headquarters. nbc news has new information on north korea's nuclear capabilities. i want to bring in retired army general wesley clark and nbc news intelligence and national security reporter ken delaney. ken, what more can you tell us? >> a u.s. official briefed on the intelligence has confirmed to nbc news that "washington post" report that u.s. intelligence now assesses that north korea has successfully miniature rised a nuclear with that. in other words, built a warhead small enough to fit atop a missile. which is a significant milestone and really increases the threat profile of north korea to the united states especially on the heels of that missile test last month of a missile that many experts assess could reach the u.s. mainland. >> does this mean that the north has fielded a nuclear tipped weapon? >> no, it doesn't mean that yet. it's a significant development along that path. but there are other technological hurdles our sources say to doing that. you have to be able to build a missile and warhead that survives reentry and you have to have a reliable missile system. and

inspired attack on north korea in evitable one certainly gets that impression listening to washington's war hawks and theirs to knock occurs in the corporate liberal media is north korea a growing military threat of course it is but it is also under threat is there still time for diplomacy. across talking north korea i'm joined by my guest when one in washington is the chief political correspondent at c g p n america in boston we have paul atwood he is a professor emeritus of american studies at the university of massachusetts and author of war and empire the american way of life and in beirut we cross the logic he is a philosopher novelist filmmaker and investigative journalist or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want but i always appreciate it ok weighing in washington let me go to you first here let me read a few quotes here says china could easily solve this problem meaning the north korean problem that unfortunate character the u.s. has at the united nations that nikki haley says time for talk is over before we get to how the

. intelligence now thinks north korea has produced a miniaturized missile-ready nuclear weapon. has kim jong- >>> fire and fury, they say they will be met with unprecedented power. are these words escalating the already very tense situation. >>> a new cnn poll reveals a crisis of credibility for the president with a message for north korea. >>> president trump on a working vacation. is there a strategy to his on-line outbursts? >> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." > >>> we're following breaking news. disturbing news from north korea. u.s. intelligence analysts has assessed that north korea has produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead. experts say it's only a matter of time before the kim jong-un regime can launch a nuclear missile, and the country's foreign minister says its nuclear program is non-negotiable. president trump responded with a stunning threat saying the united states will respond with, quote, fire and fury like the world has never seen if north korea threatens the united states. his national security adviser, general h.r. mcmaster, has said a north korea nu

. following the meeting, they held a joint news conference on north korea, u.s.-chip pan -- u.s.-japan relations and u.s. pressure on north korea. this begins with secretary tillerson on the attack barcelona, spain. l security meeting. at the top of the event, >> good afternoon, the events in barcelona have the earmarks of a terrorist attack. our condolences to the loss of life and injuries that occurred to so many innocent people yet again. we will continue to monitor the situation. e loss of life and injuries that occurred to so many innocent people yet again. we will continue to monitor the situation. we stand ready to assist law enforcement, national our consulates in barcelona and our spain team are assisting americans in spain who are affected by these events. we ask your citizens in the area to let your loved ones know you're safe. terrorists around the world should know that the united states and our allies are resolved to find you and bring you to justice. secretary mattis and i are grateful for the opportunity today to host foreign minister kono and defense minister onodera t

spokesperson to focus largely on north korea, the president's comments yesterday to reporters, reaction from north korea. the secretary of state rex tillerson making his way back to the night takes from a -- to the u.s.. "americans should sleep well at night." north korea poses no imminent threat and the reports of comments earlier on his airplane as he flew back, actually first guam and then back to the u.s. the news conference should be coming up shortly with your on c-span. we will take a look next at reaction to the north korea story from this morning's washington journal. host: the president's statements responding to yesterday's news about north korea and reported potential of a nuclear weapon being capable to be inside of an intercontinental ballistic missile. to give us a perspective, errol campbell from the arms control association joins us, their executive director. thank you for joining us. guest: good to be with you. host: could you give us perspective on what this news means and tell our viewers exactly what we are considering when we hear about the potential of a weapon be

soviet fear and then of course the invaded the north korea the korean peninsula which was one country throughout much of history up until the second world war it was one country one people one culture and then unfortunately the war happened and twenty percent of the north korean population were wiped out of this earth thanks largely due to the us invasion so the memory of history is still fresh and currently the north koreans have. i'm not defending the north koreans but they do have legitimate security concerns you know one hundred and sixty thousand u.s. troops stationed across western pacific the cold war architecture for deployment remaining largely intact and also around military exercises between south korea and the u.s. so the regime of course thinking about its survival and is also feeling threatened both in memory of history and recent developments by the u.s. industrial military industrial complex ok poland in boston you know one of the remarkable things here is we we every few years we go through this you know this that north korea mania that i call it ok and it of course a

. ♪ ♪ >> jon: this could change everything. "the washington post now reporting north korea has produced a nuclear war head small enough to fit on its missiles. we already know the country's military has missiles that can fly. thousands of miles. ahead, we'll look at how real the threat is to all of us. plus, an average of nearly 100 americans die each day from opioids. today president trump facing the crisis head on, taking part in a briefing about how to stop an epidemic that is taking far too many lives. that's coming up. ♪ ♪ i'm jon scott in for shepard smith. we begin with breaking news on north korea's nuclear program. "the washington post reports dictator kim jong un and his regime have successfully developed a miniaturized nuclear war head that can fit inside its missiles. the post citing a confidential assessment from u.s. intelligence officials. they say it shows north korea has crossed, quote: a key threshold on the path to becoming a full-fledged nuclear power. it's not just u.s. officials saying. this japan's defense ministry also reports it's possible north korea has made

