we'll go to manila and ivan watson. ivan, there's such a heavy sanctions regime on north korea already. they've said in a statement just a short time ago that they are going possibly to retaliate. what's in it for the north koreans? how do the sanctions get us any closer to shutting down the nuclear program? >> reporter: well, the argument is that the sanctions ban north korea's coal, iron, and seafood exports. and washington says that that may deprive north korea of up to one-third of its export revenue, which could be potentially very punitive. but north korea's already responded in characteristic style saying that this -- these sanctions are a violent violation of north korea's sovereignty. that there's no chance that north korea will put its nuclear weapons program on the negotiating table, and that if the u.s. thinks it's safe overseas, that its land is safe, it's sorely mistaken. it doesn't look like this will change pyongyang's behavior even though in addition to the sanctions you've had southeast asian nations he

we want to go manila and bring in cnn's ivan watson. north koreans moving ahead with developing the missile technology and their nuclear weapons. the sanctions come, but they are already under a very heavy sanctions regime. how is this going to happen, and will this really pressure the north koreans? >> reporter: what this latest round of sanctions does is it bans north korea's exports of coal and iron and even seafood, and the u.s. government estimates that it generates about one-third of its export revenues from those activities. so this could have an impact on the ability to earn hard currency for the north korean regime. north korea's made it clear it doesn't care. it's responded in the last couple of hours via the north korean state news agency, calling the new sanctions a violent violation of north korean sovereignty and saying the international community must be delusional if it thinks that sanctions can convince north korea to give up its commitment to develop nuclear weapons as what it sees as a vital weapon of self-defense. th

it is a strategic location, as our own ivan watson reported for us. what does the u.s.in its playbook in response for even in preemptive response here? >> no military options are good. any military option would trigger a war on the south korean -- on the korean peninsula we don't want. it will be catastrophic. human cost will be tragic and the ramifications long lasting. >> we need to come back from the bri brink. what we are asking is a freeze on the korean nuclear program. i don't think that's going to happen. the north koreans have made their nuclear program the centerpiece of their foreign policy. it is written into their constitution. they believe because of this paranoia of isolation the last 70 years that the only deterrence against american assault on their homeland is this nuclear deterrent. so i don't think they're going to be able to back down from that. what do we do? i think what's going to happen, and there is back channel diplomacy going on right now. we will diffuse this situation but we will not solve the crisis. the crisis will continue on. and i think

>> we're going to get back to you, ivan watson. now on the island of guam, a u.s. territory. will, you're in beijing for us. so what's the response of the chinese government to president trump's threat to unleash what he calls fire and fury at north korea? >> reporter: china really trying to tone things down, as they often do when tensions escalate on the peninsula, they don't want to see a war break out on their doorstep, they don't want to see hundreds of thousands of north koreans flooding over their border. so we have this statement out from the chinese minister of foreign affairs, stressing the complexity of the situation of north korea. china calls on the relevant aides to follow the broad direction ofry solving the nuclear issue through april means. aimed at all parties here, certainly north korea and the united states. >> will ripley in beijing, thank you ivan watson in guam as well. so what is the u.s. strategy for dealing with north korea and what are the options? let's go to our panel. it looks like the president, president trump, jim, in a fire and fury threat dra

our senior koefrnt ivan watson is live at the meetings in manila. and alexander field in seoul, south korea. ivan we start with you. urging leaders to isolate korea more but there is push back from those who say dialogue here is the answer. what do you hear? >> that's right. southeast asian nations which is organizing this diplomatic dwajerring here, they did pitch back from a u.s. proposal to suspend north korea from an asian regional forum that the north korean foreign minister is attending this afternoon. supposed to be starting as we speak, now. arguing that it is better to have dialogue to deescalate tensions on the korean peninsula. the u.s. has been playing an interesting strategy. on the one hand, conducting its own ballistic missile tests. overflights, bomber, overflights over the korean peninsula. at the same time, secretary of state rex tillerson said hey we would be willing to talk to the north koreans, just please stop firing missiles. maybe the willingness to lead help et other countries on the crisis, rush why and china namely, to agre

