The source of this kind of seismic activity . Yes, of course. Certainly were seeing a range of for instance, magnitudes of this earthquake, 3. 4 according to the chinese. 3. 5 according to the United States survey and we have the problem that theres no one on the ground of north korea who can report this reliably. One official involved in Nuclear Matters is saying it happened about 31 miles away from the normal site where these tests have taken place. Of course, the last one was on the 3rd of september and that was a 6. 3 magnitude earthquake that of course subsequently the north korean authorities announced was the detonation of a Hydrogen Bomb, so this is a much smaller earthquake, but at this point we frankly do not know. According to the usgs it happened about 3. 1 miles. That certainly in the past, there have been explosions at similar depths but as i said, its not a the usual site and its of a much smaller magnitude so indeed it could be Something Else but at this point people are scrambling to find out what it was and we havent heard anything from the news agency, the official news agency of north korea and normally, shortly after these explosions we do hear these bombastic announcement on korean north coriian television announcing a successful test so i think well have to wait to hear what the north koroian authorities have to say. Let me before we let you go etlesss turn to iran and iran testing an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile as well. This coming after the president says hes made a decision about the nuclear deal. Any criticism of that deal and his indication that po ten ea potentially things could change. Theres no indication that this test was tied to President Trumps contest. It has a range of 1,250 miles and its capable of launching multiple war heads. However, the iranians in the past have tested missiles that have a greater range, but certainly this the timing does make one wonder whether the iranians are concerned about president s talk about scrapping the 2015 nuclear deal between iran and the five permanent member os f the u. N. Security council in germany, whether this is their way of saying were going to go ahead with things and its important to remind you of it does not touch on the irans Missile Program. After the implementation did pass a resolution calling upon iran not to test any Nuclear Capable missiles for a period of eight years and the iranians con sis taeptly say their Missile Program is strictly defensive. All right. Still appreciate your perspective there. Thank you. Lets go over to allison in the cnn weather center. Show us where this happened and what were learning from the usgs. They just put their report out. This is in the North Western section of north korea. 3. 1 miles. Heres the direct statement from the u. S. Geological survey. We cannot conclusively confirm the active nature of the event. They dont know if this was natural or a man made quake causing the tremor. The wave forms are different than previous emptss a t this site. They are trying to make that distanks which means they cannot say what the trigger was for this particular quake. The depth of this earthquake is poorly constrained and has been held to this. And again, at this point in time, the u. S. Geological survey gone with 3. 5, depth 5. 0. As ben pointed out, lower than the previous ones. Not just the one beginning of the month, which was the 6. 3. Even start going back years, in 2013, a 5. 1. 2009, 4. 7. 2006, 4. 3. Again, this would definitely be if it turns out to be a manmade. Certainly one of the lower end on the scale that weve seen in the last couple years. All right. Alison chinchara. Thank you so much for the explainer there. And President Trump said it would be handled, but will the solution to the standoff be diplomatic or potentially military . And joining us now, Political Science professor at Angelo State University and author of north korea and Regional Security in the kim jongun era. First of all, bruce, weve heard a lot of harsh words between the president and kim jongun. What do you make of this escalation in some of the verbiage weve heard . Because a lot of people are saying, this is something we have not seen before, between these two leaders. Well, good morning. Its great to be here with you. I think probably the most important step we could take against the north koreans, to actually squeeze them and pus pressure on the regime occurred on thursday. So youre going to see a lot more rhetoric because of that, because what the president did with his executive order on thursday was, he took the steps for the state department, the Treasury Department and other agencies within the United States government to actually squeeze those banks, Front Companies and individuals outside of north korea enabling that twisted spiderweb of the Financial Network supporting Nuclear Weapons programs, Missile Programs and proliferation to people like iran. So i think today, as were talking about this, im telling you that i think that was probably the most important step thats been taken. So despite the rhetoric, President Trump actually has taken a step that will bring us closer to putting real pressure on the north koreans. I think coming weeks will be very interesting. Professor, i want to stick with the breaking news in this seismic activity in north korea. Chinese say its potentially and explosion. South koreaings, international, not manmade. With ri yong ho, the foreign minister speaking at the United Nations this morning. Does this fit the typical modus operandi for north korea. The time to test a nuclear test there . A were question. It fits the modus operandi they would use, strong message, strong propaganda and if they did Something Like this, unprecedented. You know, last year was the first time they tested two Nuclear Weapons in one year. This would be testing two Nuclear Weapons within a few weeks and that would definitely be a big deal. Something that your reporter out there did not bring up, although he really ran through the story very well. Quite impressive. He did not talk about the possibility that this could be an accident. Thats another thing that this could be. I hope thats not the case, because that would probably mean there was a great deal of human life lost, but thats another possibility. So, you know, if they tested it, one wonders why they tested it at almost half the magnitude of the last test. One would think theyd try and make it bigger. As you said quite well on your show earlier, a few minutes ago, we just dont know yet. Theres still a lot of questions about the test that just occurred. And the accident, the possibility is a good one. Talked a lot about a potential accident and what it could mean relating to missile launches especially going over the northern parts of japan, but we also need to remember that theres the potential here that this was an accident there again. The usgs doesnt know manmade or natural. South koreans say absolutely not manmade and thanks so much for being with us this morning. Well lean on your expertise as this continues. Thank you, sir. All right. And President Trump is lashing out at arizona senator john mccain this morning saying hes letting his state down by saying no to the latest Republican Health bill. Thats not all the president is saying, either. 