north korea. as a result, north korea's ruling elite who have been living large while impoverishing their people will pay a direct test. -- direct price for this nuclear test. this can be found on the u.n. mission web site www.usun.state.gov. these sanctions will bite and bite hard. they increase north korea's isolation and raise the cost to north korea's leaders of defining the international community. the entire world stands united and in our commitment to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and in our demand that north korea complies with its international obligation s. if it does not then the security council committed today in this resolution to take further significant measures if there is another nuclear test or missile launch. we regret that north korea has again chosen the path of prove occasion. -- provocationfar from achieving its stated goal of becoming a strong and prosperous nation, north korea has instead again opted to further impoverished its people and increase its isolat

north korea. the unanimous vote by the 15- member council. the resolution puts new restrictions on north korea. [speaking foreign language] >> the agenda is adopted. under rule 37 of the council's provision of rules of procedure, i invite the representatives of belgium, canada, denmark, italy, japan and the philippines to participate in this meeting. if so desired. -- it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item 2 of the agenda. members of the council also have before them document 2013 stroke 136, the text of a draft resolution submitted by australia, belgium, canada, denmark, italy, france, italy, japan, morocco, the philippines, the republic of korea, rwanda, togo, the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and the united states of america. it is my understanding that the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before us. i shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. will those in favor of the draft resolution contained

toward denuclearizing north korea. how can the new president link north south corporation to progress on reducing nuclear and missile threat? alternatively, what is your evaluation of kim kim jong un's first year in power. can you see it deviating from his father or any type of reform? >> briefly i think he's on a course of much more aggressive action than his father. largely because he's in a position of relative weakness as a 28-year-old. he's not the eldest son, and he is in a position where his revolutionary state requires a lot of resources and as we have heard they are economically increased trouble. they are unwilling to go through conventional economic reform. even though they announced they haven't demonstrated an intense to do this. once you're on the tiger it's hard to get off. i'm concerned that the next steps in the next year will be more provocative than we have seen up until now. perhaps after that we'll have a diplomatic opportunity. along the way it can get rough. >> one common misconception about north

now, north korea persists. north korea persists with their human rights activities and illicit activities, but they know very, very clearly if they want any progress with the united states, certainly with the united states, illicit activities have to go by the wayside. this is causing pain, and i could only, i only -- i concur fully with my colleagues here and with your statement, mr. chairman, these sanctions are biting. they are biting. it's causing north korea not to get access to the funds they need, not to move the money they need. they need to bite even more significantly, and they should even more impact as we move forward with further, if you will, responses to their most recent nuclear tests. and there will be additional sanctions and additional activities. so the message is clear to north korea that two paths, there will be further sanctions and they will become more of a pariah state, and they will find it much more difficult to survive if they continue on the present path. or them cock back to the s

upon progress towards denuclearizing north korea. w can the new president park link north south korean corporation to progress reducing nuclear and missile threats? alternatively, what is your evaluation of kim jong owns first year in power? and d.c. any of his policy as deviating from his father or towards any type of reform? >> i think he is on a course of much more aggressive action and his father. are to because he's in a position of relative weakness of the 28 year. is not the eldest son, and he's in a position also where his revolutionary state requires a lot of resources it has a we've heard it in economically increased trouble and they're unwilling to go to some sort conventional economic reform into his announced that is a priority. they just haven't demonstrated any serious intent to do this. so that lease in a situation with writing a nuclear tiger. which are on the tiger it's hard to get off. so i'm concerned that this next step, steps in next you are going to be more provocative than anything we've seen up to now. perhaps

north korea. that is followed by un security council members on policy towards north korea. the senate judiciary committee today passed a bill on gun trafficking largely along party lines. the legislation toughens penalties for those who buy guns for those who cannot legally own them. they also began debate on an assault weapons ban offered by out for new senator diane feinstein. this markup is an hour and 40 minutes. >> good morning. we have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine senators. i think, senator grassley, we can get going. first off i want to thank senator paul for having a filibuster which kept everybody still in town so we can have a quorom to talk about guns that may not have been his number one reason for doing it, but we take ancillary benefits wherever they come from. last week we all had the opportunity to talk about legislation before the committee regarding gun violence in america. we gave our speeches. and i hope we could make significant progress. earlier this w

