they would prefer right now to have a divided korean peninsula to a unified korean peninsula dominatedy seoul. can we change chinese calculations through certain assurances? that is one issue. the other is, if we can't, what further pressure can we put on north korea, not just through sanctions, but through cyber or conceivably in certain conditions through military force? charlie: are we likely to do that? richard: i would hope we would certainly have the exploratory conversations with the chinese. what are we and the south koreans and the japanese prepared to put on the table? what would we say about the terms under which a unified korea would live? would it still be an american ally? i would say yes. maybe we would have far fewer forces moved away from the 38th parallel. maybe we would guarantee that there would be no nuclear weapons. there might be something in it for china. the question is if it would be enough for china. that is one thing we can do, have that die leak with them -- dialogue with them. the other thing is why wouldn't we do things to pressure the regime. the regime

we are concerned lest there be an es ka la tory cycle on the south korean peninsula. yes, we have in place very serious kourcht counterescalati in the alliance. the commander of the combined forces, general vince brooks, one of america's best soldiers, is, as his predecessors have been, working with the rok military, and national leadership on a day in and day out basis. they're very tightly stitched together. and yes, the alliance has very specific plans to deal with a variety of contingent sis with a view in the first instance de-escalating and defusing. this has been a big part of our joint defense strategy. now, there's a lot of hyperbole and rhetoric in the way that certainly north korea speaks always, and the way that some south korean officials occasionally speak when they're either testifying or speaking before the press. i don't think that the comments of the defense minister taken by themselves represent an intent on the part of the republic of korea to take provocative action. >> my concern obviously is how the north koreans react to it, whether or not sout

they would prefer right now to have a divided korean peninsula to a united five -- unified korean peninsula dominated by seoul. if we can't, what further pressure can we put on north korea, not just through sanctions, but through cyber or through military force? charlie: are we likely to do that? richard: i would hope we would certainly have the exploratory conversations with the chinese. what are we and the south koreans and the japanese prepared to put on the table? what would we say about the terms under which a unified korea would live? would it still be an american ally? i would say yes. maybe we would have far fewer forces moved away from the 30th parallel. i would hope -- the 38th parallel. there might be something in it for china. the question is if it would be enough for china. the other thing is why wouldn't we do things to pressure the regime. the regime is fragile. why wouldn't we necessarily say regime change? put information into that closed society to strike -- try to stir up some opposition to the regime. and if they do have nuclear weapons, if we are not content with deterr

china has always maintained that cornering north korea could heighten tensions on the korean peninsula. they would target the country's exports of coal, a major source of revenue. >>> more details about the suspect in the weekend bombings in new york and new jersey are coming to light. u.s. investigators say ahmad kan rahami could have been taken part in a family situation. he was shot multiple times after opening fire onn two police ofofficers. rahami iss believed to have bee living with family in elizabeth, new jersey, where they o own a fried chicken restaurant. they claimed they y were being discriminated against because they were muslim. their neighbors complained the restaurant was open too late and was too loud. >> there was a bunch of kids. making noiseses. >> all night? >> yeses. itit was a little too muchch. >> the city and police stepped in asking the family to shorten their operating hours. court documents show the rahamis then sued thehe c city and poli five years ago. but their compensation demands were turned down. investigators are looking intnt how thee dispupute m may

abandones not war exercises, one after another on the korean peninsula. the large joint military exercises conducted by the united states during the period of march to april and september of this year were extremely massive military maneuvers involving troops of over half a million strategic assets, including strategic nuclear bombers and nuclear submarines, which are more than enough to wait an all out more in terms of sheer scale. and exercise is offensive the aggressive nuclear war exercises, now include the operation of high precision strikes, demanding the limitation of nuclear strikes of the leadership of the dpk, and the occupation of the young yank. nowhere in the world, there is large as though. nor are there wargames of such an offensive nature.there has never been such a military threat, extremely dangerous aggression exercises, as those conducted under the nose of the adversary. the korean peninsula is the place with no proper institutional mechanics. the war of the 1950's has not ended, but remains in the state whichporary armistice, means ei

