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Major nuclear test. their word and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the united states. this clearly one of at least a sear of tweets that are upcoming from the president. he has yet to follow that up. of course, the question has to be what would be his approach in responding to this latest provocation from north korea? does he continue this line of aggressive threatening rhetoric when he says that north korea will see fire and fury unlike any the world has ever seen before? o...

Doing business with north korea. that would include china, a near impossible task. our correspondents are in place around the globe. begin at the white house with boris sanchez. boris? >> reporter: hey there, fred. as you said, the president now weighing all options when it comes to responding to a latest provocation from north korea. their strongest nuclear test yet, and the news, the claim from north korea theyve been able to miniaturize a nuclear warhead to be able to place it on an intercont...

Casualties in south koreas region. their semiannual military exercises between the u.s. and south korea involving 17000 american troops. it was long seen as a provocation by north korea. the pentagon calls these defensive exercises. the state run media publish photos of kim jong-un inspecting a thermonuclear h-bomb. a long-range missile that can hit the u.s. hours after the photo was released, the massive explosio n took place. u.s. intelligence agencies have seen increased activities at the tes...

Then you have to wonder how beijing would respond and if it did respond with its own sanctions that could lead to a trade war that would have deeply damaging implications. this is the way the chinese and russians see it. keep in mind they have their own diplomatic interests at play here. they dont want to see the u.s. strongner this region. but they see this as a provocation on both sides. theyre saying to the u.s. and its allies, you need to the ratchet down this tension. >> lets bring in a chi...

Plans to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow morning at 10:00 eastern to discuss north koreas latest provocation. cnn is covering every angle of this story. we have international correspondents around the globe. paula hancock is in seoul. alexandra fields is in tokyo, barbara starr is at the pentagon with more on the possible u.s. military options. paula, i want to start with you. how is south korea reacting? >> reporter: well, ana, theres a little more reaction than we usually see from a nuclear...

As a country as a whole since 2006. theres two points i would make, the administration has tried to pressure china particular and we know their relationship is very, very large. nearly 80% of thenorth koreas exports and imports come from china. thats why the treasurer secretary announced sanctions on china. you have a major economic summit with russia and china having as we speak when this latest provocation happened in north korea. is t second point i would make were more than a week away from ...

Detect radiation, national security adviser general mcmaster spoke to his counterpart an hour after the test and they will now consider deploying the most powerful u.s. tactical weapons and strategic military answers to the korean peninsula. this comes four days after president trump treated talking was no longer an option. almost a month after president trump synonym or provocation would be met with fire and fury. everyone waiting to see how the u.s. administration will respond to this amount w...

For kim, the u.s. thinking has always been, his survival is job number one for him. so really extraordinary that you are seeing mattis and dunford come out and talk to the world media. >> yeah. you know, barbara, while were talki talking, im hoping were in a position to rerack that. a very short statement but nice to hear it again. we do have it. lets hear that statement one more time from john -- james mat is -- mattis. succinct, the language used have very important. here we have it right now....

Ago. this is provocation, he knows what hes doing. he has a more missile test and the time hes been in charge than his father did during his entire regime. as jennifer pointed out, this nuclear test was the strongest of all previous test, the six when theyve done and it triggered a 5.7 earthquake within their country. >> thank you so much for joining us with your thoughts. feels like a precarious situation. well see where things go. >> lawmakers are such return to capitol hill with a long to do ...

Have ron alen join us with the latest from there. there are millions of people who are paying a lot of attention to this. whats been the reaction there? whats it like? >> reporter: on the one hand, people in south korea are somewhat used to this. this is an ongoing conflict, an ongoing confrontation. while this is arguably a huge escalation of it, most people see it in that context. the south korean government, of course, is reacted very strongly, very swiftly condemning what happened. the presi...