so what did north korea accomplish with the claim? universal condemnation, talk of tougher sanctions. >> the united nations security council held an emergency meeting today about north korea's hydrogen bomb claim. and james bays has that story. >> reporter: in a typically staged announcement, it was said it be a proud achieve: the announcer seemed almost gleeful as she detailed the country's fourth nuclear test. this time she said a more powerful and advanced hydrogen bomb is being test. experts have cast doubt on that, but either way, it's a clear breach of international law. >> north korea's nuclear test is a serious threat to our international community and it absolutely can not be tolerated >> reporter: north korea at this time carrying out or at least attempting the nuclear test. it's a country where one man has all of authority. and kim jong un signed off on the test. it's to be for his birthday. it's believed that he will turn 32 on friday. in new york, the u.n. security council was hastily convened. the ambassadors condemned n

more now on north korea's nuclear test. many experts are debating why pyongyang chose to carry out the test now. brian todd has some possible answers. >> with an explosion the size of a moderate earthquake and the unattainable glee of a news anchor, kim jong un makes his rivals shutter and sends intelligence agencies scrambling. a senior u.s. official tells cnn north korea's nuclear test, whether it's a hydrogen bomb or not is very concerning. analysts give a stark assessment of change danger. north korea is moving towards a warhead that's miniaturized that can hit japan, guam, the american territory or perhaps hawaii or the west coast. that's where they're moving. and it they're doing it with impunity. >> from seoul to washington, officials are assessing kim's motives. one possibility, he's signaling his enemies who he sees everywhere. >> kim jong un is facing threats from all fronts. domestically, internally, from his elites. and so he has to be able to manage and control all of that internally. but, of course, there's al

north korea. hour is thethe founder and managing director at pimco. when we woke up this morning, there was a sense of, hydrogen bomb. initially, based on the market reaction there was an immediate uptake of shock and surprise. but the more we talked to experts, the more skepticism we are seeing. if you look at the vibrations and these isaac impact, it looks right now much smaller than we would expect a hydrogen bomb, they doesn't mean it is not a hydrogen bomb, but we need to agency. ifthey have developed an -- they have developed a hydrogen bomb, that would be very developed. but the market reaction right now in korea, after the initial selloff that we saw, actually now it is normal. is still a huge announcement, even if they haven't done it because they are claiming it to be. the relationship with china is very interesting, the president has been forthright about trying to keep north korea on board. it puts him into a difficult position. if we see more and more calls for sanctions on north kore

japan and south korea have expressed doubt over the claims from north korea. the test was announced on north korean television. >> reporter: people stood to watch what they had been told would be an important announcement. [ applause ] >> reporter: on queue, they cheered, the country's latest military success. state media showed north korean leader signing off on the order. he's a man who likes attention, particularly close to his birthday, which falls on january 8th. so this may have been his way of celebrating early. but it could take months or even years to prove if north korea really has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. it says it deserves to possess nuclear weapons to counter threats from the united states. around the region, leaders responded with familiar alarm. it was north korea's fourth nuclear test in ten years. >> translator: our government has to take decisive measures against any additional provocations by north korea, and work with the international community to make sure the isolated country says the price for its latest nuclear test. >> re

korea if not dominance of north korea. so, let us again, to the point that we applied the president of japan and policies that are going to ultimately bring more stability to that part of the world, let us condemn beijing for not using it influence in a way that would bring more influence and peace to that region. we need to work together on this , mr. chairman thank you for calling this hearing. i look forward to hearing more specifics and information for the witnesses that will help us develop our policy, now as we start into this new era. thank you. >> thank you. the gentleman from california. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you for that time for this hearing. a few weeks ago i had a chance to visit the republic of korea. visit with our troops and spend a few days run christmas with our troops, also visiting with the korean secretary. i also had a chance to go to the demilitarized zone and chat with our troops, see the republic of korea troops. the demilitarized zone is an oxymoron. this is the most heavily militari

