in this interview with russian media, the foreign minister went on to blame the u.s. for the escalation of tension on the e peninsula that s been unfolding for months now. he went on to call the sanctions against north korea acts of aggression and said that north korea wouldn t be negotiating when it comes to missile or nuclear program as long as the united states continues its hostile policy aim ed at crushig noerk. those aren t new lines of the regime. they will not be negotiating with their missiles or nuclear weapons. they see that as key to the survival of the regime. they aren t the only ones that say this is is not the time for talks. president trump continue d to sy only wub thing will work. he s bye-bye creptic about that message. e we know that just in the last day or so, he was briefed by top
jong-un s regime is threatening to shoot down american bombers that might fly close to north korea even if the planes are outside of north korean airspace. we re getting serious warnings from former u.s. diplomats and intelligence officials that the president s increasingly tough talk toward pyongyang might provoke a dangerous confrontation. tonight the war of words over north korea has turned into words of war after pyongyang s foreign minister said outside the u.n. today his country viewed recent threats by president trump as acts of aggression. translator: the whole world should remember it was the united states who first declared war on our country. reporter: north korea s ramped up rhetoric comes after american b1b lancer bombers and fighter jets flaw off of south korea s flew off the south korea s coast in international waters, a move designed as a show of force and seen as kim jong-un s regime as a provocation. translator: we will have every right to take all self-defens
the x1 voice remote. xfinity. the future of awesome. some blowback from the british prime minister on a tweet from president trump after the latest london terror attack. this as the president reiterates his firm warnings against north korea and kim jong-un s continued acts of aggression. nbc s kelly o donnell is in somej seassom somerset, new jersey. kelly, good morning. what was the reaction to the latest missile launch? reporter: good morning. the president has been talking about north korea in very strong tones. he s also been dealing with the issue of the incident in london and how it plays into the broad
c7 we want to turn on some acts of aggression by russia. three major provocations in the last week. russian jets buzzed a u.s. navy destroyer and the black sea. the country deployed a cruise missile in violation of an arms-control treaty and now it has a spy ship armed with surface-to-air missiles patrolling just miles south east coast. will the trump administration the responding? earlier the president tweeted about his predecessors russia policy writing crimea was taken by russia during the obama administration. was obama too soft on russia? what do you say, eric? eric: they said we are aware of the vessel s presence. we respect freedom of navigation exercise beyond territories. they didn t venture into u.s. waters. it is provocative. i would hope that someone from the administration would say look, this is not the time to be
reporters the call was about a possible diplomatic resolution. and the president urged the russian leader to pull his troops back from the border to deescalate the crisis and in the tradition of trust but verify, the white house released a summary relaying that, president obama suggested that russia put a concrete response in writing and the president agreed that kerry and lavrov would need to discuss next steps. they spoke for about an hour. at the end, there was no indication either side was will to give yet, agreeing to let chief diplomats tackle the matter again soon. so what next? here you have russian troops amassing on the border of ukraine. no one wants to meet that with an immediate military option. on the other hand, how many more acts of aggression by russia until things change significantly? how much more until we or the west are concerned enough to make them stop if necessary? joining us, michael mcfaul. former u.s. ak bas dor to russia. now a professor of political scie