a lot of people are interested in that story. i'm sure they're interested as well in north korea. the president is getting a security briefing here in a few moments on that. something trish regan will cover in addition to markets and everything else. hey, trish. trish: thank you so much, connell. breaking this hour we'll hear from the state department any minute from now as this whole war of words between president trump and north korea escalates. the rogue nation threatening to strike the united states first, even warning this attack can happen just days from now. and this new threat weighing on markets. stocks down 136. i would point out here, investors still considering what has been said taking things in stride as we look at this level of 21,911. we await the state department. i'm trish regan. welcome, everyone, to "the intelligence report." north korea's military says they're days away finalizing a plan to launch four missiles near the waters in guam. the rogue nation will send the plan to kim jong-un for approval. it will be up to him to decide whether the plan is actually carried out. the question today, will the united states intercept the missiles or do we strike first? the president is in bedminster, new jersey being briefed on we his national security advisors presumably. former nato ally problem commander wesley clark. good to have you here. stuff boeing on as what is your recommendation here? can we go in and take out north korea's nuclear arsenal? >> we probably could to -- go in with massive force and destroy the whole country. the country had 50, 60 years putting things in underground tunnels. to get it you have to use nuclear weapons to get it. if you send in a few teams of special forces, you may get some of it. you won't get all of it. to do that you have to disable the air defense network, shut down their security and so forth. so you alert them. the idea you can really do a massive strike without somebody saying something totally surprise gets china off-guard is unlikely. seems likely china would alert north korea. so, because they don't want to see the united states take out north korea and then move all the way to the border with china. so lots of different motives in the region of the best course of action for us right now, trish, is talk directly to the leader in north korea, face-to-face. no bellicose public statements. don't get the public alarmed. see him personally say, don't be doing this. you're bringing yourself to destruction because -- trish: are you criticizing what has been said? when you say don't be making public statements just curious? seems you want to get some kind of a message through. since you're not meeting with him, you need to let him know how serious this is? >> the best way to get the message through to meet with him personally, and there are ways to do that. that can be done. it was done in 1994. jimmy carter was sent over there. trish: that didn't work out so well. >> i was sitting in the white house sit room. it worked out well because we didn't bo to war with north korea. trish: now where we are? >> this is tougher than iraq. much tougher, because it means hundreds of thousands civilian. they have ability to hurt japan and south korea, and wreck major parts of asia's con economy. likely consequence of united states going to war with south korea, sorry, north korea, is that asia would be in turmoil. who would come out as the real victor in that? probably china would emerge as much stronger in the aftermath. >> you bring up china. that is an important elephant in the room if you would. everybody is excited about the billion dollar sanctions. i keep making the point talking about a $28 billion roughly estimated economy. a billion dollars isn't going to be that big of a it had. that is assuming china will follow through on those sanctions. i think that is a big if and probably unlikely. why aren't we going after china way harder? why aren't we sticking it to them, guys you have to get north korea in line, you're the answer to that? we can only do what we can do? why not threaten china with more sanctions? >> i think we are behind the scenes putting a lot of pressure on china. i think we should do even more because china does have some influence, although this leader, kim jong-un, has done his best to eliminate any chinese agents of influence in the government. he had his uncle killed. he got his brother killed. he purged his military a couple times to get rid of chinese agents might be in uniform in his high command. so he knows about personal security. this is a guy who is absolutely determined to stay in power. he is ruthless, but china could put more pressure on him. here is only thing i would say, trish. got to be careful on sanctions in this regard. his highest regime priority is regime survival. he needs those nuclear weapons and missiles. he will sacrifice anything and anybody to keep them at this point. trish: so in other words, any dollar he has. >> starve a million people, absolutely. absolutely. cut hospitals, cut schools. starve them. coop those nuclear weapons. trish: he is supporting a life-style for himself. he had a liquor bill totaled at $30 million for his friends. among other things. so you could choke him financially to a certain extent in terms of his infrastructure around him but i heart what you're saying, that ultimately take whatever money he has from his own people before he is out of business as far as nukes go. >> yep. when a guy starts shootings members of his own family you know this guy is seriously wanting to stay in power. trish: the question, where does it head? >> i think what you're going to see is, continued determination, strong resolute rhetoric from the united states. i think you're going to see start scrambling figuring out do we, do we start shooting out missiles. trish: of course we should shoot down the missiles, general. >> well, it is we could shoot them down but do we? if we're going to shoot down the missiles, then maybe we want to take them out before they're launched. trish: all right. >> then, in addition to all the military stuff, there is going to be frenzy of diplomatic activity. somebody will have to go in to speak directly to the president of north korea. trish: general clark. good to see you. >> thank you. trish: joining me right now how we can denuclearize north korea. lieutenant colonel ralph peters. i point out compelling op-ed in the "new york post" you peaceally said you're not sure that people really understand what this means. in other words, if we are at war, we need to be going, be willing to go to certain lengths, none of which make anyone feel good. walk us through your thinking on this. >> the bottom line, trish, is that greatest immorality in war far for us is not collateral damage. it is not accidental civilian deaths. greatest i am more ral for the united states to lose. when the united states loses, civilization loses, we all lose. my concern for generations now, you heard some of it from general clark, we conditioned people, including our military that war can be relatively sterile. that we should break things and not hurt people. if we are compelled to fight north korea. if north korea continues on the current course, if it continues aggressive actions toward us and our allies, if it is on the verge of nook clear blackmail or nuclear attacks on the united states, we have to go to war, we need to do everything it takes to win, no-holds-barred. do what it takes. if they are, indeed general clark pointed out directly, they're bunkered well underground, networks of tunnels. if it takes nuclear weapons to take them out, use nuclear weapons, don't do it halfheartedly, give the enemy a chance to react, if you're not willing to fight the war to win, stay and cower in your basement. trish: i will share with viewers one part of what you wrote. we taught our troops to break things but to go to absurd lengths to spare all lives, yes in warfare there is no substitute for killing your enemy and all those who support him and you keep on killing until the enemy quits unconditionally or lie there is dead and rotting. colonel, i haven't heard anyone quite say it like that. you're saying what people don't want to hear. >> it is not politically correct. we have thousands of years of history of warfare. warfare has been mankind's most successful human endeavor. warfare is how human beings collectives solve otherwise intractable problems. i wish it were otherwise. i wish we all could be quakers. the only reason there are quakers left alive because other people done the fighting for them. there are malevolent forces, there are evil people. people desperately want to hurt us in large numbers. we need to take the world seriously as it is. i come back to my bottom line. if you have to fight a war, you fight to win and you use whatever tools it takes to win. you win fast and hard and reserve mercy for after the shooting stops. trish: think back to world war ii. think about what we had to do in japan and you think about some of the words that the president said, with fire and fury, and colonel, do you foresee us looking at a situation in any way similar to that? lord we all hope not but -- >> we certainly hope not but one thing we've got to get over, trish, this madcap delusion that china would solve things for us. look at a intelligence officer, from beijing's per speck what is the number one goal for china long-term, become number one power militarily and economic power in the pacific. what is only obstacle to china's ambitions? the united states. they perceive us as the enemy. who is china's only military ally? north korea. who is tying down, who is obsessing us right now and could tie down our forces in wartime? who might nuke our military base without china lifting a finger? north korea. yet we expect china to turn on north korea for our benefit. it is folly. it is time to get past that. general clark, you especially were really right when you raised issue of more sanctions on china. if china doesn't feel enormous amount of pain they will not lift a finker to stop north korea because they're benefiting from it. trish: you know what, they rely on us. they do a lot of business with us. it might be a little economic pain for us but i'll tell you, i would rather see economic pain colonel peters, than the kind of pain you're talking about. >> absolutely. trish: bank of china, right down there, i walked right by it, couple blocks away. fully in business. we can do much, much more and cut off china economically. i think that is where it needs to head there and needs to head there very soon because you're right. we need to put pressure on them. >> this is our dream of getting china to help us with north korea, has paralyzed our economic policy toward china because we're afraid china will get angry at us. we're in the driver's seat for gods sakes. idea of negotiating with kim jong-un of north korea. we're not supplicants. we're not the beggars. we're the world owes only superpower, by god, if he do not act by it, circumspect tiffly and decisively, koreans will die in large numbers, japanese may die in large numbers because you can't let a madman have nuclear weapons. this guy killed his uncle, killed his own brother and we think he is a rational actor that would not attack the united states? i'm sore, i'm a pessimist on this one. if we do not get coherent policy, a coherent bipartisan policy against north korea soon, americans will die. trish: thank you for the realism, colonel peters. thank you so much, sir. >> thank you. trish: i are folks check out piece in "new york post." markets off 127. you get tension there clearly on north korea. why in this market we're looking at record highs. we're still way up there near 22,000. where does this go from here? we'll talk about it right after this. we'll see you in two. poor mouth breather. allergies? stuffy nose? can't sleep? take that. a breathe right nasal strip instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than allergy medicine alone. shut your mouth and say goodnight, mouthbreathers. breathe right. the dinosaurs' extinction... got you outnumbered. don't listen to them. not appropriate. now i'm mashing these potatoes with my stick of butter... why don't you sit over here. find your awesome with the xfinity stream app. included with xfinity tv. more to stream to every screen. trish: stocks on pace for biggest drop in a month amid rising tension with north korea. this flight to safety is sending investors into u.s. debt. we have nicole petallides at new york stock exchange and nicole, i want to put this in perspective. you're talking about 118 points right now. as i look at the market out of the corner of my eye here, we're down really barely half a percent here. so, yeah, some people may want to take a little money off the table but are some of the mainstream media folks making a little much out of this? >> hard to say whether people are making too much out of it or not. no doubt the market was near highs. we had three days of selling. concerns about north korea tensions. we lost 70 points last two trading days. about 120 right now. i will say some traders i spoke with took some risk off the table for now in a wait-and-see mode. i think most people big picture are bullish, on mystic, policies will go through. we have the 10-year bond, you noted bond, that is at a six week low. stocks off most in five weeks, six for the nasdaq. s&p 500 with which has been so stagnant, 58 days without a 1% move, will today be the day it has a 1% move. so be it. we need a little volatility on wall street. trish: it can't always go straight up. >> this isn't bad. trish: heather, are you worried here? do you think this is people taking a little money off the table saying, all right, this is a good excuse, the whole north korea situation, might as well keep a little bit of my profits for now and go on vacation for the rest of august? >> yeah, right. that would be nice. i think that, look the markets are still within one to 2% of their all-time highs so they are hanging in there fairly well given the catalysts of the geopolitical risks and tensions. i get it, there is some downside pressures on the market but selling off today, only 114 on the dow, that is not a big deal. retail sector is getting pummeled on earnings. look at other sectors across the board, tech rolling over, but rolling over into financials and energy, it will be a positive rotation. i think the markets can hold so long as north korea does not escalate. trish: all right. what are you hearing about earnings down there on the floor, nicole? >> you hit it right on the head because that is the truth of the matter. earnings overall is very good. she just made a freight point what we saw with retailers. for example, kohl's, macy's getting killed, those are getting hit hard but overall earnings season has been particularly good. more than 90% reported, most of those, 73% beat on earnings per share. another point to the market you're seeing a little bit of selling, some traders said, look we're winding down earnings season we're in the thick of it, then you move into the last couple weeks of august. this is traditionally not a very busy time where people take large positions and the like any way. trish: we'll leave it there, heather and nicole. i want to point out we're off the lows of the session, down 111. we'll keep watching. >>> president trump blasting senate majority leader mitch mcconnell after the senator blamed the president for the republicans inability to get anything done. mcconnell accusing the president of having quote, excessive expectations but is it really excessive to talk about tax reform and health care reform, the very things republicans were sent there to do? 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why shouldn't every single one of us expect more from d.c.? joining me american university capri cafaro,. >> good to see you, trish. trish: capri, i will go to you first, this is easy attack line for you. you are on the left. say this president doesn't know washington, et cetera, et cetera. this is in fact why people are so fed up with washington, they're always telling us manana, manana. people want it done now. they need it done now. is the president justified to be angry with mitch mcconnell? >> i think there is enough blame to go around for everybody in washington as far as dysfunction, democrats and republicans alike have been dragging their feet. i think there is some truth to the matter that i think president trump came in assuming that government works at the speed of business and because the republicans controlled both congress and the white house he would serve as ceo of the gop and he would be able to got things done inimmediately but it takes time to be as disruptive to these long-standing institutions and i would say again democrats and republicans need to come together and with health care -- >> i have to disagree with you, capri. >> all right, ford. >> here is why. cry me a river, mitch mcconnell. on january 26th, you said obamacare and tax reform would be through first 200 days. with obama care repeal, you wined about this seven years. i think seven months is ample time to repeal particularly with budget reconciliation expiring on october 1st. you had to get this done. let me say something else. here is the problem. it solely relies on republicans in congress. they don't realize they're in the majority. they don't realize their job is to mcgovern. they don't realize in the ballot box when trump agenda succeeds. only 16% of republicans approve the republican congress and 86% of americans think this is do-nothing congress. >> i think repeal and replace, president trump has been hammering on repeal and replace, the fact it is falling short by very narrow margins. republicans would be better served to return to tax reforms as president trump referred to in the most recent tweet. they can get something done on infrastructure. >> hold on, capri, here is the problem what you said. yes they have to turn to tax reform. there will be no help from democrats. we'll revisit exact same divide with tax reform of the it is up to mitch mcconnell and others. trish: you -- >> exactly right. trish: i thought we got over the whole border tax. >> that is not the problem. this will have to go through budget reconciliation because the democrats have already made everyone but three members sign a pledge that they're not going with tax cuts. so we know exactly -- trish: they are self-destructing. >> that is absolutely right. trish: mitch mcconnell is basically leading the charge in that self-destruction. >> that is absolutely right. why basically president trump realized this and gave him an olive branch, endorsing luther strange, a former client of mine in the alabama senate race. president trump is seeing larger picture. what mitch mcconnell doesn't understand, he may know the senate, he doesn't understand patience and public opinion. trish: are his days numbered. >> they will blow up the ballot box in 2018 and they will be off in the wilderness. trish: go ahead, capri. >> i think it depends on the state. for example, back to obamacare, republicans ran on repealing and replacing obamacare, however in the last seven months what we've seen, somewhat of a shift in, as far as american public opinion is concerned. trish: capri -- they didn't have, they had no replace effort. that is the whole problem. talking about repealing something for eight years, you are going to need it to replace it with something. no one had a decent idea. >> now there are some, for example the problem solvers caucus that comes out of the know labels organization did present a -- >> problem they need 60 votes? 