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That his nuclear button was bigger than kim jong un's, and a north korean newspaper said that president trump's statement was "the spasm of a lunatic." officials say the administration is considering a limited first strike on north korea to send a signal to kim that there's a price to play for building his missile and nuclear programs. the former commander's warnings are stark. what do you think the response from the north would be? what kind of casualties are we talking about? >> we're talking about hundreds of thousands of potential casualties in seoul, north korea. the north koreans have a ...

Writes in politico, "the downside ranges from a cycle of retaliatory violence to outright nuclear war targeting u.s. territory." and a democratic senator wrote to secretary james mattis, warning that kim jong un would see a strike as the opening salvo in a war. what might u.s. forces target in a so-called surgical strike? >> the most likely preemptive strike would go against nuclear development facilities and known launch sites. and those capabilities that exist. and there would be a strike against those artillery pieces that are located close to the dmz and can launch and attack seoul. >> rep...

Plans to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow morning at 10:00 eastern to discuss north korea's latest provocation. cnn is covering every angle of this story. we have international correspondents around the globe. paula hancock is in seoul. alexandra fields is in tokyo, barbara starr is at the pentagon with more on the possible u.s. military options. paula, i want to start with you. how is south korea reacting? >> reporter: well, ana, there's a little more reaction than we usually see from a nuclear test. south korea has an amazing ability to just carry on as though nothing has happened. certain...

Korea, the conventional wisdom remains unchanged that north korea will attack seoul, will attack south korea. thousands if not tens of thousands could be killed. this has become one of the biggest problems in going to really convince kim, you have to convince kim jong-un that he is threatened, that he cannot survive himself and his regime if they were to launch an attack. not total annihilation, not annihilation of the north korean people, but to convince kim that he can't survive. >> barbara starr at the pentagon. thank you. thank you paula hancock. i want to talk more about north korea's mos...

Tenuous picture based on what we've seen in the last 24 hours. but those plans that mark has talked about and rick has talked about, they have been in place for years. and those forces exist. but what we have now is what's called a zero notice type of a scenario. in other words, the north koreans have a capability to launch artillery without any warning at all, zero warning, zero notice. that creates this incredible drama, this cataclysmic event that's going to take place in seoul. the evacuation of the wounded and the families. at the same time, just think of the physics, at the same time you...