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Appreciate it. turning to 2020 politics and joe biden on his 15th trip to iowa today. secured a highly coveted endo e endorsement. the former governor iowa tom vilsack and his wife supporting joe biden as the former vice president looks to shore up support in the first caucus state. bring in nbc news road warrior, in des moines right now. you're following the biden campaign today. what are some of the caucusgoers, the town halls he's visiting, keenly interested in? >> reporter: it's interesting. it's very different from something that we're talking about very often on television, and across ...

There, especially his meeting with shinzo abe. >> he will address the general assembly tuesday morning in new york. i want to bring in cnn's will ripley, just back from his 15th trip to north korea. he's joining us on the phone from tokyo right now. will, certainly you were waiting for this kind of a missile test to unfold? >> reporter: we were, wolf. and we just flew out yesterday morning from the pyongyang airport which is believed to be the launch site yet again for the missile that flew over japan. remember, north korea launches their missile that flew over hokkaido also from the airport a...

There is no fear expressed to us. outrage threats to the united states. threatening retaliation and unimaginable consequences and pain and suffering. these sanctions do bite more than previous rounds of sanctions and putting a camp on oil imports and ending over seas labor contracts. it is going to take a while for any sanctions to kick in. and south korea does believe that the north is ready to launch their next ballistic missile pretty much any time. that's one way for them to send a giant middle finger to the u.s. >> this is your 15th trip. despite the sanctions why? >> reporter: because th...

We don't know the situation and all areas of the country. i can say this is my 15th trip. i have only seen the living conditions improved and the standards improved, certainly in the capitol of pyongyang. it does not mean it is not felt. we know gas price have spiked considerably but considering most people don't have their own cars anyway. it does not affect day-to-day life. >> we'll see moving forward. >> will ripley in pyongyang where they are getting their morning wake up call. >> across the border, the u.s. allies is also preparing for possible retaliations from pyongyang by conducting li...

Breaking news coverage of irma continues in just a moment. there's also breaking news on north korea we're following right now. the united nations security council has just unanimously approved new sanctions on north korea in response to its increasingly aggressive nuclear weapons program. will ripley is in the north korean capital of pyongyang right now, 15th trip to that city. the only western journalist there. how is north korea going to respond to this late breaking development? >> reporter: that's the question we don't know the answer to right now because for several days now south korean...