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many people say china holds the key. china is not incentivized, buck, to do anything right now. >> a lot of what we do to north korea obviously sends messages to china at the same time. a lot of our public posture and sending back four decades. our policies have failed. we have not been able to contain north korea's program effectively. the missile testing has gotten to a much accelerated pace even where it was under kim jong-un or kim jong-il before. now we see a moment in time, people say hold on, if we continue on the current trajectory this will end up in a terrible place. trish: we can't allow it. >> china is beginning to see we have a change in posture. we'll see if the chinese are willing to do much more than they have already done. they have signed on for these new sanctions. they are key here but they do not want regime change in north korea. that is the key difference between u.s. aims in north korea and china aims in north korea. trish: china is perfectly happy the way these things are having a unbalanced situation. let me ask you what susan rice said in op-ed in "new york times" this is the key quote. susan rice saying history shows we can, if we must, tolerate, well, this is not the -- history shows we can, if we must, tolerate nuclear weapons in north korea. she goes on to say, war is, there we go, the same way we tolerated the far greater threat of thousands of soviet nuclear weapons during the cold war. so that's the important part there. she is saying, we did it before. we had a cold war with russia. we can do it again. that is the way to handle this. is that really the right way to handle this. >> thanks for having me, trish. that is literally the most incorrect way to think about this problem in my mind. it is emblematic of the prior administration. trish: let's go in to listen to heather nauert right now at the state department briefing. we'll be back with buck and jamil on the other side. >> wondering if you have any comment on that? >> i'm not aware of the president's comments. matt, i trust you, you're an excellent reporter. you always get it right. >> i will remember that. >> our position and policy and our strategy hasn't changed one bit. >> so does the secretary, who -- speak for, believe he is part of the national security team that advises the president on national security issues an contributes to making policy? >> i, i'm wondering where you're going to go with this but absolutely without a doubt. as you know the secretary, the president, secretary mattis, national security council with general mcmaster, they meet frequently and often to have conversations about national security issue. >> i'm curious about comments an aide to the president made, dr. gorka, to the bbc, when he was asked about the apparent differences in tone between various officials he said, you should listen to the president, the idea that secretary tillerson is going to discuss military matters is simply nonsensical. it is the job of secretary mattis, secretary of defense to talk about the military options. he has done so unequivocally. that is his mandate. secretary tillerson is chief diplomat of united states. it is his portfolio to handle those issues. does the secretary one, or this building agree with comments like that, which would seem to suggest that the secretary is, this is not the secretary's lane and he should but out and keep his mouth shut on things that relate to military matters? >> the secretary, as you know, has a close relationship with secretary mattis. our secretary, secretary tillerson talk as lot about our diplomatic strategy and our diplomatic policy. that has not changed. the secretary is very robust with that, just having returned as we talked about yesterday at the aussie yawn conference meet for three days with a lot of foreign officials. as we came out i heard about sebastian gorka's comments myself. so i don't want to comment exactly what he had to say, but i can say i speak for secretary tillerson and this building, our secretary has been very clear as has secretary mattis our diplomatic and military means are strong and capable in the threats we face against the dprk or other nation. >> right. but does the secretary believe dip problem sy should be combined with military options, to produce successful result and, does he, i take it then he would he reject the suggestion that he doesn't have any business talking about this? >> i would say secretary mattis oversees the u.s. military and he and secretary tillerson have a good, close cooperative relationship. and one part of our u.s. government is of course the state department and we do diplomacy here out of this building. secretary tillerson has not spoken about u.s. military capabilities. you all hear me very often from this room when you ask me about u.s. military assets or plans i refer you to dod. >> right. but the suggestion that was made is that, basically the secretary, secretary tillerson shouldn't be involved or shouldn't be listened to as it relates to policy towards north korea. is that, is that something that you agree with? >> i think everyone has clearly heard what secretary tillerson's forceful comments have been and continue to be on issue of dprk and on or the countries as well. >> they should be paid attention to, correct? >> i think so. >> so the idea -- >> cabinet secretary is forth in line with the presidency. he carry as big stick? >> dr. gorka is aware of that line ever success? >> i have not worked with dr. gorka, i have known him from a previous life and previous career. i have not spoken with him about the comments he made. let me leave it at that. while we're on dprk, let's stick to that, i would like to stick to regions today. any questions on dprk? hi, rich. >> this is in the diplomatic lane, talking about china, south china sea, freedom of navigation. china says the recent u.s. navigation operation harms chinese sovereignty. this is issue and response we've seen before, but do issues of freedom of navigation, some economic issues, do they make for a more difficult campaign on north korea with china? >> freedom of navigation operations happen all around the world. they tend to get the most attention when they happen in the south china sea. they happen off the coast of canada. they happen, in the waters offshore of our major allies, friends, partners, all around the world. that is why we're focusing on it right now. that's why you're asking me of that question because of the issue of dprk as you know secretary tillerson coming back from the asean conference where there was a joint statement issued about the south china sea. we talked about that pretty extensively yesterday. as you all know u.s. forces operate in the asia-pacific region. they do that on daily basis including the south china sea. the operations are conducted within international law. the point of that the united states will continue to fly, sail and operate, wherever international law allows. it is true in the south china sea. it is true in other places around the world as well. >> when the u.s. deals with china, negotiates, speaks with china, does it view these issues as compartmentalized or as within big issue? >> we have lots of ongoing conversations as you know. we had the four-way dialogue with china. we had two of four meetings set to take place, i believe the next two are set to take place later this year. we discuss all kind of issues. secretary mattis was over here not too long ago having spoken with secretary tillerson and our chinese counterparts about many issues. among the issues we talk about, the chinese with south china sea and talk about dprk and other matters. >> doesn't hammer the pressure cam pin? >> you know what happened at united nations. the united nations security council unanimously passed new u.n. security council resolution on the dprk. china was one of those countries that voted along with that. so that means china has to enforce its sanctions. they have said that they would. we look forward to, and expect them to enforce those sanctions as well. okay? welcome back. >> thank you. congratulations on the u.n. security council sanctions. suggesting that you could have given them longer to bear fruit before threatening fire and fury. how long do you think it was, it will take before we see some, we see north korea backing down thanks to the sanctions? >> you know look, i can't speculate what north korea is going to do. we talked yesterday about our pressure campaign and how the pressure campaign is in our opinion working. we've had many countries, countries that we are close friends with and countries that we aren't as close with help participate in that pressure campaign. that is bus the world recognizes the world recognize the threat the dprk faces not just to the united states but to the world. >> seeking diplomatic isolation of north korea. north korea attended the asean regional forum and been asked to attend next year's regional forum by the hosts s there attempt to isolate them diplomatically or you military -- >> my interpretation of discussions on that, we are not a part of asean. we don't have the ability to extend or rescind a invitation. we would leave it to asean itself. those nations joined us in condemning the actions of the dprk. >> is it your understanding that the warning the president issued about fire and fury on north korea was if they were to test another missile some action or simply resume normal belligerent rhetoric? >> i will not get into hypotheticals. >> yesterday, kim jong-un laid out, ridiculed the president of the united states. then he laid out the plan -- >> kim jong-un is, he could certainly say, you know, what he chooses, okay. i can't affect that in any kind of way but in terms of the pressure campaign when we talk about working part of that, from the u.n. security council resolution that we believe will help remove about a billion dollars worth of exports, money that would go into the pockets of the north korean regime. that money by the way does not get used to feed its own people. we know people in that nation, the money does not go to the north koreans, it goes to the government. it is on expensive illegal nuclear and ballistic missile programs. >> on that point, one of the points of the sanction to curtail imported labor from north korea and other countries so on. >> yes. >> an ally of united states, kuwait, said it will continue to host north korean workers an laborsers. do you have any reaction to that? >> what you're talking about is associated press report that came out i believe it was overnight, that indicated that kuwait was going to continue hosting north korean guest workers. that would obviously be a concern to us. there are north korean guest workers in place around the world. a big part of our pressure campaign as many of you know has been saying to those countries through a series of bilateral meetings that secretary tillerson and here at the state department had with many of his counterparts asking number of nations to reduce north korean guest workers. those workers working in construction and other industry around the world are getting that money. that money is going straight back to north korea and its weapons program. the money does not go to the north korean individuals themselves. it does not go to the north korean citizens and individual family members. what you're referring to in terms of kuwait. we're aware of that report. it was brought to our attention. i would have to refer you to the government of kuwait for more information of that. we understand that the government of kuwait will issue a it at that on the report and overall dprk policy imminently. we are in close contact with the government of kuwait. they recognize the serious nature of this issue and the report that did come out. the government of kuwait will be taking further measures in response to the dangerous and provocative behavior of the dprk regime within the coming days we're told. we're told to expect a statement on that matter. >> do you know when? because, i'm looking at the statement that they sent to us right here and it is very straightforward, two questions, question one, did kuwait stop issuing new working visas to north koreans last year? no, the state of kuwait did not stop issuing visas to north korean laborerses. trish: we have the president speaking. listen to him here. >> we have a couple other people here today. a lot of subjects under discussion including venezuela. including of course north korea and other things. i think we're making tremendous headway. we'll be spending quite a bit of time here. then through the weekend as you know toward the end we go into manhattan where i have a lot of meetings scheduled in manhattan. any questions? >> mr. president, the north koreans said yes your statement on tuesday was nonsense, that is the word that they used. do you have any response to that? >> i don't think they mean that. i think first time they have heard it like they heard it, frankly, the people that were questioning that statement was too tough, maybe it wasn't tough enough. they have been doing this to our country for a long time, for many years. it is about time somebody stuck up for people of this country and other countries. if anything that statement wasn't tough enough. we're backed 100% by our military. we're backed by everybody. and we're backed by many other leaders. i notice that many senators and others today came out very much in favor of what i said. but if anything, that statement may not be tough enough. >> with would you -- [inaudible]. >> you'll see. you'll see. >> mr. president is within of the options being credit a [inaudible] >> we don't talk about that. i never do. i'm not like the other administration that says we go into mosul in four months. we'll see what happens. i can tell you what they have been doing, what they have been getting away with is a tragedy and it can't be allowed. >> mr. president -- [inaudible] >> sure. we will always consider negotiations but they have been negotiating now for 25 years. look at clinton. he folded on the negotiations. he was weak and ineffective. look what happened with bush. look what happened with obama. obama, he didn't even want to talk about it. but i talk. it is about time. somebody has to do it. somebody has to do it. >> talking about your relationship with senator mcconnell? >> just want him to get repeal and replace done. i've been hearing repeal and replace now for seven years, but i've only been doing this for two years. i've really only been doing this for six months but i've been running. now almost two years and i all i hear is repeal and replace. and then i get there and i said where is the bill? i want to sign it, first day. they don't have it. they passed repeal or replace. but they never had a president or senate that was going to do it but they never had a president so it didn't matter. i say very simply, where is repeal and replace? i want tax reform an tax cuts. we'll reduce taxes for the people. we pay more tax than anybody in the world and we'll reduce taxes. i say tax cuts, tax reform, and i want a very big infrastructure bill where we're working on that very hard already. we can do that. we may even get bipartisan on infrastructure but we want to have it. but i said, mitch, get to work and let's get it done. they should have had this last one done. they lost by one vote for a thing like that to happen is a disgrace. frankly it shouldn't have happened. it shouldn't have happened. >> senator mcconnell consider stepping down as majority leader? analysts including sean hannity saying it is time for him to retire? >> if he doesn't get repeal and replace done, if he doesn't get taxes done, meaning cuts and reform, if he doesn't get a very easy one to get done, infrastructure, he doesn't get them done, then you ask me that question. >> [inaudible] >> you can ask me the question. means ask me the question. let's hope -- >> [inaudible]. >> opioid crisis is an emergency. i'm saying officially right now it is an emergency. it is a national emergency. we're going to spend a lot of tile, a lot of effort and a lot of money on the opioid crisis. >> what do you need emergency powers to address it? >> we're going to draw it up and make it a national emergency. it is a serious problem, the likes of which we have never had. when i was growing up they had lsd and certain generations of drugs. there has never been anything like what happened to this country over the last four or five years. i have to say this in all fairness, this is a worldwide problem, not just a united states problem. this is happening worldwide. but this is a national emergency and we are drawing documents now to so attest. >> mr. president, are there mixed messages coming out of your administration of north korea? [inaudible] secretary mattis seems to advocate -- >> there are no mixed messages. there are no mixed messages. i heard, to be honest, general mattis may have taken a step beyond what i said. there are no mixed messages. rex was just, you know stating his view. here is the view. i said it yesterday. i don't have to say it again. i'll tell you this, it may be tougher than i said it, not less. it may be tougher than i said. what more. >> do you have any assurance to the american people who are understandably anxious about the situation in north korea and -- [inaudible] your statement about fire and fury, should they be comfortable that -- >> the people of this country should be very coming for thible. i will tell you this, if north korea does anything in terms of even thinking about attack, of anybody that we love or we represent, or our allies, or us, they can be very, very nervous. i'll tell you what. they should be very nervous because things will happen to them, like they never thought possible. okay? he has been pushing the world around for a long time. i have great respect for what china and what russia did and those 15-0, we got a 15-0 nothing vote. i have he respect for what russia and china did on sanctions. i believe it will have been a effect, nikki haley did a great job, we all did a great job. i have great respect for what they did. i have great respect for the 15-0. but probably won't be as effective as lot of people it