north korea. this new security council resolution, based on a u.s.- china draft, includes tough new sanctions intended to impede north korea's ability to develop further its illicit nuclear and ballistic missile programs. these sanctions include targeting the illicit activities of north korean diplomatic personnel, north korean banking relationships, illicit transfers of bulk cash, and new travel restrictions. i think that these actions are a step in the right direction -- and very much in keeping with the sort of approach that the ranking member, senator corker and i called for in the north korea nonproliferation and accountability act of 2013, which the senate passed on february 25 -- and i congratulate the administration on moving things forward so effectively at the united nations. but i also believe that we need to do more to better determine how the united states can combine effective sanctions and military countermeasures with strong and realistic diplomacy aimed at north korea and at china,

now, north korea persists. north korea persists with their human rights issues, and they persist with illicit activities, but they know very, very cleary if they want any -- clearly if they want any progress with the united states, certainly with the united states, illicit activities have to go by the wayside. this is causing pain, and i concur fully with my colleagues and with your statement, mr. chairman, these sanctions are biting. they're biting. it's causing north korea not to get access to the funds they need. they need to bite even more significantly, and they should have even more impact as we move forward with further, be you will, responses to the most recent nuclear tests. and there will be additional sanctions and additional activities. so the message is clear to north korea they have two paths, there will be further sanctions, they will become more of a pariah state, and they will find it even much more difficult to survive if they continue down the current path, or they can look to becoming a more

it is hard for us to conceive north korea suffering against south korea. it lags behind in every index of state power except for military power. that is the ultimate objective of the north korean state. one steppingstone in achieving that unification is to evict the u.s. troops from south korea. this is tied to north korea's more clear -- nuclear programs. if korea were to demonstrate that it has achieved that capability to marry a nuclear warhead to an intercontinental illicit missile, north korea's bargaining power would be enhanced. the goal of the north korean regime by pursuing such weapons development program is not necessarily to attack the united states. north korea is not suicidal. to negotiate vis-À-vis the united states from a position of strength on a host of matters, that has played the most role in keeping the peace in the korean: nisul.a.inkore >> i grant your point. i would interject one point. you have a habit to consider on the part of the government of north korea. that is the habit of proliferation. they have proliferated every other wea

chairman. >> yes, let's please talk about north korea. >> can north korea attack the united states inctions and the joint military exercises that are continuing? >> well, they certainly -- we certainly know that they've exploded to some degree a nuclear device. that's what they've well established. not the first one they've done. always the hardest part of a nuclear program and it's always in different components, know t have a missile capable of handling it. we know that they have now an exploded a nuclear device but that last part of weaponizing it, on top of a missile to be discharged is a whole other matter. you don't have to have it on a missile to cause harm. if you can transport that to a place as an example in south korea for a detonation, it would still have a tremendous casualty count and all of the negative impact that would go off -- go on with an explosion of a nuclear device so we should take him at his word. it is clear that this 28-year-old leader is either trying to embolden himself with the military that run the operations of north korea or the other way around. mili

north korea is ratcheting up tensions with the u.s. ong-un has ordered missile units to attack south korea and the u.s. mainland after american bombers flew trianing missions across south korea. >> he is young, untested, and says he wants to settle scores with american imperialists. he rallied his generals to aim the rockets at u.s. bases in hawaii. north korea is on a war footing, with military parades in pyongyang. news broadcasts are full of theater and threats, 20 this far alone. from turning washington to a lake of fire and cutting