with china as north korea's patron as a world where north korea isolates itself, where north korea doesn't have enough money why again would they be doing this? wouldn't they be wanting to say to china you're our oanld friend, let's kee only friend,let's keep on good ? >> north korea a pretty self-centered isolated place, china needs north korea for its own stability. they know that china cares in fact about north korean stability and they're betting that that desire to see north korea as a buffer, as a security buffer for china, will be sufficient to keep china in line and not be willing to do anything that would pull the plug on north korea. >> china's sowrchina's support for north korea militarily, financially, has helped keep the kim family in power despite overwhelming international criticism. but it doesn't need -- you were just describing what north korea might think china needs from it, but for economic reasons, china's trade with south korea is 296 billion as compared to $6 trillion. >> for china to come to the recognition that north korea engaging these kinds of provocative nucle

korea, if not dominance of north korea. so let us again, to the point that we applaud president abe for reaching out and policies that are going to openly bring more stability to that part of the world, let us condemn beijing for not using its influence in a way that would bring more stability and peace to that region. so we need to work together on this, and try to think of a coexisting. looking forward to hearing for specifics and information from the witnesses that will help us develop our policy now as we start into this new era. thank you. >> thank the gentleman from california. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for the timeliness of this hearing. a few weeks ago i the chance to visit the republic of korea, visit with our troops and spend a few days around christmas with our troops, also visiting with the korean foreign secretary's come national security folks, et cetera. also a chance to go up to the demilitarized zone and chat with our troops, see the republic of korea troops. the demilitarized zone is an oxymoro

as my nephew writes to me, north korea has had nukes since 20020. they set off another richter scale in 2013. i'm saying -- i will give you a facts don't fit the as negative market story. europe wasn't down 4%. south korea wasn't. that was barely down after being down 1% intraday. you can sell all you want, but if inflation low and we are hiring people but stanley fisher is saying don't expect four. i don't want to sell everything. i don't want to sell everything. i want to buy some things. is that bad? >> no, that's not bad. >> i want to buy google -- alphabet at 25 times, 24 times earnings. >> nobody is stopping you. >> no? >> no. >> i don't want to buy chipotle, but mcdonald's -- i like mcdonald's. i'll put a bag on my head and do some buying. >> we'll sit on the other side of the room when do you that. >> tom coughlin, that was right. pulli putting everything negative on the table. does pioneer break 115 or finish higher? should i look at disney and think because everyone is selling it i have to join the sellers? should i do that? >> no, you don

can impose on north korea. after he left office, the former secretary of state kurt campbell stated it would be possible to put more pressure on north korea, we can make it more currency through sanctions and he said he was surprised to find out that there were about 10 times as many sanctions on burma than on north korea. present obama and john kerry have made similar statements indicating that there are other measures we could impose, but have not. a fourth is that sanctions do not work. tougher measures were effective when applied. in 2002, the u.s. designated a bank as a money laundering concern for facilitating north korean and facilitated activities. as a result, washington related lawsbelated and enforcing and two dozen financial institutions voluntarily cut back business with north korea. a north korean negotiator admitted, you finally found a way to hurt us. instead with the u.s. should be doing is implementing the iran model against north korea. strong measures that induced iran, these measures are ne

has minimal leverage with north korea. but there will be moves to reassure allies in the region and hard questions about the policy going forward and you want to look at what china does. there has been a lot of speculation about when will china run out of patience with north korea and squeeze them truly economically to influence their decisions? and we haven't seen that to a agree that changes north korean behavior. whether this changes that we'll have to see. >> jim sciutto our chief analyst. north korea has conducted a nuclear test congress to pyongyang, specifically, a hydrogen bomb. we will update the developments as we get them. >>> we want to turn to the events in washington today. president obama saying he will take action on guns with or without congress. he made a passionate plea at the white house for america to come together and stop gun violence. introduced by mark barden whose son was killed in the massacre at sandy hook elementary school. we are bringing you the whole thing right now. it was an extraordinary

