north korea doesn't have social media. people don't have access to the internet or outside television so everything comes through state-controlled media. what we can expect at some point either today or tomorrow is a triumphant announcement on the state media talking about this and the strength of their country in defiance of what they need feel is intimidation and bull and also it's important to know the united states launched a minute man missile in the last few days. ndia also has lauchbed a missile in the last few days but what north carolina is do of the u.n. security council resolutions. lots to monitor here on the ground here, wolf. >> he's the only western television correspondent in let's bring in our political and military experts. you're a retired -- >> >> will's exactly right. i think this is all timed and done with the unabout the fact that he's going to try to continue to develop these capabilities. i thought secretary tillerson was very strong today. however, i didn't a. so everything what is different is th

from north korea if provoked by the u.s. but the other sort of thorn in this issue is the fact that the president, the elected president, has been ousted from office, after an impeachment. in the middle of a presidential cycle. the topic of how to deal with north korea is a key election issue. people are looking at the candidates here, seeing what kind of course forward those candidates would advocate. and you have the high-level washington officials, including the vice president, meeting with an acting president, who won't even be in office in a few weeks. it's important to have the conversations. washington will say it's important to have this dialogue. but, yes. the truth is, of courwashingtone dealing with a new leader in a few weeks. >> alexandra is reporting from seoul. we'll have more on the failed missile launch at the top of the hour. >>> first, let's look at other items makes news around the world. >> in the u.s., 20 people have been arrested after fighting break out at duelling protests in berkeley, california. th

policy towards north korea. >> reporter: russia shares a far eastern border with north korea. it has some commercial, financial and educational and even questionable military links to pyongyang. military personnel have attended international arms fairs in russia. so far russia, unlike china, hasn't taken any further punitive measures against north korea following its most recent nuclear tests. a former ambassador to the u.n. who has negotiated with north korea. >> i think russia is trying to have it both ways. they vote for more sanctions in the u.n. security council. the p5. so publicly restraining north korea. put more sanctions when north korea conducts missile tests. but there are reports that russia and north korea have gotten in a tighter relationship. >> reporter: all of this shows it's not just china with leverage in north korea. experts note that russia is shrewdly using its ties to the regime to not only support kim jung-un but to try to have more influence on the outcome of any future russian negotiations. >>> syria's leader dismisses images of atrocity in his count

korea is as north korea itself. in confronting the reckless north korean regime, it is critical they were guided by a sense of resolve rivaling publicly and diplomatically and militarily. as president trump and secretary mattis have made clear, all opgs -- options are on the table. we want to bring kim jong un to his senses, not to his knees. we are also to challenge the indo pacific with the revenge of china and the revengist russia. china continues a strategy to control the south china sea. i testified last year that china was militarizing this critical international waterway by building bases on seven chinese man-made islands in the disputed groups. despite subsequent chinese assurances at the highest levels that they would not militarize these bases, today they have these facilities that support long-range weapons and placement of radio towers, barracks for their troops. china's militarization of the south china sea is real. i am also not taking my eyes off of russia. they flew bomber missions near alaska. it wa

korea is as north korea itself. in confronting the reckless northeasternan regime, it's critical we're guided by a strong sense of resolve, both privately and publicly, both diplomatically and militarily. as president trump and secretary matris have made clear, all options are on the table. we want to bring kim jong-un to his senses and not to his knees. we're also challenged in the indo asia pacific by an aggressive china. china continues a methodical strategy to control the south china sea. i testified last year that china was militarized in this critical international waterway and the air space above it by building air and naval bases on seven chinese man made islands. despite subsequent chinese assurances at the highest levels that they would not military eyes these bases, today they support long-range weapons and placements, fighter aircraft hangars, red arrow towers and barracks for their troops. china's militarization of the south china sea is real. i'm also not taking my eyes off of russia. which just last w

certainly a busy area for north korea. but according to the south korean defense ministry official, it did fame. we're waiting to hear more information about what kind of missile it was. but ofly, an interesting timing, just one day after a day after -- that very important date in north korea, where we saw the massive military parade. analysts will be wanting to know which of those missiles they just tried to fire. ana? >> i want to turn to will rippley live in north korea for us. will, are you lenk anymore about this apparent missile test that we are -- have been told failed? >> reporter: no confirmation on the ground here in pyongyang and at this point and frankly, we may not hear anything about it. north korea often announces successful missile tests in their state media a celebratory tone. if it's a failure, north koreans will likely never hear about it. they don't report it unless there's a propaganda benefit for it. and given the fact that this was reportedly a failure is not something they would want to draw attenti

