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>> right. we are talking about moral high ground. there are redlines coming up. the north koreans said at the u.n. they will do an above ground test of a hydrogen weapon. we are worried about that and worried about icbm's. the pentagon asked for more options against north korea from the white house and the pentagon. the president said this is important because here's what is going on. it gives memo an understanding of why he cares. >> martha: so important to understand. before i let you go. obviously you spent much of your life in the intel community. you see what james comey said during the c...

Today looks at how u.s. intelligence agencies underestimated north korea. the report says after early hesitation, analysts now degree that the north's september nuclear test was its first successful test of a hydrogen weapon with explosive force 15 times greater than the atom bomb that leveled hiroshima. what does this mean for the u.s.? >> well, the size of the weapon actually i think is insignificant. if the north koreans had one weapon and it was really, really big, i think it would be much easier for us than having many smaller weapons, they have by some estimates between 30 and maybe as m...

North korean efforts, you know, hydrogen weapon, several long-range missile tests have been done on the trump administration's watch, and this president will try to blame all his predecessors, that's what he does, but i'm not sure it's going to wash. so i think this is going to be front and center. they're going to have to figure out whether they can do something with china, and they've got to continue to reassure those allies that are a little nervous by all the talk they hear in the u.s. and somehow we can live with a nuclear north korea. >> before i let you go, in 2018 what are the most int...

Now. what we do know is that indeed this is at the least many times more powerful than weapons used on hiroshima and nothiagasaki. it could be a hybrid between traditional hydrogen weapon and bomb. the upshot is clear. from a political perspective, north korea attained the ability to deliver massive nuclear weapons capability against major cities around the world. i want to make clear to the american people and our allies in the region, this does not mean our country is in imminent danger. it does mean there's been a major change in the political situation, when it comes to the way the united ...

Cnn, north korea. >> so let's talk first about north korea saying it detonated this h-bomb. how much credibility is there that it actually has a hydrogen bomb? >> i think it is highly unlikely they have developed a hydrogen in the sense we use it here in the u.s. they may have juiced their regular nuclear weapon by putting some hydrogen in it that accelerated it and make it more explosive. that's what we call a boost infusion weapon. that's not really breaking ground into the hydrogen weapon. whether it is that or that, none is good. if you have the power to wipe out one city, that's probably ...