it'any north korea capability to use nuclear weapon, u.s. guarantee was stop any offensive action of a nuclear weapon. >> this is such an unstable regime, we should be worried about anything that it does in this particular field. but how far in your estimation, first division nuclear powers such as the united states, france, britain, but countries such as pakistan, india, israel? >> well, the probability of creating enough uncertainty in your opponent's mind that you could credibly destroy a large part of a city or inflict damage to it. so in terms of damage that can be done is quite academic. there is a strong believe in diminishing the terms. how much more damage do you need to be able to do? >> i suppose to wrap up this up, the fact that it is testing nuclear devices we should not really care at all whether it's a thermonuclear device or atomic bomb, the fact that it has this particular man in charge is worry enough. >> yes, any capability to destroy a large city, town or damage a section of a country is worrying. we do need to concern ou

over north korea. so the question is if there were to be further sanctions against north korea, china's role in that would be key because the oil, the food that north korea needs has to pass through china. so china will now be assessing what it should do. it is said in the past that it wants to avoid the korean peninsula being knew clee arised arised-- nuclearised. the big worry for the rest of the region, particularly the united states, in particular, is whether this test, this h bomb test today, could be the first step to bringing the north closer no developing a war head, a nuclear war head, that could be mounted on a long range missile that could reach the united states. that will be the big worry in the united states today >>> thank you. what exactly is a hydrogen bomb and how does it work? it's the most powerful type of nuclear bomb. in some cases it can reach more than 2,000 times the of the nuclear bombs which were dropped by the u.s. on the japanese cities in the 1940s. unlike atomic bombs whi

doubts have been growing about north korea's claims of a hydrogen bomb test. the strongest scepticism coming from its southern neighbor. first, our diplomatic editor with reaction from the united nations. >> reporter: in a typically staged manner, a crowd was arranged to mark what is considered in pyongyang ace proud achievement. the announcer on state tv seemed almost gleeful as she announced the country's further nuclear test. this time she said a more powerful and advanced hydrogen bomb had been tested. experts have cast doubt on that, but either way it is a clear breach of international law. -- breach of international law. >> it is a serious threat to our community and cannot be tolerated >> any nuclear test like the one that north korea conducted last night is provocative and a flagrant breach. >> reporter: what explanation the motivation of north korea in choosing this time to carry out or at least attempt a nuclear test. it is a country where one man has ultimate authority and he directly signed off on the test. there is speculation it was timed ahead o

can impose on north korea. after he left office, the former assistant secretary of state kurt campbell commented it would be possible for us to put more financial pressure on north korea. we can make life much more difficult through financial sanctions on north korea and he also pointed out he was surprised when he was in government to find out that there were about ten times as many sanctions on burma as north korea. president obama can the secretary of state and other officials made similar statements indicating there are other measures that u.s. could impose that hasn't. forth is that the sanctions don't work. as already pointed out, tough measures were effective when applied. in 2002 that u.s. designated the bank in asia as a money-laundering concern for facilitating the north korean illicit activities. as a result of a belatedly enforce its laws as well as the meetings by the officials throughout asia. two dozen financial institutions voluntarily cut back or terminated the business with north korea and the

so i think we ought to be aggressive in hitting north korea with what hurts them. >> north korea did provide nuclear technology to syria. they built a nuclear reactor, the israelis destroyed that back in 2007. they provided nuclear technology to pakistan, which now has a nuclear arsenal. is there evidence right now north korea which is hard pressed for cash is about to sell nuclear related technology to others? >> i don't know that there's evidence that they're on the cusp of doing so, but i certainly wouldn't put it past them. and that's something that we watch vigilant ly. the only linkage i would say, wolf, between north korea and iran is the agreement with iran i think because of the vigorous inspection regime pretty well cuts off iran's pathway to a bomb through the clandestine enrichment capability. if i were iran and wanted to cheat to make a bomb, i would buy it elsewhere. and here we're going to have to really watch north korea and make sure that iran doesn't seek to cheat by going to a country like north korea to get the finished product. >> congressman schiff, thanks very

