[speaking chinese] >> the nuclear issue on the korean peninsula is mainly between the dprk and united states. china is a next-door neighbor with a relationship with the peninsula so we are indispensable to the resolution of the nuclear issue. china has a strong commitment to dig nuclear rising the peninsula -- denuclearize and the peninsula. china has done its level best to bring the dprk and u.s. together and to chair the six party talks. we have also made our contribution to adopting and implementing un security council resolutions. ,n the future, to continue china will continue to be a switchmen where we will switch the issues back onto the track of seeking a negotiated settlement. i wish to emphasize that nuclear weapons will not bring security. the use of force is no solution. talks deserve another chance, and peace is still within our grasp. >> [speaking chinese] that theeople believe era of western domination is coming to an end, and it is china and the other emerging economists dust economies that hold the key to the future. what is china's position? china will host the leader

a new day for is the korean peninsula. i hope the u.s. does not take military action in is verytremer miscalculation. there is a political vacuum in south korea until likely, the leading contender for president, who was the chief of staff, the last liberal government that was, you know, carrying out the sunshine policy. he has said he would reopen it. he said, we must return to talks with north korea, we must acknowledge that kim jong-un is the leader of north korea. hopefully, the u.s. will not do anything dangerous in the interim. amy: professor bruce cumings, you talk about how park geun-hye rose to power, how she was also as christine was talking about, what this means for north/south korean relations and the united states? >> well, park geun-hye was the daughter of the president who was assassinated by his own 1979,igence chief in precipitating a crisis that led to another military coup. at this point, park geun-hye have been living in the blue house i think for 10 or 11 years. she went into a kind of seclusion for a long time, then

the situation on the korean peninsula at the moment is extremely tense. north korea has a contest did missiles this week and the united states now serves that all options are on the table for north korea and in malaysia, the leader was ordered on the merits of using a nerve gas. do they think that there will be a war on the korean peninsula and what is the strategy for preventing the war from breaking out? thank you. >> [speaking chinese mandarin] interpreter: tensions are again rising on the korean peninsula. on the one hand the dprk has , ignored international opposition and insisted on advancing its nuclear program and launched ballistic missiles in violation of security council resolutions. on the other hand, the u.s. is conducting military exercises of enormous scale and ranking up military pressure. the two sides are like two accelerating trains coming towards each other with neither side willing to give way. the question is are they ready for a head-on collision. our priority now is to flash the red lights and apply the brakes on both trains. >> [s

the us secretary of state, who was in beijing at the time, said tensions on the korean peninsula hadched a dangerous level. 0ur china editor carrie gracie sent this report from beijing. america's top diplomat. they had intended to steady anxieties about where us—china relations are headed. but, as these players e they were upstaged by another. . . with these pictures of kim jong—un, north korea announced the successful test of a new rocket engine for its space and satellite programme. no wonder he declared a victory. rockets can be repurposed. he has already warned that his nuclear missiles will soon be able to reach the united states. mr tillerson was in asia to warn that us patience is at an end, asking china to do more to persuade its north korean ally to give up its arsenal. china is in a bind. it is frustrated by north korean recklessness, and anxious to find common ground with the new trump administration. but it is also sceptical about whether more economic pressure would force north korea to renounce nuclear weapons. and it is suspicious of american intentions in the region.

-south korean alliance peaceontinue to serve for and security on the gran peninsula and across the asia-pacific region. in facing whater was once a regional security this will not reach only its regional neighbors, the united dates and other countries. we urge north korea to achieve peacefuls to achieve silly with north korea have failed to make us safer. the u.s. and its allies have repeatedly assured north korea's leaders that we assure only peace, stability, and economic prosperity for northeast asia. as proof of our intent, america has provided $1.3 billion in assistance to north korea since 1995. in return, north korea has detonated nuclear weapons that -- and dramatically increased ballistic missile lnches to threaten america andur allies. our commitment to allies is in the face of north korea's escalating global threat, it is important for me to consult with our friends. let me be very clear. the policy of strategic patience has ended. we are exploring a new range diplomatic security -- diplomatic, security, and economic measures. all options are on the table. north korea must understand