they're putting all blame on north korea right now, even though the u.s. d south korea have been practicing exercises over there. they're saying that the escalation is all squarely because of north korea. but i think they are a little bit concerned. >> it certainly is posturing from a lot of different angles here. emily i want to play for everybody what defense secretary chuck hagel had to say on thursday. take a listen. >> you only need to be wrong once. and i don't know what president or what chairman or what secretary of defense wants to be wrong once when it comes to nuclear threats. >> so, emily, what should we be reading into those comments made by defense secretary hagel? >> well, i think you're hearing a guy who hasn't been on the job all that long and it's already concerned about his legacy and how history will remember him. putting himself in the context of other secretaries of states and presidents, too. but i think what he's saying is pretty much at face value, which is, you know, we don't want to dismiss these threats, as more blustering. you h

they say a north korea with nuclear weapons destabilizes. ere's talk in south korea and japan about getting nuclear weapons, talks that increase if united states reduces unilaterally its nuclear capability. so i think we have to appeal to chinese reason. if they really don't want north korea with nuclear weapons they should help us eliminate the regime and that will solve the problem. younger chinese leaders understand. north korea is a pretty ugly piece of baggage. i wish we'd started this long ago, but never too late. >> gregg: do we need to step up our efforts, clan destine efforts for regime change in north korea and do it through the south koreans? >> i would be entirely in favor of that, but south koreans have been nervous about doing anything that could lead to instability in north korea because they, like the chinese, fear massive floods of refugees across the demilitarized zone or in the case of china across the alou river so i think we have to work carefully with china which has a civilian population built from the suburbs of seoul

the american media is under the illusion that north korea is a dictatorship. is run by a cadre of seniors, not a boy. guest: we do not know too many great level of detail how they use in north korean are done. we are reading tea leaves. from what we do know, kim jong , hisuncle and his aunt aunt been kim jong il's sister, are still very powerful. what has happened over the last year or so since he came to power is, he has tried to become not just take figurehead, but also someone who is powerful in his own right. some analysts will say that these kinds of provocative actions like the nuclear tests and threatening united states and south korea are designed to consolidate kim jong un's control over the military. that is called the right analysis. jamaica, new york on the democratic line. caller: i have been following the north korea issue for years. my father was in the korean war. a war with that country would be catastrophic. are we prepared to deal with the worst case scenario? you are saying we should try other ways to deal with north korea. we have imposed

but there is just a faint little around pyongyang in north korea, south korea per capita incomes are out 17 times those of north koreans. >> that's a fascinating image. >> jamie:. >> it is. a parachuting accident that killed a navy seal. investigators say it happened during a regular training exercise in arizona. we're also learning that the seal who died was a member of seal team six, that's the elite squad who killed usama bin laden. no word whether he participated in that. and this by the way is the third fatal military training accident since february. the other two incidents left 14 marines dead. >> a special obama clin-- special dental clinic is looking at filthy conditions at a dental office. is this woman's eight-year-old daughter among them? >> it's just wrong. if you can't trust a doctor and a dentist, and the people that are supposed to do right by you, who can you trust? >> our david lee miller has been following the story and joins us now with more story. it's disturbing for parents out there or people in general. >> reporter: bad going to the dentist, but former patients

is on the verge of attacking north korea. that is not in the best interest of the united states. we tend to take a patronizing view of the north korean regime because they are so bizarre and unusual in so many ways. but they are quite rational, careful and self-preservation is of the utmost priority for the regime. i don't have any experience working in government or dealing with north korea. but what i do know is that the clinton administration paid north korea almost $200 million worth of food aid for the empty privilege of inspecting an empty cave in the aftermath of north korea firing a long-range missile over japan on august 31st, 1998. the bush administration has similar failed record in dealing with north korea. it removed north korea from the state-sponsored terrorism list in october of 2008. resumed food aid, negotiated with north korea again. north korea blew up the tires of a cooling tire if he main facility and continued to enrich uranium. >> very quickly, i mean that record is an actual record, of things that really happened. >> you know, i disagree with that characte