washington and seoul are planning a major show of military force in the skies over the korean peninsula. will it deter kim jong-un? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news tonight. hillary clinton's campaign is on the defensive for waiting two days to reveal that the candidate has pneumonia. clinton was forced to leave an event and cameras caught her appearing to almost collapse. the campaign manager said clinton was trying to power through her illness and the staff is to blame for slow disclosure. mike pence, meanwhile, is joining donald trump in demanding that hillary clinton apologize for calling half of their supporters a "basket of deplorables." pence was here in "the situation room" moments ago, keeping up the criticism of clinton's remark. when i asked pence if he would call david duke deplorable, pence said he was not in the name calling business, although he totally disassociated himself from david duke. and new tonight, south korea's defense minister is warning of a "worst case scenario" if north korea c

troops on the korean peninsula. clearly a very sensitive subject.r what circumstances could that happen, could that never come to a? >> we really try to address the issue, and all of us know how sensitive that is, in terms of a tremendous amount of progress and stabilizing the region, denuclearizing the peninsula and virtually eliminating the threat. so that at some point in time and aspirational point in time down the road, the possibility of looking at whether those forces would remain at that level would be part of the discussion. and that gets back to what senator nunn was talking about, which is we really try to look at how do you incentivize all the parties here? another what i try to look at somebody like china is how do you see this problem set from the perspective, not just our perspective? and often times we try to generate solutions just a our perspective and that's just not going to work. recognizing the sensitivity with troop levels, we try to address in the report, territories in that way, that's a long way off but down the road that i

will make very clear that our objective is to ultimately get rid of all nuclear weapons in the korean peninsula the north koreans previously agreed to. >> woodruff: gary samore, does that sound like the right path? >> right now the north koreans are not prepared to talk about nuclear disarmament, nor are they prepare to accept any restriction on their testing activity, and unless you establish, it seems to me, a basic premise for the talks, or for the negotiations, then you're not going to get anywhee if you don't at least with have an agreement on what it's all about. >> woodruff: it's a moment when a lot of questions are l being asked, and we know it's certainly what north korea has done has certainly gained everyone's attention. gary samore, we thank you.ou greg thielmann, we thank you. t >> thank you. >> woodruff: now we return to >> woodruff: now to ouro continuing coverage of the upcoming 15th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. we begin with a look at theth country where the attacks were planned: afghanistan. the u.s. and nato deposed thede taliban government in the fall of 2001,

lest there beed an escort torry cycle on the korean peninsula. we have in place very serious counter escalation plans in the u.s. rok alliance. the commander of the combined america's best is, as his predecessors have been, working with the rok leadershipd national on a day in and day out basis hasa very -- the alliance very specific plans to deal with a variety of contingencies with andew to de-escalate defusing. this is been a big part of our joint defense strategy. there is a loss of hyperbole and frederick -- lots of hyperbole in thederick -- rhetoric way the north korea speaks and the way that south korean officials occasionally speak when they are testifying or speaking before the press. the comments that of the defense minister taken by themselves represent on intent on the part of the republic of korea to take provocative action. the northern is koreans react to it. whether or not south korea intends is separate from the paranoia reduced -- induced. that is full we were concerned about during the cold war. was about escalation of frederic

a show of force from the u-s on the korean peninsula. the military flying two b-1 bombers over osan air base - 75 miles from the north korean border. escorted capable of carrying nuclear weapons. brooks says: "..the united states has an unshakable commitment to defend allies in the region and will take necessary steps to do so." the flyover comes just days after north korea's fifth nuclear test. friday's blast, pyongyang's most powerful so far... and its second in just eight months. south korean officials warn another test could come at any time. sung says: "..north korea once again has demonstrated blatant and reckless disregad for international obligations. this is quite unprecedented even by north korea standards." china among the countries condemning the north's latest test... but, beijing is blaming the u-s for tensions on the korean peninsula. pyongyang's main ally calling for calm following the bomber demonstration. hua says: "..we hope all parties concerned can remain reasonable and show restraint, and avoid taking any provocative