to bring pressure to bear to achieve that objective of a nonnuclear korean peninsula. >> one last question. islam -- is radical islamic terrorism a term you would use? i know that the president used it last night, but we're hearing that our new national security adviser recommends that we not use it. >> we all fully support the naming of our -- of what it is that we face on t. on the campaign trail, president trump was the first in the famous speech in ohio to name radical islamic terrorism and said we need to bring the broadest range of resources to bear, not just military, but also on the internet, also with our allies, also reaching out to moderate voices in the islamic world to join us to eradicate radic radical islamic terrorism from the world. at this very moment, our administration, leadership at the department of defense, are developing plans to begin that process by focusing on hunting down an destroy isis at its source, and the recent operation in yemen was a highly successful operation against al qaeda and we'll continue. we'll continue those efforts and with renewed energy to d

at the situation on the korean peninsula at the moment is extremely tense.north korea is against the missile this week and the united states now serves that all options are on the table for north korea and in malaysia, the leader was ordered on the merits of nerve gas do they think that there will be a war on the korean peninsula and what his strategy for preventing the war from breaking out? thank you. >> [speaking chinese mandarin] [speaking chinese mandarin] [speaking chinese mandarin] [speaking chinese mandarin] >> translator: the dpr k. has ignored international opposition and insisted on advancing its nuclear program and launched ballistic missiles in violation of security council resolutions. on the other hand, the u.s. is conducting military exercises of enormous scale and ranking up military pressure. the two sides are like two x. overrating trains coming towards each other with neither side willing to give way. the question is are they ready for a head-on collision. our priority now is to flash the red lights and apply the brakes on both trains. [s

korean peninsula, japan, wet for the next 24 hours. back toward china, looking at relatively dry conditions as high pressure controls the weather. 12 the high in beijing. 17 chongqing. a little drier in shanghai and taipei as we go through thursday. wrapping things up with a look at europe, we do have a very well-defeded upper-l-level low toward the north and a very active pattern back toward the west as this low pressure system comes onshore. we're looking at some possible strong winds and thunderstorms as we go through wednesday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> more updates and special reports at the top of the hour on "newsroom tokyo." for all of us herea a a vp >> struggling farmers are skeptical about their true intentions. >> this is "france 24." time for 60 minutes live around the world. these are the headlines.s. conservative french presidential candidate refuses to withdraw from the race despite ongoing corruption investigationon agait him. his campaign has been plagued with allega

democrats and republicans have not been able to solve this ongoing crisis in the korean peninsula. >>t, you heard rex tillerson talking about his conversation with the foreign minister there saying they are committed to a nuclear free peninsula. so do you see that just talk from china at the moment or are there some issues in making that happen? >> wecaller: my suspicion is th implied that they discussed the differences that we had with china and publicly discussing the similarities that we have. indeed there is a lot of similarities that the two suggest, china does want to solve this problem. the issue is how to get there. china has increasingly agreed to go along with un sanctions and they recently made a rather important decision not to buy in any north korean coal which has to hurt very much of the north korean economy. china is not really going beyond that. i don't think there are too many people believing that un sanctions in of itself will bring north korea around on this issue. so i think it is very much a working progress. i have to applaud secretary tillerson for, he was tou

is responsible for the -- for the rising tension on the korean peninsula because every year north korea gets very angry and launches missiles and does other acts when the u.s. south korean joint military exercises are taking place a very short distance from north korean shores. so china wants the u.s. to stop those military exercises. the u.s. wants china to penalize north korea in terms of sanctions and all of this is being watched of course by the regime in pyongyang. this language from secretary tillerson that all options are on the table including a military response. they knew during the obama years, the years of strategic patience that a military attack on north korea is something that would never happen. there would be many -- very unlikely that scenario would ever happen. they're not so sure, however, what the trump administration is going to do. there's that sense of uncertainty and that also has to have pyongyang and also beijing certainly on their toes wondering what's going to happen. >> the u.s. president on the campaign trail when he was running did indicate that being unp

