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City, there is kind of a celebratory feel here. people are still buzzing from north koreas sixth and largest-ever nuclear test this past weekend. and so you saw people out preparing for this big national holiday, the north korean foundation day tomorrow. they were putting a fresh coat of paint on the public spaces. they were rehearsing their dance moves for what we expect could be a large celebration in kim il-sung square or other areas in the city. if you look at statements out of north korea t...

For harvey. irma could go well, well above that. >> shepard: in the last hour there was a news offense with the -- conference were the leader of kuwait. >> there was. in that news conference, they talked a lot about the relationship between the united states and kuwait and improving cooperation on terrorism, the security relationship between the two countries. then theres that dispute between saudi arabia, some of the other gulf allies and qatar. up came a question about north korea, obviously i...

Over south korea and within range of north korea. so one thing to keep in mind is the u.s. military mission there, their motto is fight tonight. theyre always ready, they always stand ready to fight. >> courtney, if you could stay with us. ron, it seems we have had confirmation from a south korean military official saying this is a suspected nuclear test. is that what youre hearing there in south korea? >> yes. again, suspected as a nuclear test. i dont think yet we have reached the point where ...

That, the u.s. government doesnt believe it was any kind of a test. in this case, immediately when i got the alert this happened i started making phone calls and everyone is telling me we just dont know. its very early in this process here. the pentagon is aware and working on this. and working on assessment. the u.s. government is very well aware about this. a lot of people were woken up about to this evening. >> president trump had warned that north korea would be met with fire, fury, and fran...

Continuing escalating back and forth between the united states, north korea, south korea with the north insisting and being defiant and saying they are going to continue to test missiles and nuclear devices because they see this, again as their ultimate self-defense against invasion by the so south and the united states. so we also believe that the south korean government is meeting its national security council is meeting in an emergency session. were waiting to get confirmation of that and see...

Attacks on guam. this puts these areas in a high-tension, higher alert status. have you heard anything about these countries going into any sort of military mode or high alert status over there because of this explosion? >> nothing yet. they live in a constant high state of readiness, you know, guam, south korea and japan, they are always in a constant state of readiness. one thing that was particularly striking about the north korea test was that japan issued an alert to its residents because t...

Reported the military developed a new advanced nuclear weapon. pictures surfaced of kim jong-un observing what is said to have been a hydrogen bomb and loading it into an icbm. the south korean president is expecting to convene a meeting of the national security council. an explosion in north korea but we have no confirmation of what type of explosion it might be and whether it is nuclear in nature. ron allen joins us now from seoul, south korea. what can you tell us about the situation there? >...

Adamantly opposed to a military response to north korea. the scenarios for a military strike and retaliation by the north koreans, they are catastrophic implication scenarios because there are tens of millions of people in south korea who live in the target zone within range of north koreas conventional weapons which line the border to the north. im in seoul which is 50 miles from the border. a delicate situation here, the tension ratcheting up as north korea apparently exploded a nuclear divide...

Contentious relationship is so beyond repair that theres nothing -- i think that what he did was perhaps a mistake, but it became a nuclear, you know, a nuclear explosion. and i think thats the way its going to be. the media has grabbed onto that string from a sweater, and its just going to keep pulling and pulling and pulling until theres no sweater left. and i dont want to see a shirtless donald trump. i have to go! [laughter] coming up, ive got some ideas on how we can prevent the next terror...

Contentious relationship is so beyond repair that theres nothing -- i think that what he did was perhaps a mistake, but it became a nuclear, you know, a nuclear explosion. and i think thats the way its going to be. the media has grabbed onto that string from a sweater, and its just going to keep pulling and pulling and pulling until theres no sweater left. and i dont want to see a shirtless donald trump. i have to go! [laughter] coming up, ive got some ideas on how we can prevent the next terror...