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>> right. we are talking about moral high ground. there are redlines coming up. the north koreans said at the u.n. they will do an above ground test of a hydrogen weapon. we are worried about that and worried about icbms. the pentagon asked for more options against north korea from the white house and the pentagon. the president said this is important because heres what is going on. it gives memo an understanding of why he cares. >> martha: so important to understand. before i let you go. obviou...

Today looks at how u.s. intelligence agencies underestimated north korea. the report says after early hesitation, analysts now degree that the norths september nuclear test was its first successful test of a hydrogen weapon with explosive force 15 times greater than the atom bomb that leveled hiroshima. what does this mean for the u.s.? >> well, the size of the weapon actually i think is insignificant. if the north koreans had one weapon and it was really, really big, i think it would be much ea...

North korean efforts, you know, hydrogen weapon, several long-range missile tests have been done on the trump administrations watch, and this president will try to blame all his predecessors, thats what he does, but im not sure its going to wash. so i think this is going to be front and center. theyre going to have to figure out whether they can do something with china, and theyve got to continue to reassure those allies that are a little nervous by all the talk they hear in the u.s. and somehow...

Now. what we do know is that indeed this is at the least many times more powerful than weapons used on hiroshima and nothiagasaki. it could be a hybrid between traditional hydrogen weapon and bomb. the upshot is clear. from a political perspective, north korea attained the ability to deliver massive nuclear weapons capability against major cities around the world. i want to make clear to the american people and our allies in the region, this does not mean our country is in imminent danger. it do...

Cnn, north korea. >> so lets talk first about north korea saying it detonated this h-bomb. how much credibility is there that it actually has a hydrogen bomb? >> i think it is highly unlikely they have developed a hydrogen in the sense we use it here in the u.s. they may have juiced their regular nuclear weapon by putting some hydrogen in it that accelerated it and make it more explosive. thats what we call a boost infusion weapon. thats not really breaking ground into the hydrogen weapon. wheth...

These are tough measure, but i dont think we can just let this thing continue to grow. because if they really exploded a hydrogen weapon, that is a very serious matter and theyre clearly getting close to putting it on a missile. >> do you think north koreaens actually have that technological ability to make the jump to a hydrogen bomb? >> many experts, as we pointed out, didnt think that they did. and yet, there are a lot of talented people there, unfortunately. and i would not be surprised if t...

The way that we did with the iranian program, and so i think were going to have to really think very hard about what to do, because we cant just leave this one alone. i think the real issue is we need to find ways to make sure that program doesnt move forward as quickly as its been moving, and there are a number of ways to do that. technical issues. its very sort of edge of your skis tough measures, but i dont think we can just let this thing continue to grow, because if they really exploded a h...