most chilling public statement made by the u.s. president in quite a while aimed at north korea. you will hear that in a moment. first, tillerson's comments a short time ago on a flight from malaysia to guam. listen. >> i think americans should sleep well at night, have no concerns about this particular rhetoric of the last few days. i think the president, again, i think he felt it necessary to issue a very strong statement directly to north korea. but i think what the president was just re-affirming is the united states has the capability to fully defend itself from any attack and defend our allies and we will do so. so the american people should sleep well at night. >> so that is what tillerson says. let's contrast that with what we heard from president trump yesterday. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> the president's statement on the u.s. nuclear arsenal for its part, pang yang is threatening potentially to hit the u.s. territory of guam. adding to the bluster, a new u.s. intel

breaking news. north korea's state news agency releasing a statement saying president trump is driving the situation on the korean peninsula to the, quote, brink of nuclear war. this comes hours after president trump doubled down on his warning to north korea saying the threat to unleash fire and fury may not have been tough enough. >> defense secretary james m mattis says despite the effort the effort on north korea is diplomatically lead. the global resources of cnn have all of this covered for you. we want to start with will ripley live for us in beijing with the latest. will. >> reporter: brianna, i want to get right to this brand new statement that has been released by north korea just within the last few minutes. the title of this statement on the north korean news agency is u.s. nuclear war fanatic. trump is driving the situation on the korean pe nins korean -- from 1950 to 1953 killed $3 million people and north korea tells its citizens that the u.s. almost dropped a nuclear bomb on them back then and they believe, they tell their citizens that the u.s. is ready to do it again.