but what has north korea done north korea has carried out a nuclear test the third but they'redoing it in response to major massive u.s. military exercises that our kids are conducted in a way to stage a mock invasion and bombing of their country a country that was indeed invaded twenty years ago exactly twenty years ago in fact the u.s. strategic command said we're reorienting us hydrogen bombs away from the soviet union this is after the demise of the u.s.s.r. and now targeting north korea and that's when d.p. r. k. withdrew from the nonproliferation treaty and began building with great earnestness its own nuclear capacity and is that nuclear capacity though a threat to the region as well as other parts of the world indeed even the anti missile defense system in eastern europe is being described as defensive action against north korea is it really a threat. well it's not really a threat in the sense that i mean that i said a moment ago the u.s. has such a preponderance of force but the north koreans interestingly in february just a month ago said the lesson of the libyan inva

is beefing up protection against north korea. >> the pentagon is acknowledging that north korea is becoming more of a global threat because of the speed at which it is developing its missile program and its nuclear weapon program. how does the military want to respond to this? at the front line, by going to the pacific ocean where the fear is that north korea on its best day might be able to launch a missile that would go all the way out to hit some parts of the united states. what are they going to do about that? first of all, they want more radar support. they want a new base in japan here, to be tracking early on what's happening. they want to beef up missiles in alaska and california and of course they want steady monitoring from ships at sea, from airplanes overhead and from satellites, all watching to see if north korea is going to launch at some point our way. how would that work? if north korea launches a missile, all those early warning

visit citi.com/thankyoucards to apply. . >>> north korea, kim jong-un welcomed the troops at the frontwith south korea, the communist regime unveiled new threats, including a possible nuclear attack. the u.n. security council pushed back by adopting sanctions. >> reporter: wolf, tensions remain high here on the korean peninsula, following days of aggressive rhetoric from north korea that says it is ready for war. the rogue state, which made the extraordinary threat of a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the united states says it is still willing to nullify the armistice agreement that ended the korean war back in 1953. now once they do that, they begin the exercises which start next week. now no one really knows what it means but there are fears that there could be provocations from pyongyang. this comes in the wake of u.n. sanctions that were voted unanimously by the security council. and with china's support it sends a very strong message that they're also fed up with north korea's belligerent behavior. north korea says they're on high alert and ready for any attack. >> and ambassad

but what has north korea done in north korea has carried out a nuclear test the third but they're doing it in response to major massive u.s. military exercises that our kids are conducted in a way to stage a mock invasion and bombing of their country a country that was indeed invaded twenty years ago exactly twenty years ago in fact the u.s. strategic command said we're reorienting us hydrogen bombs away from the soviet union this is after the demise of the u.s.s.r. and now targeting north korea and that's when d.p. r. k. withdrew from the nonproliferation treaty and began building with great earnestness its own nuclear capacity. barack obama's home a counterterrorism adviser then architect of the controversial targeted killing program has been confirmed as the new hate of the cia but before the senate could vote in john brennan his nomination was held up by questions over his role in washington the drone program one republican lawmaker spadeful a marathon thirteen hours to get guarantees that the remote controlled bomber planes wouldn't be used on home front as marina reports. so

>> it illustrates the isolation of the communist leadership in north korea. nuclear weapons are more or less political weapons used to put political pressure on other policy. in this case, south korea, the united states, and even china, as a member of the united nations security council. >> china is supporting this in the united nations. how significant is that? >> china is one of the biggest losers in the last couple of months. we are operating under the assumption that china can influence north korea. north korea has become a liability for chinese foreign security policy in the region. >> you mentioned before the isolation of north korea. does this make the nation feel cornered and under pressure to take some sort of action? >> strange as it may sound, i think it is more a sign of weakness than strength, and it illustrates how isolated the leadership is and how much it has to rest on the power of the military class in north korea. >> thank you very much for that analysis. >> frantic diplomatic efforts are under way to secure the efforts of 21 united nations