practiced for and rehearsed for war on the korean peninsula for years, they have plans if the north koreans were to start a war how to finish it. you can imagine the war games the united states does and part of that is this big exercise that goes on for two months, they rehearse that f. north korea ever does either come invade the south or attack an ally with nuclear weapon, it would result m all-out war in cot rean peninsula. host: has technology gotten better over the year? host: north korean? yes, it has. they use a lot of designs based on russian missile design. in the "new york times," about a week or so ago, david sanger and william broad, reporters who wrote about the u.s. effort to undermine the iranian program using a computer virus, suggesting that the u.s. during the obama administration has done the same thing to the north korean missile tests. they noted a missile, when the russians were using had about 88% success rate, was only succeeding about 13% of the time when north koreans were firing it. a lot of things could explain that, it is not as good as things, there are complic

to use that word on the korean peninsula one has to be circumspect. up enough for strong negotiation in beijing, so be it but the question is, how does it fit into the broader strategy and context moving forward. >> reporter: and john park, take that question, how does it fit in with the broader strategy? is there a broader strategy? >> well i think andrea we're looking at the effort by secretary tillerson to come to the reamon and to listen to the allies and part of the ongoing north korea strategy review, so i don't think we have a particular strategy firmly in place, certainly there has been the itration of policy tools but how those policy tools will be interconnected and implemented by whom, where, and how i think those kind of details remain to be seen. >> reporter: is it a mistake to talk about military action, when you don't have your policy in place? >> well as ambassador lippert mentioned, the nuclear concern right now emanating from north korea merits the availability of all options, and so the iteration that the military option that preemp

next and with the regional developments including the korean peninsula and china. to share the position that we reaffirmed to restrain itself from provocative actions with the security council resolutions to have a corporation and to review on the north korea of policy i have their position and we could firmly aligned of the two governments. we confirmed the collaboration further to have a consistent position with the abduction issue this is a serious challenge to the sovereignty of japan to the japanese people it is a top party of the administration we have confirmed going forward but to improve our relationship with china at the same time the adjoining leaders of the statement that they will deepen the corporation -- corporation with the peace instability andhat upon of is confirmation with the secretary tillerson to have discussed the way forward and we have shared our concern in the south china sea and we have confirmed and to be very frank and to make concrete the direction for word with the bilateral relationship and is critical to have a working partnership

lou: the idea that the trump administration would send b52 and b-2s into the korean peninsula. you think there is anything to it? fred: i think there is something to it. we are sending defense missiles to south korea. a serious policy is what north korea is seeing. lou: up next, we'll reveal what's inside a compelling new book entitled, "reasons to vote for democrats." it's a comprehensive book. tammy bruce and mike gallagher join me. stay with us. ( ♪ ) upstate new york is a good place to pursue your dreams. at vicarious visions, i get to be creative, work with awesome people, and we get to make great games. ( ♪ ) what i like about the area, feels like everybody knows each other. and i can go to my local coffee shop and they know who i am. it's really cool. new york state is filled with bright minds like lisa's. to find the companies and talent of tomorrow, search for our page, jobsinnewyorkstate on linkedin. lou: in our online poll we asked you do you think speaker ryan would be wise to listen to conservatives instead dismissing them and saying this is what a conservative bil

because china's stated policy is denuclearization of the korean peninsula, we renewed our determination to work together to convince the north korean government to choose a better path and a different future for its people. i discussed the importance of upholding a rules based order in dealing with maritime disputes and freedom of navigation and overflight. and i made clear that the united states will continue to advocate for universal values such as human rights and religious freedom. i look forward on this visit to additional meetings today with state counselor yang and tomorrow with president xi. and to continue to work together to address shared challenges and opportunities. >> now the q&a session. because of the shortage ever ti of time, just one question for each journalist. >> you're look at a live image in beijing. rex tillerson is meeting with the chinese minister of foreign affairs. the u.s. secretary of state talking about north korea, the u.s. putting new pressure on china do more about north korea and its nuclear ambitions. also the chinese minister of foreign affairs talki

