Mind starving or killing his people and he will be tested like never before. That comes hours after kim jongun himself delivered a rare televised statement in which he directly responded to President Trumps speech this week at the United NationsGeneral Assembly and kim called President Trump, quote, a frightened dog who barks louder says saying he will face results beyond his expectation and i will tame the mentally deranged u. S. Dotard with fire. We have reaction from ben wedeman in tokyo. First lets get to cnn Global Affairs correspondent elise labott in new york. Youve been covering the u. N. General assembly here and were hearing from secretary of state Rex Tillerson this morning. Thats right. While he was talking about the Nuclear Options the military options that really do exist. There is all this taunting, as you said, about between President Trump and kim jongun and a lot is rhetoric, but i think that President Trump and certainly secretary tillerson wants the north korean regime to know if they even think about any kind of nuclear test, or any kind of Hydrogen Bomb over the pacific, as kim jongun had said, there will be real sorry situation for kim jongun. Take a listen to secretary tillerson. If they drop an h bomb in the pacific, if they somehow attached Nuclear Capability to one of these missiles, will the u. S. Have to act . That will be the president s decision, david. There will be assembled and there is assembled on a standing basis a National Security council that meets to advise the president and it will be his decision. What hes really trying to say to kim jongun is, despite all of this taunting and rhetoric back and forth, this would be suicidal for the regime, ana. They want to keep him on his heels. Meantime step back for a second. The fact that kim yong un himself made this statement on camera going directly after the president , personally, have you ever seen anything like it before . This is really unprecedented. I mean usually these statements are never in kim jonguns name or with a picture of him with these statements and i think it shows that President Trump is certainly getting in his head. This is not the usual rhetoric fact and forth between north korea and the United States. This is very personal and, you know, President Trump i think kim jongun has really met his match in terms of brinksmanship. The question is, what kind of taunts, what kind of threats from President Trump would set kim off . You know, here in the United States, theres certainly much more of a responsible military assessment before they use military action, but with such an unstable leader, no one really knows what it would take to set kim jongun off. Yes, the u. S. Does have military options, but, you know, all military commanders and officials have said, none of them are good ones and, you know, the military action would really be unthinkable. So, you know, certainly everyone is trying to push this towards a diplomatic solution, but thats getting harder and harder with this rhetoric. We were talking about millions of people who would lose their lives should it escalate to a military confrontation. We have iran thumbing its nose at President Trump, showing off its own military might with this new longrange Ballistic Missile that it paraded out there in tehran. Tell us more about this . Well, its this new longrange Ballistic Missile that could have 2,000 kilometer range, the biggest ever, and thats what this administration is trying to talk about. When theres all this talk about the nuclear deal and whether the u. N. Would stay in or stay out, the administration has kind of like, you know, been a little bit more clearer about what they are thinking in the last few days saying listen, we want to have a comprehensive approach to iran. Its not just about the nuclear deal. You know, they say that nuclear deal was meant to really improve irans behavior. Thats not really true. This was a limited nuclear deal about Irans Nuclear activity, however theyre saying that you need to look at irans missile program, at irans sponsorship of terrorism and all the human rights violations. The problem is, that the u. S. Signed on to this deal, its partners are saying, and even the United States admits that iran is complying with the nuclear deal. I think now what you see is the administration saying, well, we may not certify the deal, but that doesnt mean that were going to pull out altogether. Maybe well just focus on these other aspects and destabilization. Trying to add on to the deal. The one problem very quickly is that when you relate this to north korea, what incentive does north korea have to sign an agreement to curb its Nuclear Ambitions when it sees iran do the same thing and the u. S. Moving the goal posts. So when the u. S. Makes a deal with another country it really threatens the credibility of the International Order and the United States if theyre threatening to move the goal posts and walk out of the deal now. I dont see where the incentive is for north korea to have a diplomatic solution when they look at whats happening with iran right now. Where do we go from here. Elise labott thank you for the insight and your expertise. Back to the unfolding crisis with north korea i want to turn to cnns Senior International correspondent ben wedeman live in tokyo for us. What are you hearing from u. S. Allies in the region about this latest threat, specific threat, of a nuclear test over the pacific . Well, certainly here in japan, officials are very worried about this statement, this threat of the possibility of blowing a Hydrogen Bomb above the pacific. Keep in mind that north korea over the past month has fired two Ballistic Missiles over japanese territory, and, of course, japan has a very unhappy history when it comes to Nuclear Weapons and theyre concerned, we heard, for instance, from the Japanese Defense minister today, who said that they are worried that in addition to having missiles flying over, now they could face the possibility of a Nuclear Tipped Missile being fired over japanese territory and theyre worried that this would severely destabilize not only the region, but the world in general, if korean officials, north korean officials, actually go ahead with this very disturbing threat. Ana . All right. Ben wedeman for us in tokyo, thank you very much. I want to discuss all of this now with gary, the former top nuclear adviser for president obama. And a former cia north korea analyst. Gary, when north koreas foreign minister says a response, quote, could probably mean the strongest Hydrogen Bomb test over the pacific ocean, what exactly would that look like . Well, in theory, north korea could fire a test missile armed with a Nuclear Warhead into the pacific and detonate it over the ocean. I frankly think thats not very likely, although kim jongun is always capable of miscalculating. I think much more likely is that north korea will test an icbm, a longrange missile n a normal trajectory to show its full range but without a Nuclear Warhead on it. I think thats likely to be the next shoe that drops