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north korea s official news agency says the country is considering launching missile strikes near the american airbase on guam, in what is a sharp rise in rhetoric between the two countries. the report says pyongyang is looking at a plan to fire medium to long range rockets around the american territory in the western pacific where us strategic bombers are based. all this as reports from us intelligence which suggest that north korea has produced a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on to its intercontinental ballistic missile isles. onto its intercontinental ballistic missile. north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening beyond a normal state, and as i said they will be met with the fire and fury and, frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. nick bryant has this analysis from washington. american presidents have often reser ....
north korea s official news agency says the country is considering launching missile strikes near the american airbase on guam, in what is a sharp rise in rhetoric between the two countries. the report says pyongyang is looking at a plan to fire medium to long range rockets around the american territory in the western pacific where us strategic bombers are based. and reports from us intelligence which suggest that north korea has produced a nuclear warhead small enough to fit onto its intercontinental ballistic missile. donald trump has now issued a warning in almost unprecedented, apocalyptic terms. north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening beyond a normal state, and as i said they will be met with the fire and fury and, frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. our correspondent, nick bryant, has this analysis from washingto ....
on their side, of course. at one level, you might worry that the words will run out, and missiles will take their place. but you might ask why it s just words, and not weapons yet? could it be that both sides know their own limitations in any form of military conflict? our diplomatic editor mark urban has been working through the logic. american carriers exercising off korea. but these pictures were taken in may, and none of them are there now. the president seems out of sync with his military and his top diplomats. today, he emphasised the defensive nature of us precautions. i think what the president was reaffirming his that the united states has the capability to fully defend itself from any attack and defend our allies. and we will do so. the american people should sleep well at night. tillerson is in tune with generations of american statesman who stuck to teddy roosevelt s maxim, speak softly and carry a big stick. but one reason he can be sanguine is because amer ....
of betsy devos. we know at least two republican senators intend to vote against the nominee, meaning that vice president mike pence would need to come to capitol hill to cast the tie-breaking vote and that would be the first time that vice president broke a tie in a cabinet confirmation. president trump tweeted about the devos nomination earlier today saying, senate dems protest keep the failed status quo. betsy devos is a reformer. she will be a great education secretary for our kids. that senate confirmation vote will take place at noon eastern time today and you can watch it live on our companion network c-span2. and from here we go to house armed services committee with a state on the military. this started just a short time ago. they watched our fighting and they re preparing their forces. we need to me pair to fight any adversary. we re extremely good today and are ready to fight in the middle east. against violent extremists but we need to fight against any adver ....
air force and marine corps discussing the state of readiness of u.s. military forces. this is about two hours and 45 minutes. committee will come to order. last week, the committee held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world or more accurately, the state of the world environment in which the american military must operate and u.s. national security must be protected. i was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. today, we turn to the state of the u.s. military. i continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our military in recent years and the stresses our forces are under. that damage comes from a variety of factors including budget cuts of 20%, continuing resolutions, the failure to recognize or at least admit and then address mounting readiness problems as well as th ....