tension is even higher now on the korean peninsula. china says it "resolutely opposes" north korea's nuke test... president obama said this morning- any provocative actions by north korea will have "serious consequences." nasa's o-siris rex spacecraft has officially left this world... and is on its way to an asteroid. osiris is searching for space rock... hoping to find clues to the origin of life. the mission began last night- and will last until 20-23 when it returns to earth. but- despite the length of the mission- the contact with the asteroid will be very brief. it will only take about five seconds to collect the osiris has a special colorado connection- it was built by lockheed martin in littleton. all this comes on the heels of the successful juno mission to jupiter, also a lockheed and ula achievement. the colorado space agency says the state is a hot spot for space exploration. the industry has generated 162 thousand space related jobs. the average salary is 129 thousand dollars a year. colorado has the second-largest space ec

as tensions commonly rise in the south korean peninsula fighters accompanied the bombers. this morning, south korea said radioactive from the tests. >>> the ncaa has pulled several championships from north carolina because of the state's controversial law some say discriminates against lgbt people and curtails civil rights since at 2 was passed last march, the ncaa moved all games. includes in the ncaa events pulled from north carolina is the opening weekend of the men's basketball tournament. coming up on "cbs this morning," we will talk with ncaa president mark emmert. >>> colin kaepernick took his protest into prime time and other players joined in. the san francisco quarterback and teammate eric reed knelt during the national anthem before last night's game. two other 49ers and two members of the visiting st. louis ra rams -- los angeles rams stood last month to protest racial discrimination. >>> well, coming up on the morning news, shocking revelations, soccer star abby womanback comes clean about alcohol and drug addiction. >>> and caught on video, suspects arson at

that capable of striking anywhere in the south korean peninsula. what we are seeing is north korean leader, kim jong-un, pushing forward despite international sanctions and nearly universal condemnation, even from china. throwing all of that by the wayside and aggressively growing these weapons programs at a pace far faster than any analysts have predicted. >> alisa, you are joining us from geneva switzerland where secretary of state, john kerry, is negotiating with russia on a syrian peace deal. what is the obama administration trying to do about this situation. >> reporter: wolf, obviously, as will said, there is a growing concern about north korea's increased weapons programs and capability and provocation. within hours of the nuclear test, president obama was on the phone to south korea president pack, japanese president abe. they were already headed to the region to discuss north korea's program. they are calling that u.n. security council meeting today. you remember in march, the u.n. security passed the most biting sanctions against north kor

stability of the korean peninsula for china is very important. china, i think it does realize but we make it clear that they have to realize what mike just said, the united states and our allies cannot afford to see this threat continue to grow. particularly against the united states. china has to know that, as well know that, as well as our allies in japan and south korea. the third thing is, we are making it very clear that we ought to have a new dialogue with china. of course china has to be willing to do it. were not sure they will. we have to talk about what is in china's interest? what are they worried about on their borders? how can we talk about them informally about the refugee problem that might occur if there is a collapse of north korea. whether it is by any military action they take, and north koreans take, or internal. the chinese have to be worried about that. border control per they have to be worried about border control. and i think we need to sit down with china and have that dialogue about all of these issues. they have to tak

animosity rises in the korean peninsula. the word is north korea doesn't care. >>> we are 47 days away from the presidential election. and it's coming quick. and while the candidates are rallying for votes, they are rallying for money. donald trump and hillary clinton raised record amounts of money in august. the total of $233 million in donald trump heads to toledo today and hillary clinton heads to florida. >>> abc15 teaming up with facebook to stream the debates. the first is in new york, and you can watch it live on abc15. >>> hopefully, no one in congress goes into allergic shock. the ceo of mylan is ready to the prices have skyrocketed to $608. good thing they're making money. the house oversight committee released testimony. she wishes the company better anticipated the magnitude and acceleration of the rising prices for some families. a lifesaving drug as they're making record profits across the pharmaceutical industry. >> she says supply and demand. >>> the federal trying to take action against the tide of overdoses

