is why theres been so much analysis, so much discussion going on. 3. 5 magnitude earthquake is not unusual in north korea. Over the past few months we have seen a couple of events like this. The fact its so close to where north korea, just a matter of weeks ago carried out that nuclear test number six has concerned people. At this point, south korean officials believes it was a natural occurrence. Of course, theres been increased tensions between the u. S. And north korea. Weve had the north Korean Foreign minister suggesting there could be a Hydrogen Bomb test over the pacific ocean. Weve had that direct message from the north Korean Leader to the u. S. President over the last day or so. Of course, tensions are high. Thats why this is being focused on so much closer. Unless we hear otherwise from the u. S. Geological survey, till waiting for their answer, the koreans believe it was natural. Thanks so much. We are watching the floor of the United Nations where various country leaders are speaking right now. Rhetoric between President Trump and north korea continues to escalate via tweet and otherwise north koreas state media today referring to trumps you thiuni nations speech as rubbish. The war of words getting personal between trump and kim jongun. Trump calling the leader sort of whacko, a mad man, rocket han. Hes said it while on the floor there at the u. N. Hes talked about it via tweet and in alabama last night. Kim jongun has called trump a barking dog, mentally deranged and a dotard meaning a lunatic. Hes called him other things as well. Richard, north koreas foreign minister already said this week that potentially there could be bomb tested over the pacific. I cant say for sure. I think its likely that the foreign minister of north korea who has been around the u. N. Will return verbal fire. I cant believe that he will let pass the invective hurled by President Trump last tuesday. Those words you put up on the screen, not the average tone here during u. N. General Assembly High levels speakers week which has been the super bowl for diplomacy. Obviously, the stakes have gone wide open here. The north Korean Foreign minister is scheduled to speak in about an hour and a half, two hours. He also meets later today at the u. N. With the secretary general. One of the angles that people who think theres some hope in brokering an accord think the secretary general could be the honest, neutral broker. Hes offered his services but no one is taking him up on that so far. Fred. We will wait. About an hour, hour and a half from now more from the foreign minister. Thank you so much. Always good to see you. Appreciate it. Next, a fight is breaking out between the top man in politics and several top ath lets in this country. Why steph curry and lebron james are going on offense against the president of the United States, next. Its not just the nba. The nfl is in the cross hairs as well. Wouldnt you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now. And found this. Cds, baseball cards. Your old magic set . And this wrestling ticket. Which you still owe me for. Seriously . 25 . I didnt even want to go. Ahhh, your diary. Mom says its totally natural. 25 is nothing. Abracadabra, bro. The bank of america mobile banking app. The fast, secure and simple way to send money. Tmobiles unlimited now includes netflix on us. Thats right, netflix on us. Get four unlimited lines for just forty bucks each. Taxes and fees included. And now, netflix included. So go ahead, binge on us. 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They all ran out to safer ground. It has i was saying, as everything normalized and im going to bring my voice down because we have seen this in other locations and we have seen it here. When ever rescuers raise their fists up into the air, that means that they presumably have seen signs of life. I believe they are continuing their operations and using machinery again. Just to let you know, when ever rescue workers raise their fists up in the air, they believe they have found life or listening for signs of life. This is the first time this morning that we have seen that happen. As you see its a very active scene. A lot of rescue workers on top of that mountain of rubble trying to get to the people down below. There is a list of about 50 people who are missing. A lot of their families are in the tent city. They are hoping and praying they will get good news. This morning is the first time rescuers started using big machinery. They are using cranes to remove the biggest chunk of debris. That is giving them some hope to see this crane removing the big pieces of the top roof i cant begin to explain how fragile this situation is. The Family Members are still alive and well inside. Rosa, you did a great job touching on that moment when everyone is encouraged to be quiet so they can zero in on any potential sounds. Explain a little bit further how that goes and the level of cooperation in the area to allow searchers to try to zero on in on any sound they may hear from the flattened mass. Let me ta let. Reporter let me take you through it. Ive talked to some of the volunteers on the rubble when that happens. They will hear someone, one of the volunteers or one of the rescue workers scream out silence. I need silence. I believe i hear signs of life. That triggers everyone else thats there to raise their fists up high. As soon as that happens, its almost like a wave because it starts with the rescuers and then it grows to everyone around this community. You will see us whisper. You will see everybody around here whether its police officers, volunteers, friends, Family Members. Theres people who are bringing food to make sure the workers and volunteers can continue working. Everybody is silent. Its an incredible sight to hear because you can almost hear a pin drop. Thats the moment that people know these rescuers are listening for signs of life and also trying to follow those signs of life through this rubble. Its very critical and the response that we have seen here is incredible. You will not hear a thing and sometimes the only thing you hear are literally dogs barking. When you think of the size and magnitude of mexico city and its such a hustle and bustle and for do you hear a pin drop in the middle of the day is an incredible sight to see. Just that collective effort to try to find anyone who still maybe trapped more than four days now. Its an extraordinary effort. Thank you so much for bringing it to us from mexico city. 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The nfl commissioner saying divisive like these demonstrate an unfortunate lack of respect for the nfl, our great game and all of our players and a failure to understand the overwhelming force for good our clubs and players represent in our communities. The executive director of the Nfl Players Association also chiming in with a tweet this morning saying this quote we will never back down. We can no longer afford to stick to sports, end quote. Were covering this from all angles. We heard the president in alabama last night but what more now. What new messages from the president on this issue today . Reporter nothing new today on the specific question of the nfl players protesting by taking a knee during the National Anthem. Those remarks sparked a backlash, an on end off twitter not just by black athletes or black people but from across the racial spectrum. People who took issue not just with the president condemning these players for protesting peacefully, largely of africanamerican players protesting peacefully at nfl games but also the fact he used such harsh language calling them sons of bs which doesnt insult the players, it insults their mothers as well. Theres been a very harsh response. This is not just about the nfl. Its also about the nba. Listen to golden state ward yours guard explaining why he doesnt want to go to the white house to be honored his team won the nba championship. Here is what he had to say at the teams media day yesterday. Watch. We dont stand for basically what our president has, the things he said and the things that he hasnt said in the right times and we wont stand for it. By acting and not going hopefully that will inspire some change when it comes to what we tolerate in this country and what is accepted and what we turn a blind eye to. Reporter this morning on twitter one of them the president sent out a message saying steph curry is hesitating so the invitation is withdrawn. The president saying its an honor to be able to come and visit the white house. Listen to how another nba star cleveland cavalier star lebron james is responding to the president rescinding the invitation. You bum, steph curry already said he aint going to therefore aint no invite. Going to white house was a great honor until you showed up. Were looking at an escalating war of words between the president and black athletes and one thing that a lot of folk vs be have been pointing out. He had such passion when it comes to these nfl protest. He showed more passion in responding to that than he did responding to the neonazi and kkk members and supporters marching in charlotteville last month. We could see more protests, not fewer protests in response to the president s remarks. One more thing i want to mention. This is similar, in way, to what we saw last month with the Kennedy Center honors. Thats the annual reception each december honoring artists and performers. Several performers said they were not planning to attend the special white house reception in conjunction with that event and in the end the president and first lady decided they werent going to participate in any of the Kennedy Center festivities in order to allow the honorees to take part without political distraction. You have artist, performers and athlete who is are at odds with the president and dont see it a as great honor to be invited to his white house. That does put a lot into perfective too because youre now underscoring the divorcing of having any kind of facetoface encounters on very tenuous issues. Theyre not going away. It only seems to intensify. Thanks so much. Already. Good to see you. I have to say, this is sad, isnt it . Doesnt this seem very sad you have this kind of

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