north korea right now. it turned out that was wrong. i felt misled and i think my constituents were misled as well. what i don't understand is when those comments were made, hal nobody said anything that, hey, this is wrong. this is not correct. had we make sure this doesn't happen again? in a positiono be of having the people in my state think one thing and the reality is something else when we all take a pledge that we will speak truth to power. that we see something that is not correct, we will tell people and let them know. >> i cannot say i am sorry enough. >> i'm not asking you to say you are sorry. >> i responsible for the messaging they came out of that carl vinson issued. at the end of the day we said the carl vinson was leaving singapore and heading to northeast asia. that is where it is today. it is in striking range of north korea if the president were to call on it. that messaging was not done well and that messaging is on me. >> it was. we heard the president and secretary mattis the exercise

china has economic power over north korea and on north korea's border. the chinese will have the lead if trying to alter north korea's behavior. >> bill: a fox poll show a clear majority of americans when asked about military action, they favor it by 53% in dealing with north korea. come back to the major headline this morning, a major, major conflict is the quote from the president. is that considered a threat to pyongyang? >> with the steps we've taken, the thaad system in south korea, work with the south korea and japanese allies to increase their defenses in the area. we're showing north korea we're militarily prepared and we're taking economic actions and sanctions and diplomatic pressure with the chinese to show them we're trying those avenues at well. nobody wants to go to war. we want a stable north korea, we want stability in the peninsula and we don't want nuclear weapons -- >> bill: the iran deal hasn't been ripped up. is that issue off the table? >> not at all. we have had a number of meetings on this in the last couple of days. what the pres

on the north korea. you said that they have a historic role right now and pressuring what are they doing. i think when you look at the economic fund that is north korea's number one export. i think they have taken some very helpful economic actions and exhibited positive signs of a diplomatic fund as well. this is something that is an ongoing conversation i think as the president has noted before well had to see but i think it's encouraging the signs that china is showing. because they were helping north korea. if china does not adequately put pressure on north korea is he can go back? >> number one, they haven't been manipulative dating there currency. i think the tweet said clearly to do so at this time would not be prudent. it's just saying that in the middle of them taking very positive signs to help us address the situation north korea i don't think it would be very productive in achieving aery portant strategic objective. there are now experts on both sides of the aisle who say the least transparen

>> let's look at north korea. you know, to threaten preemptive strike has no impact on north korea. if you don't have strategy to back it up, you don't get anywhere. under clinton, they had threats, but they froze his program for the bulk of that administration. as soon as the bush administration stopped talking, that is when the threat continued. it cares only about survival. i think it is a pipe dream. s as for the larger picture, it is president trump trying to put the larger message. not that this is tactical, but he is a different person. president obama dropped 12,000 bombs on syria in the last year. that is not somebody not taking military action. if trump wants to double down, i think we have seen in all of our conflicts that bombing doesn't solve the problems. even major generals talked about this. i'll grant you tactical accomplishment in afghanistan. in terms of the overall policy, bombing alone will not get the job done. >> you should read it for yourself and draw conclusions. general, i appreciate your input. mr. hartung, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> thank

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"north korea: another country." and joining us by democracy now! video stream is christine hong, associate professor at university of california santa cruz and an executive board member of the korea policy institute. she has spent time in north korea, including a visit to the country as part of a north american peace delegation. professor, let's begin with you. the significance of what has taken place in the last few days starting with today, the surprise visit of vice president pence to the demilitarized zone? >> you know, i think what we are witness to is a kind of revisionism, both with vice president pence and secretary of state tillerson. they have made comments that strategiclicies patience is a thing of the past. i think the fundamental in misconstrues what it was. as you mentioned in your opening description obama waged a campaign of cyber warfare against north korea. and so, far from being a kind of kinder, gentler or even softer policy toward north korea, obama's policy toward north .orea was one of warfar

the threat to north korea is more direct to south korea. elections happening there next month will be a crucial part of this puzzle already. there was still no am boss dar that's been named, so there still are pieces of this puzzle that have not yet come into play. >> as we all know, north korea had some anniversary celebrations over the weekend. they were expected to test missiles. one of those that they did try to test failed. but they also had a test that showed off their new armory, an intercom ballistic missile. hans nichols, what message is north korea trying to send, and is it a message that is effective? >> well, i don't know about the effectiveness part of that, katy. i think the messagehey're trying to send is they have ambitions, they have goals and they would like the capability to be able to shoot a missile from the korean peninsula that could land on the west coast or the rest of the united states. we haven't gotten a full assessment, and frankly, there isn't a consensus of what was in those tubes. what capability do the north