weather across japan, what we have going on is a stationary boundary that's lingering across the korean peninsula, 100 to 150 millimeters of rainfall expected on friday. but north of that, you have to remember, these boundaries usually separate the warm and the cold air. in hokkaido, this is the first time we have had this early a snowfall. this is the highest mountain in hokkaido, last week we were talking about ft. fugi, this one's higher elevation, this one's about 120 meters up. looks like winter is under way across this region. this is the first snow of the season. we also mentioned this frontal area that's also bringing heavy rainfall across parts of even china, kind of the remnants of maggie out here. more rain is not going to be welcomed a that looks like it's definitely going to be the threat over the next couple of days, shanghai, taipei, both got rainfall here in your forecast. how about matthew, now a hurricane, pulling off towards the west, big rainmaker, in san lucia, we had about 900 mill meeters of rain. i think the extended rains, jamaica, haiti and cuba, you want to watch out, t

prepared to sit down with the dprk to deal with the issues of nonaggression, of peace on the korean peninsula, of joining the international community, of attracting assistanance and ecomimic development, providing north korea is prepared to talk with the rest of the world about responsible approaches to the question of nuclear weaponry and nucleaear program. >> the mininisters relead d a joint statement after the talks. it said all three countries are also considering implementing unilateral sanctions. kishida, kerry, and yun also agreed on the importance of working together on maritime security issues. that comes amid growing concern about china's increasing activity in the south china sea. >>> president vladimir putin's the two ministers agreed to cooperate e and deal with other humanitarian issues regarding the north. these issues include north ko a korea's past april ductiobducti. in responding to north korean affairs, is two natioions shoul strengthen future oriented relations and implement the agreement in december with pledges to finally settle the issue. >>> chinese and russian navies

several countries are now condemning the actions from pyongyang as tensions rise on the korean peninsula. angelica joins us now with the latest. the white house says president obama has been briefed about the matter ...and has consulted with the south korean president and japanese prime confirm if it was actually a nuclear bomb...they were able to detect a powerful explosion. the latest nuclear test caused a five- point-three magnitude earthquake...which was detected by south korean and international reporting agencies. north korean state television says the latest test is in retaliation to recent sanctions by western nations. state media also said the warhead could be mounted on ballistic rockets and would enable north korea to produce "a variety of smaller, higher strike power." some news from overnight here in milwaukee. a man is recovering after being shot in his car near 51st and hampton. police say he was sitting in a car..when some people approached and then opened fire. the man is expected to survive. no arrests have been made. a man was also shot near palmer and burleigh overnig

the leaders also share serious concern of recent developments on the korean peninsula, that includes north korea's missile test. >>> let's now take a look at the latest in business news. u.s. markets were back in action after a long weekend and investors saw a slump in the dollar. >> i think a rate hike wasn't in the cards any time soon, that's why the dollar suffered, but interestingly, a lowered dollar also -- thatnded up boosting stocks, wall street ended slilg slightly higher with the nasdaq ending up just about half a percent. we're going to see how all of this is affecting trading here in tokyo this wednesday morning. good morning, rumi, tell us what you're seeing at the open. >> very good morning to you, it's all about the dollar this morning, i can tell you also it took a tumble after data in the u.s. showed the institute for management's nonmanufacturing index dropped to 51.4 in and that's lower. the nikkei and the broader topix down. investors now reducing their bets for a september rate hike, based not only on that services data, but following a weaker than expected main j

