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Administration and appears to be their most powerful to date. the chinese morn ministry don kem -- condemned the test along with russia. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley suggested the latest provocation marks a turning point for the world. >> mr. president, will you attack north korea? >> well see. >> we have many military options and the president wanted to be briefed on each one of them. any threat to the united states or its territories including guam or our allies will be met with a massiv...

Military response, a response that will be overwhelming. >> since 2006, north korea has defied more than half a dozen security council condemnations over its nuclear and missile development which its leader has called a just response to military threats by the u.s. and south korea. the norths latest provocation and sixth nuclear test drew a sharp response from the president recalled it very hostile and dangerous. with sanctions ineffective, the thinking inside the white house is that hitting pyo...

Ahead they will be testing the possible delivery system for that many bo. if it does go ahead all eyes on whether it could potentially hit the u.s. mainland. today south korea responded to yesterdays test with life fire exercises of their own with both air and ground launched rockets. the drills by the south simulated the targeting of the nuclear sight where north korea carried out yesterdays bomb site deep inside a mountain. these continued provocations from north korea have just led to a dange...

>> will you attack north korea? we will see. what changes now? >> poppy, the fact that this was a hydrogen bomb, the scientific evaluation is that it was -- its a distinction without a difference. north korea is a nuclear power this is another step in the direction of a more fullsome capability that theyre going to have. i think the key thing in our mind that we need to keep first and foremost is military preparedness on the peninsula is at the highest level its been. it always has been a fight ...

You seeing on the ground in terms of flooding still? >> the sabine river is high. one lane of i-10 was closed because of water on the road. a lot of the roads are still under water. many homes are under water as well. still affecting rescues in this part of southeast texas. >> ed: thanks for the reporting. president trump just spoke with president moon to discuss the latest response to the nuclear test. both leaders underscored the latest provocation posing to the entire world. the two leader as...

China with this nuclear test also. this is why i believe you have to go to plan b. plan b is a diplomatic option. and plan b involves a dialogue. and plan b involves maybe getting new actors into the negotiations. thats what i believe needs to happen. we need to immediately deescalate what is going on. i do think what secretary mattis -- i do think what general kelly, theyve brought order in the national security team. you have to respond to this provocation the way that mattis did. look, were n...

Military response, a response that will be overwhelming. >> since 2006, north korea has defied more than half a dozen security council condemnations over its nuclear and missile development which its leader has called a just response to military threats by the u.s. and south korea. the norths latest provocation and sixth nuclear test drew a sharp response from the president recalled it very hostile and dangerous. with sanctions ineffective, the thinking inside the white house is that hitting pyo...

South koreas president. yesterday president trump took a swipe at president moon suggesting that his policy of appeasement just wont work, so there appears to be a very badly timed rift between the u.s. and south korea. >> any company doing business with north korea would not be able to trade with the united states. this is directed at china. the main patron for north korea. its unclear whether china will exercise some of the moves that it can. namely, cutting off oil shipments to north korea be...

The form of sanctions. but nothing else at this stage. at least no indication from china at this stage. >> of course, well take a close look at what does come out of that u.n. emergency security council meeting. thats still a few hours away. andrew stevens in xaimen, china. lets go to mike chinoy in hong kong. hes now a senior felle low with the u.s./china institute at university of southern california and the author of the book "meltdown:inside the north korean nuclear crisis." it seems like ...

Intermediate range missile and said future launches would be targeting the pacific ocean and aimed to contain the u.s. territory of guam and now you have south korea saying they believe we could be days away from another north korean ballistic missile launch possibly fired toward guam so north korea continues to make these threats. what we are seeing is tests that continue cross the red line in attack. and that needs to be pointed out. north korea had dangerous weapons capabilities for a long ti...