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September 3rd. north koreas sixth and largest test. they have suggested this may be the real reason kim jong-un agreed to stop nuclear testing. images from digital globe from before and after the september test show that mount man test site of the under ground test may, in fact, have collapsed. the test site is 60 miles from the border with china in the northeast of the country. that test in september which was ten times the size of north koreas previous test occurred 2300 feet under ground, 8 a...

Secretary of state pompeo wants to speed up the process of putting a u.s. ambassador in south korea. so admiral harry harris head of u.s. pacific command who was supposed to be tapped for ambassador to australia, hes now being moved to be the nominee for the ambassador to south korea. they obviously want to put somebody in that position, they obviously want somebody whos a military person and somebody who has said tough things in the past about north korea, john. >> michelle kosinski at the stat...

Confirmed as the next nsa director. >> bret: the head of u.s. pacific command on capitol hill said today there are no limited preemptive military options when it comes to dealing with north korea. admiral terry harris scoffed when asked about a so-called bloody nose strategy against north korea. here is jennifer griffin. >> north korea remains our most urgent security threats. >> u.s. military continuing to place maximum pressure on north korea, as diplomats scramble to find a place for presiden...

Has been more muted, and experts say that is likely because the world does not want to promote instability in a nation that contains one fifth of the worlds population. but the head of the u.s. pacific command says that by taking control of small islands in the south china sea, chinas intent is clear. watch. >> china is attempting to assert effective sovereignty over disputed maritime features by further notarizing its man-made bases to this very day. chinas impressive military buildup could soo...

U.s. pacific command writes, quote, apparently they were getting ready to do a drill when the drill part was lost in translation. and facebook planning to mail postcards to verify people wanting to purchase political ads. contain a special code that advertisers must provide back to prove they live here in the u.s. the change is coming days after special counsel robert muellers russian indictments for alleged roles in disrupting the 2016 presidential election. rachel: so remember what happened th...

Porter who has since been fired. top navy admiral in the u.s. pacific command testified north korea wants to conquer the south and unify the peninsula under the rule of kim jong un. admiral harry harris raising concerns about chinas growing military and cyberspace capabilities. big stories we are covering obviously in washington, but this story in florida taking all of the air out of the news coverage. the sheriff and broward county moments ago filling in some of the blanks. >> this incident tru...

A state emergency employee sent the false alarm this way. quote, from a drop-down menu on a computer program, he saw two options, test missile alert and missile alert. he was supposed to choose the former. big difference. as much of the world now knows, he chose the latter, an initiation of a real life missile alert. this is what folks in hawaii saw live on their television as the alert went out. >> the u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. a missile may impact on land or...

Missile alert. this is what folks in hawaii saw live on their television as the alert went out. [ tone ] >> the u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. a missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. this is not a drill. if you are in indoors, stay indoors. if you are outdoors, seek immediate shelter in a building. remain indoors well away from windows. if you are driving, pull safely to the side of the road and seek shelter in a building or lay on the floor. we will an...

Public. >> reporter: the bitter infighting is stalling talks over a potential immigration deal that would protect d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> you cant have an immigration compromise is everybody is out there calling the president a racist. >> reporter: the president declaring sunday morning that daca is probably dead, but later leaving the door open. >> were ready, willing, and able to make a deal on daca, but i dont think the democrats want to make a deal. >> reporter: the stalemate raising concerns that...

>> that was a state thing, but were going to now get involved with them. i love that they took responsibility. they took total responsibility. but were going to get involved. their attitude and their -- what they want to do, i think it is terrific. they took responsibility. they made a mistake. >> sara sidner joins us now from honolulu where it is still dark. sara, what is the very latest? >> reporter: look, the emergency management administrator and the governor both talked to me, they told me ...