day billions to north korea -- the u.s. gave billions to north korea [indiscernible] sen. coons: of course. sure i understood what you said. without chinese action, we are unlikely to be successful in constraining north koreas nuclear ambitions. there are military preparations underway that were mentioned during the briefing. can you expand on what the sense of that are leading part of a broader package? sen. coons: there is a lot on --ugh into real group there's a lot on leading into the group. i think those are all necessary measures because the level of threat is real. our south korean and japanese allies have a reason to be concerned about their safety and concern and to significant array of north korean both conventional weapons and other potential threats are very real. i'm very comfortable that forward deployment is an appropriate piece of the strategy that makes military preparedness secondary to diplomacy. our diplomacy will not be successful unless -- military action now as opposed to when you went into the meeting? sen. coons: i would say i was reassured that th

senate for an update on north korea. a senior white house official tells cnn the purpose was to, quote, communicate the seriousness of the threat. we're also following the president's newly unveiled tax plan. treasury secretary steven mnuchin calls it the biggest tax cut in u.s. history with dramatic reductions for businesses and individuals. but the administration is offering few details about how it would be paid for. >>> and we also have an exclusive look at the first deployment of the pentagon's new f-35 fighter jet taking part in training exercises with nato partners on russia's doorstep amid growing tension between washington and moscow. we're covering all of that much more this hour with our guests including congressman john gare amend of the armed services committee. our experts are also standing by. let's go to the white house, cnn's jason carroll is on the scene. the president wants lower taxes, fewer brackets and fewer deductions. update our viewers. >> reporter: wolf, the treasury secretary says everyone's on

north korea warns the u.s. this a nuclear war could break out at any moment as tensions rise on the korean planes after president trump's military actions in syria and afghanistan. what options are now on the schnabel into more patience. vice president pence warns north korea not to test president trump's resolve claiming the era of strategic patience is over. cnn's dana bash is traveling with the president as he delivers his message from the demilitarized zone. georgia on his mind. a competitive race to fill a georgia congressional seat catches the attention of president trump. could a seat held by republicans for more than 30 years be in play in a special election? >>> and murder on facebook. an all-out manhunt is under way nationwide for a man who taped himself killing an elderly man on easter and uploaded the video to facebook. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> just days after parading its latest long-range missiles, north korea warns a nuclear war could break out at any moment and accus

and north korea. plus, what would you like to ask the panel about how the president should handle provocations from kim jong un? just go to facebook or twitter on foxnewssunday and we may use >> if you've looked at what's happened over the last eight years -- weeks, compared to what's happened in eight years, you will see the tremendous difference. chris: president trump highlighting on what he believes are better results and it's time now for our sunday group, michael needham, heritage action for america. bob woodward from the washington post. fox news national security correspondent jennifer griffin and former national security council staffer gilian turner. jennifer, let me start with you, what do your sources say over the last 24 hours about this impressive display of military hardware by the military regime and in defiance of president trump? >> i think what's notable, chris, is when i walked out of the bent gone on friday afternoon it was a pretty relaxed atmosphere over at the pentagon. you did

korea is today as north korea itself. and reckless north korean regime, it is critical that we are cited by a strong system of resolve. as president trump and secretary mattis have made clear, all options are on the table. we want to bring to the senses, not knees. we also challenge asia-pacific by an aggressive china and russia. neither of whom seem to respect the international they signed onto. for instance there -- the claim is illegal under the law of convention. despite being a signatory to the convention china ignore the legally binding peaceful arbitration. in fact china continues a methodical strategy to control the south china sea. i testified last year that china was militarizing this critical international waterway in the airspace above it by building air and naval bases on evan chinese man-made islands in the disputed area. they said they would not militarizing spaces. today they now have facilities that support long-range weapons and placements fighter aircraft hangars, radar attires and barracks were troops.