meanwhile, high pressure systems causing beautiful weather across the korean peninsula and there's a frontalal system still locate near japan. the system will continue to cause more rainfall as we go into saturday in some places. but as we go into sunday, things will be clearing up. tokyo could have 26 degrees with overcast on saturday. and as we go into sunday, sunny weather will come back once again and temperatures are going to be warming up. 29 degrees expected on tuesday as well as wednesday. kyoto o is going to be scorchin hot 31 on tuesday. let's go to europe. high pressure covering much of the conten but there is potent system near the black sea region. more rain expected for the north of turkey where flooding is taking place. temperatures are going to be on the cool side in moscow. 10 degrees for the high but beautiful weather continuing across the west on friday. all right. here's your extended forecast. >>> be sure to watch "newsroom tokyo" at the top of the hour. from all of us here on nhk "newsline," thanks for watchingú molly: welcome to the "france 24" newsroom. the fa

us military flexing its muscle on the korean peninsula. two us bombers flew over south korea on tuesday. the aircraft where sent as a show of force intended to warn north korea after its recent nuclear tests. the bombers flew 75 miles from the border with north korea. the bodies of three americans who died fighting isis as volunteers for a kurdish : "if you look at their team right now, they don't have a guy in their program that hasn't been have great belief in what they do, and for good reason." if you look at the team right now we do not have a guy in the program that is pushed that has not been in a championship.>> high praise from this is but and dsu is not your ordinary scs team. the bisons have won five straight national championships. north dakota state has i was full attention. blowout. hog fans should change the expectations for this weekend because north dakota state is no ordinary scs team in the hawkeyes will have them i cancel.>> some guys think scs is a pushover and that is not the case. they come off the ball and they will

there are not a lot of natural earthquakes on the korean peninsula in north korea or uth korea.ast night, there was a 5 point something magnitude seismic event on the korean peninsula and that was not likely to be an earthquake. that likely meant a nuclear test by north korea. another one. north korea has been setting off nuclear explosions since the george w. bush administration. the first one was in 2006. since then, they've been averaging about one every three years. what's worrying now, this one they just set off last night, that's the second one they've set off in eight months and it was a big one, the biggest one they've ever set off, almost twice as big as the last one they set off. like all the other nuclear explosions north korea has set off, it's underground. it's worrying enough to be able to set off an underground explosion, to liquefy the inside of a mountain. it's quite another to deliver that explosion beyond your national borders, to weaponize it, to put it on a missile. while china was hosting the g20 summit, north korea shot three new missiles toward japan. the

missile defense shield on the korean peninsula. further complicated an already tense situation. north korea said overnight the test was performed on a newly developed nuclear warhead at a remote site used for previous nuclear tests. south korean officials scrambled together an emergency meeting. on the way back from asia, president obama had separate phone calls with south korean president and japanese prime minister. the test violates five u.n. security council resolutions and undermines regional stability. secretary of state john kerry >> try still to monitor to fiend to find out precisely what took place. >> reporter: earlier this week, pyongyang caused concern when they launched three missiles while china was hosting world leaders at the g-20 summit. pyongyang's nuclear program is a source of national pride. when we visited in may, the nation showcased a parade float celebrating their january 6 nuclear test. that month in a three-hour speech, leader kim jung-unpledged to use nuclear weapons in only self defense. china had harsh word for pyongyang condemning the nuclear test.

they will happen over six days in october off the west coast of the korean peninsula. officials hope it will be a sufficient countermeasure. >>> the japanese government is also keeping a close eye on pyongyang. prime minister shinzo abe spoke monday before senior officers of the self-defense forces. he expressed concerns of the country developing methods to develop explosive devices. >> translator: they launched ballistic missiles last month and this month that fell in the waters of our exclusive economic zone. it is an unprecedented situation. >> he also says north korea conducting two nuclear tests in nine months is intolerable. in another response to the test, a senior u.s. diplomat says washington could work with tokyo to coordinate further sanctions. song kim came to tokyo to meet with kenji kanasugi at japan's foreign ministry. they discussed how they could work together to strengthen sanctions both through the u.n. security council and independently. kim said they talked about many possibilities, including joint action with south korea. >> good morning. we'll be

