CNNW CNN Newsroom Live October 16, 2017
Joint u. S. South korean naval drills are under way against the backdrop of escalated tensions with the north. North korean state media is calling u. S. President donald trump a war merchant and a strangler of peace. And pyongyang says the military exercises create a hair trigger situation on the korean peninsula. The u. S. Secretary of state tells cnn no matter the rhetoric, the white house does prefer diplomacy. I think he does want to be clear with kim jong un and that regime in north korea that he has military preparations ready to go. And he has the military options on the table. And we h...