. while we wait, a look at the situation between north korea and the u.s. on today's "washington journal." here to discuss events concerning north korea and the u.s. response are two guess, anthony ruggiero and ivan eland of the independent institute. a senior fellow as well as director of the center of peace and liberty. good morning. can we start with information we received concerning nuclear capability of north korea? first of all, about the capability to put it on a missile? what does that mean? no reason to doubt it. i think the intelligence community seems to be inclined to believe and also japan says they believe that they are of that capability. i do not think it is the be-all end-all. they still have other steps getting a reentry capability. going back to earth's atmosphere, space capsules. that is one thing they have to do and maybe others as well. it is one step along the way. is asd not say the crisis severe as the media has led us to believe. one step closer. they are getting closer. it is nearing the door at the barn. >> i agree that the height is a little overplay

pyongyang that ratchets up the rhetoric. today on a day we learned that north korea may have managed to make nuclear warheads that can fit on a missile capable of strike thing country, here's the president's message to kim jong-un. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening beyond a normal statement. and as i said, they will be met with fire, fury, and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. >> fire and fury, like the world has never seen, the president today warned north korea that they best not make any more threats to the united states. it only took the regime a few hours to respond with another threat, saying their military was "examining operational plans to strike the u.s. territory of guam with ballistic missiles." if all of this sounds to you scary and uncertain, you're not alone. we'll hear from a wide range of military experts tonight. the only language to president trump is what president truman said to japan 72 years ago after d

, john king is off. are we barreling toward the brink? donald trump is warning north korea of fire and fury after a u.s. intelligence assessment that kim jong-un can put a nuclear war head on top of his missiles. >> north korea best not make anymore threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen. >> pyongyang, which knows a thing or two about saber rattling, claims it is now examining strike plans to hit guam, a u.s. territory. the president's refuse to back down is meant to end what they call extortion that happened under the watch of three administrations that preceded him. but while trump is promising to respond with never seen before power, his rhetoric sounds very familiar to other ominous speeches, the likes of which we have seen before. like this address from president harry s. truman announcing the first time that the u.s. will use nuclear weapons. >> if they do not now accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth. behind this air attack, will follow sea and l

should do. we could level north korea into a shimmering plane of glass. >> it doesn't mean that we're going to use nuclear weapons. this is the part where i say you're being irresponsible because you're saying the only option america had was nuclear weapons. >> i'm talking about deterrence and diplomacy. >> hang on, hang on. let rick finish. >> diplomacy has worked for this country for generations and the failures of administrations of both parties over the last 25 years have led north korea to be where it is now. you cannot argue that military strike on north korea, even in a non-nuclear strike, will not result until the deaths of millions of south koreans, 100,000 americans. ben, listen. this is a matter by which you have displayed your absolute ignoran ignorance of the korean peninsula. this is not something where a military operation that you throw off the back of donald trump's shoot from the hip style could possibly lead to anything except incredibly damaging and horrifying death. >> let me go back in the point here. what you're missing, obviously, is you're implying that

stunning statements. nuclear tensions are said to be at a new high. north korea's news agency is saying that. they say president trump is driving the situation on the north korean peninsula to, quote, the brink of nuclear war. >> president trump responding on twitter saying, quote, military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded. we have these breaking developments covered around the globe starting with cnn's will ripley, he is live in beijing with the latest. will. >> reporter: brianna, there is this new statement coming out of north korea just within the last hour or so from kcna, their state media. i want to read you two portions of it. the first one says president trump is driving the situation on the korean peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war making such outcries as the u.s. will not rule out a war against the dprk. and then they talk a lot about the history because in north korea, the korean war from 1950 to 1953 influences nearly every aspect of people's lives. 3 million people died on the peninsula in just three years of fighting before the armistice agre