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north korea with the aim of returning to authentic negotiations on the denuclearization of the korean peninsulae onus is on north korea to take meaningful actions towards denuclearization, and refrain from provocations. >> it is images like these aired on north korean state tv earlier this week that have caused so much concern. kim jong-na u reports he oversaw then test -- the tests himself. the goal, to meet -- reach a military base in japan. the haley also called for cooperation. >> we have to see some kind of positive action taken from north korea before we can ever take them seriously. they have given us enough reason to think how irresponsible they are that we cannot consider them a rational partner. i think all options are on the table now. >> washington is defending its plans to set up in the cell-based in south korea, a move strongly opposed by china. brent: we will be back after a short break. stick around. ♪ brent: tusk's native poland the only country to vote against them. he threatened to sabotage the eu summit. is your phone spying on you? daniel from the business desk has the answ

military and south korea. 3,600 troops just arrived on the korean peninsula to take part. >> shepard:and iran's test. >> they tested two short-range ballistic missiles this weekend. one hit a barge. we're told it's impossible to separate the north korean and iranian ballistic programs. >> they're so closely connected. we can see north korean missiles in iran and iranian components in north korea. it's a loose after at co-development. >> north korea recently carried out a test using solid fuel which makes for a quicker launch and shows that their program is being honed for military purposes. >> shepard: thanks, jennifer. gordon chang is the author of "nuclear show down, north crkok takes on the world." it's not the testing but the timing. >> my concern is that the united states has had effective policies. there's one policy that we have not tried. that is to ask china for help. the missile that they tested, there's two variants. that's similar to china's jl-1. we need to ask important questions about where the north koreans are getting this technology. >> so get tough on china on this

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satellites and drones to conduct surveillance both on the korean peninsula and in the middle east athe same time. the air force already needs up to 500 more drone pilots. isis may be the threat that is somewhat set aside. >> everything we are doing vis-a-vis isis, everything we are doing to try to contain the caliphate in the mideast would become a secondary effort. >> reporter: just how busy is north korea with its weapons programs? the pentagon calculates it has increased its missile launches by more than 80% over the last year. wolf? >> barbara, thank kate bolduan picks up our special coverage on "erin burnett out front." >>> democrats crying foul after trump's communications may have been incidentally picked up by the intelligence community. time for an independent investigation on trump and russia? >>> the other major breaking story tonight, terror attack in london, four dead, at least 40 injured. the investigation ongoing. was it isis? >>> plus, does president trump have the votes? hours before the house votes on the republican health care plan, one congressman changed his no v

tensions on the korean peninsula are on the rise. nbc's matt bradley reports from seoul. >> reporter: the troubling new development. north korea testing a high-thrust engine. the kind of weapon that could actually carry a nuclear payload to the united states. north korean propaganda has called this a miracle. the south koreans called this, quote, meaningful progress in a press conference today of north korea's missile program. for u.s. and its allies it spells big trouble. north korea will be up against a new administration in washington, and donald trump and his people have made it very clear that they're not going to be tolerating any escalation from north korea. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson was just in seoul last week where he decried what he called 20 years of failed policy on north korea. he said that all options, including what many are saying is a preemptive strike, are on the table. then he went to china, which is emerging as probably the most important country when it comes to dealing with north korea. it's going to