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Let his best friend l. G. , lin Lindsey Graham, down. He insulted north Korean Leader kim jongun calling him little rocket man. Meanwhile, the north Korean Foreign minister, a chance hell speak at the United Nations and of course, that comes days after threatening to detonate a Hydrogen Bomb over the pacific ocean. As the world tries to figure out what caused that unusual seismic activity measured in north korea just a short time ago. And iran knew this morning, test fires a new longrange Ballistic Missile itself. This despite, maybe in defiance, the President Trumps latest criticism of the Iran Nuclear Deal. And Boris Sanchez joins me from washington. The president went right in on kim jongun resurrecting little rocket man. Does this help or hurt . What do you hear from experts watching this exchange between the president and kim . Reporter victor, depends who you ask. Some see his aggressiveness as a Welcome Change from previous administrations. Others believe he is playing with fire. As you said, he repeated that moniker he has for kim jongun calming him little rocketman. The crowd absolutely loved it as he went into that nickname. The president reiterated he does not believe a diplomatic agreement is possible with north korea, though he did tell the crowd that they should feel safe. That his administration was doing everything that they can to protect them. Though he did go on to say that this is a problem, north korea that should have been handled decades ago. Listen to more of what President Trump said last night in alabama. By the way, rocket man should have been handled a long time ago. [ cheers ] he should have been handled a long time ago by clinton. I wont mention the republicans. Right . But by obama. Why did this, you know, this is a different this is a different time. And, of course, as you mentioned, victor, were getting reports of unusual seismic activity in north korea today. This as a north korean minister is potentially going to speak at the United Nations. Also pointed out the news out of iran just days after saying that the Iran Nuclear Deal is an embarrassment to the United States at the United Nations, and saying that he has come to a decision on potentially undoing that deal but not revealing it. We get news from Iranian Press saying theyve successfully tested Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles that have a capacity to carry multiple warheads. As you said, the president is tweeting this morning. Though hes only referred to health care so far. Well keep an eye out and see if he tweets about these other countries. Now thumbing their nose, apparently, at the United States, victor. Yes. A short time ago when the president in arizona said that it appears that north korea is starting to respect the u. S. Well, this exchange might challenge that. Boris sanchez in washington, thank you. Lets get back to what were hearing from the president this morning. When it comes to twitter. Hes unleashing on senator john mccain again after the senator likely stopped efforts to repeal obamacare but senator mccain, his side here, and he said in a statement, he cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham Cassidy bill repealing obamacare without knowing its impact. Likely meaning republicans wont be able to repeal the Health Care Law with a simple majority by the september 30 deadline here. And examiner reporter and josh rogin, political analyst in Washington Post columnist with me now. Thank you both for being here. Appreciate it. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning to you. I want to get back to this. What were hearing from the president today. President trump saying, pointing out alaska has had 200 plus increase in premiums under obamacare. That arizona had a 116 increase in obamacare premiums and goes on to say i know rand paul, a and i think he may find a way to get there for the good of the party. Selena what is the likelihood rand paul is going to help push this thing through . Its highly i mean, i think in this political climate, sort of anything is possible. Maybe the president is hinting at negotiations between him and himself and his administration. So, you know, i guess were just sort of at a wait and the see moment. Now, i havent seen all of the president s tweets, but one of the things that he has a tendency sometimes for hyperbole, but in this instance, he is correct. Senator john mccain did all you need to do is go on youtube. He campaigned heavily on repeal and replace. And and as the president pointed out, and then also as the president pointed out that the Arizona Governor is supportive of this. These are things that mccain said would go into his decision. So, you know, i think hes trying to sort of nip at him for the things that he could have possibly had mccain go over the finish line on, on the bill. And when it comes to john mccain, at the end of the day he says he wants input from all committee members. Wants it sent to the floor for debate. Josh, why hasnt that happened . Well, john mccain is simply at a point in his career and life, frankly, where he cant be bribed and cant be bullied. Okay . Hes standing up. Not only for what he thinks is right but for the independence and power of his institution, the u. S. Congress. And existential fight as he sees it with the executive branch. That is something that john mccain isnt going to change his mind on and something the president has shown no interest in engaging him on. So that being the case, there is no overlap here. And you know, for President Trump supposed to be such a great negotiator and dealmaker, hes left to simply whine about john mccains opposition to his plan to move this bill through the Congress Without any regular order or significant debate, without any cbo score without understanding of the impacts it can have on millions of people or the costs to the american taxpayer. Thats a stalemate and thats not going to get resolved until or unless the president along with the Senate Leadership takes a radically different approach. Last night President Trump said in alabama about this, he said, i say we still have a chance. Were going to do it eventually. Meaning, they are going to get this repeal and replace passed in some way, shape or form. How patient, though, selena, is his base going to be with this . On this issue theyre probably going to be pretty patient. And heres why up until the president and the Republican House and senate started to tackle health care after the president was inaugurated, obamacare was incredibly unpopular. It only began to rise in popularity when people faced change. Its just human nature. You become accustomed to the devil that you know, as opposed to the devil that you dont know. What also has made this kind of interesting for the republicans, and for voters, and people who consume health care which is all of us, is that the democrats i should say Barry Sanders in a very sort of bad times moment unrolled his single payer program. Some democrats have signed on. If youre not paying attention to this a lot, as obsessively as we do, voters may think, well, are my choices the republicans, repeal and replace, or is my choice single payer . And as opposed to sort of the difference between obamacare and the new republican bill. So i think that the that his base is not going to lose i think one thing that that to leave him on if he became part of the swamp. Thats a really important