they were worried about a conventional war on the korean peninsula that would be damaging, i granted that, but because we haven't acted in the past we now face a very real possibility. quite honestly, i don't believe there is any chance we can negotiate ourselves out of this. so for a future president, you would have to say are you willing to give by some mixture of deterrence and defense or if that's too risky then you have to hope that negotiations with china somehow will solve this problem for you or then you have to contemplate some cyber, maybe more sanctions and conceivably military actions. we're into a really dangerous place either way here. >> rose: it is now the number one, as you said, foreign policy dilemma for the united states and for the next president. >> and i believe vital national interests are at stake. this is big. >> rose: all right. so let's take the chinese, for example. clearly, they have been resistant. they understand the damage with north korea collapses the flood of refugees coming across the border. they understandt that. they're very much concerned abou

military flew nuclear-capable b1 bombers over the korean peninsula as a show of force. we're in the habit of doing this whenever north korea gets up on its hind legs and tests dangerous weapons. but right now flying the nuclear weapon-capable bombers is a sign that the only leverage we're exerting over north korea as they get closer and closer to proving they're capable of launching a nuclear attack on another country, our best national average leverage against them to try to stop them from doing that is basically just flat-out using a show of force to show them visually, to effectively threaten to launch a nuclear attack against them. that's our gambit with them now. so there's that. and that is unsettling. >>> also in syria, day five of this tenuous tentative sort of half cease-fire that was negotiated by us and russia. russia so far is says letting humanitarian aid through to the crucial city of aleppo. secretary of state john kerry threatened to that the whole deal, whole cease-fire might be off unless russia acts to let those medical supplies and food trucks go thr

also have a bit of a frontal activity, a trough set up that's enhancing the moisture into the korean peninsula and also into kyushu as we speak. i want to tshow you from earlie in the day where we saw the higher tops bubbling up around the center circulation. this is getting pretty strong. we're going to have to keep a close eye on this. looking at landfall, something between saturday and sunday moving to the north as 15 kilometers per hour with wind speeds of 126 and gusting to 180. you may notice the general cone of activity and center of uncertainty, it may be slightly off of kyushu. but the concern is the upper right-hand side of the system because of the forward momentum added onto the actual wind speed. that means kyushu is about to get pretty m much smacked as weo throughout t the weekend. that is not good news. especially in places like kumamoto. this is the concern. because the ground's still weak from those earthquakes that took place in april.l. landslide c concerns are going be part of that concncern. and also the strong wind gusts looking up to 198 kilometers per hour with gusts,

spokesman john kirby released a statement saying in part, we are aware of seismic activity on the korean peninsula in the vicinity of a known north korean nuclear test site. we are monitoring and continuing to assess the situation. a sniffer jet, the u.s. air for's wc135 constant phoenix joins four similar jets from japan testing for radiation. a former u.s. ambassador to south korea says this is not a question of whether the test was done but of what the u.s. government will do about it. and christopher hill says he doesn't think sanctions and security council resolutions alone will be enough. >> i think we have to sit down with countries like china and go through what could be conceivable options that would physically slow this thing down. >> reporter: i'm andrew spencer reporting. >>> a big warning for samsung users, the galaxy 7 is on the "no fly" list because it could possibly explode midair. the faa says that passengers should not turn their phones on or charge them or even put them into checked bags. the move comes after reports of the batteries exploding while charging. samsung says the pr

