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Repeatedly on the ground all last week that north korea refuses to back down. they wont back down after fiery rhetoric from the u.s. president donald trump. they wont back down after that flyover of american and south korean bombers and fighter jets over the korean peninsula in the past couple of days. in fact, they say those types of actions will only accelerate their weapons development. what is interesting is theyre going to be announcing this nuclear test so soon, and this is on a sunday, th...

North korea to slow all of this weapons development and testing. shep? >> rich edson from the statement department. thank you. lets go to william cohen, senator and u.s. defense secretary under president clinton. secretary, thank you. >> good to be with you. >> shepard: a number of things to go through here. lets start with the rhetorical flourishes. the president said unleash fire and fury. your thoughts on the rhetoric used. >> i think we have to take care. the president uses language that is ...

I think thats why they rhetoric out of pyongyang is becoming louder. >> president trump boasted about the u.s. nuclear arsenal that "its far stronger and more powerful than ever before." in a statement secretary of defense james mattis adds "while our state department is making every effort to resolve this global threat through diplomatic means, it must be noted that the combined allied militaries now possess the most precise, rehearsed, robust defensive and offensive capabilities on earth." whi...

Make the u.s. pay dearly for all the heinous crimes it commits against the state and people of this country." and just this morning president trump spoke to tillerson and white house chief of staff general kelly about those sanctions. lets bring in our barbara starr and barbara, i feel you and i could could be having this conversation during the obama administration, during the bush administration, during the clinton administration. the same problem just getting worse and worse. >> reporter: it ...

Be verified? >> reporter: you know, ana, its such a bold and unsettling declaration from pyongyang. the stern warning at the united states, but lets fact check. missile experts tell cnn if this icbm was fired at a flatter trajectory it can meet major cities like los angeles, denver and chicago and theres the key issue of payload. the heavier the payload on missile the shorter the range of the missile and at this moment we dont know what the payload was or how much or how much it weighed on the i...

Better. >> translator: under kim jong-un our living standards are improving says this doctor. north korea economist say china still accounts for at least 70% of their trade and not just consumer items. a chinese oil pipeline literally helps keep this countrys engine running. president trump is urging china to use its economic leverage to punish pyongyang for provacative behavior. north korean officials say chinas actions wont effect their weapons development. whatever new sanctions were likely t...

Saying now? >> well, there was sharp reaction to what vice president mike pence was saying yesterday, when he was here in south korea. in giving the ironclad american commitment to south korea in facing the threat of north korea. suggesting that north korea could get the same treatment as syria and afghanistan if it didnt halt its nuclear programs and stop its weapons development. that was reason enough for the message to go through diplomatic channels with the regime. not coming from pyongyang ...

Cut off their coal supplies and i think they were prepared to stop shipments of natural gas as well, which would be a tremendous blow to north korea. so the response, i believe, was just to fire this missile. now, this probably was a solid fuel missile, but their ability to develop this capability has been relatively slow. in addition to that, there are probably 12 to 18 months, maybe longer, from being able to miniaturize a nuclear weapon and fit it on top of a solid fuel rocket. however, i mea...

Global threat and will be a key agenda item for the u.s.-china discussion. respondent, the secretary said "north korea launched yet another intermediate range ballistic missile. the united states has spoken enough about north korea. we have no further comment. ">> the statement was a bit perplexing but i think it was probably designed to keep the north koreans on edge. to keep options on the table. >> trump administration has pushed china to use leverage over north korea to pressure her to halt ...

Biggest drug kingpin in u.s. custody has been sentenced to life in prison. he is said to be responsible for importing multitone quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine into the u.s. he was once aligned with joaquin guzman. north koreas latest missile test will give president trump and his chinese counterpart plenty to talk about when there to meet tomorrow. the u.s. wants china to rein in the north koreans without much indication of what washington can do if china doesnt comply. here is rich e...