on north korea. you'll recall the president had the meeting with president xi at mar-a-lago. and the relationship between the two men is one that has been strong, moving in the right direction and they seem to be on the same page as far as how to proceed. however, certainly room for improvement. they want to let diplomacy play out and talks with north korea would familiar into that category. just stressing this point, they do see military options as a last resort. >> we're seeing rex tillerson there at the united nations, nikki haley as well. hans nick alcohhols, if i have interrupt you, you'll understand. there's virtually no u.s. ground intelligence in north korea. how good is the technology intelligence, if we can call it that. and do we have any human intelligence at all? >> i don't know the answer to that last one on human intelligence. i do know that the north koreans have the capacity to surprise the pentagon. they've been saying that for the last several weeks. echoing what kristen was saying

today, north korea is celebrating the birth of the founder of north korea. and you can see the leader they are walking the red carpet. it is always a very highly co—ordinated event, this show of strength to the rest of the world. the rest of the world, obviously, very much isolated from north korea. china are really the only ally, or country which the north communicates with, and president donald trump recently spoke to china's leader about the situation in north korea. shortly after that meeting, he sent that fleet of vessels towards north korea's coast. as you can see that, the formations, the tight formations of military personnel. after this, we expect to see military trucks an army tank striding through the streets, and a huge display of the country's military might. there is a cause much concern country's military might. there is a cause much concern of what might happen in the next 24 to 48 hours. there has been a hive of activity around the country's nuclear test site, which has led many to the conclusion that a test might be imminent. but that has

korea via activities north korea is engaging. inhibit flow-through china that supports the special weapons programs. it could do a lot. now the question is what might induce them to do that. it seems there are a number of possibilities. one is the prospect that the united states was going to do something really drastic that could have catastrophic consequences. it would have to believe that, and i don't believe they think at this point. another would be to persuade them that the entire relationship to the united states was on the line, including the economic relationship and we were willing to do things that imposed cost and pain on china that would be so great it would be a danger to the chinese regime and therefore, they might do something that we would want them to do to pressure north korea. i don't think we are willing to do that, but it is theoretically possible. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, and thank you to our panelists for a very interesting discussion and i actually want to pick up on a comment about the econom

>> north korea's a problem. the problem will be taken care of. >> we have a correspondent live with vice president pence as he touches down inside south korea, and we'll take you inside pyongyang, as tensions ratchet up. >>> plus the biggest non-nuclear bomb in the u.s. arsenal. the pentagon drops a massive bomb on isis fighters in afghanistan, just days after a surprise u.s. strike in syria. >> if you look at what's happened over the last eight weeks and compare that to what's happened over the last eight years, you'll see there's a tremendous difference. >> is the commander in chief letting his generals run the show? senator bernie sanders will join us live. >>> and unfriendly skies. outrage as a united airlines passenger is violent by removed from a flight. what can congress do to protect passengers' rights and prevent this from happening again? >>> plus the best political minds will be here with what happens next. >>> happy easter everyone. i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is on the

. —— very much on their mind is north korea. let's listen in for a short time and see if theresa may at things. reiterate it, our determination to make sure that the uk remains the best place in europe to run and grow a business, whether operating at home or abroad. that's obviously told there, that north korea was obviously on the agenda. also trade be tween the uk and japan. one of the markets this country will be looking more to vice president chris. —— once brexit occui’s. president chris. —— once brexit occurs. the us secretary of state rex tillerson is chipping in meeting of the un security council concerning existing and further sanctions against north korea. that's over its nuclear and ballistic missile programme. even from un in —— secretary general. rex tillerson addressing fellow members of the security council. he said this morning that he wouldn't rule out direct dialogue with north korea. let'sjoin proceedings. out direct dialogue with north korea. let's join proceedings. those days must come to an en

get north korea to behave. is the president going to regret some of these carrots he's been offering them lately? >> look, we're going to do everything we can to protect our country and the region. as i said, a nuclear north korea is not in anybody's best interest, so we're going to apply all the diplomatic and political pressure through the entire world community to avoid that situation. >> he sort of let china off the hook. >> he understands they can play an important role in making our world safer. we're going to utilize the relationships he's built with president xi. >> jim also asked sean spicer on a very different note about the 138th white house egg roll with thousands attending. there were concerns about the preparations for the event. >> the first lady and her team have worked for months now e getting the place ready, bringing all these experiences here to the white house. >> were there any worries it wouldn't get pulled off? >> if u yo know the first lady, you have no worries that wasn't going to happ

in 2005 all of the parties concerned including north korea signed an agreement that bound north korea to engage in meaningful and authentic credible and that could have led in turn in time and turning it to more enduring peace agreement but unfortunately ever since then, north korea has not engaged, refused to engage and with the rise of kim jong un we made multiple overtures from the united states to north korea to test their willingness to engaunl and the answer that we got, one word, in effect, no. what kim jong un is trying to do is get the world and north korea -- it has shown no willingness to engage on the question of denuclearization, much actually do it. i don't see a policy that start with some kind of a peace agreement as being the way forward because i think it's just a means for north korea to pocket nuclear status which, again, is unacceptable to both of us. i don't know how the future south korean will approach the issue. again, i think there's a difference between what you say and what you believe when you're out of power campaigning for office versus the realities tha