he described the tensions on the korean peninsula saying the two are like accelerating trains, coming towards each other with neither side willing to give way. the question is, he asked, are the two sighs really ready for a head-on collision? now, china is north korea's closest ally, very likely beijing will be asked by washington to do its part to prevent that head-on collision. the u.s. secretary of state, rex tillerson, will be coming out to this part of the world next week. he is expected to visit tokyo, seoul and arrive in beijing next saturday, march 18th. the foreign minister also said it is these types of exchanges that are helping to pave the way for a summit between president xi jinping and president trump. he said the february phone call set the stage for the two countries to overcome their differences. >> translator: we hope china and the united states can rise above the outdated concepts, broaden visions, and move towards more steady, mature relationships as it turns 40, so we can put the minds of two peoples and the rest of the world at ease. >> the chinese foreign minis

amy: tension is escalating on the korean peninsula from north korea's re

called the country's friendship invaluable and said he will be sure to informed beijing on the korean peninsula situation. analysts say they also explained it's decision to suspend imports for the rest of the year. that's in line with a un security council resolution also concerned nations refrain from the peninsula. it comes as they conduct annual drills nearby. north korea vowed to respond to its toughest counter actions. north korea's army released a comment through state run media. he is going to boil administer his preemptive strike capabilities. he adds it is not bluffing. the two month long joint military exercises started in south korea on wednesday. they include scenarios targeting their leadership as well as nuclear and missile facilities. during last year's exercises the north launched missiles of various ranges including one launched by a sub marine. south korea's military reacted sharply. >> translator: if north korea takes provocative actions despite our warnings we'll punish the country to defend the lives of the south korea people. >> the exercises are routine defensive drills a

security council, we have a discussion about issues that relate to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and i believe that the individual member states to set up their view on the positions. >> in the national capacity, it's very important the first step comes from the dprk to demonstrate who they are committed in the denuclearization of the peninsula. .. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> thank you very much. it is unfortunate that we are having the press conference today. it was one very important to have in light of the recent events. we with my friends of japan called the skinny council meeting to discuss issue and bring it to the attention of the rest of the security council members on what we do, where we go, go, and how we handle this. we have been talking closely with her friends in south korea in terms of how we'll handle this as well. this is what i will tell you. first, to make things very clear, the military exercises that the u.s. has been conducting with south korea, we have been conducting for 40 years. annually, every year, and, we always notify north korea before they happen. w

minister. >> foreign minister wang affirmed again china's longstanding policy of a denuclearized korean peninsulao exchanged views and i think we share a common view in a sense that tensions on the peninsula are quite high right now and that things have reached a rather dangerous level. and we've committed ourselves to do everything we can to prevent any type of conflict from breaking out. >> now, the trump administration has said that it wants to chart a new path on north korean policy. however, they haven't laid out any specifics as to how they're going to differ in their approach from the obama administration or the bush administration or even the clinton administration. one other thing the meeting planned tentatively scheduled for next month. we know the secretary of state will be meeting with the chinese president early tomorrow morning here in beijing before he heads to the united states. >> matt rivers, thank you so much. lts let's go to retired colonel, former defense intelligence agency officer. thank you for being with us. the president tweeted this over the last 24 hours. north korea i

because china's stated policy is denuclearization of the korean peninsula, we renewed our determination to work together to convince the north korean government to choose a better path and a different future for its people. i discuss the importance of upholding a rules-based order in dealing with maritime disputes and freedom of navigation and overflight. and i made clear that the united states will continue to advocate for universal values such as human rights and religious freedom. i look forward on this visit to additional meetings today with state counselor yang and tomorrow with president xi. and to continuing to work together with my chinese hosts to address shared challenges and opportunities. >> again, we're listening to the translation of rex tillerson, who is talking with the chinese minister, wang yi, about the chinese and the u.s. governments now, talking about renewed determination to encourage north korea to disarm and end its nuclear arms program. one of the main reasons why rex tillerson is actually visiting china, the north korean nuclear arms development is a very big