for more let's go to our senior international correspondent ivan watson. he's on the scene for us joinings us live from manila. ivan, north korea clearly not backing down in its public statements. so what happens next with these latest sanctions? >> reporter: well, the new sanctions, what they do is, they ban the north korean export of coal, of iron, and even of seafood, and in theory, u.s. diplomats say that should cut up to one-third of north korea's export revenues. but u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson, he conceded that it will be now very important to see how that goes through in practice. will this ban actually be implemented? take a listen. >> so the next steps obviously, to see that the security council resolution sanctions are enforced by everyone, and we hope, again, that this ultimately will result in north korea coming to the conclusion to choose a different pathway, and when the conditions are ripe, that we can sit and have a dialogue around the future of north korea. >> reporter: and when it comes to the conditions being ripe, another cond

let's go to our senior international correspondent, ivan watson. he's on the island of guam for assignment. how seriously are people there, and they're all u.s. citizens, about 162,000 u.s. citizens living on guam. how seriously are they taking north korea's threat of some sort of preemptive strike? >> reporter: when we went through border control at the airport here a few hours ago, a border guard joked with us, welcome to ground zero. people know about the threats, they know that north korea has threatened enveloping fire from rockets around this small island. but it's not the first time that north korea has threatened guam, and, in fact, the thaad missile defense system was put in after threats going back to 2013. the governor here has said that the island is safe, that he's working with the u.s. military commanders who have bases here with at least 6,000 active and reserve personnel. he's been in touch with the department of homeland security as well. it's clearly raised some anxiety, but it has not put a dent in the tourism industry. we came o

let's go to ivan watson who is with us for more. ivan, what else can you tell us? >> reporter: hi there, poppy. that's right. that chilling piece of information coming from guam's homeland security advisor, an estimate it would only take about 14 minutes for north korean missile to reach this u.s. island. that is if everything goes right on the north korean side, and grant it they've never really fired a missile in this direction to that distance. and second, if it penetrates the different layers of u.s., south korean and japanese missile defense. but nonetheless something quite chilling to learn certainly for the more than 160,000 u.s. citizens living on this island. also on this island of course two military bases. and some of the local media got an example of how the b-1 bombers that operate off of u.s. anderson air force base how they conduct their missions. and a lieutenant colonel spoke briefly to the press about combat preparedness from these w warplanes. take a listen. >> we obviously have a vested interest in here. and we feel safe here right now. that's w

ivan watson is live in guam with more. what have you learned, ivan? >> reporter: alisyn, the governor of guam, eddy calvo, i spoke with him at length. he says there's been no raising of the threat level here for this u.s. island despite these threats coming from pyongyang. he pointed out for missiles to reach here from north korea, they would have to pass through an umbrella of defense and security architecture that includes the u.s. and the south korean military and then the japanese defense forces and the u.s. military stationed on japan before reaching guam itself, which is also protected by several american military installations as well as the thaad missile defense system which was deployed here after 2013 when the north koreans made a previous threat against this american island. he is insisting that there is ample defense mechanisms in place here and there is no need to panic. we're not seeing any signs of panic on the streets or the beaches of guam where i watched people and tourists snorkeling today. there is some increased concern, however.

let's begin our team coverage with ivan watson in the philippines. met with russia's foreign minister. of course, on the list is north korean sanctions. what are you learning about that exchange? >> reporter: good morning. that's right. the rex tillerson coming here for manila and amid the many meetings he is having sitting down face-to-face with the russian foreign minister. it was the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nicki haley pointing out this might be a good place to show areas where, despite their huge differences, moscow and washington can work together, such as, for example, the case of north korea. and the trump administration has a feather in its cap, a diplomatic feather in its cap having just gotten this united nations security council resolution voted through unanimously through the united nations security council with these sanctions blocking exports of north korean coal, iron, and seafood, all big earners for north korea, according to, again, ambassador haley, this should amount for about a third of its export revenues. so a sign

ivan watson, thanks. barbara starr, kaitlan collins, thanks to you both as well. more perspective on this north korean threat from someone with firsthand knowledge of the military and diplomatic challenges involved. served as defense secretary under president bill clinton. mr. secretary, thanks for joining us. >> great to be with you. >> talk about the current state of this threat and how specific and serious is it? >> i think we found ourselves and wrapped ourselves in a rhetorical corner right now that the president has by his rhetoric initially tempered by secretary terillerson and secretary mattis saying, gone from threatening action to actually having the north koreans threaten they are going to take specific action. that is something that really can't be allowed to stand. and i think we have to communicate to the chinese, this is something, if someone were to threaten you, i'm going to fire four bullets at you, wolf. they're at your feet. about 20 feet away. not to worry. i don't think that will be an acceptable situation. that is the equivalent of what the