doing business in north korea, chinese banks dealing with north korea. but that would involve targeting chinese economic entities and that, of course, risks angering beijing. if those steps were taken it might really hurt the north korean economy, although it's enough to know whether it would prompt a change in behavior. but that raises a whole other can of worms in serms of sino-american relations. soin creased sanctions, based on everything we've seen in cent years, are unlikely to change north korea's behavior. and that raises the question of, is there also some kind of diplomacy talking to the north to try to at least freeze, if not roll back, the nuclear program. the ending its nuclear program is the final goal. to freeze north capability and negotiation process at this point rather than allowing it to expand furtherer. but the flil process in the united states, barack obama under criticism for being weak and with the north koreans so difficult to deal with, that's unlikely as well. at the end of the day, i think the north is going to get away with

no one wants to go to war with north korea. but sanctions don't work and negotiations have not been successful and the u.s. is very uneasy getting back into them. so no options are good here. there's no good choices. >> this is not the first time north korea has conducted nuclear tests. our next guest spoke with nuclear scientists who insisted they work. >> august 1998, speem leader kim jong un is just 15 years old when his father, the leader kim jong il fires a multistage rocket over japan, demonstrating north korea's frightening potential to develop rockets that reach around the region. >> north korea claims nukes is its only lifeline to defend itself against the u.s. which it says is hell bent on toppling pyongyang. december 2012, in spite of u.n. resolutions condemning rocket launches, north korea fires what it calls a peaceful satellite into space. increased sanctions stoke the north's anger further. state media announcing a third nuclear test in february 2013. with each test, north korea gains valuable new knowledge. in m

now north korea is isolated. it's really isolated itself from the international community, including china. now, as we look forward, what we can look to is how does this play out in terms of military alliances. what china does not want is for the united states and its allies to continue to build up its own military presence in the asia pacific region but given the circumstances in north korea today, that is probably most likely going to be the case. ben: what about the united states? you're sitting there in washington. what sort of pressure can it bear? shihoko: the united states, president obama and john kerry in particular, has already come out with a statement strongly condemning the activities of north korea, is actually in the united nations as i speak trying to come up with a united front on this, as well. we will see coordination, as stated at the beginning, there had been coordinated efforts in the form of the six-party talk but that has been in the wayside the last few years. will we see a new form of si

north korea successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. the united states security council will meet today. >> european stocks down in early trade. u.s. futures pointing to a sharply lower open here at home. >> plus a little birdie says change is coming. why twitter should abandon it's 140 character limit. it's tuesday, january 6th, 2016 and you're watching worldwide exchange on cnbc. ♪ >> good morning and welcome to worldwide exchange. north korea successfully conducted it's first hydrogen bomb came. it came after a earthquake was reported during a nuclear test site. it will be the first nuclear test since 2013 and violates continuing un sanctions. let's check in on what this means for global markets. the futures pointing to a significant move downward. >> getting worse throughout the morning. this is a pattern on worldwide exchange. i don't know if it's us or the world. >> europe and asia, the u.s. reaction is bigger today than the european -- well, the european ones are worse as well. they're down 1.5% as you can see the dax and the c

friend of north korea. north korea is saying to the world, we're still around. maybe all the troubles in the middle east but you've got to deal with u. this is their fourth nuclear test since 2006. they obviously have nuclear weapons. they may have as many as ten. they are saying we will not have our nuclear weapons curved like you did like iran. were here to stay so i think it's important that we have a strong response but at the same time look at ways that we can find out where this new leader of north korea is coming from. whether he wants engagement or whether he just wants to continue this hostility swards the outside world. >> if confirmed, does this news tell us that north korea's nuclear program is far more advanced than we thought even yesterday? >> well, yell. if it's a -- well, yes. if it's a hydrogen bomb. the u.s. and russia are the only active testers that have taken place. in would be very, very serious. i seriously doubt whether this happened. because technologically, north korea still has w