and north korea back to the table. they sponsored six party talks for a number of years during the bush administration. i think that is probably their preferred venue. and the fact is, four countries there do not really count. the teedo that count are north korea and the u.s., talking to each other. as i said earlier, direct talks have shown north korea willing to completely freeze their nuclear program. it is certainly worth a try. it is a lot better than rattling sabers and making into threats. we're not going to attack north korea because it might set off the second korean war, which would be just catastrophic for the region. amy: bruce cumings, thank you for being with us, university history at the university of chicago. we will link to your piece in the nation "this is what's , really behind north korea's nuclear provocations." and we want to thank christine hong for joining us professor at , university of california santa cruz executive board member of , the korea policy institute. when we come back, we look at a

korea because of north korea's economic dependence on china. and so probably a clear shift in the attitudes towards china, at the same time the strong message of u.s.'s resolve. although at this stage, it looks like the u.s. is trying to find a diplomatic solution, political solution, and not trying to es ska la ka la -- escalate the tensions too far. >> i wanted to ask you this, too, we all know, the leader is unpredictable. but there's the fear, too, that u.s. president donald trump is, as well. this is what worries people, there's the brink man ship and for many watching across the globe, they don't know what's going to happen, next. and they are worried that the u.s. will strike. >> right. and as you said, both leaders are unpredictable in different ways. on one side, trump is very vocal. he uses twitter. on the other side kim jong-unhe's very quiet, we don't know what's in his head but we do know that north korea wants to have little recognition on its nuclear power. here in europe, i have heard analyst and i have been hearing comments of

let's begin with north korea. the white house facing renewed threats on two fronts this morning from two of the world's most serious trouble spots. a new milch launch from north korea and suspected chemical attack targeting civilians in syria. >>> first north korea which fired a big projectile into the waters off its coast. ahead of president trump's florida summit with president xi. >>> the top agenda item is to curb pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. the launch came after a senior white house official issued a dire warning about north korea's nuclear program declaring quote, the clock has now run out and all options are on the table. for the latest we want to bring in cnn's matt rivers live for us in beijing. any reaction from beijing yet and how does this launch differ from those we've seen in the past? >> reporter: we got a quick response from the chinese, very standard what we usually hear from them about an hour ago. they said this test clearly violates u.n. sanctions. they urge all sides to remain calm. and the

korea next day whatever north korea possessions so two threats iran north korea. >> not a good situation ambassador john bolton thanks so much for being with us this evening, more on this ahead former candidate for president mike huckabee he is also here live but next -- >> we are going to battle on every step of the way, we've got to put pressure on cities. >> inside the department of justice, here in washington. i sit down with attorney general jeff sessions specific on how to stop sanctuary cities that defy the federal government, later -- >> we -- donald trump. >> no. >> he said he wasn't going to do stuff like that about. >> he changed his mind -- >> what do voters think about president's bold move in afghanistan? stay with us justice rolls on in a moment. ♪ ke, they replace it with a brand new one. that's cool. i got a new helmet. we know steve. it's good to be in (good hands). briathe customer app willw if be live monday. can we at least analyze customer traffic? can we push the offer online? brian, i just had a quick question. brian? brian... legacy technology can handcuff any

hoping china would put a financial squeeze on north korea, president trump -- tweeting quote, north korea disrespected the wishes of china and its eyely respected president when in launch successful released a missed today. bad. >> there's a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea. absolutely. >> in an odd twist, fire brand fill piece yan president urged trump to exercise restraint, warning a miscalculation would be disastrous. >> everybody suffers, and only because donations are playing with a dangerous toys. in america, because it's more -- company. mr. president trump but also have been -- his military to just maybe -- and not to start a -- something that they cannot control. >> china too has called for a suspension of u.s. military exercises with south korea and japan calling them provocative. but no sign yet of the u.s. letting up, it's display of military might, the uss michigan, a nuclear powered submarine armed with a 254 tomahawk cruise missile just aprooifred in north korea. secretary tillerson reiterated that the u.s. would be prepared to tak

