ben tracy reports xi was upset that a u.s. destroyer sailed close to a disputed island claimed by china. >> reporter: the chinese government says the u.s.s. stet ddz em a navy war shep was trespassing in its waters when it passed just 12 miles off the coast of a small island in the south chiern-- china sea. the united states disputes china claims to the area and accuses the chinese government of building a military airstrip on one of its manmade islands. china's foreign ministry accused the u.s. of what it called a serious political and military provocation. this is the second pass of a u.s. navy ship off the island since president trump took office. it comes just days after the u.s. announced it is selling 1.4 billion dollars worth of weapons to tie want, which is also angered the chinese government. the relationship that president trump and chinese president xi appeared to form this spring at their meeting in florida now seems strained at best. president trump had hoped china would put enough pressure on north korea that it

into beijing's hand, forcing onem the take a tougher stance on democratic reforms here. >> ninan: ben tracyhong kong. thank you, ben. it was a rainy start to the tour de france in germany. hesseldorf was expected for the start of the race. the tour has 21 stages. it will wrap up in paris on july 23rd. the two-year-old civil war in yemen has devastated much of the nation and left millions on the brink of starvation and now spawned a health emergency, cholera. jonathan vigliotti has the story from london. >> reporter: reena, yeah it's the second cholera outbreak in six months, and the world health organization says about 250,000 hoople, half of them children, have been sickened in what is now the world's largest cholera outbreak. 1,500 people have died since april alone. soe disease is spreading through water contaminated with human waste. hunger is also widespread, and the skeletal images of people from the region are painful to s ok at. the united nations says the liuntry is on the brink of famine, and more than 17 million people are desperately in need of food. yemen has been crippled by a

cimg has nothing left to lose, that could start a nuclear war on the korean peninsula. >> quijano: ben tracy, thanks. bill richardson is a former u.s. ambassador to the united nations and is one of the few american politicians who have negotiated with the north koreans. so mr. ambassador, if -- is this missile launch a game changer for now the west should deal with north korea? >> well, it is a game changer because it shows that north korean technologies advance to the point of threatening the united states. alaska. what it is a game changer to is kim jong un is basically saying the president trump: come at me. he's being provocative. he's trying to put president trump in a box with these provocative acts. >> quijano: so what kind of leverage does president trump and the united states have when it comes to trying to pressure china? >> well, there are two options right now, and they're all bad. there's public statements and diplomacy, and then there's military strike option, which i don't think is realistic, untenable, it will provoke a terrible war. i think in between there might be some add

our ben tracy is there. >> reporter: a massive fireworks display lit up the already dazzling skyline of hong kong saturday night. the chinese government has put on a three-day celebration here, trying to project strength and unity. but at a swearing-in ceremony for hong kong's new chief executive, who is backed by beijing, chinese president xi jinping gave a stern washing to pro democracy forces in hong kong. "any attempt to endanger china's sovereignty or challenge the power of the central government," he said, "crosses a red line and is absolutely impermissible." that did not sit well with thousands of protesters who demonstrated saturday. >> they want hong kong people to listen and to obey everything they say, but, i mean, freedom is a basic human right. we cannot give it up. so we come out and protest our freedom. >> reporter: they want china's government to respect the one-country, two-systems model that has allowed hong kong to maintain a high level of autonomy and freedom since british rule ended here in 1997. >> i think we're unhappy because of way of life is under threat. la

is likely to agree to. >> ben tracy in beijing. president trump is in poland, the first stop on a trip that will take him to the g-20 summit in germany later this week. the white house and foreign affairs correspondent margaret brennan is traveling with him. margaret, the president had hoped to get china to help with north korea. that didn't happen. so where does he go from here? >> well, the president is trying to find new ways to cut off north korea's financial lifeline without beijing's help. despite mr. trump's very public attempts to befen mar-a-lago resort, beijing remains strongly opposed to action that would destabilize kim jong un's regime. so today the president said, "so much for china working with us," signaling his frustration. he'll look for new ways to put pressure on xi jinping when they meet later this week. >> anchor: margaret, president trump will be meeting with vladimir putin for the first time. will the north korea issue raise the stakes in that one? >> it adds pressure to an already high-stakes meeting on fri