it's a real test of her leadership, her policies with regard to north korea. research has shown that the north koreans do do provocation in response to south korea elections and inaugurations going back to 1992 they have done a provocation after every south korean inauguration. i think she's seen one provocation, she's likely to see more and how she responds will be very important because her policy direction will i think in many ways lead the united states and china as they try to figure out what's the next step after sanctions in dealing with this country. >> suarez: quickly before we go, is it significant that north korea has basically backed away from the armistice? the two countries north and south never made peace after the korean war, it's just a cease-fire. are they at war again? >> well, it is significant they made that this statement. they made the statement in the past but it's significant given the series of events, the nuclear tests, the missile launch, the nuclear test, now these vitriolic statements coming out of pong i can't think with the resol

but what has north korea done and north korea has carried out a nuclear test the third but they'redoing it in response to major massive u.s. military exercises that our kids are conducted in a way to stage a mock invasion and bombing of their country a country that was indeed invaded twenty years ago exactly twenty years ago in fact the u.s. strategic command said we're reorienting us hydrogen bombs away from the soviet union this is after the demise of the u.s.s.r. and now targeting north korea and that's when d p r k withdrew from the nonproliferation treaty and began building with great earnestness its own nuclear capacity. body of venezuela's late president will be i'm bald and put on public display quote for eternity who go chavez reportedly killed by a heart attack after a long battle with cancer is currently lying in state at a caracas military academy was the feeling a producer for artie's video agency ruptly stood in line to see. i'm standing near the military academy where the late president hugo chavez's body is on display in a huff open cosset and literally hundreds of

in 38 it -- is china infuriated with north korea? >> they warned them not to conduct the nuclear test. when the north koreans disregarded what china said, that was a loss of face for china. it was not -- and outright repudiation of what the chinese wanted done -- it was an outright repudiation of what the chinese wanted done. china votes for the resolutions, then begins to be much more lenient with the north koreans. the proof will be in the pudding as to how the chinese react in the neck several weeks, not just today. -- the next several weeks, not just today. >> how long until a north korean missile could realistically strike in washington, d.c.? >> they are not there yet. they froze -- pose a real threat to their neighbors. for any state to threaten, in a public statement, a preemptive nuclear war, that tells you a lot about the twisted logic of the leadership in pyongyang and how dangerous they are, certainly on a regional basis. >> doesn't seem to you as though though kim jong-un is just as wedded to the -- does it seem to you as

i do think you can't rule out anything overt from north korea. ct assault is unlikely we would retaliate with overwhelming force. on the other hand, this is government that have been able to push the envelope without south korea or the u.s. they sank a south korean ship in 2010 and shelled an island and paid no price. they seem crazy but they are basically reacting rationally. >> gregg: when he took over from his dad, he tried to prove himself to the top brass. here you got this kid looks like he is barely out of elementary school who is taken over. kim jung un, is he trying to i am brez some of the generals that are really in charge of the military? >> if the military, it's the bedrock of regime. as you pointed out, when kim jong-il emphasized the military over the party. this is important for a new north korean leader. this is the second time you have a succession in the kim family the first time this has happened in a communist regime. checking the box and pressing the military and this is typical behavior for dictators. if you create an extern

we have a new video that we found posted to a semi-official government web site in north korea. that we foupd that depicts a north korean attack on u.s. soil. the other which was posted to the same website last month showed a nuclear strike on new york city set to the song "we are the world." "out front" tonight, the ranking member on the intelligence committee joins us. good to see you, sir. i appreciate you taking the time. i want to ask you first about this video that we found, the second one as i said in over a month. these are propaganda videos put out by the government. but they're new. and just this week north korea said they could launch a preemptive nuclear strike against the united states. i mean you're on the intelligence committee. should the united states be seriously preparing for something even if it's a dirty bomb placed in an american city or is this all bluster? >> look, we have to be very serious about any threat attacking the united states or killing american citizens. and also as it relates to south korea, 100% with south korea. they're our allies and we nee

