behind the other. the first phone call will happen during the 9:00 p.m. hour during east coast time. undoubtedly, the u.s.s. vinson will come up. we ll have to see from the printout if we get any word whether or not this person who was taken comes up in the phone call as well. thank you. reporter: you bet. harris: my guest who is coming up, general jack keane has thoughts on dealing with north korea. i ll ask him about that, stay tuned. new developments on the american airlines drama. the video i was telling you about. a flight attendant suspended accused of hitting a passenger holding a stroller and a baby. we ll tell you who is defending that flight attendant now. and then there s this did not honestly think it was going to be here, the way it was coming. harris: evacuees shocked and and excited as they return to homes after a raging wildfire. but the threat we re told now may not be over. ugh! heartburn!
show off its military might. reporter: the official newspaper called the aircraft carrier a gross animal. here is another quote, how revolutionary forces are combat ready to sink an aircraft carrier with a single strike. president trump ordered the u.s.s. vinson to sail to watters off the coast of north korea. this comes two days before the north marks the 85th anniversary of its army. the minute north korea gets a missile that can reach the united states and put a nuclear weapon on that missile. the instant that happens, this country is at grave risk. reporter: north korea detained a u.s. citizen. that s three being held there.
it s unusual for us to know aboushipment mement in advance. that s what got everyone s attention. why was that put out in advance? was it to signal to north korea that there would be a show of troops there? i believe it was because she was headed in one exercise and we canceled our role and that s why it became public. we had to explain why she wasn t in that exercise. the she is the uss vinson. the armada was steaming toward the peninsula, as donald trump said but it turns out it was headed the other direction. it was indeed taking part in military exercises and it s still a long way from the peninsula. all of this was correctly reported this weekend by courtney cuby, who you saw there, in the new york times. in this time when misinformation
possibility of the use of force. of course, if you are going to have that possibility alive in people s minds, every now and then you haveos to do it. so he did it here. and then he did it later as we saw in afghanistan. and both case, these were events that he could that he could carry out. they have a purpose to respond in the case one to assad s use of those weapons. and in the second case to try to attack that complex of tunnels being used by isis in afghanistan. those things have a validity of their own.of but they also serve the purpose of saying to the whole world we re not afraid to use force. and, of course, you know, he is moving the uss vinson toward the waters off korea, although they haven t gotten there yet. certainly, kim jong un knows they are on the way, that carrier battle group. these actions on his part do not, in my mind, require him now to come forward and state some full blown, long-term and short-term
certainly few of our allies. diplomacy backed by the possibility of the use of force. of course, if you are going to have that possibility alive in people s minds, every now and then you have to do it. so he did it here. and then he did it later as we saw in afghanistan. and both case, these were events that he could that he could carry out. they have a purpose to respond in the case one to assad s use of those weapons. and in the second case to try to athat can that complex of tunnels being used by isis in afghanistan. those things have a validity of their own. but they also serve the purpose of saying to the whole world we re not afraid to use force. and, of course, you know, he is moving the uss vinson toward the waters off korea, although they haven t gotten there yet. certainly, kim jong un knows they are on the way, that carrier battle group. these actions on his part do not, in my mind, require him now to come forward and state some full blown,