armed north korea. so they're trying to thread the needle. i think there's a role for the united states to play here with some of our other close allies, with help create a japan, to get talks going. the resin we have -- the lesson we have learned in the past few years, as you've learned from the clinton years, when you talk to north korea, you can does constrain the program. we stopped the bomb program for eight years with the clinton plan. it is when you don't talk to them that they start building and testing and start firing missiles. you can't make the mistake that michael douglas made in fatal attraction with glenn close, thinking you can walk away from this problem. like glenn close, north korea will not be ignored. you sharetine ahn, do this assessment? >> i do. you one other thing that i think is important to put into geopolitical context is the u.s. pacific, to asia. although china may consider north korea to be a thorn in his side, they also does there also very concerned about the pivot to as

there was a period of engagement with north korea what was brief. what must be done. >> north korea to fully implement all regulation of security council and iaee. these resolutions expressed serious concerns and called on north korea to refrain from further such tests. iaea is ready to contribute to a peaceful resolution. we have the experience of conducting safeguards in north korea, and our inspectors are ready to go at short notice when requested. >> describe for us the plutonium process which we thought had been paid to and the uranium process that seems to be gathering a pace. >> the iaea does not have the inspectors on the ground now since april, 2009, but we're monitoring the situation through satellite imagery, and as i stated in september, we've observed the activities like the construction of light water reactors or operation of the five megawatt reactors, or expanding the enrichment facilities. in 2013, north koreans, stated that they will readjust and restart the nuclear activities. all of these combined make me have concerns, and that

they urged north korea to return to the six-party talks. china, of course, is about the only friend that north korea has right now. they have in the past been allies, but there have been deep strains in that relationship during the past few years, mainly because of north korea's nuclear program. china in the past has supported sanctions against north korea and, of course, it could be in that position once again if that is what the united nations decides to do >>> there are some fears, of course, that north korea without the restraining influence, if you like, of its closest ally china could become even more recalcitrant, but is there any doubt that the north koreans have done what they've actually claimed to have done? >> reporter: well, i think probably the south korean government and certainly the u.s. governments are deeply sceptical. they say it could take, you know, months, even years, to prove whether north korea really has tested a militarized h bomb. so it's going to be very hard to verify. two years ago north korea said it tested a

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ambassador to north korea. he says the world community must find a way to slow down the north's nuclear ambitions. >> i'm not sure saying we're going to respond with strategic patience is going to get us very far. i think what we're going to have to do is there will be a discussion in the u.n. and an effort to tighten sanctions, and i think further efforts with china and other countries, and i hope there will be some understanding that we have to somehow retard this program in the way that we did with the iranian program, and so i think we're going to have to really think very hard about what to do, because we can't just leave this one alone. i think the real issue is we need to find ways to make sure that program doesn't move forward as quickly as its been moving, and there are a number of ways to do that. technical issues. it's very sort of edge of your skis tough measures, but i don't think we can just let this thing continue to grow, because if they really exploded a hydrogen weapon, that is a very serious

response to north korea's claims? >> reporter: well, del, it seems pretty likely that north korea did in fact detonate a nuclear device underground. what seems highly dubious is it was the hydrogen bomb. when i talked to officials, the reaction ranged from highly skeptical to hey, it just didn't happen. and the reason why, is the blast, while very powerful, was very, very small for the range of nuclear weapons. as one official said, hydrogen bombs are measured in mega tons, regular atomic bombs are measured in kilo tons. there was a very small kiloton blast. by comparison, the first american successful test of a hydrogen bomb was 10 megatons. pentagon officials tell me they believe this test is more consistent with what was last done in 2006, and they say at this point, it doesn't seem to indicate that north korea has mastered the technology to create those much more powerful hydrogen bombs. and the way they work, del, just for a moment, and i'm sure you remember all of this from your high school physics, but the smal