xi says china will remain firm on its aim of denuclearizing the korean peninsula. but with the options running ouhi'sders' ability to dealith nokorea ems increasingly limited. >>> north korea's latest nuclear test was at the top of an agenda at the emergency meeting of the comprehensive test ban treaty organization. ambassadors and other representatives from more than 100 countries, including japan, the united states and south korea, took part in a meeting. the latest observation data on the nuclear tests was reported as the gathering. >> the more tests that's done by the dprk the more they improve the technical capability with regard to developing nuclear weapon. it underscores the urgency and the necessity for the force of this treaty. >> the treaty was adopted at the united nations general assembly in 1996. but as the u.s. and some other countries have not ratified it, the pact has not come into effect. >>> a passenger train derailed in northwestern spain. at least four people have been killed and more than 40 others are injured. the derailment occurred on frida

military flexing its muscle on the korean peninsula. two u.s. bombers flew over south korea on tuesday. aircraft were intended to warn korea after the recent nuclear test. bombers flew just 75 miles from the border with north korea. and the bodies of three americans who died fighting isis as volunteered for a kurdish militia are on the way to the u.s. the families have been struggling for weeks to get them back. >> two protestors rushed the stage of "dancing with the stars" right after ryan lochte's first dance. it happened while one of the judges was giving a critique of the dance. they quickly went to commercial break. but this is what people in the crowd, this is what they witnessed. two people arrested for trespassing. i'm getting over it, though. it honestly feels like someone reached inside, took out my heart and just stepped on it. it was really hard but i turned to cheryl and she said, you should -- you just danced in front of millions. you're right. >> there were some people in the crowd booing him after he and three others were in enco

especially back towards the korean peninsula, around seoul, we're seeing some showers. tokyo will remain south of that. since the front has lifted to the north, that means humid, moist, and warm air. 30 for the high here on tuesday. any travel plans here across the americas? you might see some delays in parts of ontario. a fairly potent low pushing through. also heavy showers, maybe a few thunderstorms across parts of the great lakes, extending toward the south. even some frost advisories in place in the overnight hours. there into new england, toronto just a high of 16 there, chicago for you as well at 18. in the south it's staying on the warm side. look at los angeles, 35 here on tuesday. here is the extended outlook. >>> we have one more story to share with you before we go. japanese officials say a recent discovery in okinawa suggests an early link with the western world. they say coins unearthed from the ruins of a castle date back to the roman and ottoman empires. workers with a local education board excavated the ruins of katsura castle in 2013 and found four cop

is also advancing with plans for a missile defense shield on the korean peninsula. a little sunshine, a few temps...but we're also watching some rain to our west. meteorologist justin thompson-gee is here with 'ready weather.' rebecca in wx center today: a little sun to start the day with clouds returning in the afternoon with storm chances. scattered storms possible through saturday morning. still a little warm with highs in the lower 80s and humidity starting comfortable but rising all day. wind: se 5-15 mph.tonight: scattered rain and storms. up to 1" of rain possible. lows in the middle 60s. wind: s 5-10 mph.weekend: saturday starts with the afternoon. humidity starts high in the morning but decreases throughout the day becoming cool with highs in the lower 70s and comfortable by evening. windy much of the day with gusts to 30 mph. stays cool and comfortable on sunday with plenty of sun. rebecca in wx center today: a little sun to start the day with clouds returning in the afternoon with storm chances. scattered storms possible through saturday morning. still a

i am deeply, deeply concerned about the continuing tensions on the korean peninsula. i'm also deeply concerned about north korea's continuing provocations, and not abiding by fully with the security council resolution. security council this year alone has met eight times. now they are meeting for the ninth time. laura: they are, but secretary-general, all these meetings, all the sanctions, the resolutions against north korea hasn't stopped north korea from carrying out its ballistic and nuclear tests. is it time for a new approach? secretary-general ban: we should think of all possible means but at this time it is important that north korea changes its course and tries to engage with international community for a better life and for their self-respect. laura: you are leaving office soon. perhaps in your new life, could there be a role for you to have as the south korean to start direct talks with the north? secretary-general ban: i would have to see what kind of role i can do. but i am ready as a private citizen when i return to my home country of korea, i will see wh