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Feeling in tehran that there is a situation developing where the country is increasingly under attack since the united states pulled out of the iran nuclear deal and has reimposed sanctions on tehran. there is a paranoia, so to speak, well based in iran that forces are gathering against it, even though we did see the u.s. secretary of state pompeo saying president trump is willing to meet with the supreme leader of iran, ayatollah khomeini, even though he has not left the country since the last millennium. we'll see how that works out. >> we'll keep a close eye on developments there. ben wedem...

Of course the u.s. denies any involvement. who stands to gain from an attack like this and who are the possible suspects? >> reporter: well, rosemary, certainly this sort of attack obviously does go some way to undermine or at least create the impression that the government in iran is under pressure either from within or without. now, ben though the united states denies being involved in this attack, certainly for the iranians they look at, for instance, john bolton, the national security advisor to president trump who for decades was a passionate advocate for regime change in iran. they look ...

None other than trump himself is on a suicide mission. in case innocent lives of the u.s. are harmed because of this suicide attack, trump will be held totally responsible. >> the u.s. says saturday it also flew bombers to the east of north korea. the pentagon says it was a message to pyongyang over its nuclear ambitions. we are tracking events in the region from tokyo. he joins us now for the latest and more on that right there. hello, ben. >> reporter: hello, natalie. it's interesting that that flight of b-1-b bombers took place in international air space north of the dmz, the 38th parallel ...

To the point where a spokesman for the ruling democratic party in south korea, south korea of course being a very close ally of the united states, put out a statement saying that the exchange of excessive verbal threats would only heighten anxiety. george? >> ben, that's the other question. as far as residents throughout japan, residents throughout south korea, people have been accustomed to the rhetoric from north korea, but now that the rhetoric has been ratcheted up with the name calling from the u.s. president, is there more anxiety among everyday people watching all of this play out? >> r...

Acquire a patch of land holds the nuclear button. these are what constitute the grave est threat to the international peace and security today. >> mr. trump responded to the foreign minister in a tweet. he wrote, quote, just heard foreign minister of north korea speak at u.n. if he echoes thoughts of little rocket man, they won't be around much longer, exclamation point. he goes on to say, little rocket man, that is mr. trump's new nickname for the north korean leader kim jong-un and it appears to be getting to him. north korea held an anti-u.s. rally saturday to denounce president trump. al...