they have said the plans. >>> north korea's growing claims it's tested. we have more from the south korean cap al seoul. first, diplomatic editor james bays with reaction from the united states. joining us live via skype. what do you make of these north korean claims that they have detonated hydrogen bomb. and why do you think they are doing this now? >> i think regardless of whether it was really a hydrogen bomb or successful or not. i think we need to stop looking at these nuclear tests and missile launches as if they were just kind of isolated publicity stunts. that were just timed in order to coincide with anniversary in korea. very apparent that north korea has a very big long-term goal which is much more important than drawing attention to itself. or working out a bigger aid package or something. north korea is committed to what it calls in its domestic propaganda, final victory over the enemy. and we shouldn't have any ill hraoupbgszs over what that means? it means unification on north korea's terms, that's what all these events are leading up to,

north korea seems to specialize in nasty surprises. u.s. intelligence had expected another test sooner our later, but they had no warning it would happen last night. scott? >> pelley: david martin reporting tonight. david, thank you. slowing economy shook up financial markets again today. the dow closed off 252 points. oil finished below $35 a barrel for the first time in nearly 12 years, and we note that chipotle lost $22 a share today. it is down nearly 38% since an e. coli outbreak at its restaurants in the fall. 26 days now before the voting in iowa, and republican donald trump is questioning the birth of front-runner ted cruz. just when you thought this campaign couldn't get any stranger, cruz fired back with the help of the fonz. here's nancy cordes. >> i really know nothing about it. report a lack of knowledge has not stopped trump from claiming repeatedly this week that his closest competitor might be ineligible to run for president. >> i hope that's not going to be a problem from him, but i've been hearing a lot about him and every

if, indeed, north korea tested the hydrogen bomb. this is hundreds of times more powerful than for example the bomb dropped in 1945 on hiroshima and the bombs on nagasaki. this is a very dangerous explosive device that north korea says it would use to defend its sovereign territory. of course, that's been the regime led by kim jong-un, the defence for developing a nuclear program all along. what the united states has been doing, certainly since president obama too office is a policy known as strategic patience, hoping that because of pressure from sanctions and what not that north korea would choose to denuclearize it's own. they have a lot of raw uranium. they have the potential to build more many warheads. they are developing their former capabilities. listen to what the former people say will happen. >> i'm not sewer what patience will get us so far. there will be a discussion in the u.n., an effort to tighten sanction, there will be i think effort we aregional efforts including china. i hope there will be some understanding that

maybe it is time for the world to engage with north korea. it is hard to see how any western leader can engage with a regime that just set off a nuclear device. un security the council met in emergency session to condemn north korea and consider what to do next. >> this act is profoundly destabilizing for regional security, and seriously undermines international nonproliferation efforts. i condemn it unequivocably. rupert: so far, north korea has defied every one -- including exploding 4 nuclear devices. its ambition is to go further. to put a nuclear weapon on a missile that could reach of america. rupert wingfield-hayes, bbc news , soeul. laura: i spoke with bill richardson, the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations. koreaor richardson, north claims to have tested a hydrogen bomb, do you believe it? richardson: no, this is only 6. they are on a path to continue upgrading their nuclear weapons capability. they have 10 nuclear weapons and are testing ballistic missiles. the international community is, despite the sanctions, despite the

