What he was basically doing is threatening a you into clear war against north korea. It is important for our president not to be unpredictable. He does need to reinforce the message of deterrence. By using this kind of language we are playing right into kim jonguns hands. This is new day. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to your in the new day. Bill weir joins me. Weve already had a lot of breaking news. Is it like this every morning . Little bit. This seems to be a bit of a different category today but were glad you are here. We do start with breaking news at this hour. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson makes this surprise visit to guam and he says President Trump is sending a strong message to north korea warning that any threat to the u. S. Would be met with, quote, fire and fury. Secretary tillerson also trying to reassure americans about this threat. His words come after north korea threatened to attack guam where the u. S. Has an air force base and many citizens after bombers flew
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 months test of a longrange 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 north korea to possess Nuclear Weapons they could reach our shores, which is why the commanderinchief seems to be making it clear today that all options including more are on the table. 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. She has been very threatening. Beyond norl statement. Theyill e m with fire, fury, and frankly, power. The likes of which this world has never seen before. Dianne fein
Four Ballistic Missiles at guam, having them land offshore. The president drew a line. Kim jong un tonight seemed to cross it. The question now what. Jim sciuto, the statement from north korea, jim, also references that the president is at his golf club. Thats right. Its interesting, because we have to talk about how closely the u. S. Monitors north korean state media official statements to see what that says about their intentions. Clearly, north korea watching u. S. National media about its coverage of the president , referencing his frequency of golf outs. Today saying in their statement that President Trump, the american president in the words of the North Koreans, u. S. President at the golf links again, let out a load of nonsense about fire and fury, failing to grasp the ongoing grave situation. So that a bit of a rhetorical shot across the bow. But lets be frank here as well. North korea made a very specific and threat threat, specifying a target, guam, where the u. S. Has two m
Mattis over at the pentagon, he said that north korea should cease any consideration of actions that will lead to the end of the regime and the destruction of its people. And the president tweeted, my first order as president was to renovate and modernize our Nuclear Arsenal, it is now stronger and more powerful than ever before. And he continues. Hopefully we will never have to use this power, but there will never where a time that we are not the most powerful nation in the world. The president s tweet follows his stark warning to north korea. 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. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson says the president wanted to put north korea on notice. I think the president , what the president s doing is sending a strong message to north korea, in language that kim jongun would understand because he doesnt seem to understand diplomatic language. The heightened tensions with no
The white house already faces another crisis of confidence. Half of americans in our latest poll conducted before todays threats and counter threats saying they disapprove of President Trumps handling of north korea. Only 37 approve. Lets get right now to our top story and our cnn chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto, gordon cheng, the author of nuclear showdown, north korea takes on the world, and former allied commander general wesley clark. Gentlemen, good evening to you. Jim, im going to start with you on this one because the president is threatening north korea with fire and fury as north korea advances their Nuclear Weapons program. Here is the president. North korea best not make nim 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. Its an extraor