welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. newsroom starts right now.

it is 3:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast, north korea defying the world yet again firing another missile, the ninth test so far since january. >> they launched a short range missile from east coast early monday local time. it flew about 280 miles for about six minutes. japan said it landed in the ocean within its exclusive economic zone. >> we're hearing reaction throughout the region. japan and south korea strongly condemning the launch by kim jong un's regime. they're vowing to take concrete action with the united states. listen. >> we can never tolerate korea's provocation. we have launched a fair and

protest. as we have agreed north korean issue is -- in order to deter north korea, we'll take concrete actions together with united states. we will maintain high vigilance and coordinations with south korea and international community and take all possible measures to secure the safety of the people of japan. >> let's talk more about this. joining us, paula hancock in seoul south korea and will riply is in tokyo. we'll start with you since we just heard talking about taking concrete actions with united states, what might that look like. >> well, certainly with the united states policy towards north korea has a lot to do with the u.s. policy towards north korea so we have seen, for example, japanese warships training and joint exercises alongside u.s. warships and 0 koigsally, as well. we've seen exercises coordinated with the south koreans.

three countries working together to show force. really what they need here is the cooperation of china. so some context from what the prime minister was saying there will be a concerted effort to try to convince china to use economic level which is a strategy that dates back more than a decade, they hoped that china would solve the north korean nuclear issue, there have been five tests since then. >> it seems like, recently, will, that china has seen lost patience with minority korea, do you think that ie ear really ready to step up and put some pressure on that or whether that will have an effect on north korea's program? >> the official language out of beijing is always a bit subdued. some of the state-run news organizations have been much harsher in their language talking about north korea and implying that china and the

chinese government that perhaps, they are getting fed up. we have seen north korea to spend coal imports, that's a major source of revenue for the regime. we've seen other trade between china and north korea continue. trade between china and north korea was up 40% according to officials. there's still an economic relationship continuing between the two countries. they haven't responded strongly to any of these repeated missile launches and we've seen missile launches week after week after week. but i think the indication that we get is that the real red line for the u.s., for china, for japan is not necessarily these missile launches, but a nuclear tests, the six nuclear test that may provoke stronger response and it is noteworthy, that intelligence experts believe they have been ready for quite some time, they have not conducted that sixth nuke collar

test, government officials told me they will conduct more nuclear test when their supreme leader decides the time is right. >> all right. will, we thank you for that. let's go to paula. she'll get the perspective from there and what is the feeling there, paula, with the repeatty of these tests from north korea? >> south korea has condemned this launch. we've heard from the foreign ministry earlier this monday morning saying it is a severe threat to the peace and stability, not only of the korean peninsula, but of the international community. there was a national community meeting early this morning when this missile was actually launched. if you bear in mind that there is a new government, new president, the liberal president who was voted in just a few weeks ago since he has been in power there has been a north korean missile launch every single week, bear in mind he is

a man who has said that he is prodialogue or proengagement with north korea, back to the fire and the fact that it's difficult to try to talk to the northern neighbor when there are these missile launches continually every single week since he's been in power. it's a tricky time for new administration or new president trying to condemn these launches at the same time as hoping that they will be more engagement with the north in the near future. >> they did sit down and talk, did they not, north and south, has it been the past year or two? >> well, they certainly have been talks in the past with the previous president. she was far more hard line when it came to north korea. the approach was more conservative approach and, in fact, the former disgrace president now at this point, she has been impeached.

also cuts economic ties with north korea. there was a case on industrial complex which was in north korea but had south korean companies working there, as well. she shut that down. said that he would like to see that re-opened. he would like to see economic cooperation between the two increase. so certainly there's a different attack from the new president, but clearly, from north korea. it is business as usual. they are continuing to do these missile launches. and we have heard from the north korean leader that he will continue to perfect his nuclear and missile capabilities, he's doing exactly what he said he would do. that he wants to be able to hit mainland united states with intercontinental missile saying he was close to test launching an icbm. we haven't seen that or seen the nuclear test. but kim jong un is doing what he said he would do. he was clear when he said he

would continue with his tests, no matter what the rest of the world did. natalie. >> yes, he certainly seems to be doing that. we thank you paula hancock. thanks, george. >> u.s. defense secretary james mattis says diplomacy is critical, warning that could be disastrous. listen to what he told cnn's barbara star about that earlier this month. >> we're going to continue to breed the same kind of pressure internationally -- that we've been trained to. we'll continue to work the issue. as you know, if this goes to a military solution, it is going to be tragic on an unbelievable scale and so our effort is to work with the un, work with china, work with japan, work with south korea to try to find a way out of this situation. >> all right. so all of this happening. the first week back at the white house for the u.s. president and