let's get started with dave letterman's take on north korea. >> apparently dennis rodman, while -- you know he went to visit the evil dictator kim jong un. look, a new movie. >> an unconventional cop with a flare for destruction takes out an international arms dealer and only one man can help him succeed, rodman un, unstoppable. the supreme leader is now your supreme action leader. coming soon. >> get it out of here. soon. >>> another carnival cruise ship broke down, and it's called the carnival dream, that's the name of this one. the last one was the triumph. and how about better names for the ships, like misery, or oh, what is that smell? >> we are going to hear about that forever. it's his visual look in the first place. >> yeah, and the shades. he's got the look. >>> thank you for starting your morning with us. >> we have much more here on "cnn saturday morning," and we start right now. good saturday morning to you. so glad you are up with us bright and early. i am susan hendrix in for randi kaye. >> and i am joe johns. >>> we have seen reports this morning that the north test fire

loosened in the aftermath when north korea agrees to do something we learned painfully that north koreawhat it says it is going to do. this is a tough thing to deal with. part self-made. the united states has a policy calling for reunification of both north and south korea. china doesn't want them reunified because it doesn't want a capitalist democracy on its border and the south koreans don't want reunification either. prosperous country. 25 million people in the north and one of the most abject states of poverty one can imagine. until we sort of forego a unification we are not going to necessarily get the cooperation we need from china. maybe what we ought to do is not be provoked into giving any kind of concessions and reexamine whether or not we ought to step back from the polyof reunification with the help that as north korea misbehaves more it will drive china to help and step in. >> chris: and iran? >> the president misplayed this also from the beginning. he had a chance to destablize the regime and missed it. >> chris: during the election in. >> in 2009. we get hints the u.s. g

i traveled to north korea six years ago and it was a certainly a different country back then my phone my cell phone was confiscated at the border at the passport control and the only one time i could use the internet i could go online was from the russian embassy from a computer because the russian embassy back then had a contract with a chinese satellite internet provider that was the only option for me to go online only once so all other ways of communication both inside the country and the outside world were barred at that time and i would say i'm curious of course this is a country where typically we don't get a lot of information you know and if we're seeing these small ships foreigners getting more access to social media do you think or is there a sense that maybe this is because of the change in leadership to a younger sort of more maybe in with the times modern leader or what is it all about clearly seems so because kim jong on the new the new leader he really seems to open korea to the world first of all we had a visit of one of google stop executives just several month

north korea is such an isolated country.it really it -- i remember people telling me there was no crime ever in north korea. so the notion of an american going there wouldn't be bad. >> i'm not that against it. >> i wish it was me. >> you wouldn't get the bear hug. >>> john kerry making his first move as secretary of state sending money to egypt. are these the right move snz. >> he was pushing them hard to work on the economy and get them ready. i'm sure under the table he was cautioning them to work out an arrangement with the opposition. that kind of advice they need and using that bait is one way to get the message through. morsi is a very stubborn guy. i like the people who did the "harlem shake." it is interesting they would do that and call out morsi in that way. >> egypt is so divided. that is the problem with morsi. instead of reaching out he has been entrenching himself. he should maybe try the harlem shake a little bit himself. >> and the discussion in collaboration with your wife, the half of the sky movement, web

deploy 14 additional missile intercepters to alaska to deal with the potential nuclear threat from north korea. what do you think of the idea? how serious do you think is the threat from the north korean a a good morning and are we paying a price for the fact that president obama scaled back on missile defense when came into office? >> well, look, i applaud the efforts. i talked to senator kerry and i know we have a group heading off to poland on monday to talk about this further. i applaud it as i mentioned. i do hope we will focus on a base on the eastern side with radar facilities. and i think the question is, chris, how does the nondeplowment of the fourth phase of our european based issues it temperature affect us over time. there is technical issues we will be getting into this week with the the pentagon and the state department but certainly i think most all of us applaud the efforts to beef up our missile defense on the west coast chris do you think that kim young unand the north koreans are a threat to the u.s. >> i don't think they have the mechanism to really harm us. i think it put