last time there was a general war on the korean peninsula, china came in on north korea's side.and itll do so this time as well. china sees us as an adversary. >> will talk more about china in a moment but specifically on the nuclear stuff. they claim there missiles are going to be nuclear capable soon. do you believe them? >> yes. they already have three missiles that can probably get the lower 48 states. -- they have not been adequately tested but there based on proven technologies. within four years, maybe five they will be able to have a warhead to those long-range launchers. >> what about the antimissile capability that we have? can we shoot them down before they get here? >> we have interceptors in alaska and california. they are pretty rudimentary. everybody 56 percent failure rate under perfect conditions. so the answer is that probably north korea will be able to land a nude in the united states. if it chooses to do so. >> here is a big question, what do we do? were not going to wait until they have the capability and put the nuke on a missile. we're going to take them out or

council, we have a discussion about a range of issues that relate to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and i will leave it to individual member states to set up their -- out their view on what their positions are. >> and nationally? >> in the national capacity, it's very important the first step comes from the dprk to demonstrate who they are -- demonstrate that they are committed in the denuclearization of the peninsula. >> did anyone raise the deployment of -- in south korea? did anyone raise the possibility of the security council taking action in response to the situation in malaysia? >> the answer to the first question is yes. the answer to the second question is, yes, but there was not any specific action for the security council to take at this stage. i hand the floor to the three ambassadors from the united states. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. it is unfortunate that we are having to have this press conference today, but it was one very important to have in light of the recent events. we, with my friend from japan, called for an emergency security council meeting

things with a look in east asia, we have rain in southern portions of china and west of the korean peninsulaill bring clouds as we go into wednesday. partly cloudy skies as we go to the middle of the work week. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> for more news and special reports be sure to watch newsroom tokyo at the top of the hour. for all of usqwueeewep@1@x >> hello. you are watching live from parents -- from paris on france 24. i am michelle with you for the next hour. amnesty international is pointing fingers at the u.s. led coalition in iraq accusing them of not doing enough to prevent civilian casualties in the ongoing battle to stamp out the islamic state group. 25,000 people forced to evacuate and 45,000 homes left without power. inyclone makes landfall north ns

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i mean, it would trade hundreds of thousands of casualties potentially in on the korean peninsula withr korean war. so essentially, the only alternative that we have is really to have some kind of negotiation. there is talk about a preemptive strike or a strike on north carolina missile capabilities. that was something that was advocated in 2006, but again, i think that's just a nonstarter. i mean that really risks is a high risk that we're going to start another war. we've got the north has got 14,000 artillery tubes pointing at seoul less than 350 miles away, a metropolitan area of 25 million people. you can imagine the kind of damage that would inflict on the south koreans. when push comes to shove, they're not going to do that. preemptive strike on mobile missile launchers. a "new york times" reported over the weekend that president obama ordered a cyberattack on the north's program. given the successful launches we've seen, is that tactic no longer effective? >> this is something i assumed they were going to do. given what they did with stuxnet and iran, that was something i assum

. >> the spokesperson calls the situation around the korean peninsula complicated and sensitive. he said all parties involved should practice row strants and prevent the tension from escalating. and the disagreement is going further than the diplomatic level. people have protested against a major south korean conglomerate. the group provided the land where the missile defense system will be installed. chinese have been boycotting stores affiliated to lotte group since last month. an online video looks like people crush being products with a bulldozer, the deployment could further affect economic ties. we asked an expert on why north korea's missile test poses a new level of threats in the region. he is a retired vice admiral from japan as maritime self-defense force. he says the north is incorporating a strategy called saturated attacks. >> it shows their ability for improving the operational capability to fire and launch a missile, fire and launch a missile to the target. then the target site becomes very difficult to defend. because if that is called so-called saturated attack,