aside from his twitter habits. clear hi he has a lot to do, considering a staff shakeup. he's set to decide whether or not to withdraw. >> sunday he held staff meetings amid the latest revelations involving his son-in-law. here is ryan nobles with more about that. >> the white house has yet to confirm or deny the report that jared kushner, the son-in-law and senior adviser of the president attempted to set up a back channel of communication between the russian government and transition before the president was elected but before he was inaugurated. no one at the white house has rushed to his defense there was a republican who took on that responsibility. south carolina senator lindsey graham, listen to what he had to say on state of the union. >> i don't know who linked this suppose conversation. think about it this way, you've got the ambassador reporting back to moscow on an open channel, jared is going to move into the embassy. i don't trust this story as far

as i can throw it. i think it makes no sense that they would report on a channel he knows we're monitoring. the whole storyline is suspicious. i've never been more concerned about all things russia than i am right now. >> graham's defense is more than any staffer of the white house has offered up. they've sent out administration officials to answer questions on this more broadly. saying they don't know about jared kushner, the content themselves might not necessarily be that big of a problem. the homeland security secretary answering questions along those lines. also spotted out the white house on sunday was mark kasowitz high-powered attorney brought in as these ongoing investigations into russia continued. they're seen leaving the south lawn on sunday, an indication that the he's gearing up his

legal team for a long battle ahead. ryan nobles, cnn, at the white house. and the president jumped to kushner's defense in a statement to the "new york times." the president said jared is doing a great job for the country. i have total confidence in him. he's working on programs that will save our country billions of dollars. in addition to that and more importantly, he is a very good person. president trump was pretty quiet online during his foreign trip. but now he's back. he tweeted sunday this. the fake news media works hard at disparaging and demeaning my use of social media because they don't want america to hear the real story. the u.s. could also ban airline passengers from bringing laptops aboard as carry ones on all international flights. laptops bigger than a phone are

banned. on sunday the u.s. homeland security secretary john kelly told fox news why he's considering extending that ban. >> there's a real threat. there's numerous threats against aviation, that's really the thing that they're ob sesed with, the terrorist, the idea of knocking down an airplane in flight, particularly, if it's a u.s. carrier, particularly it's full of mostly u.s. folks, people. it's real. >> kelly told cnn on friday that he would make a decision on a broader laptop ban when the time is right. it's a story we will continue to update you on. authorities are looking into possible hate crime charges. in a deadly stabbing in portland, oregon, now the men who tried to intervene lost their lives. they're being praised for their bravery. >> also ahead here, those who new the manchester suicide

bomber are trying to understand what turned him into a killer. we'll hear from a friend of some sm one who says that's not the man he knew.

>> z they have been successful. 2003 won the election here by showing opposition against the iraq war. so social democrats seem to shift towards, of course, where they say he's too weak on trump and america is going into a classic, campaign event, and, you know, coming up with those remarks that are highly unusual for character like she use to be. >> from your point of view, is m mismerkel or the chancellor speaking to the world. >> i always have that problem with the domestic audience and world audience. since the social media came around there's no such thing as

speaking to domestic audience. you know, although this might have been targeted, obviously it has trouble around the world in that sentiment that exists right now. there's no such thing as domestic audience or -- i think there will be some times for german and relations to have. >> let's talk about the g 7 summit that wrapped up. climate change was front and center. yet, the leaders left that summit with a bit of frustration that the united states maintained a noncommittal approach towards the paris climate accord with president trump. >> they certainly did, i think in part, at least, that's a their favor. although we by now should know no matter what thinks about the -- show us a very different style is not committed to all of these international -- and let's

not forget there was huge fighting about that climate change agreement even with the obama administration. it's not that everyone is always in agreement with that. with everyone knowing by now what kind of character president trump is, you know, maybe the other sticks to come up with a new concept of debating things there and not just learning things. meeting at the g 7 summit, declare something perfect unity. those times are certainly over. america now says, the times when we can 100% rely on something, you know, that is not the position you usually know that we rely on someone 100% as 500 million people. we have our own interest. we should not be relying 100% on allies, even if they have friends we do have our own interest and positions here on this continue tent. >> in berlin, your audio is just

a bit -- we have technical issues with the audio, we got the gist of it for the most part. we appreciate you being here with us today. thank you so much. >> thank you. in the u.s. state of oregon, portland police are investigating a deadly stabbing on a commuter train. witnesses say that a man started shouting slurs at two teenagers one who was wearing -- before stabbing three men that came to their defense. they're trying to determine if the 35-year-old suspect will face federal hate charges. >> 16-year-old destiny is struggling with what happened, as you can imagine. >> thank you to the people who put their life on the line for me because they didn't even know me. and they lost their lives because, i mean, the way we looked and i just want to say thank you to them and their families and i appreciate them

because without them, we probably would be dead right now. >> the city is also honoring the man who lost their lives standing up to hatred. dan lieberman has more. >> reporter: they're being held as hero. the three stabbing victims were honored in a vigil. the victims came to the defense aboard two women who were the target of the suspect's antimuslim and racial slurs. one of those killed ricky john best was on his way home from work. he was a city employee, an army veteran, and father of four. his employers remember him as a model public servant. his mother telling cnn he liked to help people and said he would be missed greatly. 23-year-old, recent graduate of reed college, an economics