on north korea and the political fallout here in the united states the president stirred the entire political arena threatening to bring fire and fury to north korea the congressional reaction has been mixed although the president has an understanding of some in the senate about what the country is actually facing put yourself in president trump shoes for a moment where does your allegiance slide is it isn't your primary purpose is prezi united states to protect the american homeland from a nuclear weapon attack by a guy like kim jong il i'm my belief is that we're headed that way unless the world can stop north korea he's going to pick loam land defense over regional stability and he has to. redstone see it that way senate minority leader chuck schumer says the president's comments and method or reckless meanwhile dianne feinstein criticized the president's bombastic comments and ben cardin called drum statement the wrong message for a diplomatic solution for more of the reaction within the administration we go to vanilla chance that i have been in a while there is a new threat thi

overnight as the u.n. imposes sweeping sanctions against north korea with two key countries siding with the u.s. on this move. >>> can they bring north korea's nuclear ambitions and tests to a halt. >>> a new report in the white house are some republicans looking to make a bid for president against donald trump. >>> in one small town in oklahoma a snapshot for health care reform in america as hundreds line up for help. all next on msnbc live. >>> the white house is shutting down a new report claiming vice president mike pence is part of what appears to be a republican shadow campaign for 2020. his press secretary tweeted ridiculous, fake news anding in more than wishful thinking. lindsay walters fired a warning shot saying the president is as strong as he ever has been in iowa. rex tillerson is in a security forum with world leaders it comes one day after the u.n. passed a round of sanctions against north korea for nuclear provocation and other violations. a move president trump praised in a tweet. here's what nikki haley said in an address to the u.cnn after t vote. >> we're prepared t

. eastern on c-span. now, the latest on the tensions between the u.s. and north korea. from washington journal, this is about 30 minutes. >> joining us now from los angeles is the senior international researcher at the rand corporation. he is here to discuss u.s.-south korea joint military exercises taking place this week and the threat from north korea. thank you are joining us. >> good morning. host: tell us exactly what will take place tomorrow. what is this joint exercise? the exercise, which is about to take off, is mainly a command post exercise. command post for combined forces with north korea and links them all together with all of the other commands helpghout the peninsula, the new leaders arrive on the peninsula learn how to work together. this is mainly a coordination activity of the commanders. what is the purpose? is this in reaction to the recent rationing -- ratcheting up of rhetoric between the united states and pyongyang? or is this different? long-term thing done for decades. usually in the june and july timeframe. by august, you're ready to get the people in the com

americas. in about an hour, we discussed the nuclear give abilities of north korea. then white house reporter zach coleman on the federal climate change report drafted by scientists from 13 federal agencies. night on tom simon how google and facebook use artificial intelligence and how it is transforming the work place. ♪ host: good morning on this thursday, august the 10th. the military leader of north korea preparing a plan to fire sea in nearo the guam by mid august. they say they could deliver the plan in days. they are waiting for his orders. we headline this morning, will begin with the wall street journal, north korea and u.s. clash sharpened. usa today says trump threats could backfire, escalating the war of words and a high-stakes miscalculation. and you have the washington post, a lack of coordination on north korea, trump threat not formally vetted. senior officials seek to offer reassurances. washington times much on gets back up on north korea from tillerson and matus. -- mattis. onwant to get your thoughts the confidence and president trump and his national secu

strong statement to north korea. he is reaffirming the united states has that capability to fully defend itself from its -- from any attack and defend our allies and we will do so. so the american people should sleep well at night. >> thank you. sec. tillerson: thank you. >> we discussed tensions with north korea and their nuclear program on today's "washington journal." this is an hour. >> "washington journal" continues. host: here to discuss events concerning north korea and the u.s. response are two guess, anthony ruggiero and ivan eland of the independent institute. a senior fellow as well as director of the center of peace and liberty. good morning. can we start with information we received concerning nuclear capability of north korea? first of all, about the capability to put it on a missile? what does that mean? no reason to doubt it. i think the intelligence community seems to be inclined to believe and also japan says they believe that they are of that capability. i do not think it is the be-all end-all. they still have other steps getting a reentry capability. going back

south korea military exercises taking place this weekend the threats from north korea. the you for joining us. guest: good morning. host: tell us what will take place tomorrow. the exercise, which is about to take off, is mainly a command post exercise. command post for combined forces with north korea and links them all together with all of the other commands helpghout the peninsula, the new leaders arrive on the peninsula learn how to work together. this is mainly a coordination activity of the commanders. what is the purpose? is this in reaction to the recent rationing -- ratcheting up of rhetoric between the united states and pyongyang? or is this different? long-term thing done for decades. usually in the june and july timeframe. by august, you're ready to get the people in the command posts working with each other and trying to establish good relationships. does it have other political limitations, certainly, but primarily a training effort. host: some people believe given the heightened tensions between and north states korea, that maybe these might be postponed. a piece say

issuing an ominous warning. to north korea's leader and to the world. >> this man will not get away with what he's doing. >> he's drawing red lines but he's also acting like a child. >> we have tried to hamper north korea for the last 20 years and it got us nowhere. >> we have many options for venezuela. i'm not going to rule out a military option. >> the president may have played directly into the hands of the venezuelan president. >> what place do confederate monuments like this one have in today's world? >> the statue itself is symbolic of a lot of larger issues. >> we don't want there to be violence, we don't want there to be conflict. >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> good morning to you. i want to tell you about a new threat this morning from north korean media warning president trump to, quote, be prudent or america will face, quote, tragic doom. no response from president trump just yet, who was urged by china to restrain or to use restraint as nuclear tensions escalate. >> this was a call overnight. president trump initially

"hannity." the world faces an extremely solution. north korea reaches a whole new level. at reuters reporting that north korea and their state media is now saying that pyongyang, north korea is considering a strike on guam. north korea now has developed a nuclear weapon that could be placed on one of its long-range missiles. president trump is responding to this threat by issuing a very stern warning to this increasingly belligerent and rogue regime in pyongyang. our opening monologue in just a minute but first, joining us from washington with the very latest is ed henry. >> sean, good to see see you. the stakes could not be any higher. they believe north korea has been able to miniaturize nuclear warheads that can fit inside missiles. this follows last month's test of a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach the u.s. mainland. when you put these two major developments together, it means north korean dictator kim jong un is on the verge of having nuclear warheads that can reach major american cities from los angeles to new york. it would be intolerable for no

at the state department. following the meeting, they held a joint news conference on north korea, u.s.-japan relations, and china's role in putting pressure on north korea. this 35-minute briefing begins with secretary tillerson on the terrorist attack in spain. secretary tillerson: good afternoon. i would like to start by acknowledging the incident in barcelona which has the hallmarks, it appears, of yet another terrorist attack. we offer our condolences to the loss of life and the injuries that have occurred to so many innocent people yet again. we will continue to monitor the situation. we stand ready to assist law enforcement, national security authorities in spain. our consulates in barcelona and our entire mission spain team are currently assisting americans in spain who are affected by these events. we ask u.s. citizens in the area to let your loved ones know you are safe. terrorists around the world should know the united states and our allies are resolved to find you and bring you to justice. and i aremattis grateful for the opportunity the foreignt minister and defense minis

