turn the u.s. mainland into the stage of a nuclear war by immediately attacking it with various strategic nuclear weapons. so, there's that. then this stunning reversal of rhetoric, the north called america the heinous nuclear war fanatic. jim sciutto, i'm beginning with you, our chief national correspondent, and to use the president's words, locked and loaded, isn't the u.s. always locked and loaded. >> reporter: yes, and certainly in a threat zone like north korea. you have pacific command out there essentially built around -- i mean, in addition to china, neutralizing or reducing the north korean threat. that's under water. that's on the surface. that's in the air. and that's from space. satellites trained down on north korea to keep track of exactly what it's doing. i mean, i suppose you could say the president doubled down on his fire and fury comments yesterday, he's tripling down this morning and even injecting some hollywood language in