in the test campaign. Does it surprise you they were so specific . Well, it wasnt very specific actually, if you looked at the statement, it was a bit ambiguous. But in any event its a threat and, you know, clearly the North Koreans are taking advantage of President Trumps intemperate speech at the u. S. To justify the next steps they probably planned to take anyway. And i think the challenge for President Trump is to avoid saying things that causes him to be seen as part of the problem. Many governments are alarmed by the escalation and rhetoric and i think it would be in the interest of the United States for President Trump to appear to be reasonable and very responsible and let the North Koreans engage in wild rhetoric and personal insults. Unfortunately, where i think the president is in danger of creating a situation where hes seen as being at the same level of kim jongun in terms of irresponsible words. Sumi, if this has reached a level which theyre talking about specifically detonating a Hydrogen Bomb over the pacific ocean, this war of words continues to escalate, but the threats themselves continue to escalate as well. Where does it put us in terms of this crisis . Not a good place. But i do agree with what gary just said. They hinted at it, but it doesnt mean theyre actually going to do this. A lot of things the North Koreans can do and i do agree probably intercontinental ballistic test is next step. But or even a [ inaudible ] a lot of other things the North Koreans can do. But i do think, you know, when i saw mr. Trumps speech at the u. N. , i knew that this was going to be very counter productive. North koreans have to act and react and ive been following north korea for many years and i have never seen a Statement Like this. This is very personal statement first person, kim jongun, he this is very personal. He has to act domestically, too, to show to the elites and his populists hes not caving to u. S. Pressure. I hear you both say skepticism is the key word in hearing the threat from north korea, however, gary, if north korea were to go there, what do you think the next step should be by the u. S. . Well, we would certainly go back to the u. N. Security council and i think get International Support for Even Stronger sanctions. Frankly, the kim jongun has been doing a favor for us. His Testing Campaign in the last couple years has allowed us to enlist chinese and Russian Support since 2016, to put sanctions on north koreas economy. Of course that hasnt produced the desired result of deterring further testing, but theres still a lot more sanctions that can be applied if china was willing and i think if north korea carried out an Atmospheric Nuclear test the chinese would join us in supporting Even Stronger economic sanctions. Do the sanctions that were announced yesterday by the u. S. Administration make a difference . Well, theyll make a difference in the sense that they will cause additional damage to north koreas economy. I dont think the sanctions by themselves are likely to force kim jongun to capitulate. The purpose of sanctions, of course, is to create bargaining leverage, if we ever get back to the bargaining table. So we can trade sanctions relief for constraints on north Koreas Nuclear missile program. At this point the idea of having a negotiation with north korea doesnt seem to be very plausible. I mean, neither pyongyang or washington are in the mood to sit down and talk. I think we will go through a series of tests an sanctions for some period of time before even the possibility of having a real negotiation opens up. Since this administration has said its trying something new or a different approach in terms of dealing with the leader of north korea, tougher talk, because in the past, what has happened, hasnt worked. How do you perceive the impact of this strategy, the president has pursued, tougher talk, for example, in terms of the outcome that were seeing right now . Well, i think tougher sanctions are is helpful. I dont think tougher talk in the kind of rhetoric coming out of the Trump Administration is not helpful. Its actually undermining what trump is trying to do, trying to get International Support, because you dont want to be like kim jongun. You have to elevate yourself. Youre the president of the United States. You dont want to fight fire with fire. Kim jonguns statement yesterday is interesting. Hes acting like mat tour person, talking down, saying mr. Trump is not fit to be the leader of a country. So i do think what trump is trying to do in terms of pressure called him deranged. I dont know if trump going after secondary boycott against chinese entities and third party entities. All is good. I wish he would tone down the rhetoric. Thats not helpful. Sue mi and gary, thank you both. A Shocking Development in the search for survivors in mexico following the deadly earthquake. The nemexican navy is apologizi for reports a young girl was trapped and still alive in the wreckage of an elementary school. The fight over obamacare heating up. 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He also cautions vast areas of this island are still cut off from communications and are completely inaccessible. The death toll may very well climb as thousands of National Guard and Army Reserve Troops now make their way through the flooded and the blocked streets. Puerto ricos 3. 4 Million People are without power. Some may have to wait for months before it is restored. Lets begin our coverage of Hurricane Maria in the capital of puerto rico, and cnns leyla santiago joins us from san juan. Right now, government officials are actually trying to figure out what is basically a logistical nightmare, how they are going to allocate all of the resources that they expect to come into the san juan airport from fema, from other states, new york, bringing in generators, water, food, anything to provide some sort of relief for the most vulnerable right now that they cant get to because of flooding or debris like that is seen all over the island blocking roads. Even the government here admitting that they have not been able to reach certain parts of the island. Not just by road, but also by land. Theres a lot of questions as far as Damage Assessment goes, but we did talk to the mayor of san juan and she actually was telling us she received a text message that was very touching to her, she received it from a home of elderly. I want you to hear how she described it. We are stuck here. We cant get out. We have no power and we have very little water left. We got there just in time. The fema workers that came from new york and from houston, joined us there. It was a very touching moment. If i can save one life, that would be good enough, but i have too many to save. Very emotional for government owe fish. The mayor of the capital and the people here, ana. I cannot stress this enough. When we talk to people on the streets, they have a series of questions. One, do you have power, where do they have power. This entire island doesnt have power. 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