north korea is some more proactive party. that does not mean that we should completely abandon talking to north korea. the dennis rodman affair a few weeks from now will come to

new threats from north korea it is a state of war south korea and warning that it will shut down the complex that is the latest major symbol of cooperation. the korean war ended in 1953 with a cease fire and not a peace treaty. a difference, a demilitarized zone separates them. u.s. troops are in the south 28,000 and the white house with reaction that talk of war is not constructive and the white house is taking it serious tensions are increasing since north korea new leader kim jong-un ordered a zeries of nuclear testing. it the third such test . it breached the united nations sanctions. our government condemn would that launch and calling it a provocative move . yesterday kim jong-un signing a order putting the missile units on stand by. his plan naming certain u.s. cities as targets. he said it is in response to the u.s. military flying two stealth bombers. u.s. officials said the test was part of the annual military training exercises that was going on since march 1st and aimed at reassuring the allies we stand ready to protect them. >> north korea said it is the final warning. t

also on the program, iran, syria and north korea block a new u.n. create they to regular threat arms trade. why? well, we'll go live to teheran to find out why. the cripryian president tells his people economic turmoil has been contained. and -- i'm in the egyptian style? delta. find out of the why this area, once a football pitch is now ompletely submerged. north korea's leader has orders his army to prepare for a rocket attack on u.s. military bases in the pacific. it scuggetted he approved an order with his late night meeting with his generals. harry force et reports from seoul. >> in the center of pyongyang thousands turned out in a show shouted to him and death to the u.s. imperialists. pyongyang signed off on his long range missiles to attack the mainland and bases in the pacific. in statements attributed to him he said the time has come to settle klts with the u.s. imperialists adding the u.s. hostilities have entered the phase of threats and blackmail and the late-night meeting was seeing the b 2 stealth bombers the blufrpbltest of figures a

north korean style. state tv shows kim jong un visiting units close to the border with south korea. his focus is on a south korean island, a gesture aimed to provoke neighbors and please the north korean people. tensions have heightened since the regime scrap its non- agression pact with south korea and threaten the u.s. with strikes. south koreans are responding with a mix of concern and defiance. the south korean president attended a military swearing in ceremony and praised soldiers for their work. the ministry of defence did not mince words. >> if north korea really were to attack us with a nuclear strike, i can promise one thing -- kim jong un's regime would disappear off the face of the earth. >> the united nations security council voted on thursday to impose tougher sanctions. germany says it is the regular people who suffer. >> international isolation is increasing poverty among ordinary people, and that is why the policies pursued by the north korean leadership are focused against its own people. >> china, which has always defended the country, is also on board with the sanc

korea for a long time. so we understand the north koreans. we know their strengths and weaknesses. we're going to make sure that they do attack or provication against our allies such as south korea, japan, taiwan, that we're going to be ready to assist them and to help them. >> thanks very much. >>> still "out front," the president is sliding in the polls pretty significantly. has he lost leverage with republicans? what does that mean for whether your taxes are going up? >>> and stephen colbert talks about his stistister running fo office and is talking about being white racist of itself. a war of words over race in america tonight. it's monday. a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband network and custom communications solutions, your business is more reliable - secure - agile. and with responsive, dedicated support, we help you shine every day of the week. >> announcer: did you know there are secret black market websites around the world that

condemned the test and now they also unanimously voted on a resolution to strengthen sanctions on north koreayet again the sanctions will target north korean banks and cash core years who might be funneling money to to the regimes nuclear and missile programs the resolution also outlines measures to step up scrutiny of suspicious sea shipments and air cargo and expense restrictions on several institutions and senior officials in north korea's weapons industry as well as a range of materials and technology known to be used as uranium enrichment this is just yet another round of sanctions on north korea you can say the world is united on that although china is north korea's ally it too condemned that test together with all other members of the security council north korea carried out a nuclear test in two thousand and six in two thousand and nine which prompted the security council to impose sanctions including a ban on the import of nuclear and missile technology and an arms embargo while two months ago they tightened those sanctions against pyongyang in response to its december rocket launch