provokes north korea. kristen welker is joining us now, first of all north korea, the white house is on guard. obviously the entire u.s. government, the pentagon, traditionally these anniversary are marked by a missile or nuclear test. they have done five nuclear tests before now, and it could well happen in the next 24 hours. >> it could happen, you're right. we know that president trump is in march l-a-lago for the easte weekend. they are here monitoring the situation and paying very close attention. you saw the president talking about china, the fact that he has been pleased with the direction that is going in. the united states feels for the first time that china is really starting to ramp up some pressure on north korea to abandon the nuclear tests and the provocations. even threatening to who would oil supplies from the region. they feel it is moving in the right direction. i just spoke to vice president mike pence's press secretary. he said look, we continue to have the conversations, the vice presi

do we think that north korea could respond? that's the problem. i wish north korea would respond. no! we have had enough of this warmongering to be honest. why trump is going there and threatening this and that, throwing bombs at muslim people, innocent people, killing them simply because he wants to show he is strong enough. we don't want this warmongering. we want peace and 0bama was absolutely correct in his policy. when it comes to north korea lets not pretend they are not warmongering as well. they are not an innocent party. do they have the capacity to deliver on the threat? in america, donald trump doors. north korea is building up its arsenal and it is certainly capable of hitting american allies, particularly soul and japan. it is cause for concern. this maverick quality of donald trump, his unpredictable of is reaping good results because it keeps the world its toes. i'm not saying i subscribed to that, but there is this line of thought. the problem is you have two mavericks now, kim jong—un and donald trump. when you have two in this expose of environment, i'm afraid

north korea has test fired a ballistic missile. the missile which launched has been assessed to be a kn-17, single staged liquid fuel rocket. it flew roughly 25 miles and was in the air for 15 minutes.

north korea is clearly rattled by the u.s. dropping a massive non-nuclear bomb on isis targets in afghanistan, calling it serious military hhysteria. i want to begin in north korea, where cnn has rare access, very rare access. cnn's will ripley is live for us in pyongyang, the capital city. but just to show you they had a military parade in the heart of pyongyang today, and where they were showing off their military hustle. they were celebrating there, and you can see as we look at the video there, the supreme leader kim jong-un, was shown clapping and smiling from a reviewing box there earlier. for north korea, april 15th was the day that they see -- millions celebrate the birth of their nation's founder. again, are they on the verge of testing a sixth nuclear weapon? we will get to that in a moment and get to will ripley, who has rare access there. i want to bring in our cnn commentators. good evening to all of you. david, let me ask you as we were looking at those pictures coming from north korea, this is something that thi

north korea warns the u.s. this a nuclear war could break out at any moment as tensions rise on the korean planes after president trump's military actions in syria and afghanistan. what options are now on the schnabel into more patience. vice president pence warns north korea not to test president trump's resolve claiming the era of strategic patience is over. cnn's dana bash is traveling with the president as he delivers his message from the demilitarized zone. georgia on his mind. a competitive race to fill a georgia congressional seat catches the attention of president trump. could a seat held by republicans for more than 30 years be in play in a special election? >>> and murder on facebook. an all-out manhunt is under way

but north korea is the biggest gamble. mr trump is hoping that sending this powerful naval armada offshore will deter any further nuclear tests. the question now, though, is can he manage three global crises simultaneously? it's very possible that if these three scenarios come together, syria, afghanistan and north korea, that it would overwhelm the policy—making capabilities of mr trump's administration, it will overwhelm the strategic planning capabilities of the pentagon and it would overwhelm the resource capabilities of the us military. but president trump and his entourage now feel they're on a roll, tackling head—on the foreign policy challenges the previous administration was unable to resolve. there is now the risk that ramping up the rhetoric could lead america into more conflict, or that in the absence of any swift resolutions, mr trump may simply turn his back on foreign adventures and focus instead on domestic issues. frank gardner, bbc news. stay up to date with this story at bbc.com/news or by downloadin

threat from north korea. what do you think about that? you're on the armed services committee. >> i think we have a $600 billion def set. we have a $20 trillion debt. we're headed to bankruptcy of america if we don't change our path. that's the warning of the congressional budget office and other federal government aemgss. to the extents we can encourage our allies to pay for their own defense, that's a great benefit. >> do you think it's wise to raise that at a moment like this? >> i think it's wise to raise the cost, keeping in mind the admiracle testified before the house armed services committee when he was chairman of the joint chief of staff, what was the number one national security threat? it wasn't north korea, china, russia or iran. it was our debt. our debt is what long term with bring america to its knees and we better deal with it quick before it happened. >> see if the president can convince south korea to hand over a million dollars for that missile. mo brooks of alabama, up next, reflecting on

