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Different. you have seen the tensions rise here. the u.s. has has upped its ante with the redeployment of warships to the waters off the peninsula, the docking of a powerful submarine and decision to move forward with this controversial missile defense system that will likely be operational within a matter of days according to the commander of u.s. pacific command. but what we learned from that meeting that the senators were called to came from the secretary of state and secretary of defense who...

I think that is the mistakes of the past that the regime in north korea has to position themselves at a different place an order for us to be willing to engage in talks, so we are asking a lot of the chinese. i think in the past, the assumption has been the chinese would take limited action. we are going to test that assumption. were going to test their willingness to help us address the serious threat. it is not only one to the region and to us, but a threat to china themselves. so we are askin...

Themselves. so we are asking that they evaluate the situation. i think what is different is, we have expanded the network of calling on others to fully implement the sanctions on the u.n. security council resolutions, which have never been fully implemented, so we are holding them accountable to implementing these sanctions, and we are broadening our call to the nations to put pressure on pyongyang, because pyongyangs missiles can now go in any direction. this is a threat that is now moving out ...

Delivering a nuclear weapon to the south pacific. warning the rogue nation against testing americas resolve. all this as the entire senate heads to the white house this hour for a rare classified briefing on north korea. national security correspond anne jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. who will be at the white house meeting this afternoon? we saw the buses. whos going. >> reporter: well, melissa, it will be all 100 senators all were invited. and classified briefing, of course, will be ...

Airfreight -- air force spokesman but the timing is important for congress meant meeting at the white house for a briefing. in the head of u.s. pacific command issued a warning to pyongyang not to test the u.s. navy during testimony today on capitol hill. >> north korea does not have a ballistic missile anti-shift weapon that would for [boos] threatened the curtain strike group. the weapons that north korea would put against the strike group are easily defended by the capabilities resident in th...

And japanese prime minister shinzo abe. the head of the u.s. pacific command will be on capitol hill this week testifying to congress about the north korean threat. >> bret: jennifer, thank you. new sanctions tonight against syria over its use of chemical weapons. president trump is calling for penalties against 271 employees of serious scientific and research center, the government agency for developing, producing nonconventional weapons. this is one of the largest sanctions in u.s. history. th...

For a nuclear test and were told that the united states was having this big show of force sending the strike force to the sea of japan when it was going the opposite direction. at the briefing, sean spicer said theres nothing misleading and what was said. >> what i was asked, what signal was sent that it was going there. it signalled foreign presence and a strength. youre asking me why you didnt know better. i dont know. thats a question that should have been followed up with pacom or the depart...

>> there has been a lot of inaccurate reporting on the u.s.s. carl vinsons location. the vinson aircraft carrier hasnt been off the coast of the korean peninsula. over the week ago the head of u.s. pacific command cancelled a visit in australia and escort ships. it led many to believe vinson would immediately head north to the korean peninsula. weve learned the strike group has continued a training exercise with its australian counterparts near australia and will begin steaming north in another ...

Could be fake. >> this warning that president trump gave to the north koreans. >> were sending an armada, very powerful. we have submarines, very powerful. far more powerful than the aircraft carrier. that i can tell you. >> shepard: as it turns out, the powerful sub and armada were 3,500 miles away and headed in the opposite direction. what happened there? >> shep, a lot of inaccurate reporting of the location of the u.s.s. carl vinson strike group which started with a misleading statement from...

What has happened here. we all but -- its been all but confirmed that were probably not looking at an intercontinental ballistic missile, which would have a long range with the potential to reach the united states. this is more than likely, according to some sources that were speaking to here, a submarine launched missile because sinpo is where the north korean army has its submarine assets. so putting two and two together, theyre saying this is the likelihood. again, nothing is confirmed at thi...