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What isnt normal is the language coming out of the mouth of president donald trump. many here are just shaking their heads, wondering what is he thinking, what is his end game, knowing that war would be catastrophic. obviously, the south korean government taking this all very seriously. the defense minister met with his commanders today, telling them that they need to be combat ready for any provocation from the north and to respond powerfully. also, the national security adviser here spoke with...

Going to put four missiles, north, south, east, west of the eye the land like some spectacular choreographed disney thing. and we are supposed -- and just to petes point about a credible military threat, the point isnt whether he acts on it the point is we cant live in a world where people get that specific about threats. the threat itself is a provocation, whether or not he acts on it. >> kat: thats interesting. again the comment or the threat came after president trumps comment though. >> lisa...

>> all american presidents have understood that north korea provokes. it was always important that the president doesnt respond with more provocation. its either a diplomatic track or some possible military track. but not using the same rhetoric. that heats everything up. thats what the current president is doing. and thats why theres such fear all over the world about where this ends. its hard to control the military option. its not as if its going to work exactly according to some game plan. t...

Missile threat, or hes going to back down. on the other hand, you have people who have real anxiety and fear. so we saw people who were very concerned that, you know, kim sees this island really as a provocation, as a spring board, if you will, for the u.s. military to launch strikes or harass his military on the peninsula. we have a navy base with four submarines. there is an air force base with conventional and nuclear bombers as well as that thad early warning system that also can take out mi...

Along the border to north korea directed to the city of some ten million people. whilst the south korean president in the past extented this willingness to engage in dialogue with north korea, in the past couple of days he said any provocation will be met with response. and hes looking to beef up defenses here. >> anna coren in seoul where it is 6:00 in the evening. thank you for that. we want to bring in our cnn politics reporter from washington to help understand all this. good morning. >> g...

Saying there would be four rockets. there walk intermediate -- there would be intermediate range missiles ready in days, flying over japan, airborne for approximately 17 minutes. they would land 30 to 40 kilometers off the coast of guam outside the territorial waters but inside the economic zone. obviously the plan would be to send a very strong message of north koreas capability in threatening the u.s. mainland and u.s. territory. but obviously south korea today responded to the plans to attack...

No matter how hard he tries to send a note of dont mess with us, kim jong-un is only going to see that as provocation to be even more inflammatory. >> jon: i want to get your take on what sometimes seems to be a double standard among the press and you saw some of this when the state department spokeswoman was taking questions. the media is asking whether president trump should be using phrases like fire and fury, but nobody seems to care all that much about the threats coming from kim jong-un, i...

Ship, killing 46 sailors. you know, they did that calculating that provocation would make south korea back off some of the pressure they felt they were under. so i think what the north koreans feel is they cant really back down and so if theyre going to be threatened, theyre going to respond with threats of their own. >> okay, weve heard from the secretary of state rex tillerson saying that the presidents comments, the fire and fury, you know, what it was about, to your point, this is how pyongy...

Like a musical, esther williams and "dangerous when wet" when that surround the great aquatic ballet with dancing korean missiles. and were saying -- instead of saying this guy pretends to be a member of the international community and in fact hes running a one-man gangster state supported by china -- >> i dont disagree with you. it should have been dealt with 25 years ago, 18, 14 and in the last six years. it wasnt. how will do you anticipate president trump having missiles fired around guam? w...

Towards guam. in fact, ironically and coincidentally the fact that the national security team, john kelly, as you have been reporting. knew the tone and the strength of the presidents concerns about north korea had been briefed on the latest intelligence but did not clear the exact words? >> reporter: thats right. and there is a sense now in the administration that the message needs to be firm but more cab brighted, andrea, you we heard that from the secretary of state recollection tillerson, sp...