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our ivan watson is out front live from there. ivan this threat, of course, comes about 15 hours after the president said if you threaten again the united states, i will unleash fire and fury the likes of which the world has never before seen and now here we go. kim is doing it. >> reporter: that's right. and, you know, after the initial threats came from north korea where they singled out guam and said that guam could be the target of enveloping fire as north korea put it from north korean intercontinental ballistic missiles you had local officials here on the ground, on this american island that's home to more than 160,000 american civilians trying to calm and reassure the population. the governor saying that there had been no increase in the threat level here. the local representative, the departments of homeland security saying that there was a lot of communication with local military commanders, with washington as well to ensure that there were preventative protective measures. after threats were made by north korea against gu

ivan watson is there. what are you hearing? >> reporter: this is the guam homeland security adviser who put out this rather disturbing piece of information, the estimate that a north korean missile would be in the air 14 minutes before it would hit guam. that is provided that everything worked technically perfectly on the north korean part and provided that the missile would be able to penetrate multiple layers of missile defense, involving the south korean and japanese military as well. local officials, while mentioning that insisting that the threat level has not been increased. they did publish and we are showing you on screen the emergency fact sheet the joint information center put out. in the event of a missile threat, it's rather detailed. it informs residents to make an emergency plan for their families to list potential concrete shelters, to stay inside 24 hours after a possible nuclear blast and not to look at the fire ball if they are caught outside. so, it's not nice stuff to read if you are one of the more than 160

let's go to guam, because our ivan watson is there. look, these are the people that are caught in the middle of all of this. including, of course, the south koreans and americans. but this latest threat is right off the shores of guam. >> reporter: well, yeah. a threat on paper and a threat in statement. but despite it, the governor, the highest elected official on this island with more than 160,000 u.s. citizens and two u.s. military installations insist the threat level has not been raised at all. i spoke at length with governor eddy calvo, and he's trying to reassure the public, and he pointed out to me, there is no panic on this u.s. island right now. take a listen. >> there's no panic in guam. i'm sure you've talked to people who live in seoul or even tokyo. i think the concerns are even more weighty over there, which is closer to the action, particularly seoul, where artillery is within range of the inhabitants of seoul. >> reporter: i was speaking to the governor in the guam museum, which has an exhibit showing photos of people'

going to ivan watson. you're there in guam. how are officials there preparing people for the possibility of some sort of conflict without creating panic? >> reporter: you mentioned there the b-1 bombers, and the andersen air force base here. it invited lobel journalists to look how some of these b-1 bombers were operating. as one officer described it, they're in a constant state of readiness. he didn't describe exactly what their missions were today, and he also explained some of the motives behind the work they do and what they're trying to defend here on guam. in the u.s. take a listen. >> the majority of the people here, we live here. so i live here. my wife lives here. my two daughters hiv le s lives. my son lives here. we kids go to school here and we feel safe here now. that's what this korcontinued bomber presence does. >> reporter: wolf, there are some 5,300 u.s. servicemen and women at andersen air force base and naval base guam. and family members, about 13,000 here. of course, this island is home to more than 160,000

cnn's senior international correspondent ivan watson is tracking developments at this summit. good to have you with us, ivan. what has come out of these meetings so far? we know mr. tillerson has already met with several regional leaders. >> reporter: well, george, the state department said rex tillerson was coming here to demonstrate further diplomatic isolation for north korea. hasn't entirely succeeded with that because north korea's foreign minister is also here in manila, expected to attend tomorrow's gathering of the asian regional forum that's hosted by this group asean. where the success was for the trump administration was at the united nations security council on saturday where they unanimously passed this u.s. proposed resolution that slapped these new sanctions on the north korean regime. a moment of rare unity at the u.n. security council, getting china and russia on board with this american proposal. that has been welcomed not only by the u.s. and some of its allies, like australia and south korea, but even china has come out with the chinese foreign minister here