the territory was supposed to retain much of its independence from beijing, but as ben tracy reports,omises of freedom have not been fulfilled. >> reporter: chinese president xi jinping reviewed the troops in hong kong friday. before his arrival, police cracked down on pro-democracy protesters, 26 people were arrested, including 20-year-old joshua wong, one of the leaders of the so-called umbrella movement that shut down parts of ome city in 2014. wong was released from jail today. >> it's not the time for celebration. it's time for demonstration. everything in hong kong should not be only under the control of china's president. >> reporter: britain returned hong kong to china in 1997 with an arrangement known as "one country, two systems," where hong kong became part of china, est enjoyed many civil liberties unheard of on the mainland. >> we feel that our freedoms are being taken away little by little. >> reporter: jason ng is a lawyer and author. he says china is tightening its grip on hong kong. five book sellers who were critical of the chinese government were recently kidnapped

more now on america's options from ben tracy. th one of our capabilities lies with our considerable military forces. ee will use them if we must. >> reporter: at an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council, ambassador nikki haley said the u.s. will propose rougher sanctions against north korea, including restricting oil imports and cutting off sources of hard currency. >> reporter: today. >> today is a dark day. it is a dark day because yesterday's actions by north korea made the world a more dangerous place. >> reporter: chinese president xi jinping and russian president vladimir putin met in moscow and announced they oppose any use of force against north korea or sanctions that would strangle its economy. china is north korea's main ally and accounts for more than 80% of its trade. to pressure the north into tsding its missile tests, china has stopped buying north korean coal, but it has not cut off oil shipments to north korea. hearing that could cause kim jong-un's regime to collapse, destabilizing the korean seninsula.

>> ben tracy in beijing.nk you, ben. >>> president trump is about to leave washington for a trip to europe. he eat meet officials in poland and croatia and then go to the g-20 summit on friday and saturday. he'll met with chinese president zee xi and president putin. >> president trump's first appearance comes amid provocations in north korea and that is likely to become the focus instead of the world economy. >> there could be no greater privilege than to serve as your commander in chief. >> at a fourth of july celebration for military families, president trump thanked american troops serving at home and abroad. will handle those challenges, believe me. >> the biggest challenge right now, that north korean missile launch. trump administration officials held two conference calls to discuss situation. the only white house response was the president's tweet, does this guy have anything better to do with his life. the u.n. security council will convene in a meeting early this afternoon. u.n. ambassador nikki hal

ben tracy in beijing has more on the role china may play in this.ean state television's most famous news anchor triumphantly announced what the country called an historic event. moments later the chinese government urged restraint. a foreign ministry spokesperson said north korea should stop violating security concil resolutions. but in an apparent reference to the united states, said all relevant sides should bring things back to the track of peaceful settlement via dialogue. president trump took a much different approach, tweeting, perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea, and end this nonsense once and for all. >> china feels it has already done enough to try to rein in it stopped buying coal from north korea and has the cut it oil and diesel exports to kim jung un's regime. >> i don't think on the chinese side there is any room for significantly tougher sanctions. >> an expert on nuclear weapons policy in asia -- >> there is a perception in the united states that china is simply not trying hard enough. is not putting enough pressure on

ben tracy reports that xi was upset at a u.s. destroyer saltd close to a disputed island claimed by china. >> reporter: the chinese government says the uss stetham was trespassing in its waters when it crossed 12 miles close to an island in the south china sea. the united states disputes china's claims to the areas and accuses the chinese government of building a military airstrip on one of its man made island. china's foreign ministry accused the u.s. of of what it called a serious political and military provocation. the second pass of a u.s. navy ship off the islands since president trump took office. it comes just days after the u.s. announced it is selling $1.4 billion worth of weapons to taiwan. which is also angered the trump and chinese president xi appeared to form this spring at their meeting in florida, now seems strained at best. president trump hoped china would put enough pressure on north korea it would abandon its weapons program. instead it continues to fire missiles. that prompted the trump administration to impo

ben tracy is in beijing with a growing international reaction to the missile test. ood morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, china and russia are now saying that they oppose any effort to resolve the north korean crisis by force or with sanctions that would strangle the country economically. the u.s. and south korea seem to be making a different argument this morning with missiles. in a large-scale military exercise wednesday, the u.s. and south korea launched a barrage of missiles into the east sea. the message to north korea, we have weapons too, and they are not far away. in a statement, the pentagon said the u.s. will use the full range of capabilities at our disposal against the growing threat from north korea. after the u.s. military confirmed that the regime successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on tuesday, south korean officials say the missile, known as the hwasong-14, is a two-stage weapon with an estimated range of nearly 5,000 miles, capable of hitting alaska and even the west coast of the united states, according to some experts