, i'm stephen sackur. relations between the united states and north korea have long been difficult. the recent toe—to—toe confrontation between donald trump and kim jong—un raised fears of a conflagration on the korean peninsula. my my guess today has a unique perspective on north korea's often impenetrable mindset. kenneth bae, an american christian missionary of korean descent who was arrested inside north korea and spent two years in a pyongyang prison. what does his experience tell us about the world's most secretive country? kenneth bae, welcome to hardtalk. let's begin with your decision to go and live in china in 2006. quite soon afterwards, you began undertaking tours into north korea, that special economic zone inside north korea, close to the chinese border. why did you undertake those tours? i was sent as a missionary to china, andi tours? i was sent as a missionary to china, and i was living in the chinese community. while i was serving in the chinese community, i was able to meet with north korean defectors and others. i ended up visiting north korea to see what it is

that president trump's shocking warning to north korea of fire and fury was a surprise to even his closest aides. why did he decide to dramatically escalate the war of words? >>> mixed messages. while the president and defense secretary warn the kim regime of death and destruction, the secretary of state tries to calm nerves with a much different message. why does the state department claim the administration is speaking with one voice? >>> inflaming kim jong-un. the trump team says the president's fiery and highly undiplomatic warning was delivered in language the north korean dictator would understand. could trump's tough talk backfire? and campaign chair raided. the fbi raids the home of paul manafort as special counsel of the russia investigation. what were federal agents looking for? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> the breaking news this hour, the escalating war on words and threats between president trump and the kim regime. cnn says president trump's warning of fire and fury was improvised. it was also in a tweet

sounding threats at north korea this afternoon. in his latest verbal salvo, the president appeared to paint another red line, this time over guam, the u.s. island north korea threatens to bracket with missile strikes. >> let's see what he does with guam. if he does something in guam, it will be an event the likes of which nobody's seen before what will happen in north korea. >> the president's comments came during what is the closest thing we've seen to a full-fledged presidential news conference in months. mr. trump eager to sound off on everything from the russian investigation to the opioid crisis. let's start with the crisis in north korea and nbc news white house correspondent, kristen welker. >> reporter: a defiant president trump escalating his war of words with north korea. digging in on his threat of fire and fury. >> if anything maybe that statement wasn't tough enough. >> reporter: the president make the ominous comments after security briefings with his vice president, national security advisor, and chief of staff responding to critics who argued his earlier remarks crosse

. i'm robert costa. we take a closer look at the standoff between the united states and north korea tonight on "washington week." president trump: north korea better bet their act together or they're going to be in trouble. robert: the threat of fire and fury was not enough for president trump. he now says the military is locked and loaded to counter any threat from north korea. president trump: he's disrespected our country greatly and with me he's not getting away with it. robert: north korea dismissed trump's remarks as nonsense and announced it is working on a plan to attack the american territory of guam, home to two military bases. president trump: he does something in guam, it will be the likes no one has seen before. it's not a dare 6. it's a statement. robert: what should the u.s. response be? secretary of defense james mattis insists diplomatic efforts to contain the threat are working -- for now. >> you can see the american effort is diplomatically led, it is gaining ditch lomatic results. the tragedy of war is well enough known, it would be catastrophic. robert: is china the key

lot sooner than most expects predicted. north korea has tested 14 intercontinental ballistic missiles, including one that experts say could potentially reach as far as chicago. over the weekend, the u.n. security council imposed new sanctions on the country, hoping to strangle its military financing. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley was asked about all this this morning on "today." >> can you start him economically in time to prevent him from combining those two things? the missile and shrinking the nuclear device to fit on that missile? >> we tried to ask him, what's your end game. he has to decide if he strikes the united states, is that something he can win? >> nbc's kristen welker, who is in new jersey where the president is this hour, that's where she is, kim delaney in our washington newsroom. courtney kubae is at the pentagon many keir simmons is following international reaction from our london newsroom, i want to start with kristen and where craig left off a moment ago, we asked whether the white house has had a response to this. has the white house had a chance to be b

all the fiery talk lead to war? plus, what a shooting war between the united states an north korea would look like. we'll show you what the u.s. military would bring to bear. and loyal supporters reacting to trump's fire and fury threat against korea. what's the one thing they all agree on about president trump? let's go out front. >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, breaking news, big, big trouble. those are president trump's words moments ago lobbing a new threat at north korea. trump for the fifth time this week, the fifth time, using fiery language to make it clear the united states stands ready to strike north korea militarily. speaking from his new jersey golf resort, here's the president of the united states. >> if anything happens to guam, there's going to be big, big trouble in north korea. >> so is this situation heading to war? the president was directly asked that question today. here's what he said. >> we think that lots of good things could happen and we also could have a bad solution but we think lots of good things can happen. >> reporter: what would be

big part of it. are is less appetite for risk-taking. speaking north korea, state department holding a briefing. fox will monitor those developments. a lot going on. see you to the next hour, hi, trish. trish: thank you, connell. we'll hear from the state department any minute as secretary of defense james mattis doubles down on president trump's stern warning on north korea. stop making threats to the united states because you will lose any arms race or conflicts you initiate. i'm trish regan. welcome, everyone to "the intelligence report." president trump on the offense today, warning north korea, we are the most powerful nuclear arsenal in the world. guess what. you better think twice before you make the next move. watch him here. >> they will be met with fire, fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. trish: wow. fire and fury, but you know the left right now blasting the president he saying his tough talk is quote reckless, it is bombastic they say. secretary of state rex tillerson is saying this stern warning was absolutely necessary.

hartman in washington d.c. and welcome to the big picture north korea better get their act together they will be met with fury things will happen to them like they never thought possible but they're going to be trouble like few days ever have been in trouble in this world the standoff between north korea in the united states continued today with donald trump intensifying his threats towards beyond young trumps comments came after the north korean government unveiled a plan to fire missiles at a wall according to north korean state news those missiles will fly over japan before landing about twenty five miles off shore of the u.s. small u.s. territory so are we now. on the brink of nuclear war joining me now is investigative journalist tim shorrock tim spent part of his youth in south korea writes about u.s. korea relations for the nation and the korea center for investigative reporting tim welcome to the program thank you very much great to have you with us so how seriously should we be taking these dueling rhetorical flame throwing attempts that seem to be coming out of. out of cri

saying? we are all denouncing north korea's outrageous act against another un member state, japan. we are all demanding north korea stop any future missile launches. we are all demanding north korea abandon its nuclear weapons. north korea has violated every single security council resolution and violated international law. we are all calling on every nation to strictly, fully and immediately implement all security council sanctions on north korea. the rul world is united against north korea. there is no doubt about that. it is time for the north korean regime to recognize the danger they're putting themselves in. the united states will not allow their lawlessness to continue.

player. on the news tonight the president doubles down on north korea and suggest fire in fury might be going to he's the on the country. and the president goes on the attack challenging mitch mcconnell and threatening his leadership of the united states senate and john mccain unveils a new policy in america's longest running war in afghanistan calling for more troops to the country i'm ed schultz reporting tonight from the r t newsroom this is the news on r.t. america. good evening friends we start tonight with north korea and the president of the united states doubling down on his threat to the asian nation in a press conference today the president said fire in fury might not have been tough enough. there were no big surprise as i heard i mean to be honest general mattis may have taken a step beyond what i said there was no mixed messages and rex was just you know stating the view that look is the view i said yesterday i don't have to say that again and i'll tell you this it may be tougher than i said it not less it may very well be tougher than i say. later the same afternoon the

of time discussing north korea. north korea's recent intercontinental ballistic missile and other missile launches are unacceptable provocations and they must stop immediately. we agreed to all-star lines and capabilities to respond to north korea's unacceptable behavior and other challenges to regional security. in cooperation with other nations, we will continue to employ diplomatic and economic pressure to convince north korea to end its nuclear and ballistic program. it is clear by all peace seeking nations and the u.n. security council resolution and strong statements made by the asean nations and others around the world, we all seek denuclearization of north korea. we call on all nations to fully enforce the un security council resolution, imposing additional sanctions on the regime in north korea. we will remain vigilant against the north korean threats through our military preparedness. the united states will honor our treaty agreements with japan without reservation, whether in times of peace or in the face of conflict. we will also cooperate to advance trilateral and mul

bbc news: north korea has fired a missile that has flown overjapan before crashing into the sea. japan's prime minister called the launch an unprecedented, serious and grave threat to the nation. the united nations security council will meet to discuss the launch. president trump has pledged his full support for the states of texas and neighbouring louisiana. both have been devastated by massive flooding from tropical storm harvey. officials are warning they expect nearly half a million evacuated people to need shelter. even more torrential rain is expected over the next few days. a nurse serving a life sentence for murdering two patients in germany is now a suspect in at least 84 other murder cases. niels hoegel was convicted and jailed two years ago for giving lethal drug injections to intensive care patients do that he could look good when he resuscitated them. it has just gone liz30am. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. relations between the united states and north korea have long been difficult. the recent toe—to—toe confro