north korea is not on there. but in the foreign policy national security section of those talking points, wolf, it does mention the syria missile strikes that the president authorized a couple of weeks ago. and also talks about that travel ban that is tied up in court. but no question about it, the president is trying to make the case that during his first 100 days, yes, a lot of people were saying he didn't accomplish much. legislatively he has relied on executive orders. all of that is true. but he's making foreign policy front and center. when you say things along the lines of we're going to solve this problem with north korea, we're going do make that happen, he's setting the expectations awfully high for his team here at the white house. >> ivan, you're in seoul. the president, his kmecomments e as the u.s. waits for word while another u.s. citizen obtained in north korea. what can you tell us about this most recent u.s. sncitizen who' been detain snd. >> he goes by the name tony kim. he'd been teaching for

and north korea? we've gone through this many times in the past, but it's different with a new president. so how serious do you see this situation? >> well, it's very serious, but it has deescalated with the failed missile launch. i think it's kind of a blessing in disguise. it's a setback for kim jong-un internationally. domestically he can control the message. i think the u.s. has to be very careful, very vigilant. should keep its powder drive. our policy should be restrained. we should reassess what we're doing in the peninsula, but at the same time i think this is kind of a blessing in disguise. it was not a nuclear test. it was a potentially missile test. it failed. the danger, though, is that they are developing more long range missiles. i noted one in the parade. but i think the correct u.s. policy is give china a chance to put real pressure on north korea. perhaps with oil export bans, with coal export bans. tighten the sanctions. see what that does. but with kim jong-un, he's very unpredictab

about 90% of north korea's foreign trade is with china. china provides diplomatic support and have actually been given technical support to its ballistic missile ‘s programme, its nuclear weapons programme and there is china's interest in north korea's other illicit activities. clearly china has scope to have influence but it's not doing so. policy options have effectively been rushed through in time for president xi jinping's visit, sources have said. while the issue with north korean has been brewing for at least three presidencies, donald trump is seeing it as an imminent threat? it is because north korea already has three missiles that can hit the lower 48 states. now, the first one has not been tested at full range. the other two have not been tested at all but they are based as —— based on proven technologies. they will probably work. it will be about four years or so before north korea will be able to make it to those long—range missiles but it is making fast progress as specially because it is getting technical help from ch

now china is helping with north korea. certainly beats the alternative by the way, and that is north korea developing long-range nuclear weapons with of course icbm capabilities. joining us now, continuum or speaker of the house, former fox contributor newt gingrich. when you look at history and think of susan rice, john kerry and president obama, that red line in the sand, they got rid of chemical weapons, you add to that equation the idiotic deal with tehran home, you wonder when are we going to learn the lesson? thoughts? >> they're never going to learn the lesson because their left-wingers who live in a fantasy land where nothing is ever real. in 20 years in korea it doesn't matter. all the years we've had experience with the ran, doesn't matter. the total fiasco of syria it doesn't matter. the failure of libya where they got rid of qaddafi and replaced him with chaos doesn't matter. if you're a really deeply committed left-winger, you live in a fantasy world. none of this is real, none of this matters. he go around dr

north korea firing a ballistic missile after trump warns of a major, major conflict with north korea. how will the president respond now? and on day 99 of his presidency, the senator he called "pocahontas." let's go "out front." good evening. i'm erin burnett. "out front" tonight, breaking news. north korea test firing a ballistic missile. this is the ninth launch attempt since president trump took

as you mentioned, china's north korea's only major ally, its only trading partner, really, north korea's lifeline. and china has one that is for everyone to restrain themselves, to try to de-escalate the situation. and they're trying to deliver that message at all levels. chinese president xi jinping spoke to president trump over the weekend. today, china's nationalistic tabloid, a state media outlet, tried to warn north korea from a nuclear test. they said the nuclear test would be the point of no return. now, north korea's already tested a nuclear weapon five times, or conducted five nuclear tests, but they are saying a sixth would be catastrophic because it could just lead to the situation spinning out of control. the paper also warned all parties to exercise restraint and said that the "game of chicken" between washington and pyongyang is at a breaking point. >> well, adriana, we know that north korea likes to schedule provocative acts on anniversaries or near anniversaries. what's going on today? >> reporter: well, today is the 85th anniversary of north so, that's one of the reasons

