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Found. we don't know yet if something -- if this went off, if there were injuries, if this went off when it was trying to be diffused. we do know what you see. there's a heavy police presence there. the head of the mta is on the scene. people are being urged to stay away from the area. as soon as we get information that we can verify, you will get it. >> we don't know of any injuries, none that have been reported at least publicly. so at this moment, there's not a lot that we know except that 42nd and 8th is at a standstill because of all of those emergency vehicles there. if there were to hav...

Nuclear device aboveground? >> the foreign minister is very well aware of the intentions of our supreme leader, so i think you should take his words literally. >> this comes, of course, as president trump is about to head to asia just next week, including stops in south korea, china, and japan. let me bring in right now ambassador nicholas burns, he served as underscare for political affairs and was u.s. ambassador to nato during the bush administration. ambassador, great to see you. >> thank you, kate. >> you hear this new threat coming from north korea. do you take the threat literally? >> i...

Nickname for kim jong-un which was infuriating, really hitting the north korean establishment to the core hearing that kind of an insult from the president of the united states. they feel the only way they can communicate right now with the trump administration is to, in their words, send a clear message, and that message being that they possess an effective nuclear deterrent. an intercontinental ballistic missile that can travel to new york on washington. they would have to launch a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile, see how far it can go and show the world. we've seen other missi...

>> bret: one of the biggest projects, one not visible, is an underground wall of frozen soil about 100 feet deep and a mile long around the side. acting as a dam to block running groundwater from entering the buildings and picking up radiation. >> it's certainly helping, but it's not a silver bullet to stop all the problems. it is reducing the flow into the building and there is been about 70% reduction in the flow, but it's not completely sealed yet. they are in the last section, which is about 20 feet long. it's being frozen now. >> bret: aboveground, more than 1,000 tanks are filled with co...

Projects, one not visible, is an underground wall of frozen soil about 100 feet deep and a mile long around the side. acting as a dam to block running groundwater from entering the buildings and picking up radiation. >> it's certainly helping, but it's not a silver bullet to stop all the problems. it is reducing the flow into the building and there is been about 70% reduction in the flow, but it's not completely sealed yet. they are in the last section, which is about 20 feet long. it's being frozen now. >> bret: aboveground, more than 1,000 tanks are filled with contended water from the react...