earlier i spoke to bonnie glaser.of the china power project at the centre for strategic and international studies. she was at an event where the south korean foreign minister was speaking and i asked her how dangerous a time she thought it was. dangerous escalation of words. we have statements by president trump that he would totally destroyed north korea, a tweet that said kim jong—un would not be around much longer. then we had statements by north korea's foreign minister earlier today, saying that in fact north korea sees itself as the targets of a threat of war, that the us has declared war now on north korea, and that therefore north korea, and that therefore north korea has the right to actually attack american planes, take them down, if they are near or in north korean airspace. so this is really a very dangerous period. the one small step back that was taken today is that a white house spokesperson did say that the us has not declared war on north korea. so i think that is a positive development which may defu

i spoke to bonnie glaser, the scent for strategic and international studies who was at an eventjust recently asked how dangerous time she felt this was. there has certainly been a dangerous escalation of words. we've had statements by president trump that he would totally destroy north korea, eight week that said kim jong—un would not be around much longer. then we had statements by north korea's foreign minister earlier today, saying that in fact the north koreans see themselves as the target of a threat of war, that the us has declared war now on the united states... excuse me, on north korea. therefore north korea has the right to actually attack american planes, take them down if they are near or in north korean airspace. so this really is a very dangerous period. the one small step back that was taken today was that the white house spokesman did say that the united states has not declared war on north korea. so i think that's a positive development that may diffuse tensions a bit, although they are still really running quite high after the speeches at the un by both president trump and