ivan watson is on guam for us. what has been the reaction there? >> you know, when we landed shortly after midnight local time, anderson, a u.s. border and customs officer joked welcome to ground zero. a little bit of gallows humor. i don't know if you can see over my shoulder, but there's a beach here with people frolicking and playing on the water. so there is no panic on the street or clearly on the beaches here. the governor, eddie calvo has taken care to try to reassure the population, to make clear that the threat level has not been ratcheted up as a response to the threats coming verbally in statements from north korea. i just spoke with his office, and they said he has been briefed in the last couple of hours about this latest statement coming out of pyongyang warning about the possibility of a launch plan of four intermediate ballistic missiles that would land some 20 miles off the coast of guam. no formal response to that yet, when you talk to ordinary people, the reactions are mixed. we saw a bride in a wedding dress in the lobby of our

cnn's ivan watson is there. ivan, the president sought to reassure americans even as he issued another strong warning but with this very specific threat from north korea to strike the waters off the island, what is the response there in guam? >> reporter: you know, the local authorities here, the governor of guam who you interviewed yesterday, he hasn't issued a new response to this. he's responding by his position that the threat level has not increased to this island from when this kind of war of words between washington and pyongyang first began. i spoke at length with the governor who said that he's confident in the u.s. military and its ability to protect this island from the ongoing kind of verbal and written threats now coming from north korea, and he kind of stressed that there is a security umbrella here. there's an architecture of overlapping defensive measures that can protect this american island from the threats coming from north korea, and he points out that any missiles that would be fired from nor

ivan watson is there. this is not the first time guam and the people of guam dealt with the threat. >> reporter: no. shortly after kim jong-un took office after the death of his father, the previous leader of north korea, he made threats against guam, the western most piece of american territory, home to several major u.s. military installations. after those threats came, the u.s. military deployed the missile defense system here, which more recently has been deployed in south korea to help protect that region, that country from ongoing threats coming from pyongyang. the governor of guam, who i spoke to at length, insists the threat level has not been increased because of the state many will described and showed you. he pointed out, there's no panic on the streets or beaches of this island. take a listen. >> there's no panic in guam. i'm sure you have talked to people who live in seoul or tokyo. i think the concerns are more wayning over there, which is closer to the action, particularly seoul where their

. >> cnn's senior international correspondent ivan watson is in the philippines with the latest. >> reporter: this is supposed to be a gathering of diplomats from the association of southeast asian nations, and some affiliated countries like the u.s., russia, south korea, japan, but the big topic of discussion right now is north korea. its two intercontinental ballistic missile tests carried out in spite of all international security council resolutions and the decision saturday to slap new sanctions on north korea banning its exports of coal and iron, and even seafood, something that the u.s. government argues will cut at least a third of its export revenues. the chinese foreign minister says that he put pressure on north korea during his meeting with a north korean counterpart here in manila. >> translator: we have indeed conducted in-depth discussion. china urged north korea to treat the new resolutions by the u.n. security council regarding north korea in a calm manner, and not to conduct missile tests and nuclear tests, which violates u.n. security council resolutions and the desire of

cnn's ivan watson is there. i want to get to joe johns who is traveling with the president on his working vacation in bed minister. we are getting word of a new statement in response to the back and forth with north korea. joe, what are you hearing? >> reporter: we just heard from sarah huckabee sanders, the prez secretary. she said the president will be attending a meeting with high level members of the national security team, including the adviser, hr mcmaster. the vice president will be coming up for the meeting with the president, as well as the chief of staff, john kelly. it's not clear right now as to weather the president will make a statement, however, that opportunity will be presented to us. we also heard from sarah huckabee sanders today that, from her position, nothing has changed since that dramatic and details threat made by north korea just last night. so, i think those are the details. nothing is changed from the perspective of the white house press secretary hoping to see the president this afte

reporter, ivan watson talked to americans who live on the island at the center of this geopolitical showdown us b-1 bomberstaking off from andersen air force base on the island of guam.part of daily operations at this strategic u.s. launchpad in the western pacific.ivan watson: "40% of guam's economy depends on military spending. so installations like andersen air force base are small cities. home to thousands of service personnel and their family members."there are around 5,300 military personnel stationed at andersen and at guam's naval base.u.s. officers here emphasizeguam is more than just a military posting.ltnt col christopher occhiuzzo: "the majority of the people, here we live here. i live here. my wife lives here. my two daughters live here. my son lives here. they go to school here. we go to tumon bay. we go to jeff's pirates cove so we obviously have a vested interest here and we feel safe here right now and that's what this continuous bomber presence does, it assures our allies and deters our adversaries." it is guam's military installationsand its geographic proximity to the kor