major, his school remembering him in a statement, one professor saying "he was a wonderful human being. as good as they come, now he is a hero to me." third stabbing victim, 21-year-old michael david coal fletcher survived recovering at a hospital. his mother speaking out grateful that her son is alive. >> i am feeling very very lucky and thanking god. i'm feeling bad for my son, who thinks it's his fault. >> she said he's not surprised he tried to intervene and help others. >> mike has always done that. it's -- i've told him his whole life, one of these days, i worry -- i have eve always worried about it. but he's always been that way. >> strangers are leaving notes and flowers at the side of the attack calling the men heroes. dan lieberman, cnn, new york. >> they certainly are. british police now have 14 men

in custody at the terror investigation. they're conducting more raids trying to track down people connected. the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at the pop concert last week. >> atika spoke with a friend, he said that he never thought that the person he knew would be a killer. >> the last images on his way to carry out the attack that killed 22 people. police released these photos to the public for help in retracing his help. those who knew him looking back. he still can't fathom how his friend turned into a mass murder. >> i don't know what happened, though. he's always been happy person. the one i knew from ages ago is not the person who went and bomb kids, no way. >> police he assembled the bomb here at short term rental apartment just a mile and a half from the ie rae na.

in north man chest -- arena. police are skouerring apartment that he rented weeks before the attack. many of the arrests have happened here in south manchester where he lived. two years ago, he said he was another friendly face in the neighborhood and something changed. >> every time i see a picture of him on facebook, i think, i still don't understand how. he was the most like laughable person two years ago. how did he just switch like in two seconds. i don't know. this is all confusing to me. we still chilled together and he kind of left the site because he was -- he was like going to be religious. >> part of south manchester are known to be rough, gang land. but it's also the kind of place everyone knows each other. and the attack and its aftermath has hit the community hard. >> i even cried because i found out it was someone i know that

done that, someone that done such a bad thing like that is someone i know. so i even ended up crying in my bedroom. i was like what's going on here, like what's happening. people are telling me, yes, it's him. till now i still can't. >> police are still trying to understand how he blotted the attack. his friends are trying to understand what turned him into a killer. cnn, manchester. and coming up here, political come back might be underway in the uk, how jeremy and the labor party are doing in new polling. >> plus two world leaders meet for the first time. the french president will host the russian president vladimir putin -- on monday. we'll go to moscow for a live report on that.

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>> natalie, we saw that over weekend. it was a time of such extreme emotion. this memorial site it remaybes the focal point. this is where people continue to come and lining up over the weekend for a really long period of time, just the opportunity to leave flowers and messages and candles and to spend a few moments standing next to it and stopping and reflecting. in addition to that we had huge numbers of people going out of their way that the city, the community, the way they live will not change as a result of the attack. you saw that so clearly with the many tens of thousands of people who defiantly turned out and took place in the great manchester run. take a look. >> these are young girls, tense single minded, ready to launch through the streets of manchester, their parents watching from the side. the emotions are more complex. >> is one of yours out there.

yes. >> reporter: what's her name. >> roxy. >> >> reporter: tell me what you're feeling this morning? >> i'm proud and nervous. >> girls, boys men and women came to run and cheer defying those who murdered 22 people just days ago, including seven of the city's children. >> we need to show that's worth of it. >> and mine this morning. >> yeah, it's going to be a rain for a while. >> more than 35,000 people turned out, all of them aware this was more than a running event, many wore yellow shirts, the symbol of manchester. they honored the victim with silence. there were some tears, too and huge a i plauz for the police

and emergency services who responded to the attack and worked to make sure this event could happen. >> you have second thoughts about being here today given the week. >> it made me want to determine and show that we defeated. >> what does it mean to you to be here today. >> i mean, because of the e cent events, just to show we want to stay united. >> show me your back rule 22. >> short distance from the run, people stood in a long line waiting to leave flowers and messages and the city's growing memorial. others have been busy painting on walls and people are danting on water into their flesh with all money going to the victims. >> something i'll have forever. i know when i look back, i know that i helped. >> the people of manchester are exploring many ways to improve their resilience.

show it more powerfully than the pride and happiness of the young girl and the love of her parents. . investigation is still leading police to raid properties and conduct arrest. we saw that over night which means there are 14 people in custody. they're making significant progress, they're possible that other people connected to the attack could still be at large. crucially, the authorities announced over the weekend. the terror threat level for the country has been reduced from critical the highest possible level when the authorities feared another threat by the same people could have been em nant. it's been lowered to severe, which means an attack is considered likely, what that also means a lot of the extreme security measures we've seen on the streets will get to be rolled back over the coming days. >> thank you so much in manchester. >> that will wrap this hour of

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in order to turn to north korea, we will take concrete actions together with the united states, we will maintain high vigilance in coordination with south korea. japan's prime minister responds to yet another missile launch by north korea. we're in the region live for reaction. social media and the u.s. president, donald trump rejects criticism of his twitter use of the controversy about his son-in-law's ties to russia. plus this -- ♪