north korea needs to be persuaded to give up its arsenal. but north korea isn't going to do that unless it's persuaded that it's regime won't survive. regime stability is the ultimate goal for north korea, so there needs to be some inducements that united states, south korea, others in the region won't threaten the kim regime. >> thank you for joining us. >>> now the mayor of the german city of cologne has sparked anger by saying that women should adopt a code of conduct, including staying arm's length away from strangers to avoid attack. earlier about 100 protesters gathered outside of the main train station to demonstrate against violence. an investigation tried to find out if it's part of a criminal network. >> all of a sudden these men around us began groping us. they touched our behinds and grabbed between our legs. they touched us everywhere. my girlfriend wanted to get out of the crowd. when i turned around one man grabbed my bag and ripped it off my body. i thought they could kill us. they would rape us and no one would notice. i tho

does not believe north korea was able to detonate a hydrogen bomb. but they will wait for air samples they take over the site. >> that being said, is there anything more than the white house can do beyond condemning the actions of north korea? >> reporter: well, of course there will be calls for increased sanctions. north korea is already heavily sanctioned. there will be preparations to ensure that the u.s. has a military response. secretary of defense ash carter has already consulted with his south korean counterpart, and the u.s. commander of u.s. forces in south korea to make sure the u.s. sends a signal that it is standing resolutely behind south korea. but part of what is going on here is that north korea is not interested in giving up its nuclear weapons, because the leader kim ki-jong, i think believes that one of the things that keeps his country from being invaded, is the fact that it is now a nuclear state and just the threat of just a few weapons is often enough to deter an attack. >> jamie mcintyre live for us at the pentagon, thank you

and with north korea's nuclear test. gene otani on our business desk has been following the developments. gene. >> thanks, james. shanghai stocks dropped sharply at the open on thursday. and for the second time this week, the fall was so steep that it forced trading to stop completely. that led to severe losses in markets across the asia-pacific region. the shanghai composite finished the day only 30 minutes after the open. it tumbled 7% during that time. closing at 3125. the selloffs were triggered by concerns over the yuan, dropping to a nearly five-year low against the u.s. dollar. analysts say many market players are worried the weaker currency will cause capital to flow out of china. the hang seng index also had a rough day. it dipped more than 3% to close at its lowest level since july 2013. many investors sold shares listed on the mainland. and seoul's kospi fell to a four-month low. >>> stocks here in tokyo also took a heavy hit. for details on how investors reacted to the developments in china, we go to our biz

will effect north korea tougher than the existing angels. i think they'll be going back to beijing to see what they can put in place and see what china will be happy with. >> thanks, james. >> 20 iraqi soldiers have been killed near the central city of ramadi. they say that the islamic state in iraq and the levant was responsible for the attack. meanwhile attract by the coalition against isil has killed 15 of its advisers. they said the strikes hit targets north of ramadi and in the city center. in syria harsh winter weather has hit thousands of people displaced by the war inside and outside of the country. we have more from the turkish border with syria. >> these arctic conditions here in southeast turkey and across the border behind me in syria are having a grave impact on displaced people and refugee who is are living in very harsh conditions. one family who had taken refugee in a tent in the province southeast turkey, a family's four-month-old son could not cope with the temperatures, and their family could not keep their tent warm enoug

nuclear weapon possessing powerful socialist north korea the great workers party of north korea. but worldwide expressed doubts about the her mit kingdom's grandiose claims. >> the characteristics of the seismic signals detected from this event are very similar to the characteristics of the seismic signals detected from the previous declared nuclear test. >> this is north korea's fourth test from its withdrawal from the nuclear nonproliferation treaty 13 years ago. north korea reactivated its nuclear facilities and just months after that announced it had the nuclear weapons. called the united states our enemy and destroyer of world peace and vowed to turn the area into a sea of fire and hell. sad statement on what north korean leaders think of their own people. >> it is their failure to comply with their obligations and their failure to do what they were supposed to do under onl not ony international obligations but the agreement with the united states. and we hope north korea will realize the folly of its actions. >> by 2006 security council approved a resolution, since then nor