threats from north korea have gone to another level. that country putting its missiles on alert. north korea's leader warning his rockets at the ready to, quote settle accounts with the u.s. tens of thousands of marching in north korea, turning out for a rally in support of its leaders call to arm. that's where we start. good morning. i'm bill hemmer on a friday. welcome to "america's newsroom." welcome back to alis. alisyn: happy friday, good to be with you, i'm alisyn camerota in for martha maccallum. it is believed north korea is years away from developing nuclear missiles that could strike the united states but that is not a reason to ignore them. bill: new defense secretary chuck hagel about how he is taking the latest threats out of pongyang seriously. >> you only need to be wrong once and i don't know what president or what chairman or what secretary of defense wants to be wrong once when it comes to nuclear threats. bill: liz about the pran leading our coverage out of

is also tackling north korea the u.n. security council has adopted a resolution expanding sanctions against the country it was drafted by the u.s. and china and there's a response appealing and third nuclear test parties on the saucy a chair going to have the details from new york. the fifteen member united nations security council presided this month by russia has adopted a new sanctions resolution against north korea and response to a third nuclear test conducted by pyongyang on february twelfth in defiance of existing united nations security council resolutions which basically bad any kind of nuclear testing by north korea and this latest resolution was drafted by the united states and china during three weeks of negotiations and adopted this thursday unanimously by the security council what this latest new resolution calls for is an implementation of tighter restrictions on north korea including making it tougher for north korean officials to be able to carry around bokes of cash in suitcases it basically also calls f

they are called burke cakes. >> north korea threats. e missiles are not going to work because if you buy anything from korea it breaks. that would be south korea. >> no, you can get something from north korea. yes, you can. i have a blow up doll. >> you are truly an american herey on >> for you that is a long time. >> andy, don't mind this joke and it will end badly and we'll all be sad like we were earlier when that happened. >> we were sad. >> we were sad aboutomething. >> okay. dianne it will be easier to get china on our side. we did with regard to the un security council resolution. >> yes, china has a fine line to walk. and they are a fuel provider and if we get them on board it makes a difference. >> what? >> what. >> it is confusing the today show. >> it is so. korea. it was a little -- >> yeah, yeah. >> you know what, it has been a long day. >> a homonym. >> chuck, you said you are on dennis rodman's side. >> if i work and dennis rodman visited me for two days, i would hate america, too. >>> i think dennis rodman is a pig and mo

north korea cut all military communication with south korea. tensions between the two countries tonight tebrink. the north says a war could break out at any moment. today the united states denounced the move. >> we think the provocative rhetoric is not constructive to insuring peace and stability on the peninsula. >> north korea packed serious punch. the military has unknown number of nuclear weapons as many as 800 short and long range ballistic missiles and $1.2 million fighting troops. all dangerously close to the 30,000 american soldiers stationed in south korea. the dictator says north korea is not a paper tiger. it wouldn't be smart to dismiss its provocative behavior as pure bluster. matthew, how big of a step is the move today to sever the military hotline? >> well, they've done that before. but it's still a pretty big step. there are more than a million troops facing up against each other across one of the most volatile borders in the world. and so there are very few channels of communications between those two militaries. so when one of

north korea has said pyongyang into a frenzy over pull off the go. threats north korea has called the those annual training exercises and. open declaration of war so that there is a there is a real concern that further military buildup around north korea could could just contribute to destabilizing the region and could add to to the simmering tension there thanks very much indeed for that live update out is going to come on reporting there from washington. the u.n. is demanding the immediate release of a group of its peacekeepers taken hostage by syrian rebels in the golan heights the militants say they're using the observers as human shields and will hold them until syrian government forces pull back from a nearby village or his middle east correspondent paula sweer has the details or twenty one you impersonal well armed they're all from the philippines and we've heard from the philippines foreign office who has demanded their immediate release the philippines government says that they are being treated well that negotiations are underway to try and