the u.s. and north korea intensifies. north korea threatens to hit jim mathis warns this could end in the destruction of its people. this after trump vowed to hit north korea with "fire and fury." we then look at how attorney general jeff sessions is using the justice department to roll back decades of progress. on civilil r rights,s, voting r, rights and reform. >>s s a whole, i i think, has bn unfairly maligned and blamed for an acceptable of a few bad actors. speak with the head of the civil rights division at the department of justice in the obama administration until january. all that and more, coming up. ♪ amy: welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy y goodman. the trump administration sent mixed messages wednesday over the possibility of nuclear war with north korea, as secretary of state rex tillerson sought to defuse tensions, while defense secretary james mattis threatened a nuclear attack. on wednesday, mattis warned north korea not to take any action that could result in the "end of its regime" and the "destruction of its people." hi

fury? hopeful we will never know. the president is standing by his strongman stance on north korea. >> the comments delivered in his most wide-ranging public comments in months. what he said about the senator majority leader, the russia investigation, and this curious comment about vladimir putin. >>> good morning, everyone, welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez in for dave briggs. tgi tgif. 4:00 a.m. in the united states, 11:00 a.m. in moscow. president trump going further, much further in north korea than any u.s. president has gone before. escalating his combative warnings to pyongyang and criticizing past administrations for not doing enough to curb north korean aggression. not only is he not backing down from his threat to unleash fire and fury, the president says maybe he didn't go far enough. >> the people that were questioning that statement, was it too tough, maybe it wasn't tough enough. they've been doing this to our country for a long time, for many years. and it's about time that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the peopl

loaded ready for north korea. and north korea's threat to pound our nation to a jelly. also, caught in the cross hairs, what it's like for tens of thousands of americans living under the threat of attack. we're live on the ground if guam this hour. despite all the tough talk, no worth that the u.s. and north korea have been holding secret negotiations. we'll talk to the editor at the a.p. that helped to break that story. that is ahead this hour live on the fox news deck. good afternoon. 3:00 here in new york. i'm bill hemmer in today for shepard smith. locked and loaded. president trump says that his military is ready to strike if north korea acts unwisely. kim jong-un's regime warning that president trump is driving that standoff to the brink of nuclear war. now leaders of countries like russia and germany are asking both sides to dial it back. president trump tweeting today, military solutions are in place, locked and loaded should north korea act unwisely. hopefully kim jong-un will find another path. today north korean state media warning this: "it's ridiculous that the u.s. war

you have to north korea as that rogue nation levels are a dangerous threat of military action against the u.s. territory of guam. welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i'm jon scott. >> melissa: i melissa francis, president donald trump making his message clear, that the u.s. will not be bullied. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states, they will be met with fire, fury, and frankly, power the likes of which this world has never seen before. >> melissa: it comes as north korea says it is exploring potential military action against the u.s. pacific island territory of guam. that island is home to 150,000 americans as well as two major military bases. the trump administration says north korea needs to think twice before attempting any kind of attack. >> he is saying don't test america and don't test donald j. trump. we are not just a superpower, we are a superpower, we are now a hyperpower. nobody in the world, especially not north korea comes close to challenging our military capabilities, whether they are conventional, nuclear or special forces. the

total $270 billion. what's powering through today, north korea, and it is driving those safety haven plays, including gold. i want to dive into our bloomberg. 9456, and this is what we are talking about. let's do the elliott wave theory here. it is a little technical, but let's walk you through. what this elliott wave theory is that it looks at crowd factors inmoves and the extremism of investor psychology. the very optimistic compared to the very pessimistic. , onerday's moves for gold point 5%, the biggest move in three months, moving above $1300 an ounce, gold trading at the highest level since the u.s. election. showing iskorea is showshe crowd psychology as does the elliott wave. that it could move to 1339. 1340 could be that next level according to that chart good not only at the highest level in volatility, but fo spiking again. up in the asian session, and this flight to quality being felt in the treasury market. tradingeeing treasuries in the asian session and very near the low of the year, 2.1%. ant 2% really could be with grasp very, very soon. not to mention inflati

range missile overjapan, the first time it has publicly acknowledged doing so. north korea's state news agency said the missile launch was supervised by leader kim jong—un. an emergency meeting of the united nations security council is underway. president trump has been visiting texas, where rescue teams are continuing to deal with the effects of widespread flooding. large parts of houston are under water. and this story is trending on bbc.com. new data suggests that the spectacular rings of saturn may be just 100 million or so years old. the information comes from the spacecraft cassini, which has been orbiting the planet. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. relations between the united states and north korea have long been difficult. the recent toe—to—toe confrontation between donald trump and kim jong—un raised fears of a conflagration on the korean peninsula. my guess today has a unique perspective on north korea's often impenetrable mindset. kenneth bae is an american christ

. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news. president trump in an extraordinary statement threatening north korea with fire and fury. north korea responding moments ago, threatening a missile strike on the american island of guam. are we on the edge of a nuclear war? >>> plus, the u.s. preparing for a north korean strike. we're going to go live to u.s. command center, one of america's first lines of defense. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening mia. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news. fire and fury, president trump with that extraordinary threat to kim jong-un. language never before heard from an american president to the leader of another country. three hours after a story broke in "the washington post" reporting north korea has miniaturized a nuclear warhead, president trump at an event on opioids, lashed out at kim jong-un. >> north korea best not make anymore threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. they will be met with fire, fury, and frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. >> "fire and fur

signs that the pressure campaign they have been pursuing is working and that north korea clearly feels squeezed by this. as a senior administration official told me last night they feel they've made more progress on north korea in the last few months than the u.s. has made in decades. so where does that leave us and who should we believe, and what options are there now to counter proliferation and to address grievous human rights concerns about north korea, to counter the north's growing cyber threat? well, we're going to try to tackle some of these tough questions today and thankfully we have a panel assembled of some of the top experts in each of these areas. tom is the assistant secretary of-- was assistant secretary of state for democracy human rights and labor under the obama administration from 2014 until 2017 and prior to that he served as the washington director for human rights watch. and dr. jonathan pollock is a senior fellow at john l thornton china center and east asia center at brookings institution. previously a professor of asian and pacific studies at the u.s. naval wa

escalating rhetoric on north korea. >> whether it's the white house, the state department, the department of defense, we are speaking with one voice. >> 100% guarantee that was never approved by h.r. mcmaster. >>> where does a predawn raid bied fbi on paul manafort's home put the mueller investigation. >> i think it's a clear sign from special counsel mueller they're not messing around. >>> and the president's first tweet target of the day. mitch mcconnell, and trump supporters turn on republicans, putting money behind primary challengers to sitting senator, who criticize their president. >>> he's profoundly wrong on free trade. >>> we begin this morning with the president's aide and his allies in south korea, all insisting they are speaking with one voice on north korea, but until yesterday, no one was exactly sure what that voice was going to say. >>> you're in luck. we have a team here to break all of it down, starting with nbc's chief global correspondent bill kneely live in seoul, south korea south korea. take us there. what are people on the ground saying? >> yeah, good m

irresponsible actions of north korea. ago, i said to days of talking were over, and it was time to act. today, the full security council has come together to put the north korean dictator on notice emma and this time, the council has matched its words and actions. the resolution we have passed is a strong, united step towards holding north korea accountable for its behavior. the security council increased the penalty of north korea's ballistic missile activity to a whole new level. north korea's irresponsible and careless acts have just proved to be quite costly to the regime. this resolution is the single largest economic sanctions package ever leveled against the north korean regime. the price of the north korean leadership will pay for its continued nuclear and missile development will be the loss of one third of its exports and hard currency. this is the most stringent set of sanctions on any country in a generation. deep, andons will cut in doing so will give the north korean leadership a taste of the deprivation a have chosen to inflict on the north korean people. missilesnd ball