anyway, back to north korea. we're really spanning the globe here from mexico to north korea. you would think that the idea that north korea might have a hydrogen bomb would be somewhat alarming to those of us who are here on the west coast. but we went out on the street today and it seems like if you ask people a question in a will -- we americans will offer congratulations for just about anything. >> north korea announced that they finally were able to successfully detonate a hydrogen bomb. the world is excited. people are sending their congratulations. >> that's really good. >> would you like to congratulate north korea? >> congratulations, north korea. finally. i mean, it's about time, you know? >> would you like to say congratulations to north korea? any words of encouragement for them? >> you know, i think that, you know, i think if you do believe that one day you can -- dreams can come true, i think. it's definitely a disney, you know, thing to do. >> would you say this is a great example of if you can dream it you can achieve it? >> for sure. if you believe you can do

antonio mora. >> north korea's nuclear program i asked him if he's concerned that north korea is getting closer to being able to put a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile? >> just because they apparently have not been successful this time doesn't mean that they're not going to try, try again. you know tests, the whole purpose of a test is to see what your systems are, awhere the vucialts, you try correct those and then you try it again. so i would not assume that the test is, by definition, unsuccessful. they might have find out a lot of information that will make it a success next time. so i for one am very concerned about this. if north korea is successful, with a hydrogen weapon which as we all know is by exponentially more powerful than any kind of nuclear weapon, i think we have a big problem. and i think we're going to be right back in the soup here in trying to figure out what to do and especially given the fact that north korea has a pretty robust missile program. so they may be getting to that fateful moment where three can put a warhead on a missile. >> china is north korea'

and they're toying with us with north korea. so north korea is totally under the control, without china, they wouldn't eat. they wouldn't have food. they wouldn't have anything. so china should do it. >> all right. those words from donald trump. now a live look at marco rubio who's stumping in iowa. a few hours ago, he lashed out at the president and the former secretary of state, hillary clinton, in a series of tweets saying, quote, if this test is confirmed, it will just be the latest example of the failed obama/clinton foreign policy. our senior political reporter manu raju is tracking the story from marshalltown, iowa. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. rubio just talked about this right now. he discussed how kim jong-un is a lunatic and how north korea needs to be addressed aggressively. he thinks that this is an issue that differentiates him from his other republican rivals in this race. national security has been a centerpiece of his campaign. but he's not the only candidate who is trying to get a leg up. others are

korea, to sanction north korea, to isolate north korea, and it simply hasn't worked. i think we failed to engage north korea appropriately when we had opportunities in these last 12 or 13 years. whatever engagement was there didn't work. the bottom line is, over this time, from 2003, when they most likely built the first primitive device which they tested in 2006, until today, they have gone from building a device 2003, testing one that didn't work so well in 2006, so just now where they had the fourth test, the successful test, and, in the mean time, at the same time, they have scaled up their ability to make more bombs. so where we used to have a problem of having this country that could perhaps build a simple nuclear device, today they appear to have a nuclear arsenal. that's of great concern and, to me, that means we have to do something different than what's been done over the last 12 years. >> ifill: wendy sherman, we know kim jong un is a tough read and not many people have gotten inside to find out what he's up to. based on what we know, if what he was trying

doesn't really trade with north korea. but the thing is that the vast majority of all international financial transactions are demon nated on dollars. that means they have to go through a u.s. treasury department regulated bank and north korea still has the majority of its transactions in dollars. that means they go through u.s. banks. we can freeze and seize their assets and impose fines and prevent them from accessing the financial network of the u.s. which is the kiss of death for financial systems. we have a great deal of influence. we have exercised it in the past, but then we refrain from doing so. >> do you think it's the lack of pushing on the policies that has led north korea to continue to try and develop nuclear weaponry? i mean, now that we know they've had a fourth test and it may not have been an h bomb, but does it change at all the international view of north korea? it has been predictably unpredictable. >> right. there's no silver bullet. we've tried engagement. north korea agreed to four international agr