is likely to agree to. >> ben tracy in beijing. >> president trump is in poland tonight.p that will take him to the g 20 summit in germany later this week. white house and foreign affairs correspondent, margaret brennan is traveling with him. margaret, the president hoped to get china to help with north korea. that didn't happen. where does he go from here? >> the president is trying to find off new ways to cut off north korea's financial life line without beijing's help. despite mr. trump's public attempts to befriend president xi including at this mar a lago resort, beijing remains oppose to action that would destabilize, kim jung un's regime. today the president said, so much for china working with us. that's signaling his frustration. and, he'll look for new ways to put pressure on xi when they meet later this week. >> of margaret, president trump meeting for the first time with russian president vladamir putin, does north korea issue raise the stakes in that one? >> well it adds pressure to a high stakes meet frying day. now mr. trump has no diplomatic experience and

ben tracy is in beijing with the test that could be a major change in the standoff with north korea. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if this truly was an icbm the threat from north korea just got a lot more serious. kim jong-un said his goal is a nuclear-tipped ick ick intercontinental ballistic missile that could hit the united states and he may be one step closer to making that happen. north korean station television gleefully announced what it called an historic p event. it claims kim jong-un oversaw a successful test of this ballistic missile. it is calling the 14. with a projected range of about 4,000 miles it would be capable of hitting all of alaska, but not the continental united states or hawaii. during 11 missile tests this year north korea has demonstrated its growing capabilities. at a military parade this spring it showed off missile canisters believed to contain icbms but it is still not known if they've been able to miniaturize a war head to fit on top of those weapons. an expert on nuclear weapons policy. are we at a point where getting north korea to aba

as ben tracy reports from beijing, the chinese may have run out of options. >> reporter: north koreante television's most famous news anchor triumphantly announced what the country called an historic event. moments later, the chinese government unc-- urged restraint. a spokesperson said north korea should stop violating security council resolutions. in an apparent reference to the united states, said all relevant sides should bring things back to the track of peaceful settlement via dialogue. president trump took a much different approach tweeting, "perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end this nonsense once and for all." ♪ china feels it has already done enough to try and rein in its ally. it stopped buying coal from north korea and cut its oil and diesel exports to kim jong-un's regime. >> i don't think on the chinese side there is any room for significantly tougher sanctions. >> reporter: an expert on nuclear weapons policy in asia -- there's a perception in the united states that china is simply not trying hard enough, is not putting enough pressure on north kore

ben tracy is in beijing. >> the threat from north korea got more serious. jung un said his goal is a nuclear tipped intercontinental ballistic missile that could hit the united states and he may be one step closer to making that happen. north korean state television gleefully announced what it called an historic event. it claims kim jung un oversaw a successful test of this intercontinental ballistic missile. it is calling the hosong 14. with range of 4,000 miles capable of hitting all of alaska, but not the continental united states or hawaii. during 11 missile tests this year, north korea demonstrated its growing capabilities. at a military parade this spring, it showed off missile canisters believed to contain icbms. still not known if the regime has been able to miniaturize a nuclear warhead to fit top of the weapons. >> the claim that it is a major victory. >> an expert on nuclear weapons policy. are we at a point where it is really more about containment? >> there is no way north korea will abandon nuclear weapons in the near term. denuclearization in

ben tracy is in beijing. >> while china and russia are now saying they oppose any effort to resolve theforce, or with sanctions that would strangle the country economically. the u.s. and south korea, seem to be making a different argument this morning, with missiles. in a large scale military exercise wednesday, the u.s. and south korea launched a barrage of missiles into the east sea. the message to north korea, we have weapons too, and they are not far away. in a statement, the pentagon said the u.s. will use the full range of capabilities at our disposal against the growing threat from north korea. after the u.s. military confirmed the regime successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile tuesday, south korean officials say the missile known as the hwasong 14 is two stage weapon with estimated range of 5,000 miles. capable of hitting alaska and even the west coast of the united states according to some experts. >> each missile north korea tested before this was back in may. that had a range of maybe about 300 miles. so this is considerably longer. i think the kind of thi

. >> ben tracy is there with more on how people feel their freedoms are under threat. >> reporter: good morning. this city is the only place in china where you can openly protest against the government. that's because when hong kong was handed back, it retained most of the freedoms that it had, but now people here feel their freedoms are slipping away. thousands of people filled parts of downtown hong kong saturday demanding that the chinese government respect the city's special status and the rights that come with it. much of the anger is directed at chinese president xi jinping who swore in the new one today. this is president xi's first trip to hong kong since taking office five years ago. the chinese government is trying to show its streth >> reporter: he says hong kongers worry china is undermining the agreement that was made. known as one country, two systems, hong kong is part of china, but retain as high level of autonomy and writes of independent speech. the hope at the time was that the 7 million people would help make the rest of china more open and free. >> do you believe ho