and north korea. adrianna diaz has the latest from beijing. >> reporter: tony kim's detention was confirmed by the university where he taught. while the circumstances around his detention are unclear, it complicated an increasingly tense relationship between the u.s. and north korea at a time when both sides are open to military action. with the uss carl vinson heading to the korean peninsula, north korea continues the show of defiance. a statement from the pyongyang university of science and technology confirmed that tony kim had been detained as he was about to leave the country, after spending several weeks teaching at the school. kim is the third american currently being held in north korea. in 2016 otto warmbier was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor after he allegedly stole a banner from a hotel. then a naturalized citizen was sentenced to ten years for espionage. >> this is typical north korea when there's so much tension. >> reporter: bill richardson has negotiated prisoner releases from nort

the p 5 so publicly they're for restraining north korea, put more sanctions when north korea conducts missile tests, but there are reports that russia and north korea have gotten in a tighter relationship. >> and what is that tighter relationship do for russia? it again, ensures leverage and more -- they have a seat at the table when it comes to north korean relations but it's not just china that wants a say and martin, we've been talking about it for days now, how russia has insinuated itself in the middle east through syria, it is doing the same through north korea, continuing to try to build up those ties with the u.n. and the u.s. treasury are worried the ties are violating the sanctions. >> they would be worried. paula newton, thank you very much. nice to see you. >>> rebel bombs, chemical weapons, it is the world for most syrians yet bashar al assad denies it. our cnn report still ahead when "newsroom" continues. success has always been measured in zeros. but shouldn't it be about firsts? and seconds... how about adding a third? we think there's a bajillion ways to measure succe

north korea relies on 90% of oil supplies. so the pentagon's decision to drop the moab on isis fighter in afghanistan prompted a warning from china to calm things down. so a lot of tension heading into this holiday weekend. it's a holiday weekend for the u.s. and north korea as the vice president mike pence heads to south korea tomorrow. trish? >> thank you. if north korea sets off the nuke what are our options then? general jack keane joins us. scary times. lots going on. if something happens with north korea, if they set off this missile, what should we do? >> we're not going to take any military action. that's for sure. they already fired five nuclear tests. this is something that they would do given the holiday that they have around the father of their country. we've endured five previous nuclear tests. we'll endure this one as well. the good news that it's happening here is really president xi's phone call wednesday night to president trump, which is a follow on to the mar-a-largo visit, an hour's conversation, longer wor

is saying it has nothing to do with north korea. president trump asked if he authorized this strike in afghanistan with his extraordinary first combat use of this weapon. the president was very cryptic. >> did you authorize it, sir? >> everybody knows exactly what happened. so -- and what i do is i authorize my military. we have the greatest military in the world and they've done a job, as usual. so we have given them total authorization, and that's what they're doing, and frankly, that's why they've been so successful lately. >> reporter: total authorization. so, yes, commanders have authorization to carry out missions. the critical question, however, still unanswered. did president trump know about this mission? when did he know about it? it is an extraordinary event. and would the u.s. military have simply let him find out about it by watching cable news? probably not. but we'll have to see. >> all right. we will get those answers somehow, i'm sure. barbara, thank you very much for your reporting. >>> meanwhile, the world is on e

china is taking a harder line with north korea. they've cut off imports from north korea. the only thing of value that comes out of north korea. china is taking a tougher role. if the president is successful in getting china to take more ownership of dealing with kim jong-un and the on going humanitarian crisis and problems in north korea, that would be an enormous victory. that's the name of the game. can you make china take control? >> sandra: as we read comments from the white house, i want to run this by. kenneth duberstein was on face the nation talking about the struggle within the white house, who's running things, the communication coming out of it. he was saying that the president needs to empower one person to run the white house. listen to this. >> the president needs to empower one person to be the white house chief of staff and the funnel rather than spokes in the wheel. the person who has to be designated first. dick cheney told me you can't have eight or nine people sitting around with one tough issue. >> your turn to talk. >> no, no. your turn to talk. no,

korea but what is different is that in north korea and the united states, in north korea we have a very untested leader who does not seem to be in control of the entire state, there are different security apparatus and evidence indicates he has not controlled everything that has not controlled everything that has gone on. that is very worrying, because you have this developing nuclear programme and it is bad enough having an authoritarian leader but one who cannot control a nuclear programme, there are all sorts of risks, not least the possibility of this material not being looked after properly. never mind the issue of weapons. and in the united states you have a president who seems to be talking about using military instruments, having a pre—emptive strike, as he calls it, to try to resolve the situation, and this would be very risky indeed because there is an indication that north korea would sit back and accept having a strike without retaliating. so in south korea is only miles from the north korean border, with a population of millions, even if north korea lost, which they proba