. >> ivan watson in guam for us. thank you so much. join me now as the governor of guam joins me.for joining me, governor. how afraid are the citizens of guam? >> good morning, jake. i think from the standpoint of the people of guam, we're almost used to this. this is -- since i've been governor starting in 2013, there has been a number of threats made by the government of north korea in regards to attack on guam and other american bases, including hawaii. so there is concern and there is fear from some parts, but there is also general calm understanding that this is not the first time. and i want to thank you so much for allowing me to speak here, because there is a concern from not only me as a governor and the people of guam on the escalation of rhetoric coming from all sides, but also some of the concerns that we have in regards to rhetoric made by some of our political leaders who make decisions that are so important to the people of guam. >> are you specifically concerned about the language that you're hearing from president trump? >> well, actually more spe specifically is

cnn's ivan watson is live there with more. what is the mood in guam with all of this hot talk? >> reporter: there is absolute no panic here, chris. but there is concern. i spoke with one woman who said that she's had to tell her 6 and 8-year-old children how to react in the event that the sirens go off, either because of a drill or worst-case scenario, missiles on their way here. the governor of gouam insists te threat level has not been magnified at all as a result of these north korean threats against this island. he points out that there is a substantial defense umbrella that the u.s. military maintains in the western pacific between here and north korea. a missile would have to fly over south korea, japan. to get here, the u.s. has bases, missile defense systems in those countries and in the ocean. and guam also has the thaad missile defense system since 2013. the bay behind me was full of people snorkeling full of tourists from asian countries like japan and korea today, chris. people who have flown in, in the last 24 hours. people whose countries, whose territories, are m

cnn's ivan watson is live in moscow where tillerson is attending a meeting of nations. >> reporter: theu.s. goal was to diplomatically isolate north korea. there's been some success with new u.n. security council sanctions which ban exports of coal, iron and e even seafood. in theory that could cut north korea's export revenues by as much as a third. secretary of state tillerson conceded the test will come in the practice. take a listen. >> the next steps obviously are to see that the court council resolution sanctions are enforced by everyone. we will be monitoring that carefully. we hope, again, that this ultimately will result in north korea coming to the conclusion to choose a different pathway, and when the conditions are right, that we can sit and have a dialogue around the future of north korea so that they feel secure and prosper economically. >> reporter: now, the chinese foreign minister has been at this meeting. he met with his north korean counterpart and repeated that warning, you have to stop firing these ballistic missiles that are banned. there's a broader station by sou

ivan watson, cnn in the skies over guam. >> well, we don't have to go all the way to guam for the potential threat from north korea. let's talk about south korea, which will host the winter olympics in just a few months. with all that's going on now, will these games go as planned. >> also, russia is now look to go china to play peace maker. their new plan calling for an end to u.s. military drills. what they say would work. >>> and charlottesville, virginia preparing for a white nationalist rally today. activists are there in protest of the removal of a confederate statue, and it comes after things got violent at a march overnight. electric light orchestra ] ♪ sailin' away on the crest of a wave, it's like magic ♪ ♪ rollin' and ridin' and slippin' and slidin' ♪ ♪ it's magic introducing the all new volkswagen tiguan. ♪ higher and higher, baby the new king of the concrete jungle. abdominal pain... ...and diarrhea. but it's my anniversary. aw. sorry. we've got other plans. your recurring, unpredictable abdominal pain and diarrhea... ...may be irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, or ibs-d.

ivan watson is our senior international correspondent live in guam. 5:13 in the morning where you are. we know the u.s. has an air force base there. secretary tillerson trying to, you know, reassure americans during a visit there. a very different tone from what we heard from the president. what exactly did he tell those reporters in guam? >> reporter: that there was no new threat to this island, that he did not consider redirecting the itinerary of his flight that stopped here for refuelling. that's part of why guam is so important to the u.s. military. it's a refuelling point. it's a place to launch planes and ships from. listen, i believe we have some sound from the secretary of state as he was passing through here. let's take a listen. >> i think the president -- what the president was doing was sending a strong message to north korea in language that kim jong un would understand. because he doesn't seem to understand diplomacy language, but i think what the president was just reaffirming is the united states has the capability to fully defend itself from any attack and defend our