. >> the premiere also weigh in the on the heightened tensions on the korean peninsula after the missile tests by north korea. >> so all the parties together to de-escalate the situation. to work together to find proper solutions. it is just common sense that no one wants to see it. >> when rex tillerson comes the this part of world. he'll be touching down in beijing on saturday. >>> coming up, is your tax information for sale on the dark web? what you need to be aware of this tax filing season. >>> the white house tomorrow will release its budget blue print. the president will propose steam cuts for the epa and the state department. he will also propose to eliminate the transportation department program that subsidizes flights to rural airports. >>> early exit poes give the dutch prime minister a big lead over his far right rival. the election which is the first of many across europe was viewed as a test of the european union and of the rise of populism. in response to the exit polls, the euro touched its highest level in more than a month. >>> it is tax season if you didn't know that a

it's common knowledge that the monitoring and early warning videos reach far beyond the korean peninsula and undermine china's strategic security. >> china has vowed to take all the necessary steps to protect u.s. andarning the south korea they should be prepared to bear the consequences. >> in syria, at least two people were killed and dozens injured after the bombing on the outskirts of the capital, damascus, less than 24 hours into a russian-led cease-fire in the area. >> there was supposed to be a cease-fire here, but less than 24 hours after it began, the truce was over. on thiss dropped bombs rebel held area in the outskirts of damascus, killing several people. some of thees hit last towns and damascus still held by opponents of the syrian president, bashar al-assad. years of brutal besiege meant by the government has forced me majority of civilians to agree to relocate. recently, many of them bust thousands of miles away to islamist controlled cities in the north of the country, but it is a source of frustration to the government that these final towns have not fallen to its force

but that is raising the already high tensions on the korean peninsula, both with north korea and china, which sees the presence near its borders as a security threat. stepswill take the necessary to protect our own security interest. the consequences of this are on the soldiers of -- shoulders of the u.s. and south korea. they should not keep going down the wrong path. reporter: the u.s. and south korea say that is a defensive response to four missiles fired by north korea into the sea of japan on sunday. it landed in the exclusive economic zone of the u.s. ally. at a conference in geneva, members of the security council condemned the missile test firing. >> of think it should be very that it is adprk pariah, and outlier, it is in violation of multiple un security council resolutions and the countries represented in this room will not just and by violatethe dprk international law. reporter: the plumbing of the missile defense system to south korea was a decision originally made by the obama administration. a president says he is also committed to the project. north korea, which makes r

anybody who has an interest in preventing war in the korean peninsula, anyone interested in air strikes being the only weapon we have at our disposal, to stop a north korean weapons development. this is against your interests. >> how much did we learn, a few years pack i went to moscow to interview ed snowden who said, they can turn on your phone any time they want to. that was kind of shocking but in a rolling sense, is the company better or worse off made more safe or less safe by what wikileaks has put out today? >> i think the level of detail was definitely damaging. it is not enough at least so far that someone could easily replicate what the cia is doing but it is enough to put people on notice. look. i think anyone who looks at this and is shocked at the idea that the cia has the ability to spy on people's phones or cameras or televisions has not been paying attention. just within the past week, you had a company cloud pets which produces teddy bears for kids. 2.5 million conversations recorded for parents for their children on these pets were hijack asked stolen. not by state ac

. >> plus an important new red line on the korean peninsula. the secretary of state says no more negotiating over north korea's nuclear program. >> the policy of strategic patience has ended. we're exploring a new range of diplomatic, security and economic measures. all options are on the table. >> first though the credibility question. >> i have not seen any evidence that this occurred based upon the briefings that i've seen. we've not seen any evidence that there was a wiretap or a fisa court order against trump tower or somebody in trump tower. my bottom line is i've seen no evidence of this occurred. >> with us to share their reporting jackie kunz nick of the "the daily beast" and margaret at all bat, mary bacon of 538 and mary katherine ham of the federalist. president trump knows but instead of saying he was wrong. here's the question asked on friday by a german reporter if maybe there are some tweets he regrets. >> probably wouldn't be here right now. very seldom. we have a tremendous group of people that listen and i can get around the